AURA

A L O H A !

" The aura given out

by a person or object

is as much a part of them 

as their flesh.  "

  Lucian Freud  

" You have to defeat a great player's

aura

more than his game.  "

Pat Riley

“ Words were never invented

to fully explain the peaceful aura

that surrounds us

when we are in communion

with minds of the same thoughts. ”

 

 

Eddie Myers

" Sexy is kind of like

an aura

around someone. "

Shane West

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 Thank YOU

for visiting.

YOUr aura

is invited

to glow in comments-

                                                Warmly, cloudia

 

ASTEROID! Did You Duck?

ALOHA !

Rest in Peace 

Philly Joe Frazier,

Neighborhood Hero, Role Model,

Nurturer of Children & Youth

 

" People who cannot find time

for recreation

are obliged sooner or later

to find time

for illness. "

John Wanamaker

" A puppy's eyes

are the windows to

your soul. "

My Blog-Invisible Husband

" This is one of those views 

which are so absolutely absurd
 that only very learned men 

could possibly adopt them. "

Bertrand Russell

" The best and most beautiful

things in this world

cannot be seen
 or even heard,

but must be felt

with the heart. "

       Helen Keller

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That breeze you felt 

was Asteroid 2005 YU55 rushing past us

last night

at 6:28 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 8.

That's 1:28 in my Tuesday afternoon,

Hawaiian Standard Time.

The 1,300-foot wide space object, 

(Bigger than a massive aircraft carrier)

traveling at about 29,000 mph  (8 miles a second!)

"just missed" our Earth

in the closest such interplanetary encounter

  in more than three decades.

It just happens to be (reportedly)

the largest object on record

to pass this close to us

with our foreknowledge.

  Italics mine and a little scared!

 

This visitor traveled light years to reach us, 

coming as near as 201,700 miles to our Earth.

  She was even closer

than the moon at one point! 

The moon felt a bit insecure for a moment.

So what keeps this thing moving, inertia?

Nope, it's YORP: 


" The … reflection and ... re-emission of sunlight from an asteroid's surface acting as a propulsion engine, " 

according to Finnish researcher

Mikko Kaasalainen of the University of Helsinki. 

The 'Yarkovsky-O'Keefe- Radzievskii-Paddack effect'

works like this:

 1) The asteroid turns
2) sunlight slightly warms each side,
3) which causes it to spin away 
and lose this heat to the chill of space.



Believe it or not,
that tiny spin really accumulates
over the course of trillions of miles or so!



“It’s a small effect on human time scales.
It’s an enormous effect on geological time scales.”
Jean-Luc Margot, a professor of astronomy at Cornell
told the New York Times.



The "feel good" part of the story: 
This thing has flown by the Earth

many times before,

but this is the first time we even noticed it!

Wait;

Does that make me feel  more or less
apprehensive?




So, as the children say:
"Nyah Nyah Nyah,
(with tongue out)
You MISSED ME!"




Glad YOU didn't miss today's vist,
Warmly, cloudia

Greenwich Mean Time GMT

ALOHA IRL 

(In Real Time)

Good Morning - Good Afternoon - 
- Good Evening -
or Happy Tomorrow

Time? A trick Question!

"Traveling is almost

 like talking with men

of other centuries." 

René Descartes

" Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. "

 
Henry David Thoreau

" Time is money. "
Benjamin Franklin

"Travel penetrates your consciousness,

but not in a rational way." 

Milton Glaser

In 1714

England's Parliament offered a large cash prize

for the solution to the problem of longitude.

Once at sea

all sailors, except the Polynesians,

(click HERE for more on them)

were essentially lost.

John Harrison

created a marine clock

perfect enough to keep accurate time

on high seas in the age of sail.

Something not yet available

on land at the time!

The Royal Observatory at Greenwich

was designated 

ZERO.

Hence, every place on Earth

could be designated 

Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT) plus or minus.

Calculations then yielded

longitudinal position
anywhere in the world.

When my friends in Great Britain

are going online at 9am Tuesday

it is still 11pm Monday

here in my Hawaii.

(HST = Hawaiian Standard Time

HST is constant throughout the year.

When I get down to business at 9am

it is already 2pm in New York.

3pm in Summer!

(Daylight Saving Time = DST)

U.S. Navy Hamilton W.W. II era 

Gimbaled Deck-Watch Chronometer  

Circa 1942

Has been called: "The clock that won the war."

" The present is a point just passed.  "
David Russell
 

 Are YOU West of Greenwich
like me?

Or Are YOU East of Greenwich?

What once was a sign of

cultural achievement

and an age of empire

  is today an agreed-upon

standard

  of convenience to ALL.

We understand
that the same
sky belongs

to all of us.

" A vision of truth 

which does not call upon us

to get out of our armchair - 

why, this is the desideratum of mankind!  "

John Jay Chapman

Why such is the 

blogosphere (!)

that current, but timeless 
world

that we here

create

and inhabit.
incidentally:

On November 18, 1883 the US established local standard time zones.

Before that, time could vary from town to town,

which didn't matter so much until railroads

brought the future to rural America

Thank YOU for journeying here.

What time is it in your life? 

                                              Warmly, cloudia 

Enjoy More E N E R G Y

A L O H A !

Q: What do ya call a 100 year old ant?.
 

A: An Antique!

" The expression a woman wears

on her face
is far more important
 than the clothes she wears

on her back. "

Dale Carnegie

" I may have a feather duster down my pants. "

Johnny Depp

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It's been said before,

but if REALLY grasped

you could save a LOT

of the energy 

that you 

may waste every day.

 

 

Here it is:

 

 

99%

of what we worry about

turns out

O K

in the end.

So choose a lighter feeling

without guilt.

The world needs 

less stress.

Let's do our part!

Thanks-

Your comment is most welcome

                                                                      Warmly, cloudia

 

Dancing as Fast as You Can?

A L O H A !

Click on the Kittens!

"I find love much like a mirror.
 When I love another, he becomes my mirror
 and I become his,
 and reflected in each other's love
 we see infinity!"

Leo Buscaglia

Sky is full of sweep

and drama

If you really look

there is more going on

than you could possibly take in.

And it's constantly

changing.

The Hawaiians of old

could read the skies.

I must say:

after 25 years
under these,

 they are beginning

to speak

to me.

" I still get wildly enthusiastic

about little things...

I play with leaves.

I skip down the street 

and run against the wind.  "

Leo Buscaglia

                                                         

             

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 Life is busy!

That's a truism of modern life.

Many people feel

that they are on a treadmill

of never completed

tasks & obligations.

They are never

here

because they are thinking

about the next

place.

The voyaging Hawaiians of old

were fully present.

"Be here now"

was not a slogan to them

it was self-evident,

a way of being

in the world.

When they voyaged open ocean,

thousands of miles,

with only stars, waves, birds,

knowledge

to guide them,

they spoke of 

"Raising Islands."

Through their Mana

their Spiritual Energy

they brought the mountain 

to Mohammed.

They followed the right,

the Pono way

of being
and acting.

They blessed and became one

with the canoe,

the crew,

the sea

and sky.

And by maintaining this 

presence

they brought the islands

to them.

Over the horizon

first as a bird,

or cloud

or swell,

they raised the island

to which they voyaged.

So be in your present.
Don't 'chase'

Live this very moment.

And when the next arrives

live that one

as well.

And all will be

well.

Bless Us!

Thanks for your welcome visit,

YOUR comments are cherished.

                                                                                                Warmly, cloudia

 Hokulea
by the great HERB KANE
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