Secret Spacecraft, Gold, Yoga, McDonalds

Artist's conception of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (vimana in bottom of image) as it is released from its mothership WhiteknightTwo is pictured in this undated handout photograph from Virgin Galactic. Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic are set to unveil SpaceShipTwo on Dec. 7, 2009 at the Mojave Spaceport in Mojave, California. The six-passenger vehicle will undergo test flights in 2010 and start commercial flights between 2011 and 2012 (Reuters/Virgin Galactic/handout).

Hubble reveals most distant galaxies yet
Using the recently updated Hubble Space Telescope (HST) two teams of UK astronomers have identified galaxies which are likely to be the most distant yet seen. (Related Video) The UK teams, at Oxford and the University of Edinburgh, analyzed infrared images from the new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument on HST, installed during the most recent Space Shuttle servicing mission in May 2009. Infrared light is light invisible to the human eye, with wavelengths about twice as long as visible light -- beyond the red. More>>

(LunaCognita) Compilation of filmed UFO sightings and encounters by NASA astronauts and Russian cosmonauts over the past half-century, showing amazing examples from different eras: Gemini, Apollo, Soyuz Test Project, Skylab, STS, ISS, Zond, Mir... Link

US Air Force confirms "Beast of Kandahar"
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Air Force on Tuesday confirmed for the first time that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the "Beast of Kandahar," a drone spotted in photos and shrouded in secrecy. The RQ-170 Sentinel is being developed by Lockheed Martin and is designed "to provide reconnaissance and surveillance support to...combat forces"

Burma's Ven. Sobhita passes away at age 78
SHAN STATE, Burma -- The Most Venerable Sobhita -- popularly known to Shan/Tai Buddhist devotees as either Sao Sra Sophi or Sao Sra Mwe-daw, and to Burmese devotees as Pinlon Sayadaw -- was the chief abbot of Mangala Mwe-daw Monastery in the historic town of Panglong, Shan State, the Union of Myanmar.

The art of teaching yoga begins at Brookdale
Lincroft (Monmouth County, NJ) – "Be the change you want to see in the world" (Mahatma Gandhi) become a healing practitioner: teach yoga. Brookdale Community College's Outreach Business & Community Development will be offering a new "Yoga Teacher/Therapist Training" during Spring 2010 semester with registration beginning Dec. 8. More>>

• Living in Laos the American way (NY Times)
• Big surf along Hawaii's northshore today (38 Photos)
• New Poll: "Tea Party" more popular than Republican Party

McDonalds burger chain sales going down in bad economy
While the world's largest flesh selling chain is still faring better than its meat com-petitors, who've increasingly been pushing value menus and discounts of their own, the junk food restaurant's fortunes likely won't improve unless the U.S. economy does.

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