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...taking supersharp pictures of space, the go-to telescope is the Hubble, in orbit above the earth. But astronomers can't just use the space telescope whenever they feel like it; they have to bid for time on the badly oversubscribed instrument. After about 2010, when the aging Hubble starts to fail, astronomers won't be able to go...
...sure. You know, we're kind of looked upon as the go-to guys on the team. We're a very, very intricate part of the offense; we're expected to put points on the board. I don't think I'm any different than any of the other great receivers that have demanded the ball or seemed a little high maintenance themselves...
...playacting the skills of a networked world, where shyness is a handicap. In the YouTube era, overcoming shyness is the equivalent of killing a mammoth in the Ice Age: an essential survival skill and milestone achievement to be celebrated in picture and song. There is no greater go-to movie scene today than the one in which people throw inhibition to the wind and perform: the climactic Super Freak dance in Little Miss Sunshine, the Age of Aquarius singalong in The 40 Year-Old Virgin...
...water, and have been for the past 15 years, along with nearly everyone else in this corner of eastern Australia. The region is undergoing its worst drought in over a century, and dead flower beds and brown football fields are the least of their worries. Toowoomba is the go-to city for a large rural area, including the nearby Darling Downs, fertile farm country until the rain went away and never came back. "We've been in water restriction in Toowoomba since 1992," says Dianne Thorley, the city's mayor of eight years. "Australia [is] drying up, like a dried...
...have been for the last 15 years, along with nearly everyone else in this corner of eastern Australia. It's the region's worst and longest-lasting drought in over a century, and dead flower beds and brown football fields are the least of their worries. Toowoomba was the go-to city for a large rural area, including nearby Darling Downs, a fertile farmland, until the rain went away and never came back. "We've been in water restriction in Toowoomba since 1992," says Dianne Thorley, the city's mayor of eight years. "Australia [is] drying up, a little...