News Headlines (117) 6 January 2013

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► Hot chocolate tastes best in orange mugs, study finds  || LIVESCIENCE - Like Hot Chocolate? Drink it in an Orange Cup - by Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Date: 04 January 2013 

► Breast Milk Contains Over 700 Bacteria Species || in MEDICAL DAILY

► Toyota, Audi to show off self-driving cars at CES

► Julia Roberts to star in HBO film on early AIDS epidemic

► Spring-Summer 2013 - Trends A-Z  || GALLERY

► PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald, a lively, radiant, lush green, is the Color of the Year for 2013

► BB Mine: BB Creams To Fall In Love With - Our definitive list of the best BB creams out there. What they do, who they're best for and where you can get them.  

► Tigers Roar Back: Great News for Big Cats in Key Areas - Dec. 26, 2012 — The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has announced significant progress for tigers in three key landscapes across the big cat's range due to better law enforcement, protection of additional habitat, and strong government partnerships. 

► Japan's Hayabusa2 Asteroid-Sampling Mission (Photos) - by SPACE.com Staff Date: 28 December 2012 

► Fluctuating environment may have driven human evolution - Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2012

► Olympic Athletes Live Longer Than General Population

► ScienceShot: Megapiranha Outchomps T. Rex  -  by Sid Perkins on 20 December 2012

► ScienceShot: Flying Squirrels Style Their Swoops  -  by Emily Underwood on 18 December 2012 

► ScienceShot: Comb Jelly Genome Sheds Light on ... Light by Elizabeth Pennisi on 21 December 2012

► Plankton - Ctenophores. Uploaded on Nov 21, 2011 by PlanktonFilm :: Shimmering waves of light, stalking their prey, ctenophores are on the move. 



► New NASA Spacesuit Looks like Buzz Lightyear's - by Miriam Kramer, SPACE.com Staff Writer Date: 20 December 2012 (....Eeeiii.... The Neon green stripes on the Z1 resembles a cartoon character Toy Story, Buzz Lightyeartoy)
  ► Toy Story Collection: Buzz Lightyear Review



► Peter Archer and his "Hobbit House." (See also : My Older post on 28 November 2012)

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A house fit for a Hobbit. Published on Dec 2, 2011 by CNNMoney :: One die-hard Tolkien fan built his own Hobbit house to store his collectibles in southern Penn.



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Alone in the wild - Full Season 1 [HD]. Published on May 30, 2012 by AdventureEurope





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Surviving Alone in Alaska. Published on Apr 25, 2012 by VICE :: Heimo Korth is the last man standing in 19 million acres of Alaskan wilderness. His neighbors are polar bears and caribous. Say good bye to civilization and see how they do it in the arctic circle on the last frontier in America.

In 1980, Jimmy Carter established the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the Alaskan Interior, cutting off 19 million acres of prime boreal wilderness from the mitts of fur trappers, oil tycoons, and would-be lodge owners alike. Only six families of white settlers were grandfathered in and allowed to keep cabins in the refuge—of them, only one still stays there year-round living off the land. His name is Heimo Korth, and he is basically the Omega Man of Americas Final Frontier. || Had Been Published by VBSdotTV on Mar 11, 2010  || ► Alaska: Great Deal on 'The Great Land'. Uploaded on Dec 26, 2010 by RussiaToday :: It was discovered in 1741 and used to be a part of Russia. In 1867, after lengthy negotiations, Alaska was sold to the United States for the price of $7.2 million. It was called a "box of ice", a "polar bear garden" and Walrussia. But in the language of its indigenous peoples, the word Alaska means The Great Land. 



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Cancer Villages - China. Published on Jun 6, 2012 by journeymanpictures. The Chinese government claims it's making serious efforts to clean up pollution. But as this horrifying report shows, much of their 'success' has involved simply moving their toxic industries out of sight.

"It's risky, but we have no other choice: We only have this river," Wu Zhuliang tell us from his remote farm in South Western China. For Wu and his family their reliance on the river, which runs yellow with pollution, has had terrible consequences. They buried his son just over a month ago. He had been diagnosed with two types of cancer, Leukaemia and Thymoma, and had been in so much pain he said to his mother, "open the window and I'll jump out". The water from Wu's river was found to have levels of chromium, a known carcinogen, "200 times higher than the national standard". Ma Tianjie from Greenpeace tells us it's so toxic that, "simply touching the water, it could make your skin itchy. It's a very, very serious problem." All across rural China the same stories abound. The government is cleaning up the cities, but often the most toxic industries are simply moved to rural areas where regulations are lax. Chinese farmers are now four times more likely to die from liver cancer than the global average. "The government is trying to find a way to get rid of this huge pile of historically accumulated waste but they are struggling." | A Film By SBS - Distributed By Journeyman Pictures on June 2012 :: China warns foreigners to stop monitoring its pollution







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Obama, GOP Outline Debt Limit Debate. Published on Jan 5, 2013 :: President Barack Obama says he "will not compromise" over his insistence that Congress lift the federal debt ceiling. The nation's credit rating was downgraded the last time lawmakers threatened inaction on the debt ceiling, in 2011. (Jan. 5)



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Raw: Cat Used in Brazil Prison Smuggling Try. Published on Jan 5, 2013 ::Guards thought there was something suspicious about a little white cat slipping through a prison gate in Brazil. A prison official says that when they caught the animal, they found a cellphone, drills and other contraband taped to its body. (Jan. 5) 



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Orphaned Spotted Lamb Adopted by Dalmatian Dog.  Published on Aug 10, 2012 :: An orphaned spotted lamb in South Australia's Barossa Valley has been adopted by a Dalmatian dog, according to local media. (Aug. 10)



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Raw Video: Orphan Bear Cubs Play With Tiger Cub. Uploaded on Apr 1, 2011 :: Well-fed and ready to play - twin black bear cubs at China's Qingdao Wildlife Park have been bottle-fed round-the-clock by keepers after being abandoned by their mother at birth. (April.1)



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African Lions Accept Man As One of Their Own. Uploaded on Mar 20, 2009 :: South African lion tamer Kevin Richardson doesn't fear his animals. He's developed a close relationship with the lions that allows him to interact with them as one of their own. (March 20)



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Cute twin polar bear cubs set to meet public at China zoo. Uploaded on Dec 31, 2011 by Russia Today :: Twin boy polar bears are set to meet visitors for the first time during the coming New Year at the Dalian Laohutan Pole Aquarium in northeast China's Liaoning Province. Under the care of breeders, one cub now weighs almost 10 kilograms and stands 65 centimeters in height, while the other weighs a little more than 10 kilograms and stands 61 centimeters tall. According to the staff at the Laohutan Pole Aquarium, the two polar bear cubs, born two months ago, are now growing well and will soon be able to walk on their own.

► Republican Party seems as divided, angry as ever - By STEVE PEOPLES

► Let's All Watch Joe Biden's Reality Show! - By Richard Lawson | The Atlantic Wire –  Fri, Jan 4, 2013

► Assad to make rare speech as Syrian rebels draw nearer - By Dominic Evans 

► Four dead after police standoff in Colorado -  By P. SOLOMON BANDA 

► Nurses Fired for Refusing Flu Shot - by SYDNEY LUPKIN | ABC News –  Thu, Jan 3, 2013

► Ailing Chavez could be sworn in later on before Supreme Court, Venezuela's vice-president says - By Ian James And Jorge Rueda, The Associated Press 

► Top 10 Tech This Week - By Charlie White | Mashable

►  Superfoods That Fight Colds - Amanda MacMillan |  Saturday, January 5, 2013



► Must-have kitchen trends for 2013. Need a recipe to spice up your boring kitchen? Design experts dish up the seven most popular kitchen remodeling trends for 2013.



► Stylish workout clothes to start off the new year

► 6 January 2013 - Chavez ally elected by assembly 

Venezuela's National Assembly elects its leader, a potential stand-in for President Hugo Chavez who is struggling to recover from cancer surgery in Cuba.
* Chavez inauguration puzzle
* Profile: National Assembly chief
* World media consider life after Chavez
* Venezuela faces up to succession

► 4 January 2013 -Toyota sneak previews self-drive car ahead of tech show 

► 3 January 2013  - Immune system 'booster' may hit cancer By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News  

► 5 January 2013  - Cat 'arrested' for break-in at Brazilian prison

► China ice festival's giant crystal palace. 5 January 2013 - An annual winter carnival has opened in the north-east China city of Harbin. The month-long Harbin ice and snow festival is one of the world's largest.  The largest snow sculpture is 120 metres (390 feet) long, while the "Crystal Castle", an ice-carving project finished in December, towers over the winter theme park at a height of 48 metres (160 feet). Donna Larsen reports. (VIDEO)

► Bullet-proof vests for US school children. 5 January 2013  - A firm in Colombia which makes bullet-proof vests is now creating body armour for children. The company says it is responding to a surge in interest from the United States, following the attack on an elementary school in December. Twenty children and six adults were killed by a gunman at the Sandy Hook school in Connecticut. John McManus reports. (VIDEO)

► US student held over school 'bomb plot'. 6 January 2013  - A 17-year-old student has been arrested on suspicion of plotting to bomb his classmates at Russell County High School in Alabama. Police detained Derek Shrout after a teacher read his diary. Katrina Gill reports. (VIDEO) 

► Missoni boss missing as Venezuela plane disappears. 6 January 2013  - A small aircraft carrying the director of Italian fashion house Missoni has disappeared off the coast of Venezuela. Vittorio Missoni and his wife were among six people on board the flight from the archipelago of Los Roques towards Caracas' Maiquetia airport. The small, twin-engine aircraft disappeared mid-morning local time on Friday and has not been traced since. Wendy Urquhart reports. (VIDEO) || NEWS

► Best science and technology pictures of the week

► Tutankhamun meets Downton Abbey in rural Hampshire

► Digital distractions: Time to pay attention 

► Going back in time in Jamaica    

► Film legend Bardot threatens to quit France for Russia if elephants killed. Published on Jan 5, 2013 :: French movie icon Brigitte Bardot has praised President Putin for doing more to protect animals than all French presidents put together. Bardot is a well known animal rights defender and is threatening to quit her country and ask for Russian citizenship, if authorities in Lyon follow through with their plan to put down two sick elephants. (VIDEO) || NEWS 

► NATO deploys missiles & troops on Syrian border. Published on Jan 5, 2013 :: NATO has begun deploying surface-to-air missiles and troops on Turkey's border with Syria. The Alliance approved the reinforcements last month, after Ankara requested support. NATO claims the move is to help defend its member from the conflict in Syria. But Moscow said the deployment will only serve to escalate tension in the region. Germany and the Netherlands are preparing to ship six more Patriot batteries early next week, they'll be operational by the end of January. However, Jeremy Salt, a Middle Eastern history and politics professor from Bilkent University says NATO is actually now realizing who it's supporting, and losing its appetite for direct action in Syria.

ouch ouch ouch ... Since Rory Suchet winked his eye at the beginning of this year, I often looked at his face more than just listening to the news. Auww .... how silly of me!

► French Exodus: Putin best friend of upset movie stars. Published on Jan 5, 2013 :: French movie star Gerard Depardieu has arrived in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. He has apparently travel there to pick up his new Russian passport, after he became a citizen of the country. It comes after he turned his back on his native France in a row over escalating taxes. RT's Madina Kochenova reports.
Staying with France, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy allegedly received over 50 million euros in illegal campaign money from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. A Lebanese-born businessman, who's facing corruption charges, says he will provide evidence in a French court. Similar claims have previously been made by other witnesses. Christophe Barbier who is Chief editor of weekly magazine L'Express says if these allegations are proven true, they could uncover a deeper trail of corruption.




► Four people killed inside Colorado house, including gunman

► Honduran ambassador sacked over Christmas orgy

► 6 Russians dead, 2 injured in Italian Alps accident

► Chavez health crisis: Power transition row escalates

► Tax exile: President Putin gives Depardieu a Russian passport

► Hitler 'prayer' statue in former Warsaw Ghetto 'insults the Nazis' victims' – Polish rabbi
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Evidence of What The Nazis Did To The Jews In Warsaw / Video. Uploaded on Jan 27, 2008 by rosaryfilms :: Evidence of What The Nazis Did To The Jews In Warsaw / Video. The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Jewish ghettos established by Nazi Germany in Warsaw, former capital of Poland in the General Government during the Holocaust in World War II. Primary materials, footage and photographs shot by the Nazis themselves, and the narrator was a survivor of the ghetto. The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Jewish ghettos established by Nazi Germany in Warsaw, former capital of Poland in the General Government during the Holocaust in World War II. Between 1941 and 1943, starvation, disease and deportations to concentration camps and extermination camps dropped the population of the ghetto from an estimated 450,000 to approximately 70,000. In 1943 the Warsaw Ghetto was the scene of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the first urban mass rebellion against the Nazi occupation of Europe. The Warsaw Ghetto was established by the German Governor-General Hans Frank on October 16, 1940. At this time, the population of the Ghetto was estimated to be 440,000 people, about 37% of the population of Warsaw. However, the size of the Ghetto was about 4.5% of the size of Warsaw. Nazis then closed off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world on November 16, 1940, building a wall with armed guards. During the next year and a half, thousands of the Polish Jews as well as some Romani people from smaller cities and the countryside were brought into the Ghetto, while diseases (especially typhoid) and starvation kept the inhabitants at about the same number. Average food rations in 1941 for Jews in Warsaw were limited to 253 kcal, compared to 2,325 kcal for gentile Poles and 5,613 kcal for German people. The life in the ghetto was chronicled by the Oyneg Shabbos group. In 1942 Polish resistance fighter Jan Karski reported to the Western governments on the situation in the Ghetto and on the extermination camps. Round-up of residents of the Ghetto, January 1943. Over 100,000 of the Ghetto's residents died due to rampant disease or starvation, as well as random killings, even before the Nazis began massive deportations of the inhabitants from the Ghetto's Umschlagplatz to the Treblinka extermination camp during Operation Reinhard. Between Tisha B'Av, July 23, 1942, and Yom Kippur, September 21, 1942, about 254,000 Ghetto residents were sent to Treblinka and murdered there. By the end of 1942, it was clear that the deportations were to their deaths, and many of the remaining Jews decided to fight. On the eve of WW2 the Jewish population in Warsaw numbered 337,000, about 29% of the total population of the city, this figure rose to 445,000 by March 1941. Early September 1939 following the German invasion of Poland on 31 August 1939, the German forces reached the southern and western parts of the city on 8 and 9 September 1939. Within a few days they had surrounded the city from all sides, Warsaw bravely stood up to the German siege for 3 weeks, with air attacks and artillery shelling causing heavy damage and significant loss of life. As a result of the constant bombardments from the air and by artillery fire, there was a great exodus from the city. Warsaw's mayor Stefan Starzynski appointed Adam Czerniakow as Chairman of the Jewish Council on 23 September 1939. From the first days of the occupation the Jews were subjected to attacks and discrimination, such as being driven from food lines, seized for forced labour and assaults on religious Jews wearing their traditional garbs. Teachers, craftsman, professionals, members of welfare and cultural institutions lost their positions, without any compensation, with little or no prospect of obtaining similar positions. Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 England &Wales.


See also  
* CZ :: http://ciscazarmansyah.blogspot.com/2012/06/astrid-4.html
* CZ :: http://ciscazarmansyah.blogspot.com/2012/05/astrid-adrienne-11.html

■ Important dates:  February 8th, 1940 (Lodz Jews were ordered into the Ghetto), 16 January1942 (Lodz Jews were deported to the Chelmno killing center ),  23 June 1944 (The Germans resumed deportations from the Lodz Ghetto settlement). Ghetto was named the State of Israel. (Maybe) Israel is a ghetto area, not a sovereign state. And there are two words about the Jews suffering :  Ghetto and Pogroms. 

■ 05/09/2012 - Laboring under the Nazis German High Court to Address Ghetto Pensions |  By Christoph Schult 

► Iranians to vote in presidential election. Published on Jan 4, 2013 :: In the light of the Arab Spring and Iran's involvment in Syria, will there be any change in the streets of Iran and how people vote? Al Jazeera's Joanna Blundell reports. (VIDEO) 

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Listening Post - Blowing the whistle on Obama's America. Published on Jan 5, 2013 :: On the campaign trail four years ago, US presidential candidate Barack Obama shared his views on whistleblowers. He said: "Often the best source of information about waste, fraud and abuse in government is a government employee committed to public integrity, willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism should be encouraged rather than stifled."

As president, the reality has been very different. During his first term in office, six whistleblowers have been charged under the Espionage Act for allegedly mishandling classified information. That is twice as many as all previous presidents combined.  In the first half of this full edition special, we blow the whistle on President Obama's America.



► South2North - Leaders of change. Published on Jan 5, 2013 :: What do you think of your leaders? Do you think you could do a better job than them? Are they corrupt and tired old men or are they youthful and energetic, but do you still wonder if they are going to turn out one day just like the old bad guys? All three of our guests on this week's South2North know what it takes to be a leader. Joining Redi in the studio are two people who have been hand-picked as future leaders of Africa. They were both chosen from hundreds of candidates by the prestigious African Leadership Institute to join a selected group of Tutu Fellows, named after their patron, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Swaady Martin-Leke, originally a child refugee from Liberia, is now a businesswoman, calling herself a citizen of the world. Zied Mhirsi is a Tunisian doctor, fiery revolutionary, and radio talk show host. A fiery Arab revolutionary, media entrepreneur and public health expert, Zied is very outspoken, endearing and provocative. Having been involved in the Tunisian revolution, he now has high hopes of making another change. On this episode of South2North we also hear from someone who is already a leader of his country. Earlier Redi Tlhabi spoke to Najib Tun Razak, Malaysia's prime minister, who has been in politics almost all his adult life, about leading his country of nearly 29 million people - and how he is using social media to do so. (VIDEO)

► Special programme - A Year with Al Jazeera. Published on Jan 5, 2013 :: Looking back at some of the most memorable moments from Al Jazeera's coverage in 2012 (VIDEO)

► Talk to Al Jazeera - Is another conflict looming in the Balkans? Published on Jan 5, 2013 :: As Milorad Dodik, the RS (Republika Srpska)  leader, talks about breaking away from Bosnia and Herzegovina, we discuss the region's future. Is Dodik a threat to Bosnia? Is Inzko bullying Bosnian Serbs? And is the region heading back to war? On Talk to Al Jazeera we will talk to several leaders in the region; today Al Jazeera's Sami Zeidan talks to Milorad Dodik and Valentin Inzko. (VIDEO)

► Inside Story Americas - The Republican Party: A time for change? Published on Jan 5, 2013 :: A divided Republican Party struggles to define itself as members of the US Congress return to work. Is the Tea Party to blame for the problems of US Republicans? And is it time for the Republicans to change? Joining Inside Story Americas are guests: John Nichols, a political writer for the Nation Magazine; Steve Lonegan, the New Jersey State Director for Americans for Prosperity; and John Feerhey, a Republican strategist and former spokesman for the former speaker of the house, Dennis Hastert. (VIDEO)

► Inside Story - Nigeria: On the brink of a food crisis? Published on Jan 5, 2013 :: Still reeling from the recent massive floods Nigeria faces the threat of a severe food shortage. How did Nigeria get to this point? Are floods alone to blame? And what will it mean for Africa's most populated country? Guests: Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Nigeria country director for Transparency International - an organisation that tracks and measures global corruption; Ayo Johnson, the director of Viewpoint Africa, a news website; and Hussaini Abdu, the director for Action Aid Nigeria. (VIDEO)

AJE looks at children's worries and hopes for the coming year.
► African children share 2013 aspirations. Published on Jan 5, 2013



► Children from Asia share goals for 2013. Published on Jan 5, 2013



► British children share their hopes for 2013. Published on Jan 5, 2013



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Highlighting state corruption through satire. Published on Jan 5, 2013 :: They are insightful, cheeky and sometimes simply rude - but a British artist says his paintings highlight political corruption. Kaya Mar takes the unconventional approach of displaying his works outside seats of power. What is unusual about Kaya Mar's satirical approach is that he takes his work to where the politicians and media are, to keep them honest. He can be found at Westminster, pronouncing on the government's economic policies; or outside the Royal Courts of Justice. Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee reports from London.



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Portraits of humanity's legacy. Published on Jan 5, 2013 :: One-hundred photos of life on Earth are currently orbiting our planet. An American artist (Trevor Paglen) chose the images hoping that they will become a souvenir for aliens, billions of years from now. But in the meantime, the collection is aimed at depicting the full impact that humanity has etched into the planet. The satellite revolving 36 thousand kilometers above earth may only have an operating life of 15 years or so, but it will join hundreds of dead satellites which are spinning in graveyard orbits. Al Jazeera's Tom Ackerman reports from New York.

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