Archive for December, 2011

Cotton – Environmental Disaster & Lethal Pesticides

Cotton production in Uzbekistan has caused possibly the greatest environmental disaster of modern times and is poisoning the people of this totalitarian central asian state.

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Food for All—just a Dream?

EVERY man, woman and child has the right to be free from hunger and malnutrition proclaimed the World Food Conference sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) back in 1974. A call was then made to eradicate hunger from the world within a decade.

However, when representatives of 173 nations met at FAO headquarters in Rome late last year for a five-day World Food Summit, their purpose was to ask: What went wrong? Not only has there been a failure to provide food for all but now, more than two decades later, the situation is worse.

The major issues of food, population, and poverty are urgent. As recognized by a document released at that summit, unless these problems are resolved, social stability of many countries and regions may well be seriously affected, perhaps even compromising world peace. One observer was more explicit: We will see the destruction of civilization and national cultures.

According to FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf, more than 800 million people today do not have adequate access to food; among them are 200 million children. It is estimated that by the year 2025, today’s world population of 5.8 billion will have risen to 8.3 billion, with most of the increase coming in developing countries. Diouf laments: The sheer number of men, women and children deprived of their inalienable right to life and dignity is unacceptably high. The cries of the hungry are matched by the silent anguish of degraded soil, denuded forests and increasingly depleted fishing grounds.

What remedy is proposed? Diouf says that the solution lies in courageous action, providing food security for food-deficit countries as well as the skills, investment, and technology that will enable them to feed themselves.

Food Security—Why So Elusive?

According to a document issued by the summit, food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

How food security can be jeopardized was illustrated by the Zaire refugee crisis. While a million Rwandan refugees were starving, UN agencies had stocks of food available to feed them. But the transportation and distribution arrangements required political clearances and the cooperation of local authorities—or local warlords if they controlled the refugee camps. The emergency in Zaire shows once again how difficult it is for the international community to feed the hungry, even when food is available. One observer noted: A host of organizations and entities have to be consulted and wooed before anything can happen.

As pointed out by a U.S. Department of Agriculture document, food security may be seriously undermined by any number of root causes. Apart from natural disasters, these include war and civil strife, inappropriate national policies, inadequate research and technology, environmental degradation, poverty, population growth, gender inequality, and poor health.

There have been some accomplishments. Since the 1970’s, the average dietary energy supply, an indicator of food consumption, has risen from 2,140 to 2,520 calories per person per day in developing nations. But according to FAO, in view of a population growth of several billion by the year 2030, simply to maintain present levels of food availability will require rapid and sustainable production gains to increase supplies by more than 75 percent without destroying the natural resources on which we all depend. The task of providing food for starving populations is thus a grim one.

‘We Need Action, Not More Summits’

Numerous criticisms were leveled at the proceedings of the World Food Summit and the commitments it made. One Latin-American representative condemned the modesty of a pledge to reduce the number of undernourished people to only half the present level as shameful. Fifteen nations expressed differences in interpretation of proposals approved by the summit. Even to arrive at the drafting of a modest declaration and plan of action, said the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, two years of confrontations and negotiations were necessary. Every word, every comma was weighed so as not to make the opened wounds . . . begin bleeding again.

Many who helped prepare the summit documents were unhappy with the results. We are extremely skeptical as to whether the fine proposals announced will be realized, said one. A bone of contention was whether access to food ought to be defined an internationally recognized right, since a right can be defended in courts of law. A Canadian explained: The rich States feared that they would be forced into giving aid. This is why they insisted that the text of the declaration be watered down.

Because of the interminable talking at UN-sponsored summits, one European government minister said: Having resolved so much at the Cairo conference [on population and development, held in 1994], we have found ourselves at each succeeding conference going back over the same ground. She recommended: Implementing action plans for the benefit of our fellow human beings must be at the top of all our agendas, not more Summits.

Observers also pointed out that even attendance at the summit represented a heavy expenditure for some nations that can ill-afford it. One small African nation sent 14 delegates plus 2 ministers, all of whom stayed in Rome for more than two weeks. The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported that the wife of one African president, in whose country the average annual income does not exceed $3,300 per person, had been on a $23,000 spending spree in Rome’s most fashionable downtown shopping district.

Is there reason to believe that the Plan of Action adopted at the summit will succeed? A journalist answers: All we can hope for now is that governments will take it seriously and take steps to see that its recommendations will be carried out. Will they? . . . History offers little reason for optimism. The same commentator pointed out the disappointing fact that despite agreeing at the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit to raise contributions for development assistance to 0.7 percent of gross domestic product, only a handful of countries have met that nonbinding target.

Flor Ayag
http://www.articlesbase.com/food-and-beverage-articles/food-for-alljust-a-dream-745229.html

what part of florida has the least hurricanes?

im living in nyc and am planning on moving to florida but im deathly afraid of hurricanes. i know there the norm but i wanted to know a great place to live that has the least hurricanes. or isn’t as badly affected by them.

I live in Savannah,Georgia approxx 110 miles from the florida state line, savannah has not been hit by a hurricane in over 100 years, so i would recommend northeast florida or jacksonville.

C-Class Solar Flare 7/13/10

Sunspots = Solar Flares = Magnetic Field Shift = Shifting Ocean and Jet Stream Currents = Extreme Global Changing Weather= Earthquakes= Volcanic Eruptions and Human Disruption aka Solor Max in 2012

MAGNIFICENT ACTIVE REGION: Sunspot 1087 has a magnetic canopy that can only be described as magnificent. It’s on full display in today’s extreme ultraviolet image from the Solar Dynamics Observatory:

The active region could swallow our planet ten times over and still have room to spare. Fortunately, we’re 93 million miles away. We could still feel the effects of an eruption, however. The thicket of magnetic loops and filaments harbors energy for M-class solar flares. M-flares can heat and puff up Earth’s upper atmosphere, causing satellites to experience extra drag as they orbit our planet; they can also cause waves of ionization to ripple around the planet, disrupting radio communications. There haven’t been any big eruptions yet, but the magnificent magnetic field of sunspot 1087 has been restless, as shown in this time-lapse movie spanning four days.

NOAA forecasters estimate a 10% chance of M-flares during the next 24 hours. Viewers encouraged to monitor developments.

UPDATE: Solar Eclipse Complete – Earthquakes Will Follow

by Mitch Battros – Earth Changes Media

Although last night’s 6.2 earthquake which hit Chile could be considered large and significant; it is not the one I am predicting for this current 14-day window. The one expected will be a magnitude 7.0 or larger.

I predict increased earthquake and volcanic activity to occur over the next 14 days. The events I am speaking of will be large to mega events causing high fatalities and significant damage. I would suggest the areas of most interest would be Bay of Bengel, Baja California, Mexico, Puerto Rico Region, Japan Region, and Mediterranean Region.

History shows at almost all full solar eclipse events, large earth changing events occur within 14 days prior to, and 14 days after the eclipse.

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THE PERFECT STORM(2001 Miami Hurricanes)

Made By CanePhin30 @ Grassy.A Cox Production.Not my video,Outstanding video about one of the greatest teams in college football history.The 2001 Miami hurricanes.About 20 1st round NFL picks,18 All Americans and most talented team EVER assembled.

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How far from the coast in Texas must one be to be safe from hurricanes?

How far from the coast in Texas must one be to be safe from hurricanes?

We know Galveston, Brownsville, Corpus Christi are not safe. But is Houston safe? What is the range of safety away from the coast? How many miles? Is there a map showing hurricane danger zones for Texas?

That depends upon your definition of safe. I live in Florida and my definition of safe is not losing the roof. I have no problem with no power for two weeks, roads blocked with downed trees for a week, eating canned goods for days, or minor damage to house. No problem.

If your kind of ‘safe’ means no damage of any kind and no loss of power, look into New Mexico.

No kidding.

What are your predictions for hurricanes this year?

The weather intrigues me and find it fascinating. I’ve been following storm tracks since I was a kid.

If there are any others like myself, what are your predictions for hurricanes this year?

Using a principle I invented called "The Zero Sum Effect", I’d first look at areas in Hurricane Alley that are under moderate to severe drought.

As this picture shows…

http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html

…areas around Alabama are under a severe drought.

So, my first prediction is that a Cat 3 hurricane will hit somewhere between Biloxi, MS and Mobile, AL. The hurricane will travel northward and its rains will aid in that area’s drought.

Florida also is under moderate drought. It would not surprise me to see a hurricane come ashore between Ft. Lauderdale and Daytona Beach.

I’m also concerned about how warm water has breached past Cape Hatteras. Normally cold water from the North Atlantic keeps the Gulf Stream at bay. This leakage of warm water, shown here:

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/?index_region=at

…puts the Mid-Atlantic states as well as Long Island at risk this year. (Normally the cold water kills hurricanes before they reach New England. That protection appears to be vanishing.)

So bottom line, the usual spots in Hurricane Alley will likely see action again. The scary part is that northern states, which haven’t seen action in a long time, appear to be under the gun.

Do you think the Miami Hurricanes can beat the Miami Dolphins in a football game?

I personally think the Miami Hurricanes would crush the Miami Dolphins. The Hurricanes are meaner than the Dolphins. They are tougher than the Miami Dolphins. They are more talented than the Miami Dolphins. The Hurricanes would crush them.

I agree the Dolphins stunk it up last night, it makes you wonder. Seriously, no college team could beat an NFL team.

What are the types and names of tornadoes and hurricanes?

Example: names/types of clouds=cumulus,etc
If hurricanes and tornadoes what are the names?

tornadoes are caused by wall clouds and can range on the fugita scale 1-5. which is determined AFTER the damage that it has caused not while its on the ground still. F1 a generally week while the F5 is called the finger of God. for the names of the Hurricanes they are pre-determined by the NOAA each tropical depression is given a name starting with A there are 1 names per letter they alternate the boy/ girl so if the first thing so if the first store is called abbigale the next would be brian and so on. If ther tropical depression dissapates before it becomes hurricane the name goes with it and the next name will be used

Are the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile a premonition for the end of the world in 2012?

Does anyone else think that its kind of weird that we are having lots of tsunamis and earthquakes in the past 10 years? including in New Orleans etc

Earthquakes of the magnitude of those in Chile and Haiti happen on average two or three times every year. Forty years ago there were several in one year and one of them ended the "Cultural Revolution" in China because the crazies who were running China got kicked out since they were incapable of fixing things.

Just what supposed effect from the things predicted for 2012 are causing these earthquakes more than two years early? What is the physical connection?

The reality is that Chile, Haiti, California, Japan, New Zealand etc sit near boundaries of tectonic plates. This is where big earthquakes happen, they have in the past and they will in the future.

There is no factual evidence of doom anytime in 2012. Everything these people say, and I really do mean everything is wrong or a deliberate lie. These stories exist to make money from selling books of superstition and pseudo-science, and by the by, sell useless "survival goods". Or to promote some dubious personal ideas, such as founding religious cults.

There is no Mayan prophecy. They had a count of days which runs by "baktuns" and a baktun is 144,000 days. Their 13th baktun will reach 144,000 and the count will start at 1 on the 14th baktun the next day. The only inscription that may be associated with this is damaged but says that something will descend into something else. They also say that one of their kings will be remembered in 4772 by our count, so they did not expect an end of the world.

There is no planet X or Nibiru, if these were due in 2012 they would already be visible without needing a big telescope. If the fakes can take blurry photographs of it with standard cameras, why can’t we see the thing with binoculars or a $500 telescope from a hobby shop? Why can’t thousands of amateur astronomers on every continent see it?

The planets cannot and will not line up and it would not matter if they did. The orbits of the planets are tilted slightly in relation to each other so it can’t happen. Every few dozen years the five visible planets will almost form up in a line and be visible in a small patch of the sky. Nothing happens. This will not happen in 2012, the next time will be in September 2040. The frauds and woo-woos will be out for that. Remember, you saw it here first.

There are several different versions of the lies about the galactic line up. only one is nearly true and it happens every year around 18 December. it’s about 6 degrees out and was closest in 1998. What happened? Nothing.

Big solar flares are not expected. Solar activity is expected to peak in March-April 2013 but it could be earlier or later. The Sun is not entirely predictable but it does have a cycle that runs about 11 years. Solar flares do not reach the Earth, but they do affect us. So called solar storms can affect power transmission here, mainly if the power grids are under strain already. Power companies are aware of this and design their equipment to minimise trouble. So do the operators of communications satellites and telephone systems.

The geographic poles cannot reverse since they are stabilised by the Moon’s gravity. The amount of force needed to move them would destroy the planet. There is no known source of such a force.

Magnetic pole reversals take thousands of years to happen and before they start, the Earth’s magnetic field gets a lot weaker. It is getting weaker at the moment, but it is still far stronger than it has been before previous reversals. The Earth’s magnetic field is also much stronger than that of the Sun and far, far stronger than that of the galaxy so anything magnetic that happens in the galaxy or the Sun does not affect the Earth.

See www.2012hoax.org