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Celebrate with us!

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International Lubricants, Inc. > About Us

International Lubricants, Inc. > About Us: "Years ago, sperm whale oil and its deriatives were used as additives in virtually all automotive lubricants. The products were so effective that a car's transmission fluids were generally never changed, and the transmission lasted the life of the car. Some 30 million pounds of sperm whale oil were used every year; to supply the demand, hundreds of thousands of whales were slaughtered until the species was faced with extinction. In 1972 the Endangered Species Act outlawed the killing of whales and the use of materials derived from whales. For years the automotive industry relied on other animal based products such as tallow or lard oil. These proved to be an inadequate substitue, leading to poor overall drivetrain performance, premature drivetrain failure and transmission failure due to heat. A dedicated and highly skilled research team, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, developed a revolutionary new technology derived from vegetable oils. Liquid Wax Esters®, "

Whales In Hot Water: Global Warming's Effect On World's Largest Creatures

Whales In Hot Water: Global Warming's Effect On World's Largest Creatures: "Whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans) are facing increasing threats from climate change, according to a new report published by WWF and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation "

Tikkun Olam

Tikkun Olam: "alternately structured and sometimes stream-of-consciousness journal of my view of the purpose and essence of life as a Jew, the importance of the Land of Israel, how to differentiate good from evil, and perhaps even what to do about it"

Last chance to save great apes from extinction | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited

Last chance to save great apes from extinction The Guardian Guardian Unlimited: "The great zoos of the world have begun to see themselves as 'Noah's arks' which will have to keep a population of captive apes alive when all the wild apes have perished. "

Asiatic Lions @ nationalgeographic.com

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0106/feature3/index.html: "In 1994 canine distemper killed more than a third of Africa’s Serengeti lions—a thousand animals—a fate that could easily befall Gir’s cats. These lions, saved by a prince at the turn of the 20th century, are especially vulnerable to disease because they descend from as few as a dozen individuals. “If you do a DNA fingerprint, Asiatic lions actually look like identical twins,” says Stephen O’Brien, a geneticist who has studied them. Yet the perils are hidden, and you wouldn’t suspect them by watching these lords of the forest. The lions exude vitality, and no small measure of charm. Though the gentle intimacy of play vanishes when it’s time to eat, meals in Gir are not necessarily frenzied affairs. For a mother and cub sharing a deer, or a young male relishing an antelope, there’s no need to fight for a cut of the kill. Prey animals are generally smaller in Gir than they are in Africa, and hunting groups tend to be smaller as well. The lions themselves aren’t as big as African "

Chinese tigers to attend hunting school in Africa - smh.com.au

Chinese tigers to attend hunting school in Africa - smh.com.au: "South Africa tiger cubs born in captivity to learn hunting skills so they can be released into the wild. With the number of tigers in the wild thought to be as low as 30, Chinese conservationists are ready to try desperate measures to avoid the endangered sub-species of Chinese tiger, or Panthera tigris amoyensis, becoming only a zoo animal. About 60 of the species survive and breed in zoos and game parks, but they are thought to have lost the ability to fend for themselves in the natural environment. The State Forestry Administration's Wildlife Research Centre has just signed an agreement for the new foreign education program with two non-government organisations, London-based Save China's Tigers"

Einstein Was Not An Atheist!

Original Writing by AhMbDvd Sanders:

Einstein Was Not An Atheist!: "Maybe we should really at least think for a moment what the idea of grasping Eytz- Chayim really means. When we put the Torah away we might notice that we are surrounded by people. As followers of the Torah we support Ha-Torah, and the Torah supports us as well with its ways, which are ways of pleasantness. I have heard it said, that it is not so much that we keep the sabbath, as it is that the sabbath keeps us. It is so easy to forget how fortunate we truly are. We are able to keep the Torah and are not being threatened with loss of life, loss of income, loss of shelter, we need not fear persecution for our religous beliefs and customs. We can support Ha-Torah by embracing it, and we can be happy, because the ways of the Torah are ways of pleasantness."

Tikkun Olam

Tikkun Olam: "Now, all we need to do is pray to G-d for a true peace in Israel, and for the well-being of the Jews, and all the peoples of the world. With an insane government and a police-like State in Israel (read what happened to Nadia Matar at the demonstration in Jerusalem on Wednesday), surrounded by enemies - especially lately Syria and Iran who unabashedly vow to destroy us - we really need Hashem's help. I am (-doing my E-pentance by) hereby asking for forgiveness from all my real and virtual friends and readers, if I hurt you or offended you in any way. Please forgive me. May we all be written in the Book of Life for a good year, Amen, ken yehi ratzon. "

JewishEncyclopedia.com - EDEN, GARDEN OF

JewishEncyclopedia.com - EDEN, GARDEN OF: "Earthly and Heavenly Gan Eden. The boundary line between the natural and supernatural Gan Eden is hardly perceptible in Talmudic literature. In fact, 'Gan Eden and heaven were created by one Word [of God], and the chambers of the Gan Eden are constructed as those of heaven, and as heaven is lined with rows of stars, so Gan Eden is lined with rows of the righteous, who shine like the stars' (Aggadat Shir ha-Shirim, pp. 13, 55). The leviathan disturbs the waters of the seas, and would have destroyed the life of all human beings by the bad breath of his mouth, but for the fact that he occasionally puts his head through the opening of Gan Eden, the spicy odor issuing from which acts as an antiseptic to his bad smell (B.B.75a). Ḥiyya bar Ḥanina says that God had prepared for Adam ten canopies of various precious stones in Gan Eden, and quotes Ezek. xxviii. 13 (B. B. 75a). This, according to the Midrash, relates to the celestial Gan Eden. The Zohar claims for everything on earth a prototype above (Yitro 82a). Naḥmanides also says that the narrative of Eden in Genesis has a double meaning, that besides the earthly Gan Eden and the four rivers there are their prototypes in heaven ("

Chases The Skies Like An Eagle In The Eye...

A severe thunderstorm and lightning strike over southern Sedgwick County, Kansas, on July 25, 1998. Click photo for more images from STORM CHASER: A Photographer's Journey.


The above image and caption are from an individual who originally had one purpose, then changed it to fit the needs of the moment. The person wrote a book, and has original photgraphs presented as a slide show on the web. The authur, and the book are being loaded onto the Ark, as we speak. AhMbDvd 10/12/07 1:55Am
(The inclusion was based on colorful pictures, presented nicely and the web and yet at least the books title indicates that it is a matter of some importance.) Go see for yourself, and then decide.

What began as an assignment to document the effects of Category 2 winds on palm trees turns out to put Reed and meteorologist partner Greg Zamarripa in the eye of Hurricane Charley of 2004.
Suddenly, the sky quiets, filling with a bright light. "This is it," Reed thinks. "This is heaven." The ominous southwest side of the eye wall -- off in the distance -- will soon whip the storm back at them. Pounding on doors, Reed and Zamarripa attract the attention of a family with a tornado shelter, where they ride it out. And through it all, Reed captures footage and stills that hit national outlets the next day. "We walked

Aharon's Ark

After Attending Tonigh't Fabregan (A Lubovitch or Chabad Party- w/food, words of Torah, and simcha) I was inspired to create this site.

Several things were discussed including some personal September 11, 2001 accounts. Things we as individuals should and can do to help bring Messhiach now, speedily in our day. How Noach was the first documented Bio-Diversity Activist!

I am currently working on bringing these dozen or so web blogs into some kind of cohesive site.

Links to some of my older sites will also be included. Advertising will also be made available, as these pages continue to develop.