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June 10th, 2006 | 
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Every few months, some big wig in the media world knocks on my online door, asking for assistance in their quest to Market Survivalism To The World.
In nearly all cases, these “assistants” to the decision makers are looking for options, but almost always, when it comes to “Survivalism” and “Survivalists”…they are looking for that Main Stream Media version of Survivalists…you know the kind…camoflauge, guns, missing teeth, scorn of the government, etc, etc, etc.
I truly believe that FOX is looking for that flavor of individual..er, uhm…family…for TRADING SPOUSES…as the email below will show…
Give it a shot if you want. $50k is on the line for the LUCKY family selected for this “Wonderful Opportunity”.
As for me and my family…uhhh…we’re going to pass this time…yes, the money would be wonderful…but at what expense to our family and friends? Personally, I don’t think it balances out.
Ya’ll have fun!
Hello,
I am a casting associate for FOX’s hit show “Trading Spouses.” I was checking out your website and was hoping you could help me out in my search. I am looking for hardcore survivalists and their families to participate in the show which highlights the wealth of cultures and personalities from households across the country. The show requires that each family consist of at least one child between 6-18 years of age and have two parents within the home. At the end of the 7 day shoot, each family receives $50,000! If you are what we are looking for, or know another family that is, please contact me. If you have any questions regarding the show, check out the website at www.fox.com and click on the “Trading Spouses” icon.
Our deadline is approaching FAST and I would love for families to have this amazing opportunity. Thanks so much and I can’t wait to hear from you!
Thanks a lot and take care,
Jason
Jason Eskin
Casting Assistant
Trading Spouses
Rocket Science Laboratories
323.802.0485
JasonE@rocketsciencelabs.com
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In case you missed it, here is the video of President Bush, with a President Bush Impersonator….
Some very funny stuff!
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Source from the Times-Standard Online
Lights in the sky around the globe
John Driscoll
OK. Let’s put this to rest.
Apparently Sunday night’s fireball in the skies over Northern California — of which we’ve had abundant reports — wasn’t the only one. In fact, several people have now reported seeing other fireballs on Monday and Tuesday nights.
Now, NASA is saying brilliant meteors are being seen around the globe. So what’s going on?
Apparently Earth is passing through a “river of space dust” associated with the comet Encke, as it does each year at this time, NASA says. But unlike in most years, the Taurid meteor shower is more intense this time around.
A computer model in 1993 predicted this year might be a special year for Taurid meteors. The meteors are larger than usual this time around, as large as pebbles or small stones, NASA said, though some may be larger. They travel thousands of miles per hour and when they strike the atmosphere can produce a fireball as bright as the moon, NASA says.
The best place to look for the meteors is in the constellation Taurus, which rises in the east at sunset. The show could last up to two weeks, but rain forecast for the next several days might derail your chances of seeing it.
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As a VERY amatuer astronomer (only two telescopes, one pair of binoculars, some cheap software, and a fair knowledge of the night sky, I love staying abreast of the lastest interstellar news. Mars is getting the big attention lately, and now is a great time to take the scopes out and get some quiet time with one of our closest neighbors in the sky.
Rich
AS MARS’ ORBIT NEARS EARTH, USE OUR TUTORIAL TO BECOME A MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE-FORM
By KARALEE MILLER
Fort Worth Star Telegram
10/26/2005
Space lovers everywhere are seeing red this week — and they couldn’t be happier.
Mars is the talk of the galaxy right now as its orbit inches closer and closer to our humble abode, Earth. The big moment comes into full view Saturday. And you know what that means — break out the telescopes; set up the lawn chairs; call a friend.
Mars will come closest to Earth at about 10:20 p.m. Oct. 29, when it will be a stone’s throw from Earth at 43.1 million miles. Mars will reach opposition to the sun — it will be opposite the sun from our view here on Earth — on Nov. 7.
Although it won’t be as close as it was two years ago — when it drew closer to Earth than it has been in nearly 60,000 years — it still will be a sight to see.
Armed with a telescope, sky gazers should be able to make out many of the planet’s surface details, like bright clouds, large dust storms and polar caps, says Karen Massey, an assistant at the Noble Planetarium at the Fort Worth (Texas) Museum of Science and History.
“What’s interesting about this event that’s different from August 2003 is that Mars is farther north and higher in the sky this time, so we’re looking through less atmosphere,” she says. “It will have a better, clearer view.”
Oh, and if you think you’ll just catch this the next time it happens, patience had better be one of your virtues. The next time Mars will be closer than this: summer 2018.
Did you know Mars . . .
– is the fourth planet from the sun and the seventh largest?
– is the only planet with a surface that can be plainly seen and charted from Earth?
– has polar ice caps, clouds, dust storms and four seasons?
– shines brighter than anything else in the sky except the sun, moon and Venus?
– is about half the size of the Earth and twice the size of the moon?
– takes almost twice as long as the Earth to go around the sun?
– is named after the Roman god of war?
– would be a dieter’s dream? That’s because we’d all weigh less on Mars than we do here on Earth. Mars is less dense than Earth and has much less gravity.
Touchdown:
Three methods have been used to explore Mars: flybys, orbiters, and landers and rovers. NASA says future Mars exploration may use airplanes and balloons, subsurface explorers and sample returns.
Mariner 4 was the first spacecraft to have a successful flyby of Mars, on July 14, 1965, snapping the first pictures of Mars’ surface. The spacecraft was not expected to survive past its eight-month voyage, but it ended up lasting about three years in solar orbit.
Two Mars rovers — Spirit, above, and Opportunity — have been exploring sites on opposite ends of Mars since January 2004. They are now in the third extension of their missions.
Mars in pop culture
Our collective fascination with the red planet has yielded everything from great (and mediocre) literature to tasty small consumables and expensive Hollywood films. Arm yourself for your next Trivial Pursuit game with these facts:
“– War of the Worlds:” The sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells was published in 1898 and describes the invasion of Earth by Martians. In 1938, Orson Welles presented it as a radio play, creating panic among some listeners. Movie director Steven Spielberg revisited the extraterrestrial storyline with this year’s film, starring Tom Cruise and the ubiquitous Dakota Fanning.
– Marvin the Martian: Looney Tunes got on the Mars bandwagon in 1948 by introducing Marvin the Martian in the short cartoon film “Haredevil Hare”.
– Mars Bars: Can’t seem to get your hands on a yummy Mars Bar these days? Just reach for a Snickers Almond Bar. Confused? Don’t be. The folks at Mars Inc. stopped marketing the candy bar in the United States as the Mars Bar and now sell it as the Snickers Almond Bar. However, elsewhere in the world, the same candy bar is sold as the Mars Almond bar.
“– Veronica Mars”: This junior detective lives in a town called Neptune and sports the last name Mars. No wonder fans think the show and its star, Kristen Bell, are out of this world.
“– Mars Attacks!” Wacky film director Tim Burton gave audiences this 1996 sci-fi spoof about Martians invading Earth that has become a cult favorite.
“– Red Planet”: Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss and Benjamin Bratt jumped aboard this 2000 flick about astronauts searching Mars to find ways to save Earth. The movie’s original title was “Mars”, but was changed to avoid confusion with the Brian D Palma-directed “Mission to Mars”, released the same year.
“– Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus”: In 1993, counselor and author John Gray gave readers something to think about with his book about how the sexes can learn to better understand, relate to and appreciate each other. Many found his advice down-to-earth, while others thought he should buy a one-way ticket to Pluto.
– Blondie: This new wave group, led by rock diva Debbie Harry, gave music listeners this little lyrical gem in 1981′s “Rapture” — “‘Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin’ cars and eatin’ bars/And now he only eats guitars” The song was the first chart-topping rap single.
Face time
Some people believe a mysterious “face” on Mars is evidence that there is life on the Red Planet. The face was discovered in 1976 by NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft while it was scoping potential landing sites for its sister ship. Mission controllers noticed a likeness of a human face jutting from the ground in the planet’s Cydonia region.
After much talk and further investigation, most planetary scientists agree the face was created when unusual lighting conditions fell upon a Martian hill. But that hasn’t killed speculation — or Hollywood’s interest.
The face has been used as a plot device in the TV shows “The X-Files” and “Futurama” and the film “Mission to Mars.”
SOURCES: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History; http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov; www.planetary.org; www.mars.com; http://science.nasa.gov; “Entertainment Weekly”; www.imdb.com
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and this one AIN’T it…rent a DVD for the evenings this stinker comes on TV…
Ensemble Convenes for CBS’ “End of the World
Posted by Scott Weinberg on Tuesday, Aug. 09, 2005, 12:35 AM
Scott Weinberg writes: “ComingSoon.net shares a press release from CBS, and it seems that the “End of the World” is somewhat near. November 6th is when you can tune in and chuckle over “Category 7: The End of the World.”
From the producers of “Category 6: Day of Destruction,” the follow-up will star Randy Quaid, Tom Skerritt, Shannen Doherty, Gina Gershon, James Brolin, and Swoosie Kurtz.
“”Category 7: The End of the World” begins where “Category 6: Day of Destruction” ended, as the ultimate superstorm continues to build in size. As the disastrous storm gathers even more strength and begins to ravage the rest of the world, FEMA’s newly appointed director, Judith Carr (Gershon), has her hands full preparing for a cataclysmic storm in the U.S. Aiding weather forecasters is storm chaser Tommy Tornado (Quaid), convalesced from his near-death experience in the Category 6 storms and ready for more, and Faith Clavell (Doherty), a beautiful, discredited scientist who teams up with Tommy on the ground to figure out what is making the storms so severe. Up in the sky, pilot Col. Mike Davis (Skerritt) flies high above the storm to try to find what in the atmosphere is causing the storms. Meanwhile, a television evangelist and his wife, Donny and Penny Hall (Brolin and Kurtz) preying on the fears of a storm battered nation, begin to broadcast alarming warnings of biblical plagues. As the predictions begin to come true, the deadly storm continues to wreak havoc worldwide, culminating in a record-setting Category 7 superstorm over Washington, D.C.”
Part 1 of “Category 7″ will air on Sunday, November 6th; part 2 a week later on November 13th.”
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I have been doing a long series of radio music shows for my college radio station at Central Wyoming College, on KCWC 88.1 FM, the Stargate.
The name of the show is Cosmic Echoes, and this blog is named after that show. The music featured is mostly electronic and instrumental, with ambient, trance, techno, new age, and other similar music mixed together for a smooth, relaxing, and in some cases invigorating beat.
If you’d like to check out the last two shows, visit my SurvivalRing Radio page and click on the MUSIC folder.
Your comments are most welcome. I wanted to give you a flavor of what kind of quality shows I can put together in the near future, in the genre of Talk Radio and Radio Documentaries.
Enjoy!
Rich
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Futurists look beyond, and it’s not mere sci-fi
By Russell Working
Tribune staff reporter
July 29, 2005
Imagine a future in which terrorists seize an embassy and police can send in a remote-controlled insect outfitted with a microscopic video camera that reveals where the gunmen are hiding and what kind of weapons they hold.
Or a time when adventure travelers fly to the moon to spend a week at a space colony under the glittering lunar skies–in the way they now visit Antarctica or the North Slope of Alaska.
Or a U.S. constitutional convention where delegates draft a new governing document that allows the rest of the world a say in American decision-making.
Sound far-fetched? Over 1,000 futurists arriving in Chicago this week have been considering such scenarios and a host of other possibilities that some people might dismiss as wild dreams and unlikely schemes. The World Future Society–an organization of academics, consultants and planners–is gearing up for its annual conference Friday to Sunday, drawing forward thinkers from as far away as South Korea and Venezuela.
Mainstream futurists are not crystal ball gazers or mere science fiction aficionados (though a session is scheduled on “Science Fiction as the Mythology of the Future”). The future may seem unknowable to most mortals, but humans continually plan for what lies beyond the chronological horizon, futurists say. Everything from an environmental impact study to Pentagon war games are forms of future study.
Futurists tend to be consultants and academics who analyze data based on current trends, said Patrick Tucker, assistant editor of The Futurist magazine and a society spokesman. Many offer advice to and facilitate discussions within businesses seeking to anticipate events, rather than merely react to crises.
