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Bear Markets March Across the Globe (#GotBitcoin?)
Germany’s DAX index is the latest stock market to have more than 20% erased from its high. In a sign of the breadth of the global selloff in stocks, Germany’s main stock index fell into a bear market Thursday, the latest benchmark to have tumbled 20% or more from its…
Ayurvedic (Holistic) Medicine Has 5000 Years of Experience Over Western Medicine (#GotBitcoin?)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU1KxUVqGmaNz8LAWOhi1ORpPQPynBRHP Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old system of natural healing that has its origins in the Vedic culture of India. Although suppressed during years of foreign occupation, Ayurveda has been enjoying a major resurgence in both its native land and throughout the world. Tibetan medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine both have…
U.S. Readies Charges Against Chinese Hackers (#GotBitcoin?)
Cyber-Security Experts Government-linked hackers allegedly engaged in a multiyear scheme to break into U.S. technology service providers. Federal prosecutors are expected to unseal criminal charges as soon as next week against hackers linked to the Chinese government who have allegedly engaged in a sophisticated multiyear scheme to break into U.S.…
Why We Californians Are Drawn Toward Fire Zones (#GotBitcoin?)
Building codes, state grants and low insurance rates have encouraged people to flee expensive cities for their dangerously fire-prone fringes. The historically deadly wildfires that have roared through California this fall, and a string of similarly destructive ones over the past two years, are boosting calls to do more to…
The Amazon: The Heart of The World (#GotBitcoin?)
With Peru’s surging economy and blossoming international startup scene comes a new audience eager to explore the mighty river. We left Cusco at dawn, heading southeast toward Bolivia. Breakfast was at a roadside cafe an hour into the drive, black coffee and a large bowl of chicken stew—a thigh and…
The Sticky Wi-Fi Problem: Why Your Phone Hangs Up On You (#GotBitcoin?)
The best Wi-Fi hotspots our phones can ‘see’ are often a mirage, yielding dropped calls and frustrated users. And the incentives to fix the problem are misaligned. Every day, all across the world, people experience the same frustrating glitch with their mobile devices—one that cripples them until they move beyond…
Readers Speak-out On Robot Phone Interviews (#GotBitcoin?)
Readers largely critical of one-sided phone interviews; ‘This is pure corporate laziness’. Reader reaction to automated job interviews is swift and mostly negative. Hundreds of people sounded off via email, comments and posts on social media, writing about the practice of companies screening job applicants by asking them to…
The Next Big Thing In Medical Lab Tests Will Focus On C-Reactive Proteins And Telomere Length Measurement
What Are Telomeres? Repeated DNA that forms protective caps at the ends of our chromosomes, telomeres perform a similar role to the plastic tip at the end of a shoelace. Like these plastic tips that keep shoelaces from becoming damaged or frayed, telomeres protect our chromosomes from the critical shortening…
Canada Reports New Case of Mysterious Illness In Cuba (#GotBitcoin?)
Canada said Thursday another Cuba-based diplomat is experiencing mysterious health symptoms, prompting officials to review their diplomatic presence in the country. The envoy is experiencing mysterious health symptoms, prompting Ottawa to review its diplomatic presence in the country. Canadian officials, like their U.S. counterparts, remain puzzled by what is causing…
Data Breach At Question-and-Answer Site Quora Affects 100 Million (#GotBitcoin?)
Names, emails, messages compromised in latest corporate-hacking episode. The question-and-answer website Quora Inc. said Monday that hackers had broken into its network and gained access to data belonging to 100 million users. Quora detected the hack on Friday and is still investigating the incident. The company said that the hackers…
Drive-In Movie Theatres Face Day of Reckoning (#GotBitcoin?)
On a moon-filled Saturday night, D. Edward Vogel stood in the projection room of Bengies Drive-In Theatre, surveying a field of cars that turned out for a chilly November triple feature. “How many think we should return ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ next week? Flash your headlights,” Mr. Vogel said over the sound…
POLL: RIOTERS IN PARIS TEACH AMERICANS HOW TO STAND-UP AGAINST GOVERNMENT OVER-REACH
Rioters In Paris Stand-Up Against Government Over-Reach In example of over-reach, government to increase the price of fuel by about 30 cents per gallon. Gas already costs about $7.06 per gallon in France. Grass-roots movement ‘gilets jaunes’ led violent protests in the heart of Paris, pressuring him to back down…