We Know how much of a burden the oil spill on the Gold Coast is going to be for our economy and environment. But check out this next story to see the chaos is causing concern people's health.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/06/09/oil.spill.health.impact/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Drug Raid in Gambi
I never realized that drugs have become a huge problem in Africa. I know how much of a problem it can be in South America and Mexico. But according to this story Mexican drug cartels are leaking into Africa.
Police in Gambia have seized a record haul of Europe-bound cocaine worth hundreds of millions of dollars, a statement from British authorities said Wednesday.
The 2,100 kilograms (4,630 pounds) of cocaine has a street value potentially worth many times higher since it is often diluted with cutting agents.
Gambian police arrested 12 suspects including a citizen of the Netherlands and Venezuelan employees of a Gambian-based fishing company and confiscated arms and cash from suspected warehouses.
The bust -- the largest ever single seizure of cocaine in West Africa -- occurred last Friday in the capital of Banjul, according to SOCA.
In recent years, Colombian and Mexican drug cartels have crossed the Atlantic Ocean and expanded into West Africa, working in tandem with local criminal gangs to carve out a staging area for an assault on the lucrative European market.
Police in Gambia have seized a record haul of Europe-bound cocaine worth hundreds of millions of dollars, a statement from British authorities said Wednesday.
The 2,100 kilograms (4,630 pounds) of cocaine has a street value potentially worth many times higher since it is often diluted with cutting agents.
Gambian police arrested 12 suspects including a citizen of the Netherlands and Venezuelan employees of a Gambian-based fishing company and confiscated arms and cash from suspected warehouses.
The bust -- the largest ever single seizure of cocaine in West Africa -- occurred last Friday in the capital of Banjul, according to SOCA.
In recent years, Colombian and Mexican drug cartels have crossed the Atlantic Ocean and expanded into West Africa, working in tandem with local criminal gangs to carve out a staging area for an assault on the lucrative European market.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Bryce Harper Selected #1- Washington Nationals
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5262217&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
Washington Nationals continue to rebuild after selecting Stephen Strassburg last year they now select Bryce Harper.
Stephen Strassburg is supposed to be a phenomenal pitcher coming up for the nationals. While Harper is going to be a phenomenal corner outfielder/hitter.
If any team needs it, than it would be the nationals. They have been one of the worst baseball teams in baseball for the last couple of years. The only challenge regarding Harper will be signing him to an entry-level contract.
Washington Nationals continue to rebuild after selecting Stephen Strassburg last year they now select Bryce Harper.
Stephen Strassburg is supposed to be a phenomenal pitcher coming up for the nationals. While Harper is going to be a phenomenal corner outfielder/hitter.
If any team needs it, than it would be the nationals. They have been one of the worst baseball teams in baseball for the last couple of years. The only challenge regarding Harper will be signing him to an entry-level contract.
Police report reveals new details in Peru murder case
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/07/peru.murder.case/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
This guy is the luckiest man in the world considering that he wasn't convicted in Aruba for killing that young girl. It just shows that murderers are hungry until they get caught for a crime.
In this story Jordan Van Dur Sloot is accused of murdering a young Peruvian woman. According to police reports Stephany Flores' was discovered in his hotel room murdered. Right now he is just being held as a suspect in the crime.
But one can only hope that justice is served for this young woman unlike Natalee Holloway.
This guy is the luckiest man in the world considering that he wasn't convicted in Aruba for killing that young girl. It just shows that murderers are hungry until they get caught for a crime.
In this story Jordan Van Dur Sloot is accused of murdering a young Peruvian woman. According to police reports Stephany Flores' was discovered in his hotel room murdered. Right now he is just being held as a suspect in the crime.
But one can only hope that justice is served for this young woman unlike Natalee Holloway.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
net neutrality updated 2
I'm in favor of net neutrality, but it seems as though the FCC is going to have a difficult time in classifying a regulatory body or law on this topic. Strong opinions by those who favor net neutrality would like to see Internet service providers such as Comcast and Verizon to be reclassified from a broadband to a Title II communications service.
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· Not having Net Nuetrality would create a monopoly around the Internet service providers. There is speculation that providers will start to launch their own websites and search engines to compete with Yahoo and Google. Or sign Contracts with these companies for faster service and traffic speeds. The major concern is that these service providers will slow down their competition in order to get consumers to visit their own websites or websites of their clients first.
The FCC needs to respond immediately regarding this problem. Our society depends on the Internet to break through new initiatives in life and technology. Internet service providers already make enough money from their consumers. It's not fair for the web to be treated as a marketplace that discriminates against small business owners and favors traditional giants and conglomerates. Smalltime websites from local business owners will be hurt from this move and the only people that will benefit from this will be Internet service providers which already have a huge revenue base.
The FCC needs to respond immediately regarding this problem. Our society depends on the Internet to break through new initiatives in life and technology. Internet service providers already make enough money from their consumers. It's not fair for the web to be treated as a marketplace that discriminates against small business owners and favors traditional giants and conglomerates. Smalltime websites from local business owners will be hurt from this move and the only people that will benefit from this will be Internet service providers which already have a huge revenue base.
Websites like YouTube and Facebook might never have launched to be giants if this was in effect during the launching of their websites. Imagine the amount costs that they would've had to pay Internet service providers for all the traffic that was generated on their site. Society in particular will be hurt by this move.
net neutrality updated
still researching. Interesting article.
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/45409
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/45409
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