Get on the elevator to Heaven. That’s exactly what visitors to the
Standard Hotel in New York will be treated to thanks to the very
cool art installation called “Civilization” by artist Marco Brambilla.
He has created an amazing video mural that takes guests from fiery
infernos to paradise as the elevator ascends.

Watch as you ascend from Hell to Heaven.

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A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the
astronauts this striking view of Sarychev Volcano (Kuril Islands,
northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009.

earthobservatory.nasa.gov

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Remember those grade-school shoebox dioramas made with
cotton balls, sugar cubes, sand and popsicle sticks? Enter Brooklyn-
based artist Thomas Doyle’s modern take on the diorama.
Incredibly detailed small-scale sculptures which takes the diorama
to some very cool new extremes.

Doyle creates entire universes in 1:43 scale or smaller that are usually
sealed under glass (we’re talking small here.) It is only upon closer
inspection, like his work in the Bearings or Reclamations series, that one
notices these innocent looking figurines are usually in some kind of
dire peril or up to no good. Tragedy under glass. Have fun

thomasdoyle.net

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Can this be true? Is this really happening in the United States?
Will the county of San Diego make home bible study groups
illegal within the county limits without a permit? That’s what
appears to be happening.

What are the implications here? Forget about the regular
tupperware parties and weekly poker nights, but banning
personal worship of God in regular groups at private homes?
Do any of you think that a conservative is behind this
Jack Boot tactic? Sounds kind of like a socialist stand on public
or private assembly to me not to mention the absolute theft
of individual liberties. I’d really like to know if Muslims and
their Islamo faith are included in this ban. What about
Christmas Caroling?

If this isn’t a joke, then I’ll ask: What’s next? Do any of you care?

10news.com

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The term liberal certainly isn’t new. It has been around
for more than 100 years. Liberalism is actually a very
noble cause but it has somehow been changed over time.
The Democratic party used to be liberal but now it is
something else. I call it socialist. The Democrats call it
“progressive” and they may be right depending on which
direction you are progressing because if their direction
is socialism, they are certainly correct. Watch this video
if you dare.

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Very cool weather update designed specifically for
RocStock. Have a watch. Remember RoCStock is
this weekend. Unfortunately, I can’t attend but I
will be there in November with the new FJ.

scwxa.org

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Beware of what you upload to the internet and beware of
what you download from the internet ought to be the first
rules of cyberspace. For all I know, they probably are. I’ve
never actually read the cyberspace rulebook before. Now
take a good look at the picture above.

How would you like to find one of your pictures that you
have uploaded to your Facebook or Myspace or regular
webpage blown up to life size and plastered to the window
of some store in another country. Well, that’s what happened
to the family pictured above. Check it out

extraordinarymommy.com

Incidentally, if you image google “happy family” and set the
advanced preferences to extra large files, there they are.
And boy! is it a huge picture file. Like 23.5 MB big and high
resolution.

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Google has updated its Google Mars service to show more
details of Mars both in its history and the present day.
Totally worth checking out.

telegraph.co.uk

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Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials that can help
you to make really gread ads and posters. Dig in.

smashingmagazine.com

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View Hi-res Image

This free tail bat was hanging on to space shuttle Discovery as
the countdown proceeded. Photo credit: NASA

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The bat was seen on the external tank as the shuttle cleared the
launch tower at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: NASA

A bat that was clinging to space shuttle Discovery’s external
fuel tank during the countdown to launch the STS-119 mission
remained with the spacecraft as it cleared the tower, analysts
at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center concluded.

Based on images and video, a wildlife expert who provides
support to the center said the small creature was a free tail bat
that likely had a broken left wing and some problem with its
right shoulder or wrist. The animal likely perished quickly
during Discovery’s climb into orbit.

Because the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge coexists
inside Kennedy Space Center, the launch pads have a number
of measures available, including warning sirens, to deter birds
and other creatures from getting too close. The launch team
also uses radar to watch for birds before a shuttle liftoff.

Nevertheless, the bat stayed in place and it was seen changing
positions from time to time.

Launch controllers spotted the bat after it had clawed onto the
foam of the external tank as Discovery stood at Launch Pad 39A.
The temperature never dropped below 60 degrees at that part
of the tank, and infrared cameras showed that the bat was 70
degrees through launch.

The final inspection team that surveys the outside of the shuttle
and tank for signs of ice buildup observed the small bat, hoping
it would wake up and fly away before the shuttle engines ignited.

It was not the first bat to land on a shuttle during a countdown.
Previously, one of the winged creatures landed on the tank during
the countdown to launch shuttle Columbia on its STS-90 mission
in 1998.

Steven Siceloff
NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center

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