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Loyal to the end (photo)

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:17:19 GMT

clipped by: alanocu

Clip Source: i3.tinypic.com

Tags: speechless

21 Ways to Make Someone's Day

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:51:34 GMT

clipped by: alanocu

Clip Source: www.iwillchangeyourlife.com

What this simple act of kindness made me realize is that often it doesn’t take much to make someone else’s day.

1. Remember a birthday

People always love it when you remember their birthday.

2. Stand up for someone

Show them some support by standing up for them.

3. Ping

consider “pinging” a friend by sending a quick email or text message

4. Listen

Sometimes people just need to vent.

5. Tell a joke

“the most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”

6. Buy a friend lunch

taking them out to lunch is a great way to catch up

7. Lend a good book

I know this makes my day

8. Compliment

Everybody loves to receive a sincere compliment

9. Buy a small gift

This shows that you have been thinking about the person

10. Babysit

even for just an hour!

11. Give chocolate

12. Believe in friend

Many people struggle with confidence.

13. Show your love

give your partner a massage

14. Smile

15. Share a happy memory

16. Compile a music CD

17. Cook a meal

19. Say thank you

20. Donate to a charity

21. Give someone a dizzy wizzy

Tags: kindness, appreciation, thoughtfulness

Having Sex without Gravity

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:25:47 GMT

clipped by: abailart

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

US and Russian astronauts have had sex in space for separate research programmes on how human beings might survive years in orbit, according to a book published yesterday.

Pierre Kohler, a respected French scientific writer, says in The Final Mission: Mir, The Human Adventure that the subject is taboo both at Nasa and at mission control in Moscow, but that cosmic couplings have taken place.

"The issue of sex in space is a serious one," he says. "The experiments carried out so far relate to missions planned for married couples on the future International Space Station, the successor to Mir. Scientists need to know how far sexual relations are possible without gravity."

He cites a confidential Nasa report on a space shuttle mission in 1996. A project codenamed STS-XX was to explore sexual positions possible in a weightless atmosphere.

four positions were found possible without "mechanical assistance"

six needed a special elastic belt and inflatable tunnel, like an open-ended sleeping bag

Tags: sex, coitus without gravity

Nature's Comedy: Animals Having Fun

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:31:34 GMT

clipped by: alanocu
clipper's remarks: this is part 9 of series of photographs; some were new to me; links to parts 1-8 can be found at the source page

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Nature's Comedy: Animals are NATURALLY funny

Some are ugly, some are cute, but all possess that natural quality of expression that can not be faked,

The Cutest of the Bunch

Tags: animals, humor

10ft 'photographs' drawn with a ballpoint pen

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:50:43 GMT

clipped by: michellezm

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

They may look like pin-sharp photographs - but these amazing pictures are actually drawings created with the humble ballpoint pen.

The stunning pictures, measuring up to 10ft high, were drawn by a rising star of the art world, Juan Francisco Casas.

Casas, 31, can use up to four 14p ballpoint pens for a canvas and his works are already a sell-out at exhibitions.

Formerly a traditional painter, Juan began the drawings three years ago based on photographs of nights out with his friends.

Bic money: Casas can use up four 14p ballpoints on one picture, but his prizewinning works already fetch up to £3,750 each

Speaking from Rome yesterday, he said he admires the "simplicity" of the ballpoint pen, invented in 1938 by Hungarian Laszlo Biro.

Casas said: "I guess it started off as a joke, to try and make something so realistic that people would think is a photo.

"I also wanted to create it with something that everyone has - a Biro. I don't think it has ever been done before.

Dalai Lama’s 18 rules for living

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:14:05 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman
clipper's remarks: # Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.

# Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

# Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

Clip Source: www.owenkelly.net

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

Follow the three Rs:

Respect for self
Respect for others
Responsibility for all your actions.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

Spend some time alone every day.

Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.

Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.

Be gentle with the earth.

How an icy night turned a car bonnet into a work of art

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:26:07 GMT

clipped by: alanocu
clipper's remarks: is that what it's called? a bonnet? If a guy in the U.S. has art on his bonnet, there's a good chance he's walking around with one of those hats that tie at the chin?

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Sometimes nature's palette is richer than that of any artist, as these beautiful and surreal images show.

These delicate fronds and whorls are not decorative etchings, nor have they anything to do with vegetation, despite their biological appearance.

The car roof in Oxfordshire displays an almost snake-like pattern

In fact they are nothing more than frozen water — ice crystals which formed on Mail reader Stuart Dent's cars on two frosty nights earlier this month outside his home in Oxfordshire.

The beautiful patterns, called "fern frost", reflect myriad water molecules arranged in six-sided patterns, a deep symmetry governed by the geometry of the molecule itself.

... while this one is covered in fronds of ferns

The sun begins to rise and soon the jungle of leaf designs will disappear. The frost has formed because metal becomes colder quicker than anything else around it.

Ice crystals form in tiny imperfections in the paintwork

governed by the structure of the water molecules they're made of

Tags: nature, etchings, arts

Photo Essay: Examining X-Ray

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:16:28 GMT

clipped by: alanocu
clipper's remarks: (may need to scroll over to the right to see the entire image) -------In his new book, photographer Nick Veasey creates inside-out images of the everyday and the bizarre. Using a lead-lined studio he shoots his subjects, then composes and embellishes the images on a computer.

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Take My Hand
Parent and child (and teddy bear) take a stroll.

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Toys and Tunes
A teddy and an MP3 player.

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Food for Thought
The wiry veins of this bunch of grapes form a unique pattern.

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Made for Walking
This image illustrates how a woman's shoe (left) contorts the bones of the foot and ankle and throws the weight onto the big toe joint, while a man's boot leaves the foot in a natural position.

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Take Flight
A Boeing 777 jet is serviced in a hangar at Logan Airport, Boston.

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Survival of the Fittest

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Creature of the Night

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Hold (Very) Tight Please

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Natural Beauty

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Office Life
Over 100 separate x-rays make up this picture.

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Suits You, Sir

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Around the Horn

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Out of the Game
This football player, complete with protection, is about to receive treatment

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One for the Road?
Our man's had quite enough for the evening.

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Watch the Birdie

The photographer at work, in full protective gear with night-vision goggles.

Taken from X-Ray by Nick Veasey, published by Goodman (an imprint of Carlton Books) from April 7th.

Tags: photography

Torture of cows...WTF is wrong with people!?!?!?

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:42:59 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Honestly, the human race really depresses the shit out of me sometimes. People actually torture cows in the name of making a buck. Makes me sick.

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

The video shows Hallmark Meat Packing Co. workers administering repeated electric shocks to downed cows -- animals that are too sick, weak or otherwise unable to stand on their own. Workers are seen kicking cows, jabbing them near their eyes, ramming them with a forklift and shooting high-intensity water up their noses in an effort to force them to their feet for slaughter.

"This must serve as a five-alarm call to action for Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture," said Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society president. "Our government simply must act quickly both to guarantee the most basic level of humane treatment for farm animals and to protect America's most vulnerable people -- our children, needy families and the elderly -- from the potentially dangerous food."

Tags: cows, hallmark meat packing, wtf, sad

World's most corrupt and least corrupt nations

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:11:49 GMT

clipped by: Deepti

Clip Source: www.gulfnews.com

Corruption watchdog Transparency International has released a list of the world’s most and least corrupt nations

The report comes ahead of a conference in Bali this week where more than 100 countries are expected to gather for a United Nations anti-corruption conference

The lower the CPI of a country, the higher corruption is, with 0 being the most corrupt and 10 being very clean

Most corrupt country and CPI score
Somalia: 1.4
Myanmar: 1.4
Iraq: 1.5
Haiti: 1.6
Uzbekistan: 1.7
Tonga: 1.7
Sudan: 1.8
Chad: 1.8
Afghanistan: 1.8
Laos: 1.9
Norway: 8.7

Least corrupt country and CPI score
Denmark: 9.4
Finland: 9.4
New Zealand: 9.4
Singapore: 9.3
Sweden: 9.3
Iceland: 9.2
Netherlands: 9.0
Switzerland: 9.0
Canada: 8.7

Tags: corrupt, nations, world, countries, international

The Code of Hammurabi

Sun, 04 May 2008 11:06:12 GMT

clipped by: alanocu
clipper's remarks: Hammurabi (ruled ca. 1796 BC – 1750 BC) believed that he was chosen by the gods to deliver the law to his people.

The Code of Hammurabi was one of several sets of laws in the Ancient Near East.[7][8] Most of these codes come from similar cultures and racial groups in a relatively small geographical area, and they have passages which resemble each other. The earlier Code of Ur-Nammu (21st century BC), the Hittite laws (ca. 1300 BC), and Mosaic Law (traditionally ca. 1400 BC under Moses), all contain statutes that bear at least passing resemblance to those in the Code of Hammurabi and other codices from the same geographic area.

The complete text of Hammurabi's Code of Laws. http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/hammurabi.htm. Quite shocking.

The photographs were taken at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Invictus has a clip on Hammurabi: http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/92611450-2366-40A4-8825-C9287250A843/

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195. If a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn off.

282. If a slave say to his master: "You are not my master," if they convict him his master shall cut off his ear.

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The Code of Hammurabi (also known as Codex Hammurabi) is one of the earliest and best preserved law codes from ancient Babylon, created ca. 1760 BC (middle chronology). It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi.^[1]

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The code is often pointed to as the first example of the legal concept that some laws are so basic as to be beyond the ability of even a king to change. Hammurabi had the laws inscribed in stone, so they were immutable.

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The laws are numbered from 1 to 282 (numbers 13 and 66-99 are missing) and are inscribed in Old Babylonian cuneiform script on the eight-foot tall stela

It was discovered in December 1901 in Susa, Elam, which is now Khuzestan, Iran, where it had been taken as plunder by the Elamite king Shutruk-Nahhunte

It is currently on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

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Tags: law, babylonia

Geographical Facts of the Sexes

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:36:26 GMT

clipped by: dakotayii
clipper's remarks: It's just a joke, but there is a grain of truth imo......

Clip Source: www.dysan.net

GEOGRAPHY OF A WOMAN
Between 18 and 22, a woman is like Africa; half discovered, half wild,

naturally beautiful with fertile soil.

Between 23 and 30, a woman is like America; well developed and open to

trade, especially for someone with cash.

Between 31 and 35, a woman is like India; very hot, relaxed and convinced of her own beauty.

Between 36 and 40, a woman is like France; gently aging but still warm, and a desirable place to visit.

Between 41 and 50, a woman is like Great Britain; with a glorious and all conquering past.

Between 51 and 60, a woman is like Yugoslavia; lost the war and haunted by past mistakes.

Between 61 and 70, a woman is like Russia; very wide, and borders are now un-patrolled.

After 70, she becomes Tibet. Wildly beautiful, with a mysterious past and the wisdom of the ages.... only those with an adventurous spirit and a thirst for spiritual knowledge visit there.

GEOGRAPHY OF A MAN
Between 1 and 70, a man is like Iran - ruled by a dick

Tags: jokes

Famous Caricatures

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:06:52 GMT

clipped by: dakotayii
clipper's remarks: It's the eyes . Brilliant.

Clip Source: members.shaw.ca

Bruce Willis

Demi Moore

Hugh Grant

Jack Nicholson

John Travolta

Michael Douglas

Michelle Pfeiffer

Robert Deniro

Samuel L. Jackson

Sean Connery

Antonio Banderas

Mick Jagger

Tina Turner

Sylvester Stallone

Madonna

George Clooney

Arnold Swartzenegger

David Bowie

Goldie Hawn

Clint Eastwood

Rod Stewart

Bette Midler

Harrison Ford

Humphrey Bogart

The Wizard of 'OZ'

Mr. Bean!

Tags: cartoon

The 6 Most Unsettling Medication Side Effects

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:18:20 GMT

clipped by: alanocu
clipper's remarks: Most of them only happen to an infinitesimally small group of people, but they can still happen.

Clip Source: www.cracked.com

Alli

Alli is a weight-loss medication that prevents fat absorption.

Side effects may include ...

nothing major, mind you, just things like "gas with oily spotting."

a polite way of describing a fart that spackles your chair with a greasy stain of ass buckshot

Requip

Side effects may include ...

"an unusual urge to gamble or increased sexual urges and/or behaviors."

Propecia

The fear of hair loss grips many a man

Side effects may include ...

"gynecomastia,"

means boobs

that can make milk

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Accutane

acne treatments

Side effects may include ...

Side effects can include crying spells, rectal bleeding and bone fractures.

hepatitis, psychosis and hirsutism

Zoloft

Anti-depressant

Side effects may include...

a "persistent, painful erection."

This awful wood you're sporting also has the advantage of shooting blanks

"ejaculation failure"

Levaquin

Treating bacterial infections

Side effects may include ...

It can turn you into a vampire.

it can kill your ability to handle sunlight

called "phototoxicity,"

Tags: medicine

The Purple People of Phoenicia

Fri, 23 May 2008 20:05:49 GMT

clipped by: alanocu
clipper's remarks: "The fast, non-fading dye was an item of luxury trade. It is believed that the intensity of the purple hue improved, rather than faded, as the dyed cloth aged."

"Archaeological data from Tyre indicate that the snails were collected in large vats and left to decompose. This produced a hideous stench that was actually mentioned by ancient authors. Not much is known about the subsequent steps, and the actual ancient method for mass-producing the two murex dyes has not yet been successfully reconstructed; this special "blackish clotted blood" colour, which was prized above all others, is believed to be achieved by double-dipping the cloth, once in the indigo dye of H. trunculus and once in the purple-red dye of M. brandaris."

The Phoenician dolls are unrelated to Tyrian purple, I thought it was an interesting addition to the clip.

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Purple is often considered the color of royalty and prestige. This correspondence dates back thousands of years, as purple dye was mentioned in texts as early as 1600 B.C.

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Tyrian purple (Greek: πορφύρα, porphyra, Latin: purpura), also known as royal purple, imperial purple or imperial dye, is a purple-red dye which was first produced by the ancient Phoenicians in the city of Tyre.

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This is a bath tub made of Tyrian purple

This color could only be used by the Emperors. Anything made of this stuff, is priceless, this bath tub especially so.

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This original purple dye, as created by mollusk shells, was dubbed “Tyrian purple”

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Other civilizations followed suit, including Rome, Egypt, and Persia, although purple dyes were made from other sources including fish and insects.

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