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Happy Birthday Debbyski - Friday 25th

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:32:24 GMT

clipped by: michellezm
clipper's remarks: Happy, happy birthday, Debs. I hope you have a lovely day, and may you live to celebrate many more.

(I won't be on Clipmarks tomorrow, that's why I've posted this today)

Clip Source: www.poolandspa.com

Shhh....it's room 8.

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:32:44 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: Wha? I thought it was funny.

Clip Source: eigentaste.berkeley.edu

A man arrives at the gates of heaven. St. Peter asks, "Religion?" The man says, "Methodist." St. Peter looks down his list, and says, "Go to room 24, but be very quiet as you pass room 8."

Another man arrives at the gates of heaven. "Religion?" "Baptist." "Go to room 18, but be very quiet as you pass room 8."

A third man arrives at the gates. "Religion?" "Jewish." "Go to room 11, but be very quiet as you pass room 8." The man says, "I can understand there being different rooms for different religions, but why must I be quiet when I pass room 8?" St. Peter tells him, "Well, the Catholics are in room 8, and they think they're the only ones here."

Tags: humour, funny, jokes, religion

Best images of April 2008

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:59:18 GMT

clipped by: frozonfreak

Clip Source: www.marcofolio.net

Pain as an art form

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:51:32 GMT

clipped by: Aribeth
clipper's remarks: Mr. Collen wrote to pain doctors around the world to solicit examples of art from pain patients. Working with San Francisco college student James Gregory, 21, who suffers from chronic pain as the result of a car accident, the two created the Pain Exhibit, an online gallery of art from pain sufferers. The images are evocative and troubling.“Some of them are painful even to look at,'’ Dr. Basbaum said.

Finding ways to communicate pain is essential to patients who are suffering, many of whom don’t receive adequate treatment from doctors.Mr. Collen said the main goal of the exhibit is to raise awareness about the problem of chronic pain.“People don’t believe what they can’t see,'’ Mr. Collen said. “But they see a piece of art an individual created about their pain and everything changes.'’

Clip Source: well.blogs.nytimes.com

Pain as an Art Form

Pain doesn’t show up on a body scan and can’t be measured in a test. As a result, many chronic pain sufferers turn to art, opting to paint, draw or sculpt images in an effort to depict their pain.

“It’s often much more difficult to put pain into words, which is one of the big problems with pain,'’ said Allan I. Basbaum

“The Broken Column,” by Frida Kahlo

“It was only when I started doing art about pain, and physicians saw the art, that they understood what I was going through,” Mr. Collen

who suffers from chronic back pain

said.

“Words are limiting, but art elicits an emotional response.'’

Some of the images from the Pain Exhibit, like “Broken People” by Robert S. Beal of Tulsa, Okla., depict the physical side of pain. Others, such as “Against the Barrier to Life,” convey the emotional challenges of chronic pain.

Clip Source: www.painexhibit.com

Broken People

Clip Source: www.painexhibit.com

Against The Barrier To Life

Artist Statement

I feel I am constantly fighting against a tidal wave of pain in order to achieve some quality of life.

Brothers

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:40:24 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman
clipper's remarks: Mine is about to save my life.

Clip Source: www.flickr.com

Human brain appears 'hard-wired' for hierarchy

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:50:36 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: physorg.com

Human imaging studies have for the first time identified brain circuitry associated with social status, according to researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) of the National Institutes of Health. They found that different brain areas are activated when a person moves up or down in a pecking order – or simply views perceived social superiors or inferiors. Circuitry activated by important events responded to a potential change in hierarchical status as much as it did to winning money.

“Our position in social hierarchies strongly influences motivation as well as physical and mental health,”

Tags: brain, hierarchy, social

20 Things The Millionaire Next Door Does NOT Do

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:20:29 GMT

clipped by: deusdiabolus

Clip Source: www.marcandangel.com

Pay for Lawn Service

Go to a Hair Stylist

Use Time as a Measurement for Success

Buy Brand New Cars

Carry a Monthly Credit Card Balance

Eat Out on a Regular Basis

Think He Knows It All

Socialize with People Who Waste Money

Desire Instant Gratification

Pay Retail for Name Brand Clothing

Keep His Money in a Checking Account

Replace What is Not Broken

Visit the Tanning Bed

Impulse Buy

Waste Time on Senseless Activities

Focus His Attention on Negative Obstacles

Bet The Farm

Fly First-class

Rent

Earn Every Dollar He Makes at His Day Job

Drop your negative friends

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:54:47 GMT

clipped by: pedblan
clipper's remarks: Just thought it might help some of you folks.

Clip Source: www.lyndonantcliff.com

5. Drop your negative friends.
Hang out with people who are positive and support you. It may be fun to bitch and moan but if you hang out with these types of people you will eventually become one of them. You may have noticed that people who bitch and moan are never happy.

A Random Selection of Strangely Distrubing Artworks...

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:30:44 GMT

clipped by: birdie-brain

Clip Source: www.themishmash.com

Reality is not for me

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:03:55 GMT

clipped by: Sheroug

Clip Source: www.abeautifulrevolution.com

New shoes that grow with children's feet

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:26:43 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

It's an expensive exercise keeping children in shoes, as any parent would attest.

All too often, the little darlings are bursting out of their new ones before the soles have been scuffed.

But one inventor claims to have found the solution - shoes that grow with the feet.

The INCHworm trainers use a technology called iFit to expand up to one full size.

They are altered by pressing a button on the side and pulling the toe out to the required length.

Each pair goes up in two half-size increments, which means that each offers three sizes.

According to the makers, the shoes are sturdy enough that they won't stretch accidentally and can withstand the roughest of playground workouts.

They are not cheap, at £47.99 including delivery.

However, the patented technology means that each pair would last about three to six months longer than a normal pair.

They are also great for the thousands of kids who have one foot bigger than the other - they could have one shoe set at size 11 and one at 11 and a half.

Tags: children, shoes, innovation

Classic Quotes by William Shakespeare

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:29:27 GMT

clipped by: carrerinyes

Clip Source: us.f555.mail.yahoo.com

This Day in History, April 23

April 23rd, 1616 marks the death of both William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes.

Classic Quotes by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English writer

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it, Never in the tongue of him that makes it.

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.

Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Alas, how love can trifle with itself!

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.

And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

All-girl fish that hasn't had sex for 70,000 years

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:03:41 GMT

clipped by: dakotayii
clipper's remarks: According to the report in the BMC Evolutionary Biology journal, one theory is that the fish may occasionally be taking some of the DNA from the males that trigger reproduction, in order to refresh their gene pool.

Dr Laurence Loewe, of the university's School of Biological Sciences, said: "What we have shown now is that this fish really has something special going on and that some special tricks exist to help this fish survive.

"Maybe there is still occasional sex with strangers that keeps the species alive. Future research may give us some answers."

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

An all-girl species of fish which has survived for 70,000 years without the aid of sexual reproduction is defying the laws of evolution, new research shows.

British scientists say the Amazon Molly fish ought by rights to be extinct but may be employing special genetic survival "tricks".

The all-female fish interact sexually with males of other species to trigger a bizarre reproduction known as gynogenesis.

The male fishes' sperm sparks the development of an embryo, but none of the male DNA appears to be passed on to the offspring. Only the mother's genes are inherited.

The species is still thriving in rivers in south-east Texas and north-east Mexico, but are named "Amazons" after the all-women warriors of Greek myth.

Tags: science

A Piece Of Paradise

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:30:17 GMT

clipped by: Aribeth

Clip Source: meignorant.com

A Piece Of Paradise

Turtle pie

Seafood pie

Cherry pie

Lamb pie

Frozen pie

These are the works of the Ukrainian Psyho studio made for "Madagascar" travel agency. The slogan of the agency was "Madagascar - a piece of the world", so Phyho literally cut the planet into pieces, each symbolizing a different kind of vacation. That's how the "pie concept" was born. Good appetite everyone!

Tags: cool

Google Wants to Index Your DNA, Too

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:23:46 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: www.businessweek.com

The Web search giant's investment in Navigenics is further proof it wants an early stake in direct-to-consumer genetic screening

Your DNA falls into the realm of "the world's information," and it seems that Google (GOOG), as part of its corporate mission, is making a play to organize that, too. The Internet giant received heavy press in 2007 when it invested at least $4.4 million (BusinessWeek.com, 11/29/07) in a genetic screening company, 23andMe, that was started by Anne Wojcicki, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and her business partner.

Much in the way it invested in 23andMe, Google wants to plant an early stake in a potentially large new market around genetic data. "We are interested in supporting companies and making investments in companies that [bolster] our mission statement, which is organizing the world's information and making it universally accessible and useful," Google spokesman Andrew Pederson says

Tags: google, indexing, dna