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Police: Angry customer rammed Pa. bank with pickup (The vehicle's black box indicated it was going 44 mph at the point of impact)
Post Date: 2009-01-26 07:45:54 by Jethro Tull
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Police: Angry customer rammed Pa. bank with pickup HARMONY, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania man had several figurative run-ins with his local bank before police said he had a literal one: purposely driving his pickup truck through the bank's front door, causing nearly $100,000 damage. Police didn't immediately arrest Richard Smorey after the Jan. 1 crash in Jackson Township because they didn't know if it was an accident. But Smorey has now been charged with criminal trespass, criminal mischief and other crimes because financial records revealed he had a motive to be angry with Huntington Bank, authorities said. Smorey, 59, of Forward Township, was late with payments ...
'Hobbit' Skull Study Finds Hobbit Is Not Human
Post Date: 2009-01-24 08:04:08 by gengis gandhi
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'Hobbit' Skull Study Finds Hobbit Is Not Human ScienceDaily (Jan. 21, 2009) — In a an analysis of the size, shape and asymmetry of the cranium of Homo floresiensis, Karen Baab, Ph.D., a researcher in the Department of Anatomical Scienes at Stony Brook University, and colleagues conclude that the fossil, found in Indonesia in 2003 and known as the “Hobbit,” is not human. They used 3-D shape analysis to study the LB1 skull of the hobbit and found the shape of the skull to be consistent with a scaled down human ancestor but not modern humans. Their findings, reported in the current online edition of the Journal of Human Evolution, add to the evidence that the hobbit is ...
"What Could Possibly Go Wrong?"
Post Date: 2009-01-23 21:45:07 by richard9151
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I have read as many things as I could find about population control, disease propagation, cancer, new diseases and etc. I have never read anything that scared me like the following. This is another one we'll file under the heading: "What Could Possibly Go Wrong?" Answer: We don't know for sure, but it sounds like the opening scene of a movie I really don't want to live through. Gone jellyfishin' Did you know you can order jellyfish DNA by mail? Sure. It's a bargain at less than $100. And why would you want jellyfish DNA? Why, to make your homemade genetic engineering projects glow, of course! According to a recent Associated Press report, 31-year-old ...
Global warming blamed for tree death in West
Post Date: 2009-01-22 22:07:09 by farmfriend
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Never mind that the NOAA show California temperatures, at least where the trees are, and the Northwest as a whole to be below normal. Global warming blamed for tree death in West By Tom Knudson tknudson@sacbee.com Published: Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 Tree mortality rates have doubled in old-growth forests across the Sierra Nevada and western United States because of rising temperatures associated with climate change, a new study has found. The study, which will be published Friday in the journal Science, suggests that if the trend continues, the region's majestic conifer forests may become younger, smaller and far more sickly -- making them vulnerable to massive die-offs from insect ...
The rise of the super squirrel: have you seen a black squirrel?
Post Date: 2009-01-22 14:44:44 by Prefrontal Vortex
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The rise of the super squirrel: have you seen a black squirrel? Have you seen a black squirrel? Published Date: 22 January 2009 THEY are big, black and fierce and are thought to be scampering across swathes of the Cambridgeshire countryside in huge numbers. But amazingly, no one has seen hide nor hair of the black super squirrel in Peterborough. Rangers in the city's beauty spots thought we had gone nuts when they were asked if they had spotted the creatures. But according to experts at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, there are around 25,000 black squirrels in East Anglia and they are rapidly taking over from their grey cousins. Researchers at the university also solved a ...
Clock ticking on worm attack code
Post Date: 2009-01-21 10:26:32 by Jethro Tull
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Clock ticking on worm attack code The worm can also spread via USB flash drives. Experts are warning that hackers have yet to activate the payload of the Conficker virus. The worm is spreading through low security networks, memory sticks, and PCs without current security updates. The malicious program - also known as Downadup or Kido - was first discovered in October 2008. Although the spread of the worm appears to be levelling off, there are fears someone could easily take control of any and all of the 9.5m infected PCs. Speaking to the BBC, F-Secure's chief research officer, Mikko Hypponen, said there was still a real risk to users. "Total infections appear to be peaking. ...
DCOM exploit attack
Post Date: 2009-01-21 00:02:03 by wudidiz
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I keep getting this thing from Avast that says 'DCOM exploit attack' from 24.108.7.14:135 Does anyone know what this is and how I can stop it?
Minnesota officials deny biodiesel to blame for bus problems
Post Date: 2009-01-17 10:20:40 by DeaconBenjamin
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State officials are defending biodiesel after a metro school district blamed it for stalling its buses and forcing it to cancel class. The Bloomington School District canceled classes on Friday, partly because 12 of its buses wouldn't start. Their fuel lines and filters were clogged. First Student bus company blamed the problem on the biodiesel fuel required by the state. The company issued a statement saying, "While we recognize the global benefit of biodiesel we also recognize its limitation particularly in cold weather." State officials say all diesel fuel gels up in cold temperatures. Bill Walsh with the Minnesota Department of Commerce said, "It really has ...
ALIEN microbes living just below the Martian soil are responsible for a haze of methane around the Red Planet, Nasa scientists believe.
Post Date: 2009-01-15 12:10:37 by gengis gandhi
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ALIEN microbes living just below the Martian soil are responsible for a haze of methane around the Red Planet, Nasa scientists believe. The gas, belched in vast quantities in our world by cows, was detected by orbiting spacecraft and from Earth using giant telescopes. Discovery ... gas around Mars Discovery ... gas around Mars Nasa are today expected to confirm its presence during a briefing at their Washington HQ. And the find is seen as exciting new evidence that Martian microbes are still alive today. To read more of our exclusive UFO stories click here. Some scientists reckon methane is also produced by volcanic processes. But there are NO known active volcanoes on Mars. ...
->My Title!<- Solar-powered fridge invented by British student might come in handy, if things ever warm up again...
Post Date: 2009-01-15 08:35:45 by PSUSA
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By Chris Brooke Last updated at 2:41 AM on 08th January 2009 It's the kind of simple yet brilliant invention that would have the tycoons of Dragons' Den salivating with excitement. Not only is the fridge solar powered, it can also be built from household materials - making it ideal for the Third World. Emily Cummins, 21, came up with the idea while working on a school project in her grandfather's potting shed. The fridge is now improving the lives of thousands of poverty-stricken Africans. Emily Cummins holds the portable eco-fridge. It can keep perishable goods, such as milk or meat, cool for days at a temperature of around 6C And Miss Cummins hopes to patent a more ...
CHEMTRAILS Gone Mainstream?: Sprayed Aerosols Could Ease Climate Woes
Post Date: 2009-01-12 14:10:27 by gengis gandhi
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CHEMTRAILS Gone Mainstream?: Sprayed Aerosols Could Ease Climate Woes http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/29/gallery/airplane-324x205.jpg DISCOVERY Dec. 29, 2008 -- It won't solve global warming, but a group of scientists are calling for a focused research program to investigate ways to seed the atmosphere with chemicals that would let the heat out -- literally. Geoengineering is not a new concept. Governments have changed how and where water flows, filled in lakes and other wetlands for construction, even attempted to control the weather. A project to counter climate change, however, would take geoengineering to an entirely new level. Leaving aside what may be insurmountable ...
Hack your brain How to hallucinate with ping-pong balls and a radio
Post Date: 2009-01-12 12:25:54 by PSUSA
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Text by Johan Lehrer, graphics by Javier Zarracina DO YOU EVER want to change the way you see the world? Wouldn't it be fun to hallucinate on your lunch break? Although we typically associate such phenomena with powerful drugs like LSD or mescaline, it's easy to fling open the doors of perception without them: All it takes is a basic understanding of how the mind works. The first thing to know is that the mind isn't a mirror, or even a passive observer of reality. Much of what we think of as being out there actually comes from in here, and is a byproduct of how the brain processes sensation. In recent years scientists have come up with a number of simple tricks that expose the ...
Massive Greenland meltdown? Not so fast, say scientists
Post Date: 2009-01-12 00:15:50 by farmfriend
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Massive Greenland meltdown? Not so fast, say scientists by Marlowe Hood – Sun Jan 11, 1:21 pm ET PARIS (AFP) – The recent acceleration of glacier melt-off in Greenland, which some scientists fear could dramatically raise sea levels, may only be a temporary phenomenon, according to a study published Sunday. Researchers in Britain and the United States devised computer models to test three scenarios that could account for rapid -- by the standards applied to glaciers -- loss of mass from the Helheim Glacier, one of Greenland's largest. Two were based on changes caused directly by global warming: an increase in the amount of water that greases the underbelly of the glacier as ...
Escape Vehicle
Post Date: 2009-01-11 04:27:43 by noone222
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Did Earth's Twin Cores Spark Plate Tectonics?
Post Date: 2009-01-10 07:29:18 by Ada
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Jan. 6, 2009 -- It's a classic image from every youngster's science textbook: a cutaway image of Earth's interior. The brown crust is paper-thin; the warm mantle orange, the seething liquid of the outer core yellow, and at the center the core, a ball of solid, red-hot iron. Now a new theory aims to rewrite it all by proposing the seemingly impossible: Earth has not one but two inner cores. The idea stems from an ancient, cataclysmic collision that scientists believe occurred when a Mars-sized object hit Earth about 4.45 billion years ago. The young Earth was still so hot that it was mostly molten, and debris flung from the impact is thought to have formed the moon. Haluk ...
The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock Pt. 01
Post Date: 2009-01-09 10:59:59 by gengis gandhi
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Mystery Roar from Faraway Space Detected
Post Date: 2009-01-08 20:55:53 by farmfriend
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Mystery Roar from Faraway Space Detected By Andrea Thompson Senior Writer posted: 07 January 2009 04:43 pm ET LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Space is typically thought of as a very quiet place. But one team of astronomers has found a strange cosmic noise that booms six times louder than expected. The roar is from the distant cosmos. Nobody knows what causes it. Of course, sound waves can't travel in a vacuum (which is what most of space is), or at least they can't very efficiently. But radio waves can. Radio waves are not sound waves, but they are still electromagnetic waves, situated on the low-frequency end of the light spectrum. Many objects in the universe, including stars and ...
The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand
Post Date: 2009-01-07 05:38:31 by Kamala
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January 7, 2009 The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand By IAN AUSTEN OTTAWA — The oil that is extracted from Canadian dirt is being portrayed as saving America from energy dependence on the unstable Middle East, or an environmental catastrophe in the making — depending on the perspective. As Barack Obama prepares to take office in two weeks, the debate is no longer academic. The president-elect has promised to move forward with an ambitious program aimed at fighting climate change. Not all oil is alike when it comes to environmental impact, and many environmentalists single out production from the oil sands as the epitome of “dirty oil.” In a recent study, the RAND ...
Florida Biochemist designs a citrus tree with THC
Post Date: 2009-01-06 11:55:50 by gengis gandhi
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009 Subscribe to thecrit.comSubscribe Browse > Home / Science & Technology / Florida Biochemist designs a citrus tree with THC Florida Biochemist designs a citrus tree with THC October 5, 2008 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (24 votes, average: 4.88 out of 5) Loading ... Loading ... In the summer of 1984, 10th-grader Irwin Nanofsky and a friend were driving down the Apalachee Parkway on the way home from baseball practice when they were pulled over by a police officer for a minor traffic infraction. After Nanofsky produced his driver’s license the police officer asked permission to search the vehicle. In less than two minutes, the officer found a ...
Alex jones - Tv flicker rate, subliminals and pentagon
Post Date: 2009-01-05 22:58:45 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Alex jones talks about how the pentagon devoloped a specific flicker rate for the televisions to put people in a dream like state.. and more! Alex jones - Tv flicker rate, subliminals and pentagon
New ignition lock laws aim to foil drunk drivers [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2009-01-02 14:59:31 by Jethro Tull
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CHICAGO – Motorists convicted of driving drunk will have to install breath-monitoring gadgets in their cars under new laws taking effect in six states this week. The ignition interlocks prevent engines from starting until drivers blow into the alcohol detectors to prove they're sober. Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Nebraska and Washington state began Jan. 1 requiring the devices for all motorists convicted of first-time drunken driving. South Carolina began requiring them for repeat offenders. Mothers Against Drunk Driving has been conducting a nationwide campaign to mandate ignition locks for anyone convicted of drunken driving, claiming doing so would save thousands of lives. ...
Green revolution stalls on cheap oil
Post Date: 2009-01-01 15:41:51 by angle
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Low oil prices and the credit crunch are threatening to stall the green revolution. The value of crude has dropped from a summer high of nearly $150 a barrel to below $40, taking the wind out of the sails of turbine manufacturers and others trying to build low-carbon alternatives. Jeremy Leggett, founder and executive chairman of Solarcentury, says: "Talk of the death of renewables is premature but clearly big solar farms and wind projects are being cancelled. Everything is suffering in the current climate but its my contention that the low oil price is a temporary thing and the growth of renewables will resume." Michael Liebreich, chief executive of information ...
The Warm Turns
Post Date: 2008-12-31 21:51:37 by Horse
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Climate Change: The Earth has been warming ever since the end of the Little Ice Age. But guess what: Researchers say mankind is to blame for that, too. As we've noted, 2008 has been a year of records for cold and snowfall and may indeed be the coldest year of the 21st century thus far. In the U.S., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration registered 63 local snowfall records and 115 lowest-ever temperatures for the month of October. Global thermometers stopped rising after 1998, and have plummeted in the last two years by more than 0.5 degrees Celsius. The 2007-2008 temperature drop was not predicted by global climate models. But it was predictable by a decline in sunspot ...
Morgellons disease May Be Cracked!
Post Date: 2008-12-30 09:42:29 by gengis gandhi
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Morgellons disease May Be Cracked! Morgellons disease: Managing a mysterious skin condition Morgellons disease is mysterious and controversial. Here you'll find answers to common questions about Morgellons disease — and suggestions for coping with it. Morgellons disease is a mysterious skin disorder characterized by disfiguring sores and crawling sensations on and under the skin. Although Morgellons disease isn't widely recognized as a medical diagnosis, experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating reports of the condition. The Mystery may be over! Leading to even more very uncomfortable Questions? A sinister twist has ...
Scientists watch unusual Yellowstone quake swarm
Post Date: 2008-12-29 19:17:51 by farmfriend
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Scientists watch unusual Yellowstone quake swarm CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Scientists are closely monitoring more than 250 small earthquakes that have occurred in Yellowstone National Park since Friday. Swarms of small earthquakes happen frequently in Yellowstone. But Robert Smith, a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah, says it's very unusual to have so many over several days. The largest tremor was Saturday and measured magnitude 3.8. Smith says it's hard to say what might be causing the tremors but notes that Yellowstone is very geologically active. An active volcano there last erupted 70,000 years ago.
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