Monthly Archives: April 2013

Favorite Astronomy Posts

For this semester, I continued with my astronomy-themed blog.  Unlike last semester, I tried to get a bit more involvement out of my readers by posting comments to address their questions more thoroughly, directly asking questions at the end of … Continue reading

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What Are We Fighting For?

With all this depressing talk of doom and gloom in my previous posts, here’s something a bit more inspirational for you.  Why do we care what happens to our land?  What’s so important about Pennsylvania? Is it really that necessary … Continue reading

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TED Talks and Essays and Projects, Oh My!

I really don’t think I have much of a choice of what to include in my E-Portfolio.  Some of my papers and projects stand out as rather good and others are, well… terrible.  Really bad.  So here’s what I plan … Continue reading

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Sample

Congrats, you clicked on my WIP post and now you see how I’m gonna link to blogs.  This page has all posts tagged “sample”, which is only this one.  Have a nice life and stuff.

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The Topic I’ve Avoided

“What the Hell is that..?” ‘Twas a few nights ago and I was laying on my bed working on my advocacy project.  I heard feet in the hallway and Allan poked his head in my room.  “Tim, have you looked … Continue reading

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Hydraulic Fracturing Video Outline

For my advocacy project, I’ll be doing a video on hydraulic fracturing.  I’m not planning on being in it or necessarily having anyone at all in it.  Including actual humans makes things somewhat complicated.  I’ll try to include mostly nature … Continue reading

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Mars in the Crosshairs

C/2013 A1.  Like every other new comet or asteroid name, it’s not terribly exciting or different than any other name.  When it was discovered, this shiny new comet didn’t seem too out of the ordinary until scientists calculated out its … Continue reading

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Fracking Project Proposal

Purpose For my project, I intend to make a video showing the effects of hydraulic fracturing and attempting to convince watchers that they should not lease their land to natural gas companies.  I probably will not actually be in the … Continue reading

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Tools of the Trade- How Stargazing Works

Last Friday, I volunteered at an astronomy program at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center.   While there, I had several people try to figure out how to use the telescope.  While amusing to watch, I realized that most people really have … Continue reading

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