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Czech amnesiac found in Oslo last December may have been a computer expert for Czech government


The Local, Sweden
Sun, 13 Apr 2014 07:11 UTC
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© Oslo Police36-year-old Mihal
The parents of a 36-year-old Czech amnesiac whose identity has been confirmed by DNA tests will visit him in Oslo where he was found last winter, a news report said Saturday.

"I'm waiting for my passport and I'm booking the flights," the father identified only as 74-year-old Vladislav P. told the tabloid daily Blesk.

"A legal expert and interpreter will go with us," he added.

The amnesiac, whose first name is Michal according to Blesk, was found half-unconscious in the snow near a carwash on December 14th in the Norwegian capital.

Dubbed "John Smith" at the time, he said he did not remember who he was or how he ended up in Norway, but that he did not think he travelled there by choice and was not prepared to return to his country.
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Guardian and Washington Post win Pulitzer prize for NSA revelations

Ed Pinkington
Guardian
Mon, 14 Apr 2014 20:01 UTC
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© Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesThe Guardian revealed the NSA's bulk collection of phone records 10 months ago based on Edward Snowden's leaks
The Guardian and the Washington Post have been awarded the highest accolade in US journalism, winning the Pulitzer prize for public service for their groundbreaking articles on the National Security Agency's surveillance activities based on the leaks of Edward Snowden.

The award, announced in New York on Monday, comes 10 months after the Guardian published the first report based on the leaks from Snowden, revealing the agency's bulk collection of US citizens' phone records.

In the series of articles that ensued, teams of journalists at the Guardian and the Washington Post published the most substantial disclosures of US government secrets since the Pentagon Papers on the Vietnam war in 1971.
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Evil Rays

Telecom expert who crashed tank into cell phone towers, out of prison to fight for awareness on lethal EMF's


Today Tonight / Youtube
Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:00 UTC

Comment: The Hidden Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation

Electromagnetic radiation and its effect on the brain: an insider speaks out

Cell Phones and Cancer: the Risk is Real

European Leaders Call for Ban of Cell Phones and WiFi in Schools

Telecom company patent admits wireless radiation is harmful

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Stormtrooper

Ukrainian presidential candidate Tsarev brutally beaten by Western supported fascists


RT
Tue, 15 Apr 2014 02:37 UTC
Oleg Tsarev
© tsarov.com.uaOleg Tsarev
Radicals attacked two presidential candidates that were taking part in the Ukrainian talk show 'Svoboda Slova'. Oleg Tsarev was brutally beaten and is now in a critical condition, the candidate's press office reported.

Oleg Tsarev was attacked by radicals after being trapped inside the ICTV media building following his appearance on the show, according to the statement released by Tsarev's office.

"It was with great difficulty that government's security forces were able to recapture Oleg Tsarev from the angry mob. He was severely beaten and is in serious condition," the press office said.

The video embedded below shows the scene of the alleged mob attack, although Tsarev himself is not visible through the crowd.


Earlier, there were reports of the entire building being surrounded by unidentified gunmen with Tsarev trapped inside and his car attacked, including slashed tires.


Comment: That the West keeps silent about the fascist attacks and violence in Ukraine and the role that the Nazis have in the illegitimate government of Ukraine is tantamount to tacit support for these groups.

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Card - VISA

Thousands of Swedes replace credit cards with hand swipe


The Local, Sweden
Mon, 14 Apr 2014 23:00 UTC
Hand Swipe
© Jakub/Flickr. Colour editing: The Local

More than a thousand Swedish shoppers have signed up to make payments with a swipe of their hand, paying at machines in Lund that scan the unique pattern of their veins.

Hand scanning has become an alternative payment method for people in a city in southern Sweden, researchers at Lund University said Monday.

Vein scanning terminals have been installed in 15 shops and restaurants in Lund thanks to an engineering student who came up with the idea two years ago while waiting in line to pay. Some 1,600 people have signed up already for the system, which its creator says is not only faster but also safer than traditional payment methods.

"Every individual's vein pattern is completely unique, so there really is no way of committing fraud with this system," researcher Fredrik Leifland said in a statement. "You always need your hand scanned for a payment to go through."

While vein scanning technology existed previously, it has not been used as a form of payment before.
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'The mafia has infiltrated every sector in Germany'

Erica Firpo
The Local, Italy
Mon, 14 Apr 2014 22:55 UTC
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© Shengel/WikipediaMafia infiltration has reached Germany's Rhineland.
Italian mobsters have infiltrated "every sector in Germany", according to investigators, with the Sicilian mafia particularly active in the Rhineland.

Last Friday, a Cologne court began the trial of Gabriele S. - a Sicilian immigrant accused of tax fraud.

The case is part of the larger investigation called the Scavo Commission into mafia outreach in the Rhineland that has uncovered far more than shell companies and tax evasion.

"The mafia has infiltrated every sector in Germany from construction to alternative energy, from waste management to shareholding of large companies or banks.

"They buy votes and influence elections through bribery, corruption", said Roberto Scarpinato, attorney general of Palermo's court of appeals and anti-mafia pool, in an article published in Wired Italia.

According to Wired Italia, and in collaboration with Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI) and media publisher Funke, the mafia is "increasingly present in Germany".
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House

The rental affordability crisis

Shaila Dewan
New York Times
Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:16 UTC
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© Angel Valentin Christine Menedis tours a condominium in Miami Beach that rents for $7,000 a month. In Miami, average rents consume 43 percent of the typical household income, up from a historical average of just over a quarter
For rent and utilities to be considered affordable, they are supposed to take up no more than 30 percent of a household's income. But that goal is increasingly unattainable for middle-income families as a tightening market pushes up rents ever faster, outrunning modest rises in pay.

The strain is not limited to the usual high-cost cities like New York and San Francisco. An analysis for The New York Times by Zillow, the real estate website, found 90 cities where the median rent - not including utilities - was more than 30 percent of the median gross income.

In Chicago, rent as a percentage of income has risen to 31 percent, from a historical average of 21 percent. In New Orleans, it has more than doubled, to 35 percent from 14 percent. Zillow calculated the historical average using data from 1985 to 2000.
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Free annual physicals under Obamacare are not actually free

Drew MacKenzie
Newsmax
Mon, 14 Apr 2014 06:40 UTC
Obamacare
© Personal Liberty Digest

Obamacare patients who go to their doctors for a free annual checkup are finding out that they may have to pay for the preventive healthcare visit after all.

They are angry to learn that if they mention past or ongoing health concerns during the physical, that can result in co-pays and deductibles, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Under the Affordable Care Act, preventive care includes screenings for high blood pressure and high cholesterol counts, evaluations for several cancers and diabetes, and vaccinations. The patient is allowed, in most cases, one checkup per year.

But "wellness" care on potential new health issues is viewed as "evaluation and monitoring," and leads to patients having to fork out for the "free" annual physical.

"Patients are scheduling physicals because physicals are free," Randy Wexler, a family physician in Columbus, Ohio, told the Journal. "But they come in and say, 'I've been having headaches. My back has been bothering me, and I'm depressed.' That's not part of a physical. That will trigger a copay."
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Bizarro Earth

People take selfies with suicidal man over Los Angeles' 105 Freeway as backdrop

Jean Trinh
laist.com
Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:06 UTC
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© Marcus Smith/KTLAPeople taking selfies on the 105 Freeway
When the 105 Freeway in Paramount was closed on Thursday evening because a man was contemplating a suicide attempt on an overpass, some Angelenos who were stuck on the road thought it would be the perfect time to take selfies.

Authorities received calls around 5:30 p.m. from drivers that there was a man threatening to commit suicide on the overpass, according to the L.A. Times. The CHP shut down the 105 Freeway from both directions starting at 6:30 p.m. and reopened it at 9:30 p.m. when they managed to convince the man to not jump, reported the Press-Telegram.
105 Freeway still shut down in Paramount as negotiation w/ man on bridge continuespic.twitter.com/2zfciugdVt

- KTLA (@KTLA) April 11, 2014
If u r driving do not get the 105 e & w this man stopped the whole freeway by the paramount/Garfield exit :o pic.twitter.com/gBtjoG6s3Q

- Casablancas (@asshhbamm) April 11, 2014
#Sad There's a jumper on the 105 freeway pic.twitter.com/gHbsR3Bocj

- CJ' CRUZ'n Keepers (@cjkpilot) April 11, 2014
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Eye 1

Bundy Ranch: Fed retreat was psyop - next wave soon


Next News Network
Sun, 13 Apr 2014 15:59 UTC
New developments in the Bundy Ranch standoff. DHS insider reveals the Federal retreat was complete Psyop to study opposition to crush rebellion in next assault.

Comment: IF what the DHS insider says is true, welcome to the Orwellian nightmare!

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