February 2012
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Encounter
Girl Firefly
Quick leap,
turned wrist.
Bright dot
in my fist.
Night wide—
sharp snap!
I...
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Plea From a Cat named Virtute - The Weakerthans
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The New Marriage Law (1950)
“In marriage, keep an eye on your own interests, and return radiant after registration, 1953”
In 1950, China’s New Marriage Law passed, allowing autonomy in regards to marriage and divorce, and was part of Chairman Mao’s campaign to destroy China’s ties to old world mentalities. The issue was a personal one for Chairman Mao, who had taken an interest in women’s rights, providing...
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Treehouse Beds
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WatchRemind Me
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Intelligent Slime Mold
Single-celled slime molds demonstrate the ability to memorize and anticipate repeated events, a team of Japanese researchers reported in January. The study [pdf] clearly shows “a primitive version of brain function” in an organism with no brain at all.
In their experiment, biophysicist Toshiyuki Nakagaki of Hokkaido University and colleagues manipulated the environment of Physarum...
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Pangur Ban
I and Pangur Ban my cat, ‘Tis a like task we are at: Hunting mice is his delight, Hunting words I sit all night.
Better far than praise of men ‘Tis to sit with book and pen; Pangur bears me no ill-will, He too plies his simple skill.
‘Tis a merry task to see At our tasks how glad are we, When at home we sit and find Entertainment to our mind.
Oftentimes a mouse will stray In the hero...
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Ouroboros and Infinity
“The Ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. The name originates from within Greek language; οὐρά, meaning “tail” and βόρος (boros) meaning “eating”, thus “he who eats the tail”.
The Ouroboros represents the perpetual cyclic renewal of life, and infinity, the eternal return, and represents the cycle of life,...
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Listen
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Secret theme behind Narnia Chronicles is based...
Apparently, each of the Narnia books was written with an underlying theme in mind, and no, it’s not exactly what you were thinking.
Each of the seven children’s chronicles is based on one of the seven planets that comprised the heavens in medieval astrology.
The ever popular books are generally known for the Christian allegory that pervades the text, not surprising in that Lewis...
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Oh no! - Marina and the Diamonds
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“Revolutions always come around again. That’s why they’re called...”
– Terry Pratchett, Night Watch
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La Mer
A white mist drifts across the shrouds,
A wild moon in this wintry sky
Gleams like an angry lion’s eye
Out of a mane of tawny clouds.
The muffled steersman at the wheel
Is but a shadow in the gloom;—
And in the throbbing engine-room
Leap the long rods of polished steel.
The shattered storm has left its trace
Upon this huge and heaving dome,
For the thin threads of yellow foam
Float on the waves...
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Needled Owls
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Contemporary reviews of Dracula
A site with all the contemporary reviews of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, ranging from 1897 to 1901. Excellent reading, especially with gems like this cropping up.
“He finds himself shut up in a half ruined castle with a host who is only seen at night and three beautiful females who have the misfortune to be vampires. Their intentions, which can hardly be described as honourable, are to suck his...
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Saving Josh - Trevor Morris
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Juliane Koepcke survives pretty much everything
On Christmas eve, 1971, the small airplane carrying Juliane Koepcke from Lima, Peru to Pucallpa in the Amazonian rainforest was struck by lightening,destroying the plane and leaving Koepcke falling into the middle of the Amazon.
“Suddenly there was this amazing silence. The plane was gone. I must have been unconscious and then came to in midair. I was flying, spinning through the air and I...
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The Cinematic Orchestra - Arrival of the Birds
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Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am not...
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January 2012
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Arrietty’s Song - Cecile Corbel
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Ursa Major - Floex
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