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Destructive Shallow Earthquakes — Yunnan, China

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Deaths and Destruction after a series of shallow earthquakes in Yunnan, China – 64 people killed and 715 injured

Last update: September 7, 2012 at 2:58 pm by By

Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 5.7 (CENC), 5.6 (CENC)
UTC Time : 03:19:42 UTC, Friday, 7th September, 2012.
Local time at epicenter : 11:19:42, Friday, 7th September, 2012.
Depth (Hypocenter) : 10km, 10km
Geo-location(s) : 1km (1mi) SW of Jiaokui, China
39km (24mi) NE of Zhaotong, China
84km (52mi) NNW of Weining, China
120km (75mi) SW of Xunchang, China

Update 14:08 UTC
– It is horrifying for us to add always more and more fatalities in our updates.  Now from 63 to 64, another family devastated by losing someone.
– The Yunnan earthquake is currently the 4th deadliest earthquake of 2012

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Update 13:05 UTC
– The death toll has, as could be expected, further increased to 63
– 715 people are injured in various degrees
– China Prime Minister Hu Jintao gave personally high priority instructions to do whatever necessary to help the people in the disaster area
– 15 county towns have been damaged in various degrees
– It is currently dark in China and the power has not been restored in all affected areas yet
– 3961 rooms are destroyed
– 13876 rooms damaged
– 3455 livestock pens destroyed
– 11633 livestock pens damaged

Update 10:59 UTC
– A reporter who was inspecting the area saw huge landslides on both sides of the valley.
– Roads are being blocked by huge rocks.
– A boulder measuring 36 meter was blocking the river, creating a small lake
– The houses of 30 families living near a zinc mine have all been damaged
– aftershocks are following each other very fast. More landslides and rockfall is being triggered by the many aftershocks
– rescue workers have still problems to reach some areas as roads are blocked

Update 10:47 UTC
– Most of the fatalities (49 of the 50) have been reported from Yilang county
– The local seismological bureau has given 4 reasons why the death toll is higher in Yilang county
a) very high population density (205 people per sq/km vs 117 in the rest of Yunnan)
b) poorly constructed houses because of poor families and almost no industrial activity (no earthquake resistant building)
c) mountains and slopes which can trigger easily secondary effects like landslides
d) the double strong earthquakes impact. The second earthquake was shallower and closer to densely populated areas
– Experts from CEA (National Earthquake Authority) will arrive soon at the scene to help with the local authorities. National experts are only sent in after major earthquake events.
– High Voltage Power supply facilities have been severely damaged

Update 10:31 UTC
– China TV now reports that 50 people have lost their life in a double moderate earthquake, making this earthquake one of the most deadly this year. Assessment is currently done by the Chinese authorities
– Darkness will set in in a couple of hours making rescue work even more dangerous. Rescuers still have to cope with aftershocks of M3 to M4.

Image courtesy yunnan.cn

Update 09:20 UTC
– This is the unfolding report of the Yunnan earthquake China, no more updates since our 08:31 UTC report
– More information can come in at any minute
– If you want to know more about this earthquake, please keep this page open and refresh it at regular times as we will continue following up this cruel earthquake the following hours
– Earthquake-Report.com is following up both official information (national and regional seismological bureaus and rescue departments, civil defense authorities as well as Chinese news media)

Update 08:31 UTC
– The death toll of the double M5.6 / M5.7 earthquake has further climbed to 43 (42 in Yiliang County, 1 in Zhaoyang District).
– 700,000 people have been affected by this cruel earthquake
– 100,000 people have been relocated
– Major fires are currently going on in the damaged areas (can be seen on the latest video below)

Update 08:10 UTC
The Yunnan Provincial Civil Affairs department has just released an update :
– 24 dead, 150 injured.
– 100000 people evacuated/relocated
– 20000+ households with damage
– ER expects that the Economic loss estimate is coming out to $220-390 million based on the current parameters. (still waiting on a damage-based estimate).

Image courtesy CCTV

Update 07:48 UTC
– Apart from the mainshocks, a lot of aftershocks are hitting the area
– The current rainy weather is making the soil very unstable, thus triggering a lot of minor and major landslides
– The Chinese CEA authority has send a 10-man supervisory team to the area. These National teams are only flying in in major disaster cases.

Update 07:40 UTC
– Reports are also talking about severely injured people which means that the death toll will probably climb further
– The news of serious landslides also means that remotely located villages may have been hit by landslides too. Priority is mostly given to the bigger cities.
– Greatly seen in the world as small tremors proof once more to become a deadly cocktail in China. Earthquakes cannot be pinned into a Magnitude / Dangerous relation. Much more has to be accounted for.

Important update 07:33 UTC
– Various Chinese media are now reporting a death toll of at least 20 people. (has to be confirmed by the Yunnan Earthquake Bureau)

UPDATE 07:24 UTC:
– Power has been lost in some areas as transmission poles were knocked down by landslides
– Rail traffic has been halted in the region
– 6,000 tents, 6,000 quilts and 6,000 coats are distributed to the population

UPDATE 06:47 UTC:
– Death toll has reached 7.
– In addition, 20000 households have damage of some form.

UPDATE:
– At least 6 are dead according to new reports. The M5.7 earthquake had a 14km depth, and was 15km from Yiliang county and 30 kilometers from Zhaotong City. Damage is expected in both locations.
– The earthquake was felt as far as Chengdu, hundreds of km from the epicenter

Zhaotong Prefecture is home to 5.74 million people but has a reasonably low GDP of around CNY39 billion  per year (6.2 billion USD). It is mainly agricultural in nature. The exposed capital stock according to CATDAT in terms of net capital infrastructure is around 14.2 billion USD, of which around 2.1 billion USD is in the most affected areas including Yiliang County. Hence we are looking at a damage bill in at least the 100s of millions of USD if directly impacted. The rural net capita income is about CNY2900 (around 500USD).

UPDATE:- At least 20,000 rooms (around 6,000 houses) are destroyed at first estimates, with 6000 tents being sent to the region and many other disaster supplies.

Epicenter right by the city.

UPDATE:- The dual quakes hit about 57 minutes apart, both of around M5.6, with much panic.
We are still waiting on damage reports but know that much damage has occurred. More than 150 people from disaster services have rushed to the scene.

Over 6.7 million people live within 100km of this quake. Yiliang county itself has around 500,000 inhabitants and is extremely mountainous having differences of 520m above sea level to 2800m within the county.

Yiliang

51 minutes after the event, 39 people were sent to the area from the Seismological Bureau.

According to Yunnan Yiliang radio and television reporter sent to CCTV’s news, a 5.6 earthquake occurred in Yunnan Yiliang, some houses have collapsed and landslides hindered transportation.

for more information and updates, go to:    http://earthquake-report.com/2012/09/07/deaths-and-destruction-in-m5-6-shallow-quake-in-china/

On Quantum Teleportation

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‘Quantum Teleportation’ Beams Information Farther Than Ever Before

Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience senior writer
Date: 06 September 2012
ESA's Optical Ground Station
The Optical Ground Station, run by the European Space Agency on the Canary Island of Tenerife, was used to receive photons in a quantum teleportation experiment reported in September 2012.
CREDIT: ESA

Physicists have “teleported” quantum information farther than ever in a new study reported Wednesday (Sept. 5).

This kind of teleportation isn’t quite what Scotty was “beaming up” on television’s Star Trek, but it does represent a kind of magic of its own. While Star Trek’s teleporters transport people from place to place instantaneously, quantum teleportation sends information.

A team of scientists from Austria, Canada and Germany have now beamed the quantum state of a particle of light from one island to another 89 miles (143 kilometers) away.

“One can actually transfer the quantum states of a particle — in our case a photon — from one location to another location without physically transferring this photon itself,” explained physicist Xiaosong Ma of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information at the Austrian Academyof Sciences in Vienna.

To do this, the researchers started out with three particles: one particle to be teleported, and two “entangled” particles. Entanglement is one of the most bizarre implications of the theory of quantum mechanics, which governs the physics of tiny particles. When two particles are entangled, they become connected in such a way that, even if separated over vast distances, an action performed on one affects the other.

In the recent experiment, all three photons started out on the island of La Palma, one of the Canary Islands off the coast of Spain. One of the entangled photons was then sent through the air 89 miles to the Canary Island of Tenerife. Since the particles were entangled, when a measurement was made of the quantum states of the two particles on La Palma, it affected the particle on Tenerife, too, allowing the first particle to essentially be recreated in a new location without traversing the distance.

This achievement beat the previous quantum teleportation distance record of 60 miles (97 km), set by a Chinese research group just months ago. It represents a significant step toward establishing a “quantum internet” that could allow messages to be sent more securely, and calculations to be completed more quickly, scientists say.

“The quantum internet is predicted to be the next-generation information processing platform, promising secure communication and an exponential speed-up in distributed computation,” the researchers write in a paper detailing their experiment published online Wednesday in the journal Nature.

The next step will be to establish quantum teleportation between Earth and orbiting satellites.

“The future goal of our research work will be to do such experiments on the satellite level,” Ma told LiveScience. “This will enable intercontinental quantum information exchange.”

from:    http://www.livescience.com/22955-quantum-teleportation-distance-record.html

Frequency, Medicine, and Math

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Math as Medicine: Using frequency domain to predict, enrich and promote optimal health

Posted by Jay Pee on 29 November 2011

Math as Medicine:  Using frequency domain to predict, enrich and promote optimal health
In order to provide predictability and safety, the concepts of math and medicine often act conjointly to quantify, define and model medical practice. Studies conducted by the non-profit Institute of BioAcoustic Biology, located in Albany, Ohio, USA, has consistently demonstrated that math can be much more than a measurement tool; math, as frequency, can be the solution to therapeutic predictability and resolution.
Just as there are Pathways of compounds called Chemistry; there are Mathways of subtractive frequencies call Sonistry that can be used to create a numeric matrix of biomarkers capable, individually and collectively, of being predictive, diagnostic and prescriptive.
To date there is no universally accepted modality that has the potential to assist in our survival of biological, radioactive and pandemic threats; rid us of vaccination damage/residue and support our dwindling immune responses.  In many instances, by the time the cause has been identified, it is often too late to provide remediation.  Frequency based medicine has the ability to provide a prompt and direct correction.
Travel to outer space can be overcome with mobile frequency-based solutions that have shown efficacy to overcome bone loss and muscle atrophy. BioAcoustic Biology has been shown to be able to predict reactions to medications, chemicals and allergens.  Muscles traumatized from stroke and/or muscle signaling disorders have recovered.  Documentation confirms that these changes sometimes occur within a few minutes as muscles gain strength and mobility.
Parkinson’s has become a diagnosis covering a variety of situations and possibilities.  Biomarkers gleaned from groups of persons identified as suffering from Parkinson’s have shown that the cell signaling issues are actually from a multiplicity of causes; allergens, inability to process certain amino acids, genetic factors, tetanus pollutants, DES residues, radioactive isotopes, vitamin deficiencies, closed receptors…the list seems endless.
Our brain communicates using the language of math expressed as frequency.  As these signals reach the brain, the biofrequencies are sorted, routed and assigned an interpretation and responsibility. Our Brain and our Biology are hardwired to respond to these basic principles of math.
Strange, yet profound, BioAcoustic Biology will explain how a physician might instruct a heart patient to “Mix 24 with 27, listen for 20 minutes and call me in the morning”.
BioAcoustic Biology is an area of scientific endeavor that is in the process of becoming scientifically established: a protoscience.  Visionary leaders will see this novel idea as a prophecy for a new medicine which can provide conclusions based on observation and information.  Those who wish to support the status quo will see this paradigm as a threat but will find it hard to argue with the consistent and efficacious outcomes that continue to accrue. This protocol remains in a research mode as of the date of this paper.Math as Medicine:  Using frequency domain to predict, enrich and promote optimal health
In order to provide predictability and safety, the concepts of math and medicine often act conjointly to quantify, define and model medical practice. Studies conducted by the non-profit Institute of BioAcoustic Biology, located in Albany, Ohio, USA, has consistently demonstrated that math can be much more than a measurement tool; math, as frequency, can be the solution to therapeutic predictability and resolution.
Just as there are Pathways of compounds called Chemistry; there are Mathways of subtractive frequencies call Sonistry that can be used to create a numeric matrix of biomarkers capable, individually and collectively, of being predictive, diagnostic and prescriptive.
To date there is no universally accepted modality that has the potential to assist in our survival of biological, radioactive and pandemic threats; rid us of vaccination damage/residue and support our dwindling immune responses.  In many instances, by the time the cause has been identified, it is often too late to provide remediation.  Frequency based medicine has the ability to provide a prompt and direct correction.
Travel to outer space can be overcome with mobile frequency-based solutions that have shown efficacy to overcome bone loss and muscle atrophy. BioAcoustic Biology has been shown to be able to predict reactions to medications, chemicals and allergens.  Muscles traumatized from stroke and/or muscle signaling disorders have recovered.  Documentation confirms that these changes sometimes occur within a few minutes as muscles gain strength and mobility.
Parkinson’s has become a diagnosis covering a variety of situations and possibilities.  Biomarkers gleaned from groups of persons identified as suffering from Parkinson’s have shown that the cell signaling issues are actually from a multiplicity of causes; allergens, inability to process certain amino acids, genetic factors, tetanus pollutants, DES residues, radioactive isotopes, vitamin deficiencies, closed receptors…the list seems endless.
Our brain communicates using the language of math expressed as frequency.  As these signals reach the brain, the biofrequencies are sorted, routed and assigned an interpretation and responsibility. Our Brain and our Biology are hardwired to respond to these basic principles of math.
Strange, yet profound, BioAcoustic Biology will explain how a physician might instruct a heart patient to “Mix 24 with 27, listen for 20 minutes and call me in the morning”.
BioAcoustic Biology is an area of scientific endeavor that is in the process of becoming scientifically established: a protoscience.  Visionary leaders will see this novel idea as a prophecy for a new medicine which can provide conclusions based on observation and information.  Those who wish to support the status quo will see this paradigm as a threat but will find it hard to argue with the consistent and efficacious outcomes that continue to accrue. This protocol remains in a research mode as of the date of this paper.
For more, go to:    http://www.wolfspiritradio.com/main/wisdom-base/math-as-medicine-using-frequency-domain-to-predict-enrich-and-promote-optimal-health/

 

Hurricanes and More Hurricanes

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Leslie near hurricane strength; Son of Isaac (90L) emerges in the Gulf
Published: 3:05 PM GMT on September 05, 2012

Tropical Storm Leslie is growing more organized and is approaching hurricane strength on its slow voyage northwards at 2 mph towards the island of Bermuda. Moderately high wind shear of 15 – 20 knots due to strong upper-level winds out of the northwest continues to keep most of Leslie’s heavy thunderstorms pushed to the east side of the storm, but satellite loops show that Leslie now has an impressive blow-up of heavy thunderstorms with cold cloud tops near its center. Leslie’s slow forward speed means that the storm is staying over the cold water stirred up by the storm’s winds, inhibiting intensification, but the waters underneath Leslie are warm to great depth, making this less of a factor than usual. According to the latest SHIPS model forecast, the shear is expected to fall steadily today, reaching the low category, 5 – 10 knots, by Thursday afternoon. Leslie is over warm ocean waters of 29 – 30°C, and the reduction in shear and warm waters should aid intensification, and potentially allow Leslie to be at Category 2 strength at its closest pass by Bermuda Saturday night and early Sunday morning, as indicated by the official NHC forecast. The latest 11 am EDT NHC wind probability forecast calls for a 48% chance that Leslie will be a Category 2 or stronger hurricane Sunday morning at 8 am EDT. Leslie is a huge storm, and tropical storm-force winds are expected to extend outward from its center 250 miles by Friday. Bermuda is likely to see a 42-hour period of tropical storm-force winds beginning Saturday morning near 2 am AST, and lasting until 8 pm AST Sunday night. The official NHC forecast shows Leslie nearly making a direct hit on Bermuda, and Leslie will be capable of bringing an extended period of hurricane-force winds lasting six or more hours to Bermuda Saturday night through Sunday morning, should a direct hit materialize. NHC is predicting that hurricane-force winds will extend outwards from the center of Leslie by 35 miles on Thursday night, and I expect this will increase to at least 60 miles by early Sunday morning, when Leslie will be making its closest pass by Bermuda.


Figure 1. Morning satellite image of Tropical Storm Leslie. Heavy thunderstorms have built near the center of the storm, and Leslie is near hurricane strength.

Leslie’s impact on Canada
Leslie will stay stuck in a weak steering current environment until a strong trough of low pressure approaches the U.S. East Coast on Saturday. The timing of this trough is such that Leslie will be pulled northwards and then north-northeastwards over the weekend. There are still significant differences among the models in the timing and speed of Leslie’s track over the weekend, but we can now dismiss the threat of Leslie making a direct hit on New England. The storm is likely to make landfall in Nova Scotia or Newfoundland, though there are significant differences in the models’ predictions of the timing of Leslie’s arrival in Canada. The GFS model predicts an early Tuesday landfall in Newfoundland, but the ECMWF model is much faster and farther west, predicting a Monday afternoon landfall in Nova Scotia. Large swells from Leslie are pounding the entire Eastern Seaboard, and these waves will increase in size as Leslie grows in strength this week. The Hurricane Hunters are scheduled to make their first flight into Leslie on Thursday afternoon.


Figure 2. Morning radar image of Invest 90L off the coast of the Florida Panhandle.

Son of Isaac: Invest 90L emerges in the Gulf of Mexico
During Tropical Depression Isaac’s trek across the center of the U.S. during the Labor Day weekend, the storm was ripped in half. One portion of the storm moved over the Northeast U.S., bringing heavy rains there, and another portion sank southwards over Alabama. You can see this split by studying an animation of the vorticity at 850 mb (the amount of spin at low levels of the atmosphere, near 5,000 feet above sea level) from the University of Wisconsin. This remnant of Isaac, which still maintained some of Isaac’s spin, brought heavy rains of 5 – 10 inches that caused flooding problems over portions of Alabama on Tuesday. The storm has now emerged over the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Panhandle, and was designated Invest 90L this morning by NHC. In their 8 am Tropical Weather Outlook, NHC gave 90L a 20% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Friday morning. According to NHC naming rules, “if the remnant of a tropical cyclone redevelops into a tropical cyclone, it is assigned its original number or name”. Since “the remnant” refers to the primary remnant, and 90L does not fit the definition of a “primary remnant”, the storm will be given a new name should it develop into a tropical storm, according to information posted on the NHC Facebook page. Esau or Jacob–the names of the sons of the biblical Isaac–would be fitting names for 90L, but the next storm on the list of Atlantic storms is Nadine.

Long-range radar out of Mobile, Alabama shows a large area of heavy rainfall along the coast due to 90L. The echoes do show some spiral banding behavior, but there is only a slight evidence of rotation to the storm. Infrared satellite loops show that the thunderstorms associated with 90L are not that vigorous and do not have particularly cold cloud tops, and the area covered by the thunderstorms is relatively small. Wind shear is a high 20 – 30 knots over the northern Gulf of Mexico, but is predicted to fall to the moderate range, 10 – 20 knots, by Thursday afternoon. Ocean temperatures in the Gulf have been cooled down considerably by the passage of Hurricane Isaac last week, and are 28 – 28.5°C. This is still plenty warm enough to support formation of a tropical storm, and I expect 90L will increase in organization on Thursday and Friday as it moves slowly south or south-southwest. 90L could become a tropical depression as early as Thursday, though Friday is more likely. A hurricane hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate 90L on Thursday afternoon. A trough of low pressure and an associated surface cold front will move southeastwards over the northern Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, and this trough should be capable of pulling 90L to the northeast to a landfall along the Florida Panhandle or west coast of Florida on Sunday.


Figure 3. Morning satellite image of Tropical Storm Michael.

Tropical Storm Michael in the Central Atlantic
Tropical Storm Michael has strengthened to 50 mph winds, and appears to have a favorable enough environment to become a hurricane later this week. Satellite loops show that this is a small tropical cyclone, far out over the open Atlantic, and none of the models show that Michael will threaten any land areas.

Elsewhere in the Atlantic
The GFS and ECMWF models are predicting that a new tropical wave due to move off the coast of Africa on Friday will develop into a tropical depression by the middle of next week. It’s too early to tell if this system might threaten the Lesser Antilles Islands.

from:    http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/article.html

Costa Rica Dangerous Earthquake — Tsunami Risk

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Massive earthquake in Costa Rica

Last update: September 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm by By

Massive earthquake in Coasta Rica
A M7.8 earthquake just occurred below the coastal area of Costa Rica
Based on the current parameters this earthquake can be called EXTREMELY DANGEROUS for everybody living in a radius of 40 km around the epicenter.
Earthquake data coming in are varying from very strong (M6.4) up to massive (M7.9)
Same goes for the depth of the earthquake, from 20 km (extremely dangerous) to 40 km (still dangerous at the max. magnitude).
We will have to wait until recalculated numbers are coming in.
The earthquake occurred on top of the North American plate which is subdected by an oceanic plate. Powerful earthquakes in the area are mostly very deep and less dangerous.

from:    http://earthquake-report.com/2012/09/04/major-earthquakes-list-september-5-2012/

September 2-8

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September 2-8

Overall Color for the Week:    Light Magenta

 

Vision and visions will all be part of the energy this week.  You can find yourself with eye issues — eyestrain, itchy eyes, blurry eyes, double images.  And then there can be the visions — seeing things that should not be there, crazy things on the periphery, shimmers and glimmers.  Be alert to these things as they are not your own craziness or health issues, rather they are indications of a new kind of seeing that you are developing.  The process will be gradual, but it is well to be aware of it.  That way, when it comes in with its full force, you will be ready.

This week, it is your time, your turn to let everyone know WHO you are.  This might seem scary, however there are so may people out there who are way too afraid to confront t the very thought that that they have a WHO, and your coming forward can cause quite a reverberation among those who are ready.  As for you, well, you will be finding that things will not seem to be working for you in the ways that you wanted them to, but, guess what, they are actually working in the perfect way in which to connect you to what is gong on a larger scale and there is much that you will be seeing and discovering as a result of this.  Be prepared for some emotional issues, even traumas, as people you thought were close to you begin to fly off in other trajectories. That is good.  We all need to know where we are right now and where it is that we are going.  Be supportive.  It might be difficult, but as time goes by, it will be rewarding.

On the larger scale… Uh oh.  That is exactly the way things will be.  There is no predicting what will be happening with the weather as storms build, recede, even seem to dissipate and then, bam, they are back, as though they floated into a time warp for a bit and reappeared somewhere else.  This might leave you pondering just where is the Bermuda Triangle.  There will be much emotional stuff, heartbreak, destructions, havoc, war, injuries, and this is not the end, rather it is a signpost to call upon you to tae a look, take heed, see what is going on, know where you fit in the whole thing.  No one will be unaffected. The politicians will become even more absurd this week.  People need to ground and see them for what they are.  The old and the new are clashing right now, and out of that conflict oftentimes comes unbelievable absurdity.  SO we see these things.  There is more to come.  Meanwhile, tend your garden.  Know what is true.  Know what is real.  Know what is important to you.  Focus on your highest good, and you will see so much more coming into focus than you ever though possible.

 

Sunday, September 2:    Red

This is a day on which you will find yourself falling pretty quickly into feelings of guilt, inadequacy, and fear, and just as quickly you will be seeing these things for what they are and moving on.  When you find this happening, it is a good time to congratulate yourself for how far you have come.  This is an affirmation of the fact that your perspective has shifted and you have moved from the limited field of what others think about you into the larger arena of WHO you are.  Another theme right now is that of law and moving beyond law. Take time to think what law means to you on all levels, not only local law, but also the law of the Universe.  This is a day when you can move more into what it is that defines you and set your own boundaries.  You have overcome the fear of what others might think so now take time to construct your own super world.

Monday, September 3:    Blush Pink

Labor Day:  There are so many different strands of energetic vibration hitting the Earth today that you might find yourself feeling out of things all together.  Yes, you can go through all the routine motions and activities associated with the morning, however you keep feeling as though something is off.  There is a nagging sense in your head that can cloud some of your decisions, so take time if you have things to do and look at all the various options.  Right now, with all the shifting and changing, things that once seemed crystal clear are no longer so.  You may feel a bit befuddles.  You are finding that your tastes are changing.  That juicy grilled treat may not seem quite so enticing.  From this point on, it is good to put aside some time every day to mediate, just to unwind.  You are feeling the beginnings of these internal movements today and they will continue as the year winds down.  There will be signs today.  You will know them when you see them.

Tuesday, September 4:     Zephyr Blue

This is a day on which you will feel yourself torn between your present and your future.  This can lead to confusions because you are not sure yet just what you want that future to be.  It is time to work with your inner knowing to create the intention for the tomorrow that you desire.  The first step is, as always, to ground.  Connection is of utmost importance today.  Take time to look around and see the connections that are important to you, the relationships that define you, the scenarios in which you find your joy, etc..  These are not only such things as people and places, rather connections imply ideas, places, things, songs, sunsets, walks, etc.  You know.

Wednesday, September 5:    Yellow Ochre

You may find yourself going over and over things in your mind — stuff you did, things others did to you, how what you expected to happen did not materialize the way you thought it would.  This is all part of the shift of perspective that is happening right now.  Expectations have changed because the context in which they were scribed have changed.  There is something new on the horizon.  Today will be both a beginning and an ending for you.  It is important in this energy to be aware of what is going on around you.  Take care in traffic.  If people become combative, back down.  If things take more time than you allotted, let your sense of humor be the commentator.  And in the evening, celebrate.  Celebrate yourself, all you can do, all you know, all that you got through today.  In this energy it is good to put yourself at the forefront so that you do not belittle your own greatness.

Thursday, September 6:    Dark Blue

This is a day of secrets and deceptions.  It is not a good time to commit to any activity or job as there may be hidden elements which will not be revealed to you until later, when you no longer have the ability to opt out.  Listen to your intuition and follow the true counsel of your heart.  There is a good possibility of an important announcement coming out today.  It is important to be discriminating because of the craziness of the energy.  You want to know what is true.  You can find yourself in some situations in which you will know who is really your friend.  In the evening, relax, meditate, create, journal, stretch.  These kinds of activities will assist in putting things in perspective.

New Sunspot Forming

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SUNSPOT AR1564: The next strong flare could be just around the corner. Sunspot AR1564 is growing rapidly and has developed a ‘beta-gamma’ magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class flares. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory took this picture of the active region during the early hours of Sept. 4th:

NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of M-flares during the next 24 hours. Any eruptions will likely be Earth-directed as the active region is turning toward our planet

from:    spaceweather.com

TS Leslie – Latest fr/Dr. Jeff Masters

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Disorganized Leslie headed towards Bermuda
Published: 4:18 PM GMT on September 03, 2012

Tropical Storm Leslie continues to struggle with moderately high wind shear of 15 – 20 knots, due to strong upper-level winds out of the northwest. The shear is keeping heavy thunderstorms confined to the southeast quadrant of the storm. These thunderstorms are as far removed from the center as we’ve so far with Leslie, as seen on satellite loops. According to the latest SHIPS model forecast, the shear is expected to stay moderately high through Tuesday night, then drop to the low category, 5 – 10 knots, by Wednesday night. At that time, Leslie will be over warm ocean waters of 29°C, and the reduction in shear and warm waters should allow Leslie to intensify into at least a Category 1 hurricane by Friday, as predicted by most of the intensity forecast models. Intensification to a stronger storm may be hampered by its slow motion, which will cause Leslie to churn up cool water from the depths that will slow intensification. Once Leslie begins moving more quickly on Saturday, this effect will diminish, and Leslie could be at Category 2 strength on Saturday, as predicted by the HWRF and LGEM models. Steering currents for Leslie are expected to be weak on Tuesday – Friday, as Leslie gets stuck between two upper level lows. The latest guidance from our top computer continues to show Leslie making a very close pass by Bermuda on Saturday, and that island can expect a 3-day period of rough weather Friday through Sunday. Leslie will stay stuck in a weak steering current environment until a strong trough of low pressure approaches the U.S. East Coast on Saturday. This trough should be strong enough to pull Leslie quickly to the north on Saturday and Sunday, and Leslie may be close enough to the coast that the storm will make landfall in Canada on Monday, September 10. None of the reliable models have shown that a direct hit on New England will occur, but we can’t rule that possibility out yet. The most likely long-term fate of Leslie will be for it to miss land entirely and brush by the coasts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, but any forecast of what a tropical cyclone might do a full seven days in advance is pretty speculative. Regardless, Leslie will bring an extended period of high waves to Bermuda, the U.S. East Coast, and Nova Scotia and Newfoundland this week. These waves will be capable of causing significant beach erosion and dangerous rip currents.


Figure 1. Morning satellite image of Tropical Storm Leslie. The low-level circulation center is fully exposed to view, thanks to strong northwest winds creating 15 – 20 knots of wind shear.

Invest 99L in the Central Atlantic
A small extratropical low pressure system that got cut off from the jet stream and is now spinning away in the Central Atlantic, near 26°N 42°W, (Invest 99L), is headed west at 10 mph, and has developed a small amount of heavy thunderstorm activity. This storm is not a threat to any land areas, and in their 8 am EDT Tropical Weather Outlook on Monday, NHC gave 99L a 30% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone by Wednesday morning.

On Moving Beyond Fear

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Hale Dwoskin

Author, ‘The Sedona Method’

Success Tips: Push Past Your Fear

Most of us would love to be more successful, yet we often feel stuck at our current level of success or feel that just getting by is always going to be the way we live our lives. We watch the news and see the statistics about what is going on in the world, and we can feel there is not much we can do to truly change our fortune.

No matter your current level of success, there are ways for you to eliminate the internal blocks holding you back from living life more fully, as opposed to watching life pass you by.

We all share common blocks. Just by seeing that these blocks are only thoughts, feelings, and beliefs, you can let them go and start to break free. If you allow yourself to do even a little conscious exploration of these apparent obstacles, you can discover that nothing can truly hold you back unless you allow it.

The following are the four most common inner obstacles to success:

1) Giving Up Before You Have Even Started
It is important to learn from our past successes and failures; however, most of us let them dictate what we attempt and how we approach the possibility of success. We often do not even try to move forward if the circumstances mirror past situations we feel we have not mastered. This all results in us backing through life rather than moving forward with open hearts and minds. We avoid the new and keep repeating the same strategies that have either failed or brought mediocrity in the past, while hoping for a different result.

2) Letting Fear Decide
We often let our fears, doubts, and anxieties decide for us how to succeed without checking to see if they are true. A friend told me that great adage: FEAR equals False Evidence Appearing Real. If we challenge the validity of our fears, we can discover that most are either completely unfounded, highly exaggerated, or can be easily overcome. Fear is just a feeling that we can let go of if we choose. When we stop letting our fear dictate what we can or cannot do, we find all sorts of new possibilities opening up.

3) Following the Herd
Most of us live life following the herd. We are like lemmings following our brethren off the cliff. The news and our friends tell us times are rough, and we earnestly believe them and act accordingly. Yet even in the worst of times, some people are still succeeding and even thriving. This is not to say that you ignore facts and pretend all is well when it is not. You simply examine the facts with clear reason and openness to your intuitive knowingness and discover what is true for you. When you allow yourself to challenge conventional beliefs about the state of the world, you can start to uncover the opportunities that are here for you right now.

4) Allowing Yourself To Be Sold
We are being sold all the time (even by ourselves), and when we buy the latest pitch, it can sometimes have disastrous results. When we buy the pitch of others, we often spend money we do not have. We can also start to feel like we are not enough or do not have enough, even when the opposite is obviously true. When we sell ourselves, we can plunge blindly into bad investments and stay with bad career choices long past the time that we should be covering our losses or changing our directions. In both cases, we feed our lust by imagining how great it would be for things to turn out well while ignoring all the signs that things are going in the opposite direction.

All four of these common blocks are not as real as they appear. By being open to this understanding, you will start letting them go.

Here’s a process you can use to go beyond these blocks. I also recommend that you find your own tools, techniques, and perspectives to help you find your way.

  1. Allow yourself to think of how any one of the four blocks is affecting your success right now. (You can repeat this on all four blocks as well any others.)
  2. In this moment, can you simply allow yourself to welcome whatever thoughts, feelings, or beliefs this brings into awareness? In other words, just stop fighting for a moment and notice what is actually here now.
  3. Could you allow yourself to welcome all of your desire to fix or change this and all of your desire to do something with or about this? Note that I am not saying that you should not take appropriate action — this is simply welcoming the energy that may be in the way.
  4. Could you welcome any sense that this is personal — about you or who or what you are? I know it feels personal. I’m not asking you deny that. I’m suggesting that if we welcome how personal we’ve made this apparent block, we can see beyond the personal to what is your highest and best good in this moment.
  5. Could you allow yourself to welcome your intuitive knowingness and clear reason and invite this inner power to lead you to a solution? You can also ask yourself: What is the simplest or most outrageous action you can take right now to move beyond this block? The more we open to our own clear reason and knowingness, the more likely we are to find real, lasting solutions.
  6. Now allow yourself to get into any constructive action.

As we allow ourselves to move beyond our blocks to success, we can start to find creative and intelligent ways to allow more success into our lives and the lives of those we care about. There are always more possibilities than it may seem if you are open to them.

from:    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hale-dwoskin/success-tips_b_1837106.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living