For several years a legend has sauntered around the rugged country of the Greensprings in southern Oregon . Like all good legends, it grows as it sloshes through creeks and rivers, traipses into canyons and wanders deep into the shadows of old growth forests. Eventually the legend clambers up a steep ridge to the towering height of a mountain peak. If the legend survives the climb, it finds a mythic place in the landscape and in the hearts of people who call the Greensprings their home. Read more »
Retreating Glaciers Spur Alaskan Earthquakes by Gretchen Cook-Anderson and Krishna Ramanujan
Posted by king on March 1st, 2010
In a new study, NASA and United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientists found that retreating glaciers in southern Alaska may be opening the way for future earthquakes. The study examined the likelihood of increased earthquake activity in southern Alaska as a result of rapidly melting glaciers. As glaciers melt they lighten the load on the Earth’s crust. Tectonic plates, that are mobile pieces of the Earth’s crust, can then move more freely. The study appears in the July issue of the Journal of Global and Planetary Change. Read more »
When A Man Loves A Woman (And Moves For Her)
Posted by may on March 1st, 2010
My wife Stacey and I had been married for exactly two months when she got an offer that would change our lives.
At the time, we were like any newlyweds, trying to settle into our new lives together as husband and wife. We’d dated for over five years before tying the knot, and for the first few weeks in the wake of our wedding we were asked by practically everyone we knew if it felt any different to be married. We quickly grew accustomed to answering that, no, not much had changed between us. Read more »
Compensating for Your Entrepreneurial Style-or Lack of Style by Glenn Beach
Posted by joe on March 1st, 2010
I recently took an entrepreneurial quiz which evaluated my answers and informed me I would do best as a hired hand! So why am I a successful home business owner? Because I’ve learned to fill the holes in my entrepreneurial style, and compensate for my deficiencies. Let’s start with a list of qualities that might benefit someone working for him/herself: Read more »
Create a good impression in your new job!
Posted by janet on March 1st, 2010
Congratulations! You’ve just been appointed to your new job.
Now the real work begins.It is important from the beginning to convince your new employers that, in selecting you, they have made the right choice.
* Demonstrate that you are highly-motivated and eager to get started. Read more »
