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Has anyone noticed there's a backdoor method to keep "Old" Newsvine (yes, I still lurk there, haven't posted since I "left") -- if you have more than 15 groups/nations, the pop-up asks you if you want to leave some of them or just ignore...on the left side though, there's an option to "go back to classic" -- so today ISN'T D-Day for everyone...

The winter in Bangladesh was generally considered as pleasant.Usually lifestyle change in this season and many activities like,visiting countryside with family and friends, picnic,travels,sightseeing,festivals,fairs,ceremonies take place in this season.Many exotic and indigenous vegetables and fruits give the markets a colorful look and consumers make delicious food items.One special activity...

On the day before, the decorations for the Spring Dance had been arranged by the oldest members of the council. Fresh cut spring flowers, the first to poke their green stems out from the still snowy ground had been gathered ceremoniously along with green bows of spruce and hemlock and arranged in special patterns and bouquets. The windows that ran along the tops of the walls had been...

After Temon finished sorting the threads for the days weaving, he headed for the house and readied himself for the meeting to be held in advance of the nights festivities. The town was located at a convenient hopping off point for hunters heading into the mountains for game and for sport. Consequently, the towns only inn was large and prosperous. A crowd, or at least what would be considered a...

Each according to the dictates of his own conscience.Norman Rockwell, et al.The world reeled on its own course, heedless of the thoughts or actions of the people who thought they ruled. Long after Gaea was conquered for the umpteenth time, the last final leader anointed by his gods high hand, Gaea still circled the sun; still the third planet; still the living mass of rock; still except for the...

Published on Dec 6, 2012 Speakers: Chris Anderson, CEO, 3D Robotics Carl Bass, President and CEO, Autodesk, Inc Thanks to 3D printers and other increasingly cheap and easy digital desktop fabrication machines, the Web generation is now turning making physical things on a global scale. This is more than just tinkering and DIY; it's also spawning a new sort of manufacturing...

Many NT members know me from NV but there are probably a few that don't and some that have never been on NV. To those who haven't heard of what some think is one of my idiosyncracies I extend this short essay. The idea of any Group is to advance the influence of the Group. Sometimes it is necessary to become a member of a small group in order to advance to a larger or more influential group....

A Catholic Priest, a Baptist Preacher and a Rabbi all served as Chaplains to the students of Northern Michigan University at Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop. One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't really all that hard, a real challenge would be to preach to a...

In The Week article below the indisputable evidence of greed for: gun sales, push-money donated by the gun-makers to the NRA, are fighting for more gun users to buy not just hunting weapons, but every conceivable type of hard-core weaponry by taking advantage of the fear of stricter laws. This media frenzy began at the same time the Newtown Massacre was first reported by Nicholas...

The Arc of the Covenant Above If anyone says, "I love God," but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God who he has not seen. 1John 4:20 Often times we imagine we see God in nature, or in Church, or in others. But John writes here if you don't love one of your brothers or sisters for whatever reason you are a...