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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Ozone hole is supposed to close by December...

Background Information about the "Ozone Hole"
Every year for the past several decades the return of sunlight to the high latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere has produced massive depletion of ozone over Antarctica. Observations in Antarctica initiated in the 1950's document this progressive loss of ozone during the Southern Hemisphere spring. Satellite data from the NASA/TOMS showed that the affected area was not just limited to over the observation stations, but over most of Antarctica. This area of 50-75% depletion of total ozone has been labeled as the "ozone hole". The ozone hole is defined geographicaly as the area wherein the total ozone amount is less than 220 Dobson Units. The ozone hole has steadily grown in size(up to 27 million sq. km.) and length of existence(from August through early December) over the past two decades. This is graphically illustrated in ozone hole area versus Julian day plots for the years: 1979-80, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
The cause and effects of the ozone hole are explained in depth by the linked sites. Areas of countries and continents are listed in the table below for reference in comparison to the size of the ozone hole.

NOAA monitors the progression of the ozone hole from space and on the ground in Antarctica. Summaries of previous years' ozone holes are available at the NOAA/CPC Stratospheric Winter Summary site.

What's Happening Currently
The current year's ozone hole plot shows the progression of this year's ozone hole (red line) and is placed in reference with last year's ozone hole conditions (blue line) and conditions over the previous ten years. The maximum ozone hole area for each day over the ten year period is shown as the upper black line. The minimum ozone hole area for each day of this same period is shown as the lower black line. The mean ozone hole area for each day over this period is shown as the green line. The gray shaded area in August depicts the decreasing degree of uncertainty in the ozone hole size estimate as more of the polar region becomes sunlit. The figure will be updated twice weekly from September through December to show the progress of the current year's ozone hole.

Note that data in August is not as reliable as succeeding months due to limited observation coverage by the ozone monitoring instrument.
The area ploted is in Million Square Kilometers.

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Fall Series, Signs Of The Seasonal Change...

This was an experiment that i did last week to try to use different focal lenghts to make different objects be in and out of focus. I hope that you all like them. I think several of them are very good.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Cobalt Gum...

I have seen all the hype about this gum so I decided to try it. I purchased for $1.50 the other night the blue gum, "Cobalt...A Cooling Peppermint".

Wrigley Announces Launch Plans for 5(TM) - New Stick Gum To Stimulate the Senses
"5 appeals to the senses and is the most exciting development in sugar- free stick gum since the launch of Extra(R) more than 20 years ago," said Bill Perez, Wrigley's President and CEO, while speaking to attendees at Wrigley's Annual Stockholders' Meeting Wednesday in Chicago.
Available in Rain(TM) (a tingling spearmint flavor), Cobalt(TM) (a cooling peppermint flavor), and Flare(TM) (warming cinnamon flavor), 5 debuts in a 15- stick envelope package, a first for the gum category.

"Teens, who are constantly seeking opportunities to experience something out of the ordinary, are also the most frequent gum chewers of any age group and account for one-third of all gum chewed in the U.S.," said Martin Schlatter, Wrigley's Chief Marketing Officer. "In our testing, teens and young adults have told us they love everything about 5 - from the unique tingling, cooling or warming sensations that accompany its delicious and especially long-lasting flavors to its bold graphics to its sleek, revolutionary packaging. 5 delivers an amazing new gum experience."

It came with 15 pieces of gum all nicely wrapped in pretty blue foil. It was good tasting and it did last for a long time but when I spit it out, it left a very bad aftertaste in my mouth. I did not live up to the hype that Wrigley’s has made with all the advertising that is on TV. The brand is called “5” and I chose Cobalt, I guess that I will try the other flavors to see if they give a bad aftertaste like Cobalt did. The gum I like the best is the Wrigley’s Extra Polar Ice.

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Coincidence Is All?

This is actually really freaky!!
(mainly the end part, but read it all first)
1) New York City has 11 letters
2) Afghanistan has 11 letters.
3) Ramsin Yuseb has 11 letters .
(The terrorist who threatened to destroy
the Twin Towers in 1993)
4) George W Bush has 11 letters.

This could be a mere coincidence, but this
gets more interesting:
1) New York is the 11th state.
2) The first plane crashing against the
Twin Towers was flight number 11.
3) Flight 11 was carrying 92 passengers.
9 + 2 = 11) Flight 77 which also hit
Twin Towers , was carrying 65 passengers. 6+5 = 11
5) The tragedy was on September 11, or 9/11 as it is now known. 9 + 1+ 1 =11
6) The date is equal to the US emergency services telephone number 911.

9 + 1 + 1 = 11

Sheer coincidence..?! Read on and make
up your own mind:
1) The total number of victims inside all
the hi-jacked planes was 254.

2 + 5 + 4 = 11.

2) September 11 is day number 254 of
the calendar year.

Again 2 + 5 + 4 = 11.

3) The Madrid bombing took place on 3/11/2004. 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 11.
4) The tragedy of Madrid happened 911 days after the Twin Towers incident.

Now this is where things get totally eerie:

The most recognized symbol for the
US , after the Stars &Stripes, is the
Eagle. The following verse is taken
from the Quran, the Islamic holy book:

"For it is written that a son of Arabia
would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The
wrath of the Eagle would be felt
throughout the lands of Allah while
some of the people trembled in despair
still more rejoiced: for the wrath of the
Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah and
there was peace."

That verse is number 9.11 of the Quran.
Still unconvinced about all of this?!

Try this and see how you feel afterwards,
it made my hair stand on end:

Open Microsoft Word and do the following:
1. Type in capitals Q33 NY. This is the flight number of the first plane to hit one of the Twin Towers .
2. Highlight the Q33 NY.
3. Change the font size to 48.
4. Change the actual font to the WINGDINGS 1 (I've done it for you.)

What do you think now?!!

Q33 NY

Q33 NY

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

ITs always funny until someone gets hurt...

In my opinion, they were WAY the HELL off base!! I am just glad that i did not and do not ever want to go to jail there!! Here is 2 different views from 2 people. TheUniversity of Florida will have a big lawsuit on their hands...