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The museum says the diorama has disturbed some people because of the violence depicted, and they've learned the 1860s-era taxidermy was performed with real human bones. PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh museum decided a dramatic diorama that has been on display for more than a century should remain out of public view while it considers ethical issues about its accuracy and appropriateness. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has covered up the popular “Lion Attacking a Dromedary” diorama, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Thursday. “For some people of color, their traumatic experience with racialized violence leads them to see ("Lion Attacking...

WINNER: "Chilean CoPeepapo Mine Rescue" This year's winning diorama, which depicts the dramatic rescue of 33 mine workers in Copiapo, Chile, last October, is the work of Mary Jo Ondrejka from Reston; Bryn Metzdorf from Fairfax; and Margaret Hartka from Parkton, Md. A Peep version of miner Ariel Ticona meets his newborn daughter for the first time, while Peep Johnny Barrios Rojas is greeted by both his wife and mistress.

German Officers observing battlefield with personal body guards and German medic attending to wounded German SS squads attacking through destroyed buildings with many casualties as a German Panzerfaust moves in to take out Russian T-34 Hand to hand combat on the battlefield - Germans attacking Soviets Soviet M-19 heavy machine gun crew firing rapidly on advancing Germans German motorcycle team and paratroopers planning a right side flank on the Russians Russian infantry and a female sniper have Germans in their gunsights as their Comrades lay dead from gunfire Destroyed Church and buildings and fallen telephone as Germans advance through Stalingad...

I was reading how Phil Gramm couldn’t be more pleased with the economy while he upset John McCain greatly by saying so being McCain’s top economic advisor. Its funny but if Phil Gramm had stayed in the senate, he would likely be the Republican nominee for this presidential election cycle because he was such a favored senate leader until he quit a few days before September 11, 2001, 911. I remember his announcement about not going to seek reelection coming as kind of a shock to me personally, but not really. It was like when Enron crashed a few months...

I am working on a new project, the slogan is (06 86 Bush) the colors are yellow for (light,guidance, a new beginning) and purple the color of wisdom. Please pass this info on. Lets see how many will follow. People can be bold and wear a yellow shirt with the logo in purple or as simple as a yellow and purple thread brad ed together!ps. Before your tax $ are spent on investigating my terrorist ties THERE IS NONE. I am an old women in a wheelchair.

With the USA being the sole super power in modern world some organizations look as servicing its sole interests. They are biased in their estimates, I mean. Take HRW for instance. They initiated a big cry over the alleged tortures of prisoners in Egypt, Syria and some other countries. The timing looks strange. I see it this way. After the leakage into mass media of the reports on monstrous humiliations of the Iraqi war prisoners by the GIs HRW ‘got the order’ to divert attention of the world community. The ‘beacon of democracy’ can’t find itself in this disgrace alone....