11/22/09
Gaza's weapons facilities hit by the Israeli Fighter Jets
Israel Air Force hit weapons facilities in northern and central Gaza, military says
Israel says it was responding to the firing of a rocket at southern Israeli town of Sderot
Sources in Hamas, which controls Gaza, say three injured in Israeli airstrikes
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(CNN) -- Israeli fighter jets attacked what the country said were "terrorist sites" in Gaza in retribution for an earlier attack, the military said Sunday.
The Israel Air Force hit two weapons-manufacturing facilities in northern and central Gaza and a smuggling tunnel in the Rafah border area, Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. Gaza shares the Rafah border with Egypt.[...]
11/21/09
Feds drop case against blackwater guard
By MATT APUZZO – 1 day ago
WASHINGTON — Prosecutors say they'll drop manslaughter charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide contractors charged in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting.
In court documents Friday, prosecutors said they have asked that the case against Nicholas Slatten of Sparta, Tenn., be dropped.
The request itself was sealed, so it's unclear why the case was being dropped. But it could be a bad sign for the government. After the shooting, some guards spoke to investigators under the promise of immunity. Prosecutors have been arguing behind closed doors that the immunity deal did not taint the case.
Five guards, all military veterans, face charges in the shooting that left 17 Iraqis dead. Prosecutors say the shooting was unprovoked, but Blackwater says its convoy was ambushed.
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Confused Seal =(
I want to know where they keep the poor seal? I'm anxious to know! =(
10/27/09
8 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan
It's awful sad that we lost 8 soldiers in Afghanistan before holidays. I'm grieving--heart my goes out to their families and love ones. I pray for peace and I hope it will come soon. The sooner the better before we lose more of our brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers in that lousy war!
Rest In Peace to those who died. =(
10/22/09
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'Why do people hate you?' Obama caught off guard by ten-year-old boy's question
But five words from a child burst Barack Obama's bubble.
'Why do people hate you?' asked schoolboy Terence Scott, [Read more]
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Bret Favre | Vikings
9/29/09
Paramedic failed patient
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/8280785.stm
Warner music back in You tube?
Warner Music, which had removed its videos from YouTube after licensing talks with Google broke down last year, just announced that is has reached a new deal with YouTube and that Warner's music videos will once again appear on YouTube. The partnership, according to the official announcement, covers the complete Warner catalog and "includes user-generated content containing WMG acts." Warner will be able to monetize user-generated content thanks to Google's Content ID technology, which can detect copyrighted content in YouTube videos and then allow the copyright holders to sell ads against this inventory.
According to Google, the partnership is based on a revenue-sharing deal. Thanks to this deal, YouTube users will now have access to videos from all the major record labels and most of the major independent labels as well.[...]
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9/17/09
Did Cisco Flip too soon?
I love it and I cannot imagine any other products working other than my flip. I’m perfectly happy with the separate music player and video camera. I don’t want anything integrated–when one breaks I still have the other.
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9/16/09
Slaying of Annie Le
No charges were filed against 24-year-old Raymond Clark III in Middletown, but police took him into custody while searching for DNA and other physical evidence.
Police and FBI agents staged a dramatic raid on the home of a Yale University animal research technician on Tuesday, seeking evidence that might tie him to the slaying of a graduate student whose body was found stuffed behind a wall in a campus research building.
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8/30/09
Five Months is too long to wait, indeed!
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We should not wait five months to find a replacement of one member of the cabinet who is already gone.
How I wish I know more about politics so I, myself would be able to understand why we should wait?!
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Emerging Infectious Disease
Please d/l pdf
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cdc.gov/EID/content
8/5/09
Give Peace a Chance
8/2/09
Retail Food Prices Rise Slightly in Second Quarter
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 2, 2008 – Retail food prices at the supermarket increased in the second quarter of 2008, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 basic grocery items in the second quarter of 2008 was $46.67, up about 3.5 percent or $1.64 from the first quarter of 2008.
http://www.fb.org/index.php?fuseaction=newsroom.newsfocus&year=2008&file=nr0702.html
7/28/09
Why skilled immigrants fleeing the U.S.?
Lured by the prospect of climbing to the top of his field, New Delhi native Swaroop Ganguly came to the U.S. 10 years ago and earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005.
He became an expert in an emerging technology called spintronics, used to power semiconductors, and worked at several chip companies, including Freescale Semiconductor. But Ganguly, now 32, is moving back to India this summer.
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7/25/09
Kidneys for sale illegally
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How evil! How could Rosenbaum do this to his own people?
3/6/09
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Switzerland does not allow UBS to transfer data to the US
GM Chapter 11 would be the best!
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Stimulus advancing health reform
Obama team sees stimulus advancing health reform
In the legislation passed late Friday, Congress approved spending about $19 billion over the coming years on electronic health records and an additional $1.1 billion on research comparing which treatments work best for a particular disease.Also, the bill sets aside about $1 billion for a "prevention and wellness fund." About $300 million of that money would provide additional immunizations. Most of the rest of that money will go to state and communities to help them tackle smoking, obesity and various preventable health problems.
"This represents the beginning steps of the president's health reform vision," said Jenny Backus, a spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services Department. "It's designed to get relief to people who need it most and to do everything we can to bring down the cost of health care, and improve access and quality." [readmore...
You can now edit Google spreadsheets on your iPhone
Pictures of the week |Times Online
How beautiful and splendid pictures.times online
Salmonella Outbreak
Of course, I for one am always careful about the food that I eat. Be careful and check your pantries ---get rid of any peanut butter mixed food. Your life is more precious than tainted peanuts!
2/11/09
Salmonella Outbreak hearing
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2/10/09
Israel Vote Results
President Obama Hottie Goes Into Facebook Hiding
http://gawker.com/5137697/obama-hottie-goes-into-facebook-hiding
2/7/09
McCartney To Open New Joint In Las Vegas
2/5/09
Facebook 5th Birtday | Mark Zuckerberg
- I love the twitter.com a new social network. How I wish FACEBOOK will upgrade their webpage. I find it too cheapy lookin' [imho]
2/4/09
Jorge "Papito" Serguera who banned the Beatles is 'DEAD'
HAVANA (Reuters) - The man who banned the Beatles from the communist-run island's radio and television stations has died, state television said on Tuesday.
Jorge "Papito" Serguera, who at the time was president of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television, pulled Beatles music from the airwaves in the 1970s even though he later admitted he enjoyed listening to it in private.
Serguera, who was 76 when he died, said in a 2001 interview he was following orders from high government officials who viewed the British band's music as a threat to the revolution.
But he was viewed as an architect of a general cultural crackdown that dampened dissent and marginalized many for their beliefs or sexuality.[read more]
1/23/09
Former Bush administration staffers disputed the tone of a Washington Post story published Thursday that described a tech-savvy Obama team moving into a building equipped with creaky computers, out-of-date software, no e-mail service and dead phone lines.
Rather, the former staffers said, the White House has everything a modern corporate office would — Windows XP, BlackBerrys, Outlook e-mail, plenty of laptops and lots of flatscreen monitors and TVs.
"It's a shame if they're having problems moving in," said Theresa Payton, White House chief information officer from 2006 until this past November. "We began to prepare for the transition well ahead of the election cycle. Our aim was to leave it in better shape than we found it."[read more...]
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1/17/09
How about that hah?
- major tax and education bills,
- pacified Afghanistan and removed Saddam Hussein from power,
- all while defeating recession.
So what if his administration looks dysfunctional?
In basketball, it is called winning ugly. The trouble is that a team that wins ugly sometimes starts losing - washingtonpost
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Damn Twitter
1/3/09
Gaza Occupied by the IDF | More Videos
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1/1/09
For Crying Out Loud!
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How sad!
That's a lot of money to spend for these illegal aliens---set them free! This is a good decision to make. (My Opinion)
12/29/08
Make War not Love | No Chance for Peace
What a horror! I have nothing to say---it is quite complicated and it is politically motivated.
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No word on auto bailout "for a while" | It's too bad!
By Matt Spetalnick
Source: (Reuters)
It is very pathetic!
12/10/08
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Are you a nymphomaniac?
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I hate sex! But if you are clean, smells good, and wearing chanel egoist then I'm ready to do it! Ha ha!
SEX IS SICK TO THOSE WHO ARE PROMISCOUS!
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Womens Health
The fix: Go nuts. Peanuts, hazelnuts, and walnuts are loaded with vitamin E, an antioxidant that bolsters the immune system, which gets run down when you're running around. They're also chock-full of B vitamins, which prepare your body for physical ramifications of stress like high blood pressure and off-kilter hormones. Nuts are also a great food source of arginine, an amino acid that improves blood flow—to help you get from dead tired to orgasmic. You need only a handful per day, so sprinkle them on yogurt, salads, or oatmeal—or just snack on them plain.Oh, how true!
The problem: Narrowing arteries
Heart disease scores as a top-three killer of women in this age group.
The fix: Grab a handful of grapes every day. Antioxidants in red grape skins have been linked to lower LDL cholesterol and a lowered risk of clogged arteries. A glass of red wine is beneficial too. In a Spanish study, scientists found that red wine significantly reduced markers of arterial inflammation. The booze also helps prevent clots, just as a daily aspirin does. Cheers!
10/4/08
No Joint European Strategy On Banks
Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, October 5, 2008; Page A01
PARIS, Oct. 4 -- The leaders of Europe's four largest economic powers vowed Saturday to protect their banks from the continuing reverberations of the increasingly global financial crisis but could not agree on a common Europe-wide strategy.
Unlike the United States, which last week committed $700 billion in government money to shoring up Wall Street, Europe plans to continue dealing with its financial problems on a case-by-case basis. That approach, which has involved tens of billions of dollars at a step, is complicated by the transnational presence of so many large European financial institutions.
But the European leaders did call for a global economic summit by year's end aimed at revamping the international financial system, which is a legacy of a conference held at Bretton Woods, N.H., in the waning months of World War II. [Read more...]
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9/15/08
Discarded medications end up in drinking water
U.S. hospitals and long-term care facilities annually flush millions of pounds of unused pharmaceuticals down the drain, pumping contaminants into America's drinking water, according to an ongoing Associated Press investigation.
These discarded medications are expired, spoiled, over-prescribed or unneeded. Some are simply unused because patients refuse to take them, can't tolerate them or die with nearly full 90-day supplies of multiple prescriptions on their nightstands.
Few of the country's 5,700 hospitals and 45,000 long-term care homes keep data on the pharmaceutical waste they generate. Based on a small sample, though, the AP was able to project an annual national estimate of at least 250 million pounds of pharmaceuticals and contaminated packaging, with no way to separate out the drug volume. [Read more...]
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9/13/08
HELP!
Federal and state officials will make sure consumers don't get gouged by gas price increases in the wake of Hurricane Ike, President Bush said Saturday.
A large number of refineries shut down on the Gulf Coast ahead of the storm, pushing prices up in some regions.
In a brief televised statement, Bush said the Environmental Protection Agency waivers on certain reformulated gasolines were suspended Friday night to make it easier for imports to get into U.S. markets. [Readmore---]
9/10/08
Misery over Gustav
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HORROR@the 2008 summer Olypmpics in Beijing!
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7/29/08
Beach pollution cited as cause of different illnesses
Human and animal fecal matter were to blame for much of the pollution, the council said in its annual report, leaving many beachgoers vulnerable to illnesses including gastroenteritis, dysentery and hepatitis. Read more...
We all must take precautions. Don't go to dirty beaches.
7/16/08
Release denied for dying manson follower
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6/23/08
West Nile Virus Makes Its First Victims in the US
With the return of summer, the risk of getting infected with
There were already confirmed eight human cases in five states, namely in
West Nile virus was first spotted in
Therefore, people should be more involved in the fight against mosquitoes helping authorities to spot places benefiting mosquitoes’ growth. These places include abandoned houses or pools. Also, they should report any dead corvid, birds such as crows, magpies, ravens, jays and raptors. These birds usually die after being infected with West Nile Virus. That’s why they can be warning signs that mosquitoes in the area could be carrying the virus. Horses can also be carriersof the virus.
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