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vrijdag, 18 maart 2011
Saturn's UFO moons: Bizarrely-shaped Pan and Atlas baffle scientists

They look more like flying-saucers than icy moons, but Pan and Atlas are two of Saturn's strangest satellites.
Scientists have long been puzzled by how the oddly-shaped moons, which are only 20miles across, came to be.
Researchers based at the European Space Agency now think they have some answers after studying several years worth of cosmic images.

Posted: 11:48:44 PM  


Super moon spectacle will light up skies tomorrow night (but there's no need to worry about a rise in lunacy)

Tomorrow's event will be the closest full moon in almost 20 years Keep your fingers crossed for clear skies tomorrow night - a full moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset.

Posted: 11:44:30 PM  


First Japanese radioactive particles reach U.S. West Coast but UN officials claim they're a "billion times" beneath danger levels

'Radiation is one of those words that get everybody scared, like "plague," ' Los Angeles County director of public health Dr. Jonathan Fielding said. 'But we're 5,000 miles away.'

Posted: 11:42:51 PM  


The moment nuclear plant chief WEPT as Japanese finally admit that radiation leak is serious enough to kill people

Officials admit they may have to bury reactors under concrete - as happened at Chernobyl
Government says it was overwhelmed by the scale of twin disasters
Japanese upgrade accident from level four to five - the same as Three Mile Island

Posted: 11:38:51 PM  


Earthquake in The Netherlands

17 March, 2011 at 21:47:21 UTC

Distances: 74.07 km (46.02 miles) E of Goedereede, Provincie Zuid-Holland

Note from MM:

2.2 M earthquake - that is nothing - one might think ...

but for this area ... it's something, especially because Goedereede is H E R E - the same distance from Nuclear Plant Borssele ?

ThnxHans

Posted: 11:25:07 PM  


Japan Quake - natural disaster ?

This article was posted on March 9 - 2011:

Underground explosions could help Coachella Valley cities prepare for "Big One"

Thousands of seismographs and 120 explosives will be used this week to simulate earthquakes and study their impact on the Coachella Valley.

All About the San Andreas Fault

Pacific Ring Of Fire

Engineered Earthquakes

Proponents of earthquake engineering argue that induced quakes would be safer than unplanned ones, because local residents and emergency services would have time to prepare for them.

But most geologists aren't convinced. Thomas J. Ahrens, a geophysics professor at the California Institute of Technology, cautions that mini quakes "may easily get out of control."


Earthquake Activity 2011 and The San Andreas Fault - at SCRIBD

Posted: 1:26:51 PM  


Arab world braces for Friday rallies

People across the Arab world are set to hold huge anti-government rallies following Muslim Friday Prayer rituals to once again demand an end to the US-backed autocratic rules in their respective countries.

In Saudi Arabia, opposition protesters have reportedly called for a massive 'million man march' -- despite a persisting official ban on demonstrations.

Posted: 7:43:19 AM  


Landslide shuts famed Californian Highway 1 as big chunk falls into the sea

It is the most scenic highway in America, but a big chunk of California's Highway 1 has fallen into the sea after a landslide. Stunned drivers watched as a forty-foot section tumbled into the Pacific below after several days of rain.

Caltrans Says No Warning Signs for Landslide

"No real significant rains that happened on the date of the failure," says Steve Price of Caltrans. "We had geotechnical people reviewing the site yesterday that didn't see any immediate signs of any catastrophic failure on what they were looking at yesterday."

The bottom line: there were no warning signs even though they had problems with this stretch of highway before. It happened about 10 years ago when El Nino hit the area.

Posted: 7:41:56 AM  


Photo for Today

Posted: 7:40:25 AM  


Gaunt Apple boss Steve Jobs bravely battles back after claims he has weeks to live

Ailing Apple founder Steve Jobs is bravely battling back after claims that he had just weeks to live. The 56-year-old billionaire could barely walk a month ago as he was reportedly undergoing cancer treatment and the prognosis was said to be dire. But although he still looked gaunt, Jobs made another public appearance this week to join a friend for lunch at a Los Angeles restaurant.

Posted: 7:36:59 AM  


The world backs air strikes on Gaddafi: RAF could be in action in days after UN votes to protect Libyan rebels

Measure backed by ten votes to zero
China, Russia, Brazil, India and Germany all opt to abstain
Libyan leader says no-fly zone is 'craziness' and 'madness' in address
British and French jets poised as action could begin 'within hours'
British ambassador to UN says UK is 'ready to shoulder our responsibility'

Posted: 7:31:22 AM  


Zimbabwe stops activists leaving

Zeitgeist Day

IMF poised to print billions of dollars in 'global quantitative easing'

Posted: 7:24:24 AM  



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