It appears to be that time again, it’s been discussed before, it’s been disputed before but? The Mayan End of the World prediction is once again getting media attention, this time from NPR:
For those people making long-term plans, note this: The end of the world as we know it will be on Dec. 21, [...]

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Scientists don’t yet know what it is, but according to New Scientist Amateur astronomer Frank Melillo of Holtsville, New York, first spotted this on 19 July. Part of the recommended article:
The Venus spot was confirmed by other observers, and images from Europe’s Venus Express, the only spacecraft in orbit around the planet, later revealed [...]

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When it comes to Christmas Party Invitations quite a few of them involve tree trimming, which many people don’t realize the huge religious controversies that have taken place when it comes to decorating Christmas Trees that of course wouldn’t be on your average Christmas Party Invitation. Decorating trees was actually against the law at [...]

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If you have always wanted to be in movies, you will be able to soon do that without actually being in the movie as it’s being filmed. There’s something new out there called Yoostar. I really recommend checking out the website and watching the sample clips. It’s pretty awesome. It’s set [...]

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Yes, that really happened, and it was part of an experiment to see if the sweat given off when someone is afraid is different from regular sweat to be able to determine if humans themselves act differently in response to fear and if others can sense it as well. I found this article when [...]

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I use the internet in a variety of ways to be able to help me find the best buy on just about everything I buy. When it comes to weekly specials at the grocery stores? I go online to compare, when it comes to having to buy some type of electronic or other [...]

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Some additional wonderful things being tried in the science world with algae caught my attention, algae and biodiesel and as a food source
It’s pretty amazing to think of all of the different products that can come from algae…Except of course in your fish tank there you don’t want too much of it…

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Years ago you would have never heard of a Master of Science in Information Security degree, let alone there being the ability to get an online MS in Information Security but times they are a changing. Lewis University is the tenth largest of the 60 private colleges and universities in Illinois, but with the [...]

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Science can be amazing, as demonstrated by this project being done with Genome pioneer Craig Venter and Exxon Mobil. It sounds like science fiction until you start reading the details in New Science Magazine:
Algae use carbon dioxide to generate a number of oil molecules, via photosynthesis, as a way of storing energy. People have [...]

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I’m not a morning person, but tomorrow we will get up early, get all of our things together, which include our folding chairs and head down to International Park to get ready for some Dragonboating. About half way through the day, I’ll be wishing that we had outdoor chaise lounges that folded up rather [...]

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Since tomorrow is Dragonboat time once again, it seemed appropriate to play Tina Turner singing “Rolling on on the River” – which will hopefully mean there will be no falling in the river.

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I couldn’t help think of the poem by James Whitcomb Riley when I look at some of the Halloween Party Invitations out there, like the one shown. Whether you want to use a pre-designed one or Photo Halloween Invitations there are many to select from with unique and exclusive designs available at [...]

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I can finally listen to this song without crying, it was one of my father’s favorite songs and it seemed appropriate with all of the posts and news recently about the moon. Frank Sinatra…Fly me to the Moon…

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Most people don’t know that Alan Bean is a painter now who can get up to $175,000 for one of his pieces. According to a variety of sources including, wiki that states Bean is the only artist in the world to use real moon dust on his paintings. When he began painting, he realized that [...]

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It just wouldn’t be Halloween without a vampire or two, which could be made even better by using Photo Halloween Invitations of you or a previous party goer to set the right mood. If you use a Photo Halloween invitation through a site like Holiday-Invitations.com, you can add a photo or a logo to [...]

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When most of you think of the Monster Mash, you probably don’t think of the version I think of first, as a fan of Danzig, I think of the Misfit’s version of it first, so I’ve shared that first. Most of you probably think of the original version done by Bobby “Boris” Pickett, but [...]

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Bats play a prominent place when it comes to Halloween Invitations as seen on this one from Cards Shoppe and the whole Halloween season, similar to spiders which many people are afraid of. In movies bats are portrayed as evil creatures that will attack you and drink your blood, connecting an association to [...]

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I highly recommend Wired’s Apollo Roundup for those of you following the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, what I found especially noteworthy is the audio and the actual video of some of those memorable moments. It’s for those of us who were alive then a real walk down memory lane and for [...]

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I’m still having fun with the huge number of Halloween Party Invitations that are out there, and there are some as you can see by the one shared here from Cards Shoppe that are Photo Halloween Invitations. You could have quite a bit of fun with a Photo Halloween Invitation above and beyond [...]

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Newsweek also has a piece One Small Step that’s listed as a web exclusive by George Alexander that I recommend checking out. My favorite part:

My heart raced. Torn between being a spectator at a most historic event and a professional journalist who would soon have to convey the wonder of all this to readers, [...]

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