http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-27460591
"What's more we've had no escapes, so Coventry can sleep easy," he added.
An arachnologists gathering
Top spiders compete in 'Crufts'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-27460591
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-27460591
What to do with 40,000 spoons?
Uri Geller spoon gorilla unveiled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-27453471
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-27453471
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| What you are looking at is 40,000 spoons. |
Difficult to find?
Lost snake species found in Mexico
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27481016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27481016
Apple cider for Android
Apple apps made to run on Android
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27470920
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27470920
Another place not to holiday?
Thailand army declares martial law
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27480845
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27480845
AEB could save lives
New AEB brakes 'safer' for cars
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/27432184
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/27432184
Dozens of lives could be saved on roads if the law was changed to make a new type of technology compulsory in all new cars, according to road safety campaigners and insurance companies.
Shoes tell a story
Can you still tell a gentleman by his shoes?
In the political classes, shoes can still point the way to a man's moral character, writes Jemima Lewis.
Cats or dogs?
The Telegraph: It's easier to work with a fish than a feline. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw5LSpmh8
How to keep mice healthy?
Why Mediterranean diet is 'healthy'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27470115
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27470115
More than soccer fever on the world menu?
Brazil 2014 dengue risk predicted
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27441789
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27441789
Call for food to be regulated?
Regulate food 'like cigarettes'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27446958
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27446958
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The food industry should be regulated like the tobacco industry as obesity poses a greater global health risk than cigarettes, say international groups.
Where do Americans originate?
SlashGear: Skeletal remains suggest Americans have one ancestral origin.
http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwvtjgsRo
http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwvtjgsRo
Another Shipping Disaster
Ship prompts Galapagos emergency
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27433792
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27433792
Violent protests in Brazil
Brazil hit by anti-World Cup rallies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27423404
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27423404
Another Ferry Disaster - Bangladesh
ABC News: Ferry capsizes with hundreds on board in Bangladesh. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw-oPWsRo
Hero Cat invited to join Baseball team
TMZ: Hero Cat -- Gets Offer from Minor League Baseball Team! (Link with story)
Boston.com: Cat Saves Child From Dog Attack.
http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwlZmemh8
Boston.com: Cat Saves Child From Dog Attack.
http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwlZmemh8
Etsy leases in Brooklyn
FORTUNE -- Etsy, an online shopping site that has over 40 million members who sell everything from homemade crafts to clothing, signed a 200,000-square-foot lease on Monday. The space, which is located at the foot of the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood, was a former Jehovah's Witnesses property.
Women Army
Female troops debut in Chinese parade
China is adding knee-high skirts and 5cm (2in) heels to its military parades as its first female honour guard welcomed the president of Turkmenistan.
China is adding knee-high skirts and 5cm (2in) heels to its military parades as its first female honour guard welcomed the president of Turkmenistan.
Exercise can harm
Athletes beware - endurance training may make it more likely that you will need a pacemaker, scientists believe.
Google wars
There are mixed reactions in the press to a ruling by European judges over what has been dubbed the "right to be forgotten" on the internet.
Among those cheered by the judgement, which gives individuals a right to request that search engines remove links deemed "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant", is ex-Formula One boss Max Mosley. The Times says he's been trying for years to stop images of him participating in an orgy appearing on Google searches.
Torture is a major concern
Amnesty: Torture is alive and flourishing
| The use of torture is widespread 30 years after the United Nations adopted a convention outlawing the practice, Amnesty International has said. At least 44 percent of more than 21,000 people from 21 countries surveyed by the London-based rights group for its new report released on Monday, said that they would not feel safe from torture if arrested in their home country. The report titled Torture in 2014 - 30 Years of Broken Promises read: "Although governments have prohibited this dehumanising practice in law and have recognised global disgust at its existence, many of them are carrying out torture or facilitating it in practice." |
Travelling through Uzbekistan?
If you are thinking of travelling through Uzbekistan and especially in the region of Tashkent, there are a number of things you may wish to keep in mind. [ LINK ]
Wikipedia:
One may wonder what religion they have in that country as they seem to arrest everyone whatever their faith.
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Source: linked above.
Wikipedia:
Religion of Uzbekistan
One may wonder what religion they have in that country as they seem to arrest everyone whatever their faith.
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Source: linked above.
Forum 18
Forum 18
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forum 18 is a Norwegian human rights organization that promotes religious freedom. The organization's name is based on Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Forum 18 summarizes the article as:
- The right to believe, to worship and witness
- The right to change one's belief or religion
- The right to join together and express one's belief[1]
http://www.forum18.org/
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Distruction caused by Flying Fish
Fire causes explosion of rotten fish in cans
A fire in a warehouse on the east coast of Sweden caused cans of fermented fish to explode and go flying through the air, according to local media.
Splitting America in half
This tiny creek connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
A raindrop striking Two Ocean Pass has a 50-50 chance of flowing out to the Pacific or down to the Gulf. Crazy as it sounds, a fish could safely swim across the U.S.
Shower Spotting
The lull in annual meteor shower in the early part of every year has passed. The Lyrid meteor shower was fun, and some people saw beautiful meteors, and captured their photos, even though the moon was bright. Meteor season 2014 has begun! Next up: the Eta Aquarid meteor shower in early May. It’s good shower from the entire Earth, and a great one for the S. Hemisphere.
May 5-7, 2014 before dawn, the Eta Aquarids
This meteor shower has a relatively broad maximum – meaning you watch watch it for several days around the predicted peak. The radiant is near the star Eta in the constellation Aquarius the Water Bearer (click here for chart). The radiant comes over the eastern horizon at about 4 a.m. local time; that is the time at all locations across the globe. For that reason, the hour or two before dawn tends to offer the most Eta Aquarid meteors, no matter where you are on Earth. At northerly latitudes – like those in the northern U.S. and Canada, or northern Europe, for example – the meteor numbers are typically lower for this shower. In the southern half of the U.S., 10 to 20 meteors per hour might be visible in a dark sky. Farther south – for example, at latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere – the meteor numbers may increase dramatically, with perhaps two to three times more Eta Aquarid meteors streaking the southern skies. For the most part, the Eta Aquarids is a predawn shower. In 2014, the first quarter moon will set before the prime-time hours of the Eta Aquarid shower. The most meteors will probably rain down on May 6, in the dark hours before dawn. But watch on May 5 and 7 as well! The broad peak to this shower means that some meteors may fly in the dark hour before dawn for a few days before and after the predicted optimal date.
This meteor shower has a relatively broad maximum – meaning you watch watch it for several days around the predicted peak. The radiant is near the star Eta in the constellation Aquarius the Water Bearer (click here for chart). The radiant comes over the eastern horizon at about 4 a.m. local time; that is the time at all locations across the globe. For that reason, the hour or two before dawn tends to offer the most Eta Aquarid meteors, no matter where you are on Earth. At northerly latitudes – like those in the northern U.S. and Canada, or northern Europe, for example – the meteor numbers are typically lower for this shower. In the southern half of the U.S., 10 to 20 meteors per hour might be visible in a dark sky. Farther south – for example, at latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere – the meteor numbers may increase dramatically, with perhaps two to three times more Eta Aquarid meteors streaking the southern skies. For the most part, the Eta Aquarids is a predawn shower. In 2014, the first quarter moon will set before the prime-time hours of the Eta Aquarid shower. The most meteors will probably rain down on May 6, in the dark hours before dawn. But watch on May 5 and 7 as well! The broad peak to this shower means that some meteors may fly in the dark hour before dawn for a few days before and after the predicted optimal date.
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