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  • Famous Modern Ghost Stories

    • 28 Oct 2011
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    An entertaining selection of "modern" ghost stories selected "to include specimens of a few of the distinctive types of modern ghosts, as well as to show the art of individual stories.

    Audio Files {click   >|   on player to advance through the stories}
     00 - Introduction - The Imperishable Ghost  
     01-1 - The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Part 1  
     01-2 - The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Part 2  
     01-3 - The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Part 3  
     02 - The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman  
     03 - The Messenger by Robert W. Chambers  
     04 - Lazarus by Leonid Andreyev  
     05-1 - The Beast with Five Fingers by W.F. Harvey (part 1)  
     05-2 - The Beast with Five Fingers by W.F. Harvey (part 2)  
     06 - The Mass of Shadows by Anatole France  
     07 - What Was It? by Fitz-James O-Brien  
     08 - The Middle Toe of the Right Foot by Ambrose Bierce  
     09 - The Shell of Sense by Olivia Howard Dunbar  
     10 - The Woman at Seven Brothers by Wilbur Daniel Steele  
     11 - At The Gate by Myla Jo Closser  
     12 - Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe 32.4 MB  
     13 - The Haunted Orchard by Richard le Gallienne  
     14 - The Bowmen by Arthur Machen  
     15 - A Ghost by Guy de Maupassant  

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  • The Art of Bonsai Project - Halloween : Sempervivum Hybr.

    • 28 Oct 2011
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    • 27October11 Bonsai Collections Halloween Specimens
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    Wolfgang Putz - Austria
    Sempervivum Hybr.
    Pot: Dan Barton
    via artofbonsai.org

     

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  • Colorful Planet Mars - Cratered Cones in Utopia Planitia

    • 28 Oct 2011
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    "Cratered Cones in Utopia Planitia Cone-shaped hills with summit depressions or craters similar to the two examples in this image are common in the northern mid-latitudes of Mars. Their occurrence in plains that are likely to be volcanic in origin, and their shape that is similar to small explosive cones on Earth, are evidence for a volcanic genesis of these cones. But the details of the surrounding area and the cones, in this case, demonstrate they are too battered by small impact craters and erosion in general to allow a definitive interpretation. They could also be simply erosional outliers of an older terrain. Or, they may be non-volcanic features similar to certain ice-related hills on Earth."
    Written by: L. Crumpler  
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  • Retinal flatmount of mouse nerve fiber layer (40X)

    • 28 Oct 2011
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    by Gabriel Luna
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  • Excogigating a Sweven of Apricity - Great Archaic Words

    • 28 Oct 2011
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    • 27October11 Archaic Words language
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    Nohr _Whisperers to this Archaic Growth
    The English language is a magnificent body of words which has grown to its huge extent by absorbing words from all other languages it has encountered. Because of this absorbance of words, and the natural evolution of languages, we have lost from daily use many words as new ones take their place. Here are twenty words I feel are perfectly good for day to day use and deserve to be given an airing more often. If you don’t agree, be aware that I am willing to puzzle you. by LordZB
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  • Hexiom Connect

    • 28 Oct 2011
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  • The Gratitude Campaign

    • 28 Oct 2011
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