Monthly Archives: November 2007

The Gibbous Moon Wanes

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Thanos

The gibbous moon wanes – if you look closely at the top of the shadow waning, you will see some definition, a chasm or crack in the crater wall. You can also see some definition in the crater walls near … Continue reading →

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French Intifada Restarts

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Thanos

The story is at Little Green Footballs — but this is the first real test for Sarkozy since entering office. Let us hope he responds firmly. More from La Parisienne via Nidra Poller: Le Parisien reports that they burned down … Continue reading →

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La Belle Lune

Posted on November 24, 2007 by Thanos

. Ok this first try is a bit too bright, not enough contrast so I dropped the next one down to ISO 100…

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Tonight’s Full Moon Obscured by Clouds

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Thanos

Tonight’s full moon obscured by clouds, I had to set ISO to 1600 to get this. . And since that came out dreary and dim, here’s an object d’art to muse upon.

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Vlaams Belang Split Initiative Voted Down: Belgium United?

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Thanos

In a new alliance of Northern Flemish Centrist parties and the liberal left parties has voted down the latest provocative move by Vlaams Belang to split Belgium. From Euronews: A move by Belgium’s far-right Vlaams Belang to split the country … Continue reading →

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The Downside of Windpower

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Thanos

This New York Times article details some of the downside to windfarms that I described last year, it’s a good read to understand all of the issues and costs of wind-generated power. Some solutions could be batteries, capacitors, etc. but … Continue reading →

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Pakistan Update: All Challenges Gone?

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Thanos

The Musharraf-selected Pakistan Supreme Court has now cleared the final challenge to President Musharraf’s election in parliament from October, and it’s expected that he will be sworn in when he returns from the pilgrimage to Mecca. Unknown at this time is … Continue reading →

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A Gibbous Moon Near Rounded Full

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Thanos

A gibbous moon near rounded full, too bright for ISO 800, knocked it down to 400 for this.

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Hostage A Year and Four Days

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Thanos

There are 305 Private Security Contractors held captive in Iraq and Iran according to Brookings institute;this is the story of one. Continue reading →

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New Bin Laden Sightings

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Thanos

There are new rumors of Bin Laden, and Bill Roggio has coverage at the Weekly Standard. To add to the mix I will insert below excerpts from my posts last year on this: 8-20-06: Potentially a Bin-Laden sighting from India, this … Continue reading →

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