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Is Web 3.0 all about aggregation? Clipmarks is!

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:50:14 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Now here's something we know a thing or two about . The thing they don't realize is that the true power is in enabling everyone to aggregate and filter the news and information for each other.

It's not something that the major media companies need to do for us...we're doing it already! But then again, we all know that already don't we

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It's Web 3.0, and Someone Else's Content Is King

Aggregation, not as a sidelight but as more of a focus, is a mission change for media, and there's a case for it, to be sure. Time and attention have limits, but the universe of content, it seems, does not. So finding a way to quickly and cleanly deliver relevant news is important.

Welcome to the era of the aggregator.

organizations are getting hip to the reality that they can't depend on being destinations, so they're adding to their websites features that facilitate sharing and aggregation in ways that often take the content and the reader off-site. In short, they're finding ways to make their product an easily transportable commodity.

Tags: web 3.0, internet, news, aggregation, clipmarks

Too many choices -- good or bad -- can be mentally exhausting

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:02:15 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: physorg.com

Each day, we are bombarded with options -- at the local coffee shop, at work, in stores or on the TV at home. Do you want a double-shot soy latte, a caramel macchiato or simply a tall house coffee for your morning pick-me-up" Having choices is typically thought of as a good thing. Maybe not, say researchers who found we are more fatigued and less productive when faced with a plethora of choices.

Researchers from several universities have determined that even though humans’ ability to weigh choices is remarkably advantageous, it can also come with some serious liabilities. People faced with numerous choices, whether good or bad, find it difficult to stay focused enough to complete projects, handle daily tasks or even take their medicine.

Researchers found that the participants who earlier had made choices had more trouble staying focused and finishing the disagreeable but goal-focused tasks compared to the participants who initially did not have to make choices.

Tags: choices, options, too many?

Iraq: From One Dictator to Another?

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:57:34 GMT

clipped by: invictus
clipper's remarks:

"Over a thousand Iraqis got killed and more than that number wounded just for a game of chess between warlords," Mohammad Alwan, a lawyer in Baghdad, told IPS. "All of them call for dissolving militias while they keep militias of their own. Most of those in power in the government are militia leaders."

Clip Source: www.antiwar.com

Following the failed attempt by the U.S.-backed al-Maliki to crack down on the Mahdi Army militia of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the situation in Iraq has become much worse. Iraq appears to be splintering more widely under this rule than under Saddam's.

According to statistics compiled by the U.S. military in Baghdad, there has been a sharp increase in attacks against U.S. and Iraqi security forces, from 239 in February to 631 in March. Most of these attacks are believed to have been carried out by the Mahdi Army.

The Mahdi Army is known to have substantial control of the streets of Baghdad, Basra, and many other predominantly Shia areas in southern Iraq.

Many Iraqis feel caught in a crossfire in what they see as a battle for power between the Shia factions.

After five years of occupation and suffering, with no end in sight, many Iraqis have become skeptical of all political and religious leaders.

Tags: iraq, al-maliki, mahdi army, civil war, shia

Who Are We? Coming of Age on Antidepressants

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:00:11 GMT

clipped by: Aribeth
clipper's remarks: The reason has to do with the way drugs are tested and approved. To get F.D.A. approval, a drug has to beat a placebo in two randomized clinical trials that typically involve a few hundred subjects who are treated for relatively short periods, usually 4 to 12 weeks.So drugs are approved based on short-term studies for what turns out to be long-term — often lifelong — use in the world of clinical practice.

What do I say to a depressed patient who is doing well after five years on such a drug but can’t stop without a depressive relapse and who wants reassurance that the drug has no long-term adverse effects?I usually say that we have no evidence that the drug poses a risk with long-term use; and since the risk of untreated depression is much greater than the hypothetical risk of the drug, it makes sense to stay on it.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Who Are We? Coming of Age on Antidepressants

April 15, 2008

“I’ve grown up on medication,” my patient Julie told me recently. “I don’t have a sense of who I really am without it.”

At 31, she had been on one antidepressant or another nearly continuously since she was 14. There was little question that she had very serious depression and had survived several suicide attempts. In fact, she credited the medication with saving her life.

But now she was raising an equally fundamental question: how the drugs might have affected her psychological development and core identity.

Her experience is far from unique.

Since

1980

Prozac and Zoloft

the most widely prescribed drugs

depression in young people is a very serious problem

suicide is the third-leading cause of death in adolescents

By contrast, the risk of antidepressant treatment is small.

Still, what do we know about the effects of, say, 15 to 20 years of antidepressant drug treatment that begins in adolescence or childhood? Not enough.

Tags: depression, psychiatry, drugs, adolescence, medical

All Kinds of Fail

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:59:45 GMT

clipped by: Sheroug

Clip Source: failblog.wordpress.com

Signs Of The Times

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:18:13 GMT

clipped by: carrerinyes

Clip Source: www.zerohoursleep.com

Microsoft To Mac: Stop Making Fun of Us

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How to meditate!

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Programmer on a date

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Girlfriend getting a blog

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YouTube myspace and I’ll Google your Yahoo

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Identify yourself!

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Technorati lover

This is how you know you’re in love if you’re a Technorati addict!

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Signs of the social networking times

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A New FireFox Security Problem

Fried Butter Balls: Recipe

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:43:10 GMT

clipped by: bignosemousie
clipper's remarks: Maybe Paula Deen is trying to kill us? I bet these are delicious, and there is no bacon.

Clip Source: www.foodnetwork.com

2 sticks butter
2 ounces cream cheese
Salt and pepper
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg, beaten
1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
Peanut oil, for frying

Cream the butter, cream cheese, salt and pepper together with an electric mixer until smooth. Using a very small ice cream scoop, or melon baller, form 1-inch balls of butter mixture and arrange them on a parchment or waxed paper lined sheet pan. Freeze until solid. Coat the frozen balls in flour, egg, and then bread crumbs and freeze again until solid.

When ready to fry, preheat oil in a deep-fryer to 350 degrees F.

Fry balls for 10 to 15 seconds until just light golden. Drain on paper towels before serving.

When ready to fry, preheat oil in a deep-fryer to 350 degrees F.

Fry balls for 10 to 15 seconds until just light golden. Drain on paper towels before serving.

Teach China a Lesson

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:40:19 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman
clipper's remarks: Stop buying its crap!

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Artificial muscle that heals itself

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:13:49 GMT

clipped by: pokkets

Clip Source: www.abc.net.au

Eric Bland

Researchers say they have created an artificial muscle that heals itself and generates electricity.

"We've made an artificial muscle that, when you apply electricity to it, it expands [more than 200%]," says study author Professor Qibing Pei, a scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"The motion and energy are a lot like human muscles."

Artificial muscles have been around for years but some get so big they tear, developing uneven film thickness and random particles that cause muscle failure.

The researchers used flexible, evermore ubiquitous carbon nanotubes as electrodes instead of other films, often metal-based, that fail after repeated use.

If an area of the carbon nanotube fails, the region around it seals itself by becoming non-conductive and prevents the fault from spreading to other areas.

As the material contracts

the carbon nanotubes generates a small electric current that can be captured and used to power another expansion or stored in a battery.

What I did with my son yesterday

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:43:58 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman
clipper's remarks: I'm getting way too old for this!!

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Remarkable Palace,Fort and Castle Hotels around the world

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:12:41 GMT

clipped by: Aribeth

Clip Source: weburbanist.com

8 Remarkable Palace, Fort and Castle Hotels: Living it Up in (Ancient) Luxury Around the World

Imagine curling up in front of an 800 year old fireplace where a king once rested

or was arrested!

nearly 1000 years old

Amberly Castle has virtually seen it all

once owned by Queen Elizabeth the first and its walls were attacked long ago by Cromwell

Even now the Portcullis is raised each morning and lowered each night. This in addition to a 60 foot thick outer wall is sure to keep out trespassers.

castles like Burg Gutenfels on Germany’s Rhine River prefer to stay off the beaten path and remain intentionally more rustic

the Kasbah du Toubkal sits at the foot of Jbel Toubkal, the highest peak in North Africa

unreachable by motor vehicles

a donkey is a typical traveler’s best bet

Xara Palace Hotel

on the Mediterranean Island of Malta

city of Mdina

Long’s Park Castle

Chateau St. Philippe is one of the oldest castle hotels in the world

the Chateau de Saint-Loup

faux-mideival fort

less than 30 miles from Manhattan

Tags: architecture, travel

Painful Memories for China's Footbinding Survivors

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:41:52 GMT

clipped by: Sheroug

Clip Source: www.npr.org

Painful Memories for China's Footbinding Survivors

Suffering for beauty is a concept familiar to most women

Millions of Chinese women went even further — binding their feet to turn them into the prized "three-inch golden lotuses."

Wang Lifen was just 7 years old when her mother started binding her feet: breaking her toes and binding them underneath the sole of the foot with bandages

Wang carried on, breaking the arch of her own foot to force her toes and heel ever closer

"Because I bound my own feet, I could manipulate them more gently until the bones were broken. Young bones are soft, and break more easily," she says.

bound feet were a status symbol,

her in-laws had demanded the matchmaker find their son a wife with tiny feet. It was only after the wedding, when she finally met her husband for the first time, that she discovered he was an opium addict

"I regret binding my feet," Zhou says

These "golden lotuses" were proof of a foot fetish on a national scale,