Phew, is it even...

Phew, is it even

tornado season?!?

It is now.

One side of the moon is permanently turned away from the Earth due to tidal forces creating what is known as “tidal-lock."  To better understand our celestial companion, we launched dual space sensor satellites on a reconaissance mission, GRAIL:

The first video of the Moon's far side is released by NASA from the GRAIL mission, here.

Because the moon doesn’t rotate on its axis, the far side receives no relief from meteors and other space debris travelling in its direction. The result is the cratered surface you see below.



The far side as imaged by the Apollo 16 spacecraft:

Part of the near side is on the left in this image.

4AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExlrdbvoBNc

Kaskade - 4AM (Adam K & Soha Remix) 

Muses' Fates

Muses' Fates

Laughing Muses dancing
Round about dearest Fates,
All together singing
Each with the other mates,

Born from their love-making
Poets washed with fresh dew,
And while dew-drops yet cling
Verses are penned anew,

The moist ink transforming
Beading upon the quill,
Now evaporating
Crystalline words distill,

To the Fates, Muses sing
With pleasured notes, throats fill,
Satisfied, they take wing
Off, to another thrill.

© 2007 T.A.Rickey

 



"Timcast" stream of the Occupy marches in NYC.
Protesting the arrests in Oakland on Saturday.

It got pretty hairy in California then, Jan. 28, 2012,
when the police were 'kettling' (i.e. cornering) people.

NYC People demonstrating solidarity with Oakland

on Solidarity Sunday.

"Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."  Spock

Environmental regulations create jobs, period.

Environmental regulation generally creates jobs, including lots of blue-collar jobs in construction and manufacturing.  Also permanent, professional work is made for scientists, as consultants.  This is easily demonstrable; in fact environmental industries are now suffering from a lack of enforcement, on the State level, often locally too.

Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.



Personal experience demonstrates that environmental regulations create all kinds of jobs.



And regulating toxins saves an untold number of people from diseases, especially cancer.

Those near and dear to you are not immune, neither are you.