Around The World in 60 Seconds

It took Phileas Fogg 80 days to circumnavigate the world but, thanks to the wonders of technology, it is now possible to do it in just a minute. This whirlwind video tour of the planet is a compilation of time-lapse images shot from the International Space Station (ISS).

James Drake spliced together the images from the ISS, which travels at about 220 miles above the surface, to create the one-minute footage which he posted online - and it has become an internet sensation.

Science teacher Mr Drake used some 600 free-to-access images on the website The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, and knitted them together so everyone can enjoy the amazing view of North and South America.

The film, which was uploaded on September 15 and has attracted almost 50,000 hits on YouTube, starts over the Pacific Ocean and then moves over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica.

Some cities and landmarks can be spied, and they include, in chronological order, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Fransisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, various large conurbations in Texas, New Mexico, Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Yucatan Peninsula.

Further around lightning can be seen in the Pacific Ocean, before other countries included in the video are Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and the Amazon. In addition, the Earth's ionosphere (thin yellow line) and the stars of our galaxy can be made out in the fascinating footage.

Marilyn attracts smiles, scorn and skirt chasers

A 26-foot-tall sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in her most famous pose was unveiled on Chicago's now-truly Magnificent Mile Friday morning.

The Marilyn Monroe that now stands tall on Michigan Avenue, her head high enough to see passing boats on the Chicago River, is fortunate to be all aluminum and stainless steel, unable to read the nasty things being written about her.

Passers-by wasted little time positioning themselves under her billowing skirt to get a subway-grate view of Monroe in the same stance as she appeared in "The Seven Year Itch."

The area is known for unusual public art displays. Years ago, Michigan Avenue was lined with fiberglass cows.

And in the same plaza where the Monroe statue now stands, another sculpture by the same artist, Seward Johnson, was put up: a tribute to the farmer and daughter of Grant Wood's "American Gothic" fame.

The Marilyn Monroe statue will stand until next spring.

Ronaldo Leaves Son with Mother to Top up His Famous Tan

Fatherhood doesn't appear to be cramping Ronaldo's style - what little of he possesses anyway. The world's foremost metrosexual footballer was out taking a boat cruise with friends yesterday in a pair of skimpy green shorts and white vest.

The Portuguese star, whose son Cristiano Junior was born on June 17, appeared not to have a care in the world as he enjoyed a cruise in the Algarve. Former Manchester United hero Ronaldo wore a pair of flip-flops, shades and a back-to-front baseball cap as he relaxed with a fair-sized entourage.

Now playing for Real Madrid, it's more important than ever that the 25-year-old works on his sun tan during the summer recess as the club plays in an all white strip.

His mother Dolores was believed to be looking after the £200,000-a-week star's new son back at the Algarve villa the family are renting. He is thought to have met him there for the first time after spending time with his girlfriend, Irina Shayk, in New York, last week.

Quite what she makes of the revelation that he bought sole custody of the child from a waitress he slept with in the U.S. last year is not on record. He allegedly met her in a Los Angeles restaurant during a trip to the U.S. last summer, charming her with the memorable line: 'Me, you, f*** f***', it was reported in the Sunday Mirror.

When she failed to understand his direct approach, Ronaldo drew a love heart on a misted-up window and said: 'Me, you, kiss!'

A Total Solar Eclipse at August 1st

Friday, August 1 is a red-letter day for eclipse enthusiasts. On that date, the sun will be partially eclipsed over an immense area that includes western and central Asia, parts of northern and central Europe, all of Greenland and even a small slice of northeastern North America.

A total solar eclipse — the first in nearly two and a half years — will be visible along a narrow track that will start over the Northwest Passage of Canada, gives a glancing blow to northern Greenland, then shifts southeast through Siberia and western Mongolia and before ending near the famed Silk Route of China.

The path of totality for this upcoming eclipse is never more than 157 miles (252 km) wide.

Where it's visible

The total eclipse begins at sunrise over Northern Canada's Queen Maud Gulf, where the moon's umbra will first touch down on the Earth, resulting in Canada's hosting its first total solar eclipse since February 26, 1979.

As the sun comes into view over the north-northeast horizon its disk will become completely blocked by the moon. This is in the area of the famous Northwest Passage, a sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic archipelago of Canada. The various islands of the archipelago are separated from one another and the Canadian mainland by a series of Arctic waterways collectively known as the Northwestern Passages. Politically, this region belongs to Nunavut, the largest and newest of the territories of Canada; it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999.

Although the umbral shadow narrowly misses the towns of Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island, and Resolute on Cornwallis Island, its northern edge just clips the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world: Canada's remote outpost of Alert, which lies just 508 miles (817 km) from the North Pole and has a population of just 5. Here, totality will last 43 seconds.

Crossing the open Arctic, the southern half of the totality path slides across the many fjords of northermost Greenland, coming to within 450 miles (720 km) of the North Pole at 9:38 UT over the Arctic Ocean before turning southeast. Totality sweeps over the Norwegian island group of Svalbard, while the northern edge of the umbra's path just grazes Russia's Franz Josef Land island group, then cuts across the crescent-shaped island of Novaya Zemlya on its way to central Asia. The umbra first touches the Russian coast on the Yamal Peninsula. Not far inland, greatest eclipse, producing 2 minutes 27 seconds of totality, is attained near the town of Nadym (pop. ~46,000), just inland from the boot-shaped Gulf of Obskaja.

Spending part of your summer in Siberia may sound a bit more appealing upon hearing that the central path passes almost directly over the city of Novosibirsk, Russia's third most populous city (pop. ~1.4 million) where totality begins at 10:44 UT and will last 2 minutes 18 seconds. The center of the path will then follow the Mongolia-China border for several hundred kilometers, with Olgij, Mongolia getting 1 min 36s of totality. Totality finally whisks into north-central China, crossing the west end of the Great Wall before leaving the Earth at a point northeast of the major city of Xi'an (pop. 3.9 million).

The northern half of Maine as well as the Canadian Maritime Provinces will experience a partial eclipse at sunrise.

Journey to Explore the Living Passages

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Vacationers with interest to explore the living passages are definitely going to enjoy this Christian Cruises sailing adventures coached by experienced Bible Explorer Bob and other Great Bible Teachers.

Bible Cruises are going to be held on a privately chartered luxury yacht that holds up to 170 vacationers. The Bible teachings will be done on board and on shore. You are going to visit amazing settings while learning the Bible.

To name few of the tour destination, there are the amphitheatre where the Apostle Paul spoke, the Bible ports like Ephesus, Patmos, Athens, and Pergamum, also to Ephesus where Paul delivered one of his most moving sermons.

In this July, Christian Cruises will bring you Footsteps of Paul. This Christian Cruise will be coached by Bible Explorer Bob Cornuke and other Great Bible Teachers. Your spectacular Mediterranean Christian cruise will be started on July 18 and ended on 26, 2008 on a luxury Star Clippers Cruise Line's own Star Clipper.

For believers who have more time, they can also join the optional extended tour to the island of Malta to celebrate Bob’s discovery of Paul’s anchors. For complete tall sail Christian Cruise Adventure Itinerary please visit www.mychristiancruises.com.

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