The Eiffel Tower has been evacuated after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat. Paris police said almost 1400 people were evacuated following a request from tower operators after the threatening call was received Saturday. Police used sniffer dogs to search the monument for explosives and set up a wide security perimeter. The call was received at 7 p.m. local time and warned of a possible attack at 9:30 p.m. local time. Police said it came from a telephone booth in a Paris suburb. Security guards were also ordered to leave the tower, a decision said to be unusual. But security [ Read More ]
Saffron is one of the rarest and most expensive spices in the world today. The going retail rate of saffron can cost around $5,000 per pound! If that sounds like an exorbitant amount of money for a spice, it is. Like an exotic truffle, rich caviar or a fine bubbly, some things in life are strictly reserved for the rich and famous; or in this case, true spice lovers. It’s usage as a spice dates back centuries; even being mentioned in the Bible. For many of us, including myself, it’s hard to understand what makes the Crocus sativus flower and [ Read More ]
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An inundation of sea foam blanketed Australia’s Sunshine Coast over the weekend after high winds whipped up the fluffy brew from the ocean and deposited it on land. In some cases the foam reached three meters high (9 feet) causing a bemusing scene as cars tried to navigate the foamy mix. Foam forms when water full of organic matter, either from runoff or algal blooms, is churned and highly agitated. The proteins and fatty lipids act as surfactants, like laundry detergent, creating a thick sudsy residue. Read More from ThingsNews Media Hurricane Sandy keeps U.S. on alert 2012 hurricane season [ Read More ]
Despite the fact that most cities have thousands of streets, there are always one or two streets, which are becoming more popular than others. Whether this is the reason that it is the center of the city, or the center of nightlife, entertainment center and historic sites – is the street who always visited by tourists. Popular streets, boulevards, have a lot of photos from different angles, and of course, fall into the list of the most famous streets in the world. 1.Lombard Street in San Francisco, best known for his one-way section on Russian Hill. Here the street turns [ Read More ]
Former Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, who was sentenced in June to two years in prison for corruption, was released Monday after a decision of the Bucharest Tribunal dismissing an appeal by the prosecutor against the release. Expected by his eldest son Andrei, friends and many journalists, former Social Democratic Prime Minister (2000-2004) was released Monday night Jilava prison, near Bucharest, without statements. “The appeal was rejected prosecutors’ said earlier Monday the President of the Tribunal Laura Andrei AFP. On February 12, the trial judges had granted an early release Nastase as Romanian law allows for inmates over 60 years [ Read More ]
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With the news of Hugo Chavez’s death, Venezuelan supporters took to the streets to mourn the loss of their president. According to Reuters, Chavez’s death has devastated his millions of supporters, who loved him for his charisma, anti-US stance and oil policies that helped bring subsidized food and free health clinics to the country’s slums. More from PlusThings Media: Venezuela: Hugo Chavez is dead The president’s supporters poured onto the streets within minutes of hearing the news, crying and chanting “Chavez lives!” and “We are Chavez!” The hospital where Chavez had been treated was immediately surrounded by security forces. Read More [ Read More ]
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Earlier this week, Russia’s Kaspersky Lab and Hungary’s Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security, or CrySyS, said the targets of the campaign included government computers in the Czech Republic, Ireland, Portugal and Romania. They also said a think tank, research institute and healthcare provider in the United States were among those targeted by the malicious software, which they have dubbed “MiniDuke”. NATO also confirmed it had been targeted, although the alliance said its computer systems had been unaffected. “It is a cyber attack … pursued by an entity that has the characteristics of a state actor,” SRI spokesman Sorin Sava [ Read More ]
