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History of Gambling in America – P 2

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:36:17 +0000

History of Gambling in America

Duration : 0:10:57

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Historic LeClaire, IA – Home of “American Pickers”

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:44:27 +0000

On my way back to Illinois from Des Moines, I made a stop in the beautiful Mississippi River town of LeClaire, IA: birthplace of Buffalo Bill and home to “Antique Archaeology,” home base of The History Channel’s “American Pickers”.

Music: “Autumn Day” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
ISRC: US-UAN-11-00765

Licensed under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0″
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http://music.incompetech.com/royaltyfree2/Autumn%20Day.mp3

Duration : 0:4:12

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2011 Worst Year in History for Natural Disasters

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:34:14 +0000

Degradation of the planet’s magnetic field, the implications of shifting climatic patterns the alarming rise in the number of extreme weather events that have occurred in 2011. Could these events in someway be also associated with Earth’s polarity reversal? The planet’s jet-stream has also become more erratic and is experiencing wild frenzied migrations, resulting in the outbreak of an unprecedented number of extreme weather events that have reaped destruction across the globe. No one knows what the full effects of a magnetic reversal will be on planet Earth since the last such event, according to scientists, occurred 780,000 years ago when no one was around to record the effects of it. NASA, however, has gone to great lengths to assure the public that events connected with polarity reversals are quite benign. Similarly, we might also add, the compounding effects of the Sun and cosmic rays on Earth’s climatic processes during this magnetic disorientation period are also undetermined and unassessed scientific variables. So, is the rise in these extreme weather patterns and natural disasters merely a cyclical consequence of our time or do these events lend themselves to the prophetic warnings from the ancients suggesting major changes have already begun altering the biosphere of the planet we know as Earth? D.S. Allan & J.B. Delair wrote as early as 1995: “Significantly, a drop in Earth’s entire magnetic field appears to have occurred somethime between 13,750 and 12,350 years ago. This was attended by various important changes, including earthquakes, volcanism, water table fluctuations and large-scale climatic variations.” -Cataclysm: compelling evidence of a cosmic catastrophe in 9500 B.C.

Extreme wind storms are wreaking havoc on cities across the globe from Colombo, Sri Lanka to Pasadena, California but weather extremes are also occurring on the other side of the globe in Australia. Perth Australia had 57 days over 32 degrees, the longest hot spell since records began in 1897, smashing the average number of hot days of 33.9. Brisbane and the Gabba experienced it driest weather in 29 years. “In the first four days of this summer, Sydney has now failed to reach 23 degrees, making it the coolest start in 44 years,” Weatherzone meteorologist Brett Dutschke said. “The city is on target for its coolest start to summer in 51 years,” Dutschke said. The Washington Post said: “Spring 2011 may well go down in the weather history books as the most extreme on record. From the massive April tornado swarm, to record Mississippi River levels, to extreme drought and wildfires in the Southwest, weather extremes were both violent and relentless, taking a terrible toll on human life and the economy.”

Climate in chaos: There were more than 575 tornadoes death in 2011- the 6th highest record ever recorded. April of 2011 saw the largest outbreak of tornadoes the U.S. meteorological service has ever recorded- 875 twisters, when the average for the last decade was only 161. It was also the wettest March-May on record in 10 U.S. states: Washington, Wyoming, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and Vermont. Precipitation was 300% above normal for this same period in most of the Ohio Valley. 1300 daily precipitation records were broken in April across the Midwest and South; 72 locations reported their wettest day in any April, five of which set all-time daily rain records (for any month). There was, in fact, so much precipitation that a record 6.8 million acres of land was flooded in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. While some parts of the U.S. basked in record precipitation totals, the U.S. southwest also saw some of the worst drought conditions on record. March through May of 2011 was the driest on record in the history of the state of Texas. As a matter of fact, extreme to exceptional drought conditions ravaged much of the southern U.S. from southeast Arizona through New Mexico, much of Texas, and along the Gulf Coastline to the Florida panhandle. Record flooding was also reported in parts of Australia, Pakistan, Europe, Colombia, Central America, Bolivia, China, Brazil, Vietnam, India, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. The 2011 July heat-wave in the U.S. was one of the worst in more than 140 years- more than 2000 temperature records were shattered during this period. In contrast, record snowfall totals were also recorded across the globe from the Sierra Mountains and Oklahoma to the record snowfall totals reported in July in Chile’s Atacama Desert- which is one of the driest regions on the planet. Record snowfall totals were also reported.

Planet shaken by earthquakes: Besides the devastating 9.0 March 11, Tōhoku Japan earthquake, which was one of the strongest earthquakes recorded in Japan’s history, there were four more earthquakes that struck Japan of the 7.0+ magnitude range. There were three 7.0+ magnitude earthquakes.

Duration : 0:4:29

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Today in History for December 20th

admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:46:15 +0000

Ceremonies in New Orleans formally mark the completion of the Louisiana Purchase; South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union; Vermont’s Supreme Court rules in favor of homosexual couples; “It’s A Wonderful Life” premieres in New York.

Duration : 0:1:41

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Life History of a Stream.mov

admin — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:25:42 +0000

Describes the changes in a stream valley over time.

Duration : 0:6:19

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USS Cairo Ironclad at Vicksburg National Military Park

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:17:20 +0000

Peering into the Cairo’s inner workings, it wasn’t too hard to feel transported back to Civil War Era! For more: http://www.gypsynester.com/vb.htm

Duration : 0:1:44

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Fishing Dat Mighty Flooded Mississippi River Down In New Orleans

admin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:30:28 +0000

With The High Waters Also Comes The Great fishing

Duration : 0:1:14

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Mississippi River Falling Fast At New Orleans

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:13:33 +0000

New Orleans Has Clearly Dodged a Bullet

Duration : 0:3:22

Mississippi River Water at 2nd Story Of Homes and Rising

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:18:37 +0000

a Flood Warning Has Been Issued For Metro New Orleans As Mississippi River Swells To Levels Not Seen In More Than 75 Years http://inws.wrh.noaa.gov/weather/alertinfo/2395198

Duration : 0:0:21

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New Orleans In Danger As Mississippi River Rapidly Continues To Rise

admin — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:57:54 +0000

Spillways Being Opened In Attempt To Spare New Orleans

Duration : 0:1:51

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