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A UNESCO World Heritage site, the <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1055" title="old town of Lamu">old town of Lamu</a> dates back to the 12th century and still boasts many traditional architectural styles of Swahili culture.</p><p>Major threats to the site include a proposed port project and infrastructure for the oil industry. The development "would result in unprecedented new levels of population growth and put strong pressures on both the cultural and natural values of the region," according to the Global Heritage Fund report.</p></div></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101023-ancient-landmarks-vanishing-global-heritage-report-pictures/?now=2010-10-23-00:01#/world-heritage-fun-sites-threatened-lamu-kenya_27812_600x450.jpg">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/pictures-12-ancient-landmarks-on-verge-of-van-0">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-59893339060748165172010-10-24T11:02:00.001-07:002010-10-24T11:02:05.312-07:00Rooftop Golf Photo, New York Picture – National Geographic Photo of the Day<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div><h1>Rooftop Golf, New York</h1> </div> <div> <div> <h2 class="hidden">Main Content</h2> <div> <div class="clearfix"> <p class="publication_time">October 24, 2010</p> <p><a href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/rooftop-golf-new-york/?now=2010-10-24-02:01#caption">View Caption</a></p> <div> <p class="prev first"><a href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/butterfly-egg-oeggerli/">« Previous</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="primary_photo"> <a href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/butterfly-egg-oeggerli/" title="Go to the previous Photo of the Day"> <img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/267/cache/rooftop-golf-new-york_26751_990x742.jpg" height="742" alt="Photo: Man putting a 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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-65384736903227838032010-10-24T10:52:00.001-07:002010-10-24T10:52:12.964-07:00Pictures: 12 Ancient Landmarks on Verge of Vanishing<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div><h1>Pictures: 12 Ancient Landmarks on Verge of Vanishing</h1> </div> <div> <div> <h2 class="hidden">Main Content</h2> <div> <div class="subsection" style="display: block;"> <div><div class="image-selector clearfix"><ul class=""><li class="nav-btn back disabled"></li><li class="nav-btn prev disabled"></li></ul><div class="collection clearfix"><ul class="" style=""><li class="selected" style=""><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101023-ancient-landmarks-vanishing-global-heritage-report-pictures/?now=2010-10-23-00:01#"> <img 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href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101023-ancient-landmarks-vanishing-global-heritage-report-pictures/?now=2010-10-23-00:01#"> <img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/278/overrides/world-heritage-fun-sites-threatened-taxila-pakistan_27818_100x75.jpg" height="75" alt="" width="100" /> </a></li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101023-ancient-landmarks-vanishing-global-heritage-report-pictures/?now=2010-10-23-00:01#"> <img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/278/overrides/world-heritage-fun-sites-threatened-famagusta-north-cyprus_27810_100x75.jpg" height="75" alt="" width="100" /> </a></li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101023-ancient-landmarks-vanishing-global-heritage-report-pictures/?now=2010-10-23-00:01#"> <img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/278/overrides/world-heritage-fun-sites-threatened-fort-santiago-philippines_27807_100x75.jpg" height="75" alt="" width="100" /> </a></li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101023-ancient-landmarks-vanishing-global-heritage-report-pictures/?now=2010-10-23-00:01#"> <img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/278/overrides/world-heritage-fun-sites-threatened-maluti-temples-india_27814_100x75.jpg" height="75" alt="" width="100" /> </a></li></ul></div><ul class=""><li class="nav-btn next"></li><li class="nav-btn forward"></li></ul></div><div class="main-image" style=""><img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/278/cache/world-heritage-fun-sites-threatened-ani-turkey_27808_600x450.jpg" alt=" Picture of damaged frescoes inside a medieval church in Turkey." /></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101023-ancient-landmarks-vanishing-global-heritage-report-pictures/?now=2010-10-23-00:01">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/pictures-12-ancient-landmarks-on-verge-of-van">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-23849797311528496092010-10-08T18:40:00.001-07:002010-10-08T18:40:57.259-07:00Pictures: Tube-Nosed Bat, More Rare Species Found<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div><div class="main-image" style=""><img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/271/cache/papua-new-guinea-new-species-camouflaged-frog_27191_600x450.jpg" alt="Picture of a well-camouflaged brown frog, a new species, resting next to a few small mushrooms in Papua New Guinea." /></div></div> <div class="article_body"><div> <h2>Tiny New Frog</h2> <p class="credit">Photograph courtesy Piotr Naskrecki, Conservation International</p> <p>A frog small enough to sit on a thumbnail rests on a leaf in Papua New Guinea's Muller Range in 2009.</p><p>This species "nearly eluded the RAP team altogether," as the scientists had to search the forest floor in pouring rain to trace the sound of the "soft, scratching, cricket-like" call, according to a Conservation International statement.</p><p>The frog and all its closest relatives are found only on the island of New Guinea.</p></div></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/photogalleries/101006-papua-new-guinea-species-tube-nosed-bat-science-animal-pictures/#/papua-new-guinea-new-species-camouflaged-frog_27191_600x450.jpg">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/pictures-tube-nosed-bat-more-rare-species-fou">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-46916594943689396732010-10-01T21:22:00.001-07:002010-10-01T21:22:37.632-07:00First Truly Habitable Planet Discovered, Experts Say<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div><h1>First Truly Habitable Planet Discovered, Experts Say </h1> <h2 class="subtitle">Earthlike world in elusive "Goldilocks zone."</h2> </div> <div> <div> <h2 class="hidden" style="">Main Content</h2> <div style=""> <div class="subsection"> <div class="primary_photo" style=""> <img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/268/cache/new-exoplanet-goldilocks-gliese-581_26813_600x450.jpg" height="450" alt="Star Gliese 581." /> <div class="caption">The new planet Gliese 581g bears Earthlike blues and greens in an artist's conception.</div> <p class="credit">Illustration courtesy Lynette Cook</p> </div> </div> <div class="subsection"> <div class="article_body" style=""> <p class="author">John Roach</p> <p class="publication">for <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com">National Geographic News</a></p> <p class="publication_time">Published September 29, 2010</p> <div class="article_text"> <p><strong>Astronomers studying a nearby star say they've found the first potentially habitable planet—likely a rocky place with an atmosphere, temperate regions, and crucially, liquid water, considered vital for life as we know it.</strong></p><p>Other extrasolar planets have been called Earthlike, but, astronomer <a href="http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/users/paul/">Paul Butler</a> assured, "this is really the first Goldilocks planet"—not too hot, not too cold.</p><p>Orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581 about every 37 days, the new planet, named Gliese 581g, is "just the right size and just at the right distance [from its star] to have liquid water on the surface," added Butler, of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C., during an online press briefing today.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/100930-new-planet-discovered-first-habitable-earthike-water-gliese-581g-science-goldilocks/">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/first-truly-habitable-planet-discovered-exper">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-10418595559083747862010-09-27T10:59:00.001-07:002010-09-27T10:59:15.365-07:00Being Jane Goodall - National Geographic Magazine<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div class="article_title"><h1>Being Jane Goodall</h1></div> <div class="featurepic"><img title="Jane Goodall " src="http://s.ngm.com/2010/10/jane-goodall/img/jane-goodall-615.jpg" alt="Jane Goodall " /></div><h2 class="title">Fifty Years at Gombe</h2><h3 class="title">In 1960 a spirited animal lover with no scientific training set up camp in Tanganyika’s Gombe Stream Game Reserve to observe chimpanzees. Today Jane Goodall’s name is synonymous with the protection of a beloved species. At Gombe—one of the longest, most detailed studies of any wild animal—revelations about chimps keep coming.</h3></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/10/jane-goodall/quammen-text">ngm.nationalgeographic.com</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/being-jane-goodall-national-geographic-magazi">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-31274684938691706642010-09-24T21:24:00.001-07:002010-09-24T21:24:00.946-07:00Inside Wild Blog- Nat Geo Wild<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><table class="BlogMain_MabAuthTable"><tr><td class="BlogMain_MabAuthTableRight"><div class="BlogMain_EntryTitle"><a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/wild/community/blogs/inside-wild/_toxic-toadzillas">Toxic Toadzillas</a></div> <div class="BlogMain_EntryDate"> Posted by <a href="http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/community/personas/?UID=8ebc9e30-fb04-012c-5eee-12313907d1a3&plckUserId=8ebc9e30-fb04-012c-5eee-12313907d1a3" target="_parent">Jodi Kendall</a> at 9/21/2010 10:32 AM EDT </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="BlogMain_EntryContent"><p><a href="http://sitelife.nationalgeographic.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/13/10/7da5d098-5696-4141-ba8f-215f647c501e.Full.jpg" title="Click here to view this image at full size in another window..." target="_blank"><img src="http://sitelife.nationalgeographic.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/13/10/7da5d098-5696-4141-ba8f-215f647c501e.Full.jpg" alt="blog post photo" /></a><br />A colossal cane toad – measuring twice the length of a man's hand and weighing just under two pounds – was <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/03/27/science-toad.html" target="_blank">recently</a> discovered in northern Australia. Just one lick of Toadzilla's dry, warty skin is potent enough to kill a snake in seconds.</p></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/wild/community/blogs/inside-wild/_toxic-toadzillas">animals.nationalgeographic.com</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/inside-wild-blog-nat-geo-wild">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-23355898055601431382010-09-23T18:33:00.001-07:002010-09-23T18:33:45.449-07:00The Solvable Problem of Energy Poverty<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div><h1>The Solvable Problem of Energy Poverty </h1> <h2 class="subtitle">Spread of Electricity Need Not Harm Climate, says UN Report</h2> </div> <div> <div> <h2 class="hidden" style="">Main Content</h2> <div style=""> <div class="subsection"> <div class="primary_photo" style=""> <img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/262/cache/energy-news-african-cooking_26283_600x450.jpg" height="450" alt="Traditional way of making the staple starch, enjera." /> <div class="caption"><p>Respiratory illness from cooking on primitive stoves, like this one in Ethiopia, will be causing 4,000 premature deaths each year by 2030 if nothing is done to address the problem.</p></div> <p class="credit">Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic</p> </div> </div> <div class="subsection"> <div class="article_body" style=""> <p class="author">Marianne Lavelle</p> <p class="publication"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com">National Geographic News</a></p> <p class="publication_time">Published September 21, 2010</p> <div class="article_text"> <p><em>This story is part of a </em><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy" target="_blank"><em>special series</em></a><em> that explores energy issues. For more, visit <a href="http://www.greatenergychallenge.com/" target="_blank">The Great Energy Challenge</a></em>.</p><p><strong>The <a href="http://www.un.org/">United Nations</a>’ goals for fighting extreme poverty—an effort being assessed at a summit this week in New York—will fall short unless nations also work to bring electricity and modern, safe cooking technology to the billions of “energy-poor” people around the globe, a new report says.</strong></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100921-energy-poverty-cookstoves/">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/the-solvable-problem-of-energy-poverty">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-28545543515136959102010-09-09T17:15:00.001-07:002010-09-09T17:15:48.764-07:00"Lost" Fox Subspecies Found via Saliva Analysis<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div><h1>Lost" Fox Subspecies Found via Saliva Analysis </h1> </div> <div> <div> <h2 class="hidden" style="">Main Content</h2> <div style=""> <div class="subsection"> <div class="primary_photo" style=""> <img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/257/cache/sierra-nevada-red-fox-relocated_25725_600x450.jpg" height="450" alt="A Sierra Nevada red fox (file photo)" /> <div class="caption"><p>The Sierra Nevada red fox (file photo) has recently been rediscovered in central California.</p></div> <p class="credit">Photograph courtesy Keith Slausen</p> </div> </div> <div class="subsection"> <div class="article_body" style=""> <p class="author">Christine Dell'Amore</p> <p class="publication">for <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com">National Geographic News</a></p> <p class="publication_time">Published September 8, 2010</p> <div class="article_text"> <p><strong>Long seen as regionally extinct, the Sierra Nevada <a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/red-fox/" title="red foxes">red fox</a> has been rediscovered in the mountains of central <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/united-states/california-guide/?source=A-to-Z" title="California">California</a>, thanks to a remote camera, a bag of chicken, and saliva analysis.</strong></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100908-extinct-fox-species-saliva-analysis-science-environment/">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/lost-fox-subspecies-found-via-saliva-analysis">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-54753488696171183122010-09-07T09:44:00.001-07:002010-09-07T09:44:31.582-07:00Tarzan Chameleon Found in Tarzan Forest, Near Tarzanville<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div><h1>Tarzan Chameleon Found in Tarzan Forest, Near Tarzanville </h1> <h2 class="subtitle">Discovered on Madagascar, the new species is probably extremely rare.</h2> </div> <div> <div> <h2 class="hidden" style="">Main Content</h2> <div style=""> <div class="subsection"> <div class="primary_photo" style=""> <img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/254/cache/new-tarzan-lizard_25464_600x450.jpg" height="253" alt="The 'Tarzan' lizard." /> <div class="caption">The new species' flat snout is unique among chameleons, experts say.</div> <p class="credit">Photograph courtesy Frank Glaw</p> </div> </div> <div class="subsection"> <div class="article_body" style=""> <p class="author">Christine Dell'Amore</p> <p class="publication"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com">National Geographic News</a></p> <p class="publication_time">Published September 2, 2010</p> <div class="article_text"> <p><strong>There's a new, scalier lord of the jungle: Tarzan the chameleon.</strong></p><p>Five-inch-long (13-centimeter-long) <em>Calumma tarzan</em> was found recently in a tiny patch of forest on the vast Indian Ocean island of <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/madagascar-guide/" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>, a new study says.</p><p>The new species' name has multiple roots. For one thing, the chameleon's habitat—in what locals call the Tarzan Forest—is near the village formerly known as Tarzanville (recently renamed Ambodimeloka).</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100901-tarzan-chameleon-tarzanville-forest-science-environment/">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/tarzan-chameleon-found-in-tarzan-forest-near">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-85389096312118204232010-09-03T12:55:00.001-07:002010-09-03T12:55:44.228-07:00Evolution in Action: Lizard Moving From Eggs to Live Birth<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div class="subsection"><div class="primary_photo" style=""><img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/254/cache/skink-evolves-live-birth-eggs_25436_600x450.jpg" height="450" alt="A yellow-bellied three-toed skink." /> <div class="caption"><p>A yellow-bellied three-toed skink carrying embryos, visible as light orbs inside its body.</p></div> <p class="credit">Photograph courtesy Rebecca A. Pyles</p> </div> </div> <div class="subsection"> <div class="article_body" style=""> <p class="author">Brian Handwerk</p> <p class="publication">for <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news">National Geographic News</a></p> <p class="publication_time">Published September 1, 2010</p> <div class="article_text"> <p><strong>Evolution has been caught in the act, according to scientists who are decoding how a species of <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/australia-guide/" title="Australian">Australian</a> lizard is abandoning egg-laying in favor of live birth.</strong></p></div></div></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100901-science-animals-evolution-australia-lizard-skink-live-birth-eggs/">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/evolution-in-action-lizard-moving-from-eggs-t-1">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-32178019828654901892010-09-02T05:15:00.001-07:002010-09-02T05:15:51.421-07:00Evolution in Action: Lizard Moving From Eggs to Live Birth<div class='posterous_autopost'><div><b>Evolution in Action: Lizard Moving From Eggs to Live Birth</b> <br /><a href="http://feeds.nationalgeographic.com/click.phdo?i=c4c297870045249a88fa466610312c6c"></a><a href="http://feeds.nationalgeographic.com/click.phdo?i=c4c297870045249a88fa466610312c6c">http://feeds.nationalgeographic.com/click.phdo?i=c4c297870045249a88fa466610312c6c</a> <p /> Shared via <a href="http://appsto.re/pulsenewsmini">Pulse</a><br /> </div><p /><div><p />V</div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/evolution-in-action-lizard-moving-from-eggs-t">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-89672708654373180182010-08-28T05:13:00.001-07:002010-08-28T05:13:31.921-07:00Rise<div class='posterous_autopost'><a href="http://su.pr/2gZQc5">http://su.pr/2gZQc5</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/rise">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-39797148329848705032010-08-28T04:53:00.001-07:002010-08-28T04:53:07.060-07:00Can computers think?<div class='posterous_autopost'><a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/ComputersCantThink.txt">http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/ComputersCantThink.txt</a> <p /> <a href="http://su.pr/7SMs5m">http://su.pr/7SMs5m</a> <p /> <br />V <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/can-computers-think">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-50763058899658863602010-08-26T10:40:00.001-07:002010-08-26T10:40:52.220-07:00Pictures: "Lost" Deer, Rare Cuckoo Caught in Camera Traps<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div><div class="main-image" style=""><img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/248/cache/camera-traps-aceh-sumatran-tiger-closeup_24811_600x450.jpg" alt=" A camera-trap picture of a Sumatran tiger in Kerinci-Seblat National Park." /></div></div> <div class="article_body"><div> <h2>Eyes of the Tiger</h2> <p class="credit">Photograph courtesy Fauna & Flora International/DICE</p> <p><strong>A Sumatran tiger faces a camera trap head on in Kerinci Seblat National Park, on the <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/indonesia-guide/" title="Indonesian">Indonesian</a> island of Sumatra (see <a href="http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps/map-machine#s=r&c=-0.16534665887098213, 100.59661120176314&z=5" title="map">map</a>), in a May 2007 photo.</strong> <strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>One of the last havens for the Sumatran tiger—listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)—the park was the site of a camera-trap survey from 2004 to 2009, one of the most extensive such projects ever conducted, conservationists say. (See more <a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/photos/tigers/" title="tiger pictures.">tiger pictures</a>.)</strong></p><p>During the project, a team from <a href="http://www.fauna-flora.org/" title="Fauna and Flora International (FFI)">Fauna and Flora International (FFI)</a> and the University of Kent's <a href="http://www.kent.ac.uk/dice/" title="Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology">Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology</a> photographed 35 separate tigers out of a likely total population of about 500. Pictures of the tigers—as well as some other forest species captured during the project—were released for the first time last week by FFI. (Related pictures: <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/photogalleries/100726-hairy-nosed-otter-borneo-camera-trap-deramakot-science-pictures/" title=""Cameras &squot;Trap&squot; Hairy-Nosed Otter, More Rarities."">"Cameras 'Trap' Hairy-Nosed Otter, More Rarities."</a>)</p><p>Unlike the well-known subspecies the <a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bengal-tiger/" title="Bengal">Bengal tiger</a> and <a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/siberian-tiger/" title="Siberian tigers">Siberian tiger</a>, Sumatran tigers "have not achieved international fame, and this is partly because it is so difficult to document this equatorial species hiding in lush evergreen rainforest," FFI's Matt Linkie said via email. (See <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100108-indonesia-sumatra-tigers-video/">a rare video of tiger cubs filmed in Sumatra earlier this year</a>.)</p><p>Indonesia's two other tiger subspecies—the Bali tiger and Javan tiger—are both extinct, and there is "grave potential for history to repeat itself" with the Sumatran tiger, which is illegally hunted on the island, Linkie said. (<a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/big-cats-quiz/" title="Take a big-cats quiz.">Take a big cats quiz.</a>)</p><p>But there's hope, he added—FFI has set up five anti-poaching teams across the national park.<br /><em><br /> —Christine Dell'Amore</em></p></div></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/photogalleries/100825-tigers-camera-traps-sumatra-science-pictures/">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/pictures-lost-deer-rare-cuckoo-caught-in-came">Web Stream - Vishal Shah (goldenV)</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164109328723495762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13247568.post-57518092002619089392010-08-21T10:07:00.001-07:002010-08-21T10:07:38.686-07:00iphone 4 notebook case<div class='posterous_autopost'><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/goldenv/H4A19McA7KITLxQErMXd8Fk70mTsLTMdVIRrkR8gY0ixoNwnLvYwMyUFEz74/image.jpeg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/goldenv/s9IOa0OV1IDyTGtcN9r21nLeKwaGfyCQaPQecH1smSbup12kG9K9GVk38fFT/image.jpeg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="335"/></a> <p><a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/11241/iphone-4-notebook-case.html">http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/11241/iphone-4-notebook-case.html</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://dynamicphilosophy.com/iphone-4-notebook-case">Web Stream - 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