The octopus represents wisdom, creativity, will, strength, and focus. This beautiful golden octopus circle pendant hangs from a strong chain and creates a unique necklace-perfect for any age — via Etsy
Nor is Duxbury free of its own oddities. Duxbury does not feature in any of Lovecraft’s fiction; Arkham
is based on Salem, Innsmouth
is based on a combination of Ipswich and Gloucester, and Dunwich
is based on Athol. But Duxbury was no stranger to sea serpents, even in Wiswall’s day. The English writer John Josselyn’s An Account of Two Voyages to New-England (1674) described the 1639 sighting of a sea serpent off Cape Anne, north of Duxbury, which sparked a rash of sea-serpent sightings along the Massachusetts coast, including Duxbury. And in 1857 Henry Thoreau wrote in his journal that Daniel Webster had seen a sea-serpent off the coast of Duxbury — via io9
News publishers and readers both benefit when journalists get proper credit for their work. That can be difficult, with news spreading so quickly and many websites syndicating articles to others. That’s why we’re experimenting with two new metatags for Google News: syndication-source and original-source. Each of these metatags addresses a different scenario, but for both the aim is to allow publishers to take credit for their work and give credit to other journalists — via benno.newsvine.com
A man has died after jumping into an icy river in Lancashire in an attempt to save his pet springer spaniel — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The United States has rejected talks with WikiLeaks over its planned release of confidential US documents, saying the whistleblower website is holding them in violation of US law — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Located in a residential neighborhood of single family houses, the old butter factory has the characteristic image of the other houses surrounding it, defined by a typical architecture, with simple constructive technics. The existing buildings are in an advanced state of disrepair. However, taking into consideration the architectural interest of the volume of the former factory it is our desire to recover what currently exists — via ArchDaily
Firefighters were called to a fire at the old George Washington Hotel this week and got a shock when they found a room splattered with blood and empty liquor bottles.
Washington Police Chief JR Blyth thought Sunday’s discovery was the most grisly murder scene in his 35 years in law enforcement. He committed several investigators to the crime scene
— until they realized it had been set up that way for a horror movie — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The program called for a main residence and a working space. The house and office are two separate independent entities however have a seamless relationship. There are two entrances to the building, including a three car garage and carriage porch to receive visitors. According to the architects the design of these elements stemmed from what the site demanded — via ArchDaily
Claims that global warming has slowed down over the past decade were partly based on faulty data. Instead, the rate of global warming was underestimated because of a new way of measuring sea-surface temperatures, suggests a new study.
Since the 1970s average global temperatures have risen by 0.16°C per decade, but over the past decade they seemed to rise by only 0.09°C, an apparent slowdown of 0.07°C. John Kennedy and colleagues at the UK Met Office have now found that the real slowdown was smaller — via dungbeetlemania.newsvine.com
What might your surroundings look like with a bionic eye? New simulations from Australia’s National ICT Centre for Excellence (NICTA) are recreating what patients can expect to see with the next two generations of their device — via dungbeetlemania.newsvine.com
I couldn’t understand why I was near tears. It was only a computer server I was shutting down, not pulling the plug on a life or saying goodbye to faithful pet. Nonetheless, my eyes were moist.
This Babbage has run his own server hardware since 1994, first hosting other companies’ sites as an early web developer, and later my own operations. The first servers lived in my basement, connected by a dedicated 56 Kbps line to a much smaller internet. The current set of five are rack mounted in a co-location data centre, where I pay a monthly fee for space, electricity and bandwidth. They’ve hummed away there for years, chunking through millions of database queries each day, occasionally seeing one of their number replaced with a faster model. One of them is pictured there to the right. — via dungbeetlemania.newsvine.com
The police are seeking powers to shut down websites deemed to be engaged in criminal
activity.
The Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has tabled a plan for Nominet, which oversees .uk web addresses, to be given the domain closing power — via dungbeetlemania.newsvine.com
Since their original publication in the 1920s, the stories of HP Lovecraft have endured and grown into an entire subset of the horror genre unto themselves, with themes of the unavoidable insanity that comes with knowledge and cosmic insignificance that are far more subtle and ultimately terrifying than the average ghost story.
Which makes them great entertainment for eight year-olds — via Comics Alliance
After a long-running email mix-up, an Australian man has enjoyed his first Thanksgiving in the United States with a family he has never met before — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Genetic testing of villagers in a remote part of China has shown that nearly two thirds of their DNA is of Caucasian origin, lending support to the theory that they may be descended from a lost legion
of Roman soldiers — via cartooncat.newsvine.com
Zach O’Brien got his 1971 CB350 for just $400, running and titled. He’s built several bikes, but this one is a favorite: his wife, daughter and son all helped with the build — via Bike EXIF
A pistol held by Sean Connery as James Bond in a poster to promote the 1963 film From Russia With Love has sold at auction for £277,250 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A German pensioner who wanted to seal off the entrance to his cellar ended up bricking himself into it, a police spokesman told Reuters on Thursday — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The CardSharp utilizes a creative and unique folding method to allow the knife to maintain a much smaller profile. This pocket knife easily fits into the same space as a couple of credit cards. The secret is the almost-one-piece design; the knife lacks the liners and pins that add to the thickness and weight of a normal pocket knife. Additionally, once fully deployed, there are no concerns about the knife closing when you do not want it to — via Knife Center
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