Donkey was a Kong

Clouds are Neat

Follow the Stars

My favorite planet is neptune.

In traditional Western astrology, each sign is ruled by one and only one of the seven visible planets (note that in astrology, the Sun and Moon are termed The Lights by astrologers, while the other bodies are called planets, which literally means wanderers, i.e. wandering stars as opposed to the fixed stars). The traditional rulerships are as follows: Aries (Mars), Taurus (Venus), Gemini (Mercury), Cancer (Moon), Leo (Sun), Virgo (Mercury), Libra (Venus), Scorpio (Mars), Sagittarius (Jupiter), Capricorn (Saturn), Aquarius (Saturn), Pisces (Jupiter).[12]

Many modern, psychologically-oriented astrologers believe that Uranus is the ruler or co-ruler of Aquarius instead of Saturn, Neptune is the ruler or co-ruler of Pisces instead of Jupiter, and that Pluto is the ruler or co-ruler of Scorpio instead of Mars (with other modern astrologers claiming that Pluto rules Aries and not Mars). Some other astrologers believe that the planetoid Chiron may be the ruler of Virgo, while other group of modern astrologers acclaim that Ceres is the ruler of Taurus instead. Traditional astrology adheres to the rulerships system listed in the paragraph above, and the debate continues between those who consider the newly discovered planets as rulers or co-rulers of certain signs and those that do not.






Alternatively, some astrologers use the former planets Pallas, Vesta, Juno and Hygiea in their delineations and rulerships, for example Vesta to Taurus and Pallas to Virgo.

Some astrologers do not even use the astrological signs at all (mostly Cosmobiologists and Uranian Astrologers/Hamburg School); therefore they do not take into account planetary rulerships and the essential dignities when interpreting an astrological chart.






Note that, if one starts from Leo and Cancer, the planetary rulers are arrayed in the same order from the sun as they occur in the natural solar system. Sun rules Leo, Moon rules Cancer, then Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo, Venus rules Taurus and Libra, Mars rules Aries and Scorpio, Jupiter rules Pisces and Sagittarius, and Saturn rules Aquarius and Capricorn.

Quarks are so Charming

Charm Quarks

The charm quark or c quark (from its symbol, c) is the third most massive of all quarks, a type of elementary particle, and a major constituent of matter. Charm quarks are found in hadrons, which are subatomic particles made of quarks. Example of hadrons containing charm quarks include the J/ψ meson (J/ψ), D mesons (D), charmed Sigma baryons (Σc), and other charmed particles.

It, along with the strange quark is part of the second generation of matter, and has an electric charge of +2⁄3 e and a mass of 1.27+0.07−0.11 GeV/c2. Like all quarks, the charm quark is an elementary fermion with spin-1⁄2, and experiences all four fundamental interactions: gravitation, electromagnetism, weak interactions, and strong interactions. The antiparticle of the charm quark is the charm antiquark (sometimes called anticharm quark or simply anticharm), which differs from it only in that some of its properties have equal magnitude but opposite sign.






The existence of a fourth quark had been speculated by a number of authors around 1964 (for instance by James Bjorken and Sheldon Glashow[2]), but its prediction is usually credited to Sheldon Glashow, John Iliopoulos and Luciano Maiani in 1970 (see GIM mechanism).[3] The first charmed particle (a particle containing a charm quark) to be discovered was the the J/ψ meson. It was discovered by a team at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), led by Burton Richter,[4] and one at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), led by Samuel Ting.[5]






The discovery of the J/ψ (and thus the charm quark) ushered a series of breakthrough which are collectively known as the November Revolution.







http://lss.fnal.gov/archive/other/print-93-0732.pdf

Alex

Alexandria (Arabic: الإسكندرية al-Iskandariyya; Coptic:Rakotə; Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια; Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya), with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the country's largest seaport, serving about 80% of Egypt's imports and exports. Alexandria is also an important tourist resort.



Alexandria extends about 32 km (20 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in north-central Egypt. It is home to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the new Library), and is an important industrial center because of its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez, another city in Egypt. Alexandria was also an important trading post between Europe and Asia, because it profited from the easy overland connection between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.

In ancient times, Alexandria was one of the most famous cities in the world. It was founded around a small pharaonic town c. 331 BC by Alexander the Great. It remained Egypt's capital for nearly a thousand years, until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641 AD when a new capital was founded at Fustat (Fustat was later absorbed into Cairo).






Alexandria was known because of its lighthouse (Pharos), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; its library (the largest library in the ancient world); and the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages. Ongoing maritime archaeology in the harbor of Alexandria, which began in 1994, is revealing details of Alexandria both before the arrival of Alexander, when a city named Rhacotis existed there, and during the Ptolemaic dynasty.

Elephants and Coffee Trains

i have calmed the devil to realize I am devine.

everything will change

when life hands you lemons make lemonade

Space Art

I make Space Art for this company called Bioserve Space Technologies.

Amy Halko

AMY HALKO

Originally from Ohio, Amy received her BFA from Bowling Green State University and her MFA from Ohio State University (Halko). Amy is now living and making pots in Dallas, TX. She maintains a studio and storefront in the Artist’s Quarter of South Side. Halko graduated Ohio State University with an MFA in Ceramics and then attended Bowlings Green State University, in Bowling Green Ohio with a BFA in Ceramics and Drawing Exhibitions from 1994-99 (Halko, “Amy Halko Ceramics”). In 1998 she participated in a Fall Show, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo Ohio which launched her career. Halko’s professional experience constitutes being a Ceramics Instructor at Community Education in Dallas, the Eastfield College, The Craft Guild of Dallas, Meadows School of the Arts, Shawnee State University, and San Jose State University. Also traveling as a visiting artist, being a sabbatical replacement at the Southern Methodist University, and being an artist assistant to Dorthy Gill-Barnes (Halko).

Halko uses porcelain, slips and colorful glazes accompanied by hand drawn geometric patterns and organic shapes to create what she calls “utilitarian pottery” (Halko, Amy). Her pots are each unique with differing surface decorations that lie inside or under the lids. Many of her pots have a unique organic form designed for utility and daily use. Halko’s creates mainly dinnerware, large serving bowls, condiment sets that are each one of a kind made on the wheel then decorated.

Halko, Amy. "Dallas Pottery Invitational." http://www.pinemills.com/ 02 November 2009

Halko, Amy. "Amy Halko Ceramics." http://www.amyhalko.com/ 02 November 2009