“The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead”: RIP Edmund Fitzgerald
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By , on November 10th, 2011 2 comments   Music, Social Sciences   , , ,  

I am reminded today on gCaptain that today is the anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The above excellent song is a story about the event by folk legend Gordon Lightfoot, who recollected that he felt this was his greatest contribution to music. Indeed, the public agreed with him and, despite the . . . → Read More: “The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead”: RIP Edmund Fitzgerald

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Scaring the $#!& Out of Lampreys
Scaring the $#!& Out of Lampreys avatar

By , on August 14th, 2011 6 comments   Industry & Government, Opinion & Editorial   , , ,  

Sea lampreys are invasive in the Great Lakes and cause quite a problem to both maritime industry and the local ecology. They are considered one of the most destructive invaders and scientists at the University of Michigan have been hard at work developing a lamprey repellent. I’d say from the response in these videos that . . . → Read More: Scaring the $#!& Out of Lampreys

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