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| | National Motorists Association |
 | | The apparent increase in red light violations is largely the result of a 20-year pattern of deliberately changing the standards for the timing of yellow lights. | | | We have spent more than a year exposing the unethical exploitation associated with the use of red light ticket cameras. | | | If our recommendations fail to meet our minimum goal of a 50 percent reduction in red light violations, we will pay the community $10,000 to be used on any traffic safety program or project it chooses. |
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http://www.motorists.org/issues/enforce/challenge.html
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| | The Theoretical Science Establishment |
| | On the Net we read: "During the uncertainties of the era Hubble was able to observe galaxies up to 7 million light years away [given the right assumptions, of course].... | | | Since the Big Bang paradigm with its Expanding Universe demands some 15 billion years of development and billions of light year distances to the stars, it should come as no surprise to those getting their eyes opened that Redshift and Infrared technologies have been fraudulently employed to claim that the unseen is being observed. | | | Freundlich’s task was to measure the deflection in a light ray passing close to the sun. |
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| | Parallax |
| | The most distant objects our eyes can see are the stars, and they are very far indeed: light which moves at 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles) per second, would take years, often many years, to reach them. | | | One parsec equals 3.26 light years, but as already noted, no star is that close to us. | | | In measuring star distances, astronomers frequently use the parsec, the distance to a star whose yearly parallax is 1"--one second of arc. |
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http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sparalax.htm
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| | The 10,000-Year Library |
| | It is strange to contemplate, except in light of thousands of years and the demise of twenty-some previous civilizations. | | | The work continued for a thousand years, and then the entire trove was hidden in 01644 C.E. The hoard is indeed valuable for studying the history of Buddhist thought, but probably we would value the stones more if the monks had simply recorded the weather and what they were eating. | | | The added element is that ten thousand years is an extremely long view, a period in which there are likely to be profound cataclysms requiring many-leveled renewal. |
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http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0158.html
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| | Print Message |
| | If you think the year 2000 time bomb is bad, read the following paper from the Gartner Group, a highly respected information technology research firm, about the DJIA 10,000 time bomb. | | | Overall, the methodology for tackling the DJIA 10,000 problem is similar to the year 2000 issue. | | | Since GartnerGroup first brought the DJIA 10,000 issue to light in early April 1998, we have received considerable feedback indicating that many large financial services organizations are unaware that they are at risk, or if they do generally understand the nature of the risk, they do not fully understand their own risk. |
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http://www.suite101.com/print_message.cfm/investing/3043/41366
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| | eSky: Light Year |
| | That star was about 6,300 light years from Earth, meaning that the light from the explosion took 6,300 years to cross the intervening space, and finally reached us in the year AD 1054; that was the date Earthbound observers finally saw the explosion that created the Crab Nebula. | | | Because a light year is directly related to the time light takes to travel through space, it follows that we look out into the universe we also look back in time. | | | Perhaps because of this, the term 'light year' is sometimes misused as a unit of time (in expressions like 'light years ago' or 'light years into the future'). |
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http://www.glyphweb.com/esky/concepts/lightyear.html
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| | Light year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Since the speed of light in a vacuum is exactly 299,792,458 m/s by the definition of metre, one light year is exactly equal to 9,460,730,472,580,800 m. | | | Units related to the light year are the light minute and light second, the distance light travels in a vacuum in one minute and one second, respectively. | | | More specifically, a light year is defined as the distance that a photon would travel, in free space and infinitely distant from any gravitational or magnetic fields, in one Julian year (365.25 days of 86,400 seconds each). |
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| | Light year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Units related to the light year are the light minute and light second, the distance light travels in a vacuum in one minute and one second, respectively. | | | Since the speed of light in a vacuum is exactly 299,792,458 m/s (670,616,629 mph) by the definition of metre, one light year is exactly equal to 9,460,528,410,545,436.2688 m (5,878,625,373,184 mi). | | | More specifically, a light year is defined as the distance that a photon would travel, in free space and infinitely distant from any gravitational or magnetic fields, in one Julian year (365.25 days of 86,400 seconds each). |
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| | Light year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Since the speed of light in a vacuum is exactly 299,792,458 m/s by the definition of metre, one light year is exactly equal to 9,460,730,472,580,800 m. | | | More specifically, a light year is defined as the distance that a photon would travel, in free space and infinitely far away from any gravitational or magnetic fields, in one Julian year (365.25 days of 86400 seconds each). | | | Units related to the light year are the light minute and light second, the distance light travels in a vacuum in one minute and one second, respectively. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_year
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| | Space Exploration: Light year |
| | By the way, the light year is at the speed of light through a vacuum (186,272 miles per SECOND), and that speed is a bit slower through glass, air, water, etc. | | | If a spaceship could travel at the speed of light, how long would it take to reach a star 8 light years away. | | | A light-year is the distance light travels in a year (almost 6 TRILLION miles. |
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http://experts.about.com/q/Space-Exploration-2540/Light-year.htm
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| | Halfbakery: Light Year Cube |
| | It's quite difficult to imagine such a number of meters, so the idea is to build a CUBE, the volume of which was the number of cubic milimeters, equal to the number of meters in one light year. | | | Why not just use a meter stick with "One light year. | | | //Too many people already think that a light year is a unit of TIME// Maybe to clear things up, the light kilometer should be introduced, the time it takes light to travel one kilometer. |
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http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Light_20Year_20Cube
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| | Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions |
| | This is another example of Bad Astronomy; like a light year, a parsec is a unit of distance, not time (to be specific, it equals 3.26 light years). | | | So the light year is a measure of distance, not time, even though it has the word "year" in it. | | | This distance is defined as a light year ; the distance light travels in a year. |
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http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/light_years.html
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| | eSky: Light Year |
| | That star was about 6,300 light years from Earth, meaning that the light from the explosion took 6,300 years to cross the intervening space, and finally reached us in the year AD 1054; that was the date Earth bound observers finally saw the explosion that created the Crab Nebula. | | | Because a light year is directly related to the time light takes to travel through space, it follows that we look out into the universe we also look back in time. | | | Meet the neighbours: these are the star systems that lie within ten light years (or one 'light decade') of the Sun and Solar System. |
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http://www.glyphweb.com/esky/concepts/lightyear.html
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| | Year |
| | Light year A light year, abbreviated ly, is the distance m = 9.46 petametres. | | | Car of the Year Car of the Year is a phrase usually considered to have been invented by Motor Trend magazine in the 1950... | | | Horse of the Year Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in 1887 to the horse, irrespective of age, whose performa... |
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| | Cyberphysics - The Light Year - a cosmology unit of distance |
| | A light year is the distance light could travel in a year.. | | | A light year is a way of measuring distance. | | | That doesn't make much sense at first sight because "light year" contains the word "year", which is normally a unit of time. |
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http://www.cyberphysics.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/topics/physics/space/Lightyear/Lightyear.htm
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| | TeacherSource . Math . How Long is a Light Year? PBS |
| | A light year is defined as the distance that light travels in one Earth year. | | | If the star is 5 light years away, then the light we are seeing from that star took five years to travel to our eyes. | | | The students will demonstrate the ability to use a light year as a standard of measurement to calculate time and distance from the earth. |
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| | sciforums.com - Question about a light year in Newtonian mechanics |
| | Their position is that the constants c and light year have no meaning in Newtonian mechanics, because the speed of light is not constant in that theory. | | | They are using "light years" instead of any other unit of distance measurement because they are talking about the distance between galaxies. | | | "light year" is the same in all inertial reference frames. |
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| | 1 E18 m -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | 1 (A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing) Em = 1000 (The person who holds the position of head of state in England) Pm -- 110 (The distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers) light years | | | m — 310 (The distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers) light years — Distance from Earth to (Supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky) Canopus according to (Click link for more info and facts about Hipparcos) Hipparcos | | | m — 430 (The distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers) light years — Distance from Earth to (The second brightest star in Orion) Betelgeuse according to (Click link for more info and facts about Hipparcos) Hipparcos |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/1/1/1_E18_m.htm
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| | What is a light-year and how long is 1 light-year? |
| | A light year is the distance between two points in space that it would take light to travel when the distance between the two points in time are one year. | | | Now that you know what the distance is that light travels in one year you can also know the distance between objects in the universe. | | | A light-year is defined as the distance that light can travel in 1 year. |
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| | Green Light, Red Light: Model Year 2004's "Greenest" and "Meanest" Vehicles Announced |
| | The GreenerCars.com Web site contains the year's "Greenest," "Meanest," and best-in-class lists, as well as write-ups on model year 2004 highlights, consumer information on vehicles and the environment, and advice on how to buy green when shopping for a new car or truck. | | | "If new car and light truck buyers chose the most efficient vehicles in each size class, we would slash the 2004 fleet's gasoline use by 18 percent, reducing gasoline purchases by $3.2 billion and saving the average buyer $195 a year. | | | Green Light, Red Light: Model Year 2004's "Greenest" and "Meanest" Vehicles Announced |
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| | 13 job old summer teen year - Everything job World |
| | Light a called father light find however common able sentence 13 job old summer teen year, do in need meeting words mountains miles find land sentences. | | | Everything job World is always looking to add new links on our feature subject 13 job old summer teen year, so if you know of any great 13 job old summer teen year sites, please submit them to our site. | | | Our staff at Everything job World has put together this great list of 13 job old summer teen year related sites to make your life a whole lot easier when looking for information on 13 job old summer teen year. |
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| | The Nitpickers Site: Movie Nitpick - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - 1991 |
| | They can go warp 9 which is about half the speed of light, but when he only orders them to go warp 2 to get somewhere that is about 3 light years away it would take them more than ten years. | | | Subsequently the speed of light is not the distance that light travels in 1 year. | | | The speed of light is NOT the distance light travels in one year, but the speed at which light travels. |
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| | 01/22/92 - What is a light year? |
| | A light-year is defined as the distance light travels during one year. | | | By multiplying the speed of light by the number of seconds in one year, we find that one light-year is equal to 9.5 x 10 | | | Specialized units- such as the light-year - make these calculations much less cumbersome. |
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| | The UnMuseum - Speed of Light |
| | The distance light can travel in a year is called a "light year." The light year is one of the basic measures of distance for astronomy. | | | When we flip on the light in a room there is no delay between when we first see the bulb start glowing and when light illuminates the far corners of the chamber. | | | Light travels at a speed of 186,000 miles a second or 700 million miles an hour. |
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| | Penang |
| | Francis Light died at the age of 54 in the year 1794 leaving Martina and the children very wealthy. | | | Captain Francis Light, the founder of the British colony of Penang was born in England in the year 1740. | | | In the year 1771 Light made a suggestion to Governor General Warren Hastings of India that Penang be made into a trading station between Calcutta and Canton. |
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| | APOD: 2000 July 24 - M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy |
| | light years distant and fully 65 thousand light years across, M51, also known as NGC 5194, is one of the brightest and most | | | The smaller galaxy appearing here below and to the left is well behind M 51, as can be inferred by the dust in a foreground spiral arm blocking light from this smaller galaxy. | | | Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. |
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| | Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions |
| | This is another example of Bad Astronomy; like a light year, a parsec is a unit of distance, not time (to be specific, it equals 3.26 light years). | | | So the light year is a measure of distance, not time, even though it has the word "year" in it. | | | Most of these emails are the flavor of "You can actually use the phrase 'light years' as a distance and still say 'light years ahead', just like you can say 'miles ahead'." Of course, that's true. |
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http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/light_years.html
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| | Madonna Timeline » all about Madonna |
| | Madonna won 3 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Album (Ray Of Light), Best Dance Recording, and Best Music Video, Short-Form ("Ray Of Light") and was nominated for Album of the Year (Ray Of Light) and Record of the Year ("Ray Of Light"). | | | Madonna released her 4th LP, "Like A Prayer", and during the year had three more #1 hits: "Like A Prayer," "Express Yourself," and "Cherish." The LP showed that Madonna was getting more comfortable experimenting with her musical styles, incorporating more rock, R&B, and adult contemporary elements into her music. | | | Madonna spent the year cultivating what might be her 2 greatest achievements: a baby and "Evita". |
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| | Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | For the distance unit light year, by convention the Julian year is used in the computation. | | | A tropical year is the time for the Earth to complete one revolution with respect to the framework provided by the intersection of the ecliptic (the plane of the orbit of the Earth) and the plane of the equator (the plane perpendicular to the rotation axis of the Earth). | | | A seasonal year is the time between successive recurrences of a seasonal event such as the flooding of a river, the migration of a species of bird, the flowering of a species of plant, the first frost, or the first scheduled game of a certain sport. |
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