Year: 2014

NextGov – by Aliya Sternstein

The Department of Homeland Security has spelled out its intentions to proactively monitor civilian agency networks for signs of threats, after agencies arguably dropped the ball this spring in detecting federal websites potentially harboring the Heartbleed superbug.

Annual rules for complying with the 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act released Friday require agencies to agree to proactive scanning. The regulations also contain new requirements for notifying DHS when a cyber event occurs.   Continue reading “DHS No Longer Needs Permission Slips to Monitor Other Agencies’ Networks for Vulnerabilities”

Cincinnati – by James Pilcher

Horizon Science Academy in Bond Hill has the usual classrooms, books and lessons to teach kids seeking an alternative to regular public and private schools.

The charter school also employs seven foreign teachers, mostly from Turkey, brought to the U.S. on H-1B visas for jobs it says Ohio teachers are unqualified to fill.

Concept Schools, founded by followers of a Turkish Islamic cleric secluded in the Poconos, already is under federal and state scrutiny for possible irregularities in teacher licensing, testing and technology contracts.   Continue reading “Charter schools use Turkish ties, visas to get teachers”

Computer World – by Patrick Thibodeau

ORLANDO – Gartner sees things like robots and drones replacing a third of all workers by 2025, and whether you want to believe it or not, is entirely your business.

Take drones, for instance.

“One day, a drone may be your eyes and ears,” said Peter Sondergaard, Gartner’s research director. In five years, drones will be a standard part of operations in many industries, used in agriculture, geographical surveys and oil and gas pipeline inspections.   Continue reading “One in three jobs will be taken by software or robots by 2025”

Breitbart – by Brandon Darby

LUBBOCK, Texas — Seven Mexican cartels are operating command and control networks in Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). A recent data release by the DPS reports:

Mexican cartels are the most significant organized crime threat to Texas, with seven of the eight cartels operating command and control networks in the state, moving drugs and people into the United States, and transporting cash, weapons and stolen vehicles back to Mexico. In short, an unsecure U.S.-Mexico border is a state and national security problem.  

Continue reading “Seven Mexican Cartels Operate Command and Control Networks in Texas”

The BRICS Post

Russian officials are speeding up negotiations for Vietnam to join the Moscow-led Customs Union bloc, officials said on Monday. The inclusion of Vietnam in the group would reinforce President Putin’s drive to show Russia will not be isolated by Western sanctions.

The two countries will boost bilateral trade revenue to $7 billion in 2015 and $10 billion in 2020, said Doan Duy Khuong, vice chairman of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), on Monday. The two sides are also beefing up efforts to conclude negotiations on a free trade agreement, said the official at a Vietnam-Russia business forum held in Hanoi.   Continue reading “Vietnam to join Moscow-led Customs Union bloc: Reports”

Hull Daily Mail – by Trudi Davidson

An East Riding school is to install CCTV cameras in student toilet areas after concerns some pupils “feel vulnerable”.

Headlands School and Community Science College headteacher Sarah Bone is pressing ahead with the move – which she accepts is “a sensitive issue” – after consulting parents of pupils at the Bridlington secondary.   Continue reading “UK: CCTV cameras to be installed in toilets at Headlands School in Bridlington”

The Washington Post – by Yasmine Ryan

TOBRUK, Libya — Being a parliamentarian in Libya is a death-defying act.

Entissar Chennib’s car was blown up in the eastern city of Derna on election day in June. Another representative, Ali Omar Tekbeli, knows it is too hazardous to go home to the capital.   Continue reading “Libya’s parliament moves to small port city as dangers in Tripoli increase”

The Real Deal – by Claire Moses

Hilton Worldwide Holdings sold the Waldorf Astoria to Anbang Insurance Group for $1.95 billion.

Hilton reached an agreement with the Chinese carrier under which it will continue to operate the famed hotel for the next 100 years. The building will be renovated to “restore the property to its historic grandeur,” according to a press release announcing the sale.   Continue reading “Another Chinese buy as insurer nabs Waldorf-Astoria for $1.9B”

Publius Forum – by Warner Todd Huston

Illinois Senior Senator, Democrat Dick Durbin was forced to respond to aChicago Tribune story that revealed that his wife is a lobbyist who received high-dollar federal contracts. Durbin said it was purely coincidental… then offered to sell us the Brooklyn Bridge.

Durbin told the Tribune that his wife only lobbies with the State of Illinois, not the federal government, so the millions she rakes in from federal contracts is just a coincidence. Really. It was… a totally, unseen, completely accidental coincidence… that a Senator who is the third in line of power in the US Senate has a wife who just coincidentally got millions in federal contracts.   Continue reading “Sen. Durbin’s Wife A Lobbyist Who ‘Accidentally’ Got High Dollar Federal Contracts”

Newmax Health

Exposure in pregnancy to a chemical commonly found in plastics and cans — known as bisphenol A, or BPA — may increase a child’s risk of breathing problems, researchers say.

In a study of nearly 400 pregnant women and their children, researchers found that each 10-fold increase of BPA in a mother’s urine was associated with a 14 percent decrease in the child’s breathing function at 4 years of age.   Continue reading “Plastics Chemical BPA Linked to Lung Problems”

Prevent Disease – by DR. MARIANNA POCHELLI

Abdominal pain can be a challenging complaint, especially for those of us who specialize in natural medicine. This type of pain is frequently a benign complaint, but can also herald serious acute pathologies. At least some type of abdominal pain is present in more than 60 percent of an otherwise healthy adolescent and adult population. Here are the most significant sources of pain, their location and when you should seek treatment.

The history and physical examination are central to narrowing the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain and guiding the evaluation.    Continue reading “16 of the Most Common Types of Abdominal Pain”

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Natural Society – by Christina Sarich

Whether Ebola is a natural virus that has gone rouge or a form of biological warfare (sounds crazy, I know), know that you do not need to fear. Between real conventional successes and natural solutions, whether suppressed or not, there are treatments for just about anything – and that includes the latest Ebola virus that has come to the U.S. in Dallas. Specifically for Ebola, vitamin C may be the answer.

To date, not a single virus has been tested that is not inactivated (killed) by a large enough dose of vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Not the GMO kind, but rather the naturally occurring Vitamin C. This vitamin is easily disseminated throughout the body with very little resistance, non-toxic at every level. It is also quite bio-available during an attack on the body by a virus.   Continue reading “High Doses of Vitamin C Could Rid the Body of the Ebola Virus”

ABC News – by AARON KATERSKY and RHEANA MURRAY

A handwritten letter penned by Eric Frein has been found in the Pennsylvania woods as police continue to scour the area looking for the accused cop shooter, authorities said today.

Details in the letter lead police to believe it was written by Frein, who’s been on the run since Sept. 12.

The note offers no motive for the shooting death of Cpl. Bryon Dickson and the wounding of another trooper when Frein allegedly ambushed the Blooming Grove police barracks, a law enforcement official familiar with the case told ABC News   Continue reading “Eric Frein’s Handwritten Note Found During Manhunt: Police”

Mail.com

MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Islamic State fighters backed by tanks and artillery pushed into an embattled Syrian town on the border with Turkey on Monday, touching off heavy street battles with the town’s Kurdish defenders.

Hours after the militants raised two of their Islamic State group’s black flags on the outskirts of Kobani, the militants punctured the Kurdish front lines and advanced into the town itself, the Local Coordination Committees activist collective and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.   Continue reading “Islamic State wages assault on Syrian border town”