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"In the first three paragraphs of Thomas B. Morgan's 1960 Look profile of Brigitte Bardot, the writer refers to the actor's 'magpie hairdo,' her 'girl-woman earthiness,' her rich father, her promiscuity (his inference, not hers), and her refusal to embrace a traditional motherhood role. He calls her 'the sassy kitten,' puts her in a category alongside French wine and small cars, and resents her for being so wildly popular. One rather important detail is missing from this heap of vitriol: her name.
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Beyond race, creed, color, nationality and personal narratives there is a universal humanity. Where is this? How do you go there?
The Martin Luther King speech which introduced into the zeitgeist the vision of children from different backgrounds and ethnicities all walking together holding hands on their way to school. This is a mental construct that I can create. In holding this image something in me is able to clarify and remind me of my place, of the framing that mentally makes available the mind of non-judgement.
Aug 10 2011: By touching someone's heart. :)
Aug 14 2011: Could you give a picture of what that looks like?
Aug 14 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKlGcrFpoWU&ob=av2n
Any smile, any given song with this attitude, it's hard to say really but that's totally dependent on each individual person. Just open your heart and LISTEN to other people's hearts.
Aug 15 2011: Dear Silvia,
Thanks for that link.
Listening to the song gave me the chills and brought tears to my eyes...so trueAug 11 2011: Schools are definitely the place. If you want to change something, change the children. In my public high school in New York City, while you can see racial and economic cliques formed, there's definitely an appreciation of diversity and understanding. Kids, forced to interact, eventually come to befriend and rely on each other. And that's where they start to branch out from their respective bubbles and touch other cultures, and form the beginnings of that global relationship we hope to have some day. But it starts with kids, getting to meet and appreciate different people.
Aug 11 2011: Beside math, language, science, there might need to be another core subject being taught in high schools: global peace.
Aug 13 2011: I couldn't agree more.Aug 11 2011: Hi Johnny Cude...good question!
I believe that universal humanity is in all of us, and the way to recognize it, is to peel off all the layers of hate and discontent we have built up as societies and as individuals.
I learned a valuable lesson as a very young child with parents living in different polarities. My mother was unconditionally loving, non-judgemental, kind, respectful, open hearted and open minded to everyone and everything. She was a person who lived with integrity, humor and joy no matter what was happening in her world. My father was a racist, bigot, angry, violent, abusive person. He feared everyone who was different from him, or had different thoughts, feelings, ideas, or beliefs. As a child, I observed the impact these two people had on themselves and others around them, and I made a choice regarding how I wanted to "be" in this world.
My life has been, and continues to be rich because I open my heart and mind to everyone, and recognize the similarities we share. The differences are a gift, in my perception, because I learn something I would not have learned in any other way. I would NEVER deny myself the opportunity to connect with people or ideas that may be different from what I already think I know.
So, my perception is that universal humanity is not a place we need to "go". It is a place we can choose to "be" in ourselves in every given moment. It is a matter of making a choice, and deciding for ourselves how long we want to live with the fear that prevents the recognition of universal humanity:>)
johnny cude
Aug 14 2011: Colleen, I always like your comments. From your comments I get that you built a kind of choosing muscle in your brain as you contrasted or journeyed between your parents polar views. I can see by your smiling muscules on your cheek bones that you chose the high ground more often than not.
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If I said, what do you see in your minds eye when you mediate and see this Universal humanity. Do you see everyone standing beside each other. Some people of greater import standing on a high plateau, where are the less fortunate, or do you see everyone standing on level ground, or something totally different.
Aug 14 2011: Thank you Johnny...good perception...yes...I built a "choosing muscle" in my mind and heart:>) I have the same image as you Johnny, of children walking hand in hand. We are all grown up children, who have been taught various beliefs, and as informed adults, we have choices regarding how we use the information we were given as children. If children have not been taught to fear others because of differences, then they will probably all go to the playgroud and play, without prejudice.
In my perception, we are all teachers and students in this earth school. We play out different roles, so at any given time, we may appear to be higher or lower in our societies, but ultimately, I see us all as one, striving to be all that we can be throughout this life adventure. Even when mediating with convicted felons, I could always find some ground on which we could stand together. There is ALWAYS something we can connect with. We all share the same emotions, and many of the same thoughts, feelings, ideas and opinions. That which is different, offers an opportunity to learn and grow in ourselves and with each other, so that is our commonality. When we reject others because of fear, we deny ourselves the opportunity to learn something different.
Aug 14 2011: You are an example of why I find myself in the TED community pages nearly every day. . . there is a power in being in conversation with people who believe what you believe. . . you are one of those people for me :)
It is true we are all teachers and we are all students, every day in every interaction and experience. I just quoted Rachel Naomi Remen on my FB page from a PBS production called A New Medicine
"healing is about the will to live - its about collaborating with someone with something in someone that they may not even be aware is there, strengthening it- calling it forward" Rachel Naomi Remen
in the process of healing we are healed. . . this is the oneness you speak of, to me.Aug 15 2011: Thank you Autumn,
That is what keeps me coming back to TED as well. I agree with you that there is power in the conversations we are having here on TED.
Yes...that is the oneness I speak of...we are healing and the healers at the same time...students and teachers...we all have the opportunity to help support each other in our life journey...when/if we are open to the possibilities:>)
Erol Toksoy
Aug 11 2011: Interesting question. I guess mine is related to reading. Of course there should be guidelines to choose among books. But reading caused ( still causes) my own personal enlightenment.I beleive that if we learn to think wih empathy then it is easier for us to build our own humanity values.
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Aug 14 2011: Erol, thanks for responding. As a researcher of social cues, how do you cues yourself when you think of empathy. Do you go to memories of times when you saw the effectiveness of empathy, what is the clearest image you have read or experienced that brings about this state.
Thomas Jones
Aug 11 2011: Move to Vancouver, Canada.
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I don't think the question is "How do we go there?"
I think the question is, "How do we not leave there?"
Aug 14 2011: Thomas, thanks for commenting. So you think we are already there in this 'natural place' and somehow get lost from this Universal humanity. What is the image that holds for you a representation of this natural place.
Aug 14 2011: Hi Johnny,
Well, I don't think there is a place so much as an ability to accept things "as they are."
When we live in isolation from one another a natural outcome of this is prejudice. We feel a natural affinity for people who are like us and we feel some trepidation for people who are different.
This tendency manifests quite early in life.
My niece, who is just under two years of age, cries whenever she sees me. I am Caucasian. She is Asian. I do not look like her mom and dad - or anyone else she has ever met. (I live in China.)
However, given a little time, she will get used to me and the way I look.
So while we do have an early predisposition to react to people who look differently than we do, with exposure to others, we quickly overcome it and it then takes effort to maintain our fear of those who are not like us.
I mention Vancouver because, if you go to the schools there, there are people from everywhere, white, yellow, brown, black, red, and every conceivable blend. The kids are worried about if they are wearing the right clothes not if their skin is the right colour.
To quote from Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific:
You've got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You've got to be taught
From year to year,
It's got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught before it's too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught!Aug 11 2011: I like this
"a day of intercultural cooperation on a scale that humanity has never known".
It doesn't have to be grandiose.
It just takes a tiny piece of work from everyone
and a little joy
to wash over the cynicism
we use to feel a little short term comfort.
when we are unsure.
hajar boulal
Aug 10 2011: the thing i always thought about this is that evryone should start with himself, start by looking at people as people, african people are not all black, and not ell the japanees are small, and not all jamaika likes reaggae, if we stop considering people as countries and ideas and dresses and languages, maybe we we'll have some time left for looking at the great humanity we've created, it doesn't work like religion: believe and everything will be alright, here we need to understand, to feel the fact that each one of the human being has something different to offer, that something is what can make a one big happy humanity
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Mike Myatt
Aug 10 2011: Humanity is universal, but so is diversity. The issue is not whether we recognize diversity, but rather how it is dealt with…Cultural differences and realities are normal and healthy - diversity mandates are not. When we are focused on service more than self, matters of diversity become less of an issue. The diversity argument is divisive and only serves to enable dependence on rationalizations and justifications more than contribution. Don't attempt to make a case for anything by playing the diversity card, play the I'm qualified card. Compete on your merits not why your lack thereof should be overlooked. If we stop identifying ourselves based on diversity segment, and identify ourselves by accomplishments and character the world will be a better place.
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Aug 14 2011: Mike thanks for commenting, Your comment reminds me of an ancient egyptian drawing where everyone is busy but also smiling, working in the fields, the kitchens and in the courtyard. everyone is working for the greater whole. but I agree about diversity mandates. I am in favor of distributing the opportunity for education to everyone but not mandating it on institutions. However, those who promote and provide education to those in greatest need are serving the greatest good. To bring the underprivilidged and down troddden into their own resourcefulness will always present challenges that communitites can address better than institutions.
Amily shaw
Sep 1 2011: Hi Johnny I think the very essence of humanity is to realise that nobody is better than others. how do i go there, i think a simple word(not love)-- empathy(it takes efforts to practise it). I dont pretend that is easy.
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and i dont not to think that one could be 100% non-judgemental all the time towards everything (or everyone) even if you want.Aug 23 2011: I strongly believe that peace starts within ourselves. If we have it in our harts it will comes out naturally,we don't have to look for it on anywhere else but inside our hearts.
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Aug 15 2011: Hey Johnny, these are questions I used to ask myself, and an author that helped me with answers to these questions is Eckhart Tolle, I highly recommend his a book 'a new earth'. Hes a spiritual teacher who explains it in a simple way, and also by getting you to experience it. An example would be to close your eyes and wonder what your next thought is going to be (without thinking), this brings about an 'emptiness' if you do it for about 10 or more seconds whilst your doing it.
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Another one from the sedona method is to ask yourself 'what is here now', and keep asking and going deeper until you can feel the presence/peace that you are, which is under all emotion, thoughts.
So maybe instead of holding an image, you could BE the inner space, which is at the centre of humanity :)
Aug 15 2011: Hi Jag,
I haven't read "A New Earth", but another good one by Eckhart Tolle is "The Power of Now".
GREAT idea to "BE" the inner space...I like that:>)
jag .
Aug 15 2011: Hey Colleen, yh thats a great book too. Katie Byron's books are great aswell, at the moment I have a book by David R Hawkins which is useful for being more present
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:)Aug 14 2011: It's in one's heart , one's mind.
Very easy to go and very difficult as well. It's actually again at one's hand.
Only thing needed I feel is keeping mind open despite of risks sudden gush of wind of any prejudice can shut the door to keep mind blocked and claustrphobic.Aug 13 2011: Where is this?
In the human heart.
How do go there?
By choosing to open your heart in some way to every person you make contact with - by developing a habit of opening your heart.
Aug 14 2011: Bob thanks for your comment. My studies are in the use of images rather than words as the means for self direction. I'm trying to mine the mind of the public, find out the images they use to navigate the higher frames which hold up humanity. Got an image or images that work for you.
Aug 14 2011: Johnny, I use a lot of metaphors and images in my teaching and counseling to explain how to get body and mind working together so we see each other more clearly and are able to keep our hearts open. I am currently writing a second edition of the text I use in my class and am posting chapters to my website for feedback as I finish them. I use images of sunburn, springs and a zoom lens to describe the effects of tension on mind and emotion. I am currently working on the chapter on perception where I use metaphor of frames, filters and focus from photography to illustrate how we define our version of what we believe reality to be. Please send me an email if you would like the password to view these chapters.Aug 11 2011: i started my own similar topic mintues ago...lol i do feel like there should be a universal society. and i think all the intelligent people should join this and start it, i do believe we are alot and could start to clean politics wit hthis movement. evolution of the modern man. The Cosmospolitan should be born. We are children of the cosmos. citizens of the cosmos. we should have a uniserval laws and freedoms
Aug 14 2011: Danile, exactly! What picture reminds you that we are a universal society, what is the picture that shows society as Universal. the mental image?
Joe Delsen
Aug 11 2011: (1) translate and contribute the power of our beliefs and convictions into the simple universal language of our mutual interests and wield it as a driving force to transform our world and (2) we energize our hearts, we energize each other, we energize our hearts and minds and help transform our world (TED.com, NGOs, UN, international forums, etc.)
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This is the challenge to leave our mark and our legacy in this troubled world. We take stock of our current power and influence and see what part of our solutions we can push and together we shall transform our world and leave a lasting and happy legacy for our children. http://bit.ly/SolutionStrategies
Aug 14 2011: Great words. Joe thanks for responding, could you reply to this question, what do you see mentally when you think internally on the concept of mutual interests.
HJ Tan
Aug 11 2011: To realize the fact that we, as humans are not as different and seperated as we imagine. We share all the basic needs that brings meaning to life, to be loved, cared, and understood.
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You can thank the current administration.....
I am reality........
They should be replacing with vehicles that can use natural gas, just the savings in fuel costs would pay for the fleet in 10 years time
Lease the trailers they are cheap to lease, buy new tractors the first comment on this blog is right(on the math); when the contractors brake down PVS is always called to help them if everything is contracted out who are you going to call? contractors are going to charge extra for runs, postal drivers get paid by the hour. I tought the Postal Service was excempt from this retrofitting? is the state going to make Airforce,Army and Marines to retrofit their diesel trucks???? I srongly believe the retrofitting its like $15000 on each truck to fix but I have never seen the Government pay full price for anything if its in bulk this case being so many tractors and 11 tons involved. Plus there is good seminew trailers that are cheap in good condition. Ive seen some of the reports that indicate is too expensive to retrofit but to my personal opinion they are not real numbers. I have also seen alot of new contractors trucks carrying 2 to 3 APCS and I know thats a waste of money.
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The United States Postal Service is a federal entity. The tractors, trailers, straight trucks, vans etc. have no tags or registration as they are exempt from these regulations. They pay no road tax fees or (on road) fuel tax. The drivers are exempt from all DOT regulations with the exception of the self imposed CDL licence and random drug tests. The idea that these trucks need to meet certain emissions testing is a fallacy designed to eliminate the entire PVS system and contract it out. The United States Postal Service fleet is exempt from emissions testing.
If you question this, explain why the United States Army's fleet of trucks (that uses the same roads as the United States Postal Service fleet) is not required to comply with the emission standards? Do you think the Army is going to replace it's fleet or contract out it's fleet because of this regulation?
Unfortunately that is not accurate. The California Air Resources Board must seek approval for its regulations from the EPA, Once the EPA approves, as with this regulation, it carries the force of federal law. This regulation explicitly DOES apply to civilian federally owned vehicles. The legislation that created this arrangement contains an "Exemption From Diesel Fuel Requirements for Military-Specification Fuels Used in Qualifying Military Vehicles."
Some truth here but not all. The cdl drivers are required to pass a physical they are not exempt to all rules! Second the bulk of the fleet are required to be emission tested LLV, FFV, Windstar, Uplanders, and administrative vehicles Focus Malibu, Caravans, etc. Mack tractors long nose or flat and international and sterling 7 and 11 tons have emission standards as well they are not race trucks. They have catalytic Converters e.g.r. Systems as well as other emission device controls set from the factor for civilian use. After all I have been a diesel technician for the USPS for over 5 years and proud to serve.
Mark is right, your cost estimates are way too high. Instead of leasing replacements or buying "all necessary replacements at one time" why not budget a fund for purchasing, say, 20% of the tractor fleet a year over the next 5 years? With the right specs, we could still maintain parts commonality over most of the new fleet. Modify the 4587 process to earmark the tractors with highest maintenance costs for earliest disposal. And for God's sake, get some vehicle maintenance and operations people involved in spec'ing the new trucks, not the ivory tower HQ people who have made such a mess of nearly every major vehicle procurement over the last few decades.
Alright, let's try this again a different way...... Sometimes I'm vague.
I thought the You Tube clips on the previous post added a certain moxy to the EPA/Climate Change Tractor Trailer information provided.
Someway, somehow, in the very-very-very near future, this U.S. Post Office is going to have to develop, employ, and execute a carbon friendly transportation footprint. This is not simply some fubar comment poking the hornets nest of the Transportation Segment of the organization. This comes from the Executive Office, and if this United Nations initiative by western nations is expected to develop into a global policy, America's Post Office must be prepared to participate.
Therefore, imagine the Carbon Credits which could be earned by farming out the Diesel Fleet to a contractor. It's actually a dual credit because these carbon friendly (to a degree) can serve as a direct carbon credit, by selling the fleet, and serve as a derivative carbon credit, because the recipient contractor earns credits for retrofitting the trucks; which can be part of the deal as retrofitting can be done by postal employees at PVS (Postal Vehicle Service).
I'd rater see us play the govt exempt card. Screw coron credits and all that crap. Only foolhardy people buy into that game- and it is a game. We both know that. Spend the money to retrofit a truck that really dosent need to be modified and then sellthem off? Must be some really good stuff you got in that pipe...
Kindly note OIG Audit HR-AR-12-004, dated 09/2012
Two words Natural Gas
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Cut off Postal Headquarters Bonuses from the PMG and his other crooks for three yearsand the Service would be able to replace tractors, trailers, and delivery fleet of enormus amounts.
I have no idea where these cost figures come in.I am a third generation driver and former owner operator.40 to 45 thousand per trailer is about right.But 135 for a tractor is bull,You can go buy a day cab for 80 to 85 and with a fleet discount they would be at least 10 percent cheaper.This is why we are in trouble no one in the post office knows trucks that are making these deals.I have been driving for them for 7 years and management has no clue about trucks.I have been driving for 37 years and it is just lack of knowledge on the PO.And yes we are exempt from fed laws so why did they close the MVS in parts of California.
Run it like all other business charge enough to cover your cost.Business 101
I think when people get hired by the post they see a buy free card and I red light to milk
This is a really easy solution for the Trucks and Trailers.
Trailer specifications should be lowered to standard E Track equiped semi trailer with 12 inch on center E-track posts and have the best possible roll up doors made. LED Lights all around and Stainlesss Steel rear opening and bumper.
As for tractors. a Manufacturer should be able to lease the postal service enough tractors to the specification they desire. The only thing I would make sure that is done is that these tractors are not so far outside the Standard tractor order of the private fleets. AKA Dont strip them down to bare shells or put to many extra / redundant systems that are not called for.
I have been around the post office working as a HCR contractor for over 6 years and yes the post office have nice equipment but they dont rotate out their fleet like a private corporation to take advantage of IRS tax laws. Tractors should be driven for 3-5 years and then rotated out. Trailers can operate without major issues in the 8-10 year range.


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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donna-...b_2124539.htmlRepublican lawmakers and conservative activists undertook a concerted effort to keep minorities, students and those with lower or fixed incomes (including many of our seniors) from voting. One GOP official in Ohio said early voting cuts were necessary to check the power of "the urban -- read African-American -- voter-turnout machine." A leader of the Tea Party group "True the Vote" said he wanted to make the experience of voting "like driving and seeing the police following you." The Republican House speaker in New Hampshire said restrictions on college students voting were needed because "voting as a liberal ... that's what kids do."
To reduce turnout among these groups, Republican officials deployed a variety of tactics. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and Florida Governor Rick Scott slashed the amount of time available for early voting, which is disproportionately utilized by minority and low-income voters. GOP legislators in Pennsylvania enacted a photo ID law, and then failed to establish adequate procedures for allowing more than 700,000 Pennsylvanians who lacked photo ID to obtain one. Voter purges attempted by Gov. Scott and Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler targeted thousands of lawfully registered voters. "True the Vote" -- surely a leading candidate for the Newspeak Award -- challenged minority voter registrations on an unprecedented scale....
Yet the untold story of the 2012 election is not the efforts of lawyers or activists, but the unyielding determination of everyday ordinary citizens determined to cast their ballots. They won on Tuesday. Here's why.
When Secretary Husted tried to change election rules last year, Ohioans responded by gathering 300,000 signatures toward a referendum that successfully suspended the law. After we successfully restored access for the last three days of early voting, the African-American community participated in record numbers, aided by a massive turnout for Souls to the Polls on the Sunday before Election Day. Overall, the African-American share of the Ohio electorate was more than one-third higher than in 2008.
In Florida, 150 black pastors organized "Operation Lemonade" -- named for the "lemon" they were handed when Gov. Scott cut early voting. Although the state reduced the number of early voting days from 14 to eight, and eliminated voting on the Sunday before Election Day, nearly as many voters -- 2.4 million in all -- voted early as in 2008.
On Election Day, voters stood with determination in unconscionably long lines, some that stretched for up to seven hours. Though some voters were elderly, frail, missing work, or simply exhausted, theyrefused to leave, undeterred by the line and in fact galvanized by the bad intent. Voters and activists used social media to stand in solidarity as the hashtag #StayInLine quickly began trending on Twitter. People were so determined to vote that many polling places ran out of provisional ballots.
When the dust settled, the very groups targeted for suppression and intimidation had voted in record numbers. Compared to 2008, African Americans, Hispanics, and people under age 29 all represented a greater share of the national electorate.
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Close encounters with the dragons of Komodo
Posted on : 3 December 2012
Categories : Adventure - Hiking, Trekking, and Eco
Some people will tell you, sincerely, that the movie King Kong was inspired by an expedition to Komodo Island. Others will tell you, with as much conviction, that the island was the basis for Jurassic Park. Neither is necessarily wrong, neither is necessarily right. Regardless, stepping off the boat, walking down the small wooden pier and into the forest feels like a trip back in time – to a land where the lost animals of history rule supreme.
The Komodo dragon exists only in this one part of the world – on four small islands in the Komodo National Park, in the southern part of Indonesia. The animal's isolation from the rest of the planet is what has ensured its survival for so long. It had no predators and was not discovered by the Western world until 1910. Quarantined and indomitable, evolution largely overlooked these dragons.
As I walk into the main camps of the two islands I visit – Rinca and Komodo – I can see some dragons laying on the ground. They seem docile and slow… but with sharp teeth and large claws, I keep my distance. A group of rangers with forked wooden sticks are there to protect us.
"We use the stick to push them away", one tells me. "But when they are aggressive that's not enough. Then we have to run."
The Komodo dragons do strike out at people occasionally and there are a few attacks each year on locals who live on the islands. Normally, these are defensive but humans are a potential food source.
The most common foods of the Komodo dragon are deer, buffalo, goats, and birds. Sometimes they can attack their prey and then eat it whole, right there and then. Other times they will bite and then wait patiently. Their saliva contains bacteria that will eventually kill another animal so they will stalk it, sometimes for as long as three weeks, until it dies and can be devoured.
I see a demonstration of the dragon's power on Komodo Island, when a couple of them suddenly run across the ground at a high speed. Jaws snap and blood-tinged saliva oozes out the side. After 20 million years, these animals know what they're doing. They are lethal when they want to be.
As a visitor, there isn't much danger, though. In fact, it's less like Jurassic Park and more like a stroll in the park. Although there are about 4,600 dragons across all the islands, I saw less than a dozen. This is not a zoo and the animals are not always going to be in pre-designated viewing areas. They are wild and they come and go through the forests. They are also generally well-fed and will spend their time resting and conserving their energy.
The rangers will look after you during a visit. They'll tell you stories of living and working with dragons and they'll show you some interesting things – such as the nest of dragon eggs and the mother guarding it. You'll have a chance to walk around the islands and see the animals in their natural habitat. A few days before my visit, some tourists saw a group of dragons attack and eat a water buffalo.
Personally, it is quite a special experience to come to Komodo and Rinca Islands in Indonesia. Knowing that this is the only place in the world I can see these animals in the wild; knowing there are only a few thousand of them; knowing this species has been around for 20 million years; and knowing that only the tiniest fraction of the world's human population has ever seen them here. And I am now one of those people.


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Thought since it's been banana's already, one thread to get your rumors, trades, signings, cuts, etc... in would be cool.
I've been on Twitter for a good margin of the day haha so this is what I got so far....
Must admit, although I'm a Mavericks fan...I love the Knicks as well and this excites me. I've watched all there games and thank god for Amare last year because watching the Knicks games were so predictable before Amare. Always collapsed in the 4th, and this year looks promising if they can get Baron Davis at point guard.
- Greg Oden will signs a 1 year deal will the Portland Trail Blazers (http://www.nba.com/2011/news/12/08/g....ap/index.html)
- Shane Battier signs with the Miami Heat (http://www.nba.com/2011/news/12/08/b...s=iref:nbahpt2)
- Tyson Chandler agrees to deal with New York Knicks (http://www.nba.com/2011/news/12/08/b...s=iref:nbahpt2
Other Deals:
- "Big Baby" Glen Davis is traded to the Orlando Magic for Brandon Bass (http://eye-on-basketball.blogs.cbssp...48484/33773561)
- Grant Hill re-signs with the Phoenix Suns (http://eye-on-basketball.blogs.cbssp...48484/33050631)
- Tayshaun Prince re-signs with the Detroit Pistons (http://eye-on-basketball.blogs.cbssp...48484/33756543)
- Caron Butler signs with the Los Angeles Clippers (http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/e...48484/33757568)
- Mario Chalmers re-signs with the Miami Heat (http://eye-on-basketball.blogs.cbssp...48484/33772685)
- T.J Ford signs with the San Antonio Spurs (http://eye-on-basketball.blogs.cbssp...48484/33753287)
- Shannon Browns agrees to deal with the Phoenix Suns (http://eye-on-basketball.blogs.cbssp...48484/33756911)
- Mike Dunleavy Jr. signs with the Milwaukee Bucks (http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/e...48484/33757787)
- Tracy McGrady agrees to deal with the Atlanta Hawks (http://eye-on-basketball.blogs.cbssp...48484/33745627)
- Marcus Thornton signs with the Sacramento Kings (https://twitter.com/#!/Chris_Broussa...24863920041984)
- Brandoy Roy to retire because of knee problems (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...ailblazers-roy)
- Chuck Hayes signs with the Sacramento Kings (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...nt_buzz_120911)
- Eddy Curry signs with the Miami Heat
- Jamal Magloire will sign with the Toronto Raptors
- Sebastian Telfair will sign with the Phoenix Suns
- Jonas Jerebko signs with the Detroit Pistons
- Jeff Pendergraph signs with the Indiana Pacers
- Gilbert Arenas gets axed by the Magic via amnesty clause
- Juwan Howard re-signs with the Miami Heat
- Mickael Petrius was traded to the Raptors for a 2nd round pick
- Vince Carter gets axed via amnesty clause by the Suns
- Tony Battie re-signs with the 76ers
- James Jones re-signs with the Heat
I probably Missed some but I got most of it I believe. Anyway enjoy and add on!
- Dwight asks to be traded to the Nets, but the Magic are accusing the Nets of tampering with Dwight before free agency began
- Nene is leaning towards re-signing with the Nuggets but Nets making a strong push in light of the Dwight Howard tampering accusations
- Knicks looking to dump Chauncey Billups + Ronny Turiaf to clear cap, Billups is probably going to get axed via amnesty clause
- Baron Davis is speculated to get axed via amnesty clause
- Thaddeus Young is close to re-signing with the 76ers
- Knicks are trying to re-sign Shawne Williams, as the the Nets are trying to lure him away
- Apparently all though the Paul deal is presumed dead, talks to make it work have started back up
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To date, the Scottsdale Historic Register recognizes buildings associated with the early history of the town, the development of the arts and tourism industry in the city, and three postwar residential neighborhoods representing Scottsdale's rapid growth and development in the 1950s. The Commission and city staff continues to research and document the city's history by actively seeking to add significant properties to the Register.
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Mayer Hawthorne On Making Steely Dan Sexy & Getting Schooled By Pharrell
Mayer Hawthorne makes no apologies for the fact that his new album, 'Where Does This Door Go,' sounds nothing like his previous two records.
From 'Get Lucky' & 'Blurred Lines' To Future Hits, The Secret Comeback Of Pharrell Williams
How does a man, who turned 40 in April and has been in the business since the mid-'90s, stay relevant after all these years? His recent collaborators sound off.


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Dolphins ranked 78....jest ranked higher than the patsies!!!!!!! what a joke!!!
Dolphins ranked 78....jest ranked higher than the patsies!!!!!!! what a joke!!!
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I'm surprised it's that low. I would give them about a 86 or 87, which is still respectable.
How can the Jets be rated higher?? Their RBs are mediocre, they lost Faneca, lost Rhodes, lost thomas and Washington they brough in old players and weak Cromatie. We should have been rated at a least 83.
wow dude, cant believe this... we'll definetly be a 95 OVR next year when we win the superbowl
Miami is underrated in just about every sports game, Dolphins, Heat, Marlins, as long as we win in real life that's ok, but it can be a little frustrating when you're playing with your team which is not as good as they should be and playing against a team that is better than they really are, at least those ratings aren't permanent, we have a young team so I'm sure that has a huge effect on our rating, we just need to win and the team will get better.
I'm building a time machine so I can witness the good ol' days.
Wow guys this isnt madden 05. The highest rated team, the saints are like a 94... colts a 93.. I think the Jets and Ravens are the next highest. I will agree thats ridiculous. We are ranked 79 i think, a +2 from the last update in madden 10. I guess that means dansby + marshall are 1 point a piece lol. Don't worry. Thats the thing with roster updates, the jets went from like a 76 to an 88 very quickly. Henne went from a 65 to a 79 very quickly. Just let the men play, then judge.
I can understand why people are complaining about us having such a low rating, but why is the jets being rated higher than the patriots such a big deal (they even mentioned it on nfl live today). Wes Welker coming off an acl. Tom Brady has looked good coming back from injury, but is not playing the like the Brady of before. No one to rush the passer, average corners, I dont see why the Jets or us shouldnt be rated higher than the patriots.
*Checks Fin Heaven gaming forum* Yep. This was already posted two days ago. Thanks for the update.
that sucks, we are always underrated. i bet the giants are ranked high as hell even though they went only 8-8. makes no sense, its a popularity contest. between starks, polite, carpenter, bell, vontae and sean, will allen, ronnie and ricky, jake long and everyone on the o line. these guys should all be like 90's over all( or close too, i would probably make vontae and sean like low 80's.) the only weak links on our team really are fasano, anderson, moses, jason allen, and these guys are still good lol. whatever, maddens a game, i bet LT is still a 99. sanchez is probably ranked higher then henne. so dumb. shonn greene hasn;t shown **** compared to our backs.


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SEKISUI SPR in Europe presents itself with a comprehensive product and service portfolio at the 12th No-Dig LIVE at Peterborough Arena in East England from 16-18 September 2014. At booth 84 SEKISUI SPR will exhibit reliable and new technologies for water,more ›
In December, Vienna set the stage for the restructure of collaboration between town associations and cities in the Danube Region. The new platform seeks to bundle forces to draw maximum benefit from the EUSDR. more ›
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From Intelligent Design to BioLogos
In this paper, Venema tells the story of his transition from support of Intelligent Design to the view that God uses evolution as a creative mechanism.
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In this paper, Venema tells the story of his transition from support of Intelligent Design to the view that God uses evolution as a creative mechanism.
Many barriers to the acceptance of the BioLogos model by evangelical Christians arise from popular misconceptions about the nature of science and its relationship to God's action in our world.
Artist and BioLogos Senior Fellow Mark Sprinkle describes the importance of acknowledging the creative and subjective aspects of human knowledge in the midst of the debates about the relationship between science and faith.
Science and Religion scholar Denis Alexander presents two models for relating Adam and Eve with the findings of contemporary anthropology. This essay was presented at the November 2010 Theology of Celebration Workshop
The Bible is no more a book dropped out of the sky than Jesus is some superman who flew down from heaven. Instead, just as Jesus is "God incarnate," both divine and human, the Bible is a book that speaks God's word and reflects the thoughts, ideas, and worldviews of the human authors.
Renowned Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke considers eleven barriers that prevent evangelical theologians from accepting evolution as a possible means of creation and what these barriers tell us about the tensions perceived by many Evangelicals between science and faith. Waltke's work was based on a survey sent to members of the Fellowship of Evangelical Seminary Presidents and their faculty.


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Design Crew for Architecture have created an incredible water purifying skyscraper that looks like dozens of soapy bubbles stacked one on top of another. According to the design brief, "There is only about 1% left of liquid freshwater and the UNO and the World Water Council estimates there might be a crisis affecting half the worldwide population by 2030." Capable of making freshwater efficiently and sustainably using a series of bubbles filled with water-filtering mangroves, the unconventional building pushes the envelope of what a skyscraper is capable of doing.
Unlike a traditional skyscraper, the freshwater factory is proposed not for the city but for the Almeria province of Spain for its sunny weather and favorable growing conditions. A special mention in the 2010 eVolo Skyscraper competition, the bulbous building would house a freshwater factory filled with mangroves that would convert saltwater into drinking water which could then be used to grow food crops.
In order to facilitate water purification, the tower will be made up of several circular tanks filled with brackish water (water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater), which will be enclosed in spherical greenhouses. Using tidal powered pumps, the brackish water will be brought up into the tower and circulate through the mangrove plants, which have the unique ability to thrive on brackish water and perspire freshwater. The freshwater sweat then evaporates and condensates into dew on wall of the greenhouse and is collected in a freshwater tank. The resulting freshwater can then be distributed to the fields using gravitational flow.
According the designers, one hectare of mangroves should be able to produce 30,000 liters of freshwater a day. In other words, the tower would be able to irrigate a one-hectare field of tomatoes per day.
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March 15, 2010 at 6:29 pm
that's really inefficient… it would be impossible to build enough of these things to solve the water crisis. the *only* solution is 4th generation nuclear power plants, particularly thorium variants that run at high temperature. modern nuclear plants, such as the ones that india is designing, can produce electricity, desalinate water, and produce clean hydrogen fuels all on the same site. for comparison, a typical nuclear powered navy ship (a small reactor on a BOAT) produces 400,000 gallons per day. yes, a BOAT produces 1,514,164 liters per day… a boat produces 50 times as much as a "green" skyscraper! also keep in mind that only a fraction of the energy of the reactor goes into desalination, the rest goes to other stuff like propulsion. the same arrangement for power plants, except power is produced in much larger quantities. the energy density of nuclear power allows us to run multiple types of plants from the same reaction… that's why we get power generation, desalination, and clean fuel production from the same site… it's impossible to do this with green energy.


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The videos are graphic.Doctors at Houstons Memorial Hermann hospital have set the latest trend in science: live tweeting.
Following on the heels of its live-tweeted open-heart surgery procedure complete with graphic photos the Twitter account of the Houston hospital (@houstonhospital) will give amateur sawbones an up-close look at a brain operation performed by Dr. Dong Kim, a neurosurgeon who worked on the team that treated former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after she suffered a gunshot wound to the head.
Head Shaved before surgery
Drilling into skull
Removing skull segment
Removing tumor
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