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Hi Cottontop! Good job on getting this set up. I wish you great success.

I'm finally registered! Yeah. And thanks cottontop for all your patience.

Excellant! Very happy to see that worked!

Glad to have you here.

Rah, Rah! Sis Boom Bah! I made it!!!

Thanks for the help!

That is good news! Good to have you aboard bgw in MT!

Hey, hey, hey! How do you like my avatar, Cottontop! Doesn't he look happy? I've wanted to use this avatar for the longest, but PFI only lets you choose from their selection.

Mars goes behind moon

Statesman News Service

BHUBANESWAR, May 8:
In a rare celestial event, planet Mars will be eclipsed by the moon for about an hour on Saturday, 10 May.

On that day, the moon will come directly between the Earth and Mars. The event will be visible everywhere in India including Orissa and can be watched with naked eyes.
Deputy director of city-based Pathani Samanta Planetarium Er Subhendu Pattnaik said that the event will take place after about 7.30 p.m. Indian Standard Time
(IST).
"However, the occultation starting time for the state is about 8.05 p.m. and ending time is around 9.00 p.m. The timing may vary two-three minutes depending on the exact location," he added.

“Around 7.30 p.m., Mars will be visible very close to moon above it. Gradually around 8.05 PM, it will slowly slide behind the moon and disappear within minutes.

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=9&theme=&usrsess=1&id=203080

I moved some of the older news threads to the basket of the forum. If your looking for certain dated news, check the basket. I'm trying to keep the main forum cleaned up from dated material.

I'm playing around with the look. Perhaps the other is to dark for some people. However this might be too light for some people. What do ya'll think? It's different!

Ah, there a few broken topic "wording" if your not logged in. If you log in it goes away!

again, I've moved the older news threads to the "Basket." Just click on Basket and you'll find the news threads.

There has been a new upgrade from my host server: we can now change the topic color. Look to the right of the subject box that says "none (use implicit) and there is where you can change the topic color. I think it's cool.

I've been out of commison these past few days, with ISP and computer problems. It looks like I'm good to go. It couldn't come at a worse time, as I didn't get to finish the ole yeller thread moving. I've very p.oed at that. At least I did get some things moved.

I will be adding more info on the topic threads listed. I just need to get caught up with the Indo news first, and that's going to take sometime.

Thanks to everyone for stopping by and browsing.

In light of nothing to translate of late, and still upset about supari's decision, instead of feeling defeated(and I did), I'm trying find Indonesian bloggers who will help us. I'm combing through blogs like crazy and it's frustrating. so I sent out a plea on my blog:
http://cottontopssandbox.wordpress.com

i'm hoping like hell someone will be willing to help.
Also bear with me in keeping this updated. I'm searching a huge data base of Indo blogs.

Just stopping in to say that I'll be back full force when life settles down some. It's the end of the school year here, and alot of activities going on. Not to mention just life!

I'm still searching the Indo blogs, but have come up empyt handed.

Indo is at it this morning with their PR spin. I will be updating the Indo thread later on today. Think you'll find it interesting.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Here is a list of the mamals that have been inflected. Link to this is here:
http://homepage.mac.com/monotreme1/Science%20Folder/Animals.htmls
courtesy of Momotreme, creater of Pandemic Flu Information (PFI)

PFI-www.singtomeohmuse.com

Mammals (class Mammalia)
Order Carnivora (Carnivores)

Cat (Felis catus)
Tiger (Panthera tigris)
Leopard (Panthera pardus)
Dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
Stone Marten (Martes foina)
Ferrets (Mustela putorius)
Owston’s Palm Civet (Chrotogale owstoni)

Order Atriodactyla (Even-toed ungulates)

Pig (Sus scrofa)

Order Rodentia (Rodents)

House Mouse (Mus musculus)
Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Order Primates

Cynomologus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis)
Humans (Homo sapiens)

Birds (class Aves)
Order Galliformes

Chicken (Gallus gallus)
Domesticated Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)
Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
Chukar (Alectoris chukar)
Partridge (Species not indicated)
Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus)
Quail (Species not indicated)

Order Anseriformes

Duck (species unspecified)
Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Maned Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
Argentine (Red) Shoveler (Anas platalea)
Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
Bahama Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Brazilian Teal (Amazonetta brasiliensis)
Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
Puna Teal (Anas puna)
Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys)
Rosybill Pochard (Netta peposaca)
Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis)
Egyptian (Nile) Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
Goose (species unspecified)
Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba)
Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melancoryphus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)

Order Gruiformes

Eurasian (common) coot (Fulica atra)

Order Charadriiformes

Great black-headed gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
Brown-headed gull (Larus brunnicephalus)

Order Pelecaniformes

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Order Ciconiiformes

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

Order Podicipediformes

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

Order Passeriformes

Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
Crows (Species not specified)

Order Columbiformes

Little Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia ruficeps)
Pigeon (Species not indicated)

Order Phoenicopteriformes

Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

Order Psittaciformes

Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Order Falconiformes

Peregrine falcon (Falco Peregrinus)
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)

Order Struthioniformes

Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

PFC blog has been updated with 3 new posts.

http://cottontopssandbox.wordpress.com

It's our Independance Day today. I hope that everyone has a safe holiday, and enjoy your down time. Not only should we remember our independance, but also be thankful that we have life as we still know it; no panflu!

If your've been having a difficult time trying to get someone to understand how important it is to prepare for at least emergency/disaster, never mind a pandemic, I have started a blog aimed at this.

With the economy in tough shape, it's important for people to have some kind of home prep security. I hope some people will pay attention to the reasoning in having home preps. Send them over if they need convincing.

Strawberry Frog Cafe
http://strawberryfrogcafe.wordpress.com

Also, don't forget my Pandemic Flu Central blog.
http://cottontopssandbox.wordpress.com

Yep, I've done some redecerating. I hope ya'll like it.-cottontop

Just logged on and WOW! I don't know what happend to the forum!! I'll see what is going on and put this back the way it was. I don't like this!

Ah, there we go. I was so not in the mood to mess with that. Took me an hour and I don't know what happened, but it's back and I hope it stays this way!

Welcome unpathedhaunt! Glad you've joined us!

Welcome, welcome Ssal! So good to see you join!