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Joan Juliet Buck
Vogue 2011-02-25 09:23:00
Asma al-Assad is glamorous, young, and very chic - the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies. Her style is not the couture-and-bling dazzle of Middle Eastern power but a deliberate lack of adornment. She's a rare combination: a thin, long-limbed beauty with a trained analytic mind who dresses with cunning understatement. Paris Match calls her "the element of light in a country full of shadow zones." She is the first lady of Syria. Syria is known as the safest country in the Middle East, possibly because, as the State Department's Web site says, "the Syrian government conducts intense physical and electronic surveillance of both Syrian citizens and foreign visitors." It's a secular country where women earn as much as men and the Muslim veil is forbidden in universities, a place without bombings, unrest, or kidnappings, but its shadow zones are deep and dark. Asma's husband, Bashar al-Assad, was elected president in 2000, after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad, with a startling 97 percent of the vote. In Syria, power is hereditary. The country's alliances are murky. How close are they to Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah? There are souvenir Hezbollah ashtrays in the souk, and you can spot the Hamas leadership racing through the bar of the Four Seasons. Its number-one enmity is clear: Israel. But that might not always be the case. The United States has just posted its first ambassador there since 2005, Robert Ford. Iraq is next door, Iran not far away. Lebanon's capital, Beirut, is 90 minutes by car from Damascus. Jordan is south, and next to it the region that Syrian maps label Palestine. There are nearly one million refugees from Iraq in Syria, and another half-million displaced Palestinians. | |
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Comment: And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why the Al-Assads must go and why Syria must be razed to the ground.
Vogue, incidentally, removed this article from their website and issued an 'apology' for publishing something contrary to the propaganda dictates of the brutish oligarchs ruling the Western Empire. |
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Hannah Allam & Julie Moos
The Sacramento Bee 2013-08-02 12:31:00
The State Department issued a worldwide travel alert Friday as it suspended operations in 21 Muslim countries in response to "current information" that suggests al Qaida and affiliated militant groups could strike within the next month, according to an official announcement. Apart from mentioning that an attack could occur in or emanate from the Arabian Peninsula, which is home to one of the most active al Qaida branches, the U.S. government gave no details as to the nature of this particular threat, or specifics on when or where such an attack might take place. "They may focus efforts to conduct attacks in the period between now and the end of August," the State Department's travel alert said. One date in particular - this Sunday, Aug. 4 - was mentioned in the State Department warning. All embassies that would've been open that day were ordered to close Sunday and perhaps longer. The edict affects embassies in Muslim countries, where Sunday is a workday, and coincides with a special night in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. However, analysts who study militant groups said, there's too little public information to draw conclusions as to the reasons for such a widespread shutdown of diplomatic operations. Such precautionary measures have become increasingly common in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans at U.S. posts in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. |
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news.com.au
2013-08-02 05:57:00
Rocket attacks have struck government-held districts in the central Syrian city of Homs, setting off successive explosions in a weapons depot that killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens, an opposition group and residents said. The blasts sent a massive ball of fire into the sky, causing widespread damage and panic among residents, many of whom are supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. One resident said the explosions were so strong they cracked the walls of some buildings. Thick smoke and dust could be seen from a distance as explosions shook the ground. A video posted online by activists showed a huge ball of fire over Homs neighbourhoods. The explosions in Homs reflected the see-saw nature of the conflict. It showed that despite significant advances by Assad's military, rebels could still strike back. | |
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Comment: Remember, officially, the FSA/rebels/al Qaeda-in-Syria/Syrian protest movement has not yet
received any weapons from the West nor its client regimes in the Middle
East... so where are we supposed to think they're conjuring
anti-aircraft, anti-tank, mini-nuke type explosives, shells, machine
guns, millions of rounds of ammunition, satellite comms, etc, etc,
etc... do they have a genie in a lamp which they rub to get three
wishes?
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Aziz El Yaakoubi
Reuters 2013-08-01 20:16:00
Moroccans outraged by a royal pardon for a Spanish paedophile serving a 30-year sentence for raping 11 children in the North African kingdom are planning a protest in Rabat on Friday. The convicted paedophile is among 48 jailed Spaniards who the state news agency MAP said were pardoned by King Mohamed VI on Tuesday at the request of Spain's King Juan Carlos, who visited Morocco last month. The decision prompted a frenzy of angry postings on social media in Morocco. Activists from the February 20 movement, which organised anti-government demonstrations during the Arab unrest of 2011, called for Friday's rally in the Moroccan capital. "The king's pardon is a second rape for the victims," a woman identifying herself as Meryem El said on Twitter. |
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RT.com
2013-08-01 18:50:00
Japan's Deputy PM has called on local politicians revising the constitution to learn from Nazi Germany when it amended the Weimar charter. Although he later retracted his words neighbors Beijing and Seoul said such militaristic remarks "hurt many people". "Germany's Weimar Constitution was changed before anyone knew. It was changed before anyone else noticed. Why don't we learn the technique," Japanese media quoted Taro Aso as saying during a far-reaching event in Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to which Aso also belongs, has been keen to revise the US-imposed pacifist constitution, including war-renouncing Article 9, so Japan can use the right of collective self-defense as stipulated by the UN Charter. The LDP also wants to define Japan's defense forces as a full-fledged military force amid territorial tensions with China and South Korea. South Korea, which had suffered under Japan's past militarism, has slammed the Japanese minister's speech. "Such remarks definitely hurt many people," the Yonhap news agency quoted South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Tai-young as saying. "It is clear what such comments on the [Nazi] regime mean to people of the time and to those who suffered from Japan's imperialistic invasion." |
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connexionfrance.com
The Mayor of a small French town has admitted he was unaware of giving permission to build a retirement village for gay people.2013-07-31 15:44:00
Yves Bastié, mayor of Sallèles d'Aude, gave the thumbs up to the construction of a holiday-retirement village as something he had long campaigned for. But the mayor has admitted he was unaware that the project, put forward by the British company Villages Group, was destined to be a "private oasis for the over-50s gay and lesbian community". "I knew nothing about it," he said. "I've asked my colleagues to check this information, but if it is the case, I think the least thing would have been to inform me." While the project was presented to the mairie, images of a heterosexual couples were used, but on the English website of the group the illustrations are of gay couples. The plan is for 104 eco-friendly homes plus a hotel, restaurant and sports centre in a gated community with concierge services and riverside access. The entry price for a home is €236,000, plus €70 a week maintenance and service charge which also covers activities. |
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connexionfrance
Electricity bills rise an average of 5% from today, as interest rates on savings are cut to 1.25% and gas prices drop slightly.
2013-08-01 15:38:00
EDF is introducing a new set of tariffs from August 1, which will hit small users the least, but will push up prices in general. They affect the state regulated accounts still owned by 95% of French households. The interest rate of the tax free savings account the Livret A is cut from 1.75% to 1.25% - its lowest ever level, last seen in August 2009. Meanwhile the prices of state regulated gas bills are set to drop slightly, by an average of 0.45%. The SNCF and RATP have both decided to keep their fares unchanged. |
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Firefighters in Bordeaux extracted a 2m boa constrictor from a car after the runaway snake fell asleep in the engine.
2013-08-01 15:30:00
The unnamed snake was initially seen making its escape down rue du Commandant-Charcotin in the Caudéran area, but by the time fire fighters arrived, it had sought shelter by climbing into the engine of Mario Poularas' car via the gearbox. Mr Poularas told Sud Ouest newspaper that he was relieved not have needed his vehicle on the morning that fire fighters knocked on his door to tell him that a boa constrictor had fallen asleep inside it. "I don't know what I would have done if I'd seen the animal in the passenger compartment," he said. Boa constrictors are not venomous, but are still, as Sud Ouest put it, "not cool to find while changing from first". Fire fighters took half an hour to extract the animal, during which time its owner realised it had escaped after he left the vivarium door open. |
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Aya Takada
Wheat prices in Japan, which imports 60 percent of its food, are poised
to increase for the third time in a year, adding to inflation as Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe's economic stimulus weakens the yen and boosts
costs.bloomberg.com 2013-08-02 14:27:00 Foreign wheat sold by the government to flour millers including Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (2002) will probably rise about 5 percent in October from 54,990 yen ($553) a metric ton on average, according to the U.S. Wheat Associates. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will decide on prices this month, based on purchasing costs in the six months through August, said grain-trade director Sunao Orihara. The increase will add to expenses for producers from noodle maker Nissin Foods Holdings Co. (2897) to Yamazaki Baking Co. (2212), which raised bread prices as much as 6 percent last month. Higher food costs are helping Abe's campaign to achieve a goal of 2 percent inflation for sustained growth. Consumer prices gained the most since 2008 in June, signaling the world's third-biggest economy may be starting to shake off 15 years of deflation. Wheat costs rose 10 percent in April and 3 percent in October. "We expect another increase in yen-based wheat prices, despite a retreat in the international market, as Japan's currency remains weak against the dollar," Charlie Utsunomiya, director at the Tokyo office of U.S. Wheat Associates, said in an interview, based on sales through July. |
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Sian Breslin
Tesco Boss Larry Phillip has finally come out to say
that the days of cheap food prices are over. "Because of growing global
demand, it is going to change. There's going to be more demand and more
pressure. Over the long term I think food prices and people's
proportion of income may well be going up but we'll be doing our bit.
Unless more food is produced prices must go up. It's the basic law of
supply and demand." Ah economics, how you attempt to explain everything.
But what does this all mean?huffingtonpost.co.uk 2013-07-30 14:00:00 Food Poverty It means that we are going to have to pay more for food that ever before. It seems as if a lot of people are already well accustomed to higher food prices, which have risen by 25% over the last five years. An estimated 18 per cent of the UK is suffering from food poverty. Is it possible to continue to eat healthily while food prices rise? Processed, ready-made meals have been said to contribute to obesity levels. However, unfortunately such food is often cheaper than their healthy alternatives. What is the answer? |
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Matt Young and Candace Sutton
The Australian 2013-08-02 02:12:00
For the first few weeks you jump at every phone call. In the pit of your stomach there is a nameless dread that the phone call will bring the news you've been fearing. Then nothing, endless days of nothing. Families and friends tell the same stories about their loved one who suddenly goes missing. Years pass and they never give up hope, even if it is only the hope that the remains of their daughter, parent, wife or husband will be found, so they can mourn and accept their loss. Every year, about 35,000 Australians are reported missing. Most are located, but then there are those who never return home, leaving the lives of those close to them in limbo. Read some of their stories here. Source: news.com.au |
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Komo News
2013-08-01 08:42:00
Johnstown, Pennsylvania - Authorities say a 12-year-old boy used a BB gun to rob a 10-year-old who was running a lemonade stand in western Pennsylvania. Johnstown Sgt. Patrick Goggin says the 12-year-old approached the stand Monday with what appeared to be a handgun in his pocket and threatened the younger boy. Goggin says the boys "got into a wrestling match over the money box" before the older boy took $30 and ran away. Three other children chased the boy home and helped police track him down. That's when police determined the boy had a BB gun. Police aren't identifying the suspect because he'll be charged in juvenile court where most cases remain confidential. Johnstown is about 60 miles east of Pittsburgh. Source: Associated Press |
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Michele Catalano
Writing Out Loud 2013-08-01 19:40:00
It was a confluence of magnificent proportions that led six agents from the joint terrorism task force to knock on my door Wednesday morning. Little did we know our seemingly innocent, if curious to a fault, Googling of certain things was creating a perfect storm of terrorism profiling. Because somewhere out there, someone was watching. Someone whose job it is to piece together the things people do on the internet raised the red flag when they saw our search history. Most of it was innocent enough. I had researched pressure cookers. My husband was looking for a backpack. And maybe in another time those two things together would have seemed innocuous, but we are in "these times" now. And in these times, when things like the Boston bombing happen, you spend a lot of time on the internet reading about it and, if you are my exceedingly curious news junkie of a twenty-ear-old son, you click a lot of links when you read the myriad of stories. You might just read a CNN piece about how bomb making instructions are readily available on the internet and you will in all probability, if you are that kid, click the link provided. Which might not raise any red flags. Because who wasn't reading those stories? Who wasn't clicking those links? But my son's reading habits combined with my search for a pressure cooker and my husband's search for a backpack set off an alarm of sorts at the joint terrorism task force headquarters. That's how I imagine it played out, anyhow. Lots of bells and whistles and a crowd of task force workers huddled around a computer screen looking at our Google history. This was weeks ago. I don't know what took them so long to get here. Maybe they were waiting for some other devious Google search to show up but "what the hell do I do with quinoa" and "Is A-Rod suspended yet" didn't fit into the equation so they just moved in based on those older searches. |
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WISN12
2013-08-01 09:47:00
WISN 12 News investigates an operation raising questions about the use of government resources and the state policy that meant a death sentence for a fawn. "It was like a SWAT team," shelter employee Ray Schulze said. Two weeks ago, Schulze was working in the barn at the Society of St. Francis on the Kenosha-Illinois border when a swarm of squad cars arrived and officers unloaded with a search warrant. "(There were) nine DNR agents and four deputy sheriffs, and they were all armed to the teeth," Schulze said. |
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Adam Gabbatt
The Guardian, UK 2013-08-01 18:54:00
A New York woman says her family's interest in the purchase of pressure cookers and backpacks led to a home visit by six police investigators demanding information about her job, her husband's ancestry and the preparation of quinoa. Michele Catalano, who lives in Long Island, New York, said her web searches for pressure cookers, her husband's hunt for backpacks, and her "news junkie" son's craving for information on the Boston bombings had combined somewhere in the internet ether to create a "perfect storm of terrorism profiling". Members of what she described as a "joint terrorism task force" descended on Catalano's home on Wednesday. Catalano was at work, but her husband was sitting in the living room as the police arrived. She retold the experience in a post on Medium.com on Thursday. She attributed the raid largely to her ongoing hunt for a pressure cooker, an item used devastatingly by the two Tsarnaev brothers in Boston, but also used by millions across the country to prepare vegetables while retaining most of their nutrients. |
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James O'Shea
IrishCentral.com 2013-08-02 16:45:00
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams had told the McGill Summer School in Donegal that in Ireland, "Almost 100 years ago partition created two conservative states ruled in their narrow self-interests by two conservative elites." He stated that in Northern Ireland, "The northern state was a one party state which reinforced the institutionalised use of discrimination, sectarianism and segregation." But he also stated that: |
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connexionfrance.com
Google has announced its prototype real-time speech translation systems
are performing with "close to 100% accuracy" in laboratory conditions.2013-07-30 15:22:00
However the web giant has given no indication as to when a finished product will become a reality. Google Translate, the web and mobile tool for converting text from one language to another, is already indispensable for most business travelers, expats and holidaymakers. The company is developing a real-time translation tool that can do for voice what its current systems can do for text. In an interview with The Times, Android product management vice president Hugo Barra revealed that the current prototypes are achieving "close to 100% accuracy," and that with some language pairings, the results are "near perfect," meaning that in laboratory conditions at least (ie. without background noises and over a perfect internet connection), two people speaking two completely different languages can communicate via the system. Earlier this month, Microsoft Asia researchers demonstrated a system that uses the Kinect sensor that can translate sign language in real time and also turn text into visual sign language via an avatar. |
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Elizabeth Howell
Universe Today 2013-08-02 14:13:00
There's a potential "cometary graveyard" of inactive comets in our solar system wandering between Mars and Jupiter, a new Colombian research paper says. This contradicts a long-standing view that comets originate on the fringes of the solar system, in the Oort Cloud. Mysteriously, however, 12 active comets have been seen in and around the asteroid belt. The astronomers theorize there must be a number of inactive comets in this region that flare up when a stray gravitational force from Jupiter nudges the comets so that they receive more energy from the Sun. The researchers examined comets originating from the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, a spot where it is believed there are only asteroids (small bodies made up mostly of rock). Comets, by contrast, are a mixture of rocks and ice. The ice melts when the comet gets close to the sun, and can form spectacular tails visible from Earth. (Here's more detail on the difference between a comet and an asteroid.) |
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Kion Hudson
WIBW.com 2013-08-02 15:52:00
Wichita -- Watch your step if you venture into Wallace County in western Kansas. The Wallace County sheriff says a large sinkhole was discovered about a week ago eight miles north of Wallace. They're waiting on experts to come out and examine the sinkhole. They have no idea what caused it, and no injuries have been reported. |
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connexionfrance.com
A group of walkers has been attacked by a cow in the Hautes-Pyrénées, leaving one dead and four others injured.2013-07-31 15:49:00
The incident happened at 11.30 on Tuesday morning on the Col d'Azet, near Saint-Lary-Soulan. The group passed a herd of cows, but one animal, protecting her calf, charged an 85-year-old walker. He was airlifted to Pau hospital but died of his injuries. Four other walkers, a Spanish couple and their children aged three and five were also hurt. A spokesman for mountain security in the area said: "Walkers must be careful of herds of cows and try to avoid them. They should also keep their distance from sheep being guarded by patous, the big white mountain dogs who watch intruders with suspicion." |
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connexionfrance.com
2013-08-01 15:17:00 Emergency services and Canadair water planes are on standby for forest fires across Aquitaine.
The current spell of hot, dry and windy weather means conditions are ideal for 'severe fires' and every department in the region has been placed on alert. Authorities are asking all those passing through forests in the region to take extreme care: no smoking, or throwing away cigarette ends, matches or anything vaguely flammable and no burning of rubbish or vegetation. People are also advised to limit the amount of driving they do in the area. Two Canadair aircraft are on standby at the airport in Mérignac where they will stay until the severe fire alert is lifted. |
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connexionfrance.com
Eight departments in the south west are on alert for 'violent storms' set to strike tonight.2013-08-02 15:10:00
Residents of the Charente, Dordogne, Landes, Gironde et Lot-et-Garonne, Creuse, Vienne and Haute-Vienne should be vigilant as the storms hit later today. Strong gusts of winds up to 100kph, hail and heavy rain (up to 30mm in an hour) are expected. The riskiest period is 19.00 until Saturday morning at 04.00. The storms are set to begin in the Golfe de Gascogne tonight and spread across Aquitaine, the Limousin and the east of Poitou-Charentes. Wider areas will be affected but not to the same intensity as the departments on alert. |
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tnp.no
Researchers at the University of Bergen (UiB) has discovered
hundreds of volcanoes in the deep sea around Norway. The area may be
Norway's new National Park or billion-profit generating region.2013-08-02 14:50:00
The unique findings were discovered in Norwegian waters along a 1500 km long volcanic mountain range, which stretches from Jan Mayen to the Fram Strait between Svalbard and Greenland. - Prior to this white spots on the map, we knew nothing about what was there. But using technological tools we have been able to map the ocean floor. The last volcano was found a few weeks ago and is just 20 meters below sea level, - says Rolf Birger Pedersen, professor at the Centre for Geobiology (UiB). By discovering Loki's Castle, as the area is called, now researchers from UiB can observe unknown volcanic underwater world toogether with hundreds of undersea volcanoes and various heat sources. There is not only a totally unique wildlife, but also rich metal deposits. Each field has an estimated value of 1-3 billion NOK. How much economic value they may have in the future is too early to say. The environmental and legal aspects are important issues. Iron, zinc and copper are just some of the metal deposits that exist, but the unique microorganisms will also be an important step in bioprospecting. That searching for valuable biological and active components from marine organism, which can be used for research and development of new medicines. |
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newsfixnow.com
Floods and drought may mean higher food prices2013-08-02 14:14:00
Dallas, TX - Expect to shell out more lettuce on fruits and veggies. Yeah, thanks to Mother Nature, we may be paying ten percent more by fall. In North Carolina, rain is the problem, lots of rain, which means flooded fields washing away all sorts of crops from corn to tobacco. In Iowa, the problem is lack of rain. Dry weather there means the corn crop won't get the water it needs as we go into the pollination season, and the delay in planting puts the crop at an even bigger disadvantage. Drought and record high temperatures hit farmers in the west, particularly rice farmers here in southeast Texas. And the record heat could mean another spike in dairy prices pretty soon. Cows don't like really hot temperatures, so dairy farmers have to spend extra money keeping their cattle cool. Last year, Michigan had to import apples because warm weather triggered early apple blossoms that died off in a prolonged cold spell. But growers expect a good harvest this year, which is good news for apple lovers. Heavy rains and floods are washing away entire corn fields in northeast China. But heat is the problem in other parts of the country. Longjing tea plants are withering in their fields because of prolonged scorching temperatures. |
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Reese Ewing
Sao Paulo - Last week's frosts in southern Brazil damaged nearly a
fifth of the unharvested cane crop in the principal growing region, an
event likely to cut sugar exports from the world's largest producer,
agriculture research company Datagro said Wednesday.newsdaily.com 2013-08-02 03:26:00 Severe early morning frosts on July 24 and 25 in three of Brazil's top sugar-cane states devastated large areas, Datagro President Plinio Nastari told Reuters. The cold blight comes at the peak the crushing season when more than half of Brazil's expected record 590-million-tonne crop remains unharvested. Although Nastari was unable to say how much mill-output will drop or reduce a global sugar glut that has pushed prices to three-year lows, he said 65 million metric tons, or 18 percent of the cane standing uncut in fields was damaged by the frost. Frost in tropical Brazil has long been a weather risk for global coffee markets. This frost, though, is the first in recent history that threatens to significantly cut sugar output and it's impact will likely extend into the next harvest too. |
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Sarah Griffiths
When a strange 'highway' was spotted in the skies in China, few people knew what had caused the unusual astronomical phenomenon.ColoradoNewsday 2013-08-01 10:33:00 After investigating, meteorological experts think the bizarre pathway was created by a combination of sunbeams 'cast from over the horizon,' clouds high in the sky and shadows. The striking photos of the unusual astronomical phenomena were spotted in the sky above Boao Town of Qionghai City in Hainan Province, South China.
Mark Selzer, forecaster at the Met Office, told MailOnline: 'It's hard to be completely sure from a picture, but it's likely this [sight] is due to a phenomenon known as crepuscular rays - or sunbeams - being cast from over the horizon. |
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Matthew Brown
Beaumont Enterprise 2013-08-01 15:20:00
Billings, Montana - Old Faithful it's not. Yellowstone National Park's Steamboat Geyser - the world's tallest - has erupted for the first time in more than eight years. The nine-minute blast sent steaming hot water an estimated 200 to 300 feet in the air, park geologist Hank Heasler said Thursday. Unlike the park's popular and famous Old Faithful geyser, which spews water like clockwork every hour-and-a-half, no one knows when Steamboat will erupt next. In the past, it's gone as long as 50 years without a major event. In 1964, it erupted a record 29 times. The last blast came in 2005. Steamboat is one of more than 500 geysers at Yellowstone, which boasts the largest collection of hydrothermal features in the world. |
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Todd Corillo
WTKR.com 2013-08-01 20:39:00
Virginia Beach. - Dead dolphins washed up on beaches in Virginia at an alarming rate in July. Mark Swingle, Director of Research and Conservation at the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center says the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team has responded to 82 bottle-nosed dolphin strandings in 2013, with 44 of those happening in the month of July. "An average year for us is about 65 dolphin stranding for the whole year, so we are quite far ahead of that pace," Swingle explained. "If you go back 10 years, the average number of dolphins in a July would be about 6 or 7." |
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Debra Fitzgerald
PipestoneStar 2013-07-31 19:18:00
Sweatshirts aren't the usual attire for baling hay, but a cold snap made the job more pleasant last week as this group made a second cutting for Gary Gorter. Weekend temperatures in Pipestone plummeted to lows not seen for 102 years as a cold air mass from northern Canada slipped down into the region. Temperatures of 39 degree and 38 degrees were recorded in Pipestone on Saturday morning, July 27 and Sunday morning, July 28 respectively, according to Mike Gillispie, National Weather Service meteorologist out of Sioux Falls, S.D. The lows broke the record of 42 degrees set in 1911. |
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Mike Barrett
Natural Society 2013-08-01 14:10:00
Here at NaturalSociety we've covered countless reasons to avoid fast food at all costs. This cheaply-processed food fuels illness and disease due to containing numerous harmful ingredients - some of which are actually banned in other countries. But if you need yet another reason to avoid the junk, here it is: According to a study published in the journalAnnals of Diagnostic Pathology, some fast food hamburgers may contain as little as 2% actual meat. For the study, researchers analyzed the content of 8 fast food hamburger brands. To ensure that there was no bias in the results, they assigned each hamburger with an anonymously designated name, ranging from H1 to H8. While it would only logical to assume that hamburgers are made up primarily of meat, much of the 5 billion hamburgers consumed by Americans annually actual contain very little meat (and could contain a whole host of other ingredients. |
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Shannon L. Cheesman
KATU.com 2013-08-02 13:54:00
Milton-Freewater, Oregon - Here's one for the unexplained mystery files - a spooky image captured during a photo shoot. Do you see what's to the right of the tree? Kind of looks like a figure of a person, doesn't it? And it's got Nathan Ziegler, the photographer, more than a little baffled. You see, he set up a camera at the Old Pioneer Cemetery in Milton-Freewater, Ore., and let it run on its own for a few hours. What he wanted was a nice time-lapse of the sunset. What he got was a strange image that appears only in one frame and then disappears. Ziegler shows what he captured in this video: |
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Robert Felix
Nothing to do with global warming, but I LOL every time I see it!IceAgeNow 2013-08-01 22:40:00
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Cord Jefferson
The Gawker 2013-08-01 21:25:00
A frightening and violent mob swept through the normally quiet seaside community of Huntington Beach last night following a surfing competition in the area. Businesses were vandalized and looted, portable toilets overturned, and brutal fistfights waged right out in the open. It was an ugly display and a sad day for California. But more than that, it was a reminder that we must begin to seriously consider the values of our thuggish white youth. Many people don't want to hear this kind of tough love, of course. They'd like to bury their heads in the sand and pretend that all white children are as sweet and harmless as Taylor Swift. But the reality is that the statistics tell a different story. For instance, according to research from the Department of Justice, 84 percent of white murder victims are killed by other white people [PDF]. Similarly, white rape victims tend to be raped by other whites [PDF]. White-on-white violence is a menace to white communities across the country, and yet you never hear white leaders like Pastor Joel Osteen, Bill O'Reilly, or Hillary Clinton take a firm stance against the scourge. |
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CBC News
2013-08-01 20:34:00
A B.C. trucker used to animal sightings is still having a hard time believing what he saw on a logging road south of Prince George, even with photographic evidence. On Monday, one load into the day, Juan Huidoboro thought the driver up ahead who radioed him about an emu on the road was joking around. "What? An emu? I said. 'No'.'" But, right up the road, at the same spot on the road, there it was. "Sure enough, there's frickin' emu walking down the middle of the road," he said. "I couldn't believe it. It blew my mind! Oh, my God." "It was a big bird, huge. At least five feet tall, for sure," he said. |
