Guam has a Tsunami (tidal wave) warning for today, Feb. 28, 2010. The local newspaper GuamPDN.Com says:
"The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center estimates that if a tsunami is generated, the arrival time for Guam would be 1:11 p.m. today."
Advice is to stay away from shores. Experts predict an additional two to four feet (one meter) increased ocean height.
This is due to yesterday's earthquake in Chile, South America.
GardenGuides.Com has an extensive collection of Gardening Tutorials.
http://www.gardenguides.com/container-gardens/
This page links to a section on Container Gardens. Other sections include Pests and Diseases, Gardening Phases, and Garden Design.
For two nights this past week I joined a class for the second exam in Ham Radio (Amateur Radio).
This second exam, for the "General" license, seems to be about ten times more difficult than the first exam for the "Technician" license.
The General license is needed to utilizer the longer wavelength bands. A radio signal with a longer wave (greater meters, and less megahertz) will travel farther than a shorter wave. Here in Guam, these longer waves are needed to reach other users.
... To Paraphrase two old expressions of philosophy on Love and Hate:
The movie Avatar continues to break cinema-going records as it proves to be the equal of the former fantasy blockbusters Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. As one of the many millions of viewers, in my mind Avatar gets an "A" grade for original biology and graphics. But only a "C" grade for logical plot and anticipated changes in weapons technology over the next 150 years.
Continue reading "Avatar Movie gets A on Graphics and Rainforest Biology" »
Learned about a radio station on Live365.Com that plays Spanish-language hits: LatinExitos Radio. http://www.live365.com/stations/diazvic
Typhoon Melor expected to pass by Guam October 3, 2009 north of Saipan.
As of 10.01.2009 (Thursday), Tropical Storm 18W had fizzled west of Guam.
The next tropical storm in the Western Pacific is expected to hit Guam about Tuesday evening (09.29.2009).
It is called "Tropical Storm 2009 18W", and is expected to increase to a typhoon when it is past Guam, and on its way to the Philipines and Asia.
> http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/tracker/dynamic/200918W.html
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center of the Navy and NOAA predicts at that time, which may cancel a major air show of jets and other flying aircraft scheduled for Wednesday (09.30.2009).
Every wonder if the content of a movie is suitable for tastes that are too tame for modern Hollywood standards? Like your parents, kids, or devote friends from work?
Today I hit upon a series of websites that rate films according to family values. I was wondering if the new film "Surrogates with Bruce Willis" is too scary to see.
The industry-supported website "GrowingProduce.Com" has web videos, like YouTube.Com, on vegetable crop production.
I have just been watching one of a series on the IPM topic of "Treatment Window" taught by Dr Brian Flood, an entomologist with Del Monte Foods.
An article in MartenLaw.Com by Brandt-Erichsen and Kray (09.15.2009) is titled "EPA to Set Water Quality Criteria For Phosphorus and Nitrogen in Florida Waters, Paving the Way for Other States to Follow".
The article starts with "EPA, in a potentially precedent setting consent decree, has agreed to set numeric water quality criteria for nitrogen and phosphorus in Florida's waters."
Continue reading "EPA Nitrogen Phosphorus Water Criteria Florida" »
Like many other users of the Windows Vista Operating System, my PC has been suffering from an MTP Device Error. A warning message occurs each time the computer is rebooted, saying it is time to download a driver for the MTP Device.
Here are potential solutions:
Tom de Neef and Emile Gevers traveled an extremely arduous overland journey in four Central Asian countries in 2004.
Read their daily log here, as long as it is hosted:
http://home.zonnet.nl/tomdeneef/central_asia/en/index.htm
The media portrays the ARM computer processor as having longer battery life than conventional netbook computers with the Intel Atom CPU.
An article in InformationWeek (June 8, 2009, page 28) by W. David Gardner discusses the possibility of a netbook computer for Google's Android operating system that might be built using this ARM chip.
Continue reading "Long Battery Life Netbooks Using ARM Processors" »
Today a search on Google.Com revealed a brand of computers that come pre-installed with the latest Ubuntu Linux software: System76.
Science teacher and related duties based in Guam, the western Pacific Islands.
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