Public Option's Winding Road to Spotlight Aug 22, 2009
Fifty-years of doing nothing has shown us the unsustainability of the current health care system: almost 50 million uninsured and climbing, Americans saddled with devastating debt when someone in the family gets seriously ill, declining standards of living as a result of the increased economic burden of health care ... We can no longer afford to pay more than 10 thousand a day for ICUs or 75 thousand for prosthetic limbs ... So what do you think is a fair price for ICU and prosthetic limbs. (CBS News)
Top Democrats Stand Firm on Public Option Aug 19, 2009
A prosthetic limb can cost more than 60 thousand dollars which eats up the tax dollars from 3 households. They take about 3 days to build. (CBS News -- Politics)
Braille Displays Get New Life With Artificial Muscles Aug 18, 2009
9, 2007) A robotic exoskeleton controlled by the wearer's own nervous system could help users regain limb function, which is encouraging news for people with partial nervous system impairment, say University. (June 17, 2009) Smokers' muscles tire much more quickly than those of non-smokers, irrespective of how many cigarettes they smoke per day or how long they have. (Science Daily)
National Park Service to lose $6m on free visits Aug 16, 2009
This 2,500-year-old giant in Kings Canyon National Park might suddenly drop a massive limb. The tree has been inspected and labeled a hazard, but visitors may not know it. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Deborah Butterfield at Paule Anglim Aug 16, 2009
In small pieces in salvaged copper or steel, she tests the capacity of an available form to sum up a contour, a posture, a limb, as if seeking the limits of descriptive concision. Abstraction has its Moment: Sacramento painter Joan Moment took on a deceptive difficulty some years ago when she began to use open circles as key forms in her paintings. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Don't remove mature trees from Eaton Plaza Aug 8, 2009
Camphor trees have special qualities, in particular their undulating profile, their year-round bright green, and their magnificent limb structure. When it is raining, the limbs turn black inside the bright-green foliage, creating a sight to behold. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Robert E. Lee giant sequoia labeled as hazard Aug 6, 2009
This 2,500-year-old giant in Kings Canyon National Park might suddenly drop a massive limb ... Mike Ibbetson climbs up and over roots of a giant sequoia that fell in Kings Canyon National Park in 2005 ... Falling trees and limbs are always a danger in a natural setting, which park officials tell visitors in signs, posted bulletins and in the park newspaper, said spokeswoman Deb Schweizer. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Astronauts inspect space shuttle ahead of landing Jul 30, 2009
In this July 25, 2009 photo provided by NASA, the limb of Earth intersects one of two Soyuz spacecraft that are docked with the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA). (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
This Week's Sky at a Glance Jul 29, 2009
Note the Great Red Spot just about to rotate out of sight on the celestial west limb (left). Sky cope's Sean Walker used a 14. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Work-life balance worse for women Jul 27, 2009
Aquarius: A classically good connection between Jupiter in your sign and Venus plus a host of other positive connections should make this a really good day if you are willing to go out on a limb to try to get the 'fruit. If it's possible this is a day when you should just do what you want and enjoy yourself. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Dems: Military will be 'dragged into conflict if climate change goes unchecked'... Jul 24, 2009
Headline: "Coolest July 21 Recorded in Nashville as Cool Wave Continues in Tennessee -- Cool weather has broken a previous low temperature for July 21 in Nashville that was set when Rutherford B. Hayes was president. When the temperature at the National Weather Service station dipped to 58 degrees at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, it wiped out the previous record low for the date of 60 degrees, which was set in 1877. Kerry is a dufus. Posted by Ding Dong Daddy July 23, 09 03:16 PM . These are Crazy... (The Drudge Report)
The great comet collision Jul 21, 2009
As bad luck would have it, every fragment ended up hitting Jupiter on the far side of the planet, ranging between three and nine degrees beyond the eastern limb ... As fragments peppered Jupiter, incandescent fireballs rose above the limb, and as the impact sites spun into view dark, giant bruises were evident in the atmosphere, some as large as Earth itself ... It s though that the final blast came from the heat of the rising fireball, spreading up to 200 kilometres across in the atmosphere and... (Astronomy Now Online)
Trout bums: The Perfect Stream Jul 17, 2009
We are dreaming of water to wade without fear of life and limb, and trout that are eating mayflies floating on the surface like perfect little sailboats. We are now stopping at DePuy's Spring Creek in the Paradise Valley just south of Livingston, Mont. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Eclipses in 2009 Jul 7, 2009
The eclipse's midpoint occurs at 19:23 UT, when a slight umbral nick encroaches on the Moon's southern limb. Penumbral shading might be visible from about 45 minutes before that time until 45 minutes afterward. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
All S&T Observing Blogs Jul 5, 2009
The location of the impact is very near the southeast limb, close to 80. 4 E, 65. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
* Why the next astronaut on the moon will be Chinese Jul 4, 2009
Fong points out that the Apollo program prioritized mission objectives over life or limb. No one was complacent about the danger, he says, but since most of the astronauts were former test pilots, they understood that things can X and would X go wrong. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The U.N. Honors Environmental Uselessness Jun 20, 2009
I m not sure where precisely the heroism lies in this feat, except perhaps in risking life and limb courting danger on the high seas using only environmentally hazardous materials. This is a common theme among those seen as leaders or heroes of the environmentalist movement. (Human Events Online)
Top 10 Worst Gaming Dads Jun 19, 2009
The God of War star is known for tearing mythical creatures limb from limb and taking on the very Gods of Olympus. But before he did all of that, Kratos was a father and a husband;until he killed his family. (IGN PS2)
Green Bulb Blues Jun 18, 2009
I'm going out on another limb here (having already offended my dear Auntie by. to say I'd rather sit alone in the dark than under one of these Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs). (Slate)
Kaguya Mission Ends with a Flash Jun 16, 2009
S, a location on the near side right along the darkened southeast limb. Those coordinates correspond to the near the much larger crater Gill. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
• Scorpius' brightest star hides behind the Moon Jun 4, 2009
Astronomers make good use of such lunar occultations: The time required for the star to disappear behind (or appear from behind) the Moon's limb allows a straightforward calculation of the star's diameter, which otherwise can be quite difficult to measure due to stars' enormous distances ... Antares will pop out from behind the Moon's upper right limb at one minute before 9 p.m., so binoculars or a telescope will be necessary to see it. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Which stuff to worry about? Jun 2, 2009
If your backyard is infested with rattlesnakes, ya shouldn t be focusing all of your worries on someday being struck by a falling tree limb ; should you. T&D Columnist Rush Button can be reached by e-mail at or by phone at 803-534-3724. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Planet Exploration Inc.: Sidace Lake Drilling Update May 27, 2009
The MDZ comprises five limbs including the North and Main Limbs, all in quartz-sericite schist ... 07g/t over 9m from 515m correlates with the North Limb of the MDZ. Hole RL07-168A, which at this depth is less than 15m away, returned 7 ... 00m at 512m on the North Limb, including a value of 58. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
> read more May 9, 2009
In a telescope this month, do you notice that its western limb is slightly less illuminated than its eastern limb. On Sunday morning the last-quarter Moon shines close to Jupiter. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
A Marriage of Heaven and Hell May 3, 2009
The cloud thinned further, and the crescent Moon burst forth with part of brilliant Venus shining on its limb ... While not exactly rivaling the diamond ring during a total eclipse of the Sun, Venus slipping behind the Moons limb is one of the most stunning sights Ive seen in all my years of stargazing. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Before It's Too Late May 1, 2009
Despite fans' objections, NASCARmust make Talladega safer - Mark Beech - SI.com. Posted: Thursday April 30, 2009 12:31PM; Updated: Thursday April 30, 2009 12:31PM. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Spot Titan's Shadow on Saturn! Apr 18, 2009
Oc refers to an occultation of Titan behind Saturn's limb. Ec means eclipse in Saturn's shadow. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
• COLUMN: The crescent moon overtakes a crescent Venus Apr 16, 2009
Then watch as the moon's bright limb slips over Venus at 6:20 a.m. ... Venus begins to re-emerge at 7:19 a.m. Under magnification it will be a thin crescent appearing from behind the moon's invisible dark limb. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
A Daring Pairing of Moon and Venus Apr 16, 2009
Because the Moon is waning, its bright edge will be the one that covers Venus and its dark limb will uncover it, as shown in the diagram above ... Along the graze line, you'll see the Moon's southern limb skim Venus but never quite cover it. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
'Iron Man'-Like Robot Suit Helps Disabled Move Apr 11, 2009
In real life, Cyberdyne is a Japanese robotics company, and HAL is Hybrid Assistive Limb, its full-body, "Iron Man"-like exoskeleton designed to help people with weak muscles or disabilities. "When a person attempts to move, nerve signals are sent from the brain to the muscles via motoneuron (sic), moving the musculoskeletal system as a consequence," explains the English-language section of the Cyberdyne Web site. (Fox News)
Earthshine Reflects Earth's Oceans And Continents From The Dark Side Of The Moon Apr 9, 2009
This Clementine star tracker camera image reveals the Moon lit by Earthshine, with the Sun's corona rising over the Moon's dark limb. (Credit: NASA). (Science Daily)
Sacred Geometry Apr 3, 2009
The famous Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da vinci is a prime example of this shape with the five extensions from the torso, each limb ending in 5 fingers or toes. Six creates the shape of the hexagon and represents structure, function and order. (Suite101.com)
Pooch Gets Hi-Tech Prosthetic Apr 2, 2009
(CBS) Prosthetic limbs have long been used to help humans who have lost a limb live a normal life. Now man's best friend is getting a leg up from prosthetics. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Attack Dogs? No, Democrats Walk the Dinosaur Mar 21, 2009
The Democrats have become like the Jurassic Park version of the Velociraptor working as a team to tear their enemies limb from limb ... When asked on March 16 about former Vice President Dick Cheneys criticism of the Obama economic record, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs mocked him, saying that Rush Limbaugh must have been too busy ... They and the liberals who follow them are looking to take a bite out of anyone who disagrees with their economic performance from... (Townhall.com)
Needless slaughter in the water Mar 5, 2009
Yet instead of sensible discussions about how best to protect human life and limb, the debate over shark attacks has taken a surreal turn, in which Sydney's waterways are deemed to be the sole province of man-eating sharks and tough luck to humans. "Dirty, stinking humans scum of the planet and hopefully sharks will be here for millions more years after we're extinct" was typical of one misanthropic comment on a surf website this week. (The Age, Australia -- Opinion)
In Congo, with rebels now at bay, calm erupts Mar 4, 2009
Over the past several years, most of Congo has wearily climbed out of war ... One of the biggest points of uncertainty right now is Congo's president, Joseph Kabila, who has gone out on a limb by inviting in the Rwandans, in the hope that this could break the deadlock between the countries. (International Herald Tribune)
Three ESA Earth science missions move to next phase Mar 3, 2009
Through the use of limb imaging spectrometry in the infrared, PREMIER will observe 3D fields of atmospheric composition in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. A millimetre-wave limb-sounder will provide data in the presence of cirrus cloud and complementary chemical species. (Scientific American)
Watching Venus Glow In The Dark Feb 25, 2009
This false-colour composite image of Venus s atmosphere was obtained by the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS) on board ESA s Venus Express, from a limb (or profile) perspective. The top panel shows the oxygen nightglow of Venus at an altitude of approximately 96 km over the surface of the planet, seen at a wavelength of 1. (Science Daily)
Nasa launches Aura satellite Feb 24, 2009
Aura has four instruments, the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS); the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS); the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI); and the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES). The HIRDLS and MLS were built with a substantial UK contribution. (BBC News -- Science)
Not same ol' Griffey Feb 18, 2009
Go out on a limb or whatever. Sells more papers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
The Mars Rovers' Long and Fruitful Journeys Feb 13, 2009
Spirit's busted wheel is not the only lame limb on the now aging rovers. Opportunity's robotic arm which carries many of its exploration tools, including its rock drill has what amounts to an arthritic elbow. (Time.com)
Tales From the Far Side – I:Did the Moon Do a Face Flip? Feb 12, 2009
Familiar Mare Crisium sits along the top limb; below it are Mare Smythii (left) and Mare Marginis. Below them is the heavily cratered lunar far side. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
