Michael Buble, who's new album 'To Be Loved' is getting rave reviews, gave a spur of the moment concert in a New York City Subway station. Where was I? Enjoy
Michael Buble, who's new album 'To Be Loved' is getting rave reviews, gave a spur of the moment concert in a New York City Subway station. Where was I? Enjoy
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Comet ISON could be brighter than a full moon and even visible in daylight!
Pray for some clear skies this coming November because for two months we are likely to be treated to one of the most spectacular shows ever seen in the heavens. Comet ISON's intensity is still uncertain but right now has all the ingredients to be one of the brightest ever seen. The peak viewing period will be this November.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has recently sent us pictures which confirms the comet's potential. Here they are from BusinessInsider.com reports:
For example, the Hubble telescope photos show that ISON is already becoming quite active, though it's still pretty far from our star. The comet's dusty head, or coma, is about 3,100 miles (5,000 km) wide, and its tail is more than 57,000 miles (92,000 km) long, astronomers said. And ISON sports a dust-blasting jet that extends at least 2,300 miles (3,700 km).
Yet the comet's nucleus is surprisingly small — no more than 3 or 4 miles (4.8 to 6.5 km) across.
This small core makes the comet's behavior on its trip around the sun, which will bring ISON within 730,000 miles (nearly 1.2 million km) of the solar surface on Nov. 28, especially tough to predict, researchers said. Also complicating the forecast is the fact that ISON is apparently making its first trip through the inner solar system from the distant, icy Oort cloud.
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In a shocking video released by Right Wing Watch, right wing commentator Glenn Beck said that LGBT Americans have won the battle for marriage equality. The reason is that LGBT Americans were able to claim the mantle of freedom and having the government dictate individual private lives.
Not sure if Beck found that a good thing or was just expressing anger that we demanded our freedom and got away with it.
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The first meeting of the Global Ocean Commission took place in Cape Town, South Africa last week. Sri Mulyani Indrawati reported on the World Bank Blog that this conference dramatically pointed out how endangered the Oceans have become in this day and age. Yes, there is still plenty of water but the water is warming, fish are disappearing, food becomes more scare and jobs are vanishing.
Already 90% of the big fish in the oceans and 50% of the coral reefs are gone.
You must watch the video below. It is just a couple of minutes but has critical information.
This is an excerpt from his very scary report from the conference. In just two paragraphs he captures the urgency of the crisis with our oceans.
Here it is in a nutshell: One billion people in developing countries depend on fish as their primary source of protein, and 350 million jobs are linked to the health of the oceans. Yet 57% of ocean fisheries are fully exploited. Another 30% are over-exploited, depleted or recovering. An increasing share of important marine habitats like coral reefs, mangroves and sea grass beds are being destroyed or degraded. You can learn about the impact in this video.
The problems of the ocean are both global and local. They will affect all of us and very soon, regardless of where we live. They are mainly man-made, caused by over-fishing, habitat loss, pollution, and climate change-related acidification and warming. There is no shortage of treaties and international commitments to address these challenges. However the genesis of the law of the sea, the nature of many treaties and the sheer expanse of the ocean makes it difficult to enforce good behavior. On the contrary, nations are in a race for ocean resources, often ignoring the impact.
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