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Update on STS9Â’s David Murphy

January 30th, 2011 | No Comments

HEAL UP, BUDDY, YOU GOT LOTS OF MUSIC TO MAKE!

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As we reported earlier, Sound Tribe Sector 9 bassist David Murphy is currently in a fight against cancer. The band issued a new statement this past Friday night updating fans on Murphy’s status:

First and foremost, David, STS9 and their families can’t thank all of you enough for your incredible support through the past week since the announcement of David’s cancer. We’ve received thousands of notes, prayers, well wishes and support all the way from Japan to Antarctica. David went into a nearly 9 hour surgery Wednesday morning and has since been on a steady path of recovery. He’s awake, standing when he can, and overall in great physical form given what he went through just 48 hours ago. While the path to recovery is a long one, you can see the warrior that is our brother Murph every step of the way. He’s well aware of the outpouring of support for him and he’s simply floored by it, as are all of us. We are all blessed and honored to have so many people surrounding us in numerous ways through this challenge. We will continue to keep everyone updated as the days and weeks go by.

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Greenhouse-gas monitoring: Not hot air

January 13th, 2011 | No Comments

A new, private initiative should help show which gases come from where

IN 1955 a young man called David Keeling started to measure the level of carbon dioxide in the Californian air. It seemed of little practical value, but he liked designing and building the equipment—and driving back and forth along the Pacific Coast Highway to his sampling site at Big Sur was fun. Scientists with a new-found interest in the world’s carbon-dioxide levels soon learned of his work and gave him a job setting up monitoring stations in Hawaii and Antarctica for the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, in La Jolla. He continued to work there for almost 50 years, devoting his life to the monitoring effort. His son, Ralph, runs the carbon-dioxide programme at Scripps to this day.

In those 50 years measuring carbon-dioxide levels has gone from being a fun problem for a postdoc to a crucial issue for the planet. But the amount of effort put into it remains surprisingly small. America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) runs the biggest network of monitoring sites. A dozen other countries run a few here and there as well, with an expanded European effort getting under way. However, the scientists involved have been pointing out for years that it would take a very small investment, in a scientific world of satellites and supercomputers, to make such networks a lot more capable. On January 12th, such an investment was at last revealed—but not by any of the governments to which the pleas had been addressed. …

13 Of The Best Documentaries Of All Time

November 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

A well made documentary is a thing of beauty, propelling subject matters that we might have thought otherwise dull and tedious to new heights of interest and excitement. A far cry from High School classes spent watching an old VHS about Magnesium, these 13 documentaries cover vastly different topics, from the amazing to the mundane, [...]

David Vandervelde U.S. Tour

November 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

TOURING THE MIDWEST IN NOVEMBER

Following his triumphant return to searing, youthful pop earlier this year with the limited-run 12″ Summer Time
Hits, David
Vandervelde is back on the road this fall doling out the double helping of sunburst licks across the
Midwest in early November. Do not miss your opportunity to see this young master at the top of his game.

TOUR DATES:

11/05 Bloomington, IN- The Bishop
11/06 Champaign, IL- Cowboy Monkey
11/07 St. Louis, MO- Antarctica
11/08 Dubuque, IA- The Lift
11/09 Des Moines, IA- Vaudeville Mews
11/10 Minneapolis, MN- Turf Club

11/11 Milwaukee, WI- Cactus Club

11/12 Chicago, IL- Empty Bottle
11/13 Grand Rapids, MI- Mexicains Sans Frontieres

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Chip Shot: Monkeying Around Thanks to Science

November 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

A two-time Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (a program sponsored by SSP) finalist, Christina Faust won three scholarships, which allowed her to conduct research on climate change and immunology around the world including in Antarctica, Washington, D.C. and Ireland. Faust attributes much of her current success to her experience at the Intel science fairs. She is currently trying to figure out why, in Southeast Asia, there are many human cases of monkey malaria for the first time. More at Inspire.

All Seven Continents Now Have Street View

October 5th, 2010 | No Comments

Back in 2007, Google launched the addition of Street View onto Google Maps. For those that do not know a great deal about Street View, the feature allows you take a look at first-person â€œstreet-levelâ€ imagery to see what different areas look like. Over the years the feature has provided users with a virtual tour [...]

Google Street View Comes to Antarctica, Brazil, Ireland

October 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Google adds Street View footage in Antarctica, Brazil and Ireland, which means it now collects content across all seven continents. Concerns about Street View’s impact on user privacy remain. – Google Sept. 30 said it has added imagery for its Street View technology
across all seven continents, adding footage in Antarctica,
Brazil and Ireland.
Google Street View is a controversial feature of Google Maps that provides
360-degree panoramic images of streets and terrain all over the world…

Sept. 2, 1969: First U.S. ATM Starts Doling Out Dollars

September 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

1969: Six weeks after landing men on the moon, Americans take another giant leap for mankind with the nationâ€™s first cash-spewing, automated teller machine.
The machine, called the Docuteller, was installed in a wall of the Chemical Bank in Rockville Centre, New York. It marked the first time reusable, magnetically coded cards were used to withdraw [...]

Aug. 5, 1962: First Quasar Discovered

August 5th, 2010 | No Comments

1962: A nearly botched observation of a distant radio source leads to the identification of the first-known quasi-stellar astronomical object, or quasar.
Until the development of radio astronomy in the 1940s, our knowledge of the universe outside our own solar system was pretty much restricted to objects that emitted light in or near the visible [...]

The 50 Hottest South American Women

July 26th, 2010 | No Comments

The recent World Cup made pretty clear that, overall, South America easily has the most beautiful women in the world. Sure, you can find 10s on any continent (there’s probably even a hot scientist or two on Antarctica) but average is a hell of a lot hotter in South America than in the rest of [...]

14 Movies You Probably Didnâ€™t Know Were Based on Comics

June 29th, 2010 | No Comments

We all know the Spider-Man, Batman, Iron Man, and Jonah Hexs of the world, comic book movies which loudly trumpet their origins, because suddenly theyâ€™re cool. However, there are a slew of movies out there that almost no one knew came from comics. Some are more obscure than others, but all had their origins from [...]

Whaling: A giant compromise?

April 29th, 2010 | No Comments

A pragmatic effort to tackle an emotional issue has started making waves

WHALES seem to stir up strong feelings. For conservationists, the majestic mammals have been in urgent need of protection ever since factory ships began slaughtering them in the middle of the last century. But advocates of whaling present themselves as protectors of traditional culture, diets and the rights of indigenous people. It is difficult to find any common ground, even when—as has just happened—an honest attempt is made.

Nobody can deny that the present arrangement is messy and hypocritical. In theory, a global moratorium, proclaimed by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), has been in force since 1986. But the creatures are still killed in large numbers; in recent years the annual slaughter has reached almost 2,000, about a third of the pre-moratorium level. Roughly half are killed by whalers from Japan, mostly off Antarctica; the cull is permissible, Japan says, because it amounts to “scientific” rather than commercial whaling. Indigenous people in Alaska, Greenland and Russia are allowed small catches; and commercial catches are still made by Norway and Iceland, which reject the IWC line. No wonder so much red whale meat finds its way, illegally, to restaurants in places from South Korea to California. …

Modest Mouse: Summer Tour

April 21st, 2010 | No Comments

MODEST MOUSE ANNOUNCE SUMMER TOUR; AVI BUFFALO, MORNING TELEPORTATION TO OPEN
SHOWS

Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse have
announced their 2010 summer tour plans. The
new tour dates will take the band across the U.S. with a stop in Chicago
at this year’s Pitchfork Festival and over to Europe for appearances at
the Leeds and Reading Festivals. Avi Buffalo and Morning Teleportation
will open various shows on the tour. See below for full list of tour
dates.

Modest Mouse celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Moon & Antarctica
with the long awaited vinyl reissue of the landmark album on April 17.

Out-of-print on vinyl for the past five years, The Moon & Antarctica,
newly-struck on 12″ heavy double vinyl, has been remastered using the
band-approved 2004 CD master. The album features restored original
artwork and replicates the infinite lock groove found in the original
vinyl pressings of 2000. Recorded from July through November 1999, The
Moon & Antarctica, the third Modest Mouse album, was first released on
both vinyl and CD in June 2000.

The new vinyl reissue includes a download card for The Moon &
Antarctica.

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Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica Reissue On Vinyl 4/17

April 13th, 2010 | No Comments

MODEST MOUSE CELEBRATE THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOON & ANTARCTICA

WITH LONG AWAITED VINYL REISSUE OF LANDMARK ALBUM ON APRIL 17

Modest Mouse

Epic/Legacy Recordings will celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Moon & Antarctica, the highly
acclaimed major label debut from American indie rock band Modest Mouse, with the long
awaited vinyl reissue of the landmark album on April 17.

Out-of-print on vinyl for the past five years, 12″ copies of The Moon & Antarctica have become prized
collector’s items.

Available in time for Record Store Day 2010, The Moon & Antarctica, newly-struck on 12″ heavy double
vinyl, has been remastered using the band-approved 2004 CD master. The album features restored original artwork
and replicates the infinite lock groove found in the original vinyl pressings of 2000. The new vinyl reissue includes a
download card for The Moon & Antarctica.

Recorded from July through November 1999, The Moon & Antarctica, the third Modest Mouse album, was
first released on both vinyl and CD in June 2000. A milestone for the band and a sublime presence on the
American pop music landscape, The Moon & Antarctica turned up on many year-end best-of lists.

The highly influential Pitchfork Media ranked the album #3 for 2000, #7 for 2000-2004, and #6 for the decade
(2000-2010). Better Propaganda named The Moon & Antarctica #23 for the decade, Rhapsody ranked it #4
on their Alt/Indie’s Best Albums of the Decade” list and Entertainment Weekly, who ranked it #37 (out of 100) in
“The New Classics” list (from 1983-2008) calling the “…major-label debut from the Northwest indie heroes…an
angular, experimental treasure….”

A success in both the mainstream and the underground, The Moon & Antarctica was certified gold by the
RIAA as of March 9, 2009.

Fans may pre-order the album online at
www.modestmouse.com or
www.modestmousemusic.com

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British filmmakers to scout for actors in India

April 12th, 2010 | No Comments

After “Slumdog Millionaire” the makers of another British film are headed to India to look for new South Asian faces for their venture and possibly “find the next star”.
Yugesh Walia, the producer of the yet-to-be-titled film, told IANS the reason for exploring casting possibilities in India is “because of the lack of enough choice in [...]

Slowing the losses

April 7th, 2010 | No Comments

Some good news from the second differential

FOR the first time since the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) started making decade-by-decade surveys of the world’s forests, it says it has evidence that efforts to slow the world’s rate of deforestation are working. The total area of forest on the planet is about 4 billion hectares (10 billion acres). In the “key findings” of its Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (the full report is not out for a few months) the FAO estimates that, during each of the past ten years, an average of roughly 13m hectares of forest (an area twice the size of Latvia) were either converted to other uses or lost through natural causes such as drought and fire. In the 1990s the figure was 16m hectares.

Reduced rates of deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia form a large part of the story, but the reduction was more broadly based. It was seen on all continents apart from Oceania and forest-free Antarctica—and the increased loss of forest in Oceania was caused largely by drought and fire, rather than by extra logging. …

March 4, 1877: The Microphone Sounds Much Better

March 4th, 2010 | No Comments

1877: Emile Berliner files a patent caveat for a new kind of microphone. It assures the future of the telephone, but not fame for Berliner.
Alexander Graham Bell had already invented his telephone, but without Berliner’s carbon-disk or carbon-button microphone, telephones would have sounded terrible for decades. And they may not have been capable of surmounting [...]

Anti-whaling boat sinking after clash with Japanese ship in Antarctica

January 6th, 2010 | No Comments

A high-tech craft operated by a conservation group to stymie Japanese whaling is sinking in Antartic waters after Japanese ship the Shonan Maru allegedly â€˜cut it in halfâ€™. The Ady Gilâ€™s six-person crew have been rescued after the incident. The clash was apparently the most serious

More climate change: Southern bellwether

December 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Ozone giveth. The greenhouse taketh away

TO SEE the ironic complexities of climate change at their finest, look south. For the past few decades the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has been shifting the way in which winds move round the continent, driving them round the Southern Ocean ever faster. This has increased the continent’s isolation from warming in the climate elsewhere, allowing the bulk of it to stay quite cold (though the winds have helped warm the Antarctic Peninsula, which reaches north into the surrounding ocean).

But this odd balancing of one human intervention by another cannot last. One of the main conclusions of a report issued this week by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), reviewing the possible impacts of climate change on the continent, was that this protection—which will fade as the ozone hole begins to heal—will, over the next century, be swamped by the warming of the continent itself by greenhouse gases. …

The Commonwealth: Wider still and weaker?

November 26th, 2009 | No Comments

An ever-expanding club of (mostly) ex-British colonies needs to develop sharper edges or else shut up shop

BRITAIN’S empire, in the sense of overseas territories under United Kingdom sovereignty, has shrunk and shrunk: it now consists of just 14 islands, rocks and barely inhabited strips of land, the biggest of them in Antarctica. Meanwhile, the body that emerged from the empire 60 years ago, the Commonwealth, risks the opposite: growing so large, loose and floppy that it merges with the rest of humanity.

Its 53 countries already represent a fifth of earth’s land area and nearly a third of the human race; their leaders, or most of them, were due to converge in Trinidad on November 27th—with many of their staff staying on two cruise ships, looming over Port of Spain’s waterfront. Just over half the Commonwealth’s 2 billion people are Indian; but awkwardly, a poll of seven Commonwealth countries, including India, found that only a third of respondents could name something the body did. …