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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/03CBA5E6-3471-4979-B603-29C9644207C5/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/JohnWaterman/">JohnWaterman</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/08/18/design-and-branding-trends-olympic-games/" title="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/08/18/design-and-branding-trends-olympic-games/">www.colourlovers.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Over the years of the modern Olympic era we have witnessed design take a forefront in the planning and execution of the event. It has seemingly gone from a casual, low key sporting event, with each venue taking their turn hosting, into a full scale media orgy of Superbowl proportions.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> taking look at the Summer Olympic logos from 1896 to 2012 London along with some noteworthy facts from each games and palette inspiration from some of the more colorful posters and logos. For more info about each year of the Olympics, click on the corresponding image.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/3B188B88-B0ED-4A03-B5B4-20AEFBD8D412.jpg" alt="athens_1896_report_cover.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/6A8E62E3-FFF6-4DA0-AADB-655FB151DE1E.png" alt="1896 Athens, Greece" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/121EA491-6077-442C-94F3-05D220B4923D.jpg" alt="paris_1900_olympics_games_poster.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/B3445371-F5C9-45AC-8956-0C4A2D956B6A.png" alt="1900 Paris, France" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/B8A8CBC6-71FA-4260-AB66-014F6B44AF9F.jpg" alt="370px-1904summerolympicsposter.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/65BDA246-840A-43F3-A753-DB816D9B9FD5.png" alt="1904 Summer Olympics" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/BAD1EEFB-9890-4256-8731-F5B05572E76D.jpg" alt="815924183_508a16cfb3_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1908 London, UK</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/AEC37D3F-CB94-4B15-ABF8-68E875FE4B07.jpg" alt="816802648_0b05163a48_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1912 Stockholm, Sweden</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/8364308A-0E60-4F0F-8E50-8955F51C6FF4.jpg" alt="1920_olympics_poster.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1920 Antwerp, Belgium</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/FB9EABDE-D1C3-47CB-AC20-701BABF4BF3D.jpg" alt="815921857_50e5c5b19c_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1924 Paris, France</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/8C55C00E-289C-4DB6-889B-DBF8A71BDEAF.jpg" alt="816808148_72547e2ff0_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/1C8AEDD3-3277-4720-BA2F-B6B6A2BB3365.jpg" alt="815925121_fb5e6686f9_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1932 Los Angeles, California</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/1DDB3730-6B88-4BF3-BD0E-C0327DBCA486.jpg" alt="berlin_1936.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1936 Berlin, Germany</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/95DE0A80-A900-4E69-9B56-E08120548824.jpg" alt="815922387_b675fd5d4c_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1948 London, England</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/8C8834D9-A402-497C-886C-6C5F18944B92.jpg" alt="816808688_090fb7cddd_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1952 Helsinki, Finland</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/9B79CFB3-51AF-4737-9A3C-E9EAF85530FB.jpg" alt="816807502_208c78a245_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1956 Melbourne, Australia</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/96F2984C-8CDE-47DB-AEA8-E962909F7992.jpg" alt="816803546_9a4db0c9f1_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1960 Rome, Italy</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/142EEAD1-D170-4149-8DC5-876EDC261B98.jpg" alt="tokyo-1964.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/9058A02D-9A77-4F65-9DAF-27776F8579CA.png" alt="1964 Tokyo, Japan" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/D7C4F36F-E0B8-461E-B84B-4E3969BC2837.jpg" alt="815929019_08f0edfbb2_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/7D0FDDD7-22C2-4F25-B42D-B6067B0970C9.png" alt="1968 Mexico City" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/8F4816B4-0CD1-425E-B804-6DC1305F38D5.jpg" alt="816805112_df91d45df8_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/C98D89F7-17B4-4F29-861D-EA089E78ABD2.png" alt="1972 Munich, Germany" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/207FDEB4-E83C-4B31-853F-E67C8965BEBB.jpg" alt="816803248_6b35fbe353_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1976 Montreal, Canada</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/27A6409C-79F3-430D-A0A5-B12E8C20FCC7.jpg" alt="815920333_1408e09c20_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1980 Moscow, U.S.S.R.</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/89E478B6-5B57-4EBF-9447-3B9464B99874.png" alt="84summerolympicslogo.png" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1984 Los Angeles, California</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/2FFB9CBC-8651-41F4-BF51-277817C9B3EA.jpg" alt="815918697_f146576360_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/DD89980B-7A38-41D0-A830-55F4DC515336.png" alt="1988 Seoul, S. Korea" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/38D5A403-FED5-4D31-AEED-61F5C9B68E41.gif" alt="wiki_ade.gif" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1992 Barcelona, Spain</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/13D8B983-69B1-410B-8D0E-C690A75AC9A8.jpg" alt="815928341_051982b80e_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1996 Atlanta, Georgia</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/0663BF31-0EFA-459B-A1FE-D44718A3D82E.jpg" alt="816809412_c6590afc7d_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/F17DA9D2-53CD-4CBB-BF04-8D163734568C.png" alt="2000 Sydney, Aus" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/0918306C-DAC2-4976-A446-C5E488A7FBB1.png" alt="372px-athens_2004_logosvg.png" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>2004 Athens, Greece</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/D07CAC60-CF69-480D-877E-81C1C9D34399.jpg" alt="beijing-2008.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>2008 Beijing, China</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/818BAF31-B5B2-4608-A1C9-F263ECD2C380.jpg" alt="670554030_a5fff43352_o.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/JohnWaterman/512/F61B642B-01DA-43B0-831B-0A8314335FE9.png" alt="2012 London, UK" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/08/18/design-and-branding-trends-olympic-games/Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:19:26 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/1E7A732A-3404-47F5-97B3-6D66E1E5379F/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/birdie-brain/">birdie-brain</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> oh, my word limit ran out &gt;.&lt;<br/><br/>anyways yeah, this was ok... the first image is definitively the worst. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/08/donaghadee-ireland.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/08/donaghadee-ireland.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Ireland</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Town of Donaghadee</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Old toilet in a derelict house</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/7C96D17C-15AA-49EE-88E6-AD07B4470D46.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/08/hollywood-california.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/08/hollywood-california.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">United States</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Hollywood</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">often goes unnoticed as the rich entertainment-biz people pass by</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">We can only speculate as to what the orange liquid dripping out of the entrance is</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/DF78F17A-6ECD-4B97-804B-339E3E103023.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/08/sintra-portugal.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/08/sintra-portugal.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Portugal</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">This picture shows the initiation well, which provides access to a portal. The portal is guarded by two stone demons/dragons/lizards and leads to a labyrinth of underground galleries. Access to the well is gained by a hidden revolving door in the rocks</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/43584B30-C834-46A2-94E5-094283AD0BE6.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/08/prague-czech-republic.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/08/prague-czech-republic.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Czech Republic</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/CA6FDD95-4D9F-4461-A515-2E302D4D6871.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" 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10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">old abandoned school</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/2081C65F-90DE-4F00-B974-37C5D5CAC3FD.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/07/massillon-ohio.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/07/massillon-ohio.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">United States</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Ohio</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/F1CDBD53-BE8F-4027-8E0D-5EADE865B6F2.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div 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style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/07/sydney-canada.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/07/sydney-canada.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Canada</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">old military barracks on the coastline</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">There's even an underground chapel</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/96FD34F9-E4C9-4BFF-BD7F-1FD06EB78FE2.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/07/dublin-ireland.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/07/dublin-ireland.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Ireland</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Dublin</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/F6B7EC32-9174-44F0-B1DC-6DF01F0FDF84.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/06/amsterdam-netherlands.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/06/amsterdam-netherlands.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Netherlands</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/4F3E7CF9-6FC0-4940-9196-10C4F9BEBEBB.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/07/glastonbury-england.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/07/glastonbury-england.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN>Country</SPAN> England</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/F9829EFC-DE5E-42F0-A53E-2481850DD7E3.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/06/cambridge-england.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/06/cambridge-england.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">United Kingdom</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Cambridge</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> I found this entrance on a trip to Jesus College in Cambridge</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/45C351DD-8188-4E53-9FD0-A2FCAC5BB6C7.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/06/ares-galica.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/06/ares-galica.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Spain</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Galica</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/ED944668-C7EA-4015-A31F-1FE1D194F313.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/06/grand-rapids-michigan.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/06/grand-rapids-michigan.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">United States </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Michigan</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">depths of my basement</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/860CEB1C-8D65-4919-8393-3EF70C46E1D5.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/06/kirksville-missouri.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/06/kirksville-missouri.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">United States</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Missouri </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">leads to nothing. It must be a sign</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/7A6B220A-A4B0-48B6-940F-066BC151E3CA.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/04/portage-county-ohio.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/04/portage-county-ohio.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/3A1C6DAC-3BE9-46E2-B2D4-EDF686FB30F8.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" 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style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/04/paris-france_6685.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/04/paris-france_6685.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/29650092-FBC7-490A-9B94-A8EDC598C38B.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/04/paris-france_3114.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/04/paris-france_3114.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/8A071BCB-2856-4E40-93C7-AB0E6ED5787D.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/04/brussels-belgium.php" title="http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/04/brussels-belgium.php">www.entrancestohell.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/birdie-brain/512/76B5540F-B879-40B8-9C02-F248335F41DC.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/entrances+to+hell/" rel="tag">entrances to hell</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/hell/" rel="tag">hell</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/disgusting/" rel="tag">disgusting</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/photos/" rel="tag">photos</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/photo/" rel="tag">photo</a></div>http://www.entrancestohell.com/2008/08/donaghadee-ireland.phpMon, 18 Aug 2008 11:25:19 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/489E8271-988C-4C31-99B6-453B9B73C04D/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/masbury/">masbury</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> You can have a great GDP if everybody works all the time. But is that what we want? <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://trueconservative.typepad.com/trueconservative/2008/08/the-best-path-to-prosperity.html" title="http://trueconservative.typepad.com/trueconservative/2008/08/the-best-path-to-prosperity.html">trueconservative.typepad.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3 class="entry-header">The Best Path to Prosperity?</H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>Between 1970 and 2000, GDP per person rose by 64% in the United States and by 60% in France. <BR /></DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV><BR /><DIV>In America, this came about because productivity per worker rose by 38% and hours worked per worker rose by 26%. </DIV><BR />In France, it came about because productivity rose by 83% while hours worked fell by 23%.<BR /></DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Which led me to think: isn't GDP/hours-worked a better measure of “the good life” than GDP/capita? You can have stunning GDP/capita if everyone works all the time. (Hey: what country does that make me think of?)</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>For now, here are the 2006 numbers (dollars converted using purchasing power parity).</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD height="13" width="141" class="xl26"> <BR /></TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TD height="13" width="141" class="xl26"><BR /></TD> <TD width="128" class="xl27">$/worker hour</TD> <TD width="128" class="xl27">Relative to US (100)</TD></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TD height="13" width="141" class="xl24">Luxembourg</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">72</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">143</TD></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TD height="13" width="141" class="xl24">Norway</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">71</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">141</TD></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TD height="13" width="141" class="xl24">Belgium</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">53</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">104</TD></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TD height="13" width="141" class="xl24">Netherlands</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">51</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">102</TD></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TD height="13" width="141" class="xl24">Ireland</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">52</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">102</TD></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TD height="13" width="141" class="xl24">United States</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">50</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">100</TD></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TD height="13" width="141" class="xl24">France</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">50</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">99</TD></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TD height="13" width="141" class="xl24">Germany</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">47</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">93</TD></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TD height="13" width="141" class="xl24">Sweden</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">45</TD> <TD align="right" class="xl25">89</TD></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD height="13" width="141" class="xl24">G7 countries</TD></tr></table></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/gdp/" rel="tag">gdp</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/economy/" rel="tag">economy</a></div>http://trueconservative.typepad.com/trueconservative/2008/08/the-best-path-to-prosperity.htmlFri, 15 Aug 2008 01:00:07 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/7FA9E5D1-DE83-4A16-B0F9-5C7802F3ED85/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/mugofcoffee/">mugofcoffee</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> interesting find, after all these years... <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/13/octopus-arms.html" title="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/13/octopus-arms.html">dsc.discovery.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="smallText">Robin Millard, AFP</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mugofcoffee/512/23CC2250-04A9-4356-92AA-03925F098A0D.jpg" alt="Not Just Arms, Legs Too" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>For new research suggests they are not really eight-legged denizens of the deep, as popularly assumed; instead they use their front limbs more like arms -- and can even tackle a Rubik's Cube.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Octopuses use their back two limbs largely for propulsion and use the front six for a variety of tasks, with the front two doing most of the exploratory work, said Alex Gerard, the curator of the Sea Life center in Brighton on the southern English coast.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Some 16 Sea Life center aquariums across Europe in Britain, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Ireland and the Netherlands studied their Giant Pacific, Common and Lesser Octopuses in coordinated tests.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>"We've found that in all the tests, they do tend to favor particular limbs, which tends to give them a legs and arms sort of layout," Gerard told AFP Wednesday.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>"Their front two tentacles will be used for a lot of exploratory work and then the ones immediately behind them will then be used also if further investigation is needed.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/13/octopus-arms.htmlThu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:49 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/7BB84CAD-258C-4980-A42B-D963F1685E75/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Silkweaver/">Silkweaver</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Several other scientists are investigating the use of kites to harness energy from the wind - which some researchers estimate provides more than 100 times the amount required to power the entire planet. In 2007, Google´s philanthropic arm invested about $10 million in a US kite company called Makani. An Italian company called Kitegen has a multi-kite scheme that could generate a gigawatt of power, as much as a standard coal plant. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.physorg.com/news137388314.html" title="http://www.physorg.com/news137388314.html">www.physorg.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Silkweaver/512/68CDBCEA-4DF9-4915-BF7A-2B520BAC1D5C.jpg" alt="Scientists from TU Delft have demonstrated that flying a 10-square-meter kite could generate 10 kilowatts of power which could supply electricity for about 10 homes. " /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">High-flying kites tethered to generators could supply as much as 100 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 100,000 homes, according to researchers from the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The scientists have recently demonstrated that flying a single 10-square-meter kite could produce 10 kilowatts of power, which could supply electricity for about 10 homes. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">In their next experiment, the researchers plan to test a 50-kilowatt version, called Laddermill. Eventually, their goal is to build a multi-kite system that could generate a full 100 megawatts. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Electricity produced by kites in the wind could be inexpensive, too. The researchers predict prices to be comparable with generating electricity using coal power, and half that of using wind turbines. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">kites generate power by pulling on their strings that are attached to generators on the ground. After reaching their maximum height, the kites are reeled back down to repeat the process. </div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/energy/" rel="tag">energy</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/clean+energy/" rel="tag">clean energy</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/wind/" rel="tag">wind</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/kites/" rel="tag">kites</a></div>http://www.physorg.com/news137388314.htmlSun, 10 Aug 2008 22:53:25 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/9DA98E52-87ED-424E-8265-608C28D582F9/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/papananook/">papananook</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Why Bush &amp; Co. love war.<br/><br/>Little known fact: <br/><br/>George Herbert Walker, grandfather of<br/>George Bush Sr. and George Bush Jr, besides<br/>being a major financier to the Nazis<br/>along with his son-in-law Prescott Bush,<br/>was also appointed supervisor of military<br/>contracts by Woodrow Wilson. <br/><br/>Interestingly enough, it's much easier<br/>to find out details of the family's<br/>dealings with the Nazis than it is to <br/>uncover the simple, biographical fact that<br/>the Bush dynasty has been hardwired into<br/>the finances of the Pentagon since <br/>Day One. <br/><br/>Ripping off the nation via the Pentagon<br/>is a four generation old business for<br/>this crew. <br/><br/>No wonder they're so good at it.<br/><br/>9/11 helped then both cover their tracks<br/>and take things to a new level. <br/>Wow, that's a pretty good scam for some people...I wonder where all that tax money goes? It's bad enough how they rip us off legally, let alone down the rabbit hole to...? <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/396.html" title="http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/396.html">www.brasschecktv.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div>[Video]</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> The Pentagon receives the lion's share of the US tax payer's dollars. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> 36% goes to current military expenses. 18% goes to what's called "past military" which includes veteran's pensions and medical benefits. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> The US spends more on its military than the following countries COMBINED: China, Russia, Britain, France, Japan, Germany, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, India, Brazil, Italy, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and Indonesia.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> Where does the money go?</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> At least 25% - and some estimates are much higher - goes down a rat hole unaccounted for and never to been seen again. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> The above news report ran the day before September 11, 2001. The problem since then has become exponentially worse. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT face="verdana" size="2"><BR /> You can see the numbers here:<BR /> http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm </FONT> </div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/396.htmlSun, 10 Aug 2008 12:28:23 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/CDE031BA-9E68-44CE-A785-C9FCD035C17E/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/SenorCoconut/">SenorCoconut</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.elements4health.com/pine-nuts.html" title="http://www.elements4health.com/pine-nuts.html">www.elements4health.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/SenorCoconut/512/2646B351-711F-4487-AF8F-C856402480AE.jpg" alt="pine nuts" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI> <DIV><STRONG>Heart Health</STRONG><BR /> Pine nuts don’t just have high levels of monounsaturated fat and arginine, they also contain high levels of magnesium and potassium, and these four ingredients can assist in preventing heart disease.</DIV> </LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI> <DIV><STRONG>Weight Loss</STRONG><BR /> At the University of Liverpool the School of Psychology undertook a study to find out about the effects pine nuts have on appetite. Results showed that pine nuts contain two important chemicals, endogenous cholecystokinin (CCK) and glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) that once consumed, <STRONG>contribute to individuals feeling satiated – and not wanting to eat further. </STRONG><BR /> A further study in the Netherlands supports these findings, concluding that Korean pine nuts in particular, can work as ‘an <STRONG>appetite suppressant</STRONG> through an increasing effect on satiety hormones and a reduced prospective food intake’. (<A href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-2965246-10409943?url=http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/le/naturalappetitecontrol.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><U><B>Korean pine nut seed oil</B></U></A>)</DIV> </LI></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/pine+nuts+health+benefits/" rel="tag">pine nuts health benefits</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/appetite+suppressant/" rel="tag">appetite suppressant</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/reduce+cholesterol/" rel="tag">reduce cholesterol</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/pinolenic+acid/" rel="tag">pinolenic acid</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/pignoli/" rel="tag">pignoli</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/pifions/" rel="tag">pifions</a></div>http://www.elements4health.com/pine-nuts.htmlSun, 03 Aug 2008 22:49:35 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/239BB1C7-E334-4390-A4DE-5DD76517E242/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/butesch/">butesch</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> You know something has begun to be less than cool when Banks are doing it <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.informationweek.com/newsletters/daily/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209900385" title="http://www.informationweek.com/newsletters/daily/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209900385">www.informationweek.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Daily, July 30<BR />Struggling Banks Turn To Social Networking</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Netherlands-based bank ING Direct, for example, maintains a site called MoveOutMoveUp.com, aimed at first-time homebuyers, with community-oriented forums and advice pages under categories like "Oh Baby!" (for new parents) and "Moving in Together," for prospective cohabitants. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Research firm Gartner two years ago predicted that social networks and <A href="http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Web 2.0&x=&y=">Web 2.0</A> applications such as wikis, podcasts, and blogs would become increasingly important to banks and other financial services firms seeking to develop "nontraditional distribution channels" and forge new one-on-one relationships with younger customers wary of conventional loan applications and the like. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/web+2.0/" rel="tag">web 2.0</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/banks/" rel="tag">banks</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/social+networking/" rel="tag">social networking</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/gartner/" rel="tag">gartner</a></div>http://www.informationweek.com/newsletters/daily/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209900385Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:28:07 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/11878C3D-6563-4FB3-8BCA-4CE3315FB4D1/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/silvanaraihane/">silvanaraihane</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> you have to be dumb not to know that plant! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080725/od_nm/dutch_marijuana_odd_dc" title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080725/od_nm/dutch_marijuana_odd_dc">news.yahoo.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1> <DIV class="source"> <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95;_ylt=AqGFkq2sxZm6W2E_kCBdmJwZ.3QA/*http://www.reuters.com"><IMG width="94" height="27" border="0" alt="Reuters" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/p/reuters_logo_94.png" /></A> </DIV> Unwitting gardener man tends marijuana plants </H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/silvanaraihane/512/7E61E97E-C8F9-4CC5-8100-C179FA0080D0.jpg" alt="The sun shines though the distinctive leaves of a marijuana plant during a drug raid in the remote northern Lebombo mountains in Swaziland, in this May 24, 2005 file picture. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="source"><A target="ss" href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/sun-shines-though-distinctive-leaves-marijuana-plant-during-drug-raid/photo//080725/photos_od/2008_07_25t120434_450x299_us_dutch_marijuana_odd//s:/nm/20080725/od_nm/dutch_marijuana_odd_dc;_ylt=AhMbTWzXzZAKOstb.qj7WXAZ.3QA">Reuters Photo:</A> The sun shines though the distinctive leaves of a marijuana plant during a drug raid... </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A 73-year-old Dutch man was astonished to learn from police that the begonias he had lovingly tended on his doorstep concealed a secret marijuana plantation. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> "Police officers suddenly noticed marijuana plants sprouting from his begonias," a police spokeswoman in The Hague said on Friday.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> <SPAN id="lw_1217002194_0" class="yshortcuts">The Hague pensioner</SPAN> promised to destroy the marijuana plants, which he believes were planted by local youngsters, while preserving his begonias.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Earlier this month the Dutch government set up a task force to crack down on marijuana cultivation in the country.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Growing marijuana is illegal in the Netherlands, but sales of it and other cannabis-related soft drugs in coffee shops have been tolerated for decades.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080725/od_nm/dutch_marijuana_odd_dcSun, 27 Jul 2008 20:23:40 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4654C742-5D06-4752-B64A-D1A71ED70908/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/merrie/">merrie</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> <b>How much is her life worth, according to Minister Balin's budget? </b>How does he calculate this? These are politically sensitive questions, questions that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher never asked when it came to the life of Salman Rushdie, wherever he happened to be.<br/><br/>Dutch society has no choice in this case. Canceling Ayaan's protection would be the equivalent of a death sentence. She can lead a relatively quiet life in the United States, but not in the Netherlands. And because she is so well known in the Netherlands and practically lives the life of a prisoner, not even able to go out on the street, the most humane solution is to continue to provide her with protection in America.<br/><br/>Both Hirsi Ali and Hirsch Balin can only lose. The winners are the extremists who laugh about our inability to offer this courageous woman quiet and safety. You see, it's too expensive. In fact, though, it makes you want to weep. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:#e5e5e5"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,509302,00.html" title="http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,509302,00.html">www.spiegel.de</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Fear of fanatical Islamists prompted Ayaan Hirsi Ali to leave the Netherlands, her adopted home, and now she has been forced to return. Paying for her bodyguards in the United States is too expensive for the Dutch government -- what a disgrace.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/merrie/512/F5B10696-38DA-412E-B3DF-7FD1ABC637F7.jpg" alt="Ayaan Hirsi Ali has become the Salman Rushdie of the new century." /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Ayaan Hirsi Ali is the sixth person granted protection by the Dutch government. She began receiving threats when, as a Dutch citizen and member of the parliament, she spoke out critically against political Islam. After the so-called "passport scandal," when the Dutch minister of immigration and integration threatened to confiscate her passport after Ayaan had been accused of lying about her name and birth date when she first arrived in the Netherlands, she moved to the United States, which precipitated a sharp upswing in her career within only a few months. She wrote a bestseller and landed a job at the American Enterprise Institute. But as a Dutch citizen, Ayaan does not qualify for protection in the United States under US laws and regulations.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/ayaan+hirsi+ali/" rel="tag">ayaan hirsi ali</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/dutch+citizen%2fmember+of+parliament/" rel="tag">dutch citizen/member of parliament</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/netherlands/" rel="tag">netherlands</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/u.s.bodyguards/" rel="tag">u.s.bodyguards</a></div>http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,509302,00.htmlSat, 26 Jul 2008 02:51:32 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/2F6387CB-8512-49EA-BD5A-203499152C9A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/William+Hung/">William Hung</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> The DelFly Micro, which its developers say is the world's smallest camera-equipped aircraft, made its public debut today in a sports center at Delft in the Netherlands. The four-man research team from the Delft University of Technology that built the DelfFly Micro presented it to a media audience, conducting the first public demonstration flight of the tiny vehicle. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.livescience.com/technology/080723-smallest-camera-plane.html" title="http://www.livescience.com/technology/080723-smallest-camera-plane.html">www.livescience.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> It has a 4-inch wingspan and weighs just over 3 grams. It looks like a dragonfly, and its flapping wings make it fly just like one. But it's a man-made aircraft which carries a tiny camera that transmits live video of what it sees — and it is intended to be merely the forerunner of much smaller aerial drones to come. </P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=technology&c=&l=on&pic=080723-microflying-02.jpg&cap=The+DelFly+Micro%2C+which+its+creators+say+is+the+world%27s+smallest+camera-equipped+aircraft%2C+flew+in+public+for+the+first+time+on+July+23%2C2008.+The+indoor+flight+took+place+in+a+sports+center+in+the+Netherlands+city+of+Delft.+Credit%3A+Delft+University+of+Technology&title=" title="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=technology&c=&l=on&pic=080723-microflying-02.jpg&cap=The+DelFly+Micro%2C+which+its+creators+say+is+the+world%27s+smallest+camera-equipped+aircraft%2C+flew+in+public+for+the+first+time+on+July+23%2C2008.+The+indoor+flight+took+place+in+a+sports+center+in+the+Netherlands+city+of+Delft.+Credit%3A+Delft+University+of+Technology&title=">www.livescience.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><IMG src="http://i.livescience.com/images/080723-microflying-02.jpg" /> <P>The DelFly Micro, which its creators say is the world's smallest camera-equipped aircraft, flew in public for the first time on July 23,2008. The indoor flight took place in a sports center in the Netherlands city of Delft. Credit: Delft University of Technology</P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=technology&c=&l=on&pic=080723-delflybart-02.jpg&cap=In+this+photo+DelFly+team+member+Bart+Remes+holds+the+DelfFly+Micro+in+his+hands%2C+showing+just+how+small+the+tiny+camera-equipped+ornithopter+actually+is.+The+DelFly+team+says+the+Micro+is+at+present+the+world%27s+smallest+camera-equipped+plane%2C+but+they+plan+to+build+much+smaller+ones.+Credit%3A+Delft+University+of+Technology&title=" title="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=technology&c=&l=on&pic=080723-delflybart-02.jpg&cap=In+this+photo+DelFly+team+member+Bart+Remes+holds+the+DelfFly+Micro+in+his+hands%2C+showing+just+how+small+the+tiny+camera-equipped+ornithopter+actually+is.+The+DelFly+team+says+the+Micro+is+at+present+the+world%27s+smallest+camera-equipped+plane%2C+but+they+plan+to+build+much+smaller+ones.+Credit%3A+Delft+University+of+Technology&title=">www.livescience.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><IMG src="http://i.livescience.com/images/080723-delflybart-02.jpg" /> <P>In this photo DelFly team member Bart Remes holds the DelfFly Micro in his hands, showing just how small the tiny camera-equipped ornithopter actually is.</P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=technology&c=&l=on&pic=080723-delflycamera-02.jpg&cap=The+DelFly+Micro%2C+billed+by+its+creators+as+the+world%27s+smallest+ornithopter%2C+uses+a+miniaturized+video+camera+and+transmitter+to+broadcast+live+video+to+the+pilot.+At+present+the+DelFly+team+only+has+access+to+a+basic+antenna+to+pick+up+the+very+weak+signal+the+Micro%27s+tiny+onboard+transmitter+produces%2C+limiting+the+effective+range+of+the+aircraft+to+50+meters.+Credit%3A+Delft+University+of+Technology&title=" title="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=technology&c=&l=on&pic=080723-delflycamera-02.jpg&cap=The+DelFly+Micro%2C+billed+by+its+creators+as+the+world%27s+smallest+ornithopter%2C+uses+a+miniaturized+video+camera+and+transmitter+to+broadcast+live+video+to+the+pilot.+At+present+the+DelFly+team+only+has+access+to+a+basic+antenna+to+pick+up+the+very+weak+signal+the+Micro%27s+tiny+onboard+transmitter+produces%2C+limiting+the+effective+range+of+the+aircraft+to+50+meters.+Credit%3A+Delft+University+of+Technology&title=">www.livescience.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><IMG src="http://i.livescience.com/images/080723-delflycamera-02.jpg" /> <P>The DelFly Micro, billed by its creators as the world's smallest ornithopter, uses a miniaturized video camera and transmitter to broadcast live video to the pilot.</P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=technology&c=&l=on&pic=080723-delflymicro-02.jpg&cap=This+picture+provides+a+good+idea+of+the+DelFly+Micro%27s+very+small+size%2C+with+the+tiny+ornithopter+placed+beside+a+1-Euro+coin+for+scale.+Credit%3A+Delft+University+of+Technology&title=" title="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=technology&c=&l=on&pic=080723-delflymicro-02.jpg&cap=This+picture+provides+a+good+idea+of+the+DelFly+Micro%27s+very+small+size%2C+with+the+tiny+ornithopter+placed+beside+a+1-Euro+coin+for+scale.+Credit%3A+Delft+University+of+Technology&title=">www.livescience.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><IMG src="http://i.livescience.com/images/080723-delflymicro-02.jpg" /> <P>This picture provides a good idea of the DelFly Micro's very small size, with the tiny ornithopter</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/camera-equipped+aircraft/" rel="tag">camera-equipped aircraft</a></div>http://www.livescience.com/technology/080723-smallest-camera-plane.htmlThu, 24 Jul 2008 11:28:13 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/05F0DA04-2FA1-45C3-8A04-B1034EF69A39/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/enbar/">enbar</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> This is an amazing idea. It could have all sorts of uses. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/16/foldable-greenhouse-by-daniel-schipper/" title="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/16/foldable-greenhouse-by-daniel-schipper/">www.inhabitat.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2 id="post-12353"><A title="Permanent Link to Foldable Greenhouse by Daniel Schipper" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/16/foldable-greenhouse-by-daniel-schipper/">Foldable Greenhouse by Daniel Schipper</A></H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/enbar/512/AD7CC04B-0F27-45AE-B6A2-F0DAF32E0CFE.jpg" alt="Daniel Schipper, Daniel Schipper foldable greenhouse, modular greenhouse, portable greenhouse, rooftop greenhouse, Daniel Schipper foldable designs, Daniel Schipper Amsterdam, sustainable Dutch design, recycled plastic greenhouse, urban gardening, 7_plantenkas-1.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Dutch designer <A href="http://www.danielschipper.nl/" target="new">Daniel Schipper</A> created the foldable greenhouse for city gardens and rooftop terrariums. Made from recycled plastics, the greenhouse roof folds up flat for easy storage and transience. The base is also made from recycled plastic composite and its lack of framework or support materials makes it a minimalist no-fuss appliance. Just unfold, snap, and water. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/enbar/512/C2FF7AAB-8B5F-4BF6-B78A-A5980F2AA327.jpg" alt="Daniel Schipper, Daniel Schipper foldable greenhouse, modular greenhouse, portable greenhouse, rooftop greenhouse, Daniel Schipper foldable designs, Daniel Schipper Amsterdam, sustainable Dutch design, recycled plastic greenhouse, urban gardening, 7_plantenkas-2.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Schipper’s foldable greenhouse has been causing a stir in the Netherlands and he searches for a production partnership to bring it to the global market. It’s just one of many innovative creations from his Amsterdam studio which focuses on concept, research and design having completed. Many of Schipper’s projects emphasize sustainability, functionality and fold-ability.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/enbar/512/0C526A43-0B97-4197-8A4E-63FF30F24035.jpg" alt="Daniel Schipper, Daniel Schipper foldable greenhouse, modular greenhouse, portable greenhouse, rooftop greenhouse, Daniel Schipper foldable designs, Daniel Schipper Amsterdam, sustainable Dutch design, recycled plastic greenhouse, urban gardening, foldable1.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/enbar/512/83BBF9B2-CE99-453B-9E6F-177D2D3C6502.jpg" alt="Daniel Schipper, Daniel Schipper foldable greenhouse, modular greenhouse, portable greenhouse, rooftop greenhouse, Daniel Schipper foldable designs, Daniel Schipper Amsterdam, sustainable Dutch design, recycled plastic greenhouse, urban gardening, foldable2.jpg" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/environment/" rel="tag">environment</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/gardening/" rel="tag">gardening</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/cities/" rel="tag">cities</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/plastic/" rel="tag">plastic</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/product/" rel="tag">product</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/design/" rel="tag">design</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/cool/" rel="tag">cool</a></div>http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/16/foldable-greenhouse-by-daniel-schipper/Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:50:11 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/F398349A-5A88-47F5-940B-868378C86713/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Damn ban thank you man?! <br/>Well, this is just not cricket! <br/><br/>My apologies:<br/>These did not get clipped: <br/>Below the 1st image:<br/>1920 – Antwerp, Belgium<br/><br/>Above the 2nd image:<br/>1936 – Berlin, Germany <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16551" title="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16551">www.mentalfloss.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV><SPAN class="blog_title"><A href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16551">Boycotting and Banning: The Real Olympic Sports</A></SPAN> <BR /><SPAN class="posted_by">by <SPAN class="author"><A title="Posts by David Holzel" href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/author/david-h/">David Holzel</A></SPAN> - July 17, 2008 - 5:02 AM</SPAN> </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/D3DC5D31-2BF5-4E3A-9C28-7D95ACAF1484.jpg" alt="boycott-beijing.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">defeated powers—Germany (where the 1916 Games were to have been held), <A href="#" class="kLink" id="KonaLink1"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">Austria</SPAN></FONT></A>, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey—did not receive an invitation to play.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Soviet Union</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">chose not to attend</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/27EEA92D-E772-47D8-A7D8-0DF16065ECDF.jpg" alt="germanolympics-1936.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Hitler promised not to exclude German Jews from the national team</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">the Reich Sports Field was draped in swastikas.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>1948 – London, UK</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Germany and Japan—were not invited</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Soviet Union chose not to attend</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Israel also was not invited</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>1956 – Melbourne, Australia</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="#" class="kLink" id="KonaLink2"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">Egypt</SPAN></FONT></A>, Lebanon and Iraq boycotted to protest the Israeli invasion</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland boycotted to protest the Soviet Union’s invasion of Hungary </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>1964 – Tokyo, Japan</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Indonesia and North Korea boycotted</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">IOC also banned South Africa</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>1972 – Munich, West Germany</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">No boycotts, just hostage-taking and murder.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>1976 – Montreal, Quebec</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">New Zealand</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">banned from the Montreal Games</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">26 nations, most in Africa, staged a boycott.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">China</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">sat out the Montreal Games.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">60 nations joined the boycott</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/olympics/" rel="tag">olympics</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">apartheid</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/war/" rel="tag">war</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/occupation/" rel="tag">occupation</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/refugees/" rel="tag">refugees</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/games/" rel="tag">games</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/athletics/" rel="tag">athletics</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/terrorism/" rel="tag">terrorism</a></div>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16551Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:37:33 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/3A5ABDD9-E575-4C09-ACEE-7FD9A57BDE0A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/merrie/">merrie</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> ‘It has ritual aspects, it is something you experience and we follow our faith very strictly,’ he told the Telegraaf. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:#e5e5e5"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2008/07/smoking_ban_leads_to_new_relig.php" title="http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2008/07/smoking_ban_leads_to_new_relig.php">www.dutchnews.nl</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Café owners in the Netherlands are joining religious movement known as the One and Universal Smokers Church of God, the Telegraaf reports on Wednesday.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>‘We stand firmly behind the church’s teachings and that is smoking,’ Cor Busch, owner of the former Lindeboom café in Alkmaar told the paper. ‘Smokers are being discriminated against… but a beer and a cigarette belong together.’ </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Smoking has been banned in Dutch bars since July 1. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Several dozen bars have joined the movement which claims the Dutch constitution and European rules give it legitimacy under the right to freedom of religion, the paper says.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>People who join the church get a membership card entitling them to smoke inside the building. Worshippers believe in the trinity of smoke, fire and ash and honour their god by smoking. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Church founder Michiel Eijsbouts says café owners who are trying to get round the ban on smoking will not be allowed to join. The church, he says, takes smoking very seriously. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/netherlands/" rel="tag">netherlands</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/one+and+universal+smokers+church+of+god/" rel="tag">one and universal smokers church of god</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/membership+card/" rel="tag">membership card</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/dutch+constitution/" rel="tag">dutch constitution</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/european+rules/" rel="tag">european rules</a></div>http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2008/07/smoking_ban_leads_to_new_relig.phpThu, 17 Jul 2008 12:27:51 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/56827DC8-D100-4984-B36C-415994A83B3E/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/mugofcoffee/">mugofcoffee</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Coffee worsens poor fertility... <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7494249.stm" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7494249.stm">news.bbc.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mugofcoffee/512/E4CC9585-7F27-4082-A70B-27E0D25882E2.jpg" alt="Coffee" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Too much coffee can reduce the chances of a woman with fertility problems getting pregnant, a study suggests.</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Dutch researchers followed 9,000 women who had received IVF to see if they fell pregnant naturally. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Around one in seven did, but drinking more than four cups of coffee a day cut chances of conceiving by around 26%. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Experts said the findings, presented to a European conference, only applied to women with poor fertility who wanted to maximise their chances of pregnancy. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The researchers, from Radboud University in Nijmegan, studied all women who had received IVF treatment in the Netherlands between 1985 and 1995. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>They found 16% of the women went on to conceive naturally, 45% within six months of their last IVF treatment. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Drinking alcohol at least three times a week carried the same risk as excessive caffeine intake. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>But smoking more than one cigarette a day and being overweight reduced the chances of pregnancy even more. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>"It is only a problem if you are subfertile and you overdose." </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7494249.stmTue, 08 Jul 2008 16:20:10 GMT