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A strong explosive eruption occurred at the Chikurachki volcano located on the Paramushir island, Northern Kuriles, Russia around 22:00 UTC on February 15, 2015. The last eruption of this volcano occurred in 2008.
Ash plume produced by the eruption reached an estimated altitude of 7.5 km a.s.l. It drifted west to a distance of more than 200 km. The Aviation Color Code was raised to Orange. Continue reading “Strong explosive eruption of Chikurachki volcano, Northern Kuriles, Russia”
Yahoo Finance – by Michael Santoli
American savers have had it hard enough, earning next to nothing on bank deposits and money market funds. But could it get worse, with banks here charging depositors interest to hold their money and high-quality bonds yielding nothing at all?
It might seem a curious question, given broad expectations for higher U.S. interest rates, as job growth gathers momentum and the Federal Reserve has openly hinted it is eager to end its seven-year policy of near-zero short-term interest rates.
Continue reading “Negative interest rates: Coming to America?”
An earthquake measuring at 6.9 magnitude has struck off Honshu island in northern Japan, prompting a tsunami advisory which anticipated waves of up to 1m in height in Iwate Prefecture. People in some coastal areas have been advised to leave their homes.
The quake was recorded at around 8 am local time at a depth of approximately 10 kilometers. The epicenter was located off the Sanriku Coast, extending from southern Aomori prefecture, through Iwate prefecture and northern Miyagi prefecture.The strong quake could even be felt in in Tokyo, 690 kilometers away from the epicenter. Continue reading “Tsunami & evacuation warnings after M6.9 offshore quake in Japan”
In a move that could have ramifications for domestic anti-terrorism efforts, US House Speaker John Boehner said he would let funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapse on Feb. 27 in order to reverse Obama’s immigration reform actions.
House Republicans have passed a Homeland Security appropriations bill, but it is contingent upon defunding Obama’s 2012 and 2014 executive orders that negated the threat of deportation for an estimated five million undocumented immigrants seeking refuge in the United States. Continue reading “Dept. of Homeland Security shutdown looms, would idle 15% of workforce”
The ’60s pop star made a hit career out of musical moping
Lesley Gore was an icon to young women in the 1960s with feisty hits that expressed the frustrations of being a teenager. It’s a theme that could easily feel stale in 2015, but “It’s My Party” remains popular on oldies stations and “You Don’t Own Me” still holds lessons for girls in the 21st century.
The singer-songwriter died of cancer Monday at age 68, her longtime partner Lois Sasson confirmed. In honor of her life and influence, here are five of the New Jersey-raised singer’s best hits. Continue reading “‘It’s My Party’ Singer Lesley Gore Dies at 68: Listen to 5 of Her Best Songs”
We begin tonight with a story by Bob Simon our colleague and friend, whom we lost this past Wednesday in a tragic car accident. In a 47-year career, reporting from every corner of the globe, Bob set the standard for CBS News.
On Wednesday evening, Bob finished a story intended for this broadcast tonight. It’s especially fitting that the producer was his daughter Tanya, a veteran producer at 60 Minutes, who from time to time worked with her dad. Continue reading “Bob Simon’s Final Report on ’60 Minutes’: ZMapp and the fight against Ebola”
The Captain’s Journal – by Herschel Smith
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives posted a proposed rule changeFriday removing a previous exemption and banning the manufacture, import and sale of “5.56 mm (.223) SS109 and M855 ‘green tip’ ammunition containing a steel core,” saying it now considers it to be “non-sporting” handgun ammunition capable of penetrating protective vests worn by law enforcement officers. This latest development, ceding to law enforcement lobby interests, is prompted by the development of handguns capable of firing the cited ammunition. Continue reading “ATF Proposes New Rules On ‘Green Tip’ Ammunition Ban”
The alarmists keep telling us their concern about global warming is all about man’s stewardship of the environment. But we know that’s not true. A United Nations official has now confirmed this.
At a news conference last week in Brussels, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of U.N.’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, admitted that the goal of environmental activists is not to save the world from ecological calamity but to destroy capitalism. Continue reading “U.N. Official Reveals Real Reason Behind Warming Scare”
MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — Multiple tanker rail cars carrying crude oil derailed Monday afternoon in Fayette County, triggering explosions and a huge fire as several cars rolled through a residential subdivision and into the Kanawha River.
At least one house was destroyed, but police have found no evidence of fatalities.
The CSX train jumped the tracks at about 1:20 p.m. Eyewitness Randy Fitzwater of Boomer said he thought a plane had crashed.
“I heard this loud noise. It sounded like a jet airplane flew over my house and then I heard an explosion,” Fitzwater told Metronews. “I looked across the river and I could see this big ball of flame.” Continue reading “Evacuations Ordered – Train derailment sends oil cars into Kanawha River; explosions erupt”
Guns America – by PAUL HELINSKI
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This article is something of a shootout between my favorite (and cheap at $400) night vision scope and an interesting new digital night vision product that was made from a converted IR CCTV camera. Continue reading “Prepping 101: Cheap Night Vision Riflescopes”
You know things are bad in the ship-building business when… amid considerably larger than expected losses, China’s COSCO announced that it has dis-assembled 8 vessels in January alone (including 3 bulk carriers) and will be decommissioning and disposing of them as it awaits a “more conducive” environment. It appears that is not coming anytime soon, as The Baltic Dry Index just hit 522 – a new all-time low (down a stunning 53 of the last 55 days). Continue reading “China’s COSCO Dis-Assembles 8 Ships Amid Glut As Baltic Dry Hits Another Record Low”
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HSBC Bank : Secret Origins To 26/11 Mumbai Attacks
#SwissLeaks what the media has termed it is a trove of secret documents from HSBC’s Swiss private banking arm that reveals names of account holders and their balances for the year 2006-07. They come from over 200 countries, the total balance over $100 billion. But nowhere has the HSBC Swiss list touched off a more raging political debate than in India. Continue reading “HSBC Bank: Secret Origins To Laundering The World’s Drug Money”
The Rio Norte Line – by Joe Bakanovic
I have been writing about the growing threat I see coming from Washington, D.C. I see this nation traveling down the same road Germany traveled in the 1930’s, and for many of the same reasons. But there are people – ignorant people – who tell me this could never happen here.
Well, if you are among those who think this sort of thing could never happen here, I say learn your history – because it already has: Continue reading “So You Say It Can’t Happen Here? WRONG! It Already Has”
The Great Western Firewall vs. the Great Firewall of China: different methodologies, identical results. (www.guardian.co.uk)
A truth untold is a lie. A fact hidden is censorship. – The Author
When I recently signed off of Reflections in Sinoland, saying I was not going to do any more columns for the time being, so as to write my third book,Red Letters – The Diaries of Xi Jinping, I really meant it. But an interesting and thought provoking series of events happened over the last couple of weeks, which has inspired me to write a non-fiction piece again. Continue reading “Behind the Great Western Firewall Is the Ugly Truth”
A US scientist spoke to RT saying he is worried intelligence bodies could try to use the weather as a weapon. He called on the CIA to open up and be more transparent, and wants research to be conducted globally to limit the possibility of hostile use.
Professor Alan Robock is wary that US government agencies are interested in funding climate change research to see if new technologies could help to turn the weather into potential weapons. Continue reading “Climate regime change? CIA may fund weather research for new weapon, scientist fears”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government surveyors have determined a new height for the Washington Monument that’s nearly 10 inches shorter than what has been thought for more than 130 years, officials will announce Monday.
The new measurement puts the monument at 554 feet, 7 and eleven-thirty-seconds of an inch, as measured from the floor of the main entrance to the top. Ever since the stone obelisk was completed in 1884, however, the historic height has been recorded at 555 feet, 5 and 1/8 inches. It’s a number circulated for decades on tours of the capital and in civics classes about the monument honoring the nation’s first president. Continue reading “Surveyors determine new height for Washington Monument in DC”
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