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'Miracle Material' Graphene Is Thinnest Known Anti-Corrosion Coating


ScienceDaily (Feb. 22, 2012) — New research has established the "miracle material" called graphene as the world's thinnest known coating for protecting metals against corrosion. Their study on this potential new use of graphene appears in ACS Nano.
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In the study, Dhiraj Prasai and colleagues point out that rusting and other corrosion of metals is a serious global problem, and intense efforts are underway to find new ways to slow or prevent it. Corrosion results from contact of the metal's surface with air, water or other substances. One major approach involves coating metals with materials that shield the metal surface, but currently used materials have limitations. The scientists decided to evaluate graphene as a new coating. Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms, many layers of which are in lead pencils and charcoal, and is the thinnest, strongest known material. That's why it is called the miracle material. In graphene, the carbon atoms are arranged like a chicken-wire fence in a layer so thin that is transparent, and an ounce would cover 28 football fields.

They found that graphene, whether made directly on copper or nickel or transferred onto another metal, provides protection against corrosion. Copper coated by growing a single layer of graphene through chemical vapor deposition (CVD) corroded seven times slower than bare copper, and nickel coated by growing multiple layers of graphene corroded 20 times slower than bare nickel. Remarkably, a single layer of graphene provides the same corrosion protection as conventional organic coatings that are more than five times thicker. Graphene coatings could be ideal corrosion-inhibiting coatings in applications where a thin coating is favorable, such as microelectronic components (e.g., interconnects, aircraft components and implantable devices), say the scientists.

The researchers acknowledge funding from the National Science Foundation.

MooPig's "Technical Discussions Mixed with Political Meandering" Department

Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Mar 30, 2012 | Bryan TX

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Santorum’s wife’s abortion was different, you see. - CafeMom:

EXCERPT  |  " ... "I hereby call on Rick Santorum to sue the doctor who performed the surgery that saved his wife’s life. While it may not be a criminal act yet, at least you can get damages from the doctor for daring to save your wife’s life at the expense of your wife’s constitutionally endowed infection source. That act was a second-trimester abortion. It was a “partial birth abortion”. It was done only to save your wife’s life. It is done generally only to save other mothers’ lives. It is not a criminal act in any respect. If you do not sue this doctor, you are a hypocrite of the highest order, and deserving of the worst epithets people can Google-bomb you with." (nanaofsix531 on Jan. 3, 2012. LINK)... "

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http://www.cafemom.com/group/99198/forums/read/15693935/Santorum_s_wife_s_abortion_was_different_you_see

"On Knowing What Gives Us Pleasure," by Samuel Butler - Classic British Essays - Classic Essays, Speeches, and Letters

"On Knowing What Gives Us Pleasure," by Samuel Butler - Classic British Essays - Classic Essays, Speeches, and Letters:

Samuel Butler spoke a hundred years before faceBook in his "The Way of All Flesh (1903), a biting document of Victorian sensibility." In the following essay, drawn from The Note-Books of Samuel Butler, he encourages us to be honest about expressing our likes and dislikes--"to make sure of our ground and be quite certain that we really do like a thing before we say we do."

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"...A man had better stick to known and proved pleasures, but, if he will venture in quest of new ones, he should not do so with a light heart. (Samuel Butler) ..."

When we "LIKE" something today on faceBook, it means we "read it." And, we acknowledge that a clever attempt at a clever comment has been made by our friends and acquaintances.

Then out of the cacophony of chatter, commentary, and silly-gisms we derive our windfall of pleasure.


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http://grammar.about.com/od/classicessays/a/butlerpleasure.htm

FOCUS: The Santorum Strategy

Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  March 30, 2012  |  Bryan TX

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FOCUS: The Santorum Strategy: "Liberals tend to underestimate the importance of public discourse"

The Republican presidential campaign is not just about the presidential race. It is about using conservative language to strengthen conservative values in the brains of voters - in campaigns at all levels from Congress to school boards. Part of the Republican strategy is to get liberals to argue against them, repeating conservative language. There is a reason I wrote a book called Don't Think of an Elephant! When you negate conservative language, you activate conservative ideas and, hence, automatically and unconsciously strengthen the brain circuitry that characterizes conservative values. (George Lakoff, Reader Supported News. 12 March 12. HERE)

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EXCERPT | " ... These values follow from certain ideal progressive family values, as projected to larger institutions. The progressive family has parents of equal authority. Their central moral role requires empathy with each other and their children, it requires self-responsibility, and responsibility for the well-being of other family members. This means open communication, transparency about family rules, shared decision-making, and need-based fairness.

This is an idealized view. Because our first acquaintance with being governed is in our families, we come to understand ideal versions of governing institutions (e.g., churches, schools, teams, and nations) in terms of idealizations of families.

The idealized conservative family is structured around a strict father who is the natural leader of the family, who is assumed to know right from wrong, whose authority is absolute and unchallengeable, who is masculine, makes decisions about reproduction, and who sets the rules - in short, the Decider. Children must be taught right from wrong through strict discipline, which is required to be moral. This maps onto the nation. To be prosperous in a free market, one must be fiscally disciplined. If you are not prosperous, you must not be disciplined, and if you are not disciplined, you cannot be moral, and so you deserve your poverty. ... "

So in summary, the 'correct thing to do' does not always make it to the ballot boxes. 
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http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/10418-focus-the-santorum-strategy

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/20/trump-takes-hatchet-to-santorum/
NEXT WEEK: We find out why Trump is taking the hatchet to Rick Santorum!!! BLIMEY!

MooPig Trend Spotters -- Delusional Far-right Press Titans are just Pissed Off Old White Men

The Self-Destruction of Limbaugh, Murdoch and Beck: "For Beck, it was the misguided conviction that he could go on national television and denounce the President of the United States as a "racist" who has a "deep-seeded hatred for white people."

" ... For Murdoch, it was a culture of corruption inside NewsCorp. where his newspaper executives felt that the wholesale breaking of the law by hacking phones and paying off public officials was an acceptable way to report out stories.

" ... And for Limbaugh, it was the still-shocking assumption that he could dedicate three days of his national radio show to insulting and denigrating a Georgetown University law student, and do it by name."

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"... In the last year, that brand of recklessness, built upon a foundation of spite, has produced three very public crises for Limbaugh, Murdoch and Beck. All three players have been badly damaged professionally and all three were led astray by their exaggerated belief that the rules don't apply to them. ... "

Rub a dub dub ... three men in a tub... describes the fervor of three men in the winter of their lives. At some point the ego of a self-made titan implodes.

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http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/276-74/10411-the-self-destruction-of-limbaugh-murdoch-and-beck

A Look Inside China - In Focus - The Atlantic

Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Mar 27, 2012  |  Bryan TX

A Look Inside China - In Focus - The Atlantic: "A worker puts on eyelashes for an inflatable sex doll at Ningbo Yamei plastic toy factory, on the outskirts of Fenghua, Zhejiang province, on February 13, 2012. The company started producing sex dolls three years ago, and now sells a total of 13 types of dolls at the average price of 100 RMB (16 USD). More than 50,000 sex dolls were sold last year, about fifteen percent of which were exported to Japan, Korea and Turkey, according to the company. (Reuters/Jason Lee) # "

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A student hangs a quilt to dry off the balcony of her university dormitory on a sunny day in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on February 18, 2012. (Reuters/Stringer) #


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http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/03/a-look-inside-china/100269/

MooPig Graphiques and ReWildings

That's All Folks!!!
by Pat Darnell | Mar 26, 2012 | Bryan TX

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MooPig Wisdom's Monetization Department :: "RFID Chip Implants"

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by Pat Darnell  |  Mar 25, 2012  |  Bryan TX

As MooPig Wisdom's "Monetization Department" decides on which affiliates to include in its pages of krumped Bombast ... we do not pause in our push for implantation of RFID in our palms, and ears, as the case may be.

MooPigsters probably prefer RFID tags that are edible. So we charge into that idea and find KODAK:

" ... Kodak has filed this patent application for RFID tagged capsules that could be swallowed to track activity in a patient’s digestive system. The capsules would contain a tiny tracking chip which could be used to monitor a patient’s medication history, or to transmit other medical information to a nearby RF data collector. The pills would be designed to break down over time without harming the recipient. ..."

What started MooPig on this bloody row this afternoon? Well, it seems there are plenty of spotters looking into these things. We find plenty on all fronts: youTube, Google search and images, on faceBook, and in Snopes.com ... all discussing humans to swallow, ingest, pierce, tattoo, or, implant, things like RFID's in, on, around, and, inside, their bodies.

Some say it is to keep track of things, while others point to a more sinister repercussion -- that of prophecy realized through people identifying themselves in the future via an implanted RFID, Radio Frequency IDentification, in their hands. Reasons for RFID in humans is: threats from identity theft, providing medical history for impaired or the infirm, and to track money the tagged has available.

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Hidden Obamacare Secret: "RFID Chip Implants" Mandatory for All by March 23, 2013 | Before It's News:

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http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220070008113%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070008113&RS=DN/20070008113
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-would-rfid-look-like-in-1964.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7kBhts9a8&feature=player_embedded
http://youtu.be/hq7kBhts9a8

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MooPig's Cipher Corner :: "Do You Like a Good Mystery?"

Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Mar 21, 2012  |  Bryan TX

Do you like a good mystery? Here are ten of the world's unsolved mysteries ...

10 of the world's biggest unsolved mysteries: Go figure | MNN - Mother Nature Network:

Beale Ciphers HERE

Georgia Guide-stones HERE

Kryptos HERE

Phaistos Disc HERE

Rongorongo HERE

Shugburough Inscription HERE

Tamam Shud Case HERE

Voynich Manuscript HERE

The WOW! Signal HERE

Zodiac Letters HERE

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And, quite possibly the most confounding mystery of them all ... "Don't Eat Your Cat ..."

Chilling Story HERE

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http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/photos/10-of-the-worlds-biggest-unsolved-mysteries/go-figure
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/digitalguides/voynich.html
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/ff_kryptos?currentPage=all
http://news.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-lancashire/plain/A83646156
http://faculty.unlv.edu/jmstitt/Eng480/Writing/MinMyc.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1477527/Letters-remain-the-holy-grail-to-code-breakers.html
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2011/08/the-body-on-somerton-beach/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126510251
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/zodiac/river_1.html
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/ff_guidestones?currentPage=all
http://www.netaxs.com/~trance/fischer.html
http://pribek.net/2008/03/09/most-peculiar-mama-dont-eat-your-cat/

Misogyny Alive and Well-er in the World ... Thanks to Dexamethasone

Bangladesh's teenage brothels hold dark steroid secret | Reuters: "COW FATTENING DRUG

Also known as Dexamethasone, Oradexon treats inflammation and allergies in humans and is used by farmers to fatten livestock.

Charities say the over-the-counter drug is taken by 90 percent of sex workers in Kandapara and the other 14 legalized brothels across this impoverished South Asian nation.

The girls are first forced to take it by their madams, or "sardarnis", who run the brothels."

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Others, who have been left by their sardarnis because they are too old or not-profitable, are in principle free to leave but choose not to, fearful of the social exclusion they will face in the conservative, Muslim society outside of Kandapara.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/19/us-bangladesh-prostitution-idUSBRE82I02A20120319

When a Fellow Pig Squeals, We should Report it.

The Advertiser Boycott Hurts and Rush Limbaugh Is Starting To Squeal:

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Large contributors really are fleeing the bombastic talk radio show host.

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http://www.politicususa.com/boycott-rush-limbaugh-squeal/

MooPig Report from the Middle :: SXSW

Retrieved By Pat Darnell  |  Mar 18, 2012  |  Bryan TX
VIDEO: Bruce Springsteen's SXSW keynote speech | MusicRadar.com:
Some would say why hasn't MooPig Musicology and Things Department reported on SXSW from Austin? Well, we don't get invited.

Here is the Sultan of Pop, Singer\SongWriter, Bruce Springsteen -- who picked up a guitar in '64 -- giving the opening speech at SXSW 2012 ... supplied to us by Joe Holesworth who says: "Warning -- it's 51 minutes long. But have plenty of bread handy to sop up everything on the plate!..."

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Report from the Middle ::  where the women are strong, the men are good looking, and the children are above average.

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http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/video-bruce-springsteens-sxsw-keynote-speech-534817

HALF-MILLION PAGE VIEWS

Pretty soon MooPig Wisdom, a blog about nothing, that also sells nothing, and perpetually supports madness, will hit a half-million page views... HOW ABOUT IT!!!


So to our faithful reader, thanks; and we hope it has been as much to you as it has been to us.

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MooPig Brain Industries :: "Improve your Brain Health - Lumosity"

Conclusion
Lumosity costs about $80 per year but there is a trial available on the site. The monitization scheme is the down side for me and probably a million other potential users. The exercises are fun and obviously effective in stimulating the suggested areas of cognitive ability. As for Lumosity's extended claim of increased cognitive ability, I obviously cannot say. I do tend to remember the items on the grocery list better and I can now spot a yellow bellied sapsucker while reading a speed limit sign. Seriously, research has shown that exercising brain faculty in this way is helpful and healthful. As for paying $80 to hone these skills, I think free games that emulate Lumosity could probably be aggregated by most users, but progress would be more difficult to track... (August 12, 2007 | Phil Butler. HERE)


Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Mar 12, 2012  |  Bryan TX
Improve your Brain Health - Lumosity:
Train your Brain, play some games, get a score to ponder and we haven't paid anything yet for Lumosity. But you can be sure you might eventually have to pull out your Debit Card to continue... but the introductory is kind of fun ... if you like games.
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Picture Your Improvement With This BPI Chart

Lumosity users often ask how much they can expect to improve with training. The short answer is you can improve a lot. The chart included shows the average Brain Performance Index (BPI) for users as a function of the number of Lumosity games played, up to 1000 total games. BPI is Lumosity’s version of IQ — it measures your ability to handle the speed, memory, attention, problem solving, and flexibility challenges on Lumosity...

About a month ago I began testing a fascinating new beta called Lumosity. The service is designed to exercise user's brains with a series of games that promote cognitive skills. According to Stanford neuroscience graduate and Co-Founder Michael Scanlon these exercises build cognitive ability in processing speed, cognitive control and attention. Playing these fun and simple games for as little as 30 minutes a day can promote quicker thinking, improve memory, increase alertness, improve concentration and even elevate a user's mood.

Lumosity was created by Lumos Labs a cognitive R and D company that builds software tools to improve brain health. Lumos was started in 2005 by Kunal Sarkar, Michael Scanlon and David Drescher, all of whom possess impressive scientific and/or business credentials. Lumos Labs also has a scientific advisory board comprised of some of the leading neuroscientists in the world.

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http://www.lumosity.com/app/v4/personalization
http://profy.com/2007/08/12/lumosity-training/

CV Locations

Have you Ever Wondered Where U.S. Aircraft Carriers Are?
Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Mar 11, 2012 | Bryan TX

CV Locations:

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Aircraft Carrier Locations
Ship	Air Wing	Locations and Remarks	Last Update
CVN-65 Enterprise	CVW-1 ( AB )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 11Jan2012, departed Norfolk to Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX) and Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 11Jan-29Jan2012, COMPTUEX in the WestLant 30Jan-01Feb2012, Mayport 02Feb-09Feb2012, JTFEX "Bold Alligator 2012" in the WestLant 10Feb2012, returned to Norfolk --------[ Schedule to the decommission ]---------- FY2013, decommission	Feb.15, 2012
CVN-68 Nimitz	CVW-11 ( NH )	Home Port : Everett, WA. Back log 16Dec2010, entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton for Dry-Docked Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) 29Sep2011, moved to Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton's Pier Delta 06Mar2012, departed Bremerton -------[ Schedule ]----------------------------- Jan2012, Nimitz will replace Abraham Lincoln in Everett upon completion of a DPIA at Bremerton -------[ Schedule to the decommission ]----------- FY2024, decommission, will be replaced by 3rd ship in the CVN-78 class	Mar.7, 2012
CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower	CVW-7 ( AG )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 05Oct2011, departed Norfolk 05Oct-06Oct2011, WestLant 07Oct-11Oct2011, Norfolk Navy Week 2011 12Oct2011, departed Norfolk 12Oct-21Oct2011, Tailored Ship's Training Availability and Final Evaluation Period (TSTA/FEP) in the WestLant 22Oct2011, returned to Norfolk	Oct.26, 2011
CVN-70 Carl Vinson	CVW-17 ( AA )	Home Port : San Diego, CA. Back log 30Nov2010, departed San Diego for a scheduled deployment to the WestPac and CENTCOM AOR 30Nov-13Dec2011, Pac 14Dec2011, arrived in the 7th Fleet Area of Operations 14Dec-26Dec2011, WestPac 27Dec-29Dec2011, Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong 30Dec2011, departed Victoria Harbor 30Dec2011-04Jan2012, WestPac 05Jan-08Jan2012, Indian Ocean 09Jan2012, arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) 09Jan-13Jan2012, Arabian Sea 14Jan2012, began conducting air missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) 14Jan-13Feb2012, North Arabian Sea 14Feb-15Feb2012, Gulf of Oman 16Feb2012, Strait of Hormuz 17Feb-20Feb2012, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 21Feb-06Mar2012, Persian Gulf	Mar.7, 2012
CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt	Not assigned	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 26Aug2009, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded a $2.4 billion contract to Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding - Newport News for the Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) 29Aug2009, entered Newport News Shipbuilding for a RCOH 21May2011, left dry dock and transitted the James River as relocates from dry dock 11 to a pier 2 at Newport News Shipbuilding for the second half of RCOH -------[ RCOH Schedule ]------------------------- December 2012, RCOH is scheduled to be completed	May 25, 2011
CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln	CVW-2 ( NE )	Home Port : Everett, WA. Back log 07Dec2011, departed Everett for around-the-world cruise, that will take to new homeport in Norfolk, and is relocating to conduct a scheduled four-year RCOH at Newport News Shipbuilding 07Dec-09Dec2011, EastPac 10Dec2011, San Diego 11Dec-22Dec2011, Pac 23Dec2011, arrived in the 7th Fleet Area of Operations 23Dec2011-02Jan2012, WestPac 03Jan-05Jan2012, South China Sea 06Jan-09Jan2012, Leam Chebang, Thailand 10Jan-12Jan2012, South China Sea 13Jan-14Jan2012, Andaman Sea 16Jan-18Jan2012, Indian Ocean 19Jan2012, arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Operations 19Jan-21Jan2012, Arabian Sea 22Jan2012, sailed through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf 22Jan-31Jan2012, Persian Gulf 01Feb-04Feb2012, Bahrain 05Feb-13Feb2012, Persian Gulf 14Feb2012, Strait of Hormuz 15Feb2012, Gulf of Oman 16Feb2012, launched first combat sorties in support of Operation Enduring Freedom 16Feb-06Mar2012, North Arabian Sea -------[ RCOH Schedule ]------------------------- FY2013, scheduled to begin RCOH	Mar.7, 2012
CVN-73 George Washington	CVW-5 ( NF )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log (Jul1992-Aug2008) Home Port : Yokosuka, Japan Back log (Aug2008-Present) 19Sep2011, departed Yokosuka 19Sep-22Sep2011, in the local waters off Japan, WestPac 23Sep-29Sep2011, East China Sea 29Sep-02Oct2011, Busan, Korea 03Oct-12Oct2011, WestPac, South China Sea 13Oct-14Oct2011, Changi Naval Base, Singapore 15Oct-20Oct2011, Gulf of Thailand 21Oct-24Oct2011, South China Sea 25Oc-26Oct2011, in the local waters off Okinawa, Japan, WestPac 27Oc-04Nov2011, participated in ANNUAL Exercise 2011 in the local waters off Okinawa, Japan, WestPac 05Nov-08Nov2011, South China Sea 09Nov-13Nov2011, Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong 14Nov-21Nov2011, WestPac 22Nov2011, returned to Yokosuka	Nov.23, 2011
CVN-74 John C. Stennis	CVW-9 ( NG )	Home Port : Bremerton, WA. Back log 25Jul2011, departed Bremerton to the western Pacific Ocean and the Arabian Gulf for a scheduled seven-month deployment 25Jul-27Jul2011, EastPac 28Jul2011, San Diego 29Jul-08Aug2011, Pac 09Aug2011, participated in undersea warfare exercise (USWEX) off the coast of Hawaii 10Aug-15Aug2011, Pac 16Aug2011 arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility 16Aug-27Aug2011, WestPac 28Aug2011, cancelled scheduled port visit to Manila Bay, Philippines, due to bad weather conditions brought by Typhoon Mina 28Aug-03Sep2011, South China Sea 04Sep-07Sep2011, Port Kelang, Malaysia 08Sep2011, South China Sea 09Sep2011, passed through the Strait of Malacca 10Sep-13Sep2011, Indian Ocean 14Sep-19Sep2011, North Arabian Sea 20Sep2011, Strait of Hormuz 20Sep-29Sep2011, North Arabian Sea 21Sep-24Sept2011, Khalifa Bin Salman Port, Kingdom of Bahrain 25Sep-08Oct2011, North Arabian Sea 09Oct2011, CVW-9 launched first combat sorties in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan 09Oct-11Nov2011, North Arabian Sea 12Nov2011, John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) steam alongside one another in the Strait of Hormuz 13Nov-17Dec2011, Arabian Gulf 18Dec2011, CVW-9 launched the Navy's final air sortie over Iraq, effectively ending naval support for Operation New Dawn 19Dec-30Dec2011, Arabian Gulf 31Dec2011-18Jan2012, Arabian Sea 19Jan2012, entered the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Operations 19Jan-23Jan2012, Indian Ocean 24Jan-25Jan2012, Strait of Malacca 26Jan-29Jan2012, Changi Naval Base, Singapore 30Jan2012, passing exercise (PASSEX) in the Singapore Strait 31Jan-02Feb2012, South China Sea 03Feb-13Feb2012, WestPac 14Feb-16Feb2012, Pac 17Feb-19Feb2012, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii 20Feb-26Feb2012, Pac 27Feb2012, San Diego 28Feb-01Mar2012, EastPac 02Mar2012, returned to Bremerton	Mar.7, 2012
CVN-75 Harry S. Truman	CVW-3 ( AC )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 25Mar2011, entered to Norfolk Naval Shipyard for Docked Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) 03Feb2012, moved from dry dock 8 to Pier 6 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth -------[ Schedule ]------------------------- summer of 2012, expected to return to the fleet	Feb.15, 2012
CVN-76 Ronald Reagan	Not assigned	Home Port : San Diego, CA. Back log 06Jan2012, departed San Diego en route to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for scheduled Dock-Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) 06Jan-09Jan2012, EastPac 10Jan2012, sailed into Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for DPIA DPIA will cost $218 million and take one year to complete Ronald Reagan will be homeported in Bremerton	Jan.18, 2012
CVN-77 George H.W. Bush	CVW-8 ( AJ )	Home Port : Norfolk, VA. Back log 24Jan2012, departed Norfolk 24Jan-01Feb2012, Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications in the WestLant 02Feb-05Feb2012, Mayport 06Feb-14Feb2012, Training Command Squadron Carrier Qualifications in the WestLant 15Feb2012, returned to Norfolk	Feb.22, 2012
Aircraft Carrier Locations (Constructed and Proposed)
CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford	----	Actual construction is to begin in 3 January 2007 at Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Newport News shipyard. 16Jun2006, An amendment added to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2007 proposes that CVN-78, the first ship in the CVN-78 class, be named for the 38th president "Gerald Ford" 05Sep2006, The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and the Program Executive Officer (PEO) held a signature and awards ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard to commemorate the certification of the ship specifications 16Jan2007, held the official naming ceremony of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the first aircraft carrier in the Ford class of carriers 10Sep2008, The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding a $5.1 billion contract to begin construction 14Nov2009, the keel laying and authentication ceremony -------[ Schedule ]------------------------- FY2015, scheduled to enter the U.S. Naval Fleet	Nov.18, 2009
CVN-79 John F. Kennedy	----	15Jan2009, Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard received a $374 million cost type contract award for construction preparation of the CVN-79 25Feb2011, "First Cut of Steel" ceremony at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Newport News -------[ Schedule ]------------------------- FY2012, the full scale construction contract is expected to begin FY2018, planned to join the fleet	Jun.1, 2011
CVN-80 (no name yet) (3rd ship in the CVN-78 class)	----	replace CVN-68 Nimitz in FY2024	Nov.7, 2001
Aircraft Carrier Locations (Retired)
CV-63 Kitty Hawk	----	Back log 12May2009, decommissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton	May 20, 2009
CV-64 Constellation	----	Back log 07Aug2003, decommissioned late Sep. 2003, mothballed in Bremerton	Sep.17, 2003
CV-67 John F. Kennedy	----	Back log 23Mar2007, decommissioned at Naval Station Mayport 30Sep2007, formally decommissioned at Naval Station Norfolk 22Mar2008, towed into the Port of Philadelphia at the Navy Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility	Mar.26, 2008

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NASA Talk -- Last Week's Solar Storm, March 2012

What's Up with Our Sun?
by Pat Darnell | Mar 11, 2012 | Bryan TX

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Dayton Daily News : Biggest solar storm in years races toward Earth: "The sun erupted Tuesday evening, and the most noticeable effects should [have] arrived here between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. EST Thursday, according to forecasters at the space weather center. The effects could linger through Friday morning.

The region of the sun that erupted can still send more blasts our way, Kunches said. He said another set of active sunspots is ready to aim at Earth right after this.

"This is a big sun spot group, particularly nasty," NASA solar physicist David Hathaway said. "Things are really twisted up and mixed up. It keeps flaring.""

NASA has released a photo of the most recent coronal mass ejection that happened from March 8th, 2012 at 11:38pm EST to March 9th, 2012 12:53am EST. The photo is provided above as our first picture and is available on NASA.gov media page as well. The image was captured using the Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).

It is the largest solar storm to hit the earth since 2004. It continues to flare the outer atmosphere creating aurora borealis all through Sunday, today.

On Thursday March 8th, 2012 another solar flare started to erupt sending another round of solar storm March 2012 excitement.

“So how do you know where you can see the Northern Lights? You can actually pinpoint your geomagnetic latitude location using NOAA’s SWPC map that will show you whether you’re in the sweet spot which is as far south as 56.3 degrees. There are numerous Aurora forecasting tools and a few searches should help you to pinpoint other locations.”

The Aurora Borealis is a natural display of light in the sky. It is caused by a collision of charged particles with atoms in the thermosphere. It is often seen in high latitude regions, but the solar storm allowed people to view the Northern Lights lower latitude areas of the world. This event is named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas.

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http://m.daytondailynews.com/dayton/db_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=rkNZBuGO&full=true#display
http://z6mag.com/featured/solar-storm-in-march-2012-is-continuing-sunday-to-produce-next-aurora-borealis-166314.html
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/311998/20120309/aurora-borealis-northern-lights-area-solar-storm.htm
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News030812-M6.3flare.html

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Cigar Chomping Rush Limbaugh, What He Said

February 29, 2012
On February 29, 2012 Limbaugh commented on Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke, who had testified before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee in support of mandated health coverage for contraceptives. On his radio show, Limbaugh described Fluke as a "slut", "prostitute" and "round-heeled", while questioning whether her parents were proud of her for supporting the government's ruling that religiously affiliated institutions should provide health insurance plans that include contraception. (all this is from 'why Ikki peed ya')

Already facing criticism, he repeated his claims the following day and further suggested that Fluke, "and the rest of you feminazis," make a sex tape in exchange for contraceptive funding, along with offering to buy the women of Georgetown University "as much aspirin to put between their knees as they want.

March 2, 2012
The comments caused a continuing controversy for Limbaugh forming a public backlash, organized by social media, that pressured companies to stop advertising on his show. On March 3, 2012 Limbaugh reiterated his claims against Fluke and insurance coverage of contraception[152] before later apologizing, saying, "I chose the wrong words in my analogy ... I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke"[153], in response to criticism from across the political spectrum including the president.

Here comes the SPIN ... wait for it ...

March 5, 2012
On March 5, Limbaugh responded to the reaction he'd received stating: "I acted too much like the leftists who despise me. I descended to their level, using names and exaggerations. It's what we've come to expect from them, but it's way beneath me."

We knew it!! Rush is the Victim!! Poor, Poor BASTARD!

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http://www.asterling.com/2011/10/barack-obama-conservative-plant.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh#Cigar_aficionado

MooPig's Megalith News :: "The World's First Temple"

by Pat Darnell | Mar 6, 2012 | Bryan TX

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The World's First Temple: "It is likely the megaliths at the Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey once supported roofs. Archaeologists have found floors constructed of burnt lime and clay within the stone circles--the earliest such floors ever discovered. (Haldun Aydingün)"

'via Blog this'

Here's the dealio. All around the world are found the remnants of civilizations. Most of what's left is large adorned megalithic stonework. If it is all ceremonial architecture, then we are talking jewelry of the gods. Only a god could wear a circle of 25 thousand pound megaliths.

So, maybe remnants of 'everyday humans' is not plentiful, nor as imposing. Maybe billions of humans have perished unnoticed, but their megaliths remain. People alive today go looking for a place to dig up some everyday things of those patrons of the ancient megalith, and occasionally find some.

But the main reason for most ancient architecture has been to portray a central place where homage to their deities can be sited. The other reason for all this bloody stonework seems to be to tell the story of rituals in freeze frame, so others won't screw up the ceremonies. Problem is there are no persons alive who have any idea what those rituals were.

Recently down in Turkey, clever and insightful diggers have uncovered stone circles of megalith proportions that are said to be 'the oldest temples around.' Yes, they are older than that youngster Stonehenge in England, older than the pyramids, and Sphinx, down Ghiza way, and older than dirt. And it is good, good, good.

What starts to stink is the free associations that 'archaeologists' begin pinning on the structures. There seems to be a hierarchy of ass kissing in the archaeologist ranks.

The first one to find the site gets the hard kissing. And the joy runs downhill from there. From then on the first liar has no chance of ever winning the argument. The founder, in other words, looks like a total Rush Limbaugh as time marches on from the discovery date.

Unless the 'finding' is what someone is actually looking for, you will have this steady stream of conjecture based on metaphorical language of today. What if 'Rappers' had founded this Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey? You do the rhyme.

For instance the onlooker sees 40,000 pound cut stones in an upright position and he says: "These once supported the ceiling."

YIKES!! MooPig, who actually sometimes thinks outside its belly, spies these T-shaped stones of Göbekli and say: "WTF? Where did that come from? Those are post modern balustrades and flying buttresses."

Then we would ask ourselves: "What in tar nation do those carvings of animals MEAN!?"

No lie. There is no one around who can say with 'any' accuracy what this total wonder really is. No one.

What do we at MooPig Megalith News Department really think we are looking at in photos of Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey? We are thinking it is another abandoned stage set for 'Survivor.'

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http://www.archaeology.org/0811/abstracts/turkey.html
http://www.electrummagazine.com/2011/10/gobekli-tepes-oldest-temple-in-the-world-an-archaeological-stone-age-site-in-anatolia/

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