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24 September 2010

Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. –Carl Sagan
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PAG e-NEWS: 24 September 2010
— questioning dogma, ideology, authority, reality, and whatever is left
   — peeking behind the curtain
   — thinking outside the program
   — looking below the surface       
   — lifting the veil
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Published by Peter A. Gersten, Esq. (ufolawyer@msn.com)
 
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TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE HUGE DEVOURING STAR
 
Star light, star bright,
The first star I see tonight;
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Make it real tonight.
 
But alas, the cosmic planetarium persists.
 
Astronomers identify star 10 million times brighter than the Sun
 
Experts identified it among a group of “monster” stars – whose size and brightness exceed what many scientists thought was possible
 
 
Cannibal Star Gobbles Up Companion and Starts Acting Younger
 
Space can be a pretty rough place, and it just got rougher. A study has found evidence of a “cannibal star” that recently devoured a companion star or planet, possibly spawning a second generation of exoplanets in the process.
 
 
Top 10 Star Mysteries
 
From stellar fireworks caused by supernova explosions to invisible black holes, astronomers are gradually figuring out how stars work and what makes each variety unique. Many mysteries remain, however.
 
 
 
 
 

23 September 2010

If we want to make a statement about a man’s nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed. –Paracelsus
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PAG e-NEWS: 23 September 2010
— questioning dogma, ideology, authority, reality, and whatever is left
   — peeking behind the curtain
   — thinking outside the program
   — looking below the surface       
   — lifting the veil
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Published by Peter A. Gersten, Esq. (ufolawyer@msn.com)
 
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HUMANITY in DISTRESS
 
Just another day in our rapidly deteriorating biosphere.
 
Transgenic fish swimming towards a plate near you
 
If the US approves genetically modified fish for human consumption, the implications will be global.
 
 
Bee decline already having dramatic effect on pollination of plants.
 
Researchers have found that pollination levels of some plants have dropped by up to 50 per cent in the last two decades. The “pollination deficit” could see a dramatic reduction in the yield from crops.
 
 
Life on this Earth Just Changed: The North Atlantic Current is Gone
 
The Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico ceased to exist a month ago, the latest satellite data clearly shows that the North Atlantic Current is now GONE and the Gulf Stream begins to break apart approximately 250 miles from the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
 
 
 
 
 
 

22 September 2010

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.  –Paul Valery
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PAG e-NEWS: 22 September 2010
— questioning dogma, ideology, authority, reality, and whatever is left
   — peeking behind the curtain
   — thinking outside the program
   — looking below the surface       
   — lifting the veil
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Published by Peter A. Gersten, Esq. (ufolawyer@msn.com)
 
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FORFEITING the FUTURE
 
Say hello to virtual reality, digital technology, and artificial creatures. Say goodbye to carbon-based life forms, the biosphere, and the natural order of things.
 
Avatar therapy: From couch to cyberspace
 
Welcome to Second Life, a virtual world with almost 20 million players globally, where the avatars – digital stand-ins for the players – create everything around them. Every cobbled street, every tree swaying in the wind, even the wind itself, is the product of someone’s imagination.
 
 
Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime
 
The technology makes the tiniest windows of time entertaining, and potentially productive. But scientists point to an unanticipated side effect: when people keep their brains busy with digital input, they are forfeiting downtime that could allow them to better learn and remember information, or come up with new ideas.
 
 
Won’t You (Cheaply) Help DARPA Gear Up for the Coming Robopocalypse?
 
Back in July the government identified robots as one of the R&D priorities for the 2012 budget (about a decade behind the rest of us). Now there’s a research funding round to aid small business robotic’s efforts, to build robot gear DARPA can’t manage.