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Friday, January 31, 2014

RIDING 30 FOOT WAVES - NOW, THIS IS EXTREME SURFING

‘It was a once-in-a-lifetime break’: St. Ives surfer becomes first British man to ride deadly 30-foot ‘Killers’ wave off coast of Mexico
  • Surfer Tom Lowe traveled the coast of Baja, Mexico to ride the huge swells of Todos Santos for the first time
  • The huge surf forms in a channel off the remote island - 12 miles out to sea
  • The enormous waves are known as one of the most dangerous and deadly on Earth
  • The St. Ives surfer conquered at 30-foot swell for the first time on Saturday - joining the greats of the surf world
See breathtaking pictures here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2549054/It-lifetime-break-St-Ives-surfer-British-man-ride-deadly-30-foot-Killers-wave-coast-Mexico.html

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EARTH'S MAGNETOPHERE IN PERIL - FORGET ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING, THIS COULD BE CATASTROPHIC

 

Earth's magnetic field is collapsing and it could affect the climate and wipe out power grids

  • Earth's magnetic field has weakened by 15 per cent over the last 200 years
  • Could be a sign that the planet's north and south poles are about to flipIf this happens, solar winds could punch holes into the Earth's ozone layer
  • This could damage power grids, affect weather and increase cancer rates
  • Evidence of flip happening in the past has been uncovered in pottery
  • As the magnetic shield weakens, the spectacle of an aurora would be visible every night all over the Earth

THE BULLET THAT CAN TAKE OUT ALL LIVING ORGANS


New bullet unveiled at Las Vegas gun show this month that is designed to cause as much internal damage as possible to its victim

  • The Radically Invasive Projectile or R.I.P is produced by Georgia based G2 Research
  • It has been dubbed the 'last round you will ever need'
  • The G2R website claims the R.I.P acts as a full metal jacket manufactured with trocar angles, which means that the each of the eight shards has three angles which taper to a point - to 'penetrate the dermis layer more efficiently.'   'It is capable of going through barriers such as sheet rock, plywood, sheet metal or glass and still performs its original intent. The bullet shreds through solid objects and only then, expands its energy,' claims the G2R website.

    Read more and see illustrations
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2547765/New-devastating-hollow-R-I-P-bullet-dubbed-round-need-released-single-women-protect-homes.html

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    ANGRY BIRDS WEBSITE HACKED - AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF GATHERING DATA ABOUT USERS


    The web site of Angry Birds app maker Rovio has been hacked two days after reports that the personal data of its customers might have been accessed by U.S. and British spy agencies. 
     
    Rovio spokeswoman says the hacking lasted a few minutes early Wednesday and that end-user data 'was in no risk at any point.'  The hacking came after documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden suggested that the NSA and Britain's GCHQ had been able to extract information through a host of smartphone apps across the globe, including the Angry Birds game franchise.  Rovio has denied the claims, saying it does not "share data, collaborate or collude" with any spy agencies and that it would re-evaluate third-party advertising networks.
     
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    THE GERMAN JIHADISTS' COLONY IN SYRIA

     
    By Benjamin Weinthal
    19th December 2013 -
    The Long War Journal 
                 
    Germany's Syria policy is one of the most paradoxical within the European Union. In contrast to her French and British counterparts, Chancellor Angela Merkel has opposed all forms of military intervention and lethal aid designed to topple Bashar al Assad's regime.
     
    Yet a steady stream of German Muslims continues to enter the war zone and embrace jihad. To be fair, sizable numbers of Muslims (as of early December, between 1,500 and 2,000) from across Europe have managed to travel to Syria because of lax Turkish border policies and the wide latitude afforded to those with Western passports.
     

    GERMANY REVIVES THE NAZI BOYCOTT OF JEWISH PRODUCTS


    After the Second World War Germans continued to be involved - in one way or another - in the killing of Jews.
     
    Escaped Nazi criminals escaped to Arab countries after the war with the specific goal of training the PLO to terrorize and kill Jews. 
     
    East Germany gave open support to Arab terrorists during the Cold War.  They armed them, they trained them, they hosted them in Germany.
     
    Now unified Germany continues to pressure Israel to give up its ancient heartland in order to create another Arab state on Biblical Jewish Israel.
     
    German pressure does not seem to be enough.  Germans are now part of an vicious boycott of Israeli products that originate from Israeli land the Arabs demand for their planned Islamic Palestinian state.
     
    Funny, the Germans did not want the Jews in Europe, and now they don't want Jews in their own Jewish land either. 


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    Picture of vandalized Jewish shop in Germany during  the German boycott of Jewish shops by the Nazi regime.
     
    GERMANY REVIVES THE JEWISH BOYCOTT
     
    By Joseph Puder, Frontpage Magazine
     
    China employs slave labor and illegally occupies Tibet. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the governments of the entire Arab Middle East are violators of human rights, deniers of religious freedom, and for that matter, undemocratic to boot. And yet, none of these miscreant states are subjected to economic boycott.
     
    Israel’s products, however, originating in the biblical regions of Judea and Samaria (also called the West Bank), are being boycotted by none other than the German government. Germany now says it supports the European Union’s plan to discriminatively label Jewish-made products in this region, the purpose of which is to stigmatize and mark the products for consumers to avoid. The EU campaign is designed to curry favor with the Arab world, which smacks more than anything of Jew-hating.
     
    The German government’s resolution that considers Judea and Samaria as not being part of Israel and thus supports labeling products from Jewish settlements was initiated by the Green Party, not by Merkel’s Christian Democratic Party. Nevertheless, making it law amounts to what Denis MacShane, former British Labor Party MP and expert on anti-Semitism called, ‘Kauf nicht bei Juden’ (“Do not buy from Jews”) policy.
     
    Read more - http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-puder/germany-revives-the-jewish-boycott/
     
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    GERMAN NEO-NAZIS HELPED ARABS PERPETRATE MASSACRE OF ISRAELIS AT THE MUNICH OLYMPICS
    http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/files-show-neo-nazis-helped-palestinian-terrorists-in-munich-1972-massacre-a-839467.html


    1981 report - East Germany trained and armed Palestinian terrorists to kill Jews
    http://www.jta.org/1981/11/24/archive/east-germany-to-hike-its-arms-assistance-to-the-plo

    How Europe boycotts Israel's goods
    http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/12550#.UuvjVZsWKM8

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    MILLIONS OF YAHOO E-MAIL PASSWORDS HAVE BEEN STOLEN

    How many Yahoo email passwords have REALLY been stolen? Firm admits 'coordinated attack' - but refuses to say how many of its 237 million accounts are affected
    • Usernames and passwords of its email customers have been stolen and used to access accounts in a 'coordinated attack'
    • Users affected have been emailed or sent an SMS
    • Yahoo is the second-largest email service worldwide, after Google's Gmail
    • Company 'working with federal law enforcement' on the issue
    Read more
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2549123/Have-millions-Yahoo-email-account-passwords-stolen-Firm-admits-theft-refuses-say-237-million-accounts-affected.html

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    THE TERRIFYING MOMENT WHEN YOUR PLANE ENTERS STORM CLOUDS

     
    Flying into the storm: Photographs capture those dreaded moments for airline passengers when your jet enters giant clouds...
    The incredible snaps, which look like a scene from an apocalyptic horror movie, were taken by photographer Ramon Stalenhoef, 39, not from a plane or helicopter, but from the balcony of his apartment in Amsterdam.
    Read more and see pictures
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2548628/Incredible-snaps-airliners-approaching-storm-clouds-Amsterdam.html

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    SNOWY OWL HIT BY BUS IN WASHINGTON DC - INJURED BUT ALIVE

    By Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post
     
    The majestic snowy owl that has captivated the District in recent days was apparently hit by a bus downtown early Thursday. It suffered a broken toe and possible internal injuries.  The adult owl was struck near 15th and I streets NW and taken by police to the National Zoo, where it was treated. The owl also may have suffered a head injury.  Upon arrival at the zoo, the owl was alert and responsive but subdued, officials there said. There were no obvious physical injuries, although there was blood on the bird and in its mouth, which is consistent with head trauma.

    US GOVERNMENT BORDER PLAN FOR ISRAEL AIMS AT ANOTHER HOLOCAUST

    By Ari Yashar, Israel National News

    'US Plans Auschwitz Borders To Complete Holocaust'

    Attorney Yoram Sheftel notes American and European complicity in the Holocaust, warns against submitting to current pressure.
     
    Attorney and current affairs analyst Yoram Sheftel remarked that this week, following International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it is particularly timely to remember the global complicity in the Holocaust, and heed the warnings not to rely on the world again.
     
    "Precisely this week it's important to remember the crimes of the European countries, Russia and the US that secretly in their hearts hoped (Nazi leader Adolf) Hitler would finish the job" and wipe out the Jewish people, commented Sheftel to Arutz Sheva.
     

    Wednesday, January 29, 2014

    THE COLDEST CITY ON EARTH - YAKUTSK, RUSSIA - AT -50 CELSIUS

    The city of Yakutsk. Located six time zones from the Russian capital, 280 miles south of the of the Arctic Circle, and with an average winter temperature of just below -40C, it can (un)comfortably claim the title Coldest City on Earth. 
     
    The swing in temperature between seasons is extreme, as it is not unusual for summer days to bask in 25C of glorious sunshine, only for the winter months to plunge 60 degrees - or more.  The record low for Yakutsk was an unbearable February day when the mercury hit -64.4C, however today, the city experienced a 'mere' -49C.
    The ground underneath it is permanently frozen, making tall buildings difficult, and any major building project risky, as nearly everything has to be built on concrete piles above ground.  Despite the deterring conditions - forget snow days, schools only close if the temperature drops below -52C - it is home to 270,000 people, a quarter of the entire population of Siberia.
    Read more and see pictures
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2548176/Feeling-cold-Share-thought-residents-coldest-city-earth-currently-MINUS-50C.html

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    ARCTIC WINTER IN THE AMERICAN DEEP SOUTH - THE CHAOS

    Deep South in chaos: Vicious winter storm leaves hundreds of cars abandoned on icy roads littered with pile-ups - as thousands are stranded and forced to sleep in schools, offices and grocery stores

    DRONE VIEW OF THE MOMENT WHEN GIANT BOULDER ROLLED DOWNHILL AND FLATTENED HOUSE BARN IN ITALY

     
    Amazing drone footage has captured the trail of destruction left by a rockfall in northern Italy.  Approximately 4,000 cubic metres of rock broke off a cliff face and then crashed through a barn and vineyards in Tramin on January 21.  One giant rock rolled through a 300-year-old barn destroying it completely before coming to an eventual stop in a field near a second boulder, which seems to have been dislodged in a previous rockslide.
     
    Read more and see pictures and video here -
     
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    TIGER SWIMS UNDERWATER TO CATCH SNACKS - PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURES THOSE TERRIFYING JAWS

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    Eating underwater is grrrrrreat!
    Big cat who dives in pool for his food, caught on camera
    The moment a big cat took the plunge and chased a meaty treat to the bottom of its enclosure at a wildlife park in California has been caught on camera.  This series of amazing pictures shows the tiger fully submerged in the pool, as it chased after a piece of meat. Californian photographer Pam Wood captured the stunning images as keepers at the zoo found new ways to keep the big cats entertained.

    Whet the appetite: This tiger at a California zoo dives under the water as it chases a meaty snack

    Dive in: The stunning underwater photos were taken while zoo keepers fed the big cats

    On the prowl: The big cat chases after a lump of meat thrown in the pool by keepers

    Close call: In its rush to grab the food, a tiger crashes into a glass wall in its enclosure


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    OCCUPATION IS THE BEST SOLUTION, AGREE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS - IF THE OCCUPIER IS AN ARAB COUNTRY


    FROM ELDER OF ZIYON WEBSITE:
     
    Congress and White House agree: occupation is the best solution

    Did you know that the US wholeheartedly supports the occupation?

     









    Often forgotten among the current crises in the Middle East and North Africa, the unresolved territorial dispute over the Western Sahara has continued to impede closer cooperation among the countries of North Africa for more than 35 years. Approximately the size of Colorado, the territory is administered by the Government of Morocco and contested by a group known as the Polisario Front that operates refugee camps of between 35,000 and 90,000 people near Tindouf, Algeria. 

    Tuesday, January 28, 2014

    BIGGEST WHALE SHARK PROCESSING FACTORY FOUND IN CHINA - THE MASSACRE OF THESE CREATURES INCREASES WITH DEMAND

     
    A factory which processes around 600 whale sharks annually has been found in southern China, a conservation group said Monday, calling it the world's biggest slaughterhouse for the endangered species.  Hong Kong-based conservation group WildLifeRisk said it discovered the factory in the town of Pu Qi in Zhejiang province after a four-year investigation.
     
    It said the sharks are slaughtered and processed mostly to produce shark oil for health supplements.
     
    Undercover video footage produced by the group showed workers cutting up the large dotted back fins of whale sharks and other shark species.  "How these harmless creatures, these gentle giants of the deep, can be slaughtered on such an industrial scale is beyond belief," said a WildLifeRisk statement sent to AFP.  "It's even more incredible that this carnage is all for the sake of non-essential lifestyle props such as lipsticks, face creams, health supplements and shark fin soup." 

    WEIRD PHYSICS EXPERIMENT TO DEMONSTRATE REVERSE CAUSALITY, OR ENTANGLEMENT, OR SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE

    By Alan Boyle, Science Editor - NBC News
     
    Since 2007, University of Washington physicist John Cramer has been working with lasers and mirrors to conduct experiments aimed at demonstrating whether causality can appear to go backward in time, as observed in a specific reference frame.
     
    A physicist who has been looking for evidence that causality can go backward in time says he's making progress on nailing down the theoretical foundations for such quantum weirdness.  For years, the University of Washington's John Cramer has been trying to set up an experimental apparatus that would demonstrate what's known as "quantum nonlocal communication" — a characteristic of quantum mechanics that implies what you do to one entangled particle could affect what happens to a different particle earlier in time.
     
    When Cramer started working on the crowdfunded experiment in 2007, he expected either to find evidence of such retrocausality — which would blow our minds — or to find out that subtle quantum effects kept spoiling the experiment.  So far, Cramer's own experiments have played out according to the latter, less exciting scenario. But the physicist says he's been having "very fruitful discussions" with Anton Zeilinger and his colleagues at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information in Vienna. Like Cramer, Zeilinger is a pioneer in the study of quantum physics' spooky implications, including retrocausality.
     
    "I learned a lot," Cramer told NBC News in an email. "Result: After returning to Seattle, I was able to develop quantum mechanical calculations that reproduce the unpublished data of Zeilinger's group in testing an entangled photon setup similar to mine. These quantum calculations also point to a way of implementing nonlocal signaling."  Cramer said the new scheme differs significantly from his previous experimental setups and needs to be tested. "I'm presently working on generating funding for that test," he wrote.

    Source -
    http://www.nbcnews.com/science/physicists-weird-reverse-causality-experiment-goes-new-direction-2D11867397

    John Cramer is also the author of science fiction books.
    http://www.amazon.ca/Twistor-John-Cramer/dp/0380710277
    http://www.amazon.ca/Einsteins-Bridge-John-Cramer/dp/0380788314/ref=pd_sim_b_1

    RELATED
    NEW EVIDENCE PLANTS GET THEIR ENERGY USING QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT - WHAT EINSTEIN CALLED "SPOOKY ACTION"
    http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2014/01/new-evidence-plants-get-their-energy.html

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    VIDEO PHONE FOR PETS SO THAT THEY AND THEIR OWNERS CAN STAY IN TOUCH

    US company PetChatz has developed the novel device.  It allows owners to speak to pests through their smartphones.  The makers claim it will help assuage the guilt of leaving pets alone.
     
    The system features a colour camera that allows the owner to check on their pet.  And with animals said to be able to follow images much better on modern screens, it can see their owner’s familiar face once they are taught to respond to a calling tone.  It can also record clips over a wi-fi network.  Both cats and dogs can see in colour, although neither animal’s eyesight is as good as a human’s.  A special tone tells pets their owner is calling so they can be trained to run to the video phone.
     
    Read more and see pictures
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2547788/Even-Fidos-got-dog-bone-Owners-stay-contact-pooch-using-video-phone-pets.html

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    BRITAIN'S FLOODS - INCOMPETENCE BLAMED FOR MONTH LONG MISERY

    Drowning in misery: Homes flooded for a month, vast tracts of farmland wrecked, lives put on hold... all because of staggering incompetence

    • Huge swathes of the Somerset Levels have been under water since Christmas
    • Now experts say Environment Agency's decision to stop dredging rivers had created 25-square-mile 'disaster area'
    • Two key Somerset rivers are so silted up that their capacity is down 40 per cent, meaning water is unable to run to sea
    Furious flood victims last night accused officials of gross incompetence and abandoning them to the elements.  They said they feared the ‘worst was yet to come’ in the Somerset Levels, huge stretches of which have been under water since Christmas.

    EXTREME COLD GRIPS THE UNITED STATES SOUTH AND MIDWEST

    'Once in a generation' ice storm descends on South as brutal cold continues to blanket the Midwest - closing schools, freezing rivers and grounding more than 3,200 flights

    • Usually warm-weather destinations including Savannah, Georgia and Pensacola, Florida will see snow and ice today
    • Parts of the Midwest including Chicago and Minneapolis will endure a second consecutive day of subzero temperatures
    • 80 million people are affected by wind chill advisories
    • Schools and universities across the South and Midwest are closed, while airports and Amtrak have canceled journeys
    A blast of freezing rain will scatter snow and ice across the Deep South today, prompting officials from New Orleans to Virginia to ready road crews and close schools in what has been called a 'once in a generation' ice storm.  And as the winter storm system brings freezing snow and high winds to the South, the brutal cold temperatures will continue to rattle the Midwest throughout Tuesday.  Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and other parts of the Midwest will endure a second consecutive day of subzero highs, while much of the Northeast will see temperatures in the single digits and teens, Accuweather.com reported.

    See pictures of frozen cities and weather maps

     http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2547354/Once-generation-ice-storm-descends-South-brutal-cold-continues-blanket-Midwest-closing-schools-grounding-2-600-flights.html

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    STONE AGE ATLANTIS FOUND UNDER THE BALTIC SEA - IT HAS EXTINCT AUROCHS REMAINS

    Swedish divers unearth a 'Stone Age Atlantis': 11,000-year-old ancient settlement discovered under the Baltic Sea
    • Divers found a harpoon, tools, horns and the bones of ancient cattle
    • The bones belonged to the animal auroch last seen in the early 1600s
    • Archaeologists believe these relics date back to the Stone Age
    • It is said to be the oldest settlement in the area - dubbed Sweden’s 'Atlantis'
    Aurochs are ancestors of modern-day cattle and lived through Europe before becoming extinct in the early 1600s. The last reported auroch died in Poland in 1627.  This find is significant because it suggests a date for when these items would have been used.  Many of the artefacts have been preserved because the diving location is rich in a sediment called gyttja.  

    The artefacts were discovered by Professor Bjorn Nilsson from Soderton University, and a team from Lunds University, during an archaeological dive at Hano, off the coast of Skane County in Sweden.   Buried 16 metres below the surface, Nilsson uncovered wood, flint tools, animal horns and ropes

    Read more, see maps and pictures
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2546720/Swedish-divers-unearth-Stone-Age-Atlantis-11-000-year-old-ancient-settlement-discovered-Baltic-Sea.html

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    MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MAY BE TRIGGERED BY FOOD BACTERIA

     

    Multiple sclerosis may be triggered by FOOD: Toxin produced by common bacteria could cause disease

    • Microbiologists from the Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, built on previous research that suggested epsilon toxin could trigger M.S.
    • Epsilon toxin is produced by strains of Clostridium perfringens - a spore-forming bacterium that can cause of foodborne illness
    • Development of a neutralising antibody or vaccine directed against the epsilon toxin might stop the progression of the disease
    MS is characterised by blood brain permeability and demyelination - a process in which the insulating myelin sheaths of neurons are damaged.
     
    Microbiologist Jennifer Linden of Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, said: ‘We provide evidence that supports epsilon toxin’s ability to cause permeability and show that epsilon toxin kills the brain’s myelin producing cells, oligodendrocytes - the same cells that die in MS lesions.’

    Multiple Sclerosis or MS is known as an autoimmune condition.  This is where something goes wrong with the immune system - the body’s defence against infection - and it mistakenly attacks healthy body tissue – in this case, the myelin covering of nerves.  This can cause multiple sections of the brain and spinal column to become damaged and hardened, which can disrupt the nerve signals passing through these areas.  Exactly what causes the immune system to act in this way is unclear, but most experts think a combination of genetic and environmental factors are involved.  This new study finds that epsilon toxin could be one of the triggers.
    Read more - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2547543/Multiple-sclerosis-triggered-FOOD.html
     
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    FUKUSHIMA ECOCIDE NEWS ROUNDUP - JANUARY 28, 2014 - TOLL ON SEA WILDLIFE

    Click on any of the following:

    Radioactive cesium in ocean from Fukushima reached 50,000 times the levels seen after Chernobyl — “This is why we call it an unprecedented accident” (VIDEO)


    Reports from Alaska: Many salmon with strange growths inside, concerns about health and safety — “Skin illness on white fish raise concerns… Never caught any like this” — Gov’t predicts ‘catastrophic’ king salmon run (PHOTOS)
     
     
    Number of sick U.S. military first responders doubles — Around 250 victims of Fukushima radiation exposure contact attorney — Congress: Reports are ‘disconcerting’ (VIDEO)
     

    Conditions never seen before by scientists in Pacific seals and walrus — Thyroid cysts, lesions of reproductive system, retained placenta — Hunters concerned — Oceanographers to discuss radiation from Fukushima on Alaska radio tomorrow


    Reports: White ‘goo’ everywhere in Alaska seal, crows won’t touch it… yet they eat people’s roofs — Slime in ones mouth, kidney almost black — Another appeared to change color — Hairless one seen recently: “We all still have sick seals here!” (PHOTOS)


    Scientists present links between unusual Alaska seal deaths and Fukushima fallout — Skin lesions, hair loss, lethargy — ‘Pulsed release’ when built-up radionuclides were set free as ice melted — “Wildlife health implications” due to radiation exposure discussed (PHOTOS & MAP)


    THE COVERUP

    TV: At height of Fukushima emergency, region in California where plume hit had NO monitors — Email shows EPA ‘decided’ not to deploy RADNET to area — Only one left broke as radioactivity began spiking — “No clue” about exposure levels (MAP)


    Source - http://enenews.com/

    More on Fukushima on this blog - http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/search/label/Fukushima

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    Sunday, January 26, 2014

    THE RAT MAP OF NEW YORK CITY

     
  • New York's Health Department provides an interactive map for residents to view rat infestations on RIP
  • The Rat Information Portal collates all the city's rat data for residents to view
  • The city is notorious for its rats, which are estimated be at levels twice the human population
  • Residents can view the rat infestation history of buildings and neighborhoods as well as action taken
  • The very keen can attend the New York City Health Department's Rodent Academy to learn about rat control

  • Read more and see the Rat Map
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545033/Welcome-RIP-New-Yorks-Rat-Information-Portal-charts-areas-densest-infestations-youll-want-avoid-buildings-marked-red-like-plague.html

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    ARAB-ISRAEL PEACE ADVOCATES' HYPOCRISY AND HISTORICAL DISTORTION

    From ISRAEL MATZAV website today:


    Good question  (except that I believe the picture is one of Jews fleeing Arab countries after 1948 - the Jews who left Judea and Samaria forcibly were mostly carted off to jails in Jordan by the British).

    Source - http://israelmatzav.blogspot.co.il/2014/01/good-question.html#links

    IN DEPTH REPORT - SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON EAST JERUSALEM, THE EXPULSION OF JEWS BY THE JORDANIANS, AND THE JEWISH RETURN - WHOSE PRESENCE IS NOW CALLED "OCCUPATION".
    http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=7&x_issue=4&x_article=2577


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    A MESSAGE FOR THE NAIVE? PEACE DOVES RELEASED BY POPE ARE ATTACKED BY CARNIVOROUS BIRDS

     
    Who can argue with the word PEACE?  That's why it's sometimes grossly misused by those manipulating world events to deviously achieve their means.
     
    A typical case is the euphemism "Peace" in the Arab Israeli conflict.  Arabs and their allies, including the United States government, use that word to hide their agenda, which is nothing less than the eventual dismantlement of the state of Israel. 
     
    "Peace" advocates don't ask for even the most minimum gestures of peace from Israel's enemies.  The Arabs feel free to use incitement, violence, lies and terror.  The world looks the other way.
     
    But when Jews build houses, there is a loud outcry all over the globe, including governments, the United Nations, and "peace activists". They look away from daily carnage and denounce instead peaceful Jews building homes in their own country.
     
    The Arabs set up illegal squatter camps all over Israel, on both sides of the Green Line.  But advocates of peace do not consider that an infraction or an obstacle to peace.  On the contrary. They assist them in the name of "humanitarianism".
     
    Now this pope makes a gesture to symbolize peace - and Life's harsh reality - or maybe God himself - sends him a clear message:  You can't make peace with those who want to destroy you.

    Incidentally, the Pope will soon visit the Holy Land, but he refuses to say mass in Israel's capital, Jerusalem or to meet with PM Netanyahu.  

    However, he will say mass in the Arab-populated town of Ramallah, in the Palestinian Authority.  The pope knows about symbols and this is a clear snub to Israel.  Popes have warmly welcomed terrorists such as Yassir Arafat, and the financial mastermind of the Munich Olympic Massacre, the current president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmood Abbas.   Abbas visited the pope only a few months ago. 
    http://elderofziyon.blogspot.ca/2012/07/mahmoud-abbas-connections-to-munich.html

    During the Nazi regime in Germany, the Vatican not only refused to help the Jews, but it did everything possible to help Nazi murderers escape justice by creating the Rat Lines, which allowed them to flee to other countries. 
    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/juliankossoff/100030163/the-pope-eichmann-and-the-nazi-ratlines/


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    THE DAILY MAIL
    Doves released in the Vatican as a gesture of peace are immediately attacked by vicious seagull and crow
    • Tens of thousands of people were watching in St Peter's Square
    • Seagull and a large black crow swept down on the doves today
    • They had been set free from open window of the Apostolic Palace
    Read more
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2546218/Birds-released-Vatican-gesture-peace-immediately-attacked-vicious-seagull-crow.html

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    WHY DO WE DECEIVE OTHERS AND OURSELVES?


    By  Paul Raeburn - Discover Magazine

    Why do we lie to ourselves?  That’s what evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers has spent 30 years trying to figure out. 
     
    “Our sensory systems are organized to give us a detailed and accurate view of reality,” he says, “but once this information arrives in our brains, it is often distorted and biased to our conscious minds.” We repress painful memories, create false ones, rationalize immoral behavior and jack up our self-esteem. We deny ourselves the truth.

    Saturday, January 25, 2014

    THE TEN MOST ICONIC PICTURES FROM WORLD WAR II AND POST WAR YEARS


    A photographic compilation worth saving

    See pages with pictures here -
    http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-ten-most-iconic-photos-of-the-1940s?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=taboolaUS

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    NEW INVESTIGATIVE BOOK SAYS HITLER ESCAPED BUNKER AND SPENT YEARS IN SOUTH AMERICA


  • Fuhrer 'fled to Argentina and then Paraguay before settling in Brazil'
  • Hunted for treasure with a map given to him by Vatican allies, book claims
  • Author Simoni Renee Guerreiro Dias claims fascist actually died aged 95
  • Claims he had a black girlfriend to disguise his fascist background
  • Says her suspicions increased after she photoshopped a moustache onto the grainy picture and compared it to photos of the Fuhrer
  • Read more - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545770/New-book-claims-THIS-picture-proves-Hitler-escaped-Berlin-bunker-died-South-America-1984-aged-95.html
    RELATED - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2478100/Theory-Adolf-Hitler-fled-Argentina-lived-age-73.html

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    BABY SEALS GETTING THEIR TUMMIES TICKLED BY HUMANS UNDERWATER


  • Seal pups were captured on camera off the coast of Northumberland
  • Animals believed to be two months old, and already weigh 200-300lbs
  • Curious pups cosy up to scuba divers as they play on the sea bed
  • Seal mammals are unlikely to see humans again once they reach adulthood

  • Read more and see pictures and video

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2543781/Seals-compete-mans-best-friend-roll-bellies-tickled-nuzzle-divers-North-Sea.html

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    BEAUTIFUL PLANESCAPES - THE WORLD FROM AN AIRPLANE SEAT

     
    Stunning snaps taken from the window seat show the earth's beauty from thousands of feet in the air
    Snapped thousands of feet above the ground, this set of pictures show the beauty of earth as seen from the comfort of the plane cabin. Group tour specialist The Flash Pack invited 'flashpackers' to send in their best 'plane window' snaps through a social media campaign.  The Flash Pack's co-founder Radha Vyas sai: 'All the photographs were snapped on smartphones and tablets and gave a real insight in to the life of a jetsetter.'

    Read more and see pictures
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545817/Forget-landscapes-try-PLANESCAPES-Stunning-snaps-taken-window-seat-earths-beauty-thousands-feet-air.html

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    BRITAIN UNDER FREAK ELECTRICAL STORM - THUNDER, LIGHTNING, RAIN, HUGE HAILSTONES

     
    Heavy rain and strong wind has battered much of Britain this evening, with fierce thunderstorms hitting London as the Met Office issued severe weather warnings.  Saturday afternoon shoppers were left drenched in fierce downpours across the south, while sports fans at football, rugby and horse racing meetings were hit by torrential rain.  London was struck by a fierce electrical storm in later afternoon, with lightening strikes cracking across the sky, pouring rain and hailstones pelting the city.
     
    Read more and see dramatic pictures
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545764/Winter-FINALLY-coming-Gales-80mph-heavy-rain-SNOW-set-batter-Britain-cold-snap-sets-in.html

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    Friday, January 24, 2014

    WALTER, THE OTTER BLINDED BY SHOTS FROM A PELLET GUN, HAS RECOVERED FROM MOST INJURIES


    WALTER, THE BRAVE, RESILIENT, AND NOW A VERY HAPPY OTTER, IS BASKING IN THE LOVE AND ATTENTION PROVIDED BY THE VANCOUVER AQUARIUM - HIS FOREVER HOME.

    He is still blind and so unable to forage or defend himself against predators (and murderous humans with guns), so he is being adopted as a permanent resident of the Vancouver Aquarium.  It was the wonderful medical team of the aquarium that saved Walter's life and treated his injuries to his face, teeth and flipper caused by the shots.

    FUKUSHIMA - USS REAGAN SAILORS AILING AFTER EXPOSURE TO FUKUSHIMA RADIATION


    Navy Officers on TV: “My body is falling apart” after Japan rescue mission, his right side “just didn’t work” — Another “can no longer use his legs” and unable to urinate — If 300 times normal radiation is OK, I don’t know what to tell you
    Read more -
    http://enenews.com/navy-officers-on-tv-my-body-is-falling-apart-after-japan-rescue-mission-his-right-side-just-didn't-work-he-can-no-longer-use-his-legs-and-unable-to-urinate

    RELATED

    December 22, 2013 - Navy Sailors have radiation sickness after Japan rescue mission. 
    http://nypost.com/2013/12/22/70-navy-sailors-left-sickened-by-radiation-after-japan-rescue/


    December 23, 2013 - Navy sailors ailing from Fukushima radiation exposure to relaunch lawsuit
    http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2013/12/us-sailors-sick-by-exposure-to.html
    http://www.navytimes.com/article/20131228/NEWS08/312280004/Reagan-sailors-press-radiation-lawsuit


    More on Fukushima on this blog
    http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/search/label/Fukushima


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    WEST VIRGINIA CHEMICAL LEAK - INFORMATION ABOUT ANOTHER TOXIC INGREDIENT IN THE SPILL WAS WITHHELD BY COMPANY



    It has been discovered that a second toxic chemical has been leaked into the water supply, and it wasn’t reported by the sketchy Freedom Industries until 12 days after they realized that the leak had occurred. Apparently this chemical was in the same tank that polluted the water with 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol.   This chemical was not reported because they just figured the water treatment facility would take care of it.

    -  Local officials whitewashing the situation
    -  Freedom Industries is frantic to reduce their liability 
    -  Reports on safety are conflicting.
    -  Symptoms are downplayed.


    Read more
    http://www.thedailysheeple.com/more-west-virginia-water-deceptions-a-second-toxic-chemical-was-leaked-local-officials-whitewashing-the-situation_012014


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    SOFT DRINKS CONTAIN A CANCER-CAUSING AGENT - STUDY


    NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There was a warning issued Thursday about the soft drinks you and your children may be consuming every day.  Consumer Reports says some of them contain a possible cancer-causing chemical, CBS 2’s Dr. Max Gomez reported.

    The issue is with the caramel coloring in many soft drinks. It is what gives them their brown color. Some contain a possible human carcinogen.  Why is it in there? Can it be removed and what can you do to protect yourself?

    SAUDI COLUMNIST WRITES: NUMBER OF ARAB VICTIMS IN ISRAEL TINY COMPARED TO THOSE CAUSED BY ARAB RULERS



    The article was written about Ariel Sharon and contains the usual attacks on him. However, it is the lengths to which the writer is prepared to go to condemn the Arab world that will be surprising to many people.

    About Arab regimes he writes:  "Today, however, [we face] a reality that exceeds imagination, [and includes] decapitations, bombing houses with explosive barrels, the rape of women, and the expulsion of millions of innocent civilians."


    Read morehttp://israelmatzav.blogspot.co.il/2014/01/saudi-columnist-number-of-sharons.html#links

    RELATED:

    How Arabs discriminate, abuse and kill Palestinians
    http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2014/01/discrimination-and-abuse-against.html


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    Thursday, January 23, 2014

    MAGICAL PICTURES OF BIOLUMINSCENT OCEAN AT NIGHT



    The magical glow-in the dark beach: Honeymooner snaps stunning surf lit up by bioluminescent phytoplankton

    FUKUSHIMA NEWS ROUNDUP - JANUARY 23, 2014



    HEADLINES FROM ENENEWS AS SNAPSHOT OF THE FUKUSHIMA CATASTROPHE POISONING THE WORLD ECOSYSTEM - AND OUR LACK OF RESPONSE TO IT.


    AFP: Fears that molten fuel went into ground after melting through containment vessels at Fukushima — They still can’t find three reactor cores (AUDIO)


    “Shock & Outrage”: Japan TV host reveals being told he cannot discuss nuclear power until pivotal Tokyo election ends — “Somebody needs to bring these issues into the media” — #2 in trending news

    Alaska Marine Expert: We really need to look at what’s happening to ecosystem from Fukushima radiation — Models don’t address ongoing releases at plant — “A lot of unknowns, a lot of uncertainties” — Ships are sampling for everything but radionuclides — Could be affecting animals (AUDIO)


    Alaska refuses to test radiation levels in fish, says banana is riskier…”and who doesn’t love bananas?” — Officials: It’s forecast to hit U.S. right about now; People are concerned; We absolutely need cautious monitoring


    U.S. Military: Baby wipes, tape were main weapons for battling Fukushima contamination — Soldiers didn’t wear protective gear because “we don’t want to alarm public”



    ‘Significant’ amount of radioactive seawater to hit Southern California? Expected on beaches in near future — Fukushima contamination may be ‘pervasive’ across food chain (AUDIO)


    Read more
    http://enenews.com/


    More on Fukushima on this blog
    http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/search/label/Fukushima


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    OTTERS - PICTURE OF THE DAY - 14 01 23

     Underwater Pattycake!
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Via Exarchlzain

    Wednesday, January 22, 2014

    WEST VIRGINIA DISASTER - STORES WERE EMPTIED WITHIN AN HOUR - ARE YOU PREPARED?



    By Mac Slavo,  SHTFplan.com

    When toxic chemicals spilled into the Elk River in Charleston, West Virginia a couple of weeks ago we got another glimpse into what the world might look like in the aftermath of a major, widespread disaster.  There were several lessons we can take from this regional emergency and all of them are pretty much exactly what you might expect would happen when the water supplies for 300,000 people become suddenly unavailable.

    Lesson #1: There will be immediate panic

    DWARF PLANET CERES IS GUSHING WITH WATER



  • The round dwarf planet otherwise known as the largest asteroid in the solar system is releasing water vapour at a rate of 13lb (6kg) per second
  • Observations by the European Space Agency's Herschel telescope suggest it could be coming from geysers or ice volcanoes
  • OTTERS - PICTURE OF THE DAY - 14 01 22

    SPIDER SCULPTS DECOY OF ITSELF USING LEAVES AND OTHER DEBRIS



  • Spider species was discovered in the Peruvian Amazon in 2012
  • It builds decoy spiders and hangs them in its web to fool predators
  • These elaborate decoys are made from dead insects, debris and leaves
  • This unusual behaviour has now been caught on film in an amazing video
  • The spider is believed to be a new species of Cyclosa - a genus which includes other sculpting arachnids, but none of which of which have been observed to build replicas with multiple, spidery legs.


  • Read more and see pictures of the real spider and its decoy
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2544103/The-spider-makes-sculptures-ITSELF-Video-reveals-arachnid-uses-dead-leaves-insect-corpses-make-giant-decoy.html


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    DUDLEY THE DUCK GETS A 3D PRINTED FOOT AFTER HE LOST HIS IN A FIGHT WITH A CHICKEN

    After being beaten up by a chicken and losing his brother and leg in the fight, life was looking decidedly dodgy for Dudley the duckling.  However, thanks to 3D printing technology, the Canadian animal has a new lease of life - and a new leg.  Terence Loring, a 32 year old mechanical engineer and architect, decided to help Dudley after hearing about him from his martial arts instructor.

    Read the whole dramatic story and see pictures of Dudley here
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2544210/Dudley-duckling-3D-printed-leg-losing-fight-chicken.html


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    Tuesday, January 21, 2014

    WE ARE NOT JUST STAR DUST - OUR CONSCIOUSNESS IS CONNECTED TO THE UNIVERSE, SAY SCIENTISTS



    An apparent discovery of quantum vibrations in microtubules inside neurons is rekindling a twenty-year old debate on the nature of consciousness.  Called the ORCH OR model, it suggests there is a connection between the brain's biomolecular processes and the basic structure of the universe.


    Long article, but very cool stuff.  Read it on Physics of Life Reviews
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064513001188


    via IO9 website
    http://io9.com/an-apparent-discovery-of-quantum-vibrations-in-microtub-1505865229
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    SOMETHING STILL APPEARS TO BE WRONG WITH WEST VIRGINIA WATER AFTER THE CHEMICAL SPILL - VICTIMS FLOCKING TO HOSPITALS


    Hospital admissions over W. Virginia chemical spill 
    double even after water declared safe

    Despite recent declarations that the water in West Virginia is now safe to use, hospital admissions related to the Kanawha Valley chemical spill have doubled over the last week.  About a week and a half ago, a chemical mixture used to wash coal – called “Crude MCHM” – began leaking into the Elk River, contaminating the water supply used by nine counties and roughly 300,000 people.

    According to a recent story by the Charleston Gazette, 411 patients have been treated for chemical-related maladies at 10 different hospitals between January 9 and January 18. That’s a significant rise when compared to the numbers from just two days prior, when 317 individuals were treated for chemical exposure.

    2013 - OUR YEAR OF APATHY AND COWARDICE - WHILE THE FUKUSHIMA ECOCIDE GOES ON

    Commentary by Tracy W.


    We are often reminded of crucial moments of history when events cascade apparently with a force of their own - while people look on as deer in the headlights.  Historians review those events later on and can pinpoint the missed opportunities when even a small nudge would have changed the course of events.  But people waited for others to take the initiative, and finally hoped or prayed for the best outcome. 

    2013, as 2012 and even 2011 will be remembered as years of shameful failure to act in face of a momentous event:  the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

    WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE
    Originally blamed on an earthquake and tsunami, those immediately responsible for the nuclear catastrophe - Tepco and the Japanese government -  have avoided responsibility.  But there are other layers that extend from that center of responsibility.  There is the nuclear industry, the scientific establishment, the media, environmental organizations and independent activists, other governments, nuclear watchdogs, and us, the publicWe are all responsible for the way the Fukushima disaster has escalated due to mismanagement at the top.

    To this day they are playing down the situation.  No, they say, it's not as bad as it sounds.  The moment they acknowledge the truth, they would have to do something about it.  And it would cost money.  It's better for all involved, it seems, to let events unfold until the moment when they can claim it's too late to do anything about it.

    IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE
    This reminds us of the Second World War.  The Nazis and their allies were perpetrating all kinds of atrocities.  They started small, with harassment, incarceration, confiscation of personal property.  The West dismissed all that as rumors - or aberrations, at worst.

    The Nazis moved on to rounding up entire communities and exterminating them.  That too was played down by the western media.  They West had its excuses.  Governments - including the United States and British governments - kept silent and did nothing.  Their motives were vile. 
     (If they helped Jews survive, they would have had to take them in, give them a home (Gasp!) maybe even in Britain and the United States.  Or in Palestine, which they wanted very much to gift to the Arabs.

    When the whole conflagration was over, they - governments, the media and the public - claimed they never knew the extent of the genocide.  Millions of people died because good people refused to act when it was still time to prevent it.

    THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY.
    The nuclear industry has enjoyed a smooth ride all these years, helped, curiously, by the environmentalists. The environmentalists have used and nurtured the threat of Global Warming, and have often portrayed nuclear reactors as a desirable alternative to the Big Bad Fossil Fuels.

    There has been barely any questioning of the nuclear industry, in spite of several close calls where a major disaster was barely averted in the United States.  Furthermore, there are official scientific records that attest to the dangerous and unpredictable nature of this industry.  The very simple fact that there is no effective way to dispose of nuclear waste should give anybody with two brain cells to rub together, pause to reflect.

    The Hanford nuclear waste facility in Washington state is leaking all over the place, with radioactive waste very close to (or already in) the Columbia river.  The condition of radioactive waste tanks is so precarious that scientists fear that they could explode, contaminating a large area of the American and Canadian west.

    AND NOW FUKUSHIMA.
    There was a time at the start of this disaster when the most logical move would have been for the international community to organize and gather the most knowledgeable scientists and technicians to brainstorm and come up with possible solutions to mitigate the damage.  Nothing was done.  And nothing is being done, three years after the fact.

    Scientists have remained mostly silent.  The few who feel obligated to pay lip service to this tragedy, do it with measured words, lest they'll be shunned by their colleagues for being "alarmists".  Being shunned by the scientific establishment means putting their jobs, grants and reputations at risk.  Their moral duty to inform governments and the public is shunted aside.

    The media, with their compromised loyalties, are also playing along with governments in keeping a lid on the most disturbing information.  Only in the past year or so they have published a few reports here and there, to assuage their conscience.

    2014 will go on, and Fukushima will continue to worsen.  But not until the figures for the human and animal casualties are put together, will we know how we slept while this ecocide was going on.

    How will we answer to future generations

    How will we answer our conscience?

    FUKUSHIMA AND NUCLEAR INFO


    More on Fukushima on this blog -
    http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/search/label/Fukushima
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