Unless my boyfriend shows up before the clock strikes 12, looks like I’ll be ringing in my 20th year of existence with this old grump
Road crews tear down Mayan pyramid to make gravel.
Belizean police are investigating a construction company that has destroyed most of one of the largest Mayan pyramids in the Caribbean nation to make gravel to dump on village roads, according to reports from the Caribbean.
Archaeologists and a local TV station witnessed the destruction Friday as bulldozers and excavators continued to demolish the 60-foot-tall main temple at Nohmul — “great mound” — one of the tallest structures in northern Belize, along the Mexican border in the Yucatan Peninsula.
“We can’t salvage what has happened out here,” John Morris, of the Institute of Archaeology, told 7 News Belize. “It is an incredible display of ignorance. I am appalled.” A news crew was threatened by a man with a machete as dump trucks hauled away rock and limestone from the temple, which has been “whittled down to a narrow core,” the TV station said.
A Caterpillar excavator was photographed tearing down what was left of the limestone-rich ruins. “It’s like being punched in the stomach, it’s just so horrendous,” Jamie Awe, head of the institute, told the Associated Press. “These guys knew that this was an ancient structure. It’s just bloody laziness.”
The pre-Colombian site is about 2,500 years old and consists of twin ceremonial clusters surrounded by 10 plazas and connected by a raised causeway. Mayans used stone tools to quarry the rock and build the complex by hand. An estimated 40,000 people are believed to have lived there between 500 and 250 BC.
More of these incidents to come in the years ahead as population growth outweighs the need to protect resources.
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This is one of my favorite meals. Avocado salad rolls & peanut sauce!
oh mY GOD I need this right now
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People who see me on the internet always hate on the excessive amount of tabs open. So what if I have 36 open??? Maybe I’m a tab hoarder. Maybe they are all relevant and beautiful and necessary and important to my life at the moment.
Roasted Broccoli, you gorgeous vegetable.
love of my life
put this with some roasted cauliflower and i’ll jizz in my pants!
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When Marisa Lynch lost her job last year, she went looking for a project and found it: 365 days. 365 pieces of clothing. $365. She started her blog, New Dress A Day, and began transforming frightening thrift-store finds into envy-worthy fashions for just a dollar a day.
For the entire year Lynch didn’t do any traditional clothes shopping, which means none of her items contributed to the loss of energy or raw materials required to produce new garments. Although her 365-day project is over, Lynch is still giving second life to old muumuus and prom dresses.
Roasted Sesame Cauliflower with Vegensaise-Sriracha Sauce by Jeff and Erin’s pics on Flickr.
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Pumpkin Spice Timbits (Donut Holes) // I baked ‘n glazed by VeganBananas on Flickr.
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Mexican vegan. Chilaquiles. Flan. Horchata. So freaking delicious! So good, so good! @sethirl #vegan #veganism #mexican #graciasmadre #thatflanthough #sogood #yum #yes (at Gracias Madre)
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