http://clipmarks.com/clipper/vandamonium/clipcast/amazing+stories/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/vandamonium/clipcast/amazing+stories/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/F39C9ACB-5229-4C1C-80A5-4BF3ABD5A597/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/vandamonium/">vandamonium</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Huge! The opening ceremony was great. This was the perfect venue for that. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://en.beijing2008.cn/venues/nst/headlines/n214507800.shtml" title="http://en.beijing2008.cn/venues/nst/headlines/n214507800.shtml">en.beijing2008.cn</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1 id="print_title">Photos: Bird's Nest florid at night</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vandamonium/512/03F75A45-695C-47C9-8275-EB16DD2D3744.jpg" alt="Photos: Bird's Nest florid at night" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Photos taken on Aug. 5, 2008 show the National Stadium, nicknamed the Bird's Nest, in the evening in Beijing, China. Beijing witnessed a fine weather on Tuesday.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vandamonium/512/B84BB780-ADF8-4A8C-8F0A-C2A616EB4126.jpg" alt="Photos: Bird's Nest florid at night" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vandamonium/512/D902593F-9488-42C7-ABDB-B71ED94C24E8.jpg" alt="Photos: Bird's Nest florid at night" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vandamonium/512/B82ECF56-1ACC-42BD-A679-FB2ED55BC092.jpg" alt="Photos: Bird's Nest florid at night" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://en.beijing2008.cn/venues/nst/headlines/n214507800.shtmlTue, 12 Aug 2008 02:06:07 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E11A182F-A168-4F7D-9F30-ED15C32F3282/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/vandamonium/">vandamonium</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> One of the all time greatest. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.clumsycrooks.com/pictures/police_help_find_my_pot.htm" title="http://www.clumsycrooks.com/pictures/police_help_find_my_pot.htm">www.clumsycrooks.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><A class="blogtitle" href="http://www.clumsycrooks.com/pictures/police_help_find_my_pot.html">Police, Help Find My Pot!</A></TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>A dopey pot-smoker spent her birthday in jail - after asking police to help find her drugs stash.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vandamonium/512/9AA6E7DA-BA64-4101-839D-41C079B1B948.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/stoned/" rel="tag">stoned</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/stoneder/" rel="tag">stoneder</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/stonedest/" rel="tag">stonedest</a></div>http://www.clumsycrooks.com/pictures/police_help_find_my_pot.htmMon, 14 Jan 2008 05:35:02 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/546F47E7-B0A9-41FE-8790-D0B8B346DCC4/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/caissie_tab/">caissie_tab</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/071118/koddities/blind_sled_dog" title="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/071118/koddities/blind_sled_dog">ca.news.yahoo.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/caissie_tab/512/A04836F3-A01B-474A-9B0F-E4D5D27D1EE8.jpg" alt="Isobel, a blind sled dog runs at her dog yard near Churchill, Man. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Isobel, a six-year-old husky cross, has all the great qualities of a sled dog. She loves to run, has strength and endurance, and works well alongside the other dogs tethered to the sleds that take tourists out on the subarctic terrain of Churchill, Man. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> "The dog lost its vision, but it didn't lose its spirit,"</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> "It can smell, hear and feel other dogs nearby." </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> "She runs tours every single day right now ... and we have tourists from all over the world that are absolutely amazed," Ollander said. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Isobel wasn't born blind. Everything seemed fine until one day three years ago, when she suddenly came to a halt in the middle of a sled run and started staggering around. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Back in Churchill, Isobel was kept indoors. Ollander figured she would be happy and safer inside. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> "She stopped eating and drinking and we were quite concerned about what was going on," Ollander said. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Isobel was soon reintroduced to her canine comrades and her behaviour improved right away. She started eating and drinking again. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/animals/" rel="tag">animals</a></div>http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/071118/koddities/blind_sled_dogMon, 19 Nov 2007 16:36:45 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/3856111A-BBD4-4250-BABB-682FB78F4F76/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/JohnWaterman/">JohnWaterman</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/nov/14/medicalresearch.health?gusrc=rss&feed=science" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/nov/14/medicalresearch.health?gusrc=rss&feed=science">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Kit to spot serious illness early may be just 10 years away</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>A home testing kit that spots early signs of disease anywhere in the body could be available within 10 years, according to a leading scientist.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The simple blood test is being developed to allow people to screen themselves for life-threatening diseases, including a variety of cancers and dementias, before they develop any symptoms. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">"proteomic fingerprinting", which promises tests that can assess the health of each organ in the body one by one.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">some experts believe the technology will also introduce new ethical issues for GPs and patients</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>It may reveal incurable diseases long before they start causing illness. For GPs using the tests, this raises the difficult question of whether patients should be told, and if so, what counselling they should receive.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> they hope to develop a single test that will spot early signs of disease in 50 different organs and tissues in the body.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">huge value of being able to diagnose a disease early,</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/health/" rel="tag">health</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/disease/" rel="tag">disease</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">medicine</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/bse/" rel="tag">bse</a></div>http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/nov/14/medicalresearch.health?gusrc=rss&feed=scienceWed, 14 Nov 2007 08:56:10 GMT