A volcanic eruption has just begun under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier. This has been verified by local authorities in neighbouring Hvolsvöllur. Vísir reports that farms in the Fljótshlíð area and by Markarhlíð are already being evacuated. Locals in the area have confirmed that they are viewing flames and a steady stream of lava from the glacier.
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The advancement means that more hospitals will be able to use the technique and in future other organs can be replaced or regenerated in the same way.
It is hoped using stem cells will eventually replace all transplant surgery.
via British boy becomes first in the world to have stem cell transplant – Telegraph.
The Samboja Lestari project in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, is a project of a different nature. It grew out of conservationist Will Smits desire to restore orangutan habitat in Borneo and was supported by $4.5 million in NGO funding. The project was the subject of his talk at the TED conference in February of this year [...]
“Its not about Pink Floyd posters all over the walls.”
via In Denver, Marijuana Sparks Counterculture Clash.
The freak phenomena happened not once, but twice, on Thursday and Friday afternoon about 6pm at Lajamanu, about 550km southwest of Katherine, The Northern Territory News reports.
Christine Balmer, who took the photos of the fish on the ground and in a bucket, said she had to pinch herself when she was told “hundreds and hundreds” [...]
Somewhere Eris is Laughing.
“It doesn’t mean they have stopped teaching this, it means they are going to do a better job at hiding their purpose. [Meyers] believes in anarchy, pagan worship and that Jesus was just a leader of a small cult and is a real vampire! He advocates radical socialism, limiting families to two [...]
A bill is being proposed in Utah that would criminalize pregnant women who do intentional harm to the fetus. The bill came about after a teenager, probably in response to the difficulty of obtaining a legal abortion in Utah, had someone throttle her stomach in order to stop the pregnancy. Instead of getting this girl [...]
Confused.com argues that social media services like Foursquare and Buzz can increase the risk of theft by alerting burglars to times when people are out of their homes, thus leading to home insurance hikes.
Confused.com isn’t alone in worrying about the ‘dark side’ of status updates. As we wrote last week, the site ‘PleaseRobMe.com’ was created [...]
A Wiccan inmate has cancer and the prison guards refuse to transport him to his chemotherapy treatments unless he removes his religious pentacle medallion which they have objections to. He chooses to forgo his chemotherapy and keep his pentacle. A Wiccan inmate has been trying to go to Wiccan services for months, but the guard [...]
Poet Lucille Clifton, known for mixing humor and profundity in her works, died in Baltimore after a battle with cancer, her sister, Elaine Philip, said.
The Baltimore Sun reported Sunday the former Maryland state poet laureate died of undetermined causes Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, one day after she had a portion of her [...]
Colorado Springs is turning off streetlights. Flipping the switch on about 1/3 of the city’s 24,512 streetlights is expected to save $1.245 million in electricity. But that’s just a down payment on a $28 million budget gap for 2010.
Perhaps the most noticeable change for Colorado Springs’ 400,000 residents will be in parks, where budgets have [...]
University spokesman Ray Garner has identified the dead as Gopi Podila, chairman of the biological sciences department; Maria Davis, associate professor of biology; and Adriel Johnson, associate professor of biology.
The injured were Joseph Leahy, associate professor of biology, in critical condition; Luis Cruz-Vera, assistant professor of biology, in stable condition; and Stephanie Monticello, staff assistant, [...]
“Coast Guard vessels and aircraft are now collecting data in the area,” Doi said, adding that other ships have been warned to keep their distance. “It is very dangerous to approach the area as it is impossible to predict further eruptions.”
via Pictures: Undersea Volcano Erupts, May Form New Island.
One motorist who has seen the Fowler Avenue billboard is Yassel Quijano, a massage therapist from Town ‘N Country who practices Wicca.
Quijano said people may not agree with the message, but that’s what’s great about living in a free country.
“People have the right to just express what they want, what they feel,” Quijano said.
via Billboards [...]
When the owner of the gallery space asked to see a warrant, he was put into a pain-hold, thrown on the ground and arrested. A younger female officer, who was dressed as a civilian with just a badge hanging around her neck, was pushing and shoving people out of the gallery and into the street.
“I [...]
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Salovarov said 204 people required some medical treatment after consuming the water, the source of which was a stagnant lake. He said, however, that it was too early to say what caused the illness.
via 117 Russians in Hospital After Drinking Holy Water – ABC News.
