I’m not sure how much I can use this; I’m not interested in making sales. It is interesting to know about thought to see how you can be unintentionally persuaded by others actions.
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It’s hard to know how to respond to this. I visited their website but my monitor emitted a whole load of radiation in the 400-700nm range.
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Google+There’s a crimewave in southern England. Deal Town Council have been been recklessly using the coat of Arms granted to Deal Borough Council in 1968. As heraldry aficionados will know, Deal Town Council covers a slightly different area than Deal Borough Council. Therefore there’s been a stretch of almost 40 years of law-breaking since the borough council was disbanded in 1974.
Deal Town FC have also been told their kit is illegal due to their badge. Presumably because people might confuse them with the entirely non-existent Deal Borough FC.
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Town and football crest ‘unlawful’
A town and its football club are told that it is unlawful to continue using their crest.
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Google+It’s effectively a reboot of the series. It’s radio and available worldwide. Spin on to 3m15s for the start of the programme.
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Old Harry’s Game: Series 6: Episode 1
Satan strikes a bizarre bargain with an eminent historian. Sitcom stars Andy Hamilton.
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Google+I missed this till now. There’ll be a fourth instalment of the Science of Discworld. If you haven’t read any of the Science of Discworld books, they’re different to the usual Science of… books in that Discworld doesn’t run on science so there’s not much point explaining how it could work scientifically. Instead it follows an experiment by the wizards of Unseen University to create a world that runs on rules instead of narrativium. Roundworld has no magic so how does a world come together and how does life colonise it?
Science of Discworld II: The Globe was about the development of Mind with the aid of two playwrights and Science of Discworld III: Darwin’s Watch looked at how the idea of evolution was invented again and again until Charles Darwin made it stick.
For Science of Discworld IV the Omnians have discovered about the Roundworld project. A world that is actually round but has no gods is a bit of a problem for the Omnians who believe that the disc is a globe, but are very keen on a God.
The current publication date is April 11.http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/the-science-of-discworld-iv-judgement-day/9780091949792
There was also a talk on the science of Discworld in Dublin last year.
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Google+If you’re very quick you can make your own rainbow roses, or other flowers. You’ll need a white rose, some food colouring, a knife to split a stem and some time. +Anne Osterrieder has the details at AoB Blog.
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Roses are red — but they don’t need to be, if you know how to use food dyes and Fibonacci
Valentine’s Day is here and unless you share the cynics’ view that this is a holiday invented by the flower industry, you might set off to buy a bunch of flowers for your other half on the day. Nex.…..
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Google+They look slightly thinner than they did at the start of winter.
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On my to-read list today is Light Pollution of the Mountain Areas in Poland by Ściężor, Kubala and Kaszowski. A quick skim suggests it’s about the mechanics of measuring light pollution in Poland, but the references look like they could make the problem more interesting. It’s not just about astronomy, there are measurable biological impacts from artificial lighting.
It’ll be difficult to see if there’s a similar problem in the UK, because so much of it is well-lit. That means biological damage is the new normal and therefore not a problem. Elsewhere this problem is called the Shifting Baseline. http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_pauly_the_ocean_s_shifting_baseline.html
See also: http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/JBAA./0104//0000313.000.html
#twt #astronomy #LightPollution
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Light Pollution of the Mountain Areas in Poland / Zanieczyszczenie Świetlne W Obszarach Górskich W Polsce : Archives of Environmental Protection
Abstract. The existence of extensive records for the impact of night sky brightness on the animals’ behavior in their natural environment shows the need to investigate the level of artificially induce…
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Google+It’s available worldwide. Spin on to 2m30s for the start of the programme.
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Terry Pratchett — Wyrd Sisters: Episode 1
Three witches meet on a blasted heath while murder is in the air. Stars Sheila Hancock.
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