"But thanks to changing climate, the survival of the fittest has become a bit easier, enabling more of the less fit to survive. Fall lasts now later into the year and spring arrives earlier and more of the smaller lambs, which once perished in winter, now survive to their first birthday."
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Exhibition Review - 'Mannahatta/Manhattan - A Natural History of New York City' - Manhattan - An Island Always Diverse, at the Museum of the City of New York - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/glogin...
"Forests had more than 70 kinds of trees. We are told that the island hosted “627 species of plants, 85 species of fish, 32 species of reptiles and amphibians, 233 species of birds and 24 species of mammals.” One observer in 1630 wrote: “Birds fill the woods so that men can scarcely go through them for the whistling, the noise and the chattering.”"
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"NearBio is a FREE service that combines the most comprehensive list of US biodiesel stations (retail pumps) and driving directions with easy access from your cell phone or your computer"
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"An antidote to anti-Semitism is transparent, democratic discussion about its origins, evolutions, and current forms. Art is a resource that is often overlooked in the campaign to combat domestic anti-Semitism."
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"In response to Kristof’s op-ed, here are my take. Not all about your kit, but also some thoughts on traveling in general." makes me want to travel again
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"The philosophy behind this idea was to provide beginners with a ready-installed and configured stack of open source GIS tools that would run in windows without the need for emulation or a live cd."
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"The philosophy behind this idea was to provide beginners with a ready-installed and configured stack of open source GIS tools that would run in windows without the need for emulation or a live cd."
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"The other day, Mike Ellis posted a really lovely interview with Shelley Bernstein and Paul Beaudoin about the release of the Brooklyn Museum’s Collections API. One passage that I thought was worth calling out, and which I’ve copied verbatim below, is Shelley’s answer to the question “Why did you decide to build an API?”"
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