Tag: Monarchives
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Predictive Policing And The Fantasy Of Declining Violence In America
from forbes.com: In May, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton told a City Council meeting that predictive policing “is real and it is here.” The LAPD has already implemented a predictive policing system, using a network called PredPol developed by a private company of the same name that tracks crime incidence and location to predict where crime…
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Saudi Study Strengthens Case Against Camel Snot in MERS Outbreak
from reuters.com: A Saudi man who became infected with and died of the new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus contracted the disease from a camel in his own herd which was also sick, scientists said on Wednesday. In a study which reinforces the case against camels as the prime suspects for transmitting the deadly…
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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…
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64 Countries Have Done What U.S. Won’t to Make Our Food Safer
from policymic.com: Sixty-four nations enforce consumer “right to know” laws on GMO food, while the United States has little regulatory framework surrounding genetically modified food products. The map above shows, as of 2013, the 64 nations that regard food labeling as a consumer priority. They include: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria,…
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode109 – Taking Chances ♬
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Peaches Geldof “Non-Suspicious, But Unexplained, Sudden Death” At 25
from stuff.co.nz: Police searching Peaches Geldof’s house in the wake of her sudden death have found no evidence of hard drugs, no suicide note, and no visible signs of injury, British media reported. Model and media personality Peaches Geldof, the second daughter of Irish singer Bob Geldof and member of a talented, troubled family who…
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Wal-Mart’s Dependence on Food Stamps Revealed
from latimes.com: Talk about a “poverty trap”! The phrase was recently used by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan, R-Wisc., to suggest that the nation’s panoply of programs to aid low-income households was keeping them from rising into the middle class. Wal-Mart’s annual report, issued late last week, puts a different spin on things.…
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Crimea Set to Leave Ukraine and Join Russia After Referendum
from euronews.com: As many as 95.5 percent of the electorate in Crimea have voted to join Russia. That comes after 50 percent of votes had been counted. According to the head of the electoral commission the turnout was as high as 83 percent. Pro-Russians in the Crimean capital Simferopol gathered in Lenin Square soon after…
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UN Says World Must Produce 60% More Food By 2050 to Avoid Mass Unrest
from rt.com: Political turmoil, social unrest, civil war and terrorism could all be on the table unless the world boosts its food production by 60 percent come mid-century, the UN’s main hunger fighting agency has warned. The world’s population is expected to hit 9 billion people by 2050, which, coupled with the higher caloric intake…
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Harvard: Fluoride Lowers Children’s Intelligence By 7 IQ Points
from washingtonsblog.com: The Harvard School for Public Health reports: In a meta-analysis, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and China Medical University in Shenyang for the first time combined 27 studies and found strong indications that fluoride may adversely affect cognitive development in children. Based on the findings, the authors say that this…
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Elle Magazine’s Mindy Kaling Cover Slammed As Racist, ‘Fat-ist’
from freep.com: Elle magazine seems to be covered in controversy lately. They wrapped Melissa McCarthy in a capacious coat last year. And now for one of four February fronts, they’ve hacked Mindy Kaling off at the chest and shot her in black and white — while her fellow funny ladies of TV, Allison Williams, Amy…
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Is Krampus the Christmas Demon Becoming Too Commercial?
from csmonitor.com: Chains, devil horns, and pitchforks are not things most people associate with the holidays. But for many in the Alpine region of Europe, that’s precisely where Krampus – a half goat, half demon creature, carrying rusty chains and sticks – belongs: in the Christmas season. Yet some say that the centuries-old European folktale…


