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VisualDNA Quizzes. Why-old-books-smell-good-9025-1318127980-8_large.jpg (JPEG Image, 500x500 pixels) A Little Bit of Magic. Listen to the online radio Radio for Awesome on Radionomy : Experimental Rock, Chill-out, Electronic, Miscellaneous. Say. Wheres-wall-e-full.jpeg (JPEG Image, 1200x817 pixels) - Scaled (85%) Google Gravity. Smithsonian Institution Libraries Detail of This portfolio of hand-tinted lithographs purports to illustrate the "discovery of life on the moon." In 1836, Richard E. Locke, writing for the New York Sun, claimed that the noted British astronomer Sir John H. Play music together. I wear a bowtie now on Dogatar. Original Creator Of the Vintage Brooch Bouquets Amanda by 1amanda. Sorrycard.png (PNG Image, 459x292 pixels) Legend of Zelda Treasure chest with sound!

1/4" Pine plywood. You can use whatever type of wood you want, but pine looks nice and is relatively cheap. You'll need enough wood to cut out the following pieces: Two 5.5" x 10.5" pieces One 8" x 10.5" base piece Two 8.5 x 5.5" pieces Five 2 7/16" x 11" slats Also you will need two 6 sided half a decagon pieces. This sounds confusing but I've included a template to cut these pieces out. You'll also need: Wood glue Black poster board A cheap mp3 playerTreasure chest opening mp3 Soldering iron Solder and flux Some small gauge wire (20 or 22 gauge will work)SPDT lever switch from radio shack Small audio amp.

4335 - Music Sound Generator Flash dammit. The Enchanted Doll by Marina Bychkova. fUNICODE: The Ultimate Text Transmogrifier. Musicovery. 15 Amazing Animated Short films. We all love short animated films, but creating short film is very hard task.

Putting whole story in 5 to 10 minutes is not easy. Can you imagine? Few films produced after working hard more than 6 years! Here we collected 15 dazzling animated short films for your inspiration. You can find different genres in these movies like heart-touching film One life, frightening film The Passenger. I bet you will love these short animated movies, do let us know your favorite one, also feel free to share your favorite short film if it’s not present in the list.

Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty Oscar-nominated film of ‘Granny O’Grimm’, directed by Nicky Phelan, produced by Brown Bag Films, and written/voiced by Kathleen O’Rourke. Oktapodi (2007) In Oktapodi, these two cuties help each other escape the clutches of a tyrannical restaurant cook. This Side Up – A Short Animation by Liron Topaz Oxygen Oxygen tries to make friends on the playground. “Heavenly Appeals” a short film by David Lisbe Bunny Animation. Free audio Books - Fiction - Download Mp3 and iPod format today! Disney Wallpapers by alicexz on deviantART. A Trippy illusion. The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India located in Trisul, India. In 1942 a British forest guard in Roopkund, India made an alarming discovery. Some 16,000 feet above sea level, at the bottom of a small valley, was a frozen lake absolutely full of skeletons. That summer, the ice melting revealed even more skeletal remains, floating in the water and lying haphazardly around the lake’s edges.

Something horrible had happened here. The immediate assumption (it being war time) was that these were the remains of Japanese soldiers who had died of exposure while sneaking through India. The British government, terrified of a Japanese land invasion, sent a team of investigators to determine if this was true. It was evident that the bones were quite old indeed. However, a 2004 expedition to the site seems to have finally revealed the mystery of what caused those people’s deaths. As it turns out, all the bodies date to around 850 AD. All the bodies had died in a similar way, from blows to the head. How to win Rock-paper-scissors every time. I admit it. When I first heard there are actual tournaments for Rock-paper-scissors, sanctioned by the World Rock Paper Scissors Society, I laughed.

I mean seriously, $50k to the winner of a game that requires no skill whatsoever? Absurd. Boy was I wrong. Rock-paper-scissors isn't just a silly game kids play or a way to decide who has to be the designated driver at parties. This is serious stuff. Males have a tendency to throw rock on their first try, inexperienced RPS players will subconsciously deliver the item that won previously, and paper is thrown least often, so use it as a surprise. Infographic: United States of the Environment. In the spirit of two popular infographics that map out the best and worst of all 50 U.S. states — the United States of Awesome and the United States of Shame — MNN decided to see how each state shines or suffers in regard to environmental and public health.

Our "United States of the Environment" maps depict each state's No. 1 and No. 50 ranking for issues such as conservation, agriculture, energy efficiency, disease prevalence, pollution, natural resource availability and education, among others. Check out the two maps below, and see our list of states, stats and sources for more information. Sources for "good U.S. " map:Alabama: Lowest rate of alcohol abuse or dependence (U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) Alaska: Most wetlands (U.S. Geological Survey) Arizona: Most solar power potential (USA Today, National Climatic Data Center) Arkansas: Home of Buffalo River, first U.S. The Idea Swap. Top Stories - LoveGivesMeHope - Stories That Make You Go "AWW!"

Pin up maker by *kinkei on deviantART. Drewcope_p.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center. The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center is a civilian command facility in the U.S. state of Virginia, used as the center of operations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Also known as the High Point Special Facility (HPSF), its preferred designation since 1991 is "SF".[1] The facility is a major relocation site for the highest level of civilian and military officials in case of national disaster, playing a major role in U.S. continuity of government (per the Continuity of Operations Plan).[2] Mount Weather is the location of a control station for the FEMA National Radio System (FNARS), a high frequency radio system connecting most federal public safety agencies and U.S. military with most of the states.[3] FNARS allows the president to access the Emergency Alert System.[4] Location[edit] The underground facility within Mount Weather, designated "Area B", was completed in 1959.

The above-ground portion of the FEMA complex (Area A) is at least 434 acres (176 ha). The Inigo Montoya Guide to 27 Commonly Misused Words. Disney Alice in Wonderland Creatures PaperCraft Model Toy Template | PaperCraft Art Creative. 7 creatures of Alice in Wonderland which you can collect as papercraft. Did you read my previous post on Alice in Wonderland paper doll?

So now you have a chance to add another good papercraft into your collection. They are Alice in Wonderland creatures paper model. It’s not the Alice character herself but a set of 7 selected creatures that you could find in wonderland world through out the stories. For summary, the set consists of Caterpillar paper model including the pipe that he uses to smoke. And the others are Butter and butterfly, Hammer bird, Horn duck, Rocking horsefly, Mirror bird and finally Pencil bird. All of these great papercrafts are prepared specially by paperinside. If you pay attention to the date of the papercraft, you will notice that they were made years back in 2006. One thing I like about paper models that were prepared by paperinside is, they have free templates that you can download and all the templates come with instructions ready. Creatures from Disney’s Alice in Wonderland | FREE paper models.

Thought Questions - Asking the right questions is the answer. Objection! Alice and Kev. YouAreBeautiful. Creative walls | FindInspirations.com. In this post I present over 30 stunning examples of creative wall design. This selection covers vinyl stickers and decals, “almost” traditional wallpapers, ink and paint illustrations on walls, mural painting, walls covered in dictionary pages… and what is hard to be categorized otherwise than as “mixed technique”. Get inspired on how to add some unique character to both private and business spaces.Murales. Georgina Ciotti website: Ariel Ramirez flickr Portfolio / www.georginaciotti.com Hooked Mural website: Raewyn Haughton Illustration/Design: Hooked Mural Coco Jo Wall website: Raewyn Haughton: Coco Jo Wall Caroussel website: Wall Print Rolling Thunder Office Mural website: Kris Balerite’s Portfolio Mural in Border website: CILER’s Portfolio Nature abstract by Eika website: Dopludo Collective’s Portfolio thee Ace Hotel website: genvy’s photostream on flickr Wall Stickers for FUGU website: Gaku Imai’s Portfolio Ink and paint website: Karl Kwasny’s Portfolio Giga-kit website: e-glue wall stickers 39.22.