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Finally, a disaster scheduled for AFTER 2012...
Apparently we will be enterering the peak of Solar Cycle 24 in May 2013, in which there will be a below-average number of sunspots. Why would this matter? Because apparently low sunspots = sever space weather. Yes, 'space weather.'
In 1859 there was geomagnetic storm, known as the "Carrington Event," which wreaked a bit of havoc on Earth, and it just so happens that was during a weak sunspot period of Solar Cycle 16.
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"..."Even a below-average cycle is capable of producing severe space weather," points out Biesecker. "The great geomagnetic storm of 1859, for instance, occurred during a solar cycle of about the same size we’re predicting for 2013."
The 1859 storm--known as the "Carrington Event" after astronomer Richard Carrington who witnessed the instigating solar flare--electrified transmission cables, set fires in telegraph offices, and produced Northern Lights so bright that people could read newspapers by their red and green glow. A recent report by the National Academy of Sciences found that if a similar storm occurred today, it could cause $1 to 2 trillion in damages to society's high-tech infrastructure and require four to ten years for complete recovery. For comparison, Hurricane Katrina caused "only" $80 to 125 billion in damage...."Finally, a disaster scheduled for AFTER 2012...
Apparently we will be enterering... more
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An Air France plane carrying at least 228 people from Brazil has disappeared from radar screens over the Atlantic.
"We are very worried," he said, quoted by AFP news agency. "The plane disappeared from the screens several hours ago."
An official said it was possible that the plane had a transponder problem but this was very rare.An Air France plane carrying at least 228 people from Brazil has disappeared from... more
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The level of military alert for US and South Korean military forces has been raised to it's highest level in over three years since the North performed its second nuclear test last week. North Korea also tested another long range rocket that other nations fear is capable of delivering a nuclear payload.
North Korea threatened to attack any US or South Korean ships that attempted to intercept its vessels. The US and South Korea have touted the option of intercepting North Korean ships that may be carrying nuclear materials in order to prevent more atomic weapons testing. The reclusive communist nation also tore up the truce that ended the Korean war in 1953.
North Korea announced "We will deal a merciless retaliatory blow at any attempt to stop, check and inspect our vessels, regarding it as a violation of our inviolable sovereignty." On the point at which Korea was split at the end of the Korean war, the 38th parallel, 700,000 South Korean soldiers and 30,000 US troops stationed on the edge of the Demilitarised Zone that separates the South from the North have been put on Watchcon 2, the second-highest level of surveillance alert.The level of military alert for US and South Korean military forces has been raised to... more
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Officials in Puerto Rico are telling nervous islanders that the recent spate of very high tides or not some sort of biblical catastrophe or a Tsunami. They're just caused by the moon.
Waters receded up to 50 feet (15 meters) this week during low tide on Puerto Rico's southern coast, this lead to worried as Tsunamis are sometimes preceded by a dramatic drop in sea level.
People have called Puerto Rico's seismological agency all week. One woman who called has refused to believe that this event is anything other than supernatural.
There have been extreme tides across much of the Caribbean and Central America. Some beaches in El Salvador have seen tided ten feet lower than usual.Officials in Puerto Rico are telling nervous islanders that the recent spate of very... more
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Many of us swig some mouthwash first thing in the morning for fresh breath and to keep plaque at bay. But did you know it contains twice as much alcohol as wine and might just give you cancer.
Sales of mouthwash have been climbing in the UK over the last year as more or us treat it as a must have for the bathroom. In early May one manufacturer was forced to recall thousands of bottles after they were found to have 'microbiological problems' that could cause chest infections.
Not only does alcohol seem to make the mouth's cells more vulnerable to cancer-causing agents, explained Professor Michael McCullough from Melbourne University, but 'its first breakdown product is acetaldehyde, a known human carcinogen'.
While alcohol is mostly metabolised in the liver, the breakdown process actually begins in the mouth, so Professor McCullough recommends that such products should be available only on prescription for short-term use.
I might revert to gargling a nice chardonnay in the morning.Many of us swig some mouthwash first thing in the morning for fresh breath and to keep... more
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A defiant North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its east coast today, according to news reports, hours after the UN security council condemned the apparently successful test of a nuclear weapon as powerful as the one that destroyed Hiroshima.A defiant North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its east coast today,... more
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A 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother, who fled Minnesota last week to avoid court-ordered chemotherapy for him, returned voluntarily Monday, and the boy was examined by a doctor.
Daniel Hauser was "immediately checked over medically" when he and his mother arrived on a charter flight at 3 a.m., Brown County Sheriff Rich Hoffmann said.
On a video released by the sheriff's department, Colleen Hauser described how the first chemotherapy treatment Daniel received made him sick and she said he planned to run away from home.
"Then what do I have? I mean, he was going to run," Hauser said. "And that just broke my heart. I can't have one of my children running away from something that they should face."
Hauser expresses optimism that her son can beat cancer, but the video doesn't disclose where they were or when it was made. The video was produced by Asgaard Media, which also arranged the charter flight for the mother and son to return home.
At one point on the video, an unseen woman asks Daniel what he'd say to people who claim he's not old enough to decide whether he needs chemotherapy. "I'd tell them to back off," he replies.A 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother, who fled Minnesota last week to avoid... more
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JERUSALEM (AFP) – Just over half of Israelis back an immediate attack on the nuclear facilities of arch-foe Iran but the rest want to wait and see the results of US diplomacy, according to a poll released on Sunday.
Fifty-one percent support an immediate Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear sites, while 49 percent believe the Jewish state should await the outcome of efforts by the US administration to engage with the Islamic republic, said the survey published by Tel Aviv University.
But 74 percent of those questioned said they believe that new US President Barack Obama's efforts will not stop the Islamic republic from acquiring atomic weapons.
Israel, widely considered to be the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear armed state, considers Iran its arch-foe after repeated statements by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the Jewish state to be "wiped off the map."
Israel and Washington accuse Iran of trying to develop atomic weapons under the guise of a civilian nuclear programme, a charge Tehran has repeatedly denied.
Opinion is split among left- and right-wingers about whether to attack Iran's nuclear sites, with 63 percent of those leaning to the right favouring a strike, compared with 38 percent of those leaning to the left, the poll said.
It was carried out by Tel Aviv University's Centre for Iranian Studies among 509 Israeli adults and had a 4.5-percent margin of error.JERUSALEM (AFP) – Just over half of Israelis back an immediate attack on the... more
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slick FBI informant roped four Muslim converts into a horrific terror plot to blow up synagogues and military jets by handing them piles of cash and gifts and even bags of weed, relatives of the suspects said today.
"Brother whatever you need, I will get it for you," said the man who the four petty thieves knew as Maqsood, according to Kathleen Baynes, whose long-time boyfriend, James Cromitie is alleged to be the ringleader of the plot.
She said Cromitie, 45, met Maqsood at the Masjid al-Ikhlas mosque about a year ago and promised to teach him the truth about Islam
The man soon was coming by their apartment with increasing frequency and was always flush with cash.
"He was very persistent and every time he came for James he took him away. They said they were going out to eat dinner," she said. "Whenever we needed anything Maqsood would help -- like financially --he gave us money to pay rent.
"He was just constantly around. It was like he was stalking him."slick FBI informant roped four Muslim converts into a horrific terror plot to blow up... more
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has sent six warships to international waters, including the Gulf of Aden, to show its ability to confront any foreign threats, its naval commander said on Monday.
Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, quoted by the ISNA news agency, made the announcement five days after Iran said it test-fired a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 2,000 km (1,200 miles), putting Israel and U.S. bases in the area within reach.
Iran said on May 14 it had sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden to protect oil tankers from the world's fifth-largest crude exporter against attacks by pirates but ISNA did not make clear whether they were among the six Sayyari talked about.
Iranian waters stretch along the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman. Iran has threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 40 percent of the world's traded oil is shipped, if it were attacked over its nuclear programme.
"Iran has dispatched six ... warships to international waters and the Gulf of Aden region in an historically unprecedented move by the Iranian Navy," Sayyari told a gathering of armed forces officials, IRNA reported.
Sayyari said that preserving Iran's territorial integrity in its southern waters called for the "perseverance and firmness" of the navy.
The move to dispatch the warships "is indicative of the country's high military capability in confronting any foreign threat on the country's shores," Sayyari said.
The ISNA report did not mention the threat of pirate attacks, which, fuelled by large ransoms, have continued almost unabated despite the presence of an armada of foreign warships patrolling the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden.TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has sent six warships to international waters, including the... more
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According to the Center for Disease Control, there have only been 8 confirmed US deaths from the flu strain now known as Novel Influenza A, or H1N1. That's just 8 deaths in the month or so since the strain was first detected.
To put that in a little perspective, well over 13,000 people in the US of A have died of the regular seasonal flu since January. The common flu is responsible for over 36,000 American deaths per year. In many respects, it is one of mankind's oldest and most adaptable enemies- a constantly evolving virus that exists as a sort of natural culling agent, keeping our population in equilibrium with the environment.According to the Center for Disease Control, there have only been 8 confirmed US... more
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A new strain of MRSA is triggering Pneumonia amongst some patients doctors are saying.
This comes after reports that Doctors were winning the battle against the superbug that has killed many patients in the UK National Health Service.
Researchers believe the new strain of the antibiotic-resistant bacterium is becoming more widespread.
It is known as community acquired MRSA, (CA-MRSA) because, unlike most forms of the superbug, it poses a significant risk outside hospitalsA new strain of MRSA is triggering Pneumonia amongst some patients doctors are saying.... more
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The number of under 16's diagnosed with Chlamydia has rocketed.
Despite the UK government's campaign for safer sex, More than 2,000 15-year-olds were diagnosed with chlamydia last year.
Rates of the infection have been increasing steadily since a national screening programme was introduced in 2003.
Chlamydia is often symptomless but can affect women's fertility.The number of under 16's diagnosed with Chlamydia has rocketed.
Despite the UK... more
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A Florida based bank has collapsed in the largest financial collapse of the year so far and the largest under the Obama administration.
This comes after Alan Greenspan the former chairman of the US federal reserve claims there will be more collapses and that the banking sector still wasn't capitalized enough.A Florida based bank has collapsed in the largest financial collapse of the year so... more
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The researcher in human sex chromosomes said the male Y chromosome was dying and could run out within the next five million years.
But Professor Graves said men may follow the path of a type of rodent which still manages to reproduce despite not having the vital genes that make up the Y chromosome.
She told medical students at the annual outreach public lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI) in Ireland a second species of human beings could even be born in the future.
"You need a Y chromosome to be male," said Prof Graves.
"Three hundred million years ago the Y chromosome had about 1,400 genes on it, and now it's only got 45 left, so at this rate we're going to run out of genes on the Y chromosome in about five million years.
"The Y chromosome is dying and the big question is what happens then."The researcher in human sex chromosomes said the male Y chromosome was dying and could... more
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Researchers are warning that chronic consumption of cola can cause a condition called hypokalaemia, in which levels of potassium in the blood fall. Symptoms can range from mild weakness and constipation to paralysis.
Those who drink between two and ten litres a day are at risk for developing the condition.
All patients in the study made a full and speedy recovery after they stopped drinking cola and took supplements of potassium.
Both the sugar and caffeine in cola can help to trigger the condition, the team behind the study believes.Researchers are warning that chronic consumption of cola can cause a condition called... more
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According to the American government, the GPS satellites that help us get around are deteriorating and prone to black-outs and failures - which could cause problems for anyone back on earth trying to figure out where they are.
My worry is that this could go a bit "Tomorrow Never Dies", where if you remember, the plot was the media-tycoon baddy manipulated the GPS signal to fool China into thinking that the British were in its waters, triggering a war. With all of these errors about, surely it's only a matter of time and stealth boats until this happens in real life?According to the American government, the GPS satellites that help us get around are... more
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Forget global warming, pandemics and nuclear annihilation; this is how the world's going to end. The Japanese made this video, and they're always ahead with this stuff, so i believe it must be true.
If you're pressed for time, skip forward to 1:07 for the apocalyptic money shot. on the plus side, we can stop worrying about swine flu.Forget global warming, pandemics and nuclear annihilation; this is how the... more
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A woman has been preparing for the total collapse of the economy for the last few years and is now living an isolated existence with minimal overheads and growing all her own food in upstate New York.
Kathie Breault is hunkering down for doomsday. By doomsday she means economic collapse that will make us all have to return to the land and look out for ourselves.
She began reading about what happens when the world surpasses "peak oil" -- a point where we will use more oil than we can produce.
"I was afraid that any day that oil would disappear, that gas would start to disappear, that I wouldn't be able to get to work, I wouldn't have money, I wouldn't have food that I needed...It was frightening -- the picture that was painted."
A growing number of "economic survivalists," are convinced that when oil supply wanes, the world will head for calamity; governments and the global economy will dissolve into chaos and collapse, the group believes, changing life as we know it.
To prepare for a looming catastrophe, Breault began eating healthier, walking four miles a day and biking. She lost 100 pounds as a result. Getting rid of her TV and credit cards, she slashed her monthly expenses and now heats her entire house with a tiny wood-burning stove.
"It gets cold, I wear a hat to bed and I wear lots of layers. I wear long underwear all winter"
Her lifestyle marks a radical departure from the consumer-driven life she used to lead. "I was in the malls -- big Christmases, big holidays. Every weekend, I was entertaining my family, we had great get-togethers, lots of food. I took trips to Mexico and Ireland and across the country, conferences. Eat, drink, have a good time," Breault said. "I had a wonderful life. I traveled where I wanted to, I did what I wanted to, and I bought what I wanted to. And I overconsumed."
Now many others are preparing for society to collapse and are returning to the land.A woman has been preparing for the total collapse of the economy for the last few... more
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Home repossessions in the UK went up by a massive 50% in the first three months of this year according to the council of mortgage lenders. Lenders repossessed 12,800 homes during the first quarter, up from 10,400 in the fourth quarter of 2008 and way ahead of the 8,500 reported a year ago.Home repossessions in the UK went up by a massive 50% in the first three months of... more
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