Month: May 2014
-
@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode112 – Simple And Sure
‘♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫’ on Episode112 – Simple And Sure which features brand new sounds from Liars, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, tUnE-yArDs, Misun, Rotary Downs, Lee Fields & The Expressions, D.D Dumbo, Mr Little Jeans, Nikki Lane, Rodrigo Amarante, Nathaniel Rateliff, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, Atmosphere and…
-
Japan Eyes Early Manned Mission to Mars
from houseofjapan.com: Japan, with the help of the international community, is working on plans to send a manned mission to Mars. Science ministry officials, citing the staggering costs and technological difficulties, said such an undertaking could only be accomplished with participation of other countries. In a May 30 meeting with an advisory council to discuss…
-
Milk-Whitening Nanotech Enters US Food Supply Without FDA Oversight
from rawstory.com: The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) revealed earlier this week that there are over 1,600 nanotechnology-based products on the market today — and that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lacks the authority to regulate them. As Mother Jones reported, some of these nanotechnological innovations — which refer to particles less…
-
Big Mac, Thin Wallet: Fast Food Breaks Your Bank and Your Brain
from nytimes.com: In recent years we have seen plenty of studies of the impact of fast food on our bodies. But what about our psychological health? … Across several studies, we found that thoughts of fast food spurred participants to hurry through reading a paragraph describing their city; express a greater desire for time-saving products;…
-
Billy Graham Says: Occult Activity Is Opposed to God
from chicagotribune.com: Q: I’ve told my children that I want to communicate with them after I die, and that they should find a medium who can arrange this. But one of my daughters refuses to cooperate. This hurts me very much. What’s wrong with asking them to contact me after death? — Mrs. M.G. A:…
-
Thailand Junta: Elections Could Take More Than 1 Year
from chron.com: In his first address to the public since taking control of Thailand in a bloodless coup, the head of the military junta said it could take more than a year for new elections to be held because peace and reforms must be achieved first. Army commander Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha repeated warnings against protests…
-
What’s Behind the Corporate Buyout Food Frenzy?
from usatoday.com: The ongoing food frenzy comes down to this: buy or be bought. “Think of it as a Pac Man for companies,” says Michael Silverstein, senior partner at the Boston Consulting Group. If you don’t swallow someone else, they may swallow you. Perhaps that’s why even giant Tyson Foods got into the melee Thursday…
-
Music Industry Optimistic About Apple-Beats Deal
from abcnews.go.com: A day after the sale of Beats By Dre on Wednesday to tech giant Apple Inc., members of the music industry were abuzz about what the $3 billion deal might mean for an area thought to be in an irreversible decline. Label executive Jimmy Iovine and business partner Dr. Dre’s move to Apple…
-
Charlize Theron on press intrusion into her personal life: ‘You start feeling raped’
from nydailynews.com: The star of ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ made a questionable analogy over the constant presence of photographers and gossip reporting that envelops her life with her son, Jackson, and her boyfriend, Sean Penn.
-
Girl in Occult Sex Abuse Case ‘Googled’ Couple’s Past, Court Told
from walesonline.co.uk: Lawyers for the couple, jailed for sex abuse in the 1980s, have highlighted how the woman may have used information found on line in her later account to the police. They also criticised police for waiting so long to seize the computer used that it had been sold. Carolee and Albert Hickman are…
-
‘Need Food, Not Football’: Brazilian Graffiti Art Expresses Outrage Over World Cup
from RT.com: With just two weeks remaining until the World Cup kicks off in Brazil, those who believe the global event is too much of a burden for the country’s struggling economy have found a new way to channel their protest energy – with graffiti. Street artists have covered walls in Rio de Janeiro and…
-
Biden Urges Air Force Cadets to Shape “a New World Order”
from rt.com: While United States President Barack Obama used an address at West Point Military Academy this week to tout the impeding [sic] end to the Afghan War, his second in command had a much different message while giving remarks to Air Force Academy cadets. During Mr. Obama’s remarks, the president told new military grads…
-
Physicists Use Diamonds to Reach Quantum Teleportation Breakthrough
from engadget.com: Quantum teleportation promises a leap into the next great era of computing — but first we’ve got to get it working consistently. Scientists at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft say they’ve managed to reliably teleport quantum info stored in one bit of diamond to another sitting three meters away (roughly 10 feet).…
-
#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode195 – Bilderberg 2014, Snowden a Spy, Rancourt Railroaded
Story #1: Bilderberg Agenda Revealed: Elite Desperate to Rescue Unipolar World // Story #2: Edward Snowden: I Was a Spy ‘At All Levels’ // Story #3: U.S. Activist Cynthia McKinney Seeks New Trial for Denis Rancourt
-
Horror Film About Demonic Possession Shooting in Williamsburg
from dnainfo.com: A converted warehouse building on Cook Street will soon be the setting for a world where demonic possessions are the norm. “Ava’s Possessions,” an indie supernatural thriller directed by Jordan Galland, has set up in a warehouse building at 225 Cook St., according to location manager Philip Prince. A good portion of the…