Watch a 'last dance' with the northern lights

Thorbj?rn Haagensen

Thorbj?rn Haagensen took this picture of the northern lights on April 3 from Hilles?y, close to Troms? in northern Norway.

By Alan Boyle

A stunning aurora season is finally coming to an end in the far north, thanks to the longer days and the shorter nights. But there were still a few opportunities this week for the northern lights to ripple across the sky in a "last dance," as this picture from Norwegian photographer Thorbj?rn Riise Haagensen shows.

"Beginning in the middle of May, the midnight sun brings sunshine all night long," Haagensen told SpaceWeather.com today. "Already some daylight is visible at the horizon at midnight. There is still enough darkness, though, for the last dance of the auroras."

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Haagensen's photograph shows the aurora's glow in northern Norway; click on over to his Haagensenfoto.no website for more of his pictures, including an aurora gallery. Speaking of galleries, SpaceWeather.com offers some thrilling pictures from Minnesota and northern Quebec as well as Norway.

Here's a time-lapse movie of the northern lights' last dance that was captured by Jan R. Olsen, a photographer who lives in Olderdalen, Norway. "Not many days left with the aurora," he wrote. "This was shot on the night of April 2nd. Soon it will be too light in the night to see the aurora."

Even though the northern lights may be on the wane, the southern lights should be hitting their prime ? and the people in the best position to see the show in the south are the astronauts on the International Space Station. Keep an eye on the Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth for shots of the aurora australis from space.

Earlier stories of auroral glories:

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Stainless Steel Ideas for My Kitchen | Love Home Grow Garden

I?ve long wanted to fix our house. However, I guess it?s best to do that when the kids get bigger. As it is, they always have their stuff strewn all over the house. Hence, fixing it and making it look spic and span is not advisable.

Nevertheless, should my plans for renovation push through, I would like stainless steel tiles used to turn my kitchen into a modern one. I?ve seen many new houses being built and most of the kitchen fixtures in these homes are made of steel. Steel cabinets, steel mosaic tiles, steel appliances, and steel sink create a sleek look for the kitchen. These make the kitchen look immaculately clean and fresh.

That?s exactly the look I want to create for my kitchen. I?m actually browsing through magazines and websites that feature beautiful houses with lovely kitchens. I?m trying to draw inspiration from these. Then, hopefully, when we can finally get down to renovating the house (or even just the kitchen), we can contact MetalStainlessSteelTiles.com for the steel tiles we?ll need.

I?ve seen the prices and these aren?t too heavy on the pocket. So I?m really going to push for this, even if I have to share with the expenses.

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MyWi gets friendly with iOS 5, brings faster connection speeds and improved reliability

Why shell out cash for those extra tethering fees when you've got MyWi, right? Well, you'll be happy to know the $19.99 jailbreak app has gone through a major revamp. MyWi v5.5 brings along the heavily requested, long-awaited iOS 5 compatibility, while also promising a speedier connection, faster hotspot load times as well as improved overall reliability. Additionally, the overhauled application adds a couple of new features, including MyWi On Demand, which now uses Bluetooth to trigger hotspot mode. MyWi version 5.5 is up for grabs now via the App Cydia store, though you may need to keep it a secret from your carrier.

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'American Idol' Report Card: Sanchez Soars, Hollie Bores On '80s Night

Another rough round for Hollie and DeAndre on 'American Idol' '80s night. Who nailed it? Here are our grades!
By Gil Kaufman

Jessica Sanchez performs on "American Idol"
Photo: FOX

Leave it to "American Idol" to make the top 8 finalists pick songs from a decade most of them weren't even alive in. But that was the mission the kids had to accept on Wednesday night
, and with an assist from '80s-obsessed No Doubt members Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal, they did their best to conjure the era of new romantics, parachute pants and big hair.

It's kind of like asking your granny to Dougie, but the kids bravely accepted the challenge and with the help of the seemingly ageless Gwen and Tony (spoiler alert: they're on mentor Jimmy Iovine's label), Josh, Colton and Skylar were totally awesome, while a few of their fellow finalists, well, were grody to the max.

The judges continued to confuse the bubble singers with contradictory, fluffy "advice," and it became strikingly obvious who's "in it to win it." Who moonwalked back into contention? Who melted like an Aqua Net hairdo in the desert sun? Read on for our report card!

Joshua Ledet: Leave it to Ledet to pick just the right song with Simply Red's soaring version of "If You Don't Know Me by Now." The gospel choir at the top was a bit much, but J Leezy took the song to church and made it sound like a Bobby Womack b-side, and that's a good thing. A very good thing. He scaled the heights and knocked it out of the park. Now if only he could find a secret stash of personality. A+

Skylar Laine: Few people face the choice in life between a Dolly Parton song or a Bette Midler one. But the gun-totin' Southern girl booted "9 to 5" in favor of Midler's titanic weeper, "Wind Beneath My Wings." I've been begging for Laine to break out of the low side of the country road, and this time she kind of did it. I never say this, but the combo of the twang and the pedal steel gave it a unique spin that, yes, I could totally hear on radio right now. A

Colton Dixon: When I heard Colton was singing Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," I feared he was punching a ticket back to the family face-painting business. But he gender-bent the song, worked that stupid red vest, rocked it up and made his bros in MatchboxEveCreedDoorsDown proud. (He cribbed the arrangement from Minneapolis rock lifers Quietdrive, whose name is, well, see above.) Bitch all you want, James Montgomery, but the kid can deliver a song and there's a reason Daughtry sells out arenas, bro. B+

Jessica Sanchez: My colleague James totally (almost) nailed it
 with his call of a Whitney Houston song. And JSanch went all method by busting out her fun-loving alter ego, BeBe Chez, for a spirited "How Will I Know." The neon shirt and acid-washed jacket were a nice touch and Jess seemed like she was having fun, but the performance was — how will I say this? — not totally the bombdigity. B

DeAndre Brackensick: Gwen said it sometimes looked like DeAndre was too worried while he was singing, and he had plenty to fret about by choosing the DeBarge creampuff pop hit "I Like It." He sounded fine and the falsetto was, of course, in full effect, but, frankly, even though J. Lo said "I like it a lot!," DeSack sounded a bit too 80s. The only thing missing was those neon tube socks Ryan was talking about at the top of the show. B

Phillip Phillips: "That's All" by Genesis? Really? In rehearsal at least, that was not much. Leave it to Phil Squared to turn the bouncy pop tune from the power trio into ... a jangly, growly pile of Southern grits. The too-loud electric guitar assist from his aw-shucks brother-in-law Ben didn't do him any favors, either. At this point Philly cheese steak could sing a Kajagoogoo song and Steven Tyler would still praise him for his, um, "individuality." B-

Hollie Cavanagh: Jimmy said he always thought Irene Cara's "Flashdance ... What a Feeling" from the quintessential 1980s musical was corny. But Hollie looked great in that fringy dress and finally showed some sparky personality to match her booming voice. Weirdly, the personality flowered at a time when she was, like, totally pitchy to the max, dawg. The big note at the end helped, but it's feeling like the teen queen might just not be ready for prime time. C+

Elise Testone: Go big or go home seems to be the message rocker Testone was sending by picking the "Idol" staple "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. But Gwen preferred Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is," and it might have been the wrong call. Testone came out flat, both note-wise and performance-wise, and sounded overwhelmed by the backing chorus. The whole thing felt a bit pageant-y and boring.C

Get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions.

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Armour Thyroid To Boost Thyroid Gland

In fact, it is the thyroid gland which is responsible for most of the metabolic activities of our body, thus playing a crucial role maintaining the overall health of the body.

In order to metabolize the food that we eat, thyroid gland produces a hormone called thyroxine. It is this thyroxine hormone that regulates the metabolism of the food, thereby turning the food that we eat into smaller particles to release energy. When this thyroid gland produces insufficient thyroid hormones for the proper metabolism of food, we need thyroid supplements to address this loss.

Armour thyroid is one such thyroid supplement which is taken to replenish the thyroid hormones and treat hypothyroidism in both men and women. As women more than men and that too of the age of over 35 years are more prone to get the problem of hypothyroidism, armour supplement can be categorized as an anti ageing supplement to prevent hypothyroidism in middle age women.

As many thyroid problems are synonymous with the ageing process, when thyroid performance begins to decline it becomes very important to supplement your diet with thyroid supplements.

It has been estimated that as many as 15 to 20% of women over the age of 60 may have subclinical hypothyroidism.

Hypothyroidism or thyroid symptoms include brittle nails, dry skin, hair loss, weight gain, constant fatigue, depression and irritability. So If you feel yourself experiencing any of these mentioned symptoms, you must consult a doctor for thyroid test and begin taking the necessary thyroid supplements for hypothyroidism relief.

Thyroid armour as a thyroid hormone supplement is made from the descicated pig?s hormone and thus contains both the thyroid hormones, T3 and T4, unlike the synthetic thyroid supplements which contain only the hormone T4.

Armour thyroid thus offers an effective and safer alternative to thyroid supplements as compared to other synthetic thyroid supplements.

As thyroid armour is a natural thyroid supplement anyone suffering from low energy levels and ageing hormones, can easily take armour thyroid in low doses or in doses as prescribed by the doctor. As a natural thyroid supplement, thyroid armour is devoid of any negative side effects often associated with synthetic thyroid hormone supplements.

Since armour thyroid is a thyroid medicine, you must consult a doctor before taking this medicine and keep taking regular monitoring from your doctor while taking this medicine to prevent any harmful side effect.Thyroid is a small apple shaped gland located in the neck of your body. Although a small gland, thyroid gland plays an important role in the metabolic functions of the body.

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Personal Finance | finance and money blog

Personal finance means an application regarding finance?s principles to decisions relating to money of a person or unit of family. It shows paths according to which families or individual obtain, save, spend or budget resources of money over longer period, considering various risks of finance as well as future events of life. Personal finance includes payment done for purchasing insurance (property or health insurance) or buying any asset, or on education etc. Personal-finance?s components may include savings-account and checking, credit-cards as well as consumer debts, making investment in stock-market, plans for retirement, and benefits from social-security, policies of insurance and management of income-tax.

The key factor of the personal-finance includes financial-planning.

Financial-planning is considered an active process which requires continuous monitoring as well as re-evaluation. Generally planning for finance involves five basic steps, which are mentioned in detail below:
Assessment ? Financial condition of a person cab easily be calculated through compiling uncomplicated editions of the financial-balance-sheet as well as statements of income. Balance-sheet of a person shows value of the personal-assets (like for example car, clothes, house, accounts in bank or stocks) as well as personal-liabilities (like for example bank debt, credit-card loan, mortgage etc.) a statement of income of an individual lists all personal expenses and income.
Setting of goals ? There are 2 examples for which goals can be set i.e. (a) retiring at the age of 65 having personal income of say $ 1,000,000 (b) buying house or a property in three years by paying monthly cost for mortgage-service which does not extend to 25 percent of total gross-income. It is very common to set in mind many goals, including mixture of both short period as well as long period goals. Setting goals according to finance available helps in directing financial-planning.
Creating plan ? A plan for finance shows the path that how a set goal be accomplished. It might include say for eg reduction of unnecessary and unwanted expenses, finding different source for increasing the income through employment or investing some money in the stock-market as shares or debentures.
Execution ? For executing personal-financial-plan of an individual perseverance as well as discipline is required often. Many can contact professionals for obtaining or getting assistance. The professionals can be accountants, investment-adviser, lawyer or a financial-planner.
Reassessment and monitoring ? With the passage of time personal plan for finance of an individual should be supervised for making possible reassessments or adjustments.

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