Asteroid 12818 Tomhanks

12818 Tomhanks (1996 GU8) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 13, 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak. It is named after Academy Award winning actor Tom Hanks due in part to his role as Jim Lovell in the movie Apollo 13.

Orbital characteristics
Epoch           May 14, 2008
Ap             2.8954299
Peri             2.5845407
Eccentricity     0.0567319
Orbital period     1656.6118762
Mean anomaly     136.19677
Inclination     3.85353
Longitude of ascending node     77.53846
Argument of peri     228.25759

Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)     13.7

As a supporter of NASA's manned space program, Hanks has said that he originally wanted to be an astronaut but "didn't have the math." Hanks is a member of the National Space Society, serving on the Board of Governors of the nonprofit educational space advocacy organization founded by Dr. Wernher Von Braun. He also produced the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon about the Apollo program to send astronauts to the moon. In addition, Hanks co-wrote and co-produced Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D, an IMAX film about the moon landings. Hanks also provided the voice over for the premiere of the show Passport to the Universe at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

In 2006, the Space Foundation awarded Hanks the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award. The award is given annually to an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to public awareness of space programs.

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks has many well-known roles in very good movies.

He has earned and been nominated for numerous awards during his career, including winning a Golden Globe for Best Actor and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia and a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Best Actor for his role in Forrest Gump, and earning the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the BAFTAs in 2004.

Hanks is also known for his collaboration with film director Steven Spielberg on Saving Private Ryan and the mini-series Band of Brothers, which launched Hanks also as a successful director, producer and writer.

As of 2012, Hanks' films have grossed over $4.2 billion at the United States box office alone, and over $8.5 billion worldwide making him the highest all-time box office star.

In 1988, Hanks married actress Rita Wilson. The two first met on the set of Hanks's television show Bosom Buddies but later developed a romantic interest while working on the film Volunteers. They have two sons. Rita Wilson is a Greek. She was also in the movie of Sleepless Seattle, as his sister role. There is a very funny scene she played in tears. This couple is likable.

She watched most of his movies. She especially likes those: Sleepless in Seattle, Big, Catch Me If You Can, You've Got Mail, and Forrest Gump. He is a serious actor and is very good at what he is doing.

Cancer

Key Characteristics: Loving, susceptible, sympathetic, sensual, faithful, instinctive, charitable, over-reactive and moody

Ruling Planet: Moon

Love Planets: Mars and Pluto

Finance Planet: Sun

Speculation Planet: Mars

Career Planets: Neptune, Jupiter and Mars

Spiritual and Karmic Planets: Mars, Pluto, Jupiter and Neptune

Friendship Planet: Venus

Destiny Planet: Mars

Famous Cancers: Princess Diana, Tom Hanks, Toby Maguire, John Cusack, Robin Williams, Liv Tyler, Meryl Streep

Lucky Gems: Moonstone, pearl, yellow topaz, red coral, garnet and white jade

Affirmation/Mantra: I am lovable as well as loving

Know About Cancer:

Cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac, is a water sign, which signifies your highly emotional nature. Being under the sway of the element of water also makes you highly caring, generous and intuitive. You are highly evolved, even spiritual — the water signs are karmically developed and refined in spirit.

Water is malleable and adaptable. You are very much like that. You adapt when you have to, but you much prefer to make changes on your own terms. Like water, you are soothing and nourishing too. Life-supporting energies are at the heart of your character. You will act as a support for many people — in your own family and beyond.

Crabs live in the inter-tidal zone of the oceans, where tides rise and fall twice every day. This is the most dynamic and changeful place on earth, but also the most nutrient rich. Because of the constant change, Cancer have developed a hard outer shell for protection. Cancer can use the hard outer shell of your home as your protection. But it's more than just that. Typically, your sensitive Cancer can hold your feelings quietly behind your own walls.

Crabs also have large pinching claws, and Cancer can hold onto things, especially from the past. Cancer are fiercely loyal and have a difficult time letting go. But Cancer are also quick to bring those you love inside the safety of your outer shell while you nurture them. Cancer love is protective, but unless tempered, can be smothering.

Cancer motto could be, "A good defense is the best offense." Like a Crab in its cave, your attack can consist of baiting your opponent into your territory. What appears to be a retreat to others can be your best aggressive tactic. As you feel your way through life, building your security by developing your home and family relationships, remember that unexpressed anger can turn into resentment and depression, so find someone you can trust and share your feelings.

Do you know a Cancer? :-))))))

Hello Kitty Crime Scene

You could even have a cup of Hello Kitty coffee to go with the delicious cake at the evil eating hello kitty crime scene. She has to confess she did eat one cutest Hello Kitty cotton candy. She felt quite guilty although there is others accompanying in committing the crime :-)))))))

Last Waltz

Richard Clayderman (born Philippe Pagès, 28 December 1953, Paris, France) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of most popular works of classical music.

Clayderman has recorded over 1,300 melodies, and has created a new romantic style through a repertoire which combines his trademark originals with classics and pop standards. He has devoted much of his time to performing concerts, going as far as playing 200 shows in 250 days. He has clocked up worldwide record sales of approximately 70 million, as of 2006, and has 267 gold and 70 platinum discs to his credit. He is popular in Asia and is noted by the Guinness Book of World Records as being "the most successful pianist in the world".

The handsome seems never old at all.

Centenarian

A centenarian is a person who lives to or beyond the age of 100 years. Because current average global life expectancies are less than 100, the term is invariably associated with longevity. A supercentenarian is a person who has lived to the age of 110 or more, something only achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Even rarer is a person who has lived to age 115 – as of October 2012, there are only 28 people in recorded history who have indisputably reached this age, three of whom are still living: Besse Cooper, Dina Manfredini and Jiroemon Kimura. In 2009, the United Nations estimated that there were 455,000 living centenarians worldwide.

The United States currently has the greatest number of known centenarians of any nation, estimated at 70,490 as of 1 September 2010. This corresponds to a national incidence of one centenarian per 4,400 people.

Japan has the second-largest number of centenarians, with an estimated 51,376 as of September 2012. Many experts attribute Japan's high life expectancy to the Japanese diet, which is particularly low in refined simple carbohydrates, and to hygienic practices.

Men and women who are 100 or older tend to have something else in common, an extraverted personality. Centenarians will often have many friends, strong ties to relatives and a healthy dose of self-esteem. In addition, some research suggests that centenarian offspring are more likely to age in better cardiovascular health than their peers.

In John W. Santrock's book "A Topical Approach to Life-Span Development", there are five factors that research has suggested are most important to longevity in centenarians:

• heredity and family history
• health, i.e. weight, diet, whether or not a person smokes, amount of exercise
• education level
• personality
• lifestyle

Santrock's book also noted that the largest group of centenarians are women who have never been married. Also, people who have been through traumatic life events, such as Holocaust survivors, learn to cope better with stress and poverty and are more likely to reach centenarian status.

In Okinawa, Japan, studies have shown five factors that have contributed to the large number of centenarians in that region:

• A diet that is heavy on grains, fish, and vegetables and light on meat, eggs, and dairy products
• Low-stress lifestyles, which are proven significantly less stressful than that of the mainland inhabitants of Japan
• A caring community, where older adults are not isolated and are taken better care of.
• High levels of activity, where locals work until an older age than the average age in other countries, and more emphasis on activities like walking and gardening to keep active
• Spirituality, where a sense of purpose comes from involvement in spiritual matters and prayer eases the mind of stress and problems.

My grandmother lived 90 something. So we must have some gene of longevity in my family :-)))) 

Kids' View On Marriage & Geeks' Rings

 

My friend is planning to marry his long time ex-girlfriend. Here are kids' thought on marriage (jokes) and geeks' rings one may like. Hope he can find the one he like or gets better ideas to create a special one for her :-))))))))))))))))).

 DNA Ring

 Indiana Jones Ring

  Mobius Strip Ring

 Star Gate Ring

 USB Ring

 Game Player Ring

 I Love You Ring

 Microchip Ring

 Periodic Table Ring

 Superman Ring

 Toy Story Ring

 Transformer Ring

CAT5 Ring

Wall E Ring

Hello Kitty Ring

Life Cycles

Is there life after death? Can science explain it?

Here is an article:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/afterlife/science-life-after-death.htm

Sometimes we may have out-of-body experience in dreams. Can you really travel out of you body during the dream? In many day dreams, I dreamed I traveled to where you were watching you invisibly :-)))))) Well, you can always day dream when you really miss someone so much.

I believed (99% :-)))) in life cycles and I had previous lives. I am always wondering who I am in my previous life or whether I can still meet you in my next life. Are you going to be a cat in my next life? How can I find you by some secret code?

If you believe in life after death, you might not be that afraid of death or so sad about the lost beloved ones. The death might not be so bad after all these suffering in current life. However can the behavior in current life impact the quality of next life? For example, if you treat someone so badly in this life, are you going to pay back in next life? Or you have to suffer because of someone, is it because you owe him/her in previous life? Whenever you had the thought that you would rather die instead of being depressed due to somebody else, think twice. You might want to fix it or your own altitude in this life before your death. Find all the means to live and die happily, forget and forgive those who hurt you. They didn't intend to. They appear hurting you probably because they are eager to get what they want but overlooked your sensibilities. Give those people love instead of hate. They might become your beloved ones in your next life (or they used to be in your previous life). :-)))))))