October 22, 2015
Mohenjo
Breaking News
amazon, Amazon Warehouse, Amazon Warehouse Temp, business, Business News, Hotels, human-rights, Life and Death, medicine, mental-health, research, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, The Life and Death of an Amazon Warehouse Temp, travel, vacation
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On Jan. 18, 2013, as the sun went down, Jeff Lockhart Jr. got ready for work. He slipped a T-shirt over his burly frame and hung his white work badge over his broad chest. His wife, Di-Key, was in the bathroom fixing her hair in micro-braids and preparing for another evening alone with her three sons. Jeff had been putting in long hours lately, and so the couple planned a breakfast date at Shoney’s for when his shift ended around dawn. “You better have your hair done by then,” he teased her.
As he headed out the door, Jeff, who was 29, said goodbye to the boys. He told Jeffrey, the most rambunctious, not to give his mom a hard time; Kelton, the oldest, handed his father his iPod for the ride. Then Jeff climbed into his Chevy Suburban, cranked the bass on the stereo system he’d customized himself, and headed for the Amazon fulfillment center in nearby Chester, Virginia, just south of Richmond.
When the warehouse opened its doors in 2012, there were about 37,000 unemployed people living within a 30-minute drive; in nearby Richmond, more than a quarter of residents were living in poverty. The warehouse only provided positions for a fraction of the local jobless: It currently has around 3,000 full-time workers. But it also enlists hundreds, possibly thousands, of temporary workers to fill orders during the holiday shopping frenzy, known in Amazon parlance as “peak.” Since full-timers and temps perform the same duties, the only way to tell them apart is their badges. Full-time workers wear blue. Temps wear white.
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The Life and Death of an Amazon Warehouse Temp
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http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/life-and-death-amazon-temp/
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October 22, 2015
Mohenjo
Crime
amazon, business, Business News, Europe, Germany's Anti-Islam Group, Hotels, huffington post, human-rights, Islam conflicts, medicine, mental-health, Migrant Crisis, research, Science, Science News, stories of the migrant crisis, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation
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This is a departure from the way I usually post things but, The Huffington Post put together a compilation of stories of the migrant crisis in Europe as a result of the Islam conflicts. There are 4 pages of stories about the conflict plus some other articles. You can peruse each page and choose the articles you like. At the bottom of each page you can select the next page.
I hope you enjoy all of these articles in one place ( you can click on a picture to invoke the article – one ex. is shown below)!
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Germany’s Anti-Islam Group Holds Biggest Rally In Months
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Click link below for all of the articles:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/migrant-crisis/
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October 21, 2015
Mohenjo
Breaking News
2016, 2016 election, amazon, business, Business News, Elections 2016, Hotels, human-rights, Joe Biden, medicine, mental-health, research, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation
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Vice President Joe Biden said he will not run for president in 2016.
Biden announced his decision in a statement given from the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday.
“Unfortunately, I believe we’re out of time, the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination,” Biden said. “While I will not be a candidate, I will not be silent.”
He urged the Democratic candidates to run on President Barack Obama’s accomplishments.
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Image: Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/joe-biden-president-2016_55f1cefbe4b093be51be0d69
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October 21, 2015
Mohenjo
Technical
amazon, business, Business News, flowing water on Mars, Hotels, human-rights, Mard has new found popularity, Mars, medicine, mental-health, NASA, nbc news, research, Science, Science News, survival of humanity, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Water On Mars
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After decades of space exploration and countless movies on the subject, why exactly does Mars continue to inspire such high levels of cultural and scientific fascination?
Both the red planet and NASA are coasting on a wave of newfound popularity, taking center stage in big-budget Hollywood productions. Whether by coincidence or design, the favorable treatment of NASA by Tinseltown comes at a time when the space agency recently discovered evidence for flowing water on Mars, and last week openly declared colonizing the planet within the next 20 years “an achievable goal.” And at least a few scientists think the survival of humanity may hinge on finding a new, hospitable planet to colonize.
Just a few years ago, NASA critics and even some supporters were openly questioning whether the Mars science laboratory was worth its $2.5 billion price tag.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/why-humanitys-survival-may-depend-colonizing-mars-n446196
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October 20, 2015
Mohenjo
Breaking News
amazon, business, Business News, Feds Plan Mandatory Registration, Hotels, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, national registry by Nov. 20, nbc news, recreational drone operators, Registration of all Unmanned Drones, research, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, travel, vacation, Video
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Federal regulators announced Monday that recreational drone operators will be required to register their aircraft.
“There can be no accountability if the person breaking the rules can’t be identified,” Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said at a news conference.
A task force of more than two dozen people will be responsible for creating guidelines for the national registry by Nov. 20, with the goal of instilling the program before the end of the holiday season, when around 1 million drones are expected to be sold.
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Feds Plan Mandatory Registration of all Unmanned Drones
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http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/faa-require-recreational-drone-operators-register-n447156
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October 20, 2015
Mohenjo
Human Interest
amazon, business, Business News, food waste, food waste supermarket, Hotels, human-rights, Marks & Spencer, medicine, mental-health, research, Science, Science News, supermarket donates food, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, whatsworking
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A British supermarket is taking the waste not, want not approach — and it’s anything but rubbish.
By December, 150 of Marks & Spencer’s biggest stores will be ready to donate any extraneous products that are nearing their expiration dates, the company announced in a press release on Friday. Its ultimate goal is to reduce food waste by 20 percent in the next five years.
The program is feeding people in need, cutting back on waste and also combating misunderstandings with regard to what expiration dates on food items actually mean.
Those dates typically just indicate when a product has reached its “peak,” but don’t necessarily mean the food has spoiled at that time, Time reported in 2013. That’s often especially the case with foods that don’t require refrigeration.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/british-supermarket-to-donate-nearly-expired-products-to-food-banks_561d28c7e4b028dd7ea5311e?cps=gravity_5021_-852523659653883029
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October 19, 2015
Mohenjo
Breaking News
amazon, AP, business, Business News, Hawaii, Homelessness, Honolulu, Hotels, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, research, Science, Science News, state of emergency, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation
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Hawaii Gov. David Ige has declared a state of emergency to deal with the state’s homelessness crisis just days after city and state officials cleared one of the nation’s largest homeless encampments.
The move will help the state speed up the process of building a homeless shelter for families, and the state is considering four possible sites, Ige said at a news conference Friday.
“We are making sure that we have options for those who are homeless to move into an emergency shelter, and the biggest deficit in the system is shelter space for families,” Ige said. “So the emergency proclamation would allow us to stand up shelters for families in an expeditious manner.”
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hawaii-governor-declares-homelessness-state-of-emergency_5621b2a7e4b02f6a900c8eb8
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October 18, 2015
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Medical
amazon, ankle, back of the neck, breast cancer survivors, business, Business News, Hotels, human-rights, lower back, mastectomies, medicine, mental-health, research, Science, Science News, tattoo style, technology, Technology News, top of breasts, travel, upper arm, vacation, wrist
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The wrist. The ankle. The back of the neck. The upper arm. The (unthinkable) lower back.
These are all regular tattoo spots, most done without much fanfare. But what about the chest? What about on top of breasts? Or, more specifically, on top of scars?
For breast cancer survivors and those who have had mastectomies, such tattoos are more than a possibility — they’re an increasingly desired tattoo style with an entire diverse community of artists catering to them.
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For breast cancer survivors and those who have had mastectomies
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http://www.mic.com/articles/126810/these-are-the-artists-empowering-breast-cancer-survivors-with-beautiful-tattoos
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October 17, 2015
Mohenjo
Breaking News
amazon, business, Business News, frequency of gun deaths, Gun Deaths, Gun Violence, Gun Violence 2014, Gunshots, Hotels, human-rights, Japan, Mass Shootings, medicine, mental-health, research, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, travel, U.S., United States, US Gun Violence, vacation
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Gunshots set the tempo for one of the most draining rhythms of American life.
Mass shootings, which have been about as consistent as the rise of the sun this year, are a constant source of tragedy and anxiety across the country. Again and again, the United States reacts to mass shootings with a ritualized bout of mourning as critics of the country’s gun policies slide into a well-worn cycle of horror, sadness and anger.
One established feature of this cycle is a chart that circulates across the Internet showing how exceptional the U.S. is in the developed world for the frequency of its gun deaths.
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United States reacts to mass shootings with a ritualized bout of mourning
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http://www.mic.com/articles/126573/japan-has-shown-the-rest-of-the-world-how-to-eliminate-shooting-deaths
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October 17, 2015
Mohenjo
Science
amazon, business, Business News, Europe, Hotels, human-rights, Late Permian, Lystrosaurus, medicine, mental-health, paleontologist Peter Roopnarine, Permian, research, Science, Science News, Siberia, technology, Technology News, the “Great Dying” extinction event, travel, vacation
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Scientists know it as “the Great Dying.”
It happened in a geologic blink of an eye 252 million years ago. A vast volcanic vent in Siberia belched noxious gases and enough lava to build a new continent the size of Europe. The air grew warmer and drier, wildfires ravaged the landscape, and the oceans turned toxic. Over the course of a few tens of thousands of years 90 percent of all ocean species and three quarters of life on land was lost.
“It was devastating,” said paleontologist Peter Roopnarine. “The closest life on Earth has ever gotten to vanishing completely.”
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An artist’s reconstruction of the Late Permian, showing a lucky Lystrosaurus and various Permian vegetation. The Lystrosaurus was one of the few species to survive the “Great Dying” extinction event, which wiped out nearly all life on Earth. (Marlene Hill Donnelly)
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/08/who-dies-and-who-survives-during-a-mass-extinction-a-tantalizing-clue/
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