Saturday, October 3, 2009
MichelleMalkin.com | Tall tale of the day: The First Lady’s weird Olympic memory
From Michelle Obama’s failed pitch to the International Olympic Committee:
“Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad’s lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis, and others for their brilliance and perfection.”
Um. Ew. Oof.
Mrs. Obama was 20 years old when Lewis first competed in the Olympics in 1984.
Typhoon Parma - 19W Philippines (YouTube)
Parma
9-30-2009 @ 07:00 985.1 mb 59.0
10-01-2009 @ 07:00 920.4 mb 124.6
I think once more a strom has fooled managed to fool forecasters . The predictions up to 9-29-2009 @18 Z was that this storm would at best reach 85 kts and would only brush the Philippines . Before September the 30th ended the storm rapidly intensified to 124.6 kts
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SpaceFellowship.com - Picture of the Day | Comet 217P Linear with extended greenish tail and Great Orion Nebula
These colorful panels in the picture of today both feature a familiar astronomical sight: the stellar nursery known as the Great Orion Nebula. They also offer an intriguing and unfamiliar detail of the nebula rich skyscape — a passing comet. Recorded this weekend with a remotely operated telescope in New Mexico, the right hand image was taken on September 26 and the left on September 27. Comet 217P Linear sports an extended greenish tail and lies above the bluish Running Man reflection nebula near the top of both frames.
4.1 magnitude earthquake hits Colorado-Mexico border region - 22 mi WSW of Trinidad, Colorado - Saturday, October 03, 2009 at 12:45:31 PM at epicenter
| MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s | LAT deg | LON deg | DEPTH km | Region | |
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| MAP | 4.1 | 2009/10/03 18:45:32 | 37.008 | -104.856 | 5.0 | COLORADO |
Lawyers and Settlements | Tyson Foods Chicken Whistleblower
ustomers accusing Tyson of consumer fraud, breach of express warranty, and unjust enrichment."I believe the federal government is getting tired of Tyson Foods doing what it wants to do and have begun to be very harsh against Tyson Foods," adds Adams, thankful the US District Judge granted his petition against Tyson Foods and his lawsuit was filed August 4, 2009.........
IslandCrisis.net | Alaska Cleveland Volcano Erupts
The lack of a real-time seismic network at Cleveland means that AVO is unable to track local earthquake activity related to volcanic unrest. Short-lived explosions with ash plumes that could exceed 20,000 ft above sea level can occur without warning and may go undetected on satellite imagery.
Stockhouse.com | Best way to profit when silver upstages gold
Standard.net | According to a poll many of us see America as a 'Wal-Mart nation'
It's official --
many of us see America as a "Wal-Mart nation."
According to a poll released via "60 Minutes" and Vanity Fair magazine, 48 percent of Americans -- almost a majority -- say Wal-Mart is the business that best symbolizes America.
In second place was Google, with 15 percent. Microsoft was next with 13 percent, the National Football League was fourth with 6 percent and in fifth was Goldman Sachs with 3 percent?
Goldman Sachs? We guess there are people out there who identify with Goldman Sachs more than the NFL, but we just haven't met them yet.
If you look at the other poll results, it's not surprising we're a "Wal-Mart nation" right now, with the severe recession, cost-cutting and job fears. The megastore -- with its cheaper goods -- attracts recession-minded consumers. And, if one looks at the other results of the poll, we're definitely into parsimony and pinching pennies.
There may even be a sort of secular puritanism developing among Americans as a result of this recession. Witness these poll results:
Fifty-one percent of us would favor a tax of 50 percent -- or even more -- on the wealthiest Americans. However, 46 percent still oppose that idea. Twenty-one percent of us favor a fast-food tax. Five percent would like to see weight scales placed in restaurants. We wonder how many of those 5 percent want to make the weighing mandatory?
Almost a third -- 30 percent -- of us, according to the poll, favor banning food stamp use for high-calorie foods. However, 4 percent of us still favor tax credits for liposuction.
As mentioned, Americans are cutting back on spending, but the poll gives us a clue on what's hard to give up. A third of us -- 33 percent -- say it's hard to give up dining at restaurants. Other tough-to-give-up pleasures include new clothes and vacations.
One more interesting note: Despite Wal-Mart's poll numbers, we're split on whether we want the megastore giant to enter the health care services industry. Only 25 percent of us would use a Wal-Mart health megastore. Thirty-three percent would not. The rest are undecided.
Maybe that reluctance makes sense. Should your doctor's office be next door to a McDonalds?
Voice of America News | G7 Ministers Pledge Continued Stimulus Spending
The ministers, meeting in Istanbul, said the recovery was still fragile and warned that high unemployment rates remain a concern along with volatile currency exchange rates.
Before the meeting, some officials said the weakness of the U.S. dollar, which has long been the world's main reserve currency, could undermine the global economic recovery.
In its final statement, the G7 - which includes the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan - said "disorderly movements" in the value of currencies will hurt economic and financial stability.
The dollar is used for key international transactions and to price commodities like oil, but the growing U.S. debt has caused the dollar to lose value in trading against other currencies.
The G7 statement welcomed China's commitment to a more flexible exchange rate, which could help promote more balanced trade.
A coalition of the world's developing countries, known as the Group of 24, also met on Saturday.
The G24 demanded that poorer nations be granted more power at key international economic organizations like the International Monetary Fund.
Last month, world leaders agreed to make the Group of 20 the world's premier decision making body on global economic issues.
G-20 members include the United States, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Mexico, France, Germany, the European Union, Argentina, Australia, Britain, Canada, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, and Turkey.
6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan - 37 km (23 miles) S (183°) from Hua-lien, Taiwan - Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 01:36:05 AM at epicenter
Update time = Sat Oct 3 17:54:57 UTC 2009
| MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s | LAT deg | LON deg | DEPTH km | Region | |
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| MAP | 6.1 | 2009/10/03 17:36:05 | 23.635 | 121.565 | 17.5 | TAIWAN |
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NationalNews.com | Featured Stories - October 3, 2009
| Trace mineral selenium helps prevent cancer (NaturalNews) The CSPI is reportedly suing Bayer over the company's claims that the selenium in its "One-A-Day" multivitamin formula helps prevent prostate cancer. It's rare to see... |
| Traditional Plant Medicine Could Cure H1N1 Flu Virus, Chinese Scientists Find (NaturalNews) The government's pro-vaccine push and the mainstream media's near hysteria over the increased number of H1N1 (swine flu) cases can leave some people feeling almost helpless. After all, there are reports that anti-virus drugs like Tamiflu... |
| Live the Way of Permaculture Permaculture is a way of living; it involves sustainability, ethics, community living, harmony with nature, appropriate technology, organic living, organic farming, etc. It is a way to integrate nature and people in the most sustainable way... |
| Scientists Around the World Condemn FDA for Declaring BPA is Safe (NaturalNews) An international consortium of experts on the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) has issued a statement condemning the FDA's insistence that the chemical is safe. "It is becoming undeniable that BPA is dangerous," said Laura Vandenberg... |
| How to Stay Sharp as a Tack A few days ago a song got stuck in my head- the slow, haunting violin melody that set the mood in the movie Platoon. But I couldn't recall who wrote it, and it bugged me. Later, when I wasn't thinking about it, I suddenly remembered it was Samuel Barber's... |
| Globalization and Complexity Has Made Our World More Vulnerable to Catastrophe (NaturalNews) Economic experts are warning that the complex interconnectedness of the global economy makes it highly susceptible to collapse from one or two sharp shocks. "While [complexity] helps the system diversify across small shocks, it also exposes... |
| New book reveals secret Brazilian Aloe recipe for curing cancer using just three ingredients (NaturalNews) Living in South America, I often find myself steeped in abundant natural cures for many diseases, including cancer. You can hardly walk out your front door without finding yourself surrounded with natural medicines made by Mother Nature... |
Latin American Herald Tribune | Headlines - October 3, 2009
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| 9/30/2009 | Moderate Quake Rocks Southern Peru |
| 9/29/2009 | Peru Prison Becomes Disco on Weekends |
| 9/29/2009 | Peru to Use Sports to Counter Guerrillas, Drug Traffickers |
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| 10/2/2009 | Nearly 4 Million Spaniards Out of Work |
| 10/1/2009 | Auto Sales Up in Spain in September |
| 9/21/2009 | Slim Buys 60 Percent of U.S. Oil Services Firm’s Mexican Unit |
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| 9/17/2009 | Venezuela To Get $36 Billion in Oil Investment from Russia, China |
| 9/14/2009 | Venezuela's Chavez Says Huge New Gas Find Another Reason to Boost Defense Against USA |
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| 10/2/2009 | VenEconomy: Victory for the Leader… |
| 10/2/2009 | VenEconomía: Ganó el Líder… |
| 10/1/2009 | VenEconomy: PDVSA in the Doldrums |
| 10/1/2009 | VenEconomía: PDVSA de Capa Caída |
| 9/30/2009 | VenEconomy: The Oarsmen of Democracy in Venezuela |
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The Sun | At least 20 people dead and 10 missing as torrential rain caused mudslides which devastated two villages in Italy.
An aerial view of a road collapsed in the village of Molino near the Sicilian town of Messina October 2, 2009. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello.
Officials declared the area around the city of Messina in north east Sicily a disaster zone after three hours of thunderstorms brought "apocalyptic" scenes of destruction.
Saturday, October 3, 2009 - Roads, rail lines and buildings were submerged in water and engulfed by rocks and trees. Worst hit were mountain villages Giampilieri and Briga, where nine inches of rain swept away cars and homes.
Concetta Auditore, 77, said: "It was like hell. Everything collapsed in on us."
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