The 1st of September marks the anniversary of the opening of the major stage of Libya's Great Man-Made River Project. This incredibly huge and successful water scheme is virtually unknown in the West, yet it rivals and even surpasses all our greatest development projects.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vcTm4XE4EA&feature=player_embedded#at=16

John Corcoran graduated from college and taught high school for 17 years without being able to read, write or spell. 
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updated chart of level of radiation near the nuclear station.

Long lines and mob scenes ensue at stores amid a clamor for iodized salt fueled by rumors of a radioactive cloud from Japan's quake-damaged nuclear plant and the belief that the salt would protect against radiation poisoning.
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In scenes more befitting a poverty-stricken Third World country than the world's third-richest nation, hungry people wrapped themselves in odd scraps of clothing in a futile attempt to keep out the cold in temperatures only just above freezing.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1367019/Japan-earthquake-survivor-holds-dead-mothers-hand-says-final-goodbye.html#ixzz1GsTAg5eQ

Regular Season A1

Classifica aggiornata alla 15ª Giornata - Ritorno		Punti	Partite		Tipo di Risultato						Set		Punti		Quoziente		Squal.
			Vinte	Perse	3·0	3·1	3·2	2·3	1·3	0·3	Vinti	Persi	Fatti	Subiti	Set	Punti
1  Itas Diatec Trentino		69	23	5	13	8	2	2	2	1	75	27	2.418	2.150	2,78	1,12
2  Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo		65	22	6	10	10	2	1	2	3	70	32	2.435	2.135	2,19	1,14
3  Sisley Treviso		59	21	7	9	7	5	1	5	1	70	38	2.569	2.357	1,84	1,09
4  Trenkwalder Modena		59	21	7	9	7	5	1	3	3	68	38	2.475	2.334	1,79	1,06
5  Lube Banca Marche Macerata		57	20	8	8	8	4	1	5	2	67	40	2.461	2.332	1,68	1,06
6  Acqua Paradiso Monza		55	18	10	8	7	3	4	4	2	66	43	2.507	2.418	1,53	1,04
7  CoprAtlantide Piacenza		53	17	11	10	6	1	3	5	3	62	41	2.408	2.261	1,51	1,07
8  Marmi Lanza Verona		44	15	13	7	5	3	2	6	5	55	50	2.376	2.337	1,10	1,02
9  Rpa-Luigibacchi.It Perugia		39	13	15	4	5	4	4	6	5	53	58	2.487	2.499	0,91	1,00
10  Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia		31	10	18	4	3	3	4	5	9	43	63	2.352	2.437	0,68	0,97
11  Prisma Taranto		30	10	18	3	5	2	2	6	10	40	63	2.270	2.424	0,63	0,94
12  Andreoli Latina		24	7	21	3	2	2	5	10	6	41	69	2.393	2.537	0,59	0,94
13  Yoga Forlì		21	6	22	3	2	1	4	5	13	31	70	2.138	2.385	0,44	0,90
14  Esse-ti Carilo Loreto		18	5	23	1	2	2	5	6	12	31	75	2.235	2.492	0,41	0,90
15  Aran Cucine Abruzzo Pineto		6	2	26	1	0	1	1	7	18	15	80	1.864	2.290	0,19	0,81
Legenda
3·0 e 3·1	Vince 3 punti	Criteri di calcolo della classifica: A parità di punti precede la squadra con il maggior numero di incontri vinti In caso di ulteriore parità, precede la squadra con il migliore quoziente Set In caso di ulteriore parità, precede la squadra con il migliore quoziente Punti
3·2	Vince 2 punti
2·3	Vince 1 punto
1·3 e 0·3	Vince 0 punti

0311

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

Alexander Hamilton(1755-1804)

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.

Alexander Hamilton(1755-1804)

The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft.

Gustave Flaubert(1821-1880)

Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.

Jerome K. Jerome(1859-1927)

I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience is only inner vanity.

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)

Israel’s TV channel interviewed two Israeli women of Libyan origin who claimed to be relatives of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, 

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships

http://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2011/718/MDS.pdf

WTI Crude vs. Brent Crude Oil

By Keith Kohl

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Get ready to mark the date on your peak oil calendars.

It's been a long time coming, but Brent crude may finally top the light sweet crude from Texas — known as Western Texas Intermediate — as the global oil benchmark.

Typically, WTI crude from Cushing, Oklahoma, holds a higher price than Brent crude.

The difference is in the quality: the less sulfur, the easier it is to refine the crude into gasoline.

WTI is both lighter and sweeter, containing about 0.24% sulfur. Brent crude has about 0.37% sulfur and is still classified as a sweet crude.

0211

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
Ovid
Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.

Henry James(1843-1916)

The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages.

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Don't shake the sh!t so the smell will not come out.
An old adage
I think the first duty of society is justice.

Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

John F. Kennedy(1917-1963)

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
Dr. Seuss

Bart: I am through with working. Working is for chumps.
Homer: Son, I'm proud of you. I was twice your age before I figured that out. 
The Simpsons 
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Morals are an acquirement, like music, like a foreign language, like piety, poker, paralysis, no man is born with them.

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

XauEur

bp, or not bp?

In 2000 BP,  a group of companies that included Amoco, ARCO and Castrol, unveiled a new global brand with a new mark, a sunburst of green, yellow and white symbolizing dynamic energy in all its forms. It was called the Helios after the sun god of ancient Greece.

In a press release announcing the change, the group said it had decided to retain the BP name because of its recognition around the world and because it stood for the new company’s aspirations: ‘better people, better products, big picture, beyond petroleum.’

The Joy of Stats

0111

Spare the rod spoil the child.
English wisdom
Most amusements only mean trying to win another person's money.

Rudyard Kipling(1865-1936)

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.
Ovid
Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them.

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.

E. M. Forster(1879-1970)

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
Dr. Seuss
Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

A child miseducated is a child lost.

John F. Kennedy(1917-1963)

1210

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

Gustave Flaubert(1821-1880)

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

If something is too hard to do, then it's not worth doing.
Homer Simpson
People only see what they are prepared to see.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

A good heart will, at all times, betray the best head in the world.

Henry Fielding(1707-1754)

Freedom is not the right to live as we please, but the right to find how we ought to live in order to fulfill our potential.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
Ovid
Trying is the first step towards failure. 
Homer Simpson
He who shows himself is not luminous .
 Lao Tzu

phobia's

A-
Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.

Billionaire Triguboff Remakes Australia Dreams

In 1963, Harry Triguboff decided to challenge the Great Australian Dream of owning a house on a quarter-acre block.

“I looked around and I saw cottages everywhere,” the 77- year-old billionaire said of his decision to start building. “I thought it was time they lived in apartments.”

1110

Reality, as usual, beats fiction out of sight.

Joseph Conrad(1857-1924)

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
Herman Melville (1819-1891)
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Brazil votes famous (possibly illiterate)

TV clown Tiririca into Congress .http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/10/04/2010-10-04_brazil_votes_famous_possibly_illiterate_tv_clown_tiririca_into_congress.html