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		<title>Earthquake Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the passing of Hurricane/ Tropical Storm / Northeastern Flood Irene, I have unfinished business from last week&#8230; Here&#8217;s my local earthquake report from the event of last week: Working at my desk I felt a small earthquake beginning at 1:55 p.m. (according to my computer&#8217;s clock, which is updated by the internet) today, August [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kenramsley.com&amp;blog=7967587&amp;post=6168&amp;subd=kenramsley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday, March 29, 2005, 5:58pm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, March 29, 2005, 5:58pm My longstanding afternoon pattern starts with the Boston Harold and nothing more as I await an announcement telling me that I’ve indeed boarded the right train. In the unlikely instance where I need to flee this coach – I would fold the paper, grab my still-zipped day pack, and run [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kenramsley.com&amp;blog=7967587&amp;post=4711&amp;subd=kenramsley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monday, March 28, 2005, 5:23pm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, March 28, 2005, 5:23pm A soaking wet and dripping train this afternoon pulls into South Station ready to collect forlorn and rat-soggy specters convinced by cold weather madness to believe that soon they might be would-be passengers. For the first time in recent days a tardy train is the reason for our delayed platform [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kenramsley.com&amp;blog=7967587&amp;post=4707&amp;subd=kenramsley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday, March 18, 2005, 5:45pm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Railroads]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nickerson Field]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring at night]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, March 18, 2005, 5:45pm Talking a chance, I&#8217;ve boarded a train moored at Track 2 expecting this to become the 6:05pm Worcester Express. From here I&#8217;ll listen to platform announcements through the open doors just as easily as from outside the train. I should be a good citizen and follow the rules, but even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kenramsley.com&amp;blog=7967587&amp;post=4685&amp;subd=kenramsley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday, March 18, 2005, 8:17am</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addictions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, March 18, 2005, 8:17am Across from Framingham Station I notice a single track curling off the main line heading south towards East Holliston and beyond. From the Whitney Street Bridge in Sherborn and at the crossing at Route 16 farther south these tracks no longer exist and with its steel removed the rail line [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kenramsley.com&amp;blog=7967587&amp;post=4683&amp;subd=kenramsley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Space Exploration &#8220;Because Its There&#8221; Myth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edmund Hillary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d rather not burst a bubble here, yet as an educator it&#8217;s one of my more unpleasant responsibilities. The Sir Edmund Hillary&#8217;s of this world (famous for his climb of Mt. Everest) are a rare breed. When they return from Mt. Sinai, for the most part people are glad for the vicarious experience &#8212; saving [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kenramsley.com&amp;blog=7967587&amp;post=5628&amp;subd=kenramsley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The SpaceX Merlin &#8211; The Newest American Rocket Engine</title>
		<link>http://kenramsley.com/2010/08/16/the-spacex-merlin-the-newest-american-rocket-engine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is no surprise that Elon Musk named his rocket engine &#8216;Merlin.&#8217; The Rolls Royce Merlin was the workhorse of the Allied aviation war effort in WW II &#8212; in many ways the engine that won the war, according the some WW II aviation enthusiasts. As the workhorse of the SpaceX Falcon 9,  the Merlin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kenramsley.com&amp;blog=7967587&amp;post=5618&amp;subd=kenramsley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discretionary Space</title>
		<link>http://kenramsley.com/2010/07/20/discretionary-space/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cape Cod]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main trouble with NASA is how they specialize in what I call discretionary space. Comsats don&#8217;t work this way &#8212; they gin up a bottom-line analysis and business plan &#8212; then execute the plan. The military in its various space tentacles cites national security objectives (in most cases), and the money is pretty much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kenramsley.com&amp;blog=7967587&amp;post=5614&amp;subd=kenramsley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why so Little Launch Reliability?</title>
		<link>http://kenramsley.com/2010/07/13/why-so-little-launch-reliability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The key to improving any dynamic system is first to carefully describe what wrong, define why it went wrong, and then make adjustments to designs and procedures according to what we&#8217;ve learned &#8212; not according to our preconceptions or expectations. In many cases, only later do we realize how first impressions fail to tell me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kenramsley.com&amp;blog=7967587&amp;post=5591&amp;subd=kenramsley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Legacy of the Space Shuttle RIP</title>
		<link>http://kenramsley.com/2010/07/06/the-legacy-of-the-space-shuttle-rip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Expendable launch vehicle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Space shuttle cost]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[- &#8211; - &#8211; - Perhaps one day (if not already recognized by some) we will see that space is far more about human nature than about space. A case in point (THE case in point, I&#8217;m sad to say &#8212; though I&#8217;d rather not detail this. But if we want to avoid a repetition, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kenramsley.com&amp;blog=7967587&amp;post=5565&amp;subd=kenramsley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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