Category: Countries
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Cetacea Incognita
We were approaching the area where the North Atlantic ocean floor rises up to meet the continental shelf, just South of the Grand Banks, which are even shallower. The geography of the sea floor and the meeting of the Labrador Current and the remnants of the Gulf Stream create an upwelling of nutrient rich waters…
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The Old Tent
Please see the PDF document at: http://www.hackneys.com/docs/the-old-tent.pdf
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The Seekers
December 25, 2004 It took some time to get our tree this year. We had a couple of abortive attempts, but one or the other of us was just not in the mood. Finally, a few weeks ago, we made the trek down to Home Depot and almost immediately found a beautiful Noble Fir. While…
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One Out, One In
5 October, 2004 I was watching the GPS count down the kilometers. We were riding down a dirt road on the outskirts of Beijing. It was a rough track, full of potholes, but lined with twin columns of trees, like most of the roads in China. The GPS said we were only about five…
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Fire in the Hole!
3 October 2004 “Fire in the Hole!” I screamed it before I consciously thought about it. To my right, Dennis, who tells horrific, blood curdling tales of blasting deep in the mines of Colorado, reacted as if he’d kissed the bare leads of a 240 volt extension cord. His head swiveled towards the flames, and…
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The Death of Development
7 September 2004 Japan is dying. Japan, a nation that has existed for thousands of years, a nation that has the world’s most developed infrastructure, a nation that has the world’s most rigorous academic system, a nation with the world’s second largest economy, a nation with the world’s fourth largest military spending, a…
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Today’s News
June 23, 2004 I just read the newspaper for the first time in over six weeks. That may not seem like too big of a deal, but I’ve been reading the paper every day there wasone available since I started my first paper route when I was 10. That’s 37 years of reading atleast one…
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America Knows No Tribe
June 22, 2004 America knows no tribe. This fact was first brought to light for me by a Sikkimese businessman during a three hourinterview I conducted with him on our trip to South Asia earlier this year. We had a wide ranging discussion of South Asian politics, cultural dynamics and geopolitics.Having spent…
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The Footsteps of History
June 5, 2004 Hello to all, This morning I awoke to the soft pastel light of sunrise illuminating the two story high stone wall ofour bedroom. The light was filtered through the intricately carved stone latticework of the upperrow of windows on the courtyard side of our expansive room. The marble floors glowed softly asthe…