Monthly Archives: March 2008
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Elizabeth Cotten wrote this song, plays it here, and Pete Seeger made it famous, if you remember that far back:
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An article and interview with science fiction author, futurist, and rocket enthusiast Arthur C. Clarke commemorating his 1945 predictions in his article “Extra-Terrestrial Relays: Can Rocket Stations Give World Wide Radio Coverage?” The article, published in the magazine Wireless World in 2005, describes how Clarke’s “prediction of satellite communications has come true in ways.” From the British Broadcasting
BBC – Radio 4 – Arthur C Clarke: The Science and the Fiction 05/11/05
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A New, Genetic Model for Schizophrenia: Scientific American
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Why Blog? Reason No. 92: Book Deal – New York Times
miss the link to the site? here it is
YouTube – The Allman Brothers- Ramblin Man
and others at margin of link
Wii and iPhone to help military control freaks – tech – 27 March 2008 – New Scientist Tech
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I just looked at the pictures on that link and I believe most or all of them are from a place in Botswana called Duba Plains. I was in that camp last September and saw some of those lions. The female with the blinded eye is called Silver Eye and she is notorious in the area. The pride there hunts and kills buffalo, as the pictures show and she was blinded a few years ago, apparently by a kick to the head by a buffalo she was trying to kill. She has been very aggressive since she was blinded and has killed all the lion cubs born to other females for several years. When we were there our guide told us that the other females had finally begun to use other tactics to keep their cubs from her presence to keep the pride going. It has caused a decline in the size of the pride and no one knows if they can remain intact as a pride because of this behavior.
The big male is one of two called the Duba Boys. One of them died recently, apparently killed by a younger male who challenged him. Our guides told us that the days of the Duba Boys were numbered mainly because of their age. We got very close to one of them. Images attached.
We saw Silver Eye from a distance and took off across the grassland to see what she was up to, but we got stuck in a deep mud hole and had to get towed out. I did not like being on the ground in an area where the pride was active. Nothing happened, but it was disquieting, to say the least.
The lions here are unique. There is water everywhere and these cats have overcome their natural dislike of getting wet and swim in the channels all the time. They are 15-20% larger than other lions and are very intimidating to see in person, much more so than other lions I’ve seen in Africa.
The lions and buffalo here fight constantly and have been the subject of books and films. Check out “Relentless Enemies” at Nat Geo:
The film is going to be shown on May 14. We saw the couple who do this work when we were at Duba Plains. They are working on a new film about the lions.
[here is the original post at my site]
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How Dangerous Is Boxing For The Brain?
Stem Cells From Hair Follicles May Help ‘Grow’ New Blood Vessels
How Were The Egyptian Pyramids Built?
Evolution Of New Species Slows Down As Number Of Competitors Increases
Toward A New Generation Of Vaccines For Malaria And Other Diseases
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Seed: Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 3/31/2008
Five issues, insights, and observations shaping our perspective, from the editors of Seed.
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Architecture Portal News: Top 10 Highest Monuments around the World [Pics]
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‘HowTo’s (HowTos, HowTo’s, or whatever you prefer to call them) are excellent problems solvers: they provide quick, easy-to-follow and non-overwhelming solutions to one or another problem that pop-up during daily routines. People love them, especially when they’re free, regardless whether it’s a step-by-step guide or a couple of minutes long video.
Massive List of ‘HowTo’ Sites ‘HowTo’ Search Engine | MakeUseOf.com
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YouTube – Nickelback – Rockstar (Official Video) Lyrics
and other videos by this group
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“pareidolla”=things that look like other things.
here: hitler cat
more at flickr
found this mnorning at Metafilter.
Bad Language – The Pope Tart and other pareidolia
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