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James ‘Scotty’ Doohan dies at age 85 - TELEVISION - MSNBC.com

LOS ANGELES - James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original “Star Trek” TV series and motion pictures who responded to the command “Beam me up, Scotty,” died early Wednesday. He was 85.

Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. at his Redmond, Wash., home with his wife of 28 years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer’s disease, he said.

Sad to see you go.

Linked from - Madville.com - Take a Bath ‘Cause Showers Can Cause Brain Damage

Taking regular showers could pose a health risk and even result in permanent brain damage, it has been claimed.
Scientists believe that breathing in small amounts of manganese dissolved in the water may harm the nervous system.
The damage may occur even at levels of the naturally occurring metal normally considered safe, say the US researchers.

Any day now, I fully expect someone to discover that saliva swallowed in small quantities over a long period of time causes old age or something.

Deep Impact: Press: Press Release: 2005-07-04: Deep Impact Kicks off Fourth of July with Deep Space Fireworks

DEEP IMPACT KICKS OFF FOURTH OF JULY WITH DEEP SPACE FIREWORKS

After 172 days and 431 million kilometers (268 million miles) of deep space stalking, Deep Impact successfully reached out and touched comet Tempel 1. The collision between the coffee table-sized impactor and city-sized comet occurred at 1:52 a.m. EDT.

“What a way to kick off America’s Independence Day,” said Deep Impact Project Manager Rick Grammier of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. “The challenges of this mission and teamwork that went into making it a success, should make all of us very proud.”

“This mission is truly a smashing success,” said Andy Dantzler, director of NASA’s Solar System Division. “Tomorrow and in the days ahead we will know a lot more about the origins of our solar system.”

Nice shot guys. A year or so ago I had my name put on a disk that went along for this ride. cool.

Of course not everyone is happy about whacking comets…

CNN.com - Astrologist sues NASA over crash - Jul 4, 2005
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — A Russian astrologist who says NASA has altered her horoscope by crashing a spacecraft into a comet is suing the U.S. space agency for damages of $300 million, local media has reported.

Kodak to Discontinue Black-And-White Paper - Yahoo! News
By BEN DOBBIN, AP Business Writer Wed Jun 15, 7:42 PM ET

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Ending a century-old tradition, Eastman Kodak Co. will soon stop making black-and-white photographic paper, a niche product for fine-art photographers and hobbyists that is rapidly being supplanted by digital-imaging systems.

Kodak said Wednesday it will discontinue production of the paper, specially designed for black-and-white film, at the end of this year. But the world’s biggest film manufacturer will continue to make black-and-white film and chemicals for processing.

The hours I spent in the darkroom. To this day the smell of vinegar(acetic acid) never fails to bring a smile to my face. There was always something magical about watching an image appear on a sheet of polycontrast. It’s not quite the same thing, watching an action run in photoshop. You know?

Incertus
I guess what I strive for is to live life as best I can in spite of the added burden of OCD. Living with OCD isn’t “fair”. We didn’t do anything to deserve it but one cannot sit around and indulge in self pity, thats a one way ticket to a life of resentment and sadness.

A wise old man once told me that, “Life is very fair, it treats everyone like shit.”

Now ain’t that the truth

The Solar Sail in Orbit Image: NPO Lavochkin, The Planetary Society (c).

The Solar Sail

As Cosmos 1, the first solar sail spacecraft, orbits our planet, it will be visible from nearly everywhere on its surface at one time or another—so everyone on Earth can participate in our mission!

Here’s how you can track the flight of the first solar sail as it passes overhead: