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Mp3 Interview w/ Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar Mitchell --"There are Several Species Visiting our Planet" Feb 12 2011
Post Date: 2011-02-13 20:34:33 by gengis gandhi
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http://theunexplained.tv/paranormal-podcasts/edition-53-edgar-mitchell-interview
Poster Comment:a big surprise for all the funditards and other enlightened skin apes.
Does any here use an iMac?
Post Date: 2011-02-13 17:24:07 by Lod
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If anyone has iMac feedback, I would LOVE to hear it. Thanks much.
The Weather Isn't Getting Weirder.
Post Date: 2011-02-11 20:46:53 by Armadillo
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The latest research belies the idea that storms are getting more extreme. Last week a severe storm froze Dallas under a sheet of ice, just in time to disrupt the plans of the tens of thousands of (American) football fans descending on the city for the Super Bowl. On the other side of the globe, Cyclone Yasi slammed northeastern Australia, destroying homes and crops and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Some climate alarmists would have us believe that these storms are yet another baleful consequence of man-made CO2 emissions. In addition to the latest weather events, they also point to recent cyclones in Burma, last winter's fatal chills in Nepal and Bangladesh, ...
Russian scientists expect asteroid hit in 2036
Post Date: 2011-02-11 00:20:45 by Tatarewicz
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In 2004, NASA scientists announced that there was a chance that Apophis, an asteroid larger than two football fields, could smash into Earth in 2029. A few additional observations and some number-crunching later, astronomers noted that the chance of the planet-killer hitting Earth in 2029 was nearly zilch. Now, reports out of Russia say that scientists there estimate Apophis will collide with Earth on April 13, 2036. These reports conflict on the probability of such a doomsday event, but the question remains: How scared should we be? “Technically, they’re correct, there is a chance in 2036 [that Apophis will hit Earth]," said Donald Yeomans, head of NASA’s Near-Earth ...
Interesting artifact from the 21st Century -- "Imbecile Man"
Post Date: 2011-02-10 16:11:42 by L Ron Paul Hubbard
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Cosmology & Parallel Worlds
Post Date: 2011-02-10 02:15:37 by Tatarewicz
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Cosmology & Parallel Worlds Date: 02-10-11 Host: George Noory Guests: Brian Greene Theoretical physicist and celebrated author, Brian Greene will discuss hot topics in cosmology: the multiverse, the holographic universe, unseen parallel worlds in dimensions separated by millimeters, our universe as a super-advanced computer program and the essentially hidden nature of reality.
GMO banana likely only hope for saving crop
Post Date: 2011-02-09 09:23:21 by Tatarewicz
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Genetically modified plants hold the key to saving the banana industry Queensland University of Technology (QUT) scientists have genetically modified a trial crop of banana plants to survive a soil-borne fungus which has wiped out plantations in the Northern Territory and is threatening crops across the globe. Professor James Dale, director of the Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities based at QUT, said the destruction of crops in Queensland by Tropical Cyclone Yasi proved just how important it was to have a back up available. Professor Dale said if genetically modified plants could overcome the disease, known as Tropical Race Four, it would act as an insurance policy to supply ...
Altering yeast cell surface best option for biofuel production
Post Date: 2011-02-09 08:58:33 by Tatarewicz
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To realize a sustainable society, the use of biofuels is needed to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels as energy sources. One of the most ideal systems to effectively produce bioethanol is the Consolidated Bioprocessing system. Yeast cell surface engineering technology is a very promising method for the construction of CBP. In future studies, cell surface engineering will be a more valuable molecular tool for the degradation of cellulosic materials and the production of all biofuels including bioethanol, biobutanol, and biodiesel at high efficiency and low cost. Moreover, metabolic engineering and synthetic biology are important tools for the construction of engineered host fermentation ...
New theory behind climate change
Post Date: 2011-02-09 07:53:52 by Tatarewicz
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The Earth's magnetic pole is inexplicably shifting, creating unstoppable forces generating monster storms which we have seen at the beginning of 2011. There is evidence that a cycle of super-storms has started, the latest being the gigantic ice storm across North America. Is this the beginning of a new Ice Age? Frightening new evidence begins to surface about the Earth's wobble, its effect on the climate and the beginning of a new Ice Age, heralded by a series of monster storms such as those unleashed on the UK in late 2010, the USA before Christmas and now again at the beginning of February and Eastern Australia, first with its worst flooding ever and then with a Category 5 ...
Crash proofing cars
Post Date: 2011-02-08 22:02:27 by Tatarewicz
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More than a million people die around the world in car accidents each year but experts in the industry now believe fatal smashes could be eliminated. Some hope there could be an end to car crashes altogether. Accidents can be caused by a multitude of reasons, but human error is at the heart of them. Drivers go too fast for the weather conditions, make unwise decisions and fail to notice or anticipate potential hazards. But what if the car could help the errant driver? Scientists and engineers are developing technology and enhancements to cars that would aid drivers to the extent that crashes would become rarer events. Bad weather conditions and poor judgement would be mitigated by the car ...
Comment: When Churchill and Hitler were in the same camp Geoffrey Wheatcroft says that the history of eugenics provides embarrassment for all
Post Date: 2011-02-08 13:42:42 by Jethro Tull
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h1 st*l*="margin-top: 0"> Comment: When Churchill and Hitler were in the same camp Geoffrey Wheatcroft says that the history of eugenics provides embarrassment for all Article from:The Sunday Telegraph London Article date:August 31, 1997Author:More results for:winston churchill eugenicsOUR problem, the minister said, was that "the unnatural and increasingly rapid growth of the feeble-minded and insane classes, coupled as it is with a steady restriction among all the thrifty, energetic and superior stocks, constitutes a national and race danger which it is impossible to exaggerate". And the answer? "The source from which the stream of madness is fed should be cut ...
A better place to gamble with surplus cash
Post Date: 2011-02-08 09:54:36 by Tatarewicz
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Natural-born Killers...the Good Kind Ray Blanco Biotechnology does not care about the European debt crisis...or how quickly the US housing market recovers...or whether Hosni Mubarak ever steps down. Biotechnology is all about innovative medical treatments...no matter the state of the US economy or the vicissitudes of geopolitics. In short, biotechnological innovation is certain to progress through good times and bad; through booms and busts. Every day, breakthroughs are being made in understanding and re- engineering biological processes. For example, two of the companies I have recommended to the subscribers of Technology Profits Confidential are pioneering the use of monoclonal ...
Pole Shift Threatens To Cause Weather Chaos
Post Date: 2011-02-07 14:50:41 by Horse
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According to some experts, the world’s weather is about to get even more chaotic as a result of natural climate change that we can do absolutely nothing to prevent – and even though global warming alarmists may exploit the consequences to advance their own political agenda, paying a carbon tax to Al Gore will not lessen the impact of a potentially catastrophic magnetic polar shift. In layman’s terms, the most apocalyptic outcome of a polar shift would come as a result of the the poles flipping, with the south pole becoming the north pole and vice versa. The good news is that on average this only happens every half a million years, but the bad news is that it hasn’t ...
200GB to 25GB: Canada gets first, bitter dose of metered Internet - AND NOT ONLY IN CANADA
Post Date: 2011-02-04 14:15:21 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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200GB to 25GB: Canada gets first, bitter dose of metered Internet Metered Internet usage (also called "Usage-Based Billing") is coming to Canada, and it's going to cost Internet users. While an advance guard of Canadians are expressing creative outrage at the prospect of having to pay inflated prices for Internet use charged by the gigabyte, the consequences probably haven't set in for most consumers. Now, however, independent Canadian ISPs are publishing their revised data plans, and they aren't pretty. "Like our customers, and Canadian internet users everywhere, we are not happy with this new development," wrote the Ontario-based indie ISP TekSavvy in a ...
How did parking-spot "dibs" start in Chicago, and what are the rules?
Post Date: 2011-02-04 12:46:47 by Kamala
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How did parking-spot "dibs" start in Chicago, and what are the rules? February 3, 2011 Dear Cecil: In the wake of the blizzard, I notice people have resumed the time-honored Chicago practice of "dibs" — using an old kitchen chair to save their shoveled-out parking spot on the street. I've never done this, but have always been amused by the idea. How did it begin? Has it ever been sanctioned or outlawed? What is the City's view of it? Do people in other cities do this? Is there a dibs etiquette? Maybe this would be a good topic for a hard-hitting Straight Dope Chicago column. — Tim R. Mortiss, via the Straight Dope Message Board Cecil ...
For those interested in UFOs, the CARET program, with some documents
Post Date: 2011-02-03 16:14:54 by PSUSA
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Poster Comment:I dont know if this is legit or not. It's just something that I saw referenced on the History Channel. And, I never heard of this before.
A Wee Bit of Errata Concerning TOR: Recent events in Egypt
Post Date: 2011-02-02 20:50:50 by buckeroo
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The current state of affairs in Egypt looks quite bleak for people using Vodafone, Orange, TE Data, and other well-known service providers. It is reported that each of those companies was ordered by the Egyptian government to turn down their internet services. The nature of the order and its legality is of course very unclear at this time. What is known is that nearly in perfect unison many Egyptian ISPs turned down their BGP route announcements to countries outside of Egypt and from what we've been able to gather they're also not peering with each other. The cables connecting (FLAG and SEABONE) Egypt to the world are still physically intact. The impact of de-peering is ...
Jet Stream malfunction brings frigid weather to US and Europe
Post Date: 2011-01-31 04:40:56 by Tatarewicz
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For two winters running, an Arctic chill has descended on Europe, burying that continent in snow and ice. Last year in the United States, historic blizzards afflicted the mid-Atlantic region. This winter the Deep South has endured unusual snowstorms and severe cold, and a frigid Northeast is bracing for what could shape into another major snowstorm this week. Yet while people in Atlanta learn to shovel snow, the weather 2,000 miles to the north has been freakishly warm the past two winters. Throughout northeastern Canada and Greenland, temperatures in December ran as much as 15 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. Bays and lakes have been slow to freeze; ice fishing, hunting and trade ...
Himalayan glaciers not melting.
Post Date: 2011-01-29 21:10:10 by Armadillo
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Researchers have discovered that contrary to popular belief half of the ice flows in the Karakoram range of the mountains are actually growing rather than shrinking. The discovery adds a new twist to the row over whether global warming is causing the world's highest mountain range to lose its ice cover. It further challenges claims made in a 2007 report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that the glaciers would be gone by 2035. Although the head of the panel Dr Rajendra Pachauri later admitted the claim was an error gleaned from unchecked research, he maintained that global warming was melting the glaciers at "a rapid rate", threatening floods throughout ...
Upcoming C2C shows
Post Date: 2011-01-28 08:34:20 by Tatarewicz
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Ian Punnett Guest(s): Andrew Gause, Adam Fergusson Saturday January 29, 2011 In the first half, monetary historian, Andy Gause, joins Ian to discuss the serious ramifications if states start filing for bankruptcy. Then, journalist Adam Fergusson will discuss what caused the German financial collapse in the 1920s and how it could happen in the U.S. 6-10pm PT: Art Bell - Somewhere in Time returns to 10/19/01 for a night of Open Lines. Art was excited during this show to see results from Princeton University over a mass consciousness experiment he conducted the night before. Hosted by John B. Wells Guest(s): David Sereda Sunday January 30, 2011 Guest host John B. Wells (email) speaks ...
Second (temporary) sun coming
Post Date: 2011-01-28 08:26:00 by Tatarewicz
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Biggest nearby star in galaxy begins stage 1 super nova Scientists say the nearby star, expected to complete super nova in 2012, Earth could be getting a second sun, at least temporarily. Dr. Brad Carter, Senior Lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensland, outlined the scenario to news.com.au. Betelgeuse, one of the night sky's brightest stars, is losing mass, indicating it is collapsing. It could run out of fuel and go super-nova at any time. When that happens, for at least a few weeks, we'd see a second sun, Carter says. There may also be no night during that timeframe. The Star Wars-esque scenario could happen by 2012, Carter says... or it could take longer. ...
Battery technology may end dependence on oil
Post Date: 2011-01-27 07:48:34 by Tatarewicz
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The End of Oil By Nick Hodge The energy market as you know it is on the verge of a vast transformation. Complete domination of a centralized infrastructure by the big three — coal, oil, gas — is giving way to a distributed network comprised of dozens of new energy sources. Every available resource is on the table as the days of cheap oil fade farther into the distance. From the sun's rays up above to the tidal currents and earth's heat down below, the amount of energy we get from non-fossil resources is growing every day. Finding and harnessing these resources is a trillion-dollar business. China alone has said it'll spend $1.7 trillion doing so in the next ...
Blue Eyes Linked to Higher IQ
Post Date: 2011-01-26 12:39:24 by Turtle
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Bright blue eyes have long been viewed as a quality that can help to attract the opposite sex. Now research suggests having piercing blue eyes may also say something positive about your level of intelligence. Scientists believe they may have the explanation for why the likes of Stephen Hawking, Alexander Fleming, Marie Curie, and now Lily Cole are such brilliant academics – and it’s all in the eyes. They are also likely to be more strategic thinkers, able to plan their own time enabling them to work more effectively. In return, those with brown eyes are likelier to be faster at running enabling them to be more likely to succeed in sports such as football, hockey and rugby. The ...
Raytheon XOS 2 exoskeleton
Post Date: 2011-01-25 23:56:58 by wudidiz
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Manic Metric Monday: Scientists Rethink the Kilogram--
Post Date: 2011-01-25 13:34:01 by gengis gandhi
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Manic Metric Monday: Scientists Rethink the Kilogram By: Nick Carbone (1 day ago) Topics: kilogram, Mass, measures, metric system, royal society, Science, weights kilo2 Monday kicks off an urgent meeting between some of the greatest minds in science, a debate that could result in a rethinking of the most elemental scientific measurements. Will the kilogram ever be the same? The researchers are gathering at the Royal Society in London to discuss adjusting the fundamental mass of the kilogram. The kilogram is the only unit in the International System of Units (SI) whose measurement is based on a physical object. And anyone who's ever stepped on a scale knows how unkind Father Time can ...
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