Not a playful question

“Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? This question, which at first sight might not seem difficult, is really one of the most difficult that can be asked. When we have realized the obstacles in the way of a straightforward and confident answer, we shall be well launched on the study of philosophy—for philosophy is merely the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically, as we do in ordinary life and even in the sciences, but critically, after exploring all that makes such questions puzzling, and after realizing all the vagueness and confusion that underlie our ordinary ideas.”

Excerpt From: Bertrand Russell. “The Problems of Philosophy.” iBooks. 

We are taught as fact that the earth's crust is composed of a series of islands floating on the hot liquid and gaseous core of our globe.
We are further instructed that these islands move in relation to each other and 'collide', causing one to slide on top of the other which invariably results in more or less destructive earthquakes. Take the case of the recent disastrous quake in the Himalayas.
If this quake was caused by the movement of such plates as I called 'islands' before, then it would reasonably follow that the distribution of mass around the outer rim of the globe caused a corresponding shift of the center of gravity of our world.
A simple experiment would show that the mode of rotation of a rotating body changes as the center of gravity is shifted. This can be visible in a shift in the axis of rotation or in the appearance of a wobble or the two combined.
Since our climate and weather both depend to a large degree on our earth's orbit around the sun, a change in this orbit would inevitably result in a climate change.
Since this shifting of the tectonic plates (my 'islands', above) has been going on since uncounted years' the above observations would help to explain the fact that our earth has gone through a number of ice ages in some areas, corresponding to the shifting of tropical conditions to others. Drilling in the Antarctic have indeed brought to light evidence that the area we now call 'South Pole' once was covered by tropical vegetation.

Presumably also by the shifting of the tectonic plates, the central volume of the globe would change, giving more space to, or taking space away from the molten and gaseous center of the earth. This would result inevitably in some of the crust breaking off and filling the void in the former case, or cause for an increase of pressure on the core, which in return would result in volcanic eruptions - of which we certainly have seen more recently than in previous periods. Conversely, a breaking off of a piece of a tectonic plate might preferably occur in its thinnest area, i.e. in the 'ditches of the oceans". This was demonstrated by some pictures and videos published by National Geographic which makes it appear that underwater volcanoes have more the character of cracks than of the typical cone we observe on top of the earth. Also, I speculate here that such breaking of the plates may be the cause of some of the tsunami we have recently heard more of.

The earth's atmosphere is thought to be a mantle of air which moves in unison with the rotation of the earth. Since air is mass, and as such is subject to the laws of kinetics, a wobble in the rotation of the earth would certainly have a direct effect on the harmony of this air cover's moving with the earth: there would be shifts in prevailing winds, sudden acceleration/deceleration of winds, and probably the occurrence of turbulence, some of which might become destructive. A physicist - and of course I forgot his name - declared once that" if the rotation of the earth were to suddenly stop, the air mantle would continue to rotate around the motionless ball and within moments level all unevenness - mountains, hills, trees, buildings, mankind, all raised matter would be blown into the recesses of the earth and fill sea and lake basins with a body of water covering the entire smoothly rounded globe". A stormy picture, indeed.

To my satisfaction I know that, if there is anything in this, either science or more final effects will provide the answers.

It is far more relaxing to watch the cows graze peacefully in the pasture below the deck. Jason is in the process of "drying out" his herd and giving the animals a few weeks of rest. He has purchased two bulls which he plans to put to work after this resting period and then, in another few weeks, we will hear the bellowing of the mothers and shortly afterwards the weaker voices of the newborn calves.

I asked Jason why he had changed from artificial insemination to the natural way of impregnating the cows. He grinned and laconically said: "It's because the bulls know much better than I or anybody which cow is receptive." That covers an observation we made on Old Pocket road in Virginia: we had two cows with calves and when the calves reached the desired weight we sold them. I then called the local veterinarian to come and take care of the cow in heat. He requested me to capture both and tie them up securely. I asked "why both?". He explained that even though cows jump each other when they are in heat, it is never clear whether it is the 'jumpor' or the 'jumpee' that is ready to conceive. That is why both need to be inseminated. That's the vet talking, mind you! At least back then, there is about a 50% success rate in artificial insemination and the resulting overall effectiveness and cost of the proposed procedure made me give up on breeding my own cattle without a bull. It seems that such things have not changed much over the years.