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Message 51 of 1282 (472538)
06-23-2008 3:33 AM
Reply to: Message 50 by Taz
06-23-2008 2:24 AM


Re: We will miss you, George Carlin!!!
IMO, a very important person.
I'll make his photo my avatar for a while.
Moose
Page not found - George Carlin

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Message 56 of 1282 (474026)
07-04-2008 3:33 PM


Jesse Helms dies at 86
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_re_us/obit_helms
Great? I don't know. Significant? Certainly.
A side note - Eugene Chadbourne's Jesse Helms Busted With Pornography.
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Message 60 of 1282 (477513)
08-04-2008 6:36 AM


Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Alexander Solzhenitsyn), died 8/3/08, 89 years old

  
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Message 64 of 1282 (496704)
01-30-2009 2:09 AM


Mike Majerus passed away
Mike Majerus passed away
Quoting a chunk of the PT article:
quote:
I am shocked and very saddened to have just gotten the news that Michael E. N. Majerus, Cambridge lepidopterist and world expert on the peppered moth and the evolution of melanism (and many other topics, e.g. ladybirds), has unexpectedly died after a short illness. This is very hard to understand, as he was quite young and in the midst of a very productive career.
I admit that I was interested in his work mostly from evolution/creationism angle, and there is a lot more to his life and his work than that, but I want it noted that Majerus on many occasions went out of his way to not just do good science but to help improve the public understanding of science and evolution. For example, he communicated helpfully with several of us on PT who wrote on the peppered moth issue, he wrote and talked for scientists, educators, and the public on the issue, including this great radio interview and this just-published piece in Evolution: Education, and Outreach, “Industrial Melanism in the Peppered Moth, Biston betularia: An Excellent Teaching Example of Darwinian Evolution in Action.” Google PT on Majerus for many other discussions. Finally, Majerus maintained an amazing sense of composure in the face of what was a pretty ridiculous set of attacks on the peppered moth example from the media and creationists (which resulted, I am convinced, in the peppered moth getting inappropriately dropped from several textbooks). Instead of getting mad and indignant, which would have been perfectly appropriate and understandable responses, Majerus went back to the field and gathered more data, tested the mainstream hypothesis again, and even changed the mind of some of his scientific critics.
Go to the source article for the links I didn't reproduce in the above quote, plus much more.
THIS IS NOT A PEPPERED MOTH DEBATE TOPIC
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Message 78 of 1282 (519467)
08-13-2009 10:38 PM


Les Paul 1915-2009
Los Angeles Times blogs that were published between 2006 and 2013.
Must be something, to be named after a guitar.
Moose

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Message 81 of 1282 (565719)
06-19-2010 6:13 PM


Manute Bol, NBA player-humanitarian, dies at 47
http://sports.yahoo.com/..._ylt=AsKGdV6O7hfiBqvT1nO74_E5nYcB
quote:
Manute Bol, a lithe 7-foot-7 shot-blocker from Sudan who spent 10 seasons in the NBA and was dedicated to humanitarian work in Africa, died Saturday. He was 47.
A thoroughly class act.
Quite a few years ago I watched the celebrity boxing match between Bol and William (the refrigerator) Perry. As I recall, not a lot of action but Bol won the decision.
Further reading:
Basketball on and off the court: A sad story of former and tallest NBA player Manute Bol
Moose

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Message 93 of 1282 (596967)
12-18-2010 4:58 PM


Captain Beefheart January 15, 1941 — December 17, 2010
I don't know if any musician qualifies as being "unique", but Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart) certainly is a contender for such a title.
Captain Beefheart - Wikipedia
Google away to find so much more.
Moose
Added by edit:
A WFMU 3 hour show devoted to the Captain: No webpage found at provided URL: Playlist
A variety of audio feeds available via the playlist.
Added by edit 3 - Part 1 of 6 of BBC doucumentary:
No webpage found at provided URL: Source
Edited by Minnemooseus, : See above.
Edited by Minnemooseus, : "contented" -> "contender"
Edited by Minnemooseus, : See above.

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Message 95 of 1282 (598434)
12-30-2010 9:23 PM
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12-30-2010 9:12 PM


Re: R.I.P. Kodachrome
I think I have an undeveloped roll - Sometimes wonder what's on it.
Also have an unshot roll - Maybe I can sell it as a collectors item.
Moose

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Message 105 of 1282 (598680)
01-01-2011 7:12 PM
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12-18-2010 4:58 PM


Re: Captain Beefheart January 15, 1941 — December 17, 2010
Co-hosting a 3 hour Captain Beefheart tribute show on KUMD tonight (it also might end up continuing next week).
Starts at 10:00 pm US central time, which is 3 hrs and 50 minutes from now.
Go to Site not found · DreamHost to find the playlist and audio feed links.
Moose

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Message 110 of 1282 (606911)
02-28-2011 10:53 PM
Reply to: Message 107 by xongsmith
02-27-2011 3:21 PM


Re: The power of a Muse (re: things Bob Dylan)
Earlier this weekend I had been browsing through the first Rolling Stone Record Guide (the red one), and I encountered the album jacket for "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan". I wondered who the woman was - Now I find out.
A couple of Suze Rotolo links:
Suze Rotolo - Wikipedia
Page not found – Rolling Stone
Dylan related post here.
Moose

Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
"Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien
"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose

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Message 120 of 1282 (636345)
10-05-2011 9:19 PM


Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
The link PZ Myers supplied:
Steve Jobs Is Dead
Moose
Edited by Minnemooseus, : Change ID.

  
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Message 167 of 1282 (655712)
03-12-2012 9:00 PM


Two Peters and a dickhead
Peter Bergman (1939-2012) - One of the members of Firesign Theatre.
Farewell, Dear Friend: Peter Bergman (1939-2012) | Dangerous Minds
Peter Godwin (died Sunday, March 12, 2012) - Oregon physician behind Death With Dignity dies at 83, using aid-in-dying law he championed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...03/12/gIQAEnir7R_story.html
Andrew Beitbart - OK, I only put him in for subtitle purposes.
Page not found – Rolling Stone
Moose

Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
"Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien
"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose

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Message 172 of 1282 (659020)
04-11-2012 10:31 PM


Play it loud!!!
Jim Marshall (of "Marshall Stack" fame) - (29 July 1923 — 5 April 2012):
How the Marshall Amp Changed Rockand the Meaning of 'Loud'
Wiki
Oh, and some "Mike Wallace" guy also died - (May 9, 1918 — April 7, 2012)
Moose

Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
"Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien
"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose

  
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Message 173 of 1282 (659938)
04-19-2012 7:27 PM


Levon Helm, 71
Rolling Stone
The Band did it real.
Moose
Edited by Minnemooseus, : Tweek.

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Message 216 of 1282 (675398)
10-11-2012 3:04 AM


Alex Karras, 77 - RIP Mongo
Alex Karras, All-Pro N.F.L. Lineman Who Also Starred as an Actor, Dies at 77
Wiki page
A couple of nights ago I was watching Steven Wright videos on youtube. That led to looking up the Wiki article on him, then to George Carlin and black humor. The black humor wiki led to Blazing Saddles which led to the Alex Karras article. There I found out that it had just been announced that he had kidney failure and had been given only a few days to live.
I found this to be a strange way to have discovered the news.
Moose
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