Documented: Galaxies Colliding all over the Cosmos!

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Astronomy textbooks typically present galaxies as staid, solitary, and majestic island worlds of glittering stars. But galaxies have a wild side. They have flirtatious close encounters that sometimes end in grand mergers and overflowing “maternity wards” of new star birth as the colliding galaxies morph into wondrous new shapes.
This new Hubble atlas dramatically illustrates how galaxy collisions produce a remarkable variety of intricate structures in never-before-seen detail
Read more at http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1356701/new_hubble_images_show_galaxies_gone_wild/#lD0dMIHXyAU7kOwg.99

My Photographic History

       Me at 18 months



  10 years old Christmas 1967

 22 years on my wedding day 1979

39 years, a father for the 3rd time 

  38 years, as new Grandfather  

 40 years

 43 years old

48 years old

   52 years old

 And me now 57 years old

The Top Ten Posts at Gary Cox, Science Fiction/Fact Blog

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On a Lighter Note: The Top Ten Most-Paused Movie M... Sept 6, 2012	2206
Fake: The Long Island Medium on TLC Oct 31, 2011, 13 comments	2186
Leap Year and the Mayan Calendar Mar 5, 2012, 2 comments	1509
Hatfield & McCoy Feud: Truth vs. Legend Apr 20, 2012, 3 comments	1421
When Galaxies Collide: Milky Way and Andromeda Gal... Jan 23, 2012, 1 comment	1404
Swamp People: Willie Kills Giant Alligator with Po... Feb 24, 2012	1385
Female Astronomers:Scientists with Beautiful Faces... May 26, 2012	910
Swamp People: Liz and Kristi, Two Toughest Females... May 25, 2012	900
11th Anniversary of 9/11: Remembering the Tragedy ... Sept 10, 2012	642
Mayan Calendar Accuracy: Leap Year Mar 6, 2012	489

Teaser: 'The Tell' a short story from the compilation "The Trinket and other Short Stories'

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A teaser from the book 'The Trinket and other Short Stories'
It is from the short story 'The Tell' (my only Homicide Detective story) enjoy!

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Monty took a deep breath then said, “Not good.” He put away his semi-automatic. The room looked as if a struggle had occurred. It was in disarray, the lamp and other stuff had been knocked off the bed stand, the dresser was over turned and the mirror was broken, cloths and what not was scattered everywhere. The bathroom door and the walk-in closet were open and so was the bedroom balcony doors, the full length curtains were moving lightly in the afternoon breeze.
The very young, very frail, and very dead Ms. Anderson lay bound and strangled on the bed. The body was nude and had been bound with heavy duty zip ties; police departments use them as riot cuffs. She had been strangled with a single zip tie around her throat; it had been pulled extremely tight, embedding deeply in the flesh. The end of the zip tie, like a dog's leash around her throat was securely attached to a cord about four feet long, the other end of the cord was looped over the bedpost .Her body was chalk white, her face was hideously distorted, her glazed, dead eyes bulged grossly. She must have struggled and thrashed in agony; the bed sheets were twisted and turned under her. What a terrible way to slowly choke to death.
"No, not good.” echoed T.W.,"not good at all."

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NASA: Orion, America's newest spacecraft

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With a smooth first flight last week, the Orion capsule is well on its way towards fulfilling its promise as the spacecraft that will carry humans on missions beyond Earth-orbit for the first time in half a century. During its first flight on December 5, Orion orbited 3,604 miles above Earth, 15 times higher than the International Space Station, the first time a craft designed for humans has left low-Earth orbit in 42 years.