hitsunami on USTREAM: A Live stream of Local news of the Hawaii Tsunami of February 27, 2010. Breaking News: “”

Opening Ceremony is Feb 12, Friday. 6pm PST.

Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled for launch on Sunday, February 7 at 4:39 a.m. EST, delivering the Tranquility module and cupola observation port to the International Space Station.
(so really really late Saturday night if you are staying up.)

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Space Shuttle STS-130 mission countdown update: Scheduled to launch on Sunday at 4:39 a.m. EST, coverage will start on station “Mission Control” Saturday night. 5-Feb-10

This is a wonderful way to augment your Space Viewing pleasure. Live Mission Control over the perfect music.

Official Shuttle Patch for this mission is available at theNASA STORE.

One of the doctors seeking a full inquest, former assistant coroner Michael Powers, told the Mail on Sunday he had seen a letter from the legal team of Oxfordshire County Council explaining the unusual restrictions placed by Lord Hutton on material relating to his inquiry.

The letter states: “Lord Hutton made a request for the records provided to the inquiry, not produced in evidence, to be closed for 30 years, and that medical (including post-mortem) reports and photographs be closed for 70 years.”

Dr Powers asked: “Supposedly all evidence relevant to the cause of death has been heard in public at the time of Lord Hutton’s inquiry. If these secret reports support the suicide finding, what could they contain that could be so sensitive?”

There’s also a scathing editorial by Norman Baker (MP) up at the Daily Mail. Lots of juicy tidbits about Lord Hutton, who led the inquiry and ruled the evidence should be classified:

Lord Hutton did not even inquire as to whose fingerprints were on the knife allegedly used to slit Dr Kelly’s wrist. That was left for me to establish through a Freedom of Information request, which revealed there were no fingerprints on the knife, and Dr Kelly was not wearing gloves.

Lord Hutton was to confess that he had not bothered looking into the death very deeply.

Writing in the Inner Temple Yearbook 2004, he unashamedly observed: ‘I thought that there would be little serious dispute as to the background facts [about Dr Kelly’s death].

‘I thought unnecessary time could be taken up by cross-examination on matters which were not directly relevant.’

So key questions went unasked, conflicting and contradictory evidence abounded, and no attempt was made to tie up the countless loose ends.

It remains to be seen whether this story will provoke enough outrage with the larger British public to force the release of all evidence. If you’re a loyal subject, maybe write your MP?

The Boston Globe has an awesome gallery of hi-res Ares rocket pics, including lots of behind the scenes stuff leading up to the launch. Go look.

My prediction: this is some sort of viral promotion for a sequel to the 2012 movie coming out in a couple of weeks. The trailer for that one reminded me of the star studded disaster films of the 1970’s by way of and Jerry Bruckheimer’s ConAir, so I was very disappointed to see there is no Bruckheimer involvement. 2012 is directed by Roland Emmerich, who produced The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day. Think I’ll wait for this one on cable (if it even makes it there before the world ends).

The reported sightings have gone way up and Jim Moroney has a website full of info, news, and what to do if you see a UFO too.

Alberta UFO Study Group (AUFOSG) – Home

X-games gets started on Thursday, July 30 on ESPN.

Alien Jesus aren’t tremendous sports fans but X-games is something else.

July 21, 2009 Tuesday.

It’s a New Moon, which is also a total Solar Eclipse at 7:35 pm (EDT) at 29°27′ Cancer, the longest one until 2132.

Watch this online at: LIVE! ECLIPSE 2009

Nasa’s Solar Eclipse Page
“On Wednesday, 2009 July 22, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half of Earth. The path of the Moon’s umbral shadow begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. After leaving mainland Asia, the path crosses Japan’s Ryukyu Islands and curves southeast through the Pacific Ocean where the maximum duration of totality reaches 6 min 39 s. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon’s penumbral shadow, which includes most of eastern Asia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Ocean.”

Astrologically, check in with NorthPoint Astrology Journal with Pam Young, and Astrological Musings with Lynn Hayes

Huge sky happenings for Astronomers and Astrologers.

You get a nice certificate. Very cool.

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