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  Saturday, February 12, 2005


Reaction to FY 2006 NASA Budget Continues:

Marshall pulls jobs fair aimed at its own staff, Huntsville Times

'The job fair flip-flop could just be a miscommunication, but it also could be a sign of more cuts than expected in the work force here, said Keith Cowing, who runs the independent Web site NASAWatch. 'There are job cuts across the agency,' Cowing said. 'With the way the (space exploration) vision is shaping up and the current budget, there are likely' to be more job cuts at space centers.'

NASA workers decry possible cuts, Daily Press

'[Marie] Lane said Langley managers told her NASA would only reassign workers this year. Now she hears that those workers will be laid off. 'We've been lied to,' she said.'

Ohio's delegation takes aim at NASA cuts, Cleveland Plain Dealer

'Aeronautics has 'been an integral part of the development of our country, certainly to the development of Ohio,' said Sen. Mike DeWine. Members of the Ohio delegation sent a letter to Bush on Thursday urging him to reconsider the budget proposal.'

NASA Langley, Op Ed, Daily Press

'Center Director Roy Bridges referred to 'transformation' when he told Langley employees about the cuts. Well, yes, when a house falls down, it is transformed. By all appearances, NASA Langley is falling. When this 'transformation' is complete, what will be left?'

Legislators unite to fight cuts at yards and Langley, Virginia Pilot

'The National Aeronautics Support Team, formed six years ago by Hampton Roads residents to preserve jobs at Langley, plans to join supporters of Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, another NASA center that focuses on aeronautics, to lobby for funding.'

Legislators: We'll work to prevent Langley cuts, Daily Press

'Congresswoman JoAnn Davis, Congressman Bobby Scott and other political leaders say they plan to do the utmost to restore money to the proposed 2006 federal budget to prevent the loss of 1,000 jobs at NASA Langley Research Center and cuts in aeronautics funding.'

(Via NASA Watch.)

This doesn't sound like a bunch of disgruntled Democrats to me. Well, Ohio, you elected this bunch, now you get to live with it.


6:53:56 PM    comment []

Bush Waits Until Late Friday To Release Specific Cuts In Children's and Law Enforcement Programs: "The story is over at The Left Coaster: Bush Waits Until Late Friday To Release Specific Cuts In Children's and Law Enforcement Programs.

Spread the word."

(Via Seeing The Forest.)


6:43:25 PM    comment []

Moon landing scrolling panorama: "Cory Doctorow: A reader writes, 'This web site has pictures from the Apollo moon landings and stitched them together to create panoramic views. Use your mouse to navigate. Also, use the pull down menu to see panoramic views of scenes from around the world. You can scroll right and left, and sometimes up and down.'

Link
"

(Via Boing Boing.)


6:19:48 PM    comment []

The Pace Of Future Progress: "An alternative to the prosaic debate over longevity and social security can be found at the LEF News. 'We stand on the cusp of a bold new era in the history of our species in which we will see the end of death, disease and sorrow. ... According to anti-aging researcher Aubrey de Grey, in the next decade, we will be adding more than one year to our life expectancies every year, effectively keeping the cold hand of death at bay. [He] also predicts that we will be able to stop aging in mice in the next 10 years and will have human therapies to stop, even reverse, aging as little as five to 10 years after that. This makes the prospect of clinical immortality (the ability to stop aging and disease) something members of our generation should put considerable effort into.' These are predictions that could happen with the right level of funding - but the funding isn't there yet.



View the Article Under Discussion: http://www.lef.org/news/LefDailyNews.htm?NewsID=1818&Section=AGING
Read More Longevity Meme Commentary: http://www.longevitymeme.org/news/"

(Via Longevity Meme News and Commentary.)


6:10:57 PM    comment []

ALA's Ten Most Challenged Books of 2004: "The ALA has released its list of 2004's most challenged books:


  1. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
  2. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
  3. Arming America by Michael A. Bellesiles
  4. Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
  5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
  6. What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
  7. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
  8. King & King by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland
  9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
  10. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

[TT] ALA via LISNews.com"

(Via Censoround.)


5:55:33 PM    comment []

Dunno about the book Conspirators, but this review of it has a terrific sentence: "The experience of reading Conspirators is like being argued with by someone with whom one has no disagreement, over something in which one has no interest."


10:01:08 AM    comment []


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