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Great drawing resource and Drawing Lessons - beginner to advanced Drawspace offers diverse downloadable and printable drawing lessons featuring Brenda Hoddinott's unique and highly acclaimed style of teaching. Drawing lessions from beginners to advanced. Create an account and display on-line From digg on August 13, 2006 at 8:41 p.m..


Student releases "iProcrastinate" homework organization app... For free! The beta (but not that beta) release of iProcrastinate, a free download to college and high school students. Helps lazy students keep track of their homework, big projects, etc. Just in time for the coming school year, and nothing beats free! Give it a try, and see how you like it. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 8:41 p.m..


Sneaky Bush Increasingly Dodging the Media The idea that Bush could travel across the country without a full contingent of reporters, especially in the middle of a war, highlights a major cultural shift in the presidency and the news media. In the four decades since the assassination of JFK, presidents traditionally have taken journalists with them wherever they traveled. But not Dubya... From digg on August 13, 2006 at 8:41 p.m..


Video--Inside the Mac Pro Video showing off all the goodness that is inside the new Mac Pro! From digg on August 13, 2006 at 8:41 p.m..


HOW TO Create Excellent Vector Art Step by step tutorial to create groovy vector art. I thought I'd share this crash course in creating amazingly hot vector artwork. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 8:41 p.m..


BF2 Patch 1.4 Next Week, Mods Hosted By EA Besides some bug fixes of BF2's infinite bugs, there will be a new map called "Road to Jalalabad." There will now also be a server option to remove all vehicles from maps. But maybe most important of all, EA will also now officially host and promote selected community mods worldwide through it's "MODLight" program. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 8:41 p.m..


The Physics of Black Holes Old but interesting if you're in to this type of thing - No bungee will help me, since bungees can't keep Sunday from turning into Monday. I have to hit the singularity eventually, and before I get there there will be enormous tidal forces, due to the curvature of spacetime,which will squash me and my spaceship, but I won't care. I'll be dead. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 8:41 p.m..


With the latest pricey care, can you afford to die? Dying of lung cancer, Carolyn Hobbs tried a new biotechnology drug that produced an unanticipated side effect: acute sticker shock. She was waiting for her second treatment in a hospital near Denver less than two years ago, when someone from the business office marched in to warn that her share would cost more than $18,000. So she decided to die. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 8:41 p.m..


AMD Quietly Releases Chips AMD has expanded the range in their X2 line of CPUs. Quietly releasing a X2 5200+ - L2 cache being 1MBx2. As well as producing a cheaper dual core chip, the X2 3600+. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 8:41 p.m..


Hi-Res Color Pictures from the 1930s and 40s In the spirit of a previous digg'd post of London in 1949, here are some pics from the Library of Congress of America in the 30s and 40s. Gives you nostalgia about a period way before most (dare I say, ALL?) of us were born... From digg on August 13, 2006 at 8:41 p.m..


Thailand Plans to Give 1 Free Laptop Per Child "Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has announced that an ambitious project to provide low-cost laptop computers to all of Thailand's millions of elementary school students will begin in October." From digg on August 13, 2006 at 8:41 p.m..


Teach Online Teach Online is an evolving site about pedagogy and techniques for fully online courses and for "hybrid" in person courses with an online component. Pedagogy and Techniques contains pedagogy, techniques, and examples of teaching online for hybrid and fully online courses. CMS covers Angel, the course management system MSU has adopted. Resource Knowledgebases collects external links to scholarly and how-to resources about pedagogy and techniques for teaching and learning online. Modules for Designers are intended to introduce students and multimedia professionals to important pedagogical concep From EdNA Online on August 13, 2006 at 8:40 p.m..


Podagogy: Where Podcasting Meets Teaching and Learning: blog The creator of this blog explores the potential of podcasting, RSS, and other technologies for delivering instructional content and academic support. He defines podagogy as: 1. a portmanteau of the words podcasting and pedagogy. 2. The act or practice of delivering instructional content or academic support content via podcasting. From EdNA Online on August 13, 2006 at 8:40 p.m..


Virtual Symposium: Differentiated Instruction & Understanding by Design The symposium is an online learning extension to the 2006 ASCD Summer Conference. It aims to provide opportunities for participants to: Listen to recorded presentations by Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design experts that are uploaded weekly; React to comments and questions posed by participants about session content; Create an online learning community that continues to grow after the conference; Access additional resources. The registration fee includes 3 free web seminars. From EdNA Online on August 13, 2006 at 8:40 p.m..


ICOOL 2007: 3rd International Conference on Open and Online Learning Pedagogical scripting will be the main focus of ICOOL 2007. The conference streams will be: Open Educational Resources for Open & Online Learning; Effective Use, Clustering and Interoperability of OER; Open Source C3MS (Community, Content, Collaboration Management Systems); Free Learning Open Source Software (FLOSS); Integrated pedagogical scripting; Integrated scripting for CSCL; Innovative pedagogical scripting; Mobile Learning (mLearning) pedagogical scenarios; Story Boarding for Computer-Mediated Learning; Innovative Learning & Knowledge Communities; Writing to learn, links between languag From EdNA Online on August 13, 2006 at 8:40 p.m..


TypeKey Authentication Protocol TypeKey is a free, open system authentication service that allows distributed applications to handle log-ins in a simple and secure way, so that users only need one login across many TypeKey-enabled sites. TypeKey provides a central identity for posting comments on weblogs and logging into other websites. TypeKey enables users to verify and protect their identity on the web. Enabling TypeKey on your a site increases accountability for the content that appears on a weblog and stops comment spam. TypeKey is a pseudonymous system meaning that no personally identifying information is required to u From EdNA Online on August 13, 2006 at 8:40 p.m..


Institute for Sustainable Water Resources The Institute for Sustainable Water Resources at Monash University is a centre of excellence, for research, teaching and postgraduate training, in the sustainable management of water resources, with a focus on urban sustainability. From EdNA Online on August 13, 2006 at 8:40 p.m..


International Home Movie Day Home Movie Day is a worldwide celebration of amateur films and filmmaking. Home Movie Day is held annually on the second Saturday in August. Home Movie Day events provide an opportunity for individuals and families to learn more about their own family movies, how to care for films, and how home movies have helped capture 20th century history. Home Movie Day was started in 2002 by a group of film archivists concerned about what would happen to all the home movies shot on film during the 20th century. From EdNA Online on August 13, 2006 at 8:40 p.m..


Talkback Classroom with Dr Peter Shergold Three secondary school students will ask federal Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet about his work and issues at a Talkback Classroom forum at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. Talkback Classroom gives students access to key politicians and public figures as part of the national civics curriculum. Panelists for this session are: Tim Gorton, Year 11 Xavier College Victoria; Else Kennedy, Year 12 Penrith High School New South Wales; and Annelise Nielsen, Year 11 Presbyterian Ladies' College Western Australia. From EdNA Online on August 13, 2006 at 8:40 p.m..


Awareness Watch Newsletter Awareness Watch Newsletter is a free monthly publication that highlights the latest resources and sites on the Internet pertaining to current awareness happenings, new and reviewed sources for research and search, knowledge discovery, data mining and related updates and alerts. RSS feed available. From EdNA Online on August 13, 2006 at 8:40 p.m..


Coming Soon: YouTube On Your TV? Time Warner is starting a new free service for its digital cable/Roadrunner subscribers; you will be able to view and publically share uploaded photos and video clips on your TV through TW's Video-On-Demand network without the need for any extra equipment! No proprietary hardware or DRM'd Media Centers needed. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Interactive Graphic: The toll after a month of war An interactive map showing the range and magnitude of the areas affected by the first 30 days of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


U.S., U.K. at odds over timing of arrests NBC News has learned that U.S. and British authorities had a significant disagreement over when to move in on the suspects in the alleged plot to bring down airliners bound for the United States. A senior British official suggested an attack was not imminent, saying the suspects had not yet purchased any airline tickets, and some had no passports. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Two Border Patrol agents face 20-year prison sentences According to the U.S. attorney who successfully prosecuted the agents, the man they were chasing didn't actually have a gun, shooting him in the back violated his civil rights, the agents didn't know for a fact that he was a drug smuggler, and they broke Border Patrol rules about discharging their weapons and preserving a crime scene. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Don't settle for Google AdSense ProductWiki has published detailed statistics comparing their AdSense and Shopping.com ad revenue. Findings show that it may be in your best interest to explore other advertising alternatives for your website. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


The Evolution of Desktops: from 1984 to the present This article shows us how graphical interfaces have evolved since 1984, comparing different versions of Mac OS, Microsoft Windows and KDE. Nice for the nostalgic ones who still remember Apple II times. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Kiboze: Group Text Messaging Made Easy Kiboze is positioned to promote local events and venues via text messaging. Basically, they can determine the location of individuals via the meetup and arrived message types and then send addition local venue and event promo messages - including plugging local bands. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Second Life Silences Community by Closing Forums Linden Labs, creators of the online community Second Life, have generated an outcry with the recent notice they are closing their online forums, stating that they are unmanageable. Many claim that the closure is an attempt to silence criticism. Once known for its strong community, is Linden Labs recent push for growth coming at its expense? From digg on August 13, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


SC: 13/08 Ensure Windows systems are fully patched - mass 'Cuebot' exploit circulating fast Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centres, have warned computer users of malware that is exploiting a critical security vulnerability in Microsoft software; the W32/Cuebot-L and W32/Cuebot-M worms spread via AOL instant messenger, exploiting the vulnerability described in Microsoft's MS06-040 security bulletin. "Microsoft only issued a patch against the security hole used by these worms in the last few days, and yet already malware is being written that exploit this vulnerability to attack computer systems ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on August 13, 2006 at 5:31 p.m..


Create Incremental Snapshot-style Backups With rSync And SSH As neither human nor computers are perfect (humans err / computers may fail) it is quite obvious that a good backup system will prevent too much damage once the computer may go down. This could be either because the harddrive is failing, because of hackers, because you accidentally deleted something important, ... From digg on August 13, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Insane New Version Of PONG When I started playing level 1 I thought it was another crap flash game copying another game, but after level 1 it gets crazy adding new aspects to gameplay like gravity orbs, a pacman trying to eat the ball, and more. Its a great game try it out. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Panel Suggests Using Inmates in Drug Trials Again An influential federal panel of medical advisers has recommended that the government loosen regulations that limit the testing of pharmaceuticals on prison inmates, a practice that was all but stopped 3 decades ago after revelations of abuse when prisoners were exposed to radioactive, hallucinogenic and carcinogenic chemicals. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Stephen Colbert's Microphone Accident If you thought President Bush's microphone gaffe was bad, check out what the camera caught an unaware Stephen Colbert saying. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Better Sound Quality Coming To iTunes Hope yet for the poor sounding iTunes music store downloads From digg on August 13, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Old games screenshots made with Lego!!! Metal gear, Duck Hunt, Excite bike.. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Take a closer look at the most secure Unix OS OpenBSD This article gives you a close look at the operating system so secure that it was once banned for use in a DEF CON competition, where crackers go after each other's systems. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


The $3200 Workstation System Shoot-Out! The New Apple Mac Pro vs. the Dell Precision 690! Let's get readyy to rumble....!!!! From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Panda-Dog: The Cutest Dog I Have Ever Seen What would you get if you crossed a puppy with a panda? Watch this video to find out. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


The TRUTH about the RIAA Some very interesting information on the RIAA and their practices. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


HD DVD and Blu-ray Are Both Losers "Based on a new media research report that says neither the HD DVD nor its Blu-ray contender will deliver a "knock out" punch in the digital video ring, consumers may well think twice before upgrading their home theater system." Besides the fractured video market, PS3 backs Blu-Ray and Xbox 360 backs HD DVD. Sounds like a mess. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


MyDreamApp - Details Uncovered MyDreamApp, the latest project from Phill Ryu includes help from widely known Mac developers, Davin Lanham, and even Kevin Rose From digg on August 13, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


Gates Charity Races to Spend Billions ($3 Billion Per Year) Largely lost in the June announcement of Buffett’s gift of $31 billion to the foundation was its terms. For tax reasons, starting in 2009, the foundation must give away every nickel that Buffett contributed in the previous year. At the current price of the stock Buffett will be donating, the foundation will have to distribute $3 billion annually. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


"Zoom" the Movie Gets 0% on Rotten Tomatoes Looks like the new movie with Tim Allen is worse than we thought. There have been 20 reviews counted so far and none of them have been good. But what could we expect, this was the director who brought us "Garfield" and "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey". From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


1,159 Words Banned on NFL Shirts This is the list of "naughty" words not allowed on personalized jerseys at the NFL Shop. They were extracted by a reader from a java script list found on the NFL Shop site. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Play Super Mario Bros. As Bullet Bill Ever wanted to play as the bullet from the Super Mario Bros. games? Of course you have. Worth playing for the music alone. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Chipped Passports Coming Monday "Despite ongoing privacy concerns and legal disputes involving companies bidding on the project, the U.S. State Department plans to begin issuing smart chip-embedded passports to Americans as planned Monday." From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


U.S. Soldiers Are Sick of It Suffering from a multitude of health problems and an array of similar symptoms, many veterans of both Iraq wars believe they are suffering the effects of depleted uranium used in U.S. weaponry. But they are dismissed out of hand by the DOD and VA. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


'Smart Pig' Technology: Keeping Oil Pipelines Clean Metal, foam, plastic or gel, ranging from a few inches to 7 feet tall and wide as a tree - or however big they have to be to fit snugly inside a pipe - some pigs are simple scrapers. Others, known as "porcupine pigs," sport scrubbing wire brushes. BP acknowledged that the 16 miles of aging "transit" pipes had not been 'pigged' in 14 years. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Spill-Resistant eMark Super Mobile Keyboard, World's Thinnest - Gizmodo The eMark Super Mobile Keyboard is marketed as the world's thinnest keyboard and just so happens to be spill-resistant, no more worrying about a cup of joe (or, mayhap, other liquid-like substances) muddying up the keys. From Japanese company Kimura Metal, the keyboard measures only 1mm, or about 0.04-inches. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


The Daily Show: President Bush "Dangerous Madman" Jon Stewart takes word count on Bush's interview with Meet The Press, or should I say 'Meet The Prez'. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Russian scientists keep a dogs chopped off head alive! Yes, only the head! In a way this is the most grotesque mod ever. Incredible video of a 1940's russian lab where a dogs head has been chopped off and kept alive by a simple mechanism. The head responds like a normal dog (tongue moves out, blinks - but no barking cos of no lungs)! No body! Jump to 5:35 for the head part. This made me sicker than sick. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Internet Explorer Loses More Ground to Firefox: Firefox 13.71% July While Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has lost further market share this year, there has been a significant slowdown in the acceptance of its largest competitor, the open source Firefox browser, according to a white paper released by Janco Associates on Aug. 11. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Netherlands 'does most for poor' The Netherlands is the rich nation which does the most to improve lives in developing countries, a Center for Global Development (CGD) report says. Meanwhile, despite the US giving the largest amount of aid that donation was the smallest in relation to the size of its economy. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Quite possibly the best Stephen Colbert episode's ever Little under five minutes, but nonetheless, it's hilarious. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Counter-Terrorism: Differences Between Britain and America The disclosure that British officials conducted months of surveillance before arresting 24 terrorism suspects this week highlighted what many terrorism specialists said was a central difference between American and British law enforcement agencies. The British, they say, are more willing to wait and watch. Yet much of the same is said of the FBI. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


1982- 100gb Mass storage system Just an article with pics of the IBM "3850 mass storage system" which used 2000 50meg cartridges to hold the 1980 Census results. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Blackberry fever brings headaches to China It was only a matter of time: China is catching Blackberry fever. And like most other things in that burgeoning economy, it's likely to be at cut-rate prices. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Teaching to the test I had intended to blog this because it raises issues that are important to Chalkface as we refocus our efforts increasingly towards assessment. But my post came out turgid, so I scrapped it when Doug made the point so much better. From the its-so-obvious-it -hurts department, the TES reports that research has found that schools tend to prepare students for tests rather From Chalkface: Blog on August 13, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Take that, Best Buy! Kid tells the story of his bad Best Buy experience, and how he scammed them for an iPod. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..


How (Not) To: MySQL Connection Management in PHP This article is intended to highlight various basic topics concerning proper methods of handling connections to MySQL databases in PHP, guidelines for caching dynamic content, and a technique called "lazy loading". From digg on August 13, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..


Highest Alert Is Maintained in UK; Air Traffic Begins to Rebound "With heavily armed patrols and painstaking screening at airports, Britain maintained its highest-level terrorism alert Friday, a day after the disclosure of an alleged plot to bomb U.S.-bound airliners. Air traffic moved more smoothly, though carriers continued to cancel some flights." From digg on August 13, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..


Screenshots and Review of GNU Gnash Open Source Flash Player Sick of waiting for Adobe to release its new Linux version of its Flash player? Consider taking a look at the open source GNU Gnash player. It can be natively compiled on x86 and AMD64 environments, as well as many more---with probably fewer license restrictions than Adobe's player will ever have. It isn't perfect yet, but it is worth looking at. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..


An old hi-resolution colour photograph of London - circa 1930's? I found this photo embedded in the Wikipedia article of London, without any comments or even a description. It is an old photo taken at Piccadilly Circus looking up Shaftsbury Avenue. This is a great photo - something that you don't see often as it is in colour! A great and interesting peek into the past. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..


MIT Firefox Toolbar For Searching Libraries LibX is a Firefox toolbar that allows you to quickly search the Barton catalog, Vera, Google Scholar, the SFX FullText Finder and other search tools From digg on August 13, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..


Politics According To Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien A light-hearted post: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says that people marching in the streets of Baghdad shows that democracy is working and that the Iraqis will be our allies in the war against terrorism — as soon as they’re done chanting “Death to America.” From digg on August 13, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..


Free 'powered by Ubuntu' stickers Show your Ubuntu pride !! FREE strip of four 'powered by Ubuntu' stickers From digg on August 13, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..


THE WORLD'S FIRST LIFE FORM-Debunked (Video) Ugobe it's your fault for releasing two videos of the same fake product. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..


WebAnatomy This is a collection of resources for an Anatomy & Physiology class including microscope slides, models, specimens and a pathology module in an interactive format.   Also included are class notes, PowerPoint presentations in .pdf format,  and links to valuable resources. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 13, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


Autism Education Foundation The Autism Education Foundation aims to make existing teaching materials on autism available to instructors in a vareity of disciplines to encourage extensive coverage of autism in courses where this topic is relevant.  Most materials address psychyological, medical, or educational issues, but we hope to receive materials are related to topics such as criminal justice, public policy, social work, and business (e.g., human resources). From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 13, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


Coca Cola Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Ad What would the Coca Cola company do if they had a Grand Theft Auto-themed commercial? Would they show the dark side of the ever so popular game? Would they show beatings, muggings and shootings? From digg on August 13, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Michael Moore on Bill O'Reilly's Show This just in: Hell froze over. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Town shuts down 13-year-old's $5-a-month worm-selling business "The small cardboard sign on his lawn violated zoning laws" From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Famster - A safe way to upload and share your files... for free I can't believe that this site isn't widely known, even with all its features: share photos, stream videos, create a blog, upload files, keep track of RSS feeds... all in Flash? and for free? Ridiculous. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


If copyright won’t work, try copyleft Copyleft is a play on the word copyright and is the practice of using copyright law to remove restrictions on the distribution of copies and modified versions of a work for others. It requires the same freedom to be preserved in modified versions. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Government releases detailed 9/11 hijacking information The U.S. government this week released much sought-after information regarding events surrounding the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Included in the release are full transcripts of aircraft-to-ground air traffic recordings from all four flights hijacked on 9/11, as well as flight path studies for three of the flights.(NTSB reports included) From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Colbert & Stewart - Geraldo Saga - Part 3 In which Stephen makes an ass of himself. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Awesome Site For Customizing Your Computer! (Windows, OSX and Linux) Customize your computer Here is great source for graphical user interface enhancements for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.. Lots of nice stuff here. Free high-resolution wallpaper, icons, themes, and more From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


2 out of 5 Americans believe Muslims should carry special I.D. Almost four in ten, 39%, advocate that Muslims here should carry special I.D. That same number admit that they do hold some “prejudice” against Muslims. Forty-four percent say their religious views are too “extreme.” From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Top 10 Most Stolen Cars according to Forbes From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Girl finds whale sick and earns £3,500 A 10-year-old girl on vacation makes £3,500 by finding a lump of whale puke at the beach. It is worth £10 a gram (with pics). From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


The Time Machine Rippoff Myth Is Leopard's Time Machine stolen from Windows? Here's what's really new about Time Machine, the other things in Windows that Apple can use in Mac OS X, and how all the arguing about Leopard is poisoning the Internet and distracting from smart, interesting tech innovation. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Defeating Google's Perpetual Search Logging Google's policy of storing everyone's search histories forever is causing concern amongst many, especially since Google stores a cookie on everyone's PC expiring in 2038. But at least one user is fighting back. His short and simple guide tells you how to set up any decent web browser so that it routes Google requests through an anonymous proxy From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


Dying salt marshes puzzle scientists New England scientists began noticing dead patches like this one near Lieutenant Island four years ago and call it sudden wetland dieback. Ecologists warn that saltwater marshes from Maine to Connecticut are suddenly and inexplicably dying, leaving behind land resembling honeycombs, Swiss cheese or an eroded desert landscape. From digg on August 13, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..


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