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Trump says anti-torture laws put US at disadvantage
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says that, as president, he would push to change laws that prohibit waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques, arguing that banning them puts the U.S. at a strategic disadvantage against Islamic State militants….
US navy loosens body fat guidelines after losing too many talented sailors
New rule allows sailors to retake physical fitness tests if they failed for exceeding body fat limits as service becomes ‘more realistic’
The US navy is giving another chance to thousands of sailors who otherwise would be kicked out for repeatedly failing physical fitness tests because they exceeded body fat limits.
Related: Report shows overweight Americans headed toward more severe obesity
Seeds of salvation – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
It’s Bente Navaerdal’s job to check on the vault. When she first came to Svalbard, she thought she would stay just three years, but it didn’t take long before the remote Arctic archipelago had a hold on her. “I felt it the moment I landed at the airport, ‘Yeah, this is my place on Earth’,” she says. An engineer, she is now into her fourth year on Svalbard and has no intention of leaving anytime soon. “I hope that in three, four, five years I can feel like, ‘OK, now I am finished with Svalbard and I can go back [to the mainland]’, but I’m not sure,” she says. “I’m really not sure.”
Source: Seeds of salvation – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign
“Some days I have no idea what I’m doing with my…
“Some days I have no idea what I’m doing with my life. I don’t have a plan, no specific place to be or a clue where I’m headed. Then again I remember, I’m 23 years old.”
Daffodils in Many Shapes and Colors
We have collected and planted thousands of daffodils on our place over the years. They are sequenced with early, mid-season, late and last.
Here’s a bit of what’s blooming now
The American Daffodil Society 2016 World Convention will be in
St. Louis
April 7-9 Free admission
Here’s a link to the Convention details.
UN to push for Western Sahara peace talks
More than 116,000 ethnic Sahrawis “forgotten by the world” have fled since Morocco sent forces to the West Sahara in 1975. Ban said he wants to restart negotiations to bring an end to the 40-year old conflict.
Albania offers collectors its Communist-era airborne glory
RINASI AIR BASE, Albania (AP) — If you want to buy a secondhand fighter jet, Albania’s the place to go right now….




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