Laguna, Banten, Indonesia
My homeland and where my ancestry came from. Never would I leave Indonesia for sure!
Details of Alhambra Palace, Spain (by schreibtnix )
Spain’s Alhambra! I want to be here to witness the reign of Islam in Europe!
I can understand if people need to be open about themselves to the world around them, but, I do respect if you could be considerate enough to think before you act; and, or else you would get the burn.
Charles Blow in the NY Times today:
“A big part of the problem is that teachers have been so maligned in the national debate that it’s hard to attract our best and brightest to see it as a viable and rewarding career choice, even if they have a high aptitude and natural gift for it. A 2010 McKinsey & Company report entitled “Closing the Talent Gap: Attracting and Retaining Top-Third Graduates to Careers in Teaching” found that top-performing nations like Singapore, Finland and South Korea recruit all of their teachers from the top third of graduates and then even screen from that group for “other important qualities.” By contrast, in the United States, ‘23 percent of new teachers come from the top third, and just 14 percent in high poverty schools, which find it especially difficult to attract and retain talented teachers. It is a remarkably large difference in approach, and in results.’”
This says it all.
This morning, as I was eating an amazing biscotti from Ancient Grains Bakery, I decided I need to try and make a batch at home.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups unbleached cane sugar
- …
Thanks!
explosionsoflife: Coahuilan Box Turtles (Terrapene coahuila)
To escape the hot Mexican Chihuahuan desert sun, Coahuilan box turtles chill in the waters of Laguna de los Burros.
Unique among the world’s box turtles, these endangered animals are aquatic and spend perhaps 90 percent of their day in the springs, rivers, and pools of Mexico’s Cuatro Cienegas wetlands. Only a few thousand of the turtles exist, and since the 1960s, their habitat has been cut in half by irrigation and drought.
Worldwide, freshwater species extinction rates are four to six times higher than those of terrestrial or marine species.
Photograph by George Grall
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