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It's A Wonderful Internet

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:57:57 GMT

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New Brunswick Veterinarians To Stop Cropping & Docking

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:22:47 GMT

clipped by: gingembre
clipper's remarks: Good news for dogs! Too bad the breeders are so heartless and self-centered.

vet: "People say it doesn't really hurt them, but they scream when you do it"

Hopefully it will be illegal for anyone to crop or dock to discourage breeders from mutilating dogs, causing unnecessary pain and risking infection.

Clip Source: www.cbc.ca

New Brunswick veterinarians will soon no longer perform cosmetic surgery on dogs, docking tails or cropping ears to make them stand at point.

Members of the New Brunswick Veterinary Medical Association made the decision because they say it's not in a puppy's best interest to have its ears and tail trimmed just for a certain look.

Cathy Adams, a vet practising in Rothesay, near Saint John, said she cringes whenever dogs come in for these procedures because she believes they are painful.

"Usually, when it's done, it's done between three and five days old. It's done without the benefit of anesthesia. People say it doesn't really hurt them, but they scream when you do it," she said.

The decision to stop cropping and docking in animal hospitals is drawing criticism from some dog breeders and kennel clubs.

a judge at Canadian Kennel Club competitions

said the province-wide policy is unfair to breeders, and may even put dogs at risk if owners try to do the procedures themselves

Tags: dogs, cosmetic surgery, veterinarians, new brunswick, canada, pets and pet care

Fight the Right-Wing Smears

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:49:56 GMT

clipped by: gingembre
clipper's remarks: Sad to say, I know and receive email from people (including relatives) who have no problem forwarding right-wing lies and racist propaganda about Obama. I went to this site to have a good source of information to refute the hate emails and replied to all who received, and sent, the smear emails I have received. I encourage you to do the same if you have the misfortune to be sent trashy lies about Barack Obama. To say nothing is to condone the sending and receiving of such emails.

Clip Source: fightthesmears.com

Barack Obama doesn’t take advice from Fannie Mae executives, despite claims made by shadowy emails and John McCain’s attack ads.

Get the Facts and Take Action Now

Republican voter-suppression guru Ken Blackwell falsely claimed Barack was an organizer for ACORN.

Radical anti-abortion ideologues are running ads that make wild 'Born Alive' accusations against Barack Obama

Barack Obama was honored to visit our troops overseas. But that didn’t stop email smears from claiming otherwise.

The American flag on the Obama campaign plane is easy to see.

Distorted and fabricated quotes from Barack’s books on race and religion are being used to manipulate the public.

Sign up for the Obama Action Wire

Tags: email smears, obama, ethics

Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know?

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:31:03 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: www.exploratorium.edu

For most of us, science arrives in our lives packaged neatly as fact. But how did it get that way?

Science is an active process of observation and investigation. The Evidence Project examines that process, revealing the ways in which ideas and information become knowledge and understanding.

In this case study on human origins, we explore how scientific evidence is being used to shape our current understanding of ourselves: What makes us human—and how did we get this way?

Great Depression Recipes

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:33:00 GMT

clipped by: sahara
clipper's remarks: Added only a few to the clip, there are many, click into the category you are looking for. These just may come in handy!

Clip Source: www.geocities.com

GREAT DEPRESSION
RECIPES

Clip Source: www.geocities.com

Meatless Loaf

1 cup rice

1 cup peanuts crushed

1 cup cottage cheese

1 egg

1 tablespoon oil

1 teaspoon salt

Combine all the ingredients together. bake in a loaf pan for 30 minutes or until loaf is good and set.

Clip Source: www.geocities.com

Recipes my Mother made during the Depression, and gave them to me.

Rumford Five Minute Pastry

2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon rumford baking powder

3/4 cup shortening

1 egg yolk

ice water

Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder; then cream the shortening in a bowl as for cake, As soon as it is light and creamy, add the sifted flour, mixing it in with a knife, not touching with the hands. Beat the yolk of egg, and add a little ice water to it just enough to moisten the pastry - probably 2 tablespoons. Use no more than needed to make a firm dough. Roll at once on a floured board, Bake in hot oven 475/o about 10 to 12 minutes.

Clip Source: www.geocities.com

Mother always made delicious home made noodles and dumplings.

Tags: food, recipes, economy

England countryside

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:33:48 GMT

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Clip Source: www.zuzafun.com

England countryside

Tags: photos, england, countryside, villages

Simple Living, Trucker Style

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:22:16 GMT

clipped by: gingembre
clipper's remarks: Go to the source for the list of this guy's material possessions, including his two "luxury items". I am trying to imagine living this way but am fairly certain that I could not do it and be happy. No room for, or way of life for, dogs or cats or other creatures that I care for. No room for photo albums or artwork or plants or quilts or memorabilia....

Clip Source: simplystated.realsimple.com

My brother is a long-haul truck driver. His residence is the 264 cubic feet cab of his Volvo VN 670 semi. To put this in perspective, the cab of his truck is smaller than a cell in a U.S. maximum security prison.

Imagine for a moment that you lived in a space that small. What would you keep? What would go? How much of any one thing would you buy? Could you live that way?

I thought that you might be interested in learning about what he does keep and how he lives with so few material possessions. It's a great lesson in reminding us that to be happy and healthy we don't need a lot of stuff.

Clothing

Linens

Entertainment

Food

Toiletries

Other

Now that you've seen the list, could you live in such a small space with so few material possessions? I have to admit that it would be difficult for me, but I know that it's possible and helps to keep things in my own life in perspective.

Tags: lifestyle, simple living

Three Jokes, Three Theories of Humour

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:10:06 GMT

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Clip Source: www.prospect-magazine.co.uk

the "incongruity" theory—that's Kant (also Pascal, Schopenhauer)—says humour is a matter of the logical abruptly dissolving into the absurd. "Do you believe in clubs for children?" WC Fields was asked. "Only when kindness fails," he said.

told to me by one of my students at a Catholic girls' school. "Mr Holt, what's better than roses on a piano? Tulips on an organ."

"relief" theory of humour—that's Freud (also Spencer)—says that humour allows us to get around our inhibitions. The set-up fools our inner censor, and the punchline liberates repressed impulses.

"superiority" theory—that's Hobbes (also Plato, Bergson)—locates the essence of humour in the "sudden glory" we feel at the humiliation of others. It suits jokes about cuckolds, racist jokes and put-downs, like:

Angry guy walks into a bar, says to the bartender, "All agents are assholes."

The guy sitting at the end of the bar says, "Just a minute, I resent that."

"Why? You an agent?"

"No. I'm an asshole."

Tags: humour, jokes

Why Is It So Hard to Be Yourself?

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:34:38 GMT

clipped by: mugofcoffee
clipper's remarks: Don't give away your power...true

Clip Source: www.pickthebrain.com

July 10th, 2008 by Michael Miles

Don’t give away your power

It is impossible to really be yourself when you are worried about how other people perceive you. We all care (at least a little bit) what other people think – we have been raised to believe that the approval of others is important. And in some ways it is – other people do have power over us. But the truth is that it doesn’t matter as much as you think; usually it doesn’t matter at all. Sometimes you’ll be flavor of the month; other times you might be public enemy number one. But you cannot control what other people think of you, so why even try?

Let them think what they will. To give the opinions and thoughts of others so much importance is to make your own life a misery. When you stop giving your power away to other people like this, your life will be so much lighter and easier. To genuinely not care what others think is an amazing and enlightening experience. Try it.

Live with integrity

'Fish in the forest'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:24:47 GMT

clipped by: gingembre
clipper's remarks: "Would you take a fish and put him in the forest?" It sounds ridiculous. Who would do that?

But as we grow ever more convinced of the changes that are taking place in PNG's coastal communities, our question is going to have to be, "how will we take a fish and help him thrive in the forest?"

Clip Source: www.alertnet.org

'Fish in the forest': Rising seas push PNG coast dwellers inland

WORLD VISION/Johannes Luetz" />

Puwamo, Papua New Guinea: Climate change "refugees" who abandoned their coastal village of Labutali because of rising sea levels.

Home is a powerful concept for the people of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Riven by steep-sided, impenetrable valleys and scattered island groups, 800 ethnic groups - and as many languages - have developed largely in isolation from one another, and their identity is pervasively rooted in their own parcel of territory

Land ownership here continues to be one of the firmest cultural traits that unites the country. To lose your territory is to lose a significant part of your identity - and your freedom. To be displaced onto somebody else's puts you entirely at their mercy.

World Bank has offered a vast sum of money to develop an inland area for the Manams, 40 km from the coast in deserted swampland that nobody nearby wants to live in

"Would you take a fish and put him in a forest?" one asks

online Flash-based anatomy lessons

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:37:50 GMT

clipped by: Lexica

Clip Source: www.getbodysmart.com

	An Online Examination of Human Anatomy and Physiology
	Visually Learn About the Human Body Using Our Interactive "Flash" Animations

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Tags: body, anatomy, muscles, learning, online

Community organizer vs. governor: words of wisdom

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:18:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Indeed.

Clip Source: kodiakkonfidential.blogspot.com

Regarding Governess Sarah Palin and others at the republican ~~national convention~~ gathering of witches decrying Barack Obama's work in and after college as a community organizer, helping the poor and disenfranchised... Can't remember where I saw this, and I'm paraphrasing as best I can:

"Remember, Jesus was a community organizer. Pontius Pilate was a governor."

Kudos to whoever coined the phrase. Biden needs to start whipping this line out.
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Tags: politics, 2008 election, usa

Solar Will Beat Oil

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:29:06 GMT

clipped by: gingembre
clipper's remarks: This article gives me some hope.

A bit more: "Enough total solar energy shines on the earth during a 40-minute period of time to power the entire world economy for a year. We only need to harness a tiny portion of this sunshine to make a huge difference in the world: environmentally, politically and economically."

Clip Source: www.motherearthnews.com

This Habitat for Humanity house utilizes solar thermal collectors and photovoltaic panels.

Photovoltaic (PV) panels turn sunlight directly into electricity, and production and conversion efficiencies of this hardware are skyrocketing

Industry analysts think the price of photovoltaics will drop to $1 per installed watt by 2010. That’s a magic number because it’s the point at which solar-generated electricity becomes competitive with electricity produced from fossil fuels

Several countries are right on top of this

March 2007, Spain began requiring all new, non-residential buildings to generate a portion of their electricity with photovoltaics

China is poised to become the world’s largest producer of photovoltaic cells this year

Germany now boasts more than 300,000 buildings with solar panels

as fossil fuels become more expensive and politically troublesome, those early “kick-start” subsidies offered by forward-looking governments will look like good investments indeed

Tags: solar power

Welsh fisherman feels shark’s revenge

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:38:34 GMT

clipped by: gingembre
clipper's remarks:
"Conservation group, The Shark Trust, said Steve got what he deserved because he attacked the fish.

Spokesman Richard Pierce said: “When you’ve stuck a hook in something’s mouth and dragged it through the water and put it on a boat, you’ve basically attacked the shark. If the shark accidentally bites you, it’s hardly its fault.”

Clip Source: www.walesonline.co.uk

A SOUTH Wales fisherman who celebrated catching a “mini version of Jaws” was airlifted to hospital after the shark tore into his arm.

Steve Perkins, 52, of Penarth, was posing for a picture after landing the 6ft fish off the north Devon coast when it went on the attack and ripped a five-inch chunk from his right forearm.

He and three pals were fishing off Lundy Island, when he hooked the 80lb creature.

“It took us 15 minutes to haul it into the boat and the idea was to pose for a quick picture and then put it back,” he said.

“I was holding it by the nose when it gave me a bit of nip.

“I dropped it over the side and looked at my arm – it looked horrendous.

The carpenter was airlifted by an RAF Sea King helicopter to North Devon District Hospital and later underwent reconstructive surgery at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital after two arteries were severed.

The severed arteries had to be pinned back together, a nerve was reattached and tendons were repaired in the three-hour operation.

When Hairballs Become Hazardous

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:32:51 GMT

clipped by: gingembre
clipper's remarks: One of my cats is having a terrible time expelling hairballs and may be in trouble. I'm going to follow this advice with respect to adding some oil and fiber and see if this helps the old girl.

Clip Source: www.newschannel5.com

Cats are fastidious self-groomers, so it’s this habit that causes hairballs -- swallowed loose fur that is not completely digested. The problem usually warrants no cause for alarm, but in some cases, hairballs become too big for a cat’s digestive tract and cause blockage that can be life-threatening.

The feline digestive system is designed to handle hairballs (called trichobezoars by doctors) but only up to a certain size.

Three key symptoms can distinguish a not-so-worrisome hairball from one that may require immediate medical attention. These are:

Continued retching that does not culminate with the expulsion of a hairball

Frequent diarrhea

Loss of appetite following repeated hairball episodes

How to Prevent Hairballs

Brush your kitty

Feed your cat a specially formulated hairball care food

For repeat hackers, increase their fiber intake

Offer a little oil

Purchase a commercial hairball remedy

Keep a clean house

Older cats especially need this care

their digestive systems slow down with age

Tags: cats, pets, pet care

Clipmarks | gingembre's clips

It's A Wonderful Internet

New Brunswick Veterinarians To Stop Cropping & Docking

Fight the Right-Wing Smears

Fight the Smears

Sign up for the Obama Action Wire

Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know?

Great Depression Recipes

England countryside

Simple Living, Trucker Style

Three Jokes, Three Theories of Humour

Why Is It So Hard to Be Yourself?

'Fish in the forest'

online Flash-based anatomy lessons

Community organizer vs. governor: words of wisdom

Solar Will Beat Oil

Welsh fisherman feels shark’s revenge

When Hairballs Become Hazardous