Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu withdrawals loyality to USA

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu withdrawals loyality to USA  and made it clear that the Prime Minister should not make concessions to the US for construction of 1600 new apartments for Jewish housing in East Jerusalem. There has been a flurry of diplomatic activity in and around Israel in recent days as part of an attempt to resume the peace talks.

Saint Patrick's Day Clebration on March 17th

 

It is a public holiday on the island of Ireland; including Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, as well as in Newfoundland and Labrador and in Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora, especially in places such as Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and Montserrat, among others.

Shamrock was being used by Saint Patrick to explain the Holy Trinity 

 The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit)

 

One of his teaching methods included using the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) to the Irish people. After nearly thirty years of teaching and spreading God's word he died on 17 March, 461 AD, and was buried at Downpatrick,

Saint Patrick is also the patron saint of engineers.

How Saint Patrick's Day Being Observed: Attending mass or service, attending parades, attending céilithe, wearing shamrocks, wearing green.

Parades in Common in USA:

Many parades are held to celebrate the holiday all through USA and other parts of the world. The longest-running of these are:

Boston, Massachusetts, since 1737

New York City, since 1762

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since 1771

Morristown, New Jersey, since 1780

New Orleans, Louisiana, since 1809

Buffalo, New York, since 1811

Savannah, Georgia, since 1813

Carbondale, Pennsylvania, since 1833

New Haven, Connecticut, since 1842

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, since 1843

Chicago, Illinois, since 1843

Saint Paul, Minnesota, since 1851

San Francisco, California, since 1852

Scranton, Pennsylvania, since 1862

Cleveland, Ohio, since 1867

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, since 1869

Kansas City, Missouri, since 1873

Butte, Montana, since 1882

Rolla, Missouri, since 1909

Rarest Flower in the World Blooms

 

 

It's one of the (if not the) rarest flower in the world: the Middlemist's Red exists in only two known locations: a greenhouse in the UK, and a garden in New Zealand. Imported to Britain two hundred years ago from China, back when flowers where a luxury item, it has since been exterminated in its original homeland. And now the Middlemist is blooming again--nice looking flower, right?

It's one of the (if not the) rarest flower in the world: the Middlemist's Red exists in only two known locations: a greenhouse in the UK, and a garden in New Zealand. Imported to Britain two hundred years ago from China, back when flowers where a luxury item, it has since been exterminated in its original homeland. And now the Middlemist is blooming again--nice looking flower, right?

 

The flower is in bloom for the next couple of weeks, and will be the star attraction at the reopening of the Chiswick House, the BBC reports.

The flower gets its name from the gardener John Middlemist, who first brought it back from China in 1804. 

 

And though there are only two known instances of this flower in the world, it's widely believed to be a possibility that there are still some being kept in gardens around the UK, unbeknownst to the gardener--it was once sold directly to the public.

All-black Penguin Exist In Nature

King Penguins are notorious for their prim, tuxedoed appearance -- but a recently discovered all-black penguin on the island of South Georgia near Antarctica seems unafraid to defy convention. In what has been described as a "one in a zillion kind of mutation," biologists say that the animal has lost control of its pigmentation, an occurrence that is extremely rare. Other than the penguin's monochromatic outfit, the animal appears to be perfectly healthy -- and then some. "Look at the size of those legs," said one scientist, "It's an absolute monster."

The under-dressed penguin was photographed by Andrew Evans of National Geographic. As the picture circulated, some biologists were taken aback -- including Dr. Allan Baker of the University of Toronto. His first response was disbelief:

Wow. That looks so bizarre I can't even believe it. Wow.

While multicolored birds will often show some variation, Dr. Baker explains that what makes this all-black King Penguin so rare is that the bird's melanin deposits have occurred where they are typically not present -- enough so that no light feathers even checker the bird's normally white chest.

Melanism is merely the dark pigmentation of skin, fur -- or in this case, feathers. The unique trait derives from increased melanin in the body. Genes may play a role, but so might other factors. While melanism is common in many different animal species (e.g., Washington D.C. is famous for its melanistic squirrels), the trait is extremely rare in penguins. All-black penguins are so rare there is practically no research on the subject -- biologists guess that perhaps one in every quarter million of penguins shows evidence of at least partial melanism, whereas the penguin we saw appears to be almost entirely (if not entirely) melanistic.

Whether or not the all-black look catches on in the penguin fashion world, it's nice to see someone dressing-down for once.

More Active Tornado Due West Coast El Nino Might Whip up

Weather forecasters say the wetter-than-usual El Niño winter that has blasted much of the United States could be followed by an active tornado season.

Greg Forbes, Severe Weather Expert at The Weather Channel, said Tuesday that comparable past winters suggest there could be an above-average number of tornadoes this year. "The average was 9% more tornadoes than a typical year," he said.

El Niño is a seasonal weather pattern in which warm equatorial winds that periodically push toward the West Coast send moist air to the nation's interior.

Tornadoes can happen at any time, but they are most common in the first half of the year in the USA.

Each year, mother nature creates tornadoes that rip across the U.S.  These storms damage homes, destroy crops, and injure and kill people. Scientists continue trying to make sense of the phenomenon we call a tornado.

The 2010 tornado season has had a slow start, with 44 tornadoes reported through Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The average number for this time is 162, according to the weather service.

Only one tornado, in California, was reported in February. On Monday, a strong twister ripped through western Oklahoma. No injuries were reported.

Greg Carbin of the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., told the Associated Press that thunderstorm activity will rev up as southern Plains states warm up.

Forbes said the likelihood of more tornadoes was offset a bit by weather patterns that have made the Gulf of Mexico's temperatures 2 or more degrees lower than usual, causing airflows to be a little cooler and less moist. He said a lack of moisture reduces the likelihood of tornadoes.

The nation experienced a fewer-than-average number of tornadoes in 2009, Forbes said.

Although data are not yet final, The Weather Channel counted 1,145 tornadoes last year, compared with 1,272 in an average year. The federal Storm Prediction Center counted 1,156 tornadoes last year, which killed 21 people.


Courtesy: William M. Welch, USA TODAY

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