I know the dozo's will love this site. Where else would you find the photon excitation and photon emission of the electron in a Hydrogen atom as described by the Bohr model or a simple demonstration that subtracting 2 vectors graphically is the same as adding the first one to the negative of the second one.

Flash Animations for Physics

http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash/

This is a great site.....mesmerizing. I think I may spend too much time fooling with this thing.

http://www.dhteumeuleu.com/runscript.php?scr=rotate3D.html

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/12mar_stereoeclipse.htm?list954013

Check out the video of a lunar transit of the sun. Real life is so cool.

Please leave a one-word comment that you think best describes me.

It can only be one word. No more.

Then copy & paste this in your journal so that I may leave a word about you.

 http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/


Concerts on this site can be streamed for free. Wait till you see who is available.

found on a local forum..........

ATLANTA ... The Centers for Disease Control have issued a warning about a
> new virulent strain of Sexually Transmitted Disease. The disease is
> contracted through dangerous and high-risk behavior. The disease is called
> Gonorrhea Lectim and pronounced "gonna re-elect him." Many victims
> contracted it in 2004, after having been screwed for the past four years.
>
> Cognitive characteristics of in dividuals infected include: antisocial
> personality disorders, delusions of grandeur with messianic overtones,
> extreme cognitive dissonance, inability to incorporate new information,
> pronounced xenophobia and paranoia, inability to accept responsibility for
> own actions, cowardice masked by misplaced bravado, uncontrolled facial
> smirking, ignorance of geography and history, tendencies towards
> evangelical theocracy, categorical all-or-nothing behavior.
>
> Naturalists and epidemiologists are amazed at how this destructive disease
> originated only a few years ago from a bush found in Texas

From Jim Macdonald by way of ginmar's journal. It sounds good. I don't know if it's true. But it's worth going over to the source and reading the discussion.

ATTENTION US MILITARY PERSONNEL
Posted by Jim Macdonald at 12:05 AM * 94 comments

You are not required to obey an unlawful order.

You are required to disobey an unlawful order.

You swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

The Constitution states (Article VI):

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

Here is article 3, the common article, to the Geneva Conventions, a duly ratified treaty made under the authority of the United States:

Article 3

In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions:

1. Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any adverse distinction founded on race, colour, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria.

To this end the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:

(a) Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;

(b) Taking of hostages;

(c) Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment;

(d) The passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.

2. The wounded and sick shall be collected and cared for.

An impartial humanitarian body, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, may offer its services to the Parties to the conflict.

The Parties to the conflict should further endeavour to bring into force, by means of special agreements, all or part of the other provisions of the present Convention.

The application of the preceding provisions shall not affect the legal status of the Parties to the conflict.

 

Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions is straightforward and clear. Under Article VI of the Constitution, it forms part of the supreme law of the land.

You personally will be held responsible for all of your actions, in all countries, at all times and places, for the rest of your life. “I was only following orders” is not a defense.

What all this is leading to:

If you are ordered to violate Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, it is your duty to disobey that order. No “clarification,” whether passed by Congress or signed by the president, relieves you of that duty.

If you are ordered to violate Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, this is what to do:

1. Request that your superior put the order in writing.

2. If your superior puts the order in writing, inform your superior that you intend to disobey that order.

3. Request trial by courtmartial.

You will almost certainly face disciplinary action, harassment of various kinds, loss of pay, loss of liberty, discomfort and indignity. America relies on you and your courage to face those challenges.

We, the people, need you to support and defend the Constitution. I am certain that your honor and patriotism are equal to the task.

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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.

Eleanor Roosevelt: 

My Boo has courage.

This post is for the enjoyment of cdozo. The purveyor of entomological entities.
Guess what a certain sister in law of mine received in her business mail ( of which I am the reviewer) today?

A tube of ants..... with a caution......that they may sting.

After showing the children and after a discussion of whether the tube should be left on Papa's pillow as a suprise(their idea not mine) the tube was replaced in its' envelope, taped, taped and taped shut and placed in the shed for the night.

The willies abound.


Now, if it had been lady bugs...........

For once there was no rain in sight. The air was cool and clear and crisp. The show could have been great. Except...... The big beautiful moon at which any other time I would think was spectacular was high and bright. But I did see one shooting star. I still took the time to look.

Can I have two more hours for today? I know I'm asking alot but there are some things I need to get done.

There is nothing more wonderful than a cool, salty sea breeze to fall asleep. Time to banish the A.C.

O.K. I'm here.