WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday called for more lending to people and small businesses in lower-income neighborhoods, saying they’ve been disproportionately hurt by the recession. Many of the nation’s poorest communities were struggling before the downturn, Bernanke said at aFed conference on community development in Arlington, Va. The recession officially ended [...]
This podcast here is the result of of internet searching on the subject “Afro-Cuban Jazz.” This combination was only made possible by the musicians involved and their unselfish acknowledgement of each others type of music. It was the Bebop era and the start of the Mambo craze, all happening at once. These musicians connected and [...]
Southerners found their emergency safety net shredded Friday as they tried to emerge from the nation’s deadliest tornado disaster since the Great Depression. Emergency buildings are wiped out. Bodies are stored in refrigerated trucks. Authorities are begging for such basics as flashlights. In one neighborhood, the storms even left firefighters to work without a truck. [...]
Most people are open to any suggestions and are even willing to try all different alternative routes, no matter how challenging they are and how counterproductive they could be, in order to change the outcome completely to their favor and accomplish a specific goal that was impossible otherwise. Their are also people who will stand [...]
So he had the power to get this into the public eye and yet resisted until the country’s polity was almost paralyzed with distraction. I know this was an ethically legitimate position after releasing the short-form document proving that he was indeed born in the US. I know it was politically savvy because, by the [...]
The deeply divided UN Security Council failed to agree on a European and US-backed statement condemning Syrian violence against peaceful protesters on Wednesday, with Russia saying security forces were also killed and the actions don’t threaten international peace. “A real threat could arise from outside interference or taking of sides,” Russia’s deputy UN ambassador Alexander [...]
ATLANTA – Severe storms turned deadly as they moved across north Georgia on Wednesday, with reports of people trapped in collapsed buildings and large trees uprooted onto homes. At least two people were reported dead and dozens were injured. In north Georgia’s Catoosa County, rescue crews were trying to free people trapped by wreckage after [...]
The great contemporary architect Frank Gehry has built a reputation by challenging our core beliefs around what buildings should look like, as well as the very role of design. His work is often described as “deconstructivist,” meaning that he reduces his creations to be more of a reflection of the tension that binds atomic elements [...]
Severe storms across the Midwest caused heavy flooding and violent tornadoes, killing 5 in Arkansas and forcing residents in a Missouri town to pack up and flee to higher ground. Arkansas Department of Emergency Management spokesman Tommy Jackson said two people died Monday in the central Arkansas town of Vilonia, where a tornado likely ripped [...]
In a telephone conversation he had informed US President Barack Obama “that Italy has decided to respond positively” to an appeal by the head of the Nato military alliance, Mr Berlusconi said in a statement. “Italy has decided to augment the operational flexibility of its planes through targeted actions against specific military objectives on Libyan [...]
Google acknowledged today that it collects location information from Android devices, but downplayed concerns about privacy by saying the information is not “traceable to a specific user.” That claim, it turns out, depends on the definition of “traceable.” According to detailed records provided to CNET by a security researcher, Android phones regularly connect to Google.com [...]
I just read the most ignorant report ever written, not only about Cuban-American exiles but about ALL Cuban exiles around the world, dead or alive, who left Cuba right after the take over by the Tyrannical Communist Castro regime and/or left during. It contains the most stupid and irresponsible statements, specifically about Cuban-American exiles. Not [...]
Atmospheric scientists trying to pin down how clouds curb the amount of sunlight available to warm the earth have found that it depends on the wavelength of sunlight being measured. This unexpected result will help researchers improve how they portray clouds in climate models. Additionally, the researchers found that sunlight scattered by clouds — the [...]
An apparent tornado ripped through St. Louis’ International Airport Friday, injuring several people and forcing the airport to be closed indefinitely. There was extensive damage to the airport’s busiest terminal, where 40 to 50 percent of glass was blown in, according to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Spokesman Jeff Lea. Mayor Francis Slay said Lambert would [...]
It can be considered to be the main reason why so many people love Cuba and why they are so reluctant of any type of change. Also the main reason why the Castro regime is still in power. It’s the selfishness of the traveler, the vacationer and only because of the beauty the island of [...]
Information for the media Measles outbreaks spread across Europe: European Immunization Week offers chance to promote immunization Copenhagen, 20 April 2011 Thirty countries in WHO’s European Region have reported a marked increase in measles cases, with 6 500 so far in 2011. Epidemiological investigations and genotyping by laboratories confirm exportation of the virus among several [...]
Nearly three months have passed since the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, first saw mass demonstrations against Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, but an exit from the current stalemate is still nowhere in sight. Saleh retains enough support to continue dictating the terms of his eventual political departure to an emboldened yet frustrated opposition. At the same [...]
The White House is floating around a draft executive order that outlines some possible new rules on campaign cash. The order being sent around Capitol Hill would make companies with federal contracts disclose their political contributions. Republicans criticized the action, saying it’s making contract work too political. “No White House should be able to review [...]
Moments later his elder brother, Fidel Castro appeared, walking slowly but steadily supported by aides. The entire hall erupted into thunderous applause. There were chants of “Fidel, Fidel,” and many of the party faithful could be seen in tears. The revolutionary icon made a limited number of public appearances last summer. But this was the [...]
Everybody up and down Miami’s Calle Ocho knew Frank Sturgis. He was the go-to guy if you wanted to sneak anti-Castro guerillas into Cuba. Need a Cuban sugar plantation firebombed? How about military training for African rebels? Sturgis had 30 different fake names, would often disappear for weeks if not months on CIA-sanctioned missions that [...]