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- Portrait of a Doomed Asteroid
A new study provides a possible explanation of mysterious X-ray flares detected by the Chandra K-ray Observatory for several years in the region of Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A*. The study suggests a cloud around Sgr A*, a supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, which contains hundreds of trillions of asteroids and comets that have been stripped from their parent stars. The flares occur when asteroids of six miles or larger in radius are consumed by the black hole. An asteroid that undergoes a close encounter with another object, such as a star or planet, can be thrown into an orbit headed towards Sgr A*. If the asteroid passes within about 100 million miles of the black hole, roughly the distance between the Earth and the sun, it is torn into pieces by the tidal forces from the black hole. These fragments would then be vaporized by friction as they pass through the hot, thin gas flowing onto Sgr A*, similar to a meteor heating up and glowing as it falls through Earth's atmosphere. A flare is produced and eventually the remains of the asteroid are swallowed by the black hole. Image Credit: Illustrations: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
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Monthly Archives: October 2008
New Policies
As of November 5, 2008, IF President Obama is officially elected to office, our company will instill a few new policies which are in keeping with his new, inspiring issues of change and fairness: 1. All salespeople will be pooling … Continue reading
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Communism in The US?
I have commented before on anecdotal evidence that people are seeing the message of the Democrats and BHO as a blatent shift to Socialism, and to Communism. Doc brings us more anecdotal evidence… People who have lived under communism have … Continue reading
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A Sunday Sermon
This one says thing clearly, and concisely. I am the Liberals Worst Nightmare. I am an American. I believe in God. I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some Liberal governmental functionary be it … Continue reading
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One Vote
More campaign advertising… interesting approach. A little to religiously oriented for my taste but, a powerful set of value based images and music.
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Refreshing Approach
By now we have all excepted that the mainstream media will continue their one sided push to bring Hussien to office. Then we see this… Just maybe all is not lost.
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Powerful
For most of you that are already aware of these facts, I suspect your decision is made. For those that might still be on the fence for November 4th, please think about this message.
Posted in Presidential Politics, Terrorism
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Civics 101
For the past 3 or 4 months I have been telling anyone that asked, what my biggest fear about this election cycle is. Inevitably, I have gone on a long winded answer that involved a discussion of the basic checks … Continue reading
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It’s That Time of Year Again
It’s that time of year again. And the state of the economy does not help right now but let’s dig out the wallet and see what we can drum up for the team. Request 1– TEAM HOPE FOR THE WARRIORS. … Continue reading
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More Campaign Advertising
If you have a message and can ride it, how do you eloquently and tastefully exploit the opportunity? Here’s one way:
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Unofficial Campaign Ads / Goofs
You know what is even more fun than official campaign ads… the unofficial ones. As Biden tried to tie McCain to President Bush this morning, he slipped and referred the Republican nominee as “John McLane.” He immediately recognized the mistake, … Continue reading
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