Particle Collider and dangers of man-made Black Holes

Could the Earth be destroyed by man made black holes created by the unknown risks of
increased acceleration within the particle collider?

Man-Made (But Very Tiny) Black Holes Possible
http://news.sciencemag.org/space/2010/01/colliding-particles-can-make-black-holes

Petra - Oasis in the Desert - Water Engineering skills of the ancients

Hope there is an up and coming group of engineers who are studying. preserving and implementing some of these ancient, beautifully engineered water systems.



The water supply and distribution system of the Nabataean city of Petra in southwestern Jordan is such a system.
Fascinating:

by Charles R. Ortloff

The water supply and distribution system of the Nabataean city of Petra in southwestern Jordan has been explored and mapped. Analysis of the system indicates exploitation of all possible water resources using management techniques that balance reservoir storage capacity with continuous flow pipeline systems to maintain a constant water supply throughout the year. Nabataean Petra was founded c. 300 BC; urban development progressed with later Roman administration of the city starting at AD 106; Byzantine occupation continued to the seventh century AD. Trade networks that extended throughout much of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world intersected at Petra, and brought not only strategic and economic prominence, but also impetus to develop water resources fully to sustain demands of increasing population and city elaboration. City development was influenced by artistic, cultural and technological borrowings from Seleucid, Syro-Phoenician, Greek and Roman civilizations; the Petra water-distribution system included hydraulic technologies derived from these contacts as well as original technical innovations that helped to maintain the high living standard of city dwellers throughout the centuries. Analysis of the Nabataean water network indicates design criteria that promote stable flows and use sequential particle-settling basins to purify potable water supplies. They also promote open channel flows within piping at critical (maximum) flow rates that avoid leakage associated with pressurized systems and have the design function to match the spring supply rate to the maximum carrying capacity of a pipeline. This demonstration of engineering capability indicates a high degree of cognitive skill in solving complex hydraulic problems to ensure a stable water supply and may be posited as a key reason behind the many centuries of flourishing city life.

http://www.sewerhistory.org/articles/whregion/mideast/water%20system%20petra%20jordan.pdf




The water supply and distribution system of the Nabataean city of Petra in southwestern Jordan

Historical background of Petra's water-management strategies

It is clear that many exterior cultural, political and technological influences colour the history of Petra. Consequently, the water-supply system may be expected to reflect borrowings from the best civil engineering practices of neighbouring civilizations and innovations derived from demands of the complex topography and limited water resource base of the area. Innovations derived from direct experience of desert water-conservation measures are also to be expected given the nomadic background of the Nabataeans. Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Minoan and Greek civilizations all utilized piping systems for water supply and wastewater drainage. For example, the Temple at Knossos (Crete) at 2100 BC incorporated systems of conical, interlocking, terracotta piping elements in the main palace water system; later, the Hellenic Temple of Artemis (Turkey) dating to 800 BC incorporated strings of socketed, mortared, terracotta pipes as well as lead-pipe segments joined by stone connectors to transport water from nearby springs. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar (605-562 BC), incorporated a high-level reservoir from which water was delivered to terraces and fountains through hydrostatically pressurized terracotta pipelines. Egyptian copper and brass piping systems associated with 5th Dynasty Temples at Abusir form part of temple drainage systems to the Nile. Athens in the 6-7th century BC and Olynthos had systems of interlocking terracotta pipes sealed by mortar, while the Ionian city of Priene (Turkey) in the third century BC had elaborate terracotta piping networks complete with filtration systems to purify water prior to distribution to city fountains (Ortloff & Crouch 1998). In concept, many of these systems are quite similar to those observed at Petra, indicating some use of previously-established technologies from surrounding societies. New learning gained through years of trade activity to many corners of the ancient world would have provided yet further sources of hydraulic knowledge. An early example of the Nabataean ability to learn from prior technologies is the 27-km-long Humeima canal from springs in the Sharma Mountains to a Wadi Rum outpost, attributed to Obadas I (96-86 BC) (Taylor 2001). This subterranean canal indicates that low-angle surveying technology was already understood — perhaps a borrowing from Greek and Roman geometric traditions (Cohen & Drabkin 1966; Lewis 2001). Combined with hydraulics knowledge from earlier sources this canal demonstrated it was possible to design a canal that matched spring output to canal carrying capacity.
These examples indicate that while knowledge of piping systems was widespread in archaic times, initial use was mostly associated with elite civil and temple structures. Canal-building technology, on the other hand, was widespread throughout the ancient Middle East and primarily used for agricultural purposes. Gradually it was extended to city-wide piping networks — an idea reaching maximum extent in later Roman cities where branch piping fed individual living quarters. An early technology base, utilizing pipeline and canal systems, existed well before Nabataean times and was surely available to aid in the planning and development of Petra's water system. Contact with many cities benefiting from the Roman revival of water-supply systems (Ortloff & Crouch 2001; Crouch 1993) undoubtedly accelerated knowledge of citywide water systems that could be used at Petra. The limited water resources (springs and rainfall capture) and complex mountainous terrain of the Petra area, however, meant that old ideas required new thinking to produce a distributed water system that provided a constant, year-round water supply, given variations of seasonal rainfall and spring flow. The story to be told here relates to the archaeological record of Nabataean solutions to the water-supply demands of a large urban population. As will be demonstrated, modern computer simulation of hydraulic phenomena within ancient piping systems can reveal further knowledge underlying Nabataean pipeline design and water management and reveal subtle aspects of their contribution to the hydraulic sciences.

Description of the Petra water supply and distribution system

http://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-water-supply-of-petra-charles-r-ortloff-2005.htm

Living 'down under' in Cappadocia, Turkey (youtube)

Saab to restart 9-3 sedan production two years after bankruptcy

(Reuters) - The new owners of Swedish car maker Saab, National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB, will restart production of the 9-3 sedan on Monday at the Trollhattan factory in Sweden, a NEVS spokesman said on Friday.

The 9-3 sedan will be powered by a turbocharged gasoline engine and built in "small and humble numbers" for China and Sweden, NEVS spokesman Mikael Ostlund said.

The move comes almost two years after Saab, which had made cars since 1947, filed for bankruptcy at the end of 2011. Saab was previously owned by General Motors Co (GM.N), which sold it to Dutch sports car group Spyker (SPYKF.PK) in 2010.

NEVS, which is 22 percent owned by the Chinese city of Qingdao through the city's investment company, bought most of the assets of Saab last year. Ostlund reiterated that an electric 9-3 sedan is expected to launch in China next year.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/29/us-autos-saab-production-idUSBRE9AS0PU20131129

N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences director puts kibosh on documentary about sea-level rise

The director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is refusing to allow a documentary about sea-level rise to show at the museum’s Science Café.

Shored Up, a film by director Ben Kalina, explores issues regarding coastal communities, specifically the New Jersey shore and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, in light of super storms and rising seas.

The nonprofit group N.C. Coastal Federation had hoped to bring the film to the museum’s Science Café, a weekly discussion of science and technology issues, in January. It is scheduled to show at UNC-Wilmington and the N.C. Aquarium in January.

According to emails provided by the museum, director Emlyn Koster wrote that “we want to engage the public, marshal the progress of our unique learning-rich setting and take advantage of our collaborative network, rather than focusing on an hour-long film in a theater.”

He added that the museum needs to “ensure an objective science-centered approach.”

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http://www.indyweek.com/triangulator/archives/2013/11/15/nc-museum-of-natural-sciences-director-puts-kibosh-on-documentary-about-sea-level-rise

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Counteracting and Confronting The Lies Locally - a local story (North Carolina headsup!)

Here's a perfect example of how big money manipulates local governments and silences truth in very destructive ways.
This situation urgently requires local attention and response which is where most battles need to be fought. And those pulling the strings behind a protective curtain of anonymity need to have the curtain thrown back and their names in lights for what they are doing.

As real science has made clear and as we are all now witnessing first hand the world over, there are undeniable earth changes happening that demand that communities make plans and changes to keep their citizens safe. In fact it is urgent that we have open discussions and planning sessions on local, national and global levels. One such effect that needs to be addressed immediately is sea rise and questions of development and rebuilding efforts along coastlines. These are NOT political issues, but are being placed in that arena in order to keep response divided and buried by big money.

Read the following story and if you live in this area of North Carolina or are experiencing a similar situation in your local community, ask yourself what you can do to confront these 'quiet' attempts at squashing information and discussion by a million small cuts. Vigilance!


N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences director puts kibosh on documentary about sea-level rise

The director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is refusing to allow a documentary about sea-level rise to show at the museum’s Science Café.

Shored Up, a film by director Ben Kalina, explores issues regarding coastal communities, specifically the New Jersey shore and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, in light of super storms and rising seas.
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Coastal federation officials told the INDY that the science is solid in the documentary, although it is clearly advocacy work that shows the policy failings regarding sea-level rise. It does not include rebuttals from people who think sea-level rise is either not happening or is not a threat. The film also contains footage from The Colbert Report in which Stephen Colbert ridicules North Carolina legislators who, in 2012, outlawed scientifically sound methods of measuring sea levels along the coast.

As the INDY reported in June 2012, the law restricts the ability of state agencies to accurately forecast and prepare for sea-level rise. As a result, developers could continue to profit from building in vulnerable, low-lying coastal areas free of additional regulations that would apply if the state accounted for higher seas.

The law was a victory for NC-20, a nonprofit governmental group stacked with coastal development and real estate interests, who successfully persuaded a science panel of the Coastal Resources Commission to significantly change its policy proposal. Those amendments included restricting state and local governments to using only select historical data to predict sea-level rise. Under those conditions, the forecast is not 3 feet, but 8 inches.

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http://www.indyweek.com/triangulator/archives/2013/11/15/nc-museum-of-natural-sciences-director-puts-kibosh-on-documentary-about-sea-level-rise