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McCain Loses It: Calls Americans 'My Fellow Prisoners'

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:34:40 GMT

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McCain Loses It: Calls Americans 'My Fellow Prisoners'

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Tags: mccain, senility, us presidential elections, us, youtube

Tina Fey: She's on her way...

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:40:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Extremely talented...

Clip Source: www.nydailynews.com

The rise of Tina Fey: From 'SNL' to sitcom phenom and box office draw

Fey keeps a grip on her haul of statuettes at last Sunday's Emmys in L.A.

Specifically, it arrived at around 11 p.m. last Sunday as Fey, dressed to the nines in a slinky David Meister gown, hoisted three Emmy Awards backstage at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre amid a sea of suits.

She nabbed one for lead actress in a comedy series, one for comedy writing and one for the show she created that made it all possible, "30 Rock."

Fey as Sarah Palin with Amy Poehler

PHOTOS: '30 ROCK' WINS BIG AT THE EMMYS

Namely Jennifer Aniston and Winfrey, whose close friend Gayle King reported to New York magazine: "Tina Fey and Oprah Winfrey together is magic. It's great television."

Fey herself has become a headliner on her alma mater "Saturday Night Live." On Sept. 13, she made a guest appearance on the season premiere of "SNL" as vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin - a lauded impression that became nbc.com's most-watched clip ever.

Tags: tina fey, snl, media, nbc, emmys, la, palin

12 Greek Words You Should Know

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:01:36 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailywritingtips.com

12 Greek Words You Should Know

Along with Latin, Greek is probably the language that most influenced other languages around the world. Many English words derive directly from Greek ones

knowing their origin and meaning is important.

1. Acme

The highest point of a structure.

2. Acropolis

Acro means edge or extremity, while polis means city.

The word Acropolis is commonly associated with Greece’s capital Athens

3. Agora

was an open market place, present in most cities of the ancient Greece.

4. Anathema

a noun and it means a formal ban

riginal Greek meaning for this word was “something offered to the gods.”

5. Anemia

a condition characterized by a qualitative or quantitative deficiency of the red blood cells (or of the hemoglobin)

6. Ethos

accustomed place

7. Dogma

belief or set of principles held by a religion,

8. Eureka

is used to celebrate a discovery

9. Genesis

means birth or origin

10. Phobia

phobia is a fear

11. Plethora

when you go beyond what is needed or appropriate

12. Kudos

means fame or glory

Tags: greek, language, english

Girl who bleeds without being cut baffles doctors

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:52:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A rare medical problem ...

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Girl who bleeds without being cut baffles doctors

Twinkle Dwivedi has a rare condition where she bleeds spontaneously from any part of her body

Villagers near her home in Uttar Pradesh, India, believe she must be cursed and shout cruel things in the street.

Indian medics now believe her condition is an extreme version of a rare blood platelet disorder for which they cannot find a cure.

"It didn't hurt. But it was scary and messy, and my friends thought it was disgusting.

Finally doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi decided she has Type 2 Platelet Disorder, a rare condition where blood is dangerously low in clotting particles.

However, a blood specialist in Britain came up with a different diagnosis and believes there may be hope.

Consultant haematologist Dr Drew Provan, of Barts Hospital in London, said:

"She may have Type II von Willebrand disease and she should see a coagulation doctor for treatment."

Tags: platelet, blood, clotting, barts hospital, uk, type ii von willebrand disease, coagulation, healthcare, india

5 Things You Didn't Know: Paul Newman

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:02:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: An actor and a gentleman...R.I.P.

Clip Source: www.askmen.com

5 Things You Didn't Know: Paul Newman

five things you didn’t know about Paul Newman, but also five reasons why Paul Newman ruled, five manly criteria he set, all impossible to match but benchmarks nonetheless for the rest of us

1- All of the Newman's Own proceeds go to charity

Paul Newman himself enjoyed precious little, if any, of the after-tax profits. He personally distributed 100% of those profits to thousands of charities, totaling around $250 million at last count.

2- Paul Newman finished 2nd in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race

Paul Newman was one of three drivers with Dick Barbour Racing, a team that participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, an endurance race set in Northwestern France

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3- Paul Newman was on Nixon's infamous enemies list

4- Paul Newman celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary

5- Paul Newman sponsored a first amendment award

handed out the $20,000 P.E.N./Newman’s Own First Amendment award via the P.E.N. American Center

http://en.wikipedia.org

Tags: paul newman, hollywood, facts, star, hero

Palin Is Ready? Please.

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:27:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Fareed Zakaria - plain n simply speakin' Palin

Clip Source: www.newsweek.com

Palin Is Ready? Please.

McCain says that he always puts country first. In this important case, that is simply not true.

Fareed Zakaria

Will someone please put out of her agony?

CBS's questioned her in her trademark sympathetic style. It didn't help. When asked how living in the state closest to gave her foreign-policy experience, Palin responded thus:

"It's very important when you consider even national-security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America. Where—where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to—to our state."

Clip Source: www.newsweek.com

Can we now admit the obvious? Sarah Palin is utterly unqualified to be vice president. She is a feisty, charismatic politician who has done some good things in Alaska.

Tags: sarah palin, mccain, fareed zakaria, time, vp, us

The Dinosaurs Dancefloor

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:19:41 GMT

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Clip Source: fogonazos2.blogspot.com

Imagine a wall with more than 5,000 dinosaur tracks: they call it the dinosaurs dancefloor

In 1994, while walking around a cement factory in southern Bolivia, Klaus Schütt discovered a limestone wall with a shear size of 25'000 square meters literally covered by dinosaur tracks. A few years later, in 1998, a scientific team lead by Swiss paleontologist Christian Meyer investigated the wall, and proved it was "the largest site of dinosaur tracks found so far".

There are more than 5,000 tracks of 294 different dinosaurs made during the second half of the Cretaceous period.

There is such an impressive amount of tracks that some of the researchers said this place seemed to be a dinosaurs’ dancefloor.

Perhaps, the most special track is a 347 meters footpath, the longest dinosaur trackway ever known, made by a baby Tyrannosaurus rex nicknamed “Johnny Wallker” by researchers.

Tags: bolivia, dinosaur, pre-historic, jurassic, bizarre, discovery

Surprising Things You Can Get For Free (Or Almost)

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:50:34 GMT

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Sheet music
MutopiaProject.org has 1,272 pieces available
Radio service
Pandora.com is like your own personal radio service
Gently used stuff
at freecycle.org
Photo organizer
Picasa (picasa.google.com)
Spam filter
Get your download at spamato.net
Family calendar
Famundo.com is an online calendar, address book and message board

Clip Source: www.womansday.com

Surprising Things You Can Get For Free (Or Almost)

Business cards

Visit vistaprint.com, create your card and all you have to pay is about five bucks for shipping.

Expert computer help

Want to learn how to use HTML? Submit your question at protonic.com and you'll get a pretty prompt answer e-mailed to you from a volunteer expert.

Spanish lessons

You can also learn French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Mandarin Chinese and more. Go to bbc.co.uk/languages

Business classes

how to finance your venture through the Small Business Administration's website (sba.gov). Online courses are free and self-paced;

Credit report

Go to annualcreditreport.com and follow the directions

Wi-Fi hot spots

Get a directory at wififreespot.com

Time-management organizer

via instant message or e-mail through RememberTheMilk.com.

Silver jewelry

The Silver Jewelry Club (silverjewelryclub.com)

Online checking account

online checking account that is completely fre

through ING Direct (ingdirect.com)

Cookbooks

Allrecipes.com

Tags: free, freeware, offers, bargains, internet

Clean Your House In 19 Minutes

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:03:20 GMT

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Clean Your House In 19 Minutes

With a plan of attack, you can maintain a sparkling house in just 19 minutes a day

Photographer: Mikkel Vang

Kitchen, 4 1/2 minutes daily

Always start with the sink. A sparkling sink becomes your kitchen's benchmark for hygiene and tidiness, inspiring you to load the dishwasher immediately and keep counters, refrigerator doors, and the stove top spick-and-span, too.

Photographer: Mikkel Vang

Bathroom, 2 minutes daily

Make cleaning the basin as routine as washing your hands. But don't stop there. Get the most out of your premoistened wipe by using it to clean around the edges of the tub and then the toilet before tossing it.

Photographer: Mikkel Vang

Bedroom, 6 1/2 minutes daily

Make your bed right before or after your morning shower. A neat bed will inspire you to deal with other messes immediately.

Photographer: Mikkel Vang

Family Room, Living Room, Foyer, 6 minutes daily

Start with the sofa -- as long as it's in disarray, your living room will never look tidy.

Tags: cleaning, house, tidying up, housekeeping

Prison Beauty Pageant

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:42:54 GMT

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Prison Beauty Pageant

The Good Shepard is the largest women prison in Columbia.

Every year, the Good Shepard women prison in Bogota, Columbia, organizes an inmate beauty contest in honor of the Holy Virgin,

the patron of the prisoners. The contest is followed by a masquerade party and the whole event is broadcast in all of Columbia, This year the prisoner beauty pageant was won by Miss Yuri Uribe, a beautiful Colombian serving five years for drug trafficking.

Tags: women's prison, beauty pageant, bogota, columbia, inmates

Is this why McCain canceled the debates?

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:48:38 GMT

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This is why McCain canceled the debates. Watch Sarah Palin on CBS tonight. Utter disaster.

For starters, we now have the first look at Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric. Palin is in so far over her head, it isn't even funny. Watch especially at 4 minutes 30 seconds into the interview

(video is below)

Couric: You've said, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?

Palin: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie - that, that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.

Couric: I'm just going to ask you one more time - not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation.

Palin: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.

Tags: sarah palin, vp, republican, cbs, couric, debate

Palin Accepted $25,000 in Gifts, Alaska Records Show

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:49:12 GMT

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Palin Accepted $25,000 in Gifts, Alaska Records Show

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who has made a crackdown on gift-giving to state officials a centerpiece of her ethics reform agenda, has accepted gifts valued at $25,367 from industry executives, municipalities and a cultural center whose board includes officials from some of the largest mining interests in the state, a review of state records shows.

41 gifts Palin accepted during her 20 months as governor include honorific tributes, expensive artwork and free travel for a family member.

also include more than $2,500 in personal items from Calista, a large Alaska native corporation

a gold-nugget pin valued at $1,200 from the city of Nome, which lobbies on municipal, local and capital budget matters, documents show.

in January 2007, her first month in office. That month, she accepted three gifts from Calista's chief executive, Matthew Nicolai: a $2,200 ivory puffin mask, a woven grass fan worth $300 and a $150 ivory necklace

Tags: sarah palin, vp, us presidential elections, republicans, calista, alaska

Heatherwick Rolling Bridge, London

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:02:23 GMT

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Heatherwick Rolling Bridge

When the Heatherwick Rolling Bridge is in its horizontal position, there’s nothing remotely strange about it, just another steel and wood-made bridge in London. But that all changes when it curves up until its two ends touch, to let boats pass. When curled, Heatherwick Bridge resembles an old watermill wheel.

Heatherwick Studio’s Rolling Bridge opens every Friday at noon but if the winds exceed 30 mph, the hidraulics may be unable to handle them, so the bridge doesn’t open.

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Tags: bridge, hydraulics, heatherwick, london, uk

American v British teeth

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:29:01 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

American v British teeth

Ricky Gervais is the first to admit that his teeth are neither white nor straight - and Americans mistakenly think he wears bad false teeth for comedic purposes. Why the dental divide?

British teeth are not like American teeth.

These are my real teeth. You think I'd wear them all the time if they weren't real?

Ricky Gervais' reply to interviewer remarking on his 'false teeth'

So much character, in fact, that Ricky Gervais says one US journalist complimented him on being prepared to wear unflattering false teeth for his role as an English dentist in his latest film, Ghost Town. Only he didn't.

"He was horrified that I could have such horrible real teeth. It's like the biggest difference between the Brits and the Americans, they are obsessed with perfect teeth," says Gervais.

Artificial smile

Kate Beckinsale, now glossy of mane and white of tooth

Whiter than white, it transpires. Teeth naturally vary in colour and the palette can tend closer to cream than white.

Tags: teeth, dentist, oral hygiene, orthodontist, us, uk, american, british

Skydivers set for new heights over Everest

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:55:26 GMT

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Skydivers set for new heights over Everest

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Dozens of skydivers will attempt the first parachute jumps over Mount Everest next week, organizers said on Tuesday.

At least 34 skydivers from 14 countries, including Britain, the United States, Canada, Denmark and New Zealand plan to jump from an aircraft flying 465 feet above the Everest summit on October 2.

"This will be the most important event in the Himalayan adventure since 1953," said Nigel Gifford, owner of the British company High & Wild which has organized the team.

Each participant will wear an oxygen mask and carry a larger than normal parachute to help a fast descent through the thin air of the world's highest drop zone.

"It is a very big adventure, it is a truly historic adventure," said 40-year-old Danish participant Per Wimmer.

Not finding the drop zone after the fall, extreme cold and malfunctioning of oxygen masks were some of the potential hazards, Wimmer said.

Tags: skydivers, record, mt. everest, drop zone, parachutes, world record