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  • Hofstra Student Accidentally Killed by Police

    ABC News: Top Stories
    19 May 2013 | 5:27 pm
    Students at Hofstra University wore white ribbons at their graduation ceremony today to honor a fellow student who was accidentally killed by a police officer who exchanged gunfire with an armed intruder.    

  • Rethinking The Autistic Brain: Temple Grandin on Shifting Focus from Deficits to Strengths

    TIME.com: Top Stories
    19 May 2013 | 6:05 pm
    Rethinking The Autistic Brain: Temple Grandin on Shifting Focus from Deficits to Strengths

  • Police: Suspects ID'd in Madeleine McCann case

    CNN.com - World
    17 May 2013 | 11:57 am
    British police have identified a number of suspects in the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann during a 2007 family vacation in Portugal, London's Metropolitan Police said Friday.

  • Student debt weighs on overall economy

    USATODAY.com Feed
    19 May 2013 | 5:22 am
    Loans that gave students the funds they needed to move forward are now holding them back.

  • Analyst disputes Brown's budget outlook as too glum

    Los Angeles Times - Top News
    17 May 2013 | 7:27 pm
    Legislature's advisor sees $3 billion more in revenue, which could hamper the governor's bid to curb spending.SACRAMENTO — California's financial picture is much brighter than Gov. Jerry Brown suggested in his latest spending plan, according to the Legislature's top budget advisor, who said the state will have $3.2 billion more at its disposal than the governor estimated.    
 
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  • PM warns overseas territories on tax

    19 May 2013 | 6:41 pm
    David Cameron has called on British overseas territories to "get their house in order" and sign up to international treaties on tax.

  • Morsi rules out Sinai hostage talks

    19 May 2013 | 6:14 pm
    Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi rules out negotiating with the abductors of seven security personnel seized last week in the Sinai peninsula.

  • VIDEO: One-minute World News

    19 May 2013 | 6:01 pm
    Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.

  • Film shows Hillsborough PC was right

    19 May 2013 | 5:46 pm
    Crucial evidence from the 1989 Hillsborough football disaster, which was undermined at the original inquest was true, BBC Panorama finds.

  • Man killed as blast destroys house

    19 May 2013 | 5:39 pm
    The body of a man is recovered from the remains of a house in Nottinghamshire after it was destroyed in an explosion that injured four others.
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  • North Korea launches missile into sea

    19 May 2013 | 11:36 am
    North Korea fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan, South Korea's semi-official Yonhap news agency reports, citing a South Korean military official.

  • Troubled youth run 'old skool' bistro

    17 May 2013 | 12:23 pm
    As a juvenile corrections officer in Southern California, Teresa Goines found it rewarding to work with troubled youth and help them turn their lives around.

  • Nigerian military: At least 20 insurgents killed in raid

    17 May 2013 | 11:58 am
    At least 20 insurgents were killed Friday as Nigeria's military carried out an aerial bombardment of suspected militant Islamist camps in the country's northeast, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.

  • Police: Suspects ID'd in Madeleine McCann case

    17 May 2013 | 11:57 am
    British police have identified a number of suspects in the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann during a 2007 family vacation in Portugal, London's Metropolitan Police said Friday.

  • Earthquake reported in eastern Canada

    17 May 2013 | 10:15 am
    An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 struck eastern Canada on Friday morning, the government said.
 
 
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  • Va. GOP picks conservatives for fall ticket; black minister is lieutenant governor choice

    Laura Vozzella
    19 May 2013 | 8:05 pm
    RICHMOND — Thousands of Virginia Republicans on Saturday picked a slate of statewide candidates who vowed to stay true to conservative principles, resisting calls to remake the GOP message after losses in 2012. Read full article >>    

  • Obama speech to address counterterrorism measures

    Scott Wilson
    18 May 2013 | 9:01 pm
    President Obama will deliver a speech Thursday at the National Defense University in which he will address how he intends to bring his counterterrorism policies, including the drone program and the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in line with the legal framework he promised after taking office. Read full article >>    

  • Bug-phobic dread the looming swarm of Brood II cicadas

    Darryl Fears
    18 May 2013 | 5:12 pm
    The night started with one tiny click near the bedroom window. Then came another, and another, until a great oak beside Lori Milani’s South Arlington apartment was alive with an almost deafening roar of cicadas. Read full article >>    

  • Dozens injured when car runs into Virginia parade

    Martin Weil
    18 May 2013 | 4:25 pm
    About 60 people were injured Saturday when a car plowed into participants and spectators at the Appalachian Trail Days parade in Damascus, Va., sending hundreds of people scattering amid shouts and screams. Read full article >>    

  • NTSB to analyze fractured rail in Connecticut train crash investigation

    John Christoffersen
    18 May 2013 | 4:07 pm
    BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, and a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident. Read full article >>    
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    In Focus

  • 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

    17 May 2013 | 6:31 am
    The 25th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is under way, and entries will be accepted for another six weeks, until June 30, 2013. First prize winner will receive a 10-day Galapagos expedition for two. National Geographic was once more kind enough to allow me to share some of the early entries with you here, gathered from four categories: Travel Portraits, Outdoor Scenes, Sense of Place, and Spontaneous Moments. [42 photos] A fennec fox walks against the wind in Morocco. The fennec, or desert fox, is a small nocturnal fox found in the Sahara Desert in North Africa. (©…

  • Harley Davidson National Rally in China

    15 May 2013 | 6:14 am
    Last weekend, Reuters photographer Carlos Barria traveled to Zheijiang Province, China, to photograph some of the 1,000 Harley Davidson enthusiasts who attended China's 5th annual Harley Davidson National Rally, part of the company's 110-year anniversary. Harley Davidson only began official sales in China in 2005, and its bikes are considered to be luxury items by Chinese tax authorities, so they are taxed at extremely high rates -- a 2013 motorcycle might sell for 200,000 yuan ($32,500), approximately four times the average annual salary in Beijing. Transportation authorities have also…

  • Welcome Back to Earth, Commander Hadfield

    14 May 2013 | 5:54 am
    Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, commander of the just-completed Expedition 35 aboard the International Space Station, landed safely yesterday in Kazakhstan along with crew members Tom Marshburn and Roman Romanenko after five months in orbit. In his time aboard the ISS, Commander Hadfield not only took hundreds of photographs and conducted conferences with students on Earth, he took his stories to social media, catching the attention of the world. Hadfield, with the help of his sons Evan and Kyle, took the web by storm, creating popular presences on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, and…

  • Sichuan Earthquake: Five Years Later

    13 May 2013 | 5:25 am
    Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, a magnitude 8.0 quake which struck a mountainous region in southwestern China, destroying several villages, killing more than 70,000, and leaving another 18,000 still listed as missing. In the hard-hit town of Beichuan, dozens of massive buildings toppled or collapsed. Chinese authorities decided to stabilize the remaining buildings after the earthquake, preserving the entire town as a memorial to the tremendous loss. Collected here are photographs of Beichuan as it stands today, mourners paying their respects, a newly-opened…

  • A Trip to South Korea

    10 May 2013 | 7:26 am
    While neighboring North Korea makes worldwide headlines with threats and demands, South Koreans have adjusted slightly to possible dangers, but largely carry on with their everyday lives. The war that halted in 1953 reverberates strongly today, including the continued strong presence of U.S. military forces near the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas. South Koreans have rapidly become a country of digital natives, with city dwellers quickly adopting new technologies. The megacity of Seoul now has a population nearing 11 million -- more than 20 percent of the entire country, all…
 
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    Holy Kaw!

  • A kind of serious guide to surviving wild animal attacks

    Kate Rinsema
    19 May 2013 | 5:37 pm
    Quick, how do you avoid being killed by a jellyfish? In the time it took you to answer, you could have become the victim of a shark attack, too, but not with this handy-dandy survival guide by Liam Gooley, who covers major threats on land, sea and the netherworld certain major world religions call Hell but the rest of us call Arizona. Full story at HellaWella via Neatorama. Laughing at death.

  • Know your leadership style: 9 traits that go into making a successful entrepreneur

    Kate Rinsema
    19 May 2013 | 5:20 pm
    There are many great books out there that help leaders determine their strengths and weaknesses, but the one that Entrepreneur’s Martin Zwilling strongly suggests for those starting out is John Mattone’s  Intelligent Leadership, which shows nine different traits every effective leader displays to one degree or another. He points out that truly effective leaders not only know their strengths but their weaknesses so that the hiring process is about building a well-rounded company. Here’s just a sampling of the types Mattone discusses and Zwilling summarizes: 1.

  • Slow motion video of the first taste of different food

    Peg Fitzpatrick
    19 May 2013 | 11:24 am

  • Pets are good for you

    Peg Fitzpatrick
    19 May 2013 | 7:04 am
      Did you know that your brain releases oxytocin, “the feel-good” hormone in the brain when you pet your dog or cat? What is Oxytocin? “Oxytocin is a powerful hormone. When we hug or kiss a loved one, oxytocin levels drive up. It also acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain. In fact, the hormone plays a huge role in pair bonding.” This wonderful feeling can come from dogs, cats, and even goldfish! A study showed that having a fish tank at a nursing home improved appetites. “Watch a Lassie movie and spit into a cup. It doesn’t sound like it, but this is…

  • The lighter side of Sweden spotlighted at Eurovision Song Contest [video]

    Kate Rinsema
    19 May 2013 | 6:37 am
    Sweden might be better known around the world for Abba, Ikea and dragon tattoos than comedy, but that was before comedienne Petra Mede took the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest with “Swedish Smorgasbord.” From Vikings to stay-at-home dads, Mede covers it all. Top that, Finland! Full story at YouTube via Kuriositas. The not-so-frosty side of Sweden.  
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    Radio Times

  • A reality check on the Benghazi and IRS investigations

    Susan Greenbaum
    16 May 2013 | 9:02 pm
    Guests:  Jonathan Landay and Jodi Schneider It's been a rough couple of days for President Obama when it comes to scandal, crisis and politics. On Wednesday, the White House tried to quell criticism over how it responded to the deadly attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi by releasing over 100 pages of emails between administration officials in the days following the event. The correspondence shows an intense debate between the CIA and State Department over what to tell the public in a set of "talking points" which the President's critics say were drafted with politics…

  • Peter Edelman on why U.S. is 'So Rich, So Poor'

    Patty
    16 May 2013 | 9:01 pm
    GUEST: PETER EDELMAN [REBROADCAST] PETER EDELMAN has been working to raise awareness about and fighting to end poverty in the United States for four decades.  Touring the Mississippi Delta in 1967 with his boss, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, exposed him to families enduring horrifying poverty and helped shape his policy views on poverty ever since. He resigned in protest as Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services in 1996 when President Bill Clinton signed the “welfare reform” bill into law, an act Edelman called “war on the poor of the United States” and “the worst thing”…
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  • Tornadoes tear through Kansas, Oklahoma

    19 May 2013 | 5:59 pm
    People in two states were taking shelter amid wailing warning sirens Sunday as tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down in Kansas and Oklahoma as part of an extreme weather system plowing through the nation's midsection.The system, which stretched from North Texas to Minnesota, also heaved hail -- dime to softball sized -- as well as heavy rainfall. Near Oklahoma City, a half-mile wide tornad...    

  • In Syria, 'winning' is a relative term

    19 May 2013 | 5:04 pm
    News analysisDAMASCUS, Syria – It's early Friday morning, a holy day in Syria's capital. But war is no respecter of dawn or devotion; dense smoke is rising from several suburbs and the birdsong is punctured by the thud of falling artillery shells.This is Damascus today; a city filled with the noise of war. MiG warplanes swoop overhead en route to rebel targets, mortars land amid dense housing, tan...    

  • Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial

    19 May 2013 | 4:31 pm
    KERRVILLE, Texas -- The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness.""Sustained," proclaimed the judge, who wore a striped polo shirt, a thick goatee and a shock of greasy hair. He gave the gavel a sharp bang and waved it arou...    

  • Get an online sneak peek at Comet ISON, potential 'comet of the century'

    19 May 2013 | 4:31 pm
    The much-anticipated incoming Comet ISON, which some scientists hope will become the "comet of the century" later this year, may not be visible to the naked eye yet, but you don't have to wait months to see this icy wanderer. The comet takes center stage in an online telescope webcast on Sunday.Comet ISON was first discovered last year and is currently expected to swing extremely close by the sun ...    

  • How to prepare for your parents' retirement

    19 May 2013 | 4:31 pm
    When Eileen Crehan thinks about her parents’ retirement plans, she worries.The 27-year-old PhD candidate, like many young adults, knows that her parents’ future finances aren’t only a source of concern for them—they directly impact her life as well.“They are careful spenders and savers, but they hit some bad luck when the mortgage broker industry tanked and some medical issues came up suddenly and...    
 
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    The Conversation

  • What went wrong for the Co-op Bank?

    Martin Upton, Head of the Centre for Accounting and Finance at The Open University
    19 May 2013 | 4:20 pm
    Collapsing business deals, massive financial losses, and a “junk” rating have made recent months a nightmare for the Co-op Bank. In March it announced losses of £634m for the 2012 financial year, largely as a result of acquiring a large package of overvalued mortgages. In April it suddenly pulled out of a deal with Lloyds to buy 632 of its branches. Then on May 10 the American ratings agency Moody’s announced a staggering six notch downgrade in the bank’s credit rating, taking its bonds down from “investment grade” to “junk” status. The Chief Executive, Barry Tootell…

  • Inspire magazine and the rise of open-source jihad

    Barry Richards, Professor of Public Communication at Bournemouth University
    19 May 2013 | 4:11 pm

  • DSM-5 tells us more about psychiatry than psychiatrists

    Simon Wessely, Professor of Psychological Medicine at King's College London
    19 May 2013 | 4:11 pm
    DSM-5, the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association, was published in the US at the weekend. Given that not even its most passionate supporters would call it a good read, it had already attracted unusual levels of attention. There has already been an avalanche of serious comment pieces, magazine articles, blogs and the occasional sensationalist Daily Mail headline. Why is it proving so controversial? The DSM is nothing more than a list of psychiatric disorders, accompanied by descriptions and explicit criteria for their diagnosis. It’s…

  • Explainer: what is the DSM?

    Peter Kinderman, Professor of Clinical Psychology at University of Liverpool
    19 May 2013 | 4:11 pm

  • Under new psychiatric guidebook we might all be labelled mad

    Allen Frances, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Duke University
    19 May 2013 | 4:11 pm
    “We are all mad here” explains the Cat to Alice when she wonders about the strangeness of Wonderland. Well, life is starting to follow art. If people make the mistake of following DSM-5, the new diagnostic manual in psychiatry that was published on Saturday, pretty soon all of us may be labelled mad. When I worked on the taskforce for DSM-4, we were very concerned about taming diagnostic inflation – but we only partly succeeded. Then four years ago, I became aware of the excessive enthusiasm around all the new diagnoses being proposed for DSM-5, including many that were untested. I hate…
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    The Big Picture

  • Deadly crossing

    17 May 2013 | 11:46 am
    In 2012, sheriff's deputies in Brooks County found 129 bodies, around double the amount from the year before and six times the number recorded in 2010. Most of those who die succumb to the punishing heat and rough terrain that comprise the ranch lands of south Texas. Reuters photographer, Eric Thayer, traveled to Brooks County, Texas and Reynosa, Mexico to investigate the rising rates of immigrant deaths along the border there, spending time at a migrant's hostel in Mexico and with U.S. Border Patrol in Brooks County. Many migrants, after spending several weeks traveling through Mexico and…

  • Chechnya: daily life

    15 May 2013 | 12:31 pm
    After two Chechen brothers were named in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings, Reuters photographer Maxim Shemetov took this collection of images titled "Inside Modern Chechnya" showing daily life in the semi-autonomous Russian region known for a centuries-­old tradition of defying Moscow’s rule. Shemetov focused on the area in and around the capital of Grozny. -- Lloyd Young ( 28 photos total)Members of a Chechen dance group pose for photographers at a government-organized event marking Chechen language day in the center of the Chechen capital Grozny on April 25. (Maxim…

  • Sugar and salt

    13 May 2013 | 10:18 am
    Although modern techniques often bring sugar and salt to our tables, these two simple treats for the palate are still harvested and processed in traditional, if not ancient methods the world over. Over 160 million tons of sugar is produced annually in well over 100 countries, most of it processed from cane in tropical countries. The world uses 240 million tons of salt every year in everything from food to industrial applications. Gathered here are images of the toils that result in two of our favorite flavors. -- Lane Turner (32 photos total)A cut stem of sugar cane stands in a field in…

  • National Geographic Traveler Magazine: 2013 Photo Contest

    10 May 2013 | 11:13 am
    The National Geographic Traveler Magazine photo contest, now in its 25th year, has begun. There is still plenty of time to enter. The entry deadline is Sunday, June 30, at 11:59 p.m. Entrants may submit their photographs in any or all of the four categories: Travel Portraits, Outdoor Scenes, Sense of Place and Spontaneous Moments. The magazine's photo editors showcase their favorite entries each week in galleries. You can also vote for your favorites. "The pictures increasingly reflect a more sophisticated way of seeing and interpreting the world, making the judging process more difficult,"…

  • Wildfires in California

    8 May 2013 | 9:27 am
    California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. yesterday declared this week as "Wildfire Awareness Week" in recognition of last week's devastating fires northwest of Los Angeles. His proclamation noted, "In an average year, wildfires burn 900,000 acres of California's timber and grasslands." Rains that moved into the area on Monday helped extinguish the fires that started last Thursday along US Route 101 near Camarillo Springs and Thousand Oaks, endangering some 4,000 homes. -- Lloyd Young ( 31 photos total)A man on a rooftop looks at approaching flames as the Springs Fire continues to grow on May 3…
 
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    Slate Articles

  • Particle vs. Antiparticle

    Lisa Grossman
    19 May 2013 | 4:15 am
    Leo Kouwenhoven is a professor of physics at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. He ended the 75-year hunt for the Majorana fermion—a particle that is its own antiparticle—by creating it on a chip.

  • Advertisement: Snag-a-Sidekick With Eaton's Claw O-Matic

    19 May 2013 | 4:15 am
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  • Doctor Who, Season 7, Part 2

    Mac Rogers
    18 May 2013 | 8:36 pm
    In Slate’s Doctor Who TV Club, Mac Rogers discusses the Doctor’s travels via IM every week with the show’s bloggers and fans. This week he’s chatting about the season finale "The Name of the Doctor" with Phil Sandifer, who writes TARDIS Eruditorum.

  • The Longform Guide to Elephants

    Robyn Jodlowski
    18 May 2013 | 4:30 am
    Every weekend, Longform shares a collection of great stories from its archive with Slate. For daily picks of new and classic nonfiction, check out Longform or follow@longform on Twitter. Have an iPad? Download Longform’s app to read the latest picks, plus features from dozens of other magazines, including Slate.

  • Advertisement: The Week's Top IT Stories: 03/29

    18 May 2013 | 4:30 am
      Every week, Eaton scours the Internet to bring you the top five industry headlines of the moment. This week, American Express confirmed its website was hacked, RIM announced a new strategy to revive the company, and Google launched its same-day delivery service. See what else made our top headlines.  Eaton >> Read more Ads by Pheedo
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    ProPublica: Articles and Investigations

  • Transcript: What’s Going on at Gitmo?

    ProPublica
    17 May 2013 | 3:54 pm
    by Christie Thompson The current hunger strike at Guantanamo has entered its fourth month, with resistance growing to involve 100 detainees. More medics have been flown in to assist with force-feeding 29 inmates, and five are currently hospitalized. The strike began after searches of inmates’ Korans, but has grown into a protest of indefinite detention. “The situation is desperate now. People are fainting with exhaustion every day,” wrote detainee Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel in a recent New York Times op-ed. We’ve covered the details of detainees’ cases, and the…

  • How the IRS’s Nonprofit Division Got So Dysfunctional

    ProPublica
    17 May 2013 | 3:14 pm
    by Kim Barker and Justin Elliott May 18: This post has been corrected. The IRS division responsible for flagging Tea Party groups has long been an agency afterthought, beset by mismanagement, financial constraints and an unwillingness to spell out just what it expects from social welfare nonprofits, former officials and experts say. The controversy that erupted in the past week, leading to the ousting of the acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner, an investigation by the FBI, and congressional hearings that kicked off Friday, comes against a backdrop of dysfunction brewing for years.

  • Your Hospital May Be Hazardous To Your Health

    ProPublica
    17 May 2013 | 11:15 am
    As part of our ongoing investigation into patient safety, ProPublica reporters Marshall Allen and Olga Pierce produced this interactive story in collaboration with PBS Frontline and Ocupop during a May 11-16 hackathon.

  • The Story Behind Our Hospital Interactive

    ProPublica
    17 May 2013 | 11:15 am
    by Tom Detzel Here at ProPublica, we love to find new ways to tell stories. We’ve built data-driven news apps, commissioned our own news songs and crafted narratives with a novelist’s touch, all to enrich our investigative reporting. “Your Hospital May Be Hazardous To Your Health,” co-published today with PBS Frontline, is our newest try at innovation. And it had an unusual gestation – as part of a five-day hackathon that brought together teams of journalists, filmmakers, developers and designers to produce interactive stories for the Web. The piece draws from…

  • The Most Important #Muckreads on Rape in the Military

    ProPublica
    16 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    by Christie Thompson May 17: This post has been updated to include the number of men in the military who reported suffering from military sexual trauma. The Pentagon announced this week that a sergeant working in the military’s sexual assault prevention office had been charged with — you guessed it — sexual assault. This news came just a week after the officer in charge of the Air Force’s rape prevention program was arrested for sexual battery.  An estimated 26,000 service members were sexually assaulted in 2012, according to the latest government…
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    CNN iReport - Latest

  • Ciclistas caborquenses colocan cruz y ofrenda en kilómetro 39 de la carretera Santa ana-Trincheras,donde murió Talini

    19 May 2013 | 6:30 pm
    Representantes de clubes de servicio y miembros de la sociedad civil de la región de Caborca colocaron al filo de las 13 horas,una cruz de acero y una ofrenda floral,acompañado de un minuto de silencio,en otras gráficas el alcalde y alcaldesa de Altar y familiares del malogrado ciclista originario de La Toscana,que cubría la ruta hasta Alaska. Y finalmente, la misa efectuada en el histórico templo de Pueblo Viejo de Caborca. Ireport.cnn.com/elpoliciaco.

  • ES MOMENTO DE ACTUAR DE MANERA INTELIGENTE, PERO CON "FINE- TUNING"

    19 May 2013 | 6:28 pm
    ES MOMENTO DE ACTUAR DE MANERA INTELIGENTE, PERO CON "FINE- TUNING" JESUS JIMENEZ es presidente de CENTRUM LABAN; la nueva frontera en inversiones, negocios e información Las cosas están enredadas. Hay un problema de percepciones. Y, quizas, ojos y oídos que no pertenecen a este tiempo. Creo que el gobierno tiene muchas cosas positivas que mostrar -programas de inclusión social, mantenimiento de la hoja de ruta, predisposición a captar inversiones- pero parece que no está comunicando bien. Esta por supuesto es una apreciación constructiva. Hay que hablar claro en dos aspectos, siempre…

  • Wildfire

    19 May 2013 | 6:25 pm
    Wildfire in Martinez, CA

  • ¿CUAL ES EL FUTURO?: CARAS Y CARETAS

    19 May 2013 | 6:23 pm
    ¿CUAL ES EL FUTURO?: CARAS Y CARETAS JESUS JIMENEZ; es presidente de CENTRUM LABAN; la nueva frontera en inversiones, negocios e información ¿Cómo están las cosas en Perú? ¿Es que no puede haber haber un momento de tranquilidad política en este país? Termina una cosa con ruido y empieza otra con más ruido. ¡Qué dirán los que nos miran desde afuera? La verdad siempre aparece. Corríjanme si me equivoco. Pero existe la impresión que desde que la Megacomisión investigadora del Congreso planteó la acusación constitucional contra el ex presidente Alan García por…

  • US Marine making history in Dodge City Kansas

    19 May 2013 | 6:18 pm
    The US Marine is my son, Pfc D Perez. Our School District USD #443 rewrote the policy this year to allow any branch of the military to walk the stage for High School Graduation in their uniform.  Our first request for Pfc Perez to participate in uniform was denied by the high school principle due to school policy that states every senior participating in the commencement must wear a cap and gown.  The principle told us he could wear a cap and gown over his military uniform.  Since that was not an option to cover the uniform with a gown we met with the districts Superintendent…
 
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    WSJ.com: What's News US

  • Oil Is Isolated Bright Spot

    19 May 2013 | 6:39 pm
    Abreast of the Market: Prices of many commodities are down this year, but U.S. oil futures have rallied. Skeptics say the mismatch is a sign of trouble.

  • Yen Weakness Boosts Nikkei

    19 May 2013 | 6:36 pm
    Asian markets were higher Monday, with the Nikkei rising on the back of a weaker yen following the USD's rise above ¥103 on Friday. The Nikkei rose 1.1%.

  • For Multinationals, Europe Is Soft Spot

    19 May 2013 | 6:28 pm
    Soft European markets were a consistent and negative theme of the first-quarter results from big U.S. industrial companies, and concerns about further deterioration are expected to be a key topic at the annual conference that starts Monday.

  • Don't Cry for Me, Euro Zone

    19 May 2013 | 6:25 pm
    Can countries like Greece and Spain go on enduring the unyielding squeeze indefinitely? So far, they say yes. So, too, did Argentines in the late 1990s and early 2000s—that is, until they didn't.

  • Chinese Credit Surge Raises Property Fears

    19 May 2013 | 6:13 pm
    Surging credit has kept China's real estate-sector humming in the teeth of a renewed attempt by the government to bring prices under control, risking a destabilizing correction in prices down the line.
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    C-SPAN Recent Events

  • Life Portraits: James Garfield

    19 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    In this program from our 1999 "American Presidents: Life Portraits" series we focused on James Garfield's life and career. Historians discussed Garfield's military service, his election as president and assassination shortly after his inauguration. Suzanne Miller, the site manager at Garfield's home in Mentor, Ohio, talked about several of the artifacts and documents that Garfield left behind. 

  • History of Columbia, South Carolina

    19 May 2013 | 5:00 pm
    C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles take American History TV on the road. Throughout the weekend of May 18-20 we feature the history of Columbia, South Carolina.

  • Loyalists in NYC During the American Revolution

    19 May 2013 | 9:50 am
    Thousands of colonists rejected the War for American Independence and many fled to the British stronghold of New York City. San Jose State University History Professor Ruma Chopra discusses the situation in the city and the perspective of those who looked upon the British as natural allies in religion, language and blood and thought the violence of rebellion was unnecessary and unlawful.

  • American Artifacts: The Chinese in America

    19 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    American History TV visited San Francisco’s Chinatown to follow historian Charlie Chin as he tells the story of the Chinese in America to a group of college students. This is part one of a three-part series on San Francisco’s Chinatown. This portion of the series was recorded in the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum.  

  • Lectures in History: Iran-Contra Affair

    18 May 2013 | 8:00 pm
    Metropolitan State University professor Douglas Rossinow teaches a class on the Iran-Contra affair, which took place in the mid-1980s during the Reagan Administration. The Iran-Contra affair stems from Reagan administration officials funding the Contras - who were fighting against the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua - with money from the sale of arms to Iran. The arms were being sold to Iran in the hope of gaining the release of American hostages held in Lebanon - hence the reason the affair is sometimes called as the “arm-for-hostages” scandal. Metropolitan State University is in St.
 
 
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    Los Angeles Times - Top News

  • USC made its offer to neuroscientists a no-brainer

    18 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    The school's 'all hands on deck' effort to lure Arthur Toga and Paul Thompson from UCLA included money and the prospect of new collaborations, as well as less tangible personal perks.The courtship that has riveted the neuroscience world blossomed at a Saturday night dinner in a tony Brentwood restaurant.    

  • Labor group won't back away from campaign mailer

    17 May 2013 | 8:37 pm
    Mailer to Latino voters urges support for Wendy Greuel because she 'will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour,' but Greuel does not back that minimum pay level for all workers.The most powerful labor organization in Los Angeles refused Friday to back away from a campaign mailer in which it urges voters to support Wendy Greuel for mayor because she "will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour."    

  • Analyst disputes Brown's budget outlook as too glum

    17 May 2013 | 7:27 pm
    Legislature's advisor sees $3 billion more in revenue, which could hamper the governor's bid to curb spending.SACRAMENTO — California's financial picture is much brighter than Gov. Jerry Brown suggested in his latest spending plan, according to the Legislature's top budget advisor, who said the state will have $3.2 billion more at its disposal than the governor estimated.    

  • Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento

    17 May 2013 | 6:39 pm
    Lawmakers and candidates are increasingly feeling they can accomplish more at the state level than in Washington, where many would be serving in the minority.WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was inaugurated for a second term.    

  • In Mexico, immigrants' relatives watch U.S. debate, and hope

    17 May 2013 | 5:59 pm
    Many are skeptical that Congress will pass immigration reform legislation, but if it happens, they say, it will mean the reunion of countless family members, some separated for 20 years.TONATICO, Mexico — Armando Guadarrama was navigating his taxi through the narrow streets of this central Mexico pueblo on a recent Saturday morning, some 2,000 miles from the Beltway.    
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  • Bijbehara Sports Club lifts APL-III Cricket Tournament trophy

    19 May 2013 | 6:45 am
     Anantnag, May 19 (Scoop News) –The Bijbehara Sports Club today lifted APL-III Cricket Tournament-2013 trophy defeating Lions Club Anantnag by 5 wickets in the final. The APL-III Cricket Tournament-2013 which concluded here today was organized by the I RR Mahar in collaboration with Department of Youth Services and Sports. District Development Commissioner, Anantnag, Dr.Farooq  Ahmed  Lone was the chief guest, while as Brigadier, Deepak Banerjee, Commander/Sector 1 RR was the guest of honour on the occasion.   As many as 24 teams participated during the tournament.

  • An American Abroad: Answering the Right Questions, Dodging the Right Bullet

    18 May 2013 | 12:57 pm
     An American Overseas Answering the Right Questions, Dodging the Right Bullet This is an excerpt from the book Reincarnation Through Common Sense. All profits from book sales sponsor Wisdom Professionals, beginning with Tibetan Nuns and Monks. The imaginary name “Honoria” is used for the country where this story happens. No sense picking on any individual country. Similar things happen in most places around the world. More at http://www.fearlesspuppy.org           I’m incredibly lucid and savvy for a lunatic, but I also have…

  • Drive against illicit poppy cultivation in South Kashmir

    18 May 2013 | 7:29 am
    Anantnag/Srinagar, May 18 (Scoop News) –Department of Excise, Kashmir Division has initiated poppy destruction drive in districts of Anantnag and Kulgam in South Kashmir here today.             In the drive, Narcotic Central Bureau, Department of Revenue and Police participated. The team destroyed illicit cultivated as well as wild poppy in the Valley of Panzath, Lowdora, Sadoora, Fetehpora, Wanpora in Tehsil Duroo and in Crendigam of Tehsil Bijbehara besides in the Valley of Gowsia Colony, Nayanpora, Reshipora, Dohbi Khai,…

  • JK CM demands Leh type package for earth quake sufferers

    18 May 2013 | 7:19 am
      New Delhi,May 18 (Scoop News) –Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday afternoon met Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh here and discussed various matters pertaining to the peace and development in the State. The focus of the discussion was recent earth quake which hit various parts of districts of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban. The Chief Minister while giving resume of the damages caused by the quake to the large number of public and private property including essential public service infrastructure demanded the package of relief for the affected people on the…

  • Kashmir Folk Festival at Pahalgam

    18 May 2013 | 7:05 am
    Srinagar, May 18 (Scoop News) –As a part of the ongoing 2-month long Kashmir Folk Festival, a colourful cultural programme was held today at Pahalgam, the famous South Kashmir tourist resort, with prominent folk artists performing before an enthusiastic audience.             Based on the folk music and folk dance of Kashmir, the programme presented the rich cultural heritage of Kashmir before the domestic and local tourists visiting the area. The performance was thronged by a lot of audience who appreciated the cultural initiative.
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  • Dirty Talk

    Kent Sepkowitz
    6 May 2013 | 1:45 am
    Why do some voices turn us on?

  • Gatsby Before He Was Great

    Jimmy So
    6 May 2013 | 1:45 am
    What Fitzgerald’s first version reveals about the great American dreamer.

  • Seyyed Shamseddin Hosseini

    Michael Adler
    6 May 2013 | 1:45 am
    Iran’s biggest cheerleader is the man who holds the purse strings.

  • Bring on the Punk!

    Misty White Sidell
    6 May 2013 | 1:45 am
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates the punk movement -- and its influence on current fashion.

  • Prison Break

    Daniel Klaidman
    6 May 2013 | 1:45 am
    Can Obama ever close Guantánamo?
 
 
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  • Julian Assange reveals GCHQ messages discussing Swedish extradition

    Giles Tremlett, Ben Quinn
    19 May 2013 | 5:05 pm
    WikiLeaks founder uses subject access request to access British agency chatter, which allegedly calls extradition 'a fit-up'Authorities at GCHQ, the government eavesdropping agency, are facing embarrassing revelations about internal correspondence in which Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is discussed, apparently including speculation that he is being framed by Swedish authorities seeking his extradition on rape allegations.The records were revealed by Assange himself in a Sunday night interview with Spanish television programme Salvados in which he explained that an official request for…

  • Government pleads with Labour to save gay marriage bill

    Nicholas Watt
    19 May 2013 | 4:13 pm
    Tory rebellion on amendment to grant civil partnerships to heterosexual couples will 'cost £4bn and take two years'Downing Street issued a stark warning that the bill to legalise gay marriage will run into grave trouble – and cost the taxpayer an extra £4bn – if the Labour party joins forces with Tory opponents to vote in favour of granting civil partnerships to heterosexual couples.As David Cameron was accused by the Conservative Grassroots group of showing "utter contempt" for party activists by pressing ahead with plans to equalise marriage, Labour sources voiced fears that…

  • Legal watchdog warns budget cuts will damage justice

    Owen Bowcott
    19 May 2013 | 4:01 pm
    Ministry's proposals to reduce criminal legal aid budget by £220m is 'unfair in principle' and 'risks undermining quality'Depriving defendants of the ability to choose their own solicitor will undermine confidence in the criminal justice system, an official legal watchdog warned on Monday.The Legal Services Consumer Panel has branded Ministry of Justice proposals to slice at least £220m from the criminal legal aid budget as unfair and likely to damage the quality of representation in courts and police stations.The strongly worded rejection of one of the key elements of the MoJ's plans comes…

  • Tory co-chairman Feldman to face meeting over 'swivel-eyed loons' claim

    Nicholas Watt
    19 May 2013 | 2:44 pm
    Party board's involvement likely to dismay No 10, which has spent weekend rubbishing reports in Times and Daily TelegraphLord Feldman, the Conservative co-chairman, is to be challenged at a meeting of the party board on Monday over allegations that he made disparaging remarks about Tory grassroots activists.As the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, led a cabinet fightback on behalf of Feldman, who denies having described activists as "mad, swivel-eyed loons", a member of the Tory party board said he would be asking Feldman to explain himself.Brian Binley, the Conservative MP for Northampton South…

  • UK spends £2bn housing homeless in B&Bs, hostels and shelters

    Nick Mathiason, Patrick Butler
    19 May 2013 | 1:00 pm
    Rising private rents, lack of affordable housing, benefit cuts and low levels of home-building force costly short-term solution, investigation findsThe UK has spent almost £2bn housing vulnerable homeless families in short-term temporary accommodation, according to figures that demonstrate the scale of Britain's housing crisis.Rising private rents, a shortage of affordable housing and benefit cuts have forced local authorities, particularly in London, to place increasing numbers of households in bed and breakfast accommodation, hostels and shelters.With the number of houses built in Britain…
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  • Man dies in gas explosion that destroys terraced house in Newark

    19 May 2013 | 5:41 pm
    A man has died and another person is still missing after a gas explosion which destroyed a terraced house, police said. Related StoriesOutgoing governor of the Bank of England Sir Mervyn King issues warning over 'Help to Buy' schemeAngelina Jolie gene flaw: British businessman makes medical history after having healthy prostate removedFormer Russian spy 'would give evidence' to public inquiry into killing of Alexander LitvinenkoFormer Google exec says he has 100,000 emails showing how 'immoral' company avoids paying UK taxThe ‘Beverly Hills’ of Surrey pays more income tax than big cities…

  • James Runcie: 'I want a cross between the Open University and a party'

    19 May 2013 | 5:04 pm
    Seven months ago, James Runcie found himself inextricably double-booked: as the outgoing artistic director of the Bath Literature Festival, he was expected to pack his swansong with fireworks, while as the incoming director of the London Literature Festival, which opens tonight, he was under pressure to begin with a bang.Related StoriesSex, drugs and fast cars: The legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racingMacklemore: 'I don't have moderation when using drugs and alcohol. It was hurting my life'The experts' guide to summer: From getting fit for the beach to recreating that Olympic…

  • M&S becomes embroiled in tax row

    19 May 2013 | 4:54 pm
    Marks and Spencer was dragged into the intensifying corporate tax avoidance row on Sunday night with allegations that its online sales operation was operated in a similar way to that of Amazon to minimise payments to the UK Treasury.Related StoriesLuxury giant reveals growing interest in Joules, retailer to the county setConfidence returns to factoriesLego strikes gold with collectible minifigureWhitworths snacks owner mulls saleBritain faces years of high inflation    

  • British skier falls to his death in French Alps

    19 May 2013 | 4:35 pm
    A British skier has died after plunging more than 3,000 feet while tackling a famous off piste glacier in the French Alps.Related StoriesKeep the change, say Germans alarmed by European plan to scrap copper coinsFar-right leader Marine Le Pen injures back falling into poolBritish man arrested after children found with slit throats in FranceBritish man confesses to slitting his two children's throats in Lyon flatBritish man confesses to slitting two children's throats in Lyon flat    

  • Britain faces years of high inflation

    19 May 2013 | 4:33 pm
    Britons should be braced for years of high inflation as the cost of living soars stubbornly ahead of wages, a leading economic forecaster warned today.Related StoriesLuxury giant reveals growing interest in Joules, retailer to the county setConfidence returns to factoriesLego strikes gold with collectible minifigureWhitworths snacks owner mulls saleM&S becomes embroiled in tax row    
 
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  • Russia Expels Former American Embassy Official

    By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and MARK MAZZETTI
    19 May 2013 | 5:38 pm
    Thomas Firestone, a former Justice Department official who had been working in Moscow as a lawyer, was declared “persona non grata” this month, possibly because he reportedly had rebuffed an effort to recruit him as a spy.    

  • Yahoo to Buy Tumblr for $1.1 Billion

    By NICK BILTON and NICOLE PERLROTH.
    19 May 2013 | 5:26 pm
    Yahoo’s move aims to make up for years of missing out on the growth of social networks and mobile devices.    

  • Tech Industry Pushes to Amend Immigration Bill

    By SOMINI SENGUPTA
    19 May 2013 | 4:55 pm
    Executives from Silicon Valley say that the Senate immigration bill imposes too much regulatory control over a company’s hiring of temporary foreign worker or laying off an American worker.    

  • Breaking Bread Karen J. Greenberg: Vexed by Terrorism, Trials and Guantánamo, and Bearing Witness

    By CLYDE HABERMAN
    19 May 2013 | 4:40 pm
    Karen J. Greenberg, the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham, believes that by holding prisoners indefinitely at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the United States has “turned its legal premises upside down.”    

  • H&M Led Labor Breakthrough by European Retailers

    By LIZ ALDERMAN
    19 May 2013 | 3:30 pm
    The Swedish retail giant H&M faced public pressure to accelerate its efforts to improve garment-factory conditions, though it had no ties to a disaster in Bangladesh.    
 
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  • Domestic Violence Updated - Evan Stark on Coercive Control

    28 Apr 2013 | 2:09 pm
    Evan Stark, interview from NDVFRI on Vimeo. If you would like to know what domestic violence, or intimate partner abuse (newer terminology) is all about, don't look to the Control Wheel or the Cycle of Violence.  These descriptions represent the earliest attempts to understand what goes on behind the closed doors of partner or dating relationships. They have been supplanted by a much more accurate model called Coercive Control.  Evan Stark, who appears in this video, has been instrumental in researching and formulating this new model. Please take the time to watch and listen. …

  • Gay son of “conversion therapy” founder on coming out to his dad

    11 Apr 2013 | 2:19 pm
    Have you ever wondered what happens when the children or siblings of famous anti-homosexual advocates tell them that they are homosexual?  These gay disclosures make the news when somebody involved is prominent, for example, Michele Bachmann's half-sister, Dick Cheney's daughter, Oral Roberts' grandson, and the list goes on.  Here's the fly-on-the-wall recounting of the "I'm gay" moment from Richard Socarides (gay attorney, writer and commentator who served as President Clinton’s senior adviser on gay rights) when he told his father Charles Socarides, one of the…

  • One Family Value Needs to Go - Keeping Secrets

    9 Apr 2013 | 10:55 am
      Whether it's the family we grew up in or the families we form as adults, under all the stability, commitment, communication, and trivia of daily life lurks the question of information control:  Who gets to know what and when.  We have some mental laundry bins to help sort bits of information, bins with names like "privacy," "need to know," "never to be mentioned even inside the family," and "age-appropriate."  Stuff gets put in those bins with little thought about the consequences, what happens later.  Perhaps we assume it will all come out in the wash, like stains…

  • Women Journalists of Juarez

    31 Mar 2013 | 5:36 pm
    Vice, the off-beat online journalism website, has posted a half-hour video, in Spanish with subtitles, about the female journalists of Juarez, Mexico, where over 10,000 people (out of a population of 1.5 million) have been murdered by drug lords, gangs, and federal police in a monster fight over turf and access to US drug routes.  Things have calmed down for the moment, but nothing has been solved, and justice is delayed while basic safety denied to the people of Juarez. There are many courageous men telling the story, but this film centers on the women journalists.  Here's the Vice…

  • You Aren't Hearing About NarcoViolence in Mexico

    25 Mar 2013 | 4:30 pm
    It is huge, overwhelming, destroying Mexico day by day.  So why don't we hear about it in the US and elsewhere?  Because anyone who speaks up gets decapitated, shot multiple times, disappeared, or kidnapped.  It is so dangerous to be a journalist in Mexico that ordinary citizens are trying to use social media - just like in Syria and Egypt - to let neighbors and a potential world audience know what's going on.  These ordinary folks, like you and me, with cell phones or FaceBook, are also targets.  Report a murder, you sign up to be the next body in the road.
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  • Mauritania Through a Portuguese Artist's Eyes

    Ayesha Saldanha
    19 May 2013 | 6:35 pm
    Portuguese artist Isabel Fiadeiro (@Isabelfiadeiro) lives in Nouakchott, Mauritania, where she paints and runs an art gallery. Fiadeiro also sketches from observation, filling her blog Sketching in Mauritania with images of daily life in the West African nation. Global Voices spoke to Fiadeiro about her art and how sketching has helped her get to know Mauritania. Global Voices (GV): Where are you from originally? How long have you lived in Mauritania and what took you there in the first place? Isabel Fiadeiro (IF): My father is Portuguese and my mother Spanish. I grew up in Portugal and I…

  • Peru: Strike in Iquitos in Protest of Corruption

    Sally Seward
    19 May 2013 | 2:00 pm
    The permanent problems and chaos [es] in the city of Iquitos and the continuing complaints [es] of corruption in the Regional Government of Loreto have led to various protests [es] by the people and civil society [es]. The most recent of these protests was on May 15, 2013, after the Patriotic Front of Loreto organized [es] a 24 hour strike demanding that the regional president and vice president, Yván Vásquez Valera and Luis Lozano Escudero, vacate their posts because of suspected acts of corruption. The newspaper La Verdad Iquitos indicated [es] that one of the reasons for this…

  • “Lift your Skirt, Save a Life” Cervical Cancer Ad Divides Singapore

    Mong Palatino
    19 May 2013 | 9:30 am
    To remind Singaporeans about the free Pap smear screenings this month, the Singapore Cancer Society came out with a “Lift your skirt. Save a life” ad which sparked a lively discussion on whether it was creative, effective, or offensive. The campaign featured local celebrities replicating the iconic pose of Marilyn Monroe in her film The Seven Year Itch. The campaign poster can be seen on bus shelters and train stations. According to the Singapore Cancer Society, cervical cancer is a major health issue in the country: Cervical Cancer ranks no. 9 among the cancers diagnosed in…

  • KFC Deliveries Smuggled into Palestine through Secret Tunnels

    Amira Al Hussaini
    18 May 2013 | 3:15 pm
    Palestinian Anas Hamra, from Gaza, claims he got his Kentucky Fried Chicken delivered – after a seven hour wait. His story tallies with a recent New York Times report which says that Gazans are getting their KFC deliveries, from Al Arish, in Egypt, where they are smuggled through secret tunnels. After ordering his meal, he jokes [ar]: @AnsRed: We have lost our Kentucky meal. The government has confiscated it, may it [the government] be scandalised He then adds: تم الإفراج حسب الإتصال عن 100 وجبة كنتاكي من لجنة الأنفاق التابعة…

  • Turkey: Syrian Refugees Targeted after Reyhanlı Blasts

    Baran Mavzer
    18 May 2013 | 2:11 pm
    On May 11th, Reyhanlı [en] small Turkish town on Turkey-Syria border, was under terrorist attacks. This was the biggest terrorist attack [en] in country's 90 year-old republican history. After the explosions nine people were detained [en] by the security forces. Officials said [en], two vehicles were used in the bombings and more than 50 people were killed and at least 100 people were injured. But on social media, there were rumors that the real number of the victims is more than 100. Twitter user shiny (Idauk) tweets [Tr]: @Idauk Simdi Antakya'dan arkadasimla konustum.Olu sayisi…
 
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  • Martian New Impact Craters

    17 May 2013 | 9:39 am
    Rocks from space just keep on falling. They fall throughout the solar system but have more impact on Mars because they do not not burn up in the thinner atmosphere. Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) across. Researchers have identified 248 new impact sites on parts of the Martian surface in the past decade, using images from the spacecraft to determine when the craters appeared. The 200-per-year planet wide…

  • Methane Across the Country

    17 May 2013 | 6:01 am
    Methane is created naturally near the Earth's surface, primarily by microorganisms by the process of methanogenesis. It is carried into the stratosphere by rising air in the tropics. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, stronger than carbon dioxide on a 20-year timescale, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, though on a century timescale, carbon dioxide is far stronger. "This research suggests significant benefits to slowing climate change could result from reducing industrial methane emissions in parallel with efforts on carbon dioxide," said Ira Leifer, a researcher…

  • DiCaprio's Environmental Charity Art Auction Raise $33 Million

    17 May 2013 | 5:37 am
    Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental charity auction at Christie's in New York has raised an impressive $33.3 million from wealthy art collectors. Most of the sale proceeds went to environmental protection causes promoted by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. The Hollywood actor, who was himself present at the auction, urged collectors to bid as if the planet's fate "depends on us" - and they responded to his call generously.

  • Ice Age Climate Changed Quickly

    17 May 2013 | 4:24 am
    Short, sharp fluctuations in the Earth's climate throughout the last ice age may have stopped trees from getting a foothold in Europe and northern Asia, scientists say. According to a new study, warm spells were so brief that trees were unable to establish themselves before the temperature shot back down again. 'The warm events were so short-lived that ecosystems weren't able to respond in full,' says Professor Brian Huntley, of Durham University, who led the study.

  • Tundra Carbon Impact?

    16 May 2013 | 1:59 pm
    There is a concern with the carbon stored in the form of frozen partially decomposed vegetation in the vast tundra of the north. When the permafrost melts, it may releases carbon in the form of carbon dioxide and methane, both of which are greenhouse gases. The amount of greenhouse gases which will be released from the Arctic’s stockpile of carbon may be more secure than scientists thought. In a 20-year experiment that warmed patches of chilly ground, tundra soil kept its stored carbon, researchers report. Almost half of the world’s soil carbon is stored at high latitude, in the form of…
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  • A Look Ahead: This Week's ETFs to Watch

    ETF Professor
    19 May 2013 | 4:56 pm
    Sell in May and go away? Try again next year. After last week's gains, the S&P 500 is sitting on a 4.4 percent gain for the month heading into Monday's trading session. The benchmark U.S. index now resides less than 40 points away from the lofty 1,700 level.

  • Earnings Expectations for the Week of May 20

    Nelson Hem
    19 May 2013 | 8:22 am
    The start of the retail earnings season last week was a mixed bag.

  • Presidential Visit Puts Myanmar Investment Theme in Spotlight

    ETF Professor
    19 May 2013 | 8:11 am
    Six months after President Barack Obama visited Myanmar, that country's president, Thein Sein, will visit the White House. Sein's visit to Washington, D.C. marks the first such visit by a leader from the Southeast Asian nation in nearly five decades and it is one that again puts the spotlight on Myanmar's burgeoning but controversial investment thesis.

  • Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Friday May 17, 2013

    Charles Gross
    18 May 2013 | 8:37 pm
    The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday May 17, 2013: Rumor Baidu to Acquire Sogou for $2.5B The Rumor:Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) is rumored to be acquiring Sohu's (NASDAQ: SOHU) Sogu, according to Marbridge.

  • Autodesk to Acquire Tinkercad

    Charles Gross
    18 May 2013 | 4:58 pm
    Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tinkercad, an easy-to-use browser-based 3D design tool.
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    19 May 2013 | 6:39 pm
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  • 1 John 4:19

    Daily Blessing
    19 May 2013 | 6:21 pm
    We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19

  • Dog days

    -NO AUTHOR-
    19 May 2013 | 6:18 pm
    Editor’s note: Do you need something to smile about? Every day, WND selects the best joke offered up by readers and contributors to its Laughlines forum and brings it to you as the WND Joke of the Day. Here is today’s offering: It was so hot today, I saw a dog chasing a cat. And they were walking. Got a great joke you want to share with the world? Write it up in the WND Laughlines forum. Who knows? It might be selected as the WND Joke of the Day – and your wildest dreams will come true.  

  • 'To boldly go' in a biblical direction

    Drew Zahn
    19 May 2013 | 2:33 pm
    For good or ill – and sadly, too often the latter – Gene Roddenberry’s original TV series “Star Trek” was far more than a sci-fi drama, but a cutting edge exploration into social ethics. Don’t get me wrong: I love when TV shows and movies transcend mere entertainment to become more of a true art form – and “Star Trek” often did – and I appreciate the journey Roddenberry took us on, but too often the conclusion left audiences further from biblical truth, rather than deeper into it. Take for instance, the pithy proverb of the uber-rationalist Mr.

  • Aaron Klein Investigative Radio

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    19 May 2013 | 1:50 pm
    WND’s Aaron Klein is on the air live right now on WABC Radio in New York. But you don’t need to be in the Big Apple to hear him. Just click here and choose Aaron Klein’s name to listen.
 
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  • Iran’s ban on female presidential candidates contradicts Constitution

    17 May 2013 | 12:05 pm
    Women in Iran have been banned from running for presidency, contradicting a number of articles of the country's Constitution. May 17, 2013 Iran’s ban on female presidential candidates contradicts several articles of the country’s Constitution as well as international law and should be removed, Amnesty International said.Mohammad Yazdi, a clerical member of Iran’s Council of Guardians, a constitutional body responsible for ensuring that legislation adheres to Iran’s Constitution, as interpreted by Iran’s religious scholars and Islamic law, and for vetting presidential candidates has…

  • Georgia: Homophobic violence mars Tbilisi Pride event

    17 May 2013 | 10:05 am
    Police in the Georgian capital Tbilisi failed to protect LGBTI activists as thousands of people violently attacked a Pride event today in what Amnesty International said was an ineffective response to organized and violent homophobia.  May 17, 2013 Police in the Georgian capital Tbilisi failed to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) activists as thousands of people violently attacked a Pride event today in what Amnesty International said was an ineffective response to organized and violent homophobia. read more

  • Jamaica: Three years on, state of emergency still an open wound

    17 May 2013 | 10:05 am
    The Jamaican authorities must swiftly appoint a commission of inquiry with an adequate mandate, resources and powers to carry out a thorough investigation into the security forces’ conduct during the 2010 state of emergency. May 16, 2013 The Jamaican authorities must swiftly appoint a commission of inquiry with an adequate mandate, resources and powers to carry out a thorough investigation into the security forces’ conduct during the 2010 state of emergency, Amnesty International said today during a visit to Jamaica. read more

  • El Salvador: Supreme Court toys with young mother's life

    17 May 2013 | 10:05 am
    El Salvador’s Supreme Court has, once again, put off a ruling on whether or not to allow a severely ill pregnant woman to have an abortion. May 17, 2013 A decision by El Salvador’s Supreme Court to, once again, put off a ruling on whether or not to allow a severely ill pregnant woman to have an abortion shows no humanity, Amnesty International said.Beatriz, a 22-year-old woman whose case is gathering attention around the world, is five months pregnant and has been diagnosed with a number of severe illnesses, including lupus and kidney disease.read more

  • Argentina: Death of former military leader who did not escape justice

    17 May 2013 | 10:05 am
    Argentina’s former military leader, Jorge Rafael Videla, has died in prison, where he was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity committed during his time in office. May 17, 2013 Argentina’s former military leader, Jorge Rafael Videla, has died in prison, where he was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity committed during his time in office.“Argentina led the way in the prosecution of those responsible for the torture, killing and disappearance of thousands of people during the many military governments across Latin America,” said Mariela Belski, Director of…
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  • Tracking: Hulu's Next Act

    Tyler Gray
    18 May 2013 | 7:14 am
    Will Hulu finally be sold? Things are certainly looking that way. Over the last few weeks everyone from Yahoo to TimeWarner has been kicking the tires of the TV and movie streaming service that’s owned by a trio of Hollywood studios--Disney, Fox, and NBCUniversal. And with increasing dissent among those studios as to what to do with Hulu, it seems like only a matter of time before a deal is worked out. Although a number of strategic options are being considered, one source told Fast Company that “Someone will buy them. The partners are motivated to be done with it.” That…

  • A Furniture Collection Made Entirely By Wind Power

    Jordan Kushins
    17 May 2013 | 2:30 pm
    Merel Karhof has a knack for harnessing breezes and turning them into fun, sustainable goods we can use. Merel Karhof has been using the breeze as muse for years, finding new ways to spin airflow into creative gold. Most notable, perhaps, is the London-based designer’s Wind Knitting Machine, which united a metal mill and loom to make one-of-a-kind scarves. Her ongoing Energy Harvesters series (I, II, III, and IV) underscores her continued fascination with the invisible force. And her latest project, a furniture collection, is not only ingenious but it’s the most ambitious yet.

  • Watch: Rich Brilliant Willing Talk About Their Hands-On Design Process

    Jordan Kushins
    17 May 2013 | 1:15 pm
    The trio behind the Brooklyn-based design-and-manufacturing studio talk shop and share their approach to making. Rich Brilliant Willing was formed in 2007 with the goal of uniting the oft disparate worlds of design and manufacturing from a fully equipped, Brooklyn-based studio and workshop. In the following six years, RBW’s founding trio of RISD grads--Charles Brill, Theo Richardson, and Alex Williams--have produced thoughtful lighting and furniture that have established their reputation as a design force. “A design is a concept,” Brill explains in the first of our Making It…

  • It’s Time To Start Preparing For The Masses Of Climate Change Refugees

    Zak Stone
    17 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    It’s going to take some time for the consequences of the warming climate to catch up with us. But when they do, it could get ugly fast. On May 10, researchers at the Mauna Loa Observatory, an atmospheric monitoring facility, sounded the alarm that carbon dioxide levels in the air had now passed 400 parts per million, an arbitrary marker, but signifying the rapidly growing share of the atmosphere that carbon dioxide is claiming--and getting climate change back into the public debate. In light of that ignominious achievement, commentators are revisiting what exactly that means for a…

  • Infographic: A Beautiful Cheat Sheet For Two Dozen Espresso-Based Drinks

    Kyle VanHemert
    17 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    You’re telling me you don’t already know the difference between a Galão and a Lungo? Ugh. Just when you kinda sorta started to get a handle on the wide world of wine, along comes another new liquid metric for how cosmopolitan you really are (or aren’t): coffee. The variety is daunting. The differences are minute. This graphic should at least help with one subsection of the catalog. Exceptional Expressions of Espresso, the latest from Pop Chart Lab, is a lovely visual guide to 23 espresso drinks, or, in their words, "a world tour of the purest form of coffee." Feel…
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  • Syrian Troops Target Key Rebel-Held Town

    19 May 2013 | 3:35 pm
    Qusair is a strategically important town that lies between Homs, where the Syrian uprising began two years ago, and the Lebanese border. If President Bashar Assad's troops – reportedly backed by Hezbollah fighters — regain the town, they would control an important route from the coast to the capital, Damascus.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Young Kenyans Build Mobile Apps For Local Use

    19 May 2013 | 2:25 pm
    College students and recent graduates crammed the top floor of a tech hub in Nairobi for a competition built around the theme "Solutions for the Next Billion Mobile Users." Africa has more than 600 million mobile phone users (approximately 11 percent of the global total) – and the number is growing.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Two Excerpts You Should Read From Obama's Morehouse Speech

    19 May 2013 | 2:02 pm
    President Obama delivered a rare, very personal speech during the commencement ceremony at the historically black college.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Boom Or Bust? Saving Rhode Island's 'Superman' Building

    19 May 2013 | 1:56 pm
    The iconic Industrial Trust Tower in downtown Providence is empty for the first time in 85 years. Developers want to turn it into luxury apartments — and want the state and city to pay for it. But Providence — like the rest of Rhode Island — faces its own economic problems, as well as a recent failed investment.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • North Korea Fires Another 'Short-Range Projectile'

    19 May 2013 | 12:34 pm
    Like the missiles on Saturday, the projectile missed neighboring countries. The U.S. called the launch "provocations."» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us
 
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    United Nations Radio

  • People are the focus of peacekeeping, says newly-appointed Force Commander in DRC

    Ezzat.El-Ferri
    17 May 2013 | 1:36 pm
    Lieutenant-General Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz A veteran military officer from Brazil has been appointed Force Commander at the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Lieutenant-General Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz brings more than 40 years of national and international military experience to the post. The Lt-Gen. had previously served with the United Nations in Haiti, where he had introduced social activities such as sports events for young people. Speaking to UN Radio on Friday, he said people are the main focus of peacekeeping. "It's very important…

  • Nigerian government declares state of emergency in northeast; cites insurgency by terrorist groups

    Sandra Guy
    17 May 2013 | 1:33 pm
    High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré A state of emergency has been declared in the three north eastern states of the country with the government citing the rebellion and insurgency by terrorist groups which, it says, pose a very serious threat to national unity and territorial integrity. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a statement has urged the Nigerian Government to ensure the regime of safeguards set out in international human rights law and that it is respected during its emergency operations. Spokesperson for the Human Rights Office…

  • Jamaica reiterates its political commitment to the fight against human trafficking

    Ezzat.El-Ferri
    17 May 2013 | 1:02 pm
    Ms. Crystall Powell-Britton addressing the General Assembly The Government of Jamaica accords the highest level of political commitment to the fight against human trafficking and unequivocally denounces the scourge of trafficking in Persons. Ms. Crystall Powell-Britton told the High-level meeting on the Appraisal of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons that Jamaica reaffirms its determination to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, protect and assist victims, prosecute crimes of trafficking in persons, and strengthen local, regional and international partnerships…

  • UNWTO welcomes Trinidad and Tobago as its new Member

    Sandra Guy
    17 May 2013 | 12:59 pm
    San Jose, Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago has become UNWTO's 156th Member State as the country rejoins the Organization after 35 years. The announcement was made by the Secretary General, Taleb Rifai, at the opening of the 55th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas in San Jose, Costa Rica. Mr. Rifai said "We are very happy to welcome Trinidad and Tobago back into the Organization, a country which was in fact a founding member of UNWTO as it pertained to the International Union of Official Travel ‎Organizations (IUOTO), the predecessor of UNWTO". He said "Trinidad and Tobago has…

  • Trafficking in persons – a heinous crime: Barbados

    Ezzat.El-Ferri
    17 May 2013 | 12:50 pm
    Barbados Deputy Permanent Representative Joyce Bourne addressing the General Assembly Given its transnational nature, combating the scourge of human trafficking required utmost international cooperation and coordination, several speakers said in the General Assembly during its high-level meeting on the appraisal of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. Delegates said that strengthening national legal and institutional frameworks called for the universal ratification and implementation of international instruments, including the United Nations Convention on Transnational…
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    FORA.tv - Program Feed

  • Mythbusters' Adam Savage: Words of Wisdom for Makers

    19 May 2013 | 12:55 pm
    Mythbusters' Adam Savage: Words of Wisdom for Makers Maker Faire Bay Area 2013 imparts words of wisdom for makers, and he shares tales of adventures in making from Mythbusters star Adam Savage. Watch more from Maker Faire Bay Area 2013: makerfaire.fora.tv Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:00 -0700 Location: San Mateo, CA, San Mateo Event Center, Maker Faire Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2013/05/19/Mythbusters_Adam_Savage_Words_of_Wisdom_for_Makers

  • A Bipartisan Cause: Employing America's Veterans

    19 May 2013 | 12:36 pm
    A Bipartisan Cause: Employing America's Veterans Real Clear Politics discusses the cause that should have sweeping bipartisan support in Congress: the employment of America's veterans. Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 05:00:00 -0700 Location: Washington, D.C., The Newseum, RealClearPolitics Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2013/05/17/A_Bipartisan_Cause_Employing_Americas_Veterans

  • A SketchUp, Maker Faire Mass 3D Modeling Teach-in

    18 May 2013 | 10:55 pm
    A SketchUp, Maker Faire Mass 3D Modeling Teach-in Aidan Chopra SketchUp Evangelist, SketchUp!At SketchUp, we think you have to draw the thing before you make the thing. Join us at Maker Faire to learn how to draw in 3D! Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 19:00:00 -0700 Location: San Mateo, CA, San Mateo Event Center, Maker Faire Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2013/05/18/A_SketchUp_Maker_Faire_Mass_3D_Modeling_Teach-in

  • Revision3 Co-Host Veronica Belmont: DIY Consumer Tech!

    18 May 2013 | 10:53 pm
    Revision3 Co-Host Veronica Belmont: DIY Consumer Tech! Veronica Belmont Co-host, Revision3's TekzillaTech pundit Veronica Belmont hosts this panel/competition where three makers will show off their DIY versions of popular consumer technology gadgets. From cell phones and tablets to fitness gadgets or custom thermostats, we want to see how makers are improving the tech we use everyday. Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:00 -0700 Location: San Mateo, CA, San Mateo Event Center, Maker Faire Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2013/05/18/Revision3_Co-Host_Veronica_Belmont_DIY_Consumer_Tech

  • Cacophony on Demand: Making Your Own Alternative Culture

    18 May 2013 | 10:51 pm
    Cacophony on Demand: Making Your Own Alternative Culture John Law Co-founder, Cacophony Society; Co-founder, Burning Man FestivalDavid Pescovitz Managing Partner and Co-editor, Boing BoingCarrie Calbraith Co-editor and Author, "Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society"The Cacophony Society had a direct hand in the genesis of much that we know of as alternative culture. Come and see why and how. Written and edited by Cacophonists Carrie Galbraith, Kevin Evans and John Law, "Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society" is the missing link of alternative culture, the prankster bridge…
 
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    The Week: Most Recent Home Page Posts

  • What is the most complex Chinese character?

    The Week
    19 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Chinese characters are made up of strokes. Learning to write them involves not only learning where all the strokes go, but also the order in which they are supposed to be written and the direction of each individual stroke (left to right, up to down, etc.) The simplest character is yī (one), a single stroke written from left to right. The most complex character, biáng (above), is made up of 57 strokes.This character occurs in the written form of biángbiáng miàn, or biangbiang noodles, a dish of wide, flat noodles popular in the Chinese province of Shaanxi.The…

  • 10 things you need to know today: May 19, 2013

    The Week
    19 May 2013 | 6:22 am
    1. U.S. HITS DEBT CEILING SECOND TIME THIS YEARThe U.S. bumped up against its borrowing limit Sunday, forcing the Treasury Department to employ "extraordinary measures" to make sure the government keeps paying its bills. Congress agreed to suspend the nation's $16.4 trillion borrowing limit the last time they approached it, in January.In a letter to congressional leaders, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said the extraordinary actions should allow the government to meet all its obligations at least through the Sept. 2 Labor Day holiday.Chicago Tribune, The…

  • Finding a new normal after the Boston bombings

    The Week
    19 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    PAUL NORDEN NEEDS a break. He is winded, sweating heavily after a stint on a stationary bicycle and the slow walk to a padded treatment table. It is hard work for Norden, who lost his right leg that Monday afternoon in April."I used to say, 'I'll never go to a gym,'" he says with a weary smile. "Now I'm stuck here."He is in Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital's large state-of-the-art gym for his afternoon physical therapy session. Just a few short weeks ago — a lifetime ago — Norden, 31, was clambering on the very roof above his head, a "tin knocker" who helped attach sheet metal...

  • The 'morning-after' pill: A guide

    The Week
    18 May 2013 | 11:40 am
    What is emergency contraception?It's a means for preventing pregnancy after an episode of unprotected sex or sexual assault. Throughout the ages, women have resorted to various ineffective — and often desperate — methods to avoid pregnancy, from postcoital douching with Coca-Cola to drinking hot mercury. The search for a safer, more effective "morning-after" pill can be traced back to the 1920s, when veterinarians realized that a dose of estrogen could prevent pregnancy in female dogs and horses who had mated against their owners' wishes. Doctors adopted the use of estrogen to…

  • Why Facebook makes breaking up even worse

    The Week
    18 May 2013 | 10:30 am
    Before you gleefully change your status to "in a relationship" and post photos with your new love for all of Facebook to see, consider this: A new study suggests that photos, posts on Facebook, and other digital reminders of an ex-love may prolong the pain of a break-up. Corina Sas of Lancaster University in the United Kingdom and Steve Whitaker of University of California Santa Cruz have researched how having to "dispos[e] of digital possessions" — posts, blog entries, videos, photos, even songs — hinders people's ability to move on after a relationship.The authors interviewed…
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    More Intelligent Life

  • CORMAC McCARTHY'S BLEAK ROAD

    17 May 2013 | 6:55 am
    Landscapes of the Mind: in a new series, Robert Macfarlane roams fictional worlds, starting with “The Road” From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, May/June 2013 THIS IS THE way the world ends: not with a bang but a whisper. A man shivers under a tarpaulin in a forest, murmuring a bedtime story to his young son to keep the darkness at bay. The landscape around them has been charred by a fire of unspecified origin and unknowable extent. Nothing natural has survived the scorching. The trees are leafless, the sky birdless, the streams lifeless. Ash blows in swirls over the blacktop of the roads.

  • THE MUSEUM OF HEARTBREAK

    16 May 2013 | 4:50 am
    Authors on Museums: they could easily have been depressing, but Aminatta Forna, author of "The Memory of Love", discovers in Zagreb that the mementoes of the lovelorn are intriguing From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, May/June 2013  AS I ENTER the room, a kissing couple draws quickly apart. He crosses to study something on the other side of the small room; she studies the description on the display in front of her. He’s wearing a hooded sweatshirt, she has a red bag slung around her. As they’re very young, it seems unlikely that they are having an illicit affair, so perhaps I have just…

  • DO INSECTS WEIGH MORE THAN US?

    15 May 2013 | 6:31 am
    The Music of Science: The other day Oliver Morton came across a niftya neat little fact. It turned out to lead to a neat big thought From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, May/June 2013  One of the delights of following environmental news is that you are regularly enjoined to eat more insects. Reading one such article recently, I was struck, among the well-worn benefits (low fat, low carbon, widely available, tastes like chicken, etc), by a new one. Lest readers should worry that there were not enough insects to go round, the author wrote reassuringly that there are in fact 40 tonnes of them for…

  • THE SISTERHOOD OF FOOD

    14 May 2013 | 6:55 am
    My Madeleine: asked to name a dish that brings back memories, Sadie Jones picks three, from disparate places, with one common thread From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, May/June 2013 My first food memory is sitting at the kitchen table at home in the basement of our little house in Gertrude Street, World's End, now a smart and shiny London enclave, then a somewhat bohemian Chelsea back-water beneath the sooty chimneys of St Stephen's hospital. My sister and I would stir the strawberry jam into our Ambrosia Creamed Rice while sing-chanting "Lily the Pink, the pink, the pinker…" as we watched it…

  • WHEN IN...BEIJING

    13 May 2013 | 6:27 am
    Going Native: Keep your chopsticks about you. Gady Epstein shows where to eat, sleep and toboggan down the Great Wall From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, May/June 2013 DO bring an appetite. Beijing is the world capital of Chinese cuisine, with a restaurant for all regions. Beijing duck is a must (try Duck de Chine or Da Dong for the best of breed), but as the political capital, Beijing houses representative offices from far-flung provinces, most of which have their own restaurant serving authentic fare. Hunt down those from Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Shanxi...and the rest. DO stay in the centre.
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    The Best Defense

  • A new military competition: Has your base's sexual assault czar been arrested yet? And yes, there is in fact a silver bullet.

    Thomas E. Ricks
    17 May 2013 | 7:24 am
    Now the manager of the sexual harassment and assault program at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has been busted for allegedly violating a protective order banning him from contact with his ex-wife, and for stalking her. This makes me think even more that the theme of our current thread of discussion is correct: that the generals really haven't cared enough to put good people in these sexual harassment jobs. Which means that President Obama is incorrect when he says that "there's no silver bullet to solving this problem." I bet he was just repeating what his generals told him. And that…

  • Chamberlain's 1st trips in an airplane were the 'Munich' flights of Sept. '38 -- and where was Guy Burgess after Munich?

    Thomas E. Ricks
    17 May 2013 | 7:22 am
    In the ever-growing category of things I didn't know: The first time British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain ever flew in an airplane was on 15 September 1938, to see Hitler at Berchtesgarden. Seeking to bolster his policy of appeasement, Chamberlain flew to Germany twice more that month, first to Bad Godesberg and then to Munich. Also, Churchill, stunned and alone after the Munich agreement, retreated to his country house, where his first visitor was Guy Burgess, then a producer for the BBC, but of course also a Soviet spy. No indication that Churchill knew anything about that. Both facts…

  • Rebecca's War Dog of the Week: A postcard pick-me-up from Bagram

    Thomas E. Ricks
    17 May 2013 | 7:20 am
    By Rebecca Frankel Best Defense Chief Canine Correspondent Handler Staff Sgt. Jonathan Cooper of the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Group takes a break with his dog dog, Astra, after a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) patrol at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on April 29, 2013. Over the past four months, the MWD team has swept more than 15,000 vehicles, mitigating all VBIED threats to the installation. In other news, props to Handler Sgt. Phillip Mendoza and MWD Benga for taking first place in 2013 USAF Academy Iron Dog Competition in Colorado Springs last week. Rebecca…

  • McHale's Pentagon

    Thomas E. Ricks
    16 May 2013 | 7:55 am
    A SFC who was working in sex abuse education was running a prostitution ring on Fort Hood? Someone needs to stop making this stuff up. Oh, that's right, you can't make up stuff like this. I am surprised that SecDef Hagel isn't slugging four stars as they walk in his office, and then giving them noogies and banging their heads into the wall. This of course comes on top of the allegedly butt-grabbing AF LTC who was his service's sexual assault czar. Can you imagine the damage a guy like that could allegedly do during a year-long tour at Bagram? ("ILB because someone has enough time during…

  • Thanks, Dick Cheney!

    Thomas E. Ricks
    16 May 2013 | 7:50 am
    Just when I was feeling very unhappy with the Obama administration, Dick Cheney pops up to remind me of how much worse things could be -- and were. Joe Klein has the story here.
 
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    Face the Nation on the Radio

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 05/19

    CBS Radio News
    19 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    On CBS's Face the Nation, White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer defends administration's handling of recent controversies. Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas, says recent controversies point to a culture of cover-ups at the White House. Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah, criticizes the lack of accountability from the White House. AP CEO Gary Pruitt calls the Justice Department's seizure of some AP telephone records "unconstitutional." Plus a panel with the New York Times' David Sanger, POLITICO's Lois Romano, The Washington Post's Dan Balz and CBS News Political Director…

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 05/12

    CBS Radio News
    12 May 2013 | 10:00 am
    On CBS' Face the Nation Former UN Ambassador Thomas Pickering discusses the aftermath of the Benghazi attacks. Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin and New Hampshire Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte, debate congressional oversight of the attack. Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates rebuts critics of the administration's response to the tragedy in Benghazi. Acclaimed poet and author Maya Angelou speaks about what motherhood means to her on Mother's Day, recalling stories from her own childhood and discussing her new book, "Mom and Me and Mom."

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 05/05

    CBS Radio News
    5 May 2013 | 10:00 am
    On CBS' Face The Nation we'll discuss the latest on the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi with California Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, Michigan Republican Congressman Mike Rogers, and Maryland Democrat Dutch Ruppersberger. Also, we'll have reaction to the coming out of Jason Collins from Tennis players Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, and NFL players Brendon Ayanbadejo, and Esera Tuaolo. Plus a roundtable panel with Ted Leonsis, Domonique Foxworth, Chris Stone and William Rhoden.

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 04/28

    CBS Radio News
    28 Apr 2013 | 10:00 am
    Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on what the international community needs to do to stop the situation in Syria from devolving into something even worse.Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., on the situation in Syria and more. What to watch for in Washington and abroad with The Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, Harvard University's David Gergen, plus CBS News' Norah O'Donnell, John Dickerson and Clarissa Ward. CBS News' Bob Orr and John Miller with the latest on the investigation into the Boston bombings. The White House Correspondents' Dinner: What's all the fuss…

  • Face the Nation on the Radio: 04/21

    CBS Radio News
    21 Apr 2013 | 10:00 am
    Boston may never "be quite the same" in the wake of twin bombings last week that marked the first terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11, says Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, has lots of questions about what happened in Boston, but definitely wants to know more about what the FBI knew about Tamerlan Tsarnaev and what he did on his long trip abroad.
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    The Next Women - Business Magazine

  • TNW Book Review: "Dear Entrepreneur": Letters from Those That Have Made It

    Sissy Mueller
    17 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    Sissy Müller, founder of Green Crowding, reviews "Dear Entrepreneur: Letters From Those That Have Made It & Are Making It Happen", a collection of letters from business founders who have been there and done it. It includes letters containing advice, words of wisdom, motivation and true-life stories from top businesses including Innocent Drinks and Morphsuits.Since starting my own company Green Crowding last year, I’ve absorbed a lot of information about entrepreneurship. I read business books in the evenings, listen to podcasts while running and watch youtube videos during lunch…

  • Rebecca Monk, Founder, Bathrooms.com: The 3 Phases of Scaling to a £5m Turnover

    Lexi Mills
    17 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    Rebekah Monk, Founder at Bathrooms.com, talks to Lexi Mills about how she grew what started as a side project to a £5m turnover business. Bathrooms.com is a consumer website that sells bathroom products; built on the ethos that good design should also be affordable.   The business began has a side project when Rebekah Monk had her first child, however it grew sharply to such a scale that her husband, Ian Monk, had to leave his full time position to help manage it. Since then, the business has grown to more than 50 employees in the UK and China and has a turnover in excess of  £5…

  • Tech Insights: Harness The Power of Mobile Tech for Your Business

    The NextWomen DWEN Tech Insights
    16 May 2013 | 4:08 am
    Tech Insights is a new series where we speak to experts in the DWEN community about hot technology topics. Forthcoming articles will cover Social Media and Data Management & Security. Click here to read the first article about doing business in the Cloud.  This second article in the series shares the knowledge of Mobility experts and entrepreneurs Joana Picq and Susan Feldman. The mobile tech revolution not only increases productivity by enabling the next generation workforce to securely work from anywhere, anytime and on any device, but it allows consumers to make…

  • Startup Diaries: How I Funded my Whisky Company with Kickstarter

    Guest Author
    16 May 2013 | 3:57 am
    Carin Luna-Ostaseski fulfilled a personal dream when she launched her own brand of Scotch, , which she funded using Kickstarter. If you've ever wondered how to create a successful campaign on this popular funding platform, look no further than her comprehensive guide.SIA Scotch Whisky was successfully funded in November exceeding my goal of $39,000 for production of my first run. Many friends and strangers asked me how I did it? Well, here you go…. First off, I should say, my situation is quite unique. There are very few projects on Kickstarter for spirits brands. The challenge here is…

  • Inclusivity, Inspiration & Investment Advice at The NextWomen Pitch Event

    Alyssa Davison
    15 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    A brief introduction: I'm Alyssa, and since January of this year I've been working with The NextWomen interning as an editorial assistant. I've had the opportunity to immerse myself in this wonderful community and, most recently, had the pleasure of attending the NextWomen pitching event in London on 30th April. It was an evening of firsts: For some pitchpreneurs it was their first experience pitching and for some guests (including myself) it was an introduction to events of this kind. Filled with enthusiasm at making my début in the NextWomen community, I headed to the venue (beautiful…
 
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    PCWorld

  • After two-year hiatus, EFF accepts bitcoin donations again

    19 May 2013 | 6:15 pm
    The Electronic Frontier Foundation has resumed accepting bitcoins donations, saying some of the legal ambiguity around the virtual currency has disappeared.The influential digital watchdog stopped accepting bitcoins two years ago citing a raft of complex legal questions that could have inadvertently thrust the nonprofit as a defender rather than an observer of an emerging technology.The EFF wrote on its blog that its own research along with recent guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) "have confirmed that, as a user of Bitcoin or any…

  • 5 Gmail tips for power users

    19 May 2013 | 2:00 pm
    While there's no shortage of email providers, Gmail's simple design, ease of use and cool features continue to attract users. Whether you're sorting through hundreds of work emails a day or using the service to keep in touch with friends and family, keeping up to date on its latest features can help you get the most out of it. Here's a look at five of Gmail's newest features, including quickly adding appointments to your calendar, customizing your background image and using advanced search to find the email you're looking for. 1. How to add events to your calendar If you use Gmail to…

  • Bitcoin developer chats about regulation, open source, and the elusive Satoshi Nakamoto

    19 May 2013 | 12:15 pm
    With Bitcoin all the rage and startups popping up left and right, it's hard to know who's an expert in the virtual currency and who just has an opinion. Most people would put Jeff Garzik in the former camp. A Bitcoin core developer for three years, he left his job at Red Hat on Friday to start work at Bitpay, the biggest Bitcoin payment processing service. IDG News Service caught up with him at the Bitcoin 2013 conference in Silicon Valley this weekend, where he talked about the state of Bitcoin today, the parallels with open source, and Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator, the elusive Satoshi…

  • As tablets rival laptops, Asus straddles both formats

    19 May 2013 | 11:20 am
    In the face of a slump in PC sales and industry debate over whether the smartphone or tablet is now the preferred tool for a large segment of domestic and even small business users, Asus continues to release a number of combined and flexible devices that try to play on both sides of the dividing lines. Transformer AiO The most recent, announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and starting to ship worldwide, are the FonePad, a large-format smartphone—or small tablet—with a 7-inch touchscreen, and an "all-in-one" desktop doubling as a tablet, the Transformer AiO. The Transformer…

  • Tech innovation not limited to Google's big showcase

    19 May 2013 | 9:12 am
    Google I/O got most of the attention this week, but a conference at the other end of Silicon Valley showed there's plenty of innovation happening in the word of data centers, too. On the exhibition floor at the Uptime Institute Symposium, I/O Data Centers showed software that lets a facilities manager navigate through a data center in virtual-reality fashion. Using sensor readings from the equipment, staff can "fly" through aisles and in and out of server equipment, checking power and performance metrics along the way. At another booth, 3M showed its Novec fire protection fluid, which is used…
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    theGrio

  • Obama to Morehouse grads: Serve others, set examples as good fathers, men

    Darlene Superville, Associated Press
    19 May 2013 | 11:53 am
    ATLANTA (AP) — President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people’s lives. Noting the Atlanta school’s mission to cultivate, not just educate, good men, Obama said graduates should not be so eager to join the chase for wealth and material things, but instead should remember where they came from and not “take your degree and get a fancy job and nice house and nice car…

  • ‘Hero’ cop who sat beside first lady, facing rape charges

    Ron Todt, Associated Press
    19 May 2013 | 11:08 am
    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two women  early Thursday and took them to another location, where they allege that he produced a handgun and “forced the two females to engage in the use of narcotics and sexual acts.” A police spokeswoman said the two called police after he left, and 27-year-old DeCoatsworth was later arrested.

  • Kanye West’s eclectic performances on SNL: ‘Black Skinhead’, ‘New Slaves’

    theGrio
    19 May 2013 | 10:51 am
    Kanye West performed two new songs on this week’s Saturday Night Live, and if viewers were expecting eclectic imagery and lyrics reminiscent of his last appearance on the show, they weren’t disappointed. Kanye’s first performance of the night was punk rock-reminiscent “Black Skinhead,” which featured rapidly flashing imagery projected on a giant screen behind him on the darkened stage. The images of sales receipts were interspersed with the repeated message “Not For Sale.” And West interspersed his lyrics with loud shrieks, over the pulsating track.

  • Full text and video of President Barack Obama’s address to Morehouse graduates

    theGrio
    19 May 2013 | 10:21 am
    President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address to graduates of Morehouse College on Sunday, making history as the first African-American president, addressing the alma mater of men including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. About 500 graduates gathered in the rain, along with their families, to hear the president speak, about his own challenges growing up without his father, and exhorting the Morehouse men to be the best husbands, boyfriends and fathers they could be. Before delivering his remarks, Obama received an honorary Morehouse degree. Referring to the honor, the president told…

  • Black anti-abortion pastors and activists speak out on Kermit Gosnell trial

    Alexis Garrett Stodghill
    19 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    Imagine a world in which the former abortion provider Kermit Gosnell was not an aberration. According to a group of black anti-abortion activists, clinics similar to the criminally negligent facility where Gosnell performed abortions for decades — largely to women of color — can be found everywhere. “We’re saying this is not the exception, it is the rule, and it has been, and because these facilities are located in black communities and in poor communities, the regulation is non-existent, and these facilities are not shut down,” Pastor Stephen Broden, senior…
 
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    The Faster Times

  • Procrastinators Meetup Group’s Event Date Remains Unscheduled

    Joe Lazauskas
    19 May 2013 | 3:10 pm
    When the Procrastinators Group was formed on Meetup.com, there was hope that procrastinators would soon be able to share their passion for putting things off. Alas, the inaugural event date remains unscheduled, though frequent communication from group leaders has assured members that they were “making some real progress” in choosing a date and time and “had their eye on the prize.” Several group members told the Faster Times that they were going to complain, but just haven’t gotten around to it yet. The post Procrastinators Meetup Group’s Event Date Remains Unscheduled…

  • Surgeon General Pleads For Americans to Chew Their Food 3 or 4 Times At the Very Least

    Joe Lazauskas
    19 May 2013 | 2:50 pm
    Conceding that the recommended 30 chews per bite was frankly unrealistic in a nation of shameless gorgers, United States Surgeon General Regina Benjamin pleaded for Americans to chew their food three or four times, at the very least. “Listen, we gave up on the pipe dream of people sitting down and savoring their food in small bites a long time ago,” Benjamin said. “But when you’re scarfing down a Doritos Locos taco in two bites, things get dangerous.” Franklin pointed to an incident last year in which a Blooming Onion was found lodged in the esophagus of an Oklahoma man, fully…

  • Desperate Mom Still Riding Mother’s Day High

    Joe Lazauskas
    17 May 2013 | 5:18 pm
    In what some are calling a Mother’s Day miracle and others are dismissing as the desperate delusions of a sad woman, Westchester Mom Kate Greenfield is still clinging to her Mother’s Day high of five days prior. Though her teenage sons had already returned to their usual state of hostile distance and continued their habit of leaving cum-stained towels in the laundry bin for her wash, Greenfield has continued to assert that her family has been “making me feel special all week.” “When my husband Barry called me on Tuesday to pick him up on the bar, instead of just…

  • First Openly Straight Figure Skater Comes Forward

    Chuck Ludwig
    17 May 2013 | 9:03 am
    The international figure skating community was shocked yesterday to hear two-time American gold medalist Peter Watson publicly announce that he was a heterosexual. “I couldn’t hide it any longer,” Watson announced at a press conference early Monday morning, wearing what until today would have been a very uncharacteristic shorts, Red Sox shirt and backwards baseball cap outfit. “I’ve been living a lie, and it’s time to come forward. I’m straight.” The announcement took many by surprise. Even Kitty Kennedy, Watson’s long-time pairs skating partner, was shocked. “There was…

  • Homeless Guy Woos Silicon Valley VCs with Low-Tech Crowdfunding Startup

    Amy Westervelt
    17 May 2013 | 8:52 am
    Sitting on a bench in front of the Menlo Park Starbucks, John Davis is wearing roughed up Converse, vintage Levi’s and a parka, even though it’s 80 degrees out. He hasn’t shaved in at least a week and his eyes are bloodshot. Apart from the bloodshot eyes, not exactly your typical venture-funded Silicon Valley startup guy, but that’s what the VC firms on nearby Sand Hill Road love about Davis. “He’s so authentic,” says Bing Gordon, general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which led the $1 million series A funding round for Davis’…
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    LA Weekly | News

  • The 2013 People Issue

    16 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Alicia Estrada is clearly used to running the show: She's a fast talker with that direct, decisive manner common to people in charge. Which makes sense when you hear her story. The Stop Staring! founder-CEO grew up in hardscrabble Long Beach and dropped out of college before somehow transforming ...
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    InToon.com: Keefe Editorial Cartoons

  • - Graduation

    17 May 2013 | 1:00 am
    TITLE: Graduation PUBLICATION DATE: Fri, 17 May 2013 KEYWORDS: graduation, jobs, unemployment, degree, economy, jobless, college Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - Military Sexual Assault

    10 May 2013 | 1:00 am
    TITLE: Military Sexual Assault PUBLICATION DATE: Fri, 10 May 2013 KEYWORDS: military, sexual, harassment, rape, justice, women, combat Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - Guantanamo Detainees

    3 May 2013 | 1:00 am
    TITLE: Guantanamo Detainees PUBLICATION DATE: Fri, 03 May 2013 KEYWORDS: guantanamo, gitmo, detainees, pow, terror, law, civil, rights, obama, congress, prison Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - Hostage Situation

    26 Apr 2013 | 1:00 am
    TITLE: Hostage Situation PUBLICATION DATE: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 KEYWORDS: hostage, situation, senate, filibuster, majority, minority, democrat, republican Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post

  • - Gun Bill

    19 Apr 2013 | 1:00 am
    TITLE: Gun Bill PUBLICATION DATE: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 KEYWORDS: gun, bill, legislation, nra, sandy, hook, laPierre, public, support, background, check Editorial cartoon by Mike Keefe of the Denver Post
 
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    LA Weekly | Complete Issue

  • What Office Trailers Can Teach Us About Los Angeles

    16 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Outside every building construction site, there's a box on wheels that's around 8 feet wide by 20 feet long. It's a simple structure, built to stay within the width of one lane of road, so it can be towed to and from other jobs or holding sites. It has plain brown, beige or green siding, and its ...

  • With Star Trek Into Darkness, J.J. Abrams Boldly Goes Back to Khan

    16 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    "Who are you?" pleads a doomed man as Benedict Cumberbatch looms into his first close-up in Star Trek Into Darkness. The answer is Khan. And that's not a spoiler — it's a selling point. A less secretive director would trumpet that his $185 million movie stars Star Trek's g...

  • Cannes Diary: What Are the Women in their Dresses Hoping For?

    16 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Nearly everyone I know who has seen the official poster for the 66th Cannes Film Festival -- a bird's-eye view of a kiss between a young Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward -- has been crazy about it. The couple's lips meet in the center of a perfect sunburst. She's two o'clock, he's...

  • Phil Solomon's Historic Film Experiments, From U.S. Presidents to Grand Theft Auto

    16 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    As one of today's most acclaimed experimental filmmakers, Phil Solomon's 40-year career spans handmade films to digital art and gallery installations. Thanks to the efforts of several local venues, Los Angeles will host the most comprehensive presentation of Solomon's work to date, beginning May ...

  • Ethan Hawke, Before and After: Watching an Actor Grow Up

    16 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Before Midnight may be the greatest film ever made about impermanence -- a fitting theme for a work that also reestablishes the A-list credentials of the mutable Ethan Hawke. Much like his character in Richard Linklater's romantic drama series -- which, ...
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    Wildfire Today

  • Video of burnover on the 1987 Crank Fire

    Bill Gabbert
    18 May 2013 | 11:47 am
    Crank Fire burnover, screen grab from video The Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center has published a video about the burnover of three fire engines and a hand crew that occurred on the 1987 Crank Fire in northern California. Three engines were destroyed. The burnover was captured on video by a fixed wing aircraft that was conducting an aerial retardant study. Under the direction of the four supervisors, two USFS and two CDF, all 25 firefighters deployed their fire shelters and remained under cover for about 40 to 45 minutes. The injuries which occurred were limited to a few first and…

  • Senator urges the federal government to override protest of air tanker contract

    Bill Gabbert
    18 May 2013 | 10:52 am
    A Colorado Senator wants the federal government to override a protest that could delay the acquisition of seven next-generation air tankers this fire season. Neptune Aviation lodged a protest with the Government Accountability Office which could delay the activation of the new contracts until August 26. (Read the full story over at Fire Aviation.) Other articles at Fire Aviation: Retardant tank for the C-27J. And, is the Air Force buying more C-27s? Report released on 2010 crash of firefighting helicopter in B.C. 10 Tanker Air Carrier moving to Casper, Wyoming Neptune to protest…

  • Montana: man arrested for arson has fire department history

    Bill Gabbert
    17 May 2013 | 11:38 am
    The man arrested Thursday for starting multiple fires in the Helena, Montana area was briefly a member of the East Valley Volunteer Fire Department, according to an article in the Helena Independent Record. Frederick James May, 18, was charged with 12 counts of arson in connection with fires near York on Wednesday and in the Priest Pass area May 10. Five of those fires are being managed as the Sweats Complex, with the total number of acres burned listed at 450 with 225 personnel assigned. Below are some excerpts from the Helana IR: East Valley Volunteer Fire Chief Dave Sammons confirmed…

  • Igniting a controlled burn with buckets of diesel

    Bill Gabbert
    17 May 2013 | 10:31 am
    Screen grab from the National Geographic Channel video. Apparently there is a show on the National Geographic Channel called Python Hunters. I happened to run across this video from the program, which includes a controlled burn. Their objective was not to kill the large snakes, they said, but to drive them out of the brush, or underground. If you are familiar with controlled burns or prescribed fires, you will not recognize any of the techniques in this video…. unless you prep your prescribed fires by throwing five gallon buckets of diesel onto the vegetation. Surprisingly, a…

  • Red Flag Warnings, May 17, 2013

    Bill Gabbert
    17 May 2013 | 8:02 am
    Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches for enhanced wildfire danger have been issued by the National Weather Service for areas in Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, and New Mexico. Miraculously, Utah and northwest New Mexico escaped the extreme fire weather. The Red Flag Warning map above was current as of 8:50 a.m. MT on Thursday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts. For the most current data, visit this NWS site.  
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    Salon.com

  • My open relationship went awry

    19 May 2013 | 5:00 pm
    Sophia and I were dating a week when we created The List. We had a lot in common — we were both writers, lived in the same neighborhood, and had just gotten out of marriages — but it was our shared desire to be sexually experimental that really defined our relationship. I’m hardly this adventurous on my own, but after being married for 10 years and realizing Sophia had a yen to try just about anything, I felt at ease about traveling out of my comfort zone with her.One night, while sipping wine in my apartment, we started adding items to the list of lascivious things we wanted to do…

  • Punk, dance music and drugs

    19 May 2013 | 5:00 pm
    Dear Reader,Today, we talk a little about music subcultures, drugs and the human soul. I thought this letter was very interesting, but in trying to answer the questions it raises, I encountered my own limitations in knowledge and insight. I just don't know in detail how drugs influence crowds and vice versa, but do think social scientists can provide clues. And there is also recent evidence of music's own curative powers. My notes on it are a little dry, and a little hazy, and quite unscientific, but I am just a writer, not a scientist or philosopher. In the days to come, I'd like to write…

  • “The Unwinding”: What’s gone wrong with America

    19 May 2013 | 3:00 pm
    Think of George Packer's new book, "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America" as the un-Internet take on the transformation this country has undergone in the past 35 years. It's wide ranging, deeply reported, historically grounded and ideologically restrained. To write "The Unwinding", Packer clearly had to spend a lot of time out of his own habitat and in the company of other people, listening more than talking, and largely keeping his opinions to himself. Imagine that! It's called journalism.Packer's inspiration, as he explains in the book's afternotes, was the "U.S.A." trilogy by…

  • Michael J. Fox wins: The best and worst of the new fall shows

    19 May 2013 | 2:00 pm
    This past week, the four big networks unveiled their fall schedules and all the brand spanking new sitcoms and dramas that will start premiering in September. The quantity of shiny new shows makes this week the TV critic equivalent of Christmas in May — if three-quarters of the Christmas presents were defective (most of these shows will not make it through the year) and one could only stare at them through their packaging, i.e. the short trailers based solely on a first episode.Of the 50 some new shows, a few of the most promising don’t even have trailers out for public consumption yet.

  • Report: Obama to make big speech about drones, Guantanamo

    19 May 2013 | 1:44 pm
    On Thursday, President Obama will reportedly make a big speech to address White House counterterrorism policy, including the closing of Guantanamo Bay and the Administration's use of drone strikes.According to an administration official, Politico reports, Obama will discuss the policy at the National Defense University in Washington. From Politico:Obama plans elaborate on "the state of the threats we face, particularly as Al Qaeda core has weakened but new dangers have emerged," the official said. He will also "discuss the policy and legal framework under which we take action against…
 
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    The Charlotte Observer -- * Breaking News

  • Wreck kills 1, knocks out power to hundreds

    cwootson@charlotteobserver.com (Cleve R. Wootson Jr.)
    19 May 2013 | 6:45 pm
    One person was killed in a Sunday evening wreck on Providence Road that police blamed on excessive speed.Click to Continue »

  • Legislator opposes I-77 tolls

    jmarusak@charlotteobserver.com (Joe Marusak)
    19 May 2013 | 5:50 pm
    A second Charlotte-area state representative on Sunday announced his opposition to planned Interstate 77 toll lanes.Click to Continue »

  • NC inmate quickly found after prison escape

    The Associated Press ()
    19 May 2013 | 1:01 pm
    A North Carolina inmate due for release in five months is facing additional prison time after a brief escape from a minimum-security lockup.Click to Continue »

  • Fire destroys Mooresville family's home

    WCNC-TV (Richard Devayne)
    19 May 2013 | 10:37 am
    A family is left without a home, after a Sunday morning fire.Click to Continue »

  • SC man killed in stick-up of barber shop

    The Associated Press ()
    19 May 2013 | 10:11 am
    Georgia authorities are holding two homicide suspects after a South Carolina barber was fatally shot during an attempted robbery at his business.Click to Continue »
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    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

  • Century-old battered women's home sued into submission by bank across the street to make way for boutique hotel

    orraz
    19 May 2013 | 6:27 pm
    For more than 100 years, the Anna Louise Inn in downtown Cincinnati has been a safe, serene place that thousands of struggling women came to know as home.

  • Anonymous IRS official -- everything comes from the top... McConnell: 'There is culture of intimidation throughout administration'

    alexmark
    19 May 2013 | 6:17 pm

  • Two FBI agents killed in training accident

    From the Trenches
    19 May 2013 | 6:09 pm
    Two FBI agents with the agency’s hostage rescue team have died in a training accident off the coast of Virginia, the FBI said Sunday. The agency identified them as special agents Christopher Lorek, 41, and Stephen Shaw, 40. Both were members of the elite team, which is based at Quantico, Va. The agency said the cause of the deaths was “under review.” WAVY-TV in Norfolk reported that the agents were killed in an accident involving a helicopter during a training exercise.

  • Silver Plunges As Yen Stop Surge Triggers Margin Liquidation

    denmason
    19 May 2013 | 5:49 pm
    Not a moment after someone was slammed with a massive margin call following the hit of 102 USDJPY stops as we noted moments ago, was that same someone(s) forced to dump a whole lot of silver in thin, no volume trading taking out the entire bid stack on what can only be described as "get me the hell out and pay me anything" liquidation, sending the precious metal to just over $20, before yet another round of buying programs kicked in, and sent it right back up, allowing those quick enough to capitalize on some foolish macro trader's blowing up to pocket a huge profit before Japan has even…

  • Effective Immediately: All Semi-Automatic Pistols Sold In California to Require “Micro Stamp” Ballistic Identification

    alexmark
    19 May 2013 | 4:46 pm
    In a controversial move that some believe will essentially lead to a de facto ban on semi-automatic handguns, Attorney General Kamala Harris announced that, effective immediately, all new semi-automatic firearms sold in the State of California will require a unique microstamp on every shell ejected when a gun is fired. Microstamping, or ballistic imprinting, is a technology patented in the 1990?s by engineer and NRA member Todd Lizotte. When a gun is fired, a tiny engraving on the firing pin etches a microscopic identifier onto the cartridge as it is expended by the firearm.
 
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    Information Is Beautiful

  • Billion Dollar O Gram-2013

    david
    17 May 2013 | 6:27 am
    With news of $billion-dollar tax evasions joining $billion-dollar bailouts and $trillion dollar deficits in the mind-boggled group mind, we thought it might be a good time to update the Billion Dollar-o-Gram. This time, rather than pain-stakingly hand-drawing our treemap visualisation, we developed some generative, interactive code to render the data. The result, we think, is both beautiful and sickening. VizSweet This ‘TreeMappa’ code is part of our forthcoming VizSweet software – a set of high-end dataviz tools for journalists, presenters and analysts. Find out more.

  • Which Flu Virus?

    david
    10 Apr 2013 | 5:32 am
    A new deadly strain of “bird flu” – coded H7N9 – has broken out in the Shanghai area of China. Is it more deadly than H5N1? H1N1? H7N7? Or H2N2 even? We weren’t sure. So we took a look at the data and… well, you can guess the rest. See the visualisation All the data, complete list of flu strains and extra background information: http://bit.ly/KIB_influenza

  • Signed Collector’s Edition Posters – limited time only!

    david
    21 Mar 2013 | 10:28 am
    Due to popular demand, we’re bringing back our art prints store. But for one week only! It’s a great chance to bag yourself a signed limited edition or two – or to plump up your stash of future gifts. For the first time, you’ll be able to own: » signed editions of Colours in Culture (6-colour print with gold & silver!) » our time-bending glow-in-the-dark print of Timelines. » a re-released Left vs. Right, very sweetly printed on beautiful Munken art-paper » 2 print and 4 print collector’s sets, signed or unsigned, for a great price.

  • 20th Century Death

    david
    13 Mar 2013 | 2:57 am
    As promised, our visualization of the major causes of death in the 20th Century – from disease to murder to mudslides. Originally a 6m x 2m commission by the Wellcome Collection as a companion piece to the London exhibition: ‘Death: A Self-Portrait – The Richard Harris Collection’ (Nov 2012). The result of several weeks painstaking data-gathering and algorithmic-magic. Now available online for your inspection. » Download a free hi-res PDF of this image » See the data » See the visualization

  • Rape: A Lack of Conviction

    david
    14 Feb 2013 | 6:33 am
    Today is One Billion Rising protesting violence against women and rape, world-wide. There have been a few infographics visualizing the remarkably low conviction rate for rape, compared to other crimes. We wanted to go a step further and explore the many complex and sensitive reasons why this figure is so low. Without these reasons, the explanations that circulate are convenient or political. The reality is much more complex. » See the graphic. We’ve focussed on the UK as an example. Partly because the crime data here is so good and the conviction rate so bad. This gives us a detailed…
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    VQR

  • Cameron’s Books and the Used Magazine Trade

    Aaron Gilbreath
    17 May 2013 | 2:00 am
    Cameron's (Eric Silva / Flickr) The following post is part of our online companion to our Spring 2013 issue on The Business of Literature. Click here for an overview of the issue. When I needed an article from the February 1963 issue of the defunct travel magazine Holiday, I never questioned where to search for it. I picked up the phone and dialed. “Cameron’s,” said the voice on the other end. Always afraid of saying something stupid and offending the store’s gruff owner, Jeff Frase, I described the item I needed in as few words as possible. In his dry, distant growl, Frase…

  • The Holy and Demonic Pull of Writing

    Dawn Tripp
    10 May 2013 | 2:00 am
    Cover detail from Demons by Dostoyevsky The following post is part of our online companion to our Spring 2013 issue on The Business of Literature. Click here for an overview of the issue. “There are moments, and it is only a matter of five or six seconds, when you feel the presence of the eternal harmony … a terrible thing is the frightful clearness with which it manifests itself and the rapture with which it fills you. If this state were to last more than five seconds, the soul could not endure it and would have to disappear. During these five seconds I live a whole human existence,…

  • Mayday, Mayday: Books About Activism

    Robert Birnbaum
    9 May 2013 | 2:00 am
    “The law in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”  —Anatole France “Those who have put out the people’s eyes, reproach them of their blindness.” —John Milton The majority of celebratory days in America are devoid of substance, mandating consumption and commercial extravaganzas. For instance, not only have the traditional observances of Abraham Lincoln’s and George Washington’s birthdays been conjoined to one Monday in February, but they are now celebrated as…

  • My Avatar, My Self

    Dani Shapiro
    8 May 2013 | 2:00 am
    rrraven / 123RF Stock Photo The following post is part of our online companion to our Spring 2013 issue on The Business of Literature. Click here for an overview of the issue. On a recent evening I rode up the elevator to a party in New York with the writer Kati Marton, who had just published a memoir about the untimely death of her husband, diplomat and UN ambassador Richard Holbrooke. She looked shaken, and though I know her only slightly, I felt compelled to ask if she was all right. She’d just come from giving a reading, she told me, where the audience was full of other grief-stricken…

  • VQR Now Open for Submissions

    Jane Friedman
    6 May 2013 | 2:00 am
    Until August 1, 2013, VQR is open for submissions. For your convenience, our guidelines are below, but you can always reference them on our website, plus double-check to see whether we’re open or closed. Editorial Philosophy VQR strives to publish the best writing we can find. While we have a long history of publishing accomplished and award-winning authors, we also seek and support emerging writers. A look at one of our latest issues will show you the diversity of voices we publish. Genres •  Poetry: All types and length. •  Short Fiction: Length is from 2,000–10,000 words. We…
 
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    New News information at Cranes Today

  • Boom boost for Manitex revenue in Q1

    14 May 2013 | 4:40 am
    The manufacturer said approximately 60% of the increase was driven by its boom trucks, with much of the balance from the material handling operations of Liftking and CVS. Boom trucks in the lower tonnage capacities also contributed significantly this was in response to improved commercial construction activity, which predominantly uses lower capacity less specialist cranes.There was a reduction in gross profit margin of $10.2m equal to 17.2% of sales compared to 20.0% for the first quarter of 2012. Manitex said that this was a result of a greater mix of lower capacity cranes and chassis. This…

  • Empire Crane orders Mantis telecrawlers at Bauma

    14 May 2013 | 1:53 am
    Tadano says that its Mantis 15010 cranes are designed specifically from the ground up as a telescopic boom crawler crane. They employ much less counterweight than other varieties of cranes to avoid rearward stability problems on sloping ground. The 15010's lift capacities are achieved through a wide stance telescopic crawler base instead of from counterweights. The crane can pick and carry its full 77t load chart with its tracks extended; and can pick and carry 50 tons at a full 360° with its tracks retracted to an overall width of only 12ft6in.Empire Crane expects the Mantis Cranes to be…

  • Tiong Woon revenue 29% up on 2012

    13 May 2013 | 2:17 am
    In terms of outlook, the company said that it would continue to actively pursue business opportunities in the emerging markets for its core heavy lift and haulage segment. Tiong Woon also said it would invest in higher capacity and specialised equipment and forge strategic alliances and cooperation with international and industry players to jointly participate in the bidding for projects.The business said that currently, it has a fleet of 407 cranes in lifting assets, 216 vehicles and equipment in haulage assets and 20 tugs and barges in marine assets. Adding that it believed it was one of…

  • Fleet File: One week left

    10 May 2013 | 2:58 am
    Fleet File is compiled by inviting crane companies around the world to supply information on their fleet makeup. It is open to anyone who wishes to participate. This year, we're opening the survey early to make sure that everyone who wishes to can participate.We hope that by allowing fleet owners to enter their fleet data early, we will ensure that Fleet File 2013 gives a fair sample of the shape of the global crane industry, not just the biggest players. Last year we approached 750 companies, of whom 200 responded. All 200 were published in the pages of Cranes Today.We think it is fair to…

  • Palfinger global spread balances weak Europe

    9 May 2013 | 5:02 am
    The total revenue for the first quarter was €225.8m, just above the 2012 figure of €223.9m. Earnings for Palfinger also rose by 1.9% from EBIT €17.7m in 2012 to EBIT €18.1m this year, which it said was primarily facilitated by the regions outside Europe and the marine business area.In the marine business area the company said that the acquisition of Palfinger Dreggen, at the end of 2012, contributed to the business's revenue growth. Two orders were obtained for offshore cranes totalling approximately €90m.Describing the business's first quarter performance across…
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    Bahamas Press

  • Minister concerned over prostitution on Bay Street? What about the drug selling?

    media
    19 May 2013 | 2:55 am
    Drugs are being sold at the Welcome Centre and along Bay and George Street as well…so….WHAT’s the Point? BP EXCLUSIVE – HERE IS ONE OF TWO male prostitutes interviewed by BP over the weekend. One must wonder why did the Minister announce this startling revelation without first calling the police? Why were male “cavity sellers” singled out and not the females who are also at the Welcome Centre selling as well? What is the purpose of this revelation? Why is solicitation such a big deal for the Minister? From the days of the SS YARMOUTH CASTLE docking in…

  • Bahamian Police investigating the second murder in 12 hours…

    media
    18 May 2013 | 9:49 pm
    Bahamas Records Murder #42 – happened just after murder #41 Nassau, Bahamas — The body of a male was found in bushes off Marshall Road on Saturday 18th May, 2013. According to reports around 2:30 pm police were notified of the discovery by a passerby  in the area. The deceased was found with a gunshot injury to the upper body off a road past Munnings Estates. At present the circumstances surrounding this incident is unknown; however, police are actively investigating and appealing to members of the public who may have any information regarding this incident to contact police.

  • Bahamian police is investigating murder #41 in the capital

    media
    18 May 2013 | 12:12 pm
    Victim stabbed to death another man dead in Church yard.. File Photo Nassau, Bahamas — Police are investigating a stabbing incident that has left a male resident of Wilson Street off Hay Street, dead. Around 6:00 am on Saturday 18th, police were notified that the body of a male was found unresponsive at Wilson Street. Police responded and discovered the deceased with multiple stabbed wounds. Preliminary reports indicate that around 2:30 am the deceased was at a business establishment on Baillou Hill Road when he got into an altercation with another man. The deceased reportedly left the…

  • US Embassy in an advisory today says: Armed robbery remains a major threat facing U.S. citizens in The Bahamas

    media
    17 May 2013 | 2:08 pm
    Was US Citizen shot dead found with drugs at 4am in the morning? US Embassy on Queen's Street. Security Message: Increase in Armed Robberies in Nassau, The Bahamas May 17, 2013 The U.S. Embassy in Nassau advises U.S. citizens residing in and traveling to The Bahamas, to be aware of their surroundings and remain on heightened alert to avoid being a victim of crime. On Sunday, May 12, shortly before 5:00 a.m., a U.S. citizen was fatally shot in Nassau during the course of an armed robbery on East Bay Street near the southbound bridge connecting Paradise Island with New Providence Island…

  • Bahamians have a bad feeling on Rodney Moncur’s abandoned home fire…

    media
    17 May 2013 | 12:48 pm
    Sixth fire connected to the former DNA candidate – was he financially suitable to run in the last general elections? Rodney Moncur home torched - Moncur moved out the BMC home almost one year ago. Nassau, Bahamas – After what many know – according to evidence presented by Bahamas Press – to be the work of an arsonist, Rodney Moncur has raised $5 following the torching of his abandoned home. Bahamians were made aware of the developments after we released hardcore data and facts showing Moncur’s defiance about appearing at the Bahamas Mortgage Corporation just days before…
 
 
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    Arts & Letters Daily

  • On Napoleon Chagnon

    thuudung
    17 May 2013 | 7:00 pm
    Fighting and fieldwork. Anthropology, driven by governments and geneticists, has become a battle royal. At the center is Napoleon Chagnon… more

  • What’s the point of political philosophy?

    thuudung
    17 May 2013 | 7:00 pm
    Political philosophers are too utopian, too in thrall to abstractions. It’s high time for the field to engage with reality… more

  • Supercomputer replica of the brain

    thuudung
    17 May 2013 | 7:00 pm
    The European Union is betting $1.3-billion that Henry Markram and 15 postdocs can construct a brain. But if they build it, will it think?… more

  • The man with no memory

    thuudung
    16 May 2013 | 7:00 pm
    A man known as H.M. had the most famous brain in the world. What can we learn from his love of crosswords, his penchant for punning, his amnesia?… more

  • The rationalist way of death

    thuudung
    16 May 2013 | 7:00 pm
    The humanist funeral. Hard-line rationalists are matter-of-fact about death: no fuss, no tears, not a whiff of religion. In the event, though, it isn’t so simple… more
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  • Advice On Becoming A Successful Affiliate Marketer

    Admin
    19 May 2013 | 6:25 pm
    TIP! You’ll want to know how orders not processed on your affiliate company’s website are tracked. If your site visitors place orders on the affiliate’s site and those purchases are not properly linked to your ID, then you run the risk of losing a good amount of commission. Starting a program in internet marketing can prove to be quite complicated, but it can be easier than you expect. Making use of newer web referral technology allows you to get started in affiliate promotion quickly and cost effectively. The tips in this article will help you launch your affiliate…

  • Solid Advice On How To Use Facebook For Marketing

    Admin
    19 May 2013 | 6:19 pm
    TIP! Having a contest is a good way to glean fans. When a person likes your page, they can enter a drawing to win a great prize. Facebook is probably the most visited social media site. Millions join daily, and there are millions already on there. This is why you should look into using Facebook to boost your business if you happen to have a business that isn’t doing so well. Continue reading to learn more. TIP! Your Facebook page should be a clearinghouse that makes it easy for followers and visitors to find your other online presences. Do you post blogs? If so, ensure that your blogs…

  • Taking Your Article Advertising To The Next Level

    Admin
    19 May 2013 | 2:22 pm
    TIP! Every article you write must be entertaining. Keep your writing informal and friendly. Article promotion is easy if you know about the best techniques. Keep reading this article if this sounds like you. This article will give you some of the best article submission tips and tricks in an easy-to-read format. TIP! If you have a site that permits reader comments, it is good to utilize the “no follow” attribute. If a comment includes spam content or links to undesirable sites, web crawlers will automatically know not to follow such links. Write evergreen material. Try not to…

  • Check Out These Fantastic Getting Older Solutions That Make You Feel Better

    Admin
    19 May 2013 | 1:34 pm
    TIP! Having healthy relationships and maintaining them is a very important thing to have for healthy aging. Being involved in local community activities has been proven to increase both your health and your life span. It is impossible to avoid growing older. Many people age with grace and dignity. Others, not so much. By reading this article, you will discover advice and tips to aid you in feeling youthful as long as you possibly can. TIP! Consider taking Resveratrol. There is evidence that people who eat very few calories can extend their lives. Learn new things and keep your mind moving.

  • Getting Older Does Not Have To Be Scary

    Admin
    19 May 2013 | 1:34 pm
    TIP! Avoid wrinkles by not frowning. It seems silly, but it is true. It is inevitable that you will get older, however, how your mind and body age is up to you. Learn how to overcome the obstacles of getting older before they are right in front of you. Use these elements to make your old years into golden years. TIP! If you are worried about aging, stop focusing on the numbers in your life. A lot of people spend too much time focusing on things like their age and weight. A great tip to deal with growing older is to stop worrying about numbers. It is simple to focus on your age, especially as…
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    News Seed | Sprouted News

  • Best Sunglasses To Wear At A Wedding

    15 May 2013 | 8:53 am
    The one thing that is sure to happen each and every summer, other than the occasional sunburn that is, is the outdoor wedding. Not only do you need to decide on what to wear but you also need to protect yourself from the sun, with such things as sunscreen, and of course, sunglasses.

  • Best Bar Apps | Barwhiz Blog

    14 May 2013 | 7:52 am
    There are hundreds of websites that will help you to find a great hotel, an awesome restaurant, or anything in between. And, of course, good bars. Here is a list of 8 pretty amazing bar apps to help you when you are out on the town.

  • Treating Baldness with Onion Juice

    13 May 2013 | 10:24 am
    Believe it or not: the topical use of onion juice can successfully treat baldness?

  • 5 Tips for Sustainable Landscaping

    13 May 2013 | 8:05 am
    As you improve your efforts to go green, it can help to think about your landscaping situation. Here are 5 tips that can help you improve the sustainability of your landscape.

  • Is Hyperinflation Coming? What Can You Do about It?

    13 May 2013 | 7:41 am
    With the Federal Reserve engaged in an asset purchase program designed to increase the money supply in an effort to stimulate the economy, many are starting to worry about inflation.
 
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    Bible Prophecy Blog

  • Syria Aims Its Missiles at Israel

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    19 May 2013 | 8:04 am
    By Ryan Jones Israel Today Syria has aimed its considerable ballistic missile arsenal at Israel's heavily populated Greater Tel Aviv area, according to Middle East sources cited by London's Sunday Times.According to the report, the regime of embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad will launch... Click on the Title to Read the Full Article

  • The Rapture (Part 12)

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    15 May 2013 | 9:51 am
    By Dr. Andy Woods Sugar Land Bible Church My previous articles commenced a series on the rapture of the church. We began with the question, "What is the Rapture?" This question can best be answered by noting ten truths about the rapture from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians... Click on the Title to Read the Full Article

  • Putin, Netanyahu Meet in Russia to Discuss Iran and Syria Threats

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    14 May 2013 | 8:36 am
    By Joel C. Rosenberg JoelRosenberg.com "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in Sochi, Russia on Tuesday and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin," Haaretz reports. "Netanyahu said ahead of the meeting with Putin that the Middle East is unstable and volatile and therefore he is... Click on the Title to Read the Full Article

  • A "Yo Mama" Battle Like You've Never Seen Before

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    12 May 2013 | 11:57 am
    By Denny Burk DennyBurk.com For Mother’s Day, here’s a "yo mama" battle like you've never seen before.No insults here, only compliments. And they're hilarious. Related Links What does it mean to honor my father and mother? • GotQuestions.org Mothers Day Bible Verses •... Click on the Title to Read the Full Article

  • Jews Attacked for Praying on Temple Mount

    BibleProphecyBlog.com
    8 May 2013 | 9:51 am
    By Ryan Jones Israel Today Five Jewish men were arrested on Wednesday for quietly praying atop Jerusalem's Temple Mount, an expression of faith that caused the many Muslims around them to explode in fury.Police stationed at the sensitive holy site said a mob of Muslims gathered around the... Click on the Title to Read the Full Article
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    Albany Tribune News

  • Cleaning Up The Russian Media – OpEd

    Robert Amsterdam
    19 May 2013 | 12:12 pm
    It’s fascinating to watch the fall-out of the recent arrest and expulsion of the hapless alleged American spy Ryan C. Fogle in the Russian media, in at least the degree to which we can see just how important of an institution Vladimir Putin’s propaganda machine has become.  Leaving aside for a moment all the unknowable [...]The post Cleaning Up The Russian Media – OpEd appeared first on Albany Tribune News.

  • Pope Ties Church movements Mass To Pentecost

    CNA
    19 May 2013 | 12:10 pm
    St. Peter’s Square was “transformed into an open-air Cenacle,” Pope Francis said after he celebrated Pentecost with Church movements. “This celebration of faith is about to end, which began yesterday with the Vigil and culminated this morning in the Eucharist. “A renewed Pentecost that has transformed St. Peter’s Square into an open-air Cenacle,” Pope Francis [...]The post Pope Ties Church movements Mass To Pentecost appeared first on Albany Tribune News.

  • ‘Anonymous’ Hackers Convicted And Sentenced In UK

    Jim Kouri
    19 May 2013 | 12:07 pm
    Four British men who belonged to a splinter group of “Anonymous,” an underground organization suspected of perpetrating cyber attacks on sensitive organizations in the United Kingdom and the United States, were imprisoned on Friday following an extensive manhunt by Britain’s Metropolitan Police in London and a plea bargain with the Crown Prosecution Service. Southwark Crown [...]The post ‘Anonymous’ Hackers Convicted And Sentenced In UK appeared first on Albany Tribune News.

  • John Lennon’s Guitar Auctioned For $408,000

    PanArmenian
    19 May 2013 | 12:02 pm
    A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles has sold for $408,000 (£269,000) at auction, BBC News reported. The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified U.S. buyer in New York. Harrison played I Am The Walrus on the guitar in a scene from [...]The post John Lennon’s Guitar Auctioned For $408,000 appeared first on Albany Tribune News.

  • A Bee In Their Bonnet – OpEd

    Albany Tribune
    19 May 2013 | 11:51 am
    Anti-pesticide activists falsely blame new pesticides for bee colony problems By Paul Driessen Chemophobic anti-pesticide groups are at it again. This time they’re attacking a widely used and safe new insecticide, but their assertions and real agendas are nothing new. Radical environmentalism rose to ascendancy on opposition to pesticides, specifically DDT. “If the environmentalists win [...]The post A Bee In Their Bonnet – OpEd appeared first on Albany Tribune News.
 
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    Deadline.com

  • Kelly Rowland, Paulina Rubio In Talks To Join ‘X Factor’

    NELLIE ANDREEVA
    19 May 2013 | 6:39 pm
    Former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland and Mexican singer/actress Paulina Rubio are in negotiations to join Fox‘s X Factor as judges alongside Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato. They’d be filling the judges’ seats vacated by exiting LA Reid and Britney Spears. The singing competition show begins filmed auditions in Charleston this Tuesday and Wednesday, which leaves little time for the ink to dry ahead of an official announcement from the network. X Factor‘s third season will debut this fall.

  • Charlie Rose Headed To PBS Primetime

    THE DEADLINE TEAM
    19 May 2013 | 5:29 pm
    The new Friday night show titled Charlie Rose Weekend will bring the 71-year-old host to primetime on PBS, where he’s hosted his syndicated late night Charlie Rose program since 1993. The half-hour show will air Fridays at 8:30 PM starting in July, reports the NYT’s Media Decoder. It will combine highlights from his late night show with new interviews and discussions of topics in politics, science, business, culture, media and sports and will replace the network’s Need to Know news mag. Meanwhile Rose still co-anchors CBS’s morning news show CBS This Morning.

  • R.I.P. William Miles

    THE DEADLINE TEAM
    19 May 2013 | 4:03 pm
    Documentarian William Miles, whose films include 1981′s I Remember Harlem and 1992′s Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II, died May 12 in New York, reports the NY Times. He was 82. In 1977 the Harlem native made his first documentary Men Of Bronze, about the all-black 369th Infantry Regiment sent to fight alongside the French in WWI, after himself serving in the National Guard. Liberators, co-directed with Nina Rosenblum, recounted the story of black soldiers who helped to liberate Nazi concentration camps and was nominated for an Oscar. He earned a CableACE…

  • Cannes: Raft Of Buyers Target Studiocanal’s Sean Penn-Starrer ‘The Gunman’

    NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
    19 May 2013 | 2:19 pm
    EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of its shooting start next month, Sean Penn-starrer The Gunman has virtually sold out for Studiocanal here in Cannes. This is the project from producers Joel Silver and Andrew Rona that Studiocanal is fully financing. Taken helmer Pierre Morel is directing the action film, which previously went by the title Prone Gunman. Silver and Rona are also in business with Studiocanal on the upcoming Jaume Collet-Serra-directed Non-Stop, which Universal is releasing Stateside. Footage from that film was screened for buyers in Cannes, which Studiocanal says helped fuel sales on The…

  • Cannes: Latest Theft Affects China Film Group VP

    NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
    19 May 2013 | 1:52 pm
    The latest tale of thievery to surface here in Cannes after last week’s $1M jewelry heist, involves China Film Group vice-president Zhang Qiang whose luggage was reportedly stolen from his hotel room. The incident caused him to cancel his participation in a press conference scheduled for tomorrow for Keanu Reeves’ directorial effort Man Of Tai Chi. I’m told the Man Of Tai Chi press conference will still be held with Reeves and producer Lemore Syvan in attendance, but that Zhang will not be there. The movie is a co-production between China Film Group, Wanda Media, Village…
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    The Conversation

  • What went wrong for the Co-op Bank?

    Martin Upton, Head of the Centre for Accounting and Finance at The Open University
    19 May 2013 | 4:20 pm
    Collapsing business deals, massive financial losses, and a “junk” rating have made recent months a nightmare for the Co-op Bank. In March it announced losses of £634m for the 2012 financial year, largely as a result of acquiring a large package of overvalued mortgages. In April it suddenly pulled out of a deal with Lloyds to buy 632 of its branches. Then on May 10 the American ratings agency Moody’s announced a staggering six notch downgrade in the bank’s credit rating, taking its bonds down from “investment grade” to “junk” status. The Chief Executive, Barry Tootell…

  • Inspire magazine and the rise of open-source jihad

    Barry Richards, Professor of Public Communication at Bournemouth University
    19 May 2013 | 4:11 pm

  • DSM-5 tells us more about psychiatry than psychiatrists

    Simon Wessely, Professor of Psychological Medicine at King's College London
    19 May 2013 | 4:11 pm
    DSM-5, the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association, was published in the US at the weekend. Given that not even its most passionate supporters would call it a good read, it had already attracted unusual levels of attention. There has already been an avalanche of serious comment pieces, magazine articles, blogs and the occasional sensationalist Daily Mail headline. Why is it proving so controversial? The DSM is nothing more than a list of psychiatric disorders, accompanied by descriptions and explicit criteria for their diagnosis. It’s…

  • Explainer: what is the DSM?

    Peter Kinderman, Professor of Clinical Psychology at University of Liverpool
    19 May 2013 | 4:11 pm

  • Under new psychiatric guidebook we might all be labelled mad

    Allen Frances, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Duke University
    19 May 2013 | 4:11 pm
    “We are all mad here” explains the Cat to Alice when she wonders about the strangeness of Wonderland. Well, life is starting to follow art. If people make the mistake of following DSM-5, the new diagnostic manual in psychiatry that was published on Saturday, pretty soon all of us may be labelled mad. When I worked on the taskforce for DSM-4, we were very concerned about taming diagnostic inflation – but we only partly succeeded. Then four years ago, I became aware of the excessive enthusiasm around all the new diagnoses being proposed for DSM-5, including many that were untested. I hate…
 
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    ShortFormBlog

  • kateoplis: Kanye turns the page on rap. Nine Inch Kanye. Got...

    19 May 2013 | 4:53 pm
    kateoplis: Kanye turns the page on rap. Nine Inch Kanye. Got some serious “Pretty Hate Machine”-era Trent Reznor vibes from this song as well as “New Slaves.”

  • The president and CEO of the Associated Press says sources are less willing to talk to the wire service in the wake of the phone records scandal.

    19 May 2013 | 3:57 pm
    The president and CEO of the Associated Press says sources are less willing to talk to the wire service in the wake of the phone records scandal.: Gary Pruitt, in his first television interviews since it was revealed the Justice Department subpoenaed phone records of AP reporters and editors, said the move already has had a chilling effect on journalism. Pruitt said the seizure has made sources less willing to talk to AP journalists and, in the long term, could limit Americans’ information from all news outlets. Pruitt told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the government has no business…

  • matthewkeys: KSN-TV meteorologists ditch the television studio...

    19 May 2013 | 2:23 pm
    matthewkeys: KSN-TV meteorologists ditch the television studio for a storm shelter as severe weather pounds Wichita, Kansas. Around the two-minute mark is where things start getting crazy. Very harrowing.

  • evangotlib: danmeth: 19 feet away from history. This is the...

    19 May 2013 | 1:03 pm
    evangotlib: danmeth: 19 feet away from history. This is the office where I worked in 2007. That’s me on the bottom left corner, hard at work making the Meth Minute 39 series for Frederator Studios ( who were at the time developing a little show you may have heard of called “Adventure Time”). See that long-haired guy all the way on the right side? That’s David Karp in the preliminary stages of inventing Tumblr. At this point, the only people who had heard of Tumblr are in the room. A lot can happen in 6 years! But don’t worry, everyone… he knows why we all love Tumblr and he’s…

  • soupsoup: tiffany: Tumblr meetup at Fat Cat. I remember...

    19 May 2013 | 10:22 am
    soupsoup: tiffany: Tumblr meetup at Fat Cat. I remember meeting a lot of the people I came to know on Tumblr, in person, this night, I think March 13 in 2008. This was long before Tumblr was much of a thing outside of New York. I spent a lot more time on Tumblr back in those days.It seems pretty likely that Tumblr, this weekend, is at a turning point. Tumblr as a product simply stopped attempting to evolve over the last couple of years, perhaps by design. Despite that, growth has continued, it’s a massive success in terms of size and scale. It even managed to generate a few million dollars,…
 
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    LJ INFOdocket

  • Ithaka S+R, RLUK, and JISC Release: “UK Survey of Academics 2012″

    Gary Price
    19 May 2013 | 1:01 pm
    The study was released three days ago. Title UK Survey of Academics 2012 Authors Ross Housewright Roger C. Schonfeld Kate Wulfson From an RLUK Announcement and Summary: The survey, funded and guided by Jisc and RLUK and conducted on their behalf by the not-for-profit research organisation Ithaka S+R, received 3,498 responses, (a response rate of 7.9%). The survey covers a range of areas from how academics discover and stay abreast of research, to their teaching of undergraduates. How they choose research topics and publication channels, to their views on learned societies and university…

  • Video: 5 Project Briefing Presentations From the CNI 2013 Spring Meeting

    Gary Price
    19 May 2013 | 12:14 pm
    The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Spring Membership Meeting took place in San Antonio (April 2013) and video recordings of many presentations area available on the web. You can find all CNI videos (55 of them at the moment) on the organizations YouTube channel as well as Vimeo channel. Here are five interesting and educational video presentations from Spring 2013 that we wanted to make sure you were aware of. Hypothes.is: Annotating the World’s Knowledge Presenter: Peter Brantley, Hypothes.is For the first several decades of the Web’s existence, human communication and…

  • Florida: “New Chapter for the Boca Raton Library About to Begin”

    Gary Price
    19 May 2013 | 9:09 am
    From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: This week, the bookshelves went up at the new, $9.5 million facility that’s double the space of the current Downtown Library, in preparation for an opening expected in the next 45 days. Patrons will find that the bookshelves are one of the few remaining features that the new library has in common with the old. [Clip] Tom Sloan, director of Boca’s library services, said the new facility is designed to be just as relevant in 2063 as it is in 2013. “It’s a very open and flexible space that is going to evolve as the needs of the…

  • James Hilton Appointed Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan

    Gary Price
    19 May 2013 | 8:52 am
    From The Michigan Daily: The University’s Board of Regents convened Thursday at the University’s Dearborn campus to review a selection of infrastructure and personnel changes. Among these items was the appointment of Information prof. James L. Hilton as the dean of libraries As vice president and chief information officer of the University of Virginia, Hilton continued to serve roles at the University that included special assistant to the provost for media rights, associate provost for academic information and instructional technology affairs and interim University librarian.

  • “YouTube Has Changed Everything? Music Faculty, Librarians, and Their Use and Perceptions of YouTube” (Preprint)

    Gary Price
    19 May 2013 | 5:37 am
    The following preprint has been accepted for publication in College & Research Libraries. The anticipated publication date is June 1, 2014. Title “YouTube Has Changed Everything? Music Faculty, Librarians, and Their Use and Perceptions of YouTube” (Preprint) Author Kirstin Dougan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Source College & Research Libraries Website Abstract YouTube’s accessibility, ease of use, and depth of content are strong lures for music students. But do music teaching faculty and librarians encourage this and do they use it in their own research,…
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    Full Text Reports...

  • Microbes in Pool Filter Backwash as Evidence of the Need for Improved Swimmer Hygiene — Metro-Atlanta, Georgia, 2012

    fulltextreports
    19 May 2013 | 5:56 am
    Microbes in Pool Filter Backwash as Evidence of the Need for Improved Swimmer Hygiene — Metro-Atlanta, Georgia, 2012 Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC) Filters physically remove contaminants, including microbes, from water in treated recreational water venues, such as pools. Because contaminants accumulate in filters, filter concentrates typically have a higher density of contamination […]

  • Credential Recognition in the United States for Foreign Professionals

    fulltextreports
    18 May 2013 | 5:48 am
    Credential Recognition in the United States for Foreign Professionals (PDF) Source: Migration Policy Institute Foreign-trained professionals in the United States often encounter significant obstacles on their path to professional practice, among them difficulties in demonstrating the value of their past work experience and qualifications. This report examines the decentralized US credential recognition process, particularly with […]

  • Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature

    fulltextreports
    17 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature Source: Environmental Research Letters We analyze the evolution of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic global warming (AGW) in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, examining 11 944 climate abstracts from 1991–2011 matching the topics ‘global climate change’ or ‘global warming’. We find that 66.4% of abstracts expressed […]

  • New From the GAO

    fulltextreports
    17 May 2013 | 6:53 am
    New GAO Reports and Testimonies Source: Government Accountability Office Reports 1. Diversity Management: Trends and Practices in the Financial Services Industry and Agencies after the Recent Financial Crisis. GAO-13-238, April 16. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-238 Highlights – http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/653815.pdf 2. Medicare: Legislative Modifications Have Resulted In Payment Adjustments for Most Hospitals. GAO-13-334, April 17. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-334 Highlights – http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/653854.pdf 3. […]

  • CBO — Updated Budget Projections: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

    fulltextreports
    16 May 2013 | 8:45 am
    Updated Budget Projections: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023 Source: Congressional Budget Office If the current laws that govern federal taxes and spending do not change, the budget deficit will shrink this year to $642 billion, CBO estimates, the smallest shortfall since 2008. Relative to the size of the economy, the deficit this year—at 4.0 percent […]
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    Indyposted

  • America Needs Tighter Environmental Regulations

    Jacob Hammer
    18 May 2013 | 8:18 am
    Environmental regulation has long been a hot button topic. Many feel that the government should not require corporations to follow a certain set of standards and practices while others feel it is our duty as humans to do everything in our power to help care for the environment and protect mother Earth. When you sit down and look at environmental regulations logically, it is quite obvious that there are plenty of benefits associated with these types of regulations. Protect the Environment One reason why environmental regulations are so important is that they help protect the environment. Since…

  • Conservatives Exploiting Benghazi Tragedy

    Jacob Hammer
    17 May 2013 | 2:19 pm
    A popular liberal group has just released a statement explaining why conservative allegations about events in Benghazi are unsubstantiated. Through all of this conversation, there has been plenty of political finger-pointing and blame thrown around, especially within President Obama’s inner circle. However, the fact is that American Bridge 21st Century Foundation has new information about a conservative figure-head’s involvement in this spun story. Through all of this conversation, there has been plenty of political finger-pointing and blame thrown around, especially within…

  • Karl Talbot Explains That Startup Ventures May Require Personal Investments before Gaining Capital

    Jacob Hammer
    17 May 2013 | 1:37 pm
    Having started a few of his own businesses, Karl Talbot is one entrepreneur that strongly supports the growth of startup ventures. In fact, through his current company TALK Enterprises, Talbot is dedicated to helping viable young entrepreneurs connect to experienced professional mentors and investors to help them bring their visions to reality. However, while Talbot remains strongly supportive of the entrepreneurial spirit, he notes that it is one of the most challenging professional decisions for one to start his or her own business. Talbot explains that from an organizational standpoint…

  • Bystrictin Explains Brain Benefits Of Mediterranean Diet

    Emily Webb
    17 May 2013 | 11:41 am
    According to new research, the Mediterranean diet may help to preserve cognitive functioning during the aging process. Bystrictin explains the new findings and notes the ways that the diet differs from other nutrition regimes. A study released on April 30 examined the effects of the diet on cognitive abilities. The study included an examination of 17,478 Caucasian and African-American participants. The participants had a mean age of 64. The subjects provided dietary information to confirm how well they were following the Mediterranean diet. These participants ranked their compliance with the…

  • Joseph R. Mathewson: Wine Prices Affected By Lower Supply

    Mathew Waters
    17 May 2013 | 10:44 am
    Wine aficionados such as Joseph R. Mathewson know that ordering a glass or two at dinner could very well be the most expensive part of the meal. While many people know going into the hobby of wine loving that it is not a cheap endeavor, the rising price of wine over the past few months does not help. According to Restaurant Sciences, which is a firm that works independently to track food and beverage sales, prices of wine by the glass rose every month for the last half of a year. The study only looked at stand-alone restaurants and excluded nightclubs, hotel restaurants and concession stands.
 
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    Right Wing News

  • Rush Limbaugh Does Live in Obama’s Head

    Warner Todd Huston
    19 May 2013 | 2:44 pm
    On May 14 after news broke that President Obama had once again attacked talk radio host Rush Limbaugh by name, El Rusbo joked that he was “living rent-free in Obama’s head.” It’s hard to fault Limbaugh’s logic on this. After all, the President of the United States of America has used his bully pulpit to bully Rush nearly a dozen times since he became President. Remembering that Rush Limbaugh is but a voice on the radio and has no vote in any government, hasn’t the ability to wield the power of ...

  • Who Knew “Smart Power” Applied To Obama’s Domestic Policy, As Well

    William Teach
    19 May 2013 | 5:22 am
    We jump in the wayback machine, and learn that “smart power” was the Obama/Hillary Clinton term for how America was going to deal with the world. It is defined by the Center for Strategic and International Studies as “an approach that underscores the necessity of a strong military, but also invests heavily in alliances, partnerships, and institutions of all levels to expand American influence and establish legitimacy of American action.” In other words, a bunch of gobbledygook, substituting a cute phrase for actual productive action. Sure, he’s had a few ...

  • IRS Scandal another Reason Why We Need the Fair Tax

    Doug Patton
    18 May 2013 | 9:06 pm
    “It will create a bureaucracy with the efficiency of the Post Office, the frugality of the Pentagon and the compassion of the IRS.” - Mantra of those who opposed HillaryCare in the 1990s. In the idealistic constitutional fantasies of those who harbor high hopes and short memories, the accumulating effect of the scandals piling up like rotting garbage at the front door of the White House will result in the impeachment and removal from office of Barack Hussein Obama, 44th President of the United States. Despite the dog and pony show Congress ...

  • Speech to the Best Graduating Class Ever

    Thomas Purcell
    18 May 2013 | 9:05 pm
    Students, faculty, family members and friends, it is my great honor to deliver your commencement speech today. It is my opinion that our society must take every opportunity to praise our young people for their hard work and accomplishment, and that is why ceremonies such as this are so important to our country’s future. It was not so long ago, after all, that a more conservative America saw things differently. What a harsh place America once was – particularly for our young students. So primitive were educational practices when I was young that ...

  • Obama’s History of Intimidation and Duplicitous Behavior

    Rick Jensen
    18 May 2013 | 9:03 pm
    President Obama wants you to believe he is the Sergeant Schultz of unlawfully targeted IRS harassments: “I know nussink! I see nussink! I didn’t even leave ze fundraiser zees mornink!” President Roosevelt used the IRS to intimidate and exact revenge on political enemies. Richard Nixon, JFK and Clinton co-opted the agency into a partisan sledgehammer designed to ruin lives and crush honest political opposition. John Andrew’s 2002 book, “The Power to Destroy,” unearths these dank political corpses, destroying whatever naive notions you may have of those…
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    Detroit Unspun

  • Surrendered Guns Get Groceries for Detroit Residents

    Jerome Espy
    17 May 2013 | 12:27 pm
    A “Guns For Groceries” program could take 300 guns off the street this weekend. Southfield-based personal injury law firm, Goodman Acker, P.C. is teaming up with Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano, Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon and Bishop P.A. Brooks to hold a gun buyback event on Saturday, May 18. Organizers say the goal of the event, which will give participants grocery gift cards for their unloaded guns, is to make the streets safer for residents and reduce the increasing number of gun-related crimes in the area. From 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the gymnasium of New St.

  • Here’s a tasty investment: Grants for Eastern Market, local-food industry will create jobs and bring business diversity to Detroit

    Karen Dybis
    16 May 2013 | 6:16 am
    Around Detroit, having a winning team means a lot. So you don’t often hear people cheering, “We’re No. 19! We’re No. 19!” But that is where Michigan ranks in terms of its food-processing prowess. The state comes in second in terms of commercially grown crops, which means we have the stuff we need for our plates. We just cannot move it into the pipeline fast enough. Thanks to a public-private partnership announced Wednesday, food entrepreneurs will benefit from monetary grants, physical renovations and site enhancements as well as other business-minded incentives aimed at getting…

  • Ready to adopt a pet? Meet your new best friend at the zoo and take them home with you

    M Lapham
    15 May 2013 | 11:51 am
    As long as humans have been domesticating animals one thing has always been true. People love dogs and cats. It is almost an immutable law of nature.  Of all the beasts on earth, people opens their homes to these two above all else.  So, if you are looking to welcome a dog or cat into your home, stop by “Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo,” and adopt one that needs a home. At the same time you can look down on all the lesser animals that inhabit the Detroit Zoo. This will be the 21st year the Detroit Zoo has participated in this event, which will have adoptable pets from more than…

  • Local Spider-Man comic book artist Ryan Stegman to attend Motor City Comic Con

    M Lapham
    14 May 2013 | 11:46 am
    Those planning to attend the Motor City Comic Con this weekend and those still on the fence may be interested to hear local boy made good Ryan Stegman will be in attendance. Ryan Stegman Stegman, a comic book artist, has worked on several Marvel Comics titles including She-Hulk, X-23, Fantastic Four and, most recently, Superior Spider-man, the newest rendition of the company’s flagship character. Stegman was raised in Troy, attended Michigan State University, and currently resides in Grand Blanc.  He’s been drawing since he was a child. When he was younger, his father, who worked for…

  • Your Detroit reading list: X (Games) marks the spot

    JA Staes
    12 May 2013 | 11:42 am
    This town, at least when it comes to online chatter, has been buzzing about the possibility of an X-Games. You know we’re all for aiming high (remember this post about the idea Olympics should be in Detroit?) but the X-Games, especially if we win the bid, is a bit of progress. Our photo of the week should remind us all to “Stop! In the Name of Love,” quite literally. Found across the street from the famous American and Lafayette Coney Island restaurants downtown. So without further ado, here’s your list of ten links that make up your weekly reading list! This is why the X Games should…
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  • The secret is out - Yahoo! is purchasing Tumblr for $1.1 billion

    19 May 2013 | 5:06 pm
    Things moved super fast this weekend, as Yahoo!’s board gave the green-light and ever-so-needed approval to acquire Tumblr, for an astonishing $1.1 billion. As reported on Friday, it was said that Yahoo! was in serious talks to buy Tumblr, as they look to take the next big step in making Yahoo! relevant again, and targeting the younger demographic that Tumblr has in their grasps. According to All Things D, the Yahoo! board made the decision today and approved the acquisition of Tumblr for an all cash deal, which be announced on Monday. Former Tumblr president John Maloney also tweeted…

  • How a Facebook update would go over in real life

    17 May 2013 | 11:57 am
    Yep, I’m 100% sure this is how it would go too. This is how everyone feels every time Facebook wants to just move things around, just for the sake of, moving them around. Sigh.

  • Yahoo! is in talks to purchase Tumblr for estimated $1bn

    17 May 2013 | 7:45 am
    Could this be the end of a good thing? It’s quite possibly so, if the news about Yahoo! being in serious talks to purchase Tumblr for an estimated $1 billion is true. I say this because Tumblr although quite successful over the past couple of years, is still relatively small and has a start-up feeling. It’s young demographic, and quick rise to fame though, makes Tumblr an appealing choice to the aging and desperate Yahoo! - for which Yahoo!’s CEO Marissa Mayer wants in on the young user base that Tumblr has endless amounts of. And if Mayer gets her way and purchases Tumblr, it could…

  • Facebook Home dies before it gets a chance to live

    14 May 2013 | 8:46 am
    HTC First, or as many know it as Facebook Home, is dying off before it really had a chance to live, on AT&T that is. Apparently the idea to have Facebook 24/7 on your phone, all in your business, wasn’t the greatest of ideas. Who knew, right? According to BGR, AT&T is already discontinuing Facebook Home after a horrible debut. AT&T sold fewer than 15,000 units nationwide through last week when the phone’s price was slashed to $0.99. Ouch!

  • Inspiring demo of Google Glass at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland

    3 May 2013 | 2:23 pm
    Of all the Google Glass demo videos, photos, and stories going around, this one may be my favorite so far. It’s simplicity yet strong message that you can do anything with Glass, and share it in real-time (hands free!) while you are across the world, is quite powerful. via, source
 
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  • Nexus Samsung Galaxy S4 unlocked unveiled, coming to Google Play Store next month

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    16 May 2013 | 3:44 pm
    Article by Carlo Raphael Diokno (Google+). Last updated, Thursday, 3:45 P.M. PDT, May 16, 2013.   One of the ways to sell more phones is to add partners and unsurprisingly, Samsung will take advantage of Google’s big market share in the smartphone retailing to sell more Samsung Galaxy S4 units in United States. Unlike the original Galaxy S4, Google will offer a Nexus-like Samsung Galaxy S4 on June 26 with unlocked SIM card slot — and, stock Android 4.2 Jelly Bean running out of the box, free from custom ROMs and custom user interface like the original TouchWiz UI running on…

  • White Google Nexus 4 reportedly coming next month with latest Android OS

    admin
    16 May 2013 | 2:56 pm
    Article by Carlo Raphael Diokno (Google+). Last updated, Thursday, 2:55 P.M. PDT, May 16, 2013.   A new rumor is suggesting that the white Google and LG’s 2012 top-end flagship phone variant is finally hitting the lucrative market next month. Reports from Android And Me has tracked down the unconfirmed white LG Nexus 4 and the site confirms that Google will start selling the handsets two quarters after it introduced the original black model. On June 10, according to Android And Me, Google will retail the white Nexus 4 via the Play Store, the company’s official online portal.

  • Fourth-gen Intel Core chips (Haswell) Iris graphics significantly more powerful?

    admin
    5 May 2013 | 4:09 am
    Article by Kevin Go (Google+). Last updated, Sunday, 04:10 A.M. PDT, May 5, 2013. As we have reported earlier, semiconductor giant, Intel, is bound to unleash its latest breed of high-performance ‘Core’ processors destined for the mobile and home computing market. The new ‘Haswell’ based chips boast an overall increase in computational horsepower and most notably, graphics processing courtesy of the new HD5000 (Iris) integrated graphics processor which — as reported by Engadget — will be made available in three variants. The U-series Core processors will…

  • Samsung Galaxy S4 of Sprint receives firmware update, not the latest Jelly Bean

    admin
    3 May 2013 | 5:12 am
    Article by Kevin Go (Google+). Last updated, Friday, 05:12 A.M. PDT, May 3, 2013. Sprint’s variant of the Galaxy S4 powerhouse has only seen the light of day in a short period of time but good ol’ Samsung was pretty quick to release a last-minute software update for its 5-inch flagship. The light, 24 megabyte package dubbed as L720VPUAMDL is being delivered over-the-air as usual, Sammy is yet to release details regarding this particular update but we’re pretty sure it’s meant to address some minor software kinks that have managed to find their way into the Galaxy…

  • HTC One US release date – “stealth” version to rival Galaxy S4

    admin
    27 Apr 2013 | 8:55 pm
    Article by Kevin Go (Google+). Last updated, Saturday, 08:55 P.M. PDT, April 27, 2013. By saying ‘some’, we actually meant Sprint Nextel and AT&T Wireless. Yup, both wireless carriers we’ve mentioned above will soon start selling the Stealth Black version of HTC’s flagship super phone, the One [or M7], as confirmed by their respective online portals. Both 32 and 64 gigabyte versions of the black HTC One will be offered by AT&T with the exception of Sprint, the former has not mentioned any pricing details on its product page while the latter displays “Out…
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  • Inside Maranello: Ferrari’s green and responsible factory

    Ben Cusack
    16 May 2013 | 6:44 am
    These fascinating photographs give a rare insight into the daily goings on at Ferrari, the world’s most famous car company. Aerial view of the world famous Ferrari HQ in Maranello The Italian firm was launched by the eponymous Enzo Ferrari in 1940 with his first car unveiled in 1947. Sixty-six years after the 125S made its debut, Ferrari continues to build the most desirable sports cars and boasts an annual turnover in excess of €2 billion. And the firm’s headquarters, in Maranello, northern Italy, is central to the phenomenal success which has seen profits and sales go…

  • ‘Fergie Time’ to grant gamers an extra few minutes to clinch the win

    Ben Cusack
    16 May 2013 | 12:50 am
    While Sir Alex Ferguson can now kick back and enjoy a spot of fishing during his retirement, his legacy has been immortalised by one cheeky games company. The makers of new game Lords of Football have introduced an update which grants losing teams a few extra vital minutes to clinch the win. The so-called ‘Fergie Time’ is a cheeky reference to the supposedly excessive amount of extra time the Red Devils, under the Glaswegian manager, received at the end of matches. The developers have also included this reference to Sir Alex finally having the time to sit back and enjoy a spot of…

  • University professor, 66, trampled to death by rampaging cows while walking his dog

    SWNS Reporter
    15 May 2013 | 5:59 am
    Mike Porter, the man who was trampled to death by cows in Wiltshire A highly-respected university professor has been trampled to death by a rampaging herd of cows while out walking his dog. Michael Porter, 66, was crushed when the 30 bovines stampeded as he crossed a farmer’s field in Turleigh, Wiltshire, with two dogs. Mr Porter’s brother John, 72, was left fighting for his life with a collapsed lung and broken ribs after Monday’s attack. John’s wife Mary, 77, witnessed the terrifying charge but escaped unharmed. Remarkably, it is the fourth cow attack in the sleepy…

  • Man killed and brother seriously injured after getting trampled by cows

    SWNS Reporter
    14 May 2013 | 5:06 am
    A man has died and his brother seriously injured after they were trampled by cows while walking their dogs. The men were crushed by a herd of around 30 animals while walking through a field near the village of Turleigh, Wilts., with two dogs. A 66-year-old man suffered serious chest injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene on Monday afternoon. Cows in a field near where it is believed a man was trampled to death and another seriously injured whilst out walking His brother, believed to be in his early 70s, was airlifted to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol after he suffered a collapsed lung…

  • Woman’s meal from Marks and Spencer contained a dead BEETLE

    SWNS Reporter
    14 May 2013 | 5:04 am
    Horrified Jenna Murray’s dinner from Marks and Spencer was just not any ordinary meal – it contained a dead BEETLE. Jenna, 28, treated herself to the £3 supper of smoked mackerel, new potatoes and beetroot after a hard day at work. The ‘Delicious and Nutritious’ range meal came with a creamy mustard and dill dressing and was ready to cook. The dead beetle inside Jenna Murray’s dinner from Marks and Spencer Single Jenna had eaten half of it when her fork uncovered the inch-long black bug lying under the remainder. She leapt from the table in disgust and dashed to…
 
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  • Louisville Festival of Faiths welcomes Dalai Lama

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    15 May 2013 | 3:27 pm
    As an enthusiastic show of support for the May 2013 Festival of Faiths, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer is serving as the Honorary Co-Chair of the event, which is taking place May 14-19 at Actors Theatre of Louisville and...

  • Louisville Mayor announces Summer Youth Jobs program

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    10 May 2013 | 1:30 pm
    If you are 18-21 years old and are looking for a summer job, the Mayor’s SummerWorks Program wants you.The Greater Louisville summer jobs program has warehouse jobs to fill and will register eligible young people Monday...

  • UofL coach Rick Pitino to appear on Makers Mark whiskey bottles

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    9 May 2013 | 2:01 pm
    University of Louisville head men's basketball coach Rick Pitino is slated to be featured on the second in a series of three commemorative Maker's Mark bottles benefiting the Academic Center of Excellence, the school announced Wednesday...

  • Louisville Mayor announces new city race series starting Memorial Day

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    9 May 2013 | 10:40 am
    The city is creating a new series of four running races each year – the KentuckyOne Health Four De Lis Classic Series – that Mayor Greg Fischer said are designed to make Louisville an even stronger road racing city and...

  • Evan Williams Bourbon Experience joining Kentucky Bourbon Trail tour

    Thomas McAdam, Louisville City Hall Examiner
    9 May 2013 | 10:23 am
    The Kentucky Bourbon Trail® adventure is barreling into the River City, with Heaven Hill Distilleries’ new Evan Williams Bourbon Experience™ becoming the eighth stop on the world-famous journey and the first ever in Louisville...
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  • Cleaning Up The Russian Media – OpEd

    Robert Amsterdam
    19 May 2013 | 12:12 pm
    It’s fascinating to watch the fall-out of the recent arrest and expulsion of the hapless alleged American spy Ryan C. Fogle in the Russian media, in at least the degree to which we can see just how important of an institution Vladimir Putin’s propaganda machine has become.  Leaving aside for a moment all the unknowable [...]The post Cleaning Up The Russian Media – OpEd appeared first on Albany Tribune News.

  • Pope Ties Church movements Mass To Pentecost

    CNA
    19 May 2013 | 12:10 pm
    St. Peter’s Square was “transformed into an open-air Cenacle,” Pope Francis said after he celebrated Pentecost with Church movements. “This celebration of faith is about to end, which began yesterday with the Vigil and culminated this morning in the Eucharist. “A renewed Pentecost that has transformed St. Peter’s Square into an open-air Cenacle,” Pope Francis [...]The post Pope Ties Church movements Mass To Pentecost appeared first on Albany Tribune News.

  • ‘Anonymous’ Hackers Convicted And Sentenced In UK

    Jim Kouri
    19 May 2013 | 12:07 pm
    Four British men who belonged to a splinter group of “Anonymous,” an underground organization suspected of perpetrating cyber attacks on sensitive organizations in the United Kingdom and the United States, were imprisoned on Friday following an extensive manhunt by Britain’s Metropolitan Police in London and a plea bargain with the Crown Prosecution Service. Southwark Crown [...]The post ‘Anonymous’ Hackers Convicted And Sentenced In UK appeared first on Albany Tribune News.

  • John Lennon’s Guitar Auctioned For $408,000

    PanArmenian
    19 May 2013 | 12:02 pm
    A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles has sold for $408,000 (£269,000) at auction, BBC News reported. The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified U.S. buyer in New York. Harrison played I Am The Walrus on the guitar in a scene from [...]The post John Lennon’s Guitar Auctioned For $408,000 appeared first on Albany Tribune News.

  • A Bee In Their Bonnet – OpEd

    Albany Tribune
    19 May 2013 | 11:51 am
    Anti-pesticide activists falsely blame new pesticides for bee colony problems By Paul Driessen Chemophobic anti-pesticide groups are at it again. This time they’re attacking a widely used and safe new insecticide, but their assertions and real agendas are nothing new. Radical environmentalism rose to ascendancy on opposition to pesticides, specifically DDT. “If the environmentalists win [...]The post A Bee In Their Bonnet – OpEd appeared first on Albany Tribune News.
 
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  • First Lady Michelle Obama No Longer Bang-in

    EurPublisher
    19 May 2013 | 2:15 pm
    *It was just a few months ago it seems that First Lady Michelle Obama‘s bangs were all the rage. To be honest, and for the record, there was a chorus of folks who just weren’t feeling them, designer Karl Lagerfeld among them. She said the look was in response to her  “mid-life crisis,” noting that she’s less than a year away from turning 50. “This is my midlife crisis, the bangs. I couldn’t get a sports car,” jpokingly she told TV host Rachel Ray. “They won’t let me bungee-jump. So instead, I cut my bangs.” If you recall, Mrs. Obama revealed the new hairdo a few…

  • Raven-Symoné and Mr. Cooper Reunite for TV

    Brittney M. Walker
    19 May 2013 | 11:58 am
    *Raven-Symoné will not be forgotten. The former child star is all grown up and is working with a whole lot of body. Have you seen her lately? Bam Bam! Anyway, remember back in the days when she was just a little girl on set, the cutest thing ever. She also was the co-star with Mark Curry on 90’s series, “Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper.” The two will reunite for a rendition of a reunion on an original Nick at Nite series, “See Dad Run.” Focused on a former (actor/comedian?) who is now a stay-at-home dad, “David” Raven plays a talk show host, “Whitney Gibbons.” The father agrees…

  • Patrice Rushen, Ndugu Chancler to Play Free Playboy Concert at LA’s Baldwin Hills Mall

    EurPublisher
    19 May 2013 | 11:52 am
      Patrice Rushen & Paul Jackson Jr. (photo: Ricky Richardson) *Let the good times roll… and head over to the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw for a summer afternoon of jazz and entertainment when the Playboy Jazz Festival presents a free community concert on Sunday, June 2nd, at 5:00 p.m. Doors open at 4:00 p.m. The illustrious group, 1+One, featuring Grammy-nominated artists Patrice Rushen and Ndugu Chancler with special guest, Paul Jackson Jr., will headline the show. The Harmony Project, under the direction of Amos Delone, will also perform. Presented by the Playboy Jazz Festival and the…

  • ’60 Minutes’ on Michael Jackson’s Financial Turnaround in Death (Watch)

    EurPublisher
    19 May 2013 | 9:57 am
    *When Michael Jackson died, basically, he was broke. Reportedly he was half a billion dollars in debt. However, in death he is doing quite well. Between sales of his and savvy business deals, his estate in bringing more than enough to retire the debt. If you’ve ever wondered what he spent his money on this Sunday’s “60 Minutes” (at 7pm E/P) could give you a clue. A whole bunch of them, in fact. Correspondent Laura Logan reports on Jackson’s turnaround and gets a private tour of some of the personal items that meant the most to him. While the Jackson Estate…

  • Natalie Cole Celebrates Latin Music with: ‘Natalie Cole en Espanol’

    EurPublisher
    19 May 2013 | 9:12 am
    *LOS ANGELES — Multiple GRAMMY Award-winner Natalie Cole‘s first Spanish-language album, “Natalie Cole en Espanol” will be released June 25 on Verve/Universal. The album finds Natalie personally inspired by both the bilingual recording legacy of her father Nat King Cole, and a growing passion for the timeless romanticism of the great Latin music composers. Produced by Rudy Perez (“Latin Music Producer Of The Decade” – Billboard), “Natalie Cole en Espanol” will reintroduce a new generation of fans to many of Latin Music’s most romantic…
 
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  • Public Invited to the Harvey Milk Promenade Park Grand Opening Celebration May 21

    Editor
    17 May 2013 | 1:00 pm
    Harvey Milk 1978. Photo from Wikipedia Mayor Bob Foster and Vice Mayor Robert Garcia invite the public to the grand opening of the Harvey Milk Promenade Park and dedication of Equality Plaza, at 3rd Street and The Promenade, on Tuesday, May 21, at 11:00 am. “The Harvey Milk Promenade Park is an example of how a small, well designed open space can transform its surroundings and provide a profound purpose, “ said Mayor Bob Foster. “The park also serves as a place where visitors can learn about Harvey Milk and our very own Long Beach leaders who battled incredible odds for the rights of…

  • Bixby Park’s Second Annual “Art in the Park” Saturday, June 22

    Editor
    17 May 2013 | 11:30 am
    Long Beach art lovers and residents will gather at Bixby Park Bandshell to benefit historic Bixby Park’s Second Annual “Art in the Park” (formerly Art Under Umbrellas) exhibition and fundraiser on Saturday, June 22, 2013. The exhibition will feature artworks by local artists in a colorful and whimsical setting. Guests will enjoy poetry reading by local performance artists as well as live music performed by Second Wind. Picnic box lunches will be available at Olives Gourmet Grocer, Paradise Piano Bar & Restaurant, Café Ambrosia and Park Pantry for $10 per box. A portion of the…

  • Water Taxis Return to Service Saturday Through September

    Editor
    17 May 2013 | 10:00 am
    Long Beach Transit’s popular water taxis, AquaLink, AquaLink Express and AquaBus, are back on the water from May 18 through September 29, 2013. AquaBus service is $1 one way and connects customers to popular downtown attractions like The Queen Mary, Hotel Maya, Aquarium of the Pacific, Pine Avenue Circle and Shoreline Village. AquaLink service is $5 one way and connects The Queen Mary and Aquarium visitors to eastside ocean-front destinations like the Belmont Pier and Alamitos Bay Landing. AquaLink Express directly links the Aquarium and Alamitos Bay Landing.Read the rest of Water Taxis…

  • Long Beach Partners For Energy Efficient Street Light Project

    Editor
    17 May 2013 | 8:30 am
    The City of Long Beach, Southern California Edison (SCE) and City Light & Power (CLP) are participating in a pilot project to help determine the feasibility of replacing High Pressure Sodium (HPS) street lights with energy efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) street lights. “The City of Long Beach is pleased to partner with SCE in this pilot project, because we’re always looking for ways to be more financially and environmentally efficient, and use technology to improve services to the community,” Mayor Bob Foster said.Read the rest of Long Beach Partners For Energy…

  • DUI Enforcement Team Patrolling For Impaired Drivers Saturday

    Editor
    17 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    Officers from the Long Beach Police Department’s DUI Enforcement Team, assisted by police officers from the Avoid the 100 DUI Task Force, will be deploying this weekend to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers in the Department’s ongoing traffic safety campaign. DUI Saturation Patrols will deploy on Saturday May 18th, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., in areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions and/or arrests. “This is a ‘Zero Tolerance’ crackdown, so Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over!” said Sergeant Doug Bender.Read the rest of DUI Enforcement Team…
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  • Southern China rains kill 55, leave 14 missing

    AP News
    19 May 2013 | 1:10 am
    BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities say rainstorms that battered southern China this week have killed 55 people and left 14 others missing. The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs website says at least nine provinces have had storms and some flooding and landslides since Tuesday. It says Guangdong province has been hit the hardest, with 36 deaths and 10 missing people, followed by Jiangxi province, where six people are reported dead and four more missing. Guangdong’s weather service forecasts more heavy rain along with thunder, strong wind gusts and hail in the coming days and warns of…

  • Death toll in collapsed Indonesia mine rises to 6

    AP News
    19 May 2013 | 1:07 am
    TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers have pulled another body from a collapsed facility at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the death toll to six. The Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine collapsed Tuesday when 38 workers were undergoing safety training. Ten miners were rescued. PT Freeport Indonesia says rescuers found the body of a 28-year-old miner buried under tons of rocks and soil early Sunday. They’re searching for 22 others who remain trapped and are feared dead. Mining operations at the Grasberg mine in the…

  • Japan’s nationalist agenda: The year so far

    Yoo Eun Lee
    18 May 2013 | 2:33 pm
    Is the Japanese government turning more nationalistic and militaristic every day? The evidence tells us so. This week Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto’s comments about WWII sex slaves caused a lot of offense in nearby Asian countries who suffered brutal Japanese occupation during the 1900s. Here is a look at some of the nationalistic noise that has been emerging from Japan this year. May 17, 2013: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo said in an interview that a visit to Yasukuni Shrine is ‘natural’. The shrine is seen by many in Asia as a symbol of Japanese militarism and high-profile…

  • More controversy for Japan party over sex comments

    AP News
    18 May 2013 | 3:27 am
    TOKYO (AP) — An emerging Japanese nationalist political party whose co-leader outraged many with remarks about Japan’s wartime and modern sexual services became embroiled in more controversy Friday when a party lawmaker accused ethnic Koreans of involvement in prostitution. The Japan Restoration Party urged the lawmaker, Shingo Nishimura, to retract his comments suggesting many ethnic Koreans are engaged in prostitution in Japan. Nishimura withdrew his remarks, but the party forced him out anyway. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, a founder and co-leader of the party, angered Japan’s…

  • Burma leader frees prisoners ahead of US visit

    AP News
    18 May 2013 | 3:18 am
    YANGON, Burma (AP) — Burma’s president has pardoned at least 20 political prisoners just ahead of a historic visit to the United States that will highlight the two sides’ improved relations brought about by the former pariah nation’s democratic reforms. State media reported Saturday that 23 prisoners were freed, though it did not call them political offenders. Ye Aung, a member of the government’s political prisoner scrutiny committee, said at least 20 political detainees were freed Friday. Burma political prisoners who were released from Insein prison walk away from…
 
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  • Hubble telescope spies incoming Comet ISON

    Aravind Kumar S
    24 Apr 2013 | 7:52 pm
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A recently discovered comet, dazzlingly bright even though it is still almost as far away as Jupiter, is racing toward a November rendezvous with the sun, officials said on Tuesday.If it survives the encounter - and that's a big if - the comet may be visible even in daylight in Earth's skies at the end of the year.Discovered by amateur astronomers in September 2012, Comet ISON is about to reach the outer edge of the asteroid belt, located some 280 million miles (451 million km) from Earth, said William Cooke, lead scientist at NASA's Meteoroid Environment…

  • U.S. Air Force eyes mixed approach for next weather satellite

    Aravind Kumar S
    9 Apr 2013 | 7:39 pm
    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force will likely opt for a mixed approach for a next-generation weather satellite that includes smaller spacecraft, according to top Air Forceofficials.The Air Force plans to finish a review of possible approaches for the satellite early this summer following the collapse of the previous program due to technical and cost issues."It will be a much smaller satellite. We will press for that for lots of reasons," General William Shelton, commander of Air Force Space Command, told a space conference hosted by…

  • For Private Manned Mars Mission, It's Make-or-Break Time

    Aravind Kumar S
    9 Apr 2013 | 7:36 pm
    Progress made during the next year or so will determine whether a private manned Mars mission can get off the ground in 2018 as planned, its organizers say.The pressure is on the nonprofit Inspiration Mars Foundation, which intends to launch two astronauts on a flyby mission around the Red Planet in January 2018. If the team misses this window, the next one won't open until 2031, when Earth and Mars are again suitably aligned for a fast roundtrip trek."We acknowledge the reach that this represents," Taber MacCallum, Inspiration Mars' chief technology officer, said of getting…

  • South Korea increases surveillance as North moves missile

    Aravind Kumar S
    9 Apr 2013 | 7:32 pm
    SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korea has raised its surveillance of North Korea after the reclusive state moved one or more long-range missiles in readiness for a possible launch, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday.Admiral Samuel Locklear, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific region, said the U.S. military believed North Korea had moved an unspecified number of Musudan missiles to its east coast.An Obama administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters "our working assumption is that there are two missiles…

  • NKorea recalling workers from jointly run factory

    Aravind Kumar S
    8 Apr 2013 | 7:52 pm
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday it will suspend operations at a factory complex it has jointly run with South Korea, pulling out more than 53,000 North Korean workersand moving closer to severing its last economic link with its rival as tensions escalate.The Kaesong industrial complex just north of the Demilitarized Zone is the biggest employer in North Korea's third-largest city. Shutting it down, even temporarily, would show that the destitute country is willing to hurt its own economy to display its anger with South Korea and the United…
 
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  • The Holiday of Nonviolence: Shavuot

    mgopin
    14 May 2013 | 3:23 pm
                        This amazing portrait of Naomi, Ruth and Orpah, painted by William Blake in 1795, captures perhaps the most dramatic women’s story in the entire Hebrew Bible. It is a story that is associated with the holiday of Shavuot because of the mention of the importance of the harvest for the story and for this ancient holiday. This is a book I urge everyone to read, and read about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Ruth This is a tale the tragedy of drought, loss, death and…

  • Religious Extremism Inside the State, a Poison We Can Eliminate With Good Ideas, Behaviors and Policies

    mgopin
    14 May 2013 | 2:31 pm
                         Christian extremism in the U.S. Miitary, Muslim extremism in the new Egyptian Parliament, the worst kind of racism and fantasies of ethnic cleansing reaching the most official governmental positions of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. That is just the news from one week, and it all points to the same thing: religion is poison for the State and the State is poison for religion. Want to kill a religion? Give it power in the State. Want to save a religion from those men who would…

  • One’s Woman’s Battle to Evolve the American Spirit: A Mother’s Day Note from Rabbi Waskow’s Shalom Center

    mgopin
    12 May 2013 | 3:36 pm
                        Please read this amazing proclamation from 1870 by an amazing American woman, Julie Howe. I grew up with the Battle Hymn of the Republic ringing in my ears, played on so many patriotic occasions, and so very violent. You come to define patriotism and your national spirit by a very few cultural artifacts that are most familiar to you. But so often, digging deeper into history, it turns out that those selections had an agenda at the hands of someone who wanted to define a…

  • Nonviolent Justice and the Rule of Law Win the Day, Better Than Revolution and Endless Killing

    mgopin
    11 May 2013 | 7:21 pm
                        A Guatemalan court on Friday found former dictator Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity during the bloodiest phase of the country’s 36-year civil war. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison on the genocide charge and 30 years for crimes against humanity. It was the first time a former head of state had been found guilty of genocide in his or her own country. Rios Montt, 86, took power after a coup in 1982, and is accused of implementing a…

  • Passover, Shavuot and the Breath of Nonviolent Leadership

    mgopin
    11 May 2013 | 7:15 pm
                        Passover   I feel the humility of Matsah as I eat it. It has no breath, the breath has been sucked out of Matsah. It does not breathe as bread breathes. It is made in the blink of an eye, and yet it is so thick with life and sustenance it miraculously lasts forever, and gives nourishment in any barren impoverished environment. It sits in my stomach, as if it will never leave, it sits in my stomach so much so that I knowing that if God forbid I give it to a small pet it…
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  • Now Hot for Men: Makeup

    Arden Dier
    19 May 2013 | 4:36 pm
    Makeup isn't just for ladies anymore, but that doesn't mean you're about to see Adam Lambert lookalikes at every turn. A new trend in stealth makeup, or ahem, "grooming," has men's cosmetics sales climbing—to the tune of more than $5 billion that American guys dropped last year on skin...

  • New in Factory Farming: Exploding Poop Foam

    Arden Dier
    19 May 2013 | 4:03 pm
    The latest thing out of industrial agriculture isn't too appetizing: Burbling up from the manure pits beneath factory hog farms is an oozing substance that's charmingly being dubbed "poop foam"—and it's un-charmingly explosive, reports Mother Jones . The ooze is wreaking havoc on large hog farms, trapping the toxic gases...

  • The Next Insect Invader: Crazy Ants

    Ruth Brown
    19 May 2013 | 3:50 pm
    Rat-sized snails , red-eyed cicadas , and now ... crazy ants. That is the latest insect invasion to hit the US, with billions marching in from South America and setting up colonies in the South, the Christian Science Monitor reports. "The entire Gulf Coast is going to be inundated in a very short...

  • Accused US Spy Leaves Russia

    Ruth Brown
    19 May 2013 | 3:30 pm
    The US embassy employee accused of spying for the CIA in Moscow has left Russia, the BBC reports. Five days after the country accused him of "provocative actions in the spirit of the Cold War" after it allegedly caught him trying to recruit spies, diplomat Ryan Fogle has been shown...

  • Everest Has Become a Huge Mess

    Ruth Brown
    19 May 2013 | 2:51 pm
    This month marks the 50th anniversary of the first American to scale Mount Everest. Back in 1963, it was a feat only a handful of skilled adventurers accomplished. Today, hundreds of often inexperienced, ill-prepared thrill-seekers attempt the ascent every year. Most now survive, but as a result, the mountain has...
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  • 10 Year Old Boy Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Murder

    Sandra Birungi
    19 May 2013 | 6:10 am
    By Sandra Birungi A ten year old boy was sentenced to five years for first degree murder, juvenile firerm possession and witness tampering. The boy sentenced from Washington apparently was in a plot to defile and kill a girl at his school and also harm other children. He pleaded guilty last month to all charges, [...]

  • Canadians Turning Away from Organized Religion

    suzank
    18 May 2013 | 10:12 pm
    A new national study shows that Canadians are turning away from organized religion in big numbers . The country is overwhelmingly christian though. According to results from the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) ,more than two-thirds of Canadians, or some 22 million people, said they were affiliated with a Christian denomination. At 12.7 million, Roman [...]

  • Pope Francis Condemns Global ‘Cult of Money’

    suzank
    18 May 2013 | 9:18 pm
    Pope Francis has  condemned the global ‘cult of money’ saying ,money has to serve not to rule ,adding that it should not  lead to oppression of the poor. In his first major speech on the financial crisis ,the new pope said , “The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and [...]

  • Blind Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday by Skiing for The Last Time

    Sandra Birungi
    18 May 2013 | 2:30 am
    By Sandra Birungi Elsa Bailey turned 100 years and to celebrate the day, she went to ski, for the last time. Bailey turned 100 last weekend; talking about her decision to learn how to ski at that age, she said, “It was something that I planned years ago,” Bailey, of Colorado Springs said. “That on [...]

  • Evangelist Pat Robertson Advises Woman About Cheating Husband – ‘Well, He is a Man’

    Sandra Birungi
    18 May 2013 | 12:43 am
    By Jane Nambi Evangelist Pat Robertson advised a viewer on her cheating husband saying, ‘He is a man’, an answer which has infuriated many. The viewer wrote to the preacher known for his televised broadcasts saying, “I’ve been trying to forgive my husband for cheating on me. We have gone to counseling, but I just [...]
 
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  • Pakistan Elections 2013 Are Over

    admin
    14 May 2013 | 10:51 pm
    The parliamentary elections of Pakistan, 2013 have finally been concluded. The nation has amicably expressed its sense of responsibility. The whole process was largely completed with exemplary discipline, enthusiasm, commitment and solidarity. Tens of millions of people, irrespective of their gender and social status were standing in long queues, in a harsh weather. People were generally calm, quiet, patient and hopeful. Most of Pakistani adults came out of homes to their respective polling stations, even in the remotest areas of the country. Brave ladies of the plateaus, mountains, valleys…

  • Heroes of Pakistan Facebook Page Hacked!!!

    Raheel Mushtaq
    16 Apr 2013 | 3:23 am
    As you all know Heroes of Pakistan was the first page made By Faizan Khan for the Martyrs of Pakistan Army and give tribute to the Shuhada who gave their lives for the protection of our country for this the page was also mentioned in Smash Magazine with an interview of Faizan Khan through the platform we got the idea of making this website but very unfortunately the page was hacked by an unknown person who also hacked many other Facebook pages in Pakistan currently, We are trying to investigate the case and till now it’s only found out that Warid is responsible for issuing duplicate…

  • CCTV Footage of Bank Robbery in Karachi

    admin
    28 Mar 2013 | 3:44 am
    Crimes are really on a high rate in Karachi and there is no day when we don’t hear any bad news on tv channels, One of the incidents that happened few days back was an incident of bank robbery but the brave guard tried everything to capture the criminals even when he was bleeding. Salute to the brave guard but Karachi really needs a saviour from such incidents hope our Judiciary and police departement tries harder to capture such terrorists.

  • Hahahha Funny Dhamaka (Blast) Video Reporting

    admin
    26 Mar 2013 | 8:25 am
    Check out the funny video of News, Reporting a Dhamaka I am sure you’ll laugh out loud after watching this video. I hope you liked the video don’t forget to share

  • Those Who Thinks of Quaid-e-Azam as Negative Person Must Watch This Video

    Raheel Mushtaq
    25 Mar 2013 | 11:26 pm
    Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan has been objection of debates these days don’t know where they come from but He was a true leader and a person we can all look forward to in politics as well as good character with discipline. He is the person because of whom we are living in a free country and can live without the fear of other nations and people taking over us or guiding us and we can live a peaceful life with Islamic Principals. All those who thinks of Jinnah as Negative person must watch this video. SO what are your views now do you really think you could live…
 
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  • Drunk Man Charges A Wild Elephant

    Admin
    17 May 2013 | 1:35 pm
    An Absolute disgrace. Such behavior is not allowed and should never be done. This was taken in Kruger.

  • Greatest Unsolved Mysteries - Dulce Base

    Admin
    17 May 2013 | 1:25 pm
    Supposedly, a top secret subterranean complex is carved into the rock below the Archuleta Mesa in Dulce, New Mexico. Claims that the base is a ‘genetics lab’ in which humans and extraterrestrials cooperatively conduct disturbing experiments have been made by various ‘leaked documents’, witness reports and even an ex-employee. Strange humming sounds that seem to emanate from the earth near the town of Dulce have added to speculations of an underground facility, as have the presence of military helicopters that have been spotted around the area. An author with the nom de plume of…

  • Unbelievable Wingsuit Cave Flight!

    Admin
    16 May 2013 | 6:20 am
    Wingsuit / BASE-jump athlete Alexander Polli does the never before done—a tactical flight through a narrow cave on a rugged mountainside. The flight starts with a jump from a hovering helicopter, Alexander reaches speeds of 250 km/h (155 mph) while following a precise trajectory leading to the cave opening, he then fully commits and flies directly through the narrow opening of the "Batman Cave!" Shot in full HD, this extraordinary flight exceeds the level of commitment most fliers would ever consider—there can be no attempting, the only option is success! The narrow cave, no wider than…

  • Greatest Unsolved Mysteries - The Aluminum Wedge of Aiud

    Admin
    16 May 2013 | 6:15 am
    In 1974 (or 1973 depending upon which source you believe) a curious aluminum wedge was discovered on the banks of the Mures River in Transylvania, near the city of Aiud. It was found buried deep beneath the sand alongside two mastodon bones. Upon examination, the object – which resembled a hammer head – was found to be encased in a one millimeter thick layer of oxide which suggests that it is some 300-400 years old. A second, Swiss investigation confirmed the results of the first examination. Furthermore, as it was found with mastodon remains it could even be as much as 20,000 years old.

  • Greatest Unsolved Mysteries - The SS Ourang Medan

    Admin
    15 May 2013 | 5:52 am
    The last hundred years have borne witness to humankind’s extraordinary technological advancements. Man has walked on the moon, ventured deeper into the oceans than ever before and even uncovered the building blocks of life, DNA. But even with our inexorable progress as a species there are still mysteries and enigmas the solutions to which elude us. Below is a selection of 10 of the most puzzling mysteries in history.
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  • Govt says Ruto’s jet hired for Sh18.5m

    OLIVE BURROWS
    19 May 2013 | 8:32 am
    The jet used by Ruto on his four African nation tour is seen in the background on his arrival in Gabon/DPPSNAIROBI, Kenya, May 19 – The government has denied reports that it spent Sh100 million in hiring a private jet for Deputy President William Ruto to use on his four African nation tour. In a statement read by the Communication Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo, the government also stated that the jet was hired on a one-off basis and not for a year. “There is no contract of one-year lease between Kenya and VistaJet, as the story purports. The plane was hired on a one-off basis at a…

  • Assad, Hezbollah forces enter Syria rebel town

    AFP
    19 May 2013 | 7:47 am
    Syrian troops patrol the village of Haydariyah, outside the rebel-held city of Qusayr, on May 13, 2013/FILEDAMASCUS, May 19 – Syrian troops backed by fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah attacked and entered the strategic rebel stronghold of Qusayr on Sunday, a day after President Bashar al-Assad insisted he would not quit. The advance came as opponents warned the Assad regime’s “barbaric and destructive” assault on Qusayr could render “meaningless” US-Russian attempts to organise a conference on ending two years of bloodshed in the country. The Arab…

  • Mueke supports ward representatives’ demand for higher pay

    OLIVE BURROWS
    19 May 2013 | 6:47 am
    NAIROBI, Kenya, May 19 – Nairobi Deputy Governor Jonathan Mueke has supported the County Ward Representatives’ (CWRs) demand that their gross pay be increased to Sh275, 000. Mueke argued that the current CWRs gross pay of Sh79,000 is not commensurate to the work they are expected to do and does not reflect the current cost of living. Mueke was insistent that County Ward Representatives should not still be looked upon as councillors but should instead be looked upon as legislators just like their counterparts in the National Assembly. “When you see them (CWRs) asking for Sh275,000 it’s…

  • Kimaiyo scraps PPO posts

    CORRESPONDENT
    19 May 2013 | 5:42 am
    Kimaiyo is also proposing the establishment of 13 new directorates/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 19 — The fate of Provincial Police chiefs hangs in the balance after Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo declared them non-existent. Kimaiyo says the PPO and PCIO’s positions and those of the formation commanders had ceased to exist immediately after the March 4 General Election. It is Kimaiyo’s conviction that lack of proper structures in the police is to blame for the high crime rate experienced in the country — particularly – in Western, North Eastern, Coast and the…

  • Mudavadi warns against politicising gang attacks

    CORRESPONDENT
    19 May 2013 | 5:07 am
    Mudavadi said there is nothing to be gained by any politician in brutal killings and leaders should stop the blame game to allow security agencies to get to the bottom of the attacks/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 19 – The UDF leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has cautioned against politicising the spate of gang attacks in parts of the country, especially recent brutal maiming in Bungoma and Busia. Mudavadi said there is nothing to be gained by any politician in brutal killings and leaders should stop the blame game to allow security agencies to get to the bottom of the…
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  • Can a Christian Be Gay?

    Dunamis Tunde Okunowo
    18 May 2013 | 8:17 am
    Departing a restaurant where we celebrated my wife’s birthday recently, I got a 10 p.m. call on my cellphone. The lady in Kentucky needed help because her bank teller friend, who identifies as a Christian, was confused about homosexuality. Her unmarried female friend read a book called Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate by Justin Lee, 36-year-old founder of the Gay Christian Network that “helps educate the Christian community about sexual issues from a biblical standpoint.” Having feelings at times for members of the same sex, the woman's friend was…

  • President Goodluck Jonathan’s speech declaring a state of emergency in 3 states

    Dunamis Tunde Okunowo
    15 May 2013 | 7:33 am
    ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR ON THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BORNO, YOBE AND ADAMAWA STATES IN ORDER TO RESTORE PUBLIC ORDER, PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY IN THE AFFECTED STATES OF THE FEDERATION MAY 14, 2013 Dear compatriots, 1.    It has become necessary for me to address you on the recent spate of terrorist activities and protracted security challenges in some parts of the country, particularly in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Kano, Plateau and most recently Bayelsa, Taraba, Benue and Nasarawa states.  These unfortunate events have led to…

  • How Premarital Sex Rewires the Brain

    Dunamis Tunde Okunowo
    9 May 2013 | 12:47 pm
    There’s a reason why breaking up from a sexual relationship is much more emotionally painful and much harder to forget than one that didn’t involve sex. There are several neurochemical processes that occur during sex, which are the “glue” to human bonding. Sex is a powerful brain stimulant. When someone is involved sexually, it makes him or her want to repeat that act. Their brain produces lots of dopamine—a powerful chemical, which is compared to heroin on the brain. Dopamine is your internal pleasure/reward system. When dopamine is involved, it changes how we remember. The other…

  • Redeemed: The Story of 46 Sex Slaves Set Free

    Dunamis Tunde Okunowo
    29 Apr 2013 | 12:23 pm
    "It was raining the evening I met Annabelle," relates Chris Insaidoo of Operation Mobilization Ghana. "She approached my car and asked, 'Do you want me for the night?' I felt so very sad. "'Why are you doing this to yourself, my sister?' I asked, looking into the girl's dark eyes. 'You have a bright future. Why must you be here this night, in this rain, selling your body?' "'It's a long story, sir,' she whispered, her eyes overflowing with tears. 'Sorry, I cannot say anything more. They are watching me.' "I gave the…

  • Rick Joyner goes on TV to speak on Boston's bombing investigations

    Dunamis Tunde Okunowo
    27 Apr 2013 | 5:29 am
    Rick Joyner addresses the developments and ongoing investigations into the Boston Marathon on Television. Watch Video below.
 
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    Dekokoblog The information Blog

  • JAMB QUESTION AND ANSWERS 2013

    Essien Ekpenyong
    26 Apr 2013 | 2:26 pm
    To all the candidate who want to write JAMB 2013. Jamb 2013 questions and answer will be sent to you in your mobile phone. Just Go Here Now http://naijatips.com/jamb-question-and-answers-2013/ The post JAMB QUESTION AND ANSWERS 2013 appeared first on Dekokoblog The information Blog.

  • Photo Of Wiz Kid Girlfriend

    Essien Ekpenyong
    6 Feb 2013 | 12:31 am
    Guess who all wanna know who Wiz Kid is going out with. He recently show us in Twitter, his lover. Check it out Latest post? Always check http://naijatips.com for latest tips The post Photo Of Wiz Kid Girlfriend appeared first on Dekokoblog The information Blog.

  • Photo Of Wiz Kid Girlfriend

    Essien Ekpenyong
    6 Feb 2013 | 12:15 am
    Guess who all wanna know who Wiz Kid is going out with. He recently show us in Twitter, his lover. Check it out Latest post? Always The post Photo Of Wiz Kid Girlfriend appeared first on Dekokoblog The information Blog.

  • How to Register For ICAN Exams

    Essien Ekpenyong
    28 Jan 2013 | 1:49 pm
    ICAN has we all know is Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. It is a body that guide, regulates and control the Chartered Accountants in Nigeria. I previously wrote a post on how to Register for ICAN in Nigeria. If you had missed it, Go Now To How To Apply For Institute of Chartered Accountant Of Nigeria, ICAN After Registering for ICAN, you may like to register for the examination so as to pass and qualify as a Chartered Accountant. The purpose of this post is to guide Read more [...]The post How to Register For ICAN Exams appeared first on Dekokoblog The information Blog.

  • JAMB Releases Dateline For Registration

    Essien Ekpenyong
    27 Jan 2013 | 12:35 pm
    The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has releases dateline for the registration of 2013/2014 Jamb Examination Registration. JAMB officially announced March 15, 2013 as the closing date for the registration. Kindly Like this post, Share it with your friends. Cheers The post JAMB Releases Dateline For Registration appeared first on Dekokoblog The information Blog.
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    The Descrier

  • Afghanistan: Is This What Winning Looks Like?

    VICE News
    19 May 2013 | 2:30 am
    As the US and British forces plan to leave Afghanistan by 2014, 'This is What Winning Looks Like' investigates the current state of the country, shining a light on the disturbing ineptitude of the forces in power, as well as rampant child and drug abuse, suicide bombings, and rising casualties and death rates. The documentary offers viewers a candid and stark look at what the British and US forces are leaving behind - a country controlled by the Afghan government and its security forces. Many call this a “victory”; Anderson’s exposé would suggest otherwise. Ben Anderson spent six years…

  • Pope Francis: Radical and Conservative

    e-International Relations
    19 May 2013 | 1:30 am
    Pope Francis. Photograph courtesy of presidencia.gov.ar In his actions upon the international stage, the conservatism of Pope Francis will probably overshadow his radicalism.  Nevertheless, he has shown his radical side by naming himself after St. Francis of Assisi.  He will not just remember the poor, but will also attempt to follow St. Francis in his personal devotion to “Lady Poverty.”  This is a radical orientation for a man who lives in the midst of the treasures of the Vatican, and in a world dominated by the quest for wealth.  But Pope Francis will be conservative in the model…

  • Britain’s Aircraft Carriers: Counting the Cost of Indecision

    World Outline
    18 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    Photograph by Brooks B. Patton Jr/US Navy The National Audit Office’s latest report tallies the cost of indecision underpinning the procurement of two aircraft carriers. Last week, the National Audit Office (NAO) published a report analysing the costs accrued as a result of altering Labour’s plans for two ‘supercarriers’, first in 2010, and the subsequent about-turn in 2012. Readers may recall that as part of the 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR), New Labour responded to the agreed requirement that Britain should increase its global projection and mobile air power in the post-Cold…

  • The Price of Fear

    IRIN
    18 May 2013 | 5:30 am
    Rowdy youth throw stones in Kibera slums, Nairobi; Kenya. Photograph by Julius Mwelu/IRIN In slums where killings, rape, kidnappings and other criminal violence are commonplace, say researchers, lives and livelihoods are hampered by a force that is tough to measure: Fear. “We talk about homicide rates and deaths. Fear is a huge part of the protection mandate, and we don’t measure it well,” said Ronak Patel, director of the urbanization and crises programme at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. He said surveys in recent years in slums in the Kenyan capital Nairobi - in a…

  • The Evolution of Lying

    The Conversation
    18 May 2013 | 4:30 am
    Polygraph. Photograph by Gabriel Rodríguez Ultimately, our ability to convincingly lie to each other may have evolved as a direct result of our cooperative nature. Thus concludes the abstract of a new paper in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B that considers the evolution of “tactical deception” using a theoretic model and a comparative study of primates. I’m interested to see how the news media handle this paper. Because the main conclusion – that lying is a way of exploiting others' cooperative behaviour – seems awfully obvious. But I suspect the true value of…
 
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  • VIDEO: Tunisian Police Clash With Al Qaeda Supporters Over Banned Rally

    Jadtechnic
    19 May 2013 | 7:43 am
    Tunisian police clash with al Qaeda supporters over banned rally. Syria’s Assad Says Peace Talks Likely to Fail. Afghanistan bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at the rest of our videos and articles. To stay in the loop, bookmark our homepage. The post VIDEO: Tunisian Police Clash With Al Qaeda Supporters Over Banned Rally appeared first on JTN The-Network.

  • VIDEO: Today in History for May 19th

    Jadtechnic
    19 May 2013 | 7:43 am
    Highlights of Today in History for May 19th: Actress Marilyn Monroe performs ‘Happy Birthday for President John F. Kennedy; Malcolm X is born; Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies; Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco. Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at the rest of our videos and articles. To stay in the loop, bookmark our homepage. The post VIDEO: Today in History for May 19th appeared first on JTN The-Network.

  • VIDEO: Police Killed Hofstra Student, Authorities Say

    Jadtechnic
    19 May 2013 | 7:43 am
    Details released late Saturday reveal 21-year-old Andrea Rebello was killed during a police standoff. Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at the rest of our videos and articles. To stay in the loop, bookmark our homepage. The post VIDEO: Police Killed Hofstra Student, Authorities Say appeared first on JTN The-Network.

  • VIDEO: Latest Business News

    Jadtechnic
    19 May 2013 | 7:43 am
    Greece to sell Postbank, Proton in July, stress-test big banks. Bank of England’s King sends message to successor Carney. BoE governor King warns of euro risk to British recovery Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at the rest of our videos and articles. To stay in the loop, bookmark our homepage. The post VIDEO: Latest Business News appeared first on JTN The-Network.

  • Instant Video Adds Exclusive Subscription Streaming Access to Popular NBCUniversal Shows Covert Affairs, Defiance, Grimm, Hannibal and Suits

    Jadtechnic
    19 May 2013 | 4:34 am
    affiliate marketing JTN Trend-Tech.Network   Technolgy, Trends & News   Prime Instant Video Adds Exclusive Subscription Streaming Access to Popular NBCUniversal Shows Covert Affairs, Defiance, Grimm, Hannibal and Suits   Also as a part of the agreement with NBCUniversal, popular children’s shows including Curious George and Land Before Time will be available to customers with Kindle FreeTime Unlimited SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May. 16, 2013– (NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon.com today announced an expanded content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Cable…
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    IMF Survey Podcasts

  • Does What You Export Matter?

    15 May 2013 | 10:00 pm
    Some economists say that a country’s exports can determine its economic fate. But William Maloney rejects the idea that exports play such a critical role. He says it’s not what you export, but how you do it. 

  • Africa: Strong Growth and Bright Prospects

    9 May 2013 | 10:00 pm
    With a gradually improving outlook for the global economy, growth in sub-Saharan Africa is set to strengthen to 5.5%, according to the IMF’s latest forecast for the region. But growth patterns vary within the region.

  • Booms Don’t Last Forever

    5 May 2013 | 10:00 pm
    In recent years, commodity prices have been riding high, and many commodity dependent countries have benefited from these high prices. But this boon is unlikely to last forever: prices may fall, and nations can run out of key commodities.

  • Structural Change: Paving the Way for Development?

    24 Apr 2013 | 10:00 pm
    When a country shifts from being largely based on agrarian economy to being based on services, or industry, it is said to have undergone structural change. Harvard’s Dani Rodrik explains why structural change is so critical to development.

  • On the Road to Recovery, At Different Speeds

    15 Apr 2013 | 10:00 pm
    Although global growth is expected to reach 3.3% this year, and 4% in 2014, the health of the world’s economy is mixed. Olivier Blanchard, Chief Economist at the IMF explains that although the worst is behind us, policymakers still can’t afford to relax.
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  • KAPIS RELEASES HOSTAGE

    17 May 2013 | 3:39 pm
    Prison Escapee on the run. Image credit: EMTVCorrectional services officers on the ground at Laloki Central Province confirmed the hostage was released on Wednesday and now in police custody.NCD metropolitan superintendent Andy Bawa also confirmed this news.It is believed the two criminals released the hostage once they reached the Laloki River to Nazareth area and most likely are now within the city’s vicinity.Some police and correctional services officers have been dispatched to man the city and the Maghi highway.Commissioner Balthazar said the hostage guided the criminals through tracks…

  • Carr cancels 457 visa of PNG's 'most wanted' man

    17 May 2013 | 3:32 pm
    Australian Foreign Minister. Bob Carr : Photo credit: The Ridge NewsAustralia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr has used his special powers to cancel the 457 visa issued by the Gillard government to an alleged crime boss wanted in Papua New Guinea over the theft of $30 million.Senator Carr's decision to revoke the visa of Eremas Wartoto comes a week after Fairfax revealed that the powerful PNG businessman - accused of being one of PNG's most corrupt figures by anti-graft authorities - was using his 457 visa to avoid arrest and prosecution. Sources in PNG confirmed that Mr Wartoto and his immediate…

  • PNG Families Assist Two Kindergarten Schools in Guadalcanal

    17 May 2013 | 2:34 am
    Source: Solomon Times OnlineThe Papua New Guinea (PNG) community working and residing at Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Limited (GPPOL) today (Thursday) donated some items to the Nguvia Kindergarten and Ngalimbiu Kindergarten schools in East Guadalcanal.“The PNG community here in GPPOL, is happy to assist the two kindergartens because it is our desire to contribute to the development of this nation and we are happy to contribute also to the learning development of children in the Solomon Islands,” said Ladri Kuli, PNG community representative while presenting the items.“We feel part of the…

  • 150,000 live cattle as foreign aid to Papua New Guinea

    17 May 2013 | 2:21 am
    SMART MOO-VE: A plan has been hatched to send up to 150,000 live cattle to Papua New Guinea. Picture: Tim Marsden Source:The Courier-MailPREMIER Campbell Newman is in talks to ship up to 150,000 live cattle to Papua New Guinea as foreign aid to solve the state's beef crisis.Mr Newman headed a trade delegation to PNG yesterday and was part of a briefing to officials about lifting Queensland's beef glut and alleviating his hosts' "protein drought".Delegates are pushing for live cattle to be sent, rather than cash in an AusAid-funded program to the $500 million-a-year aid recipient.They…

  • PNG's Notorious criminal and rapist Kapis Escapes

    15 May 2013 | 7:45 am
    William Kapis ..Image credit: EMTVEither planned or a terrible co incidence, one of Papua New Guineas notorious criminals William Kapis, escaped from Bomana Jail outside Port Moresby yesterday, just hours before thousands of women throughout the country began the protest against violence, the Haus Krai.Kapis, escaped about 2 o’clock with two other dangerous prisoners.It was revealed that the trio walked out the main gate of the high security prison with two factory made pistols. They held up the only guard and made their escape.Their escape has set to raise temperatures in the country over…
 
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  • Corporate greed forces Ohio non-profit to sell women’s shelter, put residents out

    Al Stefanelli
    19 May 2013 | 4:19 pm
    by Al Stefanelli 19 May 2013 - Cincinnati – The Anna Louise Inn has been the home to sixty women for years. The dormitory-style building, constructed in 1909, functions as low-income housing for  women who have escaped abusive relationships, some being former prostitutes and drug addicts. Some all of these. These are women of very modest means, most on fixed incomes and all relying on the charity and kindness of others for all but most basic necessities of life. Several years ago, Western & Southern Financial Group made an offer to purchase the building to turn it into a boutique…

  • Nigeria military: At least 14 suspected Islamic extremists, 3 soldiers killed in offensive

    Al Stefanelli
    19 May 2013 | 3:21 pm
    From The Washington Post 19 May 2013 -  Nigeria military: At least 14 suspected Islamic extremists, 3 soldiers killed in offensive. Nigeria’s military says its offensive against insurgents in the country’s restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three soldiers. Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, said in a statement that one soldier also was missing as “forces have been engaging a large number of heavily armed terrorists” for the last two days. He did not say exactly where the fighting occurred but that about 20 people were arrested.

  • Cloning stem cells: What does it mean?

    Al Stefanelli
    19 May 2013 | 3:15 pm
    From CNN 19 May 2013 - Cloning stem cells: What does it mean? A human embryo, containing about a couple hundred cells, is smaller than the period at the end of a sentence. Scientists need strong microscopes to see these precursors to life, and to take from them stem cells, which have the potential to become any cell in the body. Earlier this week a breakthrough in this field was announced. A group of researchers published in the journal Cell proof that they had created embryonic stem cells through cloning. The scientists produced embryos using human skin cells, and then used the embryos…

  • Dan Pfeiffer blasts Republican ‘fishing expeditions’ on Sunday news shows

    Al Stefanelli
    19 May 2013 | 3:05 pm
    From Global Post 19 May 2013 -  Dan Pfeiffer blasts Republican ‘fishing expeditions’ on Sunday news shows. Dan Pfeiffer should be nothing if not well versed on the White House response to a tumultuous week. The senior adviser to President Barack Obama appeared on five Sunday morning news shows, framing the official response to the IRS scandal, Benghazi hearings and Associated Press phone records seizure. Pfeiffer appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” ABC’s “This Week,” CBS program “Meet the Nation,” CNN’s “State of the Union” and “Fox News Sunday.” On…

  • Reports: Yahoo to acquire Tumblr for $1.1B

    Al Stefanelli
    19 May 2013 | 2:57 pm
    From CBS News 19 May 2013 – Reports: Yahoo to acquire Tumblr for $1.1B. Yahoo (YHOO) may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company‘s website and mobile applications. The Sunnyvale, California, company’s board of directors met Sunday and approved a $1.1 billion acquisition of online content-sharing site Tumblr in a deal Mayer negotiated, according to the Wall Street Journal. The technology news site All Things D first reported the story late…
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