*
*
AP | December 7, 2007 08:51 AM
Former Vice President Al Gore, wife Tipper arrived in Oslo today for Al to accept the Nobel Peace Prize for his work publicizing the dangers of global warming.
*
Images: (ship/ocean) historyforkids.org; (Ralph Kramden) imagecache2.allposters.com via masshistoria.net; (Al) AP Photo via huffingtonpost.com; (bus) teachers.net;
Posted in Environment, Norway, Al Gore, Nobel Prize |
*
A Lebanese man holds a cluster bomb. Dozens of countries pushing for a worldwide ban on cluster bombs met in Oslo on Thursday for two days of talks, but key nations Israel and the United States were noticeable by their absence.(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)
46 of 49 nations OK ban on cluster bombs
By DOUG MELLGREN, Associated Press Writer […]
“Prehistoric, short-necked plesiosaur was as large as a bus”
This article about the discovery of twenty-eight Jurassic behemoths mentioned that the plesiosaurs teeth were as big as cucumbers and its vertebrae were the size of dinner plates. I trust them, but their yardsticks no longer carry the same shock value. It is time for scientists to […]
Posted in Nature, Education, Television, Baseball, Norway, Cuisine, Communications, Science, Football, Radio, Hair Care, Industrial Design, South America, KANSAS, Scandinavia |
My Norwegian is more than a bit rusty, but this is what I have gleaned from the interview with Blute Hammersk.
“So I was walking in my apartment block to my flat and I hear all this noise from a flat next to elevator. Now I’m a big Faye Wray fan and was rushin’ to […]
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Jul | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | ||||
theme adapted from ice. powered by
WordPress.
The background image is based on a work found at a wonderful site for
those interested in Machine Age art: rediscoveredpaper.com.
Its Architectural Drawing Collection of Streamlined Illustration Art
is worth a visit.
Original writing and Partial Image Manipulation © davidbarillaripère, 2006, 2007