The second live stream is red tailed hawks. One egg current is breaking open and one tiny wing has emerged. Mom/Dad keeps getting up and shifting around because of egg birthing activity. http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/16/Red-tailed_Hawks/
]]>It’s fascinating to see how incredibly logical and well-reasoned, and yet how utterly wrong, it is about so many things. As well as how much it got right; it really shows how the notion of flat Earth wasn’t seriously held, even when Columbus was doing his sailing around in 1492.
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Think of it. His dad was reading newspapers with articles about the battle of Trafalgar (just to name a newsworthy thing of those days).
BTW my mum just turned 84 dec 6.
And the ruins here were the handywork of my grandfather who flattened the church of Rhenen (the Netherlands) in the May Days of 1940. Not that he had something against churches, but because there was an artillery spotter of the invading Germans in the top.
Hell he was an artillery captain commanding a field battery.
A man has to do what a man has to do. One of those things that got him a Knighthood later on in life.
*grin*
Just to show that we normal mortals only have “close to us memories”. Memories like what you did, your dad did or your granddad. But sometimes generations fly through all that and come in prestine and smelling like daisy´s smack bam in the middle of us. Which is kinda refreshing.
]]>When we “laugh out loud” online, are we really praying to Satan, the prince of darkness himself?
The answer is no, but an image posted by a user on the social news site Reddit is warning the Internet otherwise.
According to the directive, which is meant to be shared “with Christians,” the classic and ubiquitous “LOL” acronym stands for “Lucifer our lord,” something the image’s creator doesn’t find funny at all.
“BEWARE: Stop using the abbreviation ‘LOL,’” the hastily made image that invokes the same qualities as a Westboro Baptist Church sign reads. “‘LOL stands for ‘Lucifer our Lord.’ Satanists end their prayers by saying Lucifer our Lord,’ in short, “LOL.’ Every time you type ‘LOL’ you are endorsing Satan.”
If the warning, posted by Redditor DkryptX, in the “atheism” subreddit, were true, there would be a lot of Satanists on Twitter.
“I met the prime minister in overalls lol,” pop star Justin Bieber tweeted from Instagram in one such example. Columnist Roland Martin also has a habit of ending his tweets with “LOL.”
“Can someone please tell him that YOLO means ‘Youth Obeying Lucifer’s Orders?”” joked another Reddit user. Fans of the rapper Drake might disagree. The former star of the TV series “Degrassi: The Next Generation” popularized the “you only live once” acronym recently.
Still, the image warns “Do not use ‘LOL ever again!”
Other sarcastic comments on Reddit repurposed “swag” to mean “Satan’s wishes are granted,” “ROFL” as “rise, our father Lucifer,” and “BRB” as “Beelzebub rules below.” Who knew that saving keystrokes was such a devilish pursuit?
To most people, however, ROFL means “rolling on floor laughing” and BRB is simply “be right back.”
For language prudes, the outing of these “real” definitions may come as a relief. According to commenters the Reddit thread, WTF isn’t an offensive question at all. It really means “worship the fallen.”
]]>From sprawling factory complexes to newly built suburban streets - by way of some of the UK’s top sporting venues and seaside resorts. More than 10,000 images from one of the earliest collections of aerial photography are being made freely available on the web.
The Aerofilms Collection is being conserved and digitised by English Heritage and the Royal Commissions on the Ancient and Historical Monuments for Scotland and Wales.
Many of the images are instantly recognisable - but the public are also being asked for their help to identify some other locations, and paint a picture of life in the UK between 1919 and 1953. Take a look at some of the photographs with Katy Whitaker from English Heritage.
The linked webpage features a 6:44 video showcasing some of the photos.
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