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Tuesday, February 18

Louise Joséphine Bourgeois - Artist

Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (French: [lwiz buʁʒwa]; 25 December 1911 – 31 May 2010) was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. She explored a variety of themes over the course of her long career including domesticity and the family, sexuality and the body, as well as death and the unconscious. These themes connect to events from her childhood which she considered to be a therapeutic process. Although Bourgeois exhibited with the abstract expressionists and her work has a lot in common with Surrealism and feminist art, she was not formally affiliated with a particular artistic movement.

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> New study suggests evolution of intelligent life on Earth was much more likely than previously assessed, challenging the current "hard steps" theory (More)

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Life in a Bubble

Most of us live in our own little bubble in a region of the US, in a state in that region, in a county in that state, and/or in a city in that state. Our behavior and thought processes are dictated the varies societies that are in and around us.

For example, we could live in a BLUE STATE but the society of the community in which we live is RED. Now, inside that red community, we might have another society that is religious and one that is not. We may also have a society that is educated and one that is not.

Another example is whether or not you live the east, west, north, south, or Midwest USA... Each of those areas have their own unique societies, attitudes, philosophies, cooking methods, etc.

I remember moving from NC to TN and the phrase that caught my attention first was the use of the word YONDER... In TN, yonder could me a foot or so away or several miles depending upon the intent of the speaker.

Veterans have a different society than non-veterans and disabled veterans have a different society than non-disabled veterans... Just like blacks, whites, Hispanics, males, females, professional athletes, musicians, entertainers, and Hollywood celebrities.

My life changed as did that of my wife when we retired ten years ago. Once you have retired, you are no longer part of the labor force no matter how hard you try... You are just not working and therefore you are just not accepted. You may still have friends who are working but they treat you differently now.

None of this is intentional... it is just the way it is.

Somewhat Political

Super Earth Planet May Host Life

A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times greater than our Earth's and orbits in a "habitable zone" of a star similar to the sun.

While located 20 light-years away, scientists believe the planet - named HD 20794 d - could be at the right distance from its star to sustain water on its surface. Dr Michael Cretignier, postdoctoral research assistant at the university's physics department, said: "Excitingly, its proximity with us means there is hope for future space missions to obtain an image of it."

However, because HD 20794 d orbits in an elliptical way, rather than circular like the Earth, it is unclear whether it would be able to host life. READ MORE...

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Monday, February 17

Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Dimensions

Multiverse

The multiverse is a hypothetical collection of all universes, including the one we live in. It's also known as the meta-universe, parallel universes, or alternative universes.

How does the multiverse work?
The multiverse is made up of everything that exists, including space, time, matter, energy, and information.

The multiverse is predicted by scientific theories, including string theory.

There are many versions of the multiverse, including different planes of space and bubble universes.

The multiverse could include shadow matter, which is similar to regular matter but can't interact with it.

History of the term
The term multiverse was coined by American philosopher William James in 1895.

The idea of the multiverse has appeared in many areas, including cosmology, quantum mechanics, and philosophy.

Other uses of the term multiverse
Multiverse may also refer to a program that helps people develop skills for the workplace.

The multiverse may also appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Anselm Kiefer Artist

Anselm Kiefer (born 8 March 1945) is a German painter and sculptor. He studied with Peter Dreher and Horst Antes at the end of the 1960s. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. The poems of Paul Celan have played a role in developing Kiefer's themes of German history and the horrors of the Holocaust, as have the spiritual concepts of Kabbalah.

In his entire body of work, Kiefer argues with the past and addresses taboo and controversial issues from recent history. Themes from Nazi rule are particularly reflected in his work; for instance, the painting Margarete (oil and straw on canvas) was inspired by Celan's well-known poem "Todesfuge" ("Death Fugue").