Annual Geminids meteor shower lights up night sky

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8410702.stm

Skywatchers in the northern hemisphere have turned their heads upwards to see the annual Geminids meteor shower.

The shower was especially easy to see this year because it is nearly the new Moon, meaning there was less moonlight to obscure it. The meteors could be seen streaking across the night sky from 2000 GMT; peaking around 2200.

Robert Massey, of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, said about 100 meteors an hour made it a "nice sight".

Normally, meteor showers result from dust which has been blown away from comets which have passed near the sun. The warmth of our star melts part of the icy comet, releasing rock fragments.

The naked eye is usually best for seeing meteors, which can often streak across more than 45 degrees of the sky.
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stranger than fiction

There's languaging being created today by great scientists & thinkers whose present experiments more accurately prove the validity of quantum physics - removing a lot of gray areas & the hocus-pocus-ness from it.

This new findings finally make concrete & reliable what ancient scriptures & ageless mystical practices have recorded in stuff like the Teachings of the Magi, Egyptian Mysteries, revelations from the Dead Sea Scrolls, etc. All those mystical trainings written about in books like The Nine Faces of Christ.

All that mind-blowing stuff can finally be proven beyond shred of doubt. Miraculous! But it's when these grand ideas are matched by one's own personal experience that true magic is made manifest.

Then ancient & ageless wisdom is organically absorbed & can naturally bloom in me. When nourished & nurtured this can then spill out & extend beyond me - expanding & empowering myself & others.

Much more tangibly than any white paper written by some highly acclaimed expert I have never met - that's my true purpose to continue to learn & grow!

apartment rental fraud

is there nothing held safe & sacred anymore?

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the legacy of a leader

The ability to inspire & motivate others to excellence ranks topmost among the 15 specific competencies effective leaders share, according to leading institutions like Harvard & Stanford.

In the past, it was believed that inspiring others was a skill you need to be born with to possess but new research has determined that it is a skill anyone can & should learn.

Leader attributes such as leading by example, being a change catalyst, building connection - can all be learned & acquired.

bus ride fees

why does it take $1.50 to get from one end of Rockland County to another?

yet it costs $14 to get to New Paltz? seems ridiculous!

is that the price of freedom? any county can decide what it does?

what about the hapless tax-payer? ? ?

the brain, mind & thought

The prefrontal cortex is the region of the brain in charge of executive functions. The integral link between our personality and the functions of the prefrontal cortex - alertness, emotional links with deeper brain structures related to control of our fight-flight-freeze responses - pleasure, pain, anger, rage, panic, aggression, sexual and other desires.

It is the part of our brain (3) that regulates judgment, planning, problem solving, decision making, moral reasoning - our sense of self. When it is out of whack, we are unable to plan ahead or make far-reaching decisions - unable to see the big picture.

Our thoughts affect us - our body & how we perceive our self - internally & externally, on the surface & deeply, in all areas & at all levels.

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From The Oprah Winfrey Show - http://www.oprah.com/media/20081009_tows_atswomen
Maria Shriver, Gloria Steinem, Billie Jean King and Oprah discuss women's rights. Find out more!

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