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Jimmy Bishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541225480056247887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386148512349546841.post-88742572521872186802011-04-04T14:30:00.000-04:002011-04-04T14:30:44.910-04:00Amazing Story of Dog That Survived Tsunami For Three Weeks!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">In the tragic aftermath of Japan's disaster, this heart-warming story surfaces.<br />
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A full 3 weeks after a devasting earthquake and resulting tsunami hit Japan, coast guards spotted a dog on a floating roof a little over a mile and a half out to sea. The canine had been washed out to sea, floating on the island of debris off the coast of Kesennuma in northern Japan, according to the Telegraph.<br />
How exactly the dog survived is unknown. It also was missing any sort of collar.<br />
The find was a bright spot for the rescuers, who have been a part of a 3 day rescue mission with U.S. workers to find the 18,000 people still missing, wrote the Telegraph.<br />
The coast guard hopes the dog will lead them to its owner, according to MSNBC.<br />
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It's that time of the year again when the Earth gets sandblasted by the tiny fragments of an ancient asteroid. Yes, it's the Geminids and tonight is the night when the meteorshower will peak.Last night, at 2am, I went outside in the hope of spotting one or two shooting stars. Fortunately, due to my late-night working habits, I was able to be outside when the meteor "radiant" was pretty much directly above. The radiant is a point in the night sky where the meteors appear to be showering from. This time of the year, that radiant is centered around the constellation of Gemini (hence the "Geminids").Jimmy Bishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541225480056247887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386148512349546841.post-38039949016477707102010-10-20T14:39:00.001-04:002010-10-20T14:45:13.018-04:00Amazing Story of A Car that runs 200 miles on compressed Air!.<object height="344" style="background-image: url(http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/ztFDqcu8oJ4/hqdefault.jpg);" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ztFDqcu8oJ4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ztFDqcu8oJ4?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br />
This five-seater car runs on compressed air, has zero pollution, very low running costs and will cost about $15,000.Jimmy Bishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541225480056247887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386148512349546841.post-82605925082210582942010-10-06T20:08:00.004-04:002010-10-06T23:02:14.736-04:00Amazing Images of Hubble Telescope Ultra Deep Field 3D<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyYd-xb0CssSapBAJ_DJWHRgmsK25rt4zRxqD0EGUW2AhAE0AonV_Jp284b0qs8-3ApBtRQqRa7bzxfJPElIg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><a href="http://www.flixxy.com/hubble-ultra-deep-field-3d.htm">Hubble Ultra Deep Field 3D</a><br />
<strong>What happens when you point the Hubble Space Telescope to a seemingly blank patch of sky? A view that takes you to the edge of the universe! </strong><br />
<strong>"Awesome" doesn't begin to describe it. Every galaxy in the image is in its proper distance as viewed from the telescope line of sight.</strong><br />
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When a charged-particle cloud enters the upper atmosphere of Earth, it smashes into and breaks up gas molecules, creating the northern lights (or in the Southern Hemisphere, the southern lights).<br />
"Like gas inside a neon sign, as the atoms smash together they begin to glow—producing a great light show," Manuel said.<br />
The colors a sky-watcher sees depends on what type of gas is being hit and how high it is. For example, the green aurora pictured was the result of oxygen-atom collisions about 60 to 120 miles (100 to 200 kilometers) up.<br />
(Related: "Light Pillar Pictures: Mysterious Sky Shows Explained.")<a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/">http://www.nationalgeographic.com/</a>Jimmy Bishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541225480056247887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386148512349546841.post-51230233018834012862010-09-01T19:01:00.001-04:002010-10-06T23:27:29.774-04:00Amazing Story of Life Raft that Makes Drinking Water!.<br />
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Imagine this: Your ship is sinking. You abandon ship with nothing but the clothes on your back, and you're thirsty, really thirsty. Lucky for you, you've arrived on-board the SeaKettle, a life raft that has the ability to desalinate salt water...<br />
The process starts by pumping sea water up to a Gortex covered reservoir, where the water is subject to evaporation. The evaporated water then hits the top canopy and condenses, filling the four pockets around the raft with fresh drinking water. The Gortex cover over the reservoir allows the vapor molecules to escape, but holds in the larger liquid molecules, preventing the pockets of fresh water from becoming contaminated by the sea water. This produces enough water for up to five passengers to stay sufficiently hydrated.<br />
Designer Kim Hoffman got the inspiration for this project from the many stories of people suffering from extreme dehydration or death while being stranded in a life raft at sea. "With water all around, I thought, there's no way this should happen," she says. "There's got to be a way to turn the seemingly endless amount of ocean water into viable drinking water. So, that is what I set out to do."<br />
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Toronto — Globe and Mail Update <br />
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Last updated on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 2:42PM EDT<br />
.One of the year's brightest shows is on Thursday night – and best of all, it's free. <br />
The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most spectacular of the year, will be visible all night, as debris from the tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle falls into the earth's atmosphere. <br />
The meteors are centered on a spot near the Perseus constellation. In the early evening, it will sit low in the northeastern sky. As the night progresses, it will move steadily upward. <br />
The most spectacular point of the shower will happen about 3 or 4 a.m., in the hours before first light. <br />
At the shower's peak, as many as 100 meteors per hour will streak across the sky. Light pollution, however, could mean that far fewer of these objects will be visible to city-dwellers. It will, however, be more visible than last year, as the moon will be smaller. <br />
Ray Jayawardhana, an associate professor at the University of Toronto's Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, said those hoping to see the shower should seek out a dark place. <br />
“I certainly think from the outskirts of the city or perhaps from the roof of a building,” he said. <br />
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If the skies are clear enough for good viewing, the David Dunlap Observatory in Richmond Hill will hold an open house from 9:30 p.m. ET to midnight. Participants are encouraged to bring a blanket or a lawn chair to lie back and watch the sky. Members of the Royal Astronomical Society will have telescopes set up and will be on hand to answer questions. <br />
The observatory will post a notice on its website around 6 p.m. indicating if the weather will be clear enough for good viewing.Jimmy Bishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541225480056247887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386148512349546841.post-67267284874294936222010-07-30T20:38:00.001-04:002010-07-30T20:42:54.254-04:00HMS Investigator – Ship Lost 150 Years Found » Right Pundits<a href="http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=6849">HMS Investigator – Ship Lost 150 Years Found » Right Pundits</a><br />
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Don’t give up the ship, no matter how long it’s been missing! The HMS Investigator, a ship lost over 150 years, was found! Archeologists from Parks Canada located the vessel in 15 minutes thanks to a sonar scan. A merchantman, the HMS Investigation was on it’s second voyage to the high Arctic searching for the lost Franklin expedition. She became trapped in the ice on Banks Island in the Beauford Sea in 1853 and was abandoned. Lost for 157 years, her remains have been located.<br />
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Sir John Franklin was an explorer who had mapped two-thirds of the northern coastline of North America. He firmly believed that there was a Northwest Passage to the Orient through the Canadian Arctic. Two ships, the HMS Erebus and Terror were dispatched on May 19, 1845. Equipped with the latest technology, including steam engines and canned food, 24 officers and 110 crewmen set sail for the Arctic.<br />
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The ships were last seen by a whaler, the Prince of Wales on July 26, 1845 near Lancaster Sound, in the high Arctic near Baffin Bay. The two ships apparently became trapped in the ice near King William Island around September, 1846. What happened after that is not fully known. <br />
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Several rescue expeditions were launched in search of the crews. A note was found telling of how Sir John Franklin died on June 11, 1847. Sketchy details of possible interaction with local Inuit tribes were reported. Also darker stories of cannibalism. Most of Franklin’s expedition probably died from starvation, the extreme cold and other diseases. More recent theories say they may have succumbed to insanity due to lead poisoning from the crude canned food of the time.<br />
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In 1848, the HMS Investigator and Enterprise sailed to search for Franklin’s group. Commanded by Robert McClure, the ship was trapped in the ice in Mercy Bay on June 3, 1853. In 1857, The HMS Resolute found her still stuck, but in fair condition. McClure and his crew did make it back to England. But after time, the exact location of the HMS Investigator became unknown. An account from Inuit stories from 1910 tell of them using the ship as a source for copper and iron. A voyage in 1915 failed to find the vessel.<br />
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On July 22, 2010, a team from Parks Canada began their search for the missing vessel. Just three days later, a sonar scan was begun in the Beaufort Sea near Banks Island. In just 15 minutes, the remains of the HMS Investigator, lost for over 150 years, was found! There are no plans to raise the vessel, however a robotic ROV will dive and take pictures. The team will then continue to search for the HMS Erebus and Terror.Jimmy Bishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541225480056247887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386148512349546841.post-65024706579254113412010-07-20T20:24:00.001-04:002010-07-20T20:26:26.516-04:00RMR: Rick and Giant Pumpkins Amazing, Unique, Unusual<object height="320" style="background-image: url(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/5o9K05TX9Rg/hqdefault.jpg); height: 320px; width: 729px;" width="729"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5o9K05TX9Rg&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5o9K05TX9Rg&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Jimmy Bishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541225480056247887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386148512349546841.post-22383962273080899432010-06-26T20:48:00.000-04:002010-06-26T20:48:53.207-04:00Kevin Costner Helps To Fight Spill<object style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/Jx5XgUYDQ3k/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jx5XgUYDQ3k&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jx5XgUYDQ3k&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Jimmy Bishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541225480056247887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386148512349546841.post-62945090798265042252010-06-26T20:45:00.001-04:002010-06-26T20:51:25.811-04:00Kevin Coster Helps Oil Spill With Cleaning Machine: May 20: Video | The News is NowPublic.com<a href="http://my.nowpublic.com/environment/kevin-coster-helps-oil-spill-cleaning-machine-may-20-video-2619227.html">Kevin Coster Helps Oil Spill With Cleaning Machine: May 20: Video The News is NowPublic.com</a>Jimmy Bishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541225480056247887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386148512349546841.post-91166568677709120652010-06-21T19:22:00.001-04:002010-06-21T19:23:52.242-04:00Jimi Hendrix - Long Hot Summer Night<object height="344" style="background-image: url(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/5s0iWZutTS0/hqdefault.jpg);" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5s0iWZutTS0&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5s0iWZutTS0&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br />
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A team of scientists from Columbia University, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan, and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have programmed an autonomous molecular "robot" made out of DNA to start, move, turn, and stop while following a DNA track. <br />
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"I hope I can skate american bobtracks in the future My top speed in bobtracks is 82 km/h so far. Compared to road downhill that´s not so fast but the speed sensation is much more intense because of the tightness of the track," says Danny Strasser on below the YouTube link. He has been using the comment section as a promotion tool and interacting with fans. It's hard to tell if other comments he makes, like these 2 below, are trying to come off as cocky or maybe just a little lost in translation?<a href="http://www.push.ca/">http://www.push.ca/</a><br />
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The scientists and staff at the Catlin Arctic Survey Ice Base in the high Arctic off Ellef Ringnes island in the Canadian High Arctic have reported an abnormal occurrence at the weekend: it rained.<br />
Paul Ramsden, the Catlin Arctic Survey Ice Base Manager, reported big raindrops fell during the shower. “I had to look twice. Snow flurries we expect, not rain. It is obviously quite worrying when you are camped out on ice! I felt distinctly nervous for a while because the consequences of getting wet here can be serious – but eventually it stopped and we are all safe” he said.<br />
April rain in more southerly climes may be common, but according to the metrological services at Environment Canada – rain in the high Arctic around 79 degrees North in April is extremely rare. Experienced Arctic explorer Pen Hadow, who is Expedition Director of the project said: “Rain that far north is not at all normal at this time of year. According to the Canadian met services there was also some rain at Borden Camp a hundred miles away. We’re told that southerly winds to the west of a strong high pressure that’s been sitting south of Resolute Bay have been pumping very warm air from way down south up over Borden and Ellef Ringnes Islands for the past week. It is pretty unusual for such a strong southerly to push warm air over this area in April.”<br />
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Leonard Nimoy, the actor who immortalized the character Spock on Star Trek, was hailed as a homecoming hero as he led a parade in Vulcan, Alta., celebrating the town's status as "official Star Trek capital of Canada."<br />
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"I've been a Vulcan for 44 years. It's about time I came home," Nimoy, 79, said to cheers.<br />
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A railway surveyor named the settlement after the Roman god of fire in 1915, but the town shares its name with the birth planet of Spock.<br />
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He spoke about how his achievements as an actor far exceeded what he had dreamed of, but told the crowd, "I've never had an experience quite as touching as this and I appreciate it. Thank you."<br />
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Some of the images from the spacecraft show never-before-seen detail of material streaming outward and away from sunspots. Others show extreme close-ups of activity on the sun’s surface. The spacecraft also has made the first high-resolution measurements of solar flares in a broad range of extreme ultraviolet wavelengths.<br />
"These initial images show a dynamic sun that I had never seen in more than 40 years of solar research,” said Richard Fisher, director of the Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "SDO will change our understanding of the sun and its processes, which affect our lives and society. This mission will have a huge impact on science, similar to the impact of the Hubble Space Telescope on modern astrophysics.”<br />
"These initial images show a dynamic sun that I had never seen in more than 40 years of solar research,” said Richard Fisher, director of the Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "SDO will change our understanding of the sun and its processes, which affect our lives and society. This mission will have a huge impact on science, similar to the impact of the Hubble Space Telescope on modern astrophysics.”<br />
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DARPA wants a prototype that will be ready for ground and flight tests by 2015, and that will cost no more than $43 million to develop. Although the TX is currently just a lofty goal, it has the potential to transform military transportation - and possibly even civilian transportation, if everything goes as planned.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">AMAZING FLYING CAR!</div>Jimmy Bishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541225480056247887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2386148512349546841.post-49209539368512204512010-04-17T18:52:00.003-04:002010-04-18T13:32:17.867-04:00NASA satellite image of Very Strange And Unusual Iceland Volcanic Ash<object height="344" style="background-image: url(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/m2YGJppt8jo/hqdefault.jpg);" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m2YGJppt8jo&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m2YGJppt8jo&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br />
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REYKJAVIK, April 18 (Reuters) - Powerful tremors from an Icelandic volcano that has been a menace for thousands of travellers worldwide rocked the countryside on Sunday as eruptions hurled a steady stream of ash into the sky.<br />
Ash from the volcano drifted southeast towards Europe, sparing the capital Reykjavik and other more populated centres but forcing farmers and their livestock indoors as a blanket of ash fell on the surrounding areas.<br />
Iceland's Meterological Office said tremors from the volcano had grown more intense and had increased from a day ago, but that the column of steam and ash rising from the volcano had eased back to 4-5 km (2.5-3 miles) from as high as 11 km when it started erupting earlier this week.<br />
"We are seeing mixed signals. There are some hints that the eruption will be decreasing, and others that show it is not decreasing," Einar Kjartansson, a geophysicist at the Meteorological Office, told Reuters.<a href="http://live.reuters.com/Event/Volcanic_ash_cloud_developments">http://live.reuters.com/Event/Volcanic_ash_cloud_developments</a>Jimmy Bishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541225480056247887noreply@blogger.com0