Alaskan/Benjamin Orr Trivia: Benjamin Orr died of pancreatic cancer in 2000. His final public appearance was on August 28, 2000, in a Big People concert in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Inspiring
Happy Birthday: Benjamin Orr
Richard Trumka At The Anchorage Sheraton
If Labor Day isn’t a fitting holiday to post this video, I’m not sure what would be: I captured this video on August 26, 2010. I apologize for the raw quality, but I haven’t had the time to edit it. Happy Labor Day.
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Watching The Earth Go Rolling By
This is a collection of time-lapse videos of the Earth from the ISS.
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I Have A Dream
47 years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Monument. This was a part of the The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom political rally.
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Weren’t Looking Up Last Week?
Here’s what you missed: Joshua Tree Under the Milky Way from Henry Jun Wah Lee on Vimeo. The geography of Joshua Tree combined with the Perseids is absolute magic.
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Garbage = Oil
Apparently, a man has invented a portable machine that turns plastic garbage into burnable oil. If this works as it seems, this could be huge! And if we still feel that we need to collect our oil from the ocean, with this technology we can start with The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. //I realize...
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Steve Irwin Posthumously Banned From IWC Meeting
Steve Irwin has made the list of names of people unwelcome to attend the International Whaling Commission meetings, being held this year in Morocco. Apparently, the Japanese submit a list of people who are unwanted to be in attendance at these meetings; due to the fact that the Japanese illegally hunt and profit by...
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Starry Night (About As Starry As It Gets)
Accomplished astrophotographer Stéphane Guisard has just published a new photo. (click image to biggify) Read Phil Plait’s explanation of the image and check out Stéphane Guisard’s other images as well.
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