Sunday, September 18, 2011

CBC.ca - Image Gallery - Animal deaths in captivity

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What a cute little critter this is. I'm guessing female; the article in one part calls her Tiqa and in another it is spelled Tiga. Either way, it's very sad when an animal dies in captivity. I think there needs to be a better way for us humans to show off nature's diversity of wildlife to our children other than placing them in captivity for view.

That is no life for them. If they could talk they would never choose it. After all, if you had your choice to continue living your life or to be put on display in a cage for aliens to gawk at, which would you choose?

Saturday, September 17, 2011

5 voices: After Gadhafi, then what?

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This is such a thought-provoking picture. I guess Moammar Gadhafi has disappeared, but new Libyan leaders have so many challenges to overcome. Unemployment is one of them, with the lack of basic services following closely behind. See how the boy is watching the soldier walk by. But his eyes seem focused on the gun. Behind him are ruined buildings. But he is leaning on a pane of glass, almost looking suspended right there. His shoes look American, with velcro fasteners. In fact all of the clothing in the picture looks American.

The soldier casts a shadow on the boy, which can be interpreted both literally and figuratively. War casts a shadow on everyone. It casts a shadow everywhere. In this picture the gun, the soldier and the shadow all represent a move towards peace and a move away from dictatorship. But the shadow will remain for quite some time.

Cancer Killer Found In The Ocean -- Marine Biotechnologists Treat Cancer With Mud-loving Ocean Bacteria

It is very interesting that someone has found a potent anti-cancer agent living at the bottom of the ocean. It is a simple bacteria, and once scientists had isolated it's genomes they were able to identify the cancer-fighting potential this bacteria has. It is amazing. When you think that most of the earth is covered with water, how many more resources are lurking in the depths of the sea?

This could be a life-changing discovery for the many people plagued by and killed by cancer every year around the globe. Even though the bacterium was discovered in 1991, it wasn't until recently that the genomic sequence was unlocked. The cancer-fighting potential of this bacteria is amazing.

Friday, September 16, 2011

NewsDaily: Arctic ice melts to second-lowest level, says study

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The arctic sea ice melting; second lowest ever on record. It sounds like something right out of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow". Quite scarey, actually. But the fact remains: there is a delicate cycle. Our air pollution creates holes and thin spots in the ozone layer, which let more of the sun's ultraviolet radiation in, which warms the globe, which melts the ice in the arctic, which affects the weather for the whole earth.

The problem isn't going away. We need to do something about it, and we need to do it now. Ask yourself a question. What are you doing about global warming today? How are you contributing to the problem or how are you contributing to the solution. It is a grave issue we must all face.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

World's Smallest Snake Found In Barbados

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Wow, this snake is so cute...sort of. The article says it is the diameter of a piece of spaghetti. I would at first think it's a small worm, but in the picture it looks like it has scales, so snake it is. What a tiny, tiny creature. It is said to be a newly discovered species of snake. Ewww...I just wondered what a plateful of these little guys would look like. They would look like your noodles were squirming. I guess I'm not having spaghetti today. I will leave it for another day. Yuck!

When I was young I found some old kitchen food that had been tossed out, and put in a hole in the back field. Flies had laid their eggs in it and it was teeming and I mean absolutely swimming with maggots. Now if that doesn't make your skin crawl what does? Needless to say it was years before I could eat rice again. They looked like a pot of live rice wiggling around. And the stink! Oh my.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Push Button Poetry: Bluebird

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This is almost too beautiful to be real. Yet someone has caught, on film, this beautiful specimen of a bluebird perched on a branch in front of some amazing pink blossoms. What an excellent image! It couldn't have been staged any better than this.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

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