Japan wind change to blow radiation over Pacific

Paleontologists find hoard of fossils, even a whale’s skeleton, near Va. quarry

The Cats, Displeased With the State of Their Food Bowls, Warm Up Their LASER EYEBALLS

But then they remembered that vaporizing me would still not give them opposable thumbs. Score one for the primates! And yes, I then fed them. Because I am not stupid.

Oh no...

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The ongoing crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant has been upgraded to a level 6 on the International Nuclear Events Scale. To put this into perspective, the Chernobyl diaster was a level 7, and the Three mile Island accident was a level 5."

A list of beautiful color names via Steve Silberman

From The Phontistery

Word	Definition
aeneous	shining bronze colour
albicant	whitish; becoming white
albugineous	like the white of an eye or an egg; white-coloured
amaranthine	immortal; undying; deep purple-red colour
argent	the heraldic colour silver or white
atrous	jet black
aubergine	eggplant; a dark purple colour
aurulent	gold-coloured
azuline	blue
azure	light or sky blue; the heraldic colour blue
badious	chestnut-coloured
beige	light creamy white-brown
brunneous	dark brown
burnet	dark brown; dark woollen cloth
caesious	bluish or greyish green
cardinal	deep scarlet red colour
castaneous	chestnut-coloured
castory	brown colour; brown dye derived from beaver pelts
celadon	pale green; pale green glazed pottery
celeste	sky blue
cerulean	sky-blue; dark blue; sea-green
cesious	bluish-grey
chartreuse	yellow-green colour
chlorochrous	green-coloured
chrysochlorous	greenish-gold
cinerious	ashen; ash-grey
cinnabar	red crystalline mercuric sulfide pigment; deep red or scarlet colour
citreous	lemon-coloured; lemony
citrine	dark greenish-yellow
claret	dark red-purple colour; a dark-red wine
coccineous	bright red
columbine	of or like a dove; dove-coloured
coquelicot	brilliant red; poppy red
corbeau	blackish green
cramoisy	crimson
cretaceous	of or resembling chalk; of a whitish colour
croceate	saffron-coloured
cyaneous	sky blue
eau-de-nil	pale green colour
eburnean	of or like ivory; ivory-coloured
erythraean	reddish colour
ferruginous	of the colour of rust; impregnated with iron
filemot	dead-leaf colour; dull brown
flammeous	flame-coloured
flavescent	yellowish or turning yellow
fuliginous	sooty; dusky; soot-coloured; of or pertaining to soot
fulvous	dull yellow; tawny
fuscous	brown; tawny; dingy
gamboge	reddish-yellow colour
glaucous	sea-green; greyish-blue
goldenrod	dark golden yellow
greige	of a grey-beige colour
gridelin	violet-grey
griseous	pearl-grey or blue-grey; grizzled
haematic	blood-coloured
heliotrope	purplish hue; purplish-flowered plant; ancient sundial; signalling mirror
hoary	pale silver-grey colour; grey with age
hyacinthine	of a blue or purple colour
ianthine	violet-coloured
ibis	large stork-like bird; a pale apricot colour
icterine	yellowish or marked with yellow
icteritious	jaundiced; yellow
incarnadine	carnation-coloured; blood-red
indigo	deep blue-violet colour; a blue-violet dye
infuscate	clouded or tinged with brown; obscured; cloudy brown colour
isabelline	greyish yellow
jacinthe	orange colour
jessamy	yellow like a jasmine
kermes	brilliant red colour; a red dye derived from insects
khaki	light brown or tan
lateritious	brick-red
leucochroic	white or pale-coloured
liard	grey; dapple-grey
lovat	grey-green; blue-green
lurid	red-yellow; yellow-brown
luteolous	yellowish
luteous	golden-yellow
lutescent	yellowish
madder	red dye made from brazil wood; a reddish or red-orange colour
magenta	reddish purple
maroon	brownish crimson
mauve	light bluish purple
mazarine	rich blue or reddish-blue colour
melanic	black; very dark
melichrous	having a honey-like colour
meline	canary-yellow
miniaceous	colour of reddish lead
minium	vermilion; red lead
modena	crimson
morel	dark-coloured horse; blackish colour
nacarat	bright orange-red
nankeen	buff-coloured; durable buff-coloured cotton
nigricant	of a blackish colour
nigrine	black
niveous	snowy; white
ochre	yellowish or yellow-brown colour
ochroleucous	yellowish white
olivaceous	olive-coloured
or	heraldic colour gold or yellow
pavonated	peacock-blue
periwinkle	a bluish or azure colour; a plant with bluish flowers
perse	dark blue or bluish-grey; cloth of such a colour
phoeniceous	bright scarlet-red colour
piceous	like pitch; inflammable; reddish black
plumbeous	leaden; lead-coloured
ponceau	poppy red
porphyrous	purple
porraceous	leek-green
prasinous	leek-green colour
primrose	pale yellow
puccoon	blood-root; dark red colour
puce	brownish-purple; purplish-pink
puniceous	bright or purplish red
purpure	heraldic colour purple
purpureal	purple
pyrrhous	reddish; ruddy
rhodopsin	visual purple
rubiginous	rusty-coloured
rubious	ruby red; rusty
rufous	reddish or brownish-red
russet	reddish brown
sable	black; dark; of a black colour in heraldry
saffron	orange-yellow
sage	grey-green colour
sanguineous	bloody; of, like or pertaining to blood; blood-red
sapphire	deep pure blue
sarcoline	flesh-coloured
sepia	fine brown
sinopia	preparatory drawing for a fresco; reddish-brown colour
slate	dull dark blue-grey
smalt	deep blue
smaragdine	emerald green
solferino	purplish red
sorrel	reddish-brown; light chestnut
spadiceous	chestnut-coloured
stammel	coarse woollen fabric, usually dyed red; bright red colour
stramineous	strawy; light; worthless; straw-coloured
suede	light beige
sulphureous	bright yellow
tan	tawny brown
taupe	brownish-grey
tawny	brownish-yellow
teal	greenish-blue
terracotta	reddish-brown
testaceous	of or having a hard shell; brick-red
tilleul	pale yellowish-green
titian	red-gold or reddish-brown
topaz	dark yellow
turquoise	blue-green
ultramarine	deep blue
umber	brownish red
vermeil	bright red or vermilion colour; gilded silver
vermilion	bright red
vinaceous	wine-coloured
vinous	deep red; burgundy
violaceous	violet-coloured
violet	bluish purple
virescent	becoming green or greenish; of a greenish colour
virid	green
viridian	chrome green
vitellary	bright yellow
wallflower	yellowish-red
watchet	pale blue
wheaten	the golden colour of ripe wheat
whey	off-white
willowish	of the colour of willow leaves
xanthic	yellow; yellowish