http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/star/ en-us Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:53:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407646/posts The father who helped his daughter to recover bit by bit from a devastating gunshot wound, died on Sunday. WCCO has covered several stories about Vernice Hall, an innocent girl shot two years ago. The family was told she wouldn't recover but her father never gave up on the daughter he called "Star." This weekend though their story took a terrible turn. Steve Hall collapsed on a relative's couch and died from internal bleeding. They believe it was caused by a bleeding ulcer. "I just don't understand it. I'm shocked, I don't understand," said his wife, Latice Hall. Their family... WCCO.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407646/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:53:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406014/posts The Big Dipper -- part of Ursa Major in astronomy -- may be one of the most recognized features of the night sky, but that doesn't mean it can't stand an occasional improvement. A team from New York's American Museum of Natural History, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, Caltech, and the University of Cambridge in England reports that Alcor, the bright star that forms the bend in the dipper's "handle," has a dim red dwarf star orbiting it. They've put out this very pretty image, in which Alcor is renamed Alcor A, and its newly-found satellite star is called Alcor B.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406014/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:16:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2392712/posts Milton Friedman said with passion: “The record of history is absolutely clear that there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activity that is unleashed by the free enterprise system.” As imperfect as American capitalism is, it has still made America the “shining city on the hill” where immigrants still stand in line and cross borders to find opportunity. Those who worked hard to earn success and wealth used to be respected; now they’re more likely to be the subject of envy and derision. It’s... Ventura Co. Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2392712/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:04:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390511/posts High definition, the final frontier. Where nerds can boldly go where no moviegoer has gone before. With the Blu-ray release of the "Star Trek" movie prequel, these brave fans can obsess over the film's tiny details, including whether or not a very famous robot had a cameo that nobody noticed. Yahoo! Buzz Log http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390511/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:59:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389352/posts It's a solid doomsday prediction that in about 5 billion years the dying sun will expand as a bloated red giant and engulf the Earth. But imagine if in just a few weeks the middle-aged sun suddenly ballooned out to the orbit of Saturn and immediately vaporized Earth and most of the other planets in the solar system! And, even before this happened, imagine that every morning you awoke the sun was ever more sweltering until it began evaporating the oceans, spontaneously starting forests ablaze, and melting asphalt! This sounds like the stuff of a far-out science fiction movie. But... Discovery http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389352/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:09:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376267/posts Covered in blood, this is Marlon King's victim minutes after he smashed her in the face. Emily Carr was punched so powerfully by the footballer that she felt she had been hit with a brick. Her nose is permanently disfigured. King, 29, a £35,000-a-week striker for Premier League Wigan Athletic, was jailed on Thursday for lashing out at the 20-year-old student when she spurned his crude advances in a club... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376267/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 03:56:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364531/posts Bright Nebulae of M33 Credit & Copyright: Ken Crawford (Rancho Del Sol Observatory) Explanation: Gorgeous spiral galaxy M33 seems to have more than its fair share of bright emission nebulae. In fact, narrow-band and broad-band image data are combined in this beautifully detailed composite to trace the reddish emission nebulae, star forming HII regions, sprawling along loose spiral arms that wind toward the galaxy's core. Historically of great interest to astronomers, M33's giant HII regions are some of the largest known stellar nurseries - sites of the formation of short-lived but very massive stars. Intense ultraviolet radiation from the... NASA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364531/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:09:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2344350/posts Mass and density of smallest exoplanet finally measured The longest set of HARPS measurements ever made has firmly established the nature of the smallest and fastest-orbiting exoplanet known, CoRoT-7b, revealing its mass as five times that of Earth's. Combined with CoRoT-7b's known radius, which is less than twice that of our terrestrial home, this tells us that the exoplanet's density is quite similar to the Earth's, suggesting a solid, rocky world. The extensive dataset also reveals the presence of another so-called super-Earth in this alien solar system. "This is science at its thrilling and amazing best," says Didier Queloz,... European Southern Observatory http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2344350/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:53:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310563/posts 'Long live the Taliban" might seem an unlikely thing for a prominent anti-war figure to declare, but that's to-day's peace movement for you. Stranger still, the man who recently uttered those words, Azzam Tamimi, is being promoted by a new Toronto-based institute that says it is embarking upon a national campaign to cultivate wholesome, faith-based civic virtues among Canada's young Muslims. The National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310563/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:08:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2301475/posts I believe the healthcare initiative should be renamed the “Big Brother Healthcare Act of 2009.” This takeover starts with the lead person, a commissioner. The commissioner and the person under him will be given authority to carry a gun. I am not sure how this became part of the healthcare act, but it is in there. Their power is great, as they will take control over 16 percent of our economy. Costs will be capped at $5,000 per year for an individual. Costs for a family will be capped at $10,000 per year. Yearly increases will be based on the... Ventura Co. Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2301475/posts#comment Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:59:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2296745/posts President Barack Obama is no horse whisperer wooing America into embracing change. An articulate bull has been unleashed in America’s china shop. His sweet talk and promises of bipartisanship have given way to a radical liberal bent on transforming America into a socialistic nightmare we can’t afford! He may actually believe that his vision for America is best, but the poll numbers for his plans are dropping fast. Americans are taking off their rose-colored glasses because the economy is not improving. Brian Thompson of the Museum of American Financial History asserts: “Wall Street is predicated on optimism. The very acts... Ventura Co. Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2296745/posts#comment Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:13:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281722/posts LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show," has died at age 87. associated press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281722/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:37:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269310/posts A bright star may soon explode in a supernova, according to data released by U.C. Berkeley researchers Tuesday. The red giant Betelgeuse, once so large it would reach out to Jupiter's orbit if placed in our own solar system, has shrunk by 15 percent over the past decade in a half, although it's just as bright as it's ever been. "To see this change is very striking," said retired Berkeley physics professor Charles Townes, who won the 1964 Nobel Prize for inventing the laser. "We will be watching it carefully over the next few years to see if it will... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269310/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:14:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247969/posts WASHINGTON – It was the hottest ticket in town, a black-tie dinner gathering of Washington's political and media elite but Dick Cheney couldn't make it. The former vice president was busy, President Barack Obama joked, working on his memoir "tentatively titled, How to Shoot Friends and Interrogate People." AP Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247969/posts#comment Sun, 10 May 2009 12:40:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219868/posts This is not an April 1 prank. A star was named yesterday for Barack Obama. Here is THE LINK TO THE INFORMATION. HERE IS THE CERTIFICATE: FREENAMEASTAR.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219868/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 15:52:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195735/posts One of the child actors who starred in the Oscar-winning flick "Slumdog Millionaire" received a severe beating from his dad today after the 10-year-old star refused to be put on display like a trophy. Less than a week after strutting down the red carpet in Los Angeles, actor Azharuddin Mohammed was slapped and kicked by his dad Ismail, The London Sun reported today on its Web site. "I was very sorry that I did what I did," he said afterward. "I was so confused and stressed by my son's homecoming that I did not know myself for a minute. I... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195735/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:38:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153810/posts On Christmas eve in 1938, the physicist Lise Meitner took a walk in the snowy woods of Kungalv, Sweden, with her nephew, Otto Frisch, also a physicist. A Jewish refugee who had recently escaped from Hitler's Germany, Meitner began discussing with Frisch some puzzling experimental results from a lab in Berlin. By the time their famous walk was over, Meitner had scribbled down for the first time the equations that demonstrated the possibility of extracting huge amounts of energy from the splitting or "fission" of uranium atoms. Seventy years ago today, the woman whom Albert Einstein called "our Madame Curie"... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153810/posts#comment Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:04:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2142331/posts More than 400 years after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe challenged established wisdom about the heavens by analyzing a strange new light in the sky, scientists say they've finally nailed down just what he saw. It's no big surprise. Scientists have known the light came from a supernova, a huge star explosion. But what kind of supernova? A new study confirms that, as expected, it was the common kind that involves the thermonuclear explosion of a white dwarf star with a nearby companion. The research, which analyzed a "light echo" from the long-ago event, is presented in Thursday's issue of the... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2142331/posts#comment Wed, 3 Dec 2008 21:10:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2138863/posts Paramount has revised its recently release trailer for its upcoming "Star Trek" movie. They've added an old, familiar face...Click here to find out who.Requires Quicktime. (720p resolution) Paramount.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2138863/posts#comment Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:44:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2133914/posts Star Trek Trailer Quick Time Player Required Star Trek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2133914/posts#comment Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:05:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2130376/posts JJ Abrams wasn't a huge fan of the original Star Trek TV series as a kid, but he does have one unabashed gee-whiz Star Trek memory: watching the first feature film (1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture) and marveling over the big reveal of the Enterprise during a long sequence in which James T. Kirk takes a slow-boat tour around the iconic starship. "The coolest thing about it—maybe the coolest thing in the movie—was when you flew around the ship, you could see all the different panels that made up the ship," says the director of the forthcoming Trek... EW.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2130376/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:59:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114810/posts NEW YORK (AP) — The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., will reduce its newsroom staff by nearly half through voluntary buyouts as New Jersey's largest newspaper seeks to return to profitability. Jim Willse, the Star-Ledger's editor, said Friday that the newspaper accepted 151 buyout offers from its news staff, or about 45 percent of its 334 editorial employees. He said 17 buyout applications were rejected. Some staffers already have left, and others are leaving by year's end, many after the elections. "We've got from now to the end of the year to figure out what adjustments we have to make," Willse... The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114810/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:15:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2102983/posts Researchers are racing to find the first planet that might support life as we know it.Gliese 876 is a modest star, just one-third the mass of our sun and only 15 light-years away, but it has a history-making planetary system all its own. In 1998 a team led by Geoff Marcy of the University of California at Berkeley detected the first sign of something interesting there: a giant planet, twice the mass of Jupiter, circling Gliese 876 once every two months, its gravity yanking the star back and forth at the speed of a jet plane. Three years later the... Discover Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2102983/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:59:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2099016/posts The transit method — observing a distant planet as it moves in front of its star as seen from Earth — is a prime tool for exoplanet detection. But transits are hardly limited to planets around their primaries. The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) is demonstration of that, an attempt to find tiny Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) in the range between 0.5 and 28 kilometers. As you would imagine, at a distance like this such objects cannot be seen directly, but an occultation — the dimming of a star when one of the KBOs passes in front of it —... Centauri Dreams http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2099016/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 22:22:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082569/posts Astronomers believe they have taken the first amazing photo of a planet around another star like the Sun. The alien world shows up as a tiny orange disk in the image captured by Canadian scientists with a giant telescope in Hawaii. Previous pictures of so-called extrasolar planets orbiting other stars have been painted by artists. The new world was spotted 500 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius, the scorpion. Astronomers were puzzled by its distance from its parent star which is 330 times further than we are from the sun. But they carried out detective work with... Skymania http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082569/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:41:30 GMT