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Back to the future 6-27-2012. Can't stop reading. Look Up, Stargazers: June 5 Is The Transit Of Venus. Hide captionThe Transit Of Venus: The planet Venus appears as a tiny black dot as it transits across the face of the sun on June 8, 2004.

Look Up, Stargazers: June 5 Is The Transit Of Venus

The rare astronomical event will take place again on June 5, 2012. Ian Waldie/Getty Images It's been a good season for stargazers, a veritable meteor shower of astronomical goodies, from a supermoon to a solar eclipse. Next up? On Tuesday, June 5, astronomy enthusiasts can witness the Transit of Venus — one of the rarest astronomical events. hide captionTo learn more about the Transit of Venus and to get tips for observing this rare astronomical event, visit the NASA website. Joerg Koch/AFP/Getty Images During the six-hour transit, Venus moves in between the Earth and the sun. It's an event that happens in pairs eight years apart — and then not again for more than a century. Wulf's book, which is subtitled The Race to Measure the Heavens, explores the scientific and historical significance of the Transit of Venus.

Interview Highlights. Facebook Privacy Notice - Facebook Rumour. 25 May 2012 - Article No: 1563 *PRIVACY NOTICE: Warning--any person and/or institution and/or Agent and/or Agency of any governmental structure including but not limited to the United States Federal Government also using or monitoring/using this website or any of its associated websites, you do NOT have my permission to utilize any of my profile information nor any of the content contained herein including, but not limited to... my photos, and/ or the comments made about my photo`s or any other "picture" art posted on my profile.

Facebook Privacy Notice - Facebook Rumour

You are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing, disseminating, or taking any other action against me with regard to this profile and the contents herein. The foregoing prohibitions also apply to your employee(s), agent(s), student(s) or any personnel under your direction or control. It is recommended that other members post a similar notice to this or you may copy and paste this one. 40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken. Emily's Hippie Dippie Advice for Dealing With Total Assholes. At the meditation station.

Emily's Hippie Dippie Advice for Dealing With Total Assholes

In the world of hippie dippie shit, we don't really call people assholes. Instead we refer to assholes as "difficult people," which is the more spiritual euphemism for people who drive you fucking insane by being generally horrible or micromanaging you condescendingly or treating everyone around them like inferior beings. It's true! You can even download guided meditations for "dealing with difficult people. " It's one of those new-agey cliches like "loving kindness. " I used to mock people who selected "spiritual" under religion on their dating profiles, considering it a crime on par with claiming to like "all music. " You see, I used to guzzle pleasure-giving substances in the seemingly logical understanding that if happy pills made me happy, a LOT of happy pills would make me happy ALL the time!

Only in sobriety have I learned that pure hedonism is not, for me, the path to joy. Mermaids : Photo Gallery. Mother earth. Mermaids: The Body Found. Mermaids is a docufiction[1] that originally aired as Mermaids: The Body Found on May 27, 2012, on Animal Planet and June 17 on Discovery Channel.

Mermaids: The Body Found

It tells a story of a scientific team's investigative efforts to uncover the source behind mysterious underwater recordings of an unidentified marine body. The show presents the generally discredited aquatic ape hypothesis as evidence that mermaids exist, along with a digitally manufactured video. A sequel broadcast called Mermaids: The New Evidence aired May 26, 2013. Ratings[edit] Mermaids: The Body Found received 10.2 million views during its US telecast premiere on Sunday, May 27, 2012. Criticism[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Put back baby birds. Touching soldier portrait. 'American Horror Story' Season 2 Will Be Set In the '60s And Ryan Murphy Knows What Season 3 Will Be. Pink Facebook profile will have you seeing red - Technology & science - Security.

If a Facebook friend sends you an invitation to turn your profile pink, don't accept — it'll save you a huge hassle.

Pink Facebook profile will have you seeing red - Technology & science - Security

Messages titled "Switch to Pink Facebook (Limited Time)," have been spreading across Facebook for days, offering hundreds of millions of social networkers the chance to "Say goodbye to the boring blue profile and say hello to the pink profile!! " The messages, the security company Sophos reported, also swap out pink for red or black, and contain links, pinkfbookprofile.blogspot.com or redfbprofile.info, that supposedly will magically give you the bright beautiful background you've been waiting for. If you feel compelled to ditch your current profile color, clicking the link doesn't automatically give you the new hue, but instead instructs you to first share the link with your Facebook friends and leave a comment, traditional tactics employed by scammers to saddle bogus offers with an air of legitimacy and ensure they keep spreading.