This is a lovely video found at Space.com of the Aurora Borealis.
I did not realize you could see the Aurora from space, a very different perspective for sure.
Hope you enjoyed this, Space.com has lots more space information and videos available so be sure and visit the site. See you later, Angela
It’s Friday! Time to check out some odd-ball news, quotes I like, a few strange facts and some things that might make you pause and go “hmmmmm.”
Seen from Outer Space - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The sprawling pile of hundreds of thousands of tires isn’t easy to spot from the ground, sitting in a rural South Carolina clearing accessible by only a circuitous dirt path that winds through thick patches of trees. No one knows how all those tires got there, or when.
But, Calhoun County Council Chairman David Summers says of this giant rubber menace, “You can see it from space.” Well, we aren’t talking about the Great Wall of China folks. We are talking about 250,000 tires on 50 acres. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
Authorities have charged one person in connection with the mess of tires, which covers more than 50 acres on satellite images. Tire dumping has historically been a problem in Calhoun County and other rural areas, said Summers, who recalled another giant tire pile in the 1990s that would dwarf the current monstrosity. “This tire pile here is a baby compared to what that one was,” said Summers, who previously worked for a company that ended up shredding those used tires. South Carolina retailers charge motorists $2 for every new tire they buy, which helps pay for the cleanup and recycling of old tires. But Summers said many tires never make it to recycling plants, instead being discarded and growing into gargantuan piles.
Tricia Johnson, owner of Lee Tire Company, Inc., said a property owner whom she declined to name called her for help hauling off the material. So far, Johnson said between 10 and 15 tractor-trailer loads of tires have been shipped to her Florida facility. There, they will either have oil and steel extracted from them, or they will be shredded and made into tire-derived fuel, which Johnson said burns more cleanly than coal and is used by paper mills.
Johnson said she has waived her usual fee and is charging the property owner only for transportation costs. She hopes to have all 250,000 tires processed by early 2012. “He had good intentions,” Johnson said of the man who called and asked for her help. “He is trying to clean it up. He just got stuck. He tried all the resources to move the tires as quickly as he could.” Let’s burn rubber people!
Fact Finders
Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is ‘Crash Course’.
A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
The first Fords had engines made by Dodge.
Know why Thomas Edison might have wanted to invent the light bulb? He was known to be afraid of the dark.
Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours.
Quotables
In 3 words I can sum up everything I know about life: it goes on. Robert Frost
To live a creative life we must first lose the fear of being wrong. Joseph Pearce
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t know it well enough. Albert Einstein
I hate it when I don’t forward a chain letter, and I die the next day. Unknown
The waves of the sea help me get back to me. Jill Davis
Humor
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This was a Win! found at Failblog.org
I never got to see a shuttle launch in person, but this is a wonderful picture.
Thanks to whomever anonymously shared it. Angela
Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2011 Angela W Fitch I wanted to explain a little more about what brought me to the point that I felt using a life/career coach would be beneficial for me. I work with the public daily, and what I see are a lot of confused people. Their lives have not turned out the way they were told they would. “If you get an education, you will have a good paying job. If you are great at what you do and hardworking, you will succeed and get ahead in life.” These things aren’t always true anymore. We can often become disillusioned and lose our focus and drive in life. It’s easy to become frustrated and lose hope. I had.
I went to Alan Melton for help. I needed to be able to sift through my information and the information around me to figure out what I wanted to do with my life and with my career. Through that 4 page questionnaire, Alan was able to help me do just that. The questionnaire helped me with the things I mentioned in the last post, and also helped me identify stressors and energy drainers that were causing me to lose focus and motivation. I also learned one very encouraging fact: if nothing improves for me in my current situation, I will still reach my goals in 10 years. Wow. I have been headed down the right path, but because of my confusion I couldn’t see it. Clarity is a wonderful thing. 
Personally I’ve seen a strong improvement in my day to day routine. Before working with Alan I was struggling just to put my day together, whether it was a day at work or a day at home. Now I’ve become much more productive and I am able to organize myself much more efficiently. I use to have really strong abilities in personal organization, but problems in my work environment (mostly the fact that we can’t control what situation walks in or calls in being in the insurance industry) caused me to struggle putting my day together. This meant that many times my days were happening to me instead of me being the leader of my time. Now I’ve become much more productive, I’m able to organize and work through my day, having a strong emphasis on my goals.
I have a plan. I am working the plan. The day and its problems are not working me. My frustrations have been replaced with clear goals. I am already seeing results. If you would be interested in completing Alan’s questionnaire to help yourself, you can contact him at: amelton (at) smallbusinesscoach (dot) org. I highly recommend it to help get you back on course. Alan is a hired coach, so there is a fee for his help, however I will not receive any compensation for this recommendation, I am simply offering it to help you.
Now, below are the things the questionnaire helped me see to be my values and vision. I will share them today along with my basic goals. I shared the 101 goals in the last post.
Vision – In 2016 I will be helping others build a better life for themselves. No matter what my chosen profession, I will make a positive impact on those I encounter. I like helping others improve their life and learn better ways to do things. I like to help build people up emotionally, to improve their financial picture and/or improve their relationships. I will help people improve their lives. I love the old adage “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” I want to help others learn to sustain their lives as well as live it.
I will start a ministry that helps people in the US pay off their homes and manage their budget so that they may keep their homes. I will help with Samaritans Purse and other ministries that help the poor, especially children. I will be known as a loving person that helps others enjoy being a part of my life as well. I want to be known as someone who is fun to be with.
Values
I treat people honestly, educate customers, and do my best to solve problems for them and friends. I am supportive to friends when they are going through problems. Sometimes it is just standing back and encouraging them to keep going; not doing anything physically. I give others the benefit of the doubt in a problem situation and work through things instead of just jumping to conclusions and mandating solutions.
I like being a Christian and I have a good relationship with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I don’t look at Him/Them as a religion, They are my friends. I like serving/helping others in a variety of ways: physically, emotionally and to try to help others learn responsibility for their actions. I get the principal of sowing and reaping. I know that it is a physical principal that works, whether I am a gardener in dirt or a gardener in soul, whether I am faithful with stuff or a slacker with stuff. It all produces seeds that reproduce, good and bad.
Goal: Develop $75,000 in annual income. This will allow me to be debt free and own my home in two years and to accumulate $500,000 in net worth by 2021.
Plan A: Out of debt by 2013 and $500,000 net worth by 2021
Plan B: Out of debt by 2021 and $130,000 net worth by 2021 (this is the one where if nothing changes I will still be debt free in 10 years)
Action
These action are to help me develop additional streams of income to help me reach my goals.
So, look like I’m gonna be a busy girl for the next few years. I can continue with my current financial situation and still reach my goal in 10 years, or I can figure out new streams of income to supplement my current income and get out of debt earlier. I have a plan and I will work my plan. Hope this finds you doing well in your plans as well. Angela
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The world was treated to a rare display of full lunar eclipse on Tuesday night. The eclipse lasted for over 100 minutes in parts of Asia, Europe and Africa, making it the longest since 2000 and one of the longest on record, according to NASA. The picture I’m sharing is of the blood red moon people in Sydney, Australia were able to see during the event. We will have to wait a few years to see another full eclipse over the US. It will be visible mostly from New Jersey in April 2014. So maybe we need to plan a trip up north to get a good view.
Granddaughter and I found a pretty good YouTube video of the event too. There may be more available by the time you read this blog, but we could only find a few. We liked this one.
I have always been fascinated with events like this. When I was growing up, my dad would let us climb up on the roof with him and lay down on a blanket to watch the stars. We watched an eclipse this way once, as well as falling stars 2 or 3 times a year. If we found out some other celestial event was going to occur, we would get that blanket out and get ready for our adventure on the roof! It was a lot of fun.
Do you enjoy these types of things? Did you have special rituals you and your family did to watch them? My parents always had a wonderful sense of adventure. We enjoyed lots of wonderful trips they planned out and did all sorts of things growing up. I’m glad enjoying the stars and lunar events was a part of that.
Well, I guess I’ll go start planning my trip to New Jersey. Maybe my dad will go with me and we can find a roof to watch it on. G’nite! Angela
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