The mock store, which opened Friday, is nearly identical to a typical Starbucks location, with tumblers for sale and trendy CDs, including “Dumb Jazz Standards,” displayed on the counter.
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2022874572_dumbstarbucksxml.html
Australia has launched a public inquiry into the activities of the country’s trade unions amid allegations of illegal slush funds and bribery http://m.ft.com/cms/9018ac16-9218-11e3-8018-00144feab7de.html?catid=6
The family took comfort in the fact that Michael and Olympia DeNittis will never know the pain of living without each other.The couple’s funeral took place at the same church where they were married 67 years ago...
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/02/07/new-jersey-couple-each-die-hours-apart-after-lifetime-together/
The United States has been quite vocal about its “pivot to Asia,” but as Washington seeks to further its influence in the Asia-Pacific, China has been quietly upping its own importance to Central and Latin America. Now China is making a push to further its engagement with countries in the Western Hemisphere, as evidenced by the announcement of a new dialogue mechanism. The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which met in Cuba from January 28 to 29, adopted a statement announcing the establishment of a China-CELAC Forum.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-08/chinas-push-americas-backyard
Australian officials Sunday blamed a "fairly major breakdown" in border security for the reported escape of a convicted terrorist through Sydney Airport to join the conflict in Syria.
New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell expressed concern after media reports that Khaled Sharrouf, who served almost four years in prison after pleading guilty over a 2005 conspiracy to attack Sydney, had fled the country.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/21362543/convicted-australian-terrorist-flees-to-syria-reports/?cmp=twitter
Islamist rebels based in the North Caucasus, where Russian federal forces are battling an escalating insurgency, have set a goal to disrupt the event.
If that was not enough to drive away visitors, a string of western statesmen from Barack Obama to his German counterpart Joachim Gauck and the UK prime minister David Cameron have decided to skip the Sochi games, apparently in protest at the Kremlin’s suppression of human rights.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/sochi-throws-a-spotlight-on-the-dark-side-of-putin-s-russia-1.1684244?page=1
On April 30, 2013, Julia Gillard, then Australian prime minister and leader of the Labor Party, denounced the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement as “not serving the cause of peace and diplomacy for agreement on a two state solution” of the Israeli-Palestinian issue.
She was aware of a number of factors. One was that, despite pretenses, BDS in reality aimed at targeting a whole nation, not individuals or groups responsible for any particular activities.
Secondly, she was experiencing BDS action at the University of New South Wales that had mutated from anti-Zionist rhetoric to expressions of anti-Semitism and Holocaust-denial on campus. She was also aware of the absurd concentration of left radicals on the issue of Israel rather than on Iran, “whose regime has for decades been a patron of the darkest forces in the region.”...
http://balfourpost.com/leftist-radicals-never-right-about-israel/
There was no immediate word on a motive in the attack, which came six days after a Moscow teenager killed a teacher and a policeman and held classmates hostage in the first major school shooting in Russia.
Most of the wounded in Sunday's mid-afternoon attack were shot in the legs and their lives were not in danger, RIA cited the regional leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop Tikhon, as saying.
http://news.yahoo.com/gunman-kills-two-church-off-russia-39-eastern-062800082.html
Just a speck in a unfathomable incomprehensible vast space... So why js the Lord of the Universe so mindful of me? I have no idea but I am so glad He is! Thank you Jesus, Amen
Shooters armed with assault rifles and some knowledge of electrical utilities have prompted new worries on the vulnerability of California's vast power grid.
A 2013 attack on an electric substation near San Jose that nearly knocked out Silicon Valley's power supply was initially downplayed as vandalism by Pacific Gas & Electric Co., the facility's owner.
Gunfire from semiautomatic weapons did extensive damage to 17 transformers that sent grid operators scrambling to avoid a blackout...
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-79200079/
Apparently some folks are in a snit because Shnapir was wearing a gun holster for the couple’s performance at the Sochi Games on Saturday.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/08/u-s-figure-skaters-outfit-ruffles-some-feathers-but-offended-parties-arent-the-usual-suspects/
Ice continued to build this past week on the Great Lakes due to the cold air and temperatures staying below freezing, and Lake Superior's new record shows it.The lake is 92 percent frozen, toppling a 20-year-old record of 91 percent set on Feb. 5, 1994. That statistic helped total Great Lakes ice cover soar, and we can expect to see more form in coming days.
http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2014/02/great_lakes_added_11_percent_i.html
The last time Tokyo received this much snow was in January 1998 when 12.6 inches (32 cm) of snow fell.
A strong storm moving up the eastern coastline of Japan brought a rare, heavy snowfall Saturday into early Sunday for areas that typically don't see much in the way of snow.Tokyo is a difficult place for snow due to the high peak of Mount Fuji, just to the west of the city. It blocks a lot of the storms moving in from the west, and most storms coming in from the south and east are too warm.Tokyo received 8.7 inches (22 cm) of snow from this storm, and some of the heaviest snowfall seen was in Matsumoto, where 19.2 inches (49 cm) of snow fell. The Japan Meteorological Agency has said this is the heaviest snowfall from one storm since a storm in January 1994.Three people died with this storm so far, and more than 500 people were injured.
http://m.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/rare-snowstorm-for-japan/23094551
(CBSNewYork) — The world-famous Fashion Week is in full swing in New York and this year it isn’t all about size-2 supermodels.This year, plus-size models are looking to change the game, CBS 2′s Cindy Hsu reported.“Fifty-percent of the population are size-14 and above. That’s about 150-lbs, 5’4″,” fashion expert Catherine Schuller said.Eden Miller made history with her plus-size line at last year’s fashion week. Miller designs clothing for women size 12 to 24.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/02/08/plus-size-models-look-to-change-the-game-at-new-yorks-fashion-week/
The Olympic Games, created to bring countries together around sports, appear to be having the opposite effect on U.S.-Russia relations.Rising animosity between the former Cold War powers was on full display Friday when Russia chose a former figure skater who tweeted out a racially charged picture of President Obama for the symbolic lighting of the Olympic cauldron...
http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/europe/197853-us-russia-rift-widens-at-sochi
Performers take part in opening ceremony for 2014 Sochi Winter…
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/performers-part-opening-ceremony-2014-sochi-winter-olympics-photo-163132713.html
A pastor and his wife believe a ghostly figure that appeared in the background of a photograph is a sign from a higher power.CBS2’s Stacey Butler reports that a man named Radu, who didn’t want to appear on-camera, took a photo of a co-worker two weeks ago at an Irvine warehouse.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/02/06/ghostly-figure-in-photo-a-sign-from-god-pastor-thinks-so/
Explosion in benowa# still waiting to see what the cause is
— crime watch now GC (@crimewatchnowgc) February 8, 2014
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Sage Kotsenburg (@sagekotsenburg) wins gold in Snowboard #Slopestyle! First U.S. Medal at #Sochi2014!
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 8, 2014
He has spent much of the week recuperating at a luxurious, government-owned beach resort, from which he will be flown home to El Salvador via Honolulu when he is deemed fit enough to travel, probably early next week. At the grieving Cordoba family’s ramshackle home, however, Ezequiel’s brother Enemias, 27, told me: ‘Before he is allowed to go back to his country, we believe he must first be brought here to meet us. If he refuses, my mother hopes to ask our governor personally to force him to come. ‘I need to look Alvarenga in the eyes as he describes how my little brother spent his last hours and minutes, and explains exactly how he died. All my family feel the same way.
...#2 Allen had been in therapy for alleged inappropriate behavior toward Dylan with a child psychologist before the abuse allegation was presented to the authorities or made public. Mia Farrow had instructed her babysitters that Allen was never to be left alone with Dylan....
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/02/woody-allen-sex-abuse-10-facts
UP TO 280,000 Queenslandjobs will go to the Philippines in the next 10 years as businesses flee Australia's high-wage, high-cost economy.
About 4500 Queensland jobs went to the Philippines last year, with one expert predicting that figure could double in 2014.
http://m.couriermail.com.au/business/queensland-jobs-outsourced-to-philippines-by-the-hundreds-of-thousands/story-fnihsps3-1226820940889
The 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, officially kicked off Friday with a massive ceremony celebrating the host country’s storied history.
From Peter the Great to “Swan Lake,” many of Russia’s finest figures and achievements were given a chance in the spotlight.But the Russians also paid tribute to the country’s reigning political doctrine of the 20th century: communism.
The Blaze
...You probably think we spent all day everyday working out in the Biggest Loser house. Wrong. No one ever worked out for more than two and a half hours a day. You really can't do much more than that if you're training hard.
They want the drama, the tears, the fights, the tears, the triumphs and the tears. Producers would push you to cry because that's what makes good TV. They continually asked questions like "Do you miss your kids?" Needless to say, I broke down more than once.
It's a show, what do you expect?
http://mobile.news.com.au/entertainment/former-biggest-loser-contestant-andrew-cosi-costello-reveals-the-truth-about-the-weight-loss-show/story-e6frfmq9-1226820498768
Russia endured its first embarrassment as hosts of the Winter Olympics on Friday when a dramatic representation of the Olympic rings failed during the opening ceremony.A centre-piece of the ceremony, five lit snowflakes were suspended in mid-air in the Fisht Olympic Stadium, as can be seen on the television in this photo of Vladimir Putin in his presidential suite..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/winter-olympics/10625401/Sochi-opening-ceremony-How-was-Vladimir-Putins-television-screen-showing-all-five-Olympic-rings.html
Britain announced emergency funding Thursday to cope with devastating floods after what officials said had been likely the worst spell of winter rainfall in at least 248 years.
Prime Minister David Cameron's government has faced criticism for its handling of a crisis that has left swathes of the country under water, with a key railway line washed away. http://www.spacedaily.com/m/reports/Worst_winter_rainfall_since_1766_in_parts_of_Britain_999.html
Spending hours playing violent video games stunts teenagers' emotional growth, a study has found.It is thought that regular exposure to violence and lack of contact with the outside world makes it harder for them to tell right from wrong. They also struggle to trust other people, and see the world from their perspective.
Obama's debt has increased $6.666 trillion...
The debt of the U.S. government has increased $6.666 trillion since President Barack Obama took office on Jan. 20, 2009, according to the latest numbers released by the Treasury Department. - See more at: http://m.cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/debt-6666-trillion-under-obama#nationaldebt
http://m.cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/debt-6666-trillion-under-obama#nationaldebt
The tally is in, the web connections totaled, and according to officials with Answers in Genesis an estimated five million people watched this week’s livestreamed debate between their chief, Ken Ham, and evolutionist Bill Nye, of “Science Guy” television program fame.And that’s a conservative figure, Ham told WND, because there’s really no way to know how many people were there for the more than 13,000 groups – from families to universities – that signed in to watch the event streamed through YouTube and other channels.The total audience could have been as high as 10 million, he noted
http://mobile.wnd.com/2014/02/5-million-watched-online-creation-debate/?cat_orig=politics
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Jay Leno has said goodbye to “The Tonight Show” before, but not like this. The comedian became tearful and choked up Thursday as he concluded what he called the “greatest 22 years of my life.”
Leno brought his show full circle with Billy Crystal, who was his first guest in May 1992 and his last guest Thursday. Crystal played ringmaster at one point, calling on Oprah Winfrey, Jack Black, Kim Kardashian, Carol Burnett and others for a musical tribute to Jay with a “Sound of Music” song parody.“So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye. If Fallon tanks you’ll be back here next year,” sang Jack Black.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/07/see-how-jay-leno-said-goodbye-to-the-tonight-show-after-22-years/
Students Secretly Smoke Pot During Class With 'Vapor Pens'...
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – A device is making its way into schools to hide the smell and smoke of marijuana.Students are using vapor pens, and they’re using them in classrooms. It’s becoming a problem at Lakewood High School.“I’ve seen people in my math class and they’ll be sitting there with the teacher and they’ll be smoking it and they won’t even know,” said Jack Maestas, a student at Lakewood High.
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/02/05/students-find-way-to-secretly-smoke-marijuana-in-class/
With the Sochi Winter Olympics opening Friday, the person chosen for a key element in the opening ceremony has not been revealed.But a new report is stating that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rumored girlfriend may be lighting the Olympic flame at the Fisht Stadium near the Black Sea. http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/02/06/report-putins-girlfriend-may-light-sochi-olympic-torch/
MADRID, February 4, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Topless Femen activists attacked the Archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela, this past Sunday night as he got out of his car and tried to enter a Madrid parish to celebrate Mass. The activists blamed the cardinal for the Spanish government’s bill seeking to restrict abortion. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abortion-is-sacred-bare-breasted-femen-activists-attack-madrid-cardinal/
As Americans have grown increasingly comfortable with traditional surveillance cameras, a new, far more powerful generation is being quietly deployed that can track every vehicle and person across an area the size of a small city, for several hours at a time.
[ excerpt ] ..Shooter and victim were just a pair of pixels, dark specks on a gray streetscape. Hair color, bullet wounds, even the weapon were not visible in the series of pictures taken from an airplane flying two miles above.
But what the images revealed — to a degree impossible just a few years ago — was location, mapped over time. Second by second, they showed a gang assembling, blocking off access points, sending the shooter to meet his target and taking flight after the body hit the pavement. ...http://m.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/new-surveillance-technology-can-track-everyone-in-an-area-for-several-hours-at-a-time/2014/02/05/82f1556e-876f-11e3-a5bd-844629433ba3_print.html
“Mr. Al-Tikriti was brought to the meeting by the Iraqi delegation to serve as a translator for Speaker al-Nujaifi,” White House National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden told TheBlaze. “I’d refer you to the Iraqi government for more information on his role.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/06/why-did-a-muslim-brotherhood-lobbyist-meet-with-obama-and-biden-the-white-house-tells-theblaze-to-ask/
Oklahoma teen 'who was in the front seat when his friend shot an Australian baseball player said that they thought the gun was filled with BLANKS'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2551834/Oklahoma-teen-seat-friend-shot-Australian-baseball-player-said-thought-gun-filled-BLANKS.html
Splitting California into six states would be complicated and time-consuming but not impossible, according to a state analysis.Tim Draper, the multimillionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist behind the proposal, said he was encouraged by the California legislative analyst’s report, declaring that dividing the nation’s largest state is “clearly legal and doable.”
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/4/six-californias-plan-difficult-but-doable-assessme/
A group of rabbis wrote in an open to letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry that he had declared war against God through his current mediation efforts and said he must cease such activities to avoid divine punishment. http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Kerry-has-declared-war-on-God-say-hardline-rabbis-warn-of-divine-punishment-340419
Astronomers have discovered that Polaris, the north star, is getting brighter.They say the star has suddenly reversed two decades of dimming.It is expanding at more than 100 times the rate they expected - and nobody is sure why.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2552530/The-mystery-North-Star-Astronomers-baffled-Polaris-getting-BRIGHTER.html
A senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood was recently hosted at the White House for a meeting with President Barack Obama, prompting an outcry from critics of the global Islamist organization.Anas Altikriti, a top British lobbyist for the Muslim Brotherhood whose father heads Iraq’s Muslim Brotherhood party, recently met with the president and Vice President Joe Biden as part of a delegation discussing problems in Iraq.
http://freebeacon.com/muslim-brotherhood-leader-meets-obama-in-white-house/
Sochi was Running Out of Pillows
Four days before the Winter Games began, Sochi staffers were looking for a few goose men
http://www.vocativ.com/02-2014/sochi-running-pillows/
“Science guy” Bill Nye told TheBlaze Wednesday that he’s feeling good after his face-off last night with creationist Ken Ham. He also responded to accusations that he attacked Christians during the debate, claiming that he was merely focusing on the importance of embracing science rather than strictly Biblical tenets.“My supporters have been very supportive. I’ve gotten messages from all sorts of people saying, ‘Maybe it wasn’t such a bad thing to go into the lion’s den,’” Nye said.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/05/science-guy-bill-nye-responds-to-claim-he-attacked-christians-says-its-difficult-to-respect-what-seems-like-irrational-thinking/
One woman died and another person has been diagnosed with an infection from a bird flu virus that has never been seen in humans before, according to a study released on Wednesday in British medical journal The Lancet. Chinese scientists cautioned in the journal about the pandemic potential of the new avian influenza H10N8 virus, citing the continued spread of other bird flu strains. http://www.lse.co.uk/AllNews.asp?code=p1x6gdig&headline=Scientists_warn_of_bird_flu_virus_found_in_humans_for_first_time
Chuck Herron heard the loud thud, then another and another. It sounded like someone was dropping big snowballs on the roof of his home.The house is more than 100 years old and creaks, Herron said, "but I'd never heard anything like that before.".... http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_25068691/rare-frost-quakes-startle-midwest?source=rss&cid=dlvr.it
Chinese scientists have said the “pandemic potential” of a new strain of bird flu “should not be underestimated” after the first known human infection resulted in the death of an elderly woman.
The new strain is a variant of a virus known as H10N8, which scientists believe may have originated in wild birds, and later spread to poultry.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/scientists-talk-of-pandemic-potential-after-first-confirmed-human-death-from-new-strain-of-bird-flu-9107345.html
Ham and Nye stuck to their lines in prepared speeches that made this anything but a debate. After five-minute opening statements, Ham and Nye had 30 minutes to offer arguments backed with photos and charts. "I feel like I'm in science class," WKRC-TV reporter Angenette Levy said on Twitter during Ham's presentation.
"I think the believers will stay believers," One observer said. "No one's going to walk out of here saying, 'I changed my mind.' That's not going to work."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/04/creation-museum-debate-nye-ham/5215173/
New Zealand may be trading its Union Jack logo for a silver fern on the country's national flag.Senior government ministers are set to meet next month to discuss holding a referendum on making a major change to the nearly 150-year-old blue ensign flag design, the Australian Associated Press reported. http://world.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=26179&external=2521610.proteus.fma
Troubled Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman had a secret gay relationship with the screenwriter who found his body after he apparently overdosed on heroin, according to a bombshell report Wednesday.“We were homosexual lovers. We had a relationship,” David Bar Katz told the National Enquirer.Katz said he said often saw Hoffman, 46, use drugs and witnessed him smoking freebase cocaine on Saturday night, shortly before his tragic death.Read more at http://mobile.wnd.com/2014/02/hoffmans-pal-we-were-gay-lovers/#JidagjBBVMiR8gpe.99
http://pagesix.com/2014/02/05/pal-who-found-philip-seymour-hoffman-dead-we-were-gay-lovers/?_ga=1.69058130.23580399.1365880527
When Chicago Tribune reporter Stacy St. Clair, who is covering the Winter Olympics for the newspaper, arrived at her hotel, she was informed that there was a problem with the water and it had been shut off.Then hotel staff delivered an ominous warning: “Do not use on your face because it contains something very dangerous.”Her tweet about the situation has gone viral. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/02/04/in-sochi-russia-dont-touch-the-water/
AUSTRALIA'S real estate market is in a bubble that will burst and wipe out up to half the value of property, a leading US economist has predicted.And Melbourne will join Sydney as the hardest hit.
Harry Dent, a widely respected economist and demographer who has predicted a range of economic events including the 2008 global financial crisis, pointed to falling affordability in Melbourne and Sydney where prices are ten times the average income."Bubbles ultimately peak when the people buying can't afford to buy it," Mr Dent said...
http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/us-demographer-predicts-hit-to-aussie-home-prices/story-fnihsrk2-1226818290817
Panic is making an enemy of telephones for Catherine Yeung, the director for equities at Fidelity Investment Management Ltd. in Hong Kong.“My children hate that BlackBerry,” said Yeung, whose clients have been calling amid two weeks of declines that erased$3 trillion from global stocks. She’s advising calm, noting that profits are rising and shares just got a lot less expensive. http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-04/goldman-to-fidelity-call-for-calm-after-global-stock-wipeout.html
Here is an interesting video regarding the effects of Obamacare on all the employees at at Simonetta's auto repair shop in Pennsylvania. The video was made by a local TV station.A couple premiums dropped, but most went up, some by huge amounts. In every case deductibles soared. Every person involved is worse off than before.
Video story - http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/real-life-obamacare-small-business.html?m=1
SPRINGBROOK has become a no-go zone for cyclists after warnings were circulated about a driver in a white utility targeting riders.Several near misses have been reported by cyclists in the past year involving the ute and local man Mark Aldous was hit by a vehicle of the same description late last year.The hit and run left him with several broken bones and he has only just got back on his bike.
http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/cyclists-warned-off-springbrook-after-reports-of-ute-targeting-riders/story-fnj94idh-1226817970154
A video of Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi calling on the U.S. government to wage jihad for Allah in Syria, is currently making the rounds on Arabic media and Facebook, to mockery and dismay. In the recorded speech, Qaradawi—one of the most influential Islamic clerics in the world, spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, author of over 100 books on Muslim doctrine, and head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars—sarcastically thanks the U.S. for supporting the “freedom fighters” in Syria, adding that “Allah willing, your [U.S.] aid will increase.”
http://balfourpost.com/top-islamic-leader-calls-on-u-s-to-wage-jihad-for-allah/
John 20:30-31 NKJV
And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.
Case closed
Some say all you have to do is believe in Jesus, not so
Since taking the role of D.J. Tanner on the mega hit “Full House” television series in 1987, Candace Cameron Bure has enjoyed a successful acting and writing career.
Bure, now 37 and the author of the new “Balancing It All: My Story of Juggling Priorities and Purpose,” told TheBlaze that her Christian faith defines who she is, guiding her actions both on and off screen.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/03/full-house-actress-details-how-she-became-a-christian-and-just-how-much-her-faith-impacts-her-career/
The extent of corruption in Europe is "breathtaking" and it costs the EU economy at least 120bn euros (£99bn) annually, the European Commission says.EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem has presented a full report on the problem.
She said the true cost of corruption was "probably much higher" than 120bn.Three-quarters of Europeans surveyed for the Commission study said that corruption was widespread, and more than half said the level had increased.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26014387
According to research by Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab in conjunction with Finnish institutions,participants in a study almost always lost weight during the work week and gained it during the weekend.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/03/did-you-know-there-are-certain-days-of-the-week-where-you-lose-more-weight/
A YOUNG man collapsed and died after a triathlon in Queensland's southwest at the weekend.Thomas Lyons, 21, competed in the Hell of West triathlon in Goondiwindi on Sunday, collapsing just after crossing the finish line.
http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/thomas-lyons-died-after-competing-in-gruelling-hell-of-west-triathlon-in-goondiwindi/story-fnihsrf2-1226817057720
So called "Aussue" gross humour is ...gross!
The Bond University graduate produced the Aussie Doritos Finger Cleaner ad, the only Australian finalist among five selected from around the world for the Doritos Crash The Super Bowl contest.
Their ad involved a man sticking an orange finger through a hole in the wall to be cleaned, only for the audience to learn someone was licking it clean on the other side.
http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/aussie-finger-cleaner-super-bowl-doritos-ad-too-gross-for-american-viewers/story-fnj94idh-1226817192903
A new study from the University of California, Riverside finds that the third-hand smoke that has soaked into the surfaces, objects and environment around people becomes increasingly toxic over time.
Third-hand smoke is defined as the second-hand smoke that is allowed to settle on objects in any environment. Non-smoking children, co-workers, spouses and friends of smokers breathe in such carcinogens left in rooms exposed to smokers
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/02/03/study-third-hand-smoke-exposure-as-deadly-as-smoking/
The biggest burden will be in low- and middle-income countries. They are hit by two types of cancers – those triggered by infections, such as cervical cancers, which are still very prevalent in poorer countries that don't have screening, let alone the HPV vaccine, and increasingly cancers associated with more affluent lifestyles "with increasing use of tobacco, consumption of alcohol and highly processed foods and lack of physical activity", writes the World Health Organisation director general, Margaret Chan, in an introduction to the report.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/03/worldwide-cancer-cases-soar-next-20-years
A pest control company which has been killing stray dogs in Sochi for years told The Associated Press on Monday that it has a contract to exterminate more of the animals throughout the Olympics.
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/24616387/sochi-city-hall-orders-killing-of-stray-dogs
dogs...PETA Rips Joe Namath For Over-The-Top Fur Coat...
PETA ✔ @petaFollowTOO many. RT @a_ryan88 Yo @peta, how many animals died to make Joe Namath's fur coat?
London’s housing market is beginning to show “bubble-like conditions” as overseas investors bid up prices and buyers take on more debt to purchase properties, according to a report today by the EY Item Club.
Homeowners are now borrowing as much relative to their income to purchase real estate in the U.K. capital as they were before the financial crisis, the London-based group sponsored by EY, formerly Ernst & Young, said.
http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-03/london-housing-market-shows-rising-bubble-risk-as-asians-pile-in.html