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Good Eggs, Virtual Farmer’s Market, Delivers Real Food
from nytimes.com: When I was growing up, my father was fond of ordering steaks through the mail. When they arrived, my sister and I gleefully danced around the icy packages and argued over who got to open them. I can still remember marveling at the novelty of meat arriving in the same pile as regular…
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What’s The Most Important Thing Food Labels Should Tell Us?
from npr.org: Food labels have become battlegrounds. Just last week, voters in Washington state narrowly defeated a measure that would have required food manufacturers to reveal whether their products contain genetically modified ingredients. Supporters of the initiative — and similar proposals in other states — say that consumers have a right to know what they’re…
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New World Next Week: Episode173 – Afghan Opium Record, GCHQ Spoofs LinkedIn, GMO Apples
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode173 – Afghan Opium Record, GCHQ spoofs LinkedIn, GMO Apples Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Afghan Opium Output Soars To Record Level…Again An Introduction To Gladio…
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No blackout, but two-day ‘GridEx II’ seeks to expose security flaws
from jconline.com: GridEx II is conducted by the North American Electric Reliability Corp., a Georgia-based nonprofit whose mission is to ensure the reliability of the Bulk-Power System in North America. NERC is subject to oversight by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. As a software simulation, Rogers said no individuals or businesses will actually suffer any…
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Flashback Video: 1983 TV News Report Confirms ‘Satan Sells’
from noisecreep.com: “One thing is for sure: Satan sells.” These were the introductory words to a news report in 1983 following a clip of Motely Crue‘s ‘Take Me to the Top,’ which, as we know, is not about the Horned One. Surprisingly, the news report is actually pretty objective instead of condemning the music. When…
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Depressed People May Age Faster, Study Suggests
from nbcnews.com: People suffering from depression may be aging faster than other people, according to a new study from the Netherlands. In the study of about 1,900 people who had major depressive disorders at some point during their lives, along with 500 people who had not had depression, researchers measured the length of cell structures…
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Dispute with Kraft costs Starbucks $2.7 billion
from usatoday.com: An arbitrator on Tuesday concluded that Starbucks must pay $2.23 billion in damages plus $527 million in prejudgment interest and attorney’s fees, following the coffee giant’s early termination of a bagged coffee grocery deal between Starbucks and Kraft Foods. The award will go to Mondelez International, which spun off Kraft Foods in 2012.
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GridEx 2013 Power Grid Preparedness Drill This Week, Nov13-14
from blog.chron.com: For the next two days–November 13 and 14–the United States, Canada and Mexico, along with hundreds of companies and organizations in all three countries, will take part in the GridEx 2013 Preparedness Drill – one of the largest preparedness drills in our country’s history. It has been reported that the United States, Canada…
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Pope’s Ambassador Tells US Bishops To ‘Live Simply’
from ap.org: The Vatican ambassador to the United States says American bishops should make Roman Catholics feel more at home in the church. Archbishop Carlo Vigano says Pope Francis wants bishops to act more fatherly and not follow any particular ideology. Vigano made the remarks at the start of a national bishops meeting in Baltimore.…
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US Ethanol Revolution Causes ‘Ecological Disaster’
from rt.com: A new investigation has revealed that the United States’ ethanol mandate is severely harming the environment without producing enough tangible benefits. Since the Obama administration began implementing the ethanol mandate – requiring a certain level of the biofuel to be added to the gasoline supply – the Associated Press found that the damage…
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Okinawa: the junk heap of the Pacific
from The Japan Times: In June, construction workers unearthed more than 20 rusty barrels from beneath a soccer pitch in Okinawa City. The land had once been part of Kadena Air Base — the Pentagon’s largest installation in the Pacific region — but was returned to civilian usage in 1987. Tests revealed that the barrels…
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McDonald’s Sues Protesters for Rejecting the Fast Food Junk
from trueactivist.com: “We’re doing this for your own protection.” Protesters with the Australian group BurgerOff are hearing a similar phrase from McDonald’s. The fast food giant is suing protestors who object to the birth of a new McDonald’s restaurant near an elementary school. What’s more, Mickey D’s (slang for McDonald’s) is saying that the lawsuit…
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‘Waking Shark II’: Cyber Attack Simulation Tested London Banks
from rt.com: A simulated cyber-attack on financial markets, codenamed “Waking Shark II,” took place in London on Tuesday to determine how well the City would respond to a large-scale disruption of Internet services. Hundreds of employees from London’s financial sector participated in the drill, led by a team from Credit Suisse, who created a ‘war…
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Did Israel Vandalize Box That Held Bones of Jesus’ Brother?
from foxnews.com: A limestone box said to have once held the bones of the brother of Jesus was at the center of the most controversial forgery case in decades — and it was allegedly vandalized by the Israeli government before being returned to its owner. Called the James ossuary, it is a small stone box…