Winter Solstice - Longest Day for The Solstice

Winter Solstice – Longest Day for The Solstice

Stonehenge Winter Solstice Credit: telegraph.co.uk

Depending on how the calendar falls, the December solstice occurs annually on a day between December 20 and 23. This year, the December solstice will occur at 05:30 UTC (12:30 a.m. EST) on December 22, 2011. While the southern hemisphere is experiencing the long days of summer, the northern hemisphere will have the “winter solstice” – often called the shortest day of the year. Conversely, six months ago the northern hemisphere experienced the longest day with the summer solstice, with the southern hemisphere having their winter solstice. This is part of a never ending cycle and is at the heart of our seasons.
So, why do we call it the shortest day of the year for the winter solstice and longest day for the solstice in the summer? Do we lose some time off the clock in winter, and in summer do we miraculously gain time on the clock in a bizarre cycle that is imposed by old men in charge of calendars and times around the world? (I used to think this as a small boy…)
The fact is we don’t lose or gain any time; what we actually gain or lose is hours of sunlight. During the winter solstice we receive the least amount of sunlight of the year on that day.
To understand the winter and summer solstices we need to recognize a fundamental fact about the Earth. Earth’s axis of rotation is tilted approximately 23.5° from a vertical axis. This means that as the tilted Earth orbits the Sun during the year, the different hemispheres receive varying amounts of sunlight, as this tilt causes sunlight to strike the surface of Earth at different angles at different times of year.
In the summer, we see the Sun for longer periods of time and it appears high in the sky; the Sun’s rays are more direct and the heat energy is more abundant. In the winter, when the Sun is low in the sky and appears for less amount of time; there is less energy and the Sun therefore heats less efficiently.

If you live near the equator, you won’t notice much difference in the amount of sunlight you receive throughout the year. The biggest noticeable difference is at the poles, where each solstice brings an extreme in the hours of sunlight you receive; in summer the Sun never properly sets for weeks, and in winter it never rises, creating some of the most inhospitable environments on Earth.
I always find the solstices to be magical times of year and look forward to either the longest or shortest days as they are the bringers of seasons, darkness and light.

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Mega Millions From Wikipedia

Mega Millions is a US multi-jurisdictional $1 lottery game. Since it replaced The Big Game in May 2002 (see below), Mega Millions' advertised jackpots have started at $12 million, paid in 26 yearly installments (unless the cash option is chosen), increasing when there is no jackpot winner.

Reflecting common practice among American lotteries, the jackpot is advertised as a nominal value of annual installments. A cash value option, when chosen by a jackpot winner (see below), pays the approximate present value of the installments. Mega Millions currently uses a 5/56 (white balls) + 1/46 (the Mega Ball) double matrix to select its winning numbers. Each game costs players $1; in most of the 42 Mega Millions jurisdictions, players may opt to pay an extra $1 per game to multiply their non-jackpot prizes by 2, 3, or 4 with the Megaplier. (The Megaplier was made available to all Mega Millions players in January 2011; it began as a Texas-only option.) Mega Millions is drawn at 11pm Eastern time Tuesdays and Fridays, including holidays. The drawings usually are held in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mega Millions' second largest annuity jackpot ($380 million)

and largest cash jackpot ($240 million), was for the January 4, 2011 drawing; two tickets, one each from Post Falls, Idaho, and Ephrata, Washington, matched all six winning numbers, winning $190 million (annuity) each. The holders of each ticket chose the cash option.
Mega Millions' largest annuity jackpot, of $390 million, was for the March 6, 2007 drawing. Two tickets also won this jackpot; one each from Georgia and New Jersey; both sets of winners chose the cash option, splitting $233 million. (As noted below, interest rates change, resulting in different ratios between the cash values and annuity values of jackpots.)

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Benarkah Pernyataan Roti Tawar Dapat Meningkatkan Resiko Kanker Payudara ?

Roti Tawar Meningkatkan Resiko Kanker Payudara?

SAN DIEGO - Ternyata roti tawar dan kentang dapat meningkatkan risiko kanker payudara. Hal ini telah di sampaikan oleh para ilmuwan dalam penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Universitas California, San Diego.

Sebuah studi menemukan bahwa orang yang mengikuti diet kaya pati (amilum) lebih beresiko terkena tumor dibandingkan mereka yang jarang mengkonsumsi pati. Para peneliti belum dapat menjelaskan kecenderungan ini. Namun, mereka berasumsi bahwa peningkatan tingkat insulin yang dipicu ‘karbohidrat olahan’ seperti pati itu bisa merangsang pertumbuhan sel kanker.
Peneliti mempelajari pola makan dari 2.651 penderita kanker payudara selama 12 bulan. Mereka menemukan bahwa orang yang sering makan pati memiliki 14,2 persen resiko kanker payudara. Tingkat resiko ini lebih tinggi dibandingkan yang jarang mengkonsumsi pati, yaitu sekitar 9,7 persen.
"Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa bukan hanya karbohidrat secara keseluruhan (yang berpotensi tingkatkan resiko kanker), tetapi terutama pati,” kata peneliti Universitas California, Jennifer Emond.

Penelitian belum dapat memberikan rekomendasi untuk pola makan yang baik guna mencegah kanker ini.
Pada awalnya, asupan karbohidrat perempuan adalah 233 gram per hari. Peneliti mengamati pola makan wanita yang di tahun berikutnya mengalami kambuh penyakit. Perempuan yang penyakitnya kambuh itu umumnya menambah asupan pati sebanyak 2.3 gram per hari pada tahun pertama. Sementara itu, penderita yang tidak mengalami kambuh umumnya mengurangi asupan pati 2,7 gram setiap harinya.
Kanker payudara adalah kanker paling marak di Inggris. Penyakit ini diderita sekitar 46.000 wanita setiap tahun. Karbohidrat adalah bahan bakar yang paling penting untuk otot dan sumber energi penting untuk otak dan sistem saraf pusat. Karbohidrat olahan seperti roti mengandung pati lebih banyak dibandingkan dari biji-bijian (seperti beras).
CEO Kampanye Kanker Payudara, Baroness Delyth Morgan, mengapresiasi temuan ini. "Studi ini menunjukkan bahwa mengurangi konsumsi pati mungkin bisa mengurangi risiko kambuhnya kanker payudara. Kita menunggu penelitian lebih lanjut tentang masalah ini,” ujar dia. 

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USA more Shy, show Iran Aircraft Unmanned spy who Shot Fall

TEHRAN - Iranian television displaying what they say as a spy plane shot down unmanned from the country's airspace. Impressions are made after U.S. officials expressed concern and desperately denied their aircraft into unmanned spy, although later admitted.
According to the semi-official news agency Fars, in the television segment, the Revolutionary Guard Air Force commander, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said that Iranian forces found the plane "that infiltrate our country's airspace to spy on our mission."
"Having entered the eastern part of the country, this plane crashed into the trap of our armed forces and the fall in Iran with minimal damage," said Hajizadeh in Fars.
According to the Iranian military officials, that unmanned aircraft "equipped with highly advanced surveillance, data collection, electronic communications, and radar systems." Such aircraft, he said, has been designed to avoid radar systems. This is the latest technology of advanced aircraft used by the United States.
"The technology used in these aircraft has been used in the B2 and F35 aircraft," added Hajizadeh. The plane is controlled and guided via satellite links and land stations in Afghanistan and the United States.
"Military experts are well aware of how valuable information technology this aircraft," wrote Fars quoted Hajizadeh.
RQ-170 has been used in Afghanistan for several years. U.S. officials acknowledge that the military was losing control of one of the hidden aircraft while flying a mission in western Afghanistan. The official news agency IRNA said Iranian forces had shot down the plane.
On Monday, U.S. military officials said they were concerned that a hidden surveillance plane that crashed in Iran and could provide an opportunity to gather information about the secret program.
But experts said Monday that even if Iran found the plane unmanned spy, they may get a bit of it.

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Recognize there Proximity Busyro Angie with KPK investigators

JAKARTA - KPK, Busyro Muqodas confirmed the existence of alleged closeness Angelina Sondakh with a KPK investigators.

"Yes, there are indications of personal closeness and that is our check," said Busyro told reporters after a press conference on the global Anti-Corruption Day campaign Building Commission, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Friday (09/12/2011).

Busyro asserted, the proximity of Angie with a KPK investigators did not interfere with the investigation. Because the investigators did not conduct an investigation of the bribery case that ensnare the name of Angie.

"No, he did not examine cases Angie," said Busyro. (See also: It's been long known Angie)

Busyro also confirmed that the KPK leadership is doing the maximum to the proximity of a KPK investigators with Angie so that no intervention.

"Already we forbade intervention with maximum potential," said Busyro explained.

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Lumia Nokia 800 Now Available in Asia-Pacific

Having appeared in Europe some time ago, Nokia's first phone smart phones based on Windows Phone was present in Asia. Nokia Lumia 800 already on sale in Singapore starting on December 10, 2011, while Nokia Lumia 710 will present a few weeks afterwards.
Both products are also initiated a new strategy for the Nokia smart phone market, namely the adoption of the operating system Windows Phone. An initial response from consumers in Europe turned out pretty good. Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President of Markets for Nokia said the Nokia Lumia 800 has reached the number 1 position in the Netherlands, ahead of other smartphones.
"Nokia Lumia Lumia 800 and 710 emit Nokia basic attributes such as high quality, attractive colors, as well as experience and uncompromising performance. The smartphone also offers the best social networking experience via People Hub, which offers one-touch access to various social networks, "said Neil Gordon, VP of Sales, Nokia South East Asia Pacific.
Interestingly, also revealed that Nokia is also constantly changing in terms of corporate culture. If the first to issue a product, from design to production, it takes about 18 months, now Nokia can do it faster. To Lumia 800 and 710, Nokia was able to take it off in 8 months since the announcement of collaboration between Nokia and Microsoft.
Excess smartphone Nokia Lumia Drive lies in the inclusion of Nokia and Nokia Music. With Nokia Drive, Lumia turned into a personal navigation device equipped with navigation and viewing guide for the motorist. These facilities exist only in smartphones Nokia Lumia and can be used free of charge.
In addition, there are also maps for more than 100 countries around the world, which can also be downloaded free of charge. While the Nokia Music is an evolution of Ovi Music service that previously existed in the Nokia X Series. With Nokia Music, users can download music clips and album from a fairly complete catalog. Interesting features, available options for listening to music for 30 seconds before you decide to buy.
Nokia Lumia 800 will be marketed for S $ 775 or about USD 5.5 million, while Nokia Lumia 710 for S $ 505 or about USD 3.5 million. Interested?

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Angered by In Photos, Male Elephant Horns Up Australian Tourists Killed

Kota Kinabalu - Jenna Donley O'Grady, an Australian woman tourist gored to death by a bull elephant Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah, Malaysia. Allegedly, the elephant was shocked and angry that tourists were photographed.

"The elephant seemed startled by the sound of a camera shutter and flash," said a source. Raby incident took place at 06:30.

Eyewitnesses stated that the woman was 26 years could not escape when the elephant suddenly become wild and raging. Female friend and tour guide managed to escape the attack of wild animals that are left in an area of ​​123 thousand hectares.

State Wildlife Department director, Dr Laurentius Ambu said the group of women and their guide had gone to a nearby crater mud and decided to take the trail wildlife on their way back to the resort. In the middle of the road, they met and photographed elephants. At that moment, kedajian untoward happened.

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Olivia Wilde Dating with Jason Sudeikis?

Stars 'Tron: Legacy', Olivia Wilde - who divorced her former husband, Tao Ruspol, last October - reportedly holding hands with a host of 'Saturday Night Live' at a party at Loi, New York, and looked so enjoy dinner with the the star.

A source told Us Weekly magazine: "They [to the party], arm in arm. He came to the studio 'Saturday Night Live' at Rockefeller Center, and they went out for dinner after a workout."

Since parting with Tao, last February after nearly seven years of marriage, Olivia once rumored to go out with Bradley Cooper and Justin Timberlake.

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Also Manohara Photos with Beckham

Liputan6.com, New York: Like do not want to waste the opportunity, artist Manohara Odelia Pinot, it also had to pose with football player nicknamed the Golden Foot, David Beckham. According to the version of Manohara, the story began when he was with his sister and his mother came to a restaurant for dinner. The restaurant is a place for dinner David Beckham and his team of LA Galaxy.

In it, Manohara's sister Fernando claimed David Beckham had surreptitiously view with Manohara. "So Beckham had surreptitiously view of the same kak Mano, maybe he's a little taste of what felt so," said Manohara's brother, Fernando, Hot Shot SCTV, Friday (2 / 12).

"Then we had wanted the photos, not just the committee said the photos inside, so we respect that rule," continued Manohara. Luckily when dinner is finished, add Mano - greeting Manohara - there are said to Manohara committee that asked him to pose with Beckham. "So there is a committee that nyamperin keep saying Beckham wants to pose with," he said

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Marriage Catherine Elizabeth Middleton

A marriage between a prince and princess moorings heart always attract attention. People are flocking to know who the lucky man's daughter, and wondered about their love story together - whether that is often described as beautiful in fairy tales?

It's also what happened on April 29, when Prince William, heir to the British throne, married Kate Middleton had known for 10 years.

Marriage is attracted hundreds of millions of people (even in Indonesia there is a direct broadcast television). Who is Kate Middleton?

Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was born on January 9, 1982 from families who do not bleed blue. His father and his mother once worked as a steward / i before founding the company supplies and party decorations. Kate has two sisters: Pippa and James.

In 2001, Kate attended the University of St Andrews, and William met for the first time. The journey of their love was stopped in 2007 because she felt William supposedly less attention. Meanwhile William, who was then 24 years, reported feeling too young to get married and still want to own first.

But that name does not match where it will. A few months after the breakup, they returned cordial and October 2010, William proposed to Kate when they are in Kenya.

After marriage, Kate Middleton's life certainly changed. Now she accompanies her husband served in the royal duties. And he still invites the attention of many people. In November, she was named the best dressed women in 2011 by the magazine Bazaar.

Apart from Kate, attention is also not free from Pippa Middleton - which featured cute when holding the tip of her wedding dress. Some even argue, Pippa prettier than Kate!

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