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Bush: Ocean Protector
Credit where credit is due. In 2006 President Bush turned the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands into Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument, which formed the largest marine wildlife reserve in the wor…
UVeta
KPBS has posted a nice audio slide show of the UVeta project in Baja Sur . Water in Baja Sur's remote areas is frequently from open wells, where the chance of contamination is high. Florence Cassassuc…
Balboa Theatre
Last night a generous coworker gave us tickets to the opening night preview of Spring Awakening at the newly renovated Balboa Theatre . The theatre has been in a state of neglect for a very long time …
Diving Tyee Beach, Nanaimo BC
Photos for 2008.07.23 Diving Tyee Beach, Nanaimo, BC Randi and I both wanted to go diving on Vancouver Island, even though we weren't going to be there long. We had arranged to go out on a boat dive w…
Mass Extinctions and 'Rise of Slime'
A Scripps researcher has a paper out called Ecological extinction and evolution in the brave new ocean . The findings are not for the faint: Human activities are cumulatively driving the health of the…
Photos from BC travel
I'm so woefully behind on writing I'll just post photos for now. Photos for 2008.07.17-27 Central BC and Vancouver Island Photos for 2008.07.18-20 Memorial and Reunion, Horsefly
Yukon and Lazy Days on the 4th
Photos of diving the Yukon and Lazy Days wrecks This is a much delayed dive report. On the 4th of July Adam and I headed out on our first trip with the Marissa to the Yukon and the Lazy Days wrecks. I…
Eureka Oil Rig dive
Photos of diving the Eureka oil rig Off shore oil rigs stretch from Long Beach to Santa Maria on the coast of California. Some are decommissioned , but most are still in active operation. These rigs a…
Learn another language for free
Oso has a great round-up for free online resources that you can use to help learn another language .
Pete & Paul's wedding
Photos of Pete & Paul's wedding After being together for 19 years, two very dear friends of ours finally got married yesterday. You can read a bit about them in this UT article . We wish them all the …