METEOR SHOWER?

What are meteor showers?

An increase in the number of meteors at a particular time of year is called a meteor shower.

Comets shed the debris that becomes most meteor showers. As comets orbit the Sun, they shed an icy, dusty debris stream along the comet's orbit. If Earth travels through this stream, we will see a meteor shower. Depending on where Earth and the stream meet, meteors appear to fall from a particular place in the sky, maybe within the neighborhood of a constellation.

Meteor showers are named by the constellation from which meteors appear to fall, a spot in the sky astronomers call the radiant. For instance, the radiant for the Leonid meteor shower is located in the constellation Leo. The Perseid meteor shower is so named because meteors appear to fall from a point in the constellation Perseus.

What are shooting stars?

"Shooting stars" and "falling stars" are both names that people have used for many hundreds of years to describe meteors -- intense streaks of light across the night sky caused by small bits of interplanetary rock and debris called meteoroids crashing and burning high in Earth's upper atmosphere. Traveling at thousands of miles an hour, meteoroids quickly ignite in searing friction of the atmosphere, 30 to 80 miles above the ground. Almost all are destroyed in this process; the rare few that survive and hit the ground are known as meteorites.

When a meteor appears, it seems to "shoot" quickly across the sky, and its small size and intense brightness might make you think it is a star. If you're lucky enough to spot a meteorite (a meteor that makes it all the way to the ground), and see where it hits, it's easy to think you just saw a star "fall."

How can I best view a meteor shower?

If you live near a brightly lit city, drive away from the glow of city lights and toward the constellation from which the meteors will appear to radiate.

For example, drive north to view the Leonids. Driving south may lead you to darker skies, but the glow will dominate the northern horizon, where Leo rises. Perseid meteors will appear to "rain" into the atmosphere from the constellation Perseus, which rises in the northeast around 11 p.m. in mid-August.

After you've escaped the city glow, find a dark, secluded spot where oncoming car headlights will not periodically ruin your sensitive night vision. Look for state or city parks or other safe, dark sites.

Once you have settled at your observing spot, lie back or position yourself so the horizon appears at the edge of your peripheral vision, with the stars and sky filling your field of view. Meteors will instantly grab your attention as they streak by.

How do I know the sky is dark enough to see meteors?

If you can see each star of the Little Dipper, your eyes have "dark adapted," and your chosen site is probably dark enough. Under these conditions, you will see plenty of meteors.

What should I pack for meteor watching?

Treat meteor watching like you would the 4th of July fireworks. Pack comfortable chairs, bug spray, food and drinks, blankets, plus a red-filtered flashlight for reading maps and charts without ruining your night vision. Binoculars are not necessary. Your eyes will do just fine.

At the near time they will come,actually between 17 until 26 april....

If you want to see it,it much better if you look at the sky with no glasses,only with your eyes.then try to see on the nihgt or mid night.You can see it actually at the clear sky..

7 Tips on Graphics Tablet Pen Drawing for Beginners by Sydney Hornbrook

I've been a graphic designer on and off for years, and there are certain techniques that I've discovered that apply to graphics tablets regardless of the brand. After the first couple that I tried and got used to, I noticed that tablet pen drawing is much more about technique than it is about technology.

Below I've outlined a summary of seven tips to get you through those initial awkward stages so that you can get to being a productive production artist as soon as possible. Whether you're trying to find what software options are available or are looking for the right height and angle to what software options you should be using, I've discussed these in detail in full in the article on my site about Graphics Mouse Tablets and Styluses, but continue reading on below for the overall gist. These tips are aimed at beginners to tablet drawing.

1. Find the right height Reducing the chance of reptitive injuries is important, but equally important is finding a comfortable pen drawing height. The tablet should rest at about the same height as your elbows will be when sitting in a working position in your desk chair.

2. Angled or flat? Experiment with a few different angles or flat surfaces for your first few projects until you discover what's most comfortable for you.

3. Don't use stylus on paper directly! Placing a piece of paper between the pen and the tablet in order to recreate the feel of natural drawing may seem like a good idea, but the stylus tip can wear down more quickly due to the added friction and will have to be replaced.

4. Use felt nibs for that old school feel Felt nibs can give you that extra stability you're looking for without damaging your stylus. Wacom is selling 5-packs of these felt nibs for about $5.

5. Use the pressure brush tool in Adobe CS When using Adobe Photoshop, be sure to change your brush settings to have pressure control. You can now use your tablet pen to its full effect.

6. Vectors, vectors, vectors! By using vectors in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, or other programs that allow vector drawing, you can adjust whatever lines you make afterwards by pulling on the curves and handles.

The last tip about graphic tablet pen drawing you'll just have to check out for yourself!

from : www.goarticles.com

5 Tips for Healthy Weight Loss

Well reduce the calories and more physical activity is a good way to lose weight. Avoid the mode diets that promise quick or easy weight loss. Rapid weight loss of these systems is usually at the loss of water and muscle weight loss and often is found quickly. Fashion trick, the solution can be quickly, may, but a negative impact on performance and health. Healthy Weight Loss Tips 1. Thinning in a gradual, representing a loss of ½ - 1 pound per week.

This is the percentage of fat weight loss without irritability, fatigue and weakness. 2. A company from 250 to 500 calories per day deficit, the long-term effectiveness of weight loss.

This can be achieved by reducing the daily dose of 250 calories - 500 calories more and more physical activity from 250 to 500 calories per day, or a combination of physical improve the activity and reduce caloric intake to a deficit of 250-500 calories per day. 3. Choose a variety of foods in all food groups Food Sports swaps. Cut off all food groups, rather than the choice of foods low in calories each nutrient group. For example, choose low-fat or skimmed milk instead of whole milk in a skin chicken breast the coasts, and select the pretzel on chips.Food into small meals and snacks at regular intervals during the day with three or more every day is a constant energy for the body and keeps the metabolism deceleration. Also, wait until you "hungry" to eat, can contribute excessively favors and makes it harder to lose weight. 4. Do not cut your calories too low. Cutting height too low in calories may slow metabolism and it is difficult to consume nutrients for health and performance. The minimum caloric intake recommended energy rest (REE), the need for calories. This level corresponds to the calories the number of calories that your body needs for its work and the temperature regulated. 5. Eat small portions to eat.

Smaller portion, to help in the reduction of caloric intake.

Natural Treatment For Stress & Anxiety - Taiji And Qigong

These kind of exercise is not as common as Yoga, but the effect to relief the body and mind from anxiety are equally encouraging, but you need to do it consistently for at least 3 months to see greater results...

Taiji is a martial art developed around 200 years ago, the original form evolve from the Chen style Taiji and evolved into the modern Yang Style Taiji. The Chen style is martial art oriented, some of the move might not be suitable for treatment purpose. While Yang style is the modern popular Taiji that remove most fast and more extreme and high difficulty movement to suite the general public.

Both Taiji and Qigong are extremely emphasize on deep breathing exercise to develop inner strength of the body - Qi. Qi is the inner power that flows around your body, accelerating your body to recover from any kind of chemical imbalance or health problems.

The theory of Qi is not recognize by most medical panel, but the Chinese has their own scientific data to prove otherwise. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncture are based on the theory of Qi and how to use it for the treatment purpose. If you want to learn martial art for self-defense and treatment for anxiety at the same time, I would highly recommend you find a good reputation master to guide you; Improper practice may lead to some annoying side effect, such as delusion.

QiGong is the stripped version of Taiji, it focused on deep breathing exercise to develop Qi, and accumulate the Qi to achieve a healthy body and mind. Most of the training method has many form of meditation - sitting, slow moving and certain standing position.

You should find the proper master to guide you through learning both Taiji or QiGong; self learning courses are not recommended before you at least have a year of guidance from the proper trainer.

(from goarticles.com)

Skateboarding Tips For Skateboarding

Some skateboarding tips for beginners here folks. If you want to hear of a few moves and tricks you can do then step right this way ladies and gentlemen! Let the fun begin and no pushing at the back.

You probably already know the basics of the ollie, which you know you really got to get your head around and learn this as soon as, cos it is the basis for many other sweet tricks, oh yes sirree.

To recap, the Ollie is a move where you jump in the air with at least one of your feet touching the skateboard at all times, the hands are not used at all and the back foot slamming on the back of the board gives you the impetus to leap into the air, along with you bending your knees, you then control the angle of your leap with your front foot. Cool huh? Now lets look at some more skateboarding tips for beginners.

The Kickflip follows on from the Ollie and is harder to learn but a great trick. So here goes: You are going at a nice lick on your skateboard, with your backfoot on the tail of the board, and your front foot near to the centre or maybe just past, with your heel off the side of the board.

You then push down fast and hard on the back tail, and with your front foot and toes you spin the board around. As the board spins around under you,you leap up into the air and as it spins back into its original position you fall back on board with your knees bent to both lessen the impact and have control of the board, and then you skate off. Just like that!!

Thats all folks from skateboarding tips for beginners, to be honest its way past my bedtime and I need my energy levels topped upto the max! See you soon.