rs of two mansions worth £1.4 million said they 'didn't hear a thing' while a deadly landslip turned two dream homes into rubble.
The freak mudslide has left the pensioner homeowners feeling heartbroken after it caused their 'forever' homes to become perched precariously above a 50ft deep railway line.
Now both properties have been officially condemned, leaving the owners homeless and their Millionaires' Row neighbours waiting for news about the future of their own properties.
The two houses pictured before the demolition. They were both perched directly above the Ilkley to Bradford line, which serves four local schools
No heard the gardens collapse. Mick Spencer, who lives on the property on the other side of the two condemned houses, said: 'There was just a slight tremor. We are not affected – or so we understand. But it is devastating for the people who had been here 30 odd years.
Stephen and Lynne Coverdale have lived in their property on the exclusive Woodlands Estate in Baildon, West Yorkshire, since it was built in 1986, while David and Fiona Lerner moved in next door in 2009 after buying their home for £385,000.
Both homes had more than doubled in value since then but neither couple had any plans to sell - until the dramatic turn of events in February.
Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13304023/Owners-heartbroken-deadly-landslip-turned-mansions-rubble.html
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l the rage right now, a team of NASA scientists has dreamed up an innovative concept that could eventually see humans permanently occupying Venus’ atmosphere, in a floating cloud city. Everybody is keen to get humans to Mars; it’s been seen as the next logical step for some time now, mostly because of its Earth-like qualities. But what about Venus, our closest neighbor? It’s the hottest planet in the solar system, with surface temperatures reaching (870oF)—plenty hot enough to melt lead. It’s also shrouded in a very dense atmosphere with clouds of toxic sulphuric acid, and its crushing surface pressure is around 90 times that of ours. Named the High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC), the evolutionary program comprises a series of ventures that would kick off by sending a robot into the atmosphere to test the waters, followed by a 30 day crewed, orbital mission. If successful, the next mission would be a crewed, 30-day venture in Venus’ atmosphere, ultimately leading up to humans spending a year in the atmosphere, or maybe even the establishment of a permanent presence in a floating “city.”[and from another]http://www.space.com/28067-spacex-dragon-cargo-launch-delay.htmlSpaceX was originally expected to launch its Falcon 9 rocket carrying an uncrewed Dragon cargo ship to the station for NASA today (Dec. 19), but the launch was delayed partly due to a problem with the rocket. SpaceX is now expected to launch its fifth official mission to the orbiting outpost under a contract with NASA on Jan. 6.SOZTThis plan, to send humans to live in floating cities above the atmosphere on Venus, is not what it seems or is claimed. At a time of budget shortfalls, it is preposterous to even entertain such a plan. Creating floating cities above a poisonous planet is positively silly. This is an attempt to evade the Council of Worlds admonitions against sending the elite to Mars or the Moon to escape the Pole Shift. The December 4 Orion launch http://www.zetatalk.com/ning/13de2014.htmwas originally to test life support systems, which had to be removed for the launch to evade Council interference. SpaceX is repeatedly pushing their launch test dates into the future, now pushed into 2015. The elite cannot conceive of a situation where their thoughts, their agenda, can be so easily read by higher entities, and then blocked so effectively. Like naughty children trying to evade their parent’s rules, they are trying evasive maneuvers. While the Council is blocking or blowing up shuttles designed to carry man to Mars or the Moon, this group assumes that by claiming a shuttle with floating cities will be for VENUS that the Council will be fooled. Such is the arrogance within the Service-to-Self elite on Earth, who assume themselves the equal of those on the Council. EOZT…
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on David de Rothschild over a fraud involving hundreds of British pensioners
Posted on June 21, 2015
Baron David de Rothschild, one of Europe’s wealthiest aristocrats has been indicted over allegations of fraud after the victims, who were pensioners and mostly expats living in Spain, bought into his loan scheme.
The banking magnate will now be questioned in his native France, five years after a Marbella-based law firm began legal action against him.
French police have been told by a judge in Paris to track down the wealthy scion who has various homes in the country.
The case involves his company, the Rothschild Financial Services Group, which stands accused of falsely advertising an equity release loan scheme, bought into by more than 130 pensioners between 2005 and 2008.
More than 20 British pensioners in Spain took up legal action against Rothschild’s company after losing their dream properties and thousands of euros.
Paris-based liaison judge Javier Gómez Bermudez – famous for his role in prosecuting the Madrid bombers – announced the summons this week after the Denia Court issued the order.
The Baron is believed to be staying at his Normandy castle, or near to his Paris offices, and lawyers have provided state prosecutors in France with two possible addresses to find him.
Marbella-based lawyer Antonio Flores of Lawbird said the indictment was a ‘breakthrough moment’ in the case.
“It is a good step in the right direction,” Flores told The Olive Press. “The courts are now in agreement with us that there is enough evidence to interrogate Baron Rothschild.
“The first thing they will have to do is find him. Once they have done that they can begin to question him.
“It is a real breakthrough moment for everyone involved.”
Rothschild’s product, the Credit Select Series Mortgage Loan, was sold to pensioners as a legal means to reduce the value of their homes for inheritance tax mitigation purposes.
The Tax Agency ruled that such a scheme constitutes fraud and Flores believes that Rothschild should be held accountable.
“In short, independently of what happened to the investment, Rothschild advertised a loan aimed at reducing inheritance tax, which is a breach of tax law,” he said.
Flores, and two other prosecuting lawyers, will submit questions for Rothschild in relation to fraudulent advertising.
The Rothschild Group has so far failed to comment.…
fore the poleshift).
#1) Here is a Syrian refugee camp showing the challenges they face attempting to work together. The need to equally share resources (water, shelter, electricity, etc), educating kids, etc.
#2) Here is a Jordanian refugee camp showing the disruption something like war (or the poleshift) brings about. People's dreams for the future & their present lives all brought to an abrupt end. Simple things such as playing sports bring back a sense of normalcy. (And bringing back a sense of normalcy is so important). For those that have lost all hope, seeing survivors work together gives them a new purpose & the resolve to keep on keeping on.
#3) Here is a 14 year old kid who's volunteered to be a nurse. Giving up his childhood to cater to more important things at hand. (I believe its said somewhere in zetatalk, that kids will be resourceful in helping out)
#4) And another refugee camp in Turkey. People have lost everything & control over their lives. So naturally everyone's on edge, not knowing where or to whom to channel this anger at. (They're not in control. Can't grow crops there. Not near any sources of fishing. They are completely dependent on food aid & dont have any idea on how to better their situation for themselves.)
Here is some zetatalk that might be helpful with this topic:
The correct adjustment when the infrastructure is devastated, or when supplies get tight, is to cut back on selfish expectations and share what is available with others. Since all homes cannot be heated, moving in together so that one heated house can supply several families should be mandated. This will bring screams from everyone who has been told they should expect their own home, their own apartment, that this is their right. In decades past extended families lived together, the oldsters helping young mothers with their babies, and since this type of living will be the norm in the Aftertime, get used to it early.
If despite Obama’s encouragement windmill and solar panel use within the US is still being neglected...this is a matter that can be remedied relatively quickly. Constructing and erecting windmill farms would be faster than attempting to transport refined gasoline or heating oil by boat to the East Coast. Follow the lead of countries like Sweden, which have utilized wind power for decades. The US of course will not recover from the New Madrid and what is to follow along the West Coast. - ZetaTalk
Please feel free to add to this discussion. (All the examples here are in the context of the Syrian rebellion, so it may be providing only a narrow perspective)…
partly collapsed as the country battles record high river levels, flooding and landslides after a fatal storm.
Norwegian police were considering blowing up the dam when water from the Glåma River, the country’s longest, started spilling out the side at Braskereidfoss hydroelectric power plant.
It comes after a powerful storm – named Hans – that has caused chaos across northern Europe in recent days, and left southern Norway in crisis after widespread flooding and landslides. River levels expected to continue rising into Thursday.
A woman in her 70s died on Wednesday after falling into a stream and 700-800 people were evacuated from Innlandet, the district which also includes Braskereidfoss.
All main roads between Oslo and Trondheim were closed on Wednesday.
Pål Erik Teigen, chief of staff at Innlandet police district, said his force had been monitoring the Braskereidfoss dam and working with power plant owner, Hafslund Eco. “On the south-west side the water is starting to go through … it’s going slowly. This is the best thing now,” he told the Guardian.
They had been considering staging a controlled explosion but once the water started coming through the side, they decided the best solution was to leave it.
“It’s a very heavy situation we have in this part of Norway in the last days because of the rain. If I made a training exercise for the police I wouldn’t in my wildest dreams think of this problem in our district, he said.
“We have many landslides all over, we have homes being taken, evacuated a lot of people, all the roads are closed and all the rivers are overflowing.”
The government hydrology institute, NVE, said parts of eastern and central Norway were still on red alert, with many rivers at record levels. “In a lot of rivers and lakes the level is still increasing,” said hydrologist Tuomo Saloranta.
The Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, who visited affected areas, said a huge challenge lay ahead. “When the rain stops, another challenge begins: the water needs to get out,” he said.
Read more and pictures/video: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/09/dam-partly-collapses-in-norway-as-storm-hans-continues-to-cause-chaos…
ue Star Kachina the Dark Twin? which will be "an alarm clock that tells us a new day, a new way of life, a new world that is coming."
Their prophecy speaks to when the Purifier comes it will see it first as a small Red Star which will come very close and sit in our heavens watching us. It speaks to the coming Madness and those who will go insane. Or those who will walk around like ghosts. It speaks to the social unrest and much of it is clearly reflected in what's going on these days--- It speaks to needing to return to the old and simpler ways.
https://www.facebook.com/116756885014151/photos/a.118419131514593/155368044486368/?type=3&theater
It was told to me that first the Blue Kachina would start to be seen at the dances, and would make his appearance known to the children in the plaza during the night dance. This event would tell us that the end times are very near. Then the Blue Star Kachina would physically appear in our heavens which would mean that we were in the end times. "In the Final days we will look up in our heavens and... we will witness the return of the two brothers who helped create this world in the birthing time. Poganghoya is the guardian of our North Pole and his Brother Palongawhoya is the guardian of the South pole. In the final days the Blue Star Katchina will come to be with his nephews and they will return the Earth to its natural rotation which is counter clock wise. "This fact is evidenced in many petraglyphs that speak of the Zodiac, and within the Mayan and Egyptian pyramids. The rotation of the Earth has been manipulated by not so benevolent Star beings . The twins will be seen in our North Western skies. They will come and visit to see who still remembered the original teachings flying in their Patuwvotas, or flying shields. They will bring many of their star family with them in the final days. "The return of the Blue Star Katchina who is also known as Nan ga sohu will be the alarm clock that tells us of the new day and new way of life, a new world that is coming. This is where the changes will begin. They will start as fires that burn within us, and we will burn up with desires and conflict if we do not remember the original teachings, and return to the peaceful way of life. " Not far behind the twins will come the Purifier The Red Katchina, who will bring the Day of Purification. On this day the Earth, her creatures and all life as we know it will change forever. There will be messengers that will precede this coming of the Purifier. They will leave messages to those on Earth who remember the old ways. The messages will be found written in the living stone, through the sacred grains, and even the waters. ( Crop Circles have been found in ice) From the Purifier will issue forth a great Red Light. All things will change in their manner of being. Every living thing will be offered the opportunity to change from the largest to the smallest thing. "Those who return to the ways given to us in the original teachings, and live a natural way of life will not be touched by the coming of the Purifier. They will survive and build the new world. Only in the ancient teachings will the ability to understand the messages be found. "It is important to understand that these messages will be found upon every living thing, even within our bodies, even within a drop of our blood. All life forms will receive the messages from the twins.. those that fly, the plants, even the rabbit. The appearance of the twins begins a period of seven years will be our final opportunity to change our ways. Everything we experience is all a mater of choice. "Many will appear to have lost their souls in these final days. So intense will the nature of the changes be that those who are weak in spiritual awareness will go insane, for we are nothing without spirit. They will disappear, for they are just hollow vessels for any thing to use. Life will be so bad in the cities that many will choose to leave this plane. Some in whole groups. "Only those who return to the values of the old ways will be able to find peace of mind. For in the Earth we shall find relief from the madness that will be all around us. It will be a very hard time for women with children for they will be shunned, and many of the children in these times will be unnatural. Some being from the Stars some from past worlds, some will even be created by man in an unnatural manner and will be souless. Many of people in this time will be empty in Spirit they will have Sampacu. No life force in their eyes. "As we get close to the time of arrival the Purifier there will be those who walk as ghosts through the cities, through canyons they will have constructed in their man made mountains. Those that walk through these places will be very heavy in their walk, it will appear almost painful as they take each step for they will be disconnected from their spirit and the Earth. "After the arrival of the twins, they will begin to vanish before your eyes like so muck smoke. Others will have great deformities, both in the mind and upon their bodies. There will be those who would walk in the body that are not from this reality, for many of the gateways that once protected us will be opened, there will be much confusion. Confusion between sexes, and children and their elders. "Life will get very perverted, and there will be little social order, in these times Many will ask for the mountains themselves to fall upon them just to end their misery. Still others will appear as if untouched by what is occurring. The ones who remember the original teachings and have reconnected their hearts and spirit. Those who remember who their mother and father is. The Pahana who have left to live in the Mountains and forest. "When the Purifier comes we will see him first as a small Red Star which will come very close and sit in our heavens watching us. Watching us to see how well we have remembered the sacred teachings. "This Purifier will show us many miraculous signs in our heavens In this way we will know Creator is not a dream. Even those who do not feel their connection to spirit will see the face of creator across the sky. Things unseen will be felt very strongly. " Many things will begin to occur that will not make sense, for reality will be shifting back in and out of the dream state. There will be many doorways to the lower world that will open at this time. Things long forgotten will come back to remind us of our past creations. All living things will want to be present for this day when time ends, and we enter the forever cycle of the Fifth World. "We will receive many warnings allowing us to change our ways from below the Earth as well as above. Then one morning in a moment. We will awaken to the Red Dawn. The sky will be the color of blood, many things will then begin to happen that right now we are nor sure of their exact nature. For much of reality will not be as it is now. "There will be many strange beasts upon the Earth in those days, some from the past and some that we have never seen. . The nature of mankind will appear strange in these times we walk between worlds and we will house many spirits even within our bodies After a time we will again walk with our brothers from the Stars, and rebuild this Earth But not until the Purifier has left his mark upon the universe. "No thing living will go untouched, here or in the heavens. The way through this time it is said is to be found in our hearts, and reuniting with our spiritual self. Getting simple and returning to living with and upon the Earth and in harmony with her creatures. Remembering that we are the caretakers, the fire keepers of the Spirit. Our relatives from the Stars are coming home to see how well we have faired in our journey. -Grandfather Dan -Hopi See More
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r that seemingly has no end in sight will be interrupted by a shot of Canadian air that will give the Northern U.S. a glimpse of autumn. This wake-up call will have residents dreaming of football, apple cider and fall foliage heading into the weekend.
Autumn is making an early appearance across the North Central U.S. as a strong cold front advances out of Canada. This abrupt change to a fall-like pattern will continue through the end of the week before temperatures slowly begin to rebound by Sunday.
This advancing cold front will squash summer temperatures across the Northern Plains and transport a fresh wave of crisp, cool air today. Strong, gusty northwest winds behind the front will help usher in the cooler temperatures.
Once the front passes, a ridge of high pressure will build in, providing clear nights and sunny days. It will be a welcomed sight for residents across Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas and Minnesota as high temperatures only reach into 60s and 70s, below normal for this time of year. For instance, the average high in Bismarck, N.D., today is 84, while the forecast high is 70. The Northern Rockies will have to turn on the heat tonight and Friday night as temperatures dip into the 30s in places such as Butte, Mont., and Missoula, Mont. Closer to normal lows in the 40s and 50s will be found across much of the region from Rapid City, S.D., to Minot, N.D. and east toward International Falls, Minn.
This cold front will continue to charge eastward into the Midwest bringing showers, thunderstorms and cooler air to many major Midwestern cities later today and Friday. There is the chance for severe storms capable of producing gusty winds from Springfield, Mo., to Fort Wayne, Ind. Morning temperatures will bottom out in the 40s and 50s across Iowa, Illinois and Indiana Friday through Sunday. High temperatures in Chicago, Detroit, and Indianapolis will hover in the 70s Friday and Saturday.
The front won`t stop there and will set its sights on the Northeast Friday. Ahead of the front, showers and thunderstorms will rumble through Friday and eventually push offshore. This will leave the Northeast and parts of the mid-Atlantic in a cooler pattern. Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, Boston will all see highs in 70s on Saturday, a far cry from the 80s and 90s experienced earlier this week.
Overall, this pattern will be characterized by cool morning lows and comfortable highs as cloudless skies allow temperatures to rebound during the day, only to drop off quickly once the sun sets. Record low temperatures likely won`t be in jeopardy this week, but this new air mass will certainly make people question whether it really is still summer.…
in two years as thousands of dead fish wash ashore at Adyar creek
Express News Service | Published: 29th November 2017 02:31 AM |
Last Updated: 29th November 2017 08:35 AM
CHENNAI: Unprecedented scenes were witnessed on Tuesday at Adyar river mouth where thousands of fish washed ashore dead. This is the second mass fish kill incident being reported within two years at the same spot, which throws up several questions on the ability of Adyar Creek to support life.
The last incident happened on December 31, 2014. It was a rude shock for fisherfolk dependent on Adyar estuary for livelihood. Among the dead, five species were spotted and the majority were mullet with eggs inside.
Though the exact reason for the disaster is yet to be ascertained, local fishermen said it was because of high influx of raw sewage from upstream residential localities, industries and hospitals. The State fisheries department has written to Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) to investigate. Even scientists from Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) visited the spot and collected fish and water samples for toxicology study.
CIBA director K Vijayan ruled out the possibility of mortality being caused by any pathogen-induced disease. “If it is any disease, the death would have been slow. This is clearly a case of fish suffocating to death due to reduction in oxygen and it would be either due to substantial increase in pollutants entering the water body or low tide minimising the sea water ingress into estuary or a combination of both. Our animal health division is doing sampling, but it would be difficult to establish the true picture since the samples were collected almost 5-6 hours after the mass kill occurred. Sea water might have entered in between diluting the nutrient concentration in the water,” he said.
S Palayam, president of Ururkuppam Fishermen Cooperative Society, said the fish began dying in lumps from the wee hours of Tuesday. “I went to the river mouth to lay my net around 4 am and by then, I found scores of fish washed ashore dead. Due to some disturbance in the sea, lots of fish came close to shore. Fishermen on Monday had dream catch. During high tide, the fish from the sea must have moved inside the estuary, which is considered safe. But at the same time, a large quantity of sewage must have been covertly discharged laying a death trap,” he rued.
Besides madavai (mullet), other fish species like oodan (Indian goat fish) and silepi (Tilapia) were also found dead. Joe K Kizhakudan, scientist, CMFRI, said mullets are tolerant to high salinity levels and can survive in both sea and estuaries. “Something has terribly gone wrong. Only a thorough investigation would reveal facts. Pollution is definitely one of the causes.” …
gns from Natural History Museum board amidst protests by scientists
David Koch is resigning from his post on the board at the American Museum of Natural History. For 23 years, everyone’s favorite “evil-twin” brother wowed the other board members with cash. That’s basically the only reason he was on the board and in his defense, it’s frequently the reason many people are on “boards” of anything.
The Koch family has spent millions funding climate change denier groups and disinformation campaigns, and scientists around the country have called for Koch to be removed from the museum board. Well, they finally got what they wanted — the American Museum of Natural History announced Koch’s resignation this week.
David Koch’s people want you to know this had nothing to do with the recent protests—of which the Daily Kos helped organize a petition that garnered around 350,000 signatures—on Koch’s position on the board. For example, 23 scientists came together to write a letter protesting David Koch being allowed to be near anything remotely attributed to ‘science'.
We are concerned that the integrity of these institutions is compromised by association with special interests who obfuscate climate science, fight environmental regulation, oppose clean energy legislation, and seek to ease limits on industrial pollution.
For example, David Koch is a major donor, exhibit sponsor and trustee on the Board of Directors at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, and the American Museum of Natural History. David Koch’s oil and manufacturing conglomerate Koch Industries is one of the greatest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Mr. Koch also funds a large network of climate-change-denying organizations, spending over $67 million since 1997 to fund groups denying climate change science.
The reach of the Koch brothers’ money into our national museums has come to light in more and more perturbing ways the past few years.
The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, a joint program of the Smithsonian Institution and Harvard University, is harboring a polluter-funded climate denier. Documents uncovered by Greenpeace reveal that Dr. Wei-Hock "Willie" Soon has taken money from the Kochs, Exxon Mobil, coal giant Southern Company, and others to produce "deliverables" that push the long-debunked claim that solar activity, not fossil fuel pollution, drives global warming.
The good news is that Koch has stood down and while this is predominantly a cosmetic victory, on some level we all know this probably sticks in David Koch’s craw—and that’s something to feel good about. Of course, eyes of newts, finches’ wings and the dreams of children are also stuck in his craw so he might not even feel it.…
return humans to the moon by 2024.
The companies are SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics. SpaceX and Bue Origin are owned by tech billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
The companies now have ten months to execute their designs.
NASA has picked the companies it wants to design landers for its plans to return humans to the moon.
The space agency announced Thursday (April 30) that it had selected three companies to submit designs: SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics. SpaceX is owned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Blue Origin by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
The companies have 10 months to develop their designs for the Artemis mission, which aims to send manned spacecraft back to the moon by 2024 — the first time it will have done so since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. NASA will pay the three companies $967 million for this initial design stage.
"This is the last piece we need in order to get to the moon and now we're going to have that under development," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said at a press conference.
"It's important that this agency do this now, because our country and in fact the whole world has been shaken by this coronavirus pandemic... And yet we need to give people hope. We need to give them something that they can look up to, dream about," said Bridenstine.
SpaceX's design is modelled on its 160-foot Starship rocket.
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1255907211533901825
"Great work by SpaceX team & very much appreciate faith in Starship by NASA!" Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday. It was also announced in April that SpaceX will launch two NASA astronauts into orbit on May 27.
Blue Origin — which has developed its design with parts from Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper — showed off its lander in a YouTube video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=und5nNosJI0
You can also see Dynetics' design here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFBeVQ3STZ0
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-spacex-blue-origin-design-lunar-landers-2020-5…