Posts Tagged "leaves"

Caution needed when viewing annular eclipse

It’s never a good idea to look directly at the sun, and today’s annular eclipse is no exception. You can cause real and permanent damage to your eyes without the proper protection. That doesn’t mean regular sunglasses, either. You need dark-filtered glasses such as no. 14 welder’s goggles or a specially filtered camera or telescope. The safest way to "watch"…read more →

Sage ACT 2012 – A First Review

Sage ACT 2012 Software – a First Review There are few things that can be relied on with any degree of certainty in this world, but the month of September is when you will notice the days getting shorter, the leaves starting to turn golden and fall from the trees, and Sage will release a new version of ACT software….read more →

Storm makes Central Park a mess before NY Marathon

(10-31) 19:23 PDT new York (AP) – Workers cleaning up after a freak snowstorm raced Monday to clear fallen branches and splintered trees from paths and roads in Central Park in time for this weekend’s new York City Marathon, which winds through the park. The National Weather Service said about 3 inches of snow fell on the park, but it…read more →

The State Flower of Texas – The Bluebonnet

Texas is an epic land that’s known as The Lone Star State. It’s a place that’s filled with tall tales and people who pride themselves in where they’re from. What the cowboys and ranchers didn’t manage to accomplish, the oilmen certainly did. all of them worked together to build a powerful economy that now holds three major metropolitan cities. Texas…read more →

The Day Orlando Zapata Died « Iván's File Cabinet

An event of such magnitude always leaves its mark. The death of Orlanado Zapata Tamayo, at the age of 42, is indelibly engraved on my memory. In the afternoon of 23 February 2010 I was at the home of the independent lawyer and journalist Laritza Diversent, reviewing some legal cases which might be of journalistic interest. I already knew about…read more →