That's a long time to wait, so make sure to look
up to the skies on Christmas Day.
Not exact matches
«We have taken our telescope, and we have counted
up how many planets are similar
to the Earth in this part of the
sky,» Susan Thompson, a Kepler research scientist at the SETI Institute, said during a press conference at NASA Ames Research Center
on Monday.
At the end of the X-Prize award ceremony in St. Louis, when the giant check had been put aside and the celebrants huddled
on the stage
to pose for photographers, he suddenly looked
up and started searching the
skies.
So seek out opportunities
to feel dwarfed by something much bigger than yourself and your problems, such as gazing at the night
sky, hiking through inspiring landscapes, reading
up on the mysteries and grandeurs of physics, or even checking out an awe - inspiring YouTube video if you're stuck at your desk.
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to ensure the arrival of new airlines
on the east coast is just the start of more competition in the
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The only requirement (besides a clear
sky) will be
to stay
up very late, or
to rise before the sun
on these mornings.
In February Alberta imposed — then withdrew — a ban
on British Columbia wine.Alberta then followed
up this threat with a second attack, one that saw Alberta threaten
to cut off oil shipments
to the West Coast — a move that would send gasoline prices
sky - high in Vancouver.While Alberta has yet
to stop oil shipments
to B.C., but it's threat gained a bit more clout this week.
Blue
Sky has sold its childcare business at
up to a 23 per cent discount
to what it was worth
on the books.
When I look
up at the stars in the night
sky, it is obvious
to me that there are many suitable planets where life has taken hold just as it has here
on Earth.
In other cultures, bodies are sent down a river in a canoe, or floated out
to sea
on a raft, or raised
up to the
sky in the trees.
``... Borders soft with refugees Streets a» swimming with amputees It's a Bible or a bullet they put over your heart It's getting harder and harder
to tell them apart Days are nights and the nights are long Beating hearts blossom into walking bombs And those still looking in the clear blue
sky for a sign Get missiles from so high they might as well be divine Now the wolves are howling at our door Singing bout vengeance like it's the joy of the Lord Bringing justice
to the enemies not the other way round They're guilty when killed and they're killed where they're found If what's loosed
on earth will be loosed
up on high It's a Hell of a Heaven we must go
to when we die...»
What the Egyptians pictured the
sky goddess as doing when she raised
up the departed, an early Hebrew, beginning
to believe in life after death, might have pictured Yahweh as doing: «She sets
on again for thee thy head, she gathers for thee thy bones, she unites for thee thy members, she brings for thee thy heart into thy body.»
But helicopter pilot Will Sanders is taking prayer
to the air by flying pastors
up to the
skies to pray down
on the people below.
The people who believe that the rapture is going
to happen — that one day god will «beam
up» all those who happen
to believe the right flavor of Christianity, and they'll float
up into the
sky to be with God while the world is destroyed — are only marginally less kooky than the likes of Harold Camping, who set a date
on the whole circus.
Large amounts of phosphorus could be from the moon impacting (moon surface = KREEP (potassium, rare earth elements, phosphorus)-RRB- Even in their picture showing meteorites landing
on molten surface (lol) shows a glowing molten moon — they ignore the big blob in the
sky and say «meteorites» instead of «ejecta» — they should be put
up against a wall and shot with silly string and cast out into the outer darkness of unemployment
to wail and gnash their rotting teeth.
This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the
sky and the air heats
up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it's still frantically hanging
on to the notion that everything's going
to be alright, because this world was meant
to have him in it, was built
to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise.
Folks, I hate
to say it, but deluding yourself that dunking your kid in water while saying incantations somehow appeases some guy who sits
up in the
sky running the lives of everyone
on the planet, is... well, flat out crazy.
We see the consequences of this quite regularly at the Cardinal Winning Pro-Life Initiative when women in crisis pregnancies weigh
up the benefits of keeping their unborn child with that of holding
on to a second car or a
Sky box.
I do in a sense have faith but my faith lies in believing in things such as personal responsibility, values such as hard work, respect, and ethics such as charity and helping others (which I developed
on my own out of my own choosing and I recieve my own satisfaction from doing not a belief in sucking
up to an invisible man in the
sky for «great reward» after I die).
For example, where
on earth can we go
to visit the pillars that hold
up the
sky?
It may not be what «the new» mantra for «church» is, but going back
to ministry after being away for a time has shown me that
to the many that are disenfranchised the «new» way or the pie in the
sky of what the church should be... is ending
up with a lack of loyalty
to the cause, a lack of accountability
to leaders — move
on if you don't like this or that, complain about whatever and never really commit
to the hard things.
The reliance
on a mythical being that lives
up in the
sky is
to waste one's time in fruitless imagining.
Although I never met Brittanie Cecil, and I've never been
to Columbus, Ohio, I can not begin
to express the grief that wells
up inside my heart whenever I see the school photograph of the little teenager,
on the cusp of adolescence, her blonde hair pulled back into a ribbon, and her blue eyes sparkling at the prospect of all those summer pool parties, those early - fall hayrides, her prom, her high school graduation with the cap and gown sailing high into a
sky as wide and full as her hopes and dreams.
Most of the time they are the ones who say there is no God because they find it ridiculous
to believe there's an old man
up in the
sky with a robe
on looking down
on all of us but they at the same time they don't understand how that belief is very limited because my friend, it's a lot more than that.
So, your fairy man in the
sky (who doesn't exist) will finally show
up on earth and zombify the dead and rain fire and wisk you away
to your disney land in the
sky and blablabla??? good luck with that!
Within the last week since I've been home I've noticed so many things that I hadn't realized I'd missed, like the way light shines between the trees in the hours before dusk, waking
to the pitter patter of rain, cool winds and the warmth of the sun
on my shoulders, the endless blue
sky and all its big billowy clouds — so many things I was never too exceptionally amazed by growing
up but now can't seem
to stop staring at.
Spring is finally, finally here in Kansas City — Cookie and I just went
on an epic walk in 60 degree weather, clear
skies — and I'm ready
to fill
up on salads and green things.
Last year, I picnicked
on the grass with Stephanie and all her friends — a birthday
to remember, especially when the
sky opened
up during the orchestra's last aria, and dumped rain
on all of us innocent, umbrella-less concert goers.
Everything from focaccia bread with big, yeasty holes that's crispy
on the outside and pillowy
on the inside
to bagels that hold their shape, yeasted donuts that rise straight
up instead of out and pure levain sourdough bread that rises high as the
sky, all without any commercial yeast.
The
sky's the limit
on how you might want
to gussy it
up.
The chili dressing will taste good
on anything, so if you want
to mix it
up and swap out different vegetables, the
sky's the limit.
But speaking
on Sky Sports» league review show
on Bank Holiday Monday, Henry tried
to defuse the situation by saying that Giroud needs help
up - front and that Arsenal need competition in attack if they are
to challenge for the league:
While
Sky Sports are reporting that the beefy Bosnian is only a doubt for tomorrow's trip
to Watford after picking
up a slight hip problem, his absence could force the boss into a late rethink
on the formation for Arsenal.
I remember the day Cesc signed for chelski, i was
on the last day of my holidays in Salou and checked my phone as was keeping an eye hoping he would return but around 5 pm that day i checked
sky sports and saw him holding the chelski shirt
up... have
to admit i almost cried in heartbreak and ruined my last day of my holiday!
Next
up is struggling Crystal Palace and with the game being played at the Emirates stadium
on new years day and looking at Palace's league position and recent form you might think it is another three points in the bag, except for the fact that they have a new manager in the shape of Sam Allardyce and according
to a
Sky Sports report the Palace defender Martin Kelly reckons that the Big Sam effect is already making itself felt at Selhurst Park.
According
to Sky Sports, the Argentine international has a release clause of 50m euros, or # 34.7 m, which would see United spend # 129.7 m
on the two players if they were
to step
up their interest in the pair.
He is under contract at the Emirates until 2020, but
Sky Sports add that Marseille are willing
to spend
up to # 20m
on the 30 - year - old and make him their lynchpin
up front.
Ozil's agent was quoted
on Sky Sports earlier this month suggesting a deal
to stay at Arsenal could be edging closer, but this particular transfer saga remains wrapped
up in mystery as seemingly lengthy contract talks have yet
to yield any kind of agreement.
According
to Sky Sports though, the transfer saga could be coming
to an end finally as sources close
to Lacazette are said
to be confident that a deal worth more than # 50m including add -
ons will be wrapped
up.
«If you are 3 - 0
up and get back
to 3 - 3, you always get the same,» Wenger said
on Sky Sports.
I do not know whether Henry had his words about Giroud and Arsenal's need
to sign a top quality striker in mind when he spoke
to Sky Sports about his thoughts
on how the Premier League title race will shape
up in the coming months.
Realistically,
on Saturday at least, he is
up against Podolski for that left forward role, but the German is also really keen
to have a good season for Arsenal as he is desperate
to continue his international career with Germany, as a
Sky Sports report explains.
Despite snapping
up Brazilian forward Alexandre Pato
on a six - month loan deal earlier in the week,
Sky Bet have reduced odds of the Dutchman joining the Blues from 6/1
to 2/1.
But while the National League side will come
to north London
on Saturday well
up for the fight, Arsenal could be well off the pace and Arsene Wenger might even struggle
to field 11 fit players if the report by
Sky Sports about a sickness bug sweeping through our squad are true and if it gets any worse.
The
Sky Sports pundits Thierry Henry and Jamie Redknapp spoke about it after the game and I think the former Gunner really hit the nail
on the head when he said that the former Real Madrid man appears
to have woken
up.
It will allow
to watch ANYTHING
on Sky Sports for a full 24 hours after you sign
up.
Barcelona will need more from the Uruguayan international across the season
to stay in the hunt for the major trophies, but
Sky Sports pundit Guillem Balague believes that the way Valverde has set
up the Catalan giants this season, it's likely
to continue
to have a negative impact
on Suarez's influence with Messi's positional change key.
When the news broke about the former Arsenal and France international star Thierry Henry hanging
up his football boots and joining the TV punditry team
on Sky Sports, a lot of us took that
to mean that he would not be coming back
to the Gunners
to work with Arsene Wenger in some capacity after all, as many of us had hoped.
The Nike - sponsored event, which will be shown
on Sky Sports 1 next Monday, featured the Arsenal midfielder talking about his footballing career
up to now and showing off his silky skills, both with a football and
on Pro Evolution Soccer.