Saturday, May 16, 2009
RAPID collapse of the ice sheet in West Antarctica would raise sea levels by an average of about three metres, half as much as previously thought
The effect, however, would still be catastrophic, with a rise of just one metre causing devastation in coastal areas around the globe, scientists said.
The West Antarctic ice sheet is considered the most unstable ice sheet in a warming world because much of the bedrock it sits on is below sea level....more..........
Friday, May 15, 2009
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION - Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 12:53:46 PM at epicenter
Magnitude 6.7 - KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
2009 May 16 00:53:46 UTC
Earthquake Details
Magnitude | 6.7 |
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Date-Time |
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Location | 31.529°S, 178.888°W |
Depth | 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program |
Region | KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION |
Distances | 10 km (5 miles) S of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands 270 km (170 miles) SSW of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands 825 km (520 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand 1215 km (760 miles) NNE of WELLINGTON, New Zealand |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 6.7 km (4.2 miles); depth fixed by location program |
Parameters | NST=243, Nph=243, Dmin=269.3 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6 |
Source |
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Event ID | us2009gsad |
- This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
A severe storm in the German state of Baden-Württemberg created what police called “winter conditions” on Wednesday, with hail up to 20 inches deep
May 13, 2009
The Local - Hamburg
The bad weather in Calw county forced officials to send a fleet of snow ploughs out to free streets from a heavy layer of hail about 15 centimtres high on Tuesday night. But one hollow near Wildberg-Gütlingen was left with some 50 centimetres of hail after the icy barrage, police said.
The storm lasted for about one hour throughout the county.
A 35-year-old driver was injured near Wildberg when he lost control of his car on the ice and hit a tree.
Meanwhile fire department workers were on hand to pump cellars free of flooding and retrieve manhole covers that had floated away in the deluge.
Police have not yet determined the amount of damages caused by the storm, which was rivalled by another in the nearby city of Karlsruhe, where heavy rainfall flooded streets and cellars around the same time.
http://www.thelocal.de/society/20090513-19251.html
Many new-to-gardening folks will experience bug problems--- heres some cheap low cost help
Date: Friday, 15-May-2009 10:01:51
In this economy many folks new to gardening will resort to harsh chemical solutions to keep the pests away from their crops. This article extolls the virtue of hydrogen peroxide, which I can verify is quite good in relieving many problems in the garden.
I alternate peroxide treatment every few days with a mixture of three teaspoons per quart of dawn dish detergent in water in an old windex spray bottle.
It works on every bug Ive tested.
from: http://www.gardenzine.co.uk/peroxide.html
by Paul Tukey
He unabashedly begins his stories in newspapers, magazines and online by proclaiming, 'This will be the most phenomenal article you will ever read'. He claims to have cured his own cancer, to have removed his own warts and to be the most robust 82-year-old on the planet ever since he discovered the miracle solution known as hydrogen peroxide.
Bill Munro immediately grabbed my attention with a story titled 'Gardening with H2O2' in Acres U.S.A., the highly respected farming journal from Austin, Texas. In 13 years of applying hydrogen peroxide to his gardens, Munro said he has experienced better yields, faster seed germination and far fewer insect infestations.
'Try it,' he said during our phone interview from his home in Michigan. 'The peroxide will change the way you garden forever. If you let it, it will even change your life.'
If you type the phrase 'Bill Munro peroxide' into Google on the Internet, you'll quickly come up with all sorts of articles that talk about his experiences curing his cancer by inhaling hydrogen peroxide several times daily. He cites a book titled Hydrogen Peroxide: The Medical Miracle by Dr. William Campbell Douglas, and offers detailed instructions for using this commonly available liquid to improve your health. Much of the traditional medical community doesn't seem to put much stock in hydrogen peroxide as a health aid except as an antiseptic, but it is known that white blood cells do produce small amounts of hydrogen peroxide in our bodies to help fight infection and disease. Even the skeptics say inhaling hydrogen peroxide probably won't hurt you if you decide to give it a try. For our purposes, however, we were most interested in Munro’s gardening claims, all of which appear to be true.
Extra Oxygen Makes Magic
Readily available in drugstores and supermarkets in familiar brown bottles that block light, hydrogen peroxide is simply water (H2O) with an extra oxygen molecule that is loosely attached to form H2O2. That extra oxygen is highly unstable in the solution and vaporizes easily upon contact with other substances, thereby accounting for the fizzing that occurs whenever hydrogen peroxide touches your skin. The 3 percent solution most commonly sold in stores is widely used to clean cuts and abrasions in pets and humans, and for numerous other cleaning and sterilization applications around the home. Many people use H2O2 as an environmentally friendly alternative to chlorine in pools and, especially, hot tubs.
That same oxidation action that keeps water clean apparently also has a positive impact in horticulture. Numerous hydrogen peroxide manufacturers recommend soaking seeds in H2O2 prior to planting to speed germination rates. Watering with hydrogen peroxide is also recommended to help keep fungal and bacterial diseases at bay. Most instructions call for diluting the 3 percent solution to a few tablespoons per quart of water prior to soaking your seeds or spraying your plants.
Munoz’s instructions are quite different. He uses an 8 percent solution, which he produces by diluting the 40 percent solution that he purchases at hair-salon supply stores.
'This was just trial-and-error on my part', he said. 'Having no prior knowledge of what strength to use, I started my experiments with 8 percent and the plants didn't die. I've stuck with the 8 percent ever since. At some percentage, I'm sure, the peroxide could burn the plants, but I can assure you that at 8 percent it doesn't'.
Munro said he soaks many seeds in peroxide prior to planting and has found germination rates to be as much as 50 percent faster. Depending on the seeds, he'll soak them anywhere from a few hours to overnight. He said he sprays all seedling roots and their planting holes, and also sprays all trees, shrubs and his lawn. He said his only fertilizer is the ash from his wood stove, and his water is from his own well.
The seed soaking doesn't work for everything , especially beans, but he said it works really well for potatoes, corn, squash, cucumbers and radishes.
'I've got one of the best gardens around', he said. 'You can ask anyone who has seen it'.
Munro has plenty of fans, including Acres U.S.A. founder Charles Walters and online journalist Joyce Morrison, author of the web site NewsWithViews.com.
'Although we have never met in person, Bill Munro and I have talked over the phone and e-mailed for several years, and I have never known Bill to tell me anything that was not well-researched,' Morrison said.
Recent experiments conducted in Australia also support some of Munro’s theories about hydrogen peroxide. Researchers reportedly included peroxide in the drip-irrigation systems for crops of zucchini, which in turn produced 29 percent more fruits weighing 25 percent more than the fruits produced without hydrogen peroxide treatment. Yields of soybean pods increased 82 to 96 percent compared to crops that were not treated with hydrogen peroxide.
Fewer Insects in the Garden
Yields and germination rates aside, Munro’s most compelling claim about hydrogen peroxide in the garden concerns insect infestations.
'I started spraying just about everything that was green in my yard with the peroxide, and the results were a huge surprise to my wife and me,' said Munro. 'We had no mosquitoes or other flying bugs in our yard. There were a few ladybugs, but they were few and far between. I don't think the peroxide did any harm to the ladybugs, but since there are so few other insects for them to eat, the ladybugs just don't come around.'
According to Rene Larose, a retired microbiologist from Manchester, Conn., hydrogen peroxide does reduce insect populations ' not by eliminating adult insects, but by oxidizing and killing their eggs and larvae.' Larose developed and owns U.S. patent 6455075, defined as 'a method for control of insects on plant tissue, which includes applying a solution that includes hydrogen peroxide to the plant tissue.'
The hydrogen peroxide in Larose’s formulations has a concentration of 0.05 to 3 percent and includes other proprietary ingredients such as acetic acid and phosphoric acid.
Where Has This Been All Our Lives?
The question, obviously, is that if a product as common as hydrogen peroxide offers so many benefits in the garden, why hasn't everyone been utilizing it for years?
'That’s what we want to know,' said Larose, with a laugh. 'I can tell you that the EPA loves us because the products are 100 percent, absolutely safe alternatives. I can tell you that science gives you perfectly rational explanations for how this works. But I can also tell you that the chemical companies don't like this because of course it cuts into what they're doing. The universities don't like this because they didn't develop the concept.'
Munro agrees. He theorizes that in a world driven by profit, the economic powers have little motivation to promote something as inexpensive and commonplace as hydrogen peroxide.
It is important to use hydrogen peroxide with caution, testing it on limited crops prior to spraying the entire yard and garden, and to only use pure H2O2 or 'food grade' formulations. Some brands of peroxide may contain harmful byproducts.
Another important consideration is dilution of the peroxide when the percentage is higher than 8 percent. Concentrated peroxide of 35 or 40 percent is highly corrosive and would certainly be harmful to plants and soil.
'Anyone ought to see what works for him or her,' said Munro, the outspoken octogenarian whose instructions can be found all over the Internet. 'I think people need to see that this works for themselves.'
Gerald Celente Trends Alert - The "Bailout Bubble" - The Bubble to End All Bubbles
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Saudi Arabia: Rumblings from extinct Al-Ais volcanoes send villagers into panic
Yousuf Muhammad | Arab News |
MADINAH: Rumblings from the direction of extinct volcanoes in Al-Ais, which was hit by a series of tremors over the last couple of weeks, sent villagers in the area into a state of near panic in the early hours of yesterday. “Most of the local people spent the night in a state of extreme anxiety when a thunder-like rumble was heard,” one worried resident told Arab News yesterday. Despite repeated reassurances from the Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) that there was nothing to worry about, the provincial branch of the Civil Defense is battle-ready with personnel and equipment to face any eventuality. Civil Defense teams have been patrolling villages where tremors were experienced to reassure people. The teams are also checking the safety of buildings in the region. Arab News visited the grim looking Al-Harrah Mountain, the source of the rumbling noise and the epicenter of the recent tremors. The mountain, with its jet-black stones and sand devoid of any flora and fauna, diffused an air of eeriness all around. The black mountain had all the trappings of a volcano that died out thousands of years ago. Sprawled over an area of 2,863 sq. km, Al-Ais, which is 150 km northeast of Yanbu and 240 km north of Madinah, has an estimated population of 60,000 people. The town was an ancient resting place for caravans traveling between the western and southern cities of the Arabian Peninsula and Syria. According to the SGS, the tremors were due to subterranean volcanic activity in the Harrat Al-Shaqqah area. The SGS registered 11 seismic tremors since last Tuesday in Al-Ais, the biggest of which measured 3.7 on the Richter scale. A US scientist currently visiting the Kingdom dismissed the tremors as usual underground activity that did not pose any threat to the safety of people living in the area. “The tremors experienced in some villages in Madinah province are normal and not dangerous. It is normal underground movement along a fault line,” said Farooq Al-Baz, director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University. |
Wall Street Journal: Obama Considers Detaining Terror Suspects Indefinitely
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Hillsboro, Missouri Sheriff - throws Grandmother against a wall and says: "You have no f... consititutional rights in Hillsboro"
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The Committee of 300
Volcano Galeras located in SW Columbia - Level of Activity changed from Yellow to Orange II
Ingeominas changed the level of activity from yellow to orange II.
The inhabitants of the danger zone are advised to be attentive to instructions from local authorities.
The most recent eruption of Galeras was last April 25. No one got injured but it caused fear among the inhabitants of Pasto, the capital of Nariño department.
Volcano Galeras, with a height of 4275 meters above sea level, reactivated in 2004 and has since then recorded several eruptions.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Recent Earthquakes in Central US - Update 11 May 2009 at 8:30pm CDT
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
map 1.2 2009/05/11 00:34:02 40.099N 76.970W 1.0
6 km ( 3 mi) ENE of Franklintown, PA
map 1.3 2009/05/11 00:18:23 40.088N 77.001W 1.0
3 km ( 2 mi) ENE of Franklintown, PA
map 1.6 2009/05/10 23:07:36 36.531N 89.588W 8.0
8 km ( 5 mi) SW of New Madrid, MO
map 1.1 2009/05/10 12:03:16 36.597N 83.948W 25.4
16 km (10 mi) E of Jellico, TN
map 2.0 2009/05/10 09:30:34 42.918N 77.977W 5.0
7 km ( 4 mi) S of Le Roy, NY
MAP 3.1 2009/05/08 14:47:01 45.494N 75.960W 21.0
107 km (66 mi) NNW of Heuvelton, NY
map 2.3 2009/05/08 03:05:15 36.925N 83.668W 9.2
18 km (11 mi) N of Pineville, KY
map 0.5 2009/05/07 18:18:09 35.674N 84.292W 8.6
8 km ( 5 mi) SSE of Loudon, TN
map 0.4 2009/05/07 13:17:02 35.545N 84.155W 14.0
9 km ( 6 mi) ESE of Vonore, TN
map 2.5 2009/05/06 12:07:17 33.025N 80.162W 5.2
2 km ( 1 mi) ENE of Summerville, SC
map 1.7 2009/05/06 08:32:05 36.527N 89.558W 7.0
7 km ( 4 mi) SSW of New Madrid, MO
map 2.2 2009/05/03 00:23:42 34.661N 86.260W 8.6
4 km ( 2 mi) NNE of Woodville, AL
map 1.4 2009/05/02 07:16:07 36.581N 89.587W 8.3
5 km ( 3 mi) W of New Madrid, MO
map 1.1 2009/05/02 03:41:46 38.220N 87.754W 13.5
5 km ( 3 mi) NW of Cynthiana, IN
Magnitude 6.1 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 11:26:27 AM at epicenter
Magnitude 6.1 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2009 May 12 01:26:27 UTC
Earthquake Details
Magnitude | 6.1 |
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Date-Time |
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Location | 5.637°S, 149.565°E |
Depth | 92.3 km (57.4 miles) |
Region | NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
Distances |
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Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 7.6 km (4.7 miles); depth +/- 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
Parameters | NST= 84, Nph= 97, Dmin=494.3 km, Rmss=1.11 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6 |
Source |
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Event ID | us2009gnah |
- This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Greenpeace and other marine environmental groups have derided the current Antarctica process as a series of colonial land grabs
The United Kingdom made on Tuesday 11 May 2009, its submission in respect of its extended continental shelf around the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.... more....
Sunday, May 10, 2009
US accused of using 'illegal' white phosphorus in chemical attack on Taliban that killed Afghan civilians
Human Rights Watch: Afghanistan: NATO Should 'Come Clean' on White Phosphorus
Concern over white phosphorus use on civilians in Afghanistan
Timeline to 2012 - Ivan/Evon Stein YouTube Videos
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ8Tp0XAeI8
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbzHwBAYGN4
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXPWYPD-hgo
Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mINIBGGorEA
Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQjD-pqgK9Y
Part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkKeGM9nmkg
Part 7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXvs07RG9jI
Part 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNQlehsxBDo
Part 9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bctwRgiq2_E
Part 10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1EHGrCC8CY
Part 11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoqmSW71vpI
Part 12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAhhfyNEZ0c
Part 13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j1_4Cd0WBg
Part 14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K4lIP0vie0
Part 15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5OGAWfmuc0
Part 16 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Nbvj4Nrnk
Lou Dobbs 2006: NAFTA highway business interests force US to keep borders open during future swine flu pandemics
I found this by accident yesterday. At the closed and almost secret Security and Prosperity Partnership meetings between Bush and leaders from Canada and Mexico, where they hammered out the deal for the so-called “NAFTA highway” through Mexico, the US and Canada, Lou Dobbs reported back in 2006 that “business interests” forced the US to agree to keep the borders open at all times, even during–specifically– A SWINE FLU PANDEMIC!
“… SPP documents urging the free flow of goods and people across borders, and a wish list from business interests that borders remain open during a swine flu pandemic.”
Watch the video. The quoted line can be found at 2:00:
Interestingly the NAFTA highway goes through Kansas City, where the swine flu has already broken out.