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Vladimir Putin’s Approval Rating Hits All-Time High, Boosted by Syria Air Strikes

Vladimir Putin’s Approval Rating Hits All-Time High, Boosted by Syria Air Strikes

VIA NBC News by Alexey Eremenko Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating has reached nearly 90 percent largely thanks to his military moves in Syria, according to a new nationwide poll published Thursday. <img class=”img-responsive img_inline” src=”http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2015_43/1271656/151022-russia-vladimir-putin-749a_3a0f1dd12b2c2ec48c046b98453009a8.nbcnews-fp-360-360.jpg” alt=”Image: Russian President Vladimir Putin” title=”Image: Russian President Vladimir Putin” itemprop=”image”/& Russian President Vladimir Putin PAVEL GOLOVKIN / Pool […]

Pool That Uses Plants Instead of Chemicals To Keep Clean

Pool That Uses Plants Instead of Chemicals To Keep Clean

VIA “trueactivist.com” by Amanda Froelich True Activist The first-of-its-kind natural pool will use plants instead of chemicals to keep its water clean, exampling the best kind of balance which is possible between nature and urban environments.  When innovative minds collaborate, anything is possible. And this chemical-free outdoor pool – the first in the UK – is a […]

Considerably The Most Isolated Island On The Planet Is Looking To Modernize… And They Need Your Help

Considerably The Most Isolated Island On The Planet Is Looking To Modernize… And They Need Your Help

VIA “thespiritscience.net” by Jordan Spirit Science There’s a small island in the middle of the atlantic ocean, completely desolate from everything except for lots of water. The Island, named Tristan da Cunha, was first inhabited back in the 1810′s as an outpost by the British to stop a potential escape by Napolean. When that didn’t […]

How Iceland Beat The Banks

How Iceland Beat The Banks

VIA “wakingtimes.com” by Waking Times Staff Writer Alex Pietrowski The tiny Nordic European island country of Iceland is presently experiencing one of the greatest economic comebacks of all time. After the privatization of the banking sector completed in 200o, the economy was thrown into a tailspin when over a five year period, private bankers borrowed […]

France Declares All New Rooftops Must Be Topped With Plants Or Solar Panels

France Declares All New Rooftops Must Be Topped With Plants Or Solar Panels

VIA “collective-evolution.com” by Alanna Ketler Collective Evolution A new law recently passed in France mandates that all new buildings that are built in commercial zones in France must be partially covered in either plants or solar panels. Green roofs, as they are called, have an isolating effect which helps to reduce the amount of energy needed […]

Huge 5,000 Year Old Underground City Discovered in Turkey

Huge 5,000 Year Old Underground City Discovered in Turkey

VIA “themindunleashed.org” by Anna Lemind   The Mind Unleashed A 5,000-year-old underground city discovered in central Turkey in December 2014 is thought to be the largest in the world! The previously unknown ancient metropolis was unearthed in the course of the implementation of an urban transformation project initiated by Turkey’s Housing Development Administration’s (TOKİ) in Nevşehir […]

5 of The Healthiest Cities on Earth

5 of The Healthiest Cities on Earth

VIA “iheartintelligence.com” by Tanaaz Chubb I Heart Intelligence Do you live in one of the healthiest cities in the world? To determine what constitutes a healthy city, experts looked at the following statistics – Safety Cleanliness Social Connectedness Thriving Economy Access to Healthy Food Quality Medical Care Efficient public transit Easy access to parks and […]

GermanWings Pilot Reassured His Passengers He Would Get Them Home Safe, and it was Beautiful

GermanWings Pilot Reassured His Passengers He Would Get Them Home Safe, and it was Beautiful

VIA “pulptastic.com” Pulptastic A passenger named Britta Englisch recently decided to share her experience of flying on a Germanwings flight. Her flight took place just one day after co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately sent a Germanwings plane on a suicide descent into the Alps, killing everyone on board.   “Yesterday morning at 8:40 a.m., I got […]

Two Suspects Held Over Murder of Kremlin Critic Boris Nemtsov

Two Suspects Held Over Murder of Kremlin Critic Boris Nemtsov

VIA “uk.reuters.com” By Darya Korsunskaya and Katya Golubkova (Reuters) – Two suspects have been detained over the killing of Boris Nemtsov, Russian officials said, a week after he was shot dead near the Kremlin in the most high-profile killing of an opposition figure in years. The Investigative Committee, the state body leading the investigation, named […]

Why The Drachma Can’t Save Greece: Goldman

Why The Drachma Can’t Save Greece: Goldman

VIA “cnbc.com” by Leslie Shaffer Fears Greece may exit the euro and revive the drachma abound, but attempting a return to the currency Athens left behind would have tragic results, Goldman Sachs said. “Transitioning from the euro to a new national currency is no straightforward task either for Greece or for Europe,” Goldman said in […]

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