Cornell University scientist: Comet Elenin will continue intensifying Earth's very strong seismicity until August-October, 2011 / Magnitude 7.5 quake hits Vanuatu in Pacific: USGS / SUV tumbles into sinkhole on Northwest Side /

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Cornell University scientist: Comet Elenin will continue intensifying Earth's very strong seismicity until August-October, 2011.

I here demonstrate empirically my georesonator concept in which tidally induced magnification of Earth masses' resonance causes seismicity. To that end, I show that all strong (~M6+) earthquakes of 2010 occurred during the Earth's long (t>3 day) astronomical alignments within our solar system. I then show that the same holds true for all very strong (~M8+) earthquakes of the decade of 2000s. Finally, the strongest (M8.6+) earthquakes of the past century are shown to have occurred during the Earth's multiple long alignments, whereas half...
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Magnitude 7.5 quake hits Vanuatu in Pacific: USGS

It said the quake, which struck at 3:55 a.m. local time on Sunday (12:55 p.m. EDT on Saturday), was centered 38 miles southwest of the town of Port-Vila and was quite shallow, at a depth of 25.2 miles. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the major quake had not triggered a Pacific-wide tsunami but said: "Earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that...
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Assad warns West to keep out of Syria

Damascus // Syria's president, Bashar Al Assad, last night rejected calls from the United States and Europe to stand aside and warned military intervention would have "huge consequences", in a defiant speech to the nation, his fourth since a popular uprising began in March. Speaking to state-run television in a pre-recorded interview, he brushed aside demands from hundreds of thousands of anti-regime demonstrators and western nations that he step down, saying he was "appointed by the Syrian people". "I'm not to discuss these words [about...
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Scared Mexicans try under-the-skin tracking devices

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SUV tumbles into sinkhole on Northwest Side A man driving to work this morning on Chicago's Northwest Side got an unpleasant surprise when his SUV tumbled into a sinkhole. The incident happened at the intersection of Foster and Elston avenues at about 5:30 a.m., said police and a spokesman from the Chicago Department of Water Management. "I saw him actually climb out of the hole on a ladder," said Joe Springer,.. / Paula White's Without Walls Sues Former Pastor for 'Stealing' Members / Wiccan Holidays Recognized by Vanderbilt University / 'UFO' Over Chinese Airport Just an Unusual Cloud According to the newspaper Shanghai Daily, air traffic at a major Chinese airport was temporarily halted on Wednesday (Aug. 17) — not because of a power failure or bad weather, but because of a potentially threatening Unidentified Floating Object. Details about the incident remain sketchy, but someone (it's not clear whether it was pilots, air traffic controllers or people on the ground