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The evidence for climate change WITHOUT computer models or the IPCC

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Thanos

Another excellent video on global warming from Potholer54 The evidence for climate change WITHOUT computer models or the IPCC – YouTube.

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Post Panamax? What’s that?

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Thanos

Great things are happening all around us, but the average person is not noticing them. How many have heard about the widening of the Panama canal, or the effects that will have on shipping? Slated to complete in 2015 the … Continue reading →

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Great Tripod Found at Crick Camera Store

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Thanos

This past week I got a new camera tripod, and it’s really sort of wonderful. It’s manufactured by Benro, and marketed as “Mefoto”. The best thing about it besides the amazing stability in a light tripod is the fact that … Continue reading →

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Failed Photo

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Thanos

To get good photos you have to experiment a lot, to try different things and to stretch the bounds of your camera’s light capturing abilities. This experimentation means that you will have many failed shots initially for every good one, … Continue reading →

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Best Photo from Yesterday’s Walk

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Thanos

Kasey tends to scare off the wildlife when I walk with her, but yesterday towards the end she got tired and was just walking instead of ranging back and forth in wide swaths, so this brave little bird didn’t flee … Continue reading →

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First Redbuds Showing

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Thanos

Yesterday was green haze day — all the buds are showing flowers or tips of leaves so when you gaze across the valley the grey branches show a very light haze of green. By this weekend all will be green. … Continue reading →

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Arctic Ice Breaks Up in Beaufort Sea Back in March

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Thanos

A series of intense storms in the Arctic has caused fracturing of the sea ice around the Beaufort Sea along the northern coasts of Alaska and Canada. High-resolution imagery from the Suomi NPP satellite shows the evolution of the cracks … Continue reading →

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Zombunny Rises

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Thanos

Every Easter the dread Zombunny raises from the grave, and Kasey has to chase him down and kill him again.

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The Case for Marriage Equality: Perry v. Schwarzenegger

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Thanos

The 1967 Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia ended state bans on interracial marriage in the 16 states that still had such laws. Now, 44 years after Loving, the courts are once again grappling with denial of equal marriage rights … Continue reading →

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The Truth About Global Warming – Science & Distortion – Stephen Schneider

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Thanos

Some of the very same people who were telling people that there weren’t relationships between lung cancer and tobacco use are the ones now telling us that global warming doesn’t matter. Please watch, and get mad – I don’t want … Continue reading →

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