Dinosaurs Back to Life
Jack Horner’s Plan to Bring Dinosaurs Back to Life
John "Jack" R. Horner
The world’s most famous dino-hunter says the key is embryonic development, not genetics.
Hans Larsson is a fast walker and a fast talker. You need to be fit to keep up with him on the hills of the McGill University neighborhood in Montreal, let alone on the remote islands of the Canadian Arctic where he searches for fossils in summer fieldwork. He talks the way he walks, in a freely swinging fast-paced lope that ranges from the philosophy of science to genetic probes to the rich Cretaceous ecosystem he is exploring at another field site in Alberta. [ ...read more ]
Who needs dino DNA? A few tweaks to a chick embryo may be all it takes to grow a chickenosaur (left) that resembles and early raptor (right).
If dinosaurs ahead of me… i best eat beans.
Orion’s Belt
Inspired to put big pictures of the planets, after having realised that if i go out to the front gate of the house and look up, i can see that some of the stars are brighter than others. Only after a bit of research (googling), i can be sure that it’s the Orion’s Belt of the Orion (constellation), straight up above my head, consistently present in the night view along with the moon. Because the house is facing east at The Equator line of western Java, Indonesia, in my view the three stars of the belt is aligning vertically.
Betelguese is the yellow star; Sirius is at picture lower left outside the frame
The research also lead to another fact, that the Orion formation can point the location of some big stars, one of them is Sirius of the Canic Major constellation, the brightest star in the night sky.
Yet, without any personal ambition to persue further education of astronomy academically, there are some scientific data that i would like to embrace myself:
Sun is sizing at 109 times earth in diameter, and 8’19” lightspeed away,
The earth’s natural satellite or the Moon is sizing at 1/4th earth in diameter, and 384,403 kilometers away,
…and how long does it take to go to the Moon.
The Big Marbles
It’s been clear nights for quite some time now, the rain hasn’t come for a year until this evening, finally came.
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… find Orion’s Belt in Marla’s painting
IRON MAIDEN – The Final Frontier World Tour 2011 Jakarta
(Thu) 17 FEBRUARY 2011 @Carnaval Beach Ancol… I screamed with the troopers
Iron Maiden did the show in Jakarta at its fullest. The gig was held on the evening of a workday, perhaps it did little affect to its 20.000 participants, i must say it was half the people that Eddie was supposed to have greeted, in a clear night sky with inspiring sea wind blowing over the beach venue.
Almost about two months since then, i still can’t really grasp it to reality, what was it actually, Iron Maiden… live before me, i was like, “…no way, this can’t be happening!”. They played superbly, my state of fitness was not half of Bruce Dickinson’s, finding it hard to keep up with the singing the songs right up to #Running Free which ended the show, quite about midnight.
Great performance all in words, which lasted about almost two hours, and the crowd kept yelling for more, and the speaker played Monty Phyton’s #Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, while the crew wrapped the stage.
Ed Force One Landed On Jakarta… finally
Lineup:
Steve Harris – bass, backing vocals, studio keyboards (1975–present)
Dave Murray – guitar (1976–present)
Adrian Smith – guitar, backing vocals (1980–1990, 1999–present)
Bruce Dickinson – lead vocals (1981–1993, 1999–present)
Nicko McBrain – drums, percussion (1982–present)
Janick Gers – guitar (1990–present)
Songlist:
1. Satelite 15… The Final Frontier
2. El Dorado
3. 2 Minutes to Midnight
4. Coming Home
5. Dance of Death
6. The Trooper
7. The Wicker Man
8. Blood Brothers
9. When the Wind Wind Blows
10. The Evil That Men Do
11. The Talisman
12. Fear of the Dark
13. Iron Maiden
14. The Number of the Beast
15. Hallowed Be Thy Name
16. Running Free
Many thanks to ORIGINAL PROD.
#Under Pressure
Posted by gladly in Track Tracking on March 16, 2011
Under Pressure is a 1981 song recorded by Queen and David Bowie. It marked Bowie’s first released collaboration with another recording artist as a performer, and is featured on Queen’s 1982 album Hot Space. The song reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also number 31 on VH1′s 100 Greatest Songs of the ’80s… [more on wiki]
According to Queen bass player John Deacon, Freddie Mercury did most of the songwriting on this, although everyone contributed. The lyrics deal with how pressure can destroy lives, but love can be the answer. The lyrics are characteristic of Mercury’s songwriting. (thanks, Bertrand – Paris, France)…. [more on Songfacts]
QUEEN live: The Magic Tour in 1986
David Bowie and Annie Lennox [From the Eurythmics] rehearse “Under Pressure” before the Freddie Mercury Tribute.
lyric:
Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure that burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets
It’s the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out
Tomorrow gets me higher
Pressure on people – people on streets
Chippin’ around, kick my brains across the floor
These are the days, when it rains it pours
People on streets – people on streets
It’s the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out
Tomorrow gets me higher, higher, higher…
Pressure on people – people on streets
Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don’t work
Keep coming up with love but it’s so slashed and torn
Why, why, why?
Love
Insanity laughs under pressure we’re cracking
Can’t we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can’t we give love that one more chance?
Why can’t we give love, give love, give love..?
‘Cause love’s such an old-fashioned word
and love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure
[ QUEEN LYRICS at www.AZLyrics.com ]
One of the most covered songs i should say, for its incredible composing with its intimate lyric, a work of art by one of the greatest collaborations ever. The one that you play and loop for half an hour but still not getting enough of it… viva la deacon.
Trip To Cibodas
Today is spent for recovery, after been through an extraordinary physical challenge. Drained but enlightened.
Trip to Cibodas
Yesterday was the event, after been postphone for a week, the activity was initiated. It was Trip KARANG TARUNA (Youth Organization) of my neighborhood.
Perticipated by some fifty of it’s members. The trip was made on Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Garden), located in Taman Nasional Gunung Gede Pangrango [National Park]. Taking part also, elderlies for their role as the youth advisor. And children accompanying their parents, where on this perticular event the matter was attended, that some are still classified as youth member no matter the status.
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The activity was scheduled for six hours, consist of sets of games, advisory speaches, meals and tour in the resort. Carried out successfully and the activities went according to plan.
And an element which is not much of a surprise, as the rain in the region is highly frequent and it’s of our awareness, still everybody got well wet, including the children. But luckily nothing bad happened, only that AC’ed bus is not that comfortable to be in with soaking wet clothes, and the AC cannot be turned off due to temperature adjustment with the outside moisture conditions. Some really suffered, endurably, on the way home.
…………… Somewhat refreshing
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Also Happening:
*Pres. Barrac Obama visit Indonesia [9 /10 Nov. 2010]
*Mount Merapi Erupting [26 Oktober 2010, still erupting]
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