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of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic
philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais
in the Cyrenaica.
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fifth century. Although The Egyptian Tale looks like a retelling of a part of the myth of Isis and Osiris, it is obvious that the two brothers Osiris and Typho represent good and bad government. The story, however, is not just a myth, because the man called Osiris can be identified as Aurelian, praetorian prefect of the Eastern Empire during the reign of Arcadius, and one of Synesius' benefactors. His counterpart in this ancient roman à clef, however, is less easy to identify. For some speculations, go here. The text is offered here in the translation by A. Fitzgerald. The green four-digit numbers are page numbers of the Migne edition.
So he was sent on his way escorted by the god and goodly heroes, that he might leave the country at an appointed time, for it was not fated that the evil elements should triumph in Egypt, and that everything should so quickly fall into disorder and shame, as long as a holy soul dwelt there. That these evils might take place, the demons to whom such works belonged had in the beginning combined against him, and their own servant whom they had first brought into being, and quite recently into the position of tyrant, was now regaling them with all sorts of misfortune. Taxes of every sort, manifold in number, were at once imposed upon the cities, obligations that had no existence were discovered, and debts that had become a dead letter were dug up anew. The river dweller was compelled to take over some public work on the land, and boats were demanded from the land-dweller, so that no human being might have the leisure in which to be happy. These were the most public forms of abuses, and there was another more common still. Typho would send men under his own control to govern tribes, corrupt wretches to whom he sold the cities openly. Now as to those who purchased the right to govern any tribe: however young a man might be, although the lease of the district was signed for one year only, he counted on being able to acquire in that years supplies for a dissolute old age. This is a specimen of the sort of thing that happened in Typho's reign. By written contract he agreed upon the period of their rule for those who paid him down the price. Formerly a man was turned out of office for cause of misconduct, whereas to another the reward of virtue was still a more distinguished honor, namely the rule over a greater number of men, and a longer tenure of his post. But from this time on there was wailing everywhere from all, every man having a personal grievance to tell of, and throughout cities and town councils men were harried with every kind of ill-treatment; so that one cry alone rose from Egypt to heaven, the sound of a universal dirge. But the gods took pity on the race and prepared to come to its rescue. It did not seem good to them, however, to do so, before virtue and evil-doing had been still more clearly compared with each other, to the end that even men who used their minds and perceptions only a little might clearly distinguish the better from the worse, might pursue the one and eschew the other. >> to section 1.17 >> |
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Originally Posted by Cydkar Hoopers Lyfe Is Kerwin left handed? It looks like it from the pic.
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While on live TV, Ford used a vulgar term to describe a private part of the female anatomy, adding that he was happily married and got more than enough to eat at home.
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I can't see the video, who is it?
Originally Posted by cyismydog I can't see the video, who is it? The original link is Okoro, not sure what video you are asking about.
Yeah, I was talking about the original link, blocked at school.
Originally Posted by Cydkar Hoopers Lyfe When I first saw the link page, I thought the player's name was Nothing Extra.
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- His favourite word was money.
Last in Parliament March 2011, as Liberal MP for Honoré-Mercier (Québec)
Lost his last election, in 2011, with 30.40% of the vote.
Statements in the House
Business of Supply February 10th, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank and congratulate the hon. member for his speech. At the end, he mentioned that the motion calls for the House rather than the government to issue a formal apology. I have already said, on my own behalf and on behalf of my party, that we agree to do it, that it is quite normal and that it is the least we can do. An apology will not correct past errors but it is another step in the right direction. I have also said that this motion would be stronger and more meaningful if the government also supported it, if the government would stand with the Liberal Party, the Bloc Québécois and the NDP and vote in favour of this motion.
I would like the hon. member to tell me why, in his opinion, the government refuses to support this motion.
Business of Supply February 10th, 2011
Mr. Speaker, that is an excellent question that touches on another aspect of the story. For years, decades, the children and grandchildren of people whose land was expropriated had to pay to visit the very place where they had lived or to meditate at the graves of their deceased relatives. They had to pay to go there, which is completely unacceptable, and I said so in my speech. I also said that the government's gesture of offering this pass, which should have been a given from the start, is a step in the right direction. However, as the hon. member said, the families have asked that it be valid for five generations. I am in full agreement that the privilege of this pass should be maintained for five generations of descendants.
Business of Supply February 10th, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his question.
It seems clear that the government has not yet taken a position on the motion or that it is not comfortable with the position it has taken; we will soon find out which is the case. Questions from the opposition forced the member to finally admit that she, personally, would most likely support the motion. But we do not know whether her government will do the same. That is sad because this motion is giving us a unique opportunity to offer an official apology and say that we are sorry about how all of this happened.
I am saying it now, I will keep saying it over and over again, and the other parties will repeat it as well: it would be good for those whose land was expropriated, for their descendants and their grandchildren, if this message were unanimous, if we were all saying the same thing. I think it would do them good to hear that. It would not right the wrongs or fix the past, but it would be a positive gesture for the House to reach out to them. And that gesture would be even more meaningful if the message were unanimous and included the government.
Business of Supply February 10th, 2011
Mr. Speaker, to begin, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his kind words. In all sincerity, I thank him.
I have often heard him speak in the House, particularly on environmental issues, and I must say that I have enormous respect for what he is doing on that file.
Like my Bloc and NDP colleagues, I would obviously like this vote to be unanimous. Unfortunately, the government has not been sending any clear signals when it talks about this issue.
I want to emphasize my party's belief that an apology should be offered. This apology may be coming late, after many years, but it is sincere. I would like the government members to stand and support this motion, so that we can be unanimous in our apology.
Business of Supply February 10th, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased today to stand to address the Bloc Québécois motion, which reads as follows:
That this House issue an official apology to the people whose properties were expropriated to create Forillon Park for the unconscionable manner in which they were treated and that the Speaker of the House send the representatives of the people whose properties were expropriated and their descendants an official copy of the Journals of the House of Commons indicating the adoption of this motion.
I would first like to say a few words about Forillon Park as such and then say a few words about the history involved before getting—because I will get to it—to the matter at hand. All of those who have gone there know—and those who have only heard about it also know—that Forillon Park is recognized for its wilderness and natural beauty, and in fact all of the Gaspé is a very beautiful place. On this topic, as my Bloc colleagues surely know, the National Geographic Traveller magazine has ranked the Gaspé among the 20 top destinations to visit in the world in 2011. It is an absolutely extraordinary region that I love very much, just as I admire the men and women who live there or come from there.
For its part, Forillon Park itself is also an absolutely extraordinary place. The wild beauty of its landscapes, the fact that man, the land and the sea exist there in harmony, the diversity of its plant and animal life—as I have said before, all of that is superlative.
All that being said, everything is not rosy, nor has it been in the past. Dispersed here and there among the bushes, one can see the foundations of houses that were demolished and bear witness to a turbulent past. For the children and grandchildren of the displaced families, this is a harsh reminder of their collective history. Up until the creation of the park in 1970, several communities and many families derived their livelihood from the land and the resources of that region of the Gaspé. Some families fished, and had for generations, and I also remember seeing a documentary showing families settled in some small coves who worked in all of the stages of the fishery, be it the actual fishing or the landing or processing of the cod; they then sold it to the big companies, and much of the final product was exported to Europe. So there was still a deep-rooted fishery tradition there. Others farmed or raised livestock, and often they did both. This traditional way of life had been passed on from generation to generation.
Everything changed, everything was turned upside down when the area was designated as a national park. The designation as a national park and the new requirement to protect the ecosystem, put a stop to the commercial activities that those communities relied on for their survival. So the impact was significant. As a result, almost 225 families were forced to leave their land and their homes. The houses were destroyed or burnt down, often as their owners looked on, which is very sad. All in all, an estimated 1,200 dwellings were destroyed or burnt down. The lives of those people, those families, those men, women and children completely and drastically changed overnight.
This difficult, I would even say dramatic, situation lasted for a number of years. There was the beginning, and then there was the aftermath. First of all, those families would have received little or no compensation if they had not fought for five years, if they had not gone to court to have some of their rights recognized. That should never have happened. They were already going through trying and painful times, and being expropriated was already difficult enough to live with. At the very least, those families should not have been forced to go to court to claim what was rightfully theirs.
In addition, I am not sure why, but for part of the time that followed, the information provided to visitors about the history of the park stopped at 1942, which in a way hid 30 years of the existence and lives of the individuals most affected by the creation of the park. Not only were their requests ignored, but their own past was also denied.
For decades, their presence was forgotten and their collective history was hidden, in a way. For a long time now, these families have been calling for an official apology from this House for the injustices they suffered. I personally agree that they should receive an official apology, and my party, the Liberal Party of Canada, also agrees that they should receive an official apology, simply because these people deserve it.
When we talk about a situation like this, it is clear that we are not commemorating or remembering a proud moment in our history, but rather, just the opposite. So we must pull our heads out of the sand, face the issue and talk about it. As we know, an apology for the people whose properties were expropriated is long overdue. Their descendants—their children and grandchildren—have been calling for and hoping for an apology. This apology, as I said, is not only overdue, but it is also deserved.
All governments, regardless of their colour, regardless of whether they are red or blue, are far from perfect. They can make mistakes, regardless of their colour. But the biggest mistake that a government or a political party can make is not having the courage to acknowledge its mistakes. When we make a mistake, we must have the courage to admit it. If we create a situation that produces injustices, we must have the courage, decency and humility to apologize.
In supporting this motion, the Liberal Party of Canada acknowledges its share of responsibility for certain errors of the past and issues its official apology to all of these men and women who were affected by what happened in the expropriation.
The significance of this motion may be symbolic, but our vote on it is nonetheless important. It is a matter here of granting those who were expropriated and their descendants what they have been seeking without success for far too long now. It is a matter of demonstrating to them that we understand them and respect them.
In adopting this motion, we are saying that we are sorry, but we are also saying "never again". This should never happen again in the Gaspé, elsewhere in Quebec or anywhere in Canada.
We support this motion to show our most sincere respect to those who have suffered, but there are also lessons for us to learn from this. Let us demonstrate humility and learn from this mistake, and let us make sure that it never happens again.
To those who might oppose this motion, I say that there is nothing extravagant or exceptional about it. It does not ask for anything that has never been done by this House. We know that the House has apologized on certain occasions, whether to Canadians of Japanese origin for the wrongs done to them during World War II or, more recently, to our first nations for certain unacceptable treatment they suffered. This has been done and may be done again, certainly in the present case.
That being said, we must also take concrete action that, in a way, is self-evident. Action that is easy to take and represents a hand extended to those people who were expropriated, as well as their children and grandchildren.
Recently the sitting government granted a pass to the families so they could enter the park free of charge for the next three generations. This is a step in the right direction, but the families were asking that this pass be granted to the next five generations. We agree with them that this is the way to go.
These families were uprooted from their ancestral land. They were on that land for generations. Later, for years, if they wanted to go back to their land, to go and meditate at the gravesites of their dead, these people were forced to pay admission to the park. That is a situation that should never have happened.
I said a little earlier that the vote on this motion is intended as an official apology to those who were expropriated and their descendants, but another of its purposes is to ensure that this never happens again. In that regard, a number of measures have been put in place, including by the Liberal government, to ensure that it never does. Thanks to certain of those measures, there are today rules and agreements to be complied with when national parks are created, so as to avoid similar cases in future.
I urge all members and colleagues in the House to vote for this motion. Through it, we are sending a clear message to those who have suffered so much. In a way, we are helping not only them and their children and grandchildren but all those who live in this magnificent area to turn the page on the sad events of the past.
In saying that, I am in no way minimizing their suffering or their desire to be heard and respected. Quite the opposite, the vote on this motion regarding the past enables us as well to take a fresh look at the future, a future that can be filled with promise.
I read recently that despite the events surrounding the creation of the park, the local community recognized from the outset how important it was to preserve the extraordinary natural and cultural heritage that is Forillon Park. From the beginning, it has played a major role in tourism, attracting more than 175,000 visitors a year. It is an extremely valuable asset in terms of tourism and the economy.
Forillon Park is one of the reasons—there are others as well—why the Gaspé Peninsula placed third in 2009 in the most beautiful destinations in the world. In the world! Just recently in 2011, as I was saying, it was included on the list of the 20 most beautiful destinations in the National Geographic Traveler magazine. We need to look to the future as well and consider the mounting popularity of ecotourism. The park and its surroundings will obviously become an ever more popular tourist destination, to the great advantage of the entire region.
When I speak of that, I am not at all avoiding the subject, because the issue we are addressing today may be rooted in the past but it affects the future as well. The people who were expropriated in Forillon do not want to live in the past any more than we do. They want us to do something today that flows from what was done in the past. They want formal apologies, and we are giving them those apologies. However, the people of Forillon and the Gaspé Peninsula also want to face the future. They want to pave the way for a better life for themselves and especially for their children and grandchildren. We are doing what needed to be done in regard to the past. But let us also do what needs to be done to build a better future along with them.
Business of Supply February 10th, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I still have not heard an answer from the government side to my colleague's question. I do not want to hear about everything they did with Parks Canada and whether they went gallivanting around there. I want to know whether they will be supporting the motion, yes or no.
Quebec Language Policy February 7th, 2011
Mr. Speaker, what is worse is that he is saying it with a straight face.
In 1996, the Prime Minister told us that Quebec's language policy violated human rights. In 2002, he called it into question again and told us that Quebec's language policy prevented francophones from being bilingual. Today, his heir apparent, the member for Beauce, is completely out of line and the Prime Minister refuses to rein him in.
Is it because the Prime Minister did not understand what the member said, or because he is really in complete agreement with him?
Quebec Language Policy February 7th, 2011
Mr. Speaker, with the passage of time and enactment of laws, Quebec has struck a balance between individual rights and the duty to preserve its linguistic and cultural identity. Over the years, it has found a way to achieve linguistic peace, as well as to protect and promote the French language. Today, the member for Beauce is attacking all of this. As usual, the Prime Minister is letting him.
Basically, the Prime Minister is attacking our language laws for the obvious purpose of dividing Canadians, because he is unable to stop himself.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation February 4th, 2011
Mr. Speaker, that comes from the guy who wants to privatize the CBC.
One thing is clear: all they have done over the past few years is try to bring down the CBC. When the CBC needed a loan, they slammed the door on it. When the corporation said it was going to have to eliminate 800 jobs, the Conservatives said, "too bad". Now they have a chance to redeem themselves. The CBC has come up with an excellent plan for the next five years.
Can the Conservatives promise that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will have funding for each of those five years?
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation February 4th, 2011
Mr. Speaker, this week the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation presented its strategic plan for the next five years. The CBC promised to provide more productions with Canadian content, a greater presence in the regions and better service for linguistic communities.
It is doing its job. Now, will the Conservatives do theirs and ensure that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has the funding it needs for all five years, or will they simply tell the CBC to look after its own affairs?


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The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed.
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TMZ spoke with Yella -- who also produced Eazy's first solo album -- and the guy tells us he thinks it's GREAT that his deceased friend will come back to life (via hologram) to perform at the Rock the Bells hip-hop festival in September.
"It's cool that a younger generation will get to experience [Eazy's] music," Yella says.
Yella tells us he's "most likely" going to attend one of the shows ... and REEAALLLY hopes the hologram performs "Boyz-n-the-Hood" and "Foe tha Love of $," alongside Bone Thugs.
The 45-year-old rap pioneer says ... he feels the hologram is a "pretty nice tribute" to both Eazy and N.W.A ... but says he was kinda hoping the group would score an even bigger honor.
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3-D model lets you "fly through" a 300-year-old supernova. Mesmerizing Videos of Northern and Southern Lights Seen From Space. InShare0 The billowing radiance of the northern and southern lights is among the most beautiful sights known to humanity – and that's when seen from the ground.
Imagine watching the lights from low-Earth orbit.Through the International Space Station's windows, 200 miles above Earth's surface, the auroras borealis and australis dance across continents. They're a regular treat for ISS astronauts who circuit the planet every few hours, passing frequently over Earth's polar regions, where the auroras are strongest. Earth's atmosphere creates glow-in-the-dark light show. Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV Auroras aren't the only light show shining above the Earth.
The atmosphere itself can also produce light, creating rings of colour that glow in the dark. Now neuroscientist and moviemaker Alex Rivest has produced a new video that illustrates the phenomenon, called airglow. Atoms and molecules, excited by ultraviolet radiation from the sun, emit light when they return to their ground state or when they combine due to chemical reactions to create new molecules. During the day, scattered light from the sun masks this activity, so it only becomes visible after dark. Whoa, NASA captures a nova exploding on video. Perpetual Ocean. "This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007.
The visualization does not include a narration or annotations; the goal was to use ocean flow data to create a simple, visceral experience…read more on nasa.gov" Know what's a bummer? Military spending is on the rise while NASA funding has been on a steady decline since 1992. A big thanks is due to Erica for sending this in to remind us that they're still doing great things and our boy Neil for some much needed perspective. The green fire of the aurora, seen from space. Infinity Imagined. How A Solar Storm Sounds – Particle Sonification Video. Neil deGrasse Tyson Supercut Demands We Dream of Space Again. Q&BA: The Science of Science Fiction. If this video doesn't make your heart swell, there's a decent chance you don't have a heart.
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In fact, maybe none until Obama has had anything close. It's ironic to start a video saying that I shouldn't be pessimistic about the prospect of nuclear war and then following it with footage of Ronald Reagan. It's bizarre to try to inspire me with quotes from notable scientists and then showing me a quote from a man who continually cut funding from education.
It's ridiculous to show me a bunch of hype about individuals pushing humanity forward and then touting the accomplishments of corporations. Why is Reagan in this video? How Does Fire Behave In Space? NASA's first time-lapses found ... 60's.
Full rotation of Jupiter. Video: Massive Blasts of Plasma Swirl on Sun's Surface. Amazing Videos of Earth at Night from Space. Apollo 13 Emergency Radio Transmission — History.com Audio. Incredible Time-Lapse Video Gives an Astronaut's View of Earth. If you were an astronaut, this could be the view each day from your office window.
You can thank astronaut Ron Garan for stitching together this breathtaking seven-minute time-lapse sequence, which sums up his 6-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Garan, who writes a blog called Fragile Oasis and has taken hundreds of photos from space, returned home from the ISS on Sept. 16. The space station travels at roughly 17,500 mph, orbiting our planet once every 90 minutes, so there's plenty to see in the video. NASA Supercomputers & Universe Structure, History & Evolution. Scientists have generated the largest and most realistic simulations of the evolving universe to date with the aid of NASA's powerful supercomputer, dubbed Pleiades.
By running the "Bolshoi" simulation code on Pleiades, researchers hope to explain how galaxies and other very large structures in the universe have changed since the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago. [Video of the Bolshoi universe simulation] The Bolshoi code took 18 days and millions of hours of computer time split up among more than 160,000 processors to finish running on Pleiades, which is the seventh most powerful supercomputer in the world. "The Bolshoi simulation is an excellent example of work done in support of NASA's science goal to understand how stars, galaxies and planets are formed, in order to get a picture of how the universe has changed over billions of years," said William Thigpen, systems and engineering branch chief in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division at NASA's Ames Research Center. Astronaut Video Shows Spectacular Auroras From Space.
Stunning NASA videos are giving an astronaut's-eye view of spectacular aurora displays in the Southern Hemisphere. One video stitches together photos taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 17, as the orbiting lab cruised over the Indian Ocean near Australia and Madagascar. It shows the aururoa australis, also known as the southern lights — the counterpart to the northern lights. In the video, part of the space station is visible at the top of the frame, including the station's solar panels, which can be seen at the top right. Video Show: A Blueprint of the Universe. The universe is a big place, near-infintely big, but there's a structure to our cosmos that astronomers are hard at work unraveling.
Take a tour of some of the out-of-this-world structures that make our universe tick in this video show, "A Blueprint for the Universe," the first stop in SPACE.com's eight-weekday series to look at our universe's mysteries entitiled: The History & Future of the Cosmos. Episode 1: The Way of Things Episode 2: The Dark Force Episode 3: Yesterday's News Episode 4: Edge of the Known. Over Earth: Day & Night from ISS. Smoky Nebula's Bright Pink Heart Shines in New Photo. The spectacular pink and red core of a lively nebula takes center stage in a new photo that exposes the stellar nursery's eye-catching clouds of gas, dust and newborn stars.
The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT), at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, captured the new image of the Omega Nebula. The portrait is one of the sharpest ever taken of this object from a ground-based observatory, according to ESO officials. This stellar breeding ground lies approximately 6,500 light-years away from Earth, in the direction of the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer). The Omega nebula is a popular target of study for astronomers because it is one of the youngest and most active stellar nurseries for massive stars in the Milky Way galaxy. The nebula has several different monikers, including the Swan Nebula, the Horseshoe Nebula and the Lobster Nebula. Titan's Surprisingly Earth-like Surface Revealed - in Color. Pluto, You Have A Twin! Eris Accurately Sized-Up. Station Boost Proves Newton's Laws - All 3 of Them!
The Sun's Magnetic Field (Simplified Animation) [720p] Alien Planet's Auroras: Beautiful And Frightening. Japanese "Tourist Camera" In Space Snaps Lightning & Auroras. Comet Lovejoy From the International Space Station. 2011 - An Exciting Year of Discoveries. #Egypt #Israel #FromSpace we are all neighbors A sneak peak a. Most Amazing Time Lapse Video of Milky Way Ever Made. Seriously. Time-lapse Tuesday: Milky Way forms in fine detail. Sandrine Ceurstemont, video producer This epic time-lapse shows the Milky Way forming and evolving over 13.7 billion years (see video above).
Developed by a team led by Piero Madau from the University of California in Santa Cruz and Javiera Guedes from the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Zurich, it's the most detailed simulation of a galaxy's evolution yet made. Unlike previous attempts, the massive galaxy that appears closely resembles the Milky Way - with its central strip of bright stars surrounded by spiral arms swirling in a flat disc. The movie is based on a physics simulation of a single galaxy where powerful supercomputers were used to crunch numbers for nine months. "The simulation follows the interaction of more than 60 million particles of dark matter and gas," says Madau.
Born to be Viral: How to walk on Mars. MacGregor Campbell, consultant When the first people set foot on Mars, what will be the most efficient gait for them to use?
To find out, Australian artist Adam Norton is strapping people into his Martian gravity simulator and getting them to perform laps (see video above). The design is based on NASA lunar gravity simulators used before the Apollo moon landings to investigate how astronauts should safely move around in low gravity. Videos show giant solar flares, ensuing aurora borealis. People who wouldn't normally see auroras are being treated to stunning sights today thanks to the largest solar radiation storm since 2005.
The storm is creating colorful auroras throughout the North and South Poles that stretched to countries that don't normally see the lights, such as England. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has maps on its Web site of the likelihood of seeing a nearby aurora. Hubble videos reveal what it would really be like to fly into a nebula. Can we move past calling it "space PORN"? Calling something "X porn" is the same as adding "on acid" to your '90s turn of phrase, or "extereme" to your millenial ones. It's lazy and stupid.
Nobody's jacking off to cool pictures of space. And now, Apollo 17 astronauts singing. On the Moon. Una gran bola de fuego bajo en el cielo peruano. International Space Station Time Lapse Over Earth. Funny Videos, Free Games, & Funny Pictures Sign up | Login International Space Station Time Lapse Over Earth. Peering Inside the Flame: Fusion Imaging of the Final Space Shuttle Launch. Peering Inside the Flame: Fusion Imaging of the Final Space Shuttle Launch Click image for full resolution.
A fused launch image of STS-135. Louise Walker and J.T. Heineck of the Experimental Aero-Physics Branch at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., are learning how to see shape and detail in blindingly bright plumes of rocket fire. Incredible time lapse: Milky Way over Africa. Q&BA: What happens if you are exposed to the vacuum of space? Turn up your speakers and take a wild ride on a Shuttle solid rocket booster. The Moon's history of violence. Peering Inside the Flame: Fusion Imaging of the Final Space Shuttle Launch.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Pluto Files. Station Crew Answers Your Questions in SPACE.com Interview. NASA Television in High Definition on UStream. The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Live_ISS_Stream on USTREAM: Live video streamed from the International Space Station includes internal views when the crew is on-duty and Earth views at ot.


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April in the Garden is all about anticipation,
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What a magnificent season to walk the cultivated gardens and the natural areas, seeking both the brash and the modest — plants whose tropical colors take the chill off an April morning as well as the tiny, fleeting jewels only the fortunate will notice. Look and look again. These blooming plants dance in sequence, extending the impact of this treasured time. Certainly the big boys of spring are the flowering bulbs. The Garden has thousands and thousands of them — from eye-catching tall hybrid tulips (consider these beauties as annuals) to the true perennials in this group of bulbs, shorter plants whose petals open wide to the sun and whose foliage sports stripes or mottled markings.
Tiny bulbs, such as pink and blue glory-of-the-snow, blue squill, along with grape hyacinth, are the reliable returners, which, after the excited first sightings of February snowdrops and yellow winter aconite, form rivers of color, swirling through beds, popping up in ground covers, or clustering at the feet of their taller and more conspicuous companions — the ornamental onions (Allium spp.), fritillaries (Fritillaria spp.), tulips (Tulipa spp.), and daffodils (Narcissus spp.). Mixing diminutive with statuesque bulbs creates a constantly changing color wheel and adds a flurry of floral drama.
Heritage Garden Troughs
Most certainly, the highly anticipated appearance of 65 English garden troughs in the Heritage Garden signals spring's debut! These hypertufa containers overflow with inspirational combinations of tulips, cool-seasonal annuals, and wildflowers in a six-week showcase display. Careful thought is given to sequencing bloom time plus the impact of shifting colors and textures, since the plants must maintain their appeal through the end of May. Each container is a garden in miniature, filled with surprises and inviting combinations. Highlights include: Diascia Barberae 'Juliet Orange,'Linaria Maroccanna 'Fantasy Yellow,' Lobelia Erinus 'Regatta Lilac Splash,' Narcissus 'Rip Van Winkle,' Osteospermum Ecklonsis 'Serenity Lemonade,' and Tulipa 'Little Beauty.'
Hues of Blues
Another wildflower from out of state is the beloved Texas bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis), one of six species of lupines that represent the state flowers of Texas. Their clusters of dark blue, fragrant flowers can sometimes reach 50 in number on a single stem. Blue, in all its hues, is a prized color in the garden, and flowers in these tones are used profusely as accents to the jeweled bulbs. Masses of baby blue-eyes (Nemophila maculata), another California wildflower, feature lilac blue flowers with purple spots on their petal tips. Brilliant dark blue-to-purple phlox (Phlox drummondi) can be used to advantage in both containers and garden beds, where their foamy forms serve as beautiful lower layers to taller bulbs. The shocking, electric blue felicia (Felicia heterophylla) is most likely the bluest of the blues, and no, those daisylike flowers have not been chemically colored!
Warming Trends
Always a standout in any spring window box or container are the peony wannabes, the Persian buttercups (Ranunculus asiaticus), whose tightly coiled petals mimic peonies, but in raspberry, orange, and cream. Charming perennial tulips (Tulipa batalini 'Bronze Charm') warm the day with sunny yellow petals feathered in bronze. Another wildly popular perennial tulip, Tulipa bakeri 'Lilac Wonder', blooms lilac pink with yellow poached-egg centers. At 6 to 8 inches, these tulips may be short in stature, but their impact is pure delight. A fantasy of white and yellow spurred snapdragons (Linaria marocanna) keep blooming throughout the cool spring weather, often continuing their flower power well into summer. These annuals are available in other colors, too, and their frothy looks blend well with all companions. What would spring be without pansies? The sweet star of the troughs is Penny Citrus, a lovable viola mix in combinations of yellow, orange, and white.
The Formal Circle Garden
In the more formal, full-sun Circle Garden, curving beds give way to geometric squares and rectangles. A living kaleidoscope of color, the Circle Garden offers some exceptional plant combinations in this April and further into spring. Leading the show through the center of the garden are more than two hundred foxgloves in a majestic combination of pastels. In nearby beds, purple alliums, pansies, and tulips add to the royal splendor. Two "secret" gardens on either side of the central fountain offer contrasting displays: one is a serene color combination of tulips, alliums, pansies, and Spanish bluebells in white, pale pink, purple, and blue; the other is a bold color statement of scarlet tulips, primulas, pansies, and anemones, along with white forget-me-nots and quamish, or wild hyacinths. Outlining the garden's circular space are Donald Wyman crabapples and weeping redbuds, while within are yellow-flowering Cornelian cherry dogwoods.
Edible Beauty
The design of the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden is meant to showcase what can be grown in the Chicago area. Every annual plant grown there is somehow edible — even the diminutive blossoms of sweet alyssum — but more importantly, they are an early source of nectar and pollen for the Garden's resident honey bees.
Don't Miss the Magic!
The colors of spring light up each garden space daily with new life and wonder. Every display bed, hillside, native habitat, and hanging basket bloom with the best this season can offer. The Garden has more than two million plants in its collections. Don't miss these magical moments as form and fragrance, color and texture return to all the gardens.


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Traffic mayhem has ensued in Shreveport Monday following a school bus accident.
It happened around 11 p.m. near the intersection of North Spring Street and Lake Avenue.
A Rapides Parish school bus was trying to change lanes when it sideswiped a semi, causing it to knock down an electrical pole, according to Shreveport Police Department.
Officials say 32 kids and 6 teachers were on the bus, but none were injured. The semi driver was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.
Traffic at the intersection is jammed from vehicles exiting I-20, and utility crews from SWEPCO estimate traffic will be interrupted until at least 4:30 p.m.
There have also been reports of businesses losing power in the area.


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Cruise Line Deckhand Jobs
Deckhand positions involve crucial responsibilities for those members working on a cruise ship.
Large vessels are known for hiring a large number of international crew members. The same is true for deckhands, where positions are typically set-aside for members from developing nations. These jobs represent good work for people who are in need of steady employment. Smaller ships however often find themselves with deckhands from college graduates. As a general rule, smaller ships have less staff with employees that typically hold more responsibility. On larger ships, you may be assigned only a few related job tasks. Get the scoop on merchant marine jobs in our Maritime Careers section.
A deckhand does everything from painting to docking the boat, so within this position there is some opportunity for variety. Those who work hard, enjoy physical labor, and can work independently in addition to taking directions, will make good deckhands. Deckhand jobs are a great way to work up into higher paying jobs onboard a cruise ship.
Keep in mind that if you are dead set on sailing the high seas and love being on boats there are a variety of jobs that can fulfill your need for travel with work. Check out our Alaska fishing jobs section, which is full of information for aspiring deckhands. There are definitely differences between cruise ship and fishing boat jobs, but there are plenty of similarities as well.
Whether on a cruise ship or fishing boat in Alaska, deckhand jobs represent tough, outdoor work that often requires little to no previous experience.
Contracts for a deckhand often last six months and pay varies based on experience, scope of job, and the employer.


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Renaults Heikki Kovalainen set the standard during testing in Jerez on Wednesday, clocking a fastest lap of 1m 19.466s - just under five-tenths quicker than the second-placed Ferrari of Luca Badoer.
Kovalainen, who will race for Renault next season, completed an impressive 113 laps of the Spanish circuit. The Finn continued Renaults tyre programme alongside team mate Giancarlo Fisichella, who finished fifth in the times. Both cars ran with the teams 2007 gearbox and enjoyed a trouble-free day.
Ferrari also spent the day testing their new gearbox, as well as other new mechanical components for the 248 F1. Badoer was joined by race driver Felipe Massa, who finished seventh in the times after completing 75 laps.
Next up in the times were the two Hondas of Christian Klien and James Rossiter. Both test drivers completed several long runs on the teams new Bridgestone tyres in the morning. Later on Klien swapped to electronics and chassis work, whilst Rossiter ran through an aero evaluation. Both will continue testing on Thursday.
Pedro de la Rosa was McLarens lead driver in sixth, while fellow tester Gary Paffett finished 11th in the teams second car. Both were at the wheel of MP4-21s, working through set-up and wheel specification evaluation. Paffett will be replaced on Thursday by newly-signed race driver Lewis Hamilton.
BMW Saubers Nick Heidfeld finished in eighth, with the teams third driver Sebastian Vettel in 12th. While Heidfeld concentrated on set-up work and testing new components, Vettel carried out an aerodynamic test in the afternoon alongside a comprehensive systems check programme.
Just over three-hundredths down on Heidfeld was Jarno Trulli in the leading Toyota. Trulli, who completed almost 100 laps. Franck Montagny, 10th, in the second Toyota endured a largely frustrating day after a small incident early on. The Frenchman was forced to wait for the mechanics to complete some time-consuming repairs before he could continue his programme.
"Today I was expecting a good day and it was not, explained Montagny. We stopped after three laps with a minor issue on the car, something we never had before and took quite a long time to fix. I didn't go out again until the afternoon so we didn't have a lot of time to do the set-up work but we did the comparison work we wanted to do and that is a good thing."
Montagny will be replaced in the second Toyota on Thursday by fellow tester Olivier Panis. The session will be the final time Panis will appear for the team. The Frenchman is set to retire from Formula One driving at the end of the year, after a career lasting 12 years.
Kazuki Nakajima finished in 13th in the Williams. Nakajima, who made his debut during a rainy day of testing at the Spanish circuit last week, bettered his previous best time by over a tenth of a second. The main aim of the session was for the young Japanese driver to complete enough laps to qualify for his Super Licence.
Nakajimas compatriot Takuma Sato finished in 14th for Super Aguri. Satos testing programme concentrated on an initial evaluation of the new Bridgestone rubber combined with a series of set-up changes. Improving temperatures in the afternoon also allowed him to complete some longer runs.
Michael Ammermuller was the only driver in action for Red Bull and finished in 15th. The squads sister team, Toro Rosso, meanwhile, fielded two drivers. 2006 racer Liuzzi, 16th, was joined by three-time Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais, who completed the line-up in 17th, the Frenchman enjoying his test debut with the team.
Testing continues in Jerez on Thursday.
Unofficial Wednesday times from Jerez:
1. Heikki Kovalainen, Renault, 1:19.466
2. Luca Badoer, Ferrari, 1:19.907
3. Christian Klien, Honda, 1:19.999
4. James Rossiter, Honda, 1:20.017
5. Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault, 1:20.108
6. Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren, 1:20.130
7. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:20.143
8. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 1:20.209
9. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 1:20.244
10. Franck Montagny, Toyota, 1:20.493
11. Gary Paffett, McLaren, 1:20.540
12. Sebastian Vettel, BMW Sauber, 1:20.575
13. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 1:20.859
14. Takuma Sato, Super Aguri, 1:20.977
15. Michael Ammermuller, Red Bull, 1:21.367
16. Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso, 1:21.843
17. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 1:22.513


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