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Tuesday, March 17
7 p.m.
"Hope, Hype and Communicating Climate Change" The Asheville SCONCs welcome nationally prominent science writer Rick Borchelt to speak on making climate change information intelligible to the lay public. This is the first in a series of three public education…
One of the Vancouver Aquarium's resident belugas, Qila, gave birth to a healthy calf back in June. Now four months old, the calf is beginning to play with her trainers and especially enjoys tongue rubs, which the aquarium staff say is kind of like a massage... for your tongue...
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I've managed to fill up the next three months--and especially April--with a number of speaking engagements, including my first real swing through the Midwest, with talks at Bowling Green (April 5), Michigan State (April 6), and Kalamazoo College (April 7). Meanwhile, there are also some really fun…
14 months of no teaching gigs and several bad professional disappointments have brought me down a bit. So I checked my calendar for things to look forward to in the coming months.
April. War games exhibition at the Army Museum. Katana sword exhibition at the Royal Armoury. Fieldwork at a promising…
I'm afraid that I am completely not ready. I'm failing entirely in the preparedness department.
I suggest that you start yoga or something right now.
Yes, it's all New-Agey and stuff, but the does not negate the need for people around the world to have access to clean potable water. Up here on the shores of Lake Superior, we've been feeling the pressure for years. We've had proposals for a pipeline to send our water to the southwestern US for years. And once upon a time, some great thinker proposed selling Lake Superior water to Saudi Arabia. I am hoping the the Great Lakes compact signed with Canada will prevent the madness.
We attended the one last year on the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis. It was a bit new agey, but also some fun. I wished they had had more dancers. The event did make me appreciate the river more, and it was cool to realize this was happening around the world.
Song says: "This water is God's great love"?
Water is certainly a common grace and demonstrates God's love, true. However, many would argue the gift of grace giving eternal redemption is greater.
Are those dances worshiping God's love?
Yeah, that part sucks. The organization that runs this is not a religious organization, however.