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Jetpacks Go Mainstream !

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:47:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Pretty amazing stuff. This is a huge step forward in flight tech. Actually it is not a true jet engine. It is a propeller type motor.

Clip Source: www.geeksaresexy.net

Capable of 30 minutes of flight at around 60 miles per hour, the Martin Jetpack can apparently go as high as 8,000 feet in the air. Naturally, its creator has equipped the device with an integrated ballistic parachute, just in case something goes wrong with its engine while you’re flying around. You certainly wouldn’t want that machine to stop working on you while you look like a minuscule dot to people on the ground.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Tags: flight, jetpacks, technology

Extraordinary Sand Sculptures

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:44:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Impressive sand sculptures. I heard something about how they use speacial sand and cohesives to keep them together..

Clip Source: www.oddee.com

Russian sand sculptor Wiaczeslaw Borecki carves a figure of Michael Jackson during the Sand Sculptures Festival in Blankenberge, Belgium (Link)

Sand sculptures representing 'The World of Pirates

Sand Sculpture Festival atWeston-super-Mare in England. In 2008, the sand sculptors were representing the seven continents and the Colosseum and St. Peter's Dome were two of the buildings chosen to represent Europe. (Link)

As an impoverished child, Sudarsan Pattnaik would go to his local beach and build sand castles. Little did the youngster from Orrisa, India, realise his hobby would make him famous and wealthy. Mr Sudarshan Patnaik's ultimate objective is to create awareness and enthusiasm among the people and to make this a popular professional art form. He is traveling to various places in the country to spread this art form by holding workshops and training. (Link)

Impressive perfectly detailed 12 meters high s

Impressive

Tags: sand, sculpture, art

Dana Perino Denies 9/11 Happened

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:08:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Here's the video B.Bear. Fox is the perfect place for her, I'd say.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Dana Perino Denies 9/11 Happened

Tags: polotics, terrorism, dana perino, press secretary, the press, media

PETA's ad is Banned by NBC

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:32:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: In response to Socratoad's clip I present you with this ad sent to me by PETA as an Xgiving Day reminder of how these birds are treated before they get to your table. On a brighter note I used to live on a Kosher veal farm. Very small. Very different. The owner's brother ran a Kosher turkey ranch, Same premise. Kindness in treatment before slaughter. It can be done intelligently and painlessly, with care and consideration for the beasts.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

Tags: thanksgiving, turkeys

The Sun Does a Flip

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:32:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Earth’s magnetic field also flips, but with less regularity. Consecutive reversals are spaced 5 thousand years to 50 million years apart. The last reversal happened 740,000 years ago. Some researchers think our planet is overdue for another one, but nobody knows exactly when the next reversal might occur..The Sun's magnetic poles will remain as they are now, with the north magnetic pole pointing through the Sun's southern hemisphere, until the year 2012 when they will reverse again. This transition happens, as far as we know, at the peak of every 11-year sunspot cycle -- like clockwork. Fear not 2012 !! It's a normal thing.

Clip Source: science.nasa.gov

Listen to this story (requires RealPlayer)

February 15, 2001 -- You can't tell by looking, but scientists say the Sun has just undergone an important change. Our star's magnetic field has flipped.

The Sun's magnetic north pole, which was in the northern hemisphere just a few months ago, now points south. It's a topsy-turvy situation, but not an unexpected one.

"This always happens around the time of solar maximum," says David Hathaway, a solar physicist at the Marshall Space Flight Center. "The magnetic poles exchange places at the peak of the sunspot cycle. In fact, it's a good indication that Solar Max is really here."

Above: Sunspot counts, plotted here against an x-ray image of the Sun, are nearing their maximum for the current solar cycle. [more information]

: The Sun's basic magnetic field, like Earth's, resembles that of a bar magnet.

Left: Steve Suess (NASA/MSFC) prepared this figure, which shows the Sun's spiraling magnetic fields from a vantage point ~100 AU from the Sun.

Tags: sun, earth, magnetic poles, nasa, shifts

Incredible Paper Artworks -see video

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:36:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I think all that I'd end up with would be series of bad paper cuts.

Clip Source: www.oddee.com

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"Amazing Howl's Moving Castle" is papercraft artwork done by Ben Millett. It took Ben about 72 hours to build it, spread over 3 weeks.

Howl's Moving Castle from Ben Millett on Vimeo.

(Link)

Heerlen-born, Rotterdam-based artist Bert Simons makes these scarily realistic papercraft models, by first making 3D models of real subjects. (Link | Photo)

This is a papercraft anatomy head, another work from artist Bert Simons. (Link)

Ray Keim of Haunted Dimensions released an extremely cool paper model of the Disneyland Haunted Mansion in New Orleans Square. (Link | Photo)

The interesting collection of do-it-yourself papercraft. This is the AT-AT Walkers from Star Wars. (Link)

Inspired by the big head mode in retro video games, Eric Testroete created this trippy papercraft self portrait for Halloween. The geometric look uses 370 individual paper triangles. (Link | Photo)

This papercraft female is wearing a kimono that's 100% made of paper. (Link)

Tags: arts, creafts, paper

What's Taking So Long?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:54:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: To gain a better insight on these goings on of the US Courts please click on the link. I'd rather have 1,000 words to clip, than 1K characters, but, oh well.Read on, if you please.

Clip Source: www.npr.org

The Justice Department will announce Friday that the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four other men suspected of playing a role in the attack will be brought to the U.S. to stand trial, NPR has learned.

The four others are Walid bin-Atash, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa al-Hawsawi.

The officials also told NPR that the Justice Department will also announce later Friday that an alleged key planner of the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, will be tried in a military commission.

What's more, a grand jury in the Southern District has already indicted Mohammed for another terrorism plot. In 1996, he was implicated in a plan to explode 12 commercial jets over the Pacific Ocean. A federal grand jury in New York brought that indictment and the Sept. 11 charges could be added to it. Prosecutors could also simply come up with a new indictment.

Tags: 9-11, terrorism, trials, court system, indictments

$1.25 mil in the Drink

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:08:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Yeah right it's the bird's fault, not the man for bending down under the dash. Now, if the bird had dropped some poop down on his head then maybe...no it's still the man's fault.
I was stung by a bee inside my blouse one day while driving, and I had the common sense to pull over. Even burning cigarettes are not an excuse. But a cell phone just is not a good cause. If I'm not mistaken I believe that it is illegal to use a cell phone while driving in Texas. If not not should be. It should be illegal in all 50 states !

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

LA MARQUE, Texas – A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston. The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road of Interstate 45 northbound in La Marque, about 35 miles southeast of Houston.

The Lufkin, Texas, man told of driving his luxury, French-built Bugatti Veyron when the bird distracted him, said La Marque police Lt. Greg Gilchrist. The motorist dropped his cell phone, reached to pick it up and veered off the road and into the salt marsh. The car was half-submerged in the brine about 20 feet from the road when police arrived.

Gilchrist said he doesn't know if the car was salvageable, but in his words, "Salt water isn't good for anything." He says the man, whose identity hasn't been released, was not injured.

A 2006 Bugatti Veyron was recently offered for sale in Jonesboro, Ark., for $1.25 million.

Tags: auto accidents, cell phones, driving

Just Space Junk?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:35:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What's in Space? Much more than you realize.
Since the start of the space age there have been some 4,500 space launches worldwide, & today there are 860 active satellites in orbit, The United States owns and operates roughly half of those satellites. This space activity has resulted in millions of pieces of orbiting debris
There are two main sources of orbital debris:
(1) Routine space activity and the accidental breakup of satellites and stages placed in orbit by such activity;
(2) The testing or use of destructive anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons that physically collide with satellites at high speed .
The destruction of a single large satellite such as a U.S. spy satellite could by itself double the total amount of large debris currently in low earth orbit (LEO), where nearly half of current satellites reside. There are currently no international restrictions on the testing or use of military systems intended to destroy satellites.

Clip Source: www.ucsusa.org

Debris in Brief: Space Debris from Anti-Satellite Weapons

Download: Debris in Brief: Space Debris from Anti-Satellite Weapons

Space debris is any human-made object in orbit that no longer serves a useful purpose. It includes defunct satellites, discarded equipment and rocket stages, and fragments from the breakup of satellites and rocket stages.

Space debris is a concern because—due to its very high speed in orbit—even relatively small pieces can damage or destroy satellites in a collision. Since debris at high altitudes can stay in orbit for decades or longer, it accumulates as more is produced. As the amount grows, the risk of collisions with satellites also grows. If the amount of debris at some altitudes becomes sufficiently large, it could be difficult to use those regions for satellites.

Since there is currently no effective way to remove large amounts of debris from orbit, controlling the production of debris is essential for preserving the long-term use of space.

Tags: space debris, satellites

Hold on There! That's My VW Bus! I think...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:51:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: My goodness. Not only is this a great story, I'd like to know what they used for a title before this happened. But, the funniest thing to me is that stinky Spokane WA ever had a World's fair hosted there. That is the biggest laugh, 1974 someone was pretty stoned to think that one up eh?

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Fri Nov 6, 4:03 pm ET

SPOKANE, Wash. – A Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Washington state has been found in a shipping container at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport.

Customs agents found the 1965 van on Oct. 19 when they opened a shipping container bound for The Netherlands, The Spokesman-Review newspaper reported. They ran the vehicle identification number and discovered it was listed as stolen.

Law officers said the van, which is in great shape, was stolen from an upholstery shop in Spokane on July 12, 1974 — while Spokane was hosting the 1974 World's Fair.

Authorities have not been able to find the original owner, whom they would not identify.

The van now legally belongs to Allstate Insurance Co., which paid off the original owner's theft claim back in 1974. The Highway Patrol turned over the van to Allstate this week.

Maleta said the van had been restored to pristine condition.

"Now it's probably worth 27 grand," he said. "It's a beautiful van."

Tags: stolen vehicles, vws, customs

Mystical Martian Moon Phobos

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:08:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Can you imagine id the man & his wife who discovered this moon could see the wonderful pictures today?
Also can we imagine that in another 122 years what they will tell about these magnificent moons?

Clip Source: apod.nasa.gov

Stickney Crater

Explanation: Stickney Crater, the largest crater on the martian moon Phobos, is named for Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, mathematician and wife of astronomer Asaph Hall. Asaph Hall discovered both the Red Planet's moons in 1877. Over 9 kilometers across, Stickney is nearly half the diameter of Phobos itself, so large that the impact that blasted out the crater likely came close to shattering the tiny moon. This stunning, enhanced-color image of Stickney and surroundings was recorded by the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as it passed within some six thousand kilometers of Phobos in March of 2008. Even though the surface gravity of asteroid-like Phobos is less than 1/1000th Earth's gravity, streaks suggest loose material has slid down inside the crater walls over time. Light bluish regions near the crater's rim could indicate a relatively freshly exposed surface.

Tags: mars, moons, craters

God & Freedom of Speech

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:50:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: If you hate this country and what it stands for so much, why use the freedoms that is gives to you so freely? I don't want anyone to tell me what God is, or thinks about.

Clip Source: weblogs.sun-sentinel.com

The Westboro Baptist Church is best known for traveling around the country to protest at military funerals.

a family of Westboro members stood outside the First Baptist Church in Jacksonville.

Rachel and Charles Hockenbarger brought their seven children to carry signs with messages like "You're going to hell" or "God is your enemy,"

During the protest, one of the Westboro Baptist members dragged an American flag dipped in blood on the ground while they stepped on it. They said it was done to symbolize their beliefs against abortion.

"It's the respect it deserves, right there on the ground with my foot on top of it," Rachel Hockenbarger said. "It's not a flag that needs to be held up high and waved. The international symbol for distress is that you fly it upside down, so we fly it upside down outside our church in Topeka, Kansas, because our nation is in distress."

Tags: religion, free speech, freedom, cults, churches

Hey... Want a Baby?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:54:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The expression
"life is cheap" seems to be true these days.
Why in the hell are people like this even allowed to be parents? I guess they didn't think to place an ad in the newspaper. They could've got a lot more from prospective baby seekers.
Don't attack me for that statement. It's more a reality than you might know.
Anyway...I'm just glad they don't have it any more (the baby that is). But knowing how things things go in our wonderful courts these days, it's possible they can get custody restored. That is if they want the poor thing.

Clip Source: weblogs.sun-sentinel.com

Here's a bargain. Parents try to sell their baby for $30.
> Posted by Barbara Hijek on September 13, 2009 07:00 AM

Look what $30 can buy.

A baby.

Robert G. Ellingson, 23, approached two people in a Pensacola PetSmart parking lot over the weekend and offered them a beer.

When they refused, he offered to sell his child for $30.

"At first they thought it was a joke," sheriff's spokesman Glenn Austin told the Pensacola News Journal. "But then the mother yelled to the group that they were trying to sell the baby. And one of them called us," reports News4Jax.com.

Authorities said the couple also tried to sell their baby in a bank parking lot a few blocks away an hour earlier.

No takers, evidently.

Authorities say the two-month-old is now in care of The Division of Children and Families.

Not a moment too soon.

Photo: Escambia County Sheriff's Office booking photos of Maghen Duvala and Robert Ellingson
News4Jax

What Junk

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:26:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I love this stuff. It takes a master's eye to be able to see something great out of a pile of junk. Just collecting the stuff is a tremendous endeavor! Then storing it, Wow!

Clip Source: www.oddee.com

"Broken Family" by Anthony Haywood, uses all the household waste to construct an elephant. (Link)

It's a giant skull made from recycled kitchen utensils. The sculpture was crafted by Indian artist Subodh Gupta.

Sculpture made from recycled watches and clocks, by Michael Roberts. (Link)

London Zoo's Recycled Sculpture exhibit showcases 20 works, like this plastic bag sculpture of a polar bear. (Link)

Water Bird sculpture at the London Wetlands Centre. Recycled from ITV Fixers Plastic Bag. (Link)

Another sculpture made from vinyl records. (Link)

He's seven meters tall and weighs three metric tons. He is WEEE Man! This sculpture stands at the Eden Project in Cornwall, after his debut at the South Bank in London. The British Royal Society of Arts had WEEE Man built out of discarded electronic components and household appliances to symbolize how much of this material each person contributes to environmental waste. (Link)

Tags: junk, recycling, art, sculpture

What's This? A Martian Tatoo?

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:09:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Amazing new pics from Mars Orbiter. To our human visual conceptions of what things look like and/or what things should look like out of any real context this picture resembles rolls of fleshly look-alikes and the bluish scribbles appear to some of us, as something Earthly.
If you want more on the dust devils the links that are not from Wikipedia, and are from NASA are pretty informative. There are also picture of rising columns here on Earth.

Clip Source: apod.nasa.gov

Martian Dust Devil Trails

Explanation: Who's been marking up Mars? This portion of a recent high-resolution picture from the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows twisting dark trails criss-crossing light colored terrain on the martian surface. Newly formed trails like these had presented researchers with a tantalizing martian mystery but are now known to be the work of miniature wind vortices known to occur on the red planet - martian dust devils. Such spinning columns of rising air heated by the warm surface are also common in dry and desert areas on planet Earth. Typically lasting only a few minutes, dust devils become visible as they pick up loose red-colored dust leaving the darker and heavier sand beneath intact. On Mars, dust devils can be up to 8 kilometers high. Dust devils have been credited with unexpected cleanings of mars rover solar panels.

Tags: mars, space, dust storms

Clipmarks | dmoonme1's clips

Jetpacks Go Mainstream !

Extraordinary Sand Sculptures

Dana Perino Denies 9/11 Happened

Dana Perino Denies 9/11 Happened

PETA's ad is Banned by NBC

The Sun Does a Flip

Incredible Paper Artworks -see video

What's Taking So Long?

$1.25 mil in the Drink

Just Space Junk?

Debris in Brief: Space Debris from Anti-Satellite Weapons

Hold on There! That's My VW Bus! I think...

Mystical Martian Moon Phobos

God & Freedom of Speech

Hey... Want a Baby?

Here's a bargain. Parents try to sell their baby for $30.> Posted by Barbara Hijek on September 13, 2009 07:00 AM

What Junk

What's This? A Martian Tatoo?

Here's a bargain. Parents try to sell their baby for $30.
> Posted by Barbara Hijek on September 13, 2009 07:00 AM