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Interesting opinion piece from the canoe website, its a bit harsh on Gord! He's got some good points, mostly about musicians like Bono taking themselves way too seriously, but the rip on Gord is puzzling.

Hey everyone as posted on the homepage of the hipbase the hip are about to start mixing the new CD ... So this is a good sign hopefully meaning it will be released relativley soon - of course you never know when that could be... more info to come soon !

Just as Gord is a genius for his colourfull song lyrics, another artist that I've liked since I was 16 is John Prine. The images in his lyrics and metaphors are powerful and hit home to the listener. Anyone else here hear of him or listen to his music? It's folk music but great stuff.

He has been on a new tour since having throat cancer and I was wondering if anyone had any of his concert bootlegs or videos.



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gimme a freakin break.. carlina vs new england. Boring as hell. The over/under is probably going to be 15.5!!!! Ratings are going to blow for this one...(only 105 million viewers instead of 125 million if philly and indy made it)

:rambo:

Hey gang if you haven't done this 1 yet, have at er. I scored 5 wrong 5 right, done some real damage to that goalie thats for sure! so I'm just braiding together the last part of the noose and kinda scouting around for the best possible place to hang myself. It's been a nice life actually, good times......good times........

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Just wanted to wish Storm a very Happy Birthday..which is technically Sunday, January 18th...but I wont be around tomorrow. So, enjoy...eat, drink and party :jump

Hartelijk gefeliciteerd Storm!!!! :wink:

HAHAHAH, Just joking

I thought of the title myself. Sorry. :roll:

After all these years giving us such amazing views of space, Bush's God complex (first the Earth, tomorrow the universe)has put an end to Hubble. Read on. Be outraged. I know it's only a frickin' telescope, but we've been admiring its accomplishments for years and this is a huge morale buster for space buffs such as myself. And all for the PURPOSELESS, INANE, MISGUIDED, and just plain ABSURD goal of putting men on the moon - again.


Hubble casualty of Bush space plan

Friday, January 16, 2004 Posted: 7:54 PM EST (0054 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Hubble Space Telescope will be allowed to degrade and eventually become useless, as NASA changes focus to President Bush's plans to send humans to the moon, Mars and beyond, officials said Friday.

NASA canceled all space shuttle servicing missions to the Hubble, which has revolutionized the study of astronomy with its striking images of the universe.

John Grunsfeld, NASA's chief scientist, said NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe made the decision to cancel the fifth space shuttle service mission to the Hubble when it became clear there was not enough time to conduct it before the shuttle is retired. The servicing mission was considered essential to enable the orbiting telescope to continue to operate.

"This is a sad day," said Grunsfeld, but he said the decision "is the best thing for the space community."

He said the decision was influenced by President Bush's new space initiative, which calls for NASA to start developing the spacecraft and equipment for voyages to the moon and later to Mars. The president's plan also called for the space shuttle to be retired by 2010. Virtually all of the shuttle's remaining flights would be used to complete construction of the International Space Station.

The shuttle has been grounded since the explosion of the Columbia nearly a year ago.

Grunsfeld said Bush "directed us to use this precious resource" (the shuttle) toward completing the International Space Station and fulfilling U.S. obligations to the 15 partner nations.

Without servicing missions, he said, the Hubble should continue operating until 2007 or 2008, "as long as we can." NASA was already planning to replace the Hubble with a new, improved version, called the James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled for launch in 2011.

The Hubble has revolutionized astronomy. Using images from the craft, scientists have determined the age of the universe, about 13.7 billion years, and discovered that a mysterious energy, called the dark force, is causing all of the objects in the universe to move apart at an accelerating rate. This force is still poorly understood.

The observatory has ailing gyroscopes which were to be replaced on the servicing mission, which already has been delayed by the Columbia accident. Grunsfeld said the Hubble has three good gyros and one that is not working well. Software was being developed to work with only two gyroscopes, he said, but the telescope will not have the same capabilities.

Grunsfeld said the Hubble control team will attempt to extend the life of the telescope, but the gyros will degrade. He also said that while the batteries on the craft are constantly recharged, they eventually "will run out of juice."

The Hubble will eventually fall out of orbit and crash to Earth, probably in 2011 or 2012. To make that event safe, Grunsfeld said, NASA will design and build a small robot craft that will be launched and guided to the Hubble.

The robot craft would "grab the Hubble and bring it into the atmosphere in a controlled manner," he said, guiding the school-bus-sized craft to harmlessly splash into a remote part of an ocean.

One reason for the cancellation of repairs, Grunsfeld said, was the requirement that a backup space shuttle would have to be primed for launch when a space shuttle was sent to service the Hubble, a requirement set after the Columbia accident. NASA officials decided then that a backup would have to be ready to help any shuttle going anywhere but the International Space Station.

Servicing missions are required to the Hubble every few years to tune up the complex craft and to replace worn-out parts. Four times previously, spacewalking astronauts have installed new parts or upgraded the observatory with new instruments.

The Hubble, the first of NASA's orbiting observatories, was launched in 1990 with the promise that it would see farther out in space than any previous telescope. But scientists quickly learned that its main mirror was, in effect, nearsighted due to a flaw in manufacturing of the basic mirror. Astronauts in 1993 installed optics that sharpened the vision. Later servicing missions replaced broken parts and added improved cameras and other instruments.

Images from the Hubble glimpsed galaxies back to a point just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, thought to be the explosive beginning of the universe. Astronomers have found that galaxies and clusters of galaxies formed much earlier that theorists had expected. This suggests that planets where life was possible could have formed as early as about 12 billion years ago. The solar system, which includes the sun and Earth, is much younger, about 5 billion years old.

Funny story. I was listening to Edge 102.1 (Local radio station in Toronto) on my way in to work this morning and they had Kirk Muller as a guest on the show. They were asking him questions about what's he's doing these days. One of the guests asked Kirk if he'd play in his Brampton Men's league. He said he just bought his goalie gear and they'd both play net together. Dean the host of the show asked Kirk that since he lives in Kingston if he's ever seen or played hockey with the hip boys. Kirk said there was a lot of rivalry between the band mates as they all have their favorite teams (Gord D - Boston), (Baker - Canadiens), (Fay, Sinclair,Langlois - Leafs). Kirk invited Gord Downie to play goalie one afternoon with the ex nhlers. Doug Gilmour and Wendal Clark to name a few anyways. Anyways Kirk said that Wendal just tore down the left side of the ice and wired this huge wrist shot right at Gord's chest that nearly took him over. Kirk said, "Ease up their man, you're toying with his pride and joy." That being his singing voice. Wendal was like "Huh" and Kirk said, "That's the lead singer of The Tragically Hip." Apparently you had to be there, but it sounded funny just how Kirk was talking about how thehip are good friends of his. Hope you enjoyed this little story.

Looks like they're following Gordie's lead by distributing MP3s via the maplemusic.com site for $10:

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The first three shows from the Watchmen's farewell tour are now available (Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon), with the Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and Buffalo shows to come...

Personally, I'm waiting for the last show in Winnipeg (it of the 4 encores) to come out before I dive in, but the early reports re: the quality of these soundboard boots on the band's forum are highly favourable...

Cheers,

M.