tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19364732009-11-06T08:32:28.614-05:00physics, nature, books, barter, simple life, hiking, backpacking, maps, astronomy, art, NewfoundlandDianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16800360832150348636noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936473.post-74682182512334850462009-10-24T20:10:00.003-04:002009-10-24T20:22:19.322-04:00

Forest and Valley bright happy shiny giant art hanging out in downtown Youngstown, 24/7, 40 different pieces, come see! :Art Youngstown: Wrap the Arts | Rust WireSource: rustwire.comFolks in Youngstown have developed a pretty straightforward strategy for dealing with blight: cover it up with some pretty artwork. Art Youngstown more pix here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/album.php?

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October 15, 2009 Tropical storm Rick forms off Mexico Pacific coast MEXICO CITY, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Rick formed off Mexico's Pacific coast on Thursday and could become a hurricane within the next day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Rick was located 345 miles (555 km) south-southeast of the resort city of Acapulco with maximum sustained winds near 50 mph (85 kph)."Continued

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EphemerisAn ephemeris is a tabulation of computed positions and velocities (and/or various derived quantities such as right ascension and declination) of an orbiting body at specific times. Generated ephemeris for 22105 Pirko (2000 LS36)Classification: Main-belt Asteroid SPK-ID: 2022105Current SettingsEphemeris Type : OBSERVERTarget Body : Asteroid 22105 Pirko (2000 LS36)Observer

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Beautifully done film:Second largest oil deposits are in Alberta sands:"Thanks to Alberta’s Athabasca oil sands, Canada is now the biggest oil supplier to the United States. A controversial billion-dollar industry is heavily invested in extracting crude from the tarry sands through a process so toxic it has become an international cause for concern. Four barrels of glacier-fed spring water are

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20090711238 Originally uploaded by Waifer X "The Universe Is Abundant. STARGAZE." Fountain, 11th and Pine St., Paso Robles, CA. Photo taken by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len posted on Flickr

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This caught my eye in Lancaster's newspaper, The Intelligencer Journal:The Swiss 'menace' op-ed piece by Paul Krugman, New York Times, Published: August 16, 2009 This opening excerpt: "...Investor’s Business Daily tried to frighten its readers by declaring that in Britain, where the government runs health care, the handicapped physicist Stephen Hawking 'wouldn’t have a chance,' because the

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Day 2 Originally uploaded by Alda Kalda Alda Kalda took this on a hiking trip in July in ?Iceland I think. She writes the blog: http://icelandweatherreport.com/

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Trying to identify this, walked back from the haywagon to pick it up in the field while they were repairing the twine-knotter on the baler. There had been turkey vultures swooping low all day, probably scouting for baling-related carnage, & I'd picked up turkey feathers on other walks in the woods but hawks fly over,too, so maybe red-tail?What work: rolling forward though ground hay dust, crushed

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All the things my friend Holly made this weekend - salsa, chicken salad, butter, peanut butter. (all photos & captions by Holly)photo by Holly WinwoodLunch salad: kale, pimento peppers, cilantro, grapes, pecans, blueberries, celery, yellow squash, romano cheese, raspberry vinegar dressing. Delicious and beautiful!photo by Holly WinwoodTypical lunch: a magical array of whole foods - sweet potato,

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First year hatchling, Bog Turtle Originally uploaded by rebonnett My friend Rich Bonnett took this photo of a baby bog turtle in Pennsylvania

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It's so simple it's hard! Some thoughts from 2 books on why it's good to be working to live and living to work:1. Anonyminity -- one's work must be known by a higher authority. -- otherwise a worker sees themselves as invisible, generic or anonymous2. Irrelevance -- person must see that their job matters to someone, anyone. -- must see connection between

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Flight of Steel. Drawing on our interest in astronomy, the fate of the Valley's steel industry, rides in a friend's plane over the beautiful Trumbull county landscapes, and Leonardo's interest in flight, flying machines, and his theories on astronomy and visual effects, I have painted a scene of a Bessemer converter (steel processor) "burning out" on the darker left-hand side, with the sparks

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Magma dribbleOriginally uploaded by NekoglyphI missed the glory of steel production in the Mahoning Valley and am rapidly catching up via some great portfolios on FLICKR.com this photo by Nekoglyph's being one of them-- see:

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DSCN3718Originally uploaded by Art Youngstown Gallerypoetry reading in the Great Room, Youngstown, Ohio

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DLudwig-FoxRiverPaperMillBuOriginally uploaded by Art Youngstown GalleryArt Youngstown posted all the artwork from The Great Room Show. Click to see all

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Bill Hazlett has very nice memoriam for Rick Pirko (who passed away quietly Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008) http://billhazlett.blogspot.com/2008/10/thanks-rick.html Rick will be greatly missed. I have started a place for people to post their stories and memories here: http://thanksrick.blogspot.com/Here are just 4 of Rick's incredible photos: photo credit: Rick Pirko photo credit: Rick

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the meadow is starting its summer stream of blooms...: penstemone, orange hawkweed and ox-eyed daisy

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working on art in Franny the Bunny Slayer's lair

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furry violets in Joseph Allen Skinner State Park, on Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts

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Kestrel on the line, kestrel lifeless on the hard rock highway, kestrel in the sky, Canada goose in a still pond,no leaves only reddish buds, crumbly, swollen streams and rivers, skeins of goose bodies dot the leaden greys,sole redwinged black bird on every tiny tree top, nuthatch hops, tufted mouse tits in the hemlocks, jayblues swoop and jump, chickadees, crows everywhere, new trailing arbutus

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On the red spool table bring:Dylan Thomas bookKen Rexroth paper poetry stapled twobook Beat Reader, 2 guys on the coverenvelope rejection sliptan corduroy hanging in closet patches on elbows2 shoes

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X-country skiing in the McDonald woods mud trails, snow was deep and a red-tailed hawk overhead.

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Tree. Rock. Cold. Cat. Wood. Fire. That sums up the past 3 months of winter. Every night we look at the neatly-made bed as a place to go and drink a cup of sleep -- it is there, we can see it, the unshaped deep dark softness -- but every late early am it isn't there, it all goes sifting through my fingers, sleepHere is a string from the comics page one day:"here ya go Bently, ok ok Johnny what is

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I used to own this 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon Syncro Minivan!view more photos here 223,426 milesI was the original owner (and the legendary "little ol lady", having babied it and rarely took it over 61 mph!) I never had reason to take it "off-roading" -- except for the dirt roads that can be seen in some of the photos. Often went on state forest dirt roads for TrailCares (hiking trail

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Blue ribbony day-o-way was yesterday for up the storm windows on the storm doors of the storm home we did put (for the first time in 2 years!). It was only beacause we were in need of screenage and thus kilt two birds with one cat... Little Miss Kitty (a.k.a. Frances Jr. Laptop) is not allowed to climb anything including stairs for 2 weeks so we blocked the stairs and put up the 2 storm door

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