Oil Price – by Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

Solar and wind farms, stretched across North Africa’s Saharan desert and relying solely on existing technologies, could produce enough electricity to power the entire world. (That amount of electricity approximates over 21 terawatt hours.) As an added benefit these combined wind and solar arrays would also increase rain fail in the arid Sahel region thereby slowing the steady southern encroachment of the desert.

This was the conclusion arrived at by academic researchers using supercomputers. Teams at the University of Maryland and University of Illinois modeled their results in a study financed in part by a Chinese government agency. Their results were published in the prestigious journal Science (September 7).   Continue reading “How The Sahara Could Power The Entire World”

Business Insider – by Naomi Tomky, The New Food Economy

Since 2012, Virginia Moore and Rebecca Martello have farmed a tiny plot of land, just 1/16 th of an acre, 45 minutes from their home in Bremerton, Washington. That worked out for the first five years, when the couple grew only enough to eat themselves. But this season they sold 10 shares in a 16-week CSA branded as Sun Dog Farm — a small step forward that quickly maxed out their cozy plot. Now, with every available inch already planted, their dream of becoming full-time farmers is on hold.

“We can’t expand, can’t go into markets, can’t serve more people,” says Moore. So the pair will continue to work elsewhere — Moore full-time as a mental health clinician, Martello part-time as a dental assistant — until they can find more land. The tiny plot they do have is owned by Martello’s parents. But the hunt for acreage of their own has so far been unsuccessful.

Continue reading “Americans are having trouble buying farmland, and a 1600% price increase is the least of their worries”

Live 5 News – by Harve Jacobs

SHANGHAI, CHINA (WCSC) – A former Charleston police officer accused of killing his wife has been captured in China after 13 years on the run.

A source with knowledge of the investigation says Dan Hiers is in custody in Shanghai.

Hiers reportedly was living there under the assumed name David Williams.

Continue reading “Ex-cop accused of killing wife in custody after 13 years on the run”

The Hill – by Timothy Cama

The Trump administration on Monday repealed a mandate that would have required trains carrying crude oil to use special brakes with new technology.

The Department of Transportation’s Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) said it undertook a congressionally mandated analysis of the provision in a 2015 regulation under which oil trains would have had to use electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes.   Continue reading “Trump officials roll back Obama oil train safety rule”

MassPrivateI

Today, September 25th. is Homeland Security’s “National Panic Day.”

What is “National Panic Day”?

Officially, today is known as “National Awareness Day” not “National Panic Day.” For the reasons stated below,  I am calling it “National Panic Day” which coincides with DHS reissuing their National Terrorism Bulletins this month.   Continue reading “September 25th is “National Panic Day” a day where Americans are encouraged to spy on each other”

CBS Sacramento

If your paycheck hits your bank account through direct deposit, be on the lookout for emails requesting personal information including log-in credentials — they could be a phishing scam by hackers who want to access your bank account.

The FBI warning comes as cyber criminals target the online payroll accounts of employees in a variety of industries, especially those in education, healthcare and commercial aviation.   Continue reading “FBI: Hackers Targeting Your Payroll Direct Deposits”

ABC News

Authorities in Massachusetts have charged an undocumented immigrant with murder after he allegedly stabbed three fellow crew members, one fatally, on a fishing boat 55 miles off the coast.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts announced the charges on Monday, one day after they say Franklin Freddy Meave Vazquez got into a fight on the ship he was working on, the Captain Billy Haver, and three people were injured. One of those members of the crew died.   Continue reading “Undocumented immigrant charged with murdering shipmate on fishing boat off Massachusetts”

Fox 9 News

(KMSP) – A judge has sided with a Minnesota mom after she argued that her son was unfairly taken from her by child protective services.

Months later, Amanda Weber and her son are back together, but the fight against CPS is far from over.    Continue reading “Judge sides with Minnesota mom after months-long battle with CPS”

Green Med Info – by Kelly Brogan, M.D.

With 1 in 5 Americans taking a psychiatric medication, most of whom, long term, we should probably start to learn a bit more about them. In fact, it would have been in the service of true informed consent to have investigated long-term risks before the deluge of these meds seized our population over the past thirty years.

You may be unaware of a literature that suggests long-term treatment with all psychiatric medications is more likely to leave you with a lesser quality of life. Here’s one more reason to reconsider life partnership with your psychiatric medication – it may contribute to your cancer risk. Continue reading “Psych Meds Put 49 Million Americans At Risk For Cancer”

NJ.com

The young woman whose violent arrest on a Wildwood beach went viral earlier this summer has been indicted on charges including two counts of aggravated assault of a police officer.

Emily Weinman was 20 on Memorial Day Weekend when a seasonal police officer tried to write her a municipal citation for underage possession of alcohol while she was sitting on the beach with unopened containers of alcohol she said belonged to her aunt.  Continue reading “Woman from viral beach arrest video indicted on 5 counts”

Des Moines Register

Authorities responded to another train derailment in a small northwest Iowa town Sunday morning after a week of heavy rains.

Sioux County authorities said no one was hurt in the accident and no hazardous materials had leaked into the Floyd River or could be detected in the air above Alton, near where the train crashed Sunday.   Continue reading “Authorities say no one hurt after train derails into northwest Iowa river”

Baba Mail – by Donna P

Art has become incredibly versatile these days. Canvases are no longer what they used to be. Now, artists look beyond the ordinary and find a way to turn it into something extraordinary. One such artist is Akie Nakata who creatively turns stones into cute little animals. But this is no easy task. For Akie, it is more than just painting on a stone. She strives to bring out the living being that she feels in the stone and proceeds carefully. First, she considers where she is positioning the backbone. She also states that it is the stone that determines what she paints on it. Her goal? To paint the life, the living spirit of the being she feels inside the stone. Take a look:    Continue reading “This Incredible Art Is Painted on Stones”

Times of Israel

Five former chiefs of the Mossad spy agency leveled harsh criticism at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, with one saying that Israel was “dangerously sick” under his leadership.

“I feel so bad about what is happening in the country, the corruption is so deep, so pervasive,” Shabtai Shavit told the Yedioth Ahronoth daily in an excerpt of a joint sit down interview ahead of Independence Day. “There are no red lines, no taboos and add to that the deepening rift among the people.”   Continue reading “Ex-Mossad chief: Israel ‘dangerously sick’ under Netanyahu’s leadership”

Anti-Media

The U.N. accidentally released passwords, internal documents, and other sensitive details when it failed to properly secure its accounts on Trello, a popular workplace project management website.

According to The Intercept, “[a]ffected data included credentials for a U.N. file server, the video conferencing system at the U.N.’s language school, and a web development environment for the U.N.’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.” It was made available to anyone who had the links to the material as opposed to specific users granted access.   Continue reading “The UN Accidentally Released Passwords and Sensitive Data to the Entire Internet”