Total solar eclipse tomorrow
This image (three combined frames) shows the last total solar eclipse, March 29, 2006. The next one takes place tomorrow. The Exploratorium will Webcast the event live from China. From Science News:
This particular eclipse will sweep across the planet in a
slim path that begins in Nunavut, a northern province of Canada, and
ends in northern China. So people in parts of Canada, northern
Greenland, the Arctic, central Russia, Mongolia and China will be able
to witness the seconds-long blackout.When the moon totally obscures the sun — the moment of
totality — the sun’s outer atmosphere, called the solar corona, becomes
visible. The solar corona reaches temperatures higher than a million
degrees Celsius and extends farther than 620,000 miles from the star’s
surface. Because the sun’s surface is brighter than its corona, a solar
eclipse is the only opportunity to see the corona with the naked eye.
Total solar eclipse (Science News), Total Solar Eclipse 200 Live from China (Exploratorium)
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Hilltop speaker lets you project your voice from your cell phone throughout the land
The “Telemegaphone Dale” by Magnus Torstensson and Erik Sandelin is a
loudspeaker post on top of Bergkletten in Dale, Norway. To use the
project, just call it with your cell phone and your voice is amplified
and played out the hilltop speaker. The project officially opens on
August 2nd and is part of a larger project called “Parafunctional
Payphones” that addresses public, telephonic art installations.
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Fast Food Apartheid
Fast Food Apartheid:
The Los Angeles City Council has placed a one-year moratorium on the
opening of fast-food restaurants in sections of the city with
low-income residents. The council says it’s meant to encourage healthy
fare in locations that lack ready access to supermarkets and healthy
restaurant. This columnist calls it “fast food apartheid.” We’re
not talking anymore about preaching diet and exercise, disclosing
calorie counts, or restricting sodas in schools. We’re talking about
banning the sale of food to adults. Treating French fries like
cigarettes or liquor.
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Batman and Joker care about your safety.
Better Living with the Batman & Joker Supersquad. Respect. Heavy Lifting. Bike Safety. UV Protection. Taking Time for Play. Herpes. Sexual Harassment.
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Monopoly!
Sysco : whether it’s Wendy’s, Applebee’s, the local diner, a fancy restaurant, the cafeteria, or Guantanamo Bay, it’s what you eat. Serving over 400,000 businesses, the “Wal-Mart of Food Service” has all the bases covered, from “Unique 3-D technology gives you the look and texture of a solid muscle chicken breast, at a fraction of the cost” to more gourmet offerings.
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I’m Batman.
In the Dark Knight Returns,
Batman had to go toe to toe with Superman. Because of his intimacy with
the role from the new Batman Film, Christian Bale gives a unique
perspective on that epic fight.
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Will It Blend? tests the iPhone 3G
The Will It Blend? host, [Tom Dickson], is at it again. This time, he blends the new Apple iPhone 3G.
We’re completely in awe of how efficient the blender is at the
destruction of electronics, and this time, it’s no different. Watch in
fascination (or horror) as [Dickson] turns the latest iPhone into ashes.
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Lightning strike caught on camera
Because you insisted, here’s the unedited screaming version. I also added video from a minute before the lightning struck so you can get an idea of how hard it was raining. From what i understand, it went through my left hand holding the camera, crossed my back and exited out of my right hand holding onto the metal railing. No entry or exit wounds, as i was not directly struck, i got just a really good zap from one of the “finger arcs” that happen when lightning hits.
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Well whaddaya know? Strip searching a 13 year old on a hunch IS unconstitutional!
Strip searching 13 year old girls is bad mmmkay.
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled in a 6-5
decision that students cannot be strip-searched based on the
uncorroborated word of another student who is facing disciplinary
punishment. In an even bigger twist, the court has found that the
school official who ordered the strip search, Vice Principal Kerry
Wilson, is financially liable in the case and cannot claim qualified
immunity.
What really gets me is that it was a 6-5 decision, what sort of person would vote it was legal to strip search a 13 year old honor student searching for Advil… yes, Advil.
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Cockpit
Heh, Cockpit…
“Cockpit is a new comedy web series about the employees of Mile High
Airlines and what really goes on behind that cockpit door. They hate to
fly and it shows.”
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