Forest-fire-injured bear's recovery blog
Lorem Ipsum (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Way back in July, Kam went to help out with the firefighter deployment across Northern California. When she returned, she...
FOREST FIRES
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Green Fishing and Boating
SF Boater (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... wouldn't want to drink fuel, so you shouldn't make anyone else drink it either. 3. Practice safe fire tending. If you will be lighting a fire for any reason, first check with the park system to see if it is safe to burn. Droughts have made forests drier than ever and it only takes one spark to start a forest fire that can cause billions in damage. Many...
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WeatherX 1.0 - ($4.99) - Get the application to know the weather condition.
VersionTracker: iPhone (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
WeatherX, our newest application, has tons of new features, such as Hurricanes, Storms, Airport Delays, Heat, Temperature, Forest Fires, Snow, Air Quality, and that's just skimming the surface. WeatherX has a redesigned User Interface, amazing functionality, and fast loading speeds. It's an all-in-one combination the last weather map application you'll need. Features List: General....
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UN climate negotiations begin in Poznan
Greenpeace.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
It has been a year since governments in Bali pledged to nail down an agreement to save the climate by December 2009. That means they have one year left to agree on how to stop the climate crisis. This year’s UN meeting on Climate Change has just started in Poznan, Poland and we think it is about time for government leaders to stop the talking, get serious and start real negotiations.
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The Next Time California Burns
THE POINT RIDER REPUBLICAN (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Remember this: "AUSTRALIA has been singled out as a target for "forest jihad" by a group of Islamic extremists urging...
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Links Not in Use
Electronic Cerebrectomy (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
I don't have anything interesting to share today for a Throwdown, so I'm just putting up a links post for today. [.] Michael Sporn has some excellent shots and art for the forest fire sequence of Bambi . It’s one of Disney’s four most artful films. [.] Becca’s Doll Portraits [.] A simple, beautiful story: The Delicate Disappearance of Debbie (Smoke Rings & Matterings) [.] ”It's hard not...
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Bernanke's Printing: Take II
Manhattan Real Estate: New York Cit (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... Can you blame them? The purpose of this is to understand that as the fed tries to pour water on a forest fire, there will eventually be a price to pay for this medicine! There are no free lunches and it seems to me at least that the fed is printing like crazy in an attempt to stop a deflationary spiral of asset prices. What will endgame bring ? When I talk about endgame, I mean the...
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Snow In The Arctic: An Ingredient In A Surprising Chemical Cocktail
Climate of Our Future (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... latitudes nitrogen oxides are produced not only by natural phenomena such as lightning and forest fires, but also by human activity, such as combustion in engines and industrial activity. They are the cause of the peaks in ozone concentration observed on the outskirts of cities during episodes of high pollution. Nitrogen oxides are rapidly oxidized to nitrate, which, incorporated...
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On the road again
Blue Garter (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that we have epic Thanksgiving plans. Here’s what we’re rolling in with Thanksgiving itself: - a wedding (Mr. G’s hotshot–literally; she fights forest fires–cousin is the bride) - a twin birthday party (Mr. G and his sister turn 31) - a baby shower? (we’re not going to see his sister [...]
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Bryan Adams, If You’re Nasty: Rethinking a Legacy of Filth
local Cut (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... schmaltzy “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” on MTV as Kevin Costner pranced around a forest firing a bow-and-arrow. He is not exactly the first person that pops into mind at the thought of raw, almost pornographic sexuality—though he is, from an objectively heterosexual (totally heterosexual!) point of view, in rather good shape for a nearly 50-year-old man. He has aged well, but his image...
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Yes, Twitter is a source of journalism
mathewingram.com/work (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... scene. We’ve seen this kind of thing before, of course — during earthquakes in China , as well as forest fires in California, and so on. But some people still refuse to acknowledge that what Twitter is doing is effectively journalism . Tom at Tom’s Tech Blog, for example, took the time to write a post saying Twitter is not a valid source of news , echoing a view he also expressed...
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Groundwater Protection Program
PortlandOnline (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... drinking water. It is close to the metropolitan area and is not affected by potential turbidity, forest fires, and landslides in the same way that a surface water system like Bull Run could be ld started in 1975 The wells began serving drinking water customers for the first time in the summer of 1985As a summer supply augmentation:Groundwater wells augment drinking water supply in...
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Stop blaming others for caribou decline, some Métis tell aboriginal hunters
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
While Dene hunters in the territory have publicly blamed mining exploration companies, big-game outfitters, wolves and forest fires for the caribou shortage, some Métis hunters like Richard Mercredi of Fort Smith told meeting delegates that aboriginal hunters are also violating traditional hunting standards.
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But If We’re All Poor, Who Will Buy My Modern Art?
NYU Local (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
It’s been two months since our lives were supposed to end and money matters are still getting more frightening each day. But where does that leave the art world? Sure, the status of the arts should be one of our least worries, but New York City is one of the world’s major centers of culture [...]
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I'll Miss John Dingell
The LRC Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... to say OK."] Also remember that that global climate change is responsible for "drought, famine, forest fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, and typhoons." And now to my point -- the Las Vegas Review-Journal :
