8/8/2012 -- Earthquake Overview - USA - West Pacific - EU - Asia - South America

It is prudent to ALWAYS have an earthquake plan ready (and practiced) --- just in case a sizable earthquake strikes your area.

We are seeing a slight increase over the past few weeks.. after several months of a relative 'quieting off' .. this past weeks multiple 6.0M+ earthquake around the ring of fire, plus the activity on the west coast USA --- also the movement seems to be picking up in north Asia (Ryuku north to Kuril Islands)..

Multiple 4.0M and 5.0M along the plate edge north of Australia (New Guinea to Sumatra).. watch for larger movement.

South America (chile/argentina near the coast) be aware of the possibility of a larger earthquake in the near term (next 2 weeks).. at least a 6.0M or greater most likely.

Europe, be alert of 5.0M activity to the north.. and 6.0M activity to the south over the next two weeks.

United States / Canada -- watch the west coast especially.. and the south edge of the north American Craton (colorado, new mexico, texas, oklahoma, arkansas, missouri). East coast -- slight risk for a greater than 4.0M in the next two weeks... watch virginia to south carolina.

Use the links here to monitor earthquake nationally, and internationally:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/11302011-list-of-earthquake-links-...

Use the links here to monitor volcano activity globally (webcam links provided):

~Space Weather Update~ Still Crackling with C Class Flares

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Earth & Space Weather

Chemotherapy can backfire and boost cancer growth: study

YAHOO! News
AFP Relax News – Mon, Aug 6, 2012

Cancer-busting chemotherapy can cause damage to healthy cells which triggers them to secrete a protein that sustains tumour growth and resistance to further treatment, a study said Sunday.

Researchers in the United States made the "completely unexpected" finding while seeking to explain why cancer cells are so resilient inside the human body when they are easy to kill in the lab.

Freedom Project

Anemia drugs made billions, but at what cost?

The Washington Post
By Peter Whoriskey, Published: July 19, 2012

Bill O'Leary/WASHINGTON POST - Sherry Lenox’s husband died hours after taking an anemia drug , although cancer was the official cause.

On the day Jim Lenox got his last injection, the frail 54-year-old cancer patient was waiting to be discharged from the Baltimore Washington Medical Center. He’d put on his black leather coat. Then a nurse said he needed another dose of anemia drugs.

His wife, Sherry, thought that seemed odd, because his blood readings had been close to normal, but Lenox trusted the doctors. After the nurse pumped the drug into his left shoulder, the former repairman for Washington Gas said he felt good enough to play basketball.

Insight: Young Sudan activists push revolt against odds

Reuters
By Yara Bayoumy and Alexander Dziadosz

Tue Aug 7, 2012 5:42am EDT

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir attends the leaders meeting at the African Union (AU) Addis Ababa July 15, 2012.

Credit: Reuters/Tiksa Negeri

(Reuters) - Slogans sprayed across walls in a dusty, working-class district of Khartoum are painted over but still convey their message: Sudan's young opposition activists want to bring an Arab Spring to their country and end President Omar Hassan al-Bashir's rule.

Freedom Project

Bahrainis continue anti-regime protests

Tehran Times
On Line: 07 August 2012 16:20
In Print: Wednesday 08 August 2012

Bahraini protesters continue their anti-regime demonstrations in Manama and several villages across the sheikdom to demand the release of political prisoners.

Protesters took to the streets in the northern village of Jidd Hafs, east of the capital, calling for the immediate release of the political prisoners from jails.

To read the rest of this story, visit TehranTimes.com.

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Knight Capital held $7 bln of stocks due to glitch - WSJ

Reuters
Thu Aug 9, 2012 4:07am IST

Aug 8 (Reuters) - Knight Capital Group Inc (KCG.N) was holding about $7 billion of stocks at one point on Wednesday last week due to a software problem that led the brokerage to seek emergency funding, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Knight tried to minimize its losses arising from a huge trading shortfall by paring the total position to about $4.6 billion by the end of the trading day, the Journal said.

To read the rest of this story, visit In.Reuters.com.

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Knight Capital Implosion: The Latest Wall Street Alarm Bell That Everyone Will Ignore

YAHOO! FINANCE

By Henry Blodget | Daily Ticker – Mon, Aug 6, 2012 10:12 AM EDT

Wall Street's latest disaster is the trading firm Knight Capital (KCG), which somehow managed to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in a half hour last week from a "software glitch"--a capital loss that almost destroyed it.

Knight has now received an emergency investment of $400 million from a group of investors including TD Ameritrade, Blackstone Group and Chicago-based Getgo. These new investors will own 70 percent of Knight Capital.

To read the rest of this story and see the video, visit Finance.Yahoo.com.

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Vatican says disgraced Legion of Christ needs a new identity

The Washington Post

By Alessandro Speciale| Religion News Service, Published: July 12AP

VATICAN CITY — The disgraced Legion of Christ religious order needs to rethink its identity before going forward with its internal reform, the papal envoy in charge of the group’s overhaul told priests and lay members in a letter published on Wednesday (July 11).

Cardinal Velasio De Paolis was appointed in 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI to oversee the order’s reform after revelations that its founder, the Rev. Marcial Maciel, had lived a double life, abusing children and fathering a son.

To read the rest of this story, visit WashingtonPost.com.

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China's Communist Party tries to keep a lid on murder case

GFP Note: Reports indicate that this murder trial is creating another crack in China's communist party system as news of corruption at the top leaks to the public via the internet.

USAToday
Published August 8, 2012
Updated August 9, 2012

By Calum MacLeod

Bo Xilai

BEIJING – The murder trial of the wife of a disgraced Communist Party leader aims not for justice but to ensure that the public does not blame the party for the scandal, experts said on the eve of the trial.

"We will not be much wiser to what actually happened after the trial. We will only know what the party would like the rest of the world to know," said Steve Tsang, director of the China Policy Institute at the University of Nottingham in England.

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8/8/2012 -- Earthquake Overview - USA - West Pacific - EU - Asia - South America