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How to Look Good

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:23:56 GMT

clipped by: abailart

Clip Source: blog.modernmechanix.com

Tags: modern mechanics

Scenes from India

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:53:52 GMT

clipped by: Mohir
clipper's remarks: Another great one from Boston.com

Clip Source: www.boston.com

India is home to over 1.2 billion people of wildly varying religions, cultures and levels of wealth. Only 61 years since declaring its Independence from English rule, modern India is still defining itself, sometimes against the friction inside and outside of its borders. Recent newsworthy events in India include vast Monsoon flooding, conflicts in still-disputed Kashmir, and religious clashes between Hindus and Christians - and celebrations conducted by Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh and more.

Devotees carry a statue of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh,

An artisan gives finishing touches to an idol of the Hindu Goddess Durga

People carry earthen water pots as they take part in a Jhulelal Chaliha procession

A policeman throws stones at protestors

Catholic nuns from the Missionaries of Charity order

A Theyyam dancer waits to perform

Monsoon rains have caused a great deal of flooding throughout low-lying regions of India.

Tags: india, photograps

Bush backs unlimited CEO compensation

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:08:38 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: "Now is not the time for punitive action" on disgraced CEOs.

Clip Source: thinkprogress.org

Bush Backs Unlimited Compensation For Disgraced CEOs: Now Is Not The Time For ‘Punitive Measures’»

Today, the White House released a statement criticizing Congress’s potential plan to limit CEO compensation at the companies the federal government is bailing out, firmly standing against any “punitive measures”:

We certainly understand and are sympathetic to the sentiment regarding the pay of CEOs and senior management of these firms, but we have to focus on the problem, and the problem is that we need these firms to participate in the program and sell us this debt. Having punitive measures would provide a disincentive for firms to participate, and that would make the program much less likely to succeed.

In 2007, Wall Street’s five biggest firms — Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley — paid a record $39 billion in bonuses to themselves.

even though the shareholders

collectively lost about $74 billion in stock declines — their worst year since 2002

Tags: bush, ceo

Revolution For The Rich

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:25:51 GMT

clipped by: debbyski

Clip Source: www.opednews.com

Yes it is socialism at last. America, the great free enterprise, every man for himself, empire has at last gone and dumped capitalism. Socialism has now taken hold in the USA!

At least for the rich it has. Yes we now have socialism for the rich in America - and capitalism for everyone else.

Start a bank and if it is nearing collapse, no problem. The government will bail you out.

Lost you job because the corporation is closing the plant and moving overseas where cheaper labor can be found? Tough luck Jack - you are on your own.

It's called a revolution! You wanted revolution, well you got it. Revolution for the rich.

Feudalism, the 21st century variety. But this time every peasant gets a car and a TV. That's if you can afford to put the gas in it or pay the cable bill.

So just keep your mouth shut and get in line.

Remember, if we don't treat the rich with respect they won't invest their money and create jobs for us.

All hail the lords of Wall Street.

Fantastic Fruit

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:27:41 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Detail of the surface of a lychee – the fruit of Litchi chinensis chinensis, a native of south China

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detail of the fruit of Actinidia deliciosa or kiwi fruit

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Flower bud of the winter's bark tree Drimys winteri, a native of Central and South America, sliced open to reveal petals, stamens and carpels

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Fruit of the short-rayed burr daisy (Calotis breviradiata), a native of Australia. The feathery "rays" may facilitate dispersal by wind and animals

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Flower of Indian pokeweed (Phytolacca acinosa)

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Fruit of the dragon fruit or pitahaya (Hylocereus undatus) encased in leaves. Inside, the fruit contains hundreds of tiny black seeds embedded in an edible, sweet, white or red pulp

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Fragaria x ananassa, aka garden strawberry

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Seeds on the surface of a garden strawberry. The fruit's lurid colour and sweet flesh are a perfect inducement for birds to ingest and spread them to pastures new

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Fruit of the Confederate rose (Hibiscus mutabilis)

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Fruit of the snow wood (Pararchidendron pruinosum)