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A Morality Test

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:13:55 GMT

clipped by: Malhablada

From an e-mail...

This test only has one question, but it's a very important one. By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally.

The test features an unlikely, fictional situation in which you will have to make a decision. Remember that your answer needs to be honest, and spontaneous.

Please scroll down slowly and give due consideration to each line.

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THE SITUATION

You are in New Orleans, There is chaos all around you caused by a hurricane with severe flooding. You are a photo journalist working for a major newspaper and you're caught in the middle of this epic disaster.

You're trying to shoot career-making photos. There are houses and people swirling around you, and disappearing under the water.

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THE TEST

Suddenly you see a man in the water. He is fighting for his life, trying not to be taken down with the debris. You move closer. Somehow the man looks familiar. You suddenly realize who it is. It's the President, George W. Bush. At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take him under forever. You have two options- you can save the life of the President, or you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the death of one of the world's most famous men.

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THE QUESTION

Here's the question, and please give an honest answer.......

Would you select high contrast colour film, or would you go with the classic simplicity of black and white?

Tags: humor, politics

Is Global Warming man made?

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:02:00 GMT

clipped by: crabsallover
clipper's remarks: Is Global Warming man made (anthropogenic) or a result of solar activity, volcanoes...?

Clip Source: christophergovanstreet.blogspot.com

The Great Global Warming Swindle - 1

Watch a full repeat of the 70 minute programme here or 8 x 10 minute clips here.

[Video]

Did you see 'The Great Global Warming Swindle' on Ch4, Thurs 8th March? What did you think of the programme?

A fine example of tabloid TV journalism, consisting largely of tightly-edited soundbites and very little extended analysis.

the fact that cosmic ray levels may have influenced terrestrial climate over the past 545 million years doesn't mean that anthropogenic CO2 isn't doing so today

a wonderful piece of sophistry that simply cries out to be subjected to a detailed and merciless refutation

It's easy to tell that a lot of "if"s and "buts" and "maybe"s have been simply cut out

it did make me stop and think that I am taking a lot for granted

some of this conspiracy theory is bordering upon hysteria

this isn't an ideological issue - it's a purely scientific issue, not a political one, not a cultural one

shouldn't be another creationism vs evolution debate

Tags: global warming, science

American Idol sex tape - "Olivia Mojica"

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:47:15 GMT

clipped by: lordthor
clipper's remarks: when will celebrities learn?
I don't like this show, I don't watch this show, I have no idea who "Olivia Mojica" is, but I do know this - she's pretty hot.
I haven't watched the preview but I hear the tape is pretty *ugh* ish.

Clip Source: www.wwtdd.com

Olivia Mojica was a contestant on season 2 of "American Idol", apparently, and even made it as far as the final 24. Now, her "fame" is being exploited as someone is releasing a sex tape starring Olivia, a sex tape so graphic one source who has seen it called it, "the nastiest tape I've ever seen". TMZ says:

We're told the tape is "very explicit" and features 40 minutes of "smoking hot sex".
We're told the tape was shot with her boyfriend, but we don't know when. A website featuring a preview of the tape will launch soon, similar to the site created specifically for Kim Kardashian's sex tape.
We're told Vivid Entertainment is the front-runner to distribute the tape. Steven Hirsch, co-chairman of the company, said he cannot comment at this time.
Mojica was 18 at the time of her appearance on "American Idol."

SEXY UPDATE - now with a trailer for the tape after the jump.

Tags: stupid, whores

Ten Reasons to Throw Out Your Microwave Oven

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:30:06 GMT

clipped by: k9riley99
clipper's remarks: If the marketing world would have named these ovens Radiation Ovens instead of Microwave Ovens would I have one in my kitchen right now?

Clip Source: www.i-amperfectlyhealthy.com

Ten Reasons to Throw Out Your Microwave Oven

From the conclusions of the Swiss, Russian and German scientific clinical studies, we can no longer ignore the microwave oven sitting in our kitchens. Based on this research, we will conclude this article with the following:

1). Continually eating food processed from a microwave oven causes long term - permanent - brain damage by "shorting out" electrical impulses in the brain [de- polarizing or de-magnetizing the brain tissue].

2). The human body cannot metabolize [break down] the unknown by-products created in microwaved food.

3). Male and female hormone production is shut down and/or altered by continually eating microwaved foods.

4). The effects of microwaved food by-products are residual [long term, permanent] within the human body.

5). Minerals, vitamins, and nutrients of all microwaved food is reduced or altered so that the human body gets little or no benefit, or the human body absorbs altered compounds that cannot be broken down.

6). The minerals in vegetables are altered into cancerous free radicals when cooked in microwave ovens.

7). Microwaved foods cause stomach and intestinal cancerous growths [tumors]. This may explain the rapidly increased rate of colon cancer in America.

8). The prolonged eating of microwaved foods causes cancerous cells to increase in human blood.

9). Continual ingestion of microwaved food causes immune system deficiencies through lymph gland and blood serum alterations.

10). Eating microwaved food causes loss of memory, concentration, emotional instability, and a decrease of intelligence.

Have you tossed out your microwave oven yet?

Tags: food, health, household kitchen appliance, microwave

100 Keyboard shortcuts (Windows)

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:41:53 GMT

clipped by: mingkymomo

Clip Source: www.hongkiat.com

100 Keyboard shortcuts (Windows)

CTRL+C (Copy)

CTRL+X (Cut)

CTRL+V (Paste)

CTRL+Z (Undo)

DELETE (Delete)

SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)

CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)

CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)

F2 key (Rename the selected item)

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)

CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)

CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)

CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)

CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)

SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)

CTRL+A (Select all)

ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)

F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)

ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)

ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)

ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)

CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)

ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)

ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)

F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)

F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)

SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)

ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)

CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)

ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)

Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)

F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)

RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)

LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)

Tags: cheatsheet, command, computer, computers, computing, geek, hacks, howto, key, keyboard, list, lists, microsoft, reference, shortcut, shortcuts, tech, technology, tips, tools, toread, typing, useful, windo

Recipe: Supernatural Brownies

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:42:48 GMT

clipped by: ashleystar
clipper's remarks: yummers.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Recipe: Supernatural Brownies

2 sticks (16 tablespoons) butter, more for pan and parchment paper
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup dark brown sugar, such as muscovado
1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup flour
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 3/4 cup whole walnuts, optional.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until shiny and beginning to crack on top. Cool in pan on rack.

Tags: food, recipes, brownies, nyt

Pour Coke on Raw Pork, Watch Worms Crawl Out

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:39:04 GMT

clipped by: bigshoulders
clipper's remarks: I'm not sure where this guy buys his pork, but this is pretty disgusting.

Clip Source: larry.throwawayyourtv.com

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Tags: odd

H2O: Dangerous Chemical!

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 03:17:36 GMT

clipped by: dieselknudt

Clip Source: www.math.psu.edu

H₂O: Dangerous Chemical!

A student at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair, April 26. He was attempting to show how conditioned we have become to alarmists practicing junk science and spreading fear of everything in our environment. In his project he urged people to sign a petition demanding strict control or total elimination of the chemical "dihydrogen monoxide."

And for plenty of good reasons, since:

it can cause excessive sweating and vomiting

it is a major component in acid rain

it can cause severe burns in its gaseous state

accidental inhalation can kill you

it contributes to erosion

it decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes

it has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients

He asked 50 people if they supported a ban of the chemical.

Forty-three (43) said yes,

six (6) were undecided,

and only one (1) knew that the chemical was water.

The title of his prize winning project was, "How Gullible Are We?"

Tags: joke

Record temps in Sacramento

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:28:22 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Clip Source: www.sacbee.com

Don't tell Al Gore, but global warming is taking a holiday in Sacramento this week. The maximum temperatures Sunday and Monday set records each day -- as the coolest "highs" for the dates since record-keeping began in 1877.

We're talking, for once, about the all-time lowest maximums, instead of the all-time highest. Monday's downtown high was just 74 degrees, 3 degrees cooler than the previous record of 77 degrees set in 1906, according to the National Weather Service. Sunday's downtown high of 76 frosted the previous low maximum of 78, set in 1962.

"These were the coldest highs for Aug. 5 and Aug. 6 that we've ever recorded," said meteorologist Cynthia Palmer of the National Weather Service office in Sacramento.

The normal high this time of year is 93; normal low is 61.

Summer meets fall in the attire worn by strollers in McKinley Park on Monday.

Tags: global warming, climate change, science, religion, politics

Women Had Pencil in Head for 55 Years

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:25:10 GMT

clipped by: Newfman

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

A 59-year-old German woman has had most of a pencil removed from inside her head after suffering nearly her whole life with the headaches and nosebleeds it caused, Bild newspaper reported.

Margret Wegner fell over carrying the pencil in her hand when she was age 4, according to a report on News.com.au.

"The pencil went right through my skin – and disappeared into my head," Wegner told the newspaper.

It narrowly missed vital parts of her brain.

At the time no one dared operate, but now technology has improved sufficiently for doctors to be able to remove it.

Tags: odd

Ghost Girl Caught on Tape--Watch the Mirror!

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:43:02 GMT

clipped by: dorine
clipper's remarks: Is this for real? or a trick? Gave me chills.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

Japanese ghost girl Very Freaky

Tags: strange, ghost

Increase Serotonin Levels With 5HTP

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:56:46 GMT

clipped by: drjamie03
clipper's remarks: This is a great supplement that I recommend a lot. As with pretty much every substance, it doesn't work for everyone. But I've known a lot of people who have done well with it. It's certainly cheaper than prescription drugs.

Clip Source: www.5htp.com

What is 5-HTP?
5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) is an amino acid that is the intermediate step between tryptophan and the important brain chemical serotonin. There is a massive amount of evidence that suggests that low serotonin levels are a common consequence of modern living. The lifestyle and dietary practices of many people living in this stress-filled era results in lowered levels of serotonin within the brain. As a result, many people are overweight, crave sugar and other carbohydrates, experience bouts of depression, get frequent headaches, and have vague muscle aches and pain. All of these maladies are correctable by raising brain serotonin levels.

Conditions associated with low serotonin levels helped by 5-HTP

Depression
Obesity
Carbohydrate craving
Bulimia
Insomnia
Narcolepsy
Sleep apnea
Migraine headaches
Tension headaches
Chronic daily headaches
Premenstrual syndrome
Fibromyalgia

Tags: depression, supplements, serotonin

Analysis of one million base pairs of Neanderthal DNA

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:13:28 GMT

clipped by: ezsparky
clipper's remarks: Hum... another humanoid species who had art, made stone tools, buried their dead... How do the religious and their religions account for this? Why would God make the Neaderthal?

Clip Source: www.nature.com

Neanderthals are the extinct hominid group most closely related to contemporary humans, so their genome offers a unique opportunity to identify genetic changes specific to anatomically fully modern humans. We have identified a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal fossil that is exceptionally free of contamination from modern human DNA. Direct high-throughput sequencing of a DNA extract from this fossil has thus far yielded over one million base pairs of hominoid nuclear DNA sequences. Comparison with the human and chimpanzee genomes reveals that modern human and Neanderthal DNA sequences diverged on average about 500,000 years ago. Existing technology and fossil resources are now sufficient to initiate a Neanderthal genome-sequencing effort.

Tags: neanderthals, evolution, genetics, dna, fossil, sequencing, genome, god

Worlds 2nd richest man

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:24:15 GMT

clipped by: flyingsoulo

Clip Source: kajasmail.blogspot.com

Warren Buffet, The Second Richest Man In World

There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:
He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
He still lives in the same small 3 bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.
He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis.
He has given his CEO's only two rules.

Rule number 1: do not lose any of your shareholder's money.
Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.

He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch television.
Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
His advice to young people: Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself.

Amazing individual indeed.

Tags: rich, wealth, advice, success, warren buffet

Illinois brewer has created 'pizza beer'

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:07:54 GMT

clipped by: alanocu

Clip Source: cbs2chicago.com

Pizza And Beer Are A Classic Combination, But One Man's New Brew Would Cut Out The Chewing

Something’s brewing in a garage in St. Charles. Tom Seefurth is mixing up a concoction he'll eventually pour out as beer – pizza beer.

“It's pizza and beer in a bottle,” Seefurth, a self-proclaimed beer nut, says.

There are actually real pieces of pizza stirred into the mix.

The kettles and tubes of Seefurth’s tiniest of breweries all come together beside the hundreds of beer cans in his collection.

“This is a reflection of my entire life history,” he says.

Too many garden tomatoes cooked up the idea for pizza beer last year. Seeforth and his wife create a tomato garlic puree and bake up the pizza -- in the back yard they pick their own oregano for flavoring.

Real pizza gets added in during Seefurth's brewing process for his 'pizza beer.'

“The only people who know the recipe are me and my cat, Jethro,” he says.

Tags: beer, pizza