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"With some abandoned places in truly far-flung locations, the mystery is less about why they were abandoned – it is how there were people there in the first place. Take these seven wondrous examples of human stubbornness in the face of extreme environmental conditions, from one temperature extreme to another – and marvel at our ability to leave our mark in the remotest corners of the world, for good or ill." - Iván Abrego from Bookmarklet

abandond places make great art work! - Chris Bellinger

“This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor… This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how passionately I hate them! (via An Essay by Einstein — The World As I See It ) - Iván Abrego

Russia, building uploaded by Logan5 via Ivn Abrego - Iván Abrego

thanks John for the fave on my pic! :-) - Live4Emma (L4S)

You're welcome! - John (bird whisperer)

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy. There's so much good work on Flickr. - John (bird whisperer)

Temptations rarely make sense. Sense implies an intellectual component. - Martha

If you add the MacBook Air, it will come with 10.6. You could save $29 !!! I thought Apple even sold a family pack license at a discount with a new Mac, but I may be misremembering. - DGentry

Some fascinating pictures of a surveillance drone used by police at a local political demonstration - Nick B. from Bookmarklet

Cool. - Jemm

"National Geographic has been on the forefront of photography for over100 years. Their timeless images taken all over the world will live on as some of the best nature and human photography of all time. The examples listed below are only from the past 3 years of National Geographic Magazine and are just a sample of some of the breathtaking images captured in the magazine." - Iván Abrego from Bookmarklet

"It was one of those “eureka” moments. None of the archaeology team have seen anything like it before, it’s incredibly exciting. The discovery of a Neolithic carving of a human was quite a moment for everyone to share in" - Iván Abrego from Bookmarklet

Vote for Nobody [Reposted from yogan via webjunk] - Iván Abrego

[Reposted from here-we-go via konryd] - Iván Abrego

[Reposted from days-gone-by via konryd] - Iván Abrego

Untamed!: Steve Blooms Amazing Animal Photos (16 pics) - My Modern Metropolis - Iván Abrego

Untamed!: Steve Blooms Amazing Animal Photos (16 pics) - My Modern Metropolis - Iván Abrego

Untamed!: Steve Blooms Amazing Animal Photos (16 pics) - My Modern Metropolis - Iván Abrego

Untamed!: Steve Blooms Amazing Animal Photos (16 pics) - My Modern Metropolis - Iván Abrego

Untamed!: Steve Blooms Amazing Animal Photos (16 pics) - My Modern Metropolis - Iván Abrego

Untamed!: Steve Blooms Amazing Animal Photos (16 pics) - My Modern Metropolis - Iván Abrego

"Large search engines like Google and Bing could be at risk from being used by cybercriminals to transmit instructions to botnets - networks of malware-infected, compromised, ‘zombie’ computers." - Martin Bryant from Bookmarklet

……what…… - honeyhuyue

"One of only two known bat species that regularly walk, the lesser short-tailed bat species—including this specimen seen on Little Barrier Island in New Zealand in an undated picture—may have descended from a distant ancestor from Australia, a fossil find announced in July 2009 suggests. Photgraph courtesy Mike Thorsen and Arkive" - John (bird whisperer) from Bookmarklet

"Scientists had long thought that the lesser short-tailed bat evolved its walking preference independently. Since the bat's native habitat lacks predators, researchers reasoned that—much like flightless birds on isolated islands—the bat had adapted to its safer surroundings in part by walking. But the discovery of fossils of a now extinct walking bat in northwestern Queensland, Australia, suggests that the modern-day bats descended from 20-million-year-old Australian relatives." - John (bird whisperer)

"What people aren't remembering about the history of DDT is that, in many places, it failed to eradicate malaria not because of environmentalist restrictions on its use but because it simply stopped working. Insects have a phenomenal capacity to adapt to new poisons; anything that kills a large proportion of a population ends up changing the insects' genetic composition so as to favor those few individuals that manage to survive due to random mutation. In the continued presence of the insecticide, susceptible populations can be rapidly replaced by resistant ones. Though widespread use of DDT didn't begin until WWII, there were resistant houseflies in Europe by 1947, and by 1949, DDT-resistant mosquitoes were documented on two continents. By 1972, when the U.S. DDT ban went into effect, 19 species of mosquitoes capable of transmitting malaria, including some in Africa, were resistant to DDT. Genes for DDT resistance can persist in populations for decades. Spraying DDT on the interior... more... - John (bird whisperer) from Bookmarklet

"11 / 11: The flowers of the fly orchid not only look like flies, they also produce a scent that mimics a female fly's pheromones. Passionate male flies try to mate with the flowers and pollinate them in the process. Photograph: Corbis" - John (bird whisperer) from Bookmarklet

Wow, they really do look like flies. - Lo the Baker

from : http://www.boingboing.net/2009... - (jeff)isageek

love listening to this - (jeff)isageek

Looks as though Mario better fix the plumbing in his own washroom.... that'd be one heckuvanasty surprise! - Dean "Karnatos" Michaud