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"24" Producer pulls endorsement of "Obsession"

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:24:36 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: Remains committed to basic message, but believes "goal of co-existence and tolerance is not being served by films like Obsession"

Clip Source: thinkprogress.org

‘24′ Producer Pulls Endorsement Of Anti-Muslim DVD ‘Obsession’»

A pro-Israel think tank, the Endowment for Middle East Truth, has already pulled out of the project. Now, Howard Gordon, the executive producer of the Fox show “24″ has announced that he is also withdrawing his endorsement of the film:

After being contacted by a number of people whose opinions I respect and after reviewing Obsession with their criticisms and concerns in mind, I have asked the film makers to remove my endorsement from the Obsession website and from any future promotional materials. While I remain committed to the film’s essential message — that the hate-mongering promoted by radical Islamism presents a real threat to western values of tolerance and pluralism — I also appreciate that the goal of co-existence and tolerance is not being served by films like Obsession.

Tags: obsession, islam

The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:32:59 GMT

clipped by: Silkweaver
clipper's remarks: Well if you are interested, go and read. Not for the faint of heart though...

Clip Source: www.neatorama.com

So with all the recent news about the Large Hadron Collider, many of you may have this nagging question: what, exactly, would happen if you stick your head in the particle accelerator?

Well, actually, we know the answer to that because someone did stick his head into a particle accelerator. Here’s the story of Anatoli Bugorski:

Tags: particle accelerator, strange accidents

Motorcycles of the Air May Give Wings to All

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:45:56 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman
clipper's remarks: August 1931

Clip Source: blog.modernmechanix.com

SINCE the very beginning of aviation the alluring idea of an aerocycle or motorcycle of the air, such as is shown on this month’s cover of Modern Mechanics and Inventions, has appealed to countless inventors, none of whom have to date succeeded in perfecting a craft of this type. But today, for the first time in history, the development of light motors and alloys has progressed to such a degree that the problem of building an aircycle plane is greatly simplified, so it is safe to predict that within a short time a light plane built along the lines of those shown in Douglas Rolfe’s drawing on the opposite page will be commercially produced.

Indeed, as shown in the photograph herewith, a cycle plane already has been successfully designed and flown by Johann Franz, a Czechoslovakian inventor. A tow rope of the type used in launching gliders assisted in the take-off of the cycle plane, “but once in the air it skimmed along with its propeller turning over under power of its motorcycle engine

Alchemy Laboratories

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:41:03 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman
clipper's remarks: "Thus have I been wishing to reveal to you in this treatise, as far as may be lawful to me, the Stone of the Ancients, that you, too, might possess the knowledge of this highest of earthly treasures for your health and comfort in this valley of sorrow.

I write about it, not for my own good, but for that of posterity, and though my words be few and simple, that which they import is of immeasurable magnitude. Ponder them well, that you also may find the Rock which is the foundation Stone of truth, the temporal blessing, and the eternal reward."

Clip Source: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com

Alchemist's Laboratory IN: 'Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae' by Heinrich Khunrath, 1595.

a strange combination of Christianity and magic

An emblem that came to be known as the 'Twelfth Key of Basil Valentine'

the lion transforms the serpent into its own flesh when he devours it, so the philosopher's stone has the power to transmute or transform all imperfect metals into gold

'The second Booke of Distillations, containing Sundrie
excellent Secret remedies of Distilled Waters'

'The Practise of the New and Old Phisicke' by Conrad Gesner, 1599. [source]

Key to the figures (click picture for larger version):

1. An iron hook to clear the grate with

10, a melting furnace

12, a plain glass bell for making spirit of sulphur

Key to the figures (click picture for larger version):

'The Alchemist' by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558
[source or alternative version]

'L'Alchimiste'

by David Teniers (before 1690)

satirical view of an alchemist

(Collection of diverse caricatures)

Satirical broadside on folly

Our choices go to the core of who we are - Accounting for Taste

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:59:26 GMT

clipped by: einbar
clipper's remarks: "We consume books, movies, music, and visual art primarily to fulfill the internal emotional needs that are fundamental to our personalities. But we also make choices about art based on a desire to carve out identities for ourselves—to articulate the stories of our lives. By the same token, we look for those stories in others"

Clip Source: beinart.org

Clip Source: www.psychologytoday.com

Our choices in books, movies, music, and art go to the core of who we are. What your tastes reveal about you.

Clip Source: www.psychologytoday.com

"Openness correlates to a great range of tastes," explains Stephen Dollinger, a psychologist at Southern Illinois University. "These individuals are more cultured and have a greater conception of what makes great and interesting art."

Less open people, meanwhile, may be stuck on the tastes of their youth, watching nostalgic movies on Nick at Night and listening to classic rock.

Clip Source: www.psychologytoday.com

If our taste preferences reflect our personalities, does this mean we can accurately judge others based on their tastes?

Personality types are not mutually exclusive—most of us are a complex combination of many traits. An open-minded taste hunter, for instance, may also have an extrovert's need to seek sensation.

perhaps we should view the differences in tastes between us and others not as grounds for disagreement, but as opportunities for interpersonal revelation

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

End Poverty by Ending Poor People!

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:04:09 GMT

clipped by: dulios
clipper's remarks: Louisiana Republican wants to pay poor women to have their tubes tied. And wants to encourage college-educated, rich folks to have more kids.

Clip Source: www.nola.com

LaBruzzo considering plan to pay poor women $1,000 to have tubes tied

Worried that welfare costs are rising as the number of taxpayers declines, state Rep. John LaBruzzo, R-Metairie, said Tuesday he is studying a plan to pay poor women $1,000 to have their Fallopian tubes tied.

LaBruzzo said he worries that people receiving government aid such as food stamps and publicly subsidized housing are reproducing at a faster rate than more affluent, better-educated people who presumably pay more tax revenue to the government. He said he is gathering statistics now.

"What I'm really studying is any and all possibilities that we can reduce the number of people that are going from generational welfare to generational welfare, " he said.

It also could include tax incentives for college-educated, higher-income people to have more children, he said.

Tags: go back to 1920 please and leave us alone

Friends Don't Let Friends Use Internet Explorer

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:12:29 GMT

clipped by: carrerinyes

Clip Source: www.sembeo.com

12-year old solar energy inventor

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:59:54 GMT

clipped by: RecordSage
clipper's remarks: One smart boy...

Clip Source: www.katu.com

Beaverton boy lauded for solar cell invention

BEAVERTON, Ore. – A new invention could revolutionize solar energy – and it was made by a 12-year-old in Beaverton.

Despite his age, William Yuan has already studied nuclear fusion and nanotechnology, and he is on his way to solving the energy crisis.

It all started with Legos - after he learned nanotechnology to make robots take off. The seventh grader then got an idea inspired by the sun.

"Solar it seems underused, and there are only a few problems with it," Yuan said.

"This solar cell can't be generating this much electricity, it can't be absorbing this much extra light," he recalled thinking.

If he is right, solar panels with his 3D cells would provide 500 times more light absorption than commercially-available solar cells and nine times more than cutting-edge 3D solar cells.

"Which would make solar energy actually a viable energy source for the Pacific Northwest," Yuan said.

His next step is to get a manufacturer and market it.

Tags: energy, invention, solar

Gitmo prosecutor resigns, protests withheld evidence

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:29:25 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: Get this: the prosecutor found the government's withholding of evidence from the defense so unethical as to resign his position as a Commissions prosecutor.

Clip Source: www.democracynow.org

Gitmo Prosecutor Resigns in Protest of Withheld Evidence

A military prosecutor has resigned his position at Guantanamo Bay in protest of a decision to withhold evidence from an accused prisoner. Army Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld says his office failed to provide discovery to defense attorneys for an Afghan prisoner set to go on trial in December. Vandeveld wrote, “I am highly concerned, to the point that I believe I can no longer serve as a prosecutor at the Commissions, about the slipshod, uncertain ‘procedure’ for affording defense counsel discovery.”

Tags: gitmo, trials

Bush backs unlimited CEO compensation

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:08:38 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: "Now is not the time for punitive action" on disgraced CEOs.

Clip Source: thinkprogress.org

Bush Backs Unlimited Compensation For Disgraced CEOs: Now Is Not The Time For ‘Punitive Measures’»

Today, the White House released a statement criticizing Congress’s potential plan to limit CEO compensation at the companies the federal government is bailing out, firmly standing against any “punitive measures”:

We certainly understand and are sympathetic to the sentiment regarding the pay of CEOs and senior management of these firms, but we have to focus on the problem, and the problem is that we need these firms to participate in the program and sell us this debt. Having punitive measures would provide a disincentive for firms to participate, and that would make the program much less likely to succeed.

In 2007, Wall Street’s five biggest firms — Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley — paid a record $39 billion in bonuses to themselves.

even though the shareholders

collectively lost about $74 billion in stock declines — their worst year since 2002

Tags: bush, ceo

Europeans on left and right ridicule U.S. money meltdown

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:20:04 GMT

clipped by: sunstreak509

Clip Source: www.latimes.com

LONDON -- It's a rare day when finance officials, leftist intellectuals and ordinary salespeople can agree on something. But the economic meltdown that wrought its wrath from Rome to Madrid to Berlin this week brought Europeans together in a harsh chorus of condemnation of the excess and disarray on Wall Street.

The finance minister of Italy's conservative and pro-U.S. government warned of nothing less than a systemic breakdown. Giulio Tremonti excoriated the "voracious selfishness" of speculators and "stupid sluggishness" of regulators. And he singled out Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, with startling scorn.

Tags: economy, finance, money, credit, markets

Pictures: “Lego Block” Prison Cells Readied In Utah

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:02:47 GMT

clipped by: paleblue
clipper's remarks: I'd hate to speculate the purpose of these, but the way things are going I wouldn't doubt they are for civil unrest.. If you researched the last RNC you will know that they arrested any un-embedded reporters such as Amy Goodman and crew on bogus charges, but they were among a few people that were arrested by POLICE < in all black uniforms with no ID just POLICE! It is said that the POLICE used in such a violation of our rights will be blackwater types from foreign nations.

Clip Source: www.prisonplanet.com

Pictures: “Lego Block” Prison Cells Readied In Utah

Is $700B $500B short?

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:38:40 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Geez...these numbers are simply too large to comprehend.

Clip Source: www.cnbc.com

The banking system needs another $500 billion to survive beyond the $700 billion rescue plan being contemplated by Congress, said Pimco founder Bill Gross.

Bill Gross

Tags: bailout, bill gross, markets

Homeland Security Detects Terrorist Threats by Reading Your Mind

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:18:34 GMT

clipped by: sunstreak509

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

Most preventive screening looks for explosives or metals that pose a threat. But a new system called MALINTENT turns the old school approach on its head. This Orwellian-sounding machine detects the person — not the device — set to wreak havoc and terror.

MALINTENT, the brainchild of the cutting-edge Human Factors division in Homeland Security's directorate for Science and Technology, searches your body for non-verbal cues that predict whether you mean harm to your fellow passengers.

Tags: united states, homeland security, terrorism