dixiegrrrrl
dixiegrrrrl's JournalRemember the Concordia shipwreck off Italy?
Court convicts 5 Costa Crociere employeesThe court in Grosseto on Saturday handed down the highest sentence to the crisis coordinator for Costa Crociere, Roberto Ferranini, who was sentenced to two years and 10 months. The ship's hotel director was sentenced to two years and six months while two bridge officers and a helmsman got sentences ranging from one year and eight months to one year and 11 months.
The plea bargains were handled separately from the trial of Costa Concordia captain, who is charged with manslaughter for causing the January 2012 shipwreck off the Tuscan island of Giglio and abandoning the vessel with thousands aboard.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_23698698/italy-court-convicts-5-costa-crociere-employees
Another oil carrying train derailment....
Hazmat crews respond to oil train derailment in eastern New Orleans rail yardCrews responded just before 5:50 p.m. No injuries have been reported as a result of the derailment. It is not yet known whether any of the train's crude oil cargo has spilled.
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2013/07/hazmat_crews_respond_to_oil_tr.html
That is all the news at the moment....pls. add any updates if you see them.
NYC DU-ers...I have a question for you...
Several movies set in NYC show subway entrances, which have signs saying:
"Enter with or buy Metrocard
at all times.
See agent across the street"
Poor wording...
"buy Metro Card at all times"
what the heck does that mean?
When headlines go wrong:
Egyptian army blocks streets leading to Presidential Guard House with barbed wires, correspondentthat's it..that is the entire headline on Breaking News site.
Leaving us to wonder...who was the correspondent?
Lo tech very effective mosquito repellent....
A fan..oscillating or even box fan.
Obviously this for when you are sitting still outdoors, like on a deck.
But it works.
Would work in a closed room if mosquitoes were present, I should think.
“Mosquitoes are relatively weak fliers,” it says on its Web site, “so placing a large fan on your deck can provide a low-tech solution.” The group says mosquitoes fly slowly — from roughly 1 to 1.5 miles per hour, depending on the species.
Scientists have identified another factor. The breeze from a fan disperses the human emanations that allow female mosquitoes to zero in on us. (The guys are innocent! Honest! Females need the stolen blood for egg making.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/science/a-low-tech-mosquito-deterrent.html?src=me&ref=general
A very effective, cheap remedy for mosquito bites:
dab some mentholatum on the bite. (like Vaporub, generic stuff works fine)
Reapply as needed ( when it starts to itch again). Usually 2-3 applications are all that is needed in one day,
it stops the development of the itch spot, stops itch. Also excellent for fire ant bites, and I would think bee stings, too.
House Republican bill would make all the illegal mortgage tricks ...legal.
Remember the robo-signing?
Remember the stories of people being foreclosed on who had NO outstanding mortgage?
Remember all the people who had legit mortgage problems having to go to court to prove their rights?
Remember the Gov't had to force the banks to stop ripping off homeowners, and the banks STILL continued to rip them off?
This bill would create a MERS like entity that makes it all legal and pre-empts all state/Federal laws on foreclosure.
putting it not in the hands of the federal government, but a private entity. "
Hensarling has already gotten into trouble this year for taking a ski vacation/fundraiser with Wall Street lobbyists, including an official from the American Securitization Forum, just six weeks after getting the Financial Services Committee gavel.
Financial interests donated over $1 million to Hensarling in the last election cycle.
The above is my attempt to summarize some of the bill, but there is a lot more, and I urge anyone who owns a home
or who wants to own a home to read the link.
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/07/house-republican-gse-bill-would-codify-mers-pre-empt-private-property-rights.html
UPDATE:
Here is bill, found on the Finance Committee website...
note the use of the phrases "free market" and "Beaking Down Barriers for Private invesment Capital"
http://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=342165
3 killed, when pickup carrying more than 14 children flipped on Ala. highway.
Not until I read the story did I find:
Alabama in one of 19 states in the nation that has no restrictions on passengers riding in cargo areas of pickups.
19!!!!!!
Plus the pickup was speeding at more than 65 mph ( 50 is highway limit)
apparently blew a tire, flipped 4 times, then caught fire.
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/07/two_killed_nine_injured_in_us.html#incart_m-rpt-2
Is your state one of the 19????
UK soldier and veteran suicides 'outstrip Afghan deaths'
More British soldiers and veterans took their own lives in 2012 than died fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan over the same period.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23259865
Oklahoma City hospital posts surgery prices online; creates bidding war
This a long and VERY important piece of news..WE actually have the power to get our local hospitals to lower prices.
Key takeaway:
“Hospitals are having to match our prices because patients are printing their prices and holding that in one hand and holding a ticket to Oklahoma City in the other hand and asking that hospital to step up,” Dr. Smith said. “So we’re actually causing a deflationary effect on pricing all over the United States.”
http://kfor.com/2013/07/08/okc-hospital-posting-surgery-prices-online/
16 year-old family member arrested for murder of Terry Smith, missing boy in Menifee, California
Hundreds of people have been searching for this poor missing boy, feared lost in extreme heat,
until police found "remains" at or near the home.
Now they say his brother was responsible for his death...Kid's name was Terry Smith.
This is Breaking News...google may have more in a bit.
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