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President Seizes Control Over All Food Production in America

On March 16, 2012, President Obama issued an executive order entitled, “NATIONAL DEFENSE RESOURCES PREPAREDNESS.” (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order…)

This executive order states that the President alone has the authority to take over all resources in the nation (labor, food, industry, etc.) as long as it is done “to promote the national defense” — a phrase so vague that it could mean practically anything.

The power to seize control and take over these resources is delegated to the following government authorities:

(1) the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to food resources, food resource facilities, livestock resources, veterinary resources, plant health resources, and the domestic distribution of farm equipment and commercial fertilizer;

(2) the Secretary of Energy with respect to all forms of energy;

(3) the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to health resources;

(4) the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all forms of civil transportation;

(5) the Secretary of Defense with respect to water resources; and

(6) the Secretary of Commerce with respect to all other materials, services, and facilities, including construction materials.

This takeover is designed, in part, to “stockpile supplies” for the U.S. military. Authority for this total takeover of all national resources is granted with nothing more than the writing of a single statement that claims these actions are necessary to “promote the national defense.” As stated in the order:

the authority delegated by section 201 of this order may be used only to support programs that have been determined in writing as necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense:

(a) by the Secretary of Defense with respect to military production and construction, military assistance to foreign nations, military use of civil transportation, stockpiles managed by the Department of Defense, space, and directly related activities;

What all this means is that the U.S. government now claims the power to simply march onto your farm with guns drawn and demand all your crops, seeds, livestock and farm equipment.

Think I’m exaggerating? Read it yourself!

And for those living in denial who refuse to accept the reality of what’s happening in America, remember the following:

• When NaturalNews reported on the existence of the NDAA, we were told our reporting was misleading because Obama opposed it and wouldn’t sign it.

• When Obama betrayed America and signed the bill, we were told our reporting was misleading because “it didn’t apply to Americans.”

• When Obama admitted it did apply to Americans, he announced that he would choose “not to use it on Americans” but only by the grace of his restraint. Nobody who previously accused us of misleading the public had the integrity to offer us an apology and say, “Gee, you were right, it DOES apply to Americans!”

• Now Obama has seized control over all food, farms, livestock, water and transportation across America. How many brain-dead Americans will continue to live in denial and try to convince themselves this is not happening? Sticking your head in the sand does not make this go away…

NRC to send in more inspectors to failing San Onofre nuclear plant

Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:45:01 -0700

Subject: Nuclear Inspectors descend on San Onofre – NRC will have
meeting open to public to discuss preliminary findings

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to discuss preliminary
findings with Edison at a meeting that will be open to the public,
with inspection team members available to answer people’s questions.
A date for that gathering won’t be set until much of the inspection
is completed. A written report with more extensive findings will be
issued within 30 days of the site visit.

Full article:

NRC to send in more inspectors to Edison’s failing nuclear plant
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/15/nuclear-inspectors-descend-san-onofre/

eEARTH

1861 Was the peak of the whaling industry and the discovery of kerosene as a fuel.

In 1896, armed with Tesla’s AC patents, George Westinghouse won the contract (against Edison and D.C.) to build the ancestor of today’s power generation facilities at Niagra Falls. (The War of the Currents)

Edison’s campaign to discredit AC power:

Our Earth behaves like an enormous electric circuit. Our atmosphere is actually a weak conductor and if there were no sources of charge, its existing electric charge would diffuse away in about 10 minutes. There is a ‘cavity ‘defined by the surface of the Earth and the inner edge of the ionosphere 55 kilometers up.

Schumann Resonance - Earth as a Capacitor

At any moment, the total charge residing in this cavity is 500,000 Coulombs (1Coulomb = 1A/second). There is a vertical current flow between the ground and the ionosphere of 1 – 3 x 10^-12 Amperes per square meter. The resistance of the atmosphere is 200 Ohms. The voltage potential is 200,000 Volts.

The Schumann Resonances are quasi standing wave electromagnetic waves that exist in this cavity. Like waves on a spring, they are not present all the time, but have to be ‘excited’ to be observed. They are not caused by anything internal to the Earth, its crust or its core. They seem to be related to electrical activity in the atmosphere, particularly during times of intense lightning activity. They occur at several frequencies between 6 and 50 cycles per second; specifically 7.8, 14, 20, 26, 33, 39 and 45 Hertz, with a daily variation of about +/- 0.5 Hertz. So long as the properties of Earth’s electromagnetic cavity remains about the same, these frequencies remain the same.

Given that the earth’s atmosphere carries a charge, a current and a voltage, he presence of electromagnetic waves is expected. The resonant properties of this terrestrial cavity were first predicted by the German physicist W. O. Schumann between 1952 and 1957, and first detected by Schumann in 1954. Much of the research in the last 20 years has been conducted by the Department of the Navy who investigate Extremely Low Frequency communication with submarines.

In 2012, NASA satellites recorded the sounds from our magnetosphere
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TESLA

A farad is the charge in coulombs which a capacitor will accept for the potential across it to change 1 volt. A coulomb is 1 ampere second. Example: The voltage across a capacitor with capacitance of 47 nF will increase by 1 volt per second with a 47 nA input current.

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The average lightning bolt contains 30,000 amperes.

The maximum voltage V induced in a coil of wire whose wire turns intersect a changing magnetic field is given by:

V = A x N x dB/dT

V = generator output voltage (volts)
A = cross sectional area of the coil of radius r (A =πr² in meters²)
N = number of turns of wire in the coil
dB/dT = the rate of change of the magnetic field (Tesla / sec)

The way I understand things, the voltage (V) generated by my construction is proportional to the strength of the magnets (M – tesla) and the rate at which they are spun (dM/dt tesla per sec), the area (A – m2) of the coil(s) and the number of turns of wire (N), so V = N x A x dM/dt so if you have N = 1000 turns, magnet surface strength (for 1 magnet) = 1 tesla, rate of turning = 5 turns a sec (so dM/dT = 5 tesla / sec), area A = 0.001m2 then V = 1000 x 0.001 x 5 = 5 V (peak).

The Magnets used in this construction are rated by the manufacturer at 13,200 Gauss or 1.32 Tesla.
The magnetic strength of the earth (stronger at the poles, weaker at the equator) is measured in nano Teslas.

After building and testing the electrical energy gathering coils (?), I’d like to look at Lenz’s Law.When Jeff showed our class a demonstration of power generation, I was impressed by the visible effects of Lenz’s law when an electrical load was placed on the hand-cranked generator.

” Lenz’s law states that the current induced in a circuit due to a change in the magnetic field is so directed as to oppose the change in flux or to exert a mechanical force opposing the motion.” – Heinrich Lenz, 1834

We are surrounded by this effect – and the work that it does.

I have reading and visualizing about the physics and models of magnetic waves, induction, electro-magnetic fields (EMF), magnetic moments, which brought me to Lenz’s law.
The subject is complex and filled with calculus the nuances of which are difficult to comprehend.
Looking at the “Cliff Notes” version, the concept is straight forward:

Field energy

The electric field stores energy. The energy density of the electric field is given by:

In general the incremental amount of work per unit volume δW needed to cause a small change of magnetic field δB is:
    \delta W = \mathbf{H}\cdot\delta\mathbf{B}.

Conservation of momentum

Momentum must be conserved in the process, so if q_1 is pushed in one direction, then q_2 ought to be pushed in the other direction by the same force at the same time. However, the situation becomes more complicated when the finite speed of electromagnetic wave propagation is introduced (see retarded potential).

This means that for a brief period of time, the total momentum of the two charges is not conserved, implying that the difference should be accounted for by momentum in the fields … Maxwell called this the “electromagnetic momentum” … Wikipedia .

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Antenna site Clark Dry Lake – undated photo

Faraday

The maximum voltage V induced in a coil of wire whose wire turns intersect a changing magnetic field is given by:

V = A x N x dB/dT

V = generator output voltage (volts)
A = cross sectional area of the coil of radius r (A =πr² in meters²)
N = number of turns of wire in the coil
dB/dT = the rate of change of the magnetic field (Tesla / sec)

Voltage (V) generated by my construction is proportional to the strength of the magnets (M – tesla) and the rate at which they are spun (dM/dt tesla per sec), the area (A – m2) of the coil(s) and the number of turns of wire (N), so V = N x A x dM/dt so if you have N = 1000 turns, magnet surface strength (for 1 magnet) = 1 tesla, rate of turning = 5 turns a sec (so dM/dT = 5 tesla / sec), area A = 0.001m2 then V = 1000 x 0.001 x 5 = 5 V (peak).

The voltage induced in the coils will are an AC signal.

The Magnets used in this construction are rated by the manufacturer at 13,200 Gauss or 1.32 Tesla.  The magnetic strength of the earth (stronger at the poles, weaker at the equator) is measured in nano Teslas.

This conversion utility was useful.

Schumann Frequency

c = λ × f λ = c / f = c × T f = c / λ
Wave frequency in Hz = 1/s and wavelength in nm = 10−9 m
frequency = f and wavelength λ

A 7.43 Hz wave is 40348917.63122477 meters (132378338.68512061 feet) in length.
This means that the length of wire to construct a quarter wave antenna would have to measure 10087229.4078061925 meters (33094584.6712801525 feet) 6267.91 miles in length.

There has to be an easier way than hoisting a satellite into space….

Magnetic fields

Magnetic Fields

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The NASA computer animation illustrates the Earth’s space storm shield in action and shows our planet’s magnetic fields as a dynamic system.

The solar wind, a thin, high-velocity electrified gas, or plasma, blows constantly from the Sun at an average speed of 250 miles per second (400 kilometers/sec). In the animation this is represented as a stream of yellow particles flowing from the Sun. The solar wind impacts the Earth’s magnetic field, represented by the blue lines. As the solar wind flows past the Earth’s magnetic field, it generates enormous electric currents that heat Earth’s space storm shield, which is a layer within the ionosphere (Earth’s electrically charged outer atmosphere). Satellite observation has shown that this causes electrically charged oxygen atoms (oxygen ions) to be ejected from the ionosphere into space.

The expelled oxygen ions are represented by the green particle streams. The ejected oxygen ions gain tremendous speed as they leave the atmosphere, become trapped by the Earth’s magnetic field and ultimately encircle the Earth, where they form a billion-degree plasma cloud around the planet, represented by the red cloud. The blue doughnut shape represents the high-speed flow of these particles around the Earth.

The red ‘ring of fire’ around the Earth’s polar regions represents the contribution of the particles to the aurora (the northern and southern lights).

This is part of the mechanism by which earth is constantly bombarded by charged particles from the sun as we travel through space and time. It’s as if we are living our our lives on a component of an electrostatic generator whose scale defies comprehension.

Peter Terezakis
ITP
Tisch School of the Arts
http://www.terezakis.com

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Lenz’s Law –

When Jeff Feddersen showed our class a demonstration of power generation, I was impressed by the visible effects of Lenz’s law when an electrical load was placed on the hand-cranked generator.

” Lenz’s law states that the current induced in a circuit due to a change in the magnetic field is so directed as to oppose the change in flux or to exert a mechanical force opposing the motion.” – Heinrich Lenz, 1834

We are surrounded by this effect – and the work that it does.

The past week I have reading and visualizing about the physics and models of magnetic waves, induction, electro-magnetic fields (EMF), magnetic moments, which brought me to Lenz’s law.
The subject is complex and filled with calculus the nuances of which are difficult to comprehend.
Looking at the “Cliff Notes” version, the concept is straight forward:

Field energy

The electric field stores energy. The energy density of the electric field is given by:

In general the incremental amount of work per unit volume δW needed to cause a small change of magnetic field δB is:
    \delta W = \mathbf{H}\cdot\delta\mathbf{B}.

Conservation of momentum

Momentum must be conserved in the process, so if q_1 is pushed in one direction, then q_2 ought to be pushed in the other direction by the same force at the same time. However, the situation becomes more complicated when the finite speed of electromagnetic wave propagation is introduced (see retarded potential). This means that for a brief period of time, the total momentum of the two charges is not conserved, implying that the difference should be accounted for by momentum in the fields … Maxwell called this the “electromagnetic momentum” … Wikipedia .

Since taking apart my first motor to pull out the magnets when I was a child, to looking at motors today, every model that I have ever seen – in person or on paper – has either the magnet or the coil as a stationary object.

What if the magnetic resistance due to induction was allowed to self-optimize/be reduced within a given system? Aside from conserving momentum, would EMF be reduced, stay the same, or increase?

I’m thinking that I would like to design, construct, and analyze, an experiment and its outcome.

Peter Terezakis
ITP
Tisch School of the Arts
http://www.terezakis.com

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What If…

Schumann Resonance - Earth as a Capacitor
What if we think of our planet as a spherical capacitor?

Two concentric plates, separated
by a dielectric, moving through
the volume of space.

Formula to determine the
capacitance of a sphere

Using this model, earth ground would be our planet, the insulating dielectric would be the atmosphere, and the second capacitive component (plate) would be the ionosphere.
Capacitors often arc/leak/discharge on the work bench:
An average bolt of negative lightning carries a current of 40 kA (kiloampreas) although some bolts can be up to 120 kA, and transfers a charge of 5 coulombs and 500 MJ

Which would mean that there should be a change in electrical potential as we leave earth ground/change observational altitude:

Alessandro Volta’s measurements of electrical potential above the earth. Confirmed in 1908

I know it’s more than a little whacky, and way over-simplified, but I keep thinking about the dynamic differences in electrical potential between moving bodies of air and earth ground as well as between the ionosphere and the earth.

Tesla patent 512340

I can’t help but wonder since there is enough electromotive force to operate an electroscope, bias a MOSFET, might there not be a way to construct an antenna to at least charge a battery, if not power a city, or the planet, using the power which surrounds us on a planetary and/or a cosmic scale?
Traveling through magnetic fieldsl
If the answers to these questions were easy, or already out there, Big Oil would be out of business, and they are not.
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The scale and scope of this line of thinking is mind-boggling and very interesting to me. There is a  recurring common symmetry in Tesla’s drawings, NASA imagery, and models of basic physics which I find intellectually compelling and aesthetically satisfying.  How cool would it be to continually charge super-capacitors through a system of antennas, powering our cities and our homes, by the EMF naturally generated by nature?

Peter Terezakis
ITP
Tisch School of the Arts
http://www.terezakis.com

Moving plate capacitive discharge photo from NASA

“No cause for immediate concern” ?

(CNN) -- Six tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington state are leaking radioactive waste, the governor said Friday, calling the news "disturbing" even as he insisted there are "no immediate health risks." "News of six leaking tanks at Hanford raises serious questions about integrity of all single tanks," Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday afternoon on Twitter.

On the shore of Washington state’s Columbia River, six radioactive containment ponds are leaking in Hanford, the largest nuclear superfund site in the United States.

53 million US gallons (200,000 m3) of high-level radioactive waste,[5] an additional 25 million cubic feet (710,000 m3) of solid radioactive waste, 200 square miles (520 km2) of contaminated groundwater beneath the site[6] and occasional discoveries of undocumented contaminations

According to Washington State Governor Jay Inslee there are, “no immediate health risks from leaking nuclear waste.”   The half-life of two isotopes of weapons grade Plutonium are 14.4 and 24,000 years there is plenty of risk and reason to be concerned.  With all respect to the Governor,  “are you kidding me/us?”  Or is it just that since nothing can be done to safely dispose of these man-made isotopes, the sound bite is to assume an existential position and simply not worry as nothing can be done to put the genie back in the bottle?

What is to happen with San Onofre, an antiquated nuclear facility, sitting on a fault line, on the Pacific coast, mid-way between Los Angeles and San Diego?  Will the eventual leaking of nuclear waste from their holding tanks also not become,  “cause for immediate concern?”   And speaking of “holding tanks” with the half-life of Plutonium being what it is, how long are these tanks supposed to remain in place and to what end?

Not to attempt to assign responsibility to the Public Utility Commission or the multi-national energy corporation Sempra Energy, but nuclear power would simply not exist if it were not for the federal subsidies which it has historically received, as well as the shift of construction costs and operating risks from investors to taxpayers and ratepayers, burdening them with an array of risks including cost overruns, defaults to accidents, and nuclear waste management.