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Tuesday, October 4
The Iran-Syrian Connection
The Khaleej Times, a newspaper published in the United Arab Emirates, reported that Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, speaker of the Iranian parliament, had just concluded a trip to Lebanon and Syria, a friendship mission. Big deal, you say. Well, it is a big deal, a very big deal. I'll tell you why this trip is important, why it is important for the Arab world and important for us in the Western world...
(Very important one to read this short article. Hits on some very important points. In light of Bible Prophecy, it's a helpful one.)
11th quake jolts northern Ethiopia
An 11th earthquake, measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, jolted northern Ethiopia, triggering another eruption of the previously dormant Mount Arteale, which has been spewing lava for several days. The quake, which struck the remote region of Afar, about 980 kilometres (600 miles) northeast of the capital, is the 11th temblor to rumble across the region since last month, geologists said Tuesday.
The only active volcano in Ethiopia has been largely dormant for the past 6 decades, but has been spewing molten lava since a series of earthquakes began rattling the region on September 18. Large portions of Mount Arteale's slopes and its surrounding areas are covered in a thick blanket of ash and plumes of smoke, resulting in the displacement of more than 50,000 Afar nomadics and the death of hundreds of livestock.
Idaho news: Scientists eye earthquake cluster site
A university seismologist began installing seismic measuring devices Sunday in the Clear Creek area, where residents have reported feeling earthquakes for more than a week...Area residents have been calling seismologists at BSU and elsewhere since Sept. 22 to report feeling several earthquakes a day.
The strongest, which occurred Thursday, had an estimated magnitude of 4.0 -- the biggest temblor to hit the area in at least 15 years. A quake with a magnitude of 3.9 shook the area late Saturday.
Amazon Wildfire
A massive wildfire in northern Bolivia’s Amazon forest region destroyed 370,000 acres of woodland and sent a pall of smoke over much of the country. Drought and high winds sparked the blazes, which officials say can only be extinguished by rainfall.
59 dead in wake of Hurricane Stan
Hurricane Stan slammed into Mexico's Gulf coast before quickly weakening to a tropical storm Tuesday, forcing authorities to close one of the nation's busiest ports and unleashing rains in Central America and Mexico that have killed at least 59 people.
If a hurricane did hit New York City
If a category 4 hurricane did hit New York City, the devastation would be widespread, experts say. Among the possible scenarios:
(See link above.)
Hatch Offers Support for Miers Nomination
One of the Senate's senior conservatives, Republican Orrin Hatch, offered unconditional support Tuesday to Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers amid expressions of anxiety in some Republican quarters over her legal philosophy.
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council said conservatives put great weight in Bush's judgment but they would have preferred a nominee with a documented conservative track record. The president's recommendation "gives us some level of comfort but that has to be combined with some evidence," he told MSNBC. Perkins did not take a position on the nomination and said he will be looking for clues to her judicial philosophy during the confirmation hearings.
Fed watching US inflation
The Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates to keep inflation at bay and has no timetable to halt this tightening campaign, 3 of its top officials made plain in remarks on Tuesday.
Wis.-Based Group to Run Stem Cell Bank
A Wisconsin-based research group will run the nation's first embryonic stem cell bank under a four-year, $16 million federal contract, officials announced Monday. The WiCell Research Institute, a nonprofit set up in 1999 to support stem cell research at the University of Wisconsin, will store and distribute the cells under a federal plan to reduce their cost. "At a minimum, we will be a single portal so people can do one-stop shopping" for stem cells, said Carl Gulbrandsen, president of WiCell's board of directors.
Statues of Ancient Goddesses Discovered
The life-sized marble statues of 2 ancient Greek goddesses have emerged during excavations of a 5,000-year-old town on the island of Crete, archaeologists said Friday. The works, representing the goddesses Athena and Hera, date to between the 2nd and 4th centuries - during the period of Roman rule in Greece - and originally decorated the Roman theater in the town of Gortyn, archaeologist Anna Micheli from the Italian School of Archaeology told The Associated Press.
Mayor of New Orleans Announces Layoffs
Mayor Ray Nagin said Tuesday the city is laying off as many as 3,000 employees — or about half its workforce — because of the financial damage inflicted on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. Nagin announced with "great sadness" that he had been unable to find the money to keep the workers on the payroll.
Terror Fears Grip Asia After Bali Attack
New terror fears gripped Asia on Tuesday, sparking security scares at embassies and travel alerts, but Indonesia shrugged off calls to outlaw the militant group suspected in the deadly suicide bombings on Bali island.
From his prison cell, Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir — the group's alleged spiritual leader — said in a statement that last weekend's blasts were a sign of God's displeasure with the Indonesian government. "I suggest the government bring themselves closer to Allah by implementing his rules and laws because these happenings are warnings from Allah for all of us," said Bashir, who has campaigned for the implementation of Islamic Shariah law in Indonesia.
Americans, German Win Nobel Physics Prize
2 American scientists and a German won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for optics research that is improving the accuracy of such precision instruments as GPS locators, atomic clocks and navigation systems.
On Monday, Drs. Barry J. Marshall and Robin Warren, both Australians, won the Nobel Prize in medicine for proving, partly by accident, that bacteria and not stress was the main cause of painful ulcers of the stomach and intestine.
Bush Pushes for Military to Quarantine Avian Flu Breakout
President Bush, increasingly concerned about a possible avian flu pandemic, revealed Tuesday that any part of the country (US) where the virus breaks out could likely be quarantined and that he is considering using the military to enforce it. "The best way to deal with a pandemic is to isolate it and keep it isolated in the region in which it begins," he said during a wide-ranging Rose Garden news conference.
Ousted Alabama Justice to Run for Governor
Roy Moore, who became a hero to the religious right after being ousted as Alabama's chief justice for refusing to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the courthouse, announced Monday that he is running for governor in 2006.
(Amen!
Remember, most of his state was standing with him, but the higher ups & ACLU types worked against him. Hopefully he wins, if it's God's timing.)
The Khaleej Times, a newspaper published in the United Arab Emirates, reported that Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, speaker of the Iranian parliament, had just concluded a trip to Lebanon and Syria, a friendship mission. Big deal, you say. Well, it is a big deal, a very big deal. I'll tell you why this trip is important, why it is important for the Arab world and important for us in the Western world...
(Very important one to read this short article. Hits on some very important points. In light of Bible Prophecy, it's a helpful one.)
11th quake jolts northern Ethiopia
An 11th earthquake, measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, jolted northern Ethiopia, triggering another eruption of the previously dormant Mount Arteale, which has been spewing lava for several days. The quake, which struck the remote region of Afar, about 980 kilometres (600 miles) northeast of the capital, is the 11th temblor to rumble across the region since last month, geologists said Tuesday.
The only active volcano in Ethiopia has been largely dormant for the past 6 decades, but has been spewing molten lava since a series of earthquakes began rattling the region on September 18. Large portions of Mount Arteale's slopes and its surrounding areas are covered in a thick blanket of ash and plumes of smoke, resulting in the displacement of more than 50,000 Afar nomadics and the death of hundreds of livestock.
Idaho news: Scientists eye earthquake cluster site
A university seismologist began installing seismic measuring devices Sunday in the Clear Creek area, where residents have reported feeling earthquakes for more than a week...Area residents have been calling seismologists at BSU and elsewhere since Sept. 22 to report feeling several earthquakes a day.
The strongest, which occurred Thursday, had an estimated magnitude of 4.0 -- the biggest temblor to hit the area in at least 15 years. A quake with a magnitude of 3.9 shook the area late Saturday.
Amazon Wildfire
A massive wildfire in northern Bolivia’s Amazon forest region destroyed 370,000 acres of woodland and sent a pall of smoke over much of the country. Drought and high winds sparked the blazes, which officials say can only be extinguished by rainfall.
59 dead in wake of Hurricane Stan
Hurricane Stan slammed into Mexico's Gulf coast before quickly weakening to a tropical storm Tuesday, forcing authorities to close one of the nation's busiest ports and unleashing rains in Central America and Mexico that have killed at least 59 people.
If a hurricane did hit New York City
If a category 4 hurricane did hit New York City, the devastation would be widespread, experts say. Among the possible scenarios:
(See link above.)
Hatch Offers Support for Miers Nomination
One of the Senate's senior conservatives, Republican Orrin Hatch, offered unconditional support Tuesday to Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers amid expressions of anxiety in some Republican quarters over her legal philosophy.
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council said conservatives put great weight in Bush's judgment but they would have preferred a nominee with a documented conservative track record. The president's recommendation "gives us some level of comfort but that has to be combined with some evidence," he told MSNBC. Perkins did not take a position on the nomination and said he will be looking for clues to her judicial philosophy during the confirmation hearings.
Fed watching US inflation
The Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates to keep inflation at bay and has no timetable to halt this tightening campaign, 3 of its top officials made plain in remarks on Tuesday.
Wis.-Based Group to Run Stem Cell Bank
A Wisconsin-based research group will run the nation's first embryonic stem cell bank under a four-year, $16 million federal contract, officials announced Monday. The WiCell Research Institute, a nonprofit set up in 1999 to support stem cell research at the University of Wisconsin, will store and distribute the cells under a federal plan to reduce their cost. "At a minimum, we will be a single portal so people can do one-stop shopping" for stem cells, said Carl Gulbrandsen, president of WiCell's board of directors.
Statues of Ancient Goddesses Discovered
The life-sized marble statues of 2 ancient Greek goddesses have emerged during excavations of a 5,000-year-old town on the island of Crete, archaeologists said Friday. The works, representing the goddesses Athena and Hera, date to between the 2nd and 4th centuries - during the period of Roman rule in Greece - and originally decorated the Roman theater in the town of Gortyn, archaeologist Anna Micheli from the Italian School of Archaeology told The Associated Press.
Mayor of New Orleans Announces Layoffs
Mayor Ray Nagin said Tuesday the city is laying off as many as 3,000 employees — or about half its workforce — because of the financial damage inflicted on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. Nagin announced with "great sadness" that he had been unable to find the money to keep the workers on the payroll.
Terror Fears Grip Asia After Bali Attack
New terror fears gripped Asia on Tuesday, sparking security scares at embassies and travel alerts, but Indonesia shrugged off calls to outlaw the militant group suspected in the deadly suicide bombings on Bali island.
From his prison cell, Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir — the group's alleged spiritual leader — said in a statement that last weekend's blasts were a sign of God's displeasure with the Indonesian government. "I suggest the government bring themselves closer to Allah by implementing his rules and laws because these happenings are warnings from Allah for all of us," said Bashir, who has campaigned for the implementation of Islamic Shariah law in Indonesia.
Americans, German Win Nobel Physics Prize
2 American scientists and a German won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for optics research that is improving the accuracy of such precision instruments as GPS locators, atomic clocks and navigation systems.
On Monday, Drs. Barry J. Marshall and Robin Warren, both Australians, won the Nobel Prize in medicine for proving, partly by accident, that bacteria and not stress was the main cause of painful ulcers of the stomach and intestine.
Bush Pushes for Military to Quarantine Avian Flu Breakout
President Bush, increasingly concerned about a possible avian flu pandemic, revealed Tuesday that any part of the country (US) where the virus breaks out could likely be quarantined and that he is considering using the military to enforce it. "The best way to deal with a pandemic is to isolate it and keep it isolated in the region in which it begins," he said during a wide-ranging Rose Garden news conference.
Ousted Alabama Justice to Run for Governor
Roy Moore, who became a hero to the religious right after being ousted as Alabama's chief justice for refusing to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the courthouse, announced Monday that he is running for governor in 2006.
(Amen!
Remember, most of his state was standing with him, but the higher ups & ACLU types worked against him. Hopefully he wins, if it's God's timing.)
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