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"By the middle of this century, the economy of China will be nearly twice as large as that of the United States and as big as the economies of North America, Europe, and Japan -- combined." - Jeremy Siegel Read more
"By the middle of this century, the economy of China will be nearly twice as large as that of the United States and as big as the economies of North America, Europe, and Japan -- combined." - Jeremy Siegel Read more
News Source: abc13.com News Highlight: -- Utility officials said about 939,000 customers in East and Southeast Texas were without power (more than 560,000 with CenterPoint Energy, mostly in Southeast Texas; about 279,000 with Entergy; and about 100,000 TXU customers, primarily in East Texas). -- In Jasper County north of Beaumont, seven people in the house that came off its foundation were rescued in floodwaters. There were also reports of trees on houses, houses burning, and churches and mobile homes coming apart. -- In Galveston's historic Strand district, fire destroyed a bail bonds company, a former fraternal club that's now an art gallery, and burned a Victorian house. The main facility of The Galveston County Daily News lost part of its roof. The wall of a restaurant collapsed. URL of the news item: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=hurricanes&id=3472660 Read more
Last night we slept in a closed area so nothing would hurt us... as the night went on.. we slept - just before the landfall of Rita. Well... the night went off without any incident or even any indication! But it was a sigh of relief! The direction of the Hurricane actually had been North West.. but then sudddenly a few miles before landfall it had changed the direction to North... and that straightened it... and again when it hit the land it turned North west back again! Had it not changed its direction to North instead of the original and as later North west... Houston and us in Katy would have been in trouble! Read more
News Source: Houston Chronicle News Highlight: Hoping to avoid a repeat of the highway gridlock and fuel shortages that frustrated and stranded Houston residents fleeing from Hurricane Rita, Texas' governor is calling for evacuees to stay put while authorities come up with a plan to stagger their return. Because of the need to bring rescue crews and supplies into the region, outbound lanes of the highways will not be opened to returning traffic. "Stay patient. Stay put," Gov. Rick Perry said this morning. "Hopefully as soon as this afternoon we'll be able to share with people how to get into their homes and neighborhoods.'' URL of the news item: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory2/3367699 Read more
News Source: Indian Express News Highlight: With Hurricane Rita hurtling towards the Texas coast, Indian IT major Infosys has evacuated over 86 people including employees and their families from Houston on a chartered flight. The evacuation on Thursday night (IST) was ordered after a specially set up Infosys Rita watch panel, Task Force Rita, indicated danger for employees in Houston, Texas. There are nearly 100 Infosys employees working in the region. Infosys officials at the company’s headquarters in Bangalore said that the decision to charter a plane for the evacuation of employees and their families was made after reports that roads from Houston were blocked as scores of people attempted to flee. URL of the news item: http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=78732&headline=Infosys~airlifts~its~83~US~staffers,~kin Read more
News Source: Indian Express News Highlight: The Asian intelligence successes of which the Centre [HQ of the First Chief Directorate or FCD, the KGB’s foreign intelligence wing] was most proud were in India, the world’s second most populous state and largest democracy. It was deeply ironic that the KGB should find democratic India so much more congenial an environment than Communist China, North Korea and Vietnam. Oleg Kalugin, who in 1973 became the youngest general in the FCD, remembers India as both a prestige target and ‘‘a model of KGB infiltration of a third world government’’. The openness of India’s democracy combined with the streak of corruption which ran through its media and political system provided numerous opportunities for Soviet intelligence. URL of the news item: http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=78733&headline=%E2%80%98India~was~a~model~of~intelligence~infiltration%E2 Read more
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The track of the storm is moving towards eastwards - away from Houston. The outer side is actually East of the 610 loop! So thats good news for us.. but bad news for South west Louisiana. Read more
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