Plasma rockets & solar storms

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Source: The Watchers - 2/10/13, By Chillymanjaro

This is a preview of  Cosmic Journeys episode. Ancient people saw them as messages from the Gods… as supernatural winds that blew from the realm of spirits. Modern science has linked these polar light shows, called auroras, to vast waves of electrified gas hurled in our direction by the sun. Today, researchers from a whole new generation see this explosive substance, plasma, as an energy source that may one day fuel humanity’s expansion into space. What can we learn, and how far can we go, by tapping into the strange and elusive fourth state of matter?   Since the dawn of...

 

This is a preview of  Cosmic Journeys episode. Ancient people saw them as messages from the Gods… as supernatural winds that blew from the realm of spirits. Modern science has linked these polar light shows, called auroras, to vast waves of electrified gas hurled in our direction by the sun. Today, researchers from a whole new generation see this explosive substance, plasma, as an energy source that may one day fuel humanity’s expansion into space. What can we learn, and how far can we go, by tapping into the strange and elusive fourth state of matter?

 

Is The Earth Cooking Up Another Super Volcano?

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NPR.org - Christopher Joyce, 2/10/13

A hot spring at Yellowstone National Park. The super volcano that lurks below Yellowstone has blown its top three times in the past 2 million years.

A hot spring at Yellowstone National Park. The super volcano that lurks below Yellowstone has blown its top three times in the past 2 million years. Jason Maehl

Every few million years or so, the Earth burps up a gargantuan volcano.

These aren't like volcanoes in our lifetimes; these "super volcanoes" can erupt continuously for thousands of years. While they might be rare, you'd best look out when one hits.

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Heavenletter #4462 The Sun, Moon, and Stars Have Their Own Paths

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Heaven Letters Published on: February 11, 2013

God said:

You can love someone even when the person doesn’t love you, or doesn’t love you any longer or love you enough. You can love. Of course, loving someone doesn’t mean hounding or stalking. Loving someone may mean leaving him or her alone even when you want to be together. You can love someone and let him go his way and you go yours. Boundaries are not the governance of love.

This is the case with your children, is it not? You are constantly with your baby. As the child grows, you are with him less. He is off somewhere. He may even move far away. Your love is intact, only it isn’t full time any longer. Your child is ever your child, and yet he belongs more to himself now than he belongs to you. It is not farewell. It is the child’s leave-taking, however. He has miles to go. And you have to wave goodbye with a smile.

Collapsed magnetic filament hurls coronal mass ejection (CME) towards Earth

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 2/11/13

February 11, 2013 – EARTH-DIRECTED ERUPTION: On Saturday, February 9th, around 0640 UT, a magnetic filament in the sun’s northern hemisphere erupted, hurling a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth.

 

 

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the UV flash from the underlying C2-class solar flare: The CME, which was captured in flight by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, billowed away from the sun at 800 km/s. The bulk of the cloud looks like it will sail north of Earth. Nevertheless, a glancing blow is possible as shown in this 3D model of the CME prepared by analysts at the Goddard Space Flight Center. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras on Feb. 12th when the CME passes by. –Space Weather

Northeast digs out from blizzard: 9 dead, thousands without power

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 2/10/13

February 10, 2013 – BOSTON, MASS - The Northeast started digging itself out after a blizzard dumped up to 40 inches of snow with hurricane force winds, killing at least nine people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. By early Sunday, utility companies were reporting roughly 350,000 customers still without electricity across a nine-state region after the wet, heavy snow brought down tree branches and power lines. About half a million had been down as of late Saturday. Air traffic began to return to normal Sunday after some 5,800 flights were canceled Friday and Saturday, according to Flightaware, a flight tracking service.

 

 

Visionkeeper - Walking A Path…

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One World Rising Posted on February 11, 2013

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We all lay out a general path before us to follow and stay connected to as we make our way through our experience in our lifetime. What kind of path we lay out determines what kind of life we will encounter. What does your path look like? Is it a beautiful path or one fraught with turmoil and disappointments? It is up to each of us to choose our own paths and then be responsible for following them. Do we have the courage to not be pulled off them by temptations thrown before us or fears meant to derail us? A strong path makes for a strong person. Is your path filled with I can’s and I am’s or is it filled with maybe’s and I should’s, I will? Do we embrace what life has to offer us and set it before us on our path with enthusiasm or do we come at life timidly and with reservation, apprehensively tip toeing along waiting for and expecting  life to throw us a curve ball? Choose your life path, plant it with flowers of beautiful colors and most importantly, stay on it, but be flexible!

Peru, Chile and Bolivia hit by record floods, after heavy rain: 6 dead

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 2/10/13

February 10, 2013 – PERU - Torrential rain has been causing havoc along the Pacific coast side of South America, with flooding causing the deaths of at least six people in Peru. In the southern city of Arequipa, thousands of people were left without electricity and drinking water. In Chile, some four million people were hit by cuts to water supply blamed on landslides in San Jose de Maipo, 30 miles (48 km) south east of Santiago. The landslides contaminated two rivers supplying the capital’s water plants. The Aguas Andinas water company said it expected to bring the water supply back to normal by Sunday afternoon. Last week, even Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the driest places in the world, suffered with heavy rain. In Peru, thousands of people have been left without electricity and drinking water. The authorities in Peru declared a state of emergency in Arequipa.

 

 

Change is definitely underway…

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One World Rising Posted on February 11, 2013

While mainstream media will play up the Pope’s resignation being health oriented, I tend to believe this is a sure sign that the changing of the guard has begun in earnest. We are on our way folks. The new world I believe is in full construction mode. Hang on tight.

Pope Benedict Resignation Announcement (FULL TEXT)

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Huffington Post AP  |  By  The Associated Press  Posted: 02/11/2013 6:57 am EST

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he would resign Feb. 28 because he is simply too old to carry on. Here is the text of his announcement, delivered to cardinals gathered for a ceremony to name three new saints.

Excerpt from the full text:

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