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    August 21 2017 Eclipse in Ottawa

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    August 21, 2017
    August 21, 2017. This is the eclipse at the peak, 2:30, outside M-50 at NRC. No filter. You don't see the eclipse directly, but if you look closely you can see it captured in the lens flare (at the 10 O'Clock position on the Sun).
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    Goldenrod

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    August 20, 2017
    August 20, 2017. We have a bumper crop of goldenrod around the house, which would be great if it weren't thought of by most people as a weed. Me, though, I like it.
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    Goldenrod

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    August 20, 2017
    August 20, 2017. We have a bumper crop of goldenrod around the house, which would be great if it weren't thought of by most people as a weed. Me, though, I like it.
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    The Clouds

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    August 18, 2017
    August 18, 2017. I celebrated today's photo of the day by reading Aristophanes. It's interesting that his work bears so much relation between today's debate between Just Discourse and Unjust Discourse. "We always act thus, when we see a man conceive a ...
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    Old Susan

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    August 17, 2017
    August 17, 2017. More work on the MOOC Aggregator today, and it's looking pretty good. This is an old brown-eyed susan in the back yard, so old it has red petals.
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    Sparrow and Grasshopper

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    August 17, 2017
    August 16, 2017. Polishing up the MOOC aggregator. It's looking pretty good now. This is a sparrow eating a grasshopper on our deck (which, yes, needs refinishing). It was interesting watching them - they would hover over the grass and pluck them out o...
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    Sparrow and Grasshopper

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    August 17, 2017
    August 16, 2017. Polishing up the MOOC aggregator. It's looking pretty good now. This is a sparrow eating a grasshopper on our deck (which, yes, needs refinishing). It was interesting watching them - they would hover over the grass and pluck them out o...
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    Industrial

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    August 16, 2017
    August 15, 2017. Just a view outside the car window on the way home from the office. Got the aggregator working (mostly) today.
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    Geraniums

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    August 14, 2017
    August 14, 2017. Back in the office. Progressed rapdly on the new mooc.ca website. Also gave the car its B12 servicing (at least, that's what the dealership calls it). This is the geranium in the front garden.
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    2017-08-13-0837

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    August 14, 2017
    August 13, 2017. Quet day today; was planning to cycle but I've pulled a muscle behind my knee. Worked on setting up my new laptop instead. This is a Flat-topped White Aster (Doellingeria umbellata) (formerly Aster umbellatus) in the back yard.
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    Geraniums

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    August 14, 2017
    August 14, 2017. Back in the office. Progressed rapdly on the new mooc.ca website. Also gave the car its B12 servicing (at least, that's what the dealership calls it). This is the geranium in the front garden.
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    2017-08-13-0837

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    August 14, 2017
    August 13, 2017. Quet day today; was planning to cycle but I've pulled a muscle behind my knee. Worked on setting up my new laptop instead. This is a Flat-topped White Aster (Doellingeria umbellata) (formerly Aster umbellatus) in the back yard.
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    Duck

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    August 13, 2017
    August 12, 2017. We took a day trip to Brockville to see the giant rubber duck and the festival and the rest, but it was the real ducks that put on the show, including this one. But Brockville put on a great festival with ribs, the opening of an old tr...
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    M-55

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    August 12, 2017
    August 10, 2017. This is the view of M-55 from my office. This was the home of CISTI, NRC's research library, and now houses a bunch of different functions. I like it because of tghe tree in front, not looking great but hanging in there. Eventually the...
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    M-55

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    August 12, 2017
    August 10, 2017. This is the view of M-55 from my office. This was the home of CISTI, NRC's research library, and now houses a bunch of different functions. I like it because of tghe tree in front, not looking great but hanging in there. Eventually the...
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    Ducks

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    August 10, 2017
    August 9, 2017. 20x50 Day 19. Cycled the western portion of the Russell Trail in an after-work special. It's all gravel so it's tough cycling, but it's also beautiful.
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    Earth is Small and So Are You

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    August 10, 2017
    August 9, 2017. 20x50 Day 50. I finished my 1000 km cycling project today with a final 52 km along the central part of the Russell Trail. It was another twilight run. This is an old railway bridge at the /4 (and 3/4) mark of the ride.
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    Earth is Small and So Are You

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    August 10, 2017
    August 9, 2017. 20x50 Day 50. I finished my 1000 km cycling project today with a final 52 km along the central part of the Russell Trail. It was another twilight run. This is an old railway bridge at the /4 (and 3/4) mark of the ride.
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    Ducks

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    August 10, 2017
    August 9, 2017. 20x50 Day 19. Cycled the western portion of the Russell Trail in an after-work special. It's all gravel so it's tough cycling, but it's also beautiful.
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    Lexi in the Sink

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    August 8, 2017
    August 7, 2017. Work up early and drove into work only to discover it was a holiday. Drove home and went back to bed. Coded in the afternoon; I was primed to work, so I worked.
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    Casselman

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    August 8, 2017
    August 6, 2017. Most of the brush on the other side of the tracks has been cleared, offering view of Casselman (and the trestle) from this side of the river. Cold, windy, and so I took a break from biking.
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    Dunvegan

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    August 6, 2017
    August 5, 2017. 20x50 Day 18 53 km to Dunvegan and back. I took a full set of photos of the historical buildings in Dunvegan. I also found a Blackberry on the road (as of the next day, returned to owner). Miserable wind against me the whole way back.
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    RedBlacks

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    August 6, 2017
    August 4, 2017. 20x50 Day 17 50 km to Avonmore and back. I kept the ride quick and short today to make time for the football game this evening. Yes, the home team lost, but it was a good game and thoroughly enjoyable.
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    Morewood

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    August 3, 2017
    August 3, 2017. 20x50 Day 16. This statue of a veteran overlooks the central square of Morewood, a tiny village about 30 kilometers away from Casselman. It's the first time I've ever been there.
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    White Sweet Clover

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    August 3, 2017
    August 2, 2017. I took a day off cycling today, set myself up on the deck out back, listened to the ball game and read philosophy. This is white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) growing at the edge of the deck.
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    Smoke on the Horizon

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    August 1, 2017
    August 1, 2017. 20x50 Day 15. It was interesting because I saw the smoke start as I was taking a break in Avonmore, the half way point of today's 50km ride. This is what it looked like a bit later on the ride back. I wasn't too worried because the smok...
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    Maxville

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    July 31, 2017
    July 31, 2017. 20x50 Day 14. 54.40 kilometers today to Maxville and back. This is the bicycle leaning against a rustic wood fence by an apple tree in the village.
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    Warwick Forest

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    July 31, 2017
    July 30, 2017. 20x50 Day 13. This is an conservation area about 15 km south of Casselman. I visited on my way back from a ride out to Moose Creek and back. Good ride today, sweltering conditions, and the greatest 9th inning comeback in Blue Jays histor...
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    Pendleton

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    July 29, 2017
    July 29, 2017. 20x50 Day 12. This is the South Nation River near the tiny hamlet of Pendleton, just south of Pendleton Airport, which was my destination for the day. It was a beautiful day for cycling and a bad day for technololy, as MLB's dysfunctiona...
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