SPECTACULAR ERUPTION ON THE SUN
April 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment
There has been a spectacular eruption from the Sun’s surface. It occurred at 1319 GMT on Monday and was imaged by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, which sits in space at a gravitational balance point between our star and Earth. The giant prominence at the bottom left of the image is more than 30 times [...]
Car Accessories At Carid.com
March 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Car customizing has become the only thought for people, who have just bought a new or used vehicle. There are lots of thing that can be improved almost in every car. Luckily the contemporary market is full of custom car accessories, made to improve both the exterior, interior and performance of major models. The easiest [...]
Bush’s Latest Lunacy
December 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment
NASA announced plans on Monday for a permanent base on the Moon, to be started soon after astronauts return there around 2020. The agency’s deputy administrator, Shana Dale, said the United States would develop rockets and spacecraft to get people to the Moon and establish a rudimentary base. There, other countries and commercial enterprises could [...]
Goodnight, Oakland
September 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment
With LaDainian Tomlinson running through the Oakland defense and Shawn Merriman harassing Aaron Brooks, it didn’t matter who played quarterback for San Diego. Tomlinson ran for 131 yards and one touchdown and the Chargers shut out Oakland for the first time since 1961 to take pressure off Philip Rivers in his first NFL start, a [...]
Location, Location, Location
August 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment
After spending a week in coastal Montenegro, eavesdropping on English couples discussing per-square-meter property prices; watching an Irish television crew follow two house-hunting brothers; and interviewing agents, developers, and buyers in the nearly one dozen real estate companies in the small town of Kotor alone, I had a hard time fathoming real estate agent Sasa [...]
London Gets 2012 Games
July 6, 2005 | Leave a Comment
London won a two-way fight with Paris by 54 votes to 50 at the IOC meeting in Singapore, after bids from Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated. Prime Minister Tony Blair called the win “a momentous day” for Britain. Paris had been favourites throughout the campaign but London’s hopes were raised after an impressive [...]
The End is Nigh
June 1, 2005 | Leave a Comment
A comet has been added to the list of potentially threatening near-Earth objects maintained by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Comet Catalina 2005 JQ5 is the largest – and therefore most potentially devastating – of the 70 objects now being tracked. However, the chances of a collision are very low. The listing of Comet Catalina underscores [...]
Voyager Sails On
May 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered the solar system’s final frontier, a vast, turbulent expanse where the Sun’s influence ends and the solar wind crashes into the thin gas between stars. “Voyager has entered the final lap on its race to the edge of interstellar space, as it begins exploring the solar system’s final frontier,” [...]
The Spirit of Lincoln
February 12, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Today is the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. I’ve been studying Lincoln’s life and speeches in reverent awe for over thirty years. Five years ago Rocket Man and I picked up one thread in Lincoln’s life that led to the most famous of the cases he tried as a practicing lawyer: “A genius for friendship.” [...]
Not-so-Super-Bowl
February 7, 2005 | Leave a Comment
It’s a week before the NFL Championship, but we’ve already seen what could have been the Super Bowl, haven’t we? Sort of. On August 14, 2009, the Vikings beat the Colts 13-3 and on October 4, 2009, the Saints beat the Jets 24-10. Oh, we didn’t get to see the Saints play the Colts or [...]
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