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Fossil Poop - Back Dating American Inhabitants

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:32:07 GMT

clipped by: Marcariel
clipper's remarks: Good to know they can tell where we came from by the s**t we leave behind. I doubt these people were considering leaving a DNA trail when they were passing through.

Interesting find providing new dates to add to our science books.

Clip Source: dsc.discovery.com

New evidence shows humans lived in North America more than 14,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than had previously been known.

Discovered in a cave in Oregon, fossil feces yielded DNA indicating these early residents were related to people living in Siberia and East Asia

This is the first time we have been able to get dates that are undeniably human, and they are 1,000 years before Clovis

The petrified poop -- coprolites to scientists -- is yielding a look at the diet of these ancient Americans

The oldest of several coprolites studied is 14,340 calendar years old

it isn't clear exactly who these people living in the Oregon caves were, since there were few artifacts found. He said there was one stone tool, a hand tool used perhaps to polish or grind or mash bones or fat.

they most likely came from Siberia or Eastern Asia, and we know something about what they were eating

adds to the evidence for a pre-Clovis human presence in North America.

Tags: coprolites, oregon, america, asia, diets

Prepare for the Worst - Solar Flares About to Get Ugly

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:23:40 GMT

clipped by: Marcariel
clipper's remarks: I've been waiting for this "End of the Great Cycle" for about 30 years now (I read about it back in the 70's). Solar activity rises and falls in 11-year cycles, swinging back and forth between times of quiet and storminess.

We're at the end of Solar Cycle 23, which peaked in 2001, The next cycle, Solar Cycle 24, is now beginning, and will return the sun to a stormy state.

This is the time that is referred to in the Mayan Calendar as the "End of Days". The date December 21st, 2012 A.D., 11:11 am GMT is foretold in the Mayan and Aztec cultures as the "End of the Great Cycle". Read more here: http://www.greatdreams.com/2012.htm

Buckle up people ... we're in for a tough ride, if the predictions are correct!

Clip Source: www.wired.com

Every 11 years or so, the sun gets a little pissy. It breaks out in a rash of planet-sized sunspots that spew superhot gas, hurling clouds of electrons, protons, and heavier ions toward Earth at nearly the speed of light. These solar windstorms have been known to knock out power grids and TV broadcasts, and our growing reliance on space-based technology makes us more vulnerable than ever to their effects. On January 3, scientists discovered a reverse-polarity sunspot, signaling the start of a new cycle — and some are predicting that at its peak (in about four years) things are gonna get nasty. Here's a forecast for 2012.

Falling Satellites
Increased solar energy heats Earth's atmosphere, causing it to expand. That's a drag on low-flying satellites and can even knock them out of orbit. A solar storm in 1979 deposited Skylab on Australia.

Electrons absorb the energy in shortwave signals, causing radio blackouts

aurora oval grows, bringing the "northern lights" as far south as Key West.

Tags: solar, flares, sun spots, end of days, mayan

Sagging Pants Against the Law

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:32:46 GMT

clipped by: Marcariel
clipper's remarks: This is one of the only youth fashions that I have never liked. I don't really want to see several inches of someones underwear or watch as he holds or hikes up his pants just to walk down the street. Come on guys ... you can do better than this!

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

The Florida Senate wants public school students to pull up their pants. Lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that could mean suspensions for students with droopy britches.

Florida could join several southern U.S. towns and cities that have passed "saggy pants" laws aimed at outlawing what some teenagers consider a fashion statement -- wearing pants half way down their buttocks, exposing flesh or underwear.

Supporters say schools sometimes don't properly police dress codes and parents are often "under aware" of what their kids are wearing to school.

Critics say the measure is unnecessary, arguing that appearance and dress codes should be the responsibility of school districts and parents.

the fashion statement has a back-story -- it was made popular by rap artists after first appearing among prison inmates as a signal they were looking for sex.

The Florida city of Riviera Beach passed its own saggy pants law Tuesday, with a maximum penalty of 60 days in jail for repeat offenders.

Tags: sagging pants, law, schools, fashion

J.B.Milam - Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (Paperback book)Paper

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:05:25 GMT

clipped by: Marcariel
clipper's remarks: Paperback book of the life of J.B. Milam

Clip Source: www.amazon.com

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Paperback: 157 pages
Publisher: Indian Univ Pr (June 1985)
Language: English
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J.B.Milam - Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:59:31 GMT

clipped by: Marcariel
clipper's remarks: My Great-Uncle. Maternal Grandmother's brother. On of the last appointed chiefs of the Cherokee Nation. Chiefs arfe elected by the tribal members now.

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org