Light a Candle !

http://clients.ibnlive.com/features/mumatt/index.php

The site mentions:

"Mumbai came to a shocking standstill on July 11 when serial blasts ripped through its local trains, killing and wounding hundreds. But the city of dreams stood fearless and fighting fit. Salute Mumbai's never-say-die spirit and Light a Candle for those who succumbed to the blasts or got injured. For every candle you light, CNN-IBN and Channel 7 will donate Re 1 for the relief of the victims."

I hope this is true and works.

2 moons !

Just recently I received a forward from a friend which read :

<email>

Hi All,

Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultimate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of Earth.
Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like The Earth has 2 Moons. Don't Miss it.....
The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.
NOTE: Share this with ur friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.....

</email>

I was curious and just a simple google search resulted in following site :

http://www.astronomy.com/ASY/CS/forums/284916/ShowPost.aspx

which clearly mentions that "It's simply old news from 2003 being mistakenly recycled.". and even in 2003, the case was that 'when looking through a 75 power telescope Mars would appear as large as a Full Moon to the naked-eye.'

I am sure within days, you all will also receive this email. But please dont blindly believe in all the forwards you get.. it not only would waste your (and many others) time (like watching sky on Aug 27 at night :) ) but also increases internet traffic affecting the overall speed.

Plllleassssss Make sure you validate the authenticity of the news before forwarding !