Educational tidbit:  Last week I learned about the Transit of Venus.  There were articles in the paper and discussions at work.  Click on this link to see a video (and also get a link to the local newspaper).  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/video.cfm?c_id=2&gal_cid=2&gallery_id=126125  Telescopes were set up all over the world, but the event has historic NZ significance.  The Transit of Venus was the same event that Captain James Cook was dispatched to Tahiti on the HMS Endeavour to observe on June 3, 1769.  The next transit will not happen until 2117.