The Human Race Nearly Extinct 70,000 Years Ago

April 27, 2008 · Filed Under Living, News · 2 Comments 

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70,000 years ago humans came close to extinction as a result of climate change (drought) as scientists speculate. This was revealed from a genetic survey which showed that we were down to just 2,000 people.

Paleontology Professor Meave Leakey from Stony Brook University said:

Who would have thought that as recently as 70,000 years ago, extremes of climate had reduced our population to such small numbers that we were on the very edge of extinction

The clues of our origin and history were tracked through the maternally-transmitted mitochondrial DNA. It is now known that the human species originated from Africa about 200,000 years ago. Scientists believe that these early humans (before stone age) started suddenly to separate and formed smaller groups possibly due to the droughts that took place in Africa 100,000 years ago. These isolated groups later started merging till they left Africa and spread across the world.

The decedents of these 2,000 people have now reached 6.6 billion.

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Earthquake Prediction Techniques for Greece and the World

February 15, 2008 · Filed Under Living, News · 2 Comments 

Greece has been shaking up recently by earthquake after earthquake. Yesterday the 4th earthquake within 1.5 months (see previous 1, 2, 3), of a 6.5 magnitude had an epicenter south of the city of Kalamata.

This seismic activity has been scientifically predicted by the V.A.N team of Professor P. A. Varotsos of the University of Athens, Greece. Unfortunately the Greek governments (past and present) tend to dismiss scientific evidence. Maybe this is because government officials are using other, more accurate and alternative techniques. So I made a search to find such alternative techniques that may not be explained by science.

 

Sun, oh glorious sun!

 

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This first case managed to predict the latest Greek earthquake 6 days earlier! They used a method unheard before that predicted the 6.5 magnitude earthquake. This method does not require expensive equipment, only a roof, a digital watch and as much sunshine as possible. What is being observed? Any slight change in earths orbit during its rotation is caused by lava and tectonic plate movement. Based on this theory many amateur earthquake observers try to calculate these orbit changes by looking at the position of the sun and hence try to locate the earthquakes epicenter.

Snakes

 

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Chinese researchers of the Nanning seismologic center discovered that the snake behavior up to five days before an earthquake tends to be a bit bizarre. Specifically there are cases where snakes started to hit on walls in an attempt to escape earthquakes that might have been up to 120 km away. It is well known that animals do have an acute sense of things and especially vibrations. It was found that snakes even during the winter (snakes sleep during winter) they wake up and leave the nest when they felt an incoming earthquake. Hence a 24 hour camera surveillance system was set up to monitor the snake reactions hoping to become an accurate earthquake prediction technique.

Charlotte King - Biological predictions (!)

On the 18th of May 1980 a woman notified experts that something was not right. Within 12 minutes the volcano of St. Helena in Washington state, US, erupted. What happened next?c-king As with all things American she ended up in numerous shows and also became the study of many expert doctors and the US military. All of them were amazed to find that Charlotte since 1976 had started to be able to listen to ULF, VLF and ELF frequencies. In total 4 US states studies this phenomenon called Charlotte. This was not the first time that Charlotte predicted an earthquake but since then her name got major publicity. So now she continues her work and according to her between the dozens of earthquakes that she predicted we can find even the one that devastated Athens in 1999. She even has a blog in which she presents her worries about global earthquake prediction.

A hidden camera on your belt

January 11, 2008 · Filed Under News, Technology · Comment 

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The joy of the journalist/reporter and the pinnacle of all hidden cameras is here. Ajoka is the company that manufactures this new toy and with it you can film color videos with voice without anyone knowing it. It takes up to a 2GB memory card and just by pointing your belly here and there you can film almost anything. Go to that government agency where the ask for bribery or to your college professor who wants something in exchange for better grades and film all the evidence in world and expose the culprits on national TV.

Yours for only $150 from here

Attention: It is not suitable for certain other kinds of hidden filming as it will be out of focus…

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