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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 4/13/2012 9:35:33 PM
	BP Meeting in London As Gulf Suffers by Aaron Viles April 12, 2012 When BP meets for their annual shareholder meeting (AGM) in London this week, you can be sure they’ll discuss their monster profits, their strategies to maximize those profits into the future, and how important further Gulf of Mexico deep water drilling is to their business plans. What they won’t likely discuss is the ongoing impacts of their drilling disaster on the people and places of the Gulf. At last year’s AGM, they wouldn’t even let Gulf activists in the meeting, detaining them at the side of the building, even though they held valid shareholder proxies. Given this history, we thought it was important to remind the Care2 world about the ongoing impacts we’ve cataloged so far. On our recent field trips to the Louisiana marsh, we’re documenting oil surfacing in areas deemed “clean” by BP. We’re also seeing research proving that tar balls washing up on Dauphin Island are filled with dangerous bacteria, and tar balls and tar mats continue to be picked up from Florida to Louisiana. GRN's Jonathan Henderson examines oily marsh soil in Barataria Bay, LA. Photo courtesy GRN. Taken April 9, 2012. Pulling together the scientific reports as they trickle in paints a bleak picture of the state of the Gulf’s ecosystem. Dead dolphins continue to wash ashore in record numbers and dolphins in heavily-oiled Barataria Bay are extremely ill; deep water corals have been severely damaged; traces of oil may have infiltrated the food chain; fewer whale sharks are being spotted in the Gulf; Gulf killifish, an important bait fish, are showing gill damage (sub-lethal impacts such as these led to the collapse of the herring fishery four years after the Exxon Valdez spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska); and fish are being caught with lesions and bacterial infections. Unfortunately, much of the science being produced has been kept confidential as evidence for the possible trial against BP. Likely these points won’t be raised this week in London, with much of the very limited discussion focusing on how much they pay their executives. It is unlikely they will discuss their remaining legal liabilities. While a partial settlement has been announced between BP and the plaintiffs steering committee representing businesses and individuals for economic losses and health impacts, there has been no settlement for the Gulf environment. BP’s largest liability, fines under the Clean Water Act which could total over $20 billion, have yet to be determined and the U.S. Department of Justice appears ready to go to trial. If you’d like to help remind the BP executives about their drilling disaster’s impacts on the Gulf, Gulf Restoration Network (GRN) has a video action alert we’ve created. You can find that online here. Related Stories: Dolphins Exposed to Oil Seriously Ill BP Made $3 Million An Hour While Spill Victims Suffer The BP Oil Disaster is Not Over Read more: bp, BP drilling disaster, dolphins, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Restoration Network Photo Credit: Gulf Restoration Network Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/bp-meeting-in-london-as-gulf-suffers.html#ixzz1rxVFT95I
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4/14/2012 9:52:16 PM

Midwest storms: Tornadoes reported in Midwest

By Mike Benzie and Ron Recinto | The Lookout – 2 hrs 4 mins ago

Tornadoes, severe storms threaten Midwest

At least one twister is confirmed in Kansas after forecasters warn of "life-threatening" weather. Latest details

Below are continuing updates tracking the severe weather battering parts of the Midwest. Forecasters have cautioned that Saturday could be a day of "life-threatening" storms, according to the Associated Press. The area at risk stretches from Texas to Minnesota. All times are Central Standard.

4:29 p.m. (CST): McConnell Air Force Base near Wichita is relocating some of its aircraft as the severe storm approaches the area, a spokeswoman tells the Wichita Eagle newspaper.

3:53 p.m. (CST): An official in Burdett, Kan. tells KSN-TV a tornado came close, but did not hit the town.

3:32 p.m. (CST): Tornado warnings and initial reports are picking up rapidly. The National Weather Service has 8 preliminary reports and warnings now stretch to Oklahoma.

3:19 p.m. (CST): The severe to strong weather is expected to affect parts of the central and southern Plains this afternoon and tonight, says the National Weather Service. The NWS Storm Prediction Center is forecasting the development of strong to violent long-track tornadoes in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska.

2:16 p.m. (CST): The National Weather Service in Dodge City, Kan. has confirmed a tornado 8 miles northwest of Spearville, Kan.

2:15 p.m. (CST): Baseball-sized hail crashed through windows in northeast Nebraska and at least three possible tornadoes have been reported in parts of Oklahoma, according to an AP report.

1:50 p.m. (CST): The University of Nebraska cancelled their Spring scrimmage as hail and sharp lightning moved through the area 90 minutes before the scheduled kickoff. The Associated Press reports officials decided to cancel rather than delay the scrimmage because of the threat of more strong storms and possible tornadoes later in the day.

1:04 p.m. (CST): The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued tornado warnings in North Central Kansas. Warnings are for Northwestern Osborne County and Southern Smith County.

1 p.m. (CST): The major storms are expected to hit between noon and mid-evening, according to the National Weather Service.

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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 4/15/2012 5:15:43 PM
	Taliban attacks: Militant group claims responsibility for embassy assault in Kabul, prison raid in Pakistan By Dylan Stableford \| The Envoy – 4 hrs ago Afghan police moving toward the scene of an attack in Kabul on April 15, 2012. (Getty)Afghan The Taliban claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks on and near several foreign embassies rocked Kabul on Sunday, as gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades into the residences of Western diplomats near the so-called "green zone" of the Afghan capital. The Taliban also were said to be behind a raid on a jail in northern Pakistan that freed hundreds of inmates and wounded at least four prison officials. In Kabul, the Taliban said their "main targets were the German and British embassies and the headquarters of Afghanistan's NATO-led force," according to Reuters. Two rockets hit a British Embassy guard tower near Reuters' Kabul offices, the news service said. A supermarket near the German embassy was also struck. According to the New York Times, gunfire and "several explosions broke out near the German and British embassies and a major NATO military camp, usually a heavily guarded area of the Afghan capital" just after 1:35 p.m. local time. Rockets landed near the British and Canadian embassies and World Bank office, the paper reported. CNN reported that attackers took over a central Kabul hotel close to the presidential palace, United Nations office and several foreign embassies--and that the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message. Kabul police said there were at least two other attacks in progress near the presidential palace and Parliament. An Afghan man examines the remains of a car after three suicide bombers were killed before they reached Jalalabad … A NATO spokesman confirmed the attacks, according to the Times, in as many as seven locations. U.S. army forces there were seen moving through the area, though the U.S. embassy did not sustain an attack, reports said. However, the embassy was in "lock-down mode," according to CBS News. In September 2011, suicide bombers led a 19-hour attack on the U.S. embassy. A spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) told Al Jazeera that the ISAF similar tactics were used in Sunday's attacks. In an interview with Bob Schieffer early Sunday, Se. John McCain blamed the attacks, in part, on the Obama administration's pull-out of troops from Afghanistan, saying that the U.S. military exit had emboldened the Taliban. Meanwhile, in northern Pakistan, Taliban militants raided a prison in Bannu, CNN reported, freeing 384 inmates. Four prison officials were wounded in the two-hour attack, CNN said. According to a Pakistani information minister, 21 of the 384 escaped prisoners were "high-profile" militants, and the raid was apparently designed to free a senior Taliban commander. "This is beyond terrorism," Iftikhar Hussain, the information minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, told CNN. "Such an attack challenges the writ of the state." Other popular Yahoo News stories: • Bin Laden's wives: New video shows family under house arrest in Islamabad • Santorum surrenders, but can Romney capitalize? • Joe Muto, Gawker's 'Fox News Mole,' fired by network: 'They nailed me'
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 4/15/2012 5:22:07 PM
	March Breaks U.S. Heat Records, Stunning NOAA Video by Jennifer Mueller April 14, 2012 March 2012 was the warmest on record since 1895, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA created a stunning time-lapse video of 15,000 local temperature records broken during the month. “The average temperature of 51.1°F was 8.6 degrees above the 20th century average for March and 0.5°F warmer than the previous warmest March in 1910,” explains NOAA in its monthly State of the Climate report. Overall, October 2011 to March 2012 was the second warmest winter ever. U.S. weather displayed the extremes scientists are predicting will intensify with global warming: At 6.0 degrees above average, the first three months of 2012 marked the warmest first quarter on record for the contiguous United States. At the same time, Alaska experienced its coolest January-March ever and was 5.2 degrees cooler than average for the period. While March was slightly rainier than average overall, 0.33 inches more rain than usual, it was much wetter than average in the Pacific Northwest and Southern Plains. At the same time, Colorado had its driest March on record and the interior West, Northeast, and Florida experienced continued drought conditions. Warmer-than-average temperatures created an environment favorable for severe thunderstorms and tornados. March typically averages 80 tornadoes a year, but saw 223 preliminary tornado reports in 2012. The March 2-3 outbreak in the Ohio Valley and Southeast killed 40 people and wrought $1.5 billion in damages. Related Reading Thawing Permafrost Wreaks Havoc in the Arctic Trust the Experts on Climate Change Renewable Energy: A Strategy for Long-Term Survival Read more: climate change, global warming, heat records, record-breaking heat, temperature record, united states weather, weather Image source: NOAA Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/march-breaks-u-s-heat-records-stunning-noaa-video.html#ixzz1s89vNIfS
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 4/16/2012 10:21:58 AM
	Deadly tornadoes wallop Midwest Clean-up efforts were underway across the Midwest after dozens of tornadoes tore through the region over the weekend, killing five people in Oklahoma and nearly destroying one small Iowa town. [Click on the image for more photos.] Photo By Nati Harnik
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