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America in the 1930's. COLOR photographs!

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:50:27 GMT

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America in the 1930's. COLOR photographs!

Awesome Innovations from the Underdeveloped Male Mind

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:01:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Hesh says that “the curtain may contain appropriately placed openings to allow for communication by or to the user”, which will allow for interaction like this:

Man without Portable Rain Covering:
“Dude, that’s really a sweet little device you’ve got there.”

Man wearing Portable Rain Covering:
“Thanks. I’ve had it for about a month now and I …..”

Man without Portable Rain Covering:
“Dude, that was sarcasm.”

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This article is written by

Scott Seegert

He is the author of "It's a Guy Thing - Awesome Innovations from the Underdeveloped Male Mind"

1.Raymond’s Combined Camouflage and Decoy Device

As the next step in guys’ never ending battle to outsmart wildlife with brains the size of raisins, Raymond offers up his Combined Camouflage and Decoy Device.

2. Edwin’s Safety Clothing

Old people fall down a lot, often injuring themselves in the process. Well, Edwin has come up with a way to alleviate this problem and a quick glance at the illustration above reveals his plan for the elderly – to make them feel so ridiculous they refuse to leave the house.

3. Hesh’s Portable Rain Covering

You’re outside, with no shelter in sight, and it begins to rain. You don’t have an umbrella with you. What do you do? If you’re on the ball, you reach into your pocket, pull out Hesh’s Portable Rain Covering and place it on your head. If you’re really on the ball, you unfold and inflate it first.

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Research has linked iris patterns to personality traits like warmth, trust, and positive emotions

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:27:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Intriguingly, mutations in PAX6 have also been linked with high rates of unusual behavior, including poor impulse control and abnormalities in associated brain structures, like the left cingulate cortex. Still, cautions Larsson, looking deep into people’s eyes won’t give you irrefutable insight into their personality. “We’ve only looked at group effects,” he says. “It’s not possible to describe an individual’s personality from our data.”

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Mats Larsson, a psychology graduate student at Örebro University in Sweden has linked iris patterns to personality traits.

He found that a low frequency of crypts was significantly associated with tender-mindedness, warmth, trust, and positive emotions, whereas more distinct and extended furrows were associated with impulsiveness.

t earlier studies have tenuously linked darker eyes to higher scores on extroversion, neuroticism, and sociability, although the effects seem to fade after early childhood. And, he adds, brain and eye development are closely linked in utero, so the appearance of distinctive eye traits might well be related to patterns of brain differences.

Left: A smoothly textured iris with no crypts (gaps) between the fibers. Center: A loosely textured iris with a

large number of crypts. Right: Arrows indicate a contraction furrow extending part way around the iris.

Larsson points to a gene called PAX6, which controls iris tissue growth.

McCain tax plan: $1B to each of 8 corporations

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:33:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A billions dollars! For Exxon! For Wal-Mart! You've got to be kidding!

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Eight companies — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp., ConocoPhillips Co., Bank of America Corp., AT&T, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Microsoft Corp. — would each receive over $1 billion a year.

McCain would deliver about $4 billion in tax cuts to the five largest oil companies. He would also hand over $2 billion to the top 10 health insurance companies. Unlike the highest-rung of the corporate ladder, much of the rest of Wall Street refuses to be bought off. Those employees are giving more to Obama than to McCain.

While McCain caters to the rich, Barack Obama’s tax plan “offers three times the break for middle class families” than the proposals of John McCain. To clarify the contrast in the two candidates’ plans, consider this fact: John and Cindy McCain would reap over $300,000 from McCain’s own tax plan. By contrast, both the Obamas and McCains would receive a substantial, albeit much smaller, savings under Obama’s plan (see a comparison here).

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