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Bulgaria New Tremor Aftershock of May Strong Quake – Expert
Photo by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
The relatively strong tremor that threw into panic people in Bulgaria's capital Sofia and nearby Pernik is an aftershock of the 5.8-magnitude quake at the end of May, according to experts.
"What we experienced on Saturday is an aftershock of the earthquake of May 22 this year and has the same epicenter," Professor Nikolay Miloshev, director of the National Institute of Geography, Geophysics and Geodesy, Sofia, explained.
In his words it is not unusual that today's earthquake is related to the May tremor because it was very strong and even then seismologists predicted aftershocks may continue for months.
Saturday's earthquake was estimated as 4.5 on the Richter scale by the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre and as 4.2 on the Richter scale by the Geophysical Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS).
The jolt struck at 3.52 p.m. and was felt in Pernik, Sofia, Samokov, Montana and Plovdiv.
The quake occurred at a depth of 10 km and was epicentered 7 km southeast of Pernik and 19 kilometers west of Sofia, very near to the epicenter of the 5.8-magnitude jolt which hit the region in the small hours of May 22.
Extreme Temperatures/ Weather / Drought
Dry Conditions Continue, Drought Forecast To Deepen
KIWA Radio.com
Sheldon, Iowa — The dry conditions continue. But the past year has been a roller coaster into and out of drought.
We started 2011 wet, but by the end of the year, it was quite dry, and we were concerned about spring planting. We were in what the US Drought monitor calls "severe drought". But by the time it was time to plant, we were pretty close to where we should be in the moisture profile, and the forecast was for improvement. Now it looks like the pendulum may be swinging back the other way.
The latest information from the US Drought Monitor indicates that our area is in moderate drought. The forecast isn't any better news. The US Seasonal drought outlook for northwest Iowa is that development of greater drought is likely.
Much of the Corn Belt continues to experience increasing dryness and drought, with departure from normal precip over the past 30 days on the order of 3 to 5 inches below normal across central and eastern Iowa and much of Illinois and Indiana.
So the good news (if you can look at it that way) is that we're not alone, it's dry everywhere. In fact, over a thousand counties in 26 states are being named natural-disaster areas, the biggest such declaration ever by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It covers a third of farmers nationwide, and makes them eligible for low-interest loans.
The data cutoff for Drought Monitor maps is Tuesday at 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The maps, which are based on analysis of the data, are released each Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
14.07.2012 | Forest / Wild Fire | USA | State of Wyoming, [Yellowstone National Park] |
Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Saturday, 14 July, 2012 at 13:57 (01:57 PM) UTC.
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Firefighters aided by aircraft immediately attacked the first lightning-caused fire in Yellowstone National Park this season, but a park spokesman said Friday there's been no talk of suppressing every blaze. "Our bottom line has always been if we believe that there is a threat to people and property, our goal is to protect people and property," spokesman Al Nash said. "But not every fire in Yellowstone poses a threat." The fire was reported Thursday near the park's northern border in northwest Wyoming. Initially reported at 5 acres, the fire grew to 29 acres by Friday afternoon. |
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Torretial Rains Kill More Than 20 in China
BEIJING, (RIA Novosti)
Torrential rains have killed more than 20 people in China and destroyed about one million homes, local media reported on Saturday.
Heavy rains have been battering a number of Chinese provinces for several weeks, triggering mudslides and flooding.
Eleven people were killed in the southern province of Guangdong and ten in the central province of Hubei, where more than 2 million people were affected by the disaster.
The damage caused by the rain has exceeded $156 million.
Sharp increase in rainfall allays drought fears
* Monsoon covers entire country four days ahead of usual date
* Deficit from June 1-July 11 narrows to 22 percent (Adds details, quotes, background)
By Ratnajyoti Dutta
NEW DELHI, July 12 (Reuters) – India's monsoon rains were above average in the past week for the first time in the current season, the weather office said, as the downpours resumed after a worrying fortnight-long pause over the central part of the country.
The annual rains are crucial for farm output and economic growth as about 55 percent of the South Asian nation's arable land is rain-fed. The farm sector accounts for about 15 percent of a nearly $2-trillion economy, Asia's third-biggest.
Rains were 1 percent above average for the week ended July 11, a sharp improvement from 49 percent below average in the previous week – allaying fears of a drought, which would hit output of food crops in the major consumer and producer.
Rapid progress of monsoon rains over the grain bowl of northwest India helped cover the entire country four days ahead of the usual date of July 15 although weather officials have cautioned it could remain weak until next week.
"The monsoon scenario is not as bad as has been painted," Food Minister K.V. Thomas told Reuters.
Farm Minister Sharad Pawar had already said on Wednesday the rains had improved, speeding the sowing of major summer crops such as rice and cotton.
Rains had been 30 percent below average from June 1 to July 4 and now that deficit has narrowed to 22 percent below average.
Weather officials said the monsoon rains would be above average over the hilly regions of the north and northeast over the next three days, helping to fill reservoirs, but would decrease over northern states such as Punjab and Haryana in the grain bowl of India early next week.
The revival of rains over central India increased the pace of soybean planting, which is now almost 80 percent complete in Madhya Pradesh, the main producing state for the oilseed, an industry official said.
"Rains are needed even in the next week to complete the sowing operations," said Rajesh Agrawal, spokesman for the Soybean Processors' Association of India said.
Soybean is the main oilseed crop for India, the world's biggest importer of cooking oils and also a major supplier of soymeal to nations such as Iran, South Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and Thailand.
By July 6, soybean had been planted in 1.9 million hectares, more than the normal area, according to preliminary farm ministry data. A further update will be issued on Friday.
Thomas said the planting scenario for rice and cane was also "good." India also has huge stockpiles of rice after three years of bumper harvests. By July 1, government rice stocks were 30.7 million tonnes, much higher than the 9.8 million tonnes targeted for the quarter to end-September.
But concerns remain for cereals in some rain-fed areas of the western state of Maharashtra and southern Karnataka. Cereals had been planted on 2.19 million hectares by July 6 compared with normal acreage of 5.66 million hectares.
Flash Flood Warning
Flash Flood Watch
14.07.2012 | Flash Flood | Japan | MultiProvinces, [Provinces of Kumamoto and Oita] |
Flash Flood in Japan on Thursday, 12 July, 2012 at 11:46 (11:46 AM) UTC.
Updated: | Saturday, 14 July, 2012 at 18:52 UTC |
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Severe flooding in Japan has forced the evacuation of some 400,000 people today. The country's meteorological agency today warned that more landslides and flooding is expected to hit the deluged island of Kyushu, where severe weather has killed up to 20 people in the last several days. Rain pounded the southern island today, with over four inches of water coming down per hour, according to the weather unit, said SAPA news agency. At least nine people have gone missing. Weather officials said that over 30 inches of rain hit the southern city of Aso in the last three days. Hundreds of thousands of people on the island and the surrounding southern provinces have been advised to leave the region or go to storm shelters. The nation has deployed self-defense units to the area to assist with recovery efforts. |
Flood Warning
5-mile-long landslide in Alaska national park; warming eyed as possible culprit
FlyDrake.com via Glacier Bay National Park
Rock and debris from a landslide lie along five miles of what had been an ice-white glacier inside Glacier Bay National Park.
A massive landslide sent tons of rock and debris tumbling more than five miles down a glacier in Alaska, the National Park Service reported in an event that could be yet another sign of a warming world.
Officials noticed the monitor blip on June 11 but it wasn't until July 2 that a pilot passing over the site took photos that showed just how large it was, Glacier Bay National Park announced on its Facebook page.
"It's certainly the largest that we're aware of" inside the park, Glacier Bay ecologist Lewis Sharman told msnbc.com.
Larger landslides have happened over geologic time, Marten Geertsema, a natural hazards researcher for the Forest Service in nearby British Columbia, told msnbc.com, but it definitely was "one of the longest runout landslides on a glacier in Alaska and Canada in recent times."
Moreover, the force was enormous, Geertsema said. No one was present, but had anyone been there they probably "would be blown over by the air blast," he told the Associated Press.
Officials ruled out an earthquake as the trigger that caused part of the nearly 12,000-foot Lituya Mountain to give way, smothering the ice-white Johns Hopkins Glacier with dark rock and debris over an area a half-mile wide and 5.5 miles long.
Drake Olson / FlyDrake.com via AP
The landslide is viewed from above the Johns Hopkins Glacier.
One possibility is that thawing permafrost, which is ground that stays frozen for two more our years, caused the slide.
"We are seeing an increase in rock slides in mountain areas throughout the world because of permafrost degradation," said Geertsema.
"I don't know whether permafrost degradation played a role here, but we can be almost certain that permafrost exists on Lituya Mountain," said Geertsema, who reviewed aerial photos of the mountain and slide area. "Certainly this type of event could happen from permafrost degradation."
Many areas of mountain permafrost have been thawing in recent decades as temperatures warm, and some experts are becoming convinced that thawing is a factor in the frequency of rock slides, Geertsema said, pointing to data by Swiss scientists studying the Alps.
Marten Geertsema and Drake Olson
The section of rock and ice that slid off Lituya Mountain is seen here. Marten Geertsema estimates it was 200 meters, or about 600 feet, wide.
"It plays an important role," Geertsema said of climate change. "I think we have been underestimating the role it might play."
Sharman, the park ecologist, echoed that sentiment, saying he's heard from experts that "they would not be surprised" to see more such landslides inside the national park if temperatures continue to warm.
"Certainly we are seeing an increase in large landslides over the past decades," Geertsema said, citing his 2006 study that found between 1973 and 2003 the average in northern British Columbia increased from 1.3 large landslides per year to 2.3.
Moreover, he said, most of the slides in northern British Columbia are happening in the warmest years.
Landslides like this one can also be triggered by other factors, Geertsema added, such as a combination of large snowpack and a cold spring that results in a delayed and then rapid melt.
The slide itself was miles from areas used by park visitors, most of whom see Glacier Bay by cruise ship.
"You can't see it from a boat or the bay. You've got to be up flying. And it's not on a typical flying route," park service spokesman John Quinley told Reuters. "It would have been pretty horrific if you'd been camped on the glacier."
And it won't reach the bay for a long time.
The frozen ground that covers the top of the world has been thawing rapidly over the last three decades. But there is cause for concern beyond the far north, because the carbon released from thawing permafrost could raise global temeratures even higher. NBC's Anne Thompson reports for "Changing Planet," produced by NBC Learn in partnership with the National Science Foundation.
"The landslide is approximately 12-14 miles up the glacier," the park said on its Facebook page, and the glacier itself moves material towards the bay only about 10-15 feet a day. "So this debris may not reach the face of the glacier for many years," it added.
Officials are currently trying to estimate the volume of material that fell in the slide.
In 1958, a nearby landslide, this one above Lituya Bay and triggered by a 7.7 earthquake, created a wave hundreds of feet high that washed 1,720 feet up a narrow inlet. Two people on a fishing boat vanished and three others on land were killed.
One fishing vessel was able to ride out the wave, Geertsema noted.
"They looked below them and they could see the tops of the Sitka spruce trees way below," he said. "The other boat disappeared."
Last month's slide covered more land area than the 1958 incident, but even so it probably won't go down as the biggest one by volume in North America.
"We do not know the volume of the recent landslide on the Johns Hopkins Glacier yet, but it is unlikely to break the volume record," Rex Baum, a U.S. Geological Survey expert, told msnbc.com.
What is the record? That, said Baum, would be the 2.8 cubic kilometer rock slide avalanche from the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state.
Unstable search area remains hazardous for rescue workers
CBC News
The search for four people assumed caught in Thursday's landslide in southeastern B.C. resumed Friday afternoon and was to continue until dark, and then resume at first light Saturday morning, officials say.
More landslides earlier Friday had delayed the ground search for a father, his two adult daughters and a German woman believed to be trapped by a landslide that roared down a mountainside in southeastern B.C.
RCMP said there had been further slides in the area, and because of that searchers had to wait for geotechnicians to assess the safety of the terrain before they went in.
Bill Macpherson, spokesman for the Central Kootenay Regional District, said engineers gave the go-ahead, although there was no certainty the danger had passed.
"In spite of ongoing debris movement and continued slope instability, the search of the landslide at Johnsons Landing has resumed this afternoon at approximately14:15 hours [PT]," Macpherson said in a statement Friday afternoon.
About 40 rescue workers are now in Johnsons Landing, with 13 on top of the debris pile at any one time, trying to burrow in strategically to locate possible survivors, Vancouver Fire Department spokesman Les Sziklai told CBC News on Friday night. The department has a number of personnel assisting at the landslide scene, Sziklai said.
The earlier search delay had frustrated family members and local residents.
"It's taken them a long time to get in there. In the old days we would've just gone in by ourselves, and it may have been dangerous, but this place is full of independent people," said resident Susan Grimble.
The girls' mother, Lynn Migdal, who is in Florida, told CBC News that Diana Webber, 22, and Rachel Webber, 17, and her ex-husband, Valentine Webber, were about to sit down for breakfast moments before the slide hit.
Now she believes they are trapped under the debris that destroyed the home.
"There is three people buried deep down in my house right now and there is not one rescue person on the property. Something fast has to be done," Lynn Migdal said just after 7 a.m. PT.
Three homes in the small community of Johnsons Landing, located just north of Kaslo on the east side of Kootenay Lake, were hit by the landslide on Thursday.
Aerial reconnaissance of the site was conducted by 10 a.m., but ground crews were not allowed in to search the site because of stability concerns, according to Macpherson.
"My family has been buried under the ground since 11 o'clock yesterday. I know that the conditions were not good enough. They had to evacuate, but I was promised that by 4:30 yesterday afternoon, as soon as there was light, that there would be dogs and people digging," said Migdal.
Diana Webber, 22, is believed to have been in a home hit by the landslide. (Facebook)
"All we need is some shovels to dig out my 17-year-old daughter, my 22-year-old daughter and my ex-husband."
The other missing person is believed to be Petra Frehse, a German woman who has been a part-time resident of the area for several years.
RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said multiple helicopters, two search-dog teams, underwater recovery divers, a landslide expert and a geotechnician were dispatched to the scene in the tiny community of Johnsons Landing to help in the search and recovery effort.
The efforts were called off Thursday evening because the area was deemed too volatile to search in the dark.
Rachel Webber, 17, is also believed to have been in the house struck by the landslide. (Facebook)
"I think everybody is realistic that the odds of survivability for the individuals that were in the direct path [of the landslide] …are not that great," said Moskaluk.
"So realistically, we are looking at possibly a recovery operation. But again, we never lose hope."
Four members of Vancouver's Heavy Urban Search and Rescue team arrived to help with the search on Thursday night, and more arrived on Friday morning.
Epidemic Hazards / Diseases
'Unknown disease' kills 60 children in Cambodia – Could vaccines have been the cause?
By Ethan A. Huff,
(NaturalNews) Dozens of young children in Cambodia have died in recent months of what health authorities are claiming is some kind of mystery disease. But based on the nature of the afflicted children's symptoms prior to their deaths, it seems a likely possibility that they may have been victims of vaccine injuries, and that the disease explanation is the media's attempt to cover up the truth. According to Dr. Nima Asgari, a public health specialist at the United Nations (UN) body in Cambodia, as many as 60 children have died in Cambodia since April, all after experiencing similar symptoms. Prior to their deaths, many of the children had reportedly been suffering high fever, severe chest disease symptoms, and/or signs of neurological damage, symptoms which are all strangely associated with vaccine injury.
The so-called "disease," which authorities insisted from the beginning they could not identify, has actually afflicted 61 children thus far, only one of which obviously survived. But all the children who were admitted to hospitals in both Phnom Penh, Cambodia's largest and capital city, and a popular tourist area known as Siem Reap, were seven years of age or younger at their times of death.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is worried about the fact that the "condition" leads to a very high mortality rate in such a short period of time. But at the same time, the international body claims the disease is not contagious, as neither hospital staff nor nearby patients that have come into contact with the now-deceased children have developed similar symptoms.
Mysterious deaths wreak of deliberate experimentation on humans via vaccines
Since the mystery condition does not appear to be contagious in any way, and only seems to occur in young children of vaccine age, it is not that far of a stretch to hypothesize that vaccines may have something to do with these mysterious deaths. It would not be the first time, after all, that vaccine experimentation has led to the unusually rapid spread of "disease" in just a few weeks or months.
The AIDS epidemic, for instance, appears to have been triggered by a vaccine campaign for smallpox in Africa back in the late 1970s. (http://www.infowars.com) According to some reports, the 13-year campaign launched by WHO to vaccinate Africans living in Central Africa was directly responsible for inducing HIV and AIDS, which quickly spread around the world. (http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net)
Interestingly, Cambodia has recently launched its own vaccination campaigns, including one for measles that began back in 2011. (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2011-02/10/c_13725980.htm) But neither health authorities nor the mainstream media have even entertained the thought that vaccines might the cause of the mystery deaths.
Some official reports are now blaming the deaths of Enterovirus Type 71 (EV71), also known as "hand, foot and mouth disease." (http://news.blogs.cnn.com) But this explanation does not make any sense, as EV71 is highly contagious, while the "mystery condition" does not appear to be contagious.
Sources for this article include:
Solar Activity
2MIN News July 14, 2012: Geomagnetic Storms Coming, Earthquake Watch
Published on Jul 14, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers
Dead Penguns: http://phys.org/news/2012-07-penguins-dead-brazil-beaches.html
Britain Rain Record: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9398090/Britain-on-course-for-wette…
Corn Drought: http://www.inquisitr.com/275084/usda-declares-biggest-disaster-in-agencys-his…
Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com/ [Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density]
HAARP: http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html [Click online data, and have a little fun]
SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ [Place to find Solar Images and Videos - as seen from earth]
SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater [SOHO; Lasco and EIT - as seen from earth]
Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images [Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI - as seen from the side]
SunAEON:http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/ [Just click it... trust me]
SOLARIMG: http://solarimg.org/artis/ [All purpose data viewing site]
iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html [Free Application; for advanced sun watchers]
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/cme-based/ [CME Evolution]
NOAA Bouys: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
RSOE: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php [That cool alert map I use]
JAPAN Radiation Map: http://jciv.iidj.net/map/
LISS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/heliplots_gsn.php
Gamma Ray Bursts: http://grb.sonoma.edu/ [Really? You can't figure out what this one is for?]
BARTOL Cosmic Rays: http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html [Top left box, look for BIG blue circles]
TORCON: http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index [Tornado Forecast for the day]
GOES Weather: http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ [Clouds over America]
INTELLICAST: http://www.intellicast.com/ [Weather site used by many youtubers]
NASA News: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/
PHYSORG: http://phys.org/ [GREAT News Site!]
Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days) |
Object Name | Apporach Date | Left | AU Distance | LD Distance | Estimated Diameter* | Relative Velocity | |||
(2005 NE21) | 15th July 2012 | 0 day(s) | 0.1555 | 60.5 | 140 m – 320 m | 10.77 km/s | 38772 km/h | ||
(2003 KU2) | 15th July 2012 | 0 day(s) | 0.1034 | 40.2 | 770 m – 1.7 km | 17.12 km/s | 61632 km/h | ||
(2007 TN74) | 16th July 2012 | 1 day(s) | 0.1718 | 66.9 | 20 m – 45 m | 7.36 km/s | 26496 km/h | ||
(2007 DD) | 16th July 2012 | 1 day(s) | 0.1101 | 42.8 | 19 m – 42 m | 6.47 km/s | 23292 km/h | ||
(2006 BC8) | 16th July 2012 | 1 day(s) | 0.1584 | 61.6 | 25 m – 56 m | 17.71 km/s | 63756 km/h | ||
144411 (2004 EW9) | 16th July 2012 | 1 day(s) | 0.1202 | 46.8 | 1.3 km – 2.9 km | 10.90 km/s | 39240 km/h | ||
(2012 BV26) | 18th July 2012 | 3 day(s) | 0.1759 | 68.4 | 94 m – 210 m | 10.88 km/s | 39168 km/h | ||
(2010 OB101) | 19th July 2012 | 4 day(s) | 0.1196 | 46.6 | 200 m – 450 m | 13.34 km/s | 48024 km/h | ||
(2008 OX1) | 20th July 2012 | 5 day(s) | 0.1873 | 72.9 | 130 m – 300 m | 15.35 km/s | 55260 km/h | ||
(2010 GK65) | 21st July 2012 | 6 day(s) | 0.1696 | 66.0 | 34 m – 75 m | 17.80 km/s | 64080 km/h | ||
(2011 OJ45) | 21st July 2012 | 6 day(s) | 0.1367 | 53.2 | 18 m – 39 m | 3.79 km/s | 13644 km/h | ||
153958 (2002 AM31) | 22nd July 2012 | 7 day(s) | 0.0351 | 13.7 | 630 m – 1.4 km | 9.55 km/s | 34380 km/h | ||
(2011 CA7) | 23rd July 2012 | 8 day(s) | 0.1492 | 58.1 | 2.3 m – 5.1 m | 5.43 km/s | 19548 km/h | ||
(2012 BB124) | 24th July 2012 | 9 day(s) | 0.1610 | 62.7 | 170 m – 380 m | 8.78 km/s | 31608 km/h | ||
(2009 PC) | 28th July 2012 | 13 day(s) | 0.1772 | 68.9 | 61 m – 140 m | 7.34 km/s | 26424 km/h | ||
217013 (2001 AA50) | 31st July 2012 | 16 day(s) | 0.1355 | 52.7 | 580 m – 1.3 km | 22.15 km/s | 79740 km/h | ||
(2012 DS30) | 02nd August 2012 | 18 day(s) | 0.1224 | 47.6 | 18 m – 39 m | 5.39 km/s | 19404 km/h | ||
(2000 RN77) | 03rd August 2012 | 19 day(s) | 0.1955 | 76.1 | 410 m – 920 m | 9.87 km/s | 35532 km/h | ||
(2004 SB56) | 04th August 2012 | 20 day(s) | 0.1393 | 54.2 | 380 m – 840 m | 13.72 km/s | 49392 km/h | ||
(2000 SD8) | 04th August 2012 | 20 day(s) | 0.1675 | 65.2 | 180 m – 400 m | 5.82 km/s | 20952 km/h | ||
(2006 EC) | 06th August 2012 | 22 day(s) | 0.0932 | 36.3 | 13 m – 28 m | 6.13 km/s | 22068 km/h | ||
(2006 MV1) | 07th August 2012 | 23 day(s) | 0.0612 | 23.8 | 12 m – 28 m | 4.79 km/s | 17244 km/h | ||
(2005 RK3) | 08th August 2012 | 24 day(s) | 0.1843 | 71.7 | 52 m – 120 m | 8.27 km/s | 29772 km/h | ||
(2009 BW2) | 09th August 2012 | 25 day(s) | 0.0337 | 13.1 | 25 m – 56 m | 5.27 km/s | 18972 km/h | ||
277475 (2005 WK4) | 09th August 2012 | 25 day(s) | 0.1283 | 49.9 | 260 m – 580 m | 6.18 km/s | 22248 km/h | ||
(2004 SC56) | 09th August 2012 | 25 day(s) | 0.0811 | 31.6 | 74 m – 170 m | 10.57 km/s | 38052 km/h | ||
(2008 AF4) | 10th August 2012 | 26 day(s) | 0.1936 | 75.3 | 310 m – 690 m | 16.05 km/s | 57780 km/h | ||
37655 Illapa | 12th August 2012 | 28 day(s) | 0.0951 | 37.0 | 770 m – 1.7 km | 28.73 km/s | 103428 km/h | ||
Mysterious Blood Rain
Strange Red Rain Falls in India (13th July 2012)
- mysterious red rain
- Why are people panicking as their courtyards fill with "mysterious blood red rain"?
- Did Nostradamus and others predict "rain like blood"?
- Has this happened before?
- What causes the red color in the mysterious rain?
- Is it caused by an unidentified life form?
- Could dust from a meteor affect an area more than a decade later?
- Is all this just coincidence?
On Thursday, July 5, 2012, around 6:50 p.m. local time, a mysterious red rain shower fell for about 15 minutes in Kannur, Kerala, India. Locales within a one kilometer area in the Indian state of Kerala experienced this phenomenon, as it filled courtyards with blood red rain and stained people's clothes pink.
Biological Hazards / Wildlife
14.07.2012 | Biological Hazard | Brazil | Multiple areas, [Sao Paulo state coastal area] |
Biological Hazard in Brazil on Saturday, 14 July, 2012 at 13:59 (01:59 PM) UTC.
Description | |
Wildlife experts are concerned and investigating after 512 Magellanic penguins washed up dead across 65 miles of the Brazilian coast, reports the Merco Press. Further worrying veterinarians is that the birds were all apparently in good health, well fed, and free from oil stains. Magellanic penguins are migratory, moving from southern Argentina to Sao Paolo at this time of year. It's not a great time for penguins in general, with the population of a major colony in Antarctica plummeting 36% since 1991. | |
Biohazard name: | Mass. Die-off (Magellanic penguins) |
Biohazard level: | 0/4 — |
Biohazard desc.: | This does not included biological hazard category. |
Symptoms: | |
Status: |
Brazil biologists investigate penguin deaths
Brazilian biologists are investigating the deaths of more than 500 penguins found washed up on the beaches of Rio Grande do Sul state.
Autopsies are being conducted on some of the birds to determine the cause of death.
Researchers said the penguins appeared to have been well-fed, with no apparent injuries and no oil on their bodies.
Similar incidents in the past have been blamed on shifting ocean currents and colder temperatures.
Magellanic Penguins migrate to southern Brazil from Patagonia every year during the southern winter.
Last week dozens of young penguins were rescued from beaches in Rio de Janeiro after straying far beyond their normal range.
The birds delighted beach-goers, but scientists said their health was suffering in the tropical waters.
Brazil's environment agency is preparing to fly those penguins back to the south.
Hot weather in southeastern Iowa results in death of nearly 58,000 fish
By Special to the Daily News
A section of the Des Moines River with a history of hot weather related fish kills was home to one of the longest in the state's history with nearly 58,000 dead fish in more than 42 stream miles with a value exceeding $10.1 million.
Dead fish were found in the Des Moines River from the dam in Eldon to the Farmington Bridge on Iowa Highway 2.
This section of the Des Moines River has had sizable fish kills over the years, including 2006 and in 2008, during summer flows of 300 to 500 CFS and high water temperature.
The DNR also investigated fish kills in the Iowa River between the Hawkeye Wildlife Area and the Iowa Highway 965 bridge in Johnson County and in the main lake at Lake Odessa in Louisa County.
The section of the Iowa River has periodically experienced hot weather fish kills in the past.
Paul Sleeper, fisheries biologist at Lake Macbride, said water from the shallow Hawkeye Wildlife area with low oxygen levels and temperatures in the 90s flowed under the Iowa Highway 965 and I-380 bridges where most of the dead fish were found. Sleeper said they counted 95 walleyes at the upper end of the Coralville Reservoir, along with six channel catfish and a few common carp on Monday.
"It looks like they had been dead for several days," Sleeper said.
At Lake Odessa, 96 percent of the 19,000 fish killed were gizzard shad that are susceptible to changes in water temperature. Chad Dolan, fisheries biologist at the DNR's Lake Darling office, said they suspect the kill happened Saturday night after the high air temperatures. The water temperature was in the low to mid 90s.
Hot Weather Causes Fish Kills In Southeast Iowa
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A section of the Des Moines River with a history of hot weather related fish kills was home to one of the longest in the state's history with nearly 58,000 dead fish in more than 42 stream miles with a value exceeding $10.1 million.
Dead fish were found in the Des Moines River from the dam in Eldon to the Farmington Bridge on Hwy. 2.
The majority of fish killed, 37,159, were shovelnose sturgeon, with a value $116.20 per pound, according to American Fisheries Society guidelines for monetary value in fish kills. The sturgeon averaged more than two pounds each with a value of $9,865,241.85.
The investigation began around 10:30 a.m., July 7, when Lacey-Keosauqua State Park manager Justin Pedretti reported seeing "lots" of dead fish in the river to Mark Flammang, fisheries biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Flammang and fisheries aide Wes Alexander were joined by Jon Ryk and Paul Brant from the DNR's Washington field office on the river at Eldon and for the next 11 hours they collected water samples, conducted fish counts, and took water temperature readings working their way downstream to Farmington.
"We didn't find low levels of dissolved oxygen or high levels of ammonia which is usually indicative of some sort of spill so it comes down to water temperature," said Flammang. "You just don't see rivers at 97 degrees and it was 97 degrees at every site that we sampled. I've never seen water at that temperature in Iowa."
The effects of high water temperature on fish were likely compounded by stream flows that had fallen from 5,000 cubic feet per second before July 4, to 1,200 CFS on July 7.
In addition to shovelnose sturgeon, Flammang found more than 12,000 channel catfish, nearly 1,900 walleye, more than 1,100 flathead catfish, 1,500 freshwater drum, 750 carpsuckers, 370 white bass, 45 shorthead redhorse and 25 goldeye.
"It looks like a lot of fish, but I don't expect this fish kill to have a noticeable impact on the fish population in this stretch of the river. The shovelnose sturgeon is something we're concerned about, but the river has shown time and time again that it can recover," Flammang said.
This section of the Des Moines River has had sizable fish kills over the years, including 2006 and in 2008, during summer flows of 300 to 500 CFS and high water temperature.
The DNR also investigated fish kills in the Iowa River between the Hawkeye Wildlife Area and the Hwy. 965 Bridge in Johnson County, and in the main lake at Lake Odessa in Louisa County.
The section of the Iowa River has periodically experienced hot weather fish kills in the past.
Paul Sleeper, fisheries biologist at Lake Macbride, said water from the shallow Hawkeye Wildlife area with low oxygen levels and temperatures in the 90s flowed under the Hwy. 965 and I-380 bridges were most of the dead fish were found. Sleeper said they counted 95 walleyes at the upper end of the Coralville Reservoir, along with six channel catfish and a few common carp on Monday.
"It looks like they had been dead for several days," Sleeper said.
At Lake Odessa, 96 percent of the 19,000 fish killed were gizzard shad that are susceptible to changes in water temperature. Chad Dolan, fisheries biologist at the DNR's Lake Darling office, said they suspect the kill happened Saturday night after the high air temperatures. The water temperature was in the low to mid 90s.
Other species killed were bluegills, crappies, freshwater drum, northern pike, largemouth bass, yellow bass, common carp, channel catfish, goldfish and brown bullhead. Dolan said live fish were seen in the areas of the fish kill and anglers were catching fish during the Sunday
While elevated water temperature is likely the cause of these fish kills, the DNR will be submitting water samples for analysis to see if other factors were responsible. If the public sees dead or stressed fish, they are encouraged to contact the DNR at 515-281-8694.
14.07.2012 | Biological Hazard | Australia | State of Western Australia, [North of Lancelin ] |
Biological Hazard in Australia on Saturday, 14 July, 2012 at 13:50 (01:50 PM) UTC.
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A friend of the surfer who was killed in a shark attack north of Lancelin this morning is believed to have witnessed the attack. Police have revealed the victim is a 24-year-old Perth man but have not yet released his name. He is the fifth person to die from a shark attack in Western Australia since September last year. Water Police and the Department of Fisheries are now searching for the man's body. The attack happened about 4 km south of Wedge Island about 9am. Tony Cappelluti from the Fisheries Department said the victim was with a friend when attacked by what was believed to be a great white shark. "The two people were in the water surfing or waiting for a wave when the victim was attacked by a shark," he said. It is believed that the two men were about 40 or 50 metres off the beach at the time of attack. Mr Cappelluti said two other surfers, one on a jet ski and the other being towed came over to help when they saw a commotion in the water. He said the man's friend and the others surfers were not in a position to help and went back to shore and contacted the police. "No body has been recovered but from eyewitness accounts we presume he has been killed." A man who said he had been the person on the jet ski nearby told ABC that he tried to retrieve the man who had been attacked from the water. "I was towing my mate on the back of the jet ski and in front of us I just saw a guy get attacked by a shark and I just took my mate straight to the shore and went straight out and there was just blood everywhere and a massive, massive white shark circling the body," he said. "I reached to grab the body and the shark came at me on the jet ski and tried to knock me off and I did another loop and when I came to get back to the body the shark took it."
Mr Cappelluti said the attack had taken place near a very remote section of the beach and he was not sure if anyone was on the beach at the time. He said the victim's friend was believed to be "very distressed." Shire of Dandaragan president Shane Love said the thoughts of the community were with the victim's family and friends. "I think anytime this sort of thing happens it's a shock to coastal communities who love to go in the water and enjoy it, it's very sad," he said. Mr Love said while there were not many people who lived in the shacks at Wedge Island, which is about 160km north of Perth, the wider community of people who visited regularly was much larger. Police from Jurien Bay are attending the incident and the beach where the incident took place is currently closed. Lancelin local, Michael Balcombe who has been fishing in the area for about 45 years said he often saw big sharks in the area including tiger sharks and bronze whalers. "You always see sharks if you're fishing around here," he said. Mr Balcombe said considering the attack took place 4 km south of Wedge Island, it may have been at a popular surfing area called Didi Bay. Today's attack is the second fatal shark attack in Western Australia this year. |
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14.07.2012 | Biological Hazard | USA | State of Texas, McAllen |
Biological Hazard in USA on Saturday, 14 July, 2012 at 04:02 (04:02 AM) UTC.
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A swarm of bees attacked several people Friday evening, sending five to the hospital for treatment. The bee attack took place about 6:30 p.m. Friday on the 4100 block of North 10th Street, where a construction crew was repairing the roof of a strip mall, said McAllen Fire Capt. Rene Del Bosque. Customers were ordered to stay inside the various buildings, including Hop Tung Vietnamese Chinese Restaurant and the Lucky 13 tattoo parlor. Employees at other stores looked out from their windows as firefighters worked to remove the bees, but were also stung in the process. Those not inside businesses were kept away by McAllen police and firefighters. Those who had been stung were moved across the street to North Cross Shopping Center, where first responders treated those who had been stung. About 7:45 p.m., firefighters wearing bee suits removed the beehive and cleared the area. "At first I saw some of the guys swatting in the air and didn't know what was going on but then as they got close I saw the bees," said Andy Wynn, one of the roofers who dropped to the ground and covered himself in insulation material in an effort to stay safe from the bees. "I was concerned that some of the guys might jump off the roof to get away from the bees … it was about 5 or 10 at a time but they came at you and tried to get in your ears or your nose." Wynn said he'd never been attacked by bees in his eight years as a roofer. | |
Biohazard name: | Bees attack |
Biohazard level: | 0/4 — |
Biohazard desc.: | This does not included biological hazard category. |
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Power outages leave National Grid customers in the dark
SALINA — Thousands of National Grid customers were in the dark during a major power outage on Friday. The outage had the greatest affect on customers in Syracuse and Salina, and was sparked by a fire at a National Grid substation in Liverpool. The substation caught fire around 12:30am on Friday.
A National Grid spokesperson says the fire is believed to be specifically caused by bushlings, which allow energey to pass between pieces of equipment and are a vital component of substations.
National Grid has asked thousands of customers to conserve power while they are re-routing those serviced by the substation to other grids. To minimize strain on grids, customers are asked to unplug unnecessary electronics and turn up the temperatures on air conditioners to 70-72 degrees.
Those asked to conserve seem willing to comply, despite the 90 degree temperatures. "It's hot, yeah, but there's other ways we can keep cool," said Salina National Grid customer Daniel Zaborskiy. "Like instead of using A/C, we can use a fan, for instance."
Some affected by the outages are upset with National Grid. "They should provide a service and we should have confidence and know that they're going to deliver that service to us, like they want their money on time at all times," said Syracuse customer Taj Bey.
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Ok so I am 20 years old and I have been training consistently for 2 years now. I have made some good gains going from 5'8 130 to 165lbs. Currently I am on a 4 day split because of my work and school schedule conflicting but I usually do a 5 day split.. My split right now is
Tues-chest& tri
Thurs-shoulders& bi
The reason I do biceps twice a week is because I literally have no biceps.. My triceps are decent but it makes my arms look awkward because my biceps are smaller. The first two years of my training has been mainly compound exercises and not many isolation movements... Therefore I have made very good gains in my upper body and legs but overall my arms are not growing at the same pace as the rest of my body... Any tips on what I should do to maximize growth in my arms? More isolation movements?

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Super Fresh Recipes.... Inspired by Your Local Farmers' Markets
Finally Spring has sprung which means your local farmers' markets are (or will soon be back in action) and you can start grilling fresh and local vegetables right from your community. Below is a list of recipes that utilize some of your fresh finds! To find a farmers' market near you, visit Local Harvest. (and for reviews of local farmers markets check out Eat Local Grown!
Grilled Veggie Pinwheels
*This is a great quick and healthy snack for adults and kids!
• 1 piece whole wheat lavash roll-ups (thin wrap bread or you can use a tortilla)
• 1/2 cup prepared hummus
• 1 small carrot, shredded
• 3–4 long flat slices zucchini and or summer squash, grilled or broiled until soft
• 3–4 flat pieces red, yellow and/or green bell pepper, grilled or broiled until soft
Spread the hummus over the bread, sprinkle with shredded carrot and then arrange the grilled vegetables in a single layer, going in the same direction. Roll the lavish tightly starting at the end of the vegetable strips facing you, then wrap in plastic wrap tightly and refrigerate an hour or more. Cut the roll into 12 equal pieces and enjoy!
SOURCE: http://familiesonly.com/Community/blogs/chefmom/archive/2008/04/25/grilled-veggie-pinwheels.aspx
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- 6 ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped (save what juice you can)
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- 1 sweet red bell pepper seeded and chopped
- 4 stalks celery, chopped
- 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- 2 Tbsp chopped fresh chives
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- Juice from 2 freshly squeezed lemons
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- Tabasco sauce to taste
- 4 cups tomato juice
Grilled Veggie and Shrimp Kabobs
- ¼ cup light Italian dressing
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 medium squash, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 bell pepper, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 8 cherry tomatoes
- ¾ pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- In a small bowl, combine the salad dressing, parsley and basil. Alternate the vegetables and shrimp on eight metal or soaked wooden skewers.
- Grill, uncovered, over medium heat for 3 minutes, turning once. Baste with dressing mixture. Grill 3-4 minutes longer or until shrimp turn pink and vegetables are tender, turning and basting frequently.
- Enjoy these kebobs over tender Bibb lettuce or over a cup of wild rice and a small tossed salad.
SOURCE: http://www.appforhealth.com/2013/01/shrimp-and-veggie-kebobs/


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5 Essential Online Tax Tools for Small Business Owners from IRS.gov
by Caron_Beesley, Community Moderator
- Created: September 17, 2012, 12:07 pm
- Updated: September 18, 2012, 1:51 pm
Have questions about small business taxes? Need a quick tutorial in any aspect of business taxes? Perhaps all you want is a reminder of key tax dates and deadlines?
IRS.gov is a resource-rich site home to numerous online tools designed specifically for small business owners and the self-employed. Whether you are looking for answers or just need to improve your financial literacy, IRS.gov has a lot to offer. Here's a quick look at some of what's available from IRS.gov.
1. IRS Virtual Tax Workshop for New Small Businesses
The IRS Virtual Small Business Tax Workshop is a self-paced interactive online tax information and training tool that can help new small business owners understand and navigate their tax obligations year-round. The workshop consists of nine stand-alone lessons that cover such topics as:
- An explanation of federal tax obligations for new business owners
- How to set up and run your business so paying taxes isn't a hassle
- How to set up a retirement plan for yourself and your employees
- How to manage payroll withholding
2. IRS Video Portal for Small Business Taxpayers
Enter www.taxes.gov in your browser and you'll find the IRS Video Portal (the official URL is www.irsvideos.gov). Here you'll find quick video clips and webinars designed to explain a variety of tax topics (from audits to deductions to changing your business). The small business section is a great resource, particularly if you are an employer.
3. IRS Retirement Plans Navigator
Finding and managing the right retirement plan for your business is a big undertaking that involves understanding the law as well as the options that fit your needs. The IRS' online Retirement Plans Navigator helps small employers find and compare a variety of retirement plan options based on their particular requirements. The tool also helps you maintain your plan in accordance with changing tax laws. You can make appropriate plan changes without having to notify the IRS.
4. IRS Small Business Tax Calendar
Navigating the tax year as a business owner is no mean feat, and whether you're a freelancer, a start-up or a growing small business, the tax landscape is ever changing. This is where the free IRS Small Business Tax Calendar can help. Available as a printed color wall calendar, a desktop or online application, the calendar logs key business tax dates and reminders. Plus, the calendar is updated every year to include tax, financial and business management tips – specifically for small business owners.
5. Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center
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obligations were for small business owners like mine. I always just let my
accountant take care of it. But, now that I have had some time to follow all
the links you provided, I realize I cannot possibly wrap my head around all
the tax responsibilities and keep track of all these dates, while
successfully running my chia seed business.
I originally was considering doing my taxes by myself, but I guess my
accountant is worth every dollar he charges. Less tax hassle for me means I
can focus more time on accomplishing my main business goals.
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people like myself.I am self-employed and try to stay away from accountant as
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Convict Arias sports prison garb at hearing
Attorneys must pick new jury to decide her fate
Jodi Arias was back in court Thursday for a status hearing on the penalty phase of her murder trial, this time donning black-and-white prison stripes instead of civilian clothing.
It was her first time in the Arizona court since May 22, when jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision on her sentence for killing her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander. She was convicted of first-degree murder on May 8.
Because jurors in her murder trial were unable to agree on a sentence of life or death for Arias, trial attorneys must pick a new jury to decide her fate. The retrial was originally scheduled for July 18, but Arias' defense attorneys have asked the judge to delay the trial until January to give them more time to prepare.
The judge will wait to rule on their request and has kept the July 18 date on the calendar for another hearing on the matter.
Most of the discussion among attorneys on Thursday took place in the judge's chambers, off camera.
Arias was shackled and flanked by several heavily armed guards as she entered the courtroom.
The new jurors will deliberate Arias' sentence only. Arias' conviction for the grisly slaying of Alexander stands, as does the jury's finding that she carried out the crime in a "cruel manner."
If the new jury is unable to reach a unanimous decision on her penalty, Arias will automatically be sentenced to life in prison. The judge will then decide whether she will get life without parole or life with the eligibility of parole after 25 years.
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James Robert Wiggins
James Robert Wiggins, 55, of Superior, Wis., passed away Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. He was born Nov. 4, 1957, in Duluth, Minn., to John W. and Mary P. (Pflum) Wiggins and graduated from Cloquet High School in 1976. Jim had been a car salesman for Krenzen's and North Country Auto Exchange and was currently working in the Wal-Mart Deli in Cloquet, Minn. He was an avid collector of "treasures" from old memorabilia to coins and other unique odds and ends. Jim loved reading unusual books about a wide variety of things. Every Friday you could find him out at garage sales. He was forever adding to his collections. Jim was a very engaging man and everyone enjoyed talking to him. He was fun spirited, had a million-watt smile, and a boisterous laugh.


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QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I've experienced how none of us go through life without mistakes. But in their wake we can learn a lot about grace, a God of second chances and be the better for it. In that light, I humbly step forward and ask for your help in changing Washington."
-Mark Sanford, former South Carolina governor and current candidate for Congress from that state, on forgiveness in politics. Sanford resigned from his office in 2009 after admitting that he was having an extramarital affair.
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The Knife Restaurant - Orlando
Online Reservations
I visited the restaurant for the first time for our anniversary. The food was very good and it offers a lot of options. I choose the price that includes dessert and drinks and I think it was great. The waiter was very friendly and his service was excellent.
We found, not enough items on the salad bar and was hard to choose the correct type of items due to items being mislabeled.When brought the mislabeling to their attention, the staff did not put the correct labeling on the food. As for the noise level, the table we had was very noisy. while we were talking to each other, the adjoining tables were very loud, seemed like people were yelling at each other and kids running loose.
The food was very god for an all you can eat, buffet style Argentinian grille. A wide selection of meats and poultry, en extensive salad bar, and plenty of additional food items. The price is right and for a few bucks more, you get your choice of beverage (including beer and wine) and dessert. Definitely not a quiet romantic place, but rather vibrant, energetic, and a truly fun atmosphere. The wait staff was incredibly friendly, knowledgeable and very helpful. I would definitely recommend it to others and will be returning in the near future.
The food at this restaurant is served like a cattle call. You're supposed to walk up to the pit and request meat but there's no clear idea as to what meat they serve. Unfortunately the meat was extremely bland and I was very disappointed. I spoke with a lady that is a manager there and she brought me meat with much better flavor but great lengths of speaking to the manager shouldn't result in better tasting food, the quality should always be there. I would go back to visit the manager but doubt I'll spend my hard earned money eating at this restaurant again.
The food as well as the service were spot on. The all you can eat buffet was worth it! We will be seeing you again.
Great food, service, and atmosphere. While the food was a bit salty, it's supposed to be that way. The salad bar was continually kept up with. It was stocked with great fresh salad/toppings. They had a really nice cheese selection as well (The white/goat cheese was super delicious). The meats and vegetables from the grill were expertly cooked and seasoned. The only thing that I would recommend not getting are the ribs; they were a bit tough/dry. Over all experience was great!
Although it was not 100% authentic Argentinian food, it came very close. Food, service and the whole experience was great.i don't live in Orlando but will make it a point to stop here when in town.
My girlfriend and I tried this place the other day. It was pretty good. The price was really good for the selection. They gave each person their own bottle of wine(house wine) .For what it was it's well worth the price. You can go to other places like Texas Da Brazil of Fogo De Chao and spend way more,but if you're not trying to spend in the 100s for two people.This is the perfect place.
We found The Knife in Kissimmee to be a most wonderful place to dine with the exception of a couple of drawbacks. It seems hidden behind other buildings and tucked in the back. If you are a tourist it can be hard to find. The other problem was the noise level. There were two continually screaming kids there while we were dining, the sound reverberated throughout the whole restaurant and was very distracting to the ambiance. The service was top notch and the food very delectable. The selection of salads and meat from the open grill along with the best sweet potatoe fries we've ever had made this meal really good. To top things off the Dulce de Leche Crepe's were truly to die for, A fine ending to a lovely dinner.
It has great service because you have 3 or 4 waitresses waiting on you and explaining things. They have a basic salad bar and then a grill station. There they have 15 different meats that they will cut to your temperature preference. It includes salmon and sirloin.
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Nov. 27, 2012 — Now that we've celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday, the Christmas shopping season begins in earnest with a mad rush to buy all those colorful presents we stash under our brightly decorated Christmas trees to surprise our family, friends and loved ones.
This holiday season, we once again challenge you to spend $100 locally.
Three years ago we began challenging our readers to spend $100 locally during the holiday season. With our still sagging economy it's worth making the challenge again for one reason: a number of you have taken it to heart — and it has helped.
Merchants repeatedly have told us it is very common for shoppers to tell them they were participating in the challenge to help bolster our local economy.
So here it is again: If each of our newspaper readers spends $100 shopping at home this holiday season, it would pump more than $2 million into Lasen County's economy, based on a conservative average of just two readers per newspaper.
The $100 could take the form of gifts from your favorite stores. Thinking outside the traditional gift-giving box, how about the practicality of giving a gift certificate from one of the many restaurants, beauty salons, massage therapists, auto detailers, gyms, golf courses and other service providers throughout the county?
It doesn't have to be just presents. You could always spend the money on something more personal. Whether it is getting your nails done for a special party, dinner out or tanking up for a trip to visit family, there are literally hundreds of ways to spend $100 in Susanville and Lassen County this holiday season — we challenge you to find the ways that best fit your needs and lifestyle.
Money spent locally has these benefits, to name a few:
Funds re-circulate — Significantly more money re-circulates in our community when purchases are made locally because these businesses frequently purchase from other local businesses, service providers and farms. Purchasing locally helps grow other businesses, as well as our community's tax base.
New jobs — Most new jobs are provided by local businesses. Small local businesses are collectively the largest employer nationally.
Community investment — Local businesses are owned and/or managed by people who live in this community. They are less likely to leave and are more invested in the community's future. They are generous when it comes to supporting local school programs, little league and all the other organizations that make Lassen County such a great place to live and raise a family.
Customer service — Local businesses typically hire and train people to have more specific product expertise resulting in better customer service. Employees will go above and beyond when they are helping someone they consider a neighbor, not just another customer.
One-of-a-kind character — A growing body of economic research shows in an increasingly homogenized world, entrepreneurs and skilled workers are more likely to invest and settle in communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character.
Remember, shopping locally and spending $100 could be the best Christmas present for not only those on your list, but for everyone in Lassen County as well.
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I can't get what I want. One business said they would order, but didn't. Other businesses say they can't order what I want. It's good to support local but some businesses aren't even trying.
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Congratulations On Your Impeding Nuptials!
My name is Reverend Vickie Michels; and I feel very lucky to live in Oregon's Wine County; it is so beautiful. I truly enjoy helping couples create the wedding or vow renewal ceremony of their dreams. Please allow me to help you create your special moment.
Your day should be as relaxed and carefree as possible. I believe that your ceremony is all about you as a couple. I customize your wedding ceremony to the way you want it. This is your day, you should have it your way! I love sitting down and talking with couples about their vision for the ceremony. The creative and unique pieces that you put into your ceremony is what makes it special.
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Al DiGuido, Optimus Publishing CEO, on which advertising campaigns took home the gold at this year's London games.
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Out with their social media and net ad campaigns what -- was really Olympics recap marketing expert -- -- Guido CEO of -- publishing.
How I went three announces great stuff let's get right to it so who -- who won the gold medal for gold medal went to Procter gamble.
When you think about think the campaign that you think you mom campaign they ran gap there were and -- -- 49 countries who have global campaign then just one little data point they had almost six million page views on YouTube for that one commercially destroyed everyone else politic as it was sentimental there was Illinois have everyone's got a -- So very -- there CMO mark Pritchard says that they're gonna generate over 500 million dollars in retail sales strictly left on our -- -- -- incredible all right silver medal silver medal -- -- Visa Visa has been their for a long time to go world campaign out of there were again if you think of the social media area they had they happen.
In the App Store to get over one point one million uses -- the -- totally statistics over two to three week period of time this down year but your peers aren't.
Short -- -- -- -- at one point one million the Nadia komen each be cheering for.
Perfect yet got a -- -- almost one point six million.
Engagements in terms of YouTube was huge.
And the bronze medal goes to do it goes to Nike Nike is a -- -- -- Google yeah for greatness was incredible campaign for -- them.
Resonated with people online -- and social media and both on television as well a lot of engagement a lot of people really.
Absorbing their campaign and you tell me something I didn't know about ninety what was let go a -- that was solely regulations yeah round of the sponsorship.
Making go any athletes at the Olympics can Wear whatever shooting while while they're computing but when they go to a -- stand -- must be wearing Nike product at a but she's not -- let's get to those that didn't do so well -- the top of the list -- interestingly apple and what did they do wrong you say that campaign was just.
Plain stupid while those of you who watched the apple genius campaign this campaign that happened on -- on -- airliner.
If there was a genius on board.
It's -- miss the point the actual spokesperson -- pretty annoying.
It is -- himself they're trying to talk about features and functionality of their product yeah totally missed -- -- The reaction online was violent people were very angry -- resulting in the fact that apple actually pulled.
That campaign but probably paid a lot of money but after -- -- each sponsor spends or more hundreds of yeah dollars in terms of their media and marketing.
So yeah they spent a lot of money terms -- interestingly enough.
Samsung one of their -- for the galaxy product.
Live it up in terms of YouTube -- over two point seven million uses.
For their torch relay mouse running sow the -- right then also and other companies say that missed the mark was McDonald's Tim McDonald is -- brand I think that is taken the whole Olympics in all the marketing.
For granted and they would be fast food chain on the Olympic grounds and all the Olympic venues gap with their campaigns really didn't let what really -- a black and he.
Relevancy to the Olympics are more pushing their burgers and Fries and meals and and so -- they really didn't tie into those can -- -- fascinating stuff out very quickly NBC lot of criticism on the tape delay.
So -- and a Twitter.
You know worlds and it's a new world.
Consumers and viewers are watching two screens.
Tape delay at the same time folks room tweeting about mistakes that they were making right they're gonna have to address that before the next Olympics for -- -- stuff out useful to you for a I ages on this great stuff.
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OK, how about we find lots of free games you don't have to pay for on the web. Enter these URLs into your PS3 browser. Remember to position your cursor over the section of the window with the game.
Nokia snake, runs great full screen
Frogger, play in a window, too slow full screen.
Sodding mah jong solitaire. A little sluggish but plays.
Missile command.
Pacman, sound a little off but very playable
Duck hunt
Smack the penguin, old favourite, circle to smack
And remember you can play music in the bg while you play em.
On the hunt for more....
Applefiend, you've got to help me set some background music for things - I'm runnin in silence here!
Respect to all those who debate their positions using facts and reason rather than rumor and passion.
I'm playing music ripped from CDs fine, dunno about external sources, but....
Into XMB, then music, highlight the album or song you want, hit triangle, you get a list of options.
Hit play, now tap the playstation button, you're back into XMB, you're free to start slideshows, play flash games, all that. Starting a disk based game or PS Store will stop the music.
Oh man... Playstation button. The missing link!
(yes, I feel like a fool...)
Respect to all those who debate their positions using facts and reason rather than rumor and passion.
O dear xb, what are we going to do with you haha! You lucky ducks and your PS3s lol.
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Best Controller to KB/M Program: http://joytokey.net/en/download (ask me if you need help)
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Looks like I'll help you out.
Mostly because I told you before how to do it, and I don't even have it :realmad
LOL, j/k
PSN ID: VGAficionado
great idea listing the games Apple.
I hope more can pitch in and add to the list.
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hello…just to say my 2nd prometheus album called "corridor of mirrors' is finally ready after a few delays and diversions. sorry about the wait hope you all agree it was worth it.
cheers Benji
I'll get it as soon as i can.
Now we can only hope for Last days Of Gravity and your downbeat album to be ready very soon! :mrgreen:
when available elsewhere?
I'm so happy its out! I guess I'm a bit cheap, but wondered when it will be available at other sites—I want to buy several CDs, some of which aren't on the twisted label, from someplace like saikosounds (all at once to save shipping etc)....
I've been waiting months now. Great job Benji, really cant wait to hear the newness.
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top banana! :D cant wait for the postie to deliver
....look i know the supernatural is something that isn't supposed to happen, but it does happen…...
I've been listening to this all weekend and it is stonking! I was so happy when I got home on Friday to find this album had fallen through the letter box. I'd had an awful week (well it was after New Year) and listening to this really lifted me out of my Januray blues. Highly highly highly recommended. It feels to me a bit like a hybrid of prometheus and younger brother, not as dark as Robot.O.Chan but not as fluffy as younger brother. There are some great bass-lines throughout that drive the songs on and a couple of the changes really get the momento going. Everytime I listen to the CD it takes me back to some of the Prometheus gigs last year - the Twisted parties, Glade etc and I keep thinking "Oh I remember this bit!"
Honestly - go get it!
received it last saturday, and it's really roxing 8) thanks benji
Can't wait to get it and give it a spin!
"...the gnomes have found a NEW way to say Hooooraaaaaay…" http://www.kramerkreations.com/images/shpongle_emo.gif
Mine dropped on Friday, gave it a listen but didn't get a good second listen till today (Mon). Really like this album, Benji's Prometheus style has developed and it's always very intelligently done and he has a very unique vibe which sets him apart from other artists.
The last track Cheery Pie is just brilliant, highly recommended and a fab start to the year. Looking forward to YB now :D
'My god it's full of stars'
It's incredible. A worthy succesor to Robotochan.
It's amazing Album, exciting, real mastership!.. Can't even say which track I liked more, they are all beautiful and full of new feeling and thoughts!
BRAVO Benji!
The Man who swam through a speaker… what a track… i'm not a keen admirer of the dark psy scene but I liked few of the tunes… weio!
wow. the album rocks. the first track is amazing, how it builds and builds and builds. Excellent production as always benji.
really fantastic work, this will definately hold me over until the new YB comes out. cant wait to give it a second listen
thank you benji
Really a great album, Benji.
Arcadia Magik and 9th are my favorites. Especially Arcadia Magik is sooooo good. The build ups are amazing.
Your downbeat album and the new YB can't come soon enough! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
If Twisted records didnt exist I would have stopped listening 2 psytrance many years ago… Benji I dont have words(again) 2 describe how much I like this album.It was definately worth the wait.I just hope the cd wont melt from the continious playbacks :D peace…
The happy chaos out of which enlightenment might come.