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# Gov't Warn Cult Against Threatening "Social Stability". BEIJING (Reuters)
China warned followers of a cult-like martial arts group that they would be
punished if they jeopardized social stability and called their 10,000-strong
weekend protest "wrong". Fa Lun Gong sect shocks China.
http://www.insidechina.com/china/news/1999042801.html
: Does your cult threaten social stability? Do you care? Is stable society
boring? Are your cult activities exciting? Do you attract ETs? Are they fun?
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*** Muslim women settle dress row. WASHINGTON (AP) 7 Muslim women who say
they were fired for refusing to remove religious head scarves while working
security jobs at Dulles International Airport learned they could return to
work. Settlement was reached with Argenbright Security Inc. in an effort to
avoid an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559349430-357
: Does your political/religious/economic/artistic belief system prescribe/
proscribe dress standards? Do you conflict with gov't? Do the voices in your
head tell you how or how not to dress? Would you like to join the Totally
Nude Church Of The Naked Christ? Would gov't interfere with your worship?
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*** Vine uses petals to lure bats. (AP) A Central American vine that relies
on bats for pollination attracts them by using its flower petals like tiny
satellite dishes to bounce sonar signals back at them. Each blossom of the
Mucuna vine has a special petal with a concave acoustical "mirror." The
petal directs signals back toward any nectar-feeding bat that chirps toward
it. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559353875-025
: Does your alien implant work like this, or does it use another mechanism?
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> US Surgeon General calls violence a public health issue. Surgeon General
David Satcher called for a comprehensive program to combat youth violence,
calling it a public health problem since it is preventable and predictable.
Although he declined to address the Littleton, Colorado, shooting last week,
Satcher said violence is placing an annual burden of at least $4 billion on
the nation's health care system. Also noted: 13 U.S. kids fatally shot each
day - http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9904/28/school.shooting.violence.ap/index.html
> Newsmagazines dominate ratings with Littleton stories. TV networks respon-
ded quickly last week to public hunger for news about the Colorado school
massacre. 6 prime-time newsmagazines, each one with reports on the Littleton
shooting, were among the 12 most-watched programs measured by Nielsen Media
Research during the past week, some with record ratings. CBS criticized for
slow response - http://cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9904/28/nielsens.ap/index.html
: Do shootings help TV profits? Would abductions get higher ratings? Is teen
violence an acceptable trade-off for lively entertainment? Is TV a disease?
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Short Takes:
# KILLING W/O CONSCIENCE. "Children don't naturally kill, it is a learned
behavior," says Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, U.S. Army (Ret.), an expert in the
field on human aggression and the roots of violence and violent crime.
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0426-116.htm
# TSHIRTS AND OTHER Y2KWEAR. From company logos, pagan themes, and logos
proclaiming the "Queer Millennium," a vast wardrobe of Y2K-themed T-Shirts
is waiting to come home with you. Are you dressed up for Apocalypse with
nowhere to go? http://www.y2kculture.com/arts/19990429.tshirts.html
# 90210 MEETS Y2K. Tonight on Fox's 90210, glamorboy Steve Sanders becomes
a Y2K survivalist. Will he trade the Vette for a stash of rice and beans?
Would you? http://www.y2kculture.com/arts/19990428.90210.html
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SkeptiLinks - UFO Sites [from EXCITE]:
@ Abductee.net - Comprehensive info on aliens and UFOs.
www.abductee.net/
@ Exoscience UFO - Lots of UFO related infomation here. Formerly AUFORA.
http://exosci.com/ufo/
@ The Alberta UFO Research Association (AUFORA) - Providers of "information,
articles, news, pictures and links on all aspects of UFOlogy."
http://ume.med.ucalgary.ca/~watanabe/ufo.html
@ UFOINFO - Extensive UFO related resources from museums and
conferences to sighting reports and radio programs.
http://ufoinfo.com/
@ Beyond Science - UFOs, Paranormal Resources, and Conspiracies.
http://beyondscience.wreckingcrew.org/
@ Deb's UFO Research Information Clearinghouse - News, research groups and
conference info, links, and a FAQ on her own experiences with aliens.
http://www.debshome.com/
@ exoScience UFO - Lots of stuff for the UFO enthusiast, including
tons of photos, from aliens to cattle mutilations.
http://www.exosci.com/ufo/
@ Flying Saucer Review (FSR) - Quarterly magazine produced in England
that covers the latest UFO reports from around the world.
http://www.corpex.com/users/archmage/fsr/fsrhome.htm
@ Guardian's UFO Forum - Indexes of sites regarding UFOs, cover-ups,
crop circles, fringe theories, and more.
http://pages.prodigy.com/OutThere/
@ International UFO Museum - Dedicated to providing information
regarding UFOs, specifically the occurrence in 1947.
http://www.iufomrc.com/
@ TUFOP - "A rational approach to Ufology!"
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/7595/
@ UFO Resources - Good collection of links from New Age Web Works.
http://www.newageinfo.com/res/ufo.htm
@ UFO Folklore - Stories, theories, thoughts, and links.
http://www.qtm.net/~geibdan/framemst.html
@ UFO Information - Network of sites with pictures, historical
tracts, and government records of UFOs.
http://bedlam.rutgers.edu/ufo.html
@ UFO Online - Serious Ufology: documents, publications, links.
http://www.ufo.it/
@ UFO's - List of online resources from HyperWeb.
http://www.hyperweb.com/ufo.html
@ UFOs and Other Related Material - Not updated recently, but a good
standing collection of resources.
http://www.westnet.com/~teack/ufo.html
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"Sleeping, David thought, she was a sight to behold (and indeed she was!)
and held his longing gaze upon her body, tracing every rise of the mounds
of her supple flesh under the steamy beddress until slowly, slowly, very
slowly, she languidly opened her gray-green eyes because they were, after
all, stuck together from the gunk of her eye infection." --Elena Caceres
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