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	<title>The Firefly Forest &#187; Et Cetera</title>
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	<description>Discovering and enjoying nature - The Firefly Forest is a combination nature journal and plant and animal species identification guide</description>
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		<title>Network Unreachable and Robots.txt Unreachable</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/03/14/network-unreachable-and-robotstxt-unreachable/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/03/14/network-unreachable-and-robotstxt-unreachable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are regularly getting URL unreachable errors like network unreachable and robots.txt file unreachable for Googlebot in Google&#039;s Webmaster Tools and you haven&#039;t altered anything major like your .htaccess file, CMS, or scripts, then it may be time to find a new web host. According to Google&#039;s URL unreachable errors page, these errors are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Plants Checklists and ID Key</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/09/10/arizona-plants-checklists-and-id-key/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/09/10/arizona-plants-checklists-and-id-key/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Southwest Environmental Information Network at Arizona State University has helpful Arizona plants checklists (by state, county, natural area, etc.) with links to herbarium sheets and photos for the listed species. They also have an Arizona plant identification key that lets you search for plants by primary flower color and other characteristics.
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		<title>Multiple, Custom Footers for WordPress</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/09/03/multiple-custom-footers-for-wordpress/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/09/03/multiple-custom-footers-for-wordpress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I use two different footers for my WordPress template, the default one (footer.php) and a custom one (footer-alt.php). Here&#039;s how to create and use more than one type of footer with WordPress (depending on your individual theme of course):
1. Save a backup copy of the theme template folder to be edited onto your hard drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exotic Doves in Tucson, Arizona</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/08/29/exotic-doves-in-tucson-arizona/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/08/29/exotic-doves-in-tucson-arizona/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tucson has three non-native dove species, the city-loving Common or Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) and the less common Ringed Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia risoria) and Eurasian Collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto). I will occasionally see Ringed Turtle-Doves (aviary escapes) at my bird feeders. I have never seen an Eurasian Collared-dove, but they are becoming increasingly common and could potentially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Simulation Animation</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/08/27/hurricane-simulation-animation/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/08/27/hurricane-simulation-animation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, and the eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15 to November 30. Here in southern Arizona, we are far from both oceans so the remnants of former hurricanes that reach here are usually no more than daylong cloudy skies, some rain or drizzle, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August-blooming Candy Barrelcactus</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/08/19/august-blooming-candy-barrelcactus/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/08/19/august-blooming-candy-barrelcactus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Candy Barrelcactus (Ferocactus wislizeni) blooms here in the Tucson area and southeastern Arizona mainly in the month of August. The flowers on these hook-spined, barrel-shaped cacti are yellow, orange, or red, and they can often be found alongside the edible, but tart and lemony fruits.
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		<title>Pima County, Arizona Species</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/08/15/pima-county-arizona-species/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/08/15/pima-county-arizona-species/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pima County&#039;s Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan has a listing of all bird, fish, mammal, amphibian and reptile, and plant species found here in Pima County. The city of Tucson is in Pima County. The various species lists also show species that are no longer found here (extirpated) or have been introduced here (exotics).
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		<title>Hand Feeding Hummingbirds</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/08/13/hand-feeding-hummingbirds/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/08/13/hand-feeding-hummingbirds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this video and also this one showing Arizona hummingbirds being hand fed (a person holds the feeder). Here is another technique for hand feeding hummingbirds, this time in Louisiana.
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		<title>Art Smoke Photos</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/07/28/art-smoke-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/07/28/art-smoke-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out these amazing, abstract, ethereal art smoke photographs (discovered via John Nack on Adobe):

Coloured Smoke
Flickr: The artsmoke Pool
Sensitive Light: Coloured Smoke
Lumendipity Gallery
Smoke on Flickr
underneath it all. {no doubt}
Burning Bulbs

And here are some instructions on how to create art smoke photographs:

Abstract smoke photography how-to
Lumendipity photography Blog: Smoke Experiments &#8211; how to photograph smoke

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		<title>Copyright, Fair Use, and DMCA</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/07/15/copyright-fair-use-and-dmca/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/07/15/copyright-fair-use-and-dmca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A great resource for copyright and fair use information is the Stanford University Libraries Copyright and Fair Use Overview. Unfortunately, copyright infringement is rampant on the web, and measures like cease and desist letters and DMCA notices may have to be used. For example, Google will not do anything about copyright infringing pages in their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Blooms in Tucson in June?</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/06/03/what-blooms-in-tucson-in-june/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/06/03/what-blooms-in-tucson-in-june/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[June in Tucson is very hot and dry and most of our spring wildflowers have long since shriveled, but June is also the time that our Agaves (Agave spp.) like A. chrysantha and A. schottii bloom in the mountain foothills and upland areas around Tucson. Good places to see them are in the upper parts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prisoner of No Time, a Haiku</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/04/18/prisoner-of-no-time-a-haiku/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/04/18/prisoner-of-no-time-a-haiku/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art, Music, Photography, and Writing]]></category>

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Projects and deadlines
no time for sun and flowers
just too busy now.
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		<title>2008 Tombstone Rose Festival</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/04/03/2007-tombstone-rose-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/04/03/2007-tombstone-rose-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2008 Tombstone Rose Festival will be held in Tombstone, Arizona on April 12-13 to celebrate the 123rd blooming of the World&#039;s largest rose tree, a giant Lady Banks Rose (Rosa banksiae) known as the Tombstone Rose. My own Lady Banks Roses here in Tucson also flower in early April, and they are in full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2007 Turkey Vultures are here in Tucson!</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/03/23/the-2007-turkey-vultures-are-here-in-tucson/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/03/23/the-2007-turkey-vultures-are-here-in-tucson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 22, 2007, a southerly storm system from Mexico blew into Tucson, bringing with it not only rain and thunder, but also a large flock of Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura), the first I&#039;ve seen this year. Turkey Vultures usually arrive here sometime in March and will depart by early November.
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		<title>Tucson Spring 2007 Wildflower Update 2</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/03/14/tucson-spring-2007-wildflower-update-2/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/03/14/tucson-spring-2007-wildflower-update-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of March 14, 2007, there are now wildflowers like Santa Catalina Prairie Clover (Dalea pulchra) and even a few California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana) blooming in the mountain foothills above 3500 feet (1067 m) around Tucson. This is not a good wildflower year here, but there are wildflowers out there, and good places [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White-winged Dove Arrival in Tucson 2007</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/03/10/white-winged-dove-arrival-in-tucson-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/03/10/white-winged-dove-arrival-in-tucson-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 9, 2007, I heard my first few White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica) for the year. Rick Wright at Aimophila Adventures had them show up at his Tucson house on March 7th. I&#039;m not sure when the main migratory wave will arrive, but White-winged Doves are harbingers of 90 °F (32.2 °C) plus temperatures, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson Spring 2007 Wildflower Update</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/03/08/tucson-spring-2007-wildflower-update/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/03/08/tucson-spring-2007-wildflower-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So far, 2007 is looking pretty poor for spring wildflowers. I&#039;m seeing very few blooming annuals in early March, but there are more than last year (which was a total loss). The best places to find them are in our wetter local washes and riparian areas.
In a warped way, I&#039;m glad it&#039;s a dud because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trading in Spammers&#039; Securities Suspended</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/03/08/trading-in-spammers-securities-suspended/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/03/08/trading-in-spammers-securities-suspended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 8, 2007, the SEC temporarily suspended trading on the securities of 35 companies being touted by email spammers. One of these companies is Koko Petroleum Inc. (KKPT), which was the bane of my spam filters a while back and the obnoxious inspiration for me to create spam poetry out of the random text [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson Gem and Mineral Show</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/02/06/tucson-gem-mineral-show/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/02/06/tucson-gem-mineral-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2007 Tucson Gem &#038; Mineral Show is currently taking place here in Tucson, and it runs until February 11 (many individual show locations end earlier, so check the show guide). This is the place to go for great deals on jewelry, carvings, gemstones, beads, rocks, minerals, fossils, jewelry supply, and lapidary equipment. Sadly, I&#039;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature Blog Carnivals</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/02/02/nature-blog-carnivals/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/02/02/nature-blog-carnivals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blog carnivals are regularly published collections of links to blog posts on a particular topic. Here are some currently active nature-related blog carnivals:

Circus of the Spineless &#8211; A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Mollusks, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.
Festival of the Trees &#8211; The monthly blog carnival for all things arboreal.
Good Planets [...]]]></description>
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