Check out these animal puppy images:
Behind Bars Where He Belongs
Image by Big Grey Mare
You do the crime, you pay the time.
Say Hallo To Ruby!
Image by Sonia Luna
This is the little bundle of joy that arrived at my house on the 2nd of November!
She is adorable!!!
Lovers
Image by wouldpkr
Some cool stuffed animals images:
IMG_0481
Image by hans s
still enough room for my daughter...
05 ferret that moved
Image by Vertigogen
Stuffed ferret. Offers invited. I'd rather it lived in your house than mine and Alan might be persuaded to sell if the price is right. Still smells ferrety.
Check out these animal protection images:
August 21, 2009 6:37 PM - Zulu
Image by Barbara.Doduk
www.rapsociety.com/catsanctuary
October 16, 2009 6:43 PM: Zulu
Image by Barbara.Doduk
www.rapsociety.com/catsanctuary
Check out these animal videos images:
MiNe-HD1A_100-1316
Image by MiNe (sfmine79)
屏東 > 墾丁國家公園
youtube.com/watch?v=ZaYCnNbkS-I
MiNe-HD1A_100-5918
Image by MiNe (sfmine79)
台北 > 秘密基地
youtube.com/watch?v=PTsfPamN-XY
20080530 - Oranjello playing - 157-5766-157-5767_MVI - rubberband play (xvid)
Image by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)
Oranjello loves rubber bands, but something about them just feels dangerous, so we try to only give them to him while supervised. I lightly placed it around his head to give him a challenge, and he still managed to get it off within the 30 second limit of the video. I suppose this concept might disturb some people and make them mad, but there's simply no way this could have choked him, even if placed around his neck. There was no danger, no harm, and the cat was clearly entertained. When he broke free from the rubber band, he did not run away. He kept playing with it! Ultimately we had to confiscate it.
attacking, playing.
Oranjello the cat, rubberband.
Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
May 30, 2008.
A few nice animal cruelty images I found:
RSPCA Griffin
Image by failing_angel
Originally a fountain, this now decorates a roundabout outside Richmond Park.
The structure was erected in 1891 by the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).
RSPCA Griffin
Image by failing_angel
Originally a fountain, this now decorates a roundabout outside Richmond Park.
The structure was erected in 1891 by the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).
A few nice names for animals images I found:
Guru Maitriyogin and the dog's pain
Image by Wonderlane
There is a story that one day, when Maitriyogin was teaching, a dog barked at someone, who, losing his temper, threw a stone at it. The dog was hit in the ribs and yelped. Feeling great sorrow for the animal, the teacher cried out and fell down from the throne. ‘This is taking things a bit too far,’ thought his disciples. Knowing what was in their minds, Maitriyogin said, look here, at my ribs.’ And on his body, exactly where the stone had hit the dog, he had a bruise. He had taken the suffering of the animal upon himself.
Day 09.07 life: a slim line between crazy fre and a deer on the wall
Image by Frerieke
what a day!
magic in the sky.
I woke up. my left side of my neck and shoulder didn't want to move. painful! Got to work and Ruth gave me a wonderful massage (I forgot, in one of her previous lives she was a physio..). It helped a bit.
Getting quotes from printers to have 12 A1 color laminated prints (expensive!!!) Ruth opens the yellow page, sees a number, says, let's just give it a try....Ruth managed to get all 12 A1's for free! magic
Frerieke.nl down. email from mum....she is missing her daily drug (reading my photo of the day). I said: the good news is you can still find it on flickr, but no, that's not the same...Thanks mum for being an addict to the drugs I create...so much that you take on paying to enable that crazy stuff of mine to be online. Very much appreciated!
Met up with Tina this evening, who I hadn't seen for a long time! I decided it is time to reconnect with friends, I say it...put it out there in the universe.
get home...mail from Hes, who I haven't been in contact with for a LONG time (the universe comes back at me!) Surfchicas.nl down (aai yeah...i have no money for my own site, nor for all the other sites registered on my name). Am just writing Hes an email back...how we need a 'breakdown' (no money to have sites online) to experience the 'breakthrough' (yiehaa...connecting with friends)
Spoke with Tina (who is 39 and single and running her own architectural firm ) about the lives we are living that are so different from the lives of most of our friends. Jep, mine are also getting babies now after having bought houses ....which I think is great! and sometimes I think...why not me? and then there is this big smile on my face with the thought of how much I love what I am doing
ps. the earrings, glasses and deer are borrowed from Tina. you think they fit me?
London Zoo 11-03-2013
Image by Karen Roe
Penguin Beach
There are p-p-plenty of penguins at ZSL London Zoo in our stunning new Penguin Beach exhibit - England’s biggest penguin pool.
Penguin Beach opened in 2011 and houses around sixty penguins of three different species: African penguins, Humboldt penguins and a single, male rockhopper penguin named Ricky.
London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828 and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. It was eventually opened to the public in 1847. Today it houses a collection of 755 species of animals, with 16,802 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom. The zoo is sometimes called Regent's Zoo.
It is managed under the aegis of the Zoological Society of London (established in 1826) and is situated at the northern edge of Regent's Park, on the boundary line between City of Westminster and Camden (the Regent's Canal runs through it). The Society also has a more spacious site at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire to which the larger animals such as elephants and rhinos have been moved. As well as being the first scientific zoo, ZSL London Zoo also opened the first Reptile house (1849), first public Aquarium (1853), first insect house (1881) and the first children's zoo (1938).
ZSL receives no state funding and relies on 'Fellows', 'Friends', 'Members', entrance fees and sponsorship to generate income.
Check out these stuffed toy animals images:
Sneaking back into Ettal
Image by lovely lemur
"I'll sneak back in while they're doing illuminated letters on their emails..."
How do you solve a problem like a lemur?
Image by lovely lemur
Lemur auditions for a part in an all pro-Simian Sound of Music in an alpine meadow
Check out these extinct animal images:
dodo
Image by Leo Reynolds
Natural History Museum, London, England, UK
A few nice stuffed toy animals images I found:
IMG_4734.JPG
Image by Brian Landau
pets have stuffed animals, too!
Image by Samie Harding
Edey, with her favorite toy, Love Bug.
Sewing Stuffed Animals - Rhino and Cow
Image by FunkyFriendsFactory.com
A blue Randy the Rhino and pink Patty the Cow softie toys made from a Funky Friends Factory sewing pattern.
Check out these animals images:
Earrings - Animal Cookies - Pink and White
Image by PetitPlat - Stephanie Kilgast
handmade out of polymer clay
Earrings - Animal Cookies - Pink and White
Image by PetitPlat - Stephanie Kilgast
handmade out of polymer clay
Check out these wild animal images:
Appears To Do Anything For Food
Image by Pets4Dawn
having nothing to do with Scavenger Hunt during a Morro Bay High School photo mentoring project
Some cool the animal pictures images:
#daisy #cat #cute #aw #animal #pet #likeforlike #follow4follow #l4l #basket #toy #kitty #bed #tired #beautiful #photography #wicker #kitty #stripes #instagram #sleep by @jbensly http://instagr.am/p/U9uXxjhUTc/ liked by @wickerparadise, the wicker furnitur
Image by Wickerfurniture
via Tumblr blog.wickerparadise.com/post/42013982060/daisy-cat-cute-a... #daisy #cat #cute #aw #animal #pet #likeforlike #follow4follow #l4l #basket #toy #kitty #bed #tired #beautiful #photography #wicker #kitty #stripes #instagram #sleep by @jbensly instagr.am/p/U9uXxjhUTc/ liked by @wickerparadise, the wicker furniture experts!
A few nice animal protection images I found:
July 24, 2009 5:04 PM
Image by Barbara.Doduk
www.rapsociety.com/catsanctuary
05/06/2009 5:15 PM - Lillix
Image by Barbara.Doduk
www.rapsociety.com/catsanctuary
Sept 11, 2009 4:54 PM : Selma
Image by Barbara.Doduk
www.rapsociety.com/catsanctuary
Some cool wild animals images:
Lion
Image by fatedsnowfox
Lion
Lion
Image by fatedsnowfox
Lion
Raccoon
Image by fatedsnowfox
Raccoon
Some cool animal research images:
Saphire Quail Dove
Image by siwild
This Saphire Quail Dove, Geotrygon saphirina, was photographed in Peru, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.
You are invited to go WILD on Smithsonian's interactive website, Smithsonian WILD, to learn more about the research and browse photos like this from around the world.
siwild.si.edu/wild.cfm?fid=5493712736
Striated Ant Thrush
Image by siwild
This Striated Ant Thrush, Chamaeza nobilis, was photographed in Peru, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.
You are invited to go WILD on Smithsonian's interactive website, Smithsonian WILD, to learn more about the research and browse photos like this from around the world.
siwild.si.edu/wild.cfm?fid=5493873436
Saphire Quail Dove
Image by siwild
This Saphire Quail Dove, Geotrygon saphirina, was photographed in Peru, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.
You are invited to go WILD on Smithsonian's interactive website, Smithsonian WILD, to learn more about the research and browse photos like this from around the world.
siwild.si.edu/wild.cfm?fid=5493804540
A few nice endangered animals images I found:
Koala Bear Portrait
Image by sachman75
Headed out to Symbio Wildlife Park for the morning. The Koalas are the main attraction. We were lucky that the Koalas at Symbio were in a playful mood, instead of their usual drowsy, slumber state.
The koala bear is an endangered species in Australia and it takes keen eyes to spot them in the wild.
Asian Small-clawed Otter (Aonyx cinerea)
Image by cliff1066™
Status: Although these otters are not listed as endangered, they are seriously threatened by rapid habitat destruction, hunting, and pollution. Scientists consider them an indicator species—their population indicates the general health of their habitat and the health of other species in their habitat.
nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/SmallClawedOtters/
Some cool animals images:
Golden pheasant
Image by Buckeye Beth
Animal Kingdom, Disney World, Orlando, Florida, October 2007.
Dromadaire
Image by *Crazy Diamond*
Pauvre animal, il ne doit pas être trés heureux enfermé tel qu'il l'est dans le parc zoologique d'Alger
A few nice service animal images I found:
National Fire Dog Monument table-top statuette
Image by State Farm
The National Fire Dog Monument was created to recognize the incredible contributions that accelerant detection canines (arson dogs) make in keeping communities safe. These dogs do not ask for anything in return after risking their lives to reduce the negative impact of arson in their communities.
The life size bronze monument depicts a firefighter looking down at his canine partner who in turn is looking up at his partner ready to work. This incredible monument, From Ashes to Answers, was sculpted by 22 year old artist and Colorado firefighter, Austin Weishel. The bronzing process is being completed by BRONZE SERVICES FINE ART FOUNDRY in Loveland, CO.
The monument traveled from Denver, CO to Washington D.C. for placement at D.C. Fire Station #3 where the general public will be able to view it. The National Fire Dog Monument road show; is co-sponsored by State Farm and the American Humane Association. The monument made stops at state capitals along the way to D.C. as a way to recognize the contributions of first responders and their canine partners.
Learn more at www.arsondog.org.
National Fire Dog Monument table-top statuette
Image by State Farm
The National Fire Dog Monument was created to recognize the incredible contributions that accelerant detection canines (arson dogs) make in keeping communities safe. These dogs do not ask for anything in return after risking their lives to reduce the negative impact of arson in their communities.
The life size bronze monument depicts a firefighter looking down at his canine partner who in turn is looking up at his partner ready to work. This incredible monument, From Ashes to Answers, was sculpted by 22 year old artist and Colorado firefighter, Austin Weishel. The bronzing process is being completed by BRONZE SERVICES FINE ART FOUNDRY in Loveland, CO.
The monument traveled from Denver, CO to Washington D.C. for placement at D.C. Fire Station #3 where the general public will be able to view it. The National Fire Dog Monument road show; is co-sponsored by State Farm and the American Humane Association. The monument made stops at state capitals along the way to D.C. as a way to recognize the contributions of first responders and their canine partners.
Learn more at www.arsondog.org.
National Fire Dog Monument table-top statuette
Image by State Farm
The National Fire Dog Monument was created to recognize the incredible contributions that accelerant detection canines (arson dogs) make in keeping communities safe. These dogs do not ask for anything in return after risking their lives to reduce the negative impact of arson in their communities.
The life size bronze monument depicts a firefighter looking down at his canine partner who in turn is looking up at his partner ready to work. This incredible monument, From Ashes to Answers, was sculpted by 22 year old artist and Colorado firefighter, Austin Weishel. The bronzing process is being completed by BRONZE SERVICES FINE ART FOUNDRY in Loveland, CO.
The monument traveled from Denver, CO to Washington D.C. for placement at D.C. Fire Station #3 where the general public will be able to view it. The National Fire Dog Monument road show; is co-sponsored by State Farm and the American Humane Association. The monument made stops at state capitals along the way to D.C. as a way to recognize the contributions of first responders and their canine partners.
Learn more at www.arsondog.org.
Some cool animal health images:
Ambassador Huebner meets "Chelsea the Kiwi" - Massey University, Palmerston North August 13, 2010
Image by US Embassy New Zealand
The Ambassador made an official visit to Palmerston North on Friday, August 13th during which he visited Massey University for the first time.
As part of his University program, the Ambassador toured the Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences hosted by Head of Institute Professor Frazer Allan and Professor Hugh Blair.
This involved seeing, first hand, the work of the Institute's studentsand academic staff. The Ambassador was highly impressed with thepassion and commitment of the students and staff to their work.
An important part of this involves researching and diagnosing anextensive array of animal health issues.
The Ambassador saw a variety of animals under care, including a Yellow-Eyed Penguin, a Harrier hawk and a native Skink. A special highlightfor the Ambassador was his introduction to "Chelsea" a mature New Zealand Kiwi who was recovering in the Institute's specialist care centre.
newzealand.usembassy.gov
Some cool animal rights images:
I’m Right Here!
Image by James Marvin Phelps
Letting us know she ready for some food. Shot through our door wall glass.
Red Hot Chili Pepper
Image by stab at sleep
More than 500 people walked 5k around Culver City in Los Angeles on Sunday April 26th, 2009 to celebrate Vegetarianism, Veganism, Animal Rights and Eco-Friendly Living at the 1st annual Los Angeles Veggie Pride Parade.
veggiepridela.com/
by JASON ANFINSEN
Some cool animal pound images:
Don Towers - July 2011 (also known as Scrapdaddy) ...item 2.. Florida's Metal Detector Fanatics Fight High Tide and Murky Laws (Thursday, Jul 18 2013) ...
Image by marsmet532
"It's not a finders-keepers world," adds Roger Smith, Florida's official underwater archaeologist, a ,000-a-year position in Tallahassee.
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ACCORDING TO GRAY (John Gray), much of the progress we see at the moment has been bought by robbing the future to pay the present (using up crucial resources, building up massive debt), or by rich countries shifting the burden to poorer countries (moving sweatshops and polluting factories to China and India). Other authors, like Kirkpatrick Sale, go farther, stating that progress, in the form of sprawl, congestion, resource depletion, overpopulation, the decline of communities and the rise of corporate rule, will not lead to an earthly paradise, but to hell on earth.
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... The American Spectator ... spectator.org/ ... ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ...
By CHRISTOPHER ORLET on 4.4.13 @ 6:07AM
Faith in progress is the Prozac of the thinking classes.
spectator.org/archives/2013/04/04/dr-gray-and-the-myth-of...
“The march of the human mind is slow,” quoth Edmund Burke in his Speech on Conciliation with America (1775). A contrarian by nature, Burke spoke at a time when Enlightenment ideas of progress were ascendant. Enlightenment thinkers were united in the belief that the human condition, freed from superstition and monarchy, would continue to advance until man obtained a kind of earthly paradise.
For a group of thinkers who dismissed Christian eschatology it sure sounded like an echo of Christian faith. But then even atheists need something to believe in. If you cannot have your Heaven paved with streets of gold and your 72 virgins, you can always strive for your workers’ paradise on earth. What matters is having faith in something — God, progress, doesn’t matter what. As long as you have a reason to get out of bed in the morning.
Enlightenment ideas received a bad name in the 20th century when the ideologies they spawned (Marxism, fascism, the cult of the free market) led directly to two world wars, a Great Depression, the rise of totalitarianism and the Holocaust. But the myth of progress marches on, says John Gray, one of our most outspoken debunkers of progress. “What none of the Enlightenment thinkers envisaged,” writes Gray, “is that human life can become more savage and irrational even as scientific advance accelerates.”
In such works as Heresies: Against Progress and Other Illusions, Straw Dogs, and the soon-to-be published The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths, Gray has steadfastly hammered away at the mythical edifice of progress. “Improvements in government and society are [real], but they are temporary,” he says. “Not only can they be lost, they are sure to be. History is not progress or decline, but recurring gain and loss.” The upshot is that while progress seems to indicate a forward direction, history is not linear, it is cyclical. Just like the Greeks said it was.
Gray is not referring to scientific progress, which is undeniably real, but progress in morals, values, ethics, and politics. As for the former, Gray thinks we are flying blind into a techno future made more precarious by these same advances. “The world today is a vast unsupervised laboratory in which a multitude of experiments are simultaneously underway.” Some scientific advances may cure cancer and extend life expectancy, others will lead to genocide, nuclear war, or, God help us, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
Gray is careful to distinguish between progress and advances. Much of what we mistake for political or social progress — the end of slavery, bans on capital punishment, women’s rights, animal rights, civil rights — are merely improvements. Hence they can be reversed at any time. Take the example of torture. As soon as post 9-11 America needed enhanced interrogation techniques torture returned. Gray believes any of these advances could be undone should the need arise.
ACCORDING TO GRAY, much of the progress we see at the moment has been bought by robbing the future to pay the present (using up crucial resources, building up massive debt), or by rich countries shifting the burden to poorer countries (moving sweatshops and polluting factories to China and India). Other authors, like Kirkpatrick Sale, go farther, stating that progress, in the form of sprawl, congestion, resource depletion, overpopulation, the decline of communities and the rise of corporate rule, will not lead to an earthly paradise, but to hell on earth.
Every advance, every increase of knowledge is a mixed good, Gray says. Many modern advances — like women’s rights, which progressives hold up as the epitome of progress — have seen mixed results, from the rearing of children in day care centers to the abortion mill. Programs for the poor prompt cycles of welfare dependency. Labor union victories lead to jobs moving overseas. Egalitarianism accelerates to the coarsening of society and popular culture. And God help us if our technology ever becomes self-aware, à la the Terminator films.
In his debunking of progress, Gray stands in a long line of conservative skeptics. Perhaps G.K. Chesterton deserves the last word on so weighty a subject. Said Chesterton: “The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.”
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... Miami New Times ... www.miaminewtimes.com/ ...
By Allie Conti Thursday, Jul 18 2013 ...
www.miaminewtimes.com/2013-07-18/news/florida-s-metal-det...
Brian Deutzman braces himself against the pounding surf just off South Beach and slowly waves his fluorescent-colored metal detector underwater. His eyes narrow as faint electronic beeps resonate in his oversize headphones. Tall, pale, and draped in a thin white shirt, he looks like a combination of a hipster Ghostbuster and an actual ghost. Beachgoers point and laugh while children swim around in circles, trying to find out what he's looking for.
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Anyone lost a diamond grill?
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Wooomp. Deutzman freezes as he hears a long robotic tone. The 24-year-old scavenger finds plenty of trash, from rusted batteries to soda can tabs to enough pennies to cancel out a thousand wishes. But that noise means he's found something larger. It's the same tone he heard when he nabbed a priceless 19th-century watch and when he stumbled upon a full diamond grill.
Deutzman reaches into the sand, feels something solid, and pulls out a half set of human teeth. "It's from some castaway at sea," he says, noting the teeth with gold dental work will net on eBay if they're real.
It's just another surreal day in the life of a metal detector scavenger. Hordes of geezers drive to South Florida's beaches every week to search for petty change and pass the time. There are 30,000 to 50,000 of these folks in the United States, including thousands in Florida, according to Mark Schuessler, president of the Federation of Metal Detector and Archaeological Clubs. For the vast majority, beachcombing is a way to play pirate and supplement their social security checks.
A hardy few such as Deutzman make a living finding discarded treasure. It's a daily crapshoot made all the more difficult by a mess of state, federal, and local scavenger laws that baffle detectors. But Deutzman says it's the only way he wants to live.
"They're doing it without a purpose," he says of his geriatric competitors. "I'm doing it to survive."
The first metal detector was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in a last-ditch, futile effort to find an assassin's bullet inside President James Garfield, but handheld machines weren't sold commercially until the 1960s. Detectors were first used by troops during the Korean War to sweep for mines, and a few soldiers took such a liking to the equipment that they pined for it when they returned to the States.
One such enthusiast was Stuart Auerbach, a South Florida native who fell in love with the machines while in Korea. After searching for mines, he would sweep for coins that he'd enclose with love letters to his wife. When his tour ended, he took a surplus Army detector back to Miami. As he was combing the beach one day in 1955, a stranger approached and asked how he could get in on the action. A business idea was born, and Auerbach's firm, Kellyco, has been in operation ever since.
The hobby has grown as amateurs have uncovered amazing finds. In 1989, a Mexican scavenger stumbled upon a nearly 27-pound hunk of gold in the Sonoran Desert. A retired English electrician sweeping the countryside in 2001 found a Bronze Era cup valued at 0,000 and later sold it to the British Museum. Perhaps most incredible of all, in 2009 a Scot named Dave Booth discovered .5 million worth of ancient necklaces one hour into his first metal-detecting session.
Today, the hobby is hitting an all-time peak. Last year, Kellyco moved 800 to 1,000 machines a day during the holidays, setting a new sales record, in part because a wave of reality TV shows such as Alaska Gold and Swamp Hunters makes the sport seem exciting and lucrative. (Bray Entertainment, co-creator of Pawn Stars, is casting a new show about Florida treasure hunters.)
"In all my years, I've never seen so many companies run out of inventory and parts," Auerbach says.
The majority of people picking up metal detectors are amateurs looking for a fun diversion. But a hard-core few can make serious bucks or legit historical finds. Take for instance Gary Drayton, who might be the most famous detector in Florida.
The 52-year-old Pompano Beach house painter and paper hanger has found at least ,000 worth of scrap gold since he moved here in 1989, he says. His most famous discovery is the "green-eyed monster," a 300-year-old Spanish ring with nine emeralds that he found on the Treasure Coast in 2005. He says the piece was appraised at 0,000 to 0,000.
Others get into detecting more for the history than the cash. Bob Spratley, who lives in Saint Augustine, took up digging full-time after retiring as a real estate broker in 2004 and has found scores of artifacts. "I could probably fill a couple of museums," says the 66-year-old, whose 3,000-square-foot home is filled with relics. He's never sold anything he's found. "It's our heritage, and I don't think it should be sold," he says. "I save history; I don't sell history."
On the gray-hair-dominated metal detector scene, Deutzman is a very different kind of character. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he caught the bug after getting a detector as a Christmas gift when he was 12. Days later, he uncovered a ,500 platinum engagement ring set and decided from that point, he'd never do "real work," he says.
He graduated from South Broward High School, studied film at the University of Central Florida, and then moved to New York, where he eventually ran into Abel Ferrara, an indie director. After Deutzman showed him a college project titled 3 by 3, 1 by 1, Ferrara produced a version that eventually screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
But Deutzman had trouble making a living in New York, where he found mostly unpaid jobs in the film industry. So he returned to South Florida this past February with hopes of landing a gig at a production company. After a series of interviews, he became frustrated to learn that paying jobs were just as tough to find in Miami.
"I walked out of the office, brought up eBay on my phone, bid on a metal detector, and didn't answer anyone's business calls after that," he says.
Since March, he's spent 20 hours a week fulfilling his boyhood fantasy and living off people's detritus. Scores of well-off tourists get drunk on the beach every weekend, leaving plenty of rings, watches, and even gem-encrusted grills dropped in the sand. In only three months, Deutzman says, he's found about ,000 worth of scrap gold.
As Deutzman's finds piled up, though, he made an unpleasant discovery about state law. Until 2005, amateur archaeologists were free to keep anything they found as long as they disclosed the location of their excavations to authorities — a rule that also applied to metal detectors. But that year, Florida did away with the program because of widespread noncompliance. (Only seven people regularly reported their finds, according to the Florida Public Archaeology Network.)
Now, any artifacts older than 50 years must be surrendered to the state's Division of Historical Resources. Earlier this year, a group of amateur archaeologists petitioned state Sen. Alan Hays of Umatilla to draft a bill that would reinstate the old rules, but the proposal never got off the ground.
Even worse, Florida law is head-scratchingly complex when it comes to finding valuables in or around the ocean. If lost rings or jewelry wash ashore or are hidden near the surface, it's generally OK to keep them. But any historical artifact found at sea needs to be reported to state officials, and would-be archaeologists are forbidden from excavating below the sand in state waters, which extend from the high-tide line to three miles out, says Corey Malcom, chief archaeologist at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West.
"It's not a finders-keepers world," adds Roger Smith, Florida's official underwater archaeologist, a ,000-a-year position in Tallahassee.
Those murky rules are a real problem for serious metal detectors. They argue that not only are the rules rarely enforced and impossible to police, but also they ignore that detectors provide a free clean-up service, removing metal and glass objects that would be a nuisance to swimmers. Though scavengers might pocket the occasional old coin, they also bring big money to Florida.
"They need to realize this is a hobby and see what we do," Spratley says. "People come to Florida from all over with metal detectors in their suitcases."
On Deutzman's Fourth of July excursion to the waters off South Beach, it's a moot point. After just a few hours in the baking sun and roiling tide, he gives up and trudges home with the set of teeth rattling in a red satchel around his waist.
His pin-up beauty of a girlfriend, Karen, is waiting at their Mid-Beach apartment with a protein shake and hopeful eyes. When he throws his gruesome find on the table, she recoils and asks, "What kind of backward country are these from?"
Deutzman shakes his head sadly, but he knows he'll be back at it tomorrow, looking for whatever treasures that night's party crowd drunkenly drops on the sand.
"Relative to my peers, I feel very fortunate," he says. "I have no debt, no immediate need to take up work, and the ability to spit in the face of every cheap prick who thinks I should work for free to make them rich."
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A few nice all about animals images I found:
20070819-20 - rejected kitten - IMG_3256 - kitten in the cat house
Image by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)
This coward loved the cat house more than just about every other cat ever.
BACKSTORY: Dave & Lacey brought over a kitten for Clint & Carolyn to try out. This poor kitten did not fit into our family. He was terrified of Clint, somewhat scared of Carolyn, and basically was ONLY interested in hiding behind piles of clutter large enough that human beings can't get to him. Completely anti-social and a nervous wreck. So 2 days later, we gave the kitten back to Dave & Lacey, as Lacey had stated we could if we didn't like it. He ultimately found a new home with other animals and kids and we hear the kitten was much happier and doing well. And he's probably still alive, too, which is more than we can say for poor little Beavis. Dave & Lacey's kid nicknamed the kitten Runny, because he kept running away, but he did eventually get a real name. We never found out what it was, and it doesn't really matter. Look at his feet shaking! This guy was an intellectual wimp.He had no place in our household. We require strong cats.
Runny the cat, cat house.
August 19, 2007.
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For a video of Runny The Cat's feet trembling like a nervous wreck for no reason at all, go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5jRZT5Ar_o
Desert Cowscape
Image by Kiesha Jean
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A few nice pictures of animals images I found:
Cow Number 5577
Image by timsackton
Still uploading pictures from my Azores vacation last March. I hope you all aren't sick of them yet.
Given that São Miguel is filled with small-scale dairy farms, I took lots of pictures of cows, as you might imagine. This is one of my favorites, taken on a hike around the rim of the Sete Cidades caldera. The trail passed right through some rather steep fields on the ascent, affording the opportunity for this portrait.
Taken Mar 7, 2011 in Sete Cidades, Ilha de São Miguel, Portugal
¹⁄₂₅₀ sec at f/5.6, ISO200, no flash.
Lens: EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Portrait of a frog
Image by CIFOR
Indonesia, April, 2009.
Photo by Hari Priyadi/CIFOR
Picture ID: CIFOR_20090421_Indonesia_HP_010
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Some cool names for animals images:
London Zoo 11-03-2013
Image by Karen Roe
Penguin Beach
There are p-p-plenty of penguins at ZSL London Zoo in our stunning new Penguin Beach exhibit - England’s biggest penguin pool.
Penguin Beach opened in 2011 and houses around sixty penguins of three different species: African penguins, Humboldt penguins and a single, male rockhopper penguin named Ricky.
London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828 and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. It was eventually opened to the public in 1847. Today it houses a collection of 755 species of animals, with 16,802 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom. The zoo is sometimes called Regent's Zoo.
It is managed under the aegis of the Zoological Society of London (established in 1826) and is situated at the northern edge of Regent's Park, on the boundary line between City of Westminster and Camden (the Regent's Canal runs through it). The Society also has a more spacious site at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire to which the larger animals such as elephants and rhinos have been moved. As well as being the first scientific zoo, ZSL London Zoo also opened the first Reptile house (1849), first public Aquarium (1853), first insect house (1881) and the first children's zoo (1938).
ZSL receives no state funding and relies on 'Fellows', 'Friends', 'Members', entrance fees and sponsorship to generate income.
London Zoo 11-03-2013
Image by Karen Roe
Penguin Beach
There are p-p-plenty of penguins at ZSL London Zoo in our stunning new Penguin Beach exhibit - England’s biggest penguin pool.
Penguin Beach opened in 2011 and houses around sixty penguins of three different species: African penguins, Humboldt penguins and a single, male rockhopper penguin named Ricky.
London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828 and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. It was eventually opened to the public in 1847. Today it houses a collection of 755 species of animals, with 16,802 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom. The zoo is sometimes called Regent's Zoo.
It is managed under the aegis of the Zoological Society of London (established in 1826) and is situated at the northern edge of Regent's Park, on the boundary line between City of Westminster and Camden (the Regent's Canal runs through it). The Society also has a more spacious site at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire to which the larger animals such as elephants and rhinos have been moved. As well as being the first scientific zoo, ZSL London Zoo also opened the first Reptile house (1849), first public Aquarium (1853), first insect house (1881) and the first children's zoo (1938).
ZSL receives no state funding and relies on 'Fellows', 'Friends', 'Members', entrance fees and sponsorship to generate income.
London Zoo 11-03-2013
Image by Karen Roe
Penguin Beach
There are p-p-plenty of penguins at ZSL London Zoo in our stunning new Penguin Beach exhibit - England’s biggest penguin pool.
Penguin Beach opened in 2011 and houses around sixty penguins of three different species: African penguins, Humboldt penguins and a single, male rockhopper penguin named Ricky.
London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828 and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. It was eventually opened to the public in 1847. Today it houses a collection of 755 species of animals, with 16,802 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom. The zoo is sometimes called Regent's Zoo.
It is managed under the aegis of the Zoological Society of London (established in 1826) and is situated at the northern edge of Regent's Park, on the boundary line between City of Westminster and Camden (the Regent's Canal runs through it). The Society also has a more spacious site at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire to which the larger animals such as elephants and rhinos have been moved. As well as being the first scientific zoo, ZSL London Zoo also opened the first Reptile house (1849), first public Aquarium (1853), first insect house (1881) and the first children's zoo (1938).
ZSL receives no state funding and relies on 'Fellows', 'Friends', 'Members', entrance fees and sponsorship to generate income.
