Anti Pleasure

Well it’s been a while since I’ve blogged, when was the last time, a few weeks ago? That’s 100 years in Perez Hilton land. So HOLA everyone.

I can honestly say I am glad 2008 is over. It has given me a lot of time to think though. I am the government will start settling things, I know, slowly by slowly they will get something productive done? We’ll see. Man was that ever bland LOL.

So I’m back! Probably for a little while… possibly… I have my surgery on the 8th of this month. I haven’t been blogging due to major illness.  

On the brighter side of things, it is the year celebrating 400 years of astronomy! Exciting for me, so I will be posting a lot of different things with cosmology, science and all things astronomy.

Soooo!

International year of Astronomy 2009 

We will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with by Galileo Galilei from his observations with the very first telescope. 

“Both the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO are coordinating the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. This initiative is an opportunity for the citizens of Earth to gain a deeper insight into astronomy’s role in enriching all human cultures. Moreover, it will serve as a platform for informing the public about the latest astronomical discoveries while emphasizing the essential role of astronomy in science education.” Wikipedia.

There are many organizations supporting several things through out the year. I will just list some here:

 100 Hours of Astronomy - This is a world wide event that will take place on April 2-5 and this is part of schedule global activities of the International Year of Astronomy. This goal is to have as many people throughout the WORLD look through a telescope, just as Galileo did 400 years ago. HOW AWESOME. I am such a geek but the skies baffle and intrigue me every day of the universe that I am in. It’s exciting to me. Only… I wish I had a telescope. I wonder how this will take place? Maybe some special centre here in my home town will be doing this *shrug*

 There will also be the Galileoscope (to be developed so it can be easy to use, easy to access and affordable for million)

The Portal to the Universe - seeks to provide a global, one-stop portal for online astronomy content, serving as an index, aggregator and a social networking site for astronomy content providers, laypeople, press, educators, decision-makers and scientists. PTTU will feature news, image, event and video aggregation; a comprehensive directory of observatories, facilities, astronomical societies, amateur astronomy societies, space artists, science communication universities; and Web 2.0 collaborative tools, such as the ranking of different services according to popularity, to promote interaction within the astronomy multimedia community. In addition, a range of “widgets” (small applications) will be developed to tap into existing “live data”. Modern technology and the standardisation of metadata make it possible to tie all the suppliers of such information together with a single, semi-automatically updating portal.” Wikipedia

Sorry, I could have put these in my own words, I usually would but I can’t be bothered. Just wanted to let you all know what’s happeningggg!

 Oh and last but not least “She’s an astronomer” YAY female rights. <3

“Promoting gender equality. and empowering women is one of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. She is an Astronomer will promote gender equality in astronomy (and science in general), tackling bias issues by providing a web platform where information and links about gender balance and related resources are collected.” Wikipedia

Now there are going to be several other events and activities going on but I just thought I would let you all know. There’s some other ones such as, Dark Skies Awareness (has to due with light pollution), Astronomy and World Heritage, Universe Awareness, From Earth to the Universe etc. etc. I have all year to mention these in my blogs. So expect many geeky entries because I heart astronomy and cosmology!

That is all.

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