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Funny Epitaphs

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:23:27 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: I clipped this for you alanocu to go with your *romantic* cemetary lady sculpture. *LOL*

Here lies an Atheist
All dressed up
And no place to go.

On an Auctioneer:

Jedediah Goodwin
Auctioneer
Born 1828

Going!
Going!!
Gone!!!

1876

Clip Source: www.usroots.com

On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova Scotia:

Here lies
Ezekial Aikle
Age 102
The Good
Die Young.

In a London, England cemetery:

Ann Mann
Here lies Ann Mann,
Who lived an old maid
But died an old Mann.
Dec. 8, 1767

In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery:

Anna Wallace
The children of Israel wanted bread
And the Lord sent them manna,
Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife,
And the Devil sent him Anna.

Playing with names in a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery:

Here lies
Johnny Yeast
Pardon me
For not rising.

In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery:

Here lays Butch,
We planted him raw.
He was quick on the trigger,
But slow on the draw.

A widow wrote this epitaph in a Vermont cemetery:

Sacred to the memory of
my husband John Barnes
who died January 3, 1803
His comely young widow, aged 23, has
many qualifications of a good wife, and
yearns to be comforted.
(ed: guess they did not have personal ads then)

A lawyer's epitaph in England:

Sir John Strange
Here lies an honest lawyer,
And that is Strange.

Tags: funny, humour, death, epitaphs, revenge, romance, alanocu

Extreme Nature Pics

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:09:46 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: bbs.keyhole.com

Colca Canyon, Peru : Deepest Canyon on the Earth

Vredefort Crater, South Africa : Largest impact crater on the Earth

ScoresbySund Fjord, Greenland : Longest & Deepest Fjord on the Earth

Mera Peak, Nepal : Highest Vertical Drop

Dead Sea, Israel & Jordan : Lowest Elevation on the Earth

Angel Falls, Venezuela : Tallest water fall on the Earth

Wilkes land, Antartica : Thickest Ice Sheet on the Earth

Tags: photography, nature, science

Images of the Most Incredible Oases Around the World

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:39:07 GMT

clipped by: alanocu
clipper's remarks: (with locations and descriptions) Is the plural of oasis 'oasii'?

Clip Source: flickriver.com

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Ubari Oasis (Libya)

Ubari is an oasis city in South-Western Libya, in the Targa valley. It lies between the Messak Sattafat plateau and Idhan Ubari sand dunes and lakes.

Huacachina (Peru)

Shimmering beneath the scorching sun of the Peruvian desert is an extraordinary sight - a tiny settlement, complete with lagoon, lush palm groves, carob trees, cafes, neatly clipped lawns, 100-strong population and even the odd swimming pool.

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Ein Gedi (Israel)

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western shore of the Dead Sea

The area was allotted to the tribe of Judah, and was famous in the time of Solomon

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Chebika Oasis (Tunisia)

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Where the mountains rise, Chebika lies.

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Castle of the Sun

Timia Oasis (Niger)

located on the Aïr Mountains (northern Niger), is billed as the most beautiful oasis in the country

Gaberoun (Libya)

located in the municipality Sabha in the Libyan Sahara

A rudimentary tourist camp is located on the northeastern shore

Herðubreiðarlindir (Iceland)

camp ground and famous hiking trails

situated in the Highlands of Iceland

Clip Source: flickr.com

Tags: peru.libya, iceland, israel, niger

Ten Ways to Make Sure That Peace Stays Dead

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:41:24 GMT

clipped by: Kore7
clipper's remarks:

Too many people on each side see the other as wholly culpable. Too many people on each side see themselves as wholly innocent, wholly victimized, ill-served by the well-meaning, abandoned by former allies, betrayed by the media, misunderstood by people who should know better, forgotten by the world.

Too many people on each side see only the suffering that has been caused them. Too many people have learned to wall themselves off from the suffering that they have caused.

Clip Source: www.haaretz.com

Ten ways to make sure that peace stays dead

By Bradley Burston

1. There is only one side to any story. My side.

2. The people on the other side, children included, are undeserving of sympathy.

3. Even the maimed and the dead on the other side are undeserving of sympathy.

4. The term massacre may only be used to describe casualties on my side.

5. The automatic fire, bombing, shelling or other lethal action taken by my side are acts of self-defense. If there are fatalities as a result of fire by my side, whether intentional or incidental, they deserved to die.

6. The concept of drawing comparisons of moral equivalency or mutual responsibility for violence is, in all cases, obscene, disgraceful, artificial, mendacious.

All political, military, social and religious modalities can be reduced to pure victims and pure villains, which is to say, Us and Them, which is to say, Us and animals/murderers/mass-murderers/racist genocidalists/Nazis/Hitler.

Option 7A: The goal of the left, the center, this newspaper, its writers, even some of its readers, is the destruction of the State of Israel.

Option 7B: The destruction of Israel is a worthwhile goal.

8. If I am a pro-Israel extremist, responding to a pro-Israel moderate, I should attack and dismiss the writer as a whiner, a crybaby, a defeatist, a moron, a wimp, an imbecile, a self-hater, an extreme leftist, naïve, brainwashed, a pipe-dreamer, duped by the pro-Arab bias of the mass media, a traitor.

9. If I am a pro-Palestinian extremist, responding to a pro-Palestinian moderate, I should immediately dismiss the writer as a sell-out, a fool, misguided, an Uncle Tom, unaware of the real facts, duped by a the pro-Israel bias of the mass media, a traitor.

10. The depth of my conviction, that is, the degree of my extremism, is directly proportional to the distance from my home to the Holy Land. The farther away, the more foaming-at-the-mouth my fanaticism.

Tags: israel, palestine, palestinians, israelis, middle east, war, terrorism, peace, list, suffering, victimization, vengeance, revenge, compromise, enemy, sympathy, fanatacism, extremism, dead, politics

Letting kids drink early reduces binging

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:07:12 GMT

clipped by: wiccantexan

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Story Highlights

Author: Forbidding kids from drinking creates temptation

Instead, he says, parents should teach kids how to drink responsibly

"Preparing your child to drink at home lessens the likelihood" of binging, he says

Critic says giving kids permission to do potentially harmful things is "ridiculous"

Experts say binge drinking continues to be a growing problem across the country. According to a recent report from the U.S. surgeon general, there are nearly 11 million underage drinkers in the United States. Nearly 7.2 million are considered binge drinkers, meaning they drank more than five drinks in one sitting.

In this age of "just say no," some people believe it is time for Americans to reconsider how they teach kids about alcohol. Peele's father is at the top of the list.

Peele says other cultures have figured it out. He points to Italy, Greece and Israel, where children are given small amounts of wine at religious celebrations or watered-down alcohol on special occasions.

Tags: teens, drinking, social, responsiblity, alcohol

Little Known Facts (and perhaps best kept that way!)

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:35:38 GMT

clipped by: coecoe321
clipper's remarks: There are lots more, but these were the ones I found interesting. Check out the website for lots of useless tidbits!

Clip Source: jesuitnola.org

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

There are only seven professional (MLB), (NHL), (NBA), (NFL) that do not end in "s" Colorado Avalanche, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat, Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Utah Jazz.

The glue on postage stamps in Israel is certified kosher.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself. (How did they study this?)

7% of Americans will eat McDonalds today.

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China.

Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

Tags: facts, trivia, misc

Fake or Photo - Can you spot the imposter?

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:04:37 GMT

clipped by: alanocu
clipper's remarks: 10 images - Real or Fake? The answers are given at the end.

Clip Source: www.autodesk.com

The Challenge

Take a look at the ten images below. Some of them are photographs of real objects or scenes, others are created by computer graphics (CG) artists. Test your ability to tell which among the array of images are real, and which are CG.

Clip Source: docs.google.com

Clip Source: www.autodesk.com

Answers

Real

Ã‚Â©SUPERSTOCK/Four by Five Photography Inc. .

Ã‚Â©SUPERSTOCK/Four by Five Photography Inc

Ã‚Â©SUPERSTOCK/Four by Five Photography Inc.

Ã‚Â©Heather Woodcock Somewhere in Time Photographics Images

Ã‚Â©George Ihring JÃƒÂ¼ÃƒÂ¼ce Interactive

Computer Graphics

Artist: Stefaan Contreras
©Alias

Artist: Brad Clarkson
©Alias

Artist:Kevin Mannens
©Alias

Artist: Israel Yang
© Alias

Artist: Matt Dougan
©Alias

The CG images were created with Maya® software and the Maya® software renderer.

Tags: computer graphics, photography, photoshop, maya

the top 10 least religious countries

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:02:47 GMT

clipped by: syncopath
clipper's remarks: The survey concluded that "high levels of organic atheism are strongly correlated with high levels of societal health, such as low homicide rates, low poverty rates, low infant mortality rates, and low illiteracy rates, as well as high levels of educational attainment, per capita income, and gender equality.

In some societies, particularly Europe, atheism is growing. However, throughout much of the world -- particularly nations with high birth rates -- atheism is barely discernable."

Clip Source: www.jacksonvilleconfidential.com

there are actually huge masses of people who do not believe in "God". Here a list of the Top Ten

1. Sweden (up to 85% non-believer, atheist, agnostic)
2. Vietnam
3. Denmark
4. Norway
5. Japan
6. Czech Republic
7. Finland
8. France
9. South Korea
10. Estonia (up to 49% non-believer, atheist, agnostic)

Clip Source: www.gadling.com

When you travel to Europe, don't be surprised to find that many Europeans don't believe in God. I have even witnessed some alcohol-infused conversations between Americans and Europeans that almost ended in fistfights over His/Her existence. When you travel to the following countries, you might want to pick a less controversial topic of conversation ... umm, maybe George W?

The one that surprised me was Israel, ranking 19th, with up to 37% claiming to be non-believer, atheist, agnostic. Compare that with the United States, ranking 44th, with 3-9% non-believers, atheists, agnostics. (I think I have met them all on the streets of New York City, too.)

Average IQ of Countries

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:09:18 GMT

clipped by: amgumen

Clip Source: www.sq.4mg.com

Average IQ of Countries

Hong Kong 107 Korea, South 106 Japan 105 Taiwan 104 Singapore 104 Austria 102 Germany 102 Italy 102 Netherlands 102 Sweden 101 Switzerland 101 Belgium 100 China 100 New Zealand 100 U. Kingdom 100 Hungary 99 Poland 99 Australia 98 Denmark 98 France 98 Norway 98 United States 98 Canada 97 Czech Republic 97 Finland 97 Spain 97 Argentina 96 Russia 96 Slovakia 96 Uruguay 96 Portugal 95 Slovenia 95 Israel 94 Romania 94 Bulgaria 93 Ireland 93 Greece 92 Malaysia 92 Thailand 91 Croatia 90 Peru 90 Turkey 90 Colombia 89 Indonesia 89 Suriname 89 Brazil 87 Iraq 87 Mexico 87 Samoa (Western) 87 Tonga 87 Lebanon 86 Philippines 86 Cuba 85 Morocco 85 Fiji 84 Iran 84 Marshall Islands 84 Puerto Rico 84 Egypt 83 India 81 Ecuador 80 Guatemala 79 Barbados 78 Nepal 78 Qatar 78 Zambia 77 Congo (Brazz) 73 Uganda 73 Jamaica 72 Kenya 72 South Africa 72 Sudan 72 Tanzania 72 Ghana 71 Nigeria 67 Guinea 66 Zimbabwe 66 Congo (Zaire) 65 Sierra Leone 64 Ethiopia 63 Equatorial Guinea 59

Tags: people

Extraordinary Colors of Salt Evaporation Ponds

Wed, 21 May 2008 02:04:36 GMT

clipped by: alanocu
clipper's remarks: Notable salt ponds include the San Francisco Bay salt ponds in the United States, the Dead Sea salt ponds in Israel and Jordan and Useless Loop, Western Australia.

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Salt evaporation ponds are shallow man-made ponds designed to produce salt from sea water. The seawater is fed into large ponds and water is drawn out through natural evaporation which allows the salt to be subsequently harvested.

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Due to variable algal concentrations, vivid colors, from pale green to bright red, are created in the evaporation ponds. The color indicates the salinity of the ponds.

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Micro-organisms change their hues as the salinity of the pond increases. In low to mid-salinity ponds, green algae are predominant.

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In middle to high salinity ponds, an algae called Dunaliella salina shifts the color to red.

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Millions of tiny brine shrimp create an orange cast in mid-salinity ponds. Other bacteria such as Stichococcus also contribute tints.

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These colors are especially interesting to airplane passengers or astronauts passing above due to their somewhat artistic formations of shape and color.

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Salt evaporation ponds in Peru, in Bulgaria and in Alviso, California on Google Maps.

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Torture and Imprisonment of Children

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:42:27 GMT

clipped by: righthand

Clip Source: www.dci-pal.org

Israeli military continues to torture Palestinian children

On the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Clip Source: www.appletreeblog.com

Clip Source: www.dci-pal.org

In one case, Israeli interrogators beat 15-year-old Ibrahim S. over the course of several hours. Ibrahim was then threatened with sexual assault for the purpose of extracting his confession. The accusation, which Ibrahim kept denying, was that he had thrown stones at the Israeli army when it invaded his village the day before. A Military Court accepted Ibrahim’s confession and he was imprisoned in Israel for five months.

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A 10-year-old boy was subjected to physical abuse amounting to torture for 2.5 hours by Israeli soldiers who stormed his family’s shop on 11 June, seeking information on the location of a handgun. The boy was repeatedly beaten, slapped and punched in the head and stomach, forced to hold a stress position for half and hour, and threatened. He was deeply shocked and lost two molar teeth as a result of the assault.

Clip Source: www.appletreeblog.com

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case, 14-year-old Mohammad E.

Tags: israel, torture, children, prisoners

Founding Fathers Planned Religious Openness

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:57:54 GMT

clipped by: clipmaureen
clipper's remarks: Jon Meacham commentary that founding fathers wanted no state religion; wanted freedom of religion. They refuted the "Old World" practice of state sponsored and dictated religion which caused so much bloodshed.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Thomas Jefferson said that his bill for religious liberty in Virginia was “meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and the Mahometan, the Hindu, and infidel of every denomination.” When George Washington was inaugurated in New York in April 1789, Gershom Seixas, the hazan of Shearith Israel, was listed among the city’s clergymen (there were 14 in New York at the time) — a sign of acceptance and respect. The next year, Washington wrote the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, R.I., saying, “happily the government of the United States ... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance. ... Everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid.”

Tags: religious freedom, constitution

Gaza Hospital Patients to DIE without Fuel

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:13:54 GMT

clipped by: righthand

Clip Source: www.france24.com

Gaza blockade, a rising concern for UN food delivery

Monday, January 21, 2008

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Monday that it may have to suspend its food aid if Israel maintains its blockade of Gaza. Fuel shortage forced Gaza's only power plant to close down

"We have 15 patients on breathing machines. If the electricity is cut off they stop working and the patients will die of blood poisoning after about five minutes," Doctor Fawzy

"Most of them were wounded in Israeli operations and air strikes,"

The victims include Mansur al-Rahil, an 18 year-old wounded when an air strike targeting a vehicle full of militants struck his family's donkey cart on Thursday, killing his mother and older brother.

In order to keep the intensive care unit running the rest of the hospital may have to shut down in the next 24 hours, surgeon Raid

"We are only performing emergency surgeries. We will not be able to function at all by this time tomorrow."

21/01/08 Lights go out in Gaza

A Hamas leader's son converted to Christianity & seeks refuge in USA

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:13:49 GMT

clipped by: syncopath

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Haaretz's Avi Issacharaoff traveled to California to tell the unique tale of Masad Yousef, the 30-year-old son of Hamas leader Sheik Hassan Yousef, who has converted to Christianity and is seeking refuge in the United States.

In an extended interview, Yousef, who now calls himself Joseph, castigates Hamas as morally and politically bankrupt.

"They are blind and ignorant," Yousef says in the interview. "It's true, there are good and bad people everywhere, but Hamas supporters don't understand that they are led by a wicked and cruel group that brainwashes the children and gets them to believe that if they carry out a suicide attack they'll get to Paradise."

Yousef says that his father is part of the pragmatic wing of Hamas leaders that quietly opposed suicide bombings and seeks compromise with Israel.

Clipmarks | righthand's 'israel' clips

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

Funny Epitaphs

Extreme Nature Pics

Images of the Most Incredible Oases Around the World

Ubari Oasis (Libya)

Huacachina (Peru)

Ein Gedi (Israel)

Chebika Oasis (Tunisia)

Timia Oasis (Niger)

Gaberoun (Libya)

Herðubreiðarlindir (Iceland)

Ten Ways to Make Sure That Peace Stays Dead

Letting kids drink early reduces binging

Little Known Facts (and perhaps best kept that way!)

Fake or Photo - Can you spot the imposter?

the top 10 least religious countries

Average IQ of Countries

Extraordinary Colors of Salt Evaporation Ponds

Torture and Imprisonment of Children

Founding Fathers Planned Religious Openness

Gaza Hospital Patients to DIE without Fuel

Gaza blockade, a rising concern for UN food delivery

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Monday that it may have to suspend its food aid if Israel maintains its blockade of Gaza. Fuel shortage forced Gaza's only power plant to close down

A Hamas leader's son converted to Christianity & seeks refuge in USA