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Monday, June 7, 2010

The Daily Drift

The Daily Drift

Today's horoscope says:
You've got a lot to think about right now!
An offer to upgrade to a larger home might be out of your immediate financial capability, but opportunities like this allow you to grow.
That is even more true for work challenges that you're sure you're not ready for yet.
Your energy is just right, though, so release those doubts.
Think things through, ask for advice, and you should be pleasantly surprised.

Some of our readers today have been in:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Gdynia, Pomorskie, Poland

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

London, England, United Kingdom

Paris, Ile-De-France, France

Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Coffs Harbor, New South Wales, Australia

Seoul, Kyonggi-Do, Korea

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany

Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany

Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

New Delhi, Delhi, India

as well as Scotland, Brazil, and the United States in such cities as Clovis, Niles, Mission Viejo, Comstock and more

Today is Thursday, June 7, the 158th day of 2010.

There are 207 days left in the year.

Today In History June 7

Today's unusual holidays or celebrations are:

Daniel Boone Day

and

VCR Day

Local Hospitality

Local Hospitality

Facing cuts, parks in ironic position

Mecklenburg County’s plans to slash budget come as its parks department wins national acclaim.

Flights canceled after planes bump into each other

Some airline passengers headed to Germany and San Francisco had an unscheduled overnight delay this weekend when their planes bumped into each other on the tarmac at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport.

And I Quote

You have billions of us who are rooting for you and we know you are going to come through.

After the last eight years, it's great to have a president who knows what a library is.

~ Paul McCartney, to President Obama, at the White House,

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New Rule: Al Gore Must Call His Sequel An Inconvenient Truth 2: What the F**k Is Wrong With You People?

Via Crooks and Liars:

Bill Maher's latest New Rules.

Terrorists nabbed at JFK

Terror suspects aimed to join jihadists

The two men arrested at JFK airport on Saturday tried to enter Iraq three years ago, officials say.

Long surveillance

Also:

Now tell me again why weren't we catching these idiots before? Oh, Yes, that's right - the shrub and the cabal were/are in bed with these idiots ... as they say it takes on to know one.

World Cup Soccer

Scary scene at World Cup warm-up

A frantic rush for seats causes many injuries at a soccer match in South Africa.

'Overpowering' stampede

Also:

Deadly Midwest storms' stunning impact

Tornadoes destroy an Ohio high school hours before the graduation ceremony.

Tragedy strikes valedictorian

Also:

Yowzer!

Yowzer!

Crocodiles ride ocean currents for ocean travel

The mystery of how the world’s largest living reptile – the estuarine crocodile – has come to occupy so many South Pacific islands separated by huge stretches of ocean despite being a poor swimmer has at last been solved by a group of Australian ecologists. Publishing their new study in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Animal Ecology, they say that like a surfer catching a wave, the crocodiles ride ocean currents to cross large areas of open sea.

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The alligator that turned blue

The large gator looks a stunning shade of blue as the bright morning sky reflects off her wet back. She appeared to change from her usual dark brown to black, gray and blue over the space of just a few minutes as the sun rose over the lake at 7am. But unlike a chameleon, the change of color was not a conscious decision. It was purely down to the sky reflecting off her shiny scales.

Biology professor Louis Guillette, 55, took the picture on a lake next to his home in Gainesville, Florida, United States. He said: "It was a cold and clear spring morning. I went out to watch the sun come up on the small lake, which was covered in mist.

"As the mist cleared there was a 2.3 meter American alligator about five meters in the water in front of me. It was watching and waiting for the sun to come up as well. We sat quietly and let the sun come up together. As it did, the water changed color from the reflected leaves on the trees around the lake.

"The wet alligator also changed colors as she reflected the color of the sky - in this case the bright blue of the early morning sun." He added: "This animal is a resident female. We share the same lake and that morning we shared the sunrise. I took a number of photos as she changed colors from her usual dark brown to black, blue, gray and then brown."

Wizard of Id

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On The Job

On The Job

Jobs with the highest starting salaries

You need only a bachelor's degree to land one of these high-income jobs.

Its average offer: $69,794

Also:

B.C.

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Bank of America Workers Sue Company Over Compulsory Unpaid Overtime

Susie Madrak posted this over at Crooks and Liars:

This is always a favored tactic of the corporate elite: Keep employees so desperate and afraid, they'll work extra hours for free -- just so you can be chauffeured around Manhattan in a limo:

NEW YORK: Workers for Bank of America Corp, one of the nation's largest employers, have sued the company for allegedly failing to pay overtime and other wages.
The lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, consolidates 12 lawsuits filed on behalf of employees in California, Florida, Kansas, Texas and Washington.
It seeks nationwide class-action status on behalf of employees at retail branches and call centers over the last three years. The federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in April directed that the cases be combined.
According to the 44-page complaint, the largest U.S. bank by assets requires employees to work in excess of eight hours per day or 40 hours per week, yet fails to pay them both for overtime and for all straight time worked.
The complaint also accuses the bank of requiring employees to work during unpaid breaks, failing to provide meal and rest breaks, and failing to timely pay terminated employees for earned wages and accrued vacation time.
"Bank of America enjoys millions of dollars in ill-gained profits at the expense of its hourly employees," violating either the federal Fair Labor Standards Act or various state labor laws, the complaint said.