Australia discovers new dinosaur

The wonders this earth still hold amazes me everyday. I wonder just how many secrets are on this rock which have not been discovered. Australian palaeontologists say they have discovered a new species of dinosaur on a sheep farm in the northern state of Queensland. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8224279.stm

Space shuttle lifts off for ISS

And … then there are lots of wonders “out there” we want to discover. The amount of what we know is just a grain of sand on the beach of what we don’t know. All the knowledge of the earth, the sea, and space will keep humans busy for centuries and centuries. Every question answeredRead… Read more »

The Hokie Guru (Govloop’s Bureaucrat on Sports)… The Pac 10 College Football Preview!!

Greetings… all is well here on a Sunday… football right around the corner on Thursday… In July 2009, Congress had a hearing on the Bowl Championship Series (this is the obligatory government section of my post). Obama wants a national football playoff. As a civil servant, the Hokie Guru must support his President and volunteersRead… Read more »

Rural Telehealth & Advanced Technologies Conference

(The full text of this excerpted blog post appears on Mike Russell’s blog at: blog.planetrussell.net) As the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania heads into the 60th day of its marathon state budget impasse, that’s no deterrent to some of the best and brightest minds in healthcare technology, military medicine, rural development and public policy. They’ll be convergingRead… Read more »

Thief Sues Victim

Here is a story which makes me really angry at the rights criminals have. http://news.aol.com/article/thief-sues-michigan-store-he-robbed/646032 You have law abiding employees getting robbed by a theif, and he wants to sue for his pain, suffering and emotional distress. I have no use for somone like this. It boils down to, what action happened when this manRead… Read more »

Census 2010 Under-reporting initiatives

Interesting article below about Census Outreach. Author believes that more resources should be allocated to newspapers to reach the community. I agree that more needs to be done to reach minorities but NOT sure that newspapers are the right medium. I think he is spot on about the Mainstream Media Agency possibly being out ofRead… Read more »

The Hokie Guru (Govloop’s Bureaucrat on Sports)… The SEC College Football Preview!!

The Hokie Guru caught up on a movie last night… Something New… You did what? With who? Well, can he? It’s everything that it’s advertised… the Hokie Guru loved it… you need to see it. Let’s get hyped up!!!! Let’s get it started… with the Conference that’s won the last three national championships… the SoutheasternRead… Read more »

Politics as Usual?

Working in Washington DC for the last 30 years has affected me. I take all the politics in the local news for granted. Here in DC we eat, drink, and breathe politics. Nearly every story is tainted with it. Some years ago I was in Omaha, Nebraska on a business trip. Yes, Omaha, Nebraska. IRead… Read more »