October 29, 2012

HMS Bounty, "Pirates" Replica Abandoned/Sank N.Carolina Coast Hurricane Sandy

HMS Bounty, "Pirates" Replica Abandoned/Sank N.Carolina Coast Hurricane Sandy Sandy Oct. 29, 2012 This is a rough blog, not my typical detailed easy-read, though I still kept it brief as possible. But go ahead and read it then check out the links. Not too difficult or time-consuming. At 2PM Pacific time, 5PM Eastern time, as I write, one can only or scarcely, imagine what danger further lurks at sea and on shore. Following, I'll list here an article and U.S. Coast Guard rescue video from Fox 5 New York tv news, about the rescue of currently, 14 crew members off the North Carolina coast from the abandoned ship, HMS Bounty, the replica 1960's "Mutiny on The Bounty" ship, also used in "Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" movie. Also, my current list of satellite images of Hurricane sandy, all from Fox 5 New York TV news.
HMS Bounty, Pirates Replica Ship Abandoned N.Carolina Coast Hurricane Sandy Oct. 29, 2012

Ship abandoned during Sandy was headed for St. Pete

Coast Guard rescues 'Bounty' crew: (U.S. Coast Guard video provided by Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C.)
Read more: http://www.myfoxny.com/story/19940632/2012/10/29/17-stranded-after-abandoning-ship-during-sandy1#ixzz2Aj0mnmf5

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) -

A replica tall ship heading for St. Petersburg was caught in Hurricane Sandy's wrath, taking on water and forcing the crew to abandon the boat in rough seas off the North Carolina coast.

The Coast Guard rescued 14 crew members by helicopter Monday but two people were still missing, the AP reported.

The HMS Bounty is well known to the Bay area. It is a replica of the one made famous in the 1960 MGM film "Mutiny on the Bounty" and it was used in that film, which starred Marlin Brando. The ship was also used in the film "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."

The Bounty was docked at the St. Pete Pier for years as a tourist attraction until it was sold in the 1980s.

It had left Connecticut last week for St. Pete, with an event planned at the St. Pete Pier Nov. 10-11. It's hope was to make it around Sandy, which moved up along the U.S. east coast.

The Coast Guard initially received a call from the owner of the 180-foot, three-mast ship late Sunday evening, saying communication had been lost with the vessel's crew. The Coast Guard in Portsmouth, Va., later received an emergency distress call from the Bounty, confirming its position.

Coast Guard Vice Adm. Robert Parker, Operational Commander for the Atlantic Area, told ABC's "Good Morning America" that at the time of the distress call, the ship was taking on two feet of water an hour. It had about 10 feet of water when the crew abandoned the ship.

Most of the crew made it into canopied, 25-foot rubber life rafts, he said. Amid winds of 40 mph and 18-foot seas, two helicopters flew in for the rescue about 6:30 a.m. Monday, plucking crew members from the life boats.

The first helicopter rescued nine people and the second picked up five crew members a short time later about 90 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill said.

Those rescued were being taken to Air Station Elizabeth City on the North Carolina coast. Hill had no immediate word on their conditions.

The ship left Connecticut on Thursday when Sandy was over Cuba, and its path and effect on the East Coast was still somewhat certain. Sandy was forecast to be several hundred miles off the Carolinas coast and the Outer Banks were not in the cone of uncertainty.

Days before it sank, the vessel had rerouted to avoid the brunt of Hurricane Sandy. However, a statement on its website acknowledged, "this will be a tough voyage for Bounty."

Carol Everson, general manager of The Pier, told the AP the crew was "very excited about coming down." The Bounty's captain, Robin Walbridge, was from St. Petersburg, she said.

She and other employees of The Pier were closely following the story.

"It's devastating," she said. "Obviously you want all of the crew to be safe. It's a shame that the vessel has gone down because it's a tremendous piece of history and a great piece of history for St. Petersburg."

Wallbridge learned to sail at age 10, according to his biography on the Bounty's website. Prior to the Bounty, he served as first mate on the H.M.S. Rose -- the Bounty's sister ship.

The ship was permanently docked in St. Petersburg for many decades. In 1986, it was bought by Ted Turner, and in 2001, it was purchased by its current owner, New York businessman named Robert Hansen.

About 10 years ago, the ship underwent a multi-million dollar restoration.

In recent years, the ship has wintered in Puerto Rico and travels in the spring and summer. In August, large crowds greeted the ship when it sailed into St. Augustine, Fla., Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S.C.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
Here is the link to my fb photo album page with satellite Sandy images as the storm progressed.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4662799090079.187385.1296531065&type=3
 

October 22, 2012

Halloween :Scrubs, George Lopez, The Evil Eye

  I don't do Halloween, but it would be redundant to list what you should already know, about how ridiculous this days' origins are and how stupid it really is. But I recently saw a tv sitcom, The George Lopez Show, that was about, "the evil eye." George's Mom, Benny, described it as an evil spirit that causes one to lose whatever blessing they may have, simply by speaking of how happy the person is with whatever is going on with their life. It was a good episode on an old wives tale, but the clip is no longer viewable on youtube. But those who fear such things, they grow up being afraid to be happy for what they are blessed with.
   Then there's the hilarious "Scrubs" scenes of the evil eye, which I have provided clips from each.



I couldn't fing the George lopez and Benny "Evil Eye." It was removed so here's this just for kicks.
It appears somebody deleted this video since I posted. O well.

  My life, on the other hand, seems to be similar to much of what the George Lopez show conveys, in that all my growing days, being a product of a broken family, times were always tough with my Mom raising 8 children throughout her days raising children. So it took many years after becoming an adult, before I actually began being more financially blessed than ever before, yet still not wealthy.
   But somehow, subconsciously, (and maybe a little help from my Mom's superstitions, as she was Italian AND Mexican and knew a lot of superstitions, like drop a knife on the floor and bad luck will happen, and she even read cards before becoming a born again Christian when I was about 10 yrs old etc.) but even without this particular superstition of the evil eye, as an influence, I became fearful of proclaiming my blessings, until very recently. The reason is because all my life I watched everything good continuously come crashing down, over and over again, not only growing up, but in my own personal family life with many jobs along with the failed economies from the 1980's up until now, and a failed marriage and my children suffering as a result of divorce and a bad marriage, just to name a couple aspects. But ultimately, I want to dispel any notions that any superstitious version of "the evil eye", is just that; superstition. And any Biblical version of the "evil eye", is just that; an evil eye, which is simply a look in one's face or in one's heart or mind, that is just not nice.
   Shakespeare wrote, "The eye is the window to the soul." And Jesus said in Luke 11:34, "The light of the body is the eye: therefore when your eye is single, your whole body also is full of light; but when your eye is evil, your body also is full of darkness."
   Here are a couple examples on "evil eye" definitions from wikipedia and one of it's source listings:
The evil eye is a look that is believed by many cultures to be able to cause injury or bad luck for the person at whom it is directed for reasons of envy or dislike. The term also refers to the power attributed to certain persons of inflicting injury or bad luck by such an envious or ill-wishing look. The evil eye is usually given to others who remain unaware.
The "evil eye" is also known in Arabic as ʿayn al-ḥasūd (عين الحسود‎), in Hebrew as ʿayn ha-rʿa (עין הרע‎), in Turkish as Nazar, in Greek as "το μάτι," and in Spanish as mal de ojo.[1]
The idea expressed by the term causes many cultures to pursue protective measures against it. The concept and its significance vary widely among different cultures, primarily the Middle East. The idea appears several times in translations (Tirgumim) of the Old Testament.[2] It was a widely extended belief among many Mediterranean and Asian tribes and cultures. Charms and decorations featuring the eye are a common sight across Greece and Turkey and have become a popular choice of souvenir with tourists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Eye
  The evil eye is a widespread belief that unlucky events can ensue if you attract the attention of particular people. These people, sometimes involuntarily, sometimes voluntarily, can cast a malignant spell on others simply by looking at them. http://www.sacred-texts.com/evil/tee/index.htm
   What is my point? Don't be afraid to proclaim God's blessings on your life! Don't LIE to people, and tell them you are just as bad off as they are! I have ALWAYS read from, and listened to those who spoke and taught that hard work and persistence pays off. If you want to encourage someone, tell them how your tenacity and dedication worked in your favor. You worked hard, and you saw and see the results of persistence!
   Give God the glory for your success! (Psalm 145:1. I will extol you, my God, O king; and I will bless your name for ever and ever. 2. Every day will I bless you; and I will praise your name for ever and ever. 3. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. 4. One generation shall praise your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. 5. I will speak of the glorious honor of your majesty, and of your wondrous works.)
   I'll leave you with one more thing: Jesus said in Luke 6:35-38: 35. But love you your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil. 36. Be you therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 37. Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven: 38. Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you mete with it shall be measured to you again.
   Put these principles to your life and get to know Jesus. Your time on earth and your future in the here-after depend on what you decide now. Do the right thing and that is all that counts.

  

October 18, 2012

U.S. Abortions, Births, Statistics and Resources

In 2002, there were 4,019,280 births in the United States, down slightly from 2001 (4,025,933). And continuong a 12-year decline prior the year 2002.   ( http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/censusstatistic/a/aabirthrate.htm ) According to the report in the URL link lested, CDC analysts say the birth rate is dropping as the increasing life span of Americans results in a smaller proportion of women of child childbearing age. But how can that be, when the number of U.S. abortions in United States this Year are already 996,413.8, and 52,810 of them are after 16 weeks (4 months) gestation? And in the US since 1973's Roe vs Wade is 55,556,037. As I write this, theres already been 1,583 abortions just today.
The Center For Disease and Control (CDC), and many other organizations such as Planned Parenthood and others can use all their data they want, but the truth is, the birth rate is dropping and abortions are climbing, every year. ( http://www.numberofabortions.com/ )
And the American household birthrate has also declined from 3 from when I was in grade school, (I'm 48 yrs old), to two per household now. Not only in the U.S., but all European countries also have low birth rates.
After reading what I have in this blog, and the links provided, my hopes are you can put 2-and-2 together, and see this is not good news. You may even spend a few hours, days weeks or even longer, researching into this at your leisure. But here, I do these blogs on my spare time, as I have a regular job I work, and don't write for a living. Otherwise I could make things much more concise and detailed. But each blog, I list the most useful and important sources for further information.
But if you are serious about wanting our nation to improve, and stop digressing in every aspect, I suggest to pray. Look at the two links I provided, and within those links, there are more sources of info provided.
If you have a Holy Bible, and have not accepted Jesus in your heart, I suggest reading the Bible and learning about and accepting Jesus. It's not a hard thing to do. Most churches provide free Bibles. If they only have a New Testament, tell them you'd like a complete Bible. Or they may have a book store and you can choose which one you'd like to start with. And here's a good online resource, as well. ( http://biblos.com/ )
Jeremiah 1:5 (New International Version) "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

October 3, 2012

Argo, The Movie, W/Ben Afleck Iranian/American Hostage Crisis

   Here is the link the Argo movie trailer. http://youtu.be/T29kIOXpj6o  <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/T29kIOXpj6o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  The movie is released Oct. 12, 2012

   Below is a photo of Former Iranian Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
In office from 3 December 1979 – 3 June 1989.
   The url link is to the blog I wrote in May of 2011, a year and a half ago, titled, "American Sentiments Toward Osama B.L. Reminiscent To The 1970's Ruhollah Khomeini?",  detailing extensively with events concerning Iran, the U.S. and the world, and especially how the U.S. and Iran have "unfinished business" from what this new movie, Argo, is about; American hostages taken by Iran and six embassy employees' escape attempt from Iran. I highly recommend reading the blog before seeing the movie, Argo.
    I was about 14 yrs old when this all took place I had no idea about the Embassy employees who hid in the Canadian embassy. But I always listened about the hostages. Such an awesome movie if I were John Travolta or Tom Cruise I would be so jealous. So proud of the whole production. Ben Afleck seems wise beyond his years and very un-pretentious person in the movie and seems obvious real life too.Thanx for a very good and useful movie. I recommend seeing it AT the theaters for the experience, and not just informational purposes. The high calliber cast and production did a fantastic job and you WILL be on the edge of your seat. For me, it brought back memories as a early teen, and stirred up anxiety concerning the events then, and the most recent Sep. 11, 2012 embassy attacks in N. Africa and over a dozen other U.S. embassies in the Middle East since these most recent attacks in which an American Marine was killed as well as an American Ambassador and others.
  http://michaeldtobin.blogspot.com/2011/05/american-sentiments-toward-osama-bl.html

Former Iranian Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

   Based on real events, the dramatic thriller “Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis—the full scope of which was unknown by the public for decades.
    On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA “exfiltration” specialist named Tony Mendez comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.
   Academy Award® winner Ben Affleck (“The Town,” “Good Will Hunting”) directs and stars in the film, which is produced by Oscar® nominee Grant Heslov (“Good Night, and Good Luck.”), Affleck, and Oscar® winner George Clooney (“Syriana”). (see accurate movie details at, http://argothemovie.warnerbros.com/#about ). “Argo” also stars Bryan Cranston (TV’s “Breaking Bad”), Oscar® winner Alan Arkin (“Little Miss Sunshine”), and John Goodman (“Trouble With the Curve”). The main cast also includes Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bishé, Kyle Chandler and Chris Messina.

Below, here is copy of my blog, titled,
 "American Sentiments Toward Osama B.L. Reminiscent To The 1970's Ruhollah Khomeini?"
May 6, 2011
In the late 1970's, Khomeini called for Islamic revolution throughout the world. He was the supreme ruler over Iran, and now has a successor, after his death in 1989 until present, and ruled as Iran's first ever supreme ruler from 1979-1989.

As far back as the mid-1970's when I was just a child, (I was born in 1964), I can remember Saturday Night Live and all the other comedy and daytime talk shows and comedians, making fun of everything from his name, to toys and collectors items mocking him. But now, the celebrations following Osama Bin Laden's killing have caused us to progress from predominantly conservatives, mocking our enemy, to most all Americans, celebrating what I prefer to call, JUSTICE. I remember Ayatola Toilet Paper, Ayatola-On-A Rope (soap-on-a rope), as well as dolls, paintings and cartoons with an unlimited number of ways to parody Khomeini's names pronunciation and charicatures. Even the yellow ribbons we see all over the place, especially car magnets, is the idea from the days of the American hostages in Iran, when we began tying yellow ribbons around our trees, so we won't forget our fellow Americans being held hostage. It seemed everyone was united in opposition to this man. Basically, he called for the destruction of the United States and Israel before Osama Bin Laden was ever heard of, and he was responsible for the 52 American hostages being taken at the American Embassy in Iran for 144 days. And now, the current Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, who became president in 2005, was actually identified by some of the American hostages as one of their captors, which Ahmedinejad denies. So besides my point of similarities to the united scorn of Bin Laden after his death on May 1, 2011, and the lack of unity prior to his demise, I'm pointing out that if you read up on the Iranian Revolution, and the Iranian/Iraq war, you will see that prior to all that, even up until now, there you will see there's plenty of unfinished business between the U.S. and Iran. So the age old question begs to be asked; "What's next?"

On to now, concerning Osama Bin Laden. While the past 10 yrs are fresh in everyones minds who are at least 30 years old now, and those who were children at the time of Sep. 11, 2001, between the current ages now of 20 and 30 years old, who may barely have remembrances as a child of their parents speaking about the Soviet Union/U.S. relations, may have mostly memories of Middle Eastern fears, and various names of terrorists who have always been in the news, such as, Osama Bin Laden.

My observation is that, for the past 5 yrs or so, I can remember wondering, "why are we not all united in scorning and scoffing this OBL, as we were toward Ayatollah Khomeini in the 1970's throughout the 1980's?" I know that ONE reason is that we have such a ready available and vast amount of information to us since the mid to late 1990's with the rise of internet capabilities, that we are not limited to television, magazines and physical toys for humor and entertainment. We have all that AND internet info overload, which preoccupies us with everything under the sun, other than being united, as we were before what has become a distraction of the internet and all the accessories that are attached to the internet in every concievable way we have so far thought of and invented and copyrighted and pattented.

And reason number two is, back in the 1970's and before, we KNEW who the GOODGUYS were. It almost felt like I was puting total blame for lack of knowing who the good guys were and the lack of unity, on the information age. But more precisely, we have so many communistic and socialist-leaning politicians and media who have mastered the art of deception, and are attempting and largely succeding, in abolishing our U.S. Constitution, and poisoning our minds with the assumption that mass murderers are to be dialogued with and rewarded with a legitimate government.

So now, after the much celebrated death of Osama Bin Laden, I remembered my frequently asked question, and my wish, that somehow, our country can in some way regain the simplicity of unity, and it has been evident ever since the news of the U.S. Seal Team 6 and our Government inteligence agencies' successful raid against our enemies. In case anyone hasn't noticed, read, or heard, even the news broadcastors and printers have brought that to our attention, that we are more united now than we have been.

But get this: in my readings and research on the Ayatolla, I saw that his overthrow of the Iranian government of the 1970's, and declarations of worldwide Muslim aggression against the Western world, especially the U.S.A. and Israel, it has been noted that Iran has been more united than ever, also, with two major sectors in their population, being moderates, who are against religious and political aggression towards the West, and the other being the extreme Islamic religious. And they have Khomeini to thank for that, way back in the 1970's when he took control of their government, by popular uprising. (Sound familiar?)

So are we going to be happy again in the U.S.? I don't think so. But at least we have achieved some sort of unity, and hopefully there can be some sort of logic and peace between the Persians, Arabs and the extremists of that part of the world and of the U.S. and Israel, and will will abandon their ages old mindset of religious domination.

Of course that will not happen, because of all the other political ambitions of New World Order and those of literally all religious faiths, (except Satan worship maybe), are at odds with New World Order, hence the Biblical prophecies of the "mark of the beast" and the final war of Armageddon, which is literally the war between man and God.

So how did I venture off toward a further time other than our present time of unity as a result of the death of a global vilain? Well, I just didn't want anyone's hopes to get too high, and put things in a more proper perspective. And hopefully with all I've brought up, we can not forget the American mantra of the late 1970's and 1980's, "Remember The Hostages".

 

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