Saturday 31 January 2015
'We're all fat again': More ‘Biggest Loser’ contestants reveal secrets
As “The Biggest Loser” heads toward its live finale Jan. 29, two more ex-contestants approached The Post alleging abuse by the NBC show. “I suffered multiple stress fractures in my feet,” says Season 2’s Suzanne Mendonca. “I was diagnosed during filming, and the producers and trainers said, ‘You still need to work out. Do the elliptical, do the bike.’ They made me reshoot a running scene.”
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Bitcoin Scams Steal $11 Million
Bitcoin is the digital world's most popular "virtual currency", with millions in circulation. Fraudulent schemes have scammed at least $11 million in these virtual deposits from customers over the past four years, according to new cyber-security research from Southern Methodist University.
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Marshawn Lynch And The Future Of Sports Celebrity
Lynch’s refusal to play by the accepted rules of sports has been been called the work of a “goon” or a “god.” But what if it instead heralds a new, negotiated mode of sports stardom?
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Top five skills digital marcomms managers need to succeed in 2015
Successful digital marcomms managers must be able to demonstrate five key traits in 2015 or risk falling behind the competition, according to latest market insight from VMA Group.
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Attorney General Nominee: NSA Surveillance is "Constitutional and Effective"
On Capitol Hill, attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch will return today for day two of her confirmation hearing. If confirmed, Lynch will become the first African-American woman to serve as attorney general. During Wednesday’s hearing, Lynch described the National Security Agency’s spying programs as "constitutional and effective" and defended the government’s surveillance operations.
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Russians Say They Fear Hunger, Unemployment and Nuclear War
A recent state poll asking Russians about their fears has laid bare a telling change in attitudes: more than double the number of respondents said they feared a nuclear war compared to two years ago. Russia's deteriorating relations with the West and the economic turmoil that followed sanctions imposed on Moscow for its meddling in Ukraine have had a significant impact on Russians' view on the likelihood of nuclear war or going hungry, the poll published Thursday by state-run...
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Pruning in Winter
Although it may be cold and snowy outside, winter is actually the best time of year to prune your deciduous plants. Wait for a relatively mild, sunny day, get out your pruners, and take a critical look at your trees and shrubs.
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When Chocolate Was Medicine
Chocolate has not always been the common confectionary we experience today. When it first arrived from the Americas into Europe in the 17th century it was a rare and mysterious substance, thought more of as a drug than as a food — pleasant-tasting, with recommended dosages prescribed by pharmacists and physicians, and dangerous when self-administered.
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Marshawn Lynch Delivers Eloquent 45-Minute Address On Privacy In The Modern Age
Explaining his position on the sociological issue during a Tuesday press conference at Super Bowl Media Day, Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch reportedly delivered an incredibly thoughtful and eloquent 45-minute address on the topic of privacy in the 21st century. “While increasingly exhaustive access to media has delivered many benefits to the American way of life, this same heightened scrutiny has simultaneously imposed progressively greater obstacles to our personal privacy...
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Engines At Dawn
Two CP Rail engines come to life in the early glow of the winter sun. (c) Ian D. McGregor
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China says no room for 'western values' in university education
China’s education minister has vowed to ban university textbooks which promote “western values”, state media said, in the latest sign of ideological tightening under President Xi Jinping. “Never let textbooks promoting western values appear in our classes,” minister Yuan Guiren said, according to a report late Thursday by China’s official Xinhua news agency. “Remarks that slander the leadership of the Communist Party of China” and “smear socialism” must never appear in college...
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Legislation would raise smoking age in California from 18 to 21
Alarmed by the prevalence of tobacco use among teenagers, state Sen. Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina) introduced legislation Thursday that would raise the legal minimum smoking age in California from 18 to 21. Hernandez, who is an optometrist, has support for the bill from health groups including the California Medical Assn., the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Assn., but the legislation is likely to face strong opposition from the tobacco industry.
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36 Views of Mount Fuji
36 Views of Mount Fuji is a ukiyo-e series of large, color woodblock prints by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849). The series depicts Mount Fuji in differing seasons and weather conditions from a variety of different places and distances and includes the famous print "The Great Wave off Kanagawa." It actually consists of 46 prints created between 1826 and 1833. Thirty six were included in the original publication and, due to their popularity, 10 additional prints were added later
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Afghan Taliban not a terrorist organisation
The US does not consider Afghan Taliban as a terrorist outfit, but conceded the tactics adopted by them similar to terrorism. "They (the Taliban) do carry out tactics that are akin to terrorism. They do pursue terror attacks in an effort to try to advance their agenda," the White House Press Secretary, Josh Earnest told reporters yesterday. The United States, he noted has designating the Taliban in such a way so as to put in place some financial sanctions against the leaders...
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NYC pot arrests drop dramatically in wake of policy change
New York City’s pledge to stop making so many marijuana arrests is playing out on the streets, where arrests and summonses for small-time pot possession have plummeted since the policy change this fall. After a mid-November turn toward violations and summonses instead of misdemeanor arrests for carrying modest amounts of pot, such arrests plunged by 75 percent in December compared to the year before, from about 1,820 to 460, according to state Division of Criminal Justice...
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Indian Woman Sues Uber in U.S. Over Alleged Rape
Uber has been the subject of controversy all around the globe. An Indian woman who says she was raped by an Uber driver while she was traveling in his cab in December is suing the San Francisco–based online firm in a U.S. federal court in California, claiming it failed to put in place basic safety procedures while running its car service in India.
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A Moscow Library Containing Rare UN Documents, Ancient Slavic Texts, and 14 Million books, Burns
The Moscow library known as INION—the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences—went up in flames on the evening of Jan. 29.
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Friday 30 January 2015
Feds make terrible friends: How the FBI encourages people to act their worst
Something all humans share is the capacity to make terrible decisions, particularly when young and impressionable and trying to find meaning in a life that so often fails to meet our expectations. One can of course be victimized by circumstance, of societal and economic forces out of a mere individual’s control, and of course many people are, but every day we are also confronted with questions that, depending on how we respond, can profoundly change our lives.
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Why Did the Chicken Make You Sick?
Bill Marler, the most powerful food-safety attorney in the country, may be all that stands between you and salmonella.
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Inside a Camera at 10,000fps
The Slow Mo Guys show us how the inside of a DSLR camera moves when it takes a picture, by filming it at 10,000 fps.
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My favorite photobook of 2014 By Little Brown Mushroom
DIE MAUER IST WEG! by Mark Power is my favorite book of 2014. The book has an incredible story, brilliant design, excellent printing and killer pictures.
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Anti-vaccine Parents Dropped by Some U.S Doctors
With California gripped by a measles outbreak, Dr. Charles Goodman posted a clear notice in his waiting room and on Facebook: His practice will no longer see children whose parents won't get them vaccinated.
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Why Can't Public Transit Be Free?
About 500 subway riders in Stockholm have an ingenious scheme to avoid paying fares. The group calls itself Planka.nu (rough translation: "dodge the fare now"), and they’ve banded together because getting caught free-riding comes with a steep $120 penalty. Here's how it works: Each member pays about $12 in monthly dues—which beats paying for a $35 weekly pass—and the resulting pool of cash more than covers any fines members incur.
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50 Culinary Hacks to Make You a Kitchen Master
Cooking can be fun, sensual and rewarding, but it can also be an inconvenience in the busy lives of modern go-getters. Luckily, this infographic compiles ways to trim cooking time down and increase efficiency. How many have you tried?
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Early Hope
In the early hours, the red sign shines like a beacon of hope. Captured in the downtown of Regina, Saskatchewan in January with light snow falling and freezing temperatures. (c) Ian D. McGregor.
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A glass of red wine is the equivalent to an hour at the gym, says new study
Love a good glass of vino but hate hitting the gym to work it off? This news will make your day. Research conducted by the University of Alberta in Canada has found that health benefits in resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, are equivalent to those that we get from exercise. Red wine over a heavy session on the cross-trainer? Now that's something we can definitely get onboard with.
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Winter Rise
The rising sun over fallen trees in the snow. Winter Rise 586612. (c) Ian D. McGregor.
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Seattle Pot Producer Rolling Out 12,000 Joints Ahead of Super Bowl Sunday
A Seattle-based medical marijuana retailer is anticipating Seahawks fans will want a "super bowl" for Sunday's big game. That's why employees at Solstice are working to roll a staggering number of joints — 12,000 in all — for its special "12th Pack" promotion ahead of Sunday, when the Seahawks face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX.
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$13.5M-winning lottery ticket bought 7 seconds late invalid, top court decides
A Quebec man who bought a winning lottery ticket seven seconds too late has lost his Supreme Court of Canada bid to appeal a decision that has denied him half of the $27-million prize. "I'm going to be very very honest with you … I'm very disappointed in this decision," said Joel Ifergan of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, from Montreal's West Island.
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Bailey Henderson Sculpts Mythological Sea Monsters From Medieval Maps
An avid enthusiast of mythology and cartography, Toronto-based artist Bailey Henderson sculpts the fearsome sea creatures depicted on medieval and Renaissance-era maps.
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How to Solve the Problem of Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives—but their misuse and overuse is making them less effective as bacteria develop resistance. Despite scientists’ warnings, antibiotic prescriptions in many countries continue to soar. Venki Ramakrishnan, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist based at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge, tells us about the importance of gaining a better understanding of the use and misuse of these wonder drugs.
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Meet Dawn Hudson, the woman trying to clean up the NFL's image
Dawn Hudson was working in her home office in Bronxville, N.Y., last August when her cell phone rang and up popped the name of a man she hadn’t heard from in five years: Roger Goodell. Not one for small talk, the NFL Commissioner surprised Hudson with a big-league offer: to be the NFL’s new chief marketing officer.
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Rare and beautiful portraits of young Frida Kahlo, taken by her father Guillermo Kahlo from the 1910s to early 1930s.
Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954) was a Mexican painter who is best known for her self-portraits. Kahlo's work is remembered for its "pain and passion", and its intense, vibrant colors. Her work has been celebrated in Mexico as emblematic of national and indigenous tradition, and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form.
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Thursday 29 January 2015
Quit-smoking drug suspected in 30 suicides in Canada
Champix is suspected of playing a major role in the deaths of 44 patients — 30 of them by suicide — since the popular stop-smoking drug was approved in Canada in 2007, a Vancouver Sun investigation has found. The Pfizer drug has also been linked to more than 1,300 incidents of suicide attempts or thoughts, depression, and aggression/anger across the country in the past seven years.
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Learning to Drive
Reaching middle age and still don't know how to drive. How hard could it be?
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"CSE tracks millions of downloads daily" claim Snowden documents
Canada's electronic spy agency sifts through millions of videos and documents downloaded online every day by people around the world, as part of a sweeping bid to find extremist plots and suspects, CBC News has learned. Details of the Communications Security Establishment project dubbed "Levitation" are revealed in a document obtained by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden and recently released to CBC News.
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What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women
The sexism in Silicon Valley is sordid and systemic. It’s going to take a revolution to bring it down—or a woman’s touch.
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Green Tea Ingredient May Target Protein to Kill Oral Cancer Cells
A compound found in green tea may trigger a cycle that kills oral cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone, according to Penn State food scientists. The research could lead to treatments for oral cancer, as well as other types of cancer.
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Parmesan-Roasted Cauliflower Recipe - Bon Appétit
The combination of meaty, caramelized cauliflower florets and some just-this-side-of-burnt onions has become our go-to winter side dish.
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Inside the Men's Rights Movement—and the Army of Misogynists and Trolls It Spawned
On a balmy afternoon last June, dozens of demonstrators carrying "Stop the Violence" and "Rape is Rape" placards descended on the Hilton DoubleTree in downtown Detroit. They had come to protest the first-ever national gathering of the men's rights movement, which aims to battle discrimination against men but has drawn criticism for stirring up hatred of women. Two weeks earlier, a sexually frustrated 22-year-old named Elliot Rodger had gone on a...
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Lil Wayne suing Cash Money for $51 million
Lil Wayne has filed a lawsuit against his record label Cash Money for $51 million claiming they owe him millions of dollars for his upcoming album 'Tha Carter V'.
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Audi Fully Restores 1956 DKW Electric Schnellaster Van
Between 1955 and 1962, the Auto Union GmbH in Ingolstadt produced DKW Schnellaster - about 100 of them electric versions targeted toward energy companies, public utilities and battery manufacturers.
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The Thorn Birds Author Colleen McCullough Has Died
Author Colleen McCullough, whose 1977 internationally best-selling romantic novel The Thorn Birds was the Fifty Shades of Grey of its time, died Thursday afternoon in a hospital in her native Australia, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. She was 77. McCullough had suffered a series of small strokes, according the paper, which also said her eyesight had failed due to macular degeneration and she was restricted to a wheelchair.
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Planting a Clock That Tracks Hours by Flowers
The idea of a garden that blooms like clockwork has been around for centuries. But how well does it work?
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