I've hit a snag in my real life, so I must bid adieu to plime. I don't know how to delete the account, which is why my profile is still here.Thanks to all who welcomed me.
Born-Again Virgins Rewrite The Past Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
Through spiritual or surgical routes, women give their first time a do-over.
"Religiously motivated women like Watts believe it's very possible to become a born-again virgin — if you believe it is so and pledge abstinence until marriage."
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Wooing Women Gamers--and Game Creators Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
More than 60 percent of female students enrolled in game design programs at The Art Institutes said they believed male dominance in the industry is a deterrent to women pursuing a career in gaming, according to a survey commissioned by SOE. It's a statistic that's mirrored in the student body at the school's campus in San Francisco.
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Human Hair Reveals Where You've Been Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
CSIs now have a new tool in their belt: the chemical signatures left by local drinking water in human hair.
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Storms Bring History to Oregon Coast Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- The storms that have lashed Oregon's scenic coast this winter have dredged up an unusual array of secrets: old shipwrecks, historic cannons, ghost forests -- even strangely shaped iron deposits.
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Doomsday Seed Vault Opens in Norway Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
Ultimate safety net for the world's seed collections has opened in Norway
The vault received inaugural shipments of 100 million seeds
Can hold up to 4.5M seed samples, will eventually house most types of key crops
Norwegian govt. paid to build vault in mountainside between Norway and North Pole
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Virtual Teachers Outperform Real Thing Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
Virtual characters and digital tutors are helping children and adults develop advanced social and language skills that can be tough to learn via conventional approaches, according to researchers who briefed reporters here last week at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Polar Bears or Oil? Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
Anchorage, AK-As the U.S. government decides whether to list polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, Gov. Sarah Palin and the state's Republican congressional delegation are solidly opposed to the idea.
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The Black Knight Posted: 5 months ago by tchengrox
In honor of FAF
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Parents Must Decide if Conjoined Twins Should Be Separated Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
Tor and Mandy Bailey have already faced the most difficult question of all. That came early in her pregnancy two years ago, when they were told that the twins she was carrying were conjoined and were advised to abort the pregnancy.
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Backlash Hits JuicyCampus.com Posted: 5 months ago by tchengrox
JuicyCampus' endless threads of anonymous innuendo have been a popular Web destination on the seven college campuses where the site launched last fall, including Duke, UCLA and Loyola Marymount. It recently expanded to 50 more, and many of the postings show they've been viewed hundreds and even thousands of times.
But JuicyCampus has proved so poisonous there are signs of a backlash.
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NIU Shooter's Girlfriend Called to Say Goodbye Posted: 5 months ago by tchengrox
Steven Kazmierczak "called me at midnight and told me not to forget about him," Jessica Baty, 28, told CNN from her home. She said she had no indication he was planning anything.
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Ryan Newman Wins 2008 Daytona 500 Posted: 5 months ago by tchengrox
Four-time champ Jeff Gordon had mechanical failure, while two-time defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and Casey Mears wrecked in the 50th running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday.
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Same Company Sold Guns to NIU and VT Shooters Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
"TGSCOM Inc. also operates the Web site used by Seung-Hui [Cho] to purchase a firearm used in the Virginia Tech shootings last April," the statement said.
theme pic not related to story
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The NIU Shooting Victims Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
An Army veteran who served in Bosnia and Korea. An ad salesman for the student newspaper. An aspiring teacher. A talented violinist.
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HIV Research at an Impasse Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
Scientists are no further forward in developing a vaccine against HIV after more than 20 years of research, a Nobel Prize-winning biologist has said.
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1 of 2 World War I Survivors Dies Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- Harry Richard Landis, who enlisted in the Army in 1918 and was one of only two known surviving U.S. veterans of World War I, has died. He was 108.
Just two months after MandolinOrange posted this.
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When Your Spouse Announces He's Gay Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
(LifeWire) -- When her husband of more than a decade revealed he was gay, Anna Marie Will was surprised -- but not shocked.
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Delay in Drug Recall May Have Caused 22,000 Deaths Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
The drug Trasylol was withdrawn in November at the request of the FDA after an observational study linked the medicine to kidney failure requiring dialysis and increased death of those patients.
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Finnish Prime Minister Sues Publisher Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
but not his ex-girlfriend, the author of a kiss-and-tell book about their relationship.
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Comments on Stupidity Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
I was searching for "stupid is as stupid does" on Google and came across this site with lots of quotes about being less than intelligent.
"Since light travels faster than sound, isn't that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak?"
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NIU Shooter Identified Posted: 5 months ago by TchEngRox
DEKALB, Illinois (CNN) -- A law enforcement source familiar with the investigation into Thursday's shooting rampage at Northern Illinois University has identified the alleged gunman as Steven Kazmierczak.
Update to this post
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14 Great Movies About Writers Posted: 5 months ago by tchengrox
In honor of ending the writers' strike
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Rare Sandpipers Found in Myanmar Posted: 5 months ago by tchengrox
BANGKOK, Thailand - Eighty-four spoon-billed sandpipers have been discovered in a coastal stretch of Myanmar, offering hope for saving the endangered birds, a conservation group said Thursday.
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The Car is Still There....But Something's Missing Posted: 5 months ago by tchengrox
As precious metals prices soar, catalytic converters are targets for thieves
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Sex Article Causes Stir at School Posted: 5 months ago by tchengrox
FRANKLIN, Ind. -- A First Amendment debate is raging at Franklin High School after an article in the school newspaper raised some eyebrows.
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