Bailout-Sinks! « TheWritersCafe.org

Bailout-Sinks! « TheWritersCafe.org: "Paulson’s deliberations come amid indications that the passage and signing by President George Bush of the massive market intervention bill did little to immediately improve the credit crunch.

Mohamed Erian, co-chief executive of the giant asset management firm Pimco, told the newspaper that short-term credit trading for anyone other than the federal government remained at a “virtually nonexistent level” Friday, saying, “While constituting a necessary condition, the rescue package is not sufficient to radically counter the immediate disruptions.”"

Torah Umadda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Torah Umadda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Firstly, along with the Haredi community, the ideology demands adherence to the halakha; however it is not insistent that strictures (chumras) are normative, rather, these are a matter of personal choice[11] (see 2.1 and 4.1 under Modern Orthodox Judaism). Secondly, relative to the Haredi community - but less so than in non-orthodox communities - women are starting to play a public role within the community,[12][13] (in roles other than strictly religious).[14] Thirdly, the movement will engage with the broader Jewish community, as discussed below, and with the secular world, as opposed to the Haredi approach of minimising such contact."

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Pulitzer Photographer Exhibits in Gettysburg

Pulitzer Photographer Exhibits in Gettysburg: "With a Pulitzer Prize, a Robert Capa Gold Medal, more Pictures of the Year International awards than one can count and three National Press Photographers Association Photojournalist of the Year awards, there is no doubt that both Cole’s peers and audience find her photographs to be especially powerful for conveying a particular moment in time and history.

In 2003, Cole went to Liberia, as rebels surrounded that country’s capital, Monrovia. It was there that she would earn the 2004 Pulitzer Prize, ". . . for her cohesive, behind-the-scenes look at the effects of civil war in Liberia, with special attention to innocent citizens caught in the conflict.""

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Pulitzer Photographer Exhibits in Gettysburg

Pulitzer Photographer Exhibits in Gettysburg: "With a Pulitzer Prize, a Robert Capa Gold Medal, more Pictures of the Year International awards than one can count and three National Press Photographers Association Photojournalist of the Year awards, there is no doubt that both Cole’s peers and audience find her photographs to be especially powerful for conveying a particular moment in time and history.

In 2003, Cole went to Liberia, as rebels surrounded that country’s capital, Monrovia. It was there that she would earn the 2004 Pulitzer Prize, ". . . for her cohesive, behind-the-scenes look at the effects of civil war in Liberia, with special attention to innocent citizens caught in the conflict.""

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Magnitude 9.0 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Magnitude 9.0 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN: "The total economic loss in Japan was estimated at 309 billion US dollars. Electricity, gas and water supplies, telecommunications and railway service disrupted and several reactors severely damaged at a nuclear power plant near Okuma. Several fires occurred in Chiba and Miyagi. At least 1,800 houses destroyed when a dam failed in Fukushima. Maximum acceleration of 2.93 g recorded at Tsukidate. Horizontal displacement and subsidence observed. Landslides occurred in Miyagi. Liquefaction observed at Chiba, Odaiba, Tokyo and Urayasu. The tsunami destroyed or severely damaged many coastal towns in the Kuji-Minamisanriku-Nami area."