Mayan End Age 12-21-2012

'The Hopi and Mayan elders do not prophesy that everything will come to an end. Rather, this is a time of transition from one World Age into another. The message they give concerns our making a choice of how we enter the future ahead. Our moving through with either resista

Don't forget to duck: Giant Shoebill picks up          feathered friend after he blocks his path

This duck got himself all in a flap after inadvertently straying into the path of a giant Shoebill while heading towards water.

But it was all water off a duck's back for the imposing 4ft tall bird which instead of eating his smaller friend, carefully picked him up in his beak and moved him aside.

青草妹于2009年10月27日上午徜徉于橘子洲头，并于当晚离开长沙，结束了难忘的金秋潇湘行。几天之后，在新闻中看到关于橘子洲头青年毛泽东塑像雏形初现的报道，高兴之余，不免为探访橘子洲头早到了几日而感到一丝遗憾。

以下转载一段《潇湘晨报》的相关报道：

青年毛泽东艺术雕塑是2007年2月经中共中央办公厅批准后建设的。2004年5月，长沙市委、市政府决定综合治理橘子洲景区，恢复和建设毛泽东活动纪念地。规划洲头重在展现伟人的英姿及历史风韵，以毛泽东《沁园春·长沙》诗词为主线引领全洲。青年毛泽东艺术雕塑以1925年青年时期的毛泽东形象为基础，以强烈的视觉效果和艺术感染力，以及与橘子洲自然环境的完美结合，突出表现毛泽东当年胸怀大志、风华正茂的气概。雕像

        独立寒秋，湘江北去，橘子洲头。

渡过水潭，翻过山坡，来到早岗古苗寨的山寨口。

鸟瞰山寨，风光旖旎。

光怪陆离、变化万千的奇梁洞内部空间之大似乎能容下千军万马。刚刚走出迷魂阵般的大洞穴，喘息未定之际，忽闻导游阿妹声称：马上向土匪老巢开拔。