Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. The findings could put an end to centuries of speculation about the exact resting spot of Copernicus, a priest and astronomer whose theories identified the Sun, not the Earth, as the center of the universe.
Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books.
The findings could put an end to centuries of speculation about the exact resting spot of Copernicus, a priest and astronomer whose theories identified the Sun, not the Earth, as the center of the universe.
I got called out of work today to help shovel 4 cubic yards of cement into an eighty foot long trench. You can sort of make it out in the picture below. For the record, this isn't the first time this has happened.
That part is up to us. And in this sense, we must take Obama at his word: the moment is now, we are the ones we’ve been waiting for. The election of Obama is itself a cue. It’s a cue that America can elect a smart, capable, and caring person as its leader. That we are capable of transcending the logic of short-term self-interest, fear, and even racism. And if we are capable of doing this, it means we are better than we act most of the time. This moment is the bang of the starter’s pistol - an awakening, an opportunity.
On Tuesday night, there was a new birth of democracy, the culmination of an election that used a new technology to bridge millions of gaps between Washington and people, to erase decades of division, estrangement and alienation. Yes, it was a brilliant campaign tactic, but it was more than that. It was an understanding that people needed to reconnect with their President and to have their voices heard. It was true democracy. No matter what your political affiliation and your feelings about Obama, the man, you have to feel hopeful that somebody in the White House finally “gets” the Internet and its awesome power to connect and effect change.
It renews their faith in the myth of a country where miracles can happen and where a child of immigrants can be elected president. Not just his person and his history, and what that represents, but his policies and voting record have instantly turned the Empire into a less belligerent and bossy world power and a little more the beacon of democracy, possibility, and equality that is always espoused. There might even be a return of some respect, maybe, though years of work by Bush and his cronies did an amazing job of trashing that around the whole globe. People do want the hope and possibility that the US stands for and sometimes even offers. It’s amazing how so quickly the US might regain that, in the hearts of its own people and of those watching around the world. Yes, we can.
Mississippi Mississippians also vote. This is a state known for its hospitality and Big Macs and huts of pizza and buffalo wings and human growth hormones and side orders and coffee named after literary whaling heroes and pancakes, to which is added a type of berry that is blue. They're into health care around these parts. They insist on paying their own whopping doctor's bill up front and in cash before their monthly heart attack. But Mississippi is culturally rich. The only Americans who ever tried to produce literature came from Mississippi. Any other American who ever attempted to write something down did so in a Parisian café, blind drunk. The state gun of Mississippi is sawed off.
Mississippi
Mississippians also vote. This is a state known for its hospitality and Big Macs and huts of pizza and buffalo wings and human growth hormones and side orders and coffee named after literary whaling heroes and pancakes, to which is added a type of berry that is blue. They're into health care around these parts. They insist on paying their own whopping doctor's bill up front and in cash before their monthly heart attack. But Mississippi is culturally rich. The only Americans who ever tried to produce literature came from Mississippi. Any other American who ever attempted to write something down did so in a Parisian café, blind drunk. The state gun of Mississippi is sawed off.
