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Pig ear treats for dogs continue to make people sick
The Salmonella outbreak associated with doggy pig ear treats has added 48 more ill people and three additional serotypes in the last two weeks. Twenty-seven (27) states are now reporting a total of 93 people infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella. Twenty of the victims required hospitalization. None have died. Salmonella serotypes were expanded... Continue Reading
Product contamination blamed for small beef and pork recall
US Foods, located in Birmingham, AL, late Saturday (July 20) recalled approximately 712 pounds of raw beef and pork products that may be adulterated due to possible product contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The fresh and frozen raw beef and pork items were produced July 18,... Continue Reading
Brazilian Scientist Sends ‘Mini Brains’ Into Space to Unravel Cell Reaction
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian scientist Alysson Muotri’s team, from the University of California in San Diego (UCSD), will send the “mini brains” he uses in research into space. The small versions of the human organ will be contained in a box. The launching to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to take […] The post Brazilian Scientist Sends ‘Mini Brains’ Into Space to Unravel Cell Reaction appeared first on The Rio Times.
Check Out the 100-Year Old Gun That Keeps Beating Glock
*Gun News Daily* *Technology, Americas* [image: By Vitaly V. Kuzmin - http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/474, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29632995] A classic. *The original M1911, originally produced by Colt (one of the original AR-15 makers), has become a portfolio item for a broad range of manufacturers, both American or foreign, and nowadays you can find 1911s manufactured in South America, Asia or Europe.* You’ve seen the 1911 in hundreds of movies, and it’s probably the first gun that comes to mind when you think of a pistol. Before we take a ... more »
‘They Only Let You Go When They Torture You to Death’
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Plus 2 Podcasts and a 2nd article: Do We Cry with Them? ~ Tony Perkins ~ “It was a kind of test. I know in the Bible it says everything is good for us believers, but I asked, in this what is good? That I am [beaten, tortured]?… They asked for my … Continue reading ‘They Only Let You Go When They Torture You to Death’
Video: America Isn’t Great?
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Uruguay Leads the Per Capita Income Ranking in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In July of each year, the World Bank releases new per capita gross income figures for each country, dividing them into categories: high, medium-high, medium-low, and low. For the 2018 assessment, released this month, most countries in the region ranked as having medium-high per capita income. Uruguay and Chile were […] The post Uruguay Leads the Per Capita Income Ranking in Latin America appeared first on The Rio Times.
Neo-Liberals, Neo-Conservatives, Neo-Fascists, Neo-Nazis... There's A Difference?
My friend Frank-- whose dad was one of the 3 founders of the Moral Majority movement-- left evangelical Christianity many years ago... loudly. Yesterday, je sent me this video from Italy, where he's on vacation. He sure doesn't like fascists! "Be warned, America," he said, "when you elect a Nazi German to represent your country, who then calls other people "foreigners," when *he* is a foreigner-- because it is not an American idea to put children in cages... When you tell people of color to go back where they came from... when we forget that history, we will end up with places li... more »
Rugged Individualism Cannot Save Us. Only Enlightened Collectivism Can.
Individualism cannot save humanity from the crises it faces. It’s not the right tool. There is a widespread belief that if we just eliminated all collectivist impulses within our society, we could eliminate all our problems. That the government which causes so much bloodshed and […]
Apollo 11 Brought a Message of Peace to the Moon
... but Neil and Buzz almost forgot to leave it behind.
welcome to smart jails
7-17-19 *As* part of their curricula the young are taught at schools that believing in God is abnormal; teachers encourage them to report on their religious relatives. https://bitterwinter.org/primary-schools-indoctrinate-children-to-hate-religion/ ………………………………………………………………… 7-18-2019 *Xi’s* China wants to “increase political vigilance and strictly prevent hostile forces from infiltrating, destroying and smearing the Party and the government.” Jails should “intensify ‘de-radicalization’ work; strictly deal with, according to law, criminals who endanger national security, who belo... more »
Hundreds of Victorian babies diagnosed with flu prompting pregnancy jab plea
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Figures from Victoria's Health Department show there have been 416 reported cases of flu in children under the age of 12 months so far this year, compared to just 29 last year.
Grid-like suburbs and fewer cul-de-sacs in proposed Queensland neighbourhood plan
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New residential developments in Queensland would have fewer cul-de-sacs, but more grid-like blocks parks and parks and buses within a five-minute walk, under a proposed State Government planning code hoped to get people moving.
Original Moon landing videos sell for millions as former NASA intern cashes in
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On the 50th anniversary of the Moon landings, three original NASA video tapes showing the entirety of the Moon walk as seen by Mission Control sell at auction for an interstellar price.
Australians wanted to 'crush' Adam Goodes because he was powerful, commentator says
Sports broadcaster Charlie King calls out Andrew Bolt, Eddie McGuire, and Sam Newman, and lays down a challenge to AFL to prove it has changed, in the wake of a documentary chronicling racism that led to the end of the Australian footballer Adam Goodes's celebrated career.
First the British airways and Now Lufthansa , What is the problem in Cairo ?
I am suffering from current blogging block but this news and its developments are forcing to go back and ask one question: What kind of information the British airways got that made the airways giant decide to halt to its flights to Cairo for a whole week? Already it will be a long night for the Egyptian government especially in the foreign ministry, tourism ministry and Civil Aviation ministry in addition to a bunch of National security agencies in the country. Saturday evening, the British airways surprised everyone and declared that it was suspending its flights from London to ... more »
My Doubts About the “Men of Reason"
A “man of reason” is someone who develops his understanding of the world through his perception and not through his projection. But most people who claim to be a man of reason fail on this very account—their belief in reason leads them to project an ersatz world in which they are always right, always moral, full of knowledge, and capable of holding better opinions than everyone else. An analysis of most votaries of reason will reveal that their thinking is warped and so is their projection of themselves. More often than not, the man who claims to be a “man of reason” is an ignorant... more »
Green Germany Risks Running Out Of Power
Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? Reuters report very real concerns in Germany that power cuts could be looming: ? ? The country, the biggest electricity market in the European Union, is abandoning nuclear power by 2022 due to safety concerns compounded by the Fukushima disaster…
GHCN v3.3 vs v4 – Top Level Entry Point
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NYT Does More Weird Science: Heat Waves
Originally posted on Science Matters: Ronald Bailey writes at Reason The New York Times Says Heat Waves Are Getting Worse. The National Climate Assessment Disagrees. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. Americans east of the Rockies are sweltering as daytime temperatures soar toward 100 degrees or more. It is now customary for journalists covering big…
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A Detroit Police Commissioner was arrested as he tried to voice his opposition to facial recognition technology, which is about to be implemented
Imagine a day whereby police can randomly, actively, and at lightning speeds search databases for active search warrants using only a camera and facial recognition technology. That day is here. And despite the objections of high-ranking members in policing circles, the very real threat of loss of 4th and 14th amendment rights is upon us. […] The post A Detroit Police Commissioner was arrested as he tried to voice his opposition to facial recognition technology, which is about to be implemented appeared first on Health Nut News.
Fake History
I’m researching history as described by A. Fomenko in his various texts, and did a Google Search on J. J. Saliger who compiled the West’s history that Fomenko argues was fake history. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Joseph+Justus+Scaliger Scaliger ends up being Dutch, Italian or … Continue reading →
See This New U.S. Navy Missile? It Could Change (And Kill) Everything
*David Axe* *Technology, Americas* What can't it do? *The Navy further tweaked the missile's sensor, producing the Block IA version. In a 2016 test, an SM-6 Block IA struck a target on the ocean's surface. Now the SM-6 also is an anti-ship missile.* The U.S. Navy in late January 2019 confirmed the designation of its newest cruise missile, in the process clarifying its long-term plan for arming its growing fleet of warships. The plan heavily leans on one missile, in particular. It's the SM-6, an anti-aircraft weapon that quickly is evolving to perform almost every role the Navy ... more »
Top Gun 2: How the U.S. Military Helped Make This Must See Movie
*Dario Leone* *Security, * Get the popcorn. The internet was set ablaze on Jul. 18, 2019 when the first, sierra hotel trailer for Top Gun: Maverick debuted. As reported by Washington Business Journal, we still must wait a year for the finished product to hit the screen, but we know the Pentagon had a lot to do with the production of this long-awaited sequel to 1986 blockbuster “Top Gun.” Shooting began in September 2018, but delays pushed the release date to June 2020. Actually the Pentagon gave Paramount Pictures Corp. extensive access to its facilities and personnel during t... more »
Why Trump Won't Bomb Iran
*Lawrence J. Korb* *Security, Middle East* [image: Reuters] The president should look at how Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama responded to similar standoffs with the Middle East country and re-examine his strategy for Tehran. After President Donald Trump decided not to “bomb Iran” in retaliation for shooting down an unmanned Navy drone that was either very close to Iranian air space, many of his conservative critics accused him of acting more like President Barack Obama rather than President Ronald Reagan. According to critics like Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK), Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), a... more »
A War with Iran Would Wreck the American Energy Market
*Connor Sutherland* *Security, Middle East* [image: Flickr / Sandia Labs] The Trump administration needs to do some serious soul-searching as it relates to how it thinks about energy as a whole. Reading Ilan Goldenberg recently described for *Foreign Affairs *what a war with Iran would look like. His analysis was informative, vivid and harrowing. But while his attention was focused primarily on the Middle Eastern theatre, I was wondering how such a skirmish would play out here in the United States. Specifically, how it would look for Americans at the gas pump. Goldenberg writes... more »
Vice President Mike Pence and NASA Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Apollo Moon Landing…
The United States and NASA celebrate 50 years since the Apollo 11 moon landing. On this incredible anniversary Vice-President Mike Pence and historic astronaut Buzz Aldrin discuss the past (Apollo) and future (Artemis) of space exploration.
Hakuna Potato
Warthog and suricate or meerkat from the photorealist *Lion King* that opened this week. Terrible as the cartoon was, this one has to be far worse. My kids were Disney-aged through the string of animated hits of what I guess were the Katzenberg years, *Little Mermaid* through *Pocahontas*, and I saw them all, some repeatedly, in addition to reading the book versions aloud, and mostly really hated them for various reasons, especially the disloyalty to the sources—they seemed to me to be working to *destroy* the sources, from Hans Christian Andersen to colonial history of Virginia, a... more »
Vatican College Space Holds Bones of Dozens, Expert Says
A genetics expert retained by the family of a girl who went missing in 1983 said that a cavernous underground space near a Vatican cemetery holds thousands of bones.
American Crocodiles Thriving Outside Nuclear Plant
American crocodiles, once headed toward extinction, are thriving at an unusual spot — the canals surrounding a South Florida nuclear plant.
The Shocking Origins of the Jeffrey Epstein Case
Despite his “sweetheart” deal and having seemingly evaded justice, billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was arrested earlier this month on federal charges for sex trafficking minors. Epstein’s arrest has again brought increased media attention to many of his famous friends, the current president among them. Many questions have since been asked about how much Epstein’s … Continue reading The Shocking Origins of the Jeffrey Epstein Case →
The Daily Brief 2019-07-19
This is a summary of 19 AMN articles on the following subjects: Iran, UK, Deir_Ezzor, Syria, Iraq, Salaheddine, IRGC, US, Hama, Idlib, Russia, PKK, Turkey, Hmeimim, ISIS, Mhardeh. Categories covered in this brief: Iran, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, World-News Let us know how you like this brief in the comments below. — The AMN Live Team […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
“A fresh victory for the Donetsk rebels:"
-from *Life News* 7-15-2019 *The* wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was still smoldering in the countryside of eastern Ukraine, the remains of the 298 people aboard strewn across several kilometers of rolling fields of wheat and sunflowers, when Russian media began relaying news of a downed plane in the area. “A fresh victory for the Donetsk rebels: another Ukrainian plane was shot down in the city of Torez,” the anchorwoman for the Kremlin-loyal network* LifeNews* told viewers, referring to Russia-backed separatists fighting Kyiv’s forces in the region known as th... more »
Pageant Winner Ousted for Refusing to Try on a Hijab, “Insensitive” Tweets
[image: pageant-winner-ousted-for-refusing-to-try-on-a-hijab-insensitive-tweets] A legal Chinese immigrant and Trump supporter has been stripped of a beauty pageant crown because of her refusal to try on a hijab in 2018 and for "insensitive" tweets.
July 20: Down and Dirty Time
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/ Does this matter? Probably not. The leading Democrat is Joe Biden whose major advantage is that he doesn't spout extreme views as Trump does - but is really not much different in general policies. The U.S. has a long way to go to reach the 21st century. Or even the twentieth. And the Democrats, for the most part, are no different from the Republicans in kissing up to the rich. American democracy was lost a long, long time ago. And Biden is not going to change that. ___________________________________________________________... more »
Puerto Rico Protests Calling For The Resignation Of Gov. Rosselló Conitnue
*Daily Mail:* *Thousands of protesters march on the home of the Puerto Rico governor demanding he resign amid corruption probe and vulgar chat messaging scandal - as US presidential candidates weigh in calling for him to step down* * Thousands of Puerto Ricans marched on Rossello's residence Friday * Several lawmakers tweeted that they stand with the protesters and also called for Rossello to resign * The protests have been ongoing since July 13, when Rossello's leaked chat messages were published * Some of the messages were vulgar, misogynistic and homophobic * The messages were... more »
To 1969 and Beyond!
So, President Buzz Windrip Lightyear wants to go to the moon, then he doesn't. So, typically, he's set his sights on the planet in the solar system that most closely matches his late life skin tone: Mars. Today also happens to be the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 manned lunar landing but I'll let better minds than mine pontificate on the historical significance of such. My concern here today is that, with Donald Trump now shambling through the West Wing between rounds of golf pretending to be an actual president, is taking us back to 1969 in more ways than his ambivale... more »
Former NSA Contractor Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison After Pleading Guilty To Stealing Top-Secret Documents Over 20 Years
*CBS Baltimore*:* Ex-NSA Contractor Harold Martin Sentenced To 9 Years For Stolen Documents* BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Former National Security Agency contractor Harold ‘Hal’ Martin was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty in March to willful retention of national defense information. Martin admitted to stealing top-secret documents over a 20-year period and storing them at his Glen Burnie home- some, in an unlocked storage shed. Prosecutors said that Martin took over 50 terabytes of information, 300 times what Edward Snowden — another NSA contractor from Maryland — lea... more »
Watch Neil Armstrong make man's first steps on the Moon, just as the world did in 1969
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Experience Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon's surface and the first hours of exploration, using raw archive footage from that historic day 50 years ago.
Big flood, but next to no rain — welcome to the Channel Country
Floodwaters more than 50 kilometres wide came through Queensland's Channel Country earlier this year, but the extended weather forecast is not promising a return to average rainfalls.
Police investigating suspicious death of 82yo woman in Logan
Police are investigating after paramedics found an elderly woman dead in the bedroom of a home south of Brisbane. An 83-year-old man has been arrested but has not been charged.
Gardner's muted debut still a pivotal moment in difficult history of Indigenous cricketers
Through no fault of her own, Ashleigh Gardner's Test debut has been solid but unspectacular. But still, Geoff Lemon writes, her inclusion brings us closer to a day when Indigenous Test cricketers are no longer a rarity.
'Horrific scene' in Sydney's west as woman charged with mother's murder
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*WARNING: This story contains graphic content that some readers may find upsetting. *A 25-year-old woman is charged with murder after allegedly decapitating her mother during a violent argument, witnessed by a four-year-old relative, at St Clair in Sydney's west overnight.
Anti-Brexit protesters call 'national emergency' as Boris blimp takes to the sky
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The successor to Theresa May will be announced this week, and no deal Brexiteer Boris Johnson is tipped to become her replacement.
Big test for WestConnex as school holidays end
One week after Sydney's WestConnex road project opened to the public, the NSW government is preparing for its biggest test — added traffic congestion on the first day back at school.
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The new VH-92A (above) is being worked on by the Navy and other experts after one burneed the White House South Lawn during a test run last September *Bloomberg: **Trump’s New Helicopter Has a Flaw: It Scorches the White House Lawn* The presidential helicopter isn’t supposed to leave scorch marks on the White House lawn. So the Navy and Lockheed Martin Corp. are working to fix a “high risk” problem after the new Marine One did just that in a test without the president on board. The first in a $5 billion fleet of new Marine One helicopters is supposed to be ready to go into servic... more »
GHCN v3.3 vs v4 – Top Level Entry Point
An aggregator posting that lists all the various parts of the investigation into GHCN v3.3 vs v4 in one easy to locate place. Continue reading →
Steve Bannon, China, and the Committee on the Present Danger 4.0
By Kurt Nimmo Steve Bannon is making himself useful. According to The New York Times, he has rekindled the paranoiac fire that fed the Cold... more »
Revisiting Democratic Voting Records 6 Months Into The Term
*There are only 5 freshmen with perfect voting records-- here are 3 of them* In March we decided to take a first look at how the new House members were getting started in the voting department. At the time, 24 freshmen still had 100% perfect scores-- and only 23 had "F" ratings. Today 11 freshmen are still graded "A" and just 5 have perfect scores *and*-- tragically-- there are now 42 with "F"s-- *42*! Thursday, just before they went home, the House voted on HR 582, Bobby Scott's Raise the Wage Act, which would-- if McConnell allowed it to be voted on it the Senate and Trump signed ... more »
Wargames: How Russia Practices Invading Iceland in War Games
*Petri Mäkelä* *Security, Europe* [image: By This image photographed by Brian Burnell with permission was uploaded to Commons by George Hutchinson.To see his entire portfolio, click here.Permission to upload photographs by Brian Burnell is archived in the OTRS system as shown below each image.Thi] Is NATO ready? *It is very important to test these kind of long distance naval operations in advance as the troops and the vehicles on board, must remain combat worthy all the way to the target. * The Russian Northern Fleet has been very active lately, in addition to the usual landing ... more »
Iran Has Its Own 'Maximum Pressure' Campaign Against Trump
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Middle East* [image: https://media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/styles/sourced/s3/2019-04/EA312568-9470-49C5-8CAE-9BD99EDC0E99.jpg?itok=AEP-VIJl] Is a war brewing? *For one year, Tehran continued adhering to the JCPOA. However, the destabilizing effects of the new sanctions proved intolerable.* By most accounts, the United States and Iran came within minutes of armed conflict with each other on June 20, 2019. Around 4:30 AM that morning, a U.S. Navy RQ-4N Global Hawk spy drone flying a routine circuit over international airspace in the Per... more »
Secrets: Everything You Wanted to Know About Israel's Nuclear Weapons
*Daniel R. DePetris* *Security, Middle East* Welcome to the crash-course. The Iranian nuclear nonproliferation agreement has been the top foreign policy issue throughout Washington for the past two months. Approving or disapproving the deal was the first order of business for the U.S. Congress until the very last day of congressional action under the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (September 17). Hours of debate have been conducted on the floors of the House and Senate, both chambers have held roll call votes, and Senate Democrats bonded together to filibuster a motion of d... more »
NYT Does More Weird Science: Heat Waves
Ronald Bailey writes at Reason The New York Times Says Heat Waves Are Getting Worse. The National Climate Assessment Disagrees. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. Americans east of the Rockies are sweltering as daytime temperatures soar toward 100 degrees or more. It is now customary for journalists covering big weather events to speculate on […]
Archbishop of Basra: Reopening of the Church of the Virgin Mary 'A Sign of Hope'
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Basra, Iraq -- The place of worship "reopened only as a sanctuary" to allow the faithful "to pray to the Virgin Mary". A place "open to all" and to which "everyone will have access" without distinction or prohibition on an ethnic or confessional basis.
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 200 – 2019
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Dog refuses to leave spot where owner died for over a year
A devoted dog has refused to leave the scene of where his owner died in a car crash 18 months ago. Locals have tried to coax the dog away from the roadside while others have tried to adopt him, but he always returns to the same spot. Nafpaktia News reported that the dog’s owner was killed by a cement mixer on November 8, 2017 in a Greek town on a remote road. Since that time the dog has stayed at the accident scene. He only moves away to find shade in the hot sun. People in the town have built a little shelter for him and regularly give him food and water. They are likening the ... more »
Wipeout: Now Leftists are Coming for Your Toilet Paper
[image: wipeout-now-leftists-are-coming-for-your-toilet-paper] Do leftists want to MADA, Make America Dirty Again? A clue is provided by some of the cities they run, dotted as they are with human feces. Now there’s a related clue, too: Some leftists would make toilet paper the next plastic straw (which itself was the next SUV) and start a war on it.
Is the State Sovereign?
States or governments are never sovereign -- they are at best legitimate. The individual is sovereign and rights reside only in the individual. The legitimacy of government is derived from its protection of the many and broad sovereign rights of the individuals within its territory of operation. It is this individual rights protection service that justifies the existence of government. To say that a government or state is sovereign is the equivalent of saying that all rights reside in the government and the state hands out such privileges as it sees fit to individuals. Those privile... more »
W.O.O.D. – 20 July 2019
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'The caviar of shark fins': one of world's most threatened fish seeks safe haven in NT waters
Almost all the world's species of rhino rays are critically endangered, based on devastating declines of more than 80 per cent over the past few decades due to the shark fin soup trade in Asia. But the rays have been sheltering in the safe and shallow waters of the Top End.
Farming families call for a tax break to send their kids to boarding school
Rural parents in Western Australia who have no choice but to send their kids to boarding schools are calling on the government to help manage expensive education fees.
Manufacturing is in retreat, threatening to take the global economy down with it
The pulse across the global industrial heartland is getting weaker and it is one of the key reasons central banks are back cutting interest rates, writes Stephen Letts.
When Byron Bay made the US press, locals took a long hard look at themselves
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After a US magazine visited the far-north NSW coast town, Byron Bay was abuzz. Dig a little deeper and the stories pour forth from angered locals.
The slow death of the corner store, an Australian neighbourhood icon
The neighbourhood corner store was once a colourful and vibrant hallmark of typical suburban life, but the rise of multinational corporations and our on-demand lifestyle is slowly killing them off.
'Code can be beautiful': the Aussies turning computer code into music
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Enter the world of live-coding, where musicians form new and interesting sounds by creating algorithms in real time. The artists leading Australia's small local scene want more people to give it a go.
'People are willing to pay:' How high-end cheese is reshaping a country town
Australian dairy production is dropping, but a town in Victoria's Western District is taking advantage of changing consumer tastes to turn its fortunes around.
'No longer worthless': Youth lead mental health charge on Sydney's northern beaches
Sydney's idyllic northern beaches saw a spate of youth suicides last year — but support networks reject claims of a crisis. Instead, they're encouraging young people to find solutions themselves.
Attenborough's 'remarkable' fossil deposit is still giving up its secrets
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In the depths of rural Queensland is a fossil deposit so amazing that Sir David Attenborough regards it as one of the most important palaeontological sites in the world.
Where's the water? The problem with the push for an agricultural precinct in the outback
The NT Government has been pushing for more agricultural development in the Red Centre, but farmers are now getting told there's not enough water.
'We've got you, we won't let you die': The safe space for addicts and the church that fought to open it
Should a religious group help people use heroin? That's the question the Uniting Church faced when it fought to run a safe injection centre in Sydney's Kings Cross, after the Vatican pulled its support.
Yellow crazy ants found at gateway to pristine Whitsunday Islands
A north Queensland council is working with the State Government to stamp out an invasive crazy ant species — capable of causing devastation to native wildlife — before it reaches the Whitsunday Islands.
A Tale Of Two NASAs
Fifty years ago today, thousands of engineers, scientists and astronauts put a man on the moon. This required near perfection, honesty and integrity from everyone involved. But NASA is no longer able to put people in space, and rely on … Continue reading →
The End Is Near …
The end of the Arctic melting scam is near. This week should be peak ice loss in the Arctic Basin, and there is little or no ice being lost. Index of /DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/north/daily/images/2019/07_Jul/ Meanwhile, climate alarmists are screaming about an imaginary … Continue reading →
NASA GISS surface temperature trends are guesses, made-up data
“These datasets are products of simulation models and data assimilation software, not real data,” Dr. Nakamura added. “This problem has been present in data products produced by all institutions from the beginning – NASA, NOAA, NCEP, ECMWF, UMet, etc.” click … Continue reading →
Weird Situation – President Trump Requests Consideration for U.S. Rapper A$AP Rocky Held in Stockholm…
At first blush this story is just odd. A U.S. rap star has been held in prison for two weeks following a fight in Stockholm, Sweden. Various people, including celebrities, have reached out to the White House and President Trump … Continue reading →
"We've Arrived At The End Of The Road"
*"We've Arrived At The End Of The Road"* by Adam Taggart "When Richard Nixon closed the gold window in August 1971, fully severing the US dollar from its gold standard, the Federal Reserve and other world central banks found themselves liberated. No longer was their ability to provide liquidity constrained by the physical limitations of the gold supply. The Fed started intervening more and more during times of slowing growth to goose the economy back to vigor. Cheered and further egged on by politicians happy for easy solutions and desperate to avoid having to make tough calls, cen... more »
What We Know About the Army's New 'Bullets'
*Gun News Daily* *Security, Americas* [image: Reuters] Game changer or no big deal? *Something we do know about the new 6.8mm army caliber is that the recoil is significantly more than that of the 5.56 (due to the fact that it is a larger bullet), so periods of sustained fire will be more difficult.* You may not have heard, but late last year it was decided that the United States army would be ditching the traditional 5.56x45mm NATO and 7.62x51mm NATO rounds for an entirely new caliber in the form of the 6.8mm. While we don’t know much about the 6.8mm so far, we do know that it i... more »
The Air Force's Hypersonic X-15s Had a Top Speed of Mach 6.7
*Dario Leone* *Security, Americas* A record-setter. *The X-15s set an absolute speed record of Mach 6.7 and an absolute altitude record of 354,000 feet which qualified several of its program pilots for astronaut wings.* The X-15 is a famous and significant part of aviation history. Its purpose was to fly high and fast, testing the machine and subjecting pilots to conditions that future astronauts would face. It made the first manned flights to the edges of space and was the world’s first piloted aircraft to reach hypersonic speeds, or more than five times the speed of sound. Th... more »
The Air Force Has Sent Stealth F-22 Raptors to Qatar to Deter Iran
*David Axe* *Technology, Middle East* [image: (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)] Very powerful. *Since becoming operational in 2005, the F-22 has achieved roughly a 50-percent readiness rate, on average -- one of the lowest rates of all U.S. fighter types. The Raptor's complex systems and delicate, radar-absorbing coating require intensive maintenance.* The U.S. Air Force on June 27, 2019 *deployed* F-22 Raptor stealth fighters for the first time to Qatar as part of a build-up of forces ahead of a possible clash with Iran. The Air Force did not specify ho... more »
BWorld 350, Logistics, infrastructure and the consumers
* My column in BusinessWorld last Thursday, July 18, 2019. Last Monday, upon the invitation of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), I attended the 2nd Logistics Services Conference and Exhibition at the Philippine International Convention Center. I was invited as media and I attended the press conference led by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez, flanked by leaders of various private industry associations and government officials from the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the Export... more »
Who Was Epstein Working For?
[image: undefined] I’ve had many strange experiences in my decades of covering intelligence affairs. These run from being invited to KGB HQ in Moscow, Chinese intelligence in Beijing, US intelligence in Virginia, Libyan intelligence in Tripoli, South African intelligence, and even Albanian intelligence in Tirana. But none was odder than the day I was invited to lunch in New York City with the by now notorious figure Jeffrey Epstein. The golden boy of Manhattan and Palm Beach society now sits in a grim jail cell accused of having sex with underage girls. He’s been doing this in plai... more »
Peruvian volcano cuts loose – Lots of ash
Powerful explosive eruption at Ubinas volcano in Peru. Ash plumes rising around 6km (20,000ft) above the volcano – 12km (40,000ft) above sea level. Seismic activity is very high: Around 400 earthquakes per day. Ashfall was reported in the villages across the region – in the towns of Ubinas, Escacha, Anascapa, Matalaque, San Miguel, Huarina and ... Read morePeruvian volcano cuts loose – Lots of ash The post Peruvian volcano cuts loose – Lots of ash appeared first on Ice Age Now.
Strongest Summer Jet Stream to Hit Pacific Northwest EVER!
“This looks like January, not July,”says Cliff Mass on his Weather and Climate Blog. 18 July 2019 – It was “an extraordinary weather event,” says Mass. “A record that was not only broken, but shattered to little pieces,” “The jet stream is a narrow current of strong winds in the upper troposphere (roughly 25,000 ft ... Read moreStrongest Summer Jet Stream to Hit Pacific Northwest EVER! The post Strongest Summer Jet Stream to Hit Pacific Northwest EVER! appeared first on Ice Age Now.
The Moon and Capitalism
The Moon landing 50 years ago today ranks as the most audacious *and spectacular* event of the 20th century. Billions watched Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin goofing about the surface, and for a moment it appeared - at least transmitted by retrospective commemorations - that the human race was united in awe. For the first time members of our species escaped the gravity well of our world and took we took our first steps onto a body other than the Earth. It represented the pinnacle of human ingenuity, and was testament to the courage of the men prepared to risk a lingering, public dea... more »
Hezbollah allegedly preparing for war with Israel after Syrian conflict: US newspaper
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 A.M.) – Hezbollah is allegedly preparing for war with Israel after taking part in the Syrian conflict for more than six years, the U.S. publication, The Daily Beast, reported on Friday. According to the publication, Hezbollah has strengthened their forces along Israel’s border with both Lebanon and Syria in preparation for an […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Russian, Syrian forces launch largest attack of year on jihadist stronghold
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 P.M.) – The Syrian and Russian forces launched their largest attack of the year over the key town of Khan Sheikhoun in southern Idlib. According to a military source in the nearby Hama Governorate, the Russian and Syrian forces launched more than 30 air and missile strikes on Khan Sheikhoun, hitting several […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
British warship tried stop Iran from seizing oil tankers: IRGC
A Royal Navy warship escorting the Stena Impero tanker before its Friday detention by the IRGC attempted to put up “resistance and interference” to stop the Iranian military from bringing the tanker to shore, IRGC spokesman Brig. Gen. Ramezan Sharif has said, Fars News Agency has reported. Earlier, Iranian media reported that the UK-flagged tanker was […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
US military convoy enters Syria with heavy equipment destined for SDF-held territories: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 P.M.) – A U.S. military convoy entered Syria this weekend to deliver new equipment to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the pro-militant Halab Today TV reported on Saturday. According to the report, the U.S. military convoy consisted of many trucks and entered northeastern Syria from northwestern Iraq. The Syrian Democratic Forces […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Unconfirmed reports claim Israel carried out rare attack in Iraq
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) – The Israeli Air Force was allegedly behind the missile attack on a Hashd Al-Sha’abi base in the Salaheddine Governorate of Iraq, the Russian publication Avia.Pro reported on Saturday. According to the Russian publication, the Israeli forces fired several rockets at the base, which allegedly had members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز - The Arab Source
Apollo at 50. Plus updates from space
I was 18 years old, had just survived my frosh year at Caltech, envious of those I heard were heading to a rock concert back east while I worked the unner hauling a radio astronomer's tapes on and off an IBM360-75... and I recall watching Walter Cronkite interview Robert Heinlein and Ray Bradbury, with all of them in tears of joy. And seeing Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov hold forth on other networks, as a nation and world came to realize that Earth is not enough. The rest of the universe is palpable and real; you can step on it! And a literature that looks forward just might ha... more »
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