April 2015 – the quick Sliver

4.24.15 Beautiful Defiance

April 24, 2015 Mike Keeler

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This is how beautiful defiance can be. Back in 2007, the city of Kabul, Afghanistan was filled with the children of families destroyed by the war. Nearly 60% of the ravaged country was under the age of 16, and many of those young people were orphans. Young boys played soccer…

4.17.15 ABC’s of CCD

April 17, 2015 Mike Keeler

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This spring planting season, you need to know the ABC’s of CCD. Back in 2013, the European Union held meetings to determine if nicotinoids, which are neurotoxins contained in the most widely used insecticides in the world, were responsible for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) among honeybee populations. In other words,…

2015 bees colony collapse disorder Environmental Protection Agency nicotinoids

4.9.15 Appomattox

April 9, 2015 Mike Keeler

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150 years ago today. April 9, 1865. Appomattox Court House, Virginia. A delegation from the Army of Northern Virginia arrives at the pre-determined location, the home of Wilmer McLean. General Robert E. Lee is wearing an immaculate dress uniform, silk sash, and golden spurs. He and his staff are early,…

2015 Appomattox Bull Run civil war Grant Lee Manassas Wilmer McLean

4.3.15 Hippity Hoppity

April 3, 2015 Mike Keeler

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Here’s the thing about bunnies: they breed like bunnies. That is, they have a unique biological capacity for producing lots and lots of offspring in very short order. Bunnies are members of the order lagomorpha, which includes rabbits, hares and pikas (small chubby rodents that look very much like the…

2015 bunny Christ Easter eggs lagomorph tradition