Titan\'s Polar Vortex
 

The recently formed south polar vortex stands out in the color-swaddled atmosphere of Saturn\'s largest moon, Titan, in this natural color view from NASA\'s Cassini spacecraft.

The south polar vortex can be seen approximately centered over the south pole in the lower left of the image. See Titan\'s Colorful South Polar Vortex and Titan\'s South Polar Vortex in Motion to learn more about this mass of swirling gas around the pole in the atmosphere.

Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this natural color view. The images were acquired with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on July 25, 2012, at a distance of approximately 64,000 miles (103,000 kilometers) from Titan. Image scale is 4 miles (6 kilometers) per pixel.

The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA\'s Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

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It doesn't update immediately, like every 30 minutes or something. I can't remember exactly what I set it at, been like 3 years, but it is part of optimizing the site and reducing the server load, rube.

Hatters starlet in demand
 

Sky Sports understands a host of clubs are tracking Stockport starlet Kyle Brownhill.

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Americans agree: Obama could totally kick Mitt's ass

Republicans have tried so hard to create the narrative that President Obama is a big ol' wimp who goes on apology tours and sympathizes with our enemies and won't stand up to terrorists and is afraid to bomb all the not-America countries.

So how's that working out for them? According to new poll from Esquire and Yahoo! News, not very well:

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Back to the drawing board, fellas.

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According to the Skatz Calenday, Cob turned 48 yesterday.

I just checked it out for the first time wondering how I'd managed to miss it, only to find I hadn't.

And hadn't _really_ missed anything. But be it far from me to denigrate selfless efforts in this world of entitled emotional Nancy boys.

Like Cob.

The Week That Was: Partouche Ends, More Trouble for Lederer & Bitar
 

Dan Smith has dominated on tour in 2012, winning over $3.7 million to date. The summer is finally coming to a close, and with the change of the seasons comes a busy time in the poker world. As action builds towards a crescendo with the World Series of Poker Main Event final table in late [...]

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South African police raid striking miners
 

Rubber bullets and tear gas fired at protesters in Marikana mine, one day after the government threatened tough action.

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Kitty
 

Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Kitty climbs, claws, cavorts, curls and kisses 24/7. She loves to lick and play-bite me and anyone who visits. Kitty takes her role in life very seriously… to play with her three red mice, to chase balls all over the house and to wrestle into submission her stuffed bird, frog.and rabbit. When these chores are done, she will play on her cat furniture. Finally Kitty will curl up sound asleep next to me… building up energy for another round of rollicking robust fun.



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