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Why? It may be that people with asymmetrical features may be more motivated to rise above possible perceptions.
The reeling housing market has come to this: To shore it up, two Senators are preparing to introduce a bipartisan bill Thursday that would give residence visas to foreigners who spend at least $500,000 to ...
First there was the
Stuxnet computer virus that wreaked havoc on Iran's nuclear program. Now comes "Duqu," which researchers on Tuesday said appears to be quite similar. Security software firm Symantec sa...
France is among euro-region sovereigns likely to be downgraded in a stressed economic scenario, according to Standard & Poor’s. The sovereign ratings of Spain, Italy, Ireland and Portugal would also be re...
Standard & Poor's (S&P) is to warn that a double-dip recession in Europe would imperil France's AAA rating and set off a string of downgrades across
Southern Europe, undermining
the EU's debt crisis strate...
The U.S. dollar slumped to a record low against the yen on Friday in its biggest one-day decline in nearly two months, bringing back into focus the threat of official intervention to weaken the Japanese cu...
An ancient bone with a projectile point lodged within it appears to up-end - once and for all - a long-held idea of how the Americas were first populated. The rib, from a tusked beast known as a mastodon,...
Mexican President Felipe Calderon says violence along his country's border with the US is fuelled in part by the US opting to deport rather than prosecute criminals. It was cheaper to send them back rathe...
The Earth's surface really is getting warmer, a new analysis by a US scientific group set up in the wake of the "Climategate" affair has concluded. The Berkeley Earth Project has used new methods and some...
The simple, tempting reaction to news of Moammar Gadhafi's death and the ignominious exhibition of his corpse is that he was a creep, and the world is better off without him. What makes it all the richer ...
After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, Soviet officials were vilified for hiding the impacts from the public. But when Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accident took place last March, public officials in ...
The man and woman were buried holding hands and facing each other in Italy in the 5th century A.D.
In most states, your company handbook isn’t a contract. They don’t have to follow their own procedures. However, some employers are starting to make employees sign them and add things like an agreement to ...
There is going to be a lot of reading here: From Africa Legal Brief- The article below is worth reading, entirely. The Assassination of Mummar Gaddafi illegal under international Law On the 18th of October...
[image: Decadal land-surface average temperature reconstruction, 1800-2010. The Berkeley group's record of global land temperature mirrors existing ones closely. Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature via BB...
This is interesting. Syria may start using the Russian ruble for banking transactions if the European Union bans it from operations in euros, central bank Governor Adib Mayaleh said today. As a first st...
An alarm clock could be set to sync up with your sleep cycle, making it easier -- and healthier -- to wake up.
New DMC-12 will have a 200-horsepower electric motor and will be available in 2013. Great Scott!
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wmtc - 2 hours ago
*LeadNow.ca petition here.* We know that Stephen Harper thinks the United States is the GNOTFOTE, but of all the things to emulate about the US, the prison-industrial complex is a particularly poor choi...
#Occupied by Hollywood South? ~Library Chronicles LSU football team, New Orleans Saints staying in national spotlight~Peter Finney Benefit for former Saint Steve Gleason w/ The Kyle Turley Band New Orle...
I am Re-Posting this crucial article from Dr. Mercola. This is proof that simple ancient spices and home remedies do more good for Breast Cancer, than Cut, Poison and Burn! They want to Raise Awarenes...
Remember this paper doll? I created it more than a year ago, first drawn by hand and then drawn on the computer. After more than a year with just the same boring clothes, I decided this paper doll could...
The Anthem for Occupy Wall Street from Nigrotime on Vimeo.
First seen on Activist Post. October 21, 2011 - Just remember, every single candidate on stage, with the exception of Congressman Ron Paul, has the exact same foreign policy because they have the exact s...
Even though it was the *right* decision, the Harper government likely didn't do itself any electoral favours by shutting Quebec out of the new ship building contract and the 15,000 jobs that go with it. Ho...
Lytro's light-field camera captures the light in the scene to create a "living" photo that can be tweaked later.
Microsoft's gaming console will be getting upgraded in 2013.
Culprits of curbside canine malfeasance, beware! The PR2 is out to clean up your mess.
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wmtc - 4 hours ago
Join Occupy Toronto: All Out Against The Corporate Agenda Join Occupy TO for a family friendly march to Nathan Phillips Square. * Meet: 2:00 p.m. at the Occupation site (St James Park, Adelaide & Jarvis) * ...
Thailand's prime minister asked all Bangkok residents to move their belongings to higher ground as government workers fought to contain flooding inching toward the capital city. Government spokeswoman Th...
Circumstances of ex-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's death must be investigated, says United Nations Human Rights chief. More to follow ...
March 27 - While hard working Americans fill out their income tax returns this tax season, General Electric and other giant profitable corporations are avoiding U.S. taxes altogether. With Congress retur...
Some rice farmers have started using ducks for weeding instead of indsutrial methods. Photo courtesy: Anupam Nath/AP via guardian.co.uk A move by farmers in developing countries to ecological agriculture, ...
I doubt many senators read Andy Coghlan's and Debora MacKenzie's enlightening feature in *New Scientist* this week about the capitalist network (i.e., a manifestation of the 1%) that runs the world... ru...
A school of scalloped hammerhead sharks, Cocos Island national park, Costa Rica. Photograph: Jeffrey Rotman/Corbis via guardian.co.uk OMG!! If the angels in heaven aren't weeping over this one. I've done t...
One of the president's biggest critics on the jobs bill will visit Philadelphia on Friday. Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor will give a speech at the University of Pennsylvania. And he will...
A man surfing south of Newport is alive after surviving an alleged shark attack Thursday. Bobby Gumm of Newport was surfing with three friends about 200 yards off the coast at South Beach State Park wh...
Friday arrives and time for one of these to take us all off into the weekend....please feel free to let us know what YOU think of BBC coverage! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
*Libyan* authorities are planning secret burial for expel leader *Col Muammar Gaddafi* following his capture and death, the BBC understands. Though, it appears there may be a delay in his burial, which u...
Stretchable piezoelectric PZT ribbons. (Image: McAlpine Group, Princeton University) Photo couretesy: nanowerk When it comes to nanotechnology, the seemingly smallest motions can provide reliable and ren...
Fisheries officials closed areas around Nanaimo for shellfish harvesting due to unacceptable marine biotoxin results Wednesday. Some areas south of Nanaimo are closed to harvesting all bivalve shellfish ...
New virus could be the first filovirus to cause disease in bats A team of international researchers has discovered a new Ebola-like virus – Lloviu virus -- in bats from northern Spain. Lloviu virus is the...
It is shocking to read that a deadly exotic disease from Europe has now been reported in wild Pacific salmon in British Columbia and could spread to Washington and Alaska. Infectious salmon anemia (ISA) ...
As many as seven boats in Monroe Harbor were reduced to flotsam and about 20 more were damaged by the heavy winds and high waves of a severe storm that tore across Lake Michigan. "It's just frustrating," ...
President Barack Obama hailed Muammar Gaddafi's death yesterday as a warning to dictators across the Middle East that iron-fisted rule 'inevitably comes to an end. Obama said the fall of Tunisia, Egypt an...
Photo courtesy: bhwt It's the "only in Britain" category for this one... The British Hen Welfare Trust (bhwt) has proudly announced that it has rescued 20 battery hens and "re-homed" them in a high securi...
*Spain's Prime Minister Zapatero *has hailed the end of Basque separatist group Eta's armed battle as a "*victory for democracy, law and reason"*. *Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said the 800 victims of Et...
Two boys in Fukushima Prefecture were found to have been internally exposed to the highest levels of radiation detected during checks conducted on nearly 4,500 local residents in the wake of the nuclear cr...
A bear attacked four local residents on the early morning of Oct. 21, seriously injuring one and leaving the three others with minor wounds, police said. At around 5:40 a.m., a man in his 60s made a call...
City assembly members checking local radiation levels have revealed they discovered a hotspot emitting 7.0 microsieverts per hour near a greenhouse here. The assembly members from the Japanese Communist ...
The footage which follows was taken by the NTC rabble as they beat and murdered the saviour of Libya and defender of freedom worldwide. This is the mentality of those who serve the internationalist order....
. The issue of 'Deicide', the killing of Christ by "the Jews", has (astonishingly in this Talmud-dominated* age) been recently raised in the mainstream media. Bishop Williamson of the traditionalist C...
A landslide in central Colombia destroyed the main water supply pipeline of the capital city of the Caldas department, leaving 360,000 residents without water service, Colombian media reported Thursday. ...
Fire broke out Thursday at a company that bottles nail polish remover in central Arkansas, prompting area evacuations and causing at least one injury, a fire official said. North Little Rock Fire Assista...
A couple is accused of beating, starving and imprisoning their adopted twins for years. Jeff Weller, 42, and Sandra Weller, 48, of Vancouver, Washington, face second degree assault, unlawful imprisonment ...
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck Hokkaido, Japan at a depth of 188.2 km (116.9 miles), the quake hit at 08:02:38 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 17 km ( 10 miles) Northeast of Asahika...
After a 24-hour delay, the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) will send its satellites to outer space. The EUSSR will become the third country or multi-country with its navigation...
As we all know Harold Camping guarantees the rapture of the world not once but 3 times, this morning sitting here with my coffee, we have the most glorious day outside after days of rain so I guess I will ...
Wang Yue (Yue Yue) just 2 years old Passed away today from systematic organ failure according to the Spokesman of the Hospital that have been treating Yue Yue since 13th October when she was found wanderin...
This item was brought to my attention by Biased BBC reader Lawrence; The BBC stands accused of overstaffing as protestors pull out of Dale Farm; While the number of activists dwindled, the BBC still had si...
I'm not a fan of Rangers but they seem prepared to tackle the BBC ... "Rangers owner Craig Whyte has said he will take legal action over a BBC documentary which carried allegations of criminality in his p...
Today provided a forum for complete nutter Danny Glover to expound his odd views, this morning. (8.23am) Actor Danny Glover has co-produced a documentary about the black power struggle of the 60s and 70s...
It's been a tricky time for the eco-wacko global warming cultists what with Mother Earth not doing what they demand, but I see that the BBC has managed to find a way to fight back with the exultant headlin...
Several junior members of the Government are threatening to resign as almost a third of Tory backbenchers join a mutiny against David Cameron over Britain’s future in Europe. The Prime Minister is scrambl...
Graphic images of Muammar Gaddafi after he was shot dead have been seen around the world - but who pulled the trigger remains unclear. Libya's interim prime minister *Mahmud Jibril* said he had been shot ...
The seven-month Nato Libyan air campaign could end within days after the death of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Nato chiefs are meeting in Brussels to consider halting the campaign after one of its air...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Sulawesi, Indonesia at a depth of 43.9 km (27.3 miles), the quake hit at 05:50:22 UTC Friday 21st October 2011. The epicenter was 80 km ( 49.6 miles) SSW from Palu, Sul...
The YouTube video of Gaddafi being captured on 20 October. * The Gaddafi video seems to have been made BEFORE Gaddafi was allegedly captured. * Source: *Green Resistance Libyan Free Press** *** ** *Ho...
It has finally ended in the onlyway it could have ended. Importantly itended at the hands of his own people who did all the dirty work. It is worth considering that the role of NATOwas to neutralize t...
This is another initiative togather data from the sun and it will be the closest visit yet. We also know that in the next twoto three years, that the cost of lift will be dropping dramatically and thi...
This is a working list of thetechnology changes taking place right now that will be operational in the nextfive years. They all have huge momentumand are speeding up. We are also beginning the bigpus...
Of course it is. It is no longer a research long shot. It is also obvious that health restorationsupported by at least a partial reversal of aging damage at the cellular levelwould return a citizen to...
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake has struck the San Francisco Bay Area California at a depth of 9.6 km (6 miles), the quake hit at 03:16:05 UTC Friday 21st October 2011. The epicenter was 2 km ( 1.2 miles) East ...
[image: Public down on U.S. economy] The extreme temper that settled over the U.S. during the summer has eased slightly, but Americans stay gloomy about the economy and more than half say *President Barac...
*CANADIAN POLITICS:* *STOP PUBLIC HOUSING PRIVATIZATION IN ONTARIO:* The following appeal is from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). *************** *Stop the Sell Off of Toronto Community H...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Banda Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 112.3 km (69.8 miles), the quake hit at 02:55:58 UTC Friday 21st October 2011. The epicenter was 195 km ( 121 miles) Northwest o...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Hosnhu, Japan at a depth of 27.4 km (17 miles), the quake hit at 01:25:14 UTC Friday 21st October 2011. The epicenter was 102 km ( 63 miles) ENE...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Jujuy, Argentina at a depth of 224.9 km (139.8 miles), the quake hit at 23:26:44 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 64 km ( 39 miles) WSW of Abra Pampa, ...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck the San Francisco Bay Area California at a depth of 8.2 km (5.1 miles), the quake hit at 21:41:04 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 3 km ( 2 miles) Sou...
*The Earth's surface in truth is getting warmer, a new study by a US scientific group set up in the wake of the "Climategate" affair has concluded.* The *Berkeley Earth Project* has used latest methods ...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the Dominican Republic Region at a depth of 139.8 km (86.9 miles), the quake hit at 19:35:22 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 62 km ( 38 miles) ENE fr...
Permalink Bill Black: #OccupyWallStreet A Counter to White-Collar Fraud October 20th, 2011 Broadcasting on the road from Kansas City, Missouri, we’re joined by William Black, a white-collar criminologis...
Baseless US accusations countered with more likely Iranian allegations. by Tony Cartalucci Gholam Shakuri, who the US has claimed is a member of Iran's elite Quds Force, and behind a bungling plot involvi...
*PERSONAL:* *GROWING UP WITHOUT THE STATE:* It's been many many years since I left my old home town. 48 if I count right. I left it at precisely the right time, when I was turning 13. Enough of "bein...
Hello everyone, just some quick updates: 1) The October prize draw is nearly here! If you haven't made a donation yet but would like to participate in the draw, you can still do so by clicking on any priz...
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CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago
US & Gullible Americans Celebrate Apparent Fortunes of Al Qaeda in Libya by Tony Cartalucci At face value, the tenuous narrative of a struggling, desperate NATO confounded by months of fierce resistance on...
We already had one really great thing about Ohio today-- the newest PPP polling showing that folks there have had it with Kasich's brand of Koch-funded domestic fascism. Before we move to the escaped wil...
*No surprise, either. * "US reopens its embassy in Libya; Tunisia captures Khadafy’s former prime minister" September 23, 2011|By Kim Gamel, Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya - The US ambassador to Libya ex...
"The lovely, symmetric planetary nebula cataloged as MWP1 lies some 4,500 light-years away in the northern constellation Cygnus the Swan. One of the largest planetary nebulae known, it spans about 15 light...
"All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there. Who...
*“Asymptote”* by Chet Raymo “My pal Brian Doyle has another of his terrific essays in the current Notre Dame Magazine, recounting a moment back in 1974 when, as an ND undergraduate, he bumped into the fa...
A state of global emergency has existed since 9/11, when the shadow CIA and shadow Mossad attacked America. The sooner we recognize this fact and its horrible implications the sooner we can bring an end to...
Cherkasy, Cherkas'ka Oblast', Ukraine. Thanks for stopping by.
*Please keep this in mind as you sift through the Globe paperwork*: *"Most of the big banks reported third quarter gains. You may have heard that Bank of America reported a $6.2 billion profit, despite han...
*No thanks to NPR, which "takes these issues very seriously," Lisa Simeone will be allowed to continue as host of World of Opera, produced by station WDAV and carried on many NPR stations, even after takin...
Although treaties forbid ownership, the powerful nation would have little resistance when laying claim to lunar resources.
A video about quantum trapping has been flying around the Internet this week; here's the science keeping it afloat.
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Not PC - 17 hours ago
*Another ramble round things that caught my eye on the interweb this week. Bookmark them now for your weekend reading…* - Face it, campers, Don Brash’s reverse takeover of ACT has been an unmitig...
[image: Location of virus-infected sockeye salmon in Rivers Inlet, on the central coast of British Columbia. Mark Nowlin / The Seattle Times]By CORNELIA DEAN and RACHEL NUWER, The New York Times 17 Octob...
*"Gaddafi Killed; Mauled by Tiger in Ohio"* Cat to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom ZANESVILLE (The Borowitz Report) – A grim chapter in the history of Libya came to a close today when fugitive dicta...
The Zionist media are crowing about the murder of Muammar Al Qaddafi by NTC terrorists, and the massacre of the Resistance in Sirte (failing to mention that the people that NATO are strafing and carpet bo...
Look what I found online! At the Republic of Gilead, no less. The Daily Tarheel: UNC clears Psalm 100 after investigationHave you ever wondered if you would have the pleasure of enjoying the discomfiture ...
On Tuesday AgMin Gerry Ritz stood in the middle of a suburban Ottawa farm behind a desk hung with the sign "Marketing Freedom" and announced the end of the Canadian Wheat Board single desk monopoly. ...
Wow! What a zoo! I never watch that freak or any of the paid right-wing shills that dominate the corporate media. But my friend John called up fuming about the above CNBC segment, just at *exactly*...
*"The Natural Course of the US Empire"* by Bill Bonner "Nothing much from the markets yesterday. The Dow fell 72 points. Gold went down $5. Meanwhile, the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement goes on in Am...
A Slovenia-based company has won the grand prize for energy-efficient aircraft design, with implications for Mars exploration.
Indonesian security forces arrested about 300 protesters who gathered Wednesday in the eastern province of West Papua to declare independence. Soldiers swarmed in soon after members of the Papuan Peoples' ...
Military personnel were killed and injured when Syrian soldiers and gunmen believed to be dissidents battled on Thursday, an activist group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes oc...
*It is not true that the Berkeley group has found relevant evidence for the core questions in the AGW debate* Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature led by Richard Muller – a top Berkeley physics teacher and ...
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Biased BBC - 20 hours ago
Well, I reckon he got what he deserved but how do you think the BBC is managing the coverage of Gadaffi's bloody demise? Shall we have a public enquiry...? Click through to read and contribute comments on...
The more Facebook friends you have, the more volume of grey matter in a particular part of your brain.
It's no surprise that neither the astoundingly corrupt Wall Street and equally corrupt NYPD and Mayor's office decided to set up a spy base of operations so close to Ground Zero without getting any input ...
Even with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi dead, analysts say it will likely take years for the country's oil production to return to full capacity. It's thought that Libya is producing about 350,000 barrels ...
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Biased BBC - 21 hours ago
Question Time tonight comes from Glasgow. David Dimbleby is joined by Jacob Rees-Mogg, a rebellious Conservative with absolutely no connection to Glasgow at all, LibDem MP Alistair Carmichael(who dropped ...
Caged and alone, the sad survivors of the exotic animal bloodbath are now in the care of the Columbus Zoo. Six animals - three leopards, a grizzly bear and two monkeys - were captured and taken to the Zo...
*Rob Zerban, taking on Paul Ryan and the 1%* Mitt Romney has thrown his lot in with Paul Ryan's Big Business-conceived plan to end Medicare and turn back the clock on a progressive society. His own health...
One of the world's most eccentric leaders Muammar Gaddafi was finally killed in his hometown: graphic video. The civil war in Libya may be finally ending: I don't know whether its future will be rosier tha...
"Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?" - Justice William O. Douglas
*"10 Mind Blowing Facts Which Show How Members Of Congress * *And Federal Employees Are Living The High Life At Our Expense"* by The American Dream "If you were asked to guess, what area of the United Stat...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Gujarat, India at a depth of 15.5 km (9.6 miles), the quake hit at 17:18:35 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 129 km ( 80 miles) SSW from Rajkot, Gujara...
Note: So here we have it. They finally managed to execute Gaddafi, with headlines and images around the world, like the image you see here, making fun of a leader that was once said to have given his peopl...
[image: Hammerhead Sharks. Copyright 1998 Mark Conlin]By David A Gabel, ENN 20 October 20 Colombian government officials have reported that as many as 2,000 sharks have been killed in a single incident ...
LkCa 15 b is 450 light years away from Earth and is 'building itself' out of dust and gas. This impression by University of Hawaii artists shows how the planet sits near the star, while a disc of dust lies...
Advocates are criticizing laws in the United States that allow exotic animal ownership.
[image: Evacuees who fled from Namie town near the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant listen to government officials' explanations about how to apply for compensation at their tempora...
*"We Need Citizens Arrests And Trials"* by Karl Denninger "This sort of thing has gone well beyond "policy" and in my opinion borders on criminal incitement: "The truth is, right now the U.S. economy need...
[updated below] And hey, you could win a CBSA cash reward! *George W. Bush in Surrey * *Thursday Oct. 20* Tickets - $599 per head. No media allowed. *Thursday, October 20, 11:00 am* Gather at the parkin...
[image: Still Life in Oil. This image of brown pelicans smothered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill has earned Daniel Beltra the title of Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY...
Greek protesters have taken to the streets of Athens for a second successive day over the country's rescue package which might not be enough to save Greece from bankruptcy. Angry protesters swelled into a...
It has survived two world wars, but anti-capitalist activists who have set up camp outside St Paul's Cathedral could force it to shuts its doors to the public for the first time in living memory. On the 3...
[image: Rescuers in Thailand carry a woman through floodwaters to safety. thaitravelnews.net] Associated Press writers Vee Intarakratug, Thanyarat Doksone, and Grant Peck contributed to this report 20 O...
These Republican presidential debates are really idiotic and demeaning-- to the candidates (who deserve to be demeaned) and to the viewers (who don't, at least not the ones watching on TV; the ones in th...
The Philippines said Wednesday it had seized 25 small Chinese boats after its navy confronted a larger fishing vessel in disputed South China Sea waters. Tuesday's encounter followed a series of incidents...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck West of Macquarie Islands at a depth of 15.2 km (9.4 miles), the quake hit at 16:07:24 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 1191 km ( 740 miles) SSW from ...
A delegation from the Lebanese Hezbollah movement arrived in Moscow for a three day visit on Wednesday at the invitation of the State Duma, Lebanese website Al Manar reports. The delegation will be headed...
Hezbollah is well prepared to engage in war with Israel, as the Jewish state plans for a possible third war against Lebanon amid regional unrest, Al-Joumhouria newspaper reported Wednesday. “Hezbollah is ...
China on Thursday demanded the Philippines return small Chinese boats promptly and unconditionally after a Philippine military vessel confronted a Chinese fishing vessel. "China has presented its stance t...
[image: In this April 27, 2011 file photo, Atlantic bluefin tuna are surrounded by fishing nets during the opening of the season for tuna fishing off the coast of Barbate, Cadiz province, southern Spain....
Brushfires, heat, exploding car batteries and kangaroos are among the challenges drivers faced in the 1,864-mile-long course.
Researchers have built a robot that self-assembles and can do a variety of tasks.
The robot uses artificial muscles to mimic the way the real plant snaps closed around insects.
*En unos de los articulos presentado antes se le advirtio y se les dio razones para no comprar propiedades reposeidas todavia...La razon que se le dio es que debido a MERS y la claridad del titulo que ya...
I want to get this story up ASAP. It is not getting much coverage. As of right now there are only 4 stories pertaining to this topic. "An unusual observation from a large outbreak in Quebec may raise some ...
[image: TAURANGA, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 9: An oil slick is seen coming from the grounded vessel Rena, on October 9, 2011 in Tauranga, New Zealand. The 47,000 tonne Rena, a Liberan container vessel, struc...
Note: to the Human Rights Lawyers freeing criminals or preventing Criminals from being kicked out of our Country, read this or better still look at the cases where criminals have hurt or KILLED children..I...
[image: The Taiwanese shark fishery is not limited to longlining fleets fishing in international waters, local boats are also landing sharks in Taiwan. Pictured here is a fisher’s catch of sharks along w...
Divisions between Germany and France over the role of the European Central Bank in shoring up the eurozone and the size of a haircut on Greek debt are threatening the outcome of a three-day EU crisis summi...
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The cost of living is rising so quickly that people need to spend an extra £736 just to maintain the same living standards as one year ago, new research shows. Household incomes are being decimated by sp...
A ski area in the US state of Arizona hopes to become the latest in a small number of resorts using "recycled" sewer water to make snow. But the Hopi Indian tribe aims to stop what they describe as the des...
About 2,000 sharks appear to have been slaughtered for their fins in a Pacific Ocean marine sanctuary off Colombia, the Guardian reports. Hammerhead, Galápagos and whale sharks were among the carcasses res...
Copper thieves are getting bolder, but the metal that can be sold for cash at scrapyards may be making its first stop on the streets and traded for crack cocaine. In recent months, thieves have stolen cop...
Mayor Michael Nutter was reacting cautiously on Wednesday to word that national organizers of “Occupy Wall Street” and similar protests across the country plan to gather in Philadelphia next summer. The p...
Applications for unemployment benefits have fallen to a six-month low, according to a four-week averaged calculated by the government. Some economists said the steady decline signals fewer layoffs and pos...
While the number of unemployed workers has held steady at around 14 million in recent months, another telling measure of frustration in the labor market—the number of underemployed individuals—rose for a t...
An unofficial gauge of human misery in the United States rose last month to a 28-year high as Americans struggled with rising inflation and high unemployment. The misery index — which is simply the sum of...
Think life is not as good as it used to be, at least in terms of your wallet? You'd be right about that. The standard of living for Americans has fallen longer and more steeply over the past three years th...
Use of antidepressant drugs has soared nearly 400% since 1988, making the medication the most frequently used by people ages 18-44, a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. Elev...
People are all wondering about “Corporate Greed” and why there is an Occupy movement going on. Well, - ya know – us ignorant citizens can take about as much as we can take before we rise up – NOT ONLY ag...
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Buckdog - 1 day ago
*So in a nutshell, here's how Brad Wall rolls: 1) He accuses the NDP leader of being hypocritical for wanting to keep head office jos in Saskatchewan - in their TV ad they claim that Lingenfelter was res...
Former, as in "dead", Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is no more. Libyan authorities report the man who ruled their country for 42-years was shot and killed today. How he died isn't clear. Some report...
Governments and aid agencies should help the world's poorest to move away from areas likely to be hit by flooding and drought, a UK report says. The government-commissioned report warns of potential humani...
A major Turkish military offensive is continuing in northern Iraq, following a deadly attack by Kurdish rebels inside Turkey. Ankara said 22 battalions, or about 10,000 soldiers, were taking part in the o...
Exotic animals should live in the wild, not be exploited in profit-motivated zoos -- or worse — as "pets" or backyard oddities by people who have a deeply misguided sense of dominion or ownership. What ha...
Nearly 800 dogs were rescued by a Chinese animal protection group last Saturday night in the city of Zigong, in southwest Sichuan province. The Qiming Center, an animal-rights protection group in Sichuan, ...
Rioters have fought other protesters in Athens where thousands of people are rallying outside parliament to condemn a new round of cuts. Stones and petrol bombs were hurled and fire extinguishers set off a...
The Thai government says it will be impossible to protect all of the capital from flooding because of a build-up of water to the north. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said sluice gates would be opened ...
Ford cars read your text messages out loud -- and keep drivers' eyes on the road.
The weakest part of these phones are the software and mediocre applications.
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been killed and his body is being taken to the city of Misratah, National Transitional Council spokesman Abdullah Berrassali has told Sky News. "Gaddafi is dead, absolutely de...
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*For those interested to follow the global 'revolution'* that is taking place, an independent news channel has appeared on air: http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution *For the people interested in Gr...
Aaron Bennett, convicted of bribery, keeps Army Corps of Engineers work Payton returns to practice; plans to coach from press box 24 Reasons Why New Orleans Is the Best City on Earth & L.A. Is Bullshit ~g...
An empty Palestinian agricultural reservoir Jiftlik, Jordan Valley, West Bank, Palestine *© Amnesty International* An Israeli settlement swimming pool Maaleh Adumim, West Bank, Palestine *© Angela Godfrey-G...
Nada's magic glasses in John Carpenter's They Live.No more bubblegum:Occupy Wall Street's magic glassesAs [John] Carpenter foresaw, force enough Americans out of their homes and/or careers... and something n...
If, unlike me, you missed the first half-hour of this morning's Today programme on Radio 4 here's a summary of the main points. You may detect a theme. BBC R4 TODAY CLIMATE CHANGE OBSESSION (mp3) That wa...
Bill Cotulla's hand rests on the handle of his great-grandfather's cane, his gravelly voice recounting the changes in the small town his ancestor founded and named for himself some 130 years ago. Almost ov...
Let's leave Chile to Herman Cain's warped, destructive little mind for a moment, keeping in mind their general strike-- although very much Austerity-related-- is ostensibly about education. The general s...
Bernardine Dohrn. Photo by Thomas Good / Next Left Notes.Never the 'good girl,' not then, not now:A Rag Blog interview with Bernardine DohrnBy Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / October 20, 2011Bernardine Dohrn w...
By Denis G. RancourtRecently, there has been some discussion on the Canadian law web site SLAW about an Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruling that is argued to have set legal precedent regarding attendanc...
NJ Transit is the first public transportation system to use an automatic smartphone payment system.
The Stuxnet worm has a cousin, and it could be preparing new attacks on industrial systems.
*Hey guys! We have the incredible Megan here with us today from Kitschy Suburbia to share with us how to make pumpkin pie french toast. I absolutely love Megan's blog, you HAVE to check out her incredible ...
There was a lot of ink spilled about Liberal rebuilding in the wake of the May 2nd shellacking - both among pundits and party members. Although much of that talk has cooled, with January's biennial convent...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Southern Texas at a depth of just 5 km (3.1 miles), the quake hit at 12:24:40 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 22 km ( 14 miles) Northwest of Pawnee, T...
Brought to our attention by one of our readers: Note: The Great California Shake out has conducted these drill for years and this year has received record registered participants with 8.5 Million compared...
Resurrected Reincarnated Or thrown off the ship for an at sea burial. The news is speculating today based on reports from the "Transitional government" of Libya. Of course the news has speculated based on...
Desperate and flailing, Rick Perry's collapsing campaign is now *all* about tearing down Romney. Behind the scenes, they're concentrating on persuading bigoted Southern evangelicals that it's dangerous t...
*Photo of the capture of an actor.* Reportedly, Gaddafi is still alive and the Green Resistance continues. It would seem that the CIA and its friends have produced yet another piece of fake news when they...
One hundred years ago today, Roald Amundsen set out from camp toward the South Pole.
Glow-in-the-dark sand buried in seaside dunes are time keepers of past storm surges and tsunamis.
While we're patiently waiting for the official announcement of the discovery of the Higgs boson(s) by the LHC, and your humble correspondent is determined not to leak the information about the boson(s) a...
What these 200 companies actually mean when they say they demand "more action on climate change" is that they are after more subsidies from the money that government is taking off us in taxes, and they wan...
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England’s architect of the Enlightenment era would have been 379 this week. To celebrate, the *Telegraph* has a small gallery of his works, including evidence he did build more than just the tourist’s fa...
*U.S and North Korean* officials are to assemble next week in *Geneva* to try to revive stalled international talks on *ending Pyongyang's nuclear program*. A state department spokesman in Washington sai...
[image: Astronomer captures picture of forming planet] *Astronomers have captured the first direct snap shot of a planet being born. **Adam Kraus, of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy*, s...
The BBC does not seem to enjoy having complaints about it being made public. Yesterday, I blogged the genuine concerns of a B-BBC reader and license payer; here is what he received back this morning from t...
Indonesian security forces arrested about 300 protesters who gathered Wednesday in the eastern province of West Papua to declare independence. Soldiers swarmed in soon after members of the Papuan Peoples'...
Thais waded through flooded streets Thursday, their belongings and children perched on their shoulders, as relentless floodwaters inched toward Bangkok. In some residential areas, scattered rooftops pee...
At least three activists chained to each other inside Dale Farm have been cut free by police and arrested, as evictions continue at the site. Two women and one man were taken today from barricades within t...
The secretariat of the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan proposed on Thursday expanding the zone where intensive disaster countermeasures are to be taken to a 30-kilometer radius of a nuclear power plant ...
A Pakistani nuclear power plant imposed a seven-hour emergency after heavy water leaked from a feeder pipe to the reactor, but no radiation or damage has been reported, an official said on Thursday. The ...
Three sailors have died and five others are missing after their Turkish merchant ship collided with a passenger ferry and sank in the Adriatic, Albanian port authorities said Thursday. The 3,300-ton Rein...
The measles outbreak which has infected more than 200 Aucklanders has now spread to Waiheke Island. A 17-year-old resident on the island recently tested positive for the disease, Dawn Rigby, Manager of t...
Should anyone ever decide to make a show called "CSI: Geology," a group of scientists studying a mysterious and rapidly inflating South American volcano have got the perfect storyline. Researchers from se...
This is an informal continuation of the text Why is there energy and what it isn't? One month ago, I discussed the notion of energy and the Hamiltonian. There is a concept similar to the Hamiltonian in me...
*The New Tunisia.* In Tunisia, the CIA's Islamists are set for big election gains After the 23 October 2011 elections in Tunisia, the Islamist *Ennahda Party*is expected to be the biggest party in the ass...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Southern Iran at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 06:57:25 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 40 km ( 25 miles) North of Banda-e Abbas, Ira...
The fundamental problem withpolitical Islam is that it has been built around a convenient anti Semitismthat is indoctrinated from early childhood such that it becomes a matter ofunquestioned and unques...
What should be obvious is thatconventional banking managed carefully produces steady but modest profits. The pressure on management from privateinvestors to actually gamble is immense. There are two ...
I have finished a book titled The Aztecs by Michael E. Smith which is well worth the effort. It is informed by recent archeological work, which has filled in the blanks of their daily lives and...
First we had dark mass, now we have gamma ray emitters without sources. Surely these are not black holes? Away we go again. Cosmology is wonderful in producing masses of untestable hypothesis...
*"The Predator of Man"* by Carlos Castaneda “’Predators Mind.’ This is the Castaneda term for that which aligns man with the thought center of service to self. In “Active Side of Infinity,” Don Juan tel...
*Iran and Saudi Arabia.* The CIA sees Iran as having become too influential in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and perhaps even Libya. The CIA likes to stir up wars. Getting Sunnis to fight Shias is part of the po...
After another prediction that the world is about to end from a radio evangelist, one small business has demonstrated just how to make the best out of a bad situation. Reverend Harold Camping, from Califor...
Sheriff's deputies shot nearly 50 wild animals - including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions - in a big-game hunt across the state's countryside on Wednesday after the owner of an exotic-animal park threw...
A wealthy attorney who was found dead at his suburban home shot his two young children while they slept before bludgeoning his wife to death and then turning the gun on himself, police say. Sam Friedlande...
A University of Zurich study 'proves' that a small group of companies - mainly banks - wields huge power over the global economy. The study is the first to look at all 43,060 transnational corporations and...
------------------------------ *Gardasil: chemical weapon of the elite* The Dangers of Gardasil with Dr. Russell Blaylock Original in YouTube Cherchez la Verite
*One of the most powerful satellites (Viasat-1) ever built has been put in orbit by a Russian Proton rocket.* The *Viasat-1 spacecraft* will carry *broadband services to customers in the US and Canada*....
*"What If You Slept"* "What if you slept And what if In your sleep You dreamed And what if In your dream You went to heaven And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower And what if When you awoke You ...
With tears in her eyes and a quivering voice, the mother of a critically injured Chinese toddler left to die in the street after she was run over twice has pleaded with her little girl to get better. Qu F...
Sometimes when you buy a pair of shoes, one of them can feel snug while the other one does not quite fit. Tom Boddingham certainly knows the feeling. When the 27-year-old ordered a special monster-design...
[image: Clinton in Afghanistan to Encourage President Hamid Karzai] *US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Afghanistan to cheer President Hamid Karzai to continue hard work to reconcile with the Tali...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands at a depth of 34.7 km (21.6 miles), the quake hit at 03:38:58 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 172 km ( 107 miles) ESE of Raoul I...
Millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money could be lost to corrupt regimes as a result of the Government’s ballooning aid budget, a hard-hitting report by MPs has warned. The Public Accounts Committee added ...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Island of Hawaii, Hawaii at a depth of 18.8 km (11.7 miles), the quake hit at 00:10:04 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 21 km ( 13 miles) Southeas...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Guatemala at a depth of 79.9 km (49.6 miles), the quake hit at 00:05:08 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 9 km ( 5 miles) SSW of Escuintla, Guatemala No...
David Cameron is to rush forward a landmark Commons vote on Britain's relationship with Europe. The move comes amid 'complete panic' in Tory high command about growing support in the party for a referendu...
Xenophobia and racism are never far from the surface in America, and Tuesday's GOP Las Vegas debate showed them breaking out of their cages-- again. At one point it looked like the candidates all might t...
[image: 51 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds look at their reflection 10 times a day] 51 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds look at their reflection 10 times a day While many young people love to check their a...
Most of us don't feel at out most bushy-tailed first thing in the morning. But a slightly depressing new report says that that is when we look our very best. It makes sense, as the morning make-up routi...
Katie Price has revealed that she is unhappy with the results of her £100,000 worth of plastic surgery... and she is far from alone in being disappointed by the odd nip and tuck. The ugly face of cosmet...
After a first date on a Saturday night, if it gets past 11.48am on Monday without a text or call then there's not much chance of a second outing, a survey has found. Modern communications mean sticking ...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Eastern Honshu, Japan at a depth of 14 km (8.7 miles), the quake hit at 21:21:40 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 40 km ( 24.8 miles) South of Koriyam...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Aisen, Chile at a depth of 15.3 km (9.5 miles), the quake hit at 20:45:11 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 411 km ( 255 miles) West ...
Protesters have vowed to bring Greece to a standstill on day two of a general strike as the government prepares to give the green light to a controversial austerity plan. Yesterday hundreds of youths sma...
Photo by Emily Laermer / Crain's.We shall not be moved!A report from occupied Wall Street:A new popular front against finance capital, encompassing a progressive majority of the country, is beginning to take...
*Torture Victims to Initiate Private Prosecution against George W. Bush on his Arrival in Canada* *by Center for Constitutional Rights* *Global Research* *Canadian Government Has Legal Obligation under UN C...
"A fantastic jumble of young blue star clusters, gigantic glowing gas clouds, and imposing dark dust lanes surrounds the central region of the active galaxy Centaurus A. This mosaic of Hubble Space Telesco...
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"We consider this as part of our duty to defend humanity against the scourge of intolerance, violence and fanaticism." - Ahmad Shah Massoud, from "Massoud's Letter To The People Of America," (1998). Two...
*Just released: 'Occupy Wall Street: The Movie'* 27 minutes Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/gt4j1nT9yJY Censored news reporter Brenda Norrell http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
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[image: _Quote4] The fundamental evil of government grants is the fact that men are forced to pay for the support of ideas diametrically opposed to their own.” - Ayn Ra...
At least 745 people have died in flooding in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines since July, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific said. Thailand has been hit the hardest, with ...
*"Cancer Feeds on Fructose,* * America's Number One Source of Calories"* by Anthony Gucciardi “High-fructose corn syrup is the primary source of calories in the United States. In addition to containing me...
*Governor Kasich struck his blow against gov't regulation.* *by Ken* My goodness, the things right-wingers say. It would be beyond belief except for the evident fact that there are Americans who nod and d...
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*This campaign, the Saskatchewan Party is putting forth a lot of 'attack ads' against New Democrat Leader, Dwain Lingenfelter. In their ususal enthusiasm to slander and slur, they have been caught with ye...
Dolores River*Federal Judge Halts 42-Square-Mile Uranium Leasing Program in Colorado* *Sweeping Ruling Suspends All Drilling, Mining, Exploration, Existing and Future Leasing* *.* *Press statement* *Post...
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*And yet they need **$5 more dollars** a month from you? * "Bank of America Corp. swung to a third-quarter profit on higher revenue, better credit quality, and one-time gains. Net income [was] $6.23 billi...
I had believed (and written about for years) before that infamous (September 2008) Not-So-Dumbya/Goldman-Sachs' John Paulson angst-ridden TV broadcast about the "absolutely necessary or we'll shoot ourselv...
Don't mess with Texas. Photo by Jon McLaughlin / National Resources Defense Council.'Regulatory capture':Cronyism and corruption in the Keystone XL Pipeline approval processBy Alyssa Burgin / The Rag Blog / ...
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The left view ideas not as as the arbitrary products of warring mobs. With the OccupyEverything Mob, we are now getting ever closer to the warring mobs : I thought of the Joker's nihilistic ramblings [sa...
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Canadian access to vital nutrients threatened by trade deals A commentary from the National Health Federation of Canada Canadians who prefer health care the natural way need to take a stand, and fast, ...
The unique find, which could be the earliest representation of childbirth in western art, show the head and shoulders of a baby emerging from a mother.
Through its infrared eye, Spitzer has detected the dusty remains of comet impacts around the star Eta Corvi -- reminding us what it must have been like during the early evolution of our own solar system.
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The reeling housing market has come to this: To shore it up, two Senators are preparing to introduce a bipartisan bill Thursday that would give residence visas to foreigners who spend at least $500,000 to ...
First there was the Stuxnet computer virus that wreaked havoc on Iran's nuclear program. Now comes "Duqu," which researchers on Tuesday said appears to be quite similar. Security software firm Symantec sa...
France is among euro-region sovereigns likely to be downgraded in a stressed economic scenario, according to Standard & Poor’s. The sovereign ratings of Spain, Italy, Ireland and Portugal would also be re...
Standard & Poor's (S&P) is to warn that a double-dip recession in Europe would imperil France's AAA rating and set off a string of downgrades across Southern Europe, undermining the EU's debt crisis strate...
The U.S. dollar slumped to a record low against the yen on Friday in its biggest one-day decline in nearly two months, bringing back into focus the threat of official intervention to weaken the Japanese cu...
An ancient bone with a projectile point lodged within it appears to up-end - once and for all - a long-held idea of how the Americas were first populated. The rib, from a tusked beast known as a mastodon,...
Mexican President Felipe Calderon says violence along his country's border with the US is fuelled in part by the US opting to deport rather than prosecute criminals. It was cheaper to send them back rathe...
The Earth's surface really is getting warmer, a new analysis by a US scientific group set up in the wake of the "Climategate" affair has concluded. The Berkeley Earth Project has used new methods and some...
The simple, tempting reaction to news of Moammar Gadhafi's death and the ignominious exhibition of his corpse is that he was a creep, and the world is better off without him. What makes it all the richer ...
After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, Soviet officials were vilified for hiding the impacts from the public. But when Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accident took place last March, public officials in ...
There is going to be a lot of reading here: From Africa Legal Brief- The article below is worth reading, entirely. The Assassination of Mummar Gaddafi illegal under international Law On the 18th of October...
This is interesting. Syria may start using the Russian ruble for banking transactions if the European Union bans it from operations in euros, central bank Governor Adib Mayaleh said today. As a first st...
*LeadNow.ca petition here.* We know that Stephen Harper thinks the United States is the GNOTFOTE, but of all the things to emulate about the US, the prison-industrial complex is a particularly poor choi...
posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago"We consider this as part of our duty to defend humanity against the scourge of intolerance, violence and fanaticism." - Ahmad Shah Massoud, from "Massoud's Letter To The People Of America," (1998). Two...
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