Thursday, May 30, 2013

Eden Halprin NEW TREATMENT FOR OBESITY.....THE SUN




 

Even when fed a diet of junk food, mice who were treated with the compound ShK-186 reduced weight gain, cholesterol, blood sugar, and white fat. Researchers think that ShK-186 activate brown fat cells, which burn calories.


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Eden Halprin: What does cocaine and diet coke have in common?



Drinking excessive amounts of soda exposes the teeth to large amounts of acid, just as illegal drugs do. Researchers say that diet soda is just as bad for tooth enamel as regular due to the citric acid content. To keep your smile bright, cut back on soda. And meth. And crack.

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Eden Halprin POST:Scientists have discovered a fossil of a 160-million-year-old bird in China that may be the oldest one ever discovered, beating the current record holder by about 10 million years


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Scientists have discovered a fossil of a 160-million-year-old bird in China that may be the oldest one ever discovered, beating the current record holder by about 10 million years. It measured 50 cm from beak to tail, and lacked the larger feathers that would have given it the ability to fly. 

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Midwest at Tipping Point for Major Flood Event



ST. LOUIS – Rivers in the nation's heartland are rising again, and with heavy rain in the forecast, parts of Iowa, Missouri and Illinois are bracing for yet another round of flooding.

The National Weather Service said Wednesday that 2-4 inches of rain will be common as strong storms fire up through Friday. Pockets of the region could see up to 6 inches of rain, said weather service hydrologist Mark Fuchs, meaning a second round of spring flooding in many river towns.

"We're probably going to see some major flooding when all is said and done," Fuchs said. Though buyouts over the past two decades have removed most home's from the flood plain, the flooding would swamp thousands of acres of farmland and close dozens of roads.

 http://www.weather.com/news/midwest-tipping-point-major-flood-event-20130529
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Severe Weather Outbreak: Latest Information

Through Saturday, severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall will target parts of the Plains and Midwest, before shifting into the Northeast Sunday. 
On Thursday, while morning storms will bring a threat of heavy rainfall, additional severe storms with large hail, damaging wind gusts and tornadoes will flare up later in the afternoon and evening from central and eastern Oklahoma and far north Texas into Iowa and eastern Nebraska.  If thunderstorms can remain discrete, rather than in line segments, in Oklahoma and Kansas, the threat of tornadoes will be higher.
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Thursday's Outlook
http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-central/severe-weather-tracker-page
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Oklahoma's Deadliest Tornadoes

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/oklahoma-tornadoes.html


On May 20, 2013, a ferocious EF5 tornado over a mile wide tore through Moore, Oklahoma, inflicting 24 deaths and obliterating entire neighborhoods. It was the third time an exceptionally violent tornado had struck the city in 14 years. Yet predicting when and where these killer storms will hit still poses a huge challenge. Why was 2011—the worst ever recorded tornado season that left 158 dead in Joplin, Missouri—followed by the quietest ever year of activity prior to the Moore disaster? Can improved radar and warning technology explain why so many fewer died in Moore than in Joplin? And will tornadoes get worse as Earth's climate heats up? In this NOVA special, we meet scientists in the front ranks of the battle to understand these extreme weather events. We also meet storm survivors whose lives have been upended and learn how we can protect ourselves and our communities for the uncertain future.
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Thunderstorms on Tuesday night flooded roads and left thousands of homes without power, authorities said.
The storms brought heavy rain to the area, with Midway Airport recording nearly two inches of rain in an hour and half late Tuesday evening, said Mike Bardou, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Romeoville.
There were reports of sporadic flash flooding on underpasses in the city, Bardou said.
The storm also interrupted power service for tens of thousands of area households.


Read more: http://wgntv.com/2013/05/29/thunderstorms-bring-flooding-leave-thousands-without-power/#ixzz2UjwVUIdQ
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