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Is there really a place called Timbuktu? Yes, though it has fallen into mayhem. No one knows who is in charge any more.
“”Omg! Just found out Timbuktu is a real place!”
The news that the city of Timbuktu has been seized by ethnic Tuaregs has had some tweeters scratching their heads, unaware up to now that it even existed.
While some people will be familiar with the Tuareg people, almost everyone will recognise the place name Timbuktu, even if they think it’s mythical.” — BBC
This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear “intertwined.”
Information:
Go here to view an image that explains how composite images like these are created: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6803619953
Responding to public demand, NASA scientists created a companion image to the wildly popular ‘Blue Marble’ released last week (January 25, 2012). www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001
The new image is a composite of six separate orbits taken on January 23, 2012 by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite. Both of these new ‘Blue Marble’ images are images taken by a new instrument flying aboard Suomi NPP, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).
Compiled by NASA Goddard scientist Norman Kuring, this image has the perspective of a viewer looking down from 7,918 miles (about 12,742 kilometers) above the Earth’s surface from a viewpoint of 10 degrees South by 45 degrees East. The four vertical lines of ‘haze’ visible in this image shows the reflection of sunlight off the ocean, or ‘glint,’ that VIIRS captured as it orbited the globe. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, NOAA and the Department of Defense.
Credit: NASA/NOAA
For more information about Suomi NPP go to: www.nasa.gov/npp
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
#SOPA #PIPA
If you go to Wikipedia.org today, you get a black page asking you to protest. If you to Google today, you will find their logo blacked-out and a plea to protest. WordPress.org, The Membrane.com and KingArthur.com have also *blacked-out* in support of the protest.
What has Internet intellectuals all in an up-roar?
Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.
Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA.
The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please let them know how you feel. Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late.
Tell Congress: Don’t censor the Web
Fighting online piracy is important. The most effective way to shut down pirate websites is through targeted legislation that cuts off their funding. There’s no need to make American social networks, blogs and search engines censor the Internet or undermine the existing laws that have enabled the Web to thrive, creating millions of U.S. jobs.
Too much is at stake – please vote NO on PIPA and SOPA.
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in fact, i thought it better than the nutcracker.
Dec 15, 2011 8:00 PM at World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
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Me… making my *Why I Occupy* video from Dilworth Plaza, City Hall, Philadelphia two days after the Police State start.
* Keep government out of big business!
* Let citizens be free!
* Just say NO to a police state!
Videos from the early morning raid on Occupy Philadelphia by Homeland Security and the Philadelphia Police Department:
CAMERA 1 Low Def
The storm system continues to bring significant rainfall to Indiana and Michigan, where Flood Warnings and Advisories are in effect. The bulk of the precipitation has ended in Kentucky and southern Indiana, but several Flood Warnings and advisories continue. Central Kentucky and southern Indiana have received 2.5 to 5 inches of rainfall over the past 2 days. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in northern Indiana, northwest Ohio, and central and eastern lower Michigan before changing over to snow late this afternoon and evening for the first significant snowfall of the season. Winter Storm Watches and Warnings have been posted for northern Indiana, northwest Ohio, and central and southeast lower Michigan, where 4 to 8 inches of snow will be possible, with locally higher amounts possible if rain changes to snow earlier than expected.
The storm system continues to bring significant rainfall to Indiana and Michigan, where Flood Warnings and Advisories are in effect. The bulk of the precipitation has ended in Kentucky and southern Indiana, but several Flood Warnings and advisories continue. Central Kentucky and southern Indiana have received 2.5 to 5 inches of rainfall over the past 2 days. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in northern Indiana, northwest Ohio, and central and eastern lower Michigan before changing over to snow late this afternoon and evening for the first significant snowfall of the season. Winter Storm Watches and Warnings have been posted for northern Indiana, northwest Ohio, and central and southeast lower Michigan, where 4 to 8 inches of snow will be possible, with locally higher amounts possible if rain changes to snow earlier than expected.
Get the latest forecasts, watches and warnings from your local NWS Weather Forecast Office at http://www.weather.gov/.
Latest Storm Summary from the NWS Hydrometeorological Prediction Center:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc3.html
High-Res version of image from NOAA’s Environmental Visualization Lab:
http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/images/high_resolution/900_20111129-eastcoast.jpg
The single Black Friday .mp3 was released from the album Extended Play.
November 17, 2011
by Daniel Brouse
CITY HALL, PHILADELPHIA, PA: The city of Philadelphia gave official notice to the protesters of Occupy Philly to vacate Dilworth Plaza that adjoins City Hall.
