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Amazing diabetes breakthrough

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:14:53 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Diabetes breakthrough

Toronto scientists cure disease in mice

In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure of the disease that affects millions of Canadians.

Diabetic mice became healthy virtually overnight after researchers injected a substance to counteract the effect of malfunctioning pain neurons in the pancreas.

"I couldn't believe it," said Dr. Michael Salter, a pain expert at the Hospital for Sick Children and one of the scientists. "Mice with diabetes suddenly didn't have diabetes any more."

"I've never seen anything like it," said Dr. Hans Michael Dosch, an immunologist at the hospital and a leader of the studies. "In my career, this is unique."

Dr. Dosch had concluded in a 1999 paper that there were surprising similarities between diabetes and multiple sclerosis, a central nervous system disease. His interest was also piqued by the presence around the insulin-producing islets of an "enormous" number of nerves, pain neurons primarily used to signal the brain that tissue has been damaged.

Suspecting a link between the nerves and diabetes, he and Dr. Salter used an old experimental trick -- injecting capsaicin, the active ingredient in hot chili peppers, to kill the pancreatic sensory nerves in mice that had an equivalent of Type 1 diabetes.

Tags: diabetes, health, science

The 9 Most Annoying Conversations You’ll Be Having On Thanksgiving

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:46:20 GMT

clipped by: reimers

Clip Source: www.comedy.com

It’s time for Thanksgiving everybody. And you know what that means - annoying conversations with your stupid friends and relatives. Here are the 9 most annoying conversations you’ll be having on Thanksgiving. Maybe you can change the subject by showing them this Thanksgiving video of turkeys gone wild or something.

9. Tryptophan

Yes, we did know the chemical in turkey that makes us tired is called tryptophan. We have this goddamn conversation every year. Can’t we talk about THC or something a little more awesome that also makes us tired?

8. Christmas ads are on earlier this year.

7. Turducken

6. Deep Fried Turkey Accidents

5. What games are on?

4. The person who initially wanted total control over dinner preparations and then complains nobody is helping them

3. Should we invite “Steve” to dinner?

2. Lumpy gravy and oyster stuffing

1. What is everyone thankful for this year?

Global Food Crisis: how far are we away from Soylent Green?

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:04:52 GMT

clipped by: petercasier
clipper's remarks: over population, global warming, global food shortages... How many of the key elements from the movie "soylent green" are in place already?

Clip Source: theroadtothehorizon.blogspot.com

March 28:

Al Jazeera - Asian rice crisis starts to bite (Full)

March 30:

Reuters - Tensions rise as world faces short rations (Full)

March 31:
The Wall Street Journal - Rice Hoarding Pressures Supplies (Full)
The Guardian - Farmers fall prey to rice rustlers as price of staple crop rockets (Full)

International Herald Tribune - World food prices soar as Asia consumes more (Full)

April 2 2022:

The World Today - Soylent Green feeds half of the world....

Tags: hunger, food, food crisis, food shortage, food prices

Shaking things up on Clipmarks.com

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:55:57 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Please read the entire post by clicking the source link before reacting.

Clip Source: clipmarks.wordpress.com

Unfortunately, we have recently become increasingly concerned that the site has become overly antagonistic and inappropriately controlled by a disproportionately loud group of users. In all honesty, we no longer feel that the processes of our site are producing a unique, high quality blend of content. Instead, the magical blending of diverse topics on the Clipmarks home page has seemed to dissolve into a battleground for extremely hostile politically oriented users who are overwhelming the rest of the site. Because of this we are working on making some fundamental changes to the way the Clipmarks site works. We will do our best to make changes that improve the site and will continue to iterate until we are comfortable that it is just right.

Tags: clipmarks

Free dinner for Vets

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:04:20 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners
clipper's remarks: Just a tip to all you vets, free dinner tonight.

Clip Source: www.goldencorral.com

Military Appreciation Monday

November 12, 2007

For the past 6 years, Golden Corral has been honoring the US Military with a free “thank you” dinner and beverage at any Golden Corral restaurant on Military Appreciation Monday (first Monday after Veteran’s Day). This year, Golden Corral has designated Monday, November 12, 2007, from 5 to 9 pm, to honor any person who has ever served in the United States Military.

From the first Military Appreciation Monday in 2001 to the present, Golden Corral has donated 1.5 million free “thank you” meals and $1.9 million dollars to the Disabled American Veterans.

Between November 1 and November 12, 2007, the Disabled American Veterans Organization will accept contributions to be used in the local and state DAV chapters.

Tags: veterans, dinner, military, golden corral, free

Clipmarks encourages censorship?

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:24:00 GMT

clipped by: The REAL Napster
clipper's remarks: I thought I might share some tidbits I have learned about censorship here on Clipmarks. Many of know (or maybe not) that you can 'block' comments by other clip users on your clipmarks. While this may be a tool, it appears it only supports those who would mis-use it. Anyone with an opposing opinion can be silenced if the clipper doesnt want others to see anyones comments but those they agree with. I'm ashamed of Clipmarks for allowing this 'tool' to be so easily misused, without any administrative or moderator based decision. So much for the open exchange of free thought and viewpoints.

Clip Source: www.clipmarks.com

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Tags: censorship, lies, opposing viewpoints, weak characters

USA 2008: The Great Depression

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:18:08 GMT

clipped by: reimers

Clip Source: www.independent.co.uk

Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the US. In the era of the credit crunch, a record 28 million Americans are now relying on them to survive – a sure sign the world's richest country faces economic crisis

We knew things were bad on Wall Street, but on Main Street it may be worse. Startling official statistics show that as a new economic recession stalks the United States, a record number of Americans will shortly be depending on food stamps just to feed themselves and their families.

Dismal projections by the Congressional Budget Office in Washington suggest that in the fiscal year starting in October, 28 million people in the US will be using government food stamps to buy essential groceries, the highest level since the food assistance programme was introduced in the 1960s.

The increase – from 26.5 million in 2007 – is due partly to recent efforts to increase public awareness of the programme and also a switch from paper coupons to electronic debit cards.

Zionist Prove Carter Correct about Israeli Apartheid while putting his life in Danger!

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:05:39 GMT

clipped by: righthand
clipper's remarks: Is this a case of the Scorpion and Frog. Would the Zionist always bit the hand that feeds it? Would they always revert to type and display their fascist Apartheid policy. Or are they just ungrateful curs that are ungracious as host to the former president of the United States? Were they willing to put his life in danger in a war zone by refusing the request from US agents charged with guarding Carter.

Such disrespect for America has not been shown since the Israeli IAF attacked USS Liberty, murdering 33 US servicemen.

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Israel's senior politicians and security service snub Carter visit

Carter faced a cold reception in Israel yesterday where senior political leaders avoided meeting him and the Israeli secret service declined to help the American agents guarding him

he is expected to meet on Friday the exiled head of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, Khaled Meshal

Carter met the Israeli president, Shimon Peres, who told him that meeting Meshal was "a very big mistake"

Clip Source: www.haaretz.com

A schedule released

showed no plans

to meet

Olmert

Livni

Barak

"Scheduling problems" was the official reason given, a senior Israeli official said

Olmert recently took time from his busy schedule to chat with

Prison Break. Olmert's office declined comment.

What is really behind the cold shoulder is Carter's plan to meet with Khaled Meshal

Carter also met with the parents of abducted soldier Gilad Shalit, who were planning to give him a message to pass on to Hamas

Noam Shalit: The fact that Carter isn't pro-Israel may be beneficial

Nobel Peace Prize

Tags: usa, carter, apartheid, uss.liberty

Biden Sacrifices

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:04:45 GMT

clipped by: willhelm
clipper's remarks: Why do Obama and Biden hate giving money to charity?

"But for people who have studied the impressive generosity of the American public, there is news in Biden’s returns. “I’m not going to say he’s a bad guy,” says Arthur Brooks. “My only point is that his values are not typical American values when it comes to charitable giving. Americans in general are very generous.”

Clip Source: article.nationalreview.com

Here is a chart of the Bidens’ giving for the years covered by the tax returns:

                    Adjusted
                    Gross Income              Charity
1998             $215,432                      $195
1999             $210,797                      $120
2000             $219,953                      $360
2001             $220,712                      $360
2002             $227,811                      $260
2003             $231,375                      $260
2004             $234,271                      $380
2005             $321,379                      $380
2006             $248,459                      $380
2007             $319,853                      $995
Total             $2,450,042                    $3,690

Jill Greenburg Hack Photographer

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:55:35 GMT

clipped by: sparlingphoto
clipper's remarks: What a freak...scorned by the majority in the photographic profession. I hope this ruins her already mediocre reputaion.

Clip Source: www.pdnpulse.com

By now you’ve probably read David Walker’s post about Jill Greenberg’s photo shoot of Sen. John McCain.

Briefly: As Greenberg carried out an assignment to photograph McCain for the cover of The Atlantic, she fired off a few unflattering outtakes. Then she posted them on her Web site, adding some grotesque retouching and slogans ridiculing the Republican candidate. Greenberg, who reached out to PDN last week to talk about the shoot, said at the time, "I want to stir stuff up." Did she ever!

After our posting Friday, media outlets around the country picked up our story. Hundreds of you (including, evidently, a lot of first-time PDN readers) posted comments. The reaction was overwhelmingly critical of Greenberg. Even among professional photographers, many said Greenberg acted unprofessionally.

The writer of The Atlantic's cover story, Jeffrey Goldberg, wrote on his blog that Greenberg "betrayed this magazine, and disgraced her profession."

Solar rays drive global warming

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:13:07 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Clip Source: planetgore.nationalreview.com

Dr. Qing-Bin Lu, of Canada’s University of Waterloo, says NASA satellites and laboratory measurements show cosmic rays are the real cause of the seasonal hole in the earth’s ozone layer over the Antarctic.

Dr. LU says the severest ozone loss will occur over the South Pole this month — with another large ozone-triggered hole occurring around 2019.

If the South Pole gets an ozone-hole maximum in the coming weeks, it will strengthen the case for cosmic rays, and endorse a Modern Warming driven by solar variations rather than human-emitted CO2.

The solar model is already endorsed by oxygen isotopes in ice cores from both Greenland and the Antarctic, by microfossils in the sediments of nine oceans and hundreds of lakes worldwide, and by cave stalagmites from every continent plus New Zealand.

The case for a solar-driven climate is also strengthened by a drop in global temperatures over the past 18 months

forecast by the sunspot index since 2000, but was not predicted by the global climate models.

Tags: sun, global warming, climate change, science, religion, politics

Drudge's VP Polling Results.

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:52:12 GMT

clipped by: jatfla
clipper's remarks: Ya'll Obama/OBiden people must not be weighting in.

Clip Source: www.drudgereport.com

{{{{DRUDGE POLL}}}} WHO WON THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE?...

BIDEN

26%

PALIN

72%

NEITHER

2%

Total Votes: 152,201

Obama's illegal 'get out the vote' drives

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:33:31 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Wow!... You can't even do this in Iraq!

The Obama Campaign is holding several illegal "Get Out the Muslim Vote" Drives at swing state mosques this week!

Now you can go to Eid Celebrations and sign up to vote for Obama at the same time!!

Muslim Americans for Obama has announced a series of "get out the vote" events at mosques in Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Ohio this week during Ramadan celebrations.

These "get out the vote" events flagrantly violate the tax exempt status of these participating mosques which are strictly prohibited from supporting or endorsing any kind of partisan political activity.

More... Ohio Obama supporters are dragging homeless people off the streets in to vote.

The Iraqi Parliament just banned using mosques during election times

...The law includes a provision that allocates 25 percent of the seats to women and a prohibition on the use of mosques, pictures of clerical leaders and government institutions during the campaign season.

Tags: obama, muslim, vote, election, politics, corruption

This is joke, right?

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:19:44 GMT

clipped by: sillysam

Clip Source: www.wnd.com

The moderator of Thursday's vice-presidential debate is writing a book to come out about the time the next president takes the oath of office that aims to "shed new light" on Democratic candidate Barack Obama and other "emerging young African American politicians" who are "forging a bold new path to political power."

Gwen Ifill, of the Public Broadcasting Service program "Washington Week," is promoting "The Breakthrough," in which she argues the "black political structure" of the civil rights movement is giving way to men and women who have benefited from the struggles over racial equality.

Ifill declined to return a WND telephone message asking for a comment about her book project and whether its success would be expected should Obama lose. But she has faced criticism previously for not treating candidates of both major parties the same.

How to cook up a juicy poll, AP style.

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:59:53 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Clip Source: newsbusters.org

we don't know if the differences between AP-CfK's Sept. 5-10 and Sept. 27-30 results were created deliberately, but the results sure look suspicious

The more recent poll shows Obama with a 7-point lead among likely voters, both with and without leaners; the earlier poll showed McCain with a 5-point lead with leaners, and 4 points without.

Almost all of this 12-point swing (11 points with leaners) is more than likely almost completely due to major differences between the two polls' samples:

"Somehow," the sample make-up changed from 33-31 Democrat to 40-29 Democrat from the earlier to the latter poll -- a shift of nine points.

After correcting for differences in the samples, almost all of Obama's double-digit pickup disappears, leaving McCain with four- and three-point leads without and with leaners, respectively.

Either AP isn't supervising its GfK cooks properly, or it's directing them to poison discussions of presidential race

Tags: ap, media, msm, bias, polls, politics, election