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Kepler-22b planet just like Earth discovered

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:58:42 +0000

KEPLER-22B may be the most Earth-like world yet found in the galaxy — and it could be home to alien life.

It orbits a star like the Sun 600 light years — that’s nearly 4,000BILLION MILES — away in the constellation Cygnus.

Importantly, the planet lies inside the habitable zone of its solar system, so-called because it is not too hot and not too cold for life to exist. Water — an essential requirement for life as we know it — would be a liquid.

Christmas would come around sooner there every year, because it takes just 290 days to go round its parent star.

Scientists cannot tell for sure yet whether Kepler-22b is a rocky world, a ball of gas or even a liquid object.

But its discovery, announced this week, suggests we’re getting closer to discovering we’re not alone in the universe.

The Kepler mission, launched in March 2009, has discovered more than 2,000 candidate planets — 200 are around the size of Earth.

Kepler looks for new worlds by monitoring 100,000 stars.

If sometimes the star’s light is not quite so bright, it guesses that a planet has crossed in front of its sun like an eclipse. Kepler has only been looking close to home in our galaxy, called the Milky Way.

There are 50billion other galaxies and each probably has more than 50billion stars — so somewhere out there there is very likely alien life looking hopefully into the universe wondering if they are alone.

It’s all very well being able to detect life far, far away when we will probably be unable to visit it. What I’d like to do is find it much closer — on Mars.

That is why I attempted to land a UK-built robot, Beagle 2, there to look for signs of life in 2003.

Sadly the mission was lost but the quest to explore Mars continues with NASA’s latest mission Mars Science Laboratory.

Next August nuclear-powered vehicle Curiosity will be lowered into a Mars crater that is believed to be a dried-up lake.

It will analyse the soil for chemicals that might be the remains of creatures that once lived in the water.

In 1989 my colleagues and I predicted life on Mars when we discovered the right sort of chemicals in a meteorite from Mars.

Perhaps we’ll be proved right.

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Character Builders: Books and Activities for Character Education (Through Children’s Literature) (Paperback)

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:09:44 +0000

Review

This book by well-known authors Liz Knowles and Martha Smith (Boys and Literacy, Reading Rules!, etc.) fills the need for a K-12 resource for teachers and librarians searching for materials and activity ideas at all grade levels. It consists of 12 chapters—one on each virtue: empathy, respect, courage, humor, responsibility, perseverance, loyalty, honesty, cooperation, tolerance, citizenship, and forgiveness. Each chapter has a listing of related virtues, a definition, several useful famous quotes, listings of people and organizations who have demonstrated the virtue, related topics for further curricular exploration and discussion questions. There is also a complete listing of annotated titles divided into five sections: picture books, primary (gr. 1-3), intermediate (gr. 3-5), middle school (gr. 5-8) and young adult (gr. 8-12). In addition, Knowles and Smith offer lists of other good professional books and Web sites to consult in building your school’s character education program. A unique feature of this book is a section in each chapter called, in action in which the authors offer ideas to share with students such as Empathy in action: Be polite in the cafeteria, Be kind and helpful to those with mental and physical challenges, Share your supplies with those who have none. Grades K-12.

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President of College Board to Step Down in 2012

admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:05:04 +0000

Mr. Caperton has presided over a period of enormous growth at the College Board, as the number of students who took one of its exams or its courses grew to over 7 million last year, compared with 3 million in 1999, the organization said in a statement. Among his accomplishments, the board said, was tripling the number of “low-income students” who take at least one Advanced Placement course.

Read it at The New York Times

Usage of Life Insurance Online Facility

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:19:17 +0000

Usage of Life Insurance Online Facility

Life insurance is the answer as protection for your family in case of suddenly/premature death. Life insurance is a must if you have dependents. Life insurance takes care of your dependents in case there is something bad happen to you. It is insurance indeed. Therefore, the life insurance should not bust your family budget. It is important because the family should come first. Indeed, the life insurance is bought for family. Therefore it is unreasonable if life insurance make problem for family such as family budget busting.

So, to avoid this family budget busting situation, you need carefully to choose the life insurance. Luckily, there are many good life insurance company that offer free life insurance quotes that accessible from internet. You can easily get the quotes information by fill the necessary data such as age, amount of coverage, and policy terms. With this life insurance quotes online feature, you always can play safe for your life insurance shopping.

Of course, you should choose the best life insurance companies web site to do this Life Insurance shopping online. It is to make sure you get the right life insurance data. Of course, you still need to talk with life insurance agent directly. It is to make sure the life insurance scheme that you want to buy. However you already figure out the description of your needed life insurance with this life insurance shopping online facility. It is only needed to confirm the small detail with your life insurance agent after it.

Cool Marvel Comics t-shirt

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:58:49 +0000

This cool Marvel Comics t-shirt features a front distressed print that includes six of the “biggest” comic book covers ever. Featured heroes include the Incredible Hulk, Amazing Spider-Man, Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four, Mighty Thor, and the X-Men. The distressed print is designed to look old and well worn, like it’s been your favorite tee for ages. Standard mens size tee. Shoulder-to-shoulder taped, sleeve and bottom hem are double-needled. 100% cotton. Officially licensed.
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Sound Forge Audio Studio 9

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:19:25 +0000

Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio 9 Sound Forge Audio Studio software is everything you need to edit and master professional-quality audio on your home computer. Record live instruments and vocals, edit and restore audio, apply studio-quality effects, and convert files with lightning speed. You can even create your own karaoke tracks with the Vocal Eraser tool. Best of all, Sound Forge Audio Studio software is easy to use. With a few basic commands such as cut, copy, and paste, you (more…)

HP Pavilion P6210F Black Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium)

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:41:36 +0000

From the Manufacturer