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A day or two after I published my Link Removed, I suddenly realized that I’d completely forgotten to mention one of the new themes I’d been the most excited to bring you – Panoramas of Europe! So this time, I’m making sure to talk about it first. This theme is huge in several ways – it contains...

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I know it not going to last, probably more than just today, but with the temperature at 70+ degrees, it officially Indian Summer here. A nice break from the snow and cold of recent days.

Just so those using Windows 7 don't feel left out Microsoft have released a new theme entitled 'Rainbows'. Download here: Link Removed - Invalid URL

PONDER •I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes. •There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead. •Life is sexually transmitted. •Healthy is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. •The only difference between a...

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Bicyclist John Hearn was one his daily bike travels when he noticed the bear out of the corner of his eye. Read Full Story: Link Removed due to 404 Error

This strange behavior occurs on the island of Hahajima, Japan, where birds known as Japanese white-eyes like to eat lots of tiny land snails. Read Full Story: Snails migrate by getting eaten by birds and pooped out somewhere else

Read Full Story: BBC News - Owl leaves imprint on Kendal woman's window

The warning is part of a new plan being instituted by park officials to avoid a repeat of the Oct. 16 death of Bob H. Boardman of Port Angeles in a goat attack, according to the Link Removed - Invalid URL. Read Full Story: The Blotter | Goat-goring death prompts new measures at Olympic National...

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And the dog said to me (he's a clever dog!!) "'Bout time you got the pushbike n tent out son, disappeared into the hills". So that's the plan. Me. The dog. A packet of Bakers (dog food). Some bacon and a hip flask. So after tonight will most likely be unavailable for a week. Hope I don't drop...

Link Removed This is just one picture of the smoke in Albuquerque. You cannot see the Sandia mountains in the backround. This is what has come in from the wild fires in Arizona.

Nature has always been prepared to mix and match, seeking out the best qualities in a species to pass on to future generations. It sometimes happens that creatures which belong to the same genre families come into contact, though rarely, and manage to successfully breed. The results of such...

New York City Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe hold a red-tailed hawk before releasing it in New York's Central Park 2009. Violet the red-tailed hawk nesting on a Manhattan window ledge amazed experts and hordes of online fans when one of her three eggs beat the odds to hatch a...

Scotland has long been famed for the Loch Ness monster, but now Cornwall has its own water creature to boast about. A man out with a group of friends this weekend spotted a stag swimming in the Duporth Bay, near St Austell, and whipped out his camera to take a snap. Rich Brown admitted...

With the weather brightening up and two long weekends on the way, there’s every reason to smile and here are some pictures of some cute animals to start you off. Kalea the dachshund seems to have got the message. The five-year-old has been grinning since she was a puppy. ‘Kalea is by...

TOKYO--If there's one sound you don't want to hear in Tokyo these days, it's the earthquake alarm. The two jarring chords came crashing through the cherry blossoms from a public-address speaker the other morning and sent me bounding into the street in my pajamas. The room started wobbling...