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<?xml-stylesheet href="/style/rss/rss_feed.xsl" type="text/xsl" media="screen"?><?xml-stylesheet href="/style/rss/rss_feed.css" type="text/css" media="screen" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Clipmarks | Penny magazine Clips</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/search/penny+magazine/sort/newest-clips/</link><feedUrl>http://rss.clipmarks.com/search/penny+magazine/sort/newest-clips/</feedUrl><ttl>15</ttl><description>Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Types of Free Advertising Tools made Available</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/CCE063D3-6556-43D4-A860-04A9B4C8E929/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/cindymartins/"&gt;cindymartins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;clipper's remarks:&lt;/b&gt;  There are innumerable free local advertising tools available on net for any internet marketer to discover. There are free newspaper ads which can be used to make newspaper advertising a force to reckon with  classified ads it comes as a boon to gain more reach on the net. Google Snatch helps you to learn more about advertising free on the internet. Check out Google Snatch if you are an internet marketer.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://gsnatch2.com/" title="http://gsnatch2.com/"&gt;gsnatch2.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;
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                      Spending &lt;U&gt;A Single Penny&lt;/U&gt; On Advertising!&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;Tags: &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/free+local+ads/" rel="tag"&gt;free local ads&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/free+local+advertising/" rel="tag"&gt;free local advertising&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/free+local+classified+ads/" rel="tag"&gt;free local classified ads&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/free+magazine+ads/" rel="tag"&gt;free magazine ads&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/free+massive+software+traffic/" rel="tag"&gt;free massive software traffic&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/free+newspaper+ads/" rel="tag"&gt;free newspaper ads&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/free+newspaper/" rel="tag"&gt;free newspaper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://gsnatch2.com/</clipSource><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:49:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>"red pepper" magazine</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E9EF1547-8545-45FE-897B-A6F6D4A44DE9/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/cakebelly/"&gt;cakebelly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;clipper's remarks:&lt;/b&gt;  clips from the latest online edition &lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/" title="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/"&gt;www.redpepper.org.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;table background="undefined" bgcolor=""&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;TD colspan="6"&gt;&lt;IMG height="74" width="450" alt="Red Pepper" src="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/images/logo.gif" id="logo" /&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/cakebelly/512/5165C0FF-87B4-4964-B024-8DE883EF9BE3.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;table background="undefined" bgcolor=""&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;TD width="570" colspan="3" class="hpcontent"&gt;
			

			&lt;H2&gt;Holding Obama’s feet to the fire&lt;/H2&gt;
			&lt;SPAN class="spip_document_316 spip_documents spip_documents_right"&gt;
&lt;IMG height="122" width="80" alt="" src="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/IMG/jpg/obama_80px.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;A class="spip_in" href="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/Holding-Obama-s-feet-to-the-fire"&gt;Should the left back Barack Obama?&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;Doug Henwood, Gary Younge, Jo-ann Mort, Betsy Reed and Ta-Nehisi Coates debate the politics of Obama’s bid for the presidency and the huge mobilisation of support behind it 
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A class="spip_out" href="http://forums.redpepper.org.uk/index.php/topic,619.0.html"&gt;Join the debate&lt;/A&gt;
			&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;DIV class="dayvote"&gt;

&lt;A href="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/article725.html"&gt;View previous polls&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;DIV class="box"&gt; 
&lt;STRONG class="spip"&gt;The end of the world 
&lt;BR /&gt;as we know it&lt;/STRONG&gt;
&lt;SPAN class="spip_document_305 spip_documents spip_documents_center"&gt;
&lt;IMG height="119" width="175" class="" alt="" src="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/local/cache-vignettes/L175xH119/krauze_world_energy-dcf73.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;BR /&gt;As fuel prices rocket and demand outstrips supply, &lt;A class="spip_in" href="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/The-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it"&gt;Michael Klare&lt;/A&gt; sees a new world energy order starting to emerge
&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;DIV class="box"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="spip_document_318 spip_documents spip_documents_left"&gt;
&lt;IMG height="67" width="100" class="" alt="" src="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/local/cache-vignettes/L100xH67/pennyred_male_genital_mut_100px-1a8f9.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;A class="spip_out" href="http://pennyred.blogspot.com/2008/08/eeep.html"&gt;Size matters&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;BR /&gt;Laurie Penny on male genital mutilation - and why those pesky penis enlargement emails are a political issue
&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;DIV class="box"&gt;
&lt;I class="spip"&gt;‘Red Pepper is the kind of rag that lights a rebellious  fire under your soul and replenishes your anti-capitalist spit ducts! And I mean that as a compliment.’&lt;/I&gt; Mark Thomas &lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;IMG height="40" width="37" align="right" alt="Listening ear" src="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/images/word_ear" /&gt;
&lt;B&gt;The Word&lt;/B&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;‘A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.’ 
Gloria Steinem  &lt;A href="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/Gloria-Steinem,1408"&gt;Further words&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/cakebelly/512/295F16BB-838B-4F26-8F79-BEE25A4D3404.gif" alt="auntie" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://www.redpepper.org.uk/</clipSource><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:12:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Magazine Mentality: the Victorian Clipmarks?</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/D48D4A03-47AD-4091-AB9B-67B4AC8D5C74/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/abailart/"&gt;abailart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;clipper's remarks:&lt;/b&gt;  The site has the contents and articles from the magazine. For some reason it reminds me a bit of Clipmarks! In any case, I am sure there is a wealth of information there to be shared. &lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/pmintro.htm" title="http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/pmintro.htm"&gt;www.history.rochester.edu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;BIG&gt;T&lt;/BIG&gt;he &lt;BIG&gt;P&lt;/BIG&gt;enny &lt;BIG&gt;M&lt;/BIG&gt;agazine, published every Saturday, was aimed at
the working class. It was part of the Society for the Diffusion
of Useful Knowledge's program for liberal reform. for its
reader, however, it was a source of information on subjects of
general interest: everyday things like tea and coffee,
well-known places in England, a series on animals and birds of
Britain, descriptions of prsent-day manufacturing, even an
American alaman and a serial of a personal account of an
immigrant's problems. Poetry was published, too, and there are
several illustrations in each issue.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/211/toc.htm" title="http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/211/toc.htm"&gt;www.history.rochester.edu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;FONT size="-1"&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A _base_target="CONTENT" href="http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/211/valley.htm"&gt;Valley of Meran.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A _base_target="CONTENT" href="http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/211/butter.htm"&gt;Butter.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A _base_target="CONTENT" href="http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/211/cfa.htm"&gt;Curious Fashion and Anecdote.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A _base_target="CONTENT" href="http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/211/goats.htm"&gt;Goats as Wet-nurses.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A _base_target="CONTENT" href="http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/211/emd.htm"&gt;Expediency of measuring distances from a Common Centre in London.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A _base_target="CONTENT" href="http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/211/tomb.htm"&gt;Galilee of Durham Cathedral and Tomb of Venerable Bede.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A _base_target="CONTENT" href="http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/211/eagle.htm"&gt;The Great Eagle.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A _base_target="CONTENT" href="http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/211/mineral.htm"&gt;Mineral Kingdom - Section XLI. Mercury or Quicksilver.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A _base_target="CONTENT" href="http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/211/cuc.htm"&gt;Custom of sitting uncovered in Churches.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P align="center"&gt;&lt;BIG&gt;THE PENNY MAGAZINE&lt;/BIG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;FONT size="-1"&gt;No. 211 - July 18, 1835&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;B&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;Tags: &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/clipmarks/" rel="tag"&gt;clipmarks&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/penny+magazine/" rel="tag"&gt;penny magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/pmintro.htm</clipSource><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 09:13:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clowns Disliked By Young Patients</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/23D1398A-B3D4-4A4D-8955-0B868354FD4D/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/CrazyRedHead/"&gt;CrazyRedHead&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;clipper's remarks:&lt;/b&gt;  I hate clowns too. &lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1300836,00.html?f=rss" title="http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1300836,00.html?f=rss"&gt;news.sky.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/CrazyRedHead/512/40B2458A-74CF-48EC-A380-21BD774A5C65.jpg" alt="Clowns: funny or frightening?" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;H2&gt;Clowns are too scary for kids in hospital and are not the best decoration for children's wards, according to new research.&lt;/H2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;A survey found that decorating wards with images of clowns was more likely to frighten young patients than cheer them up.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;More than 250 children aged between four and 16 were asked for their opinions - and every single one said they disliked clowns as part of hospital decor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;Even some of the older children said they found clowns scary, Nursing Standard magazine reported.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;The youngsters were questioned by the University of Sheffield for the Space To Care study aimed at improving hospital design for children.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;"As adults we make assumptions about what works for children," said Penny Curtis, a senior lecturer in research at the university.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;"We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them frightening and unknowable."&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;The authors of the study have produced a guide on how to create child-friendly environments.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;Tags: &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/humor/" rel="tag"&gt;humor&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/children/" rel="tag"&gt;children&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/clowns/" rel="tag"&gt;clowns&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/health/" rel="tag"&gt;health&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/psychology/" rel="tag"&gt;psychology&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/terrifyingly+garish+zombie+clones/" rel="tag"&gt;terrifyingly garish zombie clones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1300836,00.html?f=rss</clipSource><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:50:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clowns "Universally Disliked"</title><link>http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/201D1766-7D9B-4488-9D1A-773B528A94EE/</link><description>&lt;b&gt;clipped by:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/milytivers/"&gt;milytivers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"&gt;&lt;div style="background-color:"&gt;&lt;div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clip Source: &lt;a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22685723?gt1=10755" title="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22685723?gt1=10755"&gt;www.msnbc.msn.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/milytivers/512/F177193C-826C-4113-A861-9194642AE95C.jpg" alt="Image: Jobito Globitos" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P class="textBodyBlack"&gt;&lt;SPAN id="byLine"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;LONDON - Bad news for Coco and Blinko — children don't like clowns, and even older kids are scared of them.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P class="textBodyBlack"&gt;&lt;SPAN id="byLine"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;That's the finding of a poll of youngsters by researchers from the University of Sheffield who were examining how to improve the decor of hospital children's wards.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P class="textBodyBlack"&gt;&lt;SPAN id="byLine"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;The study, reported in the Nursing Standard magazine, found all the 250 patients aged between 4 and 16 they quizzed disliked the use of clowns, with even the older ones finding them scary.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P class="textBodyBlack"&gt;&lt;SPAN id="byLine"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;"As adults we make assumptions about what works for children," said Penny Curtis, a senior lecturer in research at the university.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr size="2" color="#666666" /&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 10px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;P class="textBodyBlack"&gt;&lt;SPAN id="byLine"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;"We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them quite frightening and unknowable."&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"&gt;Tags: &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/clowns/" rel="tag"&gt;clowns&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/kids/" rel="tag"&gt;kids&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/children/" rel="tag"&gt;children&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/london/" rel="tag"&gt;london&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><clipSource>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22685723?gt1=10755</clipSource><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:58:41 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>