Time Lapse of the Los Angeles fires.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is introducing a new Web site that will provide a centralized resource for information on near-Earth objects – those asteroids and comets that can approach Earth. The “Asteroid Watch” site also contains
links for the interested public to sign up for NASA’s new asteroid widget and Twitter account.
“Most people have a fascination with near-Earth objects,” said Don Yeomans, manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program Office at JPL. ”And I have to agree with them. I have studied them for over three decades and I find them to be scientifically fascinating,
and a few are potentially hazardous to Earth. The goal of our Web site is to provide the public with the most up-to-date and accurate information on these intriguing objects.”
Global recession map.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The United States will temporarily increase the size of its army by 22,000 soldiers to deal with demands placed on the force by wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.
The U.S. army currently has a total troop strength of 547,000. Roughly 130,000 are serving in Iraq, while the troop numbers in Afghanistan will rise to 68,000 by the end of the year.
It’s the second time since 2007 the army’s size has been increased.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Big Mac index update.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
As the space shuttle Endeavour lifted off into orbit Monday evening, several pieces of debris fell off the external fuel tank and at least one hit the orbiter.
The space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled for a 16-day construction mission to the International Space Station.
Astronauts in space and engineers on the ground will be spending the next few days examining and analyzing the damage to see if it might pose a danger to the Endeavour on re-entry.
The shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2001, killing the seven astronauts aboard, because of damage to its wing caused by falling foam during liftoff.
The Endeavour’s launch countdown proceeded without major glitches and the weather finally cooperated, with the skies clear after rain showers early in the afternoon.
The mission had been delayed five times — by hydrogen leaks, schedule conflicts, lightning strikes and a couple of rain delays.
That is one short of NASA’s record for the number of delays. Two previous missions, one in 1986 and one in 1995, were delayed six times before launching on the seventh attempt.
via inothernews
(CNN) — A plane crashed Wednesday in northwestern Iran, state television reported. All 168 aboard were believed to be dead.
The passenger plane is thought to have crashed near the Iranian city of Qazvin, Iranian Press TV reported.
The Russian-made Tupolev plane went down near Jannat-abad village near Qazvin at 11:33 a.m. on Wednesday, the station reported.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Four people were gored, two of them seriously, at the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, on Sunday.
Bulls are let loose on the city’s streets every day for the eight days of the San Fermin Festival and thrill-seekers can run alongside them.
During the sixth day of the festival, one of the bulls became separated from the pack, turned back and charged at runners.
One runner was gored in the neck. Another suffered a double goring in the upper chest and thigh.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
North Korea, which has been firing missiles and spewing threats against the United States, was identified by South Korea’s main spy agency Wednesday as a suspect in the cyber attacks targeting government and other Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea.
North Korea is not known for its computing prowess, but experts said such attacks would be easy — and cheap — to mount by hiring outside help.
via winstonwolfe
