Leslie Brenner's jewelry is handcrafted in her New York City studio from gold, sterling silver and the highest quality precious and semi-precious gems. In addition to traditional wrapping and stringing, metal working and wax-carving, she loves to experiment with new techniques. http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/LeslieBrenner Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:31:22 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.squidoo.com/lesliebrenner Leslie Brenner's fine jewelry is unique, with a one-of-a-kind style. This is handcrafted studio jewelry made from gold, sterling silver, precious and semiprecious gems. shopping Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:30:32 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/BagelHistory Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great Aunt Tischke Goldberg, the only Jewish Pilgrim at Plymouth Rock, invented the bagel. Here is her story, as told through my letters to my dear Uncle Richard: arts Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:31:32 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/terraformingmars This may be the stuff of science fiction now. But, by this century's end, terraforming another planet may be technologically doable and necessary if we're to survive as a species. travel Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:32:54 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/exposingoursecretocracy The real intent of the First Amendment was to prevent national suicide by making it difficult for the government to operate in secret, free from the scrutiny of the press. --I.F. Stone, October 3, 1966 "Reporters should be writing about the emerging 'secretocracy' that threatens to profoundly alter our entire system of governance, neutering oversight efforts and marginalizing citizens. Journalists should be writing not just about the secrets they can uncover, but also about the information that has been denied...." "...We [journalists] have tended to overlook one of the more significant stories of our lifetime-an emerging 'secretocracy' that threatens to transform American society and democratic institutions. Systemic or indiscriminate secrecy involves the calculated use of secrecy as a principle instrument of governance, a way to impede scrutiny, obscure process, avoid accountability, suppress dissent, and concentrate power. The tendency to abuse secrecy is as old as power itself, but prior to 9/11 it was usually checked, and even its abuses were cyclical." But since 9/11 "...secrecy has migrated well beyond the historic reservoirs of national security as the nation's entire infrastructure has been considered a potential terrorist target. All the state, county and metropolitan authorities that intersect with those sites-as well as the private industries that operate them-have increasingly come under the mantle of secrecy." --Ted Gup, Neiman Watchdog. Gup is a former Washington Post and Time magazine investigative reporter. newsandpolitics Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:34:37 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/cassinihuygens The sixth planet from the Sun, Saturn is a gas giant, comprised mostly of helium and hydrogen. Its complex system of rings, made up of rock and ice, extend hundreds of thousands of miles from the planet. Believed to be comprised of shattered moons, asteroids and comets, the rings are only about 30 miles thick and orbit at different speeds. Saturn has approximately 34 known satellites and moons, including: Titan, Enceladus, Rhea, Phoebe, Pan, Atlas, Prometheus and Iapetus. However, Titan, which is larger than Mercury and Pluto, is of particular interest because it has a thick atmosphere. education Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:35:12 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/groups..outerspace OUTER SPACE All lenses related to astronomy and space exploration are welcome! education Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:31:18 -0600