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Did you ever care to read the quotes written on the ceiling of the U.S. Library of Congress? They are everywhere, especially on the 2nd floor. In my recent visit to the building, I took pictures of the texts. So what are the quotes and texts on the ceiling of…
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As much as I hated the worst winters in Brookings, South Dakota, I also loved the times when snow covered the trees and everything in town had turned into a magical winter wonderland. These photos would explain my point. Where to stay in Brookings, South Dakota. Super 8 Brookings Sd…
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Thanks Sun-Star for the 2013 Simbang Gabi live stream online. Sun-Star in partnership with the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral Parish, will be streaming live the nine-day dawn masses, also called Simbang Gabi, from the Cathedral to allow Filipinos in the Philippines and abroad to observe the tradition online. Dawn masses starts…
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A report from the International Earthquake and Volcano Prediction Center (IEVPC) has kept the social media busy, with links to an earthquake prediction from the IEVPC circulating around. In the Catastrophic Geophysical Event (CGE) Monitoring and Warning System (CMWS) issued by the organization, it mentioned an earthquake with a magnitude…
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The vastness of the super typhoon Haiyan, Yolanda in Philippine local name, was all captured by space satellite sensors. The satellite images of Haiyan looks amazing from space with its whirling wind and detailed eye captured at landfall. Yet, this is same strong whirling wind that is reported to have…
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There are only two options: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. The Hubble telescope will show you images of why there may be other beings that exist in the vast space. VIDEO: The Most Important Discovery of The Hubble Telescope
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Here is a peer-reviewed article I co-authored with Prof. Geoffrey Henebry from the South Dakota State University, Geospatial Science Center of Excellence (SDSU GSCE). The paper was published in the Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. We introduced a new framework for analyzing spectra called Moment Distance (MD) that uses metrics…
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To the guy who stole my laundry basket from the laundry shop, damn you! On Sunday, August 4, 2013 at around 8:30 PM, I washed my clothes at the Downtown Laundry shop located at 416 4th Street. Like what I usually do in the five years that I have lived…
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