What's New
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2008 Part 1

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30 June 2008

• 324,320 hits in June 2008!

• received much traffic to my graph of annual energy release in earthquakes for the last century, apparently in regard to crackpot claims in the news media that global warming is causing an increase in earthquakes (yet one more example of the scientific ignorance behind the media hype about global warming).

• updated "Yossef Bodansky: some writings" (Terrorism)

• updated "Known populations of solar system objects: June 2008" (Astronomy and Space)

• added "Historical abortion statistics: Algeria", "Argentina", "Brazil", "Ghana", "Kenya", "Morocco", "Sudan", and "Thailand" and updated "Abortion statistics and other data", "Percent of pregnancies aborted by country (listed by %)", and "Percent of pregnancies aborted by country (listed by country)" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Historical abortion statistics: Albania", "Andorra", "Anguilla", "Armenia", "Australia", "Austria", "Azerbaijan", "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Barbados", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Belize", "Bermuda", "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Botswana", "Bulgaria", "Canada", "Channel Islands", "Chile", "Cocos Islands", "Costa Rica", "Croatia", "Cuba", "Cyprus", "Czech Republic", "Czechoslovakia", "Denmark", "Dominican Republic", "East Germany", "Egypt", "Estonia", "Faeroe Islands", "Finland", "FR Germany", "France", "French Guiana", "Georgia", "Gibraltar", "Greece", "Greenland", "Guadeloupe", "Guyana", "Hong Kong", "Hungary", "Iceland", "India", "Iran", "Ireland", "Isle of Man", "Israel", "Italy", "Japan", "Kazakhstan", "Kosovo", "Kuwait", "Kyrgyzstan", "Latvia", "Lithuania", "Luxembourg", "Macedonia", "Malta", "Martinique", "Mexico", "Moldova", "Mongolia", "Montenegro", "Namibia", "Nepal", "Netherlands", "New Caledonia", "New Zealand", "Nigeria", "Norway", "Palau", "Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)", "Panama", "Panama Canal Zone", "Poland", "Portugal", "PR China", "Puerto Rico", "Qatar", "Reunion", "ROC Taiwan", "ROK South Korea", "Romania", "Russia", "Saint Helena", "Saudi Arabia", "Serbia", "Serbia and Montenegro", "Seychelles", "Singapore", "Slovakia", "Slovenia", "South Africa", "Spain", "Suriname", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Tajikistan", "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands", "Tunisia", "Turkey", "Turkmenistan", "Turks and Caicos Islands", "U.S.S.R.", "Ukraine", "United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom", "United States", "Uzbekistan", "Venezuela", "Vietnam", "Yugoslavia", "Zambia", and "Zimbabwe" (Other Policy Issues)

• added "Historical abortion statistics: Andorra" and updated "Abortion statistics and other data" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Historical abortion statistics: Albania", "Anguilla", "Armenia", "Australia", "Austria", "Azerbaijan", "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Barbados", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Belize", "Bermuda", "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Botswana", "Bulgaria", "Canada", "Channel Islands", "Chile", "Cocos Islands", "Costa Rica", "Croatia", "Cuba", "Cyprus", "Czech Republic", "Czechoslovakia", "Denmark", "Dominican Republic", "East Germany", "Egypt", "Estonia", "Faeroe Islands", "Finland", "FR Germany", "France", "French Guiana", "Georgia", "Gibraltar", "Greece", "Greenland", "Guadeloupe", "Guyana", "Hong Kong", "Hungary", "Iceland", "India", "Iran", "Ireland", "Isle of Man", "Israel", "Italy", "Japan", "Kazakhstan", "Kosovo", "Kuwait", "Kyrgyzstan", "Latvia", "Lithuania", "Luxembourg", "Macedonia", "Malta", "Martinique", "Mexico", "Moldova", "Mongolia", "Montenegro", "Namibia", "Nepal", "Netherlands", "New Caledonia", "New Zealand", "Nigeria", "Norway", "Palau", "Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)", "Panama", "Panama Canal Zone", "Poland", "Portugal", "PR China", "Puerto Rico", "Qatar", "Reunion", "ROC Taiwan", "ROK South Korea", "Romania", "Russia", "Saint Helena", "Saudi Arabia", "Serbia", "Serbia and Montenegro", "Seychelles", "Singapore", "Slovakia", "Slovenia", "South Africa", "Spain", "Suriname", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Tajikistan", "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands", "Tunisia", "Turkey", "Turkmenistan", "Turks and Caicos Islands", "U.S.S.R.", "Ukraine", "United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom", "United States", "Uzbekistan", "Venezuela", "Vietnam", "Yugoslavia", "Zambia", and "Zimbabwe" (Other Policy Issues)

• updated "Abortion statistics and other data" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Johnston's Archive news" (Home) and Home page

• 393,149 hits in May 2008!

• removed "K-386 submarine reactor accident, 1976" and corrected "Database of radiological incidents and related events", "Frequently asked questions", "Radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties--tabulated data", "Naval reactor accidents causing radiation casualties", "Statistical summary of radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties" (Nuclear Weapons)
• added "Historical abortion statistics: Costa Rica" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Historical abortion statistics: Albania", "Anguilla", "Armenia", "Australia", "Austria", "Azerbaijan", "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Barbados", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Belize", "Bermuda", "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Botswana", "Bulgaria", "Canada", "Channel Islands", "Chile", "Cocos Islands", "Croatia", "Cuba", "Cyprus", "Czech Republic", "Czechoslovakia", "Denmark", "Dominican Republic", "East Germany", "Egypt", "Estonia", "Faeroe Islands", "Finland", "FR Germany", "France", "French Guiana", "Georgia", "Gibraltar", "Greece", "Greenland", "Guadeloupe", "Guyana", "Hong Kong", "Hungary", "Iceland", "India", "Iran", "Ireland", "Isle of Man", "Israel", "Italy", "Japan", "Kazakhstan", "Kosovo", "Kuwait", "Kyrgyzstan", "Latvia", "Lithuania", "Luxembourg", "Macedonia", "Malta", "Martinique", "Mexico", "Moldova", "Mongolia", "Montenegro", "Namibia", "Nepal", "Netherlands", "New Caledonia", "New Zealand", "Nigeria", "Norway", "Palau", "Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)", "Panama", "Panama Canal Zone", "Poland", "Portugal", "PR China", "Puerto Rico", "Qatar", "Reunion", "ROC Taiwan", "ROK South Korea", "Romania", "Russia", "Saint Helena", "Saudi Arabia", "Serbia", "Serbia and Montenegro", "Seychelles", "Singapore", "Slovakia", "Slovenia", "South Africa", "Spain", "Suriname", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Tajikistan", "Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands", "Tunisia", "Turkey", "Turkmenistan", "Turks and Caicos Islands", "U.S.S.R.", "Ukraine", "United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom", "United States", "Uzbekistan", "Venezuela", "Vietnam", "Yugoslavia", "Zambia", and "Zimbabwe" (Other Policy Issues)

• added "Data on abortion decrease in Poland" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Johnston's Archive news" (Home)

• updated "Deep space probes and other manmade objects beyond Earth orbit" and "Deep space probes and other manmade objects beyond Earth orbit (summary)" (Astronomy and Space)

• updated "Number of earthquakes by year" (Other Information Resources)
• corrected "Tenerife, 2008, Part 1" and "Part 2" (Photo Album)
• updated "Johnston's Archive news" (Home)

• updated "(185851) 2000 DP107 and S/2000 (2000 DP107) 1", "Asteroids with satellites", "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites list by type and presumed level of confirmation", "Combined Listing of Reported Asteroid/TNO Companions by Date Reported", "Asteroids/TNOs with satellites: by date reported", and "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites: Summary Data" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Historical abortion statistics: Alberta", "British Columbia", "Manitoba", "New Brunswick", "Newfoundland and Labrador", "Northwest Territories", "Nova Scotia", "Nunavut", "Ontario", "Prince Edward Island", "Quebec", "Saskatchewan", and "Yukon Territory" (Other Policy Issues)
• corrected "Percent of pregnancies aborted by country (listed by %)" and "Percent of pregnancies aborted by country (listed by country)" (Other Policy Issues)

• updated "Johnston's Archive news" (Home) and Home page

• completed response to previously mentioned spammer episode: added "To contact me" (Home), removed email address from 18 index pages and 6 other pages, added link to contact page to these and another 3 pages
• updated "Number of earthquakes by year" (Other Information Resources)

• due to a spammer episode (some spammer has been falsely inserting my email address as the return address in global spam attacks) have begun action by removing my email address from 32 pages

• updated "Johnston's Archive news" (Home)

• added "Boulder, Colorado, in 2008" (Photo Album)
• corrected "Birds in South Padre Island, Texas" (Photo Album) and modified Photo Album main page
• updated "About me" and "Johnston's Archive news" (Home) and Home page

• 379,219 hits in April 2008!

• updated "(182933) 2002 GZ31", "Asteroids with satellites", "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites list by type and presumed level of confirmation", "Combined Listing of Reported Asteroid/TNO Companions by Date Reported", "Asteroids/TNOs with satellites: by date reported", and "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites: Summary Data" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "List of known trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Johnston's Archive news" (Home)

• updated "Johnston's Archive visits by country" (Home) and Home page

• updated "Strategic and theater nuclear forces: Part 1: Introduction and sources", "Part 3: Russia", "Part 4: United Kingdom, France, and P.R. China", "Part 5: Israel, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Iran", and "Part 6: Summary data" (Nuclear Weapons)
• updated "Johnston's Archive news" (Home)

• added "2005 NB7" and updated "Asteroids with satellites", "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites list by type and presumed level of confirmation", "Combined Listing of Reported Asteroid/TNO Companions by Date Reported", "Asteroids/TNOs with satellites: by date reported", and "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites: Summary Data" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Johnston's Archive news" (Home)

• added "(5481) Kiuchi" and updated "Asteroids with satellites", "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites list by type and presumed level of confirmation", "Combined Listing of Reported Asteroid/TNO Companions by Date Reported", "Asteroids/TNOs with satellites: by date reported", "Other reports of asteroid/TNO companions", and "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites: Summary Data" (Astronomy and Space)

• updated "Strategic nuclear forces of the world, March 2008, part 2: United States" (Nuclear Weapons)
• updated "Johnston's Archive news" (Home)

• updated "Family and friends" (Home)

• added "(41) Daphne and S/2008 (41) 1" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Asteroids with satellites", "Asteroids/TNOs with satellites: by date reported", "Asteroids/TNOs with satellites: list by type and presumed level of confirmation", and "List of IAU preliminary designations of natural satellites" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Family and friends" (Home) and Home page

• 376,559 hits in March 2008!

• updated "Historical data relating to global climate change" (Environmental Topics)

• updated "Known populations of solar system objects: March 2008" (Astronomy and Space)

• added "2001 QQ322" and "2005 PR21" and updated "(3749) Balam, S/2002 (3749) 1, and undesignated companion" and "(1453) Fennia" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Asteroids with satellites", "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites list by type and presumed level of confirmation", "Combined Listing of Reported Asteroid/TNO Companions by Date Reported", "Asteroids/TNOs with satellites: by date reported", "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites: Summary Data", and "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Johnston's Archive news" and "About me" (Home) and Home page

• modified "Kandalaksha orphaned source, 2001" (Nuclear Weapons)
• updated "(175706) 1996 FG3", "Asteroids with satellites", "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites list by type and presumed level of confirmation", "Combined Listing of Reported Asteroid/TNO Companions by Date Reported", "Asteroids/TNOs with satellites: by date reported", and "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites: Summary Data" (Astronomy and Space)
• corrected "Review of Living in the Environment, 12th ed. (Miller)" and "Review of Living in the Environment, 14th ed. (Miller)" (Environmental Topics)
• updated "Johnston's Archive news" and added "What's new at Johnston's Archive--2008" (Home) and Home page

• 338,428 hits in February 2008!

• added "(119067) 2001 KP76", "(160091) 2000 OL67", "(162483) 2000 PJ5", and "2006 SF369" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Asteroids with satellites", "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites list by type and presumed level of confirmation", "Combined Listing of Reported Asteroid/TNO Companions by Date Reported", "Asteroids/TNOs with satellites: by date reported", "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites: Summary Data", and "List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Countries of the world" and "Territories and other sub-national regions of the world" (Other Information Resources)
• updated "Database of nuclear tests, France: introduction" and "Database of nuclear tests, France" (Nuclear Weapons)

• added "Rotterdam radiotherapy accident, 1988" and updated "Database of radiological incidents and related events", "Radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties--tabulated data", and "Statistical summary of radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties" (Nuclear Weapons)
• updated "Database of nuclear tests, France: introduction" and "Database of nuclear tests, France" (Nuclear Weapons)
• updated "United States abortion rates, 1960-2005" and "Abortion statistics and other data" (Other Policy Issues)

• updated "About me" and "Johnston's Archive news" (Home)

• updated "(153591) 2001 SN263" (Astronomy and Space)

• added "(153591) 2001 SN263" and updated "Asteroids with satellites", "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites list by type and presumed level of confirmation", "Combined Listing of Reported Asteroid/TNO Companions by Date Reported", "Asteroids/TNOs with satellites: by date reported", and "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites: Summary Data" (Astronomy and Space)
• added "New Brunswick abortions and live births by region, 2001-2003" and modified "California abortion percentages by county, 2000-2004" and "Abortion statistics and other data" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Family and friends" (Home)

• updated "List of known trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Database of nuclear tests, United States: introduction" and "Database of nuclear tests, United States: improved locations" (Nuclear Weapons)
• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel, part X: 2006-2008" and "Summary of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Unconventional Warfare)
• updated "Family and friends" (Home)

• corrected "About me" (Home)
• updated "Multimegaton weapons: the largest nuclear weapons" and "Multimegaton tests: the largest nuclear tests" (Nuclear Weapons)

• updated "Multimegaton weapons: the largest nuclear weapons" and "Iran: WMD-related facilities" (Nuclear Weapons)
• added "(1866) Sisyphus" and "(7225) Huntress" and updated "Asteroids with satellites", "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites list by type and presumed level of confirmation", "Combined Listing of Reported Asteroid/TNO Companions by Date Reported", "Asteroids/TNOs with satellites: by date reported", and "Asteroids/TNOs with Satellites: Summary Data" (Astronomy and Space)

• 352,190 hits in January 2008!

• added "In my humble opinion... by subject" and modified "On Democrats", "On military children and education", and "In my humble opinion..." (Opinion)

• added "On strategic defense (1989)", "On strategic defense (1992)", "On the SAT and education", "On statues of Confederate leaders", "On causes of terrorism", "On Democrats", "On military children and education", "On TSC bond issue", "On global warming", "On misrepresentations by the American Interfaith Institute" (IMHO)
• modified "On predictions of nuclear winter from Kuwaiti oil well fires", "On federal budget surplus and taxes", "On PRC's seizure of U.S. EP-3", "On history of War Between the States and slavery", "On school vouchers", "On criticisms of President Bush by Molly Ivins" (IMHO)

• added "Addresses by President George W. Bush" (Other Policy Issues) and updated Other Policy Issues main page

• added "Selected terrorist incidents in the United States, through September 2000" (Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Unconventional Warfare)
• added "President George W. Bush's address on immigration reform", "President George W. Bush's address on the fifth anniversary of 9/11", "President George W. Bush's state of the union address, 2007", and "President George W. Bush's address on the way forward in Iraq" (Other Policy Issues) and updated Other Policy Issues main page

• updated "Known populations of solar system objects: January 2008" (Astronomy and Space)

• added "California abortions and live births by county of residence, 1994-2005" and "California abortion percentages by county, 2000-2004" and modified "Abortion statistics and other data" (Other Policy Issues)

• updated "Historical abortion statistics, Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", "Arkansas", "California", "Colorado", "Connecticut", "Delaware", "District of Columbia", "Florida", "Georgia", "Hawaii", "Idaho", "Illinois", "Indiana", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Kentucky", "Louisiana", "Maine", "Maryland", "Massachusetts", "Michigan", "Minnesota", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "Montana", "Nebraska", "Nevada", "New Hampshire", "New Jersey", "New Mexico", "New York", "North Carolina", "North Dakota", "Ohio", "Oklahoma", "Oregon", "Pennsylvania", "Rhode Island", "South Carolina", "South Dakota", "Tennessee", "Texas", "Utah", "Vermont", "Virginia", "Washington", "West Virginia", "Wisconsin", and "Wyoming" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Historical abortion statistics, United States" (Other Policy Issues)

• updated "Historical abortion statistics, Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", "Arkansas", "California", "Colorado", "Connecticut", "Delaware", "District of Columbia", "Florida", "Georgia", "Hawaii", "Idaho", "Illinois", "Indiana", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Kentucky", "Louisiana", "Maine", "Maryland", "Massachusetts", "Michigan", "Minnesota", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "Montana", "Nebraska", "Nevada", "New Hampshire", "New Jersey", "New Mexico", "New York", "North Carolina", "North Dakota", "Ohio", "Oklahoma", "Oregon", "Pennsylvania", "Rhode Island", "South Carolina", "South Dakota", "Tennessee", "Texas", "Utah", "Vermont", "Virginia", "Washington", "West Virginia", "Wisconsin", and "Wyoming" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Historical abortion statistics, United States" and "State agency sources of abortion statistics" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Number of earthquakes by year" (Other Information Resources)
• updated "Johnston's Archive news" (Home)

• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel, part X: 2006-2008", "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel, introduction", and "Summary of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism) and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Unconventional Warfare main page
• updated "Nuclear stockpile estimates and graphs" index (Nuclear Weapons) and Nuclear Weapons main page
• updated Photo Album main page
• updated "Johnston's Archive news" and added "What's new at Johnston's Archive" (Home)

• updated "Johnston's Archive news" and added "What's new at Johnston's Archive--2008" (Home)
• 336,791 hits in December 2007!

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