July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. It is, on average, the warmest month in most of the Northern hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer) and the coldest month in much of the Southern hemisphere. The second half of the year commences in July.
July was renamed for Julius Caesar, who was born in that month. Previously, it was called Quintilis in Latin, since it was the fifth month in the ancient Roman calendar, before January became the first month of the calendar year (the year when displayed as twelve months in order) during the time of the decemvirs about 450 BC. In the ancient Roman calendar the ides of July fell on the 15th day of the month.
Dog Days
The phrase Dog Days or "the dog days of summer", refers to the hottest, most sultry days of summer. In the northern hemisphere they usually fall between early July and early September whilst in the Southern hemisphere they are usually between January and early March. The actual dates vary greatly from region to region, depending on latitude and climate. Dog Days can also define a time period or event that is very hot or stagnant, or marked by dull lack of progress.
The term "Dog Days" was used by the Greeks, as well as the ancient Romans (who called these days caniculares dies (days of the dogs)) after Sirius (the "Dog Star", in Latin Canicula), the brightest star in the heavens besides the Sun. The dog days of summer are also called canicular days. The Dog Days originally were the days when Sirius, the Dog Star, rose just before or at the same time as sunrise (heliacal rising), which is no longer true, owing to precession of the equinoxes. The ancients sacrificed a brown dog at the beginning of the Dog Days to appease the rage of Sirius, believing that the star was the cause of the hot, sultry weather.
July 1, 2009, Release of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
July 1, 2009, Release of Public Enemies.
July 1, 2009, Release of Public Enemies.
Public Enemies is a 2009 film directed by Michael Mann, an adaptation of Bryan Burrough's non-fiction book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34. The crime drama is set during the Great Depression with the focus on the FBI agent Melvin Purvis's attempt to stop criminals John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd. Christian Bale plays FBI agent Purvis, Johnny Depp plays Dillinger.
July 1, 2009, TerreStar-1, the largest commercial telecommunication satellite ever built, is successfully launched. (spaceflightnow.com )
July 1, 2009, The European Union declares Ireland free of Brucellosis/Malta Fever , a disease which cost the country millions of euro to eradicate. (RTÉ)
July 1, 2009, Officials in Comoros confirm that one passenger from Yemenia Flight 626, a 14-year-old girl, has been found alive. (BBC)
July 1, 2009, The Met Office issues a level-3 heatwave alert across London and the South East of England for the first time since June 2006. (BBC)
July 2, 2009, The United States armed forces claim to have launched what they term "a major offensive against the Taliban" in Helmand. (BBC)
July 2, 2009, Amnesty International details Israeli 'war crimes' in Gaza. (BBC)
July 2, 2009, A 148-year old colonial law banning homosexual intercourse in India is overturned by the High Court in New Delhi. (BBC)
July 2, 2009, The South Korean Defence Ministry says North Korea has fired three missiles off its east coast. (AFP)
July 2, 2009, Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano is elected as Director General for the International Atomic Energy Agency. (AP via The Washington Post)
July 2, 2009, The first vaccine for H1N1 swine flue virus strain has been made by Novartis in Marburg, Germany. (BBC)
July 2, 2009, Japanese scientists intend to breed super-tuna to meet demands for the fish. (The Daily Telegraph)
July 2, 2009, A Royal Air Force plane crashes in a rural area of Scotland, the United Kingdom. (The Guardian)
July 3, 2009, "Humans entering new stage of human evolution" says Stephen Hawking(Daily)
July 3, 2009, Michael Jackson "King of Pop" too be buried in Gold Plated Casket.(Telegraph)
Prometheus/Light-bearer/Lucifer
July 3, 2009, The Great Bubble Machine(Rollingstones).
"In Rolling Stone Issue 1082-83, Matt Taibbi takes on "the Wall Street Bubble Mafia" — investment bank Goldman Sachs. The piece has generated controversy, with Goldman Sachs firing back that Taibbi's piece is "an hysterical compilation of conspiracy theories" and a spokesman adding, "We reject the assertion that we are inflators of bubbles and profiteers in busts, and we are painfully conscious of the importance in being a force for good." Taibbi shot back: "Goldman has its alumni pushing its views from the pulpit of the U.S. Treasury, the NYSE, the World Bank, and numerous other important posts; it also has former players fronting major TV shows. They have the ear of the president if they want it." Here, now, are excerpts from Matt Taibbi's piece and video of Taibbi exploring the key issues."
Article from Rolling Stone magazine that examines the interconnectedness of big banking firms and the government by giving specific names of officials playing both sides. Of all the articles I have read about the bailout this might be the most comprehensive. It is not too technical but it definitly sparked interest for me to read more ("Web of Debt" Ellen Hodgson Brown).
July 3, 2009, Sarah Palin announces she will resign from her Governor position on July 26, 2009.
July 3, 2009, Georgia freemasons at loggerheads over admission of black man to lodge(UTV)July 3, 2009, John Demjanjuk is declared fit to stand trial for assisting in the deaths of 29,000 Jews in Treblinka extermination camp. (RTÉ)
July 3, 2009, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Burma, meeting junta leader Senior General Than Shwe and calling for the release of political prisoners. (BBC)
July 3, 2009, Two Iranian staff working for the British embassy in Tehran will face trial over allegedly inciting protests. (BBC)
July 3, 2009, Three dinosaur species—Australovenator wintonensis, Wintonotitan wattsi and Diamantinasaurus matildae— have been discovered in Australia. (BBC)
July 3, 2009, North Korea broadcasts its first ever beer commercial, for Taedonggang beer. (BBC) (The Los Angeles Times)
July 3, 2009, Two more people die in Viareggio, Italy following the train explosion, bringing the death toll to 21. (RTÉ)
July 3, 2009, A fire breaks out in the Lakanal House, a 12 storey building in Camberwell, south London, two children die. (BBC)
July 3, 2009, Russia opens a route for the United States to fly arms to Afghanistan. (The New York Times)
July 3, 2009, Thirteen people are injured after the Paris to Cahors train derails near Limoges, France. (RTÉ)
July 3, 2009, North Korea test fires seven more missiles into the Sea of Japan. (The Daily Telegraph)
July 4, 2009, Independence Day in the United States.
July 4, 2009, Statue Liberty(Moon) reopens her Crown.
July 4, 2009, Joey chest Nut wins hotdog eating contest in Coney Island.(Huffpost)
July 4, 2009, Former NFL QB and MVP Steve "Air" McNair a "Que Dog" is found shot too Death, and concluded as murder-suicide committed by his girlfriend.(ESPN).
July 4, 2009, Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali calls on homosexuals to "repent and be changed" and says the Church of England will not be "rolled over by culture". (The Daily Telegraph)
July 4, 2009,Torrential rain forces over 150,000 people from their homes, topples hundreds of houses and punches a hole in the spillway of a dam in southern China. (IOL)
July 4, 2009, Music entrepreneur Allen Klein, who managed both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in the 1960s, dies in New York aged 77 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. (BBC)
July 5, 2009, Biden on Economy
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July 5, 2009, Monorail crash at Disney Land leaves One Dead(Huffpost).
July 5, 2009, Vatican runs Deficit amid Global Economic Crisis(Huffpost).
July 5, 2009, Premiere of Television Series Torchwood.
July 6, 2009, The Sun Has Spots, Finally.
July 6, 2009, South Africa's new "Hawks"(Horus/Phoenix) serious crime squad begins work six months after its "Scorpions" predecessor was disbanded amid claims of political bias. (BBC)
July 6, 2009, Henry Kissinger says "Obama is like a chess player"(ABC)
July 6, 2009, United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agree on cutting their nuclear warheads and cooperate on military action in Afghanistan. (The Guardian)
July 6, 2009, Bolivian drug enforcement officials raid what they call the biggest cocaine(Rx) laboratory ever found in their country. (BBC)
July 6, 2009, Iran says it will hold the US responsible for any Israeli attack against their country, in response to US Vice President Joe Biden's claim that the US will not interfere in an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. (Al Jazeera)
July 6, 2009, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges the Organization of American States to restore constitutional order in Honduras following the coup. (AFP)
July 7, 2009, Release of Forever Sickest Kids Album: Underdog Alma Mater
July 7, 2009, Release of Blacksummers Night Album by Maxwell.
July 7, 2009, The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announces the discovery of a new monkey in a remote region of the Amazon in Brazil.(Sciencedaily)
July 7, 2009, Pope calls for "world political authority"(Reuters)
July 7, 2009, A public memorial for Michael Jackson takes place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, with over 17,000 viewing in Los Angeles, and millions more viewing around the world. (AP via Google News)
Closing statement given by Paris Jackson.
July 7, 2009, On day one of his two-day visit to Ireland, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets President Mary McAleese, lunches with Taoiseach Brian Cowen, discusses climate change with Environment Minister and Green Party leader John Gormley and says no effort will be spared in securing the release of aid worker Sharon Commins, kidnapped in Sudan. (RTÉ)
July 7, 2009, Police shoot dead the Cherokee County serial killer, identified as Patrick Tracy Burris, after he fired several times at the police. (BBC)
July 7, 2009, A £1m permanent memorial to the victims of the July 7, 2005 London bombings is unveiled in the city's Hyde Park. (BBC)
July 7, 2009, The United Nations Security Council condemns the recent missile launches by North Korea. (Xinhua)
July 8, 2009, 350 Dogs seized in biggest Dogfighting ring in United States history(Huffpost)
July 8, 2009, Oscar Meyer Dies(Huffpost).
July 8, 2009, Media Moguls meet at Sun Valley for Conference.(Fox)
July 8, 2009, Obamas touched down in Rome on Wednesday so Papa President could attend The 35th G8 Summit begins in L'Aquila(Eagle/Phoenix), Italy. (CNN)
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines (the crown group of the superorder Chelonia)
July 8, 2009, President Barack Obama is choosing an influential scientist who helped unravel the human genetic code and is known for finding common ground between belief in God and science to head the National Institutes of Health.(Huffpost)
July 8, 2009, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il makes a rare public appearance in celebrating his father's 15th death anniversary. (BBC)
July 8, 2009, Debris and bodies from the plane that crashed off the Comoros(Moon) in the Indian Ocean wash up on Mafia Island, Tanzania. (BBC)
July 8, 2009, 4 Rio Tinto executives accused of espionage are detained by Chinese Authorities amid iron ore negotiations. (News.com.au)
July 8, 2009, Undercover investigators smuggle bomb-making materials into government buildings in the United States, assembling bombs within, on ten occasions. (BBC)
July 8, 2009, The Guardian claims its rival English newspaper, the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World tabloid, paid £1 million in court costs after its journalists were accused of involvement in phone tapping celebrities and politicians. (BBC)
July 8, 2009, It is claimed that the drug rapamycin(Rx), discovered in the soil of Easter Island in the 1970s, may help to fight the ageing process(Evolution). (BBC)
July 9, 2009, Iraq: ancient Babylon archaeological site damaged by military activity(UN)
July 9, 2009, Mayan Headdress/ Crown Chakra.(CropCircle)
July 9,2009, Prince Charles: next generation faces 'living hell' unless climate change tackled(Telegraph)
July 9, 2009, US worker dies in chocolate vat.
July 9, 2009, A magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Yunnan province, China killing one person and destroying over 10,000 homes. BBC
July 9, 2009, The death toll from a mass poisoning involving home-brewed alcohol in Gujarat, India rises to 71. (RTÉ)
July 9, 2009, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says G8 action on climate change is "not good enough". (BBC)
July 9, 2009, Drug-related killings in Mexico on course to top last year's numbers(CNN)
July 9, 2009, Portrait of Jackson's pill consumption emerges(CNN)
July 9, 2009, Statue of Liberty replica decapitated(Cloverfield/Escape from New York) on YouTube(CNN)
July 9, 2009, President Barack Obama gets football jersey, and maybe a dig, from Brazil.(Telegraph)
July 10, 2009, Release of Bruno.
Brüno is a mockumentary comedy film slated for release on July 10, 2009.[1] It is produced by, cowritten by, and stars Sacha Baron Cohen as the eponymous flamboyant gay Austrian fashion journalist. This film is the third based on characters from Da Ali G Show, following Ali G Indahouse and Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
July 10, 2009, Release of I Love You Beth Cooper.
Nerdy Buffalo Grove High School valedictorian Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) proclaims his love for the most popular girl in school – Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere) – during his graduation speech. Much to his surprise, Beth shows up at his door that very night and decides to show him the best night of his life.
July 10, 2009, Nikola Tesla Birthday.
July 10, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican.(Examiner)
July 10, 2009, Barack visits Ghana after G8 Summit.(Bourse)
July 10, 2009, One person is killed by a bull, the first such fatality in 14 years, during the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. (The Times)
July 10, 2009, Automaker General Motors emerges from bankruptcy protection after 40 days under court supervision. (AP via Yahoo)
July 10, 2009, Couple who adopted 12 children slain.(CNN)
July 10, 2009, Phoenixville, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia man has agreed to take anger management classes for blaring a pornographic soundtrack to chase away kids playing outside his home.(Huffpost)
July 10, 2009, PHOENIX — British Airways is flying a team of engineers from London to Phoenix to inspect a Boeing 747 that filled with smoke before takeoff, forcing hundreds of passengers to escape on the plane's emergency slides.(BBC)
July 10, 2009, President Barack Obama has landed in Ghana on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa.(Huffpost)
July 11, 2009, The launch of US shuttle Endeavour is to be further delayed after a thunderstorm around Cape Canaveral, Nasa officials say.(BBC)
July 11, 2009, Medvedev Shows Off Sample Coin of New ‘World Currency’ at G-8(Bloomberg)
July 11, 2009, United States President Barack Obama addresses the Ghanaian parliament. (Al Jazeera)
July 12, 2009, Orange Walk Day
Orange walks are a series of parades held annually by members of the Orange Order during the summer in Northern Ireland, to a lesser extent in Scotland, and occasionally in England, the Republic of Ireland, and throughout the Commonwealth. These typically build up to the 12th of July celebrations which mark Prince William of Orange's victory over King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Although the term 'march' or 'parade' is widely used in the media, the Order prefers terms such as 'walk' or 'demonstration'.
July 12, 2009, Countries in the Middle East are taking precautionary measures to control the spread of H1N1 during and after the Hajj, where several million Muslims from all over the world will arrive in Mecca for the annual pilgrimage in late November. (IRIN)
July 12, 2009, Five people are killed and several injured in India after a bridge being constructed for the Delhi Metro collapses. (Indian Express)
July 12, 2009, A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Puno Region in southern Peru with epicenter near Juliaca. (CBS)
July 12, 2009, Kidnapped Italian Red Cross volunteer Eugenio Vagni is freed by Abu Sayyaf. (The Philippine Star)
July 12, 2009, Head of the CIA Leon Panetta is said to have accused former United States Vice President Dick Cheney of hiding an intelligence program from Congress. (CNN)
July 13, 2009, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria sign an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the Nabucco natural gas pipeline. (BBC News)
July 13, 2009, Greek police use bulldozers to completely clear a sprawling migrant camp that had been in place in the port town of Patras for over a decade. (Sky News)
July 13, 2009, The United Kingdom halts some arms sales to Israel following the Gaza conflict. (The Times)
July 13, 2009, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev makes his first visit to South Ossetia. (RIA Novosti)
July 13, 2009, John Demjanjuk is charged with 27,900 counts of accessory to murder in World War Two at a court in Germany. (Deutsche Welle)
July 13, 2009, Steven Rattner, head of the Obama administration's auto task force, is leaving that post and will be replaced by former steelworkers official Ron Bloom.(HuffPost)
July 13, 2009, President Obama announced Monday his choice for surgeon general -- Dr. Regina Benjamin, a 52-year-old family practice doctor who has spent most of her career tending to the needs of poor patients in a Gulf Coast clinic in Alabama.(CNN)
July 13, 2009, Anderson Cooper interviews Obama in castle(CNN)
July 13, 2009, Budget Deficit Tops $1 Trillion for First Time(ABC)
July 13, 2009, Before throwing the first pitch at the 80th All-Star Game in St. Louis Tuesday night, President Obama will star in a video dedicated to honoring 30 Americans recognized by the MLB and People magazine for outstanding community service.
The seven minute video will also feature former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush, speaking about volunteer work. The video is said to mark the first time all living U.S. presidents will participate at a sporting event and will be aired right before Mr. Obama steps on the mound.
Named the "All-Stars Among Us," the video will pay tribute to the people from each of baseball's 30 teams, who have had a significant effect on their communities. (CBS)
July 13, 2009, Prince Fielder wins 2009 Allstar Home-run Derby in Saint Louis @ Busch(Rx) Stadium.
July 14, 2009, 80th Major league Baseball Allstar game. President Obama will throw out the first pitch at this year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 14 in St. Louis, home of the Cardinals.
July 14, 2009, Release of Sick Puppies Album Tripolar
July 14, 2009, The World Health Organization reports that yields for an H1N1 virus vaccine are lower than expected. (CTV)
July 14, 2009, 323 people – 289 Saudis and 41 foreigners – are sentenced at a court in Saudi Arabia for links to anti-government groups. (Al Jazeera)
July 14, 2009, Talks on immigration between the United States and Cuba, suspended since 2003, will resume. (BBC)
July 14, 2009, Michael Jackson fire accident while filming 1984 Pepsi Commercial is released(Huffpost).
Shriner/Masonry
July 15, 2009, Russian engineers broke a red wax seal and six men emerged from a metal hatch after 105 days of isolation in a mock spacecraft, still smiling after testing the stresses that space travelers may face on the journey to Mars.(Huffpost)
July 15, 2009, Caspian Airlines Flight 7908, flying from Tehran to Yerevan, Armenia with 153 passengers and 15 crew members on board, crashes in Iran shortly after takeoff. (BBC)
July 15, 2009, A 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off South Island, New Zealand, generating brief fears of a small tsunami. (Associated Press)
July 15, 2009, China's foreign exchange reserves have reached a record of US$ 2.13 trillion, which is more than twice the size of Japan's—the second-biggest holder. (BBC)
July 15, 2009, Two people are killed and five are injured with an explosion at a Total petrochemicals plant in Carling, France. (France 24)
July 15, 2009, Claiming they needed to learn how to reduce stress because of a growing number of death threats being made against them, nearly 700 executives from the Social Security Administration (SSA) gathered for a lavish three-day conference in Phoenix, AZ last week, costing taxpayers about $700,000.(ABC)
July 15, 2009, Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, the world's oldest new mother, is announced to have died of cancer aged 69, three years after giving birth. (BBC)
July 15, 2009, A group of soldiers who took part in Israel's assault in Gaza say widespread abuses were committed against civilians under "permissive" rules of engagement. (BBC)
July 15, 2009, Chansa Kabwela, editor of Zambia's biggest-selling newspaper The Post, is charged with distributing obscene materials relating to a health sector crisis. (BBC)
July 15, 2009, The British government opts not to end the Common Travel Area between the United Kingdom and Ireland. (BBC
July 15, 2009, Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-127 to the International Space Station. (BBC)
July 15, 2009, Release of Harry Potter: Half Blood Prince
In December 2007, Warner Bros. released its official plot summary: Emboldened by the return of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters are wreaking havoc in both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that new dangers may lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. He needs Harry to help him uncover a vital key to unlocking Voldemort's defenses critical information known only to Hogwarts' former Potions Professor, Horace Slughorn. With that in mind, Dumbledore manipulates his old colleague into returning to his previous post with promises of more money, a bigger office and the chance to teach the famous Harry Potter. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry's long friendship with Ginny Weasley is growing into something deeper, but standing in the way is Ginny's boyfriend, Dean Thomas, not to mention her big brother Ron. But Ron's got romantic entanglements of his own to worry about, with Lavender Brown lavishing her affections on him, leaving Hermione simmering with jealousy yet determined not to show her feelings. And then a box of love potion-laced chocolates ends up in the wrong hands and changes everything. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof with far more important matters on his mind. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.
—Warner Bros.
July 16, 2009, China's GDP grows 7.9% year by year in the second quarter of 2009, somewhat higher than expected despite the global economic crisis. (Xinhua)
July 16, 2009, A United Nations Security Council committee imposes further sanctions on North Korea. (BBC)
July 16, 2009, Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and Vice President of Iran, resigns for unknown reasons. (ISNA)
July 16, 2009, Iceland votes by a narrow majority to set in motion an application to join the European Union, after five days of debate. (Al Jazeera)
July 16, 2009, The Holy See acknowledges Oscar Wilde as a "lucid analyst of the modern world", softening its hardline stance against the poet. (The Daily Telegraph)
July 16, 2009, Chinese athletes withdraw from the opening ceremony of the World Games but say they will compete. (BBC)
July 16, 2009, A magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs off the coast of Papua New Guinea but causes little damage. (RTÉ)
July 16, 2009, The 110-storey Sears Tower in Chicago, United States is renamed the Willis Tower. (BBC)
July 16, 2009, Zac Sunderland, at the age of 17, becomes the youngest person to sail around the world alone. (BBC)
July 16, 2009, Madonna's concert in Marseille, France is cancelled after her stage collapses, killing one and injuring nine. (AFP)
July 16, 2009, President Obama commended the progress of African-Americans in a speech on the 100th anniversary of the NAACP, but said there was still much work to be done.(CNN)
July 16, 2009, Tracking Michelle Obama's slave roots(CNN)
July 16, 2009, NASA releases clearest videos yet of 1969 "moonwalk"(CNN)
July 17, 2009, Release of 500 Days of Summer.
The film tells the story of the relationship between a woman, Summer (Zooey Deschanel), who doesn't believe in true love and a man, Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), described as a hopeless romantic,who falls in love with her. Over a span of 500 days, the story moves in a non-linear fashion from the perspective of Tom, who goes from ecstatic giddiness one moment, indulging in a fantasy song and dance sequence at one point, to crippling depression the next.
July 17, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI slips in the bath in his mountain chalet, is treated for a fractured wrist in Aosta, Italy. (BBC)
July 17, 2009, A second person dies from the collapse of a stage being built in Marseille for Madonna's forthcoming tour to France. (AFP)
July 17, 2009, Ghana is set to receive a $600 million three-year loan from the International Monetary Fund. (BBC)
July 17, 2009, The World Bank approves a $76 million loan for Mozambique. (Reuters Africa)
July 17, 2009, Bombings at the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia, kill at least nine people and injure at least 50 others. (AP)
July 17, 2009, 22 prominent figures, including Poland's Lech Walesa and the Czech Republic's Vaclav Havel, warn in an open letter to the Barack Obama administration that Eastern Europe's close alliance with United States, until now treated as axiomatic, is undergoing its most severe test ever today. (The New York Times)
July 17, 2009, 49 members of a Sicilian Mafia syndicate are jailed in Italy in what the government describes as a landmark case. (BBC)
July 17, 2009, NASA Pics Show Apollo Leftovers on "Moon"(ABC)
July 17, 2009, Walter Conkrite is dead at age 92.
July 18, 2009, An Oscar Mayer Weinermobile crashed into a home in Racine, Wisconsin after the driver turned onto a dead-end street. She tried turning around and accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake.
It's a double-blow for the boloney company -- this month it's founder died and now the crash. And to add insult to injury, the weinermoble wasn't even invited to Oscar Mayer's funeral.
(TMZ)
July 18, 2009, Last surviving Battle of Jutland veteran and last surviving founder member of the Royal Air Force Henry Allingham dies at the age of 113. At the time of his death he was the oldest living man in the world. (BBC)
July 18, 2009, A woman is killed and two people are seriously injured in an accident involving a motorcycle on the Tour de France in France, the first fatal accident since 2002. (BBC)
July 18, 2009, Brazil demands the return of over 1,400 tonnes of hazardous British waste. (BBC)
July 18, 2009, Over 100 UK and US schoolchildren and teachers are quarantined in Beijing due to swine flu. (BBC)
July 18, 2009, China admits it shot dead 12 rioters in Ürümqi who had refused to cease rioting. (BBC)
July 18, 2009, 44 hurt after light rail cars collide in San Francisco(CNN)
July 18, 2009, A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle(Phoenix) fighter jet crashed early Saturday in central Afghanistan, killing the two crew members, the U.S. military said(ABC)
July 19, 2009, A preserved barracks in the Netherlands that was used by Nazi Germany to process Jews and others on their way to concentration camps, known to have been occupied at one point by Anne Frank, is destroyed by fire. (France 24)
July 19, 2009, Aldrin: NASA Needs To Put People On Mars(Huffpost)
July 19, 2009, Astronauts Dealing With Flooded Toilet On Space Station(Huffpost)
July 19, 2009,Swine flu is a greater threat to Britain than terrorism, said Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, as pregnant women were advised to avoid unneccessary travel.(Telegraph)
July 19, 2009,Stewart Cink beat Tom Watson in Turnberry play-off to win 138th Brtiish Open and complete maiden major victory.(Telegraph)
July 19, 2009, Giant jellyfish wreak havoc around the Sea of Japan. (CNN)
July 20, 2009, GIANT "Evolutionary" LEAP: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing.
July 20, 2009, Moon or Mars? 'Next giant leap' sparks debate(CNN)
July 20, 2009, Govt.'s Wall Street, bank support could be $24T (CNN)
"Bailout=Buyout"
July 20, 2009, Newly-minted Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota, unveiled his first legislative goal Monday — providing funding to train dogs to work with wounded veterans.(CNN)
July 20, 2009, Suspended NFL quarterback Michael Vick completed the electronic monitoring device portion of his federal dog fighting sentence Monday and will remain on probation the next three years.(SI)
July 20, 2009, Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving gunman in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, pleads guilty in an Indian court, ending months of denials. (Associated Press)
July 20, 2009, Iranian reformists call for a referendum to resolve the political crisis in the country. (Al Jazeera)
July 20, 2009, India and the United States sign a defence pact. (BBC)
July 20, 2009, Longest Solar Eclipse of the 21st Century(Space)
July 20, 2009, Astronomers say Jupiter has apparently been struck by an object, possibly a comet.
July 21, 2009, Release of Our Lady Peace Album Burn Burn.
July 21, 2009, Romanian city mayor outrages Jewish and pro-democracy groups after he goose-steps with his son in World War Two German uniforms during a local fashion show(Yahoo)
July 22, 2009, Chinese and Russian troops begin a five-day joint military drill, aimed at boosting their ability to fight terrorism. (Xinhua)
July 22, 2009, The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century takes place over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean. (ABC News Australia)
July 22, 2009, The first Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 case has been found in Canada, bringing the world total of such cases to five. (Sympatico MSN News Canada)
July 22, 2009, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns that it could arm its allies in the Gulf and extend a "defence umbrella" over the region, if Iran goes nuclear. (Sky News)
July 22, 2009, Taco Bell Chihuahua Dies at 15(Yahoo)
July 22, 2009, In a prime time press conference tonight, President Barack Obama continues to push both the House and Senate to pass health care reform bills before they break for their August recess.(ABC)
July 22, 2009, Hidden Ocean in Saturn's Moon?(ABC)
July 22, 2009, Humans Glow in Visible Light(Yahoo)
July 23, 2009, In Sweden, the party for internet piracy is on the rise. Christian Engstrom, 49, is the world's first democratically elected Internet pirate and a new member of the European parliament. The group's stated goal is to "ensure that Europe chooses a better road into the information society."(Huffpost)
July 23, 2009, The Bank of Canada declares the recession has ended in Canada predicting the economy will grow by 1.3 per cent over the summer months. (CTV)
July 23, 2009, The SEACOM high speed internet link to East Africa goes live. (AFP)
July 23, 2009, The FBI arrests 30 officials and rabbis in New Jersey as part of a public corruption and international money laundering probe. Authorities also searched a synagogue in Deal, New Jersey and removed several boxes. (Newark Star-Ledger)
July 23, 2009, Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle completes a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays. 17th in history. (ESPN.com)
July 23, 2009, Circus performer promises no fire eating in space(Space)
July 24, 2009, Release of G(Eight)-Force.
The film revolves around a team of trained secret agent animals: guinea pigs Darwin (Sam Rockwell/Moon), Juarez (Penélope Cruz), Blaster (Tracy Morgan), mole Speckles (Nicolas Cage), and fly Mooch (Edwin Louis).
The team takes on a mission for the US government to stop evil billionaire Leonard Saber (Bill Nighy), who plans to destroy the world with household appliances. Before they can accomplish their mission, the government shuts them down and they are sentenced to a pet shop. Darwin, Juarez, Blaster, Speckles, Mooch, and their new friends Hurley (Jon Favreau) and hamster Bucky (Steve Buscemi) will escape the cage to defeat the villain, stop his threat, and save the world.
July 24, 2009, The Ugly Truth.
A romantically challenged morning show producer (Heigl) is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her male chauvinist correspondent (Butler) to prove his theories on relationships and allow her to find love. His clever ploys, however lead to the expected result - she finds love at the same time that he falls in love with her.
July 24, 2009, Release of The Shrink.
Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance who has lost faith in his ability to help his patients.
July 24, 2009, Release of The Answer Man.
A reclusive author (Jeff Daniels) of a landmark book on spirituality is sought out by many people who think he has all the answers, but he just wants to be left alone
July 24, 2009, Martial law?
July 24, 2009, Admit the recent wrongful arrest of Harvard Professor Gates(G-8) and recent comments Obama offers a mense.
Alcohol + Sun = Osiris
July 24, 2009, On the fight over health reform, President Barack Obama cast himself Friday as an ally of conservative House Democrats, even though the White House and the Blue Dog Caucus remain far apart on the details of a plan.(Tribune)
July 24, 2009, Police on Friday found about 150 dead dogs packed in freezers in the basement of a Michigan house littered with feces and trash where more than 110 live dogs, mostly Chihuahuas, were rescued this week.(Huffpost)
July 24, 2009, At least six people die as a Croatian high-speed train travelling from Zagreb to Split derails 30km from its destination. (AP via Google News)
July 24, 2009, Canada's national rail service, Via Rail, cancels train service due to a strike by its engineer workers. (CTV)
July 24, 2009, Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes in Mashhad, Iran, killing at least 17 people and injuring 19 of the 153 people on board. (BBC)
July 24, 2009, The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain. (The New York Times)
July 24, 2009, Harry Patch, the last surviving World War I veteran to have fought in the trenches, dies aged 111. (BBC)
July 24, 2009, Worldwide protests in 80 cities take place in support of Iranian protesters following the disputed presidential election. (The Times)
July 24, 2009, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has issued an apology to Kindle customers after "1984" and other books by British novelist George Orwell were remotely deleted from their electronic readers(Breit)
July 25, 2009, Series Finale of Kings.
Into the wilderness
July 25, 2009, Charlie Crist's Office Mistakenly Praises Nazi Film(HuffPost)
June 25, 2009, Puppy from North Carolina gets 5th leg removed.(Huffpost)
June 25, 2009, The military's "pain ray" may be going airborne.(Fox)
June 26, 2009, India launches its first nuclear submarine, the INS Arihant. (The Times of India)
June 26, 2009, Sarah Palin resigns as Governor of Alaska.
Palingenesis (from Greek palin-, again, + genesis, becoming, birth) is a term used for analogous concepts in historical law, philosophy, theology, politics, geology and biology.
Philosophy and Theology
The word palingenesis or rather palingenesia may be traced back to the Stoics, who used the term for the continual re-creation of the universe by the Demiurgus (Creator) after its absorption into himself.
In philosophy it denotes in its broadest sense the theory (e.g. of the Pythagoreans) that the human soul does not die with the body but is born again in new incarnations. It is thus the equivalent of metempsychosis. The term has a narrower and more specific use in the system of Schopenhauer, who applied it to his doctrine that the will does not die but manifests itself afresh in new individuals. He thus repudiates the primitive metempsychosis doctrine which maintains the reincarnation of the particular soul.
Robert Burton in the Anatomy of Melancholy (1628) writes, "The Pythagoreans defend metempsychosis and palingenesia, that souls go from one body to another."
In the New Testament of the Bible (Matt. 19:28) Jesus is quoted by Matthew in Greek (although his original words would have been Aramaic) using the word "palingenesia" to describe the Messiah's future reign of 1000 years upon the earth (known popularly as "the Millenium"). In this context the word has been translated into English as "the Regeneration"
Politics
Although Josephus used the term of the national restoration of the Jews, the doctrines which are used to comprise the political ideology of fascism often move to describe it as a "palingenetic ideology", primarily as a result of the notion that fascism itself is the rebirth of a state and/or empire in the image of that which came before it - thus, the ancestral political underpinnings. Specifically academic political theorist Roger Griffin refers to fascism as "palingenetic ultranationalism". The best examples of this can be found with both Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany - Italy looking to establish a palingenetic line between the 20th century regime under Benito Mussolini as being the second incarnation of the Roman Empire, while Adolf Hitler's regime was seen as being the third palingenetic incarnation - beginning first with the Holy Roman Empire ("First Reich") then with Bismarck's German Empire ("Second Reich") and then resulting in Nazi Germany ("Third Reich").
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Bailout=Buyout
Bailout in economics and finance is a term used to describe a situation where a bankrupt or nearly bankrupt entity, such as a corporation or a bank, is given a fresh injection of liquidity, in order to meet its short term obligations. Often bailouts are by governments, or by consortia of investors who demand control over the entity as the price for injecting funds.
April 2, 2009, G-20 too give International Monetary Fund and World Bank 1 trillion.(BBC)
July 20, 2009, Govt.'s Wall Street, bank support could be $24T(CNN)
July 27, 2009, The United States and China begin the first U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. (AFP)
July 27, 2009, Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church begins a visit to Ukraine. (BBC)
July 27, 2009, French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves hospital tests on his fainting fit. (BBC)
July 27, 2009, A Saudi man facing flogging or imprisonment for speaking of his illegal sexual conquests on television apologises for his actions. (BBC)
July 27, 2009, A break-in at Christ Church Cathedral in Waterford, Ireland, damages the building and the Thomas Elliott organ, dating from 1817. (The Irish Times)
July 27, 2009, Researchers outline bokodes, a proposed replacement for the black and white stripes of the traditional barcode. (BBC)
July 27, 2009, A British-led military offensive, Operation Panther's Claw, succeeds in clearing the Taliban from parts of southern Helmand Province in Afghanistan. (CNN)
July 27, 2009, Fox 5 Chicago aired a startling report about scientists claiming that evolution is causing women to become more beautiful. (Huffpost)
July 27, 2009,
July 27, 2009, Shaq denied entry into White House(Huffpost)
July 27, 2009, Michael Vick Reinstated by NFL(Huffpost)
July 27, 2009, Shazam: The Worlds Biggest Dog
Zeus/Lightning/Barak(B/W)
July 28, 2009, Eighth suspect sought in North Carolina terrorism case(CNN)
July 28, 2009, The United States and China continue the first U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. (The Washington Post)
July 28, 2009, The Garda Síochána and Metropolitan Police Service in London arrest and charge three men in connection with Ireland's largest cocaine seizure in West Cork in July 2007. (RTÉ)
July 28, 2009, Iran releases 140 people detained in its post-election unrest as the supreme leader orders a prison where jailed protesters were killed be closed. (The Daily Telegraph)
July 28, 2009, AIDS campaigners and human rights groups accuse the Cambodian government of herding HIV-affected families into an "Aids colony" outside Phnom Penh. (The Guardian)
July 28, 2009, Licia Nunez, a model and soap opera actress, admits meeting Silvio Berlusconi at a health spa in 2008 but denies she is a prostitute. (The Times)
July 28, 2009, A national memorial is to be erected and a national day of remembrance is considered in Ireland for victims of child abuse. (Irish Examiner)
July 28, 2009, Chinese scientists announce the discovery of "vampire gene", Tryp-SPc. (AsiaNews)
July 29, 2009, The death toll in Nigeria's worst religious violence since November 2008 reaches over 250. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
July 29, 2009, American Airlines expects to win U.S. approval by October to form an alliance with British Airways and Spain's Iberia Airlines. (Reuters)
July 29, 2009, Venezuela "freezes" diplomatic relations with Colombia, after a dispute over Swedish weapons bought by Venezuela were allegedly found on FARC rebels. (Colombia Reports)
July 29, 2009, China announces it will reduce its use of the death penalty for all but the most serious crimes. (China Daily)
July 30, 2009, Iranian police clash with mourners at a Tehranian cemetery for a memorial to those killed in post-election violence, using teargas to disperse crowds from the grave of Neda Agha-Soltan and forcing Opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi to make his exit. (BBC)
July 30, 2009, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promises to create 50,000 green jobs and apprenticeships to combat climate change and unemployment simultaneously. (Straits Times)
July 30, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama arranged a meeting with police officer Sgt. James Crowley and African American public intellectual Henry Louis Gates at the White House in a bid to quell a dispute over racial profiling that arose from an altercation between the two of them. (AP via New York Times)
Barak - Bud Light
Crowley - Blue Moon
Gates - Sam Adams
Biden - Buckler
July 30, 2009, University College Dublin quarantines seven language students after around sixty mainly Italian and Russian students are assessed by doctors for swine flu. (RTÉ)
July 30, 2009, Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy wins a "landmark victory" in the House of Lords in her fight to allow her husband to help her commit suicide abroad. (RTÉ)
July 30, 2009, The United States Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded to several international figures including Stephen Hawking, Billie Jean King, Harvey Milk, Sidney Poitier, Mary Robinson, Desmond Tutu and Muhammad Yunus. (Boston Globe)
July 31, 2009, Release of Funny People.
George Simmons (Adam Sandler) is a very successful yet self-involved stand-up comedian who learns that he has an inoperable blood disorder and is given less than a year to live. Ira Wright (Seth Rogen) is a struggling up-and-coming stand-up comedian who works at a deli and has yet to figure out his onstage persona. One thing these different men have in common is that neither of them have any close friends. One night, George takes notice of Ira when they perform at the same club and he hires him to be his semi-personal assistant and opening act at his performances. George and Ira form a close bond as George teaches Ira how to win the crowd and Ira helps the dying George find closure in his legacy. However, when George learns that his disease has gone into remission and an old flame reenters his life, his recent near death experience inspires him to reevaluate what is important to him and what truly gives meaning to his life.
July 31, 2009, Release of Aliens in the Attic.
The Pearson family think they have got the ultimate family vacation as they head to their vacation home in Maine. However, soon after arriving to the house, they discover that they are not the only people staying in it since a friendly alien has found the house first. Though the alien is friendly, his friends are not, and they are ready to invade the house. The kids have to gear up and defend their vacation house with everything they have or else the aliens will probe them out to space and destroy the world.
July 1, 2009, TerreStar-1, the largest commercial telecommunication satellite ever built, is successfully launched. (spaceflightnow.com )
July 1, 2009, The European Union declares Ireland free of Brucellosis/Malta Fever , a disease which cost the country millions of euro to eradicate. (RTÉ)
July 1, 2009, Officials in Comoros confirm that one passenger from Yemenia Flight 626, a 14-year-old girl, has been found alive. (BBC)
July 1, 2009, The Met Office issues a level-3 heatwave alert across London and the South East of England for the first time since June 2006. (BBC)
July 2, 2009, The United States armed forces claim to have launched what they term "a major offensive against the Taliban" in Helmand. (BBC)
July 2, 2009, Amnesty International details Israeli 'war crimes' in Gaza. (BBC)
July 2, 2009, A 148-year old colonial law banning homosexual intercourse in India is overturned by the High Court in New Delhi. (BBC)
July 2, 2009, The South Korean Defence Ministry says North Korea has fired three missiles off its east coast. (AFP)
July 2, 2009, Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano is elected as Director General for the International Atomic Energy Agency. (AP via The Washington Post)
July 2, 2009, The first vaccine for H1N1 swine flue virus strain has been made by Novartis in Marburg, Germany. (BBC)
July 2, 2009, Japanese scientists intend to breed super-tuna to meet demands for the fish. (The Daily Telegraph)
July 2, 2009, A Royal Air Force plane crashes in a rural area of Scotland, the United Kingdom. (The Guardian)
July 3, 2009, "Humans entering new stage of human evolution" says Stephen Hawking(Daily)
July 3, 2009, Michael Jackson "King of Pop" too be buried in Gold Plated Casket.(Telegraph)
Prometheus/Light-bearer/Lucifer
July 3, 2009, The Great Bubble Machine(Rollingstones).
"In Rolling Stone Issue 1082-83, Matt Taibbi takes on "the Wall Street Bubble Mafia" — investment bank Goldman Sachs. The piece has generated controversy, with Goldman Sachs firing back that Taibbi's piece is "an hysterical compilation of conspiracy theories" and a spokesman adding, "We reject the assertion that we are inflators of bubbles and profiteers in busts, and we are painfully conscious of the importance in being a force for good." Taibbi shot back: "Goldman has its alumni pushing its views from the pulpit of the U.S. Treasury, the NYSE, the World Bank, and numerous other important posts; it also has former players fronting major TV shows. They have the ear of the president if they want it." Here, now, are excerpts from Matt Taibbi's piece and video of Taibbi exploring the key issues."
Article from Rolling Stone magazine that examines the interconnectedness of big banking firms and the government by giving specific names of officials playing both sides. Of all the articles I have read about the bailout this might be the most comprehensive. It is not too technical but it definitly sparked interest for me to read more ("Web of Debt" Ellen Hodgson Brown).
July 3, 2009, Sarah Palin announces she will resign from her Governor position on July 26, 2009.
July 3, 2009, Georgia freemasons at loggerheads over admission of black man to lodge(UTV)July 3, 2009, John Demjanjuk is declared fit to stand trial for assisting in the deaths of 29,000 Jews in Treblinka extermination camp. (RTÉ)
July 3, 2009, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Burma, meeting junta leader Senior General Than Shwe and calling for the release of political prisoners. (BBC)
July 3, 2009, Two Iranian staff working for the British embassy in Tehran will face trial over allegedly inciting protests. (BBC)
July 3, 2009, Three dinosaur species—Australovenator wintonensis, Wintonotitan wattsi and Diamantinasaurus matildae— have been discovered in Australia. (BBC)
July 3, 2009, North Korea broadcasts its first ever beer commercial, for Taedonggang beer. (BBC) (The Los Angeles Times)
July 3, 2009, Two more people die in Viareggio, Italy following the train explosion, bringing the death toll to 21. (RTÉ)
July 3, 2009, A fire breaks out in the Lakanal House, a 12 storey building in Camberwell, south London, two children die. (BBC)
July 3, 2009, Russia opens a route for the United States to fly arms to Afghanistan. (The New York Times)
July 3, 2009, Thirteen people are injured after the Paris to Cahors train derails near Limoges, France. (RTÉ)
July 3, 2009, North Korea test fires seven more missiles into the Sea of Japan. (The Daily Telegraph)
July 4, 2009, Independence Day in the United States.
July 4, 2009, Statue Liberty(Moon) reopens her Crown.
July 4, 2009, Joey chest Nut wins hotdog eating contest in Coney Island.(Huffpost)
(AP) -- Reigning champ Joey Chestnut has logged his third consecutive win in Coney Island's annual hot dog eating contest with a world-record 68 franks.
He defeated his archrival, six-time titleholder Takeru Kobayashi, in Saturday's bout. Chestnut led throughout the contest.
Last year's event initially ended in a tie, with Chestnut and Kobayashi both gobbling down 59 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. Chestnut went on to win a dramatic five hot dog eat-off.
This year's Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest was broadcast live on ESPN.
July 4, 2009, Serena Williams wins the women's singles at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships after defeating her sister, Venus Williams. (The Daily Telegraph)
July 4, 2009, Former NFL QB and MVP Steve "Air" McNair a "Que Dog" is found shot too Death, and concluded as murder-suicide committed by his girlfriend.(ESPN).
July 4, 2009, Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali calls on homosexuals to "repent and be changed" and says the Church of England will not be "rolled over by culture". (The Daily Telegraph)
July 4, 2009,Torrential rain forces over 150,000 people from their homes, topples hundreds of houses and punches a hole in the spillway of a dam in southern China. (IOL)
July 4, 2009, Music entrepreneur Allen Klein, who managed both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in the 1960s, dies in New York aged 77 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. (BBC)
July 5, 2009, Biden on Economy
During his interview with ABC's This Week on Sunday, Vice President Joe Biden made what will be a much-discussed admission in the week ahead. The Obama administration, he said, had "misread" the extent of the economic catastrophe it inherited.
"The truth is, we and everyone else misread the economy," declared Biden. "The figures we worked off of in January were the consensus figures and most of the blue chip indexes out there."
July 5, 2009, Monorail crash at Disney Land leaves One Dead(Huffpost).
July 5, 2009, Vatican runs Deficit amid Global Economic Crisis(Huffpost).
July 5, 2009, Premiere of Television Series Torchwood.
July 6, 2009, The Sun Has Spots, Finally.
After one of the longest sunspot droughts in modern times, solar activity picked up quickly over the weekend.
A new group of sunspots developed, and while not dramatic by historic standards, the spots were the most significant in many months.
"This is the best sunspot I've seen in two years," observer Michael Buxton of Ocean Beach, Calif., said on Spaceweather.com.
Solar activity goes in a roughly 11-year cycle. Sunspots are the visible signs of that activity, and they are the sites from which massive solar storms lift off. The past two years have marked the lowest low in the cycle since 1913, and for a while scientists were wondering if activity would ever pick back up.
During 2009 so far, the sun has been completely free of spots about 77 percent of the time. NASA researchers last month said quiet jet streams inside the sun were responsible, and that activity would soon return to normal.
The new set of spots, named 1024, is kicking up modest solar flares.
Sunspots are cool regions on the sun where magnetic energy builds up. They serve as a cap on material welling up from below. Often, that material is released in spectacular light shows called solar flares and discharges of charged particles known as coronal mass ejections. The ejections can travel as space storms to Earth within a day or so, and major storms can knock out satellites and trip power grids on the surface.
Prior to the low-activity period, astronomers had been predicting that the next peak in solar activity, expected in 2013, might be one of the most active in many decades. That forecast was recently revised, however, and scientists now expect the next peak to be modest.
All this matters because, as laid out in a report earlier this year by the National Academy of Sciences, a major solar storm nowadays could cause up to $2 trillion in initial damages by crippling communications on Earth and fueling chaos among residents and even governments in a scenario that would require four to 10 years for recovery. Such a storm struck in 1859, knocking out telegraph communications and causing those lines to erupt in flames. The world then was not so dependent on electronic communication systems, however.
July 6, 2009, Michael Jackson to have Moon Crater named after him(Inquistor via Through Looking Glass)
July 6, 2009, South Africa's new "Hawks"(Horus/Phoenix) serious crime squad begins work six months after its "Scorpions" predecessor was disbanded amid claims of political bias. (BBC)
July 6, 2009, Henry Kissinger says "Obama is like a chess player"(ABC)
July 6, 2009, United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agree on cutting their nuclear warheads and cooperate on military action in Afghanistan. (The Guardian)
July 6, 2009, Bolivian drug enforcement officials raid what they call the biggest cocaine(Rx) laboratory ever found in their country. (BBC)
July 6, 2009, Iran says it will hold the US responsible for any Israeli attack against their country, in response to US Vice President Joe Biden's claim that the US will not interfere in an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. (Al Jazeera)
July 6, 2009, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges the Organization of American States to restore constitutional order in Honduras following the coup. (AFP)
July 7, 2009, Release of Forever Sickest Kids Album: Underdog Alma Mater
July 7, 2009, Release of Blacksummers Night Album by Maxwell.
July 7, 2009, The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announces the discovery of a new monkey in a remote region of the Amazon in Brazil.(Sciencedaily)
July 7, 2009, Pope calls for "world political authority"(Reuters)
July 7, 2009, A public memorial for Michael Jackson takes place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, with over 17,000 viewing in Los Angeles, and millions more viewing around the world. (AP via Google News)
Closing statement given by Paris Jackson.
July 7, 2009, On day one of his two-day visit to Ireland, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets President Mary McAleese, lunches with Taoiseach Brian Cowen, discusses climate change with Environment Minister and Green Party leader John Gormley and says no effort will be spared in securing the release of aid worker Sharon Commins, kidnapped in Sudan. (RTÉ)
July 7, 2009, Police shoot dead the Cherokee County serial killer, identified as Patrick Tracy Burris, after he fired several times at the police. (BBC)
July 7, 2009, A £1m permanent memorial to the victims of the July 7, 2005 London bombings is unveiled in the city's Hyde Park. (BBC)
July 7, 2009, The United Nations Security Council condemns the recent missile launches by North Korea. (Xinhua)
July 8, 2009, 350 Dogs seized in biggest Dogfighting ring in United States history(Huffpost)
July 8, 2009, Oscar Meyer Dies(Huffpost).
July 8, 2009, Media Moguls meet at Sun Valley for Conference.(Fox)
July 8, 2009, Obamas touched down in Rome on Wednesday so Papa President could attend The 35th G8 Summit begins in L'Aquila(Eagle/Phoenix), Italy. (CNN)
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines (the crown group of the superorder Chelonia)
The Earthquake occurred on April 6th 2009 the same day the North Carolina Tarheels won the NCAA Tournament and the same day the Big Blue/Orange foot was captured in the space.
July 8, 2009, President Barack Obama is choosing an influential scientist who helped unravel the human genetic code and is known for finding common ground between belief in God and science to head the National Institutes of Health.(Huffpost)
July 8, 2009, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il makes a rare public appearance in celebrating his father's 15th death anniversary. (BBC)
July 8, 2009, Debris and bodies from the plane that crashed off the Comoros(Moon) in the Indian Ocean wash up on Mafia Island, Tanzania. (BBC)
July 8, 2009, 4 Rio Tinto executives accused of espionage are detained by Chinese Authorities amid iron ore negotiations. (News.com.au)
July 8, 2009, Undercover investigators smuggle bomb-making materials into government buildings in the United States, assembling bombs within, on ten occasions. (BBC)
July 8, 2009, The Guardian claims its rival English newspaper, the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World tabloid, paid £1 million in court costs after its journalists were accused of involvement in phone tapping celebrities and politicians. (BBC)
July 8, 2009, It is claimed that the drug rapamycin(Rx), discovered in the soil of Easter Island in the 1970s, may help to fight the ageing process(Evolution). (BBC)
July 9, 2009, Iraq: ancient Babylon archaeological site damaged by military activity(UN)
July 9, 2009, Mayan Headdress/ Crown Chakra.(CropCircle)
July 9,2009, Prince Charles: next generation faces 'living hell' unless climate change tackled(Telegraph)
July 9, 2009, US worker dies in chocolate vat.
July 9, 2009, A magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Yunnan province, China killing one person and destroying over 10,000 homes. BBC
July 9, 2009, The death toll from a mass poisoning involving home-brewed alcohol in Gujarat, India rises to 71. (RTÉ)
July 9, 2009, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says G8 action on climate change is "not good enough". (BBC)
July 9, 2009, Drug-related killings in Mexico on course to top last year's numbers(CNN)
July 9, 2009, Portrait of Jackson's pill consumption emerges(CNN)
July 9, 2009, Statue of Liberty replica decapitated(Cloverfield/Escape from New York) on YouTube(CNN)
July 9, 2009, President Barack Obama gets football jersey, and maybe a dig, from Brazil.(Telegraph)
July 10, 2009, Release of Bruno.
Brüno is a mockumentary comedy film slated for release on July 10, 2009.[1] It is produced by, cowritten by, and stars Sacha Baron Cohen as the eponymous flamboyant gay Austrian fashion journalist. This film is the third based on characters from Da Ali G Show, following Ali G Indahouse and Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
July 10, 2009, Release of I Love You Beth Cooper.
Nerdy Buffalo Grove High School valedictorian Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) proclaims his love for the most popular girl in school – Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere) – during his graduation speech. Much to his surprise, Beth shows up at his door that very night and decides to show him the best night of his life.
July 10, 2009, Nikola Tesla Birthday.
July 10, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican.(Examiner)
July 10, 2009, Barack visits Ghana after G8 Summit.(Bourse)
July 10, 2009, One person is killed by a bull, the first such fatality in 14 years, during the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. (The Times)
July 10, 2009, Automaker General Motors emerges from bankruptcy protection after 40 days under court supervision. (AP via Yahoo)
July 10, 2009, Couple who adopted 12 children slain.(CNN)
July 10, 2009, Phoenixville, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia man has agreed to take anger management classes for blaring a pornographic soundtrack to chase away kids playing outside his home.(Huffpost)
July 10, 2009, PHOENIX — British Airways is flying a team of engineers from London to Phoenix to inspect a Boeing 747 that filled with smoke before takeoff, forcing hundreds of passengers to escape on the plane's emergency slides.(BBC)
July 10, 2009, President Barack Obama has landed in Ghana on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa.(Huffpost)
July 11, 2009, The launch of US shuttle Endeavour is to be further delayed after a thunderstorm around Cape Canaveral, Nasa officials say.(BBC)
July 11, 2009, Medvedev Shows Off Sample Coin of New ‘World Currency’ at G-8(Bloomberg)
July 11, 2009, United States President Barack Obama addresses the Ghanaian parliament. (Al Jazeera)
July 12, 2009, Orange Walk Day
Orange walks are a series of parades held annually by members of the Orange Order during the summer in Northern Ireland, to a lesser extent in Scotland, and occasionally in England, the Republic of Ireland, and throughout the Commonwealth. These typically build up to the 12th of July celebrations which mark Prince William of Orange's victory over King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Although the term 'march' or 'parade' is widely used in the media, the Order prefers terms such as 'walk' or 'demonstration'.
July 12, 2009, Countries in the Middle East are taking precautionary measures to control the spread of H1N1 during and after the Hajj, where several million Muslims from all over the world will arrive in Mecca for the annual pilgrimage in late November. (IRIN)
July 12, 2009, Five people are killed and several injured in India after a bridge being constructed for the Delhi Metro collapses. (Indian Express)
July 12, 2009, A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Puno Region in southern Peru with epicenter near Juliaca. (CBS)
July 12, 2009, Kidnapped Italian Red Cross volunteer Eugenio Vagni is freed by Abu Sayyaf. (The Philippine Star)
July 12, 2009, Head of the CIA Leon Panetta is said to have accused former United States Vice President Dick Cheney of hiding an intelligence program from Congress. (CNN)
July 13, 2009, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria sign an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the Nabucco natural gas pipeline. (BBC News)
July 13, 2009, Greek police use bulldozers to completely clear a sprawling migrant camp that had been in place in the port town of Patras for over a decade. (Sky News)
July 13, 2009, The United Kingdom halts some arms sales to Israel following the Gaza conflict. (The Times)
July 13, 2009, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev makes his first visit to South Ossetia. (RIA Novosti)
July 13, 2009, John Demjanjuk is charged with 27,900 counts of accessory to murder in World War Two at a court in Germany. (Deutsche Welle)
July 13, 2009, Steven Rattner, head of the Obama administration's auto task force, is leaving that post and will be replaced by former steelworkers official Ron Bloom.(HuffPost)
July 13, 2009, President Obama announced Monday his choice for surgeon general -- Dr. Regina Benjamin, a 52-year-old family practice doctor who has spent most of her career tending to the needs of poor patients in a Gulf Coast clinic in Alabama.(CNN)
July 13, 2009, Anderson Cooper interviews Obama in castle(CNN)
July 13, 2009, Budget Deficit Tops $1 Trillion for First Time(ABC)
July 13, 2009, Before throwing the first pitch at the 80th All-Star Game in St. Louis Tuesday night, President Obama will star in a video dedicated to honoring 30 Americans recognized by the MLB and People magazine for outstanding community service.
The seven minute video will also feature former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush, speaking about volunteer work. The video is said to mark the first time all living U.S. presidents will participate at a sporting event and will be aired right before Mr. Obama steps on the mound.
Named the "All-Stars Among Us," the video will pay tribute to the people from each of baseball's 30 teams, who have had a significant effect on their communities. (CBS)
July 13, 2009, Prince Fielder wins 2009 Allstar Home-run Derby in Saint Louis @ Busch(Rx) Stadium.
July 14, 2009, 80th Major league Baseball Allstar game. President Obama will throw out the first pitch at this year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 14 in St. Louis, home of the Cardinals.
He will be only the fourth president to throw out the ball in the game - "joining John F. Kennedy (1962), Richard Nixon ('70) and Gerald Ford ('76 and '78).
In a statement, MLB Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig said
"The central theme of the 2009 All-Star Game is community service, celebrating the extraordinary work being done by ordinary people. We are thrilled that we can come together with President Obama, who has encouraged a renewed spirit of national service, and illustrate a call to action in our communities. President Obama will continue a great tradition that joins our nation's leader and the national pastime."
July 14, 2009, Release of Sick Puppies Album Tripolar
July 14, 2009, The World Health Organization reports that yields for an H1N1 virus vaccine are lower than expected. (CTV)
July 14, 2009, 323 people – 289 Saudis and 41 foreigners – are sentenced at a court in Saudi Arabia for links to anti-government groups. (Al Jazeera)
July 14, 2009, Talks on immigration between the United States and Cuba, suspended since 2003, will resume. (BBC)
July 14, 2009, Michael Jackson fire accident while filming 1984 Pepsi Commercial is released(Huffpost).
Shriner/Masonry
July 15, 2009, Russian engineers broke a red wax seal and six men emerged from a metal hatch after 105 days of isolation in a mock spacecraft, still smiling after testing the stresses that space travelers may face on the journey to Mars.(Huffpost)
July 15, 2009, Caspian Airlines Flight 7908, flying from Tehran to Yerevan, Armenia with 153 passengers and 15 crew members on board, crashes in Iran shortly after takeoff. (BBC)
July 15, 2009, A 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off South Island, New Zealand, generating brief fears of a small tsunami. (Associated Press)
July 15, 2009, China's foreign exchange reserves have reached a record of US$ 2.13 trillion, which is more than twice the size of Japan's—the second-biggest holder. (BBC)
July 15, 2009, Two people are killed and five are injured with an explosion at a Total petrochemicals plant in Carling, France. (France 24)
July 15, 2009, Claiming they needed to learn how to reduce stress because of a growing number of death threats being made against them, nearly 700 executives from the Social Security Administration (SSA) gathered for a lavish three-day conference in Phoenix, AZ last week, costing taxpayers about $700,000.(ABC)
July 15, 2009, Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, the world's oldest new mother, is announced to have died of cancer aged 69, three years after giving birth. (BBC)
July 15, 2009, A group of soldiers who took part in Israel's assault in Gaza say widespread abuses were committed against civilians under "permissive" rules of engagement. (BBC)
July 15, 2009, Chansa Kabwela, editor of Zambia's biggest-selling newspaper The Post, is charged with distributing obscene materials relating to a health sector crisis. (BBC)
July 15, 2009, The British government opts not to end the Common Travel Area between the United Kingdom and Ireland. (BBC
July 15, 2009, Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on mission STS-127 to the International Space Station. (BBC)
July 15, 2009, Release of Harry Potter: Half Blood Prince
In December 2007, Warner Bros. released its official plot summary: Emboldened by the return of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters are wreaking havoc in both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that new dangers may lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. He needs Harry to help him uncover a vital key to unlocking Voldemort's defenses critical information known only to Hogwarts' former Potions Professor, Horace Slughorn. With that in mind, Dumbledore manipulates his old colleague into returning to his previous post with promises of more money, a bigger office and the chance to teach the famous Harry Potter. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry's long friendship with Ginny Weasley is growing into something deeper, but standing in the way is Ginny's boyfriend, Dean Thomas, not to mention her big brother Ron. But Ron's got romantic entanglements of his own to worry about, with Lavender Brown lavishing her affections on him, leaving Hermione simmering with jealousy yet determined not to show her feelings. And then a box of love potion-laced chocolates ends up in the wrong hands and changes everything. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof with far more important matters on his mind. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.
—Warner Bros.
July 16, 2009, China's GDP grows 7.9% year by year in the second quarter of 2009, somewhat higher than expected despite the global economic crisis. (Xinhua)
July 16, 2009, A United Nations Security Council committee imposes further sanctions on North Korea. (BBC)
July 16, 2009, Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and Vice President of Iran, resigns for unknown reasons. (ISNA)
July 16, 2009, Iceland votes by a narrow majority to set in motion an application to join the European Union, after five days of debate. (Al Jazeera)
July 16, 2009, The Holy See acknowledges Oscar Wilde as a "lucid analyst of the modern world", softening its hardline stance against the poet. (The Daily Telegraph)
July 16, 2009, Chinese athletes withdraw from the opening ceremony of the World Games but say they will compete. (BBC)
July 16, 2009, A magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs off the coast of Papua New Guinea but causes little damage. (RTÉ)
July 16, 2009, The 110-storey Sears Tower in Chicago, United States is renamed the Willis Tower. (BBC)
July 16, 2009, Zac Sunderland, at the age of 17, becomes the youngest person to sail around the world alone. (BBC)
July 16, 2009, Madonna's concert in Marseille, France is cancelled after her stage collapses, killing one and injuring nine. (AFP)
July 16, 2009, President Obama commended the progress of African-Americans in a speech on the 100th anniversary of the NAACP, but said there was still much work to be done.(CNN)
July 16, 2009, Tracking Michelle Obama's slave roots(CNN)
July 16, 2009, NASA releases clearest videos yet of 1969 "moonwalk"(CNN)
July 17, 2009, Release of 500 Days of Summer.
The film tells the story of the relationship between a woman, Summer (Zooey Deschanel), who doesn't believe in true love and a man, Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), described as a hopeless romantic,who falls in love with her. Over a span of 500 days, the story moves in a non-linear fashion from the perspective of Tom, who goes from ecstatic giddiness one moment, indulging in a fantasy song and dance sequence at one point, to crippling depression the next.
July 17, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI slips in the bath in his mountain chalet, is treated for a fractured wrist in Aosta, Italy. (BBC)
July 17, 2009, A second person dies from the collapse of a stage being built in Marseille for Madonna's forthcoming tour to France. (AFP)
July 17, 2009, Ghana is set to receive a $600 million three-year loan from the International Monetary Fund. (BBC)
July 17, 2009, The World Bank approves a $76 million loan for Mozambique. (Reuters Africa)
July 17, 2009, Bombings at the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia, kill at least nine people and injure at least 50 others. (AP)
July 17, 2009, 22 prominent figures, including Poland's Lech Walesa and the Czech Republic's Vaclav Havel, warn in an open letter to the Barack Obama administration that Eastern Europe's close alliance with United States, until now treated as axiomatic, is undergoing its most severe test ever today. (The New York Times)
July 17, 2009, 49 members of a Sicilian Mafia syndicate are jailed in Italy in what the government describes as a landmark case. (BBC)
July 17, 2009, NASA Pics Show Apollo Leftovers on "Moon"(ABC)
July 17, 2009, Walter Conkrite is dead at age 92.
July 18, 2009, An Oscar Mayer Weinermobile crashed into a home in Racine, Wisconsin after the driver turned onto a dead-end street. She tried turning around and accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake.
It's a double-blow for the boloney company -- this month it's founder died and now the crash. And to add insult to injury, the weinermoble wasn't even invited to Oscar Mayer's funeral.
(TMZ)
July 18, 2009, Last surviving Battle of Jutland veteran and last surviving founder member of the Royal Air Force Henry Allingham dies at the age of 113. At the time of his death he was the oldest living man in the world. (BBC)
July 18, 2009, A woman is killed and two people are seriously injured in an accident involving a motorcycle on the Tour de France in France, the first fatal accident since 2002. (BBC)
July 18, 2009, Brazil demands the return of over 1,400 tonnes of hazardous British waste. (BBC)
July 18, 2009, Over 100 UK and US schoolchildren and teachers are quarantined in Beijing due to swine flu. (BBC)
July 18, 2009, China admits it shot dead 12 rioters in Ürümqi who had refused to cease rioting. (BBC)
July 18, 2009, 44 hurt after light rail cars collide in San Francisco(CNN)
July 18, 2009, A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle(Phoenix) fighter jet crashed early Saturday in central Afghanistan, killing the two crew members, the U.S. military said(ABC)
July 19, 2009, A preserved barracks in the Netherlands that was used by Nazi Germany to process Jews and others on their way to concentration camps, known to have been occupied at one point by Anne Frank, is destroyed by fire. (France 24)
July 19, 2009, Aldrin: NASA Needs To Put People On Mars(Huffpost)
July 19, 2009, Astronauts Dealing With Flooded Toilet On Space Station(Huffpost)
July 19, 2009,Swine flu is a greater threat to Britain than terrorism, said Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, as pregnant women were advised to avoid unneccessary travel.(Telegraph)
July 19, 2009,Stewart Cink beat Tom Watson in Turnberry play-off to win 138th Brtiish Open and complete maiden major victory.(Telegraph)
July 19, 2009, Giant jellyfish wreak havoc around the Sea of Japan. (CNN)
July 20, 2009, GIANT "Evolutionary" LEAP: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing.
July 20, 2009, Moon or Mars? 'Next giant leap' sparks debate(CNN)
July 20, 2009, Govt.'s Wall Street, bank support could be $24T (CNN)
"Bailout=Buyout"
July 20, 2009, Newly-minted Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota, unveiled his first legislative goal Monday — providing funding to train dogs to work with wounded veterans.(CNN)
July 20, 2009, Suspended NFL quarterback Michael Vick completed the electronic monitoring device portion of his federal dog fighting sentence Monday and will remain on probation the next three years.(SI)
July 20, 2009, Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving gunman in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, pleads guilty in an Indian court, ending months of denials. (Associated Press)
July 20, 2009, Iranian reformists call for a referendum to resolve the political crisis in the country. (Al Jazeera)
July 20, 2009, India and the United States sign a defence pact. (BBC)
July 20, 2009, Longest Solar Eclipse of the 21st Century(Space)
July 20, 2009, Astronomers say Jupiter has apparently been struck by an object, possibly a comet.
Images taken by NASA early Monday show a scar in the atmosphere near the south pole of the gas giant.
The images, taken by the space agency's infrared telescope in Hawaii, come on the 15th anniversary of another comet strike.
In 1994, Jupiter was bombarded by pieces of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena captured the new images after receiving a tip from an amateur astronomer the night before.
July 21, 2009, Romanian city mayor outrages Jewish and pro-democracy groups after he goose-steps with his son in World War Two German uniforms during a local fashion show(Yahoo)
July 22, 2009, Chinese and Russian troops begin a five-day joint military drill, aimed at boosting their ability to fight terrorism. (Xinhua)
July 22, 2009, The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century takes place over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean. (ABC News Australia)
July 22, 2009, The first Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 case has been found in Canada, bringing the world total of such cases to five. (Sympatico MSN News Canada)
July 22, 2009, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns that it could arm its allies in the Gulf and extend a "defence umbrella" over the region, if Iran goes nuclear. (Sky News)
July 22, 2009, Taco Bell Chihuahua Dies at 15(Yahoo)
July 22, 2009, In a prime time press conference tonight, President Barack Obama continues to push both the House and Senate to pass health care reform bills before they break for their August recess.(ABC)
July 22, 2009, Hidden Ocean in Saturn's Moon?(ABC)
July 22, 2009, Humans Glow in Visible Light(Yahoo)
July 23, 2009, In Sweden, the party for internet piracy is on the rise. Christian Engstrom, 49, is the world's first democratically elected Internet pirate and a new member of the European parliament. The group's stated goal is to "ensure that Europe chooses a better road into the information society."(Huffpost)
July 23, 2009, The Bank of Canada declares the recession has ended in Canada predicting the economy will grow by 1.3 per cent over the summer months. (CTV)
July 23, 2009, The SEACOM high speed internet link to East Africa goes live. (AFP)
July 23, 2009, The FBI arrests 30 officials and rabbis in New Jersey as part of a public corruption and international money laundering probe. Authorities also searched a synagogue in Deal, New Jersey and removed several boxes. (Newark Star-Ledger)
July 23, 2009, Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle completes a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays. 17th in history. (ESPN.com)
July 23, 2009, Circus performer promises no fire eating in space(Space)
July 24, 2009, Release of G(Eight)-Force.
The film revolves around a team of trained secret agent animals: guinea pigs Darwin (Sam Rockwell/Moon), Juarez (Penélope Cruz), Blaster (Tracy Morgan), mole Speckles (Nicolas Cage), and fly Mooch (Edwin Louis).
The team takes on a mission for the US government to stop evil billionaire Leonard Saber (Bill Nighy), who plans to destroy the world with household appliances. Before they can accomplish their mission, the government shuts them down and they are sentenced to a pet shop. Darwin, Juarez, Blaster, Speckles, Mooch, and their new friends Hurley (Jon Favreau) and hamster Bucky (Steve Buscemi) will escape the cage to defeat the villain, stop his threat, and save the world.
July 24, 2009, The Ugly Truth.
A romantically challenged morning show producer (Heigl) is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her male chauvinist correspondent (Butler) to prove his theories on relationships and allow her to find love. His clever ploys, however lead to the expected result - she finds love at the same time that he falls in love with her.
July 24, 2009, Release of The Shrink.
Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance who has lost faith in his ability to help his patients.
July 24, 2009, Release of The Answer Man.
A reclusive author (Jeff Daniels) of a landmark book on spirituality is sought out by many people who think he has all the answers, but he just wants to be left alone
July 24, 2009, Martial law?
July 24, 2009, Admit the recent wrongful arrest of Harvard Professor Gates(G-8) and recent comments Obama offers a mense.
Alcohol + Sun = Osiris
July 24, 2009, On the fight over health reform, President Barack Obama cast himself Friday as an ally of conservative House Democrats, even though the White House and the Blue Dog Caucus remain far apart on the details of a plan.(Tribune)
July 24, 2009, Police on Friday found about 150 dead dogs packed in freezers in the basement of a Michigan house littered with feces and trash where more than 110 live dogs, mostly Chihuahuas, were rescued this week.(Huffpost)
July 24, 2009, At least six people die as a Croatian high-speed train travelling from Zagreb to Split derails 30km from its destination. (AP via Google News)
July 24, 2009, Canada's national rail service, Via Rail, cancels train service due to a strike by its engineer workers. (CTV)
July 24, 2009, Aria Air Flight 1525 crashes in Mashhad, Iran, killing at least 17 people and injuring 19 of the 153 people on board. (BBC)
July 24, 2009, The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain. (The New York Times)
July 24, 2009, Harry Patch, the last surviving World War I veteran to have fought in the trenches, dies aged 111. (BBC)
July 24, 2009, Worldwide protests in 80 cities take place in support of Iranian protesters following the disputed presidential election. (The Times)
July 24, 2009, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has issued an apology to Kindle customers after "1984" and other books by British novelist George Orwell were remotely deleted from their electronic readers(Breit)
July 25, 2009, Series Finale of Kings.
Into the wilderness
July 25, 2009, Charlie Crist's Office Mistakenly Praises Nazi Film(HuffPost)
June 25, 2009, Puppy from North Carolina gets 5th leg removed.(Huffpost)
June 25, 2009, The military's "pain ray" may be going airborne.(Fox)
June 26, 2009, India launches its first nuclear submarine, the INS Arihant. (The Times of India)
June 26, 2009, Sarah Palin resigns as Governor of Alaska.
Palingenesis (from Greek palin-, again, + genesis, becoming, birth) is a term used for analogous concepts in historical law, philosophy, theology, politics, geology and biology.
Philosophy and Theology
The word palingenesis or rather palingenesia may be traced back to the Stoics, who used the term for the continual re-creation of the universe by the Demiurgus (Creator) after its absorption into himself.
In philosophy it denotes in its broadest sense the theory (e.g. of the Pythagoreans) that the human soul does not die with the body but is born again in new incarnations. It is thus the equivalent of metempsychosis. The term has a narrower and more specific use in the system of Schopenhauer, who applied it to his doctrine that the will does not die but manifests itself afresh in new individuals. He thus repudiates the primitive metempsychosis doctrine which maintains the reincarnation of the particular soul.
Robert Burton in the Anatomy of Melancholy (1628) writes, "The Pythagoreans defend metempsychosis and palingenesia, that souls go from one body to another."
In the New Testament of the Bible (Matt. 19:28) Jesus is quoted by Matthew in Greek (although his original words would have been Aramaic) using the word "palingenesia" to describe the Messiah's future reign of 1000 years upon the earth (known popularly as "the Millenium"). In this context the word has been translated into English as "the Regeneration"
Politics
Although Josephus used the term of the national restoration of the Jews, the doctrines which are used to comprise the political ideology of fascism often move to describe it as a "palingenetic ideology", primarily as a result of the notion that fascism itself is the rebirth of a state and/or empire in the image of that which came before it - thus, the ancestral political underpinnings. Specifically academic political theorist Roger Griffin refers to fascism as "palingenetic ultranationalism". The best examples of this can be found with both Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany - Italy looking to establish a palingenetic line between the 20th century regime under Benito Mussolini as being the second incarnation of the Roman Empire, while Adolf Hitler's regime was seen as being the third palingenetic incarnation - beginning first with the Holy Roman Empire ("First Reich") then with Bismarck's German Empire ("Second Reich") and then resulting in Nazi Germany ("Third Reich").
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Bailout=Buyout
Bailout in economics and finance is a term used to describe a situation where a bankrupt or nearly bankrupt entity, such as a corporation or a bank, is given a fresh injection of liquidity, in order to meet its short term obligations. Often bailouts are by governments, or by consortia of investors who demand control over the entity as the price for injecting funds.
April 2, 2009, G-20 too give International Monetary Fund and World Bank 1 trillion.(BBC)
July 20, 2009, Govt.'s Wall Street, bank support could be $24T(CNN)
July 27, 2009, The United States and China begin the first U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. (AFP)
July 27, 2009, Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church begins a visit to Ukraine. (BBC)
July 27, 2009, French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves hospital tests on his fainting fit. (BBC)
July 27, 2009, A Saudi man facing flogging or imprisonment for speaking of his illegal sexual conquests on television apologises for his actions. (BBC)
July 27, 2009, A break-in at Christ Church Cathedral in Waterford, Ireland, damages the building and the Thomas Elliott organ, dating from 1817. (The Irish Times)
July 27, 2009, Researchers outline bokodes, a proposed replacement for the black and white stripes of the traditional barcode. (BBC)
July 27, 2009, A British-led military offensive, Operation Panther's Claw, succeeds in clearing the Taliban from parts of southern Helmand Province in Afghanistan. (CNN)
July 27, 2009, Fox 5 Chicago aired a startling report about scientists claiming that evolution is causing women to become more beautiful. (Huffpost)
July 27, 2009,
July 27, 2009, Shaq denied entry into White House(Huffpost)
July 27, 2009, Michael Vick Reinstated by NFL(Huffpost)
July 27, 2009, Shazam: The Worlds Biggest Dog
Zeus/Lightning/Barak(B/W)
July 28, 2009, Eighth suspect sought in North Carolina terrorism case(CNN)
July 28, 2009, The United States and China continue the first U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. (The Washington Post)
July 28, 2009, The Garda Síochána and Metropolitan Police Service in London arrest and charge three men in connection with Ireland's largest cocaine seizure in West Cork in July 2007. (RTÉ)
July 28, 2009, Iran releases 140 people detained in its post-election unrest as the supreme leader orders a prison where jailed protesters were killed be closed. (The Daily Telegraph)
July 28, 2009, AIDS campaigners and human rights groups accuse the Cambodian government of herding HIV-affected families into an "Aids colony" outside Phnom Penh. (The Guardian)
July 28, 2009, Licia Nunez, a model and soap opera actress, admits meeting Silvio Berlusconi at a health spa in 2008 but denies she is a prostitute. (The Times)
July 28, 2009, A national memorial is to be erected and a national day of remembrance is considered in Ireland for victims of child abuse. (Irish Examiner)
July 28, 2009, Chinese scientists announce the discovery of "vampire gene", Tryp-SPc. (AsiaNews)
July 29, 2009, The death toll in Nigeria's worst religious violence since November 2008 reaches over 250. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
July 29, 2009, American Airlines expects to win U.S. approval by October to form an alliance with British Airways and Spain's Iberia Airlines. (Reuters)
July 29, 2009, Venezuela "freezes" diplomatic relations with Colombia, after a dispute over Swedish weapons bought by Venezuela were allegedly found on FARC rebels. (Colombia Reports)
July 29, 2009, China announces it will reduce its use of the death penalty for all but the most serious crimes. (China Daily)
July 30, 2009, Iranian police clash with mourners at a Tehranian cemetery for a memorial to those killed in post-election violence, using teargas to disperse crowds from the grave of Neda Agha-Soltan and forcing Opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi to make his exit. (BBC)
July 30, 2009, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promises to create 50,000 green jobs and apprenticeships to combat climate change and unemployment simultaneously. (Straits Times)
July 30, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama arranged a meeting with police officer Sgt. James Crowley and African American public intellectual Henry Louis Gates at the White House in a bid to quell a dispute over racial profiling that arose from an altercation between the two of them. (AP via New York Times)
Barak - Bud Light
Crowley - Blue Moon
Gates - Sam Adams
Biden - Buckler
July 30, 2009, University College Dublin quarantines seven language students after around sixty mainly Italian and Russian students are assessed by doctors for swine flu. (RTÉ)
July 30, 2009, Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy wins a "landmark victory" in the House of Lords in her fight to allow her husband to help her commit suicide abroad. (RTÉ)
July 30, 2009, The United States Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded to several international figures including Stephen Hawking, Billie Jean King, Harvey Milk, Sidney Poitier, Mary Robinson, Desmond Tutu and Muhammad Yunus. (Boston Globe)
July 31, 2009, Release of Funny People.
George Simmons (Adam Sandler) is a very successful yet self-involved stand-up comedian who learns that he has an inoperable blood disorder and is given less than a year to live. Ira Wright (Seth Rogen) is a struggling up-and-coming stand-up comedian who works at a deli and has yet to figure out his onstage persona. One thing these different men have in common is that neither of them have any close friends. One night, George takes notice of Ira when they perform at the same club and he hires him to be his semi-personal assistant and opening act at his performances. George and Ira form a close bond as George teaches Ira how to win the crowd and Ira helps the dying George find closure in his legacy. However, when George learns that his disease has gone into remission and an old flame reenters his life, his recent near death experience inspires him to reevaluate what is important to him and what truly gives meaning to his life.
July 31, 2009, Release of Aliens in the Attic.
The Pearson family think they have got the ultimate family vacation as they head to their vacation home in Maine. However, soon after arriving to the house, they discover that they are not the only people staying in it since a friendly alien has found the house first. Though the alien is friendly, his friends are not, and they are ready to invade the house. The kids have to gear up and defend their vacation house with everything they have or else the aliens will probe them out to space and destroy the world.
July 31, 2009, Release of The Collector
A burglar breaks into an empty house with the intention of robbing a safe. Unknown to him, a masked madman has already laid claim to the home, taken the family under siege, and filled the house with all sorts of lethal traps. The burglar is faced with the moral dilemma of fleeing or saving the family. However, escaping proves to be much harder than he ever could have imagined. The 'mad man' toys with his mind leaving him with an emotional and physical battle...
July 31, 2009, Patrizia D'Addario, the escort at the centre of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's sex scandal, claims he and his party offered her a seat in the European Parliament until his wife complained. (BBC)
July 31, 2009, British Airways losses £148m in the last three months, the company's first loss since privatisation in 1987. (Sky News)
July 31, 2009, Space Shuttle Endeavour lands at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, United States, ending a 16-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). (BBC)
July 31, 2009, Aerial photographs reveal the streetplan of the lost Roman city of Altinum, regarded by some scholars as a forerunner of Venice. (BBC)
July 31, 2009, Briton Gary McKinnon, accused of carrying out the biggest ever U.S. military hacking operation, loses his court appeal to have his case heard in Britain, and faces extradition to the United States. (CNN)
July 31, 2009, Research claiming to have created human sperm in a Newcastle laboratory is withdrawn due to evidence of plagiarism. (The Daily Telegraph)
July 31, 2009, Three United States tourists are detained by Iranians in Iraq. (BBC)
A burglar breaks into an empty house with the intention of robbing a safe. Unknown to him, a masked madman has already laid claim to the home, taken the family under siege, and filled the house with all sorts of lethal traps. The burglar is faced with the moral dilemma of fleeing or saving the family. However, escaping proves to be much harder than he ever could have imagined. The 'mad man' toys with his mind leaving him with an emotional and physical battle...
July 31, 2009, Patrizia D'Addario, the escort at the centre of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's sex scandal, claims he and his party offered her a seat in the European Parliament until his wife complained. (BBC)
July 31, 2009, British Airways losses £148m in the last three months, the company's first loss since privatisation in 1987. (Sky News)
July 31, 2009, Space Shuttle Endeavour lands at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, United States, ending a 16-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). (BBC)
July 31, 2009, Aerial photographs reveal the streetplan of the lost Roman city of Altinum, regarded by some scholars as a forerunner of Venice. (BBC)
July 31, 2009, Briton Gary McKinnon, accused of carrying out the biggest ever U.S. military hacking operation, loses his court appeal to have his case heard in Britain, and faces extradition to the United States. (CNN)
July 31, 2009, Research claiming to have created human sperm in a Newcastle laboratory is withdrawn due to evidence of plagiarism. (The Daily Telegraph)
July 31, 2009, Three United States tourists are detained by Iranians in Iraq. (BBC)
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