Ed Conrad wrote:
> <
> THE SCARECROW:
> "If I only had a brain..."
> <
> THE WIZARD OF OZ:
> "Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre
> commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on
> the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain.
> <
> "Back where I come from, we have universities, Seats
> of Great Learning, where men go to become great thinkers.
> <
> "And when they come out, they think deep thoughts, and with
> no more brains than you have. But they have one thing you
> haven't got: A diploma!"
> <
> THE SCARECROW:
> "The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles
> triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side.
> <
> Oh, joy! Rapture! I've finally got a brain. How can I ever
> thank you?"
> <
> THE WIZARD:
> "You can't!"
> <
> =============
>>
>> ODE TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
> <
> Anthropology's middle names? Deceit and Deception
> Consquently, Truth's getting an unwelcome reception
> See, they're in cahoots in collusion
> To keep intact an evolution illusion
> Their CONSPIRACY so close to the point of perfection
>
> ========================================
> <
>> THE BUCK STOPS HERE
>> (Petrified Human Remains Found Between Coal Veins)
>> Lin Liangtai (lin440...@
yahoo.com.tw) of Taipei, Taiwan,
>> posted the following to talk.origins on Sat., Sept. 23, 2006.
>> Ed Conrad had placed the specimen in his possession for testing.
> <
> Mr. Ed Conrad's fossil wood has been proven to be man-made.
> <
> The wood has been identified by a coal petrographer and a
> paleobotanist in Kentucky to be cordaite stem.
> <
> The thin sections of the fossil wood's cross section shows
> no pith or pith cast. They also show the fossil has no radial
> structure of wood (rays and tracheids) in its cross section.
> <
> Instead, they show parallel structure of wood (rays and tracheids)
> in its cross section.
> <
> Anyone who knows a bit about wood knows that the cross section
> of natural tree stems shows wood in its radial structure of rays
> and tracheids, while a wooden handle's end show parallel structure
> of the wood (rays, tracheids,vessels).
> <
> The related photos can be seen at:
> <
>
http://tw.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lin440315/album?.dir=bd1dscd&.src=ph...
>
http://tw.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lin440315/my photos
> <
> IMAG5969 was taken from the thin section's center while IMAG
> 5970 was taken from the thin section's top side.
> <
> Lin Liangtai
> <
> ====================================
> <
> "You're not only fighting the man in the ring, Ed.
> You're also fighting the referee and the three
> judges."
> < -- Clayton Lennon, Philosopher (1900-1996)
> <
> Ed Conrad
> <
> ====================
> <
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> Rank Country Circulation
> 1. Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan) 14,532,694
> 2. Asahi Shimbun (Japan) 12,601,375
> 3. Sichuan Ribao (China) 8,000,000
> 4. Mainichi Shimbun (Japan) 5,845,857
> 5. Bild (Germany) 5,674,400
> 6. Chunichi Shimbun (Japan) 4,323,144
> 7. Sun (England) 3,718,354
> 8. Renmin Ribao (China) 3,000,000
> 9. Sankei Shimbun (Japan) 2,890,835
> 10. Nihon Keizai Shimbun Japan 2,705,877
> 11. Gongren Ribao (China) 2,500,000
> 12. Daily Mail (England) 2,387,867
> 13. Daily Mirror (England) 2,339,001
> 14. Chosun Ilbo (South Korea) 2,225,000
> 15. Dong-A Ilbo (South Korea) 2,150,000
> 16. Hokkaido Shimbun (Japan) 1,962,666
> 17. Eleftherotypia (Greece) 1,858,316
> 18. Xin Min Wan Bao (China) 1,750,000
> 19. Wall Street Journal (U.S.) 1,740,450
> 20. Yangcheng Wanbao China 1,730,000
> 21. Kerala Kaumudi (India) 1,720,000
> 22. Wen Hui Bao Daily (China 1,700,000
> 23. USA Today (United States) 1,653,428
> 24. Joong-Ang Ilbo (S. Korea) 1,550,000
> 25. Economic Daily (China) 1,500,000
> 26. Rodong Sinmun (N. Korea) 1,500,000
> 27. Kyung-Hyang Daily News 1,478,537
> 28. Sports Nippon (Japan) 1,452,699
> 29. Shizuoka Shimbun (Japan)) 1,442,310
> 30. Sankei Sports (Japan) 1,367,734
> 31. Deutche Allgemeine Germ 1,313,400
> 32. United Daily News (Taiwan ) 1,300,000
> 33. China Times (Taiwan) 1,270,000
> 34. O Estado de Sao Paulo Brazil) 1,230,160
> 35. Jang Daily (Pakistan) 1,200,000
> 36. Jang Lahore (Pakistan) 1,200,000
> 37. Akhbar El Yom/Al Akhbar (Egypt) 1,159,339
> 38. Hankook Ilbo (South Korea) 1,156,000
> 39. Hochi Shimbun (Japan) 1,119,031
> 40. Daily Express (England) 1,118,981
> 41. Los Angeles Times (U.S.) 1,067,540
> 42. New York Times (U>S) 1,066,540
> 43. Tokyo Shimbun (Japan 1,062,080
> 44. Daily Telegraph (England) 1,047,861
> 45. Nishinippon Shimbun Japan 1,041,104
> 46. Jiefang Ribao (China) 1,000,000
> 47. Nanfang Ribao (China) 1,000,000
> 48. Nongmin Ribao (China) 1,000,000
> 49. Zhongguo Qingnian Ribao (China) 1,000,000
> 50. Nikkan Sports (Japan) 984,058
> 51. Al Akhbar (Egypt) 980,000
> 52. Guangming Ribao (China) 950,000
> 53. Al Ahram (Egypt) 900,000
> 54. Al Goumhouriya (Egypt) 900,000
> 55. Seoul Shinmun (S. Korea) 900,000
> 56. Xin Hua Ribao (China) 900,000
> 57. Verdens Gang (Norway) 870,267
> 58. Corriere della Sera (Italy) 868,266
> 59. Kyoto Shimbun (Japan) 839,499
> 60. Chugoku Shimbun (Japan) 820,000
> 61 Kobe Shimbun Japan 820,000
> 62. Times of India (India) 813,000
> 63. Kobe Shimbun (Japan) 810,353
> 64. Beijing Wanbao (China) 800,000
> 65. Hubei Ribao (China) 800,000
> 66. Jiefangjun Ribao (China) 800,000
> 67. Trybuna Slaska (Poland) 800,000
> 68. La Gazzetta dello Sport Italy 798,243
> 69. Ouest-France (France) 790,133
> 70. Holos Ukrainy (Ukraine) 768,000
> 71. The Times (England) 766,999
> 72. ABC (Spain) 765,668
> 73. Washington Post (U.SSS>) 759,122
> 74. La Repubblica (Italy) 754,930
> 75. De Telegraf (Netherlands) 751,400
> 76. Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland) 750,000
> 77. Zero Hora (Brazil) 727,188
> 78. Diario dos Campos (Brazil) 725,000
> 79. New York Daily News (U.S.) 723,143
> 80. Sabah (Turkey) 722,950
> 81. Jornal da Tarde (Brazil) 709,793
> 82. Beijing Ribao (China) 700,000
> 83. Chongqing Ribao (China) 700,000
> 84. Clarin (Argentina) 700,000
> 85. Thai Rath (Thailand 700,000
> 86. Zhejiang Ribao (China) 700,000
> 87. Diario Insular (Portugal) 684,143
> 88. Granma Internacional (Cuba) 675,000
> 89. Chicago Tribune (U.S>) 673,508
> 90. Daily Record (Scotland) 671,267
> 91. China Daily News (Taiwan) 670,000
> 92. The Daily Star (England) 650,406
> 93. Guangxi Ribao (China) 650,000
> 94. Malayala Manorama (India) 630,068
> 95. La Nacion (Argentina) 630,000
> 96. Hurriyet (Turkey) 615,579
> 97. Herald Sun (Australia) 600,000
> 98. Hurriyet (Pakistan) 600,000
> 99. Liaoning Ribao (China) 600,000
> 100. Oriental Daily News (Hong Kong) 600,000
> <
>> 100 LARGEST NEWSPAPERS IN U.S.
> Rank Circulation
> 1. USA Today (Arlington, Va.) 2,154,539
> 2. Wall Street Journal (NY N.Y.) 2,091,062
> 3. Times (New York, N.Y.) 1,118,565
> 4. Times (Los Angeles) 914,584
> 5. Post (Washington, DC) 732,872
> 6. Daily News (New York, N.Y.) 729,124
> 7. Tribune (Chicago) 680,879
> 8. Post (New York, N.Y.) 652,426
> 9. Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) 580,069
> 10. Chronicle (Houston) 553,018
> 11. Chronicle (San Francisco) 512,640
> 12. Morning News (Dallas) 510,133
> 13. Sun-Times (Chicago) 481,798
> 14 Globe (Boston) 450,538
> 15. Arizona Republic (Phoenix) 432,284
> 16. Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.) 408,672
> 17. Star Tribune (Minneapolis) 380,354
> 18. Inquirer (Philadelphia) 376,493
> 19. Journal-Constitution (Atlanta) 371,853
> 20. Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 365,288
> 21. Free Press (Detroit) 352,714
> 22. Oregonian (Portland) 342,789
> 23. Times (St. Petersburg, Fla.) 334,742
> 24. Union-Tribune (San Diego) 328,531
> 25. Herald (Miami) 315,850
> 26. Register Orange County CA 302,864
> 27. Sun (Baltimore) 301,186
> 28. Bee (Sacramento, Calif.) 289,905
> 29. Post (Denver) 288,937
> 30. Rocky Mtn. News Denver 288,889
> 31. Post-Dispatch (St. Louis) 285,869
> 32. Mercury News San Jose CA 271,997
> 33. Star (Kansas City, Mo.) 267,273
> 34. Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) 257,222
> 35. Times-Picayune N Orleans 253,610
> 36. Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio) 252,564
> 37. Star (Indianapolis) 249,891
> 38. Journal Sentinel Milwaukee 244,288
> 39. Post-Gazette Pittsburgh Pa 242,546
> 40. Herald (Boston) 241,457
> 41. Sun-Sentinel (Ft L'dale, Fla ) 233,634
> 42. Times (Seattle) 231,505
> 43. News (Detroit) 227,392
> 44. Observer (Charlotte, N.C.) 226,849
> 45. Tribune (Tampa, Fla.) 224,220
> 46. Express-News S Antonio Tx 222,536
> 47. Investor's Business Daily LA 215,788
> 48. Star-Telegram Ft Worth, TX) 215,452
> 49. Courier-Journal L'ville Ky 213,176
> 50. News (Buffalo, N.Y.) 207,989
> 51. Daily Oklahoman Okla City 207,538
> 52. Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) 201,141
> 53. World-Herald Omaha Neb. 192,075
> 54. Pioneer Press(St Pau, Minn 190,392
> 55. Times-Dispatch Richmond 188,540
> 56. Courant (Hartford, Conn.) 185,570
> 57. Press-Enterprise R'side CA 183,974
> 58. Democrat-Gazette (L'l Rock 183,343
> 59. American-Statesman Austin 183,312
> 60. Contra Costa Times (Calif.) 182,541
> 61. Enquirer (Cincinnati) 182,176
> 62. Record (Bergen County, N.J.) 179,270
> 63. Daily News (Los Angeles) 178,360
> 64. Democrat (Rochester, N.Y.) 173,900
> 65. Tennessean (Nashville) 172,149
> 66. Post (W. Palm Beach, Fla.) 168,147
> 67. Times-Union(Jacksonville Fla 167,851
> 68. Journal (Providence, R.I.) 167,609
> 69. Asbury Park Press (N.J.) 167,284
> 70. News & Observer Raleigh NC 163,769
> 71. Review-Journal (Las Vegas) 160,391
> 72. Bee (Fresno, Calif.) 158,651
> 73. Commercial Appeal Memphis 157,820
> 74. Register (Des Moines, Iowa) 150,851
> 75. Post-Intelligencer (Seattle) 150,851
> 76. Daily Herald (Chicago) 150,364
> 77. News (Birmingham, Ala.) 148,938
> 78. Daily News (Philadelphia) 143,631
> 79. Journal News Westchester NY) 142,873
> 80. Advertiser (Honolulu) 142,025
> 81. Blade (Toledo, Ohio) 139,520
> 82. World (Tulsa, Okla.) 139,383
> 83. Press (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 138,620
> 84. Tribune (Salt Lake City) 134,985
> 85. Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio 128,511
> 86. News Tribune Tacoma Wash .128,511
> 87. Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) 126,642
> 88. La Opinion Los Angeles Calif 124,692
> 89. Post-Standard Syracuse, N.Y. 120,701
> 90. Tribune-Review (Greensburg Pa) 119,646
> 91. News Journal (Wilmington, Del. ) 116,398
> 92. News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tenn.) 114,593
> 93. State (Columbia, S.C.) 114,442
> 94. Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) 111,594
> 95. Journal (Albuquerque) 109,693
> 96. Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.) 106,941
> 97. Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, Fla.) 105,636
> 98. News-Journal (Daytona Fla.) 104,654
> 99. Telegram (Worcester MA) 102,592
> 100. Times (Washington, DC) 102,255
> <
> < NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS
> Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
> Alaska Museum of Natural History
> Alaska State Museums, Juneau, Alaska
> Albany Museum, Rhodes University, Grahamston, South Africa
> The Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, Claremont, Calif
> American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York
> Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
> Australian Museum Online
> Australian National Botanical Garden
> Berkeley Natural History Museums consortium, Berkeley, California
> Bernice Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
> Bob Campbell Geology Museum, Clemson University
> Buena Vista Museum of Natural History
> Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle
> The California Academy of Sciences
> Canadian Museum of Nature
> Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
> Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso
> The Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, Illinois
> Chula Vista Nature Center, Chula Vista, California
> Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
> City of Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
> Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio
> College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum
> Connecticut State Museum of Natural History
> Cumberland Lodge, Museum, and Center for Leadership Studies,
> Williamsburg, Kentucky
> Dallas Museum of Natural History
> Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, Colorado
> Johnston Geology Museum, Emporia, Kansas
> Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley
> Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, Georgia
> Fick Fossil and History Museum, Oakley, Kansas
> The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
> Finnish Museum of Natural History: Botanical Museum
> The Florida Museum of Natural History
> Georgia Museum of Natural History
> Harvard Museum of Natural History
> Haus der Natur, Cismar, Germany
> Haus der Natur, Salzburg, Austria
> The High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon
> Honolulu Community College Dinosaur Exhibit, Honolulu, Hawaii
> Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum, Canada
> Houston Museum of Natural Science
> Humboldt State University Natural History Museum, Humboldt, California
> Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
> Illinois Natural History Survey
> Illinois State Museum
> Institute of Systematics, Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of
> Sciences
> Kansas University Natural History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas
> Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
> Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
> Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, England
> Massachusetts Museum of Natural History, University of Massachusetts
> Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
> Missouri Botanical Garden
> Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California
> Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont
> Musée de Minéralogie, Êcole des Mines, Paris
> Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, Fribourg, Switzerland
> Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
> Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle,Luxembourg
> Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève (Natural History), Geneva
> Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze, Firenze (Florence), Italy
> Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Pisa, Italy
> Museo Mundo de Ambar, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
> Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid
> Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Trento, Italy
> Museon, Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands
> Museum of Natural History - Cormack Planetarium, Providence, RI
> Museums of Natural History, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
> Museum of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
> Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico
> Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
> Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
> National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
> Washington, DC
> National Museum of Natural History: Naturalis, Leiden, Netherlands
> The Natural History Museum, Berne, Switzerland
> The Natural History Museum, London
> Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, The Netherlands
> Natuurmuseum Rotterdam, The Netherlands
> Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann, Germany
> New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts
> The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
> The New York State Museum
> Nichols Arboretum, University of Michigan
> North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
> The North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
> Nova Scotia Museum
> The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
> The Oklahoma Biological Survey
> Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
> Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Monterey County, Cal.
> Paleontological Museum, University of Oslo, Norway
> The Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
> Pratt Museum of Natural History, Amherst College
> Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
> The Rankin Museum of American and Natural History
> The Raptor Center, University of Minnesota
> Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montréal, Qué., Canada
> The Royal British Columbia Museum
> The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto
> The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, Alberta, Canada
> San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California
> Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
> Satrosphere , Aberdeen, Scotland
> Senckenberg Natural History Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
> Sierra College Natural History Museum
> The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
> St. Louis Science Center
> Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany
> State Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia
> Birch Aquarium-Museum, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
> Sternberg Museum of Natural History
> Stoke-on-Trent City Museum
> Mayborn Museum Complex, Baylor University
> The Swedish Museum of Natural History
> Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science
> Tate Geological Museum, Casper, Wyoming
> The Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee
> The Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin
> Teylers Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands
> University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska
> University of Alberta Museum of Zoology
> University of California Museum of Paleontology
> University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
> University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
> University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
> University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History
> University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska
> University of Oregon Museum of Natural History
> University of Washington Fish Collection
> University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum
> University of Wyoming Geological Museum
> The Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport, Long Island, New York
> The Virginia Living Museum, Newport News, Virginia
> Virginia Marine Science Museum, Hampton Roads, Virginia
> Virginia Museum of Natural History
> Virginia Museum of Natural History, Virginia Tech branch
> Voralberger Naturschau Dornbirn, Dornbirn, Austria
> Worldwide Museum of Natural History
> Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Thermopolis, Wyoming
> Zoological Museum of University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
> Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark
That is an amazing list. Too bad I cant click on each listing...:)
I didnt even know that there was a Wyoming Dinosaur Center LOL ..
