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Clipmarks | Live ClipsProtesters interrupt Cheneys Speechclipped by: kkcapricornclippers remarks: Keep those protests going...people are beginning to notice..more steps closer. Two protesters interrupted Vice President Dick Cheney during a speech at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Dallas on Friday. At the same time, demonstrators gathered outside of the hotel to protest the war in Iraq. One woman wearing a shirt that read "Bring our Troops Home Now" yelled: "Out of Iraq now! Dont attack Iran." Security escorted her out. Minutes later, another protester stood up, waving an extended index finger at Cheney, objecting to any potential attack on Iran. He also was led out. Outside the hotel, about 50 protesters, some donning costumes, shouted criticisms of the war and the Bush administration. They also held signs listing troop death levels and calling for impeachment. One protester was dressed as Darth Vader, a reference to Cheney?s supposed resemblance to the movie character. "Were out here to protest Vice President Cheneys imperial delusions," protester John Fullwinder said.  zum Artikel...
Sidewalk Drawings That Look Realclipped by: Geostigmaclippers remarks: Wow! 3-D SIDEWALK ART Julian Beever is an English artist whos famous for his art on the pavement of England, France, Germany, United States, Australia and Belgium. He gives to his drawings an amazing 3D illusion.                  zum Artikel...Musharraf declares Martial Lawclipped by: pokketsclippers remarks: The Judges were accused of working at cross purposes with the executive. The Supreme Court has the power to invalidate the last election, and were about to vote on the issue. The state of emergency gives the executive the power to appoint new judges  Gen. Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistans constitution and deployed troops in the capital Saturday, declaring that rising Islamic extremism had forced him to take emergency measures. He also replaced the nations chief justice and blacked out the independent media that refused to support him Authorities began rounding up opposition politicians, cut phone lines in the capital and took all but the state television station off air the Pentagon said the emergency declaration does not affect U.S. military support for Pakistan and its efforts in the war on terrorism. Musharrafs leadership is threatened by an increasingly defiant court Musharraf replaced the chief justice of the Supreme Court -- who had emerged as the main check on his power -- before a crucial Supreme Court ruling on his future as president. His emergency order accused some judges of "working at cross purposes with the executive" and "weakening the governments resolve" to fight terrorism. zum Artikel...414,000 possible Ecoli Pizzasclipped by: kkcapricornclippers remarks: What is safe to eat? As there is a raised risk of E. coli O157:H7 contamination of 414,000 cases of pizza products with pepperoni toppings, the makers, General Mills, has announced a voluntary recall of said pizzas. As these are freezable products, the company is asking consumers to check in their freezers as well. The pizzas were produced in General Mills Ohio factory and distributed throughout the USA. -- Totinos Party Supreme - SKU number 42800-10700 -- Totinos Three Meat - SKU number 42800-10800 -- Totinos Pepperoni - SKU number 42800-11400 -- Totinos Pepperoni - SKU number 42800-92114 -- Totinos Classic Pepperoni - SKU number 42800-11402 -- Totinos Pepperoni Trio - SKU number 42800-72157 -- Totinos Party Combo - SKU number 42800-11600 -- Totinos Combo - SKU number 42800-92116 -- Jenos Crisp n Tasty Supreme - SKU number 35300-00561 -- Jenos Crisp n Tasty Pepperoni - SKU number 35300-00572 -- Jenos Crisp n Tasty Combo - SKU number 35300-00576 zum Artikel...How Bad Will the Next Recession Be?clipped by: JICWyllie Paul Saffo, fellow for the World Economic Forum and Institute for the Future, professor at Stanford University, and consultant to companies like Samsung as well as Silicon Valley venture capitalists. predicting an end to the American economic model altogether. But he takes his thesis a frightening step beyond economic dissolution into the total dissolution of the country itself: "My forecast is that theres less than a 50 percent chance that the United States will exist as a nation by the middle of the century. And that is actually good news." "The credit bubble has burst and the entire U.S. economy will deflate with it," promises Peter Schiff, founder of Euro Pacific Capital fund zum Artikel...OReilly and Compete Breakdown the Time We Spend on Facebookclipped by: Amanda Mooney zum Artikel...The boy who refused to dieclipped by: DMCourtclippers remarks: And at seven months, theyre healthy and thriving. They say twins share a strong bond - but the one between Gabriel and Ieuan Jones was unbreakable. When doctors found that Gabriel was weaker than his brother, with an enlarged heart,and believed he was going to die in the womb, his mother Rebecca Jones had to make a heartbreaking decision. Doctors told her his death could cause his twin brother to die too before they were born, and that it would be better to end Gabriels suffering sooner rather than later. Mrs Jones decided to let doctors operate to terminate Gabriels life. Firstly they tried to sever his umbilical cord to cut off his blood supply, but the cord was too strong. They then cut Mrs Joness placenta in half so that when Gabriel died, it would not affect his twin brother. Although he weighed less than a pound, he put up such a fight for survival that doctors called him Rocky. Astonishingly, he managed to carry on living in his mothers womb for another five weeks - until the babies were delivered by caesarean section. zum Artikel...Lunch zigged when it should have zagged!clipped by: Newfman Tags: photo zum Artikel...Hollywood writers strike could shut down industryclipped by: cpltaijiclippers remarks: Good! We can use a break from these morons for a while!  The strike could see popular shows such as Jay Lenos The Tonight Show yanked off air. (Getty Images: Paul Drinkwater) Hollywoods screen writers union has announced an indefinite strike, a move likely to see popular shows yanked off air in the US film and television industrys biggest crisis in decades. The 12,000 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) will stage a walk-out from Monday morning unless a deal is struck with producers over demands on pay and profit-sharing, the union said. A federal mediator has called for an 11th-hour negotiating session, in a last-ditch effort to head off a strike. Writers are demanding a greater share of residual profits from television series sold on DVDs as well as improved pay schedules for programs shown on the internet, mobile phones, and other new media outlets. "Everybody knows what a DVD costs and a writer gets four to five cents for a DVD sale," screenwriter Bryce Zabel said. "Weve asked for eight and theyve said thats outrageous." zum Artikel...Rock Concert Held At Nazi Death Campclipped by: merrieclippers remarks: For Serbias small Jewish community, the weekend concert at the Sajmiste camp near the center of Belgrade is the latest indignity to befall a site they say needs to be saved from decades of neglect and deterioration. Stray dogs wander forlornly around the rundown gray brick barracks that used to house of one of the most notorious World War II Nazi death camps in the Balkans Soon, the site where some 48,000 Jews, Serbs and Gypsies perished in the 1940s will be throbbing to the rhythms of rock music. "Its like holding a wedding at a graveyard," said Aleksandar Mosic, a Jewish chairman of the camps memorial center, ahead of Saturdays concert by British band Kosheen. "It was the only death camp in Europe which was so visible," said Mosic, 88, "The intention was to intimidate the Serb population by letting them see what was going on inside the camp," he said. "For our small nation, the Sajmiste camp was as horrendous as Dachau or Sachenhosen in Germany." Rare Jewish survivors of the camp are outraged. "Do those people know what really happened here?" said Mihailo Berberijan, 101. Mosic said the surviving tower should be returned to the states ownership, and converted into a Holocaust museum containing photographs and documents of the lost Serbian Jews. A small cracked marble plaque dedicated to the Yugoslav victims is mounted on a wall surrounded by high weeds and empty beer cans. But it doesnt specifically mention the Jews. zum Artikel...November Sunsetclipped by: ryoikawa zum Artikel...
5017672abclipped by: ryoikawa zum Artikel...Climate wars threaten billionsclipped by: JohnWatermanA total of 46 nations and 2.7 billion people are now at high risk of being overwhelmed by armed conflict and war because of climate change. A further 56 countries face political destabilisation, affecting another 1.2 billion individuals. This stark warning will be outlined by the peace group International Alert in a report, A Climate of Conflict, this week. Much of Africa, Asia and South America will suffer outbreaks of war and social disruption as climate change erodes land, raises seas, melts glaciers and increases storms, it concludes. Even Europe is at risk. Consider Peru, said Smith. Its fresh water comes mostly from glacier meltwater. But by 2015 nearly all Perus glaciers will have been removed by global warming and its 27 million people will nearly all lack fresh water A different situation affects Bangladesh. Here climate-linked migration is already triggering violent conflict Conflict triggered by climate change is not a vague threat for coming years It is already upon us zum Artikel...UK Lambs cause skin diseaseclipped by: mona Mystery skin disease in farmers  Farmers are being affected by a mysterious new skin disease, dermatologists report. The condition affects the ears, which become hot, itchy and sore before blistering and crusting. A study in the British Journal of Dermatology found it only occurs during lambing season, which lasts up to three months, but the cause is unclear. But similar letters in farming magazines in Australia, New Zealand and the Falklands found no one in those countries who seemed to be affected. in Australia, New Zealand and the Falklands lambing occurs outdoors with little intervention from farmers which may explain why the condition does not occur there. Tags: health, mysterious zum Artikel...Twin Towersclipped by: MetisCougarclippers remarks: Read this it makes sense.
zum Artikel...Haha Red Soxs they cant hold on to a ballclipped by: MasterMind KingMystery over World Series ball When Game Four against the Colorado Rockies ended on Sunday night, Boston catcher Jason Varitek gloved the final strike and tucked the ball in his pocket as the team celebrated their series win.
After the 2004 World Series that ended Bostons 86-year streak without a championship, the Red Sox sued former first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, who had since joined the New York Yankees, to claim the ball that ended the final game. zum Artikel...Your Guide to Never Feeling Tired Againclipped by: anpl32Energize Your Diet Have breakfast... even if you dont feel hungry. Eat every three to four hours. Fill up on more fiber. Fuel your brain with omega-3s. Stay hydrated. Watch caffeine intake after noon. Energize Your SpiritSplash some water on your face or take a shower when youre feeling burned-out. Suit up in a "power" outfit to beat the blahs. Vent your feelings. Turn on some tunes. Let go of grudges. Take belly breaths. De-clutter a corner. Do some good. Get a Restorative RestCut back on TV and computer time after 8 p.m. Hide your alarm clock. Give your pet his own separate sleeping space. Lower the thermostat. Skip the nightcap. Get your exercise. Follow the 15-minute rule. Write down your worries. zum Artikel...New Study Reveals How We Can Cut Cancer Risk...clipped by: constantskepticclippers remarks: It basically states to eat more fruits and vegetables The report concludes that obesity increases the risk of cancer of the oesophagus, colorectum, pancreas, breast, endometrium, and kidney. Its goal is for the average body mass index of the population to be between 21 and 23. The report also shows that alcohol increases the risk of cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, oesophagus, colorectum, and breast and also causes cirrhosis, which predisposes to liver cancer. It recommends much lower drinking limits than currently advised in Britain, so a substantial shift in drinking habits would be needed to achieve these goals. Evidence for a protective effect of fruit and vegetables is less convincing. Nevertheless, the report recommends that people should eat at least five portions of vegetables and fruits each day. zum Artikel...Canyon Picture From Earth Observatoryclipped by: constantskepticclippers remarks: nice  Tags: nasa zum Artikel...American Gangster (Pictures)clipped by: BobbyDelray                       Tags: american gangster, pictures zum Artikel...When good news is no news.clipped by: n2sooners Is no news good news or bad news? In Iraq, it seems good news is deemed no news. The current achievements, and they are achievements, are being treated as almost an embarrassment in certain quarters. The entire context of the contest for the Democratic nomination for president has been based on the conclusion that Iraq is an absolute disaster and the first task of the next president is to extricate the United States at maximum speed. All of these attitudes have become outdated. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have to appreciate that Iraq is no longer, as they thought, an exercise in damage limitation but one of making the most of an opportunity. The instinct of too many people is that if Iraq is going badly we should get out because it is going badly and if it is getting better we should get out because it is getting better. This is a catastrophic miscalculation. Iraq is getting better. That is good, not bad, news. zum Artikel...Why Women Cant work in ITclipped by: sussaneclippers remarks: This is amazingly funny picture .. Why Women cant Work in ITFriends, this picture show definitely that women cant work in IT because they care about makeups all time :)And the Blondes, they just simply cannot work at all.  Never Satisfied  zum Artikel...The 100th Monkey Theoryclipped by: davbozclippers remarks: --<< "THEN IT HAPPENED! By that evening almost everyone in the tribe was washing sweet potatoes before eating them. The added energy of this hundredth monkey somehow created an ideological breakthrough! But notice. A most surprising thing observed by these scientists was that the habit of washing sweet potatoes then jumped over the sea. Colonies of monkeys on other islands and the mainland troop of monkeys at Takasakiyama began washing their sweet potatoes. Thus, when a certain critical number achieves an awareness, this new awareness may be communicated from mind to mind. In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. The monkeys liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes, but they found the dirt unpleasant. An 18-month-old female named Imo found she could solve the problem by washing the potatoes in a nearby stream. She taught this trick to her mother. Her playmates also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too. This cultural innovation was gradually picked up by various monkeys before the eyes of the scientists. Between 1952 and 1958 all the young monkeys learned to wash the sandy sweet potatoes adults who imitated their children learned this social improvement. Other adults kept eating the dirty sweet potatoes. Then something startling took place the autumn of 1958 exact number is not known suppose that when the sun rose one morning there were 99 monkeys on Koshima Island who had learned to wash their sweet potatoes later that morning, the hundredth monkey learned to wash potatoes zum Artikel...Devices Enforce Cellular Silence, Sweet but Illegalclipped by: BobbyRutanclippers remarks: Give me on of these things NOW! One afternoon in early September, an architect boarded his commuter train and became a cellphone vigilante. He sat down next to a 20-something woman who he said was ?blabbing away? into her phone Andrew reached into his shirt pocket and pushed a button on a black device the size of a cigarette pack. It sent out a powerful radio signal that cut off the chatterer?s cellphone transmission ? and any others in a 30-foot radius His reaction when he first discovered he could wield such power? ?Oh, holy moly! Deliverance.? The technology is not new, but overseas exporters of jammers say demand is rising and they are sending hundreds of them a month into the United States The development is creating a battle for control of the airspace within earshot Insensitive talkers impose their racket on the defenseless If anything characterizes the 21st century, it?s our inability to restrain ourselves for the benefit of other people,? said James Katz, director of the Center for Mobile Communication Studies zum Artikel...H2Glow Temperature sensitive LED faucet lightclipped by: boliyouclippers remarks: The Green Head sells these lights that respond to water temperature by changing from blue to red. They fit over most standard faucets. Its a cool-looking safety feature.  zum Artikel...Bush Is Right to Worry If Waterboarding Is Defined as Tortureclipped by: jetcloudclippers remarks: "I have to say that I am both glad and amazed that the Bush administration is with it enough to worry. That is a good sign. And they should worry, because they should be indicted, at least. I hope that they are, and that, indeed, it does "go all the way up to the president." One of the Attorney Generals jobs should be making sure not only that the laws are enforced, but also that the laws are actual laws -- not opinions by John Yoo or David Addington or some other administration apologist. There is an exact definition of what a law is in this country, and it is not the same as a partisan legal opinion. One of the enraging things about the Bush administration is the way that they have consistently written their own rules, as if governing the nation is like playing a game of stealing the flag, where the stronger team, when it finds itself losing, simply changes the score or the rules until they either technically "win" or wear out the other side..." There is an article in Thursdays New York Times about the way Michael Mukasey has been hedging on waterboarding. The difficulty, according to many experts is, as "Jack L. Goldsmith, who served in the Justice Department in 2003 and 2004, wrote in his recent memoir, The Terror Presidency, that the possibility of future prosecution for aggressive actions against terrorism was a constant worry inside the Bush administration." Another expert points out that future prosecutors "... would ask not just who carried it out, but who specifically approved it. Theoretically, it could go all the way up to the president of the United States; thats why hell never say its torture." Tags: bush shat zum Artikel...MIT Autonomous Vehicle Makes Finals for DARPA Challengeclipped by: constantskepticclippers remarks: I want one.  MITs robocar negotiated a course without a driver to advance to the finals of the DARPA Urban Challenge. Photo / Jason Dorfman, CSAIL The MIT vehicle uses multiple laser range scanners, high-rate video cameras and automotive radar units to perform autonomous planning and motion control. The announcement means the MIT vehicle--a self-piloted Land Rover LR3 dubbed "robocar"--and its team of student and faculty developers will compete in the finals Saturday in Victorville, Calif. DARPA plans to recognize the top three finishers Sunday with awards of $2 million, $1 million, and $500,000. zum Artikel...Think Tank: Climate Affects Security.clipped by: pokketsclippers remarks: People start to feel insecure when they cant breathe. They say Climate Scientists underestimated how quickly the climate would change through fear of being alarmist. Now Its seen to be a threat to security, as Discovered by the Think Tank In the words of a septic tank "What a load of crap" The Deaf and Blind have decided to speak.  Climate change could be one of the greatest national security challenges ever faced by U.S. policy makers, according to a new joint study by two U.S. think tanks. The report, raises the threat of dramatic population migrations, wars over water and resources, and a realignment of power among nations. During the last two decades, climate scientists have underestimated how quickly the Earth is changing -- perhaps to avoid being branded as "alarmists," the study said. But policy planners should count on climate-induced instability in critical parts of the world within 30 years. Climate change is likely to breed new conflicts, but it already is magnifying existing problems, from the desertification of Darfur and competition for water in the Middle East to the disruptive monsoons in Asia which increase the pressure for land, the report said Left unchecked, "the collapse and chaos associated with extreme climate change futures would destabilize virtually every aspect of modern life," zum Artikel...Amazing Ceilingclipped by: constantskepticclippers remarks: amazing spiral of life  zum Artikel...rainbow skyclipped by: kajimahiroshi37 zum Artikel...Mars Makes A Special Appearance In Novemberclipped by: constantskepticclippers remarks: check it out  Mars. Credit: NASA Mars is small to begin with, about half the diameter of Earth, and most of the time it is on the other side of its orbit from us. That tends to make it a plain orange blob, even in telescopes, without the details that make the larger planets so interesting. The surface detail that can be seen with telescopes will depend on what is in Mars atmosphere as well as our own. Major dust storms on Mars in July and August may have left debris still swirling about that will take time to settle. Observers can only wait and watch to find out. zum Artikel...Predicted Water Levels Around Manhattan, 2106clipped by: Newfmanclippers remarks: Global warming, I presume?  Tags: photo zum Artikel...Filter Heartclipped by: Newfman I did this for a Valentines Day photo contest. This is a ND filter, the color was changed in Photoshop. Ive been wanting to try this since I saw a similar shot at DPChallenge. Tags: photo zum Artikel...Space, the final frontier ...you might have missedclipped by: righthandTags: images zum Artikel...medical marijuanaclipped by: stoadtoolIn Episode 2 of Reason.tvs Drew Carey Project, Drew takes a look at patients who need and use medical marijuana in California, and how the federal government is making their lives even worse. One of the most outrageous consequences of the war on drugs is the federal crackdown on medical marijuana, which is used by patients to help treat the effects of cancer, glaucoma, HIV-AIDS, chronic pain and nausea, and other severe symptoms associated with serious illnesses. Medical marijuana prescribed by a physician is legal in 12 states, yet federal agents are raiding state-approved dispensaries and preventing patients from having safe access to this drug. ?I think it?s clear by now that the federal government needs to reclassify marijuana. People who need it should be able to get it ? safely and easily,? says The Price Is Right and Power of 10 host Drew Carey in a new Reason.tv video examining medical marijuana and the war on drugs. Tags: medical marijuana zum Artikel...Day of the Deadclipped by: boniface After Halloween celebrations, Latin American communities celebrate the Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos in Spanish. The holiday is most prominently observed in Mexico and by Mexican immigrant communities. Originating with the indigenous peoples in Latin America, Day of the Dead celebrations include festivals and gatherings at cemeteries and churches. At left, workers carry an artwork with fake skulls to be placed in Mexico Citys Zocalo plaza during preparing for Day of the Dead festivities, Oct. 31, 2007. Altars and artwork from around the country were on display in the Zocalo, as Mexicans honored Day of the Dead. zum Artikel...Americas Armageddonites Push for More Warclipped by: Rasmusclippers remarks: Continuation: These end-timers have great influence over the U.S. governments foreign policy. They are thick with the Republican leadership. At a recent conference in Washington, congressional leader Roy Blunt, for example, has said that their work is "part of Gods plan." At the same meeting, where speakers promoted attacking Iran, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay glorified "end times." Indeed the Bush administration often consults with them on Mideast policies. The organizer of the conference, Rev. John Hagee, is often welcomed at the White House, although his ratings are among the lowest on integrity and transparency by Ministry Watch, which rates religious broadcasters. He raises millions of dollars from his campaign supporting Israeli settlements on the West Bank, including much for himself. Utopian fantasies have long transfixed the human race. Yet today a much rarer fantasy has become popular in the United States. Millions of Americans, the richest people in history, have a death wish. They are the new "Armageddonites," fundamentalist evangelicals who have moved from forecasting Armageddon to actually trying to bring it about. Most journalists find it difficult to take seriously that tens of millions of Americans, filled with fantasies of revenge and empowerment, long to leave a world they despise. These Armageddonites believe that they alone will get a quick, free pass when they are "raptured" to paradise, no good deeds necessary, not even a day of judgment. Ironically, they share this utopian fantasy with a group that they often castigate, namely fundamentalist Muslims who believe that dying in battle also means direct access to Heaven. zum Artikel...Kinda dumb if you ask me...clipped by: skwirlinatorclippers remarks: Some people know really dumb stuff! 2) At the end of every party there is always a girl crying. 4) Youve never quite sure whether its ok to eat green crisps. 6) Reading when youre drunk is horrible. 8) Youre never quite sure whether its against the law or not to have a fire in your back garden. 11) You never know where to look when eating a banana. 13) Prodding a fire with a stick makes you feel manly. 17) The most embarrassing thing you can do as schoolchild is to call your teacher mum or dad. 19) Some days you see lots of people on crutches. 21) Old women with mobile phones look wrong! 31) People who dont drive slam car doors too hard 33) Everyone had an uncle who tried to steal their nose. 27) Theres no panic like the panic you momentarily feel when youve got your hand or head stuck in something. 12) Its impossible to describe the smell of a wet cat. Tags: dumb stuff, knowledge zum Artikel...A condom accidentclipped by: Rashid Malikclippers remarks: So he was more concerned about sex than the safety of his child. What a careless parent? A physician picked up his phone in the middle of the night to the frantic cries of one of his patients: ?Doctor, you gotta help me! My 12-year old just swallowed a condom!,? the distraught father cried. The concerned MD grabbed his bag and headed for the door. As he turned the knob, the phone rang again, and the previously agitated parent said, ?Never mind, we found another one!? zum Artikel...origami artist - Eric Joiselclipped by: skwirlinatorclippers remarks: An amazing artist                        Eric Joisel origami artist zum Artikel...North Korea disablement to begin Mondayclipped by: cpltaijiU.S. experts set remove Pyongyang?s nuclear capabilities, envoy says TOKYO - A team of U.S. experts will begin disabling North Korea?s nuclear facilities Monday, the top U.S. envoy to nuclear disarmament talks with Pyongyang said, marking the biggest step the communist country has ever taken to scale back its atomic program. Christopher Hill also said North Korea ? one of the world?s most isolated countries ? appeared to be opening up, and said efforts had begun towards removing the communist regime from Washington?s list of countries sponsoring terrorism. ?By Monday morning, they will begin their work,? Hill said, referring to the U.S. team that arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday. ?It?s a very big day because it?s the first time it?s actually going to start disabling its nuclear program,? he said. zum Artikel...Newfoundland sunsetclipped by: Newfman Tags: photo zum Artikel...recipe 4 successclipped by: pascualclippers remarks: economist other countries are making heavy investments that threaten to erode Americas position. It would like a big push in four areas: improving science, engineering and maths education; welcoming skilled immigrants; beefing up government spending on basic research; and offering tax incentives to spur ?US-based innovation.? Tags: research, development zum Artikel...Orangutans could be extinct by 2020clipped by: wendy6552 Orangutans could be extinct by 2020 -- the victims of habitat destruction intensified by illegal timber trafficking. And while the insatiable demand for cheap wood products and luxury hardwoods in the United States, Europe and Japan is driving illegal logging operations worldwide, America has no law against importing illegally-harvested wood into the U.S.  Orangutans are just one species threatened by illegal timber trafficking (Photo: Tom Lowe, Creative Commons License) Tags: ostrich alert zum Artikel...Kitten vs Ladybugclipped by: Newfman Tags: cute zum Artikel...Sending His Cancer A Signalclipped by: debbyski John Kanzius, sorely weakened by leukemia treatments, drew on his lifetime of working with radio waves to devise a machine that targets cancer cells. The miracle: It works. ERIE, PA. -- When doctors told John Kanzius he had nine months to live, he quietly thanked God for his blessings and prepared to die. Then 58, he had lived a good life, with a loving wife, two successful adult daughters and a gratifying career. Now he had leukemia and was ready to accept his fate, but the visits to the cancer ward shook him. Faces haunted him, the bald and bandaged heads, bodies slumped in wheelchairs, and children who could not play. He thought there had to be a more humane way to treat cancer. Kanzius did not have a medical background, not even a bachelors degree, but he knew radios. If he could transmit them into cancer cells, he wondered, could he then direct the radio waves to destroy tumors, while leaving healthy cells intact? zum Artikel...The man who lives in the St. Alexius hospitalclipped by: Newfman The red circle is around the house of the gentleman that has refused to ever move, no matter the offer. All of the grey parking lots use to be houses that were purchased by the hospital and demolished over the years. His house is directly across from the emergency room. He was always a stoic hero of mine. Tags: odd zum Artikel...Complete Eye Test For menclipped by: sussaneclippers remarks: Make sure you test your eye properly zum Artikel...One Stroke of the Penclipped by: skwirlinator" One Stroke of the Pen " More Random Photo Sets:  Tags: one stroke of the pen, art zum Artikel...All About Steakclipped by: skwirlinatorzum Artikel...Ten Year Olds in Rehab: Tip of the Icebergclipped by: abailartclippers remarks: This is truly scary. The epidemic of adults who are drinking or abusing other drugs or simply on a hedonism trip to blot our their fear is well documented. Evidence is mounting about the abusive legacy one generation is bestowing on the next. Figures show a 40 per cent rise in the number of under-age drinkers in treatment in just one year ? and experts say that hard-living celebrities are bad role models. By Jonathan OwenPublished: 04 November 2007Record numbers of children are in treatment for alcohol abuse. Britains drinking culture, combined with the sheer availability and affordability of alcohol, is taking a heavy toll of those most vulnerable to its effects. An investigation by The Independent on Sunday has discovered that children as young as 10 are spending up to three years in treatment, ranging from residential rehabilitation to specialist counselling. "This is the tip of the iceberg. There are more than 800,000 children below the age of 15 drinking regularly in the UK," said Frank Soodeen from Alcohol Concern. "I started drinking when I was about 11 or 12," says Kayleigh "When you first start drinking you forget about the bad things. You just dont care about them any more, youre not so scared." Tags: alcoholism, young drinkers zum Artikel...Toilet sign at Chinaclipped by: Patty2007zum Artikel...Three engineers and a brake failureclipped by: Rashid Malikclippers remarks: So that seems to indicate that software engineers are dangerous ride companions. Three engineers sit in a car going downhill. A civil engineer, a mechanical engineer and a software engineer. The brakes fail and the car narrowly avoids a very bad accident. When it finally comes to a stop the civil engineer says "We got really lucky, that hill has a 15% gradient". The mechanical engineer says "We should fix the brakes". The software engineer says "We should do it again to see if the brakes will fail again." zum Artikel...10 Glorious Lost Cities.clipped by: vk2yocclippers remarks: Pretty cool! more info on the website. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MACHU PICCHU (Peru): The Lost City of the Incas [
ANGKOR (Cambodia): Contains the worlds largest religious monument [
MEMPHIS (Egypt): ancient capital of Egypt[
PETRA: stone structures carved into rocks [
PALMYRA (Syria): the Bride of the Desert [
POMPEII (Italy): buried by the volcano[
PALENQUE (Mexico): one of Mayans most exquisite cities [
VIJAYANAGAR (India): capital of one of the largest Hindu empires [
EPHESUS (Turkey): one of the most important cities of early Christianity [
SANCHI (India): the best-preserved group of Buddhist monuments [
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zum Artikel...Weird and Wonderful Foreign Phrases
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Weird and wondrful foreign phrases..
..that just dont translate
English is a rich and wonderful language - but sometimes its just not good enough.
For example, have you ever searched around in vain for a word to describe someone who gets excited by eating garlic?
Or wondered why there isnt a nice pithy term for a person who is only attractive if theyre standing quite far away?
Other languages do have such words. The extraordinary variety of international speech is captured in Toujours Tingo, a new book which draws on more than 300 languages exploring the areas where English fails us.
zum Artikel...Democrats seek better Health care for Veterans
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A Democratic senator on Saturday accused President Bush of "hollow talk" in support of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and said the Bush administration has not done nearly enough to provide veterans with the care they need.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said, "The president can call on Democrats to follow him in lockstep all he wants, but when it comes to caring for our veterans, we are not about to start taking advice from George Bush."
The president also lamented that his emergency spending request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan still languishes.
zum Artikel...cool - 400 national anthems
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Welcome! This website has been created to give some background on over 400 anthems past and present, as well as anthems of other entities. You will find background on the history of the anthem, a music file (usually in MIDI format), lyrics (usually with an English translation as well), and for some, sheet music. The main goal of this site is to offer the most comprehensive source on anthem information on the Internet.
zum Artikel...Free passport photos
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zum Artikel...Village Wise Man, Sioux
clipped by: MetisCougarclippers remarks: Pray to the Creator for his blessings upon the woman and the man to protect our nations.
Cougar
| The Elders say the Native American women will lead the healing among the tribes. We need to especially pray for our women, and ask the Creator to bless them and give them strength. Inside them are the powers of love and strength given by the Moon and the Earth. When everyone else gives up, it is the women who sings the songs of strength. She is the backbone of the people. So, to our women we say, sing your songs of strength; pray for your special powers; keep our people strong; be respectful, gentle and modest. |
zum Artikel...Interesting Self-ASSesment
clipped by: meijimiclippers remarks: This guy should really be careful. He almost made me laugh. When that happens, the world will end. Nuff said.....by him anyway.
zum Artikel...Blackwaters Owner Has Spies for Hire
clipped by: tabseyclippers remarks: DicknGeorges private army is making itself available for everything. Soon they will take over the post so they can be paid to check your mail.
First it became a brand name in security for its work in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now its taking on intelligence.
The Prince Group, the holding company that owns Blackwater Worldwide, has been building an operation that will sniff out intelligence about natural disasters, business-friendly governments, overseas regulations and global political developments for clients in industry and government.
The operation, Total Intelligence Solutions, has assembled a roster of former spooks -- high-ranking figures from agencies such as the CIA and defense intelligence -- that mirrors the slate of former military officials who run Blackwater. Its chairman is Cofer Black, the former head of counterterrorism at CIA known for his leading role in many of the agencys more controversial programs, including the rendition and interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects and the detention of some of them in secret prisons overseas.
zum Artikel...Musharraf imposes emergency rule
clipped by: tabseyclippers remarks: Is this bloke an American puppet or the most dangerous man in the world. He is bent on retaining power and a willing dictator by the way he is acting. Shit. I just described DicknGeorge.
However, she immediately flew back to Karachi where she condemned Gen Musharrafs decision.
zum Artikel...neat Interactive explanation of stem cells
clipped by: boozichSTEM CELLS?EXPLAINED AND EXPLORED
Interactive Tutorial
This interactive tutorial on the basics of stem cells includes:
zum Artikel...Americans fight 4 right 2 see Stars
clipped by: syncopathclippers remarks: " Theres passion about dark skies here, in no small part because of the observatories that for decades have quietly lobbied for pristine viewing of the stars. Lowell Observatory was the first here in 1894. Percival Lowell came from the East looking for life on Mars. A Lowell astronomer discovered Pluto in 1930.
Next year, Flagstaff will celebrate 50 years of campaigning to protect dark skies. Signs proclaim Flagstaff is the "worlds first international dark-sky city," and people are proud of it, Grahame says. "
Parts of America Can Still See the Stars
zum Artikel...Weird African Stuff.
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A power line pole in the middle of the road (BuruBuru, Nairobi, Kenya)
How to paint a pool (in Lusaka, Zambia)
In Lagos, Nigeria.
In Cape Town, South Africa
The famous "SOTP" sign (in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
zum Artikel...Mediterranean Diet at Italian Chains? Fuhgeddaboudit!
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anyway, fettuccine alfredo mmm .. bon appetite !!
Mediterranean Diet at Italian Chains? Fuhgeddaboudit!
"Italy is a Mediterranean country, so many people assume that Italian food represents a Mediterranean diet," Liebman said.
"Many Americans have only a vague notion of whats in a Mediterranean diet," she added. "Most probably assume its got olive oil, pasta and tomatoes, but few realize that its missing the meat, cheese and butter in popular Italian dishes like lasagna, spaghetti and meatballs, baked ziti and fettuccine alfredo."
zum Artikel...Very Strange Clouds
clipped by: fisaxijclippers remarks: And all over the world, strangers talk only about the weather. All over the world, its the same, its the same...
zum Artikel...Man arrested over digger rampage
clipped by: mickfinnzum Artikel...Japanese prefering gadgets to new PCs
clipped by: pokketsclippers remarks: PC sales have fallen for 5 consecutive quarters, in favor of gadgets like phones, pdas, flatscreen TVs. Replacing PCs seems to be becoming a low priority. The trend is leading analysts to think that Japan may be the first market in 25 years to see a decline in the PC market. It may be the picture of things to come in other countries. The market is splitting as a greater variety of gadgets are becoming available. If Japanese want gadgets. They will invent and produce more gadgets, and they will be sold to more and more specific markets. People also realize that New does not automatically mean improved, and the novelty of many bells and whistles is being replaced with the idea of using PCs in practical applications, with gadgets for entertainment. Also, if money becomes tight people become much more selective
"The household PC market is losing momentum to other electronics like flat-panel TVs and mobile phones," said Masahiro Katayama, research group head at market survey firm IDC.
Overall PC shipments in Japan have fallen for five consecutive quarters, the first ever drawn-out decline in PC sales in a key market, according to IDC. The trend shows no signs of letting up: In the second quarter of 2007, desktops fell 4.8 percent and laptops 3.1 percent.
zum Artikel...Schizophrenia and the Beautiful Mind
clipped by: zizzyclippers remarks: "Unfortunately psychiatry leans far more towards controlling schizophrenia, rather than showing understanding towards a patients true needs and potential capabilities."
"The Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky; Nobel prize winner in economics, John Nash (A Beautiful Mind); novelist, poet and writer, Jack Kerouac; and musicians such as Peter Green, Syd Barrett and James Beck Gordon have all either experienced, or are believed to have experienced, schizophrenia in some form."
"The condition has also been linked to the families of Tennessee Williams and Albert Einstein. Psychologists believe that schizophrenia personality is also associated to the likes of Vincent Van Gogh, Emily Dickinson and Isaac Newton."
Many people with schizophrenia are naturally creative and turn to the arts to release their inner thoughts and emotions 
zum Artikel...Cellular Silence; Sweet!
clipped by: debbyskiclippers remarks: I wouldnt go this far but I do have to admit that my answer to Fox News was using a TV-B-Gone.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2 ? One afternoon in early September, an architect boarded his commuter train and became a cellphone vigilante. He sat down next to a 20-something woman who he said was ?blabbing away? into her phone.
?She was using the word ?like? all the time. She sounded like a Valley Girl,? said the architect, Andrew, who declined to give his last name because what he did next was illegal.
Andrew reached into his shirt pocket and pushed a button on a black device the size of a cigarette pack. It sent out a powerful radio signal that cut off the chatterer?s cellphone transmission ? and any others in a 30-foot radius.
?She kept talking into her phone for about 30 seconds before she realized there was no one listening on the other end,? he said. His reaction when he first discovered he could wield such power? ?Oh, holy moly! Deliverance.?
zum Artikel...Sandcastles :O!
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zum Artikel...Nearly 3500 Chinese named "Olympics"
clipped by: pokketsclippers remarks: More than 4000 are named after the Five Friendlies Bei Bei, Jing Jing,
Huan Huan, Ying Ying, and Ni Ni,
The upcoming Beijing Olympics is more than just a point of pride for China -- its such an important part of the national consciousness that nearly 3,500 children have been named for the event, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Most of the 3,491 people with the name "Aoyun," meaning Olympics, were born around the year 2000, as Beijing was bidding to host the 2008 Summer Games, the Beijing Daily reported, citing information from Chinas national identity card database.
The names are Bei Bei (880 people), Jing Jing (1,240), Huan Huan (1,063), Ying Ying (624) and Ni Ni (642). When put together, the phrase translates to "Beijing welcomes you!"
Chinese have increasingly turned to unique names as a way to express a childs individuality.
zum Artikel...GEE, this WHIZ is just a KID!
clipped by: alanocuclippers remarks: Im glad hes doing things with other kids his age. For Halloween, he was the red Power Ranger. Its his favorite color.
L.I. MENSA BOY, 3, IS A SMALL WONDER
The doe-eyed brainiac, whose fingers are too small to grasp a pen, was tested six months ago because his parents noticed his frustration with speaking.
"His brain was clearly moving faster than his mouth could," said Christophers mom, Anna.
Entry into Mensa requires scoring in the top 2 percent of the population on an accepted standardized IQ test. There are just 30 members worldwide under the age of 10. The youngest is a 2-year-old girl in Britain.
There are 50,000 members in the United States, including actress Geena Davis.
zum Artikel...Beauty defined; MARILYN MONROE
clipped by: DouglasDirkclippers remarks: Legendary, Icon, Admired, Not a dumb blonde, died too soon-Goodbye Norma Jean!
zum Artikel...Police learning to monitor internet
clipped by: pokketsclippers remarks: "Computer usage is in some ways a window to your soul" They are being lectured on use of private information gathered from chat rooms, and networks, to assist in investigations
zum Artikel...We Pray for You. Please Pray for Us
clipped by: abailartzum Artikel...The problem with chasing money
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zum Artikel...Internal Decapitation! An Amazing Story of Recovery!
clipped by: KimbleKency1683clippers remarks: I know some of yall dont believe in God, but someone had to be watching out for this woman. It is truly amazing that she has came this far in her recovery. She has a blog if you guys want to click on the link on the website.
zum Artikel...Thousands return to a safer Baghdad
clipped by: topsailanglerBAGHDAD ? In a dramatic turnaround, more than 3,000 Iraqi families driven out of their Baghdad neighborhoods have returned to their homes in the past three months as sectarian violence has dropped, the government said Saturday.
Saad al-Azawi, his wife and four children are among them. They fled to Syria six months ago, leaving behind what had become one of the capitals more dangerous districts ? west Baghdads largely Sunni Khadra region.
The family had been living inside a vicious and bloody turf battle between Al Qaeda in Iraq and Mahdi Army militiamen. But Azawi said things began changing, becoming more peaceful, in August when radical anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army fighters to stand down nationwide.
About the same time, the Khadra neighborhood Awakening Council rose up against brutal Al Qaeda control ? the imposition of its austere interpretation of Islam, along with the murder and torture of those who would not comply.
zum Artikel...Deadly CRAFTSMANSHIP - pics
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zum Artikel...The Return Of Thousands Of Baghdad Residents
clipped by: merrieclippers remarks: They fled to Syria six months ago, leaving behind what had become one of the capitals more dangerous districts ? west Baghdads largely Sunni Khadra region. They had been living inside a vicious and bloody turf battle between al-Qaeda in Iraq and Mahdi Army militiamen.
Azawi said things began changing, becoming more peaceful, in August when radical anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army fighters to stand down nationwide
The uprising didnt originate in Khadra but flowed into the capital from the west. Earlier this year the Sunni tribes and clans in the vast Anbar province began their own revolt and have successfully rid the largely desert region of al-Qaeda control.
But, U.S. officials say, al-Qaeda overplayed its hand with Iraqs Sunnis, who practice a moderate version of Islam. American forces were quick to capitalize on the upheaval, welcoming former Sunni enemies as colleagues in securing what was once the most dangerous region of the country.
zum Artikel...Apologies - BOYS TOYS - even more deadly
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zum Artikel...The Once Peaceful Kingdom under Pakistani Occupation
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A man carried his belongings on Sunday near Mingora, in the Swat Valley, where fighting raged.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 1 ? For much of the last century, the mountainous region of Swat was ruled as a princely kingdom where a benign autocrat, the wali, bestowed schools for girls, health care for everyone and the chance to get a degree abroad for the talented.
?Musharraf wants the support of the Americans, so he frightens the Americans and allows these people to come so Bush will give more money and weapons,? he said. ?This could have been curbed a year ago.?
zum Artikel...Illegalizing Illegals
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zum Artikel...Training Through Pregnancy
clipped by: debbyskiclippers remarks: I worked out through both of my pregnancies. I monitored my heart rate and never let it get above 150 beats a minute. My doctor told me I could continue training because it was a part of my lifestyle before my pregnancies.
Paula Radcliffe, the British distance runner who holds the world record in the women?s marathon, ran throughout her pregnancy last year. She even ran the day before she gave birth to a healthy baby, Isla, on Jan. 17. And 12 days after Isla?s birth, she started running again.
Her experience is a rare one, says James Pivarnik, director of the Human Energy Research Laboratory at Michigan State University and one of the few scientists who have studied athletes during and after pregnancy.
She even did training regimens like hill repeats ? repeatedly running up hills to build strength and endurance. She was closely monitored by her doctor.
?People were looking at her as if she was crazy,? says Gary Lough, Radcliffe?s husband and manager.
Lough, Radcliffe and her doctor, Elena Demetrescu, devised a plan. She would not let her heart rate rise above 160 beats a minute and she would have ultrasound scans of her uterus every month from the fifth month on.
zum Artikel...Cutest Cat in the World
clipped by: constantskepticclippers remarks: this cat is really satan incarnate... I am skeptical of cuteness...
zum Artikel...By the way,do you have a driving licence???
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zum Artikel...A bit of FUN! ?
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zum Artikel...Dreamy ART Work! ?
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zum Artikel...We are sorry that our president is an idiot!
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zum Artikel...Ice Tsunami O_O
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zum Artikel...Paul Krugman Gives it to Giuliani Right in the Prostate
clipped by: zaselclippers remarks: Giuliani is one of the most outrageous liars I have ever been aware of in politics in my entire life. And believe me, I have known some big liars. But none of them could so fluently pull facts and figures out of their ass the way Rudy can and expect everyone to believe what he says, simply because he says it forcefully. Paul Krugman elaborates far better than I could, and he asks a very urgent question. Why is Rudys blatant pattern of lying and smearing not mentioned in the media as a character issue? Is it not as important as Edwards haircut, or Hillarys cackle?
zum Artikel...What Every Extrovert Should Know About Introverts
clipped by: rj3sp2. Introverts tend to dislike small talk.
3. Introverts do like to socialize ? only in a different manner and less frequently than extroverts.
4. Introverts need time alone to recharge.
5. Introverts are socially well adjusted.
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zum Artikel...From Boys To Marines
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zum Artikel...Cheney says it is "Mushroom Clouds" for Iran - bombs are comming
clipped by: Barry_1066clippers remarks: NO NO NO -- I cannot believe he said that.
Can you make it any clearer Mr. Cheney? You WANT to start another war? And you are talking about using THE NUCLEAR BOMB? Even in jest that is no joke from a person in you position.
Anyone else quaking?
VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY: Good morning, Tim.
RUSSERT: How close are we to war with Iran?
CHENEY: Well, I think we are in the final stages of diplomacy, obviously. We have done virtually everything we can with respect to carrots, if you will. It?s time for squash. Not to mention mushrooms, clouds of them.
RUSSERT: But you squashed Iraq and that didn?t work out so well.
CHENEY: Iraq will be fine, Tim. It just needs a firmer hand. We learned that lesson. We?re not going to get hung up on democracy this time. (Expletive) purple thumbs.
RUSSERT: Isn?t Secretary Rice still pushing carrots for Iran?
CHENEY: The more carrots Condi feeds ?em, the better they?ll be able to see the bombs coming.
zum Artikel...Black Toothpaste
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zum Artikel...Extra credit for flag burning
clipped by: n2soonerszum Artikel...Kucinich says he will force House vote on Cheney impeachment
clipped by: raven714clippers remarks: Congress must hold the Vice President accountable. The privileged resolution has priority status for consideration on the House floor. Once introduced, the resolution has to be brought to the floor within two legislative days, although the House could act on it immediately. Kucinich is expected to bring it to the House floor on Tuesday, November 6.
zum Artikel...7 Island Wonders of the World
clipped by: anthonyoclippers remarks: Some of these are really cool.
7 Island Wonders of the World: Most Amazing, Mysterious, Remote and More
Bouvet is the remotest uninhabited island in the world. Is roughly 75 square miles of surface is mostly covered by glaciers and and very little survives on the island aside from moss, seals, seabirds and penguins. However, the island has been at the center of some peculiar mysteries. An early discoverer of the island documented second island nearby that was never seen again. In the 1960s an abandoned lifeboat was found on the island, though nothing was ever seen of its passenger. In the above satellite images, it can only be picked out by spotting disturbances in the weather patterns.
zum Artikel...Heads or Tails? Judge Removed for Deciding Case With Coin Toss
clipped by: Newfman"Unless our citizens can trust that judges will fairly resolve the disputes brought before our courts, and treat all litigants with dignity, our courts will lose the publics respect and confidence upon which our legal system depends," Justice Barbara Milano Keenan wrote.
According to the court, Shull admitted tossing a coin to determine which parent would have visitation with a child on Christmas. Shull said he was trying to encourage the parents to decide the issue themselves but later acknowledged that he was wrong.
The pants-dropping incidents, the court said, "were even more egregious."
zum Artikel...Waterboarding Demo in Congress !? To Prove not Torture!?
clipped by: righthandWaterboarding: A Tortured History
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Enlarge Image of a woodcut depicting waterboarding included in J. Damhoudères Praxis Rerum Criminalium, Antwerp, 1556
A U.S. soldier in Vietnam supervises the waterboarding of a captured North Vietnamese soldier.
A waterboard and blue watering can used by the Khmer Rouge at Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
zum Artikel...Spacewalkers Repair Solar Panel
clipped by: syncopathclippers remarks: i think we should walk more `out there` in space, so we might find some
good tips 4 better perspective, how 2 walk `down here` ....
So Parazynski and his fellow spacewalker, Doug Wheelock, have moved back toward the airlock. Slowly, the way theyve long ago learned to operate in space.
zum Artikel...The Mind Of God?
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zum Artikel...Arizona nuclear plant normal after pipe bomb found
clipped by: tabseyclippers remarks: The engineer said he didnt know the bomb was in the back????
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Palo Verde nuclear power plant, the largest in the United States, was sealed off for much of Friday after guards found a pipe bomb in a workers truck as he tried to enter the facility, officials said.
The lock-down of the plant, about 50 miles (80 km) west of Phoenix, Arizona, was lifted on Friday afternoon. Operations were not affected, said the plants operator, Arizona Public Service.
The driver of the truck, an engineer who had worked at Palo Verde as a contractor for a year, was detained as his apartment was searched but he was not under arrest and was cooperating with authorities, the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office said.
"Our examination and preliminary testing shows it is a viable improvised explosive device," said Capt. Paul Chagolla.
The pipe bomb was probably powerful enough to damage the vehicle but not the power plant, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said.
zum Artikel...Troops 1, Puppet Government 0
clipped by: saharaclippers remarks: O?HANLON: ? and it doesn?t answer the questions about political progress.
KARL: In fact, there?s been almost no political progress on the national level, and U.S. officials know military gains won?t mean much if the Iraqi government doesn?t get its act together, which is one reason the Pentagon doesn?t even want to use the word ?winning.?
[To Defense Secretary] You?re not ready to say we?re winning, that the surge is working ?
ROBERT GATES [Defense Secretary]: (From tape.) I think ? I think that those end up being loaded words. I think we have been very successful. We need to continue being successful.
KARL: Today, Defense Secretary Gates said that the reduction in violence would not have been possible without the surge of 30,000 additional troops into Iraq, but, Charlie, those troops are going home in the coming months, raising the question of whether the violence will go up when they leave.
GIBSON: Jonathan Karl tonight reporting from the Pentagon, thanks
On ABC World News with Charles Gibson last night, ABC National Security Correspondent Jonathan Karl filed a report about the recent decline in American troop casualties in Iraq. In the report, Karl noted that ?violence in Iraq is down,? but added that ?there has been almost no political progress on the national level?:
In fact, there?s been almost no political progress on the national level, and U.S. officials know military gains won?t mean much if the Iraqi government doesn?t get its act together, which is one reason the Pentagon doesn?t even want to use the word ?winning.?
After the report aired, the White House sent the piece out in an official White House publication called ?White House Iraq Update.? But, as Karl writes today, the White House edited his report before sending it out, making it look ?like an unqualified declaration of success in Iraq.?
Contacted by ABC, the White House admitted to editing the negative aspects of the report and acknowledged that it was ?inappropriate.?
zum Artikel...This Is Going To Hurt
clipped by: debbyskiSome foes of capital punishment are celebrating this as a sign of a shift in the national debate. They?re mistaken.
Pain is often a necessary part of death. That fact seems unfortunate yet unremarkable in cases of natural death, but when the killing is done deliberately, on our behalf, we keep seeking ways to spare ourselves the dreadful truth.
zum Artikel...20 Things You Didnt Know About Living in Space
clipped by: anthonyoclippers remarks: It doesnt sound as fun as it used to.
2 And those are the least of your worries. In weightlessness, fluids shift upward, causing nasal congestion and a puffy face; bones lose calcium, forming kidney stones; and muscles atrophy, slowing the bowels and shrinking the heart.
10 In addition, water on the tongue, in the nose, and in the eyes would boil away. This actually happened in 1965, when a space suit failed during a NASA experiment and the tester was exposed to a near vacuum for 15 seconds.
11 Contrary to Hollywood, though, you wouldn?t explode. Lack of oxygen in the blood is what would kill you, but it would take about two minutes.
15 Missing something? Those vents on the space shuttle and International Space Station serve as the lost and found, sucking up anything that?s floating about unsecured.
18 Returning astronauts report extreme difficulty moving their arms and legs right after touchdown, one reason why they call landing ?the second birth.?
zum Artikel...Sports, Space, Life pics
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zum Artikel...There Goes The Judge
clipped by: Alectclippers remarks: What the contumacious heck...
Judge Booted for Flipping Coin to Decide
A judge who ordered a woman to drop her pants and decided a custody dispute by flipping a coin was removed from the bench by the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday. The decision against Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge James Michael Shull of Gate City was unanimous.
A court bailiff testified before the commission that after the hearing, he asked Shull, "Did you see what that lady had on?" According to the bailiff, Shull replied: "Yeah, a black lacy thing ... it looked good, didnt it?"
zum Artikel...Ear Wax Eating
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Australian Laments Ear Wax Eating Video
Australias opposition leader lamented his past behavior on Wednesday, as images of him picking his ear wax in Parliament reached a growing audience via the Internet.
The embarrassing footage was captured by Parliaments official television camera at least six years ago as Kevin Rudd, then a junior Labor Party lawmaker, sat in the House Representatives listening to a colleague question a government minister.
Rudd, who is likely to become Australias prime minister next month, is seen in the background absent-mindedly probing his left ear before apparently placing the same finger in his mouth.
"Im really pleased about that ? how did I go on Jay Leno?" Rudd said, laughing with sarcasm.
zum Artikel...Night of calm atmosphere
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zum Artikel...Transparent laptop screens
clipped by: katuraclippers remarks: some of these photos are really amazing...
zum Artikel...Church ordered to pay $10.9 million for funeral protest
clipped by: darryldepughclippers remarks: These people are nuts. How could someone do something so horrible to people morning the loss of a loved one? If you want to see just how crazy these people are, just check out their website at www.godhatesfags.com . I have never heard or seen such hateful speech from so called god fearing people. They are nothing more than a bunch of anti-american homophobic dumb-asses trying to pass themselves off as a church.
Church ordered to pay $10.9 million for funeral protest
Albert Snyder of York, Pennsylvania, sued the Westboro Baptist Church for unspecified damages after members demonstrated at the March 2006 funeral of his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq.
The jury first awarded $2.9 million in compensatory damages. It returned later in the afternoon with its decision to award $6 million in punitive damages for invasion of privacy and $2 million for causing emotional distress.
U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett noted the size of the award for compensating damages "far exceeds the net worth of the defendants," according to financial statements filed with the court.
Church members routinely picket funerals of military personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, carrying signs such as "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "God hates fags."
zum Artikel...A Catholics Guide to the Issues in Politics 2008
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zum Artikel...13 Things PMS Stands For.
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Thats a good one! XD
13 Things PMS Stands For
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zum Artikel...Those cranky beautiful funny fantastic kids (photo set)
clipped by: alanocuclippers remarks: Some of these photos couldve been clipped earlier - there are only a couple that were familiar, but they put a big smile on my face.
zum Artikel...Beware the burger
clipped by: Red PenThe recall was the second by Minneapolis-based Cargill in a month. On October 7, the company recalled about 844,812 pounds (383,200 kg) of frozen beef patties produced at a Wisconsin plant.
In September, Topps Meat Co LLC recalled 21.7 million pounds (9.8 million kg) of ground beef after a string of E. coli-related illnesses. It was the fifth-largest meat or poultry recall in U.S. history.
For a list of the products subject to recall, click on: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Recall_051-2007_Release.pdf
zum Artikel...In search of the lost wife
clipped by: Rashid Malikclippers remarks: Wives and cats are impossible to loose. How did this guy manage to do that? And what the heck is he trying to find her back for?
"Because every time I talk to a beautiful woman, my wife appears out of nowhere."
zum Artikel...Planktos: Ocean Reoxygenation Company
clipped by: abailartclippers remarks: The above from the companys website. The site poses many specific questions for me, so am going to delve deeper. Glug.