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TWEAK YOUR CANDLE MYSELF (Sung to: “KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOUR SELF” By the Georgia Satellites) A TCH Parody Production: I GOT BIG SISTER JANE IN MY POCKETS, GROPIN’ MY DING-A-LING … GOIN’ TO SPRAWL YOU LIKE A STONE, LADY; N’ GIVE YOU A FLING! BUT EACH TIME I SQUALK, I GET INSANE MUMBLING … SHE BE A-TUGGIN’ N’ A TWISTIN’ -- WILL I GET N’ X-RATING? HEY LADY, NO MAYBIES, DON’T PUT YO GLOVE DOWN MY BELT! SHE SAY “YO, GET BACK IN LINE; I’LL TWEAK YO CANDLE MYSELF!” OLD LADIES N’ BABIES? WHY YOU WANNA PEAK T-S N’...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Satellites have monitored crop conditions around the world for decades, helping traders predict futures prices in commodities markets and governments anticipate crop shortages. But those satellite images are now increasingly turning up in courtrooms across the nation as the Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency cracks down on farmers involved in crop insurance fraud. The Agriculture Department's Farm Service Agency, which helps farmers get loans and payments from a number of its programs, also uses satellite imaging to monitor compliance. Across government and private industry alike, satellite imaging technology is being used in water rights litigation and...

Going up? Space elevator wins support U.S. company builds on Russian idea Dan Rowe National Post Tuesday, August 13, 2002 The fantastic notion of a space elevator -- a concept that first appeared in a Russian technical journal in the early 1960s and then crept into the works of science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke in the 1970s -- could be a reality before long.Seattle-based HighLift Systems is hosting a conference this week to meet with investors and other parties potentially interested in a device that could open the final frontier to the masses within 15 years because of the...