Tuesday, June 3, 2014

In the news, Sunday, May 18, 2014


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MAY 17      INDEX      MAY 19
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Some links to some sources may require subscription.

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from Al Jazeera America

Trouble at the Wanapum Dam in Washington
Improperly cured concrete and mathematical errors during construction 55 years ago leads to issues today.

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from Breitbart
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from The Heritage Foundation  (The Foundry)

Jeb Hensarling to Outline a New ‘Time for Choosing’
A coalition of taxpayer-advocacy groups, formed to tell Americans why Congress should pull the plug on taxpayer-backed loans for foreign interests to buy U.S. goods, expects to get a boost this week when Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) takes on corporate cronyism in a speech at The Heritage Foundation.

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from Huffington Post

from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)

Will Persecution Increase Under New Government in India?
ICC Note: As the Hindu nationalist group BJP looks set to form the center of India's next national government, many Christians are left wondering whether persecution will increase under their rule. In states where BJP already controls, Christians suffer more restrictions and less protection than Christians in states where BJP is not in control. The right to religious freedom is included in India's constitution, but the questions now is whether the new government will respect and enforce that right.

Egypt’s Christians Keep Fingers Crossed for Next President
ICC Note: Egypt's presidential elections draw near, and residents like Sally Majdy delay thoughts of migrating out of Egypt to witness the results of the election. Some Christians are beginning to feel more comfortable as the election draws near due to the campaign promises of no more discrimination from both candidates. This shift in view is critical as the number of Christians are dwindling due to heavy migrating patterns from persecution and discrimination. Concerns about the rule of law and the security situation for religious minorities remain serious issues that Egypt's Christian community is watching.

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from Jen Kuznicki

The ‘You’re Not As Smart As You Think You Are’ Economy

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from Media Research Center (MRC)
(CNSNews.com & NewsBusters)  RIGHT BIAS, MIXED
nonprofit media watchdog for politically conservative content analysis based in Reston, Virginia

Juan Williams Returns to Scene of Firing at NPR, But Only to Laud Hillary In 2016 As a Feminist 'Steamroller'

Bill Kristol Slams New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger: ‘Mr. Liberal, Mr. Democrat’
Appearing as a guest on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Bill Kristol, editor of the conservative publication the Weekly Standard, mocked liberals’ outrage over the firing of Jill Abramson as editor of The New York Times.



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from NBC News (& affiliates)

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from ScienceDaily

Illuminating neuron activity in 3-D: New technique lets scientists monitor small worm's entire nervous system
Researchers have created an imaging system that reveals neural activity throughout the brains of living animals. This technique, the first that can generate 3-D movies of entire brains at the millisecond timescale, could help scientists discover how neuronal networks process sensory information and generate behavior.

Scientists discover how to turn light into matter after 80-year quest
Physicists have discovered how to create matter from light -- a feat thought impossible when the idea was first theorized 80 years ago. In just one day over several cups of coffee in a tiny office, three physicists worked out a relatively simple way to physically prove a theory first devised by scientists Breit and Wheeler in 1934. Breit and Wheeler suggested that it should be possible to turn light into matter by smashing together only two particles of light (photons), to create an electron and a positron -- the simplest method of turning light into matter ever predicted. The calculation was found to be theoretically sound, but Breit and Wheeler said that they never expected anybody to physically demonstrate their prediction.

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from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

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from The Sydney Morning Herald - smh.com.au


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from The Wall Street Journal

Republicans Defend Questioning Hillary Clinton’s Health

Bill, Hillary and the Haiti Debacle
Haitians are upset by the reconstruction effort managed by the Clintons.

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from The Washington Post (DC)
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