February 2012
NASA Receives Second Highest Number Of Astronaut... →
HOUSTON — More than 6,300 individuals applied to become a NASA astronaut between Nov. 15, 2011 and Jan. 27, the second highest number of applications ever received by the agency. After a thorough selection process, which includes interviews and medical examinations, nine to 15 people will be selected to become part of the 21st astronaut class.
Typically, the agency receives between 2,500...
What's Happening in Syria Now. →
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The situation has grown more dire since Assad’s regime began a violent crackdown last March—including reports of hundreds massacred this week.
On February 3, 2012, multiple reports from activists inside Syria described massive shelling and an army offensive in the central Syrian city of Homs. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights puts the casualty figure at over a hundred, and...
“Donnie: Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit? Frank: Why are you wearing that...”
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The greatest wikipedia entry that was ever... →
“Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both...”
– Sir Arthur C. Clarke
January 2012
Re: Road trip advice? →
Thanks to everyone who has given us advice already! All the replies, messages, and emails will be a huge help.
Just to clarify things, I live in Los Angeles so we aren’t planning to include anything there in the road trip. Plus, San Francisco is a second home to me so we are only staying one night there and leaving early the next morning. Our main goals are to drive up the coast, see...
Road trip advice?
Okay so my brother and I are taking a road trip up the Pacific coast and I wanted to see if anyone had any advice for things to see. We are planning on taking 9 days in mid-February to drive north via this route:
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Eureka/Crescent City
Southern Oregon coastline
Portland
Seattle
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Whistler, BC, Canada
Anything that we “must-do” in the...
