Qaddafi Just Ordered The Destruction Of Oil Pipelines To The Mediterranean

Colonel Qaddafi has structured the distraction of Libyan oil exports by demolishing pipelines to the Mediterranean, resources tell Time's Robert Baer:

"There's been nearly no consistent information impending out of Tripoli, but a resource close to the Gaddafi government I did handle to get grasp of told me the previously terrible condition in Libya will get much bad. Between further things, Gaddafi has planned security services to begin sabotaging oil services. They will begin by blowing up numerous oil pipelines, cutting off flood to Mediterranean harbors. The damage, according to the insider, is intended to serve as a note to Libya's rebellious tribes: It's moreover me or chaos."

Oil has been pointing on worries of a Libyan interruption. Previously today the state declared force majeure, efficiently canceling oil contracts.

Libya generates 1.9 million barrels of oil/Day

Read More

Google Offers $5,000 for Best Tax Infographic

Deliberate you’re decent at creating info graphics? Before you may hunger to enter Google’s modern contest.

Google is proposing a top reward of $5,000 for its Statistics Viz Experiment, a challenge to see who can proposal the best conception of data about where your tax cash goes. The challenge, publicized on Google’s Official Blog today, is based on a website called whatwepayfor.com, which was created by a team of developers: Andrew Johnson and Lewis Garcia.

Overwhelmed with the pair’s spot, Google engineers derived up with their own “shared data conception” or info graphic:

But the corporation confesses that its info graphic has its borders. So, Google has teamed up with not-for-profit art and expertise center Eyebeam for the experiment. To make things cooler, Johnson and Garcia have constructed an API to let any prospective developer entrance the data.

Those concerned can arrive the experiment at the site referenced beyond. The competition starts today and ends on March 27. The champion will be publicized on April 18, aka Tax Day.

Though Google isn’t a corporation that many folks comrade with advancements and competitions, this is the another such competition this month from the search hulk. Previous this month, Google used a alike raise to broadcast its wedding-planning spot.

Read More

Steve Jobs receiving cancer treatment in hospital.

It has BEEN CONFIRMED today that Steve Jobs is receiving treatment for cancer in the Stanford Cancer Center in Palo Alto, California. RADARONINE reported today that it’s the same Clinic where Hollywood Actor the Late Patrick Swayze was undergoing chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer in April 2009.

There has been no formal confirmation of what type of cancer Jobs is being treated for or if he is being treated at all for cancer from the Apple spokes team. Jobs was not forthcoming about the reason he took a medical leave of absence.

Photographs of the 55-year-old Apple CEO were taken on Febuary the 8th outside the clinic and are reported to be published by the The National Enquirer tomorrow morning.

In one photo, Jobs was getting out of his car a day after a full day of work at the company’s Cupertino campus. The photos show Mr Jobs looking painfully frail and weak, with his jeans and dark top hanging loosely on his 6ft 2in, thin body.

Jobs has previously withheld information on his health, such as when he was treated for a form of pancreatic cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in 2009, something that worries Apple investors who feel the company’s future rests in his visionary leadership.

The Daily Mail spoke to DR JEROME SPUNBERG, a certified Oncologist, who said: “Mr Jobs is most likely getting outpatient chemotherapy at Stanford because the cancer has recurred.”

Another consultant, Dr. Gabe Mirkin, a physician with over fourty years experience, said: “He is terminal. What you are seeing is extreme muscle wasting from calorie depravation, most likely caused by cancer. He has no muscle left in his buttocks, which is the last place to go. He definitely appears to be in the terminal stages of his life from these photos. I would be surprised if he weighed more than 130lb.”

The National Enquirer, who initially reported the news today (to be published tomorrow), talked to critical-care physician DR. SAMUEL JACOBSON, who said, “Judging from the photos, he is close to terminal. I would say he has six weeks.” That said, given the reliability of The National Enquirer, waiting for further news before jumping to conclusions is advised.

We’ve done a little digging into Dr. Samuel Jacobson. Jacobson appears to be a Florida based pulmonologist (breathing doctor) – not Oncologist. Which would naturally make you wonder just how qualified he is to diagnose someone via a photo, especially outside of his speciality.

We sincerely hope he’s wrong and wish Jobs all the best.

UPDATE: Steve Jobs is reportedly meeting President Barack Obama today. MORE INFO HERE.

Read More

Dhoni hints Kohli will play instead of Raina

The most heated debate in recent weeks about the composition of the Indian team for the World Cup has been who among Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina will make the final XI. MS Dhoni gave the first clear indication of the Indian team's decision when he said, after the warm-up match against New Zealand, that the in-form Kohli is likely to play at No. 4 in the opening match against Bangladesh.

"Right now it is a matter of deciding slots; it's the No. 4 slot where Virat Kohli needs to bat with Gautam [Gambhir] at No. 3, because to perform to his potential Virat needs to bat up the order," Dhoni said in Chennai. "Raina has done well for us batting at No. 5 and No. 6, still there's a bit of a chance that Virat may get an edge over Raina seeing the current form that he [Kohli] is in."

A starting spot in the World Cup will be a reward for Kohli, who has soared to second spot in the ICC one-day batsmen rankings on the back of several outstanding series. His journey to becoming a first-choice player began with the chances he got in the absence of some of the senior players from one-dayers over the past year. He backed up a match-winning hundred against Australia, in October, with plenty of runs in the home series against New Zealand, before looking the most assured of the India batsmen against the pace of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel in the South Africa one-day series. He was also fluent in both of India's warm-up matches, making 21 against Australia and a brisk half-century against New Zealand.

Raina has been a regular with the Indian side for a couple of years now, but his patchy recent form seems set to cost him his place at the start of cricket's marquee tournament. He has only one half-century in his previous 21 innings, and even the 25-ball half-century he hammered against New Zealand on Wednesday hasn't, apparently, been enough to convince the team management.

Another middle-order batsman whose recent form hasn't been great is Yuvraj Singh, who didn't bat in the warm-up against New Zealand. With India playing only four specialist bowlers, and Virender Sehwag's shoulder problem still preventing him from sending down his offspinners, Yuvraj's regular contributions with the ball will be important to the balance of the side. "Once Yuvraj gets going in a series, he makes it a point that India wins that series; that's definitely a big positive," Dhoni said. "Also being a proper left-arm spinner, he has been contributing in all the games right from South Africa, taking the ball away from the batsmen. It's another big asset that he has got which gives him an edge over the others."

Yuvraj's batting form is shaping up as a big factor in deciding which of Kohli and Raina will play. He will start out the World Cup at No. 5, but could move up a slot if he hits form. If that happens, Kohli looks likely to have to vacate not just the No. 4 spot but a place in the team itself as the management rates Raina as a better player in the lower order, in the subcontinent. "Once Yuvraj gets going and he scores one or two fifties, that will be the time when we will be in a dilemma," Dhoni said, "because that No. 4 slot is very important for us, and if Virat is to bat at No. 5, 6 or 7 then his performance will get affected, because he's the kind of player who likes to spend a bit of time initially and then look to go after the bowlers."

Read More

Dhaka Decks Up for World Cup Opening

This evening all eyes are going to be glued on Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka—and on the newly refurbished 25,000-seater Bangabandhu National Stadium, to be precise—where the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will kick off at 5:30 p.m. IST with a grand ceremony that is going to feature about 4,000 performers.

The tournament is taking place in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, but Dhaka gets to play host first.

“The ceremony is divided in three segments, with each segment categorically representing each of the host nations,” said Mohammad Ali Ahsan, the ICC tournament director for Bangladesh.

Read More

ICC investigates Salman Butt TV deal

The ICC is investigating whether Salman Butt has breached the terms of his 10-year ban for spot fixing by becoming a studio pundit for a Pakistan TV channel during the World Cup. Five years of Butt's term were suspended on the condition of him making no further breaches of the code and participating in an anti-corruption education programme under the PCB.

However, just a matter of days after the judgements were handed down in Doha Butt was reported to have joined up with Channel 5, a local station in Pakistan, to act as a studio expert during the World Cup. Because the channel is a non-licensee or rights holder the ICC said it had no power to act against Butt, although the governing body is now taking the matter further.

"We are not satisfied with this appointment and we have written to Tribunal chairman Michael Beloff QC to enquire whether this could be viewed as a breach against the terms of his suspended sentence," Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, said.

The matter was discussed at the ICC board meeting in Dubai on February 15, when enhanced anti-corruption measures were also confirmed with fines now in place for any players or support staff who take communication devices into dressing rooms. It had earlier been confirmed that all members of World Cups squads, including backroom staff, will be banned from using Twitter during games.

Steve Bernard, the Australia manager, is a frequent tweeter during matches but he now won't be allowed to post messages although the restrictions won't be in place outside of games and managers will still be allowed to have their phones in the dressing room.

"This is just a precaution, it's not something we are overly concerned about," an ICC spokesman told AFP. "But we do feel a team manager's phone should be used for operational purposes only during matches. This applies to all teams and this decision has not been taken in response to anything the Australia team manager has said or done previously."

The ICC Governance and Review Committee also discussed various options for the 2015 World Cup, which will be staged in Australia and New Zealand. The tournament will be reduced to a 10-team event and it is currently being decided whether there will be a qualification phase to allow an Associate nation to take part. The move to shrink the World Cup has sparked anger among the Associate countries, who feel they are being marginalised.

It was also confirmed that the 2011 ICC Awards will be held in London on September 12 and the Annual Conference will take place in Hong Kong from June 26-July 1.

Read More

ICC World Cup 2011 Warm-up Game Schedule

Before the start of the mega ICC events each and every team will play warm-up game. So below is the complete schedule of Warm-up game to be played in World Cup 2011.

orld Cup 2011 Warm-up Game Fixtures (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)

Timing	Teams	Venue	Results
Sat Feb 12 09:30 AM	West Indies v Kenya	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	West Indies Won by 61 Runs
Sat Feb 12 09:30 AM	Sri Lanka v Netehrlands	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	Sri Lanka Won by 156 Runs
Sat Feb 12 (D/N) 14:00 PM	Bagladesh v Canada	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	Bangladesh Won by 9 Wickets
Sat Feb 12 (D/N) 14:30 PM	Ireland v New Zealand	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	NZ Won by 32 Runs
Sat Feb 12 (D/N) 14:30 PM	South Africa v Zimbabwe	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	SA Won by 8 Wickets
Sun Feb 13 (D/N) 14:30 PM	India v Australia	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	IND Won by 38 Runs
Tue Feb 15 09:30 AM	Zimbabwe v Ireland	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Tue Feb 15 09:30 AM	Kenya v Netherlands	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Tue Feb 15 (D/N) 14:00 PM	Bangladesh v Pakistan	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Tue Feb 15 (D/N) 14:30 PM	Australia v South Africa	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Wed Feb 16 09:00 AM	England v Canada	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Wed Feb 16 09:30 AM	Sri Lanka v West Indies	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Wed Feb 16 (D/N) 14:30 PM	India v New Zealand	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Fri Feb 18 (D/N) 14:00 PM	England v Pakistan	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Read More

4 Ways to Do Good This Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s date is everyone’s beloved holiday. Except you’re in a bond and you have to plan a whole big fixation for your major other. Or if you’re solo and the day right away reminds you of what you don’t comprise. Or maybe you just don’t similar to holidays in general? Okay, Valentine’s date sucks.

Still if you can’t place February 14, we can all concur that it’s good to give support. That’s why we’ve pulled mutually a short collection of ways you can do fine this Valentine’s date — from giving donations to sponsorship to cards for your loved one(s).

Of course, there are most likely even more potential out there, so please share — in the explanation below — further ways to give back and do excellent this Valentine’s Day.

Causes.com

Change.org

Charity: Water

Charity Cards

Read More