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The 130 World's Healthiest Foods

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:32:22 GMT

clipped by: coecoe321

130 foods that can serve as the basis of your Healthiest Way of Eating. Links to the articles about these foods can be found below.

Vegetables Fish & Seafood

Fruits

Low Fat Dairy

Beans & Legumes

Poultry & Lean Meats

Nuts & Seeds

Grains

Spices & Herbs

Natural Sweeteners

Other

Tags: food, health

Fast Food: Ad pictures vs. real pictures

Mon, 14 May 2007 17:01:25 GMT

clipped by: BigBadWolf
clipper's remarks: This always bugged me and now someone has actually done the work for me!

Clip Source: www.thewvsr.com

Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality

Each item was purchased, taken home, and photographed immediately. Nothing
was tampered with, run over by a car, or anything of the sort. It is an accurate
representation in every case. Shiny, neon-orange, liquefied pump-cheese, and all.

Burger King Enormous Omelet Sandwich

Arby's Beef 'n' Cheddar

KFC Famous Bowl

Subway six-inch turkey breast and ham sub

Wendy's Southwest Taco Salad

Burger King sausage, egg, and cheese croissant

McDonald's Big Mac

Taco Bell Nachos Bell Grande

McDonald's Filet O Fish Sandwich

Burger King Whopper

McDonald's Sausage McMuffin

Tags: food, photos

10 Glorious Lost Cities.

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:43:00 GMT

clipped by: vk2yoc
clipper's remarks: Pretty cool! more info on the website.

Clip Source: www.oddee.com

MACHU PICCHU (Peru): The Lost City of the Incas _[Wiki]

ANGKOR (Cambodia): Contains the world's largest religious monument _[Wiki]

MEMPHIS (Egypt): ancient capital of Egypt_[Wiki]

PETRA: stone structures carved into rocks _[Wiki]

PALMYRA (Syria): the Bride of the Desert _[Wiki]

POMPEII (Italy): buried by the volcano_[Wiki]

PALENQUE (Mexico): one of Mayan's most exquisite cities _[Wiki]

VIJAYANAGAR (India): capital of one of the largest Hindu empires _[Wiki]

EPHESUS (Turkey): one of the most important cities of early Christianity _[Wiki]

SANCHI (India): the best-preserved group of Buddhist monuments _[Wiki]

Tags: ancient, lost, cities

Top 10 Foods for a Good Night's Sleep

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:21:21 GMT

clipped by: k9riley99

Clip Source: food.yahoo.com

What is the secret to getting a solid 7 to 8 hours of sleep? Head for the kitchen and enjoy one or two of these 10 foods. They relax tense muscles, quiet buzzing minds, and/or get calming, sleep-inducing hormones - serotonin and melatonin - flowing. Yawning yet?

Bananas. They're practically a sleeping pill in a peel. In addition to a bit of soothing melatonin and serotonin, bananas contain magnesium, a muscle relaxant.

Chamomile tea. The reason chamomile is such a staple of bedtime tea blends is its mild sedating effect - it's the perfect natural antidote for restless minds/bodies.

Warm milk. It's not a myth. Milk has some tryptophan - an amino acid that has a sedative - like effect - and calcium, which helps the brain use tryptophan. Plus there's the psychological throw-back to infancy, when a warm bottle meant "relax, everything's fine."

Honey. Drizzle a little in your warm milk or herb tea. Lots of sugar is stimulating, but a little glucose tells your brain to turn off orexin, a recently discovered neurotransmitter that's linked to alertness.

Potatoes. A small baked spud won't overwhelm your GI tract, and it clears away acids that can interfere with yawn-inducing tryptophan. To up the soothing effects, mash it with warm milk.

Oatmeal. Oats are a rich source of sleep - inviting melatonin, and a small bowl of warm cereal with a splash of maple syrup is cozy - plus if you've got the munchies, it's filling too.

Almonds. A handful of these heart-healthy nuts can be snooze-inducing, as they contain both tryptophan and a nice dose of muscle-relaxing magnesium.

Flaxseeds. When life goes awry and feeling down is keeping you up, try sprinkling 2 tablespoons of these healthy little seeds on your bedtime oatmeal. They're rich in omega-3 fatty acids, a natural mood lifter.

Whole-wheat bread. A slice of toast with your tea and honey will release insulin, which helps tryptophan get to your brain, where it's converted to serotonin and quietly murmurs "time to sleep."

Turkey.

Tags: bananas, chamomile tea, warm milk, honey, potatoes, oatmeal, almonds, flaxseeds, whole-wheat bread, turkey, sleep

20 Greatest Innovations by Muslims

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:44:28 GMT

clipped by: redhead328

Clip Source: www.wonderfulinfo.com

20 Greatest Innovations by Muslims

From coffee to cheques and the three-course meal, the Muslim world has given us many innovations that we take for granted in daily life. As a new exhibition opens, Paul Vallely nominates 20 of the most influential- and identifies the men of genius behind them Published: 11 March 2006

1) Coffee

The story goes that an Arab named Khalid was tending his goats in the Kaffa region of southern Ethiopia, when he noticed his animals became livelier after eating a certain berry. He boiled the berries to make the first coffee. Certainly the first record of the drink is of beans exported from Ethiopia to Yemen where Sufis drank it to stay awake all night to pray on special occasions. By the late 15th century it had arrived in Mecca and Turkey from where it made its way to Venice in 1645. It was brought to England in 1650 by a Turk named Pasqua Rosee who opened the first coffee house in Lombard Street in the City of London.

Tags: muslims, ethnicity, religion, society, culture

Famous Lost cities and cultures

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:14:39 GMT

clipped by: vickybaranwal

Clip Source: www.shunya.net

Troy, Turkey

Clip Source: www.shunya.net

Ephesus, Turkey

Clip Source: www.shunya.net

Memphis, Egypt

Pyramids of Giza

Great Pyramid of Khufu

Pyramids and Sphinx

The Sphinx

Pyramid of Khafre

Inside the Great Pyramid

Great Gallery

Tunnel to the tomb

Funerary Temple

Memphis

Ramses II at Memphis

Step pyramid of Zoser

Clip Source: www.shunya.net

Thebes and Luxor, Egypt

Luxor Temple

Main entrance

Avenue of the Sphinxes

Carvings

Great Festival Hall

Side view

Tomb of Merenptah

Temple of Hatshepsut

Tomb chamber

Ancient worker's village

Temple of Hatshepsut

Keeping watch

Clip Source: www.shunya.net

Syracusa

Ancient Amman

Tags: famous, world, lost, cities, culture

7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:26:02 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: www.livescience.com

Popular culture is loaded with myths and half-truths. Most are harmless. But when doctors start believing medical myths, perhaps it's time to worry.

In the British Medical Journal this week, researchers looked into several common misconceptions, from the belief that a person should drink eight glasses of water per day to the notion that reading in low light ruins your eyesight.

"We got fired up about this because we knew that physicians accepted these beliefs and were passing this information along to their patients," said Dr. Aaron Carroll, assistant professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. "And these beliefs are frequently cited in the popular media."

Myth: We use only 10 percent of our brains.

Myth: You should drink at least eight glasses of water a day.

Myth: Fingernails and hair grow after death.

Myth: Shaved hair grows back faster, coarser and darker.

Myth: Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight.

Myth: Eating turkey makes you drowsy.

Tags: myths, common

Top 10 Foods to help you Sleep!

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:32:35 GMT

clipped by: Eaglewings
clipper's remarks: Would you like fries with that?

Clip Source: food.yahoo.com

Bananas. They're practically a sleeping pill in a peel. In addition to a bit of soothing melatonin and serotonin, bananas contain magnesium, a muscle relaxant.

Chamomile tea. The reason chamomile is such a staple of bedtime tea blends is its mild sedating effect - it's the perfect natural antidote for restless minds/bodies.

Potatoes. A small baked spud won't overwhelm your GI tract, and it clears away acids that can interfere with yawn-inducing tryptophan. To up the soothing effects, mash it with warm milk.

Oatmeal. Oats are a rich source of sleep - inviting melatonin, and a small bowl of warm cereal with a splash of maple syrup is cozy - plus if you've got the munchies, it's filling too.

Almonds. A handful of these heart-healthy nuts can be snooze-inducing, as they contain both tryptophan and a nice dose of muscle-relaxing magnesium.

Whole-wheat bread. A slice of toast with your tea and honey will release insulin, which helps tryptophan get to your brain, where it's converted to serotonin and quietly murmurs "time to sleep."

Turkey.

Tags: sleep, diet, food, science

World's Craziest Hotels

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:24:51 GMT

clipped by: haraya
clipper's remarks: Skwirly has a more comprehensive list right here, complete with prices and ratings.

Clip Source: www.oddee.com

Ice Hotel (Sweden): 6,000 square feet of ice and snow

Gamirasu Cave Hotel (Turkey): a cave on a volcanic rock

Old Jail Mount (Australia): an actual prision

Poseidon Undersea Resort (Fiji): an underwater hotel

Clip Source: msnbcmedia4.msn.com

Clip Source: www.oddee.com

Capsule Inn (Tokio): capsules instead of rooms

Green Magic Treehouses (India): built in trees 90 feet high

Exploranter (Brazil): a hotel on wheels

Woodlyn Park Motels (NZ): a railcar and a plane

McMenemins Kennedy School Hotel (USA): back to school

Woodpecker Hotel (Sweden): on a park, for a single guest

Tags: hotels, travel, world, weird, crazy, design, fun, list

10 Most Awesomely Bad Moments of the Bush Presidency

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:57:23 GMT

clipped by: righthand

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

The 10 Most Awesomely Bad Moments of the Bush Presidency

Printed on July 3, 2008

warrantless wiretapping;

Valerie Plame; Scooter Libby's sentence commuted;

Bush believes Rafael Palmeiro is innocent;

soldiers face neglect at Walter Reed;

signing statements;

the Kyoto treaty ripped up;

; loyalty oaths;

the fake turkey;

a staged teleconference with troops

staged FEMA press conference,

extraordinary rendition,

support for junk science;

endorsement of neo-creationist "intelligent design";

inaction against global warming;

record oil prices;

record budget deficits;

record trade deficits;

two recessions;

no-bid contracts;

bin Laden still at large;

the Federal Marriage Amendment;

stem cell research vetoed;

waterboarding ban vetoed

"Last throes";

"Old Europe";

"It's hard work";

"Bring it on";

"Yo, Blair!";

"I'm the decider"

"I'm the commander guy"

"I'm a war president";

"This is the guy who tried to kill my dad"

"Let the Eagle Soar"

John Bolton

Kenny Boy

"So?"

Blair talks Bush out of bombing al-Jazeera

John Roberts

Sam Alit

Tags: bush, president

Giant Turkey Chases Boston Woman, Pecks Bottom Repeatedly

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:24:30 GMT

clipped by: Kore7
clipper's remarks:

When dispatched to the scene of a turkey, [Brookline police animal control officer Pierre] Verrier offers advice instead.

He tells people not to feed them, not to be intimidated by them, and to keep their distance. Still, some people cannot help themselves. They need to be near the turkeys.

Distance-shmistance, we want to be near the turkeys. I, for one, am against the city of Boston trying to regulate mutually consensual human-turkey behavior. A light ass-pecking never hurt anyone, am I right?

Even though this incident happened right near my apartment, I have not been lucky enough to experience any super-sized turkeys on my errands, sadly. Look at the size of that sucker...he's gotta be like 12 feet tall!

Clip Source: www.boston.com

Turkeys take to cities, towns

BROOKLINE - On a recent afternoon, Kettly Jean-Felix parked her car on Beacon Street in Brookline, fed the parking meter, wheeled around to go to the optician and came face to face with a wild turkey.

The turkey eyed Jean-Felix. Jean-Felix eyed the turkey. It gobbled. She gasped. Then the turkey proceeded to follow the Dorchester woman over the Green Line train tracks, across the street, through traffic, and all the way down the block, pecking at her backside as she went.

"This is so scary," Jean-Felix said, finally taking refuge inside Cambridge Eye Doctors in Brookline's bustling Washington Square. "I cannot explain it."

Tags: turkey, bottom, pecking, boston, thanksgiving, gobble, giant.turkey.uprising

Average IQ of Countries

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:09:18 GMT

clipped by: amgumen

Clip Source: www.sq.4mg.com

Average IQ of Countries

Hong Kong 107 Korea, South 106 Japan 105 Taiwan 104 Singapore 104 Austria 102 Germany 102 Italy 102 Netherlands 102 Sweden 101 Switzerland 101 Belgium 100 China 100 New Zealand 100 U. Kingdom 100 Hungary 99 Poland 99 Australia 98 Denmark 98 France 98 Norway 98 United States 98 Canada 97 Czech Republic 97 Finland 97 Spain 97 Argentina 96 Russia 96 Slovakia 96 Uruguay 96 Portugal 95 Slovenia 95 Israel 94 Romania 94 Bulgaria 93 Ireland 93 Greece 92 Malaysia 92 Thailand 91 Croatia 90 Peru 90 Turkey 90 Colombia 89 Indonesia 89 Suriname 89 Brazil 87 Iraq 87 Mexico 87 Samoa (Western) 87 Tonga 87 Lebanon 86 Philippines 86 Cuba 85 Morocco 85 Fiji 84 Iran 84 Marshall Islands 84 Puerto Rico 84 Egypt 83 India 81 Ecuador 80 Guatemala 79 Barbados 78 Nepal 78 Qatar 78 Zambia 77 Congo (Brazz) 73 Uganda 73 Jamaica 72 Kenya 72 South Africa 72 Sudan 72 Tanzania 72 Ghana 71 Nigeria 67 Guinea 66 Zimbabwe 66 Congo (Zaire) 65 Sierra Leone 64 Ethiopia 63 Equatorial Guinea 59

Tags: people

Laws of Nature, Source Unknown

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:06:21 GMT

clipped by: wildcat
clipper's remarks: The ultimate Platonist these days is Max Tegmark, a cosmologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In talks and papers recently he has speculated that mathematics does not describe the universe — it is the universe.

Dr. Tegmark maintains that we are part of a mathematical structure, albeit one gorgeously more complicated than a hexagon, a multiplication table or even the multidimensional symmetries that describe modern particle physics. “Everything in our world is purely mathematical — including you,” he wrote in New Scientist.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

“Gravity,” goes the slogan on posters and bumper stickers. “It isn’t just a good idea. It’s the law.”

And what a law. Unlike, say, traffic or drug laws, you don’t have a choice about obeying gravity or any of the other laws of physics. Jump and you will come back down. Faith or good intentions have nothing to do with it.

Existence didn’t have to be that way, as Einstein reminded us when he said, “The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.” Against all the odds, we can send e-mail to Sri Lanka, thread spacecraft through the rings of Saturn, take a pill to chase the inky tendrils of depression, bake a turkey or a soufflé and bury a jump shot from the corner.

Yes, it’s a lawful universe. But what kind of laws are these, anyway, that might be inscribed on a T-shirt but apparently not on any stone tablet that we have ever been able to find?

Do they govern nature or just describe it?

Clipmarks | invictus's 'turkey' clips

The 130 World's Healthiest Foods

Fast Food: Ad pictures vs. real pictures

10 Glorious Lost Cities.

MACHU PICCHU (Peru): The Lost City of the Incas [Wiki]

ANGKOR (Cambodia): Contains the world's largest religious monument [Wiki]

MEMPHIS (Egypt): ancient capital of Egypt[Wiki]

PETRA: stone structures carved into rocks [Wiki]

PALMYRA (Syria): the Bride of the Desert [Wiki]

POMPEII (Italy): buried by the volcano[Wiki]

PALENQUE (Mexico): one of Mayan's most exquisite cities [Wiki]

VIJAYANAGAR (India): capital of one of the largest Hindu empires [Wiki]

EPHESUS (Turkey): one of the most important cities of early Christianity [Wiki]

SANCHI (India): the best-preserved group of Buddhist monuments [Wiki]

Top 10 Foods for a Good Night's Sleep

20 Greatest Innovations by Muslims

Famous Lost cities and cultures

7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe

Top 10 Foods to help you Sleep!

World's Craziest Hotels

Ice Hotel (Sweden): 6,000 square feet of ice and snow

Gamirasu Cave Hotel (Turkey): a cave on a volcanic rock

Old Jail Mount (Australia): an actual prision

Poseidon Undersea Resort (Fiji): an underwater hotel

Capsule Inn (Tokio): capsules instead of rooms

Green Magic Treehouses (India): built in trees 90 feet high

Exploranter (Brazil): a hotel on wheels

Woodlyn Park Motels (NZ): a railcar and a plane

McMenemins Kennedy School Hotel (USA): back to school

Woodpecker Hotel (Sweden): on a park, for a single guest

10 Most Awesomely Bad Moments of the Bush Presidency

The 10 Most Awesomely Bad Moments of the Bush Presidency

Giant Turkey Chases Boston Woman, Pecks Bottom Repeatedly

Turkeys take to cities, towns

Average IQ of Countries

Laws of Nature, Source Unknown

MACHU PICCHU (Peru): The Lost City of the Incas _[Wiki]

ANGKOR (Cambodia): Contains the world's largest religious monument _[Wiki]

MEMPHIS (Egypt): ancient capital of Egypt_[Wiki]

PETRA: stone structures carved into rocks _[Wiki]

PALMYRA (Syria): the Bride of the Desert _[Wiki]

POMPEII (Italy): buried by the volcano_[Wiki]

PALENQUE (Mexico): one of Mayan's most exquisite cities _[Wiki]

VIJAYANAGAR (India): capital of one of the largest Hindu empires _[Wiki]

EPHESUS (Turkey): one of the most important cities of early Christianity _[Wiki]

SANCHI (India): the best-preserved group of Buddhist monuments _[Wiki]