Clipmarks | rachelw's clips

A personal letter from Santa

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:59:34 GMT

clipped by: rachelw
clipper's remarks: This is such a great idea for kids! I love the post mark from the north pole!!

Clip Source: www.santamail.org

Tags: santa, christmas, holidays, kids, children, north pole

Jesus Camp- for Kids

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:40:18 GMT

clipped by: rachelw
clipper's remarks: This is a new documentary about the "Jesus Camp" that some Evangelicals sent their kids to over the summer. They are being trained as soldiers of GOD and told that Harry Potter is evil and are given a cardboard cutout of George W. Bush to "lay their hands on", its down right disturbing! But a good insight to the scary reality of whats going on in the life of these fundamental Christians.

Clip Source: www.variety.com

Jesus Camp: Exclusive Clip

Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, directors

Tags: jesus, evangelical, movie, documentary

Rejected poster for US Film

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:27:18 GMT

clipped by: rachelw
clipper's remarks: I think the poster is more interesting than the movie was!

Clip Source: www.bestrejectedadvertising.com

Tags: advertising, film, marketing, rejected, graphic, funny

Cate Blanchett will play Bob Dylan in new film ...

Thu, 25 May 2006 17:05:22 GMT

clipped by: ericw
clipper's remarks: ... as well as Heth Ledger and Richard Gere, in different times of Dylan's life.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

NEW YORK (AFP) -

Cate Blanchett will play Bob Dylan in his "androgenous phase" in a new biopic of the great poet-songwriter's life, it was announced, as Dylan turned 65.

But even as he shows up everywhere in books, films and even a Broadway musical, Dylan, who has sought seclusion and mystery all his life, remains as enigmatic as ever.

And on Dylan's birthday, the Hollywood press reported that Blanchett would be among several actors -- also including "Brokeback Mountain" star

Heath Ledger and Richard Gere -- to portray the great American folksinger in a film.

Tags: cate blanchett, bob dylan, film, dylan, music

Another cyclone set to hit Australia

Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:51:29 GMT

clipped by: rachelw

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

Monica set to wreak havoc

SEVERE tropical cyclone Monica is set to wreak havoc on the Northern Territory coast, with its core wind gusts expected to clock 320kph near Arnhem Land today or tomorrow.

The cyclone, which has been upgraded to category five, has Aboriginal communities in its path.

It is expected to generate dangerous winds within the next six to 12 hours in the Nhulunbuy region, NT emergency services say.

Coastal and island communities between Port Roper and Goulburn Island have been alerted about the cyclone warning.

A cyclone watch has extended to Cape Hotham, including Cape Don and Melville Island.

At 10pm (CST) last night, Monica was moving north-west at 10kph and was about 205km east of Nhulunbuy and 320 km north-east of Alyangula.

The system is expected not to lose any force as it moves across the northern Gulf of Carpentaria.

Gales with gusts up to 120kph are expected to develop between Cape Shield and Elcho Island, including Nhulunbuy, early this morning.

Dangerous high tides are expected to cause extensive flooding between Groote Eylandt and Elcho Island today.

Police have advised residents they can use the public emergency shelter at Gove Hospital's western end.

"Make your decision quickly as winds are expected to reach a dangerous level," police warned residents.

Tags: weather, cyclone, australia

A young girl connects with her heart

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:19:12 GMT

clipped by: rachelw
clipper's remarks: Its amazing what they can do these days!

Clip Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Girl's old heart is back to life

A YOUNG heart transplant patient is looking forward to going back to school after undergoing a pioneering operation which brought her own heart back to life.

Hannah Clark, 12, had her heart reconnected in February, 10 years after undergoing a complicated transplant operation involving the insertion of a donor second heart.

While her own heart, which had stopped working properly because of severe inflammation, was left dormant in her body, the new “piggyback” heart took up the work of pumping blood around her body. But a routine visit to a doctor last November revealed that her immune system was starting to reject the donor organ, and cardiologists agreed to attempt the reconnection of her old heart. The procedure was carried out by surgeons advised by Sir Magdi Yacoub, the renowned heart specialist, who came out of retirement at the request of Hannah’s parents. Paul and Elizabeth Clark, of Mountain Ash, South Wales, said yesterday that surgeons at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London were initially reluctant to remove the donor heart and reconnect the dormant one because they said that it had never been done before.

Weeks later, the transplant team agreed to perform the operation and Sir Magdi provided surgeons with his expertise. The professor performed Hannah’s original transplant operation 10 years ago when she was 2. That operation saved her life. She had cardiomyopathy, which made her heart double the size it should have been. Doctors had been ready to provide Hannah with weeks of intensive care, but found that she recovered quickly and was discharged from hospital in less than a week.

Tags: heart, transplant, medical, surgery

WARNING- DON'T BUY IAMS

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 20:09:41 GMT

clipped by: rachelw
clipper's remarks: I am warning you in advance that this is an extremely disturbing video. But if you care at all about animals, you should know whats really going on at IAMS. I will NEVER buy another Iams product until this cruelty ends. Please visit the clipsource, and help stop this.

Clip Source: www.iamscruelty.com

Why Iams? >

Introduction

For nearly 10 months in 2002 and early 2003, a PETA investigator went undercover at an Iams contract testing laboratory and discovered a dark and sordid secret beneath the wholesome image of the dog- and cat-food manufacturer: dogs gone crazy from intense confinement to barren steel cages and cement cells, dogs left piled on a filthy paint-chipped floor after having chunks of muscle hacked from their thighs; dogs surgically debarked; horribly sick dogs and cats languishing in their cages, neglected and left to suffer with no veterinary care.

Iams lied to PETA with promises to improve the conditions for animals in its contract laboratories, even assuring us that enrichment programs were already in place, but our undercover investigator saw otherwise. She fought for six months to have a single cheap, rubber toy placed in each cold, lonely kennel. This is Iams’ idea of enrichment.

Our video footage shows Iams representatives touring the facility and witnessing dogs’ endless circling in barren cells, sweltering in the summer heat. Iams knew the truth yet did nothing to protect the animals.

The dogs and cats in Iams’ tests are no different from our dogs and cats at home when it comes to deserving companionship, play, a stimulating environment, and the right not to be tormented in painful experiments.

Luckily, caring consumers know that advances in nutrition don’t have to come at the expense of animals in labs. Help PETA force Iams to end these painful and unnecessary tests, as many compassionate companies have already done.

Tags: iams, cruelty, animals, torture, suffering, cats, dogs, peta, video, pet food

Quail Hunting School

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:39:42 GMT

clipped by: rachelw
clipper's remarks: Are you as good as Dick? Visit the site to play...

Clip Source: www.quailhuntingschool.com

This game is a parody and meant for entertainment purposes only.
We do not endorse the shooting of people or lawyers.

Tags: game, cheney

Dealing Dogs

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:20:02 GMT

clipped by: rachelw
clipper's remarks: I saw parts of the documentary last night on Anderson Cooper, it's about the horrific treatment of dogs by Class B dog dealers, who buy and sell these dogs for medical research. It's an important documentary, and although it will be heartbreaking to watch, I hope everyone does. It's on HBO tonight at 10pm. Just so we can all be aware of and understand what these poor animals go through at the hands of these disgusting people and how important it is to have tougher animal rights laws. I am continually amazed by the atrocities human beings are capable of committing, either on other humans or on defenseless animals. Sometimes (actually a lot of the time lately) I am ashamed to be part of the human race.

Clip Source: www.hbo.com

Dealing Dogs

Each year, 42,000 dogs are sold to veterinary schools and research labs by Class B dealers, who are required by federal law to buy the animals from pounds, shelters and small breeders and to treat them humanely. However, many Class B dealers violate the law. DEALING DOGS exposes the abuses that took place at one of America's most notorious Class B dealers - Martin Creek Kennel in Arkansas. Premieres Tuesday, February 21 at 10pm (ET/PT).

Tags: dogs, cruelty, animals, hbo

LA Vegan Sues McDonald's

Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:00:24 GMT

clipped by: rachelw

Clip Source: www.mercurynews.com

LA vegan sues McDonald's after dairy, wheat disclosure

LOS ANGELES - A professed vegan has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming McDonald's Corp. misled consumers into thinking its french fries are free of dairy and wheat products.

Nadia Sugich of Los Angeles said in the Wednesday filing that she "would have never purchased or consumed the french fries if she had known they contain dairy and were not vegan."

The suit, which alleges unfair business practices by Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald's, comes days after the company acknowledged that wheat and dairy ingredients are used to flavor the its fries. The company had said until recently that its fries were free of gluten and milk or wheat allergens.

Sugich sued on behalf of California consumers who avoid dairy or wheat products because of moral, philosophical or health concerns, and have bought McDonald's fries within the past four years. She is asking for the customers to be reimbursed for their french fry purchases in the filing, among other requests.

McDonald's representatives did not immediately respond to a call seeking comment on the suit.

The company has felt the heat over its fries before. McDonald's paid $10 million in 2002 to settle a lawsuit by vegetarian groups after it was disclosed that its fries were being cooked in beef-flavored oil more than a decade after insisting that it was starting to use pure vegetable oil.

It paid another $8.5 million in February 2005 to settle a suit by a nonprofit advocacy group that accused the company of misleading consumers by announcing that it was changing its cooking oil, then delaying the switch.

Tags: mcdonalds, vegan

Cheney finally speaks- to Fox News (of course)

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:15:47 GMT

clipped by: rachelw

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

'One of the Worst Days of My Life'

Dick Cheney accepts full responsibility for shooting fellow hunter, defends decision on disclosing details

Watch the full interview on 'Special Report with Brit Hume' at 6 p.m. EST

• Raw Data: Official Report (Findlaw pdf)

Tags: cheney, shooting, hunter

Run your car on vegetable oil

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:35:35 GMT

clipped by: rachelw
clipper's remarks: I hate to admit it...but I never heard of this before! What a great idea/product! It's a pity that its only for diesel engines...but at least it s a start!

Clip Source: www.greasecar.com

DRIVE YOUR CAR ON 100% USED VEGETABLE OIL!

Greasecar vegetable Fuel Systems allow mechanically injected diesel vehicles to run on straight, filtered vegetable oil. Vegetable oil as fuel is a cleaner, safer and less expensive alternative to petroleum based fuel. It can be locally produced, even grown in your own back yard!

Welcome to our new website.

Please visit our FAQ page for answers to many of your initial questions. A brand new Greasecar Forum is on-line! Check out our Product Page to see what the kit includes. Have a look at some of our customers' cars on the Greasecar Profile page. Our resources section includes tips for finding and filtering oil, diesel maintenance tips and more!

Tags: alternative energy, car, oil, fuel, vegetable, converter

Oprah confronts author James Frey

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:00:51 GMT

clipped by: rachelw

Clip Source: msnbc.msn.com

Oprah strikes a blow for truthiness

Do facts really matter? Ask Winfrey, James Frey or Stephen Colbert

“I have been really embarrassed by this,” James Frey told Oprah on her show Thursday. We'd humbly suggest that maybe he isn't the only one feeling that way right now.

Jon Bonné

Lifestyle Editor

• Profile

I will later regret having ever typed these words, but here goes: Stephen Colbert was right. Truthiness reigns.

Last year, the Comedy Central host eschewed truth for “truthiness”: that which might not be literally true but just feels too good to resist. (In true truthiness form, the word itself not only wasn't coined by Colbert, but has been around since before Mark Twain invented fib-happy Huck Finn. That only made Colbert defend it even harder.)

So when Oprah struck back Thursday at her disgraced book-club golden boy James Frey for the factual holes in his memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," it was a small (and belated) but bold nudge back out of the proud halls of truthiness.

“I really feel duped,” Oprah told a sheepish-looking Frey, “but more importantly I feel that you betrayed millions of readers.”

She offered an honest apology. And at first glance, it seemed like a bold turnaround from a woman who gave Larry King a jingle two weeks ago to defend Frey's mendacious ways, saying that the one-time drug addict “stepped out of that history to be the man he is today” — a bestselling author with a tenuous grasp on what the “non” in “nonfiction” could possibly mean.

But let's not get too excited here. Oprah's success has always been built on defending the obvious (philanthropists good, philanderers bad). By endorsing Frey, she not only backed the wrong horse but in fact picked a donkey to win the third at Belmont, so after a long stretch of trying to avoid that fact, it was inevitable she would have to reverse course and give Frey his comeuppance.

Tags: oprah, james frey, book club, lying, truth