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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/BEF4248B-E6C5-4436-A315-CDBCFF24BC15/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/narain_47/">narain_47</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/12/arts/fshoe.php" title="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/12/arts/fshoe.php">www.iht.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/narain_47/512/9472306F-5CAB-45C4-8C1A-5D55674C1B4B.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Suzy Menkes on fantastical, funky shoes</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> <DIV id=author style="FLOAT: left"><STRONG><A href="http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?query=By Suzy Menkes&amp;sort=publicationdate&amp;submit=Search">By Suzy Menkes</A></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV id=pubDate style="FLOAT: right">Published: May 12, 2008</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><STRONG><A id="articleLocation" title="Click to view map" href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/12/arts/fshoe.php#" $events="[object Object]" $handle="function(){var a;if(typeof jQuery=="undefined"||jQuery.event.triggered)return a;a=jQuery.event.handle.apply(d,arguments);return a}">LONDON</A>:</STRONG> When Gwyneth Paltrow showed up in Rome for the premiere of "Iron Man," the movie star was riding high. And so were the hemline of her little black dress and her stiletto heels.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/fashion/" rel="tag">fashion</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/europe/" rel="tag">europe</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/london/" rel="tag">london</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/style/" rel="tag">style</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/shoes/" rel="tag">shoes</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/platform/" rel="tag">platform</a></div>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/12/arts/fshoe.phpTue, 13 May 2008 03:28:04 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/8759D728-6BE6-4C5C-8317-15D120736516/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/narain_47/">narain_47</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/051308dnmetpassenger.f2feb5b0.html?npc&nTar=OPUR" title="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/051308dnmetpassenger.f2feb5b0.html?npc&nTar=OPUR">www.dallasnews.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN>Southwest: Airline passenger refuses to hang up cell phone during flight </SPAN></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN>05:01 PM CDT on Monday, May 12, 2008</SPAN></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN>By TERRY MAXON and SUZANNE MARTA / The Dallas Morning News </SPAN></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Dallas police met a Southwest Airlines plane at Dallas Love Field on Monday after flight staff reported that a passenger refused to stop using his mobile phone during the flight. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/cell/" rel="tag">cell</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/airlines/" rel="tag">airlines</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/flight+use/" rel="tag">flight use</a></div>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/051308dnmetpassenger.f2feb5b0.html?npc&nTar=OPURTue, 13 May 2008 03:18:39 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/CF08CCC1-2294-495E-8E66-46BE6D4C8130/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/narain_47/">narain_47</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://avialblah.blogspot.com/2008/05/fear-at-podium-public-speaking.html" title="http://avialblah.blogspot.com/2008/05/fear-at-podium-public-speaking.html">avialblah.blogspot.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3><A href="http://avialblah.blogspot.com/2008/05/fear-at-podium-public-speaking.html">Fear at Podium – Public speaking</A> </H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN>It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. – Aesop<BR /></SPAN></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Once bitten twice shy is a great proverb which is normally true here. For many this fear has its origin at school level where the presentations are giggled at by classmates. This grows along with the child and exhibits itself in trying to avoid talking to a group or going on stage. Accumulated fear may result in total disaster.<BR></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/public+speaking/" rel="tag">public speaking</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/fear/" rel="tag">fear</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/speech/" rel="tag">speech</a></div>http://avialblah.blogspot.com/2008/05/fear-at-podium-public-speaking.htmlMon, 12 May 2008 17:13:23 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/30DE2F32-AAAB-41DA-AC00-3A89DC2A418D/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/narain_47/">narain_47</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.france24.com/en/20080506-india-mulls-ban-food-futures" title="http://www.france24.com/en/20080506-india-mulls-ban-food-futures">www.france24.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/narain_47/512/446ADBAB-8953-4218-96EC-3FBE0404F04B.jpg" alt="food-crisis-market-m.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV id="intro"><H1></H1><H1>India mulls ban on food futures</H1>Reuben Easey <P title="Tuesday 06 May 2008">Tuesday 06 May 2008 </P></DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Several countries have responded to the global food crisis with measures such as export bans. However, although the aim is the same - keeping prices under control – India’s move is different in that it specifically points the finger at speculators.</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/food+crisis/" rel="tag">food crisis</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/chidambharam/" rel="tag">chidambharam</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/india/" rel="tag">india</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/us/" rel="tag">us</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/france/" rel="tag">france</a></div>http://www.france24.com/en/20080506-india-mulls-ban-food-futuresMon, 12 May 2008 16:43:51 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/6FD17C77-F971-4E19-AE1D-38871AA11286/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/narain_47/">narain_47</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/347256/1/.html" title="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/347256/1/.html">www.channelnewsasia.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Court hearing on defamation award adjourned<BR /><SPAN>By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | </SPAN><SPAN>Posted: 12 May 2008 2228 hrs </SPAN></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">claimed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew against an opposition political party, has been adjourned for two weeks. <BR><BR></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/narain_47/512/6E91E4D5-4904-4280-9E8E-5279C764CC22.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/singapore/" rel="tag">singapore</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/defamation/" rel="tag">defamation</a></div>http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/347256/1/.htmlMon, 12 May 2008 16:38:51 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/8E0AF22A-524D-4D3A-BD27-16B1CC652A1C/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/narain_47/">narain_47</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/12/asia/myanmar.php" title="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/12/asia/myanmar.php">www.iht.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Myanmar allows U.S. aid to arrive</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><STRONG><A id="articleLocation" title="Click to view map" href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/12/asia/myanmar.php#" $events="[object Object]" $handle="function(){var a;if(typeof jQuery=="undefined"||jQuery.event.triggered)return a;a=jQuery.event.handle.apply(d,arguments);return a}">BANGKOK</A>:</STRONG> The authorities in Myanmar allowed a United States military aircraft to land with relief supplies Monday, crossing a barrier that has prevented the delivery of aid to more than a million victims of the May 3 cyclone.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>A group of top officials greeted the unarmed C-130 transport plane in an extraordinary scene of cooperation between two nations whose only relations in recent years have been acrimonious.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> <DIV id=author style="FLOAT: left"><STRONG><A href="http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?query=By Seth Mydans&amp;sort=publicationdate&amp;submit=Search">By Seth Mydans</A></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV id=pubDate style="FLOAT: right">Published: May 12, 2008</DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/myanmar/" rel="tag">myanmar</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/cyclone/" rel="tag">cyclone</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/us/" rel="tag">us</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/relationship/" rel="tag">relationship</a></div>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/12/asia/myanmar.phpMon, 12 May 2008 16:34:55 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/A2382DB4-9954-49F7-BA0F-24FE54BDC0B4/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/narain_47/">narain_47</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/lifeandstyleheadlines/ci_9231246" title="http://www.mercurynews.com/lifeandstyleheadlines/ci_9231246">www.mercurynews.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Families go to court to try to link vaccines to autism</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>By Kevin Freking<BR />Associated Press</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>Article Launched: 05/12/2008 01:31:22 AM PDT</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>WASHINGTON - Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine today as they take their case to a federal court.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>They seek vindication and financial redress from a government fund that helps people injured by shots.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Two 10-year-old boys from Portland, Ore., will serve as test cases that determine whether the children and their families in similar situations should be compensated. Attorneys for the boys will try to show the boys were healthy and developing normally. But, after being exposed to vaccines with thimerosal, they began to regress and show symptoms of autism.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/vaccination/" rel="tag">vaccination</a></div>http://www.mercurynews.com/lifeandstyleheadlines/ci_9231246Mon, 12 May 2008 16:26:29 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/1B5D6DCB-8FE5-477F-9AAB-30FA40809725/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/narain_47/">narain_47</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/opinion/12krugman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/opinion/12krugman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin">www.nytimes.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1><NYT_HEADLINE type=" " version="1.0"></NYT_HEADLINE>The Oil Nonbubble </NYT_HEADLINE><//NYT_HEADLINE></H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>By <A title="More Articles by Paul Krugman" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/paulkrugman/index.html?inline=nyt-per">PAUL KRUGMAN</A></DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>Published: May 12, 2008</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>“The Oil Bubble: Set to Burst?” That was the headline of an October 2004 article in National Review, which argued that oil prices, then $50 a barrel, would soon collapse.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/gas/" rel="tag">gas</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/prices/" rel="tag">prices</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/jobbing/" rel="tag">jobbing</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/speculation/" rel="tag">speculation</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/speculating/" rel="tag">speculating</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/wall+street/" rel="tag">wall street</a></div>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/opinion/12krugman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=sloginMon, 12 May 2008 16:22:23 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/626FB70F-FE04-49E4-BA14-A2FB327CBB00/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/narain_47/">narain_47</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; 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