How Growers Gamed California’s Drought Consuming 80 percent of California’s developed water but accounting for only 2 percent of the state’s GDP, agriculture thrives while everyone else is parched. “I’ve been smiling all the way to the bank,” said pistachio farmer John Dean at a conference hosted this month by Paramount Farms, the mega-operation owned… Read More »
During prenatal development, sex hormones can determine whether the brain acquires feminine or masculine characteristics. Masculinization, for example, has been thought to be a fairly straightforward process, the direct induction of transcription by ligand-activated nuclear steroid receptors. Now, however, it appears the masculinization process is more indirect. According to research conducted at the University of… Read More »
Barney Frank drops a bombshell: How a shocking anecdote explains the financial crisis Ever wonder why we waited six years to get a decent economic recovery? This new revelation will disgust you Topics: Barney Frank, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, economy, Financial Crisis, TARP, Banks, Wall Street, Foreclosures, Housing, Politics News Barney Frank (Credit: AP/J.… Read More »
Rush Limbaugh’s biggest fans are women?!?! Jill Bond | 10 months ago | Public Enemies, Women You’d think that a sexist radio-host, with no integrity or moral compass that continually berates women, calls them sluts, and regularly refers to feminists as “feminazis,” would be a man that every women’s organization would shun, right? RIGHT? Wrong.… Read More »
Cloud gaming service OnLive said Wednesday that Sony has bought many of its assets, and the company will wind down operations on April 30. (Full disclosure: I began subscribing to OnLive late last year.) Users will continue to have access to OnLive’s services until April 30, including the OnLive Game Service, OnLive Desktop and SL… Read More »
Calgary, Alberta, Canada (PRWEB) August 15, 2013 Climate change on earth is significantly affected by the changing 11 year solar magnetic cycles, according to Friends of Science and many solar and climate researchers. A recently released NASA video, complete with animation explaining the process wherein the sun’s magnetic poles flip polarity, lends credence to… Read More »
Hedge fund executives have unleashed a tsunami of money the past few years aimed at getting New York’s politicians to close more public schools and expand charter schools. via Hedge fund execs’ money for charter schools may pay off – NY Daily News.
the average oil and gas worker makes $108,000 via Itemizing The Oil Bust: 75,000 Layoffs And Counting.
If it was some africian girl getting part of her sex organs cut off there would be killings in the street. But cut off some little white boys dick and all is well! Proof there is something in the water in flordia that makes all their brains just fucking turn upside down. DELRAY BEACH —… Read More »
For centuries, boys were top of the class. But these days, that’s no longer the case. A new study by the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries, examined how 15-year-old boys and girls performed at reading, mathematics and science. Boys still score somewhat better at maths, and in science the genders are roughly equal.… Read More »
Brian Buntz Popularized by the Russian economist Nikolai Kondratiev, long wave theory holds that decades of economic progress follow from technological breakthroughs such as was the case with the development of the steam engine, the railway, electrical and chemical engineering, automobiles, and computing technology. In the most recent period, the microprocessor is the single most… Read More »
It turned out that these genetically identical twins looked surprisingly different beneath the skin and skull. The sedentary twins had lower endurance capacities, higher body fat percentages, and signs of insulin resistance, signaling the onset of metabolic problems. (Interestingly, the twins tended to have very similar diets, whatever their workout routines, so food choices were… Read More »
Software isn’t greedy or fearful As anyone who has had money in a wild bull or bear market can attest, investing can be an emotional affair: the panic that comes when everything suddenly plummets; the sense of missed opportunity as the market soars. When one of our stocks suddenly takes a dive, we doubt our… Read More »
Most people go to college primarily to get a piece of paper, and learning is something that happens incidentally. The perceived value of a diploma is so high, in fact, that 50,000 fake Ph.D.s are estimated to be purchased every year, a figure only made more striking by the fact that annually, only 40,000 Ph.D.s… Read More »
(1) Buyers get frustrated when they’re presented with unexpected costs (56%). (2) Consumers were just window shopping never intended to buy in the first place and are just browsing (37%). (3) Shoppers were committed to buying but ultimately found better pricing elsewhere (36%). These are challenges that can be fixed. Here are some… Read More »
Homeless Camp in Tucson Grows Amid Legal Battle – ABC News.
1. You Are Too Selfish Or Self-Centered This is actually one of the most common reasons why people generally lack friends. Nobody likes selfish people who put themselves first, the notion of friendship means sharing everything with those dear to your heart, from feelings and memories to material aspects. In the end, there is a… Read More »
The average length of an erect penis is 5.16 inches (13.12 centimeters) and the average circumference is 4.59 inches (11.66 centimeters), according to a new analysis of penis length studies involving more than 15,000 men around the world. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bju.13010/epdf via Average Penis Size Study Shows ‘Normal’ Isn’t Necessarily What You Thought.
The Typical American’s Net Worth By Age: Here’s Where You Stand.
“At that time, the FDA publically called the testing method invalid.7” The media will simply not call him on his bullshit! By Dr. Mercola New York’s Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, has ordered GNC, Target, Walgreens, and Wal-Mart to immediately stop selling certain herbal supplements. The products include up to seven varieties — ginkgo biloba, St.… Read More »
How New England and Boston’s Snow Measures Up In The Record Books Jon Erdman Published: February 22, 2015 An over three-week snow siege has buried parts of New England with feet of snow. You may wonder if this extended snowy blitz is setting records. Below, we have a rundown of heaviest snowstorm, snowiest month and… Read More »
Notes & Errata by Mark Morford Abolish marriage. For everyone. Problem solved. By Mark Morford on February 19, 2015 3:10 PM |NO MORE marriage. Can you imagine? Clearly these two mean to wreak all sorts of vile havoc on Alabama by daring to get married. Who will stop their malicious ways? Sometimes wisdom comes from… Read More »
Bernard Freundel filmed naked women who entered a sacred, intimate space of religious ritual using the trust of every woman whose private moments he caught on camera. Freundel initially was charged with six counts of voyeurism for videotaping six women. , but had actually positioned hidden cameras to photograph 152 naked women inside a Jewish… Read More »
Pay attention…. The end of the institution is not near but the beginning of the end is. Hack Education.
Apple is being sued for allegedly poaching employees from lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems. The Massachusetts-based manufacturer filed a complaint earlier this month, claiming Apple hired away workers who have knowledge about A123’s battery business. According to the filing, Cupertino snagged five employees, all of whom had signed non-disclosure agreements with A123 that prevented them… Read More »
One of the immediate changes is a raise in starting pay, with entry wages for current employees increasing to at least $9 an hour this spring. Also, all current associates will be paid at least $10 an hour by February 2016, the company said. Wal-Mart said it was also launching a program for future associates… Read More »
Yet a collapse in interest rates overseas and the continuing risk of financial shocks is spurring Wall Street economists at least to mull the unlikely prospect of such a scenario developing here. The specter of negative interest rates has been sweeping across Europe for months. The European Central Bank and those of Switzerland, Sweden and… Read More »
White House: Higher wages needed to make up for stagnation | The Salt Lake Tribune.
“It’s understood that kids who are bulliers at school are sometimes being bullied at home, often times by a sibling, though sometimes by a parent,” she said. “And it has a sustained impact — depression, insecurity and loss of trust and intimacy in relationships.” via Sibling Bullying More Common Than Schoolyard Torment, Study Shows –… Read More »
The capital rules have not had nearly as much impact on Main Street banking operations that focus on things like mortgages and small-business lending, encouraging banks to expand in those areas while they shrink their Wall Street divisions.The new requirements on capital and a closely related metric — leverage — have come in several waves… Read More »
Double what it costs today! Health Spending Projections through 2015: Changes on the horizon – Global Hospital & Healthcare Management.
Investment Tips For The 99% – Business Insider.
One state at a time…. “High profile government corruption persists in Connecticut,” she said, “So the time is opportune for us to put together a top notch team.” I know… pay public officials like we do CEO’s but fire them just as often (every 2 years) Then have it be the death penalty for… Read More »
This chart shows that the people are just sick of getting fucked by the crooks. Fuck you, you fucking fucks! It’s all phoney money on paper that some hedge fund can wipe out, or some bank can wipe out, at any time. It fucking means nothing. The next big rug pulling is about to happen.… Read More »
Yep what else can this learn from videos. This is the end of marriage. Yep a bot that learns and remembers the right grip… Chef Bot? Robot Learns Cooking from YouTube Videos.
A 38-year-old Southern California woman has been charged with having sex with her daughter’s teenage ex-boyfriend, police said. Escondido police arrested Fereshta Angel Williams of Deer Springs on charges of having sex with a minor more than three years younger, two counts of oral copulation of a minor and one count of trying to dissuade… Read More »
Oceanside Bouncer Followed Bar Patron Outside Before Death: DA | NBC 7 San Diego.
‘Expensive’ placebos work better than ‘cheap’ ones, study finds – LA Times.
Remember; not one scientist on earth can tell you what Light is, how Gravity works, or how magnetism works. Scientists have declared that if a human body moves faster than 20 mph that human will DIE! Thus any human on a steam locomotive will DIE! Very recently scientists declared that by cooking meat you will… Read More »
Global warming could make blizzards worse – The Washington Post. And Porn turns men into fags……… What a piece of lying trash. It’s all about programming simple minds with repetitive lies to justify taxing them into fiefdom. Like this little troll.
Proof Of Alien UFO Cover-up? NASA Accused Of Deleting Earth Orbiting UFO From Apollo Mission Space Photo.
I forgot now…. Scientists show how you can restore lost memories.
A Former Ground Zero Goes to Court Against the World’s Nuclear Arsenals – NYTimes.com.
New studies link brain inflammation and preeclampsia with increased autism risk – Los Angeles LA | Examiner.com SO; Is a lack of cock sucking now child abuse? The likelihood of developing autism and developmental delay was doubled in the mothers who experienced preeclampsia compared to the control group. The scientists determined that this could be… Read More »
What are you going to do whiner? That teacher’s job id more protected than that of a sitting judge! The only remedy is complete abandonment of the public school system…. Home> Lifestyle This Note From My Son’s Teacher Went Too Far Dec 9, 2014, 12:31 PM ET By LORI GARCIA, Babble.com Did… Read More »
The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) alleges the banks offered a favourable rating to the US toy retailer in return for being employed on its 2010 stock offering. The banks include Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and Barclays. They were fined a total of $43.5m. via BBC News – Banks fined by… Read More »
BULLIES: Many consumers don’t know they owe money for medical procedures until they get a call from a collection agency or they discover it on their credit report, a federal consumer watchdog says. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday released a report spotlighting concerns about how medical debts are collected and reported. About 43… Read More »
Were the cops trying to incite a riot so they could crack down? Like THEY DID AT THE G20 HERE, AND HERE AND HERE. An undercover law enforcement officer from an outside agency who was attempting to infiltrate a demonstration against police brutality in Oakland pulled a gun on the protesters after he and his… Read More »
By SHAILA DEWAN November 9, 2014 The seminars offered police officers some useful tips on seizing property from suspected criminals. Don’t bother with jewelry (too hard to dispose of) and computers (“everybody’s got one already”), the experts counseled. Do go after flat screen TVs, cash and cars. Especially nice cars. In one seminar, captured on video… Read More »
ON CREATIVITY How do people get new ideas? Presumably, the process of creativity, whatever it is, is essentially the same in all its branches and varieties, so that the evolution of a new art form, a new gadget, a new scientific principle, all involve common factors. We are most interested in the “creation” of a… Read More »