I’ve had my head buried in computer stuff mostly the last week. I’m trying to soak up as much information about Mac computers, working with Leopard, available software for it etc, as I can before I leap. Tomorrow my iMac should arrive.Besides my quilting and embroidery software programs that require Windows to run, some very important programs to me that need alternatives a
Rescue teams searching for those still missing after Saturday's 7.2 magnitude quake pull another casualty from the debris.
The latest body is the fourth grim find beneath the rubble of a hotel which...
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BEIJING: At least 169 people have been killed in recent floods in Southern China. State media said China ordered emergency work to strengthen swollen dykes and reservoirs Tuesday and evacuated tens of thousands of people as large swathes of the south reeled under their worst storms in decades. More than 1.60 million people [...]
KURIHARA, Japan A magnitude 7.2 earthquake ripped across the mountains and rice fields of northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least six people as it sheared off hillsides, jolted buildings and shook nuclear power plants. At least eight people were missing. Military helicopters swarmed the quake zone 250 miles (400kilometers) north of Tokyo, ferrying in supplies [...]
It has been a week now that I am not into the news lately, and recently, I just found out about the 7.9 magnitude earthquake which stumbled the people in China. 12,000 in Sichuan province alone, and 18,645 were still buried in debris in the city of Mianyang. I am so sad when this kind of tragedy hits, since absolutely, there would be more lives, lost family homes are on crisis. There was little
BEIJING: The devastated quake centered in Sichuan province in China has so far claimed 10,000 lives. According to Chinese state TV, hundred of persons were feared dead in many other areas of the province.Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao monitored rescue works; Chinese army units were also engaged in rescue and relief operations. Wen said more damage had been caused in worst earthquake than it was initi
CHENGDU, China (AP) — One of the worst earthquakes to hit China in three decades killed nearly 9,000 people Monday, trapped about 900 students under the rubble of their school and caused a toxic chemical leak, state media reported.
The 7.9-magnitude earthquake devastated a hilly region of small cities and towns in central China. The official [...]
Aid agencies are scrambling to mount a massive relief effort after military rulers in Burma, also known as Myanmar, said 22,464 people had been killed and a further 41,000 were missing feared dead after the weekend cyclone. Yet another tragedy folks. Use this link to donate to the helpless burmese.
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From: Bison Advocates Propose a Way out of Needless Buffalo Slaughter This has been a gruesome year for the buffalo of Yellowstone with nearly one third of the herd killed by state and federal authorities. The 1,465 animals slaughtered represent the largest death toll for Yellowstone's buffalo since the 19th Century, when the species was nearly wiped off the planet. On the heels of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report critical of the way that bison have been treated, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Buffalo Field Campaign, and Gallatin Wildlife Association have called for the Governor of Montana and administrators of the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) to immediately put a bold plan in place to stop the slaughter. The plan centers on a sp
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
- Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
Last year, we permanently deprived over 1.2 million innocent Americans of their [...]
4000 American soldiers dead and another 40,000 or more American soldiers maimed. A large but uncounted number of American; contract workers, aid workers, reporters and the like wounded or killed. How to count the number of their family members' lives changed or ruined? But more numerous than all of these together are the innocent Iraqis, the people we claimed to be helping, who have been killed, maimed, exiled or converted into enemies. Documented civilian deaths from violence 85,000-90, 000 Iraqis. Altogether one million + Iraqis have been killed or maimed in the violence caused by the US-led invasion of March 2003. All because of a thoughtless gang of fanatics hiding behind our presidents fatuous grin. We are watching a horrendous chapter in our history being written.
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD - The overall U.S. death toll in Iraq rose to 4,000 after four soldiers were killed in a roadside bombing in Baghdad, a grim milestone that is likely to fuel calls for the withdrawal of American forces as the war enters its sixth year.
The American deaths occurred Sunday, the [...]
Unlike some in the Blogging community, who think we should just turn tail and run, without finishing what we started. Well, I am not among that crowd. The Article: U.S. death toll in Iraq hits 4,000 (via msnbc.com) A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000. The grim milestone came on the same day that rockets and mortars pounded the U.S.-protected Green Zone, underscoring the fragile security situation and the resilience of both Sunni and Shiite extremist groups despite an overall lull in violence. A Multi-National Division — Baghdad soldier also was wounded in the roadside bombing, which struck the soldiers' patrol vehicle about 10 p.m. in southern B
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BAGHDAD - Four U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Baghdad late Sunday, raising the death toll for American forces since start of the war to 4,000, according to the Pentagon. The grim milestone was reached less than a week after the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion to topple former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and coincided with a spate of violence across Iraq
The good people over at SaveTibet.org, a group I’m a huge supporter of, has posted a map of all the different protest sites across Tibet between March 10th and 21st. This is really a great service they did mapping this out for the rest of the world, which doesn’t know much about the demographics [...]
The monthly toll of U.S. service members who have died in Iraq is on track to being the lowest in nearly two years. It is the lowest number since 32 troops died in March 2006 and the second-lowest since 20 troop deaths in February 2004, according to an Associated Press count based on military figures.
It seems that every day, whether I turn on the TV, pick up the paper or get my news online, there is another pro abortion leftist screaming about the death toll of American soldiers in Iraq. Before I go any further, those people are hypocrites. Now, why aren't they and others talking about the death toll of insurgents?I can't point to the liberal media on this one. Supposedly, to avoid Viet Nam-like errors the Bush administration has decided not to release the number of enemy casualties. Why not? Can he not see that lacking this information aides liberals in painting the picture of a losing war? Can you imagine the coach of your home team only allowing the score of the visiting team to be posted on the scoreboard? You team may be the best in the league, but you would always have a zero staring at you. Even if the visitors kept a low score, you'd still be questioning yourself a bit.The point is, liberals are saying the war is lost based on one death toll, not comparing two. At the s
On 9/11, The Question Is: What Are We Forgetting? By Hank Edson Less than 3,000 people died on September 11, 2001, the culmination of a criminal conspiracy that was years in the making. According to the Center for Disease Control, in 2005, 16,885 people died as a result of alcohol-related car accidents in the United States. Thus, the annual death toll resulting from a culture of alcohol addiction, callous disregard for personal responsibility, and a consumer industry that markets intoxication as happiness is over 5 times the death toll arising from terrorism in the United States in the worst year ever recorded for terrorism in America. In 2005, handguns killed over 30,000 people in America. This is 10 times the worst ever annual death toll for terrorism in America. Like the culture of Alcohol, we deliberately sustain a culture of...READ MORE!
The death toll from the Yazidi massacre in northern Iraq has now officially risen to more than 500:
One week after a series of truck bombs hit a poor rural area near the Syrian border, the known casualty toll has soared to more than 500 dead and 1,500 wounded, according to the Iraqi Red Crescent Society, making it the bloodiest coordinated attack since the American-led invasion in 2003.
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Statistical certainty can be difficult to obtain after bomb attacks, and some government officials near the villages have put the death toll closer to 360. But the Red Crescent figures align with estimates from two hospital officials in the area and with the typical ratio of dead to wounded from big bomb attacks.
The final number of dead may yet be even higher.
Source: Damien Cave and James Glanz, "Toll Rises Above 500 in Iraq Bombings," The New York Times, August 22, 2007
Technorati tags: bad thinking • Iraq • Red Crescent • Yezidi
The death toll from a tropical storm in central Vietnam hit 60 after six more bodies were recovered, while nine others were reported missing, officials said Friday. Rescue workers continued to search for survivors from the tropical storm, which was the worst to hit the country this year and caused widespread flooding and damage across central Vietnam. It was downgraded to a depression on Monday. Four more bodies were found in Ha Tinh, the worst-hit province where 22 people have died, including eight children, said Phan Nguyen Tung, a provincial disaster official. He said more deaths were expected because many remote villages were still unreachable. The death toll in the Central Highland province of Daklak rose by one to 15, and six remained missing and were feared dead, said provincial official Phan Thi Thu Hien. In Quang Binh province, the number killed rose to 13 after the discovery of another body, and two others were reported missing, said Nguyen Ngoc Dien, a provincial off
Update on this story. The death toll was much higher than initially reported:
Iraqi officials said Saturday that the death toll in a devastating attack on a Shiite market district in Baghdad had risen to 61 after dozens more bodies were pulled from the rubble.
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There were conflicting accounts about what caused the blasts.
Iraqi police in the area said a garbage truck exploded near the market at about the same time as a Katyusha rocket slammed into a three-story residential building about 100 meters (yards) away.
But an Interior Ministry spokesman, Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said Saturday that it was a single parked truck bombing that led to the secondary explosions of two large generators and 10 nearby cars.
Source: "Iraqi officials raise death toll in Thursday bombing in Baghdad to 61 killed," AP, July 28, 2007
Technorati tags: bad thinking • Baghdad • terrorism • truck bombing
The death toll from devastating floods and landslides on Indonesia’s eastern Sulawesi island has risen to 107, as aid distribution to survivors gained pace today, an official said.Forty-four bodies have been recovered but 63 people remain missing, presumed buried under landslides, said Rustam Pakaya, who heads the health ministry’s crisis centre in Jakarta.Aid efforts were finally gaining momentum after days of poor weather hindering attempts to reach survivors, he said.“A navy and cargo ship have arrived to distribute aid,” said, adding that 25 medical staff were also on location helping survivors.One village of about 1,000 people in Central Sulawesi’s Mamosolato district remained isolated but a helicopter provided by a mining company working in the area would hopefully reach them on today, Pakaya said.
The official death toll for government contractors in Iraq has spiked to record setting highs during the first three months of this year, according to statistics released by the Department of Labor. These figures place the total number of contractors killed at 917, with 146 of those deaths occurring in January, February, and March of [...]
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A 20-year-old Indonesian woman died of bird flu on Monday, bringing the country's death toll from the disease to 66 out of 86 confirmed cases, a doctor said. Siti Nuraini has been hospitalized for two weeks in a hospital in East Java province before she died Monday, Dr. Tegus Sylvaranto was quoted as saying by a leading website detik.com. The number of bird flu cases in Indonesia has increased recently after months of absence of new cases. Indonesian health authorities have imposed a firm policy separating fowls from human beings and intensified surveillance on the virus. In addition, the authorities have banned raising fowls in residential areas.
At least 49 people were confirmed dead after a passenger plane caught fire while making a hard landing in the Indonesian town of Yogyakarta Wednesday. The Boeing 737-400 belonging to flag carrier Garuda Indonesia carried 133 passengers and seven cabin crew when the accident occurred at the Adi Sucipto Airport. Local government spokesman Bambang said about 20 bodies still remain in the rear section of the plane as the evacuation process is underway.
At least seventy people were killed and hundreds of people were internally displaced after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Tuesday, the provincial Disaster Management Agency reported. "The death toll has reached to 70," Suri Hamdazir, an official of the agency told Xinhua on telephone from the province. Aids from the capital of the province have been underway to the spots of accidents, he said. "Tents, logistic and other rescue materials are delivering to the sites of the location," said Hamdazir.
{mosgoogle right}As many as 34 people have committed suicide in central Tokyo by generating deadly hydrogen sulfide gas since January, with roughly 60 percent of them in their 20s, local government officials said.The latest finding has prompted the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to do more to prevent suicides among youths before the end of next month.The metropolitan government's Bureau of Social W
