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By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, October 31, 2012 21:23 EDT Topics: black bloc ♦ Blake Richards ♦ massive student protests OTTAWA — Parliament passed a ban on wearing masks at riots that punishes violations with up to 10 years behind bars… Read More ›

Sweden pays jobless youth to move to Norway

Thursday, 01 November 2012 Under a scheme organised by the local authorities in the town of Soderhamn and by Sweden’s national employment office, anyone aged between 18 and 28 can volunteer to take a “Job Journey”… Read More ›

Email spam filter could cost Oakland police chief his job

Abuse messages were news to him after he blocked all comments about Occupy unrest Guy Adams Thursday, 1 November 2012 The chief of Oakland’s police, who faces legal action that could imminently remove him from office, says that he failed… Read More ›

Greek death spiral raises heat for German-bloc creditors: Public debt will reach 189pc of GDP

Greece’s debt-load is rising much faster than expected as the country spirals into a sixth year of depression, ratcheting up the pressure on Germany and Europe’s creditor states to accept debt-forgiveness for the first time. Greek trade unions have called… Read More ›

Facebook censors Navy SEALs who said Obama denied them backup as forces overran Benghazi and killed U.S. Ambassador

Message was taken down by Facebook TWICE SEALS claim it was attempt to ‘quietly squelch’ opposition to President Obama’s alleged failures By Rachel Rickard Straus PUBLISHED:06:26 EST, 31 October 2012| UPDATED:12:42 EST, 31 October 2012 A message posted on Facebook… Read More ›

China’s Twitter-like Weibo poses danger, opportunity for new leaders

By Ralph Turchiano on October 31, 2012 • ( 3 )

5:22pm EDT By Melanie Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) – As China prepares for a generational power shift in the next two weeks, a similar shift is happening online that is testing the limits and displaying the evolution of China’s legions of… Read More ›

Journalist’s arrest spreads fear in debt-stricken Greece

By Ralph Turchiano on October 31, 2012 • ( 2 )

Critics say prosecution over a list of Swiss bank account holders reflects deeper erosion of individual freedoms. Barry NeildOctober 31, 2012 08:23 Some believe Kostas Vaxevanis’s arrest will hurt Greece’s reputation in the eyes of its international creditors. (Costas Metaxakis/AFP/Getty… Read More ›

No such thing as ‘junk RNA,’ say Pitt researchers

2009 study posted for filing Contact: Anita Srikameswaran SrikamAV@upmc.edu 412-578-9193 University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences PITTSBURGH, Oct. 12 – Tiny strands of RNA previously dismissed as cellular junk are actually very stable molecules that may play significant… Read More ›

Unnatural selection: Birth control pills may alter choice of partners

By Ralph Turchiano on October 31, 2012 • ( 2 )

2009 study posted for filing Contact: Cathleen Genova cgenova@cell.com 617-397-2802 Cell Press There is no doubt that modern contraception has enabled women to have unprecedented control over their own fertility. However, is it possible that the use of oral contraceptives… Read More ›

Higher folates, not antioxidants, can reduce hearing loss risk in men

2009 study posted for filing Contact: Matt Daigle newsroom@entnet.org 703-535-3754 American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery New research released at world’s largest ENT meeting San Diego, CA – Increased intakes of antioxidant vitamins have no bearing on… Read More ›

Where’s the Science? The Sorry State of Psychotherapy ” not grounded in science”

By Ralph Turchiano on October 31, 2012 • ( 1 )

2009 study posted for filing The prevalence of mental health disorders in this country has nearly doubled in the past 20 years. Who is treating all of these patients? Clinical psychologists and therapists are charged with the task, but… Read More ›

Aspirin Misuse May Have Made 1918 Flu Pandemic Worse

2009 study posted for filing The devastation of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic is well known, but a new article suggests a surprising factor in the high death toll: the misuse of aspirin. Appearing in the November 1 issue of… Read More ›

Oxidized form of Vitamin A, may bring relief for ulcerative colitis

2009 study posted for filing Contact: Cody Mooneyhan cmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology finds retinoic acid may alleviate ulcerative colitis and similar irritable bowel diseases Here’s another… Read More ›

67th Health Research Report 13 OCT 2009 – Reconstruction

Editors Top Five: 1. Aspirin Misuse May Have Made 1918 Flu Pandemic Worse 2. Can strep throat cause OCD, Tourette syndrome? 3. Unnatural selection: Birth control pills may alter choice of partners 4. Where’s the Science? The Sorry State of… Read More ›

Study suggests too much risk associated with SSRI usage and pregnancy: Elevated risk of miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal health complications and possible longer term neurobehavioral abnormalities, including autism

Contact: Kelly Lawman klawman@bidmc.harvard.edu 617-667-7305 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Antidepressants should only be prescribed with great caution BOSTON – Elevated risk of miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal health complications and possible longer term neurobehavioral abnormalities, including autism, suggest that a… Read More ›

Beijing brands Tokyo’s “persistent defiance” in territorial dispute as “self-deception”: urged Tokyo to abandon its illusion of occupying the islands.

China bins Japan’s claim of easing tension Zhang Yunbi and Zhao Shengnan China Daily Publication Date : 31-10-2012 Beijing yesterday hit back at claims by Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba that Tokyo was trying to calm tensions with… Read More ›

France makes billion euro tax claim against Google: report

31Oct2012 PARIS (AFP)French tax authorities have made a billion-euro ($1.3 billion) claim against Google to pressure it in a dispute over compensation to media websites, a French newspaper reported, a claim denied by the US Internet giant’s local arm. The… Read More ›

Monsanto and others conspired with an Army experiment to secretly poison people with toxic chemicals in the 1950s, a class action claims

Army Poisoned People in ’50s, Class Claims By JOE HARRIS ST. LOUIS (CN) – Monsanto and others conspired with an Army experiment to secretly poison people with toxic chemicals in a giant segregated housing complex in the 1950s, a class… Read More ›

Near-death experiences occur when the soul leaves the nervous system and enters the universe, claim two quantum physics experts

Ground-breaking theory holds that quantum substances form the soul They are part of the fundamental structure of the universe By Damien Gayle PUBLISHED:05:38 EST, 30 October 2012| UPDATED:06:26 EST, 30 October 2012 Life after death: Dr Stuart Hameroff, Professor Emeritus … Read More ›

U.S., Japan to hold joint military drill amid island row with China

NATIONAL OCT. 31, 2012 – 06:30AM JST ( 26 ) TOKYO — Japan and the United States will hold a biennial joint military exercise in Japan in November in a move likely to further anger China amid heightened tensions between the two Asian giants… Read More ›

Chinese intruders tell coast guard to get out “leave” the area as it is “in China’s jurisdictional waters” and that the Japanese vessel was “violating the law,”

Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 Kyodo NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — Four Chinese surveillance ships entered Japan’s territorial waters Tuesday near the Senkaku Islands and then left the area around 1:10 p.m., the Japan Coast Guard said. This is the eighth time… Read More ›

U.S. Army Sponsored Artiﬁcial Intelligence Surveillance System Attempts to Predict The Future

10/29/2012 @ 5:12AM |4,088 views In something that looks straight out of the CBS show “Person of Interest“, the science website Phsy.org is reporting on a potentially important breakthrough from researchers at Carnegie Mellon. In research sponsored by… Read More ›

Mother who killed 14-month-old daughter and 10-week-old son while in grip of postnatal depression will not face prison… as banker husband stands by her

By Ralph Turchiano on October 30, 2012 • ( 1 )

Jeff Boots still supports wife Felicia after she smothered their two babies He discovered tiny bodies in walk-in wardrobe and screamed: ‘Oh my God’ Mother insists she is ‘good person and mum’ in heartbreaking court letter She pleads guilty to… Read More ›

Young adults may outgrow bipolar disorder

By Ralph Turchiano on October 30, 2012 • ( 1 )

2009 study posted for filing Contact: Kelsey Jackson JacksonKN@missouri.edu 573-882-8353 University of Missouri-Columbia MU researchers find evidence that there may be developmentally limited forms of bipolar disorder COLUMBIA, Mo. –Bipolar disorder, or manic-depression, causes severe and unusual shifts in mood… Read More ›

Study reveals 2/3 of prostate cancer patients do not need treatment

2009 study posted for filing Contact: Samantha Martin samantha.martin@liv.ac.uk 44-151-794-2248 University of Liverpool In the largest study of its kind, the international team of pathologists studied an initial 4,000 prostate cancer patients over a period of 15 years to further… Read More ›

Scientists find that individuals in vegetative states can learn

2009 study posted for filing Contact: Genevieve Maul Genevieve.maul@admin.cam.ac.uk 44-012-237-65542 University of Cambridge Research gives insight into possible rehabilitation of some patients Scientists have found that some individuals in the vegetative and minimally conscious states, despite lacking the means of… Read More ›

New evidence that green tea may help improve bone health

20009 study posted for filing Contact: Michael Woods m_woods@acs.org 202-872-6293 American Chemical Society Researchers in Hong Kong are reporting new evidence that green tea — one of the most popular beverages consumed worldwide and now available as a dietary supplement… Read More ›

Rich people don’t need friends

2009 study posted for filing Contact: Steve Pogonowski steve.pogonowski@f1000.com Faculty of 1000: Biology and Medicine In a paper evaluated by f1000 Medicine, six studies tested relationships between reminders of money, social exclusion and physical pain. In The symbolic power of… Read More ›

Scientists cure color blindness in monkeys

2009 study posted for filing Contact: John Pastor jdpastor@ufl.edu 352-273-5815 University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Florida used gene therapy to cure two squirrel monkeys of color blindness — the… Read More ›

66th Health Research Report 29 SEP 2009 – Reconstruction

Editors Top Five: 1. Zero tolerance, zero effect 2. New vitamin K analysis supports the triage theory 3. Study reveals 2/3 of prostate cancer patients do not need treatment 4. Gut worms may protect against house-dust mite allergy 5. Medical… Read More ›

Greek state television journalists accused the government of censorship and began a series of work stoppages

Greek journalists strike over suspension of presenters By Renee MaltezouPosted 2012/10/30 at 8:56 am EDT ATHENS, Oct. 30, 2012 (Reuters) — Greek state television journalists accused the government of censorship and began a series of work stoppages on Tuesday after… Read More ›

Alleged Leaked Finance Ministers Passwords and Possible Links Troika Documents

By Ralph Turchiano on October 30, 2012 • ( 1 )

Engineering Evil: There is no way to validate this information. Download Documents at your own risk (HIGH RISK)….. As far as I am concerned, without first hand validation this is only entertainment, and has historical newsworthy value. Linked from: Anonymous Hackers… Read More ›

The hidden real truth about Benghazi

By Ralph Turchiano on October 30, 2012 • ( 1 )

– Doug Hagmann (Bio and Archives) Sunday, October 28, 2012 Most people know that we’ve been lied to about the attacks in Benghazi, but few realize the extent of those lies or the hidden secrets they cover. After… Read More ›

Crisis: Greece; Anonymous attacks Finance ministry: Many classified documents and information leaked

29 October, 17:16 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, OCTOBER 29 – A cyber-attack on the servers of Greek Finance Ministry has leaked classified documents and information online, just a few days before the Greek Parliament votes on another austerity bill. The attack,… Read More ›

Probe into use of ‘death pathway’ by NHS ” patients have been denied food and drink and placed on the pathway when they were not dying”

Probe into use of ‘death pathway’ by NHS The NHS is coordinating a probe into the Liverpool Care Pathway after concerns were raised over its misuse. Families have come forward saying they were not consulted when their loved ones were… Read More ›

Noda says Japan will boost coast security

NationalOct. 30, 2012 – 10:45AM JST( 27 ) TOKYO — Japan will “strengthen security” around its coasts, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Monday, as Chinese ships again plied waters near disputed islands. “While observing the pacifism that is a… Read More ›

Breast cancer screening saves lives, says study??? that screening only narrowly decreased risks that a 50-year-old woman would die from breast cancer within 10 years — from 0.53 percent to 0.46 percent.

Engineering Evil Note: There seems to be conflicting studies being utilized to favor screening. I found this report stating that they used no current data for the meta analysis. The data they claimed to have used here was over 20… Read More ›

Spain and Italy criticise Berlin plan for EU to police budgets

Europe divided over German proposals for a ‘super commissioner’ who could punish nations with large deficit Giles Tremlett in Madrd The Guardian, Monday 29 October 2012 16.53 EDT Spain’s prime minister Mariano Rajoy said about plans for an EU ‘super commissioner:… Read More ›

Germany orders an Audit on its Gold Reserves: Stored in the United States, Britain and France “have never been physically checked”

Monday, 29 October 2012 German federal auditors have requested the Bundesbank checks Germany’s gold reserves, a major part of which has been stored at banks abroad since the Cold War. Germany’s gold bars, stored in… Read More ›

Cargo Ship with 700 tons of Gold Ore disappears

Monday, 29 October 2012 Cargo carrier Amurskoe disappeared in the Sea of Okhotsk while carrying 700 tons of gold ore. Three ships, an amphibious aircraft and a helicopter are undertaking search and rescue operations to find the eight crewmembers of… Read More ›

Revealed: How Facebook is used to kidnap and traffic Indonesian girls

By Ralph Turchiano on October 29, 2012 • ( 2 )

27 Facebook-related abductions reported this year in Indonesia 435 children were trafficked last year, mostly for sexual exploitation By Katy Dartford PUBLISHED:05:46 EST, 29 October 2012| UPDATED:06:57 EST, 29 October 2012 Facebook is increasingly being used to kidnap Indonesian children… Read More ›

Iran claims to have images of Israeli military bases taken by a drone launched by Lebanon’s Hezbollah

Iran claims Iranian-made surveillance drones have made ‘dozens of undetected flights’ into Israeli airspace Israel has rejected the account By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:14:19 EST, 29 October 2012| UPDATED:14:19 EST, 29 October 2012 Hezbollah: Leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has said… Read More ›

Greek magazine editor arrested on live radio for publishing the names of 2,000 wealthy ‘tax evaders’… all with Swiss bank accounts