Archive for March, 2011

Jail is for the Little People

Friday, March 25th, 2011

“The Law condemns the lesser felon
That steals the goose from off the Common
But lets the greater felon loose
That steals the Common from under the goose”

Finest justice money can buy. You got no money ?Tough luck

No Way Out

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Camp America is such an innocent name.

NASA Ocean Recovery

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — For the first time, NASA has released high-definition video taken during the retrieval of solid rocket booster segments from the Atlantic Ocean. The solid rocket boosters provided 144 million horsepower of thrust for the final launch of space shuttle Discovery on its STS-133 mission.

After each shuttle launch, crew members of the Liberty Star and Freedom Star retrieval ships pull the spent boosters out of the ocean and return them to Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. After they are processed, the boosters are transported to Utah, where they are refurbished and stored, if necessary.

The video includes high-definition video footage from the recovery ships and time-lapse footage of recovery efforts on Freedom Star.

The footage was captured with a Panasonic HPX 3700 high-definition, cinema-style camera with 1080 progressive scanning at 24 frames per second.

The video will be broadcast on NASA Television’s Video File. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

To view the video on the Kennedy YouTube page, visit:

http://www.youtube.com/nasakennedy

Enough Space To Feel Sick

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC — Recent research aboard the space shuttle is giving scientists a better understanding of how infectious disease occurs in space and could someday improve astronaut health and provide novel treatments for people on Earth.

“With our space-based research efforts, including the International Space Station, we are not only continuing our human presence in space, but we are engaged in science that can make a real difference in people’s lives here on Earth,” said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. “NASA’s leadership in human spaceflight allows us to conduct innovative and ground-breaking science that reveals the unknown and unlocks the mysteries of how disease-causing agents work.”

The research involves an opportunistic pathogen known as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the same bacterium that caused astronaut Fred Haise to become sick during the Apollo 13 mission to the moon in 1970.

Scientists studying the bacterium aboard the shuttle hope to unlock the mysteries of how disease-causing agents work. They believe the research can lead to advanced vaccines and therapies to better fight infections. The findings are based on flight experiments with microbial pathogens on NASA shuttle missions to the International Space Station and appear in a recent edition of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

“For the first time, we’re able to see that two very different species of bacteria – Salmonella and Pseudomonas – share the same basic regulating mechanism, or master control switch, that micro-manages many of the microbes’ responses to the spaceflight environment,” said Cheryl Nickerson, associate professor at the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe. “We have shown that spaceflight affects common regulators in both bacteria that invariably cause disease in healthy individuals [Salmonella] and those that cause disease only in people with compromised immune systems [Pseudomonas].”

By studying the global gene expression patterns in bacterial pathogens like Pseudomonas and Salmonella, Nickerson’s team learned more about how they react to reduced gravity.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa can coexist as a benign microbe in healthy individuals, but poses a serious threat to people with compromised immune systems. It is the leading cause of death for those suffering from cystic fibrosis and is a serious risk to burn victims. However, a high enough dosage of Salmonella typhimurium always will cause disease, even in healthy individuals.

During the initial study in 2006, two bacterial pathogens, Salmonella typhimurium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and one fungal pathogen, Candida albicans, were launched to the station aboard shuttles. They were allowed to grow in appropriately contained vessels for several days. Nickerson’s team was the first to evaluate global gene and protein expression (how the bacteria react at the molecular level) and virulence changes in microbes in response to reduced gravity.

“We discovered that aspects of the environment that microbes encountered during spaceflight appeared to mimic key conditions that pathogens normally encounter in our bodies during the natural course of infection, particularly in the respiratory system, gastrointestinal system and urogenital tract,” Nickerson said. NASA’s Advanced Capabilities Division Director, Benjamin Neumann added that, “This means that in addition to safeguarding future space travelers, such research may aid the quest for better therapeutics against pathogens here on Earth.”

The initial study and follow-on space experiments show that spaceflight creates a low fluid shear environment, where liquids exert little force as they flow over the surface of cells. The low fluid shear environment of spaceflight affects the molecular genetic regulators that can make microbes more infectious. These same regulators might function in a similar way to regulate microbial virulence during the course of infection in the human body.

“We have now shown that spaceflight conditions modified molecular pathways that are known to be involved in the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa,” said Aurelie Crabbe, a researcher in Dr. Nickerson’s lab at ASU and the lead author of the paper. “Future work will establish whether Pseudomonas also exhibits increased virulence following spaceflight as did Salmonella.”

NASA’s Fundamental Space Biology Program sponsored and funded the research conducted by Crabbe and Nickerson along with their colleagues at the Biodesign Institute at ASU. They collaborated with the University of Colorado School of Medicine, University of Arizona, Belgian Nuclear Research Center, Villanova University, Tulane University, Affymetrix Inc, and NASA scientists.

For an abstract of the journal article on this research, visit:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21169425

For more information about NASA programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

What’s New?

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Super Perigee Moon

Today, March 21, 2011, 2 hours agoGo to full article
The full moon is called a super perigee moon since it is at its closest to Earth in 2011. The last full moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March 1993.

Beatless Sense Mongers

Today, March 21, 2011, 2 hours agoGo to full article
The Beatless Sense Mongers released a new album entitled Go Figure featuring the single Red Flag .mp3.

Local Dub

Today, March 21, 2011, 2 hours agoGo to full article
Daniel Savage and Aaron Polli outside the Pale Horse in West Chester, PA for an Opple Topple Music Festival promo. video shoot.

New Games on CIA.gov

Today, March 21, 2011, 3 hours agoGo to full article
Why is the CIA advertising to children and producing kid’s games? Do you want your children studied by the CIA? Why is the government competing with private business? From the CIA website: Are you a whiz at word searches? Do you have a good memory? Can you create a masterpiece with crayons? If you answered [...]

Toy Soldiers

Today, March 21, 2011, 3 hours agoGo to full article
Toy Soldiers band performing live music at Dobbs on South Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Listen?

Yesterday, March 20, 2011, 8:53:28 PMGo to full article
What do you hear As you run away From here Do you hear What you fear Does it tear Does it rip At your heart Tearing you Apart Does it trip Up your thought Impairing… less Alert Listen? Teach me a lesson What do I fear….

Red Flag

Yesterday, March 20, 2011, 3:14:45 PMGo to full article
Don’t Tread on Us, Look’s like freedom’s Thown under a bus? Our flag Stained Red With the blood Of injustice A list of dirty names n’ worse off words Tag – Sin like saints I have nothing Good to say So, I’ll say Nothing at all: Cozen O’connor Cheryl Sattin Satin John Jake Griffin Lien’ [...]

Who Are You?

Yesterday, March 20, 2011, 1:22:34 PMGo to full article
I am practically nothing A mere speck In the universe So, what the heck Might as well Lift a voice And, start singing Chorus and verse About your hell Rejoice!!! Please refrain From the causing Of pain When you rain On friends May love Reign over you Oh, rain is slowed By friction The contradiction [...]

US War With Libya

Saturday, March 19, 2011, 11:06:16 PMGo to full article
This article is about the United States campaign. For the French campaign, see Ouadi Doum air raid. For the World War II campaign, see Egypt–Libya Campaign. … en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Libya – Cached – Similar Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986) 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing Bettino Craxi More results from wikipedia.org » ► Bombing of Libya – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mar 17, 2011 … The [...]

Christmas In Spring

Saturday, March 19, 2011, 10:58:37 PMGo to full article
The National Park Service had to plant a new national Christmas tree at the Whitehouse after winds blew over the previous tree. Volatile whether is expected to cause government agencies, as well as, religious organization, excessive expenses.

It’s Time for Transparency

Saturday, March 19, 2011, 10:39:13 PMGo to full article
Why Is It The Truth-Tellers Always Get Canned? Some news stories give me pause about whether those in government have any concern at all for the rights of the American people. The detention of Bradley Manning is one of those stories. If he did what authorities claim he did, he most certainly broke some serious laws, [...] Related posts:

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Meeting Notice – The Delaware Valley Branch of the American Begonia Society

Saturday, March 19, 2011, 10:34:46 PMGo to full article
There will be a meeting of the Delaware Valley Branch of the American Begonia Society on Saturday, April 16, 2011. The meeting will take place in the Huntingdon Valley Library, 625 Red Lion Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006. The meeting will take place in the Main Library conference room on the first floor [...]

Japan Moves 8 Feet and Our Days Are Shortened

Friday, March 18, 2011, 10:40:10 PMGo to full article
Scientists have reported the earthquake moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis. “At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large [...]

Mom Is Hollering

Friday, March 18, 2011, 8:38:07 PMGo to full article
Mom Is Hollering Little Boy Blue .mp3 About This Song

Chaos Theory and Tsunami Reach California

Friday, March 18, 2011, 12:36:13 PMGo to full article
Has a tsunami ever affected the United States? Yes… just last week. Chaos Theory Manmade and natural events can change important characteristics of U.S. waterways, ports, and harbors, and investigating those changes are an important responsibility for NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey. Following last week’s tsunami, Coast Survey’s staff and equipment on the West Coast are [...]

Introducing Local Dub

Friday, March 18, 2011, 12:12:37 PMGo to full article
Intro. to Local Dub Laughs Local Dub Basics Daniel Savage and Aaron Polli on Opple Topple Daniel Savage and Aaron Polli on Opple Topple Outside the Pale Horse

Results of NCUA Board Meeting

Friday, March 18, 2011, 9:00:58 AMGo to full article
NCUA BOARD MEETING RESULTS FOR MARCH 17, 2011 Alexandria, Va. – The National Credit Union Administration Board convened its third open meeting in 2011 at agency headquarters and unanimously approved all agenda items presented, including: a proposed rule on interest rate risk policy; a proposed rule updating definitions of “net worth” and “equity ratio”; a final [...]

Vinyl Record Songs

Thursday, March 17, 2011, 2:13:15 PMGo to full article
The Halloween Project performs on-the-fly music featuring Matt Burke on Vinyl Record Songs. Vinyl Record Songs .MP3 (free download)

The Tards

Thursday, March 17, 2011, 11:43:06 AMGo to full article
Pictures from the band The Tards

Flooding 2011

Thursday, March 17, 2011, 11:28:05 AMGo to full article
Spring Flooding Underway, Expected to Worsen through April With spring flooding already underway over portions of the U.S., NOAA forecasters are warning the worst is yet to come. Almost half the country – from the North Central U.S. through the Midwest and the Northeast – has an above-average risk of flooding over the next few [...]

Virtual Town Hall Meeting

Thursday, March 17, 2011, 9:03:04 AMGo to full article
NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz will conduct a virtual Town Hall Meeting that features updates on NCUA’s initiatives to reform the corporate credit union system, minimize costs to consumer credit unions, and promote financial education for volunteers. Speakers: NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz Kent Buckham, Director, Office of Consumer Protection Larry Fazio, Deputy Executive Director Scott Hunt, Director, Office of Corporate Credit [...]

Gulliver’s Travels .mp3

Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 11:32:36 PMGo to full article
Gulliver’s Travels .mp3 (free music) Don’t Ever Wake a Sleeping Giant Song Info. by Daniel Brouse

Philadelphia Area Among Top 20 Cities

Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 7:16:39 PMGo to full article
PHILADELPHIA (March 15, 2011) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that more buildings than ever have earned the EPA’s Energy Star certification in 2010. The Philadelphia-area added many first-time labeled Energy Star buildings in 2010, jumping to a national ranking of 14th up from 24th. Many of the most recently added buildings in [...]

Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Meltdown

Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 7:08:33 PMGo to full article
Chaos theory… a butterfly flaps its wings in China…. causing a tornado in Kansas. Who would have thought a nuclear power plant could survive an earthquake only to have the back-up generators flooded by a tsunami? News for .gov japan earthquake tsunami nuclear … Reuters Nuclear Plant Funding Undeterred Amid Japan’s Quake Crisis: China … [...]

Don’t Give Away Your Handheld Data

Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 6:30:26 PMGo to full article
Be careful before you resell or give away your handheld devices like Palms. The new owner can uncover data. At a minimum, figure out how to reset it to the factory standard. Refer to your manual or call the manufacturer. For more information on deleting data: http://www.informit.com/guides/content.asp?g=security&seqNum=234&rl=1

Super Perigee Moon

Monday, March 21st, 2011
The full moon is seen as it rises near the Lincoln Memorial

The full moon is seen as it rises near the Lincoln Memorial

 

The full moon is called a super perigee moon since it is at its closest to Earth in 2011. The last full moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March 1993.

Beatless Sense Mongers

Monday, March 21st, 2011

The Beatless Sense Mongers released a new album entitled Go Figure featuring the single Red Flag .mp3.

Sample Keyboard from the Recording Studio

Sample Keyboard from the Recording Studio

US War With Libya

Saturday, March 19th, 2011
  1. This article is about the United States campaign. For the French campaign, see Ouadi Doum air raid. For the World War II campaign, see Egypt–Libya Campaign.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_LibyaCachedSimilar

    Bombing of Libya – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

     

  2. Mar 17, 2011 The Middle East Channel: Does the world belong in Libya’s war? in Libya should require a formal declaration of war by the U.S. Congress.
    thecable.foreignpolicy.com/…/inside_classified_hill_briefing_administration_ spells_out_war_plan_for_libyaCached

    Inside classified Hill briefing, administration spells out war

     

  3. Mar 17, 2011 But military intervention is to take part in a civil war that could go US president issues ultimatum after Libyan leader responds to UN
    www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/17/libya-no-fly-zone-united-nations 

    Libya crisis: Britain, France and US prepare for air strikes

    guardian.co.uk

  4. News for us war with libya


    USA Today
  5. Back home, his message was all but lost in the roar over the Libyan conflict. “The United States doesn’t simply recognize Brazil’s rise; we support it

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  7. Mar 6, 2011 America’s War on Libya – by Stephen Lendman. Since WW II alone, America waged direct and proxy wars against Korea, Southeast Asia,
    mostlywater.org/americas_war_libyaCached

    America’s War on Libya | Mostly Water

     

  8. Mar 19, 2011 War In Libya: US Should Not Have Gotten Involved With It Or France In retrospect, Ho Chi Minh was the one fighting an honorable war
    www.chicagonow.com/…/war-in-libya-us-should-not-have-gotten-involved- with-it-or-france.html 

    U.S. Involved In Libya Conflict: France & American Military Muscle

     

  9. Stop the US War Against Libya and Bahrain. by The International Action Center. Global Research, March 19, 2011. The International Action Center
    www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23785Cached

    Stop the US War Against Libya and Bahrain

     

  10. Mar 17, 2011 The UN just sanctioned an act of war against the country of Libya. Shame, shame, shame once again on the US and the UN.
    coto2.wordpress.com/…/un-security-council-approves-us-war-on-libya/Cached

    UN Security Council approves US war on Libya | COTO Report

     

  11. Mar 6, 2011 US warships are positioned close by. Armed intervention is coming, colonial subjugation planned. Libya’s.
    baltimorechronicle.com/2011/030611Lendman2.shtmlCached

    America’s War on Libya

     

  12. Mar 7, 2011 Some interventionists are arguing for a limited no fly zone over the eastern, rebel controlled areas of Libya. But who it is, exactly,
    www.huffingtonpost.com/…/the-us-should-not-make-wa_b_832603.htmlCached

    George Kenney: The U.S. Should Not Make War on Libya

     

  13. Feb 28, 2011 President Barack Obama has instructed the Pentagon to reposition U.S. military forces around Libya as the administration prepares to exploit
    www.prisonplanet.com › Featured StoriesCached

    Obama Encircles US War Machine Around Libya

     

Japan Moves 8 Feet and Our Days Are Shortened

Friday, March 18th, 2011

Scientists have reported the earthquake moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis.

“At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent with about that much shift of the land mass,” said Kenneth Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

“This shift in the position of the figure axis will cause the Earth to wobble a bit differently as it rotates, but will not cause a shift of the Earth’s axis in space – only external forces like the gravitational attraction of the sun, moon, and planets can do that,” Gross said.

Dr. Roger Musson from the BGS (British Geological Survey) told that the shifting observed after the earthquake was “in line with what you get when you have an earthquake this big”.

The change in the earth’s axis shortened the day by about 1.8 millionths of a second.

Mom Is Hollering

Friday, March 18th, 2011

Mom Is Hollering Little Boy Blue .mp3

About This Song



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