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Satellite Spots Something 'Immense' From Space That Had Gone Undetected for Years

theblaze.com

October 10, 2014

For years, the country has had an "immense" methane leak that wasn't spotted in the southwestern U.S. until researchers were evaluating satellite data.

That result hints that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency might underestimate leaks of methane, or natural gas, significantly. A satellite image of atmospheric methane concentrations over the continental U.S. shows a bright red hot spot over the Four Corners area of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Utah. The image used data from 2003 to 2009.

How Common Core is Slowly Changing My Child

mrsmomblog.com

October 6, 2014

A Letter to Commissioner King and the New York State Education Department:

I have played your game for the past two years. As an educator, I have created my teaching portfolio with enough evidence so I can prove that I am doing my job over the course of the school year. I am testing my students on material that they haven't yet learned in September, and then re-testing them midway through the year, and then again at the end of the year to track and show their growth.

FDA Targets Essentials Oils: Sees EOs as Threat to New Ebola Drugs?

healthimpactnews.com

October 4, 2014

The FDA issued warning letters this week to the two largest distributors of essentials oils in the United Sates, Young Living and dōTERRA. The FDA is claiming that their products are being marketed as unapproved drugs.

According to the FDA, these promotions - especially ones related to Ebola - are inaccurate but not unexpected. "Oftentimes with public health incidences, like Ebola or even during H1n1, we see products that are marketed, often online, that claim to treat or cure the disease...without FDA approval," FDA spokeswoman Stephanie Yao said in an interview, adding that "these sorts of things pop up" in almost any public health crisis.

Medical pot, fewer ODs

triblive.com

September 5, 2014

New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows that states with medical marijuana access have a 25-percent lower opioid overdose death rate than marijuana prohibition states.

The protective effect of medical marijuana grows stronger over time. States with established medical marijuana access had a 33-percent reduction in overdose deaths. This research finding has huge implications for states like Pennsylvania that are grappling with heroin and prescription narcotic overdoses.

Mississippi Made Backyard Bird Feeders Illegal ... by Accident

dailysignal.com

September 4, 2014

Residents of Mississippi with backyard bird feeders could run afoul of new state regulations that prohibit the "supplementary feeding" of wild animals.

The new rules appear to have been intended to limit the use of outdoor salt licks and other types of feeders designed for deer, but would apply to all animals, including birds.

BREAKING: California Gun Waiting Period Laws Ruled Unconstitutional | Firearms Policy Coalition

firearmspolicy.org

August 25, 2014

Federal court decides 10-day waiting period laws violate Second Amendment rights. California's 10-day waiting period for gun purchases was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge this morning in a significant victory for Second Amendment civil rights.

The laws were challenged by California gun owners Jeffrey Silvester and Brandon Combs, as well as two gun rights groups, The Calguns Foundation and Second Amendment Foundation. In the decision released this morning, Federal Eastern District of California Senior Judge Anthony W. Ishii, appointed to the bench by President Bill Clinton, found that "the 10-day waiting periods of Penal Code [sections 26815(a) and 27540(a)] violate the Second Amendment" as applied to members of certain classifications, like Silvester and Combs, and "burdens the Second Amendment rights of the Plaintiffs."

Pregnancy Crimes - Illegal birth defects

reason.com

August 19, 2014

Starting in July, new mothers in Tennessee may be held criminally responsible for a baby's birth defects if the problems arise from drug use during pregnancy.

Specifically, the law says that a woman "may be prosecuted for assault for the illegal use of a narcotic drug while pregnant, if her child is born addicted to or harmed by the narcotic drug." Penalties include up to 15 years in prison. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) approved the law in April, calling it a "tool to address illicit drug use among pregnant women through treatment programs." The law does allow mothers to avoid criminal charges by signing up for and sticking with a state-run drug treatment program.

Insurance company pays $21k in coins to elderly man with a hernia

RT

August 10, 2014

A small insurance company in California has a thing or two to learn about customer service. Adriana's Insurance Service settled a lawsuit over an employee assaulting an elderly man... and delivered his compensation in buckets full of coins.

Andres Carrasco filed a lawsuit against the company in 2012, claiming he was physically assaulted by an Adriana's Insurance Service employee. The business agreed to settle in June. When it came time for Adriana's to pay up the $21,000 they owed him, however, they didn't just cut a check. Employees ‒ eight of them ‒ arrived at Carrasco's lawyer's office in a van, and proceeded to deliver five-gallon bucket after five-gallon bucket filled with change before leaving. "There's over 16 buckets of quarters, nickels, dimes and pennies. It's going to take us at least, conservatively, one week to count that whole amount of money," attorney Antonio Gallo told KCBS. Carrasco, who is 73, just had a hernia operation, and is unable to lift any of the buckets, Gallo said to KNBC. "It's too heavy," the recipient said to KCBS.

Confiscated! Two vintage bagpipes seized at US border

pipesdrums.com

August 10, 2014

They did everything by the book. They had their CITES permits. They even disclosed to the officials that they were carrying instruments that featured antique ivory.

But Campbell Webster and Eryk Bean, both age 17, are nonetheless each without their vintage Robertson drones after they attempted to return home to Massachusetts after a successful weekend in Canada competing at the games Maxville and Montreal. Webster's 1936 silver and ivory Robertsons are not just vintage pipes, they are an heirloom instrument, played for many years by his father Gordon Webster, who was a pipe-major with the 1st and 2nd Battalion Scots Guards and served for many years as the official piper to Queen Elizabeth II.

This Is Why People Do Not Like Cops

thefreethoughtproject.com

August 10, 2014

With all the recent police misconduct stories circulating in the news these days, a story out of Phoenix, Arizona deserves to make the rounds.

Phoenix police officer Richard Greco was captured red-handed by his own audio and video recording devices referring to innocent civilians as "retarded," and repeatedly addressing another arrestee as a "bitch." "I'm talking to you you piece of shit now get the fuck over here," the officer is heard telling another person who he appears to shove as well.

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