Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Elizabeth O'Connor 10/20/09 Stumbleupon

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1r43nI/www.travelphant.com/2009/09/coolest-place-to-stay-and-see-northern.html/topic:Travel

The first stumble upon that I cam across was “The coolest place to stay and see the Northern lights.” The Hotel Igloo Village in Kakslauttaen, Finland is the coolest place to stay and see Northern Lights. You can see these lights anywhere above 60 degrees north. This Hotel Igloo Village offers 31 first class log cabins in Lapland. When you sleep in these glass igloos you are about to see the northern lights and millions of starts in the sky. It would be so cool to sit in your bed at night in a glass igloo and see all the stars and than wake up to snow and pine trees all around. You may also expect a snowstorm while you are inside this igloo, which would be an unforgettable experience. The northern lights are a rainbow type light. Just image yourself surrounded by snow and the northern lights, and sleeping in a glass igloo while a snowstorm is taking place. This would be an amazing get a way! I would recommend you to cheek out this site and see pictures of the northern lights and the rooms that are inside this igloo. They look amazing!

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http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1k4jsF/www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/16/swine-flu-anxiety-produces-curious-side-effects?feat=home_headlines/

This article I stumbled upon was a “Flu Alert: Fear of a hand sanitizer shortage.” Jennifer Harper wrote it. She says that “a new swine flu culture is descending on America and it’s got us all squealing.” Anglicans fear that getting the vaccine and, alternatively, not getting the vaccine. The Anglicans depend on hand sanitizers to stay clean but the only way to keep germs and bacteria away is to thorley wash your hands and than you can apply hand sanitizer. The Anglicans need to wash there hands and than use the hand sanitizer. You do not need to stop giving people handshakes you just need to wash your hands and carry hand sanitizer with you so when you get done with a handshake put the sanitizer on your hands to kill the germs. I think people are over reacting about the swine flu because yes you may get it and yes you may die but it is not any worse than what getting the flu is. Just take the proper precaution and you will be just fine. But being worried about running out of hand sanitizer is not a big deal because washing your hands is more effective than hand sanitizer. I encourage everyone to protect himself or herself and take precautions and wash there hands frequently.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#9vMYNj/www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/6335916/Extinct-Norfolk-Dumpling-apple-grown-again.html/

The last article I stumbled upon was “ Extinct Norfolk Dumpling apple frown again.” This apple, which was last recorded in 1920, has been found growing in the garden is a former rectory. This fruit was thought to have died out almost 90 years ago. The only written record of the Norfolk dumpling, a pale yellowy-green cooking apple with smooth and slightly greasy skin and short season from September to October. As the older trees get older there fruit begins to get smaller. It is amazing what you can discover. People thought that this apple had died off 90 years ago but this garden changed all that. He found a Norfolk apple in his garden and now made headlines in Norfolk. Dr. Kevin Browne was a retired GP but now he takes on the old orchard and walled garden in North Creake in north Norfolk. Dr. Browne has grown more than 50 varieties of apples in his orchard over the last 25 years but nothing like the rare Norfolk Apple. To me this apple looks like a “yellow apple” so I am not sure what is so amazing about it other than it is a rare apple that was thought to have died away 90 years ago. I guess if I lived in Norfolk I would have a different perspective on this apple.

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