This is a photo showing a memorial to Arab inventors in Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 2 June 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This is a photo showing a piece of artwork in Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 2 June 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This is a photo showing the interior of Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 2 June 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This is a photo showing the Starbucks located in Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 2 June 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
LONG BEACH, CA - MAY 10: Boeing employees wave United States and United Arab Emirates flags during a handing off ceremony of the first of six C-17 Globemaster III airlifters at the Boeing final assembly facility at Long Beach Airport on May 10, 2011 in Long Beach, California. The UAE will take delivery of three more C-17s this year and two in 2012 as it modernizes its airlift capabilities. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)- posted by Vikash Yadav at The Duck of Minerva - 9 minutes ago
Starbucks in the Ibn Battuta MallGreetings Ducklings! Just sending y'all a little post-card from the United Arab Emirates where I am spending a couple of weeks in Dubai and the neighboring emirates tryin... - posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 32 minutes agoHere's the last word (or it would be if only North Carolina weren't under the rule of Koch-funded Republican plants at all levels) on John Edwards' innocence of the violation of federal campaign regulation...
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If one ever had to ponder the sanity of the European people, then the result of the Irish referendum on European fiscal policy, must surely cause such pondering. In the referendum, 60% of those who voted... - posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 54 minutes agoWell, there are probably weeks that don't start with the Euromess, but not too many of them. And on top of that, quite a bit of bad news in the US economy. The DOMA decision this week sure seems another s...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour agoComparisons are being made between Vince Li and Luka Magnotta. Since Mr. Li was found not criminally responsible could Mr. Magnotta be also so found? Readers may recall Mr. Li was found not criminally res...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoMiami police have released the emergency call recordings of several people who rang to report a disturbing cannibal attack in which a homeless man had most of his face bitten off. Ronald Poppo was set u...
- *Feeble U.S. Job Growth Stokes Fears of Global Slowdown. The New York Times. * http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/business/economy/us-added-69000-jobs-in-may-jobless-rate-at-8-2.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&...
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Florida isn't someplace progressives normally turn for good political news. Just the other day People For the American Way was wondering aloud if Gov. Rick Scott's ALEC disenfranchisement schemes would re... - posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 2 hours agoI don't think this is any surprise. Stuxnet was work of U.S. and Israeli experts, officials say http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/stuxnet-was-work-of-us-and-israeli-experts-officials-...
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The boy was admitted to hospital a week ago with convulsions after arriving from the southern Chinese city of Guangdong. The Centre for Health Protection said he had tested positive for the AH5 strain of ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago
At least seven people have been killed and many injured in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, in clashes linked to unrest across the border in Syria. Supporters and opponents of the uprising against Pres... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime minister, has called for the eurozone to have a "centralised control" authority, which would be in charge of the budgets of all the nation states. Mr Rajoy has become the ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Molucca Sea at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:50:27 UTC Saturday 2nd June 2012 The epicenter was 126 km (78.1 miles) Southwest of Ternate, Moluc... - posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 3 hours agoI want to present another important article that focuses in on important health news, and the importance of taking the right supplements into our bodies for our better health. I cannot stress enough that...
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Disputes and misunderstanding are common among people. That is because people are different from each other, in personal, cultural, religious, economic and political belief. The more people in a community,... - posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 3 hours ago"Wake the town and tell the people." --D. Ravitch Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoAIZUWAKAMATSU, Fukushima -- The mayor of a radiation-contaminated town near the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant told assembly members June 1 that residents should stay away from the town for at least ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoThe Cabinet Office's Japan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) delivered a list of issues to be discussed at a JAEC panel session on a new nuclear policy to pro-nuclear members during a secret meeting in Febru...
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(Reuters) - Iran has warned the United States not to resort to military action against it, saying U.S. bases in the region were vulnerable to the Islamic Republic's missiles, state media reported on Saturd... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoJune 1 - French President Francois Hollande says ending the bloodshed in Syria will require the departure of President Bashar al-Assad. Deborah Gembara reports
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours ago*Sources: Wikileaks Owner Sues Roger Goodell Over BountyLeaks Infringement ~Saints Tailgate* ~Saints Tailgate investigative reporter Editilla the Pun, codenamed @Editilla just broke the newest NFL drama s...
- posted by Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 4 hours ago*American Scofflaw* an off-duty fellow officer for drunk driving. But after the Nov. 28, 2009 arrest, Vanderburgh was “harassed and berated” by fellow officers for seemingly violating an unwritten code am...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoJune 2 - Strong storms rip through Maryland, region on alert for tornadoes. Julie Noce reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoJune 2 - Footage is released from an interview with the man suspected of dismembering a Chinese student in Canada. Julie Noce reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago(Reuters) - "My friend is on the floor, dying, 11 holes in his body, and I only have 10 fingers," raps Tamer Nafar. "Don't close your eyes, blink if you can hear me." Nafar isn't rapping about violence a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago(Reuters) - The United States will shift a majority of its warships to the Asia-Pacific region by 2020, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Saturday, giving the first details of a new U.S. military str...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago(Reuters) - Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama hasn't exactly been a friend to marijuana users. Sure, he has acknowledged smoking pot as a young man, but he has disappointed marijuana advocates by o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago(CNN) -- In amended charges presented Friday, U.S. military authorities accused Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales of illicit steroid and alcohol use in addition to 16 counts of premeditated murder for allegedl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoNEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Wall Street suffered its bloodiest day of the year Friday as U.S. stocks sank more than 2% following an ugly jobs report. The Dow erased all its gains for the year, and the S&P 500 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago(Financial Times) -- Beijing has indicated that it will lift its year-long moratorium on new nuclear projects in a move that will breathe life into an industry plagued by uncertainty since the disaster at...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoSingapore (CNN) -- As part of a "rebalancing" with Asia, the United States will enhance military-to-military cooperation with China while also boosting the capabilities of its allies in the region, U.S. D...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago(CNN) -- A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan killed two militants in Pakistan's tribal region on Saturday, a local government official said. The drone fired two missiles at a motorcycle the militants...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoDefence Minister Stephen Smith has spoken of "the positive impact" of the United States' presence in the Asia-Pacific, just hours after the Pentagon announced it is shifting more navy ships to the region....
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 5 hours agoThis CBC story details the United Nations' condemnation of Canadian complicity in various instances of torture. It criticizes such things as: - How Canada's recent immigration law reforms put more refug...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 5 hours agoThis week, the Harper government legislated Canadian Pacific workers back to their jobs, claiming it was "protecting the economy." It used the same argument to justify its back to work legislation at C...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 6 hours agoThis movie, purportedly from North Korea, dissects western propaganda with deceptive simplicity. It's actually quite a sophisticated exposé of the fraudulent nature of our two-party electoral one-party can...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours agoFriday, Arizona extremist (and closet case) Trent Franks introduced H.R. 3541, a bill that purports to ban abortion based on gender discrimination. It needed a super-majority to pass, so it failed 246-168...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago*Times-Picayune meetings now unscheduled for Monday and Tuesday ~Kevin Allman, Gambit* *Riffing On the Tradition: Thank you, Mr. Buffett ~Evan Christopher, NolaVie * *Nine Shot 3 Dead. Woman shouts “Enoug...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 6 hours agoOh dear. Seems like someone closely associated with another NHL team has stepped in the fetushist cowpie. Mark Donnelly is an opera singer based out of Vancouver, but he's perhaps best-known as the Canadi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago(CNN) -- A bear ate the corpse of a convicted killer in a wooded area of Canada, according to authorities. The mauled body of Rory Nelson Wagner, 53, was found in a rural area in southern British Columb...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe company says it is part of a restructure that will lead to a brighter future for its customers. The chain has new owners who are looking to offload the branches to remove a global debt of almost $900...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe Australian stock market faces a bleak start to the trading week on Monday after the crash in international indexes on Friday. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 275 points as tra...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoCairo (CNN) -- Deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak was transferred to a prison near Cairo on Saturday to serve his life sentence, a prosecutor said, a final fall from grace for a man who ruled the nati...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA Chicago police officer has been caught on tape unfairly arresting journalists who were filming on public property - despite this being a right under the First Amendment. The case is the latest example o...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours agoWhilst the BBC and much of the rest of the British media distract us with the Jubilee, a coup is taking place in Europe. Junge Freiheit explain what the ESM will mean for the EuroZone, the EU and indeed b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA woman who is accused of bludgeoning her abusive husband to death with a hammer did not call 911 for two weeks while his body lay in their blood-spattered bedroom. Donna Williams, 51,from Vancouver, Was...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoAn disasterous U.S. jobs report that was released on Friday caused the Dow Jones industrial average to drop 275 points, marking the index's biggest loss since November of 2011 and possibly spelling trouble...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 7 hours agoThe lady and I will be out most of the day during our town's annual festival. Thoughts, comments, complaints, suggestions, lost or stolen items?
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 7 hours agoR. v. Roy, 2012 SCC 26 is a dangerous driving case. While important in terms of the fault component this note focusses on the harmless error analysis. The Court holds: [48] Sectio...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours agoGeneral Motor's announced closure in Oshawa is bad news, bad news indeed. Canada gave General Motors $9.5 billion in 2009 when the auto manufacturer filed for bankruptcy. The terms and conditions of that ...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours agohttp://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/body-parts-victim-was-a-romantic-looking-for-love/article2450023/?service=mobile
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA new financial report from GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney shows that his personal fortune remains near $250 million, even after a mass sell-off of stocks from his vast investment portfolio. Rom...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoBarcodes and microchips could be found on nearly everything these days, but could humans be next? American science fiction author Elizabeth Moon raised a few eyebrows last week when she revived the debat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoFollowing several disturbing incidents involving cannibalism that have set the internet aflutter with rumours of an impending ‘Zombie Apocalypse,’ the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck the Volcano Islands, Japan Region at a depth of 79.1 km (49.2 miles), the quake hit at 09:02:44 UTC Saturday 2nd June 2012 The epicenter was 147 km (91 miles) SSE fro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoEgypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him of complicity in the murder of protesters during the uprising that forced him from power. Around ...
- posted by Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 9 hours agoWe must have blinked and missed the recent poll by MyVoucherCodes.co.uk into our reading habits. The survey of some 1,863 UK readers threw up some interesting claims. One third of those surveyed cl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 14.3 km (8.9 miles), the quake hit at 07:50:18 UTC Saturday 2nd June 2012 The epicenter was 634 km (39...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA kidnapped British aid worker has been rescued in Afghanistan in what David Cameron has described as an "extradordinarily brave, breath-taking" operation by coalition forces. Helen Johnston, 28, was fre...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck Salta, Argentina at a depth of 519.6 km (322.9 miles), the quake hit at 07:52:53 UTC Saturday 2nd June 2012 The epicenter was 8 km (4.8 miles) Southeast of Yacuiba, Bo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoScientists have revealed the eight biggest unanswered questions surrounding our universe. They range from the mystery of dark matter, which makes up 73% of everything but has never been identified, to qu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA woman who arranged for her 13-year-old daughter’s boyfriend to be killed after he posted topless pictures of her online wept yesterday as she was jailed for seven years. Gedu Bibi, 47, was furious afte...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoNew evidence being investigated by police in Los Angeles may link the apparent suicide of a man in London to the notorious Charles Manson murder family. There has been a lingering suspicion that 29-year-...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoFloyd Mayweather Jr. turned himself in a Las Vegas courtroom today to begin serving a three-month jail sentence for attacking his ex-girlfriend in September 2010 while two of their children watched – but ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA top canoe coach who represented Great Britain in three Olympics was found guilty today of sexually abusing one of his promising young pupils. Peter Lawler, 71, faces a jail sentence for indecently assau...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 10 hours ago*The War on Health: The FDA’s Cult of Tyranny Live Simulcast June 15, 2012* *By Gary Null* While the FDA marches on with its plans to take away your right to health and nutrition, this documentary thre...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoOne in four senior civil servants at the failing UK Border Agency have received bonuses of up to £7,000 last year, it has been revealed. The handouts came despite numerous cases of allowing people into Br...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA Maryland woman who did not have a valid drivers license accidentally backed her SUV over five children, killing her eight-year-old daughter and putting her two-year-old son in hospital. Marianable Cruz-...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA neglected toddler died after his addict parents repeatedly gave him the heroin substitute methadone 'like Calpol', a court heard today. Jayden-Lee Green, 23 months, died after being given a last fatal, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck Salta, Argentina at a depth of 528.8 km (328.6 miles), the quake hit at 07:52:24 UTC Saturday 2nd June 2012 The epicenter was 129 km (80 miles) ESE from Tarija, Bolivi...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 10 hours agoGREECE. SYRIZA's Proposals: The Exit From the Crisis Is On the Left Global Research Canada, June 1, 2012 *SYRIZA's Proposals:* *The Exit From the Crisis Is On the Left* *1. Creation of a shield to p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA top Chinese state security official has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the U.S., sources have claimed. It is a case both countries have kept quiet for several months as they strive to prevent...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoSyrian troops brutally slaughtered 13 factory workers after forcing them off a bus in the third massacre in less than a week, it has been claimed. Two videos showing the aftermath of yesterday's killings i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Salta, Argentina at a depth of 513.9 km (319.3 miles), the quake hit at 07:31:08 UTC Saturday 2nd June 2012 The epicenter was 130 km (81 miles) ESE from Tarija, Bolivi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoIreland's voters gave a grudging seal of approval to an EU treaty that paves the way for further austerity measures across the continent in a desperate attempt to fight the debt-crisis that threatens the e...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoMost masked robbers opt for a balaclava to hide their identity. Not this one. Henley Stephenson, 41, eluded police for more than ten years thanks to an extraordinarily lifelike latex mask, which turned hi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoFive members of a traveller family who avoided paying £500,000 in taxes and fraudulently claimed £100,000 in benefits were sentenced today. Husband and wife John and Brigid Coffey, and their children Mich...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours agoIn the final paragraph of a March 2012 blog entry, I encouraged the Perimeter Institute and Oxford University to cut their ties with an anti-Bell-theorem activist and the author of repetitive and smug, yet...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThe head of the World Bank yesterday warned that financial markets face a rerun of the Great Panic of 2008. On the bleakest day for the global economy this year, Robert Zoellick said crisis-torn Europe w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoRemember 2010? British taxpayers could be forced to stump up another £5billion to rescue Spain as the crisis in the eurozone spirals out of control. Fears are mounting that Madrid will have to ask for a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoBefore he moved to Bali, Julian Ponder was the director of a company that specialised in organising exclusive corporate and private parties in London. No expense, it seems, was spared on these occasions. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoLuka Magnotta, Pictured centre and left (as police impression of what he may look like) harboured murderous fantasies one of his transsexual lovers, Arsenault, right, has revealed. 'I'm afraid that when y...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThe British officer lay flat on his stomach — down on his belt buckle, in Army parlance — beside the dusty Helmand road and stared intently at the red drum buried in the earth and the ominous white wires ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA used-car salesman has been found guilty of murdering his estranged wife, their young son and his father-in-law by setting fire to their family home after his marriage collapsed. Danai Muhammadi, 24, wa...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours ago*Mary Kate (MK) Olsen* "Pictures have emerged of Mary-Kate Olsen and her surprise boyfriend, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's younger half brother, Olivier." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours ago*Radiative cooling (and warming) isn't a key effect: a piece of the man-made climate change "lore" is shaken* This particular paper which may have isolated a major mistake in the would-be mainstream "lo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoNew Delhi, June 1: Dozens of forest fires are raging across Uttarakhand, forest and tourist industry officials said. The fires have injected smoke into the mountain air and disappointed tourists at spots...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoAVON, N.C. (WAVY) - A spokeswoman for the Avon Medical Clinic confirmed a shark attack in Avon around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The clinic says the victim was a female tourist. National Park Service spokeswoma...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours agoThis is a pretty extraordinary claim and it may well be a primary climate driver. The waxing and waning of the density factor is on the time scales that appears to be rapid enough to explain the long cyc...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours agoWhat this reminds us of is that the shoreline is always an active zone in which instability is the norm. the only strategy available that is capable of stabilizing a shoreline is to assist in the growt...
- posted by arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 12 hours agoThis shows us that graphene based solar cells are plausibly simple to create and produce. The transparency also provide additional flexibility in terms of design. One step up from this and we certainly h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoPASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Jeremy Moore, 20, of the Hurley community, was killed and two fellow workers were injured in an explosion Friday morning at Mississippi Phosphates Corp. Moore is the second wor...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoMORE THAN 1,000 HECTARES OF FOOD CROPS, MAINLY RICE, CASSAVA, SWEET POTATOES, BEANS, MAIZE, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS HOUSES, HAVE BEEN DESTROYED mark World Environment Day on June 5, farmers in the remote vill...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoLAGOS— AT least 10 people died yesterday in two unrelated accidents between Lagos and Ibadan. On the Lagos- Ibadan expressway, five people were burnt in a multiple accident involving nine fuel tankers wh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoBritain's manufacturing sector contracted at the fastest rate in three years in May, signalling the economy is still mired in recession. Economists said it also made the prospect of "a shot in the arm" fro...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoWASHINGTON — From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Catamarca, Argentina at a depth of 146.3 km (90.9 miles), the quake hit at 06:18:23 UTC Saturday 2nd June 2012 The epicenter was 121 km (75 miles) Northwest from Catam...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 12 hours agoLast month's solar flare created a mysterious pulse on Earth that seemed to 'answer' sun's blast Neutron monitors around world 'lit up' despite relatively small size of flare. First time in six years...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSeveral people were injured as sheep rained down on their cars after a lorry crashed on a bridge in South Australia. The vehicle carrying 400 livestock overturned on a highway overpass causing the anima...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe Mines Minister, Norman Moore believes farmers' fears about the environmental effects of fracking are unfounded. Fracking involves injecting rocks deep underground with chemicals, water or sand to ext...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe Defence Department was left red-faced after two Afghans it brought to Australia as part of a program to train Diggers deploying overseas claimed asylum soon after arriving. The Weekend West understan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoAre commentators over-dramatising the perils facing the euro zone or are things finally about to get serious? With good sense seemingly getting a run in Greece with recent polls pointing to a win for a co...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoPolice will interview a man arriving from India today, whose wife and two children died in a house fire in Melbourne's south-east on Friday. Detectives are still investigating a possible murder-suicide aft...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoBody parts posted to political parties in Canada were those of a Chinese student whose lover is being sought by the police after a video of the murder was put online. Police in Canada confirmed the 32-ye...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe "desperately worried" family of a Royal Navy sailor who went missing in Dubai have issued a plea for help. Leading Seaman (LS) Timothy Andrew MacColl, 27, known as Timmy, was a crew member on the fri...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA US government website has published what it said was photographic evidence of mass graves and attacks on civilian areas by Syrian regime forces. The State Department-operated website, published a serie...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge at a depth of 9.8 km (6.1 miles), the quake hit at 005:01:02 UTC Saturday 2nd June 2012 The epicenter was 1597 km (992 miles) South...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Papua Region, Indonesia at a depth of 13.7 km (8.5 miles), the quake hit at 02:40:23 UTC Saturday 2nd June 2012 The epicenter was 273 km (169 miles) Northwest of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Caucasus Region, Russia at a depth of 71.4 km (44.4 miles), the quake hit at 00:32:20 UTC Saturday 2nd June 2012 The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) ESE of Groznyy...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Banda Sea at a depth of 157 km (97.3 miles), the quake hit at 19:56:08 UTC Friday 1st June 2012 The epicenter was 387 km (239.9 miles) Southeast of Ambon, Indonesi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 54.9 km (34.1 miles), the quake hit at 19:11:24 UTC Friday 1st June 2012 The epicenter was 74 km (45 miles) South o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck San Juan, Argentina at a depth of 19.1 km (11.9 miles), the quake hit at 18:19:51 UTC Friday 1st June 2012 The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) SSW from San Juan, Argent...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Sumba Region, Indonesia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 14:59:15 UTC Friday 1st June 2012 The epicenter was 75 km (46.5 miles) Southwest of Wain...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 522 km (323.6 miles), the quake hit at 13:31:44 UTC Friday 1st June 2012 The epicenter was 279 km (172.9 miles) West of Nuku'alofa, Tonga...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 13 hours agoIt may seem as though the 21st century is still just getting started. But there is one event that will occur on Tuesday night UTC and its next repetition will have to wait until the year 2117. And in the "...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe neighbourhood watch volunteer who killed an unarmed black teenager in a case that outraged America has been ordered to return to custody. George Zimmerman has 48 hours to surrender to authorities afte...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours agoEarlier today I was reading about the political scandal involving ALEC ALUM John Kasich - which involves all kinds of drama and intrigue including an FBI investigation and I read this little snip: “Had I a...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 14 hours ago*1. Bilderberg Is Just A Talking Shop.* The record of history proves to the contrary. Bilderberg is the West's foremost policy hub. As Paul Joseph Watson *writes*, "Bilderberg is not merely a talking ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoThe law banning all outdoor feedings of large numbers of people on City parkland went into effect on Friday. Mayor Michael Nutter has said the ban will protect the dignity of the homeless, cleanliness of...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 14 hours ago*Libya* Only 13% of Egyptians support NATO's toppling of Gaddafi. "Residents in several North African countries, including Morocco (12%), Egypt (13%), and Algeria (14%) were the least likely to say they ...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 15 hours agoI have been following the disaster at Fukushima Japan for a long time now, and I know for a fact that the situation has not changed, no matter what the clowns who run our governments, and the liars in the ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago*Opening of the slow movement of Mozart's K. 414 Concerto* *We hear Daniel Barenboim conduct the Berlin Philharmonic in the opening theme of the Andante of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414, then...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 15 hours ago*Alberta's Provincial Budget supports New Democratic Party Leader, Tom Mulcair's argument on Dutch Disease: * *"The Canadian dollar remains elevated, buoyed by high commodity prices. An appreciation of t...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago“These three bright nebulae are often featured in telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius and the crowded starfields of the central Milky Way. In fact, 18th century cosmic tourist Charles Messie...
- posted by Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 16 hours agoThe criminal and terrorist state of Israel, along with its obedient puppet slaves in the United States, are still pushing as hard as possible to convince a very skeptical world of the need to attack and d...
- posted by Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 16 hours agoSince the start of the year I decided to do what many here do...rent out rooms. And I must say off the top that it's been a great experience. Aside from the obvious extra income, it's been nice to meet p...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoThe head of the World Bank yesterday warned that financial markets face a rerun of the Great Panic of 2008. On the bleakest day for the global economy this year, Robert Zoellick said crisis-torn Europe w...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 16 hours agoUS, Israel, and Saudi Arabia have plotted bloodbath for years. Tony Cartalucci Land Destroyer June 2, 2012 *Timeline* *1991:* Paul Wolfowitz, then Undersecretary of Defense, tells US Army General Wesle...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 17 hours agoEvery time I mention no Chemtrails on this blog, they come back. A real pitiful chemtrail was right over my house. Also getting reports Denver was heavily hit with Chemtrails today. Someday soon this ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago*The official position is that the [atom] bomb released no lethal radiation. Reports to the contrary are suppressed both in the U.S. and Japan. In the New York Times, William Laurence ["Atomic Bill" was...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours ago*Obama to You: I Want You Dead. And I Have A Secret List, So Watch Out.* Read the following articles by Glenn Greenwald about Obama's fake toughness and radical destruction of the law: *The Authoritar...
- posted by Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 18 hours ago* This is my article yesterday in TV5's news portal, http://www.interaksyon.com/article/33570/fat-free-economics-private-sector-not-government-responsible-for-surprise-growth --------- Economic growth is ma...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 19 hours agoFound an interesting comment in the post regarding the US supplying weapons for their terrorists in Syria... kaspi June 1, 2012 1:24 AM Georgia relocates parliament to international hub of weapons traffi...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours agoPort Angeles, Washington, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago*“Not Known, Because Not Looked For”* by Chet Raymo "You may know these lines of T. S. Eliot (Little Gidding): ․ "We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago*"Let Me Not Beg" * by Rabindranath Tagore “Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago"Any idiot can face a crisis- it's day to day living that wears you out." - Anton Chekhov
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoThe summer of 2012 is looking like an “eerie” echo of 2008 but euro zone sovereign debt has replaced mortgages as the risky asset class that markets are anxious about, said Robert Zoellick, President of t...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 20 hours agoI'll have another 40 years ago update soon, but I'm stepping out of the narrative for a minute, especially for those who are interested but not enough to read all the day-by-day posts, to deal with the que...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago*"Cyberwar: * *US and Israel Created Stuxnet, Lost Control of It"* by Nate Anderson "In 2011, the US government rolled out its "International Strategy for Cyberspace," which reminded us that "intercon...
- posted by yayacanada at YayaCanada - 20 hours ago** *... and too much confusing gossip * *Contributors: "Newfieby" and "YYC"* *UPDATE: *Zombie Gnomes: Apocalypse in your garden* Zombie garden gnomes now roam the rows, feasting on each other's entrails.*...
- posted by ProfPTJ at The Duck of Minerva - 20 hours agoI have long been intrigued by Orson Scott Card's typology of relations to the other, as expressed in his novel *Speaker for the Dead*. I like it so much that I used it as a central part of my argument (in ...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 21 hours ago18:35 31 May S. Korea toughens restrictions on food imports from Japan TOKYO, May 31, Kyodo http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2012/05/161217.html "South Korea has toughened restrictions on food imports from...
- posted by Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 21 hours agoAt 9:00 a.m. this morning I opened a web-browser to the Tepco cam trained on the Fukushima plant. I look at the plant every morning and take screen shots of emissions. This morning I noticed barely visib...
- posted by BAL at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights Collection - 21 hours ago* * * PRESS RELEASE* *For Immediate Release * * BREAKING: Riverdale Residents Blockade Aqua America Construction Road* * June 1, 2012* From the campaign to Save the Riverdale Mobile Home Park. Come join...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 21 hours agoToday, on National Doughnut Day (when it was formerly announced that Mayor (3-Terms!) Bloomberg will be further cleaning up New York City environs (so to speak) by banning sugary drinks over 16 ounces - th...
- posted by Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 22 hours agoFrom the *Journal-Sentinel*: By Diane Ravitch If you are concerned about the future of public education in Wisconsin, vote to oust Gov. Scott Walker. Since his election in 2010, he has proved himself to b...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 22 hours agoFriday, June 1, 2012 *Return of the Goddess - Update* Posted by Cobra at Portal 2012 The critical mass for this visualization to have desired effect is about 118,000 people worldwide actually doing it ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours agoThere's been a lot of talk about how Romney's experience in the private sector has made him especially unfit for any kind of government service. Certainly the Bain experience at Warner Bros. Records prove...
- posted by AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 22 hours agoReturn Of The Goddess June 5, 2012 http://2012portal.blogspot.com On June 5th/6th there will be a Venus transit, a rare cosmic event when planet Venus passes in front of the solar disk. Goddess energ...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoWant to check out a free sample of what our magazine is like? Just click on the banner above and download the free Sample Edition PDF! If you like what you see, you can help support the Coming Crisis by su...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 23 hours ago------------------------------ * the**REALnews Permalink* *Bill Black on “Career Limiting Gestures” * Bill Black on being “di...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 23 hours ago*Johnny White's, the Bar That Stayed Open Through Katrina, Will Now Close for Good ~NOLA DEFENDER*
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours ago*The defeated Bilderberg puppet Rick Perry tried to intimidate American hero Ron Paul in a Republican debate last year. Now, his bosses want Dr. Paul dead. * Journalist Jim Tucker told Alex Jones today...
- posted by Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 23 hours agoDriving through the village of Cullingworth today, I was impressed by the number of Union Jack flags from one end of the village to the other. In other parts of the Bradford metropolitan district, the di...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago*Bad Guy Kevin Warsh. Photo by Marcus Gabrel. * A lot of people have said that Bilderberger Kevin Warsh, *"a Visiting fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and former Federal Reserve Board...
- posted by Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 1 day agoI am posting this cluster F of a segment from *Hardballs* to show the Romney ad that deliberately clips the president's words to make them mean something he did not say. But after watching the segment, I t...
- posted by Matt at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe judge has revoked the bond of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman charged with shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman must report to Seminole County jail by Sunday at 2:30 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoATHENS — Greece's radical leftist party Syriza laid out Friday a manifesto likely to leave the country's eurozone future hanging by a thread if it wins elections later this month. A bailout deal with the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe man believed to have been brutally slayed in a videotaped attack before his body parts were mailed to Canada's top political parties was his killer's gay lover, police have revealed. Montreal Police ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTORNADO WATCH NUMBER 333 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 150 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EASTERN MARYLAND ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 153 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRG...
- posted by Josh Busby at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoAre there major differences between Democratic and Republican elites on multilateral cooperation? This question animates a new study that I carried out with my frequent collaborator Jon Monten and my colle...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoPerhaps having Conservative MPs isn't as helpful as one might think? http://www.thestar.com/mobile/NEWS/article/1204159 "As previously announced, the Consolidated Line will cease at the end of (the) sch...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMore than 100 people are thought to have been struck down by a vomiting and diarrhoea bug at a luxury hotel. NHS Tayside said it was investigating suspected cases of norovirus at Gleneagles Hotel in Aucht...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day agoMounted Police Association of Ontario v. Canada (Attorney General), 2012 ONCA 363 was released today. It is a very lengthy and careful decision that will almost certainly go to the Supreme Court: http://...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoFew governments can last two terms without succumbing to a "time for a change" sentiment. And after blogging for 8 years, I'm feeling very much the same. So thanks to a generous "blog redesign tax credit"...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Egos and Immorality"* By Paul Krugman “In the wake of a devastating financial crisis, President Obama has enacted some modest and obviously needed regulation; he has proposed closing a few outrageou...
- posted by Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 1 day agoAdan Garcia and Don Antonio Garcia building a fogonI feel a bit like the family dog at work sometimes, mystified much of the time as to why my workmates are bundling me into the truck to go somewhere but a...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoCops are corrupt and they don't even try to hide it. They're liars and cheats who don't think twice about breaking the public trust and trampling it under their combat boots. Does this sound extreme, un...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 1 day agoThis is not the ultimate sci-fi-horror FACE PALM I've just returned from watching Ridley Scott's Prometheus film The ANNUNAKI nutjobs are gonna have a field day with this film my Scene360 Prometheus film...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTeen sensation suffered concussion after an ill-advised confrontation with the wall. Justin Bieber was left with a "bit of headache" last night (May 31) after he collided with a glass wall and suffered co...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoStock markets hit to their lowest level in 2012 as poor US jobless figures and weak manufacturing data from Europe sparked renewed fears of a global slowdown. World markets plunged to their lowest level ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJune 1 - The implications of a disappointing jobs report on the markets, elections and Fed policy.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - EU paymaster Germany softened its drive for austerity across the euro zone on Friday, agreeing to allow Spain more time to cut its deficit while its battles a deepening bank crisis, capital fli...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoSeems like a good day to give one to Paul Krugman, who is left speechlessby Alan Greenspan. Why? Here's what Greenspan is worrying about these days: The former central bank leader — nicknamed "The Maestro"...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day agoInfowars: *Bilderberg Members Discuss Killing Ron Paul*
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2012* *There’s nothing to look at! Move on!* Bill Clinton appeared on Piers Morgan last night. Morgan was in an undisclosed location. In his absence, movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sat in...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*House Ethics Committee scoops up 3 crooks: Joe Crowley (D-NY), John Campbell (R-CA), Tom Price (R-GA)* Inside-the-Beltway Queens Co. Democratic Party boss Joseph Crowley is widely regarded as one of the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFourteen people have been jailed for a total of more than 70 years for their part in a riot that saw petrol bombs thrown at a police station in Nottingham. Three police officers and three community servi...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day agoOn 1 June 2012, the American-owned Herald newspaper reveals *how the UK Government hid a secret Lockerbie report * The report blames the *Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command*...
- posted by bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago*FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2012* *Part 4—MSNBC doesn’t care too:* You can’t really blame Gail Collins’ readers if they’re somewhat clueless about the public schools. They read the New York Times every day. They’ve ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTwo men have been found guilty of murdering three generations of the same family in an arson attack at their home in Chatham, Kent. Danai Muhammadi, 24, and Farhad Mahmud, 35, were convicted at Maidstone ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIn August 1976, a Soviet rocket landed on the moon, drilled six feet into the surface, extracted about half a pound of rock and flew back. In the rocks that it brought back, water made up around 0.1%. It...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThree men have been found guilty of rioting, reckless arson and firearms possession after police were 'lured' to a pub fire and shot at during last summer’s riots. Tyrone Laidley, 20, of Nechells, Birmin...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoHere's something for future generations to look forward to: When Galaxies Collide: Earth’s home, the Milky Way Galaxy, will collide with a nearby galaxy called Andromeda in 4 billion years, according ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoThe CBSA harassing political journalists trying to enter Canada: bad. The FBI free to operate within Canadian borders: worse. Years ago when people stoked fears of co-called "deep integration" between Ca...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago*"Save the Picayune" protest set for June 4!* *7 Stories That Made New Orleans’ Times-Picayune a Legend*
- posted by Robert E Kelly at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago[image: retrenchment graph] Here is part one where argued that America’s *8 most important allies are, in order: Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Israel, and South Korea*. I arg...
- posted by thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day agoHoly fucking shit! In May, 2011, the anti-democratic harpercons stole a majority government (by a margin of 6,000 votes) based on a nation-wide campaign of election fraud. As a result, harper is driving a ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFacebook experienced service outages for portions of its 900 million users tonight after the social networking site was apparently targeted by hacking group Anonymous. Taking to Twitter to express their ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSince June last year, the strange shape at the bottom of the Baltic Sea has caused so much speculation. Sonar pictures showed a massive, metallic cylinder with a 60 metre diameter and a 400 metre-long ta...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day agoVisit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Here's an idea that's never occurred to Republican activists: Cage-free shopping for votes. Here's another idea to Florida voters...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAfter an unusually long quiet period, the sun unleashed a solar flare on May 17 this year - but scientists are now puzzling over what happened on Earth. Neutron monitors all round the world lit up in res...
- posted by James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago*Dennis v. Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission*, 2012 ONCA 368 is a helpful case dealing with Reply in the context of a factum, but with broader implications. Despite the practice of some, reply is ...
- posted by Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day agoAMERICAN STATE LEGISLATURES are capable of amazing comedy. According to Charlie Jane Anders, at io9, the latest silliness is courtesy of North Carolina (of which someone once remarked that the state bird, th...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Activists paint 'Reef in danger' on the side of a ship in the port town of Gladstone, Australia. The harbour is undergoing the biggest dredging operation ever approved in Australia. From 2014, hu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Businesses hired far fewer workers than expected in May, throwing into doubt the strength of the economic recovery. Only 69,000 jobs were added last month, the weakest growth in a y...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day agoMay 31, 2012 Bryan Law of Press For Truth travels to Montreal, Quebec to cover the student protests which have lasted for over 100 days. With recent negotiations breaking down again between the student ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPeace envoy Kofi Annan has spoken of his frustration after the deadline given to President Assad by the Free Syrian Army to comply with the United Nations' peace plan expired. Amid mounting fears of a f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLONDON (Reuters)- U.S. policymakers might talk down "boots on the ground" in Yemen but with an estimated several hundred military advisers already deployed, Washington and its allies are already being dra...
- posted by Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago*Welcome to one of my favorite features on Reduce Footprints ... our monthly vegan recipe. This month's "guest chef" is no stranger to most of you ... she participates in our Change The World Wednesday ch...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - A Chinese state security official has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the United States, sources said, a case both countries have kept quiet for several months as they strive to preven...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBERLIN — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia arrived in Germany on Friday and is likely to face significant pressure from Chancellor Angela Merkel over Moscow’s continued backing of the Syrian governmen...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoTwo things happened yesterday First - WalMart dumped ALEC - Good on them! Second - Activists protested at the Comcast meeting in Philly - GOOD ON THEM! *One of the things they asked Comcast to do...
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day agoSource: https://www.accessnow.org/page/s/itu The open internet that has thrived over the past two decades -- the one we have come to know and love -- is threatened. That's because several countries, incl...
- posted by Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago*Time for Vietnamese food.* Two days ago, in the post below this one, I blogged on the three-ring circus that the capital gains affair has become. The news is coming thick and fast.... First, the Premi...
- posted by Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day agoHappy Birthday to Rene Auberjonois, 72. I just saw him in an episode of the Ellery Queen TV series. Not as bad as Benson, but not a performance I expect he's proud of (I mean, he wasn't very good on EQ -- ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck Southern Xinjiang, China at a depth of 10.3 km (6.4 miles), the quake hit at 12:32:22 UTC Friday 1st June 2012 The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) WNW of Kashi, Xinjian...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIreland has voted 'yes' in a referendum on Europe's Fiscal Stability Treaty - committing the coalition government to stringent budgetary targets. Rejection would have prevented Ireland from accessing the E...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Pakistan at a depth of 14.7 km (9.1 miles), the quake hit at 11:03:41 UTC Friday 1st June 2012 The epicenter was 216 km (134 miles) Southeast of Chaba...
- posted by Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day agoI actually don't hear the cons in my life threatening to move to Canada, but I like this Facebook meme enough to archive it. [More posts daily at the Detroit News.]
- posted by Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day agoIf you're a gaffe voyeur or a Twitter freak or both, here's another fun tool from the same folks who brought you that site showing you how to gloat over your congress critter's lousy vocabulary. It's calle...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*“Out of the Mouths of Babes”* by Ellen Brown "The youtube video of 12 year old Victoria Grant speaking at the Public Banking in America conference in April has gone viral, topping a million views on v...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoMitt Romney claims he knows how to solve the country's problems because of his experience in the private sector. During the Republican primary all of his opponents laughed at the absurdity of that assert...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoThe World Health Organisation seems to have become as politicised as the United Nations and other supranational bodies. Its Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly 'concluded Saturday after adopting 21 resoluti...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 6.1.12"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Greece is on life support. Spain is experiencing bank runs. Many countries are in or heading into recession. The European Union is in...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day agoLittle girl beaten up by Assad's forces? She's British and lives in England and got her injuries in England at a nursery school. *Survivor of Houla Massacre?* This image 'made from amateur video, rel...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day agoThe White House really ought to fix that clogged toilet that keeps burping turds back up every year or so.
- posted by Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day agoGreat English singer songwriter, Leon Rosselson, sings his own tribute to The Diggers and to Thomas Paine. Check out the fine cover version too by Scottish folkie, Dick Gaughan. Lyrics: In 1649 To St ...
- posted by Donna at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 1 day agoI’ve noticed a disturbing trend recently. Not only are former employers suing ex-minions, but they’re trying to have them tossed in jail. That’s right: quit and go to jail, especially if you go to work for...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day agoSo, maybe this Debate about the Debate hasn't been a *total* waste of time. There have been some illuminating moments. Like this one into the pretzelly mind of SUZYALLCAPSLOCK. A-yup. We in Culture of D...
- posted by Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day agoIn this morning's *Globe and Mail*, four former environment ministers --Tom Siddon, David Anderson, John Fraser and Herb Dahliwal -- published a letter which they have sent to Stephen Harper. The four ...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoRoger Alton in this week's Spectator has made an incredible statement. He claims that '... that miraculous Moscow 800 metres final when Seb Coe just pipped the favourite, Steve Ovett, to the gold.' Fact c...
- posted by Casey at The Adventures of Limited Eating - 1 day ago*Yummi Saffron Rice!* Sometimes I can find rice quite boring, but it's actually an extremely versatile ingredient. You can pretty much flavor it however you want and create some amazing dishes with it. I ...
- posted by Ben O'Loughlin at The Duck of Minerva - 1 day agoProfessor Anne-Marie Slaughter’s talk in Parliament in London this week offered useful insights into how the Obama administration and foreign policy analysts around it are thinking about shaping internatio...
- posted by Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's Free Planet blog - 1 day agoRussia Today AGAIN feature an anti-Bilderberg piece, this time focussing on the crowds that have gathered outside the Virginia Marriot Hotel in Chantilly VA to PROTEST. ** * Around 150 of the world's eli...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoMuhammad Morsi is the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for Egyptian President who recently said that he will "achieve the Islamic conquest of Egypt for the second time, and make all Christians convert to Isl...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago*City launches NOLA Ready web site as storm season arrives* *Levees.org, leapfrogging over politics with a mobile historical app!* *Let justice prevail on MR-GO: John Lopez and Amanda Moore* *South Louisi...
- posted by Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day agoChristine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, recently blamed Greece's economic woes on Greece having a population ‘who are trying to escape tax all the time’. This is fair comment, *howe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPHOENIX — A bear attacked and injured a 74-year-old Arizona woman camping east of Payson in northern Arizona on Thursday, and now hounds and men are tracking the animal to put it down. The Apache Junctio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFirefighters Battle Chemical Blaze: MyFoxMEMPHIS.com Memphis, Tn - You couldn't blame Carol Britton for being despairingly speechless. You couldn't help but understand the relief Memphis firefighters f...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoThe Sun will go red giant in 7.5 billion years but long before that moment, in about 4-6 billion years from now, "we" will be reminded of a neighbor we considered so well-known yet so detached. As The...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSeveral hundred people rallied at demonstrations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and other Australian cities yesterday to protest the British Supreme Court ruling that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMexico's Popocatepetl Volcano has blasted a tower of ash over nearby towns and villages prompting authorities to consider the possibility of evacuations. Popocatepetl sits roughly halfway between Mexico...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA Greek exit from the euro risks sparking uncontrollable contagion that may exhaust official funding sources, according to Societe Generale SA analysts. Greece leaving the euro may lead markets to question...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFUKUSHIMA -- The central government's efforts to reclassify evacuation areas around the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant under a new zoning system for decontamination and financial compensation has bee...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMay 31 - Yemeni troops clash with Islamist militants in a stronghold of an al-Qaeda-linked group as they fight to dislodge them in a U.S.-backed offensive. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJune 1 - Both sides deny a massacre in Syria, Western officials push China, Russia to stop supporting regime. Julie Noce reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe man suspected of dismembering a murder victim then mailing the body parts to political parties in Canada, is now wanted by Interpol. Julie Noce reports.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJune 1 - Livestock from a crashed truck rain down on highway motorists. Julie Noce reports
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - It looked like a textbook win-win deal when Australian high-speed ferry designer AMD Marine Consulting formed a joint venture in 1993 with the engineering arm of a state-owned Chinese shipbuild...Related
THE FEASIBILITY OF HYDROFOIL CRAFT
IN THE INDIAN ENVIRONMENT
Through the application of this technology it is possible to convert the fast patrol boats [FPB], in the inventory from merely fast craft to craft with immensely improved capabilities. The OSAs, for instance, if given a shot in the arm with this technology, could be transformed, into well-nigh unbeatable adversaries, at sea.Canada: In early 1961 De Havilland Aircraft of Canada, was contracted by the Department of Defence, to construct the FHE 400, to establish the feasibility of an ocean going ASW hydrofoil. The first foil borne trails took place in April 1969. The craft was a super caviating steerable bow foil and sub caviating main foil in a canard configuration. The main foil is a combination of the fully submerged and surface piercing foil types and has a unique design made for excellent sea keeping qualities. The FHE 400 has been commissioned into the Canadian Navy as the Bras d’ Or.Although military hydrofoils had been built during World War II, it is only recently that they have found acceptance, among NATO nations, as instruments of naval warfare – some 30 years after they had first proved their feasibility. Unlike the NATO nations, the Warsaw Pact countries were quick to recognize the suitability of hydrofoils for military roles and have been employing them on surveillance and other roles for many yearsIf the world fuel shortage is taken into consideration, as well as, the pollution problems which strangle today’s economy and life, the hydrofoil is tailor made to overcome these difficulties. A hydrofoil files clean and requires only 50 per cent of the power of a displacement vessel of comparable size, for a given speed. The advanced military hydrofoil is superior to conventional warships, due to its superior speed, which can be maintained even in a seaway and due to better sea keeping ability. In fact, hydrofoils do not need to be large [multi-thousand ton size] to provide an all weather capability, which is in stark contrast to conventional warships.
35. Various comparative studies have been undertaken to ascertain the validity of better sea keeping qualities in a hydrofoil as follows:
[a] A study conducted by Boeing, for the Royal Navy and presented before the Royal Institute of Naval Architects, showed that the Boeing Jet foil [a 110 ton craft with fully submerged foils controlled by a sonic control system] was capable of operation in the North Sea 96 per cent of the year [at speeds greater than 38 knots] [7][7]. This corresponds to wave heights of four meters [see state 6].Canada: One remarkably advanced concept, is the 200 ton HMCS Bras d’or [FHE 400] in the Canadian Navy designed for ASW operations in the open ocean. The surface piercing non-retractable foil system differs considerably from the usual configuration. It has a steerable bow foil carrying 10 per cent of the weight. The main rear foil uses sub caviating sections and is fully submerged. During trials wave heights of 25 feet were successfully negotiated. A calm water speed of 63 knots has been achieved by the craft, on one 22,000 h.p. gas turbine. A speed of 40 knots in 15 feet waves was also possible. Other models are now under development.
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