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  • Cows also 'Have Regional Accents'

    08/24/2006 4:58:08 PM PDT · by blam · 46 replies · 1,215+ views
    BBC ^ | 8-23-2006
    Cows also 'have regional accents' Cows moo with a regional twang Cow moo recordings(Click on site to hear) Cows have regional accents like humans, language specialists have suggested. They decided to examine the issue after dairy farmers noticed their cows had slightly different moos, depending on which herd they came from. John Wells, Professor of Phonetics at the University of London, said regional twangs had been seen before in birds. The farmers in Somerset who noticed the phenomenon said it may have been the result of the close bond between them and their animals. Farmer Lloyd Green, from Glastonbury, said:...
  • NY radio station to pay $240K over slapping contest (Spitzer also investigates Air America mess)

    08/08/2005 7:50:53 PM PDT · by Libloather · 14 replies · 941+ views
    Radio station to pay $240K over slapping contest The Business Review (Albany) - 4:57 PM EDT Monday A radio station has settled with state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for $240,000 for the "Smackfest" slapping contests the station held with female contestants in 2004 and 2005. Contestants could win up to $5,000 during the contests on WQHT Hot 97's in New York City, Spitzer said. The attorney general said the promotions cross the line of entertainment and became abusive. The settlement was the same size as the fine the station would have faced had it faced punishment from the state. Emmis,...
  • CA: Border agent said to also be smuggler

    08/05/2005 8:17:18 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 20 replies · 598+ views
    San Diego Union -Tribune ^ | 8/5/05 | Onell R. Soto and Leslie Berestein
    A Mexican man who used a fake U.S. birth certificate to get into the Border Patrol was helping to smuggle illegal immigrants, authorities said yesterday. Oscar Antonio Ortiz, 28, an El Cajon-based Border Patrol agent on administrative leave, was arrested yesterday and charged in San Diego federal court with falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen. He also is charged with conspiring with another Border Patrol agent to smuggle immigrants and is scheduled to be arraigned in U.S. District Court this morning. There is no indication in court records that the other agent, who was not identified, has been arrested....
  • News from Iraq That You Haven't Heard

    02/14/2005 6:53:13 PM PST · by ATOMIC_PUNK · 19 replies · 1,466+ views
    http://coverstreet.com/ ^ | Saturday, February 12, 2005 | Chris Overstreet ,Robin Mullins
    News from Iraq That You Haven't Heard Registered nurse, outspoken author and fellow Georgian Robin Mullins Boyd has compiled a list of the good news from Iraq that has been given zero coverage by the mainstream media. I thought I'd share it with you, since you're not likely to hear any of this from Dan Blather. Since Saddam was ousted: - Forty-seven countries have re-established their embassies in Iraq.- The Iraqi government employs 1.2 million Iraqi people.- 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are currently under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are under construction and 38 new schools have been...
  • PLEASE! STOP POSTING SAME MESSAGE ON ALL BOARDS!

    08/16/2002 7:39:49 AM PDT · by Merchant Seaman · 754 replies · 30,137+ views
    Annoyed Reader
    The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!