AllDeaf.com - Current Events http://www.alldeaf.com/ en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:48:23 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.alldeaf.com/images/misc/rss.jpg AllDeaf.com - Current Events http://www.alldeaf.com/ Feds Crack Down on Call Center Scheme http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72269-feds-crack-down-call-center-scheme.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:04:05 GMT Federal Bureau of Investigation - The Washington Field Office: Department of Justice Press Release (http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/wfo111909.htm) :shock: :shock: :shock: Federal Bureau of Investigation - The Washington Field Office: Department of Justice Press Release

:shock: :shock: :shock: ]]> Current Events authentic http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72269-feds-crack-down-call-center-scheme.html Home 3D ready for prime time: Panasonic http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72259-home-3d-ready-prime-time-panasonic.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:14:36 GMT CBC News - Technology & Science - Home 3D ready for prime time: Panasonic

:cool2: I think I will want it! :D ]]> Current Events Royale http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72259-home-3d-ready-prime-time-panasonic.html Aftershocks may be delayed by centuries, say scientists http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72252-aftershocks-may-delayed-centuries-say-scientists.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:12:53 GMT
Quote:
Some violent earthquakes that have occurred unexpectedly in places with no recent record of tremors may be the aftershocks of quakes that took place decades or centuries ago, scientists have discovered.

The finding could explain the many unexpected earthquakes that hit the centre of continental shelves, such as the disastrous quake in Sichuan, in the heart of China, that killed at least 68,000 people and injured up to 400,000 more, in 2008.

At 7.9 on the Richter scale, it was one of the deadliest quakes in history.

Earthquakes usually occur at the boundary of two or more tectonic plates but can also occur hundreds of kilometres from a fault line. These earthquakes may be the result of delayed aftershocks rather than background seismic activity, scientists believe.

A study that tested how tectonic faults work has found that the further away an earthquake is from such faultlines, the more likely it could be the delayed aftershock of a previous earthquake. Mian Liu, professor of geological sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia, said scientists have tried to predict the occurrence of larger earthquakes by looking at the frequency of smaller ones, which is why the Sichuan earthquake was a surprise.

"Until now, we've mostly tried to tell where large earthquakes will happen by looking at where small ones do," Mr Liu said.

A magnitude 7 earthquake that occurred in 1811 near a town on the Mississippi is still causing aftershocks that can be felt in the American Midwest.

"A number of us had suspected this because many of the earthquakes we see today in the Midwest have patterns that look like aftershocks. They happen on the faults we think caused the big earthquakes in 1811 and 1812, and they've been getting smaller with time," Liu said.

The research may help to predict when and where an earthquake is likely, said Professor Seth Stein at Northwestern University.

"Instead of just focusing on where small earthquakes happen, we need to use methods like GPS satellites and computer modelling to look for places where the earth is storing up energy for a large future earthquake," Stein said.

- INDEPENDENT
Source: Aftershocks may be delayed by centuries, say scientists - Natural Disasters - NZ Herald News ]]> Current Events ~SG~ http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72252-aftershocks-may-delayed-centuries-say-scientists.html Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook photos http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72230-depressed-woman-loses-benefits-over-facebook-photos.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:03:08 GMT CBC News - Technology & Science - Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook photos

Your thoughts? I think the insurance company has no business in prying into her Facebook account because of her privacy. If they doubt her depression, then they and the lady should agree to appoint an independent psychologist and a doctor to determine her status of depression. ]]> Current Events Royale http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72230-depressed-woman-loses-benefits-over-facebook-photos.html When Al Gore desperately photoshops Earth in light of 30 year low hurricane activity http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72224-when-al-gore-desperately-photoshops-earth-light-30-year-low-hurricane-activity.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:41:59 GMT Alex Jones’ Prison Planet.com With Hurricanes At Thirty Year Low, Gore Turns To Photoshop

Kind of like how Al Gore would "misspoke" several million degrees at the Earth core he'd would "misspoke" about an Earth photo by inserting fake hurricanes with one spinning in the wrong direction, an impossibility and another at the equator which is another impossibility if you understand the physics of climate dynamics that hurricanes do not form at the equator. All just to show what it might be like into the future. Just read it. Hilarious and shows just how desperate Gore is. ]]> Current Events kokonut http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72224-when-al-gore-desperately-photoshops-earth-light-30-year-low-hurricane-activity.html Bipartisian Effort in Senate to push for investigation on the Hasan case http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72219-bipartisian-effort-senate-push-investigation-hasan-case.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:57:14 GMT Yet the Obama administration continues to refuse to cooperate while a bipartisian effort in the Senate is moving forward to try and begin a Congressional investigation of the Hasan's terrorist act.

Funny how Obama harped about wanting to see Bipartisian effort but he doesn't want this kind of cooperation at all. They'll ask him to cooperate or face subpoenas.

Quote:
A bipartisan group of senators began a concerted push Wednesday to get more cooperation from the Obama administration in its reviews of the Fort Hood shootings, which left 13 dead and a raft of questions about information-sharing among intelligence agencies.

In addition to the public hearings that Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) is set to begin Thursday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) demanded Wednesday that his panel receive the results of a White House review of agency investigations of suspect Nidal M. Hasan’s communications with a radical Muslim cleric who has ties to al-Qaeda.

Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, was unmollified, telling the attorney general: “The FBI did not pursue an investigation of [Hasan] because they concluded that the e-mails were consistent with his research at Walter Reed, and no contact was made with the Department of Defense. I understand that a thorough investigation will take time to complete, but we need to protect our troops now.”
washingtonpost.com

The Senate or Congress has no need to interrogate witnesses, that's the job of the Pentagon and the DoJ. They want to find out why and how Hasan was able to be in repeated contact with the enemy and ignored by officials for so long.

Quote:
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is criticizing the Obama administration’s briefings on the Ft. Hood massacre, saying that information provided by the Defense Department and the FBI in a closed door meeting Tuesday “raised many troubling questions.”

The briefing, coordinated by the National Security Committee, for House and Senate leaders was scheduled after the administration bowed out of a closed hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee that was supposed to happen on Monday.

Collins, the ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said she’s calling on the administration to work with the committee to cooperate with its investigation of the Nov. 5 shooting deaths at Ft. Hood. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan has been charged with the crime, which Collins called “certainly” an example of home-grown terrorism.
Why is the Obama administration purposely avoiding Congressional investigation in their effort to try and connect the dots? They have every right to demand cooperation from Obama administration on why homeland security and proper threat analysis failed. We had only one failure but at the cost of fourteen people who are dead along with dozens wounded. ]]> Current Events kokonut http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72219-bipartisian-effort-senate-push-investigation-hasan-case.html <![CDATA[Sarah Palin's book tour - wanna meet her?]]> http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72215-sarah-palins-book-tour-wanna-meet-her.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:40 GMT
Sarah Palin: Go Rogue With the Rest of Us! | Facebook

November 30th

RICHLAND, WA
TBD

December 1st

PHOENIX. AZ
Costco
1445 West Elliot
Tempe, AZ 85284
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

ROSWELL, NM
Hastings Books
1705 N. Main Street
Roswell, NM 88201
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

December 2nd

SPRINGFIELD, MO
Border’s Books & Music
3300 S. Glenstone Avenue
Springfield, MO 65804
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

December 3rd

FAYETTEVILLE, AR
Sam’s Club
3081 North Highway 112
Fayetteville, AR 72704
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Hastings Books
2300 West Main Street
Norman, OK 73069
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

December 4th

DALLAS, TX
Legacy Books
7300 Dallas Parkway
Plano, TX 75024
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

FORT HOOD, TX
AAFES
Main Exchange, Building 50004
Clear Creek Road
Fort Hood, TX 76544
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

December 5th

FAIRFAX, VA
BJ’s
13053 Fair Lakes Shopping Center
Fairfax, VA 22033
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

December 6th

SIOUX CITY, IA
Barnes & Noble
4400 Sergeant Road
Sioux City, IA 51106
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

SIOUX FALLS, SD
Barnes & Noble
3700 West 41st Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57106
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM

December 7th

MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Barnes & Noble
Mall of America
118 East Broadway
Bloomington, MN 55425
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

December 8th

BILLINGS, MT
Borders Books & Music
2833 King Avenue West
Billings, MT 59102
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
Borders Books & Music
1710 Briargate Boulevard
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

December 9th

SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Costco
1818 South 300 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

RENO, NV
Costco
2200 Harvard Way
Reno, NV 89502
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

December 10th

COEUR D’ALENE, ID
TBD

SANDPOINT, ID
TBD

December 11th

HOME TO ALASKA!


Watch carefully the deranged postings here. Odds are they'll happen. ]]> Current Events kokonut http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72215-sarah-palins-book-tour-wanna-meet-her.html What Would Jiro Government Be Like? http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72210-what-would-jiro-government-like.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:25:28 GMT Expelled Over A Miniskirt
Quote:
SAO PAULO (AP) -- The Brazilian government sought an explanation Monday from the private university that expelled a woman for wearing a short, pink dress to class, creating an uproar on the Internet and throughout a nation where skimpy attire is common.

The Brazilian Education Ministry said it will give Bandeirante University 10 days to clarify its reasoning for kicking out 20-year-old Geisy Arruda after she was ridiculed by other students for going to class with the short dress on Oct. 22. She had to put on a professor's white coat and was escorted away by police amid a hail of insults and curses.

A video of the incident was posted on YouTube and quickly made headlines across Brazil. The university's decision Sunday to expel the student prompted complaints from the national student union and the country's minister in charge of women's policy, among others.

Depending on what the university has to say, the Education Ministry could recommend that it reconsider its decision, Education ministry spokesman Murilo Milhomem said.

The university published newspaper advertisements Sunday saying it expelled Arruda for allegedly disrespecting "ethical principles, academic dignity and morality."

The ads also alleged that Arruda acted in a provocative manner incompatible with the university environment.

"We are following our rules," university lawyer Decio Lencioni told Globo TV. "The problem is not her clothes; it's her behavior, her attitude."

Lencioni and the university said Arruda even raised her dress and stopped to pose for photos the night she was insulted. He said she also chose the longest way to get to class to attract the attention of more students.

In Sunday's ads, titled "Educational Responsibility," the college said it had previously warned Arruda to change her behavior and decided to expel her after talking to students, staff and Arruda herself.

Arruda, who was studying tourism, said Monday she was disheartened by the decision.

"What I wanted the most was to go back to school," she told Globo TV. "My entire year is gone now. It's a great injustice. Everyone in Brazil saw the video. I always dressed in a way that makes me feel good and that doesn't offend anybody. I was always like that and was never recriminated by anybody."

Civil police in the city of Sao Bernardo do Campo, where the university is located, said they will investigate the students accused of heckling Arruda. The university said it would temporarily suspend some of them.

Brazil's national student union, the Brazilian BAR Association, and several other institutions condemned Arruda's expulsion. Brazil's minister for women's policy, Nilcea Freire, told the official Agencia Brasil news service Sunday that the decision showed "intolerance and discrimination."

Although Brazil is known for revealing clothing -- especially in beach cities, where many bikinis are referred to locally as "dental floss" -- most college students dress more modestly on campus, commonly in jeans and T-shirts.
:naughty: ]]> Current Events Jiro http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72210-what-would-jiro-government-like.html <![CDATA["The Palin haters has turned me into a defender"]]> http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72192-palin-haters-has-turned-me-into-defender.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:37:04 GMT The Palin Experience - The Denver Post (http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_13809719) Makes valid points on all counts. The Palin Experience - The Denver Post

Makes valid points on all counts. ]]> Current Events kokonut http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72192-palin-haters-has-turned-me-into-defender.html Sarah Palin gives Oprah biggest audience in two years http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72163-sarah-palin-gives-oprah-biggest-audience-two-years.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:38:16 GMT Sarah Palin gives Oprah biggest audience in two years--The Live Feed | THR (http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/11/sarah-palin-oprah-ratings-.html) Democrats have nothing to fear. Sarah Palin gives Oprah biggest audience in two years--The Live Feed | THR

Democrats have nothing to fear. ]]> Current Events kokonut http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72163-sarah-palin-gives-oprah-biggest-audience-two-years.html When Al Gore gets it wrong about the Earth http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72159-when-al-gore-gets-wrong-about-earth.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:57:49 GMT
Quote:
: Now, what about … you talk in the book about geothermal energy …

Al: Yeah, yeah.

Conan: and that is, as I understand it, using the heat that’s generated from the core of the earth …

Al: Yeah.

Conan: … to create energy, and it sounds to me like an evil plan by Lex Luthor to defeat Superman. Can you, can you tell me, is this a viable solution, geothermal energy?

Al: It definitely is, and it’s a relatively new one. People think about geothermal energy — when they think about it at all — in terms of the hot water bubbling up in some places, but two kilometers or so down in most places there are these incredibly hot rocks, ’cause the interior of the earth is extremely hot, several million degrees, and the crust of the earth is hot …
Laughably funny when Gore doesn't even know what he's talking about. Several million degrees? We'd be a star at that temperature. It's more like from 4000 up to 9000 degrees Celsius depending on who you ask. The sun's surface is at around 6000 degrees while in the center of the sun the fusion process generates around 10 million degrees.

And Al Gore is the spokesman for runaway global warming? Say, aren't we preparing for the coldest winter in a decade or so?
GUEST VIEW: More will qualify for heat assistance | SouthCoastToday.com

Innumerate Al - John Derbyshire - The Corner on National Review Online ]]> Current Events kokonut http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72159-when-al-gore-gets-wrong-about-earth.html <![CDATA[Woman Who "Cut Line" at Walmart: Prison Time?]]> http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72156-woman-who-cut-line-walmart-prison-time.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:57:16 GMT Cops Accuse Ellis of Becoming Hostile When They Asked Her to Leave the Store; She Says They Were Racially Motivated

The prospect of spending 15 years in jail was probably the last thing on a Missouri woman's mind nearly three years ago when she switched checkout lines at a Walmart store.

But jail's a possibility for Heather Ellis, 24, who goes on trial today for charges stemming from a dispute at the Kennett, Mo., Walmart.

Ellis faces charges of disturbing the peace, trespassing, resisting arrest and assaulting police officers after she became "belligerent" when she was asked to leave the store Jan. 6, 2007, authorities say.

The schoolteacher could face 15 years in prison, if convicted.

But Ellis, who is black, has said that the charges are racially motivated, and that she has been unfairly targeted, which authorities deny.

In a letter she sent to the Missouri chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People after the incident, Ellis said that she was trying to join her cousin in his checkout line at the time of the dispute, because his was moving faster than the one in which she was standing, according to The Associated Press.

Ellis wrote that she was "pushed by a white customer, hassled by store employees, called racial slurs and physically mistreated by Kennett police officers," according to the AP.

"What a shame the system can destroy a young person's future like this because of bad cops," Ellis wrote.

Repeated calls by ABC News to the state NAACP office were not returned Tuesday.

Although Ellis declined to speak with ABC News before today's trial, her father, the Rev. Nathaniel Ellis, called the trial a "big, racial discrimination cover-up."

Ellis said his daughter was at the store with her mother and cousin when a "Caucasian lady pushed her and accused her of butting into line.

"In a nutshell, [the altercation] was due to the incompetence of the cashier," Ellis said Monday, explaining that his daughter was trying to add six items to the conveyer belt on which her cousin's items rested.

But members of the Kennett Police Department who responded to the scene tell a very different story, and accused Ellis of "yelling and cursing" and hurling "verbal assaults" toward them, according to the probable cause affidavit filed in Dunklin County Circuit Court and obtained by ABC News.

Walmart Defers to Law Enforcement
Witnesses told authorities that instead of standing in line behind the other waiting customers, she "walked in front of the line, to the cash register attendant, apparently because she did not want to wait in line."

When the cashier began checking out someone in front of Ellis, and moving the individual's items forward on the conveyer belt, Ellis "began shoving the merchandize back down the conveyer belt," according to the court documents.

After she was asked to leave the store several times but refused to do so, officers began to arrest her. Ellis responded by "fighting the officer" while "yelling and cursing," according to the court documents, which referred to Ellis as "completely out of control."

In a written statement, a Walmart spokesman said, "Incidents involving our customers are unfortunate and we take them seriously.

"In this matter, there was a disturbance and law enforcement was contacted, in accordance with our normal procedures. The police then determined how to proceed."

Judge Joe Satterfield, who is presiding over the case, said that while the crimes Ellis is charged with are punishable for up to 15 years in prison, it is unlikely that, if she is convicted, she will be sentenced to that much time.

Asked about the racial undertones the case has taken on in the mostly white city of about 11,000 residents, Satterfield declined to discuss the specifics of the case, other than to note that the prosecutor first assigned to try the case, Stephen Sokoloff, recused himself.

Ellis' attorneys had filed a motion for Sokoloff to be removed from the case after a letter Sokoloff wrote in response to a local newspaper report about the trial, which was headlined, "Felony Charge for Cutting in Line While Black in Missouri," became public, according to published reports.

In the motion, the attorneys accused Sokoloff of "making extrajudicial comments that have a substantial likelihood of heightening public condemnation of the accused."

Prosecutor Recused Himself
Satterfield denied the motion but Sokoloff later stepped down on his own, telling the newspaper that he didn't want his statements to be a distraction. Cape Girardeau, Mo., prosecutor Morley Swingle is now trying the case.

Messages left for Sokoloff and Swingle were not immediately returned, although Sokoloff told the AP that he would have filed the charges regardless of Ellis' race.

Meanwhile, the New York-based Your Black World Coalition this week staged a rally that began outside the Kennett Walmart and traveled to the prosecutor's office in support of Ellis. The protest was peaceful, according to media reports, but an earlier rally had been met with fliers reportedly distributed by the Ku Klux Klan, some reading, "The next visit will not be social."

As for Ellis, who is now a schoolteacher in Louisiana, her father said he still hoped that the case would be thrown out.

"This is a heartbreaking situation," he said.

Woman Who Cut Line at Walmart Could Go to Prison - ABC News ]]> Current Events http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72156-woman-who-cut-line-walmart-prison-time.html Women banned from wearing trousers in Paris http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72128-women-banned-wearing-trousers-paris.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:28:38 GMT Women banned from wearing trousers in Paris - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/fashionnews/6583074/Women-banned-from-wearing-trousers-in-Paris.html) Women banned from wearing trousers in Paris - Telegraph ]]> Current Events kokonut http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72128-women-banned-wearing-trousers-paris.html Many taxpayers must pay back stimulus $$$ http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72118-many-taxpayers-must-pay-back-stimulus.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:12:03 GMT Bummer! :( Report: Millions To Pay Back Obama Stimulus Tax Credit - cbs2.com (http://cbs2.com/business/stimulus.tax.refund.2.1315058.html) Bummer! :(

Report: Millions To Pay Back Obama Stimulus Tax Credit - cbs2.com ]]> Current Events Reba http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72118-many-taxpayers-must-pay-back-stimulus.html Australia apologizes to child migrants of WWII http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72117-australia-apologizes-child-migrants-wwii.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:49:56 GMT This is very sad. :( Australia apologizes to British kids sent to colonial orphanages, where many were abused -- themorningcall.com (http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-child-migrants-apology,0,4398354.story) This is very sad. :(

Australia apologizes to British kids sent to colonial orphanages, where many were abused -- themorningcall.com ]]> Current Events Reba http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/72117-australia-apologizes-child-migrants-wwii.html