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Huge Increase in Recent UFO Reports

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UFO Reports Spiked this Summer

Benjamin Radford, Life’s Little Mysteries Contributor
Date: 17 September 2011 Time: 07:52 PM ET
The Flying Saucer movie poster
Promotional poster for the 1950 film ‘The Flying Saucer.’
CREDIT: Colonial Productions

According to an organization that tracks UFO reports, this summer has been an especially busy period for UFO sightings. The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) noted that sightings increased over the past six weeks, with some states more than doubling their normal numbers.

Are we on the cusp of an alien invasion? Or maybe people just have more time on their hands to spot — and report — strange things in the sky?

“It’s pretty exciting,” said Clifford Clift, the international director of MUFON. “When you average 500 a month [nationwide] and go to 1,013 in one month, that’s an interesting spike in sighting reports.

Clift told Life’s Little Mysteries that he’s not sure what to make of the data at this point. It could be the start of something big, or it could merely be a computer glitch that accidentally counted some reports twice. Another possibility is that we’re simply in the midst of a “UFO flap,” one of many periodic increases in sightings over the years.

There are several reasons UFOs might appear in flaps, or clusters. One is that objects in the sky are usually seen by many people, especially when they appear over urban areas. UFOs typically don’t hover close to Earth or in someone’s back yard; instead, they are often sighted high in the sky — just far enough away so that we can’t see details or get sharp photos. Thus, whatever a particular UFO really is — a plane, a comet, an extraterrestrial spacecraft, or something else — that one object or strange light in the sky could trigger hundreds, or even thousands, of reports. And even reports of the same object will probably differ depending on the reporter’s perspective.

Thus, if there were hundreds of UFO reports in a state during a given period, it’s important to know how those reports were categorized because it might mean hundreds of different UFOs were sighted by single individuals, or that one UFO was sighted by hundreds of people.

There are also psychological and social explanations. Sightings are often fueled by the mass media; people read about mysterious things or see TV shows about them, and interest or concern about them spreads from person to person. It’s not that anyone is hoaxing or making up  sightings: Research has shown that if you tell people what to look for (a phenomenon called “priming”), people will often see what they are looking for — whether those things exist or not.

As Clift noted, “It’s likely that the media and [alien-themed] movies that are coming out, like ‘Apollo 18‘ and ‘Paul,’ are piquing people’s interest in UFOs.” People hear about UFOs, and for a while they tend to look at the sky more often, wondering if they might have their own sighting. And precisely because people are spending more time looking at the sky, they will for the first time notice (normal) lights and objects that have always been there.

So it may not be that UFOs are actually appearing more often, but instead we’re noticing them more. An identical process can be found in the medical field, where an increase in reports of a disease may not represent an increase in the actual number of cases, but instead reflects more public awareness of the disease or better screening techniques. In other words, scientists know that just because more people report a phenomenon does not necessarily mean the phenomenon is occurring more often. [Could NASA Launch a Secret Moon Mission?]

Why might UFOs be seen more often in the summer months? One possibility is that people spend more time outdoors; we spend warm nights outside at parties and barbecues, thus we have more opportunity to notice things in the sky than in the winter when we’re inside watching television. That said, Clift pointed out that his organization doesn’t normally see such dramatic seasonal increases in reports.
Whether the increase in sightings is rooted in reality, a computer glitch, or psychological and social influences remains to be seen. One thing is certain: This is not the first time that UFO reports have increased, and it won’t be the last.

This story was provided by Life’s Little Mysteries, a sister site to LiveScience.

Benjamin Radford is deputy editor of Skeptical Inquirer science magazine and author ofScientific Paranormal Investigation: How to Solve Unexplained Mysteries. His website is www.BenjaminRadford.com.

this report comes from:   http://www.livescience.com/16112-ufo-sightings-reports-spike-august-summer.html

Sikkim, India Earthquake

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Very strong earthquake in SIKKIM, India

Last update: September 18, 2011 at 2:20 pm by By 

Earthquake overview : A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit India 12:40:48 UT (10:48 PM at epicenter) The depth of the hypocenter was at 20.7 km.
The quake comes just days after an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude hit Haryana’s Sonepat district, sending tremors in New Delhi.

UPDATE: 14:13 UTC:-

Aftershocks of 6.1 and 5.3 have occurred. Regional TV station NewsLive reported that 10 to 12 buildings collapsedin Sikkim’s state capital of Gangtok. We expect further damage and fatalities close to the epicentre.

UPDATE: 14:11 UTC:-

From Earthquake-report.com reporter Szombath Balazs: Reports say BSNL lines in north Bengal are down cutting off communication links in the region. Power has been disrupted in Darjeeling and other northern parts of West Bengal. In Assam’s major city Guwahati, people panicked and ran out on the streets after the quake shook their houses. There were initial reports of minor damage.

UPDATE: 14:07 UTC:-

The first damage reports have come in with Indian reports detailing at least a dozen houses have collapsed in Sikkim alone.

to read more and for the updates, go to:   http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/18/very-strong-earthquake-in-sikkim-india/

David Wilcock Interviews Benjamin Fulford

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Written by David WilcockFriday, 16 September 2011 21:48

80 different countries have now formed an alliance against the Old World Order / Nazi-esque cabal.
Two huge underground cities were destroyed on August 23rd — which may be seen by historians as the critical moment in which the war was won.
[UPDATED next morning 9:32 am. Credible insider source confirms these accounts and adds new information! Pleaselink to this article but do not re-post it, as it is being dynamically updated as events unfold. Posting key excerpts with the link is encouraged.]
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — BY DAVID WILCOCK

On Wednesday, September 14th, 2011, I interviewed one of the most interesting and controversial figures on Earth.
The information in this interview has the potential to rock the world. If the story is true, it already has.
The full, unabridged transcript of this interview follows – and you can download and listen to it yourself here:
for th e link, the transcript,and more, go to:    http://www.divinecosmos.com/start-here/davids-blog/975-undergroundbases

September 18-24

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Overall Color for the Week:   Light Pink

Ah, this week.  Everything is in such flux.  This is not a good time for relying upon…. whatever.  The Trickster is about and he is spinning his tricks everywhere.  In relationships, in job situations, in promises, in trusts, … in everything.  Let it go.  This is a time in which you must let it go or you will find your self; spiraling downward into expectations and old patterns which cannot help but be thwarted now.  This is a week for a sense of humor, a sense of optimism, and a super strong sense of self.  You have all the tools and strength you need.  What you are lacking is your own confidence in WHO you are.  Spend some time within.  Take some time to know what you truly are and what that means in what you want and your expectations.  This is an important time, and this is an important exercise.  Choices now are what we will be manifesting and discovering for the next eighteen months. Just an additional note, this is a very important time to listen to your intuition, pay attention to your hunches.  You can learn a great deal about what lies just around the corner. Oh, and emotions, emotions, emotions.  Let them flow. Continue reading →

fr/Steve Rother: The Group on New Energies

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How Small is Your World?

Steve Rother
a message from The Group channeled by Steve Rother
Friday, 16 September, 2011

From Steve: The group takes us on an interesting journey about our own personal energy field.  They say it is reflected in all that we do and also in our world economies. In a way, the group used the concept of a small world to talk about how much fear we all allow into our daily lives. So the question is: How Small Is Your World?

Greeting from Home

This day is remarkable. There are pieces that are starting to fall into place on your little world. We say ‘your little world’ because it is one of the smaller planets that are on our horizon that we help to watch over, for there are many games throughout the universe. This was the only game that had no rules. You decided to re-move all the rules off of this game in order to play, and to find your reflection to see god through the eyes of a human. That was your intention. You began by hiding your own power…by putting your power into things greater than yourselves. It has worked very well for you up to a point, but now what you are finding is that much of what you have already put your power into is only reflecting your power. It is actually only a mirror that allows you to express your godself through this physical body on this planet.

Pulling the Veil Aside

We can see that a critical mass has now been reached and that is why we call this day a marker. The critical mass is beginning to hold the power inside, rather than expressing or giving it to something else. It does not mean that you must change your belief systems; it does not mean that you must start to listen to yourself, although we wish you would. It means simply reaching the next level, for the collective vibration is now beginning to take and hold your own power. That has never happened before, especially on a planet where there were no rules as there are on other planets. It is not so much that they have direction, but they have predetermination in many ways. These other planets know where they will end up and you do not. This allows an expression of the god energy to come through each and every one of you, yet it is very difficult for humans to trust that. You have spent so much energy to giving your power to something greater than what you believed you were, to even discover your own greatness is often very challenging for many of you. Now, the world is beginning to change as well. Everything is starting to shift to where you can not only see a new vision of yourself, but also recognize a little bit of your own true nature as a creator on planet Earth.

From this side of the veil we lovingly call you the little gods walking around with the little blinders on, bumping into each other asking everyone you see, “Have you seen god? Can you tell me about god?” You walk around playing this beautiful game not knowing who you truly are. That is changing and that piece, today, has reached a critical mass. Those who are beginning to understand their power are now outweighing all the people who have constantly given their power to something else. We are not asking you to abandon your belief system or to change something that has worked for you. What we are asking you to do is to open your eyes and become aware of the true nature of who you are and the effect that you have on the world and the people around you.

The Challenge

Many have chosen to become what we call Lightworkers. The word ‘Lightworker’ is a chosen title which is given to anyone who chooses to spread light on this planet. Many have come in with that intent, and now the doors are open. There will be no exposure unless you choose to walk through that door. Many of you are very afraid of that door, for it means that you lose your safety and you become exposed and vulnerable. Yet, dear ones, that is when you become the most powerful. That is the point when you become comfortable with your own vulnerability so that you can balance your male/female energy. This is now happening on a global basis, because of the choices that each and every one of you is making in your individual lives right now.

Re-distribution of Water

We wish to also mention two other pieces. There is a huge re-distribution of water still taking place as we originally predicted. It will continue for the time being, and what that means is that many people will have challenges with water. There are only three challenges with water: too much, too little, too dirty. Those three pieces you are harmonizing now to find this new revolution, and the new vibration of planet Earth making a new spin like a top starting to carry a new energy. You are creating an entirely new dimension for empowered humans to exist in these physical bodies that you have adapted. This is getting exciting for every being throughout the universe to watch, because this has never happened before. You are leading the way, and because of that all eyes of the universe are on planet Earth watching every move you make. This will be studied for eons of time as to how a planet can make a vibrational shift with every being on it without having to destroy it first. That has never happened before and we hope that even with as many difficulties as many of you have in your life making this change, you understand that you are part of this and that you have already helped to anchor this energy here. That is why it is reaching the critical mass now. Congratulations, you are stepping into your power! Lastly we tell you, share that with each other because it is the easiest way to move.

You have always believed in giving your power to something greater than yourself, and that if you were going to be teaching or offering your services then you would somehow have to be greater. We tell you, dear ones, that the paradigm for teachers has changed. You can no longer stand on a pedestal and still be effective as a teacher. What will take place for all of you is that you will find the new paradigm of walking next to your students and going through much of the difficulties and the challenges that they go through, where you will learn much more than they do in most cases. As the teacher, you will use that knowledge to turn it around and represent it in different ways so much of this is happening right now.

The Earth itself is also going through the challenges of balancing a spinning top that is now slightly out of balance.  This is not a bad thing; it is simply a new vibration which is creating a new dimension not only for the Earth to exist in, but for all the beings including the level of vibration that we call human. Every part of the Earth is moving to this next level.

Right now, you are seeing much of the cause and effect of that. What you are experiencing has to do with water re-distributing itself and finding the places where it is needed on this planet, not just to balance the spinning top but also to find the best location to nourish the earth. You are now starting to think in a new consciousness for even today, there are many places where the water comes out of the ground so fresh that you bottle it and send it all over the world. That has caused a blending action which is very magical, for water is actually energy. We know that you do not classify it as energy in your scientific realms, but we do. One of the classifications of energy in our realm is that energy never dies, it simply transforms from one form to the other and that is absolutely true of water.

The water you are drinking in your little designer bottles today is the same water the dinosaurs drank. It is the same piece holding the same energy carried throughout the universe, for it is not limited to planet Earth and distributes love throughout the universe. If you take that water into your body with the intention of receiving the love of the universe, guess what will happen? The little gods will be right again for you will create that. This is the way to harmonize with the water, for it must move to find this new balance. It does not have to destroy to find that balance and that is what humans are dealing with right now. What you have not known is that you can make a difference in stabilizing this change. You are thinking there are billions of people on this planet, how can one make a difference? We tell you, one has all the power when you know how to access it and you know how to use it.

Sympathetic Vibrations in the Body

There is so much going on with the water re-distribution that the water in your own physical body is feeling a sympathetic vibration, and this is causing many of you to have upsets and difficulties, both emotional challenges and physical challenges especially anchored in the center of your being. It is almost as if you have lost a bit of your tether to planet Earth; you have lost your basic connection. At first it feels wonderful to lose the connection and then you realize it is very difficult not to have that anchoring. You will find new ways to anchor, but we wish to share with you a little bit about our perception of human nature during these times of change. It is r easy to see that you go from one level to the next as if you were stepping up a ladder. You are raising your vibration but it is also important to understand that the moment a human gets scared they take a step back down the ladder. Can you live there? No. Most say, “What am I doing here? I must go right back up the ladder.” You turn around and go back up. Many of you judge yourselves for taking that step down the ladder. Please do not do that. Who amongst you would judge god?

What we ask you to do is simply find a place to use the energy and anchor it; find one place where you can give some of that energy to a project or place where another person can receive it. You can watch the world go by or you can anchor your energy as a little god on this planet, holding and sharing your thoughts openly with others on the planet – others who are ready to listen. You will make more of a difference than you ever understood before, but it is also very common much like stepping back into old belief systems or down the ladder. It is also common when humans get scared or lose their anchoring that their world shrinks and becomes very small. Now there is a lot of misunderstanding about this, so let us share our perception of this with you.

How Small Is Your World?

What happens when a person has no place to sleep, no shelter, no money and no food?  Basically, their world becomes very small and at this point their energy field becomes very tight around their body. Then along comes a person who gives them a blanket.  At that moment their world gets a bit larger. After the basic needs of food and shelter they become completely happy. Now here is the illusion that is so common on planet Earth. The illusion is that if one blanket can make you happy, then five blankets will make you five times happier. This motivates one to start collecting and gathering, but usually it has the opposite effect and soon one finds that their possessions actually own them.   

This is the point when one finds joy by releasing and letting go. Keep in mind these important truths:  it takes very little to be happy. Confusion arises from the moment one feels happy, they want it to be repeated for the rest of their life.  True happiness can only be experienced in the present moment.  Repeating success is a human tendency, but it also keeps you on a specific path that often limits your experience of being a human.  How am I going to be sure that I am happy for the rest of my life?  All we ask you to do is to anchor it in this moment today. Smile. Let that energy come through you right now and tomorrow will take care of itself in a way you would have never thought possible.

We also wish to share an additional piece. The shrinking of your world has a direct effect on world economies. This has already been a huge trigger, for when your worlds grow smaller you think about survival. You do not spend money and you do not flow creative energy in the same way. You draw it tightly around you and you fail to plan for growth in the future. Many are not even thinking about next year and some have drawn their energy very closely thinking, “What am I going to do today?” Dream. That is what we ask you to do. Know that you are not limited in the same way. Come together to dream and share those dreams with everyone around you and start to see how the little gods can make a difference on planet Earth.  Start a business, set a plan into motion.  You are all playing the same game; carrying the same energy.  You will all express it in slightly different ways which was you original intent.

How Small Are Earth’s Economies?

We wish to briefly touch upon the world economies. We started this message by telling you that today was a marker day. The people that were taking their power have finally outnumbered the people that are constantly giving their power away. That means that an idea has caught hold; that is all humans need. It is all the little gods need to take off the veil and see who they are and start harmonizing with the other gods. An empowering idea planted in the fertile ground of evolving humanity will grow and take hold very quickly.

In the past, safety restrictions were removed to make way for faster growth. This was a direct attempt to make sure everyone had five blankets.  As a result there are bubbles in your economies which have caused many problems; there is still a large bubble upon which many economies are built.  This means economies could very easily take several jumps up and down, for these bubbles are no longer limited to any one country or any one culture; they are clearly starting to show in many areas. During these times all citizens of the earth will have the opportunity to examine and re-align their needs and wants

We are not saying that you cannot be abundant. Actually, we hope you become comfortable with abundance because if you are actually bringing heaven to Earth, the one piece you have wrong is your conception of abundance. You still believe in lack and limitation for the most part and that is reflected in the economies of earth. When everyone is comfortable and exchanging, there is growth and movement, but when you pull yourself in and think of everything in the area of survival that is what you put out and that is what you create. So the questions we ask you today are: How small is your world? What would you like to do with it?

We tell you this for a very simple reason. We have seen the need for another crash in your economic markets in order to get rid of this bubble. Now we have seen something new, and have recently seen a movement in the markets that show a strong desire to build again.

This has been a concern in many areas, for many of your governments are right on the edge of losing everything but it is not really about your governments. There is nothing they need to do, for this power is held with each and every one of you.  You only need to look at your decisions in relationship to see how big your world is: Did I make this decision out of fear, or am I making this out of love? Am I looking to grow or am I looking to empower other people? Now you will find where your true motivations are.

Many of you have already gathered all the blankets, homes, cars and all the fun things in life. We tell you that this is not wrong, but it does not bring that many times more happiness because the happiness is right in the beginning in the present moment. It is the very small piece of it that fulfills what you need to pretend to be a human on planet Earth for your spirit needs very little. Grow that part, work with that and watch as your world begins to change because we no longer believe that the economies need to crash. You can only look back for less than a month and you will see the market raise and lower according to expectations. Whose expectations? Everyone expected all the economies to be very flat over recent movements, but that has not happened. Why? It is because there are little gods out there that are recognizing the many opportunities. They that are starting to think five years down the road, that are starting to build something that will grow and even though they are scared, they are taking a breath and letting their worlds become big again. That will help you take your power. Feel the resistance. Feel your challenges and feel your fears. Just do not live by them.

It is with the greatest of honor we ask you to treat each other with respect for you are looking in the eyes of god when you look into another’s eyes. Nurture one another every chance you get and play well together.

Espavo.

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WHat CNN”S Belief Blog Discovered about Beliefs about Beliefs

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10 things the Belief Blog learned in its first year

By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor

(CNN) – In case you were wondering about all the balloons and cake: CNN’s Belief Blog has just marked its first birthday.

After publishing 1,840 posts and sifting through 452,603 comments (OK, we may have missed one or two) the Belief Blog feels older than its 12 months would suggest. But it also feels wiser, having followed the faith angles of big news stories, commissioned lots of commentary and, yes, paid attention to all those reader comments for a solid year.

10 things we’ve learned:

1. Every big news story has a faith angle. Even the ordeal of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months. Even the attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords. Even March Madness. Even – well, you get the point.

 

2. Atheists are the most fervent commenters on matters religious. This became apparent immediately after the Belief Blog’s first official post last May, which quickly drew such comments as:

acerider
Can we have a fairy tale blog too?

Sunil
This is nothing but America moving away from its wondrous spirit of Apollo 11 into a mindset of the perpetually intellectually challenged.
I think there was some news today about scientists having created the first artificial cell. That should have been a HUGE story. And yet, what do we get? A faith blog. Pathetic.

Rachel
This blog is terrifying. It’s amazing how much power the radical religious right is amassing in our country right now. If I can’t have some legislation, can I at least have some news that does not cater to zealots?

Those early comments presaged an avalanche of alternately humorous and outraged atheist responses on virtually everything the Belief Blog publishes. They’re more evidence that atheists are coming out of the closet to trumpet their disbelief, argue with the faithful and evangelize their godlessness. (It’s worth noting that the Belief Blog does plenty of atheism stories.)

3. People are still intensely curious about the Bible, its meaning and its origins.

It’s an ancient tome, but more than any other book in the Western tradition (with the Quran being the lone exception), the Bible still fascinates us. And it still feeds our most heated debates. In February, a guest post here arguing that the Bible is more ambiguous on homosexuality than traditionally thought elicited more than 4,000 comments. A response post insisting that the Bible clearly condemns homosexuality brought in an equal number of comments – and was the most popular story on CNN.com on the day it was published.

Other Belief Blog pieces about biblical scholarship – including a recent offering about biblical misquotations – have also caught fire. More of us may be reading it on iPhones these days, but the Good Book still matters a lot more than the popular culture lets on.

4.   Most Americans are religiously illiterate. Despite the appetite for stories and commentary about the Bible, most Americans know little about it. A huge Pew survey released in September found that most Americans scored 50 percent or less on a quiz measuring knowledge of the Bible, world religions and what the Constitution says about religion in public life. Ironically, atheists and agnostics scored best. How did you do on the quiz?

5. It’s impossible to understand much of the news without knowing something about religion. Why did the Egyptian revolution happen on a Friday? Why was Osama bin Laden’s body buried so quickly after he was killed? Why did Afghan rioters kill seven United Nations workers in April? You simply can’t answer those questions without bringing in religion.

6.  Regardless of where they fit on the spectrum, people want others to understand what they believe. That goes for pagans, fundamentalist Mormons,Native Americans, atheists – everyone.

7. Americans still have an uneasy relationship with Islam. Nearly 10 years after the September 11 attacks provoked many Americans to pay attention to Islam for the first time, much of the country is still somewhat uncomfortable about the religion, which counts 1.5 billion followers worldwide.

The biggest domestic religion story in the Belief Blog’s young life was probably last year’s opposition to a proposed Islamic Center and mosque near New York’s ground zero. And with the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaching, domestic tensions around Islam may flare again. The Arab Spring, meanwhile is raising weighty questions about Islam’s role in post-autocratic regimes, guaranteeing the religion – and its relationship with the U.S. – will be one of the world’s big stories for years to come.

8. God may not prevent natural disasters, but religion is always a big part of the response. We see it play out every time Mother Nature delivers a punishing blow, from March’s Japan earthquake and tsunami to the recent tornado that flattened much of Joplin, Missouri.

9. Apocalyptic movements come and go. The May 21st doomsdayers drew loads of interest, largely thanks to a massive ad campaign, but they’re hardly original.

10. Most Americans don’t know that President Barack Obama is a Christian. It’s ironic, since church-based community organizing led him to politics and since hisclose relationship with a pastor almost sunk his presidential campaign, but that’s what a Pew poll found last year.

Only about a third of Americans correctly identified Obama’s religion, while nearly one in five said he’s a Muslim. Another irony: The longer Obama’s been in office, the smaller the proportion of Americans who can correctly name his faith. As the 2012 presidential race approaches, this story bears watching, since views of candidates’ religion influence voting patterns.

for more:    http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/08/10-things-the-belief-blog-learned-in-its-first-year/

 

So WHERE will NASA UARS Satellite Land?

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Where will NASA’s UARS satellite land?

UARS animation from BBC

UARS animation from BBC
NASA says the UARS satellite will re-enter the atmosphere on September 23, 2011, give or take a day. Parts may strike Earth – but no one knows exactly where.

Between now and next weekend, a 20-year-old satellite – the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) – will make an uncontrolled re-entry through the Earth’s atmosphere. Pieces of the 6.5-ton satellite are expected to survive the fiery plunge and hit our planet. Trouble is, no one knows exactly where.

The chances of being hit by a falling satellite are small. Nick Johnson, chief scientist with NASA’s Orbital Debris Program, told Universe Today:

Numerically, it comes out to a chance of one in 3,200 that one person anywhere in the world might be struck by a piece of debris.

When you think about the seven billion people on Earth today, you see how vanishingly small the probability of being struck really is. After all, most of Earth is ocean, so chances are UARS will go from the fires of re-entry directly to a watery grave in the ocean depths. It’s also important to note that no injury has ever been caused by orbital debris during the half-century that we humans have been placing objects in Earth orbit.

Tongue-in-cheek debris map for UARS re-entry developed by The WeatherSpace.com

NASA says the satellite is likely to begin re-entry on September 23, 2011, give or take a day. Hurtling at five miles (eight kilometers) per second, they say it could land anywhere between 57 degrees N. latitude and 57 degrees S. latitude – basically, most of the populated world.

The satellite was launched in 1991 by the space shuttle Discovery. Designed to operate for three years, six of its ten instruments are still functioning, according to NASA’s UARS page. However, the satellite was officially decommissioned in 2005, at the same time that other satellites took over its work.

This isn’t the first time a massive satellite left orbit and made an uncontrolled re-entry back to Earth. In 1979, Skylab re-entered the atmosphere, causing some nail-biting before it finally struck safely in Australia.

Bottom line: Around September 23, 2011, NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) will make an uncontrolled re-entry through the Earth’s atmosphere. Pieces of the 6.5-ton satellite are expected to survive the fiery plunge through the atmosphere and hit our planet, but the precise location it will strike is unknown. NASA says there is a one in 3,200 chance that a person anywhere in the world might be struck by a piece of debris.

from:    http://earthsky.org/space/where-will-nasas-uars-satellite-land

Weekend Storms for Tornado Alley — OK & TX

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Supercells will return to Tornado Alley on Saturday

Published on September 16, 2011 12:45 pm PT
– By Kevin Martin – Senior Meteorologist
– Article Editor and Approved – Warren Miller



(TheWeatherSpace.com) — A storm system ejecting out of the Southwestern United States today will set the stage for severe weather across the plains on Saturday. 
As of right now there are several dynamics coming into play that will promote severe thunderstorms with mainly a hail and wind threat. Strong instability along the dryline will promote rapid growth around the Texas and Oklahoma borders, west and southwest side of the state.

These storms will be developing in an area of increasing low level shear by the evening which could support a brief tornado chance. There are dynamics such as boundary layer stabilization that will diminish the tornado probability toward the evening and early night hours so again this window is very small.

from:    http://www.theweatherspace.com/news/TWS-09162011_severeweather.html

On Healing fr/Jennifer Hoffman

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The Many Paths of Healing

a message from Archangel Uriel channeled by Jennifer Hoffman
Monday, 11 July, 2011  (posted 14 September, 2011)

Each of you knows someone who appears to go effortlessly through life. They do not appear to have lessons to learn or have any major life issues. Their lives are not filled with worries and everything seems to be effortless for them. And they may not appear to have any spiritual connections, are not focused on their spiritual journey and yet seem to enjoy a life that you would like to create for yourself. Why, you may ask, do you have to be on a healing journey and not them? Why do you have to heal and they do not? Are they special or know something that you do not?

Each soul chooses its healing journey according to what it needs to experience in a lifetime. Each journey is unique, reflecting that soul’s lessons and learning, wounds and need for healing. And each one can choose to experience a healing path or ignore it call, as well as choosing how that path will unfold and who will be involved. From your viewpoint another’s may appear to be so much easier than yours. But you are not aware of their soul’s healing commitment in this lifetime or what they have experience in other lifetimes. These details are hidden from you, as are the details of your soul’s healing journey hidden from others. Each healing journey is a process of learning, growth, transformation and ascension and while each is different, the purpose is the same, to help each one overcome fear, find and reclaim their power and to arrive at a greater spiritual understanding.

You heal because it is what your soul is called to do. This can be a difficult and painful process or it can be easy and painless. All of its aspects are optional and of your choosing, consciously or unconsciously. You do not have to experience pain in order to heal. The person who appears to be experience a life without lessons could actually have made the choice to experience their healing journey without pain and chaos. Since you believe that healing is accompanied by pain, you choose that form of healing. You can choose other ways to heal that are far less painful and disruptive once you align your mind and spirit and make those choices.

Your healing journey also benefits everyone in your soul group. Each healing experience that you complete benefits you as well as all of those involved. Together, you have all chosen a particular healing journey. But how you experience the healing is up to you. When you choose to heal without pain, you grant the same choice to everyone in your soul group. As you learn to appreciate your lessons you can find the beauty in the healing process and you will know that you heal because it is the gift of the soul, an opportunity for you and all of humanity to learn to heal without pain, to live without fear and to move forward along your collective spiritual path. You heal because you have come to change the world and heal its emotional and spiritual wounds, which are a mirror of your own wounds. Each of you has the power to heal yourself, your soul group and the world. And you can do so without pain, gracefully, and move the world into alignment with its highest vibrations, align humanity with spirit, move into higher dimensions of being and ascend with grace and ease.

Copyright ©2011 by Jennifer Hoffman and Enlightening Life OmniMedia, Inc. This material is protected by US and international copyright now and may be distributed freely in its entirety as long as the author’s name and website, www.urielheals.com are included.

Risks of Antibiotic Creams

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 Flesh-Eating Bacteria’s Rise Tied to Antibiotic Cream

Joseph Brownstein, MyHealthNewsDaily Contributor
Date: 14 September 2011 Time: 01:11 PM ET
Scanning electron microscopy of Staphylococcus epidermidis cluster.
CREDIT: Michael Otto/NIH

After getting a cut, many Americans will reach for a tube of over-the-counter antibiotic cream to ward off infection. But that widespread habit, a new paper suggests, may be contributing to the rise of one of the most concerning strains of drug-resistant bacteria.

Japanese researchers looked at 261 samples of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), including 21 samples of the USA300 strain, a type of MRSA that has gained attention for its spread, its frequent presence in the community as well as the hospital, and its link to necrotizing fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating disease.

They found that while other MRSA strains were somewhat susceptible to some combination of the antibiotics bacitracin and neomycin — which are typically found in over-the-counter creams — only the USA300 strains were resistant to both. The authors said this may mean that overexposure to those antibiotics is what led to USA300’s resistance.

People should understand that triple antibiotic [ointment] is not almighty, and avoid preventive or excessive use of this ointment,” said study author Masahiro Suzuki, a bacteriologist at the Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health in Nagoya, Japan.

How the USA300 strain arose

The origin of the USA300 strain has remained unknown, in part because, unlike other MRSA strains, it appears to have evolved outside of hospitals.

“Over the past decade or so, it’s really emerged as the leading cause of skin and soft tissue infections in the community,” said Dr. Henry Blumberg, a professor ofinfectious disease at Emory University who has studied USA300 at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.

While other antibiotic-resistant bacteria arose in hospitals, where antibiotic use is common, and then spread out into communities, USA300 was first found in community infections, and spread from there.

“Now it’s causing hospital infections,” he said. “Now the lines are a little more blurry between the community and hospital.”

Because USA300 is in the community, a number of groups are particularly susceptible to the strain, including children, gay men, prison inmates, military recruits, tattoo recipients and athletes, the study said.

But Blumberg said, “I think we’re beyond that. These groups may have higher risk, but these things spread throughout the population.”

Suzuki similarly told MyHealthNewsDaily that “all USA residents have a risk for USA300 infections anytime and anywhere, and should be careful to keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered, avoid contact with other persons’ infected skin, wash hands frequently, avoid sharing personal items to minimize risk of infection.”

Are antibiotic creams to blame?

While he agreed the bacteria are a threat, Blumberg said he was somewhat skeptical of the authors’ hypothesis that over-the-counter ointments are driving the presence of USA300.

“They have a theory that use of topical, over-the-counter creams and antibiotics select this USA300 clone and that’s why it’s emerged,” Blumberg said. “They haven’t proved it.”

Blumberg said that he is hesitant about the theory because “from my experience, most of the patients we see haven’t used topical antibiotics.” But, he said, “I think it’s an interesting theory. It would be interesting to see if this was widespread in a bigger collection of USA300 isolates.”

While USA300 is resistant to a number of drugs, it remains treatable — for now.

to read more, go to:    http://www.livescience.com/16054-flesh-eating-bacteria-rise-tied-antibiotic-cream.html