CAT

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The domestic cat (Felis catus or Felis silvestris catus) is a small, usually furry, domesticated, and carnivorous mammal. They are often called a housecat when kept as an indoor pet, or simply a cat when there is no need to distinguish them from other felids and felines. Cats are often valued by humans for companionship, and their ability to hunt vermin and household pests.
Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felids, with strong, flexible bodies, quick reflexes, sharp retractable claws, and teeth adapted to killing small prey. Cat senses fit a crepuscular and predatory ecological niche. Cats can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by mice and other small animals. They can see in near darkness. Like most other mammals, cats have poorer color vision and a better sense of smell than humans.
Despite being solitary hunters, cats are a social species, and cat communication includes the use of a variety of vocalizations (mewing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling, and grunting), as well as cat pheromones, and types of cat-specific body language.
Cats have a high breeding rate. Under controlled breeding, they can be bred and shown as registered pedigree pets, a hobby known as cat fancy. Failure to control the breeding of pet cats by neutering, and the abandonment of former household pets, has resulted in large numbers of feral cats worldwide, requiring population control.
Since cats were cult animals in ancient Egypt, they were commonly believed to have been domesticated there,^[9] but there may have been instances of domestication as early as the Neolithic from around 9500 years ago (7500 BC). A genetic study in 2007 concluded that domestic cats are descended from African wildcats (Felis silvestris lybica), having diverged around 8000 BC in West Asia. Cats are the most popular pet in the world, and are now found in almost every place where humans live.

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DOLPHIN

Dolphins are cetacean mammals closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from 1.2 m (4 ft) and 40 kg (90 lb) (Maui's dolphin), up to 9.5 m (30 ft) and 10 tonnes (9.8 long tons; 11 short tons) (the orca or killer whale). They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves and are carnivores, eating mostly fish and squid. The family Delphinidae, the largest in the order Cetacea, evolved relatively recently, about ten million years ago during the Miocene.

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ROSE

                                                                      Rose Sketch

he easiest way to begin sketching a rose is to make a fancy style S that ... rose is all sketched out all you have to start doing now is sketch. Draw an odd egg shape.This will be the main shape of the rose bud. Draw the first petal.Don't make it one blob shape.If you give it small waves and little creases.

A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species and thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing or trailing with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa. Species, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach seven meters in height. Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the development of the wide range of garden roses.

The name rose comes from French, itself from Latin rosa, which was perhaps borrowed from Oscan, from Greek ρόδον rhódon (Aeolic βρόδον wródon), itself borrowed from Old Persian wrd- (wurdi), related to Avestan varəδa, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr.

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The Importance And Usefulness of Blogging Beyond Tomorrow

The Importance And Usefulness of Blogging Beyond Tomorrow

By Amy R. Derr 

 

While websites are still a mainstay of the Internet, websites have never really enjoyed the kind of popularity that blogs have recently gotten.  Blogging has become a real social phenomenon over the past few years and for good reason too. 

Blogging makes it extremely easy for anyone to become an online publisher with its easy to use publishing platforms.  This means, no more messing around with HTML coding, software problems or web design issues.  There’s no technical know-how needed to publish a blog.  If you have something to say, or a story to tell, just login to your blog platform and post your blog entry.  It’s then that the magic happens.  Anyone who’s subscribed to your blog, will then be immediately alerted to your latest posting.  How?  It’s called RSS.

RSS, short for Really Simple Syndication, is what makes blogs really useful and unique.  RSS makes it easy for anyone on the Internet to read your blog without even having to visit your blog site.  All your readers require is a blog reader and your blog posts are automatically delivered to your subscribers’ blog readers via RSS, for them to read at their leisure.  This is important if your blog subscribers are busy professionals with very limited time on their hands.  Instead of having to visit numerous sites to get their information, they only have to fire up their blog reader.

Here are 10 reasons why blogging is important and really useful to you beyond tomorrow:

1. Blogging is an easy way to express yourself
2. Blogging  connects yourself with like-minded people
3. Blogging platforms are really easy-to-use content management systems
4. Blogging enables you to easily establish yourself as an expert in your field of interest
5. Blogging makes use of word-of-mouth marketing and viral marketing to promote your products, or services far more efficiently than many other marketing methods can
6. Blogging will eventually lead to your blog becoming an authority site, which will rank well in search engines
7. Blogging makes your site sticky because of fresh, dynamic content
8. Blogging builds communities
9. Blogging can evolve into a large site where it can become a one-stop resource for your readers to conduct personal research
10. Blogging  will expand your network of friends, business associates and clients

But, where blogging really shines is in the business world.  Marketers and entrepreneurs have witnessed first hand the usefulness of blogging as a very powerful marketing tool.  There are home-based entrepreneurs who do nothing but blog and earn a very decent income from it.  In fact, blogging has become a necessary business strategy for marketers and entrepreneurs who seek to boost their business growth.  Because blogs allow readers to interact with blog publishers by posting their comments within the blog itself, blogs have become a very popular medium for garnering feedback and researching consumers’ opinions.

Besides being a great customer service tool, its ability to rank highly in search engines, attract swarms of traffic, create advertising revenue, promote services and generate sales has led to the growing importance of blogs as a business tool.  But, that’s not all.  Web 2.0’s love affair with social networking has driven bloggers to build communities around their blog topics.  Indeed, the culture of communities has been around for eons, but it has only recently come of age on the Internet, thanks once again to the power of blogging.

It’s for these very reasons that corporations are quickly jumping on board the blogging train too.  Think about it, consumers are usually wary when corporations send out press releases, as most of them have wised up to the fact that these are usually well-disguised advertisements.  Corporate blogs on the other hand, tend to diffuse this cynicism as it puts a human face to otherwise, faceless corporations.  Corporations can use blogs as a CRM strategy, engaging consumers in ways that were never before possible with press releases, or billboards.

The beauty about blogging is that anyone, from a Fortune 500 company to a high school kid can do it to make a difference in society.  If a child has something to say about saving the environment and making the world a better place, he now can do it through blogging and draw the attention of an audience the size of the entire planet.

If you have yet to start a blog, it’s never too late to get started.  There’s really no excuse why you shouldn't start one today, whether it’s a business, corporate, or a personal blog.  Somewhere out there, someone is waiting to hear from you.

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WHAT IS SKETCH ?

A sketch (ultimately from Greek σχέδιος – schedios, "done extempore" is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not usually intended as a finished work. A sketch may serve a number of purposes: it might record something that the artist sees, it might record or develop an idea for later use or it might be used as a quick way of graphically demonstrating an image, idea or principle.

Sketches can be made in any drawing medium. The term is most often applied to graphic work executed in a dry medium such as silverpoint, graphite, pencil, charcoal or pastel. But it may also apply to drawings executed in pen and ink, ballpoint pen, water colour and oil paint. The latter two are generally referred to as "water colour sketches" and "oil sketches". A sculptor might model three-dimensional sketches in clay, plasticine or wax.

 

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CAR SKETCH

CAR SKETCH TUTORIAL. Materials used: white alkaline paper, and a charcoal pen, a black ball-point pen, and a black marker pen.

 

A car is a wheeled, self-powered motor vehicle used for transportation. Most definitions of the term specify that cars are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods. The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car. In that year, German inventor Karl Benz built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Cars did not become widely available until the early 20th century. One of the first cars that was accessible to the masses was the 1908 Model T, an American car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. Cars were rapidly adopted in the United States of America, where they replaced animal-drawn carriages and carts, but took much longer to be accepted in Western Europe and other less-developed parts of the world.
Cars are equipped with controls used for driving, parking, and passenger comfort and safety. New controls have also been added to vehicles, making them more complex. Examples include air conditioning, navigation systems, and in car entertainment. Most cars in use today are propelled by an internal combustion engine, fueled by deflagration of gasoline (also known as petrol) or diesel. Both fuels cause air pollution and are also blamed for contributing to climate change and global warming.^[5] Vehicles using alternative fuels such as ethanol flexible-fuel vehicles and natural gas vehicles are also gaining popularity in some countries.
Road traffic accidents are the largest cause of injury-related deaths worldwide. The costs of car usage, which may include the cost of: acquiring the vehicle, repairs and auto maintenance, fuel, depreciation, driving time, parking fees, taxes, and insurance, are weighed against the cost of the alternatives, and the value of the benefits – perceived and real – of vehicle usage. The benefits may include on-demand transportation, mobility, independence and convenience. The costs to society of encompassing car use, which may include those of: maintaining roads, land use, pollution, public health, health care, and of disposing of the vehicle at the end of its life, can be balanced against the value of the benefits to society that car use generates. The societal benefits may include: economy benefits, such as job and wealth creation, of car production and maintenance, transportation provision, society wellbeing derived from leisure and travel opportunities, and revenue generation from the tax opportunities. The ability for humans to move flexibly from place to place has far-reaching implications for the nature of societies.
The term motorcar has formerly also been used in the context of electrified rail systems to denote a car which functions as a small locomotive but also provides space for passengers and baggage. These locomotive cars were often used on suburban routes by both interurban and intercity railroad systems.
It was estimated in 2010 that the number of cars had risen to over 1 billion vehicles, up from the 500 million of 1986.^] The numbers are increasing rapidly, especially in China, India and other NICs^.

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BEGINNER_MICKEY MOUSE

                                                Sketch for beginner

             Beginners can learn to draw by doing these simple drawing lessons.

Mickey Mouse 

is a funny animal cartoon character and the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company. He was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios in 1928. An anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves, Mickey has become one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world.
Mickey first was seen in a single test screening (Plane Crazy). Mickey officially debuted in the short film Steamboat Willie (1928), one of the first sound cartoons. He went on to appear in over 130 films, including The Band Concert (1935), Brave Little Tailor (1938), and Fantasia (1940). Mickey appeared primarily in short films, but also occasionally in feature-length films. Ten of Mickey's cartoons were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, one of which, Lend a Paw, won the award in 1942. In 1978, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Beginning in 1930, Mickey has also been featured extensively as a comic strip character. His self-titled newspaper strip, drawn primarily by Floyd Gottfredson, ran for 45 years. Mickey has also appeared in comic books and in television series such as The Mickey Mouse Club (1955–1996) and others. He also appears in other media such as video games as well as merchandising, and is a meetable character at the Disney parks.
Mickey generally appears alongside his girlfriend Minnie Mouse, his pet dog Pluto, his friends Donald Duck, and Goofy, and his nemesis Pete, among others (see Mickey Mouse universe). Originally characterized as a mischievous antihero, Mickey's increasing popularity led to his being rebranded as an everyman, usually seen as a flawed, but adventurous hero. In 2009, Disney began to rebrand the character again by putting less emphasis on his pleasant, cheerful side and reintroducing the more mischievous and adventurous sides of his personality, beginning with the video game Epic Mickey.

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