It sprang to life sometime
in the 3rd millennium, outliviving the kingdoms of ancient Egypt, it survived six of the
seven wonders of the ancient world, and it's older than Judaism. It survived 5,000 years (give or take a few hundred), and was cut down in 1964 by
Donald Currey, a graduate student in geography. He was studying the
Little Ice Age (prev), and he was looking for an old
Bristlecone pine in the White-Inyo mountain range of California (prev), as a record for climatic conditions from that period. As that tree, nicknamed
Prometheus, is no longer living, the record for
oldest tree goes to a tree from the same stand,
Methuselah. If trees aren't your thing, there are quite a few
long-living organisms of other sorts. For more fun and photos, join
Rachel Sussman on her journey to photograph them.
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posted by filthy light thief
on May 4, 2010 -
43 comments
EveryScape launched this morning. It's a ground-level mapping service similar to Google's "Street View", only it offers you an "autodrive" feature that automatically moves you through a city or down a ski slope. There are links to information about stores and restaurants in the view and the ability to go inside buildings and look around. It currently features views from
Aspen,
New York,
Boston, and
Miami. And of course the obligatory view of
a colorful mime with a man-bag. [
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posted by cashman
on Oct 29, 2007 -
12 comments
Yoga in the classroom? EGADS!
That reeks of religious implications, say parents in Aspen, Colorado.
"For some families, the chanting that accompanies a selection of yoga techniques creates a challenge for separation of church and state." Aspen Elementary says the pilot program
"was proposed as a way to help kids cope with their return to school. Rowdy tots could be calmed and readied for class work after recess using a series of relaxing breathing and stretching techniques."
posted by msacheson
on Aug 28, 2002 -
66 comments
