SIDEBAR #50 - Arias/Alexander forum

[coffeejunkie]

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[coffeejunkie]

Tonight is a full moon

Moon Myths

As the closest celestial body to our Earth, the Moon has developed a number of myths about itself over the years and across the globe.

Myth #1: The Moon changes size. The Inuit people that live in Greenland named their Moon god Anningan. According to his story, Annigan chases his sister Malina, the Sun goddess, around the sky. This tiring work, paired with a lack of food, causes Annigan to get much thinner. This myth was an attempt to explain the phases of the moon as it recedes from a full moon to a crescent.

Myth #2: There are multiple moons in a given year. In ancient China, there were believed to be twelve moons one for each month of the year. These moons were also thought to be made of water.

Myth #3: Werewolves come out with a full moon. The folklore story of the werewolf perhaps dates as far back as the ancient Greeks and still exists worldwide today. It supposes that a cursed human shape-shifts into a wolf at the dawning of a full moon.

Myth #4: All moon landings were an expensive hoax. Some skeptics today still hold out in disbelief about NASA's landing on the moon. With elaborate stories about movie sets and faked photographs, they refuse to believe that any moon landing was real.

Myth #5: Blue moons are colored blue. While this would be a sight to see, it is a commonly mistaken misnomer. Blue moons are simply the fourth full moon to occur in a season, since most seasons only have three full moons.

Myth #6: A full moon can cause lunacy. Some police and hospital workers still claim that people are wilder on a full moon. There has not been any substantial statistical evidence for this claim though.

Myth #7: The Earth's shadow causes the phases of the Moon. The phases of the Moon are actually caused by the position of the Moon relative to the Sun. It is always lit up, but that half may not be completely visible from Earth. The only time that the shadow of the Earth interferes with the Moon is in a lunar eclipse.

Myth #8: The Moon reflects everything. The Moon lights up the sky nightly, but only about 7% of sunlight that hits the Moon is reflected. The brightest parts of the Moon are still only about 30% reflective.

Myth #9: The Moon doesn't rotate. The Moon always keeps the same face to Earth because it is locked to the greater mass of its primary. In order to keep the same side facing the Earth, the Moon must counter-intuitively rotate slowly, so as to seem as though it doesn?t rotate at all.

Myth #10: The Moon brings love. In Chinese folklore, Yue-Laou is an old man in the moon who unites predestined couples together. British women as well, who hoped to receive a dream about their true love would recite the following verse under a New moon: 'New moon, new moon, I hail thee! By all the virtue in thy body, grant this night that I may see he who my true love is to be.' The Moon has also traditionally been appealed to in order to bring fertility.

 

[coffeejunkie]

Did you know

Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year


Did you know

the human body of a 70 kg person contains 0.2mg of gold


Did you know

Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year

Did you know

crocodiles swallow rocks to help them dive deeper


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the bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers


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each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man, woman, and child


Did you know

The US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year


Did you know

people who work at night tend to weigh more


Did you know

the Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons


Did you know

every year the sun loses 360 million tons


Did you know

the shell is 12% of an eggs weight


Did you know

the average elephant produces 22kg (50 pounds) of dunn each day


Did you know

a platypus can eat its weight in worms every day


Did you know

60 cows can produce a ton of milk each day


Did you know

you brain weights 2% of your body weight though uses 20% of all oxygen you breathe and 15% of the bodys blood supply


Did you know

the average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons


Did you know

a blue whale can weigh as much as 30 elephants and as long as 3 large tour buses


Did you know

a bear in hibernation loses up to 25% of its body weight


Did you know

the skeleton of an African elephant accounts for about 15% of its body weight


Did you know

you have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple)

 

[coffeejunkie]

Any else have issues with WS this morning? Troubles getting in, pages hang up or stop half way through while scrolling, or you lose the entire page. Oh, and can't post pics from your PC. Keep refreshing every move I make!!

 

[Dmacky]

Any else have issues with WS this morning? Troubles getting in, pages hang up or stop half way through while scrolling, or you lose the entire page. Oh, and can't post pics from your PC. Keep refreshing every move I make!!

cj ~ I've been having problems the few days. Everything you said. Plus, the thank you button really $ucks (more than usual) and when I refresh, it takes me back up to the very first post :gaah:

 

[Zuri]

Good morning, my wonderful friends. Beau's funeral is on Saturday and fortunately, my DH is off and we will go. A charitable foundation has been set up in his memory that will help abused children, and that is certainly fitting.

I really appreciate all the lovely and kind words, as I know they come from the kindest hearts around. God Bless. Xo

 

[Niner]

Good morning all! :wave:

cj ~ I've been having problems the few days. Everything you said. Plus, the thank you button really $ucks (more than usual) and when I refresh, it takes me back up to the very first post :gaah:

Yes... it doesn't go down to the post where you refreshed... :gaah: and the Thanks button really sucks too!! As I Thanked this post, but alas, it doesn't show... :gaah: :lol:

Again - watching tennis - The French Open, and my guy is losing... Roger Federer! My other guy, Rafa Nadal is still winning though!

No updates on little bro yet... still waiting... :waiting:

okay - off to read some other threads! cguru:

:seeya:

 

[Spellbound]

cj ~ I've been having problems the few days. Everything you said. Plus, the thank you button really $ucks (more than usual) and when I refresh, it takes me back up to the very first post :gaah:

and now that darned scrolling box with three ads is playing havoc with my iPad! gaah!!!!

 

[YESorNO]

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Christine is back with this:

Juror 17 leak makes one of 3 of the top cover ups in the Jodi Arias trial

"It’s been almost two full months since Jodi Arias was sentenced to prison for the rest of her natural life for the brutal 2008 slaying of her lover Travis Alexander. In most cases, once a convict is sentenced, their story fades to black the minute their life becomes nothingness confined by prison walls. But, in her efforts to avoid the death penalty, this killer has always wanted to be the exception to every rule. And she has been successful at that. So much so that she is considered one of the biggest manipulators the courts have seen by trial watchers in Arizona history. But her life is anything but a success, nor will it ever be. Instead, Jodi Arias will always be known for being a manipulator, a liar, and a deceptive and cold blooded killer...."

http://www.examiner.com/article/jur...-jodi-arias-trial?CID=examiner_alerts_article
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Is Casey Anthony ready to tell all? America’s most infamous mother lands in New York ahead of rumored interview

http://thetrialdiaries.com/is-casey...lands-in-new-york-ahead-of-rumored-interview/
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[YESorNO]

Looks like we will be forced to take the new Windows 10 (I'm already getting "alerts" on my computer to update) :sheesh:

:tantrum:

Windows 10 is coming, it's way better -- and free

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/windows-10-is-coming-its-free-and-you-can-try-it-now/

Windows 10 To Be 'Last Version Of Windows'

http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2015/05/08/windows-10-to-be-last-version-of-windows/

Windows 10 Release Date Revealed: How To Upgrade For Free

"...when July comes around here’s what to do. The OS will be free to download for Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows phone. Upgrading in the first year after release will be cost-free and this is likely to remain the case too – you’ll only be hit with a fee if you miss this one year window,..."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyl...elease-date-revealed-how-to-upgrade-for-free/
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[YESorNO]

Actress Betsy Palmer Dead at Age 88

"Actress Betsy Palmer, whose long film, stage and television career began back in 1951 in the early days of live television and who later found a new generation of fans in her role as Mrs. Vorhees in the cult film classic Friday the 13th, has died at the age of 88, it was announced today by her longtime manager Brad Lemack. Lemack reports that Palmer died of natural causes on May 29th at a hospice care center near her Danbury, Connecticut home...."

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Actress-Betsy-Palmer-Dead-at-Age-88-20150531

Link: http://newimages.bwwstatic.com/columnpic7/iconsquareBetsyPalmer.jpeg

RIP :candle:

 

[YESorNO]

Here's something to drive you coo-coo:

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[YESorNO]

And somethings to make you smile

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Couples having fun

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[YESorNO]

yeah, just when I thought I was starting to get my life back on track yesterday, found out today that my dad is back in the hospital again, and can't make my daughter's graduation.

How is your father doing today?

 

[YESorNO]

Omg my gosh... just saw this on CNN news channel

"Call me Caitlyn" - Bruce's new name...

actually "she" doesn't look to bad!


P.S. I might have "scooped" YESorNO :snowball: :lol:

BBM I would not have posted this anyway.

:floorlaugh:

 

[Dmacky]

Omg my gosh... just saw this on CNN news channel

"Call me Caitlyn" - Bruce's new name...

actually "she" doesn't look to bad!


P.S. I might have "scooped" YESorNO :snowball: :lol:

:gasp: :gasp: :gasp:




JMO but this photo looks sooooooooooo "photo shopped" ...

:moo:

All I can say is she looks pretty good for being, what, 65 years old, and airbrush make up application can do a lot. Add to that a lifetime of working out............not bad!
Hope she's truly found her place in life and finds all the happiness she was searching for.
I saw Bruce's interview with Diane Sawyer before the change, and it was pretty good. I thought it was going to be a bit cheesy, but I was really moved. I can't imagine all the turmoil he was dealing with.

Ok I'll say it. I quite honestly could care less how people choose to live their lives. I’m a firm believer that life is hard and we should all try to find our own happiness. If transforming himself into a woman makes him happy then I say go for it. But I am sick to death of everybody calling him a "hero" and that he/she's gonna change the world. PLEASE...He's NOT going to change the world and he is definitely NOT a hero. I've never seen a "Hero" milking their “journey” for all the $$$ it’s worth.
Money, money and more money and of course publicity to bring attention to the fact that he will have a new TV show soon. CHA-CHING

It was the TOP story on all the national news, and countless other shows. Pfft

This entire post is MOO ~

 

[Ruby]

Ok I'll say it. I quite honestly could care less how people choose to live their lives. I’m a firm believer that life is hard and we should all try to find our own happiness. If transforming himself into a woman makes him happy then I say go for it. But I am sick to death of everybody calling him a "hero" and that he/she's gonna change the world. PLEASE...He's NOT going to change the world and he is definitely NOT a hero. I've never seen a "Hero" milking their “journey” for all the $$$ it’s worth.
Money, money and more money and of course publicity to bring attention to the fact that he will have a new TV show soon. CHA-CHING

It was the TOP story on all the national news, and countless other shows. Pfft

This entire post is MOO ~

The thanks button was not enough.

Many people have changed genders - it' their business, good for them if that is what makes them happy.
Many people would love to change genders - but can't, they live in turmoil, and are bullied and beaten, sometimes to death.
To me a hero is someone who can help others who can't help themselves.

I'm glad there's someone else wondering why such international fuss - it's not like Caitlyn won any gold medals :drumroll: (smileys not working for me)

ETA: Sorry my opinion is not politically correct, or in line with the masses.

 

[coffeejunkie]

Is Casey Anthony ready to tell all? America’s most infamous mother lands in New York ahead of rumored interview

I really don't care about hearing her lying mouth open!!!!!!

 

[Zuri]

Re Caitlyn Jenner: I still refer to her as Bruce as Caitlyn is so new! It has been interesting to see how many people have been so supportive and IMO that is heartwarming. I can't imagine what it must have been like for her all these years, living as someone you knew you weren't.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hero

 

[krkrjx]

Re Caitlyn Jenner: I still refer to her as Bruce as Caitlyn is so new! It has been interesting to see how many people have been so supportive and IMO that is heartwarming. I can't imagine what it must have been like for her all these years, living as someone you knew you weren't.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hero

I agree. And BRAVO to Caitlyn for doing this publicly rather than trying to hide it. That takes a lot of courage given how many in society love to tell everyone how they should live their lives.

I wish Caitlyn all the best.