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The Sea Around Us

Although BP has said that all is going as planned with operation “Top Kill,” nothing will be conclusively known about its success until sometime Sunday.    While most articles about this environmental catastrophe refer to this as a spill, that word … Continue reading

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Prophets of the Airwaves, Mad and Otherwise

In the 1976 movie Network, evening news anchor Howard Beale,  portrayed by Peter Finch, has a psychotic breakdown and declares that  he will blow his brains out on the air next Tuesday.  Beale had earlier been informed that because of … Continue reading

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Words of Love

Does this work for you: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou are more lovely and more temperate Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date: How about … Continue reading

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