Triangle DU July?

[struggle4progress]

:hi: !

:beer: ? :party: ?

:toast:

Add yer comments below

[supernova]

1. Hi S4P!

:hi:

I can go anytime, but Sunday the 16th is MY Birthday!! :D

I have to check in the daytime right now. My DSL is wonky at the moment. x(

[struggle4progress]

4. Hi SN!

Sorry I didn't respond earlier ... I've been out of town.

[nclib]

2. Weekend of the 22nd would be good for me.

Anyone want to do a cookout? Or the Bulls are playing away if you want to do the American Tobacco Warehouse.

[supernova]

3. Either way works for me

:hi: nclib!

I might, MIGHT have a new(ER) car by then. ;-)

[nclib]

8. Oh really?

Do tell.

By the way, how's that phone doing? I'll be expecting a full report. ;)

And...Happy Birthday. Hope you have a good one. :party:

[struggle4progress]

5. Both cookout or ATW might could be okie-doke by me

:toast:

[supernova]

6. I put a thread in the Lounge

Can somebody keep it kicked during the weekend?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5371569

[struggle4progress]

7. I'll kick it. But why?

Are you taking a break from DU for your birthday? :party:

Or are you planning to celebrate your 21st by excessive bar-hopping? :shrug:

[supernova]

11. No my home DSL is still screwy

It's a more involved problem than I had origianlly thought. I'm going to have to get a phone tech to come look at the wiring, I think.

[SeaNap05]

9. I'm in Wilmington......

,however, I've never met a DUer. And I've been blogging her for almost 2 years. Anyway, Hope Yall have fun.

[struggle4progress]

10. It's not too bad a drive up 85. I've driven to Wilmington and back ..

.. on the same day. :)

[Billy Ruffian]

15. 85 would be a rough trip

from Wilmington.

I-40 is pretty easy, though.
:silly:

[struggle4progress]

16. Ooops! Maybe all them folk complainin about the directions ..

.. I give, has had somethin to complain about ... :blush:

[jarnocan]

12. How about triad??? Party for Impeachment?

I'm having an impeachemnt meeting at my house tomorrow, but no one has signed up. if someone does HELL, I won't just serve beer I'll break out frigging chanpagne! http://articlesofimpeachment.net/

[struggle4progress]

13. I'd be willing to do a joint Triangle/Triad meetup sometime. But ..

.. I can't do anything midweek.

It looks to me like we're talking either American Tobacco Warehouse (downtown Durham) or a cookout at somebody's home for this weekend ...

[jarnocan]

14. well I haven't put the champagne on ice yet

but I'm drinking the beer in any case.
If folks around the Winston-Salem/Greensboro area want a get together, my place could be available sometime, we have space possibly for out of towners to crash-extra bedrooms and couches.
I'm also willing to got to either town to meet, and hmmm, maybe talk about Rory Blake for congress etc.
I just went to a Center for Progressive leadership training- kind of interesting, concerning how to build positive relations with local media, handle press releases for events etc.

On Tuesday, July 18th, the Center for Progressive Leadership is holding Media Impact Trainings in house parties across the country.

http://www.progressleaders.org/mediatrainings/index.htm

[supernova]

17. Can we go for the Tobacco Warehouse on Sat?

:D

I wanna drive around in my new car!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5394110&mesg_id=5394110

[struggle4progress]

18. ATW is fine with me.

But how will we recognize you if you're driving a new car?

[supernova]

21. Heee.. I'm still the same old liberal!

:D

[nclib]

19. Woo Hoo!

That's very exciting. :bounce:

So would that be Tyler's?

[supernova]

20. Yes, Tyler's! - 6:PM 7/22?

You've been talking talking about it so nicely, I wanna go there! :-)

[struggle4progress]

22. OK. Tyler's.

:toast: :)

[Richard Steele]

23. Tyler's at 6:00, then?

Looks like I MIGHT actually make it this month!

[struggle4progress]

24. We'll hope to see y'all again!

:toast:

[nclib]

25. Yeah!

It will be good to see you again. :hi:

[struggle4progress]

26. Anybody else? If you don't like our company, there will still be food!

I'm the grouchy really-dirty-blond guy in a grey shirt and old black pants wearing glasses.

We may have a DU sticker on our table. We'll probably be there a while. :)

[Richard Steele]

27. Sorry I missed it, everyone.

The "one small job" I had to do yesterday took
longer than I expected; it was well after 6:00 before
I even got home.:(

Wish me better luck next month!:toast:

[struggle4progress]

28. Better luck next month! We had a great time --- but missed y'all!

[Triana]

29. Triana (for supernova et al)

bytheway, we had a great time Saturday! It was good to see the local evil DUers again!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triana_(satellite)

Just FYI where the name came from... ...note what the Repukes had to say about it. The program was scrapped as soon as bu$hit took office.
_ _ _ _ _

Triana is a NASA satellite proposed in 1998 by former Vice President Al Gore for the purpose of earth observation. It is intended to be positioned at the Earth's L₁ Lagrangian point, at a distance of 1.5 million kilometers. At this location it will have a continuous view of the Sun-lit side of the Earth.

The satellite's original purpose was to provide a near continuous view of the entire Earth and make that live image available via the Internet. Gore hoped not only to advance science with these images, but also to raise awareness of the Earth itself, updating the influential The Blue Marble photograph taken by Apollo 17.

In addition to an imaging camera, a radiometer would take the first direct measurements of how much sunlight is reflected and emitted from the whole Earth. This data could constitute a barometer for the process of Global Warming. The scientific goals expanded to measure the amount of solar energy reaching Earth, cloud patterns, weather systems, monitor the health of Earth's vegetation, and track the amount of UV light reaching the surface through the ozone layer.

Derided by critics as being an unfocused project, the satellite was nicknamed GoreSat, and was often referred to as an "overpriced screen saver" by Republicans. Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences whether the project was worthwhile. The resulting report stated that the mission was "strong and vital".

Triana was named after Rodrigo de Triana, the first of Colombus's crew to sight land in the Americas. NASA renamed the satellite Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), in an attempt to regain support for the project.

Faced with political hostility on one side and scientific support on the other, Triana could neither be launched nor could it be terminated. Triana was removed from its original launch opportunity on STS-107. The $100 million satellite remains in storage at a cost of $1 million a year.

[struggle4progress]

30. This is a really good idea -- much more useful and interesting ..

.. than sending a few boys and girls on a long pointless Mars flyby.

[Triana]

31. yea, it is...

...and it would have (still could) provide(d) lots of data about the Earth's atmosphere and climate change and greenhouse gasses and their effects. But - bu$hit scrapped it the minute he squatted in the Oval Office and it is being stored someplace at a cost of $1 million per year to American taxpayers, apparently. bu$hit doesn't want anyone to have any environmental data or any atmospheric information from any satellites (he's been shutting them off) - especially the one that had anything to do with Gore. He wouldn't even allow that one to launch, even though it was ready to go.

Weaselly beady-eyed bastid. *sigh* Whether bu$hit hates Triana or not, the Truth will out, satellite or none. It may be too late by the time anyone does anything about it, but one way or the other the facts will get out there.

We have species dying by the hundreds every day due to loss of habitat and climate change, polar ice caps melting, permafrost melting, poor animals trying to cope (Polar bears in a Germany zoo in 104 degree temps, polar bears at the poles unable to get food because the ice is melting and they can't swim that far) and worldwide record high temperatures and overloaded power grids (in N. Cal the lines melted under the load!). Triana might be on ice, but the planet is heating up. I'm not sure the satellite shouldn't have been called Cassandra instead.

:grr: