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The world’s tallest tower should have been built by now. Officials said last year that the great edifice with 220 floors would be erected in three months flat in China’s inland city of Changsha by March, snatching the crown from Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. The deadline has come and gone, yet the wasteland sits untouched. It now looks as if the fin d’époque project – using prefab blocs – may never be [...] THAT IS A STAGGERING NUMBER! The number of Americans designated as “not in the labor force” in February was 89,304,000, a record high, up from 89,008,000 in January, according to the Department of Labor. This means that the number of Americans not in the labor force increased 296,000 between January and February. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) labels people who are unemployed and no longer looking for work as “not in [...] Watch a group of 138 skydivers form a synchronized snowflake design in mid-plummet, shattering the previous vertical formation record of 108 divers: http://vimeo.com/57643959 Here’s a longer version:
snip The Astounding Story Of How A Car Worth $600 Racked Up Over $100,000 In Parking Tickets The Parking Ticket Geek, The Expired Meter It might just be a world record. At the very least one particular car has set a City of Chicago record for receiving the most parking violations ever and accumulating the most parking fines in the city’s history. The city claims Jennifer Fitzgerald owes over $100,000 in parking tickets. And no, [...] THE more we learn about China’s vast stimulus plans, the more far-fetched they seem. Caixin magazine reports – with disbelief – that the wish-list for industrial parks and mega-projects unveiled by all echelons of the Chinese system has reached 15 trillion yuan by some estimates. This is over $2.3 trillion or nearly four times the blitz of extra spending after the Lehman crisis in 2008, a policy that pushed investment to a [...] Hoy, Jason Kenny and Philip Hindes win Team GB’s fifth gold British Cycling denied the fall was part of a plan and said Hindes’ comments were ‘lost in translation’ “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day,” an event Wednesday in which supporters converged on the fast-food establishment to back its chief executive’s controversial stance on gay marriage, is not the end of the controversy. Gay rights supporters are planning a “National Same-Sex Kiss Day at Chick-fil-A” on Friday. As part of the event, couples are encouraged to go one of the chicken restaurant’s locations and take a photo or video of themselves kissing. “Let’s show Chick-fil-A thanks for [...] The controversy over Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen’s astonishing gold medal performance this week is no longer confined to just the suspicions of drug abuse, which she emphatically denies. It has raised concerns about another worrying — and infinitely more sinister — threat to the world of honest competition: the genetic enhancement of athletes. John Leonard, the highly respected American director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, described the 16-year-old’s world-record-breaking performance as [...] Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen smashed world record by a second and her own personal best by five Ryan Lochte knocked Olympic icon Michael Phelps off his perch on Saturday with a brilliant performance to win the men’s 400m individual medley. But just minutes [...] Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen smashed world record by a second and her own personal best by five Ryan Lochte knocked Olympic icon Michael Phelps off his perch on Saturday with a brilliant performance to win the men’s 400m individual medley. But just minutes [...] LONDON — On the first night of swimming, the big story was Michael Phelps failing to medal. But the biggest winner was China. Ye Shiwen, 16, set a world record in the women’s 400-meter individual medley, and Sun Yang won the men’s 400 freestyle in Olympic record time. Also, Natalie Coughlin got a bronze medal as part of the U.S. 400 freestyle relay team, tying fellow swimmers Dara Torres and Jenny [...] LONDON (AP) — South Korean archer Im Dong-hyun sees only blurred colors and lines when he peers toward the target about 76 yards away, arrow at the ready. It doesn’t stop the legally blind Olympian from hitting the grapefruit-sized yellow center – again and again and again. Im set the first world record of the London Olympics on Friday, breaking his own mark in the 72-arrow event and helping South Korea [...] via Reuters: German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour – equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity – through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said. The German government decided to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, closing eight plants immediately and shutting down the remaining nine by 2022. They will [...] Have been on deadline this week, but wanted to post a few interesting links: • I hope everyone saw ex-Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chief Sheila Bair’s editorial in the Washington Post, entitled, “Fix Income Inequality with $10 million Loans for Everyone!” The piece might have set a world record for public bitter sarcasm by a former top regulatory official. In it, Bair points out that since we’ve been giving zero-interest loans to all of the [...] Scorching heart forced thousands of runners to drop out of the Boston Marathon Monday and even last year’s record-breaking winner quit after 18 miles as temperatures soared into the high 80s. The winner, Kenyan Wesley Korir, finished with the second-slowest time for the marathon in 25 years — coming in more than five minutes slower than last year’s victor, Geoffrey Mutai. The temperatures caused marathon officials to actively discourage amateurs from attempting [...] Scientists have developed a molecular catalyser with the ability to quickly oxidise water to oxygen.Scientists in Sweden have developed a molecular catalyser with the ability to quickly oxidise water to oxygen. Presented in the journal Nature Chemistry, the results are a significant contribution to the future use of solar energy and other renewable energy sources, especially since gasoline prices continue to soar. The team from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm is the first to attain speeds that are comparable to those in [...] SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A puppy named after one of the world’s biggest pop stars could set the world’s record for tiniest dog. Animal rescuers in Northern California say the female Dachshund mix, named Beyonce, was so small at birth that she could fit into a spoon. At two weeks, she’s about the size of a business card. The Grace Foundation, based in El Dorado County, says animal control picked up Beyonce’s [...] Cow to them, and they will own your sorry A$$$’s forever…. From Bloomberg: Icelanders who pelted parliament with rocks in 2009 demanding their leaders and bankers answer for the country’s economic and financial collapse are reaping the benefits of their anger. Since the end of 2008, the island’s banks have forgiven loans equivalent to 13 percent of gross domestic product, easing the debt burdens of more than a quarter of the population, according [...] (12-12) 07:46 PST WASHINGTON (AP) – Michelle Obama now holds part of a world record. The first lady announced in an email Monday that her October bid to break the record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period succeeded. Mrs. Obama says 300,265 people participated, shattering the old record. In order to achieve her goal, Mrs. Obama led about 400 elementary and middle-school students from Washington in jumping jacks on the [...] Zimbabwe failed to break Hungary’s 1946 world record for hyperinflation. That said, Zimbabwe did race past Yugoslavia in October 2008. In consequence, Zimbabwe can now lay claim to second place in the world hyperinflation record books. Highest Monthly Inflation Rates in History Country Hungary Zimbabwe Yugoslavia Germany Greece China Frank and Louie, a cat born with two faces, has been named the longest living Janus cat in the new edition of the Guinness World Records. (Photo credit: David Niles-Telegram.com) WORCESTER (CBS) – A local cat has made it into the new edition of the Guinness World Records. Frank and Louie lives with his owner Marty, who wishes to remain anonymous, in Worcester. WBZ NewsRadio 1030?s Lana Jones reports Frank and [...] U.S. woman eats 183 chicken wings in 12 minutes
The Black Widow of eating contests has scarfed down 183 chicken wings in 12 minutes to break her own world record set last year in Buffalo, N.Y.
Sonya Thomas took home first place Sunday at the 10th annual National Buffalo Wings Festival.
She beat eating marvel Joey (Jaws) Chestnut, who came in second with 174 wings.
**SNIP**
Thomas is nicknamed [...] Don Gorske has been eating two burgers a day for years A retired prison guard in the US has eaten his 25,000th Big Mac. It has been 39 years to the day since Don Gorske ate his first nine. At a ceremony in his honour at a McDonald’s in his hometown of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, he said he would continue to eat Big Macs “until I die”. Mr Gorske, 57, [...] Inflation in Zimbabwe peaked in 2009 at 13.2bn%, a world record An ATM in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare has been issuing the old national currency, sparking rumours that the defunct bills are back in circulation. For the last two years, Zimbabwe has used US dollars and South African rand after its world record inflation rates rendered its dollars worthless. The BBC’s Brian Hungwe in Harare says most Zimbabweans [...] by RobotTrader NYA about to bust out to new highs…. Wow… by RobotTrader Either crude oil is going to crash, or natural gas is going to catch up. If you believe in reversion to the mean, then here are a couple of setups you can play on the long side. by RobotTrader World record volume in PSQ today. Might be time to “Get out of Dodge” on the high tech growth names…. Chinese “junker” IPO’s got round tripped the last few days…. Time to buy this? “Chit Pole” was destroyed. by RobotTrader No other sector gets blowtorched by 20% in one day, top to bottom. LOL…. Obliterated from the highs on world record volume today. “CME confirmed silver margins raised from $5000 to $6500 (30%) effective 11/10 settl – no other metals effected” Gold bulls are always on 100% margin. That’s why you always see these horrific, sudden price drops. The CIGA and GATA boys are all trying to get rich quick to catch up with [...] by RobotTrader Created UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. 1. Skyrocketing energy prices? Nope. In fact, natural gas is now trading at world record lows when adjusted for inflation. Resulting in one of the biggest ETF bear markets in history. 2. Collapsing bond market? Nope. Willing debt enablers are clamoring for even more of our U.S. Fiatsco-based Treasuries, driving yields down to new 45-year lows. Basically its a “now, more than ever” attitude towards AAA-rated, gilt-edged, U.S. debt. 3. Galloping gold [...] by RobotTrader And consumer stocks like SBUX rocketing in the face of the worst recession, unemployment, housing bust in history? |
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Olympics: US vs CHINA: THE NEW COLD WAR
Is China the new Soviet Union at the Olympics? It sure is looking like it today.
At the centre of this new Cold War is Ye Shiwen, a 16-year-old Chinese swimmer who snagged gold on Saturday in the 400 meter individual medley at a pace that shattered the world record by more than a second and knocked five second seconds off her personal best in the final 50 meters of the [...]