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Climategate U-turn as scientist at centre of row admits: There has been no global warming since 1995
Climategate U-turn as scientist at center of row admits: There has been no global warming since 1995 The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the information. Colleagues say that the reason Professor Phil [...]
The Bankrupt PIGS of Europe – Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain
The Bankrupt PIGS of Europe by …
The World’s Most Beautiful Garages
Returning to Church after the Quake – Haiti
M E R I D I A N M A G A Z I N E Haiti: Returning to Church after the Quake By Maurine Proctor Photography by Scot Facer Proctor Maurine and Scot Proctor, Meridian’s editor and publisher, are currently in Haiti with 125 …
Passengers left stunned after Muslim bus driver pulls over and begins praying in the aisle
By Daily Mail Reporter A Muslim bus driver stunned passengers by pulling over mid-route and beginning to pray in the aisle. The driver stopped the bus without warning before removing his shoes and, using a fluorescent jacket as a prayer mat, beginning to chant in Arabic. Passengers said they feared the driver could be preparing [...]
The Kopp-Etchells effect? Never heard of it? Check it out!
The Kopp-Etchells effect Have you heard anything about the Kopp-Etchells effect? In fact, the Kopp-Etchells effect is a new name. Reporter and former Green Beret Michael Yon took a series of intriguing photos of glowing rotor blades as a helicopter lands in a military base in Afghanistan. (Pics) The phenomenon, has no name – and Michael [...]
Unraveling an old mummy mystery
Unraveling an old mummy mystery By Aaron Nicodemus TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF WORCESTER — A Worcester librarian and researcher believes she has found definitive proof that an urban legend — that American paper manufacturers once made paper from the linen wrappings of Egyptian mummies — is indeed true. S.J. Wolfe of Worcester, a senior cataloger [...]
Corvallis doctor tells of day in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Corvallis doctor Mark Rampton said Wednesday that he’d seen 80 patients — “and more tragedy in one day than I want to see in a lifetime.” Rampton arrived in the earthquake-flattened nation Monday with a 20-member volunteer medical team from Salt Lake City, assembled by the Humanitarian Aid branch of the Mormon [...]
Former LDS missionaries wanted for service in Haiti
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East meets west as 1602 Chinese map goes on show in the US
East meets west as 1602 Chinese map goes on show in the US Rare rice paper chart that first detailed five continents for emperor An extremely rare 400-year-old Chinese map, which put the emerging superpower at the centre of the world, went on display yesterday at the Library of Congress in Washington. Inspiring delight and [...]