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Falling Water

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:04:43 GMT

clipped by: outletsarelanterns
clipper's remarks: 50 something photographs of Frank Lloyd Wrights Falling Water

world's 7 most potent disease-fighting spices!

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:17:43 GMT

clipped by: mugofcoffee
clipper's remarks: have clipped in short-hand, means only the words that matters! for the rest of the story, please visit the site...

Clip Source: www.sixwise.com

The World's 7 Most Potent Disease-Fighting Spices

Ginger

The active ingredient in ginger is gingerol, a compound that's thought to relax blood vessels, stimulate blood flow and relieve pain. It's commonly used as a digestive aid

anti-inflammatory

fighting heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease and arthritis.

Oregano

42 times more antioxidant activity than apples

30 times more than potatoes

12 times more than oranges

4 times more than blueberri

Cinnamon

stop the growth of bacteria, fungi and yeas

anti-clotting and anti-inflammatory properties

diabetes

control blood sugar

Turmeric

anti-inflammatory

ighting

Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis, cancer and Alzheimer's disease

Sage

better brain function

anti-inflammatory and antioxidant.

Red Chili Peppers

Boost immunity

Prevent stomach ulcers by killing bacteria

weight loss

Reduce blood cholesterol,

Prevent cancers,

Parsley

ability to fight cancer.

heart-protective nutrients

great breath freshener at the end of a meal.

Tags: spices, disease, world, top foods.

The world's real shape(s): see these images...

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:52:59 GMT

clipped by: mugofcoffee
clipper's remarks: so informative, a fresh thinking.. excerpts

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

How the world really shapes up

Rather than defining each country by size, these computer-generated modified maps - or cartograms - redraw the globe with each country's size proportionate to its strengths, or weaknesses, in a whole series of categories.

For instance, when it comes to military spending, the U.S. appears bloated, but Africa is huge when HIV prevalence is mapped.

The cartograms were produced in a unique collaboration between the universities of Michigan in the U.S. and Sheffield. Here are images and more details on some of the most fascinating...

Alcohol Consumption (2001)

HIV Prevalence

House Prices

Military Spending

War and death

Toy Imports

Toy Exports

Wealth of Nations (1500)

Wealth of Nations (2002)

Tags: world, countries, divisions, cartograms.

Super-Close Google Maps Zooms

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:28:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Wow!

Clip Source: blog.outer-court.com

Super-Close Google Maps Zooms

Holy moly that is a close up zoom of a camel (see my screenshot above) – and it works for other place on Google Maps too! Yes, it turns out that you can zoom in much more deeply onto Google Maps by doing this:

Select a location and switch to satellite view
Zoom in as far as you can, and click “link to this page” at the top right
Now replace the “z” parameter in the URL with a higher value, e.g. 20, 22, or 23, and wait. Some locations will now show more detailed imagery

The French Ecrans website and Geotrotter have more on this.

What fun images can you find? Please post screenshots.

Playing water ping pong.

It seems he’s looking into the camera, actually.
This is a rare zoom level 23, almost (already?) creating privacy issues people joked about earlier.

Nobody’s in the Googleplex pool.

Relaxing at the beach.

[Thanks Frank Fuchs!]

Tags: google

What's Wrong with the President?

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:33:47 GMT

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Clip Source: postmodern-research.blogspot.com

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Tags: bush, president, senile, dementia, ten, years, difference

Scientists Write Messages Into DNA

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:24:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: great

Clip Source: www.digitaljournal.com

Scientists Write Messages Into DNA "Bottle"

Japanese researchers have successfully stored messages in the DNA of bacteria. The hardiness of the hay bacillus bacteria ensures the digital data encoded into them can last for millenia.

Generally found in soil or decaying matter, hay bacillus are exceptionally resistant to extreme weather conditions. Two megabits (data equivalent to 1.6 million Roman letters) can be stored in each bacterium of hay bacillus in the form of implants. These tiny implants can be extracted in a lab and read like ordinary text at a later date.

The research team was able to encode Einstein's renown E=MC^2 equation along with the date 1905 into the genome of the bacteria strain. They were able to read the message later on by analyzing its genetic sequence.

Head researcher Yoshiaki Ohashi said, "If I wanted to store my personal diary in these live bacteria and take it with me to my grave, then my story can live for thousands and thousands of years."

Tags: science

Paper calculator? (awesome math trick)

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:40:23 GMT

clipped by: Eagle Bauer
clipper's remarks: Very neat math trick.

-Eagle

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Tags: mathematics, arithmetic, diy

Science vs this website!

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:13:48 GMT

clipped by: outletsarelanterns
clipper's remarks: the universe doesn't exist? YES!

Clip Source: www.fixedearth.com

The non-moving Earth

& anti-evolution web page of

The Fair Education Foundation, Inc.

Exposing the False Science Idol of Evolutionism,
and Proving the Truthfulness of the Bible from Creation to Heaven...

- since 1973 -

Marshall Hall, Pres.

***

EXTRA! EXTRA!

Read all about the Copernican and Darwinian Myths

(and their many ramifications going all the way to Kabbala-based Big Bangism!)

IN OVER NINETY LINKS BELOW....

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"The world also is stablished that it cannot be moved." Psalm 93:1 "He...hangeth the Earth upon nothing." Job 26:7

Levitating Globe

"An electromagnet and computerized sensor hidden in its

display stand cause the Earth to levitate motionlessly in the air."

Could God have engineered something like that for the real Earth?

The Bible and all real evidence confirms that this is precisely what He did, and indeed:

The Earth is not rotating...nor is it going around the sun.

The universe is not one ten trillionth the size we are told.

Today’s cosmology fulfills an anti-Bible religious plan disguised as "science".

The whole scheme from Copernicanism to Big Bangism is a factless lie.

Those lies have planted the Truth-killing virus of evolutionism

in every aspect of man’s "knowledge" about the Universe, the

Earth, and Himself.

Take your time.

Check it all out.

Decide for yourself.

Tags: earth, evolution, anti, is, it, real

Portable Green Space For The Urban Camper

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:18:29 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead
clipper's remarks: OK, I've heard of going green, but this is just weird.

Clip Source: news.windingroad.com

Portable Green Space For The Urban Camper

Okay, so you’re a country boy or gal at heart, but your new job has you making a go of urban life. What’s a nature-lover to do? Well, Kevin Van Braak may have the answer: a portable green camp ground. The artist has fabbed up at least two small trailers that convert into moveable green spaces. One of them mimics a grassy meadow, complete with a faux campfire and silk wildflowers. The other (after the jump) looks a bit larger and includes a brace of fake trees and a birdcall recording.

Interested in commissioning Van Braak to build your very own portable corner of the Brady Bunch backyard? Click through to the jump to look at more photos and find the link.

Tags: weird, humor, technology

Foods To Calm You Down Fast

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:55:01 GMT

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Clip Source: food.yahoo.com

1. Berries, any berries
Eat them one by one instead of M&Ms when the pressure's on. For those tough times when tension tightens your jaw, try rolling a frozen berry around in your mouth. And then another, and another. Since the carbs in berries turn to sugar very slowly, you won't have a blood sugar crash. The bonus: They're a good source of vitamin C, which helps fight a jump in the stress hormone cortisol

2. Guacamole
If you're craving something creamy, look no further. Avocados are loaded with B vitamins, which stress quickly depletes and which your body needs to maintain nerves and brain cells. Plus their creaminess comes from healthy fat. Scoop up the stuff with whole-grain baked chips-crunching keeps you from gritting your teeth.

3. Mixed nuts
Just an ounce will help replace those stress-depleted Bs (walnuts), give you a whopping amount of zinc (Brazil nuts)-it's also drained by high anxiety-and boost your E (almonds), which helps fight cellular damage linked to chronic stress. Buy nuts in the shell and think of it as multi-tasking: With every squeeze of the nutcracker, you're releasing a little bit of tension.

4. Oranges
People who take a 1,000 mg of C before giving a speech have lower levels of cortisol and lower blood pressure than those who don't. So lean back, take a deep breath, and concentrate on peeling a large orange. The 5-minute mindfulness break will ease your mind and you'll get a bunch of C as well.

5. Asparagus
Each tender stalk is a source of folic acid, a natural mood-lightener. Dip the spears in fat-free yogurt or sour cream for a hit of calcium with each bite.

6. Chai tea
A warm drink is a super soother, and curling up with a cup of aromatic decaf chai tea (Tazo makes ready-to-brew bags) can make the whole evil day go away.

7. Dark chocolate
Okay, there's nothing in it that relieves stress, but when only chocolate will do, reach for the dark, sultry kind that's at least 70% cocoa.

Tags: health, foods, stress, calming foods, vitamin b, c, e, stress hormone cortisol, folic acid

181 Things To Do On The Moon

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:28:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/163560main_LunarExplorationObjectives.pdf

Clip Source: science.nasa.gov

181 Things To Do On The Moon

February 2, 2007: If you woke up tomorrow morning and found yourself on the moon, what would you do? NASA has just released a list of 181 good ideas.

Ever since the end of the Apollo program, "folks around the world have been thinking about returning to the moon, and what they would like to do there," says Jeff Volosin, strategy development lead for NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. Now, NASA is going back; the agency plans to send astronauts to the Moon no later than 2020. "So we consulted more than 1,000 people from businesses, academia and 13 international space agencies to come up with a master list of 181 potential lunar objectives."

Science accounts for only about a third of the 181 objectives, however. More than half of the list deals with the many challenges of learning to live on an alien world: everything from keeping astronauts safe from radiation and micrometeors to setting up power and communications systems to growing food in the airless, arid lunar environment.

Tags: space, moon, list, pdf, astronomy, science, planets, future, exploration, space exploration, nasa, sf, scifi

12 Writing Tips From George Orwell

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:14:30 GMT

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Clip Source: www.writingclasses.com

George Orwell has earned the right to be called one of the finer writers in the English language through such novels as 1984 and Animal Farm, such essays as “Shooting an Elephant,” and his memoir Down and Out in Paris.

George expressed a strong dislike of totalitarian governments in his work, but he was also passionate defender of good writing. Thus, you may want to hear some of George’s writing tips.*

A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus:

What am I trying to say?
What words will express it?
What image or idiom will make it clearer?
Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?

And he will probably ask himself two more:

Could I put it more shortly?
Have I said anything that is avoidably ugly?

One can often be in doubt about the effect of a word or a phrase, and one needs rules that one can rely on when instinct fails. I think the following rules will cover most cases:

Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
Never use a long word where a short one will do.
If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
Never use the passive where you can use the active.
Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

* From “Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell.

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Tags: writing

tiny house

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:03:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: are

Clip Source: www.microcompacthome.com

m-ch ltd.

micro compact home ltd. was set up in 2005 to manage production of the m-ch in collaboration with manufacturer, micro-compact home GmbH, based in Uttendorf, Austria.

micro-compact home ltd. is managed by three directors, Richard Horden, Stephen Cherry and Billie Lee, who together run an architectural practice in London; Horden Cherry Lee Architects.

The production company, micro compact home GmbH, is a well-established family-owned construction company lead by Rupert Gatterbauer. The company has 60 years experience in manufacturing and marketing conservatories in glass timber and aluminium throughout Europe.

Copyrights and EU and USA design patents were established in 2005 and are owned by the author of the project, Richard Horden.

Tags: house, small, space, love, candie