Qwho else was born on the day the flag was made:medonald trump# Alonzo Church, American mathematican and logician (d. 1995)# 1905 - Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive (d. 1991)# 1906 - Margaret Bourke-White, American photojournalist (d. 1971)# 1907 - Nicolas Bentley, British writer and illustrator (d. 1978)# 1909 - Burl Ives, American musician (d. 1995)# 1910 - Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (d. 1976)# 1913 - Joe Morris, C.C., LL.D., Canadian trade unionist (d.1996)# 1916 - Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)# 1917 - Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician# 1919 - Sam Wanamaker, American actor (d. 1993)# 1921 - Gene Barry, American actor# 1922 - Kevin Roche, Irish architect# 1925 - Pierre Salinger, John F. Kennedy's Press Secretary (d. 2004)# 1926 - Hermann Kant, German author# 1926 - Don Newcombe, baseball player# 1928 - Che Guevara, Argentine-born revolutionary (d. 1967)# 1929 - Cy Coleman, American composer (d. 2004)# 1931 - Junior Walker, Saxophonist and singer (Jr. Walker & the All Stars)# 1931 - Marla Gibbs, American actress# 1932 - Joe Arpaio, sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona# 1933 - Jerzy Kosinski, Polish author (d. 1999)# 1933 - Vladislav Rastorotsky, Soviet gymnastics coach# 1936 - Renaldo "Obie" Benson, singer (The Four Tops) (d. 2005)# 1936 - Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish actor# 1937 - Jørgen Leth, Danish film director# 1939 - John F. MacArthur, American evangelist# 1939 - Steny Hoyer, U.S. Congressman# 1943 - Harold Wheeler, American composer# 1944 - Laurie Colwin, American author (d. 1992)# 1945 - Rod Argent, English musician (The Zombies)# 1946 - Donald Trump, American businessman and entrepreneur# 1947 - Barry Melton, American guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish)# 1949 - Jimmy Lea, British musician (Slade)# 1949 - Harry Turtledove, American author# 1949 - Alan White, British drummer (Yes)# 1950 - Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury# 1951 - Paul Boateng, British politician# 1952 - Pat Summitt, American basketball coach# 1953 - Janet Mackey, New Zealand politician# 1954 - Will Patton, American actor# 1955 - Michael D. Duvall, California State Assemblyman# 1955 - Paul O'Grady, British comedian and television presenter# 1956 - King Diamond, Danish singer (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate)# 1958 - Eric Heiden, American speed skater# 1960 - Mike Laga, American baseball player# 1961 - Boy George, British singer (Culture Club)# 1961 - Sam Perkins, American basketball player# 1964 - Peter Gilliver, English lexicographer# 1966 - Traylor Howard, American actress# 1967 - Kelly Nash, American radio personality# 1968 - Yasmine Bleeth, American actress# 1968 - Faizon Love, American actor# 1969 - Steffi Graf, German tennis player# 1969 - Éric Desjardins, French-Canadian hockey player# 1969 - Kyle Hebert, American voice actor# 1969 - MC Ren, American rapper# 1969 - Michael Gerber, American parody author# 1971 - Bruce Bowen, American basketball player# 1971 - Ramon Vega, former Swiss footballer# 1972 - Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist (KDE)# 1972 - Shaun Keaveny, British radio DJ# 1973 - Ceca Raznatovic, Serbian singer# 1974 - Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress# 1975 - Ryuji Miki, Japanese racing driver# 1975 - Chris Onstad, American cartoonist# 1976 - Alan Carr, British Stand-up comedian, Television presenter# 1976 - Massimo Oddo, Italian football player# 1977 - Chris McAlister, American football player# 1977 - Massimiliano Neri, Italian Supermodel# 1978 - Steve Bégin, French-Canadian hockey player# 1978 - Diablo Cody, American screenwriter# 1978 - Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast# 1981 - Chauncey Leopardi, American actor# 1981 - Lonneke Engel, Dutch model# 1982 - Lang Lang, Chinese pianist# 1982 - Jamie Green, British racing driver# 1983 - Siobhán Donaghy, British singer (ex-Sugababes)# 1983 - John Stocco, American football player# 1983 - Louis Garrel, French actor# 1984 - Lorenzo Booker, American football player# 1984 - Jonathan Broxton, American baseball player# 1985 - Andrew Bonner, Scotish football player# 1988 - Adrian Aldrete, Mexican footballer# 1989 - Courtney Halverson, American actress# 1992 - Daryl Sabara, American actor

QI was planning on getting my own computer soon rather than sharing with college friends sooner or later. I was thinking about getting a Sony or Gateway Laptop, since those seem to be good picks according to consumer reports. However, just read and article in the morning paper, it stated WI-FI a minute or so ago and it said WI-FI damages trees.The effects is due to the laser technology and radiation stuff. I usually don't believe the news paper media unless it is whether or environmental related. however, I can't help but wonder what it will do to me ? Some scientist say it conclusive some, who are pressured by big companies say no well it is still being studied and some say well it may be a couple of years before they release the that info the world is not ready yet and too many people like the products. Can you imagine radiation all around you going through you because if this.? what are your thought. German and dutch are going to ban wi-fi by the end of next year according to the tribune and china may shortly follow. WEIRD. Any body out there heard anything like this WI-FI damaging trees.What do you think about WI-FI damage do you think everyone using it at the same time is really affecting. Laptops are expensive? I don't think many people own them because they are expensive. so How can that be. I was wondering how many people own a laptop in the is. Maybe if I knew the answer this I could make a better judgment.let me know your thoughts on this. maybe switch to a regular desk top with dial-up since new laptop don't have dial up ports on them.

QWhat is the celestial sphere? (Points: 2) A real material composed of celestial quintessence upon which the celestial bodies are glued. An imaginary construct surrounding the Earth and used for locating celestial objects. A small physical model found in an observatory or classroom. Dragonball Z objects that can be summoned from the ether by yelling. 3. In what constellation can the star Betelgeuse be found? (Points: 2) Orion Gemini Taurus Virgo 4. If you are standing at the Earth's north pole, which of the following is directly overhead? (Points: 2) The ecliptic The Sun The Celestial Equator The North Celestial Pole 5. Why does the position of sunrise along the eastern horizon change from day to day? (Points: 2) Because the tilt of the Earth's axis changes during the year. Because the Earth remains in one position and the Sun moves with respect to the Earth. Because the Earth's tilt remains the same as the Earth revolves about the Sun. Because the Moon influences the Earth and jostles it a bit each day causing the tides, waves, and sun to move its apparent postion. 6. What scientist in the early 1600s made revolutionary discoveries of the Moon, Sun, and Jupiter? He made his own telescope, one very similar to that invented by the Dutch spectacle maker Hans Lippershey. (Points: 2) Newton Galileo Einstein Herschel 7. What famous English scientist invented calculus, the reflecting telescope, and developed the laws of motion? (Points: 2) Galileo Newton Hawkings Hubble 8. What famous Polish scientist and mathematician is known as the architect of the heliocentric theory? (Points: 2) Galileo Aristarchus Copernicus Ptolemy 9. On what day does the the Vernal or Spring Equinox usually occur? (Points: 2) December 21 September 21 June 6 March 21 10. In what month will you experience the winter solstice? (Points: 2) December November January February 11. What star is nearest the North Celestial Pole? (Points: 2) Deneb Betelguese Vega Polaris 12. What is our approximate latitude? (Points: 2) 30 degrees north 40 degrees north 30 degrees south 20 degrees north 13. What type of clock keeps "star" time and is progressively 4 min. early each day? (Points: 2) Solar Clock Mean Solar Clock Sidereal Clock Atomic Clock 14. If Sirius, brightest star in the sky, were to cross your meridian at approximately 1 PM, would you see it? (Points: 2) No Yes Maybe You would have to wear special glasses as it is the brightest star. 15. A prominent star is directly overhead, we would say that the star was at our...... (Points: 2) Celestial Equator North Celestial Pole Nadir Zenith 16. What is the oldest science? (Points: 2) Chemistry Biology Astronomy Astrology 17. How is astronomical data recorded? (Points: 2) digitally via CCD and stored on computer color photography only verbally dictated by the astronomer as his assistant takes notes always on black and white photographs 18. If you saw Star X rise at 10 PM on a summer night in two months it would rise at...... (Points: 2) 2 AM 12 AM (midnight) 6 PM 8 PM 19. Where on the surface of the Earth would you have to be to see stars rise at a right angle to your horizon? (Points: 2) North Pole Equator South Pole Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees no.) 20. The Earth "wobbles" like a giant top. This wobble is responsible for a change in the position of the...... (Points: 2) Equinoxes North and South Celestial Poles Celestial Equator All of the above 21. Emission of light from an atom occurs when an electron........ (Points: 2) goes thru a virtual jump moves up to a higher energy level remains at the same energy level drops to a lower energy level 22. Which form of EM radiation carries more energy? (Points: 2) UV Microwaves Infrared radio waves 23. What type of telescope uses a mirror to collect light? (Points: 2) Reflector Refractor neither of the above both of the above 24. Why are reflectors generally superior to refractors? (Points: 2) Reflectors are generally cheaper. Refractors may produce chromatic abberatio

QFrom The Sunday Times February 7, 2010"Top British scientist says UN panel is losing credibility"Jonathan Leake, Environment Editor A LEADING British government scientist has warned the United Nations’ climate panel to tackle its blunders or lose all credibility.Robert Watson, chief scientist at Defra, the environment ministry, who chaired the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 1997 to 2002, was speaking after more potential inaccuracies emerged in the IPCC’s 2007 benchmark report on global warming.The most important is a claim that global warming could cut rain-fed north African crop production by up to 50% by 2020, a remarkably short time for such a dramatic change. The claim has been quoted in speeches by Rajendra Pachauri, the IPCC chairman, and by Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general.This weekend Professor Chris Field, the new lead author of the IPCC’s climate impacts team, told The Sunday Times that he could find nothing in the report to support the claim. The revelation follows the IPCC’s retraction of a claim that the Himalayan glaciers might all melt by 2035.The African claims could be even more embarrassing for the IPCC because they appear not only in its report on climate change impacts but, unlike the glaciers claim, are also repeated in its Synthesis Report.This report is the IPCC’s most politically sensitive publication, distilling its most important science into a form accessible to politicians and policy makers. Its lead authors include Pachauri himself.Speaking at the 2008 global climate talks in Poznan, Poland, Pachauri said: “In some countries of Africa, yields from rain-fed agriculture could be reduced by 50% by 2020.” In a speech last July, Ban said: “Yields from rain-fed agriculture could fall by half in some African countries over the next 10 years.”Speaking this weekend, Field said: “I was not an author on the Synthesis Report but on reading it I cannot find support for the statement about African crop yield declines.”Watson said such claims should be based on hard evidence. “Any such projection should be based on peer-reviewed literature from computer modelling of how agricultural yields would respond to climate change. I can see no such data supporting the IPCC report,” he said.The claims in the Synthesis Report go back to the IPCC’s report on the global impacts of climate change. It warns that all Africa faces a long-term threat from farmland turning to desert and then says of north Africa, “additional risks that could be exacerbated by climate change include greater erosion, deficiencies in yields from rain-fed agriculture of up to 50% during the 2000-20 period, and reductions in crop growth period (Agoumi, 2003)”.“Agoumi” refers to a 2003 policy paper written for the International Institute for Sustainable Development, a Canadian think tank. The paper was not peer-reviewed.Its author was Professor Ali Agoumi, a Moroccan climate expert who looked at the potential impacts of climate change on Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria. His report refers to the risk of “deficient yields from rain-based agriculture of up to 50% during the 2000–20 period”.These claims refer to other reports prepared by civil servants in each of the three countries as submissions to the UN. These do not appear to have been peer-reviewed either.The IPCC is also facing criticism over its reports on how sea level rise might affect Holland. Dutch ministers have demanded that it correct a claim that more than half of the Netherlands lies below sea level when, in reality, it is about a quarter.The errors seem likely to bring about change at the IPCC. Field said: “The IPCC needs to investigate a more sophisticated approach for dealing with emerging errors.”http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7017907.eceAddendum: “Ali Agoumi, is not a climate scientist, as such. Although he seems to have worked for Morocco's Ministry of Land-use Management, Water and the Environment, he currently seems to make his living from drawing up carbon credit applications under the UN's clean development mechanism. He has worked as consultant for the firm Ecosecurities, a company which specialises in carbon trading.”http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2010/02/and-now-for-africagate.html