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At least 29 people have been injured in an explosion in a crowded district of New York City.
The cause of the blast late on Saturday in Chelsea remains unclear. Mayor Bill de Blasio described it as “intentional” but said that there were no known links to terror.
The force of the blast blew out windows and could be heard several blocks away.
Another device, reportedly a pressure cooker rigged with wires, was later found in the same district.
New York’s fire department said that of those injured, 24 were taken to hospital.
One received a puncture wound described as serious, while the rest suffered scrapes and bruises.
The explosion occurred around 21:00 (01:00 GMT on Sunday), outside a residence for blind people on West 23rd St.
Witnesses said people ran in all directions following the “incredibly loud” blast.
Some reports said the blast went off in a black metal construction toolbox, others that it was in a rubbish bin. Several blocks were shut by police but by 07:00 only 23rd St was closed, the New York Times reported.
A police official told the Times: “We don’t understand the target or the significance of it. It’s by a pile of dumpsters on a random sidewalk.”
Mr de Blasio said: “The initial indication is this was an intentional act.”
But he added: “We also want to be upfront saying that there is no evidence at this point of a terror connection to this incident.”
Article Excerpt: [BBC]

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The idea that cannabis kills cancer cells seems to no longer be a conspiracy theory in the United States. With this information, can any state legitimately say no to medicinal marijuana?
Or could it even be considered a preventative herb to avoid getting cancer?
Amy Willis with Metro says that the US government has added a page on the use of cannabis and cannabinoids to their official cancer advicewebsite.
Willis advises, “The National Cancer Institute, part of the US Department of Health, now advises that ‘cannabinoids may be useful in treating the side effects of cancer and cancer treatment’ by smoking, eating it in baked products, drinking herbal teas or even spraying it under the tongue.”
The official government site has a long list of medicinal uses of cannabis, including: Anti-inflammatory activity, pain relief, anti-anxiety, stress relief, anti-tumor, antiviral activity and relieving muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis, and many many more.
The site goes on to talk about how cannabis has been proven to destroy cancer cells in lab experiments.
Willis continues, “Several scientific studies have suggested this in the past, and in April this year the US government’s National Institute on Drug Abuse revised their publications to suggest cannabis could shrink brain tumors by killing off cancer cells.”
If the United States government is finally willing to admit these benefits and that cannabis has been proven to kill cancer cells, then will other western nations follow suit?
If good health and decreasing cancer rates is important to you, then contact your government and tell them about the great benefits of cannabis – a natural herb that has a long list of benefits without the side effects of man-made cancer treatments.
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Since tobacco smoking causes cancer, marijuana smoking must as well. Right? Wrong.
Marijuana decreases the risk of lung cancer. Marijuana does not cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Thus, Pot is safer than cigarettes.
Professor emeritus of medicine at UCLA and one of the United States’ leading pulmonologists who has been studying weed and its effects on lungs for more than 30 years, Dr. Donald Tashkin once sought to prove pot causes lung cancer, but the evidence forced him to conclude that average weed smoking does not cause lung cancer or impair lung function:
“The smoke content of marijuana is very similar to that of tobacco. There is a higher concentrate of cancer-causing chemicals in marijuana tar, and it reaches the lungs before any other organ, so there is this idea that they are related in causing the same health issues of the lungs. But through my studies we failed to find any positive association [with cancer]. Instead, the association would be negative, between lung cancer and the use of marijuana. The likelihood is, that despite the fact that marijuana smoke contains carcinogens, we don’t see the same heightened risks of cancers that we see in tobacco.”
Dr. Tashkin is not alone in his analysis. To investigate the association between cannabis smoking and lung cancer risk, data on 2,159 lung cancer cases and 2,985 controls were pooled from 6 case-control studies in the US, Canada, UK, and New Zealand within the International Lung Cancer Consortium. Results from the pooled analyses in 2014 provided little evidence for an increased risk of lung cancer among habitual or long-term cannabis smokers.
“I was opposed to legalization because I thought it would lead to increased use and that would lead to increased health effects. But at this point, I’d be in favor of legalization. I wouldn’t encourage anybody to smoke any substances. But I don’t think it should be stigmatized as an illegal substance. Tobacco smoking causes far more harm. And in terms of an intoxicant, alcohol causes far more harm.” – Dr. Tashkin
“Reasoning for this may be that marijuana is a potent anti-inflammatory and suppressive. But COPD is activated by tobacco smoke and other toxic substances. The other major impact of tobacco smoking on the lungs is the association between smoking tobacco and the development of destructive pulmonary disease, the third cause of death in America.”
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Again, his current findings echo results from previous research. In a large cross-sectional analysis of US adults aged 18 to 59 using data from two rounds of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), researchers from Georgia’s Emory University found in 2015 that occasional and low cumulative marijuana use was not associated with adverse effects on pulmonary function.
Cumulative lifetime marijuana use, up to 20 joint-years, is not associated with adverse changes in spirometric [a person’s ability to exhale] measures of lung health. Although greater than 20 joint-years of cumulative marijuana exposure was associated with a twofold increased odds of a FEV1/FVC less than 70%, this was the result of an increase in FVC [forced vital capacity], rather than a disproportional decrease in FEV1 [forced expiratory volume]as is typically associated with obstructive lung diseases.
The largest and longest study ever to consider the issue [Researchers tested the lung function of 5115 young adults over the course of 20 years, starting in 1985 when they were aged 18 to 30], published in 2012 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that occasional marijuana smoking does not impair lung function.
Marijuana may have beneficial effects on pain control, appetite, mood, and management of other chronic symptoms. Our findings suggest that occasional use of marijuana for these or other purposes may not be associated with adverse consequences on pulmonary function.
Marijuana plus tobacco equals lung poison
Consultant Physician at St. Lucia’s Victoria Hospital, Dr. Martin Didier, warns:
“Tobacco contains over 4,000 toxic substances which destroys your lungs. Marijuana for all we know is less toxic, probably contains up to 400 but the combination of smoking marijuana and tobacco they interact and it changes the whole thing into a poison. A poison which destroys the structure and function of the lungs with a lot of consequences.”
Marijuana use alone doesn’t cause significant abnormalities to the lungs
Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws, told ThinkProgress:
“If we’re serious public policy people, we would let the scientists figure this out. Does one set of vegetative matter produce a certain range of carcinogens? If so, to what degree and amount? How do people consume it? This entire discussion should be based on science. But the laughable thing is that the government is against this type of research. All we have are anecdotes but we need science that meets the standards of a proper peer review.”
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Signs of stress in body language? No. Avoiding eye contact? No. Touching the nose? No. These are myths of deception. You can never catch a deceit with his/her physical discomfort. There are behaviors that are indicative of psychological discomfort, anxiety, and distress that help nail a liar. LaRae Quy, who spent 23 years as a counter-intelligence agent for the FBI, shares 8 tips to identify people who are deceptive or perpetual liars…
1. Build A Rapport
When it comes to spotting a liar, coming across as empathetic, matters. An empathetic person can read another person’s emotions, tricking the liar to open up more than an aggressive authoritative person who is cold and accusatory. It’s the classic case of ‘good cop vs. bad cop,’ and it always helps to play the one who cares.
2. Surprise The Suspect
Basically, put yourself in the liar’s shoes to sniff out the truth. Compulsive liars with evil intent are mostly well-prepared to con and outsmart you. So when you ask them questions they don’t expect, they stumble.
3. Go Backward
Heard this saying: When you tell the truth all the time, you don’t have to remember anything? And this: When you lie all the time, you support the first lie with a second lie, and before you know it, one small lie snowballs into a giant mash of lies? Truthful people are consistent with their facts and add more details when they repeat their stories – even backward. But deceitful people can never be consistent with their lies; they forget where they started the lie and where it ended. If you suspect someone is being deceptive, ask the person to recall events backward rather than forward in time.
4. Keep Your Ears Open
Listening is as important as speaking.  When you listen more and speak less, you tend to only say what needs to be said.  But liars tend to listen less and speak more with unnecessary information to distract, convince, and sway others into believing them, as well as sound legitimate and win over their audience.
Keep in mind: Stress usually makes people speak faster. A stressed person often talks louder. Cracking in the natural tone of voice usually occurs at the point of deception. Repetitive coughing and clearing the throat are signs of tension.
5. Pay Attention To How They Say NO
No means ‘no,’ but how you say ‘no’ is the key. So be cautious when liars: say “no” and look in a different direction; say “no” and close their eyes; say “no” after hesitating; say “noooooooo” stretched over a long period of time; say “no” in a singsong manner.
6. Identify Deceptive Behavior
Be careful if a person: starts speaking formally (happens when the stress levels are high); starts giving exaggerated responses or extreme superlatives; starts forgetting critical things during a conversation; starts responding to questions with short answers, or refuses to provide details when cross questioned.
7. Be Wary Of Compliments
Good actors make good liars. Watch out for someone who is trying too hard to make a good impression. Inauthentic people: agree with you 24×7; shower praises constantly; laugh at all your jokes; keep reminding you of your qualities and talents.
8. Question. Question. Question.
To force the liars to expand their story until they become entrapped in their own web of deceit, ask follow-up questions. Unanticipated, confusing queries makes a liar uneasy; and an uncomfortable scenario is more likely to get you an outcome. For example, when you ask “Explain this gap in your résumé” from an applicant, you may get an answer “I was recuperating from hip surgery”. If you see the applicant as edgy or nervous, take the time to explore further and uncover the white lie.
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The horrific events that transpired on 9/11 will forever be remembered as a day that will live in infamy.
Now, a video has been making the rounds once again, reminding us how truly terrible those moments were.
Shocking raw footage from New York University student Caroline Dries shows the horrific terrorist attacks that happened at the World Trade Center in September 11, 2001 taken from their university dorm.
Driers and her roommate, Megan, awoke to the sound of explosion from the first tower. Confusion as to what caused it soon turned to panic after another plane hit the second tower, prompting them to leave their 32nd floor room at 200 Water Street in a hurry.
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hink the world is your oyster? Think again! From top secret HQ’s to secretive underground train networks – we run through the Top 12 places you won’t be entering anytime soon for love nor money.

12. RAF MENWITH HILL: BASED IN HARROGATE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

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This peculiar looking complex of buildings and dome-shaped structures provide communications and intelligence support to both the UK and U.S. The base is so vast, it has been described as the biggest electronic monitoring station in the world. Allegedly , each satellite (those big round white things) is actually part of the Echelon system – a top secret network that is used to intercept private and commercial communications.

11. BOHEMIAN GROVE

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Like something out of a cult thriller film, Bohemian Grove is a 2,700 acre rural location somewhere in Monte Rio, California. The land is owned by private San-Fran based arts club known – surprisingly – as the Bohemian Club. Every summer, the club host a two-week, three weekend camp in the woods for the most powerful men in the world. It all looks a bit weird.

10. VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVE

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This isn’t just any old library, this is a Vatican library! Only a sacred few have access to the vaults – but feat not, if you need to read one of the books (which by the way are owned by the Pope) you can receive the manuscript via email – how very modern!

9. LASCAUX CAVES – FRANCE

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Found in South West France, Lascaux is complex of caves that are world-renowned for its Palaeolithic cave paintings that are estimated to be over 17,500 years old. Although these caves were once open to the public, they have since been closed to preserve the original artwork.

8. PINE GAP – AUSTRALIA

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Known as Australia’s equivalent of Area 51. Located in central Australia, and run the by the government and the CIA, it’s the only place in the land down under designated as a no fly zone and is used as a monitoring station. What they’re monitoring, we don’t know. But according to recent news, Pine Gap operate a number of drone strike programmes.

7. MOSCOW METRO-2

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Metro-2 is a secret underground tube system which runs parallel with the public metro system in Moscow. The system was built during the reign of Stalin and was code-named, D-6 by the Russian intelligence organisation – the KGB. When quizzed on this secret underground system, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) would not confirm or deny its existence. It’s rumoured that the underground system dwarfs the public Metro with 4 lines that run between 50-200m deep allowing the Kremlin to connect directly with FSB HQ, the government airport and an underground town at Ramenki.

6. ROOM 39 NORTH KOREA

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Based in North Korea, Room 39, also known as Bureau 39 is a secretive organisation thats sole purpose is to find ways to obtain foreign currency for Kim Jong-un. Established in 1970, the organisation has been described as the kingpin of North Korea’s so-called, ‘court economy’. Although very little has been published on Room 39, it’s believed that the organisation has over 20 bank accounts in Switzerland and China and are used solely for the purpose of money laundering and other illegal transactions. It has also been reported that the organisation is involved in drug smuggling and illicit weapon sales. What is known, is that the secretive group have over 130 trading companies under its jurisdiction which are controlled by Kim Jong-un. If you ever fancy popping over to North Korean and attempting to enter the organisations HQ, you need to head towards the Workers Party building in Pyongyang.

5. MEZGHORYE, RUSSIA

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This place has been reported as Russia’s secret nuclear missile site. There are two battalions permanently stationed here to ward off visitors. The base contains automatic ballistic missiles which can be remotely activated in the event of a nuclear strike which is detected by seismic, light and pressure sensors.

4. DISNEY CLUB 33 EXCLUSIVE CLUB

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Located at Disneyland, Florida, this fairly unobtrusive looking front door is actually the entrance to a highly exclusive members only club. How do I get in ? I hear you cry. Well firstly, you need to locate it. Without giving too much away, head to New Orleans Square and look for the Blue Bayou. Getting in won’t be as easy – the club is not open to the public. However, members, which include Presidents of the United States, business leaders and actors – can bring friends and associates along, so you better start networking!

3. AREA 51

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Probably the worst kept secret, Area 51 is the alias for a military base that is located in Nevada – around 80 miles north-west of downtown Las Vegas. In the centre of the base is a large military airfield. According to insiders, the base’s main purpose is research and development of experimental aircrafts and weaponry. What’s bizarre is that the U.S Government doesn’t acknowledge it’s existence – adding fuel to conspiracy theories that the base is used for analysis of UFO’s and aliens or is that what they want you to think?

2. GOOGLE DATA CENTER

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Home of big brother. this is as heavily guarded as Area 51, Google’s first data center is a high security location with trillions of records of OUR DATA.

1. CHURCH OF OUR LADY MARY OF ZION

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The Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion is found in Ethiopia, and it is impossible to access because it’s claimed to contain one of the most important biblical objects, the original Ark of the Covenant, which according to tradition came to Ethiopia with Menelik I after he visited his father King Solomon.
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1. THE VIEW OVER THE OVERDEVELOPED METROPOLE OF MEXICO CITY (WITH MORE THAN 20 MILLION INHABITANTS).

2. AN ELEPHANT KILLED BY POACHERS LEFT TO ROT.

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3. THE RAINFOREST IN FLAMES – GOATS USED TO GRAZE HERE.

4. TRAILS OF EXCESSIVE AIR TRAFFIC OVER LONDON.

5. A MASSIVE TRUCK DELIVERS A LOAD OF OIL SANDS FOR PROCESSING. OIL SAND IS CONSIDERED THE ENERGY SOURCE OF THE FUTURE.

6. A SIMPLE HERD FARMER CANNOT WITHSTAND THE STINK OF THE YELLOW RIVER IN INNER MONGOLIA.

7. A WASTE INCINERATION PLANT AND ITS SURROUNDINGS IN BANGLADESH

8. A FIRE STORM PLOWS THROUGH COLORADO – INCREASED INCIDENCES OF WILD FIRES IS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

9. THE SCARS LEFT BEHIND FROM THE MINING OF OIL SANDS IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCE OF ALBERTA.

10. A NIGHTTIME SPECTACLE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – THE ENERGY DEMAND IS INCALCULABLE.

11. IN OREGON, THIS THOUSAND YEAR OLD FOREST FELL VICTIM TO THE CHAIN SAW FOR A NEW DAM.

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12. THE AREA AROUND ALMERIA IN SPAIN IS LITTERED WITH GREENHOUSES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE – SIMPLY FOR A RICHLY FILLED DINNER TABLE.

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13. POACHERS POSE PROUDLY WITH THE COAT OF A SIBERIAN TIGER.

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14. THE MIR MINE IN RUSSIA, THE LARGEST DIAMOND MINE IN THE WORLD.

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15. A DEAD ALBATROSS SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE LITTER. A LIVING DUMPSTER.

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16. AND YET ANOTHER MEGATROPOLIS – A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF NEW DELHI (OVER 22 MILLION INHABITANTS).

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17. PARADISE ALMOST LOST: THE MALDIVES, A POPULAR VACATION SPOT THAT IS THREATENED BY RISING SEA LEVELS.

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18. THE BEGINNING OF BLACK FRIDAY AT AN ELECTRONICS STORE IN BOISE, IDAHO.

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19. TONS (LITERALLY) OF BROKEN ELECTRONICS END UP IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND ARE STRIPPED FOR PRECIOUS METALS BY USING DEADLY SUBSTANCES.

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20. THE BLUNDER OF THE BRAZILIAN RAIN FOREST IS BEING REPEATED HERE IN CANADA.

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21. A LANDFILL FOR WORN-OUT TIRES IN THE DESERT OF NEVADA.

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22. WHILE THE ENTIRE WORLD WATCHED THE EVENTS OF FUKUSHIMA, A MASSIVE HEAT AND POWER STATION WAS BURNING JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. ALL ATTEMPTS TO EXTINGUISH IT WHERE FRUITLESS.

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23. THIS POLAR BEAR STARVED TO DEATH IN SVALVARD, NORWAY. DISAPPEARING ICE CAPS ARE ROBBING POLAR BEARS OF BOTH THEIR LIVING SPACE AND FOOD.

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24. TO THE LAST DROP: AN OILFIELD IN CALIFORNIA AND THE MERCILESS OVEREXPLOITATION OF HUMANS.

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25. A MASSIVE WATERFALL FROM MELTING PACK ICE. THESE MASSES ARE THE ONLY MELTWATER AND THE UNDENIABLE PROOF HOW SWIFTLY CLIMATE CHANGE IS ADVANCING.

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26. A LIGNITE POWER PLANT CONTAMINATES THE AIR WITH ITS DISCHARGES.

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27. THE INDONESIAN SURFER DEDE SURINAYA RIDES A WAVE OF FILTH AND TRASH (JAVA, INDONESIA).

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“When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Money.”
This prophecy is becoming a more and more brutal reality. But, even today, not every person is aware of the horrible effects our lifestyles have on nature. So share these evocative pictures with everyone.
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