Posts Tagged ‘unique’

Nature heals: Living in green neighborhoods linked with significantly lower risk of illness

     A new study of a quarter-million Miami-Dade County Medicare beneficiaries showed that higher levels of neighborhood greenness, including trees, grass and other vegetation, were linked to a significant reduction in the rate of chronic illnesses, particularly in low-to-middle income neighborhoods. Led by researchers at the University of Miami Department of Public Health Sciences at […]

Russia says Iran missile tests ‘don’t violate’ UN resolution

“We do not think these launches violate Resolution 2231, because the resolution does not ban the tests,” the head of the ministry’s Department for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Weapons Control, Mikhail Ulyanov, told the Interfax. A Security Council resolution, adopted after the Iran nuclear deal was signed last year, calls for Iran not to launch any […]

Scariest Theories Known to Man‏

#8 Quantum Suicide/Quantum Immortality A man sits down before a gun, which is pointed at his head. This is no ordinary gun; i­t’s rigged to a machine that measures the spin of a quantum particle. Each time the trigger is pulled, the spin of the quantum particle — or quark — is measured. Depending on the […]

Stalking Jaws: $250k drones to safeguard Aussie swimmers from sharks (PHOTO)

The mini-copter – nicknamed the “Little Ripper” – is being billed as the “future of rescue” and may help warn swimmers about nearby hunters of the deep.  Built in the US, the device carries an inflatable raft and GPS tracking device which can be dropped to distressed swimmers caught adrift in open water, the Sydney Morning […]

Good, bad terrorist division demolishes Syrian peace process

Madrid, Feb 19, IRNA – Some countries’ efforts aimed at dividing the terrorist into good and bad categories has negative aftermaths and will eventually demolish the Syrian peace process, said deputy foreign minister for EU and American affairs here on Friday. Majid Takhte-Ravanchi who arrived in Madrid on Thursday evening made the comment in a […]

How your language shapes your brain and personality

     The language you are introduced to affects the structure of your brain, influences how you see the world and who you are. But what if you speak two languages? Can learning a language rewire your brain? As our species evolved parts of our brain expanded, resulting in more computing power for language. It’s what […]

Man Dies in Condom Machine Robbery

Two other men took the victim to a hospital in Schoeppingen, where he died later from his injuries. The men told staff that he had fallen down stairs and injured his head, according to a local police report. During police questioning one of the men admitted this was a lie, and that he died as […]

People Power: Fired Idaho lunch lady offered job back after social media storm

     An Idaho school district has offered to hire back a cafeteria worker fired over a $1.70 school lunch which she had given to a hungry student, after international news coverage of her plight and a backlash on social media. Dalene Bowden, who worked at Irving Middle School in southeastern Idaho, was fired last week […]

People Power: Fired Idaho lunch lady offered job back after social media storm

     An Idaho school district has offered to hire back a cafeteria worker fired over a $1.70 school lunch which she had given to a hungry student, after international news coverage of her plight and a backlash on social media. Dalene Bowden, who worked at Irving Middle School in southeastern Idaho, was fired last week […]

People Power: Fired Idaho lunch lady offered job back after social media storm

     An Idaho school district has offered to hire back a cafeteria worker fired over a $1.70 school lunch which she had given to a hungry student, after international news coverage of her plight and a backlash on social media. Dalene Bowden, who worked at Irving Middle School in southeastern Idaho, was fired last week […]

People Power: Fired Idaho lunch lady offered job back after social media storm

     An Idaho school district has offered to hire back a cafeteria worker fired over a $1.70 school lunch which she had given to a hungry student, after international news coverage of her plight and a backlash on social media. Dalene Bowden, who worked at Irving Middle School in southeastern Idaho, was fired last week […]

People Power: Fired Idaho lunch lady offered job back after social media storm

     An Idaho school district has offered to hire back a cafeteria worker fired over a $1.70 school lunch which she had given to a hungry student, after international news coverage of her plight and a backlash on social media. Dalene Bowden, who worked at Irving Middle School in southeastern Idaho, was fired last week […]

People Power: Fired Idaho lunch lady offered job back after social media storm

     An Idaho school district has offered to hire back a cafeteria worker fired over a $1.70 school lunch which she had given to a hungry student, after international news coverage of her plight and a backlash on social media. Dalene Bowden, who worked at Irving Middle School in southeastern Idaho, was fired last week […]

People Power: Fired Idaho lunch lady offered job back after social media storm

     An Idaho school district has offered to hire back a cafeteria worker fired over a $1.70 school lunch which she had given to a hungry student, after international news coverage of her plight and a backlash on social media. Dalene Bowden, who worked at Irving Middle School in southeastern Idaho, was fired last week […]

Europe and the Final Solution

A common topic is how to deal with the refugee crisis. It is perfectly understandable that Europeans, mindful of their security and their children’s future, should be concerned. Unsurprisingly, getting rid of the unwanted non-Europeans is seen to be the priority concern. Here, some suggest putting the horse in front of the cart. It […]

Unpublicized and deadly: High levels of uranium contaminates water in US western farming regions

     In a trailer park tucked among irrigated orchards that help make California’s San Joaquin Valley the richest farm region in the world, 16-year-old Giselle Alvarez, one of the few English-speakers in the community of farmworkers, puzzles over the notices posted on front doors: There’s a danger in their drinking water. Uranium, the notices warn, […]

You’ll Never Believe How These Activists Spent Thanksgiving

Michaela Whitton (AM) : While millions wore seasonal sweaters, carved the turkey, and squabbled with their families on Thursday, a group of activists set a Thanksgiving table of empty plates outside the notorious U.S. naval base, Guantánamo Bay. PHOTO: CASSANDRA MONROE/U.S. NATIONAL GUARD Fourteen members of Witness Against Torture — a group who have campaigned […]

4.7 magnitude earthquake among 7 recorded in 1 day in Oklahoma, becoming one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the world

     At least seven earthquakes rattled north-central Oklahoma on Monday, including one felt as far away as Iowa, prompting concern from residents and policymakers that the state isn’t doing enough to curb the quakes that scientists have linked to oil and gas activity. Oklahoma has become one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the world, […]

Swedish woman raped by "refugee" refuses to report it because she feels sorry for him

From: infowars.com Victim sympathized with rapist’s “difficult situation” A Swedish woman who was raped by an Iraqi “refugee” on a train initially refused to report the incident to police because she ‘felt sorry’ for her attacker. The incident occurred on a night train between Umeå and Sundsvall back in October. […]

Facebook gives sneak peek into sci-fi future

Mike Schroepfer is sitting in a conference room inside Facebook’s Frank Gehry-designed headquarters. His ultra-modern surroundings—22-foot ceilings, raw steel beams, polished concrete pathways that flow through acres of open desks—suit his responsibilities. Schroepfer, the company’s chief technology officer known around Facebook as “Schrep,” works on the stuff of science fiction. High-altitude drones that blanket swaths […]

Brazil police force bans smartphones, social media on job

When I brought home review models of Amazon’s Echo speaker, a sort of smart, voice-controlled speaker, and two Dash buttons that reorder household products with a single touch, I wasn’t convinced I’d find them all that useful … Source Article from http://phys.org/news/2015-10-brazil-police-smartphones-social-media.html

Tell Obama: Even War Has Rules

Print Friendly Above photo: Dr. Joanne Liu, President of MSF International, while visiting Kunduz Trauma Center, Afghanistan, February 2015. Kim Clausen. MSF. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls for State activation of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission to investigate Afghanistan bombing. Note: Popular Resistance joins MSF’s call for an independent investigation into the US Military’s bombing of […]

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