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Sunday, 24 May 2015

Peel Region Public Health threatens to suspend boy who got vaccinations two days too soon

© Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star      Caledon student was immunized two days before his first birthday and now Peel Public Health could suspend him because his shots aren't valid. Cheryl Fulcher dutifully got her son Mason,6, his necessary shots and thought he was fine until she received a letter from Peel Public Health. Now, because her son got his meningitis shot two days before his first birthday, it doesn't count. Cheryl...

Bye bye! Over one hundred newspapers dumped in 2014, ads down 50%, circulation hits bottom

© NY Daily News      The demise of big city print media, displayed in full by the painfully slow sale of the mammoth , is going nationwide as ad sales decline 50 percent and circulation plummets, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis According to their report, "The Declining Value Of U.S. Newspapers," just three different media companies in 2014 alone decided to dump more than 100 newspaper properties. Pew said the...

Crews in Wagoner County, Oklahoma rescue families stranded by sinkhole

© Fox23      Wagoner County Emergency Management told FOX23 that they are working to rescue families stuck because of a giant sinkhole on Front Street near 11th and the Creek Turnpike. They are bringing a crane to help make the road passable for families stuck on the other side. There are about 12 homes on the other side of the hole. There are no other roads out. They are bringing in emergency vehicles to further assess the...

Washington blows itself up with its own bomb

"Ok George - I mean Mr. Soros, so what's plan C??"      These are sad days in Washington and Wall Street. The once unchallenged sole Superpower at the collapse of the Soviet Union some quarter century ago is losing its global influence so rapidly that most would not have predicted anything comparable six months ago. The key actor who has catalyzed a global defiance of Washington as Sole Superpower is Vladimir Putin, Russia's...

Under shadow of trade deal, US pesticide lobby pressured EU to dump toxic pesticide rules

© Garry Knight Opposition to the TTIP spans Europe.      Under pressure from the U.S. and agrochemical industry lobbyists and amid ongoing negotiations for a controversial trade deal, the European Union dropped planned rules that could have led to the banning of 31 pesticides containing hazardous chemicals, a new investigative report has revealed. The probe, led by the Brussels-based research and watchdog group Corporate Europe...

Worst torrential rain in 40 years hits six provinces in China causing floods, mudslides

     Heavy rain that caused mudslides and flooding in southern and central China has left at least 35 people dead and another 13 missing, reports say. Torrential rain - the worst for 40 years in some parts of the country - has hit at least six provinces, Xinhua news agency and the government say. But relief could be on the way for some areas as China's National Meteorological Centre said the weather would start to weaken on...

Intense heatwave bakes Telangana, India; 67-year-old heat record broken

© Times of India      As Telangana and Andhra Pradesh continue to reel from intensifying heatwave, Khammam recorded an unprecedented 48 degrees Celsius on Saturday breaking almost 67 year old record. The highest ever temperature 47.2 was recorded there in 1947. Nalgonda, Karimnagar and Nizamabad districts followed at second place with 47 degrees Celsius temperature today breaking past records. Situation was equally alarming...

Senator explodes when questioned about his Vaccine Bill

By now, vaccine skeptics are generally familiar with the faces of Congressmen who are attempting to take away their natural rights to determine whether or not they and their children are vaccinated. Congressional parasites like Dianne Feinstein, as well as Presidential hopefuls like Hillary Clinton and Ben Carson, are now regular appearances in the "remove parents' rights" theatre. But how many people are familiar with the faces of the state level...

Genies blamed for school sickness, possessions in Saudi Arabia

© Shin Megami Tensei II design Jinn      Last week in Saudi Arabia nearly 200 elementary and middle school students "refused to attend classes after nine students claimed that genies — or jinn, as they are better known in the Arabic world — had made them sick" according to ArabNews.com, which added that "the students had fainted and experienced spasms at the start of the second semester, prompting many parents to believe jinns...

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.3 - Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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At least 135 children killed in Yemen since Saudi-led attack started in March

© Reuters / Khaled Abdullah      Since the Yemeni conflict in March,as many as 135 children were killed and 260 injured, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). At least 135 children have been killed and 260 more injured in the Yemeni conflict since March, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement Sunday. "Since the conflict escalated in March, as many as 135 children have been killed and 260 injured. Almost...

Solar halo over Mexico City

A solar halo in Mexico City      A solar halo appeared in Mexico City on Thursday - prompting dozens of calls from worried locals to meteorologists. The phenomenon, which is actually an optical illusion, is caused when sunlight passes through ice crystals, causing the light to bend into a colourful ring. Not satisfied with this scientific explanation, locals on social media claimed that an alien invasion was nigh, while other...

Gray whale found dead on Portuguese Beach, California

© Damien Jones / California State Parks A young gray whale washed up on Portuguese Beach in Sonoma County early May 23, 2015.      A dead, juvenile gray whale washed up on the Sonoma Coast this weekend at Portuguese Beach. The 28-foot whale appeared to have been dead for some time and was in a state of obvious decomposition, according to California State Parks Ranger Damien Jones. He said the carcass came ashore Friday night...

Schools across the country are literally building solitary confinement cells for children

© http://ift.tt/HhKiev A free-standing isolation booth now banned in Oregon schools.      What is "nor­mal"? Is nor­malcy a con­di­tion of pub­lic accep­tance to com­mon trends and cul­ture? Per it's def­i­n­i­tion, nor­mal is defined as con­form­ing to a stan­dard: usual, typ­i­cal or expected. If you accept nor­malcy by that def­i­n­i­tion then... - it is nor­mal for kids in our pub­lic school sys­tem to be locked in soli­tary...

Homelessness is not an insoluble problem

© Unknown      The costs of homelessness is rarely discussed. We mostly hear statistics about the number of children living on the streets, the vast number of hungry individuals fed in soup kitchens, and the dangers that homeless families face during severe weather. As communities, we pull together by donating to food banks and participating in homeless outreach programs, even though government regulations are putting limits...

Preserving the treasures of French underground cities created during WWI

© Jeffrey Gusky This horse is about two-thirds life size. Hundreds of troops from New England's Yankee Division lived here underground for about six weeks in 1918. The carving was never completed and is now at risk of vandalism or theft.      Many people think of World War I as the trench war, but few realize it went hundreds of feet deeper. As both sides dug in, they found ancient quarries and caves below the bombed-out forests...

Monsanto's worst fear may be coming true

     The tide is turning against the globalization of GMO-based agriculture and forced feeding with consumers leading the charge from the bottom up demanding informed consent (e.g. labeling, independent science) and organic alternatives. The decision of the Chipotle restaurant chain to make its product lines GMO-free is not most people's idea of a world-historic event. Especially since Chipotle, by US standards, is not a huge...
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