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Bizarro Earth

Stung by losses, nation's beekeepers try to rebuild

Bill Hanna
McClatchy Newspapers
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:08 UTC
"I can't raise enough queens; I turn down orders every day,"

Clint Walker Bees
©Jill Johnson
Clint Walker, a central Texas beekeeper

In the woods and rolling farmland of Central Texas, Clint Walker is breeding queen bees.

Stashed in nondescript boxes underneath a stand of trees, the bees could be easily missed.

But the queens are a lifeline for Walker and other commercial beekeepers, who are furiously trying to replenish their depleted hives.
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Bizarro Earth

Aftershock Rumbles Across Southern Illinois


myfoxstl.com
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:54 UTC
ALLENDALE -- The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.6-magnitude earthquake rumbled across southern Illinois.

The quake at about 2:15 a.m. was centered in Allendale, which is in southeast Illinois near the Indiana border.

Geophysicist Julie Martinez says it was an aftershock to the 5.2-magnitude temblor on April 18th near West Salem.
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Cow Skull

Water crisis to be biggest world risk; worse than food shortage

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Daily Telegraph
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:49 UTC
A catastrophic water shortage could prove an even bigger threat to mankind this century than soaring food prices and the relentless exhaustion of energy reserves, according to a panel of global experts at the Goldman Sachs "Top Five Risks" conference.

Nicholas (Lord) Stern, author of the Government's Stern Review on the economics of climate change, warned that underground aquifers could run dry at the same time as melting glaciers play havoc with fresh supplies of usable water.
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Frog

Giant tortoises safe as Galapagos volcano ends activity


Agence France Presse
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:37 UTC


cerro azul volcano
©AFP
Lava flows down the Cerro Azul volcano

Quito - The lava from an erupting Galapagos volcano did not affect the islands' famed giant tortoises as first feared, Galapagos National Park officials said Tuesday.

The Cerro Azul volcano on Isabela Island erupted between Thursday and Sunday, unleashing a heavy flow of lava, park authorities said in a statement.
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Attention

Java's Lusi volcano 'on the verge of collapse'


Telegraph (UK)
Fri, 30 May 2008 08:10 UTC
A mud volcano, which began erupting two years ago on the Indonesian island of Java, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, could be on the verge of collapse, British scientists have found.

Image
©EPA
Many people believe gas drilling caused the phenomenon

The Lusi volcano has displaced 50,000 people, submerged homes, factories and schools and is flowing at a rate of more than 3.5 million cubic feet a day.

Despite efforts to halt the flow, including dropping giant concrete balls into the crater, the hot, noxious grey mud continues to spurt from the site in Sidoardjo, East Java.
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Propaganda

NASA audit: Climate science politically compromised


Bloomberg News
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:53 UTC
WASHINGTON - Political appointees in NASA's public affairs office "compromised" information on climate-change science for political advantage over a two-year period, an audit by the agency's inspector general found.

Communications issued between late 2004 and early 2006 "reduced, marginalized or mischaracterized global warming research made available to the general public," the auditors wrote in a statement released yesterday.
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Evil Rays

5.0-magnitude aftershock hits Sichuan county


Xinhua
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:23 UTC
An aftershock measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale jolted Qingchuan County of Southwest China's Sichuan province at 12:41 p.m. on Thursday, the China Earthquake Administration said.
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Attention

Bees overtake backyard of Staten Island home

Staten Island Advance
SI Live
Fri, 30 May 2008 23:28 UTC
Something was buzzing in Staten Island's Tottenville neighborhood yesterday morning, and it had nothing to do with gossip.

A hummer of a swarm of bees -- at least 40,000 of them -- overwhelmed the backyard of 257 Barnard Ave. at about 11 a.m.

STI Bees
©Michael Oates/Staten Island Advance
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Cloud Lightning

Belize assesses damage as first storm causes flooding, death


Caribbean 360
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:41 UTC
BELMOPAN - Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow has declared a national emergency following the deaths of five people, including three children, and the destruction in some areas of the country as a result of heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Arthur.
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Bizarro Earth

Magnitude 3.5 - Arizona


usgs.gov
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:07 UTC
Earthquake Details
Magnitude 3.5
Date-Time

* Wednesday, June 04, 2008 at 23:32:35 UTC
* Wednesday, June 04, 2008 at 04:32:35 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 36.386°N, 112.591°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region ARIZONA
Distances

* 20 km (13 miles) NNE (27°) from Supai, AZ
* 55 km (34 miles) NW (313°) from Grand Canyon Village, AZ
* 59 km (37 miles) S (173°) from Kaibab, AZ
* 72 km (45 miles) S (184°) from Kanab, UT
* 141 km (88 miles) ESE (109°) from Mesquite, NV
* 237 km (147 miles) E (84°) from Las Vegas, NV

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