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John Rubino
Dollar Collaspe 2013-07-15 17:36:00
One of the many, many lessons we should have learned from the 2009 crash is that an economy driven by inherently-unstable - and completely unproductive - things like rising home prices and bank trading profits can't be trusted. And yet here we are again. Bloomberg reports that the Manhattan housing boom has spread to the boroughs: |
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Washington Blog
2013-07-16 17:09:00
If the Government Is Going to Spy ... Why Doesn't It Do Something Useful? The big banks have committed massive crimes and manipulated virtually every market. The failure to prosecute fraud is preventing a sustainable economic recovery. As such, prosecuting Wall Street fraud is arguably an issue of national security. The government is collecting everything ... and spying on just about everything we do. We are passionately opposed to mass surveillance. But - if the government is doing so - why can't it gather info on the crimes of the big banks ... so we can prosecute them? |
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Mark Karlin,
Buzz Flash 2013-07-18 16:33:00
As we repeatedly focus on wealth inequality in the United States (i.e.; just four hundred persons in the US have as much in assets and income as the bottom 50% of Americans), a video points out the even more extreme global wealth disparity. There are many reasons for this. Take for example institutional sources that contribute to this trend. The World Bank, for interest, oversees "loans" to developing nations. But by creating long-term indebtedness, these struggling counties end up owing at least $600 billion dollars in interest on loans whose principals have, in essence, already been paid off in actual dollars. These usorious interest rates end up in the hands of the bankers and the shareholders of the financial institutions that are inter-related with the World Bank through the nations that govern it, particularly the United States which calls the shots. Criticisms of the World Bank focus on how it creates financial conditions that result in debt dependency of the nations that borrow from it, therfore negatively impacting the economic prospects of the vast majority of its residents. |
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Reuters
2013-07-18 13:08:00
A British lawmaker who described Israel as an "apartheid state" whose future is in doubt after "inflicting atrocities on Palestinians" was suspended by his party on Thursday. David Ward, a member of the Liberal Democrats, the smaller grouping in Britain's two-party coalition government, was reprimanded after making a series of remarks about Israel. He refused to apologise after sending a message on Twitter on Saturday which read: "Am I wrong or are am I right? At long last the #Zionists are losing the battle - how long can the #apartheid State of #Israel last?" Earlier this year, the 60-year-old wrote on his website that he was "saddened that the Jews, who suffered unbelievable levels of persecution during the Holocaust, could within a few years of liberation from the death camps, be inflicting atrocities on Palestinians". |
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Paul Lawrance
Activist Post 2013-07-17 11:47:00
Former Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings has been cremated and sent home in a urn despite the fact his family wanted his body. Hastings died on June 18th after his Mercedes crashed into a tree and had burst into flames in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, causing speculation to arise that Hastings, who was working on a major exposé of the CIA, could have been set up. Kimberly Dvorak of San Diego 6 who spoke directly with friends of Hastings family said, "A close family friend did confirm that Michael's body was sent home in an urn, meaning he was cremated and it wasn't the request of the family....in fact the family wanted Michael's body to go home." It is very suspicious that now Michael Hastings body is unable to be a part of any evidence that can possibly contradict the LAPD's claim that there was no foul play in the journalist's death.
Hours before the car crash Hastings had sent out an email to family and friends claiming that he was onto a big story and needed to "off the rada[r] for a bit." | ||
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Comment: Read the following articles to learn more:
Another whistleblower dead: journalist Michael Hastings Michael Hastings and the war on journalism Reporter Michael Hastings sent panicky email hours before sudden car crash death |
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BBC
2013-07-18 11:02:00
Rolling Stone magazine has defended its new cover story featuring Boston bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, which has prompted uproar. The magazine said a profile of Mr Tsarnaev suited its "commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage". But the mayor of Boston said the publication's cover "rewards a terrorist with celebrity treatment". A number of US retail chains have announced they will not stock the edition. Mr Tsarnaev, 19, pleaded not guilty last week to all charges in connection with the 15 April bombings, which killed three people, including an eight-year-old boy. Janet Reitman, Rolling Stone's contributing editor, spent two months interviewing Mr Tsarnaev's friends and family for the forthcoming issue's article. 'Disgusting' In a statement appended to the top of the story, the magazine's editors said on Wednesday their "hearts go out to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing". "The cover story we are publishing this week falls within the traditions of journalism and Rolling Stone's long-standing commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage of the most important political and cultural issues of our day," it said. | |
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Comment: The arguments surrounding whether or not Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be on the cover of the Rolling Stone are distracting from the real issues of the story, which SOTT.net has covered extensively:
Strategy of Tension - Boston Marathon bombing Lambs to the Slaughter: Boston lockdown for manhunt of bombings 'suspect 'Baghdad to Boston - Terrorism Strikes the American Homeland It's all a hoax!' Boston Bombings and "Crazy Conspiracy Theories" Why there were no 'actors' at the Boston Marathon bombings Ink Blot Tests and 'actors' at the Boston bombings Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's "thick Russian accent" in court |
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Tom Streithorst
Los Angeles Review of Books 2013-07-11 10:18:00
We live like gods, and we don't even know it. We fly across oceans in airplanes, we eat tropical fruit in December, we have machines that sing us songs, clean our house, take pictures of Mars. Much the total accumulated knowledge of our species can fit on a hard drive that fits in our pocket. Even the poorest among us own electronic toys that millionaires and kings would have lusted for a decade ago. Our ancestors would be amazed. For most of our time on the planet, humans lived on the knife-edge of survival. A crop failure could mean starvation and even in good times, we worked from sun up to sundown to earn our daily bread. In 1600, a typical workman spent almost half his income on nourishment, and that food wasn't crème brûlée with passion fruit or organically raised filet mignon, it was gruel and the occasional turnip. Send us back to ancient Greece with an AK-47, a home brewing kit, or a battery-powered vibrator, and startled peasants would worship at our feet. And yet we are not happy, we expected more, we were promised better. Our economy is a shambles, millions are out of work, and few of us think things are going to get better soon. When I graduated high school, in 1975, I assumed that whatever I did, I would end up somewhere in the great American middle class, and that I would live better than my father, who lived better than his. Today, my son doesn't have nearly the same confidence. Back in those days, you could go off to India for seven years, sit around in an ashram, smoke pot and seek spiritual fulfilment, and still come home and get a good job as a copywriter at Ogilvy and Mather. Today kids need a spectacular resume just to get an unpaid internship at IBM. Our children fear any moment not on a career path could ruin their prospects for a successful future. Back in the 1970s, pop stars sang songs about of the tedium and anomie of factory work. Today the sons of laid-off autoworkers would trade anything for that security and steady wage. |
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Martin Wolf
New York Review of Books 2013-07-11 20:01:00
Austerity has failed. It turned a nascent recovery into stagnation. That imposes huge and unnecessary costs, not just in the short run, but also in the long term: the costs of investments unmade, of businesses not started, of skills atrophied, and of hopes destroyed. What is being done here in the UK and also in much of the eurozone is worse than a crime, it is a blunder. If policymakers listened to the arguments put forward by our opponents, the picture, already dark, would become still darker. | |
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Comment: It might be that austerity has not failed. It
may have succeeded for the elites who implemented it by weakening labor
in Europe, discouraging the public (always a good thing from their point
of view), and strengthening predatory capitalism. Result: cheaper
labor, a discouraged and depressed public (less likely to demand better
conditions), a weakened social insurance system in Europe, and more
profits for corporations.
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Hadas Gold
Politico 2013-07-17 19:05:00
Sweden should stand up to the United States and offer Edward Snowden asylum, former GOP Sen. Gordon Humphrey said in an e-mail to POLITICO. "Respectfully, I say to Sweden, 'America has done wrong in this instance. Stand up to her. Grant Edward Snowden asylum. You will do the people of the United States a great favor to resist their government in this matter and at this moment," Humphrey wrote Wednesday morning. Humphrey said Sweden would be the "ideal country" for the NSA leaker because it is only a one hour flight from the Russian border and "no overflight is necessary of countries likely to cooperate with the U.S. in forcing down an aircraft carrying Mr. Snowden to asylum." Additionally, Humphrey said Sweden "has a reputation for high-mindedness" and "a strong tradition of justice." |
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Joel Rubin, Andrew Blankstein and Emily Alpert
At least 14 people were taken into custody Tuesday night and many more
remained at large after marauding bands of young people conducted a
string of robberies, assaults and acts of vandalism along Hollywood
Boulevard, Los Angeles police said late Tuesday.Los Angeles Times 2013-07-17 13:21:00
The crimes did not appear to be related to the protests over the George Zimmerman acquittal in the slaying of Trayvon Martin. Incident commander Dennis Kato said police were inundated with phone calls beginning about 9 p.m., reporting that packs of young people were roaming along Hollywood and attacking people. Public information officer Rosario Herrera said at least one of the attacks was near Hollywood and Highland. |
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Rachel Reilly
Mind, a mental health charity, has noticed a sharp increase in the number of people calling their infolineThe Daily Mail, UK 2013-07-18 11:23:00 Charity CEO Paul Farmer said that financial worries were usually the root cause of despair and worry The number of people ringing helplines to seek advice for mental illness has shot up by an 'alarming' 50 per cent, according to new figures. The nature of the calls made by those who anonymously seek help has also changed - with more people contemplating suicide. Mind, the mental health charity who compiled the data, have described the figures as 'alarming' and have urged people to seek help as soon as they are concerned about their state of mind.
Mind found that the number of calls rose to over 68,000 in 2012/13, from 46,000 in 2011/2012. They said that they had seen a corresponding shift in the nature of calls, with people presenting more acute and complex problems. |
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Alec MacGillis
The New Republic 2013-07-17 18:45:00
Of course the George Zimmerman trial was about race, and it's natural for us to spend the days after the verdict deliberating that in all its particulars. (The faceoff on the Washington Post op-ed page between Richard Cohen, rationalizing Zimmerman's fear of black boys in hoodies, and Eugene Robinson's cri-de-coeur about the lost youth of African American men pretty much says it all. For the undercard, I heartily recommend the day-long Twitter debate between Will Saletan and Tom Scocca.) But could we spare just a moment to talk about the other factor that led Trayvon Martin to end up lying on a sidewalk in Sanford, Florida with a bullethole in his chest? I know, I know - guns don't kill people, hyper-vigilant neighborhood watchmen kill people. But that's just the thing: it was far more likely that George Zimmerman was going to be carrying a deadly weapon that night in Florida than his equivalent wanna-be cop would've been in many other states. There are more than one million active concealed-carry permits in Florida. That's tops in the nation - one for every 14 Florida adults. It's painfully obvious, but must be said anyway: if Zimmerman is out protecting the streets that night with naught but his martial-arts skills and maybe some pepper spray, Trayvon Martin would be alive today. | |
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Comment: The lethal combination of "Shall Issue"
concealed gun permitting and the "Stand your Ground" laws that many
states have will lead to many more unnecessary killings. The fact that
anyone can get away with murder by claiming they felt threatened puts
many people in danger especially, but not exclusively, young
African-American men and boys whom many see as violent and threatening.
The Powers that Be have inculcated fear into the public for a reason,
despite the fact that violent crime has been dropping sharply in the
United States. A fearful, paranoid nation is easier to control.
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Nancy Atkinson
It is a Japanese tradition to climb Mt. Fuji at night to be able to
watch sunrise from the peak of the volcano in the morning. And so at
night, climbers use flashlights to make their way to the summit. This
inspired photographer Yuga Kurita to create a truly stunning image that
makes the iconic Mt. Fuji appear like a galactic volcano.Universe Today 2013-07-18 12:55:00 "When I arrived at Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture, I saw people climbing up Mt. Fuji with flash lights and I thought they looked like lava streams," Kurita explained on G+. "Then I came up with this composition, since nowadays, the Milky Way appears vertically in the sky so probably I could liken Mt. Fuji to an imaginary galactic volcano, that is, people climbing up with torches are lava streams and the Milky Way is the volcano smoke.
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Deborah Byrd
EarthSky Org 2013-07-17 20:16:00
In 2011, astronomers in Germany announced the discovery of a cloud of gas - with several times the mass of the Earth - accelerating fast towards the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way. They originally said that the cloud would pass closest to the black hole in mid-2013, but a new analysis suggests the date of closest passage as early 2014. The passage of the gas cloud near the black hole is already underway, and numerous observing programs have been set up to monitor the region around the Milky Way's center during 2013. In April 2013, data acquired at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) showed that part of the gas cloud has already passed closest to the black hole. As expected, the cloud is undergoing what astronomers sometimes call spaghettification - or the noodle effect. That is, it's being stretched or elongated as it passes the hole, due to the hole's powerful gravity. The front part of the gas cloud is now already moving 500 km/s faster than its tail, astronomers say, confirming earlier predictions that the gas cloud is doomed. It's not expected to survive its encounter with the black hole. |
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Nadia Drake
Wired 2013-07-18 15:31:00
Late last week, a chemist found what might be an important clue in the ongoing mystery surrounding mass animal deaths in Florida's Indian River Lagoon: Multiple unknown toxins, isolated from algae in the lagoon, that kill mammalian cells. But despite widespread media coverage implying the case is all but closed, the toxins are just one of many clues in a complicated case. Before the toxins can be linked to the deaths, there are many crucial questions that need answers - including whether the compounds are found in the carcasses. Since last July, 111 manatees, 51 dolphins, and as many as 300 pelicans have died in the northern Indian River Lagoon. Scientists studying the situation are still trying to find the culprit, or culprits, behind the deaths; at this point, they're not even sure the die-offs are all the work of the same killer. The manatees, which normally eat sea grass, die quickly - but their outward appearance doesn't give any clues to what killed them. Dolphins and pelicans, on the other hand, normally eat fish, and unlike the manatees, their carcasses show signs of starvation and emaciation. |
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Gerry Bellett
West Nile Virus, which also affects humans, suspected as being the cause
Vancouver Sun 2013-07-17 12:46:00
A deadly paralysis is striking ravens and crows in the Peace River region. Leona Green, who runs the Hillspring Wildlife Rehabilitation facility in Dawson Creek, said Wednesday that she has had dozens of reports of ravens and crows being found sitting on the ground unable to use their feet. "At first it was ravens and now we're seeing crows," said Green. University of B.C. professor Patrick Mooney, who specializes in biodiversity and urban birds, believes it's possible that the birds have died from contracting the West Nile Virus that is carried by mosquitoes. "The tip-off is that it started in ravens and now it's being seen in crows," said Mooney. "Ravens and crows belong to the corvid family of birds and are particularly susceptible to the West Nile Virus. So if I have to guess, that's what I'd say it is," he said. |
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witn.com
Hundreds of dead fish have washed up along the Neuse River in the Carolina Pines neighborhood in Craven County.2013-07-11 14:37:00
River Watch President Rick Dove saw the fish swimming in the river Tuesday night. When he woke up Wednesday morning they were dead along the beach. While he says he has seen fish kills a lot worst in the past, he is afraid this might just be the beginning. Dove says, "What the river is telling us here as you look at these dying fish, there is something wrong here and we need to get it fixed." The majority of the fish are Menhaden. A small percentage of them have sores along their bodies. |
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Peter Michael
The Courier-Mail 2013-07-19 11:54:00
Experts are looking for clues as to why common black kites are falling dead from north Queensland skies. Black kites, also known as shite-hawks and firebirds, are medium-sized birds of prey and are among the few raptor species which gather in flocks. Testing has so far excluded bird flu and Newcastle disease, both highly contagious viral infections linked to mass deaths of migratory wild birds, and transmissible to humans. But the cause of the latest spate of deaths, possibly linked to a cross-border infection, is still a mystery. Biosecurity Queensland has confirmed it is testing "several kites in relation to unexplained deaths in the tropical north Queensland region''. "The exact number of bird deaths is unknown and estimates are not available at this stage of the investigation,'' a spokesman told The Courier-Mail. |
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Niu Shuping and Naveen Thukral
Reuters 2013-07-17 10:14:00
China's wheat crop has suffered more severely than previously thought from frost in the growing period and rain during the harvest, and import demand to compensate for the damage could see the country eclipse Egypt as the world's top buyer. Interviews with farmers and new estimates from analysts have revealed weather damage in China's northern grain belt could have made as much as 20 million tonnes of the wheat crop, or 16 percent, unfit for human consumption. That would be double the volume previously reported as damaged. Higher imports, which have already been revised upwards on initial damage reports, will further shrink global supplies and support prices, fuelling new worries over global food security. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday raised its forecast for China's imports in 2013/14 to 8.5 million tonnes from 3.2 million tonnes in the previous year, prompting U.S. wheat prices to rally to more than two-week highs. |
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Amy Dyduch
This is Local London 2013-07-16 16:06:00
Richmond police officers were called to reports of a dead body in the Thames only to discover it was a giant catfish. Richmond MPS sent a message out on Twitter on Monday, July 15, which read: "Police were called to a body in the River Thames, it was established that it was actually a very large Catfish." Other users of the social networking site responded to the message. Frances Perrow wrote: "Should've gone to Specsavers." A user named Bramble Jelly posted: "My thoughts go out to the Catfish's family." It is rare for catfish to be spotted in the Thames because they are not native to the river but some species of catfish are among the largest freshwater fish in the world. |
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PF Louis
Natural News 2013-07-17 17:25:00
Improved hygiene habits, water clear of pathogens (though with added chemical toxins), and good plumbing have controlled infectious diseases to a minimal threat. The medical establishment's claims of vaccinations vanquishing infectious disease is bogus. Instead, vaccines have contributed heavily to the modern day threat of autoimmune diseases and diseases from chronic inflammation. Rather than microbial pathogens, it's the industrial toxins, toxic fake foods, and "better living through chemistry" gone crazy that are the sources of chronic inflammation leading to most disease now. | |
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Comment: Is Your Body Burning Up with Hidden Inflammation? Read the following articles to learn more about the connections between inflammation, stress and disease:
Inflammation May Be Link Between Extreme Sleep Durations And Poor Health Stress Influences Disease: Study Reveals Inflammation as the Culprit The link between nightshades, chronic pain and inflammation The Truth About Disease - What it is and What Causes it The Hidden Time Bomb Within You: Inflammation The inflammation and breast cancer connection Vagus Nerve Controls Intestinal Inflammation Study gives new insight on inflammation A solution to reducing inflammation The Anti-Inflammation Diet |
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Heather Callaghan
Activist Post 2013-07-17 17:13:00
Which is worse - a legitimate threat or the urgency of forceful solutions? Leprosy. Bubonic Plague. Consumption. Dying from childbirth. These are periods in history that summon shudders of horror and gratitude to move beyond - but we seem to be coming around full circle. In only the latest round of stern warnings about the antibiotic bubble, Australia's chief scientist is warning that if something drastic is not done soon, even small issues like sore throats and minor infections could be deadly one day not so far off. "There is now a genuine threat of humanity returning to an era where mortality due to common infections is rife," a new report says. It was only in May that the UK's chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, sounded an alarm. "If we don't take action, in 20 years' time we could be back in the 19th century where infections kill us as a result of routine operations." She had said this at a World Health Assembly in Geneva. Beware of urgent warnings - we would do well to pay attention to the offered "solutions" below - which are more alarming than the threat. |
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Dave Mihalovic
PreventDisease.com 2013-07-17 18:24:00
The CDC has quickly removed a page from their website, which is now cached here, admitting that more than 98 million Americans received one or more doses of polio vaccine within an 8-year span from 1955-1963 when a proportion of the vaccine was contaminated with a cancer causing polyomavirus called SV40. It has been estimated that 10-30 million Americans could have received an SV40 contaminated dose of the vaccine. SV40 is an abbreviation for Simian vacuolating virus 40 or Simian virus 40, a polyomavirus that is found in both monkeys and humans. Like other polyomaviruses, SV40 is a DNA virus that has been found to cause tumors and cancer.SV40 is believed to suppress the transcriptional properties of the tumor-suppressing genes in humans through the SV40 Large T-antigen and SV40 Small T-antigen. Mutated genes may contribute to uncontrolled cellular proliferation, leading to cancer. Michele Carbone, Assistant Professor of Pathology at Loyola University in Chicago, has recently isolated fragments of the SV-40 virus in human bone cancers and in a lethal form of lung cancer called mesothelioma. He found SV-40 in 33% of the osteosarcoma bone cancers studied, in 40% of other bone cancers, and in 60% of the mesotheliomas lung cancers, writes Geraldo Fuentes.Dr. Michele Carbone openly acknowledged HIV/AIDS was spread by the hepatitis B vaccine produced by Merck & Co. during the early 1970s. It was the first time since the initial transmissions took place in 1972-74, that a leading expert in the field of vaccine manufacturing and testing has openly admitted the Merck & Co. liability for AIDS. |
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Timothy Judge
It's common knowledge that high school can be a cruel environment where
attractive students are considered "popular," and unattractive kids
often get bullied. And, while that type of petty behavior is expected to
vanish with adulthood, new research proves it does not.University of Notre Dame 2013-07-17 06:07:00 Colleagues can be just as immature as classmates. The study by Timothy Judge, professor of management at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, and Brent Scott from Michigan State University, is the first to link attractiveness to cruelty in the workplace. In "Beauty, Personality, and Affect as Antecedents of Counterproductive Work Behavior Receipt," recently published in Human Performance, the researchers examine counterproductive work behavior and its effect on employees. They show that physical attractiveness plays as much of a role as personality in how a person is treated in the workplace. The researchers surveyed 114 workers at a health care facility, asking them how often their co-workers treated them cruelly, including saying hurtful things, acting rudely and making fun of them. Through digital photos, the workers' "attractiveness" was then judged by others who didn't know them. |
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John Paul Gutierrez
Long-distance couples disclose more and idealize partners' behaviors.International Communication Association 2013-07-18 06:03:00 The long-distance relationship has plagued college students and people relocated for work for ages. These relationships are seen as destined to fail, but are they actually creating stronger bonds than a geographically closer relationship? A recent paper published in the Journal of Communication found that people in long-distance relationships often have stronger bonds from more constant, and deeper, communication than normal relationships. Crystal Jiang, City University of Hong Kong and Jeffrey Hancock, Cornell University, asked dating couples in long-distance and geographically close relationships to report their daily interactions over different media: face-to-face, phone calls, video chat, texting, instant messenger, and email. Over a week, they reported to what extent they shared about themselves and experienced intimacy, and to what extent they felt their partners did the same thing. When comparing the two types of relationships, Jiang and Hancock found that long-distance couples felt more intimate to each other, and this greater intimacy is driven by two tendencies: long-distance couples disclosed themselves more, and they idealized their partners' behaviors. These two tendencies become more manifested when they communicated in text-based, asynchronous and mobile media because they made more efforts to overcome the media constraints. |
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Justine Frederiksen
Ukiah Daily Journal 2013-07-16 13:30:00
When Juan De Los Santos kids' bicycles got stolen from outside his house, he put up security cameras, hoping to catch any thieves in the act the next time. But what De Los Santos caught on camera scared him much more than prowlers, as he believes the footage shows his home is being haunted. "I get chills talking about it," De Los Santos said, describing the weird occurrences that have been escalating at his house on Warren Drive: the dog barking for no reason, doorknobs shaking, furniture moving and, worst of all, the faces and demon shapes he sees hovering in his backyard in the camera's footage. "I turned it off, I didn't want to see anymore," he said of the images, explaining that he immediately called a priest and asked him to come bless the house. De Los Santos said the blessing "helped a little, but not to where I'm satisfied," describing the scariest encounter as when he felt and heard something big behind him when he went outside to investigate noises. "The motion detector light did not go on," he said, adding that he got chills up his spine and goosebumps when he heard grunting and saw the bushes move. Others have had unsettling encounters in his home, so much so that his sister-in-law won't come over anymore and he won't allow his kids to sleep in their rooms, where a lot of the activity seems to be centered around. |
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James M. Clash
Bloomberg 2013-07-16 20:39:00
On Feb. 5, 1971, Edgar Mitchell became the sixth of only 12 men to step on the moon. Of that elite dozen, which included Buzz Aldrin and the late Neil Armstrong 44 years ago this week, Mitchell is the only one to go on record about his controversial belief in extraterrestrial UFOs -- and of a possible government cover-up. Mitchell, 82, is no dummy. While on active duty as a test pilot for the U.S. Navy, he completed an M.S. in aeronautical engineering at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and a doctorate in aeronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mitchell also served in combat during the Korean War as a fighter pilot. In 1970, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. After retiring from NASA in 1972, he founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences and later wrote The Way of the Explorer to document his experiences with mysticism and space. I recently spoke on the telephone with the retired U.S. Navy Captain from his home in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was lucid and convincing with his heavy southern drawl, and just a little guarded. |
