Foto Friday: Underwater Polar Bear

  Gosh, they're not fat at all when you look at them underwater. They're just -- streamlined. And buoyant. The lighting in the zoo's polar bear pool makes it all look nice n blue. All these pictures are unretouched, un-enhanced. I will schedule the rest of the pictures for  …

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The Reason for the GOP's War on Women

It should be so obvious by now. The Republicans are backing such measures as discouraging insurance coverage of birth control, obstructing abortion in every way possible, and apparently wishing women back into the “barefoot and pregnant” 1950s. And what does this acco …

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Foto Friday: Tiger, Tiger (part one)

  I mentioned some tiger pictures I had, some weeks ago. Maybe you have been wondering when I would put them up. Here are a couple to mull over. More in two weeks. Will alternate with some very lovely polar bear pictures, OK? The tigers normally have a great deal of space o …

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Supermoon Around the World

  HuffPo just put up a batch of images of the Supermoon taken around the world. A variety of settings and colors. To go to HuffPo's slide show, go HERE. It would not post as a slideshow here on NV, just the one image from it. Sorry about that.

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Minnie to Raise Money for "Malaria No More" in May's Poverty-Awareness Campaign

  Hi, I'm Minnie Apolis, and I will be participating in the five-day campaign to raise awareness for global hunger and poverty. The campaign is called “Live Below the Line” and will take place from May 7 to May 11 (Monday thru Friday). Full details about the cam …

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Elvis video: The Wonder of You, with fan hysteria clips

The people at the Elvis Presley fan site are promoting an effort to get a new CD put out of fan favorites. You can go to Elvis.com/ElvisFan and go vote for your fave Elvis tunes. This is in connection with the observance of the 35th anniversary of his passing. Of course I'M an E …

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NY Dept. Fines Insurer Excellus Nearly $1 Million for Denying ER Claims, etc.

The New York Department of Financial Services has fines the health insurance carrier Excellus nearly one million dollars for multiple violations of insurance regulations.

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Zoo Animals Enjoy Easter Egg Hunt

The rest of the description--- The white tiger was at first confused by the decorative eggs, but after inspection realized within the cardboard shell laid his favorite treat, raw meat. Children and on lookers gathered and watched,as the animals shared in the excitement of the Ea …

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More Options Than Ever Before in Pet Insurance

In 2011, it was estimated that only 1.5 million pets in America (out of at least 100 million) are currently covered by pet insurance. Or to look at pet numbers in another way, 70 million households are graced by the presence of either a dog or a cat – and to judge from the  …

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Foto Friday: Spring Woodland Flowers

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Foto Friday: One Fine Sunset

  Yes, it is one fine sunset -- but no challenge to our fellow Viner, rottlady, the reigning Queen of Sunset Pictures. But here you go.    

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GNW: Old Man Reacts to Music from his Era

Huge transformation! Stick around to hear him describe what that music sounded like to him.

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Easter Chick makes nest in nice, warm, furry -- Cat? (video)

Well, the cat gets an A in napping but flunks hunting.

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Bison Runs Beserk at Yellowstone

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NVP: Some Easter Bouquets for The Ladies

This was posted on Ancestry.com: from our ListHostess Shirley'TWAS THE DAY BEFORE EASTER'Twas the day before Easter..and all through the woods,The bunnies were busypacking their goods.The eggs were all coloredso pretty and bright,All things were "go"for the big, special night.

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Foto Friday: Spring Blossoms, Daffies, etc.

    From Walt Whitman's poem, Daffodils: I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

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Foto Friday: Duck!

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The Clock Says Spring: So Do the Flowers

    Ahem.  Daffodils

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Notice: My New Avatar says, Respect Women 2012

I noticed a definite slide in page views for the previous week of March, and after some thinking I figured this might possibly be related to the fact I recently changed my Avatar image (at least for the time being). Another Viner created and offered her own image with the same wo …

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How To Make a Simple Spring/Easter Wreath

Making a simple Easter or spring wreath should not cost very much, and can be completed in a hour or so.  This project was one that I had enough props and ribbon for two, so I gave one away and sold the other.    For this wreath you will need: a grapevine or willo …

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Foto Friday: Internat'l Crane Foundation

  One of the more inspiring sites that one can visit in Wisconsin is the International Crane Foundation. Located in Baraboo, a town more famous for the Circus Museum, the Foundation helps breed and study several species of crane.  Our guide told of working with these b …

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Foto Friday: Wildflowers

    I believe these photos were taken at a natural prairie called Snapper Prairie in southern Wisconsin. It survived as a completely undisturbed area because the farmer's wife absolutely forbade her husband to ever plow that quarter. It was later transferred to the sta …

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The Psychic Dreams of Mr. Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln has been the subject of dozens if not hundreds of books and articles. Some of them mention the most famous of his prophetic dreams or visions, the one in which he sees his own catafalque (a temporary structure placed over the coffin of people of note) and is told  …

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Weekend Exposure: Rehabilitating Raptors

Several years ago I visited the nature center in Poynette on a bus trip with the director of the local nature center and about a half dozen other volunteers there. The Poynette center had a program of rehabilitating birds and wild animals. At the time of our visit, we were espec …

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Minnie Posts Authentic Irish Music (Video)

Title: Packie Dolan sings "The Irish Girl". With lyrics. Music is licensed as Creative Commons - Public Domain according to Archive.org. 

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