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Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup
Filed under: 9/11, 9/11 demolition, 9/11 Explosions, 9/11 Mysteries, 9/11 thermite, 9/11 Truth, Afghanistan, barry jennings, bin laden, Bin Laden Tapes, catastrophic event, cheney, CIA, Controlled Demolition, Coup, dylan avery, fake alqaeda, False Flag, Fascism, FBI, FDR, Genocide, guiliani, Gulf of Tonkin, Hegelian Dialectic, Holocaust, Illuminati, inside job, Iraq, JCS, jeb bush, JFK, Loose Change, military excercise, Military Industrial Complex, mineta, NASA, Nazi, New World Order, NIST, NORAD, Nuke, NWO, operation paperclip, osama, patsy, Pentagon, PNAC, prior knowledge, Problem Reaction Solution, reichstag, rumsfeld, SEC, smedley butler, State Sponsored Terrorism, steven jones, Vietnam, viligent guardian, War Crimes, war games, William Rodriguez, wolfowitz, World Trade Center, wtc-7, WW2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkPO6ksgyVM
Pentagon cab driver ADMITS 9/11 attack was staged
911 Mysteries: Controlled Demolition
NASA Involved in ClimateGate
Filed under: Britain, carbon dioxide, climate change, climate science, climategate, Co2, corruption, CRU, deception, EAU, federal crimes, FOIA, GISS, Global Warming, global warming hoax, Hadley CRU, Hoax, man made global warming, manipulation, NASA, peer reviewed, scandal, United Kingdom, White House | Tags: Anthropogenic Global Warming, Climate Research Unit, East Anglia University
Gregg Knapp
It's not just the scientists at the Climate Research Unit of East Anglia University who may have criminally violated the Freedom of Information Act (some profesors in the UK and some in the USA), NASA has been stonewalling a FOIA request as well… for years.
Chris Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said NASA has refused for two years to provide information under the Freedom of Information Act that would show how the agency has shaped its climate data and would explain why the agency has repeatedly had to correct its data going as far back as the 1930s.
"I assume that what is there is highly damaging," Mr. Horner said. "These guys are quite clearly bound and determined not to reveal their internal discussions about this."
NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies is saying they're "working on" the FOIA request.
Right. For two years?!
The public affairs guy at GISS is using the Sgt. Schultz defense ("I hear nothing, I see nothing, I know nothing!")
He said he was unfamiliar with the British controversy and couldn't say whether NASA was susceptible to the same challenges to its data. The White House has dismissed the British e-mails as irrelevant.
What we are seeing is in total contradiction to the scientific method. Honest scientists don't delete their data or use tricks to hide data they don't like. They don't insist the science is settled and that anyone who questions them is a nut. They gladly release their data to other scientists so their results can be replicated or errors can be corrected.
Once upon a time the "science was settled" that the world was flat. The "science was settled" that the world was the center of the universe. Whoops.
Much of the data used for the "consensus" that manmade global warming is real came from the CRU and NASA's GISS. If that data is not accurate and/or has been manipulated it undermines everything. When you consider the trillions of dollars at risk here by policy pushed by this "science," it's understandable that Christopher Booker is calling it The Worst Scientific Scandal of Our Generation.
20% of the U.S. is covered in snow already
Filed under: Al Gore, carbon dioxide, climate change, Co2, global cooling, Global Warming, Hoax, NASA, noaa, radiation, Science and technology, solar science, sun, sunspots, Uncategorized | Tags: midwest, NOHSRC, north america, nothern midwest, snow analysis, solar activity, solar radiation
At this time of year snowstorms aren't uncommon, they tend to be quick affairs and melt away very quickly in about a day or two. However since last year, early autumn snowstorms in the northern Midwest and northern Rockies are only sticking around and not quickly dissipating, they are only expanding further south as the winter season begins.
According to NOAA's NOHSRC National Snow Analysis of October 13, 2009, 19.9% of the country is covered in snow, in October 13, 2008 snow cover was 12.7% and from 2003-2007 early autumn there was very little snow activity at all. What is going on here? Certainly not Global Warming
THE SUN CONNECTION: Solar wind weakest since beginning of space age
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A33trOVuwW4
Man shut-down after asking Al Gore about errors in film
Snow in Central Europe brings death, chaos and start to ski season
Solar wind weakest since beginning of space age
Filed under: Al Gore, Antarctic, Arctic, California, global cooling, Global Warming, Hoax, ice age, media bias, NASA, polar icecaps, radiation, Science and technology, solar science, south africa, sun, sunspots | Tags: earth, european space agency, heliosphere, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NAS, solar activity, solar winds, sun, sunspots, Ulysses spacecraft
The intensity of the sun's million-mile-per-hour solar wind has dropped to its lowest levels since accurate records began half a century ago, scientists say.
Measurements of the cosmic blasts of radiation, ejected from the sun's upper atmosphere, were made with the Ulysses spacecraft, a joint mission between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).
The solar wind "inflates a protective bubble, or heliosphere, around the solar system," which protects the inner planets against the radiation from other stars, said Dave McComas, Ulysses' solar wind principal investigator and senior executive director at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas.
"With the solar wind at an all-time low, there is an excellent chance the heliosphere will diminish in size and strength," said Ed Smith, NASA's Ulysses project scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
"If that occurs, more galactic cosmic rays will make it into the inner part of our solar system," added Smith.
Scientists say the weakening of solar wind appears to be due to changes in the sun's magnetic field, but the causes of these changes are unknown.
The weakened solar activity can be beneficial because it slows satellites around the Earth, allowing them to remain in orbit longer.
The sun normally experiences 11-year-cycles between periods of great activity and lesser activity.
But, Smith said, the Ulysses mission's recent results, published in Geophysical Research Letters, show that "we are in a period of minimal activity that has stretched on longer than anyone anticipated."
The Ulysses mission was the first project to survey the space environment over the sun's poles. The data the spacecraft has collected has profoundly changed the way scientists view our nearest star and its effects on the Earth.
Gore urges civil disobedience to stop coal plants
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE48N7AA20080924
NAS reports: 50 million year cooling trend
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/09/25/nas-reports-50-million-year-cooling-trend/
Heavy Snow Fall In South Africa Blamed On Global Warming
http://www.prisonplanet.com/heavy-snow-fall-in-south-africa-blamed-on-global-warming.html
BBC investigated after peer says climate change programme was biased 'one-sided polemic'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art..gramme-biased-sided-polemic.html
Polar ice increases 9% from last year
http://noworldsystem.com/2008/09/21/polar-ice-increases-9-from-last-year/
US envoy: Russia's 1st military response in Georgia was "legitimate"
Filed under: airstrikes, Britain, Cold War, Dmitry Medvedev, Europe, european union, federal crime, Genocide, George Bush, georgia, Medvedev, Military, military strike, moscow, NASA, nation building, neocons, New World Order, ngo, occupation, Oil, Preemptive Strike, preemptive war, Protest, Russia, Shock and Awe, South Ossetia, staged provocation, Troops, United Kingdom, War Crimes, WTO, WW3, ww4 | Tags: David Miliband, John Beyrle, north ossetia, refugees, russian peacekeepers, russian soldiers, soldiers, Thomas Hammarberg, Tskhinvali, Vladimir Lukin
The U.S. ambassador to Moscow, in a rare U.S. comment endorsing Russia's initial moves in Georgia, described the Kremlin's first military response as legitimate after Russian troops came under attack.
U.S officials, including President George W. Bush, have strongly criticized Moscow's subsequent action but have not focused on the initial chain of events that triggered the conflict between Russian and U.S.-ally Georgia.
The war broke out after Georgia tried to retake its Moscow-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia, prompting a counter-attack by Russian forces.
In his first major interview since his arrival as Ambassador last month, John Beyrle gave the Russian daily Kommersant his views on the conflict and warned about its impact on U.S. investor confidence in Russia.
"Now we see Russian forces, which responded to attacks on Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia, legitimately, we see those forces now having advanced on to the soil of Georgia; Georgian territorial integrity is in question here," Mr. Beyrle told the newspaper.
He said Washington had not sanctioned Georgia's initial actions when on Aug. 8, after a succession of tense skirmishes, Georgian forces attacked South Ossetia, triggering a massive Russian reaction when its peacekeepers there came under fire.
"We did not want to see a recourse to violence and force and we made that very, very clear," Mr. Beyrle was cited as saying in quotes the U.S. embassy confirmed as accurate.
"The fact that we were trying to convince the Georgian side not to take this step is clear evidence that we did not want all this to happen," Mr. Beyrle said in the interview, which was published on Friday.
"We have seen the destruction of civilian infrastructure, as well as calls by some Russian politicians to change the democratically-elected government of Georgia. Some question the territorial integrity of Georgia. That is why we believe that Russia has gone too far," the envoy said.
Mr. Beyrle said Washington still supports Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization, which has still not been finalized after more than a decade of talks.
"But American investors are now looking at the situation around Russia with concern and asking questions," he said.
Georgian war leaves 1,492 Ossetians dead – local authorities
The total number of causalities of the Georgian – South Ossetian conflict has been revealed. According to local authorities the conflict has taken the lives of 1492 Ossetians. More than 5,000 people from South Ossetia are still in refugee camps in the south of Russia.
Approximarely 30,000 people fled from Georgia's offensive on August 8. Many have been staying with relatives or have been taken in by ordinary charitable people. RT met a young family of refugees who are now trying to piece their shattered lives together.
Refugees rely on the kindness of strangers
Whoever's won this war, the Ossetian people have lost the most. Two of them, Ruslan and Khatuna Khelekhsaeva, say everyting they owned in Tskhinvali now lies in ruins.
They are very clear as to who they blame for having destroyed their lives.
"We blame Georgia and America for the war. It's the second time they've bombed us. We can't bear it anymore. No one can guarantee that Georgia won't bomb us again," Ruslan said.
We asked Ruslan whether South Ossetia should indeed break away from Georgia.
"Independence would be good in theory but we cannot defend ourselves against Georgia. So we need to be part of Russia. If Russia didn't support us, then there would probably be no 'us' left on this earth," he added.
Khatuna's eyes cannot hide her pain. She recounts her experience:
"After all we've gone through, I don't want to go back to Tskhinvali. Words cannot describe the five days we spent hiding in our basement, scared for our lives. I am haunted by those memories."
They arrived in North Ossetia to find the refugee camp overflowing. They were taken in by Natalya Gabarayeva, a local woman.
"I'm doing my best to take care of them. I feel so sorry for them. They arrived here with nothing, and needed a roof over their heads," Gabaraeva said.
She added that although local authorities are doing what they can, it is still not enough for the numbes of people that fled South Ossetia.
'Human rights were violated' in Ossetia – European watchdog
Europe's top human rights official has arrived in war-ravaged South Ossetia on a fact-finding mission. Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg from the Council of Europe Human is being accompanied by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Lukin. They say their goal is to gather evidence from all sides and to compile a report on their findings.
Thomas Hammarberg said: "I know that human rights were violated during the conflict."
"I'm not going to involve myself in politics", he said. "I am only here to look at the human rights situation and come up with recommendations on how these rights can be protected in the future. Our report will be objective and impartial".
Vladimir Lukin added: "Many people had their rights violated, including the primary right to life, to housing, and so on. And this issue requires much attention – so we've come to find out what happened from that perspective."
Tensions are high in Georgia as Russian forces remain in position
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxOg5RT8Dr4
Russia Lays to Rest Papa Bush's New World Order
EU should save Ukraine from Russia, NGO says
http://euobserver.com/9/26638
Medvedev exclusive: We're not afraid of Cold War
http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/29490
Miliband Warning On New Cold War
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20..ning-on-new-cold-war-3fd0ae9.html
US-Russia chill threatens NASA space program
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gFs-KdAHqfcOLpWZWcf5hjzXPYow
Explosion severs Azerbaijan-Georgia-Europe fuel railway link
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=5530
Obama's VP Pick Supports Patriot Act, Iraq War
Filed under: 1984, 1st amendment, 2-party system, 2008 Election, 4th amendment, amnesty, Barack Obama, biden, Big Brother, Condoleezza Rice, Daily Show, DHS, Federal Reserve, free speech, georgia, Hate Crimes Bill, hate speech, Homeland Security, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Iraq, joe biden, John McCain, jon stewart, left right paradigm, michael chertoff, Military, NASA, nation building, neocons, Neolibs, obama, occupation, orwell, Patriot Act, Real ID, Russia, Saddam Hussein, South Ossetia, Surveillance, telecom, US Constitution, warrantless search, warrantless wiretap, Zionism
Joe Biden's Voting Record Highlights:
Sen. Joe Biden Helped Pass:
Real ID Funding
Use of Military Force Against Iraq
Homeland Security Act
Permanent Residence for Certain Undocumented Immigrants
Hate Crimes Bill
Anti-terrorism Wiretaps
Striking Telecom Immunity from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Bill
The Nomination of Condoleezza Rice
The Nomination of Michael Chertoff
The Nomination of Alan Greenspan
Read Full Record Here
Biden: I would be honored to run with John McCain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJnC28lNQSo
Biden: "I am a Zionist"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DDuv3y5B8I
Joe Biden: Nightmare
http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/7869
Obama names 'gaffe-prone' Joe Biden as his running mate in presidential elections
http://www.dailymail.co…te-presidential-elections.html
Biden in 2002: 'I think Saddam either has to be separated from his weapons or taken out of power'
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10154103/
Obama wants $1 Billion for Georgian Conflict
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_yWRb9AXxo
Obama Suggests $2 Billion For NASA
http://www.washingtonpost.com/w..02171.html?hpid=sec-politics
Scientist Predicts Ice Age Within 10 Years
Filed under: Al Gore, Antarctic, Arctic, Australia, Britain, Canada, carbon dioxide, Carbon Tax, China, Co2, environmental taxation, Europe, european union, global tax, Global Warming, greenland, Hoax, ice age, icecaps, ipcc, Japan, london, NASA, new zealand, north pole, polar icecaps, siberia, solar science, sun, sunspots, UN, United Kingdom, weather manipulation, weather modification | Tags: David Barber, Dr. Olav Orheim, geoengineering, institute of geophysics, Matthew Penn, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, National Solar Observatory, Norwegian International Polar Year Secretariat, NSIDC, sun, sunspots, Victor Manuel Velasco Herrera, William Livingston
As evidence builds of the earth entering a dramatic cooling trend, another scientist has gone public with his conviction that we are about to enter a new ice age, rendering warnings about global warming fraudulent and irrelevant.
Victor Manuel Velasco Herrera of the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Mexico states that "In about ten years the Earth will enter a "little ice age" which will last from 60 to 80 years and may be caused by the decrease in solar activity," according to a report in the major Mexican newspaper Milenio Diario.
Herrera slammed the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) stance on global warming as "erroneous" because of their failure to factor in the impact of solar activity.
The models and forecasts of the IPCC "is incorrect because only are based on mathematical models and presented results at scenarios that do not include, for example, solar activity," said Herrera.
Herrera states that the earth is entering a natural phase of climate transition during which solar activity will diminish considerably, "so that in two years or so, there will be a small ice age that lasts from 60 to 80 years."
Herrera cited the growth in glaciers observed at the Andes, Perito Moreno, Logan, the highest mountain in Canada, and Franz-Josef Glacier, New Zealand.
A dramatic cooling trend is being observed across the planet even as people like Al Gore continue to claim that the threat of global warming mandates the poor and middle class be hit with CO2 taxes in order to prevent climate change.
Both anecdotal evidence and hard data indicates that the planet is in the beginning stages of a significant downturn in global temperatures.
China recently experienced its coldest winter in 100 years while northeast America was hit by record snow levels and Britain suffered its coldest April in decades as late-blooming daffodils were pounded with hail and snow on an almost daily basis. The British summer has also left many yearning for global warming, with temperatures in June and July rarely struggling to get over 16 degrees and on one occasion even dropping as low as 9 degrees in the middle of the afternoon.
"Summer heat continues in short supply, continuing a trend that has dominated much of the 21st Century's opening decade," reports the Chicago Tribune. "There have been only 162 days 90 degrees or warmer at Midway Airport over the period from 2000 to 2008. That's by far the fewest 90-degree temperatures in the opening nine years of any decade on record here since 1930."
The reason? Sunspot activity has dwindled. There have only been a handful of days in the past two months where any sunspot activity has been observed and over 400 spotless days have been recorded in the current solar cycle.
"The sun's surface has been fairly blank for the last couple of years, and that has some worried that it may be entering another Maunder minimum, the sun's 50-year abstinence from sunspots, which some scientists have linked to the Little Ice Age of the 17th century," reports one science blog.
Since the sun, and not carbon dioxide, is the principle driver of climate change, a dearth of sunspot activity would herald a repeat of the Maunder Minimum, the name given to the period roughly from 1645 to 1715, when sunspots became exceedingly rare and contributed to the onset of the Little Ice Age during which Europe and North America were hit by bitterly cold winters and the Thames river in London completely froze.
Long-time man-made global warming advocates NASA assure us that significant sunspot activity will return in 2012, but a recent a paper on recent solar trends by William Livingston and Matthew Penn of the National Solar Observatory in Tucson, predicts that sunspots will all but vanish after 2015.
As we reported last week, the Armagh observatory, which has been measuring sun cycles for over 200 years. predicts that global temperatures will drop by two degrees over the next 20 years as solar activity grinds to a halt and the planet drastically cools down, potentially heralding the onset of a new ice age.
"Based on the past Armagh measurements, this suggests that over the next two decades, global temperatures may fall by about 2 degrees C — that is, to a level lower than any we have seen in the last 100 years…."Temperatures have already fallen by about 0.5 degrees C over the past 12 months and, if this is only the start of it, it would be a serious concern," concludes David Watt.
Arctic Ice Grows 30 Per Cent In a Year
Predictions of "ice free" summer for first time in history completely debunked
Alarmist scientists who predicted that the North Pole could be "ice free" this summer as a result of global warming have been embarrassed after it was revealed that Arctic ice has actually grown by around 30 per cent in the year since August 2007.
Back in June, numerous prominent voices in the scientific community expressed fears of a mass melting of the polar ice caps, including David Barber, of the University of Manitoba, who told National Geographic Magazine, "We're actually projecting this year that the North Pole may be free of ice for the first time [in history]."
"This summer's forecast—and unusual early melting events all around the Arctic—serve as a dire warning of how quickly the polar regions are being affected by climate change," adds the article.
In February, Dr. Olav Orheim, head of the Norwegian International Polar Year Secretariat, told Xinhua, "If Norway's average temperature this year equals that in 2007, the ice cap in the Arctic will all melt away, which is highly possible judging from current conditions."
As per usual, the reality has failed to match the hype of the climate doomsayers.
According to collated data from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and the University of Illinois, Arctic ice extent was 30 per cent greater on August 11, 2008 than it was on the August 12, 2007. This is a conservative estimate based on the map projection.
Blue pixels represent increased ice coverage over the North Pole in the year since August 2007.
The video below highlights the differences between those two dates," reports The Register. "As you can see, ice has grown in nearly every direction since last summer – with a large increase in the area north of Siberia. Also note that the area around the Northwest Passage (west of Greenland) has seen a significant increase in ice. Some of the islands in the Canadian Archipelago are surrounded by more ice than they were during the summer of 1980."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKLiHWRaJU4
But what of the Antarctic down south? Figures tell us that ice coverage in the year since August 2007 has grown by nearly one million square kilometers.
As The Register article notes, "The Arctic did not experience the meltdowns forecast by NSIDC and the Norwegian Polar Year Secretariat. It didn't even come close. Additionally, some current graphs and press releases from NSIDC seem less than conservative. There appears to be a consistent pattern of overstatement related to Arctic ice loss."
Lack of Sunspot Activity Could Spell 'Mini Ice Age'
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/06/the-sunspot-mys.html
Dearth Of Sunspot Activity To Herald New Ice Age?
http://www.prisonplanet.com/dearth-of..ty-to-herald-new-ice-age.html
Australia Urges More U.S. Climate Change Action
http://news.yahoo.com/..QH1Dzs3MDIpNiR_IxxpxieAA
Geoengineering may be tech's answer to global warming
http://www.prisonplanet.com/geoe..o-global-warming.html
Japan to label goods' carbon footprints: official
http://www.breitbart.com/article…xf1wcko&show_article=1
Arctic ice refuses to melt as ordered
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/15/goddard_arctic_ice_mystery/
Advancing Hysteria by Editing Skeptical Views of Global Warming
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-shep..iting-skeptical-views-global-warming
Assemblyman urges repeal of NJ global warming law, warns of 'dramatic cooling'
http://www.politickernj.com..pealing-global-warming-response-act
Spotless days: 400 and counting
http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/..ss-days-400-and-counting/
This decade has had the fewest 90-degree days since 1930
http://www.chicagotribune.com/new..-explainer-13aug13,0,918946.story
Overfilled Garbage Bins Can Lead to Fines of £110
Filed under: 1984, Big Brother, brainwashing, Britain, brownshirts, California, car tax, Communism, Conditioning, corporations, Dictatorship, eco nazi, Empire, Europe, european union, Fascism, garbage police, Global Warming, Hitler, litter police, litter wardens, nanny state, NASA, Nazi, nazi youth, Oppression, orwell, Police State, road tax, san fransisco, spain, stasi, stasi tactics, Surveillance, United Kingdom | Tags: greenshirts
MINISTERS have ordered people who overfill their bins to be punished more severely than shoplifters, drug users and dangerous drivers.
Official guidance from the Department of the Environ-ment to local councils says they must impose fines of "not less than £75" and up to £110 on taxpayers who disobey rubbish rules.
The crackdown from the so-called "Talibin" will apply to virtually all UK households.
Anyone caught leaving their wheelie-bin lid even slightly open, placing bins or rubbish out on the day before collection or putting their bin in the wrong place could get a fixed penalty or end up in court.
Tory spokesman Eric Pickles yesterday accused Labour of creating "an army of municipal bin bullies".
He warned they were targeting "law-abiding families with massive fines while professional criminals get the soft touch. It is clear Whitehall bureaucrats are instructing town halls to target householders with fines for minor breaches.
"Yet with the slow death of weekly collections and shrinking bins, it is increasingly hard for families to dispose of their rubbish responsibly.
"It is fundamentally unfair that householders are now getting hammered with larger fines than shoplifters get for stealing."
Eco-Nazi Youths urged to report on family's eco-crimes
In a recent series of ads aimed at school children, a leading British energy company has assigned a controversial summer project: police their family's global-warming crimes.
Launched last week by NPower — the country's fourth-largest provider — the campaign is part of a larger program to educate children about global warming and the wasteful habits that might exacerbate it.
Placed in prominent newspapers such as The Sunday Times and The Telegraph, the ads offer giveaway diaries in which kids can note domestic infractions, such as leaving a mobile phone charging for too long or a Nintendo game left flickering in the dark, as well as Post-It notes, which can be left at the crime scene as a warning to the offenders. Equally important, the campaign seeks to attract kids to its controversial Web site, Climate Cops, which encourages children to monitor and report on their domestic energy crimes to their classrooms.
Some activists and marketers see the site as a clever marketing gimmick to teach children to preserve their planet. Others see excessive indoctrination tactics lifted from the pages of the George Orwell novel 1984, in which children are set against their parents, or worse, the Hitler Youth, who were encouraged to betray their loved ones for the greater glory of the state.
Last Tuesday, a satirical article on the British Web site Anorak referred to these cadets as "Greenshirts" and compared them to the young Blackshirts of yore. "NPower, the electricity people, want you, the Britisher Jungvolk, to inform on your mums and your dads if they disobey the rules on climate change."
NASA Urged to Debunk the Current Hysteria Over Global Warming
http://www.rightsidenews.com/2..he-current-hysteria-over-global-warming.html
Old ships' logs show temporary global warming in 1730s
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/04/ships_log_climate_change/
Drivers face higher parking charges under controversial new car tax band linked to engine emissions
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne..-car-tax-band-linked-engine-emissions.html
Spain Cuts Speed Limit To Fight Global Warming
http://www.independent.co.uk/..and–turns-out-lights-to-save-fuel-881401.html
SF Mayor Wants Fines For Unsorted Trash
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-b..2008/08/01/MN47122A98.DTL
Lockheed: U.S. must pay for rocket-test cleanup
Filed under: California, cancer, GAO, health and environment, Lockheed Martin, Military, Military Industrial Complex, NASA, Syria, UN | Tags: golan heights, perchlorate, SEC, Security and Exchange Commission, trichloroethylene
One of the nation's largest federal defense contractors says the U.S. government should pay the cleanup costs – likely in the tens of millions of dollars or more – from pollutants leaked during the production and testing of U.S. military and space rockets.
Federal policies at one former Lockheed Propulsion Co. rocket plant in California allowed for burning toxic chemical waste in open, unlined dirt pits during the 1970s, according to a lawsuit that Lockheed Martin Corp. filed against the U.S. government.
The practice has been linked to pollution in groundwater and soil.
Lockheed, whose propulsion company helped build rocket motors for the Apollo and Mercury space programs, has faced personal injury lawsuits over the past decade from residents upset about pollution near the now-closed Redlands, Calif., rocket facility, according to U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.
The company wants the government to pay past cleanup costs and to be held liable for future expenses.
A Lockheed spokeswoman declined to comment on the company's lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in the District. The lawsuit doesn't say how much money the company is seeking.
Lockheed is reporting more than $500 million in liabilities companywide from "environmental matters," which include soil and groundwater contamination in Redlands and unrelated projects, according to SEC filings.
According to the lawsuit, Lockheed says two sorts of pollutants – ammonium perchlorate and trichloroethylene – "escaped into the environment in the course of operations at the Redlands facility," and turned up in local soil and groundwater.
Trichloroethylene, or TCE, is an industrial solvent that can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea and cancer. Exposure to perchlorate can affect the thyroid gland, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
Syria tells UN: Israel burying nuclear waste in Golan Heights
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/999114.html
Australian Researchers Warn of Global Cooling
Filed under: Al Gore, Antarctic, Arctic, Australia, Britain, California, carbon dioxide, carbon ration, Carbon Tax, Co2, colorado, energy, environmental taxation, Europe, european union, global cooling, global tax, Global Warming, greenland, health and environment, Hoax, ice age, icecaps, NASA, north pole, ocean, polar icecaps, poll, ration, Science and technology, shell, solar science, sun, sunspots, United Kingdom | Tags: National Snow and Ice Data Center, NSIDC, Spin-orbit coupling, sun, sunspots
"Spin-orbit coupling" to blame; effects could last decades.
A new paper published by the Astronomical Society of Australia is warning of upcoming global cooling due to lessened solar activity. The study, written by three Australian researchers, has identified what is known as a "spin-orbit coupling" affecting the rotation rate of the sun. That rotation, in turn, is linked to the intensity of the solar cycle and climate changes here on Earth.
The study's lead author, Ian Wilson, explains further, "[The paper] supports the contention that the level of activity on the Sun will significantly diminish sometime in the next decade and remain low for about 20 – 30 years."
According to Wilson, the result is a strong, rapid pulse of global cooling, "On each occasion that the Sun has done this in the past the World's mean temperature has dropped by ~ 1 – 2 C."
A 2 C drop would be twice as large as all the warming the earth has experienced since the start of the industrial era, and would be significant enough to impact global agriculture output.
Earlier this year, astronomers from around the world noted solar activity was suspiciously low; some began predicting global cooling at that time. Since then, activity has remained far below average, with it now being over two months since a single sunspot has appeared on the surface of the sun.
In May, a team of German climatologists published research stating that, due to "natural effects", global warming would halt for up to 15 years.
Are the ice caps melting?
The headlines last week brought us terrifying news: The North Pole will be ice-free this summer "for the first time in human history," wrote Steve Connor in The Independent. Or so the experts at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado predict. This sounds very frightening, so let's look at the facts about polar sea ice.
As usual, there are a couple of huge problems with the reports.
Firstly, the story is neither alarming nor unique.
In the August 29, 2000 edition of the New York Times, the same NSIDC expert, Mark Serreze, said:
"There's nothing to be necessarily alarmed about. There's been open water at the pole before. We have no clear evidence at this point that this is related to global climate change."
During the summer of 2000 there was "a large body of ice-free water about 10 miles long and 3 miles wide near the pole". Also in 2000, Dr Claire Parkinson at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center was quoted as saying: "The fact of having no ice at the pole is not so stunning."
Secondly, the likelihood of the North Pole being ice free this summer is actually quite slim. There are only a few weeks left where the sun is high enough to melt ice at the North Pole. The sun is less than 23 degrees above the horizon, and by mid-August will be less than 15 degrees above it. Temperatures in Greenland have been cold this summer, and winds are not favorable for a repeat. Currently, there is about one million km2 more ice than there was on this date last summer.
So what is really going on at the poles?
The Tipping Point that wouldn't tip
Satellite records have been kept for polar sea ice over the last thirty years by the University Of Illinois. In 2007 2008, two very different records were set. The Arctic broke the previous record for the least sea ice area ever recorded, while the Antarctic broke the record for the most sea ice area ever recorded. Summed up over the entire earth, polar ice has remained constant. As seen below, there has been no net gain or loss of polar sea ice since records began.
Last week, Dr James Hansen from NASA spoke about how CO2 is affecting the polar ice caps.
"We see a tipping point occurring right before our eyes… The Arctic is the first tipping point and it's occurring exactly the way we said it would," he said.
Hansen is only telling half the story. In the 1980s the same Dr Hansen wrote a paper titled Climate Sensitivity to Increasing Greenhouse Gases, in which he explained how CO2 causes "polar amplification." He predicted nearly symmetrical warming at both poles. As shown in Figure 2-2 from the article, Hansen calculated that both the Arctic and Antarctic would warm by 5-6 degrees Centigrade. His predictions were largely incorrect, as most of Antarctica has cooled and sea ice has rapidly expanded. The evidence does not support the theory.
Business To Back Carbon Trading
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/sto..5013404,00.html
Biofuels behind food price hikes: World Bank report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/200..worldbankusbritain_080704073556
Charlotte Temperature Hits 123 Year Low
http://www.charlotte.com/news/story/695929.html
Shell Wants Refiners Exempt From EU CO2 Plan
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/49097/story.htm
Flat Screen TV's Blamed For Global Warming
http://www.abc.net.au/new..2293369.htm?section=justin
Developed countries declarations on climate change 'make no sense' India
http://economictimes.indiatim..3187569,prtpage-1.cms
Carbon Tax Means Fewer Travellers
http://www.breitbart.com/article…554.yhsfzix8&show_article=1
Soil on Mars is good for growing food
Filed under: mars, NASA, Science and technology | Tags: martian soil
There is still no answer to the old question of whether there has ever been life on Mars but apparently there could be vegetable life.
NASA scientists say the soil they have collected from the northern polar regions of the red planet would be good for growing asparagus and turnips, but probably not strawberries.
The Phoenix Mars Lander scooped up soil with its robotic arm and scientists say the sample is similar to dirt found in some backyards on Earth.
The project's lead chemist, Samuel Kounaves, from the University of Arizona says he is flabbergasted by what has come back.
"We basically have found what appears to be the requirements, the nutrients to support life, whether past present or future," he said.
"The sort of soil you have there is the type of soil you'd probably have in your backyard, you know, alkaline.
"You might be able to grow asparagus in it really well – strawberries probably not really well."
Glen Nagle from the NASA tracking station in Canberra has been watching the soil analysis and its results closely.
"What they've found is the soil wasn't really acidic or over salty and actually we had a nice pH level it was quite alkaline, not acidic," he said.
Scientists: It Once Rained On Mars
Drizzle once fell on Martian soil, according to a new geochemical analysis by Berkeley scientists, though the rain probably stopped several billion years ago.
Drawing on soil data from the five missions to Mars before the current Phoenix Lander and comparing it to information collected in Earth's driest places, the scientists concluded that water must have fallen from above, not welled up from below, as has been thought.
"The soil acts as a sort of an imperfect record of climate change," said Ronald Amundson, UC Berkeley professor of ecosystem sciences and the study's lead author. "We can study the chemistry of the soil and extract information about climate history."
Amundson's key observation is that Martian soil has a layer of sulfates sitting on top of chlorides. That's a pattern consistent with water moving downward from the atmosphere to the regolith in places on Earth.
Martian Skies
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Martian Soil Can Support Life
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/200806..JqeXebopMgybvFMxm7mCgiANEA
Buzz Aldrin Wants More Funds For NASA
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne..beat-the-Chinese-to-Mars.html
Giant Asteroid Flattened Mars Studies Suggest
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=giant-asteroid-flattened&print=true
Astronomers on Verge of Finding Earth's Twin
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080624-st-planet-tally.html
Filed under: Al Gore, Arctic, Australia, Britain, California, carbon credit, carbon credit system, carbon credits, carbon dioxide, carbon ration, Carbon Tax, Co2, energy, environmental taxation, Europe, european union, global cooling, global tax, Global Warming, greenland, Hoax, ice age, NASA, ocean, poll, ration, solar science, sun, sunspots, United Kingdom
Daily Galaxy
Dark spots, some as large as 50,000 miles in diameter, typically move across the surface of the sun, contracting and expanding as they go. These strange and powerful phenomena are known as sunspots, but now they are all gone. Not even solar physicists know why it's happening and what this odd solar silence might be indicating for our future.
Although periods of inactivity are normal for the sun, this current period has gone on much longer than usual and scientists are starting to worry—at least a little bit. Recently 100 scientists from Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and North America gathered to discuss the issue at an international solar conference at Montana State University. Today's sun is as inactive as it was two years ago, and solar physicists don't have a clue as to why.
"It continues to be dead," said Saku Tsuneta with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, program manager for the Hinode solar mission, noting that it is at least a little bit worrisome for scientists.
Dana Longcope, a solar physicist at MSU, said the sun usually operates on an 11-year cycle with maximum activity occurring in the middle of the cycle. The last cycle reached its peak in 2001 and is believed to be just ending now, Longcope said. The next cycle is just beginning and is expected to reach its peak sometime around 2012. But so far nothing is happening.
"It's a dead face," Tsuneta said of the sun's appearance.
Tsuneta said solar physicists aren't weather forecasters and they can't predict the future. They do have the ability to observe, however, and they have observed a longer-than-normal period of solar inactivity. In the past, they observed that the sun once went 50 years without producing sunspots. That period coincided with a little ice age on Earth that lasted from 1650 to 1700. Coincidence? Some scientists say it was, but many worry that it wasn't.
Geophysicist Phil Chapman, the first Australian to become an astronaut with NASA, said pictures from the US Solar and Heliospheric Observatory also show that there are currently no spots on the sun. He also noted that the world cooled quickly between January last year and January this year, by about 0.7C.
"This is the fastest temperature change in the instrumental record, and it puts us back to where we were in 1930," Dr Chapman noted in The Australian recently.
If the world does face another mini Ice Age, it could come without warning. Evidence for abrupt climate change is readily found in ice cores taken from Greenland and Antarctica. One of the best known examples of such an event is the Younger Dryas cooling, which occurred about 12,000 years ago, named after the arctic wildflower found in northern European sediments. This event began and ended rather abruptly, and for its entire 1000 year duration the North Atlantic region was about 5°C colder. Could something like this happen again? There's no way to tell, and because the changes can happen all within one decade—we might not even see it coming.
The Younger Dryas occurred at a time when orbital forcing should have continued to drive climate to the present warm state. The unexplained phenomenon has been the topic of much intense scientific debate, as well as other millennial scale events.
Now this 11-year low in Sunspot activity has raised fears among a small but growing number of scientists that rather than getting warmer, the Earth could possibly be about to return to another cooling period. The idea is especially intriguing considering that most of the world is in preparation for global warming.
Canadian scientist Kenneth Tapping of the National Research Council has also noted that solar activity has entered into an unusually inactive phase, but what that means—if anything—is still anyone's guess. Another solar scientist, Oleg Sorokhtin, a fellow of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, however, is certain that it's an indication of a coming cooling period.
Sorokhtin believes that a lack of sunspots does indicate a coming cooling period based on certain past trends and early records. In fact, he calls manmade climate change "a drop in the bucket" compared to the fierce and abrupt cold that can potentially be brought on by inactive solar phases.
Sorokhtin's advice: "Stock up on fur coats"…just in case.
Australian's cost of living up under carbon trading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umTaLHG37R0
The Greenhouse Conspiracy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YptJu575KzU
Professor: 'No concrete global warming proof in polar region'
http://www.thelocal.se/12580/
Poll: most Britons doubt cause of climate change
http://www.guardian.co.uk/en..atechange.carbonemissions
More Global Warming Fraud Insanity
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/23/fossilfuels.climatechange
New iThermostats gives TXU control
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon..holdings.16a21159.html
CA Requires Climate Stickers On New Cars
Meteorologist: Money In Global Warming Alarmism 'Can Corrupt Anybody'
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=114603
Al Gore's Personal Electric Use Up 10%
http://tennesseepolicy.org/main/article.php?article_id=764
Energy Guzzled by Al Gore's Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/2..acks-oba-41f21e0.html
Council snoops to use terror laws to inspect homes & rubbish
Chipped bins schemes to go ahead
ABC To Spread Fear On Climate Change Myths
Government To Tell You What Light Bulbs You Can Use
DC Madam Predicted She Would Be Suicided
May 3, 2008, 5:50 am
Filed under: ABC, Alex Jones, California, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Dick Cheney, disney, Fox News, Fred Thompson, Geraldo Rivera, GOP, halliburton, imf, John McCain, Leola McConnell, Media, NASA, neocons, Rudy Giuliani, scandal, Uncategorized, vickie iseman, Washington D.C. | Tags: Dan Moldea, David Vitter, Eli Lilly, Randall Tobias, Wayne Madsen, White House
"Rape, beating, maiming, disfigurement and more than likely murder disguised in the form of just another jailhouse accident or suicide would await me," Palfrey wrote – Time Magazine curiously quick to re-affirm suicide story
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Click here to listen to Palfrey clearly state that she would not commit suicide.
DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey predicted she would be "suicided" on several occasions both recently and as far back as 17 years ago – comments that now appear ominous in light of the announcement that the former head of a Washington escort service allegedly killed herself today.
"If taken into custody, my physical safety and most probably my very life would be jeopardized," she wrote in August 1991 following an attempt to bring her to trial, "Rape, beating, maiming, disfigurement and more than likely murder disguised in the form of just another jailhouse accident or suicide would await me," said Palfrey in a handwritten letter to the judge accusing the San Diego police vice squad of having a vendetta against her.
During several recent appearances on The Alex Jones Show, Palfrey also said that she was at risk of being killed and that authorities would make it look like suicide. She made it clear that she was not suicidal and if she was found dead it would be murder.
Palfrey had threatened to release the names of well-known clients of her upscale call girl ring in the nation's capitol, and had indicated that Dick Cheney may be one of them.
"We now know it goes at least as high as a United States Senator," Palfrey told The Alex Jones Show, "I'm hearing rumors now from other people that there are other possibilities in that stratosphere so to speak, on that level."
"No I'm not planning to commit suicide," Palfrey told The Alex Jones Show on her last appearance in March, "I'm planning on going into court and defending myself vigorously and exposing the government," she said.
"Blanche Palfrey had no sign that her daughter was suicidal, and there was no immediate indication that alcohol or drugs were involved, police Capt. Jeffrey Young said," according to an AP report.
Click here to listen to the entirety of a July 2007 interview with Palfrey.
UPDATE: In an almost uncanny development, as soon as this article started to go viral on the Internet, Time Magazine released a story claiming that Palfrey told author Dan Moldea that she would rather commit suicide than go to jail. What a funny coincidence!
Eerie Flashback: DC Madam said 'I'd never want my life to end in suicide'
Palfrey rejected suicide in May 2007 interview
Examiner.com
When Deborah Jeane Palfrey (aka the "DC Madam," who was found hanged in Tarpon Springs, Florida on Thursday) sat down in May 2007 for an interview with Carol Joynt, host of the Q&A Cafe interview series, most everything was up in the air: Palfrey faced a criminal indictment on prostitution charges and was fighting courts over how to handle thirteen years of phone records which contained the phone numbers of many clients of her escort service.
But, for Palfrey, one thing was crystal clear during that interview: She would never end her life by hanging herself.
Joynt brought up the subject of Brandy Britton, a Baltimore prostitute whom had occasionally worked for Palfrey and whom had hanged herself in January 2007, only days away from facing prostitution charges.
Palfrey told Joynt in no uncertain terms: "I don't want to be like her. I don't want to end up like her."
In the months following the interview with Joynt, Palfrey's fortunes took a turn for the worse. In April, a federal jury convicted Palfrey of running a prostitution ring and she awaited her sentencing on July 24, where she faced up to six years in prison.
In the end, Palfrey's proud and defiant statements about Britton's tragic end couldn't stop her own sad conclusion, and it all too closely tracked the final days of her former employee: A woman caught up in an illegal world of sex and money, and for whom the pressure ultimately became too much to bear.
Palfrey Considered Call Girl's "Suicide" Possible Murder
DC Madam employee also found hanged despite family's insistence she was upbeat, positive
DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who was found hanged today in what authorities claim was a "suicide," not only asserted that she would never commit suicide, but also thought the alleged suicide of one of her former call girls was possibly murder.
Brandy Britton was an employee of Palfrey before the D.C. Madam's prostitution ring was busted. She was found hanged after allegedly committing suicide in January 2007 days before she was set to go to trial.
Asked if the suicide was in fact murder, Palfrey told the Alex Jones Show in July last year, "Well we don't know about that, there's two schools of thought – one says yes one says no,"
Asked what the circumstances were that made people question the alleged "suicide" of her former call girl, Palfrey responded, "People say that she was a very upbeat person, a very positive person that she was going into court, she was ready to fight them, that she absolutely was not going to give in and all of a sudden a few days before she was to go to trial she committed suicide and her family members and friends say this was extremely abnormal."
"She was not in a frame of mind to commit suicide, you know perhaps she knew something, there's been a lot of speculation about that," said Palfrey, "She had very little to lose, she wasn't going to go to jail, she'd been charged on a prostitution case," added Palfrey, noting that individuals involved in the call girl scandal possibly thought Britton was about to name names.
Brandy Britton
According to a Post Chronicle report, Palfrey and Britton's alleged "suicides" bear similar hallmarks.
During several recent appearances on The Alex Jones Show, Palfrey conceded that she was at risk of being killed and that authorities would make it look like suicide. She made it clear that she was not suicidal and if she was found dead it would be murder.
Click here to listen to Palfrey clearly state that she would not commit suicide on two separate occasions, as well as discuss the case of Brandy Britton.
Corporate Media Ignores Palfrey's Statement She Would Not Commit Suicide
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/may2008/050208_tape_ignored.htm
D.C. Madame: "Big Names" May Be On Client List
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2007/240707bignames.htm
DC Madam "commits suicide" in Tarpon Springs
http://www.myfoxtampaba..ode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1
DC Madam Supposedly Commits Suicide
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90D13600&show_article=1
Death of 'D.C. Madam' Becomes Rich Ground for Conspiracy Theory
Forget Spitzer, What About Cheney's D.C. Mistress?
http://noworldsystem.com/2008/03..t-about-cheneys-dc-mistress/
McCain Sex Scandal Blonde Missing
http://noworldsystem.com/2008/..candal-blonde-missing-day-12/
Dominatrice Who Claimed to Have S&M Sex with Bush Is Said to Be Missing
http://noworldsystem.com/2007/11/18/do..with-bush-is-said-to-be-missing/
NY Times: McCain had possible sexual relations with Female Lobbyist
http://noworldsystem.com/2008/..lations-to-female-lobbyist/
$32 Billion of taxpayer dollars for patches?
Filed under: army, credit card, defense department, DoD, fda, GAO, George Bush, Military, NASA, neocons, Pentagon, Taxpayers, Troops | Tags: national science foundation, NSF, the black budget
Inside the Black Budget
Skulls. Black cats. A naked woman riding a killer whale. Grim reapers. Snakes. Swords. Occult symbols. A wizard with a staff that shoots lightning bolts. Moons. Stars. A dragon holding the Earth in its claws.
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No, this is not the fantasy world of a 12-year-old boy.
It is, according to a new book, part of the hidden reality behind the Pentagon's classified, or "black," budget that delivers billions of dollars to stealthy armies of high-tech warriors. The book offers a glimpse of this dark world through a revealing lens — patches — the kind worn on military uniforms.
"It's a fresh approach to secret government," Steven Aftergood, a security expert at the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, said in an interview. "It shows that these secret programs have their own culture, vocabulary and even sense of humor."
One patch shows a space alien with huge eyes holding a stealth bomber near its mouth. "To Serve Man" reads the text above, a reference to a classic "Twilight Zone" episode in which man is the entree, not the customer. "Gustatus Similis Pullus" reads the caption below, dog Latin for "Tastes Like Chicken."
Military officials and experts said the patches are real if often unofficial efforts at building team spirit.
The classified budget of the Defense Department, concealed from the public in all but outline, has nearly doubled in the Bush years, to $32 billion. That is more than the combined budgets of the Food and Drug Administration, the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Feds use cards for lingerie, iPods, gambling, a $13,000 dinner and more
Federal employees used government credit cards to pay for lingerie, gambling, iPods, Internet dating services, and a $13,000 steak-and-liquor dinner, according to a new audit from the Government Accountability Office, which found widespread abuses in a purchasing program meant to improve bureaucratic efficiency.
The study, released by Senate lawmakers yesterday, found that nearly half the "purchase card" transactions it examined were improper, either because they were not authorized correctly or because they did not meet requirements for the cards' use. The overall rate of problems "is unacceptably high," the audit found.
The GAO also found that agencies could not account for nearly $2 million worth of items identified in the audit — including laptop computers, digital cameras and, at the Army, more than a dozen computer servers worth $100,000 each.
Over 40 Cents Per Tax Dollar Goes To Military
http://www.theseminal.com/2008/04/08/the-tax-mans-gone-belligerent/
What military spending is doing to our economy
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/31/16227/0316/411/487759
Global Warming Bill Would Inflict New Great Depression
Filed under: carbon dioxide, China, Co2, DEBT, Economic Collapse, economic depression, Economy, GDP, global cooling, Global Warming, Great Depression, Joe Lieberman, john warner, NASA, Neolibs, ocean, Saudi Arabia, Senate, subprime, subprime lending, US Economy | Tags: Climate Security Act, NINJA
Lieberman-Warner legislation would slash 6.9 percent GDP off U.S. economy
A new bill aimed at combating global warming currently being considered by the Senate would, if passed, inflict a new great depression on America by reducing GDP by 6.9 percent – a figure comparable with the economic meltdown of 1929 and 1930.
The shocking consequences of the Lieberman-Warner legislation, known as America's Climate Security Act, were revealed by the Environmental Protection Agency's economic analysis of the bill this week, which forecast a whopping $2.9 trillion would be shaved off the economy by the year 2050.
In comparison, despite the fact that America is teetering on the brink of a recession or is already in one according to many experts, GDP still increased by 0.7 percent in 2007. Imagine what effect a -6.9 percent swing would have – an economy ten times worse than it is now.
As JunkScience.com's Steven Milloy highlights, "For more perspective, consider that during 1929 and 1930, the first two years of the Great Depression, GDP declined by 8.6 percent and 6.4 percent, respectively."
And what would we get for such a massive self-inflicted wound? It ought to be something that is climatically spectacular, right? You be the judge.
The EPA says that by the year 2095 — 45 years after GDP has been slashed by 6.9 percent — atmospheric carbon dioxide levels would be 25 parts per million lower than if no greenhouse gas regulation were implemented.
Keeping in mind that the current atmospheric CO2 level is 380 ppm and the projected 2095 CO2 level is about 500 ppm, according to the EPA, what are the potential global temperature implications for such a slight change in atmospheric CO2 concentration?
Not much, as average global temperature would only be reduced by a maximum of about 0.10 to 0.20 degrees Celsius, according to existing research.
Sacrificing many trillions of dollars of GDP for a trivial, 45-year-delayed and merely hypothetical reduction in average global temperature must be considered as exponentially more asinine than the dot-bombs of the late-1990s and the NINJA subprime loans that we now look upon scornfully.
Add to this the fact that, as climate cult alarmists are loathe to admit, ice core samples clearly show that carbon dioxide is a consequence of temperature increase and not a cause of it, sometimes lagging behind by as much as 800 years, and the whole issue starts to look even more harebrained.
Global temperatures have remained reasonably flat since a decline in 1998 and cooling trends are now being observed despite the fact that carbon dioxide levels have increased in the atmosphere (see graph below).
Indeed, the latest evidence from climatological surveys shows that the earth's upper oceans and the troposphere, the primary indicators of climate change, have not been warming for the last 4 years.
Meanwhile, places like Saudi Arabia and China have experienced their coldest winters for decades if not a hundred years plus.
On the whole, the world is getting colder (see above), which is why "global warming" suddenly became "climate change" when temperature levels since 2003 started to prove the alarmists wrong.
Once again, the enviro-mentalists are proposing measures that would make life hell for the poor and middle classes and completely ransack the economy while creating global financial instability that would make today's problems look like a walk in the park – all based on the justification of saving the planet from a potential 0.10 degrees Celsius increase in temperature that isn't even guaranteed because the science behind it is complete bunk.
In another example of outright frothing lunacy, NASA climate scientist Dr. James E. Hansen recently issued a report that called for phasing out coal power completely by the year 2030.
"An initial 350 ppm CO2 target may be achievable by phasing out coal use except where CO2 is captured and adopting agricultural and forestry practices that sequester carbon. If the present overshoot of this target CO2 is not brief, there is a possibility of seeding irreversible catastrophic effects," states the report.
As the Business and Media Institute points out, coal fired plants account for no less than 50 percent of all electricity generated in the United States. To eliminate coal use would completely cripple the global economy and lead soaring energy costs to at least a doubling of current levels.
As we reported earlier this month, a recent Carnegie Institution report calls for carbon emissions to be reduced to near zero in order to combat global warming, despite the fact that such a move would return man to the stone age if not end civilization as we know it and kill billions.
The proposal was afforded serious gravitas by news outlets like the Washington Post absent even a passing mention of what its disastrous consequences would be for humanity.
Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling
Filed under: Al Gore, Antarctic, Australia, Baghdad, carbon dioxide, China, Co2, global cooling, Global Warming, Hoax, ice age, Iraq, minnesota, NASA, solar science, sun, sunspots, wisconsin
World Temperatures according to the Hadley Center for Climate Prediction. Note the steep drop over the last year.
Twelve-month long drop in world temperatures wipes out a century of warming
Over the past year, anecdotal evidence for a cooling planet has exploded. China has its coldest winter in 100 years. Baghdad sees its first snow in all recorded history. North America has the most snowcover in 50 years, with places like Wisconsin the highest since record-keeping began. Record levels of Antarctic sea ice, record cold in Minnesota, Texas, Florida, Mexico, Australia, Iran, Greece, South Africa, Greenland, Argentina, Chile — the list goes on and on.
No more than anecdotal evidence, to be sure. But now, that evidence has been supplanted by hard scientific fact. All four major global temperature tracking outlets (Hadley, NASA's GISS, UAH, RSS) have released updated data. All show that over the past year, global temperatures have dropped precipitously.
A compiled list of all the sources can be seen here. The total amount of cooling ranges from 0.65C up to 0.75C — a value large enough to wipe out most of the warming recorded over the past 100 years. All in one year's time. For all four sources, it's the single fastest temperature change ever recorded, either up or down.
Scientists quoted in a past DailyTech article link the cooling to reduced solar activity which they claim is a much larger driver of climate change than man-made greenhouse gases. The dramatic cooling seen in just 12 months time seems to bear that out. While the data doesn't itself disprove that carbon dioxide is acting to warm the planet, it does demonstrate clearly that more powerful factors are now cooling it.
Let's hope those factors stop fast. Cold is more damaging than heat. The mean temperature of the planet is about 54 degrees. Humans — and most of the crops and animals we depend on — prefer a temperature closer to 70.
Historically, the warm periods such as the Medieval Climate Optimum were beneficial for civilization. Corresponding cooling events such as the Little Ice Age, though, were uniformly bad news.
Forget global warming: Welcome to the new Ice Age
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/colu..s/story.html?id=332289
NOAA: Icecaps Coming Back to Original Levels
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/vie..t-s-the-coldest-winter-in-decades
British Columbia Imposes Carbon Tax On All Fossil Fuels
http://www.canada.com/t..a6-3ad8ba909a98&k=46314
Japan To Consider Carbon Trading System
General Motors Exec Calls Global Warming A Croc
Bill To Require Teaching Kids Global Warming
Skeptical Global Warming Scientists To Challenge "Consensus"
Washington May Charge Greenhouse Gas Tax
Bloomberg: Global Warming "As Lethal" As Terrorism
UN Chief Calls For Climate Change Action
Shutting Off Lamps To Fight Climate Change
G7 Calls For Investment To Fight Climate Change
UN calls water top priority for global agenda
Bill Clinton: Pauperize the Populace to Cure Global Warming
Global Warming Engineered By Chemtrails?
Filed under: Al Gore, Bio Weapons, Canada, carbon dioxide, Carbon Tax, chemtrails, Co2, corporations, corporatism, department of agriculture, department of energy, department of interior, DHS, DoE, Dupont, energy, EPA, Fascism, Ford motors, general motors, health and environment, Homeland Security, Iraq, kyoto, Military Industrial Complex, NASA, Oil, peak oil, Petrol, Saudi Arabia, weather modification
Josh Reeves
January, 8, 2008
New revelations have revealed startling new evidence concerning the use of a toxic greenhouse gas being sprayed in the atmosphere to modify the weather and create global warming.
Independent studies as well as Department of Energy and Department of Homeland Security websites have stated that SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride emitted by the electric power industry, paint industry, automobile industry, and is a bi-product of the aluminum industry is now among six greenhouse gases specifically targeted by the international community, through the Kyoto protocol, for emission reductions to control global warming.
But according to several government websites, aerosol spraying campaigns that have been admittedly conducted over such places as Salt Lake City, Utah in 2001 and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 2003 and 2007 have used SF6 in various operations.
The initial consideration of government operations spraying a compound that is about 23,900 times more destructive, pound for pound, than carbon dioxide over the course of 100 years, would indicate a clear and direct intention to create global warming for the benefit of the oil and energy industry, to enable them to create artificial bottlenecks on oil and usher in a global carbon tax to ensure they maintain the empire for years to come.
According to www.narsto.org some of the agencies involved in these operations include,
Coordinating Research Council Instituto Nacional de Ecologia Environment Canada NASA
National Institute of Standards National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Renewable
Energy Laboratory
National Science Foundation Ontario Ministry of the Environment
US Department of Agriculture US Department of Energy
US Department of Interior US Department of Transportation
US EPA/Office of Air & Radiation US EPA/Office of R & D
Instituto Nacional de Ecologia
As well as energy companies,
California Energy Commission Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium Lousiana Department of Environmental Quality
Maryland Department of the Environment Mass. Dept. of Environ. Protection
Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Mgmt. Association New Jersey Dept. of Envir. Prot.
New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation New York State Energy R&D Authority
Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management South Coast Air Quality Management District
Tennessee Valley Authority Texas Natural Resource Cons. Comm.
California Air Resources Board
And private industry,
American Petroleum Institute Dunn-Edwards Corporation
E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Company Eastman Kodak
EPRI Ford Motor Company
General Motors Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo
Penreco PPL Corporation
Public Service Enterprise Group Southern Company
So the question that begs to be answered is why are the energy and private industries as well as NASA and the national science foundation who all share a common bond in the fact that they all produce high levels of the greenhouse gas SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride are funding and being on board with groups like NARSTO who are spraying this gas into the atmosphere creating the phenomenon of "Chemtrails".
One can only come to the conclusion that the chemtrail operations using SF6 are being conducted in order to keep the myth of man-made global warming afloat in order to allow the energy companies, oil industry, and corporations to not only have a use for their waste SF6 but to also charge exorbitant prices for the products under the guise of environmental safety and the impending doom of the global warming myth.
Readers are encouraged to research SF6, chemtrails, as well as the industries that produce this compound.
http://www.asp.bnl.gov
http://www.narsto.org
http://www.narsto.org/members.src?Type=1
http://ju2003.pnl.gov/default.htm
http://ju2003.pnl.gov/study.html
Snow day in the sands of Baghdad?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200..mi_ea/iraq_first_snow_in_memory
Global Cooling? Saudi Arabia covered with snow in coldest winter for 20 years
http://en.rian.ru/world/20080111/96210251.html
Newscast's Chemtrail Investigation Reveals Dangerous Aerosolized Compounds
http://www.jonesreport.com/article/01_08/080108_chemtrails.html
Global Warming Planned in 1961
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvcuylMrkXk
NASA Scientist Predicts CO2 Bottom Line for the Plane
Russian Scientists Talk About Global Cooling
Global Cooling?
SNOW in FLORIDA – must be GLOBAL WARMING right?
Bush Signs Lightbulb Ban for Global Warming
French Scientist: Al Gore A Crook
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NASA Scientist Predicts CO2 Bottom Line for the Planet
http://jbs.org/node/6763
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20080103/94768732.html
http://www.jbs.org/node/6756
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LKDAeKJDfs
http://jbs.org/node/6722 French Scientist: Al Gore A Crook
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/…&sid=aVvwX1RTVGr8&refer=muse
Consensus Shattered As Major Scientific Study Says Global Warming Is Natural
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Attempts to reduce CO2 emissions "pointless" as sun is cited as climate change culprit
The so-called scientific consensus that global warming is man-made has been shattered with the release of a major new study backed by three universities which concludes that climate change over the past thirty years is explained by natural factors and that attempts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions are irrelevant.
Climate scientists at the University of Rochester, the University of Alabama, and the University of Virginia report that temperature fluctuations over the past three decades are not consistent with greenhouse model predictions and more closely correlate with solar activity.
The report dismisses attempts to reverse global warming by reducing carbon emissions as ineffective and pointless.
Authored by Prof. David H. Douglass (Univ. of Rochester), Prof. John R. Christy (Univ. of Alabama), Benjamin D. Pearson (graduate student), and Prof. S. Fred Singer (Univ. of Virginia), the study appears in this month's International Journal of Climatology of the Royal Meteorological Society.
"The observed pattern of warming, comparing surface and atmospheric temperature trends, does not show the characteristic fingerprint associated with greenhouse warming. The inescapable conclusion is that the human contribution is not significant and that observed increases in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases make only a negligible contribution to climate warming," said lead author David H. Douglass.
Co-author John Christy said: "Satellite data and independent balloon data agree that atmospheric warming trends do not exceed those of the surface. Greenhouse models, on the other hand, demand that atmospheric trend values be 2-3 times greater. We have good reason, therefore, to believe that current climate models greatly overestimate the effects of greenhouse gases. Satellite observations suggest that GH models ignore negative feedbacks, produced by clouds and by water vapor, that diminish the warming effects of carbon dioxide."
Co-author S. Fred Singer said: "The current warming trend is simply part of a natural cycle of climate warming and cooling that has been seen in ice cores, deep-sea sediments, stalagmites, etc., and published in hundreds of papers in peer-reviewed journals. The mechanism for producing such cyclical climate changes is still under discussion; but they are most likely caused by variations in the solar wind and associated magnetic fields that affect the flux of cosmic rays incident on the earth's atmosphere. In turn, such cosmic rays are believed to influence cloudiness and thereby control the amount of sunlight reaching the earth's surface and thus the climate. Our research demonstrates that the ongoing rise of atmospheric CO2 has only a minor influence on climate change. We must conclude, therefore, that attempts to control CO2 emissions are ineffective and pointless – but very costly."
The findings of the report help to explain why we are witnessing climate change in almost every corner of our solar system, from Mars to Pluto, to Jupiter and to the moons of Neptune – and clearly identify the sun as the main culprit and not CO2 emissions – which are being used as a pretext for control freaks to completely dominate every aspect of our lives.
Man-made global warming advocates have often made their case by claiming that the scientific consensus is fully behind CO2 emissions as the main driver of climate change, when in fact the UN's own IPCC report was disputed by the very scientists that the UN claimed were behind it.
In reality, a significant number of prominent experts dispute the global warming mantra, but many have been intimidated into silence and had their careers threatened simply for stating an opposing view.
HAT TIP: Canadian Free Press
Climate change hits Mars
Mars is being hit by rapid climate change and it is happening so fast that the red planet could lose its southern ice cap, writes Jonathan Leake.
Scientists from Nasa say that Mars has warmed by about 0.5C since the 1970s. This is similar to the warming experienced on Earth over approximately the same period.
Since there is no known life on Mars it suggests rapid changes in planetary climates could be natural phenomena.
The mechanism at work on Mars appears, however, to be different from that on Earth. One of the researchers, Lori Fenton, believes variations in radiation and temperature across the surface of the Red Planet are generating strong winds.
In a paper published in the journal Nature, she suggests that such winds can stir up giant dust storms, trapping heat and raising the planet's temperature.
Fenton's team unearthed heat maps of the Martian surface from Nasa's Viking mission in the 1970s and compared them with maps gathered more than two decades later by Mars Global Surveyor. They found there had been widespread changes, with some areas becoming darker.
When a surface darkens it absorbs more heat, eventually radiating that heat back to warm the thin Martian atmosphere: lighter surfaces have the opposite effect. The temperature differences between the two are thought to be stirring up more winds, and dust, creating a cycle that is warming the planet.
Gore warns against 'mutually assured destruction,' compares global warming to nuclear war
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Gore…ize_ceremony_1210.html
Earth has had several cooling-warming periods
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/12/10/opinion/letters/129071.txt
New Peer-Reviewed Study Finds 'Warming is naturally caused and shows no human influence'
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/908
Elite Depopulation Agenda Gains Ground
http://infowars.net/articles/december2007/101207Depopulation.htm
NASA Debunks Part of Global Warming Myth, Will Media Report It?
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Is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration filled with climate change deniers?
Such seems likely to be alleged by hysterical alarmists in the press when and if they read a new study out of NASA which determined that "not all the large changes seen in Arctic climate in recent years are a result of long-term trends associated with global warming."
Goes quite counter to all the recent media reports, as well as assertions by Nobel Laureate Al Gore, that low ice conditions in the Arctic are all the fault of that despicable — albeit essential to life and naturally occurring! — gas carbon dioxide.
Of course, it's quite unlikely many climate alarmists will even hear about this study, for today's green media wouldn't want to do anything that destroys their illusion that there's a scientific consensus regarding this matter.
As such, consider yourself fortunate to be apprised of the highlights (emphasis added throughout):
A team of NASA and university scientists has detected an ongoing reversal in Arctic Ocean circulation triggered by atmospheric circulation changes that vary on decade-long time scales. The results suggest not all the large changes seen in Arctic climate in recent years are a result of long-term trends associated with global warming.
The team of scientists found a 10-millibar decrease in water pressure at the bottom of the ocean at the North Pole between 2002 and 2006, equal to removing the weight of 10 centimeters (four inches) of water from the ocean. The distribution and size of the decrease suggest that Arctic Ocean circulation changed from the counterclockwise pattern it exhibited in the 1990s to the clockwise pattern that was dominant prior to 1990.
Reporting in Geophysical Research Letters, the authors attribute the reversal to a weakened Arctic Oscillation, a major atmospheric circulation pattern in the northern hemisphere. The weakening reduced the salinity of the upper ocean near the North Pole, decreasing its weight and changing its circulation.
"Our study confirms many changes seen in upper Arctic Ocean circulation in the 1990s were mostly decadal in nature, rather than trends caused by global warming," said [James Morison of the University of Washington's Polar Science Center Applied Physics Laboratory].
Somehow I imagine Morison won't be interviewed by any of the major television networks any time soon, especially as the study concluded that this circulation pattern may already be reversing possibly leading to increased ice levels in this area in coming years:
The Arctic Oscillation was fairly stable until about 1970, but then varied on more or less decadal time scales, with signs of an underlying upward trend, until the late 1990s, when it again stabilized. During its strong counterclockwise phase in the 1990s, the Arctic environment changed markedly, with the upper Arctic Ocean undergoing major changes that persisted into this century. Many scientists viewed the changes as evidence of an ongoing climate shift, raising concerns about the effects of global warming on the Arctic.
Morison said data gathered by Grace and the bottom pressure gauges since publication of the paper earlier this year highlight how short-lived the ocean circulation changes can be. The newer data indicate the bottom pressure has increased back toward its 2002 level. "The winter of 2006-2007 was another high Arctic Oscillation year and summer sea ice extent reached a new minimum," he said. "It is too early to say, but it looks as though the Arctic Ocean is ready to start swinging back to the counterclockwise circulation pattern of the 1990s again."
Once again, another in a seeming litany of reports emerging offering scientific alternatives for climate change beyond it being all man's fault.
And folks wonder why so many people are skeptical concerning the anthropogenic impact on long-term weather patterns.
Of course, one thing's for certain: this news definitely won't make "An Inconvenient Truth" producer Laurie David happy!
Ron Paul Slams Global Warming "Fearmongering"
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/dece….mongering.htm
Hot Air Emitted by Climate Summit Equals 20,000 Cars
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/…ome&sid=aPbfclqokwcw
UN Meeting Causes Lots Of Pollution
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p…sid=aPbfclqokwcw
Carbon Credit Bill Moves To Senate Vote
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-12-06-voa5.cfm
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/l….c_vote_on_global_warmin.html


This is a re-rendering of the Magisterium Sky Ferry that I designed for the Golden Compass back in 2006. Having recently made a purchase of Bunkspeed Pro, I thought I'd give it a test run on some old film cad models. I'll post the spruced up results as I go.


Located in Waupaca, Wisconsin, Camp Young Judaea Midwest has created a Jewish camp experience for children in grades 2-9 for over 40 years. Our beautiful 80 acre lakefront property provides the opportunity to explore, take on new challenges and make friendships that last a lifetime. We offer a camp experience that grows with our campers: younger campers get to experience our wide range of land and water sports including waterskiing, tubing and sailing, arts and crafts, rock climbing, biking and overnight camping, while older campers get an increasing amount of choice to customize their experience with "tracks" such as Outdoor Adventure, Media Arts and Drama, and Advanced Water Sports. More info at: Camp Young Judaea Midwest website Camp Young Judaea Midwest is one of five Young Judaea camps in the United States. CYJ Midwest is a pluralist camp, with a range from Orthodox campers, to the children of Conservative, Reconstructionist, and Reform Rabbis, to campers with less traditional Jewish backgrounds. Campers come from over 15 states around the country to join our small community, only 130 campers per session. Our campers come back year after year – in fact, almost all of our staff were campers at CYJ, including the director! To find out more information, like how to connect with CYJ parents in your area or meet the professional staff, go to www.cyjmid.org or give us a call at the Chicago Hadassah Offices: (847) 675-6790.


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Category: Volunteers for Medical Engineering (VME)
Volunteers for Medical Engineering (VME)
Now Accepting Submissions for "What I Wish For My Child" Campaign
Post author By Susan Larsen
The IMAGE Center of Maryland's Volunteers for Medical Engineering (VME) program is now accepting requests for its annual What I Wish for My Child campaign. The campaign provides custom-made devices for children with developmental or cognitive challenges so they can live and play more independently.
Family members, caregivers, and educators are invited to submit a "wish" for a child between the ages of 2 and 21 with special needs. Once approved, a team of expert volunteers including professional engineers and student engineers from 11 colleges and universities, and medical professionals work together to design and build a custom device, making their wish a reality.
Three families will be selected to participate in the program free of charge. Additional families may be invited to participate for a minimal cost. Projects completed in the What I Wish for My Child campaign qualify for assistance under the Developmental Disabilities Administration's Low Intensity Support Services (LISS) Program.
"This year, our engineers are looking for a challenge and to build something really unique," said Mike Bullis, Executive Director of The IMAGE Center. "Our volunteers put their heart and soul into each design to allow kids to enjoy life more fully and with more independence."
"What I Wish For My Child 2022" YouTube Video
Parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, nurses, and others can apply to participate in the What I Wish for My Child campaign.
Submissions can include requests for devices such as:
Wheelchair Customizations
Outdoor Recreation Equipment
Daily/Independent Living Aids
The deadline to submit a request to the campaign is Friday, June 3, 2022. Submissions can be made online at imagemd.org/what-i-wish-for-my-child/. For more information, contact Angela Tyler at (443) 320-4007 or atyler@imagemd.org.
About The IMAGE Center
The IMAGE Center serves all people with disabilities in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Harford County. We are a nonresidential Center for Independent Living, and our staff are primarily people with disabilities living independent lives and teaching these skills to others. Visit imagemd.org to learn more and follow us on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. Executive Director: Michael Bullis – 501c3 organization – EIN – 27-2774275
About Volunteers for Medical Engineering (VME)
Founded in 1982, Volunteers for Medical Engineering is a program of The IMAGE Center that teams up volunteer engineers, student engineers from 12 schools and universities, and medical professionals to find creative, innovative solutions to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities throughout Maryland and soon-to-launch, Washington, DC. The teams design devices that are tailored to meet the unique needs and requests of individual clients by either fabricating them from the ground up or modifying existing devices. Follow VME on Facebook.
Engineering to Empower
The Engineering to Empower Series is a monthly salute to our school partners and highlights solutions for people with disabilities by engineers & students.
This March, we're showcasing the Capstones from the United States Naval Academy.
Volunteers for Medical Engineering (VME) and The U.S. Naval Academy have maintained a long-standing relationship for a decade. During their senior year, Midshipmen create engineered solutions during a year-long Capstone class.
In this post, you will see a sampling of collaborative projects designed for people with disabilities from over the years.
Elegant engineering! Life-changing solutions!
Dr. Patrick Caton
Dr. Karen Flack
LCDR Andria Jones
Dr. Peter Joyce
Dr. Ethan Lust
Dr. Luska Luznik
Dr. Samar Malek
CDR John Schedel
Dr. Joel Schubbe
Dr. Sophoria Westmore
Additional thanks to our volunteers: Niel Leon, Dan Hedges, John Haug, Mike Rodowski, John Walker & in memory of Dr. Andy Conn
2022 Projects Underway
Andy's Pill Dispenser
Left: Andy in an Edge wheelchair. Right: Illustration of pill dispenser.
Andy's Pill Dispenser is an engineered solution for 57-year-old Andy who has cerebral palsy. He lives on his own but has a part-time caregiver who helps him with daily needs. Andy takes four pills per day at different intervals. The pills will be loaded by his caregiver, and then dispensed into a cup through a free-standing, rotating device. Andy has a 6 to 7-inch arm reach with his right hand. The Team will also add a commercial water dispenser that is compatible with his Edge wheelchair.
Sensory Basketball
Sensory Basketball.
Sensory basketball will enable blind and low-vision children to play basketball. Upon bouncing, a sound will be activated alerting the children of the ball's location. Three-D modeling (from Stereolithographic-SLA printer) is underway for a battery holder which will be inserted and hidden inside the basketball shaft. Future considerations: Bluetooth; microcontroller; accelerometer; speaker. Testing will soon begin at the Maryland School for the Blind.
Seamus' Beachchair
This specialized, all-terrain beach chair was a combination of work completed by MIDS and VME volunteers. The chair base is from a motorized wheelchair with added machined features plus 16.5" polyurethane balloon wheels – see pics – design progression.
Brennon's Therapeutic Swing
Awarded VME Project of the Year in 2020
The Team gets to work.
Brennon enjoys his glider.
One of life's pleasures for ten-year-old Brennon is swinging and rocking. Brennon has multiple disabilities causing developmental delays and seizures. Performance, reliability, durability, serviceability, and safety were the main customer requirements. After testing and research, the Team decided to use a trapezoid-shaped, aluminum structure with steel bars. Using a custom ramp, Brennon is able to be wheeled onto the glider-like apparatus. His wheelchair is locked in place for a smooth ride.
Nacole's Shower Transfer
Nacole's Original Bathtub.
The Design.
Hydraulic Piston Rigging with Bolt.
The Team with Nacole and the completed project.
Nacole lives alone. A part-time caregiver assists several times a week. Nacole wanted to be able to transfer from her wheelchair to the tub independently. She has cerebral palsy and after surgery, her legs became almost at a rigid, 90-degree angle. The solution: a hydraulic lifting and tilting "barber chair" which aligned with the height of her wheelchair for easy initial transfer. The 8020 frame is made of four sets of legs connected to two parallel bars; the wheels are nylon PA Glass Fiber.
Colby's Trike
Colby on his toddler trike with his Mom.
Machined for pulley system.
Getting ready to ride!
Colby loves his new trike!
From a toddler trike to a big-boy trike, eight-year-old Colby was able to enjoy riding in his neighborhood. Colby is on the autism spectrum. The MIDS used a 20" trike with a custom-designed brake and pulley system to allow mom to push and steer from the rear.
Kevin's Transport
The design for Kevin's bike.
View of Steering System.
Kevin is ready to roll.
The Team with Kevin.
Kevin's family longed for him to ride in the neighborhood like other teens. Seventeen-year-old Kevin experienced cerebral palsy and other developmental delays, but was able to grip handlebars. The goal was to provide increased motor function through pedaling a recumbent bike with a 26" rear handlebar – steering and braking system. The design also included a 4-point harness to keep him strapped in. Kevin was on the move!
Abdurrahman's Customized Walker
Abdurrahman is ready for his walker.
The completed product.
Abdurrahman is ready to go!
Two-year-old Abdurrahman experiences a rare genetic disorder causing developmental delays. At 30 inches tall and weighing 19 pounds, the family requested an indoor solution to help him to strengthen his legs to walk. He presented with good upper body strength and excellent eye/hand coordination. A custom walker was designed from PVC & aluminum tubing built on castors wheels with a gymnastics belt for support. With coaching, Abdurrahman was able to move on his own.
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300 E. Joppa Road, Ste 312
vmeprojects@imagemd.org

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