Shaking
Hi everyone, Just to stir things up, I have to admit I had a good chuckle and a WTG "in your face" religious moment reading about "Boobquake" and I figure it might be a "in play topic" with a bit of self moderated tongue in cheek. I am thinking I am having a IF moment- Ironic feminism- kinda like women who use the words "broad" or "chick" toward a purpose of trying to reclaim the power of the words. I am a poor spokesperson for feminism, but I sure do love a good bit of mockery and sarcasm. Dee For the non "Mericans, here is an exerpt from CBS- ** CBS) A senior Iranian cleric's controversial theory that immodestly-dressed women can cause earthquakes is being put to the test, thanks to an Indiana student and 80,000 accomplices. _Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted in Iranian media last week_ (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/19/world/main6411387.shtml) as saying that "Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes." Jennifer McCreight, a Purdue University senior majoring in genetics and evolution, told CBS Affiliate WLFI correspondent Niccole Caan she wanted to take a light-hearted approach to field testing the cleric's scientific theory. She's asking women to dress immodestly on Monday, April 26, so that any discernable effects upon the Earth's tectonic plates can be traced. "I want to do good science to counter the bad science this cleric had performed," she told WLFI. "I'm going to compare the frequency and severity of the earthquakes on the 26th to earthquakes previous to that, and see if there is a statistical difference." She admitted her experiment, dubbed Boobquake, was "light-hearted mockery," but had no idea it would take off the way it has. Thinking the Boobquake guest list would be limited to a small circle of friends, McCreight soon found news of the event, _posted on a Facebook page devoted to Boobquake_ (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boobquake/115608248460905) , had gone viral, with many willing to participate in the experiment. By Friday, more than 80,000 women had signed up, adding even more heft to the scientific calculus. McCreight did not dictate what to wear - only that women should dress as immodestly as they feel comfortable doing. "I'm not forcing people to dress differently than they would be," McCreight told WLFI. "Even showing an ankle to some people would be immodest, so you can interpret that however you wish." For the record, on Monday _she wore a tank top_ (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-dxg8gReUqE/S9WAyIaInJI/AyM/lRH_4GbaSAk/s1600/Picture+002.jpg) . ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
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On 02/11/2007, at 1:16 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: >> > > > This is the last message I have received from Brin-L . . . including > at least one message I sent to the list which has not shown > up. Apparently Dan broke the list somehow . . . :( It's just quiet. Charlie. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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At 02:32 PM Wednesday 10/31/2007, Dan Minettte wrote: >I resigned my roadrunner account on brin-l to Comcast, and haven't seen the >email. I'm resending from my hotmail account. If this appears first, then >Comcast isn't working yet. This is the last message I have received from Brin-L . . . including at least one message I sent to the list which has not shown up. Apparently Dan broke the list somehow . . . :( -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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I resigned my roadrunner account on brin-l to Comcast, and haven't seen the email. I'm resending from my hotmail account. If this appears first, then Comcast isn't working yet. > -Original Message- > From: Dan M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 2:31 PM > To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' > Subject: RE: Shaking! > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Doug > > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:14 AM > > To: Killer Bs Discussion > > Subject: Re: Shaking! > > > > Nick wrote: > > > > > We have a clock that fell off our mantle, battery dropped out, so it's > > > frozen at the time of the quake. > > > > It was very strong here. I'm about a mile and a half away from Alum > Rock > > Road. There was an initial rumble rumble rumble and then a sharp crack > > that set the house to swaying pretty good. Then there was a bit more > > shaking and it continued to vibrate for perhaps 30 seconds. Several > > things fell of shelves and broke and a plant fell off a counter and made > a > > big mess. > > My daughter, Beth, was backstage at the San Francisco Conservatory of > Music when the quake hit. She didn't even notice. > > Dan M. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Doug > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:14 AM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Shaking! > > Nick wrote: > > > We have a clock that fell off our mantle, battery dropped out, so it's > > frozen at the time of the quake. > > It was very strong here. I'm about a mile and a half away from Alum Rock > Road. There was an initial rumble rumble rumble and then a sharp crack > that set the house to swaying pretty good. Then there was a bit more > shaking and it continued to vibrate for perhaps 30 seconds. Several > things fell of shelves and broke and a plant fell off a counter and made a > big mess. My daughter, Beth, was backstage at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music when the quake hit. She didn't even notice. Dan M. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On Oct 31, 2007, at 6:20 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Nick Arnett wrote: > >> On 10/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Answer the door tonight dressed as a giant lime jello. >>> >>> ...still shaking from yesterday. >> >> That might attract Dave Land... he likes lime jello. > > Would this be a bad thing? :) Strange synchronicity: I just had a chat with a coworker who lives very near the epicenter. She had *just* put jello in the fridge before the quake hit, and she didn't remember that she had done so until about 2-1/2 hours after the quake... Plenty of time for the spilled jello to set up... I have no idea what flavor of Jello it was. For the sake of the synchronicity, I declare it to have been lime jello. Dave PS: Whether it would be a good or bad thing for someone to answer the door dressed as a giant lime jello still shaking from yesterday would depend on who you are. I can think of some people I would really not like to see dressed up as lime jello... ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Nick Arnett wrote: > On 10/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> Answer the door tonight dressed as a giant lime jello. >> >> ...still shaking from yesterday. > > > That might attract Dave Land... he likes lime jello. Would this be a bad thing? :) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:14 PM, Doug wrote: > Nick wrote: > >> We have a clock that fell off our mantle, battery dropped out, so >> it's >> frozen at the time of the quake. >> >> Cindy, the dog and I were right by the front door... really wondering >> if it was going to stop before getting bigger, which was just how the >> big '89 quake, Loma Prieta, was for me... except it kept getting >> bigger. Lasted a long time here -- about 20 seconds, I guess. > > This was the most violent quake we've had since the '89 shaker and its > aftershocks, but I knew it wasn't as big as that one. I estimated > it at > 6.0 imediately after it hit, but I didn't realize how close it was. I was in Cupertino, on stage rehearsing a play when it hit. The tech sitting against a wall at the back of the hall noticed it first. It was accompanied by a low thrumming sound that I am still convinced was a truck or other vehicle idling outside, but others heard it and thought it might have been the way our 50-year-old church building was responding to the quake. When Peggy finally got through to my cell phone, she put Ryan on -- he was seriously freaked by it. At 10 years old, this is his first big quake, and apparently, it was a scary one here at home. He claims that our 27-inch TV nearly fell over on him, which I find hard to believe, and Peggy wasn't in the room at the time, so who knows? Later, around 9:30 (an hour and a half after the quake) he was still nervously chatty about it, but as he drifted off to sleep around 10, he said that it was "really cool, but scary." Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Nick wrote: > We have a clock that fell off our mantle, battery dropped out, so it's > frozen at the time of the quake. > > > Cindy, the dog and I were right by the front door... really wondering if > it was going to stop before getting bigger, which was just how the big > '89 > quake, Loma Prieta, was for me... except it kept getting bigger. Lasted > a long time here -- about 20 seconds, I guess. It was very strong here. I'm about a mile and a half away from Alum Rock Road. There was an initial rumble rumble rumble and then a sharp crack that set the house to swaying pretty good. Then there was a bit more shaking and it continued to vibrate for perhaps 30 seconds. Several things fell of shelves and broke and a plant fell off a counter and made a big mess. This was the most violent quake we've had since the '89 shaker and its aftershocks, but I knew it wasn't as big as that one. I estimated it at 6.0 imediately after it hit, but I didn't realize how close it was. So much for animals predicting quakes. I had two dogs and three birds in close proximity and if any of them had a clue it was going to happen they didn't let on. Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On 10/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Answer the door tonight dressed as a giant lime jello. > > ...still shaking from yesterday. That might attract Dave Land... he likes lime jello. So... they're saying that this was on the Calaveras Fault, which was regularly producing small to moderate quakes in the past, but hadn't done so in about 20 years. We have a clock that fell off our mantle, battery dropped out, so it's frozen at the time of the quake. Cindy, the dog and I were right by the front door... really wondering if it was going to stop before getting bigger, which was just how the big '89 quake, Loma Prieta, was for me... except it kept getting bigger. Lasted a long time here -- about 20 seconds, I guess. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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In a message dated 10/30/2007 8:09:00 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just had a pretty good earthquake here... but the lights are still on. Nick Answer the door tonight dressed as a giant lime jello. ...still shaking from yesterday. Vilyehm ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Here's the map with prelim info: http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/122-37.html On 10/30/07, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Nick Arnett wrote: > > > Just had a pretty good earthquake here... but the lights are still on. > > > > Nick > > Glad you're still illuminated. :) > > Julia > > ___ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Shaking... 5.6
Prelim magnitude 5.6 (moderate quake) and it was about 13 miles from my house... about 8.5 miles from Dave Land's house. This one just kept going... we had enough time to get out by the front door and think about it... wondered if we still had a chimney -- we do. A few things fell off shelves. Scary... after being in the 1989 big one. I don't need to experience any more of these. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Nick Arnett wrote: > Just had a pretty good earthquake here... but the lights are still on. > > Nick Glad you're still illuminated. :) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Shaking!
Just had a pretty good earthquake here... but the lights are still on. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
