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• I favorited a YouTube video — Dad at Comedy Barn http://youtu.be/Z4Y4keqTV6w?a #
• Solution to killer superbug found in Norway http://bit.ly/5Z4Q4c #
• I favorited a YouTube video — Tocando el piano sin manos http://youtu.be/2VVgWDJmbC8?a #
• I favorited a YouTube video — Drunk Airline Pilot – Dean Martin & Foster Brooks http://youtu.be/n8L-ZZSc8JU?a #
• RT @SLGridStatus Server 1.34.2 will be deployed on 12/31/09. Please see: http://tinyurl.com/ygg4mfx #
• @carthalis Happy New year to you too – and to everyone! in reply to carthalis #

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• I favorited a YouTube video — Dad at Comedy Barn http://youtu.be/Z4Y4keqTV6w?a #
• Solution to killer superbug found in Norway http://bit.ly/5Z4Q4c #
• I favorited a YouTube video — Tocando el piano sin manos http://youtu.be/2VVgWDJmbC8?a #
• I favorited a YouTube video — Drunk Airline Pilot – Dean Martin & Foster Brooks http://youtu.be/n8L-ZZSc8JU?a #
• RT @SLGridStatus Server 1.34.2 will be deployed on 12/31/09. Please see: http://tinyurl.com/ygg4mfx #
• @carthalis Happy New year to you too – and to everyone! in reply to carthalis #

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Twenty-five years ago, Norwegians were also losing their lives to this bacteria. But Norway's public health system fought back with an aggressive program that made it the most infection-free country in the world. A key part of that program was cutting back severely on the use of antibiotics.

Now a spate of new studies from around the world prove that Norway's model can be replicated with extraordinary success, and public health experts are saying these deaths — 19,000 in the U.S. each year alone, more than from AIDS — are unnecessary.

“It's a very sad situation that in some places so many are dying from this, because we have shown here in Norway that Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be controlled, and with not too much effort,” said Jan Hendrik-Binder, Oslo's MRSA medical adviser. “But you have to take it seriously, you have to give it attention, and you must not give up.”

via Solution to killer superbug found in Norway – Yahoo! News.

• Heh – now have 84 (!) spare Sculptomancy trees – sans scripts. Might put up for sale to recover some of the cost. Replaced with Forest Floor #
• Hangars Liquids – http://bit.ly/7Th4De – Cyberpunk SIM, awesome build, rivals Insilico maybe. Got totally lost tho. #
• Kowloon – http://bit.ly/8fRCcp – VERY well done #SL SIM… creepy even. [Need to ask LL what "sorted streets" are.] #
• RT @BettinaTizzy In light of #IranElection events this seems trite, but SLers will understand. Go for llight version. http://bit.ly/58INVu #
• Pixel Mode – http://bit.ly/7UKvvT – store set in a feild of wheat; covered bridges, cars overlooking the sea. VERY well done! #
• @carthalis Yes, place looks great!. Btw, see my tweets from past 2 days for places you might like. in reply to carthalis #

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• RT @mkapor "Hi, I’m on AT&T, so this call might be dropped." http://bit.ly/6u0jph (NYT) [so much for making life easier!]] #
• Kolor – http://bit.ly/6OqWWI – Interactive art. LOADS of fun – must be experienced #
• Re: Kolor, there's an art gallery up at 772m too… once you get past HUGE tortured prims – LOL #
• o,O I just realized – the whole SIM is a view screen! The land, terrain, plays video! WOW! http://bit.ly/6OqWWI #
• Machinima of Kolor – http://bit.ly/5fI3IU – which is the vid streaming ON Kolor. Self reference. http://bit.ly/6OqWWI – crazy and brilliant #
• Arctic Greenhouse – http://bit.ly/84jR68 – selection of VERY well made sculpted plants. #
• If you're into SciFi, you might enjoy Deshima – http://bit.ly/6PYrOD #
• AWESOME 2-prim trees from Forest Floor – http://bit.ly/7uCeOP – replacing all my existing 2-prims trees tomorrow! #
• Vegetal Planet – http://bit.ly/5KaBRT – glowing "plants", unusually beautiful, for modern art. Art galleries underwater too. #
• Argentine gay couple becomes first in region to marry ["Attack on survial of species" - LOL, pathetic!] http://bit.ly/4MQOug #
• Why aren’t America’s psychics helping keep us safe? http://bit.ly/8C5RzB #
• These photos were taken at Ground Zero, the World Trade Center site in New York, in September of 2001. http://bit.ly/6l2VJz #
• Specter: Republicans Plotted Early To Stop Bipartisanship, Beat Obama In 2012 http://bit.ly/7f7EbB #
• Video of protesters stopping Iran hanging hits Internet http://bit.ly/7tyEOJ #
• Absolutely Hilarious Bathroom Mirror Prank http://bit.ly/5U5NpR #
• RT @jfenderboa Linden Labs what is the status? Can't be done alone!. The time has come! http://bit.ly/64Q5xB #opensim #secondlife #

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A future where the Second Life Grid is a minor player in a sprawling Metaverse of thousands of competing virtual worlds sounds like a bad outcome for Linden Lab. But company executives say that’s exactly the plan.

In the wake of the recent first avatar teleport between Second Life and an OpenSim region, Linden VP Joe Miller, better known to Second Life residents as “Joe Linden,” spoke to Reuters about Linden Lab’s long-term strategy.

via Reuters/Second Life » Interview: Linden prepares for an OpenSim future.

If psychics can do what they claim, why aren't they hired by the TSA or airport security to identify the terrorists? Why are they telling fortunes for $50 a pop in New Age shops instead of in salaried positions at security command centers, using their psychic powers to find people who have evil on their minds and explosives on their person, who want to kill hundreds of innocent Americans on Christmas Day?

Even if the psychics can't narrow it down to a specific passenger (though I see no reason why they wouldn't be able to), even if they could accurately tell police which day (even which week or month) terrorists will attack, that would be invaluable. Security officials would know that people flying any other time don't need to be screened, and tighter security measures would be imposed during the specified time frame.

via Why aren’t America’s psychics helping keep us safe? | Center for Inquiry.

• RT @SecondLife Snowball fight, pitting Residents vs. Lindens, starts today at 12 PM PST. Let the wintertime fun begin! http://bit.ly/8W4lJr #
• Animations Rising releases "Take Your Pick" hunt system – http://bit.ly/51B6ND – in #SL http://bit.ly/82RYFy http://twib.es/t-7YWYK #

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• Patron – http://bit.ly/67fHci – beautiful SIM, stunning. Art is WAY too expensive for what it is, tho. #
• Geese point the way to saving jet fuel – Planes flying in V formation are more efficient and produce less CO2 http://bit.ly/4Sv5zY #
• RT @GhostyKips RT @SLurl: Ballet Pixelle performs The Nutcracker 5pm http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%2010/16/181/26 #
• The Cat's Eye Nebula – APOD Photo http://bit.ly/5pI5fP #
• I detest "best of" photo contests. They're really about who can pester more friends to come vote, who is more "popular". Unfair & very wrong #
• Also have to wonder about the values of those who try to win such contests that way, by cheating. Also hosts who permit that to be done. Bah #
• @carthalis [nods] Anyway, getting off soapbox. There are more important things to dwell on than contests. in reply to carthalis #
• @carthalis I had to Google Stephen Dorff… yeah not bad… in reply to carthalis #
• RT @Citizen_Bane "Synthehol" Substance Could Turn Drunkenness On and Off at Will – http://bit.ly/50F9y0 (Where do I order?) #
• 62 Interesting Facts About Italy http://bit.ly/7ppDfC #

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British newspapers have been thumbing their noses at the Italians this week, following an announcement by researchers that they have discovered lasagne is in fact an English dish that was described in “the world’s oldest recipe book”.

via World Wide Words: Lasagne.

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