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Open Thread Thursday: Annie Jump Cannon
Annie Jump Cannon was an astronomer who helped to calssify stars. Annie Jump Cannon (/ˈkænən/; December 11, 1863 – April 13, 1941) was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward … Continue reading
Posted in Education, General, Open Thread Thursdays, Science, Technology
Tagged Annie Jump Cannon, astronomy, science, stars
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Open Thread Thursday: Sagittarius X-4
From Wikipedia (Sagittarius X-4 Sagittarius X-4 (Sgr X-4) is the designation for an astronomical X-ray source detected by the X-ray observatory satellite Uhuru and given the catalog designation 2U 1820-30.[1] The “2U” stands for the second Uhuru catalog of X-ray … Continue reading
Posted in Education, General, Open Thread Thursdays, PostADay2011, PostAWeek2011, Science, Technology
Tagged astonomy, astrophysics, NGC, postaday2011, postaweek2011, Sagittarius X-4, science
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My Favorite You Tube Channel: Khan Academy
This is the beginning of a new feature here at the House of Goonery.What I am going to be doing is occasionally highlighting a particular You Tube channel that I think offers something beyond the cacophony of other videos available … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Education, Entertainment, Environment, General, Nuclear Physics, Philosophy, PostADay2011, PostAWeek2011, Science, Social Observations, Technology
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates, education, educators, free education, free online classes, history, math, physics, postaday2011, postaweek2011, Salman Khan, science, Stephen Colbert, teachers, The Colbert Report, The Gates Foundation, YouTube
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If I Was the President of the USA, Part Two
Yesterday, I outlined what I would do were I elected to be the President of the USA. I left off yesterday’s post saying that is all I could think of to do. Well, I thought of a few more items … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Christianity, General, Islam, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, PostADay2011, PostAWeek2011, Religion, Science, Social Observations, Technology
Tagged advertisers, America, American, church, Constitution, corporations, education, immigration, infrastructure, lottery, marijuana, Mars, NASA, postaday2011, postaweek2011, POTUS, President of the United States, private schools, public money, Roe v Wade, science, social networking sites, space, taxes
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An Open Letter to God
Note: The following may offend some of you. I recommend grow a thicker skin. Dear God, I hope this letter finds you well. May name is WonderGoon, as I am sure you already know, since, you know, I am told … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Entertainment, General, GLBT, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, PostADay2011, PostAWeek2011, Religion, Science, Social Observations
Tagged astronomy, atheism, Christ, Christianity, Christians, civil rights, clean, creationism, credit cards, debt, dinosaurs, Epsilon Erendi, gay rights, GLBT, God, guilt, Hate, Heaven, holy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, karma, karmic debt, LDS, Love, money, Mormons, philosophy, political manifesto, power, prophets, Proposition 8, religious freedom, Republican repression of women, Republican reprssion, Republicans, science, shame, sin, slave, slavery, The Bible, unclean, unholy, Utah, Westboro Baptist Church
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The Biology of Homosexuality
This is an interesting video I ran across on YouTube. It was produced by National Geographic, though from which show is unknown. I’d like to see the rest of the documentary this is from. If anyone knows the title, I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Entertainment, Environment, General, GLBT, Philosophy, Politics, PostADay2011, PostAWeek2011, Science, Social Observations, Technology
Tagged biology, bisexual, gay, GLBT, lesbian, National Geographic, postaday2011, postaweek2011, science, Transgender
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Daniel Pink on the Surprising Science of Motivation
Daniel Pink at TED Talk 2009 discussing what can be done differently in business and how a new approach to motivation can spark creativity in workers. Pretty interesting stuff.
Posted in Business, General, PostADay2011, PostAWeek2011, Social Observations, Technology
Tagged business, carrot and stick, corporate structure, corporation, Daniel Pink, finance, finances, gmail. wikipedia, google, labor, motivation, postaday2011, ROWE, science, TED Talks, work, worker
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H2O: Dangerous Chemical!
I found this here and thought I’d share it with you. This was found on the newsgroup: rec.humor.funny H2O: Dangerous Chemical! A student at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair, April 26. … Continue reading
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