"April 18, 2009"
http://www.spaceweather.com/
"Daily Sun: 18 Apr 09 The sun is blank--no sunspot. Sunspot number: 0"
"Far side of the Sun: This holographic image reveals no sunspots on the far
side of the sun."

The face of the Sun is without blemish:
http://www.spaceweather.com/images20...hhc5jkru 4uk2

Please visit:
http://blog.nj.com/southjersey_impac...SolarCycle.jpg

The right panel shows the face of the Sun as it looked on a good day during
the late Modern Warm Period. Sunspots are the apparent size of craters on
the moon. The left panel shows a Sun as it appears today. Please write to Al
Gore so that Al knows that the Sun is not living up to his religious
expectations. Al Gore is a divinity school dropout. George Carlin had a
better grasp of the true nature of God's creation, than does Al Gore.

Please visit:
http://www.co-intelligence.org/newsl...es/sun-etc.jpg
which shows the relative sizes of the Sun and planets. Compared to the Sun,
Jupiter is the size of a pea, earth is the size of a grain of sand.

IMF's latest forecast says global recession will deepen

PM - Friday, 17 April , 2009 18:56:00
Reporter: Sue Lannin

LISA MILLAR: And now for our look at today's business and finance, here's
Sue Lannin.

SUE LANNIN: Thanks Lisa.

Australian shares have jumped to their highest level for the year, but ended
flat despite another grim warning from the International Monetary Fund.

The IMF says in its latest World Economic Outlook that the global recession
is likely to be deep and protracted and the recovery when it does come -
sluggish.

It says recessions that are preceded by financial crises tend to be worse
and last longer.

In New York, the Dow Jones index gained one per cent or 96 points to 8,125.

The news that investment bank, JP Morgan made a better than expected profit
in the first quarter of the year helped boost confidence.

At the end of the day Australian shares closed steady.

The All Ordinaries rose three points to 3,728.

The ASX 200 put on one point to end at 3,778. It hit 3,851 in early trade.

Consumer stocks rallied, helped by the news that Woolworths saw a rise in
sales for the first few months of the year. Its shares put on one per cent.

The Materials Index fell but the big miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton both
gained ground.

The financial sector rose slightly.

Gold miners fell as the price of gold traded near one-week lows.

Spot gold is down $US15 to $US874.54 an ounce.

West Texas Crude Oil is up 73 cents to just under $US50 a barrel.

And the Australian dollar is lower at around 72 US cents.

LISA MILLAR: Thanks Sue.


[This is the print version of story
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2546130.htm]