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How I Became an Eclipse Chaser -- And Dragged My Family Along!

Suzanne Deal Booth | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Nasa, Ptolemy, Heroditus, Turkey Eclipse, Uyghur, Eclipse Chasing, Cappadocia, Edmond Halley, Umbraphiles, Astronomy, Aristotle, Li Shu, Path of Totality, Solar Eclipse, Mayans, Ugarit, Living News
Suzanne Deal Booth

Eclipse chasing is a serious endeavor. The first time I chased one was with my 16 year old daughter in 2006 in Cappadocia, Turkey, not far from the first recorded total solar eclipse.

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The Obama Economic Team's Flawed Cosmology: Still Believing the Universe Revolves Around the Banks

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Geithner Plan, Economy, Galileo, Economic Crisis, Larry Summers, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Obama Economy, Recession, Ptolemy, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

Discussing the financial crisis with Obama's economic team is like beaming back to the 2nd century and discussing astronomy with Ptolemy. Just as Ptolemy was convinced we live in a geocentric universe, Obama's senior economic team is convinced we live in a bank-centric universe. It's an obsolete cosmology. READ MORE The Debate Over Online News: It's the Consumer, Stupid For me, the key question is whether those of us working in the media embrace and adapt to the radical changes brought about by the Internet or pretend that we can somehow hop into a journalistic Way Back Machine and return to a past that no longer exists. READ MORE Watch: Arianna Debates New Media with AP CEO Tom Curley on Charlie Rose Watch: Arianna Joins David Frum, George Will, Richard Haas, Martha Raddatz on This Week with George Stephanopoulos

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