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Worst 10: Countries with highest murder rates

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released a new report on the countries with the highest homicide rates around the world. According to the "Global Study on Homicide 2013," almost half a million people were intentionally murdered in 2012. "Men made up almost eight out of every 10 homicide victims, while women accounted for the vast majority of domestic violence fatalities," said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric when the report was released on April 10. So, when it comes to homicides, what are the world’s most dangerous countries?

10. Colombia: 30.8 homicides per 100,000 people, according to the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime report "Global Study on Homicide 2013."
9. South Africa: 31 homicides
8. Saint Kitts and Nevis: 33.6 homicides
7. Swaziland: 33.8 homicides
6. Jamaica: 39.3 homicides
5. Guatemala: 39.9 homicides
4. El Salvador: 41.2 homicides
3. Belize: 44.7 homicides per
2. Venezuela: 53.7 homicides
1. Honduras: 90.4 homicides per 100,000 people, according to the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime report

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/wo...ckpoint-road-tegucigalpa-photo-042241098.html
 
Ms. Sarah said:
I just read an article last night about a family who cut sugar out of their diet for a year, and the difference it made in their overall health was astounding.
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You have a link to it?.
 
Virus said:
Thanks Ms. Sarah.
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You're welcome!

I found the same thing happened to my tastebuds once I got used to eating naked food that wasn't saturated with sugar.

I also cut salt and white flour out of my diet, and now when I eat fast food or anything that I don't make from scratch at home, all I can taste is the rancid salt flavour, or sickeningly sweet desserts with no nutrtional value - blech!
 
I've learned to treat my body like a big science experiment. I try adding and subtracting different ingredients until I find the right balance for my body, and ignore all the advice, lol. If I feel good and everything's functioning ok, I'm happy.

I'm just thankful to have enough to eat, when you think of how many people go to bed hungry at night.
 
Ms. Sarah said:
Worst 10: Countries with highest murder rates

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released a new report on the countries with the highest homicide rates around the world. According to the "Global Study on Homicide 2013," almost half a million people were intentionally murdered in 2012. "Men made up almost eight out of every 10 homicide victims, while women accounted for the vast majority of domestic violence fatalities," said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric when the report was released on April 10. So, when it comes to homicides, what are the world’s most dangerous countries?

10. Colombia: 30.8 homicides per 100,000 people, according to the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime report "Global Study on Homicide 2013."
9. South Africa: 31 homicides
8. Saint Kitts and Nevis: 33.6 homicides
7. Swaziland: 33.8 homicides
6. Jamaica: 39.3 homicides
5. Guatemala: 39.9 homicides
4. El Salvador: 41.2 homicides
3. Belize: 44.7 homicides per
2. Venezuela: 53.7 homicides
1. Honduras: 90.4 homicides per 100,000 people, according to the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime report

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/wo...ckpoint-road-tegucigalpa-photo-042241098.html
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Not going to any of them in the near future.
 
Soda saves home from fire


HILE.
A MASSIVE FIRE THAT BURNED THROUGH ONE OF THE CITY'S POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS HAS STARTED TO DIE DOWN...
...GIVING RESIDENTS THE CHANCE TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT'S LEFT OF THEIR BELONGINGS.
ONE HOUSE APPEARED NEARLY UNSCATHED, AND ITS OWNER SAYS THEY SAVED IT -- WITH SODA

JOSE TRIVINO, OWNER OF THE HOME, SAYING:
"We put out this house with just soda, with only soda, until the firefighters arrived, but they didn't have any water when they got this far, so they couldn't do anything. And the soda and the beer is what saved us. There's nothing else to say...it was a miracle."

FIREFIGHTERS STRUGGLED OVERNIGHT TO GET THE UPPERHAND ON THE BLAZE THAT STARTED ON SATURDAY.
HIGH TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS SENT IT TEARING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HOMES BUILT MOSTLY OF WOOD. THIRTEEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED, AND

THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO MOVE TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS.
THE CAUSE OF THE BLAZE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
 
A Denver woman who spent nearly 15 frantic minutes on the phone with a 911 dispatcher was killed Monday night by a bullet to the head before help arrived.
The gunshot was the last sound 911 dispatchers heard on their call with Kristine Kirk, 44, which lasted for approximately 12 to 13 minutes, said Denver police officer Raquel Lopez.
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Kirk's husband, Richard, 47, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder, Lopez said. He appeared in court Wednesday, waived his formal advisement, and will remain in custody.
In her call to 911, Kirk said her husband was "talking about the end of the world and he wanted her to shoot him," according to a probable cause statement filed in the case. There was a gun in their house,

Kirk said at the beginning of the phone call, but it was locked in a safe.
As the call went on, Kirk told the 911 dispatcher that her husband was hallucinating, scaring their three young children, the court document said. Then, when she saw her husband had gone to the safe and gotten the gun, she started screaming. The sound of a single gunshot reverberated on the call, and Kirk wasn't heard from again.

Officers, who had initially been sent to the house on a domestic disturbance call, were dispatched to the Kirks' at about 9:32 p.m. Richard Kirk was arrested at 9:55 p.m.
Denver police are reviewing their response to the incident and investigating what took so long, Lopez said.

When officers arrived, they found Kristine Kirk lying on the floor with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police are investigating the possibility that Richard Kirk — who admitted to killing his wife on his way to the police station, according to the probable cause statement — took marijuana prior to the shooting.


Police response times have gotten longer in recent years, The Denver Post reported, with the Denver police chief blaming budget constraints that have prevented the city from hiring any new officers since 2008.
[FONT=proxima_nova_rgregular]An audit from the Denver auditor's office examining police response times is expected to be finalized in June, looking at multiple factors that could be contributing to the long response times, The Denver Post said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-...inute-long-911-call-ends-fatal-gunshot-n81816
 
[h=1]Four killed and hundreds missing as ferry carrying 459 people sinks off Korean coast[/h]
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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a tale of giant robots and Cold War drama. It may be fantasy, but did you know that in the early 1960s, the US military actually had a giant robot?

Meet the 'Beetle'.

Built by Jered Industries in Detroit for General Electric's ominous - and very Metal Gear-sounding - Nuclear Materials and Propulsion Operation division, the Beetle was a mechanical terror designed for the Air Force Special Weapons Centre, initially to service and maintain a planned fleet of atomic-powered Air Force bombers. According to declassified Air Force reports, work began on the 'mech' in 1959, and it was completed in 1961.

Unlike the fictional Metal Gears, the Beetle didn't try and walk on two legs. It was piloted, and not an AI. It never tried to destroy the world, either. But its history, design, construction and operation are all so eerily similar to that of 'actual' units from the Metal Gear universe that fans of the series should find it fascinating, especially given the timeliness of the Beetle's existence in parallel with the Shagohod, from Metal Gear Solid 3's Cold War drama.


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I just don't get why anyone would want to run a cruel marathon. Two men, 31 and 35 died because of it.
 
Scientists Have Developed an “Off-Switch†for the Brain

Scientists Have Developed an “Off-Switch” for the Brain

By using light pulses to effectively shut down neural activity, scientists have essentially developed an "off-switch" for the brain.
In 2005, Stanford scientist Karl Deisseroth discovered how to switch individual brain cells on and off by using light in a technique that he dubbed "optogenetics," now used by research teams around the world.

The problem with this technique was that although light-sensitive proteins were efficient at switching cells on, they were found to be less effective at turning them off. Now, almost a decade of research later, the Independent reports that scientists have been able to more effectively shut down the neurons:

"Mr Deisseroth's team has now re-engineered its light-sensitive proteins to switch cells much more adequately than before. ... Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, which funded the study, said this improved 'off' switch will help researchers to better understand the brain circuits involved in behavior, thinking and emotion."
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Insel went on to explain, "It creates a powerful tool that allows neuroscientists to apply a brake in any specific circuit with millisecond precision, beyond the power of any existing technology."

The technique could help scientists develop treatments for patients with some brain diseases, as it could allow problematic parts of the brain to be switched off and addressed with minimal intrusion.




Some members seem to have been trying this technique lately...
 
For decades we have known the Xenon strobes, used in fire alarm systems, could trigger epilepic seizures.

As a result the cadence and height of the strobes have been regulated.

The idea of using light as a brain trigger makes sense.
 
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