Archive for September 4th, 2010

Bad News on Jobs Ahead of Labor Day

The so-called “Recovery Summer” has come and passed without any such recovery, and the Obama administration recognizes that much more action must be taken to restore the 8.4 million jobs shed since the downturn. The president says he’ll present new ideas on Monday.















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Brendan Fraser to Make Debut on Braodway
Actor to star in West End smash ‘Elling’ Victoria Fitzgerald Star of The Mummy films, actor Brendan Fraser , will make his debut on Broadway in the forthcoming theatre comedy Elling , ABC News has reported. The actor will act alongside Denis O’Gare, Jennifer Coolidge, and Richard Easton, the play’s producers revealed on Thursday.

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From what’s been released so far. Crude cut-and-paste job below… CBS THE BIG BANG THEORY “The Robotic… Full story at The Live Feed

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Labor Day travelers contend with Hurricane Earl

Hollywood Hamels Stars Again
Phillies lefty holds potent Brewers lineup at bay in 1-0 win. Philadelphia Phillies – Milwaukee Brewers – sport – Baseball – Major League

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Labor Day travelers contend with Hurricane Earl
Hurricane Earl’s whipping winds are adding a wrinkle to an already busy three-day weekend where more than 34 million people are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home.

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WEATHER: Severe temperature dip expected in wake of storm

People rescued from rip currents at the shore
A little boy and two adults had to be rescued from a powerful rip current on Wednesday in Sea Isle City.

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WEATHER: Severe temperature dip expected in wake of storm
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Temperatures in the Northeast are expected to drop as much as 30 degrees in the wake of Hurricane Earl.

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Weather Report : Jaco’s back in HD

Weather Report was an influential American jazz band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Josef “Joe” Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter (and, initially, by Czech bass player Miroslav Vitouš). Other prominent members at various points in the band’s lifespan included Jaco Pastorius, Peter Erskine, Alphonso Johnson, Airto Moreira and Chester Thompson. Alongside Chick Corea’s Return to Forever, Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, the Pat Metheny Group and the early 1970s Miles Davis electric bands, Weather Report is considered to be one of the pre-eminent jazz fusion bands, although the band members themselves disdained the term. As a continuous working unit, Weather Report outlasted all of its contemporaries despite frequent changes of personnel, with a career lasting sixteen years between 1970 and 1986 First phase (from free to funk) [edit] Inception and formation Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter first met and became friends in 1959 while they were playing in Maynard Ferguson’s Big Band. Zawinul went on to play with Cannonball Adderley’s group in the 1960s, while Shorter joined Miles Davis’s second great quintet. During this decade, both men made names for themselves as being among the best composers in jazz. Zawinul would later join Shorter in contributing to the initial fusion music recordings of Miles Davis, and both men were part of the studio groups which recorded the key Davis albums …

New Orleans Saints reportedly release tailback Ladell Betts

BYU strikes unprecedented deals with ESPN, Notre Dame
Facing an army of reporters and a sea of cameras isn’t something BYU coaching legend LaVell Edwards does much anymore, considering he’s been retired for 10 years.

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New Orleans Saints reportedly release tailback Ladell Betts
Veteran was trying to come back from 2009 knee surgery

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Sam Harris – Misconceptions About Atheism

Complete video at: fora.tv Author Sam Harris addresses what he feels are several commonly-held misconceptions about atheism. —– “Believing the Unbelievable: The Clash Between Faith and Reason in the Modern World” with Sam Harris speaking at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival. Some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers and other leaders drawn from myriad fields and from across the country and around the world all gathered in a single place – to teach, speak, lead, question, and answer at the 2006 Aspen Ideas Festival. Throughout the week, they all interacted with an audience of thoughtful people who stepped back from their day-to-day routines to delve deeply into a world of ideas, thought, and discussion. Sam Harris is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation. The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction. Mr. Harris’ writing has been published in over ten languages. He and his work have been discussed in Newsweek, TIME, US News and World Report, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, The Economist, The Guardian, The Independent, The International Herald Tribune, Der Spiegel, The Globe and Mail, New Scientist, Wired, SEED Magazine, and many other journals. Mr. Harris makes regular appearances on television and radio to talk about the danger that religion now …

Earl Bears Down on New England, Weakens to Tropical Storm

Earl, now packing 70 mph winds, dumps rain on cottages and fishing villages of Massachusetts’ Cape Cod, disrupting vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer. | |

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