Wild-Walking Woman

queerblackfeminist: oldloves: Bill Murray on Gilda...

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:38:26 +1200

oldloves:

Bill Murray on Gilda Radner:

“Gilda got married and went away. None of us saw her anymore. There was one good thing: Laraine had a party one night, a great party at her house. And I ended up being the disk jockey. She just had forty-fives, and not that many, so you really had to work the music end of it. There was a collection of like the funniest people in the world at this party. Somehow Sam Kinison sticks in my brain. The whole Monty Python group was there, most of us from the show, a lot of other funny people, and Gilda. Gilda showed up and she’d already had cancer and gone into remission and then had it again, I guess. Anyway she was slim. We hadn’t seen her in a long time. And she started doing, “I’ve got to go,” and she was just going to leave, and I was like, “Going to leave?” It felt like she was going to really leave forever.

So we started carrying her around, in a way that we could only do with her. We carried her up and down the stairs, around the house, repeatedly, for a long time, until I was exhausted. Then Danny did it for a while. Then I did it again. We just kept carrying her; we did it in teams. We kept carrying her around, but like upside down, every which way—over your shoulder and under your arm, carrying her like luggage. And that went on for more than an hour—maybe an hour and a half—just carrying her around and saying, “She’s leaving! This could be it! Now come on, this could be the last time we see her. Gilda’s leaving, and remember that she was very sick—hello?”

We worked all aspects of it, but it started with just, “She’s leaving, I don’t know if you’ve said good-bye to her.” And we said good-bye to the same people ten, twenty times, you know.

And because these people were really funny, every person we’d drag her up to would just do like five minutes on her, with Gilda upside down in this sort of tortured position, which she absolutely loved. She was laughing so hard we could have lost her right then and there.

It was just one of the best parties I’ve ever been to in my life. I’ll always remember it. It was the last time I saw her.”

- from Live from New York: an Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

I love this!

The “Pending” /...

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:13:28 +1200

The “Pending” / “Suspended”Coffee

Let’s start a trend!!!!

http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/magazine/223974-stewarts-cafe-on-st-andrews-street-launch-suspended-coffee-concept/

Do Not Disturb!

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:10:28 +1200

Do Not Disturb!

#Money makes the world go…

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:09:48 +1200

#Money makes the world go…

Humility

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:08:58 +1200

Humility

Man and Nature :(

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:08:14 +1200

Man and Nature :(

Your body. Your rules! #Women

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:07:13 +1200

Your body. Your rules! #Women

…you can turn any criminal organisation into a political...

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:06:17 +1200

…you can turn any criminal organisation into a political one by simply legalising every crime you are going to commit!

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform...

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:04:41 +1200

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

islamicthinking: “The real patience is at the first stroke of a...

Wed, 08 May 2013 05:59:19 +1200

islamicthinking:

“The real patience is at the first stroke of a calamity.” - Prophet Muhammad SAW [Sahih Bukhari]

Make your own choices… but your children need to make...

Wed, 08 May 2013 05:57:40 +1200

Make your own choices… but your children need to make theirs too!

sagansense: Loss Of The Night (Android App)Take part in a...

Wed, 08 May 2013 05:56:06 +1200

sagansense:

Loss Of The Night (Android App)

Take part in a world-wide citizen science project that measures star visibility and light pollution. Help create a database for research on health, environment and society by telling scientists which stars you can see at your location.

In many parts of the world, the night sky shines with waste artificial light from poorly designed street lamps. This light pollution spoils the beauty of the stars and changes the natural environment.

But light pollution is not only a problem for astronomy. Scientists all over the world are studying how light pollution affects health, society, and the environment. Based on the well-known Google Sky Map, this app is a tool to measure star visibility without expensive equipment. Just look up to the sky, find certain stars, and tell us whether you can see them or not!

Using the Loss of the Night app is fun, educational, promotes citizen science, and is an active contribution to protect the environment.
Stargazing connects you to the universe, especially in places free of light pollution. Find out how many stars you can see, and compare it to other areas on the GLOBE at Night map. Learn about the stars and constellations, and find places where you can still see the Milky Way. If you’re lucky enough to live in such a place, let others know! Counting stars is a great experience and family activity!

Make a change! Most light pollution is caused by bad lamp design, although overly lit areas contribute as well. By finding areas with good lighting design, you will help other communities learn what works. This will keep our bedrooms darker, and the sky full of stars. Proper design also saves energy and money!

Take an active part in science! The Loss of the Night app allows students to measure light pollution and star visibility for their own science projects, and at the same time become part of a global citizen science network. Measurements are sent anonymously to the GLOBE at Night database (www.GLOBEatNight.org), a citizen science project that has monitored light pollution since 2006. GLOBE at Night creates worldwide maps of star visibility and light pollution, which scientists can use to analyse correlations between light pollution and health, biodiversity, life quality, and many more factors.

You are also welcome to get into contact with the light pollution researchers from Verlust der Nacht that built this app, and learn about their other projects (www.verlustdernacht.de). The app provides some basic information on the history, importance, and consequences of artificial light at night.

magnitude: stars in sky
0-1: 2-8
1-2: 8-25
2-3: 25-100
3-4: 100-250
4-5: 250-800
5: thousands

(Use this table to convert the faintest star you saw into an estimate of how many stars you can see at your location)

via International Dark-Sky Association

"The most beautiful experience we can have is based on mystery. That is the sensation from which both..."

Wed, 08 May 2013 05:52:38 +1200

“The most beautiful experience we can have is based on mystery. That is the sensation from which both art and science originate.”

- Albert Einstein (via sagansense)

Exploding star remnants found in fossilized bacteria Thousands...

Wed, 08 May 2013 05:50:16 +1200

Example of a magnetotactic bacterium containing a chain of magnetosomes

Exploding star remnants found in fossilized bacteria

Thousands of metres below the sea, trapped in the fossilized remains of ancient bacteria, exists the iron remnants of a supernova explosion that happened millions of years ago. An imprint, here on Earth, of a dying star.

Iron-60, an isotope of iron created only in supernovae, has been found in fossilised seabed bacteria. The preliminary findings, announced by Shawn Bishop of the Technical University of Munich at a 14 April meeting of the American Physical Society in Colorado, may be the first time that a specific star’s debris has been found in our fossil record.

Iron-60’s half-life is relatively short when compared to the age of our solar system, so traces of the isotope on Earth suggests a direct interaction with a supernova in the planet’s history. The researchers searched for the isotope in fossils from seabed samples between 1.7 million to 3.3 million years old. They likely found traces of the isotope in fossils around 2.2 million years old.

The bacteria containing the Iron-60 are magnetotactic; they are strange organisms live in the seabed and align themselves with the Earth’s magnetic field. They extract iron from the water and sediment around them and create iron oxide crystals that are then preserved in the fossil record.

“For me, philosophically, the charm is that this is sitting in the fossil record of our planet,” said Bishop in a Nature.com report. The isotope had previously been discovered in seabed samples, but not in the fossil record.

“We are all, as Carl Sagan put it, stardust,” Bishop told Wired.co.uk. “[We have now] likely discovered, within crystal nano-fossils left behind by primitive bacteria, […] still-live radioactive atoms that can only have been synthesized within the same kind of nuclear furnace — an exploding star — that forged the elements from which all live on Earth is made. The cycle comes full-circle.”

It has been estimated that the supernova happened around 2.2 million years ago, and that the stream of cosmic rays would have had an effect on the Earth’s atmosphere by increasing cloud cover. The supernova responsible for depositing the iron-60 has not yet been found, but possible suspects have been identified in the nearby Scorpius-Centarus association.

This isn’t the first time that distant astronomical events have made an impact on Earth. In 2012, researchers found a surplus of radioactive atoms in Japanese trees, hinting at a violent cosmic event around 1,200 years ago.

Why is it easier to believe…

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:06:23 +1200

Why is it easier to believe…

#Cats #gifs

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:00:52 +1200

#Cats #gifs

White Lipped Python ( Leiopython Albertissi)

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:52:47 +1200

White Lipped Python ( Leiopython Albertissi)

At what age did you lose… ?

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:51:52 +1200

At what age did you lose… ?

#Monsanto #Boycott list

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:51:11 +1200

#Monsanto #Boycott list

Natural heart :)

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:50:27 +1200

Natural heart :)