Earth is already slowing down and has been doing so for billions of years. At the present time, our planet is slowing down by about .002 second per century. The slowing occurs mainly because of friction between solid earth and ocean tides. Earth’s loss of rotational energy is transferred to the Moon, which goes into a wider orbit, thus lengthening the time between successive full Moons.
Latitude: 45:55:49 N Longitude: 79:58:57 W
Sun will rise at 7:56 AM & set at 5:04 PM Length of Day 9 hrs and 8 minutes
Latitude: 45:55:49 N Longitude: 79:58:57 W
Sun will rise 7:57 AM Sets 5:02 PM Length Of Day 09:05
SPRING EQUINOX … March 20, 7:44 A.M. EDT
SUMMER SOLSTICE … June 21, 1:46 A.M. EDT
FALL EQUINOX … September 22, 5:19 P.M. EDT
WINTER SOLSTICE … December 21, 12:47 P.M. EST
My most favourite food and if I was asked. Every one should be eating a half a clove a day. Garlic provides nourishment for the circulatory, immune and urinary systems. It aids in supporting with normal circulation, nourishing stomach tissues, maintaining normal blood pressure and aids the body’s natural ability to resist disease. Garlic is a natural antibiotic and fungicide. And real good with cheese just before supper. MMMMM good. Talk Soon
Aloe Vera has historically been known for assisting the functions of the gastrointestinal tract, and for its properties of soothing, cleansing and helping the body to maintain healthy tissues. This plant has a reputation for helping with digestion, aiding one’s blood and circulation, as well as kidney, liver and gall bladder functions. Aloe contains at least three anti-inflammatory fatty acids that are helpful for the stomach, small intestine and colon. It naturally alkalizes digestive juices to prevent over acidity – a common cause of digestive complaints. Also, great for cuts, scrapes, and burns. A newly discovered compound in aloe, acemannan, is currently being studied for its ability to strengthen the immune system. Think every one should have one of these growing in one’s home.
Boy things are sure changing in this old world.
The computers of the future might be nothing more than display screens if the full potential of multi-touch interfaces is realized.
As demonstrated by New York University consulting research scientist and Perceptive Pixel founder Jeff Han at the 2006 Technology Entertainment Design (TED) conference, multi-touch technology allows a user (or users) to affect the screen with as many fingers as possible at the same time. This makes typing, magnification of pictures, windows and text, as well as shaping images on the screen, possible with intuitive hand movements. For example, one application Han demonstrated allowed him to quickly finger-draw crude puppets onto a large touch screen and then animate them with finger movements.
Previous touch screens have used technology such as resistive metal coatings that register changes in electrical current at the point of contact or spring mounted strain gauges, but those only allowed the software to process a single touch at a time. On the Perceptive Pixel touch screen, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) line the edges of a 6-millimeter-thick piece of clear acrylic, reflecting infrared light along predictable paths on the screen’s surface, a phenomenon known as total internal reflection. When something touches the screen, the light disperses outside of the surface from the contact point. A camera behind the acrylic captures the light diffused from any and all contact points, and image-processing software interprets the touches in real time.
In the future, Han said, he hopes that the technology will pave the way for large interactive white boards and touch-screen tables and walls that multiple users can interface with. Han said that this is the most interesting application of the technology, since a group of users could all collaborate on one project, on one screen, at the same time.
The first wall-sized version of Perceptive Pixel’s multi-touch screen is set to go to an undisclosed U.S. military customer within the month.
Kind Of Intersting.
A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created a new optical coating that enables greater control over the basic properties of light. The world’s first material that reflects virtually no light can eliminate unwanted reflections, and has been an active technological goal of scientists for years.
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What you need to know – Conventional View
• Most surfaces, from a puddle of water to a mirror, reflect some light.
• One type of optical coating is an anti-reflection coating, which reduces unwanted reflections from surfaces, and is commonly used on spectacles and photographic lenses.
• Conventional anti-reflection coatings, although widely used, work only at a single wavelength and only when the light source is positioned directly perpendicular to the material.
• A technique called oblique angle deposition strongly reduces or eliminates reflection at all wavelengths and incoming angles of light.
• The oblique angle evaporation technique is already widely used in the industry, and the design can be applied to any type of substrate — not just an expensive semiconductor such as aluminum nitride.
• This is material with a refractive index of 1.05, which is extremely close to the refractive index of air and the lowest ever reported. Window glass, in comparison, has a refractive index of about 1.45.
• The refractive index is a fundamental property that governs the amount of light a material reflects, as well as other optical properties such as diffraction, refraction, and the speed of light inside the material.
• The new optical coating could find use in just about any application where light travels into or out of a material, such as more efficient solar cells, brighter LEDs, “smart” lighting, high-reflectance mirrors, and black body radiation.
Psychiatrists Now Calling Excessive E-Mailing a “Mental Illness” Well there goes my E-Mail, darn. LOL
“You have the power to tell agribusiness firms that you won’t buy sugar made from genetically modified sugar beets, or other foods” ” I am one fellow who avoids genetically modified foods if given a choice. I do not like to be ‘forced’ to eat genetically modified sugar either because it is sneaked into my food on an undisclosed basis or because it is added into virtually all food and beverages.” So there is my feelings on what they call G M Food or in other words Genetically Modified.
The best way for smokers to reduce their risk of strokes is to quit smoking, but the new study suggests that supplementing foods with folic acid might reduce the risk even to those who will not quit. Folic foods would be, (whole grains, green leafy vegetables, orange and so on. So food for thought one might say. Talk soon
Cold
A couple of evening snow showers; otherwise, very cold with clearing. Winds from the NNW at 7 .
Low Tonight -23 °F maybe a bit colder. Sooooo stay warm and keep them home fires burning. Talk Soon
| Segment | Surface | Visibility | Observed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry to 7 km W. of Fleming’s Landing | Snow Covered | Good-Fair | 2009/01/13 01:59 PM |
| 7 km W. of Fleming’s Landing to Trout Creek | Snow Covered | Good-Fair-Poor | 2009/01/13 01:59 PM |
Environmental scientists and waste industry officials are warning that a massive shift to compact fluorescent light bulbs will lead to far more mercury contamination than has been widely supposed.
Compact fluorescent light bulbs use mercury and heated gas to generate light, in contrast to traditional incandescent bulbs, which generate light by heating up a wire filament. The fluorescent bulbs have been touted as an important step in reducing energy consumption, because they use only half as much energy as incandescent bulbs and last nearly seven times as long.
And while it has always been known that the mercury in the bulbs is a dangerous neurotoxin, it has been generally assumed that the bulbs are safe, since consumers are only exposed to the chemical if the bulb breaks.
If a bulb does break, however, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advises a complex, 11-step process for safely disposing of it. The room should be aired out for 15 minutes to dispose of any fumes, then the bulb should be picked up with gloves, placed in a double bag and disposed of as toxic waste. Duct tape should be used to do clean up residue, never a vacuum cleaner. The next time the area is vacuumed, the bag must be disposed of immediately.
“It’s kind of ironic that on the one hand, the agency is saying, ‘Don’t worry, it’s a very small amount of mercury.’ Then they have a whole page of [instructions] how to handle the situation if you break one,” said Ellen Silbergeld of Johns Hopkins University, editor of the journal Environmental Research.
TOTAL OF 15 TO 20 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOWFALL WARNING FOR NORTH BAY – NIPISSING. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE NORTH BAY – NIPISSING REGION AS AN ALBERTA CLIPPER MOVES THROUGH FROM THE US MIDWEST. COLD SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE PICKING UP ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM NORTHERN LAKE HURON AND ICE FREE AREAS OF GEORGIAN BAY AND AS A RESULT ARE ENHANCING THE SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE ALBERTA CLIPPER. THE SNOW WILL COME TO A QUICK END BY THIS AFTERNOON AS A SHARP ARCTIC COLD FRONT RACES THROUGH IN THE WAKE OF THE ALBERTA CLIPPER. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 15 TO 20 CM ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND ACCUMULATING SNOW. TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD BE ALTERED ACCORDINGLY. WIND CHILLS FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN ONTARIO. AN ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDING INTO NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO HAS CAUSED WINDS TO DIMINISH TO 10 KM/H OR LESS ACROSS THE DISTRICT EARLY THIS MORNING. WITH LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED TODAY UNDER THE RIDGE EXTREME WIND CHILLS WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE. HOWEVER EXTREME WIND CHILLS MAY RETURN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS WINDS PICK UP ONCE AGAIN IN ADVANCE OF YET ANOTHER BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SLIDING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PRAIRIES. WIND CHILL WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED AGAIN LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT FOR LARGE PARTS OF NORTHERN ONTARIO AS A RESULT.
Did You know plant phytonutrients found in Brussels sprouts boost the body`s natural defense systems to protect against cancer and other diseases. Brussels sprouts and other cruciferous vegetables disarm cancer causing chemicals and encourage the body`s detoxification enzymes.
| Highway 522, Ontario | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Segment | Surface | Visibility | Observed at |
| Cranberry to 7 km W. of Fleming’s Landing | Snow Packed | Good | 2009/01/08 02:01 PM |
| 7 km W. of Fleming’s Landing to Trout Creek | Center Bare | Good | 2009/01/08 02:01 PM |
Hi folks just thought I would let you know of where you can purchase my first published book.
157 Main Street West
North Bay, ON P1B 2T6
(705) 474-7335
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Loring General Store, Loring Ontario
Arnstein Community Credit Union Ltd, 705 757 2662
Jakes Place Restaurant, Port Loring Ontario
Northern Meat Packers, Trout Creek Ontario
The Old Stable Gift Shop, Walters Falls, Ontario, 143 Front Street.
Home Hardware, Coldwater Ontario, Main Street.
Well just thought I would say hello here at the Blog. Been awhile since I got to saying a few words. Things went well for us over the holidays, went to see our boys and spent Christmas together with them. Weather wise going down wasn’t the greatest, but we made it there safe. Coming home was all sunshine. So now getting things back on track here at home. Sure been having some cold weather these past few days though but lots of wood in the furnace room, so we are all set for what every mother natures sends us. Well should go. I wish you all well. Talk Soon
| Segment | Surface | Visibility | Observed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry to 7 km W. of Fleming’s Landing | Bare and Wet | Good | 2008/12/15 11:36 AM |
| 7 km W. of Fleming’s Landing to Trout Creek | Bare and Wet | Good | 2008/12/15 11:36 AM |