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	<title>top-blogs &amp;laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed</title>
	<link>http://en.wordpress.com/tag/top-blogs/</link>
	<description>Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "top-blogs"</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:50:34 +0000</pubDate>

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<title><![CDATA[Top of Blogs]]></title>
<link>http://eshape.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/top-blogs/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>eshape</dc:creator>
<guid>http://eshape.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/top-blogs/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Iseng-iseng blogwalking, gak sengaja nemu situs Top Blogs. Banyak blog teman-teman yang bagus-bagus ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Iseng-iseng blogwalking, gak sengaja nemu situs Top Blogs. Banyak blog teman-teman yang bagus-bagus terpampang di situs itu. Meskipun ada juga satu dua blog yang bikin bulu kuduk merinding.</p>
<p>Akhirnya tergerak untuk mendaftar dan mencantumkan kode HTML di blog ini.</p>
<p><a href="http://topofblogs.com/personal"><img border="0" src="http://stats.topofblogs.com/send/33619" alt="TopOfBlogs" /></a></p>
<p>Tertarik dan mau coba? Silahkan <a href="http://topofblogs.com/">masuk kesini</a>. Pelajari dan ikuti petunjuknya. Tidak ada yang sulit kok.</p>
<p>Salam<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Weekly Highlights]]></title>
<link>http://pumapressblogs.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/weekly-highlights-3/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pumapressblogs</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pumapressblogs.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/weekly-highlights-3/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Paradise Valley Community College News - PVCC student organizations honor veterans Phoenix Regional ]]></description>
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<li><strong>Paradise Valley Community College News<a href="http://charitys411.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><br />
</a></strong>- <a href="http://jsemmel.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">PVCC student organizations honor veterans</a></li>
<li><strong>Phoenix Regional News</strong><br />
- <a href="http://whatiknow.freedomblogging.com/" target="_blank">Former Tribune writer heads to Afghanistan</a></li>
<li><strong>Arizona News</strong><br />
- <a href="http://whatiknow.freedomblogging.com/" target="_blank">State lawmaker could vote while facing ouster</a><br />
- <a href="http://whatiknow.freedomblogging.com/" target="_blank">Pew. Another reminder: Arizona is broke!</a><br />
- <a href="http://whatiknow.freedomblogging.com/" target="_blank">Time Magazine: ASU&#8217;s Crow one of best nationwide</a></li>
<li><strong>Social Commentary</strong><br />
- <a href="http://thelastpolka.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Everybody who shops needs to read this</a><br />
- <a href="http://thelastpolka.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Abortion Doctor&#8217;s murderer confesses</a></li>
<li><strong>Comedy</strong><br />
- <a href="http://thesangfroid.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Sangfroid translates Facebook statues</a></li>
<li><strong>Blogging</strong><br />
- <a href="http://bloggarage.wordpress.com" target="_blank">A look at top blog sites</a></li>
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<title><![CDATA[Top Ranking Blog Directory List]]></title>
<link>http://blogsforums.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/top-ranking-blog-list/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sargunan7</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogsforums.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/top-ranking-blog-list/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[5starblogs A1Weblinks reciprocal or $$$ Addyourblog Allafrica All-Blogs.net fee or reciprocal Answer]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><!-- 		@page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --><a href="http://www.5starblogs.com/">5starblogs</a><br />
<a href="http://www.a1weblinks.net/submit.php">A1Weblinks</a> reciprocal or $$$<br />
<a href="http://www.addyourblog.com/submit.php">Addyourblog</a><br />
<a href="http://allafrica.com/">Allafrica</a><br />
<a href="http://www.all-blogs.net/submit.php">All-Blogs.net</a> fee or reciprocal<br />
<a href="http://www.answers.com/main/new_blogger.jsp">Answers</a><br />
<a href="http://www.autosmoto.com/">Autosmoto</a><br />
<a href="http://www.avivadirectory.com/submit.php">Aviva</a> fee<br />
<a href="http://www.biggerblogger.com/">Biggerblogger</a><br />
<a href="http://www.birminghambloggers.contactbox.co.uk/">Birminghambloggers</a><br />
<a href="http://blawg.org/modules.php?name=Web_Links&#38;l_op=AddLink">Blawg </a><br />
<a href="http://www.blawgrepublic.com/submit.php">Blawgrepublic</a><br />
<a href="http://blloggs.com/submit/">Blloggs</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogarama.com/add-a-site/">Blogarama </a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogaz.net/">Blogaz</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogburst.com/blogger/join.html">Blogburst</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogbib.com/submit.php">Blogbib </a>fee or reciprocal<strong> </strong><br />
<a href="http://www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/submit_blog.html">BlogCatalog </a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogcode.com/signup.php">Blogcode</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blog-collector.com/">Blog-collector</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogs-collection.com/submit/submit-blog.php">Blogs-collection</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogdir.co.uk/">Blogdir </a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogdir.co.uk/">Blogdir.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blog-directory.org/">Blog-directory </a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogfolders.com/">Blogfolders</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bloggapedia.com/register.php">Bloggapedia</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bloggerhq.net/submit.php">Bloggerhq</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/users/signup">Bloggerschoiceawards</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogexplosion.com/directory/">Blogexplosion</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogfinds.com/">Blogfinds</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogflux.com/add.php">Blogflux</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogged.com/submit_your_blog.php">Blogged</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogexplosion.com/directory/">Bloggapedia</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogexplosion.com/directory/">Bloggernity</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bloghints.com/submit.php">Bloghints</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bloghop.com/account/index.htm">Bloghop</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bloghub.com/cgi-bin/add.cgi">Bloghub</a><br />
<a href="http://blogion.com/?q=user/register">Blogion</a><br />
<a href="http://blogintro.com/submit/">Blogintro</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bloglines.com/">Bloglines</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bloglisting.net/submit.php">Bloglisting</a><br />
<a href="http://seattle.blogmob.org/signup/">Blogmob</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bloggernow.com/cgi-bin/user.cgi?signup_form=1">Bloggernow</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogobbler.com/">Blogobbler</a><br />
<a href="http://www.freewebs.com/blogotion/addblog.html">Blogotion</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogrankings.com/addblog.php">Blogrankings</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogs.com/submit">Blogs.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogsbywomen.org/add-your-blog/">Blogsbywomen</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogscanada.ca/submitblog.aspx">Blogscanada</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogscholar.com/index.php?option=com_registration&#38;task=register">Blogscholar</a><br />
<a href="http://blogsearch.google.com/ping">Blogsearch</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blog-search.com/blog-submission.html">Blog-search</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogsearchengine.com/2006/01/26/submit-blog-to-blog-search-engine/">Blogsearchengine</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogsrating.com/submit.html">Blogsrating</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogtree.com/signup.php">Blogtree</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogs-collection.com/">Blogs-collection</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogscholar.com/">Blogscholar</a><br />
<a href="http://blogville.us/">Blogville </a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogz.in/">Blogz</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sarthak.net/blogz/add.php">Blogz</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blurtit.com/register.php">Blurt It</a><br />
<a href="http://www.britblog.com/register/index.php">Britblog</a><br />
<a href="http://www.aboutus.org/BrowseBlogs.com">Browseblogs</a><br />
<a href="http://www.chefsblogs.com/directory/submit.php">Chefsblogs</a><br />
<a href="http://www.christiansunite.com/">Christiansunite</a><br />
<a href="http://boingboing.net/suggest.html">BoingBoing</a><br />
<a href="http://blogs.botw.org/helpcenter/submitblog.aspx">BOTW Blog Directory</a> fee<br />
<a href="http://www.romow.com/submit.php">Bulletize fee</a><br />
<a href="http://www.contentsmatter.com/add.php">ContentsMatter </a><br />
<a href="http://www.crayon.net/using/suggest.html">Crayon</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dfwblogs.com/">Dfwblogs</a><br />
<a href="http://www.directorybest.info/">Directorybest</a><br />
<a href="http://www.diarist.net/">Diarist</a><br />
<a href="http://dmoz.org/">Dmoz</a><br />
<a href="http://portal.eatonweb.com/">EatonWeb</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ezilon.com/">Ezilon</a><br />
<a href="http://directory.eponym.com/blogs/new">Eponym</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedboy.com/addfeed.html?catid=">Feedboy</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feeddirectory.us/directory/submitrss.php">Feeddirectory</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedmap.net/submit/">Feedmap</a><br />
<a href="http://feedmil.com/">Feedmil</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feednuts.com/submit.php">Feednuts</a><br />
<a href="http://www.flookie.net/add_url.php?c=1">Flookie</a><br />
<a href="http://findingblog.com/add_blog.php?cat=">FindingBlog</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fybersearch.com/add-url.php">FyberSearch</a><br />
<a href="http://www.geekyspeaky.com/links/submit.php">Geekyspeaky</a> $$$$ or reciprocal<br />
<a href="http://www.genwi.com/register.aspx">Genwi</a><br />
<a href="http://getblogs.com/">Getblogs</a><br />
<a href="http://www.globeofblogs.com/register.php">Globeofblogs</a><br />
<a href="http://gnoos.com.au/submitFeed.jsp">Gnoos</a><br />
<a href="http://www.gobignetwork.com/entrepreneur-blogs/">Gobignetwork</a><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl">Google</a><br />
<a href="http://www.gozoof.com/AddLink.aspx">Gozoof</a><br />
<a href="http://www.grokodile.com/">Grokodile</a><br />
<a href="http://www.iblogbusiness.com/add.html">IBlog Business Directory</a> fee<br />
<a href="http://www.jewishblogging.com/addBlog.php">Jewishblogging</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kmax.ws/bloglinks.htm">Kmax</a><br />
<a href="http://www.leftyblogs.com/cgi-bin/addrss.cgi">Leftyblogs</a><br />
<a href="http://www.loadedweb.com/">Loaded Web</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lsblogs.com/howtosubmit.php">LSBlogs</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mkeonline.com/people/blogdir/index.asp">Mkeonline</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mozdex.com/support/addurl.html">Mozdex</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mvblogs.com/">Mvblogs</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myblog2u.com/">Myblog2u</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myblogdirectory.net/">Myblogdirectory</a><br />
<a href="http://www.hirank.com/semantic-indexing-project/census/">Nitle blog census</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nycbloggers.com/form.asp">Nycbloggers</a><br />
<a href="http://www.orblogs.com/blog/add">Orblogs</a><br />
<a href="http://outpost-earth.com/join">Outpost-earth</a><br />
<a href="http://www.poddop.com/Poddop-BestBloggingDirectory.html#">Poddop</a><br />
<a href="http://www.quickblogdirectory.com/index.php?c=0">Quickblogdirectory</a><br />
<a href="http://www.rateitall.com/suggest.aspx?WL=0&#38;TopicID=20004">Rateitall</a><br />
<a href="http://www.smallbusiness.com/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&#38;type=signup&#38;returnto=Main_Page">SmallBusiness.com New</a><br />
<a href="http://www.spicypage.com/signup.cfm?section=">Spicypage</a><br />
<a href="http://sports.totalblogdirectory.com/add_link.html">Sports</a><br />
<a href="http://sportsblogs.org/suggestion1.php">Sportsblogs</a><br />
<a href="http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/jewish_blogs/">Somethingjewish</a><br />
<a href="http://www.strategicboard.com/?s=h:addblog">Strategicboard</a><br />
<a href="http://www.submitblognow.info/">Submitblognow</a><br />
<a href="http://www.superblogdirectory.com/">Superblogdirectory</a><br />
<a href="http://newleftblogs.blogspot.com/">The lefty directory</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theblogresource.com/">Theblogresource</a><br />
<a href="http://theseoking.com/submit.php">Theseoking</a><br />
<a href="http://portal.eatonweb.com/add.php">Portal.eatonweb</a> fee<br />
<a href="http://regator.com/">Regator</a><br />
<a href="http://scienceport.org/index.php">Scienceport</a><br />
<a href="http://blogsforsmallbusiness.com/directory/add.html">Small Business Blog Dir</a> fee<br />
<a href="http://smallbusiness.com/wiki/Weblog_directory_company_blogs">SmallBusiness.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thevital.net/">TheVital</a><br />
<a href="http://www.truthlaidbear.com/addtoscan.php">TruthLaidBear </a><br />
<a href="http://www.wilsdomain.com/blogs/wilsdomain9b.php?op=newsubmit">Wilsdomain</a> reciprocal<br />
<a href="http://www.weblogs.com/">Weblogs.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.yourwebloghere.com/add_url.php">Weblog directory</a><br />
<a href="http://www.webloogle.com/">Webloogle</a><br />
<a href="http://www.websandiego.org/business/reg.php">Websandiego</a><br />
<a href="http://listings.local.yahoo.com/csubmit/index.php">Yahoo local</a><br />
<a href="http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Weblogs">Yahoo.com</a></p>
<p><strong>Blog + RSS</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.blogbunch.com/suggest/">Blogbunch</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogoriffic.com/add_blog.php">Blogoriffic</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogpulse.com/submit.html">BlogPulse</a><br />
<a href="http://blogstreet.com/bsibin/add.cgi">Blogstreet</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feednuts.com/">Feednuts</a><br />
<a href="http://www.gogreece.com/">Gogreece</a><br />
<a href="http://www.icerocket.com/c?p=addblog">Icerocket</a><br />
<a href="http://www.info-listings.com/">Info-listings</a><br />
<a href="http://www.photarium.com/">Photarium</a><br />
<a href="http://www.rateitall.com/suggest.aspx?WL=0&#38;TopicID=20004">Rateitall</a><br />
<a href="http://regator.com/">Regator</a><br />
<a href="http://www.today.com/submit-blog">Today</a><br />
<a href="http://www.topblogarea.com/add.php">Topblogarea</a></p>
<p><strong>Multi-Ping-Services</strong><br />
<a href="http://pingomatic.com/?oldpinger">Pingomatic</a><br />
<a href="http://www.pingoat.com/">Pingoat</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ipings.com/">Ipings</a></p>
<p><strong>RSS</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.2rss.com/index.php">2Rss </a><br />
<a href="http://4guysfromrolla.aspin.com/func/addres/rss-review/userlist?rid=1427020&#38;cob=4guysfromrolla">4guysfromrolla</a><br />
<a href="http://9rules.com/about/feeds/">9rules.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.allheadlinenews.com/corp/submitnews/submitnewsform.shtml">Allheadlinenews</a><br />
<a href="http://automotive-links.mustangv8.com/RSS-directory/">Automotive-links</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogcensus.net/">Blogcensus</a><br />
<a href="http://blogdigger.com/add.jsp">Blogdigger</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blo.gs/">Blo.gs</a><br />
<a href="http://bulkfeeds.net/app/add">Bulkfeeds</a><br />
<a href="http://chordata.info/suggest.php">Chordata</a><br />
<a href="http://crayon.net/using/suggest.html">Crayon</a><br />
<a href="http://www.daytimenews.com/submit-rss-feed.aspx">Daytimenews</a><br />
<a href="http://design-feed.net/submit.html">Design-feed</a><br />
<a href="http://www.devasp.com/search/AddRSS.asp">Devasp</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feed24.com/?c=add">Feed24</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedage.com/submit.php">Feedage </a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedbase.net/Add.php">Feedbase</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedbees.com/">Feedbees</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home">Feed Burner</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedboy.com/addfeed.html?catid=">Feedboy</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedcat.net/">Feedcat</a><br />
<a href="http://www.rssfeeddirectory.org/">Rssfeeddirectory</a><br />
<a href="http://feedfury.com/submit">Feedfury</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedplex.com/add-url.php?email=">Feedplex</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feeds4all.com/AddRSS.aspx">Feeds4all</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedmailer.net/feedmanager">Feedmailer</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedooyoo.com/ref.htm">Feedooyoo</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedsfarm.com/a.html">FeedsFarm </a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedsee.com/submit.html">Feedsee</a><br />
<a href="http://feedshark.brainbliss.com/">Feedshark</a><br />
<a href="http://feeds2read.net/Suggest-A-Feed">Feeds2read</a><br />
<a href="http://www.feedza.com/submit">Feedza</a><br />
<a href="http://www.finance-investing.com/submitrss.php">Finance-investing</a><br />
<a href="http://www.findrss.net/A55711/rsscatalog.nsf/submit?openForm">Findrss</a><br />
<a href="http://free-rss.page2go2.com/rss-add.html">Free-rss</a><br />
<a href="http://www.gabbr.com/submit/">Gabbr</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goldenfeed.com/AddFeed.aspx">Goldenfeed</a><br />
<a href="http://itsmynews.com/">Itsmynews</a><br />
<a href="http://www.jordomedia.com/RSS/l_op=Addrss.html">Jordomedia</a><br />
<a href="http://www.medlogs.com/">Medlogs</a> medical feeds<br />
<a href="http://www.millionrss.com/add-my-feed.php">Millionrss</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mobispine.com/">Mobispine</a><br />
<a href="http://msn.com/">MyMSN RSS Directory</a> submi feed to ’search’ for content<br />
<a href="http://www.news-feeds.org/addfeed.php">News-feeds</a><br />
<a href="http://www.newsgator.com/ngs/subscriber/Folksonomy.aspx">NewsGator </a><br />
<a>Newsknowledge</a><br />
<a href="http://www.newsnow.co.uk/contact/sources_add.html">Newsnow</a><br />
<a href="http://ngoid.sourceforge.net/sub_rss.php">NGOID News Network</a><br />
<a href="http://www.octora.com/add_rss.php">Octora</a><br />
<a href="http://www.plazoo.com/en/addrss.asp">Plazoo </a><br />
<a href="http://www.postami.com/rss.finder/submit_feed.php">Postami</a> fee<br />
<a href="http://www.pressradar.com/suggest">Pressradar</a><br />
<a href="http://purerss.com/addfeed.php?catid=">Purerss</a><br />
<a href="http://www.anse.de/rdfticker/addchannel.php">RDFTicker</a><br />
<a href="http://www.readablog.com/AddFeed.aspx">ReadAblog</a><br />
<a href="http://www.readburner.com/addfeed/ng">Readburner</a><br />
<a href="http://www.redtram.com/pages/addsource/">Redtram</a><br />
<a href="http://reader.rocketinfo.com/desktop/AddRSSFeed.jsp">RocketInfo</a><br />
<a href="http://www.rssbuffet.com/submit.php">Rssbuffet</a><br />
<a href="http://www.rssfeeds.com/suggest_wizzard.php">Rssfeeds</a><br />
<a href="http://www.rsshugger.com/register">Rsshugger</a><br />
<a href="http://www.rssmicro.com/?m=fs#theForm">Rssmicro</a><br />
<a href="http://rssmountain.com/rss_directory.php">Rssmountain</a><br />
<a href="http://www.rssmotron.com/feed_submission.php">Rssmotron</a><br />
<a href="http://www.search4rss.com/">Search4Rss</a><br />
<a href="http://www.security-protection.net/submitrss.php">Security-protection</a><br />
<a href="http://www.solarwarp.net/submitrss.php">Solarwarp</a><br />
<a href="http://strategicboard.com/?s=h:addblog">Strategic Board</a><br />
<a href="http://swoogle.umbc.edu/index.php?option=com_swoogle_service&#38;service=submit">Swoogle</a><br />
<a href="http://www.syndic8.com/suggest_start.php">Syndic8 </a><br />
<a href="http://www.tailrank.com/import">Tailrank </a><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Nov 09: Top 150 Social Media Marketing Influencers]]></title>
<link>http://blog.ecairn.com/2009/11/10/nov-09-top-150-social-media-marketing-influencers/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://blog.ecairn.com/2009/11/10/nov-09-top-150-social-media-marketing-influencers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here is our updated list of the top 150 social media marketing blogs. As you&#8217;ll see, the ranki]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1671" title="top 150 social media marketing blogs" src="http://ecairn.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/top-blogs.jpg?w=300" alt="top blogs" width="276" height="208" /> Here is our updated list of the top 150 social media marketing blogs.</p>
<p>As you&#8217;ll see, the ranking, computed with the last 6 months data is pretty   stable, with Chris Brogan moving back to the first position.</p>
<p><a href="http://thebrandbuilder.wordpress.com">O Blanchard</a>, <a href="http://www.convinceandconvert.com">J Baer</a> and <a href="http://pr.typepad.com/pr_communications/">J Cass</a> are  showing some impressive progressions over the period.</p>
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<p>If you want to know more on how we map communities and how to market to industry influencers,  we&#8217;re organizing a <strong> FREE webinar </strong>next week and would be very happy to have you with us,<strong> click here to register:  <a href="http://bit.ly/eCairnInfluencers">Webinar</a></strong></p>
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<p>Here is the new Top 150:</p>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="641">
<col width="37"></col>
<col width="120"></col>
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<tr>
<td width="37" height="30">Rank</td>
<td width="120">Name</td>
<td width="404">Url</td>
<td width="52">Trend</td>
<td width="28">&#8211;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">1</td>
<td>C Brogan</td>
<td><a href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/">http://www.chrisbrogan.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">2</td>
<td>J Owyang</td>
<td><a href="http://www.web-strategist.com/blog">http://www.web-strategist.com/blog</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">3</td>
<td>B Solis</td>
<td><a href="http://www.briansolis.com/">http://www.briansolis.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">4</td>
<td>D Armano</td>
<td><a href="http://darmano.typepad.com/">http://darmano.typepad.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">5</td>
<td>S Rubel</td>
<td><a href="http://www.micropersuasion.com/">http://www.micropersuasion.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">6</td>
<td>V Maltoni</td>
<td><a href="http://www.conversationagent.com/">http://www.conversationagent.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">7</td>
<td>T Defren</td>
<td><a href="http://www.pr-squared.com/">http://www.pr-squared.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">8</td>
<td>S Godin</td>
<td><a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/">http://sethgodin.typepad.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">9</td>
<td>R Scobleizer</td>
<td><a href="http://www.scobleizer.com/">http://www.scobleizer.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">10</td>
<td>Lee Odden</td>
<td><a href="http://www.toprankblog.com/">http://www.toprankblog.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">11</td>
<td>J Falls</td>
<td><a href="http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/">http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">12</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.mpdailyfix.com/">http://www.mpdailyfix.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">13</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.marketingprofs.com/">http://www.marketingprofs.com</a></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">14</td>
<td>S Holtz</td>
<td><a href="http://blog.holtz.com/">http://blog.holtz.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">15</td>
<td>M Collier</td>
<td><a href="http://moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com/">http://moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">16</td>
<td>J Jarvis</td>
<td><a href="http://www.buzzmachine.com/">http://www.buzzmachine.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">17</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC">http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">18</td>
<td>J Juice</td>
<td><a href="http://www.jaffejuice.com/">http://www.jaffejuice.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">19</td>
<td>G Livingston</td>
<td><a href="http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/">http://www.livingstonbuzz.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">20</td>
<td>P Kim</td>
<td><a href="http://www.beingpeterkim.com/">http://www.beingpeterkim.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">21</td>
<td>N Hobson</td>
<td><a href="http://www.nevillehobson.com/">http://www.nevillehobson.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">22</td>
<td>G Kawasaki</td>
<td><a href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/">http://blog.guykawasaki.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">23</td>
<td>D Meerman Scott</td>
<td><a href="http://www.webinknow.com/">http://www.webinknow.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">24</td>
<td>S Israel</td>
<td><a href="http://redcouch.typepad.com/">http://redcouch.typepad.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">25</td>
<td>S Monty</td>
<td><a href="http://www.scottmonty.com/">http://www.scottmonty.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">26</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.searchengineland.com/">http://www.searchengineland.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">27</td>
<td>J Jantsch</td>
<td><a href="http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/">http://www.ducttapemarketing.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">28</td>
<td>G Verdino</td>
<td><a href="http://gregverdino.typepad.com/">http://gregverdino.typepad.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">29</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/">http://www.marketingpilgrim.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">30</td>
<td>D McLellan</td>
<td><a href="http://www.drewsmarketingminute.com/">http://www.drewsmarketingminute.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">31</td>
<td>B.L Ochman</td>
<td><a href="http://www.whatsnextblog.com/">http://www.whatsnextblog.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">32</td>
<td>B Harte</td>
<td><a href="http://www.theharteofmarketing.com/">http://www.theharteofmarketing.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">33</td>
<td>D Rowse</td>
<td><a href="http://www.problogger.net/">http://www.problogger.net</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">34</td>
<td>K Huyse</td>
<td><a href="http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com/">http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">35</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.socialmediaclub.org/">http://www.socialmediaclub.org</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">36</td>
<td>J Pepper</td>
<td><a href="http://pop-pr.blogspot.com/">http://pop-pr.blogspot.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">37</td>
<td>O Blanchard</td>
<td><a href="http://thebrandbuilder.wordpress.com/">http://thebrandbuilder.wordpress.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">63</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">38</td>
<td>D Fleet</td>
<td><a href="http://www.davefleet.com/">http://www.davefleet.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">39</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://blog.hubspot.com/">http://blog.hubspot.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">40</td>
<td>A Servonitz</td>
<td><a href="http://www.damniwish.com/">http://www.damniwish.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">41</td>
<td>R Bhargava</td>
<td><a href="http://rohitbhargava.typepad.com/">http://rohitbhargava.typepad.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">42</td>
<td>S Rubel</td>
<td><a href="http://www.steverubel.com/">http://www.steverubel.com</a></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">43</td>
<td>G Heaton</td>
<td><a href="http://www.servantofchaos.com/">http://www.servantofchaos.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">44</td>
<td>KD Paine</td>
<td><a href="http://kdpaine.blogs.com/">http://kdpaine.blogs.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">45</td>
<td>Laermer Dugan</td>
<td><a href="http://badpitch.blogspot.com/">http://badpitch.blogspot.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">46</td>
<td>M Dickman</td>
<td><a href="http://technomarketer.typepad.com/">http://technomarketer.typepad.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">47</td>
<td>T Hunt</td>
<td><a href="http://www.horsepigcow.com/">http://www.horsepigcow.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">48</td>
<td>B Kanter</td>
<td><a href="http://beth.typepad.com/">http://beth.typepad.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">49</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.imediaconnection.com/">http://www.imediaconnection.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">11</td>
</tr>
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<td><a href="http://blog.ecairn.com/">http://blog.ecairn.com/</a></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">50</td>
<td>J Moore</td>
<td><a href="http://brandautopsy.typepad.com/brandautopsy">http://brandautopsy.typepad.com/brandautopsy</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">51</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.brainsonfire.com/blog">http://www.brainsonfire.com/blog</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">52</td>
<td>T Andrlik</td>
<td><a href="http://www.toddand.com/">http://www.toddand.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">53</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.adliterate.com/">http://www.adliterate.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">54</td>
<td>J Baer</td>
<td><a href="http://www.convinceandconvert.com/">http://www.convinceandconvert.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">57</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">55</td>
<td>M Sansone</td>
<td><a href="http://www.converstations.com/">http://www.converstations.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">56</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/">http://www.searchenginejournal.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">57</td>
<td>S Boyd</td>
<td><a href="http://www.stoweboyd.com/">http://www.stoweboyd.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">58</td>
<td>C Shirky</td>
<td><a href="http://www.shirky.com/">http://www.shirky.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">59</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.everydotconnects.com/">http://www.everydotconnects.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">60</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://blog.ogilvypr.com/">http://blog.ogilvypr.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">36</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">61</td>
<td>P Mcenany</td>
<td><a href="http://heehawmarketing.typepad.com/">http://heehawmarketing.typepad.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">62</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.prblogger.com/">http://www.prblogger.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">63</td>
<td>McConnell Huba (*)</td>
<td><a href="http://www.churchofthecustomer.com/">http://www.churchofthecustomer.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">64</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.cc-chapman.com/">http://www.cc-chapman.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">65</td>
<td>C Kerley</td>
<td><a href="http://www.ck-blog.com/">http://www.ck-blog.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">66</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://blog.futurelab.net/">http://blog.futurelab.net</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">67</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://blogs.forrester.com/marketing">http://blogs.forrester.com/marketing</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">68</td>
<td>D Haslam</td>
<td><a href="http://www.doughaslam.com/">http://www.doughaslam.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">69</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://pr.typepad.com/pr_communications">http://pr.typepad.com/pr_communications</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">101</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">70</td>
<td>CB Whittemore</td>
<td><a href="http://flooringtheconsumer.blogspot.com/">http://flooringtheconsumer.blogspot.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">71</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://adverlab.blogspot.com/">http://adverlab.blogspot.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">72</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.personalbrandingblog.com/">http://www.personalbrandingblog.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">73</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://theblogconsultancy.typepad.com/">http://theblogconsultancy.typepad.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">53</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">74</td>
<td>A Wolk</td>
<td><a href="http://tangerinetoad.blogspot.com/">http://tangerinetoad.blogspot.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">75</td>
<td>F Gossieaux</td>
<td><a href="http://www.emergencemarketing.com/">http://www.emergencemarketing.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">76</td>
<td>S Howard</td>
<td><a href="http://www.craphammer.ca/">http://www.craphammer.ca</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">77</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://buzzmarketingfortech.blogspot.com/">http://buzzmarketingfortech.blogspot.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">78</td>
<td>D Berkowitz</td>
<td><a href="http://www.marketersstudio.com/">http://www.marketersstudio.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">79</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.wearesocial.net/">http://www.wearesocial.net</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">59</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">80</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://prblog.typepad.com/">http://prblog.typepad.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">64</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">81</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://bloombergmarketing.blogs.com/bloomberg_marketing">http://bloombergmarketing.blogs.com/bloomberg_marketing</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">19</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">82</td>
<td>J Burg</td>
<td><a href="http://jburg.typepad.com/future">http://jburg.typepad.com/future</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">83</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.bryanperson.com/">http://www.bryanperson.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">84</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.stuartbruce.biz/">http://www.stuartbruce.biz</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">85</td>
<td>J Thornley</td>
<td><a href="http://www.propr.ca/">http://www.propr.ca</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">86</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.adpulp.com/">http://www.adpulp.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">46</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">87</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.searchenginewatch.com/">http://www.searchenginewatch.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">45</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">88</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.adverblog.com/">http://www.adverblog.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">89</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.outspokenmedia.com/">http://www.outspokenmedia.com</a></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">90</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.hyku.com/">http://www.hyku.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">91</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.socialmedia.biz/">http://www.socialmedia.biz</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">48</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">92</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.christopherspenn.com/">http://www.christopherspenn.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">93</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.communityguy.com/">http://www.communityguy.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">94</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.brendancooper.com/">http://www.brendancooper.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">95</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.nickburcher.com/">http://www.nickburcher.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">96</td>
<td>L Green</td>
<td><a href="http://lgbusinesssolutions.typepad.com/solutions_to_grow_your_bu">http://lgbusinesssolutions.typepad.com/solutions_to_grow_your_bu</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">97</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://blog.basturea.com/">http://blog.basturea.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">98</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com/">http://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">99</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/">http://weblogs.hitwise.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-35</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">100</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.seomoz.org/blog">http://www.seomoz.org/blog</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">101</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://buzzcanuck.typepad.com/">http://buzzcanuck.typepad.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">102</td>
<td>B Carroll</td>
<td><a href="http://www.customersrock.net/">http://www.customersrock.net</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">103</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://herd.typepad.com/herd_the_hidden_truth_abo">http://herd.typepad.com/herd_the_hidden_truth_abo</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">104</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.sphinn.com/">http://www.sphinn.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">39</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">105</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com/">http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">106</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.chrisheuer.com/">http://www.chrisheuer.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-39</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">107</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.thefuturebuzz.com/">http://www.thefuturebuzz.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">108</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.tpemurphy.com/blog">http://www.tpemurphy.com/blog</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">37</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">109</td>
<td>N Perkins</td>
<td><a href="http://neilperkin.typepad.com/">http://neilperkin.typepad.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">110</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://youngie.prblogs.org/">http://youngie.prblogs.org</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">111</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.crackunit.com/">http://www.crackunit.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">112</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://theflack.blogspot.com/">http://theflack.blogspot.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">113</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.smartblogs.com/socialmedia">http://www.smartblogs.com/socialmedia</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">61</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">114</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround">http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">115</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://nextup.wordpress.com/">http://nextup.wordpress.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">116</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://blog.stroutmeister.com/">http://blog.stroutmeister.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">25</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">117</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.no-mans-blog.com/">http://www.no-mans-blog.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">118</td>
<td>P Chaney</td>
<td><a href="http://www.conversationalmediamarketing.com/">http://www.conversationalmediamarketing.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">119</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.noahbrier.com/">http://www.noahbrier.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-26</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">120</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.searchengineguide.com/">http://www.searchengineguide.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-60</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">121</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.veryofficialblog.com/">http://www.veryofficialblog.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">122</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.kylelacy.com/">http://www.kylelacy.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">123</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.marketingtechblog.com/">http://www.marketingtechblog.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">29</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">124</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.thisisherd.com/">http://www.thisisherd.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">125</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/">http://www.doshdosh.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-45</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">126</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.acidlabs.org/">http://www.acidlabs.org</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-29</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">127</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.techipedia.com/">http://www.techipedia.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">128</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.socialmediabreakfast.com/">http://www.socialmediabreakfast.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">129</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://johnbell.typepad.com/">http://johnbell.typepad.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">51</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">130</td>
<td>S Woodruff</td>
<td><a href="http://www.stickyfigure.com/">http://www.stickyfigure.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-29</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">131</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://bloggingmebloggingyou.wordpress.com/">http://bloggingmebloggingyou.wordpress.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">132</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://ringblog.typepad.com/corporatepr">http://ringblog.typepad.com/corporatepr</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">133</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.brandflakesforbreakfast.com/">http://www.brandflakesforbreakfast.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">134</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.collaboratemarketing.com/">http://www.collaboratemarketing.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">135</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.seroundtable.com/">http://www.seroundtable.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">136</td>
<td>Groundswell</td>
<td><a href="http://blogs.forrester.com/charleneli">http://blogs.forrester.com/charleneli</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">137</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://themarketingspot.blogspot.com/">http://themarketingspot.blogspot.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">138</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://threeminds.organic.com/">http://threeminds.organic.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">51</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">139</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.thesocialorganization.com/">http://www.thesocialorganization.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">140</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.dannybrown.me/">http://www.dannybrown.me</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">141</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.directmarketingobservations.com/">http://www.directmarketingobservations.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">142</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://brandimpact.wordpress.com/">http://brandimpact.wordpress.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-48</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">143</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://pulverblog.pulver.com/">http://pulverblog.pulver.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-36</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">144</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.freshpeel.com/">http://www.freshpeel.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">145</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.paulgillin.com/">http://www.paulgillin.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-65</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">146</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.engageinpr.com/">http://www.engageinpr.com</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-37</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">147</td>
<td>K Trgovac</td>
<td><a href="http://www.mynameiskate.ca/">http://www.mynameiskate.ca</a></td>
<td>DOWN</td>
<td align="right">-38</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">148</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://makethelogobigger.blogspot.com/">http://makethelogobigger.blogspot.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">149</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://customersrock.wordpress.com/">http://customersrock.wordpress.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">36</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="17" align="right">150</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.socialnomics.net/">http://www.socialnomics.net</a></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="18" align="right">151</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://www.laurelpapworth.com/">http://www.laurelpapworth.com</a></td>
<td>UP</td>
<td align="right">23</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<title><![CDATA[Answered: Top 10 'MJ-Is-Alive' Questions]]></title>
<link>http://derekclontz.com/2009/11/10/answered-top-10-michael-jackson-question-every-fan-asks/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Derek Clontz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://derekclontz.com/2009/11/10/answered-top-10-michael-jackson-question-every-fan-asks/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Copyright (c) 2009 Derek Clontz/Your World Report. All rights reserved. In the Q &amp; A that follow]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em>Copyright (c) 2009 Derek Clontz/Your World Report. All rights reserved.</em></p>
<p><strong>In the Q &#38; A that follows Michael Jackson confidante Cassandra Gretchen-Sims answers the Top 10 Michael Jackson Questions that every fan wants answered &#8211; and she does it in a format that is  easy to read and respond to.</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_1501" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1501" href="http://derekclontz.com/2009/06/29/michael-jackson-faked-his-death-say-sources-with-comeback-tour-to-be-biggest-ever/michael-jackson/"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1501" title="MichaelJackson" src="http://derekclontz.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/michael-jackson.jpg?w=150" alt="MichaelJackson" width="150" height="130" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Michael Jackson is alive and well, says close friend.</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight:normal;">As visitors to this blog already know, when Ms. Gretchen-Sims originally offered to answer questions from MJ&#8217;s fans, she was flooded with thousands and thousands of letters, many asking the same questions repeatedly.</span></p>
<p>To help readers cut to the chase, here are 10 frequently-asked questions that we think are important to all fans based on our review of letters sent so far:</p>
<p><strong>1. Is Michael REALLY alive?</strong> Cassandra says: &#8220;Yes.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>2. Why did Michael fake his death?</strong> Cassandra says: &#8220;Michael was under enormous pressure at every turn: from fans, from hangers-on, from business associates and also, sadly, from his many enemies and haters, both inside and outside the media. After 50 years, he was exhausted, weak and, as everyone knows, had turned to prescription drugs. He realized he couldn&#8217;t go on that way and needed time and space to rest and recover.</p>
<p><strong>3.  Does MJ&#8217;s family know he faked his death?</strong> Cassandra says: &#8220;Michael does not want to discuss his family in public. But all fans know he is a wonderful son and a wonderful father &#8211; he would never do anything to hurt his family. If you think about that, the answer to this question will be clear to you.</p>
<p><strong>4. Did Michael plan his death hoax for a long time?</strong> Cassandra: &#8220;Yes, Michael made his plans well in advance.</p>
<p><strong>5. Will Michael return or stay in hiding?</strong> Cassandra says: &#8220;Michael&#8217;s intention is to come out of hiding in June 2010 and embark on a world tour that will  eventually will include every inhabited continent and many, many countries. The tour will last for years, unfolding at a pace that doesn&#8217;t exhaust Michael or threaten his health.</p>
<p><strong>6. Are there 33 clues in his This Is It movie that explain why he faked his death and went into hiding? </strong>Cassandra says: &#8220;Michael says &#8216;yes&#8217;. Fans have already found many of the clues, and I&#8217;m just another fan. Michael won&#8217;t even give me hints! But he does say, &#8216;If you look you will find them.&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>7. Did Michael attend his own funeral?</strong> Cassandra says: &#8220;Not in person, but he watched it via closed circuit.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>8. Did Michael help with the production and edits of <em>This Is It?</em></strong> Cassandra says: &#8220;Yes.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>9. Isn&#8217;t Michael concerned about how much sadness his death hoax has caused fans?</strong> Cassandra says: &#8220;Michael loves his fans and would never do anything to hurt them. He is aware of the sadness, but as he puts it, &#8216;There was no alternative. If I hadn&#8217;t done this, I really would be dead. This way, I&#8221;ll be back.&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>10.  Isn&#8217;t faking your death illegal? Isn&#8217;t Michael afraid he will get into trouble?</strong> Cassandra says: I&#8217;m not a lawyer, but I can say this &#8211; Michael is a powerful man, a wealthy man. He doesn&#8217;t behave rashly or without thinking and planning. He did what he felt he had to do. If there are consequences, legal consequences, he will deal with them with accordingly.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Note to readers:</strong> Cassandra will answer your questions going forward, but there are restrictions to the way you can ask them.</p>
<p>Send ONE at a time, without comment, through this blog.</p>
<p>Ask your questions exactly as we have presented them above. Questions that don&#8217;t follow this format will not be answered. So, help us help you: Play by the rules and EVERY question will be addressed.</p></blockquote>
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<dc:creator>laikaspoetnik</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[33 "This Is It" clues that prove MJ faked his death: Help us find them]]></title>
<link>http://derekclontz.com/2009/10/27/this-is-its-33-clues-that-prove-mj-faked-his-death-help-us-find-them/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Derek Clontz</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Copyright (c) 2009 Derek Clontz/Your World Report. All rights reserved. This Is It: Friend of Michae]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em>Copyright (c) 2009 Derek Clontz/Your World Report. All rights reserved.</em></p>
<div id="attachment_1929" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 97px"><a href="http://derekclontz.com"><img class="size-full wp-image-1929" title="This Is It keepsake image." src="http://derekclontz.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/this-is-it.jpg" alt="This Is It keepsake image." width="87" height="148" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This Is It: Friend of Michael Jackson insists it is peppered with 33 visual and spoken hints and clues that will prove the pop star faked his death.</p></div>
<p><strong>Thirty-three visual and spoken clues in Michael Jackson&#8217;s &#8220;posthumous&#8221; movie <em>This Is It</em> will reveal how and why he faked his death and when he will come out of hiding, a source close to the King of Pop reveals.</strong></p>
<p>And we&#8217;re asking you to help us find and publish them for all the world to see.</p>
<p>Simply post the clues that you find using the comments box on this blog.</p>
<p>You &#8211; and we &#8211; will then be able to evaluate them together, as a global team, and get to the bottom of the MJ mystery that has gripped billions of men, women and children since he disappeared last June.</p>
<p>Cassandra Gretchen-Sims, who claims to be in contact with Jackson, says he told her that the clues appear &#8220;throughout the movie&#8221; and &#8220;about half&#8221;  of them will be delivered by Michael himself.</p>
<p>Doing the math, that leaves some 15 to 19 that will be offered up by inanimate objects such as props, costumes, scenery and equipment or other people in the movie, Gretchen-Sims confirms.</p>
<p>&#8220;Michael is playing things very close to the vest,&#8221; Gretchen-Sims told derekclontz.wordpress.com. &#8220;</p>
<p>&#8220;He has made it clear on several occasions that the movie, as he put it to me, &#8216;will explain everything&#8217;.</p>
<p>&#8220;I asked him to tell me more, but he just chuckled and said: &#8220;Remember the number 33. There are 33 clues and anybody who finds them all will understand everything &#8211; why I am in hiding, when I <!--more-->will come back, and how my fans can help me change the world from a place of pain and anger and hatred to a place of love and caring and beauty.&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p>Gretchen-Sims says Jackson &#8220;mischievously declined&#8221; to say more, &#8221; but in an unrelated conversation &#8220;let it slip that &#8220;about half &#8221; the clues will be found in his dance moves, song selection, answers to interview questions and facial expressions.</p>
<p>&#8220;He also said, &#8216;You&#8217;ll have to watch the movie from start to finish and pay close attention to find them all.&#8221;</p>
<p>Gretchen-Sims has played a controversial role in Jackson&#8217;s &#8220;post disappearance&#8221; drama by insisting that she was hand-picked by the superstar to act as a conduit between the performer and his fans.</p>
<p>If that seems farfetched, and to some it does, investigations suggest that she, indeed, has no financial interest at stake and that she is operating in good faith as a personal favor to MJ.</p>
<blockquote><p>Editor Derek Clontz, who gives <em><strong>This Is It</strong></em> two thumbs up as, quote, &#8220;a jaw-dropping, no, make that spellbinding double-dose of must-see genius from Michael Jackson and Kenny Ortega &#8211; a stunningly powerful and beautiful documentary guaranteed to give you goosebumps, bring a tear to your eye and leave you surer than ever that MJ was, indeed, a uniquely talented performer of uncompromising brilliance&#8221; &#8211; offers up his own take on clues hidden in the movie:</p>
<p><strong> 1. The words</strong> &#8220;Love Lives Forever&#8221; that flash on the screen at movie&#8217;s end, when Michael is frozen in motion with his arms stretched out, looking not unlike a Christ-figure on an imaginary cross, suggests a death, then a &#8220;resurrection&#8221; &#8230; a &#8220;comeback&#8221; if you will.</p>
<p><strong>2. There is</strong> a scene in the movie in which a young girl races to save the last living plant in a rain forest from being ground under the scoop-and-tracks of a bulldozer, risking her own life to do so. Symbolically, the girl might represent fans and the plant, Michael. The bulldozer, in that context, could be the pressures of celebrity life that threatened to overwhelm and destroy him.</p></blockquote>
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<link>http://witnessthis.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/whats-in-a-blogroll/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Galen Schultz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://witnessthis.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/whats-in-a-blogroll/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Well I’ll tell you what’s in mine &#8230; IT&#8217;S that time of year once again to do my bit to pr]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[I love u , but I hate u Miyabi]]></title>
<link>http://oddityroom.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/i-love-u-but-i-hate-u-miyabi/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>directorybengkel</dc:creator>
<guid>http://oddityroom.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/i-love-u-but-i-hate-u-miyabi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I love u , but I hate u Miyabi Pagi ini saya membuka blog Foto Unik saya ini, saya melihat Alexa Ran]]></description>
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<p>Pagi ini saya membuka blog Foto Unik saya ini, saya melihat Alexa Rank Turun cukup drastis, setelah saya cek, ternyata statistic WP menunjukan peningkatan page view yang dramatis untuk blog yang umurnya baru 1,5 bulan  ini, mencapai 1970 views untuk tanggal 14 Oktober 2009.<br />
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Setelah tak cek lagi ternyata 50% nya disumbang oleh posting saya tentang Miyabi : <a href="http://oddityroom.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/miyabi-lovers-untuk-para-pencintapenikmat-miyabi/" target="_blank"><em><strong>Miyabi Lovers</strong></em></a> dan <a href="http://oddityroom.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/foto-terpanas-maria-ozawa-miyabi/" target="_blank"><em><strong>Foto Terpanas Miyabi</strong></em></a> , padahal samasekali saya tidak memasukan unsur pornografi dalam posting saya, bisa dipastikan karena judul miyabi nya yang memikat para porn chaser.</p>
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<p>Lalu saya men chek ke WP, Blogs of the Day, ternyata Blog Foto Unik saya nangkring di Peringkat 1 Growing Blogs, Peringkat 10 Top Post, dan Peringkat 41 Top Blogs.</p>
<p>Saya tidak tahu apa saya harus tersenyum atau meringis, harus tertawa atau bersedih&#8230;karena ternyata  para netter yang masuk ke Blog saya, datang dengan otak yang rada-rada ngeres..I love u , but I hate u Miyabi..</p>
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<link>http://icommercepage.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/os-quarenta-melhores-blogs-de-variedades-da-internet/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>icommercepage</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[top blogs de variedades Ontem, domingo, tive a grata surpresa de conhecer um site novo. Trata-se do ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_1004" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 295px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1004" title="networkedblogs" src="http://icommercepage.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/networkedblogs.jpg" alt="top blogs de variedades" width="285" height="250" /><p class="wp-caption-text">top blogs de variedades</p></div>
<p>Ontem, domingo, tive a grata surpresa de conhecer um site novo.</p>
<p>Trata-se do www.networkedblogs.com &#8211; à princípio, pensei que fosse um site novo, principalmente quando entrei no site www.alexa.com e ele ainda não era cadastrado, busquei seu page rank no site do Mestreseo, surpresa, seis estrelas.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mestreseo.com.br/ferramentas-seo/pagerank/">http://www.mestreseo.com.br/ferramentas-seo/pagerank/</a></p>
<p>Pensei comigo, se o Networkedblogs possui seis estrelas, deve ser um site já consolidado no mercado, então eu fui atrás de seus back links, para satisfazer a minha curiosidade, entrei no Wholinkstome. No Yahoo.com, ele possui mais de um milhão de back links, assim eu vi que a coisa era séria sério.</p>
<p><a href="http://wholinkstome.com/url/networkedblogs.com">http://wholinkstome.com/url/networkedblogs.com</a></p>
<p>Quando entrei na lista dos melhores sistes de variedades, em português e espanhol, tive a grata surpresa de encontrar, além de sites conhecidos ha muito tempo como: Hedonismo, Marmota mais so mesmos. Além destes a nova guarda se fez presente com: Jardim da Patchulla, Almanakutbrasil, Madeinblog, Blog do Nadal.</p>
<p>Além dos sites em português, há alguns espanhois como: El informante, Pezenseco, Nom Procastimare, Lamañana del finde semana, Sombra y Estrellas, Espacio de opinion, La mesa del café.</p>
<p>É um belo exemplo de ranking de sites de variedades, para quem está a fim de variar sua leituras.</p>
<p>Conheça o Networkedblogs e seus rankings. <a href="http://www.networkedblogs.com/topic/variedades/">http://www.networkedblogs.com/topic/variedades/</a></p>
<p>Veja a lista:</p>
<p>1 &#8211; No topo da lista Hedonismo da rede interney &#8211; <a href="http://www.interney.net/blogs/hedonismos">http://www.interney.net/blogs/hedonismos</a></p>
<p>2 &#8211; Blog do Editor &#8211; <a href="http://blog.revistaparadoxo.com">http://blog.revistaparadoxo.com</a></p>
<p>3 &#8211; Fake Doll &#8211; <a href="http://www.fake-doll.com">http://www.fake-doll.com</a></p>
<p>4 &#8211; El informante &#8211; O melhor site espanhol na classificação. <a href="http://elinformantenews.blogspot.com/">http://elinformantenews.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>5 &#8211; Casa da Daniela &#8211; <a href="http://casadadaniela.wordpress.com">http://casadadaniela.wordpress.com</a></p>
<p>6 &#8211; Bodega Cultural &#8211; <a href="http://www.bodegacultural.com/">http://www.bodegacultural.com/</a></p>
<p>7 &#8211; No Jardim da Patchulla &#8211; <a href="http://nojardimdapatchulla.blogspot.com">http://nojardimdapatchulla.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>8 &#8211; Lounge &#8211; <a href="http://www.verbeat.org/blogs/lounge/">http://www.verbeat.org/blogs/lounge/</a></p>
<p>9 &#8211; Alterados e Sequelados -   </p>
<td> </td>
<p> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://alteradoesequelado.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://alteradoesequelado.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>10 &#8211; Filipi Kiss &#8211; <a href="http://www.filipekiss.com.br/blog">http://www.filipekiss.com.br/blog</a></p>
<p>11 &#8211; Marmota &#8211; Mais dos mesmos &#8211; <a href="http://dialetica.org/marmota/">http://dialetica.org/marmota/</a></p>
<p>12 &#8211; Achados de valor &#8211; <a href="http://achadosdevalor.blogspot.com">http://achadosdevalor.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>13 &#8211; O menino está com sede &#8211; <a href="http://naotemoslaranjas.blogspot.com">http://naotemoslaranjas.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>14 &#8211; Vromo &#8211; <a href="http://vromo.blogspot.com">http://vromo.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>15 &#8211; ArrobaZona &#8211; <a href="http://www.arrobazona.com">http://www.arrobazona.com</a></p>
<p>16 &#8211; Hora do Recreio &#8211; <a href="http://www.ribeirobr.blogspot.com">http://www.ribeirobr.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>17 &#8211; Almanakut Brasil &#8211; <a href="http://almanakutbrasil.blogspot.com">http://almanakutbrasil.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>18 &#8211; Pia Conecta &#8211; <a href="http://www.piaconecta.blogspot.com">http://www.piaconecta.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>19 &#8211; Hora do ensaio &#8211; <a href="http://horadoensaio.blogspot.com/">http://horadoensaio.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>20 &#8211; Blog da Mary &#8211; <a href="http://maryvillano.blogspot.com/">http://maryvillano.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>21 &#8211; Código Urbano &#8211; <a href="http://codigourbano.blogspot.com">http://codigourbano.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>22 &#8211; Anel de Caveira &#8211; <a href="http://www.aneldecaveira.com">http://www.aneldecaveira.com</a></p>
<p>23 &#8211; Cybele Meyer falando sobre &#8211; <a href="http://cybelemeyer.com.br/falandosobre/">http://cybelemeyer.com.br/falandosobre/</a></p>
<p>24 &#8211; Pez en Seco &#8211; <a href="http://www.pezenseco.blogspot.com/">http://www.pezenseco.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>25 &#8211; Pop-Candy &#8211; <a href="http://www.pop-candy.com">http://www.pop-candy.com</a></p>
<p>26 &#8211; Made in Blog &#8211; <a href="http://icommercepage.wordpress.com/">http://icommercepage.wordpress.com/</a></p>
<p>27 &#8211; Mundo Bizarro &#8211; <a href="http://m-bizarro.blogspot.com/">http://m-bizarro.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>28 &#8211; Non Procrastinare &#8211; <a href="http://nonprocrastinare.comyr.com">http://nonprocrastinare.comyr.com</a></p>
<p>29 &#8211; Extremos Podcast &#8211; <a href="http://www.earthmusicnetwork.com/extremos">http://www.earthmusicnetwork.com/extremos</a></p>
<p>30 &#8211; La Mañana del Fim de Semana &#8211; <a href="http://lamananadelfindesemana.blogspot.com/">http://lamananadelfindesemana.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>31 &#8211; Mix Cris &#8211; <a href="http://www.mixcris.blogspot.com">http://www.mixcris.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>32 &#8211; 365 dias &#8211; <a href="http://meus365dias.com">http://meus365dias.com</a></p>
<p>33 &#8211; Blog do Nadal &#8211; <a href="http://nadaf.net">http://nadaf.net</a></p>
<p>34 &#8211; Sombras y Estrellas &#8211; <a href="http://sombrasyestrellas.blogspot.com/">http://sombrasyestrellas.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>35 -Divagar e sempre &#8211; <a href="http://www.rodolphogurgel.net/blog/paratodos-i-am-al">http://www.rodolphogurgel.net/blog/paratodos-i-am-al</a>&#8230;</p>
<p>36 &#8211; Zona do Douglas &#8211; <a href="http://zonadodouglas.blogspot.com">http://zonadodouglas.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>37 &#8211; José Almodóvar &#8211; <a href="http://josealmodovar.blogspot.com/">http://josealmodovar.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>38 &#8211; Espacio de opinion &#8211; <a href="http://espaciodeopiniones.blogspot.com">http://espaciodeopiniones.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>39 &#8211; Uarevaa &#8211; <a href="http://www.uarevaa.com/">http://www.uarevaa.com/</a></p>
<p>40 &#8211; Blog MediaPlayer &#8211; <a href="http://www.blogmediaplayer.blogspot.com">http://www.blogmediaplayer.blogspot.com</a></p>
<p>41 &#8211; La mesa Del Café &#8211; <a href="http://lamesadelcafe.wordpress.com">http://lamesadelcafe.wordpress.com</a></p>
<p>È notável como a Rede Dihitt está se consolidando como seletor natural de qualidade, esta é apenas uma da vária amostra que temos notado pela interne. Outros exemplos são constadatos no Ocioso, Linkto, Link k, via 6 e até o meu gerenciador de blogs favoritos, WordPress, a comunidade Dihitt se faz presente.</p>
<p>A maior parte de meus amigos do Facebook e Twitter, as duas Redes com mais potencial do mercado de internet, também nota-se a presença diferenciada da turma do Dihitt. apenas no Msn e Orkut eu ainda não tive tempo de analisar direito.</p>
<p>Participar de Redes de qualidade, e, apresentar conteúdo de qualidade para essas redes, constitui-se uma boa estratégia de crescimento e notoriedade na internet.</p>
<p>São inúmeras as ferramentas, tanto para o Buscador da Google, quanto para o mensageiro realtime da Twitter, o resultado é uma viagem de seus posts, artigos e notícias por lugares que você nem pode imaginar. A seguir apresentarei auguns exemplos de sites para Twitter, Google, Facebook, WordPress, Blogspot e outra, na internet.</p>
<p>Para encontrar o site, o processo é simples, basta digitar as seguites palavras no buscador Google, Yahoo ou outro de sua preferência, se o site não aparecer no topo, não vale nem a pena entrar, quase sempre aparece no topo.</p>
<p>1 &#8211; ban-ict.org</p>
<p>2 &#8211; icerocket</p>
<p>3 &#8211; Higherpower</p>
<p>4 &#8211; oyo</p>
<p>5 &#8211; backtype</p>
<p>6 &#8211; backtweets</p>
<p>7 &#8211; bit.ly</p>
<p>8 &#8211; tinyurl</p>
<p>9 &#8211; Orlingo</p>
<p>10 &#8211; localcolorart</p>
<p>11 &#8211; mestreseo</p>
<p>12 &#8211; texastraderrv</p>
<p>13 &#8211; wp.me</p>
<p>14 &#8211; redebanner</p>
<p>15 &#8211; topsy.com</p>
<p>16 netmadeira</p>
<p>17 &#8211; networkedblogs</p>
<p>18 &#8211; ehoje</p>
<p>19 &#8211; wholinkstome</p>
<p>20 &#8211; Adorai ao senhor</p>
<p>21 &#8211; Search,magentic</p>
<p>22 &#8211; Search.Babylon</p>
<p>23 &#8211; search.winamp</p>
<p>24 &#8211; seach.conduit</p>
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<link>http://gyandotcom.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/gyandotcom-now-on-facebook-and-twitter/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gyandotcom by Rohit Sharma</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gyandotcom.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/gyandotcom-now-on-facebook-and-twitter/</guid>
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<p>GYANDOTCOM NOW ON FACEBOOK AND ON TWITTER</p>
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<p>IN Google SEARCH JUST TYPE  GYANDOTCOM</p>
<p>AND IN TWITTER  CLICK BELOW TO ADD</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Michael Jackson Sperm Bank SHOCKER - vote in our poll]]></title>
<link>http://derekclontz.com/2009/10/04/michael-jackson-sperm-bank-shocker/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Derek Clontz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://derekclontz.com/2009/10/04/michael-jackson-sperm-bank-shocker/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Copyright (c) 2009 Derek Clontz/derekclontz . wordpress . com. All rights reserved. Michael Jackson ]]></description>
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<p><strong>Michael Jackson secretly donated semen to an astonishing 200 sperm banks on four continents between 1991 and 2009 in a sweeping and unprecedented bid to leave his genetic &#8220;mark&#8221; &#8211; and legacy of  love &#8211; on every race and ethnicity on the planet, sources close to the superstar have told derekclontz . wordpress . com exclusively.</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_1770" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 115px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1770" href="http://derekclontz.com/2009/09/17/michael-jackson-is-alive-source-answers-your-questions-all-you-have-to-do-is-ask/michael-jackson-2/"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1770" title="michael-jackson" src="http://derekclontz.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/michael-jackson.jpg?w=105" alt="Michael Jackson" width="105" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Michael Jackson</p></div>
<p>And that means over a period of 18 years, the moonwalking super-singer, and, by many accounts, world-class dad, made, on average, a donation every 32.8 days, a task easily accomplished by any healthy male adult between the ages of 32 and 50.</p>
<p>For the record, Jackson was 32 in 1991 when the first donation was made and 50 in 2009 when the last donation was made earlier this year.</p>
<p>The fact that the King of Pop would have been a sperm donor doesn&#8217;t come as a shock.</p>
<p>His love of children &#8211; and inability to build a lasting romance with a woman of child-bearing age &#8211; would make in-vitro or mechanical fertilization a logical choice for fathering children.</p>
<p>The sheer number of donations &#8211; and the fact that he made them in North America, South America, Europe and the Far East &#8211; has, however, has raised some eyebrows, particularly among non-fans who believe Jackson  &#8221;seeded the gene pool far and wide because he was a megalomaniac&#8221; or, in the blunt assessment of one Hollywood reporter, &#8220;because he was a lunatic who thought <!--more-->nothing of the consequences of providing hundreds or maybe even thousands of women the opportunity to raise yet another fatherless child in an incomplete family unit in a world that already has too many of them.&#8221;</p>
<p>A Jackson insider bristled at the comment, explaining: &#8220;Look at the good that just one Michael Jackson did in this world &#8211; and think about what hundreds of his children, thousands of his grandchildren and tens of thousands of his great-grandchildren &#8211; all carrying his genes &#8211; will be able to accomplish,&#8221; said one insider.</p>
<p>&#8220;Michael was a visionary, and he understood that while he could get the ball rolling, it would take millions of fans and also many more &#8216;Michaels&#8217; to change human history, not just in his lifetime, but once and for all &#8230; for all time &#8211; creating true and lasting peace on earth.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sources for this report declined to name the sperm banks Jackson used to make his donations, but confirmed all &#8220;drop-offs&#8221; were made anonymously.</p>
<p>Interestingly, say the sources, the &#8220;father&#8217;s description&#8221; that accompanied each batch of sperm referred to the donor as, &#8220;King, gentle, popular, good with children, musically talented, slender, tall, light-complected. I.S. 160.&#8221;</p>
<p>Jackson is said to have decided to donate sperm &#8220;after he had a dream in which God told him to spread his seed throughout mankind,&#8221; said a source.</p>
<p>&#8220;He took that as a sign that God had chosen him to be the vehicle &#8211; the genetic vehicle &#8211; through which He &#8211; God &#8211; would bring peace to earth. Michael was convinced that God had special plans for him far beyond those that made him the most popular singer and dancer in the world.</p>
<p>&#8220;When he talked of his love for children &#8211; and many people don&#8217;t realize this &#8211; Michael was answering what he believed in his heart to be a true calling from God, a calling that would spread pure, beautiful, unconditional love throughout the world on a scale unprecedented in modern times.&#8221;</p>
<p>It is unclear how many children worldwide, if any, have been fathered by Jackson&#8217;s donations.</p>
<p>A fertility expert familiar with the procedures involved and general medical statistics, however, told derekclontz.wordpress.com, &#8220;Based on the number of donations and the geographic reach, I would say 50 to 75 births would not be an unreasonable figure to date.&#8221;</p>
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<description><![CDATA[First and foremost, the Sun has a natural cycle with a period of approximately 11 years. During the ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">First and foremost, the Sun has a natural cycle with a period of approximately 11 years. During the lifetime of each cycle, the magnetic field lines of the Sun are dragged around the solar body by differential rotation at the solar equator. This means that the equator is spinning faster than the magnetic poles. As this continues, solar plasma drags the magnetic field lines around the Sun, causing stress and a build up of energy (an illustration of this is pictured). As magnetic energy increases, kinks in the magnetic flux form, forcing them to the surface. These kinks are known as coronal loops which become more numerous during periods of high solar activity.This is where the sunspots come in. As coronal loops continue to pop up over the surface, sunspots appear too, often located at the loop footpoints. Coronal loops have the effect of pushing the hotter surface layers of the Sun (the photosphere and chromosphere) aside, exposing the cooler convection zone (the reasons why the solar surface and atmosphere is hotter than the solar interior is down to the coronal heating phenomenon). As magnetic energy builds up, we can expect more and more magnetic flux to be forced together. This is when a phenomenon known as magnetic reconnection occurs.Reconnection is the trigger for solar flares of various sizes. As previously reported, solar flares from &#8220;nanoflares&#8221; to &#8220;X-class flares&#8221; are very energetic events. Granted, the largest flares my generate enough energy for 100 billion atomic explosions, but don&#8217;t let this huge figure concern you. For a start, this flare occurs in the low corona, right near the solar surface. That&#8217;s nearly 100 million miles away (1AU). The Earth is nowhere close to the blast.As the solar magnetic field lines release a huge amount of energy, solar plasma is accelerated and confined within the magnetic environment (solar plasma is superheated particles like protons, electrons and some light elements such as helium nuclei). As the plasma particles interact, X-rays may be generated if the conditions are right and bremsstrahlung is possible. (Bremsstrahlung occurs when charged particles interact, resulting in X-ray emission.) This may create an X-ray flare.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The driver was taking me from  mumbai airport into the pune city. As we chatted on theway , it came out that he was deeply worried. He had a wife and child, and a new baby on the way &#8211; but what was the use of living, he cried, if the world would end in 2012 as predicted by the Mayan prophecies, when his new baby would be just four years old.Prophecies about the end of the world (or at the very least, civilisation as we know it) have been around forever. There was a flurry of them around 2000 AD, and another bunch for 5 May 2005, when all the planets were supposed to line up. (By the way, they didn&#8217;t line up and yep, we&#8217;re still here.)The Mayan civilisation covered the skinny bit of the Americas between North and South America, reaching from the southern states of Mexico down to western Honduras. Its Classic Period was from 250 to 900 AD, so their best years were behind them by the time of the Spanish invasion.At their peak, the Mayans had the only mature written language ever found in the Americas, spectacular and densely populated cities, and very sophisticated systems of mathematics, astronomy and calendars.They were marvelous astronomers, showing what could be done with the naked eye. Their measurements of the lunar month, the period of Venus and the year were more accurate than those of the Ancient Greeks.Which brings us to the calendar that predicts the end of the world in 2012.The Mayans had many calendars, because they saw &#8216;time&#8217; as a meshing of sacred or spiritual cycles. So while our Gregorian calendar organises days for social, administrative and commercial purposes, the Mayan calendars added a religious element. For example, each day had a patron spirit, and so could be good for travel, but bad for business.One of their several calendars was called the Long Count. It was set up around 355 BCE, and had as its chosen starting date 0.0.0.0.0, which corresponds to 11 August 3114 BCE. And on 21 December 2012, the Mayan Long Count calendar will read 13.0.0.0.0.Now here&#8217;s how it works. Our numbering system is based on 10. But the Mayans had a counting system based on 20, so most of the &#8217;slots&#8217; in their calendar had 20 potential numbers (0 to 19). The calendar read a little like the odometer in your car&#8217;s speedo (which run from 0 to 9). The extreme right slot (of five slots) would count through the days, and when it got to 19 days (0.0.0.0.19) would reset to zero, and the next slot across to the left would increase by one (to 0.0.0.1.0).So 0.0.0.0.1 was one day, and 0.0.0.1.0 was 20 days. Then 0.0.1.0.0 was about one year, 0.1.0.0.0 was about 20 years and with 1.0.0.0.0, you&#8217;ve clocked up about 400 years. And on 21 December 2012, the Mayan Long Count calendar will read 13.0.0.0.0.By the way, the time between 0.0.0.0.0 and 13.0.0.0.0 is about 5126 years. Now some Mayan archaeo-astronomers reckon that the calendar should reset back to zero and start again. But others disagree and say it should continue to 20, and then reset again.We don&#8217;t have enough information to know who is correct &#8211; but if it does go up to 20, then this completely destroys the End of Days Conspiracy Theory, as far as the year 2012 is concerned. But let&#8217;s stick to the 13 Conspiracy for the time being.The claims for 21 December 2012 cover a lot of ground. They range from &#8216;nuclear holocaust&#8217; to &#8216;Harmonic Convergence of cosmic energy flowing through the earth, cleansing it and raising it to a higher level of vibration&#8217;, and along the way they include &#8216;the death of two-thirds of humanity&#8217; and &#8216;the north and south poles will split&#8217; &#8211; you get the picture. But there are two problems with this.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">First, when a calendar comes to the end of a cycle, it just rolls over into the next cycle. In our Western society, every year 31 December is followed, not by the End of the World, but by 1 January. So 13.0.0.0.0 in the Mayan calendar will be followed by 0.0.0.0.1 &#8211; or good-ol&#8217; 22 December 2012, with only a few shopping days left to Christmas.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">And the second problem is that it is always remarkably difficult to make predictions, especially about the future, and things that haven&#8217;t happened yet.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Apparently, on December 21st 2012, our planet will experience a powerful event. This time we&#8217;re not talking about Planet X, Nibiru or a &#8220;killer&#8221; solar flare, this event will originate deep within the core of our planet, forcing a catastrophic change in our protective magnetic field. Not only will we notice a rapid reduction in magnetic field strength, we&#8217;ll also see the magnetic poles rapidly reverse polarity (i.e. the north magnetic pole will be located over the South Pole and vice versa). So what does this mean to us? If we are to believe the doomsayers, we&#8217;ll be exposed to the vast quantities of radiation blasting from the Sun; with a reversing magnetic field comes a weakening in the Earth&#8217;s ability to deflect cosmic rays. Our armada of communication and military satellites will drop from orbit, adding to the chaos on the ground. There will be social unrest, warfare, famine and economic collapse. Without GPS, our airliners will also plough into the ground…Using the Mayan Prophecy as an excuse to create new and explosive ways in which our planet may be destroyed, 2012 doomsayers use the geomagnetic shift theory as if it is set in stone. Simply because scientists have said that it might happen within the next millennium appears to be proof enough that it will happen in four years time. Alas, although this theory has some scientific backing, there is no way that anyone can predict when geomagnetic reversal might happen to the nearest day or to the nearest million years…</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Firstly, let&#8217;s differentiate between geomagnetic reversal and polar shift. Geomagnetic reversal is the change in the magnetic field of the Earth, where the magnetic north pole shifts to the South Polar Region and the south magnetic pole shifts to the North Polar Region. Once this process is complete, our compasses would point toward Antarctica, rather than northern Canada. Polar shift is considered to be a less likely event that occurs a few times in the evolutionary timescale of the Solar System. There are a couple of examples of planets that have suffered a catastrophic polar shift, including Venus (which rotates in an opposite direction to all the other planets, therefore it was flipped upside down by some huge event, such as a planetary collision) and Uranus (which rotates on its side, having been knocked off-axis by an impact, or some gravitational effect caused by Jupiter and Saturn). Many authors (including the doomsayers themselves) often cite both geomagnetic reversal and polar shift as being one of the same thing. This isn&#8217;t the case.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">So, on with geomagnetic reversal…</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">How often does it happen?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The Earths interior</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The reasons behind the reversal of the magnetic poles is poorly understood, but it is all down to the internal dynamics of Planet Earth. As our planet spins, the molten iron in the core flows freely, forcing free electrons to flow with it. This convective motion of charged particles sets up a magnetic field which bases its poles in the North and South Polar Regions (a dipole). This is known as the dynamo effect. The resulting magnetic field approximates a bar magnet, allowing the field to envelop our planet.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">This magnetic field passes through the core to the crust and pushes into space as the Earth&#8217;s magnetosphere, a protective bubble constantly being buffeted by the solar wind. As the solar wind particles are usually charged, the Earth&#8217;s powerful magnetosphere deflects the particles, only allowing them into the polar cusp regions where the polar magnetic fieldlines become &#8220;open.&#8221; The regions at which these energetic particles are allowed to enter glow as aurorae.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Usually this situation can last for aeons (a stable magnetic field threaded through the North and South Polar Regions), but occasionally, the magnetic field is known to reverse and alter in strength. Why is this?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Earths polarity reversals over the last 160 million years. Black = normal polarity, White = reversed polarity.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Again, we simply do not know. We do know that this magnetic pole flip-flop has occurred many times in the last few million years, the last occurred 780,000 years ago according to ferromagnetic sediment. A few scaremongering articles have said geomagnetic reversal occurs with &#8220;clockwork regularity&#8221; – this is simply not true. As can be seen from the diagram (left), magnetic reversal has occurred fairly chaotically in the last 160 million years. Long-term data suggests that the longest stable period between magnetic &#8220;flips&#8221; is nearly 40 million years (during the Cretaceous period over 65 million years BC) and the shortest is a few hundred years.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Some 2012 theories suggest that the Earth&#8217;s geomagnetic reversal is connected to the natural 11-year solar cycle. Again, there is absolutely no scientific evidence to support this claim. No data has ever been produced suggesting a Sun-Earth magnetic polarity change connection.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">So, already this doomsday theory falters in that geomagnetic reversal does not occur with &#8220;clockwork regularity,&#8221; and it has no connection with solar dynamics. We are not due a magnetic flip as we cannot predict when the next one is going to occur, magnetic reversals occur at seemingly random points in history.What causes geomagnetic reversal?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The model Earth, can a magnetic field be modelled in the lab?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Research is afoot to try to understand the internal dynamics of our planet. As the Earth spins, the molten iron inside churns and flows in a fairly stable manner for millennia. For some reason during geomagnetic reversal, some instability causes an interruption to the steady generation of a global magnetic field, causing it to flip-flop between the poles.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">In a previous Gyandotcom 2012 Article, we discussed the efforts of geophysicist Dan Lathrop&#8217;s attempts to create his own &#8220;model Earth,&#8221; setting a 26 tonne ball (containing a molten iron analogue, sodium) spinning to see if the internal motion of the fluid could set up a magnetic field. This huge laboratory experiment is testament to the efforts being put into understanding how our Earth even generates a magnetic field, let alone why it randomly reverses.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">A minority view (which, again is used by doomsayers to link geomagnetic reversal with Planet X) is that there may be some external influence that causes the reversal. You will often see associated with the Planet X/Nibiru claims that should this mystery object encounter the inner Solar System during its highly elliptical orbit, the magnetic field disturbance could upset the internal dynamics of the Earth (and the Sun, possibly generating that &#8220;killer&#8221; solar flare I discussed back in June in my article the mood of sun is changing). This theory is a poor attempt to link several doomsday scenarios with a common harbinger of doom (i.e. Planet X). There is no reason to think the strong magnetic field of the Earth can be influenced by any external force, let alone a non-existent planet (or was that a brown dwarf?).</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The magnetic field strength waxes and wanes…</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Variations in geomagnetic field in western US since last reversal. The vertical dashed line is the critical value of intensity below which Guyodo and Valet (1999) consider several directional excursions to have occurred.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">New research into the Earth&#8217;s magnetic field was published recently in the September 26th issue of Science, suggesting that the Earth&#8217;s magnetic field isn&#8217;t as simple as we once believed. In addition to the North-South dipole, there is a weaker magnetic field spread around the planet, probably generated in the outer core of the Earth.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The Earth&#8217;s magnetic field is measured to vary in field strength and it is a well known fact that the magnetic field strength is currently experiencing a downward trend. The new research paper, co-authored by geochronologist Brad Singer of the University of Wisconsin, suggests that the weaker magnetic field is critical to geomagnetic reversal. Should the stronger dipole (north-south) field reduce below the magnetic field strength of this usually weaker, distributed field, a geomagnetic reversal is possible.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">&#8220;The field is not always stable, the convection and the nature of the flow changes, and it can cause the dipole that&#8217;s generated to wax and wane in intensity and strength,&#8221; Singer said. &#8220;When it becomes very weak, it&#8217;s less capable of reaching to the surface of the Earth, and what you start to see emerge is this non-axial dipole, the weaker part of the field that&#8217;s left over.&#8221; Singer&#8217;s research group analysed samples of ancient lava from volcanoes in Tahiti and Germany between 500,000 and 700,000 years ago. By looking at an iron-rich mineral called magnetite in the lava, the researchers were able to deduce the direction of the magnetic field.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The spin of the electrons in the mineral is governed by the dominant magnetic field. During times of strong dipolar field, these electrons pointed toward the magnetic North Pole. During times of weak dipolar field, the electrons pointed to wherever the dominant field was, in this case the distributed magnetic field. They think that when the weakened dipolar field drops below a certain threshold, the distributed field pulls the dipolar field off-axis, causing a geomagnetic shift.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">&#8220;The magnetic field is one of the most fundamental features of the Earth,&#8221; Singer said. &#8220;But it&#8217;s still one of the biggest enigmas in science. Why [the flip] happens is something people have been chasing for more than a hundred years.&#8221;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Our meandering magnetic pole</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The movement of Earth&#8217;s north magnetic pole across the Canadian arctic, 1831&#8211;2001 (Geological Survey of Canada)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Although there appears to be a current downward trend in magnetic field strength, the current magnetic field is still considered to be &#8220;above average&#8221; when compared with the variations measured in recent history. According to researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, if the magnetic field continued to decrease at the current trend, the dipolar field would effectively be zero in 500 years time. However, it is more likely that the field strength will simply rebound and increase in strength as it has done over the last several thousand years, continuing with its natural fluctuations.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The positions of the magnetic poles are also known to be wondering over Arctic and Antarctic locations. Take the magnetic north pole for example (pictured left); it has accelerated north over the Canadian plains from 10 km per year in the 20th Century to 40 km per year more recently. It is thought that if the point of magnetic north continues this trend, it will exit North America and enter Siberia in a few decades time. This is not a new phenomenon however. Ever since James Ross&#8217; discovery of the location of the north magnetic pole for the first time in 1831, it&#8217;s location has meandered hundreds of miles (even though today&#8217;s measurements show some acceleration).</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">So, no doomsday then?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Apparently, the world is going to end on December 21st, 2012. Yes, you read correctly, in some way, shape or form, the Earth (or at least a large portion of humans on the planet) will cease to exist. Stop planning your careers, don&#8217;t bother buying a house, and be sure to spend the last years of your life doing something you always wanted to do but never had the time. Now you have the time, four years of time, to enjoy yourselves before… the end.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">So what is all this crazy talk? We&#8217;ve all heard these doomsday predictions before, we&#8217;re still here, and the planet is still here, why is 2012 so important? Well, the Mayan calendar stops at the end of the year 2012, churning up all sorts of religious, scientific, astrological and historic reasons why this calendar foretells the end of life as we know it. The Mayan Prophecy is gaining strength and appears to be worrying people in all areas of society. Forget Nostradamus, forget the Y2K bug, forget the credit crunch, this event is predicted to be huge and many wholeheartedly believe this is going to happen for real. Planet X could even be making a comeback.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Geomagnetic reversal is an engrossing area of geophysical research that will continue to occupy physicists and geologists for many years to come. Although the dynamics behind this event are not fully understood, there is absolutely no scientific evidence supporting the claim that there could be a geomagnetic reversal around the time of December 21st, 2012.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Besides, the effects of such a reversal have been totally over-hyped. Should we experience geomagnetic reversal in our lifetimes (which we probably won&#8217;t), it is unlikely that we&#8217;ll be cooked alive by the Solar Wind, or be wiped out by cosmic rays. It is unlikely that we&#8217;ll suffer any mass extinction event (after all, early man, homo erectus, lived through the last geomagnetic shift, apparently with ease). We&#8217;ll most likely experience aurorae at all latitudes whilst the dipolar magnetic field settles down to its new, reversed state, and there might be a small increase in energetic particles from space (remember, just because the magnetosphere is weakened, doesn&#8217;t mean we wont have magnetic protection), but we&#8217;ll still be (largely) protected by our thick atmosphere.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Satellites may malfunction and migrating birds may become confused, but to predict world collapse is a hard pill to swallow.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">In conclusion:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Geomagnetic reversal is chaotic in nature.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">There is no way we can predict it.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Simply because the magnetic field of the Earth is weakening does not mean it is near collapse. Geomagnetic field strength is &#8220;above average&#8221; if we compare today&#8217;s measurements with the last few million years.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The magnetic poles are not set in geographical locations, they move (at varying speeds) and have done ever since measurements began.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">There is no evidence to suggest external forcing of internal geomagnetic dynamics of the Earth. Therefore there is no evidence of the solar cycle-geomagnetic shift connection. Don&#8217;t get me started on Planet X.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">So, do you think there will be a geomagnetic reversal event in 2012? I thought not.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">First and foremost, the Sun has a natural cycle with a period of approximately 11 years. During the lifetime of each cycle, the magnetic field lines of the Sun are dragged around the solar body by differential rotation at the solar equator. This means that the equator is spinning faster than the magnetic poles. As this continues, solar plasma drags the magnetic field lines around the Sun, causing stress and a build up of energy (an illustration of this is pictured). As magnetic energy increases, kinks in the magnetic flux form, forcing them to the surface. These kinks are known as coronal loops which become more numerous during periods of high solar activity.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">This is where the sunspots come in. As coronal loops continue to pop up over the surface, sunspots appear too, often located at the loop footpoints. Coronal loops have the effect of pushing the hotter surface layers of the Sun (the photosphere and chromosphere) aside, exposing the cooler convection zone (the reasons why the solar surface and atmosphere is hotter than the solar interior is down to the coronal heating phenomenon). As magnetic energy builds up, we can expect more and more magnetic flux to be forced together. This is when a phenomenon known as magnetic reconnection occurs.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Reconnection is the trigger for solar flares of various sizes. As previously reported, solar flares from &#8220;nanoflares&#8221; to &#8220;X-class flares&#8221; are very energetic events. Granted, the largest flares my generate enough energy for 100 billion atomic explosions, but don&#8217;t let this huge figure concern you. For a start, this flare occurs in the low corona, right near the solar surface. That&#8217;s nearly 100 million miles away (1AU). The Earth is nowhere close to the blast.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">As the solar magnetic field lines release a huge amount of energy, solar plasma is accelerated and confined within the magnetic environment (solar plasma is superheated particles like protons, electrons and some light elements such as helium nuclei). As the plasma particles interact, X-rays may be generated if the conditions are right and bremsstrahlung is possible. (Bremsstrahlung occurs when charged particles interact, resulting in X-ray emission.) This may create an X-ray flare.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The biggest problem with an X-ray flare is that we get little warning when it is going to happen as X-rays travel at the speed of light (one of the record breaking 2003 solar flares is pictured left). X-rays from an X-class flare will reach the Earth in around eight minutes. As X-rays hit our atmosphere, they are absorbed in the outermost layer called the ionosphere. As you can guess from the name, this is a highly charged, reactive environment, full of ions (atomic nuclei, and free electrons).</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">During powerful solar events such as flares, rates of ionization between X-rays and atmospheric gases increase in the D and E region layers of the ionosphere. There is a sudden surge in electron production in these layers. These electrons can cause interference to the passage of radio waves through the atmosphere, absorbing short wave radio signals (in the high frequency range), possibly blocking global communications. These events are known as &#8220;Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances&#8221; (or SIDs) and they become commonplace during periods of high solar activity. Interestingly, the increase in electron density during a SID boosts the propagation of Very Low Frequency (VLF) radio, a phenomenon scientists use to measure the intensity of X-rays coming from the Sun.X-ray solar flare emissions are only part of the story. If the conditions are right, a coronal mass ejection (CME) might be produced at the site of the flare (although either phenomenon can occur independently). CMEs are slower than the propagation of X-rays, but their global effects here on Earth can be more problematic. They may not travel at the speed of light, but they still travel fast; they can travel at a rate of 2 million miles per hour (3.2 million km/hr), meaning they may reach us in a matter of hours.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">This is where much effort is being put into space weather prediction. We have a handful of spacecraft sitting between the Earth and the Sun at the Earth-Sun Lagrangian (L1) point with sensors on board to measure the energy and intensity of the solar wind. Should a CME pass through their location, energetic particles and the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) can be measured directly. One mission called the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) sits in the L1 point and provides scientists with up to an hour notice on the approach of a CME. ACE teams up with the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and the Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO), so CMEs can be tracked from the lower corona into interplanetary space, through the L1 point toward Earth. These solar missions are actively working together to provide space agencies with advanced notice of an Earth-directed CME.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">So what if a CME reaches Earth? For a start, much depends on the magnetic configuration of the IMF (from the Sun) and the geomagnetic field of the Earth (the magnetosphere). Generally speaking, if both magnetic fields are aligned with polarities pointing in the same direction, it is highly probable that the CME will be repelled by the magnetosphere. In this case, the CME will slide past the Earth, causing some pressure and distortion on the magnetosphere, but otherwise passing without a problem. However, if the magnetic field lines are in an anti-parallel configuration (i.e. magnetic polarities in opposite directions), magnetic reconnection may occur at the leading edge of the magnetosphere.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">In this event, the IMF and magnetosphere will merge, connecting the Earth&#8217;s magnetic field with the Sun&#8217;s. This sets the scene for one of the most awe inspiring events in nature: the aurora.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Satellites in Peril</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">As the CME magnetic field connects with the Earth&#8217;s, high energy particles are injected into the magnetosphere. Due to solar wind pressure, the Sun&#8217;s magnetic field lines will fold around the Earth, sweeping behind our planet. The particles injected in the &#8220;dayside&#8221; will be funnelled into the polar regions of the Earth where they interact with our atmosphere, generating light as aurorae. During this time, the Van Allen belt will also become &#8220;super-charged&#8221;, creating a region around the Earth that could cause problems to unprotected astronauts and any unshielded satellites.As if the radiation from the Van Allen belt wasn&#8217;t enough, satellites could succumb to the threat of an expanding atmosphere. As you&#8217;d expect, as if the Sun hits the Earth with X-rays and CMEs, there will be inevitable heating and global expansion of the atmosphere, possibly encroaching into satellite orbital altitudes. If left unchecked, an aerobraking effect on satellites could cause them to slow and drop in altitude. Aerobraking has been used extensively as a space flight tool to slow spacecraft down when being inserted into orbit around another planet, but this will have an adverse effect on satellites orbiting Earth as any slowing of velocity could cause it to re-enter the atmosphere.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">We Feel the Effects on the Ground Too</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Although satellites are on the front line, if there is a powerful surge in energetic particles entering the atmosphere, we may feel the adverse effects down here on Earth too. Due to the X-ray generation of electrons in the ionosphere, some forms of communication may become patchy (or be removed all together), but this isn&#8217;t all that can happen. Particularly in high-latitude regions, a vast electric current, known as an &#8220;electrojet&#8221;, may form through the ionosphere by these incoming particles. With an electric current comes a magnetic field. Depending on the intensity of the solar storm, currents may be induced down here on the ground, possibly overloading national power grids. On March 13th 1989, six million people lost power in the Quebec region of Canada after a huge increase in solar activity caused a surge from ground-induced currents. Quebec was paralysed for nine hours whilst engineers worked on a solution to the problem.Can Our Sun Produce a Killer Flare?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The short answer to this is &#8220;no&#8221;.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The longer answer is a little more involved. Whilst a solar flare from out Sun, aimed directly at us, could cause secondary problems such as satellite damage and injury to unprotected astronauts and blackouts, the flare itself is not powerful enough to destroy Earth, certainly not in 2012. I dare say, in the far future when the Sun begins to run out of fuel and swell into a red giant, it might be a bad era for life on Earth, but we have a few billion years to wait for that to happen. There could even be the possibility of several X-class flares being launched and by pure bad luck we may get hit by a series of CMEs and X-ray bursts, but none will be powerful to overcome our magnetosphere, ionosphere and thick atmosphere below.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">&#8220;Killer&#8221; solar flares have been observed on other stars. In 2006, NASA&#8217;s Swift observatory saw the largest stellar flare ever observed 135 light-years away. Estimated to have unleashed an energy of 50 million trillion atomic bombs, the II Pegasi flare will have wiped out most life on Earth if our Sun fired X-rays from a flare of that energy at us. However, our Sun is not II Pegasi. II Pegasi is a violent red giant star with a binary partner in a very close orbit. It is believed the gravitational interaction with its binary partner and the fact II Pegasi is a red giant is the root cause behind this energetic flare event.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Doomsayers point to the Sun as a possible Earth-killer source, but the fact remains that our Sun is a very stable star. It does not have a binary partner (like II Pegasi), it has a predictable cycle (of approximately 11 years) and there is no evidence that our Sun contributed to any mass extinction event in the past via a huge Earth-directed flare. Very large solar flares have been observed (such as the 1859 Carrington white light flare)… but we are still here.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">In an added twist, solar physicists are surprised by the lack of solar activity at the start of this 24th solar cycle, leading to some scientists to speculate we might be on the verge of another Maunder minimum and &#8220;Little Ice Age&#8221;. This is in stark contrast to NASA solar physicist&#8217;s 2006 prediction that this cycle will be a &#8220;doozy&#8221;.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">This leads me to conclude that we still have a long way to go when predicting solar flare events. Although space weather prediction is improving, it will be a few years yet until we can read the Sun accurately enough to say with any certainty just how active a solar cycle is going to be. So, regardless of prophecy, prediction or myth, there is no physical way to say that the Earth will be hit by any flare, let alone a big one in 2012. Even if a big flare did hit us, it will not be an extinction event. Yes, satellites may be damaged, causing secondary problems such as a GPS loss (which might disrupt air traffic control for example) or national power grids may be overwhelmed by auroral electrojets, but nothing more extreme than that.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">But hold on, to sidestep this issue, doomsayers now tell us that a large solar flare will hit us just as the Earth&#8217;s geomagnetic field weakens and reverses,or Catostrophic Earthquakes will Hit globally leaving us unprotected from the ravages of a CME…</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">by Rohit Sharma</div>
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<div>The driver was taking  me from  mumbai airport  to the express highway  to pune city. As we chatted on theway , it came out that he was deeply worried. He had a wife and child, and a new baby on the way &#8211; but what was the use of living, he cried, if the world would end in 2012 as predicted by the Mayan prophecies, when his new baby would be just four years old.Prophecies about the end of the world (or at the very least, civilisation as we know it) have been around forever. There was a flurry of them around 2000 AD, and another bunch for 5 May 2005, when all the planets were supposed to line up. (By the way, they didn&#8217;t line up and yep, we&#8217;re still here.)The Mayan civilisation covered the skinny bit of the Americas between North and South America, reaching from the southern states of Mexico down to western Honduras. Its Classic Period was from 250 to 900 AD, so their best years were behind them by the time of the Spanish invasion.At their peak, the Mayans had the only mature written language ever found in the Americas, spectacular and densely populated cities, and very sophisticated systems of mathematics, astronomy and calendars.They were marvelous astronomers, showing what could be done with the naked eye. Their measurements of the lunar month, the period of Venus and the year were more accurate than those of the Ancient Greeks.Which brings us to the calendar that predicts the end of the world in 2012.The Mayans had many calendars, because they saw &#8216;time&#8217; as a meshing of sacred or spiritual cycles. So while our Gregorian calendar organises days for social, administrative and commercial purposes, the Mayan calendars added a religious element. For example, each day had a patron spirit, and so could be good for travel, but bad for business.One of their several calendars was called the Long Count. It was set up around 355 BCE, and had as its chosen starting date 0.0.0.0.0, which corresponds to 11 August 3114 BCE. And on 21 December 2012, the Mayan Long Count calendar will read 13.0.0.0.0.Now here&#8217;s how it works. Our numbering system is based on 10. But the Mayans had a counting system based on 20, so most of the &#8217;slots&#8217; in their calendar had 20 potential numbers (0 to 19). The calendar read a little like the odometer in your car&#8217;s speedo (which run from 0 to 9). The extreme right slot (of five slots) would count through the days, and when it got to 19 days (0.0.0.0.19) would reset to zero, and the next slot across to the left would increase by one (to 0.0.0.1.0).So 0.0.0.0.1 was one day, and 0.0.0.1.0 was 20 days. Then 0.0.1.0.0 was about one year, 0.1.0.0.0 was about 20 years and with 1.0.0.0.0, you&#8217;ve clocked up about 400 years. And on 21 December 2012, the Mayan Long Count calendar will read 13.0.0.0.0.By the way, the time between 0.0.0.0.0 and 13.0.0.0.0 is about 5126 years. Now some Mayan archaeo-astronomers reckon that the calendar should reset back to zero and start again. But others disagree and say it should continue to 20, and then reset again.We don&#8217;t have enough information to know who is correct &#8211; but if it does go up to 20, then this completely destroys the End of Days Conspiracy Theory, as far as the year 2012 is concerned. But let&#8217;s stick to the 13 Conspiracy for the time being.The claims for 21 December 2012 cover a lot of ground. They range from &#8216;nuclear holocaust&#8217; to &#8216;Harmonic Convergence of cosmic energy flowing through the earth, cleansing it and raising it to a higher level of vibration&#8217;, and along the way they include &#8216;the death of two-thirds of humanity&#8217; and &#8216;the north and south poles will split&#8217; &#8211; you get the picture. But there are two problems with this.</div>
<div>First, when a calendar comes to the end of a cycle, it just rolls over into the next cycle. In our Western society, every year 31 December is followed, not by the End of the World, but by 1 January. So 13.0.0.0.0 in the Mayan calendar will be followed by 0.0.0.0.1 &#8211; or good-ol&#8217; 22 December 2012, with only a few shopping days left to Christmas.</div>
<div>And the second problem is that it is always remarkably difficult to make predictions, especially about the future, and things that haven&#8217;t happened yet.</div>
<div>but the polar shift,global worming catostrophic earthquakes will hit in 2012. lets findout how</div>
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<div>First and foremost, the Sun has a natural cycle with a period of approximately 11 years. During the lifetime of each cycle, the magnetic field lines of the Sun are dragged around the solar body by differential rotation at the solar equator. This means that the equator is spinning faster than the magnetic poles. As this continues, solar plasma drags the magnetic field lines around the Sun, causing stress and a build up of energy (an illustration of this is pictured). As magnetic energy increases, kinks in the magnetic flux form, forcing them to the surface. These kinks are known as coronal loops which become more numerous during periods of high solar activity.This is where the sunspots come in. As coronal loops continue to pop up over the surface, sunspots appear too, often located at the loop footpoints. Coronal loops have the effect of pushing the hotter surface layers of the Sun (the photosphere and chromosphere) aside, exposing the cooler convection zone (the reasons why the solar surface and atmosphere is hotter than the solar interior is down to the coronal heating phenomenon). As magnetic energy builds up, we can expect more and more magnetic flux to be forced together. This is when a phenomenon known as magnetic reconnection occurs.Reconnection is the trigger for solar flares of various sizes. As previously reported, solar flares from &#8220;nanoflares&#8221; to &#8220;X-class flares&#8221; are very energetic events. Granted, the largest flares my generate enough energy for 100 billion atomic explosions, but don&#8217;t let this huge figure concern you. For a start, this flare occurs in the low corona, right near the solar surface. That&#8217;s nearly 100 million miles away (1AU). The Earth is nowhere close to the blast.As the solar magnetic field lines release a huge amount of energy, solar plasma is accelerated and confined within the magnetic environment (solar plasma is superheated particles like protons, electrons and some light elements such as helium nuclei). As the plasma particles interact, X-rays may be generated if the conditions are right and bremsstrahlung is possible. (Bremsstrahlung occurs when charged particles interact, resulting in X-ray emission.) This may create an X-ray flare.</div>
<div>Apparently, on December 21st 2012, our planet will experience a powerful event. This time we&#8217;re not talking about Planet X, Nibiru or a &#8220;killer&#8221; solar flare, this event will originate deep within the core of our planet, forcing a catastrophic change in our protective magnetic field. Not only will we notice a rapid reduction in magnetic field strength, we&#8217;ll also see the magnetic poles rapidly reverse polarity (i.e. the north magnetic pole will be located over the South Pole and vice versa). So what does this mean to us? If we are to believe the doomsayers, we&#8217;ll be exposed to the vast quantities of radiation blasting from the Sun; with a reversing magnetic field comes a weakening in the Earth&#8217;s ability to deflect cosmic rays. Our armada of communication and military satellites will drop from orbit, adding to the chaos on the ground. There will be social unrest, warfare, famine and economic collapse. Without GPS, our airliners will also plough into the ground…Using the Mayan Prophecy as an excuse to create new and explosive ways in which our planet may be destroyed, 2012 doomsayers use the geomagnetic shift theory as if it is set in stone. Simply because scientists have said that it might happen within the next millennium appears to be proof enough that it will happen in four years time. Alas, although this theory has some scientific backing, there is no way that anyone can predict when geomagnetic reversal might happen to the nearest day or to the nearest million years…</div>
<div>Firstly, let&#8217;s differentiate between geomagnetic reversal and polar shift. Geomagnetic reversal is the change in the magnetic field of the Earth, where the magnetic north pole shifts to the South Polar Region and the south magnetic pole shifts to the North Polar Region. Once this process is complete, our compasses would point toward Antarctica, rather than northern Canada. Polar shift is considered to be a less likely event that occurs a few times in the evolutionary timescale of the Solar System. There are a couple of examples of planets that have suffered a catastrophic polar shift, including Venus (which rotates in an opposite direction to all the other planets, therefore it was flipped upside down by some huge event, such as a planetary collision) and Uranus (which rotates on its side, having been knocked off-axis by an impact, or some gravitational effect caused by Jupiter and Saturn). Many authors (including the doomsayers themselves) often cite both geomagnetic reversal and polar shift as being one of the same thing. This isn&#8217;t the case.</div>
<div>So, on with geomagnetic reversal…</div>
<div>How often does it happen?</div>
<div>The Earths interior</div>
<div>The reasons behind the reversal of the magnetic poles is poorly understood, but it is all down to the internal dynamics of Planet Earth. As our planet spins, the molten iron in the core flows freely, forcing free electrons to flow with it. This convective motion of charged particles sets up a magnetic field which bases its poles in the North and South Polar Regions (a dipole). This is known as the dynamo effect. The resulting magnetic field approximates a bar magnet, allowing the field to envelop our planet.</div>
<div>This magnetic field passes through the core to the crust and pushes into space as the Earth&#8217;s magnetosphere, a protective bubble constantly being buffeted by the solar wind. As the solar wind particles are usually charged, the Earth&#8217;s powerful magnetosphere deflects the particles, only allowing them into the polar cusp regions where the polar magnetic fieldlines become &#8220;open.&#8221; The regions at which these energetic particles are allowed to enter glow as aurorae.</div>
<div>Usually this situation can last for aeons (a stable magnetic field threaded through the North and South Polar Regions), but occasionally, the magnetic field is known to reverse and alter in strength. Why is this?</div>
<div>Earths polarity reversals over the last 160 million years. Black = normal polarity, White = reversed polarity.</div>
<div>Again, we simply do not know. We do know that this magnetic pole flip-flop has occurred many times in the last few million years, the last occurred 780,000 years ago according to ferromagnetic sediment. A few scaremongering articles have said geomagnetic reversal occurs with &#8220;clockwork regularity&#8221; – this is simply not true. As can be seen from the diagram (left), magnetic reversal has occurred fairly chaotically in the last 160 million years. Long-term data suggests that the longest stable period between magnetic &#8220;flips&#8221; is nearly 40 million years (during the Cretaceous period over 65 million years BC) and the shortest is a few hundred years.</div>
<div>Some 2012 theories suggest that the Earth&#8217;s geomagnetic reversal is connected to the natural 11-year solar cycle. Again, there is absolutely no scientific evidence to support this claim. No data has ever been produced suggesting a Sun-Earth magnetic polarity change connection.</div>
<div>So, already this doomsday theory falters in that geomagnetic reversal does not occur with &#8220;clockwork regularity,&#8221; and it has no connection with solar dynamics. We are not due a magnetic flip as we cannot predict when the next one is going to occur, magnetic reversals occur at seemingly random points in history.What causes geomagnetic reversal?</div>
<div>The model Earth, can a magnetic field be modelled in the lab?</div>
<div>Research is afoot to try to understand the internal dynamics of our planet. As the Earth spins, the molten iron inside churns and flows in a fairly stable manner for millennia. For some reason during geomagnetic reversal, some instability causes an interruption to the steady generation of a global magnetic field, causing it to flip-flop between the poles.</div>
<div>In a previous Gyandotcom the end of days 2012 Article, we discussed the efforts of geophysicist Dan Lathrop&#8217;s attempts to create his own &#8220;model Earth,&#8221; setting a 26 tonne ball (containing a molten iron analogue, sodium) spinning to see if the internal motion of the fluid could set up a magnetic field. This huge laboratory experiment is testament to the efforts being put into understanding how our Earth even generates a magnetic field, let alone why it randomly reverses.</div>
<div>A minority view (which, again is used by doomsayers to link geomagnetic reversal with Planet X) is that there may be some external influence that causes the reversal. You will often see associated with the Planet X/Nibiru claims that should this mystery object encounter the inner Solar System during its highly elliptical orbit, the magnetic field disturbance could upset the internal dynamics of the Earth (and the Sun, possibly generating that &#8220;killer&#8221; solar flare I discussed back in June in my article the mood of sun is changing). This theory is a poor attempt to link several doomsday scenarios with a common harbinger of doom (i.e. Planet X). There is no reason to think the strong magnetic field of the Earth can be influenced by any external force, let alone a non-existent planet (or was that a brown dwarf?).</div>
<div><strong>The magnetic field strength waxes and wanes…</strong></div>
<div>Variations in geomagnetic field in western US since last reversal. The vertical dashed line is the critical value of intensity below which Guyodo and Valet (1999) consider several directional excursions to have occurred.</div>
<div>New research into the Earth&#8217;s magnetic field was published recently in the September 26th issue of Gyandotcom, suggesting that the Earth&#8217;s magnetic field isn&#8217;t as simple as we once believed. In addition to the North-South dipole, there is a weaker magnetic field spread around the planet, probably generated in the outer core of the Earth.</div>
<div>The Earth&#8217;s magnetic field is measured to vary in field strength and it is a well known fact that the magnetic field strength is currently experiencing a downward trend. The new research paper, co-authored by geochronologist Brad Singer of the University of Wisconsin, suggests that the weaker magnetic field is critical to geomagnetic reversal. Should the stronger dipole (north-south) field reduce below the magnetic field strength of this usually weaker, distributed field, a geomagnetic reversal is possible.</div>
<div>&#8220;The field is not always stable, the convection and the nature of the flow changes, and it can cause the dipole that&#8217;s generated to wax and wane in intensity and strength,&#8221; Singer said. &#8220;When it becomes very weak, it&#8217;s less capable of reaching to the surface of the Earth, and what you start to see emerge is this non-axial dipole, the weaker part of the field that&#8217;s left over.&#8221; Singer&#8217;s research group analysed samples of ancient lava from volcanoes in Tahiti and Germany between 500,000 and 700,000 years ago. By looking at an iron-rich mineral called magnetite in the lava, the researchers were able to deduce the direction of the magnetic field.</div>
<div>The spin of the electrons in the mineral is governed by the dominant magnetic field. During times of strong dipolar field, these electrons pointed toward the magnetic North Pole. During times of weak dipolar field, the electrons pointed to wherever the dominant field was, in this case the distributed magnetic field. They think that when the weakened dipolar field drops below a certain threshold, the distributed field pulls the dipolar field off-axis, causing a geomagnetic shift.</div>
<div>&#8220;The magnetic field is one of the most fundamental features of the Earth,&#8221; Singer said. &#8220;But it&#8217;s still one of the biggest enigmas in science. Why [the flip] happens is something people have been chasing for more than a hundred years.&#8221;</div>
<div><strong>Our meandering magnetic pole</strong></div>
<div>The movement of Earth&#8217;s north magnetic pole across the Canadian arctic, 1831&#8211;2001 (Geological Survey of Canada)</div>
<div>Although there appears to be a current downward trend in magnetic field strength, the current magnetic field is still considered to be &#8220;above average&#8221; when compared with the variations measured in recent history. According to researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, if the magnetic field continued to decrease at the current trend, the dipolar field would effectively be zero in 500 years time. However, it is more likely that the field strength will simply rebound and increase in strength as it has done over the last several thousand years, continuing with its natural fluctuations.</div>
<div>The positions of the magnetic poles are also known to be wondering over Arctic and Antarctic locations. Take the magnetic north pole it has accelerated north over the Canadian plains from 10 km per year in the 20th Century to 40 km per year more recently. It is thought that if the point of magnetic north continues this trend, it will exit North America and enter Siberia in a few decades time. This is not a new phenomenon however. Ever since James Ross&#8217; discovery of the location of the north magnetic pole for the first time in 1831, it&#8217;s location has meandered hundreds of miles (even though today&#8217;s measurements show some acceleration).</div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong>So, no doomsday then?</strong></div>
<div>Apparently, the world is going to end on December 21st, 2012. Yes, you read correctly, in some way, shape or form, the Earth (or at least a large portion of humans on the planet) will cease to exist. Stop planning your careers, don&#8217;t bother buying a house, and be sure to spend the last years of your life doing something you always wanted to do but never had the time. Now you have the time, four years of time, to enjoy yourselves before… the end.</div>
<div><strong>So what is all this crazy talk?</strong></div>
<div><strong> </strong>We&#8217;ve all heard these doomsday predictions before even in gyandotcom i&#8217;ve written article on mayan calender prophacy, we&#8217;re still here, and the planet is still here, <strong>why is 2012 so important?</strong> Well, the Mayan calendar stops at the end of the year 2012, churning up all sorts of religious, scientific, astrological and historic reasons why this calendar foretells the end of life as we know it. The Mayan Prophecy is gaining strength and appears to be worrying people in all areas of society. Forget Nostradamus, forget the Y2K bug, forget the credit crunch, this event is predicted to be huge and many wholeheartedly believe this is going to happen for real. Planet X could even be making a comeback.</div>
<div>Geomagnetic reversal is an engrossing area of geophysical research that will continue to occupy physicists and geologists for many years to come. Although the dynamics behind this event are not fully understood, there is absolutely no scientific evidence supporting the claim that there could be a geomagnetic reversal around the time of December 21st, 2012.</div>
<div>Besides, the effects of such a reversal have been totally over-hyped. Should we experience geomagnetic reversal in our lifetimes (which we probably won&#8217;t), it is unlikely that we&#8217;ll be cooked alive by the Solar Wind, or be wiped out by cosmic rays. It is unlikely that we&#8217;ll suffer any mass extinction event (after all, early man, homo erectus, lived through the last geomagnetic shift, apparently with ease). We&#8217;ll most likely experience aurorae at all latitudes whilst the dipolar magnetic field settles down to its new, reversed state, and there might be a small increase in energetic particles from space (remember, just because the magnetosphere is weakened, doesn&#8217;t mean we wont have magnetic protection), but we&#8217;ll still be (largely) protected by our thick atmosphere.</div>
<div>Satellites may malfunction and migrating birds may become confused, but to predict world collapse is a hard pill to swallow.</div>
<div><strong>In conclusion:</strong></div>
<div>Geomagnetic reversal is chaotic in nature.</div>
<div>There is no way we can predict it.</div>
<div>Simply because the magnetic field of the Earth is weakening does not mean it is near collapse. Geomagnetic field strength is &#8220;above average&#8221; if we compare today&#8217;s measurements with the last few million years.</div>
<div>The magnetic poles are not set in geographical locations, they move (at varying speeds) and have done ever since measurements began.</div>
<div>There is no evidence to suggest external forcing of internal geomagnetic dynamics of the Earth. Therefore there is no evidence of the solar cycle-geomagnetic shift connection. Don&#8217;t get me started on Planet X.</div>
<div>So, do you think there will be a geomagnetic reversal event in 2012? I thought not.</div>
<div>First and foremost, the Sun has a natural cycle with a period of approximately 11 years. During the lifetime of each cycle, the magnetic field lines of the Sun are dragged around the solar body by differential rotation at the solar equator. This means that the equator is spinning faster than the magnetic poles. As this continues, solar plasma drags the magnetic field lines around the Sun, causing stress and a build up of energy (an illustration of this is pictured). As magnetic energy increases, kinks in the magnetic flux form, forcing them to the surface. These kinks are known as coronal loops which become more numerous during periods of high solar activity.</div>
<div>This is where the sunspots come in. As coronal loops continue to pop up over the surface, sunspots appear too, often located at the loop footpoints. Coronal loops have the effect of pushing the hotter surface layers of the Sun (the photosphere and chromosphere) aside, exposing the cooler convection zone (the reasons why the solar surface and atmosphere is hotter than the solar interior is down to the coronal heating phenomenon). As magnetic energy builds up, we can expect more and more magnetic flux to be forced together. This is when a phenomenon known as magnetic reconnection occurs.</div>
<div>Reconnection is the trigger for solar flares of various sizes. As previously reported, solar flares from &#8220;nanoflares&#8221; to &#8220;X-class flares&#8221; are very energetic events. Granted, the largest flares my generate enough energy for 100 billion atomic explosions, but don&#8217;t let this huge figure concern you. For a start, this flare occurs in the low corona, right near the solar surface. That&#8217;s nearly 100 million miles away (1AU). The Earth is nowhere close to the blast.</div>
<div>As the solar magnetic field lines release a huge amount of energy, solar plasma is accelerated and confined within the magnetic environment (solar plasma is superheated particles like protons, electrons and some light elements such as helium nuclei). As the plasma particles interact, X-rays may be generated if the conditions are right and bremsstrahlung is possible. (Bremsstrahlung occurs when charged particles interact, resulting in X-ray emission.) This may create an X-ray flare.</div>
<div>The biggest problem with an X-ray flare is that we get little warning when it is going to happen as X-rays travel at the speed of light (one of the record breaking 2003 solar flares is pictured left). X-rays from an X-class flare will reach the Earth in around eight minutes. As X-rays hit our atmosphere, they are absorbed in the outermost layer called the ionosphere. As you can guess from the name, this is a highly charged, reactive environment, full of ions (atomic nuclei, and free electrons).</div>
<div>During powerful solar events such as flares, rates of ionization between X-rays and atmospheric gases increase in the D and E region layers of the ionosphere. There is a sudden surge in electron production in these layers. These electrons can cause interference to the passage of radio waves through the atmosphere, absorbing short wave radio signals (in the high frequency range), possibly blocking global communications. These events are known as &#8220;Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances&#8221; (or SIDs) and they become commonplace during periods of high solar activity. Interestingly, the increase in electron density during a SID boosts the propagation of Very Low Frequency (VLF) radio, a phenomenon scientists use to measure the intensity of X-rays coming from the Sun.X-ray solar flare emissions are only part of the story. If the conditions are right, a coronal mass ejection (CME) might be produced at the site of the flare (although either phenomenon can occur independently). CMEs are slower than the propagation of X-rays, but their global effects here on Earth can be more problematic. They may not travel at the speed of light, but they still travel fast; they can travel at a rate of 2 million miles per hour (3.2 million km/hr), meaning they may reach us in a matter of hours.</div>
<div>This is where much effort is being put into space weather prediction. We have a handful of spacecraft sitting between the Earth and the Sun at the Earth-Sun Lagrangian (L1) point with sensors on board to measure the energy and intensity of the solar wind. Should a CME pass through their location, energetic particles and the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) can be measured directly. One mission called the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) sits in the L1 point and provides scientists with up to an hour notice on the approach of a CME. ACE teams up with the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and the Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO), so CMEs can be tracked from the lower corona into interplanetary space, through the L1 point toward Earth. These solar missions are actively working together to provide space agencies with advanced notice of an Earth-directed CME.</div>
<div>So what if a CME reaches Earth? For a start, much depends on the magnetic configuration of the IMF (from the Sun) and the geomagnetic field of the Earth (the magnetosphere). Generally speaking, if both magnetic fields are aligned with polarities pointing in the same direction, it is highly probable that the CME will be repelled by the magnetosphere. In this case, the CME will slide past the Earth, causing some pressure and distortion on the magnetosphere, but otherwise passing without a problem. However, if the magnetic field lines are in an anti-parallel configuration (i.e. magnetic polarities in opposite directions), magnetic reconnection may occur at the leading edge of the magnetosphere.</div>
<div>In this event, the IMF and magnetosphere will merge, connecting the Earth&#8217;s magnetic field with the Sun&#8217;s. This sets the scene for one of the most awe inspiring events in nature: the aurora.</div>
<div>Satellites in Peril</div>
<div>As the CME magnetic field connects with the Earth&#8217;s, high energy particles are injected into the magnetosphere. Due to solar wind pressure, the Sun&#8217;s magnetic field lines will fold around the Earth, sweeping behind our planet. The particles injected in the &#8220;dayside&#8221; will be funnelled into the polar regions of the Earth where they interact with our atmosphere, generating light as aurorae. During this time, the Van Allen belt will also become &#8220;super-charged&#8221;, creating a region around the Earth that could cause problems to unprotected astronauts and any unshielded satellites.As if the radiation from the Van Allen belt wasn&#8217;t enough, satellites could succumb to the threat of an expanding atmosphere. As you&#8217;d expect, as if the Sun hits the Earth with X-rays and CMEs, there will be inevitable heating and global expansion of the atmosphere, possibly encroaching into satellite orbital altitudes. If left unchecked, an aerobraking effect on satellites could cause them to slow and drop in altitude. Aerobraking has been used extensively as a space flight tool to slow spacecraft down when being inserted into orbit around another planet, but this will have an adverse effect on satellites orbiting Earth as any slowing of velocity could cause it to re-enter the atmosphere.</div>
<div>We Feel the Effects on the Ground Too</div>
<div>Although satellites are on the front line, if there is a powerful surge in energetic particles entering the atmosphere, we may feel the adverse effects down here on Earth too. Due to the X-ray generation of electrons in the ionosphere, some forms of communication may become patchy (or be removed all together), but this isn&#8217;t all that can happen. Particularly in high-latitude regions, a vast electric current, known as an &#8220;electrojet&#8221;, may form through the ionosphere by these incoming particles. With an electric current comes a magnetic field. Depending on the intensity of the solar storm, currents may be induced down here on the ground, possibly overloading national power grids. On March 13th 1989, six million people lost power in the Quebec region of Canada after a huge increase in solar activity caused a surge from ground-induced currents. Quebec was paralysed for nine hours whilst engineers worked on a solution to the problem.Can Our Sun Produce a Killer Flare?</div>
<div>The short answer to this is &#8220;no&#8221;.</div>
<div>The longer answer is a little more involved. Whilst a solar flare from out Sun, aimed directly at us, could cause secondary problems such as satellite damage and injury to unprotected astronauts and blackouts, the flare itself is not powerful enough to destroy Earth, certainly not in 2012. I dare say, in the far future when the Sun begins to run out of fuel and swell into a red giant, it might be a bad era for life on Earth, but we have a few billion years to wait for that to happen. There could even be the possibility of several X-class flares being launched and by pure bad luck we may get hit by a series of CMEs and X-ray bursts, but none will be powerful to overcome our magnetosphere, ionosphere and thick atmosphere below.</div>
<div>&#8220;Killer&#8221; solar flares have been observed on other stars. In 2006, NASA&#8217;s Swift observatory saw the largest stellar flare ever observed 135 light-years away. Estimated to have unleashed an energy of 50 million trillion atomic bombs, the II Pegasi flare will have wiped out most life on Earth if our Sun fired X-rays from a flare of that energy at us. However, our Sun is not II Pegasi. II Pegasi is a violent red giant star with a binary partner in a very close orbit. It is believed the gravitational interaction with its binary partner and the fact II Pegasi is a red giant is the root cause behind this energetic flare event.</div>
<div>Doomsayers point to the Sun as a possible Earth-killer source, but the fact remains that our Sun is a very stable star. It does not have a binary partner (like II Pegasi), it has a predictable cycle (of approximately 11 years) and there is no evidence that our Sun contributed to any mass extinction event in the past via a huge Earth-directed flare. Very large solar flares have been observed (such as the 1859 Carrington white light flare)… but we are still here.</div>
<div>In an added twist, solar physicists are surprised by the lack of solar activity at the start of this 24th solar cycle, leading to some scientists to speculate we might be on the verge of another Maunder minimum and &#8220;Little Ice Age&#8221;. This is in stark contrast to NASA solar physicist&#8217;s 2006 prediction that this cycle will be a &#8220;doozy&#8221;.</div>
<div>This leads me to conclude that we still have a long way to go when predicting solar flare events. Although space weather prediction is improving, it will be a few years yet until we can read the Sun accurately enough to say with any certainty just how active a solar cycle is going to be. So, regardless of prophecy, prediction or myth, there is no physical way to say that the Earth will be hit by any flare, let alone a big one in 2012. Even if a big flare did hit us, it will not be an extinction event. Yes, satellites may be damaged, causing secondary problems such as a GPS loss (which might disrupt air traffic control for example) or national power grids may be overwhelmed by auroral electrojets, but nothing more extreme than that.</div>
<div>But hold on, to sidestep this issue, doomsayers now tell us that a large solar flare will hit us just as the Earth&#8217;s geomagnetic field weakens and reverses,or Catostrophic Earthquakes will Hit globally leaving us unprotected from the ravages of a CME…</div>
<div><strong>by Rohit Sharma</strong></div>
<div>to know about Solar Storms&#8230;Read The Changing moods of Sun in Gyandotcom site</div>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align:center;">amos 3.3</p>
<p>last wk… we gathered.. our first official meeting.. been gathering before.. but this was it.. great time… since we are heading into a our new study.. “life in the Spirit”.. thought it would be good to take a look at Who the Holy Spirit is.. His role.. relationship to the Son.. to the Father.. what is the Promise of the Father.. ? why the Helper..? Comforter..? truly a great time.. hard to beat a study on the Holy Spirit..</p>
<p>can tell you for me.. seems harder to prepare for.. harder to hear.. don’t know why.. not any different than teaching the Word.. right..? but for some reason.. much harder.. teaching the Trinity and/or the Holy Spirit seems to be sacred ground.. defiantly pushing me to the matt..</p>
<p>after reviewing the basics.. we pounded out the following… promise/indwelling&#8230; obedience.. following the call.. hearing His voice..</p>
<p>seems simple right..? but inlight of amos.. &#8220;unless we are agreed.. can two walk together&#8221;..?</p>
<p>funny how it can come down to basics.. you see.. i can pound it out… hit the deck.. cry out to the Lord.. study His Word.. fast&#8230;. all good.. but unless we are in agreement.. what’s the point..? many a times in my life it seems i am cutting circles in the carpet.. as stated.. doing it but missing it.. it seems the closer i draw.. the more i become aware of those areas.. don’t think i totally understand sacrifice.. don’t think we do as men.. oh.. we have our moments.. we will put down the paper long enough to read the Word.. you know.. ck the box.. will even sign up for a men’s Bible study.. will even go to an “out-reach” event.. might even write a ck from time to time.. but sacrifice.. the core stuff that comes from the heart.. now that’s a different story..</p>
<p>the amazing part to me is that the stories never change.. we all want God to move in our lives.. we all say we are in.. say we will commit but the moment we leave the room.. we go right back to our ways.. like a dawg returning to his vomit.. talk is cheap&#8230;</p>
<p>truly i don’t get it.. i hate those areas in my life.. i pray daily for those standing around me to grow deeper in their walk.. to dig in.. make a home at His feet.. why…? for me.. for them.. for us.. i need men in my life who are not just talking.. but in.. working it out.. and no not some bs program that punches the card.. but men who’s love.. first love.. only love.. last love is Jesus Christ their Lord.. their Savior.. their King…</p>
<p>i spend my days with men.. men of all kinds.. shapes.. forms and colors.. some saved.. some thinking they are saved… many saved but bound.. too many lost.. not very often i look into the eyes of a broken and contrite man.. one who will sell it all for a glimpse of the King..</p>
<p>if you read the context of the scripture.. it’s a Word given to amos regarding the children of israel.. i get it.. if we are not in agreement with the Lord in our lives.. if we are not in agreement with His Word.. revealed to us by the Holy Spirit working in and through our lives.. what’s the point…? right&#8230;?</p>
<p>but get this.. if i am not in agreement with the men standing around me.. if they are not in agreement with me.. if we are not in agreement.. if we are not on the same course.. seeking the same things in our lives.. what’s the point..? how does one follow one who can not lead…? how can one lead who can not follow&#8230;?</p>
<p>i love to hunt.. want to talk about hunting&#8230;.? hang out with hunters.. also love harleys.. got one in construction.. want to talk bikes… ? hang out with bikers.. want to do Jesus..? want to live Jesus…? hook up with those who are in agreement.. know why…? “two walk cannot walk together unless they are agreed..?”</p>
<p>painful words to some.. think about Jesus.. denied and crucified by His people.. and yet.. He carried obedience to the cross.. total and complete sacrifice..</p>
<p>not saying drop all of those standing around you.. am saying time to start measuring fruit.. your fruit.. their fruit.. our fruit.. if it’s not bearing in the kingdom.. time to take a step back.. for some.. it is time to cut chase and move on.. for others.. draw in and near and let’s get about it.. no more cheap talk.. let’s put some push to God’s call on our lives.. it’s time.. our time…</p>
<p>stay in.. stay close.. hand to the plow…</p>
<p>tbrooks</p>
<p>p.s. we gather tuesday nights at 7:00.. interested in joining withus&#8230; ? register on line @ <a title="http://menbiblestudies.eventbrite.com/" href="http://menbiblestudies.eventbrite.com/">http://menbiblestudies.eventbrite.com/</a> or..</p>
<p>contact us at… <a title="mailto:info@dailydisciples.org" href="mailto:info@dailydisciples.org">info@dailydisciples.org</a> ..  or..</p>
<p>contact me directly at  <a title="mailto:tbrooks@dailydisciples.org" href="mailto:tbrooks@dailydisciples.org">tbrooks@dailydisciples.org</a></p>
<p>Our first teaching video is up.. <a title="http://www.vimeo.com/user2313584/videos" href="http://www.vimeo.com/user2313584/videos">http://www.vimeo.com/user2313584/videos</a>&#8230;.</p>
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<link>http://yesyesss.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/best-indian-government-jobs/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>THE BEST INDIAN GOVERNMENT JOBS</p>
<p>Indian Civil Services<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-775" title="CS" src="http://yesyesss.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/cs.jpg" alt="CS" width="235" height="386" /></p>
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<li>Indian Administrative Service</li>
<li>India Foreign Service</li>
<li>Indian Police Service</li>
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<p>For Additional Info click <a href="http://www.civilserviceindia.com/">http://www.civilserviceindia.com/</a></p>
<p><strong>Group A</strong></p>
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<li>Indian P &#38; T Accounts &#38; Finance Service</li>
<li>Indian Audit and Accounts Service</li>
<li>Indian Customs and Central Excise Service</li>
<li>Indian Defence Accounts Service</li>
<li>Indian Revenue Service</li>
<li>Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Assistant Works Manager, non-technical)</li>
<li>Indian Postal Service</li>
<li>Indian Civil Accounts Service</li>
<li>Indian Railway Traffic Service</li>
<li>Indian Railway Accounts Service</li>
<li>Indian Railway Personnel Service</li>
<li>Posts of Assistant Security Officer in Railway Protection Force (RPF)</li>
<li>Indian Defence Estates Service</li>
<li>Indian Information Service (Junior Grade)</li>
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<p><strong>Group &#8211; B </strong></p>
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<li>Railway Board Secretariat Service (Section Officer&#8217;s Grade)</li>
<li>Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (Section Officer&#8217;s Grade)</li>
<li>Customs Appraisers&#8217; Service</li>
<li>Delhi, Andaman &#38; Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman &#38; Diu and Dadra &#38; Nagar Haveli Civil Service and Police Service</li>
<li>Pondicherry Civil Service</li>
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<p>For more info on Group A &#38; Group B posts click <a href="http://www.upsc.gov.in/">http://www.upsc.gov.in/</a></p>
<p>Few other sites of Interest</p>
<p>One stop IAS</p>
<p><a href="http://www.onestopias.com/">http://www.onestopias.com/</a></p>
<p>Success Tips for UPSC</p>
<p><a href="http://www.threeauthors.com/upsc-exams/show.asp?xx=cse_m&#38;x=24&#38;yy=cse_tips">http://www.threeauthors.com/upsc-exams/show.asp?xx=cse_m&#38;x=24&#38;yy=cse_tips</a></p>
<p>UPSC study material guide</p>
<p><a href="http://www.upscportal.com/civilservices/tag/ias-civil-services-india/study-material">http://www.upscportal.com/civilservices/tag/ias-civil-services-india/study-material</a></p>
<p>All the Best</p>
<p>yeSyeSway &#8230;.</p>
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<link>http://fullbodytransplant.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/thanks-for-your-support/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Gotta love those random days when everything falls into place just perfectly. Check out the pure coolness of the other three winners. Turn down the thermostat, things are getting hot in here.</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>when we purchased the ranch.. the property was in complete disrepair.. it was a total gut.. so we started over… like all who travel down this path.. costly.. timely and a basic pain in the butt.. however.. when fulfilling ones hearts desires.. if taken with a measure of patience and &#8220;be-still&#8221;.. can be very rewarding..</p>
<p>one of the items on my &#8220;must-have&#8221; list was a towel dryer.. totally cool.. or hot as it may be.. you hang it on the wall.. hard wire the electrical.. set the switch to your desired temperature and before long.. dry towels.. want to know the best part..? you know how your bath towels can get &#8220;musty&#8221;.. with the towel dryer.. no more &#8221;stinky towels&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p>want to know the problem..? of course you do..  one can forget that the towels need to be washed on a regular basis.. just because they don&#8217;t stink.. does not mean that they don&#8217;t need to be washed.. the other day.. bble and tl were at the radio show.. i decided to take on cleaning up the house.. bble and i have been very busy.. our anniversary was on sunday.. so i decided to kick it up&#8230;. clean the house.. inside and out.. vacuum.. dust and wash all of the laundry..</p>
<p>when i took the towels off the rack.. they were warm.. smelled clean.. no musty smell&#8230;. no &#8220;stinky towels&#8221;&#8230; could not tell.. what to do..? it&#8217;s then the Lord started to speak to me about my heart&#8230;. &#8221;ouch&#8221;.. going to hurt..</p>
<p>you see.. i might have all of the right words.. can even kick out a few from time to time.. but my heart.. you know those deep dark places.. now.. that can at times be troubled waters.. since we launched the daily disciples men&#8217;s ministry teaching video <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/user2313584/videos">http://www.vimeo.com/user2313584/videos</a> .. i have been challenged.. surprising&#8230;? no.. but disappointing.. been told things that i never said or done.. told i need medication.. challenged…  why the &#8220;hat&#8221;.. reminded that i live in &#8220;liberty&#8221;.. told i am doing too much.. others.. not enough.. reminded that my heart needs to be right.. careful of the witness..</p>
<p>the list is endless and most of this was covered in the first 24-hours.. the final push came last night.. can&#8217;t say i handled it correctly.. can say i am sorry.. will also say that i am tired.. working hard at this.. can also say i expect more to follow.. am concerned about the fall.. it&#8217;s coming.. death and dying to oneself is the process.. add to this &#8220;men&#8217;s ministry&#8221;.. we have been screwing it up since the days of adam.. the host of hell stands against us as men.. it&#8217;s doesn&#8217;t take an intelligent man to get this.. we have screwed it up and will continue to do it until the day our Lord comes.. oh we are good at covering it up.. most of the noise was covered under christaneze nonsense or.. as far as a i am concerned.. just plain old &#8220;stinky towels&#8221;..</p>
<p>we are all guilty.. oh we are good at the shuffle.. you know what I mean.. &#8220;liberty&#8221;.. &#8220;to the pure&#8221;.. you know the beat.. it&#8217;s sad.. sad for us as men.. sad for me as a man.. why&#8230;? because it starts here.. “stinky towels” hits home.. got some junk to deal with.. been doing a pretty good job over perfuming over the stink.. almost forgot about it.. a good washing is in order.. time on the mat.. a lot ahead of us these days.. need to make sure sanctification starts at home…</p>
<p>don&#8217;t like the idea of admitting that there areas in my life that are still under construction.. only way i am going to get through it.. only way i am going to learn.. this is where it begins for me.. should know better.. God calls you in a direction.. gives you a Word.. first thing happens is the attack.. guess what bothers me is that i could not “continue” to take it.. 2-3 days.. my abundance was changing.. not good.. not good at all.. forgot the number one rule.. “stay in”… lost track and let my guard down.. so i guess it’s true.. “too much”… please forgive me…</p>
<p>this men’s ministry stuff is going to be painful.. nobody needs to tell me.. can&#8217;t say i can measure the depth and breath of it all.. but can say i am familiar with the road.. it&#8217;s strewn with the lives of my friends.. family members.. and associates..  men from all corners of life.. it’s a dangerous and treacherous path&#8230;. interesting thing about the “words” given to me.. all from the &#8220;neighborhood&#8221; .. we are so good at shooting our own.. or as bble would say.. “throwing stones”…</p>
<p>we are moving into a new Bible study&#8230; &#8220;life in the Spirit&#8221;.. for me&#8230;. can’t get to much of the Holy Spirit.. need more.. so much more… as men.. more.. world.. more.. we have forgotten what it is like to walk.. talk and live a &#8220;life in the Spirit&#8221;&#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8220;our trouble is that we are tying to confirm the truth of Christ.. of Christianity by an appeal to external evidence&#8221;.. a.w. tozer</p>
<p>so true… i debated my cause under the guise of doing the right thing.. following the “call”.. others.. could be giving somebody a good word.. a deed.. signing up for more functions.. all works.. not Spirit.. forgetting that it&#8217;s by the leading of the Holy Spirit.. &#8220;it&#8217;s an internal process that leads to external workings&#8221;..a.w tozer..  if we get off.. we are off..</p>
<p>“are you so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh… ?” gal 3.3.</p>
<p>yes.. that would be me.. and yes.. i suspect the above scripture speaks to all of us… i wonder how many words i receive were birthed by the Holy Spirit.. i wonder how many times i open up my big mouth.. type a blog.. send an email before i ck in&#8230;.? tough questions to ponder.. “stinky towel”… looks good.. smell good and works just fine.. going to need some time on the deck this weekend…</p>
<p>leading men&#8217;s ministry is dangerous enough.. in the hands of a fool.. deaf.. dumb and blind man&#8230;? a cocktail for total disaster.. but then those Words&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Isa 52:12&#8230; “for you shall not go out with haste…nor go by flight… for the Lord will go before you.. and the God of israel </strong><em>will be your rear guard”…</em><strong></strong></p>
<p>Ok.. so a wretched deaf.. dumb.. blind.. stupid fool of a man.. by the Grace of God by the moving of the Holy Spirit in and through my life…. might stand a chance..</p>
<p>how about you.. ? got some “stinky towels”.. hanging in your heart..? need some time on the deck..? or how about a fresh filling of the Holy Spirit in your life…? hosea “it’s time to seek the Lord”.. its my time.. its your time.. it’s our time…</p>
<p>stay in.. stay close&#8230;  hand to the plow&#8230;</p>
<p>tnbrooks</p>
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<link>http://blog.ecairn.com/2009/09/18/arsenal-wins-the-social-media-league/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Arsenal We&#8217;re using our application to monitor the world of soccer and doing so, we&#8217;ve a]]></description>
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<p>We&#8217;re using our application to monitor the world of soccer and doing so, we&#8217;ve accumulated  hundreds of blogs around premiere league.  And as we have introduced  mapping capabilities&#8230; I could not help giving it a shot.</p>
<p>Voila: Here is the map of the Premiere League Blogosphere and it&#8217;s quite amazing.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="soccermap" src="http://ecairn.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/soccermap1.png" alt="soccermap" width="624" height="571" /></p>
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<li>The cluster in red is Arsenal  and the gunners seem to be the only team with a huge and strongly connected community. They clearly win Social media league. My friends from <a href="http://footbalistic.com/">footbalistic.com </a>are telling me this is the same on Twitter . On Facebook, ManU seems to do better.</li>
<li>The cluster in green is &#8220;all other Premiere League Blogs&#8221; and this cluster is lead by the top influential blog overall.</li>
<li>The small cluster in purple is the &#8220;Official cluster&#8221;, most of the team&#8217;s official blogs are in this cluster.</li>
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<p>By the way, here is our top 10 (over 400) and as you can see, a lot of them at gonners.</p>
<p>1- <a href="http://www.theoffside.com">http://www.theoffside.com </a> The Offside<br />
2- <a href="http://www.epltalk.com">http://www.epltalk.com</a> Premier League News from EPL Talk<br />
3- <a href="http://www.soccerlens.com">http://www.soccerlens.com</a> Football Blog &#124; Football News &#8211; Soccerlens.com<br />
4-<a href="http://www.fourfourtwo.com"> http://www.fourfourtwo.com</a> Latest Football news, Blogs &#38; Forums &#124; FourFourTwo<br />
5- <a href="http://aculturedleftfoot.wordpress.com">http://aculturedleftfoot.wordpress.com</a> A Cultured Left Foot<br />
6- <a href="http://youngguns.wordpress.com">http://youngguns.wordpress.com </a> [» Young Guns «]<br />
7- <a href="http://www.whoateallthepies.tv">http://www.whoateallthepies.tv</a> Who Ate All The Pies: Filled with meaty football goodness<br />
8- <a href="http://www.gunnerblog.com">http://www.gunnerblog.com</a> Gunnerblog<br />
9- <a href="http://www.goodplaya.com">http://www.goodplaya.com</a> GOODPLAYA<br />
10 &#8211; <a href="http://www.the-cannon.com">http://www.the-cannon.com</a> The Cannon</p>
<p>These blogs are worth a visit !</p>
<p>PS: Tickets for the Emirates Stadium are warmly welcome <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> .</p>
<p>PS2: We don’t invest a lot in the ongoing management of this specific list, so we may have missed a few. Just make suggestions in the comments and we&#8217;ll take a look.</p>
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<link>http://dailydisciplestnbrooks.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/time/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tnbrooks</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dailydisciplestnbrooks.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/time/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[daily disciples men&#8217;s ministry.. now who would have thought this day would come..? suspect bot]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>daily disciples men&#8217;s ministry.. now who would have thought this day would come..? suspect both bble and tl did.. but for those of us on the side lines.. can&#8217;t say we were sure the day would ever come.. for most of us.. or &#8220;those&#8221; who have been standing with the girls from the early days.. always thought somebody would take the reins.. never really thought it would be me.. can tell you thought of it from time to time.. one look in the mirror and i knew there was no way..</p>
<p>too many &#8220;sauls&#8221; in the ministry today.. too much &#8220;saul&#8221; in me.. Galatians.. &#8220;started in the Spirit.. now in the flesh&#8221;.. so ministry.. so men&#8217;s ministry.. fearful for me.. fearful for those standing around me.. can also say that i have prayed that our Lord would raise a man.. one that i could respect.. support and follow..</p>
<p>the girls have set a high mark.. they are about the business of our Father each and every day.. God is blessing the labor of their hands.. don&#8217;t care if you have eyes to see and/or ears to hear.. a deaf.. dumb&#8230; blind.. stupid man (that would be most of us as men) could measure their fruit.. the Lord has raised the girls up to teach the Word of God and lead women around the world to follow Jesus Christ.. truly a blessing to be standing with them.. truly a blessing to be able to support bble my wife.. and tl.. her partner..</p>
<p>daily disciples men&#8217;s ministry.. actually ordering cards.. so cracks me up.. my own email.. blog.. it&#8217;s a trip.. can&#8217;t quite get my head around it.. the exposure.. the accountability.. the &#8220;mark&#8221;.. so much to measure.. so much to take on.. can&#8217;t say i have earned the opportunity.. can say i never will.. will also say i am a man who loves the Lord.. i am a man who loves His Word and believes in the power and presence of the Holy Spirit working in and through our lives today&#8230;</p>
<p>will also say that i am going to blow it.. (that would be the deaf.. dumb.. blind.. stupid in me)&#8230;  one wk in and I already have those standing around reminding me of those areas in my life.. already throwing stones.. it&#8217;s part of the package.. can&#8217;t say i am surprised.. can say i am disapointed&#8230; but &#8220;i am persuaded that He is able to keep what i have committed to Him until that day..&#8221; if you know the first part than you know.. the attacks.. the noise and the nonsense is part of the deal&#8230;.</p>
<p>the passage the Lord has given me for the start of the daily disciples men&#8217;s ministry is.. <em><strong>&#8220;Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For <span style="color:#808080;">it is</span> time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you&#8230;&#8221;</strong></em>  for me.. this is my time.. this is the Lord&#8217;s &#8220;exit strategy&#8221; for me&#8230; i want to go home.. it&#8217;s time to be about the Father&#8217;s business.. so i am going to start in the mirror and work my way around those standing with me.. for us.. this is daily disciples men&#8217;s ministry time&#8230; one of our men last wk in our prayer meeting posed the question&#8230; &#8220;what choice do we have&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>want to invite you to join in with us.. we are a bunch of scoundrels that have a heart to seek the Lord.. we endeavor to walk it out each and every day.. we believe it&#8217;s time to turn off the noise.. get back in the Word.. develope a prayer life.. give occasion to the Holy Spirit to move in and through our lives.. get right before our God.. work it out with the men standing around us.. &#8220;daily disciples&#8221;.. its more than just a name.. it&#8217;s a life with Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior&#8230;</p>
<p>so the question is..  &#8221;what time is it for you..?&#8221;</p>
<p>want to join in with us&#8230;..? we start tuesday 9.22.09 7:00 at daily disciples offices in carlsbad.. follow the link.. <a title="http://menbiblestudies.eventbrite.com/" href="http://menbiblestudies.eventbrite.com/">http://menbiblestudies.eventbrite.com/</a> </p>
<p>have questions..? concerns..? life freaking you out.. ? drop me an email and i will contact you directly..</p>
<p><strong>want to see a video of the above teaching&#8230; ? click on the following link&#8230;..  </strong><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/6618895"><strong>http://www.vimeo.com/6618895</strong></a></p>
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<p>tnbrooks</p>
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<link>http://theconservativejournal.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/van-jones-ap-video/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theconservativejournal.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/van-jones-ap-video/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Keeping with today&#8217;s &#8220;Van Jones Going Away Party&#8221; theme, here&#8217;s the official]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Keeping with today&#8217;s &#8220;Van Jones Going Away Party&#8221; theme, here&#8217;s the official AP Video covering Van Jones&#8217;s resignation:</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/bbRcwn80WZE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/bbRcwn80WZE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Check out more Conservative Journal articles regarding Van Jones&#8217;s resignation:</strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://theconservativejournal.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/van-jones-resigns/" target="_blank">Van Jones Resigns: A Display of the Power of Fox News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://theconservativejournal.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/van-jones-poll/" target="_blank">Poll of the Day: What Do You Think of Van Jones&#8217;s Resignation?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://theconservativejournal.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/conservative-thoughts-van-jones-resignation/" target="_blank">Thoughts from Around the Blogosphere: Reaction to Van Jones&#8217;s Resignation and Controversy</a></li>
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<link>http://theconservativejournal.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/conservative-thoughts-van-jones-resignation/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theconservativejournal.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/conservative-thoughts-van-jones-resignation/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t done one of these in a while, but there so much fun so I&#8217;m about to start agai]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I haven&#8217;t done one of these in a while, but there so much fun so I&#8217;m about to start again.  For those that don&#8217;t know how this works, I google blogsearch &#8220;Van Jones&#8221; and take a random sampling of the results and clip out important bits, as well as throw in some of my favorite bloggers&#8217; thoughts.  Here&#8217;s the blogosphere&#8217;s reaction to the resignation of former green jobs advisor, Van Jones:</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://jcrue.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/van-jones-quitter/" target="_blank">DPGI- the aftermath</a></strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Just put Bush’s name in any of these stories – war, spending, personal associations, agenda, czars, “dictatorship” – and then, recall the panty-twisting furor of the Left from the past eight years. Kind of telling to see the sand in their crotch was Bush, not what Bush did because Obama is following Bush’s path in many ways.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong><a href="http://quipster.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/green-jobs-czar-van-jones-resigns-quietly-on-long-holiday-weekend/" target="_blank">Quipster</a></strong></p>
<blockquote><p>The special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality apparently believes that his past actions are being used as “lies and distortions,” and are not worthy of scrutiny for the special government position he enjoyed.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong><a href="http://citizensagainstproobamamediabias.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/truther-van-jones-resigns/" target="_blank">Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias</a></strong></p>
<blockquote><p>They ranted on and on about the “birthers” and compared them to the “truthers” and lo and behold one of barry’s special advisors is a truther…to begin with.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://jhainline.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/van-jones-resigns/" target="_blank"><strong>The Transporter</strong></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Van Jones resigns as President Obamas green jobs czar. All I can think of to say is not soon enough, not soon enough. The president should check into the backgrounds of some people before he hires them to save the embarrassment.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://newsrealblog.com/2009/09/06/the-wrong-lesson-from-the-van-jones-resignation/" target="_blank"><strong>Newsreal (I strongly recommend reading this article, it&#8217;s one of my favorites regarding Jones)</strong></a></p>
<blockquote><p>The point is not that President Obama will not tolerate <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#772124;font-weight:bold;" href="http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2406">people with Van Jones’ views</a> to serve in his administration: he obviously will, because he did and he defended Jones to the bitter end. The point is Jones is becoming part of <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#772124;font-weight:bold;" href="http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1511">Obama</a>’s <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#772124;font-weight:bold;" href="http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1511">increasingly familiar pattern: associate with radical leftists, give them as much power and prominence as possible in their own right</a>, and disavow them only if they begin to hurt your ability to radicalize the system from within.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong><a href="http://politicalinquirer.com/2009/09/06/red-jobs-czar-is-out/" target="_blank">The Political Inquirer</a></strong></p>
<blockquote><p>One down a whole administration yet to go.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong><a href="http://citizenobie.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/obama-fail-so-what-happened/" target="_blank">Citizen Obie</a></strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Van Jones made a mistake. Van Jones did and said some things I think he probably regrets. In fact, I know he does, because he said so. But where I see a mistake, Glenn Beck and the rightist bloggers who carried out this campaign saw an opportunity to tar and feather (and yes, that image is deliberate) the very symbol of the green jobs movement, and to characterize that movement, and by extension the presidency, as a communist cabal intent on imposing a reverse-racist tyranny on good Christian straight White Americans.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong><a href="http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Betsy&#8217;s Page</a></strong></p>
<blockquote><p>How viciously sneaky of the right wing. They dared to use the man&#8217;s own words against him.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.allamericanblogger.com/" target="_blank">All American Blogger</a></strong></p>
<blockquote><p>I’m not saying I had anything to do with this, but I did write one heck of a blogosphere roundup on the matter.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/jones-resigns-after-right-wing-smear-campaign/" target="_blank">California Conservative</a></strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Conservatives often joke that the Left’s definition of a dirty campaign is using their words against them. That seems to fit with <span style="color:#cc0000;"><a style="color:#0066cc;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/06/raw-data-text-resignation-letter-van-jones/" target="_blank">Van Jones’ resignation letter</a>.</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.lonelyconservative.com/2009/09/06/van-jones-good-bye-and-good-riddance/" target="_blank">The Lonely Conservative</a></span></strong></span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">Despite the fact that the MSM completely ignored the news of Van Jones’s past, the radical commie </span><a style="outline-width:0;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;margin:0;padding:0;" href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9AHL8O80&#38;show_article=1" target="_self"><span style="color:#000000;">Green Jobs Czar has quit</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">. And of course he’s blaming it on the folks who had the nerve to dig up his past. Not that it was hard.</span></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/30154/" target="_blank"><strong>Glenn Beck</strong></a></span></span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">The American people stood up and demanded answers. Instead of providing them, the Administration had Jones resign under cover of darkness. I continue to be amazed by the power of everyday Americans to initiate change in our government through honest questioning, and judging by the other radicals in the administration, I expect that questioning to continue for the foreseeable future.</span></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">What&#8217;s your say on the resignation of Van Jones?  Leave your comments below or send an e-mail to theconservativejournal@gmail.com.  Don’t forget to bookmark The Conservative Journal and sign up for the <a style="color:#1c9bdc;text-decoration:underline;margin:0;padding:0;" rel="#someid0" href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheConservativeJournal" target="_blank">RSS Feed</a> and the <a style="color:#1c9bdc;text-decoration:underline;margin:0;padding:0;" rel="#someid1" href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TheConservativeJournal&#38;loc=en_US" target="_blank">daily e-mail newsletter</a>.</span></span></p>
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<link>http://theconservativejournal.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/van-jones-poll/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theconservativejournal.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/van-jones-poll/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To read the full article, click here. Van Jones resigned today as green jobs advisor amid all the co]]></description>
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<p>Van Jones resigned today as green jobs advisor amid all the controversy regarding his previous statements.  What do you think of this decision?  Vote below in today&#8217;s Poll(s) of the Day!</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Meus blogs internacionais favoritos. Recebi uma homenagem de Lisonn, http://www.nhamundaonline.com/ ]]></description>
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<p>Recebi uma homenagem de Lisonn, <a href="http://www.nhamundaonline.com/">http://www.nhamundaonline.com/</a> repasso para as pessoas abaixo. Em seguida veja o texto que mostra um pouco de mim.</p>
<p>1 &#8211; Ana Lúcia Nicolau &#8211; A ana tem levado a blogagem a sério, com uma dedicação incrível. A atenção que ela tem com seus leitores, desde que a conheci me chamou a atenção.</p>
<p>A maioria dos profissionais usa a internet como hobby, algumas profissão sequer aparecem. É o caso de policiais, políticos, médicos e outros, a Ana mostra a que veio, fala sobre a própria profissão, um exemplo a ser seguido pelos usuários da internet.<br />
<a href="http://www.analucianicolau.adv.br/">http://www.analucianicolau.adv.br/</a></p>
<p>2 &#8211; Pastor Júlio &#8211; A exemplo do Pastor Carlos e outros Pastores da comunidade Dihitt, tem sempre muita coisa a ensinar, palavras de sabedoria que sempre ajudam a melhorar o que somos e mostrar um caminho a ser seguido. Apesar de ser um blogueiro que eu conheço a pouco tempo, aprendi a admirá-lo.<br />
<a href="http://www.idagospel.com">http://www.idagospel.com</a></p>
<p>3 &#8211; Principe Encantado &#8211; Todo mundo aprendeu a admirar o sapo mais famoso da internet, com muita inspiração e sabedoria, passa sempre muita poesia e filosofia, de maneira simples e acessível, para que todos nós possamos entender. Seu blog é uma espécie de balança, para equilibrar todas as críticas e denúncias que publico em meu blog.<br />
<a href="http://paranosdoismensagens.blogspot.com/">http://paranosdoismensagens.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>4 &#8211; Guiso Vermelho &#8211; O alceu é o eterno rebelde, engajado e conhecedor de política como ninguém, eu jurava que o alceu tinha vinte anos, quando ele falou que participava do partido comunista quando ele ainda era proibido no Brasil, aí descobri de onde vem tando conhecimento. Sus textos são extremamente profundos e esclarecedores, aprendi muita coisa com ele, principalmente a ter um olhar mais crítico.</p>
<p>O alceu quase sempre vai ao limite, quando o assunto é política e crítica aos podres de nosso sistema social.<br />
<a href="http://guizovermelho.dihitt.com.br/">http://guizovermelho.dihitt.com.br/</a></p>
<p>5 &#8211; Altemar Rocha &#8211; Para quem não conhece o site do Pastor Altemar, que não fique só na vontade, o blog tem um diário de todas as suas atividades, mensagens, muita coisa boa mesmo. È um belo exemplo de como usar a blogosfera de maneira construtiva.<br />
<a href="http://www.rochaemcristo.blogspot.com/">http://www.rochaemcristo.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>6 &#8211; Edilza &#8211; A Edilza criou uma verdadeira enciclopédia dos alimentos relacionados a saúde. Destaque para o trabalho de pesquisa, muito bem feito.<br />
<a href="http://www.saudepelasplantas.blogspot.com/">http://www.saudepelasplantas.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>7 &#8211; Roberto Malta &#8211; Um blog do Carioca Maltinha &#8211; Entenda, de uma vez por todas porque o Rio continua lindo. Não precisa falar mais nada, não é mesmo?<br />
<a href="http://www.maltinha5.blogspot.com/">http://www.maltinha5.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>8 &#8211; Simone &#8211; Para terminar, uma das tops usuárias do Dihitt, Sissym, a princesinha que está sempre atendendo os milhares de amigos, em seus comentários, o que não é pouca coisa. Sua poesia fala por ela.<br />
<a href="http://www.maltinha5.blogspot.com/">http://www.maltinha5.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>Coisas que meirritam</p>
<p>1 &#8211; Os Políticos Brasileiros &#8211; Não há nada que me irrite mais que os políticos brasileiros, a idéia de imaginar que esses políticos representam o povo brasileiro, me apavora. A anarquia que, vez por outra, incendeia, ora em greves, ora em movimentos sociais radicais, como os sem-terras, ora com pessoas marginalizadas em comunidades pobres, camelôs, ora organizações criminosas; tudo isso mostra um barril de pólvora onde o Brasil se encontra, infelizmente quem deveria pagar o pato, estarão longe quando o barril explodir.</p>
<p>2 &#8211; A invasão de privacidade &#8211; Para mim a invasão de privacidade é pior que atentado ao pudor, ninguém gosta de ter sua vida vasculhada, a intimidade do lar é sagrada.</p>
<p>3 &#8211; Dinheiro &#8211; Apesar de a riqueza do dinheiro ser extremamente atraente, o empreendimento que leva até ele ser extremamente desafiador, falar em dinheiro é muito desagradável para mim. O ridículo dos realities shows, as vezes são hilários, desde que estejam longe de mim, é claro.</p>
<p>4 &#8211; Pessoas que se acham melhor que as outras mas não enxerrgam além do próprio nariz &#8211; Quando vejo a famosa frase: &#8220;Você sabe com quem está falando?&#8221;, isso para mim é o pior que posso aguentar.</p>
<p>5 &#8211; Fiado &#8211; Essa é uma verdadeira praga que já soma 1,5 trilhão de dólares no Brasil.</p>
<p>6 &#8211; Viajar &#8211; Apesar de gostar de passeios, cada vez que entro em um ônibus ou carro para viajar, parece que vou morrer, o cheiro do couro, o mofo, e outras peculiaridades que não posso nem lembrar, me fazem muito mal.</p>
<p>7 &#8211; Fofocas &#8211; Falar mal da vida dos outros é algo extremamente dispensável, quando nossas vidas vive num caos, sem expectativa nenhuma, melhor seria criar movimentos sociais, se unir.</p>
<p>8 &#8211; Covardia &#8211; Esse é o único pecado, na minha opinião difícil de suportar. Até um bandido, na minha opinião deve ser poupado da covardia, não que ele não mereça, mas pelo ato em si, o nivel mais baixo que o homem pode chegar.</p>
<p>By Jânio.</p>
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