It would appear the title of some great science fiction film projected on the big screen, one of those movies where the protagonist tries to fight against nature to save himself and his loved ones from a fate far from comforting, but unfortunately this is not the title of a movie, and who has spoken this sentence is not a television commentator during the screening of the trailer, but it is a statement from NASA, the U.S. space agency.
"A solar storm (also called a geomagnetic storm) is a disorder of the Earth's magnetosphere, a temporary nature, caused by solar activity. During a solar storm the sun produces strong emissions of matter from its solar corona generating a strong solar wind, whose high-energy particles are to impact against the Earth's magnetic field from 24 to 36 hours after the issuance of coronal mass. This only happens when the solar wind particles travel towards the Earth. The solar wind pressure changes as a function of solar activity and these changes alter the electrical currents in the ionosphere. Magnetic storms usually last 24 to 48 hours, although some may last for several days. " This quote, from the famous and important free encyclopedia Wikipedia provides us with a unique and detailed definition of solar storm, which is essential to continue our discussion. Millions of people without electricity in 2012, food and medicines that go bad in the fridge turned off, and satellite phones out of order. A scene from "Day After" that could be declassified in the "catastrophic", except that the alarm comes from NASA and the National Academy of Sciences. And in the villain that threatens civilization, for once, there are human activities, pollution and global warming. The enemy by surprise is the Sun, the creator of life on Earth, with a cough could knock the infrastructure on which the West prosperous. Since December, the Sun's activity is slowly increasing. Our star changes its magnetic field every 11 years and at some point you reach a peak of phenomena (solar flares and coronal mass jets) from which emanate large amounts of energy and radiation. These jets can reach Earth, giving rise to geomagnetic storms. The atmosphere protects us, the direct effects of solar storms on health is negligible, but their impact on socio-economic structures could be disastrous. Astronomers observe these phenomena since 1859 when a geomagnetic storm of extraordinary proportions, in addition to making possible the observation of polar auroras like those in Italy and Cuba, he set fire to some of the telegraph wires in Europe and the United States. In May 1921, another storm caused a series of shorts, bringing down power lines and telephone across the Atlantic. But what if such events occur today that an entire civilization was founded on electricity and telecommunications? The response of experts is far from comforting: "Electricity is the key technology of modern society, from which all others depend, and other infrastructure services," reads a 132 page report commissioned by NASA the National Academy of Sciences. "If the storm of 1859 to happen today, we will see an enormous social and economic devastation." In 1989, six million people in Quebec were without power for nine hours due to a geomagnetic storm ten times less powerful than that of 1921. According to John Kappenmann, co-author of the report, if an event such as a repeat of '21 .....
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From February 7, 2011, biometric passports for children will be cheaper. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology announces that this document will cost 21% less for children aged 7-12 years and children aged up to 7 years - 44%.
Thus, a biometric passport for children from 7-12 years will cost 670 lei, and for children up to 7 years - 480 lei. The cost for the preparation and issuing biometric passports for adults is 850 lei for 30 days. Moldovan citizens are documented only with biometric passports as of 1 January 2011. Issuance of passports with biometric data is made on the recommendation of the European Union in view of liberalization of visa regime between Moldova and EU countries.
Moldova back to try to get rid of 6 aircraft MiG-29A Fulcrum-announced to the press spokesman of the Ministry of Defence, after opening three auctions in 2010 that roused the interest of one potential customer. Base bid, $ 8.5 million.
The new sale was opened on 1 February, and will cover aircraft built in 1988 and completely updated at the end of 1990 in Belarus, which is currently grounded in the need of repair at a cost of around 30 million dollars, figure that the Ministry of Defence does not want to spend preferring to put up for auction. The six aircraft in question are part of a batch of 32 units inherited from the army Moldova after the collapse of the then Soviet Union, most of which was purchased by the Pentagon to ensure that the planes did not fall into hostile hands. The Fucrum (NATO code) is an air superiority fighter for the Russian Soviet originally produced by the Mikoyan-Gurevich. Twin-engine high-performance, limited only by the lack of autonomy. The project was started in the early seventies and entered service in 1983 the Soviet air force.
This is really a two hour presentation I give to high school students, cut down to three minutes. And it all started one day on a plane, on my way to TED, seven years ago. And in the seat next to me was a high school student, a teenager, and she came from a really poor family. And she wanted to make something of her life, and she asked me a simple little question. She said, "What leads to success?" And I felt really badly, because I couldn't give her a good answer. So I get off the plane, and I come to TED. And I think, jeez, I'm in the middle of a room of successful people! So why don't I ask them what helped them succeed, and pass it on to kids? So here we are, seven years, 500 interviews later, and I'm gonna tell you what really leads to success and makes TED-sters tick. And the first thing is passion. Freeman Thomas says, "I'm driven by my passion." TED-sters do it for love, they don't do it for money. Carol Coletta says, "I would pay someone to do what I do." And the interesting thing is, if you do it for love, the money comes anyway. Work! Rupert Murdoch said to me, "It's all hard work. Nothing comes easily. But I have a lot of fun." Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes! TED-sters do have fun working. And they work hard. I figured, they're not workaholics. They're workafrolics. Good! Alex Garden says, "To be successful put your nose down in something and get damn good at it." There's no magic, it's practice, practice, practice. And it's focus. Norman Jewison said to me, "I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing" And push! David Gallo says, "Push yourself. Physically, mentally, you've gotta push, push, push." You gotta push through shyness and self-doubt. Goldie Hawn says, "I always had self-doubts. I wasn't good enough, I wasn't smart enough. I didn't think I'd make it." Now it's not always easy to push yourself, and that's why they invented mothers. (Laughter) Frank Gehry -- Frank Gehry said to me, "My mother pushed me." Serve! Sherwin Nuland says, "It was a privilege to serve as a doctor." Now a lot of kids tell me they want to be millionaires. And the first thing I say to them is, "OK, well you can't serve yourself, you gotta serve others something of value. Because that's the way people really get rich." Ideas. TED-ster Bill Gates says, "I had an idea -- founding the first micro-computer software company." I'd say it was a pretty good idea. And there's no magic to creativity in coming up with ideas, it's just doing some very simple things. And I give lots of evidence. Persist. Joe Kraus says, "Persistence is the number one reason for our success." You gotta persist through failure. You gotta persist through crap! Which of course means "Criticism, Rejection, Assholes and Pressure." (Laughter) So, the big -- the answer to this question is simple: Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED. Or failing that, do the eight things -- and trust me, these are the big eight things that lead to success. Thank you TED-sters for all your interviews!
It would appear the title of some great science fiction film projected on the big screen, one of those movies where the protagonist tries to fight against nature to save himself and his loved ones from a fate far from comforting, but unfortunately this is not the title of a movie, and who has spoken this sentence is not a television commentator during the screening of the trailer, but it is a statement from NASA, the U.S. space agency. 
From February 7, 2011, biometric passports for children will be cheaper. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology announces that this document will cost 21% less for children aged 7-12 years and children aged up to 7 years - 44%. 
Moldova back to try to get rid of 6 aircraft MiG-29A Fulcrum-announced to the press spokesman of the Ministry of Defence, after opening three auctions in 2010 that roused the interest of one potential customer. Base bid, $ 8.5 million. 
