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On Wednesday, four firefighters from Manchester, England got suspended for a stunt worthy of Bevis and Butthead, or at least bored undergrads. The prank, which they were kind enough to film and put online, involved one of them getting inside an industrial sized dryer and going for a spin. After tumbling around for a few cycles he emerges somewhat dazed as his colleagues look on laughing. Their boss, Assistant County Fire Officer Steven Beckley had a slightly different reaction to the footage, one which he described as "horrified."

Officials: Human Waste Found Outside Albuquerque Home

ALBUQUERQUE -- City officials condemned an Albuquerque home on Wisconsin Avenue Wednesday after human feces was found in the front yard, reported Action 7 News.
The city said it warned property owner Jay Werkmesiter to clean up or clear off his property. But more than a year later, the city and neighbors said the situation has only gotten worse.
According to city officials, human feces was buried beneath the doors and windows of the home.
"The outside apparently was being used as a commode," said one official.

Users of social networking Web sites are using the sites for more than just wasting time. Before meeting with prospective employers, people can use their connections on the sites to find out about the work enviroment at a company or what issues might come up during an interview.

Sept 5: Elements of a Media System - McKenzie (Ashley Wirt)
Sept 7: Philosophies for Media Systems - Jiafei (Trisha Morrow); Christians (David Elbert)

Sept 12: Globalization, Power & Media I - McKenzie (Kevin Cly); Herman & McChesney (Amber Ramirez); Rodriquez-Rodriguez (Mandy Crawford)
Sept 14: Globalizatio, Power & Media II - Lie and Servaes (Lynne Sullivan); Curan and Park (Josh Amstutz)

Sept 19: US Media and Global News I - Herman and Chomsky (Amanda Cauthen); Hachten (Melanie Page)
Sept 21: US Media and Global News II - Srebreny (Audrey Marshall); Poole (Marcie)

Sept 26: Televisual World I - Straubhaar (Julie Jones); Kraidy (Elizabeth Knoll);
Sept 28: Televisual World II - Iwabachi (Jill Selman)

Oct 3: Televisual World III - Weber (Allison Coggins); Kuhn (Jacque LaCroix);
Oct 5: Televisual World IV - Tsai (Briana Perkins); Shiau (Amy Doty)

Oct 10: The Internet - Hill (Dacia St Angelo) ; Borgman (Nikki Euliarte)
Oct 12: No class

Oct 17: Movie Magic I - Wilkins and Dowling (Steph Zoch)
Oct 19: Movie Magic II - Wang (Elizabeth Knoll)

Oc 24: Global Advertising I - Fuller (David Elbert)
Oct 26: Global Advertising II - Wang (Kevin Cly)

Oct 13: Global Music I - McCourt and Burkart (Amber Ramirez)
Nov 2: Global Music II - Negus (Mandy Crawford)

Nov 7&9: Digital Futures I - Weber (Lynne Sullivant)

DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- TiVo is looking to religious leaders to get the word out about a new feature that helps parents control the TV shows their children watch.
TiVo officials discussed its KidZone feature Thursday during a breakfast with religious leaders and handed out digital video recorders to ministers and others to try it out.
"We know that kids are going to be exposed to the media, so why don't we take the media on our own terms?" TiVo Inc. Vice President Joe Miller told the group of about 50. A similar gathering was held earlier this week in Atlanta.
"This is in response to something we heard from our existing customers," Miller said.
TiVo's KidZone, which is a free service, features a menu of shows recommended by nonprofit organizations focused on children and media. Parents also can add or subtract programs or channels available to their kids. Parents can then enter the regular TiVo menu with a password.

SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- Apple Computer Inc. said Wednesday it was working to resolve a dispute over alleged labor abuses by an iPod manufacturer in China.
Hongfujin Precision Industry Co., a major exporter owned by a Taiwanese company, filed a defamation lawsuit against two journalists at the state-run newspaper China Business News who ran stories alleging that workers on iPod assembly lines worked under harsh conditions for low pay.
According to local media reports, the Shenzhen Intermediate Court, in the southern export hub of Shenzhen, accepted the case on July 10 and froze the personal assets of the two journalists, Wang You and editor Weng Bao, of the Shanghai-based paper.
Chinese media and a journalists' advocacy group, Reporters Without Borders, have criticized the move and urged Apple, which has vowed to ensure fair treatment of workers at its suppliers, to intercede.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The married man's girlfriend sent a text message to his cell phone: His wife was getting suspicious. Perhaps they should cool it for a few days.
"So," she wrote, "I'll talk to u next week."
"You want a break from me? Then fine," he wrote back.
Later, the married man bought a new phone. He sold his old one on eBay, at Internet auction, for $290.
The guys who bought it now know his secret.
The married man had followed the directions in his phone's manual to erase all his information, including lurid exchanges with his lover. But it wasn't enough.
Selling your old phone once you upgrade to a fancier model can be like handing over your diaries. All sorts of sensitive information pile up inside our cell phones, and deleting it may be more difficult than you think.
A popular practice among sellers, resetting the phone, often means sensitive information appears to have been erased. But it can be resurrected using specialized yet inexpensive software found on the Internet.

MOVIE star Matthew McConaughey says: "Austin is a very progressive city that's on the front edge of where things are going.
"It has a great mix of the University of Texas – these kids with ideals and questions that buck the status quo – right next to the State Capitol.
"There's great push-pull there, a real dance between the youth and the establishment."
McConaughey, an alumnus of the university, which has named a graduate student lounge in his honour, lives in Austin part-time and can check off a list of what keeps him returning to the city of about 660,000.
"It's an outdoorsy town," he says in his easy Texas drawl.
"There are a lot of great rivers, a lot of great parks, a lot of great things to do outside.
"I like the weather, the food and the music." ...