Daily Overload – News in short (04-11-2013)

Hi Folks,

This post is just quick links to all the other stories that I have read today, but not had time ( or inclination ) to write up in full.

 

Tesco ‘to scan customers’ faces’

Tesco is set to install hi-tech screens that scan customers’ faces in petrol stations so that advertisements can be tailored to suit them.

http://home.bt.com/techgadgets/technews/tesco-to-scan-customers-faces-11363846793275

 

Three men arrested after accidental shooting during ‘Bigfoot hunt’

According to Sheriff Scott Walton, the three men were hunting Bigfoot late Saturday night, when one of them was spooked by what he thought might be the legendary beast and fired his weapon, hitting his friend in the back.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/03/three-men-arrested-after-accidental-shooting-during-bigfoot-hunt/

 

Report calls for female genital mutilation to be treated as child abuse

Coalition of health professionals recommends aggressive steps to eradicate the practice in the UK

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/04/uk-mutilation-girls-report

 

Patients swamp GPs in heart pill confusion

WA doctors are being inundated with patients asking if they should dump their anti-cholesterol drugs after a television documentary suggested the pills were overprescribed and doing more harm than good.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/19644140/patients-swamp-gps-in-heart-pill-confusion/

 

WDDTY on HIV/AIDS

The recent article in The Times that caused the Blessed McTaggart to bust a blood vessel and scream CONSPIRACY!!!!! included a quote from the editor of Beyond Positive, a magazine for HIV+ people, condemning the misleading claims in an article entitled “Vitamin C fights it all, from measles to AIDS”.

http://wwddtydty.com/2013/11/wddty-on-hivaids/

 

Michelle Pfeiffer: The day I realised I was part of a cult

Michelle Pfeiffer, the actress, has disclosed that she was once part of a “cult” which believed humans can exist without food or water.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/celebritynews/10422883/Michelle-Pfeiffer-The-day-I-realised-I-was-part-of-a-cult.html

 

The Lion, The Bull, The Eagle and Man

In the Steiner curriculum book (Richter -Rawson) there is no subject called “biology. Instead we have “Life Sciences”.

http://stopsteinerinstroud.com/2013/11/04/the-lion-the-bull-the-eagle-and-the-mouse/

I’ll add to this through the day.

All the best.

Richard AKA The Skeptical Bear

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