Oct 8, 2010
Employers in U.S. Cut More Jobs Than Forecast in September
The U.S. lost more jobs than forecast in September, reflecting a decline in government payrolls that shows the damage being done by rising budget deficits.
Nobel Peace Prize for Dissident Liu Has China Warning Norway on Relations
Norway’s government congratulated jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo on winning this year’s Nobel Peace Prize as China warned the Nordic country’s relations with the world’s second-biggest economy will suffer after the award.
England in the Commowelath Games 2010, New Delhi, India
England is in Northern Europe and is bounded by Scotland, Wales, the North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the English Channel.
Traditionally one of the powerhouses of Commonwealth sport, England have appeared in all of the Commonwealth Games ever since they were held in 1930 at which they won 61 medals. They currently rank second to Australia on the all time medal winners list. At the 2006 Games in Melbourne they won 110 medals of which 36 were gold.
England have hosted the Games on two occasions, in London during 1934 and most recently in 2002 in the North West region of England and the city of Manchester.
The Commonwealth Games is the only multi sport event where England competes as a nation and responsibility for organising their participation rests with the Commonwealth Games England.
Scotland in the Commowelath Games 2010, India
From their debut in 1930 Commonwealth Games in Hamilton when they were represented by 15 athletes the Scots have taken part in every Games since, winning medals every time they have participated. At the 2006 Games in Melbourne the Scots took home a total of 29 medals, 11 of which were gold.
Edinburgh became the first city to hold the Games twice in 1970 and 1986. In 2000, Scotland inaugurated the 'Millennium' Commonwealth Youth Games which is now held every four years.
Scottish Commonwealth Games champions include boxer Dick McTaggart, sprinter Allan Wells, distance runner Liz McColgan, cyclist Chris Hoy and swimmer David Wilkie - all of whom won Olympic medals. Multiple diving gold medallist Sir Peter Heatly contributed even further by managing Scottish teams and later chairing the Commonwealth Games Federation.
The Commonwealth Games is the only multi sport event where Scotland competes as a nation and responsibility for organising their participation sits with Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS).
The Scottish city Glasgow will host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Cyprus in the Commowelath Games 2010, India
During that time Cyprus have won various colours in terms of medals in sports such as shooting, athletics, boxing, gymnastics, judo and wrestling. At the 2006 Games in Melbourne the Cypriots enjoyed a haul of 6 medals, 3 of which were gold from the sport of shooting.
The Cyprus National Olympic Committee was formed during 1974 and recognised in 1978 and is responsible for the organisation of Cypriot Commonwealth Games teams.
New Zealand in the Commowelath Games 2010, India
The Maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, 'Land of the Long White Cloud', and the Kiwis (as they are commonly known) have competed in every Commonwealth Games since 1930, one of six nations to hold this distinction.
New Zealand have also hosted the Commonwealth Games on three occasions; 1950, 1974 and 1990. The latter Games in Auckland produced 58 medals for the host nation, 17 of which were gold.
The Kiwis made history in 1998 when they won the first ever Commonwealth Games Rugby 7's gold medal by defeating Fiji in the final. A feat they repeated in Manchester in 2002, with the Fijians once again securing the runners up spot, and in Melbourne in 2006 with England taking the silver. In total the Kiwis took home 31 medals from Australia.
The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) was founded on 18 October 1911 in Wellington and recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 5 April 1919. They are responsible for the country's participation in the Commonwealth Games.
Australia in the Commowelath Games 2010, India
Australia is one of only six countries to have competed in all of the Commonwealth Games held since 1930, although they did attend the 1911 Empire Games as part of an Australasian team. This impressive international record extends to its participation in every Olympic Games in the modern era.
At the first Games in 1930 Australia won only 8 medals against England's 61. However by the first Games of the 21st century held in the city of Manchester Australia's medal tally had moved to 207, ahead of any other country and England's 165. At the 2006 Games in Melbourne the home nation won a total of 221 medals, 84 of which were gold.
Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games four times with the city of Melbourne in 2006 completing the quartet.
The Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) organises their participation in the Commonwealth Games and is a separate entity to the Australian Olympic Committee.
Canada in the Commowelath Games 2010, India
In that Games in Hamilton the host nation secured a haul of 54 medals. Their biggest yield however came in 1994 with 128 medals although the 1986 Games produced their biggest tally of gold with 51. At the 2006 Games in Melbourne the Canadians won a total of 86 medals.
Canada has also hosted a total of four Commonwealth Games and in 2003 the city of Hamilton was edged out of the race to host the 2010 Games by the Indian city of Delhi.
The Commonwealth Games Association in Canada is known as Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) and is responsible for organising its country's participation in the Commonwealth Games. The CGC is a separate entity to the Canadian Olympic Committee.
Uganda in the Commowelath Games 2010, India
Uganda is a landlocked East African country lying astride the equator. It is bordered by Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It joined the Commonwealth in 1962 but first took part in the Games in 1954 where they won their first medal, a silver for Patrick Etolu in the men's high jump. Uganda has taken part in every Games since, bar the 1978 Games in Edmonton. The 1974 Games in Christchurch yielded their biggest haul of medals to date with 2 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze thanks largely to athletics and boxing.
At the 2006 Games in Melbourne Uganda picked up a gold medal in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase, the first time this event had been run in a Commonwealth Games.
The Uganda National Olympic Committee is responsible for organising the country's participation in the Commonwealth Games.
Seychelles in the Commowelath Games 2010, India
The Seychelles have attended every Games since making their debut at the 1990 Games in Auckland. Their first medal arrived via the boxing ring in Victoria in 1994 and more boxing medals followed in 1998. Melbourne in 2006 provided two more bronze medals, one in athletics the other in weightlifting.
The Seychelles National Olympic Committee is responsible for organising their participation in the Commonwealth Games.
Ghana in the Commowelath Games 2010, India
Ghana have been a regular force in the Commonwealth Games since 1954 missing only the 1986 Games in Edinburgh. Only their debut Games and the 1982 event in Brisbane failed to deliver medals with Jamaica in 1966 providing the stage for their biggest haul of gold, five. At the 2006 Games in Melbourne Ghana took home 2 gold medals.
The Ghana Olympic Committee was formed and recognised in 1952 and is responsible for organising their participation at the Commonwealth Games.
South Africa in the Commowelath Games 2010, India
South Africa comprises of nine provinces and borders five other countries and encloses Lesotho within it's own land area. It also has the Atlantic and Indian oceans as sea borders.
Making their debut in the 1930 Games South Africa has enjoyed uniterrupted participation since the 1994 Games which were held in Victoria. Prior to these Games they had participated from 1930-38 and 1950-58 with the Manchester edition of the Games yielding 46 medals and 38 from Melbourne in 2006.
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) is the body responsible for controlling high performance sport in South Africa and was formed at a meeting of all sports bodies in South Africa on 27 November 2004. On the formation of this body SASCOC assumed the responsibilities of the South African Commonwealth Games Association in organising the national team for the Commonwealth Games.
Nigeria in the Commowelath Games 2010, India
Nigeria made it's debut in the Games in 1950 winning a silver in the Mens High Jump competition. Medal success has been achieved in every Games that they have taken part in with Victoria in 1994 being the most successful to date with 37 podium places bringing 11 gold, 13 silver and 13 bronze. Success has traditionally come in six sporting disciplines with athletics and boxing being good sources of medals. At the 2006 Games in Melbourne the Nigerians took home 17 medals with 3 of their 4 gold medals won by elite athletes with a disability.
The country's National Olympic Committee was established in 1951 and they have responsibility for organising Nigeria's participation in the Commonwealth Games.
Botswana in the Commowelath Games 2010, India
The Commonwealth Games Association of Botswana is incorporated into the Botswana National Olympic Committee which was properly recognised during 1978, in time for its first appearance at the modern Olympic Games held in 1980 in Moscow.
This landlocked plateau in Southern Africa has enjoyed medal success notably in athletics and boxing as was the case at the 2006 Games in Melbourne.
Alison Shanks wins gold for New Zealand
Cook Islands n the Commowelath Games 2010, India
Having first attended the Commonwealth Games in 1974 the Cook Islands did not compete again in the Games until 1986 in Edinburgh, the same year their National Olympic Committee was formally recognised.
The Cook Islands National Olympic Committee is responsible for the country's participation in the Commonwealth Games.
Commonwealth Games - Commonwealth Games latest: Day four - five more medals for Wales girls
Wales women won five more medals on the fourth day of action at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi as they took their tally to seven but the gold still proved elusive.
Prince Harry film: latest drama featuring the Royal Family
One of the most successful British films in recent years, The Queen, saw Helen Mirren win the best actress Oscar for playing the title role.
Tevez to Barcelona FC? Fabiano to Tottenham Hotspur FC? Schweinsteiger to Arsenal FC? Kranjcar to Aston Villa FC? Latest Football Transfer News
Rihanna entertains fans in store while joking around on her latest Parisian shopping trip
Thomas Cook, Co-operative Group, Marks & Spencer
Travel group Thomas Cook TCG and Co-operative Group have announced that they are to merge their high street foreign exchange & travel agency businesses in a move that will create the UK largest high street travel network of over 1,200 shops.
Crisis watch - 8 Oct 2010-Rates and currencies
Rates and currencies
When considering local interest rates or currencies, it is often tempting to view these in isolation, as though we are not part of a global and closely interlinked economy
War In Afghanistan News 8 Oct 2010
Two Afghan males were treated, Oct. 6, after approaching a Bagram Air Field gate with injuries sustained from a detonated landmine.
Who was John Lennon? - Reuters -
Oct 7, 2010
UFO's Over China | ALIENS AND UFOS
Officially the Chinese government holds that there is no such thing as UFO's from another planet. Their stance is that the reports of such unearthly craft are the products of the fevered insane minds of Americans and other occidental sensationalism. That stance has yet to keep unidentified flying objects from showing up there, it merely means that there are fewer reports that are allowed to be made. Sometimes their problem makes itself so apparent there is little way to completely hide the issue.
South Africa's Smoking Chimp Dies - ABC News
Charlie the smoking chimp, believed to be 52, dies of natural causes.
Taser death sparks row in Australia
Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW) were forced to defend their actions when a man died after being shot in the chest by officers responding to a domestic dispute in outer Sydney on Monday.
The Scandinavia Show 2010 legraph
Visit The Scandinavia Show at London Olympia on October 9-10 for a unique Nordic experience. The show will present the best of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland in the fields of design, travel, fashion and food. You'll find all the best of brand Scandinavia for you to taste, test and buy, plus enter our competition to win a world-famous Aalto vase courtesy of Skandium.
Julia Gillard 'not passionate' about foreign policy
Ms Gillard, who this week embarked on her first overseas trip as leader, said she would rather visit a school in Australia than meet world leaders at an international summit.
Video: Desmond Tutu retires from public life - Telegraph
A look back at Desmond Tutu's life as a religious and political figure in South Africa and around the world.
Commonwealth Games 2010 in pictures: part two
India summons New Zealand envoy over ridicule of Delhi chief
Controversial Breakfast show host Paul Henry caused an outcry when he burst into fits of laughter while saying Mrs Dikshit's name, pronouncing it 'Dick Shit.'
Pakistan blast kills seven at shrine
Security officials responding to the blasts at the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine said they had found some suspicious packages and were evacuating people as quickly as possible.
Radical Islam has outmanoeuvred West, says Blair
In a speech in New York, the former prime minister said that warnings over the past week of terrorist plots against Europe should remind people that they remained under threat.
Galileo satellite device 'over budget, running later and unprofitable'
Extra costs of up to 1.7 billion euros (£1.5 million) are expected and the project will not be ready for at least another seven years, according to a European Commission report cited by the Financial Times Deutschland.
Sir Sean Connery ordered to appear before a Spanish court next week
BP oil spill investigation critical of White House reaction to crisis
The revelations from the National Oil Spill Commission come as the Democratic Party struggles to retain control of the US Congress in the elections on Nov 2.
The commission said that after the rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on April 20, killing 11 workers, the government was too optimistic about the oil company's ability to bring the ruptured well under control.
Hungarian toxic sludge reaches Danube river
The sludge reached the Danube's Mosoni Branch, about six miles from the main branch of the river this morning, according to Tibor Dobson, head of the disaster relief services.
Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize in literature
The Swedish Academy said it honoured the 74-year-old author, considered one of the most acclaimed writers in the Spanish-speaking work, "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt and defeat."
Hutton review: unions warn of strikes over pension reform - Telegraph
Lord Hutton, a former Labour cabinet minister who is reviewing public sector pensions for the Coalition, said the current gulf between public and private sector schemes was "fundamentally unfair".
Base jumping: the KL Tower International Base Jump 2010 event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The 2010 KL Tower International Base Jump in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Walter Hilscher of Germany leaps from the tower
Picture: AP/Lai Seng Sin
Walter Hilscher of Germany leaps from the tower
Picture: AP/Lai Seng Sin
UFO in China Closes Airport and Prompts Investigation - ABC News
An unidentified flying object (UFO) forced Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, China to cease operations on July 7. A flight crew preparing for descent first detected the object around 8:40 p.m. and notified the air traffic control department. Aviation authorities responded within minutes, grounding outbound flights and diverting inbound ones to airports in Ningbo and Wuxi.
UFO Details Released In China | Knowelty
Customer Equity, the Percentage of Equity of the Buyer in the Assets of the Supplier.
Holotes, a sum of dissimilar parts, Oct 07, 2010
Oct 6, 2010
In blow to Obama, Guantanamo detainee trial delayed | Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday refused to let a key witness testify in the first criminal trial of a terrorism suspect from the Guantanamo Bay military prison, a setback for the Obama administration's effort to prosecute such cases.
Laptop users warned of knees damage
Test tube baby hails Nobel winner
Nobel Prize for British IVF pioneer
Colleagues have reacted with delight to the news that British test tube baby pioneer Professor Robert Edwards has been given the Nobel Prize for medicine. Skip related content
Cambridge physiologist Prof Edwards, now 85, and Patrick Steptoe, a gynaecologic surgeon, developed IVF technology in which egg cells are fertilised outside the body and implanted in the womb. Dr Steptoe died in 1988.
Sleeping well 'helps weight loss' - Yahoo! News UK
An adequate night's sleep not only increases fat loss for a dieter but can help control feelings of hunger, a study has shown.
Smoking 'raise oral cancer risk'
Each year the diseases, known as upper aero-digestive tract (UADT) cancers, kill 10,000 people in the UK and more than 100,000 across Europe.
Dentists jailed over patient fraud
Ikhlaq Hussain, 38, of College Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, was sentenced to 30 months and Jaspal Singh Bachada, 37, of Redlake Drive, Stourbridge, was jailed for 20 months.
Lead poisoning kills 400 children in Nigeria: MSF
The children died over the last six months in several villages in Zamfara state, where lead-rich run-off from illegal gold mining has entered the soil and water supply, said Medecines Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders - MSF).
New Portuguese centre seeks frontline in cancer research
For some, the Center's dramatic name might evoke a touch of magical realism: but with 500 million euros' (685 million dollars) funding from the will of a Portuguese industrialist, they have the means to back their vision.
World pours 11.7 billion dollars into anti-AIDS fight
UN chief Ban Ki-moon announced the commitment at UN headquarters where more than 40 donor countries, private foundations, and corporations were meeting to replenish the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for 2011 through 2013.
'Fruit and veg for healthy baby'
Experts found that women who consumed three or more daily servings of leafy vegetables in the three months prior to falling pregnant had 50% less chance of having a small baby.
Denials slow battle against Nigeria lead poisoning
Noisy work 'a heart disease risk'
People who are exposed to long-term workplace noise - of the type that makes it difficult to hold a conversation - are two to three times more likely to have heart problems as those working in quiet environments.
Light drinking 'will not harm baby'
Women can safely drink a 175ml glass of wine, a 50ml glass of spirits or just under a pint of beer each week without affecting intellectual or behavioural development, according to a new study.
Nurse plan to tackle troop suicides
PSA Screening: Wait Until Age 60?
The authors did a meta-analysis of the published literature and all presentations since 2005
Where to Invest When the Stock Market Is Limping
By Dennis G. Murray
Introduction
Ready to jump ship on the stock market and put your money in a mattress?Since 2000, the market's total return has been downright dismal: -1.6% a year, based on the Standard & Poor's 500, an index of the 500 largest US companies. Many investors wish they'd looked elsewhere instead of sticking blindly with stocks.
If you're among them, now is your chance to try to change things. With unemployment at around 10%, federal debt levels at record highs, and consumer confidence sputtering, chances are stocks won't yield anywhere near the double-digit returns that investors have taken for granted in former years. Sadly, many experts are predicting several more years of middling or negative returns.
Although you should still own some stocks -- for diversification and to avoid missing out on a rebound in the markets -- financial advisors recommend several nonstock categories of investments that might make sense for you, with the pluses and minuses of each.
Wheat, Sugar, and Hogs
Staples like corn, coffee, and soybeans come under the umbrella of "commodities," which are traded in the form of contracts on regulated exchanges. Without getting into too much detail, this essentially means that an investor, through a commodities broker, agrees to buy or sell a fixed amount of a commodity at a certain price in the future, betting that it'll go higher or lower over that time span. For example, a 1-cent change in the per-bushel price of 10,000 bushels of wheat can mean a $100 gain or loss in the value of what's known as a "futures contract."Why now? Commodities can add a nice bit of diversification to a portfolio that's heavy on stocks and bonds. "Over long periods of time, certain commodities are a very good bet," says Steven Abernathy, chairman of The Abernathy Group in New York City. "China is industrializing, and it probably has 20-plus years to go. That means they'll be spending a lot on basic building commodities -- lumber, steel, cement, and the like."
A low-cost way to invest in commodities is through shares in iPath Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index Total Return.It's an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that follows the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index, which is comprised of futures contracts on 19 major commodities, including gold, aluminum, cattle, cotton, and wheat. The ETF is up 7.5% since September 2009; the ticker symbol is DJP. The Website is: http://www.ipathetn.com/DJP-overview.jsp.
Cautions: Scammers have infiltrated the commodities business, with cold-call promises of quick and dirty profits with little or no risk. As the old saying goes, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." If you have any doubts about a commodities-related solicitation, check with the National Futures Association, a self-regulatory organization, to see if the company or broker in question is registered to trade futures contracts. The Website is at: www.nfa.futures.org. Go to the Broker/Firm Information link. The site also offers a Webcast on the different types of scams that are most popular these days, plus tips on how to protect yourself. To learn more about investing in commodities, plus questions to ask anyone who is selling them, check out http://www.nasaa.org/investor_education/Investor_Alerts___Tips/
The Peoples Voice News, Oct 06, 2010
Firefighters Watch as Home Burns to the Ground - Video
OBION COUNTY, Tenn. - Imagine your home catches fire but the local fire department won't respond, then watches it burn. That's exactly what happened to a local family tonight. A local neighborhood is furious after firefighters watched as an Obion County, Tennessee, home burned to the ground. The homeowner, Gene Cranick, said he offered to pay whatever it would take for firefighters to put out the flames, but was told it was too late. They wouldn't do anything to stop his house from burning. Each year, Obion County residents must pay $75 if they want fire protection from the city of South Fulton. But the Cranicks did not pay. The mayor said if homeowners don't pay, they're out of luck.
Want To Know If The FBI Is Tracking You? Look For One Of These
Want to know if the government is really tracking you? If you find one of these tucked underneath your car, you can start freaking out. A routine visit to the mechanic by a Redditor and his friend turned up this ominous-looking device nestled right next to the exhaust on his friend’s car.
MY LETTER TO NEIL SEDAKA TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL WAS IGNORED
Back in June I wrote an open letter to Neil Sedaka asking him to reconsider a planned concert he had scheduled in Israel. The concert will go ahead as planned. Details can be read HERE, followed by the letter I wrote to him…. AN OPEN LETTER TO NEIL SEDAKA TO BOYCOTT APARTHEID
Bank bailout supporters struggling for re-election
The government's giant bank bailout may well have averted a second Great Depression, economists say, but a lot of voters aren't buying it. Support for the program is turning into a kiss of death for many in Congress. Longtime Republican lawmakers — tarred by their votes for the emergency aid to banks, insurance and auto companies — have been sent packing in primaries. Fresh political attack ads are lambasting candidates from both parties for supporting the $700 billion package that Republican President George W. Bush pushed through Congress at the height of the financial crisis in October 2008.
Israeli army kidnapped 485 Palestinians last month
A statistics report issued by Palestine’s supreme national committee to support prisoners said Israeli occupation forces have ramped up in this last month of September arrest campaigns against Palestinians, confirming 485 arrests, mostly in occupied Al-Quds.
Young adults from 'Generation Y' bombarded by more images of death than any previous generation
Young people in their teens and 20s have seen more pictures of death than any previous generation, the Church of England said today.
It cited television images of the destruction of the Twin Towers, the execution of hostages in Iraq, memorial websites and assisted deaths of the terminally ill.
It cited television images of the destruction of the Twin Towers, the execution of hostages in Iraq, memorial websites and assisted deaths of the terminally ill.
Chavez goes to war against Uncle Sam
Plans to nationalise the Vestey meat empire's Venezuelan estates are a blow to one of the UK's richest families. In 1903, two entrepreneurial Liverpudlian brothers arrived in Caracas determined to add to their burgeoning empire of foreign food producers by buying Venezuelan cattle ranches. Over the next decade, William and Edmund Vestey added 11 ranches covering thousands of hectares of prime pasture to a list of holdings that ranged from egg processing plants in China to beef herds in Madagascar.
Dissent in the age of Obama
Peace activists had high hopes of an Obama presidency only to face the harsh realities of FBI raids and intimidation. Recently, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) raided the homes of at least eight anti-war/social justice activists here in the US. I happen to be a prominent anti-war activist myself, and have joked that I am a “little hurt” that I was not raided and perhaps I should try harder. Even though, we have the urge to try and be light-hearted in this time of an increasing police state, with civil liberties on the retreat, it really isn't funny considering that the activists could face some serious charges stemming from these raids.
10/04/10
DOJ Urges Citizens to Report “Extremists” Handing Out Literature
If you posted an Obama Joker poster or Tea Party literature on a public bulletin board, the Justice Department is warning you are a possible terrorist. According to a hand-out distributed by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, a component of the Justice Department, “extremist literature distributed at the mall or posted on public bulletin boards” is suspicious and a potential indicator of terrorist activities.
Germans killed in Pakistan strike
Officials say five Germans among eight fighters killed in drone strike in North Waziristan. A suspected US drone strike has killed eight fighters in northwest Pakistan, with Pakistani intelligence officials saying that at least five of the the men were Germans. They also said that the eight men, killed in the raid on a mosque in Mir Ali in North Waziristan on Monday, were members of a group called Jihad Islami. But independently confirmed details of the incident were unavailable, and both the US and German governments have yet to comment on the strike.
Losing our religion
A survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reveals some alarming results about religious knowledge in the US.Say Amen! Well, maybe not so much. This week the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released a poll showing that Americans arguably know less about various world religions than they do about who won the disco ball on the last season of Dancing With the Stars. This shouldn’t be hugely surprising.
One Nation Under Duress - Vdeo
Charlie McGrath talks about the economic state of the nation.
Russian scientists expect increased solar radiation, not doomsday in 2012
Energy institute chief says Earth cycles point to new crisis in 2012
Russian Sects And Fringe Beliefs - Part Two: Waiting for Doomsday in the Penza Region. The scientific community does not expect the end of the world in 2012 as predicted by the Mayan Prophecy, although increased solar activity may harm satellites and endanger astronauts, a Russian doctor of physical and mathematical sciences said on Monday.
Russian Sects And Fringe Beliefs - Part Two: Waiting for Doomsday in the Penza Region. The scientific community does not expect the end of the world in 2012 as predicted by the Mayan Prophecy, although increased solar activity may harm satellites and endanger astronauts, a Russian doctor of physical and mathematical sciences said on Monday.
Birth of the National Security State
It is not far fetched to speculate that the United States has, over the past ten years, been sliding into a form of authoritarianism that retains only some aspects of the constitution and a limited rule of law. America’s president can, for example, commit soldiers to combat overseas without a constitutionally mandated declaration of war by congress while it is quite possible to be detained by the authorities and locked up without any prospect of trial or opportunity to defend oneself. The government even believes it can kill American citizens based only on suspicion. I prefer to think of this transformation as the National Security State because it rests on a popular consensus that liberties must be sacrificed in exchange for greater public safety from various threats, international terrorism being the most prominent. It might just as well be called the National Warfare State as it also requires constant conflict to justify its existence.
10/03/10
Gilad Atzmon Talking to Jumoke Fashola BBC Radio London - Music
I was talking this morning to Jumoke Fashola, BBC Radio London. We discussed music, Gaza, Jazza, OHE's new album, Robert Wyatt, Israel, Palestine and life in general. You may find it interesting.
Killing each Taliban soldier costs $50 Million
"Killing 20 Taliban costs $1 Billion / Killing all the Taliban would cost $1.7 Trillion" The Pentagon will not tell the public what it costs to locate, target and kill a single Taliban soldier because the price-tag is so scandalously high that it makes the Taliban appear to be Super-Soldiers. As set out in this article, the estimated cost to kill each Taliban is as high as $100 million, with a conservative estimate being $50 million. A public discussion should be taking place in the United States regarding whether the Taliban have become too expensive an enemy to defeat.
We've Got to Stamp Out Modern Slavery
Workers are powerless against the contractors used by multinationals who relocate to wherever production is cheapest. The re-emergence of slavery on ships off West Africa is profoundly shocking but it is not a surprise. Last week slavery its modern form came to light in cases of forced labour uncovered on trawlers fishing for the European market. In a haunting echo of the 18th century triangular trade, west African workers were found off the coast of Sierra Leone on board boats where they lived and worked in ships' holds with less than a metre of head height, sometimes for 18 hours a day for no pay, packed like sardines to sleep in spaces too small to stand up, with their documents taken from them and no means of escape.
$5,000,000,000,000: The Cost Each Year of Vanishing Rainforest
British scientific experts have made a major breakthrough in the fight to save the natural world from destruction, leading to an international effort to safeguard a global system worth at least $5 trillion a year to mankind. 80 per cent of the world's remaining terrestrial biodiversity live in forests. Groundbreaking new research by a former banker, Pavan Sukhdev, to place a price tag on the worldwide network of environmental assets has triggered an international race to halt the destruction of rainforests, wetlands and coral reefs.
Court overturns US tycoon's will that left fortune to Panama's poor
It was going to be the largest single charitable donation in Panama's history: more than $50m (£32m) for poor children. Wilson Lucom, a US tycoon, left most of his estate to a foundation to help the neediest people in the country where he lived until his death in 2006, aged 88. Now, four years later, after a bitter legal battle, the fortune is going to one of Panama's most powerful dynasties – including the ambassador to Britain – and the children have been left without a cent.
Deficit Fraud Rand Paul On Extending Bush's Tax Cuts: "I'm Not Seeing It As A Cost"
Last month, a spokesman for Kentucky Republican Senate nominee Rand Paul said that, if elected, Paul "will vote against and filibuster any unbalanced budget proposal in the Senate." Not only can the budget not be filibustered, but Paul is going to make balancing the budget exceedingly difficult, as he is willing to extend all of the Bush tax cuts - including those for the richest two percent of Americans - without offsetting them with spending cuts or tax increases elsewhere, for a total cost of nearly $4 trillion.
15-year-old raped in court: Rapist gets probation, teen gets 12 months
In 2005, 15-year-old Ashley was facing trial in Manhattan Family Court for lying to police after she told officers she didn't know who had assaulted her on the way to school. As she waited in the court's holding area for her court appearance, juvenile counselor Tony "Tyson" Simmons came up to the handcuffed girl, took her in an elevator to the building's basement, and raped her. Moments later, Ashley -- who's withholding her last name for fear of reprisal -- was in the courtroom being sentenced to 12 months in prison...
Exodus of Jewish Advisors from Obama White House Likely Not an Omen of Good Things to Come
While many–understandably sick to death of watching as powerful Jewish interests voraciously chew their way into the highest centers of power both in America and throughout the world–are no doubt cheering at the announced departure of Rahm Israel Emmanuel as White House Chief of Staff, there is more reason to look at this latest development with a certain amount of apprehension than relief.
Iran ready to help nab 9/11 perpetrators
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has once again renewed a call for a probe into the 9/11 US terror attacks, insisting that facts about the event must be clearly established. The US and its allies used the September 11 incident as a pretext to come to the Middle East region and carried out whatever they wanted, President Ahmadinejad said on Sunday.
Coming Soon to You - Massive DNA Destruction
Dr. Popp, founder of the International Institute of Biophysics, at Neuss, Germany, and Dr. Lipton, of the University of Wisconsin, both confirm that modern science now realizes and recognizes that our DNA structures directly reflect our consciousness. This makes it possible for us to willfully activate what science formerly called "junk" DNA, by increasing our individual consciousnesses. By activating dormant DNA, one would likely be able to perceive life beyond the five physical senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell; and one's world of spiritual intuition, discernment, judgment, and wisdom begin to develop.
Who Pays to Deny Climate Change
European organisations dedicated to challenging scientific warnings about the gravity of climate change have refused to reveal who finances their work.
China offers to buy Greek debt - Video
Prime minister Wen Jiabao says his country will support Greece and rest of euro zone to overcome financial crisis. China has offered to buy Greek government bonds, in a show of support for the country whose debt burden pushed the euro zone into a crisis. Wen Jiabao, the Chinese prime minister, made the offer on Saturday at the start of a two-day visit to Greece, his first stop in a European tour.
HOMOPHOBIA, RELIGION, AND THE COLLAPSE OF INDUSTRIAL CIVILIZATION
His face is everywhere-on the internet, on TV, and throughout print media-that gentle, timid, barely-smiling young man with red hair, glasses, and a prodigious talent for playing the classical violin. I'm talking about Tyler Clementi, the freshman student at Rutgers who suicided last week after his roommate video taped him having sex with another man then uploaded the video to You Tube for all the world to see. Four other young people killed themselves in the last three weeks because of wrenching internal conflicts regarding their sexual orientation. Their faces were not as widely seen as Tyler's, but they remain casualties of a culture in which meanness-whether related to homophobia, bullying, or demented religiosity is epidemic.
Palestinians 'will not resume talks without new freeze on settlements'
The Palestinian leadership confirmed yesterday that it would not return to direct peace negotiations with the Israelis without an extension to the now-expired freeze on settlement construction, amid determined but increasingly frustrated efforts by the Americans to keep the talks alive.
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The rising danger of US-China trade war
The overwhelming vote on Wednesday in the US House of Representatives for a bill opening the door for punitive tariffs against China over its currency marks a dangerous step toward trade war. The legislation, directed against any country whose currency is assessed as “fundamentally undervalued,” dovetails with increasingly strident demands from within the American political establishment, particularly its so-called liberal wing, for tough trade measures against China.
Pakistani attacks on NATO tankers deepen US crisis in Af-Pak war
More than two dozen trucks and oil tankers carrying supplies for the US military offensive against Kandahar in Afghanistan were destroyed in two separate attacks Friday in southern Pakistan. The attacks compounded the crisis for the US and NATO occupation forces arising from the Pakistani government's closure the previous day of a key border crossing.
Emanuel resignation highlights crisis of Obama administration
The decision of White House Chief-of-Staff Rahm Emanuel to resign his position to run for mayor of Chicago marks the fourth departure of leading administration advisers in just over two months. Emanuel’s resignation, officially announced by Obama on Friday at a White House news conference, follows the resignations of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) head Peter Orszag on July 30, Council of Economic Advisors chair Christina Romer on September 3, and the announcement on September 21 that National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers will step down at the end of the year.
Fraud Factories: How Banks Profit From The Foreclosure Crisis - Video
By Rep. Alan Grayson "There is one set of rules for the banks and another set of laws for everyone else"
Race to the Bottom
Long ago, before economic models developed their current levels of sophistication, it used to be that the goal of a government's economic policy was to bring prosperity to its citizens; in other words, to raise the general level of material comfort, while at the same time reducing the amount of toil required to attain that end.
Bank of America delays foreclosures in 23 states
Bank of America is delaying foreclosures in 23 states as it examines whether it rushed the foreclosure process for thousands of homeowners without reading the documents. The move adds the nation's largest bank to a growing list of mortgage companies whose employees signed documents in foreclosure cases without verifying the information in them.
Barack who? Democrats turn their backs on 'pariah' Obama
Al Gore, the former US vice-president, has become the most prominent Democrat to campaign ahead of next month's mid-term elections without mentioning President Barack Obama, the man who so inspired the party in 2008. Kendrick Meek, the Democratic candidate for the US Senate, also neglected to let Mr Obama's name pass his lips during an appearance with Mr Gore in a union hall in Florida.
Obama's Dud Svengali
Obama is losing his strong right arm. Dark days lie ahead, in which the president will lose traction with Congress, needlessly offend key constituencies, lose control of his legislative agenda. Why? His chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is quitting the White House, prelude to a bid to become mayor of Chicago.
GI’s Brains Fried by Military Dispensed Nose Candy
Now it is official. Researchers have shown that uranium oxide, or DU, “travels the nerves from the nose to the brain,” in the words of a University of Chicago doc and researcher. A tiny amount (a milligram) of this radioactive poison quick marches up your smelling nerves right into your brain and keeps firing 1.2 Million bullets a day – forever. That’s a bunch. 850 Rounds a Minute.
The Impending Collapse of Israel in Palestine
On November 15, 1988 the Palestine National Council (P.N.C.) meeting in Algiers proclaimed the Palestinian Declaration of Independence that created the independent state of Palestine. Today the State of Palestine is bilaterally recognized de jure by about 130 states. Palestine has de facto diplomatic recognition from most of Europe. It was only massive political pressure applied by the U.S. government that prevented European states from according to Palestine de jure diplomatic recognition.
One Nation Rally on the Mal - Slide Show
Slide show of Americans gathering and speaking out during Saturday's rally on the Mal. Video: http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Videos.php/2010/10/03/sights-and-scenes-from-the-one-nation-ra
Overcoming AIPAC is not enough
Lawrence Davidson outlines a strategy for unshackling the United States from Israel, based on melding the liberation of the US from AIPAC with the revival of American national interests in the broader Middle East and Muslim world, and with the viable future of Palestine.
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