How Did Animals At The National Zoo React To The Great East Coast Earthquake Of 2011?

Seismic waves from this week's rare 5.8 earthquake centered in Virginia were felt by critters at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., according to a news release from the zoo. None of the animals or humans at the zoo were harmed.

How did animals at the National Zoo react to the Great East Coast Earthquake of 2011?

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Available For Pre-order: “the Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow”

Available for pre-order from today: The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow, a PM Press "Outspoken Authors" chapbook, including my novella "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow/Now is the Best Time of Your Life," an essay, a transcript of my U of T iSchool talk on general purpose computing and regulation, and an exclusive interview with Terry Bisson. The paper book comes out on Nov 1, the PDF is available today, and other ebook formats will be available in about three weeks. I'll be putting up a download site for the whole thing in November.

Available for pre-order: “THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW”

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Great Sand Dunes

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Location: Colorado

Established: Sep. 13, 2004

Size:130 square miles

Visitors in 2010: 283,284

The main dunefield in the park is 30 square miles and contains the tallest dunes in North America, with the Star Dune topping the list at 750 feet. Scientists estimate the dunes began forming 440,000 years ago.

More info at nps.gov

Images: Above: USGS/NASA. Below: GeoEye.

Great Sand Dunes

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Great Wall Tech to Invest $52.8 Million in China LED Venture

Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Great Wall Technology Co. said a Shenzhen-listed subsidiary will be investing $52.8 million for a 44 percent stake in a new venture in Xiamen, Fujian province producing light-emitting diodes.

Great Wall Tech to Invest $52.8 Million in China LED Venture

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Great Schism

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	*[[High Prophet of Mercy]]†		*[[High Prophet of Mercy]]†

Great Schism

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The Great Journey

Glitches:

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	*If you manage to bring a Spectre into the Control Room, you can get Johnson to ride onto it. If you drive it away towards the entrance and come back, there will be another Johnson in his place. Using this glitch, there can be up to four Johnsons (3 on the Spectre, 1 on the ledge) helping you for the mission which can be useful for taking out Tartarus' shields.		*If you manage to bring a Spectre into the Control Room, you can get Johnson to ride onto it. If you drive it away towards the entrance and come back, there will be another Johnson in his place. Using this glitch, there can be up to four Johnsons (3 on the Spectre, 1 on the ledge) helping you for the mission which can be useful for taking out Tartarus' shields.
	*It is possible to get [[Rtas 'Vadum]] and the other [[Sangheili|Elites]] to go with you into the building. Get Rtas 'Vadume and the Elite into the Spectre and drive it into the building then get them out. They will usually follow you, though this could take a few tries.		*It is possible to get [[Rtas 'Vadum]] and the other [[Sangheili|Elites]] to go with you into the building. Get Rtas 'Vadume and the Elite into the Spectre and drive it into the building then get them out. They will usually follow you, though this could take a few tries.
-	*It is impossible to drive the Wraith on Legendary.	+	*It is impossible to drive the Wraith on Legendary,Even If You Can Reach It.
	*You can jump to the platform where Miranda Keyes is standing and stick her with a plasma grenade. She should run to the platform where Tartarus is. This may take some tries. Tartarus will then attack Keyes repeatedly and she cannot die. Tartarus will be distracted and won't respond to any attacks except melees.		*You can jump to the platform where Miranda Keyes is standing and stick her with a plasma grenade. She should run to the platform where Tartarus is. This may take some tries. Tartarus will then attack Keyes repeatedly and she cannot die. Tartarus will be distracted and won't respond to any attacks except melees.
	*Sending Tartarus off the ledge during the final battle will NOT kill him. He will respawn back in the center platform and instantly lock on to you...possibly right behind you.		*Sending Tartarus off the ledge during the final battle will NOT kill him. He will respawn back in the center platform and instantly lock on to you...possibly right behind you.

The Great Journey

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Great robots of antiquity

Dark Roasted Blend does a roundup of wonderful, ingenious automata of ages past -- the early clockwork robots that boggled crowds with their ticktock liveliness: "As watch making developed in the Age of Enlightenment in the eighteenth century, so did the art of creating mechanical people and animals. Jacques Vaucason created numerous working figures, including a flute player, which actually played the instrument, in 1738, plus this duck from 1739. The gilded copper bird could sit, stand, splash around in water, quack and even give the impression of eating food and digesting it:"

Great robots of antiquity

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