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from ABC News (& affiliates)
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from About.com
What Is Bitcoin? How Does Bitcoin Work?
What Are Bitcoins, and Why Is There So Much Controversy Around Them?
Things Not To Do in New York City
Avoid these common tourist mistakes on your NYC vacation
12 Etiquette Rules You're Probably Breaking
Forgetting to introduce people; Taking a call on your cell phone when you are at the cash register;
Forgetting about the presence of service people; Yelling at the children in public; Boasting about anything; Coughing or sneezing on others; Blatantly eavesdropping; Gagging your coworkers and friends with fragrance; Being bossy; Hogging equipment at the gym; Blocking traffic in a public place; Being indecisive about an RSVP.
Avoid these common tourist mistakes on your NYC vacation
12 Etiquette Rules You're Probably Breaking
Forgetting to introduce people; Taking a call on your cell phone when you are at the cash register;
Forgetting about the presence of service people; Yelling at the children in public; Boasting about anything; Coughing or sneezing on others; Blatantly eavesdropping; Gagging your coworkers and friends with fragrance; Being bossy; Hogging equipment at the gym; Blocking traffic in a public place; Being indecisive about an RSVP.
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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)
More Lerner Emails, More Evidence of Washington Directed Targeting, Cover-Up
The VA’s Disgrace and Bureaucracies’ Inevitable Failure
Pro-Abortion Governor Bullies State Health Reps. to Resign, Takes Aim at Clinic Safety StandardsPro-abortion Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has successfully bullied at least four members of the state board of health to resign in order to appoint radical pro-abortion replacements.
Boko Haram and the Obama State Department’s Deadly Wishful ThinkingBoko Haram has long been a vile and despicable terrorist organization that has committed some of the most brutally heinous acts against humanity imaginable, but only now is the Obama State Department – with its hand forced – beginning to truly confront their atrocities.
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from Al Jazeera America
BIGGEST NSA LEAKS ARE YET TO COME, GLENN GREENWALD SAYS IN INTERVIEW
Former Guardian journalist speaks to Al Jazeera's John Seigenthaler about NSA leaks and Edward Snowden’s life in Russia.
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from Allen West
Sam’s kiss was “brave?” Villanueva has a Bronze Star – now THAT’S brave.
The NFL draft is over and there was much ado over former Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel and the first openly gay football player, Michael Sam. Of course, more media attention was given to Sam and “that kiss” when he learned he was drafted. However, has anyone heard even a peep about Alejandro Villanueva? Well, he was picked up by the Philadelphia Eagles – a strapping fella at 6’9″ and most important, a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, and a former Army Ranger.
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from Breitbart
BEN SASSE: THE TED TALK TEA PARTIER
CLIMATE SCIENCE DEFECTOR FORCED TO RESIGN BY ALARMIST 'FATWA'
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from Business Insider
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]14 logical fallacies that keep showing up in bad arguments
Making a good argument is about using logic to prove a conclusion based on some given facts. In a valid argument, the conclusion actually does follow from the facts. Unfortunately, this can go wrong in many ways. Facts don't always support conclusions in the way an argument's author thinks they do. Sometimes, conditional statements get improperly reversed, or causes and effects get mixed up. Fallacies show up in online arguments, political debates, and justifications for unjust things. Here are some of the most common fallacies and why they don't work logically.
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from CBS News (& affiliates)
Christian Coalition: Double Standard Between Reactions For Sam, Tebow
The complexion of the National Football League changed last Saturday after Michael Sam became the first openly gay player to be drafted. With the league and the media seemingly embracing Sam, attention has turned to a player that’s not currently playing – Tim Tebow – and raising questions if there is a double standard on how the two were received and treated.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Jon Stewart Calls Out Hypocritical Harry Reid for Defending Wealthy Backer of His Own
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from Columbia Basin Herald
Arson Task Force to address string of recent firesMary Perry to sit on MLIRD board
Grant County commissioners appointed Mary Perry to fill the vacant seat on the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District's Board of Directors.
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from The Daily Beast
New Benghazi Investigation Spooks GOP Leaders
It’s not just the Democrats who are opposed to a new select committee looking into the Benghazi attacks. Many top Republicans are uneasy, too.
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from The Daily Caller
Thune, HHS Nominee Burwell Battle At Confirmation Hearing
New Emails: Democratic Senator Pressured IRS To Target Groups
New plan in the works for old St. Anthony site
The Pendleton Development Commission is considering the possibility of annexing the recently abandoned St. Anthony Hospital property into the city’s Urban Renewal District, which could create a windfall of tax revenue for the district. But an arduous approval process and other lingering concerns could keep the commission from incorporating the old hospital site anytime soon.
Ohio Family’s Baby Photos Stolen on Facebook
There are a couple of key takeaways from this story: 1. Be careful who you friend in the first place and limit what acquaintances can see on your profile. 2. Be mindful of the privacy settings of your Facebook photos. Always remember that your profile image and cover photo and public by default and this can't be changed!
Does Paul Ryan Want Your Children To Live In the 19th Century?
New Emails: Democratic Senator Pressured IRS To Target Groups
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from East Oregonian
New plan in the works for old St. Anthony site
The Pendleton Development Commission is considering the possibility of annexing the recently abandoned St. Anthony Hospital property into the city’s Urban Renewal District, which could create a windfall of tax revenue for the district. But an arduous approval process and other lingering concerns could keep the commission from incorporating the old hospital site anytime soon.
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from Facecrooks (& Bitdefender)
Ohio Family’s Baby Photos Stolen on Facebook
There are a couple of key takeaways from this story: 1. Be careful who you friend in the first place and limit what acquaintances can see on your profile. 2. Be mindful of the privacy settings of your Facebook photos. Always remember that your profile image and cover photo and public by default and this can't be changed!
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from The Farmacy
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Beware of The #1 Cause of Acute Liver DamageOver-the-counter pharmaceuticals Tylenol, Excedrin, NyQuil, Theraflu, and prescription painkillers Vicoden and Percocet all contain acetaminophen. This ingredient has forced almost 80,000 ER (emergency room) visits, 26,000 hospitalizations, and around 500 deaths annually.
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Beware of The #1 Cause of Acute Liver DamageOver-the-counter pharmaceuticals Tylenol, Excedrin, NyQuil, Theraflu, and prescription painkillers Vicoden and Percocet all contain acetaminophen. This ingredient has forced almost 80,000 ER (emergency room) visits, 26,000 hospitalizations, and around 500 deaths annually.
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from The Federalist
Yes! Says The Huffington Post.
Can Activists Transform Abortion Into A ‘Positive’ Event?
The crusade to remove the pretense of any limits on abortion whatsoever
It’s True: Fatherhood Isn’t For SuckersFatherhood is for men who aren't overly preoccupied with happiness. But what they find along the way may surprise them.
The Trouble With Rubio
Why the idea of Marco Rubio is far more enticing than the reality.
Is Divorce Bad For Children?I know that divorce is bad for children. I know it because I’ve seen it, I’ve lived it.
Can Activists Transform Abortion Into A ‘Positive’ Event?
The crusade to remove the pretense of any limits on abortion whatsoever
It’s True: Fatherhood Isn’t For SuckersFatherhood is for men who aren't overly preoccupied with happiness. But what they find along the way may surprise them.
The Trouble With Rubio
Why the idea of Marco Rubio is far more enticing than the reality.
Is Divorce Bad For Children?I know that divorce is bad for children. I know it because I’ve seen it, I’ve lived it.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
The Big-Box Effect
Opposition to big-box stores discounts their benefits to consumers—and to the very mom and pop stores they supposedly destroy. It’s not that they all went out of business—although some probably did. It’s that they changed. Mom and pop specialized.
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Murdoch-owned media hypes lone metereologist's climate junk science
Absurd anti-science faux journalism flares up again - as usual, it's Big Oil that's set to benefit, not the public
Net neutrality: what is it and why does it matter?
The FCC meets Thursday to discuss new rules for regulating the web. James Ball explains the latest challenge to net neutrality
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from The Heritage Foundation (The Foundry)
What Happens If There Is No Employer Mandate for Obamacare?
Obamacare’s employer mandate has negative labor market effects, particularly for low-income Americans. Even think tanks that support Obamacare have realized it broke the labor market, particularly for low-skilled workers.
This Just In: Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance Is Constitutional in Massachusetts
We’ve known since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in 1943 in the case of West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette that it violated the First Amendment to compel students to say the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. But does it violate the Constitution to give students the option to say the pledge? Last week, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that voluntary participation in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance did not violate Massachusetts’ state constitution or its anti-discrimination law, and the ruling should inform a proper understanding of the U.S. Constitution as well.
Military Expert Warns Amnesty Push Politicizes U.S. National Security
An amnesty provision for illegal immigrants, if attached to a defense bill, would politicize national security and “make a mockery of U.S. immigration law,” The Heritage Foundation’s top foreign and defense policy expert said today.
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from Huffington Post
Study Finds Irrigation Could Trigger California Earthquakes
Excessive groundwater pumping for irrigation in California's agricultural belt can stress the San Andreas Fault, potentially increasing the risk of future small earthquakes, a new study suggests.
5 Important Lessons From The Biggest E-Cigarette Study
Those colorfully lit e-cigarettes are giving off way more than just "harmless water vapor," according to a comprehensive new study review by UC San Francisco's Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. Users could also be inhaling and exhaling low levels of chemicals such as formaldehyde, propylene glycol and acetaldehyde (to name a few), and this secondhand vapor could be a potentially toxic source of indoor air pollution.
Russia Targets Space Station Project In Retaliation For U.S. Sanctions
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Moscow would reject a U.S. request to prolong the orbiting station's use beyond 2020. It will also bar Washington from using Russian-made rocket engines to launch military satellites.
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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)
State allocates $2 million to fix MLIRD dam on Moses Lake
Task force created to catch person responsible for 30 arson fires
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from IFL Science
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If You Think It’s Easy to Get Into the U.S. Military, Think Again: Rising Number Turned Away from Service
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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)
Sixty-Eight Lawyers in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy
Series of Incidents Involving Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Highlights Widespread Abuse
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that 68 lawyers in Pakistan have had blasphemy charges filed against them after holding a series of protests. This is just the latest in a series of incidents highlighting the abuse of Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws. Last week, a defense lawyer in a blasphemy case was gunned down after receiving death threats in open court. These events were preceded by three Christians being sentenced to death after being convicted of committing blasphemy, and the continued delay in the case appealing the blasphemy conviction against Asia Bibi.
Christianity Is Essential To The Region’s Fabric
ICC Note: The Coptic Pope Tawadros II and Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch John X Al Yazigi met with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi this week. The meeting between such important figures demonstrates a marked difference from the reality faced by Christians in many places throughout the Arab world. Christians have been facing intense suffering, not just as a vulnerable minority in the midst of political upheaval, but directly as the targets of sectarian rhetoric that has incited violence along religious lines.
The Rise of Anti-Christianity in the West
ICC Note: The following opinion piece by Wallace Henley for the Christian Post takes a look at the cultural process gradually marginalizing and eventually seeking to eliminate Christianity from the public sphere in the United States. The article provides some key insights and examples into how Pastor Henley believes this process is taking place. ICC regularly monitors incidents of anti-Christian discrimination in the United States, incidents which appear to have grown increasingly frequent over the past two decades.
House Church Pastor Beaten Into A Coma by State Church Staffs in China
ICC Note: We translated the Chinese article into English and it reported a conflict between a house church and “three-self” church over the ownership of a church building in Wuhan, China. The house church pastor, Wu Qixi, was beaten to a coma during a physical conflict. According to the report, the church building was bought and built by the house church pastor, however, was forcefully taken over by the “three-self” government church five years ago with a promise to allow Pastor Wu to return after three years. However, the government reneged when Pastor Wu and several believers came to claim the church building last week. Those brawlers went away unpunished.
HGTV Cancels Real Estate Show Over Hosts Christian Values
ICC Note: Last week, the Home & Garden Television Channel (HGTV) canceled a reality show set to debut in the channels Fall lineup after lobbying groups complained that the hosts, both conservative Christians, were anti-gay and pro-life. The hosts, twin brothers David and Jason Benham, are graduates of Liberty University and told Fox News "If our faith costs us a television show then so be it." They went on to say, "with all of the grotesque things that can be seen and heard on television, you would think there would be room for two twin brothers who are faithful to our families, committed to biblical principles, and dedicated professionals."
Iranian Christians Tortured In Prison
ICC Note: An Iranian Christian who was arrested by Iranian intelligence agents on May 5 has now reported that he is being tortured by guards while he is in captivity. Silas Rabbani is just one of the latest to suffer under Iran’s crackdown on religious minorities.
Nigerian State Confirms Military Offensive to Locate and Free Girls Abducted by Boko Haram
ICC Note: Breaking news details confirmations by the Nigerian state that a military offensive has been launched to locate and release more than 270 girls kidnapped and bing held by Boko Haram militants, reportedly somewhere deep in the Sambisa forest. Taken the night of April 14 from Chibok and May 5 from Warabe, the girls have faced sale into domestic and sexual servitudes and forced marriages as well as forced conversion. In a video released Monday, Boko Haram leader and spokesman, Abubakar Shekau, spoke to images of the girls dressed in Islamic hijabs and reciting Quran'ic passages.
Hospital Employee Ordered to Remove “God Bless America” from E-Mail Signature
ICC Note: In yet another case of discrimination against Christian belief in the workplace, a military veteran and hospital employee in California has been ordered to remove "God Bless America" from his work e-mail signature. The hospital employee, Boots Hawks, complied with the order but told his supervisor that he would seek legal counsel, for which he was placed on two days leave for "insubordination." Eventually, the hospital issued a new policy requiring all employees to adopt a standardized signature block with no deviations.
Kansas School Ends Policy Banning Religious Materials
ICC Note: In a small victory for religious liberty in the US, a Kansas middle school has ended its ban against religious materials that blocked students from passing out flyers advertising a "See You at the Pole" prayer event. Religious students and parents are increasingly facing an uphill battle over the freedom to express and hold events related to their faith inside the public school system. Often, the discriminatory regulations by school's or entire school districts are designed to prevent Christian materials or advertisements of Christian events from being distributed on school grounds, though this is in most cases a clear violation of the U.S Constitutions guarantee of religious freedom.
Iraq’s Vanishing Christians
ICC Note: The massive departure of Christians from Iraq has been a concern for church leaders and observers for the past few years. In the decade since the removal of Saddam Hussein the number of Christians has fallen by over a million. Estimates now place the number at just some 150,000-400,000 down from nearly two million. Louis Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean church, has issued numerous calls for Iraqi Christians to stay in the region and has been critical of Western countries that have facilitated the exodus of Iraqi Christians.
Human Rights and Faith-Based Organizations Hold Prayer Vigil, Public Witness at Nigerian Embassy
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Faith leaders and human rights organizations held a prayer vigil and public witness at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 14, at 9:30am, as part the #BringBackOurGirls Campaign.
Chief Justice Says Pakistan Must Better Protect Religious Minorities
ICC Note: Sitting on a three-judge bench hearing a suo motu case regarding the bombing of All Saints Church, Chief Justice Tassaduq Hassain Jillani stated that Pakistan must do more to protect religious minorities. Christians and other religious minorities have become increasing insecure in Pakistan as religious intolerance and violence has escalated. False blasphemy accusations, forced conversions to Islam and attacks on homes and places of worship only begin to list the issues faced by Pakistan's religious minority population. Is this statement by the Chief Justice the first step towards real change in Pakistan? Is real change even possible anymore?
Catholic Hospital in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains Survives Government-Sponsored Bombing
ICC Note: South Kordofan State, a heavily contested region in the south of Sudan, was the scene of brutal clashes between rebel groups and the Sudanese army throughout the two lengthy Sudanese civil wars. Still a point of ongoing fighting and contentions of power, the Nuba mountains have been the victims of numerous, bombing campaigns targeting the largely Christian and animist ethnic Nuba peoples. May 1-2, the Sudanese army dispatched two fighter pilots which dropped active ordinance all around the sole surviving hospital in all of South Kordofan, Mother of Mercy, which is sponsored by the Catholic Church. A video released by Nuba Reports, a citizen journalist group founded by a U.S. human rights activist that has documented mass atrocities committed against innocents by the al-Bashir regime, released a video Monday, May 5 that captured the attack.
68 Lawyers in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy for Holding Protests
ICC Note: Tuesday, May 13, 68 lawyers holding protests against a local government official were arrested and charged with the crime of blasphemy. This incident is the latest in a series of blasphemy cases that have show the escalation of religious intolerance and hate growing in Pakistan. Often used as a tool to settle personal scores, for financial gain or to persecute minorities, Pakistan's blasphemy laws are so frequently abused that the law that was originally meant to protect against religious violence has now become one of the major contributors to religious intolerance and violence in Pakistan. Christians and other religious minorities are disproportionately charged and convicted under what they now call the "black law." Is this recent incident a sign of greater intolerance?
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CRACK! McConnell’s Metal Strap of Control Breaks
Ben Sasse just won the Republican primary for the Senate seat currently held by retiring Senator Mike Johanns, marking the trail of shifting public opinion, as well as marking the backslide of establishment effectiveness. Throughout the past three years, the Republican leadership has done what it could to remove tea party and conservative influence from any portion of the party, as well as within the Capitol buildings in the States and National government.
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from LiveScience
California's Thirst Triggers Earthquakes, Lifts Mountains
Thirsty Californians have sucked so much water from beneath the Central Valley that scientists estimate the Sierra Nevada mountains and Coast Ranges both rose nearly 6 inches (15 centimeters) since groundwater pumping started in 1860. The Central Valley grows 25 percent of the nation's food, but most of its water comes from wells, not rainfall.
Hurricanes on the Move! Tropical Storms Shift Toward Poles
Electrons' Split 'Personalities' Help Solve Physics Mystery
Electrons — the negatively charged particles around atoms — have split "personalities," and act one way or the other depending on how many of them are around, new research suggests.
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from Mother Nature Network
What's the best U.S. city to have a dog?
NerdWallet looked at social opportunities, affordability and walkability to determinethe 20 top cities for dog ownership. The #1 city? Not a surprise. But #2 & # 3? Hmmm....why them?
from National Geographic
Far-Flung Exoplanet Puzzles AstronomersDubbed GU Psc b, the giant planet is on an orbit more than 2,000 times farther away from its star than the one the Earth circles around the sun. It takes about 80,000 years to make a single trip around its star. For comparison, the farthest large planet in our solar system, Neptune, orbits at only 30 times the Earth-sun distance. Its “year” is just shy of 165 Earth-years.
Typhoons Moving Toward Poles, Scientists Say
Tropical storms appear headed for the Poles, peaking in ferocity at successively higher latitudes over the past three decades, according to a new study in the journal Nature.
Big Bang Discovery Comes Under Fire
Rumors ripple about flaws in the discovery of gravitational waves in the big bang's aftermath.
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from National Journal
Obama Has Every Reason to Fix the VA. Why Hasn't He?
The candidate made taking care of veterans a pledge and a priority, but hundreds of thousands of them are stuck in a long waiting line for disability decisions.
Part One in a series on the Veterans Affairs Department.
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from National Review
By Ben Carson
The recent escalating arguments over whether there should be further congressional hearings on Benghazi are troubling. The fact that there are substantial numbers of people who feel that there is nothing more to investigate when four American lives were lost and no one has answered for this crime provides an indication of how far our sense of justice has slipped.
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The recent escalating arguments over whether there should be further congressional hearings on Benghazi are troubling. The fact that there are substantial numbers of people who feel that there is nothing more to investigate when four American lives were lost and no one has answered for this crime provides an indication of how far our sense of justice has slipped.
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from Nature News and Comment
Several groups are working to bring back long-dead species, but these efforts could undo some hard-learned lessons, argues Ben Minteer.
A wave of anti-gay laws and homophobia in Africa is hampering efforts to study and curb the spread of HIV.
‘Gargantuan gametes’ are oldest on record and have visible nuclei.
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
Casey Kasem Found in Washington, Daughter's Publicist Says
WHY JILL ABRAMSON WAS FIRED
What was that the NYT and Obama were saying about unequal pay for men and women? "Several weeks ago, I’m told, Abramson discovered that her pay and her pension benefits as both executive editor and, before that, as managing editor were considerably less than the pay and pension benefits of Bill Keller, the male editor whom she replaced in both jobs. “She confronted the top brass,” one close associate said, and this may have fed into the management’s narrative that she was 'pushy'.
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Times Ousts Jill Abramson as Executive Editor, Elevating Dean Baquet
The New York Times dismissed Jill Abramson as executive editor on Wednesday, replacing her with Dean Baquet, the managing editor, in an abrupt change of leadership.
France’s Sale of 2 Ships to Russians Is Ill-Advised, U.S. Warns
In a closed-door meeting in February 2010, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates urged his French counterpart not to proceed with the sale of two amphibious assault ships to Russia because it “would send the wrong message to Russia and to our allies in Central and East Europe.”
The 9/11 Story Told at Bedrock, Powerful as a Punch to the Gut
Sept. 11 Memorial Museum at Ground Zero Prepares for Opening
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WHY JILL ABRAMSON WAS FIRED
What was that the NYT and Obama were saying about unequal pay for men and women? "Several weeks ago, I’m told, Abramson discovered that her pay and her pension benefits as both executive editor and, before that, as managing editor were considerably less than the pay and pension benefits of Bill Keller, the male editor whom she replaced in both jobs. “She confronted the top brass,” one close associate said, and this may have fed into the management’s narrative that she was 'pushy'.
from New York Times
Times Ousts Jill Abramson as Executive Editor, Elevating Dean Baquet
The New York Times dismissed Jill Abramson as executive editor on Wednesday, replacing her with Dean Baquet, the managing editor, in an abrupt change of leadership.
France’s Sale of 2 Ships to Russians Is Ill-Advised, U.S. Warns
In a closed-door meeting in February 2010, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates urged his French counterpart not to proceed with the sale of two amphibious assault ships to Russia because it “would send the wrong message to Russia and to our allies in Central and East Europe.”
The 9/11 Story Told at Bedrock, Powerful as a Punch to the Gut
Sept. 11 Memorial Museum at Ground Zero Prepares for Opening
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from Personal Liberty
Student Protests Suspension For Wearing T-Shirt With Image Of AK-47
Poll Shows That Underdog Upsets Could Define 2014 Midterms
New Mexico County Defies Feds In Another Ranching Dispute
Pressure From Democratic Senator Contributed To Washington-Led IRS Discrimination Against Conservatives
Allen West: Obama’s ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ Focus An Attempt To ‘Wag The Dog’
Glorifying Perversion
It is now established orthodoxy that not only must the homosexual lifestyle be “accepted” by all without question, but it must be glorified by all as well.
The Real Weapon Of Mass Destruction: ‘Climate Change’ Or Barack Obama?
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from PolitiFact
For 70 years, most Americans have supported single-payer government-run health insurance?
Ralph Nader said a majority of Americans "since Harry Truman days" support single-payer health insurance, or "full Medicare for all." While there are individual poll results dating back to 1945 that indicate majority support for single-payer, overall the results are mixed, at best. In fact, one review of more than 100 polls over 50 years found that most people opposed single-payer. We rate the claim False.
from Popular Science
Blog Post Questions Recent Big Bang Discovery
A theoretical physicist in France says he has found flaws in the recent gravitational waves discovery.
E-Cigarettes Not Harmless, Should Be Regulated Like Cigs, Study Says
It's unclear whether or not they help people quit real cigarettes.
Defend Your Cubicle With A Nerf Sentry Gun
Hack a Nerf gun to automatically fire at large heat signatures.
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from PreventDisease.com
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Justin And Lauren Shelton Lost More Than 500 Pounds Together
When Justin and Lauren Shelton realized they had reached crisis levels in their weight gain, they came to the realization that they needed to change, but it took something drastic to really motivate them.
11 Foods Great For Your Skin and 11 Types of Foods That Will Make You Age
The right vegetables, nuts, seeds, oils, etc can shield your skin from the ravages of the environment, time, and even cancer, while the wrong types of foods can accelerate everything from wrinkles, to acne and dryness.
5 Tips That You May Not Have Thought of To Improve Digestion
Most of us love food. What’s not to love?? It’s usually tasty, filling and sustaining to our bodies and souls! Unfortunately, many of us suffer from issues like boating, gas and discomfort after indulging in a meal. Okay, that’s what is NOT to love. Fortunately, there are some ways that you can improve your digestion and avoid many common digestive issues that plague us.
Justin And Lauren Shelton Lost More Than 500 Pounds Together
When Justin and Lauren Shelton realized they had reached crisis levels in their weight gain, they came to the realization that they needed to change, but it took something drastic to really motivate them.
11 Foods Great For Your Skin and 11 Types of Foods That Will Make You Age
The right vegetables, nuts, seeds, oils, etc can shield your skin from the ravages of the environment, time, and even cancer, while the wrong types of foods can accelerate everything from wrinkles, to acne and dryness.
5 Tips That You May Not Have Thought of To Improve Digestion
Most of us love food. What’s not to love?? It’s usually tasty, filling and sustaining to our bodies and souls! Unfortunately, many of us suffer from issues like boating, gas and discomfort after indulging in a meal. Okay, that’s what is NOT to love. Fortunately, there are some ways that you can improve your digestion and avoid many common digestive issues that plague us.
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from The Right Scoop
from Science-Based Medicine
Dialogue on “Alternative Therapies”A recent opinion piece in The New York Times is an invitation to a dialogue on so-called alternative therapies, written by James Gordon. Gordon directs the Center for Mind-Body Medicine and was chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy appointed by President Bill Clinton. The piece, unfortunately, represents many of the common misconceptions about mainstream medicine and CAM (complementary and alternative medicine).
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Antidepressant may slow Alzheimer's disease
A commonly prescribed antidepressant can reduce production of the main ingredient in Alzheimer’s brain plaques, according to new research. The findings, in mice and people, support preliminary studies that evaluated a variety of antidepressants. Brain plaques are tied closely to memory problems and other cognitive impairments caused by Alzheimer's disease. Stopping plaque buildup may halt the disastrous mental decline caused by the disorder.
California mountains rise as groundwater depleted in state's Central Valley: May trigger small earthquakes
The weight of water pumped from California's agricultural heartland, the Central Valley, over the past 150 years is enough to allow Earth's crust to rebound upward, raising surrounding mountain ranges, the Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges, some six inches. Winter rains and summer pumping cause annual up and down movements that could affect earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault, which parallels the ranges.
Strongly interacting electrons in wacky oxide synchronize to compute like the brain
A new type of computing architecture that stores information in the frequencies and phases of periodic signals could work more like the human brain to do computing using a fraction of the energy of today’s computers.
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What Does the U.S. Look Like after 3 Meters of Sea Level Rise?
New research indicates that climate change has triggered an unstoppable decay of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, eventually leading to at least three meters of global sea level rise
Russia to Close Space Station in 2020 Due to U.S. Sanctions
NASA and Russia’s good relationship in space may sour over Ukraine crisis
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from ScienceDaily
Antidepressant may slow Alzheimer's disease
A commonly prescribed antidepressant can reduce production of the main ingredient in Alzheimer’s brain plaques, according to new research. The findings, in mice and people, support preliminary studies that evaluated a variety of antidepressants. Brain plaques are tied closely to memory problems and other cognitive impairments caused by Alzheimer's disease. Stopping plaque buildup may halt the disastrous mental decline caused by the disorder.
California mountains rise as groundwater depleted in state's Central Valley: May trigger small earthquakes
The weight of water pumped from California's agricultural heartland, the Central Valley, over the past 150 years is enough to allow Earth's crust to rebound upward, raising surrounding mountain ranges, the Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges, some six inches. Winter rains and summer pumping cause annual up and down movements that could affect earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault, which parallels the ranges.
Strongly interacting electrons in wacky oxide synchronize to compute like the brain
A new type of computing architecture that stores information in the frequencies and phases of periodic signals could work more like the human brain to do computing using a fraction of the energy of today’s computers.
from Scientific American
What Does the U.S. Look Like after 3 Meters of Sea Level Rise?
New research indicates that climate change has triggered an unstoppable decay of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, eventually leading to at least three meters of global sea level rise
Russia to Close Space Station in 2020 Due to U.S. Sanctions
NASA and Russia’s good relationship in space may sour over Ukraine crisis
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from Slate's The Vault Blog
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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
Pulsing Stars Help Map Milky Way's Outer Reaches
Mysterious 'Magnetar' Likely Had a Star Companion
Russian Rocket Engine Ban on US Military Launches Could Affect NASA Spaceflight
Watch 13.7 Billion Years of Galactic Evolution in Less Than a Minute
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from The Star (Grand Coulee, WA)
Winners all
Brooklyn Worsham, right, and Hannah Wiltse take the Pepper Jack's Bar and Grille miniature Model T through the Colorama Parade Saturday, where the entry won first place among the business entries.
Two cities honor chamber advertising request
The chamber of commerce is getting additional money from hotel/motel tax funds to promote the all-new Laser Light Show on Grand Coulee Dam, which will begin May 24. The chamber had asked the three cities that collect the tax, Electric City, Grand Coulee and Coulee Dam, to provide $6,000 each so it could make a media buy promoting the show in the Seattle area.
Brooklyn Worsham, right, and Hannah Wiltse take the Pepper Jack's Bar and Grille miniature Model T through the Colorama Parade Saturday, where the entry won first place among the business entries.
Two cities honor chamber advertising request
The chamber of commerce is getting additional money from hotel/motel tax funds to promote the all-new Laser Light Show on Grand Coulee Dam, which will begin May 24. The chamber had asked the three cities that collect the tax, Electric City, Grand Coulee and Coulee Dam, to provide $6,000 each so it could make a media buy promoting the show in the Seattle area.
School days will be longer starting in fall
A new, longer day will provide more variety for students, cost just a bit more and extend contact time that teachers have with students by 80 hours over the course of the school year, beginning next September. The longer day will re-introduce a seven-period schedule in the grades 7-12 wing of the new school, allowing for more course offerings. It’s all part of a plan the Legislature put into place a year ago that increases student contact time and requires 24 credits to graduate.
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from ThatsNonsense.com
Video playing ads take up huge data warning - Facebook Rumour
A message is circulating Facebook that requests users turn off Facebook video auto-play on Facebook as these videos take up "huge data". The message is based on truth, in that those with bandwidth limits (that is, limitations on how much they can download to their phone or computer before their Internet is restricted or chargeable) will see their bandwidth limit decrease quicker if they allow videos to buffer and play on their Facebook newsfeed, as videos can take up more bandwidth than other types of online media.
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Video playing ads take up huge data warning - Facebook Rumour
A message is circulating Facebook that requests users turn off Facebook video auto-play on Facebook as these videos take up "huge data". The message is based on truth, in that those with bandwidth limits (that is, limitations on how much they can download to their phone or computer before their Internet is restricted or chargeable) will see their bandwidth limit decrease quicker if they allow videos to buffer and play on their Facebook newsfeed, as videos can take up more bandwidth than other types of online media.
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from Townhall.com
from The Washington Free Beacon (DC)
Soros-Backed Group Claims Charter Schools Are Racist
The Advancement Project is asking the Justice Department to investigate the closures of failing public schools in New Orleans, Chicago, and Newark on the grounds that the closings are racially motivated.
The Advancement Project is asking the Justice Department to investigate the closures of failing public schools in New Orleans, Chicago, and Newark on the grounds that the closings are racially motivated.
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from The Washington Times (DC)
Operation American Spring to hit D.C. to oust Obama, Biden, Boehner, Holder
A group of self-described revolutionary-style patriots with a million mobilized militia members are heading to downtown Washington, D.C., this week to bring a simple message to political leadership, from President Obama to House Speaker John Boehner: Get out.
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from The Weekly Standard
GA Senate Candidate Suggests He'd Support Tax Increase
With just days before Georgia's May 20 primary election, the leading Republican candidate has suggested he would support raising taxes as a way to fix the economy. Speaking to editorial board of the Macon Telegraph, businessman David Perdue said he supports "both" curbing government spending and increasing revenue. When a member of the board pointed out that "increasing revenue" is a euphemism for "raising taxes," Perdue reportedly "chuckled."
In Defense of Prince Hans
The villain of Frozen is really an innocent bystander.
French Foreign Minister: '500 Days to Avoid Climate Chaos'
Secretary of State John Kerry welcomed French foreign minister Laurent Fabius to the State Department in Washington on Tuesday to discuss a range of issues, from Iran to Syria to climate change. Or, in the words of the foreign minister, "climate chaos." Kerry and Fabius made a joint appearance before their meeting, and the foreign minister warned that only 500 days remained to avoid "climate chaos."
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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)
MSNBC: Asking For Hillary’s Health Records Is 2016 Equivalent Of Birtherism
9 Nifty Kickstarter Designs That You Can Buy Right Now
Watch: How Andy Warhol’s Lost Computer Art Was Finally Found
Jawbone Tries a New Strategy to Make Fitness Trackers Actually Useful
Why Yahoo Keeps Killing Everything It Buys
This Harvard Professor Wants Your Help to Take Over the GovernmentLawrence Lessig wants to reduce the power of money in politics. And to do that, he says, he’s going to need a “god awful amount of money.”
Tour the Pubs and Dance Halls of Israel’s Many Bomb Shelters
Large-scale water use in California may cause small quakes: study
Depletion of groundwater in California's Central Valley for agriculture and other uses could be contributing to an increase in small earthquakes along the famed San Andreas fault, a scientific study published on Wednesday said.
BREAKING: SMOKING GUN TIMELINE FOR IRS SCANDAL EXPOSES DURBIN, SCHUMER, LEVIN AND OTHER SENATORS
THE DOJ'S TOP PARDON ATTORNEY QUITS AS OBAMA SET TO RELEASE THOUSANDS OF FELONS "UNFAIRLY" JAILED
DETROIT BANKRUPTCY: COUNTY MORGUE FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH 200 UNCLAIMED DEAD
THE SKY IS FALLING! FRENCH FM WARNS "WE HAVE 500 DAYS TO AVOID CLIMATE CHAOS"
For anyone who has been paying attention to the Climate Change hoax, it's really about Agenda 21 and the UN's plan for all of us. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon wants to radically transform the world’s economic, environmental and social agenda using redistribution of wealth under the guise of the global warming hoax.
CHICAGO GIVING ILLEGAL ALIENS JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS AHEAD OF LEGAL CITIZENS
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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)
MSNBC: Asking For Hillary’s Health Records Is 2016 Equivalent Of Birtherism
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9 Nifty Kickstarter Designs That You Can Buy Right Now
Watch: How Andy Warhol’s Lost Computer Art Was Finally Found
Jawbone Tries a New Strategy to Make Fitness Trackers Actually Useful
Why Yahoo Keeps Killing Everything It Buys
This Harvard Professor Wants Your Help to Take Over the GovernmentLawrence Lessig wants to reduce the power of money in politics. And to do that, he says, he’s going to need a “god awful amount of money.”
Tour the Pubs and Dance Halls of Israel’s Many Bomb Shelters
In the United States, bomb shelters are largely a thing of the past. Few of us have been in one, or even know where to find one. In Israel, however, they’re ubiquitous. Anywhere you go, you’re likely to come across some sort of reinforced room designed to withstand an attack. But because many of them are used only sporadically, they often serve other roles, like pubs and dance halls. One photographer traveled around Israel to capture images of these shelters, which he says might be taken as a metaphor for the entire country.
The Strange, Secret History of Isaac Newton’s PapersWhen Sir Isaac Newton died in 1727, he left behind no will and an enormous stack of papers. His surviving correspondences, notes, and manuscripts contain an estimated 10 million words, enough to fill up roughly 150 novel-length books. There are pages upon pages of scientific and mathematical brilliance. But there are also pages that reveal another side of Newton, a side his descendants tried to keep hidden from the public.
Fantastically Wrong: The Disturbing Reality That Spawned the Mythical Jackalope
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The Strange, Secret History of Isaac Newton’s PapersWhen Sir Isaac Newton died in 1727, he left behind no will and an enormous stack of papers. His surviving correspondences, notes, and manuscripts contain an estimated 10 million words, enough to fill up roughly 150 novel-length books. There are pages upon pages of scientific and mathematical brilliance. But there are also pages that reveal another side of Newton, a side his descendants tried to keep hidden from the public.
Fantastically Wrong: The Disturbing Reality That Spawned the Mythical Jackalope
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from Yahoo News
Large-scale water use in California may cause small quakes: study
Depletion of groundwater in California's Central Valley for agriculture and other uses could be contributing to an increase in small earthquakes along the famed San Andreas fault, a scientific study published on Wednesday said.
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from 100 Percent FED Up
BREAKING: SMOKING GUN TIMELINE FOR IRS SCANDAL EXPOSES DURBIN, SCHUMER, LEVIN AND OTHER SENATORS
THE DOJ'S TOP PARDON ATTORNEY QUITS AS OBAMA SET TO RELEASE THOUSANDS OF FELONS "UNFAIRLY" JAILED
DETROIT BANKRUPTCY: COUNTY MORGUE FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH 200 UNCLAIMED DEAD
THE SKY IS FALLING! FRENCH FM WARNS "WE HAVE 500 DAYS TO AVOID CLIMATE CHAOS"
For anyone who has been paying attention to the Climate Change hoax, it's really about Agenda 21 and the UN's plan for all of us. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon wants to radically transform the world’s economic, environmental and social agenda using redistribution of wealth under the guise of the global warming hoax.
CHICAGO GIVING ILLEGAL ALIENS JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS AHEAD OF LEGAL CITIZENS
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