Zoo Lights 2007

Zoo Lights at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park

Play by Permit (?)

Play by permit only ... work is required!

Wiring for FIOS

FIOS coming to the area ... the folks from Verizon have been digging ditches and laying cable for a few weeks now ... next, the drilling into the walls!

Seal: NARA: Archive II

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My first visit to the National Archives and Records Administration's Archives II location in College Park, Maryland.

A very interesting place is the Archives!

National Archives: Main Building in Washington

What is past is prologue: getting the NARA shuttle from downtown to Archives II

Ladybugs

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Ladybugs on the Netherlands Carillon in Arlington, Virginia

Kogod Courtyard, SAAM-NPG

Pass the Cheer

10,699,999

10,699,999 is the number of records now in NameBank! Who will be lucky 10.7 million!!!

Library of Congress

Quote of the Day: November 15, 2007

"As steam engines go, Neuromancer turns out to be the Twenty-first Century Limited, and all of us find ourselves on board."

"Some Dark Holler" by Jack Womack, in William Gibson (1984). Neuromancer. Cited from Ace Books, 2000, p.270.

Vulpus nuntii

Fox News covered the U.S. visit of Linnaeus' copy of Systema Naturae, usually stored in the Hagstromer Medico-Historical library at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, to the New York Botanical Garden and the SmithsonianNational Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Flower Power!

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Originally uploaded by martin_kalfatovic

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History celebrated 300 years of Linnaean taxonomy with a symposium and exhibition. The Swedish ambassador (Jonas Hafström at podium) gave remarks at the evening reception.

The exhibition, "A Tribute to Carl Linnaeus, 1707-1778" (November 13-14) features the author's own copy of Systema Naturae (courtesy of the Swedish Embassy), with illustrations by Georg Dionysius Ehret. At the evening reception, the Biodiversity Heritage Library displayed the online version of the 1758 edition of Systema (from the Missouri Botanical Garden Library) and there was also an appearance by Linnaeus [as envisioned by Hans Odöö].

Metaportrait with sea life

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Invertebrates meet the reflected images of some vertebrates at the National Museum of Natural History

Great Auk

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Originally uploaded by martin_kalfatovic

The Smithsonian Institution Libraries is currently highlighting extinct animals in its exhibition case in the lobby of the National Museum of Natural History. Here is a Great Auk, along with heritage literature, an engraved egg, and photo of Smithsonian ornithologist, Storrs Olson

'Tis the Season!

Starbucks - Wahoo Dore!

Hot Dog :: Pretzels :: Pizza

Classic DC Hot Dog stand. See more hot dog stands and allied vendor on my Flickr

I Voted in Arlington

Vote!

Planet Bob!

A humorous view of taxonomy and its importance to life on the planet - even Planet Bob!

Peter Raven welcoming the scientists assembled for the Encyclopedia of

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BHL members Tom Garnett and Chris Freeland attended this important EOL meeting

President Bush cruises down Penn. Avenue

President Bush on Penn Avenue