The Little Bo Peep story


The Little Bo Peep rhyme builds the picture of a young shepherdess and the advice given to her by someone more experienced! It is interesting that the name of Little Bo Peep was derived from the derivative of the words bleat and sheep! There is no specific relevance to events in history for the origins of the Little Bo Peep rhyme. The morale of the words in the song are that one must take responsibility of falling asleep or face the consequences... The words of Little Bo Peep are quite interesting as they contain words that are an almost forgotten part of the English language. Words such as espied, hillocks and lambkin can all be found in the story of Little Bo Peep

Little Bo Peep story



Little Bo peep has lost her sheep
And doesn't know where to find them.
Leave them alone and they'll come home,
Bringing their tails behind them.
Little Bo peep fell fast asleep
And dreamt she heard them bleating,
But when she awoke, she found it a joke,
For they were all still fleeting.
Then up she took her little crook
Determined for to find them.
She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
For they left their tails behind them.
It happened one day, as Bo peep did stray
Into a meadow hard by,
There she espied their tails side by side
All hung on a tree to dry.
She heaved a sigh, and wiped her eye,
And over the hillocks went rambling,
And tried what she could,
As a shepherdess should,
To tack again each to its lambkin.

Little Bo Peep story

What is a Sea Nettle?

Sea Nettle (Chrysaora) is one of the genus of Scyphozoa class of the phylum Cnidaria. The species of sea nettle we are most commonly knowledgeable about are Chrysaora quinquecirrh, which is mostly found along the east coast of North America in the Atlantic Ocean, and Chrysaora fuscescens, which is mostly found along the west coast of North America in the Northeast Pacific Ocean.


The Sea Nettle is semi-transparent and has small whitish dots and reddish-brown stripes. In some cases, these stripes and dots are missing, and they make the sea nettle look whitish and opaque. The sea nettle is saucer-like in shape. The bell of the sea nettle usually grows to about 6 to 8 inches in diameter. It also has four oral arms attached to the underside of the mouth. In addition to this, it has a number of long tentacles, along the margins of its body, which extend for several feet.

Sea Nettles are equipped with a number of nematocysts along their oral arms and tentacles. These nematocysts are like capsules with a coiled thread inside it, which is lined with barbs along its length. The thread contains powerful paralyzing toxins within itself. When a sea nettle comes in contact with any hard surface and pressure is applied to the tentacles, these nematocysts get activated and the thread starts uncoiling. They get fired into the surface in its contact and inject their powerful venom into it.

Read more about Sea Nettles: http://www.jellyfishfacts.net/sea-nettle-jellyfish.html

Tsunami Destruction Directly Linked To Destroyed Coral Reefs

The tsunami that struck Japan on Friday brought back memories of the tsunami of 2004 that devastated many parts of Sri Lanka. At the time, the steady destruction of coral reefs around the country was believed to have aggravated the impact of the disaster. The theory was confirmed by Sri Lankan scientist, Harindra Fernando, who was in Sri Lanka recently.

“We created a model of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami wave in the lab and tested the effects of damage caused by different wave heights, with and without underwater barriers resembling corals,” said Professor Harindra Fernando of the University of Notre Dame, Illinois, US.


Tsunami Destruction Directly Linked To Destroyed Coral Reefs

Dictator Chic: Colonel Qaddafi—A Life in Fashion

Vanity Fair Magazine Considers Qaddafi a Fashion figure:

Since completing his transition from international pariah to statesman, Colonel Muammar Qaddafi—the longest-serving leader in both Africa and the Arab world—has brought color and his own eccentric panache to the drab circuit of international summits and conferences.

Drawing upon the influences of Lacroix, Liberace, Phil Spector (for hair), Snoopy, and Idi Amin, Libya’s leader—now in his 60s—is simply the most unabashed dresser on the world stage. We pay homage to a sartorial genius of our time

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Vanity Fair and Qaddafi

Sticking to a Diet to Lose Weight

Finding the right diet or exercise plan that would work is not very hard. While a good comprehensive plan is important but sticking to the plan for a considerable amount of time enough to observe results is most essential.

What is causing failure for most dieters comes from a natural response from the body to changes in behavior. The body's tendency is to resist any change. An approach is required to confront this natural reaction wisely to overcome what seems impossible. Keep in mind that changes in behaviors that have developed with you throughout your life will never happen overnight. All you need is a plan to help you stick to the new behavior over a considerable period of time until it becomes a lifestyle.

A technique to stick to a diet long enough to lose the weight you want.

Agatha Christie Found 3,000-year-old ivories Displayed

Carved ivories dating back almost 3,000 years, which were excavated with the help of novelist Agatha Christie, will go on show for the first time after being bought for £1.17 million by the British Museum in London.

The 6,000 treasures were discovered between 1949 and 1963 at Nimrud in what is now northern Iraq, in an excavation led by Sir Max Mallowan, one of Britain's most celebrated archaeologists.
His first wife, murder-mystery writer Christie, was in the excavation team and is known to have cleaned and preserved some of the objects, possibly using her face cream.

The ancient objects include carved decorative ivories for use on wooden furniture, as well as fragments of ivories used on horse trappings, statues and decorative boxes.

The Press Association: 3,000-year-old ivories go on show