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Clipmarks | Live Clipsmen catch baby!clipped by: amandab220Two men were praised as heroes today after they caught an 18-month-old baby girl who plummeted at least 30 feet from the window of a triple-decker apartment building in Lawrence. The baby fell through the air and when she landed, "he pretty much got the top and I got the diaper end, or the bottom half, or whatever you call it," Lemire said. Officials said the baby had fallen 40 feet, but Lemire said that was incorrect. The fall was 28 feet, perhaps 30, he said. "Like I said, Im a remodeling contractor so Im pretty good at the heights." MORE GREAT PICTURES OF THE MOONclipped by: tanyammclippers remarks: My favourite object in the night sky. Great pictures of the moon                               UNDERWATER ART PICTURESclipped by: tanyammclippers remarks: The little girl with the goggles reminds me of my granddaughter. Underwater art pictures                               BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF STAIRSclipped by: tanyammTime of conception linked to birth defectsclipped by: nchntedTime of conception linked to birth defects in United States A study published in the April 2009 issue of the medical journal Acta Pædiatrica is the first to report that birth defect rates in the United States were highest for women conceiving in the spring and summer. The researchers also found that this period of increase risk correlated with increased levels of pesticides in surface water across the United States. Studying all 30.1 million births which occurred in the U.S. between 1996 and 2002, the researchers found a strong association between the increased number of birth defects in children of women whose last menstrual period occurred in April, May, June or July and elevated levels of nitrates, atrazine and other pesticides in surface water during the same months this is the first study to link their increased seasonal concentration in surface water with the peak in birth defects in infants conceived in the same months. Left wing thug tries to disrupt peaceful book signingclipped by: Jacob173clippers remarks: Leftist storm trooper attempts to disrupt book signing and cries foul when arrested. Obviously he believes in free speech only for people he agrees with. TCNJ seeks hired guns after Coulter brouhaha and students arrestEWING ? The president of The College of New Jersey has hired a high-profile private security firm to review accusations made by student Michael Tracey following his disorderly person arrest at Ann Coulter?s lecture on campus last month. ?Bottom line,? Ball added, ?there are procedures in place. If our officers acted inappropriately, our chief would follow those procedures. But it would start with someone lodging a complaint, which hasn?t been done by the student or the college. So, there?s nothing to investigate if you don?t have a complaint.? Sen John Cornyn Threatens World War III If Al Franken Is Seated By Democratsclipped by: Anomaly100clippers remarks: Too bad Sen Cornyn. You would do this at the detriment of the state Of Minnesota? Way to be self absorbed! Idiot. Texas Sen. John Cornyn is threatening "World War III" if Democrats try to seat Al Franken in the Senate before Norm Coleman can pursue his case through the federal courts.  Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, acknowledges that a federal challenge to Novembers elections could take "years" to resolve. But hes adamant that Coleman deserves that chance -- even if it means Minnesota is short a senator for the duration. Russia advocates move back to gold standardclipped by: egoldsteinclippers remarks: With Russia and China being so outspoken about the need to replace the dollar as the worlds reserve currency in advance of the G20 meeting, its hard to imagine this not being a serious possiblity. I wish i was smart enough to know all the ramifications of this potential change. Chinese and Russian leaders both plan to open debate on an SDR-based reserve currency as an alternative to the US dollar at the G20 summit in London this week, although the world may not yet be ready for such a radical proposal. Mr Dvorkevich said it was "logical" that the new currency should include the rouble and the yuan, adding that "we could also think about more effective use of gold in this system". Earth Hour Definitely Isn?t a Bunch of Crapclipped by: merrieclippers remarks: I pulled up to Al?s house, located in the posh Belle Meade section of Nashville, at 8:48pm ? right in the middle of Earth Hour. I found that the main spotlights that usually illuminate his 9,000 square foot mansion were dark, but several of the lights inside the house were on. In fact, most of the windows were lit by the familiar blue-ish hue indicating that floor lamps and ceiling fixtures were off, but TV screens and computer monitors were hard at work. (In other words, his house looked the way most houses look about 1:45am when their inhabitants are distractedly watching ?Cheaters? or ?Chelsea Lately? reruns.) The kicker, though, were the dozen or so floodlights grandly highlighting several trees and illuminating the driveway entrance of Gore?s mansion. Okay, maybe it?s not fair to hold the President of the Environment to the same standard as everybody else. You celebrated Earth Hour last Saturday night, didn?t you? Turned off all your lights between 8:30 and 9:30? Of course you did. Because otherwise you?d be denying that WE?RE ALL GONNA DIE FROM GLOBAL WARMING, which is as bad as denying the Holocaust or the moon landing. Oh, who am I kidding? It?s worse!  You know you?ve got a hit on your hands when even New Yorkers are cooperating: ?It?s a good reminder to everybody that we are in charge of our destiny,? said Mayor Bloomberg. New York will join nearly 3,000 cities in 82 countries to honor the hour. The Las Vegas strip will go dim, the Eiffel Tower won?t shine and the Golden Gate Bridge will go black. Not everybody wants our world to survive, though. No matter how righeous and sensible the cause, you?ll always have a handful of malcontents trying to ruin it for everybody. Case in point: President of the Tennessee Center For Policy Research Drew Johnson takes a Saturday drive by Al Gore?s during the time most environmentalists went dark: Tags: earth hour, global warming, new yorkers, mayor bloomberg, las vegas strip, eiffel tower, golden gate bridge, al gore?s mansion Your earz are broke!clipped by: wiganfootie Worst song re-releasedclipped by: wiganfootieBlack Lace hit Agadoo, named the worst song of all time by a panel of music writers, is being re-released 25 years after it hit number two.  The song, kept off the top by George Michaels Careless Whisper in 1984, won the title in a 2003 Q magazine poll. The video for Agadoo (Mambo 2009 remix) was directed by Bruce Jones, who played Coronation Streets Les Battersby. Black Lace singer Dene Michael said: "With all the doom and gloom in the world, this is just what we need." Michael is joined on the record, released on Monday, by new member Ian Robinson. The bands other hits include Superman, Do The Conga and I Am The Music Man. "It sounded like the school disco you were forced to attend, your middle-aged relatives forming a conga at a wedding party, a travelling DJ act based in Wolverhampton, every party cliche you ever heard," the panel added. The Q magazine panel summed up the 1984 original as "magnificently dreadful". Football masks have Fun!clipped by: wiganfootieThere is a whole load of football masks for you to download and have some fun with. England stars such as David Beckham, Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard or even Peter Crouch. There are the worlds other top stars such as Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry or Ruud van Nistelrooy. Simply download a mask by clicking on the link and following the instructions below.  Download the Rooney mask (PDF file 150 KB/ 1 page) Download the Beckham mask (PDF file 130 KB/ 1 page)
You can also download our cricket masks. JJB to DW Stadiumclipped by: wiganfootieThe JJB Stadium, home of football team Wigan Athletic and rugby league club Wigan Warriors, will be renamed the DW Stadium from 1 August. It is being named after Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelans DW Sports Fitness.com venture. "The JJB Stadium has made Wigan known all over the world and now we can look forward to a whole new era as the DW Stadium," said Whelan.  The stadium was opened by Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson in 1999. The decision to change the name of the ground continues a trend of football clubs exploiting the commercial potential of companies sponsoring their stadia. Fellow Premier League side Arsenal named their new ground the Emirates Stadium after a deal with a leading airline. 606: DEBATE Lighting Up The Economyclipped by: debbyski The debate about whether to legalize marijuana in the United States has never been a mainstream one. But the larger issue lighting up the idea seems to be the battered American economy. In February, California state lawmaker Tom Ammiano proposed legislation that would regulate the cultivation and sale of marijuana, with a potential tax windfall of more than $1 billion to help bail out the state from a severe budget crisis. President Obama found himself responding to a question that had been voted among the most popular of those submitted by the public: whether the controlled sale and taxation of marijuana could help stimulate the US economy. "The answer is no, I don?t think that is a good strategy to grow the economy." The issue of taxation just cropped up in another intriguing way. The Drug Enforcement Administration caused a stir in San Francisco on Wednesday when it raided a locally permitted medical marijuana dispensary. United States Motorsclipped by: merrieclippers remarks: 40-odd years of competition from Japan didn?t do it for GM management or its unions. I hope USM CEO Obama or Geithner, whichever one is running that show, has a better idea, but Obama?s demand for a more ?lean, mean and competitive? auto industry notwithstanding, I don?t see either of those guys coming up with a new Camry or getting the loyal workforce out for jumping jacks in the morning. GM Ceo Wagoner resigns at Obama?s behest. Politico I wouldn?t mind seeing a planeload of financial whizkids from Bangalore to light an outsourcing fire under the overpaid, under-performing whiners of Wall Street Riehl suggests the new boss isn?t likely to put the same kind of pressure on auto unions he just put on management. Megan McArdle suggests the rot at GM is too advanced to fix it with a new fish head. Gateway?s getting a Venezuela feel off it. Ouch. Kaus: Wagoner as Obama?s Diem. Ouch, stop that! Surber with what Obama told Wagoner: ?Yugo.? Low blow! That?s like a Truth Hertz Donut. Meanwhile, Steyn?s talk of GM?s evolution into what our Canadian cousins call a ?Crown corporation? sounds suspiciously like what we used to call taxation without representation. Maybe more like acquisition without consultation ? anyway, Steyn gets an Old Europe stink off it. Hot Air notes the public isn?t confident Obama can Amount Obama received from AIG: Zero!clipped by: masburyclippers remarks: Employees of AIG - a different matter - gave quite a bit, but not as much as they gave Bush in 04. And the #3 winner from AIG employees in 08? John McCain. If you contributed to the campaign of a public official at your work, would it be accurate to say that the company you work for made the contribution? Did AIG give $100,000 to Obama? These are donations from individual employees of the company or its political action committee, not donations from the company itself. During the 2008 election, presidential candidate Barack Obama received a total of $104,332 And Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, received the third highest amount, $59,499 President George W. Bush got $160,160 from AIG in 2004, more than Obama got in 2008 the AIG bailout was engineered by the Federal Reserve and the Bush administration in September of last year, weeks before Obama was elected For another, AIG doesnt come close to making the list of Obamas top 20 supporters we see no evidence of undue influence here "Eels Up Inside Ya"clipped by: cakebellyclippers remarks: The Mighty Boosh [Video] Israel Drops Investigation Into IDF Conduct in Gazaclipped by: Spiritualmonkeyclippers remarks: I wonder how many Palestinians they interviewed? Israel has officially ended its investigative probe into any possible misconduct by Israeli troops during the Gaza incursion known as Operation Cast Lead earlier this year. The probe -- originally in response to incriminating conversations between soldiers at a military education conference that leaked to the press -- is now being called-off for lack of substantive evidence beyond hearsay, Israel says. As Haaretz reports: The original incidents that spurred the investigation are now considered to have been tainted beyond the scope of admissibility by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) soldiers rumor-mill. The Times story also notes criticism for the IDFs decision to end the investigation. Nine human rights groups in Israel have issued a statement claiming that such an abrupt ending is evidence of insufficiency. The groups are calling for an independent investigation as the only guarantee for objectivity. High Priest of AGW Did Not Take Part in Earth Hourclipped by: willhelmclippers remarks: Did you? If you did, does this piss you off? If not, why?
"I pulled up to Als house, located in the posh Belle Meade section of Nashville, at 8:48pm - right in the middle of Earth Hour," Johnson wrote and reprinted on the Washington Examiners blog on March 29. "I found that the main spotlights that usually illuminate his 9,000 square foot mansion were dark, but several of the lights inside the house were on." According to Drew Johnson, president of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, global warming activist and former Vice President Al Gore left his lights for the hyped Earth Hour. it begs the question that if any of these same media outlets, that have had a love affair with Gore in the past - March 21, 2007 "Today" and May 22, 2007 "Larry King Live" - will pick up on the former vice presidents lack of Earth Hour participation. Tags: global warming Workers say Obama treated autos worse than Wall Stclipped by: infidel70DETROIT (AP) -- Many assembly line autoworkers reacted with skepticism and anger Monday to the Obama administrations tough tactics, which stoked long-simmering feelings that the people who put the country on wheels get treated differently than the wizards of Wall Street. Many workers -- not generally known for their affection toward executives -- even sympathized with Rick Wagoner, who was forced to step down as chief executive of General Motors Corp. He was by turns called a "sacrificial lamb," "scapegoat" and "fall guy." "We knew someone was going to have to take the proverbial `bullet, and it would have made it a lot easier to accept that had the CEOs of the banks also been required to give up their jobs," said Jim Graham, president of a union local in Lordstown, Ohio, where GM produces the Cobalt and Pontiac G5 fuel-efficient cars. Unstable Activation and Why Parachutists Dieclipped by: clip-on-tieclippers remarks: It might be thought that it is the risk that the parachute won?t open, but in a dissertation he is defending at Umeå University in Sweden on March 27, Anton Westman shows that carelessness or lack of skill in controlling your body or your parachute through the air is considerably more dangerous.  Skydiver in air-Losinj Island-Croatia. What part of parachuting is most dangerous? In both skydiving (jumping from aircraft) and BASE jumping (from stationary objects), instability in free fall is a fatal risk factor. Jumping from an airplane into the wind rushing by feels roughly like diving into a swift current of water, and there is a risk that beginners will lose control and start tumbling around in the new environment, which can lead to unstable activation of the parachute with subsequent tangling of its lines and even late parachute activation. When you jump from the ledge of a cliff, it?s not as windy, but this can in fact be a danger, since for the first few seconds you don?t get any help from rushing wind to control your body and straighten up if you should fall forward and start tumbling around. Just as in skydiving, there is a risk of unstable or late parachute activation. The dissertation shows that many injuries are a result of ?pilot error? on the part of the jumper. lazy postie hoarded letters for 2 yearsclipped by: doodleiciousclippers remarks: omg! this is loopy! Lazy postie hoarded letters for two years A lazy postman stashed thousands of letters in his garage for two years rather than deliver them, investigators discovered. Austrian post employees needed seven vans to carry off the secret stash of more than 40,000 hoarded letters and parcels. The idle postie from Ottnang am Hausruck, Upper Austria, had even moved his car out onto the drive to make more room for the mail he couldnt be bothered to deliver. Austrian postal chiefs organised the raid on 52-year-old house in, after investigating a series of complaints from customers on his round. Tags: wtf?!!! more on bonnier de la mossonclipped by: doodleiciousclippers remarks: again- Wow                                    Tags: morbid, curiosities Militants set time for Red Cross beheadingclipped by: clip-on-tieclippers remarks: Caving in to the militants, the marines withdrew to their camp last week and police and militiamen moved back from the Abu Sayyaf stronghold by six to nine miles (10-15 kilometers), hoping to prompt the Abu Sayyaf to comply with a pledge to release one hostage. But the militants insisted that troops must withdraw from virtually the entire island into just two villages near the provincial capital ? a demand the government says would lead to anarchy. Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan said Monday he was praying the militants do not harm the hostages. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyos spokesman, Cerge Remonde, also said he hoped "these bandits have a sense of humanity" and will release the hostages. Puno said the government agreed to pull back troops from Indanan township, near the Abu Sayyaf positions, to demonstrate it has bent over backward to ensure the safety of the hostages ? Filipino Mary Jean Lacaba, Swiss Andreas Notter and Italian Eugenio Vagni. They were seized Jan. 15 af MANILA, Philippines ? Al-Qaida-linked extremists set the time for the beheading of a Red Cross hostage after last-minute negotiations for the withdrawal of troops from their jungle stronghold failed, an official said Monday. AP ? Muslim residents and members of the Philippine Red Cross hold the pictures of kidnapped International ?  Abu Sayyaf commander Albader Parad threatened to behead one of the three Red Cross hostages ? who include a Swiss, an Italian and a Filipino ? at 2 p.m. Tuesday (0600 GMT) unless police and militiamen withdraw from 15 villages on Jolo Island within 24 hours, Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno said. "Their demands as of last night are physically impossible to comply with by anybody," Puno said at a news conference, adding they will continue to find ways to save the hostages "up to the last minute." "If were talking of brute force, of course we can do something," Puno said, adding "these are not normal thinking people ... we dont want the hostages harmed." Unusual Creative Bikesclipped by: sussaneclippers remarks: Unusual Creative Bikes, brilliant piece of artwork Turing Bombe, the WWII Nazi Code-Breaking Machine [PICS]clipped by: infidel70clippers remarks: War veterans Ruth Bourne, left, and Jean Valentine, who served in Womens Royal Navy Service during World War II, stand in front of the machine, that played a crucial part in cracking the Nazi, Enigma code, Teams of highly skilled mathematicians, cryptologists, inventive thinkers and crossword enthusiasts would receive hundreds of Nazi codes and ?guess? the approximate real message or plain text. This ?crib? would be given to the Wrens who would set it on the Bombe?s alphabet wheels. By checking all the permutations, the crib would help locate the true message within the code. "There were 210 such bookcase-like Bombes that gave Britain advance warning of Hitler?s plans and shortened the conflict by two years. " This replica is called Phoenix. Turing Bombe, the part-electronic, part-mechanical code-breaking machine and forerunner of the modern computer, which cracked 3,000 messages a day sent on Nazi Enigma machines during the Second World War. There were 210 such bookcase-like Bombes that gave Britain advance warning of Hitler?s plans and shortened the conflict by two years.  Mike Hillyard, one of the volunteers who rebuilt a replica of the Turing Bomb  War veterans Ruth Bourne, left, and Jean Valentine Bombe could unravel 158 trillion possible combinations to unlock a seemingly random series of letters sent by the Nazis to the front lines, which were, in fact, highly complex codes, changing daily. Typewriter-like Enigma machines scrambled the letters using three or four rotor wheels. It took the Bombe about 11 minutes to find a possible message. a bell would sound and the Wrens passed it on to the code-crackers, using a red scrambler phone Churchill called them ?the geese that laid the golden eggs but never cackled Tags: nazi enigma Clinton: Term "War On Terror" Is Historyclipped by: wiccantexanThe phrase "global war on terror" is finished, at least as far as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is concerned. The top U.S. diplomat told reporters Tuesday that the Obama administration has quit using that line to describe the effort to fight terrorism around the world. Clinton spoke as she headed to Europe for a week of diplomatic meetings. The phrase "war on terror" is widely disliked in Europe and elsewhere overseas, where even close U.S. allies suggested it was overly militaristic and perhaps counterproductive. It is also now associated with a range of Bush-era policies such as harsh interrogation practices that President Barack Obama has pledged to abandon. Then-President George W. Bush used the phrase as a rallying cry after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Earlier this month, the Obama administration said that it was abandoning another one of Mr. Bushs key phrases: enemy combatant. 70 tons of explosives smuggled into Gazaclipped by: clip-on-tieclippers remarks: Dozens of tons of explosives have been smuggled into the Strip since Israel concluded its three-week offensive against the Hamas leadership in January, Diskin said. Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin on Sunday briefed the cabinet on ongoing efforts to stem the smuggling of weapons into the Gaza Strip. Diskin added, since the end of Operation Cast Lead, the express goal of which was to bring an end to rocket fire from Gaza into Israel, 45 tons of raw materials for the production of weapons have been smuggled into the Strip, along with 22 tons of standard explosives, as well as dozens of rockets, mortar shells, and anti-aircraft missiles. "Organizations other than Hamas," Diskin went on to say, "are pursuing plans to kidnap [Israeli] soldiers and to carry out terror attacks from Sinai into Israel as well as in the West Bank." Since the end of Operation Cast Lead, and especially since Israels alleged airstrike on an arms convoy headed for Gaza in Sudan, which was reported in the foreign press, Egypt has begun mobilizing forces on its border with Sudan to prevent the smuggling of weapons into Gaza. Even Al Gore Doesnt "Vote for Earth"clipped by: ColoradoRightclippers remarks: I think it tells you a lot about how serious of a threat to mankind the alarmists really believe global warming is... You may not have been aware of this, but on Saturday you were supposed to sit around in the dark for sixty minutes, starting at 8:30 PM, in order to celebrate "Earth Hour." Heck, even Al Gore didnt "vote for Earth," I pulled up to Als house, located in the posh Belle Meade section of Nashville, at 8:48pm - right in the middle of Earth Hour. I found that the main spotlights that usually illuminate his 9,000 square foot mansion were dark, but several of the lights inside the house were on. The kicker, though, were the dozen or so floodlights grandly highlighting several trees and illuminating the driveway entrance of Gores mansion. I [kid] you not, my friends, the savior of the environment couldnt be bothered to turn off the gaudy lights that show off his goofy trees. the leading spokesman for the "Weve gotta live like the Flintstones or the planet will melt" crowd lives in a mansion with multiple spotlights and floodlights illuminating his trees This boys life: Fighting Cancer with wordsclipped by: clip-on-tieclippers remarks: As he mentions, "You people dont know youre born. " Hes right. When Jamie Ross was just 19, he was diagnosed with Hodgkins disease. His response? A darkly humorous blog describing the tribulations and indignities faced by a young man with a serious illness  In hindsight, I think that a night or two in hospital may have been preferable to this fortnight of utter misery caused by the unholy alliance of antibiotic tablets and chemotherapy. Ive felt preposterously ill, all the while waking up to peoples Facebook status updates about how rough they felt because they threw caution to the wind and had an extra Sourz Apple the previous night. I would have crawled through a tunnel woven together from shards of glass, out-turned salt and vinegar crisp packets and pig faeces to have experienced just five minutes of a glorious hangover this week. You people dont know youre born. Read Jamie Rosss blog at http://cancerouscapers.blogspot.com the historic Mont Saint MIchelclipped by: boozichclippers remarks: the abbey dedicated to the Archangel Michael forms a tower in the   Aubert, Bishop of Avranches built and consecrated In the 11th century, the Romanesque abbey church was founded over a set of crypts where the rock comes to an apex, and the first monastery buildings were built up against its north wall.           In the 14th century, the Hundred Years War made it necessary to protect the abbey behind a set of military constructions, enabling it to hold out against a siege lasting 30 years. The Abbey was turned into a prison during the days of the French Revolution and Empire, and needed to be restored before the end of the 19th century. UNESCO has classed the Mont Saint-Michel as a Try it, you may like it...clipped by: earnricclippers remarks: Medicare is better run (lower overhead costs) than most private insurance companies... Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Charles Grassley, ranking member of the Senate finance committee, have put Obama on notice that they will oppose any health care reform that includes a public option because, they fear, private health insurers will not be able to compete with a government health insurance program. Theyre probably right about that. It might be worth losing sleep over if private health insurers were today doing a halfway decent job of keeping costs down and/or providing an acceptable level of coverage to policyholders. But they arent. One of the oddest aspects of the debate over health care reform is that at the moment conservatives are finally willing to concede that government health insurance programs like Medicare and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program are superior to their private counterparts both in delivering benefits and in keeping costs down Tags: healthcare Where would Republicans go?clipped by: ljgriffinSo you know how dejected liberals threatened after 2000 and 2004 to "move to Canada" to be in more ideologically friendly territory? But that has long had me thinking: where would conservatives go if they wanted to escape this horrible SOCIALIST America Iran? Theyd love the theocracy, with a bona fide morality police to beat the crap out of non-believers! But the country worships the wrong god. So close... Russia? Its got the oligarchy thing that conservatives love, plus a war-mongering leadership that dreams of empire. Too bad they dont speak American, or even use American letters in their alphabet! Singapore? Unfettered capitalism, English as an official language, and a caning if you chew gum on the streets. Oh, and jail if you get caught being gay. Its conservative nirvana! Well, except that people are Asian. If only theyd be whiter. Dubai? A playground for the rich, but with the oppressive hand of religion to stamp out all fun. Still the wrong god, though. Any other suggestions? Is it a new day in America?clipped by: ljgriffinclippers remarks: I love Matt. The first thing to say about this is that unlike a lot of other things that have raised the cry of ?socialism!? this really sort of is socialism. You have the President of the United States firing the CEO of General Motors, and simultaneously ordering Chrysler to pursue a process of selling itself to Fiat. The administration is wisely trying to avoid an extended period of state-directed management of industrial firms producing consumer goods, but that?s certainly the situation they?re in at the moment and it?s something we ought to try to bring to an end as soon as possible. Visual Learners Convert Words to Picturesclipped by: chestnut501clippers remarks: Verbal Learners Convert Pictures to Words A University of Pennsylvania psychology study, using functional magnetic resonance imaging technology to scan the brain, reveals that people who consider themselves visual learners, as opposed to verbal learners, have a tendency to convert linguistically presented information into a visual mental representation. The more strongly an individual identified with the visual cognitive style, the more that individual activated the visual cortex when reading words. The opposite also appears to be true from the study?s results. Those participants who considered themselves verbal learners were found under fMRI to have brain activity in a region associated with phonological cognition when faced with a picture, suggesting they have a tendency to convert pictorial information into linguistic representations. CINEMA DOWN BELOWclipped by: ellingtonCinema Down Below The film portion of Austins annual South by Southwest Festival and Conference runs from March 13-21. For the first time this year, IFC Films brings five of its films to the festival that will also simultaneously be offered on demand at IFC Festival Direct. One of those is the latest from Joe Swanberg, "Alexander the Last," with Justin Rice and Jess Weixler.      Sam Raimi returns to horror for his latest, "Drag Me to Hell," which gets an early screening at the festival. The film will release this summer.  Screening in the Midnighters category is "Grace," about a woman whose unborn child comes back to life and thirsts for human blood.  "Make-Out With Violence" screens as part of Emerging Visions. The film is a dark musical love story where, according to the films description on the SXSW website, "the living love the dead and break into silence instead of song."  "Modern Love is Automatic" looks at the life of a nurse who moonlights as a dominatrix.       "Winnebago Man" Bill Mahers Attack on Sarah Palins Family Voted ?Dishonorable Quote of the Year?clipped by: clip-on-tieclippers remarks: Turner won the Dan Rather Memorial Award for Stupidest Analysis for his remark about global warming leading to widespread death and cannibalism. And Weir was the winner of the Obamagasm Award for his coverage of the presidential inauguration when he reported that the seagulls flying over the National Mall were impressed by the historic event. (CNSNews.com) ? The crowd attending the Media Research Centers DisHonors Awards Gala on Thursday night chose TV host Bill Mahers attack on Gov. Sarah Palins family as the dishonorable ?Quote of the Year? for 2008. Maher--on HBO?s ?Real Time? in September 2008--questioned whether Palin?s infant son Trig was her child or that of her teenage daughter, Bristol. ?I?m not that convinced that that?s her baby,? Maher said. ?It?s not like they?re not willing to lie about everything else.? Bristol, who revealed she was pregnant during her mother?s vice presidential campaign, gave birth to a son, Tripp, in December. Mahers remark was picked as the dishonorable ?Quote of the Year? by the crowd of more than 800 people attending Thursday night?s event in Washington, D.C. Chris Matthews won two awards. The second award (The Media Messiah Award) went to Matthews for his infamous remark about getting a thrill up his leg while covering Obama during the primaries. Mr Peebles, the world?s smallest cat at just 6.1ins tallclipped by: amgumen MEET Mr Peebles, the world?s smallest cat at just 6.1ins tall.The itty bitty kitty, who weighs 3.3lbs, was born 2½ years ago in Illinois with a genetic defect that stunts growth. Owner Robin Svendson, 41, named her pet after a ventriloquist?s dummy in an episode of US sitcom Seinfeld. Work of fictionclipped by: aklimento Desert Sorm G-dayclipped by: thedevinemrslFebruary 91 Lockheed Sanders ships 22 FAARs in the new 5-ton truck configuration to SWA. 16 February 91 Coalition forces begin day & night artillery raids along front lines. 23 February 91 The deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait before the beginning of the ground war is set for 12 Noon (8 p.m. in Baghdad). The MICOM Commanding General dispatches a message on the effects of crude oil smoke on EO sensors & laser designators specifying the potential impact on operations. The PEO Air Defense sends a team to Israel in support of PATRIOT. This support team remains in country until 6 March 91. 24 February 91 Coalition forces begin the ground phase of the campaign (G-Day). 25 February 91 An Iraqi Scud missile destroys a U.S. barracks in Dhahran, killing 28 American soldiers. 27 February 91 A MICOM Quality Assurance Technician completes the task of handing off TOW 2 equipment to the Royal Saudi Land Forces. 28 February 91 President Bush orders the cessation of offensive operations. Laser liposuctionclipped by: sbmsitesclippers remarks: Laser Lipo is a procedure which helps to remove fatty tissues from various parts of the body. It is less invasive than standard liposuction procedures and is usually used to remove fat from areas such as under the chin, smaller regions that standard liposuction left behind or cannot treat. The procedure is laser based and removes fat in areas where skin may tend to hang or sag, such as the back of the arms and under the chin.  Bill Maher and guests discuss Obamas Marijuana Cop-Outclipped by: chestnut501[Video] Famous kids, do you recognize them?clipped by: aklimento"Famous kids, do you recognize them?"  Tags: celebrity kids Accounting Servicesclipped by: gauri20clippers remarks: IBN Technologies Provides F&A Services, F&A Outsourcing, Accounting services, Accounting & Financial Services, bookkeeping and tax services, accounting business in India, General Accounting, Accounting Outsourcing Services, Accounting Outsourcing India. Tags: financial accounting services, f&a services, accounting services, accounting services india, accounting outsourcing Scientists Discover Cats Central Nervous System Can Repair Itselfclipped by: chestnut501clippers remarks: Extraordinary Breakthrough For Curing Neurological Disorders in Humans Scientists studying a mysterious neurological affliction in cats have discovered a surprising ability of the central nervous system to repair itself and restore function  In a study published March 30, 2009 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports that the restoration in cats of myelin ? a fatty insulator of nerve fibers that degrades in a host of human central nervous system disorders, the most common of which is multiple sclerosis ? can lead to functional recovery. Knowing that the central nervous system retains the ability to forge new myelin sheaths anywhere the nerves themselves are preserved provides strong support for the idea that if myelin can be restored in diseases such as multiple sclerosis, it may be possible for patients to regain lost or impaired functions: "The key thing is that it absolutely confirms the notion that remyelinating strategies are clinically important The Impending Perfect Wingnut Hate Storm???clipped by: brightlight4The Impending Perfect Wingnut Hate Storm  The Southern Poverty Law Center headed by Morris Dees is the countries premier anti-hate resource, and in its current yearly "Intelligence Report" on the activities of various domestic Hate Groups, there are more than a few familiar faces. This week a report detailing at least 60 Post-9/11 plots of violence by Militant Right-Wing Militia and Birther groups was spiked in Missouri under the argument that sharing the information with Officers in the field would have been Political Profiling! In Knoxville Tennessee it was shown that a mass-murderer, James Adkisson, - inspired directly by writings of Fox News Contributor Bernard Goldberg, as well as the rantings of Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter - perpetrated a deliberate Hate-Crime (i.e. Terrorism) against Liberals. Even members of Congress. Such as Michele (Im Not a Kook) Bachmann on staging an Orderly Revolution" against Obama. [Video] Pain during sex- why does it occur?clipped by: IntimateMedicineclippers remarks: When the reasons for painful intercourse can?t be found in vulvodynia or menopause, the reasons for pain during penetration may be hidden elsewhere.  Why does pain occur during sexual intercourse?28.03.2009When the reasons for painful intercourse can?t be found in vulvodynia or menopause, the reasons for... aussie cane toad doomedclipped by: zadozclippers remarks: i hope so Aussie meat ant feasts on cane toad invadersTHEYVE been blamed for killing everything from native frogs to crocodiles but researchers believe the notorious cane toad has met its match in the meat ant.  In a new study ecologists discovered that while baby native frogs could escape the pincers of native meat ants, the introduced junior cane toads cannot move fast enough. Cane toads were introduced into north Queensland in 1935 to control the greyback cane beetle, a measure which failed. In the past weekends inaugural Toad Day Out, some 6000 toads were cleared from backyards in north Queensland. Studies have blamed the toads for devastating Australian fauna, in particular the numbers of quolls, goannas, skinks and crocodiles. Because cane toads evolved in South America, their shorter shin bones meant they were not as quick and nimble as native Australian frogs at escaping the meat ant. Native frogs were also more vigilant for meat ants, the study found. 10 Geological Wonders you didn?t knowclipped by: murieleileen10 Geological Wonders you didn?t know |
Were nearly 24 hours out of Earth Hour and the media are already proclaiming it a success as 
The Wave (between Arizona and Utah - USA)
Antelope Canyon (Arizona - USA)
Great Blue Hole (Belize)
Crystal Cave of the Giants (Mexico)
Eye of the Sahara (Mauritania)
Blue Lake Cave (Brazil)
Giants Causeway (Ireland)
Hell Gate (Uzbekistan)
Wave Rock (Australia)
Chocolate Hills (Philippines)
British MP George Galloways speech was broadcast live from New York to the Metropolitan United Church in Toronto on Monday. (Darren Calabrese/Canadian Press)
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EU shows east-west divide on homophobia
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The situation for gays and lesbians across the EU remains difficult, despite advances (Photo: wikipedia)
The Science Of Sensory Deprivation
clipped by: debbyskiMOSCOW ? On Tuesday, six people will be voluntarily locked into a cloister of cramped, hermetically sealed tubes woven inside a Moscow research facility the size of a high school gymnasium. They will eat dehydrated food, breathe recycled air and be denied conversation with practically everyone else but one another.
And they must stay inside for 105 days.
In a small step in the direction of Mars, the international crew is embarking on a simulated flight to the planet to test the limits of human tolerance for the isolation and monotony of interplanetary travel.
?It is really like a real space flight without the weightlessness and the danger to our lives,? said Sergei N. Ryazansky, a cosmonaut-in-training who will lead the mission. ?On the inside, we will have a lack of incoming information, so it?s the science of sensory deprivation.?
Dr. Black
clipped by: debbyskiclippers remarks: "But how much grisly recuperation is fair payment for how much subsequent health? When should Dr. Black stand back and let nature take its course? Despite all the shades of gray, he has to make a decision in each instance, and so his world is an orderly progression of decision, action and result. And if there is the constant background thrum of other people?s bad headaches, it is a chorus he has learned by now to accept."
No music is allowed in Dr. Black?s operating room. It requires superhuman patience and concentration to peer into a microscope for hours, peeling apart gauzy layers of tissue to remove all these invaders. He likens the work to that of a cat burglar, his aim to get in and out of the brain without leaving a trace. One false move and the patient may never see, hear, smell again ? or may never wake up at all.
Photos: LIPS - female
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Lips are a visible body part at the mouth of humans and many animals. Lips are soft, movable, and serve as the opening for food intake, as an erogenous organ used in kissing and other acts of intimacy, as a tactile sensory organ, and in the articulation of speech.
SURPRISE SURPRISE ! ! ! !
clipped by: tanyammHow Room Designs Affect Your Work and Mood
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How Room Designs Affect Your Work and Mood
Brain research can help us craft spaces that relax, inspire, awaken, comfort and heal
Witches bucking religion trend, its kind of sink or swim theology
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Fish with a transparent head discovered
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Researchers solve mystery of deep-sea fish with tubular eyes and transparent head
Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently solved the half-century-old mystery of a fish with tubular eyes and a transparent head. Ever since the "barreleye" fish Macropinna microstoma was first described in 1939, marine biologists have known that its tubular eyes are very good at collecting light. However, the eyes were believed to be fixed in place and seemed to provide only a "tunnel-vision" view of whatever was directly above the fishs head. A new paper by Bruce Robison and Kim Reisenbichler shows that these unusual eyes can rotate within a transparent shield that covers the fishs head. This allows the barreleye to peer up at potential prey or focus forward to see what it is eating.
To spank or not to spank
clipped by: dakotayiiclippers remarks: Richard Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield, UK, adds that almost any shared activity is likely to promote interpersonal closeness. "It doesnt have to be tying up your partner or placing clamps on their nipples, it could be something as simple as cooking a meal together or even doing the housework as a duo," he says.
SPANKING is stressful at first, but it could bring consenting couples closer together. Thats the implication of two studies of hormonal changes associated with sadomasochistic (S&M) activities including spanking, bondage and flogging.
Its important to note that levels of both hormones dropped back down in couples who enjoyed the experience, Marazziti says. "When sexual intercourse is consensual it is not stressful - even if it is extreme sex."
Cannabis Cures Cancer: ?Run From The Cure?
clipped by: WIDEEYECINEMAclippers remarks: After a serious head injury in 1997, Rick Simpson sought relief from his medical condition through the use of medicinal hemp oil. When Rick discovered that the hemp oil (with its high concentration of T.H.C.) cured cancers and other illnesses, he tried to share it with as many people as he could free of charge. When the story went public, the long arm of the law snatched the medicine - leaving potentially thousands of people without their cancer treatments - and leaving Rick with unconstitutional charges of possessing and trafficking marijuana!
Janis Joplin
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Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz
The Bard, "Legends of Ireland" Collection
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Dead and Stranded sea turtles found in Florida
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Area: USA, State of Florida, , Sanibel
The name of Hazard: Undiagnosed Disase (Animal, Fatal)
HAVE YOU TOLD HER YET?
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Catholicism and superstition
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When you really need to think deep in chess?
clipped by: StumblerzIn an earlier article, I pointed out that in the middle games, you cannot possibly visualize all the positions that can emanate from your next 4-5 moves without having a computer-like memory. Most likely, you will decide on the next move based on your reading of the overall position.
But in the endgame, with few pieces standing on the board, it is possible to make a deeper analysis and this often makes the difference between a win and a draw or loss. But it is easier said than done, as even experienced players sometimes fail to see the right moves available as it is, or fail to identify a bad move from the opponent that could be exploited.
Wonder? Village In The Mountains Photos. Where?
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turkey,nevsehir,ürgüp,cappadoce
bizim oralarla hava atmay?n leen
Memleketim buras? benim ürgüp
Kandovan
Powerful Tobacco Company Appeals Case Three Times To The Supreme Court To Delay Paying $79m
clipped by: Anomaly100clippers remarks: Their sense of justice is filtered through a corporate perspective. People cant appeal to the supreme court three times. Oh they may be allowed to, but no-one has the resources. There is something very wrong and it needs to be fixed.
30 Years on, Relations Frosty. In Israel "Cold Peace"!!!!
clipped by: ratcatcher2clippers remarks: Was Carter correct to cobble together the Camp David historic agreement on Sept 6, 2006 leading to the agreement on March 26, 1979 and the Sadat visit to Israel?
Is he not worthy for being honoured as a great peacemaker for that singular achievement, given the inability of any other American leader to bring the Zionist to boot? After all, the Zionists have much the same war criminals in charge then as now!!!!
Some Egyptian analysts said it failed to improve the situation for Palestinians or help resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. Others said the accord was a must and a diplomatic victory for Egypt.
Failed to make his friends wife pregnant after 72 attempts, now in court !!!!!!!
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Army vet billed $3,000 for war wounds!
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(CNN) -- Erik Roberts, an Army sergeant who was wounded in Iraq, underwent his 13th surgery recently to save his right leg from amputation. Imagine his shock when he got a bill for $3,000 for his treatment.
"I just thought it was bull---- that Im getting billed for being wounded in Iraq doing my job. I always put the mission first, and now that I was wounded in Iraq, theyre sending me bills," he said.
"I put my life on the line and I was wounded in combat, and I came back and theyre not going to take care of my medical bills?"
Its a level of outrage shared by his mother, as well as the doctor who performed the surgery.
President Barack Obama in Europe
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Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama step off Air Force One upon their arrival at Stansted Airport
Mr Obama?s schedule includes bi-lateral meetings on the sidelines of the G20 with the leaders of Russia and China among others.
He will attempt to rebuild relationships with allied countries that split with Washington over the war in Iraq and subsequent treatment of prisoners.
The Presidents first meeting with Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian President, is expected to help thaw relations which suffered during Bush and Putin era.
President Medvedev wrote an editorial for the Washington Post today expressing his desire for a better relationship.
?Long ago, Alexis de Tocqueville predicted a great future for our two nations,? Medvedev wrote. ?So far, each country has tried to prove the truth of those words to itself and the world by acting on its own. I firmly believe that at this turn of history, we should work together.?
Rush Limbaugh: If Obama Fails, America Is Saved
clipped by: Anomaly100clippers remarks: Hes not worried about us, hes worried because he falls into the category that will have to pay more taxes. Rush, just reach in your tight pockets and pay up. Ive got little sympathy for someone thats trying to save himself while the rest of the country starves. That defines the word, "pig" pretty well. Thing is, the folks that listen to this dolt, dont realize hes using them to line his pockets even further, while wanting us to keep on paying what we cant afford to pay any longer. Ive been on both sides of this issue like a lot of people. Ive paid an excessive amount of taxes, and Ive been defined as middle class during another time in my life. I cant say that it ever occurred to me to be upset at the thought of paying a little more than most. After all, if you make more, it doesnt really affect you at all. Of course, if youre greedy like Limbaugh, thats different. Everything is relative.
Limbaugh: If Obama fails, America is saved
By David Neiwert Tuesday Mar 31, 2009 6:45amBased on what weve seen with General Motors and the banks, if he fails, America is saved. Barack Obamas policies and their failure is the only hope weve got to maintain the America of our founding.
I think the best way to understand Obama -- and I cant say this enough -- he really believes it his job to return the nations wealth to its rightful -- quote unquote, rightful owners. And that means he believes the people who have wealth have stolen it, from those who have no wealth. Its been unfair achieved and accrued. And its his job to take it and redistribute it. And thats what he means by sacrifice. When he talks about sacrifice, hes talking about raising your taxes, taking your assets, and giving them to other people who he thinks you stole them from, who are thus more deserving.
Sorry, Andrew, but youre sadly mistaken. We hear Rush Limbaugh all too much.
Sat Nav Led to Cliff Edge
clipped by: wiganfootieA driver has blamed his sat nav for leaving his car teetering on the edge of a cliff after he followed its instructions. Skip related content
Robert Jones said he trusted his navigational system and continued to follow it when it told him the steep, narrow footpath he was driving on was a road.
Mr Jones, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, now faces court action for driving without due care and attention.
His BMW nearly plunged down a 100ft cliff in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, on Sunday.
He was only stopped from falling after the vehicle rammed into a wire fence.
Police and rescue teams then spent nine hours recovering his car following the incident.
The 43-year-old, who works as a driver, said he relies on his sat nav for his job and described the incident as a "nightmare".
He told the Halifax Evening Courier: "It kept insisting the path was a road, even as it was getting narrower and steeper, so I just trusted it.
"You dont expect to be taken nearly over a cliff."
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Plastic Tubes All in a Row
Another Jello Hit
Hydro Shock
Play-Doh
Irony of the Robinhood Foundation
clipped by: deb2012clippers remarks: more opinions: "Blackswan has repeatedly and effectively highlighted the deep connection between Goldman Sachs, the Fed and the US Treasury and the good news is the word is starting to spread. On Sunday in response to another excellent post by Mish, BlackSwan posted the video of Rep. Maxine Waters grilling Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about the role of Goldman Sachs in various government efforts to prevent a collapse of the financial industry during a contentious hearing before the House Financial Services Committee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LX2XLeWTqM
Is this whole thing Geithners plan to save his friends?" Id like to know.
Hour of darkness: Cities and landmarks across the world turn out the lights in campaign for action o
clipped by: brightlight4Hour of darkness: Cities and landmarks across the world turn out the lights in campaign for action on climate change
Organisers initially worried enthusiasm this year would wane with the world focused on the global economic crisis.
Iran and US hold cordial talks
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The meeting between Richard Holbrooke and Mohammad Mehdi Akhoondzadeh took place on the sidelines of a meeting in The Hague to discuss Afghanistan.
The US has welcomed Irans presence at the meeting.
Analysts say the easing of tensions between the US and Tehran is due to a new tone set by the Obama White House.
Earlier, Iran gave a guarded welcome to US plans to increase regional co-operation over Afghanistan.
US Congress Paves Way for Americans to Help Those in Need
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History has ... shown that in time of crisis, Americans turn to service and volunteering for healing, for rebuilding and for hope. The spirit of generosity in the American people is one of the greatest assets of our nation, Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, said during debate on the bill.>>>
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Americans, from teenagers to baby boomers, soon will get a fresh chance to lend a helping hand in a time of need after Congress voted Tuesday to expand ways for people to serve the country and each other.
The House voted 275-149 for a $5.7 billion bill that takes ambitious steps on public service, including tripling the number of positions in the Clinton-era AmeriCorps program, its largest expansion since the agencys creation in 1993, and establishing a fund to help nonprofit organizations recruit and manage more volunteers.
Congress was sending the bill to President Barack Obama, who often cites his years as a Chicago community organizer for giving him his political start. Obama has made bolstering national service programs a high priority, and in his overall budget proposal has called for more than $1.1 billion for the programs, an increase of more than $210 million.
Change Google Translator Language
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Google Translate Albanian, Google Translate Arabic, Google Translate Bulgarian, Google Translate Catalan, Google Translate Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese
By default, Google Translate website is displayed in English. But there?s no option in Google Translate to click to so that you can change the language interface of Google translator. Don?t worry though because there?s another way to go to Google Translate that is displayed in your native language.
To help you out, I compiled the links to the different language interfaces of this free online translation tool. Just find below the language you want and click the link. You will be redirected to the language of your choice in Google Translate tool. Just don?t forget to save the link.
An ?Age of Commodified Intelligence?
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A New Role For Rush
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Honey Bee Waggle Dance
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Why is it some bees can be queen? How can a nurse bee suddenly transform into a forager, just when foragers are needed most? And how can these furry flying insects cast light on our own human behaviors?
The answers lie in the interactions of genes in the honey bee genome. And Saurabh Sinha needs grid computing to seek these answers out.
?The honey bee can be a model to understand complex societies,? explains Sinha, a professor of computer science and affiliate of the
?By studying the social regulation of gene expression, we hope to extrapolate the biology to humans.?
?It?s not as if a particular honey bee behavior is exactly mapped in humans,? he says. ?But, if we can discover some general principles for the genetic basis of social behavior, we hope they will largely carry forward to human behavior.?
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Unexplained archeological artifacts
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The London hammer - a tool older than history
The Antikythera mechanism - a Greek ancient computer
The Dropa Stones
The Baghdad battery - a 2000 year old battery
Diet tips from the over 100
clipped by: wiganfootie10 dietary tips from those aged 100+
Britains oldest woman Florence Baldwin, who turns 113 on Tuesday, puts her longevity down to a daily fried egg sandwich. Its one of many dietary tips from those who have reached three figures.
Everyone wants to live to a ripe old age - and it doesnt take a dietary expert to know that eating healthily does that ambition no harm.
But ask anyone who has actually reached the magic 100 how they got there, and their dietary tips dont always square with the official advice. So we asked Dr Elisabeth Weichselbaum, of the British Nutrition Foundation, to cast an eye over a selection of centenarians staples.
1. HERRING AND ORANGE JUICE
Dutch woman Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, who lived to the ripe old age of 115, swore her longevity was down to a daily dose of herring and a glass of orange juice.
Someone cares!
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The Care2.com Team
Allegations Abound as Search Continues for Missing Child Haleigh Cummings
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Car pooling
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Transport
The Idea: ?car pooling? is famous and successful wherever it was applied. This is in practice for many other developed cities.
The solution: Provide the permission to use the bus lanes for cars which carry 3 or more adults during busy hours. How it works: Find people from the neighbourhood or on the route that has a similar destination and share the car with them. When the passengers are 3 or more they can use the bus lanes to reach their destination. This can be done creating a website for people to find their fellow passengers.
Sleeping. Its free and you wont be annoying anyone
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Google Will Cut 200 Jobs
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Short History Of America
clipped by: bookwormyclippers remarks: Robert Crumb. He da man!
The Torture Apologists Are Losing
clipped by: Anomaly100clippers remarks: Now check out THIS part: Vice President Dick Cheney micromanaged his interrogation from the White House basement. "The high-level discussions about these enhanced interrogation techniques were so detailed," ABCs sources said, "some of the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed -- down to the number of times CIA agents could use a specific tactic." Bush has acknowledged he was aware of those meetings at the time. Much more at the source: http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/torture-apologists-have-no-place-left
The Torture Apologists Have No Place Left To Hide
By Susie Madrak Monday Mar 30, 2009 7:00pmAbu Zubaida was the alpha and omega of the Bush administrations argument for torture.
Thats why Sundays front-page Washington Post story by Peter Finn and Joby Warrick is such a blow to the last remaining torture apologists.
Finn and Warrick reported that "not a single significant plot was foiled" as a result of Zubaidas brutal treatment -- and that, quite to the contrary, his false confessions "triggered a series of alerts and sent hundreds of CIA and FBI investigators scurrying in pursuit of phantoms."
But as author Ron Suskind reported almost three years ago -- and as The Post now confirms -- almost all the key assertions the Bush administration made about Zubaida were wrong.
Inhofe: Conceding to the science while not conceding to the science.
clipped by: kmcoloclippers remarks: Could it be? Inhofes first baby step to conceding to the findings of 97% of climate scientists? One might view it that way.
WAR! Utility sues New York over CO2 regulation
clipped by: amgumenWar has been declared in New York over global warming regulation!
Indeck Corinth L.P., which operates the Corinth Generating Station, an electric power plant in Corinth, NY, sued New York state on January 29, 2009 claiming that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Northeast U.S. is illegal.
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Rhode Island have signed on to the RGGI agreement.
Indeck Corinth claims that New York?s involvement with RGGI,
April is ....
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April is . . . . International Guitar Month, Keep America Beautiful Month, National Anxiety Month, National Humor Month, National Welding Month, National Garden Month, and Uh-Huh Month
April 2 is . . . . . National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day April 3 is . . . . . Tweed Day and Dont Go To Work Unless Its Fun Day April 4 is . . . . . Tell-A-Lie Day April 5 is . . . . . Go For Broke Day April 7 is . . . . . No Housework Day April 8 is . . . . . All Is Ours Day April 9 is . . . . . Winston Churchill Day and Name Yourself Day April 10 is . . . . Golfers Day April 11 is . . . . Eight-Track Tape Day April 12 is . . . . Look Up At The Sky Day April 13 is . . . . Blame Somebody Else Day April 14 is . . . . National Pecan Day April 15 is . . . . Rubber Eraser Day April 16 is . . . . National Stress Awareness Day and National Eggs Benedict Day April 17 is . . . . National Cheeseball Day
What is Conficker.c
clipped by: wiganfootie(CNN) -- Remember the dire predictions surrounding the "millennium bug?" The doom-and-gloom scenarios bandied about by security analysts on how computers could act when their clocks turned to January 1, 2000?
Well, researchers are hoping that a potential April Fools time bomb -- the Conficker.c that is supposed to hit computers on April 1 -- turns out to be equally unfounded.
But realizing that hope alone is not a prudent option, here is a primer on the worm so you can adequately prepare yourself -- and your computer.
Conficker.c is a worm, a malicious program thought to have already infected between 5 million and 10 million computers.
Experts said computer hackers largely have moved away from showboating and causing random trouble. They now usually try to make money off their viral programs. 
Watch more on the worm »
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Computer Virus Time Bomb Could Go Off April
clipped by: 4freedomstantraConficker is a sophisticated piece of malicious computer software, or malware, that installs itself on a Windows PCs hard drive via specially written Web pages. It then conceals itself on a computer.
Graham Cluley of the British security firm Sophos confirmed that Conficker is programmed "to hunt for new instructions on April 1."
However, he added, "This does not mean that anything is going to happen, or that the worm is actually going to do anything. Simply, it is scheduled to hunt a wider range of Web sites for instructions on that date."
One strange thing about Conficker is that no one yet has any idea what it is programmed to do.
A worst-case scenario for April 1 would be for all the worlds millions of infected computers to receive simultaneous instructions to attack, or to flood the Internet with spam e-mail.
"April 1 is a classic date for anything like this to go off," he said. "But I really would hate to say that April 1 is going to be unlike any other day."
Crazy Pictures for April FOOLS!
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Beautiful Image of Coral Islands as Seen from Space
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Success is a state of mind
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"Success is a state of mind.
If you want success, start thinking
of yourself as a success."
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Man foils bank robbery after assuming it was an April Fool
clipped by: clip-on-tieclippers remarks: Richard Crabb, prosecuting, said: "Prior to Mr Stewarts intervention terrified staff believed Davison was an armed robber. They were going to hand over a pre-packed bundle of marked notes." The court heard Davison, of Torquay, Devon, attempted to raid the bank just hours after appearing at a local court on a charge of criminal damage. He spent 403 days in custody on remand, which was the equivalent of a 30-month sentence, so he avoided a further jail term and made the subject of a two year community order.
Customer Andrew Stewart was sitting down reading a newspaper in an Exeter branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland on March 31 last year when a raider burst in and demanded money.
Brian Davison, 32, put his hand inside his back pack then told cashiers: "Ive got a gun. Seriously Ive got a gun ? hand over the ******* money".
But as terrified cashiers prepared to hand over a bundle of notes, Mr Stewart calmly walked up to the robber and said: "Its April the 1st isnt it mate? Its April Fools Day".
When Davidson said to him "Ive got a gun I will shoot you", Andrew replied "go on then shoot me" and grabbed the bag fro
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