] Semen makes you happy. That's the remarkable conclusion
] of a study comparing women whose partners wear condoms
] with those whose partners don't.
]
] The study, which is bound to provoke controversy, showed
] that the women who were directly exposed to semen were
] less depressed. The researchers think this is because
] mood-altering hormones in semen are absorbed through the
] vagina. They say they have ruled out other explanations.
]
] "I want to make it clear that we are not advocating that
] people abstain from using condoms," says Gordon Gallup,
] the psychologist at the State University of New York who
] led the team. "Clearly an unwanted pregnancy or a
] sexually transmitted disease would more than offset any
] advantageous psychological effects of semen."

This could explain a lot.

Semen acts as an anti-depressant

A senior US defense official denied the report, telling Reuters it was "another piece of stray voltage that's passing around out there."

Can you say 'traceroute'?

US denies Iranian report of Bin Laden capture

] Although in recent years the proportion of our labor
] force made up of those with at least some college has
] continued to grow, we appear, nonetheless, to be
] graduating too few skilled workers to address the
] apparent imbalance between the supply of such workers and
] the burgeoning demand for them. Perhaps the accelerated
] pace of high-tech equipment installations associated with
] the large increases in productivity growth in recent
] years is placing unachievable demands for skilled
] graduates over the short run. If the apparent
] acceleration in the demand for skilled workers to staff
] our high-tech capital stock is temporary as many presume,
] the pressure on our schools would ease as would the
] upward pressure on high-skilled wages.

In english: "We needed a lot of engineers to set up the new infrastructure over the past few years. Admins, Programmers, Network Engineers, etc... We're done doing that now. We don't need ya'll anymore. Thanks for all the productivity growth. I'm sure you can find a suitable job in another industry at a significant reduction in pay. You can rest assured that the overall economy has benefited greatly from your work. We're not planning to share the rewards with you, because you don't own it. We own it. We're looking for people who own stock to do really well in the coming years. We're exited about that, and we think you ought to be excited for us. Oh, and BTW, I'm cutting your pension. Have a nice day."

FRB: Speech, Greenspan--Critical role of education in the nation's economy--February 20, 2004

careful not to go blind.

The 10 worst Album Covers. Ever.

] BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) %u2014 A student group at Roger
] Williams University is offering a new scholarship for
] which only white students are eligible, a move they say
] is designed to protest affirmative action.
]
] The application for the $250 award requires an essay on
] "why you are proud of your white heritage" and a recent
] picture to "confirm whiteness."

It scares me now that I even *considered* becoming a Republican. And I'm white. Scary shit.

USATODAY.com - Student group offers scholarship to whites only

] Viet Dinh has been called a "political pit bull" and "a
] foot soldier" for Attorney General John Ashcroft. But the
] 36-year-old author of the Patriot Act prefers to be
] called an "attendant of freedom."

I've read through the article, and I must say that although this guy is well-intentioned, I'm still skeptical. He says that we who oppose the Patriot Act need to back up our arguments with facts, but how can we do that when the U.S. government withholds the facts from us? An intriguing read.

Wired News: The Patriot Act Is Your Friend

"Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock's new documentary, 'Super Size Me,' details his 30-day McDonald's diet and subsequent health woes."

This guy gained 25 pounds, his cholesterol jumped 55 points, and McDonald's people still claim their food is nutritious. Like that guy on "20/20" says, "Give me a break!"

Arch Enemy: McDonald's Food May Be Deadly

"After following more than 10,000 people for 17 years, investigators found that vegetarians were 15 percent less likely to develop colorectal cancer than meat-eaters."

More people should face the reality: Eating a vegetarian diet is simply good for you.

More Evidence Vegetarian Diet May Cut Cancer Risk

"The Atkins Empire is spooked. Their annual $100 million-plus revenue from books, low-carb foods and food licenses has been threatened by a medical examiner's report stating that founder Dr. Robert Atkins was an obese 6 feet tall, 258 pounds. Now they're firing back with everything from statistics to smears.

But all they've shot is their own foot."

Turns out Atkins suffered from obesity and hypertension. As a vegetarian, this story made my day.

The Skinny About Atkin's Fat

] As the planet's carrying capacity shrinks, an ancient
] pattern reemerges: the eruption of desperate, all-out
] wars over food, water, and energy supplies. As Harvard
] archeologist Steven LeBlanc has noted, wars over
] resources were the norm until about three centuries ago.
] When such conflicts broke out, 25% of a population's
] adult males usually died. As abrupt climate change hits
] home, warfare may again come to define human life.

Fortune.com: Grim Pentagon Climate Change scenario