More than 260 fragments of animal bones have been found at the monument. The excavation of an enigmatic stone monument in AIUIa in Saudi Arabia is offering fresh insight into the rituals and culture of Neolithic-era peoples. Called a "mustatil," the structure is one of about 1,600 such rectangular monuments that have been recorded across northern Arabia. As part of a five-year project by the University of Western Australia and the Royal Commission for AlUla, researchers are studying one particular mustatil, dating back 7,000 years, with large slabs of sandstone encircling a long inner courtyard. Within the 140-meter (460-foot) long complex, archaeologists identified 260 fragments of animal remains, namely the skulls, horns, and teeth of domestic cattle such as goats and gazelles.

When Israel launched a war against the Gaza Strip in August 2022, it declared that its target was the Islamic Jihad only. Indeed, neither Hamas nor the other Gaza-based groups engaged directly in the fighting. Nevertheless, the war then raised more questions than answers.

Israel rarely distinguishes between one Palestinian group and another. For Tel Aviv, any Palestinian Resistance is a form of terrorism or, at best, incitement. Targeting one group and excluding other supposedly terrorist groups exposes a degree of Israeli fear in fighting all Palestinian factions in Gaza all at once.

For Israel, wars in Gaza have proved progressively harder with time. For example, Israels so-called Protective Edge in 2014 was very costly in terms of losing lives among the invading troops. In May 2021, the so-called Breaking Dawn was an even bigger flop. That war unified the Palestinians and served as a strategic blow to Israel without considerably advancing Israeli military interests.

Though the Gaza groups provided the Islamic Jihad with logistical support in August 2022, they refrained from directly engaging in the fight. For some Palestinians, this was unexpected and was interpreted by some as indicative of weakness, disunity, and even political opportunism.

Nearly a year later, another war loomed following the release of harrowing footage of Israeli police senselessly beating up peaceful Palestinian worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the holy month of Ramadan. Again, like in May 2021, Palestinians rose in unison. This time, resistance groups in Gaza and, eventually, Lebanon and Syria fired rockets at Israel first.

Though Israel hit back at various targets, it is evident that Tel Aviv was disinterested in a multi-front war with Palestinians to avoid a repeat of the 2021 fiasco.

The violent and repeated Israeli military raids at Al Aqsa and limited, though deadly, attacks on Jenin, Nablus, and other parts of the West Bank were meant to achieve political capital for the embattled government of Benjamin Netanyahu. But this strategy could only succeed i...

Ron Johnson says his report 'ignored' by media because they are 'advocates' for the left Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is sounding the alarm over the Biden family's "revealing" bank records, arguing that the media "completely ignored" his 2020 report on the "grifting" family. SEN. RON JOHNSON: Let's face it, Sen. Grassley and I pretty well laid out the case against the grifting Biden family back in September of 2020 before the election. Our report was completely ignored by the media, just as they ignored the Hunter Biden laptop because they're advocates for the left themselves. And so what we're finding out now is just new pieces of evidence of the grifts that the Biden family have been involved with - the bank records that basically confirm what the Treasury records showed from Sen. Grassley's and my report.

A Senate hearing on the Pentagon's 'Anomaly Resolution Office' that tracks UFOs featured testimony that most of the hundreds of cases being reviewed are based on 'readily explainable' phenomena - while revealing footage of a mysterious flying orb that is still 'unresolved.' Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick of DOD's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office told the Senate Armed Services Committee that hundreds of sightings of spherical or oddly shaped objects spotted by military pilots remain under review. 'I should also state clearly for the record that in our research AARO has found no credible evidence thus far of extraterrestrial activity, off-world technology or objects that defy the known laws of physics,' Kirkpatrick told the panel. The rare hearing, the first since last year's pathbreaking public event and the first since the Chinese spy balloon that crossed the country early this year, included an accounting of the cases the new office is analyzing.

The war in Afghanistan, one of the longest conflicts in U.S. history, was marked by extensive waste, fraud, and corruption, resulting in trillions of dollars being spent by American taxpayers.

The war was ostensibly launched to eliminate the threat posed by the Taliban and to find and capture Osama bin Laden, the purported mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks. While bin Laden was eventually found and killed in Pakistan, the war continued for two decades, and the U.S. government, in conjunction with its allies, spent trillions of dollars on military equipment, infrastructure, and personnel.

But not everyone has suffered from the war. According to the U.S. governments own reports, certain private military contractors and other companies made significant profits from the conflict. Some of these companies were contracted to provide various services to the military, such as transportation, security, and construction. The governments reliance on these contractors for their services led to them receiving billions of dollars in payments.

Reports suggest that high-ranking officials in the Afghan government and military also benefited from the conflict. Corruption became widespread, and funds earmarked for military and infrastructure development were often siphoned off by officials. This behavior did not go unnoticed by the Afghan people, already suffering from a lack of basic services and economic stability.

The poorly planned recent withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan has further complicated the situation. The Taliban has regained control of the country, and it remains unclear what will happen to the billions of dollars in military equipment and infrastructure left behind by the U.S. government. Additionally, there are concerns that the Talibans resurgence may result in an increase in violence and a decrease in the countrys stability.

Learn more about the Afghanistan War profiteers and more in Lee Camps latest video: You Wont Believe Who Got The Richest From The Afghanistan War.

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There has been extensive discussion in the past couple of years within alternative media circles about the dangers of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs); a currency framework very similar to blockchain based products like Bitcoin but directly controlled by central bankers. It's a threat that some analysts including myself have been writing about for more than a decade, so it's good to finally see the issue being addressed more in the mainstream. The Orwellian nature of CBDCs cannot be overstated. In a cashless society most people would be dependent on digital products for exchanging goods and labor, and this would of course mean the end of all privacy in trade. Everything you buy or sell or work for in your life would be recorded, and this lack of anonymity could be used to stifle your freedoms in the future. For example, say you like to eat steak regularly, but the increasingly authoritarian government decides to list red meat as a health risk and a "climate change risk" due...

April 21st, 2023 By Ty and Charlene Bollinger Guest Writers for Wake Up World As 5G technology continues its global rollout, promising lightning-fast internet speeds and improved connectivity, concerns have arisen about potential health risks associated with 5G towers. Recent reports have detailed cases of individuals developing microwave syndrome or electrohypersensitivity (EHS) after exposure to []

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Hearing will come to order. Id first like to thank our witness, Dr. Shawn Kirkpatrick for testifying here and in todays earlier closed session, and for as long and distinguished career, both in the intelligence community and in the department defense, Dr. Kirkpatrick is the director of the all domain anomaly resolution office or arrow, Congress established this office in law to get to the bottom of the very serious problem of unidentified anomalous phenomenon or UAP. Dr. Kirkpatrick has a very difficult mission. While we have made progress, there remains a stigma attached to these phenomenon. There is a vast and complex citizen engagement. And theres also very challenging scientific and technical hurdles. So we appreciate the willingness of Dr. Kirkpatrick to lean in on this issue and the work that he has accomplished thus far. And we look forward to both his opening statement and his presentation of examples of the work arrow has done in late 2017. Media reports surfaced about activity set in motion. By the late long serving Majority Leader, Senator Harry Reid more than a decade ago, we learned that there was strong evidence of advanced technology reflected in the features and performance characteristics of many objects observed by our highly highly trained service members operating top of the line military equipment. We learned that for at least the past eight years, military pilots frequently encountered or unknown objects in controlled airspace off both the east and west coast across the continental United States. In test and training areas and ranges. We dont know where they are, they come from who made them or how they operate. As former Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist observed had any of these objects had the label made in China, there will be an uproar in the government and media, there would be no stone unturned and no efforts spare to find out what we were dealing with. We can look at the recent incursion of the unidentified PRC high altitude balloon for as an example, because EPA because of the UFO stigma, the response has been irresponsibly anemic and slow. Congress established arrow we made it clear that we expect vigorous action we added very substantial initial funding for the office. But despite our best efforts, the Presidents budget for fiscal was 23 and 24, r...

On Monday, the Public Health Agency of Canada released a report on climate change and its impact on Canadians' wellbeing. The document centred around interviews with numerous "key public health experts," each of whom tied environmental issues to their particular cause du jour. The report alleged that white supremacy, capitalism, colonialism, and racism were all "systemic drivers of negative health outcomes and climate change," and therefore the only way forward is via a plan focused on "decolonizing, justice, and equity." The report begins with the authors, Isaac White, Jennifer Otoadese, and self-identified "white settler scholar" Dr. Heather Castleden, stating that, "we acknowledge that we are uninvited land occupiers who by virtue of our identities contribute to the multiple manifestations of settler colonialism in our society."

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Is the human race under spiritual attack? And did the esoteric philosopher and clairvoyant Rudolf Steiner warn about it over a century ago when he said a vaccine would be the delivery system for the defeat of humanity?

For many, the overly-authoritarian response by governments worldwide to COVID-19 pointed to some deeper, more sinister driving force. But it hasnt just been the governments that seemed to be acting strange. Over the last two years, weve witnessed people across a broad spectrum of society meekly submit to draconian attacks on their freedoms, many even fiercely defending the assault. In the same way, weve seen politicians and parties who once ran on platforms of personal freedom and economic autonomy almost overnight turn into overbearing control freaks, intent on micromanaging every aspect of our lives. How has this happened?

Recently, the term mass formation psychosis has been on everybodys lips. Its defined as a psychological phenomenon whereby a mass of people voluntarily go through a process of deindividuation, and a herd mentality forms. Due to their contagious nature, the thoughtforms affecting these deindividuated people, catalysed by the positive feedback loops of news programmes, social media and peer interaction, spread like wildfire throughout the population. In the past, this used to be called mob psychology, or more plainly, the madness of crowds.

Psychology: from Science to the Occult

Someone for whom the events of the past couple of years would not have been so surprising was the Austrian esoteric philosopher and mystic Rudolf Steiner, who died almost a century ago. Throughout his life, Steiner wrote numerous books and delivered thousands of lectures on his theories, contributing greatly to diverse spheres from architecture to education and agriculture to beekeeping. His highly unique and sometimes controversial insights and methods led to the founding of the spiritual movement known as Anthroposophy, which emphasises the existence of a boundless potential for human beings.

Unlike some esoteric thinkers, Steiner saw the great importance of materialistic science but argued that it was vital to see it as only a single aspect of reality which should ideally be combined with what he called spiritual science gained by mystical experience in order to present the full picture. After all, breakthroughs often occur when scientists receive insights from beyond the material realm, as in the famous case of James Watson, credited with the discovery of the double heli...

A new rule from the Biden administration will force homebuyers with good credit scores to pay higher mortgage rates in order to subsidize loans to those with riskier borrowing profiles, the Washington Times reports. The fee, which will apply to those buying or refinancing houses after May 1, will affect homebuyers with credit scores of 680 or higher, will amount to roughly $40 per month on a home loan of $400,000, or nearly $500 per year. Homebuyers who make down payments of 15% - 20% will be hit with the largest fees. According to those in the industry, the changes will frustrate homebuyers with high credit scores, as well as those looking to refinance, as they're being punished for having strong financial positions.

The new president of Purdue University shares his thoughts on the development of the semiconductor program, and how the universitys helping more first-generation and minority students access higher education.

Fast Company editors ranked Purdue University No. 16 on our 2023 Most Innovative Companies list for solving a national problem: a shortage of semiconductor engineers. Last year, Purdue launched an undergraduate and graduate-level Semiconductor Degree Program designed to address this scarcity by training more engineers. As part of the Fast Company Most Innovative Companies Summit, staff writer Pavithra Mohan spoke with Purdues new president, Mung Chiang, about the development of the program and how the university is helping more first-generation and minority students access higher education.

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Sun protection has been a topic of conversation for generations. Everyone knows that the sun, although mood-boosting, and offering some health benefits too, can really do some damage. The saying fun in the sun isnt so fun when considering the detriments of too much sun exposure including serious diagnoses like skin cancer. Read the following useful information about sun protection and what to know about how to stay safe in the sun.

Is Sunshine Healthy?

The answer to this question is a million times YES! The sun offers health benefits like boosting our levels of vitamin D which leads to a healthier immune system. The sun also aids in amping up our mood and making us feel happier. Everyone can agree on that. There are many benefits to soaking up the sun but as with anything in life, moderation is key.

The Bad Part

The bad part about staying out in the sun too long is that the sun gives off ultraviolet rays. These are called UV rays for short. These rays are extremely powerful and contain skin-damaging effects. When exposed to the strength of UV rays for too long, your skin will suffer. Sun damage comes in the form of burnt skin, blisters, fine lines, and wrinkles, and sometimes more serious consequences such as skin cancer.

Wear Sunscreen

The newly-released 2022 Disasters in numbers report from CRED (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters) is even more dishonest than its 2021 report, claims retired Associate Professor of Physics Dr. Ralph Alexander. The most egregious statements are said to involve the death toll from weather-related disasters. According to CRED's own emergency events database EM-DAT, mortality is 98% lower today than a century earlier. But a "more careful examination" of mortality statistics is said to indicate this percentage may be misleading. "Misinterpreting statistics could be harmful if it supports a discourse minimising the importance of climate change," it notes. The massive 98% fall over 100 years in weather-related disaster deaths - widely quoted, but inconvenient in promoting climate fears - is shown in figure A below.

The State Board of Education on Wednesday voted to bar Florida middle school and high school teachers from "intentionally" teaching students about sexual orientation or gender identity, unless the lessons are part of a reproductive health course or are "expressly required" by the state's academic standards. Teachers who do otherwise could be suspended or their teaching license could be revoked. Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, the head of the Florida Department of Education, said the rule is meant to "provide clarity" to teachers about what they can and cannot teach on those topics.

Further significant doubts have been cast on the accuracy of global surface temperature results following the discovery that electronic thermometers in Australia have read up to 0.7C higher than traditional mercury glass units. The Australian dataset is a major component of global compilations since it provides an important guide to one of the largest land masses in the southern hemisphere. After many years of trying, local freedom of information requests from scientists have forced the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) to release comparative information from the two measuring devices around Brisbane airport. It shows that automatic readings are higher 41% of the time, compared with 32% when the temperatures were the same. Electronic temperatures devices have been in general use in Australia since 1995. The guidance of the World Meteorological Organisation suggests averaging temperatures over a minute to remove corruptions caused by temporary effects such as a sudden gust of...

The job losses are expected to impact about 15% of Disneys entertainment division staff.

Its not just tech companies that are facing mass layoffs. Earlier this year, entertainment giant the Walt Disney Company announced it would cut 7,000 jobs in a phased layoff comprising three rounds. As CNBC reports, next week will see the second phase of those layoffs begin and it will include job cuts at Disney-owned sports giant ESPN.

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We received 38 reports about a fireball seen over British Columbia and WA on Wednesday, April 19th 2023 around 04:51 UT. For this event, we received one video.

The company plans to roll out AI to quickly build and reshape websites based on verbal prompts.

Webflow made its name by offering customers templates to create no-code websites via a suite of built-in design tools. Soon, users may not even need to use those tools to generate a working site.

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The partnership with Nextdoor, which boasted tens of millions of users, could greatly expand a campaigns reach.

Donation platform GoFundMe is rolling out what it says is the largest update since its founding in 2010. The changes include a revamped fundraiser management dashboard that can coach users through campaigns, a partnership with hyperlocal social networking service Nextdoor to share fundraisers with people in nearby areas, and an option to upload a video clip for solicitations (vs. text-based requests).

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A new survey found that rideshare workers experience unsafe job conditions and have little recourse.

JC has been a driver for Lyft in Chicago for seven years. He started the job to supplement his incomehes a domestic violence counselor by trainingand to help support his four children, but hes grown to feel unsafe on the platform.

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Fashion is a field that is ever-evolving, constantly changing, and continuously attracting more and more individuals to join its ranks. One of the best ways to gain a foothold in this industry is by pursuing a fashion degree or diploma. But which is the right choice for you? In this article, well explore the differences between these two and help you decide which one suits you the best.

Lets take a closer look at each option to help you decide which one is right for you.

Fashion Diploma

If youre someone who wants to jump right into this industry and start working as soon as possible, then a diploma of fashion design is a great option. Youll learn everything you need to know to start your own label, work as a designer, or work in fashion retail.

The benefits of a fashion diploma include:

1. Practical skills: Youll learn hands-on skills that you can use immediately in the fashion industry.
2. Shorter course length: A diploma usually takes 1-2 years to complete, which means you can start working sooner.
3. Focus on fashion design: The course is focused solely on design, which means youll learn everything you need to know about the design process.

Fashion Degree

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Taking care of your skin is important, especially when you have sensitive skin. Many commercial products contain harsh chemicals and fragrances that can irritate you. But fear not, you can still take care of it with natural products that are gentle and effective. In this article, well share some recipes and tips for DIY natural products for sensitive skin.

Cleansing Oil

Oil cleansing is a popular method for removing makeup and impurities from the skin without stripping it of its natural oils. This cleansing oil recipe is gentle enough for sensitive skin and can be customized to your type.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup carrier oil (such as jojoba, grapeseed, or sweet almond oil)

2-3 drops essential oil (optional)

1 tsp vitamin E oil (optional)

Directions:

1. Mix the carrier oil, essential oil, and vitamin E oil (if using) in a small jar or bottle.
2. To use, apply a small amount of the oil to your face and massage gently for 1-2 minutes.
3. Wet a washcloth with warm water and gently wipe away the oil and any impurities.

Facial Toner

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Before implementing generative AI, ensure that the right structures, processes, and expertise are in place.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is by no means brand-new. Scientists have been transfixed by the concept of artificially intelligent machines for at least a hundred years. Yet, the mainstream conversations around this set of technologies make it seem like the rapid advances in AI capabilities came out of nowhere. Thats certainly not the case. The newfound attention is because theres heightened focus around a specific, groundbreaking form of AI: generative AI, which can produce various types of content like text, imagery, audio, and synthetic data.

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How to Locate Reliable Pet Insurance

When searching for a proper insurance agent, it is quite a challenging process. Just like it is with other businesses, there are many dog insurance agencies and types to select from. However, you need to know more about insurance companies and agents are not the same. Therefore, a lot of attention is required when choosing an insurance agent that is suitable for you. To help you find a good insurance agent, there are multiple steps that you can take. The first step you should take is to contact and speak directly to your prospective agent.

To meet and discuss your needs and expectations, book an interview with the agents. To help you find a suitable insurance agent, there is no better way than having a one on one conversation now! An insurance agent that is right for you is the one that is keen to listen and inquire more about your needs. However, it might be time to find a new insurance agent if the one you are talking to is only pushing for unwanted plans and policies. If you find the advice given by a particular agent uncomfortable, you can also view here for more to get details about the agency.

Do not make the mistake of paying for an agent who is hard to get along with. When looking for the proper insurance agent, you also need to discover more and observe how quickly they respond to your needs. You probably need to find another agent if the one you are talking to does not seem interested to listen or respond to your wants. Also you should not settle for an agent who keeps on pushing you to purchase more coverage even after they are already aware of your needs. It is, however, common for good agents to sometimes provide more coverage or different policy options.

It is good to find out if you can be offered with all the different types of systems that you may want by your prospective insurance agent. If, for example, you need health, auto, and homeowners insurance, it will not make any sense if you find a suitable insurance agent that only offers one of them. The other thing you need to consider is the period that the company has been into the business of selling insurance. You should not expect perfect services in case you are the first customer to that agent. On the other hand, ensure these agents have been into business for long, you can expect to get high-quality services, knowledge, and experience.