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Belarus is closing the International Year of Astronomy 2009
10 December 2009
The exhibition "Astral painting" by Belarusian artist Victor Vasiukevich takes place on December, 12 in Minsk Planetarium. It's the first time Minsk Planetarium has set an art exhibition and it's truly a unique practice to mark the closing of the IYA 2009.
Belarusian art has a rich history in depicting space. Yazep Drazdovich (1888-1954) is considered to be one of the initiators of the Cosmos topic in world art. Contemporary artist Victor Vasiukevich upholds the traditions of his forerunners and works in the style of abstract expressionism.
In his paintings Victor Vasiukevich tries to reflect the harmony of the Universe. He shows space as an ultimate world created by God, the world without confrontation and struggle. That's why Victor Vasiukevich's cosmic canvases seem to be spiritualized, covered with light and love.
The exhibition is on display until January 10, 2010.
Gallery of Victor Vasiukevich's paintings: http://www.bellabelarus.com/en/component/option,com_jsgallery/mode,by_artist/artist_id,47/Itemid,49/
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Pablo is a university student in Mexico City. He is studying Communications with a major in Sports Journalism and loves American football. One of his favourite things to do is spending time with his three best friends and it was this that led him to explore a way to share with them one of his greatest treasures: his faith.
'I have always gone to a Catholic school so God has always been a part of my and my family's life and have had a life of faith since childhood.
I used to believe that I had a relationship with God but it was very theoretical and rational. It's not to say that you can't discover God through reason but I was missing something. Perhaps it was growing up in a Western culture where we are so used to rationalising everything. For example, if you do something wrong you get caught. I thought that was how faith worked, if I didn't behave well or if I was a bad person, God would not be good to me. To me that was normal, until I realised that what I needed was to find a place where I could talk and question what I really felt.
When I was in school, there were people who guided me and it was really easy to lead a life of faith. Arriving at university I realised it was not so easy. I had to learn to walk on my own.
The first time I heard about Alpha was through my parents; they had been running the Marriage Course and the Parenting Course and a friend asked my mum if she had any material for young people. That's how we found out about the Alpha Youth Film Series (AYFS).
When I met my three best friends Julio, Alvaro and Fran at University I realised that there were people with different beliefs than mine. Our friendship has been so significant that I wanted to share with them what was valuable in my life. Of course always respecting the freedom they have to listen or not.
That's why I decided to run Alpha, to create a space for people who can honestly share their thoughts and questions about life and faith without any pressure.
I first invited a friend around for dinner and to watch the first AYFS episode, after seeing it he was fascinated and decided to help.
The next day I created a WhatsApp group and I invited some friends to come round for dinner at my house, watch the videos and chat. As it was my first Alpha I had to do something engaging for my friends so I decided to buy pizza, because pizza never fails, and a few beers. Not everyone who was invited came but the majority did turn up.
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After running Alpha at home, I decided to run at University.
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taken from the main drive from Beccles Road
However torn his ties to agricultural change were, Josiah and Susan went on to have a total of thirteen known children. The last born, William, was my 2 x great-grandfather. Josiah and Susan lived in Plough Street, Bungay which later became known as Wingfield Street. It was formerly known as Plough Street due to its notable thatched roof publichouse, The Plough Inn. This street is better known today for its Board Schools (known today as Bungay Primary School) which was established in 1877, two years before Josiah died, aged 73.
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SoCal stars Trout, Puig put on a show like no others
LOS ANGELES -- After Mike Trout had ruined his night with a game-altering grand slam Saturday at Angel Stadium, powering an improbable Angels victory, White Sox ace Chris Sale expressed frustration mixed with disbelief and awe.
"That's why he's the best in the league," Sale said. "I can't really say too much about a guy like that hitting a home run off of you. The best."
LOS ANGELES -- After Mike Trout had ruined his night with a game-altering grand slam Saturday at Angel Stadium, powering an improbable Angels victory, White Sox ace Chris Sale expressed frustration mixed with disbelief and awe.
"That's why he's the best in the league," Sale said. "I can't really say too much about a guy like that hitting a home run off of you. The best."
Sale was amazed not just by Trout's crushing blow on a quality pitch but by the at-bat taken as a whole.
With heaters registering 95 and 96 on the radar gun, the lefty had Trout in an 0-2 hole. After the disciplined hitter worked the count full, fouling one off, Sale put a changeup in a good location: down and moving away, a borderline strike. Trout went down and lifted it over the wall. Greatness, personified.
A consensus appears to be forming about Trout and Yasiel Puig, who does his electric work a freeway drive away from Trout's house at Dodger Stadium. As total players, taking every aspect of the game into account, Southern California's dazzling young stars are in a class of their own.
Miguel Cabrera is the game's greatest hitter, beyond argument, but even Miggy will admit he can only dream of doing all the athletic things Trout and Puig do routinely.
This is Trout's age-22 season, and already he has two historical campaigns on his resume. There are those in the statistical community who maintain the Angels' center fielder is the best we've ever seen at his age.
Puig, not quite eight months older than Trout in his age-23 season, has been so astonishingly good this season he sent his critics underground -- no easy task given the widely held view of the Dodgers' right fielder as disrespectful and out of control emotionally.
Looking at Trout and Puig in a historical context, they are in the early stages of entering the elite class, the all-time greats.
A case can be made that Trout in 2013 bumped Ty Cobb out of center field on the mythical all-time age 21 All-Star team, joining Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio in the outfield. A rookie in 1936, DiMaggio played left and right as well as center, hitting .323 with 29 homers, 125 RBIs and 132 runs scored.
According to Baseball-Reference.com, Cobb had a 6.1 WAR (wins above replacement) in 1908, at 21. DiMaggio's 1936 WAR was 4.6. Trout in 2013 dwarfed both icons with his 8.9 WAR -- down from 10.8 in 2012 when he was arguably the greatest 20-year-old player ever. Mel Ott had a 7.4 WAR at 20 in 1929, Williams a 6.7 WAR 10 years later at 20.
It has its outspoken detractors among some baseball people, but WAR carries weight with historians.
The challenge for Trout to crack the all-time age 22 lineup in center field is stiffer this season. DiMaggio, in his sophomore year of '37, emerged as the game's greatest all-around player, hitting .346 with 46 homers, 167 RBIs and 151 runs scored. His WAR was 8.2.
Trout, with his walks, baserunning and defense, might challenge Joe D.'s overall WAR, but he won't be reaching DiMaggio's otherworldly offensive numbers. Not even Cabrera is going there.
Arriving in L.A. in June 2013, Puig played just two-thirds of his age 22 season, putting up impressive but hardly historic numbers. A late slump left him at .319/.391/.534. Critics, out in force, predicted he wouldn't approach that production level as a sophomore now that pitchers had found his holes and were sure to exploit them.
Always full of surprises, Puig is distinctly more disciplined, outstripping his rookie season across the board. While his .333/.430/.584 line with 11 homers and 40 RBIs in 58 games computes to the game's best OPS (on-base plus slugging) at sea level -- exceeded only by Colorado's Troy Tulowitzki -- Puig chances of making the all-time age 23 lineup are slim and dim.
The right fielder is Hank Aaron, who in 1957 had a line of .322/.378/.600, leading the National League in homers (44), RBIs (132) and runs (118). A smart, graceful defender, he rarely made a mental mistake in the field or on the bases.
Hank brought his A-game every day, something Puig is learning to do. Yasiel's main challenge is staying healthy while playing in a breakneck style associated more with Willie Mays than Aaron.
"He's shown immaturity at times," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said, "but Yasiel really wants to do whatever it takes to be great. He's a lot like Trout. They have powerful bodies and tremendous speed. And they love to play the game. I see a lot of similarities."
Trout, having learned the hard way, no longer is playing with reckless abandon, crashing into walls. On the bases, he dives head-first more often than purists would like but appears to have figured out how to reduce injury risk, starting his dive at the correct distance from the bag and keeping his hands out of harm's way.
Defensively, Trout's routes and arm strength have been questioned. Working diligently, he has upgraded his defense significantly.
The issue with Puig -- apart from an inherent showmanship that rubs some folks wrong -- has been fundamental breakdowns. He has taken care to correct his missteps, hitting cutoff men more regularly and not running into as many outs. Dodgers coach Davey Lopes says Puig has come farther in one year than any player he's seen in his 40-plus years in the game.
Puig's arm sets him apart. While his accuracy hasn't caught up with his strength, he's getting better. The only limits on his greatness are those Puig creates for himself.
Gifted young stars such as Giancarlo Stanton and Bryce Harper are poised to muscle into the conversation, but at the moment, for their age class, Trout and Puig stand alone as players with historic possibilities and dimensions.
Lyle Spencer is a columnist for MLB.com.


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Less than two months after getting hired to be PayPal's new director of strategy, Rakesh "Rocky" Agrawal took to Twitter to insult some of his fellow employees. His tweets started at about 1 a.m. and contained numerous spelling errors.
Within hours, PayPal said he was no longer at the company. However, Agrawal says he quit his job at PayPal before he published the tweets.
According to his Twitter account, Agrawal was at Jazz Fest in New Orleans when he started calling out PayPal employees. He called Christina Smedley, PayPal's vice president of global communications, a "useless middle manager" as well as a "piece of s--t." He then tweeted "People who should be fire from paypal Don Christmas a pool a kick." The name seems to be an autocorrect issue; we couldn't find record of anyone named Don Christmas at PayPal.
This isn't the first time Agrawal has expressed his opinions so explicitly. Almost exactly one year before he joined PayPal, he wrote a post on VentureBeat calling the company's point-of-sale service a "piece of s--t."
Later in the night, Agrawal also tweeted "Oh. I quit pay a tonight." The next day, he apologized to PayPal's president, David Marcus, and vice president of growth and global strategy, Stan Chudnovsky, and posted a picture of himself with the words: "Day one of my next adventure? I am so ducking tired."
This morning, he tweeted that the messages were meant for a colleague. He says that he was testing a new phone and thought he was sending direct messages, which are private.
Agrawal is also the principal analyst at reDesign mobile.
This afternoon, the PayPal account tweeted: "Rakesh Agrawal is no longer with the company. Treat everyone with respect. No excuses. PayPal has zero tolerance."
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After Charleston, South Carolina, native Olivia Cortese (24 and a CPA) got engaged to Clayton (25 and a Navy officer), the pair decided to wed on Oahu, Hawaii, near where Clayton is stationed for his job in the Navy. To honor Olivia's hometown—and the place they got engaged—they chose Dillingham Ranch as the venue. "To keep the Charleston theme, I found the perfect location at Dillingham Ranch, located on the north shore of Oahu. The 2,700-acre ranch had a very Southern feel, complete with a long tree-lined drive, a main house and a giant oak tree," says Olivia, who also incorporated a mix of Southern and Hawaiian design inspirations. "Pineapples fit perfectly into the theme, since they are symbol of hospitality in the South and are grown locally on the island." After a simple outdoor ceremony framed by rows of palm trees, the couple treated their 65 guests to hula lessons, tropically themed cocktails, slow-roasted pork and fresh mahi-mahi. "Don't let the small things stress you out, and know when to ask for help," Olivia says. "Delegate tasks to your family members and friends the week of the wedding." —Carolyn Meers


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The risk of stroke and TIA decreases for those who quit smoking. If
you smoked less than one pack a day and you quit, within 5 years your risk
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Japanese stocks rose this week, led by brokerages such as Nomura Holdings Inc, after Daiwa Securities Group Inc posted its first profit in three quarters on increased equity trading and sales of foreign-currency bonds.
"Huge trading volumes have been benefiting most brokerages," said Katsuaki Furutachi, who helps manage the equivalent of US$3.4 billion at Asahi Life Asset Management Co in Tokyo. "The market seems to be on an upward trend and it will continue to boost their profitability."
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 1.3 percent for the week to 9648.01, rising for the third week in four.
The Topix index advanced 1.3 percent to 945.28. Computer-chip makers such as Toshiba Corp and NEC Corp gained after sales forecasts by Texas Instruments Inc prompted Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc to recommend buying semiconductor stocks.
South Korea's Kospi index gained 0.8 percent to 705.09 this week, led by Posco. The world's fourth-largest steelmaker surged after its board decided to increase dividend payments and cancel some stock.
In Taiwan, the TWSE index ended the week 2 percent higher at 5394.75. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co and other companies with Chinese factories led gains on a Chinese-language newspaper report the Beijing government proposed a free-trade agreement with Taipei.
Elsewhere in Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 2 percent to 9939.20. China Mobile (HK) Ltd and other telecommunications companies led the drop after Credit Suisse First Boston cut its rating on Motorola Inc, sparking concern about industry growth.
US gains
In the US yesterday, stocks rallied as the biggest gain in durable goods orders since January buoyed optimism economic growth will prolong the market's rally. Cummins Inc, the world's largest maker of high-powered diesel engines, led the advance after its quarterly profit unexpectedly increased.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 17.08, or 1.7 percent, to 998.68, for the biggest gain in almost three weeks.
All 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose as the benchmark had its biggest jump in almost six weeks.
The Dow rose 172.06, or 1.9 percent, to 9284.57. The NASDAQ Composite Index gained 29.28, or 1.7 percent, to 1730.70 Nomura Holdings Inc, Japan's largest brokerage, advanced 4.6 percent to Japanese Yen 1,650 this week. Nomura will report earnings on Thursday. Daiwa Securities gained 3.7 percent to Japanese Yen 709.
Daiwa Securities, Japan's second-largest brokerage by sales, almost doubled its first-quarter profit as a 14 percent gain in the quarter for the Nikkei boosted trading activity.
Profit also rose as Japanese investors bought Japanese Yen 7 trillion more overseas bonds than they sold in April and May, more than double their net purchases a year earlier.
Nikko Cordial Corp, Japan's third-largest brokerage, gained 4.2 percent to Japanese Yen 527. Nikko said yesterday that first-quarter profit rose threefold, boosted by bond trading and a doubling of the firm's stock underwriting fees.
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Semiconductor-related shares rose, pacing gains on the Nikkei and Topix. Toshiba, the world's third-largest chipmaker by sales, rose 7.8 percent to Japanese Yen 485. NEC, the world's sixth-largest chipmaker, jumped 8.6 percent to Japanese Yen 783.
The shares gained after Texas Instruments Inc, whose chips powered half the mobile phones sold last year, said sales this quarter may rise by 11 percent. Daniel Niles and Joseph To, analysts at Lehman, raised their rating on the stock.


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Getting Help from Others to Avoid a Foreclosure
Your most valuable assets during the foreclosure process are people who can help you — including friends, family, and professionals. Before or during the foreclosure process, you should draw up a list of people you can lean on.
Before you even start missing mortgage payments, your bank has a plan in place to deal with the situation and collect on the debt. You need your own plan to counter that attack. Are you going to try to save your home? Do you want to sell it to get out from under the burden? Who can help answer your questions or assist with financial or other obligations during the foreclosure process?
Your list is likely to include the following:
Friends and relatives with money: Your mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, or rich aunt or uncle may be in a position to assist you financially by loaning you the money you need to catch up on payments or redeem your property. Don't hesitate to ask for assistance. After all, if you were in a position to help a friend or relative in the same situation, wouldn't you want him to ask you for help?
Friends and relatives without money: Even if your friends and relatives are not well off financially, they can assist in other ways, such as watching your kids so you can work overtime, cooking meals for you and your family, or offering moral support.
Bank representative: Although you may see the foreclosing bank as your bitter enemy, the bank's representative or attorney may be your biggest ally or at least the person who can offer the most assistance. She may give you a few extra weeks to get your money together or work out a payment plan with you.
Real estate agent: A real estate agent may be able to sell your house for you before you lose it and all the equity you have in it. Even if you don't plan on selling your home, contact a real estate agent to explore this option.
Register of deeds: Your county's register of deeds is likely to be reluctant in offering any advice, but the person may be able to refer you to others who can assist you.
Sheriff: If the county sheriff is in charge of handling the foreclosure sale, he may be willing to explain to you how the system works and provide you with some valuable information.
Bankruptcy attorney: Filing for bankruptcy may be your best option. Depending on your situation, you can either liquidate assets under Chapter 7 bankruptcy and have all debts erased, or reorganize under Chapter 13 bankruptcy to pay off as much debt as reasonable and possibly even save your home.
Foreclosure attorney: A qualified attorney who has experience in foreclosures in your area is the ultimate go-to guy or gal, assuming you can afford the services. The attorney can review your mortgage, note, and other legal documents; inform you of your rights; let you know when the lender has failed to adhere to the rules and regulations in your jurisdiction; and represent you in court.


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Michael Clarke Duncan, star of such films as The Green Mile and Daredevil, has passed away at the age of 54 in a Los Angeles-based hospital. While no cause of death is being revealed at this time, his fiancée Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth has confirmed the news.
Clarke Duncan was hospitalized in early July for a myocardial infarction, and it appears that he never truly recovered from that terrible incident. Stallworth's rep says that she only briefly exited his hospital room before returning to find the actor had passed.
Michael Clarke Duncan is probably best known for the part of John Coffey in the aforementioned Green Mile, a role that earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. While it wasn't Clarke Duncan's first major role – that credit goes to Michael Bay's Armageddon – it was certainly the one that put him on the map.
Duncan's presence in Hollywood stretches back further than even his film and TV roles, as he was a bouncer and bodyguard for some of the '90s more popular celebrities. It was surely his personality, demeanor, and his imposing 6'5'' frame that helped Clarke Duncan transition into roles in front of the camera.
After Armageddon and The Green Mile, Michael Clarke Duncan went on to star in a variety of films - playing his fair share of bad guys and heroes - and more importantly solidifying his place as a major presence in Hollywood films. Despite frequent typecasting as the villain, Clarke Duncan was able to use roles in films like Talladega Nights to prove he wasn't just a menacing presence with a deep voice, but had a penchant for comedic timing as well. Still, that voice was unmistakable, and helped him find an illustrious career breathing life to CGI characters like Commander Vachir in Kung Fu Panda and Kilowog in The Green Lantern.
Ducan's most recent onscreen credit was for FOX's The Finder, a spin-off of the popular series Bones. Unfortunately The Finder was cancelled in early May, but Clarke Duncan had already lined up several more projects since then.
If there's one thing that can be said about Michael Clarke Duncan it's that he was a dedicated actor with a one-of-a-kind screen presence. A long list of films, TV, and video game credits are merely testaments to a man who was taken from this earth too soon.He may have played his fair share of villains and menacing characters, but outside of the filmmaking world his interviews presented him as a kind-hearted soul who was grateful for his opportunities. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
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Monthly meeting of the Medicine Bear Chapter of the Tahosa Lodge. All Arrowman in the Troop are invited to attend this gathering of fellow members of the Brotherhood of Cheerful Service. The meeting location is at the Westminster Grange Hall at 7:00 PM.
Chapter Meetings can involve planning for most Order of the Arrow projects, ceremonies, and activities. It should be possible for each chapter to train ceremonial teams to conduct Ordeals and Ordeal ceremonies, as well as the Brotherhood membership ceremony. Planning for the year-round program of the chapter must be coordinated with that of the district and lodge.
Each chapter plans its program to carry out the objectives of the lodge. Such events as calling-out ceremonies, Ordeals, Ordeal ceremonies, and Brotherhood ceremonies can be conducted easily by chapter personnel. Service projects and social events lend themselves better to smaller groups than to the entire lodge. Some chapters develop dance teams and hold banquets, campouts, and other Order of the Arrow activities.


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Tracy Bartel Ph.D.
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Hometown : Alexandria, VA
Joined Chatham : 2011
Academic Areas of Interest
Instructional Technology, Peace Education, International Adoption
Personal Areas of Interest
Enjoys gardening, archery, scouting, camping, fishing, reading, watching Sci-Fi/Fantasy movies and hanging out with her two kids.
- Ph.D. in Life Span and Human Development, Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS), 2005
- M.S. in Early Childhood Educaton w/Specialization in Child Care Administration, Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS), 1999
- B.S. in Family Child Development, Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA), 1994
- B.S. in Psychology, Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA), 1994
- Eustace, D., Bartel, T.M.C, & Poresky, R. H. (2002). Seat belt use compliance in Kansas. Journal of the Transportation Forum, 56 (4), 149-160.
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The GOP knows that in order to win national elections, they must convince growing minority population that their plan is one that will sustain America's growth for future generations. Josh Barro explains:
[Large minority groups] look much more favorably on government than whites do, seeing it as an entity that can and should help people get ahead rather than just getting out of the way.
In 2012, the Republican Party's anti-government message left these groups cold, leading Romney to lose Hispanics by more than 2 to 1 and Asians by nearly 3 to 1….As the country gets less and less white, reflexive "I Built It"-ism is only going to become more electorally costly to Republicans.


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As the new year rolls around, many of us are making resolutions for 2007 and thinking about what the future may hold. I ran across an interesting piece from MSNBC's Cosmic Log that mentions predictions for five technology innovations that are most likely to be successful by 2012, five years from now. Of most interest to me was the idea of the 3-D Internet. After my own hesitant explorations into Second Life, a virtual reality world where libraries are providing services to students via avatars, I can imagine the potential for targeting new users who want to be awed by their video games and their library.


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It may be teeming down in Britain but things are certainly heating up in sunny Cancun with the recent arrival of Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis. The 27-year-old Black Swan actress and her 30 year-old co-star jetted into Mexico to spread the word about their new movie, Friends with Benefits, but it seems that life may be imitating art as rumour has it that the couple are an undercover item.
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I seem to be missing something basic.
I've been trying to get a simple orbital simulation working, and my two objects are Earth around the Sun.
My problem is this. I placed the Earth at 93M miles away from the Sun, or 155M km.
As I understand it, the orbital velocity of something at 155M km from the Sun is:
$$v = \sqrt{\frac{GM}{r}}$$
Plugging in the numbers for the Sun, I get a velocity of:
$$29261 \frac{\mathrm{m}}{\mathrm{s}}$$
However, if I want to get the acceleration that the Sun has upon the earth, I use:
$$g = \frac{GM}{r^2}$$
For the Sun, and 155M km, I get an acceleration of:
Now, I start with a simple body at the proper radius out along the X axis and give it a simply vector of 29261 m/s along the Y axis, then I start applying the 0.0055 m/s^2 acceleration to it. And the acceleration of the Sun is simply not enough to hold the Earth.
If the Earth starts with a vector of (0, 29261 m/s), and after and I add the acceleration vector of (-0.0055 m/s, 0) to it, you can see that after a single second, it doesn't move a whole lot. If I chunk things to days, 86400 seconds, then the acceleration vector is only, roughly, -477 m/day, but the velocity vector is:
$$2,325,974,400 \frac{\mathrm{m}}{\mathrm{day}} = 29,261 \frac{\mathrm{m}}{\mathrm{s}} \times 86,400 \frac{\mathrm{s}}{\mathrm{day}}$$
As you can imagine, the -477 isn't going to move that much towards the Sun.
I understand that better simulations use better techniques than simply adding basic vectors together, but that's not what this is. I seem to be missing something fundamental. I had assumed that given the correct velocity, that the pull of the Sun should keep the Earth in orbit, but the "pull" that I'm using doesn't seem to be having the desired effect.
So, I'm curious what basic "D'oh" thing I'm missing here.
Edit for Luboš Motl answer.
Perhaps there's something more fundamental I'm missing here. I understand you point, but .0055 m/s * 86,400 is -477. I was doing that math fine.
Simply, I have an object with a velocity vector. Then I apply an acceleration at a right angle. I do that for N seconds to come up with a new, right angle velocity vector. I then add that to the original vector to come up with the objects new vector. I then take that vector, apply to the current position of the object, and arrive at a new position.
Clearly there is a granularity issue which makes some amount of seconds a better choice for a model than others, but this is high school level simple mechanics, so there's going to be some stepping. I chose one day so that my little dot of a planet on my screen would move. If I update every 1/10th of a second "real time", and each update is a day, then I should get a rough orbit that's really a 365ish polygon in a little over 30s real time.
If I choose a step size of 1 second, then my acceleration (0.0055 m/s^2) * 1 s = a right angle velocity vector that's -0.0055 in magnitude. That vector is added to the original vector of 29261 (at right angles), giving me a new vector of (-0.0055, 29261). That's after one second. That's not much of a bump. It's barely a blip. If I apply one days full of acceleration, "all at once", I am obligated to not only multiply the acceleration by 86,400, but also the original vector (since it's 29261 m/s, and we have 86,400 s), thus giving me, proportionally, the same vector, just longer. And it's still just a bump.
So, I'm mis-applying something somewhere here, as I think the numbers are fine. I'm simply "doing it wrong". Trying to figure out what that wrong part is.
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Thank you very much for the simple code you posted. It showed me my error.
My confusion was conflating updating of the vector with the calculation of the velocity vector. I felt that I had to multiply both the original vector AND the acceleration amount by the time step, which would give me the silly results.
It was just confused in my head.


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The historical centre of Athens is the most important area of the city for the thousand of tourists who are visiting the Greek capital in order to admire the shrine of Democracy the Acropolis, the Parthenon, the museums and the monuments and theatres from the glorious past of Athens. The Pedestrianisation of the historic centre that is surrounded from the triangle between Plaka, Dionysiou Areopagitou street and Keramikos includes almost all the magnificent sights of Athens. At Dionyssiou Areopagitou one can go walking from Syntagma square or by metro to the Acropolis station, a few meters away is the new Acropolis museum and opposite is the Ancient theatre of Dionysus, a little bit further is the Herodes Atticus Odeon and after that is the way on the Acropolis. The hills of Filopapos and Pnix are near by as well as the ancient Agora, the temple of Hephestus the oldest neighbourhoods of Athens Plaka, Anafiotika and Monastiraki on the north west slopes of the sacred rock. An amazing planning that give the opportunity to the visitor to see within a few hours the most important sights of Athens. But Athens has more attractions to offers as we can see in the article about the sights of Athens.
Plaka used to be called by the Greeks the
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Anafiotika is like a small island within Athens, builders from the small island of Anafi build their traditional white washed houses in the tiny winding streets and steps of this area when they were building the royal Palace.
Today the Palace is the Greek Parliament and rights on its front is the Parliament square or Plateia Syntagmatos in Greek , the most central place of Athens.
Next to the Parliament is the National Gardens and the Zapeion exhibition hall. Not far opposite Zapeion are the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Hadrian arch.
The Panathinaikon stadium where the first Olympic games took place located a few minutes walk through the National Gardens or through Zapeion..
Athens has many neoclassical buildings like the Athens Academy, the National Library, The Historical museum, the Archaeological museum and many others mainly at the streets of Panepistimiou, Stadiou, Athinas, Patission (28 October street), around Omonia square and in the area of Plaka where located the first university of Athens and many neoclassical houses .


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Smith, on Margueritte Aozasa: "She was a standout player this weekend and we have really seen her grow into one of our top players in the first three weekends of the season. She is a solid player who can also step up and have a big impact, and deserves a tremendous amount of recognition."
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Lily's perilous 10-day journey began high up Shelf Road, a narrow, winding former stagecoach route stretching from Canon City to Cripple Creek.
This is Gold Rush territory, where miners once dreamed of sudden fortune amid the limestone cliffs and dusty valleys. Today the area is a magnet for adventurous people wanting to take scenic, if sometimes precarious, drives.
But unfortunately for Lily, a 14-month-old golden retriever/poodle mix, it
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On. Jan. 28, the Pate family of Frederick was in a pickup truck hauling
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But her husand, Robert, was having a hard time getting the load up the grade so he stopped and asked everyone to get out and wait for him at a flat spot up ahead.
That included Lily.
While the delicate maneuvering continued, Michelle Pate and her two youngest kids waited while Lily scampered around, letting out an occasional yip.
And then one moment, as darkness settled, Lily was gone.
"We searched all over but we couldn't find her," Michelle Pate said. "We hated to leave her behind. The area is very wild and rugged."
But no more could be done this night. They didn't know if they ever would see Lily again.
The next day after the Pates returned to Frederick, where they run a commercial concrete and excavating company, Michelle Pate got busy. She found the website for the Canon City Chamber of Commerce and contacted every business and public place she could find.
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Pate said a community search was organized by Dan Dirscherl, a onetime Colorado Springs police officer who had retired in Canon City with his wife.
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TORONTO — It's amazing! The Blue Jays have rolled out an identical lineup for the second game in a row. That makes this lineup the second-most used order of the season — tied with two other variations. Consider that, of the 28 different lineups used, the one that's been used the most has only been penned four times.
"I don't know how many more times I can change it, to be honest with you," Gibbons joked.
On a different note, the barking that was coming from the White Sox side in the ninth inning last night apparently was Chicago trying to get the umpires to follow ump Bruce Dreckman's lead, calling a balk on B.J. Ryan. Dreckman called a balk on Ryan in Boston in the ninth on Thursday, nearly costing Toronto a win.
Gibbons believes that, ever since Dreckman made that call, ruling that Ryan didnt come set in his delivery, other teams may be watching the lefty a little more closely.
"Oh yeah. I'm sure theyre looking for it now. Definitely," Gibbons said. "I think that's what [the Sox] were screaming about yesterday, is that right? I still don't think the umpire would call that with the game on the line and the closer in the game. Those teams may be looking for it, but if they didn't do it yesterday, I have a hard time believing they'll do it."
The bottom line is Ryan has pitched this way his whole career. He's consistent with his delivery and calling him on it now is a little ridicilous. A balk is an intentional attempt to deceive and when Ryan does the same thing on every pitch, I hardly think it can really be throwing too many hitters or baserunners off.
But I digress…
Talked to David Eckstein today and he gave us this reaction to the Jays decision to use John McDonald as a late-inning defensive replacement in close games:
"Everyone knows that feelings don't really matter in this scenario. The only thing that matters is going out there and winning games. That's the decision they made and, being a professional, you just have to go out there and keep trying to do your best."
So, whether of not Eckstein agrees with the decision is a moot point, because: "It doesn't matter. We're here to win games and that's the only thing that matters," he said.
Today's lineups:
TAMPA BAY (16-15) at TORONTO (16-17)
at 7:07 p.m. ET at Rogers Centre
Akinori Iwamura, 2B
Carl Crawford, LF
B.J. Upton, CF
Carlos Pena, 1B
Evan Longoria, 3B
Eric Hinske, DH
Dioner Navarro, C
Gabe Gross, RF
Jason Bartlett, SS
PITCHING: RHP Andy Sonnanstine
Alex Rios, RF
Shannon Stewart, LF
Scott Rolen, 3B
Matt Stairs, DH
Vernon Wells, CF
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Aaron Hill, 2B
Gregg Zaun, C
David Eckstein, SS
PITCHING: RHP A.J. Burnett
THIS JUST IN: Mike Wilner of The Fan 590 has just confirmed that "Hangin' Tough" by the New Kids on the Block, which was blaring out of the Roger Centre's sound system while A.J. Burnett warmed up, was in fact requested by Mr. Burnett. Amazing. Or not…
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Two former jays in the lineup!
Hope Hinske doesn't punish us this time.
Getting caught of base is bad enough but to laugh about it on your way to the dugout is just plain sick.Thats the stuff I hate about Wells.
I am like everyone else on here, Ryan got screwed on that balk call in Boston last Thurs. night. I think that umpire should be called into the office of M.L.B. and explain his thinking. Was he thinking? I think Dreckman was way out of line. A very poor call.
If the Red Sox won that game, Gibbons and the Jays might have done some serious hurt on Dreckman, lol.
I shut the game off I can't stand watching Burnett pitch and the Jays get beat by garbage teams and Eckstein is garbage.
I know what you mean. Burnett reminds me of a Ted Lilly (a 500 pitcher). One day I love to see him pitch, and the next he gets taken out in the 3rd or 4th inning.
Hey well what do you know, Eckstein got a hit. Maybe there is hope for him after all……..
Burnett plays to the competition. Then again, I think the Jays do at times as well. Burnett owns the Red Sox, he has basically shut them down. Especially last Thurs. night. He blew the fastball by most of the Red Sox hitters. Tonight, he is having some issues out there. Tampa Bay just got swept in Boston and the Rays weren't even competitive. How strange it is. Sometimes it makes no sense.
I know it ended up working out for the Jays but I thought the decision to send Zaun in the third was a bad one. The ump blew that call but i'll take it. I think despite the rough inning the jays will win this one. Looks as if Rios is showing signs of slumping as Rance Mulliniks put it: "he's swing looks long right now"
I have lost total respect for Burnett now, lol. New Kids On The Block, are you kidding me ? I don't think he can be called Mr. Burnett, lol. Your thoughts about his music taste ?
Heres my thoughts on his music taste [GAY].
I wouldn't disagree with that, lol. I can't believe a major league pitcher would have that as there song. I have heard it all.
Whats the score 10-zip for Tampa.
Rays are up by 1. Put the game on Garry. It is very early, alot of ball to be played.
Hey why is Mcdonald in for Eckstein?
Sore right groin for Eckstein
As soon as I read fredoms post I put the game on Eckstein must have got hurt good for JMac.and JP.
caleb, there goes Hinske with a homer.
I told you guys burnett was garbage and for any of you that think this pig is going to opt out forget it the way he pitches who would want him I hope he goes on the DL for the rest of the year. Just great now JMac is gone what next.
Yea what just happened to JMac. I am watching the game on gameday as usually because it's rare that they are on tv, so I don't ever know what's going on.
Hinske gets a homer Gross takes out JMac how weird is that two ex Jays.
fredom JMac turned his ankel on a grounder by Gross.
Why not hit and run this waiting for the long ball with a team that cant seem to hit homers is just plain dumb.
why didnt scutaro bunt……the game would be tied right now if he did. come on…..and what the heck is wrong with hill. Hes terrible right now. How can you be so good and now one of the worst
Every time the Jays give a player a big contract at the start of a season it goes to their heads right now hill is to busy spending money to care about his game.
gsumner. who gets called up now any ideas.
It's ironic that Hill's struggles started just around the time when people were commending him for his consistency. Baseball surely is a funny game.
Rios' strikeout total is skyrocketing. Had Overbay's double been one inch longer, we wouldve had a tie. Hinske's homer was the difference of the game..he continues to be the death of the jays. We lost two shortstops today.
– talk about a baaaaad game…
So what now? Joe Inglett? Hector Luna? Russ Adams is an outfielder now, so he might stay put.
Frustrating loss tonight (aren't they all though). Rios should be dropped down the order soon. I think right now it's safe to say he is struggling a little bit. Put Overbay there (he looked better tonight) and continue to have Stewart batting second. Rolen can hit 3rd, Matt 4th, Rios 5th and Wells 6th. I hope both Eckstein and Mcdonald are ok. As much as I like what Scutaro can bring, it just wont cut it at this point in time with the way the offense is going.
I'm confident in Marcum to be able to get the job done tomorrow.
To Garry: Roy Halladay has a big contract it doesn't seem like it has got to his head. Hill could have had more money if that's what he's all about and don't forget that in '06 (i believe) he was off to a slow start and rebounded nicely.
P.s. Fire Denbo and why doesn't this new format allow paragraphs ?
I'm talking about the first year for young players Hill will soon come out of it I'm sure.
If you read my post tonight you can see I was upset I hate Tampa Bay as much as I hate Burnett. Sorry but thats the way it is with me,And as for your problem with paragraphs I don't even know what one is and I have half my grade 12 grade 6 lol.
There were a total of 6 guys posting last night plus a very rare appearance by Jordan himself where has everyone gone I know the team has a losing record so far bur they have won 5 out of 6 in their last 6 games, This blog last year used to have at least a dozen people every night I wonder if some of the posters from last year can't find the site,Also last year there was a lot of trash on this site this year it has been cleaned upa lot and we only have one or two bad eggs who we hope will soon be gone, If some of you people are just reading Jordans blog jump in all of us would like to hear from you.
who do you think they will call up and do you think they will send Adam Lind back down.
It looks like Boston is not waiting for anyone If they keep playing the way they are they are going to be hard to catch.
But not Bur lol.
Missed the game, to bad we lost. Tampa Bay certainly look like they're real. Lokks like it was a real poor effort by Burnett. garry, I'm starting to move to your opinion about him. Maybe it's time to move AJ down ot the 4th position, and move Marcum up a slot.
I wouldn't worry about Hill, it's a long season and all guys go through slumps. I'd bet by the end of the year he's hitting between .280 and .320, with 10-15 Hr's and 70-90 RBI's. I'd like to see Overbay take a shot at the lead off role, his OBP is high and he might work out well there. Maybe that would also help Rios, in moving him to the 2nd hole.
If we need to call up ****, we have 3 guys in Syracuse: Sergio Santos, Pedro Lopez and Jorge Velandia. Velandia is the oldest and is hitting the best in AAA, so I assume that's who they'd call up if someone is needed.
Garry-I'd be surprised and disapointed if they sent Lind back down. Although he hasn't hit all that well yet, we do need a 4th outfielder. I think it all depends on how bad the injury is to Eckstein and Macdonald. If one gets moved to the dl then no one needs to be sent down. If it looks like a short -2-4 game thing, they might send down someone from the pen and run with 6 guys there instead of 7 for that period. We'll know when we know the extent of the injuries.
I was checking out AAA Syracuse and Joe Inglett has an .OBP OF .484 SLG .574 AVG .407 OPS 1.058 and 1 E. in 15 games.
Why not trade Burnett Tallet and Lind to Seattle for Eric Bedard I think that would be a good idea.
LOL LOL What are you smoking garry guy. Why not throw in John Macdonald and Greg Zahn and maybe Seattle will give us Ibanez and Johjima as well. Burnett has an opt out end of the year, Tallet has meaningless trade value and sorry folks no one in line for Adam Linds services. He is a C to B prospect at best. Hopefully John Mac's( the best shortstop in MLB )ankle is in rough shape and we dont have to see him anymore….OH NO here comes the Sergio Santos to the rescue comments!!!!
I heard Florida was inquiring before Macdonald got injured because they feel they can take a serious run again at winning it all again…. But Florida was offerring Hanley Ramirez and Jeremy Hermida for John Macdonald and Adam Lind. The deal has been put on hold because of Johnny Mac's apparent injury and the Jays not wanting to include Robinson Diaz in the deal!!!
I don't think Seattle would take that deal for Bedard since Burnett has a opt out claus at the end of the year, but if they would I'd like the deal.
Sorry guys but i doubt that Seattle made a trade for Bedard just so they can trade him to the jays. I think for that to happen Seattle will have to be seriously out of the race and even then Bedard might be one of their brighter lights so they may not want to move him. He still has a couple of years on his contract, so if they don't win this year with him they can try next. I think it's about as likely as my pipe dream of Bonds coming to Toronto. Besides that why do you guys feel that we need Bedard when a few months ago no one here wanted Lincicum (except me and maybe a couple of others) who arguably has as much potential. Is it because you're offering less value then Rios? if that's the case what makes you think Seattle would want that.
I think the Jays should focus on getting a bat….Adam Dunn, Ken Griffey or Jason Bay are guys who could be available (so i've heard) and whom i'd be happy for the jays to try and work something out for.
I had nothing against Lincicum but I don't think it would have been a good deal to trade Rios there had to be another way.
I wonder if we can trade rshobie for a bag of used balls.
rshobie, where did you get that info of Jmac going to Florida. Because I just can't see that happening. Hanley Ramirez is too good of a hitter to trade for Jmac and Lind.
He was being sarcastic.
As long as the Sox keep away from the Rogers Center, they will be just fine, lol.
The Rays seem to own the Jays so far this year. Rays are 4-0, imagine that. Burnett didn't pitch well because he had that New Kids stuff playing. He needs to man up out there. I am sure most of you would agree.
What is the feeling/sense of the Rays around baseball?
I agree on the New Kids, shows AJ's lack of maturity. New thread up guys.


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Form a fire committee. According to Black, the committee's job would be to meet with local fire department personnel and police, give a tour of the facility and get procedural recommendations for reacting to a fire.
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Run drills. Pam Stoike, manager of fitness and racquet sports at Courts Plus in Elmhurst, Ill., believes it's essential to conduct fire drills. Ideally you should involve your members in your fire drills, but most people won't look kindly on an interruption to their workouts. It's best then to run the drills after hours or during slow periods.
Educate and review. Courts Plus employees go over the emergency policies and procedures during their biannual all-staff meetings, and they review specific emergency drills during their department meetings that occur six times a year.
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Empower your staff. Theft occurs in almost every establishment, notes Stoike, so encourage your staff to call the police if they feel a situation warrants alerting the authorities.
Enforce check-in and check-out. To lower your theft occurrences, you should have all members sign in and out, notes Stoike. This keeps control over who enters your facility, and, if a crime does occur, you have a log of who was in your facility.
Install a camera. While Courts Plus has cameras in certain hallways, the facility may put a surveillance camera in at the front desk to record everyone who enters and leaves the facility. Although cameras require money, monitoring and maintenance, they are important in some clubs for member and staff safety.
Don't forget about your signage. On the liability side, Black recommends that you provide enough appropriate and visible signs that outline your club's theft policy, such as the club not being responsible for stolen items in the locker room. If something is stolen, however, it is important for insurance purposes to have the police come and file a report.
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Train employees. "We do a lot of safety training here at our facility," notes Stoike. "We strive for more than 90 percent of our staff to be CPR and AED [certified]."
Key personnel like managers absolutely must be trained and certified. However, don't overlook your staff's certification, Black warns. While medical emergencies don't happen every day, your staff should be required to keep their certification current.
Practice makes perfect. During staff meetings, Stoike's club often runs drills on how to handle everything from a sprained ankle to sudden cardiac arrest. If your staff members practice enough, they will be able to remain calm and handle an emergency appropriately.


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By Richard Littlemore • Sunday, September 17, 2006 - 13:48
Eli Rabett replied on Permalink
Is there a lawyer in the house
There appears to be a three month time limit on defamation suits against newspapers in Alberta. Tim Ball may have filed too late.
John Lefebvre replied on Permalink
Ball's not going to get out of this that easy ....
… we have it on good authority that notice was served well within the allowable time limit.
Eli Rabett replied on Permalink
Time for service
Richard, was there timely service on the newspaper as that may be a different case than for Johnson, or was there an earlier service of notice?
John Lefebvre replied on Permalink
An earlier notice ...
… i.e. the pro forma threatening letter, was sent to both parties - in response to which the Herald wrote the clarification crediting Ball with 50+ "publications."
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Tim Ball's Statement of Claim
Tim Ball's attempt to muzzle Dan Johnson through his law suit is truly appalling. After reading Mr. Ball's op-ed piece, it is anything but academic and scholarly. Rather, he mudslings aways against scientists like Dr. David Suzuki. Then, when Dan Johnson writes a polite letter correcting the inacurracies in the piece, he gets sued. Doest doth protesteth too much, methinks. What's scary is that burying a critic with expensive litigation is a tried and true technique for stifling freedom of speech. What's heartening is that somebody must feel desperrate for the oil industry to take this rather extreme step.And I wonder who is footing the legal bills which will soon be paid to Fraser Milner Casgraine for this exercise?
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Dear Richard
thanks for adding the link, which clarifies what the action is about. It seems there is the basis for a proceeding there, and Prof Johnson will no doubt be getting advice from his lawyers about whether he has to contemplate the possibility of a serious financial loss.
I am assuming that you are in canada, and let me just say how brave of you it is to leave up your post entitled, "Tim Ball: Wilful Disregard for the Truth".
John Lefebvre replied on Permalink
Truth is a Defence
Welcome Per; hope the ride over from Tim Lambert's Deltoid blog wasn't too bumpy.
Also, nice of you to compliment us on courage. You inspired me to go back and reread that post more carefully, and I am embarrassed to find three (3!) typos (which I declined to fix so that other readers can be assure that they are seeing unvarnish and - woefully - unedited work). But other than a "continue" that should have been "continuing to," a "his" that should have been a "he" and a misplaced bracket, I couldn't see anything else wrong.
Perhaps I'm missing something. Or perhaps you are ….
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Enrty-level discussion
I had a quick read over the statement of claim and the attachments. Ball takes issue with the term "entry-level PhD" item #11(b).
But I wonder if it could be interpreted differently? Is the author really saying that an entry-level (or minimum) requirement to become an assistant professor is a PhD?
Here's his full sentence:
"He did not even have an entry-level PhD until 1983, which would have allowed even assistant professor status."


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