Monday, 1 April 2013
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April Fools’ fly-by: Four asteroids flash past Earth in one day
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Earth is experiencing an unusual cosmic bombardment as four large asteroids pass it in just one day. Fortunately astronomers don’t seem to joking when saying none are expected to pose danger.
The largest is 4034 Vishnu, which is 800 meters across – the length of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai – though much greater in mass. In comparison, the Tunguska meteorite that devastated hundreds of miles of Siberian wilderness when it landed in 1908 was estimated to be no bigger than 100 meters. The asteroid that may have led to the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago may have been up to 10 kilometers across.
But 4034 Vushnu – which was discovered in 1986 – will pass nearly 23 million kilometers from the Earth’s surface. The closest of the four, EN 89, will be just over 5 million kilometers away from the planet. The asteroid was only discovered a fortnight ago.
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| Orbit Diagram. Image from nasa.gov |
Although in everyday terms, the asteroids, ancient cosmic bodies that did not form into planets, will be a distance away, they are still classed as Close Approaches by astronomers. In total several hundred of them happen each year, but it is unusual for so many passes to happen over the course of one day.
The closest large asteroid to pass Earth this year was the 50-meter DA14, which flew 27,600 kilometers from the surface in February. Remarkably on the same day, an asteroid of up to 20-meters penetrated the atmosphere and exploded over Chelyabinsk in Siberia.
On average, asteroids of that size enter the atmosphere every 10 years. Those such as the Yucatan meteor that may have ended the Mesozoic Era, are expected to impact the Earth once every 20 million years.
While, the paths of many asteroids can be charted centuries ahead (and could even be destroyed if they head for the Earth) many, like the Chelyabinsk Meteor, are not detected until they enter the atmosphere – rendering the planet potentially vulnerable to impacts millions of times more powerful than the worst nuclear explosions.
But, some are taking a more positive attitude to asteroids. Earlier this year, Astrorank, a company that evaluates the make-up of asteroids in view of future space mining operations, said that 4034 Vishnu – which is composed largely of platinum and nickel-iron – is worth around $40 trillion dollars, more than half of the world’s gross national product last year.
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| Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades. (Reuters / Yves Herman) |
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Cyprus’ President-related company transfers €21 mln to London prior to bailout agreement
Published time: March 31, 2013 19:29
Edited time: March 31, 2013 22:13
Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades. (Reuters / Yves Herman)
A company owned by in-laws of Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades wired €21 million from Laiki Bank to London days before the Eurogroup’s crisis-triggering levy proposal, claims a Cypriot newspaper. The president demands an investigation.
During two days, 12 and 13 of March, the company A.Loutsios & Sons Ltd., co-owned by Loutsios John, the husband of Nikos Anastasiadis’ daughter, Elsa, took five promissory notes worth €21 million from Laiki Bank. The money was then transferred to London, reported Cypriot newspaper Haravgi, affiliated to the communist-rooted AKEL party.
The withdrawal was fulfilled just three days before the Eurogroup meeting when euro finance ministers agreed a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout for Cyprus.
The company, however, has firmly denied the reports.
The newspaper recalls that Cyprus Finance Minister, Michalis Sarris, publically admitted that the government was aware in advance about the Eurogroup’s intentions to impose a “haircut” on bank deposits of more than 100,000 euros.
Spokesman of AKEL, Stavros Evagorou, has called on the investigation committee to check the information regarding money withdrawal by Anastasiades’ family members as well as other reports about money transfer from the country on the eve of the Eurogroups’ levy decision.
Responding to the allegations, President Anastasiades called the publication an “attempt to defame companies or people linked to my family”.
“[This] is nothing but an attempt to distract people from the liability of those who led the country to a state of bankruptcy,” Anastasiades said.
The president stressed that no one, including himself, will walk free from the on-going investigations looking into responsibility for the crisis that has engulfed the Cypriot economy.
Moreover, Anastasiades assured that when the investigative committee assembled on Tuesday, he would request that its members look into this particular case.
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| A Eurogroup meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, March 24, 2013. (Reuters / Sebastien Pirlet) |
The initial agreement suggested 9.9 and 6.7 percent levies on deposits above and below the €100,000 threshold respectively.
At dawn of March 25, Cyprus and the troika of international backers (EU, ECB, IMF) reached agreement on a €10bn bailout plan, aimed at preventing the bankruptcy of the island’s financial system and the country’s exit from the Eurozone.
The depositors holding over 100,000 euros at the Bank of Cyprus will lose 37.5 per cent in money in exchange for bank shares. These big depositors may further lose up to 22.5 per cent more if the experts consider bank’s balance insufficient.
This means that those with big deposits in Cyprus’ largest bank could lose could lose up to 60 percent of their savings in a harsh new EU and IMF bailout deal. Those with deposits less than 100,000 euros will be protected under the Cyprus deposit guarantee.
At the same time, under the bailout deal between the eurozone finance ministers and Cyprus, the country’s second largest bank Laiki will effectively be shut down in order to set up a "good bank" and a "bad bank".
Deposits below €100,000 will be shifted from Laiki to the Bank of Cyprus to create a “good bank.” Deposits larger than €100,000, which are not guaranteed under EU law, will be frozen and used to resolve debts.
The agreement caused mass outrage among Cypriots.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2301996/Was-worlds-mobile-phone-1938-film-shows-woman-talking-wireless-device-time-travel-family-say-disappointment-conspiracy-theorists.html
Is this the world's first cell phone? Film from 1938 shows a woman talking on a wireless device... but it is not 'time travel' family say to the disappointment of conspiracy theorists
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 13:57 EST, 31 March 2013 | UPDATED: 02:10 EST, 1 April 2013
The mystery of how a woman could have been filmed while using a modern cell phone back in 1938 seems to have finally been solved.
Black and white footage of a young female chatting into a wireless handset - said to have been filmed at a factory in the United States in the 30s - has attracted over 300,000 plays on YouTube.
Conspiracy theorists hailed the clip as proof of time travel, citing it alongside other instances of old films that appear to show imagery of modern technology existing years before it was invented.
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Back to the future? The woman is seen leaving Dupont with a cell phone next to her ear. The technology wasn't demonstrated until 1973 and the first cell wasn't commercially available until the 80s
But now a YouTube user has come forward to claim that the woman in the clip is their great grandmother.
Was this the world's first mobile phone? The 1938 film
The brief clip of the woman, captioned 'Time traveler in 1938 film' shows a young woman dressed in a stylish 30s dress walking alongside a crowd of people who are also dressed in outfits from the same period.
She seems to be chatting animatedly into a device held to her ear, which she then lowers. As she brings her arm down it can be seen as being the same size and shape as a modern cell phone.
The footage is claimed to have been shot at a factory owned by US industrial giant Dupont.
It was first posted online a year ago and was widely reported on by various blogs around the web.
But in recent days a user called 'planetcheck' has come forward, claiming to have solved the mystery.
Planetcheck said: 'The lady you see is my great grandmother Gertrude Jones.'
'She was 17 years old. I asked her about this video and she remembers it quite clearly. She says Dupont had a telephone communications section in the factory.'
'They were experimenting with wireless telephones. Gertrude and five other women were given these wireless phones to test out for a week.'
'Gertrude is talking to one of the scientists holding another wireless phone who is off to her right as she walks by.'
So far there has been no independent verification of planetcheck's post, but another YouTube user who says he knows someone else who worked at the factory has vowed to make further inquiries.
The 1938 clip is the second piece of footage said to show a mobile phone seeming to exist before the devices were invented.
In 2010, a clip from a 1928 Charlie Chaplin movie surfaced, which also appears to show a woman using a mobile phone - causing speculation that she was a time traveler.
Other examples said to prove time travel include claims that archaeologists in China unearthed a small piece of metal from an ancient tomb in Shangsi County - which was shaped like an exact replica of modern Swiss watch, with the time frozen at 10:06.
Is this the world's first cell phone? Film from 1938 shows a woman talking on a wireless device... but it is not 'time travel' family say to the disappointment of conspiracy theorists
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 13:57 EST, 31 March 2013 | UPDATED: 02:10 EST, 1 April 2013
The mystery of how a woman could have been filmed while using a modern cell phone back in 1938 seems to have finally been solved.
Black and white footage of a young female chatting into a wireless handset - said to have been filmed at a factory in the United States in the 30s - has attracted over 300,000 plays on YouTube.
Conspiracy theorists hailed the clip as proof of time travel, citing it alongside other instances of old films that appear to show imagery of modern technology existing years before it was invented.
Scroll down for video
Back to the future? The woman is seen leaving Dupont with a cell phone next to her ear. The technology wasn't demonstrated until 1973 and the first cell wasn't commercially available until the 80s
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Ahead of her time: The woman is captured talking on the small modern looking device as she walks |
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Explained? A YouTube commenter now claims they can explain the bizarre footage commenting the woman is their great-grandmother Gertrude Jones and they were testing wireless communication devices |
The user says that the woman really is using a cell - but it's a prewar prototype developed by a communications factory in Leominster, Massachusetts.
Was this the world's first mobile phone? The 1938 film
The brief clip of the woman, captioned 'Time traveler in 1938 film' shows a young woman dressed in a stylish 30s dress walking alongside a crowd of people who are also dressed in outfits from the same period.
She seems to be chatting animatedly into a device held to her ear, which she then lowers. As she brings her arm down it can be seen as being the same size and shape as a modern cell phone.
The footage is claimed to have been shot at a factory owned by US industrial giant Dupont.
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| Technologically advanced: The footage was shot more than 40 years before the first cell phone - a DynaTAC 8000x, pictured, was commercially available |
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| Mystery: The center of the mystery is Leominster, Massachusetts, were the woman was filmed leaving the Dupont building |
It was first posted online a year ago and was widely reported on by various blogs around the web.
But in recent days a user called 'planetcheck' has come forward, claiming to have solved the mystery.
Planetcheck said: 'The lady you see is my great grandmother Gertrude Jones.'
'She was 17 years old. I asked her about this video and she remembers it quite clearly. She says Dupont had a telephone communications section in the factory.'
'They were experimenting with wireless telephones. Gertrude and five other women were given these wireless phones to test out for a week.'
'Gertrude is talking to one of the scientists holding another wireless phone who is off to her right as she walks by.'
So far there has been no independent verification of planetcheck's post, but another YouTube user who says he knows someone else who worked at the factory has vowed to make further inquiries.
The 1938 clip is the second piece of footage said to show a mobile phone seeming to exist before the devices were invented.
In 2010, a clip from a 1928 Charlie Chaplin movie surfaced, which also appears to show a woman using a mobile phone - causing speculation that she was a time traveler.
Other examples said to prove time travel include claims that archaeologists in China unearthed a small piece of metal from an ancient tomb in Shangsi County - which was shaped like an exact replica of modern Swiss watch, with the time frozen at 10:06.
Layers of Energetic Clouds are being Removed
by ÉirePort
Layers of energetic clouds are being removed from the Inner Gaia at this moment. The process is coordinated with the humanity so to allow as many opportunities for Higher Awareness, prior to the end date. "End date" being flexible as required.
Post-layer-removal brings clarity of Higher Thought, Higher Purpose, Higher Awareness. And will feel to the Higher (and 3D) Senses as a clear, bright sky, and cool breeze.
Gaia Ascension Process is in full movement at this time.
We encourage releasing of all prior concepts regarding the nature of Ascension. "Allowing" and "accepting" and "conscious participating" are key.
ÉirePort | March 31, 2013 at 20:08
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