Health Care

Recently I discovered Roger Ebert’s blog. I think most people know who he is, but in case you don’t, he used to have a TV show where he and his partner Siskel rated movies. Roger Ebert got cancer and got to where he couldn’t talk. Now he types. His blog is really good.
On August 20 [...]

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The Cove

One of my favorite TV shows when I was little was Flipper. It was about a wild dolphin who befriended this family and did amazing dolphin stunts for them while enforcing the law, rescuing people at sea and taking care of Sandy and Bud, the two main characters in the show.

Here’s Flipper, actually Flipper was [...]

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Food, Inc.

Yesterday we went to see the movie Food, Inc. It’s not exactly a fun light-hearted movie, but on the other hand, if you eat food and live in America you should try to see this movie as soon as possible.

The movie exposes the industrialized food system in America and the effect it has on the [...]

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Space Debris

Recently US and Russian satellites collided in space. Supposedly it made a huge debris field which is now putting other satellites at risk. The US government tracks all space debris larger than a football, but they missed that this would happen.
The European Space Operations Centre has put together some images showing just how much stuff [...]

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President Obama

Best line from the presidential address:
We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.
yay!

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What’s in Your Water?

Last year the Associated Press ran an investigation to check the levels of pharmaceuticals in drinking water. The results were shocking:
A vast array of pharmaceuticals – including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones – have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans.
They tested 24 metropolitan areas, but also [...]

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Saturn

A couple days ago Nasa released some new pictures of Saturn taken from the side opposite earth by the Cassini spacecraft. Here is what the exaggerated color photo looks like and what they had to say about it:

The robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn recently drifted in the giant planet’s shadow for [...]

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Welcome Back – 2009 news

I’m back after a long delay in posting. Hope you all had a great Holiday season. We did.
In old news, here was our Christmas palm tree and presents before we opened them:

I also wish you all the best for 2009.

We’ve been busy here.
Our webdesign business is going great – we have more jobs than anticipated [...]

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America Recycles Day – November 15

November 15 is America Recycles Day. On the National Recycling Coalition website you can learn all about why and how to recycle, the do’s and don’t of recycling, and what is actually done with recycled products. The website also provides several lists of recommended books that you can read to learn more about recycling.

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Bill Moyers Reflects on the Election

A couple of weeks ago I posted this picture of Barack Obama at a rally in St. Louis:

I liked the picture because it showed the numbers of people who liked Obama and were turning out to hear him speak. I didn’t know it at the time but the picture has some historical interest.
Last Friday (Nov. [...]

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