Cameron’s In Guam Preparing For The Deep Sea Dive
Posted by Michelle Moquin on March 14th, 2012
Good morning!
Peter: I read about this a few days ago and was going to blog on it when the news hit of Cameron’s arrival to the Mariana Trench, so thank you. It is very exciting. This one is for you. Hafa adai.
James Cameron to dive the Mariana Trench
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) on Mar 14th 2012 at 10:00AM
Legendary director James Cameron is no stranger to big adventures. After all he is the man responsible for bringing such Hollywood hits as Titanic and Avatar to the silver screen. Last week Cameron announced plans for a big adventure of his own, saying he now plans to dive to the lowest point on the planet, which is found at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Located in the Pacific Ocean, the mysterious trench stretches 1580 miles in length and plunges nearly seven miles below the Earth’s surface. Using specially designed equipment, Cameron plans to spend about six hours at the Challenger Deep, the absolute lowest point inside the trench. While there he’ll collect samples for use in research in marine biology, microbiology, geology, and a host of other scientific fields.
Cameron has partnered with National Geographic and Rolex for this expedition, which he calls “DeepSea Challenge.” The filmmaker plans to shoot the entire experience with 3D HD cameras for use in a future documentary on the voyage, which will be made in a submersible that has been specifically built to withstand the incredible pressures that exist inside the trench. That vehicle was built by Cameron and his team and has already been tested to a depth of five miles.
The bottom of the Mariana Trench has only been visited by humans on one previous occasion. In January of 1960 ocean explorers Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard made their way to those incredible depths where they were surprised to find a number of lifeforms thriving.
There is no specific date set for Cameron’s dive, but he is currently in Guam making last minute preparations. Follow the entire adventure on the DeepSea Challenge website.
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March 14th, 2012 at 7:16 am
To Boost Willpower, Clench Your Muscles
Are you often tempted to reach for a cookie instead of a carrot, skip your workout in favor of watching TV or ignore piles of bills even though you know they need to be paid? Next time your willpower wavers, try tensing up your muscles—
and your resolve may instantly firm up, a recent study suggests.Participants were presented with various self-control dilemmas that involved accepting immediate discomfort, deprivation or distress to promote some worthy long-term goal.
For example, researchers monitored subjects as they drank a purportedly healthful, but terrible tasting, tonic… selected items in a cafeteria that offered both tempting indulgences (fried foods, pastries) and healthful fare (fresh fruit, yogurt)…
kept their hands submerged in ice (a test of resistance to pain)… or decided whether to view disturbing information about earthquake victims and then donate money.
Findings: Participants who were told to tighten their muscles (hands, biceps, calves) as they faced their challenges demonstrated more self-control than participants who did not tighten their muscles.
Specifically, the clenchers drank more of the yucky health tonic… resisted nonnutritious cafeteria foods more successfully…
tolerated the icy pain longer… and paid more attention to the disturbing, but important, earthquake information.
Interpretation: Without conscious intent, people sometimes clench their muscles when exerting their willpower. Researchers suggest that, because the mind and body are so closely tied together, consciously firming up the muscles can help activate willpower and increase self-control.
It doesn’t seem to matter which muscles you clench. What’s important is to do it at the exact moment when you are facing the challenge—for instance, when those cookies are right in front of you.
The study researchers found that clenching beforehand did not help and, in fact, tended to deplete rather than strengthen resolve.
Source: Aparna A. Labroo, PhD, is a professor of marketing and Patricia C. Ellison Chair in the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto in Ontario, and coauthor of a study on self-control published in Journal of Consumer Research.
March 14th, 2012 at 10:42 am
I see a 6.8 earthquake struck off Hokkaido yesterday. This was predicted by two sources on this blog. One of the sources is unavailable.
However, Howie you are one that is. So what is up?
Emi
March 14th, 2012 at 10:49 am
Wow, this should be a cool event to follow! 7 miles…that is amazing, I wonder if they’ll be some aliens to greet him : ) Howie, any info on that??
I love your story/comment yesterday, I’ll agree with =WOW= bc I, like everyone else here, cannot wait for more!
Misch, peace + luv 2 u 2!
Pluvness, Zen Lill (I added happiness to the above mix)
March 14th, 2012 at 10:57 am
You fucking americans are hypocrites and stupid. So your government is giving an american indian tribe permission to kill two Bald Eagles as a sacrifice in a religious ceremony.
And you bastards want to tell us what our religion can say. What are the Bald Eagles saying? I can’t wait until one of your religious nuts says his religion requires a human sacrifice.
Fuck off the shit for brains americans
March 14th, 2012 at 11:05 am
Three Canadian women filed lawsuits Tuesday alleging “sexual molestation” by U.S. female border guards at the Canada-U.S. border near Windsor, Ont.
Two separate lawsuits were filed — one by two women travelling together and the other by a woman on her own — alleging incidents at the Ambassador Bridge and the Windsor-Detroit tunnel.
With a similar lawsuit filed by a Stratford, Ont., woman in February 2011, it means at least four Canadian women are now accusing border agents of sexual assault at the Canada-U.S. crossing, according to the lawyer for all three cases, Tom Wienner.
“These were not pat-downs or limited personal searches, these were clearly in the nature of sexual molestation,” the Rochester, Mich.-based lawyer told CBC News.
‘Very degrading and humiliating’
Leslie Ingratta of Windsor told CBC News she was heading into Detroit for a shopping trip in January 2011 when she was taken aside for further questioning by U.S. border guards.
The female guards ordered her into a back room and closed the door, and one searched her body so aggressively she felt violated, Ingratta said.
“They went under my bra, fondled my breasts and then began to go down,” she said.
Between searches, Ingratta went back into the waiting area, she said.
“At one point, I was crying,” Ingratta told CBC News. “I had people turning around and looking and, you know, making faces like ‘Oh my God, what did she do?’ So very degrading and humiliating, it was a horrible experience.”
Stratford, Ont.-woman files $500K lawsuit
In February 2011, Loretta Van Beek of Stratford filed a $500,000 lawsuit against two female border guards in Detroit. She was travelling to Savannah, Ga., where she owns a small vacation home, when she was pulled over by customs agents at the Ambassador Bridge.
Van Beek, 46, told CBC News she was sent to secondary inspection when customs officers discovered a few raspberries she had forgotten to declare.
She was questioned for more than an hour, then she was marched into a holding cell by two female agents. She was ordered to remove her shirt and stand spread-eagled against the wall.
“She was squeezing my nipples, etc., for a very long time, unnecessary attention,” Van Beek told CBC News in February last year. “It was sexual — using her fingertips, not back of hand like you would expect.”
Van Beek also claims the guard shoved her hand inside her genital area.
“It was deviant behaviour by the officer, no other explanation,” Van Beek said.
The third case also involves U.S. border agents at the Ambassador Bridge just three days before Van Beek was stopped and searched there.
Two Canadian women with visas allowing them to work and study in the U.S. say they were subjected to an invasive and unnecessary body search while crossing to attend a concert in Detroit. One of the two women was eight months pregnant at the time.
Their joint lawsuit claims a female border agent thrust her finger inside each plaintiff’s anus and vagina. The lawsuit also claims that a female border agent fondled each plaintiff’s bare breasts in a prolonged and deliberate manner.
The two women did not want to be interviewed by CBC News.
Constitutional rights violated: lawyer
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has refused to comment.
Wienner said the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects anyone — regardless of citizenship — from unreasonable personal searches.
“In the case of the four women who have now filed lawsuits, we believe all of them have had their constitutional rights violated,” he said.
The number of allegations suggests more than a handful of rogue officers were involved, he added.
There is a clear difference between a pat-down, and a limited personal search, and the experiences these women are describing, Wienner added.
“These were not searches, these were essentially assaults … unnecessary, completely inappropriate and outrageous searches these women say they were subjected to at the border.”
March 14th, 2012 at 11:23 am
There are many military units that have been infiltrated by the anti-Obama government propaganda of the Right.
They have been working to brainwash members of our military that they need to rise up and prevent Obama from being elected.
Presently the civilian government of Obama has been made aware of the threat. Hence many refuse to speak to armed american troops.
The Right will stoop to any level to win back the White House. Even to inciting individual military personal into acting up at home and abroad to embarrass Obama or to sabotage military objectives of Obama’s administration.
The republican party is secretly rejoicing about the situation two of theirs has caused in Afghanistan for Obama.
Look for more from the base in Washington, a stronghold of republican influence.
Anonz
March 14th, 2012 at 1:45 pm
Emi #2 today:
A 6.8 earthquake struck off Hokkaido yesterday. I predicted that there would be many seismic and weather disturbances for the next 4 months.
Some disturbances may be record-breaking.
They are an Alien/God’s way of having some fun. When He arrived, there was an earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area, announcing His arrival. Now the 6.8 off Japan. Prepare yourself for many more unusual happenings anywhere on this planet.
I am curious. Who is the other source on this blog who predicted this and why are they unavailable?
HOWIE
March 14th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Al,
I am very sorry to hear about your accident. I wish you good health and a speedy recovery.
/SB
March 14th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Meryl Streep introduces Hillary Clinton at the recent Women in the World 2012 Conference. If you’ve not seen it, it’s a wonderful clip commemorating a very under-rated and IMHO under-appreciated First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECNQDqMoAjw
“Women’s Rights Are Human Rights”
/SB
March 14th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
March 14, 2012
The Vagina Diatribes
by Ann Coulter
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Did I miss the deadline for alternative opinions on Sandra Fluke?
What with liberal women constantly talking about their vaginas suddenly pretending to be offended by the word “s l u t,” and conservatives pretending to be as pussified as liberals about the nasty names they’ve been called, I never got an answer to the most pressing question about Sandra Fluke: Who are you again?
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Was Fluke dragged out of obscurity after the women of America took a vote and chose her as our spokeswoman? Please, Sandra, we know how deeply private, publicity-shy and terribly busy with law school you are, but we need you to speak for us!
I don’t think that happened. Rather, Fluke is the latest in a long line of my absolute favorite liberal typology: hysterical drama queens.
From Murphy Brown to the Jersey Girls, Cindy Sheehan, Joe Wilson and the New School’s Jean Rohe, these fantasists inject themselves into a boiling-hot public debate and then claim victim status when anyone criticizes them.
At least since I’ve been keeping score, liberals had their first brush with the dark night of fascism in 1992, when Dan Quayle said of a fictional TV character: “It doesn’t help matters when prime-time TV has Murphy Brown … mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice.”
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March 14th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Howie, now that you mentioned it, I too would like to know who the other person is. Did I miss something?
March 14th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
I read a comment here about how dumb american white women are. Then came the elections in Alabama and Mississippi, and we get to be told that the questions of the voters after they left the booth indicated that Santorum won on the support WOMEN.
That would be american white women.
Then this from the above article by an american white woman siding with a man that called Sandra Fluke a “slut.”
Insane, if it wasn’t happening before your very eyes. Is there something in the water in America that makes most of american white women idiots?
Nadja
March 14th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Nadja, I don’t know what we are drinking but that Human Events certainly aren’t interested in a true reaction to Ann Coutler’s comments.
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Obviously, they nor Coulter are looking for an honest reaction to her bullshit on their site.
So, I’ll make it here. Ann when the Dixie Chicks criticized Bush they were black balled by the press and the Right in the States.
Sandra Fluke was not a public person. She was a private person, being a lawyer you know the legal difference, but you chose to ignore it to lie to make a misleading point to the ignorant who follow your diatribe.
Lorraine
March 14th, 2012 at 5:33 pm
Nadja, there is not water. I am from Mississippi and I voted for Santorum. He is a moral and decent man. He is willing to hold his daughter to his moral grounds.
By the way here is the entire article that Ms. Coulter wrote. Perhaps a through read will help you see her point.
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Who is Sandra Fluke?
by Ann Coulter
03/14/2012
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Did I miss the deadline for alternative opinions on Sandra Fluke?
What with liberal women constantly talking about their vaginas suddenly pretending to be offended by the word “slut,” and conservatives pretending to be as pussified as liberals about the nasty names they’ve been called, I never got an answer to the most pressing question about Sandra Fluke: Who are you again?
Was Fluke dragged out of obscurity after the women of America took a vote and chose her as our spokeswoman? Please, Sandra, we know how deeply private, publicity-shy and terribly busy with law school you are, but we need you to speak for us!
I don’t think that happened. Rather, Fluke is the latest in a long line of my absolute favorite liberal typology: hysterical drama queens.
From Murphy Brown to the Jersey Girls, Cindy Sheehan, Joe Wilson and the New School’s Jean Rohe, these fantasists inject themselves into a boiling-hot public debate and then claim victim status when anyone criticizes them.
At least since I’ve been keeping score, liberals had their first brush with the dark night of fascism in 1992, when Dan Quayle said of a fictional TV character: “It doesn’t help matters when prime-time TV has Murphy Brown … mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice.”
Suddenly, it was 1939 Germany and multimillionaire Hollywood elites were the Jews.
At the Emmy Awards ceremony that year, the creator of “Murphy Brown,” Diane English, took the occasion to say: “I would like to thank our sponsors for hanging in there when it was getting really dangerous.”
Really dangerous? You want “really dangerous”? Try being a pedestrian crossing Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica when Diane English is being driven to the airport! (A year earlier, English’s husband mowed down the matriarch of Santa Monica’s Chez Jay, killing her, while driving his wife to the airport.)
Marge Tabankin, executive director of the Hollywood Women’s Political Committee, said: “The community feels targeted. It’s created a chill and fear reminiscent of the ’50s. Let’s face it: We feel we’re being used as whipping boys.” Yes, Hollywood liberals have got balls to spare, and that’s why I admire them so much. But the Academy Award winners of liberal martyrdom are the Dixie Chicks. In 2003, Chick Natalie Maines sucked up to a Bush-hating London audience by saying, “Just so you know, we’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.” What an odd coincidence that the only city Maines attacked Bush in was London! In a way, it was lucky for the band that, in their entire 60-city world tour, Maines claimed to be embarrassed by Bush only in London and not, say, Lubbock, Texas. But at least we had heard of Murphy Brown and the Dixie Chicks before they demanded we all stand in awe of their raw courage. Fluke was an absolute nobody who simply thrust herself into the limelight. She’s more the Jean Rohe iteration of the liberal drama queen. Rohe, you will recall, was the student speaker at the 2006 New School commencement proceedings, who bravely insulted the official speaker, Sen. John McCain. As Rohe described her decision to attack the invited speaker, every person she talked to the day before the ceremony hated McCain with blind fury. At two graduation ceremonies a day earlier, attacks on McCain brought wild cheers from the audience. Rohe’s resolve to tell the audience what it wanted to hear was only hardened when she was told there would be media at the event. Sensing that fake heroism was within her grasp, Rohe explained: “It was something I didn’t want to do, but knew I had to out of an obligation to my own values” — such as the value of being popular, of getting a standing ovation and of being praised for her courage. Liberals’ idea of questioning authority is to check with the authorities to see if a “Question Authority” bumper sticker would be popular. So, back to Fluke: Who is she, and how did she become the spokesperson for American womanhood? If we’re allowed to submit names, I think we can do better than a Georgetown law student whose claim to fame is that she belongs to a college club on “reproductive justice.” Pursuing a typical path to liberal heroics, Fluke was an utter nobody whom the Democrats substituted in a last-minute witness-switch to testify about contraception — as if her haircut isn’t birth control enough — at a hearing on “religious liberty.” Despite her credentials as a heretofore unheard-of “birth control activist,” the Oversight and Government Reform Committee declined to accept this 11th-hour witness on the grounds that Fluke did not have appropriate credentials for any congressional hearing, much less one on religious liberty. That was the Republicans’ first foray into “silencing” Fluke’s “voice.” Nancy Pelosi used an even less appropriate committee to ensure that Fluke’s “voice” would be heard — the Democrats’ Steering and Policy Committee, the normal function of which is to give House Democrats committee assignments. One longtime Democratic operative admitted privately that Fluke was the least-qualified witness ever to appear before a congressional committee. As a result of the huge commotion the Democrats’ made of Fluke’s “testimony,” she was ridiculed the same way people in ridiculous situations often are. She was called some mean names: “slut,” “prostitute,” “law student” … In full indignation, Fluke said her critics were trying “to silence women’s voices.” She said this on ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, NPR and a number of other national media outlets. Thus, Fluke became a liberal hero even braver than an actress standing up for abortion rights in front of a Bill Maher audience. President Obama called Fluke and told her that her parents should be proud of her and to make sure she was OK. Hillary Clinton said conservatives were trying to control women. Bill Clinton called her to see if she had any plans for the weekend. (Fluke seems to be holding up wonderfully under the nightmare of constant TV appearances. In fact, if I didn’t know better, I’d think she’s enjoying herself tremendously.) I don’t care what liberals believe. Just please stop telling me they’re courageous for saying exactly what every non-Fox media outlet in America is dying to hear, or I’ll throw up harder than Rick Santorum did when he read John F. Kennedy’s speech.
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This is actually in defense of the morals every woman should have.
Mildred
March 14th, 2012 at 7:23 pm
Anonz your alert to us about the Right affecting military personal who have their political views has appeared during his visit to Afghanistan Wednesday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was confronted with a potentially volatile situation.
An Afghan civilian employee on a military base breached the security barriers in what some are describing as an attack on Panetta.
It is the responsibility of the American Military to protect America’s Defense Secretary. Members of the military who are willing to shirk their duties to make it difficult for Obama to get re-elected are traitors.
Mike
March 14th, 2012 at 7:26 pm
Mildred, if I may paraphrase Doug, and Al, “take your meds.” And for god’s sake don’t drink the water.
March 14th, 2012 at 7:38 pm
Why women support men who use religion to prevent women access to medical care men get without a peep.
Wanda
March 14th, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Howie, we love your stories here in the Ukraine. Michelle, I live in L’viv and your are so admired. I never miss your blog. Meeting you would mean so much.
I know that it will probably never be, but I dream that you come to my country. If I could be your Girlz, I would die for you.
Василина
March 15th, 2012 at 5:25 am
Multitasking Makes You Fat
Recent study: People who shift focus between two or more activities that require different mind-sets may have trouble with concentration and self-control in other areas of their lives.
Example: Checking your BlackBerry while helping children with their homework requires you to switch back and forth between two different tasks.
Consistent multitasking such as this taxes the executive function of the brain, which regulates self-control and discipline.
That may make it difficult for you to control your temper, stick to a diet or keep up with an exercise routine.
Self-defense: Try to group similar activities together …or recognize that you may be prone to self-control failures after multitasking, so plan accordingly.
Source: Ryan Hamilton, PhD, assistant professor, department of marketing, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Atlanta, and leader of a study published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
March 15th, 2012 at 5:27 am
Hafa Adai Michelle:
Thanks for the article about Guam. It is getting crowded here with all the celebrities, military, different governments and ?????????????
Looking forward to seeing you one day.
Anna
March 15th, 2012 at 6:17 am
Nadja, you must also understand that the US ‘south’ is a very different slice of the American lifestyle and the US is a very large place. I’m sure you know this but, the south is known as the bible belt and along with that goes some very deeply indoctrinated ideas (and women who are not very liberated no matter what they’re spewing) and while racism is alive and well in the US, the south is a hot bed where it rages on openly (while it rages on covertly everywhere else, not sure which is better actually, not to rage at all would be my answer).
Bible belt people tend to love their god myths and perpetuate the lifestyle myth (family values and all that) more than other people and so rather than question why the ‘good book’ keeps women controlled by men (bc they wrote it, helloooo) they follow their blind faith and then throw other women under the bus Ann Coulter style to show their faith and honor to god, their men and their values (which were spoonfed early on).
Some of these women (and men, too) are educated people, how people of intellect and science can involve themselves in discussions about a being in the sky who is loving yet fire/brimstone is beyond me. Perhaps some of those college years could be used to study philosophy and psychology so they understand their own inculcation better.
Just as some would believe here that I am a male apologist (and would say they are basing that on their own views not anything I do, I live my life with the males in it with more open communication and feminist values than most women), I would suggest that all people, from the south or anywhere else, man and woman, do some reading that is not part of their culture, we have all bought into some serious bs and ‘American’ cultural beliefs…it happens fairly easily especially if one is brought up in a family where it’s frowned upon to do otherwise.
So, yes, American white women can be very stupid particularly if they are raised in a family that never questions popular beliefs and are not taught to think, and no that’s not an excuse for not doing it as an adult, I”m just trying to explain some of the deeply ingrained brain patterns esp in the south, the women from there aren’t called ‘southern belles’ without a reason. Backing up an Ann Coulter is not that hard to believe when you think about the above – think about what you’ve believed since childhood and psychological indoctrination goes deeper than physical threats.
Maybe this has info has further confused you, I hope not. I never mean to be confusing, I just write stream of consciousness and hope for the best : )
Luv, Zen Lill
March 15th, 2012 at 6:40 am
Australia Japan Cable Upgrades Submarine Link with Ciena 40G Coherent WaveLogic Technology
Ciena’s 40G optical networking solution positions AJC to address surging bandwidth demands between Japan-Australia corridor
March 15th, 2012 at 6:47 am
Zen Lill, I think that was excellent. I was thinking how to address NadJa. You said it the way I never could. But you said exactly what I was thinking.
We americans do often think alike.
Wilma
March 15th, 2012 at 7:30 am
Did you know that beef cattle feedlots typically use 12 pounds of corn, oats, and soybeans to produce just one pound of meat… So we’re using twelve times the amount of resources it takes to grow plants for human consumption. That means 12 times the amount of land, 12 times the amount of water, 12 times the amount of fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides, and fuel for farm machinery, to mention just part of the waste.