May 1, 2005, Whitewater, Wisconsin at sunset with a storm overhead that delivered hail, snow and rain. This resident stated there has never been weather like this before. "A strange one."
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
May 1, 2005. Someone made the statement Colorado is a mile high and some of the places 3000 feet up. Right. So, kindly explain to me why they are getting 22 inches of snow and ice when there is none on the caps of the mile high mountains. You all want to try? Noted, the GROSS amount of water runoff in the foreground.
Morning Papers - It's Origins
The newspaper section today will be abbreviated. Crunched for time.
Rooster "Crowing"
"Okeydoke"
History…
Born…
1898, Golda Meir, premier of Israel
1919, Pete Seeger, folk singer
1921, Sugar Ray Robinson, boxer
1928, James Brown, gospel-soul singer, songwriter, and bandleader
1841, New Zealand is proclaimed a British colony.
1802, Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city.
1916, Irish nationalist Padraic Pearse and two others were executed by the British for their roles in the Easter Rising.
1921, West Virginia imposed the first state sales tax.
1933, Nellie T. Ross became the first female director of the U.S. Mint.
1934, Famous Funnies, the first comic book to go on sale in the United States, hits newsstand.
1937, American author Margaret Mitchell is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Gone With the Wind, her epic novel about life in the south during the Civil War.
1945, during World War II, Japanese forces on Okinawa launched their only major counter-offensive, but failed to break the American lines.
1948, the Supreme Court ruled that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks or members of other racial groups were legally unenforceable.
1971, anti-war protesters began four days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C., aimed at shutting down the nation's capital.
1979, Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher was chosen to become Britain's first female prime minister as the Tories ousted the incumbent Labor government in parliamentary elections.
1986, in NASA's first post-Challenger launch, an unmanned Delta rocket lost power in its main engine shortly after liftoff, forcing safety officers to destroy it by remote control.
Missing in Action
April 30…
1967 ABBOTT JOSEPH S. ALLOWAY NJ 02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1967 ABBOTT ROBERT A. DECKERVILLE MI 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1967 BROTZ DANNY R. DETROIT MI 05/67 REMAINS RECOVERED
1967 JOHNSON HAROLD E. BLAKESBURG IA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 MC PHEE RANDY NEAL LONG BEACH CA
1967 PRESCOTT MILTON E JR BLUE ISLAND IL REMAINS RETURNED UNKNOWN DATE REMOVED FROM LISTS AFTER 01/70
1967 THORSNESS LEO K. STORDEN MN 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1968 GUILLERMIN LOUIS F. WESTCHESTER PA
1968 PIETSCH ROBERT E. CLEVELAND OH
1968 STAEHLI BRUCE W. CROW POINT LAKE IN
1972 SEAGRAVES MELVIN DOUGLAS LUBBOCK TX
1974 MC COMBS PHILLIP A. 05/74 RELEASED
1974 SPRAGENS JOHN 05/74 RELEASED
1975 GAY ARLO N. 09/76 LEFT SAIGON
May 1 ...
1967 BAILEY JOHN HOWARD DOCENA AL
1967 CORFIELD STAN L. GALLUP NM
1967 GAUGHAN ROGER CONRAD BELCHERTOWN MA
1967 GUAJARDO HILARIO H. SAN ANTONIO TX
1967 SMITH CARL ARTHUR ATTICA NY
1967 SOULIER DUWAYNE MILWAUKEE WI
1968 GERVAIS DONALD P. CLARKSVILLE TN
1968 MARTIN RICHARD D. HONOLULU HI
1968 WHITMIRE WARREN T. JR. FAIRFAX VA
May 3…
MOORE RALPH E. INDIANAPOLIS IN
1968 AVERY ROBERT DOUGLAS MORGANTOWN NC DID NOT RETURN FROM MISSION
1968 CLEM THOMAS D. NEW PARIS IN
1968 CHANEY ARTHUR F. VIENNA VA
1968 CLARK STEPHEN W. PLYMOUTH CA
1968 MC KAIN BOBBY L. GARDEN CITY KS
1968 TERRY ORAL R. MASCOUTAH IL
1970 CHURCHILL CARL R. BETHEL ME
1970 CONAWAY LAWRENCE Y. COLUMBUS OH
1972 AYRES TIMOTHY R. HOUSTON TX 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 BRACY LESTER JR. 08/17/72 REMAINS RECOVERED ID 06/12/74 NOT ON WALL SP BRACEY
1972 HOPPER JOSEPH CLIFFORD MEMPHIS TN 08/72 REMAINS RECOVERED
1972 MC DONALD JOSEPH W. WAPPINGER FALLS NY POSSIBLY CAPTURED
1972 MC IVER ALEXANDER SANTA MONICA CA 08/72 REMAINS RECOVERED
1972 SIENICKI THEODORE S. IRVINGTON NJ 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 SLATER FREDDIE LEON BALTIMORE MD 08/72 REMAINS RECOVERED
1972 UNGER DON LEE LAKE WORTH FL 08/72 REMAINS RECOVERED
1972 WILLIAMS DAVID B. LAFAYETTE LA REMAINS RETURNED 10/26/89
1972 WIDERQUIST THOMAS CARL MORTON GROVE IL 08/72 REMAINS RECOVERED
1973 MOREAU RON 05/73 RELEASED
NPR
Fed Expected to Push Interest Rates Higher
Morning Edition, May 3, 2005 · Federal Reserve governors meet Tuesday, and they're likely to raise interest rates again. Renee Montagne looks at how local economies in Arizona, Louisiana and Oregon are doing in the meantime. And David Wessel of the Wall Street Journal tells Steve Inskeep the Fed faces a delicate balance: jump-starting a sluggish economy without causing inflation.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4628426
Two American Warplanes Disappear in Iraq
by Philip Reeves
Morning Edition, May 3, 2005 · Two U.S. Marine fighter jets have disappeared while flying in Iraq. The body of one pilot has been found. The U.S. military says there is no immediate evidence that hostile fire contributed. Meanwhile, violence broke out near the Syrian border, and Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's struggles continue as he tries to complete a cabinet.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4628420
Al Jazeera
Western officials secretly met with Arab opposition
U.S. and European officials held secret meetings with opposition groups from eastern Arab countries in Morocco, official sources said.
The meetings started on April 17 and ended on April 21, the sources said, adding that the media was banned from covering the talks.
The sources, who demanded anonymity, refused to identify the U.S. or the European officials who participated in the talks, but said that they are influential figures, including researchers, politicians and reporters.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8132
Lebanese PM: Syrian army still has some soldiers on Lebanese soil
In an interview the Lebanese Prime Minister Nagib Migati said the Syrian army still has soldiers "within Lebanese territory”.
"Deir al-Aashaer is on the border between the two countries, but we are certain that the Syrian position falls within Lebanese territory," Miqati told the French newspaper Le Monde, referring to a site in the eastern Bekaa valley.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8198
Israeli minister Shransky resigns over Gaza withdrawal
Israeli cabinet minister Natan Sharansky, who President Bush cites as an inspiration, resigned on Monday in protest over the planned Gaza withdrawal, saying the pullout is a "tragic mistake" that will encourage Palestinian resistance and deepen the rift in Israeli society.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8149
U.S. to withdraw troops from Iraq in December - Report
According to The Daily Telegraph, a classified report is being circulated amongst senior officers in which the American military has set December as a target for handing over responsibility for security to the Iraqi army and police units.
It is the first time that a date has been put forward for the phasing back of U.S. involvement in the country since more than two years.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8172
Israel to be sued by slain British film makers family
It emerged today that the family of the award-winning British film maker shot dead in Gaza by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) is taking civil action against the Israeli government.
James Miller was making a documentary about Palestinian children in the Rafah refugee camp when he was murdered by an Israeli soldier in May 2003.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8189
Two U.S. Marine jets and crew reported missing in Iraq
Two U.S. Marine jets from the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier were reported missing while flying in support of operations in Iraq, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
But the body of one American pilot was found by the U.S. military while searching Tuesday for two the Marine fighter jets that disappeared.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8244
Finding new places to save
http://www.buy-credit.com/offshore/
Pasadena Star News
Global warming getting harder to ignore
By Derrick Z. Jackson
FOR more' than four years, President Bush has told us he needs to see the 'sound science' on global warming before joining the rest of the world in combating it. In June 2001, he brushed off criticism of his pullout from the Kyoto Protocol, saying: 'It was not based upon science. The stated mandates in the Kyoto treaty would affect our economy in a negative way.'
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206~11851~2846304,00.html
Reorganization plan promises prison reform
THE immense troubles plaguing California's prison systems can almost all be attributed to a lack of independent, quality leadership. If anything is going to change in state prisons, it will require tough leadership from the top down.
We're cautiously optimistic, then, that the state laid some of the necessary groundwork for that this week in its approval of the prison-system reorganization plan. The Legislature gave final approval Monday to the plan backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206%257E11851%257E2846301,00.html
GOP has issued an Orwellian diktat over 'nuclear option'
By Molly Ivins
I was all set to write a column about the nuclear option the proposal to change the rules of the Senate in order to get President Bush's most questionable judicial appointments through when, lo, word came that there is no nuclear option anymore. It is now called "the constitutional option.'
Who changed it? Why, the Republican Party, of course. Having found that "nuclear option' does not poll well, the Republicans simply decreed the rules change can no longer be described by that name. Further, the Republican Party sent media operatives around to major news organizations to inform them that anyone who fails to obey the new diktat on usage will be demonstrating the dread "liberal bias.'
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206%257E11851%257E2846303,00.html
The New York Times
Pentagon Says Iraq Effort Limits Ability to Fight Other Conflicts
By THOM SHANKER
Published: May 3, 2005
WASHINGTON, May 2 - The concentration of American troops and weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan limits the Pentagon's ability to deal with other potential armed conflicts, the military's highest ranking officer reported to Congress on Monday.
The officer, Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, informed Congress in a classified report that major combat operations elsewhere in the world, should they be necessary, would probably be more protracted and produce higher American and foreign civilian casualties because of the commitment of Pentagon resources in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/politics/03military.html?hp&ex=1115179200&en=8e61d2b8d4bd2e4b&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Cache Explodes in Afghanistan, Killing 34
By CARLOTTA GALL
Published: May 3, 2005
HERAT, Afghanistan, May 2 - A cache of explosives stored at a former commander's house exploded Monday in a village in northern Afghanistan, destroying much of the village, killing 34 people and injuring 16, most of them women and children, local officials said.
A medical team sent to the scene reported seeing 26 bodies prepared for burial before sunset, and 7 more bodies that had been pulled from the rubble, the director of the Civilian Hospital of Pul-i-Khumri, Dr. Muhammad Yusuf Fayez, said in a telephone interview. Another man with serious head injuries died in the hospital in the evening, he said, bringing the total dead to 34.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/international/asia/03afghan.html
continued...
Rooster "Crowing"
"Okeydoke"
History…
Born…
1898, Golda Meir, premier of Israel
1919, Pete Seeger, folk singer
1921, Sugar Ray Robinson, boxer
1928, James Brown, gospel-soul singer, songwriter, and bandleader
1841, New Zealand is proclaimed a British colony.
1802, Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city.
1916, Irish nationalist Padraic Pearse and two others were executed by the British for their roles in the Easter Rising.
1921, West Virginia imposed the first state sales tax.
1933, Nellie T. Ross became the first female director of the U.S. Mint.
1934, Famous Funnies, the first comic book to go on sale in the United States, hits newsstand.
1937, American author Margaret Mitchell is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Gone With the Wind, her epic novel about life in the south during the Civil War.
1945, during World War II, Japanese forces on Okinawa launched their only major counter-offensive, but failed to break the American lines.
1948, the Supreme Court ruled that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks or members of other racial groups were legally unenforceable.
1971, anti-war protesters began four days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C., aimed at shutting down the nation's capital.
1979, Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher was chosen to become Britain's first female prime minister as the Tories ousted the incumbent Labor government in parliamentary elections.
1986, in NASA's first post-Challenger launch, an unmanned Delta rocket lost power in its main engine shortly after liftoff, forcing safety officers to destroy it by remote control.
Missing in Action
April 30…
1967 ABBOTT JOSEPH S. ALLOWAY NJ 02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1967 ABBOTT ROBERT A. DECKERVILLE MI 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1967 BROTZ DANNY R. DETROIT MI 05/67 REMAINS RECOVERED
1967 JOHNSON HAROLD E. BLAKESBURG IA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 MC PHEE RANDY NEAL LONG BEACH CA
1967 PRESCOTT MILTON E JR BLUE ISLAND IL REMAINS RETURNED UNKNOWN DATE REMOVED FROM LISTS AFTER 01/70
1967 THORSNESS LEO K. STORDEN MN 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1968 GUILLERMIN LOUIS F. WESTCHESTER PA
1968 PIETSCH ROBERT E. CLEVELAND OH
1968 STAEHLI BRUCE W. CROW POINT LAKE IN
1972 SEAGRAVES MELVIN DOUGLAS LUBBOCK TX
1974 MC COMBS PHILLIP A. 05/74 RELEASED
1974 SPRAGENS JOHN 05/74 RELEASED
1975 GAY ARLO N. 09/76 LEFT SAIGON
May 1 ...
1967 BAILEY JOHN HOWARD DOCENA AL
1967 CORFIELD STAN L. GALLUP NM
1967 GAUGHAN ROGER CONRAD BELCHERTOWN MA
1967 GUAJARDO HILARIO H. SAN ANTONIO TX
1967 SMITH CARL ARTHUR ATTICA NY
1967 SOULIER DUWAYNE MILWAUKEE WI
1968 GERVAIS DONALD P. CLARKSVILLE TN
1968 MARTIN RICHARD D. HONOLULU HI
1968 WHITMIRE WARREN T. JR. FAIRFAX VA
May 3…
MOORE RALPH E. INDIANAPOLIS IN
1968 AVERY ROBERT DOUGLAS MORGANTOWN NC DID NOT RETURN FROM MISSION
1968 CLEM THOMAS D. NEW PARIS IN
1968 CHANEY ARTHUR F. VIENNA VA
1968 CLARK STEPHEN W. PLYMOUTH CA
1968 MC KAIN BOBBY L. GARDEN CITY KS
1968 TERRY ORAL R. MASCOUTAH IL
1970 CHURCHILL CARL R. BETHEL ME
1970 CONAWAY LAWRENCE Y. COLUMBUS OH
1972 AYRES TIMOTHY R. HOUSTON TX 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 BRACY LESTER JR. 08/17/72 REMAINS RECOVERED ID 06/12/74 NOT ON WALL SP BRACEY
1972 HOPPER JOSEPH CLIFFORD MEMPHIS TN 08/72 REMAINS RECOVERED
1972 MC DONALD JOSEPH W. WAPPINGER FALLS NY POSSIBLY CAPTURED
1972 MC IVER ALEXANDER SANTA MONICA CA 08/72 REMAINS RECOVERED
1972 SIENICKI THEODORE S. IRVINGTON NJ 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 SLATER FREDDIE LEON BALTIMORE MD 08/72 REMAINS RECOVERED
1972 UNGER DON LEE LAKE WORTH FL 08/72 REMAINS RECOVERED
1972 WILLIAMS DAVID B. LAFAYETTE LA REMAINS RETURNED 10/26/89
1972 WIDERQUIST THOMAS CARL MORTON GROVE IL 08/72 REMAINS RECOVERED
1973 MOREAU RON 05/73 RELEASED
NPR
Fed Expected to Push Interest Rates Higher
Morning Edition, May 3, 2005 · Federal Reserve governors meet Tuesday, and they're likely to raise interest rates again. Renee Montagne looks at how local economies in Arizona, Louisiana and Oregon are doing in the meantime. And David Wessel of the Wall Street Journal tells Steve Inskeep the Fed faces a delicate balance: jump-starting a sluggish economy without causing inflation.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4628426
Two American Warplanes Disappear in Iraq
by Philip Reeves
Morning Edition, May 3, 2005 · Two U.S. Marine fighter jets have disappeared while flying in Iraq. The body of one pilot has been found. The U.S. military says there is no immediate evidence that hostile fire contributed. Meanwhile, violence broke out near the Syrian border, and Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's struggles continue as he tries to complete a cabinet.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4628420
Al Jazeera
Western officials secretly met with Arab opposition
U.S. and European officials held secret meetings with opposition groups from eastern Arab countries in Morocco, official sources said.
The meetings started on April 17 and ended on April 21, the sources said, adding that the media was banned from covering the talks.
The sources, who demanded anonymity, refused to identify the U.S. or the European officials who participated in the talks, but said that they are influential figures, including researchers, politicians and reporters.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8132
Lebanese PM: Syrian army still has some soldiers on Lebanese soil
In an interview the Lebanese Prime Minister Nagib Migati said the Syrian army still has soldiers "within Lebanese territory”.
"Deir al-Aashaer is on the border between the two countries, but we are certain that the Syrian position falls within Lebanese territory," Miqati told the French newspaper Le Monde, referring to a site in the eastern Bekaa valley.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8198
Israeli minister Shransky resigns over Gaza withdrawal
Israeli cabinet minister Natan Sharansky, who President Bush cites as an inspiration, resigned on Monday in protest over the planned Gaza withdrawal, saying the pullout is a "tragic mistake" that will encourage Palestinian resistance and deepen the rift in Israeli society.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8149
U.S. to withdraw troops from Iraq in December - Report
According to The Daily Telegraph, a classified report is being circulated amongst senior officers in which the American military has set December as a target for handing over responsibility for security to the Iraqi army and police units.
It is the first time that a date has been put forward for the phasing back of U.S. involvement in the country since more than two years.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8172
Israel to be sued by slain British film makers family
It emerged today that the family of the award-winning British film maker shot dead in Gaza by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) is taking civil action against the Israeli government.
James Miller was making a documentary about Palestinian children in the Rafah refugee camp when he was murdered by an Israeli soldier in May 2003.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8189
Two U.S. Marine jets and crew reported missing in Iraq
Two U.S. Marine jets from the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier were reported missing while flying in support of operations in Iraq, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
But the body of one American pilot was found by the U.S. military while searching Tuesday for two the Marine fighter jets that disappeared.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8244
Finding new places to save
http://www.buy-credit.com/offshore/
Pasadena Star News
Global warming getting harder to ignore
By Derrick Z. Jackson
FOR more' than four years, President Bush has told us he needs to see the 'sound science' on global warming before joining the rest of the world in combating it. In June 2001, he brushed off criticism of his pullout from the Kyoto Protocol, saying: 'It was not based upon science. The stated mandates in the Kyoto treaty would affect our economy in a negative way.'
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206~11851~2846304,00.html
Reorganization plan promises prison reform
THE immense troubles plaguing California's prison systems can almost all be attributed to a lack of independent, quality leadership. If anything is going to change in state prisons, it will require tough leadership from the top down.
We're cautiously optimistic, then, that the state laid some of the necessary groundwork for that this week in its approval of the prison-system reorganization plan. The Legislature gave final approval Monday to the plan backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206%257E11851%257E2846301,00.html
GOP has issued an Orwellian diktat over 'nuclear option'
By Molly Ivins
I was all set to write a column about the nuclear option the proposal to change the rules of the Senate in order to get President Bush's most questionable judicial appointments through when, lo, word came that there is no nuclear option anymore. It is now called "the constitutional option.'
Who changed it? Why, the Republican Party, of course. Having found that "nuclear option' does not poll well, the Republicans simply decreed the rules change can no longer be described by that name. Further, the Republican Party sent media operatives around to major news organizations to inform them that anyone who fails to obey the new diktat on usage will be demonstrating the dread "liberal bias.'
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206%257E11851%257E2846303,00.html
The New York Times
Pentagon Says Iraq Effort Limits Ability to Fight Other Conflicts
By THOM SHANKER
Published: May 3, 2005
WASHINGTON, May 2 - The concentration of American troops and weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan limits the Pentagon's ability to deal with other potential armed conflicts, the military's highest ranking officer reported to Congress on Monday.
The officer, Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, informed Congress in a classified report that major combat operations elsewhere in the world, should they be necessary, would probably be more protracted and produce higher American and foreign civilian casualties because of the commitment of Pentagon resources in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/politics/03military.html?hp&ex=1115179200&en=8e61d2b8d4bd2e4b&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Cache Explodes in Afghanistan, Killing 34
By CARLOTTA GALL
Published: May 3, 2005
HERAT, Afghanistan, May 2 - A cache of explosives stored at a former commander's house exploded Monday in a village in northern Afghanistan, destroying much of the village, killing 34 people and injuring 16, most of them women and children, local officials said.
A medical team sent to the scene reported seeing 26 bodies prepared for burial before sunset, and 7 more bodies that had been pulled from the rubble, the director of the Civilian Hospital of Pul-i-Khumri, Dr. Muhammad Yusuf Fayez, said in a telephone interview. Another man with serious head injuries died in the hospital in the evening, he said, bringing the total dead to 34.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/international/asia/03afghan.html
continued...
May 3, 2005. European-Africa Global Satellite. Noted from below better visualized here is the heat transfer system over South America to the Antarctica Vortex. Noted the complete separation of the Polar Vortexes from the equator. APPROPRIATE heat systems noted over Africa's Equator. Heat conduit continues between South America and Africa with grossly diminished intensity. Noted northeast of Madagascar are tropospheric distrubances better visualized on a different satellite.
Human Induced Global Warming has spawned an Ice Age Mechanism. But. It's too hot to start Global Glaciation. WE ARE MELTING !!
The reason I believe the view is consistent is that the Northern Hemisphere is currently caught up in a CAPPING vortex 'heat distribution' system that has disconnected from the equator and is distributing the 'coldness' of the Arctic Ocean down around the lower latitudes at the expense of the ice formations under this phenomena. Note the 'rigids' of air separating this unique climate system from an existing climate system at the equator. I'll attach a link from UNISYS to view the motion although the '12 hour' version isn't working the way it should at the moment. I might be my computer. Here we go.
April 30, 2005. This is a picture of the troposphere taken in Anchorage, Alaska. It is reasonable to say these are indicative of the type of 'heat trapping' event occuring in the Arctic Circle. This is an excellant representation and although not the exact date and time these cloud formations in this area are consistent over time. The 'picture' has changed that much over a few days. I believe it indicates the type of 'on the ground view' being noted from satellites below.
Michael Moore Today
This is getting serious. The government needs to respect the intention of it's young scholars. They are serious and not disposable by some stupid government intervention to control the issue !!! They better not get hurt !! THE WORLD IS WATCHING !!! Those young demonstrators belong to all of us and we stand between them and government trashed dreams to end nuclear proliferation. Remember Bikini Island. Write your Congressmen and Senators. Stop this insane military domination of our universities. Make their efforts COUNT. I am proud of every ONE of them. You know they are in it for the long haul, so should we be. Food and water to the demonstrators, NO AGGRESSION by authorities !!! They have a right to make a stand.
Activists Take Over University of Hawaii President's Office in Protest of Proposed Military Research Lab
Day Six!
Protesters present new demands to University of Hawaii president
By Ron Staton / Associated Press
HONOLULU - Protesters occupying the University of Hawaii president's office against a proposed Navy research center on campus delivered new demands to interim President David McClain Monday morning, asking for a quick response and 10 days to take action.
If McClain agrees to the demands, protesters said they would end their five-day sit-in.
"I find much in it with which I can agree," McClain said in a statement acknowledging that he had received the protesters' list of demands. "I have referred it to university counsel for the expeditious review and will have a response no later than Tuesday."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2472
Sydney Morning Herald
Quakes rock southern New Zealand
May 3, 2005 - 10:44AM
Two strong earthquakes have rocked much of New Zealand's South Island, smashing crockery and glasses in several homes, residents said.
A magnitude six quake hit South Island's west coast at 3.35am (1.35am AEST), followed five minutes later by a 5.7-magnitude temblor, geologists reported.
The quakes were centred about 10 kilometres south of the small town of Haast, and about 10-15 kilometres beneath the earth's surface.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Quakes-rock-southern-New-Zealands/2005/05/03/1114886348435.html
Bali 9 lawyers allege AFP interference
May 3, 2005 - 6:59PM
Indonesian lawyers for the Bali nine have accused Australian Federal Police investigators of illegal interference in their clients' case.
Lawyer Rifan Mohammad, who represents five of the nine including the two accused ringleaders, said at least two AFP officers had attempted to interrogate some of the suspects directly - something forbidden under a cooperation agreement between the two countries.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Bali-9-lawyers-allege-AFP-interference/2005/05/03/1115092494795.html
Bomb explodes in Mogadishu at PM's rally
May 3, 2005 - 7:44PM
A bomb exploded in Mogadishu's soccer stadium on Tuesday just as the new prime minister began to address a rally intended to build support for his exiled government, leaving at least one person dead.
The prime minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi, was not injured and was immediately rushed away from the scene, where it appeared at least 11 people were seriously injured.
Government officials said Gedi was taken to "a safe location" north of Mogadishu.
Hundreds of people had gathered in the stadium to hear Gedi discuss plans to bring the government to Mogadishu.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Bomb-explodes-in-Mogadishu-at-PMs-rallys/2005/05/03/1115092496216.html
Annan warns of nuclear threat
May 3, 2005 - 2:49PM
The voice was soft, calm and familiar. But the scenario UN Secretary General Kofi Annan sketched out was chilling.
A nuclear bomb goes off in a great city. Chaos ensues.
A frightened world asks: "Was this an act of terrorism? Was it an act of aggression by a state? Was it an accident?"
Tens or hundreds of thousands would die, the UN chief said, and questions, implications and dread would consume world leaders.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Annan-warns-of-nuclear-threats/2005/05/03/1115092485948.html
Iran moves first to blunt White House attack
Iran is planning to mount a staunch defence of its nuclear energy program during an international conference and will insist it has rights to the same technology afforded to all members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The high-level counter offensive at the United Nations, to be led by the Iranian Foreign Minister, Kamal Kharrazi, comes in anticipation of a tough speech the Bush Administration was preparing to give calling for international measures against Tehran unless it gives up sensitive aspects of its nuclear program.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Iran-moves-first-to-blunt-White-House-attack/2005/05/02/1114886315797.html
Pakistan building tragedy toll rises
May 3, 2005 - 7:19PM
A gas explosion at a building housing an ice cream factory in eastern Pakistan early on Tuesday killed at least 23 people and wounded 20, police said.
Rescue workers were sifting the rubble for about a dozen others feared trapped inside.
The three-storey building in Lahore, that also housed workers' quarters and low-end apartments, collapsed in the blast.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Pakistan-building-tragedy-toll-rises/2005/05/03/1115092495352.html
Barely there
By Patty Huntington and Kimberley Porteous
May 3, 2005 - 4:45PM
Patty Huntington and Kimberley Porteous report from today's shows at Mercedes Australian Fashion Week in Sydney.
3pm: BARE by REBECCA DAVIES
It's going to be another summer of beachside glamour for Rebecca Davies girls.
There was an elegant 70s' mood to some of the floaty off-the-shoulder tops and embroidered kaftans, in summery colours of aqua, white, pistachio, pink, latte, and watermelon, as well as some psychedelic prints.
Some luscious halter-neck gowns and supple satin sheaths, edged in sparkle, were a delectable finale.
- Kimberley Porteous
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Fashion/Barely-there/2005/05/03/1114886354962.html
Roosters look to Soward for NRL clash
May 3, 2005 - 7:09PM
Having exhausted just about every other option, Sydney Roosters coach Ricky Stuart has turned to 20-year-old whiz-kid Jamie Soward as the latest solution to his halves crisis.
Soward will make his NRL debut at halfback alongside Test utility Craig Wing when the Roosters meet Newcastle at Aussie Stadium on Sunday.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Roosters-look-to-Soward-for-NRL-clashs/2005/05/03/1115092495135.html
The New Zealand Herald
Blair's hopes dashed of evading Iraq as election issue
British PM Tony Blair has urged voters not to use the election as a referendum on himself. Picture / Reuters
03.05.05 1.00pm
by Colin Brown and James Burleigh
Tony Blair's hopes of evading Iraq as an election issue were dashed yesterday by the killing of the 50th British soldier in hostile action since the conflict, renewed violence on the streets and damaging accusations from the brother of murdered hostage Ken Bigley.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10123586
Italy hits back at US report on death of agent
Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari, who died at a US checkpoint as he was driving to Baghdad airport with Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena after winning her release from kidnappers. Picture / Reuters
03.05.05 1.00pm
by John Phillips
ROME - Italy has hit back at an American report clearing US troops who shot and killed the chief of Italian military intelligence in Baghdad after he had secured the release of a hostage in the Iraqi capital.
A separate Italian report on the affair, released last night, appeared to cast doubt on the reliability of the US investigation into the death of Nicola Calipari, re-opening the argument between Washington and Rome over the circumstances of his killing.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10123567
Iran and North Korea dominate disarmament talks
03.05.05 12.00pm UPDATE
UNITED NATIONS - Controversy over the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea have dominated a global disarmament conference, with the United States and others telling both countries to give up suspected atomic arms programmes.
The United States pressed the conference taking stock of the 1970 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to ensure Tehran and Pyongyang were denied peaceful nuclear energy benefits because they had violated the pact.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10123536
Philippa Stevenson: Young brains challenge world’s best
03.05.05
Imagine an Olympic event that involved dissecting parts of a cockroach, or counting the cells in a blood smear on a slide.
It’s doubtful such tests of skill would attract many spectators. But dissection of insects and plants, and peering down microscopes are just the sort of events four budding biologists will attempt when New Zealand sends its first team to the International Biology Olympiad.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=466&ObjectID=10123479
Earl Swift: Where they lay
03.05.05 1.00pm
Reviewed by David Hill
In March 1971, a 1-H Huey troop-carrying helicopter was destroyed in combat over Laos, as the United States pushed on with its misguided attempt to cut North Vietnamese supply routes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
The burning machine and its crew of four crashed to the ground in terrain controlled by enemy forces and inhabited by venomous snakes, rippling centipedes, belligerent scorpions and bloated leeches.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=6&ObjectID=10123348
Crash brings renewed call for shipping lane
The ferry Santa Regina berthed in Piction. File picture / Mark Mitchell
03.05.05 1.15pm
A Picton boat operator has renewed his call for a ferry lane to be established in the Marlborough Sounds following last night's fatal collision between a Cook Strait ferry and a 10m boat.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10123591
Former Iraqi officials not welcome
Paul Swain
03.05.05 12.00pm
Immigration minister Paul Swain says a former Iraqi diplomat was told to leave the country because he had been part of Saddam Hussein's government.
The Department of Labour yesterday revoked the visitor's permit of an Iraqi man who was a diplomat in Saddam's government.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10123580
Strong shallow earthquakes in South Island
03.05.05 12.00pm
Two strong, shallow earthquakes near Haast on the West Coast early today reportedly caused minimal damage, but were felt as far away as Christchurch.
The first quake, measuring 6 on the Richter scale, struck at 3.35am 10km south of Haast, the second five minutes later measured 5.7 and was 10km southwest of the town. Both were between 10km and 15km deep.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10123583
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime - only by temperature alone) is:
Scott Base
Snow
-19.0°
Updated Tuesday 03 May 8:59PM
Glacier Bay National Park
43 °F / 6 °C
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE EARLYMORNING HOURS.
Humidity:
76%
Dew Point:
36 °F / 2 °C
Wind:
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH...STRONGEST WINDS INEXPOSED AREAS NEAR ICY STRAIT.
Pressure:
30.08 in / 1018 hPa
Visibility:
-
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Few 6500 ft / 1981 m
end
This is getting serious. The government needs to respect the intention of it's young scholars. They are serious and not disposable by some stupid government intervention to control the issue !!! They better not get hurt !! THE WORLD IS WATCHING !!! Those young demonstrators belong to all of us and we stand between them and government trashed dreams to end nuclear proliferation. Remember Bikini Island. Write your Congressmen and Senators. Stop this insane military domination of our universities. Make their efforts COUNT. I am proud of every ONE of them. You know they are in it for the long haul, so should we be. Food and water to the demonstrators, NO AGGRESSION by authorities !!! They have a right to make a stand.
Activists Take Over University of Hawaii President's Office in Protest of Proposed Military Research Lab
Day Six!
Protesters present new demands to University of Hawaii president
By Ron Staton / Associated Press
HONOLULU - Protesters occupying the University of Hawaii president's office against a proposed Navy research center on campus delivered new demands to interim President David McClain Monday morning, asking for a quick response and 10 days to take action.
If McClain agrees to the demands, protesters said they would end their five-day sit-in.
"I find much in it with which I can agree," McClain said in a statement acknowledging that he had received the protesters' list of demands. "I have referred it to university counsel for the expeditious review and will have a response no later than Tuesday."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2472
Stop U.A.R.C. (University Affiliated Research Center)
Day 5: Revised Proposal to End UARC Will Be Presented to UH Administration
This morning the students, faculty, and community members of the Save UH/Stop UARC coalition held a press conference to present their four-point proposal to stop the UARC classified research center. The proposal and an expanded explanation of its four points are now posted on this site.
Justices to Decide if Colleges Can Bar Military Recruiters
By David Stout / New York Times
WASHINGTON, May 2 - The Supreme Court agreed
today to consider a case involving national defense, concepts of patriotism and free speech and, not incidentally, billions of dollars in federal money.
The justices announced that they would review a lower-court ruling, in favor of 25 law schools, that universities may bar military recruiters from their campuses without risking the loss of federal aid. Arguments will be heard in the justices' next term, which begins in October.
Sydney Morning Herald
Quakes rock southern New Zealand
May 3, 2005 - 10:44AM
Two strong earthquakes have rocked much of New Zealand's South Island, smashing crockery and glasses in several homes, residents said.
A magnitude six quake hit South Island's west coast at 3.35am (1.35am AEST), followed five minutes later by a 5.7-magnitude temblor, geologists reported.
The quakes were centred about 10 kilometres south of the small town of Haast, and about 10-15 kilometres beneath the earth's surface.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Quakes-rock-southern-New-Zealands/2005/05/03/1114886348435.html
Bali 9 lawyers allege AFP interference
May 3, 2005 - 6:59PM
Indonesian lawyers for the Bali nine have accused Australian Federal Police investigators of illegal interference in their clients' case.
Lawyer Rifan Mohammad, who represents five of the nine including the two accused ringleaders, said at least two AFP officers had attempted to interrogate some of the suspects directly - something forbidden under a cooperation agreement between the two countries.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Bali-9-lawyers-allege-AFP-interference/2005/05/03/1115092494795.html
Bomb explodes in Mogadishu at PM's rally
May 3, 2005 - 7:44PM
A bomb exploded in Mogadishu's soccer stadium on Tuesday just as the new prime minister began to address a rally intended to build support for his exiled government, leaving at least one person dead.
The prime minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi, was not injured and was immediately rushed away from the scene, where it appeared at least 11 people were seriously injured.
Government officials said Gedi was taken to "a safe location" north of Mogadishu.
Hundreds of people had gathered in the stadium to hear Gedi discuss plans to bring the government to Mogadishu.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Bomb-explodes-in-Mogadishu-at-PMs-rallys/2005/05/03/1115092496216.html
Annan warns of nuclear threat
May 3, 2005 - 2:49PM
The voice was soft, calm and familiar. But the scenario UN Secretary General Kofi Annan sketched out was chilling.
A nuclear bomb goes off in a great city. Chaos ensues.
A frightened world asks: "Was this an act of terrorism? Was it an act of aggression by a state? Was it an accident?"
Tens or hundreds of thousands would die, the UN chief said, and questions, implications and dread would consume world leaders.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Annan-warns-of-nuclear-threats/2005/05/03/1115092485948.html
Iran moves first to blunt White House attack
Iran is planning to mount a staunch defence of its nuclear energy program during an international conference and will insist it has rights to the same technology afforded to all members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The high-level counter offensive at the United Nations, to be led by the Iranian Foreign Minister, Kamal Kharrazi, comes in anticipation of a tough speech the Bush Administration was preparing to give calling for international measures against Tehran unless it gives up sensitive aspects of its nuclear program.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Iran-moves-first-to-blunt-White-House-attack/2005/05/02/1114886315797.html
Pakistan building tragedy toll rises
May 3, 2005 - 7:19PM
A gas explosion at a building housing an ice cream factory in eastern Pakistan early on Tuesday killed at least 23 people and wounded 20, police said.
Rescue workers were sifting the rubble for about a dozen others feared trapped inside.
The three-storey building in Lahore, that also housed workers' quarters and low-end apartments, collapsed in the blast.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Pakistan-building-tragedy-toll-rises/2005/05/03/1115092495352.html
Barely there
By Patty Huntington and Kimberley Porteous
May 3, 2005 - 4:45PM
Patty Huntington and Kimberley Porteous report from today's shows at Mercedes Australian Fashion Week in Sydney.
3pm: BARE by REBECCA DAVIES
It's going to be another summer of beachside glamour for Rebecca Davies girls.
There was an elegant 70s' mood to some of the floaty off-the-shoulder tops and embroidered kaftans, in summery colours of aqua, white, pistachio, pink, latte, and watermelon, as well as some psychedelic prints.
Some luscious halter-neck gowns and supple satin sheaths, edged in sparkle, were a delectable finale.
- Kimberley Porteous
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Fashion/Barely-there/2005/05/03/1114886354962.html
Roosters look to Soward for NRL clash
May 3, 2005 - 7:09PM
Having exhausted just about every other option, Sydney Roosters coach Ricky Stuart has turned to 20-year-old whiz-kid Jamie Soward as the latest solution to his halves crisis.
Soward will make his NRL debut at halfback alongside Test utility Craig Wing when the Roosters meet Newcastle at Aussie Stadium on Sunday.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Roosters-look-to-Soward-for-NRL-clashs/2005/05/03/1115092495135.html
The New Zealand Herald
Blair's hopes dashed of evading Iraq as election issue
British PM Tony Blair has urged voters not to use the election as a referendum on himself. Picture / Reuters
03.05.05 1.00pm
by Colin Brown and James Burleigh
Tony Blair's hopes of evading Iraq as an election issue were dashed yesterday by the killing of the 50th British soldier in hostile action since the conflict, renewed violence on the streets and damaging accusations from the brother of murdered hostage Ken Bigley.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10123586
Italy hits back at US report on death of agent
Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari, who died at a US checkpoint as he was driving to Baghdad airport with Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena after winning her release from kidnappers. Picture / Reuters
03.05.05 1.00pm
by John Phillips
ROME - Italy has hit back at an American report clearing US troops who shot and killed the chief of Italian military intelligence in Baghdad after he had secured the release of a hostage in the Iraqi capital.
A separate Italian report on the affair, released last night, appeared to cast doubt on the reliability of the US investigation into the death of Nicola Calipari, re-opening the argument between Washington and Rome over the circumstances of his killing.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10123567
Iran and North Korea dominate disarmament talks
03.05.05 12.00pm UPDATE
UNITED NATIONS - Controversy over the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea have dominated a global disarmament conference, with the United States and others telling both countries to give up suspected atomic arms programmes.
The United States pressed the conference taking stock of the 1970 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to ensure Tehran and Pyongyang were denied peaceful nuclear energy benefits because they had violated the pact.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10123536
Philippa Stevenson: Young brains challenge world’s best
03.05.05
Imagine an Olympic event that involved dissecting parts of a cockroach, or counting the cells in a blood smear on a slide.
It’s doubtful such tests of skill would attract many spectators. But dissection of insects and plants, and peering down microscopes are just the sort of events four budding biologists will attempt when New Zealand sends its first team to the International Biology Olympiad.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=466&ObjectID=10123479
Earl Swift: Where they lay
03.05.05 1.00pm
Reviewed by David Hill
In March 1971, a 1-H Huey troop-carrying helicopter was destroyed in combat over Laos, as the United States pushed on with its misguided attempt to cut North Vietnamese supply routes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
The burning machine and its crew of four crashed to the ground in terrain controlled by enemy forces and inhabited by venomous snakes, rippling centipedes, belligerent scorpions and bloated leeches.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=6&ObjectID=10123348
Crash brings renewed call for shipping lane
The ferry Santa Regina berthed in Piction. File picture / Mark Mitchell
03.05.05 1.15pm
A Picton boat operator has renewed his call for a ferry lane to be established in the Marlborough Sounds following last night's fatal collision between a Cook Strait ferry and a 10m boat.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10123591
Former Iraqi officials not welcome
Paul Swain
03.05.05 12.00pm
Immigration minister Paul Swain says a former Iraqi diplomat was told to leave the country because he had been part of Saddam Hussein's government.
The Department of Labour yesterday revoked the visitor's permit of an Iraqi man who was a diplomat in Saddam's government.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10123580
Strong shallow earthquakes in South Island
03.05.05 12.00pm
Two strong, shallow earthquakes near Haast on the West Coast early today reportedly caused minimal damage, but were felt as far away as Christchurch.
The first quake, measuring 6 on the Richter scale, struck at 3.35am 10km south of Haast, the second five minutes later measured 5.7 and was 10km southwest of the town. Both were between 10km and 15km deep.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10123583
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime - only by temperature alone) is:
Scott Base
Snow
-19.0°
Updated Tuesday 03 May 8:59PM
Glacier Bay National Park
43 °F / 6 °C
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE EARLYMORNING HOURS.
Humidity:
76%
Dew Point:
36 °F / 2 °C
Wind:
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH...STRONGEST WINDS INEXPOSED AREAS NEAR ICY STRAIT.
Pressure:
30.08 in / 1018 hPa
Visibility:
-
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Few 6500 ft / 1981 m
end
NOT "SOUTH PARK" - okay? This is serious business. No one this administration takes it seriously because it doesn't kill or do damage. This demonstration is an annoyance if we are lucky. Bush/Cheney and the Desperate Housewive of DC completely IGNORE the efforts of tens of thousands of Americans to be heard. The movement is SERIOUS, not a frivilous activity of women and men who can't seem to get 'in step' with war mongering. Signing off … anti-nuclear demonstrators form the peace sign in New York's Central Park. Activists marched past the United Nations building on Sunday, invoking memories of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.
Photo: AP
This is the type of SECURITY the USA has now rendered to South Korea in the wake of "The Axis of Evil" Speech. Having to obsessed with military strength is not having security at all. Prickly relations ... South Korean visitors check out displays of North Korea's Scud-B missiles at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul. Asian governments played down the significance of North Korea's latest missile test, saying it involved a short-range weapon unable to reach as far as Japan and with no link to the communist North's nuclear programme.
Photo: AFP
The world takes note how hard we fight for peace through our activism in the USA. It is very important no matter how disheartening this administration persists in it's agenda of war that we all continue to make statement of Non-Proliferation and Peace. Knowing the world holds our efforts as precious is more important than what Washington does. There is an article today in The New York Times regarding the inability of the USA to be a global hero anymore. My words, not theirs. In other words Bush/Cheney are so obsessed with Oil Proliferation that we cannot defend ourselves militarily any longer. I'll post the article on the blog. It is nothing I hadn't already figured out. This picture is from The Sydney Morning Herald. Brollies for peace ... Chieko Neyo, of Osaka, whose brother died during the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, joins a peace rally in New York's Central Park.
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