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Re: Salt Lake Glows Red in Ukraine

Amazing, and there are quite a few pink lakes all over the world:

http://frimminjimbits.blogspot.ch/2012/11/pink-lakes-around-world.html
http://www.placestoseeinyourlifetime.com/pink-lakes-rare-natural-wonders-1117/
http://visittoukraine.com/en/unique-ukraine/koyashskoe-salt-lake

mostly caused by the presence of algae, such as Dunaliella salina - and there are more ...

Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?

Some humour is also an excellent means to learn and practice a language.

I love this spelling story!
 

I Have a Spelling Checker

Eye halve a spelling chequer.
It came with my pea sea.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.
Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it's weigh.
My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a bless sing,
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when I rime.
Each frays come posed up on my screen
eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.
Bee fore a veiling checker's Hour
spelling mite decline,
And if we're lacks oar have a laps,
We wood bee maid too wine.
Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flair,
Their are no fault's with in my cite,
Of nun eye am a ware.
Now spelling does knot phase me,
It does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped word's fare as hear.
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaw's are knot aloud.
Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays,
Such soft wear four pea seas,
And why eye brake in two averse
Buy righting too pleas.

Sauce Unknown

Re: Which is the hardest language to learn?

And for some humour:

Mind your English!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RIQcdEswXI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DJ2Xs-eeSg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmbcXQsCk34

The English Lesson (de Funès):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_9X8PVlfBE

Learning English pronunciation is fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB_GSstdsFQ

The top 10 mispronounced words in English made by foreign learners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZTJXtcOkvU

13 Foods You're Pronouncing Wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu9AEX0LHXQ

Funny translations - 9 English words
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRryl8YNHx8

Animal sounds in other languages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y17F3DEeqI

25 Unbelievable Things You Didn't Know About Language And Linguistics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceEzrjC6i0Y

25 Things You Probably Never Knew About The English Language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOVKJlgJYxU

Re: Hello!!!!! why aren't People using the CHATROOM ??? I think it's a great feature and when we were in GROUP PM together , we had such a l

Hello to everybody - I think that we need to be patient; many are still busy, searching lost friends and reconnecting over several different sites. Send a message to your friends and see when they have a moment to chat.

Re: The truth about extreme weather?

Excellent analysis. Zero!

Just a series of links for general information to support your conclusions:

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Deforestation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetland
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Desertification
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawl

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Mining
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduced_species
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Resource_depletion
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Waste
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litter
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Toxic_waste
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Hazardous_waste
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomedical_waste
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_waste
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wastewater
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Pollution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_pollution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_layer

and
http://daily.jstor.org/overhunting-can-kill-forests/

There are many more, of course ...

Re: What is your favorite holiday?

That depends; every holiday can be great, especially in spring or summer.

And even on rainy or snowy days, holidays can be fun.

Re: Leasheryn's mother

Please accept my sincerest thoughts and prayers for Leasheryn's Mother!

Re: Well; have any of the Sodahead "rejects" shown up yet??

Hello to all!

Quite a few familiar avatars and names have shown up indeed - other, new pictures and/or names may hide a lost friend!

Many landed on other, unknown sites or on FB. But there are still a lot missing!

Re: RELIGION OF PEACE: Muslim Strangles His 3 Daughters to Death to Avoid ‘Wasting Money’ On Their Education

Sadly enough, such deep rooted criminal practices, transmitted by archaic "traditions", fanatism, intolerance and prejudice, will hardly change under the present circumstances. I feel so angry and saddened, every time I read or hear about new or further incidents - a spiral of violence - hence, it is better to take a deep breath and provide, as much as possible, factual links.

Many gendercides go still unnoticed; in certain countries, censorship prevents the public from knowing true facts.
According to official sources, even in our Western World, the numbers of acts of violence against women, especially children, are much too high, and there is still a long way to go, till attitudes change:

http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/facts-and-figures
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/stats/gender/vaw/about.html#historical

General information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_women
for instance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation

and about child abuse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_of_children

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/03/10/rape-culture-in-india-saudi-arabia-pakistan
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2664421/Pakistani-woman-20-gang-raped-killed-hanged-tree-say-police.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-24171564
http://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/special-edition-women-2012/taking-violence-against-women-africa
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-18336983
https://uddari.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/violence-against-women-no-gender-cide-in-pakistan/
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/56-women-killed-for-giving-birth-to-girls-this-year-in-pakistan-report
https://lifethelove.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/gender-cide-in-pakistan-women-are-a-colonized-population/
http://www.itsagirlmovie.com/en/blog/the-root-causes-of-gendercide

Most of the figures and statistics display merely the tip of the iceberg, and they do not tell how many people suffer from or are sacrificed by such systems.

Re: Inside the Awe-Inspiring Xe Bang Fai River Cave

Great pictures!

May I add some more links about this and other awesome caves?

http://www.7gnow.com/2015/04/50667.html
http://www.touropia.com/famous-underground-caves-in-the-world/
http://www.budgettravel.com/slideshow/photos-extraordinary-caves-and-grottos-around-the-world,8912/#pic=1
http://list25.com/25-most-amazing-caves-in-the-world/
http://beautifulplacestovisit.com/caves/reed-flute-cave-guilin-guangxi-china/