Two Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to run the CIA. Panetta was a surprise pick for the post, with no experience in the intelligence world. An Obama transition official and another Democrat disclosed his nomination on a condition of anonymity since it was [...]
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Obama picks Leon Panetta to head CIA
Posted: 6th January 2009 by Sus Scrofa in RandomnessTags: CIA, Obama, Panetta
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Gertrude Baines, a 114-year-old California resident, will likely be crowned the world’s oldest woman, according to the organization that keeps track of such honors. Gertrude Baines told CNN two years ago that she has taken good care of herself, “the way (God) wanted me to.” The previous oldest woman was Maria de Jesus, who died [...]
And Now The Greatest Moment During the 2009 New Year’s Celebration
Posted: 5th January 2009 by Sus Scrofa in RandomnessRICHMOND | Some legislators want Virginia to join the growing chorus of states that have defied the federal government by refusing to participate in a national identification program billed as a way to fight terrorism and identity theft. Two pieces of legislation for consideration when lawmakers return to Richmond on Jan. 14 call for Virginia [...]
Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary
Posted: 4th January 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Randomness8 hours ago – By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Writer New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama’s commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his political donors won a lucrative state contract. Complete Story…
Travolta Family Speaks Out: “We are Heartbroken”
Posted: 2nd January 2009 by Sus Scrofa in RandomnessTags: safsfa, Tragedy, Travolta
The family of John Travolta and Kelly Preston have issued their first statement via John’s official website and Kelly’s official website about the tragic death of their 16-year-old son, Jett, on Friday morning: “We would like to extend our deepest and most heartfelt thanks to everyone who has sent their love and condolences. Jett was [...]
100 Things We Didn’t Know in 2008
Posted: 31st December 2008 by Sus Scrofa in Economy | Finance, Entertainment, Hot Chicks, Lifestyle, Mother Nature, Oddly Enough, Politics, Randomness, Religion, Science | Technology, SportsTags: 100 things, 2008, archives, facts, knowledge, last year, learn, mcain, what we didn't know, what we learned
100 things we didn’t know last year Interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from the daily news stories and the Magazine documents some of them in its weekly feature, 10 things we didn’t know last week. To kick off 2009, here are some of the best of last year. 1. Victorians believed smoking cleared the [...]
Pig is a platform for analyzing large data sets that consists of a high-level language for expressing data analysis programs, coupled with infrastructure for evaluating these programs. The salient property of Pig programs is that their structure is amenable to substantial parallelization, which in turns enables them to handle very large data sets. At the [...]