Pre-site forum is up and running!

http://gualliance-pre-site-rally.ning.com/

My pre-site rally point is up and running... Check it out :)

RIP MICHAEL JACKSON

So so so sad and shocking.. First Farah and now Michael, its so sad....

He was the first singer that I followed.. I must of been 4 years old but I adored Michael. I had his videos, his albums, his calender! I imitated him and knew all of his songs... He has had such a unique life, it is just such a shame that it ended far too early.

I blame the physical and mental stress of the new world tour. He wasnt ready for that.

The world loves you Michael!!! You will always live on through your creativity and all that you gave us.

Rest in peace, King of pop

Hey everyone! Website production has officially begun! There will be two sites to start. A .info that will show people what GUA is about and then a .org that will be the actual site members enter. If everything keeps flowing, we should be open before September! There will be 500 free for life memberships given out, opening day & a cash for recruitment sign up. In other words if you direct someone to our page and they sign up for a paid membership, not only do they get a discount but you will receive cash for your efforts!

http://www.youtube.com/user/GUAlliance

Wish list... why not add your own?

Today I am making a silly wish list ! lol Have wishes? Make one and share it with us!

Wish # 1

To play Super Mario World on a 50 inch screen!

Wish # 2

To adopt a German Shepherd dog!

Wish # 3

To be a space tourist!


Wish # 4

To Invent something that would help the world!




Wish # 5

To have statues erected in my honor for inventing something that saved the world!



More wishes coming soon!

C'om join in people :)

Ive been looking for.. YOU!!!

As my youtube page states:

WE WANT YOU

Trekkie's & Trekkers

SciFi freaks & Science geeks

Engineering eggheads & Technology maniacs

History buffs & mad Inventors

Hobbyist & creators of the arts & sciences

Environmentalists - Humanitarians & Animal protectors

Astronomers & Space cadets

Archaeologists & Athletes on a mission

Pilots & Aviators

Medical professionals & Citizens of the world

Unite with us

Unite with us! If we don't march together, we don't march at all!

What do we want?

Civilization - Life - Harmony - Science -Learning - Culture - Balance - Education - Clean Earth - Equality

The Future

We are

Enemies of no one: Neutral

Not preachers: Religion, Spirituality are private

Non political: Not affiliated with any party

Creative

Encouraging: We want you involved in everything!

Helpful: We find the resources so you can succeed.

Have questions? Email Skevi!

Im interested in learning about everything on this Earth, solar system universe, past and present :)

I love archaeology, history, space, technology, engineering, maritime antiques, medieval music, armor, semantics, art, photography etc...

I think the song "I love the whole world" from Discovery channel pretty much sums me up

Hey twitters!
http://twitter.com/GUAlliance

Astronauts!!!! & a 100 year old scientist...

First one of my personal favourites, Mae Jemison!

Born Mae Carol Jemison on October 17th, 1956. Dr. Jamison has quite an impressive list of achievements under her belt!

Jamison entered entered Stanford University at age 16, yes that's 16 years young

She B.S. in chemical engineering and had fulfilled the requirements for a B.A. in African and Afro-American Studies.

She graduated from Weill Medical College of Cornell University with a Doctor of Medicine degree
and worked as a general practitioner.

She traveled to Cuba, Kenya and Thailand, to provide primary medical care to people living there.

She took lessons in African dancing, ballet, jazz, modern & Japanese dancing and even choreographed and produced several shows of modern jazz and African dance.

In addition to her native English, Dr. Jemison speaks fluent Russian, Japanese, and Swahili.

Joined the staff of the Peace Corps and served as a Peace Corps Medical Officer from 1983 to 1985 responsible for the health of Peace Corps Volunteers serving in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

She then applied to NASA in 1987 and was first rejected, then accepted on her second application.

NASA Mission:

International Flight-No. 151
STS-47Endeavour

Shannon Lucid

Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid was born on the 14th of January, 1943 is a biochemist & NASA astronaut. At one time, she held the record for the longest duration stay in space by a woman. Title that is currently being held by Suni Williams. She has flown in space five times including a prolonged mission aboard the Mir space station.

Dr. Lucid obtained her Bachelor of science in chemistry from the University of Oklahoma, 1963; her master of science and Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Oklahoma, 1970 and 1973, respectively. Her hobbies include Flying, camping, hiking & reading. Since 2002 until September 2003 chief scientist at NASA Headquarters; in September 2003 she returned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston to assist the agency's Return to Flight efforts.

NASA Missions:

No. Mission Job Time Duration
1 STS-51G MSP 17.06. - 24.06.1985 7d 01h 38m
2 STS-34 MSP 18.10. - 23.10.1989 4d 23h 39m
3 STS-43 MSP 02.08. - 11.08.1991 8d 21h 21m
4 STS-58 MSP 18.10. - 01.11.1993 14d 00h 12m
5 STS-76 / MIR-21 / MIR-22 / STS-79
Total 223d 02h 50m

How impressive is that? Giving birth to three children in between training for and conducting 5 missions. Super mom & Super astronaut!!!

Sunita Williams

Sunita Williams was born on September 19th , 1965. She is a US Naval officer and a NASA astronaut. She was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and then joined Expedition 15. She holds the record of the longest spaceflight (195 days) for female space travelers. As NASA's official public spokesperson, she was selected to appear on the Colbert Report to announce the name for Node 3 of the ISS. Isn't that cool? :PWilliams was born Sunita Pandya; she achieved her bachelor of science in physical science from U.S. Naval Academy in 1987, her master of science in engineering management from Florida Institute of Technology, 1995. She is Captain, USN; Aircraft Handler on USS Saipan, Norfolk. Her hobbies include Running, swimming, biking, triathlons, windsurfing, snowboarding & bow hunting. She currently holds the position of Deputy Chief, Astronaut Office.

SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE:

Suni Williams served as a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station. She launched with the crew of STS-116 on December 9, 2006, docking with the station on December 11, 2006. As a member of the Expedition-14 crew Suni Williams established a world record for females with four spacewalks totaling 29 hours and 17 minutes of EVA. (Astronaut Peggy Whitson subsequently broke the record in 2008 with her five total spacewalks). Williams concluded her tour of duty as a member of the Expedition-15 crew returning to Earth with the STS-117 crew to land at Edwards Air Force Base on June 22, 2007. During her increment in space, Suni Williams broke the existing record by Shannon Lucid, setting a new record for females of 195 days in space.

Rita Levi Montalcini

Rita Levi-Montalcini, born April 22, 1909 & is an Italian Nobel Prize-winning scientist.

She was born in 1936 & graduated from medical school with a summa cum laude degree in Medicine and Surgery, and enrolled in the three year specialization in neurology and psychiatry.

She shared the 1986 Nobel Prize for Medicine with American Stanley Cohen for discovering mechanisms that regulate the growth of cells and organs.

The Turin-born Levi Montalcini recounted how the anti-Jewish laws of the 1930s under Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime forced her to quit university and do research in an improvised laboratory in her bedroom at home.
"Above all, don't fear difficult moments," she said. "The best comes from them."

Awards and honors

In 1968, she became the tenth woman elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences.
In 1983, she was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University together with Stanley Cohen (co-winner of 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) and Viktor Hamburger.
In 1986 Levi-Montalcini and collaborator Stanley Cohen received the Nobel Prize in Medicine, as well as the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. This made her the fourth Nobel Prize winner to come from Italy's small (<50,000) id="SPELLING_ERROR_42" class="blsp-spelling-error">Segrè, Salvador Luria (a university colleague and friend) and Franco Modigliani.
In 1987, she received the National Medal of Science, the highest honor in the scientific world of America.
In 2001 she was nominated Senator-for-life by Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
In 2008 she received the PhD Honoris Causa from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.

And at almost 100 (her birthday is two days away!) She is still happily working, what a great mind!

Happy Easter everyone! Space news!!!!

It might seem a little late to some, but for us its Easter Monday today :)




So, 2009 is turning out to be an interesting year for space flight. I am so excited about the kepler mission! The kepler space telescope is named after this guy:





Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630) was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution.

Or so Wikipedea says :D

And the telescope looks like this:

The Kepler Mission is a NASA space telescope designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars

You can see the rocket launch on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g44uA8kKwQ

And now for a man I am very, VERY envious of... Charles Simonyi, a Software architect & two time "Space tourtist" from Hungary.

Mr. Simonyi took his second flight to space in March 2009 and spent time aboard Soyuz TMA-14, to return Earth on April 8.

Btw Mr. Simonyi has an awesome website that you can contact him on! http://www.charlesinspace.com/index.cfm

So thats about it for today :) Im going to be on youtube fixing my page for the next couple of horus. http://www.youtube.com/user/GUAlliance

Hi everyone! How are things on your side of the planet?

Its not too cold here in Cyprus. around 15 °C or 61°F. Party cloudy.. Wish it would rain more!

We have some snow on Troodos mountains (the only real mountain range we have). Wish I could there for the weekend! Its beautiful.

I was watching Euronews this morning.. Its really a rather interesting broadcast.

This article grabbed my attention:

http://www.euronews.net/en/article/13/02/2009/green-energy-grabs-limelight/

"Melting ice drowning cities on one hand, while on the other: efficient housing and biomass, solar, wind and wave energy alternatives." a snippet to get you interested.

Also a random picture to make you smile

GUA Junior Academy

Hi everyone, I would like to tell you a little about the under 16 website I am creating.

There will be educational, fun games, competitions and lots of other fun things to do and see.

The website will be created with the younger audience in mind. This means they will be no contact between members and no personal information can be given.

I'd like to keep the greater details of the Junior Academy website a surprise until opening day :)

Greatings!

Hello everyone, my name is Skevi (Ske - vee) and I come from Larnaca, Cyprus.

I have started this blog to talk about the new online community ( which I'd rather refer to as an International Community) that (I hope) will be ready by late August/September.

I'd also like to talk/rant a little about new technologies, space, and anything and everything else.

OK! Lets start with why I am creating this new community.

Well quite basically, I want to create a safe, fun place for all people to join in "alliance" for a good cause, be it helping the elderly, making new ideas or designing a new technology. I'd like to have a group of friendly people who can get along online without the usual profanities.

There will be a hierarchical system that will give members the opportunity to gain points to advance & receive various discounts. Members will also recieve recognition & awards for their work.

Members (both free & paid) can enter in the many competitions that we will host, open to all members, anywhere in the world. The prizes could be consumer goods, cash or contacts with the companies offering the competitions.

They will be different departments each focusing on different sectors (engineering, education etc).

Theres really lots more to say, but for now I will leave you with a couple of pictures & a link to my YouTube page where I have posted a few videos on GUA.

http://www.youtube.com/user/GUAlliance All friends & questions welcome! :)

Skevi