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Mythbusters Cannonball Misfire - Jamie and Adam Survey Damage and Apologize
A "Mythbusters" TV experiment went horribly wrong when a cast iron cannonball hit two California homes before landing inside a minivan.
Mythbusters hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage were reportedly attempting to calculate how fast a cannonball would travel when it misfired and shot hundreds of feet in the air.
The cannonball was supposed to go through several barrels of water and through a cinder block, and then ultimately into the side of the hill.
Instead, the cannonball flew over the foothills surrounding Camp Parks Military Firing Reservation before hitting the front door of a home, flying up to the second floor, blasting through a back bedroom wall and smashing through a second residence some 50 yards away.
"It was a very loud boom; thought a tree fell, maybe a meteor," said homeowner Ming Jiang. "It wasn't clear that it was a cannonball landing on the roof."
The wayward cannonball finally came to a halt inside Jasper Gill's minivan.
"It hit the dash, through the passenger window," said Gill who had exited the vehicle just 10 minutes before the ball struck.
Mythbusters hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage were reportedly attempting to calculate how fast a cannonball would travel when it misfired and shot hundreds of feet in the air.
The cannonball was supposed to go through several barrels of water and through a cinder block, and then ultimately into the side of the hill.
Instead, the cannonball flew over the foothills surrounding Camp Parks Military Firing Reservation before hitting the front door of a home, flying up to the second floor, blasting through a back bedroom wall and smashing through a second residence some 50 yards away.
"It was a very loud boom; thought a tree fell, maybe a meteor," said homeowner Ming Jiang. "It wasn't clear that it was a cannonball landing on the roof."
The wayward cannonball finally came to a halt inside Jasper Gill's minivan.
"It hit the dash, through the passenger window," said Gill who had exited the vehicle just 10 minutes before the ball struck.
Pop Phone Handset for those that like old phones but have new phones
I'm right there with that. I like the new phones but I still want to have the former handset style phone to use. This solves the problem but then it presents a problem when you are out and about. It would be perfect for use at home. And it comes in a wide selection of colors.Looking for this under my tree...if it would would work with my phone. There's not much detail about what phone it will work with beyond saying:
for Apple iPhone 4, iPad 2, and Any 3.5 mm Jack of Select Smartphones
So I do not know if my phone is among those "select smartphones."
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA09M0600657
Happy Holidays Word Origins
The extremists that cry foul so loudly about those saying "Happy Holidays" need to get educated.
The word holiday is an evolution (OMG another word of horror...evolution!) of the words holy days.
So I hope everyone has a Happy Holiday season and may there be many holiday presents under your holiday trees. Worship the religion of your choice during this Pagan holiday season when the Christians choose the celebrate the Spring birth of their Jewish savior.
Check it out:
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Etymology-Meaning-Words-1474/Word-meaning-2.htm
and at
http://www.noahide.com/paganism.htm
The word holiday is an evolution (OMG another word of horror...evolution!) of the words holy days.
So I hope everyone has a Happy Holiday season and may there be many holiday presents under your holiday trees. Worship the religion of your choice during this Pagan holiday season when the Christians choose the celebrate the Spring birth of their Jewish savior.
Check it out:
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Etymology-Meaning-Words-1474/Word-meaning-2.htm
and at
http://www.noahide.com/paganism.htm
Rescued Cage-Raised Beagles Taste Freedom For the First Time
72 beagles arrived in Los Angeles last week, after they'd been saved by the Animal Rescue, Media and Education's (ARME) Beagle Freedom Project. On its web site, the Beagle Freedom Project describes itself as a "mission to rescue beagles used in animal experimentation in research laboratories and give them a chance at life in a loving forever home." Huffington Post writer Laura Hibbard spells out the intense deprivation the puppies have suffered:
ARME's Beagle Freedom Project spokesman Gary Smith said the beagles, all between ages 4 and 7, had lived in cages their entire lives. "We've been told they lived one per cage in rooms of 10 beagles, but they never had any physical interaction with one another," Smith told the station. "They've been in kennels since they were rescued about a week ago, but aside from that, they've spent most of their lives locked up."
ARME's Beagle Freedom Project spokesman Gary Smith said the beagles, all between ages 4 and 7, had lived in cages their entire lives. "We've been told they lived one per cage in rooms of 10 beagles, but they never had any physical interaction with one another," Smith told the station. "They've been in kennels since they were rescued about a week ago, but aside from that, they've spent most of their lives locked up."
Stress Free Holidays
1. Spend time together.
2. Make charitable donations.
3. Exchange good deeds.
4. Protect the environment.
5. Volunteer.
6. Enjoy nature.
7. Have a holiday potluck.
8. Admire holiday decor.
9. Join in community celebrations.
10. Celebrate simple pleasures.
Read the details at the link:
http://www.missminimalist.com/2011/11/one-less-gift-a-holiday-gift-exemption-certificate/
The Pig and the Cookie Challenge
Ormie loves cookies. Not a problem for the pig. But get a cookie turns out to be a real challenge .
Kids Flour Avalanche Video
The general consensus is the video is a set up and I have to agree with it.
Auditory Illusion
Play the following video a few times in a row, and you’ll notice the scale continuing to rise in pitch, despite the fact that the same sound file is playing over and over. This proves how powerful selective hearing can be; we literally hear what we want to hear:
To replay repeatedly keep your mouse in the bottom left corner and click on the replay symbol located there. I had more success by clicking near the beginning of the red progress bar but not at the very start
To replay repeatedly keep your mouse in the bottom left corner and click on the replay symbol located there. I had more success by clicking near the beginning of the red progress bar but not at the very start
Punk Rock Barbie
There's a new Barbie doll this season that is stirring up some controversy. Other than the clothing she comes with there is the large tattoo on her back and arm.
Cockroaches On The Plane!
Personally I think I could deal with snakes on a plane better than cockroaches. You will have to deal with one of those ubiquitous ads first.
Video of the Earth as seen from International Space Station
I re-edited this post to put up a stable player of the video than what I originally posted.
I was mostly fascinated by the view of the lightning and the Aurora Borealis from overhead and note the movement of the station's solar panels tracking to capture the sunlight.
Time-lapse images taken over 200 miles above Earth have been edited together to produce a mesmerising video of our planet.
German artist Michael Konig used Nasa photos taken 240 miles above Earth and edited them together to produce this video. It captures some of the world's most stunning views including the Aurora Borealis and the impressive luminosity of human habitation.
The planet's ionosphere – a shell of electrically charged atoms and molecules – appears at times as a thin yellow line on the horizon as it passes over places such as Central Africa, the Middle East and the Sahara Desert.
Before playing the video take a look at this image of Africa showing the civilization lights along the Nile River - the Mediterranean is to the left in the image.
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I was mostly fascinated by the view of the lightning and the Aurora Borealis from overhead and note the movement of the station's solar panels tracking to capture the sunlight.
Time-lapse images taken over 200 miles above Earth have been edited together to produce a mesmerising video of our planet.
German artist Michael Konig used Nasa photos taken 240 miles above Earth and edited them together to produce this video. It captures some of the world's most stunning views including the Aurora Borealis and the impressive luminosity of human habitation.
The planet's ionosphere – a shell of electrically charged atoms and molecules – appears at times as a thin yellow line on the horizon as it passes over places such as Central Africa, the Middle East and the Sahara Desert.
Before playing the video take a look at this image of Africa showing the civilization lights along the Nile River - the Mediterranean is to the left in the image.
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Michele Bachmann Says If You Are Unemployed, You Should Starve
During a speech at the Family Research Council (November 7,2011) in Washington, Michele Bachmann bashed the unemployed in perhaps the most heartless way possible. After vowing to weaken social safety net programs such as Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, and unemployment benefits, Bachmann said that if you are currently not working, you should not be eating.
“Our nation needs to stop doing for people what they can and should do for themselves. Self reliance means, if anyone will not work, neither should he eat.”
“Our nation needs to stop doing for people what they can and should do for themselves. Self reliance means, if anyone will not work, neither should he eat.”
Teacher Said vs Student Heard
I recently caught this item by one EVERETT BRACKEN that hits close to home to me so I decided to share it with you:
Recently in class I explained, very thoroughly, an assignment that was due soon. About an hour after class I received a text from one of my students that said: “What are we supposed to do for that assignment?” I simply responded: “Please withdraw from my class.” (In my head I did, anyway.)
It got me thinking about how a simple statement spoken by the teacher can be taken in many ways. Here are a few that I thought of.
Someone needs to create some sort of technology that deciphers the teacher’s statements, balances it with realism and communicates it effectively to the students. You could also market this technology to husbands.
Earthquake Damage In Oklahoma
Thousands of historical artworks were destroyed at the Etch-A-Sketch Museum due to the earthquake and the aftershocks. Here is a view of some of the damage:
Choosing Your Religion
Worth a look and a hoot
Sent to me by someone that found it on http://www.holytaco.com/
This is a slightly cleaned up/modified version
TWM (Texting While Marrying)
What does this say about the importance of the moment?
Click on the picture or the link below the picture to view the video.
Another 9-Year-Old Designated Driver
I guess if one person can have their child be a designated driver it must be a good idea. (LINK to previous event)For the second time this month, authorities have charged a father with allowing his 9-year-old child to be a designated driver.
Nathan Walter Sikkenga, 31, of Gillette, Wyo., told troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol in Orlando on Saturday that he and his wife “were under the influence of alcohol” and instructed their son to drive the van, according to an arrest report released Tuesday.
The van crashed into a security gate arm bar. An Orange County Sheriff’s deputy who witnessed the crash told responding troopers that a child was behind the wheel and the father was sitting in the front passenger seat, the report states.
Sikkenga was charged with felony child endangerment. No current telephone listing could be found for Sikkenga and it wasn’t immediately known if he had an attorney. He was let out on bond and had asked for his lawyer when police read him his Miranda rights. The police report did not indicate why the father was charged and not the mother.
LINK for More
Who Are The One Per Cent?
Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world
AS PROTESTS against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy.
The study's assumptions have attracted some criticism, but complex systems analysts contacted by New Scientist say it is a unique effort to untangle control in the global economy. Pushing the analysis further, they say, could help to identify ways of making global capitalism more stable.
The idea that a few bankers control a large chunk of the global economy might not seem like news to New York's Occupy Wall Street movement and protesters elsewhere (see photo). But the study, by a trio of complex systems theorists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, is the first to go beyond ideology to empirically identify such a network of power. It combines the mathematics long used to model natural systems with comprehensive corporate data to map ownership among the world's transnational corporations (TNCs).
"Reality is so complex, we must move away from dogma, whether it's conspiracy theories or free-market," says James Glattfelder. "Our analysis is reality-based."
Previous studies have found that a few TNCs own large chunks of the world's economy, but they included only a limited number of companies and omitted indirect ownerships, so could not say how this affected the global economy - whether it made it more or less stable, for instance.Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world
LINK with much more information and
Naming the top 50 companies at the head of it all
AS PROTESTS against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy.
The idea that a few bankers control a large chunk of the global economy might not seem like news to New York's Occupy Wall Street movement and protesters elsewhere (see photo). But the study, by a trio of complex systems theorists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, is the first to go beyond ideology to empirically identify such a network of power. It combines the mathematics long used to model natural systems with comprehensive corporate data to map ownership among the world's transnational corporations (TNCs).
"Reality is so complex, we must move away from dogma, whether it's conspiracy theories or free-market," says James Glattfelder. "Our analysis is reality-based."
Previous studies have found that a few TNCs own large chunks of the world's economy, but they included only a limited number of companies and omitted indirect ownerships, so could not say how this affected the global economy - whether it made it more or less stable, for instance.Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world
LINK with much more information and
Naming the top 50 companies at the head of it all
Drunk Dad's Nine Year Old Daughter Is His Designated Driver
"I got a designated driver," he says. "Nine years old. Nine. Dad, drinking. Listen, we're leaving, and she's driving." The girl says, "And I parked." Grant said Weimer was "argumentative" with the arresting officers, saying it was his right to teach his daughter how to drive. He was charged with second-degree child abuse, a felony that could bring a four-year sentence.
Mountain bike rider gets ambushed by an antelope
Evan van der Spuy is fortunate not to have been seriously injured, or worse, when a red hartebeest sprung from the brush and head-butted him off his bike during a weekend competition at Albert Falls Dam in South Africa. The amazing incident was captured on video by another rider who was wearing a helmet cam. (Warning: Video contains a brief expletive after the collision.)
Red hartebeests, a type of antelope, are among the swiftest animals in Africa and can attain speeds of 65 mph.
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Red hartebeests, a type of antelope, are among the swiftest animals in Africa and can attain speeds of 65 mph.
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Pan Am's Stewardess's On Friendlier Skies
I remember the era the new TV series is supposed to depict. Well not exactly like they will be showing on the TV series but a time when it was a joy to deal with airport parking, getting your ticket/boarding pass (they were both one and the same back then) and flying.
A flight from Atlanta to Pittsburgh included a full meal even though the time to serve it and put all up afterwards took up all the time for the flight. The stewardesses were always friendly and very helpful.
I remember my sister visiting and we forgot all about the time her flight left. It was an hour and a half to departure when we pulled out of the driveway. Driving at a rate often exceeding the speed limit considerably we arrived at the parking area 75 feet from the front entrance with 20 minutes to takeoff. Walking at a rapid pace we checked her bag in at the ticket counter and found our way through the underground tram and moving walkways to the gate with five minutes to spare. We hugged and showing her ticket to the lady at the gate off she went as they announced final call. Ten minutes later she waved from the plane as it backed out of the gate.
Try that today.
The last time I flew (my wife has flown a few times since but no me) on a business trip the parking was a bus trip away, check-in was a headache, the plane was nasty, the terminals were a disgrace and horribly crowded. I don't know if it was a characteristic of the plane or if it was unusual but the side of the place visibly flexed and made creaking noises during ascent.
And that was before all the 9/11 stuff started.
A flight from Atlanta to Pittsburgh included a full meal even though the time to serve it and put all up afterwards took up all the time for the flight. The stewardesses were always friendly and very helpful.
I remember my sister visiting and we forgot all about the time her flight left. It was an hour and a half to departure when we pulled out of the driveway. Driving at a rate often exceeding the speed limit considerably we arrived at the parking area 75 feet from the front entrance with 20 minutes to takeoff. Walking at a rapid pace we checked her bag in at the ticket counter and found our way through the underground tram and moving walkways to the gate with five minutes to spare. We hugged and showing her ticket to the lady at the gate off she went as they announced final call. Ten minutes later she waved from the plane as it backed out of the gate.
Try that today.
The last time I flew (my wife has flown a few times since but no me) on a business trip the parking was a bus trip away, check-in was a headache, the plane was nasty, the terminals were a disgrace and horribly crowded. I don't know if it was a characteristic of the plane or if it was unusual but the side of the place visibly flexed and made creaking noises during ascent.
And that was before all the 9/11 stuff started.
What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?
A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Fransisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and the Amazon. Also visible is the earths ionosphere (thin yellow line) and the stars of our galaxy. Raw data was downloaded from:
The Gateway To Astronaut Photography of Earth
"http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/mrf.htm "
The Gateway To Astronaut Photography of Earth
"http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/mrf.htm "
Too Hot To Fish..The Full Story
First of all here's a bit of the article as it appeared in the newspaper:
Kirk, who is known in this neck of the woods as an expert at training beagles to run rabbits, said he fishes most days at Lake Oconee, especially around the Dyar Pasture area of Greene County.
On the morning of July 12, Kirk went to the lake and set trot lines for catfish, which he planned to check the following morning. He organizes fishing ventures like Tuesday's to avoid the heat. He arrives at the lake before 6 a.m. and returns home by 10 a.m.
"I can't stand the heat. Now I could when I was young, but I can't do it now," he said.
The lifelong Oconee County resident still raises rabbit dogs.
"I raise those dogs pretty good. If it's a deer dog I ain't gonna keep it. If you go rabbit hunting you don't want to have to hunt a dog for three days," he said about beagles that chase deer and disappear in the woods.
Kirk fishes off a boat with a 1958 model outboard motor that he keeps in running shape. Recently it gave him some problems.
"I made the biggest mistake of my life. I went out to crank my motor on my boat and it wouldn't hit a lick. I went and got a set of points to put in it and it still wouldn't hit a lick. Finally I discovered one thing -- I didn't turn the gas on," he said with a laugh. "That's a good story. Tell me I'm getting old."
Kirk has a knack for growing plants, and his garden is filled with onions, tomatoes, okra and beans. He plans to can his abundance of tomatoes.
"I cold-process them in a jar and when you get ready to eat peas, you can take that tomato out and put it in your peas," he said.
While he has had some health problems, Kirk is ready for some adventure if he wins the lottery.
"If I was to hit it, I'd try to fly around the world and back. I wouldn't wear nothing but these camouflage overalls, but I'd get me some new ones," he said.
"Boy, you know what. Going to different places like that -- and they see you with your camouflage overalls on -- lots of women like them."
Kirk chuckled as he described the possibilities, then decided it was time to go inside.
"You know why people can't take the heat?" he asked. "Air-condition has ruined everybody. You know what I mean?"
You can read the full article and comments from people in the area at the following link:
But there is far more to it than what has become popular across the media. Stephen Colbert of the Colbert report devoted some time on his program that gives the full background for the story. The person pictured here was far more interesting (to me) than the old man saying it was too hot to fish. So watch to video at the link provide below to get the full story. You will not be disappointed. Go HERE
UPDATE TO THIS POST: Seems Mr Toole pisture here has made his appearance once again in the news. Read about it in a new post here at http://barrytyred3.blogspot.com/2016/08/update-re-too-hot-to-fish.html
Blind Man Uses An ATM For The First Time
Blind film critic Tommy Edison shows us what it's like for him to use this ATM machine for the first time.
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How far away is tomorrow? It's closer than you think.
And a minute away is longer distance than a week.
This was too much and way too early for me to wrap my head around today but this is the kind of stuff that simplifies physics for many.
A lot more similar minute physics videos at:
http://www.youtube.com/minutephysics#g/p
This was too much and way too early for me to wrap my head around today but this is the kind of stuff that simplifies physics for many.
A lot more similar minute physics videos at:
http://www.youtube.com/minutephysics#g/p
Best Bookbag/Backpack Ever
It has a reptilian look that might keep the other kids at bay in the crowded halls...or get the kid attacked.
This has a look that makes me want one. I can see my connecting oxygen line leading from the portable oxygen tank in the backpack on my back. If people don't already sneak a look at me now when I am out and about they sure will with this bag.
You can get one HERE
This has a look that makes me want one. I can see my connecting oxygen line leading from the portable oxygen tank in the backpack on my back. If people don't already sneak a look at me now when I am out and about they sure will with this bag.
What teachers really want to tell parents
Ron Clark, author of "The End of Molasses Classes: Getting Our Kids Unstuck -- 101 Extraordinary Solutions for Parents and Teachers," has been named "American Teacher of the Year" by Disney and was Oprah Winfrey's pick as her "Phenomenal Man." He founded The Ron Clark Academy, which educators from around the world have visited to learn
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(CNN) -- This summer, I met a principal who was recently named as the administrator of the year in her state. She was loved and adored by all, but she told me she was leaving the profession.
I screamed, "You can't leave us," and she quite bluntly replied, "Look, if I get an offer to lead a school system of orphans, I will be all over it, but I just can't deal with parents anymore; they are killing us."
Unfortunately, this sentiment seems to be becoming more and more prevalent. Today, new teachers remain in our profession an average of just 4.5 years, and many of them list "issues with parents" as one of their reasons for throwing in the towel. Word is spreading, and the more negativity teachers receive from parents, the harder it becomes to recruit the best and the brightest out of colleges.
So, what can we do to stem the tide? What do teachers really need parents to understand?
Find out at http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/06/living/teachers-want-to-tell-parents/
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I screamed, "You can't leave us," and she quite bluntly replied, "Look, if I get an offer to lead a school system of orphans, I will be all over it, but I just can't deal with parents anymore; they are killing us."
Unfortunately, this sentiment seems to be becoming more and more prevalent. Today, new teachers remain in our profession an average of just 4.5 years, and many of them list "issues with parents" as one of their reasons for throwing in the towel. Word is spreading, and the more negativity teachers receive from parents, the harder it becomes to recruit the best and the brightest out of colleges.
So, what can we do to stem the tide? What do teachers really need parents to understand?
Find out at http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/06/living/teachers-want-to-tell-parents/
Somewhere Over The Rainbow sung by Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole with Lyrics
Israel "IZ" Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kaˌmakaˌʋiwoˈʔole]; May 20, 1959 - June 26, 1997) was a Hawaiian musician.
He became famous outside Hawaii when his album Facing Future was released in 1993. His medley of "Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World" was subsequently featured in several films, television programs, and commercials. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Kamakawiwo%CA%BBole)
He became famous outside Hawaii when his album Facing Future was released in 1993. His medley of "Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World" was subsequently featured in several films, television programs, and commercials. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Kamakawiwo%CA%BBole)
NASA internet tool to explore the solar system
(Works for Windows and Mac)
Introduction video follows this brief description
NASA is giving the public the power to journey through the solar system using a new interactive Web-based tool.
The "Eyes on the Solar System" interface combines video game technology and NASA data to create an environment for users to ride along with agency spacecraft and explore the cosmos. Screen graphics and information such as planet locations and spacecraft maneuvers use actual space mission data.
"This is the first time the public has been able to see the entire solar system and our missions moving together in real time," said Jim Green, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division at the agency's Headquarters in Washington. "It demonstrates NASA's continued commitment to share our science with everyone."
The virtual environment uses the Unity game engine to display models of planets, moons, asteroids, comets and spacecraft as they move through our solar system. With keyboard and mouse controls, users cruise through space to explore anything that catches their interest. A free browser plug-in, available at the site, is required to run the Web application.
"You are now free to move about the solar system," said Blaine Baggett, executive manager in the Office of Communication and Education at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. "See what NASA's spacecraft see -- and where they are right now -- all without leaving your computer."
Users may experience missions in real time, and "Eyes on the Solar System" also allows them to travel through time. The tool is populated with NASA data dating back to 1950 and projected to 2050.
Download the Unity 3D tool at http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/index.html
Introduction video follows this brief description
NASA is giving the public the power to journey through the solar system using a new interactive Web-based tool.
"This is the first time the public has been able to see the entire solar system and our missions moving together in real time," said Jim Green, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division at the agency's Headquarters in Washington. "It demonstrates NASA's continued commitment to share our science with everyone."
The virtual environment uses the Unity game engine to display models of planets, moons, asteroids, comets and spacecraft as they move through our solar system. With keyboard and mouse controls, users cruise through space to explore anything that catches their interest. A free browser plug-in, available at the site, is required to run the Web application.
"You are now free to move about the solar system," said Blaine Baggett, executive manager in the Office of Communication and Education at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. "See what NASA's spacecraft see -- and where they are right now -- all without leaving your computer."
Users may experience missions in real time, and "Eyes on the Solar System" also allows them to travel through time. The tool is populated with NASA data dating back to 1950 and projected to 2050.
Download the Unity 3D tool at http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/index.html
Flat Tax
The Flat Tax authors wrote that it “will be a tremendous boon to the economic elite”1 and also admitted that “it is an obvious mathematical law that lower taxes on the successful will have to be made up by higher taxes on average people.”
In February of 2010, ITEP estimated the impacts of the Flat Tax legislation introduced by then-Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. The estimates, which were cited by Citizens for Tax Justice, 3 confirmed what Hall and Rabushka said about the plan, which would result in:
Impact of Arlen Specter's Proposed "Flat Tax"
Income Average--Average taxes and Group Income Tax Change
Lowest 20% $ 12,400 increases $1,485
Second 20% $24,900 increases $2,299
Middle 20% $40,100 increases $2,678
Fourth 20% $65,500 increases $3,576
Next 10% $99,600 increases $5,182
Next 5% $140,100 increases $4,323
Next 4% $243,900 decreases $5,834
Top 1% $1,327,700 decreases $209,562
Bottom 95% $ 48,000 increases 2,887
So, for the upper middle class, taxes rise by $3576.
The upper 5%, at $140,100 to $243000, taxes rise by $4300.
Those above $243000, save about $6000
and those in the top 1% save $210,000.
http://www.ctj.org/pdf/perryflattaxfairtax.pdf
The News According To Jersey Shore Snooki
I now have seen it all. Now you can see Snooki, the Jersey Shore Bimbo, report the news streaming on http://www.cambio.com/news/snooki-news
CEO Rewards for Tax Dodging
I had just been watching one of those "newz" opinionator programs that had a scroll going across the bottom of the screen saying that corporations were ready to cut back over 51,000 jobs - and then I saw this when I came over to the computer:
Remember this: The Supreme court ruled that corporations are the same as people. Therefore the corporations can donate as much as they want to political candidates.
CEO$ rake it in while their corporation$ dodge taxe$
Here's a few:
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL
CEO: John Strangfeld
Executive Compensation, 2010: $17,187,028
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$722 million
VERIZON
CEO: Ivan Seidenberg
Executive Compensation, 2010: $18,126,854
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: $-705 million
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
CEO: Robert Kelly
Executive Compensation, 2010: $19,379,257
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$670 million
DOW CHEMICAL
CEO: Andrew Liveris
Executive Compensation, 2010: $17,739,490
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$576 million
HONEYWELL
CEO: David Cote
Executive Compensation, 2010: $15,216,953
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$471 million
INTERNATIONAL PAPER
CEO: John Faraci
Executive Compensation, 2010: $12,303,423
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$249 million
AMERIPRISE
CEO: James Cracchiolo
Executive Compensation, 2010: $16,252,851
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$224 million
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER
CEO: John Lundgren
Executive Compensation, 2010: $32,570,596
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$183 million
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL
CEO: Richard Fairbank
Executive Compensation, 2010: $14,850,675
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$152 million
NABORS INDUSTRIES
CEO: Eugene Isenberg
Executive Compensation, 2010: $13,537,486
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$138 million
EBAY
CEO: John J. Donahoe
Executive Compensation, 2010: $12,382,486
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$131 million
MARSH & MCLENNAN
CEO: Brian Duperreault
Executive Compensation, 2010: $14,038,187
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$90 million
FORD
CEO: Alan Mulally
Executive Compensation, 2010: $26,520,515
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$69 million
MYLAN LABORATORIES
CEO: Robert Coury
Executive Compensation, 2010: $14,975,235
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$73 million
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES
CEO: Patrick Hassey
Executive Compensation, 2010: $14,978,587
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$47 million
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS
CEO: Edward Mueller
Executive Compensation, 2010: $13,446,399*****
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$14 million*****
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY
CEO: Aubrey McClendon
Executive Compensation, 2010: $21,044,952
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: $0 *****
GENERAL ELECTRIC
CEO: Jeff Immelt
Executive Compensation, 2010: $15,199,762
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$3.2 billion
CABLEVISION SYSTEMS
CEO: James Dolan
Executive Compensation, 2010: $13,320,691*****
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: -$3 million*****
WYNN RESORTS LTD
CEO: Steve Wynn
Executive Compensation, 2010: $14,615,779
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: $0*****
COCA-COLA
CEO: John F. Brock
Executive Compensation, 2010: $19,114,318
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: $8 million*****
MOTOROLA SYSTEMS
CEO: Gregory Q. Brown
Executive Compensation, 2010: $13,732,802
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: $7 million*****
AON
CEO: Gregory Case
Executive Compensation, 2010: $20,783,301
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: $16 million*****
MOTOROLA MOBILITY
CEO: Sanjay Jha
Executive Compensation, 2010: $13,016,126
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: $12 million*****
BOEING
CEO: Jim McNerney
Executive Compensation, 2010: $13,768,019
U.S. Corporate Income Taxes Paid, 2010: $13 million*****
Details at:
http://www.ips-dc.org/reports/executive_excess_2011_the_massive_ceo_rewards_for_tax_dodging/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/08/25-ceos-who-earned-more-than-their-companies-paid-in-taxes/244346/#slide16
http://www.ips-dc.org/files/3552/Executive-Excess-CEO-Rewards-for-Tax-Dodging.pdf
Pendulum Waves
What it shows: Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and random motion. One might call this kinetic art and the choreography of the dance of the pendulums is stunning! Aliasing and quantum revival can also be shown.
I'd like to view it from above.
I'd like to view it from above.
Adult Children Sue For 'Bad Mothering'
Adult children’s ‘bad mothering’ lawsuit dismissed
BY STEVE SCHMADEKE
Chicago Tribune
First published Aug 27 2011 07:01PM
Updated Aug 28, 2011 12:06AM
Chicago • Raised in a $1.5 million Barrington Hills, Ill., home by their attorney father, two grown children have spent the last two years pursuing a unique lawsuit against their mom for "bad mothering" that alleges damages caused when she failed to buy toys for one and sent another a birthday card he didn’t like.
The alleged offenses include failing to take her daughter to a car show, telling her then 7-year-old son to buckle his seat belt or she would contact police, "haggling" over the amount to spend on party dresses and calling her daughter at midnight to ask that she return home from celebrating homecoming.Last week, at which point the court record stood about a foot tall, an Illinois appeals court dismissed the case, finding that none of the mother’s conduct was "extreme or outrageous." To rule in favor of her children, the court found, "could potentially open the floodgates to subject family childrearing to ... excessive judicial scrutiny and interference."
In 2009, the children, represented by three attorneys including their father, Steven A. Miner, sued their mother, Kimberly Garrity. Steven II, now 23, and his sister Kathryn, now 20, sought more than $50,000 for "emotional distress."
Miner and Garrity were married for a decade before she filed for divorce in 1995, records show.
Among the exhibits filed in the case is a birthday card Garrity sent her son, who in his lawsuit sought damages because the card was "inappropriate" and failed to include cash or a check. He also alleged she failed to send a card for years or, while he was in college, care packages.
On the front of the American Greetings card is a picture of tomatoes spread across a table that are indistinguishable except for one in the middle with craft-store googly eyes attached.
"Son I got you this Birthday card because it’s just like you ... different from all the rest!" the card reads. On the inside Garrity wrote "Have a great day! Love & Hugs, Mom xoxoxo.
MORE at
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/52469658-68/garrity-card-court-lawsuit.html.csp
NYT Classical Music Reviewer Outraged Over Guy With Oxygen Tank
The New York Times sent James Oestreich to review a free Mozart Concert at Avery Fisher Hall a few weeks ago. How was the concert? Don't ask James Oestreich! He spent the bulk of his review complaining about the presence that some selfish jerk with an oxygen tank.
James Oestreich's review:
I hesitate to delve further into details of the performances, because I was thoroughly distracted throughout.
The man seated directly behind me was connected to a portable medical device, presumably an oxygen cart to aid his breathing, that emitted a steady ticking. Hard to describe, it was really more a faint, dull metallic clank in a relentless rhythm that seemed somehow resistant to all the many other rhythms emanating from the stage.
- - - SNIP - - -
Oestreich goes on to spend the rest of the review musing on all the various ways that medical devices can ruin the tranquil quiet necessary to enjoy classical music.
Anyhow the president of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Foundation sent a letter of complaint to the NYT, and the paper, to its credit, published a brief interview with him today. The takeaway is "James Oestreich is kind of an _ _ _ _ _ _ _," in case you don't feel like reading the whole thing.
Click this to read the article where you read it all and view comments.
James Oestreich's review:
I hesitate to delve further into details of the performances, because I was thoroughly distracted throughout.
The man seated directly behind me was connected to a portable medical device, presumably an oxygen cart to aid his breathing, that emitted a steady ticking. Hard to describe, it was really more a faint, dull metallic clank in a relentless rhythm that seemed somehow resistant to all the many other rhythms emanating from the stage.
- - - SNIP - - -
Oestreich goes on to spend the rest of the review musing on all the various ways that medical devices can ruin the tranquil quiet necessary to enjoy classical music.
Anyhow the president of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Foundation sent a letter of complaint to the NYT, and the paper, to its credit, published a brief interview with him today. The takeaway is "James Oestreich is kind of an _ _ _ _ _ _ _," in case you don't feel like reading the whole thing.
Click this to read the article where you read it all and view comments.
Time-Lapse Video of the building of the 9/11 Memorial
EarthCam/National September 11 Memorial & Museum
This time-lapse video shows the 9/11 memorial being constructed from 2004 to 2011. The memorial is set to open on the attack anniversary.
This time-lapse video shows the 9/11 memorial being constructed from 2004 to 2011. The memorial is set to open on the attack anniversary.
Miss An Email ? - Get Ousted From University
As we move faster and faster towards being a paperless society, electronic communication, like email, is becoming increasingly important. One would-be San Jose State University freshman found that out the hard way.
Hanaroo Kim showed up to freshmen orientation at SJSU only to find out that he had been un-enrolled.
Video explanation follows but will have to deal with ads:
LINK to more detail
Hanaroo Kim showed up to freshmen orientation at SJSU only to find out that he had been un-enrolled.
Video explanation follows but will have to deal with ads:
LINK to more detail
Milky Way Time Lapse
I never get tired of watching stuff like this
Expand it to full screen to experience it in your heart
Expand it to full screen to experience it in your heart
Tampons For Boys
Two young boys walked into a store one day, picked out a box of tampons and proceeded to the checkout.The cashier asked the older boy, "Son, how old are you?"
"Eight," the boy replied.
The cashier continued, "Do you know what these are used for?"
The boy replied, "not exactly, but they aren't for me. They're for him. He's my brother. He's four. We saw on the TV that if you use these you would be able to swim and ride a bike. Right now, he can't do either."
Exorcise The Devil
Slow or difficult to load this one. Suggest you pause it when it starts and wait for it to finish loading. It is well worth the wait.
movies make life easier for us by usually stopping in the middle
An exerpt from a review by Roger Ebert of the current movie titled "One Day" starring Anne Hathaway:"The film is carefully crafted to make even its sad moments seem not all that bad, and it modulates its progress toward happiness without unseemly haste. Every single joyous love story ends in death if you follow it long enough. The movies make life easier for us by usually stopping in the middle."
(color emphasis is mine)
This gave me thought to how portraits of life through various media effect our outlook on life as it should be. Then when reality does not go the way of storied representation we believe something is wrong with us.
We believe too many tales.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/isslivestream.asx link to see the view from the International Space Station at various times. The view is not broadcast all the time. I think it is on in the evening up to about one in the morning EDST. This is a screen capture of it this evening at 10hr 37min PM EDST 081411:
Cremation Remains Different In Alabama
Thad Holmes and business partner Clem Parnell recently launched what they describe as “a way to honor your deceased loved one by giving or sharing with him or her one more round of clay targets, one last bird hunt, or one last stalk hunt.”
For $1,250, you can have your loved one packed into 250 rounds of shotgun shells, rifle cartridges or pistol rounds. A variety of calibers and gauges is available. It takes one pound of ash to produce the 250 rounds.
Holmes and Parnell contract with professional ammunition reloaders to add a precise amount of cremated remains to each round. The ashes are hand-delivered to the reloaders and then shipped back to the customer as soon as the rounds are finished.
Holmes said his company uses quality ammunition and that the ashes have no effect on round performance.
“It’s just the fact that you’ve got your uncle up there on the shelf or in 'the judge' or in the shotgun that you can use for your own defense,” he said.
The idea for the company originated with Parnell during a late night conversation with a friend about the hereafter. As recounted on the Holy Smokes website (http://myholysmoke.com/Home_Page.html), Parnell’s friend said:
"You know I've thought about this for some time and I want to be cremated. Then I want my ashes put into some turkey load shotgun shells and have someone that knows how to turkey hunt use the shotgun shells with my ashes to shoot a turkey. That way I will rest in peace knowing that the last thing that one turkey will see is me, screaming at him at about 900 feet per second."
For $1,250, you can have your loved one packed into 250 rounds of shotgun shells, rifle cartridges or pistol rounds. A variety of calibers and gauges is available. It takes one pound of ash to produce the 250 rounds.
Holmes said his company uses quality ammunition and that the ashes have no effect on round performance.
“It’s just the fact that you’ve got your uncle up there on the shelf or in 'the judge' or in the shotgun that you can use for your own defense,” he said.
The idea for the company originated with Parnell during a late night conversation with a friend about the hereafter. As recounted on the Holy Smokes website (http://myholysmoke.com/Home_Page.html), Parnell’s friend said:
"You know I've thought about this for some time and I want to be cremated. Then I want my ashes put into some turkey load shotgun shells and have someone that knows how to turkey hunt use the shotgun shells with my ashes to shoot a turkey. That way I will rest in peace knowing that the last thing that one turkey will see is me, screaming at him at about 900 feet per second."
Lady With 24+inch Fingernails Explains How She Wipes Her Butt
An episode of My Strange Addiction featured Jazz, a woman who has been growing out her 24-inch nails for 22 years. They’re so gnarled and curly that they make some everyday tasks, like tying her shoes, impossible for her.Go to HERE to view a video interview with her where it shows how she is able to do some things like at the end she explains how she wipes her butt.
One of her expenses is $250 per nail every week to get her nails done at a nail salon. Hmmm, that would be 10 x 250 = $2,500.00 per week. If I were her husband there would be some nail breaking for sure.
If you have a lot of RAM go HERE to see a huge list of GIF clips of her with her nails (or children as she calls them) along with more from the person that interviewed her.
And then there is this most recent fingernail photo that present so many more questions:
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