TweetSharePan-STARRS So you think your 18-megapixel SLR is a pretty hot camera. Well, how about 1,400-megapixels with a 1.8 meter (60 inches) lens? That’s what Pan-STARRS used to capture the images of 30 previously unknown asteroids on the night of Jan. 29, setting the record for asteroid discovery. The Pan-STARRS PS1 telescope on top of [...]
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Asteroid Record Set by Pan-STARRS
Posted by admin on February 28th, 2011
Posted in SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
Tags: asteroid, asteroids, comets, earth crossing, impact, pan starrs, pan stars 
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Posted by James H. Abernathy on February 28th, 2011
TweetShareArkansas Earthquake A 4.7 earthquake hit Arkansas at 11:00 p.m. Sunday night. It was followed by two smaller quakes. The north-central part of the state has seen swarms of quakes in the last few years. Geologists are not in agreement over the cause of the recent seismic activity in a part of the country that [...]
Posted in SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Tags: arkansas, arkansas earthquake, earthquake, earthquake arkansas, enola, fracking, fracking earthquakes, fracking quakes, gas, geologist, geology, greenbrier earthquake, guy, guy earthquake, natural gas, seismic, seismologist, seismology Comments OffLibyan Revolution Puts Gaddafi on the Ropes
Posted by Tom Carroll on February 26th, 2011
TweetShareLIBYA Libya is a collection of over 100 tribes, and was not considered an independent nation until 1951 when the British and French victors in WW2 ceded the former Italian colony to the Libyan people. Col. Gaddafi understands the atmosphere of revolution. He has been in power for 41 years; ever since his [...]
Posted in INTERNATIONAL EVENTS Tags: aisha, Al Qaddafi, al-gaddafi, Al-Zawiya, Benghazi, colonel gaddafi, Cyrenaica, Fezzan, gaddafi, Gadhadhfa, kaddafi, libya, libya revolution, libyan, Libyan Revolution, quaddafi, Tripoli, Tripolitania, Warfalla Comments OffGaddafi Daughter Aisha Flees Libya, or Did She?
Posted by Dominic Costillio on February 23rd, 2011
TweetShareEveryone has heard of the “Fog of War,” where rumor and fact and suspicion all swirl together in a blinding confusion. It seems there is a “Fog of Revolution,” too. A case in point is the mystery of which members of the Gaddafi family have fled Libya. Mr. Gaddafi himself had to appear [...]
Posted in INTERNATIONAL EVENTS Tags: aisha, aisha gaddafi, Al Qaddafi, al-gaddafi, berlusconi, colonel gaddafi, gaddafi, kaddafi, libya, libya revolution, libyan, Libyan Revolution, quaddafi Comments OffIran Warships Transit Egypt’s Suez Canal
Posted by Dominic Costillio on February 22nd, 2011
TweetShareSuez Canal Two Iranian naval vessels made the 12 hour Suez Canal passage into the Mediterranean Sea Tuesday. This is the first time Tehran has sent warships through the canal since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The 1,500 ton patrol frigate Alvand carries anti-shipping missiles and torpedoes, and the 33,000 ton supply ship Khark [...]
Posted in INTERNATIONAL EVENTS Tags: 1888 Constantinople Convention, alvand, Convention of the Suez Canal, egypt, egyptian, Enterprise, Hosni Mubarak, iran, iranian, islamic revolution, lieberman, mubarak, mubarek, Netanyahu, suez, suez canal Comments OffLibya Revolution at Tipping Point as Gaddafi Jets Defect to Malta
Posted by Tom Carroll on February 21st, 2011
TweetShareIt looks like the tipping point has come in the Libyan Revolution. Military units, insiders, representatives to the U.N., some police and elements of the security guard have switched sides and joined the revolution. After six days of violence, the worst in the anti-government revolutions sweeping the region, Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi, leader since the [...]
Posted in INTERNATIONAL EVENTS Tags: arab, Benghazi, col. gaddafi, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, defect, gaddafi, libya, libya revolution, libyan, libyan jets, Libyan Revolution, malta, malta international airport, muammar Quaddafi, protest, protesters, quaddafi, revolution, Tripoli Comments OffSteve Jobs, Obama, Zuckerberg Talk Innovation
Posted by Lateesha Jackson on February 20th, 2011
TweetShare Guest list: Left, from President Obama, Apple chairman and CEO Steve Jobs, Westly group founder Steve Westly, host’s wife Ann Doerr, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Genentech chairman Art Levinson, Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers, venture capitalist John Doerr (host) Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, Stanford University president John Hennessy, Yahoo president [...]
Posted in SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TRENDS Tags: apple, costolo, Facebook, job, obama, steve jobs, steve jobs obama, twitter, zuckerberg Comments OffSolar Flare 2011 : Northern Lights Tonight
Posted by Tom Carroll on February 17th, 2011
TweetShareA Class X solar flare sent three blasts of charged particles toward Earth over the last few days, The effect will be felt Thursday and Friday and last 24 to 48 hours. Class X is the largest category. Northern Lights will put on a dazzling show that should be visible all the way down to [...]
Posted in SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Tags: aurora, aurora australis, aurora borealis, class x, class x solar flare, cme, coronal mass ejection, Geomagnetic Storm, Magnetic Storm, NASA, Northern Lights, Northern Lights 2011, Science, Solar Eruption, Solar Flair, Solar Flare, Solar Flare 2011, Solar Flare 2011 Northern Lights, Solar Flare Northern Lights, Solar Storm, Sun Flair, Sun Flare Comments OffPA English Teacher Natalie Munroe Writes Blog
Posted by Jeannette McBride-Hollings on February 16th, 2011
TweetShareNatalie Monroe, 30, an English teacher in the Central Bucks, PA School District has been suspended with pay while complaints about her blog are being investigated. Monroe might loose her job over the issue. Monroe got in hot water with the district when students discovered certain blog entries had portrayed some of them in unflattering [...]
Posted in TRENDS Tags: blog, central bucks, high school, monroe, munroe, natalie munroe, PA, pennsylvania, teacher Comments OffGrammy Reporter Serene Branson Fine
Posted by Amy Sue Andrews on February 15th, 2011
TweetShareCBS reporter Serene Branson is home and feeling fine. She expressed gratitude to all the people who have been concerned and wished her well. She said she hoped to be back to work soon. Branson was covering the Grammys Sunday night when she began having trouble pronouncing her words, finally, she was only speaking gibberish. [...]
Posted in HEALTH NEWS UPDATE, TRENDS Tags: branson, cbs, grammys, serene branson, Stroke, TIA, transient ischemic attack Comments Off
