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Nestlé / Gerber Banana Baby Food Recall Notice Is False
Recently this notice has been appearing widely on several social media sites, especially Twitter and Facebook. Since I had heard nothing previous about it, I took it upon myself to investigate the validity of this claim. I subsequently discovered this … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Health and Beauty, News & Sports
Tagged Gerber Banana Baby food, Gerber recall, social media rumor
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24 Hours of Reality: The Dirty Weather Report Begins TONIGHT at 5 pm PST
Al Gore, Founder and Chairman, The Climate Reality Project Maggie L. Fox, President and CEO, The Climate Reality Project: “Dear Los Angeles Beat readers, We are pleased to invite you to join us this week when millions of people will … Continue reading
Watch the Premiere Screening of the ‘It’s a Girl!’ Film
Rita Banerji, Founder and CEO of ’50 Million Missing: a Campaign Against India’s Female Genocide: “Courteous greetings to all the readers of the LA Beat, ‘It’s a Girl!’, the much awaited new documentary film on female ‘gendercide’ in India and … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News & Sports, Theater, Upcoming Events
Tagged 50 Million Missing, Evan Grae Davis, female genocide, India, Rita Banerji
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Stand with David Garcia to End Retaliation at Walmart Warehouses
David Garcia: “Hello to everyone at the LA Beat! Working conditions in the Walmart-contracted warehouses are bad. We are temporary workers, we make minimum wage, we have no job security, no sick days and we work in extreme temperatures lifting … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News & Sports
Tagged David Garcia, strike, Warehouse Workers United
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CA Secretary of State Urged to “Count Every Vote on Prop 37” with New Petition
According to investigative journalist Jon Rappoport, more than one million votes on Prop 37 (the GMO labeling initiative) in California have gone uncounted to date. Since the margin of “victory” is about 600,000 votes, this means that Prop 37 may have … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Health and Beauty, Science & Technology
Tagged genetically modified food, GMOs, Jon Rappoport, Linda Masterson, Prop 37
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Has Science Confirmed the Existence of the Soul Through Quantum Physics
“I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people in the street and say, ‘have you heard this?!’ We are all connected: to each other biologically, to the earth chemically and … Continue reading
Posted in Science & Technology
Tagged Dr. Stuart Hameroff, near-death experience, Orch-OR, Sir Roger Penrose
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Robbery and Murder: an Interview with David Olney
All photos courtesy of Deadbeet Records. Copyright 2012. Singer/songwriter/storyteller David Olney possesses a unique charm that is hard to resist. He can quite literally charm the birds out of the trees and even the shoes off the feet of a legend … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Music
Tagged americana, David Olney, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt
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The Man who Saved the World
“A guy called Vasili Arkhipov saved the world.” – Thomas Blanton in 2002 (then director of the National Security Archive) Last month, October 27, 1962 marked the 50th anniversary of an event too important in world history for it to get … Continue reading
Was There Ever a Real ‘Devil’s School’?
For anyone who is familiar with the classic horror tale of Dracula there is a particular paragraph that has raised many questions in the minds of readers, ever since the book’s release over a hundred years ago. In that paragraph … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Bram Stoker, Carpathian Mountains, dracula, Emily Gerard, Herodotus, Jason Colavito, R. C. Maclagan, Romanian legends, The Solomanari
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The Top 10 Worst Horror Films Ever Made!
With Halloween almost here, The Los Angeles Beat welcomes witty and popular Yahoo Network contributor Lara Bailey, as she presents her pick of the top ten worst horror films ever made. Although I might disagree with her decision to include … Continue reading