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I hear that London’s makeup artists are raving about snail gel. Snails repair their own shells with their slime. Workers in the Chilean snail farms have unusually beautiful and smooth hands, and any cuts and scrapes healed fast. Snail slime contains Allantoin, Glycolic Acid, Collagen, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Vitamin A and Elastin - all [...]

According to the independent, there’s an escargot shortage that is threatening French life as we know it. OH NON! Most of the snails people eat in France are from Eastern Europe. Gasp! Oui oui. It’s true. But now the snail harvesting profession there is frowned upon. NOT very glamorous. How will they supply this year’s [...]

How ironic that what was killing off the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow is what`s needed to save the Everglades Snail Kite. Because of severe drought conditions in the prime habitat of the Snail Kite the food on which it is named for is disappearing as well. But I would not put the blame squarely on the drought rather those who have caused it to begin with. Sadly the Everglades restoration may not co

Geez, I meant to post the last couple days - I swear. I just didn't. Gosh gee. Fuck it. I was rocking with my socks off all weekend. I don't know what that means. I think I watched a movie. Wait, it's Wednesday? Shit. I meant to post all this crap yesterday. I forgot. That's too many days to go blank. Well, I was busy at work and that's when I write this. Thankfully, I work in HR now (why oh god w

As you know, rice becomes prime food for Indonesian. So, as long as you see, rice fields every where. Like other plants, rice plants also have their pest, for example is snail. Snails eat stalk and leaves of rice plants, so the plants will die soon. But, in other point of view, these rice field snails can be processed as delicious cuisine. Before cooked, break the shell, throw body waste. After

I promise last week to give you a new and fresh blogger template. Now, just finished convert the Snail template for blogger. Later on, you could find the download link on the end of this post. So, keep reading and here is the screenshot. Snail is based on wordpress engine and it's ain't a free theme. Snail is designed and used only at cinila.com. Then why now becoming a free template? On

At this moment my weakest point is running which is holding me back of trying to accomplish my 2008 objective. My aim was to complete an Olympic Triathlon, but I fear that I'm not yet able to run 10K after a bike ride of 40K, due to my ongoing injury. The swim part must be my second weakest point and biking must be my strength. in Triathlon the swim is the shortest of the 3 exercises and I'm seek

The Snail mails takes the hassel out of writing a letter or buying a greeting card and putting it in mail.Here is a list of few free snail mail services which one could make use of to send mails. FreeSnailMail With this snail mail service one can write a letter from any web browser.Your letter or greeting card will be on its way within 2 business days.You can upload handwritten and scanned... [

Photo from Inner City SnailInner City Snail is run by London artist Slinkachu who also has three other blogs along with a web-store where you'll find a books, buttons, and prints.Related articles'real snail mail' by boredom research [via Zemanta]

London, June 18 (ANI): UK scientists have equipped three snails with tiny capsules holding a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip to enable them to send e-mails on behalf of visitors to a website. The messages sent through the new system will travel at 0.03mph rather than reach their destinations instantaneously, and may take days, weeks [...]

i'm having some serious issues with the L key on my keyboard atm so please excuse any silly mistakes/typos i make. has anyone else ever had a key that just keeps on falling off? no matter what you do it just pops out every 5 minutes or so. frustrating!anyway, it's lucky i have the greatness that is The Postal Service to chill me the fuck out. fun fact: the lead singer, Ben Gibbard, as i'm sure ma

Slinkachu, o homem responsável por ‘Little People, a tiny street art project’ resolveu avançar com um novo blog com o título de ‘Inner City Snail’. Apesar de ser hora de ponta, as fotografias estão magníficas. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.madeinmundo.com%2F2008%2F06%2F13%2Finner-city-snail%2F'; addthis_title = 'Inner+City+Snail'; addthis_pub = '';

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The following is a guest blog from Leslie who was a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras during 2000-2002. Besides volunteering in Honduras, Leslie has also worked in Angola and is currently working in the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. Her blog is Back in One Piece.La Esperanza, Intibuca, HondurasThe day our Peace Corps training group got their assignments was the most anticipated day of the train

♥ Join GTS ♥ Green Thumb Sunday Ok, I think I got a bug from our Spanish trip… Like the snail in the cactus above. It’s exactly like me right now. Maybe that “mañana-think” really is contagious, because I don’t get things done…. *giggles* A good thing though is that even the Spanish weather seem to be [...]

Slinkachu has a new “moving art” project. It moves pretty slowly, as it consists of snails with painted shells placed in London landscapes. He’s devoted an entire blog to the endeavor check it out here. Also Slinkachu has a very nice flickr photostream have fun with it here.via netorama

In France snails are quiet common staple and dish served in restaurants. They're not as bad as it sounds, provided they are Fresh and not the canned version (but isn't that the same rule for every thing?). When you're new to snails or want to make sure you get the real thing go to L'Escargot 38 rue Montorgueil Paris 1e. Metro Sentier. Eating the eggs of snails could be the next culinary frontier f

In a very fast expanding Internet age with virtual mailboxes and virus laden spams, the proverbial snail mail is taking a back seat and the charm of receiving scribbled mails is becoming a thing of the past. The sad demise of the hand crafted posts has drastically changed our conception of receiving the sentimentally charged personalized communication which acted as the subtle touch of the near and dear as well as the not-so-familiar ones. It invariably had the raw smell of the persona and the memories associated with it. When the traditional mail was the almost only preferred form of connecting, people invariably waited every day of the week, month and year to be called by the friendly postman in an expectant afternoon, to hand over a humble looking post card, envelope, inland letter, par

The cockle shell is a useful craft material. Beside can be used as soft finishing such as table, wall and frame decoration such as this craft project article, it can be used as a decoration hanger like the picture. So easy to done and reflect the natural appearance. The cockle and snails shells are arranged using [...]

Since April 17th, the technical assistance of the Repsol Mitsubishi Motors team are based at the Mitsubishi Motors Hungary workshop. The workdays are long as often they start at 08HOO and finish earliest at 22h00. During the acual race, the working time can be a lot longer. Today it was...

Snail WindchimeBy Hermitage Pottery 1 used and new from $5.95 First tagged “patio” by Dana M. Burnett “Shopping Girl” Customer tags: musical, patio, windchimes, outdoor decor, garden, garden decor, gift idea, mothers [...]

It’s weird with all these modern communication means, U.S. citizens are still using the postal service for the governmental issues, which includes phone bills, electricity, gas, water… etc. Speaking of which, more than half of U.S. taxpayers electronically file their returns. But that still leaves more than 60 million individuals who will out their tax forms [...]

"Snail No 2." by Gordon van VlietSnail above and below is oil on canvas with ample material for stretching or hard mounting 6" x 6" and is available through my shop.This piece then it is varnished and ready to go. $100.00 + $6.00 shipping to the USA.I can ship it framed in a simple black framing for $133.00 + $10.00 shipping to the USA.Foreign or overseas buyers email me for terms.Paypal accepted (use my email address)or credit card direct at The Framing Edge.See right side bar."Pepper on Agate" by Christian D. KolupskiThis delicious and exotic painting is served oil on board 10"" x 8" ready for standard framing and is available through my shop.This piece then it is varnished and ready to go. $149.00 + $10.00 shipping to the USA.I can ship it framed in a simple black framing for $182.00 +

For speeding up typing all uses both hands to make more comfort and performs things faster. In Caracol the typing concept is different because it was inspired by a snail by the way it behaves around its shell. With this loop structure the keys moves to the fingers instead of the other way around.

~Snooper~I was wondering when I might run across such a post such as this and now, the mystery has been solved.As the emotional ignoramuses of the Leftinistra Corp of Stupidity opine and pretend to care for The Troops, their moronic diatribes are ever more becoming more and more evil and driven by nonsensical idiocy. Therefore, they will forever and ever be classified as M.O.R.O.N.. It "IS" indeed "Rather" fitting.M - MoveO - OnR - ReprobatesO - OfN - NarcissismAbsolutely none of their feigned "caring" escapes me. They are liars and charlatans of the most sanctimonious character. Character. BAH! They have none worthy of my blood let alone the men and women that have given their all to such as this...this fool of the Snakes and Snails Clan, one Nicole Belle.As they try to justify thei

I just stumbled upon this hilarious uncyclopedia entry on Snails and felt compelled to share it. Extract: Snails are rich slugs who can afford housing. Essentially, a snail is the equivalent of a hard-working slug achieving the American dream thanks to the grace of God and Sam Walton.

Around the world we can find amazing builds, monuments, bridges and houses, some of them are really strange, others try to reproduce objects or animals, that was happened to this one, somebody has reproduced a snail shell as a house, for me this house or whatever, seems to be more a sculpture than house, but [...]

By Helen Briggs - Science reporter BBC News - 26 February 2008 Original URL   The pteropod is an important food for many marine animals   It is one of the world's strangest and smallest sea creatures, growing to no bigger than the size of a lentil. But the tiny pteropod, with its translucent shell, could help scientists understand how marine animals will respond to the stresses of climate change. Thousands of the molluscs, also known as sea butterflies because of their wing-like lobes, have been collected from the shallows of Antarctica. After flying the samples thousands of kilometres to her laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara, marine biologist Dr Gretchen Hofmann plans to sequence the animal's genome. She hopes to find genes and molecular pathways th

Recently I bought the book, “The Age of Conversation” from lulu.com thinking I will get the book before Christmas but I found out today that the delivery option I selected is EU slowest delivery option and it will take 20 days for the book to arrive after I get a notification it had been shipped. I am so used to buying online from Amazon who provides speedy delivery, I am totally not impressed with anything that does not match Amazon. I will be able to accept if delivery is between 5 to 7 days but 20 days is way too long. That means I will only be able to read my book in the New Year. Sigh

Growing your own vegetables is very rewarding. That is, until the pests come calling. One of the most aggravating banes to the vegetable gardener is the slugs and snails. They appear, usually at night when you're sleeping and unable to pluck them away, and nibble away at all your precious seedlings and plants. The appearance of holes in the middle of leaves is a pointed clue to a snail problem. Those silvery slime trails over leaves and soil may look pretty and sparkly in the sun, but are a death sentence for your tender young plants. The pests will continue until there are no leaves left to sustain the life of the plant.How many plants I've lost to these pests is frustrating. Not only is the problem a time-wasting nuisance, it becomes costly replacing those ruined plants. As a beginner gardener, the battle with pests in my garden almost made me want to abandon the idea. However, with a little maintenance and care, these ravenous pests will not be such an issue.First, it is important

RorysDeathKiss.com has been updated below the scroll in the latest round of “The Dark Knight” viral marketing. The new text says in response to fans who dressed up and photographed themselves as the Joker:What a crime scene! The clock’s struck 12 and I’m sending something special for each and every one of you clowns who made my list by the deadline.The fun-filled times should roll in shortly after the bird’s been carved! Don’t you just love the taste of envelope glue?Fans should be checking their mailboxes around Thanksgiving. As many fans – especially those who had their photos rejected – have been disappointed as of late, hopefully this reward will help to calm the nerves.

While visiting David McMahon @ authorblog I saw a post with a most interesting question. In the age of computers, sitting down and writing a hand written letter is becoming very rare. Therefore receiving a hand written letter is just as rare.So his and my question to you is: When did you last write or recieve a real snail-mail letter (you know, in an addressed envelope)?Link to David's post: authorblog: Weekend WanderingI see you! Don't forget to leave a comment and have a great day. :)

My office is using Maxis broadband all the time. If you ask me how good is it if compare to our lovely TMnet. I will say the different is not so obvious. But, the connection speed is still acceptable sometimes but sometimes it can make you feel want to punch the monitor in the office…

My office is using Maxis broadband all the time. If you ask me how good is it if compare to our lovely TMnet. I will say the different is not so obvious. But, the connection speed is still acceptable sometimes but sometimes it can make you feel want to punch the monitor in the office… (more…)

OVERVIEW:The French are not the only ones to have a liking for snails. The Balinese gather snails in the rice fields. But you can use the canned variety. Cucumber, zucchini or any other summer squash can be used instead of green papaya.INGREDIENTS:200 gr unripe green papaya1 liter chicken stock½ cup spice paste for seafood1 stalk lemon grass bruised2 salam leaves1 tbsp oil48 canned snails, washed and drained1 tsp saltFreshly ground black pepperFried shallots to garnishPREPARATION:Peel the papaya, cut in half lengthwise and remove the seeds, then cut it lengthwise in 4 or 6 slices. Cut crosswise into slices about 0.5 cm thick.Combine stock, spice paste, lemon grass, salam leaves and oil in a large pot. Bring to boil, and then simmer for 5 minutes. Add papayas and simmer until almost tender. Add the snails and continue cooking until the papaya softens.Season with salt and pepper to taste and garnish with fried shallots.Helpful hint: If you do not care for snails. You can substitute 12 d

A natural piece of art, a snail gemstone. According to nypost.com this gemstone is 80-million-year-old fossilized sea creature. A priceless gemstone made its debut at the Museum of Natural History.It's a two-feet-in-diameter fossil of a marine animal called an ammonite, whose iridescent, rainbow-colored, snail-like shell was transformed over millions of years into ammolite. That's one of three gemstones, along with amber and pearl, produced by living organisms. Ammonites were hard shelled squid-like marine animals that existed from the Palaeozoic to the end of the Cretaceous era when they suddenly became extinct. They were abundant in all of the oceans. According to Neil Landman, the museum's curator of invertebrate fossils, the sea creature became extinct about 65 million years ago, around the same time as the dinosaurs. "A fossil like this is extremely rare," said Ken Oschipok, of Korite International, the Canadian gemstone company that donated the piece to the museum after its d

I received this email from a friend yesterday.. I do mention snail bait poisoning in my podcast about dngers in you home.. please pass this on and help save a life.. Last Saturday, my friends dog died. He was a beautiful 1 year-old chocolate lab named Coco. He was so sweet and would come down and visit us during the day. The way he died was horrible and I wanted to get the word out to everyone I knew so that this doesn’t happen to other dogs. At 12:00 noon on Saturday, he ate some snail bait and by 6:00 he was dead. They came home and found him in a pool of excrement as he gasped his last breath. He suffered terribly and alone in their yard while they were out. Most people don’t know that snail bait is coated with oats and molasses and is attractive to dogs. My friends did not know this when they bought it. Later they realized there was a warning on the box, but with all the text on the box they missed it. They NEVER would have bought something to put in their garden

When searching for life lessons to live by, you can gain a great advantage by focusing downward to find the big lessons in extremely small packages. I chose to observe the snail and found no shortage of surprisingly simple wisdom in the life of my tiny friend. Here are the 5 things I learned from a snail. 1. Always look...

  WWW.J-LOU.COM  Its apocalypse time    Plague, vermin, and pestilence    It has been reported that we are to have an influx of the slippery little blighters.    Due to the wet warm weather it is said that we are to have about 15 billion slugs invade and threaten our grassy green lands with their sluggy munchieness.   So lock up your veggies and get protective of your plants and remember if you go home and there are slug trials across your garden, don’t blame the wife. Instead build them a colony into civilisation and arm them with pampas grass to defend themselves. Womens Jeans

I received this email from a friend yesterday.. I do mentin snail bait poisoning in my podcast about dngers in you home.. please pass this on and help save a life.. Last Saturday, my friends dog died. He was a beautiful 1 year-old chocolate lab named Coco. He was so sweet and would come down and visit us during the day. The way he died was horrible and I wanted to get the word out to everyone I knew so that this doesn’t happen to other dogs. At 12:00 noon on Saturday, he ate some snail bait and by 6:00 he was dead. They came home and found him in a pool of excrement as he gasped his last breath. He suffered terribly and alone in their yard while they were out. Most people don’t know that snail bait is coated with oats and molasses and is attractive to dogs. My friends did not know this when they bought it. Later they realized there was a warning on the box, but with all the text on the box they missed it. They NEVER would have bought something to put in their garden

This Story is RePublished from Slashdot.ogrSoyChemist writes "In 2004, the FDA approved the cone snail venom ziconotide (Prialt) for the treatment of chronic pain. It is only used for severe cases because it must be injected directly into the spinal column. This month, researchers from the University of Utah have reported the discovery of a new snail venom with a completely different amino acid sequence. Because it very selectively attaches to and blocks nerve signals by binding to a particular type of acetylcholine receptor without causing any collateral damage, the newly discovered venom could also become a fantastic medical tool."

My connection is slow as a snail though it is supposed to be a broadband ISP. See, I was grabbing an opp but I quickly lost it because my connection is super slow. It freezes. It's really irritating. Our computer has very low memory that it screws up our favorites, we can't find anything anymore. I hate it. Anyway, I am trying to get rid of some of our files, I will have to transfer some of the photos to a cd. So, we have more room. The opps just slips away because our computer is so slow. I am irritated.

Random website of the day….. So I was told about this one site where you can go back to the old skool way of writing letters…through the post office! But paying for stamps is like “not cool” so someone came up with this craaazy idea of letting you write and send letters for FREE. So what’s the catch? After you send your letter, you’ll be presented with offers from their sponsors. Check out Esnailer…..

Here is a form-letter that I wrote this past year and was used in a massive grassroots mailing that flooded our local senator's office with the same message over and over. Eventually he got the point. It is open for use, feel free to send it on to your own if you wish and are that motivated. Any comments welcome, as always:Dear Senator:President Bush and his administration are going too far. The federal deficit is currently under scrutiny and because of that Senator Domenici and President Bush have decided to sell off America’s lands to companies that will tear it from tree limb to tree limb. There are plenty of better ways to fund the federal government without auctioning off our heritage and the heritage of our children.America's national forests and public lands are home to some of the most striking beauty on earth. These areas provide clean drinking water for millions of Americans across the country as well as providing a much needed respite from the urban environment. These fo

Scarring and the Skin Healing Process The elimination or fading of scars, lesions, and stretch marks from the skin depends on a process called “skin remodeling”. The skin is meant to repair wounds quickly to prevent blood loss and infections. Scars are created from a quickly formed “collagen glue” that the body deposits into an damaged area for protection and strength. In ideal skin healing, wounded skin is quickly closed, and then the healed area is slowly repaired to remove the remaining collagen scars and blend the skin area into nearby skin. Scar collagen is removed and replaced with a mixture of skin cells and invisible collagen fibers. This work may continue in a skin area for up to ten years. In children, the remodeling speed is high and scars are often rapidly removed from damaged skin areas. But as we reach adulthood, this rate diminishes and small scars may remain for years. One way to quicken repair is to induce a small amount of controlled skin d

Here is a snail that just has to move. I was amazed at how real the snail and leaf looked in this video. I had to look twice to tell if it was a real snail or not, that was before it transformed.Tags: animation, snail, youtube, video, videorambler

Based on the rising postage costs and the popularity of e-mail, many family associations have switched to sending their family newsletter only through e-mail. Here are a few considerations:1. Many older members of the family still do not have e-mail addresses. Though there are certaintly exceptions, we have found this to be true with the majority of our family members over the age of 70. If you choose to send a newsletter primarily through e-mail, provide the option for these family members to receive it through snail mail. These older family members will likely be a cornerstone of your organization, providing both volunteer hours and donations.2. It is more likely that your e-mail newsletter will quickly be discarded. One of the reasons we have continued doing a snail mail newsletter is because we feel that it is more likely to be read than in an e-mail format. Though I have no statistics to prove which method is more effective, I do know that the "delete" button is easy to click and

UNTERNEUNTUPFING Aktuell berichtet bekanntlich nur über die wirklich wesentlichen Dinge im Leben die die Welt verändern und die Menschen bewegen. So führten wir auch ursprünglich bloß ein kleines Interview mit einem amerikanischen Snailmaster um die Welt der Tanzschnecken und deren Eignungen und Neigungen zum Schneckentanz zu erkunden. Schnell wurde uns klar dass es hier nicht bloß um eine neue Modeerscheinung aus den USA unter Beteiligung harmloser Weichtiere geht, sondern dass da der neue Megaknüller und Supertrend dahinter steckt der bald Europa und den deutschsprachigen Raum im Sturm erobern wird.(Bild: Silas Jones / openphoto / Attribution-NonCommercial )Wir sind uns sicher dass unsere Kinder bald nur mehr Snail Dancing machen wollen, dass Hunde- und Katzenliebhaber bald auf Schnecken umsatteln werden und Pferdegestüte zunehmend verweisen werden. Und bald wird auch keine Schnecke mehr nach Extrembügeln, Handyweitwerfen, Dog Dancing und sogar Laptopdance krähen weil Snail

UNTERNEUNTUPFING Aktuell berichtet für Sie in der zirka 7teiligen Snail Dancing Serie über den künftigen Megatrend in Europa und im deutschsprachigen Raum, wie so oft kommend aus den USA. Sie erfahren alles über Snail Dance um für den kommenden Hype gewappnet zu sein. Lesen Sie hier den ersten Teil der Serie. Sollten Sie die Einleitung und den Serienüberblick versäumt haben so starten Sie am besten zuerst hier.(Bild: Moe_ / Flickr / CC BY)Vor rund 100 Jahren war Europa noch weltweit führend. Führung in Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur, Humanismus und gesellschaftlichen Fortschritt. Heute führt Europa weltweit nur noch in den Fächern Bürokratie, Regulierungswahn, verfehlte Sozialstaatsromantik die genau das Gegenteil bewirkt von dem was sie verspricht, und natürlich führend in Ethikdebatten, TV-Laberrunden und Reformdiskussionen ohne nutzbringende Ergebnisse. Und es herrscht zunehmend Mangel. Mangel an gutem Benehmen, Mangel an Menschlichkeit, Mangel an Innovationskraft und Sel

UNTERNEUNTUPFING Aktuell berichtet für Sie in der zirka 7teiligen Snail Dancing Serie über den künftigen Megatrend in Europa und im deutschsprachigen Raum, wie so oft kommend aus den USA. Sie erfahren alles über Snail Dance um für den kommenden Hype gewappnet zu sein. Lesen Sie hier den zweiten Teil der Serie. Sollten Sie die vorangegangenen Folgen versäumt haben so starten Sie am besten zuerst hier.(Bild: hummanna / Flickr / CC BY)(...)Schnell bildeten sich die ersten sozialen Netzwerke um die Schneckentänzer, es entstanden Clubs, Vereine und natürlich Verbände. Wobei sich sofort zu Beginn zwei Richtungen abzeichneten : dog-style dancing und human-style dancing. Die Dogstylers orientierten sich an den Vorbildern der Dogdancer - hier ist Snail Dancing eher eine Geschicklichkeitsübung im Sinne einer Obedienceprüfung. Wichtig ist nicht nur der Gehorsam der Schnecke, gute Partnerschaft Schnecke-Mensch, sondern es zählt auch das Sozialverhalten der Schnecke und die Sozialvertr

UNTERNEUNTUPFING Aktuell berichtet für Sie in der zirka 7teiligen Snail Dancing Serie über den künftigen Megatrend in Europa und im deutschsprachigen Raum, wie so oft kommend aus den USA. Sie erfahren alles über Snail Dance um für den kommenden Hype gewappnet zu sein. Lesen Sie hier den dritten Teil der Serie. Sollten Sie die vorangegangenen Folgen versäumt haben so starten Sie am besten zuerst hier.(Bild: hagit / stock.xchng / Royalty free) (...)Natürlich entstanden nachdem man die ersten Gehversuche mit freizeitlichem Snail Dancing gemacht hatte auch irgendwann einmal die ersten Wettkämpfe, schließlich strebt der Mensch nach Sich-Aneinander-Messen (während Schnecken vor allem nach Fressen und Paarung streben, was Schnecke mit Mensch zwar gemeinsam hat, nur nicht so neurotisch wie zweiterer). Und bei den Modalitäten und Regularien der Wettkämpfe fingen die Probleme dann erst richtig an. Sowohl die DSSDO (Dog Style Snail Dancing Organisation) als auch die HSSDL (Human Style

UNTERNEUNTUPFING Aktuell berichtet für Sie in der zirka 7teiligen Snail Dancing Serie über den künftigen Megatrend in Europa und im deutschsprachigen Raum, wie so oft kommend aus den USA. Sie erfahren alles über Snail Dance um für den kommenden Hype gewappnet zu sein. Lesen Sie hier den vierten Teil der Serie. Sollten Sie die vorangegangenen Folgen versäumt haben so starten Sie am besten zuerst hier.(Bild: orek / stock.xchng / Royalty free)(...)Punkt 09:00 morgens traten dann am nächsten Tag die 16 Paare zur Qualifikation erneut an, der erste Tanz sollte ein Ultraslowfox sein. Die Jury gab dem Tonmeister das Zeichen und der Bewerb konnte beginnen.Nachdem der erste Takt der Musik ungefähr nach 3 Stunden immer noch im Raum lag kam bei der Jury schön langsam der vorsichtige Verdacht auf man hätte das Tempo doch etwas sehr langsam gestellt und der erste Tanz könnte sich doch ein klein wenig in die Länge ziehen. Als man ein paar weitere Stunden später noch immer erst knapp vor

UNTERNEUNTUPFING Aktuell berichtet für Sie in der zirka 7teiligen Snail Dancing Serie über den künftigen Megatrend in Europa und im deutschsprachigen Raum, wie so oft kommend aus den USA. Sie erfahren alles über Snail Dance um für den kommenden Hype gewappnet zu sein. Lesen Sie hier den fünften Teil der Serie. Sollten Sie die vorangegangenen Folgen versäumt haben so starten Sie am besten zuerst hier.(Bild: loverphunk / stock.xchng / Royalty free)(...)Wie immer wenn etwas verbockt wurde reagiert die Menschheit auf vorsehbare Weise : a) es gibt irgendwelche Abspaltungen und b) man versucht eine Übertreibung durch noch größere Übertreibungen zu beheben (die Beispiele dazu in der Welt der Politik sind unzählbar). So spaltete sich von der HSSDL gleich mal die PHSSDL (Professional Human Style Snail Dancing League) ab deren Vertreter der unbeirrbaren Überzeugung waren dass die letzten Veranstaltung nur deshalb so ein Reinfall war weil man sich viiiiel zu wenig am professionellen

UNTERNEUNTUPFING Aktuell berichtet für Sie in der zirka 7teiligen Snail Dancing Serie über den künftigen Megatrend in Europa und im deutschsprachigen Raum, wie so oft kommend aus den USA. Sie erfahren alles über Snail Dance um für den kommenden Hype gewappnet zu sein. Lesen Sie hier den sechsten Teil der Serie. Sollten Sie die vorangegangenen Folgen versäumt haben so starten Sie am besten zuerst hier.(Bild: Sanman89 / Flickr / CC BY-NC-SA)(...)Wie uns Snailmaster Gus Tropod von der SDA (Snail Dancing Association) erklärt eignen sich natürlich nicht alle Schneckenarten für das Snail Dancing. Die Züchter hätten bereits vielfältige Erfahrungen gemacht. Die Australische Wüstenrennschnecke zum Beispiel ist zwar sauschnell, aber grauenhaft unmusikalisch. Der Griechischen Weinbergschnecke kann man mit etwas Geduld sogar Tsirtaki beibringen welchen sie leidenschaftlich tanzt, leider neigen aber die Tiere dieser Gattung dazu sich vor, bei und nach dem Tanz mit dem Tanzpartner hemmu

UNTERNEUNTUPFING Aktuell berichtet für Sie in der zirka 7teiligen Snail Dancing Serie über den künftigen Megatrend in Europa und im deutschsprachigen Raum, wie so oft kommend aus den USA. Sie erfahren alles über Snail Dance um für den kommenden Hype gewappnet zu sein. Lesen Sie hier den letzten Teil der Serie. Sollten Sie die vorangegangenen Folgen versäumt haben so starten Sie am besten zuerst hier.(Bild : arylia / stock.xchng / Royalty free)(...)Am besten für das Snail Dance haben sich in der Vergangenheit immer noch die Österreichischen Mozartschnecken bewährt. Es handelt sich dabei um stoische, gemütlich Tiere von unsagbarer Naivität und man kann ihnen beinahe jeden Schrott beibringen. Ein (Fehl-)verhalten einmal gelernt behalten sie bis an ihr Lebensende bei. Mozartschnecken können bereits zwei Tage nach der Geburt perfekten Linkswalzer. Natürlich ist die Mozartschneckenzucht kein Selbstläufer und auch mit Aufwand verbunden. Mozartschnecken bilden an der Oberseite ei

That’s a part of my junk mail pile (neatly arranged) from the last few weeks. Finally, after much procrastination (as usual), I got to shredding the damned things yesterday. This time, I documented the rogue mail senders, so that I can systematically hate them according to how much junk they send me. Here are the results: Chase was the undisputed winner in our little junk mail contest. With 27 letters - some pre-approved offers and some of those stupid $10 checks - in a span of about 3 weeks, the king of junk mail seemed to be hell-bent on ruining our cheap paper shredder. Bank of America, Citibank, and Discover also sent some junk to our mailbox, but they don’t come anywhere close to Chase. However, Citibank and Discover still managed to aggravate the shredder by sending over-sized junk mails. Verizon didn’t really send *financial* junk, but I included it nevertheless since it ranked among the top 6 contenders. It should be noted that these junk mail numbers do n

While you often hear hobbyists saying they can’t get rid of all the snails in their tank, having snails in your freshwater aquarium as a rule is actually quite beneficial. Most snails act as a “clean up crew” in the aquarium, eating excess food, decaying plant or fish matter, and moving gravel on the tank bottom. The problem with snails in an aquarium is that they reproduce very quickly, and can marr your beautiful tank by being stuck all over the glass and decorations. The real challenge is keeping the snail population in check. Snails are most often introduced into an aquarium through plants, gravel, or decorations that have moved from other tanks that have snails. While the snails themselves may be small, their eggs are even smaller! Unless you are willing to thoroughly clean everything before it goes into your aquarium, snails will eventually be introduced to your tank. Snail Eating Fish In most cases, this solution requires the least amount of work on your par

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엄청나게 큰 달팽이 이네요.아프리칸 달팽이라는데 자연이나 인간에게 해가될 수 있는 동물이라 미국에서는 이 동물은 불법이라고 하네요.Tags: 달팽이, 신기한 동물, 진귀한 동물, 거대한 동물, 거대한 달팽이, 진짜 큰 달팽이, 이상한 동물

RealSnailMail is a project currently developed by boredomresearch. The system uses real snails with pet RFID chips glued to their shells to carry and deliver electronic messages on their own time, despite growing expectations of instant communication. read more | digg story

If I had videotaped the spectacle that was dinner time at the Dysfunctional household tonight, I could have packaged it, pitched it, and sold it to Pfizer as an ad justifying the insane rate at which Americans are being prescribed Xanax.Nights like tonight have made it necessary to erect a toddler gate between the front of our house (bar room, office, aquarium, half bathroom) and the rear of our house (everything else.) So now the King and I have proudly established a plastic and mesh demilitarized zone designed by Fisher-Price.I have christened the "adult" side of our DMZ "The West Wing."...and so, it is with great pleasure that I have had the opportunity to surf the net and catch up with a few gems.#1: Travis is my favorite Sacramento blogger who needs an editor. Seriously, this is the funniest thing on the web since Maddox told us he can draw better than your kids.#2: James is my favorite Miami Herald based writer who isn't Dave Barry. Check out his review of John Legend that ran t

Yeah, that's pretty much exactly how I feel about the progress I'm making on Redemption's Path. It's slow going, my friends. I think I need to print it off and read it. No corrections allowed. Just a quick check for continuity. But I'm afraid I won't be able to resist the inner editor. Or critic. So I've been typing one stubborn word after the other, wondering how much I've botched.

Which is better? Being fairly new at the "finding an agent", "get published" world, I've discovered a whole bucket full of things that are quite amazing. For instance, I never really thought that agents or publishers would accept queries by email. The fact that they do accept email queries makes life easier for us writers and the forests (cutting down on paper). Is it easier for the agent/publisher?It's great that there is so much diversity out there. I've found agents who will accept nothing but a snail mail query with SASE included and agents who will accept nothing but an email query. Most give detailed descriptions of what the query should look like also, even posting an example query to make it simpler for us newbie submitters. I find that awesome. Because for me that was a ray of hope. Maybe not so much for my work being considered but rather safety from looking like a complete uneducated fool to the agent I was submitting to.I'll admit, I'm fresh off the stack, as new as th

#644: IT'S A SNAIL'S PACE, BUT FORWARD I GOI take drugs to make myself feel better.I have been on them for three weeks, maybe four.My doctor put me on this really low dose so that I could adjust to them more easily.When she decided that it was time to raise the dosage, she wrote me another prescription.When I went to fill it, the pharmacist told me that she would not fill a prescription for that particular drug before the previous one was finished.As a result, I have been stuck taking this lower dose for an extra two weeks.This means that it is taking far longer than is good for me to find out if this drug even works.This also means that I have had to sit with this anxiety and depression for this much longer.I really wanted to reach across that orange plastic counter and grab the pharmacist's white smock.I wanted to punch her in the throat right where mine feels like it has had a chicken bone stuck in it for three months.Instead, I smiled, thanked her for her time, and told I'd se