Top official at China’s £300bn sovereign wealth fund said that the depth of public anger in the eurozone could lead to a ‘complete discarding’ of austerity programmes Tania Branigan in Beijing and Graeme Wearden guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 November 2012… Read More ›
Day: November 16, 2012
Peter King: WH edited CIA report to hide al-Qaida role in Benghazi
Posted By Neil Munro On 5:18 PM 11/16/2012 @ 5:18 PM In DC Exclusives – Original Reporting,Fox News,Politics,RSS to email,Yahoo! News | President Barack Obama’s deputies modified an intelligence report provided by former CIA Director David Petraeus to obscure the… Read More ›
UFO Over Denver Not Yet Debunked
EEV: Reposted with another copy of the video [Fox31 Report] DENVER, Colo. – A strange object, flying above Denver has puzzled many who have seen the video, including aviation experts. KDVR-TV in Denver talked to Steve Cowell, a former commercial… Read More ›
In Benghazi testimony, Petraeus says al Qaeda role known early: Obama administration denies misleading anyone
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:17 GMT Reuters * Petraeus slips into Capitol unseen by media * Lawmaker says testimony focused on Benghazi, not scandal * Democrats say Rice unfairly pilloried for Benghazi remarks By Susan Cornwell and Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON,… Read More ›
Egypt’s Mursi to avoid Coptic ceremony, dismays Christians
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi will not attend the installation ceremony of the new Coptic pope, the church said on Friday, to the dismay of Christians who fear being sidelined in the new Islamist-led Egypt. Pope Tawadros II, will be installed… Read More ›
McDonald’s to give away 200,000 free burgers: “initiative was to reinforce the importance of starting the day with a wholesome breakfast”
The Star/Asia News Network Saturday, Nov 17, 2012 PETALING JAYA – They say eat breakfast like a king and McDonald’s Malaysia has decided to celebrate the most important meal of the day by giving away over 200,000 free Egg McMuffin… Read More ›
Health Research Report 16 NOV 2012
Topics: Triclosan and Childrens Allergies Vitamin C during pregnancy and fetus brain development Omega-3 fatty acids and postpartum depression Prop 37, all votes not counted yet
142nd Health Research Report 16 NOV 2012
Editors Top five: Caffeine improves recognition of positive words Drinking green tea with starchy food may help lower blood sugar spikes Link Found Between Child Prodigies and Autism Triclosan in cosmetics and personal care products can increase allergy risk… Read More ›
Melt water on Mars could sustain life
Contact: Andreas Johnsson andreasj@gvc.gu.se 46-031-786-2943 University of Gothenburg Near surface water has shaped the landscape of Mars. Areas of the planet’s northern and southern hemispheres have alternately thawed and frozen in recent geologic history and comprise striking similarities to the… Read More ›
Foetus suffers when mother lacks vitamin C
Healthy pregnancy Maternal vitamin C deficiency during pregnancy can have serious consequences for the foetal brain. And once brain damage has occurred, it cannot be reversed by vitamin C supplements after birth. This is shown through new research at the… Read More ›
Vitamin D deficiency linked to Type 1 diabetes
Contact: Kim Edwards kedwards@ucsd.edu 619-543-6163 University of California – San Diego A study led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has found a correlation between vitamin D3 serum levels and subsequent incidence of Type… Read More ›
Eating more fish could reduce postpartum depression
Contact: William Raillant-Clark w.raillant-clark@umontreal.ca 514-343-7593 University of Montreal Emerging evidence suggests many pregnant women are deficient in omega-3 This release is available in French. Low levels of omega-3 may be behind postpartum depression, according to a review lead by Gabriel… Read More ›
Flame retardants linked to neurodevelopmental delays in children : PBDEs
Contact: Sarah Yang scyang@berkeley.edu 510-643-7741 University of California – Berkeley Berkeley — Prenatal and childhood exposure to flame retardant compounds are linked to poorer attention, fine motor coordination and IQ in school-aged children, a finding by researchers at the University… Read More ›
Cordyceps could have anti-flammatory benefits
Contact: Lindsay Brooke lindsay.brooke@nottingham.ac.uk 44-011-595-15751 University of Nottingham Rare parasitic fungi could have anti-flammatory benefits Caterpillar fungi (Cordyceps) are rare parasites found on hibernating caterpillars in the mountains of Tibet. For centuries they have been highly prized as a traditional… Read More ›
Head injury + pesticide exposure = Triple the risk of Parkinson’s disease
Contact: Rachel Seroka rseroka@aan.com 612-928-6129 American Academy of Neurology MINNEAPOLIS – A new study shows that people who have had a head injury and have lived or worked near areas where the pesticide paraquat was used may be three times… Read More ›
Low police commissioner vote turnout ‘a concern for democracy’
PCC elections condemned as ‘complete shambles’ and ‘comedy of errors’, with ‘worst turnout ever’ A poor turnout and spoilt ballot papers have left the police and crime commissioner elections in “complete shambles”, Labour have said, as David Cameron is forced… Read More ›
Petraeus tells Congress that ‘Obama administration altered CIA talking points’ on Benghazi
By Associated Press Reporter and Toby Harnden In Washington PUBLISHED:08:56 EST, 16 November 2012| UPDATED:13:09 EST, 16 November 2012 Former CIA Director David Petraeus has told Congress that the CIA believed almost immediately that al-Qaeda-linked terrorists were behind the September… Read More ›
How metadata brought down CIA boss David Petraeus
13:59 16 November 2012 by Hal Hodson Every move we make online leaves a trace. This is a lesson former CIA director David Petraeus and his lover, Paula Broadwell, learned in dramatic fashion a few weeks ago after an FBI… Read More ›
Human drugs make fish flounder
Contraceptives and antidepressants can reduce fish reaction times and reproductive rates. Richard A. Lovett 16 November 2012 Scientists have known for years that human medications, from anti-inflammatories to the hormones in birth-control pills, are ending up in waterways and affecting… Read More ›
Professor defends Stalin, socialism at student-organized debate
2:18 AM 11/14/2012 Zachary Snider At an on-campus debate hosted by the libertarian Young Americans for Liberty, professor Grover Furr of Montclair State University (MSU) declared that he has not found a single crime committed by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin…. Read More ›
National security for beginners
EEV: requested post. Posted By Thaddeus G. McCotter On 2:21 PM 10/24/2012 @ 2:21 PM In Opinion | Amidst our nation’s rightful focus on our struggling economy, Monday night’s foreign policy debate’s stirring exchanges droned home the point that these… Read More ›
Pressure on Cameron to block EU army HQ plans: “creation of a new European Union military command”
David Cameron faces a looming political battle to defend Britain’s veto over defence policy after France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland urged the creation of a new European Union military command “structure”. Prime Minister David Cameron gives a press conference… Read More ›
The US mounting its military presence in China’s “soft belly”
Boris Volkhonsky Nov 16, 2012 16:31 Moscow Time Photo: EPA This weekend and the beginning of the next week will witness an unprecedented rise in US diplomatic activity in the region which until lately was a “black spot” in Washington’s… Read More ›
Ancient vulnerability sparks world-wide hypegasm: “One simple trick could disable a city’s 4G phone network”.
Radio signal jamming + hint of terror threat = lots of column inches By Richard Chirgwin • Get more from this author Posted in Security, 16th November 2012 05:13 GMT Free whitepaper – Nemertes Research: Mobile Security Challenge Emerges A… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 