Archive for October, 2007
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Today in Anchorage
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
I Love These!!!!
This Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics handout image received in June 2006 shows the Messier 33 galaxy. Astronomers have found the biggest stellar black hole so far, a monster with a mass 15.65 times that of our Sun, lurking in a the nearby spiral-shaped galaxy Messier 33.(AFP/HO/File)
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
I Love These!!!!
This photo, released by NASA/ESA on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007, shows Arp 87, a pair of interacting galaxies. In this view from the Hubble Telescope, stars, gas, and dust flow from the large spiral galaxy, NGC 3808, form an enveloping arm around its companion. The shapes of both galaxies have been distorted by their gravitational […]
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Lest We Forget
U.S. death toll in Iraq lower in October BAGHDAD (AP) — The monthly toll of U.S. service members who have died in Iraq is on track to being the lowest in nearly two years, with at least 37 troop deaths recorded as of Tuesday, but the military cautioned it’s too early to declare a long-term […]
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Today in Anchorage
Tonight: Evening light rain followed by a mix of rain and snow overnight. Low 36F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 70%. Tomorrow: Periods of rain and snow. High 39F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 70%.
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
We’ve Been Here Many Times
BURNING OF THE TOWER OF LONDON On the night of Saturday the 30th of October 1841, the great armory or storehouse, a large and imposing range of buildings, forming part of the Tower of London, and situated on the north side of its precincts, to the east of St. Peter’s Chapel, was entirely consumed by […]
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Feast of Germanus. bishop of Capua, confessor, about 540
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Feast of Marcellus the Centurion, martyr, 298
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
One of my Airplanes!
U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet B-52 STRATOFORTRESS Mission Air Combat Command’s B-52 is a long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions. The bomber is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds at altitudes up to 50,000 feet (15,166.6 meters). It can carry nuclear or precision guided conventional ordnance with worldwide precision navigation […]