Mooncycles and quakes

This information is given by Mitch Batross from Earthchanges TV.
Explanation of the corelation between lunar eclises and QAuakes:
The science behind the connection between lunar events and earthquakes indicates it is the act of "fluid displacement" which is the culprit. Not just seawater of the oceans, but also fresh waters of large lakes, magma, and even oil. During the phases of a Full Lunar Eclipse, gravity is increased and water (fluid) rises. This in turn puts increased pressure on tectonic plates. The reverse is also a culprit. When the event phases of a 'new moon' occur, fluids retract. It is the "displacement"--- whether it is the expanding or the contracting, which causes the plates to shift.
What I am about to tell you should be considered 'conjecture', however what I will layout below is pure unabated fact. As many of you know, I am a researcher and author who among other items, study the science-of-cycles. What I see coming based on this science is worthy of announcement.
This is not a warning of imminent danger, but rather a 'tap on the shoulder' to be aware of the coming full moon eclipse on August 28th and what history tells us might occur. There appears to be a noticeable cycle of escalation in earthquake and volcanic activity within two weeks prior and/or two weeks after a full lunar eclipse. If this holds true, you might want to mark your calendars from August 14th to September 12th. These dates indicate two weeks prior to the August 28th full lunar eclipse, and two week after the event. This is an area of research which brings both worlds together. The world of (old) ancient text, and the world of (new) modern science. They both tell us of "cycles". You might remember my frequent guest, Carlos Barrios Mayan Elder, told us in our June 19th interview: "Watch for disruption to occur in the time between late July and late August. The energy will be very intense".
Here are the dates of full lunar eclipse from 2001 to 2010
2001 Jan 09 2003 May 16 2003 Nov 09 2004 May 04 2004 Oct 28 2007 Mar 03
And here is what happened: Events which occurred within two weeks prior and/or two weeks after the last six full lunar eclipse.
January 2001 - (India) A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook the Indian Province of Gujarat. It was one of the two most deadly earthquakes to strike India in its recorded history. The death toll was 19,727, number of injured at 166,000, over 600,000 people were left homeless, with 348,000 houses destroyed and an additional 844,000 damaged.
May 2003 - (Turkey) At least 176 people have died and 521 people were injured after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that shook the eastern Turkey's Bingol province. Several public buildings collapsed in the centre of Bingol city and its vicinity. The last official report concerning the consequences of the earthquake in the city indicates about 570 buildings were collapsed and about 6000 others were damaged.
May 2003 - (Algiers) A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitude struck the coastal region east of Algiers and the Tell Atlas mountains of Algeria. 2,251 people died, another 1,200 missing, 10,243 were injured and 200,000 made homeless.
May 2003 - (Japan) A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan, however, there were no casualties and very few people were injured due to the depth (about 44 miles underground) of the epicenter of the earthquake.
October 2003 - (China) A magnitude 6.1 earthquake kills nine, and more than 43 people were injured after two earthquakes jolted northwest China's Gansu Province. Over 10,000 homes have been destroyed, leaving their occupants exposed to temperatures that can fall below freezing, according to Gansu provincial seismological bureau.
April 2004 - (United States) Yellowstone Super Volcano experienced over 400 quakes within three days. This type of increase in earthquake activity is called a "swarm". Parts of the caldera were closed to the public with areas of surface temperatures reaching over 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Some reports were telling of the sole of on-lookers shoes were melting just prior to the area's closing.
October 2004 - (Japan) A series of powerful earthquakes the strongest with a magnitude of 6.7 jolted northern Japan, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 2000 people largely as the result of building collapse. The strongest earthquakes occurred during a period of several hours with the main epicenter located near Yamakoshi village, Niigata Prefecture. Thousands of landslides were triggered by the earthquakes and aftershocks with much associated damage to roads, agricultural fields, and residential.
March 2004 - (United States) An ongoing swarm of small earthquakes began in the Three Sisters volcanic center in the central Oregon Cascade Range. The earthquakes are occurred in the northeast part of an area centered 5 kilometers (3 miles) west of South Sister volcano in which the ground has been uplifted by as much as 25 cm (about 10 inches) since late 1997.
February 2004 - (Morocco) A 6.4 magnitude earthquake in northern Morocco near the coastal city of al Hoceima killed 628 people and left 15,000 homeless

The question that no-one can answer?

Academics at the London University New Academic Terminology Information Centre (L.U.N.A.T.I.C.) have announced that their 20 year search for the "Question that has no answer" has finally ended. The question, first shown at the L.U.N.A.T.I.C. annual conference in Whitby Bay last year resulted in a team being locked away to try and find an answer."We think we do have the question which has no answer" beamed a slightly bleary eyed Professor. "Despite the combined efforts of England's leading academics, Leading Dictionary owners, Department of Culture, and various famous authors no answer has been found"
The question to which there is no answer is: "What is the opposite of opposite?"
Some sources say Oxford & Cambridge, Collins and Wykpedia have offered (UK) £100,000 for the first person to give the answer.What is opposite to opposite - think about it. Other subjects under scrutiny by people who have absolutely no life include: Why are wrong numbers never engaged? What was the best thing before sliced bread? And why are bees knees so special?
Is this like "the song that never ends, it just goes on and on my friend......."

Super microscope, Synchrotron

Scientists say the opening of a super microscope in Melbourne will transform Australia's scientific landscape and bring millions of dollars into the national economy. The Australian synchrotron, built in south-east Melbourne, harnesses beams of electrons creating light a million times brighter than the sun which is used in science and industrial research. Medical research director Suzanne Cory, of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, said the synchrotron would change Australian science by turning the nation's "brain-drain into brain-gain". "This synchrotron will transform Australia's science agenda across many fields," Professor Cory said. "People who previously felt they needed to work overseas to get access to a synchrotron for their science will be able to rethink their career plan, and we will attract scientists from other countries to join us," she said. Opening the synchrotron on Tuesday, Victorian Premier John Brumby said it would herald a new era in research. Synchrotrons can be used for research in medicine, manufacturing, mining and mineral processing, forensics, the environment, pharmaceuticals, biology, forestry, agriculture, micro-machining and nano-technology. The Australian project, which is the size of a football field, has been partially running for more than a month.It is expected to bring an extra $110 million a year into the national economy, creating an extra 2,500 direct and indirect jobs, Mr Brumby said. CSIRO researcher Jeff Church says he plans to use the synchrotron to find the cause of Devil Facial Tumour Disease, a deadly cancer affecting Tasmanian devils. He will develop a test to diagnose the disease among Tasmanian devils captured in the field. The synchrotron generates radiation, or light, when an electron beam is deflected by magnets. The light beam is used to probe samples of material.Five beamlines are now operating and four more are under design and construction at the machine site in Clayton, in Melbourne's south-east. Overseas researchers have used synchrotron technology in producing designer medicines, creating flat screen computers and extending the life of jet engines.It has also been used in developing smoother chocolate and more absorbent disposable nappies.There are more than 40 synchrotrons in the world and Australia's rates in the top 10, according to information from the Victorian government, which contributed $157 million to the $207 million machine.Other funding partners include Australian and New Zealand consortia.The federal government has contributed a further $14 million to enable additional capabilities on the initial beamlines.
addendum:
What is a synchrotron device — a sub-atomic particle accelerator.
Synchrotrons are now mostly used for producing monochromatic high intensity X-ray beams; here, the synchrotron is the circular track, off which the beamlines branch.
A synchrotron is a particular type of cyclic particle accelerator in which the magnetic field (to turn the particles so they circulate) and the electric field (to accelerate the particles) are carefully synchronized with the travelling particle beam. They were originally developed by Luis Walter Alvarez to study high-energy particle physics.

the economy explained through cows, a unique yet acurate view

Political Models explained with Cows - 2007 update

SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour.
COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and you wait in a queue for hours to get some milk which by that time is sour.
FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk.
NAZISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you.
BUREAUCRATISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away...
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.
SURREALISM You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.
ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at
the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back , with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of
the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to
your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States
, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull.
THE ANDERSEN MODEL You have two cows. You shred them
A FRENCH CORPORATION You have two cows. You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads,because you want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon'and market it worldwide.
A GERMAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch.
A RUSSIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. The mafia comes and takes all the cows away but you haven't noticed that.
A SWISS CORPORATION You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them.
A CHINESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity. You arrest and behead the newsman who reported the real situation.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You worship them.
A BRITISH CORPORATION You have two cows. Both are mad.
AN IRAQI CORPORATION Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy....
A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.
AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.

Emergency bag

Sydneysiders are being urged to have a "Go Bag" packed ready for serious emergencies, such as big storms, fires and terrorist attacks.The bags should be easy to carry, stored at home and at work and contain important documents, maps, phone numbers, insurance details, AM/FM radio, first-aid kit, spare set of keys, coins and spare glasses or contact lenses.I would add torch and batteries, bottle of water and chocolate bar for that energy boost and rescue remedy, disposable poncho, basic first aid kit, swiss army pen knife.The bags are part of a four-point guide to preparing for a major incident in the CBD, launched by the City of Sydney council.The Let's Get Ready Sydney guide encourages developing a personal emergency plan with family and friends, so that they all know what to do, where to meet and how to communicate in an emergency, when mobile phone services might be disrupted.The guide also suggests becoming familiar with workplace evacuation points and remembering to tune in to radio and TV stations for updates.Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the guide, which is part of a wider public education campaign of bus stop advertising and website www.getreadysydney.com.au, was designed to encourage people to be prepared."A serious emergency such as a fire, hazardous materials incident, flood, severe storm or transport accident, could cause significant disruption to the community and will require a coordinated and immediate response," Ms Moore said."These incidents would have an impact on Sydneysiders and their families and friends and it's important that people think about what to do if they are directly involved, or if regular transport arrangements or mobile phones are affected."Council staff will be handing out the pocket guides at CBD railway stations this week and spare copies will be available at neighbourhood service centres.

I think this is a highly commendable stance that Sydney Council has taken.
Let's be prepared (not pranoid) for what ever may come our way!
Ten points!

Snow warning (the event that didn't happen)

SES issues wide snow warning for NSW.As temperatures plummet across NSW this week the State Emergency Service (SES) has issued an unusually wide snow warning for the state.Snow is expected to fall in the Central and Southern Tablelands to rare lows of 600 metres above sea level.Snow more often falls at 1,000-1,100 metres.SES spokesman Craig Ronan said the SES was regularly called upon when it snowed."It's lower than usual, people in these areas have had snowfalls before but because snow is predicted for 600 metres, more roads will affected and a wider area."People may be isolated, (with a) loss of power, roads closed, so we want them to be prepared," he said. SES Region specific snow plans exist for a number of locations along the NSW Great Dividing Range.The Bureau of Meteorology predicts snow in the Central Tablelands and Southern Tablelands over the next days.Falls are likely on the western slopes of the divide and major centres like Blayney, Orange, Oberon and Bathurst.Power may be lost if snow is heavy enough to bring down trees and branches onto powerlines.The SES recommends residents in these areas prepare for the possibility of several days of isolation.Recommended survival tools include a battery powered torch and radio, cooking equipment, heaters, medicines and fuel.

Well done SES! You must be all boy scouts, "be prepared"

The Sun: The Real Climate Driver

this is info I have been waiting for.
Debunking the whole global warming (I won't say myth)figures that have been "interpreted" in the most profitable and controlling manner for the powers who control the world economy behind the scenes and move the pawns of humanity as they please. I'm including the first half of the summary put forward by Mitch Batros from Earthchanges TV as there is quite a bit. The information is obviously a summary of the true findings put out to the scientific community in Febrary of this year and just now to the plebs. Enjoy!
Now that the latest IPCC report which was announced in February 2007, and just now made public and available to all scientists, immediate blowback has forced the IPCC to recant many of their exaggerated studies. No surprise to many of us who know of the political fingerprints all over this mess --- of which they are trying to claim as science. Thank God there are enough of us who have not fallen prey to the lock-step fascism as presented by the global warming army. Let's not forget Al Gore, their commander-in-chief, has told the world: "The scientific data is in, there is no more debate. You are either with me, or you are with the polluters, now what's it going to be". (Al Gore).A recent report by Joseph D'Aleo - ICECAP (Intl' Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project) has presented an outstanding overview of the recent discoveries fraught throughout the IPCC report. The report's final summaries had several failings. First, it blindly accepts a 20th-century carbon dioxide rise of 36 percent, when direct measurements (1) suggest the change is closer to 15 percent. Their models assume an annual increase of 1 percent, although over the last 50 years the long-term annual average consistently has been less than half that, 0.43 percent. Their models treat the oceans as distilled water when in reality they are an infinite buffer for atmospheric CO2. Burning all the Earth's fossil fuels would amount to no more than a 20 percent increase. It could never double (2). In any event, ice cores tell us carbon dioxide lags, not leads, the temperatures by as much as 800 years.
The IPCC acknowledges no problems with the global data bases, stating urbanization has a negligible effect on global changes, and ignoring dozens of peer review papers that show urban contamination is significant (in diverse areas including China, central Europe, and even Barrow, Alaska). During the 20th century, the population of the world increased four-fold, from 1.5 billion to 6 billion. More and more areas are urbanized. Airports, once rural, find cities growing around them. The report ignores the fact that total global stations decreased by 66 percent after 1990, and there was a ten-fold increase in months with no reported data from the remaining stations, mainly in the former Soviet Union and Africa. They also ignore the issue that the majority of world stations may not meet World Meteorological Organization standards for sitting instruments, a problem that has also been widely documented in peer review journals. They ignore the half-dozen peer review papers suggesting that these problems could well account for 50 percent or more of the warming shown for the world data bases. The National Climatic Data Center has a network of 1,221 stations in the U.S. that is more stable and continuous than the rest of the worlds. Those stations adjust for urbanization and thus are more likely to produce data that more accurately represents the climate change picture. Data from those stations show changes that are cyclical in nature with a smaller rise over time, some man-made and some natural.When dealing with cycles such as those shown in the long range graphs, trends in changes are best determined by looking at maximum to maximum and minimum to minimum. In both cases, the changes are just 0.25 degree Fahrenheit over 75 years or 0.37 degree Fahrenheit for the entire record. This is well under half the global trend and the often quoted U.S. temperature trend. (The late 90s are the apparent peak, as many of the measures have been declining, certainly in the last 5 years.) This same cyclical behavior can be seen in Greenland and the Arctic.What could be behind the temperature cycles? The data strongly indicates it is the Sun and oceans, whose cycles are very much in-sync with the observed station data.