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3/16/2015

Smithsonian Magazine’s 2014 Photo Contest
The editors of Smithsonian magazine have just announced the finalists in their 12th annual photo contest, selected from more than 26,500 entries. There are several of these images here from the competition’s six categories: The Natural World, Travel, People, Americana, Altered Images and Mobile. Captions were written by the photographers. Be sure to visit the contest page at Smithsonian.com to see all the finalists.

Moose and More

3/15/2015

Florida woman arrested after getting naked at Dunkin' Donuts, police responded quickly.......more

Police say a man tried to avoid arrest by rolling in dog feces, and it wasn’t a Florida man........more

Accidental 911 call leads deputies to pot .......more

Last week, The Icebergs arrived on Cape Cod....more

Another medical miracle:
A team of South Africa surgeons has performed the world's first successful penis transplant in a marathon nine-hour operation, leaving the patient with a fully functioning new organ.....more

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3/14/2015

If you realize that all things change,
there is nothing you will try to hold on to. — Lao Tzu

Friday the 13th Open Road

3/13/2015

Carry On

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3/12/2015

There must be a mistake because I never saw this coming, More than 100 prisoners released from Guantanamo Bay went right back to being terrorists when they got out, according to a new report.......more

How a state where community colleges have been an afterthought is turning that around....more

A question hangs like a cloud over the deeply weird winter: What might explain the bizarre warmth of western North America, while the east was buried in a slow-motion avalanche? more

It's Parade Time

3/11/2015

Shamrocks, Leprechauns and most everything green will be the primary color starting this weekend. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade season is once again about to kick off in earnest. From bagpipes to step dancers, marching bands and floats, regional celebrities, area politicians, military units and civic groups will all step out to the beat as millions will again line the streets to enjoy the fun.

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade is very much part of the New England tradition. Typically it marks the first opportunity of the year for family and friends to get together and enjoy a day outdoors in the beginning of early spring.

Yes, this year there will still be plenty of snow still on the ground but consider this, You’ll be able to spin a tale that will start like, there was this year that "I watched the parade on top of a six foot snow bank.” So put on a bit O’Green and head out into the spirit of the spring season and St. Patrick’s Day parades! For a listing of parades around New England this month .....you can find them here.

How about 13 New Ways to Prepare your Corned Beef go for it

Or a bunch of good recipe's to eat on St Patrick's Day, eat well and be merry

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3/10/2015

Goodyear developing tires that generate electricity, change shape …more

800-hp Aston Martin Vulcan will live long and prosper …more

Top horsepower-per-dollar cars in 2015 ...more

Hagerty's 2015 Hot list of future collectible cars…more

Monday's

3/9/2015

I really miss summer

Moose and More

3/8/2015

From Henri Cartier-Bresson to Annie Leibovitz, many of the 20th century's most defining images were shot on a Leica. Our technology columnist, a lifelong fan, tells the story of the camera that almost died and was triumphantly reborn in the digital age .....more

Great White Shark Lydia travels 56,000 km in two years: Her habitat ‘spans the entire North Atlantic ocean’.....more

Academia shows that Brilliance is Booming; it must have been paid for by the Feds! …more

You have to feel a little sorry these days for professors married to their former students. They used to be respectable citizens—leaders in their fields, department chairs, maybe even a dean or two—and now they’re abusers of power avant la lettre. .....more

Jawbone found in Ethiopia set to rewrite history, push back origins of humans ......more

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3/7/2015

News Alert

We know that snowstorm and weekends have been the normal this year. This weekend the forecast is for no snow storms and temperatures that will start warming. With a temperature of 2 degrees outside when I woke up to today, I’m more than ready for the change. With a forecast for next week that is very promising, bring on the pothole season and spring. Daylight savings time goes into effect tomorrow; there will be a lot more days of driving home from work with the sun still shining.

Friday's Road

3/6/2015

The former drummer of the Beatles, Ringo Starr, surprised the world last week during an interview in his luxurious Californian residence, when he admitted that the 45-year old rumors about the alleged death of Paul McCartney in 1966 were actually true........ more

Sir Paul decided to invite the media to his primary residence located on the outskirts of the small town of Peasmarsh, in Sussex, to refute the allegations and to put an end to the rumors which have been spreading and multiplying over........more

Game Day.

The Worm Moon

3/5/2015

Today’s Full Moon is known by a few different names. Its been called the Worm Moon, as the temperature begins to warm and the ground begins to thaw, earthworm casts appear, heralding the return of the robins. Northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter; or the Full Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. This is also the smallest Full Moon of 2015.

                                                                       March Moon

                                          The Full Moon reflects, off the late winter snow
                                          Soon life will stir, under it's cool evening glow
                                          The days grow longer, and temperatures will rise
                                          Streams and Rivers, spring up in front of your eyes
                                          Nature has waited, and again she's on queue
                                          The world is reborn; it’s the time to renew

                                           kpm

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3/4/2015

To state the obvious. Sea levels north of New York City rose by 128mm in two years, according to a report in the journal, Nature Communications.....more

Drink up, coffee lovers: More and more research is emerging to suggest that there may be several health benefits associated with drinking coffee.

We have been using the Slow Cooker a bunch this season since the fall chill started last year. I have had some very good Pot roasts, including another one yesterday. Take advantage of a few very good recipe's listed here before your Crock Pot gets put away for the season.

They walk like Ducks

3/3/2015

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be addressing Congress today. Netanyahu is here to express Israel’s concerns about the threat of Iran’s nuclear program and the threat that it poses to Israel. The Prime Minister plans to deliver one of the most controversial speeches to a joint session of Congress by a foreign leader ever. Netanyahu comes to Washington to talk about stopping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

There is no doubt about Iran's intent with nuclear weapons. Israel has long been the target of Iranian threats and violence. But Iran has also been making promises in the past to mobilize Islamic forces against the US, the UK and other American allies as well. Attacks directed and supported by Iran have killed an estimated 1,100 American troops in Iraq in recent years. This after the same Iran that last week on February 25th performed a Naval Drill to blow up a mock U.S. aircraft carrier near the entrance of the Persian Gulf. It was a full-size replica of the USS Nimitz. Iranian Rear Adm. Ali Fadavi, commander of the Iranian naval forces said, let it be known that “We have the most advanced sea mines which cannot be imagined by the Americans.” Iran is one of the world's leading state sponsors of terrorism through its financial and operational support for groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and others.

Israel has repeatedly warned the West against making concessions to Iran over its nuclear program and opposes a role for Iran in the international effort to defeat Islamic State. The negotiations between the US and Iran on Nuclear Weapons-Power have been ongoing and the next deadline for a deal is March 24th. Any deal with Iran will be a bad deal for Israel which has been in the crosshairs of the Iranians since they came to power in 1979.

For six years, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been on a collision course over how to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions. Now we have Bi-partisan politics at play. Vice President Biden, members of the Congressional Black Caucus and dozens of Democrats won’t be attending the address because of a planed boycott. The reason, Netanyahu’s planed speech was made without consulting the White House. Netanyahu accepted (R) Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to address a Joint Session of Congress. The leader of our greatest ally nation in the Middle East will also not be meeting with President Obama at the White House during the visit.

I for one realize that there are threats to world peace happening on a daily basis and the best we can except from our elected politicians is a Boycott?

Monday's Motivation

3/2/2015

The Big Freeze: February 2015 Winter Chill by the Numbers

DNA the Language of the Book of Life?

How people came to believe the myth that nutritional supplements could make them into better, healthier versions of themselves

With spring in the future, 40 of the world’s weirdest flowers

Now off to work