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Presque vu LXXIII
http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/ presque-vu-lxxiii/rosyb on Vulpes Libres does her nut about grammar: You see this is what annoys me so much about grammar freaks. They act as if language is rendered completely incomprehensible by the odd misplaced apostrophe or semi-colon. But the things they get their knickers in a twist about are very rarely anything to do with actual meaning.
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Sagan’s Dragons
http://vorpal.us/ 2008/ 11/ sagans-dragons/Reading Carl Sagan’s “The Dreams of Dragons” is like reading an ancient polymath’s writing - Bacon or Voltaire proposing their best insights from renaissance knowledge. Sagan draws on 1970’s knowledge of the human brain and consciousness to propose a broad vision for what was known from “recent”
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Will Mumbo-Jumbo Come Back To Haunt Us?
http://theedger.org/ 2008/ 11/ 17/ will-mumbo-jumbo-come-back-to-haunt-us/Dedicated to the 18,901 people, including children, harmed by those not thinking critically. Goya’s famous painting should be the siren to our sensibilities. “The Sleep of Reason Brings Forth Monsters” is written in an effort to engrave it in our conscious.
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William Gibson (and others) on the future of science fiction
http://futurismic.com/ 2008/ 11/ 13/ william-gibson-and-others-on-the-future-of-…The reluctant but charming crown prince of cyberpunk William Gibson got asked to write a piece for New Scientist on the future of science fiction. The Future of Science Fiction? We’re living in it. Those “Future History” charts in the back of every Robert A Heinlein paperback, when I was about 14, had the early 21st century tagged as the “Crazy Years”.
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hubble snaps an extrasolar planet
http://toomanytribbles.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 11/ hubble-snaps-extrasolar-planet_13…at JPL: the first ever visible light picture of a planet outside our solar system! its name is fomalhaut b -- an exoplanet -- you know, the kind carl sagan's fellows will be studying! and, as an added spectacular bonus, here's a picture of a solar system at HR 8799: and to think that not so long ago we just suspected they were out there.
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CARL SAGAN'S CONTACT IN IT'S ENTIRETY (JODY FOSTER) 1997
http://alienufoparanormal.aliencasebook.com/ 2008/ 11/ 12/ carl-sagans-contact-i…NOW AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET IN IT'S ENTIRETY 15 VIDEOS (broken up on 3 pages for no lag)CLICK ON FIRST PHOTO OR LAST ...
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zeitgeist addendum: religion
http://toomanytribbles.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 11/ zeitgeist-addendum-religion.htmli watched zeitgeist addendum yesterday and i'd seen the first three parts way back when. i wasn't overly impressed with them as i found too many mistakes in information. i still have to think about the addendum, but i really liked this part* regarding religion and the interconnectivity of everything:
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Antlers blow another chance to pull away in J1
http://news.tourthailand.org/ asia-news/ japan-news/ antlers-blow-another-chance…Antlers blow another chance to pull away in J1 Shintaro Kano / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter The first-place team in the J.League failed to pull away–again. With Nagoya Grampus and Kawasaki Frontale having lost the day before, Kashima Antlers had an excellent opportunity on Sunday to take a big step toward their second straight title.
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ETFF's interview with ann druyan
http://toomanytribbles.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 11/ etffs-interview-with-ann-druyan.h…carl sagan's birthday was yesterday, november 9th, and today i woke up to this wonderful item, posted by joel schlosberg on celebrating sagan: the WBAI radio program, equal time for freethought has uploaded an interview with ann druyan, recorded earlier this fall.
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Happy Birthday: Carl Sagan
http://www.ieatgravel.com/ ?p=1719In recognition of the late Carl Sagan’s birthday, here’s one of my favorite clips from his amazing work. Carl Sagan had a fantastic ability to inspire thinking and wonderment of our Universe. He made science interesting for people of all ages.
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