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Millions left without money as RBS systems crash

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Nesara Australia Posted by nesaraaustralia ⋅

March 8, 2013 By Hayley Dixon12:03AM GMT 07 Mar 2013

The group, which owns Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest and the Bank of Ulster, apologised to its customers amid reports that they were unable to access their accounts or withdraw money.
The crash comes just months after a computer meltdown that left millions of customers unable to withdraw cash.

People claimed that they had been left stranded, hungry and embarrassed as they were unable to access their own money and had their cards declined.
RBS and its subsidiaries NatWest and the Bank of Ulster issued apologies via Twitter after customers reported problems with cash machines and cards being declined, accessing their accounts online and via telephone.
A statement tweeted by accounts run by all three banks said: “We are aware of the problems our customers are having and apologise, we will provide more information as soon as we have it.”

‘Large release’ of methane off Los Angeles coast: gas could be from shift in tectonic plates

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 3/06/13

March 6, 2013 – CALIFORNIA - Authorities say a foul odor that spurred calls to fire departments throughout the city on Sunday is possibly the result of the large release of methane in the Santa Monica Bay. Santa Monica Fire said in a department statement that they believe the strong odor was caused by a naturally occurring methane leak below the ocean floor. “This morning there was a large release of natural ocean floor methane released in the Santa Monica Bay,” the statement said. Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Fire Department, said the odor was noted inland from the Santa Monica Bay.

 

Wow! Rare Photos Capture 2 Comets Together in Night Sky

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Space.com - Nina Sen, 3/05/13

Yuri Beletsky, a Magellan Instrument Support Scientist at Las Campanas observatory located in Atacama Desert in Chile, used a Canon 5D Mark II camera with an exposure time of ~ 30 seconds on Feb. 28, 2013 to capture this image of Comets Pan-STARRS and Lemmon. CREDIT: Yuri Beletsky

Two comets are putting on an amazing night sky show this month and some intrepid photographers have captured rare views of both celestial objects at the same time.

The photos of Comet Pan-STARRS - which made its closest pass by Earth today (March 5) - and Comet Lemmon were taken by veteran space photographers in Chile and Australia in late February. At the time, both comets were visible from the Southern Hemisphere, though Comet Pan-STARRS is set to become visible from the Northern Hemisphere later this week.

Henry Kissinger hospitalized after fall

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The Washington Post Posted by Rachel Weiner on March 5, 2013 at 2:08 pm

Henry Kissinger in 2012. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

Henry Kissinger in 2012. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

 

Former secretary of state Henry Kissinger has been hospitalized after a fall in his home, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center announced Tuesday.

He is expected to be discharged this afternoon, the hospital says.

The 89-year-old political scientist served under Presidents Nixon and Ford as both national security adviser and secretary of state. For decades since, he has remained an influential voice in foreign policy debates; President George W. Bush turned to him for advice on the war in Iraq.

 

Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President, Dead at 58

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ABC World News By RUSSELL GOLDMAN March 5, 2013

PHOTO: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a televised program from the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela on April 11, 2012.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a televised program from the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela on April 11, 2012. (Miraflores Presidential Office/AP Photo)

Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's fiery and controversial socialist president who came to power on wave of popular sentiment and befriended some of the world's most nefarious dictators, has died at the age of 58, Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro said today.

Chavez had been fighting cancer, recently seeking treatment at a clinic in Cuba.

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