Kofi Annan at Emergency Summit
Thursday, January 06, 2005
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Today in History
In 1979, Carl Sandburg, American poet and biographer, known for his unrhymed free verse which uses precise and vivid images to portray the energy and brutality of American urban industrial life. Sandburg also wrote what is generally considered the definitive biography of United States president Abraham Lincoln.
Poetry
In Reckless Ecstasy (1904)
Chicago Poems (1916)
Cornhuskers (1918)
Smoke and Steel (1920)
Slabs of the Sunburnt West (1922)
Selected Poems (1926)
Good Morning, America (1928)
The People, Yes (1936)
Complete Poems (1950)
Harvest Poems (1950)
Honey and Salt (1963)
Prose
Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years (1926)
The American Songbag (1927)
Steichen the Photographer (1929)
Mary Lincoln: Wife and Widow (1932)
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years (1939)
The New American Songbag (1950)
I am the People, the Mob
I am the people--the mob--the crowd--the mass.Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?I am the workingman, the inventor, the maker of the world's food andclothes.I am the audience that witnesses history. The Napoleons come from meand the Lincolns. They die. And then I send forth more Napoleonsand Lincolns.I am the seed ground. I am a prairie that will stand for much plowing.Terrible storms pass over me. I forget. The best of me is sucked outand wasted. I forget. Everything but Death comes to me and makesme work and give up what I have. And I forget.Sometimes I growl, shake myself and spatter a few red drops for historyto remember. Then--I forget.When I, the People, learn to remember, when I, the People, use thelessons of yesterday and no longer forget who robbed me last year,who played me for a fool--then there will be no speaker in all theworld say the name: "The People," with any fleck of a sneer in hisvoice or any far-off smile of derision.The mob--the crowd--the mass--will arrive then.
1497 Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria)
1663 Great earthquake in New England
1681 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher
1784 Turkey & Russia sign treaty in Constantinople
1832 New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)
1838, Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, N.J.
1901 Tómas Gudmundsson Iceland, poet
1906 Benedict Vilakazi South Africa, Zulu poet/novelist/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)
1920 Reverand Sun Myung Moon evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies)
1973 "Schoolhouse Rock" premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock
1980 Philadelphia Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
1987 Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy.
1989 Baby lion-tailed macaques at Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle)
1990 New York Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)
1991 "Gypsy" closes at St James Theater New York City NY after 477 performances
1991 Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 seconds)
Missing in Action
1967 MULLEN RICHARD D. CHICAGO IL 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1971 MILLER CARLTON P. JR. MELROSE MA
1973 LINDAHL JOHN C. LINDSBOURG KS
http://www.scopesys.com/powmia/powsearch.html
Sydney Morning Herald
Incredible! Australia has been enjoying a surplus in their treasury, but, the surplus wasn't this big. Deep pockets in Australia. I am sure he is measuring what is spent on the war effort and looked for a balance for compassionate giving.
Howard promises $1 billion in aid
By Tom Allard, Herald Correspondent in Jakarta and Cynthia Banham
January 6, 2005
The Prime Minister, John Howard, today pledged $1 billion over five years to the Indonesia's tsunami reconstruction, the largest donation made so far for the relief effort.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Howard-promises-1-billion-in-aid/2005/01/05/1104832180468.html
Kofi is the MAN !!!
Tsunami summit underway in Jakarta
January 6, 2005 - 1:49PM
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, center, gestures as he arrives at Jakarta for a summit of donor nations.
World leaders opened a summit to deal with Asia's tsunami disaster in Jakarta today with a minute's silence for the tens of thousands of people killed in one of the biggest humanitarian catastrophes of modern history.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Tsunami-summit-underway-in-Jakarta/2005/01/06/1104832220218.html
DNA only way to identify most bodies
By John Garnaut
January 6, 2005
The morbid task of matching traces of hair and saliva with thousands of bodies in Thailand's makeshift morgues is beginning in living rooms across Australia.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/DNA-only-way-to-identify-most-bodies/2005/01/05/1104832179614.html
SMH Survey of it's readers.
What do you think of Australia's $1 billion aid offer?
Very generous - 70%
Good, but could do better - 14%
Still not enough - 5%
Too much - 9%
Total Votes: 500
http://smh.com.au/polls/results.html
THE PEOPLE OF THE AREA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FISH FOR A LONG TIME. The oceans are polluted with corpus that will never be retrieved. It will be awhile before the seas are clear again. It will be still longer before anyone can trust the quality of the fish for food.
The people of these islands desperate for a return to life might return to their old habits but considering the extent there is disease being found in Sumatra and the high potential for contaminated sealife it probably is ill advised until the fish as a food source can be tested. Would Americans jump right back in to contaminated waters? No.
Continued tsunami aid needed: Labor (That is a political party in Australia - Labor)
January 6, 2005 - 10:24AM
Australia's $1 billion aid package to help Indonesia rebuild after the tsunami disaster was a good first step but more was needed for long-term recovery, Labor said.
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Continued-tsunami-aid-needed-Labor/2005/01/06/1104832209166.html
The Miami Herald
Judge vacates man's 1993 conviction in home-invasion robbery, orders new trial
BY SCOTT HIAASEN
shiaasen@herald.com
A Miami-Dade judge on Wednesday vacated the conviction of Sergio Radillo, who served 11 years in prison for a violent home-invasion robbery before another man confessed to the crime.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10572040.htm
JEB BUSH WAS WISE to visit the area. Florida has a double wammy, in that it has a very long coast as well as a pennisula.
Leaders tour tsunami areas, up donations
By BURT HERMAN
Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Australia promised $810 million - the largest government pledge - to the tsunami relief effort, topping a $674 million German aid package on the eve of a crucial donors' conference Thursday. World leaders were competing to head the donors list as summit participants got firsthand looks at the apocalyptic landscapes carved out by south Asia's tsunami.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10565645.htm
Miscellaneous
Bush Donates $10,000 to Tsunami Relief Efforts
Wednesday, January 05, 2005 2:18 p.m. ET
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (Reuters) - President Bush, who called on Americans this week to make a donation to help victims of the Asian tsunami, has contributed $10,000 himself, the White House said on Wednesday.
Bush, whose wealth is estimated at some $13 million, on Monday asked "every American to contribute as they are able to do so."
http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=971151&tw=wn_wire_story
THIS IS BIZARRE TO THINK ABOUT. It is unrealistic with Climate Change that any Insurance Estimation is Accurate. We are in uncharted territory. There have never been weather systems as dictated by Human Induced Global Warming. If the Earthquakes aren't due to deadly weather patterns, which I am not willing to say yet and will elaborate on later, then the impact of this tsunami was make worse by the fact the coral reefs are degraded due to warmer oceans and abuses of humans. The islands could have received a diminished impact if Earth was healthy.
The Tsunami Risks Project
This website, the result of the Tsunami Risks project, seeks to introduce the insurance industry to the complexity of tsunami and the wide range of phenomena that can cause them, and to explore the implications for estimation of tsunami hazards, frequency-magnitude distributions and evaluations of the direct and indirect insurance risks that they present.
The arrival of a wave at Island of Oahu, Hawaii, about 3600km from the source of 1957 Aleutian Islands tsunami.
http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/tsunami-risks/
Los Angeles Times
Most DIALOGUE by Neocons is Combative. So? That is supposed to be impressive? I find it abusive !!! It is a 'Real Man' not a 'Girlie Man' ATTENTION GETTER. Attitude. The Neocons are big on Attitude. Like I say, "SO !!!"
Governor Lays Out Ambitious Agenda Certain to Draw Fire
In a combative speech, Schwarzenegger seeks spending caps, a revised state worker pension plan, teacher merit pay and cuts in bureaucracy.
By Peter Nicholas
Times Staff Writer
January 6, 2005
SACRAMENTO — In a broad challenge to California's entrenched special interests, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger implored the Legislature on Wednesday to restrain spending, revise "out of control" pensions, reward the best schoolteachers and "expel" the worst.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-speech6jan06,0,5258024,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Wal-Mart Settles Gun Sales Lawsuit
The retailer will pay $14.5 million in its deal with California over alleged violations.
By Julie Tamaki
Times Staff Writer
January 6, 2005
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay $14.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the California attorney general that accuses the nation's largest retailer of a host of gun law violations, state officials said Wednesday.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-walmart6jan06,0,6454940,print.story?coll=la-home-business
Government Case Called 'Reckless'
In closing arguments, the defense says federal evidence was hyped in the 'house of cards' terrorism trial of lawyer Lynne F. Stewart.
By Josh Getlin
Times Staff Writer
January 6, 2005
NEW YORK — The federal government carried out a "cruel and reckless" campaign to destroy an outspoken civil rights lawyer by whipping up fears of terrorism and falsely accusing her of conspiracy, her attorney charged Wednesday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-stewart6jan06,0,1602093,print.story?coll=la-home-nation
THIS IS SO PRECIOUS. Gain Norton opens up public lands for exploitation while Bush opens up nuclear radiated and radiating lands for camp sites and tourist attractions. When is someone going to impeach these idiots? Speaking of cancer rates and health and life insurance premiums….No wonder Bush wants to lower Tort Thresholds. He might be liable for the disease he causes to the public under his administration.
Nuclear Weapons Site Still Unsafe, Says Ex-FBI Agent
The man who led the raid on Rocky Flats calls plans for a national wildlife refuge there irresponsible. Officials deny the allegation.
By David Kelly
Times Staff Writer
January 6, 2005
DENVER — The FBI agent who led the raid on the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant in 1989 charged the federal government Wednesday with deceiving the public about cleanup efforts at the facility and said plans for a national wildlife refuge there were irresponsible.
"Public recreation at Rocky Flats is a foolish idea driven by politics, not by facts," said Jon Lipsky, who took early retirement from the FBI to speak out against the refuge. "It's dangerous and scientists say they can't make it safe."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rocky6jan06,0,1566407,print.story?coll=la-home-nation
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES doesn't know what morality is only what 'works' to please a president. Since when is advocating brutal torture moral? Even the Defense Department has quickly moved away from including the techniques Gonzales designed. What kiss ups !!!
A Window on a Man's Morality
Alberto R. Gonzales' record raises questions about his fitness to serve as attorney general.
January 6, 2005
The Republicans' comfortable majority in the Senate means that Alberto R. Gonzales will almost certainly be confirmed as the next attorney general. With hearings on his nomination set to start today, many Democrats think the best they can do is wound Gonzales enough with questions about his notorious torture memos to disqualify him for any future Supreme Court seat. In the end, however, they will feel pressure to support him or face retaliation from Republicans.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-gonzales6jan06,0,4296995,print.story
Michael Moore Today
Link of the Week
Veterans For Common Sense
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/
Tell the Senate that Torture is not an American value. Three things you can do today:
Help us fund this ad. A gift to Veterans for Common Sense today will help us in our work to prevent torture.
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Join Veterans for Common Sense today.
Dangerous Trends - Mike is RIGHT !!!
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php
Virginia Considers Issuing Anti-Gay License Plates
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Posted: January 4, 2005 12:01 am ET
(Richmond, Virginia) Virginia lawmakers will consider legislation to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage in the new session of the legislature.
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/01/010405vaLicense.htm
Military Doctor Closes Online War Diary
Wed Jan 5,12:30 PM
PHILADELPHIA - A military doctor whose Web site chronicled the bloody aftermath of the suicide bombing of a mess tent in Iraq (news - web sites) has shut down the site after being told his postings violated Army regulations.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=20&u=/ap/20050105/ap_on_re_us/doctor_s_war_diary
Keeping in mind, Louisiana is one of the poorest states in the country, the reasons this soldier loved being a soldier SOUNDS A BIT JIHADISH TO ME. We don't belong in Iraq. We never did. Sorry Craig is dead. He shouldn't be. There faith should be a solace not a commitment.
Fallen soldier remembered as faithful trooper
Sgt. Craig Nelson's patriotism will linger in memory of friends, family
...But he was also the son of a forthright Christian and patriotic family, whose father had served in the U.S. Air Force, and who knew from the time he was old enough to walk that he wanted to be a soldier.
IRAQ WAS NEVER A THREAT TO THE USE. This type of patriotism is highly admirable. However, it is easily used by men of power so have other agendas!
..."He loved his country and wanted nothing from it -- he just wanted to serve it." Henry said. "Craig believed in this war -- he believed that by doing his part it would make a difference. He believed that by him being over here the people of the United States would be a lot safer, and he believed it with all his heart."
..."He was a genuine, all-American kid who was mischievous at times, but I couldn't ever get mad at him," said Ken Gaspard, principal during Nelson's last two years at Airline, from which Nelson graduated in 2002. "He had that little smile. It was very difficult to punish him because he was a likable kid."
"Like it says in the Bible, there's no truer friend than the one willing to lay down his life for you, and Craig was willing to do it for any one of his friends."
These memories are a comfort for his mother, who plans to remain active in the family readiness group of her son's company.
"I'm not bitter, I'm not angry," his mother said. "Craig was doing what he wanted to do."
His death, back home close to those he loved, in the presence of his loved ones, may have been a blessing in its own way, she said.
"Craig didn't want to live in that condition," his mother said.
The family's firm conviction that Craig is now with his creator is inspirational to their minister, the Rev. Harrell Shelton, associate pastor of Airline Baptist Church in Bossier City. He feels it may be a sign that God has a greater plan for the family, to be of comfort to other unit families in months to come.
"These have been phenomenal people," Shelton said. "Here's a test of what Christian faith is -- to lose a child is one of the toughest things you can imagine."
"We have already cried a river of tears," Lois Nelson said. "We're going to miss Craig -- he was such as sweet boy. We hope everyone will pray for us, and pray for the boys still over there."
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050104/NEWS01/501040327
An open letter from an Ohio voter
Guest Editorial / One Thousand Reasons
January 5, 2005
To all concerned Americans:
I live in Ohio and saw and heard election "fraud" first hand.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=855
Dem Lays Out Case Against Bush's Ohio Win
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee protested President Bush's re-election Wednesday with a new report claiming serious election irregularities and ``significant disenfranchisement'' of voters in Ohio.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=857
USA Senate Contract Resource - Filibusters Work !!!
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
E-Fax your Senator
http://miamedia.com/news/2004-12-28.efax.your.senator.html
There is also an On-Line fax service called "efax, e-mail fax services"
http://www.efax.com/en/efax/twa/page/homePage?location=us-ca-panorama.gif&CMP=OTC-us_ca
MY ESTIMATION OF IRAQ now. Is that the rebels are being effective. Their pattern clearly indicates they are closing in on the Green Zone. One day the Exiles will find themselves at the airport with the two mile runway looking for a safe haven somewhere else while American troops hold the perimeter.
Dozens killed in Iraqi violence
Ramadi has been the scene of frequent clashes
At least 25 people have been killed in Iraq in the latest series of attacks by insurgents.
A car bomb outside a police academy killed at least 15 people during a graduation ceremony in Hilla, south of Baghdad, on Wednesday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4148329.stm
IT IS INTERESTING. The jets from Pope are flying over my home frequently when I am on-line but never when I am off-line. I never thought of myself as the enemy. I am waiting for the day an accident of a 500 bomb without detonator drops on the neighborhood. Oops, just one of those military accident things. The Pope 'Rocket Jockies' need to realize I am not always home when I am on-line. Ohhh....
All Africa
Somalia: Fears of Water-Borne Diseases in Areas Affected By Tsunami
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
January 5, 2005
Posted to the web January 5, 2005
Nairobi
The Indian Ocean tsunami that slammed onto the Somali coast 10 days ago destroyed water sources and sanitation facilities on Hafun peninsula, putting up to 1,000 households at risk of water-borne diseases, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501050004.html
Somalia: Thousands of Households Affected By Tsunami
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
January 4, 2005
Posted to the web January 4, 2005
Nairobi
The tsunami triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean that struck the Horn of Africa coastline just over a week ago has affected about 18,000 households of varying sizes in Somalia, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501040109.html
WFP Sends More Food to Assist Somali Victimes of Tsunami
World Food Programme (Rome)
PRESS RELEASE
January 3, 2005
Posted to the web January 3, 2005
The World Food Programme has dispatched from the port town of Bossaso in Puntland 277 metric tonnes (MT) of food aid to assist 17,000 Somalis affected by the tsunami. A total of 198 MT metric tonnes has already reached the areas so far identified as in need of assistance following the effects of the huge waves on the north-eastern coast of Somalia. Another 79 MT are still on their way. Of the total 277 MT so far dispatched, 98 MT have already been distributed to 5,250 people.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501030396.html
Obama Steps Into US History
The Nation (Nairobi)
January 6, 2005
Posted to the web January 5, 2005
Kevin J. Kelley
New York
Mr Barrack Obama officially became a US senator on Tuesday at a ceremony attended by his relatives from Kenya and Cabinet minister Raphael Tuju.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501050764.html
Three-Month Amnesty Window for Illegal Guns Begins
Business Day (Johannesburg)
January 3, 2005
Johannesburg
THE safety and security department has announced a three-month amnesty period on illegal guns in its latest drive to tackle the high level of violent crime.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501030007.html
continued...
Today in History
In 1979, Carl Sandburg, American poet and biographer, known for his unrhymed free verse which uses precise and vivid images to portray the energy and brutality of American urban industrial life. Sandburg also wrote what is generally considered the definitive biography of United States president Abraham Lincoln.
Poetry
In Reckless Ecstasy (1904)
Chicago Poems (1916)
Cornhuskers (1918)
Smoke and Steel (1920)
Slabs of the Sunburnt West (1922)
Selected Poems (1926)
Good Morning, America (1928)
The People, Yes (1936)
Complete Poems (1950)
Harvest Poems (1950)
Honey and Salt (1963)
Prose
Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years (1926)
The American Songbag (1927)
Steichen the Photographer (1929)
Mary Lincoln: Wife and Widow (1932)
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years (1939)
The New American Songbag (1950)
I am the People, the Mob
I am the people--the mob--the crowd--the mass.Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?I am the workingman, the inventor, the maker of the world's food andclothes.I am the audience that witnesses history. The Napoleons come from meand the Lincolns. They die. And then I send forth more Napoleonsand Lincolns.I am the seed ground. I am a prairie that will stand for much plowing.Terrible storms pass over me. I forget. The best of me is sucked outand wasted. I forget. Everything but Death comes to me and makesme work and give up what I have. And I forget.Sometimes I growl, shake myself and spatter a few red drops for historyto remember. Then--I forget.When I, the People, learn to remember, when I, the People, use thelessons of yesterday and no longer forget who robbed me last year,who played me for a fool--then there will be no speaker in all theworld say the name: "The People," with any fleck of a sneer in hisvoice or any far-off smile of derision.The mob--the crowd--the mass--will arrive then.
1497 Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria)
1663 Great earthquake in New England
1681 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher
1784 Turkey & Russia sign treaty in Constantinople
1832 New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)
1838, Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, N.J.
1901 Tómas Gudmundsson Iceland, poet
1906 Benedict Vilakazi South Africa, Zulu poet/novelist/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)
1920 Reverand Sun Myung Moon evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies)
1973 "Schoolhouse Rock" premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock
1980 Philadelphia Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
1987 Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy.
1989 Baby lion-tailed macaques at Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle)
1990 New York Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)
1991 "Gypsy" closes at St James Theater New York City NY after 477 performances
1991 Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 seconds)
Missing in Action
1967 MULLEN RICHARD D. CHICAGO IL 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1971 MILLER CARLTON P. JR. MELROSE MA
1973 LINDAHL JOHN C. LINDSBOURG KS
http://www.scopesys.com/powmia/powsearch.html
Sydney Morning Herald
Incredible! Australia has been enjoying a surplus in their treasury, but, the surplus wasn't this big. Deep pockets in Australia. I am sure he is measuring what is spent on the war effort and looked for a balance for compassionate giving.
Howard promises $1 billion in aid
By Tom Allard, Herald Correspondent in Jakarta and Cynthia Banham
January 6, 2005
The Prime Minister, John Howard, today pledged $1 billion over five years to the Indonesia's tsunami reconstruction, the largest donation made so far for the relief effort.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Howard-promises-1-billion-in-aid/2005/01/05/1104832180468.html
Kofi is the MAN !!!
Tsunami summit underway in Jakarta
January 6, 2005 - 1:49PM
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, center, gestures as he arrives at Jakarta for a summit of donor nations.
World leaders opened a summit to deal with Asia's tsunami disaster in Jakarta today with a minute's silence for the tens of thousands of people killed in one of the biggest humanitarian catastrophes of modern history.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Tsunami-summit-underway-in-Jakarta/2005/01/06/1104832220218.html
DNA only way to identify most bodies
By John Garnaut
January 6, 2005
The morbid task of matching traces of hair and saliva with thousands of bodies in Thailand's makeshift morgues is beginning in living rooms across Australia.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/DNA-only-way-to-identify-most-bodies/2005/01/05/1104832179614.html
SMH Survey of it's readers.
What do you think of Australia's $1 billion aid offer?
Very generous - 70%
Good, but could do better - 14%
Still not enough - 5%
Too much - 9%
Total Votes: 500
http://smh.com.au/polls/results.html
THE PEOPLE OF THE AREA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FISH FOR A LONG TIME. The oceans are polluted with corpus that will never be retrieved. It will be awhile before the seas are clear again. It will be still longer before anyone can trust the quality of the fish for food.
The people of these islands desperate for a return to life might return to their old habits but considering the extent there is disease being found in Sumatra and the high potential for contaminated sealife it probably is ill advised until the fish as a food source can be tested. Would Americans jump right back in to contaminated waters? No.
Continued tsunami aid needed: Labor (That is a political party in Australia - Labor)
January 6, 2005 - 10:24AM
Australia's $1 billion aid package to help Indonesia rebuild after the tsunami disaster was a good first step but more was needed for long-term recovery, Labor said.
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Continued-tsunami-aid-needed-Labor/2005/01/06/1104832209166.html
The Miami Herald
Judge vacates man's 1993 conviction in home-invasion robbery, orders new trial
BY SCOTT HIAASEN
shiaasen@herald.com
A Miami-Dade judge on Wednesday vacated the conviction of Sergio Radillo, who served 11 years in prison for a violent home-invasion robbery before another man confessed to the crime.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10572040.htm
JEB BUSH WAS WISE to visit the area. Florida has a double wammy, in that it has a very long coast as well as a pennisula.
Leaders tour tsunami areas, up donations
By BURT HERMAN
Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Australia promised $810 million - the largest government pledge - to the tsunami relief effort, topping a $674 million German aid package on the eve of a crucial donors' conference Thursday. World leaders were competing to head the donors list as summit participants got firsthand looks at the apocalyptic landscapes carved out by south Asia's tsunami.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10565645.htm
Miscellaneous
Bush Donates $10,000 to Tsunami Relief Efforts
Wednesday, January 05, 2005 2:18 p.m. ET
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (Reuters) - President Bush, who called on Americans this week to make a donation to help victims of the Asian tsunami, has contributed $10,000 himself, the White House said on Wednesday.
Bush, whose wealth is estimated at some $13 million, on Monday asked "every American to contribute as they are able to do so."
http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=971151&tw=wn_wire_story
THIS IS BIZARRE TO THINK ABOUT. It is unrealistic with Climate Change that any Insurance Estimation is Accurate. We are in uncharted territory. There have never been weather systems as dictated by Human Induced Global Warming. If the Earthquakes aren't due to deadly weather patterns, which I am not willing to say yet and will elaborate on later, then the impact of this tsunami was make worse by the fact the coral reefs are degraded due to warmer oceans and abuses of humans. The islands could have received a diminished impact if Earth was healthy.
The Tsunami Risks Project
This website, the result of the Tsunami Risks project, seeks to introduce the insurance industry to the complexity of tsunami and the wide range of phenomena that can cause them, and to explore the implications for estimation of tsunami hazards, frequency-magnitude distributions and evaluations of the direct and indirect insurance risks that they present.
The arrival of a wave at Island of Oahu, Hawaii, about 3600km from the source of 1957 Aleutian Islands tsunami.
http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/tsunami-risks/
Los Angeles Times
Most DIALOGUE by Neocons is Combative. So? That is supposed to be impressive? I find it abusive !!! It is a 'Real Man' not a 'Girlie Man' ATTENTION GETTER. Attitude. The Neocons are big on Attitude. Like I say, "SO !!!"
Governor Lays Out Ambitious Agenda Certain to Draw Fire
In a combative speech, Schwarzenegger seeks spending caps, a revised state worker pension plan, teacher merit pay and cuts in bureaucracy.
By Peter Nicholas
Times Staff Writer
January 6, 2005
SACRAMENTO — In a broad challenge to California's entrenched special interests, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger implored the Legislature on Wednesday to restrain spending, revise "out of control" pensions, reward the best schoolteachers and "expel" the worst.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-speech6jan06,0,5258024,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Wal-Mart Settles Gun Sales Lawsuit
The retailer will pay $14.5 million in its deal with California over alleged violations.
By Julie Tamaki
Times Staff Writer
January 6, 2005
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay $14.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the California attorney general that accuses the nation's largest retailer of a host of gun law violations, state officials said Wednesday.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-walmart6jan06,0,6454940,print.story?coll=la-home-business
Government Case Called 'Reckless'
In closing arguments, the defense says federal evidence was hyped in the 'house of cards' terrorism trial of lawyer Lynne F. Stewart.
By Josh Getlin
Times Staff Writer
January 6, 2005
NEW YORK — The federal government carried out a "cruel and reckless" campaign to destroy an outspoken civil rights lawyer by whipping up fears of terrorism and falsely accusing her of conspiracy, her attorney charged Wednesday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-stewart6jan06,0,1602093,print.story?coll=la-home-nation
THIS IS SO PRECIOUS. Gain Norton opens up public lands for exploitation while Bush opens up nuclear radiated and radiating lands for camp sites and tourist attractions. When is someone going to impeach these idiots? Speaking of cancer rates and health and life insurance premiums….No wonder Bush wants to lower Tort Thresholds. He might be liable for the disease he causes to the public under his administration.
Nuclear Weapons Site Still Unsafe, Says Ex-FBI Agent
The man who led the raid on Rocky Flats calls plans for a national wildlife refuge there irresponsible. Officials deny the allegation.
By David Kelly
Times Staff Writer
January 6, 2005
DENVER — The FBI agent who led the raid on the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant in 1989 charged the federal government Wednesday with deceiving the public about cleanup efforts at the facility and said plans for a national wildlife refuge there were irresponsible.
"Public recreation at Rocky Flats is a foolish idea driven by politics, not by facts," said Jon Lipsky, who took early retirement from the FBI to speak out against the refuge. "It's dangerous and scientists say they can't make it safe."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rocky6jan06,0,1566407,print.story?coll=la-home-nation
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES doesn't know what morality is only what 'works' to please a president. Since when is advocating brutal torture moral? Even the Defense Department has quickly moved away from including the techniques Gonzales designed. What kiss ups !!!
A Window on a Man's Morality
Alberto R. Gonzales' record raises questions about his fitness to serve as attorney general.
January 6, 2005
The Republicans' comfortable majority in the Senate means that Alberto R. Gonzales will almost certainly be confirmed as the next attorney general. With hearings on his nomination set to start today, many Democrats think the best they can do is wound Gonzales enough with questions about his notorious torture memos to disqualify him for any future Supreme Court seat. In the end, however, they will feel pressure to support him or face retaliation from Republicans.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-gonzales6jan06,0,4296995,print.story
Michael Moore Today
Link of the Week
Veterans For Common Sense
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/
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Dangerous Trends - Mike is RIGHT !!!
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php
Virginia Considers Issuing Anti-Gay License Plates
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Posted: January 4, 2005 12:01 am ET
(Richmond, Virginia) Virginia lawmakers will consider legislation to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage in the new session of the legislature.
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/01/010405vaLicense.htm
Military Doctor Closes Online War Diary
Wed Jan 5,12:30 PM
PHILADELPHIA - A military doctor whose Web site chronicled the bloody aftermath of the suicide bombing of a mess tent in Iraq (news - web sites) has shut down the site after being told his postings violated Army regulations.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=20&u=/ap/20050105/ap_on_re_us/doctor_s_war_diary
Keeping in mind, Louisiana is one of the poorest states in the country, the reasons this soldier loved being a soldier SOUNDS A BIT JIHADISH TO ME. We don't belong in Iraq. We never did. Sorry Craig is dead. He shouldn't be. There faith should be a solace not a commitment.
Fallen soldier remembered as faithful trooper
Sgt. Craig Nelson's patriotism will linger in memory of friends, family
...But he was also the son of a forthright Christian and patriotic family, whose father had served in the U.S. Air Force, and who knew from the time he was old enough to walk that he wanted to be a soldier.
IRAQ WAS NEVER A THREAT TO THE USE. This type of patriotism is highly admirable. However, it is easily used by men of power so have other agendas!
..."He loved his country and wanted nothing from it -- he just wanted to serve it." Henry said. "Craig believed in this war -- he believed that by doing his part it would make a difference. He believed that by him being over here the people of the United States would be a lot safer, and he believed it with all his heart."
..."He was a genuine, all-American kid who was mischievous at times, but I couldn't ever get mad at him," said Ken Gaspard, principal during Nelson's last two years at Airline, from which Nelson graduated in 2002. "He had that little smile. It was very difficult to punish him because he was a likable kid."
"Like it says in the Bible, there's no truer friend than the one willing to lay down his life for you, and Craig was willing to do it for any one of his friends."
These memories are a comfort for his mother, who plans to remain active in the family readiness group of her son's company.
"I'm not bitter, I'm not angry," his mother said. "Craig was doing what he wanted to do."
His death, back home close to those he loved, in the presence of his loved ones, may have been a blessing in its own way, she said.
"Craig didn't want to live in that condition," his mother said.
The family's firm conviction that Craig is now with his creator is inspirational to their minister, the Rev. Harrell Shelton, associate pastor of Airline Baptist Church in Bossier City. He feels it may be a sign that God has a greater plan for the family, to be of comfort to other unit families in months to come.
"These have been phenomenal people," Shelton said. "Here's a test of what Christian faith is -- to lose a child is one of the toughest things you can imagine."
"We have already cried a river of tears," Lois Nelson said. "We're going to miss Craig -- he was such as sweet boy. We hope everyone will pray for us, and pray for the boys still over there."
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050104/NEWS01/501040327
An open letter from an Ohio voter
Guest Editorial / One Thousand Reasons
January 5, 2005
To all concerned Americans:
I live in Ohio and saw and heard election "fraud" first hand.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=855
Dem Lays Out Case Against Bush's Ohio Win
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee protested President Bush's re-election Wednesday with a new report claiming serious election irregularities and ``significant disenfranchisement'' of voters in Ohio.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=857
USA Senate Contract Resource - Filibusters Work !!!
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
E-Fax your Senator
http://miamedia.com/news/2004-12-28.efax.your.senator.html
There is also an On-Line fax service called "efax, e-mail fax services"
http://www.efax.com/en/efax/twa/page/homePage?location=us-ca-panorama.gif&CMP=OTC-us_ca
MY ESTIMATION OF IRAQ now. Is that the rebels are being effective. Their pattern clearly indicates they are closing in on the Green Zone. One day the Exiles will find themselves at the airport with the two mile runway looking for a safe haven somewhere else while American troops hold the perimeter.
Dozens killed in Iraqi violence
Ramadi has been the scene of frequent clashes
At least 25 people have been killed in Iraq in the latest series of attacks by insurgents.
A car bomb outside a police academy killed at least 15 people during a graduation ceremony in Hilla, south of Baghdad, on Wednesday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4148329.stm
IT IS INTERESTING. The jets from Pope are flying over my home frequently when I am on-line but never when I am off-line. I never thought of myself as the enemy. I am waiting for the day an accident of a 500 bomb without detonator drops on the neighborhood. Oops, just one of those military accident things. The Pope 'Rocket Jockies' need to realize I am not always home when I am on-line. Ohhh....
All Africa
Somalia: Fears of Water-Borne Diseases in Areas Affected By Tsunami
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
January 5, 2005
Posted to the web January 5, 2005
Nairobi
The Indian Ocean tsunami that slammed onto the Somali coast 10 days ago destroyed water sources and sanitation facilities on Hafun peninsula, putting up to 1,000 households at risk of water-borne diseases, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501050004.html
Somalia: Thousands of Households Affected By Tsunami
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
January 4, 2005
Posted to the web January 4, 2005
Nairobi
The tsunami triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean that struck the Horn of Africa coastline just over a week ago has affected about 18,000 households of varying sizes in Somalia, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501040109.html
WFP Sends More Food to Assist Somali Victimes of Tsunami
World Food Programme (Rome)
PRESS RELEASE
January 3, 2005
Posted to the web January 3, 2005
The World Food Programme has dispatched from the port town of Bossaso in Puntland 277 metric tonnes (MT) of food aid to assist 17,000 Somalis affected by the tsunami. A total of 198 MT metric tonnes has already reached the areas so far identified as in need of assistance following the effects of the huge waves on the north-eastern coast of Somalia. Another 79 MT are still on their way. Of the total 277 MT so far dispatched, 98 MT have already been distributed to 5,250 people.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501030396.html
Obama Steps Into US History
The Nation (Nairobi)
January 6, 2005
Posted to the web January 5, 2005
Kevin J. Kelley
New York
Mr Barrack Obama officially became a US senator on Tuesday at a ceremony attended by his relatives from Kenya and Cabinet minister Raphael Tuju.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501050764.html
Three-Month Amnesty Window for Illegal Guns Begins
Business Day (Johannesburg)
January 3, 2005
Johannesburg
THE safety and security department has announced a three-month amnesty period on illegal guns in its latest drive to tackle the high level of violent crime.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501030007.html
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Somalia Village devastated by Indian Ocean Tsunami
The Daily (Sri Lanka)
Counselling for tsunami victims
The Centre for National Operations (CNO) has initiated a psychosocial intervention program for trauma management of the tsunami victims.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/06/new11.html
A helping hand when needed most
Tharisi, a 14-month-old girl receives a biscuit from Italian nurse Guiliano Rondini after she and her mother Somalatha received treatment in a field hospital in Galle, set up by the Italian Pisa Hospital to help tsunami survivors.
http://www.dailynews.lk/
Pakistan eager to reconstruct township
The Government of Pakistan has decided to reconstruct a whole township or a village in Sri Lanka destroyed by the recent tsunami, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar said. He met Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pro; W.A. Wiswa Warnapala at the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/06/new15.html
Floods dampen reconstruction activities
by Rajmi Manatunga
The flood situation in the Eastern province has obstructed reconstruction activities on the road network damaged by the tsunami waves thus hampering the transport of relief material to the area.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/06/new23.html
200,000 doses of cholera vaccine from Sweden
STOCKHOLM, (AFP) - Sweden said Monday that it was rushing its stockpile of 200,000 doses of vaccine to prevent cholera to India and Sri Lanka amid fears of an outbreak of disease among survivors of the devastating tidal waves.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/06/new38.html
The Gulf News
Stains of Guantanamo are there for all to see
By George S. Hishmeh, Special to Gulf News
A can of worms was opened, probably coincidentally, soon after five Washington-based journalists reporting for the Arab media visited a military detention centre at the American naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, early last month.
… These two shameful developments have immeasurably hurt American image in the Muslim and Arab world, probably beyond immediate repair. The base in Cuba, for long a sleepy refuelling naval station, acquired a high-tech military detention centre soon after the Afghan War, which was precipitated by the horrendous September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington DC.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/OpinionNF.asp?ArticleID=146616
The New York Times
THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING Richard Cheney desperately longed to avoid as he doesn't make that much as Veep. That's why there is Iraq.
10 Ex-Directors From WorldCom to Pay Millions
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
Ten former directors of WorldCom, the telecommunications company whose bankruptcy was the largest in history, have agreed to pay $18 million of their own money to settle a class-action lawsuit by investors who lost hundreds of millions of dollars when the company collapsed in July 2002.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/business/06tele.html?ei=5094&en=b956e943855a1d2b&hp=&ex=1105074000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print&position=
Good. Good-bye. Carlton, oh wait, Carlson is an abusive commentator. I never appreciated his style. It took commentary from controversial to SALESMANSHIP. Who needs it !
CNN Will Cancel 'Crossfire' and Cut Ties to Commentator
By BILL CARTER
NN has ended its relationship with the conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and will shortly cancel its long-running daily political discussion program, "Crossfire," the new president of CNN, Jonathan Klein, said last night.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/business/media/06crossfire.html?8hpib=&oref=login&pagewanted=print&position=
No more money to play with Georgie. There is every indication that your evangelicals are multiplying like bunnies and we'll all be just fine.
G.O.P. Divided as Bush Views Social Security
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 - As he begins deciding on details of his plan to add personal investment accounts to Social Security, President Bush is confronting a deep split within his own party over how to proceed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/politics/06social.html?ei=5094&en=a61493d6df0b3c24&hp=&ex=1105074000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print&position=
The Arab News
No Quick End to Squatting During Haj: Abdul Majeed
JEDDAH, 6 January 2005 — Makkah Governor Prince Abdul Majeed admitted that local authorities have been unsuccessful in their attempts to find a solution to the problem of squatting during the Haj season.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=57118&d=6&m=1&y=2005
GOOD. SAUDIS need the jobs. No one else.
Move to Saudize Ten More Job Categories
Javid Hassan, Arab News
RIYADH, 6 January 2005 — Minister of Labor Dr. Ghazi Al-Gosaibi has said that his ministry is exploring the possibility of reserving ten more categories of jobs for Saudis as part of the Kingdom’s Saudization drive.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=57125&d=6&m=1&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Tsunami Victims Need More Than Just Sympathy
Abeer Mishkhas, abeermishkhas@arabnews.com
Shocked at the images and news coming about the tsunami calamity, I could not keep up with the rising toll in dead and homeless.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=57143&d=6&m=1&y=2005
The Cheney Observer
Gov. Bush says he's not running in '08
By STEVEN THOMMA
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON - Ever since his brother was elected president, Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida has shunned the national stage.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/10573914.htm
Woodside Petroleum takes on U.S. partner
Firm aims to compete in Gulf of Mexico
SYDNEY Woodside Petroleum, Australia's second-largest oil and gas company, has formed an alliance with the closely held Explore Enterprises of Louisiana in a bid to strengthen exploration and production in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said Wednesday
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/05/bloomberg/sxwood.html>
Marathon and Marathon Ashland Petroleum to Contribute Up to $1 Million to Tsunami Relief Effort
Wednesday January 5, 3:16 pm ET
HOUSTON, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO - News) and its subsidiary Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (MAP) announced today that the companies will contribute up to $1 million in support of countries devastated by the tsunamis in the Indian Ocean.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050105/daw037_1.html
KBR approved to use estimating system, Halliburton says
Associated Press
HOUSTON - An estimating system that Halliburton subsidiary KBR uses to figure costs for support of U.S. troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan has won approval from the Pentagon's contract-management agency, Halliburton said Wednesday.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/10575094.htm
Halliburton Completes the Sale of Subsea 7
Distribution Source : PRNewswire
Date : Wednesday - January 05, 2005
HOUSTON, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Halliburton announced today the completion of the previously announced sale of its 50% interest in Subsea 7, Inc. to its joint venture partner, Siem Offshore, for $200 million in cash. As a result of the transaction, Halliburton will record a pre-tax gain of approximately $115 million during the first quarter of 2005.
Halliburton, founded in 1919, is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the petroleum and energy industries. The company serves its customers with a broad range of products and services through its Energy Services and Engineering and Construction Groups. The company's World Wide Web site can be accessed at http://www.halliburton.com/ .
http://press.arrivenet.com/bus/article.php/552247.html
Asbestos settlement grows
Halliburton stock surge adds to claimants' pool
Associated Press
Thousands of asbestos and silica claimants slated to receive billions of dollars in cash and stock from Halliburton Co. this year stand to reap the benefit of shares that have surged nearly 60 percent since several subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy protection as part of the deal more than a year ago.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2978552
Gonzales faces sharp US Senate scrutiny on 'torture' memos
By Edward Alden
Published: January 5 2005 08:01 Last updated: January 5 2005 20:39
Alberto Gonzales, the White House nominee for attorney-general, will face harsh questioning on Thursday before the Senate judiciary committee on whether he was the architect of policies that led to the abuse of detainees held by the US.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/c9361f08-5eef-11d9-8cca-00000e2511c8.html
Saudi cuts 500,000bpd oil
(Reuters)
5 January 2005
NEW DELHI - Saudi Arabia has enforced its pledge to cut 500,000 barrels a day of oil supply and is now producing around nine million barrels per day, Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi said yesterday. “We took off the 500, we’re around nine,” Naimi told Reuters in an interview on arrival for a meeting with Asian oil consumers in New Delhi.
Opec oil producers last month agreed to cut one million barrels per day of excess supply from January 1.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/business/2005/January/business_January60.xml§ion=business
First Oil Taken From Freighter Off Alaska
DAN JOLING
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Salvagers have begun removing oil from tanks on a freighter that broke apart last month off Alaska, spilling most of the vessel's estimated 442,000 gallons of fuel into the Bering Sea and onto shore.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/10566366.htm
Centre asks Maharashtra to nominate member for Dabhol committee
SANJAY JOG
Posted online: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 at 0000 hours IST
MUMBAI, JAN 4: The Centre has asked Maharashtra government to nominate its representative on a committee set up to settle non debt claim of around $200 million in the now closed Dabhol project.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=78827
BRIAN MCGRORY
A 2d chance to do it right
By Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist January 4, 2005
Everything that state Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly has done on behalf of Massachusetts residents in regard to the Big Dig can be summed up in precisely two words: Not enough.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/01/04/a_2d_chance_to_do_it_right/
The Washington Post
Mining Town Rises in Anger
After Boy Is Killed by Boulder, Va. Residents Cite Disregard for Safety
By Carol Morello
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 6, 2005; Page B01
APPALACHIA, Va.
It hurled like a cannonball into Dennis and Cindy Davidson's house, right through the wall of the bedroom and onto the bed where 3-year-old Jeremy was sleeping.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51556-2005Jan5.html
Terror Suspect Alleges Torture
Detainee Says U.S. Sent Him to Egypt Before Guantanamo
By Dana Priest and Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, January 6, 2005; Page A01
U.S. authorities in late 2001 forcibly transferred an Australian citizen to Egypt, where, he alleges, he was tortured for six months before being flown to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to court papers made public yesterday in a petition seeking to halt U.S. plans to return him to Egypt.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51726-2005Jan5.html
General Says Army Reserve Is Becoming a 'Broken' Force
By Bradley Graham
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 6, 2005; Page A01
The head of the Army Reserve has sent a sharply worded memo to other military leaders expressing "deepening concern" about the continued readiness of his troops, who have been used heavily in Iraq and Afghanistan, and warning that his branch of 200,000 soldiers "is rapidly degenerating into a 'broken' force."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51687-2005Jan5.html
The Bangkok Post
Naval base, warships hit hard
Damage tops B600m, four officers missing
WASSANA NANUAM
Phuket _ Four warships, including a frigate, and the Phangnga Naval Base were hit hard by the tidal waves on Dec 26, with damage estimated at more than 600 million baht.
After keeping silent about the fate of the base since the tidal waves struck the province, navy commander-in-chief Adm Samphop Amrapal admitted for the first time yesterday the extent of the damage.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/06Jan2005_news01.php
People of different faiths join to mourn dead
Thousands of people lit candles and monks chanted for the dead at dusk yesterday as Christians, Muslims and Buddhists together mourned tsunami victims on the island of Phuket.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/06Jan2005_news03.php
PICKING UP THE PIECES
Vendors are back at work, but it's far from business as usual
Story by NONDHANADA INTARAKOMALYASUT, WORANUJ MANEERUNGSEE and KANANA KATHARANGSIPORN
For years, Phuket has had the reputation as being one of the most expensive places in the entire country, with goods and services catering to wealthy foreign tourists and priced accordingly.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/06Jan2005_biz60.php
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Robin in Winter
The Boston Globe
A light snow yesterday coated the sidewalk along the Evelyn Moakley Bridge where Seaport Boulevard passes over Fort Point Channel in South Boston, as a lone man walked past a row of lantern lights lining the structure. (David L. Ryan / Globe Staff)
Snowy scenes from across the US
Wintry mix hits Massachusetts
Snow, sleet and rain lashed Massachusetts Thursday in the second phase of a one-two punch of winter weather.
http://www.boston.com/news/weather/articles/2005/01/06/wintry_mix_hits_massachusetts/
Winter storm stretches from Rockies to New England
By Nathaniel Hernandez, Associated Press January 6, 2005
CHICAGO -- A deadly storm carrying freezing rain and snow marched across the Great Lakes and into New England on Thursday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, setting loose barges and forcing snowplows into round-the-clock duty.
http://www.boston.com/news/weather/articles/2005/01/06/winter_storm_stretches_from_rockies_to_new_england/
Wintery scenes from across the country.
http://www.boston.com/news/weather/gallery/snow_010604/>
The Japan Times
Japan gripped by obsession with pure love
By KAORI SHOJI
2004 was the year of jun-ai (pure love), epitomized by the huge popularity of Yon-sama (the reverential nickname for Bae Yong Joon, star of the hit Korean drama "Winter Sonata") and a craze for sentimental love stories that gripped the nation from Hokkaido to the Okinawa.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?ek20041230ks.htm
THE ZEIT GIST
OVERSEAS EXECS TIRED OF REJECTION
Racism is bad business
Arudou Debito offers accounts of how "Japanese Only" policies are turning international business away from Japan
By ARUDOU DEBITO
The Community Page has commented at length on socially-sanctioned exclusionary practices in Japan. However, it has rarely touched upon their quantifiable, longer-term effects.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20050104zg.htm
EDITORIAL
Uncertain economic prospects ahead
The world's economic outlook for 2005 is uncertain at best. Pessimists may worry about worst-case scenarios, but economic disasters, unlike natural disasters, can be prevented through better planning and management. Much depends on how major economic powers -- particularly the United States, Europe, Japan and China -- handle domestic and international problems in the year ahead.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?ed20050106a1.htm
San Diego Union Tribune
Tape found in Baghdad shows former Al-Jazeera manager thanking Saddam's son for support, newspaper says
By Hussein Dakroub
ASSOCIATED PRESS
1:12 p.m. January 3, 2005
BEIRUT, Lebanon – A videotape found in Baghdad after the ouster of Saddam Hussein shows a former manager for Al-Jazeera television thanking one of Saddam's sons for his support, the newspaper Asharq al-Awsat says.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20050103-1312-iraq-al-jazeera.html
County officials may get big raises
By Daniel J. Chacón
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
January 6, 2005
San Diego County's five supervisors are considering giving themselves 25 percent pay raises in April – or $28,768 more a year – as well as boosting the salaries of the sheriff, district attorney and treasurer-tax collector.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050106-9999-7m6raise.html
Discounts for victims of wildfires are ending
By Jeanette Steele
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
December 25, 2004
With the first wave of 2003 wildfire victims just moving into rebuilt homes – and many, many others still far from finished – these survivors are alarmed to see some merchants ending discounts they offered after last year's wildfires.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/fires/20041225-9999-1m25discount.html
No injuries reported
ASSOCIATED PRESS
6:55 a.m. January 6, 2005
FONTANA – A series of minor earthquakes struck San Bernardino County early Thursday, but no injuries or serious damage were reported, officials said.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050106-0655-ca-socalquakes.html
New Strait Times (Malaysia)
Free replacement for driving licence lost during tsunami
By Eileen Ng
PUTRAJAYA, Wed:
THOSE who had lost their driving licences and related documents during the tsunami will get free replacements.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said Road Transport Department (RTD) staff will be placed at the relief centres to take down the particulars of those affected within the next two days.
“The applications will then be sent to the nearest RTD office for processing and the victims will be exempted from paying any fees,” he said at his ministry’s post-cabinet meeting today.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/NewsBreak/20050105180150/Article/indexb_html
Sabah CM: Tsunami rumours spread by irresponsible people
By Jaswinder Kaur
KOTA KINABALU, Wed:
IRRESPONSIBLE people who wanted to loot homes were probably the ones who spread rumours that a tsunami was going to hit Semporna and some other coastal districts on Sunday night.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said the public should not be alarmed by such rumours as the authorities were constantly monitoring the situation and would make an announcement to warn people if a disaster was about to happen.
He was reacting to reports, first carried by the New Straits Times, that there was panic in Semporna and some other coastal districts on the east coast that a tsunami was approaching and that parts of the Philippines had already been devastated.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/NewsBreak/20050105151715/Article/indexb_html
Penang not on dengue alert, says health committee chief
By Marina Emmanuel
GEORGE TOWN, Wed:
Penang is not on dengue alert, State Health Committee chairman P.K Subbaiyah today.
“Although 30 confirmed cases of dengue had been reported weekly in the State since September last year, there is no cause for alarm,” he said. Prior to this increase, Penang had between 7 and 10 dengue cases reported weekly in 2004.
"The increase is due to cyclical patterns of dengue incidences in various parts of the world and the country, including Penang.
"The situation has been addressed through the stepping up of continuous surveillance and preventive measures," he told reporters at his office in Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/NewsBreak/20050105165109/Article/indexb_html
The Arizona Republic
Court throws out Yates' convictions for drowning children
Associated Press
Jan. 6, 2005 10:00 AM
HOUSTON - Andrea Yates' capital murder convictions for drowning her children were overturned Thursday by an appeals court, which ruled that a prosecution witness' erroneous testimony about a nonexistent TV episode could have been crucial.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0106ChildrenDrowned06-ON.html
Blue skies won't spawn a supercell
Jan. 6, 2005 12:00 AM
Today we have two weatherish sorts of questions, which isn't too surprising because things have been unusually weatherish around here lately.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/columns/articles/0106clay06.html
Storms putting Valley to the test
Next rains may strain flood-control system
Christina Leonard
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 6, 2005 12:00 AM
With two major storms behind us, flood-control experts are watching the Valley's system of protective dams and diversion ditches closely.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0106flooding.html
Hayworth blasts Mexico border-crossing comic book
Wants halt to guide for border crossers
Billy House
Republic Washington Bureau
Jan. 6, 2005 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON - Arizona Rep. J.D. Hayworth has written a letter of protest to the Mexican government urging a halt to its distribution of a new how-to comic book providing safety information for border crossers, calling it "state-sponsored illegal immigration."
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0106hayworth-mexico06.html
The Jakarta Post
Donors likely to provide debt relief
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Indonesia moved closer to securing debt relief on Wednesday with Japan, the country's largest single donor, joining a group of nations supporting the idea.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20050106.@01&irec=0
World leaders in unite in crisis
Agencies, Jakarta
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and world leaders arrived in Jakarta on Wednesday to try to deal with Asia's tsunami crisis and a US$2.3 billion humanitarian relief operation, the biggest since World War II.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20050106.@02&irec=1
NGO accuses officials of abusing aid for Aceh
Forum-Asia, an Asian-based human rights watchdog, expressed concern on Wednesday over the alleged abuse of aid for tsunami victims in Aceh as some officials were selling the food aid to survivors.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20050106.A02&irec=3
UN bodies work around the clock for victims
Sari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The severe devastation in Aceh and North Sumatra, caused by the earthquake-triggered tsunami that crushed the two provinces only a few days before New Year, has forced United Nations bodies to work hand-in-hand around the clock to help save victims.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20050106.B02&irec=8
Will the world deliver on its promises to Aceh?
Kornelius Purba, Jakarta
U.S. military crews launching more than 100 helicopter flights a day from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, ferrying food, water and medicine to tsunami victims in Aceh, regard their current mission as more satisfying than the Iraq war.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20050106.E03&irec=2
We humbly thank you
It has been obvious from the beginning that the devastation caused by the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami was simply too enormous for Indonesia to deal with alone. The huge death toll, the massive destruction and the hundreds of thousands of people now forced to live in refugee camps are simply unprecedented.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20050106.E01&irec=0
Incompetence the real killer
With Indonesia bearing the brunt of the death and destruction wrought by the Indian Ocean tsunami, it is instructive to ask whether this was entirely because of its proximity to the earthquake's epicenter. The answer, it seems, is a resounding "no".
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20050106.F02&irec=4
Getting our act together
Indeed, it is not too early now to start planning the reconstruction of the province of Nangroe Aceh Darussalam so that life can resume as normally as the circumstances there permit. A number of aspects, however, should be taken into serious consideration.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20050106.E02&irec=1
Snow forces flight cancellations
January 5, 2005
BY NATHANIEL HERNANDEZ ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago was hit by a blast of winter weather today, causing hundreds of flight cancellations at O'Hare International Airport and hazardous driving conditions.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/storm05.html
Chicago letting shovelers stake their claim
January 5, 2005
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter
The World Series rings around the Red Sox' fingers are not the only difference between Boston and Chicago. There's also a snowy tradition that Beantown has ended and Chitown is determined to continue.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-snow05.html
Congressional delegation has serious weight
January 5, 2005
On Tuesday, after the swearing-in of the 109th Congress, Dick Durbin's office was one of the places to be on Capitol Hill. At his reception, hundreds of Democrats, Republicans, lobbyists, political groupies and journalists -- all eager to court the Democratic Party's new Senate whip -- lined up to enter Durbin's office of five well-appointed rooms sporting wood-burning fireplaces and impressive chandeliers.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/commentary/cst-edt-edits05.html
concluding...
Morning Papers - concluded
Boston in Winter
Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism exists in Pakistan in South Asia:
[World News]: Washington, Jan 6 : Anti-Semitism exists in Pakistani media but not an issue of any significance in India, nor in other South Asian nations, including Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan, according to a US State Department report.
http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=55856
Anti-Defamation League Criticizes Vatican Newspaper Report On Tsunami
Gary Fitleberg, December 30, 2004
The Anti-Defamation League criticized a Vatican newspaper for falsely claiming Israel had denied relief to Sri Lanka after this week’s tsunami.
The ADL noted that contrary to the report in L’Osservatore Romano, Sri Lankan officials had rejected Israel’s offer to provide a large team to help with search-and-rescue efforts because it contained Israeli military personnel, though it had agreed to a smaller team.
"This is a case of wishing to believe the worst about Israel, whether or not it is true," the ADL’s national director, Abraham Foxman, said in a statement. Sri Lankan officials reportedly had worried that the Israeli military component to the relief could anger Muslim residents.
Gary Fitleberg is a Political Analyst specializing in International Relations with emphasis on Middle East affairs.
http://www.truthnews.net/world/2004120244.htm
NY: Radio DJ stands by "thieving Jews" remark
A radio DJ is refusing to apologize for using the term "thieving Jews" on the air.
"Go after people who are actually doing something wrong," Don Imus told listeners on his morning show this week regarding a complaint from the Anti-Defamation League after he made the comment regarding the publishers of the holiday thriller "The Christmas Thief."
Imus told listeners on his show, which emanates from WFAN in New York and is simulcast on MSNBC, that he wrote a two-word note on the letter he received from the ADL, but refused to elaborate.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1104981578453
The New Zealand Herald
Air Force transports tsunami survivors
Tsunami survivors on a Royal New Zealand Air Force flight from Banda Aceh to Jakarta. Picture / RNZAF
06.01.05 4.00pm
Two Royal New Zealand Air Force Hercules are flying injured refugees from the tsunami-wracked Indonesian region of Banda Aceh to the capital of Jakarta.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=9005736
Tsunami death toll could double in days
06.01.05 1.00pm
I TOLD YOU. In a month we'll be looking at a half a million dead.
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The United Nations says Asia's tsunami death toll could double to about 300,000 unless survivors received clean water and other basic services by the end of the week to prevent disease.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=9005729
Annan urges world leaders to honour tsunami pledges
06.01.05 1.00pm
JAKARTA - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on world leaders to honour their pledge of US$3 billion ($4.3 billion) to help tsunami victims and rebuild the stricken Asian region.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=9005719
Global Warming/Climate Change
2004: The Year Global Warming Got Respect
John Roach
for National Geographic News
December 29, 2004
In 2004 global warming made the covers of National Geographic and Business Week magazines, was the subject of a blockbuster movie, and was a theme in a Michael Crichton's best-selling novel State of Fear—all signs that the issue has captured widespread media attention.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1229_041229_climate_change_consensus.html
Insurers call for action to fight climate change in the wake of Asian tsunami
The tsunami triggered by the seaquake in Southeast Asia may cause massive losses for insurers.
Munich Re, the world’s largest reinsurer, estimates losses to hover around 10 billion euros ($13.6 billion), more of a tentative estimate as the exact numbers are not yet available. Munich Re believes its own losses will total about 100 million euros, due to the fact that high-value insured property is restricted to tourist and harbor areas.
http://www.financegates.com/news/world_news/2004-12-29/tsunami_29122004.html
The polar melt in Antarctica
Glaciers are melting in the Alps at an unprecedented rate. The polar ice caps are rapidly disappearing. Worst-case scenarios from scientists predict a dramatic increase in temperatures across much of the globe. For parts of the Northern Hemisphere, however, some scientists warn that ocean-current changes could produce radical cooling. Our world, so go such arguments, is about to change radically for the worse.
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,331153,00.html
Slowing global warming
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD
Stronger vehicle emission standards would do something to limit the amount of greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere. Cleaner, more efficient vehicle engines would also improve the quality of air around the Puget Sound region.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/202409_cared.html
NZ bids for global warming study fund
07.12.04
By SIMON COLLINS
New Zealand and Chile are seeking US$10 million ($13.8 million) in United Nations funding to conduct the first comprehensive study of the effects of global warming on Southern Hemisphere glaciers.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=9002005
Antarctica
Scott Base
Snow
-1.0°
Updated Thursday 06 Jan 3:59PM
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Antarctica
Scott Base
Snow
-1.0°
Updated Thursday 06 Jan 3:59PM
The weather in Glacier Bay is
36 °F / 2 °C
Clear, MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY
Windchill:
33 °F / 0 °C
Humidity:
44%
Dew Point:
16 °F / -9 °C
Wind:
NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
Pressure:
30.57 in / 1035 hPa
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 12
Clouds (AGL):
Clear -
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