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Antarctic island hits record temperature of 20.75C
Antarctica has exceeded 20C for the first time, after researchers logged a temperature of 20.75C on an island off the coast of the continent.
Brazilian scientist Carlos Schaefer told AFP they had "never seen a temperature this high in Antarctica". But he warned the temperature, logged on 9 February, was just one reading and not part of a long-term data set. The continent also hit a record last week, with a temperature reading of 18.3C on the Antarctic Peninsula. This latest reading was taken at a monitoring station on Seymour Island, part of a chain of islands off the same peninsula, at the northernmost point of the continent. Although the temperature is a record high, Mr Schaefer emphasized that the reading was not part of a wider study and so, in itself, could not be used to predict a trend. "We can't use this to anticipate climatic changes in the future. It's a data point," he said. "It's simply a signal that something different is happening in that area." -
Coronavirus: Americans from quarantined cruise ship flown from Japan
Two planes carrying hundreds of US citizens from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship have left Japan, officials say.
One plane has landed at a US Air Force air base in California, and its passengers will be isolated at military facilities for 14 days. There were some 400 Americans on board the Diamond Princess. The ship with some 3,700 passengers and crew has been in quarantine since 3 February. Meanwhile, China reported a total of 2,048 new cases on Monday. Of those new cases, 1,933 were from Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak. More than 70,500 people across China have been infected by the virus. In Hubei alone, the official number of cases stands at 58,182, with 1,692 deaths. Most new cases and deaths have been reported in Wuhan, Hubei's largest city. -
Coronavirus: Largest study suggests elderly and sick are most at risk
Health officials in China have published the first details of more than 44,000 cases of Covid-19, in the biggest study since the outbreak began.
Data from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) finds that more than 80% of the cases have been mild, with the sick and elderly most at risk. The research also points to the high risk to medical staff. A hospital director in the city of Wuhan died from the virus on Tuesday. Liu Zhiming, 51, was the director of the Wuchang Hospital in Wuhan - one of the leading hospitals in the virus epicentre. He is one of the most senior health officials to die so far. Hubei, the province Wuhan is in, is the worst affected province in the country. -
@mlnews that we have to pay for a study to tell us that is a sad state of medicine.
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In the "um duh, how dumb are people that needed a study for this" category...
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Coronavirus: Passengers leave Diamond Princess amid criticism of Japan
Hundreds of passengers who tested negative for the new coronavirus have begun leaving a quarantined cruise ship in Japan amid heavy criticism over the country's handling of the outbreak.
One Japanese health expert who visited the Diamond Princess at the port in Yokohama said the situation on board was "completely chaotic". US officials said moves to contain the virus "may not have been sufficient". Passengers have described the difficult quarantine situation on the vessel. At least 542 passengers and crew on the Diamond Princess have so far been infected by the Covid-19 virus - the biggest cluster outside mainland China. The ship was carrying 3,700 people in total. -
Hanau shooting: Eight dead after two attacks in Germany
Eight people are dead following two shootings at shisha bars in the western German city of Hanau.
At least five people were injured after gunmen opened fire at about 22:00 local time (21:00 GMT), police told the BBC. Police added that they are searching for the suspects, who fled the scene and are currently at large. The first shooting was at a bar in the city centre, while the second was in Hanau's Kesselstadt neighbourhood, according to local reports. Police officers and helicopters are patrolling both areas. -
Coronavirus: Two passengers dead from quarantined Diamond Princess
Two Japanese passengers who contracted the new coronavirus on board a cruise ship quarantined in Japan have died, officials say.
Both were in their 80s with underlying health conditions. They were being treated in hospitals after being taken off the Diamond Princess last week. At least 621 people on the ship tested positive for the virus, named Covid-19, the biggest cluster outside China. The coronavirus, which originated in China's Hubei province last year, causes pneumonia-like symptoms. Overall, there have now been 2,118 deaths and nearly 75,000 confirmed infections recorded in mainland China. On Thursday, South Korea confirmed its first coronavirus death. Japan's neighbour also reported a sharp rise in virus cases, most of them from a newly identified cluster at a large religious community. -
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.fox4news.com/news/report-prisoner-confesses-to-killing-2-child-molesters
that guy is awesome, damn. I want to start a petition to get him pardoned.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.fox4news.com/news/report-prisoner-confesses-to-killing-2-child-molesters
that guy is awesome, damn. I want to start a petition to get him pardoned.
Agreed.
I say put him back in gen pop and then send all lifers for child crimes to his jail
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@JasGot said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.fox4news.com/news/report-prisoner-confesses-to-killing-2-child-molesters
that guy is awesome, damn. I want to start a petition to get him pardoned.
Agreed.
I say put him back in gen pop and then send all lifers for child crimes to his jailHell yeah. That guy's a hero. Don't know what he did in his former life, but he sure is earning his keep in his new one.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JasGot said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.fox4news.com/news/report-prisoner-confesses-to-killing-2-child-molesters
that guy is awesome, damn. I want to start a petition to get him pardoned.
Agreed.
I say put him back in gen pop and then send all lifers for child crimes to his jailHell yeah. That guy's a hero. Don't know what he did in his former life, but he sure is earning his keep in his new one.
He murdered someone.
Now he's up to at least 3 people.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@JasGot said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.fox4news.com/news/report-prisoner-confesses-to-killing-2-child-molesters
that guy is awesome, damn. I want to start a petition to get him pardoned.
Agreed.
I say put him back in gen pop and then send all lifers for child crimes to his jailHell yeah. That guy's a hero. Don't know what he did in his former life, but he sure is earning his keep in his new one.
He murdered someone.
Now he's up to at least 3 people.
Yeah, but there is bad murdering someone (killing someone innocent) and there is good murdering someone (protecting society or serving justice) and then there is not murdering someone (convicted falsely.)
So far, knowing what we know about him now, it's suggestive that there is at least a decent chance that his original murder wasn't such a bad thing. We know nothing about it.
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I'd rather not get into the dregs of figuring out when it's "okay to murder."
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
I'd rather not get into the dregs of figuring out when it's "okay to murder."
Well, here's a good rule of thumb: It's always ok to kill child molesters, politicians, and ticket scalpers.
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@RojoLoco said in Non-IT News Thread:
Well, here's a good rule of thumb: It's always ok to kill child molesters
Not just "ok", but I think you get a bonus from this. Like it is "ok" to kill in self defense, that's a neutral. But killing a child molester is a "good" and killing a child trafficker is an "excellent". He should get "offset credits" to other crimes based on those.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
I'd rather not get into the dregs of figuring out when it's "okay to murder."
agreed!
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@RojoLoco said in Non-IT News Thread:
Well, here's a good rule of thumb: It's always ok to kill child molesters
Not just "ok", but I think you get a bonus from this. Like it is "ok" to kill in self defense, that's a neutral. But killing a child molester is a "good" and killing a child trafficker is an "excellent". He should get "offset credits" to other crimes based on those.
Also the crazy amount of money saved by having two less life-long prisoners.
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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@RojoLoco said in Non-IT News Thread:
Well, here's a good rule of thumb: It's always ok to kill child molesters
Not just "ok", but I think you get a bonus from this. Like it is "ok" to kill in self defense, that's a neutral. But killing a child molester is a "good" and killing a child trafficker is an "excellent". He should get "offset credits" to other crimes based on those.
Also the crazy amount of money saved by having two less life-long prisoners.
Hell yeah.
