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happy new year 2012

Megaupload shut down by the U.S. Justice Department :(

Megaupload Limited,^[1] better known for its closed websites including the top-15 file hosting website megaupload.com,^[1] is an online Hong Kong-based company established in 2005 that ran a number of online services related to file storage and viewing. The domain names were seized and the sites shut down by the U.S. Justice Department on 19 January 2012, following their indictment and arrests of the owners for allegedly operating as an organization dedicated to copyright infringement.^[5]
The shutdown led to what activist group Anonymous calls "the single largest Internet attack in its history" in retaliation.^[6] The case itself has not yet been heard at trial.


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Satellite Spots Costa Concordia Shipwreck

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remember to breathe!

DERINKUYU, an ancient underground city

Girl play piano with no finger on one hand

The art of sleeping in a box

This is a How-to with lots of pictures to make it easy. Start with simply sleeping on your back.


or on your side.


Consider using the top flap of the box as a pillow.


If you are longhaired, use the benefit of your coat and tail.


Remember that you and your box must nearly become one.


Use your imagination: try an S-like position.


or an inverted C-like position...


or even an L-like one.


If you totally trust your humans, relax your back legs to the maximum.


Sometimes O-like positions do not fit the box well, but you can always experiment.


If the box is rather small, try sticking your paws & tail out of it...


or stretch just one paw out, like this (back paw).


or like this (front paw).


Invite your friend to join you.


and enjoy it.


Your humans may wonder how you can sleep like that.


ignore them and enjoy..


Perhaps they will not even notice you.


To avoid unwanted attention, choose a box that matches your fur color. or you can trying hide in an absolutely unexpected box.


This position is for experienced yoga cats.


as well as this one.


Even small boxes will do in a pinch.


You can use any box-like structure you can find to get some practice.


Just remember to be creative!



There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life
Music and cats - Albert Schweitzer

Hubble telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope is a robotic telescope located on the outer edge of the atmosphere, in circular orbit around the Earth at 593 km above sea level, with an orbital period between 96 and 97 minutes at a speed 28,000 km / h. Named as a tribute to Edwin Hubble, was launched into orbit on 24 April 1990 as a joint project of NASA and ESA, thus inaugurating the Great Observatories program.
Cylindrically shaped Hubble weighs 11 tons. Its length is 13.2 m and its maximum diameter is 4.2 meters.
The telescope can obtain images with higher optical resolution
0.1 seconds of arc.