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This had most of the state of Michigan laughing for 2 days and a very embarrassed female news anchor who will, in the future, likely think before she speaks. What happens when you predict snow but don't get any.... true story...

A female news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked....

"So Bob, where's that 8 inches you promised me last night?" Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too they were laughing so hard

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A female news anchor

Tags: news, michigan, funny

Firefox Shortcuts

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:50:17 GMT

clipped by: nikrocks
clipper's remarks: These are new to me.

Clip Source: www.supernova00.biz

Shortcuts

Set mutliple Home pages
Tools---->Options--->General and seperate each page with the pipe | symbol 
(Shift+button above the enter button)
eg. http://forums.mozillazine.org|http://www.google.com|http://www.yahoo.com

Let Firefox complete web addresses for you
Type in something like 'yahoo' in the address bar and hit:
Ctrl+Enter to add http://www. before and .com after the text
Similarly, Shift+Enter will add http://www. and .net
and Ctrl+Shift+Enter will add http://www. and .org

Add a keyword for a bookmark
You can give "keywords" to your bookmarks by right-clicking the bookmark and then
Properties. If you put a string in the keyword field now you can type that keyword in
the address bar and it will go to that bookmark. For example, if I have a bookmark for
Fox News website, I might give it the keyword "news". Now, when I type "news" in the
address bar and hit 'enter', the Fox News site is loaded.

Close a tab
Middle-click on the tab will close it

Tags: firefox, shortcuts, tips

Awesome research/ Homework resource

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:06:30 GMT

clipped by: cosmic_kitten1
clipper's remarks: I only found this the other day and mostly I'm clipping it for my own uses; however, it's a great resource and I thought I'd share. The site itself has pretty cool info too. 'Hope you guys like the clip.

Clip Source: www.crf-usa.org

Research Links

Subject Matter

Click for instructions on how to make CRF's Research Links your homepage.

CRF: Constitutional Rights Foundation

Programs

Publications

Free Lessons

Tags: resource, homework, research, info, links

The Top 101 Classic Web Sites of 2006

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:45:10 GMT

clipped by: kwonsu
clipper's remarks:

Clip Source: www.pcmag.com

The Internet is as cyclical as it is expansive. Boom, burst, bust, repeat. And yet some Web sites seem to operate outside the fray, delivering a consistent user experience and gradually evolving instead of flaring up or flaming out. Here at PC Magazine, we call these Web sites the classics both because they tend to be established destinations and because they set the standards for the rest of the Web.

Here is our canon of the top 101 classics for 2006, humbly submitted for you perusal. You've probably heard of many or even most of them, but it's our hope that all of our readers will find something new or rediscover a forgotten favorite on the list.

• Apps - PC & Mobile
• Business & Finance
• Careers
• Computing
• Consumer Electronics & Photography
• Health
• Information, Search & Reference
• Lifestyle, Entertainment & Fun
• News
• Oddities & Gaming
• Shopping
• Travel

Tags: computer, software, technology, browser, news

Internet in 1993

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:29:33 GMT

clipped by: dsegonds

Clip Source: www.downloadsquad.com

[Video]

Tags: news silly

Young Woman Meets Tragic End -- No, It's Not Anna Nicole

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:29:58 GMT

clipped by: amberella

Clip Source: editorandpublisher.com

Young Woman Meets Tragic End -- No, It's Not Anna Nicole

NEW YORK A young woman met a sudden and tragic end, it was reported on Thursday, leaving her family and people who knew her in great distress.

No, it's not Anna Nicole Smith. Her name is Jennifer Parcell, and she died in Iraq. But you'd be lucky if you could find any mention of her, amidst the front page and wall-to-wall media coverage of the likely drug-related death of "starlet" Smith.

In fact, as of noon today, there were only seven press mentions, all in the area of her native Maryland, according to a Google search.

In contrast to, say, Anna Nicole Smith, Parcell seemed to have a serious side. Even in Iraq, she was managing to take a course at the University of Maryland, the Baltimore Sun relates, adding: "Helping others was routine for the Marine corporal. She sponsored an African child through a mission charity. And when Pakistan was devastated by an earthquake last year, she and others in her unit were dispatched to the scene. She earned the Humanitarian Service Medal for her efforts."

In fact, the Sun, in a separate story noted: "With the death of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith yesterday, a ferocious barrage of Marilyn Monroe-like images and scattershot speculation was instantly loosed across the on-air and online landscape of 24-hour news...The one constant: The story was consistently framed in a breathless tabloid manner."

The cause of Parcell's death has not yet been released. The Pentagon notice simply says that she died "supporting" combat operations in Anbar province, not actually in combat.

It would be nice, he suggests, if just one cable news channel, instead of dwelling on Anna Nicole, would bring on a medical expert "to talk about the type of combat injuries that America's fighting men and women are suffering in Iraq, and whether the troops have adequate protection." Or maybe find a friend or colleague in the field who could tell us about Parcell's life, "and our loss."

Tags: news, war

Have Sex, Live Longer

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:52:11 GMT

clipped by: haraya
clipper's remarks: Sequel to the Eat Less, Live Longer article. Now I wish I clipped the Drink Wine, Live Longer clip, hehe.

Clip Source: blog.wired.com

According to a spate of news reports on life extension that have spread across the internet like influenza just about everything out there ads a little time to your mortal coil. Wine, calorie reduction diets, low body temperatures have all made news for their ability to give you a few more good years on earth, and now, so too does sex. According to a 1997 study in the British Medical Journal men who have regular orgasms live longer. The also have a better sense of smell, reduced depression and improved heart function.

This article in Forbes list a few good reasons to keep knocking boots until your boots can knock no more.

So with pot helping Alzheimer's, red wine helping you age gracefully, and sex improving just about everything else, you have to like the direction modern medicine is going.

Tags: health, science, medicine, body, biology, sex, life

Top 100 Education Blogs

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:51:46 GMT

clipped by: gingembre
clipper's remarks: Thousands of blogs devoted to education!

Clip Source: oedb.org

Top 100 Education Blogs

Published on Wednesday 20th of December, 2006

Education blogs are becoming a means for educators, students, and education administrators to interact more effectively than ever before. Technorati currently tracks 63.1 million blogs. Over 5,000 of them are about education. ~~It is likely that there are hundreds, if not thousands, more education-related blogs on the Web.~~ (UPDATE: There are over 30,000 blogs hosted at edublogs.org alone. Thanks James Farmer!) Here is a list of our staff's 100 favorites.

Please note that this is by no means an exhaustive list of all of the great education blogs out there. Chances are you may have favorites that are not included here. Also note that this list is not ranked but rather is ordered alphabetically within each topic.

Blog Topics

College

These blogs provide tips for current college students.

E-Learning

Technology-assisted learning and online learning are topics discussed in these blogs.

Education News

These two blogs are good starting points to read more about the latest news in the world of education.

Education Policy

These are blogs written by activists who are looking to reform our school system or just education in general.

Internet Culture

Internet applications, such as RSS and blogs, and how they can be applied in a teaching/learning environment are discussed in these blogs.

Learning

The focus of these blogs is on learning theory, informal learning, and knowledge.

Library and Research

Specialty

Teaching

Tags: education, blogs, learning, library, research, teaching, technology, e-learning, college, policy

Anger Over Paris Story

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:46:23 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

Clip Source: media.guardian.co.uk

Did the release of Paris Hilton from a Los Angeles jail merit the media attention it received? That question reached a critical point for one US cable news presenter when she refused to read out the lead item on a popular morning breakfast show.

"I have an apology," presenter Mika Brzezinski told the host of MSNBC's Morning Joe programme, "and that is for the lead story. I hate this story. I don't think it should be the lead.

Taunted by her co-presenters, Brzezinski proceeded to tear up the script, attempting to set light to it before finally putting it through a shredder. "You have changed the world," mocked host Joe Scarborough."Yes I have," replied Brzezinski, "at least my world."

Throughout the exchanges Brzezinski appeared angry at the inclusion of the item as the lead in the morning's news

She took a cigarette lighter from a fellow presenter and tried, but failed, to set light to the sheaf of papers.

Brzezinski was shown with her head in her hands.

Tags: news, paris hilton, entertainment

Clipmarks - A Possible Digg Killer?

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:14:59 GMT

clipped by: zechariahs

Clip Source: digg.com

Clipmarks - A Possible Digg Killer?

submitted by zechariahs 12 hours 17 minutes ago (via zechariahs.org)

I am a huge fan of digg and I ’ve been using it for over a year so. It is one of the sites that I check compulsively I love it. Today I stumbled across Clipmarks. Clipmarks is another democratic news website but the UI is super slick. Although I really, really like Digg, Clipmarks seems like a great alternative.

Topic: Tech Industry News

Bury

3 diggs
dugg!

Tags: news, technology, digg, clipmarks

Fox News Just Can't SAY It!

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:25:12 GMT

clipped by: gingembre
clipper's remarks: Poor Faux News...they're so disappointed. Sigh.

Clip Source: www.bigmattress.com

Fox News just can't SAY it!

What IS the name of that "party?"
Hmmm..
It's..It's... D-D-De- Dem-

Oh, heck- It's one of those parties...
Chyron Of The Day

Tags: politics, humour

Iran: You Suck At Photoshop.

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:11:57 GMT

clipped by: Mohir
clipper's remarks: Here's the caption on the NYT illustration above:
In the four-missile version of the image released Wednesday by Sepah News, the media arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, two major sections (encircled in red) appear to closely replicate other sections (encircled in orange).

Clip Source: www.boingboing.net

Or perhaps the headline of this post should read, "American media: you suck at fact-checking."

Iran's state-run media agency has been accused before of having digitally manipulated images released to foreign media. This week, as word spread of purported missile tests in Iran, the validity of an image of four missiles shooting into the sky turned out to be photoshopped -- but not before a bunch of big news organizations printed it as legit.

Agence France-Presse said that it obtained the image from the Web site of Sepah News, the media arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, on Wednesday. But there was no sign of it there later in the day. Today, The Associated Press distributed what appeared to be a nearly identical photo from the same source, but without the fourth missile.

This morning, Agence France-Presse retracted the image as “apparently digitally altered.”

Tags: photoshop, photography, photo manipulation

The 10 big stories the major news media refused to cover over the last year

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:24:35 GMT

clipped by: frenchcanmonkey
clipper's remarks: I never cease to be amazed at how important findings can be cut and be replaced by entertainment news. Check the link for the other headlines as well.

Clip Source: www.toledocitypaper.com

The 10 big stories the major news media refused to cover over the last year

02. Halliburton Charged With Selling Nuclear Technology to Iran

Halliburton, the notorious US energy company, sold key nuclear reactor components to a private Iranian oil company called Oriental Oil Kish as recently as 2005, using offshore subsidiaries to circumvent US sanctions, journalist Jason Leopold reported on GlobalResearch.ca, the Web site of a Canadian research group. He cited sources intimate with the business dealings of Halliburton and Kish.

The story is particularly juicy because Vice President Dick Cheney, who now claims to want to stop Iran from getting nukes, was president of Halliburton in the mid-1990s, at which time he may have advocated business dealings with Iran, in violation of US law.

08. Pentagon Exempt From Freedom of Information Act

In 2005, the Department of Defense pushed for and was granted exemption from Freedom of Information Act requests, a crucial law that allows journalists and watchdogs access to federal documents. The stated reason for this dramatic and dangerous move? FOIA is a hindrance to protecting national security. The ruling could hamper the efforts of groups like the ACLU, which relied on FOIA to uncover more than 30,000 documents on the US military's torture of detainees in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Guantánamo Bay, including the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.

Tags: media, journalism

America not at war...photo

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:45:22 GMT

clipped by: jatfla
clipper's remarks: Posted at my favorite news forum.

Clip Source: www.lucianne.com

Tags: iraq, military, photography