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Is a great white shark heading for BRITAIN? Killer fish spotted just 1,000 miles off the Cornish coast - and it could arrive in 3 DAYS

Lydia, a satellite-tagged 15ft, 2,000lb great white, is currently 1,000 miles from the coast of Cornwall and Ireland She has swam 380 miles in 72 hours and is near the mid-Atlantic ridge If she swims over the mid-Atlantic range she will be the first recorded great white to cross the Atlantic They are the undisputed predators of the ocean, armed with razor-sharp teeth, capable of reaching speeds of 35mph – […]

Risks to Bone Health in Treating Chronic Disease in Younger Patients

Secondary osteoporosis is a risk with celiac disease, cancer, reflux medicines and after bariatric surgery Osteoporosis, a loss of bone strength that raises the risk of fractures, is one of the most common and crippling ailments associated with aging in women. Increasingly, it is striking younger patients who have a host of other medical problems. Researchers call it secondary osteoporosis. They are identifying a growing list of factors that contribute […]

 
 
 

Conversations under the effects of anesthesia are hilarious

Oh yes, another video of some poor schmuck being filmed while he is just ‘out to lunch’ after surgery. And by ‘out-to-lunch,’ I mean completely twisted from the effects of the anesthesia. In November of last year, 22-year-old Ben Salzman had to have routine surgery involving anesthesia at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina. This hilarious video shows what happened when he woke up in the hospital, still under […]

#China completes tunnel to link #Pak, plans another

BEIJING: China has completed constructing one of its longest tunnels which will help it build a rail link with Pakistan. It has also announced plans for building the world’s longest undersea tunnel measuring 123 km to link two major cities. The completed tunnel runs 22.24 km in the mountainous Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and will reduce the distance between Turpan with Korla in southern Xinjiang by 122 km. At present […]

Welcome to Googletown

Here’s how a city becomes company property Some days it feels like Google is taking over the world. For the residents of Mountain View, California, that feeling is personal. Two weeks ago, Google signed a deal for its very own airport just east of the Googleplex, complete with a blimp hangar large enough to house the Hindenburg. But building a better blimp probably isn’t the reason that Google is leasing […]

Oldest Known Holocaust Survivor, a Prison Camp Pianist, Dies at 110

Alice Herz-Sommer, the oldest known survivor of the Holocaust, died at 110 on Feb. 23, 2014. Her death comes a week 86th Academy Awards, at which a film about her life is nominated for best short documentary. Alice Herz-Sommer used to perform on the piano for fellow prisoners at the Nazi concentration camp where she spent nearly two years of her life. It was the music that saved her life […]

Sochi 2014: Russia top medal table as Olympics come to an end

Host nation Russia finished on top of the medal table as the 22nd Winter Olympics came to a close in Sochi on Sunday after 17 days of competition. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach officially closed the Games during an extravagant 130-minute ceremony. South Korea were given the Olympic flag as Pyeongchang hosts the 2018 Games which can be wagered on 해외배팅사이트. GB at the Winter Olympics Total medals: 26 Gold: […]

Curious father cannot believe what his kind-hearted son does in his spare time

A curious father was left stunned after discovering where his young son was going on his daily walks. He noticed his son left their house in the rural Philippines every day for two weeks, carrying a backpack, and one day he decided to tag along. The pair stopped on the side of the road and moments later a group of starving stray dogs came towards them. His son told him he […]

Ukraine protests: Before and after pictures capture devastation in Kiev’s Independence Square

Before and after pictures of Kiev’s Independence Square capture the devastation caused by three months of deadly violence in the Ukrainian capital. The top picture shows blue skies over the city’s central square in April 2009, long before some of the deadliest violence in Ukraine’s post-Soviet history erupted on the streets. Dozens of protestors have been killed and hundreds injured during the crisis in a nation which has divided loyalties […]

Hate Crime Victimization Statistics Show Rise in Anti-Hispanic Crime

The Bureau of Justice Statistic’s report on 2012 hate crimes exposes an alarming rise in attacks on a population made up of more than 53 million: Hispanics. Attacks against the Hispanic community have more than tripled in a year according to an official report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The Hate Crime Victimizations report, a Census-driven study, shows an alarming rise in violent anti-Hispanic crime from 0.6 per […]