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Crescent Earth

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:47:07 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska
clipper's remarks: great NASA photo

The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program.

Tags: nasa, earth, photography

Nudibranchs

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:14:31 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska
clipper's remarks: Colourful sea slugs - Nudibranchs possess fantastic coloration and color patterns. They deserve to be called gems of the sea and should inspire jewelry designers (they shouldn't be called "slugs"). Only some polyclad marine flatworms can rival their beauty, although the latter have simpler body architecture. Finding a new nudibranch is always a very special and exciting moment. Nature's boundless creativity, that produced these unpredictable forms and color patterns, keeps surprising and stimulating your imagination. Fortunately these animals are so diverse, that there is little risk that you will see all of them... and get bored.

Clip Source: www.sergeyphoto.com

Nudibranchs belong to sea slugs. As all other gastropods, they are slow moving bottom dwellers. They have soft bodies and most of them lack an external protective shell. Their secondary gills are exposed outside, as reflected by their neo-latin/greek name "nudibranch" meaning "nude/naked gills". Some nudibranchs have numerous body projections (called "cerata") increasing the overall body surface and enhancing breathing. Nudibranchs carry a pair of horn-like cephalic tentacles or "rhinophores" at the front, that are used primarily as chemosensory organs (sensing chemicals). To protect themselves from predators many developed toxic or bad tasting glands in the skin, and their bright colors warn predators of their horrible taste.

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Tags: nudibranchs, sea slugs, underwater

View to British Gardens

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:21:06 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska

Clip Source: www.britainexpress.com

Arched walkway

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Statue of monk in a courtyard of Abbey House

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Tags: uk, garden, architecture, castles

Positive Proof of Global Warming

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:14:43 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska
clipper's remarks: sorry... I was in a hurry, so I didnt check others clips, and later I ve found out that the same pic was clipped several times before... usually I dont reclip any...

Clip Source: www.thehumorarchives.com

Tags: humor, women

French Paradox

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:04:20 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska

Clip Source: www.healthassist.net

11 Reasons Of French Paradox

So why their rates of obesity and heart disease are much lower than the USA?

1 Red wine

Red grapes are one of the richest sources of flavonoids, which may make red wine more heart-healthy than white wine, beer, or other spirits

2 Slow eating

When you slow down with smaller bites, you taste food more and are satisfied with less. It takes the brain about 15-20 minutes to start signaling feelings of fullness

3 Small portion size

4 High intake of fruits and vegetables

5 Processed foods

The French eat much less processed food

6 Shopping traditions: quality over quantity

It is common for French to buy cheese from the fromagerie, bread from the bakery

7 Home-made food

Home cooking provides a better control of food,

8 Self-discipline

9 "No snacking" habit

The French tend to snack much less than Americans, instead, they try to eat more regularily.

10 Beverages: water vs sodas

French drink a lot of bottled water instead of sodas

11 Walking - “naturally active”life

Tags: france, obesity, red wine, eating

Sea Stars of Cold Oceanic Waters

Fri, 30 May 2008 17:21:15 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska
clipper's remarks: Alaska and the Aleutian Island Chain is the richest region in the world for Sea Stars with well over one hundred named species in 45+ genera with at least another 25 recently discovered species presently under description. A sampling of this rich and amazingly colorful fauna is presented herein.

Clip Source: www.jaxshells.org

Echinoderms Of Alaska And The Aleutian Islands

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Northern Sand Star

Trawled from a depth of 380 meters

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Pentagonal Sand Star

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Cryptopeltaster lepidonotus Fisher, 1905

Trawled from a depth of 650 meters

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Scheffer's Aleutian Star

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"Arctic Cookie Star"

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"Red Cookie Star"

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"Orange Cookie Star"

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Grainy White Cookie Star

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Armored Spiny Star

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Kurile Spiny Star

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"Spiny Star"

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"Vermilion Star"

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Alaskan Scarlet Star

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"Grooved Sun Star"

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"Rose Star"

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"White Rose Star"

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"Pink Rose Star"

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"Cannon-ball Star"

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Morning Sun Star

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Striped Sun Star

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Striped Sun Star

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"Remarkable Sun Star"

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"Aleutian Sun Star"

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"Kessler's Sun Star"

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"Fisher's Sun Star"

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"Pincushion Star"

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"Pincushion Star"

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"Prickly Cushion Star"

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"Wrinkled Star"

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" Obscure Cusion Star"

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"Rough Cushion Star"

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"Northern Slime star"

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"Orange-margined Pteraster"

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"White Cushion Star"

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"Zeus' Shield Star"

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"Spiny Orange Cushion Star"

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"Weak-meshed Henricia"

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"Bering Henricia"

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"Northern Blood Star"

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"Mottled Henricia"

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"Fisher's Toothed Henricia"

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"Violet Toothed Henricia"

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"Giant Star"

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"Alaskan Six-rayed Star"

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Polar Six-rayed Star

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Tags: sea stars, genus, alaska, aleutin islands, echinoderms

Two The World's ...est Men Together

Wed, 21 May 2008 18:02:32 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska
clipper's remarks: Bao Xishun (born 1951) is a herdsman from Inner Mongolia, China. Bao was formerly recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living man. Measured at 2.361 metres (7 ft 8.95 in) tall at the Chifeng City Hospital, Bao Xishun has no growth disorder like gigantism. Bao suffers from rheumatism, although this has been attributed to his childhood habit of sleeping outdoors, rather than a height-linked disorder.
He Pingping (b. 1988) is a Chinese man who is under consideration to be recognized as the world's shortest man. He is currently applying to the Guinness World Records.[1]
The 19-year old measures 73 cm (2 ft 4 in) high, and is the third child to a family in northern China's Region. He has 2 sisters, both of which developed at normal rates and are now married. At birth he was as small as a palm. When it became apparent the child was growing very slowly, doctors diagnosed it as the bone deformity Osteogenesis Imperfecta.

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

China ... the world's tallest living man, Bao Xishun, a 2.36m (7 feet, 9 inches) tall herdsman meets He Pingping, who measures just a 0.73m (2 feet, 5 inches) / Reuters photo

Tags: men, guinness record, height

Reuters Year 2007 in Pictures

Wed, 21 May 2008 17:47:26 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

USA ... the tiny feet of Amilia Sonja Taylor, the world's most premature living baby, after her birth at Baptist Children's Hospital in Miami, Florida / Reuters photo

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

Austria ... women dressed as clowns in front of a work by British artist Damien Hirst titled "Iodomethane - 13C" at the Kunsthaus in Bregenz, February 17, 2007 / Reuters photo

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South Africa ... surfers in an attempt to break the Guinness world record for the highest number of riders on a single wave at Muizenberg in Cape Town September 2, 2007 / Reuters photo

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Japan ... workers butcher a 10-tonne Baird's Beaked Whale at Wada Port in Japan, June 21, 2007 / Reuters photo

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Poland ... a combination of pictures shows two planes from the Zelazny aerobatics team crashing at the Radom Air Show, September 1, 2007 / Reuters photo

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Poland ... kayakers in the Rospuda nature reserve near Augustow, July 26, 2007 / Reuters photo

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China ... paramilitary recruits practice goose-stepping in Nanjing, January 19, 2007 / Reuters photo

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Tags: reuters, photography, world, 2007

1000 Places To See Before You Die

Sun, 18 May 2008 20:10:41 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska

Clip Source: www.1000beforeyoudie.com

Hagia Sophia

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The Ring Road

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Cherry Blossom Viewing

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Tags: world, traveling, sightseeing

All My Things

Sun, 18 May 2008 19:34:14 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska
clipper's remarks: Photographer Helga Steppan s exhibition included also these fantastic images of her personal belongings that she grouped by colour.

Clip Source: www.creativereview.co.uk

Tags: photography

Adolf Hitler Artworks

Sun, 18 May 2008 18:56:47 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska
clipper's remarks: A sample of a number of original Adolf Hitler artworks, most dating from 1908-1913 during his Vienna years prior to World War I. Postal size, miniatures, and larger format paintings are shown and described in detail.

Clip Source: www.snyderstreasures.net

Tags: hitler, watercolor, art

Photoshop Masters in Action

Sat, 17 May 2008 14:13:00 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska

Clip Source: englishrussia.com

Tags: photos, fun, photoshop

Mass Photography

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:21:31 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska
clipper's remarks: With an 11x14-inch view camera and little more, Arthur Mole staged some incredible mass photography. His subjects were iconic national symbols around the time of WWI. Mole utilized thousands of military troops and other groups to form these bird's-eye view spectacles. You can view his entire collection online at the Library of Congress website. Follow link:
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/p?pp/app,grabill,lomax,pan,wtc,ils,vv,gottscho,detr,bbcards,prok,nclc,fsa:@FILREJ(@FIELD(CALL+@od1(LOT%205357))+@FIELD(COLLID+coll))::SortBy=DOCID

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Russian Soldiers c. 1896

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Russian Soldiers 1903

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Russian Soldiers 1914

Tags: photography, soldiers, mass

Marital Ratings Scale (1930)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:18:57 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska
clipper's remarks: The 1930s guide to being the perfect wife

Clip Source: in.news.yahoo.com

Does your wife flirt with other men at parties? Is she "slow to get into bed"? Or is her favourite nail polish colour red? Well, if it is so, then get set and give her a score - courtesy "Marital Ratings Scale" from the 1930s.

wives would lose points for being slow in getting into bed at night, failing to sew on buttons and darn socks, or for wearing red nail polish.

in the minus column were categories marked "flirts with other men at parties" and "goes to bed with curlers on her hair or face cream"

A wife could also lose points for putting her "cold feet on (her] husband at night to warm them".

women were rated well for their conversation, delivering meals on time and for being a "good hostess

Also worthy of merit was the wife who "never goes to bed angry".

categories on sex and swearing. A woman would lose five points for using "slang or profanity"

But if she "reacts with pleasure and delight to marital congress" she would gain ten points.

"Very Poor (Failures)" to "Very Superior".

Tags: wife, guide, 1930

Mini Moscow

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:07:44 GMT

clipped by: Lubaska
clipper's remarks: Two models of city

Clip Source: englishrussia.com

Moscow city from above, but its not real Moscow, but it’s copy, that is being stored in the Moscow city town-hall.

Clip Source: www.englishrussia.com

This is a Moscow city scale model. It is back from USSR times, when Soviet leaders had a little craze on making such epic compositions. It was ordered from an artist Efim Deshalyt in 1976. The size of the model exceeds 400 sqft.

The exhibition was opened in 1977 and lots of people visited it since then.

This is the biggest model of Moscow, depicted to a dot. It’s interesting that some of the buildings are not present in modern Moscow. Some hotels of Moscow like “Inturist” or “Moskva” were recently demolished.

After the Soviet era ended, exhibition started loosing the interest among visitors, it attracted only foreigners, travellers to Russia from USA, Europe and other countries. It has been said that some museum workers even wanted to destroy it because it “takes too much space and electric power”.

Tags: moscow, models, russia, architecture