Expedition 32 Soyuz Rocket Rollout (201207120011HQ)

Expedition 32 Soyuz Rocket Rollout (201207120011HQ), a photo by nasa hq photo on Flickr.

This was today!

Via Flickr:The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is seen moments before being raised at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 12, 2012. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Downtown Life for Families

So rfmcdpei pointed out this article in the Toronto Star tonight.

Summed up: Toronto's deputy mayor Doug Holyday got into a bit of a scrap with Councillor Adam Vaughan about the suitability of downtown cores as a place to raise families.

Here's what I told Randy:

One of the things I've noticed about Ottawa is that there are still parts of the downtown where people are raising their kids. It may not be a choice I'd make if I were a parent, but there's been arrangements made to make such things reasonably close to safe enough. I like the fact that our city's been making those efforts, however imperfect they may be in fact or perception.

And that's my imperfectly polite response to Holyday's opinion.

And that response stands.

exoplanet.eu refurbished!

Anyone here taken a look at the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia today?

Looks like they did some sprucing-up!