Underwater Volcano Found off West Iceland?

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Iceland Review Online

August 5, 2012

A mountain which the Icelandic Marine Research Institute (Hafró) discovered on the ocean floor west off the Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland during an expedition earlier this summer may turn out to be a previously unknown volcano.

A fishing ship with Snæfellsjökull, the glacier-covered volcano on the tip of Snæfellsnes in the background. Copyright: Icelandic Photo Agency.

“Multi-laser measurements […] revealed a large underwater mountain deep off the foot of the continental shelf approximately 120 nautical miles west of Snæfellsnes,” a statement from Hafró reads, according to Fréttablaðið.

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Perseid Meteor Shower 2012 Will Peak On August 12th

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August 5, 2012

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The Perseid meteor shower of 2012 is set to peak on August 12th, when “the Earth is expected to encounter the ‘core’ of the Perseid swarm, where meteoroid concentration is densest.”

The Perseids will be easiest to view during this time because the meteors appear to separate from a part of sky near the Double Cluster in Perseus. It’s an illusion of perspective though, “since that is the direction toward which the Earth’s orbital motion carries us at this time of the meteor shower.”

Visitors warned off erupting volcano

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White Island

STEAMING: GNS confirms that 'volcanic eruption is underway', although there is little or no ash being emitted.

White Island volcano has erupted, prompting GNS Science to advise visitors to take extra care.

The island, located about 50 kilometres off the coast of Whakatane, is an active volcano and a popular tourist spot.

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Spain govt. accused of purging critics

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August 5, 2012

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A number of Spanish journalists have accused the government of sacking them from national radio and television for criticizing the government’s austerity policy.
 

The journalists said that they were purged from the national RTVE radio and TV channel for questioning Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s harsh austerity measures, which have led to massive rallies and strikes by workers from various sectors, The Guardian reported on Sunday.

Rajoy’s rightwing Partido Popular (PP) party, which has already been blamed for being behind the departures of some high-profile journalists from the country’s leading state broadcasting organizations, came under fire again after one of Spain’s best-known journalists claimed she was fired from her job.

Why is Scientology Tax-Exempt?

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David Frum

July 24, 2012

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Jamie Kirchick offers a vigorous defense of Germany's hard-line against Scientology. Along the way, Kirchick reminds us how wacky it was of the IRS to reverse years of precedent and grant Scientology recognition as a church. Whatever else it is, Scientology is a profit-seeking enterprise, a fact not altered because its profits derive from telling fabulous fictions.

The manuscript of survival part 179

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The manuscript of survival – part 179

 

 •August 7, 2012 • 

Today we would like to touch further upon the subject of time travel to call it that, as we have many insights into this that might help you all in the time ahead. For centuries, mankind have been playing around with the idea of moving back and forth between the ages, and you have also made many a fictional story about that, so we guess you are all familiar with the concept in some way. However, as this is a subject that is apt to confuse many, we would also like to point out the fact that time is not the same for us as it is for you. As we have touched upon so many times earlier, time for you is a single layer, spreading out in two directions, and it is only possible to ”navgiate” it to call it that by staying alive and literally follow the clock.

Greek orthodox head defends Church over tax scandals

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July 13, 2012

Mount Athos in Greece is off limits to women and is exempt from paying VAT (Photo: Konstantinos Kazantzoglou)

BRUSSELS - Taxes in Greece continue to slip through state scrutiny as some corporations, wealthy Greek-ship owning families, and the Greek Orthodox Church are either exempt or use loopholes to hide millions of euros.

In the first five months of 2012, the Greek ministry of finance registered a €300 million shortfall in collected taxes. The shortfall, notes the ministry, is primarily due to corporations having not submitted their taxes on time.

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Kim Jong-un 'planning China-like reforms in North Korea'

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8:48AM BST 06 Aug 2012

Kim Jong-il's former chef says the late North Korean leader`s son is planning reforms similar to China`s.

North Korea is building up to a nuclear test that could happen this week, the US has warned its allies in the region.

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The chef, who goes under the pseudonym Kenji Fujimoto, was invited to Pyongyang by Kim Jong-un. He met the North Korean leader and his wife, and gave them a gift of blue fin tuna from Japan, where he lives.

Fujimoto was Kim Jong-il's personal chef from 1989 to 2001 and published several books about his experiences after fleeing the Stalinist country.

Ludicrous Times Op-Ed Forgets Entire Year of Wall Street History

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Matt Taibbi
August 1, 2012

It was riotous, side-splitting comedy last week when Sanford Weill, the onetime head of Citibank, went on CNBC to announce that he thought it was time to break up the big banks.

Why this was funny: Through his ambitious (and at the time not yet legal) decision to merge Citibank, Travelers, and Salomon Brothers into one giant wrecking ball of greed, self-dealing and global irresponsibility called Citigroup, Weill more or less single-handedly created the Too-Big-To-Fail problem. You know, the one currently casting that thick, black doomlike shadow over all humanity which, if you look out your window, you can see floating over all our heads this very minute.

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