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Richard Sawyer
Sott.net 2012-10-31 06:58:00
When I lived in Vietnam I saw first hand the legacy of the use of Agent Orange the US forces had used for deforestation in the Vietnam war. 400,000 people were killed or maimed, and 500,000 children born with birth defects as a result of its use. I was teaching at a school who was supporting a local charity that cared for children still being born with horrific birth defects. They were the third generation to have their lives destroyed by these toxic chemicals. At the care home we visited the heroic Nun in charge told us how she had first found the children abandoned by their parents in cages with chains around their arms. Many of those children still bore the scars on their wrists. Most would not live past 18. Their spines would curve as they grew until their organs could no longer function. They were there because they had been abandoned on the street by families too poor to look after them. I held a 4 month old boy who had been found in a shopping bag behind a waste bin. He was deaf, blind and oblivious to the actions of others, and would be deprived of a life we take for granted. I was recently reminded of that terrible scene after reading an article that stopped me in my tracks. It reminded me of just how horrifying, destructive and inhumane the actions of our world 'leaders' have been. And continue to be. The news I'm referring to is a shocking revelation that is lost behind the backdrop of Halloween party costumes, the 24/7 coverage the US Presidential election circus and media hysteria of 'Frankenstom' Sandy. A study recently published in the Environmental Contamination and Toxicology bulletin, found that the weapons and ammunition used by the US and its Imperial apparatus - NATO - in the illegal destruction and occupation of Iraq have led to significant rise in birth defects and unexplainable illnesses. In fact, there has been a five-fold increase in birth defects since the occupation began. |
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Refreshing News
2012-11-01 17:17:00
Global inequalities in wealth are at their highest level for 20 years and are growing, according to a new report by Save The Children. While the charity acknowledges progress has been made in goals such as reducing child mortality, the report says this has been uneven across income groups. Continuing inequality could hinder further progress in improving living standards, the charity says. |
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RT News
2012-11-01 16:11:00
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Comment: Police-sponsored agent provocateurs (known for wearing masks while pushing peaceful demonstrations to violence) beware!
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Jon Rappoport
That reporter would be me. My reply, for starters, is a video cartoon. Watch it here:nomorefakenews.com 2012-10-03 10:30:00
I'm tired of celebrities who don't have a clue, who think this election is really about the differences between Obama and Romney. This election is about the pretense of differences. As any awake American knows, we have one political party in this country. It has two heads. Its heads are corporate. Its heads are Globalist. |
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Richard Alleyne and Steven Swinford
The Telegraph 2012-11-01 10:03:00
Jimmy Savile was considered a "psychopath" with a "liking for children" by the staff at the high security Broadmoor hospital during the 1980s, it has been claimed. The new allegations came as his £4m estate was frozen in response to the mounting sexual abuse claims against the late television and radio star. The former DJ was given full access to the hospital because of his fund-raising activities and would roam the corridors and take girls back to his flat on the campus, it was claimed. Some nurses even joked that it should have been him behind bars such was his behaviour. "I'd long considered him, as did my colleagues did, as a man with a severe personality disorder and a liking for children," Richard Harrison, a psychiatric nurse at Broadmoor for 30 years during Savile's tenure told Channel 4 News. "I'd say he was a psychopath," said Bob Allen, a staff nurse at the time. "A lot of the staff said he should be behind bars. We used to laugh about it in those days." |
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Russian Times
2012-10-31 19:26:00
The embattled Greek government faces another strike - this time from journalists. Greek state television staff have begun work stoppages to protest what they say is increasing government censorship. The country has been shaken by two separate scandals in quick succession, in which authorities were seen as being heavy-handed and using selective justice to punish political dissenters. One concerns presenters Marilena Katsimi and Costas Arvanitis, who were suspended "indefinitely" from a popular current affairs morning show carried by national broadcaster ERT. The suspension came after they criticized right-wing interior minister, Nikos Dendias. ERT workers staged a walkout during scheduled programming on Tuesday morning and said they will organize 24-hour rolling strikes until Katsimi and Arvanitis are reinstated. |
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Larry Chin
Global Research 2012-10-30 18:39:00
For at least the past four decades, the American election process has been controlled by corporations and agents connected to the Republican Party. This year's "contest" is no different. Voter suppression campaigns have been underway across America, by Republican operatives. (See Black Box Voting and Brad Blog). Nothing is being done to stop it. Mitt Romney has direct ties to voting machines (also see the report by Brad Freeman). His son, Tagg Romney (who wanted to punch Barack Obama in the face) and a cadre of former Bain Capital business partners are owners of Hart Intercivic, whose voting machines are used in all fifty states. And this is just one of the many companies with ties to the right-wing, which include Diebold, ES&S, and Sequoia. In 2004, Diebold's Walden O'Dell promised to "deliver votes" to George W. Bush. His machines did, stealing what should have been a John Kerry win. To this day, American democracy remains privatized and hackable. Nothing has been done about it. Theft continues unabated. |
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Salvatore Babones
Truthout 2012-10-31 18:23:00
The truth is that we have no idea who is ahead in the presidential race. Opinion polling has entered uncharted territory as response rates have plummeted. When you receive an unexpected call from a private number or 1-800 number, do you answer the phone? Most people don't, and those who do are hardly a representative sample of the American population. Yet the results of all major political polls are based on the assumption that the 9 percent of us who answer the phone are perfectly representative of the 91 percent who don't. According to a report from the Pew Research Center, only about 9 percent of Americans answer the phone and respond to opinion polls. When response rates fall this low, polls tell us less about public opinion than about who answers the phone. It gets worse. Do Democratic and Republican voters have, on average, the same numbers of phones? If Republicans have more phones than Democrats, they're more likely to be represented in telephone polls (and, of course, vice versa). Pew is a first-class nonprofit research organization that puts a premium on getting the numbers right. Most major political polls are quick-response jobs for impatient commercial organizations. Pew's 9 percent response rate is likely better than that of any major political poll. No major political poll reports its non-response rate. |
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"I began to believe voices in my head -- that I was a freak, that I am
broken, that there is something wrong with me, that I will never be
lovable," the "Cloud Atlas" co-director tells a San Francisco fundraiser
crowd.hollywoodreporter.com 2012-10-24 07:00:00 The following is a transcript of a speech delivered by Lana Wachowski to the Human Rights Campaign's annual gala dinner in San Francisco on Oct. 20, 2012.
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Fars News Agency
2012-11-01 11:27:00
A gas tanker exploded on a main road in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday, killing at least 22 people and injuring over 100 others. The lorry veered into a bridge pylon at a junction on Khurays Road in Riyadh at about 7:30 am, causing a gas leak that filled the area and then burst into flames, destroying nearby cars and a business. Eyewitnesses reported widespread damage to the area, with dozens of cars mangled by the blast and burned out. A bus that had been gutted by the fire stood idle on the flyover, with witnesses saying that the vehicle had been transporting workers whose fate remained unknown. Another truck fell off the bridge due to the impact of the explosion, the witnesses said. Civil defense personnel carried two "completely charred" bodies from the site. |
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BBC News
2012-11-01 07:19:00
At least four people have been wounded in a shooting outside a Halloween party at the University of Southern California (USC), in Los Angeles. University officials said the shooting happened as result of an argument between two people unconnected with the university. One of the two was shot, along with three bystanders. Both were detained as they fled the scene. The incident took place at 23:30 local time (06:30 GMT). The campus was shut down but later reopened. |
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The Reporter
2012-11-01 00:00:00
Washington - Can you trust what a dog's nose knows? Police do, but the Supreme Court considered Wednesday curbing the use of drug-sniffing dogs in investigations following complaints of illegal searches and insufficient proof of the dog's reliability. Justices seemed concerned about allowing police to bring their narcotic-detecting dogs to sniff around the outside of homes without a warrant and seemed willing to allow defense attorneys to question at trial how well drug dogs have been trained and how well they have been doing their job in the field. "Dogs make mistakes. Dogs err," lawyer Glen P. Gifford told the justices. "Dogs get excited and will alert to things like tennis balls in trunks or animals, that sort of thing." But Justice Department lawyer Joseph R. Palmore warned justices not to let the questioning of dog skills go too far, because they also are used to detect bombs, protect federal officials and in search and rescue operations. "I think it's critical ... that the courts not constitutionalize dog training methodologies or hold mini-trials with expert witnesses on what makes for a successful dog training program," he said. "There are 32 K-9 teams in the field right now in New York and New Jersey looking for survivors of Hurricane Sandy," Palmore added. "So, in situation after situation, the government has in a sense put its money where its mouth is, and it believes at an institutional level that these dogs are quite reliable." |
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Fox News
2012-11-01 00:00:00
Los Angeles - Three people were shot Wednesday night in a large throng of Halloween revelers in Hollywood, sending a flood of police into the area to control the crowd. Police Sgt. Andrew Chao of the Hollywood Station told City News Service that the shooting took place around 10 p.m. on Hollywood Boulevard. A 17-year-old boy was critically wounded with gunshot wounds to the chest and a leg. A 14-year-old boy was shot in a foot and a 25-year-old man was struck in the buttocks, he said. All three were transported to local hospitals. The gunmen fled, possibly in a white sport utility vehicle, Chao said. |
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Simon Kennedy
Bloomberg 2012-10-31 17:59:00
The U.S. slid from the top ten most prosperous nations for the first time in a league table which ranked three Scandinavian nations the best for wealth and wellbeing. The U.S. fell to 12th position from 10th in the Legatum Institute's annual prosperity index amid increased doubts about the health of its economy and ability of politicians. Norway, Denmark and Sweden were declared the most prosperous in the index, published in London today. With the presidential election just a week away, the research group said the standing of the U.S. economy has deteriorated to beneath that of 19 rivals. The report also showed that respect for the government has fallen, fewer Americans perceive working hard gets you ahead, while companies face higher startup costs and the export of high-technology products is dropping. "As the U.S. struggles to reclaim the building blocks of the American Dream, now is a good time to consider who is best placed to lead the country back to prosperity and compete with the more agile countries," Jeffrey Gedmin, the Legatum Institute's president and chief executive officer, said in a statement. |
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Rossella Lorenzi
Discovery News 2012-11-01 15:57:00
Archaeologists might have finally found the cave of the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island, whose solitary 18-year stay on a tiny island off the California coast inspired the children's classic Island of the Blue Dolphins. "The cave had been completely buried under several meters of sand. It is quite large and would have made a very comfortable home, especially in inclement weather," Navy archaeologist Steven Schwartz said at the California Islands Symposium last week in Ventura. One of the most famous people associated with the Channel Islands, the Lone Woman belonged to the Nicoleno, a Native American tribe who lived on the remote wind-blasted island of San Nicolas off the Southern California coast. The tribe was decimated in 1814 by sea otter hunters from Alaska. By 1835, less than a dozen Nicolenos lived on the island. At that time, the Santa Barbara Mission arranged a rescue operation which brought to the mainland all Nicoleños but the Lone Woman. The most likely explanation for the abandonment is that a panicked crew, caught by a storm, turned the rescue schooner, named Peor es Nada ("Better Than nothing"), toward the mainland without much head counting. The woman lived alone on the island until a fisherman and sea otter hunter found her in 1853 and brought her to the Santa Barbara Mission. "She was found in a brush enclosure on the west end of the island, but she is believed to have lived in a cave during most of her 18 years of isolation," Schwartz, who has been investigating the island for more than 20 years, said. Since there is no known habitation cave on the tiny island -- which is now a Navy base -- the archaeologist concluded that the cavern must have collapsed and been buried. |
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Jesse Emspak
Discovery News 2012-11-01 13:45:00
In the film Avatar, humans are linked to genetically engineered bodies so they can communicate more easily with the alien Na'vi. A group of computer scientists in the U.K. is making that a reality - - but with rats. The team, based at University College London and the University of Barcelona, used a system of movement-tracking software, cameras and laptops, along with a virtual-reality headset. The set-up also included a rat in a pen. To interact with the rat, a person puts on the VR headset and sees a virtual room. A camera with tracking software picks up the user's movements and duplicates them in a virtual room. Meanwhile another camera looks at the rat. In the virtual room, the (human) user sees another person, which is the avatar of the rat. As the rat moves, so does its avatar. The tracking software picks up both the movement of the rat around its pen and where its face is pointing and duplicates that in the virtual environment. So the human user sees a person running around the room, with his or her face pointing in the same direction as the rat's is. |
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Ryan Gallagher
The Guardian 2012-10-31 14:20:00
Civil liberties fears as eavesdropping agency recruits maths, physics and computing experts to analyse social networks Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest: all of them could be the source of valuable intelligence that the UK's intelligence agencies want to know about - and now government eavesdropping and security agency GCHQ is developing new tools to sift through them for nuggets of useful data. The Cheltenham-based organisation is recruiting maths, physics and computing experts to devise groundbreaking algorithms that will automatically extract information from huge volumes of speech, text and image content gathered "across the full range of modern communications media". |
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Emily Carlson, Alisa Machalek, Kirstie Saltsman & Chelsea Toledo
National Institutes of Health 2012-11-01 09:10:00
After you roll your clocks back by an hour this Sunday, you may feel a bit bleary, maybe even disoriented. That's because your body has its own network of tiny, coordinated biological clocks. These clocks are responsible for our circadian rhythms, the roughly 24-hour cycles of physical, mental and behavioral changes that influence sleep patterns, hormone release, body temperature, hunger and more. Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health are identifying the genes and proteins that run biological clocks and figuring out exactly how they help keep daily rhythms in synch. This knowledge could aid the development of remedies for a range of clock-related disorders, from insomnia and jet lag to diabetes. |
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Charles Choi
LiveScience 2012-11-01 11:01:00
A zoo elephant in South Korea, can speak Korean out loud, researchers say. The pachyderm is capable of saying "hello," "good," "no," "sit down" and "lie down" - all by using its trunk to do the work of lips in a process scientists don't fully understand. The elephant likely does not understand the actual meaning of what he says, researchers said. Past reports have suggested both African and Asian elephants were capable of vocal mimicry like parrots. African elephants have been known to imitate the sound of truck engines, and a male Asian elephant living in a Kazakhstan zoo was said to utter sounds resembling Russian and Kazakh, but that case was never investigated scientifically. Scientists investigating an Asian elephant known as Koshik say the beast can imitate human speech, pronouncing words in Korean, and those who know the language can readily understand Koshik. He accomplished this in a very unusual way - using his trunk stuck inside his mouth. [Watch Koshik Speak Korean] Elephants cannot use their lips to make sounds like humans do, since their upper lips are fused with their noses to form their trunks. Instead, Koshik somehow controls the sounds coming from him by moving his trunk inside his throat. |
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PhysOrg
2012-10-31 09:28:00
The surface of the giant asteroid Vesta is weathering in a way that appears to be completely different from any other asteroid yet visited, according to new data recorded by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. This new type of space weathering suggests that there's something about Vesta - perhaps its mineral composition or its position in the solar system - that makes its surface environment fundamentally different from other asteroids studied thus far. The new data are presented in a paper published Nov. 1, 2012, in the journal Nature. Space weathering is the term used to describe how the surfaces of airless bodies like asteroids and some moons change over time. The phenomenon was first identified on our own Moon. Soil ejected from fresh impact craters looks brighter than the surrounding background soil, often forming bright rays streaming away from the crater. It wasn't clear at first why newly exposed soil would look different. As laboratory equipment improved, scientists eventually showed that soils darken over time on the lunar surface because they are exposed to a constant barrage of tiny meteorites as well as energetic particles from the sun known as the solar wind. As these materials interact with the surface, they produce a fine coating of metal nanoparticles that builds up on soil grains over time, darkening the soil. Deeply buried material lacks that coating, so when it's churned up by a large meteorite impact, it has a brighter appearance than the weathered soil. |
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2012-11-01 09:57:00
The Assumption Parish Police Jury reported the latest slough in on its blog Tuesday evening. Officials stated a 20 feet by 80 feet chunk located on the east side of the sinkhole collapsed. It had been several weeks since the giant sinkhole had claimed more land. About 500 square feet of earth was lost on Oct. 9. |
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2012-11-01 09:47:00
Power outages now stand at more than 5.6 million homes and businesses, down from a peak of 8.5 million. Here's a snapshot of what is happening, state by state. The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, killing at least 74 people in the United States. Power outages now stand at more than 5.6 million homes and businesses, down from a peak of 8.5 million. Here's a snapshot of what is happening, state by state. CONNECTICUT Widespread damage to homes on Long Island Sound. Deaths: 3. Power outages: 378,000, down from a peak of more than 620,000. DELAWARE Some southern coastal areas remain underwater, but officials say the damage is far less than anticipated. Governor lifted state of emergency. Emergency shelters closed. Power outages: 1,700, down from more than 45,000. |
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Washington Post
2012-11-01 07:24:00
A tropical storm weakened Thursday after slamming into southern India, bringing heavy rain and a storm surge and displacing 150,000 people. Six deaths have been reported in India and Sri Lanka. Just before the storm made landfall Wednesday, an oil tanker with 37 crew ran aground off Chennai. One of its lifeboats capsized in the choppy waters, and one crewmember drowned, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. On Thursday, two helicopters searched in the Bay of Bengal for the four missing crewmembers, said coast guard officer Gurdip Singh, adding that 32 crewmembers were rescued from the tanker. Andhra Pradesh state said two people died there when their homes collapsed due to heavy rain Wednesday night in Nellore and Chittoor districts, and PTI reported another death in Tamil Nadu state, a 46-year old man who slipped into the rough sea from a pier and drowned. Sri Lanka reported two deaths earlier from the cyclone. |
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Fox News
2012-11-01 07:15:00
A smog-like haze that hung over part of Alaska's Kodiak Island this week was courtesy of a volcanic eruption -- 100 years ago. The National Weather Service said strong winds and a lack of snow Tuesday helped stir up ash from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta, the largest volcanic blast of the 20th century. The ash drifted up to about 4,000 feet and traveled over the Shelikof Strait and across Kodiak Island, prompting an aviation alert. The news was first reported by KMXT radio. Weather service meteorologist Brian Hagenbuch said it isn't unheard of for ash from Novarupta to create a haze, but it isn't very common either. Winds in the area were blowing about 35 to 40 mph, with gusts of more than 52 mph. |
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James Barron
The New York Times 2012-10-31 06:18:00
The New York region began the daunting process on Tuesday of rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a storm that remade the landscape and rewrote the record books as it left behind a tableau of damage, destruction and grief. The toll - in lives disrupted or lost and communities washed out - was staggering. A rampaging fire reduced more than 100 houses to ash in Breezy Point, Queens. Explosions and downed power lines left the lower part of Manhattan and 90 percent of Long Island in the dark. The New York City subway system - a lifeline for millions - was paralyzed by flooded tunnels and was expect to remain silent for days. Accidents claimed more than 40 lives in the United States and Canada, including 22 in the city. Two boys - an 11-year-old Little League star and a 13-year-old friend - were killed when a 90-foot-tall tree smashed into the family room of a house in North Salem, N.Y. An off-duty police officer who led seven relatives, including a 15-month-old boy, to safety in the storm drowned when he went to check on the basement. |
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King5 News/NWCN.com
2012-11-01 11:55:00
Halloween proved to be an interesting night for law enforcement in at least four Western Washington counties after reports of a meteor falling to Earth. The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office said deputies investigated a possible meteor falling somewhere near I-5 and Exit 212, between Stanwood and Arlington. K9 Officers also responded, but nothing was found. Deputies cleared the scene, but said they "[assume] it is a meteor, unless we hear otherwise." Bill Gillam from Arlington said on Twitter, "Sounds like a meteor, space junk or aliens entered Washington airspace somewhere in Skagit County." He went on to say, "Last report was Hamilton in Skagit County." An Arlington police officer confirmed seeing something fall from the sky. Viewers also emailed KING 5 News from Gig Harbor and Burien saying they also saw it. The Federal Aviation Administration said they also fielded calls from people who reported they saw a meteor. So far, nothing has been found. |
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Robert Lunsford
The American Meteor Society has received over 60 reports of a bright
meteor that occurred near 06:10 CDT on Tuesday morning October 30, 2012,
over the southern mid-western states. Reports were received as far
south as Alabama and Louisiana, as far north as Illinois, as far east as
Kentucky and Tennessee, and as far west as Texas and Oklahoma.
Brightness estimates of this fireball vary considerably, but the average
lies near magnitude -13, which is equivalent to the light produced by
the full moon. Several colors have been reported with green being the
most predominant. Summaries of individual reports may be viewed in the 2012 AMS Fireball Table Refer to event #1677 for 2012.American Meteor Society 2012-11-01 09:41:00 We are near the peak time of year for Taurid meteors, which are known to produce colorful fireballs. Bill Cooke of the NASA Meteoroid Environments Office reports that this fireball was most likely a member of the Taurid meteor shower, which is active during October and November. He provides the following details: |
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Q13FoxOnline.com
2012-11-01 08:59:00
A ball of fire, a possible meteor, was seen falling out of the sky over the Seattle area Wednesday night, authorities said. Residents north of Seattle, off Interstate 5's Exit 212 near Arlington, saw something coming apart in the sky, police and the Washington State Patrol said. No planes were reported missing, and nothing was found by police. "We are clearing the scene and assuming it is a meteor, unless we hear otherwise," the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office said in a tweet. On the Q13 FOX News Facebook page, Aaaron Porcaro wrote, "I saw it in south Seattle. It was super big and bright!!! It was traveling from the southwest to the northeast." "We saw it trick-or-treating in Renton!" wrote Sandra Jean Feaser, referring to the southern suburb of Renton. "Told you I wasn't seeing things," wrote Stacey Schwartfigure. A viewer, Monica Jeffries, wrote this to the Q13 FOX News tips line: "While on I-5 northbound at around the Kent Des Moines exit - I was on my way to the airport - I saw to my right a big ball/bright light fall from the sky. At first I thought it was a plane falling down so I became really concerned and was waiting for the big impact or explosion and then to my surprise this big light presented some sort of a 'tail' and then just like that it turned into a big greenish ball and then it disappeared. "Anyway, this jus in case you receive anymore sightings from somebody else. Otherwise I guess I must be crazy and now I'm seeing weird things falling from the sky. Hahaha Thanks!" |
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king5.com
Halloween proved to be an interesting night for law enforcement in at least four Western Washington counties after reports of a meteor falling to Earth.2012-11-01 07:03:00 The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office said deputies investigated a possible meteor falling somewhere near I-5 and Exit 212. That's between Stanwood and Arlington. K9 Officers also responded, but nothing was found. Deputies cleared the scene, saying "assuming it is a meteor, unless we hear otherwise." Bill Gillam from Arlington said on Twitter, "Sounds like a meteor, space junk or aliens entered Washington airspace somewhere in Skagit County." He went on to say, "Last report was Hamilton in Skagit County." An Arlington police officer confirmed seeing something fall from the sky. Viewers also emailed KING 5 from Gig Harbor and Burien saying they too saw a meteor. |
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Nicole Baptista
Twin Cities Times 2012-10-31 06:52:00
A magnetic piece of rock stirred up controversy last week, but scientists confirmed, and reconfirmed, that the mysterious object in Novato residents Lisa and Kurt Webber's backyard was a meteorite. And to prove it, a second was discovered just miles from the Webbers' home. Webber gave the meteorite to her neighbor Glenn Rivera as a birthday gift. He helped her analyze the chunk before calling scientists. The meteorite broke off from the meteor shower that blazed over the night sky at approximately 7:44 p.m. on Oct. 17. It also happened to be Rivera's birthday. "As a result, Glenn was asked by the scientific team to ride in the airship Eureka from Moffett Field on Friday," said Leigh Blair, Rivera's mother. "They flew over Novato and all the way up to Lake Berryessa, following the calculated trajectory of the meteor, looking for signs of larger meteorites on the ground." |
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Mike Barret
Activist Post 2012-10-31 18:07:00
Could fast food actually be good for your waistline? According to a writer from U.S. News Health, fast food may be the right choice if you're looking to slim down and cut calories. The article, titled "Why Fast Food Could Be Good for Your Waistline", describes a made-up scenario where a woman named Sharon made the wrong decision by avoiding McDonald's in an attempt to be healthy. What the author seems to not realize, however, is that fast food is loaded with destructive chemicals and ingredients, and is feeding the continuously increasing rates of various health conditions. So, what could possibly make fast food good weight loss aid? The author shares the same belief as many others: that a calorie is a calorie, and the source or quality is of little importance. He explains that if the phony character chose McDonald's instead of Chili's, she would have consumed less calories, paving way for a slimmer waist. Had she gone to McDonald's, her usual would have set her back 580 calories. Yet her "smarter" Chili's order quickly added up. Sharon's salad alone contained 690 calories; her ¼ portion of dip and chips contained another 320; and her few small bites of brownie packed a final 137, giving her a Chili's grand total of 1,147 calories - basically double her McDonald's fare. Like Sharon, many people often assume that somehow fast food is worse for weight than what you might order in a sit-down restaurant. While eating fast food on a regular basis is assuredly not a nutritionally sound plan, there are a few reasons why it may well be a weight-friendlier choice than sit-down dining. |
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Kevin Dutton
Globe and Mail 2012-11-01 10:09:00
The psychopath's fearlessness and focus has traditionally been attributed to deficits in emotional processing, more specifically to amygdala dysfunction. Until recently, this has led researchers to believe that in addition to not "doing" fear, they don't "do" empathy, either. But a 2008 study, by Shirley Fecteau and her colleagues at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, has thrown a completely different light on the matter, suggesting that psychopaths not only have the capacity to recognize emotions - they are, in fact, actually better at it than we are. Fecteau and her co-workers used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to stimulate the somatosensory cortex (the part of the brain that processes and regulates physical sensations) in the brains of volunteers scoring high on the Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI). Previous research has shown that observing something painful happening to someone else results in a temporary slowdown in neural excitation in response to TMS, in the area of the somatosensory cortex corresponding to the region afflicted by the pain: the work of highly specialized, and aptly named, brain structures called mirror neurons. |
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