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To: elmatador who wrote (27452)	1/7/2008 12:22:49 AM
From: GoldBull no bug here	Respond to of 219931

el - don't want to get all doom and gloomy, but worth watching Cycle 24 - Space Weather spaceweather.com science.nasa.gov Below: Solar Cycle 23 is coming to an end. What's next? Image credit: NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center (chart doesn't paste, see link above) Many forecasters believe Solar Cycle 24 will be big and intense. Peaking in 2011 or 2012, the cycle to come Many forecasters believe Solar Cycle 24 will be big and intense. Peaking in 2011 or 2012, the cycle to come could have significant impacts on telecommunications, air traffic, power grids and GPS systems. (And don't forget the Northern Lights!) In this age of satellites and cell phones, the next solar cycle could make itself felt as never before. The furious storms won't start right away, however. Solar cycles usually take a few years to build to a frenzy and Cycle 24 will be no exception. "We still have some quiet times ahead," says Hathaway.

To: elmatador who wrote (27452)	1/7/2008 12:25:23 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219931

The idea that politics is irrelevant to normal people is false: <It is just the government clique that needs a separate Taiwan, the rest it doesn't matter. > If you believe that, then you obviously don't vote and think nobody else should bother either as it doesn't matter who runs governments. If you look at Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Switzerland, Singapore, East Timor you will see that how countries are run makes quite a difference to the lives of people who live there. Compare Mao's maelstrom with Deng's and Hu Yaobang's en.wikipedia.org black and white cats. Mqurice