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The $ 700 Billion Gorilla in the Room | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Sept. 25, 2017 As a preface to this column, something occurred concerning this writer over 30 years ago. I was taking a long-deserved ...
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Courting the Global South: Will Israel Become a UN Security Council Member? | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 19, 2017 There is a great irony in the fact that Israel is seeking a seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Since its establishment atop the ruins ...
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Researchers develop new tool to assess individual's level of wisdom | Michael L. Thomas
Photo by Frédéric BISSON, Flickr. (CC BY 2.0) Sept. 20, 2017 (MedicalXpress) -- Researchers at University of San Diego School of Medicine have developed a new tool called the San Diego Wisdom Scale ...
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By 2100, oceans may hold enough carbon to launch sixth mass extermination of species | Daniel Rothman
Sedimentary rocks at Meishan, China. These rocks contain signatures of a disturbance in the carbon cycle immediately preceding Earth's greatest mass extinction. Credit: Shuzhong Shen Sept. 20, 2017 ...
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Farewell Cassini: Saturn spacecraft makes fiery, final dive | Marcia Dunn
This July 23, 2008, image made available by NASA shows the planet Saturn, as seen from the Cassini spacecraft. After a 20-year voyage, Cassini is poised to dive into Saturn on Friday, Sept. 15, ...
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No such thing as a male feminist | Mickey Z.
Collage by Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 15, 2017 Preface: This article was partly inspired by a harrowing series of stories told to me by a homeless woman. I’ll respect her privacy, ...
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On Repairing/Rebuilding 100,000+ Damaged Houses | Charles Hugh Smith
Texas National Guard soldiers arrive in Houston, Texas to aid citizens in heavily flooded areas from the storms of Hurricane Harvey. (Photos by Lt. Zachary West, 100th MPAD) Almost lost in all the ...
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How Antarctic ice melt can be a tipping point for the planet's climate | Chris Turney, Jonathan Palmer, Peter Kershaw, Steven Phipps and Zoë Thomas
Melting Antarctic ice can trigger effects on the other side of the globe. Credit: NASA/Jane Peterson Sept. 13, 2017 (The Conversation) -- Melting of Antarctica's ice can trigger rapid warming on the ...
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Hurricanes Highlight Failure to Enforce Flood Insurance Rules | Christopher Flavelle
Hurricane Irma over the Virgin Islands at peak intensity on September 6, 2017 as the second most intense Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of sustained winds. MODIS image captured by NASA’s Aqua ...
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The Perversity of the Equifax Data Breach and What We Must Do | Stephen Farrington, MS, PE
Photo: Courtesy my.opera.com. Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)Stephen Farrington, MS, PE -- Founder/Chief Technologist, Transcend Engineering and Technology, LLC Sept. 13, 2017 The credit reporting industry ...
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The Genocide of the Rohingya: Big Oil, Failed Democracy and False Prophets | Ramzy Baroud
Aung San Suu Kyi. By Foreign and Commonwealth Office via Wikimedia CommonsRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 13, 2017 To a certain extent, Aung San Suu Kyi is a false prophet. Glorified by the ...
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