Thursday, October 28, 2010
UFO Sighting Over Knotts Berry Farm? | NBC Los Angeles
UFO Sighting Over Knotts Berry Farm? | NBC Los Angeles: "Is it a bird? A plane? Or perhaps -- gasp -- a UFO? Those are the questions being asked about an iPhone picture taken at Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park. 'This photo is extremely creepy,' said Ryan Boone, who claims to have snapped the shot Tuesday before 10 p.m., while waiting in line to ride the Xcelerator rollercoaster. The 31-year-old Beverly Hills resident sent the photo (original pic) to NBCLA. The photo, which Boone claims is not doctored, shows part of the coaster and looming above it, is a glowing, triangular object in the sky."
Top Five Reasons Transhumanism Can Abolish Suffering by David Pearce
Top Five Reasons Transhumanism Can Abolish Suffering by David Pearce: "Top Five Reasons Transhumanism Can Eliminate Suffering
Reality is big. So our optimism must be confined to sentient beings in our forward light-cone. But I tentatively predict that the last experience below 'hedonic zero' will be a precisely dateable event several hundred years hence.
Here are five grounds for cautious optimism:"
Reality is big. So our optimism must be confined to sentient beings in our forward light-cone. But I tentatively predict that the last experience below 'hedonic zero' will be a precisely dateable event several hundred years hence.
Here are five grounds for cautious optimism:"
Top Five Transhumanist Fantasies | h Magazine
Top Five Transhumanist Fantasies | h Magazine:
"1. Eternal Life Through Data Storage
In many respects the Holy Grail of transhumanism, many transhumanist authors and artists have imagined a future in which the human being is essentially immortal via the capability to upload memory, personality, and consciousness into a database and then reload this information into a new body when a person dies. Several scenarios have been played out in fiction and film, one of the most interesting being The Golden Age series by John C. Wright. In a utopian world where personalities are immortal and bodies are replaceable, memory becomes one of the most important possessions. Judging by the current state of progress in neuroscience maps of the human brain, thoughts, and emotions, this transhumanist development is probably one of the more distant possibilities on the horizon. Biotech life extension is a more likely possibility in the immediate future. Still, humanity has dreamed of immortality since the days of Gilgamesh more than four thousand years ago, and no doubt this hope will continue to live on in the human psyche well into the future."
In many respects the Holy Grail of transhumanism, many transhumanist authors and artists have imagined a future in which the human being is essentially immortal via the capability to upload memory, personality, and consciousness into a database and then reload this information into a new body when a person dies. Several scenarios have been played out in fiction and film, one of the most interesting being The Golden Age series by John C. Wright. In a utopian world where personalities are immortal and bodies are replaceable, memory becomes one of the most important possessions. Judging by the current state of progress in neuroscience maps of the human brain, thoughts, and emotions, this transhumanist development is probably one of the more distant possibilities on the horizon. Biotech life extension is a more likely possibility in the immediate future. Still, humanity has dreamed of immortality since the days of Gilgamesh more than four thousand years ago, and no doubt this hope will continue to live on in the human psyche well into the future."
Check Out Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond To The Redesigned Human Of The Future for $10.89 | Books Security & Encryption
▶▶▶ Check Out Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond To The Redesigned Human Of The Future "This book is an excellent read if you are one who ponders about the intricate complexities that underlie concepts such as granting robots 'personhood' and whether an individual with a bionic arm falls under the category of 'human' or still belongs to the species homo-sapiens. 'Citizen Cyborg' is a scientifically thorough and meticulous, yet an easy read for the not-so-scientifically inclined too. The book touches upon nearly every scientific question that has sparked controversy in our world such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, life extension, genetic engineering, assisted suicide, and stem cell research."
How Big is the Unobservable Universe? : Starts With A Bang
How Big is the Unobservable Universe? : Starts With A Bang
Tons of info, pics and illustrations to check out...
The Canadian National Newspaper: Famed NASA Astronaut confirms Extraterrestrials are here
The Canadian National Newspaper: Famed NASA Astronaut confirms Extraterrestrials are here: "Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 took a crew of five astronauts into a 17 day, 15 hour and 54 minute mission around the earth, the longest flight in the history of this vehicle. During this lengthy flight a very strange event occurred that even had crewman Dr. Story Musgrave unable to explain what he observed from the shuttle windows.
A large disc shaped object appeared below the Columbia. The shuttle was approximately, 190 Nautical miles high.
The disc was first observed to miraculously appear from out of nowhere, flying through the clouds below and progressing from right to left as the astronauts stared in utter amazement. The outer rim of the craft appeared to be rotating counter-clockwise. It was very large (compared to common space junk and breakaway ice), approximately 50 to 150 feet in diameter."
A large disc shaped object appeared below the Columbia. The shuttle was approximately, 190 Nautical miles high.
The disc was first observed to miraculously appear from out of nowhere, flying through the clouds below and progressing from right to left as the astronauts stared in utter amazement. The outer rim of the craft appeared to be rotating counter-clockwise. It was very large (compared to common space junk and breakaway ice), approximately 50 to 150 feet in diameter."
'Wireles' Humans Could Form Backbone Of New Mobile Networks
'Wireles' Humans Could Form Backbone Of New Mobile Networks: "Members of the public could form the backbone of powerful new mobile internet networks by carrying wearable sensors. According to researchers from Queen’s University Belfast, the novel sensors could create new ultra high bandwidth mobile internet infrastructures and reduce the density of mobile phone base stations.
The engineers from Queen’s renowned Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT), are working on a new project based on the rapidly developing science of body centric communications.
Social benefits from the work could include vast improvements in mobile gaming and remote healthcare, along with new precision monitoring of athletes and real-time tactical training in team sports.
The researchers at ECIT are investigating how small sensors carried by members of the public, in items such as next generation smartphones, could communicate with each other to create potentially vast body-to-body networks (BBNs).
The new sensors would interact to transmit data, providing ‘anytime, anywhere’ mobile network connectivity."
The engineers from Queen’s renowned Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT), are working on a new project based on the rapidly developing science of body centric communications.
Social benefits from the work could include vast improvements in mobile gaming and remote healthcare, along with new precision monitoring of athletes and real-time tactical training in team sports.
The researchers at ECIT are investigating how small sensors carried by members of the public, in items such as next generation smartphones, could communicate with each other to create potentially vast body-to-body networks (BBNs).
The new sensors would interact to transmit data, providing ‘anytime, anywhere’ mobile network connectivity."
Paranormal activity finds mainstream acceptance - CNN.com
Paranormal activity finds mainstream acceptance - CNN.com: "(CNN) -- For Peaches Veatch, it started early, after watching an episode of the TV series 'That's Incredible!' as a child. 'They had an episode on Toys 'R' Us being haunted and Sylvia Brown the psychic did a seance.'
Veatch, having also learned of her family's interest in the paranormal, began recording 'ghostly' sounds by age 9. 'I had some experiences when I was a kid that were very interesting,' she said.
By 2000, she had heard of formalized paranormal investigation groups and looked for one to join, finally finding her home in the California Paranormal Private Investigations in 2007.
By 2000, she had heard of formalized paranormal investigation groups and looked for one to join, finally finding her home in the California Paranormal Private Investigations in 2007.
The group, founded in 2006, is one of many such groups around the world (though Veatch estimated the number of 'serious' groups only in the dozens). 'Paranormal Activity' may have brought in mass audiences to theaters -- for two years in a row -- but stories of ghosts and those who investigate them are becoming more socially acceptable in the real world."
Theres life on Mars: Famous scientist accuses NASA of hiding data - by Terrence Aym - Helium
Theres life on Mars: Famous scientist accuses NASA of hiding data - by Terrence Aym - Helium: "World renowned astrobiologist Chandra Wickramasinghe is spitting mad. The eminent scientist recently reiterated the charge he made against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration back in 2008.
Life on the Red Planet
'The discovery of liquid water on Mars combined with earlier discoveries of organic substances in a meteorite that came from Mars, and also of methane in the Martian atmosphere all point to the existence of life—contemporary life—on the Red Planet,' the scientist asserted"
Life on the Red Planet
'The discovery of liquid water on Mars combined with earlier discoveries of organic substances in a meteorite that came from Mars, and also of methane in the Martian atmosphere all point to the existence of life—contemporary life—on the Red Planet,' the scientist asserted"
Astronomers discover most massive neutron star yet known; Discovery has broad implications for astrophysics, nuclear physics
Astronomers discover most massive neutron star yet known; Discovery has broad implications for astrophysics, nuclear physics: "ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2010) — Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have discovered the most massive neutron star yet found, a discovery with strong and wide-ranging impacts across several fields of physics and astrophysics."
One EMP burst and the world goes dark - USATODAY.com
There is talk of catastrophe ahead, depending on whom you believe, because of the threat of an electromagnetic pulse triggered by either a supersized solar storm or terrorist A-bomb, both capable of disabling the electric grid that powers modern life.
Electromagnetic pulses (EMP) are oversized outbursts of atmospheric electricity. Whether powered by geomagnetic storms or by nuclear blasts, their resultant intense magnetic fields can induce ground currents strong enough to burn out power lines and electrical equipment across state lines.
The threat has even become political fodder, drawing warnings from former House speaker Newt Gingrich, a likely presidential contender.
'We are not today hardened against this,' he told a Heritage Foundation audience last year. 'It is an enormous catastrophic threat.'"
Chinese Supercomputer Likely to Prompt Unease in U.S. - WSJ.com
Chinese Supercomputer Likely to Prompt Unease in U.S. - WSJ.com: "A newly built supercomputer in China appears poised to take the world performance lead, another sign of the country's growing technological prowess that is likely to set off alarms about U.S. competitiveness and national security.
The system was designed by China's National University of Defense Technology and is housed at the National Supercomputing Center in the city of Tianjin. It is part of a new breed that exploits graphics chips more commonly used in playing videogames—supplied by Nvidia Corp.—as well as standard microprocessors from Intel Corp.
Supercomputers are massive machines that help tackle the toughest scientific problems, including simulating commercial products like new drugs as well as defense-related applications such as weapons design and breaking codes. The field has long been led by U.S. technology companies and national laboratories, which operate systems that have consistently topped lists of the fastest machines in the world."
The system was designed by China's National University of Defense Technology and is housed at the National Supercomputing Center in the city of Tianjin. It is part of a new breed that exploits graphics chips more commonly used in playing videogames—supplied by Nvidia Corp.—as well as standard microprocessors from Intel Corp.
Supercomputers are massive machines that help tackle the toughest scientific problems, including simulating commercial products like new drugs as well as defense-related applications such as weapons design and breaking codes. The field has long been led by U.S. technology companies and national laboratories, which operate systems that have consistently topped lists of the fastest machines in the world."
US Navy Tests Boat Powered by Algae
US Navy Tests Boat Powered by Algae: "(Oct. 28) -- The U.S. Navy has developed what it calls a 'mean, green riverine machine' -- a 49-foot camouflage gunboat capable of outracing destroyer fleets and powered in part by seaweed.
Swishing around in the vessel's fuel tank is a 50-50 mix of algae-based biofuel and diesel that powers high-performance vessels in a way the military says is indistinguishable from conventional fuels."
Swishing around in the vessel's fuel tank is a 50-50 mix of algae-based biofuel and diesel that powers high-performance vessels in a way the military says is indistinguishable from conventional fuels."
Is the universe a big hologram? This device could find out. - CSMonitor.com
Is the universe a big hologram? This device could find out. - CSMonitor.com: "During the hunt for the predicted ripples in space-time — known as gravitational waves — physicists stumbled across a rather puzzling phenomenon. Last year, I reported about the findings of scientists using the GEO600 experiment in Germany. Although the hi-tech piece of kit hadn’t turned up evidence for the gravitational waves it was seeking, it did turn up a lot of noise."
Humans to Asteroids - Watch Out! - NYTimes.com
Humans to Asteroids - Watch Out! - NYTimes.com: "A FEW weeks ago, an asteroid almost 30 feet across and zipping along at 38,000 miles per hour flew 28,000 miles above Singapore. Why, you might reasonably ask, should non-astronomy buffs care about a near miss from such a tiny rock? Well, I can give you one very good reason: asteroids don’t always miss. If even a relatively little object was to strike a city, millions of people could be wiped out."
Do ghosts really exist? Seeking the truth about the spooks | Metro.co.uk
Do ghosts really exist? Seeking the truth about the spooks | Metro.co.uk: "Headless corpses, bloody ghouls, floating white spectres… there are plenty of ‘spirit sightings’ at this time of year as the trick- or-treaters do the rounds. But beyond the realms of fiction and Halloween fun, is there any evidence that ghosts actually exist? ‘I have an open mind,’ says historian Peter Ackroyd, who has collected accounts for his book, The English Ghost. ‘Some stories are very convincing indeed. They remain utterly inexplicable and may give pause to those who trust solely in the material world that there may be other forces at work. The poltergeist stories seem the most credible. That’s been tested in many cases. I do believe in that phenomenon, without a doubt.’"
Sleuths study ancient UFOs
Cosmic Log - Sleuths study ancient UFOs: "Alan Boyle writes: One of the best-known scientific sleuths of UFO sightings is focusing his search not on today's flying saucers, but on the sky wonders of antiquity. Jacques Vallee, the French-born computer whiz and venture capitalist who also served as the model for Francois Truffaut's UFO-hunting character in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind,' says such sightings show that the UFO phenomenon did not start in 1947. He's a co-author of a newly published book, 'Wonders in the Sky,' that lists 500 unexplained aerial observations dating back as far as 1460 B.C. and going up to the dawn of the industrial age in 1879."
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Top 100 Items to Disappear First During a National Emergency | Before It's News
Top 100 Items to Disappear First During a National Emergency | Before It's News: "
1. Generators (Good ones cost dearly. Gas storage, risky. Noisy…target of thieves; maintenance etc.)
2. Water Filters/Purifiers
3. Portable Toilets
4. Seasoned Firewood. Wood takes about 6 – 12 months to become dried, for home uses.
5. Lamp Oil, Wicks, Lamps (First Choice: Buy CLEAR oil. If scarce, stockpile ANY!)"
2. Water Filters/Purifiers
3. Portable Toilets
4. Seasoned Firewood. Wood takes about 6 – 12 months to become dried, for home uses.
5. Lamp Oil, Wicks, Lamps (First Choice: Buy CLEAR oil. If scarce, stockpile ANY!)"
Who's the Conspiracy Theorist Now? Gov't Scaring the Public with Aliens, Asteroids, and Global Pandemics
Zecharia Sitchin Dies
Cryptomundo Zecharia Sitchin Dies: "Zecharia Sitchin (born July 11, 1920 – died October 9, 2010) was an author of books promoting an explanation for human origins involving ancient astronauts. Sitchin attributes the creation of the ancient Sumerian culture to the Anunnaki, which he claims to be a race of extra-terrestrials from a planet beyond Neptune called Nibiru. He believed this hypothetical planet of Nibiru to be in an elongated, elliptical orbit in the Earth’s own Solar System, asserting that Sumerian mythology reflects this view."
Exoskeletons Walk the Floor at Army’s D.C. Expo [Updated] | Danger Room | Wired.com
Exoskeletons Walk the Floor at Army’s D.C. Expo [Updated] | Danger Room | Wired.com: "“Hey,” an officer asks his friends as they stroll by the men wearing exoskeletons, “you guys like robots?”
It’s a salient question at this year’s Washington, D.C., conference of the Association of the U.S. Army. Standing next to mock-ups of a Javelin missile and a model drone are Russ Angold and Keith Maxwell, who wear 82 pounds’ worth of Lockheed Martin’s revamped experimental exoskeleton, known as the Human Universal Load Carrier, or HULC. Lockheed has a $1.1 million contract with the Army to see if it makes sense to outfit the soldiers of the future with the electrically powered hydraulic suits.
For now, Angold — a co-founder of Berkeley Bionics, which developed the HULC for Lockheed — and Maxwell stroll the floor of the Lockheed pavilion, attracting gawkers who want to see what men wearing backpack-and-leg-brace robosuits under their combat fatigues can do. Angold’s model has a load-bearing bar strapped to the back of his device and looping over his shoulders and neck."
It’s a salient question at this year’s Washington, D.C., conference of the Association of the U.S. Army. Standing next to mock-ups of a Javelin missile and a model drone are Russ Angold and Keith Maxwell, who wear 82 pounds’ worth of Lockheed Martin’s revamped experimental exoskeleton, known as the Human Universal Load Carrier, or HULC. Lockheed has a $1.1 million contract with the Army to see if it makes sense to outfit the soldiers of the future with the electrically powered hydraulic suits.
For now, Angold — a co-founder of Berkeley Bionics, which developed the HULC for Lockheed — and Maxwell stroll the floor of the Lockheed pavilion, attracting gawkers who want to see what men wearing backpack-and-leg-brace robosuits under their combat fatigues can do. Angold’s model has a load-bearing bar strapped to the back of his device and looping over his shoulders and neck."
Human mark II - Unexplained Mysteries
Stephen Treehorn - Human mark II - Unexplained Mysteries: "Things are moving so fast these days it’s difficult keeping up. As our day seems to be increasingly packed with essential matters to take care of wouldn’t it be nice if we could just upgrade. Having problems with your housekeeping fund? Basic accounts chip. Anxious about that big speech? Impulse blocker. Off on holiday to Mexico? Spanish implant. The possibilities are endless and are coming to a store near you."
US to build 8bn super base on Pacific island of Guam - Telegraph
US to build 8bn super base on Pacific island of Guam - Telegraph: "The expansion will include a dock for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a missile defence system, live-fire training sites and the expansion of the island's airbase. It will be the largest investment in a military base in the western Pacific since the Second World War, and the biggest spend on naval infrastructure in decades. However, Guam residents fear the build-up could hurt their ecosystem and tourism-dependent economy."
??UFO ANGLE?? | 20 ICBMs Shut Down by UFOs At Malmstrom AFB in March 1967
20 ICBMs Shut Down by UFOs At Malmstrom AFB in March 1967: "“We've never had something as big as this happen ... we've never lost complete command and control and
functionality of 50 ICBMs.”
- Military officer briefed on October 23, 2010"
functionality of 50 ICBMs.”
- Military officer briefed on October 23, 2010"
Failure Shuts Down Squadron of Nuclear Missiles - Marc Ambinder - Politics - The Atlantic
Failure Shuts Down Squadron of Nuclear Missiles - Marc Ambinder - Politics - The Atlantic: "President Obama was briefed this morning on an engineering power failure at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming that took 50 nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), one-ninth of the U.S. missile stockpile, temporarily offline on Saturday.
The base is a main locus of the United States' strategic nuclear forces. The 90th Missile Wing, headquartered there, controls 150 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles. They're on full-time alert and are housed in a variety of bunkers across several states."
The base is a main locus of the United States' strategic nuclear forces. The 90th Missile Wing, headquartered there, controls 150 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles. They're on full-time alert and are housed in a variety of bunkers across several states."
Moving illusions: Impossible objects made real - tech - 26 October 2010 - New Scientist
Moving illusions: Impossible objects made real - tech - 26 October 2010 - New Scientist: "The artist M.C. Escher was renowned for creating drawings of imaginary spaces that could not exist in three dimensions. Or could they?
Kokichi Sugihara at Meiji University in Kawasaki, Japan, has been using computer software to bring impossible drawings to life. The video above shows some of the objects he has made moving in ways that appear to defy geometry.
When the models are turned around, however, the trick is revealed: the objects are not what they seem. That's because we constantly make assumptions about perspective and depth in order to move about in a 3D world, and these models take advantage of those assumptions."
Kokichi Sugihara at Meiji University in Kawasaki, Japan, has been using computer software to bring impossible drawings to life. The video above shows some of the objects he has made moving in ways that appear to defy geometry.
When the models are turned around, however, the trick is revealed: the objects are not what they seem. That's because we constantly make assumptions about perspective and depth in order to move about in a 3D world, and these models take advantage of those assumptions."
Free Will is NOT An Illusion | Brain Blogger
Seeking Proof in Near-Death Claims - WSJ.com
Seeking Proof in Near-Death Claims - WSJ.com: "At 18 hospitals in the U.S. and U.K., researchers have suspended pictures, face up, from the ceilings in emergency-care areas. The reason: to test whether patients brought back to life after cardiac arrest can recall seeing the images during an out-of-body experience.
People who have these near-death experiences often describe leaving their bodies and watching themselves being resuscitated from above, but verifying such accounts is difficult. The images would be visible only to people who had done that.
'We've added these images as objective markers,' says Sam Parnia, a critical-care physician and lead investigator of the study, which hopes to include 1,500 resuscitated patients. Dr. Parnia declined to say whether any have accurately described the images so far, but says he hopes to report preliminary results next year.
The study, coordinated by Southampton University's School of Medicine in England, is one of the latest and largest scientific efforts to understand the mystery of near-death experiences."
People who have these near-death experiences often describe leaving their bodies and watching themselves being resuscitated from above, but verifying such accounts is difficult. The images would be visible only to people who had done that.
'We've added these images as objective markers,' says Sam Parnia, a critical-care physician and lead investigator of the study, which hopes to include 1,500 resuscitated patients. Dr. Parnia declined to say whether any have accurately described the images so far, but says he hopes to report preliminary results next year.
The study, coordinated by Southampton University's School of Medicine in England, is one of the latest and largest scientific efforts to understand the mystery of near-death experiences."
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
NASA Identifies 1,142 Near Earth Objects That Are Potential Collision Hazards, 149 Larger Than One Kilometer Diameter | Before It's News
NASA Identifies 1,142 Near Earth Objects That Are Potential Collision Hazards, 149 Larger Than One Kilometer Diameter | Before It's News: "NASA is with charged the task of protecting the U.S. and the world from a deadly asteroid collision.
Section 804 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Authorization Act of 2008 directs the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to “(1) develop a policy for notifying Federal agencies and relevant emergency response institutions of an impending near-Earth object threat, if near-term public safety is at risk; and (2) recommend a Federal agency or agencies to be responsible for: (A) protecting the United States from a near-Earth object that is expected to collide with Earth; and (B) implementing a deflection campaign, in consultation with international bodies, should one be necessary.”"
Section 804 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Authorization Act of 2008 directs the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to “(1) develop a policy for notifying Federal agencies and relevant emergency response institutions of an impending near-Earth object threat, if near-term public safety is at risk; and (2) recommend a Federal agency or agencies to be responsible for: (A) protecting the United States from a near-Earth object that is expected to collide with Earth; and (B) implementing a deflection campaign, in consultation with international bodies, should one be necessary.”"
News release: Gene Giants Stockpile Patents on “Climate-Ready” Crops in Bid to Become Biomassters | ETC Group
News release: Gene Giants Stockpile Patents on “Climate-Ready” Crops in Bid to Become Biomassters | ETC Group: "Nagoya, Japan -- Under the guise of developing “climate-ready” crops, the world’s largest seed and agrochemical corporations are filing hundreds of sweeping, multi-genome patents in a bid to control the world’s plant biomass, according to a report released by ETC Group today.
A handful of multinational corporations are pressuring governments to allow what could become the broadest and most dangerous patent claims in history, warns the group at the United Nations’ Convention on Biodiversity in Nagoya, Japan (18-29 October 2010).
“The Gene Giants are stockpiling patents that threaten to put a choke-hold on the world’s biomass and our future food supply,” warns Silvia Ribeiro of ETC Group. “The breadth of many patent claims on climate ready crop genes is staggering. In many cases, a single patent or patent application claims ownership of engineered gene sequences that could be deployed in virtually all major crops – as well as the processed food and feed products derived from them,” explains Ribeiro."
A handful of multinational corporations are pressuring governments to allow what could become the broadest and most dangerous patent claims in history, warns the group at the United Nations’ Convention on Biodiversity in Nagoya, Japan (18-29 October 2010).
“The Gene Giants are stockpiling patents that threaten to put a choke-hold on the world’s biomass and our future food supply,” warns Silvia Ribeiro of ETC Group. “The breadth of many patent claims on climate ready crop genes is staggering. In many cases, a single patent or patent application claims ownership of engineered gene sequences that could be deployed in virtually all major crops – as well as the processed food and feed products derived from them,” explains Ribeiro."
Unexpected Development: MUFON Maverick Breaks Ranks, Supports Billy Meier UFO Case!
Unexpected Development: MUFON Maverick Breaks Ranks, Supports Billy Meier UFO Case!: "In an unexpected development pertaining to the evidence rich, but widely censored, Billy Meier UFO contact case in Switzerland, a prominent long time director for MUFON, the most well known international UFO investigation organization, broke ranks with official policy and expressed his support for the Meier case. George A. Filer, MUFON's Eastern Region Director and a retired Major in the USAF, prominently displayed one of Meier's UFO photographs from the pre-computer 1970s, along with information about high level scientific support for the case. He also endorsed the assessment of authenticity by another trusted military man, the late Lt. Col. Wendelle Stevens, who was the lead independent investigator in the case."
Scientists open electrical link to living cells
Scientists open electrical link to living cells: "ScienceDaily (Oct. 23, 2010) — The Terminator. The Borg. The Six Million Dollar Man. Science fiction is ripe with biological beings armed with artificial capabilities. In reality, however, the clunky connections between living and non-living worlds often lack a clear channel for communication. Now, scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have designed an electrical link to living cells engineered to shuttle electrons across a cell's membrane to an external acceptor along a well-defined path. This direct channel could yield cells that can read and respond to electronic signals, electronics capable of self-replication and repair, or efficiently transfer sunlight into electricity."
White House Adviser: US Must Prepare for Asteroid
White House Adviser: US Must Prepare for Asteroid: "(Oct. 25) -- If an asteroid were on a collision course with Earth, would we be ready to defend against its destructive impact or would we be helpless and defenseless?
NASA, America's space agency, is being charged with leading the way to protect not only the U.S. but the entire world in the event of such a horrifying scenario. And a top White House science adviser says we have to be prepared."
NASA, America's space agency, is being charged with leading the way to protect not only the U.S. but the entire world in the event of such a horrifying scenario. And a top White House science adviser says we have to be prepared."
Cosmic Log - China lays out its plan for Mars
Cosmic Log - China lays out its plan for Mars: "Alan Boyle writes:Chinese space officials have come up with a plan that would send an orbiter toward Mars on a Chinese rocket as early as 2013, the Xinhua news agency reports. Such a mission would use technologies that were developed for the Chang'e 1 lunar orbiter and its recently launched follow-up mission, Chang'e 2. The orbiter mission also would follow up on China's joint effort with Russia to send probes toward Mars and one of its moons, Phobos. Launch of the Phobos-Grunt mission is scheduled for a year from now. China's Yinghuo 1 ('Firefly') orbiter would hitch a ride on a Russian-built spacecraft that's designed to put a lander on Phobos and return a soil sample to Earth. All this activity signals that Beijing will be taking its status as a space power seriously in the years ahead. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has just returned from a controversial visit to China, and today he said in a written statement that the visit 'increased mutual understanding on the issue of human spaceflight and space exploration, which can form the basis for further dialogue and cooperation in a manner that is consistent with the national interests of both of our countries.'"
Monday, October 25, 2010
Robopocalypse WILL be Spielberg's next movie | Blastr
It's definite: Robopocalypse WILL be Spielberg's next movie | Blastr: "Steven Spielberg has committed to directing an adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's robot uprising novel as his next movie. Finally, the genre mastermind is back in the sci-fi saddle.
Spielberg sparked to the material last March, long before the novel was even completed—but as Wilson was turning in pages of the book, Drew Goddard (Cloverfield) was processing them into the screenplay and storyboards were being drawn. The finished product must've jazzed Spielberg, since he just decided to shoot Robopocalypse next January, aiming for a 2013 release.
As for the book itself, it'll be published in June 2011—while Wilson finishes his follow-up: Amp, which is set in a world where the technology to make the disabled whole turns them into supermen."
Spielberg sparked to the material last March, long before the novel was even completed—but as Wilson was turning in pages of the book, Drew Goddard (Cloverfield) was processing them into the screenplay and storyboards were being drawn. The finished product must've jazzed Spielberg, since he just decided to shoot Robopocalypse next January, aiming for a 2013 release.
As for the book itself, it'll be published in June 2011—while Wilson finishes his follow-up: Amp, which is set in a world where the technology to make the disabled whole turns them into supermen."
10 Top Secret Places on Earth | Listphobia
10 Top Secret Places on Earth | Listphobia: "The world is full of secret and exclusive places that we either don’t know about, or simply couldn’t visit if we wanted to. This list takes a look at ten of the most significant places around the world that are closed to the general public or are virtually impossible for the general public to visit."
Bees' tiny brains beat computers, study finds | Environment | The Guardian
The insects learn to fly the shortest route between flowers discovered in random order, effectively solving the 'travelling salesman problem' , said scientists at Royal Holloway, University of London.
The conundrum involves finding the shortest route that allows a travelling salesman to call at all the locations he has to visit. Computers solve the problem by comparing the length of all possible routes and choosing the one that is shortest.
Bees manage to reach the same solution using a brain the size of a grass seed.
Dr Nigel Raine, from Royal Holloway's school of biological sciences, said: 'Foraging bees solve travelling salesman problems every day. They visit flowers at multiple locations and, because bees use lots of energy to fly, they find a route which keeps flying to a minimum.'
Using computer-controlled artificial flowers to test bee behaviour, his wanted to know whether the insects would follow a simple route defined by the order in which they found the flowers, or look for the shortest route.
After exploring the location of the flowers, the bees quickly learned to fly the best route for saving time and energy."
Walking away from church - Los Angeles Times
Walking away from church - Los Angeles Times: "Organized religion's increasing identification with conservative politics is a turnoff to more and more young adults. Evangelical Protestantism has been hit hard by this development.
October 17, 2010|By Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell
The most rapidly growing religious category today is composed of those Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. While middle-aged and older Americans continue to embrace organized religion, rapidly increasing numbers of young people are rejecting it.
As recently as 1990, all but 7% of Americans claimed a religious affiliation, a figure that had held constant for decades. Today, 17% of Americans say they have no religion, and these new 'nones' are very heavily concentrated among Americans who have come of age since 1990. Between 25% and 30% of twentysomethings today say they have no religious affiliation — roughly four times higher than in any previous generation."
October 17, 2010|By Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell
The most rapidly growing religious category today is composed of those Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. While middle-aged and older Americans continue to embrace organized religion, rapidly increasing numbers of young people are rejecting it.
As recently as 1990, all but 7% of Americans claimed a religious affiliation, a figure that had held constant for decades. Today, 17% of Americans say they have no religion, and these new 'nones' are very heavily concentrated among Americans who have come of age since 1990. Between 25% and 30% of twentysomethings today say they have no religious affiliation — roughly four times higher than in any previous generation."
Life aboard the International Space Station | Science | The Guardian
Life aboard the International Space Station | Science | The Guardian: "It's 10 years since the first crew entered the International Space Station 220 miles above the Earth. But what is it like aboard a big tin can travelling at 17,500mph?"
RiotBot – Armed For Close Combat - Defense-Update
RiotBot – Armed For Close Combat - Defense-Update: "The Spanish company TechnoRobot has introduced here the RiotBot – a new class of unmanned platform designed for intervention in riots, prison disturbances, or other civil disorders, where neutralization of specific elements is required by law enforcement agents, avoiding direct contact with the crowd. By operating with effective non lethal means to suppress, or deactivate a target without the presence of personnel, RiotBot can eliminate potential threats while minimizing escalation typically caused by police intervention."
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Synthetic DNA makers warned of bioterrorism threats - life - 22 October 2010 - New Scientist
The US and other countries restrict who can work with certain germs, but it might be possible to build some viruses from their genes. A number of firms supply DNA sequences to order. A 2005 investigation by New Scientist raised alarms when it found that only five out of 12 of these firms in North America and Europe always screened orders for sequences that might be used in bioweapons.
The US now wants firms to verify a customer's identity and make sure they are not on a list of banned buyers. It also wants them to screen orders for sequences that are unique to Select Agents, a list of microbes the US deems dangerous.
However, scientists commenting on the draft rules earlier this year fear that sequences from microbes other than Select Agents might also be dangerous. The US Department of Health says not enough is known about them to say which ones should arouse a firm's suspicions. Other potential weaknesses include the fact that the rules are voluntary, and that much custom DNA is made outside the US."
Digital Cloning: Rise of the Cylons? | Network World
Privacy and Security Fanatic: Digital Cloning: Rise of the Cylons? | Network World: "Have you ever wished to once again be able to talk with a loved one who has died? Hasn't everybody wished it were possible to be in two places at once? Well, as of today, now you can. Intellitar is making software so you can create your own AI of a virtual you.
Hotmail, Gmail, Twitter and Facebook have policies on how they handle virtual affairs after death. Most of those are about pulling the plug on your virtual life, but what about plugging into the Matrix before you die, so you can social network after death and thereby live forever? This is your chance to create 'living legacies' with 'digital clones.'
Somewhere between epically cool and downright creepy, you can create a digital clone that looks like you, talks like you, sounds like you and takes on your personality, so that future generations can find out all about you after your death. This Intellitar, or intelligent avatar, takes virtual life after death to an entirely different plateau.
'Think of it as a digital clone,' Don Davidson, the founder and CEO of Intellitar, told Alabama Local. 'We want to give users the gift of immortality while giving future generations a sense of connection to their roots.' Davidson intends for Virtual Eternity to take genealogy websites to a whole new level."
Hotmail, Gmail, Twitter and Facebook have policies on how they handle virtual affairs after death. Most of those are about pulling the plug on your virtual life, but what about plugging into the Matrix before you die, so you can social network after death and thereby live forever? This is your chance to create 'living legacies' with 'digital clones.'
Somewhere between epically cool and downright creepy, you can create a digital clone that looks like you, talks like you, sounds like you and takes on your personality, so that future generations can find out all about you after your death. This Intellitar, or intelligent avatar, takes virtual life after death to an entirely different plateau.
'Think of it as a digital clone,' Don Davidson, the founder and CEO of Intellitar, told Alabama Local. 'We want to give users the gift of immortality while giving future generations a sense of connection to their roots.' Davidson intends for Virtual Eternity to take genealogy websites to a whole new level."
Low triangle fly-by over Minnesota while witness watches ’clump of 8’ lights - National ufo | Examiner.com
Low triangle fly-by over Minnesota while witness watches ’clump of 8’ lights - National ufo | Examiner.com: "A Minnesota witness reports watching a 'clump of 8 or more lights' in the sky when 'out of nowhere' a large, black triangle UFO 'glided from across the street' about 40 feet over the neighbor's house on October 20, 2010, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The incident began when the witness was watching multiple lights and a neighbor joined in.
'I noticed a clump of 8 or more lights in the far distance and at first thought they were stars,' the witness stated. 'Then the lights started moving in and out from the center light, but they were jumping instead of actually moving (best way I can describe it). My neighbor came outside to smoke a cigarette, and I asked her to look at what I was seeing because I thought it was my eyes playing tricks on me. She confirmed what I was seeing, and within 5 minutes we noticed that the group of lights were moving closer and closer to our location.'"
The incident began when the witness was watching multiple lights and a neighbor joined in.
'I noticed a clump of 8 or more lights in the far distance and at first thought they were stars,' the witness stated. 'Then the lights started moving in and out from the center light, but they were jumping instead of actually moving (best way I can describe it). My neighbor came outside to smoke a cigarette, and I asked her to look at what I was seeing because I thought it was my eyes playing tricks on me. She confirmed what I was seeing, and within 5 minutes we noticed that the group of lights were moving closer and closer to our location.'"
American Thinker: America Is Gone
American Thinker: America Is Gone: "There is a whiff of anarchy in the air this morning. As I sit here writing, a conservative victory in the midterm elections looms. But I find no reason to be optimistic. The midterm elections will solve nothing. The plain fact is that conservatives have lost the battle for America. The country that many of us were born in has ceased to exist. And we have no one to blame but ourselves. Nothing can or will change until we come to terms with the grim reality of moral degeneration. And I have no hope that this can happen, save by some terrible trial."
Feds Plot ‘Near Human’ Robot Docs, Farmers, Troops | Danger Room | Wired.com
Those are only a few of the suggested applications for robots in a massive new federal research program. The military’s blue-sky research arm, Darpa, is pairing up with four other agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Homeland Security, to launch a major push that’d revolutionize robotic capabilities and put bots pretty much everywhere, from hospitals to dude ranches to “explosive atmospheres.”"
Bring Back Eugenics | Dangerous Ideas | Big Think
#12: Bring Back Eugenics | Dangerous Ideas | Big Think: "The word “eugenics” invariably calls one thing to mind: the efforts of the Nazi party to purify the Aryan race of “undesirable traits” during the Holocaust. These horrific events remain among mankind's darkest moments. Yet in recent years, a group of bioethicists have begun to reclaim this term, calling for a new “liberal eugenics,” that they say could spur humanity on to a higher stage of evolution.
To some extent, eugenics is already currently in practice: In America, more than 90 percent of fetuses that test positive for Down Syndrome are aborted. But this new brand of liberal eugenics would seek to emphasize positive traits rather than to suppress those seen as negative ones. Scientists can already choose the sex of an infant with relative certainty and can select for traits like hair and eye color. And many scientists expect that they will have even greater control in the near future."
To some extent, eugenics is already currently in practice: In America, more than 90 percent of fetuses that test positive for Down Syndrome are aborted. But this new brand of liberal eugenics would seek to emphasize positive traits rather than to suppress those seen as negative ones. Scientists can already choose the sex of an infant with relative certainty and can select for traits like hair and eye color. And many scientists expect that they will have even greater control in the near future."
Invisible DNA body spray technology may soon be installed at a business near you
Invisible DNA body spray technology may soon be installed at a business near you: "(NaturalNews) A U.K. company has developed a technology that it says will help deter thieves from robbing local businesses. SelectaDNA Spray, as it is called, coats robbers with an invisible DNA mist that cannot be washed off and remains present on skin and hair for weeks, allowing authorities to better link culprits to the crimes they commit. The system is already used in nine other countries, and will soon be coming to the U.S., according to reports."
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Conduct Successful Nationwide Identity Authentication Demonstration for Emergency Preparedness - MarketWatch
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Conduct Successful Nationwide Identity Authentication Demonstration for Emergency Preparedness - MarketWatch: "The demonstration, dubbed 'Autumn Blend,' showed the use of standardized personal identity credentials operating across multiple domains, such as a government's or company's credential authentication infrastructure, for access management decisions, situational awareness, cyber-secure capabilities and post-event reconstruction. Participants included federal, state, local, and private sector emergency response and recovery officials who are assigned to the front lines for rescue or recovery missions."
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Should Scientists Probe the Massive Volcano Under Naples? - Newsweek
Should Scientists Probe the Massive Volcano Under Naples? - Newsweek: "Fearing a global catastrophe, the mayor of Naples may halt exploration of the massive volcano that lies under her city. But some scientists say inaction could be riskier.
It is a stretch of southern Italy known as the Phlegraean Fields, or 'burning fields.' According to Greek mythology, this is where the god of fire, Hephaestus, made his home and where an thunderous battle between the Titans and the world's most powerful deities shook the earth. The ancient Romans said the entrance to Hades was also here, hidden beneath a serene lake."
It is a stretch of southern Italy known as the Phlegraean Fields, or 'burning fields.' According to Greek mythology, this is where the god of fire, Hephaestus, made his home and where an thunderous battle between the Titans and the world's most powerful deities shook the earth. The ancient Romans said the entrance to Hades was also here, hidden beneath a serene lake."
The roots of Halloween
Cleveland Daily Banner - WRIGHT WAY The roots of Halloween: "What if thousands of famous people died in one fell swoop, leaving their parents forever childless, angry and determined to have everyone memorialize their deaths? How would they do it?
I ask that because I read about a strange connection between Halloween and the global flood mentioned in the Genesis account. It made me wonder where myths and legends originate and if the global flood has some link to a practice people are still doing.
In his book “The Worship of the Dead,” Colonel John Garnier wrote, “The mythologies of all the ancient nations are interwoven with the events of the Deluge ... the force of this argument is illustrated by the fact of the observance of a great festival of the dead in commemoration of the event, not only by nations more or less in communication with each other, but by others so widely separated, both by the ocean and by centuries of time."
I ask that because I read about a strange connection between Halloween and the global flood mentioned in the Genesis account. It made me wonder where myths and legends originate and if the global flood has some link to a practice people are still doing.
In his book “The Worship of the Dead,” Colonel John Garnier wrote, “The mythologies of all the ancient nations are interwoven with the events of the Deluge ... the force of this argument is illustrated by the fact of the observance of a great festival of the dead in commemoration of the event, not only by nations more or less in communication with each other, but by others so widely separated, both by the ocean and by centuries of time."
The Earth's Calling Card: Our 50-Lightyear Electronic 'ET' Billboard (Weekend Feature)
The Earth's Calling Card: Our 50-Lightyear Electronic 'ET' Billboard (Weekend Feature): "Subjugation by aliens is a clear danger. It can be military subjugation, cultural subjugation or even misguided attempts to uplift Human civilization and in the process destroying it. Stephen Hawking has voiced concern about the dangers, he believes, are posed by alien predators who may arrive in giant space ships, to conquer, enslave, destroy, colonize, and voraciously exploit the resources of Earth, an assertion that is analogous to what is known as the “The Wisdom Principle'. It states that “Any advanced civilization in the universe does not want to be visited ‘first’ by any other more advanced civilization.' In short, it would be ‘wise’ of a civilization to ensure that it does not play host to any advanced alien race.�'To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like...'"
CERN's LHC May Provide Clues to "The Great Attractor"
One of the profound of the unsolved problems is the missing mass of the universe. We know that the matter that makes up our existence as well as every onservable object in the universe, is a mere fraction -- 20 percent -- of the matter in the universe. The remaining 80 percent apparently is mysterious 'dark matter'- its existence is inferred only via its gravitational pull on visible matter. LHC collisions could produce dark-matter particles so we can study their properties directly and thereby unveil a totally new face of the universe."
Time Traveller Caught On 1928 Charlie Chaplin Film? | Before It's News
Time Traveller Caught On 1928 Charlie Chaplin Film? | Before It's News: "his short film is about a piece of footage I (George Clarke) found behind the scenes in Charlie Chaplins film 'The Circus'. Attending the premiere at Manns Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA - the scene shows a large woman dressed in black with a hat hiding most of her face, with what can only be described as a mobile phone device - talking as she walks alone.
I have studied this film for over a year now - showing it to over 100 people and at a film festival, yet no-one can give any explanation as to what she is doing.
My only theory - as well as many others - is simple... a time traveler on a mobile phone. See for yourself and feel free to leave a comment on your own explanation or thoughts about it."
I have studied this film for over a year now - showing it to over 100 people and at a film festival, yet no-one can give any explanation as to what she is doing.
My only theory - as well as many others - is simple... a time traveler on a mobile phone. See for yourself and feel free to leave a comment on your own explanation or thoughts about it."
Friday, October 22, 2010
Scientists find first real evidence you CAN see the future | Blastr
Scientists find first real evidence you CAN see the future | Blastr: "Ever think you could predict the future? The good news is, you're not crazy. The better news is—there's now scientific evidence that backs you up.
For most of us, the idea of psychic phenomena is just too science-fictiony. But it's true, according to Dr. Daryl Bem, a social psychologist who conducted nine different experiments on the phenomena."
For most of us, the idea of psychic phenomena is just too science-fictiony. But it's true, according to Dr. Daryl Bem, a social psychologist who conducted nine different experiments on the phenomena."
'Dr Death' to sell body parts over the internet - Science, News - The Independent
Mr von Hagens, who enjoys the nickname 'Doctor Death' because of his highly publicised shows, which display fleshless human corpses that have been injected with plastic resin, revealed his plans for internet expansion in a letter to his clients."
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Top 10 Ways to Avoid GMOs
Maria Rodale: Top 10 Ways to Avoid GMOs: "This month, October, is Non-GMO Month. I find most people are really confused about what a GMO is and where GMOs are found. Some people tend to think that GMO seeds are similar to the type of hybridization that has been going on amongst gardeners for centuries. Not true! The type of genetic modification that happens to create GMO seeds involves the forceful insertion of things like E.coli genes or genes that produce glyphosphate (an herbicide) or cause Roundup resistance (allowing farmers to dump more Roundup onto the plants) into corn and soybeans and cotton.
GMOs exist for one reason only: for the chemical companies who make them to enable themselves to sell more chemicals to farmers. Do not, I repeat, do not fall for any marketing sales efforts that claim GMOs will help feed the world and save farmers from drought. It's a lie!!!!"
GMOs exist for one reason only: for the chemical companies who make them to enable themselves to sell more chemicals to farmers. Do not, I repeat, do not fall for any marketing sales efforts that claim GMOs will help feed the world and save farmers from drought. It's a lie!!!!"
The existence of brown dwarf in the solar system confirmed?
The existence of brown dwarf in the solar system confirmed? | Before It's News: "Spanish scientists argue that a brown dwarf has been discovered near Pluto. The celestial object, which astronomers call 'G1.9' is said to be almost twice the size of Jupiter and located just behind the dwarf planet Pluto. Is it possible that the rumors about Nibiru or Planet X are about to come true?
The brown dwarf moves in an elliptical orbit between Pluto and the edge of the solar system called the Oort Cloud. It is estimated that the brown dwarf is about 60 to 66 astronomical units AU from Earth (1 AU is the distance from the Earth to the Sun) in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. Scientists in Spain claim that the newly discovered object is moving in a very flattened ellipse, extending hundreds of AU out of the most distant known planet, and now is closest to the Sun and the Earth as possible."
The brown dwarf moves in an elliptical orbit between Pluto and the edge of the solar system called the Oort Cloud. It is estimated that the brown dwarf is about 60 to 66 astronomical units AU from Earth (1 AU is the distance from the Earth to the Sun) in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. Scientists in Spain claim that the newly discovered object is moving in a very flattened ellipse, extending hundreds of AU out of the most distant known planet, and now is closest to the Sun and the Earth as possible."
Water on the Moon: NASA Impact Probe - ABC News
Water on the Moon: NASA Impact Probe - ABC News: "Water on the moon? Scientists used to think it was as dry as, well, lunar dust.
But after a year of analysis NASA today announced that its LCROSS lunar-impact probe mission found up to a billion gallons of water ice in the floor of a permanently-shadowed crater near the moon's south pole.
That's enough, said researchers, to fill 1,500 Olympic-size swimming pools, all from one crater.
If there is ice there, it probably exists in other places on the moon as well. They also found silver, mercury, carbon monoxide and ammonia."
But after a year of analysis NASA today announced that its LCROSS lunar-impact probe mission found up to a billion gallons of water ice in the floor of a permanently-shadowed crater near the moon's south pole.
That's enough, said researchers, to fill 1,500 Olympic-size swimming pools, all from one crater.
If there is ice there, it probably exists in other places on the moon as well. They also found silver, mercury, carbon monoxide and ammonia."
Will the Federal Reserve's Ben Bernanke Cause a Civil War? - The Curious Capitalist - TIME.com
Will the Federal Reserve's Ben Bernanke Cause a Civil War? - The Curious Capitalist - TIME.com: "What is the most likely cause today of civil unrest? Immigration. Gay Marriage. Abortion. The Results of Election Day. The Mosque at Ground Zero. Nope.
Try the Federal Reserve. November 3rd is when the Federal Reserve's next policy committee meeting ends, and if you thought this was just another boring money meeting you would be wrong. It could be the most important meeting in Fed history, maybe. The US central bank is expected to announce its next move to boost the faltering economic recovery. To say there has been considerable debate and anxiety among Fed watchers about what the central bank should do would be an understatement. Chairman Ben Bernanke has indicated in recent speeches that the central bank plans to try to drive down already low-interest rates by buying up long-term bonds. A number of people both inside the Fed and out believe this is the wrong move. But one website seems to believe that Ben's plan might actually lead to armed conflict. Last week, the blog, Zerohedge wrote, paraphrasing a top economic forecaster David Rosenberg, that it believed the Fed's plan is not only moronic, but 'positions US society one step closer to civil war if not worse.'"
Try the Federal Reserve. November 3rd is when the Federal Reserve's next policy committee meeting ends, and if you thought this was just another boring money meeting you would be wrong. It could be the most important meeting in Fed history, maybe. The US central bank is expected to announce its next move to boost the faltering economic recovery. To say there has been considerable debate and anxiety among Fed watchers about what the central bank should do would be an understatement. Chairman Ben Bernanke has indicated in recent speeches that the central bank plans to try to drive down already low-interest rates by buying up long-term bonds. A number of people both inside the Fed and out believe this is the wrong move. But one website seems to believe that Ben's plan might actually lead to armed conflict. Last week, the blog, Zerohedge wrote, paraphrasing a top economic forecaster David Rosenberg, that it believed the Fed's plan is not only moronic, but 'positions US society one step closer to civil war if not worse.'"
Hogan’s holometer: Testing the hypothesis of a holographic universe
Hogan’s holometer: Testing the hypothesis of a holographic universe: "In 2008, Fermilab particle astrophysicist Craig Hogan made waves with a mind-boggling proposition: The 3D universe in which we appear to live is no more than a hologram.
Now he is building the most precise clock of all time to directly measure whether our reality is an illusion.
The idea that spacetime may not be entirely smooth – like a digital image that becomes increasingly pixelated as you zoom in – had been previously proposed by Stephen Hawking and others. Possible evidence for this model appeared last year in the unaccountable “noise” plaguing the GEO600 experiment in Germany, which searches for gravitational waves from black holes. To Hogan, the jitteriness suggested that the experiment had stumbled upon the lower limit of the spacetime pixels’ resolution."
Now he is building the most precise clock of all time to directly measure whether our reality is an illusion.
The idea that spacetime may not be entirely smooth – like a digital image that becomes increasingly pixelated as you zoom in – had been previously proposed by Stephen Hawking and others. Possible evidence for this model appeared last year in the unaccountable “noise” plaguing the GEO600 experiment in Germany, which searches for gravitational waves from black holes. To Hogan, the jitteriness suggested that the experiment had stumbled upon the lower limit of the spacetime pixels’ resolution."
When Stephen Hawking Speaks About God, Don't Mistake Him for a Scientist
Ervin Laszlo: When Stephen Hawking Speaks About God, Don't Mistake Him for a Scientist: "In his latest book, The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking claims that the concept of God is not needed to explain the existence of the universe. The answer, according to him, is spontaneous creation: the universe created itself, by itself, spontaneously. Spontaneous auto-creation doesn't call for a creator."
CERN scientists eye parallel universe breakthrough | Reuters
CERN scientists eye parallel universe breakthrough | Reuters: "(Reuters) - Physicists probing the origins of the cosmos hope that next year they will turn up the first proofs of the existence of concepts long dear to science-fiction writers such as hidden worlds and extra dimensions.
And as their Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN near Geneva moves into high gear, they are talking increasingly of the 'New Physics' on the horizon that could totally change current views of the universe and how it works.
'Parallel universes, unknown forms of matter, extra dimensions... These are not the stuff of cheap science fiction but very concrete physics theories that scientists are trying to confirm with the LHC and other experiments.'
This was how the 'ideas' men and women in the international research center's Theory Group, which mulls over what could be out there beyond the reach of any telescope, put it in CERN's staff-targeted Bulletin this month.
As particles are collided in the vast underground LHC complex at increasingly high energies, what the Bulletin article referred to informally as the 'universe's extra bits' -- if they do exist as predicted -- should be brought into computerized, if ephemeral, view, the theorists say."
And as their Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN near Geneva moves into high gear, they are talking increasingly of the 'New Physics' on the horizon that could totally change current views of the universe and how it works.
'Parallel universes, unknown forms of matter, extra dimensions... These are not the stuff of cheap science fiction but very concrete physics theories that scientists are trying to confirm with the LHC and other experiments.'
This was how the 'ideas' men and women in the international research center's Theory Group, which mulls over what could be out there beyond the reach of any telescope, put it in CERN's staff-targeted Bulletin this month.
As particles are collided in the vast underground LHC complex at increasingly high energies, what the Bulletin article referred to informally as the 'universe's extra bits' -- if they do exist as predicted -- should be brought into computerized, if ephemeral, view, the theorists say."
Galaxy is most distant object yet
BBC News - Galaxy is most distant object yet: "This collection of stars is so far away its light has taken more than 13 billion years to arrive at Earth.
Astronomers used the Very Large Telescope in Chile to follow up the Hubble observation and make the necessary detailed measurements.
They tell the journal Nature that we are seeing the galaxy as it was just 600 million years after the Big Bang.
'If you look at the object in the Hubble image, it really isn't much,' said Dr Matt Lehnert of the Observatoire de Paris, France, and lead author on the Nature paper
'We really don't know much about it, but it looks like it is quite small - much, much smaller than our own Milky Way Galaxy. It's probably got only a tenth to a hundredth of the stars in the Milky Way. And that's part of the difficulty in observing it - if it's not big, it's not bright,' he told BBC News."
Astronomers used the Very Large Telescope in Chile to follow up the Hubble observation and make the necessary detailed measurements.
They tell the journal Nature that we are seeing the galaxy as it was just 600 million years after the Big Bang.
'If you look at the object in the Hubble image, it really isn't much,' said Dr Matt Lehnert of the Observatoire de Paris, France, and lead author on the Nature paper
'We really don't know much about it, but it looks like it is quite small - much, much smaller than our own Milky Way Galaxy. It's probably got only a tenth to a hundredth of the stars in the Milky Way. And that's part of the difficulty in observing it - if it's not big, it's not bright,' he told BBC News."
Ghostly photograph taken at execution site - Telegraph
Ghostly photograph taken at execution site - Telegraph: "'We went to visit the pits and immediately I became very agitated and sensed something really bad and evil. 'I told Denyer I thought we should leave as it was affecting me. I could sense the danger and my breathing and heartbeat became faster - I felt very scared. 'We could smell a musty, rotting smell and was very uncomfortable. I then became so freaked out that I ran out. 'The feeling of evil was so overwhelming. Once outside we looked at the photo and could see a white glow like a huge threatening aura.' There has been a court at the Galleries of Justice since at least 1375 and a prison since 1449. It is the only place in Britain where criminals could be tried, convicted, and sentenced. Some executions were even done at the entrance of the building. The Galleries contains the original cells, dungeons, two courtrooms, and several medieval caves, where the photo was taken. Christine said that after she calmed down, they continued looking around and spent some time looking at all the ID photos taken of prisoners displayed on the walls. She said: 'It was in this room that someone pulled my hair. I turned around expecting to see my brother but there was no one there,' she said. 'We could sense spirits all over the building and I would definitely describe the place as being very haunted.'"
End of the Earth Postponed | Mayan Calendar, Astronomy & the End of the World | LiveScience
End of the Earth Postponed | Mayan Calendar, Astronomy & the End of the World | LiveScience: "It's a good news/bad news situation for believers in the 2012 Mayan apocalypse. The good news is that the Mayan 'Long Count' calendar may not end on Dec. 21, 2012 (and, by extension, the world may not end along with it). The bad news for prophecy believers? If the calendar doesn't end in December 2012, no one knows when it actually will — or if it has already.
A new critique, published as a chapter in the new textbook 'Calendars and Years II: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World' (Oxbow Books, 2010), argues that the accepted conversions of dates from Mayan to the modern calendar may be off by as much as 50 or 100 years. That would throw the supposed and overhyped 2012 apocalypse off by decades and cast into doubt the dates of historical Mayan events. (The doomsday worries are based on the fact that the Mayan calendar ends in 2012, much as our year ends on Dec. 31.)"
A new critique, published as a chapter in the new textbook 'Calendars and Years II: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World' (Oxbow Books, 2010), argues that the accepted conversions of dates from Mayan to the modern calendar may be off by as much as 50 or 100 years. That would throw the supposed and overhyped 2012 apocalypse off by decades and cast into doubt the dates of historical Mayan events. (The doomsday worries are based on the fact that the Mayan calendar ends in 2012, much as our year ends on Dec. 31.)"
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Planetary Defense Coordination Office Proposed to Fight Asteroids - Yahoo! News
Planetary Defense Coordination Office Proposed to Fight Asteroids - Yahoo! News: "A new report calls on NASA to establish a Planetary Defense Coordination Office to lead national and international efforts in protecting Earth against impacts by asteroids and comets. The final report of the Ad-Hoc Task Force on Planetary Defense of the NASA Advisory Council was delivered to the Council this month, proposing five recommendations that suggest how the space agency should organize, acquire, investigate, prepare, and lead national and international efforts in planetary defense against near-Earth objects."
Ability to 'see' advances artificial intelligence
Ability to 'see' advances artificial intelligence: "The Personal Assistant for Scheduling system, a disembodied head floating on a computer screen outside Horvitz's office in Redmond, Wash., is one of the most advanced artificial intelligence programs in the world. It can understand speech, detect faces and interpret body motion. It analyzes years of Horvitz's daily routines to find patterns that suggest the appropriate responses to most workplace scenarios."
Best reasons why the often discussed Singularity is NOT so far fetched after all | h Magazine
Best reasons why the often discussed Singularity is NOT so far fetched after all | h Magazine: "The Internet has become an extension of the human psyche… What is so intriguing about this interplay between technology and human imagination is that we are dealing with the equation: ‘As I imagine, so I become’ — and this is the very essence of magic. -Nevill Drury
Singularities have occurred before. Kevin Kelly's new book What Technology Wants cites the invention of language as an epochal-shifting singularity. Fifty thousand years ago, language changed the operation system of the brain and allowed it to think with purpose and deliberation, says Kelly. Within 1500 generations we took over the planet, according to the book. The book lucidly explains how the world and our understanding of it after language was unfathomable those that came before it."
Singularities have occurred before. Kevin Kelly's new book What Technology Wants cites the invention of language as an epochal-shifting singularity. Fifty thousand years ago, language changed the operation system of the brain and allowed it to think with purpose and deliberation, says Kelly. Within 1500 generations we took over the planet, according to the book. The book lucidly explains how the world and our understanding of it after language was unfathomable those that came before it."
NASA Ames’ Worden reveals DARPA-funded ‘Hundred Year Starship’ program | KurzweilAI
“You heard it here,” said Worden at “Long Conversation,” a Long Now Foundation event in San Francisco. “We also hope to inveigle some billionaires to form a Hundred Year Starship fund,” Dr. Worden added. (No further details on this are available from NASA at this time.)
“The human space program is now really aimed at settling other worlds,” he explained. “Twenty years ago you had to whisper that in dark bars and get fired.”"
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
"The Giant Butterfly" Returns to Los Angeles: Witness Describes Amazing UFO Experience | Before It's News
"The Giant Butterfly" Returns to Los Angeles: Witness Describes Amazing UFO Experience | Before It's News: "A reader from Los Angeles County recently had an amazing site of a giant creature that flew over his home.
He describes the creature as having an appearance of a 'giant butterfly'.
But it gets even stranger.
It looks like the giant butterfly has been seen before by perhaps thousands of witnesses during the Battle of Los Angeles. The 'Battle' took place just after World War II."
He describes the creature as having an appearance of a 'giant butterfly'.
But it gets even stranger.
It looks like the giant butterfly has been seen before by perhaps thousands of witnesses during the Battle of Los Angeles. The 'Battle' took place just after World War II."
Something scarier than GMOs: Nanotech organic | Food Freedom
Something scarier than GMOs: Nanotech organic | Food Freedom: "Nanotech organic?
The idea that engineered nanomaterials (involving the manipulation of materials at the molecular level) would be allowed in certified organic food production seems ludicrous on its face. Allowing nanotechnology would seemingly destroy the credibility of the organic label with consumers. Yet, the National Organic Standards Board Materials Committee issued a proposal for public comment recently requesting that the USDA’s National Organic Program hold a symposium on whether nanotechnology in organic production is “possible, practical and legal.”"
The idea that engineered nanomaterials (involving the manipulation of materials at the molecular level) would be allowed in certified organic food production seems ludicrous on its face. Allowing nanotechnology would seemingly destroy the credibility of the organic label with consumers. Yet, the National Organic Standards Board Materials Committee issued a proposal for public comment recently requesting that the USDA’s National Organic Program hold a symposium on whether nanotechnology in organic production is “possible, practical and legal.”"
Scientific Consensus: MSG, GMO's, and Aspartame are Good for Your Health -- Signs of the Times News
MSG - is one thing we humans are very fond of adding to our foods. Monosodium glutamate is a widely used food additive. It is the sodium salt of glutamic acid. MSG is a form of glutamate, a carefully regulated neurotransmitter. This food additive is produced by fermenting sugar beet molasses, and the overly processed form is a fine white crystal that resembles salt or sugar."
What to do if we find alien life - Technology & science - msnbc.com
What to do if we find alien life - Technology & science - msnbc.com: "LONDON— This month the Royal Society held a two-day meeting to work out a 'scientific and societal agenda' on extraterrestrial life, following up on a similar meeting in January. The discussions generated controversy, conspiracy theories and a little bit of acrimony. So what happened? I was there on both days, and here's the inside story.
Scientists are searching for extraterrestrial life in a number of different ways and places. One aspect of this is the search for extrasolar planets, on the basis that an Earthlike planet around a sunlike star might be a good place to look. The first super-Earths have been discovered, and the longer-term goal will be to undertake spectral analysis of the atmospheres of such exoplanets, looking for oxygen, ozone, water and other potential indicators of life. The recent excitement over Gliese 581g brings such work into focus — though even the very existence of this world is now the matter of some debate."
Scientists are searching for extraterrestrial life in a number of different ways and places. One aspect of this is the search for extrasolar planets, on the basis that an Earthlike planet around a sunlike star might be a good place to look. The first super-Earths have been discovered, and the longer-term goal will be to undertake spectral analysis of the atmospheres of such exoplanets, looking for oxygen, ozone, water and other potential indicators of life. The recent excitement over Gliese 581g brings such work into focus — though even the very existence of this world is now the matter of some debate."
YouTube - Tom Horn - Transhumanism - Science & Supernatural Conference - Part 1 of 8
YouTube - Tom Horn - Transhumanism - Science & Supernatural Conference - Part 1 of 8
Click above for first video in series -- a must see!!
Immortality Institute: Exploring Life Extension Technology!
Immortality Institute: Exploring Life Extension Technology! Socio-Economics History Blog: "Immortality Institute: Exploring Life Extension Technology!"
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Flexible LEDs for implanting under the skin
The PDMS substrate is flexible enough that the circuits can still function even if twisted or stretched by even as much as 75 percent. Rogers said most research has concentrated on organic LEDs (OLEDs), which are extremely sensitive to water and oxygen, but the flexible arrays are encapsulated in a thin layer of silicon rubber, which makes them waterproof and allows them to function well when implanted or completely immersed in biofluids. The design also eliminates the mechanical constraints normally imposed on such devices by the inflexible semiconductor wafers that support them."
2012 Mayan Calendar 'Doomsday' Date Might Be Wrong : Discovery News
2012 Mayan Calendar 'Doomsday' Date Might Be Wrong : Discovery News: "According to all the ridiculous hype surrounding Dec. 21, 2012, the Mayans 'predicted' the end of the world with one of their calendars. On this date, doomsayers assert that Earth will be ravaged by a smorgasbord of cataclysmic astronomical events -- everything from a Planet X flyby to a 'killer' solar flare to a geomagnetic reversal, ensuring we have a very, very bad day. As we all know by now, these theories of doom are bunkum.
And now, according to a recent study by an associate professor at UC Santa Barbara, this fundamental 'end date' may also be inaccurate. It could be at least 60 days out of whack."
And now, according to a recent study by an associate professor at UC Santa Barbara, this fundamental 'end date' may also be inaccurate. It could be at least 60 days out of whack."
Possible Geoglyphs Spotted in Peru : Discovery News
Possible Geoglyphs Spotted in Peru : Discovery News: "An Italian researcher may have discovered a huge network of earthworks representing birds, snakes and other animals in Peru, according to a study published on the Cornell University physics website arXiv.
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, assistant professor at the department of physics of Turin's Polytechnic University, used Google satellite maps and AstroFracTool, an astronomical image-processing program which she developed, to investigate over 463 square miles of land around Peru's Titicaca Lake .
She says she has identified shapes that were built by Andean communities centuries ago."
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, assistant professor at the department of physics of Turin's Polytechnic University, used Google satellite maps and AstroFracTool, an astronomical image-processing program which she developed, to investigate over 463 square miles of land around Peru's Titicaca Lake .
She says she has identified shapes that were built by Andean communities centuries ago."
After New York 'UFO' sightings how do they explain mirror image over El Paso? | Mail Online
After New York 'UFO' sightings how do they explain mirror image over El Paso? | Mail Online: "It could, of course, just be an amazing coincidence.
First New York was gripped by sightings of UFOs in the sky last week. The fears were quickly debunked by the claim that the 'UFOs' were actually balloons released from a nearby school.
But this weekend lights forming a mirror image of the pattern seen in the sky over New York have been seen in El Paso, Texas - immediately sparking speculation that the little green men have moved down south."
First New York was gripped by sightings of UFOs in the sky last week. The fears were quickly debunked by the claim that the 'UFOs' were actually balloons released from a nearby school.
But this weekend lights forming a mirror image of the pattern seen in the sky over New York have been seen in El Paso, Texas - immediately sparking speculation that the little green men have moved down south."
Monday, October 18, 2010
UFO -- Mysterious Lights Over East El Paso, News Channel 9
YouTube - Mysterious Lights Over East El Paso, News Channel 9: "News of UFO Sighting in East El Paso. Very similar to NYC and other sightings recently."
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'Silver bullet' could finally beat common cold | Mail Online
'Silver bullet' could finally beat common cold | Mail Online: "A ‘silver bullet’ against the common cold and other illnesses is being developed by scientists.
Tests show that arming bacteria with minute studs of silver endows them with the ability to combat viruses.
Norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, is unable to cause infections after coming into contact with the silver-impregnated bacteria."
Tests show that arming bacteria with minute studs of silver endows them with the ability to combat viruses.
Norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, is unable to cause infections after coming into contact with the silver-impregnated bacteria."
Your quantum superpowers
Cosmic Log - Your quantum superpowers: "Alan Boyle writes:Physicist James Kakalios is famous for looking at the science behind comic-book superpowers, but his latest book is grounded in real-world science that can be as bizarre as anything the Watchmen could come up with: quantum mechanics. In 'The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics,' Kakalios lays out his case that quantum physics is what makes real-life superpowers possible — such as the ability to watch a movie on your mobile phone or have your purchases tallied on a supermarket laser scanner."
Making Robotic Prosthetics We Can Control With Our Minds | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine
From the Millau Viaduct to the Pyramids: Ten of the greatest feats of engineering | Mail Online
From the Millau Viaduct to the Pyramids: Ten of the greatest feats of engineering | Mail Online: "Described as 'the world's greatest architect', Cecil Balmond is deputy chairman of engineering giant Arup. His work includes a new 394ft sculpture for the 2012 Olympics. Here he selects his top ten engineering wonders of the world..."
Experts: Huge space tourism expansion just months away - CNN.com
Experts: Huge space tourism expansion just months away - CNN.com: "(CNN) -- It's unlikely that you've heard of PJ King, despite the fact that he's about to set himself apart from most humans who've ever walked the planet. In as soon as 18 months, King could be launching into space as a paying commercial space tourist. King, a 41-year-old Irish businessman, is one of hundreds of travelers who've signed up and trained to be among the first paying passengers aboard Virgin Galactic's trips to suborbital space -- 62 miles above the Earth."
Have Scientists Finally Discovered Evidence for Psychic Phenomena?! | Psychology Today
How much better would our lives be if we could live in the White Queen's kingdom, where ours memory would work backwards and forewords? For instance, in such a world, you could take an exam and then study for it afterwards to make sure you performed well in the past. Well, the good news is that according to a recent series of scientific studies by Daryl Bem, you already live in that world!"
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Human Genome Still Chock-Full of Mysteries | Wired Science | Wired.com
Human Genome Still Chock-Full of Mysteries | Wired Science | Wired.com: "BOSTON — No one really knows all the genetic parts needed to make a human being.
Exactly how many genes make up the human genome remains a mystery, even though scientists announced the completion of the Human Genome Project a decade ago. The project to decipher the genetic blueprint of humans was supposed to reveal all of the protein-producing genes needed to build a human body.
“Not only do we not know what all the genes are, we don’t even know how many there are,” Steven Salzberg of the University of Maryland in College Park said October 11 during a keynote address at the Beyond the Genome conference, held in Boston. Most estimates place the human gene count in the neighborhood of 22,000 genes, which falls between the number of genes in a chicken and the number in a grape."
Exactly how many genes make up the human genome remains a mystery, even though scientists announced the completion of the Human Genome Project a decade ago. The project to decipher the genetic blueprint of humans was supposed to reveal all of the protein-producing genes needed to build a human body.
“Not only do we not know what all the genes are, we don’t even know how many there are,” Steven Salzberg of the University of Maryland in College Park said October 11 during a keynote address at the Beyond the Genome conference, held in Boston. Most estimates place the human gene count in the neighborhood of 22,000 genes, which falls between the number of genes in a chicken and the number in a grape."
Giant spider eating a bird caught on camera - Telegraph
Giant spider eating a bird caught on camera - Telegraph: "The pictures show the spider with its long black legs wrapped around the body of a dead bird suspended in its web.
The startling images were reportedly taken in Atheron, close to Queensland's tropical north.
The startling images were reportedly taken in Atheron, close to Queensland's tropical north.
Despite their unlikely subject matter, the pictures appear to be real.
Joel Shakespeare, head spider keeper at the Australian Reptile Park, said the spider was a Golden Orb Weaver.
'Normally they prey on large insects… it's unusual to see one eating a bird,' he told ninemsn.com.
Mr Shakepeare said he had seen Golden Orb Weaver spiders as big as a human hand but the northern species in tropical areas were known to grow larger.
Queensland Museum identified the bird as a native finch called the Chestnut-breasted Mannikin."
In search of the Beast of Bardia - Telegraph
In search of the Beast of Bardia - Telegraph: "Dawn is the perfect time of day in the jungle – strips of dewy light cut through the cool haze before the power of the sun breaks through. Eight feet below me, a couple of hog deer scatter from their resting place under a blanket of pungent-smelling bonmara. We have seen the tracks and we must be getting very close.
The hours tick by and the suspense mounts, but the beast we are tracking seems just out of reach. From my perch on the cushioned howdah I crane for a distant glimpse of the gargantuan creature – but the bush is still thick ahead."
The hours tick by and the suspense mounts, but the beast we are tracking seems just out of reach. From my perch on the cushioned howdah I crane for a distant glimpse of the gargantuan creature – but the bush is still thick ahead."
Cryptomundo - Yeren Sightings Or Not?
Cryptomundo Yeren Sightings Or Not?: "The breaking news on the appearance of a Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain in Xi’an, Shaanxi Provnice recently spread among local residents of Mei County located near the foot of Taibai Mountain. Is Taibai Mountain really home to a Bigfoot?
Who encountered the Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain?
Reporters interviewed many residents of Mei County, and their accounts varied. According to one story, when several travelers from Xi’an made camp in the deep forest, they suddenly heard a howl and when they looked up, they saw a hairy monster moving back and forth in the woods. After one of them cried, “It is a monster,” they ran away in panic and nearly fell into a groove. It was said that these travelers were too frightened and were completely speechless for a few days after they got off the mountain, and they were admitted to the hospital right after returning to Xi’an."
Who encountered the Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain?
Reporters interviewed many residents of Mei County, and their accounts varied. According to one story, when several travelers from Xi’an made camp in the deep forest, they suddenly heard a howl and when they looked up, they saw a hairy monster moving back and forth in the woods. After one of them cried, “It is a monster,” they ran away in panic and nearly fell into a groove. It was said that these travelers were too frightened and were completely speechless for a few days after they got off the mountain, and they were admitted to the hospital right after returning to Xi’an."
Just Say No to GMO by Michael Adams - NaturalNews.com
Just Say No to GMO by Michael Adams - NaturalNews.com: "'Mike's Anti-GMO rap is not only great music, it's just the kind of creative way we need to get the message out to people who may not even know they are eating dangerous genetically modified organisms every day. Great job Mike!' - Jeffrey Smith, executive director, Institute for Responsible Technology www.ResponsibleTechnology.org"
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
Rumors of ’Alien UFO Invasion’, UFO decloakings multiply, as do forthcoming ’Alien Invasion’ movies - Seattle exopolitics | Examiner.com
Rumors of ’Alien UFO Invasion’, UFO decloakings multiply, as do forthcoming ’Alien Invasion’ movies - Seattle exopolitics | Examiner.com: "This is the first of an Examiner.com series of articles on an ‘Alien Invasion’ of Earth, whether a real or a staged false flag operation, and on ethical extraterrestrial/UFO ‘landings’.
In the face of a forthcoming bumper crop of ‘Alien Invasion’ and ‘staged Alien Invasion’ movies, rumors are rife on the Internet of a staged ‘Alien Invasion’ false flag operation, or an ethical extraterrestrial ‘decloaking’ or landing.
These issues peaked again on Oct. 13, 2010, a date on which Stan Fulham a retired NORAD officer wrote that channelings from a 40,000 strong group of dimensional souls stated that October 13, 2010 was the tentative date for a fleet of extraterrestrial vehicles to hover for hours over the earth's principal cities.
Mr. Fulham stated says the event was ‘to be the first in a series intended to avert a planetary catastrophe resulting from increasing levels of carbon-dioxide in the earth's atmosphere dangerously approaching a ‘critical mass.’”"
In the face of a forthcoming bumper crop of ‘Alien Invasion’ and ‘staged Alien Invasion’ movies, rumors are rife on the Internet of a staged ‘Alien Invasion’ false flag operation, or an ethical extraterrestrial ‘decloaking’ or landing.
These issues peaked again on Oct. 13, 2010, a date on which Stan Fulham a retired NORAD officer wrote that channelings from a 40,000 strong group of dimensional souls stated that October 13, 2010 was the tentative date for a fleet of extraterrestrial vehicles to hover for hours over the earth's principal cities.
Mr. Fulham stated says the event was ‘to be the first in a series intended to avert a planetary catastrophe resulting from increasing levels of carbon-dioxide in the earth's atmosphere dangerously approaching a ‘critical mass.’”"
UFO emits ’white beam of light’ over Howland, Ohio soccer game - National ufo | Examiner.com
UFO emits ’white beam of light’ over Howland, Ohio soccer game - National ufo | Examiner.com: "A group of witnesses at a Howland, OH, soccer game watched a high-flying, white object in the shape of a 'Z' that emitted a white beam of light from its western-most side and then instantly 'vanished' on October 12, 2010, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
'The closest shape above would be compared to a boomerang, but one side of the object was facing the opposite direction of another point, giving the object a 'Z'-like appearance,' the reporting witness stated.
The object appeared to be silent as the group watched.
'Also, the object made absolutely no audible noise, nor did it emit any type of visible exhaust. We discussed what it could be, while staring at this incredibly high, white, object. Right before our eyes, it began emitting a white light out of the western-most side of the object. The light did not flash, blink, or flicker; it was a constant white beam, but it was not bright, and was still barely noticeable.'
Then the object simply vanished."
'The closest shape above would be compared to a boomerang, but one side of the object was facing the opposite direction of another point, giving the object a 'Z'-like appearance,' the reporting witness stated.
The object appeared to be silent as the group watched.
'Also, the object made absolutely no audible noise, nor did it emit any type of visible exhaust. We discussed what it could be, while staring at this incredibly high, white, object. Right before our eyes, it began emitting a white light out of the western-most side of the object. The light did not flash, blink, or flicker; it was a constant white beam, but it was not bright, and was still barely noticeable.'
Then the object simply vanished."
UFO ’size of a Cessna’ hovers 100 feet off Virginia highway - National ufo | Examiner.com
UFO ’size of a Cessna’ hovers 100 feet off Virginia highway - National ufo | Examiner.com: "A Newport News, VA, witness was driving home at 8:10 p.m., October 12, 2010, and noticed an object 'the size of a Cessna' hovering in a wooded area just 100 feet off of the highway, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
'But I looked at the object in great detail. It was not a chopper,' the witness stated. 'Then I thought it may be a fighter jet standing still in air..But as I drove past it, I find the shape to be amusing. It has features extending below its body like a stand, several of them and there were lights around them. I am certain that it was not a fighter jet due to its peculiar shape.'"
'But I looked at the object in great detail. It was not a chopper,' the witness stated. 'Then I thought it may be a fighter jet standing still in air..But as I drove past it, I find the shape to be amusing. It has features extending below its body like a stand, several of them and there were lights around them. I am certain that it was not a fighter jet due to its peculiar shape.'"
Ancient Anomalies and Aliens - Pt 1: Art, pg. 1
Ancient Anomalies and Aliens - Pt 1: Art, p. 1: "Ancient Anomalies and Aliens - Part 1: Art
Even though I wanted to do this whole thing in one massive thread, I just don't have the time to put something like that together. So I'm going to do it in parts. First I want to make clear that this thread isn't just about ancient anomalies, but anomalies that support the ancient alien theory. I've reached a personal conclusion that Aliens were here long ago, and these visitations were misinterpreted as Gods coming from the heavens.
Now that we have a better grip on science, and we understand this Universe a bit better, it's possible to look back at what our ancestors have left for us, and re-analyze things, to question what mainstream history would have us believe. This isn't a wondrous and fantastical concept, this is science. You can only come to grips with what all the evidence is ultimately suggesting, if you look into it with an unbiased attitude.
People don't want to admit they could be wrong. It isn't even a matter of question. A lot of people are saying a disclosure event is getting close...just ask yourself, how many people in this day and age would still consider them to be the Gods which promised to return in so many beliefs? How many would welcome them as Alien visitors, or reject them? And what happens when they tell us about our true origins?"
Even though I wanted to do this whole thing in one massive thread, I just don't have the time to put something like that together. So I'm going to do it in parts. First I want to make clear that this thread isn't just about ancient anomalies, but anomalies that support the ancient alien theory. I've reached a personal conclusion that Aliens were here long ago, and these visitations were misinterpreted as Gods coming from the heavens.
Now that we have a better grip on science, and we understand this Universe a bit better, it's possible to look back at what our ancestors have left for us, and re-analyze things, to question what mainstream history would have us believe. This isn't a wondrous and fantastical concept, this is science. You can only come to grips with what all the evidence is ultimately suggesting, if you look into it with an unbiased attitude.
People don't want to admit they could be wrong. It isn't even a matter of question. A lot of people are saying a disclosure event is getting close...just ask yourself, how many people in this day and age would still consider them to be the Gods which promised to return in so many beliefs? How many would welcome them as Alien visitors, or reject them? And what happens when they tell us about our true origins?"
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