You can enjoy an online unique experience with Perseid meteor shower NASA web chat tonight! Perseids performed a splendid show in 2009. Let's enjoy Perseid meteor shower NASA web chat tonight too! This meteor shower peaks annualy on August 12 approximately and it brings forth about 60 meteors per hour ore more. An observer could spot up to 100 meteors per hour on the peak night when t…
eor observing” from about 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. local time (regardless of the time zone you’re in), according to NASA. Named after a now-extinct constellation, the shower is expected to produce 60 to 200 meteors per hour, with an average rate of about 100 each hour, according to NASA. Meteor shower “viewing should be great over most of the country,” Weather Channel meteorologist…
pected to put on a spectacular sky show this weekend These tiny pieces of ice and dust (which range from the size of a grain of sand to around as big as a pea) hit the Earth’s atmosphere at some 60 km/s (134,000 mph). “December’s Geminids often outperform them by a bit, but the Perseids are probably the most-watched meteor shower, because they come in the warm vacation season,…
ered on emphasizing the city’s strongest attributes: beauty, intelligent technology and textile fabrication. There are a lot of events going on, started with Apple Workshops and Fashion Exhibit, 5 Claude Lane. Small technology seminars took place at the Apple Store, technicians and fashion industry professionals’ speechees covered a large field concerning technical applications. Social…
…to ban public nakedness, rejecting arguments that the measure would eat away at a reputation for tolerance enjoyed by a city known for flouting convention and flaunting its counter-culture image. The 6-5 Board of Supervisors vote means that exposed genitals will be prohibited in most public places, including streets, sidewalks and public transit. Naked protestors stormed San Francisco City Hall…
…, an article by Infoworld – highlighted on EPEAT’s site – links the move to manufacturing techniques used to make the latest version of the firm’s MacBook Pro, which features a 5.1 million pixel high-definition display. In order to include the new screen while minimizing the laptop’s thickness Apple made it harder to disassemble the computer causing it to be difficult…
Restaurant workers of San Francisco, California, want to implement a standard tip of 25% onto the bill. According to Contra Costa Times , the restaurant workers proposals for standard 25% tipping in San Francisco already have support from some high-class restaurants. The main issue with their proposal is that diners should pay the 25% tip whether the service is good or bad. Regularly, people are…
Astronomers say the moon will go “super” this weekend, but that will mean bad news for the meteor shower watchers. The Super Moon, or the year’s biggest full moon, will delight all on 5th of May, 2012, starting from 23:35 EST (or 03:35 GMT on May 6th). Even though the moon will be at its biggest for just a few hours, the full moon will appear to last for a full three days starting on 4th Ma…
It has emerged that Apple has already sent out invitations to the San Francisco launch of its new iPad 3 this week. As expected, iPad3 will be unveiled on March 7 at a special even in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Apple’s invitation says: “We have something you really have to see. And touch.” The invitation shows a finger over an iPad screen, pointing to the Calendar app,…
…, and her fiance Eric Johnson arrived at the venue before any of her famous guests, with Johnson suited and booted for the occasion in a black suit and baby blue shirt. Apparently the event saw around 50 of the star’s closest friends and family from Texas show up. Jessica Simpson was seen showing off her blooming figure as she celebrated her baby shower surrounded by her family and famous friends…
Jessica Simpson is only days to go until her due date and she was joined by celebrities like Jessica Alba and Ashlee Simpson as well as friends and family in celebrating her baby shower at the Bel-Air Hotel garden yesterday. The bright and colorful shower, which was planned by renowned event planner Mindy Weiss, featured flowers by Mark’s Garden with yellow roses, yellow ranunculus, bunches…
…It’s fun having something between the two of us.” Giuliana and Bill Rancic plan on trying for a second child once she’s clear of the cancer treatments in five years. “Five years puts me at 42, and a lot of people have kids at 42. So I’m definitely going to try again,” she said. …
southeast of Berkeley near San Francisco. It caused a sharp jolt but no immediate signs of damages or injuries. The earthquake in California struck at 2:31 p.m. local time and was at a depth of about 6.1 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. San Francisco quake struck in the same day Californians took part in an annual earthquake preparedness drill Yesterday, the earthquake in Californ…
Terri Weissinger from California was trapped eight days at San Francisco International Airport because she couldn’t pay the baggage fees. Terri Weissinger had decided to move home and booked herself on a flight from California to Idaho. Eight days after turning up at San Francisco International Airport, however, Terri Weissinger was still in the departure lounge – having not even boar…
Ilya Zhitomirskiy, the social networking pioneer and Internet privacy advocate who dared to challenge Facebook and Google, died on Saturday in San Francisco. Ilya Zhitomirskiy, 22, died Saturday after San Francisco police were summoned for a reported suicide, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said. Ilya Zhitomirskiy was one of the founders Diaspora*, a new social networking service meant to…
ansson’s feminine form is alluded to twice, once over a dinner meeting with Alfred Hitchcock [Anthony Hopkins] and again when the filmmaker speaks to his wife [Helen Mirren]. Scarlett Johansson, 27, swans into frame during the trailer wearing in a low-cut halter neck peach satin dress, before sitting across the table from Alfred Hitchcock to discuss the role. As the New Yorker begins to gest…
…with the free and volunteer-driven OpenStreetMap, the world’s largest crowdsourced atlas, as its baseline mapping technology, instead of Google Maps. So did the mobile version of Wikipedia. With 600,000 registered users, OpenStreetMap also has the support of Microsoft. As more big players start working on OpenStreetMap, Di-Ann Eisnor and others say it could be another “viable alternati…
Microsoft has unveiled a touch-ready version of Office, the latest version of the company’s market-leading productivity software suite. In San Francisco, Steve Ballmer described Office 2013 as the firm’s “most ambitious release” to date. The software is primed for mobile devices, cloud computing, and social networking. Office is the globe’s most popular productivity…
The largest single day electronic dance music event, LovEvolution: A Dance Music Parade and Festival is hosted at the historical stadium O.co Coliseum and Oracle Arena in Oakland, California on Saturday, September 24, 2011. LovEvolution 2011 has a main stage, a grassy area at the Supperclub, 17 community produced, unique floats, with great names in dance music (Moby and Markus Schulz), top…
r the connector to evolve – and out new connector is called Lightning.” Apple also showed off a connector allowing people to use their existing chargers and accessories. The handset will use iOS 6, and dumps Google’s maps for Apple’s own. “We’ve built in free turn by turn directions,” said Scott Forstall of Apple as he demonstrated the new Apple Maps app. “We use a cinematic camera angle to…
Katie Holmes revealed her bony back as she attended the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala on Monday night in New York City. As she was seen getting into her chauffeured car to head to the soiree, her halterneck gown displayed her lithe frame. Katie Holmes’ not known for her daring fashion choices on the red carpet. But as she attended the Met Ball on Monday night she…
Steven Tyler, Aerosmith frontman and “American Idol” judge was hospitalized in Paraguay and released after a serious fall in his hotel bathroom, when he lost two teeth, cut his eyebrow and mouth. Steven Tyler, 63, was staying at the Bourbon Hotel in Asuncion, Paraguay, where he was due to perform a concert tonight with his band, Aerosmith Aerosmith was in Paraguay to perform at a rock…
ful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and other psychedelic bands had played free Golden Gate Park shows during the 1960s. Peter Sears and Moonalice sing at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2011. Over 600,000 people attended the festival last year and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2011 is expected to gathered around 1 million. Strictly Bluegrass 2001 was attended by 20,000 persons. Hardly Stric…
Apple is ready to unveil the new iPhone 5 to the world in San Francisco today. Meanwhile a video, which was purportedly filmed in an Apple factory, with the user taking great care to hide any serial numbers which might identify where the phone comes from, emerged to the public. The video shows off the iPhone’s larger display, and the dock port which has caused much consternation for Apple f…
nnounced at Zynga’s Unleashed press event at its San Francisco headquarters, where it was also developed. “One of the things that people will notice right away is that it’s our first 3D game,” said the firm’s chief technology officer Cadir Lee. “All the buildings, crops and animals are shown in 3D. You can see them from multiple directions, they can rotate, you…
Kim Kardashian finally puts her swollen feet in flatsAfter she raised eyebrows on Thursday as she crammed her swollen feet into Perspex heels, with painful looking results, Kim Kardashian finally seems to be giving her feet a…
Eva Longoria humiliating wardrobe malfunction at Cannes Film FestivalEva Longoria has suffered an extremely embarrassing wardrobe malfunction as she unfortunately revealed far more than she intended to upon screening of Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy…
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart split after cheating scandalRobert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have split after almost four years together, People magazine is reporting. The couple – who reportedly broke up briefly in December…
Eurovision 2013 winner is Denmark's Emmelie de Forest with Only TeardropsDenmark has won 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Swedish city of Malmo. Danish Emmelie de Forest had been the overwhelming favorite among the 26 entries, with her…
Phil Robertson, Miss Kay and Uncle Si do commercials for Clayton HomesDuck Commander Phil Robertson and his wife Miss Kay, the stars of Duck Dynasty, sliced some sweet potato pie and filled their audience in about Clayton Homes. “What do I…
Eurovision winners over the years. Where are they now?The Eurovision Song Contest has been running since 1956 and in that time, acts from around Europe have been singing their hearts out in the hope of winning the trophy. There…
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