Hmmm . . . When you don't touch a mind you touch a nerve LOL.
sizemik
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Possibility of a Major Methane Release Triggered by Melting Arctic Ice Constitutes a "Planetary Emergency".
by sizemik inclimate 'tech fixes' urged for arctic methane.
by richard black - environment correspondent, bbc news.
an eminent uk engineer is suggesting building cloud-whitening towers in the faroe islands as a "technical fix" for warming across the arctic.. scientists told uk mps this week that the possibility of a major methane release triggered by melting arctic ice constitutes a "planetary emergency".. the arctic could be sea-ice free each september within a few years.. wave energy pioneer stephen salter has shown that pumping seawater sprays into the atmosphere could cool the planet.. the edinburgh university academic has previously suggested whitening clouds using specially-built ships.. at a meeting in westminster organised by the arctic methane emergency group (ameg), prof salter told mps that the situation in the arctic was so serious that ships might take too long.. "i don't think there's time to do ships for the arctic now," he said.. "we'd need a bit of land, in clean air and the right distance north... where you can cool water flowing into the arctic.".
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Possibility of a Major Methane Release Triggered by Melting Arctic Ice Constitutes a "Planetary Emergency".
by sizemik inclimate 'tech fixes' urged for arctic methane.
by richard black - environment correspondent, bbc news.
an eminent uk engineer is suggesting building cloud-whitening towers in the faroe islands as a "technical fix" for warming across the arctic.. scientists told uk mps this week that the possibility of a major methane release triggered by melting arctic ice constitutes a "planetary emergency".. the arctic could be sea-ice free each september within a few years.. wave energy pioneer stephen salter has shown that pumping seawater sprays into the atmosphere could cool the planet.. the edinburgh university academic has previously suggested whitening clouds using specially-built ships.. at a meeting in westminster organised by the arctic methane emergency group (ameg), prof salter told mps that the situation in the arctic was so serious that ships might take too long.. "i don't think there's time to do ships for the arctic now," he said.. "we'd need a bit of land, in clean air and the right distance north... where you can cool water flowing into the arctic.".
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@glenster ... thanks for the link. The voices are growing louder. Interesting quote from article . . .
"Science assessments indicate that human activities are moving several of Earth's sub-systems outside the range of natural variability typical for the previous 500,000 years," wrote the authors in the opening of "Navigating the Anthropocene: Improving Earth System Governance."
Here's another interesting article.
. . . "by conservative estimates, 9,000 species are going extinct each year, most of them from the rainforests."
. . . "we are presently experiencing the largest mass extinction since the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago; only this time it’s occurring at a much faster rate."
@dozy ... LOL ... stay away from naked flames.
@@Knowsnothing ... no, not the end, just major changes.
@strymeckirules ... addiction to fossil fuel burning is a hard one to break. Shell is heading for the Arctic. Fracturing rigs are popping up like freakin mushrooms.
@Poztate ... seems like a band-aid on a hemorrhage. Going at the cause might be more productive.
@Low-Key Lysmith ... All heil St Paddy!
@Ziddina & Broken Promises ... agreed.
@Razziel ... existential threat? . . . hmmm. One man's floor is another man's ceiling I guess.
@Botzwana ... that's a courageous decision IMO. If I knew then what I know now . . .
@ohiocowboy ... you're welcome. Seems a lot more folks are daring to look over the other side of the mountain. It can be daunting, but from the courage to do so, comes the motivation for change.
@Razziel ... mass extinctions are already unavoidable IMO. Human impact goes beyond climate change. Major species losses are already ocurring. Marine ecosysystems are being hammered like never before. A periodic absence of arctic ice has obvious and dire implications for an entire and large ecosystem. One estimate says we have increased extinction rates by 10,000% since 1900.
@Qcmbr ... I agree with what you say but with less optimism. Humankind will likely come through the future crisis . . . hopefully better for it in a few centuries from now. This will not be without a major attrition IMO. Tech has helped create the very problems we seek to mitigate. As Einstein once said; It's like an "axe in the hands of a madman." I no longer have the faith in science as our saviour I once had . . . not in the immediate context.
What we sometimes see as a future possibility is in reality our present. I don't believe in the "end of the world" or some doomsday event . . . but I do believe we're heading for change . . . massive change. The next 2-3 decades will see things deteriorate markedly. If you aren't prepared for it it'll hit you like a train.
Thanks for your comments.
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Possibility of a Major Methane Release Triggered by Melting Arctic Ice Constitutes a "Planetary Emergency".
by sizemik inclimate 'tech fixes' urged for arctic methane.
by richard black - environment correspondent, bbc news.
an eminent uk engineer is suggesting building cloud-whitening towers in the faroe islands as a "technical fix" for warming across the arctic.. scientists told uk mps this week that the possibility of a major methane release triggered by melting arctic ice constitutes a "planetary emergency".. the arctic could be sea-ice free each september within a few years.. wave energy pioneer stephen salter has shown that pumping seawater sprays into the atmosphere could cool the planet.. the edinburgh university academic has previously suggested whitening clouds using specially-built ships.. at a meeting in westminster organised by the arctic methane emergency group (ameg), prof salter told mps that the situation in the arctic was so serious that ships might take too long.. "i don't think there's time to do ships for the arctic now," he said.. "we'd need a bit of land, in clean air and the right distance north... where you can cool water flowing into the arctic.".
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Climate 'tech fixes' urged for Arctic methane
By Richard Black - Environment correspondent, BBC News
An eminent UK engineer is suggesting building cloud-whitening towers in the Faroe Islands as a "technical fix" for warming across the Arctic.
Scientists told UK MPs this week that the possibility of a major methane release triggered by melting Arctic ice constitutes a "planetary emergency".
The Arctic could be sea-ice free each September within a few years.
Wave energy pioneer Stephen Salter has shown that pumping seawater sprays into the atmosphere could cool the planet.
The Edinburgh University academic has previously suggested whitening clouds using specially-built ships.
At a meeting in Westminster organised by the Arctic Methane Emergency Group (Ameg), Prof Salter told MPs that the situation in the Arctic was so serious that ships might take too long.
"I don't think there's time to do ships for the Arctic now," he said.
"We'd need a bit of land, in clean air and the right distance north... where you can cool water flowing into the Arctic."
Favoured locations would be the Faroes and islands in the Bering Strait, he said.
Towers would be constructed, simplified versions of what has been planned for ships.
In summer, seawater would be pumped up to the top using some kind of renewable energy, and out through the nozzles that are now being developed at Edinburgh University, which achieve incredibly fine droplet size.
In an idea first proposed by US physicist John Latham, the fine droplets of seawater provide nuclei around which water vapour can condense.
This makes the average droplet size in the clouds smaller, meaning they appear whiter and reflect more of the Sun's incoming energy back into space, cooling the Earth.
On melting ice
The area of Arctic Ocean covered by ice each summer has declined significantly over the last few decades as air and sea temperatures have risen.
For each of the last four years, the September minimum has seen about two-thirds of the average cover for the years 1979-2000, which is used a baseline. The extent covered at other times of the year has also been shrinking.
What more concerns some scientists is the falling volume of ice.
Analysis from the University of Washington, in Seattle, using ice thickness data from submarines and satellites, suggests that Septembers could be ice-free within just a few years.
That's a wow . . .
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George Clooney arrested
by sizemik inhttp://entertainment.msn.co.nz/article.aspx?id=8436695.
george clooney arrested.
george clooney and his father have been arrested during a protest outside the sudanese embassy, and the actor says he has asked president barack obama to engage china on stopping a humanitarian crisis in northern africa.. the protesters accuse sudanese president omar al-bashir of provoking a humanitarian crisis and blocking food and aid from entering the nuba mountains in the county's border region with south sudan.. clooney, his father nick and others were arrested on friday after being warned three times not to cross a police line outside the embassy.
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http://entertainment.msn.co.nz/article.aspx?id=8436695
George Clooney arrested
George Clooney and his father have been arrested during a protest outside the Sudanese embassy, and the actor says he has asked President Barack Obama to engage China on stopping a humanitarian crisis in northern Africa.
The protesters accuse Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of provoking a humanitarian crisis and blocking food and aid from entering the Nuba Mountains in the county's border region with South Sudan.
Clooney, his father Nick and others were arrested on Friday after being warned three times not to cross a police line outside the embassy. Those taken into custody included NAACP President Ben Jealous, Martin Luther King III, and actor and comedian Dick Gregory.
Several members of Congress also were arrested, including Massachusetts Representatives James McGovern and John Olver, Texas Rep. Al Green and Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia. They were handcuffed and placed into a US Secret Service van.
Clooney was released several hours later after paying a $US100 ($A95.30) fine.
The arrests came after Clooney met this week with Obama, testified in the Senate and attended a state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Clooney told AP before he was arrested that he could only hope to draw attention to the crisis in Sudan but that he didn't know if any progress had been made. He said he was impressed, though, with Obama's engagement on the issue.
"It's amazing to sit down with a world leader who knows all of the intricacies of what's going on in Sudan," he said.
The actor said he asked Obama to involve China more in pushing for a solution in Sudan. A YouTube video Clooney recently posted online from his trip to Sudan appears to show a Chinese-made missile being used against the Nuba community.
Clooney said international leaders need to "follow the money" flowing to Sudan's leaders to expose corruption.
"This is a moment where we have a chance to do something because if we don't, in the next three to four months, there's going to be a real humanitarian disaster," Clooney said before his arrest. The situation is urgent, he said, because the upcoming rainy season would block transportation of food aid to the area.
Clooney said he didn't know if his actions would make a difference but that he at least wanted to make more people aware.
"It's such a silly thought to think you're actually succeeding in any of this," he said. "But if it's loud enough and you keep making it loud enough at the very least people will know about it, and you can't say we didn't know. That's the first step."
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Carrying a gun out in service
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sizemik
I have a simple and cheap design for anti-personnel mines if anyone's interested . . . can be remotely fired or proximity detonator, or both. Discounts for 500 or more.
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Time for another Leonard Cohen thread
by finallysomepride inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrlk4vdy28q&feature=artist.
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And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirrorhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snMOmHzgssk
But now another stranger seems
to want you to ignore his dreams
as though they were the burden of some other
O you've seen that man before
his golden arm dispatching cards
but now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger
And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter
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New to the board
by jbeau504 ini'm new to this board and looking to see what it's all about.
i'm currently an unbaptized publisher and third-generation jw, so for obvious reasons i can't give my real name due to personal concerns.
so from now on people can refer to me as "jimmy".
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sizemik
Welcome aboard.
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Steven Unthanks case . . . this might help fill some gaps.
by sizemik ini was alerted to steven unthanks latest feature article on jwnews.net .
.. it was posted just a few days ago (11th) and explains a number of things some have puzzled over with regard to australian law, and why things unfolded as they did.. it includes a report compiled by an ex-jw who attended the hearings.. for those that took an interest in the case .
it might fill in some gaps for you.. it's on the home page and entitled .
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@BOTR . . . I agree with your take on this completely. The pressure this put WT under made for some startling admissions. The above eyewitness account is technically hearsay, but is still open to scrutiny by those also attending the public hearings. It is now available as an article on the net . . . and should be poked in front of as many noses as possible IMO.
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Watchtowers Dr. Dixon on Individual Consciences of Jehovahs Witnesses
by Marvin Shilmer inwatchtowers dr. dixon on individual consciences of jehovahs witnesses.
today i added a new article to my blog addressing a statement of cherished belief held by the former head of watchtowers medical department.
dr. dixons view was published in the new york state journal of medicine in year 1988, and i agree with his cherished belief.
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The doctrine no longer serves any constructive purpose . . . and the scrutiny of it only causes trouble for WTS. They've been watering it down ever since the haemophiliac controversy. Who ever thought fractionated primary components would ever be kosher? Now spokesmen for WTS regularly insist that individuals are free to choose and are not disfellowshipped as a direct result.
It may take some time . . . but the blood doctrines days are numbered IMO.
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Russian Prosecutor's office seeks to declare Jehovah's Witnesses leaflets extremist
by sizemik inprosecutor's office seeks to declare jehovah's witnesses leaflets extremist.
kursk, march 14 - rapsi.
the kursk regional court has started considering the prosecutor's office petition to declare five jehovah's witnesses religious leaflets extremist, the court spokesman albert aseyev told ria novosti on wednesday.. "the leaflets speak about general and spiritual issues.
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For some reason the related links don't work . . . but they are available at the bottom of the original article.