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• Brussels Terror Cell Was Plotting to Blow Up a Nuclear Plant

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 24, 2016 • ( 1 )

    03:11 25.03.2016(updated 03:13 25.03.2016) The terror cell behind Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels and last November’s Paris massacre had their sights set on a high-casualty strike against a nuclear power plant in Flanders, Belgium. When Belgian police apprehended Salah Abdeslam… Read More ›

• The Lancet: Experts call for global drug policy reform as evidence shows ‘war on drugs’ has harmed public health and human rights

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 24, 2016 • ( 1 )

  Public Release: 24-Mar-2016   The Lancet Drug laws intended to protect have contributed to lethal violence, disease transmission, discrimination, forced displacement and undermined people’s right to health Non-violent minor drug offences should be decriminalised and health and social services for… Read More ›

• Pope Francis most popular among global rich, says study

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 24, 2016

    by Staff Reporter posted Thursday, 24 Mar 2016 Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Rizal Park in Manila, the Philippines in 2015 (PA) The WIN/Gallup survey of 64 countries found that those in the top fifth of incomes had the… Read More ›

• China police arrest 37 over vaccine scandal

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 23, 2016

    Source: Xinhua   2016-03-23 02:12:33 JINAN, March 23 (Xinhua) — Police in east China’s Shandong Province have detained 37 suspects implicated in a vaccine scandal that has shocked the nation and raised questions over vaccine safety. Shandong police announced last… Read More ›

• Study finds link between rage disorder and exposure to a common parasite

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 23, 2016

  Public Release: 23-Mar-2016 Does a common parasite play a role in rage disorder?   University of Maryland School of Medicine In recent years, a common parasitic infection – as many as a third of the world’s population may have it… Read More ›

• "Global risk of Zika virus depends critically on vector status of Aedes albopictus":

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 22, 2016 • ( 2 )

  Public Release: 22-Mar-2016 Global spread of Zika linked to types of mosquitos that transmit it University of Texas at Austin   The circles depict the top 100 cities to which Zika virus might be imported from current infected regions of… Read More ›

• More ancient viruses lurk in our DNA than we thought

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 22, 2016

  “in about 50 of the 2,500 people studied, contains an intact, full genetic recipe for an entire virus” Public Release: 22-Mar-2016   One whole endogenous retrovirus genome — and bits of 17 others — were spotted in a study of… Read More ›

• Why do sunbathers live longer than those who avoid the sun?

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 22, 2016 • ( 1 )

  “We found smokers in the highest sun exposure group were at a similar risk as non-smokers avoiding sun exposure” Public Release: 22-Mar-2016   Wiley New research looks into the paradox that women who sunbathe are likely to live longer than… Read More ›

• Tracing the scent of fear

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 22, 2016

  “a new technique that uses specially-engineered viruses to uncover the nerve pathway involved” Public Release: 21-Mar-2016 Study identifies neurons, brain region involved in rodent stress response Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE – The odor of bobcat urine, if you… Read More ›

• Plants boost extreme temperatures by 5°C ?

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 22, 2016

  Public Release: 21-Mar-2016   Improved plant types in climate model show significant impact on temperatures resulting from earlier spring greening University of New South Wales Heatwaves from Europe to China are likely to be more intense and result in maximum… Read More ›

• Eastern Monarch butterflies at risk of extinction unless numbers increase

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 22, 2016

  Public Release: 21-Mar-2016   United States Geological Survey   Long-term declines in the overwintering Eastern population of North American monarch butterflies are significantly increasing their likelihood of becoming extinct over the next two decades, according to Scripps Institution of Oceanography… Read More ›

• US adults get failing grade in healthy lifestyle behavior

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 22, 2016

  Public Release: 21-Mar-2016   Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – Only 2.7 percent of the U.S. adult population achieves all four of some basic behavioral characteristics that researchers say would constitute a “healthy lifestyle” and help protect against cardiovascular disease,… Read More ›

• Saving Government Email an Open Question with December 2016 Deadline Looming

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 21, 2016

    The National Security Archive’s 2016 “Email Alert” Finds 1 in 6 Federal Agencies Failed Even to File Key Report on Email Management   DIA, Treasury, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Admit They Will Miss December 31, 2016 Deadline for Electronic… Read More ›

• BRUSSELS has been urged to deploy its own armed forces within the EU for the first ever time in a move which would sound the death knell for European democracy.

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 21, 2016

    Death of democracy? Brussels could deploy own ARMY within the EU as migrant crisis deepens   By REBECCA PERRING PUBLISHED: 00:04, Tue, Mar 22, 2016 | UPDATED: 01:21, Tue, Mar 22, 2016 The controversial plan has been proposed by… Read More ›

• EVERY one of us is on the autistic spectrum: We all experience key symptoms ‘just to varying degrees’

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 21, 2016

    Genetic risk for autism exists in every person, new study has revealed Suggests those diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders are the proportion of the population with the most severe symptoms Typical symptoms include difficulties with social interaction, communication and… Read More ›

• Greek Gvt: If you have Cash, you’re a Criminal

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 21, 2016

    Monday, 21 March 2016 Over the course of documenting the ECB’s push to phase out the €500 note, we stumbled upon something rather interesting that’s taking place at Greek banks. Courtesy of a reader, we learned that Piraeus Bank… Read More ›

• Trump’s Circuit Judge Sister Receives Threat

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 21, 2016

    By DAN MCCUE    (CN) – Donald Trump’s sister, Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, is the second member of the Republican presidential hopeful’s family to receive a threatening letter in the mail, warning him to drop out… Read More ›

• 2 British ships arrive in Japan to transport plutonium to U.S.

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 21, 2016

    “Japan has accumulated a massive stockpile of plutonium – 11 metric tons in Japan and another 36 tons that have been reprocessed in Britain and France and are waiting to be returned to Japan – enough to make nearly… Read More ›

• Soros Justice Fellow among three arrested for blocking road to Trump rally in Arizona claims she was sent to ICE ‘because her surname is Gonzalez’

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 20, 2016 • ( 2 )

    Jacinta Gonzalez was one of three protesters arrested Saturday in Fountain Hills, Arizona after she blocked a road causing massive delays The Mexican native tied some sort of band around her neck and locked the band onto a van’s… Read More ›

• Common painkillers are more dangerous than we think

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 19, 2016

  Public Release: 17-Mar-2016   Aarhus University Many Danes are prescribed NSAIDs for the treatment of painful conditions, fever and inflammation. But the treatment also comes with side effects, including the risk of ulcers and increased blood pressure. A major new… Read More ›

• United Nations Bribery Scandal Snares Gala VP and Maybe More

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 18, 2016 • ( 1 )

    By ADAM KLASFELD         MANHATTAN (CN) – Ten days before federal prosecutors charged former United Nations president John Ashe with bribery, one of his newly accused co-conspirators held a star-studded anti-poverty gala that featured a speech by President… Read More ›

• Authorities Investigating Threat to Trump’s Son

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 18, 2016

    (CN) – The New York City Police Department, Secret Service and FBI are investigating a threatening letter sent to the Manhattan apartment of Donald Trump’s son Eric.     Officials say the envelope sent to Eric Trump’s apartment on Central Park… Read More ›

• Donald Trump’s son handed chilling family threat in ‘anthrax’ powder scare

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 18, 2016

    DONALD Trump’s son was sent powder like anthrax in a bid to scare his dad out of the presidential race. By Michael Havis / Published 18th March 2016 THREATENED: A letter sent to Donald’s son apparently threatened the Trump… Read More ›

• Behavioral abnormalities in young female mice following administration of aluminum adjuvants and the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 17, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Editors Note: (Ralph Turchiano) This article was withdrawn, due to claims “ that the methodology is seriously flawed, and the claims that the article makes are unjustified “. . A Clean PDF of the original study Here. . The Conclusion… Read More ›

• Investigation launched after ‘kill list’ of Minnesota cops is posted online by hackers who are known to support ISIS

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 17, 2016 • ( 3 )

  Personal information of Minnesota police officers has been posted online The ‘kill list’ of names was then posted online by hackers who support ISIS It also includes information such as their phone numbers and addresses  The FBI are now investigating… Read More ›

• India to Monsanto: Share Profits or Get Lost

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 17, 2016

    Thursday, 17 March 2016 India said that US agricultural biotechnology corporation Monsanto is free to leave the Indian market and lose its 90 percent dominance if it does not want to accept the government-imposed price and royalty cuts for… Read More ›

• Germans mock Britain for Brexit and EU vote (Video)

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 16, 2016

  The ZDF Heute Show is a comedy/satire show airing weekly on friday evenings. It is not “the News”. It is, as said above, comedy and not “the opinion of the german people” or “the opinion of the government” or in… Read More ›

• ‘Lost’ memories can be found

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 16, 2016

  Public Release: 16-Mar-2016   Massachusetts Institute of Technology CAMBRIDGE, MA — In the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, patients are often unable to remember recent experiences. However, a new study from MIT suggests that those memories are still stored in… Read More ›

• GOP Official: Americans don’t decide, We decide Who our Nominee is

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 16, 2016

    Wednesday, 16 March 2016 Political parties, not voters, choose their presidential nominees, a Republican convention rules member told CNBC, a day after GOP front-runner Donald Trump rolled up more big primary victories. “The media has created the perception that… Read More ›

• Potential Zika virus risk estimated for 50 US cities

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 16, 2016

  Public Release: 16-Mar-2016 Weather, travel, and poverty may facilitate summertime outbreaks National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research   Caption Many US cities face potential risk in summer of low, moderate, or high populations of the mosquito species… Read More ›

• Chinese army spotted along Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, say sources

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 15, 2016

    PTI | Mar 13, 2016, 01.23 PM IST SRINAGAR: After frequent incursions in Ladakh area, Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops have been spotted at forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) on the Pakistani side of Kashmir,… Read More ›

• Fertilizer applied to fields today will pollute water for decades

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 14, 2016

  Public Release: 14-Mar-2016   University of Waterloo Dangerous nitrate levels in drinking water could persist for decades, increasing the risk for blue baby syndrome and other serious health concerns, according to a new study published by researchers at the University… Read More ›

• 1 in 4 seniors have superbugs on their hands after a hospital stay, new research finds

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 14, 2016

  Public Release: 14-Mar-2016   Researcher: Opportunity to educate post-acute care facility patients on hand hygiene, infection control University of Michigan Health System One in four seniors is bringing along stowaways from the hospital to their next stop: superbugs on their… Read More ›

• New SARS-like virus is poised to infect humans

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 14, 2016

  Public Release: 14-Mar-2016   The new virus, known as WIV1-CoV, directly binds to the same human receptor as the SARS strain that infected thousands in 2002 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   The new virus, known as WIV1-CoV,… Read More ›

• Judge Orders Bundy YouTuber Held in Jail

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 14, 2016 • ( 1 )

    By KARINA BROWN         PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) – Radio host Pete Santilli will remain in jail pending his trial on charges related to the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and the 2014 standoff at Cliven… Read More ›

• Trudeau agrees to share sensitive Canadians’ data with US Agencies

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 14, 2016 • ( 1 )

    Monday, 14 March 2016 The risk of Canadian citizens ending up stuck on American security lists has just increased for those who seek to cross the border from Canada into the United States, as President Barack Obama and Prime… Read More ›

• Health News for 14 MAR 2016

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 14, 2016

  

  Health News for 14 MAR 2016 (Links are in order) 1. 57 different pesticides found in poisoned honeybees 2. Green tea and iron, bad combination 3. Blueberries, the well-known ‘super fruit,’ could help fight Alzheimer’s 1. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/e-5dp031016.php 2. http://news.psu.edu/story/396431/2016/03/08/research/green-tea-and-iron-bad-combination 3…. Read More ›

• ‘Cadillac tax’ on health benefits will hit middle class hardest, while sparing the wealthy

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 13, 2016

  Public Release: 11-Mar-2016 ‘Cadillac tax’ on health benefits will hit middle class hardest: Study Affordable Care Act’s provision to tax employment-based health benefits will disproportionately harm families with incomes between $38,550 and $100,000, while sparing the wealthy Physicians for a… Read More ›

• The Man who charged Trump at the Rally ” Not My Flag ” Video

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 13, 2016 • ( 1 )

  According to the Daily Mail Revealed: Man, 22, who left Trump visibly shaken after rushing the stage at his Ohio rally is a former child actor who caused uproar last year by standing on the American flag in anti-racism demo… Read More ›

• U.S. FDA finds "no significant impact" on environment from Zika-fighting mosquitoes

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 11, 2016

    Source: Xinhua   2016-03-12 04:49:56 WASHINGTON, March 11 (Xinhua) — Genetically engineered mosquitoes, made by British biotech company Oxitec and currently being used in the fight against the Zika virus, will not result in a significant impact on the environment,… Read More ›

• A Stunning Chart: What’s Uncle Sam’s Largest Asset? It’ll Haunt us for Years!

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 11, 2016

    Submitted by IWB, on March 11th, 2016 By Doug Short, Advisor Perspectives: Pop Quiz! Without recourse to your text, your notes or a Google search, what line item is the largest asset in Uncle Sam’s financial accounts? A) U.S…. Read More ›

• India shuts down nuclear plant following leak

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 11, 2016

    Source: Xinhua   2016-03-11 23:18:58 NEW DELHI, March 11 (Xinhua) — Authorities in India’s western state of Gujarat Friday shut down a nuclear power plant and declared an emergency, following a heavy water leak in one of the reactors, officials… Read More ›

• Americans endorsing Trump get in trouble, lose jobs…

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 11, 2016 • ( 1 )

    Friday, 11 March 2016 The US election race is heating up. There is an interesting cast of characters running for president. For the purposes of this article, we’ll pretend  the GOP and Democrats are different political parties. Note: they… Read More ›

• 57 different pesticides found in poisoned honeybees

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 10, 2016

  Public Release: 10-Mar-2016   A new method to detect a wide range of pesticides could help save bee populations Elsevier Amsterdam, February 10, 2016 – European honeybees are being poisoned with up to 57 different pesticides, according to new research… Read More ›

• News coverage of Fukushima disaster found lacking

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 10, 2016

  “It’s shocking to see how few articles discussed risk to the general population…” Public Release: 10-Mar-2016   American University sociologist’s new research finds few reports identified health risks to public American University (WASHINGTON, D.C.) March 10, 2016 — Five years… Read More ›

• Turkish president’s wife believes woman’s place is in harem

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 10, 2016

  Is a modern womans place in the harem? Mar 11, 2016 The wife of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sees the harem of the Ottoman sultans as having been a good place for females. Emine Erdogan offered that view a… Read More ›

• Report: Russian Media Mogul was murdered in Washington DC Hotel

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 10, 2016

    Thursday, 10 March 2016 Four months after the death of former Russian press minister and prominent media figure Mikhail Lesin in a DC hotel, Washington’s chief medical examiner has revealed forensic data indicating that Lesin died of injuries to… Read More ›

• Antibacterial Soap can Kill a Workout ?

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 9, 2016

  

  Antibacterial Soap can Kill a Workout ? We review the study ” Chemical widely used in antibacterial hand soaps may impair muscle function ” in regard to impairing athletic potential as well as damage to overall health. * ( Citation… Read More ›

• 15 year old girl, gets $6 million birthday party

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 9, 2016

    Maya Henry, 15, from San Antonio, Texas, was thrown a $6 million party by her lawyer father Thomas J Henry Pitbull and Nick Jonas performed, Patrick Ta, who has worked with the Kardashians, did Maya’s make-up and her two… Read More ›

• Banning words on Instagram doesn’t help — it makes it worse

  By Ralph Turchiano on March 9, 2016

  Public Release: 9-Mar-2016   Study finds that communities rally around censored terms and engage more Georgia Institute of Technology A new Georgia Tech study finds that Instagram’s decision to ban certain words commonly used by pro-eating disorder (pro-ED) communities has… Read More ›

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