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<title><![CDATA[LEAF SHADOW (Recently selected by National Geographic)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:16pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:&#34;">National Geographic has chosen this image as one of the featured daily selections in the </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:&#34;">"Nature” category for the week of October 1<sup>st</sup>. in</span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:16pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:&#34;"> their International Photography Contest.<span>  </span></span>  </span>This photograph may also be found on the Nature Jigsaw Puzzles page. Here are the links:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:16pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span>  </span></span></span><a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest/nature-gallery"><span style="font-size:16pt;"><span style="color:#800080;font-family:Calibri;">http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest/nature-gallery</span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest/nature-puzzles"><span style="font-size:16pt;"><span style="color:#800080;font-family:Calibri;">http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest/nature-puzzles</span></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:16pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">It was early spring, and I was shooting in a park filled with canyons, streams and waterfalls. This dried Maple leaf had made it through the winter intact and landed on a shallow, clear, slow-moving stream. At first I was uncertain of what I was seeing, as it looked like two separate objects. Finally, I realized that the sun was casting a distorted shadow of the leaf on the bottom of the stream bed. Since it was gliding downstream, I had to move quickly to capture the image while it was still in position. If you look at the bottom of the photograph you will see a slight rippling of the water. This is where the leaf was headed on its’ way downstream where the water was not so crystal clear and calm. I was very fortunate to have captured this image, and it is certainly one of the most interesting in my collection. This image may be found in the Black &#38; White gallery on page 8, or in the Waterways &#38; Waterfalls gallery on page 4 of:<span>  </span><a href="http://www.michaelcartaimages.com">www.michaelcartaimages.com</a></span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Concurso Internacional de Fotografia da National Geographic   ]]></title>
<link>http://escoladeimagem.wordpress.com/?p=1170</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Entre os dias 1º de agosto e 31 de outubro de 2008, as fotos enviadas 	    ao concurso]]></description>
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<p>Entre os dias 1º de agosto e 31 de outubro de 2008, as fotos enviadas 	    ao concurso cultural Sua foto também concorrem a uma viagem para       Washington para conhecer a sede da National Geographic Society.</p>
<p>Nesse período, os leitores selecionados como vencedores (1º lugar) 	    nos concursos locais (Sua foto, no caso do Brasil), que acontecem em vários 	    países ao redor do mundo, concorrem automaticamente ao Concurso Internacional 	    de Fotografia National Geographic 2008.</p>
<p>Esse concurso elege a melhor foto de natureza, pessoas e lugares. O resultado 	    dos vencedores brasileiros serão divulgados em novembro de 2008, 	    no site da National Geographic Brasil e haverá um vencedor por categoria. 	    O resultado final, com os vencedores internacionais, será divulgado 	    no dia 15 de dezembro de 2008.</p>
<p>Premiação - O primeiro lugar de cada categoria (natureza, 	    pessoas e lugareas) receberá uma viagem para conhecer a sede da National 	    Geographic Society em Washington, D.C. por cinco dias e quatro noites em 	    datas ainda a serem definidas, em Dezembro de 2008 ou começo de 2009.</p>
<p>Mais informações em:</p>
<p><a href="http://viajeaqui.abril.com.br/ng/promo_foto_dia.shtml">http://viajeaqui.abril.com.br/ng/promo_foto_dia.shtml</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Spore in the Classroom?]]></title>
<link>http://gonzobrarian.wordpress.com/?p=274</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been hearing a lot about the new game called Spore, and though I haven&#8217;t played it,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I've been hearing a lot about the new game called <a href="http://www.spore.com/ftl" target="_blank">Spore</a>, and though I haven't played it, there seems to be definite academic potential.   What is Spore, you say?  Basically, it's a creation by Will Wright, the creator of all the SimCity enterprises, and it's billed as the ultimate SimEvolution game.  Create a creature, watch it evolve, determine its path to civilization.</p>
<p>There's a whole lot of potential to explore here.  Biologically speaking, I can see a tool for extrapolating, hypothesizing animal/organism behavior based on how an organism is constructed. Described in this Wired <a href="http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/09/spore-review.html" target="_blank">article</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Before you even begin the Cell stage, you have to make a decision: Is your little guy an herbivore or a carnivore? This can have lasting repercussions throughout the rest of the game. As a carnivore, the easiest way to get meat is to attack your fellow creatures. This turns your bacteria into kind of a jerk, and when he evolves, he'll be more suited to being an aggressive land animal. Establishing dominance with violence will be easier than trying to reason with other creatures. And if you take this path of least resistance throughout the rest of the game, you'll be a warlike, spacefaring race of jerks in no time, just because your aquatic ancestors went on the Atkins diet eons ago.</p></blockquote>
<p>What's cool is that some researchers already have their game on.  This <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/ecavalli/videos/23/" target="_blank">video</a> from National Geographic shows us just how geeky us academics can be in creating the "ultimate animal".  Can spore be partially integrated into the life science curriculum?</p>
<p>I guess Spore isn't just for science freaks as well.  Like all Sim(...) games one must carefully decide the social science angle in determining the anthropological, sociological and political ramifications in the civilization stage, even if such a term can be said to exist in real, non-virtual life. My guess is that this segment of the game will devolve into the typical hulk-smash warmongering typically seen in most Sim games.</p>
<p>Even though Spore may try to be everything for every player, it does seem to set up an interesting template for game designers, simulation programmers to share with scholars in the academic sphere. I'm curious to find out where on the evolutionary scale librarians enter the picture.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[¿Piranha Plant o foto de NatGeo?]]></title>
<link>http://orlandocr.wordpress.com/?p=118</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Siga el link y descúbralo usted mismo ;-)
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<title><![CDATA[Toyota e Dentsu lançam série com a National Geographic]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Expedição Across the Amazon cruzou o Continente Sul-Americano e virou série, que estréia no dia ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center"><em>Expedição Across the Amazon cruzou o Continente Sul-Americano e virou série, que estréia no dia 05 de outubro de 2008</em></p>
<p><span lang="PT"> <span>A montadora <strong>Toyota</strong> e sua agência de propaganda <strong>Dentsu Latin America</strong>, em parceria à <strong>National Geographic</strong>,<strong> </strong>revista da Editora Abril e canal de TV por assinatura transmitido pela<em>NatGeo</em>, criaram a série “</span><span lang="PT">Across the Amazon – De Leste a Oeste em 70 dias”, que estréia no dia 05 de outubro de 2008.</span></span></p>
<p><span lang="PT"> <span lang="PT">Dessa parceria, surgiu a expedição </span><span>Across the Amazon, realizada entre os meses de maio e julho deste ano e que percorreu da C</span><span lang="PT">osta Leste ao Extremo Oeste do Continente Sul-Americano. Durante 70 dias a bordo de duas Picapes Hilux, da Toyota, os participantes da Expedição narram a aventura de cruzar a América Latina partindo da cidade de Ponta dos Seixas (PA) até Talara (Peru), num total de 8.375 quilômetros.</span></span></p>
<p><span lang="PT"> A viagem foi relatada em publieditoriais nas edições de junho a setembro das revistas<em>National Geographic</em> e <em>Quatro Rodas</em>. No final de semana de estréia da série, um publieditorial será veiculado também na revista <em>Veja</em>.</span></p>
<p><span lang="PT"> <span lang="PT">A série contará com seis episódios com duração de meia hora cada, transmitidos sempre às quintas-feiras, às 22h30. Além disso, foi criado também um <em>site</em> da expedição onde há um <em>blog</em> com as aventuras e desafios que o grupo de fotógrafos, cinegrafistas, pilotos, produtores e técnicos em Áudio vivenciaram. <em>“O Across the Amazon </em></span><em><span>é um projeto grandioso não só pela marcas envolvidas, empresas líderes que prezam pela alta qualidade de seus produtos, mas também pela audácia de produzir um conteúdo exclusivo e muito atraente ao público final e que será distribuído em diversas plataformas, como TV, revista e Internet. A adequação editorial, os meios de divulgação e a tradução do conceito de “determinação” por meio de uma história real fazem deste projeto um case de Branded Content (Comunicação por Conteúdo) para a Toyota do Brasil. Do ponto de vista de mídia, é perfeito, pois o produto está inserido no conteúdo, que chega de forma pertinente e sem dispersão para o target da Hilux”, </span></em><span>afirma o diretor de Mídia da <strong>Dentsu</strong>, <strong>Alexandre Ugadin</strong>.</span></span></p>
<p><span lang="PT"> O site Across the Amazon<em> </em>(<a href="http://www.acrosstheamazon.com.br/" target="_blank">www.acrosstheamazon.com.br</a>) realizou também um Concurso Cultural onde dois das centenas de inscritos tiveram a oportunidade de se juntar durante cinco dias à equipe Across The Amazon, dirigindo uma Toyota Hilux na última fase da Expedição, de Trujillo a Talara, no Peru. Ao voltar para o Brasil, os ganhadores ainda participaram de um jantar com a equipe da Toyota e da Dentsu. O Concurso foi divulgado por meio de peças na Internet e nos publieditoriais, além de mala-direta e <em>e-mail marketing </em>para clientes Toyota e assinantes da Editora Abril.</span></p>
<p><span lang="PT"> <strong>Across the Amazon – De Leste a Oeste em 70 dias</strong></span></p>
<p><span lang="PT">Estréia:</span></p>
<p><span lang="PT">Domingo – 05 de outubro – 20h</span></p>
<p><span lang="PT"> Novos episódios:</span></p>
<p><span lang="PT">Quintas-feiras – 22h30</span></p>
<p><span lang="PT"> Reprises:</span></p>
<p><span lang="PT">Quintas-feiras – 22h</span></p>
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<p align="right"><strong><span>Ana Paula Ruiz / Sandra Santos<br />
ECCO - Escritório de Consultoria e Comunicação</span></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Nat Geo:Nature speaks a thousand words]]></title>
<link>http://sanasaleem.wordpress.com/?p=385</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sana saleem</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[So I got theses pics via e-mail therefore apologies for the unavailability of details. I am usually ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I got theses pics via e-mail therefore apologies for the unavailability of details. I am usually extremely lazy in reading forwarded mails and usually do so all at once on a day planned. These pictures in particular speak out in so many ways most importantly making me recall :</p>
<p>Surah Rahman Chapter: 55 , Verse no : 13</p>
<h2 class="QuranDataArabic"><span style="color:#000000;">فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ</span></h2>
<p>Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?</p>
<h3><strong><strong>پھر تم اپنے رب کی کس کس نعمت کو جھٹلاؤ گے</strong></strong></h3>
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<p><span style="color:#808080;"><strong>Photo Courtesy: Harris Farooq</strong></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Double Take of the Month]]></title>
<link>http://sagira.wordpress.com/?p=60</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sagira</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I was Internet surfing and decided to check out the excellent National Geographic website when I stu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was Internet surfing and decided to check out the excellent <a title="National Geographic" href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/">National Geographic</a> website when I stumbled upon a <a title="Lion Riding a Horse" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/photogalleries/wip-week101/index.html">Lion Riding a Horse</a>!  Well, I just had to put it up as the Double Take of the Month.  A new category, by the way.  I figured it would be fun.  The poor horse looks like it's either scared or in pain. I wonder how the horse was trained.  I hope it was all done in a humane manner, not always likely to happen in countries like China and Russia and unfortunately not always in the U.S. either.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Burgos en la revista National Geographic]]></title>
<link>http://fotogramasantiguos.wordpress.com/?p=198</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alberto Gamarra Gonzalo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fotogramasantiguos.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/burgos-en-la-revista-national-geographic/</guid>
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Buscando fotografías para un nuevo post sobre la ciudad de Burgos, me he encontrado con esta pági]]></description>
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<p>Buscando fotografías para un nuevo post sobre la ciudad de Burgos, me he encontrado con esta página de la edición americana de la prestigiosa revista <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/">National Geographic</a>. No conozco el número ni la fecha. Supongo, debido al texto, que se trate de un reportaje sobre las ciudades castellanas. La foto está tomada desde las Llanas de afuera. Una verdadera curiosidad.</p>
<p>El texto dice:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>El ruido de bueyes, burros y camiones sobre los adoquines de Burgos.</em></p>
<p><em>Campo de batalla de moros y cristianos; hogar del Cid, héroe nacional español; y capital del la reina Isabel de Castilla; Burgos fue durante mucho tiempo la representación de la Edad Media. Comenzada en el año 1221, la catedral, al final de esta calle, es considerada como una de las mejores de España. </em></p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[This Week's Biobites: artificial noses, amazing science images, and more!]]></title>
<link>http://biobites.wordpress.com/?p=168</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lucyq</dc:creator>
<guid>http://biobites.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/this-weeks-biobites-artificial-noses-amazing-science-images-and-more/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lucy Q. reporting from her sick bed couch where she is thoroughly investigating all the best links f]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/photogalleries/2008-best-science-photos/photo3.html"><img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/photogalleries/2008-best-science-photos/images/primary/3_science_461.jpg" align="right" width="160" /></a>Lucy Q. reporting from her sick <font color="gray"><del>bed</del></font> couch where she is thoroughly investigating all the best links for you... as well as her TiVo'ed episode of Gossip Girl.</p>
<p>PS - Think you know what the picture at right is?  I bet <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/photogalleries/2008-best-science-photos/photo3.html">you're wrong</a>!</p>
<p><a href="http://biobites.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/this-weeks-biobites-artificial-noses-amazing-science-images-and-more/#TWBB">Read this week's BioBites!</a></p>
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<p>1.) Wondering how big your carbon footprint is?  TierneyLab at the NY Times <a href="http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/carbon-gizmo-lives/" target="_blank">unveils details about a gizmo for your phone</a> that uses GPS to track your carbon usage by movement and will be available soon.</p>
<p>2.) Worried about finding a <a href="http://biobites.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/smell-your-way-to-the-perfect-date/" target="_blank">mate with a good MHC match</a>?  Check out <a href="http://www.scientificmatch.com" target="_blank">ScientificMatch.com</a> where, for a saliva sample and a mere $1000, you can find one!</p>
<p>3.) As reported by e! Science News, a new study shows that <a href="http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/10/01/new.findings.indicate.hivaids.pandemic.began.around.1900.earlier.previously.thought" target="_blank">HIV has been around longer than we thought</a> - since about 1900.</p>
<p>4.) Also from e! Science news: eating too much <a href="http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/10/02/too.many.calories.send.brain.kilter" target="_blank">is bad for your brain</a>.</p>
<p>5.) The Discovery Channel reports from across the Charles River at MIT, where they were able to <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/30/artificial-nose.html" target="_blank">create smell receptors</a> in the lab.  Someday this could lead to artifical noses that could detect things like drugs, explosives and cancer!</p>
<p>6.) Ring a bell and a <font color="gray"><del>dog</del></font> <a href="http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/10/02/moths.with.a.nose.learning" target="_blank">moth</a> salivates?</p>
<p>7.) Having problems with your teenage son?  Maybe he has a mutation in his <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081001130004.htm" target="_blank">DAT1 gene</a>, as reported by ScienceDaily.com.</p>
<p>8.) Check out the <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/photogalleries/2008-best-science-photos/index.html" target="_blank">amazing images</a> that won this year's National Geographic Best Science Images awards.</p>
<p>9.) Word associations with the word organic? Farming. Food. <a href="http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/10/02/flexi.display.technology.now" target="_blank">TVs</a>?</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A los delfines les encanta jugar y saltar entre las grandes olas que se acercan a las orillas. Una d]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A los delfines les encanta jugar y saltar entre las grandes olas que se acercan a las orillas. Una de estas escenas es la que se pudo captar en Waterfall Bluff en Transkei, Sudáfrica, creando una atmósfera mágica y única.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2910210454_6db178030f.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="275" /></p>
<p><em>fotografía de Andrew Wong</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Flotando entre ballenas]]></title>
<link>http://elultimoquecierrelapuerta.wordpress.com/?p=1778</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Christopher Boone</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Una vez soñé que flotaba en un mar tranquilo, inmenso.
De repente, donde antes no había nada, apa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Una vez soñé que flotaba en un mar tranquilo, inmenso.</p>
<p>De repente, donde antes no había nada, aparecían ballenas, y pasaban junto a mí tranquilas, como si yo no existiera, como si mi presencia no las molestara.</p>
<p>Y entonces una pasó más cerca que el resto, y pude tocarla. Y al tocar su morro, abrió su ojo, y me miró.</p>
<p>Fue un sueño precioso.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://elultimoquecierrelapuerta.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/ballena01.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1779 aligncenter" title="ballena01" src="http://elultimoquecierrelapuerta.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/ballena01.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="330" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://elultimoquecierrelapuerta.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/ballena02.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1780 aligncenter" title="ballena02" src="http://elultimoquecierrelapuerta.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/ballena02.jpg" alt="" width="499" height="332" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://elultimoquecierrelapuerta.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/ballena04.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1782 aligncenter" title="ballena04" src="http://elultimoquecierrelapuerta.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/ballena04.jpg" alt="" width="499" height="331" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">(<a title="National Geographic" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/10/right-whales/skerry-photography" target="_blank">vía</a>)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Wow!]]></title>
<link>http://completeoutrage.wordpress.com/?p=1092</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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From a National Geographic photoshoot of right whales:
One whale repeatedly swam within inches of p]]></description>
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<p>From a <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/10/right-whales/skerry-photography">National Geographic photoshoot</a> of right whales:</p>
<blockquote><p>One whale repeatedly swam within inches of photographer Brian Skerry and assistant Mauricio Handler (pictured) as they dived off the Auckland Islands. "It looked at me with great curiosity," Handler says. "No aggression."</p></blockquote>
<p>Quite a photo - though if that were me on the right, I would have instantly soiled myself.  Imagine having something that size swim right up to you...  Though it must also have been an amazing experience.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">from <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/10/right-whales/skerry-photography">National Geographic</a> via <a href="http://http://www.towleroad.com/main2.html">Towleroad</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fascinant]]></title>
<link>http://alandra.wordpress.com/?p=2483</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alandra</dc:creator>
<guid>http://alandra.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/fascinant/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Omul întâlneşte balena. Balena întâlneşte un pitic  Superbă imagine. Click pt. zoom.
SURSA: N]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Omul întâlneşte balena. Balena întâlneşte un pitic :) Superbă imagine. Click pt. zoom.</strong></p>
<p><strong>SURSA: </strong><a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/" target="_blank"><strong>NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://alandra.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/balena.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2482" title="balena" src="http://alandra.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/balena.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="360" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Marcă Înregistrată]]></title>
<link>http://ionutandrei.wordpress.com/?p=17</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ion Andrei</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Seară. Ca orice om care stă seara p-acasă, în timpul săptămânii, casc şi eu ochii la teveu. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span lang="RO"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Seară. Ca orice om care stă seara p-acasă, în timpul săptămânii, casc şi eu ochii la teveu. Aşa, din inerţie. Nu ştiu dacă tot din inerţie sau nu, degetele mele au ceva cu butoanele telecomenzii, când vine vorba de posturi româneşti. Nu, n-am nimic cu ştirile de la ora x sau z, nici măcar cu miliţienii de frontieră care, istoviţi de munca lor covârşitoare, s-au gândit s-o pună de-un viol în grup. Atât au putut şi ei, ca să devină un pic vedete. Nici cu Roxana Ungureanu şi caseta ei celebră n-am nimic. Şi nici cu păsărica ei. La urma urmei, asta are, asta dă. Şi la băieţei, şi la fetiţe... </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span lang="RO">Da</span><span lang="IT">r</span><span lang="IT"> </span><span lang="RO">aş fi în stare să pun pariu că sunteţi curioşi de ce „Marcă Înregistrată” şi ce-mi veni să aleg subiectul ăsta? Păi, între nişte butoneli la telecomandă, derulând programele româneşti, îl văd la un moment dat pe Florin Piersic, ăl bătrân, chitit să ne facă o mărturisire. Mă, zic în sinea mea, ce-o vrea să zică omul ăsta? Personal, Piersic ăl bătrân îmi place. Şi ca om, şi ca actor. Şi zăbovesc să văd ce vrea să ne mărturisească, aveam senzaţia că e vreo ştire de-aia gen „acasă tv”, mă rog... omul continuă, spunând că toată viaţa lui i-au plăcut femeile şi prăjiturile. În spatele lui, pe fundal, începe să se fâţâie un fel de piţi <strong><em>beib</em></strong> la care nu prea îi văd rolul... Aflu, tot de la dom</span><span lang="IT">’ F</span><span lang="RO">lorin, că juna se numeşte Veronica, marea lui descoperire făcută ieri. Duduiţa bate nişte <strong><em>oo</em></strong> într-un castron şi se îndreaptă agale către maestru, ocolind canapeaua pe care şedea acesta. Maestrul, extaziat la culme (meritul lui, dom</span><span lang="IT">’ne</span><span lang="RO">, e actor bun), îşi vâră un deşte în castronul de-l freca piţilina de zor şi-l degustă apoi plin de beatitudine... Între timp, duduia zdrăngăne castronul de ceva, aruncat aşa în sictir, şi dă să se aşeze pe canapea. Conu Piersic, leşinat, o pune deasupra extazului cauzat de frecangeala Veronicăi, dar stupoare!!! Veronica are pe post de cap o prăjitură. Şi mai mare stupoare!! Maestrul se repede să-i lingă frişca din creştet!! Veronico, mânca-ţi-ar naţiunea dulceaţa ta de piersicele, ce-i făcuşi lui dom</span><span lang="IT">’ </span><span lang="RO">Florin?!?!... Zbang, euforia moare când camera se răsuceşte brusc către o masă pe care stă pompos „Lemarco alb”. Cică e dulce, dulce de tot. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span lang="RO"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Acuma, să nu mă întelegeţi greşit. Cu Florin Piersic n-am nimic, chiar îl preţuiesc şi ca om, şi ca actor. Dar am ce am cu aştia de la Lemarco de pildă. Şi cu băieţeii deştepţi din media românească. De ce? Că mereu merg pe stereotipul <em>sexul vinde</em>. Pui un crac de piţipoancă, pui o ţâţă mai tunată, cu airbaguri supradimensionate şi gata. Succesul e asigurat. Nu le mai rămâne decât să bage <em>sound</em> de manele şi pe reclame, că treaba-i gata. <span> </span>Vezi <strong><em>povestea de cartier</em></strong>, protagonist tot un Florin, de data asta pe nume Călinescu. Eee.. nu,<span>  </span>nu-mi spuneţi că dacă ar fi făcut un decor rupt din anii 1800 când don’şoarele aveau alte preocupări şi nu fuste scurte şi burice goale în care să evidenţieze zahărul din care s-au făcut prăjiturile de la serbarea câmpenească ar fi avut succes. Nuu, să fim serioşi. Adevărul e că media oferă ceea ce se cere. Manele, piţipoance şi baieţi de-aia plini de cultură care-şi măsoară bărbăţia în başii boxelor de la maşină, în ochelarii de soare contrafăcuţi pe vapoarele din Hong-Kong şi mă opresc aici. Cu caracterizarea. Continui doar cu o idee. E febra mărcilor înregistrate, în România. Caşcaval de Rucăr, cârnaţi de Pleşcoi, dulceaţa de nu stiu care...</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span lang="RO"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span> </span>Gogule, păi dacă vrei să faci bani, subscrie repede la mărci înregistrate şi fă un brand din manele, piţipoance, cocalari... Hai, nu trebuie să-mi mulţumeşti pentru idee, şi nici că ai să fii bogat... nu-i cazul. Cum? De ce o fac publică şi nu le înregistrez eu? Pai, hai să-ţi zic... Mă bate gândul să transform în marcă înregistrată prostia românească. Şi-apoi să pretind statului câte un euro pe luna de fiecare prost. Drept taxă. De cultură. Cultura inculturii, evident. Vă las, că uite, încep iar ştirile ProsTV, şi am treabă... să mut pe National Geographic. </span></span></span></p>
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<link>http://ahanbesol.wordpress.com/?p=48</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sarie J.</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ahanbesol.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/the-rest-comes-from-within/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[“Hey, are you looking at me?” Probably the most common question asked of me throughout high scho]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;">“Hey, are you looking at me?” Probably the most common question asked of me throughout high school. You know that time in your life when you are trying just to fit in. Thanks to my to my random wandering eye and their uncommon yellow colour, I felt I had no chance but to be, that girl.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Both my brother and I were born with <span>Amblyopia</span>, otherwise known as <span>lazy eye, passed down from our dad. Luckily, unlike our dad we were able to have surgery and spent our kindergarten years as one eyed pirates to correct the problem. Throughout my childhood no one noticed my difference but that is the innocence of children isn’t it?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;">Despite the set backs of high school, only recently I decided to embrace my wandering eye and the unusual colour. Just as the famous Afghan woman on the cover of National Geographic, this is part of what make me beautiful. The rest comes from within.  <a href="http://ahanbesol.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/list_women_10-nationalgeo-6-85.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-49" title="list_women_10-nationalgeo-6-85" src="http://ahanbesol.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/list_women_10-nationalgeo-6-85.jpg?w=283" alt="" width="283" height="300" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;">My dad's grandfather believed he caused the eye condition. In WWI, he had his eye shot out and was left in the pile of dead. Another solider heard him moan and pulled him out. Afterwards he spent months in a hospital. Everyone back home had been told he was dead until his brother, also a soldier, heard a rumor he was alive. When his brother arrived at the hospital where he was said to be, they wouldn't let him in. Upon threatening to punch  the guard he was let in and saw his brother was in fact alive. Imagine after all that trauma and surviving despite the odds, when it was discovered his grandson (my dad) had a lazy eye, he blamed himself.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">His story makes me think of Edgar Cayce and the belief of our past lives attribute to our current existence. Perhaps rather then believing in my great-grandfather's curse, maybe in a previous life I was involved in something that created my eye condition. Also both my dad and brother were there as well which can buy into the idea that our souls are connected far beyond nowdays understanding.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;">Whatever it may be for the past, present and future, today, for me, is to continue as I am.<br />
As for my eyes, the windows to my soul and now, my very best feature.<br />
This little light of mine, I am gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;">Happiness,<br />
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<title><![CDATA[National Geographic ADVENTURE Essay Competition]]></title>
<link>http://fazendinportfolio.wordpress.com/?p=162</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fazendinportfolio</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fazendinportfolio.travel/2008/10/01/national-geographic-adventure-essay-competition/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Calling all travelers&#8230; National Geographic ADVENTURE magazine is conducting a travel essay com]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Calling all travelers... National Geographic ADVENTURE magazine is conducting a travel essay competition:</p>
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[caption id="attachment_163" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sarah on top of Table Mountain in Cape Town... the start of a South African adventure! "]<a href="http://fazendinportfolio.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/n748063341_405042_6877.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-163" title="n748063341_405042_6877" src="http://fazendinportfolio.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/n748063341_405042_6877.jpg?w=300" alt="Sarah on top of Table Mountain in Cape Town... the start of a South African adventure!  " width="300" height="225" /></a>[/caption]
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<p>Its asking for a 250-500 word submission and picture of a memorable "adventure moment." I know lots of you out there have something memorable to write about South Africa! The winner will be honored at a major event at NGS, sent on a "dream trip" to South Africa, and published in an upcoming issue of National Geographic Adventure.</p>
<p><a title="SA Travel Essay Competition" href="http://southafrica.net/adventurerswanted/competition.htm" target="_blank">Enter here!</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[TripAdvisor supporting Organizations that Help People and Places]]></title>
<link>http://historicsites.wordpress.com/?p=382</link>
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<dc:creator>Max van Balgooy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://historicsites.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/tripadvisor-people-places-campaign/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Trip Advisor has just launched an online campaign to allow its users to decide which five organizati]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trip Advisor has just launched an <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Causes" target="_blank">online campaign</a> to allow its users to decide which five organizations that help "places and people" receive a $1 million donation.  The five organizations are <em>Conservation International</em>, <em>Doctors Without Borders</em>, <em>National Geographic</em>, <em>Nature Conservancy</em>, and <em>Save the Children</em>.  Several things strike me with this tactic:<!--more--></p>
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<li>A big online travel company is aligning its mission with non-profits (the alignment is not new, but that's it's a major online travel company).</li>
<li>They've defined organizations that help "places and people" as those primarily related to environment and health on an international scope (nothing wrong with these organizations, just that historic sites, cultural heritage, and historic preservation organizations were not finalists).</li>
<li>The message is simple and fast, and comes from the CEO.</li>
<li>It involves its "members" in making the final decision.  That's a Web 2.0 strategy that the NTHP has used in its <em>Partners in Preservation</em> Program.</li>
<li>It emphasizes the "why" rather than what or who:  "With over 15 million reviews and opinions from real travelers, TripAdvisor believes in the power of the collective voice.  We also believe you can leave more than your footprints behind when you travel – by making a difference in your community and the places you visit."</li>
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<p>We'll see how this plays out, but their tactics may be useful to historic sites as they build support for their efforts.</p>
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<link>http://pixelesregios.wordpress.com/?p=241</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simbelmynë!</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pixelesregios.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/un-flamenco-compuesto-de-flamencos/</guid>
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Fotografía aérea de Robert B. Haas en National Geographic de un grupo de flamencos que forman la ]]></description>
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<p>Fotografía aérea de Robert B. Haas en <strong><a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/wallpaper/img/2007/oct07-02-1280.jpg?pid=MT" target="_blank">National Geographic</a></strong> de un grupo de flamencos que forman la imagen de... un enorme e impresionante flamenco. La galería completa en <strong><a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/10/latin-american-aerials/haas-photography" target="_blank">Latin American Aerials</a></strong>. No es foro histórica, pero me parece que dentro de un futuro no muy lejano, éstas imágenes de animales, sí que serán históricas, junto con los documentales tipo Animal Planet, National Geographic y demás.</p>
<p>Un abrazo desde España!!</p>
<p>Pd. Cambié de plantilla, a ver qué opinan</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
<guid>http://domowefotostudio.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/wirtualna-sony-alfa/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Na tegorocznej Photokinie pokazano dość ciekawą, ale i zarazem nietypową grę na konsolę PlaySt]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Na tegorocznej <strong>Photokinie</strong> pokazano dość ciekawą, ale i zarazem nietypową grę na konsolę <strong>PlayStation 3</strong>. Gra fotograficzna, którą przedstawiono dostępna jest tylko w <strong>Japonii</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="http://domowefotostudio.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/wirtualna-sony-alfa.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-57" title="Wirtualna Sony Alfa" src="http://domowefotostudio.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/wirtualna-sony-alfa.jpg" alt="" width="431" height="300" /></a>Gra posiada 20 etapów. Na każdym z poziomów musimy zmierzyć się z zadaniem fotograficznymi ("misje" producent gry przygotował wraz z magazynem <strong><em>National Geographic</em></strong>). Ma to być <span style="text-decoration:underline;">gra edukacyjna</span>, ale nie ukrywajmy - stawia się tu również na promocję. W grze jest spory wybór korpusów lustrzanek <strong>Sony Alfa</strong> oraz <strong>Konica-Minolta Dynax</strong>.</p>
<p>Gra została specjalnie przetłumaczona na potrzeby Photokiny. Nie wiadomo czy i kiedy wyjdzie poza Japonię. Nieoficjalnie wiadomo, że tytuł gry to <strong><em>"Afrika"</em></strong>.</p>
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<guid>http://datinginthedistrict.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/national-geographic/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[this guy is a friend of one of my best friends.  i met him at a dinner party one of the matts threw]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this guy is a friend of one of my best friends.  i met him at a dinner party one of the matts threw and i noticed him giving me the eyes a lot of the time.  he is tall, dark, classically handsome and kind of dresses like an old man traveling overseas.  khakis, a button-up, maybe a sweater vest with canvas sneakers or old school new balances....get it?</p>
<p>anyway, he was super nice, and i invited him to a few things after that, none of which he could attend (he travels a lot for work).  so, i cool on him, figure he just wants an awesome chick to hang out with once in awhile.  well, then he asks me to go to the movies with him.  ok.  sure.  this was may of this year, and i suggest seeing the newest <em>indiana jones </em>that was coming out.  he says "sure" and then the day of the date he suggests going to "silverdocs" which is a documentary film festival in silver spring.  again, i'm agreeable, and i drive out to silver spring to meet him.  i ask him for directions to the theatre and he says "google that shit!"  hm.  ok.</p>
<p>so, i get there and get in line.  he shows a few minutes later.  he gets my ticket, that is nice, and we go see a 2 hour, completely subtitled documentary on stolen media in iran.  yup.  not exactly <em>indiana jones</em>, but it is interesting, and somewhat entertaining, and the chair wasn't THAT hard.  ok, the chair was that hard. </p>
<p>afterward we go and grab some guinnesses at a local pub.  he starts talking about the latest project he is working on for work.  he's going to be traveling to new york to produce a special on genetic migrations and find out how people from different lines ended up there. </p>
<p>or something.</p>
<p>national geographic then clarifies....or tries to....and says something like "well, we can map a path of migration by the mutating mitochondria that occurs every 500 generations in the human genome." </p>
<p>or something.</p>
<p>now, i'm no dummy, but wtf. </p>
<p>i mean, it IS interesting....to someone else.  i'm sure.  but i would be dishonest if i said it didn't mostly go over my head.</p>
<p>i tell him about what i do, how i love seeing patients get better, recover, get their mobility and lives back.  and i am just me.  i'm not trying to impress him with obscure terms that i haven't heard since biology classes in college.  i'm just being me.  being nice, sincere and open.</p>
<p>i don't want to seem like i don't care about what national geographic is working on.  that isn't it.  but, a job is a job.  it doesn't necessarily define or describe someone.  what i want to know is why you love it or hate it.  how do you feel about people you meet along the way?  what makes your world turn?  what you are learning and why it is making the world better? </p>
<p>i had a nice time, and i love intellectual banter, but i was exhausted after this.  and i still didn't feel like i had gotten to know him.</p>
<p>how will national geographic ever understand why <em>ghostbusters</em> is one of my top 10 favorite movies of all time?  or why <em>gremlins</em> is my favorite christmas movie?  i don't think it would work.</p>
<p> national geographic fits nicely into the friend category, and that is where he'll stay.</p>
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<p>**btw, bob took me to see <em>indiana jones</em> opening night.  we also saw <em>iron man</em> and the <em>dark knight</em>, and he makes me laugh so hard my stomach hurts when i'm with him.   bob also asked me to come over thurs night...i didn't go.  he asked me to stay at the barbeque longer on sunday, and i left.  go me. </p>
<p>**i also hung out with vegas last night.  watched the game until it ended.  so glad the steelers won, but disappointed that it took until overtime to do it.  we made tentative plans about breaking in my new dvd player by watching <em>wayne's world, </em>but nothing set yet.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ALBERI MONUMENTALI]]></title>
<link>http://puntodisvolta.wordpress.com/?p=64</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sonja85</dc:creator>
<guid>http://puntodisvolta.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/alberi-monumentali/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Vi riporto l&#8217;editoriale presente nel nuovo numero di Ottobre di National Geographic nella rubr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">Vi riporto l'editoriale presente nel nuovo numero di Ottobre di National Geographic nella rubrica <em>Qui Italia </em>.<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#660000;"><strong><span style="color:#582c2c;"><br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>I "grandi vecchi"</strong>. Uno dei simboli del degrado ambientale è l'albero bruciato. Per colpa delle alterazioni climatiche, della negligenza dell'uomo, della dolosità. A Santa Maria Navarrese, nella zona dell'Ogliastra sulla costa orientale della Sardegna, c'è un albero di dimensioni imponenti - alto oltre nove metri e con una circonferenza superiore agli otto - che porta ancora i segni di un incendio delittuoso, avvenuto proprio quarant'anni fa. Questo "grande vecchio", circondato da altri enormi olivastri (diversi dagli olivi coltivati), di cinque, sei metri, adesso è recintato, per cautela. Chi capita da quelle parti, deve fermarsi ad ammirarlo, perchè gli incontri con gli alberi millenari non capitano spesso. L'olivastro di Santa Maria Navarrese è oggi un monumento naturale nazionale, al pari degli altri luoghi del Paese che vengono considerati una ricchezza ambientale. L'Italia ha alberi monumentali dappertutto. Rappresentano un patrimonio, poco noto ai più, e sicuramente non valorizzato adeguatamente. Ma come tutti i patrimoni, è da proteggere. Insegnando ai cittadini il rispetto verso questi monumenti naturali, così come si dovrebbe fare con le persone anziane. Se i vecchi rappresentano la memoria storica della vita comunitaria degli esseri umani, gli alberi millenari sono una testimonianza della natura. Che riguarda anche il nostro futuro. Gli alberi d'altronde sono espressione di un ambiente sano, buono, pulito. Servono per mitigare gli effetti dell'inquinamento. Come hanno capito centinaia di milioni di persone, nel mondo, che hanno aderito alla campagna dell'UNEP (Programma Ambientale delle Nazioni Unite), piantando alberi. L'obiettivo di arrivare a 7 miliardi di alberi (uno per ogni abitante della terra) alla fine del 2009. Chissà quanti diventeranno millenari...</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>Guglielmo Pepe</em></p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>(Direttore responsabile National Geographic Italia)</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>GLI ALBERI SONO BENI                PREZIOSI, ALCUNI HANNO PARTICOLARE VALORE STORICO, CULTURALE, PAESAGGISTICO,                MONUMENTALE. PROMUOVIAMO IL CENSIMENTO E OFFRIAMO GLI STRUMENTI                PER TUTELARE E VALORIZZARE QUESTO STRAORDINARIO PATRIMONIO.</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest for the Real John Henry by Scott Reynolds Nelson]]></title>
<link>http://evaperrymocknewbery.wordpress.com/?p=831</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ms. Lisa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://evaperrymocknewbery.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/aint-nothing-but-a-man-my-quest-for-the-real-john-henry-by-scott-reynolds-nelson/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Summary: Historian Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts how he came to discover the real John Henry, an Af]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-832" title="aint-nothin" src="http://evaperrymocknewbery.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/aint-nothin.gif" alt="" width="159" height="187" />Summary: Historian Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts how he came to discover the real John Henry, an African-American railroad worker who became a legend in the famous song. 64 p., National Geographic.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Geography Games]]></title>
<link>http://idleatwork.wordpress.com/?p=16</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>idleatwork</dc:creator>
<guid>http://idleatwork.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/geography-games/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m kinda into geography. Okay, really into geography. My favorite &#8220;game-where-everyone-]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm kinda into geography. Okay, really into geography. My favorite "game-where-everyone-wins" is seeing how many African countries I can write down in under two minutes. I also love calling Asian capital cities as a category when playing Circle of Death. Swoon.</p>
<p><a href="http://idleatwork.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/picture-2.png"><img src="http://idleatwork.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/picture-2.png?w=300" alt="" title="quiz" width="300" height="161" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-17" /></a></p>
<p>That's why <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/index.html">National GeoBee online quiz</a> is tops. Yes, it is technically designed for middle school students to prepare for the <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/index.html">National Geographic Bee</a>. But it is so much more than that. Who else asks you to type the following countries from largest to smallest with respect to total landmass: Sudan, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone? Or which country exports more sugar cane, Chad or Guatemala? Brilliant.</p>
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