Saturday, December 29, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "t's a good thing that you can still be comfortable even when life gets weird. It's not that anything in particular is going wrong now; it's just that there are many loose ends that defy tying. Instead of attempting to finish up old business today, accepting circumstances as they are can be your most intelligent tactic"
Friday, December 28, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "You may feel uneasy today, for your emotions don't necessarily support what you must do. The direction that you chose requires that you follow a very specific path and yet your heart might not be in it. This is a transitory situation, so don't alter your course based upon changing feelings. For now, set your intuition aside and put your trust in what you know"
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 - Horoscope- msnbc.com
Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 - Horoscope- msnbc.com: "If you are involved in a task that is not as easy as you thought it was going to be, good! That means you are on the right track. Challenges are the only thing in life that teach you just how capable you are of doing amazing things. They enable you to surprise yourself and impress others -- it's a good thing to feel a bit in over your head once in a while. Resist the urge to take the easy way out. Go for broke and make this thing as wonderful as you know it can be."
Saturday, December 22, 2007
"I didn't enroll you in anything."
this is the last e mail and communication with the bitch, next to me having to contact her to get most of my belongings back, which she kept at her home, my art work of my own making, some of which she broke, books on art, keeping my belongings, why???
she would cut off my benefits, and after i get my "stuff" as she calls it all, i will never speak to her again for fucing with my life, and trying to commit me to a mental hospital, her own words, and try to make me homeless so ssa, to try to take over my banking account, WHY????...to steal money, to get rid of me?
and she did manage to turn most of my family against me, i was to see my mother for the holidays, and she refused to transport me even thou she had agreed to it earlier
it has taken me weeks to repair some of the damage she did, but a lot of it i can never repair,
my advice, dont trust, beware of it all for anyone can screw you for their own reasons, go figure.
this is the last e mail and communication with the bitch, next to me having to contact her to get most of my belongings back, which she kept at her home, my art work of my own making, some of which she broke, books on art, keeping my belongings, why???
she would cut off my benefits, and after i get my "stuff" as she calls it all, i will never speak to her again for fucing with my life, and trying to commit me to a mental hospital, her own words, and try to make me homeless so ssa, to try to take over my banking account, WHY????...to steal money, to get rid of me?
and she did manage to turn most of my family against me, i was to see my mother for the holidays, and she refused to transport me even thou she had agreed to it earlier
it has taken me weeks to repair some of the damage she did, but a lot of it i can never repair,
my advice, dont trust, beware of it all for anyone can screw you for their own reasons, go figure.
Stop complaining and start cooperating or we're going to commit you to a mental hospital.
You only other choice besides there is a mental hospital or the street. If you don't stop complaining and start cooperating, Mike is going to transfer you to a mental hospital with my permission. If they won't take you, you'll be homeless and won't have an address to receive you SSD payments and you won't have any medications.
now isnt that a warm loving family member, a sister! november 18, 2007, admitted on friday november 16, black out started on the 15th due to toxic reaction to a medication for anxiety, which i no longer take. it also is dangerous to take it with grapefruit , as i found out the hard way, damn, but no reason to commit a brother and take over his banking account and put her name on the account in anticipation of getting power of attorney, this whole thing was planned out and had nothing to do with the blackout, she had planned to admit me after she moved me into her home and started taking over every aspect of my life, including convincing my family i was bipolar and unable to take care of myself and accussed me of abusing my medications, all a bold lie which i proved to the owner of the nursing home as he got to know me and released me in two weeks after i gave him a 30 day notice, i moved into a hotel and then got my own apartment , and picked up the pieces before christmas of that year, a hell of a miracle. thanks to my best friend jay.
I've already paid Mike for this month from the $500 that I transferred (stole) from your account. He pro-rated your boarding from last Friday to the first of the month so you shouldn't owe him anything until Dec. You need to stop spending your money and clear it with me first .. If you keep spending there's not going to be anything left. You don't need groceries because you have 3 meals a day there. Don't pay Mike anything until Dec. and then I'll tell you what to write the check for. If he has any questions about payment, have him call me. You need to be saving your money for an apt. if you ever get out of there. Stop the spending or I'm going to have to totally take over your account and not let you have access to it if you can't control it. Mike has already been paid for this month.
my words, fuck you little sister, for here to eternity
my words, fuck you little sister, for here to eternity
here ends the journey of my sister putting me in a nursing home against my will, taking money out of my ssa account to do so, and taking power of attorney over my life and funds to pay for such nursing home, for two years, an assisted home, i had a toxic reaction to one of my medications, her dog got lose out of its cage and ate most of my medications while i was blacked out, and during the black out she and her old girlfriend, a social worker, committed me to a nursing home, of which i got out in two weeks, gave my 30 day notice, and was out before such, with the blessing of haifa, the wife of mike, the manager and owner of said "'arborium'' in pinella park, florida...im going to list all the emails for my own edification and once im dead as a remembrance to how family can screw their own loved ones for the sake of feeling better, god!
Dear Haifa,
David has made my mother and I aware of his plans to leave your facility in 30 days. We have expressed our concerns to him, namely that we believe he is mentally ill and addicted to prescription drugs and cannot function independently. We believe he needs to be in a supervised environment where he can get the psychiatric help he needs and have his medications monitored. We believe that if he tries to live independently, he will continue to abuse prescription drugs. David, however, refuses to listen to us or to others who have his well-being and safety in mind. We have informed him that if he leaves your facility, he is doing so without our help or support. We will no longer rescue him as we have throughout his life when he has messed up. He has screwed up his life but we will no longer allow him to continue to disrupt our lives. We realize you cannot keep him there against his will. Please address any further business concerns with him, and not me. He is on his own with this decision. As his durable power of attorney, I would appreciate a copy of any evaluation by any mental health professional that may see him before he leaves.
My mother and I want to express our gratitude to you and Mike for taking him into your facility and for helping our family. We will never forget your kindness and compassion and will forever be grateful to you.
Thank you,
Dana H.
Dear Haifa,
David has made my mother and I aware of his plans to leave your facility in 30 days. We have expressed our concerns to him, namely that we believe he is mentally ill and addicted to prescription drugs and cannot function independently. We believe he needs to be in a supervised environment where he can get the psychiatric help he needs and have his medications monitored. We believe that if he tries to live independently, he will continue to abuse prescription drugs. David, however, refuses to listen to us or to others who have his well-being and safety in mind. We have informed him that if he leaves your facility, he is doing so without our help or support. We will no longer rescue him as we have throughout his life when he has messed up. He has screwed up his life but we will no longer allow him to continue to disrupt our lives. We realize you cannot keep him there against his will. Please address any further business concerns with him, and not me. He is on his own with this decision. As his durable power of attorney, I would appreciate a copy of any evaluation by any mental health professional that may see him before he leaves.
My mother and I want to express our gratitude to you and Mike for taking him into your facility and for helping our family. We will never forget your kindness and compassion and will forever be grateful to you.
Thank you,
Dana H.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "[Tarot.com ] It all comes back to what you think of yourself. Sure, you Aquarians know that you are different. You are special. And you don't fit into the expected norms of society. Yet, you do want to feel like you belong--even if it's belonging to a special club. Now it is time for you to reestablish your values based upon what you need. This is not about others; it's about you.
By Rick Levine
Wednesday, July 16, 2003"
By Rick Levine
Wednesday, July 16, 2003"
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "[Tarot.com ] Although you might not be ready to check into a monastery, the idea of spiritual rejuvenation may sound appealing. But instead of withdrawing from society, find ways to replenish your creativity without becoming a recluse. Any systematic approach that allows you to explore your imagination will be beneficial now as long as you don't expect too much too fast.
By Rick Levine
Tuesday, December 18, 2007"
By Rick Levine
Tuesday, December 18, 2007"
Monday, December 10, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "You could feel wired today whether or not you drink any coffee, for chatty Mercury is getting buzzed by your key planet Uranus. Be careful though, for you could easily commit your time and energy to a social venture that isn't really in your best interest. Before volunteering for something that will only drain your resources, think about the consequences of saying 'yes.' There's no need to add additional burdens to your already busy schedule. By Rick Levine Monday, December 10, 2007"
iGoogle
iGoogle: "The New Moon today falls in your 11th House of Long-Term Goals, leading you into the future by shining the light of your awareness onto your dreams. You are being guided now by your own inspiring thoughts. You have the potential to see things that were once hidden, but it will take a commitment. Keep your eyes open and stay focused on what's ahead rather than what's in your past. By Rick Levine Sunday, December 9, 2007"
Thursday, December 06, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "[Tarot.com ] It's hard to keep your thoughts in line, even if you know what you should be thinking. This can create problems as circumstances test your resolve. Although you might not have much fun today, don't waste energy berating yourself if something isn't working out as desired. For now, just stay focused on the present"
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 - Horoscope- msnbc.com
Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 - Horoscope- msnbc.com: "Your emotions are yours, and you certainly have a right to feel the way you feel -- but not everyone else needs to know exactly how you feel at all times. Today, do not confuse honesty with over-sharing. It's more appropriate for you to keep your thoughts a bit vague. Keep your cards close to your chest and do not let everyone know exactly what is on your mind (at least not yet). If you let everyone know everything at every opportunity, then what will you be saving for later?"
THE GIFT ARRIVED TODAY, UNEXPECTED, BUT IT IS HERE TO HELP
DAVE THE METALLIC APE, CALM BUT WONDERING AT THE MEANING OF IT ALL, BUT READY FOR THE NEXT MOVE
OF MY LIFE, HOW CAN I HELP WITHOUT BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, HOW CAN I HELP
DAVE THE SLAVE
THE GIFT ARRIVED TODAY, UNEXPECTED, BUT IT IS HERE TO HELP
DAVE THE METALLIC APE, CALM BUT WONDERING AT THE MEANING OF IT ALL, BUT READY FOR THE NEXT MOVE
OF MY LIFE, HOW CAN I HELP WITHOUT BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, HOW CAN I HELP
DAVE THE SLAVE
iGoogle
iGoogle: "Your philosophical perspective helps you to detach from your emotions just enough to be healthy. You may be ready for all the changes that you see coming, especially if they offer you additional freedom. But if dependency issues arise as Venus moves through Scorpio, don't push them away. Facing your feelings can help you do even better. By Rick Levine Wednesday, December 5, 2007"
iGoogle
iGoogle: "Your philosophical perspective helps you to detach from your emotions just enough to be healthy. You may be ready for all the changes that you see coming, especially if they offer you additional freedom. But if dependency issues arise as Venus moves through Scorpio, don't push them away. Facing your feelings can help you do even better. By Rick Levine Wednesday, December 5, 200"
Friday, November 30, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "Accepting limitations placed on you may not be an easy task now, but it's the key to your freedom. Don't ignore your responsibilities or boundaries; instead work within the confines of the current circumstances. For today, hold back your actions just enough to maintain the status quo. The problems will seem less overwhelming by tomorrow. By Rick Levine Friday, November 30, 2007"
Thursday, November 29, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "Restrictive Saturn is one of your key planets and it is in the forefront of your life for the next couple of days, possibly preventing you from doing things exactly your way. Keep in mind, however, that you will still have your chance. But first you must demonstrate that you can follow directions and fulfill your current obligations. Once you have shown your willingness to be a team player, you will be granted the additional freedom you desire. By Rick Levine Thursday, November 29, 2007"
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "[Tarot.com ] Put extra effort into anything that helps you to concentrate your attention on the details. You have an extra high level of intuition that helps you connect with even the most mechanical tasks in a satisfying way. Don't force anything, for too much hard work could be draining and may even waste your time. By Rick Levine Tuesday, November 27, 200"
Monday, November 26, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "As much as you are ready to enjoy the finer aspects of your life, today may be busier than a typical Monday. You have the energy to do your job, but you are a bit distracted by your unexpressed desires. Unfortunately, the more you try to concentrate, the more persistent your fantasies become. Instead of pushing them away, focus on ways to make your dreams come true. By Rick Levine Monday, November 26, 2007"
Sunday, November 25, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "Your intuition is particularly sharp now, enabling you to pull rabbits out of hats. You can miraculously come up with the right answers as if by sheer magic. Your spiritual channels will open wider when you are able to enjoy yourself and be in the present moment. Even a good sense of humor can be helpful, turning this into a socially successful day as well. By Rick Levine Sunday, November 25, 2007"
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Harvard Physicist Plays Magician With the Speed of Light
Harvard Physicist Plays Magician With the Speed of Light: "Lene Vestergaard Hau can stop a pulse of light in midflight, start it up again at 0.13 miles per hour, and then make it appear in a completely different location. 'It's like a little magic trick,' says Hau, a Harvard physicist. 'Of course, in all magic tricks there's a secret.' And her secret is a 0.1-mm lump of atoms called a Bose-Einstein condensate, cooled nearly to absolute zero (-459.67 degrees Fahrenheit) in a steel container with tiny windows. Normally — well, in a vacuum — light goes 186,282 miles per second. But things are different inside a BEC, a strange place where millions of atoms move — barely — in quantum lockstep. About a decade ago, Hau started playing with BECs — for a physicist, that means shooting lasers at them. She blew up a few. Eventually, she found that lasers of the right wavelengths could tune the optical properties of a BEC, giving Hau an almost supernatural command over any other light shined into it. Her first trick was slowing a pulse of light to a crawl — 15 mph as it traveled through the BEC. Since then, Hau has completely frozen a pulse and then released it. And recently she shot a pulse into one BEC and stopped it — turning the BEC into a hologram, a sort of matter version of the pulse. Then she transferre"
iGoogle
iGoogle: "You may be struggling as you attempt to put everything in your life in order, but it could be a hopeless goal now. You might need to let go of something, even if you have apprehensions about it. Remember, your current lack of efficiency doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong. Don't be too hard on yourself; things will make more sense in a few days. By Rick Levine Saturday, November 24, 2007"
Friday, November 23, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "Spending time with those who are near and dear can make this a special weekend. Tender moments with family members can feel precious, especially if you still need to head to work for part of the day. You may not be the sentimental type, but today could be an exception. You don't need to be as ambitious now, for you are capable of finding great happiness close to home. By Rick Levine Friday, November 23, 2007"
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "Your powers of observation are strong now, as long as you can trust your instincts. Don't worry about counting everything down to the tiniest measurement. Instead, back away from your regular routines so that you can get more perspective on your life. Ask for help, if needed; wisdom can come from someone who you know to be a valuable mentor. By Rick Levine Tuesday, November 13, 2007"
White House Directed To Preserve E-Mails, Lawsuits Seek To Determine Whether White House Destroyed E-Mails In Violation Of Federal Law - CBS News
White House Directed To Preserve E-Mails, Lawsuits Seek To Determine Whether White House Destroyed E-Mails In Violation Of Federal Law - CBS News
White House Directed To Preserve E-Mails
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White House Directed To Preserve E-Mails
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2007
(AP) A federal judge Monday ordered the White House to preserve copies of all its e-mails, a move that Bush administration lawyers had argued strongly against.
U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy directed the Executive Office of the President to safeguard the material in response to two lawsuits that seek to determine whether the White House has destroyed e-mails in violation of federal law.
In response, the White House said it has been taking steps to preserve copies of all e-mails and will continue to do so. The administration is seeking dismissal of the lawsuits brought by two private groups, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the National Security Archive.
The organizations allege the disappearance of 5 million White House e-mails. The court order issued by Kennedy, an appointee of President Clinton, is directed at maintaining backup tapes which contain copies of White House e-mails.
The Federal Records Act details strict standards prohibiting the destruction of government documents including electronic messages, unless first approved by the archivist of the United States.
Justice Department lawyers had urged the courts to accept a proposed White House declaration promising to preserve all backup tapes.
"The judge decided that wasn't enough," said Anne Weismann, an attorney for CREW, which has gone to court over secrecy issues involving the Bush administration and has pursued ethical issues involving Republicans on Capitol Hill.
The judge's order "should stop any future destruction of e-mails, but the White House stopped archiving its e-mail in 2003 and we don't know if some backup tapes for those e-mails were already taped over before we went to court. It's a mystery," said Meredith Fuchs, a lawyer for the National Security Archive.
CREW and the National Security Archive are seeking to force the White House to immediately explain in court what happened to its e-mail, an issue that first surfaced nearly two years ago in the leak probe of administration officials who disclosed Valerie Plame's CIA identity to reporters.
Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald revealed early in 2006 that relevant e-mails could be missing because of an archiving problem at the White House.
The White House has provided little public information about the matter, saying that some e-mails may not have been automatically archived on a computer server for the Executive Office of the President and that the e-mails may have been preserved on backup tapes.
The White House has said that its Office of Administration is looking into whether there are e-mails that were not automatically archived and that if there is a problem, the necessary steps will be taken to address it.
Kennedy issued the order following recommendations to do so by a federal magistrate who held a hearing on the matter.
"We will study the court's order and the magistrate's recommendations," said White House spokesman Scott Stanzel. "However, the Office of Administration has been taking steps to maintain and preserve backup tapes for the official e-mail system. We have provided assurances to the plaintiffs and to the court that these steps were being taken. We will continue preserving the tapes in compliance with the court's order."
(AP) A federal judge Monday ordered the White House to preserve copies of all its e-mails, a move that Bush administration lawyers had argued strongly against.
U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy directed the Executive Office of the President to safeguard the material in response to two lawsuits that seek to determine whether the White House has destroyed e-mails in violation of federal law.
In response, the White House said it has been taking steps to preserve copies of all e-mails and will continue to do so. The administration is seeking dismissal of the lawsuits brought by two private groups, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the National Security Archive.
The organizations allege the disappearance of 5 million White House e-mails. The court order issued by Kennedy, an appointee of President Clinton, is directed at maintaining backup tapes which contain copies of White House e-mails.
The Federal Records Act details strict standards prohibiting the destruction of government documents including electronic messages, unless first approved by the archivist of the United States.
Justice Department lawyers had urged the courts to accept a proposed White House declaration promising to preserve all backup tapes.
"The judge decided that wasn't enough," said Anne Weismann, an attorney for CREW, which has gone to court over secrecy issues involving the Bush administration and has pursued ethical issues involving Republicans on Capitol Hill.
The judge's order "should stop any future destruction of e-mails, but the White House stopped archiving its e-mail in 2003 and we don't know if some backup tapes for those e-mails were already taped over before we went to court. It's a mystery," said Meredith Fuchs, a lawyer for the National Security Archive.
CREW and the National Security Archive are seeking to force the White House to immediately explain in court what happened to its e-mail, an issue that first surfaced nearly two years ago in the leak probe of administration officials who disclosed Valerie Plame's CIA identity to reporters.
Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald revealed early in 2006 that relevant e-mails could be missing because of an archiving problem at the White House.
The White House has provided little public information about the matter, saying that some e-mails may not have been automatically archived on a computer server for the Executive Office of the President and that the e-mails may have been preserved on backup tapes.
The White House has said that its Office of Administration is looking into whether there are e-mails that were not automatically archived and that if there is a problem, the necessary steps will be taken to address it.
Kennedy issued the order following recommendations to do so by a federal magistrate who held a hearing on the matter.
"We will study the court's order and the magistrate's recommendations," said White House spokesman Scott Stanzel. "However, the Office of Administration has been taking steps to maintain and preserve backup tapes for the official e-mail system. We have provided assurances to the plaintiffs and to the court that these steps were being taken. We will continue preserving the tapes in compliance with the court's order."
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Ancient beer pots point to origins of chocolate - being-human - 12 November 2007 - New Scientist
Ancient beer pots point to origins of chocolate - being-human - 12 November 2007 - New Scientist
Ancient beer pots point to origins of chocolate
- 22:00 12 November 2007
- NewScientist.com news service
- Jeff Hecht
Earlier long-necked pots would have been used for beer making. Chemical evidence in a pot such as this is seen as proof that beer brewing involved fermenting cacao (Illustration: PNAS/National Academy of Sciences)
Pots with shorter, wider necks were used for making the frothed chocolate drink after 900 BC (Image: PNAS/National Academy of Sciences)
Chocolate was first produced by the ancients as a by-product of beer, suggests a new archaeological study. And evidence from drinking vessels left by the Mesoamericans who developed chocolate suggests that the source of chocolate, cacao, was first used 500 years earlier than thought.
Mesoamericans – who flourished in central America before it was colonised by the Spanish – developed chocolate as a by-product of fermenting cacao fruit to make a beer-like drink called chicha still brewed by South American tribal people.
The Mesoamericans before Columbus’s time, developed a taste for the chocolate better, but their cousins down in South America stuck with the beer, says Cornell University archaeologist John Henderson, who led the new study.
Unsweetened chocolate drinks became a central element of Mesoamerican cultures including the Aztecs, from whom Europeans learned of chocolate in the 16th century.
Archaeologists have found pottery made to serve the frothed chocolate drink preferred by the pre-Columbians in earlier sites, and have found traces of chocolate in pots dating back to 600 BC. But the origins of the drink had been unclear.
Chemical clues
Chocolate's unique flavour develops only when the watery pulp of raw cacao fruit and seeds are fermented together, colouring the seeds purple. Grinding the seeds yields the chocolate.
"It struck us that it wasn't obvious how to do this," says study co-author Rosemary Joyce at the University of California at Berkeley. The involvement of fermentation led her and Henderson to speculate that cacao beer might have been the originating process
Only now has hard evidence come to light in the form of pot sherds dating from 200 BC to before 1100 BC that they found in the ruins of an ancient village called Puerto Escondido in the Ulúa Valley in Honduras.
Harnessing a technique developed by Patrick McGovern at the University of Pennsylvania, they were able to extract chocolate residues from the pores in the pottery. Tests found theobromine – a chemical signature of cacao – in 11 of 13 fragments, including one that Joyce estimates dates from 1100 to 1200 BC.
'Smoking gun'
That pushed evidence for cacao drinking back 500 years. That pot, and others older than about 900 BC, also lacked any traces of the chilli pepper Mesoamericans used to spice up their chocolate. Pots designed for making a frothed chocolate first appeared after this date, the researchers report.
The oldest fragment was the long neck of a bottle that could have held beer, but could not have been used to make the frothed chocolate beverage that became popular later. Joyce called that "the smoking gun" showing that beer had come first.
She suggests that the key step in switching to chocolate came when ancient brewers ground up the cacao seeds remaining after fermentation and added them to thicken the beer – giving it a chocolate taste.
Journal reference: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708815104)
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iGoogle
iGoogle:
"Your powers of observation are strong now, as long as you can trust your instincts. Don't worry about counting everything down to the tiniest measurement. Instead, back away from your regular routines so that you can get more perspective on your life. Ask for help, if needed; wisdom can come from someone who you know to be a valuable mentor."
"Your powers of observation are strong now, as long as you can trust your instincts. Don't worry about counting everything down to the tiniest measurement. Instead, back away from your regular routines so that you can get more perspective on your life. Ask for help, if needed; wisdom can come from someone who you know to be a valuable mentor."
iGoogle
iGoogle:
"Your powers of observation are strong now, as long as you can trust your instincts. Don't worry about counting everything down to the tiniest measurement. Instead, back away from your regular routines so that you can get more perspective on your life. Ask for help, if needed; wisdom can come from someone who you know to be a valuable mentor.
By Rick Levine Tuesday, November 13, 2007"
"Your powers of observation are strong now, as long as you can trust your instincts. Don't worry about counting everything down to the tiniest measurement. Instead, back away from your regular routines so that you can get more perspective on your life. Ask for help, if needed; wisdom can come from someone who you know to be a valuable mentor.
By Rick Levine Tuesday, November 13, 2007"
Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 - Horoscope- msnbc.com
Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 - Horoscope- msnbc.com:
"Jan 20-Feb 18 Aquarius
November 12, 2007 Dive headfirst into this day, because you will have all the energy you need to stay focused and disciplined. You'll know answers to questions that haven't even been asked yet. It's a great day to prepare a big presentation or get in some solid studying, although you should still be sure to squeeze in some fun stuff. Physical activity is highly recommended, as it will build on that energy and give you a great sense of doing some good for your body."
"Jan 20-Feb 18 Aquarius
November 12, 2007 Dive headfirst into this day, because you will have all the energy you need to stay focused and disciplined. You'll know answers to questions that haven't even been asked yet. It's a great day to prepare a big presentation or get in some solid studying, although you should still be sure to squeeze in some fun stuff. Physical activity is highly recommended, as it will build on that energy and give you a great sense of doing some good for your body."
iGoogle
iGoogle:
"Your powers of observation are strong now, as long as you can trust your instincts. Don't worry about counting everything down to the tiniest measurement. Instead, back away from your regular routines so that you can get more perspective on your life. Ask for help, if needed; wisdom can come from someone who you know to be a valuable mentor. By Rick Levine Tuesday, November 13, 2007"
"Your powers of observation are strong now, as long as you can trust your instincts. Don't worry about counting everything down to the tiniest measurement. Instead, back away from your regular routines so that you can get more perspective on your life. Ask for help, if needed; wisdom can come from someone who you know to be a valuable mentor. By Rick Levine Tuesday, November 13, 2007"
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
iGoogle
iGoogle: "Your key planet Uranus is getting stronger day by day, giving you the ability to make sweeping actions with independence and originality. You have the best of both worlds now, so there's no need to make a rash decision based upon a sudden impulse. Even if you get overly excited about doing something now, remember that a little common sense will prevent erratic behavior."
Monday, November 05, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
You have an admirable sense of ownership over what you are doing right now, but is it completely warranted? There is a lot to be said for delegating some of your responsibilities to other people once in a while. After all, everyone sees things in a different way and adds their own spin to the situation -- so why not let them? Giving up control on one thing will free you to start embarking on a new thing. Release yourself from at least one responsibility.
Put extra feelings into anything you do today. Although cool detachment often works for you, it's not currently your best approach. Move beyond logic and touch your heart. You may even come up with a new method for dealing with a task. It's worth delving into the intelligence of emotions while you have an opportunity to do so.
By Rick Levine
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
You may be recognized professionally now, but it might seem like some of your success is just the luck of the draw. Still, you are more responsible for your achievements than you realize. Your people skills are stronger than usual now and you can use your charm to talk others into you helping you. But don't misuse your current power of persuasion or your plans could backfire.
By Rick Levine
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
It's true that you are a unique person, but you are not the only person to have ever felt the way you are feeling right now. So reach out to someone close and tell them what is on your mind. Chances are, they can relate. You have a lot more in common with other people than you realize, and by sharing your confused feelings you will come to understand that. Thinking through your problems is always important, but you have to start talking about them, too
NASA Court-Ordered To Search For UFO Docs, Space Agency To Check Its Archives For Info About A Mysterious 1965 Crash Incident - CBS News
NASA Court-Ordered To Search For UFO Docs, Space Agency To Check Its Archives For Info About A Mysterious 1965 Crash Incident - CBS News
NASA Court-Ordered To Search For UFO Docs
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NASA Court-Ordered To Search For UFO Docs
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2007
(AP) NASA has agreed to search its archives once again for documents on a 1965 UFO incident in Pennsylvania, a step the space agency fought in federal court.
The government has refused to open its files about what, if anything, moved across the sky and crashed in the woods near Kecksburg, Pa., 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
Traffic was tied up in the area as curiosity seekers drove to the area, only to be kept away from the crash site by soldiers.
The Air Force's explanation for the unidentified flying object: a meteor or meteors.
"They could not find anything," one Air Force memo stated after a late-night search on Dec. 9, 1965. Several NASA employees also were reported to have been at the scene.
Eyewitnesses said a flatbed truck drove away a large object shaped like an acorn and about the size of a Volkswagen bus. A mock-up based on the descriptions of local residents sits behind the Kecksburg Volunteer Fire Department.
UFO enthusiasts refused to let the matter die and journalist Leslie Kean of New York City sued NASA four years ago for information.
"This is about the public's right to know," Kean said. "We would be doing this lawsuit regardless of whether UFO groups were interested in it or not. It's a freedom of information issue."
The agency has turned over several stacks of documents which Kean says are not responsive to the request, an argument that U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan agreed with.
In March, Sullivan rejected NASA's request to throw the case out of court, resulting in negotiations that led to the agency promising last week that it will conduct a more comprehensive search.
Kean said Friday that she sued NASA rather than the Army because the space agency a decade ago released some relevant documents on the case.
(AP) NASA has agreed to search its archives once again for documents on a 1965 UFO incident in Pennsylvania, a step the space agency fought in federal court.
The government has refused to open its files about what, if anything, moved across the sky and crashed in the woods near Kecksburg, Pa., 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
Traffic was tied up in the area as curiosity seekers drove to the area, only to be kept away from the crash site by soldiers.
The Air Force's explanation for the unidentified flying object: a meteor or meteors.
"They could not find anything," one Air Force memo stated after a late-night search on Dec. 9, 1965. Several NASA employees also were reported to have been at the scene.
Eyewitnesses said a flatbed truck drove away a large object shaped like an acorn and about the size of a Volkswagen bus. A mock-up based on the descriptions of local residents sits behind the Kecksburg Volunteer Fire Department.
UFO enthusiasts refused to let the matter die and journalist Leslie Kean of New York City sued NASA four years ago for information.
"This is about the public's right to know," Kean said. "We would be doing this lawsuit regardless of whether UFO groups were interested in it or not. It's a freedom of information issue."
The agency has turned over several stacks of documents which Kean says are not responsive to the request, an argument that U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan agreed with.
In March, Sullivan rejected NASA's request to throw the case out of court, resulting in negotiations that led to the agency promising last week that it will conduct a more comprehensive search.
Kean said Friday that she sued NASA rather than the Army because the space agency a decade ago released some relevant documents on the case.
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Taking responsibility for your life and your family may be an important step along your path, but don't shut out your friends or other groups of like-minded people. You could be quite unrealistic about how much work you must do. Wait a few days and you won't feel as blindly optimistic as you do today, thereby allowing you to make better decisions. By Rick Levine
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
You may be trying so hard to shine your light at work that it creates problems at home. Luckily, this dilemma probably won't be big enough to throw you off track, for you are more eloquent now that communicator Mercury has retrograded back into airy Libra. Nevertheless, don't pretend that everything is fine if it is not; others will quickly see through any attempts to cover the truth.
By Rick Levine
Friday, October 26, 2007
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Mystery Comet Explodes Into Brightness Comet 17P Holmes is in super-outburst! It brightened by a factor of one million in less than 24 hours. This comet currently appears as a fuzzy, yellowish star-like object in the constellation Perseus and is well-placed for northern hemisphere observers. (Credit: Chris Schur) ScienceDaily (Oct. 26, 2007) — A once-faint comet has made a sudden leap from obscurity to center stage. Comet 17P Holmes, now visible to northern hemisphere residents, increased its brightness by a factor of one million this week, going from magnitude 17 to 2. This makes it visible to the unaided eye as well as binoculars and telescopes, offering a unique viewing opportunity for sky watchers. "This is a terrific outburst," said Brian Marsden, director emeritus of the Minor Planet Center, which tracks known comets and asteroids. "And since it doesn’t have a tail right now, some observers have confused it with a nova. We’ve had at least two reports of a new star." Comet Holmes is located in the constellation Perseus and is visible for most of the night. In fact, for observers at the latitude of Boston, the comet is circumpolar, never setting below the horizon. In appearance, it resembles a fuzzy, yellowish star. The comet could fade in a matter of days or weeks, so astronomers recommend that viewers take a look now. Amateur astronomer Edwin Holmes, who was looking at the Andromeda galaxy at the time, discovered Comet Holmes in 1892. The comet has presented a mystery to astronomers ever since. It likely was undergoing a similar outburst when discovered, since it reached 4th magnitude and was faintly visible to the unaided eye. After fading, it brightened again by a factor of 100 in January 1893 before fading again for good. The comet orbits the Sun once every 7 years at a distance of about 200 million miles (compared to Earth’s 93-million-mile orbit). As a result, it was re-observed in 1899 and 1906 before being lost for nearly six decades. Based on a prediction by Marsden, the comet was recovered in 1964. "Since then, it’s been behaving well – until now," says Marsden. On October 23rd, the comet was a dim 17th magnitude, 25,000 times too faint to be seen with the unaided eye. One day later, it had brightened to 7th magnitude, and the most recent observations peg it at magnitude 2 to 3: an increase of a factor of one million. (The magnitude scale used by astronomers is logarithmic.) "When the Deep Impact probe hit Comet 9P Tempel, there was almost no change in brightness," says Marsden. "This outburst by Comet Holmes is extreme!" Indeed, the outburst has left experts scratching their heads. How could a tiny comet, whose nucleus is no more than two miles across, grow so bright so fast? Perhaps a crack opened in the comet’s surface, exposing fresh ice to the sun and causing an explosive eruption of dust and gas. No one knows for sure. Undoubtedly, professional astronomers will be studying it closely in the weeks to come. Sky coordinates for Comet 17P Holmes can be found on the Minor Planet Center website at http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/0017P.html.
Adapted from materials provided by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. | ||
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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By Rick Levine Wednesday, October 24, 2007"
"You could have an interesting problem to solve today as the potential for fun and games distracts you from the real work at hand. No doubt you would rather be enjoying the company of your friends than fulfilling your commitments. Remember that finding balance is possible. You can do both if you don't go overboard with either.
By Rick Levine Wednesday, October 24, 2007"
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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By Rick Levine Tuesday, October 23, 2007"
"You can feel the energy shifting into a deeper and more mysterious space -- and you are quite fascinated yet also frightened by the unknown. If something springs into your life today that surprises you, don't push it away just because you weren't prepared for it. Fate will find the best way to nudge you along as you strive for that raise or promotion.
By Rick Levine Tuesday, October 23, 2007"
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By Rick Levine Tuesday, October 23, 2007"
"You can feel the energy shifting into a deeper and more mysterious space -- and you are quite fascinated yet also frightened by the unknown. If something springs into your life today that surprises you, don't push it away just because you weren't prepared for it. Fate will find the best way to nudge you along as you strive for that raise or promotion.
By Rick Levine Tuesday, October 23, 2007"
Sunday, October 21, 2007
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Discovery Channel :: News - Space :: Human Origins: Space Dust in the Wind
Discovery Channel :: News - Space :: Human Origins: Space Dust in the Wind
Human Origins: Space Dust in the Wind
Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
Oct. 10, 2007 — Astronomers have taken a baby step in trying to answer the cosmic question of where we come from.
Planets and much on them, including humans, come from dust — mostly from dying stars. But where did the dust that helped form those early stars come from?
A NASA telescope may have spotted one of the answers. It's in the wind bursting out of super-massive black holes.
The Spitzer Space Telescope identified large quantities of freshly made space dust in a quasar about 8 billion light years from here.
Astronomers used the telescope to break down the wavelengths of light in the quasar to figure out what was in the space dust. They found signs of glass, sand, crystal, marble, rubies and sapphires, said Ciska Markwick-Kemper of the University of Manchester in England. She is the lead author of a study that will be published later this month in Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Dust is important in the cooling process to make stars, which are predominantly gas. The leftover dust tends to clump together to make planets, comets and asteroids, said astronomer Sarah Gallagher, a study co-author at the University of California Los Angeles.
"In the end, everything comes from space dust," Markwick-Kemper said. "It's putting all the pieces of the puzzle together to figure out where we came from."
Astronomers figure that the planets that formed in the past several billion years — and those away from quasars — came from dust that was belched from dying stars. That's what happened with Earth.
That still leaves a question about where the dust from the first couple billion years of the universe came from, which helped form early generations of star systems.
"It's formed in the wind," of the black holes, Markwick-Kemper said. Gas molecules collide in the searing heat of the quasar, which is thousands of degrees Fahrenheit, and form clusters.
"These clusters grow bigger and bigger until you can call them dust grains," she said.
Scientists who weren't part of the study hailed the work.
Cornell University astronomer Dan Weedman, the former director of NASA's astrophysics division, said the study was an important step in answering a fundamental mystery of the early universe.
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
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Monday, October 08, 2007
Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 - Horoscope - MSNBC.com
Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 - Horoscope - MSNBC.com: "The many layers of your personality make you a richer, more evolved person -- but some layers aren't getting the amount of attention they deserve. Today, it's time to reorganize the many elements that make up 'you.' Bring some of the aspects of yourself that are deep beneath the surface up to the top of the pile. Let the world see the parts of yourself that you never usually reveal. Take your biggest insecurities and let them all hang out. Be proud of your imperfections."
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By Rick Levine Monday, October 8, 2007"
"[Tarot.com ] An emotional awkwardness comes to the surface if you try to keep things simple even when they are not. Your struggle may be misplaced, though, for you really don't have anything to lose by jumping into the complexity. In fact, the richness of the situation can add meaning to your life if you are willing to go on the journey.
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By Rick Levine Monday, October 8, 2007"
"[Tarot.com ] An emotional awkwardness comes to the surface if you try to keep things simple even when they are not. Your struggle may be misplaced, though, for you really don't have anything to lose by jumping into the complexity. In fact, the richness of the situation can add meaning to your life if you are willing to go on the journey.
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Sunday, October 07, 2007
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Friday, October 05, 2007
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"Boundless Jupiter is moving toward next week's reactivation of your key planet Uranus, tempting you to set big changes in motion. But think twice before swinging into action, for what you do now will likely have a greater impact than you think. Consider how your actions break up old familiar patterns. Tread lightly and cautiously for the best results. By Rick Levine Friday, October 5, 200"
"Boundless Jupiter is moving toward next week's reactivation of your key planet Uranus, tempting you to set big changes in motion. But think twice before swinging into action, for what you do now will likely have a greater impact than you think. Consider how your actions break up old familiar patterns. Tread lightly and cautiously for the best results. By Rick Levine Friday, October 5, 200"
Thursday, October 04, 2007
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"As much as you like working with others, you really don't want them very close. Accordingly, too much emotionality in the workplace makes you quite uncomfortable. Processing your own need for intellectual detachment can teach you much about yourself now. Observing and accepting your changing moods can help you be more open to others"
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
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"Things can get rather strange today if you attempt to remain intellectually detached. You are engaged in a profound emotional dance and you have invited reality to lead, whether you know it or not. Close your eyes and stop thinking. You will emerge with a great story to tell if you can trust the dark and listen to the music."
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By Rick Levine Wednesday, October 3, 2007"
"Things can get rather strange today if you attempt to remain intellectually detached. You are engaged in a profound emotional dance and you have invited reality to lead, whether you know it or not. Close your eyes and stop thinking. You will emerge with a great story to tell if you can trust the dark and listen to the music.
By Rick Levine Wednesday, October 3, 2007"
Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 - Horoscope - MSNBC.com
Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 - Horoscope - MSNBC.com:
"If people around you react explosively to an explosive situation today, do not follow their example -- not matter how justified they may be. Screaming at someone who has been rude or inconsiderate isn't going to mitigate the stress, it will only increase it. Be mindful of your role in every conversation, and try to be a force for mutual respect, not power struggles. You will have to take the high road today. There will be another day for you to get down and dirty and get things off your chest."
"If people around you react explosively to an explosive situation today, do not follow their example -- not matter how justified they may be. Screaming at someone who has been rude or inconsiderate isn't going to mitigate the stress, it will only increase it. Be mindful of your role in every conversation, and try to be a force for mutual respect, not power struggles. You will have to take the high road today. There will be another day for you to get down and dirty and get things off your chest."
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By Rick Levine Wednesday, October 3, 200"
"Things can get rather strange today if you attempt to remain intellectually detached. You are engaged in a profound emotional dance and you have invited reality to lead, whether you know it or not. Close your eyes and stop thinking. You will emerge with a great story to tell if you can trust the dark and listen to the music.
By Rick Levine Wednesday, October 3, 200"
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
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"The Moon in your 6th House of Health has you paying extra attention to what you eat and how you exercise. Without turning this into a major production, just take care of yourself. You are creating a cascade, positively impacting your general well-being. Your sense of what's ahead is probably true, so trust your intuition while making decisions now."
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Gold rings create first true invisibility cloak - tech - 02 October 2007 - New Scientist Tech
Gold rings create first true invisibility cloak
- 16:56 02 October 2007
- NewScientist.com news service
- Colin Barras
The cloak's concentric gold rings can steer light waves travelling along a surface around an object and straight on again as if it was not there (Image: Smolyaninov/University of Maryland)
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The world's first true invisibility cloak – a device able to hide an object in the visible spectrum – has been created by physicists in the US. But don't expect it to compete with stage magic tricks. So far it only works in two dimensions and on a tiny scale.
The new cloak, which is just 10 micrometres in diameter, guides rays of light around an object inside and releases them on the other side. The light waves appear to have moved in a straight line, so the cloak – and any object inside – appear invisible.
The cloak was built by a team led by Igor Smolyaninov at the University of Maryland, and borrows some ideas from the first theoretical design for an invisibility cloak, published by Vladimir Shalaev from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, US, earlier this year.
Their breakthrough comes just a year after US and British physicists created an
"At optical frequencies, [wavelengths] get very tiny, and the range of properties available from materials is limited," says John Pendry, a physicist at Imperial College London, and a member of the team that produced the
Gold ripples
To get around this problem, Smolyaninov's team confine light to two dimensions. "The new cloak doesn't control the light you can see directly," explains Ulf Leonhardt, a physicist at the University of St Andrews, UK. "It's not the invisibility most people would imagine."
The Maryland researchers inject polarised cyan light into a gold surface using a tiny optical fibre with a fine tip. The light waves become converted into surface plasmons – waves rippling through the electrons of the gold surface, effectively in two dimensions.
Three-dimensional invisibility cloaks would have to control light waves both magnetically and electronically to steer them around the hidden object. But two-dimensional surface plasmons are easier to direct, explains Pendry. "You can operate on either the electric or magnetic channel alone," he says.
Perfect cloak?
Smolyaninov's cloak consists of a two-dimensional pattern of concentric gold rings coated in a plastic called polymethyl methacrylate. The plastic and the gold each have different refractive properties, and bend plasmons in different directions. The whole arrangement lies flat on the gold surface mentioned above.
By varying the mix of metal and plastic in different areas of the cloak, Smolyaninov's team can control plasmons with enough precision to guide them around the cloak. A simple visual analogy might be river water flowing around a rock.
It is unlikely that the cloak is perfectly invisible, though, says Pendry. The Maryland team do not report whether plasmons can reflect off the surface of their cloak. If they can, an observer could still detect its presence, just as reflected light allows us to see a sheet of glass.
Smolyaninov's cloak is unlikely to be developed into a version that works in three dimensions. But Leonhardt says it could be useful in the near future. "It could be used on computer chips," he says. "You could use surface plasmons to communicate between different areas of a microchip."
Pendry agrees, saying they might replace fibre optics as a way to carry signals: "Light on a chip might seem more prosaic than an invisibility cloak, but in the end it might be more practically important."
The University of Maryland team posted a paper describing the new cloak on the arXiv preprint server (arxiv.org/abs/0709.2862).
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Weblinks
- Igor Smolyaninov, University of Maryland
- http://www.ece.umd.edu/meet/faculty/research/smolyaninov.php3
- John Pendry, Imperial College London
- http://www.ece.umd.edu/meet/faculty/research/smolyaninov.php3
- Ulf Leonhardt, University of St Andrews
- http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~ulf/
- Vladimir Shalaev, Purdue University
- http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~shalaev/
- Plasmons, Wikipedia
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmon
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By Rick Levine Tuesday, October 2, 2007"
"The Moon in your 6th House of Health has you paying extra attention to what you eat and how you exercise. Without turning this into a major production, just take care of yourself. You are creating a cascade, positively impacting your general well-being. Your sense of what's ahead is probably true, so trust your intuition while making decisions now.
By Rick Levine Tuesday, October 2, 2007"
Monday, October 01, 2007
ScienceDaily: New Particles Get A Mass Boost
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Science Daily — A sophisticated, new analysis has revealed that the next frontier in particle physics is farther away than once thought. New forms of matter not predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics are most likely twice as massive as theorists had previously calculated, according to a just-published study.
The discovery is noteworthy because experimental improvements of this magnitude rarely occur more often than once in a decade.
To see the infinitely small bits of matter that make up our universe, physicists build ever more powerful accelerators, which are the microscopes they use to see matter. But while the trend is to more powerful accelerators, the precision achieved by some less powerful ones can pinpoint the best places to look for never-before-seen particles.
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility combined data from experiments in which electrons were used to precisely probe the nucleus of the atom. The experiments were designed to study the weak nuclear force, one of the four forces of nature. The effects of the weak force on the building blocks of the proton, up and down quarks, were determined precisely from this data and were found to be in agreement with predictions.
But when this new analysis was combined with other measurements, it raised the predicted mass scale for the discovery of new particles to about one Tera-electron-volts (1 TeV) - more than a factor of two higher than previously thought, according to Jefferson Lab scientists who published the result in Physical Review Letters.
Searches for new particles can take the form of direct production of new particles by high-energy interactions or by lower-energy, extremely precise measurements of experimental observables, which are sensitive to the existence of new particles beyond the ability of existing theories to predict.
Note: This story has been adapted from material provided by DOE, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
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"Life grows more intriguing as you explore a delightful variety of stimulating people, places and activities. You are thoroughly entertained by little things as romantic energies begin to stir. Even a casual conversation can suddenly take on an erotic lean. But don't get too attached to outcomes. Keeping hope alive increases your chances of discovering rewards just around the corner."
"Life grows more intriguing as you explore a delightful variety of stimulating people, places and activities. You are thoroughly entertained by little things as romantic energies begin to stir. Even a casual conversation can suddenly take on an erotic lean. But don't get too attached to outcomes. Keeping hope alive increases your chances of discovering rewards just around the corner."
Friday, September 28, 2007
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iGoogle:
"With a limited number of options, you may feel trapped by your own familiar patterns today. Part of the problem is that you may have sacrificed independence for security. Part of the solution comes from being able to talk about it. Even if nothing dramatic changes right away, you'll still feel better once your frustration is out in the open."
"With a limited number of options, you may feel trapped by your own familiar patterns today. Part of the problem is that you may have sacrificed independence for security. Part of the solution comes from being able to talk about it. Even if nothing dramatic changes right away, you'll still feel better once your frustration is out in the open."
Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 - Horoscope - MSNBC.com
Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 - Horoscope - MSNBC.com:
"If you spend too much time thinking about your past mistakes, how can you focus on moving forward? Today, you need to put the boxing gloves away -- because it's time for you to stop beating yourself up! No one remembers the things you did or didn't do, so why on earth should you? It's one thing to learn lessons from errors you've made, but it is quite another to continually punish yourself. This is a fresh day, full of possibility and promise. Don't waste it feeling regret."
"If you spend too much time thinking about your past mistakes, how can you focus on moving forward? Today, you need to put the boxing gloves away -- because it's time for you to stop beating yourself up! No one remembers the things you did or didn't do, so why on earth should you? It's one thing to learn lessons from errors you've made, but it is quite another to continually punish yourself. This is a fresh day, full of possibility and promise. Don't waste it feeling regret."
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
NASA - Saturn's Strange Hexagon
NASA - Saturn's Strange Hexagon
This nighttime view of Saturn's north pole by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard Cassini clearly shows a bizarre six-sided hexagon encircling the entire north pole, in one of the first clear images taken of the north polar region ever acquired from a unique polar perspective.
The hexagon feature was originally discovered by NASA's Voyager spacecraft in 1980, but those historic images and subsequent ground-based telescope images suffered from poor viewing perspectives. In the new infrared images, the strong brightness of the hexagon feature indicates that it is primarily a clearing in the clouds, which extends deep into the atmosphere, at least some 75 kilometers (47 miles) underneath the typical upper hazes and clouds seen in the daytime imagery by Voyager. Thick clouds border both sides of the narrow feature, as indicated by the adjacent dark lanes paralleling the bright hexagon.
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This nighttime view of Saturn's north pole by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard Cassini clearly shows a bizarre six-sided hexagon encircling the entire north pole, in one of the first clear images taken of the north polar region ever acquired from a unique polar perspective.
The hexagon feature was originally discovered by NASA's Voyager spacecraft in 1980, but those historic images and subsequent ground-based telescope images suffered from poor viewing perspectives. In the new infrared images, the strong brightness of the hexagon feature indicates that it is primarily a clearing in the clouds, which extends deep into the atmosphere, at least some 75 kilometers (47 miles) underneath the typical upper hazes and clouds seen in the daytime imagery by Voyager. Thick clouds border both sides of the narrow feature, as indicated by the adjacent dark lanes paralleling the bright hexagon.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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