BBC News - Earth life 'may have come from Mars'

BBC News - Earth life 'may have come from Mars'

"Blue skies on Mars. That's a new one."

Curiosity has been on the red planet collecting data since August. (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)

NASA Lowers Expectations for its ‘Earth-Shaking’ Mars Announcement But Another Planet Has News | Video | TheBlaze.com

“Rumors and speculation that there are major new findings from the mission at this early stage are incorrect,” officials at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., which manages Curiosity’s mission, wrote in a mission update, according to Space.com. “At this point in the mission, the instruments on the rover have not detected any definitive evidence of Martian organics.”

BBC NEWS | Health | Patient bleeds dark green blood

BBC NEWS | Health | Patient bleeds dark green blood

Patient bleeds dark green blood 

Mr Spock's green blood is down to copper

A team of Canadian surgeons got a shock when the patient they were operating on began shedding dark greenish-black blood, the Lancet reports.
 
The man emulated Star Trek's Mr Spock - the Enterprise's science officer who supposedly had green Vulcan blood. 

In this case, the unusual colour of the 42-year-old's blood was down to the migraine medication he was taking. 

The man's leg surgery went ahead successfully and his blood returned to normal once he had eased off the drug. 

Dark green
The patient had been taking large doses of sumatriptan - 200 milligrams a day.
This had caused a rare condition called sulfhaemoglobinaemia, where sulphur is incorporated into the oxygen-carrying compound haemoglobin in red blood cells. 

Describing the case in the Lancet, the doctors, led by Dr Alana Flexman from St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, wrote: "The patient recovered uneventfully, and stopped taking sumatriptan after discharge. 

"When seen five weeks after his last dose, he was found to have no sulfhaemoglobin in his blood." 

The man had needed urgent surgery because he had developed a dangerous condition in his legs after falling asleep in a sitting position. 

The surgeons performed urgent fasciotomies - limb-saving procedures which involve making surgical incisions to relieve pressure and swelling caused by the man's condition, known as compartment syndrome. 

In compartment syndrome, the swelling and pressure in a restricted space limits blood flow and causes localised tissue and nerve damage. 

It is commonly caused by trauma, internal bleeding or a wound dressing or cast being too tight. 

According to the science fantasy television series Star Trek, Mr Spock had green blood because the oxygen-carrying agent in Vulcan blood includes copper, rather than iron, as is the case in humans. 

Mr Spock had a human mother, and Vulcan father, from whom he inherited his inability to make sense of human emotion, as well as his green blood.

BBC News - Antarctic may host methane stores

BBC News - Antarctic may host methane stores

Large volumes of methane - a potent greenhouse gas - could be locked beneath the ice-covered regions of Antarctica, according to a new study.

It says this methane could be released into the atmosphere as ice retreats, contributing to climate warming.

The findings indicate that ancient deposits of organic matter may have been converted to methane by microbes under the ice.

An international team reported the results in Nature journal.

Study leader Jemima Wadham, from Bristol University, said: "This is an immense amount of organic carbon, more than ten times the size of carbon stocks in northern permafrost regions.

"Our laboratory experiments tell us that these sub-ice environments are also biologically active, meaning that this organic carbon is probably being metabolised to carbon dioxide and methane gas by microbes."

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So where does all the methane in the Martian ice caps come from? Especially since the Martian ice caps occasionally completely disappear- which means the methane is released as temperatures rise and the methane evaporates- but methane then reappears in readings of ice caps when they reappear.

Funny how there's always the same stupid dichotomy of explanations between Earth and Mars and indeed between sensible conservative scientific explanations of methane readings and manmade climate change alarmism.

Of course it wasn't that long ago that it was claimed that Mars hadn't had surface water for billions of years, despite the fact we have pictures of it flowing and steaming there now. Very convincing.

Is this when the Warlords go to war against Earth? RED DRUMS: BBC News - Nasa's Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars

The first pictures from the surface began to be fed back immediately

BBC News - Nasa's Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars

The US space agency has just landed a huge new robot rover on Mars.

The one-tonne vehicle, known as Curiosity, touched down at 0614 BST (0514 GMT) in a deep crater near the planet's equator after a plunging through the atmosphere.

It is going to look for evidence that Mars could once have supported life.

A signal confirming the rover was on the ground safely was relayed to Earth via Nasa's Odyssey satellite, which is in orbit around the Red Planet.
The success was greeted with a roar of approval here at mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
The mission has even already sent its first low-resolution images - showing the rover's wheel and its shadow, through a dust-covered lens cap that has yet to be removed.
A first colour image of Curiosity's surroundings should be returned in the next couple of days.
Engineers and scientists who have worked on this project for the best part of 10 years punched the air and hugged each other.
The descent through the atmosphere after a 570-million-km journey from Earth had been billed as the "seven minutes of terror" - the time it would take to complete a series of high-risk manoeuvres that would slow the rover from an entry speed of 20,000km/h to allow its wheels to set down softly.
After the landing, the flight director reported that Curiosity had set down at a gentle 0.6 metres per second.
"We're on Mars again, and it's absolutely incredible," said Nasa director Charles Bolden. "It doesn't get any better than this."
The mission team will now spend the next few hours assessing the health of the vehicle (also referred to as the Mars Science Laboratory, MSL).

Continue reading the main story

Curiosity - Mars Science Laboratory

• Mission goal is to determine whether Mars has ever had the conditions to support life
• Project costed at $2.5bn; will see initial surface operations lasting two Earth years
• Onboard plutonium generators will deliver heat and electricity for at least 14 years
• 75kg science payload more than 10 times as massive as those of earlier US Mars rovers
• Equipped with tools to brush and drill into rocks, to scoop up, sort and sieve samples
• Variety of analytical techniques to discern chemistry in rocks, soil and atmosphere
• Will try to make first definitive identification of organic (carbon rich) compounds
• Even carries a laser to zap rocks; beam will identify atomic elements in rocks

• Discover more about the planets

This is the fourth rover Nasa has put on Mars, but its scale and sophistication dwarf all previous projects.

Its biggest instrument alone is nearly four times the mass of the very first robot rover deployed on the planet back in 1997.

Curiosity has been sent to investigate the central mountain inside Gale Crater that is more than 5km high.

It will climb the rise, and, as it does so, study rocks that were laid down billions of years ago in the presence of liquid water.

The vehicle will be looking for evidence that past environments could have favoured microbial life.
Scientists warn, however, that this will be a slow mission - Curiosity is in no hurry.

For one thing, the rover has a plutonium battery that should give it far greater longevity than the solar-panelled power systems fitted to previous vehicles.

"People have got to realise this mission will be different," commented Steve Squyres, the lead scientist of the Opportunity and Spirit rovers landed in 2004.

"When we landed we only thought we'd get 30 sols (Martian days) on the surface, so we had to hit the ground running. Curiosity has plenty of time," he told the BBC.

Initially, the rover is funded for two years of operations. But many expect this mission to roll and roll for perhaps a decade or more.

• (A) Curiosity will trundle around its landing site looking for interesting rock features to study. Its top speed is about 4cm/s
• (B) This mission has 17 cameras. They will identify particular targets, and a laser will zap those rocks to probe their chemistry
• (C) If the signal is significant, Curiosity will swing over instruments on its arm for close-up investigation. These include a microscope
• (D) Samples drilled from rock, or scooped from the soil, can be delivered to two hi-tech analysis labs inside the rover body
• (E) The results are sent to Earth through antennas on the rover deck. Return commands tell the rover where it should drive next

NASA comes clean, sort of... Now they can stop retouching all the Mars pictures to make them that stupid-ass red colour, too...

'It's 99% certain there is life on Mars': Shock finding as scientists re-analyse soil samples from Seventies Viking lander | Mail Online

'It's 99% certain there is life on Mars': Shock finding as scientists re-analyse soil samples from Seventies Viking lander

• Soil samples from Viking 1 lander which visited Mars in 1976
• Mathematical analysis shows strong sign of organics
• Samples had been dismissed as contaminated
• '99% probability of life' claims one scientist

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2129152/Its-99-certain-life-Mars-Shock-finding-scientists-analyse-soil-samples-Seventies-Viking-lander.html#ixzz1ryeeK8Ug

Operation Trojan Horse: John Keel called it early and was 100% correct.

Little People of the Cherokee

[mythfolk] Little People of the Cherokee

T. Peter Park
Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:41:10 -0800

Albert Rosales [EMAIL PROTECTED]  has kindly forwarded me the following 
quite interesting article on "Little People" traditions of southeastern 
North America's Cherokee, Tsalagi, or Aniyunwiya people.


The Little People of the Cherokee

The legends and myths of the Cherokee are loaded with references to the 
"Little People" who live in the woods, waters and caves of the land of 
the tsalagi. Reports of them having been seen continues to this day. 
They are all (in varying degree) magical creatures not to be mocked or 
hunted. If something is found in the woods (a knife, arrowheads, 
feathers, etc) it is a good idea to say, "Little People, I wish to take 
this thing. I need it." because it may belong to them. If you don't 
acknowledge them, they may follow you and do you a mischief like hiding 
things from you or causing you to turn over glasses of water. Mostly 
they are friendly and helpful but can get mean if you disrespect them. 
Since almost everything has its group of Little People, it's best to 
respect everything.      The yunwi tsunsdi' = small people that look 
just like Cherokees except they are only about three feet tall--they 
live in the caves and woods--are usually friendly and helpful but can 
get mean if they are searched for or mocked--they have magic.

There are several Clans and they have special interests: The Rock Cave 
Clan's message is "How one treats others is how he will be treated". 
They are the revengers, so they are often thought to be mean. Not so, if 
you are kind and helpful , they are kind and helpful. The Tree Clan is 
concerned with the animals. They will make things happen to you and take 
things away from you to remind you that the animals deservee respect.

The Laurel Clan tend to the plants. They will help gardens to grow and 
even plant "warrior plants" around the fields of people who ignore the 
needs of plants. They encourage us to be happy, share with others and 
not take our "perceived" needs too seriously.

The Dogwood Clan are the dreamers of the "little people". They spend 
their time dreaming up good things for everyone and everything. If the 
petals of the dogwood trees fall soon and all at once, they are crying 
for the people but if they stay on the trees a long time and fall 
slowly, they are pleased with the people.

There was a special group of the yunwi tsunsdi' called "The Little 
People Who Wore White". They traveled all over the world and brought 
stories and news to the Cherokee. When Europeans first came to the 
Cherokee, they found stories of small hairy people who lived in trees 
(monkeys), horses with necks longer that their bodies (giraffe) and some 
horses that were striped black and white (zebra). The Cherokee knew the 
world was round, about the pyramids, other seas, other peoples and often 
shared ideas with them. All these things were possible because of the 
"Little People Who Wore White".

The nunne hi = "the immortals", "eternal ones", "the people who live 
everywhere, anywhere and forever". They are invisible but have appeared 
as warriors to save the Cherokee from defeat in war. They live 
underground and often appear as birds (mostly owls), animals, fish, 
trees, reptiles and even insects. So be careful what you mistreat.The 
atsil-dihye gi = "the fire carrier" (called "will-o-the-wisp by foreign 
people). Considered dangerous and unfriendly. anisgaya tsunsdi' = 
"little men" sons of the first man (kanati).---beneficent wondermakers 
of great power. They are also called "Thunder Boys". Their favorite tree 
is the honey locust which lightening never strikes.Fairies = just like 
fairies everywhere but never accept food from them or you will never be 
able to eat human food again or return to your family.

Two well known fairies are "tsagasi" and "tsawasi" who are often named 
in the old hunting prayers, though mischievous enough themselves, they 
often aid hunters who acknowledge them. There are several other of these 
fairies with special names, all good-natured but more or less tricky.The 
dunwi tsunsdi of the yunwi tsunsdi' = the little people of the Little 
People. They are fairy like, no taller than the knee of the Little 
People. They often glow. They are powerful guides of the Little People 
and the medicine men of the Cherokee.The yunwi amayine hi = (my 
favorites) "Water dwellers" who live in the water and who, when they are 
acknowledged, help the fisherman. They also protect the People from 
illness when we "go to water" (purifying ceremony).

So you can see the Cherokee culture had it's fair share of magical 
beings all concerned with the care and protection of nature and 
demanding respect for everything, plants, animals, the earth and it's 
peoples.    Last "lesson" and you can rest your eyes.

The word "Cherokee" isn't even Cherokee. It's from a Creek Indian word 
meaning "they speak a different language". We have adopted (and adapted) 
the word as tsalagi (pronounced jah-lah-ghee) and it is in common, 
everyday use. In counsel and among ourselves we use our real name 
"aniyunwiya" loosely translated as "The People", "The Real People" or 
"The Principal People". aniyunwiya literally translated is "The Human 
Beings". At one time the term "Native Americans" was politically correct 
but it was pointed out that anyone born in North or South America was 
technically a "native American". Now the correct term is "American 
Indian". It's like the term "Black" which was, at one time, an insult. 
Then it was decided (by the NAACP) that that was the term they wanted. 
Same thing with "Indian" which also, at one time, was an insulting term 
until it was decided (by AIM (American Indian Movement) that that was 
the term they wanted. I really don't care what the general public 
considers is "politically correct"; I'm aniyunwiya or tsalagi or Cherokee.





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The Stargate Conundrum

The Stargate Conundrum

Rouse and I shared the same brainwave when the subject turned to Courtney Brown: “I had this same question a few years back when Courtney Brown, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science at Emory University published Cosmic Voyage: A Scientific Discovery of Extraterrestrial Visiting Earth. Why would Dr. Brown risk an academic career, in a field like political science, to publish what is, in my opinion, one of the more outlandish and wild hypotheses in a field that is replete with them? What could he possibly hope to gain in a few royalties that could offset damage to his career? Fortunately, Dr. Brown provides the answer on page 257 of his book: ‘I should remind the readers at the outset that I am a professor of political science. One of the specialties within the discipline is public opinion and mass behavior, which directly relates to governmental concerns regarding the subject of ETs and UFOs.’” We are well warned about this when he writes about how there are Martians living, surviving, on Earth, in a secret location – though he of course knows where. “There are Martians on Earth, but one must think clearly about the implications of this before ringing the alarm bell. These Martians are desperate. Apparently they have very crude living quarters on Mars. They cannot live on the surface. Their children have no future on their homeworld. Their home is destroyed; it is a planet of dust.” We can only wonder when the next TV marathon whereby the public will donate money for the poor conditions is going to occur. But, wait…
The subtitle of the book was “A scientific discovery of extraterrestrials visiting Earth.” The science used was “scientific remote viewing”. The opening words of the book were: “This is a book about two extraterrestrial civilizations that either already have or soon will have an important evolutionary impact on human life on Earth. This is not a book about scientific remote viewing. Nonetheless, since scientific remote viewing has been used to obtain the data […] it is necessary to briefly outline the history.” Even if it is totally coincidental, it is a standard debunking technique: link the subject to be discredited with outlandish claims, and the subject itself will become discredited. Mud sticks. Remember Geller and The Nine?
Rouse concluded: “He published a book, (mass communications) with an interest in ‘mass behavior’ (social psychology) and measures the effect ‘public opinion’ (survey research). When Dr. Brown published his book, he was employing the classical methods of Psychological Warfare. He didn’t write his book to persuade anyone of his outlandish assertions, he just wanted to gauge the reaction, possibly as a front for someone else, or some agency.” Remember: Rouse wrote that, not I…