Why is the ocean salty

Is the ocean salty because of whale sperm?
Thanks to Snooki who explains why she hates the oceans and why is the ocean salty. From this weeks Jersey Shore episode, Snooki had a boyfriend named Jeff. Her short-lived beau wanted to take a dip in the ocean, but she informed him : “I f—in’ hate the ocean. Too much whale sperm. Everybody Google it, because that’s why the water is salty. F—in’ whale sperm.”
Imagine, just because Snooki said to Google it… many people are googling it. And she even said that the ocean is salty because of all the ‘f—-ng whale sperm’ and that is why she doesn’t want to go in the ocean, because of all the sperm. But don’t worry though, the ocean is not salty because of whale sperm, that’s just wrong. According to sources, as water flows in rivers, it picks up small amounts of mineral salts from the rocks and soil of the river beds. This very-slightly salty water flows into the oceans and seas. The water in the oceans only leaves by evaporating (and the freezing of polar ice), but the salt remains dissolved in the ocean – it does not evaporate. So the remaining water gets saltier and saltier as time passes.

The salinity (salt content) of ocean water varies. The oceans and seas contain roughly 5 x 10 16 tons of salts. One cubic foot of average sea water contains 2.2 pounds of salt. The oceans are about 3.5% salt (by weight). Salinity is generally reported in terms of parts per thousand (abbreviated o/oo), the number of pounds of salt per 1,000 pounds of water; the average ocean salinity is 35 o/oo.

The saltiest water is in the Red Sea and in the Persian Gulf, which have a salinity of about 40 o/oo (due to very high evaporation rates and low fresh water influx). The least salty seas are in the polar regions, where both melting polar ice and a lot of rain dilute the salinity.

Now you know why the ocean is salty. SOURCE

Rosicrucian

Ruth Krautter, 100, of Portland, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, at Slate Belt Nursing and Rehab, in Bangor.
Ruth Krautter, 100, Portland, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, the Slate Belt Nursing and Rehab, in Bangor.Ruth was born in Germany on January 13, 1911. She was the daughter of the late Henry and Marie (Weinmann) long.Ruth married her husband, Willy Krautter, in 56 years. He was predeceased by her husband and a grandson, Eric Kemmerer. Ruth a life member of the Rosicrucian Order AMORC

Four surviving daughters, Borghild Kemmerer and her husband, George, Dietlind Crain and her husband, Howard, Heilgard Kemmerer and her husband, Frank, and Wiltrud Miller and her husband, Walter, 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, a sister, Annemarie Tröster in Germany, and many nephews and her niece.

Gathering of family and friends 2-4 pm Saturday, Feb. 12, the Lanterman and Allen Funeral Home, 1927 Washington St., East Stroudsburg, is a monument.

Islamic Socialism

The blogosphere is teeming with discussions of Islamic Socialism in relation to the civil unrest in Egypt.Few bloggers work of the Pakistan People's Party, Islam as a true socialist government that would be a viable solution to the problems in Egypt.

Few  bloggers refer to contemporary Muhammad, Abu al-Dharr Ghifari as a source of Islamic socialism, although I'm not saying that Mohammed supported the redistribution of wealth at all.

Still others refer to Libya, another example of the government to save Egypt.Most blogs support democracy as a way to liberate the people of a bad government.

The Muslim Brotherhood, suggesting that they can step in and reshape the Egyptian government as a stable country in a kind of Islamic socialism, and they support the protesting students and young people who fill the streets.