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• Fabulous Faux Tortoiseshell

  
  Splendicity — Authority: 522
  I’ve been a fan of faux-tortoise or faux tortoiseshell accessories and jewelry for a long time now.  Which is why I’m so excited to see it coming back into style! You could always find the classic faux-tortoise sunglasses – those never really went out of fashion… image: Bergdorf Goodman Prada ...
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• All Tomorrow’s Parties

  
  Wanderlust — Authority: 488
  ATP Kutshers Country Club-NYC, NY 09/03-09/05 To continue the year-long celebrations of  Ten Years of ATP, All Tomorrow’s Parties will return to Kutsher’s Country Club, Monticello for it’s third ATP New York festival over Labor Day weekend. They are incredibly excited to announce the start of the line-up… ...
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• Man Vs. Beast

  
  A Photo a Day from Planet Earth — Authority: 129
  Singapore Zoo . Taken by Carrie
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• Bristol Zoo’s head vet wins international award

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 144
  Bristol Zoo Gardens’ head vet has won an international award for her ground breaking research work on tortoises. Sharon Redrobe submitted a paper on the use of ultrasound to scan a tortoises’ heart to detect failure and subsequent treatment, to The British Chelonia Group (BCG) Oliphant Jackson Memorial Fund. It ...
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• India: Turtle School

  
  San Diego Zoo Blogs — Authority: 539
  Assam roofed turtles I’m waiting for a ride to the Guwahati Airport in Assam, India, for my flight back to Delhi. In front of me is the mighty Brahmaputra River. One of the largest rivers in the world at over 1,800 miles (2,880 kilometers) long, it is home to the greatest freshwater turtle and tortoise diversity ...
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• Tortoise and Cluster, Royal Festival Hall, 22/11/09

  
  mapsadaisical — Authority: 418
  The London Jazz Festival ran round some extremely far-flung bases on this last day. A day which had began so thrillingly by throwing up whole new connections between jazz and dubstep led to a real curveball of a finale, with performances by Chicago’s Tortoise and Germany’s Cluster. Cluster have little or no ...
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• The Myth of MONO

  
  Layabozi — Authority: 124
  Its not Post-Rock. Its Ghost-Rock. Read also: Editor’s Picks, November 26-29 A Walk Through A Garden
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• This Week’s Best Albums

  
  ALARM Magazine — Authority: 419
  The Slew : 100% (Puget Sound) Built around the inspired turntablism of Kid Koala and Dynomite D , The Slew began as a psych-rock score for a documentary based on the influential but obscure work of the 1970s band of the same name. Though the film never came to fruition, the two were heavily into the project ...
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• Reptile Diversity at Desert Tortoise Conservation Center

  
  San Diego Zoo Blogs — Authority: 539
  Long-nosed leopard lizard The Desert Tortoise Conservation Center (DTCC) is located in southwest Las Vegas on a lovely patch of bajada (a broad sloping area of the desert surrounded by mountains). Here in the heart of the Mojave Desert, we are home to many desert tortoises, which are considered a flagship species ...
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• Mistaken Identity

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 154
  And they thought we were slow! Just a quick community service announcement to the people of Cleveland , you know Mary, that 100 year old tortoise at the zoo? Yeah well it is really a male, so from now on can you call him Terry, thanks! Psst The 400lb tortoise arrived at the zoo in 1955.
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• 82 Tiny Baby Sea Turtles Make Lots of Little Waves

  
  ZooBorns — Authority: 611
  Early this month, Sea World San Diego announced the hatching of 82 Baby Sea Turtles on the parks Shipwreck Beach. The hatchlings, born without human aid or incubation, are developing well and park officials are pleased with the progress. The babies eat a varied diet of squid, krill, shrimp, and special pellets. ...
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• My Place and Yours ... My Collection ...

  
  I'm Over It — Authority: 129
  Kate from Foxs Lane is Theme Queen this week ...                                      My Collection   ... ... theres travel souvenir charms ... ... faux pique worked tortoiseshell jewelry & curios  ... ...
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• Bakit Pawikan?!

  
  Elizar Palad dot Com — Authority: 127
  See the photo above? We call that Pawikan… But I say the inappropriate. Why? I shouldn’t be Pa-weak-an.. it should be Pa-slow-an.. Gets? :)Related posts:The Gerber Photo BabyRelated posts: The Gerber Photo Baby
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• Crumpet’s delicious cashmere

  
  Killahbeez — Authority: 513
  There is little bad to be said about the wonderful softness and warmth of cashmere and I love this application of the wool for brand Crumpet. This sweater is hand knit in cream coloured cashmere. It’s a good sturdy knit too by the looks of it. Texture really rules here, but it also creates a bit of thickness too, ...
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• Fashionable Fridays ~ Fab Five: Sky High Heels

  
  Kitten Lounge — Authority: 130
  Dsquared2 Spectator Booties on Hidden Platform $1160 - shopbop.com Vivienne Westwood Roman Boot $902 - Zappos Couture ...
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• Congratulations, it’s a boy … 50 years late

  
  Pet Tales — Authority: 433
  Anyone out there know how to sex a tortoise? Nope? Me neither … but I’m really good with kittens, so holler. A tortoise’s zookeepers in Cleveland are the ones feeling slow because after more than 50 years, they’ve discovered “Mary” is actually a male. Officials at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo say it can ...
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• Meet a Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle

  
  ZooBorns — Authority: 611
  Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtles grow to be one of South Americas largest, up to 18 lbs and over a foot across, but start their lives only a bit larger than a quarter. Unfortunately for these endangered turtles, they are considered a popular delicacy in and around the Amazon River Basin. The Buffalo Zoo hatched ...
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• 5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Moon

  
  Blogoncherry — Authority: 150
  The Moon?Yes, I see the moon every night.“The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite.”“The Moon is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System.”“The Moon’s diameter is a little more than a quarter of that of the Earth.”…but, did you know that …1. Turtles were the first to orbit the moonSure, ...
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• Ancient Chinese characters come together at new museum

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Beijing, Nov 18 (IANS) The full range and history of Chinese characters, one of the world’s most archaic writing systems which is still in practice, came together Monday when China’s first museum for sinograms opened, Xinhua news agency reported.The museum is located in Anyang city of central Chinese province of ...
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• Turtles Have Shells,But They Still Need a Place to Hide! – Part 2

  
  That Reptile Blog — Authority: 121
  Hello, Frank Indiviglio here.  Please see Part I of this article for general information concerning pet turtle shelters.  Today we’ll look at meeting the needs of a few specialists.Aquatic Bottom DwellersMata Mata Turtles (Chelus fimbriatus), Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina), Alligator Snapping Turtles ...
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