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Saturday, 23 August 2014

Symbolic? Freight train carrying oil products derails, engine catches fire in central Ukraine

A freight train transporting oil products went off the rails at a train station in central Ukraine's Cherkasy Region, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service's press department told RIA Novosti on Friday. "Yes, the fact [the incident] took place," the press department's representative said. Eleven tanks carrying oil products and the train's engine caught fire. The train was transporting a total of 35 tanks. There have been no reports about injuries or deaths yet. While a part of the cargo of oil products has spilled, the area affected by it is not...

Electricity arcs to Ice-Bucket challengers, injuries result

Four firefighters were shocked by a nearby power line on Thursday in the process of helping students at Campbellsville University participate in the 'Ice Bucket Challenge,' a social media-fueled fundraiser for ALS research. Two of the Kentucky firefighters on the ladder of a fire truck used to dump water on the students had to be airlifted to the University of Louisville Hospital to be treated for severe burns. The first, Capt. Tony Grider, is in critical condition, according to WHAS11, while the other, Simon Quinn, has been "upgraded from serious...

Winter conditions in Montana in August

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hikers should prepare for raw, winter-like conditions ... in August! Up to 5″snow possible at 6,500 feet. Temperatures 20 degrees below normal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Weather Service - Missoula, Montana - 22 August 2014 An unseasonably cold and very wet weather system will bring significant impacts to outdoor activities & backcountry recreation plans beginning today and lasting through...

Climate change: meteorologists forecast 'apocalyptic weather'

Comment: This article follows the line of global WARMING propaganda while it is abundantly clear that the only warming is hotspots that bring on cooling. Indeed, the weather is going to be apocalyptic due to the oncoming Ice Age, and not due to any human-caused global warming. Intense aerial turbulence, ice storms and scorching heatwaves, huge ocean waves - the world's climate experts forecast apocalyptic weather over the coming decades at a conference in Montreal that ended Thursday. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) brought together...

Canada's wheat, canola production fall below expectations - wheat down by over a quarter

Canadian farmers are on course to produce less wheat and canola than expected, according to Statistics Canada's first report on this year's harvest. Statscan, using a farmer survey, pegged the 2014/15 all-wheat crop at 27.7 million tonnes, down 26 per cent from last year's record harvest and below the average trade expectation of 28.5 million tonnes. Canada is projected to be the fourth-largest wheat exporter this year. Canola production in the biggest global exporting country looked set to reach 13.9 million tonnes, a drop of 23 per cent from...

Inexcusable criminal behavior by pageant mom! Fed her teenager daughter tapeworms so she could lose weight

A pageant mother from Florida fed her teenage daughter tapeworms to help her slim down for a competition, a nurse has revealed. Maricar Cabral-Osori told how she admitted the girl to the ER with severe stomach cramps and initially suspected she was pregnant - something an ultrasound ruled out. However, the cause of the pain became clear when the nurse later found the teenager screaming over a toilet bowl full of tapeworms, she recalled on a recent episode of Untold Stories of the ...

Officer of Kiev's 'Shakhtyorsk' battalion reveals how they're bombing Donbass towns in order to 'cleanse' them

Posted by pro-junta Ukrainian media "Hromadske-TV" Soldier of UA "Shakhtyorsk" battalion complains about storm of Ilovaysk. He explains that his unit is meant to cleanse towns after artillery or aviation bombs the hell out of there, but they didn't do it properly in Ilovaysk, so his men ran into proble...

Mission Accomplished: Moscow confirms delivery of aid to E. Ukraine, trucks return to Russia

Russia's Foreign Ministry has confirmed humanitarian aid has been delivered to the besieged city of Lugansk in eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile all trucks that delivered aid had returned to Russia. "We express our satisfaction that the Russian humanitarian aid for those in need in southeastern Ukrainian south-east has been delivered as intended.We were motivated only by the goal of helping civilian citizens in need," the statement read. The Foreign Ministry also said that they were "getting a lot of feedback from the residents of Lugansk, who were thankful...

Why mosquitos attack some, but leave others alone

Summertime calls most of us to spend time outdoors, but this means we must share our space with mosquitoes. Scientists say that about one in five people are especially appetizing targets for the little bloodsuckers... are you one of them? Of the 3,000 species of mosquitoes in the world, roughly 200 can be found in the US, which all differ in their persistence, biting habits, and ability to transmit disease. Protecting yourself from mosquito bites not only prevents that horrid itching but can also lessen your chances of contracting several mosquito-borne...

Hurricane Marie forecast: Rapid intensification expected off Pacific Coast of Mexico - Category 4 expected

Marie strengthened into the eighth hurricane of the eastern Pacific hurricane season on Saturday morning. Tropical Storm Marie became the 13th named storm in a busy eastern Pacific hurricane season on Friday morning after organizing into a tropical depression on Thursday night.Located about 345 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, Marie is expected to maintain a west-northwest heading over the next five days, remaining a safe distance from the...

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 5.3 - 113km WNW of Hofn, Iceland

© USGS Event Time2014-08-24 00:09:53 UTC2014-08-24 00:09:53 UTC+00:00 at epicenterLocation64.686°N 17.351°W depth=5.4km (3.4mi)Nearby Cities113km (70mi) WNW of Hofn, Iceland116km (72mi) SSE of Akureyri, Iceland227km (141mi) ENE of Reykjavik, Iceland229km (142mi) ENE of Kopavogur, Iceland231km (144mi) ENE of Hafnarfjordur, IcelandScientific data...

6.6 Magnitude earthquake shakes Valparaiso, Chile

© USGS A 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the region around Valparaiso, Chile on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.No injuries or serious damage from the strong quake that occurred at 7:23 p.m. ET were reported, but electricity and telephone service was interrupted in some areas.Earthquakes in the range of 6.1 to 6.9 happen about 100 times a year, according to the Department of Geological Engineering and Sciences at Michigan Technological...

Current Ebola death toll set to break previous record

© REUTERS/2TangoLiberian security forces stand in front of protesters after clashes at West Point neighbourhood in Monrovia August 20, 2014. Police in the Liberian capital Monrovia fired live rounds and teargas on Wednesday to disperse a stone-throwing crowd trying to break an Ebola quarantine imposed on their neighbourhood, as the death toll from the epidemic in West Africa hit 1,350. The number of people dying in West Africa from the ongoing Ebola...

Brain-washed, brain-dead puppet speaking: Polish MEP urges Europe to stop Russian ruble trading

© wikipedia.orgRyszard Czarnecki To make sanctions against Russia efficient, a Polish MEP said they need to be "preventive, prophylactic sanctions," rather than reactive. Ryszard Czarnecki represents one of the countries hardest hit in the "sanctions war" between Russia and the West."The Russian ruble should stop being a convertible currency, the ruble should be excluded from international financial turnover," RIA quotes Czarnecki speaking at Poland's...

Economist says Eurozone austerity policies are stunningly destructive and dismal failure

Stunningly destructive" and "dismal failure" is how Nobel laureates describe growth in the European Union after destructive austerity policies and the euro crisis.Economists are casting doubt on the effectiveness of monetary policy in the 18-member eurozone, which is yet to fully shake off recession and produce sustained growth. Datafrom earlier this month shows that economies have broken down, and growth has come to a standstill. The three largest...

National Guard begins withdrawing from Ferguson

© Reuters/Adrees LatifNational Guard troops stand at a staging area located at a shopping center parking lot in Ferguson, Missouri August 21, 2014. Ferguson, Missouri remained relatively calm for the second night in a row. With only isolated arrests Wednesday and Thursday nights, a drawdown of the National Guard troops assigned with keeping the peace began Friday."[A] sense of normalcy" returned to the area along West Florissant Avenue ‒ the epicenter...

13 die from unidentified fever in DR Congo in 10 days

© AFP Photo/Map showing two cities in DR Congo hit by an epidemic of Hemorrhagic Fever A fever of unidentified origin has killed 13 people in the northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo since August 11, the health minister said."All 13 people who have died suffered from a fever, diarrhea, vomiting and, in a terminal stage, of vomiting a black matter," Dr Felix Kabange Numbi said late Thursday.So far, about 80 people who came into contact with...

Food insecurity US: Thousands of poor and elderly wait in line for food in Miami under scorching sun

© CBS4 More than a thousand locals lined up Friday morning for several hours under the scorching sun and heat in Miami for a box full of food.The event located at the Central Shopping Plaza at 3825 NW 7th Street started at 9:00 a.m.Participants got a box of free vegetables, meats and bread worth $100 until 12:00 p.m. - or until supplies lasted.Those who didn't want to stand in line could wait in their car for the drive-thru portion of the event.Brittany...

False flag! Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice: Israel fabricated rocket-fire to launch Deif assassination

Former Israeli attorney general, Michael Ben Yair, confirms IDF false flag operation leading to Deif assassination. You'll recall a few days ago I posted atantalizing cluefrom Haaretz' Amir Oren which noted that thirty years ago Israel fabricated an alleged terror provocation which it used to launch a military attack (or assassination) of its own. While I haven't been able to isolate which historical event he's referring to, given Oren's track record...

Shocking video: Israel destroys entire residential building in Gaza

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Ramping up the fear: Ex-Homeland Security adviser says ISIS may have crossed US border

Joshua Katz, an Army veteran and former CIA operations officer who served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said it is "very, very, true" that ISIS may have crossed the southern border. Katz reported that Gov. Rick Perry's (R-TX) recent comments that it was a "very real possibility" that ISIS had already crossed the southern border were "very, very true" on Friday's "Fox and Friends" on the Fox News Channel. "ISIS is a group that will do whatever it takes in order to accomplish its goals. It's very...

Facebook given four weeks to respond to 'largest privacy class action in Europe'

© AFP/Dieter NaglAustrian law student Max Schrems Facebook has been given four weeks to respond to a class action, launched against it by an Austrian activist and supported by 60,000 users. The suit claims Facebook violated users' privacy, by cooperating with the NSA's PRISM program.The class action initiated by Max Schrems, an Austrian lawyer, data privacy activist and founder of Europe vs. Facebook group has passed its first review in the Vienna...

Southeast U.S. on alert for Tropical Storm Cristobal

Tropical Storm Cristobal is expected to take shape later this weekend, then impact the Atlantic beaches and potentially other parts of the southeastern United States next week.All interests across the southeastern U.S., the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands should be keeping a close eye on the area of disturbed weather in the southwestern Atlantic.The development of a tropical depression or storm has failed to occur yet due to the obstacles...

TSA admits allowing illegal aliens to enter U.S. using easily reproducible forms of ID

© Reuters/Brad Graverson A new letter from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) admits that illegal aliens were being allowed to board planes using Notice to Appear forms they received after entering the U.S. illegally. The revelation directly contradicts a TSA statement last month denying such allegations to various media outlets, including Breitbart News. In July Breitbart Texas Managing Director Brandon Darbybroke the newsthat the...

Cash raised for Ferguson cop who killed Mike Brown surpasses donation for the victim

Online fundraisers for Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson surpassed the amount of money raised for Michael Brown's family as Wilson supporters gathered in an afternoon rally.Supporters of Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., gathered Saturday at Barney's Sports Pub in south St. Louis."Many of us have received death threats toward ourselves and our families," the speaker said, wearing sunglasses, paint beneath her eyes and a baseball cap. "We will not hide. We will no longer live in fear ... If you support...

Icelandic Bárðarbunga volcanic eruption begins

From the Icelandic Met OfficeIt is believed that a small subglacial lava-eruption has begun under the Dyngjujökull glacier. The aviation color code for the Bárðarbunga volcano has been changed from orange to red. Image follows. © Icelandic Met Office Webcam image showing either soil/dust being blown into the air by gas venting or ash being ejected. © WattsUpWithThat...

In our digital world, are young people losing the ability to read emotions?

© Stephen NowickiStudents in the study looked at photos and were tested on their ability to recognize the emotions of those pictured. Children's social skills may be declining as they have less time for face-to-face interaction due to their increased use of digital media, according to a UCLA psychology study.UCLA scientists found thatsixth-graders who went five days without even glancing at a smartphone, television or other digital screen did substantially...

469 Gaza children killed, over 370,000 need 'psychosocial aid' - UNICEF

© Reuters / Mohammed Salem At least469 children have been killed and over 3,000 injured in Gaza since the start of the Israeli offensive, a senior UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) official said, adding thatmore than 370,000 Palestinian kids require "immediate psychosocial first aid."Nine children have died in Gaza violence since Wednesday, the chief of UNICEF's Gaza field office, Pernilla Ironside, said at a press conference on Thursday in New York."There...

Huge water loss in Western U.S. causes Earth's crust to rise

© Shawn Lawrence, UNAVCOPlate Boundary Observatory GPS station P466, located in the Inyo Mountains near Lone Pine, California. P466 is mounted on a deep-drilled braced monument, and its displacement data were used in the determination of water loading changes in the western U.S. About 63 trillion gallons of water have been lost to drought in the western United States, enough to blanket the region with 4 inches of water, according to a study published...

Monsanto refund demanded by Brazilian farmers for GMO crop failure

Brazilian farmers are asking Monsanto and other producers of pest-resistant corn seeds to reimburse them for money spent on additional pesticides when the bugs killed the crops instead of dying themselves. The so-called BT corn seeds are genetically modified to produce an insecticide that will kill the corn leafworm (also known as the southern grassworm). After the insect eats the corn, the toxin inside paralyzes the insect's digestive system, forming a hole in the gut wall. This forces the bug to stop eating within a few hours, and subsequently...

Flooding shuts roads in central Sweden

Updated: Sections of the highway in Värmland have been closed off due to flooding, and several trains are standing still. Authorities say the situation will get worse before it gets better. * Floods wash into third day * Rain predicted to continue into weekend * Emergency workers say floods at "catastrophic levels" * Kristinehamn in Värmland flooded on Wednesday night * Those who evacuated in Getinge may now return Rain continued to bucket down over parts of Sweden on Wednesday night, adding the town of Kristinehamn, Värmland, to the list of towns...

"Immune cytokine model of depression" suggests chronic inflammation as root cause

The idea that depression and other mental health conditions are caused by an imbalance of chemicals (particularly serotonin and norepinephrine) in the brain is so deeply ingrained in our collective psyche that it seems almost sacrilegious to question it. Of course Big Pharma has played a role in perpetuating this idea. Antidepressant drugs, which are based on the chemical imbalance theory, represent a $10 billion dollar market in the U.S. alone. According to the CDC, 11 percent of Americans over 12 years old take antidepressants, and they are the...
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