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The Sea Should Not Be Taken Lightly.

Tags: heavy seas, rogue waves, ships, video

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Hard-A-Port!

Some times you have to change direction fast.
Some times it works.



And some times it doesn't.
Watch and enjoy.

Via Craig.

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Let Them Eat Dirt!

With the mad rush towards Bio-Fuels the poor of the world are
suffering.

Poor Haitians Resort to Eating Dirt

By JONATHAN M. KATZ – 23 hours ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It was lunchtime in
one of Haiti's worst slums, and Charlene Dumas
was eating mud. With food prices rising, Haiti's
poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice,
and some take desperate measures to fill their
bellies. Charlene, 16 with a 1-month-old son,
has come to rely on a traditional Haitian remedy
for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow
dirt from the country's central plateau.

The mud has long been prized by pregnant women
and children here as an antacid and source of
calcium. But in places like Cite Soleil, the
oceanside slum where Charlene shares a two-room
house with her baby, five siblings and two
unemployed parents, cookies made of dirt, salt
and vegetable shortening have become a regular
meal.

"When my mother does not cook anything, I have
to eat them three times a day," Charlene said.
Her baby, named Woodson, lay still across her lap,
looking even thinner than the slim 6 pounds 3
ounces he weighed at birth.

Though she likes their buttery, salty taste,
Charlene said the cookies also give her stomach
pains. "When I nurse, the baby sometimes seems
colicky too," she said.

Food prices around the world have spiked because
of higher oil prices, needed for fertilizer,
irrigation and transportation. Prices for basic
ingredients such as corn and wheat are also up
sharply, and the increasing global demand for
biofuels is pressuring food markets as well.
Read more.



Let them eat dirt?
The price of food commodities are rising every
where. Have you noticed the cost of a box of cereal or a
loaf of bread? This is not due solely to the price of petroleum.
Exacerbating the situation is the amount of land taken out
of food production for bio-fuel crops.

Mr. President can you stop this madness! Are you dumb,
naive or in the pocket of ADM? You must know that
energy independence is a myth.

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If Breaking Bad Doesn't Inspire You To Be A Chemist, Then Maybe This Video Will.

K[ClO3] + Gummy Bear = Wow!
Kids, I'm kidding about Breaking Bad. Stay away from
C₁₀H₁₅N , it will destroy your life and ruin your teeth.

Tags: gummy bear chemistry, video

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Astronomical Objects.

I wonder if Dr. Smith, Will Robinson and the Robot ever made it to
Andromeda? Of course I'm kidding, do you look at the sky at night
and become filled with wonder? (click on the photo to enlarge)



Cause I'm crazy 'bout a Mercury.
One week ago, the MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first
high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years.
(click on the photo to enlarge)

Tags: astronomy, andromeda, mercury, messenger

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Windsurf Sunday.

Here is the video that I promised. I'm sorry I didn't add any cool music or
edit it. I'm tired dog, I work at a startup!

FotoHorse

Tags: windsurfing, windsurfing video

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Fish On Fridays.

Todays fish is the Snapper.

Joe you already posted this picture. Can't you show something new?
But it's such a nice fish. Ok, here another one for you.

Are you happy now?

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Hey Garrett, Were You Smoking Crack?

Garrett McNamara carves a glacial
wave in the cold waters of Alaska.

Watch Garrett surf a wave that was created
from ice that fell off of Child's Glacier
into the Copper River.

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What Are You Doing On Those Cold And Rainy Days?

Indoor surfing anyone?

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Duck Dodgers In The 21st Century!

Sir Richard is out to conquer space and he wants you to buy a ticket!

PRESS RELEASE
Virgin Galactic herald's 'The Year of the Spaceship with the unveiling of
the designs of SpaceShipTwo and White Knight Two.

Virgin Galactic today unveiled the design of its new, environmentally benign,
space launch system based on the X Prize winning technology of
SpaceShipOne, which successfully flew into space for the third time in
October 2004 and won the $10m Ansari X Prize. The construction of the
White Knight Two (WK2) mothership, or carrier aircraft, is now very close to
completion at Scaled Composites in Mojave, CA and is expected to begin flight
testing in the summer of 2008. It is the world's largest, all carbon composite
aircraft; it has a unique high altitude lift capacity, capable of launching
SpaceShipTwo and its eight astronauts into sub-orbital space flight.
Read on.

SpaceShipTwo being carried up to a high altitude by WhiteKinightTwo.
Look Tilly, even Sir Richard likes multi-hulls (fuselages)!



SpaceShipTwo in sub-orbit.
"Oh stewardess, can I get a Vodka Tonic?"

Links: Virgin Galactic | SpaceRef.com

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TROPHÉE JULES VERNE : Yves Parlier rejoint l’équipage de Franck Cammas en remplacement de Marcel Van Triest.

After the victorious arrival of Francis Joyon in Brest, the
crew of Groupama 3 announced that they are going for the
gold, Trophée Jules Verne. If everything goes as planned
they could leave their home port of Lorient on Wednesday
January 23rd. Read more here.

Scuttlebutt via SeaSailSurf.

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Canoe Sailing Magazine Is Live.

Now that's what I'm talking about!
Click the banner to take a look.

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And God Said, "Let There Be Wind!"

And then there was wind.
Wouldn't you know it that I would try to go sailing on Saturday when there
was no wind and paddling on Sunday when there was too much wind.
(Bunty, too much for paddling not sailing.)



So I left my surfski on top of my car and grabbed my camera.
No doubt about it, I need to get a Nikon so I can capture the action
better.



I'll post a video in a day or two.

FotoHorse

Tags: windsurfing, san francisco windsurfing

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Slow Boat To China.

You might think there was wind on Saturday by looking at
the photo, think again and watch the video below.



Can you say painful?

FotoHorse

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I Know It's Not Friday, But Here Are Some Groovy Fish For A Non-Wind Saturday.

Feed the fishys by  clicking and dropping some food.
Turn them into "Fishes Gone Wild" by clicking a lot.

Rustled from Guy&singquot;s Fly Fishing In Yellowstone. He caught
the critters over at Lake Abowman.

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Oh Yeah Bunty, Here's A Fish.

Tengo gusto!

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Fish On Fridays.

What would you rather look at Charles, a picture of your
Grand-père or Isabeli Fontana?

P.S. Bunty, I know what you are thinking.

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Long Board Lust.

This is going to be the year of the long board for el caballo.
Kona board baby, Kona board.

The cool thing about the Kona is that it can be used
as a Stand Up Paddle board for those non-wind days.
I need to start saving my centavos.

Via James.

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Wave Of the Day.

Welcome to the Green Room.

Via .sNIPEOUT

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See You Later Alligator.

In a while crocodile.
Glug, glug, glug. Down she goes.
THE Greek-flag, 6,395 gt general cargo ship Ice Prince, that was abandoned
by its crew yesterday, sank early this morning in very rough weather about
26 miles south south east of the Portland Bill, England.

Via mgn.com. Photos from Corriere della Sera.

Tags: mishaps at sea, maritime mishaps, ship sinks

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