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Winter in Siberia

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:18:00 GMT

clipped by: gingembre
clipper's remarks: Photos from a trip across Siberia in January 2006, when the average temperature was -60F. Just thinking of this numbing cold makes my bones ache, but the photos are lovely. Grab a cup of your favorite warm beverage and take a look at these photos of winter in Siberia.

Clip Source: englishrussia.com

Those Russian guys made photos of their travel across Siberia in January 2006.

The average temperature outside was -60 F. Yes, minus sixty fahrenheit.

When it is -60 F (-50 C) outside, the car windows never get rid of the ice and snow. Even when the heater is on to its maximum.

Russian guys are used to such extreme colds.

They got advised in one of the Siberian cities to install double windows on the cars. Those double windows help a lot in keeping warm.

And all the way through Siberia there are remains of Soviet Era artefacts sitting right near with old pagan totems of wild natives.

Here you can see the car before the double windows were installed.

More Soviet artefacts.

Some guys use more heavy vehicles to travel across Siberia.

Before the cell and satelite phones in Russia in Siberia there were such phone booths each 25 km (12 miles) across the Siberia road. Most of the drivers had a special key to unlock the booth.

Using special laptops.

And even vodka freezes in Siberia.

Tags: siberia, russia, winter, photographs

The Complete Works of Charles Darwin

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:20:09 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken

Clip Source: darwin-online.org.uk

This site contains Darwin's complete publications, thousands of handwritten manuscripts and the largest Darwin bibliography and manuscript catalogue ever published; also hundreds of supplementary works: biographies, obituaries, reviews, reference works and more.

Almost all is online only here: such as 1st editions of Voyage of the Beagle, Zoology, Descent of man, all editions of Origin of species (1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th & 6th); important manuscripts: Beagle diary & field notebooks, Journal, transmutation notebooks and Autobiography.

Forthcoming: more editions, translations, introductions & manuscripts.

Tags: darwin, evolution, manuscripts, autobiography

Don't You Quit

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:47:00 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: Rest, if you must...but don't quit.

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Clip Source: www.psalm40.org

Don't You Quit

An Inspirational Poem

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit-

Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a fellow turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out.

Don't give up though the pace seems slow -

You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than

It seems to a faint and faltering man;

Often the struggler has given up

Whe he might have captured the victor's cup;

And he learned too late when the night came down,

How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -

The silver tint in the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are,

It might be near when it seems afar;

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -

It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

Tags: quiet please

These Weapons of Mass Destruction cannot be displayed

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:32:21 GMT

clipped by: swampfoxz
clipper's remarks: The weapons you are looking for are currently unavailable.

Clip Source: www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

These Weapons of Mass Destruction cannot be displayed

The weapons you are looking for are currently unavailable. The country might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your weapons inspectors mandate.

Please try the following:

Click the Regime change button, or try again later.

If you are George Bush and typed the country's name in the address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly. (IRAQ).

To check your weapons inspector settings, click the UN menu, and then click Weapons Inspector Options. On the Security Council tab, click Consensus. The settings should match those provided by your government or NATO.

If the Security Council has enabled it, The United States of America can examine your country and automatically discover Weapons of Mass Destruction.
If you would like to use the CIA to try and discover them,
click Detect weapons

Some countries require 128 thousand troops to liberate them. Click the Panic menu and then click About US foreign policy to

Tags: weapons