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Neat tricks to teach your body

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:46:13 GMT

clipped by: abramsv
clipper's remarks: Some little-known practical tips about your body, such as:
If your throat tickles, scratch your ear. If your hand falls asleep, rock your head from side to side - etc.

Clip Source: thrillingwonder.blogspot.com

Neat tricks to teach your body

Some little-known practical tips about your body

1. If your throat tickles, scratch your ear.

2. Your right ear is better than your left at following the rapid rhythms of speech (good tip for spies!) The left ear is better at picking up music tones.

5. Clear your stuffed nose!

Forget Sudafed. An easier way is by alternately thrusting your tongue against the roof of your mouth, then pressing between your eyebrows with one finger.

7. Cure your toothache

Just rub ice on the back of your hand, on the V-shaped webbed area between your thumb and index finger... reduces toothache pain by as much as 50 percent

15. If your hand falls asleep

rock your head from side to side. It'll painlessly banish your pins and needles in less than a minute.

Tags: health

The Best Quote of 2006

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:27:46 GMT

clipped by: amothindisguise

Clip Source: rense.com

Best Quote Of 2006?
By Chris Rock
2-28-7

"You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy,the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named Bush, Dick, and Colon. --Comedian Chris Rock

Tags: chris rock, comedy, joke, jokes, humor, quote, quotes

Sweet Aerial Photographs

Fri, 04 May 2007 02:53:50 GMT

clipped by: robynbird
clipper's remarks: Photographs taken from above, some of them are extremely cool. The one of the roller coaster is my favourite I think.

Clip Source: news.jasonhawkes.com

Aerial views from around the world

Aerial photograph of Ste-Croix Dam, Provence, France.

Aerial photograph of rows of red vans awaiting distribution, Oxfordshire, England.

Aerial view of trees standing on Lava flows, Pitchstone Plateau, Wyoming, USA.

Aerial view of pleasure boat on Loch Ness, Scotland.

Aerial photograph of Ben Bulden, County Sligo, Ireland.

Aerial view of Gweebarra Bay Estuary, County Donegal, Ireland.

Aerial view of Roar Rollercoaster, Six Flags, Baltimore, USA

Aerial photograph of Beach and sand dune, Western Isles, Scotland.

Aerial view of Chessil beach, Dorset, England.

Aerial view of Star Island Miami, Florida, USA.

Aerial photograph of shanty town, Medellin, Colombia.

Aerial photograph of Military fighter jets, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA.

Aerial view of birds on Bass Rock, Scotland.

Aerial photogrph of Longleat maze, Wiltshire, England.

Aerial shot of Washington Redskins Stadium, Washington DC, USA.

Aerial view of Seals basking on sand, Sound of Sleat, Scotland.

Tags: photo, photos, aerial, sky, view, above, cool

The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:08:43 GMT

clipped by: smagnolia

Clip Source: www.ancientx.com

The Grooved Spheres
Over the last few decades, miners in South Africa have been digging up mysterious metal spheres. Origin unknown, these spheres measure approximately an inch or so in diameter, and some are etched with three parallel grooves running around the equator. Two types of spheres have been found: one is composed of a solid bluish metal with flecks of white; the other is hollowed out and filled with a spongy white substance. The kicker is that the rock in which they where found is Precambrian - and dated to 2.8 billion years old! Who made them and for what purpose is unknown.

Tags: science, artifacts

Eighth wonder of the world? The stunning temples secretly carved out below ground

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:51:15 GMT

clipped by: michellezm
clipper's remarks: Worth reading whole article

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Nestling in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, 30 miles from the ancient city of Turin, lies the valley of Valchiusella. Peppered with medieval villages, the hillside scenery is certainly picturesque.

But it is deep underground, buried into the ancient rock, that the region's greatest wonders are concealed.

Hall of the Earth: An amazing room built on the 'supernatural' visions of its creator

Here, 100ft down and hidden from public view, lies an astonishing secret - one that has drawn comparisons with the fabled city of Atlantis and has been dubbed 'the Eighth Wonder of the World' by the Italian government.

For weaving their way underneath the hillside are nine ornate temples, on five levels, whose scale and opulence take the breath away.

Constructed like a three-dimensional book, narrating the history of humanity, they are linked by hundreds of metres of richly decorated tunnels and occupy almost 300,000 cubic feet - Big Ben is 15,000 cubic feet.

Tags: temple, architecture, religion, eccentrics

Patterns in Nature: Enigmatic Earth

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:16:32 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: photography.nationalgeographic.com

Reflecting off water, light paints peacock-feather patterns onto a rock wall in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah.

Clip Source: photography.nationalgeographic.com

Iridescent spots surround the mantle of a giant clam in Palau, Micronesia. The mantle is a fleshy outer layer that secretes the clam's shell.

Clip Source: photography.nationalgeographic.com

Bursts of yellow punctuate a cactus in Manzanillo, Mexico.

Clip Source: photography.nationalgeographic.com

Exhibiting its main defense mechanism, a millipede curls into a tight spiral. In this fashion it protects its legs—on average between 100 and 300, not the thousand its name suggests—inside its body.

Clip Source: photography.nationalgeographic.com

The scales of an Atlantic salmon, such as these on a fish in Quebec, Canada, can help biologists determine the fish's age.

Clip Source: photography.nationalgeographic.com

Seen here 400 times their true size, diatoms are a type of algae found in oceans, fresh water, and soil.

Clip Source: photography.nationalgeographic.com

The complexly branched arms of the basket sea star, or starfish, catch plankton for the echinoderm.

Clip Source: photography.nationalgeographic.com

Sunlight radiates through the Xpacay cenote in the Mexican Yucatán. Cenotes are freshwater sinkholes usually found on the Yucatán peninsula.

Clip Source: photography.nationalgeographic.com

Tags: images, photography, nature, patterns

Spectacular formation remains a puzzle

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:07:09 GMT

clipped by: amgumen

Clip Source: www.darkroastedblend.com

The Richat Structure, Oudane, Mauritania, is not really a structure but a huge circular formation (50 km in diameter - 30 miles), that resembles an eye when looked upon from space. Originally thought to be a crater, this volcanic dome is most likely a product of erosion, an ancient geological artifact in the middle of featureless Maur Adrar desert, in Africa's Western Sahara. The earliest space missions used it as a landmark, the adventurous 4x4 enthusiasts consider it to be their playground, and scientists are still debating its origin.

Clip Source: maps.google.com

Clip Source: www.darkroastedblend.com

The meteorite impact theory could not explain the flatness of the "crater"'s floor, so the most accepted explanation is the erosion of the initial volcanic dome, which gradually peeled away the layers of rock, creating the present onion-like form.

Johnnie Shannon image-enhanced the satellite image, clearly showing an eroded circular anticline (structural dome) of layered sedimentary rocks:

there is also a hotel smack in the middle of the Richat Structure

Tags: geology, interesting, science

Why Bread and Water Is Bad For You

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:15:33 GMT

clipped by: abramsv
clipper's remarks: something that I definitely did not suspect... Hard to believe, but it's true! A new evidence, statistically proven

Clip Source: thrillingwonder.blogspot.com

Why Bread and Water Is Bad For You

1. BREAD IS DANGEROUS

Research on bread indicates that

1. More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread users.

2. Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardized tests.

4. More than 90 percent of violent crimes are committed within 24 hours of eating bread.

5. Bread is made from a substance called "dough." It has been proven that as little as one pound of dough can be used to suffocate a mouse. The average American eats more bread than that in one month!

7. Bread has been proven to be addictive. Subjects deprived of bread and given only water to eat begged for bread after as little as two days.

8. Bread is often a "gateway" food item, leading the user to "harder" items such as butter, jelly, peanut butter, and even cold cuts.

9. Bread has been proven to absorb water. Since the human body is more than 90 percent water, it follows that eating bread could lead to your body being taken over by this absorptive food product, turning you into a soggy, gooey bread-pudding person.

10. Newborn babies can choke on bread.

11. Bread is baked at temperatures as high as 400 degrees Fahrenheit! That kind of heat can kill an adult in less than one minute.

2. WATER IS DANGEROUS

A student at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair, April 26. He was attempting to show how conditioned we have become to alarmists practicing junk science and spreading fear of everything in our environment. In his project he urged people to sign a petition demanding strict control or total elimination of the chemical "dihydrogen monoxide."

He asked 50 people if they supported a ban of the chemical.

* and only one (1) knew that the chemical was water.

Tags: humor, food

You Know You Grew Up In The 80’s if:

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:55:32 GMT

clipped by: NeedMoDro
clipper's remarks: "This is for those of us with enough…maturity to understand."

Clip Source: cassiegermsheid.com

1. You’ve ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE.

3. You can sing the rap of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton.

8. Two words: Hammer Pants

9. If you ever watched “Fraggle Rock”.

11. You can sing the entire theme song to “Duck Tales” (Woo ooh!)

14. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen… and still know the turtles names.

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

19. L.A. Gear….need I say more?

22. You know the profound meaning of “WAX ON, WAX OFF”.

23. You wanted to be a Goonie.

24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing (some of us…head-to-toe).

26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power) and He-Man should hook up.

35. After you saw Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, you kept saying “I know you are, but what am I?”

36. You remember “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up”.

Tags: 80, 80's, funny, comedy, cool, fast, times, ridgemont, high, dazed, confused, teen, teens, 20, 1980, 1990, 20's, 30's, humor

100's of free TV shows, movies, and more..here are some examples

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:45:14 GMT

clipped by: delete101
clipper's remarks: I'm watching "The Best of Will Farrell" right now. Works great! No glitches. There's something for everyone. I've been searching a long time for such a free, quality on demand TV show and movie site. I cant wait to watch old Knight Rider shows! Enjoy!

Clip Source: www.tv-links.co.uk

24 - Updated!

30 Rock

3rd Rock From The Sun

4400, The - Updated!

8 Out Of 10 Cats

A Bit Of Fry & Laurie

A Haunting - Updated!

A-Team, The

Absolute Power

Absolutely Fabulous

Addams Family, The - Updated!

Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

Adventures Of Pete And Pete

Afterlife

Alan Partridge - Updated!

Alf

Alias

Amazing Race, The

Ally McBeal

American Idol

Andromeda

Andy Barker, P.I.

Angel

Apprentice, The

Animorphs

Aquaman

Are You Afraid of the Dark

Arrested Development

At Home With The Braithwaites

Babylon 5

Balls Of Steel

Bam's Unholy Union

Band Of Brothers

Batman Classic

Battlestar Galactica - Updated!

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

BBC Presents:

Best Of Will Ferrell

Bewitched

Beyond Belief

Big Day

Beyond the Break

Big Train

Big Wolf On Campus

Billy Connelly In New York

Black Books

Black Donnellys, The

Blackadder - Updated!

Blade: The Series

Blood Ties

John Doe

Veronica Mars

Prison Break

Who's Line Is It Anyway

Addams Family, The

Lost

Trailerpark Boys

i'm Alan Partridge Season

Nathan Barley

4400, The

Tags: free

Life Beyond Google: Eight Great Alternative Search Engines

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:24:22 GMT

clipped by: anpl32

Clip Source: webworkerdaily.com

Everyzing is one of my favorite sites for searching for audio- and video-based information found on the web. It actually indexes the words spoken in podcasts and videocasts, and then it displays excerpts as text

SearchEngineColossus is great for doing targeted searches in any language using the actual engine that locals use.

Answers.com. Answers.com lets you type in a question and then sifts through your search results to find the answer to your question.

SearchGov is a great way to search for government institutions and offices, and divisions within them.

If you remember a string of text from a book, you can often find it in context at SearcheBooks.

IncyWincy crawls the Invisible Web. It’s especially good at executing searches within targeted search engines on the web and letting you know exactly which rock it’s finding promising results under

FindArticles. The site houses over 10 million articles

Tags: web search, search engines

Top 10 Bad Things That Are Good For You

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:11:12 GMT

clipped by: Rwinter

Clip Source: www.livescience.com

new research has suggested that moderate beer intake can actually improve cardiovascular function.

Clip Source: www.livescience.com

Studies show that bursts of anger here and there are good for the health

stay angry for long periods

health issues, like blood pressure, sleep disorders and lung damage

Clip Source: www.livescience.com

unrelated studies claim coffee is a major source of antioxidants in our diet and can help lower your risk of diabetes.

Clip Source: www.livescience.com

In heavy drinkers, small doses of LSD have been thought to help bypass the rock-bottom stage of alcoholism and prevent relapses.

Clip Source: www.livescience.com

sun's rays is necessary to survive, but can also kill you in gross, cancerous quantities.

Clip Source: www.livescience.com

munch on bacteria and dead tissue, stimulating healing and helping to prevent infection.

Clip Source: www.livescience.com

Marijuana

prevent the clumping of brain proteins, one major cause of the disease.

Clip Source: www.livescience.com

Red Wine

a reduction in gum disease and Alzheimer's

Clip Source: www.livescience.com

Chocolate

may even increase blood flow to the brain

Clip Source: www.livescience.com

take pleasure in the news

sex is an easy way to reduce stress, lower cholesterol and improve circulation throughout the body.

Tags: health, sex, chocolate, alzheimer's, wine, marijuana, maggots, healing, sun, lsd, coffee, antoxidants, anger, beer, cardiovascular, good, bad, heart

World's oldest wall painting unearthed in Syria

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:47:43 GMT

clipped by: invictus
clipper's remarks: French archaeologists have discovered an 11,000-year-old wall painting underground in northern Syria which they believe is the oldest in the world.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

A view of a painting uncovered at Djade al-Mughara Neolihic site, northeast of the Syrian city of Aleppo, in this September 2007 handout photo. The painting was discovered by a team of French archaeologists, who described the painting as the oldest in the world. (Handout/Reuters)

Tags: archaeology, syria, art, rock art, prehistory

Funky Cats with iPods!

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:16:15 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: *LOL*

Clip Source: www.cs.tlu.ee

A cat listening to House Music.

A cat listening to Hip Hop Music.

A cat listening to Metal music.

A cat listening to Stevie Wonder .

A cat listening to Alternative Rock.

A cat listening to Techno Music + Extasy

Tags: cats, funny, humour, cute, music

Unbelievable rock in Birmanian

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:58:34 GMT

clipped by: amgumen

Clip Source: mostinterestingblog.blogspot.com

It is the picture of a rock near the lake in Birmanian. You will need defined days in a year, when sun is shining on the specific angle, to see a true form of this rock.

Just turn your head on left and you will see what is so amazing in this miracle, daughterly by nature…

Tags: nature, beauty, interesting, rocks