Of Earthquakes and Supervolcaneos

First it was Geonet reporting that Lake Taupo had increased activity: http://geonet.org.nz/news/article-dec-12-2008-monitoring-activity-at-taupo.html

Now it is time for Yellowstone as well to increase in activity: Earthquake swarms around Yellowstone super volcano – World – NZ Herald News

It seems that we are all doomed.

And Geonet is also reporting that 2008 was quiet: http://geonet.org.nz/news/article-jan-12-2009-volcanic-activity-in-new-zealand-2008.html

I guess it is the calm before the storm.

Brainy children ‘likely to vote Green’

From: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5068743.ece

Cleverer children are more likely to vote for the Green Party or the Liberal Democrats in a general election than other parties when they become adults, research suggests. The study, by the University of Edinburgh and the UK Medical Research Council and published in the journal Intelligence, indicates that childhood IQ is as important as social class in determining political allegiance. The IQs of more than 6,000 subjects were recorded at the age of 10, before any secondary schooling. Twenty-four years later they were asked about their voting habits.