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The Ultimate Rejection Letter

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:13:27 GMT

clipped by: haraya

Herbert A. Millington
Chair - Search Committee
412A Clarkson Hall, Whitson University
College Hill, MA  34109

Dear Professor Millington,

Thank you for your letter of March 16.  After careful consideration, I
regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me
an assistant professor position in your department. 

This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually
large number of rejection letters.  With such a varied and promising field
of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals. 

Despite Whitson's outstanding qualifications and previous experience in
rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at
this time.  Therefore, I will assume the position of assistant professor
in your department this August.  I look forward to seeing you then. 

Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.

Sincerely,
Chris L. Jensen

Tags: rejection, letter, humor, funny, wit, application, jobs, people, joke, entertainment

Mother of The Year

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:22:23 GMT

clipped by: Deepti

Clip Source: moronland.net

In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birth.

The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve.

After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only orphans" that could be found quickly, were a litter of weaner pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. Would they become cubs or pork chops?? Take a look........ you won't believe your eyes!!

Tags: animals, photo, mother, tiger, pigs

Kurdish girl stoned to death, filmed on camera phone

Mon, 07 May 2007 02:30:58 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: There is only one word for this: EVIL

Clip Source: www.boingboing.net

Du'a Khalil Aswad, a 17-year old Kurd who was being killed for having had a relationship with a Sunni Muslim boy

the girl is seen being ambushed on her way home by a group of up to 1000 men who were waiting for her to return; the men killed her in the most brutal way possible, by throwing large stones on her head. The following clips show that while she is alive and crying for help she is taunted and kicked in her stomach until someone finishes her off by throwing a large stone on her face.

From the clips it appears that the girl was first stripped naked to symbolize that she had dishonored her family and her Yezidi religion. She is lying on the road naked while her smashed face is covered with blood and still breathing.

Tags: murder, violence, stoning, predjudice

Clipmarks Rollcall

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:50:40 GMT

clipped by: sohil
clipper's remarks: After skwirl and mousie have argued that we need a Roll Call. I thought I'd make one. But given I'm too lazy, I've left it upon the community to build one. Every REAL Clipper POP this so that we know you exist (Yes Mr. Daniel you must POP this too).

So POP away.

Clip Source: www.clipmarks.com

Interesting things
found on the web

Tags: clipmarks, ideas for clipmarks

An Online Typing Game You Will Love

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:59:46 GMT

clipped by: arifsali
clipper's remarks: I have a good typing speed and this game looks like fun (oh the pleasure we get shooting....naah)

Clip Source: labnol.blogspot.com

Qwerty Warriors : An Online Typing Game You Will Love

QWERTY Warriors is one of the most addictive typing games that will help improve your keyboard typing skills and requires no download or installation. Just hit the play button above and turn on your speakers for the best gaming experience.

Tags: typing, game, online

Psychopath Test

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:45:57 GMT

clipped by: knslyr
clipper's remarks: Are you a psychopath?

Clip Source: www.pridestomb.com

Psychopath Test

Read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll down to the
bottom for the result. This is not a trick question. It is as it reads.

No one I know has got it right.

A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she did
not know. She thought this guy was amazing. She believed him to be her
dream guy so much, that she fell in love with him right there, but never
asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed

her sister.

Question: What is her motive for killing her sister?

[Give this some thought before you answer, see answer below]

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Answer:
She was hoping the guy would appear at the funeral again. If you
answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test by
a famous American Psychologist used to test if one has the same
mentality as a killer.
Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and answered the
question correctly.

Posted by knslyr on 2006.06.08 at 06:41 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: humor, psychopath test

What to ask during a job interview.

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:12:08 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: If I get a job interview anytime soon, I'm sure these'l come in handy. Nothing like impressing the future employers, right?

Clip Source: msn.careerbuilder.com

An interview is meant to be a two-way street. The hiring manager is interviewing you to determine whether you're the best fit for the job. At the same time, you should be asking questions to determine whether you would be happy in the position or with the company.

The company

What do you see ahead for your company in the next five years?

How do you see the future for this industry?

What do you consider to be your firm's most important assets?

What can you tell me about your new product or plans for growth?

How do you rate your competition?

The position's history

What happened to the last person who held this job?

What were the major strengths and weaknesses of the last person who held this job?

What types of skills do you NOT already have onboard that you're looking to fill with a new hire?

The department

What is the overall structure of the company and how does your department fit the structure?

What are the career paths in this department?

What have been the department's successes in the last couple of years?

How do you view your group/division/department?

The job's responsibilities

What would you consider to be the most important aspects of this job?

What are the skills and attributes you value most for someone being hired for this position?

Where have successful employees previously in this position progressed to within the company?

Could you describe a typical day or week in this position? The typical client or customer I would be dealing with?

The expectations

What are the most immediate challenges of the position that need to be addressed in the first three months?

What are the performance expectations of this position over the first 12 months?

How will I be evaluated at XYZ company, and how often?

The next steps

What are the next steps in the interview process?

Laura Morsch, CareerBuilder.com writer

Tags: employment, interview, employer, career, industry

How to Talk to a Global Warming Skeptic (FAQ)

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:49:11 GMT

clipped by: Kore7
clipper's remarks: More common questions and myths answered at the source, thoroughly cross-referenced and conveniently categorized and sub-categorized by type of argument:

Stages of Denial

Scientific Topics

Types of Argument

Levels of Sophistication

A nice reference that's updated with fresh comments. Many "skeptics" often are unaware (by choice or by circumstance) that their common questions have already been addressed by scientists long ago.

Clip Source: gristmill.grist.org

Stages of Denial

There's nothing happening

Inadequate evidence

Contradictory evidence

No consensus

We don't know why it's happening

Models don't work

Prediction is impossible

We can't be sure

Tags: climate, global, global warming, climate change, environment, skeptic, skeptics, climatology, atmosphere, earth, science, debate, argument, faq, questions, answers, c02, glaciers, temperature, myths

Which celebrity do you look like?

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:40:18 GMT

clipped by: l1wulf
clipper's remarks: Upload a photo and it is compared against a database of celebrities. Fun and pretty accurate. This didn't clip very well and there wasn't an actual description that was clipable. Try it with different photos.

Clip Source: www.myheritage.com

Upload a photo:

Tip!	For best results, upload a photo with large, front-facing and straight faces.

Run face recognition!

Loading photo, please wait...

Tip!	Try additional photos later on to see which celebrities appear more than once. Free registration is required to view the results

Tags: fun, celebrity, photo

Heartbreaking Nature Story

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:41:50 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: We know that whales are intelligent. Whether they are self aware is another matter. Yet, there is something very poignant about this story.

Clip Source: www.kuro5hin.org

The Loneliest Mystery of the Deep

For the last 12 years, a single solitary whale whose vocalizations match no known living species has been tracked across the Northeast Pacific. Its wanderings match no known migratory patterns of any living whale species. Its vocalizations have also subtly deepened over the years, indicating that the whale is maturing and ageing. And, during the entire 12 year span that it has been tracked, it has been calling out for contact from others of its own kind.

It has received no answer. Nor will it ever.

Whatever the identity of this strange unidentified alien whale, it is, for now, the very definition of poetic, existential loneliness, in both time and space. The whale is somewhere wandering the Northeast Pacific, right now, in a rudderless, aimless track. And right now the lonely beast could be calling out for others of its kind, and finding none, for over 12 years and counting.

Tags: nature, whale, lonely, sad

Parasite "Turns Women into Sex Kittens"

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:31:58 GMT

clipped by: nohobot
clipper's remarks: The sexy side of parasitism? (Shudder!)

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

A COMMON parasite can increase a women's attractiveness to the opposite sex but also make men more stupid, an Australian researcher says.

Human infection generally occurs when people eat raw or undercooked meat that has cysts containing the parasite, or accidentally ingest some of the parasite's eggs excreted by an infected cat.

About 40 per cent of the world's population is infected with Toxoplasma gondii, including about eight million Australians.

Until recently it was thought to be an insignificant disease in healthy people, Sydney University of Technology infectious disease researcher Nicky Boulter said, but new research has revealed its mind-altering properties.

"Infected men have lower IQs, achieve a lower level of education and have shorter attention spans. They are also more likely to break rules and take risks, be more independent, more anti-social, suspicious, jealous and morose, and are deemed less attractive to women.

"On the other hand, infected women tend to be more outgoing, friendly, more promiscuous, and are considered more attractive to men compared with non-infected controls.

"In short, it can make men behave like alley cats and women behave like sex kittens''.

The mice were more likely to take risks that increased their chance of being eaten by cats, which would allow the parasite to continue its life cycle.

Rodents treated with drugs that killed the parasites reversed their behaviour, Dr Boulter said.

Another study showed people who were infected but not showing symptoms were 2.7 times more likely than uninfected people to be involved in a car accident as a driver or pedestrian, while other research has linked the parasite to higher incidences of schizophrenia.

Tags: science, research, parasite, australia, cat, cats, mice, mouse, sexuality, sex, personality, men, women

26% of Americans don't know that earth revolves around sun

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:31:08 GMT

clipped by: jklugman
clipper's remarks: (my understanding is that the 71.2% who correctly said that it takes the earth 1 year to revolve around the sun is actually 71.2% of the 73.6% of respondents who correctly said the earth revolves around the sun.

That means that only 52.4% of all Americans know it takes the earth one year to revolve around the sun.

That noise you just heard is my jaw hitting the floor.

Via Kieran Healy at Crooked Timber

Clip Source: orgtheory.wordpress.com

A case in point is the following. The GSS folk actually made the mistake of asking the following question as part of their science module:

Now, does the Earth go around the Sun, or does the Sun go around the Earth?

Here we go. Now what follows is real social science data folks. No joking around:

Earth around sun 73.6%
Sun around earth 18.3%
Don’t Know 8.0%
Refused 0.1%

How long does it take for the Earth to go around the Sun: one day, one month, or one year?

One day 19.0%
One month 1.1%
One year 71.2%
Other time period 0.1%
Don’t Know 8.5%
Refused 0.1%

Tags: science, survey, public-opinion, gss

Pentagon Admits Use Of White Phosphorous

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:43:42 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: Chemical weapons. How deep into the moral abyss can the US sink? There seems to be absolutely no limit.

WARNING: The video contains very graphic images.
Fallujah - The Hidden Massacre

Clip Source: mwcnews.net

Pentagon Admits Use of White Phosphorus

Pentagon Reverses Position and Admits U.S. Troops Used White Phosphorous Against Iraqis in Fallujah

The U.S. government has now admitted its troops used white phosphorous as an incendiary weapon against Iraqis during the assault on Fallujah a year ago.

Chemical weapons experts say such attacks are in violation of international law banning the use of chemical weapons.

White phosphorous is often compared to napalm because it combusts spontaneously when exposed to oxygen and can burn right through skin to the bone.

Peter Kaiser, of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, said, "Chemicals used against humans or animals that cause harm or death through the toxic properties of the chemical are considered chemical weapons."

reporters have noted the use of white phosphorous since the war began

"We fired "shake and bake" missions at the insurgents, using WP [White Phosphorous] to flush them out and HE [high explosives] to take them out."

Tags: chemical weapons, wmd, hypocracy, murder, torture, ethics, usa, war, crime, lies, evil, bush, neoconservatism,

Introducing the FULL TEXT Clipmarks Search Engine

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:12:22 GMT

clipped by: sohil
clipper's remarks: Searches Clipmarks.com, Clipmarks Blog and Clipmarks Updates.

Clip Source: www.google.com

Clipmarks

Scours the deep sea of information called Clipmarks

Tags: clipmarks, ideas for clipmarks, technology, google, web 2.0

Ants have a sense of their own mortality

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:00:25 GMT

clipped by: Mohir

Clip Source: www.newscientist.com

Ants have a sense of their own mortality

WORKER ants accurately gauge their life expectancy, regardless of their actual age, and take on riskier tasks as they feel their days ebbing away.

In social insects such as ants, bees and wasps, workers change tasks depending on their age. Older workers do the relatively risky foraging outside the nest, while younger ones engage in safer maintenance tasks within it. By extending the workers' average life span, this fine-tuning helps to maximise the fitness of the colony. However, no one knew whether the division of labour in ants was activated by age-related physiological changes or through some other mechanism.

To find out, Dawid Moron and his colleagues at Jagiellonian University in Poland set up 11 lab-based colonies of the ant Myrmica scabrinodis, made up of young worker ants. Within each colony, half of the ants had their life expectancy artificially reduced, either by exposure to carbon dioxide, which acidifies their ...

Tags: ants, biology, mortality