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Consumer prices edged up 0.1%, according to new CPI data. That effectively cancels out the wage growth from June. But you already knew this.....

China is calling in the dogs on North Korea. Kim Jong-un has 120 days to close all North Korean businesses within Chinese borders. That means 100,000 workers that help fund the North Korean regime to the tune of ~$230 million a year would be sent home packing. The U.N. turned up the heat on China to crack down on North Korea in light of its nuclear missiles program—two warning shots over Japan and a handful of threats will do that. And China might be the only one with the key to Kim’s heart: trade. China controls 80% of all trade (~$6.3 billion) that enters and exits North Korea. It has already cut off North Korea’s biggest exports (coal and textiles), and …

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Les Noces de Cana inv 142 Paolo CALIARI, dit VÉRONÈSE Vers 1563. Un des plus grands tableaux du Louvre, entré en 1798. Terminé en 1563 pour le réfectoire des bénédictins de San Giorgio Maggiore à Venise. détail du Christ salle de la Joconde ----------------- Les Noces de Cana INV. 431 Leandro dal Ponte, dit Leandro BASSANO Après 1578 Leandro aime les effets de matière ainsi que les natures mortes précieuses et émaillées prébaro…

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Largest functional brain imaging study to date identifies specific brain differences between women and men, according to a new report in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Date: August 7, 2017 Source: IOS Press Summary: In the largest functional brain imaging study to date, researchers compared 46,034 brain SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) imaging studies provided by nine clinics, quantifying differences between the brains of men and women. Side view of the brain summarizing blood flow results from tens of thousands of study subjects shows increased blood flow in women compared to men, highlighted in the red colore…

Do we have any changed info regarding this subject? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/may/05/babylon-hanging-garden-wonder-nineveh From w00 5/15 pp. 10-14 - The Watchtower—2000 Pay Attention to God’s Prophetic Word for Our Day (‎10 occurrences) 15, 16. What did Nebuchadnezzar do for Babylon, and what happened when he boasted about its greatness? 15 By completing Babylon’s massive double walls that his father had started to build, Nebuchadnezzar made the capital city seemingly impregnable. ... To satisfy his Median queen, who longed for the hills and forests of her home…

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SCHOHARIE, N.Y. — It was an intersection of two highways, one a steep downhill road, that residents had long warned was notoriously dangerous. On Saturday afternoon, their worst fears were realized: A limousine lost control, careening through the intersection and striking an empty car. The crash killed all 18 people in the white limousine and two pedestrians in an accident that left deep tire tracks in the ground and a small upstate New York town reeling. “That limo was coming down that hill probably over 60 miles per hour,” said Jessica Kirby, 36, the manager of the Apple Barrel Country Store, where she said customers were hit near the parking lot. “All fatal.”…

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/nasa-moon-announcement-today-news-water-lunar-surface-wet-b1346311.html looks like there's more water than we expected on the moon, and hopefully that'll be useful for future astronauts!

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This is what the Tumarin hydroelectric plant was supposed to look like when finished. HAVANA TIMES — Brazil’s federal budget watchdog, the Federal Court of Accounts of Brazil (TCU) has decided to suspend new funding to State-controlled Electrobras for constructing the Tumarin hydropower plant in Nicaragua, after having discovered a number of “irregularities” in the process. Although construction work had already been paralyzed due to a lack of funding, the measure will inevitably reduce the implementation rate of the contracts. According to Bruno Dantas, a TCU member, “the losses suffered because of a delay to construction will not exceed the damag…

Aurora also known as SR-91 Aurora is the popular name for a hypothesized American reconnaissance aircraft, believed by some to be capable of hypersonic flight at speeds of Mach 5+. According to the hypothesis, Aurora was developed in the 1980s or 1990s as a replacement for the aging and expensive SR-71 Blackbird. A British Ministry of Defence report released in May 2006 refers to USAF priority plans to produce a Mach 4-6 highly supersonic vehicle, but no conclusive evidence had emerged to confirm the existence of such a project. It was believed by some that the Aurora project was canceled due to a shift from spy-planes to high-tech unmanned aerial vehicles and reconnai…

The Turkish lira (-2.4% against the dollar) and the Borsa Istanbul 100 Index (-2.7%) took a beating when both the U.S. and Turkish governments announced they would stop issuing most new visas to each other’s citizens. Even though the U.S. and Turkey are NATO allies, they’re desperately in need of couples therapy. The relationship first turned sour when Turkish President Erdogan accused the U.S. of harboring a cleric who (allegedly) instigated a failed coup in 2016. And now there’s this visa debacle, coming days after Turkish authorities arrested a U.S. embassy employee in Istanbul…also in connection with the coup. The quasi-diplomatic crisis finds the Tur…

By Tom Metcalfe, Live Science Contributor | June 4, 2018 The body of a man buried in northern Italy 2,000 years ago shows signs that he died after being nailed to a wooden cross, the method used for the execution of Jesus described in the Christian Bible. Although crucifixion was a common form of capital punishment for criminals and slaves in ancient Roman times, the new finding is only the second time that direct archaeological evidence of it has been found. A new study of the skeletal remains of the man, found near Venice in 2007, reveals a lesion and unhealed fracture on one of the heel bones that suggests his feet had been nailed to a cross. [8 Alleged…

Misao Okawa – Misao Okawa of Osaka, Japan, was 117 when she died on April 1. She was the world's oldest person, according to Guinness World Records. She was born on March 5, 1898, and had three children. Her husband died in 1931. She kept in shape throughout much of her life; at 102, she said she did leg squats to keep healthy. She didn't start using a wheelchair until she turned 110. (CNN)Go ahead lie about your age. It may be the very thing that helps you live a longer life. If those fibbers truly believe that they are younger than what it says on their birth certificate, a new study shows they are among a group of people who have a lower death rate. …

DOVER — With a precedent-setting determination regarding confidentiality among some church members last week, a Superior Court judge continued a lawsuit against a Sussex County congregation. Judge Mary M. Johnston did not dismiss a lawsuit filed by the state of Delaware against the Laurel Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses regarding whether it should have reported child abuse allegations in 2013. The state is suing the congregation and two elders for allegedly not disclosing knowledge of a reported sexual relationship between an adult member and juvenile member, according to court documents. The complaint was filed on July 10, 2014, in New Castle County S…

Here are five tips to help you let go of your exes for good: 1. Start a self-improvement routine, complete with daily, weekly, and monthly goal setting. 2. Meet with someone weekly to discuss your personal growth and your journey. This person will help keep you accountable to your goals and lifestyle choices. Can be a friend or an amazing coach. 3. Stay single for a year—totally single. If you can’t be happy with you, you won’t be happy—truly happy—with anyone else. Love that you! Commit to being successfully single for a year. That means happy, connected in your community, fulfilled in your work, and in a state of continuous personal growth. (Yo…

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The Indian state of Punjab is undergoing a severe water crisis. Once an agricultural leader in India, it’s now turning into a desert. Farmers and other rural dwellers are going bankrupt over the need to pay for water delivered from other regions. In this drastic situation, the number of suicides has skyrocketed, but the authorities deny that people are killing themselves over the water shortage. Water has become a luxury for the people in the Indian state of Punjab. Thousands of villages here rely on water deliveries from elsewhere. People have to pay exorbitant prices for water that their state once had in abundance. Farmers can no longer afford to grow food, their cro…

A powerful earthquake has struck off Turkey's Aegean coast, north of the Greek island of Samos, officials said. The tremor of up to 7.0 magnitude struck off the coast of Turkey's Izmir province, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, and was felt as far away as Athens and Istanbul. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greece-turkey-earthquake-today-athens-update-istanbul-izmir-b1447616.html In Samos, the island closer to the epicentre of the earthquake, a church and some buildings have collapsed, the sea has risen and the roads are flooded Sea flooding Sea pulled back, that's a sign before t…

The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., is now home to some of Ethiopia’s most important religious manuscripts after they were recently donated to the university by Chicago-based collectors Gerald and Barbara Weiner. The couple gave out the handmade leather manuscripts with the hope of allowing Ethiopians in the U.S. to use them for prayers and study, according to Catholic News Agency. Dr. Aaron M. Butts, a professor of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literature at the university, put up a statement saying the collection “provides unparalleled primary sources for the study of Eastern Christianity.” What’s In the Collection? In total, the …