01 August 2011, Tokyo Electric Power Company reporting that they’ve recorded the highest radiation levels yet at their damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
A pipe located between reactors 1 and 2, is emitting more than ten sieverts (not millisieverts but the larger measurement of sieverts) per hour of radiation!
Most measurements have been given in the […] Continue Reading…
PMI (purchase managers’ indexes) data from countries around the world continue to fall. The data is an indication of domestic economic strength based on domestic manufacturing purchases/production.
A rating above 50 is considered a good sign, below 50 is bad. Many countries are stagnating around 50 right now.
Russia reports a PMI of 49.8, the worst […] Continue Reading…
Claims by the main stream media, and politicians at the Federal level, that raising the government debt limit is necessary to save the economy, is a lie.
We’re being told that people will lose jobs. People ARE losing jobs. Since the beginning of the year dozens of companies have announced job layoffs. The latest is […] Continue Reading…
A study published by Science Express, says researchers think the F16 antibody could be the cure for most influenza type A infections.
The Medical Research Council’s National Institute for Medical Research looked at more than 100,000 samples of immune cells from people who had the flu, or flu vaccines. They noticed the F16 […] Continue Reading…
Israeli researchers claim to have developed a pill to prevent Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
It won’t help with existing cases. It works by using the hormone cortisol, which scientists believe prevents the “fixing” of traumatic memories in your mind.
Essentially the pill erases traumatic memories, by preventing them from being stored in your mind. The pill […] Continue Reading…
August 1, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing says purchases of manufactured products is down for the 4th month in a row.
The main reason is the continuing inflation in prices of basic resources, which is causing prices for manufactured goods to go up. Despite efforts by the Chinese government to control […] Continue Reading…
A Chinese blogger revealed that officials with the Beijing Museum (aka Forbidden City), covered up a potentially million dollar disaster.
A researcher smashed a 1,000 year old plate from the Song Dynasty. The researcher was using a device that’s intended to protect porcelains during inspection, but instead the plate was smashed due to operator error.
Officials […] Continue Reading…
In several postings (back in March) I warned that Japanese farmers should not plant their crops because of the radiation contamination…they planted their crops anyway, now it’s a mess.
Prefectural governments, and the national government of Japan, are now telling farmers not to ship their upcoming rice harvest, because of cesium contamination.
It’s not just rice […] Continue Reading…
01 August 2011, Tokyo Electric Power Company announced a drop in cesium and iodine flooding into the Pacific Ocean, from Fukushima Daiichi.
TEPCo claims cesium 134 and 137, in water leaking from reactor 3, have remained steady since Friday. Iodine 131, in water leaking from reactor 2, has stopped.
At the height of contaminated water emission, […] Continue Reading…
“Traditional explanations for the seasonal increase in dengue are not consistent with my experience in Thailand, Peru, and Puerto Rico.”-Doctor Thomas Scott
A recent study shows that long hot seasonal temperatures help the spread of Dengue. The areas of the world, where Dengue is becoming more prevalent, are areas that are not cooling off […] Continue Reading…