~Post by Jenn S.
We’ve arrived at that point in the year when everyone suddenly realizes that summer is half over and they have nothing to show for it. No one is not surprised by the fact that we are at the midpoint of July and soon enough August will be upon us. In Austin, Texas, that means that we’re mentally gearing up to sweat like we’ve never sweat before.
Tito and I went north again last night - in hopes of aurora hunting after sunspot AR 1520 delivered a massive X-class flare directly to earth.
We're getting quite adept at finding these things ;) We got our best shots not 1.5 hours from downtown Toronto - just outside of Barrie, south of Mt. St. Louis Moonstone.
We cursed every time a car or truck passed us on the highway, but to our delight when processing these turned out to be the best shots!
The Lick Observatory is a working astronomical research institute (optical, so big telescopes!) administered by University of California.
Every time I travel, which has only been domestically, I try to visit a local art museum, gallery or exhibit. Viewing art, not just photography, is one of my favorite pastimes. Luckily I have people in my life that share my love of art as well. I'd like to take this opportunity to share my favorites with you all. (Disclaimer: I haven't been to New York, therefore the Met isn't on my list yet)
(CAN-AL BEEG-LAY)
At the very end of South America, the sun rises doesn't rise until after nine o clock which means early morning light, not early in the morning. For the early rising challenged like myself, it was wonderful to walk from our room in a cozy bed and breakfast up the hill and down into the city soaking in the morning.
Dear Richard -
Your last post made me reflect on how I am presently living my life Richard. With all that is going on globally right now in every single facet of life attention often goes to worrying about what the next change will be and how we will adapt, cope, or be effected.
Meanwhile, the moments of our lives are going by at a rather rapid rate unless we consciously slow them down a bit.
How have I missed On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea's postings "Sunday Trees" until now? Trees have so much of life and wisdom to share with us. A professor at the University of British Columbia has been doing studies that show how trees communicate with one another. Have you ever spotted a tree, and though "oh this one is a Guardian"?
© July 2012
My name is Abel Covarrubias and my pen name is Hevel Cava. I am a Linguistic Scientist working on in the Information Technology field as well as in Education and in Humanities.
Besides of being a linguistic scientist, I'm also a biblical scholar, an artist, a poet, a philosopher, an economist, a sociologist, a theologian, a professional photographer, a foreign trade broker, a storyteller and an author. Just a man enjoying of the invisible meaning of the visible structures which were made by this awesome universe. As a thinker provides thought-provoking commentary and as an artist loves beauty to the core. Mexican national by birth though Cosmopolitan citizen by vocation and of heart.
Some of my passions are books, computers, technologies, economics, finance, law, philosophy, theology, math, trade, globalization, culture, folklore, art, science, writing, poetry, linguistics, cosmology, astronomy, history, physics, drawing, travel, and so forth and so on.
Here there are some important ideas and insights that help us to avoid deception in the art of reasoning as well as in everyday life matters. The following are suggested as tools for testing arguments and detecting fallacious or fraudulent arguments:
Wherever possible there must be independent confirmation of the facts.
Encourage substantive debate on the evidence by knowledgeable proponents of all points of view.
Arguments from authority carry little weight (in science there are no "authorities").
Spin more than one hypothesis - don't simply run with the first idea that caught your fancy.
Try not to get overly attached to a hypothesis just because it's yours.
Quantify, wherever possible.
If there is a chain of argument every link in the chain must work.
Occam's razor - if there are two hypotheses that explain the data equally well choose the simpler.
Ask whether the hypothesis can, at least in principle, be falsified (shown to be false by some unambiguous test). In other words, it is testable? Can others duplicate the experiment and get the same result?
Feel free to contact me about any subject or matter; just, drop me a mail and I will get back to you as quickly as possible.
Here there are some special links:
Because life is just a bowl of cherries.
Besser mal was lesen. Was Besseres lesen. Die besseren Menschen lesen.
All my amazing reads - and some of the not so amazing
I love sharing my stories but I wish they wouldn't keep me awake at night
Bücher sind eine Brücke in eine andere Welt
Simplicity is Perfection
All I need in life is a good book and a warm cup of tea
Hopes are up, guards are down
Photographers, illustrators, graffiti, designers, artists...Фотографов, иллюстраторов, граффити, дизайнеров, художников ...摄影师，插画，涂鸦，设计师，艺术家...フォトグラファー、イラストレーター、落書き、デザイナー、芸術家...
on women in black and white fine art photography
Alexandra Evang
Inspirations et autres délices graphiques
Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Award Nominated English Historical Romance Author
Breaking news and updates from Time.com. News pictures, video, Twitter trends.
Alpine Archäologie @ Abteilung für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Universität Zürich
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