International Year of Astronomy 2009

..The year 2009 will be remembered for many reasons, but the IYA2009 will hopefully be memorable for all astronomers - hobbyists as well as professionals..

'Lost' music instrument recreated

© BBC News

..New software has enabled researchers to recreate a long forgotten musical instrument called the Lituus..

∗ Looks like a musical Lance to me :) ∗

US lab debuts super laser

© AFP news

..A US weapons lab on Friday pulled back the curtain on a super laser with the power to burn as hot as a star..

And God help us all if it got into the wrong hands! :/

Tennant’s Hamlet to air on BBC2

© The Stage



..David Tennant is to be reunited with the cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s acclaimed production of Hamlet in a screen version of the play for BBC2..

I'm so excited by this news... :)

Tennant to star in Doctor Who: The Movie?

...David Tennant is in talks to take his Time Lord character to the big screen in a film adaptation of iconic TV series Doctor Who...

Sounds very interesting! :)

My new word of the moment is...

CONCLAVE

Pronunciation: \ˈkän-ˌklāv\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, room that can be locked up, from com- + clavis key

Date: 1524

1: a private meeting or secret assembly ; especially : a meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals secluded continuously while choosing a pope2: a gathering of a group or association

(and yes ANGELS & DEMONS has something to do with it! lol :P)

Pope calls for Palestinian homeland

© ITN news

Pope Benedict has called for the formation of a sovereign Palestinian homeland.

..After arriving at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's palace in Bethlehem, the Pope said: "The Holy See supports the right of your people to a sovereign Palestinian homeland in the land of your forefathers, secure and at peace with its neighbours, within internationally recognised borders."

Palestinians hope the Pope's one-day visit to the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and to the birthplace of Jesus in particular, will draw attention to their plight under Israeli occupation.

The German-born Pope was welcomed to Bethlehem by Mr Abbas on the third day of a visit to the Holy Land that has been marked by Israeli complaints that he has failed to show enough sympathy for Jewish suffering in the Nazi Holocaust..

How can the Israeli people complain there isn't enough sympathy for the Nazi Holocaust, when they themselves are guilty of doing the same to the Palestinians?

Just unbelievable really... :(

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

.."A celebration of the work of Harold Pinter will be held on Sunday 7 June in the National's Olivier Theatre at 7.00pm.

Ian Rickson will direct excerpts and readings from Pinter's work. The performers will include Eileen Atkins, David Bradley, Kenneth Cranham, Janie Dee, Andy de la Tour, Lindsay Duncan, Colin Firth, Henry Goodman, Sheila Hancock, Douglas Hodge, Lloyd Hutchinson, Jude Law, Gina McKee, Sophie Okonedo, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen, Indira Varma, Samuel West, Lia Williams, Penelope Wilton, Henry Woolf, and students from LAMDA"..

(And I have a ticket...lol)

Art student's car vanishing act

.."A design student made a battered old Skoda "disappear" by painting it to merge with the surrounding car park"..

This is just amazing!

Would love to do something like that myself. Such great inspiration! :)

Subjects: Iraq, Well Hard Bank and 20% Tax

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