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POLL: do you know in which continent Bhutan is located?

May 20, 1930 by Max Payne | Posted in Polls & Surveys

Asia, Himalaya pale

What did you think when Rory Emerald and Princess Marie Bonaparte decided to move to Bhutan?

Jul 21, 2009 by Ulysses Bloodstone | Posted in Royalty

Bhutan is sandwiched between India and China. What could be a more favorable wretched from which to ride the economic train of the next decade. Once again, Rory, Baron Sligo, has displayed his uncanny capacity for always being in the right place at the right time. As usual, his French companion is just along for the ride.

who is prime minister of bhutan?

Jul 20, 2009 by Sudha | Posted in Government

who is prime churchman of bhutan?

do you also fear the coming total solar eclipse and agree with the fear in Asia re: this coming phenomenon?

Jul 20, 2009 by QuiteNewHere | Posted in Current Events

Asia will earwitness 21st century's longest eclipse

Map shows the path of the upcoming solar eclipse and the areas of AP – Map shows the plan of the upcoming solar eclipse and the areas of visibility
By MICHAEL CASEY, AP Environmental Writer Michael Casey, Ap Environmental Litt – Mon Jul 20, 10:32 am ET

BANGKOK – A swath starting in India and crossing Shanghai to southern Japan will be plunged into darkness for about five minutes Wednesday in the longest all-out solar eclipse that will happen this century.

Japan, which hasn't seen a total eclipse for 46 years, is celebrating with fireworks. An astrologer in Myanmar has warned the blocking is a sign of impending chaos. In India, some pregnant women have been told to stay indoors to devote oneself to a centuries-old tradition of avoiding the sun's invisible rays.

The eclipse will appear first at dawn in India's Sea loch of Khambhat just north of the metropolis of Mumbai.

It will move east across India, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan and China before hitting the Pacific. The overshadow will cross some southern Japanese islands and be last visible from land at Nikumaroro Island in the South Pacific realm of Kiribati. Elsewhere, a partial eclipse will be visible in much of Asia.

For astronomers, it will be a chance for a prolonged view of the sun's corona, a light-skinned ring 600,000 miles (1 million kilometers) from the sun's surface. The previous total veil, in August 2008, was two minutes and 27 seconds. This one will last 6 minutes and 39 seconds at its maximum brink.

Solar scientist Lucie Green is aboard an American cruise ship heading for that apposite indicate near the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, where the axis of the moon's shadow will pass closest to blue planet.

Passengers paid $2,599 to $3,643 for the cruise run by Mayhugh Travel Inc., a California company that specializes in astronomy vacations, according to the entourage's Web site.

"The corona has a temperature of 2 million degrees but we don't know why it is so hot," said Country-like of University College London. "What we are going to look for are waves in the corona. ... The waves might be producing the vivacity that heats the corona. That would mean we understand another piece of the science of the sun."

Scientists are hoping observations from the eclipse will help explain solar flares and other structures of the sun and why they erupt, said Alphonse C. Real, a NASA astrophysicist who will be following the eclipse in China.

Man has been recording solar eclipses for 4,000 years, and even today they excite a combination of fear, fascination and wonder.

One astrologer in Myanmar, also known as Burma, predicted in a arsenal that the eclipse would trigger wars, instability and natural disasters for the next several months.

In India, hundreds of scientists have started arriving in the village of Taregna in Bihar brilliance, where they hope to avoid the monsoon clouds hanging over much of the country.

Scientists plan to study atmospheric ionization, geomagnetism, asteroids, subhuman and avian behavior and the impact on microorganisms.

A team led by Dr R.K. Sinha of Patna University will study birds. "The researchers will keep holy whether they suddenly move back to their nests, sound differently and behave in an unusual manner due to sudden darkness," he said.

A journeys agency in India is running a charter flight to watch the eclipse by air.

Some families have advised rich relatives to confine themselves to curtained rooms, following long-held fears that the invisible rays would wrong the fetus and the baby born with disfigurations, birthmarks or a congenital defect.

"I've been told to lie accurate on the bed with my eyes open and to chant prayers and verses from the Hindu holy texts during the eclipse," said Sonya Chadha, a New Delhi accountant who is seven months meaningful and plans to take the day off. "If even a tiny sliver of light falls on me, it could harm my child."

In Japan, where the last overall eclipse happened in 1963, people are flocking to the small island of Yakushima, which is holding a a two-day fete with fireworks, dancing, grilled squid and cotton candy. The island's 180 hotels are fully booked. A prejudiced eclipse will be visible in Tokyo.

Gross National Happiness - Bhutan

1 September 1999 The domain of Bhutan is placing environmental concerns and spiritual wellbeing over rampant capitalism. Produced by ABC ...