MAP 4.3 2012/02/04 11:34:34 43.203N 126.269W 24.7 151 km (94 mi) W of Bandon, OR map 2.6 2012/02/04 11:08:44 43.690N 125.105W 2.5 74 km (46 mi) W of Winchester Bay, OR

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Some signs have popped up in my neighborhood that say “I’m in the 99%!” Here’s one I like:

Little things can change one’s mood. Dust of Snow by Robert Frost The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.

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map 1.0 2012/02/03 01:53:56 42.060N 124.317W 0.0 3 km ( 2 mi) W of Brookings, OR

I learned a new phrase from Juliana the exchange student from Argentina, staying with Emily and Katharine.  The bus was very loud going home from Lincoln.  Probably blowing off stress from finals this week.  I asked how to say, “Oh my ears!” Oh mis oidos!

Isn’t it wonderful? The financial news today is gasping about the gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the month of January: Three Percent! And you know the month usually sets the tone for the year.  “As January goes, so goes the year!” Well how did Gold do in the same period?  Gold closed today

map 1.2 2012/01/30 05:26:34 45.343N 121.593W 6.3 19 km (12 mi) S of Parkdale, OR

Jaimee Kuperman is a poet living and working in the Washington, D.C., area and captures the thoughts we all have when visiting the dentist after an absence. The New Dentist Driving to the new dentist’s office the slow drive of a new place with the McDonalds that I don’t go to on the left, the mall two miles away. The C

Eric Sprott: Chairman, CEO & Portfolio Manager of Sprott Asset Management speaking with Eric King says China imports about 20 tonnes of Gold a month through Hong Kong until four months ago.  Then beginning in August, 2011, they imported 30 tonnes, then 40 tonnes in September, 80 tonnes in October and 102 tonnes in Nove

Yes I know Valentines Day is still over two weeks away, but this poem strikes me as a great poem for a friend or lover. Travelling by William Wordsworth This is the spot:—how mildly does the sun Shine in between the fading leaves! the air In the habitual silence of this wood Is more than silent: and this bed of heath, W

Correspondent Lara Logan goes big game hunting for exotic African animals right here in the U.S. Many exotics, some endangered or even extinct in the wild, are being raised in large numbers on American ranches to be hunted for sport. The ranchers claim the billion-dollar business is a form of [...]

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map 0.9 2012/01/25 16:38:19 43.316N 123.339W 0.0 6 km ( 4 mi) N of Roseburg North, OR

What? Murmuration? Yes, it means the synchronous movement of living beings to move in the same direction or change direction in a way that’s faster than one could communicate even when far apart.  In Portland we see the phenomenon at Chapman school each year as the Vaux’s swifts entertain with their swooping and tu

map 0.5 2012/01/20 21:48:32 45.357N 122.265W 3.6 4 km ( 3 mi) S of Sandy, OR

A 24-hour cold spell brought snow and rain to the Sahara Desert in western Algeria. Maybe, there’s hope for people in hell who want ice water! Does this go in my (gasp) global warming file?

map 1.8 2012/01/20 23:56:00 43.789N 120.883W 2.7 44 km (27 mi) ESE of Deschutes River Woods, OR

Two weeks ago on January 9 - Gold closed at $1607.50 down $8.60 and Silver closed at $28.76 up 11 cents. Today Gold closed at $1666.80 +$10.10 and Silver closed at $32.11 +$1.47. In two weeks Gold has moved +3.7% and Silver has moved +11.6%! For Silver that’s 301% annualized. At that rate Silver could [...]

TransCanada may shorten Keystone XL’s initial path, bringing oil from Montana’s Bakken Shale to refiners in the Gulf of Mexico and removing the need for federal approval, Alex Pourbaix, president of the company’s energy and oil pipelines division, said in a telephone interview today. There’s more than one way to

Jane Goodall brings Lara Logan and “60 Minutes” cameras back to the forests of Tanzania, where she began her love affair with chimpanzees 50 years ago, to remind the public that chimps are endangered.

Scientists have come up with a way to make Gold nanoparticles whose medical applications may allow cancerous tumour detection. In the electronics sector this method may be suitable for nanofabrication of interconnects in next-generation integrated circuits. In another article Gold Nanoparticles have successfully been teste

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