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Nov. 30th, 2008
Reindeer droppings used to create zoo ornaments
"The Christmas ornaments for sale at the Miller Park Zoo's gift shop in the US are partly manufactured by reindeer.
Staffers at the zoo in the US state of Illinois make decorations out of droppings from the zoo's two reindeer, Ealu and Rika.
The droppings are dried, then clear-coated and either painted or rolled in glitter.
Zoo marketing director Susie Ohley has named the products "magical reindeer gem ornaments," and each comes with a label of authenticity. They cost $5 at the zoo gift shop.
Some folks are surprised at the size of the "gems," which are only about as big as marbles. "Reindeer are so big," zoo maintenance worker Sheldon Williams said. But the droppings are "just a big pile of small."
"The Christmas ornaments for sale at the Miller Park Zoo's gift shop in the US are partly manufactured by reindeer.
Staffers at the zoo in the US state of Illinois make decorations out of droppings from the zoo's two reindeer, Ealu and Rika.
The droppings are dried, then clear-coated and either painted or rolled in glitter.
Zoo marketing director Susie Ohley has named the products "magical reindeer gem ornaments," and each comes with a label of authenticity. They cost $5 at the zoo gift shop.
Some folks are surprised at the size of the "gems," which are only about as big as marbles. "Reindeer are so big," zoo maintenance worker Sheldon Williams said. But the droppings are "just a big pile of small."
Reindeer droppings used to create zoo ornaments
"The Christmas ornaments for sale at the Miller Park Zoo's gift shop in the US are partly manufactured by reindeer.
Staffers at the zoo in the US state of Illinois make decorations out of droppings from the zoo's two reindeer, Ealu and Rika.
The droppings are dried, then clear-coated and either painted or rolled in glitter.
Zoo marketing director Susie Ohley has named the products "magical reindeer gem ornaments," and each comes with a label of authenticity. They cost $5 at the zoo gift shop.
Some folks are surprised at the size of the "gems," which are only about as big as marbles. "Reindeer are so big," zoo maintenance worker Sheldon Williams said. But the droppings are "just a big pile of small."
"The Christmas ornaments for sale at the Miller Park Zoo's gift shop in the US are partly manufactured by reindeer.
Staffers at the zoo in the US state of Illinois make decorations out of droppings from the zoo's two reindeer, Ealu and Rika.
The droppings are dried, then clear-coated and either painted or rolled in glitter.
Zoo marketing director Susie Ohley has named the products "magical reindeer gem ornaments," and each comes with a label of authenticity. They cost $5 at the zoo gift shop.
Some folks are surprised at the size of the "gems," which are only about as big as marbles. "Reindeer are so big," zoo maintenance worker Sheldon Williams said. But the droppings are "just a big pile of small."
Passing the hat....
Nov. 30th, 2008 09:16 pmI consider the people they're raising money for to be friends. So if anyone wants to throw a dollar or two their way....
http://zare-k.livejournal.com/445307.html
http://zare-k.livejournal.com/445307.html
Passing the hat....
Nov. 30th, 2008 09:16 pmI consider the people they're raising money for to be friends. So if anyone wants to throw a dollar or two their way....
http://zare-k.livejournal.com/445307.html
http://zare-k.livejournal.com/445307.html
I may have to find this book.....
Nov. 30th, 2008 09:21 pmThanks to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cahwyguy for alerting me to this book review:
'Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean' by Edward Kritzler
"Many of the episodes in Kritzler's compelling book will be truly startling to the non-specialist reader. When the original Spanish settlement in Jamaica turned out to be a dismal failure, for example, a decision was made to repopulate the island with Jewish conversos: "Jamaica for the Jews," as Kritzler puts it, "or the colony goes under." What's more, the success of the settlement was essential to the task of ridding the sea lanes of pirates who preyed on Spanish treasure ships: "If it meant dealing with converted Jews to ensure their safety and prevent the strategic colony from becoming a pirate base, so be it."
But Jews were to be found among the pirates too. Kritzler introduces us to more than one Jewish buccaneer, including a remarkable man named Samuel Palache, a "pirate rabbi" who sent a flotilla of privateers to operate against Spanish shipping in the Mediterranean under the flag of Morocco in 1611 even as he served as the rabbi of the first synagogue in Holland. "Carved on the bow of his ship was a phoenix," writes Kritzler. "It was his way of saying that the Inquisition might burn individual Jews, but could not destroy their ancestral faith."
cahwyguy for alerting me to this book review:'Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean' by Edward Kritzler
"Many of the episodes in Kritzler's compelling book will be truly startling to the non-specialist reader. When the original Spanish settlement in Jamaica turned out to be a dismal failure, for example, a decision was made to repopulate the island with Jewish conversos: "Jamaica for the Jews," as Kritzler puts it, "or the colony goes under." What's more, the success of the settlement was essential to the task of ridding the sea lanes of pirates who preyed on Spanish treasure ships: "If it meant dealing with converted Jews to ensure their safety and prevent the strategic colony from becoming a pirate base, so be it."
But Jews were to be found among the pirates too. Kritzler introduces us to more than one Jewish buccaneer, including a remarkable man named Samuel Palache, a "pirate rabbi" who sent a flotilla of privateers to operate against Spanish shipping in the Mediterranean under the flag of Morocco in 1611 even as he served as the rabbi of the first synagogue in Holland. "Carved on the bow of his ship was a phoenix," writes Kritzler. "It was his way of saying that the Inquisition might burn individual Jews, but could not destroy their ancestral faith."
I may have to find this book.....
Nov. 30th, 2008 09:21 pmThanks to cahwyguy for alerting me to this book review:
'Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean' by Edward Kritzler
"Many of the episodes in Kritzler's compelling book will be truly startling to the non-specialist reader. When the original Spanish settlement in Jamaica turned out to be a dismal failure, for example, a decision was made to repopulate the island with Jewish conversos: "Jamaica for the Jews," as Kritzler puts it, "or the colony goes under." What's more, the success of the settlement was essential to the task of ridding the sea lanes of pirates who preyed on Spanish treasure ships: "If it meant dealing with converted Jews to ensure their safety and prevent the strategic colony from becoming a pirate base, so be it."
But Jews were to be found among the pirates too. Kritzler introduces us to more than one Jewish buccaneer, including a remarkable man named Samuel Palache, a "pirate rabbi" who sent a flotilla of privateers to operate against Spanish shipping in the Mediterranean under the flag of Morocco in 1611 even as he served as the rabbi of the first synagogue in Holland. "Carved on the bow of his ship was a phoenix," writes Kritzler. "It was his way of saying that the Inquisition might burn individual Jews, but could not destroy their ancestral faith."
cahwyguy for alerting me to this book review:'Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean' by Edward Kritzler
"Many of the episodes in Kritzler's compelling book will be truly startling to the non-specialist reader. When the original Spanish settlement in Jamaica turned out to be a dismal failure, for example, a decision was made to repopulate the island with Jewish conversos: "Jamaica for the Jews," as Kritzler puts it, "or the colony goes under." What's more, the success of the settlement was essential to the task of ridding the sea lanes of pirates who preyed on Spanish treasure ships: "If it meant dealing with converted Jews to ensure their safety and prevent the strategic colony from becoming a pirate base, so be it."
But Jews were to be found among the pirates too. Kritzler introduces us to more than one Jewish buccaneer, including a remarkable man named Samuel Palache, a "pirate rabbi" who sent a flotilla of privateers to operate against Spanish shipping in the Mediterranean under the flag of Morocco in 1611 even as he served as the rabbi of the first synagogue in Holland. "Carved on the bow of his ship was a phoenix," writes Kritzler. "It was his way of saying that the Inquisition might burn individual Jews, but could not destroy their ancestral faith."