Volunteers Get Inked to Help Save Species [Slide Show]
The project, called extInked, was conceived by the Ultimate Holding Company in Manchester, England—a collective of freelance artists who try to use art to spur discussion of uncomfortable social issues. In 2009 the collective worked with conservationists to identify 100 rare and endangered species in Britain, and then brought in artists to ink 100 volunteers in a three-day public marathon. Mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish, invertebrates, plants and four species of fungi were colored onto the necks, arms, legs and backs of obliging “ambassadors.”
....as an avid reader I have encountered many worthless articles, essays, lists, books and other manuscripts....but every once in a while I come across something that just begs me to say...Are you fucking kidding me? and now, without further ado, for you reading pleasure may I present a small sampling of these vital survival and yes, cool uses for paracord ....
44 Really Cool Uses of Paracord for Survival
1- Secure a tent
2-Secure a tarp between trees
3-Hang tools from your belt
5-Secure things to the outside of your backpack
9-Make an emergency belt to hold your pants up
11-Replace a broken bra strap (it happens)
Just wait it gets even more enlightening...
18-Hang something up off the ground
Holy Shit! without the valuable piece of advice of number 18 I can not even conceive how I have managed to stay alive in the wilderness for all these years !
22-Keep rolled up items secure
24-Tie objects together for easier transport
25-Bundle stuff together
34-Tie stuff down so it will not blow away in a storm
Tie bad guys or intruders to a tree or chair
Back the fuck up bitch! I got Paracord!
You know what? I just can not bring myself to continue without adding
number....
Navajo Astronaut Tazbah Redhouse is a pilot on the first spaceship sent to colonize Mars. But a mysterious dream the night before her departure indicates there may be more to her mission than she understands.
In the sandpainting of southwestern Native Americans (the most famous of which are the Navajo), the Medicine Man (or Hatałii) paints loosely upon the ground of a hogan, where the ceremony takes place, or on a buckskin or cloth tarpaulin, by letting the colored sands flow through his fingers with control and skill. There are 600 to 1000 different traditional designs for sandpaintings which are known to the Navajo. They do not view the paintings as static objects, but as spiritual, living beings to be treated with great respect. More than 30 different sandpaintings may be associated with one ceremony.
