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Crime scene pictures(click here) show the blood-spattered bathroom where the double-amputee sprinter
fatally shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Feb. 14, 2013.
The trial starts again tomorrow.
Erin Conway-Smith
March 31, 2014 09:28
...Friends (click here) called as witnesses in the double-amputee sprinter’s trial have
told of his passion for firearms — his gun collection, his trips to the
shooting range. An ex-girlfriend recalled his ever-present 9mm pistol,
at night placed on the bedside table or next to his prosthetic legs on
the floor. She also recalled the Olympian shooting from the open sunroof
of a car in 2012....
...In December 2006, (click here) I flew to Quetta, where I met with several Pakistani
reporters and a photographer. Together we found families who were
grappling with the realization that their sons had blown themselves up
in Afghanistan. Some were not even sure whether to believe the news,
relayed in anonymous phone calls or secondhand through someone in the
community. All of them were scared to say how their sons died and who
recruited them, fearing trouble from members of the ISI, Pakistan’s main
intelligence service.
After
our first day of reporting in Quetta, we noticed that an intelligence
agent on a motorbike was following us, and everyone we interviewed was
visited afterward by ISI agents. We visited a neighborhood called
Pashtunabad, “town of the Pashtuns,” a close-knit community of narrow
alleys inhabited largely by Afghan refugees who over the years spread up
the hillside, building one-story houses from mud and straw. The people
are working class: laborers, bus drivers and shopkeepers. The
neighborhood is also home to several members of the Taliban, who live in
larger houses behind high walls, often next to the mosques and madrasas
they run....
Pakistan is indeed a strange place. Sometimes. No. Often, I wondered what was taking so long and why.
K2 (click here) (also known as Savage Mountain, Mountaineer’s Mountain, Mount
Godwin-Austen, Balti: Chogori and Sarikoli: Mount Qogir) is the
second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. With a peak
elevation of 8,611 m (28,251 feet), K2 is part of the Karakoram Range,
and is located on the border between Baltistan, in the Gilgit–Baltistan
region of Pakistan.
FTA's Dave Hancock (click here) posing with a machine-gun in Bin Laden's hiding place
Abbottabad. "This was shot some years before the US found OBL hiding
there," Dave told ExplorersWeb. "Little did we know, I've been there
about 8 times!" courtesy Dave Hancock - FTA,
Since the inception of Pakistan, its effort to counter Indian hegemony in the region as well as to balance its military and economic disparity with its western neighbor, led it to join hands with the United States. The U.S. at that time was also looking for partners in the region to curtail the communist expansion and turned to Pakistan following India‘s choice of non-alignment....
Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, addresses a rally in Quetta
on April 26, 2012. A new study of 917 fallen Lashkar-e-Taiba fighters
documents the group's extensive integration in Pakistani society and
helps explain its impunity for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. (Banaras
Khan/AFP/GettyImages)
by Sebastian Rotella ProPublica, April 4, 2013, 12:08 p.m.
Imagine a terrorist group (click here) that recruits tens of thousands of young men
from the same neighborhoods and social networks as the Pakistani
military. A group whose well-educated recruits defy the idea that
poverty and ignorance breed extremism. A group whose fighters include
relatives of a politician, a senior Army officer and a director of
Pakistan's Atomic Energy Commission.
That is the disconcerting reality of Lashkar-e-Taiba, one of the world's most dangerous militant organizations, according to a study released today by the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. The report helps explain why Pakistan has resisted international pressure
to crack down on Lashkar after it killed 166 people in Mumbai — six
U.S. citizens included — and came close to sparking conflict between
nuclear-armed Pakistan and India....
(Reuters) - Indians
start voting in the world's biggest ever election on Monday, with a
Hindu nationalist opposition party that has promised economic
rejuvenation and jobs tipped to emerge as the clear leader but likely to
fall short of an absolute majority....
Jason Burke in Delhi The Observer Saturday, 5 April 2014 Two polls released hours before voting starts in India's
general election show the Hindu nationalist opposition set for a huge
victory with the ruling Congress party facing a debacle.
The two
main contenders in the increasingly bitter battle to lead the world's
biggest democracy intensified their campaigning – and their personal
duel – before the first of 815 million eligible voters head to the polls
on Monday.
One poll suggested that Narendra Modi,
the controversial 63-year-old prime ministerial candidate of the
Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), might come close to an outright majority. A
second said the BJP would miss a majority by about 30 seats in the
powerful 545-seat lower house.
India has been ruled by coalition
governments for decades and debate among analysts in Delhi now largely
centres on the margin of the BJP victory, not on its likelihood. The
polls showed support for Modi's rival, 43-year-old Rahul Gandhi,
slipping. The ruling centre-left Congress party, which has ruled India
for all but 13 years since it won independence from Britain in 1947, now
appears to be facing its worst ever defeat....
Gandhi is interesting. He once stated the Pakistan ISI were recruiting relatives of riot victims. That would not surprise me. It is not uncommon in Muslim circles to have grieving relatives to avenge their family's death. Rahul doesn't like corruption and calls it out whenever he can. Sorry to hear he is having a difficult election.
...The Gandhi scion (click here) also took a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party's 'Indian
Shinning' campaign, accusing the party of suppressing the voice of
people and instead claiming that it was working for their development....
I am not accustomed to seeing such a young leader in India.
Rahul Gandhi
Manveer Saini TNN Apr 7, 2014, 05.36 AM IST PANIPAT: Promising the next level of economic reforms (click here) for the downtrodden,
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that his party will
strive to bring people from backward castes, who may be above the
poverty line but still economically weaker, into the middle class. He
said this will be done by generating employment and entrepreneurial
opportunist.
Gandhi on Sunday also accused BJP and its allies
of creating obstructions in respect of reservation for women and overall
developmental issues. He termed BJP and Modi as anti-poor and
anti-farmer. Addressing a public meeting in support of Congress
candidate Arvind Sharma, Gandhi hit out at BJP and its prime ministerial
candidate Narendra Modi, saying that BJP did not allow the Parliament
to function and opposed the bill to provide 33% reservation for women...
SYDNEY/PERTH - Chinese and Australian ships (click here) hunting for a missing
Malaysia Airlines jetliner have picked up separate acoustic signals in
different parts of a vast Indian Ocean search area and are trying to
verify if one could be from the plane's black box recorders.
Australian search authorities said on Sunday a Chinese patrol vessel,
the Haixun 01, had picked up a fleeting "ping" signal twice in recent
days in waters west of Perth, near where investigators believe Malaysia
Airlines Flight MH370 went down on March 8.
More planes and ships were being sent to assist in that area, but
meanwhile, Australia's HMAS Ocean Shield had reported a separate
"acoustic event" some 300 nautical miles away....
If journalists don't know the facts and physics they have to take the governments' word about what their findings. The families have been through enough, they don't have to go through speculation and guessing, do they?
The acoustics at depth are very different than in air.
In the deep ocean (click here) at mid-latitudes, the slowest sound speed occurs at a
depth of about 800 to 1000 meters. This is called the sound speed
minimum. The sound speed minimum creates a sound channel
in which sound waves can travel long distances. Sound is focused in the
sound channel because the sound waves are continually bent, or
refracted, towards the region of lower sound speed. Sound that travels
upward from a source at the sound speed minimum is bent back towards the
minimum. Similarly, sound that travels down from the source is bent
back up toward the minimum.
Mr. Emanuel, who is set to become White House chief of staff, at a news conference on Monday.
By MICHAEL LUO
Published: December 3, 2008
...And better than Mr. Emanuel (click here) could have imagined as well. Over the
course of a three-hour-plus dinner, Mr. Simpson and Mr. Emanuel
discussed how they might work together. Shortly afterward, Mr. Emanuel
accepted an offer, nudging him down what has by now become a
well-trodden gilded path out of politics and into the lucrative world of
business.
Mr. Emanuel, who was chosen last month to become President-elect Barack Obama’s
White House chief of staff, went on to make more than $18 million in
just two-and-a-half years, turning many of his contacts in his
substantial political Rolodex into paying clients and directing his
negotiating prowess and trademark intensity to mergers and acquisitions.
He also benefited from the opportune sale of Wasserstein Perella to a
German bank, helping him to an unusually large payout....
The man that made $18 million in 30 months can't get this straightened out? Really? The unions expect this approach in Wisconsin, but, Chicago? Why is it New York City is among the few that get it right?
...The rapid rollout strategy was aimed at giving legislators little time
to get cold feet and blunting labor union lobbying against the changes.
But several Chicago lawmakers raised concerns, Democrats blamed
Republicans for not getting on board, and the blitzkrieg approach failed
— at least for a day...
...The
heart of the plan was as Emanuel outlined on Monday: taxpayers who own a
home with the city median value of about $250,000 would be hit with $50
tax increases each year for five years, starting with their 2016 tax
bill. Employees — excluding police officers and firefighters who
were not part of the deal — would pay a 0.5 percentage point more each
year from 2015 through 2019, until they reached 11 percent of their
salary.
Retirees would not see their base pensions reduced, but
would get smaller annual cost-of-living increases. They now get a
compounded 3 percent increase on their previous year’s benefit payments.
Under the new plan, it would be half the inflation rate or 3 percent,
whichever is less, without compounding.
In addition, there would
be no increases in 2017, 2019 and 2025. New retirees would see their
first increase two years after retirement, instead of on their first
anniversary. Emanuel has said his proposal has support for employee
unions, but they have not publicly embraced it. Madigan said that of the
31 unions representing workers in the laborer and municipal funds, only
three are opposed. The Chicago Teachers Union, AFSCME and the Illinois
Nurses Association have sharply criticized Emanuel for trying to make
what they say are deep cuts to the benefits of many lower-income workers
and retirees.
There
has to be a better plan. I just don't see an all out assault on
taxpayers, employees and retirees. It is not a horrible plan, but, it
isn't a good one.
I
would like to see the city sit down with the unions on an expedited
basis so they can put their heads together over this. It is far better
than 'shock and awe.'
George Bush said speaking about the dreadful loss of life in Iraq in
August: (08/03/05): "We have to honor the sacrifices of the fallen by
completing the mission." "The families of the fallen can be assured
that they died for a noble cause.
In reaction to these two assinine and hurtful statements, members of
Gold Star Families for Peace (GSFP) are going to George's vacation home
in Crawford, Tx this Saturday, August 6th at 11:00 am to confront him on
these two statements...
Cindy is still fighting the good fight. She is surrounded by others, including veterans, that look for justice. The Veterans for Peace still hold meetings and events to keep the public aware of an unjust war.
The Iraq War created the culture of fear and invoked the reality that the American military can be unleashed without purpose. It brought home the reality of 'war for profits.' We thought all that ended with Vietnam. We were wrong. Now, it is a forever effort.
Serna joined the Marines straight out of high school in 2003 and in a
year was on the front line of a military operation in the Al Abar
region of Iraq. He was injured twice by friendly fire, but those wounds
weren’t as painful as the mental scars he brought home with him.
“I definitely saw a lot of gruesome things and watched a lot of good
friends die,” said the veteran who now sports a bushy beard and bandana.
“Reliving that every night just got too much for me. I had to find
something.”
The antipsychotics and antidepressants they gave him at the veterans
hospital for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder made him sick and suicidal.
“It got to a point where I needed to try something else,” he said. Around 2009, a friend handed him a joint....
...For months, (click here) the combination of a weak Republican field without a
standard bearer and Braley's steady hand made a GOP upset in a must-win
state for Democrats look unlikely. But Braley's remark has breathed new
life into GOP efforts to claim Iowa, which could be pivotal to
Republican efforts to win back the Senate.
To many Republicans, Braley's gaffe was not a surprise. The
Democratic congressman's mouth has gotten him into trouble before, most
recently during last year's government shutdown. Braley said he was
pleased the House gym had stayed open but noted, "There's no towel service, we're doing our own laundry down there," prompting criticism.
"Bruce Braley is doing something Republicans have known and have been
screaming about at the top of our lungs for years. He is a deeply
flawed candidate and a bad campaigner," said Tim Albrecht, a former aide
to Gov. Terry Branstad (R) whose firm has done work for state Sen. Joni
Ernst (R), one of Braley's opponents....
A majority in the US Senate isn't enough for Republicans. They need a super majority to tragically destroy the US Constitution. Democrats need to polish and run every candidate in every state. Sometimes a little input goes a long way. It isn't to win necessarily, but, to win in the future.
Braley would stand against corporate interests Regarding
the April 2 Supreme Court ruling which allows more millionaires and
billionaires to fund more candidates, I worry that it would be easy to
give up on our elections. After all, most voters can’t compete
financially for candidates’ attention.
We as citizens either get
more involved with our time, or we will be trampled by the candidates
heading to their funders with deep pockets.
But, there is a
candidate who is a person of the people. Bruce Braley would be a senator
who is not beholden to the corporations and who would be a champion for
those of us who still believe in a progressive Iowa that works for
everyone, not just the 1 or 2 percent. His record is one of winning back
lost wages and fighting for those who need a hand up.
I encourage voters to give Bruce a close look and you will see a man who will work for you, not for big-money interests.
To
the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, you
five men who brought in the majority decision, five-to-four, which put
the various levels of elected governments in the United States into the
hands of wealth and power. Literally, you have given us the best
government money can buy. We cannot accuse you of going back to
“original intent,” which some of you cite from time to time. You have
set aside our Constitution and gone back to when it had not yet been
ratified in 1787.
Back then, James Madison observed that only
one-fourth of the residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia were allowed
to vote to form government. One-half of the residents were the cheapest
labor available, slaves, considered only to be property. The remaining
one-fourth were women or did not possess property or wealth enough to
give them the vote.
Shame on you from We the People of the United States, from whom you would take away the power of our votes. Robert G. Farr, Ames
Mr. Robert G. Farr frequents the "Letters to the Editor" of the Ames Tribune. There is a Democratic constituency in Iowa. What is everyone waiting for?
...As Will Rogers (click here) recommended to the losers in 1928, “Vote for what is good
for all of us in our country. Before long the public will catch on.” Robert G. Farr, Ames
Iowa needs a Democrat US Senator.
Demographically it looks like it should be, it has a similar "make up"
to very red states like Nebraska and Kansas. Iowa has never been a very
red state though. It was one of Reagan's weakest states in 1980 and
1984. Ford barely won it in 1976. Bush lost it in 1988, Clinton won it
twice, Gore won it (barely), Bush barely won it in 2004 and Obama won it
twice.
Is there a lot of mining or industry in Iowa compared with Kansas and Nebraska which gives Democrats the edge?
The journalist Bill Moyers wrote a rather incredible response to McCutcheon.
April 2, 2014
Central to the Supreme Court’s (click here) campaign finance decisions in the John
Roberts era is that the government’s only legitimate interest in this
area is preventing direct, quid pro quo corruption — a donor
demanding that a specific law be passed, or killed, in exchange for cash
— or the appearance of direct corruption....
... In the majority opinion, Chief Justice Roberts wrote
that “government regulation may not target the general gratitude a
candidate may feel toward those who support him or his allies, or the
political access such support may afford.”...
That statement is explicit permission for corruption by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
As
Will Rogers recommended to the losers in 1928, “Vote for what is good
for all of us in our country. Before long the public will catch on.” Robert G. Farr, Ames - See more at: http://amestrib.com/opinion/letter-elected-officials-must-work-public-good#sthash.EAGAJGf2.dpuf
Supreme Court wrong on campaign finance To
the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, you
five men who brought in the majority decision, five-to-four, which put
the various levels of elected governments in the United States into the
hands of wealth and power. Literally, you have given us the best
government money can buy. We cannot accuse you of going back to
“original intent,” which some of you cite from time to time. You have
set aside our Constitution and gone back to when it had not yet been
ratified in 1787. Back then, James Madison observed that only
one-fourth of the residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia were allowed
to vote to form government. One-half of the residents were the cheapest
labor available, slaves, considered only to be property. The remaining
one-fourth were women or did not possess property or wealth enough to
give them the vote. Shame on you from We the People of the United States, from whom you would take away the power of our votes. Robert G. Farr, Ames - See more at: http://amestrib.com/opinion/letter-supreme-court-wrong-campaign-finance#sthash.Z0e7NZML.dpuf
Letter: Supreme Court wrong on campaign finance
Posted
Braley would stand against corporate interests
Regarding
the April 2 Supreme Court ruling which allows more millionaires and
billionaires to fund more candidates, I worry that it would be easy to
give up on our elections. After all, most voters can’t compete
financially for candidates’ attention.
We as citizens either get
more involved with our time, or we will be trampled by the candidates
heading to their funders with deep pockets.
But, there is a
candidate who is a person of the people. Bruce Braley would be a senator
who is not beholden to the corporations and who would be a champion for
those of us who still believe in a progressive Iowa that works for
everyone, not just the 1 or 2 percent. His record is one of winning back
lost wages and fighting for those who need a hand up.
I encourage voters to give Bruce a close look and you will see a man who will work for you, not for big-money interests.
Brenda Brink, Huxley
- See more at: http://amestrib.com/opinion/letter-braley-would-stand-against-corporate-interests#sthash.Qjr57Xk1.dpuf
Posted
Letter: Braley would stand against corporate interests
- See more at: http://amestrib.com/opinion/letter-braley-would-stand-against-corporate-interests#sthash.Qjr57Xk1.dpuf
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army (click here) is facing criticism for its new
appearance and grooming regulations, which some soldiers say unfairly
target black women's hair.
Army Regulation 670-1 was released Monday, with rules on tattoos, hairstyles, grooming and uniforms for soldiers.
One
of the new regulations, which applies only to women, is a ban on
twists, dreadlocks and multiple braids/cornrows that are bigger than a
quarter of an inch. Army spokesman Paul Prince told the Army Times that twists and dreadlocks have been barred since 2005, but these regulations go into more detail about specific hairstyles.
Women with these banned hairstyles will need to get rid of them or cover them with wigs or extensions, which can damage hair....
§We
do expect business casual, we are hoping to provide you professional tools, so
business clothing and atmosphere is good. We do not ask you to do anything that
we do not do.
§No
Uggs, or rain boots
§No
leggings or jeggings unless they are used as tights
§We
will also give you guys breaks with theme days
It seems the Army has too much concern for the appearance of their women members. They have discretion when it comes to expressing their personality. They have to wear their uniform to specifications and I am sure they conform to that outcome. In the war theater
...So Democrats are trying to make the Koch brothers the new face of the
Republican Party. Conveniently, the name Koch is pronounced the same as
that other capitalist goliath, Coke.
Appointing a person — or a
pair of brothers — as the human face of the “enemy” is not a novel idea.
During a previous election cycle, the Obama administration identified
Limbaugh as the true leader of the Republican Party. This was an easy
sell as many Republicans genuflected to Limbaugh, even apologizing when
they might have offended him.
And Limbaugh, whose grandiosity
needs no buffing, was all too willing to accept service on the
credential. The more the left hates Limbaugh, the richer he gets. Oh, please, Mr. Democrat, hate my guts some more. Mr. Limbaugh, take your bow, it’s Koch time....
The Koch Brothers don't need help in achieving a intolerance, but, Ms. Parker seems to ignore the fact these billionaires practice oppression in their own companies. That is not American, Ms. Parker. So, to the end the Democrats are calling out the Kochs for their unseemly lifestyles as oppressors and controllers they are heroes. I rather think of the Democrats as the wall that prevents Koch Slavery.
By Rebecca Leber October 15, 2012 at 11:30 am
...According to In These Times, (click here) Koch Industries sent 45,000 mailers to employees
at Koch subsidiary Georgia Pacific, urging votes for Romney and other
conservative candidates. The letter warns ominously of “consequences”
for the workers if Republicans lose....
His release would cancel any ability to return to the USA, but, it is just to release him to Israel.
April 2, 2014
Almost 30 years (click here) after he pleaded guilty to providing classified
information to Israel, Jonathan Pollard might be catching a break from
President Barack Obama. According to many a trial balloon floated in the
U.S. and Israeli press Monday, the White House is considering releasing
the convicted spy with the aim—improbable, critics say—of salvaging
Middle East peace talks that seem to be on the verge of implosion.
The critics have a point. Pollard’s case has little to do
with making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Releasing him would
indeed be a Hail Mary pass—a true desperation move. But desperate times
call for desperate measures.
Pollard’s release is a key Israeli
goal and a longtime personal crusade for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu, who has been trying to persuade the United States to spring
him for more than a decade. As a private citizen, Netanyahu even visited
Pollard in prison in 2002, calling him an “especially intelligent man.”
Pollard’s freedom is something Israel badly wants, and may give up
other goals to secure....
If humans survive the Climate Crisis, our sun, Sol, will one day nova. Earth will no longer exist. Is it realistic to plan for space travel beyond Earth's atmosphere and beyond the Moon?
Earth's past has seen five extinctions that resolve the topic of life on Earth. We are currently in our sixth extinction. Does it matter if we travel to space? Deep space?
There needs to be a clear commitment by the country with a clear glide path for NASA. It isn't about balancing the national budget on the backs of a space program. It is about the future and the ethics society needs to find within it's commitment to the future.
I don't believe the astronauts should bear the burden of deciding the risk they face. There is no cutting corners and saying oops. The USA space program has never allowed margins of error to exist with the knowledge of the public. There were accidents along the way, but, never once did the American people know the dangers allowed to exist in the programs. The Shuttle program broke the nation's heart when we learned O-Rings caused ill fated outcomes.
It is not the right of any astronaut to decide the dangers they accept. It is the priority of a nation to be sure the dangers are faced and eliminated. There are missions beyond the Moon that can be conducted in short duration as we inch toward Mars, but, never do I see a mission that launches from Earth aimed at making it to Mars.
An artist's rendering of NASA's Space Launch System. (Image: Boeing)
Posted By Amina Khan Los Angeles Times
...“Long duration (click here) and exploration spaceflights (including extended stays on the
ISS or exploration missions to an asteroid or Mars) will likely expose
crews to levels of known risks beyond those allowed by current health
standards,” according to the report led by Jeffrey Kahn of the Johns
Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, “as well as to a wide range of
risks that are poorly characterized, uncertain and perhaps
unforeseeable.”
The risks include radiation-induced cancers; loss
of bone mass from long stints in zero gravity; nausea or fatigue from
extreme radiation if astronauts get hit by a solar storm; and blurred
vision. That’s just a short list of the health hazards that researchers
are aware of. It’s also not counting the long-term psychological toll
that dealing with stressful situations in a confined enclosure can take.
Among
the report’s recommendations: Avoid harm by minimizing risk to
astronauts. Missions should be valued for the benefits they provide.
Make sure the benefits outweigh the risks enough for the mission to be
worthwhile. Operate in a transparent and accountable way, and keep
astronauts informed of the risks they face. Basically: Act in a
responsible and transparent manner....
“Long
duration and exploration spaceflights (including extended stays on the
ISS or exploration missions to an asteroid or Mars) will likely expose
crews to levels of known risks beyond those allowed by current health
standards,” according to the report led by Jeffrey Kahn of the Johns
Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, “as well as to a wide range of
risks that are poorly characterized, uncertain and perhaps
unforeseeable.”
The risks include radiation-induced cancers; loss
of bone mass from long stints in zero gravity; nausea or fatigue from
extreme radiation if astronauts get hit by a solar storm; and blurred
vision. That’s just a short list of the health hazards that researchers
are aware of. It’s also not counting the long-term psychological toll
that dealing with stressful situations in a confined enclosure can take.
Among
the report’s recommendations: Avoid harm by minimizing risk to
astronauts. Missions should be valued for the benefits they provide.
Make sure the benefits outweigh the risks enough for the mission to be
worthwhile. Operate in a transparent and accountable way, and keep
astronauts informed of the risks they face. Basically: Act in a
responsible and transparent manner.
- See more at:
http://amestrib.com/news/nation/ethics-report-could-help-nasa-weigh-risks-long-term-space-travel#sthash.spQHufvo.dpuf
By Amina Khan Los Angeles Times
Posted
It's Sunday Night
"Catching Up" (click here for official website)
Wake up
Hear the same thing
My alarm rings
Screamin the same time
In the same place
I'm walking the same way
I'm afraid
It's always Groundhogs Day
I always say
I should do something about it
Why not?
Today could be the day
I'm done hanging out
Talking bout what I want
No fun sitting here
Thinking maybe next year
I don't wanna be
Lookin back at 23
Sayin to myself,
I've got a lot of catching up to do
I've got big dreams
Dreaming big things
Interrupted
My alarm rings
Until now cause
I won't hear it
I won't take it
I can't stay anymore
I always say
I should do something about it
Why not?
Today could be the day
I'm done hanging out
Talking bout what I want
No fun sitting here
Thinking maybe next year
I don't wanna be
Looking back at 23
Sayin to myself
Got a lot of catching up to do
Say goodbye to the could've been
Say goodbye to the shouldve made that one work
Say goodbye to just sittin around
I always say it
It's time to really mean it
I always say
I should do something about it
Why not?
Today could be the day
I'm done hanging out
Talking bout what I want
No fun sitting here
Thinking maybe next year
I don't wanna be
Lookin back at 23
Sayin to myself
There's so much left to do
(I've got a lot of catching up to do)
So much left for me to do
(I've got a lot of catching up to do)
So much left for me to do
(I've got a lot of catching up to do)
Out of a thousand things, I don't need you.
M4.2 (click here) - 6km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma 2014-04-06 14:58:54 UTC
Location:
35.890°N
97.269°W
depth=5.1km (3.2mi)
M2.7 - 5km S of Langston, Oklahoma 2014-04-06 15:04:07 UTC
Location:
35.893°N
97.264°W
depth=5.0km (3.1mi)
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Felt From Oklahoma City to Tulsa
Posted:
Apr 05, 2014 11:08 AM EST
Updated:
Apr 06, 2014 12:45 PM EST
Posted by: Zak Patterson, Web Editor
The United States Geological Survey has reported 11 earthquakes (click here) in
Oklahoma since Friday afternoon, including a 4.0 magnitude earthquake a
couple minutes before 10 a.m. Sunday morning. The earthquake's epicenter was one mile south of Langston and nine miles northeast of Guthrie. KTUL has received reports that the 4.0 earthquake was felt from Oklahoma City to Tulsa. It had a depth of 3.1 miles. The
4.0 was sandwiched in between two smaller quakes. An earthquake with a
magnitude of 3.0 was reported at 9:25 a.m. three miles south of
Langston. A few minutes after the 4.0, a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was reported at 10:04 a.m. three miles south of Langston. A
4.2 magnitude earthquake struck at 7:42 a.m. Saturday morning and had a
depth of 3.1 miles. It was felt 12 miles north of Crescent, 21 miles
northwest of Guthrie and 22 miles southeast of Enid. A series of
earthquakes also shook the Enid, Langston, Guthrie, Perry and Medford
areas from late Friday to early Saturday morning. Those earthquakes ranged from 2.2 to 3.0 in magnitude. The 3.0 quake hit at 9:30 p.m. Friday 14 miles west of Perry and 19 miles southeast of Enid. It had a depth of 3.1 miles.
...OK used to have very few earthquakes per year but that’s all changed
now. Last year they had 222 quakes that were felt and made shelves
rattle and this year, thus far, they’ve had an astounding 253 quakes and
we aren’t even 6 months into 2014. So OK is having record seismic
activity now. What’s causing all the motion?...
