Thursday, December 26, 2013

Fond Memories

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Why Global Warming Works

Scientists looking at climate global warming are now stuck in the ice.

"An Antarctic climate research expedition, led by climate researcher Chris Turney of the University of New South Wales, has become trapped in heavy ice near the coast of Antarctica. The captain has issued a distress call and three nearby icebreaker ships are on their way to the rescue. According to Turney's web site, the purpose of the expedition is 'to discover and communicate the environmental changes taking place in the south.'"

My favorite scrabble word

So I was goofing off the other day playing with a
Well doing some quick looking they started somewhat in Africa and were brought to the new world by slaves. The latin american countries picked up on it and and them in 1892 added the "black" keys from the piano turning it into a real instrument.

It also intresting to note composers have started using them in the last twenty or so years in scores.


Sunday, December 22, 2013

Water where?

To me this is really amazing.



The BBC reports that researchers have discovered a huge pool of meltwater beneath Greenland's ice sheet, trapped "in the air space between particles of ice, similar to the way that fruit juice stays liquid in a slush drink." From the article, based on research published in Nature (Paywalled; here's the abstract): "The scientists say the water is prevented from freezing by the large amounts of snow that fall on the surface of the ice sheet late in the summer. This insulates the water from the air temperatures which are below freezing, allowing the water to persist as liquid all year long. Other researchers believe this discovery may help explain disparities between projections of mass loss by climate models and observations from satellites."

Friday, December 6, 2013

Looking for Sound.

If you really want a good s sax then you need to look at the rovner soprano sax ligature at wwbw is a really good device for your jazz band. Or even a small group that plays on a regular basis. This is something to look at. This sax has a nice smooth play and feel. I wonder if you could improve the design of this sax, I am not sure you could. Well I hope you have a really good day.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Back on the moon



"A U.S. spacecraft hasn't made a controlled landing on the moon since Apollo 17 left the lunar surface on Dec. 14, 1972. That's about to change. Moon Express will unveil the MX-1 spacecraft at the Autodesk University show in Las Vegas Thursday evening — a micro-spacecraft that will in 2015 mark the first U.S. 'soft' landing since the days of the Apollo program, FoxNews.com has learned. The craft looks for all the world like a pair of donuts wearing an ice cream cone, and the tiny vehicle clearly isn't big enough for a human being. But it is big enough to scoop up some rocks and dirt, store them in an internal compartment, and return it to Earth. After all, the moondirt Gene Cernan, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin once trod holds a king's ransom of titanium, platinum, and other rare elements.Moon Express plans to mine it."

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Old Fun Stuff

One of the things that I still like to do its collect as many differing kinds of business card printing at printingamerica.com that I can possiblly do. I am not sure why I do like these but I do. My wife had a a business card from 25 years ago with her maiden name on it. My daughter was thrilled to have it.


I hope that you have a most happy day.