The new word invention of "Fiscal Cliff" by the FEDs chief Bernanke is flying around everywhere. It is the new shadow word policy. Bring it to light and see what it is. It means nothing more than: Time is up. The debt has risen beyond the repair point and no more can be spent. The real meaning is government will shut down all critical and unnecessary services and freeze spending if no action is taken. What does it really mean.
A trace of snow in Chicago usually doesn't warrant a news story. But this time, it's different. The trace of snow that fell at O'Hare International Airport late Monday evening ended the second-longest snowless streak in Chicago weather history.
The March heat wave that brought unprecedented 85-degree weather to the Great Lakes region in the final days of winter also cut off the 2011-12 snow season early. Chicago's final snowflakes for the season fell on March 4; in an average year, the city's last measurable snowfall (0.1 inch or greater) comes April 1.
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November 15, 2012 – SANTIAGO – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit central-north Chile on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, causing buildings to sway in capital Santiago but causing no damage. The USGS said the quake struck on the coast, 54 miles (88 km) north of Coquimbo, at 4:02 p.m. (1902 GMT). It was initially reported as a magnitude 6.0 quake. Chile’s state emergency office, Onemi, said there were no reports of injuries, disruptions to basic services or infrastructure damage as a result of the tremor.
The navy said the quake did not meet the conditions needed to trigger a tsunami. World No.1 copper producer Codelco said its operations were normal, and no mines in the metal-producing country reported damages. Seismically active Chile was battered in February 2010 by an 8.8 magnitude quake and ensuing tsunami, which caused billions in damage and killed hundreds. Today’s 6.1 quake is the fifth 6.0+ magnitude quake to rattle the planet in three days. –Reuters GMA
ROME: Flooding struck the northern outskirts of Rome on Wednesday after heavy rains in central Italy swelled the Tiber River, as the historic city of Venice and popular tourist regions of Tuscany and Umbria counted the costs of extensive flood damage.
The river that snakes through the Italian capital broke its banks in some areas, tearing boats from their moorings and sweeping debris in the current. The Aniene, a tributary of the Tiber in northern Rome, also flooded.
There have been a lot of articles written concerning the E generation or those who share a common sense of entitlement with little or no energy exchange. I have mixed emotions concerning this issue. I believe a person has a right to food, shelter, and a meaningful fulfilling job and should be rewarded for service to humanity and the Earth. With today’s society there is a manufactured lack and great uneven dispersal of wealth, which cuts into these basic rights. The technology exists to take care of our energy and transportation needs without fossil fuels, which would free up much of the demands for labor and resources. This would also make available the transportation of food and materials globally at a fraction of the cost and a lowering of production costs. Yet what lies in the way of this coming forward?
The very people creating the manufactured lack and gross uneven dispersal of wealth.