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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 3/19/2018 2:57:18 PM
	PRESS RELEASE: Women’s March on the Pentagon March 18, 2018 at 11:09 pm Written by Anti-Media News Desk In direct response to ongoing military aggression and mind boggling increases in military funding that pass with bipartisan support in the United States, as well as the absence of the issue of war in the popular Women’s Marches held in 2017 and 2018, anti-war activists are calling for a Women’s March on the Pentagon, akin to the 1967 anti-war event in Washington D.C. and subsequent march on the Pentagon. The march is slated to take place on October 20th and 21st 2018, the 51st anniversary of the anti-war march that drew upwards of 50,000 people. Anti-war voices have been marginalized by popular protest movements since Trump took office. While anti-war champions are in solidarity with most social and environmental movements, discussion of the effects of preparations for war, the consequences of war and war itself, have largely been absent from these popular movements. The goals of the Women’s March on the Pentagon are simple. Our goals include the complete end to wars abroad, closure of foreign bases and dramatic slashing of the Pentagon budget. On October 7th 2001, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan under the pretext of apprehending those behind the September 11th attacks. U.S. forces have remained in active occupation since, making the illegal and immoral war on terror the longest and most misdirected war in U.S. history, overseen by presidents belonging to both major political parties. The bloated military budget is draining communities and families in the U.S. of precious blood and treasure while decimating foreign nations and peoples in the process. The U.S. government is constitutionally mandated to provide for national defense, not offense. No woman is truly free until the United States stops spends trillions of dollars bombing millions of people while militarily occupying over 150 countries around across the globe. War affects each of us and is detrimental to our natural environment. This movement is not a rally for any part of the bipartisan war party. Instead, this movement is a call to action against the entire blood thirsty U.S. empire. We invite all women and allies to participate in the Women’s March on the Pentagon on October 20th and 21st 2018 by joining the march, organizing a local march or event, volunteering and amplifying our message. We believe gun control begins at the Pentagon. Visit MarchOnPentagon.com to find out how you can support the Women’s March on the Pentagon.
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 3/19/2018 3:45:50 PM
	Pentagon Struggles to Defend America’s Secret War in Niger March 19, 2018 at 7:24 am Written by Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — The Pentagon, already struggling to manage growing concern about the US military operations ongoing in Africa, is now facing a second problem. Last week, it was revealed that the Pentagon had kept a number of recent clashes in Niger a secret. Pentagon officials are now trying to defend not just the war effort, but the idea of keeping most of the details of the war effort in Niger from the public. Unsurprisingly, they’re trying to present this chiefly as keeping the details secret from the enemy. “They learn a great deal from information he put out. They don’t deserve a report card,” insisted Pentagon spokesperson Dana White. Other officials insisted all the fighting and all the secrecy about the fighting were totally appropriate. Yet none of these incidents involved any US casualties, and surely the assorted enemies know about their own losses. Keeping these clashes out of the papers in America seems clearly to be designed to keep Americans in the dark about military operations that were never debated in the first place. By Jason Ditz / Republished with permission / ANTIWAR.COM
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 3/19/2018 4:09:12 PM
	Dzud kills more than 700 000 animals so far this year, Mongolia Posted by TW on March 13, 2018 More than 700 000 animals have died in Mongolia this year due to dzud, a brutal natural disaster unique to Mongolia where a summer drought combines with a harsh winter and vast numbers of livestock die from either starvation or cold. As of March 7, snowfall covered up to 50% of the country, with 66 administrative subdivisions in 12 provinces experiencing dzud or near dzud conditions, Mongolian National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring said in a statement, adding that a total of 710 740 animals died so far this year. Among the provinces, Khovd and Uvs in the west, Khuvsgul in the northwest, as well as Khentii in the east registered the highest rates of animal death. A prolonged period of severe dry weather between mid-May and end of July 2017, intensified by extremely high temperatures in June, damaged large swatches of cropped areas and caused a severe deterioration of pastures and rangeland conditions, FAO/WFPreported on December 22, 2017. An estimated 80% of the country was affected by drought conditions, resulting in severe yield and area losses of the 2017 crops. The 2017 wheat production is estimated at about 231 000 tonnes, almost half of last year’s high level and over 40% less than the five-year average. Drought also caused a severe deterioration of pasture conditions, which prevented livestock to gain fat stores and strengthen core muscle strength, critical to overcome the normally harsh winter/spring months. According to MoFALI data, as of November 2017, overall livestock body condition was 14% below average. As of December 20, 2017, the dzud risk map for winter 2017-2018, published by National Agency of Meteorology and the Environmental Monitoring shows that about 40% of the country is at the extreme risk of dzud and about 20% of the country is at high risk of dzud. In 2015, Mongolia had nearly 60 million head of livestock, up from 30 million in 1995. In 2016, dzud conditions killed more than 1 million and the previous, in 2010, killed as much as 8 million. The 2010 dzud was the worst since 1955, followed by 2002 with nearly 4 million: Image credit: KalteSonne.de Featured image: Snow cover - Mongolia, March 9, 2018. Credit: NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP/VIIRS (THE WATCHERS)
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3/20/2018 9:48:21 AM

Yellowstone volcano eruption: Steamboat geyser starts to BLOW underneath supervolcano

YELLOWSTONE could be erupting from underground after experts recorded signs of activity from a powerful geyser in the national park which is home to a terrifying super volcano.

By JOHN THALASSITES

PUBLISHED: 13:22, Mon, Mar 19, 2018 | UPDATED: 13:23, Mon, Mar 19, 2018

Experts at Yellowstone National Park claim to have seen the Steamboat Geyser erupt on Thursday night.

The park service made the announcement about the world’s tallest active geyser on Friday, as geologists compared the accounts to thermal sensors in the area.

It was determined that it “could be a series of minor eruptions”.

The geyser can shoot water more than 300 feet during significant eruptions.

A New Zealand geyser has sent water higher still, albeit not for more than 100 years.

The activity will have sent fears among volcano watchers who worry for the supervolcano, located about 15 miles south of the geyser, is due to erupt.

Yellowstone National Park has more than 10,000 thermal features, sitting atop the world’s largest volcano.

It can send 2,000 times more matter into the sky than the Mount St Helens eruption.

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Steamboat Geyser erupted again on Thursday night

A series of earthquakes have been rumbling underground over the past few months, with as many as 200 recorded in a matter of days.

The volcano is “under strain” according to some experts.

But researchers said steamboat eruptions had little connection to a volcano like Yellowstone.

Jacob Lowenstern, former scientist in charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, told the Casper Star and Tribune: “Their plumbing systems are in the upper few hundred feet of the Earth.

Yellowstone super volcano in pictures

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The volcano at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and Montana sits atop a huge reserve of magma and last erupted 640,000 years ago

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Belgian Pool, hot spring in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

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Belgian Pool, hot spring in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

“As you get hotter and hotter and deeper and deeper, the permeability and ability of water to move around shuts off. There’s not a whole lot of connectivity of the reservoirs once you get deep.

And Meteorologist Tom Skilling told WGN news: “Minor earthquakes occur in the Yellowstone area 50 or more times per week, but a major eruption is not expected in the foreseeable future.”

Steamboat Geyser is in the Norris Geyser Basin, which is closed to vehicle access at the moment for spring plowing.

Later in the spring, the road will be open to bicycles.

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Steamboat Geyser is in the Norris Geyser Basin

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Yellowstone eruption: The Steamboat geyser is about to blow

Another geyser, Old Faithful, erupts at fairly predictable intervals - but geologists believe that Steamboat Geyser is almost impossible to anticipate.

Between 2005 and mid-2013, the geyser did not erupt once.

Steamboat Geyser then erupted on July 31 2013 and again on Sept 3 2014 according to a report published by the United States Geological Survey.

In the past, gaps as short as four days and as long as 50 years have been recorded between Steamboat Geyser’s eruptions.

The last Yellowstone volcanic eruption was 700,000 years ago and experts say it should blow every one million years or so.

Earlier this year seismologists from UNAVCO, a nonprofit university-governed consortium, revealed the volcano was “under strain”.

Using Global Positioning System, borehole tiltmeters, and borehole strainmeters to measure minute changes in deformation at Yellowstone, David Mencin and Glen Mattioli said “the strain signal is larger than would be expected if the crust under Yellowstone were completely solid”.

(express.co.uk)

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RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES?

3/20/2018 10:27:35 AM

Severe storms to rattle Florida, coastal Southeast on Tuesday

By Renee Duff, AccuWeather meteorologist

March 19, 2018, 5:07:36 PM EDT

Severe thunderstorms, including a few tornadoes will threaten lives and property across the Southeast early this week.

The system that ignited a few severe storms over central Texas to close out the weekend will encounter warm and humid air from the Tennessee Valley to part of the southern Atlantic Coast into Tuesday.

“The atmosphere is primed for a severe weather outbreak in the South,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Frank Strait said.

Strait anticipates areas from Tennessee to Alabama and Georgia to face thunderstorms that could produce large hail and strong winds capable of snapping tree branches and downing power lines.

“There will be enough of the right ingredients in place for a few tornadoes as well,” Strait said. Some of the tornadoes could be strong.

Drivers along portions of interstates 10, 20, 22, 40, 59, 65, 75, 85 and 95 will be at risk of encountering downpours that can drastically reduce visibility and heighten the risk of hydroplaning.

"A wedge of cool air from the Atlantic Ocean should protect most areas in the Carolinas from the violent storms with this particular event," according AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.

It will be important for residents who may be preoccupied with daily routines to keep an eye out for rapidly changing weather conditions and stay up-to-date on the latest severe weather watches and warnings.

Anyone caught outside should seek shelter indoors and away from windows at the first rumble of thunder as this means there is a risk of being struck by lightning.

The severe weather risk will likely spread southward heading on Tuesday, potentially threatening MLB spring training games and spring break vacation plans in Florida.

Damaging storms could impact Jacksonville, Clearwater, Lakeland, Daytona Beach, Melbourne, Tampa, Orlando and surrounding communities. Residents and visitors in these areas should prepare for possible power outages and tree damage.

The risk of isolated tornadoes will continue on Tuesday.

People heading to Grapefruit League spring training games should keep an eye out for darkening, billowing clouds and be prepared to follow evacuation procedures if thunderstorms do approach.

The rainfall early this week will largely be beneficial as portions of the southern Atlantic Seaboard remain in abnormally dry to severe drought conditions, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor.

However, the storms may pack too much rainfall in a short span and trigger urban, poor drainage and small stream flooding.

Colder air will sweep across the South behind the storm, subsequently ending the threat for severe weather.

"The risk of severe storms will have ended from Tennessee and Alabama to central Georgia and much of the Florida Panhandle on Tuesday," Sosnowski said. "It is possible there is enough warming to allow storms to fire along the Georgia and South Carolina coast during Tuesday midday. By Wednesday the risk will have ended over the Florida Peninsula."

However, the cold air combined with lingering moisture could lead to some snow in parts of Tennessee Valley and the southern Appalachians during Tuesday night and into early Wednesday.

Parts of the Southeast may face another freeze in the wake of the storm.

Similar to last week, residents will once again need to take precautions to protect sensitive vegetation.

(accuweather.com)

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Dzud kills more than 700 000 animals so far this year, Mongolia

Yellowstone volcano eruption: Steamboat geyser starts to BLOW underneath supervolcano

YELLOWSTONE could be erupting from underground after experts recorded signs of activity from a powerful geyser in the national park which is home to a terrifying super volcano.

Yellowstone super volcano in pictures

The volcano at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and Montana sits atop a huge reserve of magma and last erupted 640,000 years ago

Severe storms to rattle Florida, coastal Southeast on Tuesday

By Renee Duff, AccuWeather meteorologist

March 19, 2018, 5:07:36 PM EDT

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