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where will we humans play next – Mars?

A recent CNN piece discussed the future of NASA, with a particular focus on the ‘spark’ that has been long since lost in the program. As it is argued, the early excitement in NASA came from human venturing to a new frontier for the first time – we were leaving

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when the population goes boom, I’m going splash

Time.com offered an interesting read recently about what the world will look like in 2050. Sounds like a ways off, but its not when we consider what needs to happen to accommodate the boom that we’re talking about. Today, Planet Earth is home to just shy of 7 billion of

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swimming in sharky waters

The recent news that ultra swimmer Penny Palfrey’s team went so far as killing three sharks to enable her recent record is nothing short of appalling. Palfrey’s record to conduct a 67 mile ocean swim in the Caymans was nearly cut short as she was approached by several oceanic white

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into a blue state of mind

The coffee shop – from the early morning kick in the ass, to enabling all-day virtual meeting rooms around the world – for better or worse, coffee shops are our new social drugstore. Strange topic to chat about here on ‘A New Life’ you might ask? Well, I can honestly say

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a tribute to summers at the Newport Shipyard

I just wrapped up a week long project in Newport, Rhode Island – just one of several  locations that defines ‘Ocean State‘ exceedingly well. This week’s project was a continuation of demolition work I’ve been involved with there at the Newport Shipyard for several years, where we have been removing

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