Machu Picchu-Lost City of the Inca-Photos

Abby and Nile explore the ancient city of the Children of the Sun,the mysterious hidden Inca enclave nestled high in the Peruvian mountains. See More-Learn More

The Incas believed that gold was the sweat of the sun. Gold was only valued when it was used to create ceremonial objects, such as containers and jewelry, or when it was used to adorn tombs and temples.

Sweet Good-Byes of Ancient Egypt-video

This video is for all who love Ancient Egypt. You can see them gently waving good-bye to each other in these Ancient Egyptian Tomb paintings. The Treasures are from King Tut and the beautiful paintings with green accents are from Cleopatra's Tomb.
Scroll down and turn off the Odeo Music Player before watching this video.

Giant Royal Incas-Mummies Nine Feet Tall-photos

Second mummified head of a giant man richly decorated in gold headgear and body covering. Right: Interior view of the private museum revealing an array of golden artifacts.

Giant mummified head of an Inca King. Notice shadow of individual on the right of the glass case for perspective.

The actual mummified head of the crowned king in the photograph is almost twice as large as my own and I wear the largest hat of anyone in my acquaintance. When we were invited to the private gold museum to begin with I was expected to be dazzled by gold. However, it dawned on me the minute I walked through the door that the size of the head, and indeed his whole body, was the unique feature of this king. The gold was impressive, but the size of the man was something more impressive than gold.

The golden tunic that hung on the wall was made of spun gold. This was the first time in my life I had seen gold woven into a fabric for clothing. The tunic was over eight feet tall and tailored in such a way as to suggest that it was not intended to drag on the floor behind a king, but rather to hang straight down to the floor and no further. That made the tunic itself a measuring device for the original height of the giant king. It was shocking to imagine a man who could first wear this tunic without looking like a small child playing with his mother's clothing and secondly it was shocking to imagine the shear weight of the garment. The golden necklace at the foot of the tunic would have hung to the floor around the neck of anyone I know. The golden shoulder shield in the photograph was almost twice the size of shoulder pads used by professional football players.There was also a set of golden gloves whose hands and fingers extended from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger about twelve to fourteen inches. I couldn't tell exactly because they were kept behind security glass.

Nine-and-a-half feet tall is large for a human mummy, especially when it is found among today's diminutive Peruvians, whose average stature is just five feet. Understandably, professional anthropologists find tales of ancient giants amusing, but nothing more. Physical evidence may nonetheless exist to demonstrate that an oversized race of men did indeed dominate parts of prehistoric South America.

The Queens of Ramesses II-photos

Before Ramesses II was a great king, he had a family and throughout his reign, his growing family would serve to strengthen his rule of Egypt. In fact, of all the rulers in Egypt, Ramesses II may have had one of the largest of all families, consisting of many wives, and as many as fifty sons and fifty daughters of his principal consorts. However, it is likely that his extended family was even much larger than this. He may have certainly sired children who he never even became aware of, by legitimate consorts.

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Kailasa Temple, India-the largest cantilevered rock ceiling in the world-Photos

Unlike other caves at Ajanta and Ellora, Kailasa temple has a huge courtyard that is open to the sky, surrounded by a wall of galleries several stories high.

Kailasa Temple, cave #16 at Ellora, India© Courtney Milne

Kailasa Temple, cave #16 at Ellora, India
Dramatic sculptures fill the courtyard and the main temple, which is in the center.
It must have been quite a spectacular sight when it was covered with white plaster and elaborately painted.


The gigantic, 8th century Kailasa Temple at Ellora, Cave 16,
was chiselled from solid stone

Described as Cave 16, the Kailasa Temple is considered
the pinnacle of Indian rock-cut architecture


Although all of the caves at Ellora are stunning architectural feats, the Hindu Kailasa Temple is the jewel in the crown. Carved to represent Mt. Kailasa,
the home of the god Shiva in the Himalayas, it is the largest monolithic structure in the world, carved top-down from a single rock. It contains the largest cantilevered rock ceiling in the world.
Within the courtyard is the massive multi-level temple, its pyramidal form replicating the real Mount Kailasa, the Himalayan peak said to be the home of the Hindu god Siva.

The scale at which the work was undertaken is enormous. It covers twice the area of the Parthenon in Athens and is 1.5 times high, and it entailed removing 200,000 tonnes of rock. It is believed to have taken 7,000 laborers 150 years to complete the project.

The rear wall of its excavated courtyard 276 feet (84 m) 154 feet (47 m) is 100 ft (33 m) high. The temple proper is 164 feet (50 m) deep, 109 feet (33 m) wide, and 98 feet (30 m) high.

It consists of a gateway, antechamber, assembly hall, sanctuary and tower. Virtually every surface is lavishly embellished with symbols and figures from the puranas (sacred Sanskrit poems). The temple is connected to the gallery wall by a bridge.
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Valley of the Thracian Kings

Who were the Thracians? Among the peoples of the Mediterranean, they have usually been numbered among fringe cultures, shadowy folk on the periphery of the bright world of Greeks and Romans. Emerging as a distinctive culture during the third millennium B.C., they lived in tribal groups in an area bordered on the south by the Aegean, on the east and west by the Black Sea and the Vardar River, and on the north by the Carpathians. Although loosely linked by culture and, apparently, by language, they never achieved political unity, living in small towns and villages. Cities did not appear until late in their history, and their most monumental buildings were tombs. The Thracians left no written account of their customs and history, and their language is known only from place names and a small number of inscriptions written in Greek characters. The Greeks, however, were well aware of their northern neighbors, with whom they came into contact, and conflict, in the course of colonizing the northern Aegean shore. To the Greeks, Thrace was a wild and woolly place: the birthplace of the violent war god, Ares, the home of the man-eating mares of Diomedes, and the land where demented women tore the singer Orpheus limb from limb. Homer's Iliad provides a striking portrait of the Thracian hero Rhesos, an ally of the Trojans and a fearsome warrior, remarkable for his large and beautiful horses, his ornate chariot, and his golden armor. The historian Herodotus describes the Thracians in some detail, commenting on their large numbers, their lack of political unity, and various customs such as polygamy and branding of slaves that, from a Greek perspective, struck him as very odd (Histories, 5.3-8). Greeks settled in Thrace and Thracians lived in Greek cities, and there was significant interaction between the two cultures, but any portrait that emerges from surviving written sources is fundamentally biased--the Greeks regarded the Thracians as barbarians. It is only by turning to archaeology that we can gain a better understanding of these people.

The largest Thracian treasure found so far, dated to the pre-Hellenistic Age, was discovered at the village of Rogozen, Vratsa District. This treasure was rightly called the find of the century, because it is a huge collection of 165 beautifully worked silver vessels.

Once upon a time the Thracians inhabited Bulgarian lands. Thracian rulers and members of the nobility were buried in monumental stone tombs, which also served as places for ritual ceremonies to honor the deceased ruler, with offerings of rich funeral gifts. In the summer of 2004 , archeologists have discovered a 2,500-year-old golden mask that was likely made for a Thracian monarch's funeral. The mask depicts a full face with moustache and beard. The rare artifact is made of 600 grams of solid gold and "is without paragon in archeology," according to Georgi Kitov and his team that unearthed the find near the village of Shipka, in the so-called Valley of Thracian Kings.

Whales Missing Link Found-photos

The 48 million year old ungulate Indohyus from India. Indohyus is a close relative of whales, and the structure of its bones and chemistry of its teeth indicate that it spent much time in water. In this reconstruction, it is seen diving in a stream, much like the modern African Mousedeer does when in danger. Reconstruction by Carl Buell. (Credit: Image courtesy of Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy)

Hans Thewissen, Ph.D., Professor of the Department of Anatomy, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM), has announced the discovery of the missing link between whales and their four-footed ancestors.

Scientists since Darwin have known that whales are mammals whose ancestors walked on land, and in the past 15 years, researchers led by Dr. Thewissen have identified a series of intermediate fossils documenting whale’s dramatic evolutionary transition from land to sea. But one step was missing: The identity of the land ancestors of whales.

Sea Otters

Sea otters usually do not migrate. They seldom travel far unless an area has become overpopulated and food is scarce. They are gregarious and may become concentrated in an area, sometimes resting in pods of fewer than 10 to more than 1,000 animals. Breeding males will drive nonbreeding males out of areas where females are concentrated. In some areas, the nonbreeding males will concentrate in "male areas" which are usually off exposed points of land where shallow water extends offshore. Bald eagles prey on newborn pups and killer whales may take a few adults, but predation is probably insignificant. Many sea otters live for 15 to 20 years.

Beaked Whales Actually Hear Through Their Throats

ScienceDaily (2008-02-08) -- Researchers have been using computer models to mimic the effects of underwater noise on an unusual whale species and have discovered a new pathway for sound entering the head and ears. Since 1968, it has been believed that noise vibrations travel through the thin bony walls of toothed whales' lower jaw and onto the fat body attached to the ear complex. This research shows however that the thin bony walls do not transmit the vibrations. In fact they enter through the throat and then pass to the bony ear complex via a unique fatty channel.

Crab, Shark Invasion May Threaten Antarctic Marine Life

Antarctica's native marine life is under threat from invasions of king crabs and other predators, researchers said today. As Earth's oceans heat up because of global warming, king crabs will likely expand into waters that were previously too chilly for them to survive. "They're poised to invade the shallower waters," said Richard Aronson of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Dauphin Island, Alabama. Once established in their new habitat, the crabs will decimate native species that are unable to cope with strong, fast-moving predators that can crush their shells, Aronson said. "Now is the time to take action to prevent them having an impact," Aronson said at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, Massachusetts. "We know what these crabs are going to do if they get into the shallow waters," he added. "It's like watching a train wreck." (Related news: "Giant Crab 'Red Army' Invades Norway" [March 9, 2004].)Sharks could also move into the Antarctic if the region warms several degrees, according to another study.Cheryl Wilga and Brad Seibel, of the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, analyzed sharks' metabolism and predicted that the predators could survive in oceans off Antarctica.If that happens, the scientists predict that shrimp, ribbon worms, and brittle stars will likely be the most vulnerable.Established PopulationKing crabs usually live on the deep ocean floor. In the past few years, at least 14 subspecies have been spotted on seafloors off Antarctica. Now researchers have found them even closer to the continent, near shallower waters. Sven Thatje, of the University of Southampton in England, led a recent project that used a robotic submarine to survey the ocean floor near the Antarctic Peninsula for predators. (See a map of Antarctica.)Because of global warming, "the Antarctic Peninsula is one of the most rapidly changing areas on Earth," Thatje said. "When we came up the continental slope, at around 1,100 to 1,300 meters (3,600 to 4,300 feet), we found king crabs," he said. With the discovery of adult and juvenile crabs, "we have to consider it a very established population," Thatje said. "They're on the doorstep" of shallower water surrounding the continent, he added. In most oceans, deeper waters are colder. But because of currents swirling around Antarctica, shallow waters near shore are slightly colder than deep waters farther off the coast, keeping the king crabs at bay—for now. "Just 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (a degree Celsius) of further warming and these predators will move in. There's no doubt," he said. Evolutionary ThrowbackThe continental shelf ecosystem around Antarctica is an evolutionary throwback, according to a study published in December by Aronson, Thatje, and colleagues in The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. There species such as giant sea spiders, brittle stars, and marine pillbugs have flourished since Antarctica made the switch from temperate to icy about 40 million years ago. "The shell-cracking predators that dominate bottom communities in temperate and tropical waters have been shut out of Antarctica for millions of years because it is simply too cold for them," Aronson of the Dauphin Sea Lab said. "Fast-moving, bone-crushing crabs, fish, sharks, and rays are keystone predators in most places, but they cannot operate in the icy waters of Antarctica," he added. With the absence of these predators, animals that were common hundreds of millions of years ago thrive around Antarctica. But that's set to change with king crabs just next door. "These crabs feed on anything," Thatje of the University of Southampton said. "They can crush mussels and starfish." Proactive Solutions? In this new scenario king crabs and other predators would likely spread from the Antarctic Peninsula to the entire continental shelf, the researchers say. In the long run the only way to prevent changes to these shelf communities is to curb global warming, Thatje said. (Learn about ways to halt global warming.)But in the short run tighter controls on ships navigating around Antarctica could slow the pace of the predator invasion, Aronson argued, since many invasive species are spread through ships' ballast water. "There [are] proactive things we can do to decrease the chances of invasion," he said.

Cherokee Nation Being Threatened Repost Please

Focus:Civil Rights Action Request:
Petition Location:United States
Sponsored by: ricky standing bear

Some members of Congress are attempting to terminate the existence of the Cherokee Nation as a federally recognized Indian Nation. For more information regarding this Termination bill as well as how to send a letter to Congress to protest H.R. 2824, please check out the following locations:
Send a Letter to Congress (H.R. 2824 Info)
http://www.cherokeevoice.org/

"None of us are free if one of us is oppressed"
Focus:Civil Rights Action Request:
Petition Location:United States

Our history is well known as the descendants of Dragging Canoe's warriors. Dragging Canoe (c. 1738- March 1, 1792) was an American Indian war leader who led a band of young Cherokees against the United States in the American Revolutionary War.
The Chickamauga fought alongside the British in the American Revolution along with Indians from a number of other tribes.
We suffered and left hearts on the ground during the founding of America. We have a proud history connected to this country yet we are not federally recognized.
By signing our petition you will encourage Congressman Mica to support our bid for federal recognition and you will also be offering support in our effort to fulfill our destiny as the keepers of the history for all the Chickamauga Cherokee
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/federal-recognition-for-chickamauga-cherokee-indian-creek-band

THE LAST TRIBE OF AMERICAN INDIANS WAITED 30 YEARS FOR, FEDERAL RECOGNITION, FROM THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. OUR CHIEF HAS "TURNED DOWN CASINOS". IT IS NO PART OF OUR CULTURE, "PERIOD". THE BIA APPROVED ALL DOCUMENTS FROM OUR TRIBE. WE REC'D OUR REGISTRATION NUMBER. HELP US, 30 YEARS IS WRONG! CHIEF 'MANFOX' HAS TAUGHT US, WHATEVER IS PRESENTED TO OUR TRIBE, IS NOT FOR US, OUR GIFT WAS THE INDIAN BLOOD OUR ANCESTOR'S LEFT TO US. ANYTHING PRESENTED TO US, NOW, IS IN THEIR MEMORY. IT IS NOT OURS! HELP US, SIGN OUR PETITION, FOR OUR ANCESTORS. OUR GOAL, AS TAUGHT, IS TO HELP ALL AMERICAN INDIANS. WA-DO (Thank You)
Please sign their petition today
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/712134165
The Chickamauga Warriors Support the Kentucky Cherokee

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RSS FeedsRSS Network - submit RSS feeds & select category
RSS Locator - submit RSS feeds
Syndic8 - submit RSS feeds
DayPop - post your RSS feed or blog
Feedster - submit your RSS feed
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Yenra - submit RSS news feed
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RSS Nachrichten.de - German RSS feed directory.RSS feeds Israel - Israeli RSS feeds
Spanish Feeds - Spanish RSS feeds
Japanese Feeds - Japanese RSS feeds
Submission Tools
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FeedShot - fee based feed submission
SubmitEmNow - addon for feed submissions
Feed Validator
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BlogDex - submit your blog
Blog Universe - blog submission
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BlogHop - submit feeds for blogs
BlogWise - rss feed submission for blogs
EatonWeb - submit feed for online blogs
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Blo.gs - blog submissions
BlogCensus - submit your rss feed for your blog
BlogTree - blog submission
BlogStreet - rss feed submission for blog
BritBlog - blog submission
BlogLines - submit your blog to the directory
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BoingBoing - submit blogs for review
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Weblog Directory - submit blog to directory
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Blogz - add your blog
BlogWatcher - submit the url of your web log
BlogMatcher - submit your blog url
BlogPulse - automated trend discovery system for blogs
BlogCatalog - The Ultimate Blog Directory - Search For Blogs
Blogdir - spanish blog community
Blogs R Us - add feed
Blogs By City - add your blog!
FeedMap - submit a blog!
BlogSearch - submit blogs
PubSub - blog feed submission.
BlogSweet - blog feed submission.
BlogFlux - blog feed submission.
Blogtastic - blog feed submission.
Blog Introduction - submit blogs.
Finding Blog - blog submissions
Bulletize - blog submissions
BlogTopSites - blog submissions
Blog Fuse- blog submissions
Blogion- blog submissions
AddUrlBlog- add blogs
Blogbib- add blogs
BOTW Blog- add blogs
Blog Directory Submit- add blogs
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iBlogBusiness - add business blogs only
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BlogBurst - adds blogs to directories.
Podcast Submissions
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Podcast Submission Directory - submit podcasts

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Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Feed

Select a meaningful title and description for your blog: Feeds that are automatically generated by blog-hosting services typically are given a title based on the name of the blog itself. However, if you have direct access to your website's feed, pay close attention to the title and description you select. A good title can markedly increase the likelihood that your feed will attract new readers. Because you can never predict how users will search for your feed, you should also provide a thoughtful, accurate, and descriptive summary. We recommend the following naming convention: "Provider: Sub-Topic." For example, a digital photography feed from Gizmodo might be titled, "Gizmodo: Digital Cameras." And for the description, try to include key topics as well as commonly known names for your site/publication (for example, both "San Francisco Chronicle" and "SFGATE").

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When users click the Add Content button on My Yahoo!, they're presented with two options: Find Content (which lets them search for syndicated content in the Yahoo! Feed Database), or Browse by Topic (which lets them explore the Browse-by-Topic Directory of feeds). Any time someone subscribes to your feed via My Yahoo!, the feed is automatically added to the Yahoo! Feed Database so if you already have a number of My Yahoo! subscribers you will not have to manually submit it for inclusion. If you have a new site, make sure your content gets the visibility it deserves and submit your feed to both options.
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Enter the URL of your feed and add it to your My Yahoo! page and the Yahoo! Feed Database:
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The Yahoo! Browse-by-Topic Directory
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Starting in Nov 2007, Greenstock will be collecting waste fryer oil in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties to supply local biodiesel producers. Click on the Greenstock link to see what services we provide.

Kari Lemons was the Outreach Director of the Biodiesel Council of California from Nov 2005-June 2007. She has big picture knowledge of what’s happening in the state concerning all the stakeholders. Her focus for the last year has been feedstock development. She was guest speaker to the Central Valley Clean Cities, a speaker to the 2007 Eco-Farm Conference and gave a presentation to the faculty of Carnegie Mellon West . She is available to speak on at future events.

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Parrots--Meditate on Love to prepare for Valentines Day 2008

With Valentines on the way, what better Meditation than Parrots. Parrots were never meant to live alone. Perhaps that is the most important thing a pet owner can know. If you love your pet parrot, give him a parrot family to love. Spread the love to your human family on this Valentines day!

Stephen Grant and Jennifer Kukla -- exchanged notes hidden beneath lunch trays

Wife-killer Grant sent racy notes to mom who killed two kids

February 5, 2008

BY AMBER HUNT

FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

Two of Macomb County's most notorious killers -- Stephen Grant and Jennifer Kukla -- exchanged notes hidden beneath lunch trays during their overlapping time at the Macomb County Jail, the Free Press has learned.

In the notes, Grant, who is awaiting sentencing for strangling and dismembering his wife, flirts with the convicted child killer, gloats about his national notoriety and says he wishes the two could meet privately -- a suggestion punctuated with a smiley face.

"I still laugh when I remember your one note," Grant wrote in a note dated Oct. 1. "You asked 'are you scared of me?' (LOL). You are too nice to be scared of. I just wish we could arrange a rendezvous in the closet one of these days. (Smiley face.)"

The short letters were obtained Monday by the Free Press and its reporting partner, WDIV-TV Local 4. The Macomb County Prosecutor's Office is releasing the notes to the news media today. Come back to freep.com through the day to read more of them.

In the notes, which were sent back and forth over a span of several months, at least from June to October, Grant, 38, tells Kukla, 31, he started an antidepressant for anxiety and he updates her on his criminal case:

"Right now, I'm waiting to find out if they are going to admit my confession. If it stays in, I'm (expletive). If not, I might have a chance at something less than 1st."

That nearly four-hour confession was admitted and played in full for a jury during Grant's December trial. He was convicted of second-degree murder, not first-degree.

Kukla was convicted of killing daughters Alexandra, 8, and Ashley, 5. Her guilty verdict came with the caveat that she was mentally ill. She chased her girls down with a kitchen knife inside their Macomb Township trailer because, she told investigators, voices told her to do that. She stabbed both girls repeatedly in the throats.

In the notes, Grant offers sympathy: "I had no idea they were pushing 1st degree on you," he wrote. "From what I had read, I thought you had just lost it. Sorry about that."

Grant told Kukla that his celebrity insulates him from being mistreated in jail -- "I am the sheriff's re-election priority" and "if I have a black eye it will be on CNN."

Kukla turned the notes over to authorities in November, just as jury selection was beginning in Grant's trial. In a Nov. 29 interview with Macomb County Sheriff's Detectives Mark Grammatico and Jason Abro, she said she first wrote Grant pretending her name was Sarah because "everybody on our side wanted to find out what he would say about his crime or whatnot. We'd pass notes underneath the doorways and on the food court," she said.

On occasion, she ran into Grant when the two would get supplies from a closet -- which he twice references in his notes as good places to meet up.

Grant also wrote other women, including Crystal Conklin, a 27-year-old Warren woman charged with fatally beating her 2-year-old son, Sean Sowards.

In the notes, Grant told Kukla he didn't know Conklin but had heard she'd be on CNN. Soon after, he wrote to Conklin.

In one note to Conklin, he said he heard Conklin was put on lockdown and asked if she'd been "a naughty girl? (Smiley face.)"

Grant often wrote of missing his children -- he offered condolences to both Conklin and Kukla for the loss of theirs -- and he once wrote that he missed his wife, Tara, too: "She, for the last 13 years, has been the one I went to with my problems and now I don't have that person to ask for advice. (Sad face.)"

Grant repeatedly had mentioned to keep the missives private, but Kukla told investigators she'd given the notes to her father for safekeeping. At times, she said, the content made her uncomfortable enough that she considered turning them in to authorities. She handed them over when investigators told her that they heard rumors the two had corresponded.

Overall, she told detectives, she wasn't impressed with the wife killer.

"I hope he goes away for a long time," she said.

Timbaland - Way I Are (Remix) Heidi Montag - Body Language

I mixed two songs and two videos. (body language unoficial)

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Educator's Resources,Living Fossils of the Deep

Websites

North American Mammals
This site portrays more than 400 native species through photographs, watercolor paintings, illustrations, range maps, and concisely written vignettes. Other features include custom field guides created from an interactive map, mammal searches across the continent, by ecoregion, state, or precise location, and a family tree that unfurls mammalian relationships, and lesson plans on measuring biodiversity.

Arctic: A Friend Acting Strangely
For generations, Arctic peoples have lived through changing weather and ice conditions. In recent decades, they have been eyewitnesses to dramatic Arctic change. Explore the extreme Arctic environment, discover the diverse network of living creatures that inhabit it, and learn about the cultures of Arctic residents. This site features an Eyewitness to Change documentary, multimedia interactives, and classroom activities.

Lewis and Clark as Naturalists
The United States was 27 years of age when President Thomas Jefferson launched America's first great expeditionary adventure. Through the travels of Lewis & Clark, natural wonders of the American landscape are unveiled.
Resources Page

Lewis and Clark: Mapping the West
Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery have been referred to as "the writingest" group of explorers to undertake a major overland expedition. The same thing might be said of their mapmaking as some 140 maps were prepared on the trail and another 30 more were collected from Indians, fur trappers, and traders along the way.

Living Fossils of the Deep
A research team gather to explore both the present and the past through the natural history of deep-sea organisms and microorganisms in the waters of the Bahamas.

Search for Giant Squid
The giant squid remains an enigma. It has been called the last certified sea monster from pre-scientific times and the last big mystery of the ocean. Dr. Clyde Roper is on a quest to find these giants off the shores of New Zealand and record their behavior by direct observation.

Today's Action-Submit a Green Site to snarfed

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These weary eyes, they’ve seen a lot. But they don’t see everything, which is why we do a little happy dance whenever somebody suggests a quality link worth snarfing.

We’re looking for the strange, beautiful, and cool stuff you might forward to friends. Step right up and share with the whole class.

Submissions go here: tips@snarfd.com. But before you hit Send, here are a few things which are likely to make your link submission more successful:

• Put the term [snarfage] in your subject header. This lets us know you’re human and paying attention.
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Free Desktop Wallpaper-Space Photos

six space wallpaper galleries:

• Nebulae Wallpaper: Here you will find space wallpaper featuring both diffuse and planetary nebulae. Hubble wallpapers abound - The Orion Nebula wallpaper is a definite must have!
• Planet Wallpaper: This gallery contains space wallpapers of the planets in our solar system including their sattelites (moons). So if you're looking for Mars or any other planet, you'll be able to find it here.
• Galaxy Wallpaper: This gallery is the home of our galaxy wallpapers, we've got quite a few galaxies for you to browse through.
• Other wallpaper: This gallery is were all the space wallpapers go that don't fit into the other wallpaper galleries. This includes wallpaper of Shuttle Launches, Comets, The International Space Station (ISS), Stars and Astronauts.
• Apollo Wallpaper: This gallery is were you'll find wallpapers from the Apollo missions. This includes wallpapers of the lunar surface, astronauts working on the moon and the spectacular "Earth Rise" wallpaper.
• Space Art Wallpaper: This gallery contains computer generated space wallpapers and illustrations created by spacescape artists.

Earth Friendly Resources

The Alternative Consumer

• The Alternative Consumer provides product reviews, green news and info to the next wave of smart consumers - fresh thinkers who consciously style their lives with their health and the health of the Earth in the forefront of their mind; chic, savvy shoppers who integrate “green” into their everyday buying decisions.
• Mother Earthbeats
  My blog concerns my Love for Mother Earth and all her creatures. Nature and the health of our environment are issues I am passionate about. Creating awareness of all the beauty and gifts this planet has to offer humans is a serious goal of mine.
• A Wolf Adventure
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• Haleys Green Planet
  Free Resource for Living Green with lots of Freebies. Focus on the Beauty of the Planet we are working to save.
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• Blog Minded :: Globally Minded
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Linkin park - what i've done lyrics

Linkin Park - Linkin park - what i've done lyrics

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In this farewell
There is no blood
There is no alibi
'Cause I've drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies
So let mercy come
And wash away

What I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out
What I've become
Erase myself
And let go of
What I've done

Put to rest
What you thought of me
While I clean this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty
So let mercy come
And wash away

What I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out
What I've become
Erase myself
And let go of
What I've done

For what I've done
I'll start again
And whatever thing
May come
Today this ends
I'm forgiving

What I've done

I'll face myself
To cross out
What I've become
Erase myself
And let go of
What I've done

What I've done

Forgivïng what I've done

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Google Music Trends-Top Ten-Linkin Park

1	What I've Done	Linkin Park	+1
2	In the End	Linkin Park	New!
3	Tum Se Hi - Web Search	Mohit Chouhan - Web Search	--
4	Numb	Linkin Park	--
5	Bleed It Out	Linkin Park	--
6	Hey There Delilah	Plain White T's	+2
7	Boulevard Of Broken Dreams	Green Day	+2
8	No One	Alicia Keys	+7
9	How To Save A Life	The Fray	+10
10	You're Beautiful	James Blunt

Please sign my petition,Voice of Pulmonary Fibrosis

PLEASE SIGN MY PETITION!! IT MEANS A LOT TO ALL THE DISABLED PEOPLE HERE IN FLORIDA, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE...

Original Message:

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I commend Martha for creating this very well written petition. She has persevered creating this petition. Congratulations Martha. Job well done.






Petition for THE VOICE OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS

I signed this petition for I am disabled as many of you already know. What you may not fully understand is that the system fails on most levels to address the underlying issues of the disabled. The current system band aids the problems, masking the real concerns and pushing the disabled to the side to be abandoned by society. However, on Care2, we feel differently, for all life is valued. We're just as important as any other life form, so I urge you to sign this very important petition and to forward this unto your friends.

This is how I signed:




I do not suffer from this debilitating disease, but I too am disabled and know how those with disabilities are discarded so easily. The agencies that work with the disabled do not care for the welfare of the clients they work with. Too much documentation is required to receive the appropriate support. I urge you to rectify this problem and create support systems that enable and empower those whom fall to this disease and other disabling factors in life. Thank you for taking each life as a gift. For those who seek your help is your evaluation, how will you pass your evaluation helping others?

The following link provides information on this disease, please take the time to read this, would you want a significant other to be subjected to this or think of yourself coming down with this and living with this your remaining days of your life. Think about it.




Pulmonary Fibrosis

Thank you for taking action on this important petition.

I am most grateful for your support of those with disabilities, for we do matter.

God Bless,
Richard

Whale and Dolphin Slaughter,Two New Petitions, Please Sign & Forward

Hi William -
John has sent you a message:

End Whale & Dolphin Slaughter in the Faroe Islands!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/end-whale-dolphin-slaughter-in-the-faroe-islands

Tell Denmark to End Whale & Dolphin Slaughter in Their Waters!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/tell-denmark-to-end-whale-dolphin-slaughter-in-their-waters

Banana Warehouse Released! Free Game Widget

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Shareware - Mac - Soon!
Shareware - PC - Soon!

The Apple Dashboard widget version features only a basic introductory level from the game. Buy the Mac or PC shareware version for under $10 to experience the whole banana! Banana Warehouse Released!
The two bananas who inhabit this little part of the web are thrilled to have completed our latest widget called Banana Warehouse! You're going to love this one! The goal is to move all of the yellow crates of bananas into the yellow area of the warehouse, and all the green crates of bananas to the green area using a forklift within the time limit (a generous 75 seconds we might add). Be careful not to block yourself in wheeling the crates around, but if you do, the spacebar will reset everything back to their original position ... except the timer!

Did you know that Banana warehouse is being developed into our first full shareware game for Mac and PC? You can learn more on our new Games page by clicking here. And if you want to know when we release the under $10 shareware version of Banana Warehouse you can subscribe to our brand new announcement list by clicking here!

How to Hug a Baby-Attention all Dogs,funny photos

We don't know whose child or dog this is, but here is a very cute set of photos from someone who has a very happy dog and baby.

ATTENTION ALL DOGS!!!
THE FOLLOWING ARE IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR EVERY DOG TO KNOW

Instructions for properly hugging a baby:

1. First, spot a baby.

















2. Second, be sure that the object you spotted was indeed a baby by employing classic sniffing techniques. If you smell baby powder and the wonderful aroma of wet diapers this is indeed a baby.















3. Next you will need to make sure the baby is positioned properly before actually beginning the hugging process. Very gently smooth baby into the right position being very careful not to squash it.















4. The "paw slide".
Simply slide paws around baby and prepare for possible close-up.
















5. Finally, if a camera is present, you will need to execute the difficult and patented "hug, smile, and lean" to achieve the best photo quality.

Stop Suicides-sign and RePost

I Love You and Miss You So Much, my baby brother!!!!







http://www.petitiononline.com/R14z935a/petition.html
~the paxil protest
http://www.petitiononline.com/effexor/petition.html
~the effexor petition
http://www.petitiononline.com/lilpro/petition.html
~petition for a grand jury to investigate eli lilly for suppressing info re: suicidial ideation w/ prozac
http://www.petitiononline.com/TScreen/petition-sign.html
~stop teenscreens unscientific & experimental screen of American school children
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/COPESfoundation/?e
~abolish suicide causing "antidepressants"

From: Dellianan of the Sea
Date: Jan 29, 2008 3:21 PM

...Please Sign and RePost!
My Dear Brother Danny Roy Beard passed 27th July. He was prescribed what is commonly called "Black Box Warning" SSRI -"antidepressant" drug(s), that have been proven to cause hundreds of thousands of people to either turn to suicide, or live on the brink of it. The FDA has issued these "Black Box Warnings", and there are countless families losing loved ones because many Dr.'s ignore the facts and push the pills and the people through the conveyor belt. When they should be taking the time to make sure every individual is treated with the utmost care and individual well being.
My Dear Brother is the second person I have lost in the last 6 and a half yrs. due to the pharmeceutical industries and Dr.s Not doing whatever it takes to prevent Death to their "patients"- the other being our Dear Andrew Patrick Johnson, our bass player and beloved friend, who was overdosed by his Dr.'s on his pain medications.
I am currently networking to find ways that we can make sure that this NEVER happens to another family again!!! So, if anyone out there has any helpful tips, much appreciated.
In the mean time, here are a few petitions I found this a.m.
I must say that it is So sad and discusting that they apparently Do Not care about the lives, and families they are putting at risk. Not to mention the years of deaths and cover ups, fake trial and jury's etc. etc. they have been involved with.
To loose someone close to you to Death is hard.
To loose someone to suicide is one of the most horrible nightmares you could never fully understand unless you have....

If you know of anybody who is taking anti depressants or pain pills, please ask them to look at the facts online, how many people have died.