Oceans of Opportunity

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Born to Run | a review

Christopher McDougall’s ‘Born to Run’ takes us back to our roots, where we may have in fact been born to run – out of necessity. McDougall takes us on a journey alongside the Tarahumara, a community living the Mexican mountainside that has very much remained off the grid and lives what we would consider a primitive…

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cheap ideas and the soloist’s dilemma

Five thousand four hundred and thirty is the number of files I came to discover today while backing up my computer. This is not the mish mash from days past – old projects, images, archived information – these are the current workings in my personal day to day system. My intent today was to do a…

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Plastic bags and reinventing the American dream

Among my most favorite reasons for travelling, particularly outside the US, is taking a deeper look into how things work. Earlier this week, I took a stroll to a local market while in the South of France to pick up some groceries for dinner. With pictures being worth more than a thousand words, and being…

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BP GOM oil crisis | it ain’t over yet

Funny, the Gulf oil crisis nearly slipped out of my mind with it not being front and center in the media since the well was capped in mid-July. I suppose this is a true testament to the power of the media, and likely part of some greater plan to make the entire situation evaporate in…

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safety & impeding progress

Safety first! We’ve all seen the signs, been to the meetings, and read the manuals – but reality has a way of being blindsided by the same forces that impose the regulations to begin with. Money.  CNN recently interviewed a group of former BP Deepwater Horizon workers who survived the catastrophic explosion back in April.…

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no match for Mother Nature

This weekend, I spent my would-be leisurely weekend off responding to a vessel emergency off of Brenton Reef in Newport, RI where a vessel was abandoned before smashing up onto the shallow rocks that make up the reef. Fortunately there were no injuries, however partaking in the salvage of the vessel, I was once again cleary reminded…

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Celebrate Something Blue this Earth Day

Our oceans’ importance are beyond describable. This Earth Day, remember that water is at the fundamental core of our existence, and without it, life ceases to exist. I’m not sure we can say quite the same about dirt. So today’s post is a short but critical one…remember to think green, but don’t forget BLUE!ShareThisvar shared_object…

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So, What do you do?

Just a few short pages into Timothy Ferriss’ ‘The 4-Hour Workweek’, that ever so familiar question was right there in front of me…in black and white… “So, what do you do?” It’s a daunting question these days, and the answers that you find today are so very different than what one would have found ten,…

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Haiti | a people in peril

Devastating news this week with a major earthquake literally destroying the island nation of Haiti. Words cannot describe the challenges that are being faced today, let alone what will lie ahead in rebuilding this country. With the death toll likely over 100,000, there is urgent need to support this country’s people. To learn about how…

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when the blue is blacker than black

With 2010 kicking into high gear, despite the frigid New England weather we’ve had the past few weeks, it’s back to business as usual for many marine contractors. Just this past week I started a major rehab project of a submerged railway system used for launching and hauling large ferries and other transport vessels. This…

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