Census braces for head count debacle
The government is concerned its $15 billion program could be endangered by a slew of major risks.
Also: 
Friday, April 9, 2010
Adopted boy's return sparks diplomatic flap
Adopted boy's return sparks diplomatic flap
A Tennessee woman who put a 7-year-old alone on a flight back to Russia triggers an international incident.
Also: Local Hospitality
Local Hospitality
Author calls Charlotte a hotbed for human trafficking
Cohen spoke at UNC Charlotte Thursday night.
He said Charlotte is a major hub for human trafficking because of its location -- roughly halfway between Houston and New York City. Cohen said young girls are most often the victims.
"People in Charlotte need to open their eyes, because if they don't they're going to have the next great enslavement in the South happening right now in their own hometown," Cohen said.
Cohen said sex trafficking is very common. There was one high profile case in Charlotte in 2008 when police made a prostitution bust at Island Spa in Monroe. Investigators later said the women involved were smuggled illegally into the country.
For more information on Cohen, visit http://www.abolishslavery.org/
Interesting In General
Interesting In General
Unusual treehouses from around the world
One dwelling has sliding doors and a 60-inch TV, all 30 feet above the ground.
Also: Man slashes dog for being racist
A black man who had grown tired of the incessant barking of a dog that reportedly dislikes minorities was arrested on Monday night after he slashed its face, police said.
The German shepherd lost an eye, and the suspect — who worked for an oil delivery business where the dog stood guard — was arrested on a felony aggravated cruelty charge. He also was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor.
Andrew Owens, 58, was arraigned on Tuesday in City Court after spending the night in jail. He admitted to the crime, police said. "The dog reacts to black people, Hispanics, anyone who is not white," owner Paul Tocco said. "She always barked at him. He (Owens) was well aware the dog didn't like him, and he knew to stay away from her."
A detective for the SPCA of Westchester said the slashing was unprovoked. It took place around 7 p.m. as the dog, a 4-year-old named Jenna, was leashed outside Valley Oil at 707 Nepperhan Ave.
Owens, who worked there as a handyman, had threatened to kill the dog in the past and told authorities it had bitten him about a year ago. On Monday night, he "egged on" the barking dog and charged at her, Detective Ken Ross III said. Owens is alleged to have then brandished a 9-inch folding knife.
Owens is accused of taunting the dog with his arm, raising his arm with a knife and slashing the dog across the face, Ross said. The dog was cut "over the right eye, all the way down to the socket bone," he said.
The German shepherd lost an eye, and the suspect — who worked for an oil delivery business where the dog stood guard — was arrested on a felony aggravated cruelty charge. He also was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor.
Andrew Owens, 58, was arraigned on Tuesday in City Court after spending the night in jail. He admitted to the crime, police said. "The dog reacts to black people, Hispanics, anyone who is not white," owner Paul Tocco said. "She always barked at him. He (Owens) was well aware the dog didn't like him, and he knew to stay away from her."
A detective for the SPCA of Westchester said the slashing was unprovoked. It took place around 7 p.m. as the dog, a 4-year-old named Jenna, was leashed outside Valley Oil at 707 Nepperhan Ave.
Owens, who worked there as a handyman, had threatened to kill the dog in the past and told authorities it had bitten him about a year ago. On Monday night, he "egged on" the barking dog and charged at her, Detective Ken Ross III said. Owens is alleged to have then brandished a 9-inch folding knife.
Owens is accused of taunting the dog with his arm, raising his arm with a knife and slashing the dog across the face, Ross said. The dog was cut "over the right eye, all the way down to the socket bone," he said.
*****
Here's to hoping the man gets the same treatment he gave to the dog while he is imprisoned!
Bye Bye Glaciers
From Treehugger:
The Shepard Glacier and Miche Wabun Glacier have shrunk to less than 25 acres, bringing the number of glaciers in the Montana park down to 25; the park was once home to some 150 glaciers. And the article paints a grim picture for the future of the Montana park's glaciers.
Two USGS researchers collect data in Glacier National Park in 2008. Photo courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey.
Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com.
We all know warmer temperatures have led to shrinking glaciers, and now two more of Glacier National Park's ice fields are too small to be classified as glaciers, according to a recent article on msnbc.com.The Shepard Glacier and Miche Wabun Glacier have shrunk to less than 25 acres, bringing the number of glaciers in the Montana park down to 25; the park was once home to some 150 glaciers. And the article paints a grim picture for the future of the Montana park's glaciers.
Article continues: Bye Bye Glaciers: 2 More Gone From Glacier National Park
Ancient pearl necklace smashes record
Ancient pearl necklace smashes record
An 18th century piece commands the highest price ever paid for a Chinese imperial jewel.
Also: How to slim down this spring
How to slim down this spring
Starting dinner with a vegetable course and ditching caloric drinks can help you drop the pounds.
Also: Connecting with Nature
The Power of Trees
Scientific Minds Want To Know
Scientific Minds Want To Know
The Cuban crocodile is among the world's most endangered species.
Photo credit: Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society.
The world's smallest marine cetacean, the national bird of Grenada, and an island-dwelling fox share a distinction no species would seek out: They are among the rarest animals of them all, according to a new list released this week by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).The organization's recent State of the Wild report highlighted 10 rare species categorized as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), indicating that they "face an 'extremely high risk of extinction in the wild,' often meaning that the species' numbers have been reduced by approximately 80 percent in the last 10 years (or three generations)."
These "rarest of the rare" animals are an eclectic group, comprising birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, and threatened by both environmental changes such as habitat loss and more direct dangers such as hunting and illegal collection for the international pet trade. The endangered species featured on the list include the:
- Cuban crocodile -- Currently restricted to two small areas of Cuba due largely to illegal hunting, chiefly for meat for restaurants serving the tourist industry, the survival of this species is also due to extensive hybridization with American crocodiles.
- Florida bonneted bat -- Thought to be extinct until 2002, the small colony discovered in a North Fort Myers suburb suffers from a loss of roosting sites and pesticide spraying of the mosquitoes that they eat.
- Green-eyed frog -- This once-common species has been decimated by chytrid fungus, as well as agricultural and logging activities.
- Grenada dove -- Habitat loss and threats from introduced predators have left fewer than 150 of the Caribbean island's national bird alive.
- Hirola -- One of the most most highly threatened antelopes in Africa, the hirola, or Hunter's hartebeest, is technically protected in Kenya and Somalia, but lack of effective enforcement leaves it vulnerable to poaching.
- Ploughshare tortoise -- Restricted to five small, unconnected sub-populations in northwestern Madagascar and threatened by illegal collection for the international pet trade, the ploughshare tortoise will be extinct within 30 years if current conditions continue.
- Island gray fox -- Found only on six of the California Channel Islands, there are likely fewer than 1,000 individuals of this fox species left.
- Sumatran orangutan -- The Indonesian forest habitat of these primates is seriously threatened by logging and deforestation for palm oil plantations.
- Vaquita -- The world's smallest marine cetacean at just five feet long, this rare porpoise often gets caught and drowned in fishing gillnets used in the Gulf of California.
- White-headed langur -- Hunted for "monkey balm," a traditional Chinese medicinal preparation, this species has declined 98 percent over the past 40 years, to perhaps less than 100 individuals.
"The Rarest of the Rare provides a global snapshot of some of the world's most endangered animals," said Kent Redford, director of the Wildlife Conservation Society Institute. "While the news is dire for some species, it also shows that conservation measures can and do protect wildlife if given the chance to work."
More about endangered species:
Via: Treehugger
It's The Economy Stupid
It's The Economy Stupid
How car dealers make their money
Knowing how the dealer profits on each sale will make you a much better buyer.
Also: 
Workers enjoying furlough Fridays
Some employees forced to scale back to a four-day work week don't think it's so bad.
Also: 
Strategies for a cheaper family vacation
Booking a suite instead of several standard rooms is one way to save money.
Also: 'Biggest mistake' of trying to de-clutter
'Biggest mistake' of trying to de-clutter
The one thing not to do is load up on new storage bins and other gear, say experts.
Also: Modern timesavers that aren't
10 modern timesavers that aren't
Your DVR, your digital camera, even your coffeemaker may be costing you precious time.
Also: Five products designed not to last
Five products designed not to last
Items like MP3 players and ink cartridges are made to wear down quickly.
Also: Gingrich vows to shut down government for two years if repugican retake Congress, will repeal 'virtually everything' Obama has done
Virtually everything?
Ban on pre-existing conditions.
Adding kids to parents' health insurance.
Affordable student loans.
Equal pay.
Really?
And shutting down the government worked so well in the 1990s when Gingrich shut down the government, and it blew up in his face. How many normal Americans really want to shut down the EPA for two years? This is insane. Democrats need ads on TV right now showing Gingrich talking about shutting down the EPA for two years. So much for safe drinking water. Would you like some botulism with your hamburger little boy?
Ban on pre-existing conditions.
Adding kids to parents' health insurance.
Affordable student loans.
Equal pay.
Really?
And shutting down the government worked so well in the 1990s when Gingrich shut down the government, and it blew up in his face. How many normal Americans really want to shut down the EPA for two years? This is insane. Democrats need ads on TV right now showing Gingrich talking about shutting down the EPA for two years. So much for safe drinking water. Would you like some botulism with your hamburger little boy?
Here’s my promise: … When we win control of the House and Senate this fall, Stage One of the end of Obamaism will be a new repugican congress in January that simply refuses to fund any of the radical efforts. […]
Once upon a time, I used to be Speaker of the House and I actually understand the legislative process. And the truth is, under our Constitution, the Congress doesn’t have to pass the money. If EPA gets not budget, it can’t enforce cap-and-trade. […]
So Stage One of Obamaism being gone is to simply win this fall and not fund it for two years. Stage Two is…to ensure Obama joins Jimmy Carter in the tradition of one-party presidents (sic). And, that in that context, that we be prepared to commit that a repugican pretrender and a repugican congress in February and March of 2013 will repeal every radical bill passed by this machine.
Lunatic Fringe
Lunatic Fringe
Liars and Fools
Faux's Glen Brick says America is "on the eve of destruction" and "will be destroyed if we don't turn our ways".Barry McGuire said the same thing back in the sixties only thing is he was correct then warning us about people like Glen Brick
Faux's Steve Doozy and Newt Gingrich (reptile-Georgia) falsely accuse Obama of a "scheme" to seize 401(k) assets.
Well from someone named 'doozy' and someone named after something that crawls under rocks what did you expect?
Fox News on U.S.-Russia nuclear pact: Cue the mushroom cloud.
Oh, that is so kindergarten, morons.
Faux's Glen Brick says Obama "knows how to sell" Marxism "with a happy face".
Learn of what you speak before you speak there Glenny boy - knowledge of what Marxism is would help enormously.
Lush Dimbulb lies: Obama "has done a great job of undermining our national defense".
Oh, really? There hasn't been a successful attack on this nation under President Obama.
Faux's Glen Brick pushes bogus "evidence of socialism" in Obama's policies.
Again learn what socialism is first you demented moron.
Faux's Glen Brick says America is on "the exact same trajectory" as the Soviet Union just before its collapse.
Nope. Not even close - we were for eight years, but that all ended on the first Tuesday in November of 2008
If by "grassroots" you mean corporate network sponsorship, then, yes
Thers, over @ whiskey fire, says it all about the tea baggers (w/quite a lot of biden-esque language thrown in):Of course, having an entire fucking news network plugging your bullshit sure does fucking help with the "getting attention" thing, no matter how "talented" you might be otherwise, and I think we all know what that means. shit.
I wax fucking nostalgic.
Back in ought-two & ought-three, I went to antiwar protests in NYC and DC. and there were lots of people there -- six times as many as ever bothered with any fucking tea party bullshit. These protests were sponsored by Answer, a group I still know nothing and give less of a shit about, as did/do 99% of the people who showed up at that shit.
At the risk of generalizing, and fuck you for giving me shit about generalizing, the 99% of us who went to those antiwar protests knew two things, namely, (1) the Iraq war was a fucking stupid idea, and (2) protesting it by marching wouldn't fucking stop it or even fucking slow it down.
But what the hell else was there to do? Or, to be more precise, where the hell else was there the public space to say that the war was fucked? …
And that's what kills me about the tea baggers. They have a major news network behind them. They drive the agenda of one of the major American political parties. They have the infrastructure of, well, this sort of shit:
Specifically in Washington, freedomworks.org, the group founded by former house speaker Dick Armey (r-texas), is holding a 9 a.m. “liberty summit” at the Ronald Reagan building amphitheater and a 6 p.m. rally at the Washington monument. in between, the group plans to lobby members of congress. A promotional bus tour called the tea party express also plans an event on Boston on April 14 — featuring former Alaska gov. Sarah Palin (r) — and is scheduled to be in Washington the next day.
Grass-roots my taut n' perky ass. Say what you want about Answer, and again, who the fuck are they, come on, there is balance here?
And even with all that PR, all that Faux News flogging, all those wingnut celebrity endorsements, they still can't draw more than a sixth of what we got, ordinary Americans who were fed up, only in regards to a pointless and bloody war, and were, you know, proved fucking right.
(via Skippy the Bush Kangaroo)
I wax fucking nostalgic.
Back in ought-two & ought-three, I went to antiwar protests in NYC and DC. and there were lots of people there -- six times as many as ever bothered with any fucking tea party bullshit. These protests were sponsored by Answer, a group I still know nothing and give less of a shit about, as did/do 99% of the people who showed up at that shit.
At the risk of generalizing, and fuck you for giving me shit about generalizing, the 99% of us who went to those antiwar protests knew two things, namely, (1) the Iraq war was a fucking stupid idea, and (2) protesting it by marching wouldn't fucking stop it or even fucking slow it down.
But what the hell else was there to do? Or, to be more precise, where the hell else was there the public space to say that the war was fucked? …
And that's what kills me about the tea baggers. They have a major news network behind them. They drive the agenda of one of the major American political parties. They have the infrastructure of, well, this sort of shit:
Specifically in Washington, freedomworks.org, the group founded by former house speaker Dick Armey (r-texas), is holding a 9 a.m. “liberty summit” at the Ronald Reagan building amphitheater and a 6 p.m. rally at the Washington monument. in between, the group plans to lobby members of congress. A promotional bus tour called the tea party express also plans an event on Boston on April 14 — featuring former Alaska gov. Sarah Palin (r) — and is scheduled to be in Washington the next day.
Grass-roots my taut n' perky ass. Say what you want about Answer, and again, who the fuck are they, come on, there is balance here?
And even with all that PR, all that Faux News flogging, all those wingnut celebrity endorsements, they still can't draw more than a sixth of what we got, ordinary Americans who were fed up, only in regards to a pointless and bloody war, and were, you know, proved fucking right.
(via Skippy the Bush Kangaroo)
Repugican leaders meet in New Orleans, no mention of Katrina
And you thought there would be?!
From Ben Smith at Politico:
Number of American cities lost by President Barack Obama: 0
Any questions?
From Ben Smith at Politico:
Five years after shrub's failed response to a natural disaster in New Orleans deeply damaged his party's credibility and helped sweep them from power, top repugicans speaking to supporters in New Orleans tonight made no mention of Hurricane Katrina.
The series of speakers to the southern repugican clan meeting at a Hilton conference center on the Mississippi River paid passing tribute to New Orleans' food, its culture, and its championship football team, but made no reference to the disaster still shadowing what Mary Matalin called a "vibrant city."
Matalin, Louisiana republican party Chairman Roger Villere, Liz Cheney, Former Rep. J.C. Watts, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich all spoke, and their speeches suggested that the Obama Administration is in the process of vindicating wingnut ideals and his predecessor.Number of American cities lost by the shrub: 1
'Nothing makes people more convinced of the rightness of wingnut causes than seeing the alternative in action'.
Number of American cities lost by President Barack Obama: 0
Any questions?
In Matters Of Health
In Matters Of Health
Monster pollen influx is the worst in years
A perfect storm of factors creates one of the most vicious allergy seasons in recent memory.
Also: Did you know ...
99,000 people die in the United States each year from infections they contracted in the hospital!
When we start cleaning hospitals for the microbes and not for the eyes that will change. But we won't do that until Americans accept that dingy yellow walls and floors are actually cleaner than bright and so shinny you can see you face in them are - microbial wise speaking that is.
Fail Calculus Work For McDonalds
Interesting Stuff
From SportsGeezer:
- 40 Percent of Boomers Have Mobility Problems Baby Boomers, people now in their 50s and 60s, are less mobile than people who were in their 50s and 60s a decade ago. That's the bad news from Health Affairs, whose April issue publishes a study ...
- Healthwise, April Is the Weirdest Month T.S Eliot said April is the cruelest month. Geezer says it's the weirdest, at least as far as our bodies are concerned. In April, as spring fattens the days, strange things happen to our bodies: Seasonal ...
- Walking Cuts Stroke Risk By One-Third Walking, even if it's not perfect, turns out to be a perfectly good way to cut the risk of stroke. The American Heart Association reports that a 12-year-long study conducted in large part at the Harvard ...
- Experts Say Exercise Should Be Prescribed for Depression Can exercise chase away the blues? Jasper Smits, director of the Anxiety Research and Treatment Program at Southern Methodist University in Dallas thinks so. So does Michael Otto, psychology professor ...
- Cola May Weaken Bones of Women Women who are concerned about preserving bone density may want to think about canning the cola, so to speak. The Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter reports that when researchers at Tufts Dietary Assessment ...
Odds and Sods
Odds and Sods
In Cop News
Card counter wants court to end casino ban
A gambler who is so good at counting cards that he may be able to tip the odds in blackjack and other games of skill wants the Indiana Supreme Court to prevent casinos from banning him.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
The Daily Drift
The Daily Drift
Today's horoscope says:You may have gained enough confidence in your favorite hobby or other interest to actually integrate it into your career.
It might not be full-time at first, and you may not be paying the bills with it for quite some time.
For now, though, you know that your leisure hours are spent not just doing what you love, but paving the way to making it your full-time vocation.
Not so bad, huh?
Let those thoughts inspire you.
Some of our readers today have been in:
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Uberuba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
A Coruna, Galicia, Spain
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
London, England, United Kingdom
Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Seoul, Kyonggi-Do, Korea
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Sao Paulo, Sao, Paulo, Brazil
Danbury, England, United Kingdom
as well as Scotland, and the United States in such cities as Gulfport, Holcombe, Brooklyn, Tuttle and more
Today is Thursday, April 8, the 98th day of 2010.
There are 267 days left in the year.
Today's unusual holidays and celebrations are:
Buddha Day
and
One Day Without Shoes Day
As The World Turns
As The World Turns
Largest exodus from Iceland since 1887
Destitute and desperate, Icelanders are leaving their country in record numbers.
Also: Man threatens to down Qantas jet with mind power
Singapore police are questioning a man who threatened to bring down a Qantas flight from Sydney to Singapore.The man was restrained by flight stewards after he made threats to disrupt QF31 using mind power.
According to reporter Nick Luchinelli, who was onboard the flight, it seemed the middle-aged man was either under the influence of drugs or alcohol or both.
He was suffering some sort of delusion and people sitting close to him said he was threatening to use the power of his mind to bring the flight down.
The stewards had to take the threat seriously so he had his arms and legs cuffed and remained that way for the rest of the flight.
Singaporean police boarded the flight after passengers disembarked.
Stark photos coming out of Brazil
Eyewitnesses are providing the Web with images of "the greatest flooding in the history" of Rio.
Also: - Eyewitness photos
- New Rio landslide
- Search: Rio floods
Mudslide Buries 200 in Brazil Slum
The heaviest rains in Rio de Janeiro's history triggered landslides Tuesday that killed at least 95 people as rising water turned roads into rivers and paralyzed Brazil's second-largest city.
Kyrgyzstan in chaos as president flees capital
The opposition is claiming to have control after a day of violence that left many dead. The president - who has fled - previously came to power after a previous revolt though the issues appear to be similar to what brought him to power. Complaints of nepotism, corruption and authoritarianism have been driving the events. From a US perspective this may present challenges as the US uses bases in Kyrgyzstan to supply the effort in Afghanistan.For now, it's an interim government.
The opposition in Kyrgyzstan says it is setting up a "people's government" after deadly clashes left some 65 dead.
Ex-Foreign Minister Roza Otunbayeva told the BBC that new defence and interior ministers had been appointed.
The opposition says President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has left the capital, Bishkek, to rally support in his home region of Jalalabad. This has not been confirmed.
There has been no word from Mr Bakiyev since violent clashes spread to the capital on Wednesday.
The scene in Bishkek on Thursday morning was calm, with the opposition apparently in control of the government headquarters.
Hollywood producer suspect in wife's death
"Survivor" producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is a suspect in his wife's death days after reporting her missing in the resort city of Cancun, a Mexican official said Thursday.
Loyal guide dog gets owner home before it dies
A loyal guide dog defied death to ensure his owner made it home safely from a 120-mile trip.
Comet the Labrador retriever battled through agonising pain so that David Quarmby, 61, got back from Birmingham to Newsomenear Huddersfield, via Manchester.
Minutes after they arrived at Mr Quarmby’s home on Edale Avenue, Comet collapsed and died from a tumour.
Mr Quarmby said: “He got me off the bus, across the road and up the drive.
“As soon as we got home, I took his harness off, he took a couple of sniffs and collapsed.
“Comet was a brave and marvellous dog who will be missed enormously.”
Comet the Labrador retriever battled through agonising pain so that David Quarmby, 61, got back from Birmingham to Newsomenear Huddersfield, via Manchester.
Minutes after they arrived at Mr Quarmby’s home on Edale Avenue, Comet collapsed and died from a tumour.
Mr Quarmby said: “He got me off the bus, across the road and up the drive.
“As soon as we got home, I took his harness off, he took a couple of sniffs and collapsed.
“Comet was a brave and marvellous dog who will be missed enormously.”
The State Of The Nation
The State Of The Nation
Diplomat tried to ignite shoes on flight
Federal air marshals have subdued a man who tried to light his shoes on fire aboard a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C. to Denver on Wednesday night, officials told ABC News. Officials said Mohammed al Modadi, a diplomat in the Qatar Embassy, attempted to detonate what they believe is a shoe bomb aboard Flight 663 some 40 miles from Denver.
The man was subdued by on-board air marshals, and two jet fighters were scrambled from Buckley Air Force Base to accompany the Boeing 757 jet, which landed without incident in Denver. There are no reports of injuries.
Al Modadi had full diplomatic immunity as the third secretary and vice-consul, the FBI told ABC News.
Colorado judge fired over arrest for overdue DVD
A longtime Colorado judge has been fired after issuing an arrest warrant for a teenager over an overdue library DVD.
Mystery hero in NYC river rescue found
Mystery hero in NYC river rescue found
A Frenchman who plunged into frigid waters to save a 2-year-old girl stirred up a frenzy.
Also:
Worst roads in America
7 worst roads in America
Two highways in Pennsylvania seem like they’ve been under construction forever.
Also: Local Hospitality
Local Hospitality
Murder Suspect Mistakenly Released From Bertie Prison
The Wake County Sheriff's Office says William Bryant, Jr., also known as "Jabo", was released from the Bertie Correctional Institution on Friday.
April is Poetry Month
Jabberwocky
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand;
Long time the manxome foe he sought –
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
*****
(Number 4 of the 9 weirdest poems you'll ever read)
Extraordinary Tax Deductions
Sometimes, despite objections from the IRS, taxpayers get to write off the darndest things
12 amazing deductions that got approved
A taxpayer was allowed to deduct the cost of installing a swimming pool as a medical expense.
Also:
Tornando Watch
We're under a Tornado Watch ... yippee!As if the dire Hurricane season report in the next post wasn't enough ... Oh, nooooo!
Storm warning
Above-average hurricane season predicted
Colorado State University'sA hurricane forecast team is predicting an above-average season for the Atlantic basin in 2010, which includes all tropical storms and hurricanes in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
An 'extreme' hurricane season feared
Forecasters predict 2010 will produce an above-average number of major storms.
Also: Climate Change Causing Bizarre Arctic Bird Deaths
Image credit: DanÃel Örn/Flickr
In the warming Arctic, birds are being plagued by mosquitoes, confused by fog, and driven into the sea by errant winds. These strange challenges—along with avalanches, landslides, and more—have emerged as results of climate change.Article continues: Climate Change Causing Bizarre Arctic Bird Deaths
Interesting In General
Interesting In General
New architectural wonders of the world
Steel strips wrap around a courtyard and form the lower gallery of Israel's Design Museum.
Also: Beautiful volcano photography
Photographer Albert Jakobsson took this awesome shot of Iceland's Eyjafjajokull (gesundheit) volcano. In the full series of photos, you can see Icelanders entertaining themselves by hanging out and roasting hot dogs on the glowing embers of the active, but "lazy", volcano.
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