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Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Surprising 'inner core' of Earth's inner core

© Lachina Publishing ServicesThe earth’s inner core has an inner core of its own, with crystals aligned in a different direction. Thanks to a novel application of earthquake-reading technology, a research team at the University of Illinois and colleagues at Nanjing University in China have found that the Earth's inner core has an inner core of its own, which has surprising properties that could reveal information about our planet.Led by Xiaodong...

Ukraine: Use Of U.S. Ambassador's "False Flag" Offer Aborted

In an interview this morning a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine made a completely speculative statement on Russian air attack plans against Ukrainian forces reported the Ukrainian propaganda outlet Censor.net:If Putin uses aviation in Donbas, US response will be swift - former Ambassador to Ukraine Herbst" "Certainly, everyone is concerned that the Kremlin is making this war in Ukraine increasingly open. They used to hide all their steps, all their...

Litvinenko police interviews undermine legal case: He drank poison 'by chance'

© Getty Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko gave interviews to police on his deathbed that undermine the official story of how he was killed.While in intensive care, Litvinenko gave an account to two detectives from Scotland Yard of how, by chance, he came to drink a few sips of green tea, which police believe was laced with radioactive polonium.Police say that Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun, working for Russian intelligence, met Litvinenko...

Russia will help Egypt build 'a whole new nuclear power industry'

© RIA Novosti/Michael KlimentyevFebruary 10, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi make a joint statement following the Russian-Egyptian talks in Cairo. Russia will contribute to building "a whole new nuclear power industry" in Egypt, President Vladimir Putin has announced as the two countries have signed a number of agreements after a meeting in Cairo.The leaders of Russia and Egypt have signed "a memorandum...

Police body cameras rolling in D.C. Is the Hill next?

© www.bloomberg.comOne model of the police body cam. For a select group of Washington police officers, the cameras are always rolling, capturing their every interaction with the public on film. Soon, the same could go for officers in the two Maryland counties neighboring the District. On the Hill, some key officials are mulling whether the Capitol Police should be next.The logistics of, and rules for, pinning cameras to the shirts of the roughly...

Half a century too late! The U.S. government is poised to withdraw longstanding warnings about cholesterol in your diet

© Deb Lindsey/For The Washington PostTime to put eggs back on the menu!! The group's finding that cholesterol in the diet need no longer be considered a "nutrient of concern" stands in contrast to the committee's findings five years ago, the last time it convened. During those proceedings, as in previous years, the panel deemed the issue of "excess dietary cholesterol" a public health concern. The most current finding was discussed at the group's...

Passport or Real I.D. will be required for domestic US travel

© unknown Precedents exist for requiring citizens to produce special ID for domestic travel; they include Nazi Germany, apartheid South Africa and Russia (both Imperial and Soviet).Over the Christmas season, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) quietly announced that America was walking down that path. By 2016, all domestic air travel will require either a traditional passport or a federally-compliant ID card called "Real ID." State...

Half hour snooze can repair the damage caused by a lack of sleep, study finds

Indulging in a 30-minute power nap can help restore the damage caused by having too little sleep, a new study has today revealed Indulging in a power nap can repair the damage caused by a lack of sleep, new research today claims.Having a 30-minute snooze can help relieve stress and bolster the immune systems by restoring hormones and proteins to normal levels.Scientists hope their findings will help shift workers and those suffering insomnia, by...

Kitamaat Village evacuated following 3 days without power due to near record snowfall in British Columbia

© Amanda Debeurs.Kitimat, British Columbia. B.C.'s Haisla First Nation ordered the evacuation of Kitamaat Village and its 800 residents on Saturday night, three days after the community lost power following a major snowstorm.Many residents are staying at the Kitimat Riverlodge Leisure Centre, about 15 kilometres north in the town of Kitimat.Others are staying with family and friends.The small towns of Kitimat and Terrace were hit with heavy snow...

Police Chief: Officers' use "pain compliance techniques" on 16-yo boy is "nature of our business"

Aspen, Colorado - After reviewing videos uploaded to social media from an incident on Friday the Aspen police chief is defending his officers and saying no further investigation is required.The unsettling video features police using "pain compliance techniques" on a 16-year-old boy during a marijuana arrest.[embedded content]The video is just shy of a minute and a half long and does not show the entire encounter. However, the department has stated that the high school student was unarmed and did not exhibit any violent behavior. If he was unarmed,...

New Urban Outfitters Tapestry Resembles Concentration Camp Uniform

The Anti-Defamation League slammed the store for selling the tapestry and urged Urban Outfitters to remove the item from stores."Whether intentional or not, this gray and white stripped pattern and pink triangle combination is deeply offensive and should not be mainstreamed into popular culture," ADL National Director Abraham Foxman said in a Monday statement. "We urge Urban Outfitters to immediately remove the product eerily reminiscent of clothing...

Indonesian high school students told to undergo 'virginity tests' to graduate

© i100.independent.co.uk Female high school students wishing to graduate in the Indonesian city of Jember will have to undergo 'virginity tests' under new proposals.Of course, boys are excluded from any such tests, which officials in the east Javan city want to introduce to prevent high school students from having sex before marriage.Indonesia has a chequered past with so-called tests, admitting in 2013 that they were mandatory for female recruits...

Longshore Workers Have Answer For Clearing Ship Congestion: Let Us Do Our Jobs

© Zamná Ávila The Port of Los Angeles, the nation's busiest container Harbor facility and second-ranked Port of Long Beach, handle about 40 percent of America's imports, with an estimated $1 billion in cargo moving through the ports every day.Hundreds of thousands of jobs in the region are connected to the two ports.Terms and conditions of employment for longshore and marine clerk labor at the ports are governed by a contract between the International...

There are no shortcuts in home canning

© allaboutfoodstorage.com Home canning is a great way to preserve food. It's an old-fashioned skill that has undergone a lot of research, resulting in modern updates.Sometimes people are resistant to these updates. When I recently published my book, The Organic Canner, I can't tell you how many emails I received telling me, for example, that a pressure canner isn't necessary. That the reader's grandma used a water bath canner for everything and...

Aerial photos of ports show what the Pacific Maritime Association doesn't want the public to see

The following photographs show, as ILWU International President Bob McEllrath said in a recent news release, that there are acres of asphalt waiting for the containers that sit on dozens of ships waiting to be unloaded at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and sufficient space for thousands of containers on the docks.The PMA has told the media that the ports are too full to receive cargo, but the photos tell another story. And though the docks...

NATO and Nazism: Global hegemony in the guise of "collective defense"

Chief among the stated reasons the United States has decided to arbitrate the future of Ukraine for its citizens, is the grave danger Russia allegedly poses not only to Kiev, but to Europe and the rest of the world. This despite the fact that it was the US which facilitated violent protests that eventually overthrew the elected government of Ukraine in 2013-2014 in the first place, leading directly to the war now unfolding in the heart of Eastern...

Hebron is Beautiful: Life through the eyes of a Palestinian teen

The short documentary "Khelil Helwa (Hebron is Beautiful)" follows a young boy from Hebron's Tel Rumeida neighborhood as he goes about his daily life, uncovering the matrix of Israeli military control that defines every aspect of life in the occupied West Bank. For Palestinians, the footage may at first appear somewhat unremarkable, and the scenes of soldiers barking orders and even arresting the film's 15-year-old star, Awni Abu Shamsiya, are heart-breakingly familiar. But for Israeli-American filmmaker Yuval Orr, it was the hope of showing the...
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