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It happened March 19, 2008. The optical afterglow was 2.5 million times more luminous than the most luminous supernova ever recorded, making it the most intrinsically bright object ever observed by humans in the universe. It was so bright that immediately after the blast, Swift's UltraViolet and Optical Telescope and X-Ray Telescope indicated they were effectively blinded, originally leading researchers to think something had gone wrong. "For a few precious seconds, the luminosity was a million ...

... three layers of muscle and the adventitia (a loose connective tissue layer)?listed in thickness crossection from luminal to abluminal sides." The "DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION" section went on to explain: The preparation of UBS from a segment ... such a theory of equivalence would effectively remove the requirement that the urinary bladder submucosa be delaminated from "the luminal portion of the tunica mucosa." Thus, there is "no . . . material issue for the jury to resolve," see Warner- ...

... circle. And as though that were not enough, the RGB/HSV page included a quick reference to the concept of luminance, at least as applied to computer graphics. The value of this concept is that it mediates between RGB color, which is an absolute property, ... G, and B can be computed by dividing each pair in a hex triplet by FF. The following table explains the luminance associated with some of the most frequently used colors in the Jurisdynamics Network's stylesheets. Some of my choices, especially ...

Antoine David Haroutunian, 47, Glendale, California, admitted that from June 2005 through August 2008, he solicited investor funds through his companies, Luminous Wealth Management and Luminous Management, promising 24 percent annual returns. Appearing this morning before United States District Judge Percy Anderson in Los Angeles, Haroutunian acknowledged that he used written materials and in-person meetings to solicit potential investors, who were told that Luminous held … Read More...

... The programme which I have laid out will be quite sufficient to take young Tuppy's mind off love-making. It is my intention to insert the Luminous Rabbit in his room at the first opportunity that presents itself. The Luminous Rabbit shines in the dark and jumps about, making odd, squeaking noises. It will sound to young Tuppy like the Voice of Conscience, and I anticipate that a single treatment will make him retire into a nursing-hope for a couple ...

... and California's Unfair Competition Law (UCL), id., at 2, and amendments to the class action complaint added HSBC and Luminent Capital Mortgage as defendants, id., at 1. Plaintiff sought to represent two classes of borrowers who received Option ARM loans ... not have records of subsequent sales by those investors, id., at 2-3. Plaintiff's loan, for example, was sold to defendant Luminent, and then pooled with other Option ARM loans into a mortgage-backed security pool; defendant HSBC was the trustee ...

... : Here is the recent New York Times wedding announcement for Alito clerk Adam Ciongoli. Ciongoli, by the way, recently made Washingtonian magazine's list of "40 Top Lawyers Under 40." Ciongoli came in as #15 -- an impressive showing. But A3G has a quibble: Why did the luminous Rachel Brand, UTR's reigning Prom Queen, come in so far behind him, at #29? * Yes, A3G also noticed the Scalia sighting in the same Reliable Source column. But she plans to discuss it in a future post, her much-delayed ...

... around. Bats at the Beach, by Brian Lies. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Bats break out the moon-tan lotion and frolic on a moonlit beach, doing all the things kids love doing by day on the sand. Rhymed verse dances through enchantingly dark but luminous night time fun. (See if the kids notice that the author is hanging upside down on the “About the Author” back flap!) For the sophisticated but, not-too-old-for-picture-books set (and anybody else who’s still alive): Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich ...

... believe they have worked out a formula to calculate how "beer goggles" affect a drinker's vision. Formula explained: An = number of units of alcohol consumed S = smokiness of the room (graded from 0-10, where 0 clear air; 10 extremely smoky) L = luminance of 'person of interest' (candelas per square metre; typically 1 pitch black; 150 as seen in normal room lighting) Vo = Snellen visual acuity (6/6 normal; 6/12 just meets driving standard) d = distance from 'person of interest' (metres; 0.5 to ...

... -bed (and never made it to the movie at all)). But the real breakthrough for me was, and remains, War and Peace, one novel which I have always insisted is too short. It's a same-only-different world, as convincing as one's own, but more luminous and intense. I did not, and do not, want it to end. I've come to feel the same way about a few other novels in life, mostly the usual suspects: Middlemarch, Remembrance of Things Past, that sort of thing, you get the drift. But my immediate point is: a ...