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Sunday, 16 November 2014

Mysterious fire outbreak destroys over 100 houses in Bauchi, Nigeria

The acting district head of Soro in Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Alhaji Muhammad Kilishi, on Wednesday, informed that a mysterious fire outbreak had hit the town, razing more than 100 houses with property worth millions of Naira destroyed.Alhaji Kilishi, who disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Bauchi, stated that as of now, no one knew the cause of the fire outbreak, saying that people only discovered that fire would...

NASA Scientists find diamonds, other treasures in 'Sutter's Mill' Gold Rush Meteorite

© NASA Researchers digging deeper into the origins of the Sutter's Mill meteorite, which fell in California's Gold Country in 2012, found diamonds and other "treasures" that provide important new insight into the early days of our solar system. They report their results in thirteen papers in the November issue of ."Sutter's Mill gives us a glimpse of what future NASA spacecraft may find when they bring back samples from a primitive asteroid," said...

The "Putin is isolated" story is untrue, stupid, and just plain dangerous

© AFPHead and shoulders above the rest. These headlines are silly: Even more silly then those headlines was the German prime news which used a picture of Putin seemingly sitting alone at a lunch table to prove his "isolation". But news service pictures show that he is sitting with the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff waiting for the other lunch guests to sit down next to them. These were simply not visible in the frame selectively used.And do...

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.7 - 181km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand

Event Time2014-11-16 22:33:22 UTC2014-11-17 10:33:22 UTC+12:00 at epicenter2014-11-16 15:33:22 UTC-07:00 system timeLocation37.675°S 179.660°E depth=35.0km (21.7mi)Nearby Cities181km (112mi) NE of Gisborne, New Zealand237km (147mi) E of Whakatane, New Zealand304km (189mi) E of Rotorua, New Zealand308km (191mi) E of Tauranga, New Zealand580km (360mi) NE of Wellington, New ZealandTechnical Data...

172 sickened on Carnival Crown Princess cruise from California

© AFPCarnival cruise ship Victory departs port in Key West, Florida A cruise ship with 172 passengers and crew members suffering from a gastrointestinal ailment caused by norovirus was met by public health officials when it docked in California on Sunday, authorities and Carnival Corp said.Passengers said the crews were everywhere trying to prevent the virus from spreading. One passenger said: "There were so many people walking around with buckets...

Argentine student invents submarine style shoes to replace cane for the blind

© Still from Ruptly video An Argentine student has invented shoes with ultrasound sensors which allow people with visual impairments to walk without a cane. The shoes vibrate when the wearer approaches an object.The new shoes for blind people, dubbed 'Duspavoni,' were developed by Juan Manuel Bustamante, a student at Industrial College #4, and presented at the National Science Fair in Buenos Aires on Friday. He says he worked on the project for...

Before joining the military, consider this...

© Flickr I want to take just a few minutes of your time because this is really important. Please read this article, watch the videos and check out the documentaries linked below. If you've got any friends in the Army or know anyone considering joining up please share it with them.Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy. -War is part of human history, we have fought each other for millennia. In most cases wars...

Nothing to see here, folks. Radiation is safe

© David Grey/ Rutgers Why would anyone worry about radiation, mercury pollution coming out of every coal fired electrical plant in the world, vaccines, most pharmaceuticals or genetically modified food? Pesticides are not a problem nor is plutonium or the massive nutritional deficiencies gaining ground in the public. Though these Australians in the above picture are demonstrating against their own government's climate position I think it represents...

FLASHBACK: The wisdom tooth extraction scam

© Carlos Caetano | Shutterstock The truth is, I am writing this article about the importance of wisdom teeth while all of mine have been extracted. They have been gone for years. I am pretty sure many of yours have been long gone as well. I didn't know any better. We trust our dentists to do the best job possible while often not even questioning their methods. I should've questioned and should've researched myself. But now I can share my research...

Terrorizing practice: Cops burst into school, weapons drawn, in surprise 'active shooter drill'

© Reuters/Jason Redmond Teachers and students at a Florida middle school got the shock of their lives as an unannounced 'lockdown active shooter drill' sparked panic as police burst into classrooms with weapons drawn, drawing sharp criticism from the community.Students at Jewett Middle Academy in Winter Haven, Florida, spoke of the terror they experienced as police officers carried out their 'active shooter drill' inside classrooms - without informing...

US: Weeks ahead of schedule, ice visible on Lake Superior

Cold temperatures and snow across the Great Lakes in November is certainly nothing out of the ordinary, but this morning, a layer of ice was visible on parts of Lake Superior in Ashland, Wis. © Via twitter@clkovalA thin layer of ice visible on Lake Superior in Ashland, Wisc., Nov. 15, 2014. While this may not seem unusual given the current stretch of unseasonably cold temperatures, it is actually several weeks earlier than normal.The first sightings...

Harsh cold air to freeze Northeast, set records in South

The coldest air since last winter is set to move over the Plains and the East during the first half of the new week. The core of the cold air will focus over the northern Plains and the Great Lakes through at least Wednesday with overnight lows dipping down into the teens, and even the single digits in some normally colder spots.Bone-chilling nights will be followed up by frigid days with highs struggling to reach the 20-degree mark over the regions...

Nine of the biggest myths that people believe about the system

Years ago, an elderly, frail Japanese martial arts master once boasted a 200-0 record against his opponents. He claimed to have a unique power that allowed him to inflict serious injury on people without actually laying a finger on them.Was it Chi? Magic? None of the above. It was a total scam. But that didn't matter. You see, the legend of the master's powers turned out to be far more powerful than reality. His core following of students believed...

Obama Comments On Grubergate: "I Did Not Mislead Americans" Even As Gruber Pocketed Millions

The last thing Obama needed brought up during the just concluded G-20 conference, where world leaders generously agreed to boost global GDP by $2 trillion (let's all hold our breath while they "just go find a cash machine") while bashing Putin pretty much non-stop for 48 hours to the point where the Russian leader left early (due to "lack of sleep"), was the whole "Gruber thing", i.e., the recent revelations that the architect of the "Affordable"...

Ural Mountains: Home of the world's oldest secret code?

© noulpamant.roClaims the idol includes primitive writing would be amongst the first on Earth. Scientists close to precise dating of the Shigir Idol, twice as ancient as the Egyptian Pyramids.The Idol is the oldest wooden statue in the world, estimated as having been constructed approximately 9,500 years ago, and preserved as if in a time capsule in a peat bog on the western fringe of Siberian. Expert Svetlana Savchenko, chief keeper of Shigir Idol,...

Big Pharma alert: America's most popular drug is an antipsychotic and no one really knows how it works

Does anyone remember Thorazine? It was an antipsychotic given to mentally ill people, often in institutions, that was so sedating, it gave rise to the term "Thorazine shuffle." Ads for Thorazine in medical journals, before drugs were advertised directly to patients, showed Aunt Hattie in a hospital gown, zoned out but causing no trouble to herself or anyone else. No wonder Thorazine and related drugs Haldol, Mellaril and Stelazine were called chemical...

State Department computers hacked, email shut down

© AP The State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified email system as technicians repair possible damage from a suspected hacker attack.A senior department official said Sunday that "activity of concern" was detected in the system around the same time as a previously reported incident that targeted the White House computer network. That incident was made public in late October, but there was no indication...

9 Of The Biggest Myths People Believe About 'The System'

Years ago, an elderly, frail Japanese martial arts master once boasted a 200-0 record against his opponents. He claimed to have a unique power that allowed him to inflict serious injury on people without actually laying a finger on them.Was it Chi? Magic? None of the above. It was a total scam. But that didn’t matter.You see, the legend of the master’s powers turned out to be far more powerful than reality.His core following of students believed...

Ancient Chinese tomb reveals murals depicting daily life, poetry and constellations

This image shows the entrance to the tomb. The entryway is flanked by two gatekeepers. On the left is a man holding a staff, while on the right there is a woman holding a fan. Above the door is a Garuda, a mythical bird, which is depicted as watching over the entrance. Photo courtesy Chinese Cultural Relics A 1,000-year-old tomb with a ceiling decorated with stars and constellations has been discovered in northern China.Found not far from a modern...
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