Celebrating the long weekend like a gold medal!

A week in news moves fairly fast and this week has been no different. Olympic records have been shattered, humans have been helping computers read books and sexual imagery has been everywhere.

The UK Current community has been clipping some great stories this week, generating a wealth of discussion and definitely getting ever closer to that awesome swag hidden away in the Current vault. Jealous? You don’t need to be, get clipping and you to could be opening a parcel from Current.

*** TIP OF THE WEEK ***

Want to get the most comments on your story? Avoid duplications, be first!

The best place to start when clipping is to do a quick search on Current.com to see if anyone else has already clipped a version of the story. If it's a popular news item, you have to be quick to be current. No one wants to see the same tired story repeated so if someone has already added a version of the story, but you feel your link has new and better information, try adding it as a comment on the original item instead.

As always levelling up on comments and clips is your fastest way to swag and Mr_Costello has kindly provided us with some handy clips (see below).

*** Also on CURRENT ***

With all the wet weather it may come as a shock that the UK has been exposed as one of the biggest importers of water. With the dramatic shortages of water across the world this is vital resource should be something we all treasure.

http://current.com/items/89219262_revealed_the_massive_scale_of_uk_s_water_consumption (posted by Toshiba)

Usain Bolt is the pride of Jamaica after grabbing gold in 100m and 200m.

http://current.com/items/89208327_man_runs_fast (posted by Owwwmykneecap)

http://current.com/items/89219886_thundering_bolt_smashes_the_200m_title (posted by Mr_Costello)

Team GB picks up 18 golds, making this the most successful Olympics for over 100 years.

http://current.com/items/89226448_team_gb_now_has_18_golds (posted by rwylie)

Did you realise that you have helped to scan hundreds of books?

http://current.com/items/89221254_if_you_use_the_web_you_may_have_already_been_enlisted_as_a_human_scanner (posted by DeliatheArtist)

Sex sells. The imagery is certainly everywhere but how does this effect our culture and behaviour?

http://current.com/items/89221007_widespread_sexual_imagery_hurts_men_and_women (also posted by DeliatheArtist)

and finally…

The Empire is coming, run for your life…..

http://current.com/items/89204971_death_star_over_san_francisco (posted by mhorn)

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