David Byne – “Don’t Fence Me In”
An evening pause: A song first made famous by Roy Rogers.
An evening pause: A song first made famous by Roy Rogers.
Tag: entertainment
David Byne – “Don’t Fence Me In”
Pomplamoose – Another day
The Dam Busters – first dam
An evening pause: From the fine 1954 British film, The Dam Busters. Star Wars fans might recognize the scenerio.
It’s too late to apologize
July 2, 1776 – The vote for independency
An evening pause: From the movie 1776 (1972). The actual vote and signing of the Declaration of Independence took place 235 years ago today, on July 2nd, not July 4th. We celebrate the Fourth of July because that was the date put on the Declaration itself when it was made public.
Tim Minchin – Some people have it worse than I
Quebe Sisters – It’s a sin to tell a lie
Desert View at the Grand Canyon
Ray Lynch – Celestial Soda Pop
Mary Black – A song for Ireland
An evening pause:
Dreaming in the night
I saw a land where no man had to fight.
Waking in your dawn
I saw you crying in the morning light
Lying where falcons fly
And twist and turn in your fair blue sky.
Living on your western shore,
Saw some sunsets, asked for more.
I stood by your Atlantic sea
And I sang a song for Ireland.
At House hearing head of NOAA challenged on ignoring Congressional law
At House hearings this week the head of NOAA was attacked for ignoring Congressional law in setting up a National Climate Service.
One big sticking point for legislators is language in this spring’s final 2011 spending bill that averted a government shutdown, which states that “none of the funds made available by this division may be used to implement, establish, or create a NOAA Climate Service.” Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) said the appointment of Karl and the hiring of six regional directors appear to have ignored those instructions. He quipped that NOAA was “living in climate sin,” a reference to Karl’s statement during an interview in December 2010 with ClimateWire that “we’ve moved in, … we’re waiting for the marriage certificate, but we’re acting like we have a climate service.”
Lubchenco defended her actions, saying that her appointments were “smart” and merely “good planning.” She said their salaries are drawn from “existing funds” and that legislation dating back to the National Climate Program Act of 1978 describes providing climate services as part of NOAA’s mission. She responded to Hall’s concerns that the climate service would take away from NOAA’s other activities by saying, “It’s good government to reorganize periodically.” She also referred to its economic potential, citing the $1 billion industry that has emerged around the National Weather Service.
Speaking with ScienceInsider after the hearing, she made it clear that NOAA intends to push ahead. “This is an idea whose time has come.” [emphasis mine]
In other words, so what the law forbids NOAA from doing this. We know best, Congress can go to hell.
At House hearings this week the head of NOAA was attacked for ignoring Congressional law in setting up a National Climate Service.
One big sticking point for legislators is language in this spring’s final 2011 spending bill that averted a government shutdown, which states that “none of the funds made available by this division may be used to implement, establish, or create a NOAA Climate Service.” Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) said the appointment of Karl and the hiring of six regional directors appear to have ignored those instructions. He quipped that NOAA was “living in climate sin,” a reference to Karl’s statement during an interview in December 2010 with ClimateWire that “we’ve moved in, … we’re waiting for the marriage certificate, but we’re acting like we have a climate service.”
Lubchenco defended her actions, saying that her appointments were “smart” and merely “good planning.” She said their salaries are drawn from “existing funds” and that legislation dating back to the National Climate Program Act of 1978 describes providing climate services as part of NOAA’s mission. She responded to Hall’s concerns that the climate service would take away from NOAA’s other activities by saying, “It’s good government to reorganize periodically.” She also referred to its economic potential, citing the $1 billion industry that has emerged around the National Weather Service.
Speaking with ScienceInsider after the hearing, she made it clear that NOAA intends to push ahead. “This is an idea whose time has come.” [emphasis mine]
In other words, so what the law forbids NOAA from doing this. We know best, Congress can go to hell.
Dolores Keane singing Caledonia
An engineer’s guide to cat yodeling
New Texas Giant roller-coaster
Cockpit view of 747 takeoff
An evening pause: Note how long it takes for the 747 to get off the ground. The plane is big and heavy.
Joe Hisaishi Live – Summer ( from Kikujiro )
Flying over Mars
Deep well inspection
An evening pause: Let’s take a strange journey, down 275 feet deep into a well. No sound, but fascinating nonetheless.
Ray Stevens – Obama budget plan
Eddi Reader with Boo Hewerdine – Footsteps Fall
Loretta Lynn and the Muppets – One’s on the way
Luckiest people alive
Windows XP error music
Mary Tyler Moore Show – The Ted Baxter School of Broadcasting
An evening pause: A scene from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, “Ted Baxter’s Famous Broadcasters School”, originally broadcast February 22, 1975. One of behindtheblack’s regular readers was reminded of this episode by my press conference experience on Wednesday.
Balancing act
Flight Of The Conchords – The Humans Are Dead
Pink Floyd tribute in classical style
An evening pause: Early acid-rock Sid-Barrett-insane Pink Floyd, as performed by the Classic Rock String Quartet
An evening pause: Early acid-rock Sid-Barrett-insane Pink Floyd, as performed by the Classic Rock String Quartet
Sammy Davis and Anthony Newley perform a medley of Newley songs
An evening pause: Sammy Davis and Anthony Newley perform a medley of Newley songs, from a 1972 television performance.
Monty Python: Defending yourself against a banana
Cinderella – Julie Andrews singing “Impossible”
An evening pause: , The song “Impossible,” sung by Julie Andrews and Edie Adams, from the live 1957 television production of Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella.
For the world is filled with zanies and fools
Who don’t believe in sensible rules
And won’t believe what sensible people say
And because these daft and dewy-eyed dopes
Keep building up impossible hopes,
Impossible things keep happening every day.