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onsdag, augusti 31, 2011

Argentinska spelare i Europa

Argentinska spelare i de viktigaste europeiska ligorna

Argentinska spelares övergångar till de viktigaste europeiska ligorna.

Marcelo Bielsa

Spanien:
Marcelo Bielsa,  (Chilenska landslagets tränare till Athletic Bilbao)
Eduardo Salvio (Benfica till Atlético Madrid, lån)
Diego Buonanotte (River till Málaga)
Oscar Trejo (Rayo Vallecano till Sporting Gijón)
Germán Lux (Mallorca till Deportivo La Coruña)
Héctor Cúper, tränare (Aris Salónica till Racing de Santander)
Lautaro Acosta (Sevilla till Racing de Santander)
Emiliano Armenteros (Rayo Vallecano till Sevilla)
Pablo Piatti (Almería till Valencia)

Italien:
Fernando Gago (Real Madrid till Roma)
Daniel Osvaldo (Espanyol till Roma)
Mauro Zárate (Lazio till Inter)
Sergio Romero (AZ Alkkmaar till Sampdoria)
Nicolás Bertolo (Zaragoza till Palermo)
Daniel Osvaldo (Espanyol till Roma)
Gabriel Heinze (Olympique Marseille till Roma)
Ezequiel Schelotto (Catania till Atalanta)
Maximiliano Moralez (Vélez till Atalanta)
Santiago García (Palermo till Novara)
Fernando Forestieri (Udinese till Bari)
Mario Santana (Fiorentina till Napoli)
Erik Lamela (River till Roma)
Lucas Pratto (Universidad Católica till Genova)
Federico Fernández (Estudiantes till Napoli)
Ricardo Alvarez (Vélez till Inter)
Juan Pablo Carrizo ( River återvänder till Lazio)
Hernán Dellafiore (Cesena till Palermo)
Joaquín Larrivey ( Colón återvänder till Cagliari)
Germán Denis (Napoli till Udinese)
Sergio Almirón (Bari till Juventus)
Mauro Cetto (Toulouse till Palermo)
Matías Silvestre (Catania till Palermo)
Pablo González (Novara till Palermo)
Mario Paglialunga (Central till Catania)
Joel Acosta (Boca till Siena)


England: Agüero (Atlético Madrid till Manchester City)
Denis Stracqualursi (Tigre till Everton)
Gerardo Bruna Blanco (Liverpool till Blackpool)
Emiliano Insúa (Galatasaray till Liverpool)

Frankrike:
Javier Pastore (Palermo till Paris Saint-Germain)
Gabriel Peñalba (Estudiantes LP till Lorient)
Lucas Mareque (Independiente till Lorient)
Santiago Gentiletti (Argentinos till Brest)
Luciano Monzón (Boca till Niza)

Tyskland:
Raúl Bobadilla (Aris Salónica till Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Franco Zuculini ( Racing återvänder till Hoffenheim)

Portugal:
Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid till Benfica)
Juan Iturbe (Cerro Porteño till FC Porto)
Enzo Pérez (Estudiantes LP till Benfica)
José Shaffer (Rosario Central till Leiria)
Fabián Rinaudo (Gimnasia LP till Sporting Lisboa)

Grekland:
Franco Costanzo (Basel de Suiza till Olympiakos)
Lautaro Formica (Cerro Porteño till Asteras Tripolis)
Héctor Luis Cuevas (Belgrano till PAS Giannina)
Leandro Becerra (Atlético Tucumán till Pas Giannina)

Turkiet:
Nicolás Navarro (Argentinos till Kayserispor)
Cristian Zurita (Gaziantepspor till Mersin Idman Yurdu)

Belgien:
Abel Masuero (GELP till Racing Genk)

Ukraina:
Marcos Torsiglieri (Sporting de Lisboa till Metallist Kharkiv)
José Sosa (Nápoli till Metalist Kharki de Ucrania)

Argentinska spelare i Europa

Argentinare i de viktigaste europeiska ligorna.


Följande argentinska spelare som spelat i de viktigaste europeiska ligorna och som nu återvänt hem till klubbar i sitt Argentina:
Alejandro Domínguez (Valencia till River)
Mauro Boselli (Wigan till Estudiantes)
Franco Sosa (Lorient till Boca)
Mariano González (FC Porto tillEstudiantes LP)
José Luis Fernández (Benfica till Estudiantes LP)
Gabriel Milito (Barcelona till Independiente)
Pablo Barzola (Caen till Argentinos)
Sebastián Saja (AEK till Racing)
Marcelo Sarmiento (Atromitos till Unión)
Sebastián Carrera (Asteras Tripolis till Rafaela)
Bruno Urribarri (Asteras Tripolis till Colón)
Leonardo Talamonti (Atalanta till Rosario Central)
Maximiliano Pellegrino (Cesena till Colón)
Guillermo Burdisso (Roma till argentinska Arsenal)
Ezequiel Carboni (Catania till Banfield)
Fernando Cavenaghi (Inter de Brasil till River)
Leonel Ríos (Asteras Tripolis till Olimpo)
Darío Cvitanich (Ajax till Boca)
Hernán Pellerano (Almería till Newell's)
Tomás Costa (FC Porto till Colón)
Federico Almerares (Basel de Suiza till Belgrano)
Osmar Ferreyra (Dnipro de Ucrania till Independiente)
Leo Iglesias (Bursaspor till Quilmes)

Fotbolls-PR i Indien


Kricket är den största sporten i Indien, men fotbollen vill gå förbi (borde inte vara så svårt tycker vi) .
Det senaste är en vänskapsmatch mellan Argentina och Venezuela som skall spelas i Calcutta på fredag, och när Messi anlände till flygplatsen mötte ett par tusen entusiastiska, skrikande  indier honom. Matrchen organiseras av FIFA.

Obama jobs speech to Congress on Sept. 7‏

President Obama will lay out his jobs in a Sept. 7 address to a joint session of Congress /USATODAY

Read more >> http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/08/obama-to-address-congress-on-sept-7/1?csp=breakingnews

Justice Department Moves to Block Merger of AT&T and T-Mobile‏ /N Y TIMES

Justice Department Moves to Block Merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, News Reports Say

The Justice Department filed a complaint on Wednesday to block AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile, a deal that would create the largest carrier in the country and reshape the industry.
 The complaint, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, said that T-Mobile “places important competitive pressure on its three larger rivals, particularly in terms of pricing, a critically important aspect of competition.” The complaint also highlighted T-Mobile’s high speed network and its innovations in technology. /NEW YORK TIMES

Read more >> http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/u-s-moves-to-block-att-merger-with-t-mobile/?emc=na

VM friidrott

Störst hittills 18-åringen Kirani James.

It takes something special to steal the headlines from an Olympic champion who has just returned from a 21-month ban because he accidentally ingested steroids while taking penis-enlargement pills. And Kirani James did just that. He beat LaShawn Merritt, who returned to the track after his suspension in July, in one of the great 400m races in the history of the world championships. James turns 19 on Saturday and his life is never going to be the same again. /THE GUARDIAN

Annat som imponerade i går:
Brasilianskan Fabiana Murers (överraskande) stavhoppsguld
Ryskan Tjernovas sjukampsguld som avgjordes innan 800 m.
Rudisha från Kenya blev den som imponerade mest på mig. Han är oslagbar.

800 m final i går:


Stavhoppsfinalen i går:


CLICK >> IAAF World Championships in Athletics Medals Table 2011, Standings, World Championships in Athletics Medal Table, Medal List.
Ingen medalj till Norden hittills.

tisdag, augusti 30, 2011

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending August 26, 2011

Washington, D.C.
August 26, 2011 FBI National Press Office

1.Oklahoma City/Houston: Fugitive Charles Alan Dyer Arrested in Texas
The FBI announced the arrest of 31-year-old Charles Alan Dyer, after a nationwide manhunt and the efforts of multiple federal, state and local law enforcement.
2.Tampa: President of DME Company Sentenced to 12 ½ Years for Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
Ben Bane was sentenced to 12 ½ years in federal prison for health care fraud charges and submitting false claims. Bane was ordered to pay $7 million in restitution, a $3 million fine, a $1,000 special assessment and three years of supervised release after serving time in prison.
3.Sacramento: FBI Task Force Arrests Fugitive After 36 Years on the Run
After 36 years of looking over his shoulder, William Walter Asher, now 66 years old, is finally back in prison. FBI agents and task force officers assigned to the Sacramento FBI Safe Streets Violent Crime Task Force arrested him without incident.
4.Norfolk: Two Somali Pirates Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attack that Resulted in Murder of Four U.S. Citizens
Ali Abdi Mohamed and Burhan Abdirahman Yusuf, both of Somalia, were sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the pirate attack against the S/V Quest, which resulted in the murder of four United States citizens.
5.Portland: Man Charged with Hate Crime in Connection with Arson at Mosque
Cody Crawford was indicted on federal hate crime and arson charges for intentionally setting fire to the Salman Alfarisi Islamic Center.
6.Minneapolis: Fugitive Romero James Spellmon Arrested for Murder
Romero James Spellmon was arrested because he was wanted by law enforcement in connection with the shooting death of Richmond Eric Dunbar on April 10, 2005.
7.Miami: Owner of Miami-Area Mental Health Care Corporation Convicted on All Counts for Orchestrating $205 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Miami: Owner of Miami-Area Mental Health Care Corporation Convicted on All Counts for Orchestrating $205 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme.
8.Cincinnati: Gahanna Couple Sentenced for Multi-Million Dollar Fraud ScheMichael Spillan was sentenced to 140 months in prison, and his wife, Melissa Spillan, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for operating a fraudulent stock-based loan scheme that caused at least 38 victims to lose more than $19 million.
9.Detroit: Former “Most Wanted” Health Care Fraud Fugitives Plead Guilty to $9.1 Million Detroit Medicare Fraud Scheme
Two sisters who owned a fraudulent Detroit-area medical clinic and who are former “most wanted” health care fraud fugitives pled guilty for their leading roles in a $9.1 million Medicare fraud scheme.
10.http://www.fbi.gov/detroit/press-releases/2011/former-most-wanted-health-care-fraud-fugitives-plead-guilty-to-9.1-million-detroit-medicare-fraud-schemeJoseph McIntyre, a former Philadelphia police officer, pled guilty to charges stemming from a conspiracy to illegally distribute anabolic steroids.

En dræbt i skyderi på Vesterbro


Én dræbt og én kvæstet ved skuddrama ved moské på Vesterbro. Berlingske rapporterer fra stedet./Berlingske Tidende

Varning - Hårda bud i galenskapens Libyen

SpaceDaily


According to an unnamed source in a position of authority in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the remarkable Chinese unmanned space module Tiangong 1 will be launched soon.


>> http://www.spacedaily.com/

Word of The Day (N Y Times)

WORD OF THE DAY - A daily word, its definition, and an example of its usage in a recent New York Times article:

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/word-of-the-day/

Sun is the life giver, the sustainer, the source of light. At dawn it pours down its light, rousing us from physical and spiritual slumber, calling us to activity and enlightenm​ent. At dusk, it lulls us to a refreshig rest, rejuvinati​ng our vital resources for one more attempt and keeping all our hopes still aflame.
Sambuddha Banerjee, Duke Faculty/St​aff

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World News Australia

VM friidrott

Jag har tidgare i bloggen skrivit om min skeptism mot friidrottare och dess dopinginblandning under senare tid. Men jag har ändå väldigt svårt att undvika tevesändningarna från innevarande VM i Sydkorea och har, med dopingtankarna sombortblåsta, imponerats av mycket som t.ex. Japanen Murofushim i slägga (har svensk tränare), Adams  från Nya Zeeland i damernas kula, stavhoppsfinalen med svårstavad polack till slut som segrare, löpningarna (förståss), inte minst häckditon, pågående kamp i damernas sjukamp mellan en engelska och en ryska där det ser ut som att den sista grenen, 800 meter blir avgörande vilket garanterar en höjdare. Något som också imponerar är sydkoreanernas perfekthet vad gäller arrangemanget. Samt  mycket folk på läktarna (mest skolbarn som givits fribiljetter men ändå, stämningen blir inte sämre för det, kanske t.o.m. bättre).


Engelskan Jessica Ennis som tillsammans med
ryskan troligen kommer att bjuda på en av VM:s  mest
spännande stund : sjukampens avslutande gren 800 m.

Klarar Bolt starten och vinner 200 m?


Från finalen i 110 m häck. En fascinerande gren,
men tråkigt när det som här en av elitdeltagarna
blir diskad (kubanen Robles).





måndag, augusti 29, 2011


Irene NYC from Buffalo Picture House on Vimeo.

La Liga

Jag hade helt fel som trodde att Villarreal skulle klara oavgjort borta mot Barca.

BARCELONA - VILLARREAL 5-0.

Målen:
1-0 Thiago min 24
2-0 Cesc  min 44
3-0 Alexis min 47
4-0 Messi min 51
5-0 Messi min 74

Thiagos mål:




Algeria's Foreign Affairs Ministry says the family of the Libyan strongman -- including his wife, daughter and sons -- entered on Monday. It did not say whether Gadhafi himself was with the family./USATODAY


Arsenals hemsida efter matchen mot Manchester U (storförlust), text under bilden:
"Arsenal thanks 'fantastic' fans for support. Club offer to cover cost of a match ticket at a future away trip"

La Liga

I kväll sista matchen i omgång 2

BARCELONA - VILLARREAL

Tidigare La Liga-matcher
Säsong  2010-11 Villarreal Barcelona 0-1

Säsong  2010-11 Barcelona Villarreal 3-1
Säsong  2009-10 Villarreal Barcelona 1-4
Säsong  2009-10 Barcelona Villarreal 1-1
Säsong  2008-09 Barcelona Villarreal 3-3

Jag tippar 2-2

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Zaragoza Vs Real Madrid 0-6 All Goals & Highlights

An instant cosmic classic' supernova


A supernova discovered yesterday is closer to Earth-approximately 21 million light-years away-than any other of its kind in a generation.
http://www.spacedaily.com/

La Liga

Matcher i går

Atletic - Rayo  1-1             Atlético-Osasuna 0-0
Zaragoza - R. Madrid 0-6  Sevilla - Malaga 2-1
Mallorca - Espanyol 1-0    Getafe - Levante 1-1

söndag, augusti 28, 2011

La Liga

Matcher i går:

Sporting - R. Sociedad 1-2

Valencia - Racing 4-3

Granada - Betis 0-1

lördag, augusti 27, 2011

VM friidrott - Fotboll på TV idag

VM i friidrott har ju börjat.
Friidrott har alltid intresserad mig, om än inte lika mycket som fotboll.
Som pojke testade jag de flesta grenarna och inte sällan nådde jag målsnöret
först , hade det längsta längdhoppet och det högsta höjdhoppet (0,85 meter resp 2,20 meter) på "VM-arenan" hemma på gården.
Därefter har jag följt de största friidrottsmästerskapen relativt mycket (och sett OS-friidrott på plats, Sverige/Finland-kamp  på plats mm).
Men, jag börjar att bli så skeptisk nu, och det handlar om doping-eländet.
Den en gång fina idrottsgren friidrott för mig är inte längre lika attraktivt.
Även som icke-skeptisk mot doping är det nog inte heller så roligt längre; Sverige hävdar sig dåligt i den internationella konkurrensen jämfört med tidigare (svenskar dopar sig aldrig vill vi tro).

Beträffande "fina" idrottsgrenar håller jag orientering  som nummer ett. Och har väldigt svårt att tänka mig orienterare dopade - idrottshjärtat skulle storgråta om det någon gång visas att jag i detta fall har fel. En kamp med en sund  hjärna och  en sund kropp i samarbete i en trollsk nordisk skog, det är vacker idrott.


Summa sumarum: inget slår fotbollen (här förtränger jag tankar på doping). Därför noterar vi med glädje några fina matcher som vi  idag direkt kan följa med tevens hjälp :






TV10
Blackburn-Everton kl 15.55
TV4 Sport
Crystal Palace-Blackpool FC kl 15.55
Fluminense-Botafogo kl. 22.55
Eurosport 2
Kaiserslautern-Bayern München kl 15.30
Bayer Leverkusen-Dortmund kl 18.30
Viasat Sport
Wigan-Queens PR kl 13.25
Swansea-Sunderland kl 15.55
Viasat Fotboll
Aston Villa-Wolverhampton kl 13.00
Chelsea-Norwich kl 15.55
Liverpool-Bolton kl 18.25
Lyon-Montpellier kl. 20.55
Canal + Sport 1
Sporting-Real Sociedad kl 17.55
Valencia-Racing kl 19.55
Granada-Real Betis kl 21.55
Canal + Fotboll
Twente-VVV Venlo kl 19.40

Tillkomer några matcher matcher i de australienska och amerikanska högsta ligorna samt allsvenskan.
Serie A = strejk.


(Visst är det en 'amazing' video av farliga Irene)

Newton's Second Law of Motion -- The Science of NFL Football



Newton's Second Law of Motion

NBC's Lester Holt and former NFL kicker, Morten Andersen, look at what's really behind powerful field goal kicks--Newton's Second Law of Motion.


Credit: NFL, NBC Learn and National Science Foundation (NSF)

Electric Vehicles -- Green Revolution


Electric Vehicles

Host Lisa Van Pay visits the scientists and engineers working to make the electric car of the future a reality today. One of the toughest parts is storing enpotential energy to get you where you're going, and in this case, it's all about the battery. Graduate student Katharine Stroukoff from the University of Texas-Austin explains how her research may help build a better battery, while Mike Nawrot and Dan Lauber, members of the MIT electric vehicle team, describe the advantages of their fully electric Porsche 914. They also explain how they are working to improve some of the problems associated with electric vehicles, such as battery life and charge time.

Credit: National Science Foundation (NSF)



Vi hoppas att främst batteriforskningen gör stora framsteg och inte bara - vad jag förstår - fjuttigt som hittills (rätta mig om jag har fel). Jag tänker miljömässigt och bl.a. på det ökande (understatement) antalet bilar i Kina.

Jobs' pancreatic cancer kept in check 7 years

CLICK >> Jobs' pancreatic cancer kept in check 7 years:

Steve Jobs has battled a rare form of pancreatic cancer for years, undergoing a series of aggressive treatments, including a liver transplant, and surviving longer than many others with the disease.

fredag, augusti 26, 2011


August 16, 2011. Niagara Falls shown at dusk in Niagara Falls, Canada.

Hurricane Irene

Klicka här >> Sundsvall, Sweden: Expedition 28 Crew Records Video of Hurricane Iren...: UPPDATED

A Planet Made of Diamond


Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 26, 2011 - A once-massive star that's been transformed into a small planet made of diamond: that's what astronomers think they've found in our Milky Way. The discovery has been made by an international research team, led by Professor Matthew Bailes of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, and is reported in the latest issue of the journal Science.

http://www.spacedaily.com/

Den stora klimatförändringen. Vi får skylla oss själva.

Genom enbart babblande i och utanför fina klimatkonferenslokaler kan utsläppen av växthusgaser utan något som helst hinder öka med jättestora mängder per år.
Vem bryr sig på riktigt förutom någon sketen insändarskribent?

Tsunami observed by radar


Radar shows that ocean
 currents off the coast of Hokkaido,
 Japan changed abruptly during the
 March tsunami. Larger arrows show
 faster current flows. Blue and red
dots are radar stations.
 ((Belinda Lipa,
 Codar Ocean
 Sensors/graphic))


The tsunami that devastated Japan on March 11 was picked up by high-frequency radar in California and Japan as it swept toward their coasts, according to U.S. and Japanese scientists. This is the first time that a tsunami has been observed by radar, raising the possibility of new early warning systems.


“It could be really useful in areas such as south-east Asia where there are huge areas of shallow continental shelf,” said Professor John Largier, an oceanographer at the University of California, Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory, and an author of a new paper describing the work. The paper appears this month in the journal Remote Sensing.

Largier and his colleagues have been using a high-frequency radar array at the Bodega Marine Lab to study ocean currents for the last 10 years. The Bodega lab is part of a network of coastal radar sites funded by the State of California for oceanographic research.

Largier, together with collaborators from Hokkaido and Kyoto universities in Japan and San Francisco State University, used data from radar sites at Bodega Bay, Trinidad, Calif., and two sites in Hokkaido, Japan, to look for the tsunami offshore.

The scientists found that the radar picks up not the actual tsunami wave — which is small in height while out at sea — but changes in currents as the wave passes.

The researchers found they could see the tsunami once it entered shallower coastal waters over the continental shelf. As the waves enter shallower water, they slow down, increase in height and decrease in wavelength until finally hitting the coast.

The continental shelf off the California coast is quite narrow, and approaches to the coast are already well-monitored by pressure gauges, Largier noted. But he said radar detection could be useful, for example, on the East Coast or in Southeast Asia, where there are wide expanses of shallow seas.

Co-authors of the paper with Largier were: Belinda Lipa and Donald Barrick, Codar Marine Sensors, Mountain View, Calif.; Sei-Ichi Saitoh, Hokkaido University; Yoichi Ishikawa and Toshiyuki Awaji, Kyoto University; and Newell Garfield, San Francisco State.

The work was supported by the National Science Foundation, the California Coastal Conservancy, the Sonoma County Water Agency and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.


The University of California, Davis (also referred to as UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California. . Spanning over 5,300 acres (21.45 km2), the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment. UC Davis is ranked as one of the top 10 public universities in the nation, and consistently ranks amongst the best universities in the world.

High salt, low activity also bad for brain health

Research has shown consuming too much salt and being inactive leads to heart disease, but now a new study shows the same combination also can be bad for brain health.

Canadian researchers studied the salt intake and physical activity levels of 1,262 healthy men and women ages 67 to 84 over three years and found those with the highest levels of sodium (3,091 milligrams a day and greater) and the lowest levels of exercise tended to show poorer cognitive performance than those with a low sodium intake and an active lifestyle. The findings were published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging.

Read more >> http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2011-08-23/High-salt-low-activity-also-bad-for-brain-health/50110892/1

          
Försiktighet med salt har varit en av ledstjärnorna för mig sedan några år. För att inte tala om socker där jag tyvärr har slarvat lite i sommar (karameller och kakor)




WorldNewsAustralia

Fast Falling Clouds Fuel Milky Way Star Formation




The long-term forecast for the Milky Way is cloudy with gaseous rain. A study by Nicolas Lehner and Christopher Howk of the University of Notre Dame concludes that massive clouds of ionized gas are raining down from our galaxy's halo and intergalactic space and will continue to provide fuel for the Milky Way to keep forming stars. Using the Hubble Space Telescope’s Cosmic Origins Spectrograph they measured for the first time the distances to huge, fast-moving clouds of ionized gas previously seen covering a large fraction of the sky.



Adidas under pressure‏

GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL

Dear friends,
Pressure is mounting on Adidas to one-up the commitments made by Puma and Nike in response to our campaign. Can Adidas catch its rivals by committing to Detox its products and supply chain? Will the sportswear giant come clean about what chemicals it uses and discharges?
Please write to Herbert Hainer, CEO of Adidas, today to encourage Adidas to Detox. More than 30,000 people already have since Tuesday:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/water/detox/Tell-Adidas-to-Detox/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GPI%20detox%20tell%20adidas%20to%20detox%20(followup)&utm_content=


We began the Detox campaign in June with a "Nike vs Adidas" challenge, but Puma was first off the mark with its commitment to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its supply chain and products. Nike last week committed too, leaving people to wonder what Adidas thinks about its customers and the environment.
According to China's Statistical Yearbook, the apparel, footwear and caps textile industry discharge 805 tonnes of industrial waste water every second[1]. Our latest Dirty Laundry report reveals that the clothes in your local sportswear or fashion outlet may contain nonylphenol ethoxylates, which break down in water to form nonylphenol -- a toxic, persistent and hormone-disrupting chemical.
Together we can convince Adidas to not only match Puma and Nike, but even take the lead. Adidas is the world's #2 sportswear brand, but they still haven't earned their Detox stripes.
Sincerely,
The Detox Team
Greenpeace International
P.S. Please write to Adidas as soon as you can, as the impact of many thousands of messages from around the world will be greatest if they come in a downpour.
[1] Source: China Statistical Yearbook 2010

torsdag, augusti 25, 2011

Moammar Gadhafi urges Libyans in purported radio message to "go out into the streets and fight." /CNN

Europas bäste spelare säsongen 2010/11


54 sportjournalister från lika många länder har röstat.
Fick välja mellan Ronaldo, Xavi och Messi.
Bäst: MESSI

Champions League gruppspel

Grupp A: Bayern München, Villarreal, Manchester City, Napoli.
Grupp B: Inter, CSKA Moskva, Lille, Trabzonspor.
Grupp C: Manchester United, Benfica, Basel, Otelul Galati.
Grupp D: Real Madrid, Lyon, Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb.
Grupp E: Chelsea, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Genk.
Grupp F: Arsenal, Marseille, Olympiakos, Dortmund.
Grupp G: Porto, Sjachtar Donetsk, Zenit St Petersburg, Apoel Nicosia.
Grupp H: Barcelona, Milan, Bate Borisov, Viktoria Plzen.

Grupp A Hetast
Grupp B Inter på första plats?
Grupp C Manchetser U torde knipa första platsen
Grupp D Real Madrid säkert vidare
Grupp E Vilket lag följer Chelsea till finalspel?
Grupp F Arsenal trots allt vidare
Grupp G Sämsta gruppen som Porto kommer att dominera
Grupp H  Barcelona och Milan torde dominera

BBC:
Phil McNulty,
Chief football writer
"Manchester City's first venture into the Champions League has given them a tough draw alongside Bayern Munich, Villarreal and Napoli. They can still feel confident of progress, however, given the quality in their squad. They also have players with European experience.
Sir Alex Ferguson will feel very happy with Manchester United's group while Chelsea can also approach the group phase with optimism. Arsenal's reward for battling through the qualifying stage is an awkward group with Marseille, Olympiakos and Borussia Dortmund - but the Premier League quartet can all make it through to the knockout stage."

Gruppspelets omgång 1: 13 och 14 september

A Tale of Three Galaxies


Arp 274, also known as NGC 5679, is a system of three galaxies that appear to be partially overlapping in the image, although they may be at somewhat different distances. The spiral shapes of two of these galaxies appear mostly intact. The third galaxy (to the far left) is more compact, but shows evidence of star formation.
Two of the three galaxies are forming new stars at a high rate. This is evident in the bright blue knots of star formation that are strung along the arms of the galaxy on the right and along the small galaxy on the left.
The largest component is located in the middle of the three. It appears as a spiral galaxy, which may be barred. The entire system resides at about 400 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Virgo.
Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 was used to image Arp 274 in april 2011. Blue, visible and infrared filters were combined with a filter that isolates hydrogen emission. The colors in this image reflect the intrinsic color of the different stellar populations that make up the galaxies. Yellowish older stars can be seen in the central bulge of each galaxy. A bright central cluster of stars pinpoint each nucleus. Younger blue stars trace the spiral arms, along with pinkish nebulae that are illuminated by new star formation. Interstellar dust is silhouetted against the starry population. A pair of foreground stars inside our own Milky Way are at far right.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

USA-skalvet påverkade tolv kärnkraftverk


Elva amerikanska kärnkraftverk rapporterar att de drabbats av "ovanlig händelse" efter jordskalvet i USA på tisdagen. Ytterligare ett anmälde en allvarligare incident, larmberedskap, sedan man förlorat den fasta elförsörjningen /NY TEKNIK

Monstret i Norge

ILA FENGSEL (Dagbladet): Anders Behring Breivik har nå fått vite om samfunnets reaksjon etter massakren.
- Jeg har i generelle ordelag fortalt ham om hva som har skjedd i samfunnet etter 22. juli. Dette omhandler de politiske reaksjonene og generelt om strømningene i samfunnet, sier Breiviks forsvarer, advokat Geir Lippestad.
I går besøkte han sin klient på avdeling med «særlig høy sikkerhetsnivå» ved Ila fengsel og forvaringsanstalt.
- Han sier reaksjonene er «som ventet». Han er klar over at det er svært, svært få som deler hans holdninger og oppfatninger, sier Lippestad.
Advokaten opplyser at Breivik har fått vite hvor mange som ble drept under bombeeksplosjonen i Oslo sentrum og under massakren på Utøya. Han er også informert om skadeomfanget på bygninger.

- Han har fått vite hvor mange som ble drept. Hva er hans reaksjon på det?
- Det har han ingen spesiell reaksjon på, svarer Lippestad.


Latest Updates on the War in Libya


On Thursday, The Lede continues to follow developments in Libya, where there are still pockets of resistance in the capital, Tripoli, the search for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi continues, and regime loyalists are fighting to hold on to the city of Surt, the deposed Libyan leader’s birthplace. /NEW YORK TIMES 

Read more >> http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/latest-updates-on-the-war-in-libya-2/?ref=middleeast

Tittarna sviker Filip & Fredriks nyhetsprogram "Breaking news".



I direktsända "Breaking News" diskuterar Kanal 5:s parhästar Filip Hammar och Fredrik Wikingsson dagens nyhetshändelser.
260 000 tittare bänkade sig framför premiären i måndags klockan 22.00. Igår, onsdag, hade den siffran halverats. /DAGENS MEDIA

Jag förvånas inte!

Chefer som slutar behåller lönen



Anders Ahlgren

2011-08-25
Landstinget Sörmland sparar miljontals kronor på vården, men höga chefer som hoppar av behåller sina löner. Det väcker ilska bland personalen.
Nyligen kom beskedet att Anders Ahlgren, divisionschef för länssjukvården i Landstinget Sörmland, väljer att lämna sitt uppdrag. Han ska fortsätta jobba med utvecklingsfrågor, men under samma villkor som tidigare.

Det innebär att han får en lön på 101 000 kronor i månaden plus tjänstebil, skriver Södermanlands Nyheter.

Ett parallellfall från förra året gäller den dåvarande hälso- och sjukvårdschefen Ingrid Mårselius. Hon är numera utvecklingsansvarig inom staben men har behållit sin tidigare månadslön på 101 500 kronor.
Landstinget Sörmland har stora ekonomiska problem och kör sjukvården på 90 procent av ordinarie kapacitet under hösten. Att chefer som hoppar av behåller sina löner när de går över till andra uppdrag är inte populärt på vårdgolvet, enligt Vårdförbundets lokala ordförande Ulla Jordán.

– Det här väcker jätteupprörda känslor när man samtidigt drar ner på övrig verksamhet, säger hon till Södermanlands Nyheter.
Landstingsdirektören Karin Welin uppger för tidningen att lönesättningen sker i enlighet med landstingets chefspolicy 1998.

Acaba la huelga del fútbol

Kl. 13.35:
La Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) y la Asociación de Futbolistas Españoles (AFE) ya han alcanzaron un acuerdo que desbloquea la situación del fútbol español.

Fotbollsstrejken i Spanien är över. Matcher i La Liga till helgen!

Omgång 2  (uppskjuten omgång 1 spelas den 21 och 22 januari):

Sporting - R. Sociedad lördagen den 27 augusti kl 18.00
Valencia - Racing lördag kl 20.00
Granada - Betis   lördag kl 22.00
Atlético - Osasuna söndag kl 12.00
Athletic - Rayo      söndag kl 16.00
Mallorca - Espanyol söndag kl 18.00
Getafe - Levante      söndag kl 18.00
Zaragoza - R. Madrid söndag kl 20.00
Sevilla - Málaga         söndag kl 22.00
Barcelona - Villarreal måndag kl 21.00

Spanska fotbollslandslaget

Spanska spelartruppen inför stundande vänskapsmatch mot Chile och EM-kval därefter:
Målvakter: Iker Casillas, Reina och Valdés

Försvarare: Albiol, Arbeloa, Botía, Domínguez, Montoya och Sergio Ramos
Mittfältare: Javi Martínez, Thiago, Xabi Alonso, Cazorla, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi, Iniesta, Mata och Silva
Anfallare: Villa, Torres, Negredo, Pedro och Llorente

Blått = ny i landslaget

Has Riri made a racy video?


Rihanna has alledgedly
 made a sex tape with
rapper J-Cole.




When rapper J-Cole opened for Rihanna during her recent ‘Loud’ world tour, who would have guessed that the main event was happening off-stage. Porn purveyors Hustler magazine claim they are in possession of a sex-tape featuring Rihanna and J-Cole, reportedly made while the pair where on tour. The artists had previously featured in a music video together - J-Cole’s ‘Can’t Get Enough’.

According to Radar Online, a rep for Hustler confirmed that the magazine had the tape, but had as yet not decided whether they were going to release it.
“Hustler are in possession of the Rihanna and J-Cole tape,” said the rep.
“We have seen it and we do not know what we are going to do with it yet.”
A source close to Rihanna rubbished Hustler’s claim, saying that the singer didn’t know anything about a tape. “Rihanna is surprised because there is no sex tape,” the source said. - IOL


Not a racy video, but almost...:


Champions League - gruppspelslottning idag

EUROSPORT KL. 17.45
DIREKT Lottning. Gruppspelslottning för säsongen 2011/12 för Champions League samt UEFA European Club Football Awards.
Från Grimaldi Forum i Monaco. Champions League drar igång i September och nu skall grupperna lottas. Totalt 32 lag skall delas in i 8 grupper med fyra lag i varje grupp. 22 lag är redan kvalificerade och tio lag tillkommer under Tisdag/Onsdag denna vecka.

La Liga-strejken



 José Luis Astiazarán

Efter tio timmars förhandlingar i går fram till kl 02.00 i natt, och fortsatta förhandlingar idag från kl 10.30 har det mellan La Liga de Fútbol Profesional (presidenten på bilden)  och  La Asociación de Futbolistas Españoles ännu kl. 12.30 inte någon överenskommelse nåtts.

Leonard Bernstein född den 25 augusti (1918)

   Leonard Bernstein (kompositör) + Barbara Streisand (sång) =  wow



Bernstein avled 1990

NEJM


Question

What is the diagnosis?
1.Bullous pemphigoid -2.Hypoparathyroidism -
3.Osteosarcoma - 4.Scleroderma -
5.Wilson's disease






Bullous pemphigoid 'Bullös pemfigoid'. Ses hos äldre. Dessa patienter har stark klåda månader innan …

Hypoparathyroidism är en sällsynt sjukdom som beror på brist på (eller i vissa fall bristfällig effekt av) bisköldkörtelhormon (PTH). PTH reglerar kalciumnivån i blodet och är kroppens viktigaste instrument när det gäller omsättningen av kalcium...

Osteosarcoma 'Osteosarkom'. Det finns huvudsakligen två typer av tumörer som drabbar skelettet hos barn och tonåringar: osteosarkom och Ewings sarkom.
Den vanligaste typen är osteosarkom. Den drabbar huvudsakligen tonåringar och är något vanligare hos pojkar än hos flickor...

Scleroderma 'Sklerodermi Systemisk skleros, ofta förkortat SSc', är en ovanlig bindvävssjukdom som karaktäriseras av förändrat immunförsvar, försämrad blodcirkulation ... Sjukdomen kallades tidigare sklerodermi (skleros=förhårdning, derma="hud)."

Wilson's disease 'Wilson´s sjukdom' är en genetisk sjukdom, där kroppens ämnesomsättning beträffande koppar blir störd. Som ett resultat av detta får patienten kopparinlagringar i flera organ...


Svaret och annat intressant finns här
The New England Journal of Medicine, August 25, 2011:‏
www.nejm.org 

 

La reunión entre la AFE y la LFP marcha por buen camino

Något överraskande resulterade förhandlingarna som avlutades vid 2-tiden i natt positivt, och det ser nu ut som att La Liga kan starta till helgen.
Vi håller tummarna; senare idag vet vi om det har hjälpt.

Steven P. Jobs Is Stepping Down as Chief Executive of Apple

Steven P. Jobs, the co-founder of Apple and the creative genius behind its rise to become the world’s most valuable technology company, is stepping down as chief executive, the company announced Thursday.
 Mr. Jobs has been battling cancer for several years and has been on medical leave since January, his third. He recovered from pancreatic cancer after surgery in 2004, and received a liver transplant in 2009.
 The company named Tim Cook, its chief operating officer, to succeed him as chief executive.
 “I have always said that if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know,” Mr. Jobs said in a letter released by the company. “Unfortunately, that day has come.”
Read more >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/technology/jobs-stepping-down-as-chief-of-apple.html?_r=1&hp


NEW YORK TIMES



Steven Paul Jobs (Wikipedia)
Born February 24, 1955 (1955-02-24) (age 56)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Residence Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Nationality American
Alma mater Reed College (dropped out in 1972)
Occupation Chairman, Apple Inc.
 Net worth $8.3 billion (2011)
Board member of The Walt Disney Company
Religion Buddhism
Spouse Laurene Powell (1991–present)
Children 4

Signature


Steven P. Jobs
Steven P. Jobs (Assignment Background Timeline External Links
Recommended Reading Bibliography Related Events)  :
http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/events/jobs/index.html

Washington Post, The career of Steve Jobs (Photo Galleries) :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/the-career-of-steve-jobs/2011/07/20/gIQAL5bDcJ_gallery.html?hpid=z1#photo=19



This afternoon, Apple’s Board of Directors announced that Jobs has resigned as CEO and that the board has named Tim Cook (right), previously Apple’s Chief
Operating Officer, as the company’s new CEO.

“Steve’s extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple and guided it to its position as the world’s most innovative and valuable technology company,” said Art Levinson (left), chairman of Genentech, on behalf of Apple's Board. “Steve has made countless contributions to Apple’s success, and he has attracted and inspired Apple’s immensely creative employees and world class executive team. In his new role as Chairman of the Board, Steve will continue to serve Apple with his unique insights, creativity and inspiration.” According to reports, Jobs submitted his resignation to the board on Wednesday and strongly recommended that the board implement its succession plan and name Cook as CEO.
That decision was warmly received, according to company officials.
“The Board has complete confidence that Tim is the right person to be our next CEO,” said Levinson. “Tim’s 13 years of service to Apple have been marked by outstanding performance, and he has demonstrated remarkable talent and sound judgment in everything he does.”


Apple has thrived under Tim Cook, but who is he?

>>  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/apple-has-thrived-under-tim-cook-but-who-is-he/article2141238/?cmpid=nl-news1

onsdag, augusti 24, 2011

Good Night

FIFA:s rankinglista för augusti 2011

1 Holland
2 Spanien
3 Tyskland
4 England
5 Uruguay
6 Brasilien 
7 Italien
8 Portugal
9 Argentina 
10 Kroatien
11 Chile
12 Norge
13 Ryssland
14 Grekland
15 Elfenbenskusten
15 Frankrike
15 Japan 
18 Sverige

Mer >> http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html

Lass Diarrá till Tottenham

Real Madrids Diarrá till Tottenham.

Barbra Streisand - As If We Never Said Goodbye.flv






Betyg 11  på en skala 1-10 där 10 normalt är det bästa


"Att lyssna på Barbra Streisands nya album är som att sjunka ett steg i taget i slow motion och bli översvämmad av den fullkomliga njutningen och tilliten i att älska och att bli älskad ---
Men största stunden är kanske den lika otidsenliga som undersköna trohetsförklaringen i ”I’ll never say goodbye”: ”When I say always I mean forever/I trust tomorrow as much as today/I am not afraid to say I love you/And I promise you I’ll never say goodbye.” /Martin Nyström i DN

Expedition 28 Crew Records Video of Hurricane Irene from the ISS

UPPDATED

/Swedish:/ Hurricane är den engelska beteckningen på de tropiska cykloner i Atlanten/Karibiska havet samt östra Stilla havet som är så kraftiga att de uppnår orkanstyrka, d.v.s. medelvind minst 32,7 m/s = 118 km/h. Ett  aktuellt exempel: "Irene".
Tropiska cykloner går under olika namn beroende på var de uppstår. De kraftigaste bildas över västra Stilla Havet och kallas typhoons 'tyfoner'.
I Australien använde rman beteckningen cyclone.
En tornado är dels en 'tromb', alltså en sammanfattande benämning på olika luftvirvlar, dels en synonym till hurricane.
I USA får varje rapporterad tropisk cyklon ett eget namn. Serien med namn, omväxlande kvinnliga och manliga, ordnas redan i början av året så att meteorologerna lättare ska kunna studera dessa förödande lågtrycksområden i både tid och rum.

Namn som förknippas med stor förödelse, som Agnes [1972] och Andrew [1992], återvänds aldrig. Nästa i år kommer att heta Jose (se: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml
Hurricane: > 63 knop; > 32,6 m/s; Beaufort: F12.
Hurricane

1550s, a partially deformed adoptation from Sp. huracan (Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdés, "Historia General y Natural de las Indias," 1547-9), furacan (in the works of Pedro Mártir De Anghiera, chaplain to the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and historian of Spanish explorations), from an Arawakan (W. Indies) word. In Portuguese, it became furacão. For confusion of initial -f- and -h- in Spanish, see hacienda. The word is first in English in Richard Eden's "Decades of the New World":
These tempestes of the ayer (which the Grecians caule Tiphones ...) they caule furacanes.
OED records 39 different spellings, mostly from the late 16c., including forcane, herrycano, harrycain, hurlecane. Modern form became frequent from 1650, established after 1688. Shakespeare uses hurricano ("King Lear," "Troilus and Cressida"), but in reference to waterspouts.

From almost 230 miles above the Earth, cameras on the International Space Station recorded new video of Hurricane Irene, which is strengthening as it takes aim on the southeast Bahamas, and possibly, the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. The video was captured at 4:08 p.m. EDT on August 23, 2011, as Irene moved west-northwest. /NASA



Caribbean-
two days ago
Hurricane Irene is an active tropical cyclone that currently poses a threat to Hispaniola and the Bahamas. The ninth named storm and first hurricane of the season, Irene developed from a well-defined Atlantic tropical wave, which showed signs of tropical development east of the Lesser Antilles. It developed a stable amount of atmospheric convection and a closed cyclonic circulation center, prompting the National Hurricane Center to initiate public advisories late on August 20. Subsequent convective organization occurred as it passed the Leeward Islands, and by August 21 it moved very close to Saint Croix. Irene made landfall on Puerto Rico near hurricane strength the next day, where high winds and intermittent torrents caused moderate property damage.


Irene - 11 pm EDT - August 23 2011:


Irene











August 24 2011

"Hurricane Irene: New York Area Could be Hit by Sunday Night or Monday Morning. Five-day projections released by the U.S. National Hurricane Center show Irene heading for the continental United States, potentially making landfall in Florida, Georgia or the Carolinas.
"This is a good time to get prepared again in your homes. There's items that you should stock up on, those that need to move or possibly be evacuated, perhaps seniors should think about having their medications refilled and having enough on hand," Nassau County, N.Y., Executive Ed Mangano told CBS New York.".

Evacuations begin on N.C. island ahead of Hurricane Irene (USATODAY August 24 2011):


SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES
U.S. Government Sites

Hurricanes
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/

Hurricane Basics
National Atlas
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/climate/a_hurricane.html

Hurricane Aircraft --Technology
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_aircraft.html

Hurricane and Extreme Storm Impact Studies
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/

Hurricane Katrina Images
NOAA
http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/katrina/

Hurricane Research Division
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, NOAA
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/

Hurricane Resource Page
NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_2005.html

Hurricane Season 2005: Katrina
NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/h2005_katrina.html

National Hurricane Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Additional Sites

Forces of Nature: Hurricanes
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/

The Hurricane Hunters
http://www.hurricanehunters.com/welcome.htm

Interactive Guides -- Natural Disasters -- Hurricanes (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4588149.stm

Animated, interactive guide to the world's most devastating phenomena.
International Hurricane Research Center
Florida International University
http://www.ihc.fiu.edu/

Louisiana State University Hurricane Center
http://www.hurricane.lsu.edu/navbar.htm

MIT Sea Grant: Hurricanes in the Northeast
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/hurricanes/hrrresatmit.html

The Tropical Meteorology Project
Colorado State University
http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/

CLIMATE CHANGE AND HURRICANES

U.S. Government Websites
Hurricanes and Climate Change
U.S. Climate Change Science Program
http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/links/hurricanes.htm

Organization and Association Websites
Hurricanes and Climate Change, interview with Kerry Emanuel
Living on Earth, World Media Foundation
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=05-P13-00035&segmentID=3

Hurricanes and Global Warming
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
http://www.pewclimate.org/hurricanes.cfm

The Wind and the Fury:
Has Climate Change Made Hurricanes Fiercer or Are Such Claims Hot Air?
By Naila Moreira, in Science News Online, v.168, Sept. 17, 2005: 184.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050917/bob8.asp

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

U.S. Government Websites
Disasters and Emergencies: Hurricanes
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_2005.html

Enviro-Health Links
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
http://www.sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html

Environmental Health Needs and Habitability Assessment
Joint Task Force, CDC and EPA, Sept. 17, 2005.
http://www.epa.gov/katrina/reports/envneeds_hab_assessment.html

Food Safety After a Hurricane
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fsdisas.html

Hurricanes: Health and Safety
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/

Hurricane Response: Storm and Flood Cleanup
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/flood/

Keeping Workers Safe During Clean Up and Recovery Operations Following Hurricanes
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/hurricaneRecovery.html

Association and Organization Websites

Health Effects of Disasters
Pan American Health Organization
http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PED/huracan-katrinahome.htm

Katrina’s Aftermath: Public Health Concerns
Johns Hopkins School Of Public Health
http://www.jhsph.edu/katrina/katrina_health.html

Know What to Do After a Hurricane is Over
American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_572_,00.html

HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON HURRICANES

Historical Hurricane Tracks
Coastal Services Center, NOAA
http://hurricane.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/

Hurricane History Page
NOAA
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/history.shtml

Hurricanes
National Climatic Data Center, NOAA Satellite and Information Service
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/hurricanes.html

Monthly Weather Review Atlantic Hurricane Season 1872-2002
NOAA Miami Regional Library, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/libpage13.htm

Unisys Weather: Hurricane
Unisys
http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane

Daily Telegraph
10:14 AM  BST 25 Aug 2011

The US is bracing for devastation as a large and dangerous storm roars towards the densely populated East Coast, including New York.
Hurricane Irene is forecast to become a lethal Category 4 storm with winds of 135 miles per hour by as early as today, according to the US National Hurricane Center.
Tourists have been fleeing from the storm's path through the Caribbean in recent days as Irene gained in strength, pummeling the Bahamas last night as a Category 3 monster. Evacuations have begun from the islands off North Carolina, near where the storm is predicted to make landfall on Saturday.

Posted at 07:48 PM ET, 08/25/2011
MLK dedication postponed
By Clarence Williams
This post has been updated.
The foundation building Washington’s new memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. annoumced Thursday that Sunday’s dedication has been postponed in anticipation of Hurricane Irene.
The dedication will take place in September or October, officials announced.
The interfaith prayer service scheduled at the National Shrine of the Basilica on Saturday will be the last official event of the week of celebrations and commemorations that were to lead up to Sunday’s dedication.
The memorial, the first on the Mall honoring an African American, has been a quarter century in the making. The 30-foot granite likeness of King stands on a landscaped, four-acre site on the northwest shore of the Tidal Basin.

Aug. 25, 2011, 1:44 PM  This could really happen




Obama Speech About Hurricane Irene "Statement About Storm Preparation"

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I want to say a few words about Hurricane Irene, urge Americans to take it seriously, and provide an overview of our ongoing federal preparations for what’s likely to be an extremely dangerous and costly storm.

I’ve just convened a conference call with senior members of my emergency response team and directed them to make sure that we are bringing all federal resources to bear and deploying them properly to cope not only with the storm but also its aftermath. I’ve also spoken this morning with governors and mayors of major metropolitan areas along the Eastern Seaboard to let them know that this administration is in full support of their efforts to prepare for this storm and stands ready to fully support their response efforts. And we will continue to stay in close contact with them.

I cannot stress this highly enough: If you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. Don’t wait. Don’t delay. We all hope for the best, but we have to be prepared for the worst. All of us have to take this storm seriously. You need to listen to your state and local officials, and if you are given an evacuation order, please follow it. Just to underscore this point: We ordered an aircraft carrier group out to sea to avoid this storm yesterday. So if you’re in the way of this hurricane, you should be preparing now.

If you aren’t sure how to prepare your families or your home or your business for a hurricane or any other emergency, then you can visit Ready.gov — that’s Ready.gov — or Listo.gov. That’s Listo.gov.

Now, since last weekend, FEMA has been deploying its Incident Management Assistance Teams to staging areas in communities up and down the coast. FEMA has millions of liters of water, millions of meals, and tens of thousands of cots and blankets, along with other supplies, pre-positioned along the Eastern Seaboard. And the American Red Cross has already begun preparing shelters in North Carolina and other states.

These resources are all being coordinated with our state and local partners, and they stand ready to be deployed as necessary. But, again, if you are instructed to evacuate, please do so. It’s going to take time for first responders to begin rescue operations and to get the resources we’ve pre-positioned to people in need. So the more you can do to be prepared now — making a plan, make a supply kit, know your evacuation route, follow instructions of your local officials — the quicker we can focus our resources after the storm on those who need help the most.

To sum up, all indications point to this being a historic hurricane. Although we can’t predict with perfect certainty the impact of Irene over the next few days, the federal government has spent the better part of last week working closely with officials in communities that could be affected by this storm to see to it that we are prepared. So now is the time for residents of these communities — in the hours that remain — to do the same. And FEMA and Craig Fugate, the director of FEMA, will be keeping people closely posted in the next 24, 48 hours.
Thank you very much.
END August 26, 11:31 A.M. EDT

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Hurricane Irene: Scientists Collect Water Quality and Climate Change Data from Huge StormResearchers pursue new information from East Coast hurricane
August 29, 2011

While Hurricane Irene had officials along the East Coast preparing for mass evacuations, scientists at the Stroud Water Research Center and the University of Delaware were grabbing their best data collection tools and heading straight for the storm's path.
It was a rare opportunity for the scientists to learn more about climate change and water quality, as Irene threatened to be the biggest hurricane to hit the Northeastern United States since 1985.
Center scientist Anthony Aufdenkampe explains, "It rains on average once per week, or 15 percent of the year, but streams and rivers move most of their annual loads on those days.
"The bigger the storm, the greater the disproportionate load, so you might have a single 100-year storm event move 25 percent of the material for an entire decade," says Aufdenkampe.
"This is important because fresh waters and the carbon they transport play a major role in the global cycling of greenhouse gases."
Irene could reveal much about how soil erosion into rivers might eventually bury carbon and sequester it from acting as a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
That's a primary goal of the Christina River Basin Critical Zone Observatory (CRB-CZO), funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The CRB-CZO is at the forefront of scientific research on integrating how human effects on the hydrologic, mineral and carbon cycles might have feedbacks to climate change.
"One of the motivations for NSF Critical Zone Observatories such as the CRB-CZO is to obtain time-continuous observations that would document and help us understand infrequent events," says Jun Abrajano of NSF's Earth Sciences Division.
"Some of these events are extreme enough to have major cumulative effects on the overall processes and fluxes in watershed systems. The track and magnitude of Hurricane Irene may prove it to be such an event."
We're hypothesizing, says Aufdenkampe, "that big storms are a major player in determining what happens to the carbon in a leaf, for example.
"Does it go back into the atmosphere or does it get buried for decades, centuries, or millennia? That's the key to global warming and climate change."

Aufdenkampe and colleagues visited sites along White Clay Creek and Brandywine Creek to set up equipment to collect floodwaters throughout the storm.
And with innovative tools developed with relatively inexpensive open-source electronic hardware, the researchers didn't have to wait around.
Engineer Steve Hicks of the Stroud Water Research Center put together automatic water samplers that may be triggered remotely via cell phone. "By watching real-time sensor data streaming to the Internet, at precisely the right moment we fill the barrels of water we need for our analyses."
"Had a storm like this hit five or ten years ago, we wouldn't have been able to gather this type of data," says Aufdenkampe.
"But now with open-source hardware and software, anything's possible. We're only limited by our imagination."
Visit the CRB-CZO website for more information.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2011, its budget is about $6.9 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 universities and institutions. Each year, NSF receives over 45,000 competitive requests for funding, and makes over 11,500 new funding awards. NSF also awards over $400 million in professional and service contracts yearly.










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