Archive for July, 2008
So I decided to organize the children’s bedroom better so that they have more play room! I was able to get the whole middle of the room available so there is more play area… They just have so many things and as they get older they continue to get more. I’m not really sure what I am going to do with all the baby toys when the baby isn’t interested in them anymore plus all of the clothes I have for both of them.
I suppose I will have to hand the stuff down to someone or donate it but I really hate to give up perfectly good stuff. I may need to use it again in the future, you never know. I also hung up some pictures that I had around for them that I never got the chance to hang. So their room is looking pretty cozy and roomy right now and I’m satisfied and so are they! My daughter was a big help when I was organizing as well.
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Kangaroos are now one of my favorite animals after watching an episode about them the other day. They are cute and very interesting. From what I seen about them they are very good mothers and can have up to three babies at a time. The mother can have a joey who gets around on his own, a smaller one in the couch and a dormant one still inside of her.
Whats strange is that a fetus kangaroo develops for about 4 months in the pouch.. it practically crawls out of her, tiny as can be and then goes in the pouch. She also makes two different types of milk, one for the older and active kangaroo and another type for the smaller one.
I can’t get over how cute they are, especially the baby ones! Too bad there aren’t any kangaroos here, besides at the zoo.
I thought this was an interesting article.
By John Heilprin, Associated Press
President Bush plans to designate a vast new marine sanctuary Thursday, extending stronger federal protections to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and its endangered monk seals, nesting green sea turtles and other rare species.
The nation’s newest national monument, which will be given a native Hawaiian name based on suggestions from state residents, covers an archipelago stretching 1,400 miles long and 100 miles wide in the Pacific Ocean. The region is home to more than 7,000 species, at least a fourth of them found nowhere else. The decision to create the nation’s 75th national monument immediately sets aside 140,000 square miles of largely uninhabited islands, atolls, coral reef colonies and underwater peaks known as seamounts to be managed by federal and state agencies. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which will manage nearly all of it, said the new protected area would dwarf all others. “It’s the single-largest act of ocean conservation in history. It’s a large milestone,” Lautenbacher said. “It is a place to maintain biodiversity and to maintain basically the nurseries of the Pacific. It spawns a lot of the life that permeates the middle of the Pacific Ocean.”
It is only the second time that Bush has invoked the 1906 National Antiquities Act, which gives the president authority to create national monuments to preserve the nation’s ancient cultural sites and unusual geological features. The law itself turned 100 this month.
The president had planned as late as Wednesday to use instead the National Marine Sanctuary Act, a law that would allow challenges from Congress and others to the decision, said a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity so as not to upstage Bush. “This means the area will get immediate protection rather than having to wait another year,” the official said. In February, Bush used the antiquities law for the first time when he declared part of the African Burial Ground in the lower Manhattan section of New York City a national monument. The site, covering less than half an acre, marks where an estimated 20,000 slaves and free blacks were buried in the 18th century. President Clinton used the act to create 19 national monuments and expand three others to set aside 5.9 million acres of land, mainly in the West, and he drew widespread criticism from conservatives. About 132,000 square miles of the marine area being set aside already is designated either a coral reef ecosystem reserve or a national wildlife refuge. By making it a national monument, the government will have greater power to protect it.
What It Means for the Region
Expanding the existing reserve and refuge to a monument of 140,000 square miles will make it the largest no-take marine conservation area in the world, just ahead of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. NOAA will develop regulations for managing all of the monument except for two national wildlife refuges within it that will still be overseen by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Last month, state and federal officials signed an agreement to manage the pristine islands jointly. Administration officials say their intent is to preserve zoned access for native Hawaiian activities, educational and scientific expeditions. Recreational and tourist visits that are no more harmful than scuba diving or photography will also be allowed. Permits, however, will be required for all activities. Joshua Reichert, who heads the private Pew Charitable Trusts’ environment program which pushed for the sanctuary for eight years, said the region contains almost 70 percent of the tropical shallow water coral reefs in the United States. “When you add it all up, it’s a world-class ecological jewel,” he said. “From both a national and global perspective, this really is a landmark conservation event.”
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All Children are precious,
Eager eyes, willing ears,
Lovingly nestle to be near,
Waiting patiently, a tale to hear,
All Children are precious.
Yesterday was a fun little day where I did lots of cleaning and dusting. I moved all of the furniture out so that I could vacuum under it as well. It is amazing how quickly things can become dusty, rather annoying.
Before I started cleaning in the afternoon we went to the park early and my daughter enjoyed running around and playing on all the stuff there. Her brother enjoyed watching her. After she played for a bit we went for a walk and looked at all the different houses and things. I enjoy walks a lot and it was very fun to look at the houses since some were very beautiful. They were nothing like Laguna Beach, but they were still very cute.
