Here’s another map using a .kml overlay from cleardarksky.com using Google Earth (click for bigger/better):
Monthly Archive for October, 2009
here’s a map of the nighttime lights in Louisville, KY. I suppose if I wanted clear, dark skies I should’ve moved to somewhere in the middle of Arizona. Oh Well. About an hour’s drive to dark skies, which isn’t so bad. Now if I could find a nice boy with a nice telescope to go with… 
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Here’s my trip
Michigan Trip October 2009
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to 97 individuals and 20 organizations. The Prize is awarded annually by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses. The award is administered by the Norwegian Nobel Committee and awarded by a committee of five people elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Only four American Presidents have received the award:
Theodore Roosevelt 1906 [in office]
- “for his successful mediation to end the Russo-Japanese war and for his interest in arbitration, having provided the Hague arbitration court with its very first case”
Woodrow Wilson 1919 [in office]
- “President of United States of America; Founder of the League of Nations”
Jimmy Carter 2002
- “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development”
Barack Obama 2009 [in office]
- “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
