Astronomers have discovered a system of two Jupiter-like planets orbiting a star whose composition might seem to rule out planet formation.

2007-05-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
University of Texas at Austin astronomers William Cochran and Michael Endl, working with graduate students Robert Wittenmyer and Jacob Bean, have used the 9.2-meter Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at McDonald Observatory to discover a system of two Jupiter-like planets orbiting a star whose

Astronomers have identified a new class of stellar explosions

2007-05-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
New class of cosmic explosions Astronomers have identified a new class of stellar explosions in M85. Provided by Caltech M85 M85, the northernmost member of the Virgo Cluster and situated in the constellation Coma Berenices, is the home of the new class of stellar explosions. NOAO/AURA/NSF May

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-25 Thread PAT MATHEWS
I got the link perfectly. The video hung up the entire screen on Loading ... and I had to get out completely. What is it with msnbc videos? That's the second one that's done this to me. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ 'Earth is just a starter planet.' Stephen Colbert From: Ronn!

Re: U.S. health care

2007-05-25 Thread Charlie Bell
On 25/05/2007, at 7:09 AM, Dan Minette wrote: That's true, but if one is really broke, beans and cornbread are very cheap. You can get the makings for a family of four for about a dollar. And that's a sustainment diet. It's hard to get fruit and fresh veggies cheap. It's not hard to

Re: U.S. health care

2007-05-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Original Message: - From: Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 22:27:58 +1000 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: U.S. health care On 25/05/2007, at 7:09 AM, Dan Minette wrote: That's true, but if one is really broke, beans and cornbread are very cheap.

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-25 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Crystall Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 3:32 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: RE: U.S. health care On 23 May 2007 at 21:38, Dan Minette wrote: SImply put, the weakest area of the

Bizzarro theory of the origin of our solar system

2007-05-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
(Sorry, but if it stands the test of time, that's likely what it will be called . . .) Did a One-Two Punch Form the Solar System? May 24, 2007 by J. Kelly Beatty It's an exciting time to be a cosmochemist. State-of-the-art laboratory techniques for analyzing traces of elemental isotopes are

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-25 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 25 May 2007 at 12:52, Dan Minette wrote: But that doesn't prove anything. The barriers to seeing a doctor in America in the first place are still there (there is no chance to the philosophy of access, or of methods of treatment), I'm not sure what you are getting at. With basic

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:38 AM Friday 5/25/2007, PAT MATHEWS wrote: I got the link perfectly. The video hung up the entire screen on Loading ... and I had to get out completely. What is it with msnbc videos? That's the second one that's done this to me. Since the ms in msnbc stands for Micro$oft you ***have*** to

On this day in …

2007-05-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
... 1961, President Kennedy, addressing Congress, called on the nation to work toward putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-25 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Crystall Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 2:13 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: RE: U.S. health care If I need to see a doctor, I inform my workplace and go. I make up the hours. That's

RE: hot air polemics

2007-05-25 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:46 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: RE: hot air polemics At 06:22 AM Thursday 5/24/2007, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Dan Minette wrote: I

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-25 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 7:45 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: RE: U.S. health care Let us presume as was the case in the cases I have heard of on other lists that the

Re: U.S. health care

2007-05-25 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 5:18 PM Subject: RE: U.S. health care -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship

Re: U.S. health care

2007-05-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Original Message: - From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 20:44:13 -0500 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: U.S. health care - Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent:

Re: U.S. health care

2007-05-25 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 9:46 PM Subject: Re: U.S. health care Well, I see the other side. I had a neighbor who was a blood specialist..and couldn't find work in his specialty. He supplemented his income as a