Yearly Archives: 2011

Germany-Czech Border Earthquake Swarm

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Earthquake swarm is hitting the Cheb / Vogtland area on the Chech – Germany border

Last update: August 26, 2011 at 2:29 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniel

 

Lomnicka August 25 earthquake area – Panoramio image courtesy Pavel Sykora – http://www.panoramio.com/photo/476659

Earthquake overview : The Germany-Czech border area has been hit by an earthquake swarm with mainly veryweak quakes, the strongest ones measuring 4.0 and 3.6.

The earthquakes started their sequence on Tuesday

to read more, go to:   http://earthquake-report.com/2011/08/26/earthquake-swarm-is-hitting-the-cheb-vogtland-area-on-the-chech-germany-border/

 

 

10 Year Old Takes on Pipe Line with A Song

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What a 10-Year-Old Did for the Tar Sands

Why a First Nations student from British Columbia is taking on a controversial trans-Canadian pipeline project—through song.

posted Aug 15, 2011

 

Ta'Kaiya photo by Carol Carson

Photo by Carol Carson.

Ta’Kaiya Blaney’s song, “Shallow Waters,” co-written with her music teacher, was among B.C.’s top five finalists for the David Suzuki 2010 Songwriting Contest.

Ten-year-old Ta’Kaiya Blaney stood outside Enbridge Northern Gateway’s office on July 6, waiting for officials to grant her access to the building. She thought she could hand deliver an envelope containing an important message about the company’s pipeline construction. But the doors remained locked.

“I don’t know what they find so scary about me,” she said, as she was ushered off the property by security guards. “I just want them to hear what I have to say.”

The Sliammon First Nation youth put in a great effort learning about environmental issues and the pipeline in particular, and hoped to share her knowledge and carefully crafted words. Enbridge officials said they were unable to provide Ta’Kaiya space or time and failed to comment because the Vancouver office is staffed by a limited number of technical personnel. Their headquarters are located in Calgary.

So Ta’Kaiya stood outside, accompanied by three members of Greenpeace, her mother, and a number of reporters and sang her song “Shallow Waters.” The song’s video has hit YouTube and been viewed more than 53,000 times

to read more and see Ta’Kaiya Blaney sing her song, go to:   http://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/what-a-10-year-old-did-for-the-tar-sands

Stephen Colbert’s 3D Head Launch

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Stephen Colbert’s 3-D Printed Head Launched into Space

Samantha Murphy, TechNewsDaily Senior Staff Writer
Date: 18 August 2011 Time: 12:30 PM ET
Stephen Colbert MakerBot

 
Credit: makerbot | Youtube.com

A company specializing in 3-D printers has sent a model of the head of talk show host and space enthusiast Stephen Colbert flying miles high above the Earth.

to see the video, go to:    http://www.livescience.com/15638-stephen-colbert-weather-balloon.html

The Book of Aquarius

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Rethinking Antibiotics

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Overuse of Antibiotics Is Seen Behind Many Human Ills

Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer
Date: 24 August 2011 Time: 04:30 PM ET

You were not meant to be alone: The human body contains and is covered in an almost unimaginably large number of microbes. But eradicating them as we do, intentionally and unintentionally, with the prolific use of antibiotics may be harming our health, according to one scientist who studies our minuscule companions.

“Overuse of antibiotics could be fueling the dramatic increase in conditions such as obesity, type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, allergies and asthma, which have more than doubled in many populations,” writes Martin Blaser, a professor of microbiology and chairman of the department of medicine at New York University Langone Medical Center.

Humans are sometimes called meta-organisms, because of the sheer number and volume of microbes that share our bodies — living in our guts, on our skin, even in our belly buttons. Evidence is building for the benefits these healthy microbial communities offer us. They help us access nutrients, such as vitamin K, and energy from complex carbohydrates. They deter dangerous infections, and recent evidence indicates they help keep at bay multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune disorders.

Animals, Intuition, & Earthquakes

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Zoo Animals Sensed DC Quake Minutes Before It Hit

Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor
Date: 24 August 2011 Time: 01:49 PM ET
african lions sit at the Smithsonian National Zoo
The Smithsonian Zoo’s lions did react to the earthquake, but went back to their routines within minutes of the shaking, while other animals were more irritated by the quake, sending out alarm calls and hiding.
CREDIT: Smithsonian’s National Zoo

People along the East Coast weren’t the only ones to feel the 5.8-magnitude earthquake Tuesday, as zoo animals in Washington, D.C., let it be known they felt the vibrations, zoo officials said.

Some of the animals at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park even shouted alarm calls or ran up trees seconds before the rest of us felt the shaking.

About 5 to 10 seconds before Tuesday’s quake, an orangutan named Kyle and a Western lowland gorilla named Kojo, abandoned their food and climbed to the top of the treelike structure in the Ape House exhibit.

to read more, go to:   http://www.livescience.com/15738-zoo-animals-sense-earthquake.html

Indigenous Rights Law Approved in Peru

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Peru approves ‘historic’ indigenous rights law 24 August

Ashéninka girl in south-east Peru

On Tuesday night, Peru’s Congress unanimously approved a ‘historic’ new law that guarantees indigenous people’s right to free, prior and informed consent to any projects affecting them and their lands.

President Ollanta Humala says he supports consultation, and now has 15 days to sign the bill into law. It is a significant step away from the policies of former Peruvian President Alan Garcia, who vetoed a similar bill.

The ‘Prior Consultation Law’ complies with commitments set out in ILOConvention 169, the only international law designed to protect tribal people’s rights.

to read more, go to:    http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/7618

Aftershocks Hit Virginia

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Strong aftershock below Cuckoo and approx. 8 km from Mineral, Virginia

Last update: August 25, 2011 at 6:59 am by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

Earthquake overview : A moderate aftershock has rattled the Virginia earthquake area. We do not expect any additional damage, but based on the Felt reports, the earthquake was felt in a wide area

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Direct epicenter area from the August 25 aftershock – Panoramio image courtesy: Idawriter

Update : Aftershocks likes this one are perectly normal after a 5.9 earthquake. Occasionally an isolated 5+ quake might be possible too. A greater aftershock than the initial 5.9 is also possible, but thechance on it is very exceptional.

Update : Based on the many Felt reports we are receiving we do expect at max. some additional minimal damage within a radius of 5 km from the epicenter (which means Cuckoo alone).

Update : Epicenter of the earthquake below Cuckoo and approx. 8 km from Mineral

to read more, go to:   http://earthquake-report.com/2011/08/25/strong-aftershock-below-cuckoo-and-approx-8-km-from-mineral-virginia/

Storms and Irene for the East Coast

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First severe weather on Thursday, then Irene for the Mid-Atlantic to Northeast

Published on August 24, 2011 10:55 pm PT
– By Kevin Martin – Senior Meteorologist
– Article Editor and Approved – Ron Jackson


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(TheWeatherSpace.com) — A frontal zone will come into the Northeastern USA down through the Mid-Atlantic on Thursday afternoon and evening.

This front will bring severe weather with it. Shear values suggest an outlining tornado threat within it and I am watching any need to issue a tornado product but will keep the chances lower for strong tornadoes due to some mid/upper level dynamics that will be lacking.

Still, the main threats will be large hail and damaging winds across the area. TheWeatherSpace.com is monitoring the area and will update on Thursday morning.

Hurricane Irene will hit the Mid-Atlantic to Northeastern USA coast and TWS projections for several days have been farther west than both models and NOAA. This needs to be taken seriously as I issued a Hurricane  Watch on Wednesday morning and the details can be found by Clicking here.

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No Connection with the Quakes

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Flurry of Earthquakes in Peru, Virginia & Colorado Not Connected

Natalie Wolchover, Life’s Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Date: 24 August 2011 Time: 05:01 PM ET
Earthquakes in the world in the past 7 days. Credit: USGS
Earthquakes in the world in the past 7 days.
CREDIT: USGS

The magnitude 7.0 earthquake in northern Peru today (Aug. 24) was the third major temblor to shake the Americas in less than 48 hours. A magnitude 5.8 quake hit Virginia yesterday, and a magnitude 5.3 event rumbled under Colorado the day before.

One might naturally wonder if there’s a trend here — if the Peru, Colorado andVirginia earthquakes are connected. But experts say there isn’t, and they aren’t.

“The question comes up all the time,” said David Schwartz, an earthquake geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), “but these three earthquakes are completely unrelated.”

to read more, go to:   http://www.livescience.com/15741-flurry-earthquakes-peru-virginia-colorado-connected.html