Archive for August, 2009

Aug 30 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-30

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Desperately trying to manifest a decent day, despite waking up cranky. # RT @rozsavage: just 4hrs sleep, but lost 3 miles of eastwards progress. sore and discouraged.#rozsavage #oceans #rowing # I love Joe Bageant. http://bit.ly/bo1w3 # RT @rozsavage: ocean incredibly dark since the moon set. still rowing… #rozsavage #oceans #rowing # Checked the lid on [...]

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Aug 28 2009

The Youngest Around

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As of now, it’s Mike Perham. Yesterday, it was still Zac Sunderland. Readers of this blog know I’ve been cheering for the both of them, not just because of my love of boats on water, but because of my deep belief and faith in kids and their abilities. So my guts are really, really in [...]

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Aug 23 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-23

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RT @jonaiello: This is disturbing: http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2009/08/13/20090813computer0813.html # Trying to reframe myself, and live my life as Charlie would have wanted me to. # Researching to put a garden on the boat. If I can grow food here, anyone can! #gardening #liveaboard # Looking forward (?) to defrosting the fridge and freezer. Ice on the coldplate [...]

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Aug 20 2009

An action request for my Australian readers

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UPDATE: They did it!!! A big thanks to Broome, Australia Broome, Australia booted their twisted sister city of Taiji this weekend. This is an exciting step toward ending the dolphin drives! Thank you to the citizens of Broome for sending many many letters to the council, and to the Shire’s councillors for voting unanimously to [...]

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Aug 18 2009

Not anything complicated or unique

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I could scream, but I don’t think anyone’s listening. In today’s news, this gem: Oil Sheen In SF Bay Near Treasure Island Crews were contained an oil sheen Monday near a sunken tugboat in the San Francisco Bay near Treasure Island, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. … The Coast Guard contracted a private company to [...]

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Aug 16 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-16

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OMG, mark the freaking calendar, Nancy Wainer called *me* for help!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! # Out in the NV desert, getting ready to have the best Perseid watching-party ever, with the kids. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Aug 09 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-09

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Actually managed to get up as early as I wanted this morning, and I feel really, really good about it. # Prepping goodies for our picnic lunch after seeing the Samurai display at the Asian Art Museum. Yay field trips! # Handy tip: shave your legs before you pick citrus, because there will be far [...]

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Aug 04 2009

Nice, but…?

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So out in the middle of the Pacific, scientists are studying the Garbage gyre: Marine scientists from California are venturing this week to the middle of the North Pacific for a study of plastic debris accumulating across hundreds of miles (km) of open sea dubbed the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”A research vessel carrying a team [...]

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Aug 02 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-02

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RT @rozsavage: just crossed 4degN. had to fight really hard for that one! 8 days… #rozsavage #oceans #rowing # Trying to keep the day from going pearshaped. Already. # RT @rozsavage: Day 70 – Sense and Serenity http://ff.im/63Gyw #rozsavage #rowing #oceans # Loving how completely reasonable the Italian government is. No, really. # Powered by [...]

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Aug 02 2009

Forget the Beach

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Oh, this is just marvellous: Ten percent of water samples at California beaches last year contained more human fecal bacteria than the state allows, according to a study released Wednesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Violations of daily maximum bacterial standards at 227 California beaches increased 4 percent from 2007 to 2008, the study [...]

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