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Top 10: Things Only Men Can Do

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:56:01 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: At a potential risk of losing all female appreciation, I think this one was too hilarious to pass...as usual, the best ones are saved for the last!

Clip Source: www.askmen.com

Top 10: Things Only Men Can Do

No.10 - Go topless

women can go topless on the beach, but we can do it whenever and wherever we please. Walking down the street? Off. Mowing the lawn? Off. Street ball?

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No.9 - Hold our liquor

Sorry ladies, we’re genetically wired to pack it away a lot better than you.

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No.8 - Manscape

The playoff beard, the love canal, the Fu Manchu, and the goatee are strictly male innovations

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No.7 - Navigate spatially

better at seeing things as they really are -- in 3-D

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No.6 - Shave our heads

Natalie Portman, Sigourney Weaver and Demi Moore all sheared their locks

guys have mastered the bald top

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No.5 - Play real sports

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No.4 - Fertilize eggs

Yes, our swimmers are under siege from early scientific studies

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No.3 - Pee standing up

if we want to write our name in the snow, we can see exactly what we’re doing

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No.2 - F*** things

no amount of plastic pegs, rods or mambas can come close to our natural technique

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No.1 - Age well

Sorry ladies

Our male hormones give us thicker skin

we get fewer wrinkles

Tags: men, masculine, feminine, skin, hair, appearance, sports

No North Pole ice for 1st time in human history?

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:43:58 GMT

clipped by: swampfoxz
clipper's remarks: "The issue is that, for the first time that I am aware of, the North Pole is covered with extensive first-year ice," Serreze is quoted by The Independent. "I'd say it's even-odds whether the North Pole melts out."

Clip Source: news.xinhuanet.com

No North Pole ice for 1st time in human history?

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhuanet) -- For the first time in human history arctic sea ice could break completely apart at the North Pole this year, allowing ships to sail over the normally frozen seascape.

The potential landmark thaw is a stark sign of global warming, according to an article Friday on the website of the The Independent, a London newspaper.

"Symbolically it is hugely important," said Mark Serreze of the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado. "There is supposed to be ice at the North Pole, not open water."

There is no land at the North Pole, but as long as anyone has looked, it has remained a giant block of ice year-round. Scientists have been watching Arctic sea ice melt more and more each year. But each summer in recent years, the amount of ice has gotten thinner and thinner. Each winter's freeze, therefore, results in a thinner pack that, this summer, could melt altogether.

"The issue is

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garage question

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:28:45 GMT

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Clip Source: by124w.bay124.mail.live.com

What should we do with the gas/diesel can that have gas/diesel in them?
What should we do with all the chemicals, paints, fireworks, explosives, flares?
What should we do with the pallet of Shotgun Shells?
How would you like me to pack all the tools in the tool box, leave 'em or box 'em?
What are we doing with the generator?
Do want me to leave the metal shelves for the new owner?
Do you want me to pack the chainsaw, and HOW?
Do we really need to box coolers?!?
What do you want me to do with your tree stands?
What should I do with the Mini Fire Extinguisher and red oil pump can?
Are we giving the weight set to David?
There are some 6+ foot 2X4's in the garage: trash, give away, take?
Do you want me to pack the four wheeler flags?
Do you want me to pack the Snow Plow four wheeler attachment?
How do we pack tents?

Once everything is boxed, should we move all the boxes out, so we can make the garage look perfect?

NBC News Discovers Penguins At The North Pole?

Mon, 05 May 2008 07:15:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: So much for science, as reported by NBC News.

Clip Source: voiceofthetimes.net

North Pole fables

ON THE NBC nightly news there was a heart-throb report of an attractive British teen-ager who had skied across the North Pole with her father to demonstrate how the Arctic ice pack is receding in the face of global warming. Oh, horror. Oh, how terrible.

The pictures were beautiful: Her pretty face, her gentle smile, her soft voice, her snow-crusted parka, the blue skies, the brilliant white ice, the cascading chunks of ice calving from glaciers, the two penguins standing on an ice flow.

Wait a minute. Penguins? At the North Pole?

Not that we ever heard of.

So much for science, as reported by NBC News.

Tags: nbc news, global wrming, north pole, penguins

Deeper snowpack heightens flood fear

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:20:26 GMT

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Clip Source: www.boston.com

Deeper snowpack heightens flood fear

COLCHESTER, Vt. - It's early April, and the snow in the mountains of Vermont holds the equivalent of 15 inches of rain.

Emergency planners in Vermont - and in New Hampshire Maine, where the mountains hold similar snowpacks - know that in the next few weeks the snow is going to melt, filling rivers and streams to the tops of their banks. If heavy rains start soaking the snow, the region could experience significant spring flooding, specialists warn.

There is a flood watch in effect through this afternoon for much of Vermont, but the ice is out on most rivers and streams, and ideal melting conditions are forecast for the next several days: daytime temperatures just above freezing and nighttime temperatures below freezing.

Officials from the National Weather Service and Vermont Emergency Management are urging people to be vigilant.

Tags: snow pack, vermont, maine, flooding, ice, snow, new hampshire, us, northeast

Human-Induced Changes in the Hydrology of the Western United States

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:38:28 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sciencemag.org

Observations have shown that the hydrological cycle of the westernUnited States changed significantly over the last half of the20th century. We present a regional, multivariable climate changedetection and attribution study, using a high-resolution hydrologicmodel forced by global climate models, focusing on the changesthat have already affected this primarily arid region with alarge and growing population. The results show that up to 60%of the climate-related trends of river flow, winter air temperature,and snow pack between 1950 and 1999 are human-induced. Theseresults are robust to perturbation of study variates and methods.They portend, in conjunction with previous work, a coming crisisin water supply for the western United States.

Tags: science, hydrology, climate, global change, anthropic change

020808 Primus EtaExpress Pot Backpacking Light

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:36:30 GMT

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Clip Source: www.backpackinglight.com

Primus EtaExpress Pot 1.0L (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)

Virtual Pack: Primus EtaExpress Pot 1.0L

The 1L pot with integrated heat exchanger developed for the new Primus ETA Express stove is available separately from the stove, and promises to make an extremely efficient snow melting container when used with a liquid-feed canister stove such as the Snow Peak GigaPower LI Backpacking Stove we’ve chosen for Bob’s hike. Available: February 2008. Weight: 10.5 ounces (with Frypan lid). MSRP: $45.

Tags: primus, etapower, etaexpress, pot, backpacking, light, outdoor, retailer

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:40:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: “Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!

On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!

To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!

Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!”

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,

When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,

So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,

With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof

The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.

As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,

Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,

And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;

A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,

And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.

His eyes — how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,

And the bear

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THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
by Clement Clarke Moore

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;

And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,

Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap,

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash,

Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow

Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,

But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,

I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.

More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,

And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;

Tags: the night before christmas

ADVICE FOR ANYONE MOVING TO TEXAS

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:01:41 GMT

clipped by: swampfoxz
clipper's remarks: 20. Rocky Mountain oysters are NOT oysters. Don't ask.

Clip Source: downhereintexas.com

ADVICE FOR ANYONE MOVING TO TEXAS

1. Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later how to use it. 2. Just because you can drive on snow and ice does not mean we can. Just stay home the two days of the year it snows. 3. If you do run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in the cab of a four wheel drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of their way. This is what they live for. 4. Don't be surprised to find movie rentals & bait in the same store. 5. Remember: "Y'all" is singular. "All y'all" is plural. "All y'all's" is plural possessive. 6. Get used to hearing, "You ain't from around here, are you?"

12. Chili does NOT have beans in it. 13. Brisket is not 'cooked' in an oven 14. Don't tell us how you did it up there. Nobody cares. 15. If you think it's too hot, don't worry. It'll cool down-in December.

17. A Mercedes-Benz is not a status symbol. A Ford F-150 is.

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The bag that watches your wallet

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 08:05:20 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cnn.com

(CNN) -- For anyone prone to losing their wallet, keys or mobile phone, help could soon be at hand in the shape of a bag that alerts you when you forget something.

As well as keeping track of its contents, the bag also lights up in the dark and will soon be able to check weather forecasts to let you know when to pack an umbrella.

And, if you don't fancy carrying it around, you could always wear it as a scarf that tells you if it might snow or a belt that gives you the news headlines instead.

The smart bag, called Build Your Own Bag (bYOB), is just one object that can be constructed using computerized fabric patches designed by a team of engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab.

Each patch contains a microprocessor and memory along with either a radio transmitter, a sensor reactive to light or temperature, a microphone, batteries or a display.

The circuit boards are coated in hard resin and padded with foam for protection and waterproofing within the fabric.

Tags: bag, watches, wallet

Melting ice pack displaces Alaska walrus

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:34:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Another disturbing sign of global climate change.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Thousands of walrus have appeared on Alaska's northwest coast in what conservationists are calling a dramatic consequence of global warming melting the Arctic sea ice.

Alaska's walrus, especially breeding females, in summer and fall are usually found on the Arctic ice pack. But the lowest summer ice cap on record put sea ice far north of the outer continental shelf, the shallow, life-rich shelf of ocean bottom in the Bering and Chukchi seas.

According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder, September sea ice was 39 percent below the long-term average from 1979 to 2000. Sea ice cover is in a downward spiral and may have passed the point of no return, with a possible ice-free Arctic Ocean by summer 2030, senior scientist Mark Serreze said.

"The primary problem of maintaining ice habitat, that's something way, way, way beyond us," he said. "To reverse things will require an effort on virtually everyone's part."

Tags: global warming, alaska, walrus, environment

Why didn't the Polar Bear eat the Husky ?

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:16:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The top link to the page has a slide show, with the approach of the Polar Bear, and the subsequent play and grooming.of the Husky. It is clear there is no hostility. The wolf signaled play. While the bear may have been hungry, having nothing but snow and ice for a thousand miles (metaphorically) it would also have been bored out of it's mind. Seals are easier to eat, but they never want to play. Makes you wonder how smart huskies are.

Clip Source: nifplay.org

Why Didn't the Wild Polar Bear eat the Husky?

On a late October day on the Canadian tundra next to a gray, cold, but unfrozen Hudson Bay near tiny Churchill, Manitoba, a pack of large Husky dogs, the pride of hunter-trapper Brian LaDoon were comfortably lounging on a fresh bed of snow, each tethered by a long chain. Norbert Rosing, a naturalist and photographer was setting up his equipment to capture the scene.

A wild polar bear is approaching the Husky who is signaling an invitation to play.

Anyone who has ever tossed a Frisbee to a beloved dog knows that playfulness crosses species lines. What does this mean? For humans and other animals, play is a universal training course and language of trust. The belief that one is safe with another being or in any situation is formed over time during regular play. Trust is the basis of intimacy, cooperation, creativity, successful work, and more.

Kids have society's permission to play, and most adults don't

Somewhere

most of us exchange play for work

Tags: arctic, polar, bear, husky, play, work, trust

Arctic sea ice cover at record low

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:51:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: " Most researchers had anticipated that the complete disappearance of the Arctic ice pack during summer months would happen after the year 2070, he said, but now, "losing summer sea ice cover by 2030 is not unreasonable."

Scores of peer-reviewed scientific studies have documented a steady, worldwide decline in ice cover, from the sea-bound ice covering the North Pole to the vast, land-based ice sheets that cover the Antarctic continent. Glaciers, from Greenland to the Alps to Mount Kilimanjaro near the equator, also have been vanishing."

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

It is possible that Arctic sea ice could decline even further this year before the onset of winter.

BOULDER, Colorado (CNN) -- Ice cover in the Arctic Ocean, long held to be an early warning of a changing climate, has shattered the all-time low record this summer, according to scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder.

Using satellite data and imagery, NSIDC now estimates the Arctic ice pack covers 4.24 million square kilometers (1.63 million square miles) -- equal to just less than half the size of the United States. This figure is about 20 percent less than the previous all-time low record of 5.32 million square kilometers (2.05 million square miles) set in September 2005

The loss of land-based ice is predicted to lead to a future rise in sea levels.

A substantial rise in sea level could imperil low-lying areas from Bangladesh to Miami, Florida, to Lower Manhattan, and could magnify the damage from landfalling hurricanes and cyclones.

Tags: arctic, climate change, global warming, north pole

The Big Chill

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:50:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Rivers and even oceans freeze. Farmlands turn into barren, permafrosted tundra plains. Animals die, plants die, and undoubtedly, you'll buy some extra socks.

Next, after some decades, the first glaciers start moving. Provokingly slow, they begin creeping down from the mountains, crushing everything they encounter, covering ever bigger pieces of land under a thick, lifeless layer of coldness. The icy tongues will crumble one city after the other and munch up entire societies.

By now, you may want to pack your things and move elsewhere. Because there you have it. Ice Age at its best, for a staggering 100,000 years to come. Only the southern hemisphere will be a nice place to be.

Clip Source: www.exitmundi.nl

Picture this: the Western world covered with ice. Winters with temperatures up to forty degrees lower than what you're used to. `Summers' with frost all over. Glaciers, snow, and beneath it a lifeless, deep-frozen soil. It's no fiction we're talking here. In fact, it could happen much sooner than you think.

And time's running out. Our interglacial period began 12,000-13,000 years ago, so the next glacial period is due to arrive any millennium now. And a bad thing about glacials is: they may start quite suddenly.

How to make an Ice Age: There isn't one single cause for an Ice Age. These are the 10 most important factors involved:

1. Widening of the orbit

2. Tilting of the axis

3. Wobble of the axis

4. Space clouds

5. Volcanoes

6. Meteor impacts, nuclear wars

7. Collapse of the Gulf Stream

8. Meteor dust

9. Thinning of the atmosphere

10. Bad positioned continents

Tags: frozen planet, global, end of the world, scenario

Climatologist Fired for Exposing Warming Myths

Sun, 27 May 2007 15:47:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Why am I not surprised by this?

Clip Source: www.heartland.org

University of Washington climate scientist Mark Albright was dismissed on March 12 from his position as associate state climatologist, just weeks after exposing false claims of shrinking glaciers in the Cascade Mountains.

Embarrassing Data

Albright sent emails to his colleagues informing them of the factual data.

Albright noted in his emails the current snow pack is only marginally lower than the long-term average since 1943. Moreover, the Cascade Mountains snow pack has been growing since the late 1970s.

Albright's emails were particularly embarrassing to Philip Mote, the Washington state climatologist.

Review Supported Albright

Censored, Fired

When Albright refused to submit to Mote's censorship, Mote stripped him of his associate state climatologist title.

Politics Triumphant

Cliff Mass, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, told the March 15 Seattle Times, "In all my years of doing science, I've never seen this sort of gag-order approach to doing science."

Tags: climate change, global warming, science, politics, myth