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Earth’s Moon Destined to Disintegrate
By David Powell
Special to SPACE.com
posted: 22 January 2007
06:04 am ET
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070122_temporary_moon.html

It’s a Short Fun-Day:

We will be having a “Yard/Games Day” and “Mini-Reunion” on new years day 2010.

GFFB-JAMAICAmade (Family and friends) will be playing yard/board games between mid-day and sun-down (before 6:00 pm) on Friday 01 January 2010.

Dress Code: Inf0rmal (meaning you can wear your yard clothes if you wish).

RSVP: For more information send email to gladstone28@hotmail.com

See you on New Year’s Day!!!!

Ida lashing the Gulf Coast; no change in strength

Tropical Storm Ida is pounding the coasts of southeast Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle with high winds, huge waves, and heavy rain.

 

At 6 pm EST, the Mobile, AL NWS office reported that coastal flooding had begun on Dauphin Island and at Fort Pickens in the Florida Panhandle. Surf heights of 5 - 8′ are expected tonight on Dauphin Island as Ida storms ashore, and heights of 10 - 15′ are possible from Fort Morgan, Alabama to Destin, Florida. Sustained winds of 40 mph were reported at buoy 42007 22 nm miles south of Biloxi, MS at 4:50 pm EST, and winds of 40 mph, gusting to 51 mph, were recorded at Dauphin Island, AL, at 7:06 pm EST.

Hurricane Ida moves into U.S. Gulf Coast

Hurricane Ida moved into the southern Gulf of Mexico Sunday, prompting a declaration of emergency in Louisiana and concern along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

The storm regained hurricane intensity overnight Saturday, becoming a Category 2 hurricane, but forecasters said it is expected to weaken as it moves north. Ida drenched Nicaragua after making landfall last week as a Category 1 hurricane, then weakened to a tropical storm before resuming strength.

In El Salvador, at least 91 people died in flooding and mudslides, according to the government, but a low-pressure system out of the Pacific — not Hurricane Ida — triggered the disaster, forecaster Robby Berg of the National Hurricane Center said Sunday.

A hurricane warning, meaning hurricane conditions are possible within 24 hours, extends from Pascagoula, Mississippi to Indian Pass, Florida, forecasters said.

The Global Anti-Trust Battle Over Google’s Library

Who knew there was so much fight in those dusty books? When Google announced plans in 2004 to scan millions of tomes tucked into library stacks across the country, admirers embraced the ambitious project as a digital undertaking as visionary as Magellan setting sail around the world. The project would throw open musty archives everywhere, putting hidden works on the Internet for all to use…read more

…the global economic crisis and the problems facing Jamaica

Golding will make a presentation during the debate on the Supplementary Estimates and he has requested that Labourites not only turn out at Gordon House for his presentation, but that they be prepared to defend his administration against the "poison darts" that could follow...read more 

Opposition Leader …is challenging him to call elections

Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller has demanded that Prime Minister Bruce Golding cut the size of the Cabinet and is challenging him to call elections if he is unable to run the country…read more

…in action

It’s yet another tale of heartbreak, except this one ends with the kind of warmth you only expect on the Hallmark Channel.

Ed Peirce, a landlord who lives in Rock Hill, S.C., had a couple of options when both of the tenants in his two West Virginia rental houses lost their jobs and could no longer pay rent…read more

Travelling through…

“For me it’s no problem…”

“For the Prime Minister to decide to bestow certain things on me, it must be for a good reason,” was Usain Bolt’s reaction yesterday to being bestowed Jamaica’s fourth highest honour - the Order of Jamaica (OJ)…read more

Powell wins 100m in 9.82 at Pedro’s Cup

Asafa Powell dominated the field to win the 100 metres in 9.82 seconds, and Tyson Gay cruised to victory in the 200 at the Pedro’s Cup yesterday…read more

Usain Bolt to get OJ and highway renamed after him

World and Olympic double record holder Usain Bolt is to be awarded the nation’s fourth highest national honour – the Order of Jamaica.

Prime Minister Bruce Golding made the announcement in Parliament this afternoon.

Mr Golding also announced that Highway 2000 will be renamed the Usain Bolt Highway. …read more