Halil

Tardigrades are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. Some can survive temperatures of close to absolute zero (−273 °C (−459 °F)),[7] temperatures as high as 151 °C (304 °F), 1,000 times more radiation than other animals,[8] and almost a decade without water.[9] Since 2007, tardigrades have also returned alive from studies in which they have been exposed to the vacuum of outer space for a few days in low earth orbit. ~ Tardigrades are one of the few groups of species that are capable of reversibly suspending their metabolism and going into a state of cryptobiosis. Several species regularly survive in a dehydrated state for nearly ten years. - Halil from Bookmarklet

fascinating read, well it was for me - Halil

It is interesting... what a resilient phenomena of nature.... amazing... - ☆彡Jazzy-B

Sir Ebenezer Howard (29 January 1850[1]– May 1, 1928[2]) is known for his publication Garden Cities of To-morrow (1898), the description of a utopian city in which people live harmoniously together with nature. The publication resulted in the founding of the garden city movement, that realized several Garden Cities in Great Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century. Billerica Garden Suburb,Inc.(1914), was the first housing in the United States on the Howard plan. Found via this photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Halil from Bookmarklet

Ilike this guy ... :-)) - ☆彡Jazzy-B

Bon appétit :) - Eivind

It wasn't bad, I quite liked the sweetness of the carrots contrasting with the spicy curried flavours, not sure anyone else would like it, but it's good enough for me. - Halil

i haven't posted a Turkish song in a while, thought it was time again :-) - Halil from Bookmarklet

:) - Eivind from Android

This is a "technique" group, and the technique here is regarded by some as insanity. For we are the reckless folks on flickr that enjoy the abstract, chance, generative, physical photography that results from throwing our cameras into the air (most often at night in front of varied light sources). It is about trading risk for reward in the pursuit of art. It is not about being a photographer, it is about enabling the photography that happens naturally when you let go of the process, give up control, and add a hell of alot more variables. It is about physics, gravity, angular momentum, acceleration, direction, chaos, and timing... most of which you have tenuous control of at best! - Halil from Bookmarklet

if i had loads of money to throw away and buy new cameras, maybe, but seriously, would anyone here dare try this? :-/ - Halil

No. - Mark H

Neeson recently told reporters he had tucked in alongside other cast members after Carnahan asked for wolf stew to be prepared on set to help them get into character. "It was very gamey," said the Oscar-nominated actor. "But I'm Irish, so I'm used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions in there and I'll call it dinner." Unlike some colleagues who were apparently sick, Neeson said that he had been back for seconds. - Halil from Bookmarklet

Peta also criticised Carnahan for allegedly ordering wolf carcasses from a trapper for use in the film. "Many animals caught in traps chew off their own limbs in order to escape," said spokeswoman Jane Dollinger. "These animals go on to die of gangrene or other secondary infections, sometimes leaving nursing puppies abandoned to fend for themselves." - Halil

"wolf stew to help them get into character" - Achso... :[ - esther

example? - Michael W. May

I was going to say no, but having read the comments, I must say librarians and ukeleles always make me think of FF! - Lo the Baker

Never heard of these until now thanks to Derricks comment, they are gorgeous, thanks Derrick :-) - Halil from Bookmarklet

Omg....these are outstanding, Halil... <3 - ☆彡Jazzy-B

:-) - Bird-botts

"There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before." ROBERT WILSON LYND, The Blue Lion and Other Essays - Halil from Bookmarklet

"...Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow." Juliet - Halil from Bookmarklet

Inspired by a chat I had with Maitani this morning, well, good night all. - Halil

Sweet dreams :) - Pete

Mycosphaerella is a genus of sac fungi. With more than 10,000 species, it is the largest genus of plant pathogen fungi. ~ I think we need a recount, any volunteers? :D - Halil from Bookmarklet

Aphalara itadori, the Japanese knotweed psyllid, is a species of psyllid from Japan which feeds on Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica). It has being licensed by the UK Government for the biological control of Japanese knotweed in England; this is the first time that biological control of a weed has been sanctioned in the European Union.[2] The specific name comes from itadori (虎杖, イタドリ?), the Japanese name for Japanese knotweed.[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ~ Psyllids or jumping plant lice are small plant-feeding insects that tend to be very "host specific", i.e. they only feed on one plant species (monophagous) or feed on a few related plants (oligophagous) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Halil from Bookmarklet

Hope they've checked it out thoroughly. Here in the US, we're trying to avoid the Asian citrus psyllid because it can carry citrus greening disease. - Spidra Webster

Researchers found that seven out of the eight native British species they studied have declined, with issues also identified in Belgium and Switzerland. The harlequin is an Asian species brought in for pest control, but which has now become a pest itself. ~ Please note UK is currently thinking of introducing Japanese psyllids or jumping plant lice to manage Japanese Knotweed. Please read this http://ff.im/zylhx - Halil from Bookmarklet

:( - Halil

:-) - Bird-botts

:) - Kelli H. from Android

? - Maitani

Checking up some Turkish words, and I still use the old Ottoman words, not the new Turkish modern ones, just really surprised. But Turkish Cypriot does use old language more than new. - Halil

Maitani have a look: List of replaced loanwords in Turkish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Halil

The government has ruled out shutting down its wine cellar to cut costs. The cellar - containing about £2m worth of wine and spirits - is the most "cost effective" way to supply wine for state banquets and other events, it says. But the purchase of wines will become "self-financing" - paid for by selling off some of the most expensive bottles. The cost has been criticised by MPs from different parties - since the general election about £45,000 has been spent on new wine. ~ Westminster wine cellar details kept secret claims Tom Watson: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news... - Halil from Bookmarklet

:-( - Winckel

<3 this rose - Maitani

It's interesting that the most spoken language in the world is English (apparently), which in turn is actually a Germanic language. ~ Quote: "I thought British policy was make the world England? Sir." Major Duncan Heyward, Last Of The Mohicans - Halil from Bookmarklet

Tulip mania or tulipomania (Dutch names include: tulpenmanie, tulpomanie, tulpenwoede, tulpengekte and bollengekte) was a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed.[2] At the peak of tulip mania, in February 1637, some single tulip bulbs sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman. It is generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble (or economic bubble),[3] although some researchers have noted that the Kipper- und Wipperzeit episode in 1619–22, a Europe-wide chain of debasement of the metal content of coins to fund warfare, featured mania-like similarities to a bubble.[4] The term "tulip mania" is now often used metaphorically to refer to any large economic bubble (when asset prices deviate from intrinsic values).[5] - Halil from Bookmarklet

NEVER! - Eivind

Gold was considered to be the skin of the ancient Egyptian gods, but their bones were thought to be of silver. At the onset of recorded history, silver may have been unknown to the ancient Egyptians. They could obtain gold and even electrum, which was a natural alloy of silver and gold from the mountains of the Eastern Desert and Nubia, but the Egyptian language at first lacks a word for silver. They described it only as the "white metal", and when they did run across it, they seem to have regarded it as a variety of gold. - Halil from Bookmarklet

Alas no, I haven't, just trying to catch up with some reading. - Halil

Heqakheperre Shoshenq II was an Egyptian king of the 22nd dynasty of Egypt. He was the only ruler of this Dynasty whose tomb was not plundered by tomb robbers. His final resting place was discovered within Psusennes I's tomb at Tanis by Pierre Montet in 1939. Montet removed the coffin lid of Shoshenq II on March 20, 1939, in the presence of king Farouk of Egypt himself.[1] It proved to contain a large number of jewel-encrusted bracelets and pectorals, along with a beautiful hawkheaded silver coffin and a gold funerary mask.[2] The gold facemask had been placed upon the head of the king.[3] Montet later discovered the intact tombs of two Dynasty 21 kings—Psusennes I and Amenemope a year later in February and April 1940 respectively. Shoshenq II's prenomen, Heqakheperre Setepenre, means "The Manifestation of Re rules, Chosen of Re."[4] - Halil from Bookmarklet

Psusennes I, or [Greek Ψουσέννης], Pasibkhanu or Hor-Pasebakhaenniut I [Egyptian ḥor-p3-sib3-ḫˁỉ-<n>-niwt] was the third king of the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt who ruled from Tanis (Greek name for Dzann, Biblical Zoan) between 1047 – 1001 BC. Psusennes is the Greek version of his original name Pasebakhaenniut which means "The Star Appearing in the City" while his throne name, Akheperre Setepenamun, translates as "Great are the Manifestations of Ra, chosen of Amun."[2] He was the son of Pinedjem I and Henuttawy, Rameses XI's daughter by Tentamun. He married his sister Mutnedjmet. - Halil from Bookmarklet

http://www.pbs.org/wnet... some interesting comments which lead me to hunt for evidence/proof of silver representing gods bones in ancient Egypt, took some finding I can tell you, wasn't easy, but managed to find a link and posted that too. - Halil

my favourites, that's the silverlink line, although don't think it's called that any more, must check - Halil from Bookmarklet

Thanks Jazzy Botts, that was a tricky photo as I had to crouch a little to get a good angle, I nearly lost my balance and fell, luckily I didn't. - Halil