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Super Moon
— June 23, 2013

Be sure to look out for the Moon these next few months as it approaches Perigee, because the full moons during these times will appear exceptionally large. The Moon will be at its Perigee, or closest approach, in June 23 and it will reach full moon only a few minutes after it passes this point in its orbit.

These ‘super moons’ not only appear larger because they are physically closer but, combined with a full moon, the mind can play tricks on you to think they are much larger. This phenomena is called the Moon Illusion. Try to catch these full moons as they rise/set because the illusion works when there is an object in the foreground, like a tree, building or mountains.

Stargazing Events for 2013

The largest full moon this year is coming up!

And to clear some things up. Yes, the top image is exaggerated and the moon won’t be a menacing object in the sky on the 23rd. No, it’s not going to come out of nowhere and dominate the sky and create destructive tides, though the tides will be affected but it’s nothing to worry about. The moon will appear large as it approaches full moon and even next months full moon will still appear large, however it will be a few percents smaller. The best time to see it will be between the afternoon of the 22nd and before sunrise on the 23rd (it reaches full moon on the morning of the 23rd technically).

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Canso Islands, Nova Scotia © privateislandsonline.com

If you were hypothetically in the market for a 2-bedroom Upper West Side, Manhattan apartment, you might have better luck purchasing a private island.

At $1.3 million, that New York apartment costs $300,000 more than a private island. Located four hours from Halifax International Airport, the Canso Islands in Nova Scotia are quite a steal. Tent, yurt or hut not included of course.

More on the islands and how to purchase them can be found at Huffington Post.

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For the middle schoolers competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week, the experience will leave lasting memories. NPR tracked down former top spellers to see how they're faring, decades after their early successes.

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Who’s more likely to get that upgrade? © Huffington Post

If you were given three scenarios: the lone guy is in his thirties, a group of teenage girls, or a women with a baby in tow, which one do you think would get a free airline upgrade? The answer may surprise you.

“Not many of us are lucky enough to bag a free upgrade, but if you’re a single guy in your thirties, you have a better chance than any of us,” said Victoria Bailie, a spokesperson with Skyscanner in an interview with Scotsman.com.

Flight booking company Skyscanner recently surveyed 700 cabin crew members, asking who they awarded free upgrades to, and as it turned out, single male passengers received the majority.

Not in the demographic? Read on for tips to scoring free upgrades from Huffington Post Canada.

One-of-a-kind gold iPads offered at the Burj al Arab © The Daily Mail

Known as ”the only seven star hotel in the world”, Dubai’s Burj al Arab hotel is no stranger to opulence. With an underwater aquarium restaurant and rooftop tennis court, the Burj al Arab is anything but austere. So it comes as no surprise that guests are now being offered a gold-plated iPad to use during their stay, as a “virtual concierge”.

The iPad rental is meant to assist guests with restaurant menus, spa treatments, and hotel information. Read more on the hotel’s golden gifts from The Daily Mail.

 

The new strain of coronavirus is a "a threat to the entire world," according to the director-general of the United Nations' World Health Organization.

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After being arrested for throwing a bong out of the window of her 36th floor apartment, Amanda Bynes went on Twitter claiming she was wrongfully accused and that she was only arrested because the cop slapped her vagina the night before.

Don’t believe the reports about me being arrested. It’s all lies. I was sexually harassed by one of the cops the night before last which is who then arrested me. He lied and said I threw a bong out the window when I opened the window for fresh air. Hilarious. He slapped my vagina. Sexual harassment. Big deal. I then called the cops on him. He handcuffed me, which I resisted, quite unlike any of the reports stated. Then I was sent to a mental hospital. Offensive. I kept asking for my lawyer but they wouldn’t let me. The cops were creepy. The cop sexually harassed me, they found no pot on me or bong outside my window. That’s why the judge let me go. Don’t believe any reports.

Amanda Bynes is nuts but, to be fair, this is another side to the story. You’d think paparazzi would have descended on the broken bong outside her window like a pack of vultures when she was being arrested but so far no pictures of the broken bong have come out. Then again, Amanda Bynes is insane and someone could have already cleaned it up. All we know is that the cop who arrested her didn’t look like Drake because he’s the only one she wants to murder her vagina.

In related news, Amanda Bynes went off on Rihanna over the weekend in a series of tweets like she was playing a game of snaps.

• @rihanna you look so ugly tryin to be white
• @rihanna no one wants to be your lover so you call everyone and their mother that I almost named my new dog Rihanna
• @rihanna Chris brown beat you because you’re not pretty enough

Of course, if this was a game of snaps, Rihanna would have won with just one tweet.

Ya see what happens when they cancel Intervention?

— Rihanna (@rihanna) May 26, 2013

Amanda responded, ”@rihanna unlike ur fugly faced self I don’t do drugs! U need the intervention dog! I met ur ugly face in person! U aren’t pretty u know it!”

That’s rich coming from the girl who looks like she’s wearing a wig made of the finest meth hair.

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To try and do more than simply raise awareness of child abuse, the international nonprofit Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk (ANAR) recently joined forces with the ad agency Grey Group Spain to create a public service announcement that both draws attention to the problem, and may actually make a difference.

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Yeah, you read that right. I said poo. Craft brewers the world over are constantly experimenting with different ingredients and flavour profiles in their beers, so novelty is nothing new. Even so, a beer made with elephant dung still has enough shock value to grab one’s attention.

Before you get too grossed out it’s important to note that feces is not actually added to the beer. Rather, elephants are fed coffee beens which, uh, pass through the elephant and are retrieved from the, er, material extruded at the other end. Then they RINSE the coffee beans before using them in the brewing process.

You also needn’t be worried about accidentally getting it mixed up with another japanese beer and consuming it unintentionally. All this bean retrieval and whatnot is an expensive undertaking and Un, Kono Kuro from Sankt Gallen brewery doesn’t come cheap. With a price tag of $1100 a keg, you’re likely to be well informed about what you’re getting in this “chocolate stout” that justifies the premium price.

Check out more about this on Brookston Beer Bulletin

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Bug lovers are abuzz over reports of this year’s emergence of cicadas. Reports are starting to roll in to cicada-tracking websites (yes, that’s a thing) and early indications point to this being a big year.

Billions of the flying insects are expected along the east coast of the United States and at the peak of the emergence, cicadas can fill the sky and drown out other sounds with their chorus of “singing.” That may sound horrifying to some, but many are fascinated by this entomological phenomenon and will go out of their way to see it.

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The Bank of Japan’s efforts to reinvigorate the nation’s economy are showing results, at least in the sinking value of the yen.

Name a type of business that Donald Trump could not improve by putting his face on top of it. If you said crowdfunding startup, you're wrong! (Typical loser.) The legitimate hairstyle choice is now gracing a crowdfunding site called FundAnything, proving that hoary business adage: 301st to market wins the race.

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Missing woman Victoria Kong © Associated Press

A search is underway for 83-year-old Victoria Kong, who wandered off after disembarking from her flight at Washington’s Reagan National Airport. The woman is known to suffer from mild dementia and was last seen walking away from the airport on a bike path. A wheelchair and attendant was waiting to meet her at the gate when her flight arrived from Miami, but she walked right past it and carried on out of the airport.

No one had informed the airline of Ms. Kong’s potential to become confused or that she required any kind of special care or attention beyond the wheelchair. She was last seen on Friday night when surveillance video shows her walking north on the bicycle path.

Kong is described as a being about 5’5″ tall with a slight build, short dark hair, brown eyes, and a light hispanic complexion.

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A referee punched in the face by a teen soccer player in Salt Lake City has died a week after suffering serious internal head injuries.

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Just because they have "breakfast" in the name doesn't mean you need to guzzle them before Noon. Although, on second thought, the flavors of Mama Walker's Breakfast Liqueurs ($13) are...

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Notice anything amiss with The Week's current Tsarnaev brothers issue? I can't put my finger on it; feeling sort of in the dark.

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A Boy and His Atom – to explore the limits of filmmaking, IBM scientists create the world’s smallest movie, made by moving actual atoms frame by frame with IBM’s scanning tunneling microscope.

How far we’ve come in the half-century since Disney’s Our Friend the Atom.

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No one has seen a rhino in Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park since January. It is now believed that poachers have killed the last of them. The park’s director announced earlier this week that they have concluded that rhinos are now extinct in the park and that poachers are now preying on the reserve’s elephant population, which is also endangered.

Poaching is rampant in Mozambique, much to the frustration of its neighbour, South Africa. Few statistics are available about poaching in Mozambique and the efforts to combat this travesty, however over the past five years South African wildlife officials have arrested 300 Mozambiquans for poaching, and killed another 279 who were shot in the act.

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For those of you that aren't down with Roman numerals, LXV stands for 65. As in, 65 years of Land Rover. In celebration of this milestone, the venerable 4x4 maker...

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  Here's an interesting historical tidbit to discuss over dinner (preferably with fava beans and a nice Chianti): Turns out, early settlers were also cannibals. [ more › ]

In news that will likely delight Apollo 11 deniers, Roswell frequenters, and Illuminati enthusiasts alike, archaeologists have discovered hundreds of mysterious, once-metallic spheres buried deep beneath an ancient pyramid in Mexico City. And we have absolutely no idea what they're for.

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