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The French daily Le Monde ran a report on October 7 about the Iranian regime's continued crackdown on dissidents, with many protestors arrested during the year-long anti-regime protests sentenced to heavy prison terms.
Students and lawyers such as Nasrin Sotoudeh, who recently launched a hunger strike, are the main targets of the suppression campaign, according to the daily.
Le Monde also noted a number of political prisoners sentenced to death by the clerical regime have been prosecuted for being in touch with a poltical group much suppressed during the 19802 (120 000 killed) (Mujahedin organisation of Iran ).
One of the political prisoners on death row is Farah Vazehan, according to Le Monde, whose supporters are trying to launch a campaign for the release of the 48 year old mother who was arrested in December 2009 in Tehran.
According to Le Monde, Ms. Vazehan is currently being held at the notorious Evin Prison and was sentenced to death in August.
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DWTS Cheryl Burke, Sharna Burgess, Mark Ballas Grace Red Carpet At Birthday Celebration
I was hoping Getty Images would post some pro shots of Cheryl Burke's 30th Birthday Party at the Tao Beach in Las Vegas yesterday and they did!! Below are Dancing With The Stars pros Cheryl, Sharna Burgess, and Mark Ballas posing (and dancing!) on the red carpet. Be sure to see any of the Getty links for more fun photos.


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These were some cards I stayed up late and made for some of my dear friend's birthdays, I didn't use any images and just did all paper. I made my own template for the card and just went from there. I really loved how they turned out. That's it for now, because I am extremely tired and off to bed early. I will be back with more details at later.
February 18, 2010
Some More Cards...
Posted by Nina at 9:48 PM
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- Nilla said...
You should be happy, they are gorgeous! Hugs Nilla
- February 18, 2010 at 11:26 PM
- The Other Patti Sue said...
These are amazing! Love your flowers! So creative!
- February 18, 2010 at 11:38 PM
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Yum. These are really cute and so colorful. Just makes me want to dance.
- February 19, 2010 at 12:57 AM
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Yes, really. I first fell in love with old buildings in Pompeii, where I spent summers working as an excavator from 2002-2008. Every day it struck me that I was in a place that still looked and felt like a real city. To my mind, this was down to the fact that the buildings are still standing. After more than 2000 years. Someone did something very, very right when making those buildings and I want to know more.
For my D.Phil research, I have landed in an opportunity to study structures in Ostia, Italy, which is also a preserved city-sized site. The structures I'm investigating are all brick and mortar masonry, with concrete filling up the center wall core. This is what Vitruvius called opus caementicium. To be honest, I'm most interested in the people who made it: the builders who developed this wonderful, magical material that is still performing successfully more than 2000 years after it was first installed. Where did they get their materials? Why were certain materials preferred over others? How were the materials processed and mixed together? How did builders' choices affect the concrete and its performance? Were the same mix types used for both public and private structures? Why is this stuff still standing? These are the questions driving my research, and I am looking to answer them by investigating the material itself.
To give a quick overview, the mortar and concrete I am analyzing was made of lime, volcanic sand aggregate, and water. Sounds rather simple, however, the combination of materials they were using produced complex chemical reactions, known to modern concrete scientists as pozzolanic reactions, which resulted in a sophisticated, high quality material. My sample collection was collected from a series of structures in Ostia from the 2nd century CE, by which time – at least in Rome – concrete was well-developed and had been employed in large-scale Imperial building projects. My task now is to analyze the Ostian structures to determine how well-developed their concrete industry had become by that time. The benefit of a site like Ostia is that the ancient city is left largely in tact without modern development. This means that unlike in Rome, where centuries of modern development has destroyed all but the most protected monumental structures, it will be possible to evaluate the buildings within their original cultural context.
The analytical techniques employed for my research are borrowed from geology and concrete science, which makes this a truly interdisciplinary project. My samples are essentially synthetic composites of natural materials that can be investigated with traditional petrography. I'm using light microscopy of thin sections to identify and quantify the aggregate, to describe the cementitious matrix, and to identify any obvious degradation features or alteration products. Today I'm working on point counting one of the samples, which is pretty straight forward. I move across the sample in 1 mm steps, and at each location I record what I see in the cross hairs of the eyepiece. Besides the obvious benefit of quantifying each of the different components, I'm also getting to the know the sample really well. As I go, I'm recording information about the state of degradation or alteration, the shape and fillings of any cracks or holes, particle size and shape, and any other details that may give me a clue about what the builders were doing when they made the concrete.
I am also using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to collect high-resolution, high-magnification backscatter images of the samples. At this scale I can get a better look at the binder-aggregate interface to see how well-bonded these components are. It is also possible to see any microscopic cements that have formed in pores, cracks, and the vesicles of aggregate clasts that would otherwise not be visible. The SEM also detects the atomic weights of everything in the sample, which show up as differences in the greyscale colour of the image. It also can calculate the chemical composition of the different components, so using a combination of chemical data and backscatter images, I can determine what types of cements have formed (strengthening) and how much leaching has occurred across the matrix (degradation). The ratio of calcium to silica is key in both cases.
X-ray diffraction is also on the menu, assuming I can find the funding to pay for it. This technique is incredibly useful for identifying the mineral assemblage in rocks and materials. In this case, I will use it to confirm the original petrographic identification of minerals in the aggregate and to find any other alteration minerals that could not be seen in thin section. The presence of certain minerals like gypsum or ettringite usually indicate alteration of the mortar itself, but minerals such as stratlingite and calcium-aluminum-silicate-hydrates suggest the mortar was rather well-formed in the first place.
So today, I'll be giving an account of what it's like for me in the lab. I realize that being stuck in the lab sounds like a death sentence to some people, but for me, it's where the magic happens.


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ELC?District, ELCEA exchange proposals
The Estherville Lincoln Central Board of Education and Estherville Lincoln Central Education Association exchanged initial proposals Monday night at the ELC High School library.
The Association is proposing an increase in the base from $29,290 to $31,860. Other proposed changes are:
n All full-time employees would have a daily duty-free lunch period of at least 25 minutes on each full school day.
n Unused personal leave would be paid out yearly at the substitute teacher per diem rate. Teachers are currently paid out at $75 per day.
n Developing a new supplemental schedule that is a percentage of the base salary.
The district's initial offer is for zero increase on the base with the following benefits proposed:
n Vertical step movement.
n Mandatory IPERS increase costs.
n FICA increase.
n Long-term disability increase.
n Since insurance cost increases for the 2014-15 year are not known, they have not been included in the total package increase.
Other changes proposed by the district are dividing TSS funds to staff equally by full-time equivalent with the district retaining 5 percent of TSS funds for staff moving on the scale and hired mid-year. When teachers perform board-requested curriculum work outside regular contract time, they would be paid $21.25 per hour, with curriculum leaders paid $23.50 per hour. Summer school teachers would be paid $20 per hour.
Under insurance, the district is proposing changing family contribution from 65/35 to 50/50 for employees hired after July 1, 2014. The district's share of single coverage would be changed from full to 75/25 for anyone hired with a contract beginning after July 1, 2013 for employees hired after July 1, 2014. Health insurance coverage would be comparable to that provided by the district during the 2013-14 contract year. The district would work with the association when changing health insurance carriers.
The district is also proposing that two days of personal leave would be granted each year with the prior approval of the superintendent or his/her designee. Unused personal leave would be paid out at the yearly rate of $75 a day or a maximum of $150 a year.
In the area of staff reduction, the district is proposing that if reduction is necessary, the board would consider seniority, skill, competence, qualifications and ability when determining what employees would be subject to reduction, with a greater consideration given to seniority than any of the other single criteria.
In presenting the association's proposal, Chuck
Fandel said a solid contract enhances education. He said the association's proposal would represent a 7.72 percent increase on the base, including the supplementary schedule. He said the proposal did not take insurance into account. He further underscored that ELC coaches are now getting what Lakes Conference coaches on average received in 2000.
Presenting the district's proposal telephonically was Holly Griener of Lynch-Dallas of Cedar Rapids.
The total percentage increase in the district's offer will be known sometime after it learns at the end of February the increase in employee health insurance.


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Diversity … links directly with creativity: Interactions between disparate perspectives frequently strike the intellectual sparks that herald the emergence of a new idea. Attention to difference in background, cultural perspective, life experience and worldview is thus an essential element within the larger framework of Skidmore's most fundamental and longstanding institutional commitments.President Philip A. Glotzbach
Our employment efforts are designed to identify the broadest possible field of candidates by casting a wide net that will bring strong talent to our campus. Good work has begun; however, we are far from our desired outcome. We will recruit and hire committed and concerned professionals who share the vision of diversity as a fundamental platform for a challenging, desirable place of employment and a positive learning environment.
Skidmore College is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community in which members develop their abilities tolive in a complex and interconnected world. Consistent with our educational mission, we recognize ourselves as a community that respects individual identities based on varying sociocultural characteristics, such as race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, first language, religious and spiritual tradition, age, ability, socioeconomic status and learning style. We strive to create a socially just world that honors the dignity and worth of each individual, and we seek to build a community centered on mutual respect and openness to ideas—one in which individuals value cultural and intellectual diversity and share the responsibility for creating a welcoming, safe, and inclusive environment. We recognize that our community is most inclusive when all members participate to their full capacity in the spirited, and sometimes challenging, conversations that are at the center of the college's educational mission.


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The Cal Poly Pomona Student Chapter of Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITECPP) was honored to attend the Science Fair EXPO on October 5. The Science Fair EXPO was co-hosted by San Bernardino County
Superintendent of Schools and Riverside County Office of Education to support the K-12 Science/STEM Education program. Elementary, middle school, and high school students from surrounding counties with an interest in math and science were in attendance to learn about the many different fields in math and science.The Science Fair EXPO consisted of consultations, presentation, exhibitor booths, and workshops. These were hosted by teachers, professors, high school and college students.
ITECPP participated in the Science Fair EXPO by displaying an exhibit and presenting on the discipline of civil engineering. The exhibitor booth included activities on structural and transportation engineering.Students were provided sheets of 8.5" x 11" copy paper and asked to roll them into columns to be able to support loads of textbooks. Continue reading


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If that doesn't sound like the best use of the next two hours of your life, I don't know what does.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's denial that he played any role in the AIG cover-up is contradicted by emails which confirm that both Geithner and the New York Federal Reserve were both intimately involved in keeping details about payments to banks including Goldman Sachs from the public.
Geithner told lawmakers today that he had no involvement in withholding information about the bailout of AIG, much to the chagrin of House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa, who wasn't buying it for a second.
"He has asserted complete ignorance of the Fed's efforts to cover up the bailout details," said Issa, R-Calif. "Many Americans, including members of this Committee, have a hard time believing that Secretary Geithner entered an absolute cone of silence on the day that his nomination was announced."
John Mica of Florida went further, calling for Geithner to quit as a result of the scandal.
"Why shouldn't we ask for your resignation?" Mica asked Geithner. "We're not getting the whole story, we're getting the blame story. You're either incompetent on the job or you knew what was taking place and you tried to conceal it, and I think that's grounds for your review."
Mica characterized Geithner's denials as "lame excuses" as the Treasury Secretary became visibly angry.
In November and December 2008, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, headed up by Geithner, instructed the bailed out AIG to hide from the public details regarding payments the insurance giant made to banks, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Societe Generale SA.
Using Fed secured taxpayer bailout money, AIG paid several banks 100 percent of the face value of credit-default swaps, as other financial institutions were negotiating deep discounts for the unregulated paper assets that do not have to be backed by cash.
The decision to pay the banks in full may have cost AIG, and therefore taxpayers, at least $13 billion over the odds.
[efoods]The "backdoor bailout" of the banks, as it has been dubbed was exposed in March 2009 after the SEC challenged AIG's filing, however, e-mails obtained by Representative Darrell Issa, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, reignited the situation after they conclusively exposed a collusion between AIG and the Fed to deceive the public.
The e-mails between company and regulator show that The New York Fed crossed out reference to the payments and that AIG also omitted the details when the Securities and Exchange Commission filing was made public on Dec. 24, 2008.
The emails, the content of which are highlighted in this Bloomberg News article, also show that the Fed wanted numerous other details about the AIG bailout withheld or delayed from public oversight.
"It appears that the New York Fed deliberately pressured AIG to restrict and delay the disclosure of important information," said Issa, adding that taxpayers "deserve full and complete disclosure under our nation's securities laws, not the withholding of politically inconvenient information."
Geithner's denial that he, even as President of the New York Fed, had no involvement with the AIG case is contradicted by fresh revelations this week in a new report issued by Issa that show Geithner was "at a minimum, engaged personally in reviewing what information about the AIG bailout would be revealed to Congress and the public."
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User's Guide to Sunday, Oct. 28.
Sunday, Oct. 28, is the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, Cycle II). Nov. 1 is All Saints' Day, a holy day of obligation.
Halloween, Saints and Souls
The alluring aspects of Halloween can be creepy and consumerist — or they can be a call to faith. In Washington, the Dominican friars host a nighttime prayer service for young people. Here in Atchison, Kan., we are blessed to have an abbey with monks whose prayers we can join.
This is a great week to remind your children that our Church spans the whole history of Christianity. All Saints' Day was the day they converted the pagan Pantheon to a Catholic church by installing the relics of the martyrs. All Souls' Day is a day to pray for all the souls in purgatory.
Jeremiah 31:7-9, Psalms 126:1-6, Hebrews 5:1-6, Mark 10:46-52
Our Take
Bartimaeus is the blind beggar who was sitting by the side of the road when he heard that Jesus was passing by. His eagerness to encounter Christ was publicly proclaimed.
He began calling out, "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me!" The Gospel tells us that "many rebuked him, telling him to be silent." We can picture the scene: The great religious figure is passing by, so his followers want to enforce a little decorum on the streets.
It didn't work, though. Bartimaeus was bold: "He kept calling out all the more, 'Son of David, have pity on me!'"
There are many lessons to take from Bartimaeus. In our day, when religious freedom is under attack as never before, one basic lesson is this: No one can take away your right to call out to God. Maybe your faith makes other people uncomfortable. Maybe they would rather you keep your faith private. Too bad. We have a right to express our faith and act according to it. But another, more personal meaning is this: Jesus always answers those who call out for him.
What makes Bartimaeus great is his faith. That's what Jesus praises him for, and that's what saves him in the end. His example is a good test for our faith. What would we do if Jesus was passing by and his handlers were hushing us up? Would we be polite and quiet — or would we make a small scene in our desire to see our Savior?
Bartimaeus knew how deeply he needed Jesus, so he made a small scene. We need to understand how great our need for Jesus is, too.
The Jewish people in the first reading discovered this. Jeremiah is the great prophet of the Lamentations of Israel. His writings give us a sense of the utter darkness and sorrow the people of Israel felt when they were separated from their homeland.
In today's reading, Jeremiah shares the joy of the people as they come back. "They departed in tears, but I will console them and guide them … for I am a father to Israel."
When torn from their homeland, the Israelites knew how much they missed Jerusalem and how happy they were to return. When torn from God by sin, we should hope we have the same feeling — and have the same joy upon returning.
As the second reading points out, we have a way back — in Jesus. And it should make us just as delighted as the Israelites returning from exile. As delighted as Bartimaeus was to see Christ.
Tom and April Hoopes write from Atchison, Kansas, where Tom is writer in residence at Benedictine College.


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I remember; I can't forget, its in my mind completely; When I wanted to live in the other city with one of my original family members... Although it was no family! and I didn't know this. I was alone and I never really knew this. I found out the hard way!
When I ended up in this bigger city! I was all alone! On the outside everything looked good. On the inside, all was horrific ( this family system). I was in a classic abusive situation. This is about power by that specific family member to destroy everything from the past family they were in. They skipped out on that previous family system, and headed quickly to another one; They made sure they were protected... I had no idea what I was walking into. I was innocent and thought I was wanted. Why would I not. These were brutal people. Sociopaths at its best. Ruthless in nature. On the outside everything looked better then good. No human qualities. Nothing! I was destroyed soon enough.
I did not know what was going on! Or why! I was destroyed, and did not know what to do or where to go! I was destroyed! Now what! I did not know what to do! At this point Im more PTSD based then before, and my mind is going out on me! I have been destroyed by criminals. Now what.
I ended up going through many more horrors. Thrown away, I wondered from house to house, place to place. I was destroyed and had no one; nothing! City to city!
I finally went completely insane... I had full dissociative disorder... I never had ( at the time) a way or place to know what was wrong. All I could do was wonder and get worse.
I developed into the equivalent of the bullies that destroyed me or scared me through violence and intimidation!
I have that monster in me! The waring personality traits of the sociopath! and this causes problems! especially dealing with people!
Im learning to let some of it go as my symptoms go down. Its very hard. I get close to people; I become PTSD based 200%!
The idea is remember! try to remember what I was like as a child! The goal is to work through the PTSD problems regardless of the outcome and loss of relationships from my past. It means, getting strong enough through support, to face the past and work through it. Or, not face it and work through it! come out on the other side as myself; alone. The alone part is what they took from me. They took the support. IF can get to a place of understanding; these were sociopaths that play this kind of game with people and never return; its not personal.
Most of my work on the past is; it wasn't personal! They never really knew me, they were out to destroy anything and anyone in there path! It wasn't personal, they never saw me or knew me! its Ok to sneak away and start over! and this scares the sh@t out of me!
I will be making my own decisions? with out permission from my past!
I was victimized by a bunch of criminals and now Ive turned into the criminal. The idea is to turn back into the original human being and not be a criminal!
How do I turn back into a criminal none criminal! I have to love it so! I have to let go of the power identification of criminal! Criminal means free! Thats part of the brain washing problem Ive boughten into. I have to buy myself out of this terror. Im not a real criminal; I have a nervous system set up as one.
Im like a sociopath in recovery! I have the same hardened nervous system. I have bought into the tough thing. Im tough.. this is the sociopathic conditioning.. the problem; real people would be horrified to be " tough" they would want nothing to do with it! they would gag at the idea of giving up their traditional upper life to become the equivalent of a gang member! The sociopath does not care regardless. And I have become this; now what!. I was pushed to far over the edge!
People like myself can't fight back; to sick! I would end up causing to much damage. Now what do I do!
I have been working on my recovery to find out what to do! I have made progress. I have a life time of progress to keep working on this stuff.
The original me was snuffed out! I can see the original me. I am displaced from the original me! I see the original me but cannot get at it, I am to scared, the outside environment is not set up for it, for me to cross that bridge back into self again. Im attempting to secure the ground in front of me that I make that journey outside of myself! Others will not help! they have contempt and little else.
I have to learn to work through them ( contempt filled people)! by pass them.. They scare me and I don't want to admit it! I have contempt for them! I think Im better then they, better then everyone, and I don't have the guts to show it! Im afraid of what they will do or think. I see them as weak and want to attack them as scum bags.
I have allot of work to do if Im going to get self back! And live once more. It is brutal hard long work! slow work, one inch at a time!
Its hard to get the core to trust or not be scared or feel scared! I have no control of whats going on outside of me! I have been ran over by scum bags and I like it. Now I have joined them out of fear of having no place to go!
I would like to go other places but I would be completely alone! and I don't want that, I would kill myself! and no one cares either way. I would care I guess.
I guess Im trying to survive. But that is a cowards way out! I would rather fight! But that won't work, and thats a cowards way out! The only way is forward, and this is strait into PTSD worlds! and Im caught and can't move or fight back! So its on my knees to God!
I have to learn to trust God! I have no place left to hide! I don't know anyone like me! Im a mix of several different social cultures!
Im trying to get back to being myself! the one I was humiliated out of! scared out of. Bullied out of. And I gave in! and I more then hate myself for it. I haven't forgiven myself for it. Ive become hardened, now Im the bully hardened victim.
There are plenty of scum bags in this society that works for the society and have responsible positions in this society that make them look white as a sheet with Gold. All criminals.
I am damaged goods and I have to keep working to bring the truth to light!
ITs about practice and not giving in!
I liked myself at one time in early life. I would like to like myself again! I was violated and never got over it! Im attempting to get over it and like myself again! Its a hardcore journey! I have to let go and let God!


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How to get there
Ramat Gan is bordering Tel Aviv ("the other side of the street") and can be found north east from Tel Aviv.
By Air
Most major airlines fly to Ben Gurion airport which is 20 km from Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan. There is train service between Ben Gurion airport.
There is another airport inside Tel Aviv but I don't think it serves international flights.
By Train
The Shenkar collage is in Ramat Gan, 10 minutes walk from the Arlzorov (or Savidor center) train station which is in Tel Aviv already.
A warning, public transportation is almost non-existent starting from Friday afternoon till Saturday evening. Plan accordingly.
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Hoopla (1983)
This rollicking novel of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal is a sort of hybrid of Ragtime, Eight Men Out & You Know Me, Al. Luther Pond, a sportswriter for William Randolph Hearst's New York Morning Journal, shares the narration with "Buck" Weaver. Between them they weave a tale that intersperses portraits of John L. Sullivan, Ty Cobb, Hearst, George M. Cohan, etc. (here's a description of Cobb: "watching him play, it was possible to speculate, in defiance of logic, that winning was not his only concern; that Ty Cobb was consumed by another, more primitive objective: to annihilate the egos of other men" ) with the story of how eight players on the best team in baseball came to participate in a scheme to lose a World Series.
For anyone who knows the story of the Black Sox, much of the book will be familiar, but there are some nice set pieces--especially the Jeffries/Johnson fight--& the world of newspapering & Yellow Journalism is as much a focus of the story as baseball.
Grade: (B+)
See also:Harry Stein (2 books reviewed)
Sports (Baseball)
-The Black Sox Scandal
-Shoeless Joe Jackson Virtual Hall of Fame
-ESSAY: The Smaller the Ball, the Better the Book: A Game Theory of Literature (George Plimpton, NY Times Book Review)
If you liked Hoopla, try:
Alexander, Charles
Asinof, Eliot
Creamer, Robert
Doctorow, E.L.
Greenberg, Eric Rolfe
Honig, Donald
Kinsella, W.P.
Lardner, Ring
Lieb, Fred
Matthewson, Christy
Ritter, Lawrence S.
Copyright 1998-2015 Orrin Judd


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David Bowie & Queen – Under Pressure:
Yes, the piggies are really squealing… Bill Gross made the grade by buying billions in bonds and then clamoring for a taxpayer bailout of his new assets; and don't forget Uncle Warren who recently earned a premier pigman membership as I described in my recent article Buffett Flips Again…
Often when writing my articles I refer to the term "pigmen," or in its singular form, "pigman." I want to make this term perfectly clear... Yes, it is a term meant to be a derogatory slam aimed primarily at the central bankers! In general the central bankers rule the world through the use of their fractional reserve, fiat, debt based interest bearing monetary system which does indeed sound very complex – so complex that you probably don't understand what I just said – and that is their point! But being the master of simple that I am, let me boil all that fancy jargon down to just two words for you now that everyone is so intimately familiar with them – wait for it… wait for it… okay, those two words are 1. Ponzi, and 2. scheme!..
Of course everyone credits Charles Ponzi with inventing the scheme whereby payouts of an "investment" are made from the money of the new investors. But, point-in-fact, this scheme was invented way before Charles Ponzi, Social Security, or even Bernie Madoff came on the scene. No, that games' been run for as long as central bankers have been in charge of money...
But forget about Ponzi for a while, when I look up the term "pigman" at Wikinateia offline, I find a picture of our own (now former) Secretary Treasurer and former CEO of Goldman Sachs, Hank Paulson who, in typical pigman fashion, sold debt based derivative products around the world while at the same time using his firm to place huge bets against the value of those very same derivative products. This is true! He had teams of salesmen that would travel the world selling their "wares" to unsuspecting municipalities, retirement funds, sovereign nations, and basically anyone who wanted higher yields and a "safe" investment vehicle. He even threw parties for his salesmen when they returned! For this, in the highest of pigman fashion, he personally reaps hundreds of millions in bonuses and gets appointed Secretary Treasurer of the United States where he is then allowed to pillage the Treasury and the taxes of future generations for the direct benefit of his personal fortune and those of his fellow pigmen (notice the use of both singular and plural uses of the word in one easy run-on sentence!). Yes, he definitely fits the term "pigman," and deserves an honorable pigman salute – Oink, Oink!
Of course if you follow my writing then you are well aware that the central or "Federal" banking system in the United States, and throughout much of the world, is not really "federal" at all – it's privately owned and controlled by the very top wealthy elite. It is they who are the puppet masters – their money literally rules the world. Those in upper reaches of political power cannot gain access to that power without their monetary backing. Usually their puppets are well trained and well behaved…
But every so often, one of these central banker puppets does a stinky "no-no" on the carpet for all to see and smell.
This brings us finally to Pigman Thain, who we learn, spent more than $1.2 million on office furniture last year as the CEO of Merrill, and was at the time of those much needed purchases, laying people off and getting ready for the disintegration of his company:
Bloomberg article
Thain Said to Pay $1.2 Million to Redecorate Office
By Peter S. Green
Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- John Thain, the former Merrill Lynch & Co. chief executive officer ousted today, spent $1.2 million redecorating his downtown Manhattan office last year as the company was firing employees, a person familiar with the project said.
Thain hired Los Angeles-based decorator Michael Smith, chosen by President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle to redecorate the White House, CNBC reported today. Thain paid Smith $837,000 and his purchases included $87,000 for area rugs, $25,000 for a pedestal table and $68,000 for a 19th century credenza, CNBC said.
"It is pretty surprising that John Thain would need to spend that much on a power office in this economy," said Sheila Bridges, a New York interior designer who decorated former President Bill Clinton's Harlem office. "I do hope the designer's fees were also included in that price tag."
Ha, ha… "designer fees!" At least he was using bubble money to keep someone employed – what a generous man. No wonder he was appointed CEO of Bank of America!
But wait… what's that pungent aroma wafting around pigman central? Was someone a bad little piggy and go poo, poo in public?
WSJ article
Merrill paid employee bonuses before sale to Bank of America
Despite Merrill reporting a massive loss of $21.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008, the report noted that the company had "set aside $15 billion for 2008 compensation
London: Collapsed banking entity Merrill Lynch accelerated the payment of bonuses to employees just days before closing its acquisition by the Bank of America, says a media report.
"Merrill Lynch took the unusual step of accelerating bonus payments by a month last year, doling out billions of dollars to employees just three days before the closing of its sale to Bank of America," the Financial Times has reported.
The daily pointed out that the timing is notable because the money was paid as Merrill's losses were mounting and Ken Lewis, BofA's Chief Executive, was seeking additional funds from the government's troubled asset recovery programme to help close the deal.
Last week, the US Federal government had pumped in another $20 billion into Bank of America mainly to absorb losses incurred from the buyout of Merrill.
This is in addition to $25 billion which it ploughed each into Bank of America and Merrill last year, respectively.
Despite Merrill reporting a massive loss of $21.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008, the report noted that the company had "set aside $15 billion for 2008 compensation…
Ha, ha, hardy, har, har!
So, let's see if I got that right… basically, Thain and fellow Merrill Lynch executives paid themselves more than $15 billion in bonuses during a year that Merrill LOST a staggering $21.5 billion! Ha, ha! Pee, yew… that's some stinky poo, poo! The smell of it surrounds you…
And that's not even the really funny part. No, the punch line is Paulson convincing Washington D.C. to bail them all out with YOUR money! Now that's like scene right out of "Pulp Fiction!"
Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell:


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The legendary "French" onion soup may give the impression of chic "La Femme" demurely sipping hot soup from fine china bowls and sterling soup spoons, but in actuality, French onion soup origins began with cheap laborers in the Lyons silk industry. The inexpensive and easily found ingredients are what made this soup so affordable and comforting after working an 18 hour day looming the heavy silk attire that French men and women dreamed of impressing each other with.
So, the next time you enjoy a hot fresh bowl of French onion soup, just remember that this recipe was intended to soothe and relax the hard workers in your home. Put up your feet, take a deep breath, and enjoy this moment of cozy comfort that was meant just for you.
Here's another treasured Instagram recipe. Have a great day! Marlene
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It is 45 years ago that man first walked on the moon. Since then research in the field of traveling and living in space has taken a huge leap. We have also witnessed that humans can live for longer periods of time in space, for instance at the International Space Station (ISS).
For this Special Edition, we have interviewed Arno Wielders, co-founder of the Mars One. He shares with us his view on future possibilities with respect to space travel and living in outer space.
We have also selected below 12 scientific articles from ScienceDirect that are relevant to these developments. They are all free to access until 31 December, 2014.
The next big leap?
The Mars One mission, a not-for-profit foundation, aims at establishing a permanent human settlement on Mars. Crews of four astronauts will depart every two years, starting in 2024. The first unmanned mission will be launched in 2018.
Not only it is a daring and ambitious venture, the public is heavily involved – in acquiring funding and in recruiting and selecting of the first Mars settlers. From the 200.000 applicants interested in becoming Mars settlers, 705 candidates remain after the first selection round in May. Five to ten crews of four people will make the first mission and there will be additional crews for the flights after. People will not pay for their flights; they become part of Mars One.
Interview with Mars One Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer Arno Wielders.
Biological effects of space radiation and development of effective countermeasures
Ann R. Kennedy
Life Sciences in Space Research, Volume 1, April 2014
Validation of CO 4th positive radiation for Mars entry
A.M. Brandis, C.O. Johnston, B.A. Cruden, D.K. Prabhu, A.A. Wray, Y. Liu, D.W. Schwenke, D. Bose
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Volume 121, May 2013
Analysis of some Earth, Moon and Mars samples in terms of gamma ray energy absorption buildup factors: Penetration depth, weight fraction of constituent elements and photon energy dependence
Murat Kurudirek, Bekir Dogan, Yüksel Özdemir, Anderson Camargo Moreira, Carlos Roberto Appoloni
Radiation Physics and Chemistry, Volume 80, Issue 3, March 2011
A new conceptual design approach for habitative space modules
C. Burattini, F. Bisegna, F. Gugliermetti, M. Marchetti
Acta Astronautica, Volume 97, April–May 2014
The evaluation of upper body muscle activity during the performance of external chest compressions in simulated hypogravity
Rebecca G. Krygiel, Abigail B. Waye, Rafael Reimann Baptista, Gustavo Sandri Heidner, Lucas Rehnberg, Thais Russomano
Life Sciences in Space Research, Volume 1, April 2014
A high-performance ground-based prototype of horn-type sequential vegetable production facility for life support system in space
Yuming Fu, Hui Liu, Lingzhi Shao, Minjuan Wang, Yu A. Berkovich, A.N. Erokhin, Hong Liu
Advances in Space Research, Volume 52, Issue 1, 1 July 2013
Entry, Descent and Landing
Powered-descent trajectory optimization scheme for Mars landing
Rongjie Liu, Shihua Li, Xisong Chen, Lei Guo
Advances in Space Research, Volume 52, Issue 11, 1 December 2013
Interplanetary spacecraft navigation using pulsars
X.P. Deng, G. Hobbs, X.P. You, M.T. Li, M.J. Keith, R.M. Shannon, W. Coles, R.N. Manchester, J.H. Zheng, X.Z. Yu, D. Gao, X. Wu, D. Chen
Advances in Space Research, Volume 52, Issue 9, 1 November 2013
Life Support Systems
Biological filter capable of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification for Aquatic Habitat in International Space Station
H. Uemoto, T. Shoji, S. Uchida
Life Sciences in Space Research, Volume 1, April 2014
Key ecological challenges for closed systems facilities
Mark Nelson, William F. Dempster, John P. Allen
Advances in Space Research, Volume 52, Issue 1, 1 July 2013
Improvements in and actual performance of the Plant Experiment Unit onboard Kibo, the Japanese experiment module on the international space station
Sachiko Yano, Haruo Kasahara, Daisuke Masuda, Fumiaki Tanigaki, Toru Shimazu, Hiromi Suzuki, Ichirou Karahara, Kouichi Soga, Takayuki Hoson, Ichiro Tayama, Yoshikazu Tsuchiya, Seiichiro Kamisaka
Advances in Space Research, Volume 51, Issue 5, 1 March 2013
Space Policy
Rethinking public–private space travel
Chad Anderson
Space Policy, Volume 29, Issue 4, November 2013


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First Look: Castle finds his father... but loses his daughter?On Monday's episode of Castle (10/9c, ABC), the first of a two-parter, the mystery writer-turned-NYPD consultant will be challenged like never before. After a mysterious hit-and-run murder leads Castle ( Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Stana Katic) to uncover the kidnapping of a wealthy young heiress, Castle realizes his daughter Alexis (Molly Quinn) has also been taken. What is Alexis' connection to the case? And what do the kidnappers want? Those are both questions Castle can't answer alone. Enter FBI Agent Harris (guest star Dylan Walsh), an even-keeled investigator who helps Castle and Beckett in their search for the kidnappers.
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This is Part 19 of the El Hierro Volcano eruption report
Some of this info is also posted into our Facebook Volcano Page – Google+ Volcanoes – Google+ Volcanoes and earthquakes
With the collaboration of Joke Volta, an El Hierro resident
"Volcano Only" twitter : @VolcanoReport - 3 in 1 WEBCAM page – El Hierro Picasa Web Album
Read also: Scientific paper reveals massive historic Tenerife volcano flank collapse
Read also: Economic impact on El Hierro and the Canary Islands if an aerial eruption would occur
Read also: Part 1 (from July 28 until early September)
Read also: Part 2 (from September 25 until October 10 )
Read also: Part 3 (from October 11 until October 13 )
Read also: Part 4 (from October 14 until October 17 )
Read also: Part 5 (from October 18 until October 21 )
Read also: Part 6 (from October 22 until October 26 )
Read also: Part 7 (from October 27 until October 31 )
Read also: Part 8 (from November 1 until November 3)
Read also: Part 9 (from November 4 until November 6)
Read also: Part 10 (from November 7 until November 8)
Read also: Part 11 (from November 9 until November 11)
Read also: Part 12 (from November 12 until November 15)
Read also: Part 13 (from November 16 until November 19)
Read also: Part 14 (from November 20 until November 23)
Read also: Part 15 (from November 24 until November 27)
Read also: Part 16 (from November 28 until December 2)
Read also: Part 17 (from December 3 until December 7)
Read also: Part 18 (from December 8 until December 11)
Read also: Part 19 (from December 12 until December 15)
Update 15/12 - 23:55 UTC
One of the people posting a comment in Shipspotting.com, a specialized shipping blog had the following comment on the hanging around location of the C Whale last night :
"the most likely scenario is awaiting orders. The tanker market is very poor at the moment and has been for several months. It's certainly not unusual in such circumstances for ships to hang around in the same area doing nothing for weeks, sometimes months on end. The area around the Canary islands is geographically important in this respect as it's on the junction of major seaways and means that vessels can go East or West easily should orders come in"
Data Update 15/12 - 23:21 UTC
No more earthquakes and a collapse of harmonic tremor at approx. 18:00. The subsiding process started at 13:00 UTC when we saw a period of limited less energized bursts (could be seen on the webcam). It picked up a little bit in the late afternoon to subside almost to 0 around 20:15. At 20:40 we had a new (limited burst) lasting 8 minutes and since then the signal has been stabilized. Another indication of subsiding activity is the lack of bursts during the last several hours.
In a short interview Joke Volta had with Carmen Lopez from IGN earlier today, Mrs. Lopez reiterated that the decision of delegating the nightly surveillance to Madrid had been taken because seismicity (earthquakes) had almost completely stopped and because harmonic tremor was more or less stabilized. The current data analysis showed a stabilization or even subsiding eruption. As far as the signals are this evening the volcano seems to obey and the eruption has drastically subsided.
It might have been a collapse of the vent, as it occurred a number of other times, but during the past processes the earthquakes picked up soon after the collapse. As there is still a remaining signal at the moment the eruption is continuing at a far lower almost survival level (Christmas and New Year holidays vacation ?).
The following hours and days will be decisive for this eruption. If enough magma pressure is left to reopen the vent the activity may increase again. (to be followed)
Update 15/12 - 18:51 UTC
Joka Volta images of the day - If you want to see them in full size, click on an image
Data Update 15/12 - 15:30 UTC
- NO earthquakes since midnight below or around El Hierro
- OGN has a 1.7 earthquake listed, but the epicenter is located in between Tenerife and Gran Canaria, nothing exceptional
- People living at the Canary Islands looking regularly on the islands seismographs might see the signals of the M 6.3 earthquake at the Kermadec Island (Pacific Ocean) showing up on the seismogram (after 10:10 UTC).
- at 15:40 UTC the vent surface waters showed renew Champagne activity (lot of bubbles)
- harmonic tremor continues to be above medium with regular powerful hydromagmatic bursts (they are sometimes felt in La Restinga)
Update 15/12 - 15:00 UTC - Why a ship ?
- As you all know IGN almost immediately said that is was a boat. The reason why will be explained a little later in an interview we will publish from Joke Volta with Carmen Lopez, chief scientist of IGN at El Hierro.
- People of El Pinar went to the viewpoint and said also "it is 'probably' a boat".
- Joke talked to a number of people and they said that they had seen a boat at sunset at the Lighthouse horizon of the Las Calmas sea.
- Next, Joke looked with her binoculars from El Pinar high above the sea and could see some lights at the horizon.
As Joke knows the location of the vent very well, she was more or less convinced that it could not have been the vent but what else than a boat. The location of the webcams is totally different as they are installed on a hill near La Restinga. We @ ER started looking into to real time navigation maps, but we could not detect a ship to the south of El Hierro.
- This morning she saw this boat again and she started looking in the internet for the name and position. She made a picture this morning and indicated the different positions she saw it (see image below).
- Paul, a ER reader traced the boat this morning on Marinetraffic.com and on http://www.localizatodo.com . The ship was recognized as the C-Whale (see picture below). Paul also said that the only reason we have not seen this ship on the map during the evening and nightly hours must have been that it had switched off his transponders. Why ? Why was it hanging around in that area ? What was he burning ? It does not look like they had a barbecue on board - . Nobody knows.
All other questions (easy to come up with more than 5 immediately) will never be solved.
Once again thanks to all for cooperating on this issue. This story has now been finalized (at least for earthquake-report.com).
The nightly burning boat 🙂 - the final word of a volcanologist
Hmmm. I have carefully watched the videos of the strange lights recorded by the web cams on the evening of 14 December, and I am more than ever convinced that they are absolutely NOT related to volcanic activity, take a volcanologist's word for it. The way the lights are moving from about 02:30 min in the second (shorter) of the night videos is clearly indicative of a ship. There's no way in the physical word that incandescent rock will remain persistently incandescent when it's in the middle of water, any piece of incandescent rock would be chilled and lose its incandescence at least on the surface.
Boris Behncke from the INGV-Osservatorio Etneo, Catania
Thanks all of our readers for having seen these lights/fire, reporting them at an early stage and joining the investigation/ debate. IGN has hundreds of observers all over the world to look over her shoulders to this ongoing eruption.
Update 15/12 - 08:04 UTC
PEVOLCA will stop its 24 hours surveillance in La Restinga but the Center for Permanent Care (CAP) will stay open at La Restinga from 08:00 until 20:00 daily. In between 20:00 and 08:00, people will have the possibility to call a guard able to give answers to most questions or urgencies. Pevolca (based on the data delivered from IGN) says that there is NO indication the the process is deteriorating or is becoming more dangerous. IGN reported the eruption process to be stabilized.
Pevolca also said that if whatever new indication of a reactivation will be noticed, they will return to 24 hour surveillance instantly. The decision has no influence on the alert levels currently in place at the Island (yellow alert at the entire island and red alert in a radius around the Las Calmas sea vent).
Earthquake-Report.com who follows the eruption process from the very beginning confirms that the IGN prognosis have always been right until now, although it was often criticized. The alerts were initially called for the landslide risks and the weak to moderate earthquakes in the El Golfo and Puerto Naos areas and as it was not sure in which area the volcano would show up (since the beginning of the eruption on October 10, there were never other vents localized except the line of the current vent (multiple vents at the beginning of November along the Naos coast). (source Joke Volta and the local press)
Data Update 15/12 - 07:59 UTC
- NO earthquakes since midnight
- very strong rise in general harmonic tremor at 01:21 UTC tonight. 40 minutes later back to medium. Bursts as intensive and as much as yesterday. Longest bursts lasted almost 10 minutes
- vent outlet is very defined this morning due to the strong westerly current
- IGN said yesterday that some bursts of harmonic tremor are being felt by local people in La Restinga
- stain as usual
The day after 🙂 - thank you to be reading us again
Update 15/12 - 01:21 UTC
Marinetraffic.com had NO ships in the area : http://marinetraffic.com/ais/
Update 15/12 - 01:17 UTC
As promised before, another slower time lapse video of Julio. The same remarks as below. It is strong for believers and non-believers. Only an interview with the webcam operator might give a clue on what he saw.
Update 14/12 - 23:43 UTC - Tonight's Julio del Castillo Vivero time lapse
Some comment : the time lapse speeds too much to sea what we have seen on the live webcam, in other words - smoke, flares, etc. Julio will make another much slower time lapse from 19:30 until 20:30. The mystery will certainly remain, but we will share with you all what we possibly can notice, record, describe etc.
Reports from tonight are mentioning a ship at the horizon navigating towards the west, but the floating we see on the screen moves to the east and at a quite strong speed, not like a slowly moving ship at the horizon, unless it was very close to the vent (but the 4 km radius is still maintained).
Webcam was still zoomed like it was during sunset
Some reference points
19:45:14 - 3 red points are showing up at the horizon, the middle one being the strongest These red points are showing up a little higher than the active vent, but horizontally right on the vent location !
18:48:26 - 58' - The operator seems to move the camera and is zooming out completely, probably because he must have seen the lights in the background !
19:52:09 - a light spot is showing up in the middle of the screen (still have to check wether this location is the vent location when zoomed out)
19:54:18 - the light point extinguishes when the webcam operator is starting to search the light spot
19:57:04 - operator found 3 light on top of the cam (zoomed in) (middle one is green!)
20:01:12 - operator tries to get ab better focus on the spot
20:02;16 operator is zooming in on the 3 points
20:04:24 - he has now a position with 1 burning piece at the right of the screen and keeps his position - the other burning pieces are slowly gliding into the screen capture
20:12:42 - these are far more than 3 pieces - on this point we see 4 pieces
Why is the burning material floating to the left (east) ? The probable truth : the current, remember this is a zoomed camera point
20:22:43 - very irregular combustion from the different pieces
20:35:47 - 2 middle pieces are extinguished
Update 14/12 - 23:19 UTC - Time lapse to come soon
We are currently analyzing the time lapse video Julio del Castillo Vivero has recorded. It will be probably online in about 15 minutes. Just a little more patience
Update 14/12 - 22:43 UTC - Recap
At this moment it it still a big mystery. 2 main scenarios are currently floating around, but none of the 2 can be proved !
a) The IGN / El Pinar people who went to Naos mountain (viewpoint) who said it was a ship, but they said they still were not 100% sure ! Which ship ? Where did it go to ? Why was it allowed in the NO-NAVIGATE radius ? Why did the boat had multiple fires on his deck (a comment suggested that is was a fisherman using an old fishing method)
A lot of questions remain. They may have get the answers, but we do not know them.
b) the hundreds of people from the Canary Islands and from around the world who were all convinced seeing "burning material". When we at earthquake-report.com started to look at the webcam we saw no lights on the village webcam, but we saw many chunks of burning material at the right side of the screen. The material was behaving like we would have expect to see it if it burned. Why ? In order to get fire, the triangle of fire has to be present = oxygen (material coming from the sea floor vent gets oxygen when it arrives at the surface) + a burning material (the chunks coming to float on the sea may have had enough remaining material to burn) + high enough temperature to ignite = fire.
During the burning process the many blocks were certainly not controlled as the combustion process was very irregular, sometimes with powerful flares and the smoke could well be seen.
The gradually "boat alike" floating of some pieces (the other were extinguished in the meantime) can have been generated by the sea currents (who can sea which current we had around 8 PM UTC ?). Additionally we have proof of the webcam videos showing what people have seen and the se images can very well be analyzed by the scientist
c) a well prepared joke from the webcam people
Update 14/12 - 22:06 UTC
The Telefonica Cabildo webcam has been zoomed out so that the harbour lights can be seen. The earlier image was a very unstable zoomed image.
No more news from the officials, we are sure that they are still discussing about what happened and nothing can be excluded at the moment.
There are different theories possible. The so called ship navigating to the left can also be a sea current carrying the floating material into a certain direction (to the left / east in this case).
Update 14/12 - 22:04 UTC
If you feel betrayed on what happened tonight, there are also local people who are still discussing about it. Believers and non-believers @ Avcan for example.
Update 14/12 - 21:44 UTC
Those people who have seen the burning material in the beginning (like us) saw many blocks sometimes almost exploding (flares). Diana, a reader has videotaped this early fragment and the doubt is there again ! This does not look like a ship, but we do not know what it is.
We cannot embed it, but here is the link to the video (taped from the webcam).
Of course it can still be a very well prepared joke ...
Update 14/12 - 20:53 UTC
The El Pinar authority people are now on the Naos mountain (best overview point). Joke just got a message stating "In principle it is a ship but it should still be confirmed" - You have to admit, this is better than TV 🙂
Update 14/12 - 20:53 UTC - burning material is a hoax, in other words a ship.
Joke just cell phoned me that the people going to check it say that it is an ship (un barco).
Also we are thinking now that it is a ship (what is this ship doing there ???). Reason : the lights are just moving to the left at a steady pace. So, we are 95% sure that Joke just told us the truth.
Overreacting, yes and no.
Our many readers were sending comments and so many other people also saw the lights on the webcam. The image was convincing as one could see many patches of flames in the ocean. What we found strange at the beginning is that the village webcam had NO fires only with a lot of very faint points of light.
IGN (Carmen Lopez) was very right from the very beginning.
Joke told us a little earlier that some people had seen a ship at the lighthouse earlier tonight (these things are being told now).
Our advise to those people feeling betrayed by what happened , take it positive : Pevolca may be sure from now on that a lot of people (everyone following what happens around the volcano) are taking care of El Hierro by looking frequently at the webcam.
Update 14/12 - 20:53 UTC
Joke just told us that IGN expect it to be a ship. Jesus, from El Pinar safety and a few other people are heading for the Naos mountain to check whether it is really burning material. We appreciate them doing that.
We do not think that the current phenomena is dangerous, even when it is burning material (there is skilled personnel enough at El Pinar and at La Restinga to make this kind of prognoses).
Update 14/12 - 18:50 UTC
Especially for those people who missed it today, a small time lapse we made ourselves showing the action around 17:00. Probably a better one from Julio will be published later on (in that case we will delete this one).
Update 14/12 - 18:37 UTC
Reader Peter van der Woude commented on this article and we are happy to include his slightly colored today's NASA MODIS picture in the main article.
Update 14/12 - 12:54 UTC
- Apart from the nightly observations, the jacuzzi this morning and the wide stain still to be viewed, nothing extraordinary has happened since a couple of hours.
- The depth of the 04:02 earthquake in the El Golfo area, who originally was quoted at 2 km has been updated by IGN to 21 km, a normal depth for these earthquakes.
- The jacuzzi is still very well visible on the RTVC webcam, but the glare will take over in about an hour. Let's enjoy the beautiful colors of La Restinga and the Las Calmas sea today ...
- The La Restinga air analysis values are back to normal since a couple of hours
- Harmonic tremor and bursts continue with the same pattern
- Julio del Castillo Vivero made another time lapse video of this mornings activity (combined with the harmonic tremor graph). Time of recording : between 10.34 - 11.34 GMT/UTC
Update 14/12 - 11:08 UTC
There is some disbelief for the nightly glowing lights ! Some people are saying that it might have been an airplane or a boat. We, at the other hand are "believers", which means that we do not believe in every other source then emitted material unless Sasemar, Involcan, Avcan or any other group does say that they have been with a boat on the vent.
Update 14/12 - 11:00 UTC - Joke Volta early morning images
Except from taking pictures at the Naos mountain (she was a little disappointed after being alarmed by us that smoking lava may be seen), Joke also went to La Restinga ( she had to walk the distance -luckily downhill) and could find out that the Sasemar, an airplane seemingly used to observe the volcano at night probably did not fly because it was under maintenance.
Update 14/12 - 10:44
The RTVC webcam is working again. It shows an astonishing wide gray stain, which will be probably better seen on the satellite picture within a couple of hours. The active area can be divided into 2 parts : a) in the front strong stirring and b) a little higher in the webcam the champagne bubbles like we saw yesterday.
Update 14/12 - 10:03
Have we said something wrong ? Only the Ustream webcam seems to work this morning.
Update 14/12 - 09:39 - Why ?
As observers from the very beginning we have a number of questions for the authorities. We are sure that we will get no answers but we will phrase them nevertheless
- why are the Guardia Civil helicopters not flying anymore ?
- why are sea water temperatures not published ?
- why have the oceanographic vessels disappeared ?
- why do we have no more water sampling by coast guard boats ?
- why is the RTVC webcam not operating from daylight (he is not yet active now)
- why is the eruption webcam not zoomed properly
A few remarks on the paragraph "Why?" posted on 14 December 2011, 09:39 h.
Why are there no helicopter flights and research ships any more in the eruption area? The answer is very simple: because they cost A LOT OF MONEY. And since the eruption does not appear to be very dangerous as it is, no one is interested in spending money just for the curiosity of a few scientists and volcano aficionados. Especially now that we're in the midst of a massive economic crisis, with Spain being among the countries most severely affected … I can tell you first-hand, being an employee at the institution responsible for the monitoring of the Italian volcanoes – the INGV – that we haven't seen much helicopter support during the past few years due to budget cuts, even this year with a lot of activity at Etna and Stromboli going on. Unless there's proof that it's very dangerous, you'll not see a lot of funding these days for such costy enterprises such as helicopter flights and scientific ship cruises.
Why are the webcams not functioning well or not at all? Because those who are responsible for maintenance are either not getting paid to do extra work (I suppose they have plenty of other work to do in their everyday lives) or they are not interested, or a combination of both. Why do much effort just to see a few bubbles, a bit of dirty water and maybe every now and then a wisp of vapor, what's all the hype about that?
Why is a lot of data not being made public? Well that's how things work in a scientist's life: there's some institution funding you, in the case of the Italian INGV it's mostly the Italian Civil Defense, and THEY want the data first-hand. So that's basically what you produce them for (besides your personal academic curiosity, if you have enough idealism left). Then, scientists like at the IGN and at the INGV, have to think twice about what to do about their data. For many of us, making a step forward in our careers depends heavily on scientific publications – "publish or perish" is the motto, and that does not mean publication on a free web site for the satisfaction of some volcano enthusiasts, but publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals. So if you are a scientist like me or many of the colleagues working on the El Hierro eruption, you'll probably save your best data and information for scientific publications, which unfortunately take a long time to go through review and editorial processes, and nearly always require uncomfortably high fees for the download of an article of a journal's web site.
These are unfortunately the very clear answers to "Why?" – I fear that unless we see something dramatic and visibly threatening, we'll have to content ourselves with what is offered, which – after all – is still a tremendous amount of information in near real-time compared to what the media offered to me when I got interested in volcanoes back in 1973
Boris Behncke from the INGV-Osservatorio Etneo, Catania
Update 14/12 - 09:01
- The Ustream webcam shows an active wave area who is far bigger than the preceding days.
- Harmonic tremor is VERY strong at the moment. Some bursts are lasting 5 minutes or more
- The new 09:00 air analysis values are the following :
SO2 decrease to 6
NO2 increase to 9
NOX increase to 18
The reason might be local (not necessarily the volcano emitted gases)
Important Update 14/12 - 08:21
The air analysis station shows some changes at 08:00
Update 14/12 - 08:05 UTC
The eruption webcam shows (smoking material or vapor) this morning !
Data Update 14/12 - 07:44 UTC
- At 04:02 UTC an earthquake occurred at a depth of only 2 km ! in the El Golfo bay. Click here to see the map with the epicenter. This may be a totally new development if this happens again. The distance to the coast is approx. 5 km (thats the good news). The earthquake has NOT altered the hydromagmatic explosions in the Las Calmas sea.
- Harmonic tremor is still medium with slightly less bursts, although these bursts remain very powerful. Update : IGN has updated this value later in the day to 21 km
Very Important Update 14/12 - 06:40 UTC
Julio was not resting before he was certain that the light he recorded wasn't traced back to the exact location. He superposed two images and scaled them so it would coincide with the port location and position. The effect is amazing. The flashlight really came from the vent and because of the distance it must have been a couple of meters high. Of course it can still be a boat, but we do not believe in that scenario as Julio looked at the other recordings later and NO boat was seen in the area (at least no boat lights). Julio will check his recordings during the morning hours to find out if new similar events might have occurred. The light must have been meters high based on the distance from the webcam (the webcam was not zoomed at the time).
Hot glowing material seen just before midnight ??
Julio del Castillo Vivero surprised us by uploading a short video recorded just before midnight
The video is showing after 11 seconds some object lighting up in the sea and a couple of seconds later another one lighting up. Is it a boat ?? We don't think so, especially the second object shows a light which is extinguishing smoothly.
And the glowing material make sense if we see the very powerful burst just before midnight (graph below the video)
Update 13/12 - 23:40 UTC
- At 15:59 the Canary Islands Security committee (Pevolca) has published a press report on the situation on December 12. Nothing new there. Compressed they are telling that the eruption process continues as can be seen on the harmonic tremor. The tremor amplitude got a little stronger but became more irregular + the rest has been described in this article. Pevolca is publishing what everybody can see but is giving seldom an explanation for what is happening like the champagne jacuzzi today.
Pevolca never comments on what is happening the same day unless they have an urgent meeting.
- At the time of writing this update still NO new earthquakes
- At the time of writing this update harmonic tremor is medium and the bursts are very regular at a pace of about 7 per hour (every 5 to 10 minutes)
Update 13/12 - 19:15 UTC
A new 4'48" Julio del Castillo Vivero time lapse video. The original images have been altered to bring up detail of the steam coming out of the water (ER : water vapor not a volcanic cloud) . Time Lapse comprehending the period between 16.35 - 17.32 GMT/UTC With water bubbling and 'jacuzzi' style at El Mar de las Calmas, near La Restinga, El Hierro.
Update 13/12 - 17:21 UTC
People still looking at the eruption webcam can see clearly the drifting water vapor .
To prove our case, we have been increasing the contrast of the Telefonica Cabildo Eruption webcam image and below is the result. Above the active jacuzzi you can see the foggy water vapor, below the Las Calmas sea without the steam.
Update 13/12 - 15:50 UTC
Those looking at the webcam have the daily difficulty of the backlight of the sun. Nevertheless the eruption jacuzzi, champagne area can still be seen very well on the Cabildo Eruption webcam.
Update 13/12 - 15:34 UTC
A REMARKABLE 3 minute Julio del Castillo Vivero Time Lapse video comprehending the period between 12.42 - 13.42 GMT/UTC With water bubbling and 'jacuzzi' style at El Mar de las Calmas, near La Restinga, El Hierro. Julio combined 3 different elements with each other a) the image of the RTVC webcam (which has no clock !) b) a clock he connected himself to the video and c) the harmonic tremor graph from IGN. The combination of the tremor graph and the webcam image has not been published anywhere else as far as we know. Congratulations to Julio.
Update 13/12 - 13:34 UTC
Currently another interesting feature can be followed on the webcam(s) - see image below
We think, but we are nor sure for 100%, that the current activity above the vent looks like degassing bubbles, which means if this process continues from now on that the bubbles of the vent gas expansion reach the surface.
To make our case, we have been surfing on the internet and came out at the activity of the Eifuku volcano located at the Mariana Islands arc. The activity of the volcano was videotaped by the Ropos rov (Remotely Operated submarine Vehicle). The vent of the volcano was in this case 1350 meter below sea level. A similar kind of activity may be the case here. The images below are courtesy vulkaner.no. People who want to find out more about these pictures can click on the vulkaner.no link.
Data Update 13/12 - 13:25 UTC
As we told you yesterday, Joke felt that she had to take the bus from El Pinar to La Restinga enabling her to take pictures from the Las Calmas sea and surroundings. The series below are very beautiful. Unfortunately there was other weather today than yesterday (a cloud deck) and our experiment to show the vent making clouds has not succeeded today. One picture in the series shows however a low cloud forming above the vent. It might have been also in this case purely coincidence :). If you want to see the pictures in full format, please click in the main picture screen.
Data Update 13/12 - 13:15 UTC
It is very unfortunate that the Guardia Civil helicopter is not flying above the vent anymore. It would enabled us to compare the present jacuzzi with the earlier ones. Reader Penny did send us a Cabildo Telefonica webcam capture of bulging water this morning.
- the jacuzzi is keeping his strength
- still NO earthquakes
- the tremor signal seems to have subsided a little unless IGN did some rescaling of the graph. Bursts are less frequent than this morning and yesterday.
Update 13/12 - 10:21 UTC - A round of honor to the players in the field
We remind our readers that what we witness right now at El Hierro is unprecedented volcano reporting in modern times. A Submarine volcano gradually growing from the sea floor to the surface. Thanks to the data of IGN, IEO and CSIC, the great images and videos from INVOLCAN, ITER and the GUARDIA CIVIL HELICOPTERES , the lively discussions and guiding in Spanish from AVCAN and in English from Jonfr and Volcanocafe , the webcams of the El Hierro Cabildo and Telefonica, RTVC and the Canary Island government and the El Pinar authority, the time lapse videos from Julio del Castillo Vivero, some internet sites (ER is only one of them) and last but not least the support of our volunteers, Joke Volta and Ian Carson, a submarine volcano has never been documented so much. We thank all of them on behalf of the thousands of daily readers following this volcano birth in the earthquake-report.com website.
Update 13/12 - 10:21 UTC
- The RTVC webcam is showing a very turbulent Jacuzzi activity. The hydromagmatic bursts are having a growing impact on the surface waters and more than once the water is bulging.
Update 13/12 - 09:49 UTC
- Joke is still taking pictures at montaña Naos of this mornings cloud, jacuzzi and stain. The weather conditions are however totally different than yesterday, so we think that yesterdays vapor clouds may not be present today.
- As expected, a VERY large and powerful Jacuzzi this morning. How do we see this ? During the last couple of weeks the Telefonica Cabildo webcam had to zoom into the jacuzzi sometimes beyond the buoy (laid there a couple of weeks ago). In todays image the webcam had to zoom out to be able to get an image of the extended jacuzzi. The jacuzzi activity is growing every day
Data Update 13/12 - 06:25 UTC
- NO earthquakes
- Medium harmonic tremor with periods of strong bursts and periods of lesser bursts
Data Update 12/12 - 22:22 UTC
INVOLCAN new CO² data shows a considerable further decrease. On December 5 the amount of carbon dioxide amounted to 1560 ton daily, yesterday 978 tons.
Data Update 12/12 - 21:21 UTC
Lets talk something serious now :
- NO earthquakes today
- Medium harmonic tremor with bursts every 5 to 10 minutes (hydromagmatic activity - see link to paper below). This happened all the day long - see graph.
Update 12/12 - 21:00 UTC
A great time lapse video from Julio del Castillo Vivero combining the webcam, the time and the IGN graph
Update 12/12 -19:29 UTC
First of all we like to stress that we NEVER said that the discussed clouds have a Volcanic origin. They are definitely not.
Almost all of our readers are commenting that the wind was blowing from the North East, which we also confirm. What we were telling in this series of updates was very controversial as we claim that the contrary is happening with the vent clouds. We also have a hard time to believe it, but we can only report what we see.
Tonight when it was getting darker we were focusing on the Telefonica Village webcam and followed the cloud forming very carefully. Exactly the same phenomena was occurring. The main clouds (big white patches) where blowing to the South West, but a lower faint cloud deck was forming with origin in the vent and moving to the north East.
PS : we are not making this up to attract attention. We do not need to become another site than we always have been !
Update 12/12 -18:21 UTC
Earthquake-report.com comment on our prior updates : We NEVER said that this was a scientific proof. We referred to the COINCIDENCE of a number of visual effects. We are following in this site common accepted theories, ONLY this kind of activity has not been documented so much. We don't believe it ourselves at the beginning of our reporting, but taking into account the following different data, we still have reasonable doubt whether it is true or not
- a vent who is gradually growing
- a big stirring Jacuzzi in the Las Calmas sea
- clear skies this morning at the southern coast
- the Modis satellite image showing the cloud
- the narrow source of this cloud in the vent
- Joke Volta's image which she took early this morning showing ONLY cloud forming above the vent
The proof of the pudding will come tomorrow morning if the same weather conditions / activity of the vent will be present
It would be a lot easier when INVOLCAN made the temperature scan of the vent waters.
Al Hierro lava formations - All images courtesy Henar Bravo
Update 12/12 -16:38 UTC
Until now ALMOST NOBODY believes that this cloud might be originating from the vent, a lot of non-believer theories are circulating but so far nobody could explain the combination of the clouds on Joke's pictures / the MODIS satellite image and the strong activity of the water this morning. The coincidence layer is getting thinner and thinner. A temperature scan of the surface waters of the vent by the Guardia Civil helicopter / Involcan would certainly solve this discussion.
Update 12/12 -16:17 UTC
The image below has been taken this morning in between 08:00 and 09:00 this morning by Joke Volta when she drove with the bus from El Pinar to La Restinga. In search for proof of the NASA MODIS satellite picture, we found this image to exactly proof what is going on. The grey spot on the picture is the main vent and the cloud forming is starting just above the vent blowing to the left.
Update 12/12 -14:58 UTC
The amazing NASA Satellite MODIS picture taken at 11:55 UTC this morning (3 hours ago) is showing a cloud blowing towards El Hierro (starting at the location of the main vent). Even we do not believe it ! Is must be a coincidence and if not than we have detected the steaming vent waters. The image cannot have been 'photoshopped' as it has been extracted directly from the NASA website . The distance of the source of the cloud (narrow beginning) is approx. the same as the distance from La Restinga to the vent. Coincidence ???
If the MODIS image is what we think it is, that will mean that the water surface temperature has risen a lot to be able to create this amount of vapor. At least the vapor cannot be noticed on the webcam images. An infra-red webcam would have solved this problem immediately.
(Thanks to Julio del Castillo Vivero for sending us the NASA link).
Update 12/12 -13:57 UTC
- As we are currently in a submarine eruption phase with hydromagmatic bursts, we have searched and found a scientific study about such action. In 1984 Kenneth H. Wohletz and Robert McQueen from the USA Los Alamas National Laboratory wrote a paper with the title : "Experimental Studies of Hydromagmatic Volcanism". We encourage people who want to learn more details about the current phenomena, to read (at least some parts) of this article.
Update 12/12 -13:31 UTC
- Since this article grew too long (once again), parts 15 and 16 have been created as separate articles. See links above.
Update 12/12 -11:39 UTC
- The Telefonica Eruption webcam is by far the best this morning. The webcam shows intense stirring above the main vent
- As Joke lives again in El Pinar since yesterday, she decided to make every morning the morning bus trip from El Pinar to La Restinga, stay there for a couple of hours and return to El Pinar with the next bus. She does that, to make some pictures during the road and to find out in La Restinga what is going on (most of the scientists are working in La Restinga). Once again we reiterate that joke likes to do all this work as a volunteer. On behalf of our readers Earthquake-report.com likes to thank Joke for this sustained reporting (she admits thats she is a little addicted to this work 🙂 )
Update 12/12 -08:41 UTC
- NO earthquakes and the eruption continues at the same pace since a couple of days. Harmonic tremor with very strong bursts goes on.
- Very visible stain and Jacuzzi on the webcam (a pity as the eruption webcam has not yet zoomed in). This process will intensify the coming hours, days and weeks as the erupting vent gradually climbs higher. The webcam also shows regular white patches (stronger turbulence NO SLS's).
- Some people think that if they do not see SLS (Smoking Lava Stones), the eruption is decreasing. This is not the case, the SLS floating on the water in earlier days and weeks are ultralight ash blocks.
- Most of the lava coming out of the vent / crater is pillow lava. Pillow lava is the lava structure typically formed when lava emerges from an underwater volcanic vent or subglacial volcano or a lava flow enters the ocean. We will shortly write an update zooming in on the characteristics of this lava type.
- Joke just told us that Jacuzzi and stain can well be seen from El Pinar, higher on the island. Joke did return to her own house at El Pinar from yesterday afternoon.
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Volcano Discussion Panel : If you are a person who wants to discuss and read about all aspects of volcanoes, this discussion panel might be a very good place to hang around. Especially if we start speculating about what to happen next, this panel is a great place to look at. Give it a chance.


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Remembering Tarek Mohammed Bouazizi. Photo: www.foreignpolicy.com
with Marc Schleifer
On the December 6 edition of Marketplace Morning Report, Jeremy Hobson interviewed Robert Neuwirth, who discussed his new book Stealth of Nations. Neuwirth, a journalist and blogger, is seeking to shed light on a major issue often ignored in discussions on the state of the global economy – the informal sector.
In his book, Neuwirth does an excellent job chronicling the complex world of the informal economy: the tens of millions of traders, retail market vendors, entrepreneurs, and small-scale manufacturers who engage in economic activity in much of the developing world.
Yet, in telling the story of the informal sector, Neuwirth, as many others have done, misses the point. While widespread informality should be recognized, it is not a viable path to inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
Actually, the fact that informality is so widespread –according to several studies, as much as 60% of GDP is generated in the informal sector in some countries – is a real problem in today's globalized economy.
World-renowned Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto has demonstrated the risks and shortcomings of informality, in countries as diverse as Peru, Tanzania, and Egypt.
Disconnected from formal economic institutions, informal market participants have no recourse when their rights are violated and have few prospects to expand their businesses or create jobs for others. Oftentimes, they are mired in what can be called "survival entrepreneurship," with larger, negative consequences for their countries' growth and development.
The real story of the informal sector is the story of Tarek Mohammed Bouazizi, a Tunisian fruit vendor whose self-immolation set off the Arab Spring protests. The one year anniversary of Bouazizi dousing himself with paint thinner and lighting a match, driven by frustration with barriers to economic self-sufficiency, is a reminder of the desperate and uncertain conditions in which many of the world's entrepreneurs survive.
As De Soto has shown, red tape, bureaucratic hurdles, and poor governance are the reason so many people are stuck in the informal sector and lack the incentives to join the formal economy. The World Bank's Doing Business Database documents many of these barriers to formal economic activity.
Neuwirth's emphasis on trying to decriminalize those in the informal sector should be lauded – efforts to crack down on informal traders or get them off the streets are unlikely to succeed.
But rather than "embracing" the informal sector, we should focus our efforts on improving the business climate and creating incentives for formalization. Registration, taxation, property rights, and licensing reforms, among others, can help informal entrepreneurs transition to small firms that can grow, innovate, create jobs, improve productivity, and take advantage of economies of scale.
In short, while Neuwirth and American Public Media are right to recognize the important contribution that informal entrepreneurs are making to their countries' economies, this tells only half the story. A more complete view would recognize steps that can be taken to reduce informality, and the need to do so.


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Poland's Janowicz reaches Wimbledon semifinals
More than an hour after making history at Wimbledon as the first Polish man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal, the usually nonchalant Jerzy Janowicz was still in shock.
"I practiced really tough my whole life. I had some troubles also during my career. You are practicing and working for that kind of moment," said the 22-year-old Janowicz. "So in my case, it's not easy for me to control these emotions."
The 24th-seeded Janowicz beat Davis Cup teammate Lukasz Kubot 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday in the first all-Polish meeting in a Grand Slam men's draw.
After the final point, the friends warmly hugged at the net and then swapped shirts, as soccer players often do. Janowicz then sat in his chair and started to sob.
"Right now, I'm the most happy person in the world," Janowicz said later. "This is what I was waiting for. This is what I was dreaming about. So as I can see, sometimes if you are dreaming about something really hard, it can actually happen."
Neither Janowicz, who will next face second-seeded Andy Murray in Friday's semifinals, or Kubot had ever played a fellow Polish player before.
"I said, `Let's go. Let's exchange. Let's make our tennis more famous, more popular, and show that Poland tennis is in the map of tennis,'" Kubot said about the shirt exchange. "Because this had never happened before, and that's it. I think it just shows how important is the fair play and shows the friendship on the court. We're just fighting with every point, but when the match is finished, we are friends. We are just showing that this is only sport."
Janowicz, who reached the third round last year at the All England Club, is playing in only his third grass-court tournament. Before this year's Wimbledon tournament, he lost in the first round in Halle.
But his task on Wednesday at Wimbledon was made harder because he was facing a friend.
"Honestly saying, if I have to compare this match to some other matches, this was one of the toughest matches of my life," Janowicz said.
Before this week, only two other Polish men had reached the quarterfinals at a major tournament. Although he could not hide his disappointment, Kubot lauded his friend's victory.
"We knew one Polish guy would be in the semifinals," said the 130th-ranked Kubot, his eyes still red. "As I said, I had only one chance today; I didn't make it. Jerzy definitely deserved to win this match. He was better player today. I just want to wish him good luck, and of course I'm going to cross my fingers for him."
Coming from a nation that does not have a grass-court history, Janowicz served 30 aces on Court No. 1 and can still dream of following in the footsteps of his childhood idol, Pete Sampras.
But to keep dreaming, he will first need to beat Murray, whom he defeated at the Paris Masters last year.
"Against Andy, it will be a really cool match, a really nice atmosphere there," Janowicz said. "For sure the crowd will not really help me. He's great player, so definitely not an easy match.
"I'm really happy I was able to reach that far in Wimbledon, but I hope deep down I will still get two more matches."