Good evening, 919 Gang. I have never believed in dowsing or
water witching. There is no possible scientific basis, and it can’t possibly
work. And yet …
We’ve had more problems with our well. It was hand-dug, and
it’s only 40 feet deep. Once fairly common, 40-foot wells are now rarer than
flip phones. So, we’ve had a new well dug.
It was a three-day operation, and it began with the well
guy dowsing to find the best spot. At the end of the second day, he reported he
was down 320 feet and the well was producing 5 gallons a minute. That is next
to nothing. Phooey on this dowsing stuff. On the third day, he had reached 331
feet, and the well was producing 40 gallons a minute. Amazing. I had been
hoping for 20. Plus, the underground pressure is strong, pushing the water halfway
up the well. I still don’t believe in dowsing, but I’m not going to argue with
the fellow who had such success on our new well.
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DENNIS CORBRAN writes:
Thanks
for the endorsement of the Safari Park website, Jack. It's a team effort here
at San Diego Zoo Global. Our full web team consists of just three people, a
systems administrator/programmer, a designer, and a site builder/themer, the
latter being my role. We've built, and continue to maintain 15 websites. In
addition to the Zoo, Safari Park, and Institute for Conservation Research,
there are sites for San Diego Zoo Kids (our latest and greatest), Animals &
Plants (a resource for information used largely by students), San Diego Zoo
Global Academy (our professional training service), as well as smaller sites
for exhibit openings, special events, and of course an online version of our
member publication ZOONOOZ. We've built most of these sites with a content
management system that allows content creators to add and update content
without us. Fellow 919er and Tribune colleague Peggy Scott is responsible for
the award-winning Kids site content in addition to her work as associate editor
of ZOONOOZ.
If
you're going to check out just one of these, I'd have to recommend the Kids
site (kids.sandiegozoo.org).
It's gotten rave reviews since its redesigned debut in June. You don't have to
be a kid to enjoy it. Share it with your kids, grandkids, students, or just
enjoy it yourself.
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Jumping head first into a national story: How a small regional newspaper, the Toledo Blade, broke several stories about the suspect in the Charlottesville car attack.
It all started with a sharp-eyed copy editor.
http://tinyurl.com/y9h5mw5l
KEN STONE forwards:
After the U.S. pulled out of the Paris climate accords, I
had the crazy idea of contacting K-UUUUU-SI's retired weatherman John Coleman
for comment. He's a well-known climate-change denier. So I thought he'd be good
for a quote.
Two months after sending a note to Michael Turko, Coleman
calls me. "So I hear you want to talk?"
We set up a phone date the following week. I expected an
hour. It lasted nearly 2.
Yeah, the guy is off his rocker. But he was so damn
quotable, I gave him THREE stories.
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
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