South American Volcanos Lava Flows/Eruptions

Volcano Erupts on Galapagos Islands

QUITO, Ecuador (May 31) - A volcano on the largest of the Galapagos Islands has begun erupting and authorities are evaluating possible dangers to the island's famed plant and animal life, officials said Friday.

Rangers and tour guides spotted lava flowing down the northeastern flank of the Cerro Azul volcano on the seahorse-shaped island of Isabela late Thursday, the Galapagos National Park said in a statement.

Ecuador's Geophysics Institute said that satellite data and a flyover of the island by park officials showed a "small amount of ash" coming out of the volcano, located on the southwestern edge of the island.

Park official Oscar Carvajal told Radio Quito that as many as four lava flows "have consumed a lot of vegetation," but do not pose a threat to the famed Galapagos tortoises.

Neither was the eruption endangering people on the island, park official Vinicio Pauta said.

The 5,600-foot Cerro Azul - one of five active volcanoes on the island - last erupted in September 1998, causing minor damage to plant life. Cerro Azul is located in the unpopulated southwestern corner of the island.

In the last eruption, rare tortoises were airlifted from around the crater on helicopters to escape the lava, but several massive turtles were burned, according to a report from Reuters.

"I could see the red glow from my house last night," said Jacqueline Brunf, a New York native who owns a tour operator business on another of the islands, told Reuters. "It was really strange we didn't feel anything or hear anything."

The Galapagos Islands, 625 miles off of Ecuador's Pacific coast, are known for unique plant and animal life, including giant tortoises, marine iguanas and seabirds known as blue-footed boobies. Charles Darwin's observations of the islands' finches helped inspire his theory of evolution.

And another volcano blows it's top in South America. I wrote about some of the Galapagos Islands volcanos in "Dragon, Book Of Shang". That makes 3 South American countries that my dragon visited in my book that now have active volcanos erupting. Interesting.

By the way, Chaitan, in Chile, has now entered a new phase as of May 24th and is spewing lava. Not a good place to be right now. Mother Earth will have her way!

The Planet Has To Belch, Right?

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Earthquake in Iceland

Iceland rocked by earthquake

An earthquake shook southern Iceland on Thursday, reportedly causing injuries and damaging roads and buildings.

A seismograph at the Institute of the Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, shows earthquake activity.

The 6.1 magnitude temblor struck about 3:46 p.m. (11:46 a.m. ET), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Its epicenter was about 50 km (31 miles) east-southeast of the capital, Reykjavik, and was about 10 km (6.2 miles) below the Earth's surface.

It was unclear exactly how many people were injured or the severity of their injuries, Olli Tynes, a journalist with Reykjavik's Channel 2, told CNN.

A hospital in a town near the epicenter was also reported damaged, and some wings have had to be evacuated, he said.

There were no reports of fatalities, but "great material damage," Tynes said. Roads and bridges in the area have been closed.

The Associated Press, quoting civil defense authorities, reported 15 to 20 people from Selfoss, near the epicenter, were taken for medical treatment.

Iceland's emergency management agency has swung into action, and rescue crews were headed to the area most affected by the quake.

Tynes said he has been speaking to residents of the towns closest to the epicenter. "They said they thought the world was coming to an end," he said. "They thought they were going to die."

There have been no reports of homes collapsing, as most homes in Iceland are built to withstand earthquakes, he said.

Alti Mar Gylfason said he had received reports of damage to the road that rings the island nation. The quake was felt nationwide, he said.

"It was a little bit like you're sleeping in a waterbed, you know ... everything floats around," he said, adding that people poured out of buildings into the street. "This is not something we experience on a normal basis."

Although Iceland is seismically active, its last major quakes were on June 17 and June 21, 2000, with quakes of 6.5 and 6.4, respectively. The temblors damaged homes and buildings, but caused no serious injuries.

As I write this, I am hoping all of my friends in Iceland are alright. Since finishing my book, "Dragon, Book Of Shang", I have a special place in my heart for Iceland. Peace and safety to all in Iceland.

Love & Peace Iceland,

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Arctic Ice Cap Melting?

Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice

Dramatic evidence of the break-up of the Arctic ice-cap has emerged from research during an expedition by the Canadian military.

Scientists travelling with the troops found major new fractures during an assessment of the state of giant ice shelves in Canada's far north.

The team found a network of cracks that stretched for more than 10 miles (16km) on Ward Hunt, the area's largest shelf.

The fate of the vast ice blocks is seen as a key indicator of climate change.

One of the expedition's scientists, Derek Mueller of Trent University, Ontario, told me: "I was astonished to see these new cracks.

"It means the ice shelf is disintegrating, the pieces are pinned together like a jigsaw but could float away," Dr Mueller explained.

According to another scientist on the expedition, Dr Luke Copland of the University of Ottawa, the new cracks fit into a pattern of change in the Arctic.

"We're seeing very dramatic changes; from the retreat of the glaciers, to the melting of the sea ice.

"We had 23% less (sea ice) last year than we've ever had, and what's happening to the ice shelves is part of that picture."

When ice shelves break apart, they drift offshore into the ocean as "ice islands", transforming the very geography of the coastline.

Last year, I was part of a BBC team that joined Dr Mueller and Dr Copland as they carried out the first research on Ayles Ice Island, an iceberg the size of Manhattan.

It has since split into two, each vast chunk of ice now 400 miles (640km) south of its original position.

The rapid changes in the Arctic have reignited disputes over territory.

The Canadian military's expedition was billed as a "sovereignty patrol", the lines of snowmobiles flying Canadian flags in a display of control.

After the record Arctic melting last year, all eyes are now on what happens to the sea ice this summer.

Although its maximum extent last winter was slightly greater than the year before, it was still below the long-term average.

Another faze in the Earth's cyclical changes that are taking place. Will keep YOU updated on this and other related stories.

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Pac-Man Movie!? That's Right!

Pac-Man the Movie Makes Headway

Pac-Man is chomping his way toward the big screen. One of five films funded by a $200 million Crystal Sky Pictures deal announced in Cannes this week, Pac-Man -- the movie -- has been greenlit for production.

Crystal Sky also hired Paul Anderson (Resident Evil) to write a blood-sucking screenplay adaptation of the late-'80s vampire-themed Castlevania videogame from Konami.

Good videogames historically make bad movies, so gamers will doubtless keep a critical eye on these movies-in-progress.

Fanboys certainly didn't hold back last month when news broke about Crystal Sky's highest-profile project to date. Learning about the company's 3-D remake of Ghost in the Shell to be directed by Steven Spielberg, some anime purists criticized the decision to tinker with a classic.

Now this, I have to see! A Pac-Man movie. If nothing else, curiosity should get YOU to the theatre for this. Maybe by the time this makes the movies, marijuana will be legal and we will really be able to get into a Pac-Man movie. lol

Ms. Pac-Man Rules,

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Star Wars, Star Trek, Aliens, This Is Real Space

Astronomers Baffled by Bizarre Star

Astronomers are baffled after finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the sun -- an arrangement defying what had been known about such objects.

The rapidly spinning pulsar -- an extraordinarily dense object created when a massive star exploded as a supernova -- is called J1903+0327 and is located about 21,000 light years from Earth, the astronomers said.

A light year is about 6 trillion miles, the distance light travels in a year.

"The big question is -- how in the heck did this thing form, because it doesn't follow our standard models of how these things form," astronomer Scott Ransom of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, Virginia, said in a telephone interview on Thursday.

This object is known as a millisecond pulsar because of its speedy whirl -- it spins on its axis 465 times per second.

"The reason why we're so excited about this is the impact it might have on our understanding of where the pulsars that we look at are coming from," David Champion, an astronomer at Canada's McGill University, told SPACE.com. "We've never seen anything like this before."

Until now, all of the ones found orbiting with another star have been doing so with a white dwarf, another type of dying star. In each case, they shared a perfectly circular orbit. But this one has a very elongated orbit around a star similar in size and composition to our sun.

"What we have found is a millisecond pulsar that is in the wrong kind of orbit around what appears to be the wrong kind of star," astronomer David Champion of the Australia Telescope National Facility said in a statement. "Now we have to figure out how this strange system was produced."

It was detected using a radio telescope in Puerto Rico.

Pulsars are a rare type of neutron star whose strong magnetic fields channel lighthouse-like beams of light and radio waves that whirl around as the star spins.

Typical pulsars spin once a second to about 10 or 20 times a second. But millisecond pulsars spin far more rapidly.

The understanding had been that these started out as typical, slower-spinning pulsars, then built up speed after material expelled from another star reached the pulsar's surface, giving it momentum.

"If you were to ask any astronomer if we would have found a system like this, they would have said no. So this is a very big surprise," Ransom said.

The scientists, writing in the journal Science, speculate a third star -- perhaps a neutron star or white dwarf -- might be orbiting with the other two. Scientists know of about 100 pulsars in two-star, or binary, systems, and this might be the first in a triple-star system, Ransom said.

Okay, so, we have crazy volcano activity, major earthquakes, serious cyclones and all kinds of other weird or normal events taking place here on Earth these days, and now, unprecedented never before seen phenomena taking place in space. It's not even 2012 yet. Hopefully, this new event will give up or, lead to some more answers.

The Universe Rules,

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Steve Irwin Wannabe, NOT!

Volusia County deputy violated policy when he tried to wrestle 8-foot alligator

A Volusia County deputy sheriff violated department policy when he tried to wrestle an alligator late Thursday in a Deltona apartment complex parking lot.

Volusia County Deputy Sheriff Keith Baughman, 39, was bitten on the left leg, near knee, in the parking lot of Brightside Apartments on Caribbean Street in Deltona. He is in stable condition today at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach where he was airlifted after the attack.

The first deputy on the scene followed procedure and called for a licensed trapper, said Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught. When Baughman arrived, "he decided to try to handle the alligator," Haught said.After placing a towel over the 8-foot gator's head, Baughman got the on animal's back, Haught said.

The alligator was able to throw him off and bit him.

At that point, Deputy Jason Stickels fired several shots at the gator, although he did not kill the animal, Haught said. A trapper removed the alligator.

Baughman does not face any serious discipline because of his actions, but there likely will be a supervisor's review, Haught said. "It was just a bad decision, that's all.

Law enforcement officers who encounter a problem alligator should not hesitate to use their guns to kill it, state wildlife officials said today.

"The best thing to do is to leave them alone," said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Joy Hill. In some cases, officers can lasso a gator and tie it to a tree until wildlife officers or trappers can arrive to deal with it, she said. But law enforcement officers are there to protect the public and shouldn't hesitate to shoot an alligator, Hill said.

There go the humans again, trying to be something they are not. Yo, deputy, "YOU are not Steve Irwin". You're lucky that gator only got YOU on the leg. As the animal lover that I am, "people get NO SYMPATHY from me when they cause an animal to be put down". "Whip those guns out and fire away. That is mankinds answer to just about everything isn't it?"

Animalz Rule, Humans Are Losers,

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Campaign '08 Makes Me Want To Regurgitate

I don't know about YOU, but, I am sick to death of Campaign '08. Why? Because of all the ignorance, stupidity, naievete, racism and just plain old "dumbass". It disgusts me how the "media" are just fawning and falling all over Barack Hussein Obama. And now, The Breck Girl, as Rush Limbaugh calls him, John Edwards, has endorsed and thrown his support to Obama. WOW, isn't that great getting the support of a bigtime loser like that. That should really nail it for Obama. Hell, Edwards couldn't even win his own state in the primaries.

This whole campaign thing needs to stop, and, start over again with different rules and different candidates. Right now it is a devisive racist event. Almost all the black folks voting for Obama. Simply because he's black. Which, he really isn't. Just like me, "he is multi racial". While most all of the white folks are voting for Hillary.

Obama has too much baggage. His name is Obama. His resume is too short and spotted with NO significant track record. His wife is a negative. And crunching the numbers, "sorry, whites still way outnumber blacks". "Barack, YOU lose". So, YOU and all your "bandwagon ignorant super delegates" ride off into the sunset and lick your wounds. Clean up your act and come back in 2012. Maybe YOU will get elected then before the Mayan Calender runs out.

Democrats & Republicans, Losers

Common Sense & Reality, Winners,

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Chinese Earthquake Story & Pics

Collapsed Chinese Hospital

By now, I am sure most of YOU have heard about the destructive 7.9 earthquake in China. I am posting this story because it includes a couple of slide shows with over 150 pictures from this horrific event. My prayers and sympathies go out to the Chinese people that had to and have to deal with the consequences of one of natures most desrtuctive forces.

Nearly 10,000 Perish in China Quake

CHENGDU, China (May 12) - The death toll from a powerful earthquake that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed to nearly 10,000 in the worst-hit province Tuesday, while untold numbers remain trapped after the worst quake in three decades.

The 7.9-magnitude quake Monday devastated a region of small cities and towns set amid steep hills north of Sichuan's provincial capital of Chengdu. Striking in mid-afternoon, it emptied office buildings across the country in Beijing, could be felt as far away as Vietnam and in Chengdu crashed telephone networks and hours later left parts of the city of 10 million in darkness.

For the rest of this story and the slide show pictures etc., go to Killer Quake Hits China, Burying Students - AOL News

Earthquakes just happen..........

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Chaiten Volcano To Go On Erupting In Chile

Lightening mixed in with volcanic eruption

As I am sure most of YOU know that the Chaiten Volcano in Chile has been erupting for a week or more now. Though there has not been a lava flow down the mountain as of yet, it is still causing much damage, destruction and worry. Scientist are saying that this volcano could keep erupting for months to come. The ash and gases cloud that it is, and has, put out, is causing many problems that are likely to effect way more than just Chile. Supposedly, it is still to early to tell how this "cloud" will effect weather patterns and climate

If YOU would like to see some more pictures from the area, go toChaiten volcano eruption to go on . We will stay on top of this story and keep YOU updated as best as possible.

Volcanos Just Are...........

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Hello, Iceland Calling

Blue Lagoon geo-thermal spa

Learn Some Lessons – “(Iceland) lacks coal reserves, and is endowed with massive glaciers, which produce huge volumes of water that can be harnessed to generate electricity. It also happens to sit atop a rift in the earth's crust that keeps significant reservoirs of heat bubbling near the surface. To a large degree, it is the polar opposite of the United States. Yet we—and other developed nations—can learn some valuable lessons from Iceland about what happens when a society commits to the systematic development of renewable energy.”–

Daniel Gross, Newsweek, April 14, 2008

Praise from RFK, Jr. – “Iceland was 80 percent dependent on imported coal and oil in the 1970s and was among the poorest economies in Europe. Today, Iceland is 100 percent energy-independent, with 90 percent of the nation’s homes heated by geothermal and its remaining electrical needs met by hydro. “The International Monetary Fund now ranks Iceland the fourth most affluent nation on earth. The country, which previously had to beg for corporate investment, now has companies lined up to relocate there to take advantage of its low-cost clean energy.” –

Robert F, Kennedy, Jr., “The Next President’s First Task, Vanity Fair, May 2008

Is anybody out there listening? Just reading the two above statements should be a wake up call for anyone with a brain. Especially with the way the economy is today. Mainly the oil crisis! Come on people, let's turn our country around and start moving forward again.

Iceland and Common Sense Rule,

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Neil Young Fans

Neil Young to release archive on Blu-ray discs

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Rocker Neil Young plans to release his entire music archive on Blu-ray discs, a sign that the discs' capabilities are building appeal among musicians as well as movie studios.

Blu-ray discs hold much more data than DVDs, are easily updated over the Internet and offer better picture and sound quality.

Young revealed his plans Tuesday at a Sun Microsystems Inc. (JAVA) (JAVA) conference in San Francisco. Santa Clara-based Sun makes the Java technology that gives Blu-ray discs their interactive menus and ability to accept updates over an Internet connection.

The first installment of Young's archive will cover the years 1963 to 1972 and will be released as a 10-disc set this fall on Reprise/Warner Bros. Records.

Young said the archives will be released chronologically and include some previously unreleased songs, videos, handwritten manuscripts and other memorabilia, in addition to the high-resolution audio that Blu-ray technology is known for.

Fans can download more content like songs, photos and tour information directly to the Blu-ray discs as the content becomes available.

Blu-ray's rival format HD DVD effectively died with maker Toshiba Corp.'s announcement in February that it will no longer produce HD DVD players.

Most of the Blu-ray discs manufactured so far have been used for high-definition movies.

Musical artists such as AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen and Destiny's Child released concert videos on Blu-ray discs, but Young's support of the technology for his ambitious archive project demonstrates more fully the capabilities of Blu-ray as a music medium.

Earlier technology didn't offer the ability to browse archive material while listening to songs in high-resolution audio, Young noted.

"Previous technology required unacceptable quality compromises," he said in a statement. "I am glad we waited and got it right."

As a Neil Young fan, this should be great news. Got to keep up with the technology as it is constantly evolving. Personally, I would like to see the same thing with the Blu-ray done with Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Sly & The Family Stone, Bob Marley & Led Zeppelin. And of course, Enigma! Hopefully, we will get all of these.

"Music just is............."

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"Operation Chaos" Aka "Operation Dumbass"

If the late great comedian Richard Pryor were here today, I could imagine him saying something to the effect of, "what the f*#k is wrong with you people, are you stupid"? Hey Richard, "yeah, they are".

Recently, I started listening to the Rush Limbaugh radio show. Since I believe in giving credit where it is due, I must say, "the guy is very intelligent and on point more than not". However, I can't say that for most of his listeners. He has this thing going where he gets his Republican listeners to switch parties in primaries/caucuses and vote for Hillary Clinton to help her get a win and stay in the presidential campaign. This, supposedly, creates "chaos" within the Democratic party between Clinton and Obama supporters and delegates. Which in turn, keeps the party divided for so long that by the general election, they are to battered and bruised to put up a good fight against McCain and the Republicans. A strategy they may work or not. The point is however, "don't you people have better things to do than running back and forth to your election office and switching your registration"? YOU, are freaking LOSERS! Don't YOU have a brain of your own? And as much as I hate to say it, most of this group of people are "white". Speaking of which, "why do YOU people keep throwing your support behind Obama"? "Are YOU blind, deaf and dumb"? WAKE UP PEOPLE!

Black folks, "what is your problem"? Oh, I know, "YOU were blinded by the color of his skin". That is an excellent reason to vote for someone. Hey, with that reasoning, no wonder black people have not come any further than they are. Barack Obama has done NOTHING significant in government. He is still wet behind the ears. He carries way to much negative baggage with him. AND, as witnessed in North Carolina this week, he is not campaigning to the black community because he knows he doesn't have to. He knows "blacks" are going to vote for him regardless. Excuse me, but, "isn't that a diss on YOU"? Come on people, wake yourselves up. Wouldn't YOU rather vote for someone who is going to help YOU excel and move forward instead of someone who is going to promise YOU the government will bail YOU out and keep YOU indebted to them? OPYN Your MINDZ and stop listening to these so-called reverends and race baiters that want to keep crap going so that they can prosper.

Nobody is keeping YOU where YOU are except YOU. Nobody is going to help YOU move forward except YOU. Vote that, bank that!

"The more YOU know, the more YOU grow,

The more YOU grow, the further YOU go"

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