lunes, 2 de agosto de 2010
Observan OVNIs
North Carolina - 05-14-10 - I had pick up my son from school at about 3:05 PM. On the way home we came to a stop sign at a high ridge. I looked to the right, and that's when I saw it just over the tree line.
I could not believe it, but it was so big, so clear. I asked my son, "Do you see that? - He said yes!"
The craft was 1500 ft away and only 50 ft over the tree tops. The craft was a disk shape, but on each end was like a ball. It had to be 350 to 400 feet long. It was in the direction of my house and shops.
I did not want to move as it was just hovering over the trees. Under the craft the air looked like the air over a road on a hot summer day. After about 2 minutes, I had to try to get closer.
I turned right and sped after it. As I drove down the hill I lost sight of it, and when we got to where it had been, it was gone. I drove around and back to where we originally saw it, but it was just gone. Source: www.mufon.com
North Carolina - 07-18-10 - A strong storm system rolled through the Raleigh-Durham area of NC tonight and wiped out power in parts of Durham for about two hours. Within minutes of the power being turned back on, we saw a bright, orange light slowly emerge from the horizon of the woods and travel over our neighborhood.
It was making no sound, and as soon as it hit a certain height in the sky, it immediately started to move faster.
Within a minute, the orange light had become smaller, flashed twice and disappeared. If you held a silver dollar in the sky with your arm straight it would be the approximate size of the UFO. Source: www.mufon.com
North Carolina - 07-21-10 - We were sitting on the deck of our beach house at Sunset Beach, NC, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean facing due south. About 9:30 PM as we were talking, one of our family members (there were four of us that witnessed this) said "What is that?"
I looked to the sky and there were two orange/yellow lights in the sky above the ocean directly out from our deck... they seemed to be fairly close to together (more apart than two headlights coming toward you), and were fairly bright, like a street light from about a 100 yards away.
There was a pretty bright moon out over the ocean, and they were just under the moon, so they were pretty high up (unless they were much closer to shore than we thought, but definitely not on the water).
After about two seconds, the left-most light turned off, then three or four more lights to the right all came on. They were on for another 3-5 seconds, then all of them went dark.
There was no sound of any engines in the air. All of the lights were in a parallel line with the horizon. During the time the lights were on, they didn't move at all.
We first thought fireworks, like when they reach their zenith, and right before they explode, but these lights couldn't have been fireworks as they floated still for several seconds, and were in such perfect parallel order. Source: www.mufon.com
North Carolina - 07-22-10 - I was fishing with a couple of friends and my 2 sons on the beach. At about 10:00 PM, one of my friends jumped from his chair and yelled, "Did you see that, did you see that? Please tell me I'm not the only one that saw that."
He told me he had just seen 2 bright, orange lights high in the sky. They only stayed on for about 5 seconds and then disappeared.
Our other friend also saw it, but myself and my sons did not. I sat down in one of the other chairs and started to watch the sky. The moon was very bright and the beach and skies were fairly light.
My 2 friends stood near their fishing poles. I had asked where exactly they had seen the lights so I could focus my time on that area. They told me it was to the left of the moon and pointed to a star as reference.
It was about 5 minutes after that that I was sitting there watching, when all of a sudden 6 lights in a triangle shape came on. The lights were very, very bright and orange. It was almost as if they were illuminating or glowing.
They were pointed in my direction, as if they were coming my way. I had yelled to my friends to look up in the sky. My one friend looked up and saw the lights and said it was almost exactly what he had seen a few minutes earlier, only they were in a different part of the sky. They were to the left of the moon. Source: www.mufon.com
miércoles, 28 de julio de 2010
Autores al aire
This morning on The Today Show: bestseller Lis Wiehl, co-author of Hand of Fate (Thomas Nelson, 978-1595547064, $24.99; Oasis Audio unabridged CD, $29.99), the second novel in the Triple Threat series, which PW said "offers an exciting if familiar plot."
On The Wendy Williams Show, Father Alberto Cutié discussed his upcoming book Dilemma: A Priest's Struggle with Faith and Love (Celebra, 978-0451232014, $25.95), which pubs in January.
On The Leonard Lopate Show, food journalist Laura Shapiro served up Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century (Univ. of California Press, 978-0520257382, $16.95). PW thought "This serious study is lively entertainment, spiced by the author's wit and wry perceptions."
The Diane Rehm Show chatted with longtime Forbes magazine correspondent Richard Morais, whose debut novel is The Hundred-Foot Journey (Scribner, 978-1439165645, $23). From PW's review: "Morais delves into a rich, imagery-filled culinary world that begins in Bombay and ends in Paris, tracing the career of Hassan Haji as he becomes a famed Parisian chef. Regardless of one's relationship with food, this novel will spark the desire to wield a whisk or maybe just a knife and fork."
This evening, The Daily Show hosts military historian Robert O'Connell, whose new book is The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic (Random House, 978-1400067022, $27; Tantor unabridged CD, $39.99). PW's review declared "O'Connell has established the new standard for studies of the second conflict between Rome and Carthage. In dramatic and comprehensive fashion, he describes the rivalry, based on temperament and territory, that led to the slaughter at Cannae in 216 B.C.E. and beyond."
Jimmy Kimmel Live interviews Lisa Ling, co-author of Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home (William Morrow, 978-0062000675, $26.99).
Due to the nature of live programming, scheduling is subject to change.
Booksellers can order these titles through Ingram at ipage.
Authors on the Air is compiled by Diane Patrick. To be included in this compilation, email author appearance information to dpatrick@publishersweekly.com (at least TWO days in advance, please).
Could Drinking Help Thwart Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Could Drinking Help Thwart Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Early study suggests it might, but that's no reason to imbibe heavily, experts say
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking alcohol may help keep rheumatoid arthritis at bay, possibly because it dampens the body's immune response, new research suggests.
Alcohol consumption may also protect people who already have the autoimmune disease from developing a more debilitating form.
"This actually isn't a new concept. There have been other articles [stating] that alcohol might be protective," said Dr. Guy Fiocco, assistant professor of internal medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and director of rheumatology at Scott & White in Temple, Texas. "[But] I don't think we're going to be advocating alcohol to prevent rheumatoid arthritis."
Nor do the study authors advise drinking as a cure for arthritis. "We would wish to point out that, at the moment, that our findings are preliminary, and would not recommend that patients drink alcohol with the specific purpose of treating their arthritis," said Dr. James Maxwell, lead author of the study and a consultant rheumatologist at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in England.
"We would also remind patients to observe recommended government limits for alcohol consumption," he added.
According to background information in the study, published online July 28 in Rheumatology, previous studies were mostly conducted in mice. The benefit of ethanol exposure for these rodents seemed to be due to higher levels of testosterone, the researchers wrote.
For this study, the authors compared 1,004 healthy participants to 873 people with rheumatoid arthritis. Both of those groups were divided into four groups: nondrinkers, those who drank 1 to 5 days a month, the ones who drank 6 to 10 days a month, and those who drank more frequently.
"We found that arthritis was progressively less severe as alcohol frequency increased, with a definite difference compared to nondrinkers even in the least frequent alcohol consumption group," Maxwell said.
The teetotalers had quadruple the risk of having rheumatoid arthritis compared with those who drank in the highest category.
And the more often one drank, the less damaging the rheumatoid arthritis tended to be, including healthier joints as shown on X-rays and less inflammation.
The association was seen in both men and women, though it was stronger in males.
Although no one can pinpoint a reason for the link with certainty, "essentially we think that alcohol may be having an effect by reducing the immune response, which leads to joint inflammation, and also that it may have a mild pain-killing effect," said Maxwell.
"There's a little information that alcohol can suppress the immune system," added Fiocco. "What's been reported is that people who drink excessive alcohol actually have higher levels of the cytokines that lead to the inflammation and moderate amounts of alcohol actually may lower these levels."
This finding is slightly different than what is reported in the current study (that the severity of the disease decreased with more alcohol).
Because the researchers assessed drinking frequency, rather than the amount of alcohol consumed, it is not clear how much alcohol might be helpful, they said.
And Maxwell stressed that their preliminary findings need to be replicated in the future.
"There are limitations to any research which asks patients to report their exposure to something (such as alcohol) over a period of time," Maxwell added. "We would therefore recommend that a future prospective study should be performed to further assess the impact of alcohol consumption on rheumatoid arthritis, a study recording alcohol consumption at the time rather than asking about it later."
More information
The U.S. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases has more on rheumatoid arthritis.
SOURCES: James Maxwell, M.D., consultant rheumatologist, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, England; Guy Fiocco, M.D., assistant professor, internal medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, and director, rheumatology, Scott & White, Temple, Texas; July 28, 2010, Rheumatology, online
Last Updated: July 28, 2010
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sábado, 10 de julio de 2010
Solar Activity Surges on the Eve of South Pacific Eclipse
Space Weather News for July 10, 2010
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A LIVELY SOLAR ECLIPSE: Fast-growing sunspot 1087 is crackling with C-class solar flares. A spectacular eruption recorded by the Solar Dynamics Observatory is featured on today's edition of Spaceweather.com. This surge in activity comes on the eve of a total eclipse of the sun over the South Pacific. Will eclipse chasers see material blasting away from the sun when the Moon hides the blinding stellar surface? It's a possibility. Stay tuned to http://spaceweather.com for updates and pictures from the path of totality.
SUNSET CONJUNCTION: Look west at sunset. Venus is passing by 1st magnitude star Regulus. They're only a little more than a degree apart. Bright Venus catches the eye first. As the glow of sunset fades, Regulus pops out of the twilight a little below Venus. The view through binoculars is superb.
SPACE WEATHER ALERTS: Did you miss the last big solar flare or geomagnetic storm? Don't let that happen again. Turn your cell phone into a full-featured space weather alert system: http://spaceweatherphone.com
jueves, 17 de junio de 2010
Hubble Photographs Jupiter Impact Site
Space Weather News for June 16, 2010
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HUBBLE SEEKS DEBRIS, FINDS NONE: Even the Hubble Space Telescope cannot find any debris where a meteoroid apparently hit Jupiter on June 3rd. Today, researchers released new HST images of the impact site, which show nothing but uninterrupted clouds. The non-detection is consistent with a relatively small asteroid or comet fragment making a shallow strike in Jupiter's high atmosphere. Links to photos and more information may be found at http://spaceweather.com
NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS: Observers in Europe are reporting brightening displays of noctilucent clouds (NLCs). That's to be expected. Late spring and early summer often bring the strongest displays of these electric-blue clouds wafting across the top of Earth's atmosphere. Visit today's edition of http://spaceweather.com for photos, observing tips--and a possible connection between NLCs and sunspots.
miércoles, 16 de junio de 2010
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sábado, 12 de junio de 2010
MNN Daily Briefing: Dolphin Diplomacy
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BP PHONE HOME: Saturday's U.S.-U.K. World Cup soccer match isn't the only trans-Atlantic grudge match playing out this weekend. As Americans' anger over the 
DOLPHIN DIPLOMACY: It may not help them survive the Gulf oil spill, but a new study has discovered that bottlenose dolphins are apparently master diplomats, capable of defusing fights with a few subtle clicks and squeaks. Marine biologists have long believed these mammals mainly rely on whistling to communicate, but Italian researchers based at Sardinia's Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute have now shown the importance of another, little-known tool in the dolphin vocabulary: "burst-pulsed sounds." On top of complementing dolphins' other vocalizations, which already help them navigate highly complex social communities, burst-pulsed sounds also serve a variety of other purposes, the researchers say, including putting upstarts in their place, submitting to dominant dolphins and even talking down would-be attackers. "Burst-pulsed sounds are used in the life of bottlenose dolphins to socialize and maintain their position in the social hierarchy in order to prevent physical conflict," says Bruno Diaz, the study's lead author, "and this also represents a significant energy saving." Dolphins' well-known tonal whistles allow them to stay in contact with each other over long distances and to coordinate hunting strategies, according to the study, while the more elaborate burst-pulsed sounds are mostly used "to avoid physical aggression in situations of high excitement, such as when they are competing for the same piece of food," Diaz says. Unfortunately for the Gulf of Mexico's large bottlenose population, though, the deadly and ever-expanding oil spill there probably won't listen to reason. (Source: 
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