Wednesday, January 4, 2012

USA: Not Just Fudge, Cocoa Village, Florida

The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.

The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.

The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.

The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.

The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seatle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer.

Text by Steve Smith.

Source: http://www.360cities.net/image/not-just-fudge-cocoa-village-florida

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Rams fire head coach Spagnuolo, GM Devaney

St. Louis, MO (Best E Casino) - The St. Louis Rams have fired head coach Steve Spagnuolo after three disappointing seasons.

In addition to Spagnuolo, general manager Billy Devaney was also dismissed. The moves came one day after the Rams completed a dismal 2-14 campaign.

"I had the privilege of working side by side with each of them over the past three years and really enjoyed every minute," said Rams chief operation officer Kevin Demoff. "They were good people who unfortunately got the wrong results, so today we seeks a new direction."

Spagnuolo finished his brief tenure with a mark of 10-38. The Rams were 1-15 in his first year, then took a big step forward at 7-9 in 2010 before regressing this season.

This year's team was expected to contend in the NFC West, but started with six straight losses and never recovered. The Rams' lone wins came against New Orleans and Cleveland in a three-week span, and they finished the year with a seven-game losing streak.

"This was a difficult decision for many reasons. We have tremendous respect for Steve and Billy as people and football professionals," Rams owner Stan Kroenke said in a statement.

"No one individual is to blame for this disappointing season and we all must hold ourselves accountable. However, we believe it's in the best interest of the St. Louis Rams to make theses changes as we continue our quest to build a team that consistently competes for playoffs and championships."

Spagnuolo was named the Rams coach in January 2009 after spending two years as defensive coordinator for the Giants. He helped New York to a Super Bowl title after the 2007 season and could again draw interest from teams looking for a defensive coordinator.

Devaney had been the club's general manager since December 2008 when he was promoted from his position as vice president of player personnel.

Source: http://www.bestecasino.com/news/sports_betting/950290.html

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Oil could hit $200 a barrel under new sanctions: Iran

World oil prices could soar to $200 per barrel if Iran's petroleum sector is hit with new Western sanctions, Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi told Saturday's edition of a news weekly, Aseman.

"There is no doubt that the price of oil will increase drastically and the international markets will have to pay a heavy price," Qasemi was quoted as saying.

"One can't give accurate predictions, but sanctions on Iran's oil will drive up the price of oil to at least 200 dollar" per barrel, he said.

Qasemi comments comes as the European Union was considering a possible EU embargo on Iranian oil imports. EU foreign ministers are to meet on the issue in a month's time.

US President Barack Obama is also expected to soon sign into law additional restrictions on Iran's central bank, which acts as the main conduit for Iranian oil sales.

The United States and its allies have already imposed unilateral sanctions on Iran's economy.

World oil prices slipped slightly in end-of-year trading, but still remained generally high because of the heightened tensions between the United States and Iran.

Brent North Sea crude was at $107.02 per barrel in London, while New York's main contract, light sweet West Texas Intermediate crude, was at $98.99 a barrel.

Iran on Saturday kept concern alive over its threat to close the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers by readying war game missile tests near the entrance to the Gulf.

Twenty percent of the world's oil moves through the Strait of Hormuz, at the entrance of the Gulf, making it the "most important chokepoint" globally, according to information released Friday by the US Energy Information Administration.

Iran is subject to four rounds of UN sanctions over its nuclear programme, which many Western countries allege is being used to develop atomic weapons. Tehran denies the allegation.

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Source: http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbusiness/8397140/oil-could-hit-200-a-barrel-under-new-sanctions-iran

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Monday, January 2, 2012

WTOL11 Your Community seeking Community Bloggers

WTOL11 Your? Community is currently seeking community members who want to get involved in? their community sites.?

You don?t have to be an accomplished journalist or popular blogger to contribute; you just have to know of something happening in your area.

Here are some examples of what community bloggers could write:

Review a local eatery ? Whether it's your favorite caf? or a restaurant you've never tried before, people love to read about places to eat and drink.? Snap some cell phone pictures and write about what the eatery has to offer.?

Cover an event ? Local charity events, farmers markets, festivals, or anything going on in the community make for great stories.? Try writing a preview of the event beforehand, then write about what happened at the event after word.

Write about what you know ? Writing about something you're passionate about is a great way to produce interesting content.? For example, if you play golf regularly, you could highlight local golf courses.?

Cover a local sporting event ? Head out to a high school sporting event, take a few pictures, and write up the highlights.? You could event conduct an interview with a player or coach an include quotes in the story.

Post some photos ? Not all blog posts have to be news articles.? Take some interesting photos of something going on in your neighborhood and include a few sentences about it.?

Visit an area attraction ? Check out something in your area, and tell people what they can expect to find there. ?It could be a museum, historical site, park, or any other public place people might be interested in visiting.

Of course, these are just a few ideas.? We are open to any story in our communities.? For information on how to become a Community Blogger and publish stories to WTOL 11 Your Community, email Communities@wtol.com.

Source: http://westtoledo.wtol.com/news/news/75309-wtol11-your-community-seeking-community-bloggers

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Sunday, January 1, 2012

China reports suspected human bird flu case (Reuters)

HONG KONG (Reuters) ? China has reported a suspected human case of the H5N1 virus, or bird flu, in a southern city bordering Hong Kong, officials said on Friday.

The patient, a 39-year-old man living in Shenzhen, developed symptoms on December 21 and was admitted to a hospital on December 25 because of severe pneumonia, the Centre of Health Protection of Hong Kong said in a statement. He is now in critical condition.

China's Ministry of Health said preliminary laboratory tests on the patient's specimen by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of Guangdong Province had yielded a positive result for H5N1.

About 10 days ago Hong Kong culled 17,000 chickens at a wholesale poultry market and suspended all imports of live chickens from mainland China for 21 days after a dead chicken there tested positive for the H5N1 virus.

The virus is normally found in birds but can jump to people who do not have immunity to it and researchers worry it could mutate into a form that would spread around the world and kill millions of people.

In recent years, the virus has become active in various parts of the world, mainly in east Asia, during the cooler months.

Authorities in China are especially worried about the spread of infectious diseases around this time when millions of Chinese travel in crowded buses and trains across the country to go home to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

The current strain of H5N1 is highly pathogenic, kills most species of birds and up to 60 percent of the people it infects. Since 2003, it has infected 573 people around the world, killing 336. The virus also kills migratory birds but species that manage to survive can carry and disperse the virus to new, uninfected locations.

The virus can kill birds and humans in a matter of days but can survive far longer durations in a moist, cool environment.

It transmits less easily between people but there have been clusters of infections in people in Indonesia and Thailand in the past, where the virus is believed to have been passed between family members through direct contact with contaminated respiratory secretions.

(Reporting by Alison Leung; Editing by Alessandra Rizzo)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111230/hl_nm/us_china_birdflu

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Ethiopia troops enter Somalia, control border town (AP)

NAIROBI, Kenya ? A resident and a military officer say Ethiopian troops have entered a border town in Somalia in what would be a third front against al-Shabab militants.

Resident Mohammed Abdi said hundreds of residents fled the border town of Beledweyne on Saturday after hundreds of Ethiopian and Somali troops moved in.

Capt. Hashi Nor of the Somali military confirmed that Somali and Ethiopian troops had moved in.

The movement appears to be a third front against al-Shabab, Somalia's strongest militant group. Kenyan troops are fighting al-Shabab in Somalia's south, and African Union troops in Mogadishu have mostly pushed al-Shabab fighters out of the capital.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111231/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia_ethiopia

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