Random Thoughts
- So You Want To Dance On The Ceiling?
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Fred Astaire is, of course, beyond compare. As a dancer, he had already set the bar for everyone and then he set it a lot higher when he appeared in 1951's "Royal Wedding" at age 52. Echoing a Voodoo shaman, he animated what most of us regar ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 20 2013 - 5:56pm
- Compassion in Adversity
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Compassion in Adversity It is not our petty squabbles that define what it is to be human: it is our compassion in the hour of adversity. The Oklahoma tornado demonstrates this. "There are empty spaces where there used to be living rooms, and bedroom ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - May 21 2013 - 12:00pm
- For my readers, I am finishing my thesis.
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My readers may wonder what I have been doing. The answer is I have been working on my thesis is the area of astrophysics. With much help from my advisor Dr. Anuj P. Sarma I am finally finishing. ...
Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - May 24 2013 - 7:52am
- Architectural Folly And Trumpery
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Architectural Folly And Trumpery In 1984 Prince Charles provoked controversy when he called a proposed extension to London's National Gallery a "monstrous carbuncle". What is good and what is bad about architecture? Science and engineering ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - May 31 2013 - 8:41pm
- Measuring areas
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"And why do we measure areas with square centimeters?" "Because it would be much harder to fit in there round centimeters, silly!" (From a conversation with my daughter) ...
Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Jun 12 2013 - 1:51pm
- No Sense Of Humor Gene? Republicans Don't Want To Be On NPR
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NPR has a trivia show called Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me and host Peter Sagal is surprised that they don't get Republicans on it. ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 17 2013 - 3:40pm
- Party Like It's 1776
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Party Like It's 1776 "These colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states" ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 7 2013 - 6:22pm
- Speaking With a Forked Tongue
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Speaking With a Forked Tongue My regular readers will likely have noticed that I thoroughly enjoy chasing down the truth behind things which are commonly accepted as facts. I am fortunate to have the gift of being able to spot cracks in arguments as well ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 7 2013 - 6:58pm
- The Arnhem Factor
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Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jul 7 2013 - 7:10pm
- Not Just Singing: Choir Members' Heart Rates Modulate In Unison
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When the members of a choir sing their heart beats are synchronized, according to a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg. The pulse of performing choir members tend to increase and decrease in unison. In the research project &qu ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 8 2013 - 10:11pm