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Bird Defined
Birds figure to a large extent in heraldry, and represent the contemplative as well as active life. Among those used with the greatest frequency are the following:
Eagle
Sheldrake
Falcon
Raven
Swan
Rook
Peacock
Owl
Pelican
Cock
Ostrich
Popinjay
Stork
Cough
Heron
Shoveller
Cormorant
Swallow
Among the terms applied to birds are Membered, Armed, Closed, Disclosed, Rising and Volant.
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S.L. Price: Xiang's injury was good for China
Published August 20, 2008, 1:41 am, Sports Illustrated
BEIJING -- Poor Liu Xiang. Poor China. How can you not feel for man and country? China Daily, the national newspaper, described the sprinter's flameout from the 2008 Beijing Olympics as "shattering billions of people's dream." Grown men and women at the National Stadium cried at the sight of Liu hobbling off the track Monday morning, and they didn't even know that Liu then rushed into the ...
Gold not in question, but legacy of US team is
Published August 20, 2008, 1:35 am, Gloucester Daily Times
The gold isn't in question anymore. It never really was, unless Kobe Bryant ate some bad Beijing duck or Dwyane Wade got lost at the Great Wall. We're past that now, anyway. Got over it about the same time LeBron James threw down yet another tomahawk dunk against a Spanish team that seemed bewildered to be in the same building with the American superstars.
Games gain bumper audiences,
Published August 20, 2008, 1:30 am, Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport
Digital media and dazzling sporting feats have taken Olympic viewership to new heights, the IOC said on Wednesday as it debuted two events aimed at the young and adventurous.
Exhibit burns the torch for U.S. politics
Published August 20, 2008, 1:18 am, Republican-American
NEW YORK — Have you ever thought about bringing an 8-foot-tall burning torch to a political rally? What about drinking John McCain-brand juice?
NBC Olympics Viewing Declines After Phelps's Record Medal Haul
Published August 20, 2008, 1:18 am, Bloomberg.com
Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The end of Michael Phelps 's record gold medal streak contributed to a decline in NBC Universal's Beijing Olympics audience.
East St. Louisan and JJK protege is upset winner
Published August 20, 2008, 1:16 am, Belleville News-Democrat
Dawn Harper put East St. Louis back on the Olympic map again Tuesday, winning a gold medal in the women's 100-meter hurdles.
David Epstein: Van der Westen's place in history
Published August 20, 2008, 1:12 am, Sports Illustrated
BEIJING -- Marcel van der Westen is gunning for his place in history, but that spot might end up being something he didn't quite anticipate.
BOLT OF REALITY
Published August 20, 2008, 1:01 am, New York Post
BEIJING - Here you are: sweating, starving, locking yourself in the gym, sealing yourself in the sauna and the steam room, trying to shed a pound here, half a pound there, obsessing over the scale, preoccupied with Weight Watchers points, agonizing...
More Olympic Medals For Britain
Published August 20, 2008, 12:44 am, SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
Britain got off to a flying start in the Olympics today as it claimed silver and bronze in the women's 10km open water swimming in Beijing.
In Beijing, No Making Heads or Tails of a New Building
Published August 20, 2008, 12:43 am, New York Times
A mysterious dragon-shaped building called the Pangu Plaza has Chinese newspapers abuzz with rumors about important guests residing within.
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Off-site Bird Links, User Submitted
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- Christopher Taylor Nature Photography
- Home Bazaar, Inc. - Distinctive Bird Houses, Birdhouses, and Garden Decor
- I Heard the Wind-Up Bird Call My Name: Following Murakami into Another World " The Literary Addict
- Distance Learning Certification Program - Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council
- Arthur Morris / BIRDS AS ART
- ENGINEERING NEWS IN BRIEF
- PLoS Biology - Mirror-Induced Behavior in the Magpie (Pica pica): Evidence of Self-Recogniti on: The first evidence of mirror self-recogniti on in a non-mammalian species.
- PLoS Biology - The Thief in the Mirror
- Magpie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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