Earth’s Weather Like You Have Never Seen It Before

This video shows Earth’s weather from August 17 to August 26, 2009. It also shows how beautiful this planet is, and how insignificant we are. It was created at a 7-kilometer resolution with NASA’s GEOS-5 atmospheric general circulation model.

The GEOS-5 atmospheric model was developed by NASA Goddard’s scientists. It’s based on the Earth System Modeling Framework, an open source project “for building climate, numerical weather prediction, data assimilation, and other Earth science software applications.”

To really appreciate its beauty, you can watch the 1080p high definition video at NASA.

- via gizmodo

Strange jello rain made entire town of Oakville, WA sick for months

Hmm…

Bram Stoker’s Dracula – Full 2 hr Movie

Here is a scary movie for Halloween. You do have to log in to watch it and I think there are some commercials.

True Spooky: Mercury is good for you.

Other than the skin rashes and dermatitis; mood swings; memory loss; mental disturbances; and muscle weakness, that is…

Richmond High School girl gang raped (photos, videos)

Update: 4 Arraigned. Two adults. All will be tried as adults and face the possibility of life in prison.  Those who stood by and did nothing could be charged with conspiracy.

Videos of Richmond High School Gang Rape.

So disgusting. What the hell is wrong with people? Two and half hours with multiple eye-witnesses and no one called for help?

Something I read said the police are watching for anyone who posts video of this attack so they can use it as evidence. People not only stood around, they also made videos, like it was some kind of damn rock concert. Close the school and administer pscyh evals to everyone. Check the water supply too. Something has caused some brain damage in those kids. I can’t believe that anyone would do this without being mentally ill.

And boys, if you have any functioning brain cells left, don’t use them to kid yourself that she will be okay because she has only non-life threatening external injuries. What this does to a person, quite often, is that it destroys her sense of self worth to such a degree that she eventually ends up killing herself.

Here are some details of this deeply disturbing story.

The picnic area at Richmond High School in Richmond, Calif. where police said a 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped and beaten Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, is pictured on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. According to police, as many as 20 people may have witnessed the attack, which lasted more than two hours. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Investigators said as many as 15 people, all males, stood around watching the assault, but did not call police or help the victim, a 15-year-old student at Richmond High School in suburban San Francisco.

“As people announced over time that this was going on, more people came to see, and some actually participated,” Gagan said.

Authorities had interviewed the victim, and the search for other attackers and bystanders who watched and did not report the rape was in “full-court press,” according to Gagan.

“We have checked Facebook and YouTube to try to find any revealing evidence,” he said. “We’re looking in particular to see if anyone posted any video of the incident.”

Several other individuals were detained at the scene but not arrested, Simon said.

The attack occurred on school grounds as the annual homecoming dance was under way inside the school Saturday night, authorities said.

The victim was found unconscious and “brutally assaulted” under a bench shortly before midnight Saturday, after police received a call from someone in the area who had overheard people at the assault scene “reminiscing about the incident,” Gagan said.

“She ended up with those guys under her own will because she knew one of the boys who had gone to the high school before,” Gagan said. “Right now, we’re looking at toxicology reports to determine her blood-alcohol content and to determine if she was drugged.”

According to authorities, the victim was flown to an area hospital in critical condition. She was in stable condition Monday, police said.

“This just gets worse and worse the more you dig into it,” Gagan said. “It was like a horror movie after looking at the evidence. I can’t believe not one person felt compelled to help her.”

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“Multiple offenders, multiple people raping over prolonged period,” said Lt. Mark Gagan with the Richmond police.

What makes this crime so shocking is that police say at least 20 people were involved in the rape or stood and watched the crime without going for help.

“These are witnesses that are encouraging and allowing behavior to continue,” Gagan said.

For those who watched and did nothing, it may be morally reprehensible, but it’s not illegal.

“Although this is a very difficult crime to hear about, the fact is California law does not impose an affirmative obligation on anyone to do anything when you are watching a crime,” said Trent Copeland, a legal analyst.  – cbsnews

H1N1 Cases overestimated by CDC?

The Discovery of the Unfinished Step Pyramid of Sekhemkhet in Saqqara (Featuring Dr Zahi Hawass)

Dr Zahi Hawass explains the discovery of “The Unfinished Pyramid” of Sekhemkhet, Saqqara, by Egyptologist Zakaria Goneim. He tells us the story of a Goneim who found twenty gold bracelets and beads, and then excavated a sealed sarcophagus, adorned in funerary wreaths. In front of state officials and the world’s media, Goneim opened the sarcophagus to reveal that it was completely empty.

Despite this, Goneim went on to lecture around the United States and published a successful book about the discovery – “The Buried Pyramid”. However, back at home things were turning against Goneim as a conspiracy to bring about his downfall began.

via YouTube – The Discovery of the Unfinished Step Pyramid of Sekhemkhet in Saqqara (Featuring Dr Zahi Hawass).

Network neutrality, will it degrade the Internet over time?

More info.

Fife man hopes to unravel ‘UFO’ mystery

“UFO filmed over Benalmadena, Spain. 12/9/09. 20.45pm. Object was seen hovering for 15 mins before it drifted towards me, turned on it’s end and gained altitude untill it disappeared from sight.”

Raymond Meyer spotted the ‘alien craft’ from the balcony of his hotel in Benalmadena in Spain.

A Scots holidaymaker told on Friday how he spotted a UFO hovering above a Spanish tourist town from his hotel balcony.

Raymond Meyer, of Guardbridge, near St Andrews, Fife, was in his hotel room at the Hotel Siroco in Benalmadena when he saw the object a few hundred yards away.

He has placed the footage – shot in mid-September – on video site YouTube, where hundreds of visitors have already viewed the film.

Now he hopes those who watch the two-and-a-half minute video can help him unravel the mystery object – and find out whether an alien presence really was over the Spanish holiday resort, or whether there is a simpler explanation.

Mr Meyer said: “I filmed the object from my room balcony on Saturday September 12 at 8.45pm.

“I had watched the object for about five minutes before getting my camcorder and recording it.

“After I had recorded the sequence the object drifted towards me, turned on its end then went vertically up until it disappeared from view.

“Unfortunately my camcorder wouldn’t refocus to film this.

“Since returning from holiday, I’ve shown numerous people the footage and it’s left everyone speechless.”

via Fife man hopes to unravel ‘UFO’ mystery | Scotland | STV News.

Strange balloon.

Peaceful protest crowd stays peaceful, with effort

Other than body type, I saw no evidence that the men in masks in the crowd were undercover cops, or that they were trying to start a riot. Their behavior is hard to explain, however. Perhaps I’m in denial and just don’t want to believe it.

Are agent provocateurs real? The Guardian says this:

… Liberal Democrat Tom Brake says he saw what he believed to be two plain-clothes police officers go through a police cordon after presenting their ID cards.

Brake, who along with hundreds of others was corralled behind police lines near Bank tube station in the City of London on the day of the protests, says he was informed by people in the crowd that the men had been seen to throw bottles at the police and had encouraged others to do the same shortly before they passed through the cordon.  … – guardcouk

Plainclothes police with batons at G20 protests

Plainclothes officers, one with his baton drawn, are seen mingling with uniformed riot police in the City of London on 2 April: The Guardian’s video evidence

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“When I was in the middle of the crowd, two people came over to me and said, ‘There are people over there who we believe are policemen and who have been encouraging the crowd to throw things at the police,’” Brake said. But when the crowd became suspicious of the men and accused them of being police officers, the pair approached the police line and passed through after showing some form of identification.

Brake has produced a draft report of his experiences for the human rights committee, having received written statements from people in the crowd. These include Tony Amos, a photographer who was standing with protesters in the Royal Exchange between 5pm and 6pm. “He [one of the alleged officers] was egging protesters on. It was very noticeable,” Amos said. “Then suddenly a protester seemed to identify him as a policeman and turned on him. He ­legged it towards the police line, flashed some ID and they just let him through, no questions asked.”

Amos added: “He was pretty much inciting the crowd. He could not be called an observer. I don’t believe in conspiracy theories but this really struck me. Hopefully, a review of video evidence will clear this up.” – guarduk

If you are in a crowd at a peaceful protest and someone on your side tries to escalate it to a violent protest, do what you safely can to keep the peace. Outing plain clothes cops who wield weapons and try to get others to attack can save lives by preventing an incident.

I still find it hard to believe. Is provoking riots really an official policy of the police in the UK?