Yearly Archives: 2011

Biophysicist on Crop Circles

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What A Biophysicist Says About Crop Formations

© 2011 by Linda Moulton Howe

“I have never seen such rapid changes from plant sampleto plant sample in both of the ring circles. That means the plasma energies were so compartmentalized that wheat growing only twelve inches from another sample was very different.”- W. C. Levengood, Biophysicist, about 2006 wheat circles in Herington, Kansas

August 9, 2011  Albuquerque, New Mexico  – As a science and environment investigative reporter, I made my first trip to Wiltshire County, England, in July 1992, to explore the beautiful mystery of crop formations. The first pattern I stepped into convinced me I had encountered a powerful and profound force. A group of us heard about this a pattern of five circles below Milk Hill and had walked along the crest to look from above. The sky was blue, the wheat was glistening and there were five circles, four connected by undulating paths and one circle by itself.


Reported on July 16, 1992, this 336-foot-long pattern of circles and
pathways in wheat field below Milk Hill and the Lockeridge White Horse.
Aerial image © 1992 by George Wingfield.

John Martineau did this diagram to clearly show the unusual pattern that measured 336 feet end-to-end and all of the circles were swirled clockwise. All of the pathways were laid from south to north.

to read the full article, go to:    http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?ID=1880&category=Environment

Earthquake-Yunnan, China

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Dangerous moderate earthquake in Yunnan, China – at least 4 people injured

Last update: August 9, 2011 at 1:23 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

Typical landscape in Yunnan epicenter area – Panoramio image courtesy

Earthquake overview : Dangerous shallow earthquake in an unstable area who had a lot of misery caused by earthquakes since the end of last year. Earthquake’s epicenter is close to Shangyingxiang.

to read more, go to:    http://earthquake-report.com/2011/08/09/dangerous-moderate-earthquake-in-yunnan-china/

 

Strong Solar Flare 8/9

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Powerful X7-class solar flare erupts from the Sun today

Published on August 9, 2011 7:35 am PT
– By Dave Tole – Writer
– Article Editor and Approved – Warren Miller


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(TheWeatherSpace.com) — This morning at 0805 UT, sunspot 1263 produced a powerful X7-class solar flare. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the explosion’s extreme ultraviolet flash.

The solar flare was not Earth directed but a minor proton storm is in progress around our planet, which could affect satellites.

Radiation from the flare also briefly disrupted communications on some VLF and HF radio frequencies.

We may get a glancing blow from the flare
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fr/http://www.theweatherspace.com/news/TWS-08_09_2011_x7flare.html

Fluoride and Bone Damage

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By The Fluoride Action Network (FAN)

Two new North American studies investigated the impact of low-level fluoride consumption on the strength and density of bone.

While these important (yet largely overlooked) studies are not slam-dunks, they provide some of the strongest evidence to date that low-level fluoride exposure alters the quality of bone tissue, and strengthen concerns that fluoride exposure may increase the rate of bone fracture in the population.

Skeletal Fluorosis—A Real Danger of Excessive Fluoride Consumption

The harmful effects of chronic fluoride exposure on bone are well established. Since the 1930s it has been known that fluoride intake causes excessive bone growth, which can result in joint pain, bone pain, and stiffness. These symptoms are difficult to distinguish from arthritis. Other symptoms indicative of early clinical stage skeletal fluorosis include:

  • Burning, prickling, and tingling in your limbs
  • Muscle weakness
  • Chronic fatigue
  • Gastrointestinal disorders
  • Reduced appetite and weight loss

The second clinical stage of skeletal fluorosis is characterized by:

Time, Calleman, McKenna, & Antigenics

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Mythic Proportions: Evolving Time with Calleman, McKenna, and Antigenics

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It’s October 2009. I’m on the plane from London, flying home to New York through Montreal. I’ve been blissfully engaged by Tom Wolfe’s non-fiction novel, “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test”, letting the true tale of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters seep into my thoughts, using Wolfe’s precisely evocative language to turn my own direct moment into something mythical, something more than just another gig, another film shoot. That’s what I like to do, anyway. I like to live mythically. Wolfe ponders:

“It takes a rare kind. Because always comes the moment when it’s time to take the Prankster circus further on toward Edge City. And always at that point some good souls are startled: Hey, wait! Like Ralph Gleason with his column in the Chronicle and his own clump of hipness. Gleason is one of those people… Kesey can remember them all, people who thought he was great so long as his fantasy coincided with theirs. But every time he pushed on further — and he always pushed on further — they became confused and resentful…”

When I read that passage it took me back to the night before in London, Canary Wharf, to a private room at the Four Seasons Hotel, where I’m standing next to Garo, the CEO of a firm called Antigenics. He’d said to me, “You know, John, most people don’t like change. They actually fear it.”

to read more, go to:    http://www.realitysandwich.com/mythic_proportions_and_antigenics

Alternative to Animal Testing?

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Cell-Based Alternative to Animal Testing? Genomic Biomarker Signature Can Predict Skin Sensitizers, Study Finds

New research demonstrates that the response of laboratory grown human cells can now be used to classify chemicals as sensitizing, or non-sensitizing, and can even predict the strength of allergic response, so providing an alternative to animal testing. (Credit: © Chee-Onn

ScienceDaily (Aug. 7, 2011) — European legislation restricts animal testing within the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries and companies are increasingly looking at alternative systems to ensure that their products are safe to use. Research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Genomics demonstrates that the response of laboratory grown human cells can now be used to classify chemicals as sensitizing, or non-sensitizing, and can even predict the strength of allergic response, so providing an alternative to animal testing.

to read more, go to:    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110807220534.htm

NASA Scientist on 2012

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“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”  Carl Sagan

Will the “prophesized” Niburu slam into the Earth? Is the Mayan calendar truly coming to an end in 2012? Jet Prepulsion Laboratory’s Donald Yeomans dispels the myths and relays the scientific facts of the matter.
Credit: NASA/JPL

Watch the video here:     http://www.space.com/12564-days-2012-nasa-scientist.html

Major Indonesian Volcano Alert

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18 Indonesian volcanoes on alert status

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 08/07/2011 1:05 PM

Eighteen Indonesian volcanoes are on “alert” status, two of which are at Alert Level 3, which is called “Siaga”, the Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation Center says.

Center head Surono said Sunday in Jakarta the erupting Mount Lokon in North Sulawesi and Mount Ibu in North Maluku were the two volcanoes at Siaga status.

The center has adopted four levels of alert status: “Normal” (Level 1), “Waspada” (Level 2), “Siaga” (Level 3) and “Awas” (Level 4).

Surono said the conditions at Mt Lokon and Mt Ibu were currently considered most worrisome because they had been consistently erupting searing clouds affecting a radius of 2.5 kilometers.

He added, however, that the eruptions had not yet endangered people living around the volcanoes.

“The eruptions are heading west, while people are concentrated in east,” he said as quoted bytempointeraktif.com.

Surono added that 16 other volcanoes were at Level 2 alert status, “Waspada”, including Mt. Papandayan and Mt. Guntur in West Java.

“Locals have reported several quakes,” he said.

Surono said that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had summoned him on Saturday to report the volcanoes’ status and the center’s preparations to anticipate possible disasters.

to read more, go to:    http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/08/07/18-indonesian-volcanoes-alert-status.html