Monthly Archives: June 2011

Eritrea Volcano Activity Update

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Eritrea Nabro volcano activity : close up of the eruption area

Last update: June 19, 2011 at 1:17 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

Earthquake / Eruption summary : During the late afternoon and evening of June 12 2011, a series of moderate earthquakes struck the Afambo, Eritrea area. The moderate earthquakes were followed by 2 strong 5.7 earthquakes. Based on the earthquake pattern and the locations of the epicenter, volcano activity seemed imminent….

A strong M5.5 earthquake has occurred in a similar position on 17th June 2011, this is expected to also indicate volcanic activity.

to read more and see a video, go to:    http://earthquake-report.com/2011/06/19/unusual-series-of-moderate-volcanic-earthquakes-in-eritrea-and-ethiopia/

A “Poop Burger”

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JUNE 18, 2011 1:41 PM PDT
Japanese scientist creates ‘poop burger’? Surely not
by Chris Matyszczyk

Are you going to be having a burger today? Bacon? Cheese? Pickle? How about feces? I am not being facetious. I am not even being fecetious.
For Digital Trends informs me of a trend that might just have your digits twitching involuntarily.
It seems that a researcher from the alleged Okayama Laboratory in Japan has taken it upon himself to take the concept of “waste not, want not” to a new and delirious level. Mitsuyuki Ikeda is clearly not a man who is faint of heart or of stomach. On allegedly being approached by the Tokyo Sewage company, which was concerned that it was in possession of just so much sewage mud, Ikeda digested the problem very carefully. He poked and prodded at the sewage, actions which revealed that it was rather full of protein, thanks to all the bacteria that was embedded in its sludge. “Why,” he reportedly said to himself, “there is meat in this mud. And there is no murder involved.”

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20072270-71/japanese-scientist-creates-poop-burger-surely-not/#ixzz1PfMmigRS

June 19-25

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Overall Color for the Week:    Light Green Blue

The predominant element of this week is air.  Be aware of your breathing and how the air comes in and out.  You may find yourself with some difficulties in that area.  The winds are shifting, and with them is coming energy from other places and other sources.  These can cause you to feel light headed or uncertain.  Confusion is a major theme this week.  If you have decisions to make, be sure that you have all the facts and that you have taken a look at all options. This is a week for a good sense of humor.    Stuff is not always as important as it seems on the surface. Take your time.  Be patient.  Things started this week can end quickly, blown away with a quick gust.  Emotions will be close to the surface.  This is not a good time for stifling them.  Feel the feelings, and let the emotions pass through you.  This week brings a kind of catharsis o many levels, and your inner knowing is responding to this by a release of emotional baggage.  As the week progresses, you will find yourself feeling more able to see things in a new light as your perspective shifts.  Priorities are changing also, and you need to accept that.  Look around at the people in your life.  Communities are forming, and things and people have to be let go of in order that other new things and people can come in.  Take time this week to be with yourself and to work with WHO you are through some sort of meditative activity.  And Breathe.  When things become overwhelming, take a moment just  to center in your core and breathe through it all.  You will feel better. Continue reading →

Solar Weather Patterns in Flux

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HOW’S THE WEATHER? “Lately, the Sun has been behaving a bit strangely,” declare Lika Guhathakurtha (NASA) and Dan Baker (U. Colorado) on the opinions page of yesterday’s New York Times. In 2008-2009, solar activity plunged to a hundred-year low; and now that the sun is waking up again, no one is able to predict what will happen next. “Will solar activity continue to be sluggish, or will solar storms return with pent-up vigor?” they ask. Good question!

to read the editorial, go to:    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/opinion/17baker.html?_r=1

If You Need Something More to Worry About….

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Total Destruction of Earth
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Okay, so nobody is spending too much time worrying about what to do if the planet is annihilated, but at least one person has seriously pondered whether and when it could happen. From being sucked into a black hole to being blown up by an antimatter reaction, there are scientifically plausible risks of an event that would render this whole list moot. [Learn More]

to read more, go to:   http://www.livescience.com/11327-natural-disasters-top-10-threats.html

Satellites Help in Arizona WIldfire

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Satellites Help in Battle to Contain Arizona Wildfires

OurAmazingPlanet Staff

Date: 17 June 2011 Time: 12:18 PM ET
This Landsat 5 satellite image of the Wallow North Fire in east central Arizona was taken on June 15, 2011 at 19:54:23 Zulu (3:54 p.m. EDT). This false-colored image uses a 7, 4, 2 band combination and shows the burn scar in red the fire ongoing in really
This Landsat 5 satellite image of the Wallow North Fire in east central Arizona was taken on June 15, 2011 at 19:54:23 Zulu (3:54 p.m. EDT). This false-colored image uses a 7, 4, 2 band combination and shows the burn scar in red the fire ongoing in really bright red, vegetation is green, smoke is blue and bare ground is tan.
CREDIT: NASA/USGS, Mike Taylor

The raging Wallow Fire that has burned nearly 500,000 acres of Arizona is slowly being contained by firefighters with some helpfrom eyes in the sky.

About 33 percent of the fire is contained, but high winds that can cause wildfires to spread could tax those containment efforts. Emergency managers and responders are using satellite data from a variety of instruments to plan their firefighting containment strategies and mitigation efforts once the fires are out.

to read more, go to:    http://www.space.com/12000-arizona-wildfires-satellite-firefighting.html

 

Crows Attack Police Officers

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Angry Crows Attack Police Officers In Everett, Washington

06/10/11 01:18 PM ET   AP

EVERETT, Wash. — Police in Everett, Wash., have found themselves in a flap with some unusual suspects: an angry flock of birds.

Crows have been attacking officers in the parking lot of the Everett Police Department’s north precinct station. They’ve been swooping down and dive-bombing the officers as they walk to and from their cars.

Lt. Bob Johns says he recently was flanked by the aggressive birds and “got zinged.” He says, “They’re like velociraptors.”

The Daily Herald reports one officer tried to use his siren to scare away the crows. The birds responded by decorating his car with droppings.

to read more go to:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/10/crows-attack-police-cops-washington_n_874970.html

Dangers of Factory Farming

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Factory Farming Is Manufacturing Superbugs — and Endangering Us All

Posted: 06/17/11 09:06 AM ET
by Johann Hari, Columnist The London Independent
Here is a news story that could determine whether you live or die. Many of the world’s scientists are warning that one of the mightiest weapons doctors have against sickness is being rendered useless — so a few people can get richer, for a while. If they aren’t stopped soon, the World Health Organization warns we are facing “a doomsday scenario of a world without antibiotics”. It will be a world wheretransplant surgery is impossible. It will be a world where a simple appendix operation will be as routinely lethal as it was in 1927, before the discovery of penicillin. It will be a world where pneumonia and TB and gonorrhea are far harder to deal with, and claim many more of us. But it’s a world that you and I don’t have to see – if we act on this warning now.

 

Shiveluch Volcano Erupts

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Explosive Eruption “Likely” At Russian Volcano

By MARK DUNPHY – Fri Jun 17, 5:21 pm

 

An orbital view of a small eruption of Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. Gas and steam vent from the volcano. The peak of the mountain is brown as snow has melted away and replaced with ash. This orbital view was taken by a member of Expedition 14 aboard the International Space Station.

An orbital view of a small eruption of Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. Gas and steam vent from the volcano. The peak of the mountain is brown as snow has melted away and replaced with ash. This orbital view was taken by a member of Expedition 14 aboard the International Space Station.

One of Russia’s largest and most active volcanoes erupted Friday sending ash more than 10,000 feet into the air. Officials said a much larger eruption is “likely”.

Shiveluch (also spelled Sheveluch) is one of the largest and most active volcanoes on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. It has been spewing ash and steam intermittently—with occasional dome collapses, pyroclastic flows, and lava flows, as well—for the past decade.

to read more go to:    http://www.irishweatheronline.com/news/earthquakesvolcanos/explosive-eruption-likely-at-russian-volcano/20361.html