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    Church elder who sexually abused vulnerable children was invited to speak at first victim’s wedding

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    1 hour ago, Γιαννης Διαμαντιδης said:

    we want more news like this ... we must know the truth about the truth !!!!

    That is a sick thing to say. More news like this? We want LESS news like this. 

    Yes. There are some bad apples in every corporation. This man happens to be one.

    Please refrain from such vitriol toward any religion.

    Agape!

    The Librarian

    The Food Lab: Here's Why McDonald's Burgers Don't Rot

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    Like Rolling Stones farewell tours or the McRib, every few years they seem to come back. I'm talking about those ready-made-for-reposting, viral-friendly photographs of McDonald's food that doesn't seem to ever rot. It started back in 2008, when Karen Hanrahan shared a photograph of a McDonald's hamburger she bought in 1996 on her blog, Best of Mother Earth. Thing is, she took that photo in 2008, and the 12-year-old burger looked nearly identical to a fresh McDonald's burger. She then went on to explain that the reason the burger didn't rot was because it had "absolutely no nutrition" and was a "chemical food."

    Since then, the experiment has been repeated many times, with the photographs dutifully posted online, most recently in the form of a six-year-old Happy Meal on Facebook. Every time, these photographs get shared like crazy and help us all make better food choices.

    Or do they?

    Surely a "real" hamburger should mold, get eaten by bugs, or otherwise decay, right?

     

     

    Not so fast. Science requires well-planned experimentation, with multiple data points and controlled variables, to get at the truth of what's really going on. When I first started seeing these postings back in 2010, no such controlled experiments existed, so I set out to remedy that, subjecting my apartment (and wife) to several months of burgers in various stages of decay (or non-decay) to get some answers. You can read up on the details of how I set up the experiments and the conclusions I drew from them.

    Long story short: McDonald's burgers don't rot because they dry out, that's it. If you think a McDonald's burger that doesn't rot is unnatural and gross, you should also count saltine crackers, beef jerky, hardtack, croutons, dried beans, or pretty much any nutrient-rich, shelf-stable food in your pantry as unnatural and gross. The reason a McDonald's burger doesn't rot has nothing to do with chemicals, lack of nutrition, or anything else you should be scared of. It all comes down to water activity.

    See, a McDonald's hamburger is small and thin, giving it a very high ratio of surface area to volume. It is cooked well-done on a very hot griddle. These factors contribute to rapid moisture loss, resulting in a burger that dries out long before it can start to rot. Moreover, the burgers are cooked in a food-safe environment to a very high temperature that kills any bacteria, and are thus relatively free of any agents of decay to begin with.

    In my experiments, I cooked homemade burgers of identical shape and size, which showed that this phenomenon is not unique to McDonald's hamburgers. Any burger of the same size and same shape will desiccate and refuse to rot in the exact same way.

    Larger burgers from McDonald's, like Quarter Pounders, will start to mold before they completely dry out. Similarly, if you store a McDonald's burger in an environment where moisture is retained (such as in a zipper-lock bag), it will also mold, identically to a homemade hamburger.

    For the record, since performing this experiment at home, I've subsequently spoken with researchers who have re-created the testing in an actual food laboratory with lab-grade equipment and controls. The results were exactly the same.

    Now, I am no defender of McDonald's, and there are plenty of reasons to avoid eating there too regularly, but, as I've said before, I've got no beef with their beef. My beef is with bad science.

    So the next time you see one of those burgers-that-don't-rot photos, maybe think twice about hitting the drive-thru, but think thrice before hitting that "share" button.

    http://www.seriouseats.com/2016/02/the-food-lab-why-mcdonalds-burgers-never-rot.html

    United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at age 79.

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    More from the Express-News:

    Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa.

    According to a report, Scalia arrived at the ranch on Friday and attended a private party with about 40 people. When he did not appear for breakfast, a person associated with the ranch went to his room and found a body.

    Chief U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia, of the Western Judicial District of Texas, was notified about the death from the U.S. Marshals Service.

    U.S. District Judge Fred Biery told the Express-News he was among those notified about Scalia’s death.

    “My reaction is it’s very unfortunate,” Biery told the paper. ”It’s unfortunate with any death, and politically in the presidential cycle we’re in, my educated guess is nothing will happen before the next president is elected.”

    The U.S. Marshal Service, the Presidio County sheriff and the FBI were involved in the investigation, the Express-News said, adding that officials with the law enforcement agencies declined to comment.

    A federal official who asked not to be named said there was no evidence of foul play and it appeared that Scalia died of natural causes, the paper said.

    Bernie Sanders Gets Dramatic Endorsement From Eric Garner’s Daughter

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    Bernie Sanders got a major endorsement this week that signifies the support that he has from a young activist part of the African American community.

    While the early Sanders campaign was fraught with awkward run-ins between the senator from Vermont and black political groups, the daughter of a major symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement has just come out in support of him.

    Erica Garner, daughter of the late Eric Garner, who died from a chokehold inflicted by Staten Island police in 2014, stars in a dramatic clip calling Sanders a “protestor.”

    Cadillac CTS 2008

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    It appears they DID fix the leak. The carpet is not soaked after a hefty rain..... they just did not vacuum out the water in the back area carpet... only the front passenger area.

    I should also mention that I had to clean up the greasy fingerprints from all around the headliner area where they installed the sunroof. 

    Thanks Carr Cadillac of Vancouver, WA. 

    I would give them a D+ on this repair job.  Case closed. Rant filed.

     

    Saudi Arabia is sending troops and fighter jets to Turkey's Incirlik Air Base

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    Russia will have no choice but to use Tactical (Battlefield) Nuclear Weapons to defend Syria once a ground invasion begins within 18 days, by 350,000 troops, 20,000 Tanks, 2,450 military planes  and 460 Helicopters from 25 countries massing in northern Saudi Arabia.  Syria has warned "any aggressor entering the country will go home in wooden coffins;" Russia has said "any country sending ground troops into Syria without permission will be considered a declaration of war."

    Thousands of soldiers from regional countries are set to participate in what is being "called" a military "exercise" media reports say.

    Saudi media said some 350,000 forces from Persian Gulf Arab states and a number of other countries will take part in a Saudi-led military maneuver in the area of Hafer al-Batin in northern Saudi Arabia.

    In addition to the massive troop build-up, some 2,540 warplanes, 20,000 tanks and 460 helicopters will also participate in the "exercise," dubbed “North Thunder.”

    The "exercise" is scheduled to last 18 days, during which the airspace over northern Saudi Arabia will be closed.

    Media reports say the "exercise" will be the largest in the history of the region. However, SuperStation95 has done research and there is no known example of this much military power being massed for an "exercise" . . . anywhere . . . ever.  It seems quite obvious to any thinking person that the notion of an "exercise" is fraudulent on its face; this is an invasion force and when it moves, it will mean war.

    Egypt, Sudan, Pakistan and Persian Gulf Arab states are among the 25 countries that will also take part in the "exercises."

    The maneuver comes at a sensitive time after Saudi Arabia announced readiness to participate in any ground incursion in Syria if the US-led coalition decides to start such an operation.  (Gee, what a coincidence.)

    Saudi Arabia is a member of the US-led coalition that has been conducting air raids inside Syria. The airstrikes have been going on without any authorization from the Syrian government or a UN mandate since September 2014. The Saudi "exercise" is believed as preparation for a possible ground incursion into Syria.

    Reacting to the troop deployment, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said Saturday, “Let no one think they can attack Syria or violate its sovereignty because I assure you any aggressor will return to their country in a wooden coffin.”

    Pavel Krasheninnikov, a deputy of Russia’s State Duma, has warned Saudi Arabia that any military ground operation in Syria without Damascus’ consent would amount to a declaration of war.

    https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/884

    Cold War II

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    At the 52nd Munich Security Conference in Germany, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that NATO and Russia are "not in a cold-war situation but also not in the partnership that we established at the end of the Cold War"

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