donderdag 24 juni 2010

How to Contribute to the World from the Heart and not Just the Pocket

From my friend Arvind Devalia's blog: 
group of happy people
This is a guest post written by John Sherry, the author of Real Simple People.

Do you contribute in life?

Give something of yourself back?

If so, in what way?

Normally the term contribution is viewed as a financial offering. Giving money by the masses to improve situations, for a cause or helping others out.
Donors feel good because it’s an easy way to assist. Popping a coin or two into a collection box or donating online to an appeal takes barely a minute.
True, that these things make a world of difference. But what if the difference to that same world was you and how you contribute?
And, more strikingly, what if you could truly contribute to a better world that doesn’t cost you a penny but is worth its weight in gold to other people?
Would you then contribute more? Leave a legacy like the best of them?

“The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live”. Ethel Percy Andrus

It is to this calling that Mother Teresa dedicated her life among the slums of Calcutta.
From 1950 until her death in 1997, she tirelessly worked touching the lives of those in the poorest of conditions in one of the most poverty stricken cities around the globe.
 Setting up the ‘Missionaries of Charity’, she and her fellow nuns, plus a team of countless volunteers, raised money for decades to provide the barest of neccessities for the poor, sick and downtrodden.
Her contribution has left a legacy, one so strong that I am sharing it with you here. This is the power of true contribution. One from the self, from the heart.

Your contribution need not be so sacrificial. Nor must you neccessarily travel the world to some far flung land to get your hands dirty.
Though if you do choose this option, there is many a charity who would welcome your efforts, as willing hands are always in short supply.

So how can you be an authentic contributor? What is it that you can give?


1. Give neighbourly
Life is best from the grass roots up. From community and the place we live. Our neighbourhood. Commence your work there. In and among your own. Your street, road or apartment block first of all.
In modern 21st Century life we are often accused of not knowing our neighbours. Having no idea of who lives across the street at No.30 or never seeing the young couple next door. Buck that trend. Be the one who beats the old perception that nobody cares.
Start simply with the odd, “Hello”, to everyone you meet in your street or locale. Show a friendly smile. Shake hands. Offer to help someone carry their bags. If a chat ensues, don’t shy away from it. Get stuck in.

Talk is good, building rapport is gigantic.
Get to know others and let everyone know you care. Work out when neighbours come home from their jobs or duties and arrange to be outside so you can introduce yourself properly with a, “Hi”, and strike up a conversation. A good neighbourhood has a good neighbour at its heart. Why not strive to make that you?


2. Give time
The gift of time is a huge one. Chiefly due to the fact that it costs nothing but matters so very much. Just ask a child you’ve spent 30 mins playing with. Or an elderly relative who misses her family. Time given is multiplied ten fold in the receivers heart. Your time, their utter joy and happiness.
Promise yourself to offer time to others nearby. Getting milk for old Mrs Worrall. Chatting with Bert as he comes back from buying his paper.
Thirty minutes now and again running errands or a few hours every year for the scout jumble sale won’t kill you. It will be noticed and appreciated more than you know by others both young and old. The ones whose lives are part of yours.


3. Give a hand
Go for it. Get involved. Communities often have community schemes.
From picking up litter every month or so to giving lifts to the disabled and infirm, there is much you can do for virtually no outlay. Painting, gardening, youth club work, church (or mosque or synagogue or any place of worship), groups like coffee mornings or outreach work and sports clubs all need a helping hand now and again.


4. Give of yourself
Everyone has something to offer. From skills to a sense of humour. A desire to get involved or the ability to be a people person. Or just being a good, hard worker.

What’s yours? What are you good at? What is ‘natural’ for you?

This is exactly what the world needs and, more significantly, the world on your doorstep. Your place and space on the planet. Inject some of yourself into that area. Contribute that self to the greater good. Be it in Bombay or Birmingham.


5. Give freely
True contribution does not seek reward as it is reward itself. It isn’t ego based or possession driven yearning for awards and recognition or monetary payment for services rendered. It asks nothing for itself being given freely from the heart.
Feel free to be an instrument of assistance but do so without charge of cost nor expectation of return.

Whatever you do, how ever you give, make that contribution heartfelt. Do it from a place of love for all. Let your hands be genuine in their toil and your words encouraging in their sound. Give from the inside out and welcome the outside in.
No need to open your wallet as opening your heart and sharing that willingly will make a rich contribution that money could never buy.

Honest efforts designed to unite communities by honest minded souls will always pay off.
And remember the mantra….one person may not change the world, but they may change the world for one person. It only takes one for the ripples to spread. Be that person.

It’s time to contribute from the heart and not just the pocket.

Discover more about John Sherry’ s simple view on life at Real Simple People, his blog on keeping life simple. And please do remember to subscribe:-)
Photo courtesy of Stig Nygaard

woensdag 23 juni 2010

My Biggest Compliment

I would like to share a post by my friend Philip Carr-Gomm


Liv Torc photo by Neil Pinnock

Last weekend at our Glastonbury Town Hall Midsummer Gathering we were dazzled again by performance poet Liv Torc. Here she is as she normally appears on a Monday morning on a humdrum day about town. And here is one of her poems from her latest collection Dancing Naked in Banana Land. See Liv’s website here. Order her book directly from liv@livtorc.com:

My Biggest Compliment
You said,
‘You’re the best person I’ve ever met.’
I should have said,
‘What does that mean?
How can I ever be that?’
From every moment on
I can only prove otherwise
As each new person approaches
Like a fresh buck
Ready to upstage my title
That I will be forced to defend
Until the bitter end
Continuously flipping myself over in your hands
Like a sweet pancake
Revealing places where I’m burnt
And void of filling, tart or unwilling
You should have said,
‘Disappoint me, I expect the world.’
I should have said ‘thank you’
‘But I think you need to meet more people’.
Liv Torc

maandag 21 juni 2010

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO: YOUR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE IS REQUESTED

From my friend Amandha: 

TO ALL CHILDREN OF THE SUN ~ URGENT CALL TO ACTION

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

YOUR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE IS REQUESTED

Preamble from Amandha: I am sending this along for your education and also for your assistance to support the energies of Love and knowing that ALL is in perfect order. I know that many people are feeling helpless and want to know what to 'do'. If I may suggest to you when reading/listening to any of this, to take in only what serves and if any fear arises, to accept it as shadow and transmute it into the Love of your Heart. It is most important not to feed the problem with negative thoughts, worries, judgement, hatred, etc. FEED THE LIGHT! Educate yourself and then cast the net of Love by connecting to the grid. Propaganda agencies use disasters like this to further their agendas of keeping the people in fear, confused, uncertain and in ignorance and making the situation alarming with 'hype' and drama. While this is a pressing matter, be grounded in your awareness and know that your thoughts, emotions and deeds are powerful so focus on the solution (your clear mind), not the problem. We are in the times of great change and purging and believe it when I say, it is actually getting better and will continue to, especially as we come together and make it so. Loving thanks.




The recent oil spill in the Gulf is escalating with catastrophic vulnerability concerning the wellhead. Experts say a huge and very toxic gas bubble has formed and extreme pressure is building - fissures have already developed. They are predicting real possibility of volcanic like explosion producing tsunami and other major events.

Please listen to these videos to assist your understanding of this most serious rising potential of cataclysmic proportion.

SEA FLOOR SET TO ERUPT - CATASTROPHE ALERT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d65gdWR1MQM&playnext_from=TL&videos=yejR5t0gqtI&feature=recentf+%3C

VOLCANIC TSUNAMI AND POISON GAS ALERT
http://www.youtube.com/user/celtickev999#p/u/0/pZCvMQhbH-8


In these next few weeks, we will experience extremely powerful energy especially with the astro alignments, solstice and eclipses. Now more than ever, your assistance is needed with focused prayers, invocation to the realms of light, assisting star nations and sending light and sound transmission to the Gulf of Mexico. Connecting to the Crystalline Grid is one of the fastest and surest way to transmit the purity of your energy to and through the Earth and out to the galactic. Envelop this entire region and all unwanted rising potential in violet flames and pure white light.

Please ask everyone around you and network groups to assist in combining this focus starting NOW and especially with the incoming Solstice energies.

Our focus is qualified with alignment to Divine Will and the highest good of all concerned.


Link to Mother Earth Oil Spill Invocation
http://www.youtube.com/user/childrenofthesun1

donderdag 17 juni 2010

Dying man renews marriage vows with 'purely wonderful' wife of 72 years from his hospital bed


By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 10:20 AM on 17th June 2010

With just days left to live Vernon McAlister made his dying wish come true by renewing his wedding vows with Sue, his wife of 72 years.
Mr and Mrs McAlister took part in the ceremony at Hospice of the Upstate in Anderson County, South Carolina, USA, reports IndependentMail.com.
After having a dream that his wife wanted to marry him again, Mr McAlister asked the nurses to help him stay alive a few more days so they could celebrate their 72nd anniversary together.

Vernon and his bride can't take their eyes off one another as they cling together during the simple ceremony

Mr McAlister broke his hip three weeks ago and doctors expect him to live just a few more days.
The couple - she is 87 and he is almost 93 - first met when they worked on Vernon's father’s farm in Central, a town in South Carolina. They married when he was 20 and she was 15.
'My father told me she would make a good wife,' he said.
'I couldn’t have imagined how right he was. She is just purely wonderful. She is a jewel.'
Two years ago Sue survived a battle with stomach cancer and credits her husband's support as crucial.
Mrs McAlister said: 'He has taken care of me my whole life.'

Bride Sue wears pink as Vernon dressed for the occasion in a suit and tie - with a box of tissues on hand for when the proceedings became emotional

'
He has loved me and respected me and cherished me the way he said he would when I was just a young girl and he was just a young man. 'There is nothing to be nervous about when you are walking toward the person you love with your whole heart.'
Mr McAlister is a retired agronomist and the couple have five children together.
Their sons Tony, Phil, Van and Don McAlister and daughter Anita Floyd were all present at the ceremony.
'They are a testament to love,' said Floyd.
The ceremony was conducted by family friend Bill French who told the couple they were an example to the world.
'When you took those vows all those years ago no one could have known how long that walk together would be,' said Mr French.
'You have fulfilled your promise and God is smiling.'


woensdag 16 juni 2010

Courage


Regularly people tell me they admire my courage.  It always puts a smile on my face.  Me ...Miss Courageous.

Last night I snuggled up in bed with a magzaine and ... up came the word courage again.  The article described it as bravery, fortitude, will, and intrepidity.  The author saw it as the ability to confront fear, pain, risk, danger, uncertainty and intimidation. "Physical courage" is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death, while "moral courage" is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal or discouragement.

Hmmm ... this certainly put my courage in a different perspective. LOL

So this morning I googled for courage.

As a [desirable] quality, courage is discussed broadly in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, where its vice of shortage is cowardice and its vice of excess is recklessness.

In Roman Catholicism, courage is referred to as "Fortitude" as one of the four cardinal virtues, along with prudence, justice and temperance. In both Catholicism and Anglicanism, courage is also one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Søren Kierkegaard opposed courage to angst, while Paul Tillich opposed an existential courage to be to non-being, fundamentally equating it with religion:
"Courage is the self-affirmation of being in spite of the fact of non-being. It is the act of the individual self in taking the anxiety of non-being upon itself by affirming itself ... in the anxiety of guilt and condemnation. ... every courage to be has openly or covertly a religious root. For religion is the state of being grasped by the power of being itself."
J.R.R. Tolkien identified in his 1936 lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics" a "Northern 'theory of courage'"—the heroic or "virtuous pagan" insistence to do the right thing even in the face of certain defeat without promise of reward or salvation:
It is the strength of the northern mythological imagination that it faced this problem, put the monsters in the centre, gave them victory but no honour, and found a potent and terrible solution in naked will and courage. 'As a working theory absolutely impregnable.' So potent is it, that while the older southern imagination has faded forever into literary ornament, the northern has power, as it were, to revive its spirit even in our own times. It can work, as it did even with the goðlauss Viking, without gods: martial heroism as its own end.
Virtuous pagan heroism or courage in this sense is "trusting in your own strength," as observed by Jacob Grimm in his Teutonic Mythology,
Men who, turning away in utter disgust and doubt from the heathen faith, placed their reliance on their own strength and virtue. Thus in the Sôlar lioð 17 we read of Vêbogi and Râdey â sik þau trûðu, "in themselves they trusted"
Ernest Hemingway famously defined courage as "grace under pressure."





So my dearest friends ... what is your definition of courage???


<3

zaterdag 12 juni 2010

BP And The NWO Planet Killers

Today I would like to share a post by Torz Baron Copley



 













Today I came upon some information that has caused me high alarm and I feel I must share this information with all of you.

Seven weeks in and there is still no sign of a let up of the Oil gushing from BP’s well into the Gulf of Mexico?.
With the seeming complicity of Obama they have taken an awful long time to do anything to stem this appalling flow of oil and gas, apart from placing a gag order on the FEW clean-up workers that are there, enforce a no fly zone over the whole of the Gulf of Mexico, block any serious scientific testing, prevent the world’s media from reporting, mysteriously withheld the wellhead pressure and refused any serious attempts from offers of help from around the world. Did I forget to mention that BP is in such a rush to fix this that instead of flying in the new well cap via the military, reliable eye witness reports saw it slowly being driven on the back of a Big Rig through Fort Worth Texas yesterday clearly showing that time is NOT of the essence to them. I could go on… but you get the picture.

The most amusing, if you can call it that, memory of this whole debacle is BP’s CEO Tony Hayward complaining that “He wants his life back”!... Unbelievable!

Whether this was an accident or not is not the issue I want to address here today, it is the possible scenario’s that could topple like dominoes in ever increasing catastrophes now that the lead one has been pushed…..

I received an email today from a friend today who knows it would be unwise to be too specific:

“ Have we considered what could potentially occur to North America if a Hurricane like Katrina were to hit the Gulf with all this "gas and oil" floating in the water, or not?
It could potentially destroy the South and possible Mid-America.
If all that oil is spread over the land, and soaks into our land and homes, followed by intense heat, there is a potential for the ignition of a firestorm as the oil ignites. This could potentially kill millions of animals, humans, destroy our crops, and our natural environment.
Do you really think it is a coincidence that they are taking so long to "stop the flow of oil?"
The more oil in the water, the greater the chance of an accident. We all know oil burns. Just look at what happened in Kuwait when Iraq set their oil fields on fire. As this oil spreads through-out the Gulf, to the shores of Mexico, Central and South America, the potential for becoming a "Planet Killer" is growing. Eventually, it will also reach the Atlantic and move with the Atlantic Current up the Eastern Coast of the US and also out toward the mid-Atlantic. I am not trying
to frighten you, Torz, but people need to see the greater picture here, and not just see it as a local event. It will / would take years for the Gulf to recover from this if they stop the oil flow and clean it up in the next 30 days. I don't see that happening.
They are allowing this to continue to grow. They are getting rich at the expense of Planet Earth and its life forms.
I know they have their underground bunkers, deep in the earth, but how long can
they stay there? If this planet goes up in flames, what would they come out to?
The atmosphere could potentially burn off and the planet would become uninhabitable.
Weren't we hearing stories of the NWO going to reduce the population of this planet by 90 percent? How about 100 percent? If they continue with this plan, they may not have anything left to come out of the ground to.
At the advanced age of most of these People the human race could die off in twenty years or less……
All because of Greed and Power.”

Is BP really that bad or are they serving another master??
Could the NWO be opportunizing this disaster to their own advantage, delaying tactics to give them time to make the most of the situation??
Think about that for a minute……

Yet there’s more… a good friend contributed this on the Manticore Forum.

Let’s also consider:

Louisiana has 17 refineries -- most are on or near the Mississippi River. What will happen if these big crude oil ships come in and out of the mouth of the Mississippi bringing the pollutants with them? What happens if the Mississippi becomes so polluted with flammable materials that the refineries are shut down? America loses about 50% of all gasoline it produces just (snap) like that.

What would happen to the Midwest commerce and drinking water if the Mississippi had to be shut down?

What if entire areas must evacuate? Who is going to patrol the borders then?

What if we have to open our borders to our neighbours in Cuba? Mexico? Dominican Republic?

How will we feed/house Americans, not to mention others who are leaving their homes because BP has despoiled their homes and livelihoods.

What is Britain doing to help pay for and clean up this mess?

What if (god forbid) they go ahead and nuke the hole and the entire area becomes radioactive, plus blows the area so that there would be NO WAY the leak could be stopped? Because they said nuking the hole is not on the table means that it is on the table (everything with government is always the reverse of what they say). No matter what you have heard, this is NOT an option we should consider, unless we just want to go ahead and "get it over with" for that 90% of the population, including sea creatures.

Yet there is another scenario to consider…I also found this on another forum, there are a lot of clever people out there desperate to help in any way they can.
BP doesn’t seem interested at all in accepting any help.

"This is a brief synopsis of what Lindsey Williams revealed on Alex Jones show recently.

* BP drilled about 30,000 feet into a strata that has never been drilled into before, already starting 5,000 feet down.
* So we’re talking about 7 miles into the earth.
* They drilled between 25 and 30 thousand feet deep in 5 thousand foot water. …
* They hit something so catastrophic and unexpected that they could not contain it.”
* They hit a wellhead pressure of somewhere between 20, 000 and 70,000 pounds per square inch (psi).
* Compare this to Prudhoe Bay oil pressure at 1,5000 psi.
* Having been told that the failsafe valve was warped, the foreman proceeded anyway.
* The flow is much larger than BP is letting on. It’s actually gushing at about 4 million gallons of oil per day!
* It may take a nuke to stop it. But this is super risky, and takes about 2 more months to prepare for."

So now we are beginning to see a larger picture and some possible explanations as to the utter negligence BP has leashed upon the Planet and Her inhabitants???


My guess and those of others is that we could be looking at either the Batholithic Chamber or an opportunized and intentionally prolonged accident OR both.

Your thoughts and contributions are welcome....

Torz Baron Copley
BP And The NWO Planet Killers

Today I came upon some information that has caused me high alarm and I feel I must share this information with all of you.

Seven weeks in and there is still no sign of a let up of the Oil gushing from BP’s well into the Gulf of Mexico?.
With the seeming complicity of Obama they have taken an awful long time to do anything to stem this appalling flow of oil and gas, apart from placing a gag order on the FEW clean-up workers that are there, enforce a no fly zone over the whole of the Gulf of Mexico, block any serious scientific testing, prevent the world’s media from reporting, mysteriously withheld the wellhead pressure and refused any serious attempts from offers of help from around the world. Did I forget to mention that BP is in such a rush to fix this that instead of flying in the new well cap via the military, reliable eye witness reports saw it slowly being driven on the back of a Big Rig through Fort Worth Texas yesterday clearly showing that time is NOT of the essence to them. I could go on… but you get the picture.

The most amusing, if you can call it that, memory of this whole debacle is BP’s CEO Tony Hayward complaining that “He wants his life back”!... Unbelievable!

Whether this was an accident or not is not the issue I want to address here today, it is the possible scenario’s that could topple like dominoes in ever increasing catastrophes now that the lead one has been pushed…..

I received an email today from a friend today who knows it would be unwise to be too specific:

“ Have we considered what could potentially occur to North America if a Hurricane like Katrina were to hit the Gulf with all this "gas and oil" floating in the water, or not?
It could potentially destroy the South and possible Mid-America.
If all that oil is spread over the land, and soaks into our land and homes, followed by intense heat, there is a potential for the ignition of a firestorm as the oil ignites. This could potentially kill millions of animals, humans, destroy our crops, and our natural environment.
Do you really think it is a coincidence that they are taking so long to "stop the flow of oil?"
The more oil in the water, the greater the chance of an accident. We all know oil burns. Just look at what happened in Kuwait when Iraq set their oil fields on fire. As this oil spreads through-out the Gulf, to the shores of Mexico, Central and South America, the potential for becoming a "Planet Killer" is growing. Eventually, it will also reach the Atlantic and move with the Atlantic Current up the Eastern Coast of the US and also out toward the mid-Atlantic. I am not trying
to frighten you, Torz, but people need to see the greater picture here, and not just see it as a local event. It will / would take years for the Gulf to recover from this if they stop the oil flow and clean it up in the next 30 days. I don't see that happening.
They are allowing this to continue to grow. They are getting rich at the expense of Planet Earth and its life forms.
I know they have their underground bunkers, deep in the earth, but how long can
they stay there? If this planet goes up in flames, what would they come out to?
The atmosphere could potentially burn off and the planet would become uninhabitable.
Weren't we hearing stories of the NWO going to reduce the population of this planet by 90 percent? How about 100 percent? If they continue with this plan, they may not have anything left to come out of the ground to.
At the advanced age of most of these People the human race could die off in twenty years or less……
All because of Greed and Power.”

Is BP really that bad or are they serving another master??
Could the NWO be opportunizing this disaster to their own advantage, delaying tactics to give them time to make the most of the situation??
Think about that for a minute……

Yet there’s more… a good friend contributed this on the Manticore Forum.

Let’s also consider:

Louisiana has 17 refineries -- most are on or near the Mississippi River. What will happen if these big crude oil ships come in and out of the mouth of the Mississippi bringing the pollutants with them? What happens if the Mississippi becomes so polluted with flammable materials that the refineries are shut down? America loses about 50% of all gasoline it produces just (snap) like that.

What would happen to the Midwest commerce and drinking water if the Mississippi had to be shut down?

What if entire areas must evacuate? Who is going to patrol the borders then?

What if we have to open our borders to our neighbours in Cuba? Mexico? Dominican Republic?

How will we feed/house Americans, not to mention others who are leaving their homes because BP has despoiled their homes and livelihoods.

What is Britain doing to help pay for and clean up this mess?

What if (god forbid) they go ahead and nuke the hole and the entire area becomes radioactive, plus blows the area so that there would be NO WAY the leak could be stopped? Because they said nuking the hole is not on the table means that it is on the table (everything with government is always the reverse of what they say). No matter what you have heard, this is NOT an option we should consider, unless we just want to go ahead and "get it over with" for that 90% of the population, including sea creatures.

Yet there is another scenario to consider…I also found this on another forum, there are a lot of clever people out there desperate to help in any way they can.
BP doesn’t seem interested at all in accepting any help.

"This is a brief synopsis of what Lindsey Williams revealed on Alex Jones show recently.

* BP drilled about 30,000 feet into a strata that has never been drilled into before, already starting 5,000 feet down.
* So we’re talking about 7 miles into the earth.
* They drilled between 25 and 30 thousand feet deep in 5 thousand foot water. …
* They hit something so catastrophic and unexpected that they could not contain it.”
* They hit a wellhead pressure of somewhere between 20, 000 and 70,000 pounds per square inch (psi).
* Compare this to Prudhoe Bay oil pressure at 1,5000 psi.
* Having been told that the failsafe valve was warped, the foreman proceeded anyway.
* The flow is much larger than BP is letting on. It’s actually gushing at about 4 million gallons of oil per day!
* It may take a nuke to stop it. But this is super risky, and takes about 2 more months to prepare for."

So now we are beginning to see a larger picture and some possible explanations as to the utter negligence BP has leashed upon the Planet and Her inhabitants???


My guess and those of others is that we could be looking at either the Batholithic Chamber or an opportunized and intentionally prolonged accident OR both.

Your thoughts and contributions are welcome....

Torz Baron Copley

vrijdag 11 juni 2010

BP Oil spil

By Jessica Resnick-Ault and Katarzyna Klimasinska

May 14 (Bloomberg) 

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu signaled his lack of confidence in the industry experts trying to control BP Plc’s leaking oil well by hand-picking a team of scientists with reputations for creative problem solving.

Dispatched to Houston by President Barack Obama to deal with the crisis, Chu said Wednesday that five “extraordinarily intelligent” scientists from around the country will help BP and industry experts think of back-up plans to cut off oil from the well, leaking 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) below sea-level.
Members of the Chu team are credited with accomplishments including designing the first hydrogen bomb, inventing techniques for mining on Mars and finding a way to precisely position biomedical needles.

“I don’t think there is a lot of confidence in BP in Washington right now,” David Pursell, a managing director at Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. LLC in Houston, said by phone. Chu’s decision to bring in additional scientists may reflect that concern, he said.

BP’s effort to use robots on the seafloor to close off the well failed, and a 40-foot steel structure meant to cap the leak was scuttled when the containment box became clogged with an icy slush of seawater and gas. BP now is deliberating between using a smaller containment chamber to control the well or inserting a tube directly into the leaking pipe to channel the oil.

Chu said he’s tasked his team to develop “plan B, C, D, E and F” in addition to finding a way to stop the oil leak.
“Things are looking up, and things are getting much more optimistic,” the Nobel-prize winning physicist said after meeting with the scientists and BP in Houston Wednesday.
BP CEO Meeting

The group convened at BP’s command center in Houston yesterday, where they met with BP leadership, including Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, the Energy Department said. BP is using more than 500 specialists from almost 100 organizations and welcomes additional help, Jon Pack, a BP spokesman, said by phone.

Their exact activities are cloaked in secrecy. “We saw some confidential and proprietary information,” said one scientist on the team, Jonathan I. Katz, a physics professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

Katz’s early work focused on astrophysics, but now he consults on a wide variety of physics puzzles, he said. He is a member of the JASON group, a think tank dedicated to researching complex problems for the U.S. Government, including the Defense Department.

Provocative Thinking
In a telephone interview from his home in Missouri, Katz skipped across topics: computer models for global warming, equality in college admissions and the Mpemba effect -- the observation that, in specific circumstances, warmer water freezes faster than colder water.

Katz, 59 wrote articles that he has labeled as “thought- provoking” on his personal website, including, “Don’t Become a Scientist,” “In Defense of Homophobia” and “Why Terrorism is Important.”
“The best physicists have been very broad people,” he said.

Chu chose another JASON think tank member, Richard L. Garwin, for his oil spill taskforce. Garwin, 82, a physicist and IBM Fellow Emeritus, is a military-technology and arms-control consultant to the U.S. government. He helped design the first hydrogen bomb in 1951, according to the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

“To do interesting science, the whole point is not just to follow the beaten track, but find something new,” Freeman Dyson, another JASON member, said about Garwin.

Flaming Wells
Garwin, 82, held a 1991 symposium of academic scientists, explosives experts, firefighters and oilmen to grapple with how to stem oil flows from hundreds of wells Iraq set on fire in Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, according to a summary of the event. Garwin declined to comment on the meeting in Houston, but confirmed his experience with Kuwait’s oil wells in an interview.

BP has described conditions around its leaking offshore well as resembling those in outer space. Chu selected one scientist with experience operating on Mars, George Cooper, a civil engineering professor at the University of California at Berkeley.

Cooper once worked with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to modify mining techniques on earth for use on Mars, said Berkeley Professor Juan Pestana, who leads the GeoEngineering section in which Cooper is an emeritus professor.
Cooper did not respond to e-mails or telephone messages.

Five Dozen Patents
Chu also selected Alexander Slocum, a professor of mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, who holds more than five dozen patents for devices related to biotechnology, robotics and computer science.

On his website, Slocum describes his research interests delving into nanotechnology, precision engineering, “and staying down longer while SCUBA diving.” He did not respond to telephone calls or e-mails.

“He has a lot of creative ideas. One in 10 are really brilliant ideas, but nine are dumb,” said MIT professor Wai K. Cheng, a colleague in Slocum’s department. “You can’t miss that one that is brilliant.”

The team is rounded out by Tom Hunter, 64, from Sandia Laboratories, which conducts research for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. Hunter has been with Sandia since 1967, and served as president of Sandia Corporation, which manages the lab, since 2005.
“We’re using some X-ray type technology that Sandia labs has,” Doug Suttles, BP’s chief operating officer for exploration and production, said today in an interview on CNN.
Chris Miller, a Sandia spokesman, said Hunter didn’t have time to comment.

--With assistance from Jim Polson in New York. Editors: Kim Jordan, Charles Siler.


I would als like to post a blog by my friend Mike Berry
... so it appears that BP are considering using a NUKE to deal with THEIR OIL SPILL

Surely that is beyond human comprehension... I am shocked, devastated and saddened by the absolute STUPIDITY and DESTRUCTION of this corporation!

wow, that sounds so unbelievably outrageous... think about the ripples (metaphorically & physically) - and what happens if it goes even further wrong? oil is explosive is it not?

and where will the vibrations of a nuclear bomb go? - every direction!! - including down towards the earth's core, which will also HAVE to react with earthquakes, tsunamis, volcano eruptions etc.

could this be part of our worldwide 2012 'awakenings'?

i have documented many times that it seems crazy (to me) that we are still looking for fossil fuels to generate power, especially when there is an abundance of natural power available from the sun (solar has two types; light & heat) and waves, and salt water (more than 70% of our planet), and wind.
yes all of those cost money to further explore and harness, but our choosing to remain ignorant is leading to the destruction of planet earth as we know it.

no point in saying it shouldn't have happened & who is to blame... we can deal with all of that later... the point is; we are all learning all of the time, and they may well have done the best they could at the time based on the knowledge & skills they had then...
they now need to focus simply on an immed solution... and WAAAAY beyond!

as for losing jobs etc, there are going to be many many more jobs created (with my solutions) when we need mechanics & technicians & sales outlets etc to convert/create new engine designs & other power stations using NATURAL resources.

i normally avoid 'disaster-type' stories, but this could actually have far bigger implications than most people realise... fortunately, thanks to global and social networking such as facebook, we can get the message out to millions of people quickly and not have to wait on the red tape and bureaucracy of governments to finally wake up and have board meetings about how much of their budget they should allocate.

Mike ;-)

woensdag 9 juni 2010

prayer of Ho'oponopono

Let Us Thank Dr. Emoto for the following share and prayer of Ho'oponopono...
Please share this note with your friends and contacts around the world.

Love to all,
Alexandra Barrett


My 16 year old son was in tears this morning about the devastation in the Gulf of Mexico.
I told him about how water responds to intention and suggested that we pray to the water itself.
Let us all suspend our hatred and anger for the moment and let the intention for healing arise.
This is what is most needed at this moment

Dr. Masaru Emoto's research reveals that water physically responds to emotions and communications. He sends this prayer.
With Our Love

To speak it with sincerity is powerful and humbling:

"Now let’s give energy of love and gratitude to the waters and all the living creatures in Mexico Gulf by praying like this:



To the water, whales, dolphins, pelicans, fishes, shellfishes, planktons, corals, algae and all creatures in our Gulf of Mexico

I apologize.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.

Masaru Emoto
May, 9th 2010"

maandag 7 juni 2010

Britain will open the door to Frankenstein food

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A German farmer shows two corncobs of genetically engineered corn, right, and two normal corncobs (file photo)

Genetically modified crops were last night given enthusiastic backing by the Environment Secretary.
Caroline Spelman shocked colleagues by suggesting that the coalition government will take a more pro-GM stance than its Labour predecessor.
The Tories have traditionally taken a sceptical approach to so- called 'Frankenstein foods', and at present no GM varieties are cultivated commercially in the UK.

Labour ministers shied away from promoting GM foods in recent years over concerns about a public backlash.
But Mrs Spelman insisted last night they could bring 'benefits to food in the marketplace'.
Her intervention drew fierce criticism from anti-GM campaigners, who accused her of getting her facts wrong and highlighted her background as a lobbyist for biotechnology.
Mrs Spelman set up a food and biotechnology lobbying company Spelman, Cormack and Associates with her husband, Mark Spelman, in 1989. Although she resigned as a company director last year, the firm remains in the hands of her husband.

Yesterday Mrs Spelman said she was in favour of GM foods 'in the right circumstances', though she insisted they should not be promoted using public money and expressed concerns-about some aspects of the technology. 'GM can bring benefits in food to the marketplace. The sale should not be promoted by the taxpayer,' she said.
'Lord Henley [the new environment minister] has approved a trial of a potato blight-resistant variety. That's the kind of modification that can reduce the amount of agro-chemicals which need to be applied.'
She added: 'There are benefits to developing countries, like drought resistance or resistance to high salt content in water. The principle of GM technology is [ok] if used well. The technology can be beneficial.'
EU pushes for more GM crops
However, she criticised Labour's £500,000 official public consultation into genetically modified food, which is in turmoil following protests that it has been rigged. This week, two academics on a Food Standards Agency committee resigned in protest saying they could not support a spin exercise to promote GM food.
'The Food Standards Agency should not be spending taxpayers' money promoting GM foods,' Mrs Spelman said. Aides insisted last night that the minister had been speaking before any firm policy on GM crops has been established.
Pete Riley, director of GM Freeze, welcomed her remarks about the GM consultation. But he added: 'The Secretary of State needs to check very carefully before making claims about
'There are no salt tolerant or drought resistant crops on the market and none seem likely in the foreseeable future.
'Non-GM blight resistant potatoes are already on the market, whilst the GM ones are still being developed despite a £1.7million investment of public money to date.
'Mrs Spelman needs to be very careful in how she deals with GM issues given her background as a lobbyist in the area and should take advice from a far wider spectrum before making policy.'
Mrs Spelman also said she would block the practice of building on green belt and create new green belt areas.
She confirmed that badgers would be culled in England and that there would be a free vote on repealing Labour's hunting ban.

vrijdag 4 juni 2010

Is This Woman Too Hot To Be a Banker?

Everything about Debrahlee Lorenzana is hot. Even her name sizzles. At five-foot-six and 125 pounds, with soft eyes and flawless bronze skin, she is J.Lo curves meets Jessica Simpson rack meets Audrey Hepburn elegance—a head-turning beauty.

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In many ways, the story of her life has been about getting attention from men—both the wanted and the unwanted kind. But when she got fired last summer from her job as a banker at a Citibank branch in Midtown—her bosses cited her work performance—she got even hotter. She sued Citigroup, claiming that she was fired solely because her bosses thought she was too hot.

This is the way Debbie Lorenzana tells it: Her bosses told her they couldn't concentrate on their work because her appearance was too distracting. They ordered her to stop wearing turtlenecks. She was also forbidden to wear pencil skirts, three-inch heels, or fitted business suits. Lorenzana, a 33-year-old single mom, pointed out female colleagues whose clothing was far more revealing than hers: "They said their body shapes were different from mine, and I drew too much attention," she says.

As Lorenzana's lawsuit puts it, her bosses told her that "as a result of the shape of her figure, such clothes were purportedly 'too distracting' for her male colleagues and supervisors to bear."

"Men are kind of drawn to her," says Tanisha Ritter, a friend and former colleague who also works as a banker and praises Lorenzana's work habits. "I've seen men turn into complete idiots around her. But it's not her fault that they act this way, and it shouldn't be her problem."

Because Citibank made Lorenzana sign a mandatory-arbitration clause as a condition of her employment, the case will never end up before a jury or judge. An arbitrator will decide. Citibank officials won't comment on the suit.

Her attorney, Jack Tuckner, who calls himself a "sex-positive" women's-rights lawyer, is the first one to say his client is a babe. But so what? For him, it all boils down to self-control. "It's like saying," Tuckner argues, "that we can't think anymore 'cause our penises are standing up—and we cannot think about you except in a sexual manner—and we can't look at you without wanting to have sexual intercourse with you. And it's up to you, gorgeous woman, to lessen your appeal so that we can focus!"

This isn't your typical sexual-harassment lawsuit, if there is such a thing. For one thing, such suits often claim that women are coerced into looking more sexy or are subjected to being pawed. Lorenzana claims that her bosses basically told her she was just too attractive. And when she raised hell and refused to do anything about it—as if there was anything she really could do about it—she lost her job.

http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-06-01/news/is-this-woman-too-hot-to-work-in-a-bank/1

Madison Park's Video On Factory Farming "Opus One"

I would like to share this powerful video on factory farms with you.

dinsdag 1 juni 2010

Watch ...

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Watch your Thoughts, they become words;
Watch your Words, they become actions;
Watch your Actions, they become habits;
Watch your Habits, they become character;
Watch your Character, for it becomes your Destiny

Thank you Debkanchan Mitra