Day: August 24, 2013

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Woman takes on Yakuza godfather over protection racket

Fernando Kaskais

Restaurant owner in Nagoya is seeking £120,000 from crime boss in landmark case The Yamaguchi-gumi has spent almost a century building itself up into arguably the most powerful and largest organised criminal gang in the world. Its membership of nearly 30,000 comprises almost half of the yakuza crime syndicate in the Japanese underworld, earning billions of yen through drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud and extortion. But they may have met their match in the shape of a female restaurateur who has launched a lawsuit against the gang in what lawyers are calling a landmark case. The woman, from Nagoya, reportedly … Continue reading Woman takes on Yakuza godfather over protection racket

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75 Percent Of People Buy The Wrong Digital Camera

Fernando Kaskais

When I teach a new class learning digital photography, over 75% of the students turn up with the camera the salesman suggested. Guess what? They soon find out that itís the wrong one for them. This can be a very expensive mistake. So the big questions are what is the right one for me and how do I know which is best for me. One of the first things that you want to know about the camera that the salesman is trying to sell you is as follows – How long does the camera take to turn on and be … Continue reading 75 Percent Of People Buy The Wrong Digital Camera

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How to launch a site in under 5 minutes

Fernando Kaskais

Establishing an online presence is absolutely essential in this digital day and age, more so if your profession lies within a creative industry. However, we’ve all heard of how well-shod cobblers children are; it can be hard to focus on your own site when you’re getting stuck into client work. All too often creating a personal site ends up in the ‘some day’ folder of your to-do app. Thankfully, there are several web-based tools that can help you set up a site in under 5 minutes, meaning you can concentrate on more pressing issues. Despite their minimal setup time, they … Continue reading How to launch a site in under 5 minutes

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Should America Help Britain Hold onto Its Colonies?

Fernando Kaskais

British territorial disputes with Argentina and Spain are heating up, leading to demands that Washington support its foremost ally. The issue offers a reminder that military alliances should be directed at serious geopolitical threats, not used to accumulate international Facebook “friends.” George Washington was correct when he warned the United States against permanent foreign entanglements. Once the world’s greatest colonial power, Great Britain retains territorial oddities about the globe. The Falkland Islands and “the Rock” of Gibraltar (a peninsula) are causing particular difficulties with Argentina and Spain, respectively. No one is likely to go to war, but the disputes have … Continue reading Should America Help Britain Hold onto Its Colonies?

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The weakest generation?

Fernando Kaskais

By Dana Milbank, Published: August 23 In my mother’s telling, I exist because of the March on Washington . Her account went something like this: In 1963, she was a student at Goddard College, an experimental school in Vermont that attracted the forerunners of the hippies. My father had come to Goddard the previous year, and though my mom first noticed him throwing peas in the dining hall (this seems to be an inherited trait), she didn’t meet him, she said, until that day on the Mall 50 years ago this week, when Goddard students who had arrived separately executed … Continue reading The weakest generation?

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Pesticide Problems in the Amazon

Fernando Kaskais

As the world’s population increases and agricultural frontiers expand into native tropical habitats, researchers are working furiously to understand the impacts on tropical forests and global biodiversity. But one obvious impact has been little studied in these agricultural frontiers: pesticides. However a new study in the journal Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B seeks to shine a light on the problem. Intensive land modification in many parts of the Brazilian Amazon is exposing large numbers of species to pesticides with unknown impacts, according to Luis Schiesari of the University of São Paulo, Brazil and his team of researchers. “Pesticides … Continue reading Pesticide Problems in the Amazon

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The Real Reason They Killed Gaddafi

Fernando Kaskais

(Thomas Dishaw) As United States imperialism continues to concur the globe and foreign leaders continue to get murdered by Government hit squads, it should surprise no one that the destruction of Libya was another globalists operation meant to destroy any piece of economic independence left in Northern Africa. Don’t get me wrong, Muammar Gaddafi was a terrible, tyrannical leader in most respects, but when it came to economic independence and fiscal leadership, Libya was one of the few countries on the African continent that had any economic prosperity. They also had a leadership that wasn’t deliberately infused by the globalists … Continue reading The Real Reason They Killed Gaddafi

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Smashing State Surveillance: Group Breaks CCTV Cameras on the Street

Fernando Kaskais

A direct approach to the problem of surveillance cameras: smashing them. A group of German anarchists have inspired other radicals to take a direct action approach to surveillance cameras: smash them. As Salon’s Natasha Lennard notes, the practice has now migrated to the U.S. It’s a brash approach to the surveillance state. “We’re a diverse group of people: Shoplifters eluding capitalism who don’t want to be monitored, passengers who don’t want to followed step by step and anarchists fighting everything that wants to control us,” someone from Camover told Vice in an interview.“The state needs the power of surveillance so … Continue reading Smashing State Surveillance: Group Breaks CCTV Cameras on the Street

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NEW Barrie Trower WiFi Report – Humanity At The Brink

Fernando Kaskais

With Deference to all Scientists: this Research Report has been written for all students and non-scientists to understand Abstract As stated by University Researchers, Government Scientists and International Scientific Advisors; a minimum of 57.7% of schoolgirls exposed to low-level microwave radiation (Wi-fi) are at risk of suffering stillbirth, foetal abnormalities or genetically damaged children, when they give birth. Any genetic damage may pass to successive generations. Wifi ­ a Thalidomide in the Making ­ Who Cares? Professor John R Goldsmith, International / Advisor Consultant for R.F. Communication, Epidemiology and Communications Sciences Advisor to the World Health Organisation, Military and University … Continue reading NEW Barrie Trower WiFi Report – Humanity At The Brink

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5 Myths about Sex and Aging

Fernando Kaskais

Pervasive urban legends linger about aging and sex, perhaps due to America’s lack of interest in its elder citizens. An enormous and depressingly ignorant chasm lies between anatomical fact and sexual mythology. Unfortunately, sexual urban legends persist long after people have clumsily fucked themselves out of their erotic formative years. Pervasive figments linger about aging and sex, perhaps due to America’s lack of interest in its elder citizens. Below are a handful of these mistruths. 1) Sexual Peaks. The concept of a biologically predetermined “sexual prime” is mostly made up. Just because a 19-year-old guy can jerk off four times … Continue reading 5 Myths about Sex and Aging