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The Transit of Venus: North American Viewer's Guide

Gallery of Flower Visitors, and Other Interesting Stuff  [updated link (January 31, 2014): The Pollination Home Page ]

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Sorcerer's Guild offers you Newage, witchcraft and sorcery training

Butler midwife ordered to face trial in infant death

Yesterday on the news a fundamentalist told a reporter that church law states that life is to be considered sacred from conception to natural death, and that stem cell research is therefore immoral and ought not be allowed. Given that each of us is required to choose our own moral standard (whether we subscribe to the laws of a particular church organization, create a set of morals ourselves by which we choose to live, or disregard questions of morality altogether in our decision-making) and given that our nation subscribes to a principle of separation of church and state, church law, even if it's the law of the majority of churches in our nation, ought to have no bearing on the formation of secular law. Secular law in our land is rightfully formed based upon the majority of individual opinions, and individual opinion often takes into account the human factor, allowing space between church law and civil law in which the individual may make his or her choices according to his or her...

(From a friend): I was wondering if you had any interest in the Venus transit on June 8th and what (if any) significance you feel it may hold. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our world's been exploring a heavily masculine dynamic for some time now. The feminazi movement (not to be confused with it's underlying current, the feminist movement, which has taken longer to take root but also has a much more attractive flavor) brought an explosion of grrl power to the scene, and this transit indicates a readiness to embark on the process of true integration and balance (which I expect to reach a significant point of culmination around the time of the next transit on 6-6-2012; you're probably aware of the cycle, the two transits about eight years apart every 121 years or so) between the two. The masculine goes to battle. When male and female are balanced, it will be the feminine who chooses which battles are worthy, and who inspires the masculine to fight for a cause. It will also be she who sa...

Cosmic Impact Encourages Life To Go Forth and Multiply  [updated link (January 31, 2014): Cosmic Smack Encourages Life To Go Forth and Multiply /Originally posted at Space.com]

Scientists Dig into Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater  [defunct]

Black Hole Strikes Deepest Musical Note Ever Heard  [updated link (January 31, 2014):  Black Hole Strikes Deepest Musical Note Ever Heard /Originally posted at Space.com]

Primal Scream: The Infant Universe Speaks  [defunct]