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<?xml-stylesheet href="/style/rss/rss_feed.xsl" type="text/xsl" media="screen"?><?xml-stylesheet href="/style/rss/rss_feed.css" type="text/css" media="screen" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Clipmarks | kenstipe's clips</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/</link><feedUrl>http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/</feedUrl><ttl>15</ttl><description>Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>The New Old Age and The Kindness of Strangers</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/5F9D107E-E011-43BB-AA24-6A42494297C1/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/the-kindness-of-strangers/" title="http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/the-kindness-of-strangers/"&gt;newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;A post earlier this week about the fears of single and childless people facing old age drew an outpouring of comments, including many from readers who had great faith in the kindness of strangers, or people we may not know now or even imagine knowing, but who will turn up at just the right time. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;To any of you who missed it, do read “&lt;A target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/nyregion/01read.html"&gt;In Strangers, Centenarian Finds Literary Lifeline&lt;/A&gt;” by Sarah Kramer in Friday’s New York Times. It’s about 101-year-old Elizabeth Goodyear and her unlikely roster of companions-turned-friends.
&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/the-kindness-of-strangers/</clipSource><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:02:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free Audio Stories for Kids</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/CAE03835-FE18-4542-9798-36EABB88CD73/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://storynory.com/archives" title="http://storynory.com/archives"&gt;storynory.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;H3&gt;Prince Bertie the Frog &lt;/H3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-743" href="http://storynory.com/2008/05/25/berties-double/"&gt;Bertie’s Double&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-741" href="http://storynory.com/2008/05/18/the-hare-and-the-tortoise/"&gt;The Hare and the Tortoise&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-684" href="http://storynory.com/2008/01/27/berties-year-of-the-rat/"&gt;Bertie’s Year of the Rat&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-662" href="http://storynory.com/2007/11/18/three-short-bertie-stories/"&gt;Three Short Bertie Stories&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-479" href="http://storynory.com/2007/04/14/bertie-writes-a-book/"&gt;Bertie Writes A Book&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-195" href="http://storynory.com/2006/04/24/prince-bertie-and-the-dragon/"&gt;Prince Bertie and the Dragon&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;H3&gt;The Ordinary Witch&lt;/H3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI class="fpage"&gt;&lt;A href="http://storynory.com/category/original-stories-for-children/the-ordinary-witch/"&gt;Feature Page&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
   &lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-705" href="http://storynory.com/2008/03/16/the-nose-that-ran-away/"&gt;The Nose That Ran Away&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
    &lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-676" href="http://storynory.com/2008/01/13/the-witch-who-got-into-trouble-at-school/"&gt;The Witch Who Got into Trouble at School&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
    &lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-630" href="http://storynory.com/2007/10/14/the-witch-who-was-frightened-of-halloween/"&gt;The Witch Who Was Frightened Of Halloween&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
  &lt;LI class="feed"&gt;&lt;A href="http://storynory.com/category/original-stories-for-children/the-ordinary-witch/feed"&gt;Category Feed&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;H3&gt;One-Offs&lt;/H3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;Singular stories About all sorts of interesting people and animals.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI class="fpage"&gt;&lt;A href="http://storynory.com/category/original-stories-for-children/one-offs/"&gt;Feature Page&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-702" href="http://storynory.com/2008/03/03/the-monkey-who-loved-chocolate/"&gt;The Monkey Who Loved Chocolate&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-666" href="http://storynory.com/2007/12/02/the-girl-who-missed-christmas/"&gt;The Girl Who Missed Christmas&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-509" href="http://storynory.com/2007/05/08/big-sisters-clothes/"&gt;Big Sister’s Clothes&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-409" href="http://storynory.com/2006/12/23/christmas-writing-competition-winners/"&gt;Christmas Writing Competition Winners&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-318" href="http://storynory.com/2006/10/01/the-maiden-and-the-frog/"&gt;The Maiden and the Frog&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;Occasional short videos by Storynory and a few gems for children from YouTube.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-567" href="http://storynory.com/2007/06/29/the-little-match-girl-video/"&gt;The Little Match Girl Video&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-569" href="http://storynory.com/2007/07/02/the-pied-piper-of-hamelin/"&gt;The Pied Piper of Hamelin&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-605" href="http://storynory.com/2007/08/30/rhino/"&gt;Rhino&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-606" href="http://storynory.com/2007/08/31/elephant-song/"&gt;Elephant Song&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;H3&gt;Jack and the Pirates&lt;/H3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-544" href="http://storynory.com/2007/06/10/jack-and-the-pirate-school-1/"&gt;Jack and the Pirate School Part 1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-562" href="http://storynory.com/2007/06/24/jack-and-the-pirate-school-part-2/"&gt;Jack and The Pirate School Part 2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-575" href="http://storynory.com/2007/07/09/jack-and-the-pirate-school-part-3/"&gt;Jack and the Pirate School Part 3&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-586" href="http://storynory.com/2007/07/30/jack-and-the-pirates-part-4/"&gt;Jack and the Pirate School Part 4&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-592" href="http://storynory.com/2007/08/13/jack-and-the-pirate-school-part-5/"&gt;Jack and the Pirate School Part 5&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;H3&gt;Tick Tock Turkey&lt;/H3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-462" href="http://storynory.com/2007/03/04/tick-tock-turkey-and-the-disappearing-sandwich/"&gt;Tick Tock Turkey and the Disappearing Sandwich&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;H3&gt;Astropup &lt;/H3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-641" href="http://storynory.com/2007/10/28/astropup-part-one/"&gt;Astropup Part One&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;LI&gt; &lt;A class="post-645" href="http://storynory.com/2007/11/04/astropup-part-two/"&gt;Astropup Part Two&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://storynory.com/archives</clipSource><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:15:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iran threatens Israel with a missile test</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/C20583A1-3F5B-4F5F-9294-FC89923A6854/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5338337&amp;page=1" title="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5338337&amp;page=1"&gt;abcnews.go.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;
Iran test fired a new missile today that can deliver a 1-ton warhead on Israel or U.S. bases in the region, hitting a nerve in the tense Middle East as well as in nervous oil markets.
&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5338337&amp;page=1</clipSource><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:32:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The lost art of escalator spinning</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/3932EF58-F648-4A0E-AABF-B9571795164F/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;clipper's remarks:&lt;/b&gt;  I must try this! &lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.aboutcolonblank.com/2008/06/24/the-lost-art-of-escalator-spinning/" title="http://www.aboutcolonblank.com/2008/06/24/the-lost-art-of-escalator-spinning/"&gt;www.aboutcolonblank.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;[Video]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://www.aboutcolonblank.com/2008/06/24/the-lost-art-of-escalator-spinning/</clipSource><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:06:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dice Illusion</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/955DC40F-E24E-4E4A-A0D9-3F6A46E6268A/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; 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&lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2008/06/image-of-the-day-2.php" title="http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2008/06/image-of-the-day-2.php"&gt;www.we-make-money-not-art.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/kenstipe/512/4184E279-8C0A-4771-A448-DBF9F6BAFAD1.jpg" alt="0aagymequippe.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/kenstipe/512/65895EC8-09B7-4213-B9B4-C65F2F7D89ED.jpg" alt="0aasitttingghit.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2008/06/image-of-the-day-2.php</clipSource><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:51:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Things you don't do in Shanghai</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/6EB22F63-7139-4B31-9B4B-05946F93208E/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.vagabondish.com/7-things-not-to-do-in-shanghai/" title="http://www.vagabondish.com/7-things-not-to-do-in-shanghai/"&gt;www.vagabondish.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/kenstipe/512/06973EDA-53B2-4B7D-949B-EFDE10016FE8.jpg" alt="7 Shanghai Don’ts" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://www.vagabondish.com/7-things-not-to-do-in-shanghai/</clipSource><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:46:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cities with the largest and smallest carbon footprint</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/00429D09-C267-405B-88E6-F6BA7E9890BA/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.alternet.org/environment/86983/?page=entire" title="http://www.alternet.org/environment/86983/?page=entire"&gt;www.alternet.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Cities with the largest carbon footprints:&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;OL&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Lexington-Fayette, Ky.&lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Indianapolis&lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio-Ky.-Ind.&lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Toledo, Ohio&lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Louisville, Ky.-Ind.&lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, Tenn. &lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; St. Louis&lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Oklahoma City&lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa.&lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Knoxville, Tenn.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Cities with the smallest carbon footprints:&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;OL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Honolulu&lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana,Calif. &lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash. &lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; New York-northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. &lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Boise-Nampa, Idaho&lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash.&lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. &lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. &lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; El Paso, Texas&lt;/LI&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI&gt; San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://www.alternet.org/environment/86983/?page=entire</clipSource><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:41:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eww. I'm not putting my thing on that</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/30B5B6B1-D097-415C-B0AD-777295EA15E1/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.thedailyweird.com/miscellaneous/hands-free-urinal/" title="http://www.thedailyweird.com/miscellaneous/hands-free-urinal/"&gt;www.thedailyweird.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/kenstipe/512/55E8D8AF-2DBF-4872-9E66-9082684C467A.jpg" alt="Hands-free urinal" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://www.thedailyweird.com/miscellaneous/hands-free-urinal/</clipSource><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:38:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama is Promoting Liquid  Coal Technology</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/A7D6CD08-589A-46F4-9318-D880D8C6E2ED/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;clipper's remarks:&lt;/b&gt;  liquid coal technology is not popular.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/obama_promoting_coal_and_conce.php" title="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/obama_promoting_coal_and_conce.php"&gt;tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;H2&gt;Obama Promoting Coal -- And Concern For Rural Voters -- In New Kentucky Ad&lt;/H2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;The ad seems to be formulated to deal with a critique of Obama that has surfaced in the last few contests: That in the wake of the "small town" comments, he has trouble relating to or connecting with rural voters.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;Interestingly, Ben Smith &lt;A href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Sunday_reading_The_lady_in_the_pantsuit.html"&gt;notes&lt;/A&gt; that the Obama camp hasn't blasted this ad to reporters in the way they usually do -- perhaps because liquid coal technologies aren't particularly popular with environmental activists.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/obama_promoting_coal_and_conce.php</clipSource><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 05:13:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>More Heparin Alerts</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/9355232E-5919-4625-8763-38D0B0119D0B/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;clipper's remarks:&lt;/b&gt;  Government will not reveal Chinese suppliers. &lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.dbtechno.com/health/2008/05/11/fda-issues-heparin-alerts-withholds-chinese-supplier-list/" title="http://www.dbtechno.com/health/2008/05/11/fda-issues-heparin-alerts-withholds-chinese-supplier-list/"&gt;www.dbtechno.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;The U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues to issue alerts in regards to the tainted blood-thinner heparin. This comes as they also continue to withhold information consisting of a live of Chinese suppliers. Congressional investigators have been trying to gain access to this list repeatedly.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://www.dbtechno.com/health/2008/05/11/fda-issues-heparin-alerts-withholds-chinese-supplier-list/</clipSource><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 23:31:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Marijuana associated with mental problems</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/B1315447-61A4-4A38-B7DF-2FBDE2CC3B9E/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Report_Warns_on_Serious_Mental_Problems_in_Teens_Using_Pot_17398.html" title="http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Report_Warns_on_Serious_Mental_Problems_in_Teens_Using_Pot_17398.html"&gt;www.efluxmedia.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;Marijuana is one of the world’s most commonly used illegal drugs. There are approximately 300 million users worldwide and 28 million users in the United States alone.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;Now, according to a new White House Office of National Drug Control Policy report, teens using marijuana put themselves at higher risk for serious mental problems including worsening depression, schizophrenia, anxiety and suicide.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Report_Warns_on_Serious_Mental_Problems_in_Teens_Using_Pot_17398.html</clipSource><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 23:25:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>McGovern Supports Obama</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/8352DEAF-415D-41D2-A6E6-951E311FEA32/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;clipper's remarks:&lt;/b&gt;  Switches his support from Clinton to Obama.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/8/former_senator_george_mcgovern_switches_support" title="http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/8/former_senator_george_mcgovern_switches_support"&gt;www.democracynow.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;I think he has fired the enthusiasm and the imagination of young people in a way that maybe hasn’t been done since my campaign back in ’72. You will recall that I had young people pretty solidly in my corner then, too. And we ran into some problems on the way to the final stages of the nomination battle and more problems after I was nominated. But I feel in the air somewhat the same atmosphere today that we had then. 
&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;AMY GOODMAN: &lt;/B&gt;Well, Senator McGovern, I want to thank you very much for being with us, speaking to us from his home in South Dakota. Senator George McGovern, former Clinton supporter, has switched his support to Barack Obama. Thanks for being with us.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/8/former_senator_george_mcgovern_switches_support</clipSource><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 03:48:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wright loses honorary degree</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E0193160-ED66-4A1A-BEEA-4288B2A45389/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;clipper's remarks:&lt;/b&gt;  Boo hooo &lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080501/pl_bloomberg/a1besxgqnxci_1" title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080501/pl_bloomberg/a1besxgqnxci_1"&gt;news.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;SPAN id="lw_1209670589_0" class="yshortcuts"&gt;Northwestern University&lt;/SPAN&gt; withdrew its
offer to give the &lt;SPAN id="lw_1209670589_1" class="yshortcuts"&gt;Reverend Jeremiah Wright&lt;/SPAN&gt; an honorary degree at
this year's commencement because of the controversy over past
sermons by the former pastor to Democratic presidential candidate
&lt;SPAN id="lw_1209670589_2" class="yshortcuts"&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080501/pl_bloomberg/a1besxgqnxci_1</clipSource><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 04:55:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Should US Bomb Iranian Military Sites?</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/B3CBE57E-522F-476B-B322-11DE552BA1E5/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/kenstipe/"&gt;kenstipe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;clipper's remarks:&lt;/b&gt;  John Bolton says Bush will. &lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/bolton-again-on-iran/" title="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/bolton-again-on-iran/"&gt;thinkprogress.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;In a Fox News interview this afternoon, former UN Ambassador John Bolton discussed his &lt;A href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/bolton-iran-strike-prudent/"&gt;desire to bomb camps&lt;/A&gt; inside Iran that are reportedly &lt;A href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3868063.ece"&gt;training and arming&lt;/A&gt; Shiite insurgents who fight in Iraq. Fox host Martha McCallum asked, “Can you imagine a scenario where President Bush would do that before the end of his term?” Bolton responded, “I think so, definitely.” He added later, “This is entirely responsible on our part.” Watch it:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;Asked by McCallum whether Israel would be supportive of the strikes given the possibility of Iranian retaliation, Bolton responded, “I think they’d be delighted.”&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;DIV id="flvboltonbushiranterm32024022938"&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/07/bolton-again-on-iran/</clipSource><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 04:51:41 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>