El Dorado Found in Amazon
Since the time of the conquistadors, the legend of an ancient, lost civilization deep in the Amazon forest has beguiled hundreds of explorers and led many to their deaths. Some called their dream El Dorado.
Others, most notably Colonel Percy Fawcett, the gloriously mustached British explorer (and real-life model for Indiana Jones) named it the City of Z. But no one has ever returned from the Amazon with conclusive proof that such a place existed.
Three scientists have now come close to doing just that. The journal Antiquity has published a report showing more than 200 massive earthworks in the upper Amazon basin near Brazil’s border with Bolivia.
Posted: January 12th, 2010
at 1:31pm by Koookiecrumbles
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Baidu Hacked
China’s most popular search engine, Baidu, has been targeted by the same hackers that took Twitter offline in December, according to reports.
A group claiming to be the Iranian Cyber Army redirected Baidu users to a site displaying a political message.
The site was down for at least four hours on Tuesday, Chinese media said.
Last year’s attack on micro-blogging service Twitter had the same hallmarks, sending users an Iranian flag and message in Farsi.
"This morning, Baidu’s domain name registration in the United States was tampered with, leading to inaccessibility," Baidu said in a statement.
Visitors to the site were greeted with the message: "This site has been hacked by Iranian Cyber Army".
It’s an interesting question: why, when you, your chair, and sometimes even your computer move throughout the day, does your desk stay put? Herman Miller found it curious as well, and developed the Envelop Desk ($TBA) as an answer. Able to work with any seat but best paired with the company’s Embody Chair, the Envelop’s suface moves towards and away from you with a smooth sliding motion, keeping your work area ergonomically friendly even when you’re reclining. We had a chance to try one out this past week at CES, and foresee a few landing at Uncrate HQ in the very near future.
Posted: January 12th, 2010
at 12:00am by Koookiecrumbles
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The Canadian Supreme Court extinguished the last hopes of the female ski jumpers who were trying to have their event added to the Vancouver Olympics by refusing on Tuesday to hear the jumpers’ appeal of an earlier court ruling. The women were attempting to argue that the Games were discriminating against them by including men’s ski jumping but not women’s, in violation of Canada’s Charter of Rights.
: vancouver2010.blogs.nytimes.com :
Posted: January 11th, 2010
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Owner, Timothy d’Offay, a humble and genuine host, seems captivated by a passion for his teas. In 2000 his passion led him to start East Tea’s in Borough Market, with Alex Fraser, selling specialist green and oolong teas imported direct from the tea producers and experts in east Asia. Postcard Tea’s his next platform for teas, works with estates in the North East of India and the South of Sri Lanka. Each tea, carefully chosen and overlooked by Timothy, brings some of the worlds best black teas to London.
Posted: January 11th, 2010
at 11:49pm by Koookiecrumbles
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Netherland and Chad Kouri
Artist David "Netherland" van Alphen‘s collage paintings appear with works by Post Family member Kouri at rotofugi. Opens Fri, Jan 8, 7-10pm. Through Jan 24.
Posted: January 11th, 2010
at 11:37pm by Koookiecrumbles
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John Martin - Great Day of His Wrath (1851)
Posted: January 11th, 2010
at 11:33pm by Koookiecrumbles
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City Vista by Thomas Yeo. Year: 1983. Medium: Collage. Size: 121 x 183 cm.
Posted: January 11th, 2010
at 11:24pm by Koookiecrumbles
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The southernmost part of the Abruzzi is occupied by the Abruzzi National (Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo) with its beautiful beech forests. The park was established in 1922. The park headquarters are in Percasserori in the Province of L’Aquila. Its present-day area of 44,000 hectares, which is the result of several enlargements, includes 22 towns in the provinces of L’Aquila, Frosinone and Isernia. Thanks to the temperate climate, it is possible to visit the Park all year round!
Posted: January 11th, 2010
at 11:23pm by Koookiecrumbles
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