Sunday, 17. July 2016

Dances of the Planets


The planets in the heavens move in exquisite orbital patterns, dancing to the Music of the Cosmos. There is more mathematical and geometric harmony than we realize. The idea for this article is from a book Larry Pesavento shared with me. The book, 'A Little Book of Coincidence' by John Martineau, illustrates the orbital patterns and several of their geometrical relationships. . Take the orbits of any two planets and draw a line between the two planet positions every few days. Because the inner planet orbits faster than the outer planet, interesting patterns evolve. Each planetary pairing has its own unique dance rhythm. For example, the Earth-Venus dance returns to the original starting position after eight Earth years. Eight Earth years equals thirteen Venus years. Note that 8 and 13 are members of the Fibonacci number series. Earth: 8 years * 365.256 days/year = 2,922.05 days Venus: 13 years * 224.701 days/year = 2,921.11 days (ie. 99.9%) Watching the Earth-Venus dance for eight years creates this beautiful five-petal flower with the Sun at the center. (5 is another Fibonacci number.)

Dances of the Planets

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"Krone": "Mann von einer Ex-Grünen ließ Hunde verenden"


Natürlich hätte die Story mehr hergegeben, wenn es sich nicht um den Mann und nicht um eine Ex-Grüne gehandelt hätte Wo immer das Böse sein scheußliches Haupt erhebt, können wir gelassen bleiben, wacht doch die heilig-heimische Dreifaltigkeit von "Krone", FPÖ und Polizei darüber, dass es nicht triumphiere. Dass dabei nicht immer mit Samthandschuhen gekämpft werden kann, muss jeder und jedem klar sein, dem das Gute noch etwas bedeutet. Um es zu pflegen, griff die "Krone" am Mittwoch zu dem schweren Geschütz nicht der einfachen, nein, gleich der doppelten Sippenhaftung. FPÖ-Abgeordnete empört: "Mann von einer Ex-Grünen ließ Hunde im Auto verenden."

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One striking chart shows why pharma companies are fighting legal marijuana


There's a body of research showing that painkiller abuse and overdose are lower in states with medical marijuana laws. These studies have generally assumed that when medical marijuana is available, pain patients are increasingly choosing pot over powerful and deadly prescription narcotics. But that's always been just an assumption. Now a new study, released in the journal Health Affairs, validates these findings by providing clear evidence of a missing link in the causal chain running from medical marijuana to falling overdoses. Ashley and W. David Bradford, a daughter-father pair of researchers at the University of Georgia, scoured the database of all prescription drugs paid for under Medicare Part D from 2010 to 2013.

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