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The Confluence of Civilisations

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:44:04 GMT

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In response to President Obama’s historic address to the Muslim world in Cairo, the Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono lists in his essay nine imperatives for the peaceful co-existence of the civilisations

The first imperative is to make the 21st century the century of soft power.

The second imperative is to intensify global dialogue and outreach.

The third imperative is the need to find a solution to political conflicts that drive a wedge between the Western and Muslim worlds.

Muslims must be able to differentiate between a conflict involving Muslims, and a "war against Islam".

The fourth imperative is to strengthen voices of moderation in our communities.

The fifth imperative is multiculturalism and tolerance.

The sixth imperative is to make globalisation work for all.

The seventh imperative is to reform global governance.

Imperative number eight is education.

Finally, the ninth imperative is a global conscience.

Tags: co-existence of the civilisations

Cookie Monster Veggie Monster - Top 5 Unhealthy Vegetable Meals

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:06:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Well I never...

Clip Source: blogs.miaminewtimes.com

Cookie Monster Veggie Monster - Top 5 Unhealthy Vegetable Meals

One of the top 10 searches on Google this hour is Cookie Monster Veggie Monster, and we are happy to report that the good old blue and cookie lovin' Cookie Monster the world knows and loves is here to stay, he will not be replaced by Veggie Monster as internet conspiracy theorists have feared for years. The Cookie Monster will however tend to promote cookie eating moderation and promote healthy eating as Sesame Street tackles the epidemic of childhood obesity head on.

Tags: bacon, cookies, vegetables

Running Doc: Beer actually is good for what ails you (in moderation)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:08:52 GMT

clipped by: Lexica
clipper's remarks: This is excellent news, since Spiritualmonkey and I have already been making plans for post-marathon recovery, and they include peanuts and beer.

Clip Source: runningdoctor.runnersworld.com

beer actually does have some medicinal purposes. In moderation, obviously.

Having one beer per day has been shown scientifically to prevent kidney stones

a 40% less chance of kidney stones in those who drank one beer per day

studies now seem to suggest that drinking a beer after running a 10-K or more reverses that "marathon kidney" physiology that changes the way one handles salt and sets up hyponatremia. Drinking the alcohol re-directs the physiology to handle fluids normally—i.e., faster

And...we all know it is a good replenishment of carbs! ;)

Tags: running, running-doc, nutrition, hydration, beer, health, research

Less on Your Plate, More on Your Mind?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:05:31 GMT

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Clip Source: juvenon.com

We all know how much satisfaction we get from devouring the foods we like most. Eat, drink and be merry, or so goes the cliché. Is it good advice? Or, over time, will this approach actually produce disease, unhappiness, and premature death? Not to mention impair our shorter-term ability to remember the “merry” times we’ve had?

When it comes to eating and drinking, a recent study, at the University of Munster, Germany, seems to recommend not just moderation, but deprivation. This research indicates that caloric restriction (CR) may not only enhance our long-term health but also, in a much shorter period of time (a few months), improve our memory.

Tags: eating, cliché, health, advice, food, juvenon

Sagging skin

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:08:04 GMT

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Clip Source: www.anti-aging-information.com

Sagging skin is basically leftover fat!Need not worry Dear,you shoudnt lose more than 3 lbs per week.Change your lifestyle for life. Do cardio and toning exercises in moderation 5 days a week and calorie shift your meals by eating 5 small healthy meals a day,drink only water. 2 or 3 cheat meals a week is fine. In the process of losing body fat your weight might go up once in a while since the body may actually load on a pound or 2 of muscle mass in order to shed fat effectively.Remember that its OK to be overweight with lots of muscle(although its just not attractive)but NOT fat.God bless you and I hope you lose that 30 kg within the next 8 months.

You Can't Have A Picnic Without Ants.

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:42:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: “Don’t feed the troll”

Simple and surefire rule. Trolls feed on your reactions. Ignore them.

Put comments under moderation.

This way you can approve or disapprove of inappropriate comments. Don’t be overly sensitive just because they go against what you stood for. Debate is healthy.

Ban them.

If you have persistent trolls, you might just want to block them. This way they will not be able to wreck havoc as they please.

If you remove a post, aren't you preventing free speech?

Discussion boards are by design a forum for open communication, a place where the community is encouraged to freely discuss its opinions. Only remove troll posts when they become disruptive to open communication.

A troll is actually silencing the voice of a majority of the community members. Ask the troll to take their comments elsewhere.

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Internet Trolls

An Internet "troll" is a person who delights in sowing discord on the Internet.

Trolls see Internet communications services as convenient venues for their bizarre game.

For some reason, trolls do not feel they are bound by the rules of courtesy or social responsibility.

It would be nice if everybody was so easy-going, but the sad fact is that trolls do discourage people.

posters may leave a message board because of the arguments that trolls ignite, and lurkers (people who read but do not post) may decide that they do not want to expose themselves to abuse and thus never get involved.

they often complain that their right to free speech is being infringed.

The ultimate response to the 'free speech' argument is this: while we may have the right to say more or less whatever we want, we do not have the right to say it wherever we want.

Trolls threaten our continued enjoyment of this beautiful forum for ideas

which is breaking down barriers and stripping away prejudice.

Jeff Galloway: More is not necessarily better

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:02:07 GMT

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Clip Source: jeffgalloway.com

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING

The hard work of running involves lifting your body off the ground, and then absorbing the shock. If you are doing this every other day, the limited damage can be repaired, and your fitness improved. Many runners - even in their 50s and 60s - don't ever have problems.

Once runners get into a regular running routine, and enjoy the vitality and attitude boost, some will try to sneak in an extra day or two on the days they should be off. The same people that had trouble getting motivated for months suddenly get out of control and suffer from aches and pains.

The logic goes like this: if the minimal amount of running made them feel pretty good, then increasing the mileage will make them feel much better. By adding one or two extra running days, the injury risk doubles or triples.

- From Running Getting Started by Jeff Galloway

Tags: jeff-galloway, running, training, moderation

Thomas Paine, a thinker against many odds

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:48:21 GMT

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Clip Source: www.brainyquote.com

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

Thomas Paine

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Thomas Paine

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

Thomas Paine

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.

Thomas Paine

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Thomas Paine

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Tags: thomas paine, philosophy, thinkers, liberalism

Ich bin ein Merliner

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:15:36 GMT

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Clip Source: www.scribbls.com

jmullan #10 created this outcome and drew Ich Bin Ein Merliner on Jun 20, 2008 at 12:17am. Flagging....Flag this outcome for moderation.

JFK

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Ich Bin Ein Merliner

Should there be a legal limit on the volume of our music?

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:12:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is such a tough call. Like many people, i love listening to loud music on my iphone - some songs just get better and better the louder you make them. But the idea that so many of us are damaging our hearing as a result is upsetting. On the other hand, enjoying loud music is so good for the soul. I suppose like everything else in life, even the volume of our music needs to be enjoyed in moderation.

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In a bid to prevent millions of people damaging their hearing, the European Commission wants personal music players to default to a "safe" sound level and to warn users if they turn up the volume too high.

"Young people in particular are listening to music at high volumes, sometimes for hours each week, and have no idea they can be putting their hearing at risk."

Tags: iphone, music, volume

Truth and Falsehoods

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:41:44 GMT

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Clip Source: www.thetruthaboutfoodandhealth.com

Truth and Falsehood for Reference Purposes:

only relevant to the mind of the individual (harmful negatives, falsehood)

Anger, guilt, fear, shame, grief, greed, blame

judging, hate, pride, ego, dishonesty

impatience, frustration, apathy,

closed-mindedness, skepticism, pessimism, rigidness, control, force, inflexibility, intolerance, selfishness, ignorance

That which is relevant and beneficial to oneself and all others without exception (beneficial positives, truth):

moderation, good intent, service, trust, respect, responsibility, good will,

acceptance, neutrality

wisdom, peace, kindness, patience

freedom, hope, honesty, sincerity, harmony, balance, simplicity, compassion, happiness, joy, humor, gratitude

awareness, energy, power, strength, courage, generosity, mercy, co-operation

tolerance, optimism, flexibility,

love, etc.

Tags: truth, falsehood, intergrity, love, hate, knowledge, ignorance

Are We Giving Children Mixed Messages about Food Awareness?

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:28:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.everytherapist.com

EveryTherapist

Are We Giving Children Mixed Messages about Food Awareness?

Psychologists and other health communicators can do a better job of clarifying the messages they convey about children’s eating, said psychologist Marlene Schwartz, PhD.

“Don’t make food an issue.” That advice would work, said Schwartz, if children’s lives weren’t saturated with marketing for high-sugar, high-fat foods. “Feeding your child is part of your job as a parent,” said Schwartz. “If you don’t intentionally protect a child and create an environment that facilitates the behaviors you want to see … you’re going to have a problem.”

“There are no good or bad foods” and “Everything in moderation.” These slogans are a favorite of the food industry, which should give psychologists pause in using them, she said. “Some categories of food deserve criticism,” she noted. Moreover, experts are often unclear on the definition of “moderation.”

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"DisemVoweling "The Problematic

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:47:32 GMT

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Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

Disemvoweling

In the fields of Internet discussion and forum moderation, disemvoweling is a technique used to censor unwanted postings such as spam, internet trolling, rudeness or criticism and yet maintain some transparency, both of the act and the underlying word. Disemvoweling (also spelled disemvowelling) appears to model the word "disemboweling" and involves removing vowels from questionable text, either as a form of self-censorship or as a technique used by forum moderators and newsgroup operators. The net effect of disemvoweling text is illegibility or legibility only through significant cognitive effort; thus the technique helps to suppress unwanted comments.

Teresa Nielsen Hayden developed the technique in 2002 for internet forum moderation on her blog Making Light

On October 30, 2008, Time magazine listed disemvoweling as #42 of their "Top 50 Inventions of 2008,"^[9] despite its having been developed six years earlier.

Tags: time magazine, blogging, trolling, flamewars, problem solving.

Evidence of Abject Delusion

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:13:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The truther petition was the least of it all. You have the mind of a warped Hate-monger with no passion for the truth in Masbury. Driven by vitriolic division and party politics, blatantly lacking any moderation in his contempt for the decent.

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masbury says:

Hounds out Van Jones over having signed a petition calling for further 9/11 investigation

Japan looks Left for solutions: yippee !!

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:26:29 GMT

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Clip Source: www.progressive.org

New Japanese Leadership Causes Discomfort in the U.S.

There is deep anxiety that the incoming government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is questioning two lodestars of U.S. foreign policy: free-market neoliberalism and its security alliances worldwide.

In an astonishingly strong op-ed penned for the New York Times on the eve of his victory, Hatoyama savaged “market fundamentalism” for the current parlous state of the Japanese economy.

“In the fundamentalist pursuit of capitalism, people are treated not as an end but as a means,” he wrote. “Consequently, human dignity is lost.”

Hatoyama asked, “How can we put an end to unrestrained market fundamentalism and financial capitalism, that are void of morals or moderation, in order to protect the finances and livelihoods of our citizens?” For an answer, he turned to the French Revolution and its ideals of fraternity, liberty, and equality.

U.S.-Japan military partnership, suggesting that Japan will reorient itself toward its Asian neighbors.

Tags: japan

Clipmarks | Moderation Clips

The Confluence of Civilisations

Cookie Monster Veggie Monster - Top 5 Unhealthy Vegetable Meals

Cookie Monster Veggie Monster - Top 5 Unhealthy Vegetable Meals

Running Doc: Beer actually is good for what ails you (in moderation)

Less on Your Plate, More on Your Mind?

Sagging skin

You Can't Have A Picnic Without Ants.

Jeff Galloway: More is not necessarily better

Thomas Paine, a thinker against many odds

Ich bin ein Merliner

JFK

Wizard

Ich Bin Ein Merliner

Should there be a legal limit on the volume of our music?

Truth and Falsehoods

Are We Giving Children Mixed Messages about Food Awareness?

Are We Giving Children Mixed Messages about Food Awareness?

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"DisemVoweling "The Problematic

Disemvoweling

Evidence of Abject Delusion

Japan looks Left for solutions: yippee !!

New Japanese Leadership Causes Discomfort in the U.S.