The town of Kanab, Utah, reversed a ban issued by the City Council this week which had forbidden the wearing of two-piece bathing suits. While little explanation was given for either the issuing of the bikini ban (which was chalked up to an 'oversight'), or it's lifting (chalked up to both blazing temperatures and raging hormones), city residents expressed delight in the recent turn of events.
This news was welcomed by supporters of sun, friends of first amendment rights, and the affecionados of the female body all over Utah. It is hoped that the reversal of this ban will set a precedent protecting bathing beauties in future legal and governmental cases.
The all-female hardcore-influenced Washington punk rock band Bikini Kill could not be reached for comment, but are thought to have no involvement in the Council's decision.
Here's the original:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25114566/?GT1=43001
These Grrrls will wear bikinis if they want to:
http://www.tigerbomb.net/pages/bkpages/bikintro.html
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Not What Leaps to Mind as "Rocket Science"
Space
Thanks to handy cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, the only toilet on the International Space Station is back up and running.
Two weeks ago, the liquid waste system aboard the ISS began to malfunction. Ordinarily, urine is "flushed" via airflow which directs the waste to a pump, where it is then separated into gas and liquid. The pump failed, as did the two replacement pumps which were stored on board. Crew members instead had to use a roundabout system of manual flushing which consumed excess water and a great deal of time.
The humor of the situation was not lost on Cmdr. Mark Kelly of the Navy, who commanded a shuttle mission of the Discovery to deliver, among other things, a replacement pump. Upon his arrival at the Space Station, Kelly asked, "You looking for a plumber?”
Kononenko performed the 2-hour repair and tested the new system, which has been declared ready for use.
For more details and pictures, visit http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/science/space/05shuttle.html?ref=science
Thanks to handy cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, the only toilet on the International Space Station is back up and running.
Two weeks ago, the liquid waste system aboard the ISS began to malfunction. Ordinarily, urine is "flushed" via airflow which directs the waste to a pump, where it is then separated into gas and liquid. The pump failed, as did the two replacement pumps which were stored on board. Crew members instead had to use a roundabout system of manual flushing which consumed excess water and a great deal of time.
The humor of the situation was not lost on Cmdr. Mark Kelly of the Navy, who commanded a shuttle mission of the Discovery to deliver, among other things, a replacement pump. Upon his arrival at the Space Station, Kelly asked, "You looking for a plumber?”
Kononenko performed the 2-hour repair and tested the new system, which has been declared ready for use.
For more details and pictures, visit http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/science/space/05shuttle.html?ref=science
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