Two moons on August 27th, 2010
The whole world is waiting for August 27th……….. Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August and will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth. Be sure to watch the sky on August 27th at 12:30 am. It will look like the Earth has 2 moons. The next time Mars comes this close will be in 2287. Share this with your friends as no one alive today will ever see it again.
WRONG
Analysis: False. The text of this rumor was roughly accurate when a version of it first began circulating in the summer of 2003.
It was outdated by the time it went around again in 2005, however, and just plain false when it appeared for the third and fourth times in 2006 and 2007.
It flooded the Internet under the header “Two Moons on August 27″ in 2008, and as a slide show entitled “Mars Spectacular” in 2009.
It’s now 2010. How many times can a “once in a lifetime” event occur?
Here are the facts. Seven years ago, on August 27, 2003, the oscillating orbits of Mars and Earth did, in fact, bring the two planets closer together than at any other time during the past 50,000 years. And though Mars never actually appeared “as large as the full moon to the naked eye” — not even close — it was indeed, for a few special days in 2003, among the brightest objects in the night sky.
October 2005 brought another well-publicized “close encounter,” though in that case Earth and Mars were about 13 million kilometers further apart than during the 2003 event.
Nothing so spectacular is predicted for 2010.
On the BRIGHT side:
There is a very clear sky today, so the chances of seeing Mars and a Beautiful Full Moon should be excellent!
The largest food fight in the world!
Every year, on the last Wednesday of August, in the tiny town of Buñol, Spain, thousands of tourists and locals participate in an incredible food fight using close to 150,000 kilograms of tomatoes. The tradition has been going on for over 60 years, but no one seems to know how or why it got its start.
I’m always amazed at Research Projects that study things that most of us already know!
(Do you have any examples? Please tell us about them in the comment section below.)
A recent study on the Effects of music tempo upon submaximal cycling performance demonstrated the following:
Healthy individuals performing submaximal exercise not only worked harder with faster music but also chose to do so and enjoyed the music more when it was played at a faster tempo.
As the researchers wrote, when “the music was played faster, the participants chose to accept, and even prefer, a greater degree of effort.”
And that result, obvious as it seems, may be the ultimate lesson of how and why music is effective and desirable during exercise, says Nina Kraus, a professor of neurobiology at Northwestern University in Illinois, who studies the effects of music on the nervous system. “Humans and songbirds” are the only creatures “that automatically feel the beat” of a song, she said. The human heart wants to synchronize to music, the legs want to swing, metronomically, to a beat. So the next time you go for a moderate run or bike ride, first increase the tempo of some insidiously catchy Lady Gaga downloads (or Justin Bieber or Katy Perry or whatever reflects the current popular taste in your household), and load them on your iPod. “Our bodies,” Dr. Kraus concluded, “are made to be moved by music and move to it.”
The next study should deal with how to motivate people, like Maxine, to start and maintain an exercise program.
and without FRIENDS and FAMILY Behind you!
Did Tiger Woods wear RED on Sunday???
Does anyone feel BAD for Tiger Woods?
Who is Tiger Woods???
RYDER CUP FAIL
About the Challenge
GE’s Ecomagination Challenge is a $200 million call to action for businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators, and students to share their best ideas and come together to take on one of the world’s toughest challenges – building the next-generation power grid to meet the needs of the 21st century.
http://challenge.ecomagination.com/ideas
Power outages and power quality disruptions cost US businesses $100 billion per year or more. Smart grid technologies have the potential to improve grid connections and reduce power disturbances more than 75% by 2020, saving customers in excess of $50 billion from a reduction in outages.
GE is looking at improving grid efficiency by three means: reducing losses, reducing voltage and improving system reliability.
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As the global economy recovers, America’s trade activity has picked up. But imports once again grew more than exports last quarter, presenting a net drag on growth.
Gross domestic product, a broad measure of the total value of goods and services produced in a given economy, has been expanding for the last year, leading many economists to believe the recession that began in December 2007 is technically over.
Still, G.D.P growth in the last quarter of 2009  at an annual rate of 5 percent  was much more robust than it has been this year. This slowdown, coupled with disappointing job creation, has led to worries that the recovery is losing steam. The nation’s unemployment rate continues to linger just below 10 percent.
Here’s a HUGE reason why there is a slowdown and unemployment is so high:
E m m a M a e r s k
The Emma Maersk, part of a Danish shipping line
chartered to Wal Mart, is shown in this photos essay.
What a ship….no wonder ‘Made in China ‘ is displacing North American made goods big time.
This monster transports goods across the Pacific in just 5 days!! This is one of three ships
presently in service, with another two ships commissioned to be completed in 2012.
These ships were commissioned by Wal-Mart to get all their goods and stuff from China . They hold
an incredible 15,000 cartons and have a 207 foot deck beam!! The full crew is just 13 people on a ship
longer than a US Aircraft Carrier (which has a crew of 5,000)
With it’s 207′ beam it is too big to fit through the Panama or Suez Canals ..
It is strictly transpacific. Cruise speed: 31 knots.
The goods arrive 4 days before the typical container ship (18-20 knots) on
a China -to- California run. 91% of Walmart products are made in China .
So this behemoth is hugely competitive even when carrying perishable goods.
The ship was built in five sections. The sections floated together and then welded.
The command bridge is higher than a 10-story building and has 11 cargo crane rigs
that can operate simultaneously unloading the entire ship in less than two hours.
Length – 1,302 ft
Width – 207 ft
Net cargo – 123,200 tons
Engine – 14 cylinders in-line diesel engine (110,000 BHP)
Cruise Speed – 31 knots
Cargo capacity – 15,000 TEU (1 TEU = 20 cubic feet)
Crew – 13 people !
First Trip – Sept. 08, 2006
Construction cost – US $145,000,000+
Silicone painting applied to the ship bottom reduces water
resistance and saves 317,000 gallons of diesel per year.
A recent documentary in late March, 2010 on the History Channel noted that
all of these containers are shipped back to China , EMPTY. Yep, that’s right.
We send nothing back on these ships. What does that tell you about
the current financial state of this country? Just keep buying those imported
goods (mostly gadgets) until you run out of money.
Then you may wonder what the cause of unemployment (maybe even your job)
in the U.S. and Canada might be????
This message, if any, surely deserves forwarding, doesn’t it ?
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“So it is with some regret I come to the floor to discuss this important issue with a total lack of bipartisanship on the part of the administration and, again, express my willingness – in fact, my deep desire – to sit down and try to address, in a bipartisan fashion, this compelling issue, which is endangering the future of this planet and certainly our children’s and grandchildren’s future, and that is the issue of climate change.”
Senator John McCain
What he really said is:
Money is more important than our future.
It’s not our plan, it’s the Democrats, so we wont vote for it.
I want to get elected again so I’d rather be in office than save the planet.
Environmentalists said the decision to delay action on the broad climate legislation marked a serious setback.
“It would seem like the longest of long shots to me because the window for opportunity in the fall before the election season goes into high gear is very small,” said Frank O’Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, an activist group.
So let’s start over or let’s debate some more, or let’s do nothing. Good work, John.
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Elvis was rocking at the Collingwood Elvis Festival this past weekend. Final numbers are not in but it certainly looked like one of the most successful Festivals yet!
Images of the Elvis Festival
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Interesting that the people taking the movie seem to just leave!!!!
The Collingwood Elvis Festival 2010 is taking place from Thursday, July 22nd – Sunday, July 25th!
Make your way over to Collingwood for a fun filled four days of Elvis!
With over 100 Elvis Impersonators, it should be quiet a show!
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the “King of Rock and Roll” or simply “the King”.
| Elvis Presley | |
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Publicity photo for Jailhouse Rock (1957)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Elvis Aaron Presley |
| Born | January 8, 1935 Tupelo, Mississippi, United States |
| Died | August 16, 1977 (aged 42) Memphis, Tennessee, United States |
| Genres | Rock and roll, pop, rockabilly,country, blues, gospel, R&B |
| Occupations | Musician, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1954–1977 |
| Labels | Sun, RCA Victor |
| Associated acts | The Blue Moon Boys, The Jordanaires |
| Website | www.elvis.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Martin D-18, Gibson J-200 | |
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