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Last login: 24 hours agoBerrypicker: Lisa is a 42 year old married woman from Fastbecomingawasteland, North Carolina, USA.; Likes 10,585 pages, 26 videos, 1,013 photos • 462 fans • Received 176 reviews; Member since Jun 03, 2005

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Dogs Deserve Better: No Chained Dogs!: May 11, 8:06pm 64 reviews dogs
http://www.dogsdeservebetter.com/; DOGS DESERVE BETTER is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to freeing the chained dog, and bringing
our 'best friend' into the home and family.

http://www.315aw.afrc.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060516-F-9712C-456.JPG: May 11, 7:33pm 21 reviews photography
http://www.315aw.afrc.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060516-F-9712C-456.JPG; looks a bit like the flying spaghetti monster to me...I'll take it as a sign we must obey our noodly master.

NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS by Austin Kleon: May 11, 5:04am 24 reviews poetry
http://www.austinkleon.com/category/newspaper-blackout-poems/; thanks go to the always great bluezfire
Instead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs the New York times and blacks out the words he doesn't need.~ amazing results~

Pixdaus, God Gave Us Pics!: May 11, 4:35am 27 reviews photography
http://pixdaus.com/?sort=related&tags=greece; lots of "visual poetry" from Greece

News Bytes of the Week--Could Coastal Trees Have Saved Lives in Myanmar?: Scient…: May 11, 4:06am 1 review science
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=news-bytes-of-the-week-could-coastal; Saving the Earth=saving Human lives. "By cutting down 50,000 acres of mangrove trees in the 1990s, and probably more since, Myanmar may have left itself much more vulnerable to last week's deadly Cyclone Nargis, according to Surin Pitsuwan, the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. That shouldn't be surprising: A study appearing in Science in 2005 found that regions buffered by coastal vegetation sustain fewer deaths and less damage when they are swamped by inundations from strong storms or tsunamis, such as the one in December 2004.

How Do Green Roofs Work?: Scientific American: May 11, 3:58am 20 reviews environment
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=living-cover&ec=su_roof; I want one...sigh...maybe my next home. Green roofs are a solid solution to help combat the problems created by "concrete jungles". From the page: "Cities worldwide are promoting environmentally "green"� roofs to mitigate several urban problems. Ground cover, shrubs and other flora planted across a building's roof can reduce storm water runoff, easing the burden on local sewers and water treatment systems. And the vegetation can keep the roof cooler in summer, lowering interior air-conditioning costs and therefore peak demand on area power plants.

Green roofs have been blossoming in Europe for more than a decade, and Tokyo now requires that at least 20 percent of any new roof on medium and large buildings be cultivated. Chicago is the U.S. leader."

http://www.muttscomics.com/art/images/daily/042408.gif: May 8, 6:18pm 2 reviews comics
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Wildcare: Take Action Against Glue Traps: May 8, 4:28pm 1 review activism, animals
http://www.wildcarebayarea.org/site/PageServer?pagename=TakeAction_GlueTraps; I hate glue traps! I work for a large plant nursery, and I hate that they are used to control rodents around our animal feed. Today a large Rat snake was caught. Mineral oil and gentle and careful prying him loose did the trick, but I wonder if this snake will be okay. please don't use glue traps!

Lightning Storm Generated by Chilean Volcano (Images) | Universe Today: May 7, 4:01pm 33 reviews geoscience
http://www.universetoday.com/2008/05/07/lightning-storm-generated-by-chilean-...; ya learn something new everyday! this is news to me. "Lightning can happen as a result of a volcanic eruption. As the hot ash rises through the cooler atmosphere, friction occurs. This friction generates a substantial electrical charge within the cloud, and should the conditions be correct, huge electrical discharges may be observed."

The World from Berlin: Bush Has Understood Nothing, Learned Nothing - Internatio…: May 6, 6:09pm 21 reviews environment
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,548288,00.html; I will be so happy! happy! to get rid of this jerk Dubya! From the page: "When it comes to global warming, much of the world has been resigned for years to waiting out the end of the George W. Bush presidency. Under Bush, the White House has altered climate change reports, spiked global calls for action and maintained that it would simply be too harmful to the US economy to address the growing dangers of a warming climate.

With just months to go before Bush makes way for his successor, the US president on Wednesday (more...) once again confirmed that waiting for number 44 is the way to go. Bush called for the US to halt the growth of greenhouse gas emissions -- but only in 2025. As the San Jose Mercury News wrote on Thursday: "Allowing emissions to rise for the next 17 years is not a plan; it's an abdication.""

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