SPACE.com -- Bird Strikes Could Threaten Space Shuttles, Too (via delicious)

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delicious SPACE.com -- Bird Strikes Could Threaten Space Shuttles, Too 18 hours ago - Comment - Like "Since 2005, officials at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., have kept a keen eye for flocks of birds nearby launching and landing space shuttles to make sure the birds don't endanger astronauts aboard the spacecraft or themselves." - Ron Bailey

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Paramount Pictures Announces Direct-to-Exhibitors Digital Cinema Deal (via delicious)

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delicious Paramount Pictures Announces Direct-to-Exhibitors Digital Cinema Deal 17 hours ago - Comment - Like "Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), today announced it has become the first studio to offer digital cinema support directly to exhibitors across the United States and Canada. The move is expected to accelerate the roll-out of digital and 3-D projection systems in theatres. The announcement was made by Jim Tharp, President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution." - Ron Bailey

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NASA a Step Closer to First Flight Test of Next Crew Launch Vehicle (via delicious)

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delicious NASA a Step Closer to First Flight Test of Next Crew Launch Vehicle 17 hours ago - Comment - Like "(...)Rocket hardware critical for the test, known as Ares I-X, was completed this week at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. The flight of Ares I-X will be an important step toward verifying analysis tools and techniques needed to develop Ares I, NASA's next crew launch vehicle." - Ron Bailey

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City of Savannah Now Accepting Proposals for waterSmart Landscape Challenge (via delicious)

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delicious City of Savannah Now Accepting Proposals for waterSmart Landscape Challenge 16 hours ago - Comment - Like "The City of Savannah is seeking proposals for the waterSmart Landscape Challenge to develop a sustainable, water-efficient garden for Bryan Square on Hutchinson Island as part of an overall effort by the city and state of Georgia to show residents how to create and maintain landscapes that use less water." - Ron Bailey

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SIRIUS XM Radio Announces Comprehensive Broadcast Coverage for Super Bowl XLIII (via delicious)

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delicious SIRIUS XM Radio Announces Comprehensive Broadcast Coverage for Super Bowl XLIII 16 hours ago - Comment - Like "On Super Bowl Sunday, February 1 at 6:00 pm ET, SIRIUS XM will air an expanded lineup of play-by-play broadcasts of Super Bowl XLIII live from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa nationwide. The 13 separate game calls in 10 languages is an increase from eight languages from last year and will be available for the first time to both SIRIUS and XM subscribers." - Ron Bailey

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Check out our official 70th Anniversary site and help us celebrate! | Marvel.com News | Marvel.com (via FriendFeed)

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Check out our official 70th Anniversary site and help us celebrate! | Marvel.com News | Marvel.com 1 hour ago - Comment - Like "A lot has happened over the course of the last 70 years. We saw Captain America fight Nazism, the X-Men tackle prejudice and the Hulk take on his own rage. This year, we're honoring Marvel Comics' 70th Anniversary and want all True Believers to celebrate with us!" - Ron Bailey

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Spider-Man and Barack Obama team up | Marvel.com News | Marvel.com (via FriendFeed)

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Spider-Man and Barack Obama team up | Marvel.com News | Marvel.com 1 hour ago - Comment - Like "THIS JUST IN: To meet the continuing, unprecedented demand, Marvel is going back to press with AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583 FOURTH PRINTING VARIANT. A record three sold out printings in three weeks will now be surpassed with a record fourth printing arriving in stores AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583 FOURTH PRINTING VARIANT February 4. Now's your chance to experience the story uniting Barack Obama with the character that, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he named his favorite super hero!" - Ron Bailey

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THAT Animeblog - What Impz Hate about Anime - “Retarded moe” (via FriendFeed)

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THAT Animeblog - What Impz Hate about Anime - "Retarded moe" (via FriendFeed)

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Five Years and Still Roving Mars - Spirit (via YouTube favorites)

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The baddest bad guys to menace the Marvel Universe in the past year | Marvel.com News | Marvel.com (via FriendFeed)

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When it comes to destroying Tony Stark, Obadiah and Ezekial Stane make it their family business | Marvel.com News | Marvel.com (via FriendFeed)

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Links for 01-17-09

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First ULA Delta IV Heavy NRO Mission Successfully Lifts Off From Cape Canaveral

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"United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex 37 at CCAFS at 9:47 p.m. EST today. This was the first Delta IV Heavy mission for the NRO. Designated NROL-26, the mission is in support of national defense. This was the third Delta IV Heavy launch in Delta program history. A Delta IV Heavy demonstration flight occurred in December 2004, and the first Air Force operational mission was launched in November 2007."

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Inauguration Done - in Legoland

I found this fascinating quote today:

The massive project features more than a thousand mini-figures, including President-elect Barack Obama and his family, vice president-elect Joe Biden, his wife Jill, George and Laura Bush, Dick and Lynn Cheney, and George Bush Sr and Barbara Bush.”

forsythe, Inauguration Done - in Legoland, Jan 2009

You should read the whole article.

More proof that everything's better in LEGO. ^_^

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