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Girl Produces Crystals With Her Eyes

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:29:58 GMT

clipped by: dmtherob
clipper's remarks: This girl is the only known person who can produces about seven razor sharp crystals a day from her eyes.

Clip Source: break.com

Girl Produces Crystals With Her Eyes

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Tags: medical, crystal, odd

Why McCain is more dangerous than Bush

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:06:43 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: Caught up in his fear that a military failure would encourage America's enemies, McCain can see no alternative to military victory, no matter what the cost.

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

During the hottest days of the Cold War, Gen. Thomas Power headed the Strategic Air Command, whose nuclear-armed B-52s were meant to deter the Soviet Union. General Power, like many of the Air Force brass at the time, believed that nuclear war with the Soviets was inevitable. He thought the United States would do better to fight that war sooner rather than later and believed we could emerge victorious. "At the end of the war," he argued in 1960, "if there are two Americans and one Russian, we win!"

Counter-insurgency and nuclear obliteration are poles apart, I know. But McCain's insistence on "winning in Iraq," remaining there "until Iraq is secure," and "bomb-bomb-bombing Iran" reveal the same mindset that made General Power so dangerous. Caught up in his fear that a military failure would encourage America's enemies, McCain can see no alternative to military victory, no matter what the cost. This

could prove extremely self-destructive in a commander in chief.

Tags: mccain, politics

lightning in sunset

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:33:56 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Clip Source: wvs.topleftpixel.com

Shot at Toronto's Centre Island. A great example of being in the right place at the right time. My sister and I went to the Island after work for some photos and this amazing sunset started to form, so I quickly put the camera on a tripod and started shooting intervals (using the Pclix) for about an hour hoping to capture the lightning. I have 5 lightning shots out of around 600 photos and this is the best one.

For a bigger size suitable for desktop wallpaper, check out the flickr post.

A closer crop for lightning detail.

Tags: photography, lightning, weather, sunset, beauty, art

Chilling McCain Video

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:41:21 GMT

clipped by: DrCat2013
clipper's remarks: Top video on Digg.com

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Tags: mccain, war, politics, iraq

Old tree in S. Africa carved with animal figures

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:47:28 GMT

clipped by: pussycatdoll

Clip Source: www.dailycognition.com

This tree in South Africa gives a whole new meaning to carving your initials into an old tree...

Tags: impressive

Insects in the morning dew --Awesome Pics

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:30:21 GMT

clipped by: coonhnd
clipper's remarks: Great macro pics!

Clip Source: www.funniez.net

Insects in the morning dew

Carnivorous insects often have to get their water from somewhere other than their prey, and often they'll go to plants for their water too, drinking from fruit maybe. Or they might sip from the morning dew or from raindrops or from edges of ponds or puddles.

Tags: insects, macro, pics, photography

6-year-old's 4-inch scar from a brown recluse spider

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:57:59 GMT

clipped by: suckmyclip
clipper's remarks: The kid was on a ventilator for four days and it took a chunk of his ear.

Clip Source: i.usatoday.net

Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

A 4-inch scar stretches across 6-year-old Barron Bowling's face, a road map to the venom that seeped through his cheek when he was bitten by a brown recluse spider last September. Crushed cartilage makes his right ear fold in half, and a tiny chunk of that ear is missing.

"People say, 'What happened? Were you in a car accident? Were you burned?' " says Barron's mother, Elisa Bowling of Kansas City, Mo. "It's amazing how something so small can be such a big deal."

bites are on the rise across the country, especially in the Midwest and Southeast

The brown recluse spider prefers to hide in dark, quiet areas like basements and attics. It typically avoids people and is aggressive only when provoked. It is dormant part of the year, which means bites usually occur from April until October.

Within hours, the spider's venom will begin to kill surrounding tissue

When Barron was bitten, his face swelled, almost closing his throat. He breathed via a ventilator for four days.

Tags: spiders, bite

Who's to blame for the Russian Georgian conflict?

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:46:14 GMT

clipped by: katsteevns
clipper's remarks: Video at source.

Clip Source: therealnews.com

Who's to blame for the Russian Georgian conflict?

Pepe Escobar: Georgia is a strategic client state of the US with close ties to the Bush administration

Georgian troops launched an aerial bombardment and ground attack on its separatist province of South Ossetia on Thursday. South Ossetians want to join up with their ethnic brethren in North Ossetia, an autonomous republic within the Russian Federation. Seeing this as an act of aggression Russia launched bombing raids against Georgia, vowing to defend its citizens. More than half of South Ossetia's citizens are said to have taken up Moscow's offer of a Russian passport. Pepe Escobar believes that "the hypocrisy of the international community knows no bounds for if the West forced the issue of Kosovar independence then the independence of South Ossetia should also be on the cards."

Georgia: Where US loss of moral authority matters

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:50:12 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: Bush rebukes; Russians point to US invasion of Iraq

Clip Source: www.dailykos.com

Bush today:

"Russia has invaded a sovereign neighbouring state.... Such an action is unacceptable in the 21st century.... We have no doubts about it. This is a deliberate attempt to destroy an entire country and change the regime."

Right. Invading a sovereign state to destroy a country and change the regime isn't acceptable in the 21st century. Good to know.

Charles King, Russia expert and professor in the School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at Georgetown University, in an interivew with Glenn Greenwald:

there's that exchange in the UN where the US ambassador to the UN said that Russia had intended 'regime change' in Georgia, to which the Russian ambassador replied that that was an American concept

The U.S. has no moral authority, Bush's having "looked into Putin's soul" notwithstanding.

Tags: bush, georgia, foreign policy

27 Aquatic lifeforms you never caught while fishing

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:14:21 GMT

clipped by: Silkweaver
clipper's remarks: Fascinating.

Clip Source: sasthamcotta.wordpress.com

Robot Fish

Deep-sea glass squid

Snaggletooth

Axolotl

Mudskipper

Slander Lanternfish

Deep-sea stargazer

Giant Hatchetfish

Dumbo Octopus

Eelpout

Black-lip Rattail

Humpback Anglerfish

Coelacanth

Northern Seahorse

Longhorn Cowfish

Leafy Sea Dragon

Lumpfish

Atlantic Wolffish

Lionfish

Deep-Sea Lizardfish

Fangtooth Fish

Black Chimaera

Clown Triggerfish

Longlure Frogfish

Prehistoric Frilled Shark

Black Swallowe

Mantis Shrimp

Tags: marine life

Amazing Nature Photos

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:20:20 GMT

clipped by: amgumen

Clip Source: www.linkinn.com

Sublime & Sensual Smoke Art - amazing

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:19:25 GMT

clipped by: einbar
clipper's remarks: "mesmerizing and enchanting dance of evolving forms":

Clip Source: www.darkroastedblend.com

Today, we'll feature some examples of "smoke art", and marvel at how such an elusive substance can be possibly herded into fascinating shapes.

irst, lets see how a NATURAL smoke can be made to look so wonderful - without any Photoshop manipulations.

Irene Muller examines the inner wisps and curls of colored smoke, producing photographs worthy to be framed in the process. See the whole series on her site

Or the smoke that's produced in explosive interaction with electricity:

More awesome electricity at play here:

The most basic combination of elements: fire and air (smoke) - make for an endlessly mesmerizing and enchanting dance of evolving forms:

"Fire and smoke" set from Brent:

"One Strobe coming from the left and to the rear of the match. Shutter was set to capture ambient flame" -

Unintentional Shapes

Magical combination of smoke and sunrays

urning incense sticks makes groovy "colored smoke"

Thomas Herbrich has an excellent series "Smoke" on his site:

Free Top 100 Tools for Learning Resources

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:36:48 GMT

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Clip Source: content5.clipmarks.com

Over the last few years, the Internet has changed; it's no longer a place you go just to find information. It now offers a variety of new ways for people to interact with the content and with each other.

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o find out how to use Internet tools and resources for their personal enjoyment or to increase their personal productivity

Free Resources

The Directory of Learning Tools contains over 2,400 tools that range from "traditional" course authoring tools to E-Learning 2.0 collaboration and sharing tools as well as tools for managing your personal learning.

The Top 100 Tools for Learning list has been compiled from the Top 10 favourite tools lists of over 160 learning professionals worldwide. There is also a Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning list.

The incredible trees of Socotra Islands, Yemen

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:30:04 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: www.linkinn.com

Orgasms 'at the touch of a button'

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:04:40 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Women around the world are being told they can now have an orgasm at the touch of a button.

The makers of "Slightest Touch" say their device can give women longer, better and more intense orgasms.

They claim their device can trigger an orgasm without touching a woman's genital area.

According to the manufacturers, Slightest Touch works by stimulating the body's sexual nerve pathway.

Women start by drinking an electrolyte sports drink 20 minutes before using the device.

They then apply two white electrode pads inside their ankles.

"The Slightest Touch does not provide an orgasm," said Cherisse Davidson, the company's director of customer support.

"It gently stimulates the sexual nerve pathways taking the woman to a pre-orgasmic plateau where she dangles on the edge of orgasm for as long as she wants.

"From there, gentle stimulation can then effect the orgasm."

"It can be of great benefit to many women," she told BBC News Online.

"I've been using mine for three years and I just love it."