With a world that is primarily governed by materialism and science, it is very difficult for people to fully grasp the concept of spiritual healing. People are too concerned into making themselves the best if not the most affluent. There is a race for time and wealth, and in all aspects of materialism that most of the time they already forget the need to fill in the gaps within their souls.
And with all of the material things and richness that engulf a person, there is still the feeling of dissatisfaction and discontentment for reasons he can vaguely quite point out. It is only on such an event that this person truly realizes his needs for something far beyond the riches or fame; and when he can fully say that he is at peace and truly satisfied with his life.
Opening Your Mind, Body And Soul
Although spiritual healing can seem like an old-fashioned belief for most people, it is still an important aspect that should persist over the generations. A lot of people still believe in it and they cannot totally ignore its effectiveness; especially to those who solicit for it. And in order for any person to be healed in a spiritual sense, you will need to open up not only your mind but also your heart and soul. There is the need to feel connected with God and therefore, the need to accept the fact that God exists among us. Likewise, you need to have total faith in Him so that as soon as you accept Him and His healing, you are then right away saved.
And in instances that you develop some physical illness, it is actually an indication that you have a weak soul. If you remember, your soul is always connected to your body and therefore, when your soul is weakened, your physical body is then vulnerable to all sorts of temptations and negative energy.
Being Aware Of The Laws of The Universe
Accept spiritual healing and everything will be well. Whoever will heal the ill person should be aware of the laws of the universe as well as its governing principles. It is important that the spiritual healer follow such laws of the universe and use pure life energy into restoring the ill fated individual into his normal state. Such king of healing, aside from following the laws of the universe, also includes different conventional medicine healing that can do well not only to the body but also to both mind and spirit.
Clearly now, the concept and an attitude like spirituality is not something to be done only once but it is something to be achieved for a lifetime. It is important that you, being a person with a keen sense of spirituality, do not forget about it and instead practise it as often as possible. That way, you will surely receive the benefits associated with a high spiritual living. Remember, as long as you understand the importance of spiritual healing, you follow your spirituality; at the same time, you obey the laws of the universe, it will definitely be much easier for you to be one with your body and with the whole of the world. Such a connection is very important to make sure that you can truly live in peace and harmony for all of your lifetime.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin stands with a gun at a shooting gallery of the new GRU military intelligence headquarters building in Moscow during a 2006 visit. Last month, Putin said nations would eventually develop new types of weapons, including "psychophysical" weapon systems.
By Alan Boyle
Are we on the brink of an arms race over zombie ray guns? You might think so, based on the alarms being rung over Russia's potential to create mind-scrambling weapons. But the reality is that it'll be a long time before we have to worry about super-soldiers taking over our brains.
The Americans as well as the Russians have been looking into psychotronic weapons for more than 15 years. You can find ample references to the subject on the Internet, including a feature published by U.S. News and World Report in 1997 and a report written for a U.S. Army publication in 1998.
Such weapons purport to take advantage of the effect that pulsed microwaves can have on brain activity. Some researchers have reported an effect known as microwave hearing, in which a directed beam of radiation produces a sensation of buzzing, clicking or hissing in the head. "This technology in its crudest form could be used to distract individuals," according to a declassified Army review of non-lethal weapons.
Theoretically, electromagnetic beams could cause an epileptic-type seizure, or involuntary eye motion leading to dizziness and nausea. Military researchers have also looked into using infrasound or laser beams to confuse or incapacitate a foe ? but when you start going down this road, before you know it, you're talking about remote viewing, ESP and all the way-out concepts chronicled in "The Men Who Stare at Goats."
The Russian connection The Russians have looked into these potential technologies at least as deeply as the Pentagon has, and you're hearing about zombie ray guns now because top Russian officials started talking about psychotronic weapons a couple of weeks ago. That has brought the subject back from the dead like a ... well, you know.
Moscow is planning to set up an advanced military research agency similar to the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov referred to those plans on March 22. Here's what the RIA Novosti news agency quoted him as saying during a meeting with Prime Minister (and President-elect) Vladimir Putin:
"The development of weaponry based on new physics principles ? direct-energy weapons, geophysical weapons, wave-energy weapons, genetic weapons, psychotronic weapons, etc. ? is part of the state arms procurement program for 2011-2020 ... We will draft the proposals for the next program by December 2012."
Putin, who begins his presidential term next month, pledged during the campaign that he would beef up Russia's military. In February, he laid out his national security plan in an article published by Rossiiskaya Gazeta. At the time, most of the news reports picked up on Putin's call for almost $770 billion in spending over the course of a decade to modernize the armed forces. But Putin also observed that the current balance of power, held in place by nuclear arsenals, could well shift in the future due to new technologies. It was in that context that he brought up the psychotronic angle:
"The military capability of a country in space or information countermeasures, especially in cyberspace, will play a great, if not decisive, role in determining the nature of an armed conflict. In the more distant future, weapons systems based on new principles (beam, geophysical, wave, genetic, psychophysical and other technology) will be developed. All this will, in addition to nuclear weapons, provide entirely new instruments for achieving political and strategic goals. Such high-tech weapons systems will be comparable in effect to nuclear weapons but will be more 'acceptable' in terms of political and military ideology. In this sense, the strategic balance of nuclear forces will play a gradually diminishing role in deterring aggression and chaos."
In the wake of Serdyukov's comments, folks dredged up Putin's reference to "psychophysical" weapons, added in some background about the research into electromagnetic mind control, and voila: the zombie ray gun. Last week, Britain's Daily Mail suggested that the guns "could be used against Russia's enemies and, perhaps, its own dissidents by the end of the decade."
The Mail also quoted Anatoly Tsyganov, head of the Military Forecasting Center in Moscow, as saying microwaves could make for "a highly serious weapon":
"When it was used for dispersing a crowd and it was focused on a man, his body temperature went up immediately as if he was thrown into a hot frying pan. Still, we know very little about this weapon and even special forces guys can hardly cope with it."
Based on that comment, Tsyganov was apparently talking about a different kind of non-lethal weapon, an analog to the millimeter-wave "pain ray" that the U.S. military has been working on for years. As we noted a couple of weeks ago, the beam of radiation can be directed at a crowd, producing a severe burning sensation on the skin that forces the target to jump away instinctively.
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How fast can mad scientists work? There are a few problems with the pain-ray technology: It takes hours to build up enough power for the beam generator, and the system reportedly works only in clear atmospheric conditions. Nevertheless, testing of the "Silent Guardian" system is continuing, not only for military applications but also for use against oceangoing pirates and rioting prisoners.
The bottom line is that Russia certainly seems to be on track to set up its own DARPA-like "Department of Mad Scientists," working on heat rays, mind-altering electromagnetic beams and heaven knows what else. But there's nothing in the comments from Putin and Serdyukov to suggest that the Russians are anywhere close to having psychotronic weapons. In fact, Putin makes it sound as if the next frontier in warfare won't be the zombie ray gun but the coordinated cyber-attack. And that's scary enough for me.
What do you think? Please feel free to register your opinion in the unscientific poll above, and the comment space below.
Update for 11 p.m. ET: A couple of commenters noted that the zombielike picture that originally accompanied this item had a caption that didn't quite square with the lore for the "Left 4 Dead" video game. The more I learned about the game, the more I saw that the picture really didn't fit. So I've put in the picture of a gun-toting Putin instead. Thanks to the gamers who pointed out the problem. If I ever play "Left 4 Dead," I'll want you on my side.
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P.J. Haberstock and Susan Fessler are this week?s guest on Atlanta Real Estate Forum radio. Susan talks about buying Morris and Raper Real Estate Consultants, and P.J. lets us know about the latest exterior siding tends including red, white and black bricks.
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Boral Building Products is a national cladding company with over 50 distribution centers in the southeast, southwest and midwest. Boral Building Products is also available in states without direct distribution centers through direct manufacturers. They sell to custom home builders, contractors, masons, individuals and more. One of their most popular cladding choices is brick. Brick provides several advantages over other claddings because it is made from some of the world?s most abundant resources, provides depth and strength, is soundproof, provides more resale value and can help save you money on your energy bill and homeowner?s insurance. P.J. also says that the hottest brick options right now are earthtone colors with rolled back edges.
For more Boral Building Products, which cladding might be right for your home and current trends, listen to the full podcast! And to learn more about Boral Building Products, visit their website.
Today?s Deal of the Day is from Edward Andrews Homes. They are currently running a ?Warm up to Savings? event where homebuyers can receive a variety of incentives including $10,000 to $20,000 your way by purchasing a home in five of their communities. Money your way means you can apply the money towards any options you want at the participating communities in great locations such as South Forsyth and West Cobb.
To find out how you can take advantage of these great incentives or for more information on all of Edward Andrews Homes communities, visit the Edward Andrews Homes website.
Our next guest is Susan Fessler who is the owner and president of Morris and Raper Real Estate Consultants. They have a brand new office for their 72 agents in the Peachtree 25th building.
Morris and Raper REC is excited about a new builder they are representing, Paran Homes. They are currently working in several of their communities including ones in Douglasville, Lawrenceville, Grayson and Roswell. Susan says that Paran Homes is working hard to get the market back up and to attract new homebuyers, who are looking to get the most value for their money in today?s economy. She also says that buyers today are becoming more and more educated about what is out there, and therefore have raised their expectations.
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A friendly relationship: ?What is actually a close friend? Just one spirit, dwelling in two bodies? instructions True friendship is the the sole relation that will survives the trial offers and tribulations of your time and remains unconditional. A distinctive combination of affection, loyalty, adore, value, trust and also loads of exciting is perhaps what exactly describes the real meaning of friendship. ?dentical interests, shared respect and solid attachment against each other tend to be what friends reveal between the other. These are definitely only the general qualities of an a friendly relationship. To experience exactly what is friendship, one must have true close friends, that are indeed unusual treasure. A friendly relationship is an a sense of coziness emotional security with a particular person. It will be if you choose nt have to weigh your thoughts along with measure words, before always keeping it forth previous to your friend. It will be when someone has learned you better than yourself and promises to be your side in each and every emotional economic crisis. It is definitely when you can sleep at night fighting and get another morning with a much better understanding. Friendship is much above roaming together in addition to sharing good instances, it can be when anyone comes to save you from the particular worst phase involving life. A friendly relationship is endless. Differing people will vary definitions connected with friendship. For quite a few, is it doesnt trust in someone he / she wont hurt anyone. ?ndividuals, it is unconditional enjoy. There are many who feel that relationship is lasting love. People type definitions using the sort of experiences they get had. This really is one relative which has been nurtured due to the fact time immemorial. There are actually famous stories about friends throughout mythologies of religions across the world. They say an individual who has found a steadfast friend has found an invaluable treasure. Psychologically speaking, companionship may be thought as a dynamic, mutual relationship between two individuals. As kids become good friends, they concerned boundaries within that both spouses function. This will assist them to function just like healthy individuals inside because they learn to draw a new line as when needed in a very relative. This considerably helps in often the emotional progress a person. Nevertheless , any regards needs constant nurturing and development by all the those who get excited about 1. Friendship could not survive if anyone makes all of the effort to sustain it without mutual reputation from others.
Due to the fact friendship starts the moment children starts socialising, the amount of pals that the baby chooses ought to be cared for until finally the time they discovers to differentiate between right and inappropriate. Wrong mates or insufficient socializing can bring about significant psychological traumas in addition to disorders, finally leading to social maladjustment. The proper peer team is essential for that improvement the individuality of a baby. Both positive and negative experiences refine the individuality of the personal. Thus it is necessary that you find pals who are suitable for you upon an emotional as well as psychological foundation. What it is really all about Of Relationship: I can simply think about the angst which Jessica Vascellero in the Wall Street Journal placed into countless minds this evening ready article about the difficulties everyone is having defining what is in addition to isnt a ?friend? with regard to online social network purposes. Most Us citizens who arent teenagers or a very little older are only used to the notion of social support systems in general. Nevertheless the complicated along with evolving rules as to what constitutes a friendly relationship online is adding even more pressure. One younger woman was required to face anyone she defriended upon Facebook in a very chance experience on an lift, and re-added anyone to free herself from the guilt. A midsection aged jeweler obligation over the intended meaning a rival unfriending him or her. On the other hand, often the web-savvy David Dalka, saying he doesnt have to know?youve converted to a whole new brand of peanut butter, ? has unceremoniously dropped men and women from his close friend list in LinkedIn. Societies of friendship: Neuroanthropology possesses an all-too-brief employment interview on how various cultures around the globe have got fundamentally different concepts about what it implies to become a friend. The actual interviewee is definitely anthropologist Dan Hruschka who has just composed a publication summarising his analysis around the anthropology connected with a friendly relationship. Its a wonderfully simple plan but really problems some of the core assumptions in relation to social human relationships: ?s it possible to describe one among your articles that really can make us think in another way about a friendly relationship? When you examine friendship cross-culturally, there are many shocks! Think about the proven fact that in communities all over the world, mates will certainly sanctify their associations with elaborate community ceremonies not contrary to American weddings or maybe that parents or elders can fix their childrens friendships in a very similar means that marriages are arranged in several elements of the earth. I feel significant fascinating findings, and one that uncovers our own Us preferences as well as taboos, problems the varieties of things that friends are hoped for to aid the other person using. Like from the U. H., we often expect good friends to talk via personal problems as well as disclose deep strategies. Indeed, Ough. S i9000. researchers usually impose this qualifying measure on definitions associated with friendship. However , there are various areas on earth everywhere such mental, emotional help is only difficulty concern throughout will be. Advertising by GoogleSo What Is An Online Pal, Anyways: The social networks by themselves, and those among us who spend a lot of the time at this time there, remain looking to lift weights the main points on which this would mean becoming a close friend with someone on the net. With relationship comes benefits ? you obtain a steady flow of information with regards to the man, but it also provides costs (you must wade through a stream of information in regards to the man, and they obtain access to your intimate specifics. Its obvious that the far more friends you could have on a given services, a lot more noise you will need to wade through to obtain the gold indicate. In real life if you dont desire to be friends with a person, you just find ways not to hang out with these. But on the net, you just click that friend key because it feels so easy, and its really considered disparaging should you do not. And after that you fork out. Social networks are taking two methods of coping with that. MySpace as well as Facebook (and individuals like them) include added different also to throw pals into. ?t is possible to share basically facts with different categories of good friends. So if you not necessarily really friends along with someone but may want to be mean to their friend obtain, you are able to throw all of them into the unwashed masses suitable container (or what you may want to contact it). The other approach is the one obtained by sites similar to Twitter and also Friendfeed. Anyone can follow everyone and watch what exactly theyre about, but you are underneath no pressure for you to reciprocate. The condition with this particular approach is always that there exists still many societal pressure to follow people rear. Isuggested the ?fake follow? the government financial aid August to enable you to just pretend to follow people. Friendfeed now has a feature that permits just that. However bucketing friends just seems like a bolted on approach to system. And managing the transforming relationships you could have with connected with hundreds plans across various sites is indeed a period sink. In the forthcoming, the requirements will be able to perform far better job involving just determining, from your actions, you actually close to in addition to who you. It could also define any relationship with an individual I cant say for sure at all according to regardless of whether we have friends in keeping. Thus even if there is absolutely no connections at all, Facebook and MySpace (or whoever) can certainly theoretically have an perception of the amount sensitive information to talk about between us all. Precisely what are Friendship Engagement rings: Friendship rings are often worn on the minor finger, as a means involving differentiating them coming from regular bands; nevertheless , this isnt a collection tip, and plenty of people put on their friendship wedding rings as they will any other ring. Irish Claddagh engagement rings are traditionally connected with love and couples, tend to be now being utilized more and more often to represent also friendship. Some sort of Claddagh ring is made of two fingers holding a new crowned heart, which includes a large number of interpretations. Friendship jewelry are often worn by very the younger generation, that Claddagh bands can be utilized not having running the risk of other folks confusing their which means. The standard of relationship: Often the Guardians Anna Pickard issues any rousing endorsement of online friendships in Comment is Free of charge: The buddies Ive produced online ? from blogging particularly, become they other blog owners or commenters about this or my personal site rapid are the best pals I have. Nevertheless, whenever I say this particular to the people, often theyll examine me including Im a societal failure; then when surveys like this are documented, it can be with a slight air flow of being the particular ?Its a ridiculous, crazy, crazy globe! ? merchandise last thing on television. Several portions of my children still seek advice from my companion of six decades as the ?Internet Boyfriend?. Call up me naive, but just not the bottomless repository associated with oddballs and possible serial hit persons, the web is included with vibrant oriented, like-minded having people ? the first time ever were lucky enough to pick friends not necessarily by location or maybe luck, although pinpoint perfect buddies by rounding up people with extremely similar hobbies, matching state policies, senses regarding humour, zealous feelings about the nearly all infinitesimally tiny passion communities. The chums I have recently may be spread large, geographically, but Im closer to them as compared to anyone I left for school along with, by about several kilometers. To me, and individuals like us who may be a little bit shy as well as socially awkward : and a good amount of us concerning ? moving discussions and friendships from your net to your restaurant table or perhaps the bar feces is an a lot more natural and organic, normal approach than people who spend fewer hours online might count on. Thanks to our relationship machine, they might stay associated, likely for the remainder of their own lives. Making use of their websites, MySpace pages, Flickr images, YouTube video tutorials, Seesmic conversations, Twitter passes, and all the opportinity for sharing their particular lives yet for being conceived, they will leave life time Google tracks which will allow it to become easier to discover them. Mix, a marketing company, reported in 2007 that ninety six percent of teenage years and tweens employed social networks-they are generally essentially universal-and and so even if one particular tie is severed, the younger generation will still be connected to friends associated with friends via Fb, never greater diploma or two separate. I believe this sustained connectedness can enhance the nature connected with friendship the actual we handle 1 another. It wont become easy to break free all of our pasts, to behave just like cads and try to escape. Below behave using this knowledge entire world. More threads will tie up more of us together longer compared to any time because the bygone nights when we existed all our comes from small cities. Right now, our communities of friends will grow only greater. Performs this abundance of friendship make each romantic relationship shallower? I dont believe thus. Friendship finds out its natural water level-we know our own capacity for human relationships and stick nearest those most of us like best. The unsuspecting Dunbar rule states that we end up getting 150 good friends. I feel that could expand. Keep in mind the real key insight this made Facebook this kind of accomplishment: It delivered real names and real relationships to the internet. Its regarding best friends. Camaraderie Day Parties: Friendship Moment calls for wonderful celebrations as it is an ideal occasion to leave your mates learn how special they are and cherished can be your relationship. It is celebrated around the globe having extreme zeal and also fervor. Although the start of A friendly relationship Day celebrations could be traced back in 1935, the particular celebrations have steadily acquired recognition. Today we all also have a companionship ambassador instructions Winnie typically the Pooh. Friendship Day it isnt just each day specialized in your pals, but also a day to let yourself free and feel untroubled. So , no matter how occupied you will be, get time from your schedule to invest time with the buddies. In situation you are thinking about how you can observe Friendships Day, you will find many Friendship Day celebration ideas provided below. Outdoor camping: Moment friends alongside and plan an outdoor camping getaway. Explore the outside with your friends and you can perform a lot of simply have a very bonfire, proceed trekking, and so forth Backpacking in the open setting will make sure you have sufficient time available and get fun exploring new things jointly. If you will be a working man right now, this will certainly be a fantastic stress buster to have carefree experience with your good friends.
Arrange a Friendship Morning Party: It is a time for you to celebrate and show everyone just how special is your buddy. Organize an event with regard to camaraderie and splurge about everything; right from the invites to the looks to the event favors. Raise a toast for ones friendship and also prepare exactly what your friends such as. Keep in mind to produce a pair of photo-collage of the party, keep one with you and gift the other to help him. Your friends will never forget this specific party for a lifetime!
Talk on the Movie: What better way to celebrate Companionship Day than watching a nice motion picture together with close friends. If there exists a good movie playing inside the theaters, you are able to go there together with your friends as well as have lunch or dinner outside. If definitely not, you may find some cute motion picture DVDs on relationship and watch that at the ease and comfort of your house. If youre planning it at your home, also try to create a theatre ambience. Arrange popcorns and coke and also have a care free party!
Remember Old Reminiscences: Experience it been very long you have not really seen your mates? Presently far too busy together with your professional lifetime lately? Companionship Day is the foremost time and energy to rejuvenate afterward you. Get in touch with your friends over and move through your collections. Recollect affectionate towards memories of years as a child and how an individual became close friends. Take a walk down the nostalgic street and recollect sappy memories like your first fights, amusing sleepovers, initial movie collectively, crushes, and so forth Meals | Gift idea | Connection
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Korean connection makes an 8,000-km telescopePublic release date: 4-Apr-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Helen Sim Helen.Sim@csiro.au 61-293-724-251 CSIRO Australia
Australian and Korean radio telescopes have been linked for the first time, forming a system that acts as a telescope 8000 km across.Australian and Korean radio telescopes have been linked together for the first time, forming a system acting as a gigantic telescope more than 8000 kilometres across and with 100 times the resolving power of the Hubble Space Telescope.
"This is another step in Australia's ongoing collaboration with Asia in the field of radio astronomy," said CSIRO's Astronomy and Space Science Chief, Dr Philip Diamond.
Australia has been making similar linkups with Japan and China for many years, and now is also doing initial tests with telescopes in India.
Combining signals from widely separated telescopes in this way is the technique that will underlie the coming international mega-scope, the Square Kilometre Array or SKA.
"Australia has many decades of experience with these long-distance linkups," said Dr Diamond, who sits on the Australia-New Zealand SKA Coordination Committee.
"And we are committed to scientific partnerships with countries in our region and elsewhere - another reason why Australia would be an excellent choice as SKA host."
The telescopes involved in the linkup were two CSIRO dishes near Coonabarabran and Narrabri in New South Wales, a telescope of the University of Tasmania near Hobart, and two telescopes operated by the Korean Astronomy and Space Science Institute: one in Seoul (at Yonsei University), and a second near Ulsan in the southeast of the country (at Ulsan University).
The telescopes observed the same target simultaneously for five hours and their data was streamed in real time over optical fibre links to Curtin University in Perth, WA, where it was processed "on the fly" at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research. The data was sent from each telescope at the rate of 64 MB per second - equivalent to filling a CD every ten seconds.
The high-speed data links for the observations were provided by the Australian Academic Research Network, AARNet, and its Korean counterpart, Kreonet, and are part of the region's existing research and education infrastructure.
CSIRO's Dr Chris Phillips, who organised the tests, was very pleased with their results.
"We were observing at a high frequency, which can be challenging for this technique, but the experiment worked extremely well," he said.
The astronomers targeted a galaxy that emits strongly in radio waves - a source called J0854+2006, which was chosen because it was suitable for the tests. It is located 3.5 billion light-years away, and is thought to house a pair of supermassive black holes at its centre. One of these is among the largest black holes known, with a mass of more than 18 billion times that of the Sun: it is orbited once every 11 to 12 years by a smaller black hole with a mass 100 million times that of the Sun. The two black holes are spiralling together and are expected to merge in less than ten thousand years' time, an event that would release huge amounts of radiation.
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Korean connection makes an 8,000-km telescopePublic release date: 4-Apr-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Helen Sim Helen.Sim@csiro.au 61-293-724-251 CSIRO Australia
Australian and Korean radio telescopes have been linked for the first time, forming a system that acts as a telescope 8000 km across.Australian and Korean radio telescopes have been linked together for the first time, forming a system acting as a gigantic telescope more than 8000 kilometres across and with 100 times the resolving power of the Hubble Space Telescope.
"This is another step in Australia's ongoing collaboration with Asia in the field of radio astronomy," said CSIRO's Astronomy and Space Science Chief, Dr Philip Diamond.
Australia has been making similar linkups with Japan and China for many years, and now is also doing initial tests with telescopes in India.
Combining signals from widely separated telescopes in this way is the technique that will underlie the coming international mega-scope, the Square Kilometre Array or SKA.
"Australia has many decades of experience with these long-distance linkups," said Dr Diamond, who sits on the Australia-New Zealand SKA Coordination Committee.
"And we are committed to scientific partnerships with countries in our region and elsewhere - another reason why Australia would be an excellent choice as SKA host."
The telescopes involved in the linkup were two CSIRO dishes near Coonabarabran and Narrabri in New South Wales, a telescope of the University of Tasmania near Hobart, and two telescopes operated by the Korean Astronomy and Space Science Institute: one in Seoul (at Yonsei University), and a second near Ulsan in the southeast of the country (at Ulsan University).
The telescopes observed the same target simultaneously for five hours and their data was streamed in real time over optical fibre links to Curtin University in Perth, WA, where it was processed "on the fly" at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research. The data was sent from each telescope at the rate of 64 MB per second - equivalent to filling a CD every ten seconds.
The high-speed data links for the observations were provided by the Australian Academic Research Network, AARNet, and its Korean counterpart, Kreonet, and are part of the region's existing research and education infrastructure.
CSIRO's Dr Chris Phillips, who organised the tests, was very pleased with their results.
"We were observing at a high frequency, which can be challenging for this technique, but the experiment worked extremely well," he said.
The astronomers targeted a galaxy that emits strongly in radio waves - a source called J0854+2006, which was chosen because it was suitable for the tests. It is located 3.5 billion light-years away, and is thought to house a pair of supermassive black holes at its centre. One of these is among the largest black holes known, with a mass of more than 18 billion times that of the Sun: it is orbited once every 11 to 12 years by a smaller black hole with a mass 100 million times that of the Sun. The two black holes are spiralling together and are expected to merge in less than ten thousand years' time, an event that would release huge amounts of radiation.
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