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Alligators in New York City Sewers

Are Alligators living under New York City (Documentary)

              

Published on Jun 10, 2013

A look back at a story from the 1930s that a swarm of alligators was found living in the sewers under New York City, and a new delve into the sewer system to see if the creatures could still be lurking there.

Sewer alligator stories date back to the late 1920s and early 1930s; in most instances they are part of contemporary legend. They are based upon reports of alligator sightings in rather unorthodox locations, in particular New York City.

Following the reports of sewer alligators in the 1930s, the story has built up over the decades and become more of a contemporary legend. Many have even questioned the extent of truth in the original stories, some even suggesting it to be fiction and that Teddy May's creative mind may have contributed to the tales. However, the story of the 'Sewer Gator' in New York City is well known and various versions have been told.

Some versions go further to suggest that, after the alligator was disposed of at such a young age, it would live the majority of its life in an environment not exposed to sunlight, and thus it would apparently in time lose its eyesight and the pigment in its hide and that the reptile would grow to be completely albino, pure white in color with red eyes. Another reason why an albino alligator would retreat to an underground sewer is because of its vulnerability to the sun in the wild, as there is no dark pigment in the creature's skin, it has no protection from the sun, which makes it very hard for it to survive in the wild.

There are numerous recent media accounts of alligators occupying storm drains and sewer pipes:

However, herpetologists believe that a sewer is not a fit environment for any alligator, and they would be unlikely to be able to reproduce. The animals need warm temperatures all year round, as opposed to the frigid cold of the Sewer Systems

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Amazing Insects by Igor Siwanowicz

Igor Siwanowicz is a photographer, who is very close to nature. Usually he used macro photography techniques for taking different shots. This type of technique allow photographers to take a very close-up shot of subject. Macro photography is different from other types of photography because it often requires the specialty of equipment and special consideration from photographer when planning their shots. here you can see and imagine the beauty of these shots.

Hanging Naked Men Flower

There’s this meme going around that claims there is a flower called Hanging Naked Men. This is the photo:


Of course I laughed like a school boy. And of course I wanted to know if it was real.
So, I Google imaged it. Bad idea. DO NOT Google Image search “Hanging Naked Men.” Take my word for it.

And after some research, I have found that it is called Orchis Italica, or The Naked Man Orchid. So funny. They come in all sorts of shapes and, umm… sizes.

Goats On A Wall

Want to know more about goats?    Check out:  www.goatsonawall.blogspot.ca

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"What is to give light must first endure burning." ~Viktor Frankl

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching." ~Gandhi


"If you built castles in the air, your #work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them." ~Thoreau




"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at #work worth doing." ~Theodore Roosevelt



"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are." ~Joseph Campbell



"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." ~ Gandhi



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If you wish to be understood, seek first to understand." ~Steven R. Covey



In this world / We walk on the roof of hell / Gazing at flowers // haiku by Kobayashi Issa.

Carl Jung’s 1957 Letter on the Fascinating “Modern Myth” of UFOs

Deities, conspiracies, politics, space aliens: you don’t actually have to believe in these to find them interesting. Just focus your attention not on the things themselves, but in how other people regard them, what they say when they talk about them, and why they think about them the way they do.

 Psychotherapist and onetime Freud protégé Carl Gustav Jung treated UFOs this way when he wrote his book Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies, which examines “not the reality or unreality” of the titular phenomena, but their “psychic aspect,” and “what it may signify that these phenomena, whether real or imagined, are seen in such numbers just at a time” — the Cold War — “when humankind is menaced as never before in history.” As what Jung called a “modern myth,” UFOs qualify as real indeed.


In 1957, with Flying Saucers to appear the following year, New Republic editor Gilbert A. Harrison wanted to get this Jungian perspective on UFOs in his magazine. At the top of this post, you can see (via The Awl) a scan of Jung’s response to Harrison’s query, the text of which follows:

the problem of the Ufos is, as you rightly say, a very fascinating one, but it is as puzzling as it is fascinating; since, in spite of all observations I know of, there is no certainty about their very nature. On the other side, there is an overwhelming material pointing to their legendary or mythological aspect. As a matter of fact the psychological aspect is so impressive, that one almost must regret that the Ufos seem to be real after all. I have followed up the literature as much as possible and it looks to me as if something were seen and even confirmed by radar, but nobody knows exactly what is seen. In consideration of the psychological aspect of the phenomenon I have written a booklet about it, which is soon to appear. It is also in the process of being translated into English. Unfortunately being occupied with other tasks I am unable to meet your proposition. Being rather old, I have to economize my energies.


Jung, as you can see, doubled his own interest in the subject by not only considering flying saucers a social phenomenon, but as a real physical phenomenon as well. Serious enthusiasts of both Jung and UFOs might consider bidding on the original letter, now up for auction. Estimated sale price: $2,000 to 3,000.


Related Content:

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Carl Gustav Jung Explains His Groundbreaking Theories About Psychology in Rare Interview (1957)

Carl Gustav Jung Ponders Death


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in Psychology | May 31st, 2013 

Prints - Walter Crane

Friday, 13 September 2013

Walter Crane – part 8

Walter Crane (1845–1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most prolific and influential children’s book creator of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway. His work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterise many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles and other decorative arts.

For full biographical notes on Walter Crane see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 7 also. This is part 8 of a 12-part post on the children’s books of Walter Crane:

1887 The Baby's Own Aesop

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Front cover

Inside front cover

End-paper

End-paper

Title page

Preface

Dedication

Contents page

The Fox And The Grapes

The Cock And The Pearl / The Wolf And The Lamb

The Wind And The Sun

King Log And King Stork

The Frightened Lion

The Mouse And The Lion / The Married Mouse

Hercules And The Waggoner

The Lazy Housemaids

The Snake And The File / The Fox And The Crow

The Dog In The Manger / The Frog And The Bull

The Fox And The Crane

Horse And Man / The ass And The Enemy

The Fox And The Mosquitoes / The Fox And The Lion

The Miser And His Gold / The Golden Eggs

The Man That Pleased None

The Oak And The Reeds / The Fir And The Bramble

The Trees And The Woodman

The Hart And The Vine

The Man And The Snake

The Fox And The Mask

The Ass In The Lion's Skin

The Lion And The Statue

The Boaster

The Vain Jackdaw

The Peacock's Complaint

The Two Jars / The Two Crabs

Brother And Sister

The Fox Without A Tail

The Dog and The Shadow

The Crow And The Pitcher / The Eagle And The Crow

The Blind Doe

The Geese And The Cranes

The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner

Hot And Cold

Neither Beast Nor Bird

The Stag In The Ox Stall / The Deer And The Lion

The Lion In Love

The Cat And Venus / Mice In Council

The Hen And The Fox / The Cat And The Fox

The Hare And The Tortoise / The Hares And The Frogs

Porcupine, Snake, And Company / The Bear And The Bees

The Bundle Of Sticks

The Farmer's Treasure

The Cock, The Ass And The Lion

Fortune And The Boy

The Ungrateful Wolf / The Fisherman And The Fish

The Herdsman's Vows / The Horse And The Ass

The Ass And The Sick Lion

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About me

Poul Webb

Francis Kyle Gallery: "Educated at the Cambridge School of Art. Soon after he graduated his work was exhibited at the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition and in 1973 in the British International Drawing Biennale at Bradford. In the mid 1970s he showed twice in major International Exhibitions of Original Drawings at the Museum of Modern Art in Rijeka and work of his was acquired at this time by H.M. Government Art Collection. In 1987 he was one of Ten British Watercolourists shown at the Museum of Fine Arts, Bilbao. Since 1990 Webb has worked largely in oils on canvas."
 Brian Sewell, Art Critic:

 "Poul Webb's art is the focus on the familiar, on things so commonplace that they are not noticed - and here they suddenly are, edged by the eye of a painter into a heightened reality that stops well short of hallucination, yet has the quality of a waking dream."