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Knowledge / The size of the sun in comparison
« on: October 17, 2011, 10:45:27 AM »
It is the fire of life. It can be kind but it can get angry. But it never throws its weight around. It is the sun. And although it is 330,000 more massive than earth and contains 99.8% of the mass in our solar system, it is small in comparison with some other stars.

The sun never cease to amaze us with its theatrics, its lava flares dancing across its surface in a ballet of nuclear fusion, sometimes leaping millions of miles into the air. And although the sun is big, its intense heat and light makes it difficult to capture good images with normal instruments. So NASA scientists use an Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager and an Atmospheric Imaging Assembly detector to view the ultra-violet (UV) and extreme ultra-violet lithography (EUV) wavelengths released by the sun. The resulting images are spectacular.



Earth in comparison to the sun


Earth’s distance from the sun varies between 91.4 million miles – in January – and 94.4 million miles – in July. The average distance of 92,955,887.6 miles (149, 597, 870.7 kilometers) is called 1 astronomical unit (AU), a measurement that is used to report distances to other planets and stars as well. In short, it’s not a weekend drive.

NASA puts the size of earth to the sun in perspective like this: Suppose the radius of Earth were the width of an ordinary paper clip. The radius of the sun would be roughly the height of a desk, and the sun would be about 100 paces from earth.


The size of the sun in comparison


Our sun is one of billions in the entire universe. It also is fairly small in comparison with other big stars. In fact, our sun is classified as a G2 dwarf star. Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, is twice as massive as the sun and 25 times more luminous. And Sirius is dwarfed by Pollux, which is eight times the radius of the sun. And Pollux is dwarfed by Arcturus, which is almost 26 times the size of the sun.



It’s a big, big universe

But there are bigger stars yet. When compared to Antares, our handsome sun is a mere pixel on a map. And Antares is not even the biggest star. That title is thought to belong to a star called VY Canus Majoris. It is about 2,000 times the size of the sun, or more than twice the size of Antares.


How big is the universe?


The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe calculated the age of the known universe at 13.7 billion years old, based on its radius of 13.7 billion light years. And it is growing bigger every day, at a speed of 71 km/s/Mpc. The size of the whole universe is estimated to be 78 billion light years. If you start traveling today at 60 miles per hour (100km/h) you’ll get to the end of your first coffee stop, the end of one light year, in nine trillion years. Then you just keep going for another 77.999 999 billion light years. Or you could stay here, look after our beautiful planet… and enjoy the sun.

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Knowledge / Re: Did you know?/ Fact of the Day.
« on: October 17, 2011, 10:34:56 AM »
Oceanography, the study of oceans, is a mixture of biology, physics, geology and chemistry.







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Knowledge / Re: today\'s history
« on: October 17, 2011, 10:26:45 AM »
Oct 17, 1931:
Capone goes to prison



On this day in 1931, gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $80,000, signaling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and 1930s.

Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899 to Italian immigrants. He was expelled from school at 14, joined a gang and earned his nickname "Scarface" after being sliced across the cheek during a fight. By 1920, Capone had moved to Chicago, where he was soon helping to run crime boss Johnny Torrio's illegal enterprises, which included alcohol-smuggling, gambling and prostitution. Torrio retired in 1925 after an attempt on his life and Capone, known for his cunning and brutality, was put in charge of the organization.

Prohibition, which outlawed the brewing and distribution of alcohol and lasted from 1920 to 1933, proved extremely lucrative for bootleggers and gangsters like Capone, who raked in millions from his underworld activities. Capone was at the top of the F.B.I.'s "Most Wanted" list by 1930, but he avoided long stints in jail until 1931 by bribing city officials, intimidating witnesses and maintaining various hideouts. He became Chicago's crime kingpin by wiping out his competitors through a series of gangland battles and slayings, including the infamous St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929, when Capone's men gunned down seven rivals. This event helped raise Capone's notoriety to a national level.

Among Capone's enemies was federal agent Elliot Ness, who led a team of officers known as "The Untouchables" because they couldn't be corrupted. Ness and his men routinely broke up Capone's bootlegging businesses, but it was tax-evasion charges that finally stuck and landed Capone in prison in 1931. Capone began serving his time at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, but amid accusations that he was manipulating the system and receiving cushy treatment, he was transferred to the maximum-security lockup at Alcatraz Island, in California's San Francisco Bay. He got out early in 1939 for good behavior, after spending his final year in prison in a hospital, suffering from syphilis.

Plagued by health problems for the rest of his life, Capone died in 1947 at age 48 at his home in Palm Island, Florida.


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Oct 18, 1867:
U.S. takes possession of Alaska



On this day in 1867, the U.S. formally takes possession of Alaska after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, or less than two cents an acre. The Alaska purchase comprised 586,412 square miles, about twice the size of Texas, and was championed by William Henry Seward, the enthusiasticly expansionist secretary of state under President Andrew Johnson.

Russia wanted to sell its Alaska territory, which was remote, sparsely populated and difficult to defend, to the U.S. rather than risk losing it in battle with a rival such as Great Britain. Negotiations between Seward (1801-1872) and the Russian minister to the U.S., Eduard de Stoeckl, began in March 1867. However, the American public believed the land to be barren and worthless and dubbed the purchase "Seward's Folly" and "Andrew Johnson's Polar Bear Garden," among other derogatory names. Some animosity toward the project may have been a byproduct of President Johnson's own unpopularity. As the 17th U.S. president, Johnson battled with Radical Republicans in Congress over Reconstruction policies following the Civil War. He was impeached in 1868 and later acquitted by a single vote. Nevertheless, Congress eventually ratified the Alaska deal. Public opinion of the purchase turned more favorable when gold was discovered in a tributary of Alaska's Klondike River in 1896, sparking a gold rush. Alaska became the 49th state on January 3, 1959, and is now recognized for its vast natural resources. Today, 25 percent of America's oil and over 50 percent of its seafood come from Alaska. It is also the largest state in area, about one-fifth the size of the lower 48 states combined, though it remains sparsely populated. The name Alaska is derived from the Aleut word alyeska, which means "great land." Alaska has two official state holidays to commemorate its origins: Seward's Day, observed the last Monday in March, celebrates the March 30, 1867, signing of the land treaty between the U.S. and Russia, and Alaska Day, observed every October 18, marks the anniversary of the formal land transfer.

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Introductions / New Friends / Re: 20,000 posts ho giya ji
« on: October 17, 2011, 10:25:32 AM »
sat sri akal sab nu sukh vallo pyar bhari

hanji dostoo ajj meriya posts 20,000 ho giyan ne.
mai sochea chalo ik topic bana diye..

ajj mai top poster ho gya ji over all pj..

dhanwaad sab da





bai eh topic mein bnauna  c tu pela e bnaa dita chal koi gall ni krde aj shaam nu party fer  :cooll:






20,000 posta puriya ho giya hun tera ki banuga marjaneya ?  :waitin:

 :pagel:



congrats bai  o chak de fatte  :stopit:

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Shayari / Re: kuch kuch pagal hote hain
« on: October 16, 2011, 09:49:03 PM »
pj ich taan tuhi topic post kita so tera va :smile:




na baai galt gall  na  kr eh mera nhi aa te j hun dubara pump dita ta  demote kraa du   :huhh:

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Shayari / Re: kuch kuch pagal hote hain
« on: October 16, 2011, 09:45:35 PM »
wha oh wah shayar saab

boht sohna likhea



oh bhrawa mein ni likheya 

kito  chak  k post kita eh wala  ta emi na shayr keha kr agge tenu pta ee  aa sab   :happy:

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Shayari / Re: kuch kuch pagal hote hain
« on: October 16, 2011, 09:41:12 PM »
hanji sari poatry buhat vedia va :smile:

gujru kida fer  :mean: aj  kida  da feel ho reha , neend aajugi  k nhi ajj  ?  :happy:

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Shayari / kuch kuch pagal hote hain
« on: October 16, 2011, 09:27:24 PM »
pyar ke deep jalane wale kuch kuch pagal hote hain,
apni jaan se jaane wale kuch kuch pagal hote hain,

jaan se pyare lgon se kuch kuch parda laazim hai,
saari baat batane wale kuch kuch pagal hote hain,

pyar jin ko ho jaye un ko chain kahan pe milta hai,
phir ashk bahane wale kuch kuch pagal hote hain,

hijar ke gehre zakhm mile to mujh ko yeh ehsaas hua,
pagal ko samjhne wale kuch kuch pagal hote hain,

khuwabon main bhi anmol milan ke sapne dekhte rehte hain,
neendon main muskane wale kuch kuch pagal hote hain,

is jhuti nagri main ham ne yahi hamesha dekha hai,
sachi baat batane wale kuch kuch pagal hote hainn,

apni zaat ke ujdey gulshan se woh pyar kahan karte hain,
auron ko mehkane wale kuch kuch pagal hote hain,

kisi ke ishq main kho kar ham ko yeh ehsaas hua,
dil ki baat main aane wale kuch kuch pagal hote hain,

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Maan-Sanmaan/Respect+ / Re: PJ Gabru Promotion - NYPuNJaBI
« on: October 16, 2011, 09:23:35 PM »
congratulations bro we are expecting more from you :)


enjoy your promotion, cheers !!!!!!! :blowout:

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Maan-Sanmaan/Respect+ / Re: Global Mod Promotion: ashfaq_gujr
« on: October 16, 2011, 09:15:39 PM »
vase menu kehna ta nai chaida nah hi koi haq aa
par noxi darling eh chat mod di complaints kenia bania
if he realy did gud job ta enia complaints :loll:

meinu v kehna ta ni chahida pr bibi eh v dekh k jd gujr betha hunda ta koi gnd ni paunda chat  ch  :mean:

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Maan-Sanmaan/Respect+ / Re: Global Mod Promotion: ashfaq_gujr
« on: October 16, 2011, 09:12:00 PM »
thanks to noxi and congrats to gujar   :mean:

hun ki bomb sitenga gujra ?

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Knowledge / Re: Did you know?/ Fact of the Day.
« on: October 16, 2011, 02:46:47 PM »
A storm officially becomes a hurricane when cyclone winds reach 119 km/h (74 mph).



The deepest point in the sea: the Mariana Trench off Guam in the Pacific Ocean; it is 10,9 km (6.77 miles) below sea level.



...
The one place where a flag flies all day, never goes up or comes down, and does not get saluted, is the moon.

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Jokes Majaak / Re: Je mobile punjab vich
« on: October 16, 2011, 12:59:40 PM »
haha  att kraa ti  jmaa ee  :laugh:

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Knowledge / Re: World’s longest rivers
« on: October 15, 2011, 09:06:55 PM »
me v eh suni aa
te jeria punjab di nera c 5 o chotia aa




purbi punjab da thoda ghpla saade punj dreya nei Beas, Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum. beas te satluj aps ch mil jande   aa hrike patn   ch aa k, te pakistan  ch enter hon to pehla ehe  sindh dreya ch mil jaande nei, jehda agge  jaa k arab saagr ch digda pr meinu hlle tak eh clear ni hoeya k sab to wdda dreya kehda punjab da
                    wese allover punjab da dreya sindh(indus) nu ee mneya janda te pakistan da sab to wda dreya v sindh ee aa poore world  ch ehda  lagpag 25th number aunda

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Religion, Faith, Spirituality / Re: Hukamnama
« on: October 15, 2011, 08:43:16 PM »
  waheguru ji k khalsa waheguru ji ki fteh

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Knowledge / Re: today\'s history
« on: October 15, 2011, 02:25:33 PM »
i hav seen  a movie which is inspired from Margaretha 's life


bt honestly  i dont  like her as an personality

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Oct 16, 1934:
The Long March



The embattled Chinese Communists break through Nationalist enemy lines and begin an epic flight from their encircled headquarters in southwest China. Known as Ch'ang Cheng—the "Long March"—the retreat lasted 368 days and covered 6,000 miles, nearly twice the distance from New York to San Francisco.

Civil war in China between the Nationalists and the Communists broke out in 1927. In 1931, Communist leader Mao Zedong was elected chairman of the newly established Soviet Republic of China, based in Kiangsi province in the southwest. Between 1930 and 1934, the Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek launched a series of five encirclement campaigns against the Soviet Republic. Under the leadership of Mao, the Communists employed guerrilla tactics to resist successfully the first four campaigns, but in the fifth, Chiang raised 700,000 troops and built fortifications around the Communist positions. Hundreds of thousands of peasants were killed or died of starvation in the siege, and Mao was removed as chairman by the Communist Central Committee. The new Communist leadership employed more conventional warfare tactics, and its Red Army was decimated.

With defeat imminent, the Communists decided to break out of the encirclement at its weakest points. The Long March began at 5:00 p.m. on October 16, 1934. Secrecy and rear-guard actions confused the Nationalists, and it was several weeks before they realized that the main body of the Red Army had fled. The retreating force initially consisted of 86,000 troops, 15,000 personnel, and 35 women. Weapons and supplies were borne on men's backs or in horse-drawn carts, and the line of marchers stretched for 50 miles. The Communists generally marched at night, and when the enemy was not near, a long column of torches could be seen snaking over valleys and hills into the distance.

The first disaster came in November, when Nationalist forces blocked the Communists' route across the Hsiang River. It took a week for the Communists to break through the fortifications and cost them 50,000 men—more than half their number. After that debacle, Mao steadily regained his influence, and in January he was again made chairman during a meeting of the party leaders in the captured city of Tsuni. Mao changed strategy, breaking his force into several columns that would take varying paths to confuse the enemy. There would be no more direct assaults on enemy positions. And the destination would now be Shensi Province, in the far northwest, where the Communists hoped to fight the Japanese invaders and earn the respect of China's masses.

After enduring starvation, aerial bombardment, and almost daily skirmishes with Nationalist forces, Mao halted his columns at the foot of the Great Wall of China on October 20, 1935. Waiting for them were five machine-gun- and red-flag-bearing horsemen. "Welcome, Chairman Mao," one said. "We represent the Provincial Soviet of Northern Shensi. We have been waiting for you anxiously. All that we have is at your disposal!" The Long March was over.

The Communist marchers crossed 24 rivers and 18 mountain ranges, mostly snow-capped. Only 4,000 troops completed the journey. The majority of those who did not perished. It was the longest continuous march in the history of warfare and marked the emergence of Mao Zedong as the undisputed leader of the Chinese Communists. Learning of the Communists' heroism and determination in the Long March, thousands of young Chinese traveled to Shensi to enlist in Mao's Red Army. After fighting the Japanese for a decade, the Chinese Civil War resumed in 1945. Four years later, the Nationalists were defeated, and Mao proclaimed the People's Republic of China. He served as chairman until his death in 1976.

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Knowledge / Re: World’s longest rivers
« on: October 15, 2011, 02:23:29 PM »
A  chinese river  runs  in india, chinese call  it shapo  bt in  india  we call  it brahmaputra

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Knowledge / Re: 10 largest religions
« on: October 15, 2011, 02:19:48 PM »
Ehna vicho adhya nu samaj ni honi religion ki ah.



 
basic religion ta humanity aa baaki sab ta branches nei

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Knowledge / 10 largest religions
« on: October 15, 2011, 02:14:34 PM »
The word “religion” is derived from the Latin religiō, the origins from which is not yet known. It could mean both a respect for something that is sacred or something that is taboo. Ultimately, it means to “bind fast”.

10 largest religion in the world by estimated number:

1. Christian – 2.1 billion

2. Islam – 1.5 billion

3. Agnostic – 1.1 billion

4. Hindu – 1 billion

5. Chinese traditional – 400 million

6. Buddhist – 380 million

7. Indigenous – 300 million

8. African traditional – 100 million

9. Sikh – 25 million

10. Juche – 20 million

Of Christians, 1.1 billion are Catholic
Of Muslims, 1 billion are Sunni

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Knowledge / World’s longest rivers
« on: October 15, 2011, 02:12:41 PM »
List of the longest rivers in the world and the countries through which they run:

1. Amazon -  4,250 miles (6,800 km) – Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana.

2. Nile – 4,160 miles (6,695 km) – Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt.

3. Yangtze – 3,917 miles (6,300 km) – China.

4. Mississippi-Missouri – 3,902 miles (6,275 km) – Canada, United States.

5. Yenisey-Angara-Selenga – 3,445 miles (5,539 km) – Mongolia, Russia.

6. Huang He (Yellow River) – 3,398 miles (5,464 km) – China.

7. Ob’-Irtysh – 3,364 miles (5,410 km) – China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia.

8. Parana – 3,030 miles (4,880 km) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina.

9. Congo – 2,922 miles (4,700 km) – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda.

10. Amur (Heilong Jiang) – 2,763 miles (4,446 km) – Russia, China, Mongolia.

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