How to Play Bones with Dom Flemons

Elephant Whisperer

Elephants say goodbye to the whisperer. For 12 hours the huge beasts slowly made their way through the Zululand bush until they reached the house of the man they loved – to say good-bye. That, according to the son of conservationist and adventurer Lawrence Anthony, who passed away while on a business trip to Johannesburg last Friday, was the profoundly moving sight at Thula Thula Private Reserve this week. Dubbed ‘the elephant whisperer’ for his unique ability to calm traumatised elephants and herds, Anthony became a legend when it came to light that he had rescued animals from the Baghdad Zoo during the Iraqi invasion. There are two elephant herds at Thula Thula. According to his son Dylan, both herds arrived at the house after Anthony’s death. “They had not visited the house for a year-and-a-half and it must have taken them about 12 hours to make the journey,” said Dylan. The first herd arrived on Sunday and the second herd, a day later. ‘They all hung around for about two days before making their way back into the bush,” said Dylan

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30,000-Year-Old Flower Revived

Fruit and seeds hidden in an Ice Age squirrel's burrow in Siberian permafrost have been resurrected into a flower by Russian scientists. Using a pioneering experiment, the Sylene stenophylla has become the oldest plant ever to be regrown and it is fertile, producing white flowers and viable seeds. via Sky News

Shakespeare: Original pronunciation

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Farm Sanctuary Piglets at Play

Bonded within moments of meeting, Sprinkles and Tim received the greatest gifts any animal could ask for — permanent refuge and a friendship that will last a lifetime.

Happy Birthday Elvis!

Chris Hedges: Brace Yourself. The American Empire Is Over & The Descent Is Going To Be Horrifying

Today marks the 600 year Anniversary of the birth of Joan of Arc

Mark Twain on Joan of Arc
"Whatever thing men call great, look for it in Joan of Arc, and there you will find it." - Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
"It took six thousand years to produce her; her like will not be seen in the earth again in fifty thousand." - Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
"She is easily and by far the most extraordinary person the human race has ever produced." - "Saint Joan of Arc"
Joan of Arc on the web.
Joan of Arc on Facebook

Auld Lang Syne by Sissel

Peter Schiff interviews Ann Barnhardt

Year of the Dragon

Hundreds Gather to Protest Global Warming

h/t DMA via Political Irony

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Mark Sisson Explains the Primal Blueprint

Wild Boars Have Invaded Berlin

Earth Island Journal has the skinny

The Incandescent Light Bulb Song

Stanley Kubrick's photos of 1940s New York

Before becoming a legendary director, Stanley Kubrick was a poor kid from the Bronx who did photojournalism for Look magazine in the 1940s in and around New York City. He shot on the sly, often times his camera concealed in a paper bag with a hole in it. Of the some odd 10 000 black and white photographs he took while working at the magazine, VandM chose a total of 25, which have now been made available as prints. See the entire collection here.
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Radley Balko

jazz for cows

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Food Freedom

The Military Industrial Complex in Five Minutes

swing dance flash mob at the Denver Airport

Top 10 Reasons Why the Mafia is Better than the State

Interview with HL Mencken, the only surviving recording of his voice

On youtube in 8 parts, all nice and neat in one place here

RIP Smokin Joe

a murmuration of starlings

Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.

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KLP