Showing posts with label Out of the Mouth of babes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Out of the Mouth of babes. Show all posts
Sunday, August 1, 2010
The Tooth Fairy
Andrew lost another tooth on Friday. One of the bottom ones beside the 2 front ones. When he went to bed that night i ask him if he put his tooth under his pillow and he said no. So he did and then as we were falling asleep he said told me that he kind of wanted to not put his tooth under the pillow because then he wouldn't see it ever again. He really seemed to be in distraught, so after quiet thought within myself i concluded it was time to tell him the truth that i'm the tooth fairy. I could feel the relief on his emotions as i told him. He was really happy to hear that he will never have to depart from this teeth ever again. He is so his dads son. :P
Friday, March 6, 2009
How to Make Blueberry Muffins
According to a 4 yr old.
Andrew asked me this morning as soon as he woke up if he could have a blueberry muffin for breakfast. We didn't have any so his next question was if i knew how to make them, i said no, not off hand. He then told me it was simple, all you have to do is get blueberries and a slice of bread and squish them together and shape them into muffin shapes.... Just like that... Now why didn't i think of that? Sheesh.
Makes me think of the famous quote, "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler."
Andrew asked me this morning as soon as he woke up if he could have a blueberry muffin for breakfast. We didn't have any so his next question was if i knew how to make them, i said no, not off hand. He then told me it was simple, all you have to do is get blueberries and a slice of bread and squish them together and shape them into muffin shapes.... Just like that... Now why didn't i think of that? Sheesh.
Makes me think of the famous quote, "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler."
Monday, December 15, 2008
Mother/Father
Andrew and Don were working on Andrew's computers hardware today and Don was explaining to Andrew the names of all the part in it. When he started explaining to him about the mother board he looked up at Don and said, "does the computer have a father board?"...
LOVE IT....
LOVE IT....
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
From the Mouth of Babes
Andrew came into the office a couple of hrs ago and sat beside me and said this to me, word for word. I actually had to ask him to repeat it again so that i could remember what he was said and write it down... This is what he said to me...
him: Mom?
me: Yes Andrew
him: You have to find the good side to your problem. You can't see it, you have to find it.
me: whoooa... what?
him: I come from a different world. I'm just using here for a day. But i like your TV shows. I came here just for you to love me and take care of me (for a day).....
me: :o jaw dropped.
him: Mom?
me: Yes Andrew
him: You have to find the good side to your problem. You can't see it, you have to find it.
me: whoooa... what?
him: I come from a different world. I'm just using here for a day. But i like your TV shows. I came here just for you to love me and take care of me (for a day).....
me: :o jaw dropped.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Lesson 101 - Never Get Mad at Daddy in Front of Your Kids
Wow, this is what i look like when i'm mad at daddy. I guess i will take this as a sign... Thanks for the lesson Andrew!
And this is what i look like when i'm not mad.. I think i like this one better.
And this is what i look like when i'm not mad.. I think i like this one better.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Did you know?
That there are monsters with energy fire rays on their backs?
According to Andrew there is....
(interesting)
So i did a google search on this to see if he was right and this is what i found!
I say he's a genus!
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn12897-monster-black-holes-power-highestenergy-cosmic-rays.html
Monster black holes power highest-energy cosmic rays
* 19:00 08 November 2007
* NewScientist.com news service
* Hazel Muir
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Supermassive black holes that lie at the centres of galaxies and are devouring their surroundings act as cosmic peashooters, firing energetic charged particles through space (Illustration: NASA)
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Supermassive black holes that lie at the centres of galaxies and are devouring their surroundings act as cosmic peashooters, firing energetic charged particles through space (Illustration: NASA)
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* Pierre Auger Observatory
* Alan Watson, University of Leeds
* Peter Biermann, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
The Auger Observatory in Argentina detects energetic particles through their interaction with water in surface detector tanks (shown). It also uses telescopes to observe how incoming cosmic rays make the atmosphere fluoresce (Image: Pierre Auger Observatory)
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The Auger Observatory in Argentina detects energetic particles through their interaction with water in surface detector tanks (shown). It also uses telescopes to observe how incoming cosmic rays make the atmosphere fluoresce (Image: Pierre Auger Observatory)
Enormous black holes in galaxies millions of light years away are pelting us with energetic particles. The finding, from a telescope array 10 times the size of Paris, solves a long-standing mystery about the origins of the most energetic cosmic rays that strike the Earth's atmosphere.
"Finding an association with something in the sky – it's just fantastic," says Alan Watson from the University of Leeds in the UK, a spokesperson for the team that made the discovery. "The result heralds a new window to the nearby universe and the beginning of cosmic-ray astronomy."
Cosmic rays are charged particles such as protons and atomic nuclei that constantly rain down on Earth's atmosphere. Most come from the Sun and other sources within our galaxy, such as supernova remnants.
But the origins of the highest-energy particles, which travel within a whisker of the speed of light, have been puzzling. A single proton can have as much energy as a tennis ball served at 100 kilometres per hour.
Astronomers found it difficult to explain how particles are accelerated to such enormous speeds.
One possibility was that they are spat out by "active galactic nuclei" (AGNs) – energetic galaxies powered by matter swirling onto a supermassive black hole. This would be feasible if the AGNs lay up to a few hundred million light years away. Theory predicts that energetic cosmic rays from farther afield would lose energy before they reached Earth by interacting with relic radiation from the big bang called the cosmic microwave background.
Giant cosmic ray 'net'
Alternative explanations include gamma-ray bursts, violent explosions that are sometimes thought to signal the collapse of a massive star into a black hole. More bizarrely, the cosmic rays could signal the decay of heavy particlesthat have been trapped inside weird knots in space-time since the big bang.
Testing any idea has been difficult, however, because the highest-energy cosmic rays are very rare. To catch enough of them to investigate their origins, scientists had to build the largest cosmic-ray catcher in the world – the Pierre Auger Observatory.
The international observatory is an array of 1600 detectors covering 3000 square kilometres of land in Argentina. It began operating in 2004 (watch a video overview of the array).
Nearby active galaxies
The observatory measures the aftermath of a cosmic-ray strike. When a high-energy cosmic ray smashes into the upper atmosphere, it creates an avalanche of secondary particles that branches outwards as it cascades down. The particle shower can have a "footprint" as large as 40 square kilometres when it hits the ground.
The ground detectors of the Auger observatory record these secondary particles, while 24 optical telescopes around the perimeter of the array record how the particle shower made the atmosphere fluoresce. This allows astronomers to accurately estimate the energy and trajectory of the incident cosmic ray that caused the shower.
Now the Auger scientists have analysed their 27 most energetic cosmic rays detected until August 2007. Almost all came from directions corresponding roughly to the positions of nearby AGNs up to 250 million light years away from us. The chances of the pattern being a coincidence are just 1 in 100.
"This basically confirms that AGN seem to be the best sources," says team member Peter Biermann from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany. "I'm very pleased because this is what I've argued on the basis of detailed physics for 20 years."
Particle smasher
The array's success ushers in a new era of precision cosmic-ray astronomy, according to Watson. Over time, it should detect tens or hundreds of cosmic rays from individual AGNs and their range of energies should clarify exactly how they were accelerated – a process thought to be controlled by magnetic fields around the colossal black holes.
"If we had, say, 100 cosmic rays from a single AGN, we would see their spectrum of energies and then the models of acceleration would really have something to shoot at," says Watson.
Scientists will also use the Auger observations to probe the physics of particle collisions. When cosmic rays hit the atmosphere, their collisions can be 30 times more energetic than those at the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, which is due to open for business next year in Switzerland.
The Auger observations should also help track magnetic fields in the galaxy, because these fields bend charged cosmic rays slightly off a straight path. "We're really just starting – we've got a fantastic 10 years ahead and it's really exciting," says Watson.
Journal reference: Science (vol 318, p 938)
According to Andrew there is....
(interesting)
So i did a google search on this to see if he was right and this is what i found!
I say he's a genus!
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn12897-monster-black-holes-power-highestenergy-cosmic-rays.html
Monster black holes power highest-energy cosmic rays
* 19:00 08 November 2007
* NewScientist.com news service
* Hazel Muir
Printable versionEmail to a friendRSS FeedSyndicate
Supermassive black holes that lie at the centres of galaxies and are devouring their surroundings act as cosmic peashooters, firing energetic charged particles through space (Illustration: NASA)
Enlarge image
Supermassive black holes that lie at the centres of galaxies and are devouring their surroundings act as cosmic peashooters, firing energetic charged particles through space (Illustration: NASA)
Tools
digg thisAdd My YahooAdd Google Reader reddit submitNewsvineciteulike submit
Related Articles
* Magnetic cocoons power energetic cosmic rays
* 22 October 2007
* Dark matter may emit ultra-high energy cosmic rays
* 06 July 2007
* 2005 preview: Monster cosmic rays
* 08 January 2005
* Search New Scientist
* Contact us
Web Links
* Pierre Auger Observatory
* Alan Watson, University of Leeds
* Peter Biermann, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
The Auger Observatory in Argentina detects energetic particles through their interaction with water in surface detector tanks (shown). It also uses telescopes to observe how incoming cosmic rays make the atmosphere fluoresce (Image: Pierre Auger Observatory)
Enlarge image
The Auger Observatory in Argentina detects energetic particles through their interaction with water in surface detector tanks (shown). It also uses telescopes to observe how incoming cosmic rays make the atmosphere fluoresce (Image: Pierre Auger Observatory)
Enormous black holes in galaxies millions of light years away are pelting us with energetic particles. The finding, from a telescope array 10 times the size of Paris, solves a long-standing mystery about the origins of the most energetic cosmic rays that strike the Earth's atmosphere.
"Finding an association with something in the sky – it's just fantastic," says Alan Watson from the University of Leeds in the UK, a spokesperson for the team that made the discovery. "The result heralds a new window to the nearby universe and the beginning of cosmic-ray astronomy."
Cosmic rays are charged particles such as protons and atomic nuclei that constantly rain down on Earth's atmosphere. Most come from the Sun and other sources within our galaxy, such as supernova remnants.
But the origins of the highest-energy particles, which travel within a whisker of the speed of light, have been puzzling. A single proton can have as much energy as a tennis ball served at 100 kilometres per hour.
Astronomers found it difficult to explain how particles are accelerated to such enormous speeds.
One possibility was that they are spat out by "active galactic nuclei" (AGNs) – energetic galaxies powered by matter swirling onto a supermassive black hole. This would be feasible if the AGNs lay up to a few hundred million light years away. Theory predicts that energetic cosmic rays from farther afield would lose energy before they reached Earth by interacting with relic radiation from the big bang called the cosmic microwave background.
Giant cosmic ray 'net'
Alternative explanations include gamma-ray bursts, violent explosions that are sometimes thought to signal the collapse of a massive star into a black hole. More bizarrely, the cosmic rays could signal the decay of heavy particlesthat have been trapped inside weird knots in space-time since the big bang.
Testing any idea has been difficult, however, because the highest-energy cosmic rays are very rare. To catch enough of them to investigate their origins, scientists had to build the largest cosmic-ray catcher in the world – the Pierre Auger Observatory.
The international observatory is an array of 1600 detectors covering 3000 square kilometres of land in Argentina. It began operating in 2004 (watch a video overview of the array).
Nearby active galaxies
The observatory measures the aftermath of a cosmic-ray strike. When a high-energy cosmic ray smashes into the upper atmosphere, it creates an avalanche of secondary particles that branches outwards as it cascades down. The particle shower can have a "footprint" as large as 40 square kilometres when it hits the ground.
The ground detectors of the Auger observatory record these secondary particles, while 24 optical telescopes around the perimeter of the array record how the particle shower made the atmosphere fluoresce. This allows astronomers to accurately estimate the energy and trajectory of the incident cosmic ray that caused the shower.
Now the Auger scientists have analysed their 27 most energetic cosmic rays detected until August 2007. Almost all came from directions corresponding roughly to the positions of nearby AGNs up to 250 million light years away from us. The chances of the pattern being a coincidence are just 1 in 100.
"This basically confirms that AGN seem to be the best sources," says team member Peter Biermann from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany. "I'm very pleased because this is what I've argued on the basis of detailed physics for 20 years."
Particle smasher
The array's success ushers in a new era of precision cosmic-ray astronomy, according to Watson. Over time, it should detect tens or hundreds of cosmic rays from individual AGNs and their range of energies should clarify exactly how they were accelerated – a process thought to be controlled by magnetic fields around the colossal black holes.
"If we had, say, 100 cosmic rays from a single AGN, we would see their spectrum of energies and then the models of acceleration would really have something to shoot at," says Watson.
Scientists will also use the Auger observations to probe the physics of particle collisions. When cosmic rays hit the atmosphere, their collisions can be 30 times more energetic than those at the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, which is due to open for business next year in Switzerland.
The Auger observations should also help track magnetic fields in the galaxy, because these fields bend charged cosmic rays slightly off a straight path. "We're really just starting – we've got a fantastic 10 years ahead and it's really exciting," says Watson.
Journal reference: Science (vol 318, p 938)
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Where Babies Come from and Birthday Gifts
Today Andrew was with his friend Ethan, they saw a baby and while they were looking at him Andrew looked at Ethan and said "did you know that babies come from their mommy's tummy and the mommy get a really big bobo?", I thought it to be pretty clever of him, i have told him that babies comes from mommy's tummy's but i never told him how.
Earlier today he was talking to my dad on the phone and he asked Andrew what he wanted for his birthday and Andrew said in a matter of factly tone of voice, "i want Santa Clause carrying a bag of presents!" Smart boy, he knows where the goods are coming from :)
Earlier today he was talking to my dad on the phone and he asked Andrew what he wanted for his birthday and Andrew said in a matter of factly tone of voice, "i want Santa Clause carrying a bag of presents!" Smart boy, he knows where the goods are coming from :)
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