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The good cardinal is out gunned, out classed and out argued on this episode of Q&A. He ends up calling Jesus and ignorant sheep-herder. A great debate, well worth your time.
Astronomy is another passion of mine. Enjoy this short clip on the fate of our Sun and similar stars.
It is one of those lifetime events, as Venus rarely crosses the plane of our orbit while in front of the sun.
“Our nearest planetary neighbour will be passing between the Earth and the sun starting at 6:04 p.m. ET on June 5 and will be aligned in such a way that its passage will be visible with the naked eye. The transit, as it’s known, will last about six hours, but in most parts of Canada, it will be visible for only a few hours before sunset.”
That doesn’t happen very often because most of the time when Venus crosses Earth’s orbital plane, Earth is somewhere else in its orbit, so there is no direct sight line from Earth to Venus and the Sun
“Earth orbits the sun slower than Venus. If they both orbited in the same plane, like runners running around a track, then every time Venus ‘lapped’ Earth, there would be a transit,” Reid said.
“However, Venus’s orbit is ’tilted’ relative to Earth’s orbit, so the only way Venus and Earth can line up with the sun is if Venus laps Earth exactly when Venus happens to be passing through the plane of Earth’s orbit.
“That only occurs at two points in Venus’s orbit (the two points where the ring of Venus’s orbit ‘punctures’ Earth’s orbit). The odds of Venus happening to be at one of those two points when it ‘laps’ Earth are small.”
As with the annular eclipse that dazzled millions of people around the world on May 20, the key to viewing the transit of Venus safely is to avoid looking directly at the sun without a protected lens. Sunglasses or ordinary telescope lenses are not enough to protect the eyes.
To be safe, lenses must be treated with something like an aluminized film like Mylar or have a strong filter such as the type found on some welder’s glasses. The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada lists a number of safe lens options in a special section of its website devoted to the transit.
Whatever viewing method you choose, the key, says Reid, is to not miss what will be your last chance to see Venus in transit.
“It will not occur again until 2117, so it’s worth trying to see it,” Reid said.
This is not photoshop.
What is colon hydrotherapy, you ask? It’s an enormous enema. A Dieticians of Canada publication describes it as follows:
Colonic cleansing or irrigation, touted as a treatment for cleansing the colon, involves the insertion of a rubber tube through the rectum into the large intestine. A continuous forced flow of up to 20 gallons of warm water eventually causes the body to expel the contents of the colon with the water. Colonic cleansing has been legally approved by Health Canada for use before radiologic endoscopic examination. Various peer-reviewed scientific studies were also found exploring pre-operative colonic cleansing as a means to prepare patients for a medical examination of the colon. A meta analysis investigating the efficacy of such treatment, for other than medically necessary purposes, concluded that there are no benefits derived from mechanical bowel cleansing; on the contrary, such a treatment may lead to further complications. Medical doctors do not recommend colon cleansing unless it is performed by a physician in preparation for a medical examination of the colon.
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Scientific truths in the Koran? TLD explores the issue.
Our light blogging week continues here at DWR, TLD steps up to educate and illuminate.
We’re zooming in on from the infinitely huge to a more comprehensible level, the stuff we’re made out of :)
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