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I love nature. Better yet, I appreciate amazing photography of places and of animals I may yet see in this lifetime. Which is why National Geographic’s International Photo contest was endearing.

One of my favorites in the collection is of a “lion standing guard over the floor of the Ngorongoro crater” in Tanzania, by Gavin Yerxa:

Earlier this week I read a great account from Paul, of the African Wildlife Foundation, about their work in the Heartland finding and collaring lions.

Head over there and check out some more great photos.

In case you were wondering..

An interesting post from Matt Cutts, a Search Quality Manager at Google, explaining (quite well) why Google is not exactly intent on removing pages from their index that may offend you, or perhaps malign your name in one way or another.

So what if a Google search of your name brings up negative results, not portraying you in the most positive light – true or otherwise? You need to be the one defining your identity on the Web – your best defense is a good offense.

Here are a couple of precious tips and tricks from Lifehacker that I think are quite useful.