05-Nov-2013 08:39

Obama joins the action in Virginia governor's race - Los Angeles Times :: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-pn-obama-mcauliffe-virginia-20131103,0,7533225.story">http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-pn-obama-mcauliffe-virginia-20131103,0,7533225.story</a><br /><br><br /><br>Halloween costume, sword, may have sparked scare at Connecticut university ... - Reuters :: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-usa-connecticut-emergency-idUSBRE9A30RW20131104">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-usa-connecticut-emergency-idUSBRE9A30RW20131104</a><br /><br><br /><br>J&J to pay $2.2B to settle drug allegations - New York Daily News :: <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pay-2-2b-settle-drug-allegations-article-1.1506794?utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Bnydnrss%252Fsports%252Fhockey%252Fdevils%2B(Sports%252FHockey%252FDevils)">http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pay-2-2b-settle-drug-allegations-article-1.1506794?utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Bnydnrss%252Fsports%252Fhockey%252Fdevils%2B(Sports%252FHockey%252FDevils)</a><br /><br><br /><br>Arming TSA officers hits resistance on the Hill - Politico :: <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/arming-tsa-officers-hits-resistance-on-the-hill-99345.html?hp%3Dl2">http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/arming-tsa-officers-hits-resistance-on-the-hill-99345.html?hp%3Dl2</a><br /><br><br /><br>Ariel Castro's first victim hung on wall 'like a fish' - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/04/cleveland-kidnap-michelle-knight-dr-phil/3434861/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/04/cleveland-kidnap-michelle-knight-dr-phil/3434861/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Giants K Brown not surprised by allegations against Incognito - New York Daily News :: <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/giants-brown-surprised-allegations-incognito-article-1.1506406">http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/giants-brown-surprised-allegations-incognito-article-1.1506406</a><br /><br><br /><br>Aaron Rodgers leaves 'MNF' with shoulder injury - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/11/04/aaron-rodgers-shoulder-injury-packers-bears/3438457/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/11/04/aaron-rodgers-shoulder-injury-packers-bears/3438457/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Kirk gives 1st Senate speech after stroke, backs bill against anti-gay bias - Chicago Tribune :: <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-kirk-gives-rare-senate-speech-backs-bill-against-antigay-bias-20131104,0,5382621.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-kirk-gives-rare-senate-speech-backs-bill-against-antigay-bias-20131104,0,5382621.story</a><br /><br><br /><br>$1.2 Billion Fine for SAC in Insider Case - New York Times :: <a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/sac-capital-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-insider-trading/">http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/sac-capital-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-insider-trading/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Shooter on the loose at New Jersey mall - CNN :: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/new-jersey-mall-shooting/">http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/new-jersey-mall-shooting/</a>

05-Nov-2013 08:39

Obama joins the action in Virginia governor's race - Los Angeles Times :: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-pn-obama-mcauliffe...

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Strictly tango and taxi in Buenos Aires – video [ BeritaTerkini ]

<p id="stand-first" class="stand-first-alone">Few people have better inside knowledge of a city than taxi drivers. In his quest for authentic tango culture in Buenos Aires, Kevin Rushby enlists the help of Miguel the singing cabbie, who takes him to a traditional milonga – a dancehall where you can catch a glimpse of Argentina’s passionate past</p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Strictly tango and taxi in Buenos Aires – video [ BeritaTerkini ]

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FUK-U-SHIMA: Massive Fukushima Debris Island The Size Of Texas Floating Towards The United States - Could House Invasive Organisms That Could Disrupt Local Environments!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 05, 2013 - JAPAN </span></b>- A massive island of debris is slowly making its way to the United States after forming in the wake of the tsunami that rocked Japan back in 2011.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iRihNiK0_AA/Unky72zJylI/AAAAAAABNDc/Ekh5jiEjJXo/s1600/fukushimadebrisisland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iRihNiK0_AA/Unky72zJylI/AAAAAAABNDc/Ekh5jiEjJXo/s1600/fukushimadebrisisland.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reuters / Kim Kyung-Hoon.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />The tsunami killed almost 16,000 people in Japan, caused numerous problems at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, and dislodged more than 1.5 million floating objects into the Pacific Ocean. Now, a collection of debris the size of Texas is roughly 1,700 meters off the coast of California.<br /><br />According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the debris scattered by the tsunami has been spread around an area of the ocean that’s three times the size of the continental United States. It also said to expect trash to continue arriving on American shores for the next few years.<br /><br />Already, objects such as boats, rooftops, soccer balls, and docks have hit various parts of the West Coast. Even more will arrive with the Texas-sized island, but, more than the trash, scientists are interested in the organisms that could be living on them.<br /><br />"At first we were only thinking about objects like the floating docks, but now we’re finding that all kinds of Japanese organisms are growing on the debris," John Chapman of the Marine Science Center at Oregon State University told Fox News.<br /><br />"We've found over 165 non-native species so far," he continued. "One type of insect, and almost all the others are marine organisms … we found the European blue mussel, which was introduced to Asia long ago, and then it grew on a lot of these things that are coming across the Pacific ... we’d never seen it here, and we don’t particularly want it here."<br /><br />The worst-case scenario would be that the trash is housing invasive organisms that could disrupt the local environment’s current balance of life.<br /><br />Other concerns such as radiation, meanwhile, have been downplayed. On its website, the NOAA says, “Radiation experts agree that it is highly unlikely that any tsunami generated marine debris will hold harmful levels of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear emergency.”<br /><br />Independent groups like the 5 Gyres Institute, which tracks pollution out at sea, have echoed NOAA’s findings, saying that radiation readings have been “inconsequential.” Even the release of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear reactor shouldn't be a grave concern, since scientists say it will be diluted to the point of being harmless by the time it reaches American shores in 2014. - <a href="http://rt.com/usa/fukushima-debris-island-texas-266/"><span style="color: orange;"><b>RT</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

Cesium Contaminated Pools Dead Zones Earthquake Fish Fukushima Fukushima Daiichi Japan Mass Animal Die-Off Nuclear Contamination Nuclear Meltdown Radioactive Water Strontium TEPCO FUK-U-SHIMA: Massive Fukushima Debris Island The Size Of Texas Floating Towards The United States - Could House Invasive Organisms That Could Disrupt Local Environments!

November 05, 2013 - JAPAN - A massive island of debris is slowly making its way to the United States after forming in the wake of the tsunam...

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UK PREMIERE: The Escape Artist Continues Tonight At 9pm, BBC One

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjUg2CTR2taAwK8_VhMhM_S2fngtXfvXnecC1HM3iGfVBVK3bUwnWjEznLvQxZ77zpKJB8aSP2hoIiKqL5NR4X4qM9-o1lhFybW4zgTM9ub79CMx4AaiiViGMDhdZGgV01djoaEy-FMBo/s1600/TEA6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjUg2CTR2taAwK8_VhMhM_S2fngtXfvXnecC1HM3iGfVBVK3bUwnWjEznLvQxZ77zpKJB8aSP2hoIiKqL5NR4X4qM9-o1lhFybW4zgTM9ub79CMx4AaiiViGMDhdZGgV01djoaEy-FMBo/s640/TEA6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Tonight sees the premiere broadcast of episode two of David Tennant's new BBC One thriller, The Escape Artist. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Liam Foyle is back in the dock and Will Burton’s courtroom nemesis, Maggie Gardner, is leading his defence. After years in Will’s shadow, Maggie is out to prove a point and will stop at nothing to win.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With no meaningful physical evidence, Will’s chambers need all the help they can get to guarantee Foyle’s prosecution. But their most brilliant legal brain is unable to help, as Will is the key witness in the trial.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will must find a way to bolster the prosecution’s case without jeopardising the veracity of the trial, as Foyle continues to terrorise those close to Will.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Fke-_PEc1Qc?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant stars as will Burton with Sophie okonedo as Maggie Gardner and Toby Kebbell as Liam Foyle.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span> </span><br /><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin: 0px 0px 14px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; top: -2px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tune in to BBC One at 9pm tonight to see the drama unfold...</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.22; margin: 0px 0px 14px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; top: -2px;"><b style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id195.html" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">For more information, interviews and photos on The Escape Artist  visit our website here<br />.</a></span></b></div>

BBC One David Tennant Sophie Okonedo The Escape Artist Toby Kebbell TV Drama UK PREMIERE: The Escape Artist Continues Tonight At 9pm, BBC One

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film: Far from the madding crowd: the first pictures of the film with Carey Mulligan

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRElvJehlHiQUGastwZJJE2mO_eDTHrphhNkLBKFT0a6ClaUwF1LPHUnJvI9dbvILzrLGDGwNPmRV_v64hXwB7S5zjwzcB4ai0kFBpHHABLYTf-PJ3V6HyJyfYeTrz0JmZBVyhE3ZmQM/s1600/pictures,+film,+Carey+Mulligan,+Far+from+the+madding+crowd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRElvJehlHiQUGastwZJJE2mO_eDTHrphhNkLBKFT0a6ClaUwF1LPHUnJvI9dbvILzrLGDGwNPmRV_v64hXwB7S5zjwzcB4ai0kFBpHHABLYTf-PJ3V6HyJyfYeTrz0JmZBVyhE3ZmQM/s1600/pictures,+film,+Carey+Mulligan,+Far+from+the+madding+crowd.jpg" /></a></div><br />The creators of the film "Far from the Madding Crowd," in which the main role is played by Carey Mulligan, presented the first official footage tape. The very same film adaptation of the novel by English writer Thomas Hardy is due for release in 2014. <br /> <br /> In Carey in the film directed by Thomas Vinterberg play Tom Sturridge, best known for her roles in the movie "The Boat That Rocked" series "Scum" and other projects, as well as Martin Sheen and Matthias Shonarts, which not so long ago we saw in the acclaimed film "Rust and Bone" with Marion Cotillard. <br /> <br /> All three fans are playing the heroine Mulligan, among which it is necessary to pick one . <br /> <br /> Before the release of "Far from the madding crowd" Carey can be seen on screen in the Coen brothers' "Inside Davis Lewin," where she co-starred with Oscar Isaac and Justin Timberlake. The Russian premiere is scheduled for January 16.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcTh9AzGHCFvhmEjb3l6vU1HHY-4aHgC7Ki4Iq-iyL2bR4rPUjq3iyW94GYAMUpEx957AfUBW25xlzuBpAabn5fn2sh73F8Bn0XCOggOUaaUSQfcdgWpEfICRluY9KqjYVcrbcpGR1XA/s1600/pictures,+film,+Carey+Mulligan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcTh9AzGHCFvhmEjb3l6vU1HHY-4aHgC7Ki4Iq-iyL2bR4rPUjq3iyW94GYAMUpEx957AfUBW25xlzuBpAabn5fn2sh73F8Bn0XCOggOUaaUSQfcdgWpEfICRluY9KqjYVcrbcpGR1XA/s1600/pictures,+film,+Carey+Mulligan.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSEMKMkDtZV6OrBqjE7n20xerBZZnaDUyXwmpwqbgTcI7ImeGkWknH2EuDHIy7cJURi30Etk-9RB92ZROkzf6UdeeVdprHt-Nyzq5WbxKoziwY_7MkBB7TNcVxOmXonp0EZTHZ49cCPs/s1600/pictures,+film,+Far+from+the+madding+crowd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSEMKMkDtZV6OrBqjE7n20xerBZZnaDUyXwmpwqbgTcI7ImeGkWknH2EuDHIy7cJURi30Etk-9RB92ZROkzf6UdeeVdprHt-Nyzq5WbxKoziwY_7MkBB7TNcVxOmXonp0EZTHZ49cCPs/s1600/pictures,+film,+Far+from+the+madding+crowd.jpg" /></a></div><br /><center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* news-these-days.blogspot.com_bottom-sidebar_AdSense1_336x280_as */ google_ad_slot = "4510619108"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></center><br /><br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- biner3 --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="7346003106"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>

Carey Mulligan Far from the madding crowd film pictures film: Far from the madding crowd: the first pictures of the film with Carey Mulligan

The creators of the film "Far from the Madding Crowd," in which the main role is played by Carey Mulligan, presented the first of...

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Google in paid-for advice stream [ BeritaTerkini ]

<p><cite class="byline vcard"><span class="provider org">Press Association</span> – </cite></p> <div class="yom-mod yom-art-content" id="mediaarticlebody"> <div class="bd"> <p class="first">Google is launching an online advice clinic in the US where users will be charged fees for watching live video session from experts offering help on everything from cosmetics to the cosmos.</p> <p>The service, called Helpouts, will offer to make connections between users and more than 1,000 merchants, websites and health care specialists who have cleared Google’s background checks. Users will be able to watch advice streamed onto their computers and smart.</p> <p>For the initial stage of the launch, Helpouts is offering to connect people with experts in eight different categories: art and music; computers and electronics; cooking; education and careers; fashion and beauty; fitness and nutrition; health; and home and garden.</p> <p>The fees for each live stream will be set by each expert, with 20 percent of the revenue going to Google f or almost all of the videos watched, except for those offering health advice, as Google is currently not taking a cut from that category.</p> <p></p> </div> </div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Google in paid-for advice stream [ BeritaTerkini ]

Press Association  –  Google is launching an online advice clinic in the US where users will be charged fees for watching live video s...

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05-Nov-2013 07:38

For Cleveland kidnap survivor Michelle Knight, son was beacon of hope - Today.com :: <a href="http://www.today.com/news/cleveland-kidnap-survivor-michelle-knight-son-was-beacon-hope-8C11519750">http://www.today.com/news/cleveland-kidnap-survivor-michelle-knight-son-was-beacon-hope-8C11519750</a><br /><br><br /><br>Halloween costume, sword, may have sparked scare at Connecticut university ... - Reuters :: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-usa-connecticut-emergency-idUSBRE9A30RW20131104">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-usa-connecticut-emergency-idUSBRE9A30RW20131104</a><br /><br><br /><br>Why Saudi Arabia Is So Disappointed in President Obama - Slate Magazine :: <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2013/11/turki_bin_faisal_al_saud_interview_saudi_arabia_s_former_chief_of_intelligence.html">http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2013/11/turki_bin_faisal_al_saud_interview_saudi_arabia_s_former_chief_of_intelligence.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>J&J to pay $2.2B in drug marketing penalties - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/11/04/johnson-and-johnson-fines-drug-marketing/3432955/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/11/04/johnson-and-johnson-fines-drug-marketing/3432955/</a><br /><br><br /><br>W.Pa. native found trapped in NYC recovering - Tribune-Review :: <a href="http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/5004682-74/vongtau-became-beckman">http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/5004682-74/vongtau-became-beckman</a><br /><br><br /><br>Gay rights measure advances in Senate - Politico :: <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/dean-heller-enda-legislation-99309.html">http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/dean-heller-enda-legislation-99309.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Bears take advantage of Rodgers injury for 27-20 victory - Chicago Tribune :: <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-1105-bears-packers-chicago-20131105,0,7774444.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-1105-bears-packers-chicago-20131105,0,7774444.story</a><br /><br><br /><br>Shooter on the loose at New Jersey mall - CNN :: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/new-jersey-mall-shooting/">http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/new-jersey-mall-shooting/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Richie Incognito's bully reputation goes back to 2002 - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/11/05/incognito-bully-accusations-nebraska-freshman/3439819/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/11/05/incognito-bully-accusations-nebraska-freshman/3439819/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Authorities Look at LAX Shooter's Government View - ABC News :: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lax-suspect-remains-heavily-sedated-guard-20781553">http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lax-suspect-remains-heavily-sedated-guard-20781553</a>

05-Nov-2013 07:38

For Cleveland kidnap survivor Michelle Knight, son was beacon of hope - Today.com :: http://www.today.com/news/cleveland-kidnap-survivor-mi...

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Drew Barrymore is expecting her second child

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2q5HXzA6a2d6Jxq0pUaWgjJTvEFZ82M-gZ0pxEy2mfBAcT3lvx-UMPpdPKTJx52KZlsKsxh_camYzDkV45JvM5_kaVb-4HoRaTrWR6YoHmk10Gjci8l1MM4cpykzoX1FUErqAMzrzFI/s1600/Drew+Barrymore+is+expecting+her+second+child.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Drew Barrymore" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2q5HXzA6a2d6Jxq0pUaWgjJTvEFZ82M-gZ0pxEy2mfBAcT3lvx-UMPpdPKTJx52KZlsKsxh_camYzDkV45JvM5_kaVb-4HoRaTrWR6YoHmk10Gjci8l1MM4cpykzoX1FUErqAMzrzFI/s1600/Drew+Barrymore+is+expecting+her+second+child.jpg"/></a></div><br />A couple of months ago, Drew Barrymore said in an interview that really wants her daughter Olive was not the only child in the family, as was the case with most actresses. The desire to materialize star: 38-year-old Drew and her husband Will Kopelman will soon become parents again. <br /> <br /> Official representative of the actress confirmed the press that Barrymore is pregnant. But guess this was not too difficult, looking at the free dress, in which the actress came this weekend for an evening at the Museum of LACMA. <br /> <br /> Recall that the daughter of Drew and Will was born in September of last year, three months after they were married.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZ5sSoyXOWz5w1IuDUWbVD9NbiTeFXiF9GadF0kGHLSqRPSS_yOlWr7lOLs3eXfEj6Mk41DXg7c5z7RWENXkKiFebS1EENzNRwbdhEdKq0C5MlVctPZ1TwUATtQa8QtwNd4Aq1MK3p9Y/s1600/Drew+Barrymore+is+expecting+her+second+child+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZ5sSoyXOWz5w1IuDUWbVD9NbiTeFXiF9GadF0kGHLSqRPSS_yOlWr7lOLs3eXfEj6Mk41DXg7c5z7RWENXkKiFebS1EENzNRwbdhEdKq0C5MlVctPZ1TwUATtQa8QtwNd4Aq1MK3p9Y/s1600/Drew+Barrymore+is+expecting+her+second+child+3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drew Barrymore and her daughter Olivia</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* news-these-days.blogspot.com_bottom-sidebar_AdSense1_336x280_as */ google_ad_slot = "4510619108"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></center><br /><br />

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FIRE IN THE SKY: Amazing Fireball Seen In The Skies Over Japan - October 30, 2013!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 05, 2013 - JAPAN </span></b>- This car driver was lucky to have is camera on... He indeed recorded a long fireball traveling across the sky over Japan.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-42cgldQdplE/UnkwQvcV_wI/AAAAAAABNDQ/s65nvUS0t1g/s1600/japanfireball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-42cgldQdplE/UnkwQvcV_wI/AAAAAAABNDQ/s65nvUS0t1g/s1600/japanfireball.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fireball seen across Japan – October 30 2013. Photo: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%C2%A9%20http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3116&sid=82158aeeb5e267abbce200972516d5fc"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Sonotaco</b></span></a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />This great meteor record was caught on Oct. 30, 2013 near Yokohama, in Japan. The picture above, was shot from Asahi Village in the Nagano Prefecture. <br /><br /><br /><span style="color: lime;"><b>WATCH:</b></span> Fireball over Japan.  <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="321" src="https://www.youtube.com/v/yw-XjnnNUS8?showinfo=0&version=3" width="570"></iframe></div><br /><br /><br />- <a href="http://strangesounds.org/2013/11/amazing-fireball-caught-in-the-sky-of-japan-october-30-2013.html"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Strange Sounds</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

Asahi Village Asteroids Bolides Celestial Convergence Comet ISON Comets Fire In The Sky Fireballs Japan Meteorites Nagano Prefecture Near-Earth Objects Solar System Disturbances Sonic Boom FIRE IN THE SKY: Amazing Fireball Seen In The Skies Over Japan - October 30, 2013!

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Michelle Knight, held prisoner for years in Cleveland, speaks out - NBCNews.com :: <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/53461571/">http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/53461571/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Kerry Reassures Saudis US Shares Their Goals - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/world/middleeast/kerry-meets-saudi-king-to-smooth-relations.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/world/middleeast/kerry-meets-saudi-king-to-smooth-relations.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Senate close to passing bill to ban discrimination against gay workers - Washington Post :: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-close-to-passing-bill-to-ban-discrimination-against-gay-workers/2013/11/04/9a0f408c-4582-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-close-to-passing-bill-to-ban-discrimination-against-gay-workers/2013/11/04/9a0f408c-4582-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Touting Ken Cuccinelli, Ron Paul urges 'nullification' - Politico :: <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/ken-cuccinelli-ron-paul-urges-nullification-virginia-governor-2013-election-99358.html?hp%3Dt2_3">http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/ken-cuccinelli-ron-paul-urges-nullification-virginia-governor-2013-election-99358.html?hp%3Dt2_3</a><br /><br><br /><br>Arming TSA officers hits resistance on the Hill - Politico :: <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/arming-tsa-officers-hits-resistance-on-the-hill-99345.html?hp%3Dl2">http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/arming-tsa-officers-hits-resistance-on-the-hill-99345.html?hp%3Dl2</a><br /><br><br /><br>'Missing' student trapped for 36 hours - New York Post :: <a href="http://nypost.com/2013/11/03/missing-nyu-student-actually-trapped-for-36-hours/">http://nypost.com/2013/11/03/missing-nyu-student-actually-trapped-for-36-hours/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Shooter on the loose at New Jersey mall - CNN :: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/new-jersey-mall-shooting/">http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/new-jersey-mall-shooting/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Dolphins' Incognito issued troubling texts to teammate - Pittsburgh Post Gazette :: <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/2013/11/05/Dolphins-Incognito-issued-troubling-texts/stories/201311050101">http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/2013/11/05/Dolphins-Incognito-issued-troubling-texts/stories/201311050101</a><br /><br><br /><br>With Rodgers sidelined, Bears beat Packers - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/11/04/josh-mccown-bears-beat-packers-aaron-rodgers-shoulder-injury/3439729/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/11/04/josh-mccown-bears-beat-packers-aaron-rodgers-shoulder-injury/3439729/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Google launches Helpouts services - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/11/04/google-launches-helpouts-services/3435809/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/11/04/google-launches-helpouts-services/3435809/</a>

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With AmaWaterways on the Mekong: Seeing Vietnam for the First Time [ BeritaTerkini ]

<p><br>  </p> <p><br> When I first set foot in Vietnam, emerging from a small landing craft and surrounded by a greeting party of joyful, friendly children in a small fishing village, it felt as if the power of the soil galvanized me and instantly realigned my inner fibers.</p> <p><br> A flood of associations with the word “Vietnam” from my whole life rushed over and overwhelmed me. I found myself breaking into tears. Forty or fifty years ago, the parents and grandparents of these radiantly beautiful children would have been the children living there as the Vietnam War ravaged the country. But today here they were welcoming me with smiles and laughter.</p> <p><br> I arrived in Vietnam as a passenger on AmaWaterways’ Mekong river cruise on AmaLotus, and by the time I got to Vietnam I had already experienced Cambodia and had seen the Vietnamese countryside as we sailed down the river. I saw enough to know that the people of the rural  region mostly subsisted on agriculture or fishing. The vast majority had nothing whatever to do with the war that tore apart their country.</p> <p><br> Indeed, the war itself was the old story of colonialism, as described in this passage from “Gaspar Ruiz” by Joseph Conrad: “That long contest, waged for independence on one side and for dominion on the other, developed in the course of years and the vicissitudes of changing fortune the fierceness and inhumanity of a struggle for life. All feelings of pity and compassion disappeared in the growth of political hatred. And, as is usual in war, the mass of the people, who had the least to gain by the issue, suffered most in their obscure persons and their humble fortunes.”</p> <p><br> In my lifetime, the word “Vietnam” resonated through my country as the central wedge that divided Americans into two bitterly opposed camps. No word screamed more loudly across the landscape as the United States erupted in social turmoil in the late 1960s. No one living in America could have been oblivious to it. The word meant many things to many people. In fact, it meant everything but what it actually referred to — the country of Vietnam itself.</p> <p><br> Finally on AmaWaterways’ Mekong river cruise I got my chance to see and experience Vietnam directly for the first time. The impact it had on me is beyond description, and very personal because one of my closest friends growing up was killed in Vietnam by American supporting fire. Every American has his or her own personal experience of Vietnam, but no one who lived during that time, whether they know it or not, was untouched by the conflict.</p> <p><br> That is why I believe all Americans should go to Vietnam and see it for themselves. The same is true for Cambodia. One of the passengers on my trip had been a soldier in Cambodia during President Nixon’s secret war on the country. He told me that American B-52s dropped more bombs on Phnom Penh on one night than on Japan during all of World War II. I later confirmed the horror story for myself when I discovered American bombing killed nearly 600,000 Cambodians during the war. The broken down society that was left after that destruction was easy prey for the insanity of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, which had only been a minority faction before the American war.</p> <p><br> As the young Americans who were shipped off to Vietnam War discovered, Indochina is another world, an alternate universe. It has an exotic beauty all its own that goes along with its fierce independence.</p> <p><br> The country’s resistance to foreign domination is at the core of its national identity. Vietnamese history is in part a series of struggles against foreign domination. The country fell under Chinese rule in 206 B.C., and struggled against Chinese domination for a millennium before winning independence in 938 A.D. The Vietnamese fought off another Chinese attempt at domination in 1077, resisted a Mongol invasion in 1283 and again in 1287, and then resisted another Chinese occupation from 1407 to 1427.</p> <p><br> The French tried to take over in 1858 and by 1883 controlled most of the Indochina peninsula, including Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. But the country never rested easily under foreign domination. Many uprisings took place under the French colonial regime until the French were finally pushed out in the early 1950s only to be replaced by the Americans.</p> <p><br> Today Vietnam represents an alternative culture, one brimming with wonders and revelations for visiting American travelers. If there is a list of required travel destinations for Americans, Vietnam must surely be on it!</p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

With AmaWaterways on the Mekong: Seeing Vietnam for the First Time [ BeritaTerkini ]

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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Global Volcano Report For November 5, 2013 - Updates On Klyuchevskoy, Etna, Bagana, Manam, White Island And Fuego!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 05, 2013 - WORLDWIDE VOLCANOES </span></b>- The following constitutes the new activity, unrest and ongoing reports of volcanoes across the globe, courtesy of  <a href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Volcano Discovery</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/klyuchevskoy/news.html">Klyuchevskoy (Kamchatka)</a></b>: Tremor and degassing have increased with respect to the last report from KVERT. A steam plume rises about 2 km above the crater and a thermal anomaly over the volcano is visible on satellite data. This suggests that some volcanic activity (perhaps strombolian) has resumed (or continues).<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UlsySw9KImo/Unkq4l9jHBI/AAAAAAABNCk/RcSJMsIq0Ms/s1600/kly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UlsySw9KImo/Unkq4l9jHBI/AAAAAAABNCk/RcSJMsIq0Ms/s1600/kly.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Current view of Klyuchevskoy volcano (KVERT webcam).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/etna/current-activity.html">Etna (Sicily, Italy)</a></b>: While the summit craters have remained calm, seismic activity shows continuing unrest at the volcano. A number of relatively shallow earthquakes occurred this morning under the volcano. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Wg_pfRTAg4/UnkrFkueCpI/AAAAAAABNCs/CcHKEbs5i8M/s1600/etna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Wg_pfRTAg4/UnkrFkueCpI/AAAAAAABNCs/CcHKEbs5i8M/s1600/etna.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Location of the 2.9 earthquake under Etna this morning.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />The only quake located by an international agency was a <a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/490355/M2.9-Tue-5-Nov--SICILY-ITALY.html">2.9 magnitude event at 05:30</a> (GMT) at 18 km depth under the SW flank, while the other earthquakes were too small to be included, but appear to be shallower. More precise data will hopefully be available soon from INGV Catania.<br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/bagana/news.html">Bagana (Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea)</a></b>: A relatively large SO2 plume from the volcano today indicates a surge in activity (ash explosions, strombolian activity?).<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5LnH2gQo414/UnkrQAulNvI/AAAAAAABNC0/DdfMWVO8AN8/s1600/bagana.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5LnH2gQo414/UnkrQAulNvI/AAAAAAABNC0/DdfMWVO8AN8/s1600/bagana.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SO2 plume from Bagana volcano (NOAA).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/manam/news.html">Manam (Papua New Guinea)</a></b>: Elevated SO2 emissions are visible today on NOAA satellite data.<br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/white-island/news.html">White Island (New Zealand)</a></b>: No further eruptive activity has occurred since the moderate eruption on the evening of 11 October 2013. Seismic activity and gas flux from the volcano have been at a low level since the eruption. The Aviation Colour Code has been lowered from Yellow to Green. (GeoNet).<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wEInrkvyTUc/Unkra1gdOEI/AAAAAAABNC8/WOOe5eiK1lQ/s1600/whiteisland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wEInrkvyTUc/Unkra1gdOEI/AAAAAAABNC8/WOOe5eiK1lQ/s1600/whiteisland.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Current webcam image of White Island (GeoNet).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/fuego/news.html">Fuego (Guatemala)</a></b>: The volcano observatory of INSIVUMEH reports an increase in activity today: A new lava flow started to descend on the southern flank towards the Trinidad canyon and currently has a length of 100 m. Another branch towards the Ceniza canyon is 50 m long. From both flow fronts, incandescent avalanches detach with run-out lengths of up to 500 m. <br /><br />The risk of pyroclastic flows triggered by collapse of the steep lava flow fronts is elevated. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-av_CGPeKWV4/UnkriMHP5YI/AAAAAAABNDE/Vn1pl3jWY-0/s1600/fuego.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-av_CGPeKWV4/UnkriMHP5YI/AAAAAAABNDE/Vn1pl3jWY-0/s1600/fuego.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Current seismic signal from Fuego volcano (FG3 station, INSIVUMEH).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Accompanied by elevated seismic activity, more and stronger explosions have occurred today. Ash plumes rose up to 800 m height above the crater and often produced loud shock waves that rattled roofs and windows of houses in villages Panimaché, Morelia and Panimaché II. <br /><br />There are constant degassing sounds similar to a locomotive, and incandescent material is ejected to heights of 125-200 meters above the crater, generating avalanches on the upper slopes. <br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/today.html">Complete Earthquake list (worldwide) for November 5, 2013.</a></b><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Volcano Discovery</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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Elected Officials Have Got it Easy

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">Hola political junkies and hardworking people of the world! You know what looks like a really easy job? Pretty much any job you have to get elected to do. I thought of this after reading <a href="http://mikenet707.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mike</a>'s comment on our <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/11/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-is-person-of-week.html" target="_blank">Person of the Week</a> post on Sunday. I’m pretty sure this is why so many people who supposedly despise government want so badly to get elected to a job where you are supposed to help run it. It’s easy. The pay is good, especially compared to the effort, and the benefits that most of these guys are outraged that poor people might have access to are amazing. Seriously, it all looks like cake to me. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDD9tZeXsSsoVNjsqTJ_IBp5CHWQQlvbFeOnSUG_KZv2MqypZ1SlQGBk7E9AHCCd8lt27u3KZFZR8wMHM_W1QsVWXgH0_-4v_v6ZG6txYaFRbnVhyphenhyphenqaYnBzI6et-bHJUgq986t0jHjhrs2/s1600/john-kerry-sailing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDD9tZeXsSsoVNjsqTJ_IBp5CHWQQlvbFeOnSUG_KZv2MqypZ1SlQGBk7E9AHCCd8lt27u3KZFZR8wMHM_W1QsVWXgH0_-4v_v6ZG6txYaFRbnVhyphenhyphenqaYnBzI6et-bHJUgq986t0jHjhrs2/s1600/john-kerry-sailing.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Sure, there are a handful of elected positions that are pretty stressful. Let’s list them … <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">1. President of the United States<br />2. Leadership of either party in the House or Senate <br />3. Governor of NY, CA, IL or FL (and maybe a couple of other big, diverse states)<br />4. Mayor of a very large diverse city with high crime rates like OBAMA’S CHICAGO! <br />5. Sherriff of large diverse counties with high crime rates. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">THAT’S IT! THAT’S THE LIST! All other elected positions are freaking easy-peasy lemon-squeazy! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Seriously though, just being a regular, everyday member of congress? That’s fucking easy street right there. You might have to attend some late night sessions so you can vote however leadership or your biggest political donor told you to, but in general it’s not very taxing. Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt represented Arkansas’ 3^rd District for twenty-six years without ever authoring a single piece of legislation. What the hell did he do all that time? I mean, other than standing tall with Richard Nixon? That’s how easy that job is. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Most members of congress are failed businessmen, used car dealers or over-zealous prosecutors who railroaded just enough black people to the electric chair to get elected. They don’t bother themselves with big issues of the day. They aren’t involved in international relations and making the decision to go to war is easy because they aren’t sending anyone in their family off to die in a foreign desert. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONtVM-j0Hsijybr2LEARqlec9JJeT2otzfvX9j18l1YBwp_soka7YpfA24VfSWnpdiTYWz7kK-pHPNkGnHojwKahIZ93wTWl5PHP5cVMNM1RtTo224VL9FMJmO1_DlN6xGamUoa_gU5q4/s1600/Mitt+Romney+Ann+Romney+Hot+Bikini+Sexy+Seedo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONtVM-j0Hsijybr2LEARqlec9JJeT2otzfvX9j18l1YBwp_soka7YpfA24VfSWnpdiTYWz7kK-pHPNkGnHojwKahIZ93wTWl5PHP5cVMNM1RtTo224VL9FMJmO1_DlN6xGamUoa_gU5q4/s1600/Mitt+Romney+Ann+Romney+Hot+Bikini+Sexy+Seedo.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Oh sure they have to hold the occasional press conference where they complain about the President taking an “undeserved” vacation right before they fly off on a lobbyist paid trip to a small Caribbean island known for its cheap and easy drugs and readily available underage hookers through the flesh trade. That’s a small price to pay though! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">And the Senate? Don’t get me started! Again, if you’re not part of the party leadership you’re just another member of the greatest and cushiest country club in the world. Hell, they get six whole freaking years so they don’t even have to worry about getting reelected every two years. Get elected once and you are guaranteed to make the five years needed to get a pension. Get reelected once and you’ll probably be there a loooooooong time. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">What an amazing life these people lead. Hell, even lower level elected officials like Arkansas Lt. Governor Mark Darr get all kinds of perks. He gets a state police escort to drive him wherever he wants to go whether it’s an official state event or personal. He defends this by saying he needs to be on his phone doing state business. The Arkansas Lt. Governor has fewer official duties assigned to him than the Vice President. Which means FUCKING ZERO! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I’m telling ya people, the hardest thing these people have to do is decide what to wear to the meet and greet cocktail parties thrown by lobbyist where they all get together and plan out how to further fuck the regular people over. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9J1qbrO_cXc-XnTUUvSUDvntskmgXtq2LphTWjZMXW8bSU_CYNIapsYhXVxnsgZFSjHcGRBggqBoG7Zlq9hFCuEoM4Z1UaWHdF0sQKX63NdsLx1PN74c46ZA9o4PNCIu8WYx-b226_z-r/s1600/George+W+Bush+Al+Gore+Friends.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9J1qbrO_cXc-XnTUUvSUDvntskmgXtq2LphTWjZMXW8bSU_CYNIapsYhXVxnsgZFSjHcGRBggqBoG7Zlq9hFCuEoM4Z1UaWHdF0sQKX63NdsLx1PN74c46ZA9o4PNCIu8WYx-b226_z-r/s1600/George+W+Bush+Al+Gore+Friends.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">I really don’t know whether to be disgusted by all this or in awe of it. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Jayman68" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

Elected Officials Have Got it Easy

Hola political junkies and hardworking people of the world! You know what looks like a really easy job? Pretty much any job you have to get ...

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05-Nov-2013 05:36

US-Saudi rift papered over by Kerry visit - Los Angeles Times :: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-us-saudi-rift-kerry-visit-20131104,0,6904287.story">http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-us-saudi-rift-kerry-visit-20131104,0,6904287.story</a><br /><br><br /><br>Ariel Castro's first victim hung on wall 'like a fish' - Lancaster Eagle Gazette :: <a href="http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/usatoday/article/3434861">http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/usatoday/article/3434861</a><br /><br><br /><br>Halloween costume, sword, may have sparked scare at Connecticut university ... - Reuters :: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-usa-connecticut-emergency-idUSBRE9A30RW20131104">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-usa-connecticut-emergency-idUSBRE9A30RW20131104</a><br /><br><br /><br>Shooting Suspect's Steps Are Traced in Search for Clues to LA Airport Attack - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/shooting-suspects-steps-are-traced-in-search-for-clues-to-la-airport-attack.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/shooting-suspects-steps-are-traced-in-search-for-clues-to-la-airport-attack.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Senate close to passing bill to ban discrimination against gay workers - Washington Post :: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-close-to-passing-bill-to-ban-discrimination-against-gay-workers/2013/11/04/9a0f408c-4582-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-close-to-passing-bill-to-ban-discrimination-against-gay-workers/2013/11/04/9a0f408c-4582-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>J.&J. to Pay $2.2 Billion in Risperdal Settlement - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/business/johnson-johnson-to-settle-risperdal-improper-marketing-case.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/business/johnson-johnson-to-settle-risperdal-improper-marketing-case.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Earthshaking news: There may be other planets like ours - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/04/earth-like-planets-milky-way-galaxy/3433449/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/04/earth-like-planets-milky-way-galaxy/3433449/</a><br /><br><br /><br>In Bullying Case, Questions on NFL Culture - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/sports/football/for-the-nfl-a-question-of-hazing-or-abuse.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/sports/football/for-the-nfl-a-question-of-hazing-or-abuse.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>In final day, Va. governor hopefuls meet voters - Appeal-Democrat :: <a href="http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/regional_news/us/article_27d3f748-8128-51da-922c-839d0524c5b0.html">http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/regional_news/us/article_27d3f748-8128-51da-922c-839d0524c5b0.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Shooter still on the loose at New Jersey mall - Fortune :: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/new-jersey-mall-shooting/">http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/new-jersey-mall-shooting/</a>

05-Nov-2013 05:36

US-Saudi rift papered over by Kerry visit - Los Angeles Times :: http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-us-saudi-rift-kerry-visit-2...

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Study: Herbal supplements missing herbs – 14 News WFIE Evansville [ BeritaTerkini ]

<p></p> <div id="WNStoryRelatedBox" class="wnRight"> <p><br></p> <div class="wnBlock displaySize displaySizeId27 headlineBox" id="DisplaySizeId27"> <ul class="wnGroup contentGroup odd collapsible closed last"> <li class="wnItem advertisement"> <li class="wnItem feature Health story priority-1 odd displaySizeId-1 odd-1"> <br><br><h4 class="wnContent headline"><span class="text">Gaps in smoke-free workplace laws may leave many exposed</span></h4> <h4 class="wnContent headline abridged"><span class="text">Gaps in smoke-free workplace laws may leave many exposed</span></h4> <div class="wnContent summary abridged"> <span class="text">State laws have reduced the overall rates of secondhand-smoke exposure for many workers, but people in certain occupations are still vulnerable, according to a new study.</span><span class="text">More >></span> </div> <div class="wnContent summary"> <span class="text">State laws have reduced the overall rates of secondhand-smoke exposure for many workers, but people in certain occupations are still vulnerable, according to a new study.</span><span class="text">More >></span> </div> </li> <li class="wnItem feature HealthDieting story priority-2 even displaySizeId-1 even-1"> <br><br><h4 class="wnContent headline"><span class="text">Romance can sour when only one partner slims down</span></h4> <h4 class="wnContent headline abridged"><span class="text">Romance can sour when only one partner slims down</span></h4> <div class="wnContent summary abridged"> <span class="text">A romantic relationship can change when one partner slims down, and not always in a good way, new research suggests.</span><span class="text">More >></span> </div> <div class="wnContent summary"> <span class="text">A romantic relationship can change when one partner slims down, and not always in a good way, new research suggests.</span><span class="text">More >></span> </div> </li> <li class="wnItem feature HealthSexRelationships story priority-3 odd displaySizeId-1 odd-1"> 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little slower down lovers’ lane</span></h4> <div class="wnContent summary abridged"> <span class="text">Love may not only be blind and make the heart beat faster, it might also make a man’s feet move more slowly, a new study finds.</span><span class="text">More >></span> </div> <div class="wnContent summary"> <span class="text">Love may not only be blind and make the heart beat faster, it might also make a man’s feet move more slowly, a new study finds.</span><span class="text">More >></span> </div> </li> <li class="wnItem feature HealthDieting story priority-5 odd displaySizeId-1 odd-1 collapsed last"> <br><br><h4 class="wnContent headline"><span class="text">Weight-loss surgery seems to beat diet and exercise</span></h4> <h4 class="wnContent headline abridged"><span class="text">Weight-loss surgery seems to beat diet and exercise</span></h4> <div class="wnContent summary abridged"> <span class="text">For people who have a lot of weight to lose, weight-loss surgery appears more effective than diet and exercise, a new review suggests.</span><span class="text">More >></span> </div> <div class="wnContent summary"> <span class="text">For people who have a lot of weight to lose, weight-loss surgery appears more effective than diet and exercise, a new review suggests.</span><span class="text">More >></span> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <p></p> </div> <p></p> <div id="WNStoryBody" class=" withRelated"> <p>(CNN) – According to a new study, it turns out some herbal supplements may be missing a key ingredient – the herbal supplement.</p> <p>Whether those herbal supplements you’re taking actually work is only half the question.</p> <p>Now you have to wonder if there are any herbs in them at all.</p> <p>The <em>New York Times</em> reported recent DNA testing by Canadian researchers shows one out of three herbal supplements tested had no trace of the supplement at all.</p> <p>And many others were mostly cheap fillers like powdered rice and weeds.</p> <p>The study looked at 44 bottles of popular supplements sold by 12 companies.</p> <p>A nonprofit group that supports herbal supplements said quality control is an issue, but not as bad as in this study.</p> <p>The findings were published in the journal <em>BMC Medicine</em>.</p> <p>Copyright 2013 CNN. 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Barking Up the Wrong Tree

The following chart shows annual production and nonsupervisory logging employee hours worked.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaG66TCgOAi1zyoTzfmAyLhGpHEZGC71xKy7Q2tb5aHa15IRCrJfZHywij1JtpojNLktFQC3T7Z0_2vc7p5gQRHtxPFN1F_Zk2J1F86RGpNgUO9tBwxI2AOyVZZ59pN_mKpVLGMCIgLDc/s1600/Barking+Up+the+Wrong+Tree.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaG66TCgOAi1zyoTzfmAyLhGpHEZGC71xKy7Q2tb5aHa15IRCrJfZHywij1JtpojNLktFQC3T7Z0_2vc7p5gQRHtxPFN1F_Zk2J1F86RGpNgUO9tBwxI2AOyVZZ59pN_mKpVLGMCIgLDc/s320/Barking+Up+the+Wrong+Tree.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />That dog don't hunt.<br /><br />Unless the long-term trend changes, it would seem that about the only logging we'll be doing in the distant future will require a username and password.<br /><br /><b>October 9, 2013</b><br /><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2013/10/09/heres-the-report-that-may-have-prompted-the-lumber-liquidators-raid/">Here’s the Report That May Have Prompted The Lumber Liquidators Raid</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Conservation groups say forests in Russia’s far east are known for large scale illegal cutting operations. Illegal logging brigades comb forests for high-quality varieties like Mongolian oak and Korean pine, cutting down trees in the middle of the night and passing them along to illegal saw mills. From there, traders mix the illegal wood with legal wood and Chinese manufacturers use fake documentation to smuggle so-called black wood out of Russia to sell to Western retailers.</i></div><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://www.bls.gov/data/#employment">BLS: Employment</a>

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

The following chart shows annual production and nonsupervisory logging employee hours worked. Click to enlarge. That dog don't hunt. Unl...

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Autumn at Staunton's historic Wharf District

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_VilGpQw5oZTkFUrDxVIfKgE8rJFL-87gMunzw-Fi6FBHqPTu5F81_Oz8O0F5ToAPQ11KYA_CDWaowQXNusNugxrVzh23HqLh_VKapr-HJmqvkk3uqITalaKH_u50pUV1zsThtU8YelI/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_VilGpQw5oZTkFUrDxVIfKgE8rJFL-87gMunzw-Fi6FBHqPTu5F81_Oz8O0F5ToAPQ11KYA_CDWaowQXNusNugxrVzh23HqLh_VKapr-HJmqvkk3uqITalaKH_u50pUV1zsThtU8YelI/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Autumn's colorful leaves were still visible Monday afternoon at <a href="http://www.byersstreetbistro.com/">Byers Street Bistro</a> in downtown Staunton's historic <a href="http://www.visitstaunton.com/history.htm%E2%80%8E">Wharf District</a>.</div><br />Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />November 4, 2013

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Autumn's colorful leaves were still visible Monday afternoon at Byers Street Bistro in downtown Staunton's historic Wharf District ...

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05-Nov-2013 04:35

The Morning Download: Google's Schmidt Ramps Up Pressure to Rein in ... - Wall Street Journal :: <a href="http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-372340/">http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-372340/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Dr. Phil says 'no one has changed me like Michelle Knight' - Plain Dealer (blog) :: <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/index.ssf/2013/11/dr_phil_says_no_one_has_changed_me_like_michelle_knight.html">http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/index.ssf/2013/11/dr_phil_says_no_one_has_changed_me_like_michelle_knight.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Johnson & Johnson to pay $2.2 billion to settle federal cases - Los Angeles Times :: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-drugmaker-settlement-antipsychotic-20131104,0,1415214.story">http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-drugmaker-settlement-antipsychotic-20131104,0,1415214.story</a><br /><br><br /><br>Shooting Suspect's Steps Are Traced in Search for Clues to LA Airport Attack - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/shooting-suspects-steps-are-traced-in-search-for-clues-to-la-airport-attack.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/shooting-suspects-steps-are-traced-in-search-for-clues-to-la-airport-attack.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>For the NFL, a Question of Hazing or Abuse - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/sports/football/for-the-nfl-a-question-of-hazing-or-abuse.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/sports/football/for-the-nfl-a-question-of-hazing-or-abuse.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>US, Saudi Arabia Differ on Tactics, Agree on Goals in Syria - Voice of America :: <a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/us-saudi-arabia-differ-on-tactics-agree-on-goal-in-syria/1783519.html">http://www.voanews.com/content/us-saudi-arabia-differ-on-tactics-agree-on-goal-in-syria/1783519.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Connecticut Campus Has a Tense Day - Wall Street Journal :: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303482504579178350290303002">http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303482504579178350290303002</a><br /><br><br /><br>Senate close to passing bill to ban discrimination against gay workers - Washington Post :: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-close-to-passing-bill-to-ban-discrimination-against-gay-workers/2013/11/04/9a0f408c-4582-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-close-to-passing-bill-to-ban-discrimination-against-gay-workers/2013/11/04/9a0f408c-4582-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Women voters play starring role in Va. governor's race - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/04/mcauliffe-cuccinelli-virginia-governor-gender-gap/3435241/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/04/mcauliffe-cuccinelli-virginia-governor-gender-gap/3435241/</a><br /><br><br /><br>'Missing' student trapped for 36 hours - New York Post :: <a href="http://nypost.com/2013/11/03/missing-nyu-student-actually-trapped-for-36-hours/">http://nypost.com/2013/11/03/missing-nyu-student-actually-trapped-for-36-hours/</a>

05-Nov-2013 04:35

The Morning Download: Google's Schmidt Ramps Up Pressure to Rein in ... - Wall Street Journal :: http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-hea...

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Monday, Monday

<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.archidose.org/wp/">A Weekly Dose of Architecture</a> Updates:</span><br /><br />This week's dose features the <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/11/04/metalsa-center-for-manufacturing-innovation/">Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation</a> in Monterrey, Mexico, by Brooks + Scarpa:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/11/04/metalsa-center-for-manufacturing-innovation/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Nov13-04.jpg" title="This week's dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The featured past dose is the <a href="http://www.archidose.org/Jan10/18/dose.html">Azteca Multimodal Transfer Station</a> in Mexico City, Mexico by CC Arquitectos:<br /><a href="http://www.archidose.org/Jan10/18/dose.html"><img border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/Jan10/18/image02.jpg" title="The featured past dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />This week's book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/11/04/facadomy/"><i>Façadomy: A Critique of Capitalism and Its Assault on Mid-Century Modern Architecture</i></a> by James Cornetet (L):<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/11/04/facadomy/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/facadomy2.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2005/03/07/too-blessed-to-be-depressed/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/crimson.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a><br />(R): The featured past book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2005/03/07/too-blessed-to-be-depressed/"><i>Too Blessed To Be Depressed: Crimson Architectural Historians, 1994-2002</i></a> edited by Ewout Dorman, Ernst van der Hoeven, Michelle Provoost, Wouter Vanstiphout, and Cassandra Wilkins.<br /><br />: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">American-Architects <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/pages/50x50">Building of the Week</a>:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.world-architects.com/projects/project-review-detail/43277_Adobe_Utah_Campus">Adobe Utah Campus</a> in Lehi City, Utah, by WRNS Studio:<br /><a href="http://www.world-architects.com/projects/project-review-detail/43277_Adobe_Utah_Campus"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://www.world-architects.com/files/projects/43277/images/Adobe-offices-utah3.jpg" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a>

Monday, Monday

A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates: This week's dose features the Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation in Monterrey, Mexico,...

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More list to Pandora internet radio [ BeritaTerkini ]

<p><cite class="byline vcard"><span class="provider org">Press Association</span> – </cite></p> <div class="yom-mod yom-art-content" id="mediaarticlebody"> <div class="bd"> <p class="first">Music fans listened to Pandora’s internet radio service for a collective 1.47 billion hours in October, up 18 percent from a year ago, in the face of the launch iTunes Radio.</p> <p>The figure, released by Pandora Media chief financial officer Michael Herring at an investor conference in the US on Monday, is Pandora’s second-highest monthly level. It had 1.49 billion hours in March, the last month before it imposed a 40-hour-per-month cap on free listening on mobile devices.</p> <p>Pandora lifted the cap on September 1, two weeks before Apple launched iTunes Radio.</p> <p>Pandora’s active listeners fell to 70.9 million from 72.7 million in September.</p> <p>About a month after its mid-September launch, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said that 20 million people had used iTunes Radio to listen to more than a billion songs.</p> <p></p> </div> </div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

More list to Pandora internet radio [ BeritaTerkini ]

Press Association  –  Music fans listened to Pandora’s internet radio service for a collective 1.47 billion hours in October, up 18 pe...

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05-Nov-2013 03:34

Halloween costume, sword, may have sparked scare at Connecticut university ... - Reuters :: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-usa-connecticut-emergency-idUSBRE9A30RW20131104">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-usa-connecticut-emergency-idUSBRE9A30RW20131104</a><br /><br><br /><br>John Kerry praises US-Saudi ties as 'enduring' - BBC News :: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24799662">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24799662</a><br /><br><br /><br>Democrat McAuliffe Grabs Center in Virginia - Wall Street Journal :: <a href="http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-373142/">http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-373142/</a><br /><br><br /><br>New York student Asher Vongtau wedged between buildings - Sydney Morning Herald :: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/world/new-york-student-asher-vongtau-wedged-between-buildings-20131105-2wyep.html">http://www.smh.com.au/world/new-york-student-asher-vongtau-wedged-between-buildings-20131105-2wyep.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Abortion rights groups take their case to the US Supreme Court - San Antonio Express :: <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/article/Abortion-rights-groups-take-their-case-to-the-4954926.php">http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/article/Abortion-rights-groups-take-their-case-to-the-4954926.php</a><br /><br><br /><br>SAC Capital Agrees to Plead Guilty to Insider Trading - New York Times :: <a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/sac-capital-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-insider-trading/">http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/sac-capital-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-insider-trading/</a><br /><br><br /><br>J&J to pay $2.2B in drug marketing penalties - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/11/04/johnson-and-johnson-fines-drug-marketing/3432955/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/11/04/johnson-and-johnson-fines-drug-marketing/3432955/</a><br /><br><br /><br>After Los Angeles Airport Shooting, No Easy Answers on Security Strategies - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/after-los-angeles-airport-shooting-no-easy-answers-on-security-strategies.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/after-los-angeles-airport-shooting-no-easy-answers-on-security-strategies.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Ariel Castro victim Michelle Knight: 'He tied me up like a fish' - Toronto Sun :: <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/04/ariel-castro-victim-michelle-knight-he-tied-me-up-like-a-fish">http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/04/ariel-castro-victim-michelle-knight-he-tied-me-up-like-a-fish</a><br /><br><br /><br>Bill Advances to Outlaw Discrimination Against Gays - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/politics/bill-on-workplace-bias-appears-set-to-clear-senate-hurdle.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/politics/bill-on-workplace-bias-appears-set-to-clear-senate-hurdle.html</a>

05-Nov-2013 03:34

Halloween costume, sword, may have sparked scare at Connecticut university ... - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-us...

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Jeff Bezos’s wife and Amazon slam new book about company [ BeritaTerkini ]

<p><cite class="byline vcard">By <span class="fn">Liana B. Baker</span> | <span class="provider org">Reuters</span> – </cite></p> <div class="yom-mod yom-art-content" id="mediaarticlebody"> <div class="bd"> <p class="first">By Liana B. Baker</p> <p>(Reuters) – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s wife MacKenzie on Monday used the online retail giant’s own website to criticize a new high-profile book about her husband as a “lopsided and misleading portrait of the people and culture at Amazon.”</p> <p>In an online review posted on Amazon’s page for the new book “The Everything Store,” which is about Bezos and the online retailer, MacKenzie Bezos criticizes the account by author Brad Stone as having “way too many inaccuracies.”</p> <p>An Amazon spokesman confirmed the authenticity of the online review. In a statement, a spokesman also accused Stone of not doing a thorough job of fact-checking the book and said he only let the company review specific quotes.</p> <p>“He had every opportunity to thoroughly fact-check and bring a more balanced viewpoint to his narrative, but he was very secretive about the book and simply chose not to,” Amazon spokesman Craig Berman said in an e-mailed statement.</p> <p>Stone said in an interview that Bezos did not cooperate with him on fact-checking. He said he stands by his book and spoke to hundreds of people about the events described in the book, and also fact-checked with employees, partners and rivals of Bezos.</p> <p>“They made it clear that Jeff (Bezos) wasn’t going to participate in the fact-checking. So when it came to the moments in the story that only he would have had knowledge of, there was nothing I could do,” Stone said.</p> <p>He added that the company did not make MacKenzie Bezos available for interviews. Stone, who works at Bloomberg, said he has been covering technology for 20 years. The book, which came out on October 15, has garnered positive reviews. The New York Times called it “an engrossing chronicle.”</p> <p>Stone said that Amazon has not threatened any legal action.</p> <p>Reagan Arthur, publisher of Little, Brown, which released the book, said in an e-mail that Stone “scrupulously sourced and reported his book about Jeff Bezos and Amazon over the course of 300 interviews and two years of research.”</p> <p>The book has been “reviewed widely and praised for its evenhandedness,” she added.</p> <p>MacKenzie, who met Bezos in 1992 when she worked at hedge fund D.E. Shaw, said she had firsthand knowledge of many of the events in the book and has been married to Bezos for 20 years. She also said the book stretches the boundaries of non-fiction and uses narrative tricks to misrepresent the culture of Amazon.</p> <p>Stone said he was making minor changes to his book based on the MacKenzie Bezos review, including changing the date when Bezos read the novel “Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro.</p> <p>Stone called these changes small tweaks and added that “in an account of this size, some mistakes were inevitable.”</p> <p>(This story corrects the fifth paragraph to say Bezos, not Amazon, did not cooperate on fact-checking)</p> <p>(Reporting by Liana B. Baker; Editing by Ken Wills)</p> <p></p> </div> </div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Jeff Bezos’s wife and Amazon slam new book about company [ BeritaTerkini ]

By Liana B. Baker | Reuters  –  By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s wife MacKenzie on Monday used the online ...

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05-Nov-2013 02:33

Kerry lauds Saudi role in Mideast stability - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/11/04/kerry-lauds-saudi-role-in-mideast-stability/3430883/?utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Busatoday-NewsTopStories%2B(USATODAY%2B-%2BNews%2BTop%2BStories)">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/11/04/kerry-lauds-saudi-role-in-mideast-stability/3430883/?utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Busatoday-NewsTopStories%2B(USATODAY%2B-%2BNews%2BTop%2BStories)</a><br /><br><br /><br>Google: NSA spying on data centers is 'outrageous' - Fox News :: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/11/04/google-nsa-spying-on-data-centers-is-outrageous/">http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/11/04/google-nsa-spying-on-data-centers-is-outrageous/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Justices won't hear Okla. appeal on medical abortions - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/04/supreme-court-oklahoma-texas-medical-abortion/3431483/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/04/supreme-court-oklahoma-texas-medical-abortion/3431483/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Connecticut campus suspect might have been in Halloween costume - Los Angeles Times :: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-connecticut-lockdown-halloween-20131104,0,4953126.story">http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-connecticut-lockdown-halloween-20131104,0,4953126.story</a><br /><br><br /><br>Cosmic Census Finds Billions of Planets That Could Be Like Earth - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/science/cosmic-census-finds-billions-of-planets-that-could-be-like-earth.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/science/cosmic-census-finds-billions-of-planets-that-could-be-like-earth.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Bill on Workplace Bias Clears Senate Hurdle - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/politics/bill-on-workplace-bias-appears-set-to-clear-senate-hurdle.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/politics/bill-on-workplace-bias-appears-set-to-clear-senate-hurdle.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Twitter boosts IPO range amid strong investor demand - Reuters :: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-twitter-ipo-idUSBRE99N1AE20131104">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-twitter-ipo-idUSBRE99N1AE20131104</a><br /><br><br /><br>Accused LAX gunman's family says they are cooperating with authorities - Reuters :: <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/usa-california-airport-idINL2N0IP1O720131104">http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/usa-california-airport-idINL2N0IP1O720131104</a><br /><br><br /><br>Women voters play starring role in Va. governor's race - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/04/mcauliffe-cuccinelli-virginia-governor-gender-gap/3435241/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/04/mcauliffe-cuccinelli-virginia-governor-gender-gap/3435241/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Dolphins welcome NFL workplace review - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/dolphins/2013/11/04/richie-incognito-joe-philbin-jonathan-martin-bullying/3436851/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/dolphins/2013/11/04/richie-incognito-joe-philbin-jonathan-martin-bullying/3436851/</a>

05-Nov-2013 02:33

Kerry lauds Saudi role in Mideast stability - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/11/04/kerry-lauds-saudi-role-in-mi...

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In wake of website woes, Obama eyes federal IT procurement rules [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div id="yom-ad-LREC" class="yom-ad yom-ad-LREC"> <center> <div id="yom-ad-LREC-iframe" class="yom-ad"></div> </center> </div> <p><br></p> <p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told a small group of supporters on Monday that he wants to address federal procurement rules for information technology in the wake of a problematic launch of the website for his signature healthcare insurance program.</p> <p>“There are a whole range of things that we’re going to need to do once we get this fixed to talk about federal procurement when it comes to IT and how that’s organized,” Obama told an invitation-only group of activists, community organizers at donors at an Organizing for Action meeting.</p> <p>(Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland; Editing by Eric Walsh)</p> <ul id="topics" class="hidden"> <li>Politics & Government</li> <li>Barack Obama</li> </ul><p></p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

In wake of website woes, Obama eyes federal IT procurement rules [ BeritaTerkini ]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told a small group of supporters on Monday that he wants to address federal procur...

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05-Nov-2013 01:32

Art looted by Nazis found in German apartment, media report - CNN :: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/world/europe/germany-looted-art/">http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/world/europe/germany-looted-art/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Abortion Case Dropped as U.S. High Court Leaves Law Voided - San Francisco Chronicle :: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloomberg/article/Abortion-Case-Dropped-as-U-S-High-Court-Leaves-4954494.php">http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloomberg/article/Abortion-Case-Dropped-as-U-S-High-Court-Leaves-4954494.php</a><br /><br><br /><br>Biz Break: Twitter IPO is pricier, and may keep rising - San Jose Mercury News :: <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/60-second-business-break/ci_24452492/biz-break-twitter-ipo-is-pricier-and-may">http://www.mercurynews.com/60-second-business-break/ci_24452492/biz-break-twitter-ipo-is-pricier-and-may</a><br /><br><br /><br>Women voters play starring role in Va. governor's race - Clarksville Leaf Chronicle :: <a href="http://www.theleafchronicle.com/usatoday/article/3435241">http://www.theleafchronicle.com/usatoday/article/3435241</a><br /><br><br /><br>Cosmic Census Finds Billions of Planets That Could Be Like Earth - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/science/cosmic-census-finds-billions-of-planets-that-could-be-like-earth.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/science/cosmic-census-finds-billions-of-planets-that-could-be-like-earth.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>LAX shooting reignites TSA debate, but with a twist - CNN :: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/politics/tsa-officer-gun-debate/">http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/politics/tsa-officer-gun-debate/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Richie Incognito alleged abuse does not have place in Jets locker room, players ... - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com :: <a href="http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2013/11/richie_incognito_alleged_abuse_does_not_have_place_in_jets_locker_room_players_say.html">http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2013/11/richie_incognito_alleged_abuse_does_not_have_place_in_jets_locker_room_players_say.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Bill on Workplace Bias Clears Senate Hurdle - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/politics/bill-on-workplace-bias-appears-set-to-clear-senate-hurdle.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/us/politics/bill-on-workplace-bias-appears-set-to-clear-senate-hurdle.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Obama Enlists Supporters to Counter Critics of Health Care Law - Businessweek :: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-11-04/obama-enlists-supporters-to-counter-critics-of-health-care-law">http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-11-04/obama-enlists-supporters-to-counter-critics-of-health-care-law</a><br /><br><br /><br>CCSU suspect in custody, lockdown lifted - Christian Science Monitor :: <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/1104/CCSU-suspect-in-custody-lockdown-lifted">http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/1104/CCSU-suspect-in-custody-lockdown-lifted</a>

05-Nov-2013 01:32

Art looted by Nazis found in German apartment, media report - CNN :: http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/world/europe/germany-looted-art/ Abortio...

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JetBlue Claims First to Flight with PDA Service ? But Not Wi-Fi Access! [ BeritaTerkini ]

<p><br> When the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Oct.31 that it was ending its ban on personal digital assistants (PDAs) in flight, several airlines rushed to become the first to get FAA approval to offer that option to passengers. Indeed, JetBlue Airways over the weekend said it had received approval for gate-to-gate PDA service from the FAA at 4:15 p.m. EDT on Nov. 1, and claimed to be the first to implement that policy immediately.</p> <p><br> JetBlue said the first commercial flight of any U.S. airline to allow gate-to-gate PDA use was its own Flight 2302 from New York’s JFK to Buffalo, scheduled departure time 4:30 p.m. EDT All JetBlue customers were immediately allowed to start using PDAs during all phases of flight on all flights. That means smartphones, tablets and other small PDAs.</p> <p><br> There was only one problem: If you thought you could connect to the Internet on your PDA on a JetBlue flight, think again. JetBlue has yet to install its new Wi-Fi system on its fleet and may not do so until the end of the year, though at one time it was supposed to begin offering Wi-Fi as early as this month.</p> <p><br> In addition, if you are on another domestic carrier, you still can’t access Wi-Fi when your flight is below 10,000, because Gogo, the main Wi-Fi provider for most U.S. airlines, features a ground-based system that doesn’t operate below 10,000 feet. Gogo now has a satellite-based system too, so that could change. But for now, passengers will have to content themselves with using PDA features that do not require Internet access, at least if they are on a JetBlue flight or are flying below 10,000 feet.</p> <p><br> When JetBlue finally gets its own Wi-Fi system, however, it should be able to offer Internet service throughout the flight, since it has partnered with ViaSat to offer a new satellite-based broadband service. As for other airlines, Gogo furnishes Wi-Fi service for American Airlines (most flights), Delta (all flights), United (some flights), US Airways (some flights), AirTran (some flights), Virgin America (all flights), Alaska Airlines (all flights) and Frontier Airlines (all flights). Another in-flight Wi-Fi vendor, Global Eagle, provides service for Southwest and Allegiant.</p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

JetBlue Claims First to Flight with PDA Service ? But Not Wi-Fi Access! [ BeritaTerkini ]

When the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Oct.31 that it was ending its ban on personal digital assistants (PDAs) in fli...

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PHOTOS: Episode 3 Promo Photos From The Escape Artist

<div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjAnE_zp5HY33AHz6M3jIaWSyupFlBifmFRRtWYWfVjkMHRocy-Ltu6xNpi-eAVL5k7_tohd_2UhBKoS9DR8hyIlFpPoDN7yODsu6XzUY3-w1fQgTV-He9qqHaD4vPcihHsj2MRliTT8r/s1600/E3-07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjAnE_zp5HY33AHz6M3jIaWSyupFlBifmFRRtWYWfVjkMHRocy-Ltu6xNpi-eAVL5k7_tohd_2UhBKoS9DR8hyIlFpPoDN7yODsu6XzUY3-w1fQgTV-He9qqHaD4vPcihHsj2MRliTT8r/s640/E3-07.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">New photos of David Tennant in episode 3 of The Escape Artist have been released by the BBC. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant stars as junior barrister Will Burton, a rising star in the legal world who has never lost a case. When Will secures the release of the suspect in a brutal murder the consequences are beyond anything he can ever have imagined. The three part drama also stars Toby Kebbell and Sophie Okonedo. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch part 2 on Tuesday 5th November at 9pm on BBC One</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">View more photos here:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8uSUf8hvzyjz_GSLVmVaT9kHes2FCOMLLNpSAbBGMulA6hJG9zdsekwhgVVg-zhzPkxGkNqnCumKVQzBNj23Eu2JifDYZg7DClBMAk8pWAd7taerDPFSDyqbqCe4i74tpiRUjcP6HQ-Y9/s1600/E3-06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8uSUf8hvzyjz_GSLVmVaT9kHes2FCOMLLNpSAbBGMulA6hJG9zdsekwhgVVg-zhzPkxGkNqnCumKVQzBNj23Eu2JifDYZg7DClBMAk8pWAd7taerDPFSDyqbqCe4i74tpiRUjcP6HQ-Y9/s640/E3-06.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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New photos of David Tennant in episode 3 of The Escape Artist have been released by the BBC.  David Tennant stars as junior barrister Wil...

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Scorpion Venom: Can It Really Cure What Ails You? [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div id="media" class="main_media main_video"> <div id="mediaimage"><img alt="PHOTO: A blue scorpion is shown here under UV light at Medolifes scorpion reservation in the Dominican Republic." border="0" height="360" src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Lifestyle/ABC_blue_scorpion_border_sr_131101_v22x15_16x9_992.jpg" width="640"></div> <p><span class="play_icon" id="main_media_icon"></span></p> <div id="media_footer" class="media_footer_new"> <div class="media_footer_container"> <div id="caption_video" class="caption"> <div id="main_cap_short"> <div class="caption">A blue scorpion is shown here under UV light at Medolife’s scorpion reservation in the Dominican Republic.</div> <p><span class="caption_credit">ABC News</span></p> </div> </div> <div id="upNext"></div> </div> <div class="clearboth"></div> </div> <div id="autostartcontrols" class="autostart"></div> <div class="clearboth"></div> </div> <p></p> <div id="partnerlogo" class="partnerlogo"></div> <p>A Dominican Republic-based company is making the controversial claim that its scorpion venom drug can help fight cancer, but some oncologists in the United States warn it may provide nothing more than a stiff dose of false hope.</p> <p>Russian émigré Dr. Arthur Mikaelian and his company, Medolife, produce a drug called Escozine, whose sole active ingredient is blue scorpion venom. Medolife said Escozine is an effective cancer treatment because a peptide in the venom called chlorotoxin — the same chemical that paralyzes prey — also happens to target and kill cancer cells.</p> <p>Despite the fact that the unproven drug is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, thousands of desperate Americans are betting their lives on it.</p> <p><strong>Watch the full story on “Nightline” TONIGHT at 12:35 a.m. ET, in which ABC’s Matt Gutman travels to Medolife’s scorpion reservation in the Dominican Republic.</strong></p> <p></p> <div class="e_image e_left" id="e_image_20755955"> <div class="e_img_e_left"> <img alt="PHOTO: A technician extracts venom from a scorpion at Labiofam Laboratories in Cuba, August 5, 2011." border="0" height="225" src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Health/RT_blue_scorpion_venom_sr_131101_4x3t_384.jpg" width="300"><span class="image_icon"></span> <div class="embed_credit">Enrique De La Osa/Reuters Photo</div> </div> <div class="embed_caption_e_left">A technician extracts venom from a scorpion at Labiofam Laboratories in Cuba, August 5, 2011.</div> </div> <p></p> <p>Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, the deputy medical director of the American Cancer Society, is skeptical of the cancer-curing properties of Escozine and cautioned against patients substituting alternative medicines for traditional cancer treatments, such as radiation and chemotherapy.</p> <p>“There’s no reasonable scientific evidence to show that this drug works in treating patients with cancer,” Lichtenfeld said.</p> <p>He said he has seen too many claims about alternative medicines, such as scorpion venom, that turn out not to work and leave patients in despair.</p> <p>“Cancer patients have enough to deal with,” he said. “To have to deal with unverified, undocumented hope is a burden that no one should have to bear.”</p> <p>Peggy Howe is one of those people who swear by Escozine. The Kansas grandmother said she was diagnosed with stage-four breast cancer in 2011. Despite heavy chemotherapy and radiation, Howe’s cancer spread to her liver and lungs. She said doctors told her and her husband Larry that she had just two months to live.</p> <p>“We started making funeral arrangements, but I wasn’t ready to die,” Howe said.</p> <p>As a last-ditch effort, Howe started taking Escozine. Without FDA approval, Escozine cannot be not sold in U.S. stores, but can be purchased online through Medolife’s website.</p> <p>“Within four days, I was starting to have more energy and then within six months it was gone,” she said.</p> <p>She also apparently took guidance from the company’s website, and its “Escozine Success Calculator,” which gave her a 76 percent chance of success, she wrote on a cancer survivor message board.</p> <p>However, the medical records that Howe provided to ABC News don’t indicate when Howe stopped or started taking Escozine, and therefore could not prove that Escozine affected her health. So did scorpion venom make her cancer go away?</p> <p>Escozine isn’t the first natural remedy purported to cure diseases. Some have turned out to have significant medicinal value. Lichtenfeld said the first chemotherapy drugs came from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, which were first used as folk medicines in China. But most of these remedies, such as snake oil and rhino horn, have been resoundingly debunked.</p> <p>But Mikaelian and his partner Sebastian Serrel Watts attribute to Escozine almost miraculous powers. In addition to attacking cancer cells, Medolife says that scorpion venom might also combat auto-immune diseases, everything from HIV to hepatitis, and even male impotence.</p> <p></p> <p>When asked why large pharmaceutical companies, which spend billions of dollars on cancer research each year, haven’t marketed scorpion venom, Mikaelin said, pharmaceutical companies don’t study “natural compounds because you can’t patent [a] natural product.”</p> <p>Medolife breeds a giant colony of scorpions — 83,000 strong – at a scorpion reservation in the Dominican Republic. Turn over any rock, or peer down a bamboo segment designated as the scorpion’s home, and you’ll find a scorpion about as long as a credit card.</p> <p>The scorpion’s venom is extracted in a modest rented lab in Santo Domingo. Each scorpion yields only five to seven drops of venom a month, and only a tiny amount is inserted into small bottles, which go for $ 700 each, a month’s supply for the average customer.</p> <p>Although he said he is “more than convinced” his drug can fight cancer, Mikaelian agreed that the drug needs significantly more testing.</p> <p>“We never use ‘cure cancer,’” he said.</p> <p>“To ‘fight, fight cancer,’” Watts added. “Obviously we want to help the maximum ability that this medicine can possibly help. It’s a natural product, if we can take it to the absolute maximum to help and if we can eradicate those cancer cells in as many people as we can, that is our goal.”</p> <p>But on its website, Medolife said Escozine is a “natural medicine approved and certified for oncological treatments.” It is only when you click on the word “certified” that you find out it received this approval not in the United States but in the Dominican Republic.</p> <p>“We’re also registered in Russia, Belarus, Kasazkstan and Vietnam,” Watts said.</p> <p>The company’s website has an “Escozine Success Calculator,” offering its users the probability of remissions. But every scenario ABC News plugged in, including cases of the most severe forms of cancer, the calculator still promised some possibility of “major results.”</p> <p>When ABC News alerted Medolife that its website might violate FDA regulations against marketing drugs on the Internet without FDA approval, the company conceded it was rapidly making changes to its website.</p> <p>But the more important issue was that Medolife could not produce a single peer-reviewed study showing that Escozine works.</p> <p>In the company’s eight-year clinical study, which enrolled 8,302 cancer patients with varying disease type and severity, Escozine was found to have a near 90 percent success rate in improving quality of life, which included everything from decreased pain to increased survival rates. But the company acknowledged that the study was not peer-reviewed, and the results of their trial are not accepted by the American standards of science.</p> <p>It is one reason several American doctors say they warn patients to be wary of unproven remedies.</p> <p>“You never say never. You never say that something can’t possibly work, that it would never work,” Lichtenfeld said. “We’ve all seen situations where we have jumped to conclusions too early, but unfortunately, many more times than not, the original claims for drugs like this don’t work out.”</p> <p>But Howe continues to swear by the treatment and even got a scorpion tattoo on her ankle. She also said her cancer returned after she stopped taking Escozine and was now putting her faith once again into scorpion venom, hoping it would save her life.</p> <div class="embederror"></div> <div class="clearboth"></div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Scorpion Venom: Can It Really Cure What Ails You? [ BeritaTerkini ]

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