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North and South Korea firing huge amounts of artillery across maritime border

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U.S. artillerymen with Battery I prepare to demonstrate the fire sequence of an M777A2 155 mm lightweight howitzer for Republic of Korea (ROK) Marines at the Rodriguez Live-Fire Complex during Korean Marine Exchange Program (KMEP) 13-8 on August 17, 2013 (Image credit: Lance Cpl. Kasey Peacock/U.S. Pacific Command/Flickr)

North and South Korea have exchanged artillery fire into each other’s waters a day after North Korea raised the possibility of more nuclear tests, according to reports.

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The exchange of fire came after North Korea carried out what CNN called “provocative live-fire exercises near the South Korean maritime border.”

North Korea began the drill just after noon Monday, semiofficial South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed that some ordnance fired by North Korea landed in the waters of South Korea and that they responded with fire.

The two countries fired almost 1,000 artillery shells total, with North Korea firing some 500 over more than three hours.

Some 100 of the North Korean artillery shells fell south of the water border, according to South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok.

South Korea responded by firing 300 artillery shells into the waters of North Korea, he said, according to the Associated Press.

While the firing of artillery shells can be seen as an escalation of tensions between the two countries, no shells by either side were fired at land or military installations.

Still, the spokesman said that North Korea’s actions are a provocation aimed at testing the security posture of South Korea.

In addition to firing the some 300 shells back into North Korean waters, South Korea dispatched fighter jets near the Northern Limit Line, the disputed maritime border between North Korea and South Korea.

When the defense spokesman was asked what South Korea was firing back at, he said, “We are not shooting at North Korea, just shooting into the sea.”

The North Korean exercise “appeared to be more saber-rattling from Pyongyang rather than the start of a military standoff,” according to Reuters.

This comes after North Korea said South Korea was guilty of “gangster-like” behavior for “abducting” a North Korean fishing boat.

South Korea, however, maintained tat they sent the boat back after drifting into its waters.

The actions by North Korea were criticized by the White House, who called them “dangerous and provocative.”

The White House said that North Korea’s threats and provocations are only acting to isolate it further.

“We remain steadfast in our commitment (to) the defense of our allies and remain in close coordination with both the Republic of Korea and Japan,” said White House National Security Council spokesman Jonathan Lalley, according to Reuters.

Residents of five of the front-line South Korean islands were sent to shelters during the North Korean artillery fire and the ferry service that links the islands to the mainland was stopped temporarily, according to an official with Ongjin county, which governs the islands.

No immediate comment was issued by North Korea, the AP reports.

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I Saved $335.00 A Month On Healthcare Because Of Obamacare

Because of the ACA, earlier this month I signed up for a new platinum healthcare plan offered in California that is saving me a ton of money — and for that, I’m very grateful. As many of C&L’s readers know, I suffered for many years while running this site with severe nerve damage that ruined my music career and kept me in chronic pain for a very long time. As a result of that combined with my age and another previous condition, my healthcare plan (PPO) has skyrocketed the last few years, making it very difficult for me to sustain the kind of coverage I need. So when President Obama undertook the task of trying to fix our broken system, I was firmly behind it — not because I’m a progressive, but because it was essential to my wellbeing. I’m selfish that way, I know.

Healthcare has become a hot-button political issue in our country because of the GOP’s opposition to expanding coverage to millions of uncovered Americans and the Beltway media’s refusal to call it the way it really is, but for me, this is all about survival.

Paul Begala said as much to CNN:

I signed up for health care through the Affordable Care Act last week.

I did so for one reason and one reason only: it was a good deal for my family. In fact, it was a better deal than we were getting before the ACA.

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Is Single-Serving Coffee Really Worth All the Mindless Waste It Creates?

Nearly 1 in 5 coffee drinkers is too lazy to make coffee, and those little serving pods they discard add up.

I know I shouldn’t be, but I am shocked by Americans’ laziness.

We look for the closest parking spot to the gym so that we don’t have to walk those extra few steps. We indulge in watching more cooking shows, yet actually cook less than ever. We invented the drive-thru.

Now, nearly one in five American coffee drinkers is too lazy to make coffee.

There are foods that are very complex and difficult to make. Coffee isn’t one of them. I understand why someone wouldn’t want to make homemade butter or those little French macarons. I get why my mom only made her cheese blintzes for very special occasions. That stuff takes work.

I dread my annual tomato sauce canning marathon, and I only do it because the amazing sauce that results makes easy, delicious meals all year long. And once I put all that work in, I don’t share my sauce with just anyone.

But, coffee?

I make it several times a day. And I’m pretty lazy — I’ve been known to eat whole unpeeled carrots Bugs Bunny style to avoid cutting and cooking them. If I can make coffee, anyone can.

A traditional drip coffee maker requires a few steps. Add water. Measure coffee. Grind coffee. Add filter. Place grounds in filter. Press “on.” Wait. Your coffee is ready.

You can further reduce the required work by purchasing pre-ground coffee, or – better yet –getting a coffee grinder that does the measuring for you.

For lots of folks, that’s still too much work.

Nearly 20 percent of coffee drinkers now use coffee pods. With specialized coffee makers and compatible “pods” of individual serving sizes of pre-ground coffee, one reduces the task of making coffee to: Add water, insert pod, press start, throw pod away. Fancier machines also let you add milk to make various espresso drinks.

These newfangled coffeemakers don’t come cheap. A Keurig will run you $ 80 or more, and Nespresso makers start at $ 149. Once you’re invested, you have to buy the related brand of pods — K-cups for Green Mountain Coffee’s Keurig or Nestle’s Nespresso. That alone would be my deal-breaker, because I don’t like either brand of coffee.

In their defense, Keurig offers a refillable pod for $ 15 (the price of my entire coffee maker) so you can add your preferred type of coffee. Which puts the onerous work of measuring and grinding back into your coffee-making process.

While it’s easy to make fun of Americans’ drive to save time in the kitchen, there’s nothing inherently wrong with it. In fact, sometimes time-saving steps constitute efficiency and ingenuity, not laziness. But in this case, the new pod systems result in a staggering amount of waste and may potentially harm your health.

According to a recent Mother Jones article, all of the K-cups sold in 2013 could circle the earth 10.5 times. And every single one now resides in a landfill. Nespresso’s pods are aluminum. They have a program to collect and recycle used pods, but unless their customers actually take them up on this, it’s little more than good PR.

Then there are the health questions generated by making your coffee in little plastic pods (in the case of K-cups). The cups are made of #7 plastic, a catch-all category of “Other” plastics not included in numbers 1 through 6. Keurig refused to tell Mother Jones what type of plastic it used, or whether or not it contained possibly-carcinogenic styrene.

These new brewing systems are little more than a clever method a few companies have discovered to sell more of their own crappy coffee, without regard for the trash they create and their potential impacts on their customers’ health.

Let’s take the waste and potential health hazards out of our coffee. We don’t need to trash the planet just to get a morning buzz.

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