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1/19/2011
Staring forlornly off into the distance as twin suns sink into the horizon.
IT'S the ultimate experience for Star Wars fans - staring forlornly off into the distance as twin suns sink into the horizon.
Yet it's not just a figment of George Lucas's imagination - twin suns are real. And here's the big news - they could be coming to Earth.
Yes, any day now we see a second sun light up the sky, if only for a matter of weeks.
The infamous red super-giant star in Orion’s nebula - Betelgeuse - is predicted to go gangbusters and the impending super-nova may reach Earth before 2012, and when it does, all of our wildest Star Wars dreams will come true.
The second biggest star in the universe is losing mass, a typical indication that a gravitation collapse is occurring.
When that happens, we'll get our second sun, according to Dr Brad Carter, Senior Lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensland.
“This old star is running out of fuel in its centre”, Dr Carter said.
“This fuel keeps Betelgeuse shining and supported. When this fuel runs out the star will literally collapse in upon itself and it will do so very quickly.”
When this happens a ...
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6/3/2010
Sarah Jacobsson, PC WorldMay 31, 2010 6:00 am
One day I was using my cell phone's GPS service to find the nearest Target. I was driving down the road when suddenly my cell phone piped up, "Turn right here." I looked to the right. There was no road, just a tree and some grass. I chalked it up to a GPS glitch and turned right at the next corner.
If I had been Lauren Rosenberg, however, I would have turned right at that very moment, hit the tree, suffered some cuts and minor brain damage, and then turned around and sued Verizon for the glitch in its GPS service.
Seriously.
Search Engine Land reports that Rosenberg, a Los Angeles California native, is suing Google because Google Maps issued directions that told her to walk down a rural highway. She started walking down the highway--which had no sidewalk or pedestrian paths--and was struck by a car. She is suing Google for her medical expenses ($100,000), as well as punitive damages. She is also suing the driver who struck her, Patrick Harwood of Park City, Utah.
On January 19, 2010, Rosenberg was apparently trying to get from 96 Daly Street, Park City, Utah, to 1710 Prospector Avenue, Park City, Utah. ...
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4/4/2010
canoe.ca
Women, they are everywhere. From our mothers and sisters and daughters to gal pals and love interests, there’s no escaping them. You may love them, can’t live without them, but ever feel like you are walking on eggshells around the leading ladies in your life?
The words you choose may have something to do with it. That’s right – certain terms and expressions have negative connotations that trigger emotional reactions from women for reasons men simply cannot fathom. We decided to give you guys out there a break, so you don’t have to keep playing guessing games. As the saying goes, when the words are in your mouth they are gold; we hope these insights will help you choose them more wisely!
You’re Crazy: Let’s stop beating around the bush now and call a spade a spade. Men have been calling women insane since ancient Greek times. In fact, hysteria was a once a malady, exclusive to women, fabricated by men and later disproved by Freud. What you may not realize is that saying things to a woman like “you’re insane,” “you must be dreaming” or “that never happened,” even if it’s in jest, is invalidating on many levels. Essentially, ...
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3/30/2010
ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS, The Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) โ The world’s largest atom smasher threw together minuscule particles racing at unheard of speeds in conditions simulating those just after the Big Bang โ a success that kick-started a mega-billion dollar experiment that could one day explain how the universe began.
Scientists cheered Tuesday’s historic crash of two proton beams, producing three times more force than researchers had created before and marking a milestone for the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider.
“This is a huge step toward unraveling Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 1 โ what happened in the beginning,” physicist Michio Kaku told The Associated Press.
“This is a Genesis machine. It’ll help to recreate the most glorious event in the history of the universe.”
Tuesday’s smashup transforms the 15-year-old collider from an engineering project in test phase to the world’s largest ongoing experiment, experts say. The crash that occurred on a subatomic scale is more about shaping our understanding of how the universe was created than immediate improvements to technology in our daily lives.
The power produced will ramp up even more in the future as scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, watch for elusive particles that have been more theorized than ...
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3/26/2010
CBC
Conservative firebrand Ann Coulter said she will file a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission over the way she was treated by the University of Ottawa.
In a column posted on the website Townhall.com, Coulter said she hopes the "august" commission will find out whether the school has warned other speakers to watch their words the way she was warned this week.
The American political pundit, who is famous for her inflammatory statements about Muslims, liberals and gays, is in Canada on a three-stop university speaking tour and will be in Calgary tonight.
Before Coulter's speech Tuesday at the University of Ottawa, provost Francois Houle sent her an email reminding her about Canada's hate laws.
The speech was called off when a crowd of protesters showed up.
In her column, Coulter contended that it is Houle who is guilty of hate speech because his email sparked the protest and threats of physical violence against her.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/03/25/ann-coulter-human-rights.html#ixzz0jHrYMKOw
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