News Headlines (368) 17 September 2013

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► Check about BrahMos, you tagged it!

► Last menstrual period: 21 August 2013
► Recent menstruation: today, 18 September 2013.
I'm not pregnant anymore, yet, dahling. We must be patient and relaxed.
For now onwards, anytime we can start swimming freely without stress, okay?
I love you.

► MISSILES OF INDIA || ► India's Most Powerful Missiles

Name of the Missile	Missile class/type	Special Features
Agni Series	Surface to Surface Missiles Agni-I: SRBMAgni-II: MRBM Agni-III: IRBM Agni-IV/ Agni-II Prime: MRBM Agni-V: ICBM	Agni-IV is a two-stage missile powered by solid propellant. It is 20 meters tall and has a launch weight of 17 tonnes. A new missile Agni-V with 5,000 km range and MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles) is being developed and was tested on 19 April 2012
Dhanush(Sanskrit: Bow)	Ship to Surface Missile SRBM	Dhanush is a naval variant of the Prithvi missile
Nirbhay	Subsonic Cruise Missile	Nirbhay is an all-weather low-cost medium-range cruise missile with stealth and high accuracy. The missile will have a range of 750km. The surface version of Nirbhay missile was test fired for the first time on 12th March 2013 from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Balasore district of Odisha
Brahmos I	Supersonic Cruise Missile	Range < 300kms. It follows low trajectory and is difficult to detect by enemies and is accurate. RAMJET Engine.
Brahmos II	Hypersonic Cruise Missile	SRAMJET Engine and includes all the features of Brahmos-I
Sagarika (missile)[Meaning: Survival)	SLBM (Sub Marine Launched Ballistic Missile)	It is under K-15 programs. Has second strike capability. This is a submarine launched missile and is likely to be included in INS Arihanth.
Shaurya	Surface to Surface missileTBM Hyper sonic Missile	Has Inbuilt Stealth Technology
Nag	Air to Air	Nag has ‘fire and forget’ and ‘top attack’ capability. Carrying an eight-kg warhead, it has an infra-red seeker and can destroy enemy tanks four km away.
Akash	Surface to Air	The Akash missile can be launched from static or mobile platforms providing flexible deployment. The system can handle multiple targets and destroy manoeuvring targets such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), fighter aircraft, cruise missiles and missiles launched from helicopters
Trishool	Surface to Air ballistic missile	Designed to be used against low-level (sea skimming) targets at short range, the system has been developed to defend naval vessels against missiles and also as a short range surface to air missile on land.
Prithvi	Surface to SurfaceTBM	The missile is of particular interest to the United States (and potential buyers) in that has the capability of manoeuvring in flight so as to follow one of several different pre-programmed trajectories
Prahar Missile	Air defence missileTBM	Range < 150kms.
AWACS Missile	Air Defence missile	AWACS is simply a Radar placed in an Aircraft. It increases the Radar observability and itself is not weapon
Astra	Air to Air Missile	It is a Beyond Visual Range Missile which means they are fire-and-forget kind. There is no fixed target for such missiles.
Helina	Surface to Air	A variant of NAG Missile to be launched from Helicopter is being developed under the Project named HELINA (HELIcopter launched NAg). It will be structurally different from the Nag.

► A friend in need may be a friend indeed, but this can also mean they're a pain in the behind. While it may be slightly excruciating, you yourself will need to exercise your patience muscle when it comes to platonic relationships now. If they need to vent about work, or their honey, or the price of gas -- and vent, and vent -- it's your duty to make sympathetic noises, at least for a certain amount of time. Your leadership abilities are unquestioned, but you may still find that it's easier for you to defer to others occasionally -- if only to let them feel a sense of ownership over their lives.



► WIRED 16 September 2013 : Conflict Photographer's Best Pictures Are Some of Humanity's Worst Moments

► GUARDIAN 16 September 2013

■ Gun rampage at Washington navy yard leaves 13 people dead

■ Cracks appear between US and Russia over Syrian chemical weapons deal

► DAILY KOS  16 September 2013 : House Committee to Stop Hillary Clinton 2016 leaks Benghazi draft report

► TECHDIRT  16 September 2013 : Student Arrested And Charged With 'Terrorizing' For Shooting Classmates... With An iPhone App

► FOXNEWS 17 September 2013 : Obama tears into Republicans on budget, debt ceiling amid Navy Yard attack

► STAR TELEGRAM 16 September 2013 : Navy Yard shooter had at least two gun-related incidents in past

► SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY : Did Cooking Make Us Human? (Documentary). We are the only species on earth that cooks its food - and we are also the cleverest species on the planet. The question is: do we cook because we're clever and imaginative, or are we clever and imaginative because our ancestors discovered cooking? Horizon examines the evidence that our ancestors' changing diet and their mastery of fire prompted anatomical and neurological changes that resulted in taking us out of the trees and into the kitchen. Published on Jan 9, 2013 by CooIDocumentaries



► FILM & ANIMATION : Documentary The Japanese Bullet Train Shinkansen. Published on Feb 11, 2013 by divdocuchannel



► NEWS & POLITIC : D.C. Massacre Averts Attention From Obama's Failure In Syria. Alex covers the Navy Yard shooting in Washington D.C. as gun control legislation remains stalled in Congress and the political agenda of the gun grabbers is in sore need of a propaganda infusion to get off dead center. Published on Sep 16, 2013 by TheAlexJonesChannel

► Paper City



► Mirror City Timelapse

► Gunman opens fire at D.C. Navy Yard, 13 dead
By Phil Stewart, Ian Simpson and Deborah Charles - WASHINGTON - A military veteran opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard in a burst of violence that killed 13 people, including the gunman, and set off waves of panic at the military installation just miles from the White House and Capitol. The FBI identified the suspect as Aaron Alexis, 34, of Fort Worth, Texas, a Navy contractor who had two gun-related brushes with the law.

* Navy Yard shooting suspect's past shows flashes of violence
* No evidence of second shooter in Washington rampage: officials
* Suspect is ex-military man, once worked in Thai restaurant
* Suspected U.S. shooter had 'secret' clearance, employer says
* Factbox: Major shooting incidents in the United States
* VIDEO : U.S. shooter 'acted alone'
* VIDEO : Obama says U.S. confronting "yet another mass shooting"

► U.N. confirms sarin used in Syria attack
By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols - UNITED NATIONS - U.N. chemical investigators confirmed the use of sarin nerve agent in an August 21 poison gas attack outside the Syrian capital in a long-awaited report that the United States, Britain and France said proved government forces were responsible. * Western powers press Assad to comply; U.N. confirms sarin used

► UN resolution on Syria may 'wreck peace talks'

► Kerry Issues Warning to Assad on Arms Deal


► Raw: Air Lift at Scene of Navy Yard Shooting. A Defense Department official says several people have been killed and as many as 10 have been wounded in a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.  ||  ► Witness: 'He Raised, and Aimed and Fired'   || ► Obama: Cowardly Act at Navy Yard Kills Patriots || ► Police: 2 More Possible Suspects at Navy Yard  || ► D.C. Mayor: At Least 12 Dead, Motive 'Unknown' ||  ► FBI Identifies Navy Yard Shooter


► U.N. Secretary General: Sarin Gas Used in Syria

► NEWS

■ Chemical weapons deal wins time for Syria's Assad but at a cost
■ Russia says may be time to force Assad's foes to talk peace
■ Western powers press Assad to comply; U.N. confirms sarin used

■ Obama Dares Republicans to Defy Tea Party on Obamacare, Shutdown Deal
■ Australian leader appoints lone woman to Cabinet
■ Iran's Rouhani tells Revolutionary Guards to stay out of politics
■ Russia to restore Soviet-era naval base in Arctic: Putin
■ Seeing potential 'economic chaos,' Obama warns GOP on shutdown threat over budget, Obamacare

► FINANCE : The Forbes 400: The Richest People in America

► GRIND TV : Two fishermen rescued after drifting atop capsized boat for eight days

► GOOD MORNING AMERICA : New Orleans Water Flushed for Brain-Eating Amoeba

► SHOPPING : The perfect shave

► France to press Russia over Syria
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius is visiting Moscow to try to persuade Russia to support a UN Security Council resolution on Syria.

* Bowen: War far from over
* Analysis: Unlikely deal offers hope
* Q&A: Chemical deal
* Ghouta: What we know
* Daunting task of destroying arms
* Media review: Mixed response

► VIDEOS

■ Syrians no longer trust neighbours as 'religious mosaic' breaks up
■ Syria crisis: How bloggers are playing part in weapons analysis
■ Solar-powered boats parade through Amsterdam's canals

► FUTURE : Why Nasa is crash testing helicopters for science

► Russia: UN chem attack report doesn't show whodunit
► Russian Mediterranean fleet to be expanded to 11 warships
► US Navy Yard shooter described as 'nice', but with anger issues
► Yes, we can: Obama waives anti-terrorism provisions to arm Syrian rebels
► Warheads used in Syria chemical attack 'could be original or improvised' – UN
► Loss of critical reasoning: Russian man shot in heated debate over Kant's philosophy

► VIDEOS

■ Fears for Fukushima as powerful typhoon strikes Japan
■ 'Follow the Money': NSA spies on Visa customers, SWIFT transactions
■ CrossTalk: From Syria to Iran
■ Escobar: Obama wants to take credit for Syria chem weapons plan
■ UN probe finds 'clear evidence of sarin gas on large scale' in Syria
■ Shooting at Washington DC Navy Yard leaves several dead  || ► DC Navy Yard shooting 'may be related to US foreign policy'  || ► Navy Yard Carnage: 13 dead in Washington DC, gunmen could be at large 
■ War Dividend: US arms firms ready to cash in if Syria attacked

► US seeks wide support for Syria arms deal
► Inside Story : Rwanda: A democracy in the making?
► UN report: Sarin used in Syria attack

► SYRIA :  U.N. Chief: Syria Atrocities a 'War Crime' - But Ban Ki-moon didn't accuse Assad

► Angela Merkel's Challenge
By Catherine Mayer - Germany's Chancellor is likely to win re-election, but even if she fails, the country's behavior will stay the same

* Angela Merkel's Unfinished Business

► L.A. Affairs

■ A magic trick isn't a real relationship. A 'magical' relationship magically ended. The lasting relationship started inauspiciously and grew with time.

■ Together ... with children, 2 homes and dates

Matters related to the news title (regardless of the story's content) :

* Overcoming fatigue in a togetherness. (Financial, Bed, Mind).

* Four is pretty balanced: He, our two children and I. (If the worst thing happens, then shanana: one for you. Shanana: one for me).

* The period of pregnancy is different as when making cakes.(36 weeks ≠ 2 hours, stupid!)

* We will get married. Married? Married?

* Ouch.

* Why ouch, Cisca! Read on! Still there is a date, Cisca! Date.

* What? Dating? Who?

* Married. Married? Married! Marriage is not a short dating, stupid!

* Ehehehe.

* Shut up, please?

* O-bla-dio-bla-da life goes on, brah! Lala how the life goes on. And if you want some fun, take O-bla-di-bla-da.

* Da!

News Headlines (113) 2 January 2013

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by zefrank1

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True Facts About The Angler Fish. Published on Dec 27, 2012 || ►True Facts About Baby Echidnas. Published on Dec 7, 2012 || ► True Facts About HedgeHogs. Published on Oct 3, 2012



► Article:  First Meteor Shower of 2013 Peaks This Week - by Miriam Kramer, SPACE.com Staff Writer | Date: 31 December 2012 


► Several successful Hollywood films topped the box office in 2012. Call it The Hunger Games, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Ted, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Night Rises, Skyfall, The Twillight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, and films that last hit the box office in late 2012, The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey. Entering 2013, Hollywood has prepared the best films of various genres. Animated films, action, and drama superhero still expected to dominate the box office this year. The films at box office are dominated (estimated) by a sequel of the previous film and the superhero genre. For example, the  Iron Man 3 and sequel of Superman, Man of Steel, which are predicted to reap huge profits in the coming year. ||  2013 Best Picture Oscar Contenders


► US, Europe hope 2013 brings better times; Asia-Pacific greets new year with lavish fireworks - By Jennifer Peltz And Verena Dobnik, The Associated Press  ||  Year of change and hope 

► North Korean leader, in rare address, seeks end to confrontation with South - By Jack Kim  ||  in REUTERS

► Burma plans 1st New Year's Eve bash  || NEWSER ::  Asia-Pacific nations greet 2013 eagerly; Myanmar celebrating with first public countdown 



► Raw: Dozens Killed in Ivory Coast Stampede. Published on Jan 1, 2013 ::  At least 61 people were killed when New Year's celebrations turned into a panicked stampede early Tuesday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. President Alassane Ouattara visited a hospital where many injured survivors had been taken following the stampede. (Jan. 1)



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Kim Kardashian: Pregnancy Isn't 'Easy'. Published on Jan 1, 2013 :: Reality star Kim Kardashian tells "Entertainment Tonight" that being pregnant is "a little painful" while at a New Year's Eve party in Las Vegas. (Dec. 31) || ► Kim Kardashian freezes her eggs.  Published on Sep 14, 2012 by hollywoodbackstage :: Kim Kardashian was seen discussing the process involved in freezing the eggs, with a fertility doctor! That's Right! The beauty has revealed in Sunday's episode that she plans to take this step as she fears getting too old before deciding to have kids.



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What's Exactly in 'fiscal Cliff' Plan. Published on Jan 1, 2013 ::  Now it goes to the House. A bill to stop the across-the-board tax increases and program budget cuts that went into effect at midnight was approved by the Senate early this morning on an 89-8 vote. (Jan. 1)

► World looks to 2013 after violence, economic woes-  By JENNIFER PELTZ and VERENA DOBNIK 

► House passes fiscal cliff deal, tamps down GOP revolt

► Thankfully, Congress Is Expected to Pass the Senate's Cliff Deal Tonight - By Connor Simpson | The Atlantic Wire

► Why Americans will really, really hate Congress in 2013 - By Scott Bomboy | National Constitution Center

► "Fiscal cliff" deal looks so-so for U.S. businesses on taxes - By Kevin Drawbaugh and Kim Dixon 

► Storm hosts Rose Parade show after fiery accident - By By BEN WALKER | Associated Press 

► North Korean leader, in rare address, seeks end to confrontation with South 

► President Obama's 5 New Year's Resolutions - By Sophie Quinton | National Journal – Mon, Dec 31, 2012 

► Your New Year's Eve Etiquette Dilemmas, Solved - By Jen Doll | The Atlantic Wire – Mon, Dec 31, 2012

► Senate bill stops many tax hikes, but leaves big issues pending


► Hugh Hefner Marries Crystal Harris 


► Famous New Year's Resolutions in History 

► World celebrates beginning of 2013 (VIDEO)

► 2 January 2013 - Call for law to mark Delhi victim New 

India's junior Education Minister Shashi Tharoor calls for the Delhi gang-rape victim to be named so she can honoured in a revised anti-rape law.
* Why are women treated so badly?
* In pictures: Protests at death
* More protests after funeral - VIDEO
* Rape death prompts press anger

► 2 January 2013  - Mourning after Ivory Coast deaths

Three days of mourning are declared in Ivory Coast following a New Year's Eve stampede that killed at least 61 people in Abidjan.
* In pictures: Ivory Coast stampede
* Reports of children among victims - VIDEO
* Ivory Coast profile 

► Obama praises 'fiscal cliff' deal

US President Barack Obama hails a deal reached to stave off a looming "fiscal cliff" as "just one step in the broader effort to strengthen the economy".
* Obama: 'More work needed' -  VIDEO 
* Asian shares up on US deal 
* Q&A: The US fiscal cliff

► Chavez 'conscious' says his deputy

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is conscious but in a "delicate and complex situation" after his second cancer operation in Cuba, his deputy says.
* Chavez succession grips country

Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.

Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.

Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;
may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.
Don't leave me for a second, my dearest,

because in that moment you'll have gone so far
I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,
Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying? 


Don't Go Far Off - PABLO NERUDA

► 2 January 2013  - Japan crime: Why do innocent people confess?

► 2 January 2013 - Giraffe fights and friendships revealed

► 28 December 2012 - Audio slideshow: Exploring Africa | David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through the vast and diverse continent of Africa as it's never been seen before.

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Stunning New Year 2013 fireworks around the world: London, New York, Dubai, Moscow, Taipei.  Published on Jan 1, 2013 :: Skylines around the world were illuminated one by one as January 1, 2013, arrived. Spectacular fireworks displays made a splash over London, Berlin, Moscow, Dubai, Taipei and New York.



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Escobar: Rape of Syria will be top geopolitical tragedy of 2013. Published on Jan 1, 2013 :: Syria has reportedly opened the New Year with a horrifying discovery of dozens of corpses in the capital Damascus. Some of the bodies were decapitated and bore traces of torture. They have not yet been identified. This comes amid widespread doubt there will be any major breakthrough in Syria's bloody civil stand-off any time soon. Asia Times Correspondent Pepe Escobar predicts that the conflict could follow the Lebanese Civil War scenario and continue for another fifteen years.



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RT Backstage: 'Question More' Behind the Scenes & Bloopers of 2012. Published on Jan 1, 2013 :: Do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes of the RT studios? Well, here is your chance to catch a glimpse of all the action from where your reliable source of daily news -- including breaking news stories, business news and sports updates -- is delivered.

(Haaaa ..... Glad to see a presenter can blink his eyes to the audience. Blink my eyes as well as for you, too. ehehhehee... I can feel a social warmth in your area, RT. And to you dahling, ... please, do not put our baby's diapers in my bag, ...please?)

► Keiser Report: Year of Banking Death Penalty (E387). Published on Jan 1, 2013 :: In this episode, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the two big themes for 2013: the execution of the too big to fail outlaw banks and the death of the Bretton Woods engineered fiat and faith debt based system as nations around the world ask for the return of their gold. They also talk to several Keiser Report guests about their predictions for 2013, including predictions from Rob Kirby on JP Morgan's collapse, Mitch Feierstein on JP Morgan's copper ETF, Ned Naylor-Leyland on the CFTC investigation into silver manipulation and the Yes Men's Andy Bichlbaum on the Global Spring. (VIDEO)

► House moves to vote on 'fiscal cliff' deal

► Tens of Thousands march in rival protests over Hong Kong's leader (PHOTOS) 

► 2013 ushered in with tragic accidents and killings

► Evolution and revolution: RT’s experts look to 2013

► Turning up the heat: Probe finds 'inadequate fireproofing' in Japanese reactors

► Box office record for Bond: 'Skyfall' passes $1 billion mark 

► Elvis and Beatles autographs among most forged in 2012

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Inside Story - Is football in Egypt being politicised? Published on Jan 1, 2013 :: The launch of Egypt's premier league has been postponed once again - this time until February. The announcement was made following a weekend of meetings between government ministers and Egypt's Football Association. They also decided that the first season will be played without any spectators. Egyptian league football came to a halt last February after violent clashes between two of the country's most popular teams, in which more than 70 people were killed.



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Syria refugees wish to return home in 2013. Published on Jan 1, 2013 :: Syrian refugees in Turkey wish 2013 will bring about an end to violence and bloodshed so they can return home. Yayladagi camp was built to accommodate the first wave of Syrians who left their villages in Idlib and Latakia. Two years on, they remain confident they may be an end to the war soon. Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra reports.


► The Stream - The dark side of ivory.  Published on Jan 1, 2013 :: We look at how the internet is fueling unprecedented levels of illegal wildlife trade. (VIDEO) 

Breaking News :: House Passes Fiscal Cliff Deal

► Despite GOP Concerns, House Will Vote on Senate-Passed Cliff Bill

* TIME Explains: The Fiscal Cliff
* How the Fiscal Cliff Will Force Big Biz to Turn Against Small Biz 

► Hillary Clinton Given Blood Thinners to Dissolve Clot

* How Concussions and Blood Clots Connect 

► Ivory Coast New Year's Stampede Kills 61

► Google's Attack on Apple Is Good News for Apple

► The Emancipation Proclamation Turns 150: Hear the Many Voices That Cried Freedom 

► More Food for Hungry Students: USDA Tweaks School Meals 

► The Year in Review: Take the TIME 2012 News Quiz 

Featured

■ The 9 Funniest Tweets About the Kimye Baby
■ The Hobbit: Why Are There No Women in Tolkien's World?
■ The Month's Best Viral Videos
■ Can't-Miss TV in 2013 

► House approves 'fiscal cliff' deal, rescinding broad tax hike

By Lisa Mascaro and Kathleen Hennessey - The move blocks income tax hikes for roughly 99% of households, but allows rates to rise for couples making over $450,000. "We have dealt with this issue long enough," Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.) says before the vote. "Both sides have given; both sides have gotten."
* Details of the Senate bill 
* Hiltzik: The 'fiscal cliff' con game

► House Republicans grit teeth and prepare to vote
► House Republicans sharply divided on 'fiscal cliff' deal
► Biden to meet with House Democrats on 'fiscal cliff'
► Tony Cardenas prepares to join growing Latino ranks in Congress
► Rose Parade 2013: List of float award winners
► Soldier reunited with family in Rose Parade's most surprising moment
► After Rose Parade 2013, where and when to see floats
► The 124th Tournament of Roses Parade | Jan. 1, 2013 

For an ordinary woman like me, it's only a few could be more exciting than a successful man, of great power, producing the wealth and good guarantee for his family, respected in his neighborhood, he -- who even without talking at all -- his presence alone can govern others to pay attention to him, but he is back to being an ordinary man who is very simple and spoiled when he returns to his woman.

Hmmm ... may God give me happiness (I, a woman who no longer single, but also not married, yet) with a gift of a man who is so desired by many women, but he wants me only. (Yeah? Are you sure, Cisca? Shh! Shh!)

Amen.

Dahling, loving you today. Mwah!
***  
(CZ-Lacalifusa010213)

News Headlines (111) 31 December 2012

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► Article: Like Math? Thank Your Motivation, Not IQ - by Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer | Date: 28 December 2012 

► Oregon man seeks a mate by wearing a Wife Wanted sign - Wed, Dec 26, 2012 - Odd News  :: Sandy McCulloch, a Corvallis, Oregon 82-year-old wears a paper sign around his neck that reads, "WANTED: A WIFE." His low-tech message describes that he's searching for a companion over the age of 60 who loves books, has a sense of humor, and lives in Corvallis. The idea for McCulloch's sign came from a conversation he had with a hospital greeter. When waiting to have coffee with his friend, a hospital minister, he was asked by the greeter if she could help him with anything.

► Hot Links: Lindsay Lohan spends $250,000 to redecorate house  || Get Ready For Lindsay Lohan's Bravo Home Makeover 

► Gwyneth Paltrow to publish second cookbook 

► Memo From Miami | Louis Vuitton's Objets Nomades 

► 2012's Top 20 Most Fashionable Items On Polyvore The Huffington Post Canada  |  Posted: 12/18/2012

► New Year's Eve Dresses: 10 Sparkly Outfits To Wear When You Ring In 2013

► Victorian zoological map redrawn - Patterns that inspired Darwin and Wallace get an update 

► Chinese scientists find evidence for speed of gravity

► Chemistry may save some coral from acidity 

► ScienceShot: Plants ... in ... Space!

► Who killed Ramses III

► Female Fish Are More Attracted to Bi-Curious Males :: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/12/female-fish-are-more-attracted-bi-curious-males/59934/ || TELEGRAPH - Female fish attracted to males that exhibit gay behaviour. Female fish are attracted to males that "flirt" with other males, a study has found.  

► Surprising 'Mini' Supermassive Black Hole Found in Unlikely Home - by SPACE.com Staff Date: 06 November 2012

► EPA Releases Update on Ongoing Hydraulic Fracturing Study :: http://energy.aol.com/2012/12/21/epa-releases-update-on-ongoing-hydraulic-fracturing-study/ || NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - Breaking Fuel From the Rock

► Nearly One in Three Children With Food Allergies Experience Bullying, Survey Shows Dec. 24, 2012— Nearly a third of children diagnosed with food allergies who participated in a recent study are bullied, according to researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Almost eight percent of children in the U.S. are allergic to foods such as peanuts, tree-nuts, milk, eggs, and shellfish. 

► China opens world's longest bullet train line - Between Beijing and Guangzhou, 22 hours is now eight hours. But some say it's still cheaper and faster to fly 

► Stella McCartney awarded OBE in 2013 New Year Honours List 

► The top 10 tech 'fails' of 2012  -  By Doug Gross, CNN | December 28, 2012 





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Hillary Clinton Hospitalized With Blood Clot. Published on Dec 30, 2012 :: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month. (Dec. 30) || ► Clinton on Qaddafi: We came, we saw, he died. Published on Oct 20, 2011 ::  Speaking between network interviews, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton jokes with reporter on early, unconfirmed reports that deposed Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi had been killed.

ehehehhee....

► Raw: Baby Boom at British Zoo. Published on Dec 30, 2012 :: Chester Zoo, in northwest England, saw something of a baby boom in 2012. As well as a baby orangutan and an okapi foal, zookeepers delivered an Asian elephant calf.


► Last-Minute Fiscal Cliff Talks in Senate. Published on Dec 29, 2012 :: Senate leaders groped for a last-minute compromise Saturday to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly prevent deep spending cuts at the dawn of the new year. (Dec. 29)

► Clinton admitted to hospital with blood clot

► Hillary Clinton Is Not Well - By Adam Clark Estes 

► Obama: U.S. has good leads on who carried out Benghazi attacks

► Senate adjourns to Monday, eve of 'fiscal cliff' 

► No end to Syria war if sides refuse to talk: envoy 

► Venezuela Cancels New Year's Festivities After Chavez Suffers 'New Complications'

► President's brother speaks out on Colombia talks - Associated Press

► 6 Best iPhone Apps of 2012

► The Rich Will Pay More Taxes Next Year No Matter What 




► Kim Kardashian Pregnant: Her Family Reacts to the Big News

► Kanye West, Kim Kardashian expecting 1st child

► Matthew McConaughey Names His Son Livingston




► 2013 H o r o s c o p e s

► US 'fiscal cliff' talks go to wire 

US Congressional leaders have one more day to avert the "fiscal cliff" of tax rises and spending cuts as talks end on Sunday without a deal.
* Mardell: Obama's fiscal trap 
* Obama on fiscal deal hopes -VIDEO
* Five ways the cliff might hit
* Q&A: The US fiscal cliff
* Fiscal cliff: Possible scenarios
* Naming the 'fiscal cliff'

► Russian plane crash impact captured by Moscow driver. 30 December 2012 - Footage of the moment a Russian plane ran off a runway and hit a motorway in Moscow has emerged. At least four crew members were killed when the Red Wings Tupolev-204 overshot the runway. No passengers were on board. A motorist happened to be filming in his car as he drove along the road when the plane crashed. Peter Dobbie reports. (VIDEO) || NEWS 

► Local government reform 'success' in Helmand. 31 December 2012 - When foreign combat troops pull out of Afghanistan in 2014, Afghan troops will try to fill the gap. In the troubled province of Helmand in the south-west, the security effort has been backed up by local government reform, one of the more significant successes of western intervention. It has been so successful that the British officials who introduced it have been asked to take it to other provinces. David Loyn reports. (VIDEO) || NEWS

► A tour of a Soviet era nuclear bunker targeting the West. 30 December 2012  - Only now are Germans learning the full extent of their past when the East was ruled by the Soviet Union. North of Berlin, for example, there is a hidden nuclear base about which the East German government itself had little knowledge. In 1959, though, nuclear missiles were stationed there, targeted at Western Europe. BBC correspondent Steve Evans has this guided tour. (VIDEO)

► Japan school teaches art of being a mascot. 31 December 2012 - Demand from theme parks, companies and even government offices is fuelling a mini-boom in the use of mascots in Japan. Choko Oohira is making it her mission to ensure that quantity doesn't undermine quality by teaching mascot skills at her own school. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports. (VIDEO)

► 31 December -Italian TV boss criticises sexy showgirls - By Alan Johnston BBC News, Rome 

► 31 December 2012 - Belle de Jour's history of anonymity

► 31 December 2012 - The hard task of inventing a truly great dish By Anna-Louise Taylor BBC Food  

► 31 December 2012- The top memes and viral videos of 2012 By Dave Lee and Mark Ward BBC technology reporters 

► 2012: A year of new frontiers

► Best of the best of 2012 science and tech articles

► Today's African Proverb :: "Bad dancing does not break an engagement" - A Luyia / Gisu proverb sent by Sheila Oder, Kampala, Uganda

► Video: Moment of deadly plane crash into Moscow highway. Published on Dec 29, 2012 :: A fatal passenger jet crash was caught on a dashboard camera. The plane skidded into a highway after making a hard landing at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport. Five people were killed, three others critically injured. Officials believe the cause could be pilot error. (VIDEO) || NEWS - Moscow plane crash: Deathtoll rises to five (VIDEO OF CARNAGE, PHOTOS) 

► Gang-rape epidemic: India mourns victim, proposes chemical castration for offenders

► Al-Qaeda offers bounty for US ambassador in Yemen 

► Silent sub: Russian noiseless Borei class nuclear submarine immersed

► RT recalls 2012: Putin;s back, opposition turmoil, Pussy Riot prank 

► Russians; nostalgia for USSR is dwindling - poll

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Happy New Law: US adoption in Russia no longer possible. Published on Dec 30, 2012 :: From New Year's Day, the adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens will no longer be possible - after President Putin signed the measure into law. It's a tit-for-tat response to America's sanctions against Russian officials which it sees as human rights violators. Irina Galushko has more on the diplomatic spat. Also, Russian studies and history professor Stephen Cohen, from New York and Princeton Universities, says he's never been under any illusions about Russia-US relations.

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Obama pushes for gun control measures. Published on Dec 30, 2012 :: US President Barack Obama has used a television appearance to push for new gun control measures. It follows the shooting of 20 children and six adults this month, at a school in Connecticut. Al Jazeera's Daniel Lak reports from Washington.



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Inside Story - Confronting India's culture of rape. Published on Dec 31, 2012 :: Ghida Fakhry speaks to guetsts Ved Marwah, a former Commissioner of Police in New Delhi; Aisha Gill, a reader in criminology at the Univeristiy of Roehampton; Ranjana Kumar - director of the centre for social research.

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Venezuelans prefer Chavez be treated at home. Published on Dec 30, 2012 :: Ever since he was diagnosed with cancer last year, Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez has been receiving treatment in Cuba. This has got some people to ask why he is not being treated at home. Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Caracas.

Latest Headlines

■ Asian Nations Giving Enthusiastic Welcome to 2013 
■ Chavez Suffers New Complications in Cancer Fight
■ U.S. Family Pleas for Couple Missing in Afghanistan
■ 9 Killed in Tour Bus Crash Along Oregon Highway
■ Car Bombing Targeting Shiites in Pakistan Kills 19
■ Maine Man Held in Deaths of Teenage Tenants
■ Comedian Katt Williams Arrested in LA  || LATIMES - Comedian Katt Williams in trouble with police -- again
■ International Syria Envoy Warns of Surge in Deaths
■ German Magazine Mistakenly Publishes Bush Obituary 
■ Nobel Scientist Levi-Montalcini Dies in Rome, 103
■ Obama Wants Gun Violence Measures Passed in 2013
■ Spanish Police Arrest 17 Suspected Pimps 
■ At Least 15 Killed in Sect Attack in North Nigeria
■ CNN: Woman Accused in Newtown Scam 
■ CNN: Fiscal Cliff Could Put Your Tax Refund on Hold 

► France Strikes Down 75% Income Tax On the Rich 

By Bruce Crumley
* France's Colonial Hangover: Apologizing Abroad, Ignoring Injustice at Home
* France 'Biggest Problem' in Euro Crisis, Say German Officials

► Fiscal Cliff Disputes Remain as Deadline Nears

* Fiscal Cliff Will Force Big Business Against Mom and Pop

► Hillary Clinton Hospitalized with Blood Clot
► Hollywood Solves Its Fiscal Cliff Crisis: Hobbit, Django and Les Mis All Win Big 
► India Demands Change as It Mourns Gang Rape Victim

* India Rape Sparks Violent Protests (PHOTOS)

► Year in Review: Take TIME's 2012 News Quiz
► Hunt for the Vicuña: Can This Andean Animal Be a Cash Cow?

Featured

■ TIME's Top 10 New Species (PHOTOS)
■ Top 10 Comebacks of 2012 
■ TIME's Top 10 Songs of 2012 
■ The Year's 10 Worst Tweets

► 2012: Los Angeles celebrates - Los Angeles knows how to celebrate

P H O T O S

* Top films | Betsy Sharkey 
* Best albums | Randall Roberts 
* Celebrity portraits by The Times
* Readers picture the solar eclipse
* A year of triumphs
* Top 10 tech products
* Impact of the hurricane season
* Notable deaths

► 2012 in Review

3 PICTURES TODAY

A Russian man holds an ice cream as he swims with other people dressed as Santa Claus in an ice-hole of a pond in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk on December 30, 2012, on the eve of the New Year's celebrations. AFP PHOTO/VALERY TITIEVSKY

A man is seen wrapped with pythons, some which include the Albino Burmese Python, as part of a show celebrating the coming Year of the Snake in the Chinese calendar, while spectators look on, in Malabon city, north of Manila December 28, 2012. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

A reveler dances during the "Carnaval de Cali Viejo" parade, on December 28, 2012, in Cali, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. This parade makes a tour of the popular people and the most important historical events of this region of Colombia. AFP PHOTO/Luis ROBAYO

News Headlines (109) 29 December 2012

ONLINE TODAY

► People With Mental Disorders More Likely to Have Experienced Domestic Violence

► First 'Alien Earth' Will Be Found in 2013, Experts Say - by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer | Date: 27 December 2012

► Analysis: For Senate leaders, a mission impossible from Obama - By Richard Cowan | Reuters 

► Russia's proposed ban on US adoptions: What would it mean for orphans? Children's rights advocates say there's nothing wrong with efforts to reduce international adoption – if those efforts are focused on strengthening families and encouraging domestic adoption. Russia, however, has a long way to go to find domestic families for its orphans. - By Mark Trumbull | Christian Science Monitor – Thu, Dec 27, 2012

► The 9 worst political gaffes of 2012 - By Peter Weber | The Week 

► Least Visited Places - Who Knew? Videos | For 364 days a year, Kiribati is one of the world’s most forlorn spots. But this isolated Pacific island gets its moment of fame on New Year’s, when it’s the first place on earth to greet the New Year.

► Total Hooey: The Strangest Non-Stories of 2012 - By Benjamin Radford, LiveScience Bad Science Columnist | LiveScience.com –  Thu, Dec 27, 2012 

► Yoko Ono Talks About Other Beatles’ Resentment Of Becoming 'Paul's Band' 

► How to Make Perfect McDonald’s-style French Fries at Home

► Should Women Shave Their Faces? 




► Jessica Simpson Wears 7-Year-old ‘Magic Sweater’ for Sunny Day at the Beach  

► College student's turtle project takes dark twist - By JEFFREY COLLINS | Associated Press –  Thu, Dec 27, 2012 

► Indian protests after rape death 

Thousands of people stage peaceful protests in India's capital, Delhi, after a woman who was gang-raped in the city dies at a Singapore hospital. 72
* Why does India treat women so badly? 
* Enough! say rape protesters - VIDEO
* In pictures: Protests at death
* Rape death prompts press anger 

► 21 December 2012 -  Your highlights of 2012 in pictures 

► Paraguayan orchestra using instruments made from rubbish. 29 December 2012 - An orchestra of young musicians from a Paraguayan slum has been touring South America, using instruments constructed entirely from recycled materials. They pulled them from the rubbish dump around their homes. Russell Trott reports. (VIDEO)

► 27 December 2012 - A panda in a zoo in Fu Zhou, China, was rushed to hospital after it began choking and vomiting. An examination revealed that a piece of steamed corn bread was stuck in its oesophagus. It is now recovering after an operation. (VIDEO) 

► 29 December 2012 - Peter Higgs: honour for physicist who proposed particle By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website  (My older post on Astrid Adrienne (25))  || DAILYMAIL - Battle of the professors: Richard Dawkins branded a fundamentalist by expert behind the 'God particle' 


► 28 December 2012 - Wikipedia's most searched articles of the year revealed

► 28 December 2012 - 2012: The year's science and tech news in one graphic 

► 29 December 2012  - The numbers of the year 2012 

► Bangkok' s hippest hostels 

► Why did the Antarctic drilling project fail? 

► Liquid traditions around the world 

► 28 December 2012 -  Week in pictures: 22-28 December 2012

► 29 December 2012 -  50 years of the UK in space 

► 28 December 2012  -  In pictures: The amazing wildlife of Africa 

It is not without reason, ... why do I want to linger looking at you? (What, Cisca? Cool-eyed monkey?)

Oh, nope. Please do not be offended. Yesterday my fiance was thinking that he would make a report to the United Nations. He wrote, "This morning my fiancée has been kidnapped by a monkey!"

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► 28 December 2012 - Big Picture: Interactive antique globe

► Six charged with murder after victim dies in Indian gang-rape case 

► Senate extends warrantless wiretapping under FISA 

► 'US, Russia plunging into new Cold War' 

► Oliver Stone to RT: 'US has become an Orwellian state'
► Anonymous threatens to take down California police department 

► Brahimi: Only two ways for Syria - political process or hell 

  There are three crucial things that have to be managed on the conflict in Syria. Cessation of conflict and violence, the humanitarian assistance to civilians and political transition. They are interdependent, because they can strengthen or weaken each other if there is no progress.  Especially with regard to the political transition, it is important to underline the importance of a natural political process. Now, what happens is there's no a forum for both parties to meet without preconditions. This condition needs to be changed. About the position should be carried by Assad needs to be seen through consensus after the talks.

In the field, both sides are equally feeling that they have the upper hand, that they can win with a military option. There is a tendency for self-fulfillment on both sides. The opposition believes Assad will soon fall, while the regime believes that the opposition can be defeated. Both parties should resolve their differences through the political process. Too bad if the political process is stalled because there is still debate about the Assad's future. Some figures from the opposition insisted Assad resignation should be a precondition for the start of the political process. On the other hand, some countries such as Russia finds that whether or not Assad retreat is supposed to be the result of a political process.
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► Russia hopes 'reasonable' Syrian opposition will seek dialogue 

► Sweater made by Burmese dissident 'Amay Suu' sold for $49k

(My admiration for this lady has been reduced than before.)

► Breaking the ice: Kingdom of Snow to open in Moscow

► No small potatoes: Belgium and France argue over origins of French fries 

► South2North - Comedy: 'An agent for change'. Published on Dec 28, 2012 :: Is our political life enriched or undermined by humour that makes fun of those in power? We that question to South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, stand-up comedian Nik Rabinowitz, comedy pioneer Kagiso Lediga and comic Dean Obeidallah.



► Talk to Al Jazeera - William Lacy Swing: Enabling a mobile world. Published on Dec 29, 2012 :: The director general of the International Organization for Migration discusses global migration and how it is impacting all of us.



► Listening Post - Syria: Battles fought, lives lost, lies told. Published on Dec 29, 2012 :: This week's Listening Post special takes a chronological look at a year of battles fought, lives lost and lies told in a war that, as the cliché says, has claimed as one of its casualties, the truth. (VIDEO) 

Latest Headlines

■ Gay Marriage Law Goes Into Effect in Maine
■ N.Y. Woman Arrested in Slaying of 2 Firefighters 
■ Strike Likely Averted at East Coast Ports 
■ U.S. Shuts Embassy in Central African Republic 
■ Burma to Allow Daily Private Newspapers 
■ Argentina's Fight on Defaulted Debt Takes New Step
■ Pakistan: Bhutto's Son Launches Political Career 
■ Hawaii Lieut. Governor Picked to Fill Senate Seat 
■ U.N. Envoy, Moscow Call for Revival of Syria Plan
■ EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Announces Resignation
■ U.S. Jobless Aid Applications Fall to Five-Year Low
■ Death Toll from Northeast Storm Rises to Nine 
■ CNN: North Korea Likely Deceived U.S. 
■ CNNMoney: The Rich Will Pay More Taxes Next Year 

► After the Fiscal Cliff: Big Business Against Mom and Pop

By Scott Gerber
* Obama 'Optimistic' on Fiscal Deal, Urges Senate to Forge Pact 
* Fiscal Cliff Interactive: What the First Month Looks Like

► Indian Gang Rape Victim Dies in Singapore Hospital
       * India Rape Sparks Violent Protests (PHOTOS) 

► The Great Housing Rebound of 2012: How the Fed Helped Sellers Beat the Odds 

► TIME's 10 Most Underreported Stories of the Year

► Putin Signs Adoption Ban: Meet the U.S. Families Caught in a Diplomatic Tailspin

► 10 Big Retail Trends from the 2012 Holiday Shopping Season

► Hugh Jackman: Les Miz's Leading Man Talks to TIME

Featured

■ The Lamest Tech Moments of 2012
■ Oscar Watch: The Best Actors of 2012
■ Cartoons of the Week: December 22-28
■ NBA: The Tale of Two Sad Sacks

► Rainbows in the Frame: Emblems of Hope in a Dark Year
► Rainbows in the Frame: Emblems of Hope in a Dark Year
► A Year of Photographers in the Picture 

► Newtown carries on, with reminders everywhere 

* Opinion: Packyour guns, kids 
* N.Y. gunman wrote he was best at killing
* Poll: Support for gun control rises 
* L.A. gun buyback breaks record 

Ibi, Spain - A combatant scores a direct hit with a carton of eggs during Els Enfarinats, part of the local annual celebration of the Day of the Innocents, in which participants dress in military garb and stage a mock coup using raw eggs and flour as weapons. PHOTOGRAPH BY: MORELL / EPA

► FRAMEWORK  - The Week in Pictures | December 24-30, 2012 Posted By: Marc Martin