TYPHOON PEPENG (PARMA) MOVING TOWARDS N. LUZON

Now that 'Pepeng' is in the country, What will happened to us? one of my 'Kabayan' told me this morning during our breakfast... I told him to stay calm and pray, that the Philippines would be spared again from...

For the Democrats, Public Option is Our Waterloo

The Washington Post reports today that the President and his advisers are having trouble understanding why Democrats insist that health care consumers absolutely must have a public option when health care reform is...

Hurricane Bill Track: August 18, 2009

Hurricane Bill, the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, is on track to Bermuda. Hurricane Bill is gaining strength out in the Atlantic and is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane. It is expected Bill will bypass the East Coast of the U.S. and make a landfall in...

Top Toe Wrestler Crowned - Could odd sports save sports TV?

Blurton is somewhere that you've probably never heard of. A place near Stoke-on-Trent in the UK. Unremarkable perhaps but it's where the very remarkable new World Toe Wrestling Champion Lisa Shenton comes from....

'Impossible Project' aims to bring back Polaroid film

I admire this so much. This is such a great initiative, kudos to these people! "Polaroid may have stopped production of its analogue instant film last summer, but such is the strength of the product's fan base that...

Senecas lay off 210 at 3 casinos

"Senecas lay off 210 at 3 casinos ...

Storm lashes Bangladesh, thousands of houses damaged

The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal  has created a cyclonic storm and roar into the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast by Monday afternoon. The tropical storm with winds of up to 80 kph (50 mph) lashed southern Bangladesh early on Monday, damaging thousands of...

Tropical Storm Marco closing in on Mexico's coast

" Tropical Storm Marco was closing in on Mexico's coast early Tuesday and threatened to hit with near-hurricane strength winds later in the day. Marco was a small tropical storm with winds extending out only up...

Wall Street Bailout Vote Fails

The $700 billion bailout bill failed to get enough votes, leaving markets in disarray Monday afternoon. 205 have voted Yea and 228 have voted Nay. At least 218 votes are required to pass the bill. The House has...

British fusion reactor experiment helps to create steel, twin towers would no...

Magnetic changed steelExperimenting with high temperature fusion creates the demand for new materials, not yet existing. The Brit's say to have found a way to increase steel temperature resistance by changing...

Posh celebrates new line launch in style despite alleged Beckham brand failures

It is not every day that one launches a new perfume line. Celebrating this momentous occasion by spending ₤8,000 on champagne is even less probable. But not for Posh. Victoria Beckham ordered 12 bottles of super...

Tropical Storm Fay Does Florida - and Does Florida Again!

Here we go again! And people in New Orleans are REALLY getting nervous!Thursday: Fay turns and is still dumping floods of rain. Already 18 inches in some areas and up to 30 inches, more heavy rains...

Captain Cook & Lord Nelson's Logs Prove Global Warming isn't Man Made

New evidence uncovered by UK's Met Office has revealed that the world went through a period of global warming in the 1730s that could not have been man-made, as indicated by logs from the ships of Captain Cook and...

Microburst likely cause of weather-related damage

While my husband and I were in Ruidoso surveying the damage from the recent flooding, we got a call from our kids. We had left them behind, thinking they would be safer. Little did we know a storm was about to hit...

Vitamin D: Builds Bones And Much More

Recently, researchers have found that vitamin D may help reduce the risk of other diseases."Vitamin D is essential to strong bones. Inadequate vitamin D can lead to osteoporosis, a brittle bone disease."

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