My new work exhibited tonight at CAP Kuwait

left: 'The one, the two... and the ten thousand things,' right: 'One Thousand and One,'
acrylic on MDF board, approximately 60 cm x 60 cm, 2014

My new paintings will be exhibited at 'TALK LOVE … ACT PEACE' opening Sunday, September 21st, 6:30-9:30pm at Contemporary Art Platform Kuwait. The charity art exhibition showcases diverse art from around the world to help fund children in Gaza, in collaboration with Gassan Kanafani Foundation, and to fund Kuwait's Child Rights Association. Hosted by the extraordinary Amira Behbehani and in celebration of Global Peace Day and Peace One Day - Kuwait. Hope to see you there tonight!  ‪#‎capkuwait ‬‪#‎peaceoneday ‬ ‪#‎peaceonedaykuwait ‬ ‪#‎kuwait‬. 

Happy 80th Birthday To THE Doctor!

My Doctor Who memories start with Tom Baker reruns on PBS... "You may be A doctor, but I'm THE Doctor. The definite article, you might say..." (Robot, 1974)

Check out this exclusive, brand new interview with the birthday boy, Tom Baker, on doctorwho.tv: http://bbc.in/TomBakerHero

and check out this: Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE EVERYONE!

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE EVERYONE!

Japanese Sun goddess Amaterasu emerging from a cave.

HAPPY 48TH BIRTHDAY DOCTOR WHO!

From the first aired episode November 23, 1963!

The Tardis takes off for first time - An Unearthly Child - BBC

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Fearing that his time machine will be discovered if he lets school teachers Barbara and Ian go, the Doctor sets the TARDIS on its first journey. When the TARDIS finally materialises, it is on a barren, rocky landscape, with an ominous shadow falling across it. Classic clip from the 1963 four-part story 'An Unearthly Child', the very first Doctor Who...  

Neutrinos still faster than light in latest version of experiment ...

Scientists from Cern have repeated their finding of neutrinos travelling faster than the speed of light. Photograph: Cern/Science Photo Library

Neutrinos still faster than light in latest version of experiment ...

www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/.../neutrinos-still-faster-than-light?...

Finding that contradicts Einstein's theory of special relativity is repeated with fine-tuned procedures and equipment.

The Future is NOW!

This still has a few bugs that make this girl say some crazy stuff, but it is pretty cool already!  Click here to talk to the future!

"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice." - Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)

Steve Jobs’s Patents

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The 317 Apple patents that list Steven P. Jobs among the group of inventors offer a glimpse at his legendary say over the minute details of the company’s products.

"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice." - Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011

Change in the news for the September Equinox

Stars and planets are lining up for the change of seasons during the autumnal equinox this year - so many changes happening in the news too!  Wall Street protests, Palestine bid, and faster than the speed of light?

Autumnal Equinox 2011

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The march of the seasons—winter, spring, summer, and fall—stems from the "clearly definable" position of the sun on the summer and winter solstices, according to Judith Young, a professor of astronomy at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

Particles Moved Faster Than Speed of Light?

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If confirmed, the astonishing claim would upend a cardinal rule of physics established by Albert Einstein nearly a century ago. "Most theorists believe that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. So if this is true, it would rock the foundations of physics," said Stephen Parke, head of t...

 

Keith Olbermann, Michael Moore Criticize Media For Ignoring ...
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The Occupy Wall Street group has been camped out in a plaza a block from the ... Olbermann said that, for some reason, the protesters had been "Ignored by ...

Occupying Wall Street ...by Marc Adler

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For months, every time I passed the New York Stock Exchange, I wondered why people weren’t rioting in the streets. Do Americans not realize that Wall Street has completely hijacked our government and economy?

Abbas submits Palestine statehood bid, gets standing ovation at UN

You +1'd this publicly. Undo

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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas got a standing ovation while addressing the UN General Assembly - shortly after submitting the bid for full statehood to ...

Before they collide in nearly a million years, two newfound stars may offer insight into supernovae and Einstein's gravity.

"Death Dance" Stars Found—May Help Prove Einstein Right

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When two such massive objects are whirling around each other, they stir up the space-time fabric, creating ripples like those made by a stone thrown into a pond. As these ripples, called gravitational waves, are produced, the star pair loses some of its energy, causing their orbits to slowly shrink.

Does Islam Stand Against Science?

Bridgeman-Giraudon, Art Resource

Water-pump system, Seljuk dynasty, 1206.  A group of Muslim scholars says there is no inherent conflict between Islam and science.

Does Islam Stand Against Science?
By Steve Paulson

Many of the hottest topics in science challenge traditional Muslim beliefs about the world. How those conflicts are resolved could determine the future of science.

The Chronicle Review 

 

The strange existence of anti-matter...

Taoism seems to me to come closest to contemporary physics with its yin and yang symbolism, e.g., "For cosmologists studying the origin of the Universe it was pretty clear that equal amounts of matter and anti-matter must have spewed out from the fireball at the beginning of creation." Anti-Matter Trapped For 16 Minutes)

Anti-Matter Trapped For 16 Minutes

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The strange existence of anti-matter and its radical imbalance as a cosmic constituent is a fundamental mystery that has persisted for eight decades. We may finally be poised to understand not only the universe that is but also the universe that might have been.