OKLAHOMA CITY — The total number of earthquakes across Oklahoma has increased 23 percent from this time last year, though most of the quakes are very small according to USGS data.

Oklahoma started the year slowly for the total number of quakes, though now has seen a large jump in the number of quakes registering 1.9 magnitude or smaller, year-to-date.

So far in 2016, the state has seen 142 of the very small quakes. At this time in 2015, the state registered 16.

Overall, 2016 has had a total of 825 quakes compared to 2015’s 671. MORE

They use what they call “the savanna theory of happiness” to explain two main findings from an analysis of a large national survey (15,000 respondents) of adults aged 18 to 28.

First, they find that people who live in more densely populated areas tend to report less satisfaction with their life overall. “The higher the population density of the immediate environment, the less happy” the survey respondents said they were. Second, they find that the more social interactions with close friends a person has, the greater their self-reported happiness.

But there was one big exception. For more intelligent people, these correlations were diminished or even reversed. MORE

Head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill denounced as “heresy” those human rights that he said contradicted the Bible, and proclaimed fighting them the goal of his church, the Interfax news agency reported Sunday.

“We are seeing how efforts are being made in many prosperous countries to establish by law the person’s right to any choice, including the most sinful ones, those that contradict God’s word, the concept of holiness, the concept of God,” Patriarch Kirill said after a Sunday service at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral, Interfax reported. MORE

President Obama gave a historic press conference with Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana on Monday, and things could not have ended more awkwardly.

Since 1980, the number of Americans who believe in God has decreased by half and the number who pray has declined five-fold. Has America lost its faith?

The United States formally separates Church and State, but it’s hard to deny that America is inundated with religious innuendo, from its controversial pledge of allegiance all the way down to its Judeo-Christian courthouse displays and faith-espousing legal tender. Yet fewer Americans pray or believe in God than ever before, according to a new study in the journal Sage Open. MORE

here were many light beams that appeared around the world in August-September 2015. Many people tried to debunk these beams but failed to do so.

As Republican Gov. Nathan Deal considers “religious freedom” legislation that would open the door to businesses denying service to LGBT people, the National Football League issued a statement saying Atlanta could lose the chance to host a Super Bowl.

The statement was issued to the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and came from league spokesman Brian McCarthy:

“NFL policies emphasize tolerance and inclusiveness, and prohibit discrimination based on age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other improper standard. Whether the laws and regulations of a state and local community are consistent with these policies would be one of many factors NFL owners may use to evaluate potential Super Bowl host sites.” MORE

Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco appear to be getting a divorce, breaking up their joint venture in U.S.-based refining assets.

The two companies joined together to create Motiva Enterprises LLC in 1998, a 50-50 joint venture that operated three refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. But Shell and Saudi Aramco have seen their interests head in different directions. “It is now time for the partners to pursue their independent downstream goals,” said Abdulrahman Al-Wuhaib, a senior vice president of Saudi Aramco’s downstream unit. MORE

Week of the Creation, Happy Birthday World, Adam and Good Friday.

Around March 20th  would be the week of the creation by the solar calendar and spring full moon,  so this year the creation week starts on 20th and Adam’s birth or his creation day would fall on Good Friday March 25th.  Ex:12. The reading  on Good Friday,  Holy Saturday Gen: 1.How ironic that our Lord would die on the day He created Adam. Some say that they were both buried in the same area but I can’t vouch for that. Continue reading →

Vol 9 Issue 12 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
March 19, 2016 ~ Saint Joseph, opn!

1. Baptism: Means of Salvation (60)
2. Holy Week
3. St. Martin of Braga
4. Christ in the Home (35)
5. Articles and notices

Dear Reader: Continue reading →

A plane carrying 62 people has crashed while attempting to land at Russia’s Rostov-on-Don airport, killing all those onboard, officials say. MORE

March 18 (Bloomberg) — The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report Publisher Marc Faber discusses the 2016 Presidential campaign frontrunners. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg)

Southern California has, yet again, clinched the dubious distinction of having the country’s worst traffic.

Drivers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana region spent 81 hours idling on freeways in 2015, the worst cumulative delay of any U.S. metropolitan area, according to a study released Tuesday by the data company Inrix. MORE

Los Angeles leads the nation in hit-and-run vehicle collisions, and two Los Angeles City Council members are vowing to do something about it.

After hitting pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcycles or other vehicles, as many as 20,000 LA motorists flee the scene each year, Councilman Joe Buscaino said in a motion before the government body’s public safety committee. MORE