Russia , China have been worst affected by this, along with Israel in the past.
Locusts invade Detroit.Locusts in Detroit.
A swarm of locusts covered Detroit yesterday, raising fears that Chicago could be next.
Michigan authorities sent out drones to spray pesticides over the city to prevent damage by the swarm, which numbers about 50,000 locusts, said a spokeswoman for the City of Detroit.
The locust alert comes on the eve of the bankruptcy of Detroit. “First there was the collapse of the auto industry, then there was the financial collapse and the bankruptcy of the city and now… locusts,” said longtime resident, Jimmy Bellicort.
UFO sightings have increased of late in general, and in South Africa in particular.
Report by The Telegraph UK.
Gert Jordaan, founder of UFO Research of SA, said that between February 21 and February 27 many people reported seeing bright orange lights and flames in the sky.
He said that while some sightings could be attributed to meteor showers, others could have a more interesting explanation.
“Though meteors do glow orange, some of the sightings reported radical change in direction and speed. Some objects even remained stationary for five minutes or so. There might be some UFO phenomena occurring in areas around Cape Town,” he told the Times newspaper.
Mr Jordaan said one other explanation was that there could be “some top-secret aircraft” being tested in the Western Cape.
“The second possibility is that life from another planet is surveying ours for making contact and offering knowledge.”
UFO
UFO Sighting South Africa.
2012
Dec 20th – Ramsgate, KwaZulu-NatalDecember 23rd 2012
2010
Apr 20th – Johannesburg, Gauteng
May 8th – Gordons Bay, Western Cape
May 8th – Gordons Bay, Western Cape
May 20th – Kyalami, Gauteng
May 23rd – Strandfontein, Western Cape
May 26th – Gordons Bay, Western Cape
Jul 12th – Piketberg, Western Cape
Jul 17th – Virginia Airport, Durban
Jul 21st – Gordons Bay, Western Cape
Jul 28th – Kempton Park, Guateng
Jul 30th – Johannesburg, Gauteng
Aug 1st – Sandton, Johannesburg, Gauteng
2009
Jan 12th – Uitenhage, Eastern Cape
Feb 27th – Aerorand, Middelburg
Mar 7th – Middelburg, Mpumalanga
Apr 12th – Berea, Durban
Apr 12th – Witbank, Mpumalanga
Apr 26th – Polokwane, Limpopo Province
May 3rd – Hermanus, Overburg, Western Cape
May 9th – Senderwood, Bedfordview, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province
May 22nd – Cape Town
Jun 15th – Between Bultfontein and Welkom, Free State
Aug 29th – Milnerton, Cape Town
Oct 18th – Klerksdorp, North West Province
Oct 18th – Koedoesfontein, halfway between Groot-Marico and Zeerust
Oct 18th – Scarborough, Cape Town
Oct 18th – Three Rivers, Vereeniging
Nov 21st – Outside Bethlehem, Free State
Nov 21st – Johannesburg, Gauteng
2008
Jan 1st – Pretoria
Mar 8th/9th – Groendal Nr. Uitenhage, Outside Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
Apr 28th – Milnerton/Somerset, West Cape Town
Jun 10th – Hennopspark, Gauteng
Jun 25th – Warden, Eastern Free State
Jul 12th – Near Franschhoek, Western Cape
Aug 26th – Groot Marico, North West Province
Oct 29th – Noordwyk, Midrand
Nov 22nd – Victory Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Dec 13th – Riebeek Kasteel, Western Cape
Dec 24th – East London, Eastern Cape
Dec 25th – Uitenhage, Eastern Cape
1.Those who were sent to Old Age Homes by the Wealthy sons and Daughters.
2.Those who had no body to turn to but economically independent.
3.Those who were economically downtrodden.
In the first category thee were two sub groups, one where the children were abroad and had no intention of returning to India and another where the children are in India and in some cases in the same city where the Elderly have been sent to.
I will be covering the issue in a couple of posts with Statistics.
What struck me first are the Statistics
.* Statistics in this Post are from HelpAge India.
I am also posting Statistics from Other sources.
Elder Abuse
Contrary to popular perception, the sons were the main cause for dumping( I deliberately use the Term) and the verbal abuse of parents, and not the Daughter’s in Law!
56 % of the parents were sent to Old Age Homes because os f sons and 23 % because of Daughters’ in Law.
Amidst reports of widespread sexual violence by the Sri Lankan army on suspected LTTE rebels, the Human Right Watch (HRW) has sought an international investigation.
The investigation demands came after a report, ” ‘We will teach you a lesson’: Sexual violence against Tamils by Sri Lankan Security Forces“.
The report is said to have contained a list of 75 cases of rape and sexual assault. These incidents happened all across Sri Lanka, from 2006 to 2012.
The majority of the cases are said to have happened during the armed conflict (with LTTE) that ended in may 2009.
The conflict ended almost three years ago, but the incidents of sexual violence continues till this day, the report quoted.
The revelations were confirmed by HRW Asia Director Brad Adams.
“The Sri Lankan security forces have committed untold numbers of rapes of Tamil men and women in custody. These are not just wartime atrocities but continue to the present, putting every Tamil man/woman arrested for suspected LTTE involvement at serious risk”, he was quoted in a news report published in national daily the Hindu.
Robotic Butt.responds to touch just like a real Butt.Toothbrush fix. The space agency has a reputation for engineering excellence and employing the most cutting-edge tech in their missions. That’s why it was surprising this year when spacewalking astronauts had to improvise and resort to a toothbrush to fix a key power system aboard the International Space Station. The incident seemed almost to come straight out of fiction. It’s not quite an “inanimate carbon rod,” but every Simpsons fan has seen this scene play out before. (Whether the toothbrush will get a ticker-tape parade remains to be seen.)Alien Message. 35 years old, yet to be decodedChimpanzee that plans attack on HumansFrench feed Wine to Cattle, each consumes 2- Bottles a day115 years friends in a Zoo,Austria.Whale vomit worth $60,000, UKOne of the Oldest Living Organisms, and our remotest Ancestor.
I have come across some strange stories in 2012.
I have blogged on some of them.
I have found in Discovery that most of the stories have been listed.
December 23rd 2012
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