Saturday, October 20, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
space jumper
Felix Baumgartner
check it out-video of him performing stunt
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/skydiver-felix-baumgartner-lands-record-breaking-38-km-jump-1.995072
check it out-video of him performing stunt
Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner landed a death-defying free fall from 38.6 kilometres above the Earth in a daring feat that may also have marked the world's first supersonic skydive.
Baumgartner landed safely in New Mexico on Sunday after a reported four-minute, 19-second free fall, reaching a maximum estimated speed of 1,173 kilometres an hour.
He lifted his arms in victory shortly after landing from 128,097 feet, sending off loud cheers from onlookers and friends inside the mission's control centre in Roswell, N.M.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the 43-year-old former military parachutist had broken the speed of sound during his free-fall, which was one of the goals of the mission.
While official records are still being calculated, the jump broke a number of records, including the highest free-fall jump ever by a human, the fastest free-fall ever and the highest manned balloon flight by a human.
Baumgartner fell from more than three times the height of the average cruising altitude for jetliners.
However, he was short of achieving the longest free fall record, set in 1960 by Col. Joe Kittinger, who acted as a consultant on Sunday’s jump.
"Our guardian angel will take care of you," Kittinger radioed to Baumgartner around the 100,000-foot mark, and noted that it was getting "really serious" now.
Kittinger jumped from 102,800 feet for a four-minute and 36-second free fall as part of a U.S. Air Force mission.
Baumgartner, also known as “Fearless Felix,” ascended high above Earth on Sunday in a pressurized capsule carried by an ultra-thin, 55-story helium balloon for approximately 2.5 hours before jumping into a near vacuum with no oxygen.
As he exited his capsule from high above Earth, Baumgartner flashed a thumbs-up to the estimated 7.3 million viewers watching on YouTube, which was live-streamed online.
At Baumgartner's insistence, some 30 cameras recorded the event. While it had been pegged as a live broadcast, it was actually under a 20-second delay.
The highly-anticipated space jump experienced a series of delays because of weather conditions.
“They were not prepared to fly until they had the conditions exactly the way they wanted them,” York University astronomy professor Paul Delaney told CTV News Channel on Sunday. “Those conditions lined up tonight in the deserts of New Mexico.”
Delaney said the data collected during the historic jump provides researchers with invaluable information.
“Most of the science will be of the human body and technologies associated with this flight to keep him, literally to keep him alive,” said Delaney. “We have not had many people at these kinds of altitudes.”
Delaney said the jump, sponsored by energy drink maker Red Bull, shows a significant shift in space exploration.
He said privately-funded space initiatives are playing an important role in research.
“They’re augmenting NASA,” said Delaney. “They are no longer the only game in town and we need groups like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic to be able to access the near earth environment in a relatively cost effective fashion.”
This attempt marked the end of a five-year road for Baumgartner, a record-setting high-altitude jumper. He already made two preparation jumps in the area, one in March from 24 kilometres high and one in July from 29 kilometres high.
It will also be the end of his extreme altitude jumping career; he has promised this will be his final jump.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/skydiver-felix-baumgartner-lands-record-breaking-38-km-jump-1.995072
Friday, October 12, 2012
haha Lockout Burger for Hockey Fans
Saturday may be a dark day for the Toronto Maple Leafs fans in your life. They may sigh heavily, walk with shoulders slumped, and maybe even cry a little as they walk past the Air Canada Centre, pass Union Station on the subway or turn on their television sets.
The home opener against perennial rivals the Montreal Canadiens was scheduled for Saturday night, until the first two weeks of regular season games were cancelled due to the NHL lockout.
But hockey fans who want to eat their feelings need look no further than Jump Restaurant on Wellington St. W.
For $10.75, half off the regular price, fans looking for 10 ounces worth of comfort can try the Lockout Burger — a short rib and beef patty topped with aged 7-year-old cheddar and homemade dill pickle relish. It comes with a side of fries and truffle mayonnaise to dip them in.
The idea was to let fans know that, although they can’t watch hockey on a Saturday night, they can still go out and have a good time
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1270838--nhl-lockout-as-the-usual-pub-promotions-are-put-on-ice-meet-the-lockout-burger
Europe and its Nobel Peace Prize eh?
Has the Norwegian Nobel committee been taken over by satirists? That was one response to the news that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 goes to the European Union, of all beleaguered institutions. At best, the award felt oddly Eurocentric, and not especially inspiring. The United Nations or Red Cross, maybe. Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa, certainly. But Europe?Are they kidding? some asked.
Given Europe’s current season of misery, it’s not an unreasonable reaction. At times the EU comes across more as a dysfunctional family than a beacon of peace and goodwill in a troubled world.
It is struggling with a debt crisis that has torn the community of 500 million and 27 nations along rich German and poorer Greek and Spanish lines. It faces painful austerity, raging unemployment, an end to its rich social model that includes generous pensions, job rights and welfare benefits, and the rise of social pressures including extreme nationalisms. Its fiercest critics accuse it of watering down national identities and eroding citizens’ rights. Some would welcome an EU breakup, or the collapse of the eurozone common currency.
Yet for all its malaise, the EU and its forerunners have successfully advanced “peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights,” as the Nobel committee put it, in a region where two world wars erupted in the last century, leaving 70 million dead.
Prior to the EU, Germany and France fought three modern wars. Then in 1951 they founded the European coal and steel community, co-managing their heavy industry to ensure that neither could independently make weapons of war. Today they are allies. Greece, Spain and Portugal were only admitted to the club when they became democracies. After the Cold War, the EU bridged the east-west gap by admitting important former Soviet satellite states. In all this the EU has been an imperfect but effective force for good governance, peaceful relations, consolidation of democracy, international co-operation, an end to ethnic conflict, and respect for law and human rights.
By celebrating these achievements despite Europe’s current identity crisis, the Nobel committee reminds us that visionary politics and community-building still matter. That is a worthwhile message for an era that is besotted by shallow celebrity, discounts the worth of politics and has scant sense of history. Whatever its flaws the EU embodies values that have been a powerful force for good.
Granted, it is easier to identify with Nobel peace prizes that are given to charismatic figures such as Barack Obama or Martin Luther King, or to selfless institutions such as Médecins Sans Frontières that heal the world’s hurts. It’s harder to get excited about prizes to such entities as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or the International Labour Organization, much less one given to a common market.
But there’s a message here for the Occupy generation in Europe and elsewhere that has never known war at home, and that has only recently come to know adversity. Europe’s peace, relative prosperity and stability ought not to be taken for granted. They were built from scratch, from the ashes of war, by worldly visionaries who knew that idealism, political engagement and concern for the common good can work wonders. That is what the Nobel committee has honoured, and rightly so.
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1270881--a-nobel-for-europe-s-grand-vision
Given Europe’s current season of misery, it’s not an unreasonable reaction. At times the EU comes across more as a dysfunctional family than a beacon of peace and goodwill in a troubled world.
It is struggling with a debt crisis that has torn the community of 500 million and 27 nations along rich German and poorer Greek and Spanish lines. It faces painful austerity, raging unemployment, an end to its rich social model that includes generous pensions, job rights and welfare benefits, and the rise of social pressures including extreme nationalisms. Its fiercest critics accuse it of watering down national identities and eroding citizens’ rights. Some would welcome an EU breakup, or the collapse of the eurozone common currency.
Yet for all its malaise, the EU and its forerunners have successfully advanced “peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights,” as the Nobel committee put it, in a region where two world wars erupted in the last century, leaving 70 million dead.
Prior to the EU, Germany and France fought three modern wars. Then in 1951 they founded the European coal and steel community, co-managing their heavy industry to ensure that neither could independently make weapons of war. Today they are allies. Greece, Spain and Portugal were only admitted to the club when they became democracies. After the Cold War, the EU bridged the east-west gap by admitting important former Soviet satellite states. In all this the EU has been an imperfect but effective force for good governance, peaceful relations, consolidation of democracy, international co-operation, an end to ethnic conflict, and respect for law and human rights.
By celebrating these achievements despite Europe’s current identity crisis, the Nobel committee reminds us that visionary politics and community-building still matter. That is a worthwhile message for an era that is besotted by shallow celebrity, discounts the worth of politics and has scant sense of history. Whatever its flaws the EU embodies values that have been a powerful force for good.
Granted, it is easier to identify with Nobel peace prizes that are given to charismatic figures such as Barack Obama or Martin Luther King, or to selfless institutions such as Médecins Sans Frontières that heal the world’s hurts. It’s harder to get excited about prizes to such entities as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or the International Labour Organization, much less one given to a common market.
But there’s a message here for the Occupy generation in Europe and elsewhere that has never known war at home, and that has only recently come to know adversity. Europe’s peace, relative prosperity and stability ought not to be taken for granted. They were built from scratch, from the ashes of war, by worldly visionaries who knew that idealism, political engagement and concern for the common good can work wonders. That is what the Nobel committee has honoured, and rightly so.
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1270881--a-nobel-for-europe-s-grand-vision
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Ladies and Gentlemen I Present ...
TAKEN 2
If you havent seen Taken 1
yet then follow that link and get it fast, because it is a movie that you cant miss. Especially when its in theatres. So get your copy FAST!
yet then follow that link and get it fast, because it is a movie that you cant miss. Especially when its in theatres. So get your copy FAST!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Prices these days...
OH BOY, prices can be pretty pricey these days if ya know what i mean. Dont you just wish that you can go back in time and buy everything you need then come back. YOU'D BE RICH!!
Interesting Fact:::: Did you know that the prices of houses double every seventeen years!!!! Thats crazyyy
YA SEE WHAT I MEAN!!!!
Interesting Fact:::: Did you know that the prices of houses double every seventeen years!!!! Thats crazyyy
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
New Walking Dead Season (3)
Thousands of fans are all excited for the new season of Walking Dead. The Walking Dead is a tv series based on a zombie apocalypse if it were to happen. It is the highest rated drama zombie tv series.
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]
The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season [Blu-ray]
Get season 1 and 2 by following these links :)
The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season [Blu-ray]
Lamborghini anyone?
Without doubt Lamborghini has got to be one of the hottest cars out there. It looks so sick, Batman could have used it as his model car =D
Monday, October 8, 2012
How about new movies
Theres tons of new movies out there now, but the best by far is The Avengers. Ive always been a hero guy, so this movie just blew me away. Its funny, action packed, and the story was just amazing. I would recommend it to anyone. Theres a reason why it scored high in the box office!
Kindle technology
ive always loved to just sit down and read, but after a while books start to stack up and collect dust. Recently ive purchased a kindle and it made my life a whole lot easier. its also really really easy to take with you, when traveling or long car rides.
iphone 5
news and media are all saying its the newest and greatest thing ever created. But when you really look at the details, the only main improvement is the bigger screen. They all seem to work in the same manner with no new style or advancement. and of course they make tons of money off new cases.
New Disney Features
The newest Resort at Disney World is easily the best out of all of them. It is called Art of Animation, it has 4 disney movies as themes. They did a really good job designing the 4 resorts. They are also all attached so you can walk to all of them and enjoy the scenery. The food is also very well done, and is very filling. The pool is always warm and has a unique feature of playing music under water.
There is also a new area in Disney called Fantasyland. It is part of Magic Kingdom but it is huge, complete with a new castle. It is located behind the old castle. It is was hard to see to much because of a big fence that surrounds it.
There is also a new area in Disney called Fantasyland. It is part of Magic Kingdom but it is huge, complete with a new castle. It is located behind the old castle. It is was hard to see to much because of a big fence that surrounds it.
Not so Entertaining is the Hockey Lockout
Gangnam style
Any buddy up for a little Gangnam Style music? This guy has got to be the new LMFAO! Random catchy music that just makes you want to dance. The hard part to decide is if its the "duggie" or the new "shuffling" The dance is just something to laugh about... Its crazy how he came out of nowhere from korea and now he's the new thing in North America.
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