TEMPE, Ariz. -- Hundreds of empty beer cans and other debris made it difficult for firefighters to knock down a late-night house fire and probably cost a Tempe man his home.
Crews were called out to a house in the neighborhood southwest of University Drive and Mill Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. Monday. The flames were already going strong inside the house when they got there.
When they opened the door, firefighters were confronted with a sea of beer cans that poured out the entryway. They said the cans, possibly more than 1,000 of them, came up to their knees in some places. Additional debris in the house made things even more difficult.
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World War III Would Be Just the Beginning For Newt
Newt Gingrich doesn’t just want to lay waste to his political enemies and a large part of the news media. The former House speaker and presidential hopeful wants to bomb a significant part of the planet, too.
Gingrich is on the record favoring American military intervention from North Korea to Lebanon. He recently threatened cyberwar with China and Russia. And on Monday, he called for an all-out assault to topple the Castro regime in Cuba. With such a wide range of targets, no wonder Gingrich has consistently said that the U.S. is in the middle of “World War III.” His plans for overthrowing the Iranian government? Just the beginning. In fact, if President Gingrich encounters any little green men while building his moon base (!), they had better pray to their astral maker for mercy.
In a July 2006 interview, Gingrich lamented President Bush’s alleged reluctance to “connect the dots” between what a Seattle Times reporter summarized as “bomb attacks in India, North Korean nuclear threats, terrorist arrests and investigations in Florida, Canada and Britain, and violence in Israel and Lebanon.”
That same month, citing the same litany of conflicts, Gingrich said on Meet The Press, “I believe if you take all the countries I just listed, that you’ve been covering, put them on a map, look at all the different connectivity, you’d have to say to yourself this is, in fact, World War III.”
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In a July 2006 interview, Gingrich lamented President Bush’s alleged reluctance to “connect the dots” between what a Seattle Times reporter summarized as “bomb attacks in India, North Korean nuclear threats, terrorist arrests and investigations in Florida, Canada and Britain, and violence in Israel and Lebanon.”
That same month, citing the same litany of conflicts, Gingrich said on Meet The Press, “I believe if you take all the countries I just listed, that you’ve been covering, put them on a map, look at all the different connectivity, you’d have to say to yourself this is, in fact, World War III.”
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Your Are Fired: 21 CEOs Landed $100M Plus
Looking at these figures my mind keeps seeing them as in the hundred thousands so I have to force myself to see that they are in excess of hundred of millions.
I worked myself burning the candle at both ends and ruined my health only to see people like these having more money than they can possibly spend in five lifetimes. I really wonder at times if there is a way to "take it with you when your die."
In the end we all die including the rich, poor,uber health nuts, athletes, porn stars, beauties, homely. young and old, the pampered and the tortured, the famous and the nobodies.
...So-called golden parachutes are contractual provisions that compensate executives, if they are terminated without cause. And according to a first-of-its-kind report, the payout practice has guaranteed several outgoing chiefs with nine-figure landings to help soften the fall from their corner offices.
The biggest parachute according to GMI Ratings Report? More than $400 million awarded to Jack Welch, after he served as General Electric’s CEO from 1981 to 2001. While Welch is widely credited with turning GE into a global conglomerate powerhouse, the report does not compare an executive’s performance with the amount of their compensation. Rather, its authors say the purpose of the survey was to cast light on the amount of compensation that was awarded above and beyond the salary provided during the CEO’s tenure.
... 21 CEOs received more than $100 million each in “‘walk away” packages. In all, companies like GE, Exxon Mobil Corp., AT&T and Home Depot Inc., have collectively provided nearly $4 billion in golden parachutes. But according to Hodgeson, those figures could be on the low-side.
...According to the study, 21 CEOs received more than $100 million each in “‘walk away” packages. In all, companies like GE, Exxon Mobil Corp., AT&T and Home Depot Inc., have collectively provided nearly $4 billion in golden parachutes. But according to Hodgeson, those figures could be on the low-side.
‘These numbers don’t include the perks – the use of the corporate jet, the corner offices – a lot of the compensation that doesn’t get listed on the public files.’
John F. Welch Jr.; General Electric (1981-2001) $417,361,902
Lee R. Raymond; Exxon Mobil Corp. (1993-2005) $320,599,861
William D. McGuire; UnitedHealth Group (1991-2006) $285,996,009
Edward E. Whitacre Jr.; AT&T (1990-2007) $230,048,463
Robert L. Nardelli; Home Depot Inc. (2000-2007) $223,290,123
John A. Kanas; North Fork Bank (1977-2006) $214,300,000
Fred Hassan; Merck & Co., Inc./Schering-Plough (2003-2009) $189,352,324
Louis V. Gerstner Jr.; IBM (1993-2002) $189,005,929
Hank A. McKinnell Jr.; Pfizer Inc. (2001-2006) $188,329,553
Thomas M. Ryan; CVS Caremark Corp. (1998-2011) $185,415,435
James M. Kilts; Gillette Co. (2001-2005) $164,532,192
Robert J. Ulrich; Target Corp. (1994-2008) $164,162,612
E. Stanley O'Neal; Merrill Lynch & Co. (2002-2007) $161,500,000
Jerry A. Grundhofer; U.S. Bancorp (2001-2006) $159,064,090
Joel F. Gemunder; Omnicare, Inc. (2001-2010) $146,001,476
Wallace D. Malone Jr.; Wachovia/South Trust (1981-2004) $125,292,818
George A. L. David; United Technologies Corp. (1994-2008) $122,631,309
Margaret C. Whitman; eBay Inc. (1998-2008) $120,427,360
Leonard Schaeffer; WellPoint Health (1992-2004) $119,041,000
Bob R. Simpson; XTO Energy Inc. (1986-2008) $103,485,972
Thomas E. Freston; Viacom (2006) $100,839,772
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I worked myself burning the candle at both ends and ruined my health only to see people like these having more money than they can possibly spend in five lifetimes. I really wonder at times if there is a way to "take it with you when your die."
In the end we all die including the rich, poor,uber health nuts, athletes, porn stars, beauties, homely. young and old, the pampered and the tortured, the famous and the nobodies.
...So-called golden parachutes are contractual provisions that compensate executives, if they are terminated without cause. And according to a first-of-its-kind report, the payout practice has guaranteed several outgoing chiefs with nine-figure landings to help soften the fall from their corner offices.
... 21 CEOs received more than $100 million each in “‘walk away” packages. In all, companies like GE, Exxon Mobil Corp., AT&T and Home Depot Inc., have collectively provided nearly $4 billion in golden parachutes. But according to Hodgeson, those figures could be on the low-side.
...According to the study, 21 CEOs received more than $100 million each in “‘walk away” packages. In all, companies like GE, Exxon Mobil Corp., AT&T and Home Depot Inc., have collectively provided nearly $4 billion in golden parachutes. But according to Hodgeson, those figures could be on the low-side.
‘These numbers don’t include the perks – the use of the corporate jet, the corner offices – a lot of the compensation that doesn’t get listed on the public files.’
John F. Welch Jr.; General Electric (1981-2001) $417,361,902
Lee R. Raymond; Exxon Mobil Corp. (1993-2005) $320,599,861
William D. McGuire; UnitedHealth Group (1991-2006) $285,996,009
Edward E. Whitacre Jr.; AT&T (1990-2007) $230,048,463
Robert L. Nardelli; Home Depot Inc. (2000-2007) $223,290,123
John A. Kanas; North Fork Bank (1977-2006) $214,300,000
Fred Hassan; Merck & Co., Inc./Schering-Plough (2003-2009) $189,352,324
Louis V. Gerstner Jr.; IBM (1993-2002) $189,005,929
Hank A. McKinnell Jr.; Pfizer Inc. (2001-2006) $188,329,553
Thomas M. Ryan; CVS Caremark Corp. (1998-2011) $185,415,435
James M. Kilts; Gillette Co. (2001-2005) $164,532,192
Robert J. Ulrich; Target Corp. (1994-2008) $164,162,612
E. Stanley O'Neal; Merrill Lynch & Co. (2002-2007) $161,500,000
Jerry A. Grundhofer; U.S. Bancorp (2001-2006) $159,064,090
Joel F. Gemunder; Omnicare, Inc. (2001-2010) $146,001,476
Wallace D. Malone Jr.; Wachovia/South Trust (1981-2004) $125,292,818
George A. L. David; United Technologies Corp. (1994-2008) $122,631,309
Margaret C. Whitman; eBay Inc. (1998-2008) $120,427,360
Leonard Schaeffer; WellPoint Health (1992-2004) $119,041,000
Bob R. Simpson; XTO Energy Inc. (1986-2008) $103,485,972
Thomas E. Freston; Viacom (2006) $100,839,772
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Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word
I was raised in a Catholic environment and went through all the required steps. Then I moved out. During the next few years I became exposed to other religions and a whole lot more of life. Most of all I learned to think for myself. I eventually settled to become a Baptist but that too eventually did not satisfy my thinking.
Like the author/poet giving us his opinion below I too do not subscribe to religion. I guess I should really say I am against organized religion. The final straw, for me, was when I heard a Baptist music minister tell a eight-year-old child they were going to "burn in Hell" if they did not change from being a Methodist and become a Baptist.
Why does religion preach hate?
The author's word not mine:
A poem I wrote to highlight the difference between Jesus and false religion. In the scriptures Jesus received the most opposition from the most religious people of his day. At it's core Jesus' gospel and the good news of the Cross is in pure opposition to self-righteousness/self-justification. Religion is man centered, Jesus is God-centered. This poem highlights my journey to discover this truth. Religion either ends in pride or despair. Pride because you make a list and can do it and act better than everyone, or despair because you can't do your own list of rules and feel "not good enough" for God. With Jesus though you have humble confident joy because He represents you, you don't represent yourself and His sacrifice is perfect putting us in perfect standing with God!
Like the author/poet giving us his opinion below I too do not subscribe to religion. I guess I should really say I am against organized religion. The final straw, for me, was when I heard a Baptist music minister tell a eight-year-old child they were going to "burn in Hell" if they did not change from being a Methodist and become a Baptist.
Why does religion preach hate?
The author's word not mine:
A poem I wrote to highlight the difference between Jesus and false religion. In the scriptures Jesus received the most opposition from the most religious people of his day. At it's core Jesus' gospel and the good news of the Cross is in pure opposition to self-righteousness/self-justification. Religion is man centered, Jesus is God-centered. This poem highlights my journey to discover this truth. Religion either ends in pride or despair. Pride because you make a list and can do it and act better than everyone, or despair because you can't do your own list of rules and feel "not good enough" for God. With Jesus though you have humble confident joy because He represents you, you don't represent yourself and His sacrifice is perfect putting us in perfect standing with God!
Newt's Ex-wife Tells All On NightLine
She said when Gingrich admitted to a six-year affair with a Congressional aide, he asked her if she would share him with the other woman, Callista, who is now married to Gingrich.
"And I just stared at him and he said, 'Callista doesn't care what I do,'" Marianne Gingrich told ABC News. "He wanted an open marriage and I refused."
Marianne described her "shock" at Gingrich's behavior, including how she says she learned he conducted his affair with Callista "in my bedroom in our apartment in Washington."
"He always called me at night," she recalled, "and always ended with 'I love you.' Well, she was listening."
All this happened, she said, during the same time Gingrich condemned President Bill Clinton for his lack of moral leadership.
Of course his response will be along the lines of what he already said a few weeks ago...that he has reformed and what was past is over and he is a new reformed man blah, blah, blah.
Part of what he did say was: "Now, I'll let my daughters speak for it… I'm not going to comment beyond that because I'm focused on the big issues that concern the American people, which are the current challenges we have, largely because of the failure of the Obama presidency," he said.
Full info at this ABC News LINK
"And I just stared at him and he said, 'Callista doesn't care what I do,'" Marianne Gingrich told ABC News. "He wanted an open marriage and I refused."
Marianne described her "shock" at Gingrich's behavior, including how she says she learned he conducted his affair with Callista "in my bedroom in our apartment in Washington."
"He always called me at night," she recalled, "and always ended with 'I love you.' Well, she was listening."
All this happened, she said, during the same time Gingrich condemned President Bill Clinton for his lack of moral leadership.
Of course his response will be along the lines of what he already said a few weeks ago...that he has reformed and what was past is over and he is a new reformed man blah, blah, blah.
Part of what he did say was: "Now, I'll let my daughters speak for it… I'm not going to comment beyond that because I'm focused on the big issues that concern the American people, which are the current challenges we have, largely because of the failure of the Obama presidency," he said.
Full info at this ABC News LINK
Man Hides 10-inch Pistol In His Rectum Smuggles It Into Jail
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Authorities say medical officials found no signs of injury during an exam of a Georgia man who is suspected of smuggling a handgun into a North Carolina jail in his rectum.Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown told The Daily News of Jacksonville that a medical exam on Friday showed that 22-year-old Michael Leon Ward of Canton, Ga., had suffered no injuries.
Deputies said last week a gun was found inside the cell of Ward, who used another person's identity when he was booked. Authorities wanted medical officials to evaluate Ward for possible injuries to his rectum, where deputies think he concealed the unloaded .38-caliber, six-barrel revolver.North Carolina deputies stopped Ward last week for speeding. He is wanted on a felony charge in Georgia.
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30-story building built in 15 days (Construction time lapse)
And here in the USA the replacements for the destroyed World Trade Center are still not finished.
What can you accomplish in 360 hours?
The Chinese sustainable building company, Broad Group, has yet attempted another impossible feat, building a 30-story tall hotel prototype in 360 hours, after building a 15-story building in a week earlier in 2011.
You may ask why in a hurry, and is it safe? The statistics in the video can put you in good faith. Prefabricated modular buildings has many advantages over conventional buildings.
Higher precision in fabrication (+/- 0.2mm).
More coordinated on-site construction management.
Shorter construction time span.
Lower construction waste.
Also many other health and energy features are included in Broad Sustainable Buildings (BSB)
The building was built over last Christmas time and finished before New Years Eve of 2012.
More videos HERE
What can you accomplish in 360 hours?
The Chinese sustainable building company, Broad Group, has yet attempted another impossible feat, building a 30-story tall hotel prototype in 360 hours, after building a 15-story building in a week earlier in 2011.
You may ask why in a hurry, and is it safe? The statistics in the video can put you in good faith. Prefabricated modular buildings has many advantages over conventional buildings.
Higher precision in fabrication (+/- 0.2mm).
More coordinated on-site construction management.
Shorter construction time span.
Lower construction waste.
Also many other health and energy features are included in Broad Sustainable Buildings (BSB)
The building was built over last Christmas time and finished before New Years Eve of 2012.
More videos HERE
18 foot long saltwater crocodile jumping straight up out of the water
giving a boatload ofAustralian tourists a moment they'll never forget.
So as if sharks were not enough reason here is an example of how you are not too safe being several feet away from a crocodile. I remember seeing video of one jumping almost completely up out of the water to get a dangling chicken.
Photographer Katrina Bridgeford took this amazing photograph of Brutus, a 5.5m (18 feet) saltwater crocodile, giving a boatload of tourists a moment they'll never forget on the Adelaide River, just over 100km south of Darwin, last week. Ms Bridgeford was on the cruise with sons Jordan, 14, and Dylan Woodward, 11 as well as four-year-old niece Skye Bridgeford and boyfriend Daniel Wilson. Dylan had only two words when the massive man-eater rose out of the water in front of the group: "Holy crap!" The huge saltwater crocodile, which is missing its right front leg, is a favourite with tourists on the Adelaide River Cruises, because he loves his meal of buffalo meat and always puts on a good show for it.
Picture: Katrina Bridgeford / Rex Features
So as if sharks were not enough reason here is an example of how you are not too safe being several feet away from a crocodile. I remember seeing video of one jumping almost completely up out of the water to get a dangling chicken.
Photographer Katrina Bridgeford took this amazing photograph of Brutus, a 5.5m (18 feet) saltwater crocodile, giving a boatload of tourists a moment they'll never forget on the Adelaide River, just over 100km south of Darwin, last week. Ms Bridgeford was on the cruise with sons Jordan, 14, and Dylan Woodward, 11 as well as four-year-old niece Skye Bridgeford and boyfriend Daniel Wilson. Dylan had only two words when the massive man-eater rose out of the water in front of the group: "Holy crap!" The huge saltwater crocodile, which is missing its right front leg, is a favourite with tourists on the Adelaide River Cruises, because he loves his meal of buffalo meat and always puts on a good show for it.
Picture: Katrina Bridgeford / Rex Features
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