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UNSCEAR: Everything is A-OK Radiation Risk Low
http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.3361/news_detail.asp
TOP FRONT CENTER THIS A.M. @ HP
LET ‘EM DROWN Boehner: Government Should Stop Helping Homeowners With Underwater Mortgages http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/john-boehner-homeowners-underwater-mortgages_n_1247755.html
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The Agenda Of the Elite Bankers pt. 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrSl5258fYw&feature=youtu.be
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HP CLOSED COMMENT SECTIONS EVERYWHERE ON THE SITE
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Dont know if it’s a FLUKE or what.
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Get a load of this shit…
http://ansnuclearcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/banner-message-500×301.jpg
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Whoa! It’s the end of the nuclear age the way things are going…
Here’s a song to cheer you up, Whoopie. I posted it in another thread but I think it belongs right next to that decal.
“The lunatics have taken over the Asylum’ by Collide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0imdMMIBToQ
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How fitting. We are the ONLY sane ones.
Thanks Alice.
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The American Nuclear Society is in LaGrange, Illinois.
Not far from me.
I’ve often thought is would be a good place to have a protest.
They are just about the same distance as I am from the Byron Nuclear Plant that had problems the other day.
I wonder if they felt secure or if they had just the slightest feeling of dread over what could possibly happen.
Also, the NRC regional offices are in Lisle, Illinois not far from me either just in the other direction. Hope they were wondering if they should go outside or not during the Byron Nuclear incident.
Between having the most nuclear reactors and nuclear waste of any state in the USA, home to the American Nuclear Society and having NRC’s regional HQ’s as well as Argonne National Laboratory Illinois is the one of the most pro-nuclear states in the USA.
Chernobyl, Fukushima, Illinois?
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Comments are back and a NEW ARTICLE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/fukushima-pets-trapped-evacuation-zone_n_1242058.html?ref=tw
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DAVID ICKE IS NOW AGREEING WITH JIM STONE
http://www.davidicke.com/headlines/60461-fukushima-what-really-happened
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Chief vet’s statement on Schmallenberg virus
As many in the farming community will already be aware, a new animal disease that affects sheep, cattle and goats – the Schmallenberg virus – has been found in the UK. The virus was first detected after an unusual disease picture was reported in cattle in Germany and The Netherlands last year and it was subsequently found in Belgium and France. AHVLA’s recent test results show that the disease is present here and we currently have 11 cases in the UK.
Our knowledge of this family of viruses suggests that it is transmitted by midges. We believe …
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/02/02/2012/131259/Chief-vet39s-statement-on-Schmallenberg-virus.htm
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*PHOTO* A two-headed wild Brown trout spawned in the Salt River sub-unit of the upper Snake River drainage watershed, which is within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/toxic-time-bomb-spawned-two-headed-brown-trout-greater-yellowstone-ecosystem
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Dogs in concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=6ntDYjS0Y3w
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*PHOTOS* Chevron rig still burning in Nigeria, In pictures
January 26, 2012
On 16 January, between 4.30am and 5am, Chevron’s KS Endeavour drilling rig exploded six miles off the coast of Nigeria after the company lost control of the gas well. Two workers were reported killed. Ten days on, the fire continues to burn. …
http://blog.platformlondon.org/2012/01/26/in-pictures-chevron-rig-still-burning-in-nigeria/
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The ultrasound bill isn’t the only tactic ideologues are trying to subvert a woman’s legal right to abortion in this state. Nor is it the most egregious.
Another bill would define a fetus from fertilization onward as a person, with “all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of the commonwealth.”
This measure was introduced by Del. Bob Marshall, R-Prince William, who once famously called deformed babies nature’s “special punishment” for aborting firstborns.
Yet another bill would remove state funding for abortions for low-income women whose fetus would be born with incapacitating physical or mental deformity. (Only 23 women received such funds in the last fiscal year, at a cost to the commonwealth of only $15,000.)
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics both testified against this bill. Yet it passed a House subcommittee last week in a vote the ACLU of Virginia calls “both shameful and callous” for denying “low-income women access to safe care for no other reason than their poverty.”
Also last week, the state Board of Health held hearings on onerous “emergency” abortion regulations that would treat clinics that provide abortions like hospitals and force them to shut down if, for instance, their hallways or parking lots weren’t big enough.
The obvious overall strategy is to make it so hard for a woman to access an abortion that she’s forced to carry to term.
But with little to no thought, care or provision for what becomes of that child thereafter.
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-nws-tamara-abortion-0201-20120131,0,2014243.column
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Japanese Suppliers To Pay Price-Fixing Fine
Jan 31, 2012
AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Japanese auto suppliers have agreed to pay more than half a billion dollars in criminal fines for a price-fixing conspiracy in the sale of parts to U.S. automakers, the Justice Department announced Monday.
Yazaki Corp. agreed to pay a $470 million fine, the second-largest criminal fine obtained for an antitrust violation. The second company, DENSO Corp., agreed to pay a $78 million fine. Four Yazaki executives, all Japanese citizens, will serve up to two years in U.S. prison as part of the deal to plead guilty to one felony count.
The pleas are part of an ongoing investigation that is the largest ever in the Justice Department antitrust division. Sharis Pozen, the division’s acting head, told reporters in a briefing that “pernicious cartel conduct” in the auto parts industry has harmed car buyers and …
http://www.impomag.com/scripts/ShowPR.asp?RID=20618&et_cid=2453323&et_rid=372733359
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So, any day now I’ll get a Class Action Settlement letter telling me I’m due $1.14 in damages…the rest went to the lawyers.
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Indian Air Force To Buy 126 Rafale Jets
January 31, 2012 A P
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has decided to buy 126 French-made Rafale combat aircraft for the Indian air force, clinching a massive $11 billion defense deal, a top government official said Tuesday.
The French aviation company Dassault snapped up the $11 billion deal after emerging with the lowest bid in a two-way competition against the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, the official said.
The official was speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters about the sensitive defense deal.
Planes from Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin of the United States and from Russian and Swedish makers were dropped from consideration earlier.
The deal is the 1st foreign deal for Dassault’s Rafale fighter jets.
India, the world’s biggest arms importer, is being wooed by major international arms manufacturers as it replaces its obsolete Soviet-era weapons.
Eighteen fighter aircraft will be delivered in “fly away” condition within …
http://www.impomag.com/scripts/ShowPR.asp?RID=20622&et_cid=2453323&et_rid=372733359
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What looked to be three people were spotted flying around the skies of lower Manhattan last Friday
Uploaded by ChronicleNYC on Jan 30, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcDN409ZBv4&feature=player_detailpage
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Japan Cabinet OKs Bill to Cap Nuke Reactor Life
AP Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Japan’s Cabinet approved bills Tuesday aimed at bolstering nuclear safety regulations following last year’s Fukushima disaster, including one that would put a 40-year cap on the operational life of nuclear reactors. …
http://pddnet.com/news-ap-japan-cabinet-oks-bill-to-cap-nuke-reactor-life-013112/
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With Trial Pending, BP Asks Judge To Cut Experts
Tue, 01/31/2012 A P
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With a trial over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill looming, BP PLC is asking a federal judge to block two plaintiffs’ experts from testifying about an alleged disregard for safety throughout the energy company that those experts say led to the nation’s largest offshore oil spill.
BP’s legal maneuver to limit the two California experts from testifying about the alleged lack of a safety culture at BP was made public Monday after U.S. Magistrate Sally Shushan unsealed 30 court motions to limit and block expert testimony. BP filed 17 of the motions, seeking …
http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2012/01/with-trial-pending-bp-asks-judge-to-cut-experts
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Malaysian demonstrators display banners as they gather to protest against an Australian rare earth plant in a resort town of Kuantan on October 9, 2011. The Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) in Malaysia was scheduled to start processing rare earths imported from Australia for use in high-tech products from iPods to missiles in the third quarter of 2011. The plant is under construction near the town of Kuantan in eastern Pahang state. AFP PHOTO
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/lynas-corporation-australia-rare-earth_n_1246465.html
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In the crop department, Monsanto is well on their way to dictating whatconsumers will eat, what farmers will grow, and how much Monsanto willget paid for seeds. In some cases those seeds are designed not to reproduce sowable offspring. In others, a flock of lawyers stand ready to swoop down on farmers who illegally, or even unknowingly, end up with Monsanto’s private property growing in their fields.
In a 5-4 decision, the Canadian Supreme Court held that Mr. Schmeiser had violated Monsanto’s patent by planting seed from GE canola that had been found on his farm the previous year.
“This is a sad day for farmers worldwide,” said Pat Venditti, our Genetic Engineering campaigner in Canada. “Monsanto’s canola has been contaminating the fields of Western Canada for years now, as there is no way to contain their transgenic pollution. Unfortunately, the Court has held that Monsanto can keep polluting farmers’ fields and keep menacing them with costly lawsuits. Farmers should be able to keep their fields GE-free, but the Court has held that’s a decision best left to Monsanto.”
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/monsanto-wins-right-to-pollute/
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02/01/2012 I-12-003 NRC Completes Review of Fire Protection Exemption Requests at Indian Point; Requests Information from Entergy
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has denied the majority of requests for exemptions from fire protection requirements at Indian Point Units 2 and 3. The two units, operated by Entergy Nuclear Operations, are located in Buchanan, N.Y.
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2012/12-003.i.pdf
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Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate
Sunday, June 27, 2004
Kenyan-born US Senate hopeful, Barrack Obama, appeared set to take over the Illinois Senate seat after his main rival, Jack Ryan, dropped out of the race on Friday night amid a furor over lurid sex club allegations.
The allegations that horrified fellow Republicans and caused his once-promising candidacy to implode in four short days have given Obama a clear lead as Republicans struggled to fetch an alternative.
Ryan’s campaign began to crumble …
http://web.archive.org/web/20040627142700/eastandard.net/headlines/news26060403.htm
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2004 article from Associated Press reveals that Obama is Kenyan-born
Posted by EU Times on Oct 15th, 2009 // 4 Comments
Article above written on Sunday, June 27, 2004 appeared on the website Sunday Standard but the article is not available anymore on the official website. However, thanks to http://www.web.archive.org the article has been found here. 1 month and 2 days later, the same paper says “Obama of Kenyan descent and born in Hawaii“. Looks like they were “fixing” things back then. The articles are available only on web archive because they have been deleted on the Sunday Standard website.
Note that the article written by AP (Associated Press) has also appeared on a Kenya Daily website (Kenyan website). Notice the article with the title “Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate” on that website, under the TOP STORIES. If you click on the article it won’t open because it seems that it has not been saved by the web archive and it has been deleted from the Kenya Daily website. So what are they hiding? … More …
http://www.eutimes.net/2009/10/2004-article-from-associated-press-reveals-that-obama-is-kenyan-born/
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Is a natural citizen also ??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Romney
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Japan’s Industrial Output Rebounds
Tue, 01/31/2012 – A P
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s industrial production rebounded 4 percent in December from November and household spending increased, suggesting the still-weak economy is gaining some steam after last year’s tsunami disaster and flooding in Thailand that disrupted manufacturers’ supply chains.
Output of automobiles, cell phones and semiconductors drove the gains last month after production fell 2.7 percent in November. Manufacturers project further production increases in January and February, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday.
But Japan’s unemployment rate edged up 0.1 point to 4.6 percent in …
http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2012/01/japans-industrial-output-rebounds
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Russia: Radiation Likely Caused Space Probe Failure
Tue, 01/31/2012 A P
MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s space agency said Tuesday that cosmic radiation was the most likely cause of the failure of a Mars moon probe that crashed to Earth this month, and suggested that a low-quality imported component may have been vulnerable to the radiation.
The unmanned probe was to have gone to the Mars moon of Phobos, taken soil samples and brought them back. But it became stuck in Earth orbit soon after its launch on Nov. 9. It fell out of orbit on Jan. 15, reportedly off the coast of Chile, but no fragments have been found.
The failure was a severe embarrassment to Russia, and space agency …
http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2012/01/russia-radiation-likely-caused-space-probe-failure
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The Russian space probe was carrying toxic hydrazine fuel, which was supposed to burn up during re-entry…Plus it had a small amount of Cobalt-57 and some MICROBES…
They think the probe crashed Jan. 15th here: “midpoint of the crash zone was located in the Brazilian state of Goias.”
Fantastic article about it:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2085869/Russian-Phobos-Grunt-Mars-probe-expected-hit-Earth-hours.html
Does anyone know: Were there any high or strange radiation readings in Brazil that day?
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Could it have happened again ?
On the afternoon of Sept. 15, 2007, residents of a village near Lake Titicaca in southern Peru heard a loud roaring noise and looked up to see a ball of fire blazing through the sky. The object struck the earth, creating a loud noise, shaking the ground and launching debris as far as 250 meters away from the impact site …
Russian tabloid Pravda made its rounds on the Internet; the writer claimed that as part of an elaborate conspiracy, the U.S. government shot down its own spy satellite, which spilled its radioactive fuel upon crashing in the Andes. …
details in some reports, especially about symptoms of those who were sick, whether groundwater boiled, if a strange smell was present and even how large the crater was. Some scientists speculated that noxious gases were stirred up by the meteor impact, while others claimed that dust caused people to experience dizziness and nausea. …
http://science.howstuffworks.com/peru-meteor.htm
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WTO: China Unfairly Limits Export of Raw Materials
January 31, 2012
GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization ruled Monday that China unfairly limited exports of nine raw materials to protect domestic manufacturers.
A WTO appeals body rejected China’s appeal of an earlier ruling in July that concluded the Asian economic powerhouse had violated international trade rules. The appeals body largely sided with the United States, European and Mexico, which had taken issue with Chinese restrictions on its exports of nine materials used widely in the steel, aluminum and chemical industries.
They had complained that China drives up prices on overseas shipments of the materials by setting export duties, quotas and licensing requirements on them, giving the country’s manufacturers an unfair edge over competitors. But China had argued that its export limits were needed to protect the environment. …
… China’s WTO mission in Geneva said it “deeply regrets” that the …
http://www.chem.info/News/2012/01/International-WTO-China-Unfairly-Limits-Export-of-Raw-Materials/
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*VIDEO* America Scrambles for Rare-Earth Elements
The U.S. is rushing to make sure it’s not left in China’s dust in the rush to mine the rare-earth elements that are vital for manufacturing the latest technology.
http://www.chem.info/Multimedia/Video/2012/01/Material-Handling-America-Scrambles-for-Rare-Earth-Elements/?et_cid=2458563&et_rid=372733355&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.chem.info%2fMultimedia%2fVideo%2f2012%2f01%2fMaterial-Handling-America-Scrambles-for-Rare-Earth-Elements%2f
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Cadmium Spill Threatens Water Supplies In China
Tue, 01/31/2012 AP
China’s environmental authorities were redoubling efforts Monday to prevent a toxic cadmium spill from further tainting water supplies of cities downstream, as seven chemical company officials were reported detained in connection with the accident.
Official reports have provided little information about the exact cause of the spill, whose impact was first seen in fish kills in mid-January. The contamination initially was blamed on a mining company, but the official Xinhua News Agency reported late Monday that seven managers of chemical companies had been detained on suspicion of responsibility for unauthorized waste discharges.
Cadmium, used to make batteries, is poisonous and can cause cancer.
The spill prompted residents of Liuzhou, a city of 3.2 million in southwestern China’s Guangxi region, to stock up on bottled water, though officials said efforts to neutralize the cadmium were keeping the water within safe levels and the city could use groundwater reserves if water from local rivers and reservoirs becomes too contaminated.
Chinese rivers, lakes and coastal waters are heavily polluted due to inadequate controls on industries, runoff from farms and urban sewage. The area near Hechi, the city upstream on the Longjiang River, where
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http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2012/01/cadmium-spill-threatens-water-supplies-in-china?
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¿Los humanos.. dónde está su sangre? ¿Dónde están los corazones? ¿Dónde están sus almas? ¿Dónde está su amor para sus hijos e hijas? ¿Dónde está el amor para su tierra? Escúcheme.. Escuche los corazones… Escúcheme…
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Heart of the Rose,
Creo que están haciendo lo mejor que pueden para ayudar a ave que el río y personas, por lo que muchos no entienden los peligros de las cosas el trabajo con ganarse la vida!
He estado allí y visto y vivido entre ellos! Son como uso!
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Bulgaria sells nuclear weapons on the black market – Video
http://www.vice.com/video
“Bulgarian Dirty Bombs”
Located under SHOWS ,The VICE Guide to Travel.
These guys aren’t nuke fluent, but they’ve got the GRANDE CAHONES to go into places that NO ONE else will.
The people at VICE are CRAZY, ARROGANT and RECKLESS, and I love them for it!
The story gets WAY too interesting @ 5min into it. Only 8min clip.
Oh yeah, and all that IKEA furniture that is so cool and cheap comes from N. Korean slave labor camps operated out of Siberia.
Lastly, a big, BIG THANKYOU to the highly aware ENENEWS reader who posted the joe rogan podcast in which the head guy from VICE was interviewed.
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Panetta: Decision to Kill Americans Suspected of Terrorism Is Obama’s
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/01/panetta-obama-signs-killings-americans-suspected-terrorism
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Cite Obama with contempt, lawyers urge
Refusal to follow subpoena ‘no less than declaration of total dictatorial authority’
http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/cite-obama-with-contempt-lawyers-urge-judge/
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Obama’s Eligibility, A Constitutional Crisis in the Making
http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/?p=4238
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San Onofre Nuclear Plant Closed After Radiation Leak
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/02/san-onofre-nuclear-plant-closed-after-radiation-leak/
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FDA’s New Claim: “Your Body Is a Drug—and We Have the Authority to Regulate It!”
http://www.anh-usa.org/fda-new-claim-body-is-a-drug/
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Ethics of ‘neuro-weaponry’ hard to wrap your brain around
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/ethics-of-neuro-weaponry-hard-to-wrap-your-brain-around-138309869.html
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Vaccine Fanatic Says Refusers Should Be Sued By Disease Victims – Chairman of American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Bioethics – Michigan Law Review
http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/vaccine-fanatic-says-refusers-should-be-sued-by-disease-victims-chairman-of-american-academy-of-pediatrics-committee-on-bioethics-michigan-law-review/
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If the vaccine worked, there would be no one to file a suit, only the unvaccinated would infect each other. Every suit they filed would be testament to the ineffectiveness of the current vaccines.
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Concerns grow over volcanic eruptions
http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-news/2012/02/01/concerns-grow-over-volcanic-eruptions/
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Government Panel Defends Censorship of Bird Flu Virus Research
Deeming research on a man-made strain of H5N1 a potential bioterror threat, a federal advisory group defends its recommendation to keep details of the work secret.
http://healthland.time.com/2012/01/31/government-panel-defends-recommendation-to-censor-bird-flu-virus-research/
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New worm makes super-strong silk
Scientists genetically modify an insect to spin a material twice as tough as regular silk.
Unfortunately, they’re also cannibalistic and territorial, …
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/scientists-modify-silkworms-spin-silk-twice-strong-032238358.html
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Jan. 2010 New UK research, published today in PLoS ONE, has not reproduced previous findings that suggested Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may be linked to a recently discovered virus. The authors of the study, from Imperial College London and King’s College London, say this means that anti-retroviral drugs may not be an effective treatment for people with the illness. …
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_6-1-2010-15-34-39
Jan 2012 SAC has asked vets and farmers in Scotland to step up surveillance following the detection in mainland Europe of a new virus causing foetal malformations in cattle, sheep and goats. …
limb and brain defects in new-born ruminants and foetuses. Specifically, contractures that are present at birth that result in reduced mobility of several limb joints. In severe cases, limbs and the spine also may be twisted. The brain damage caused by this virus is severe and results in blindness and lack of brain function such that calves and lambs appear like ‘dummies’.
http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/2961/heightened-uk-surveillance-following-detection-of-new-ruminant-schmallenberg-virus-in-mainland-europ
Scary Stuff here:
01 Feb 2012 Among medical mysteries baffling many infectious disease experts is exactly how the deadly pneumonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, goes undetected in the first few day of lung infection, often until it’s too late for medical treatment.
New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has opened a door to the answer. Researchers led by William E. Goldman, PhD, professor and chair of microbiology and immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hilland a leading authority on Y. pestis, show that the plague bacteria transform the lungs from a nasty place for microbes into a playground for them to flourish.
The research appears online in the …
http://www.medicalnewstoday…
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OT Just dropping this in here
Susan G. Komen Top Officials Resign As Backlash Gains Steam @ Fluffington!! Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/02/andrea-mitchell-komen-anger_n_1250962.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/02/susan-g-komen_n_1250651.html#comments
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Damned if he does or doesnt;
President Obama reveals who he really is — and this picture isn’t pretty
By Michael Goodwin
Published January 23, 2012
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By rejecting the Keystone XL oil pipeline, President Obama did more than just pander to environmentalists. He shredded attempts by his handlers to cast him as a pragmatic and reasonable man who can appeal to independent voters.
Instead, he stands naked as an ideologue willing to sacrifice workers on the altar of special-interest politics.
Thousands of jobs were cast aside with no more thought than yesterday’s socks. Demolished, too, is the promised commitment to energy independence.
The $7 billion pipeline would carry Canadian oil to Gulf Coast ports. Despite three years of study by the State Department, Obama tried to put off the decision until after the election.
But Canada offered to change the route to avoid an aquifer in Nebraska, and unions demanded to know whether he would approve a permit, so Republicans put a 60-day deadline in December’s payroll-tax legislation.
Now we have undeniable proof of the president’s priorities. The man who insisted that “making sure jobs are available is the first thing I think about when I wake up every morning” was just reading empty words from a TelePrompter.
Obama didn’t even have the decency to explain himself, sending out a lame statement that hinted he wasn’t making a decision on the merits, only reacting to the deadline.
The suggestion that he might ultimately approve the project is a shameless bid to deny the obvious. He made his choice because that’s who he is.
Meanwhile, Canada, saying it is “profoundly disappointed,” is turning to Plan B. It likely will build a pipeline to its West Coast and sell the oil to China.
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http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/01/23/president-obama-reveals-who-really-is-and-this-picture-isnt-pretty/?intcmp=obnetwork
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This is terribly off topic, but since you opened the door – the oil was ALWAYS meant for China. The only question is whether the pollution from refining will muck up Louisiana and the south or Vancouver. Refineries don’t employ but a handful of people – so you think for the sake of making a few refinery owners some money we should suffer pollution across the south so Canada can get rich selling oil to China?
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Hey everybody just checked in after not in for awhile today. There is so much off topic stuff (non-nuclear) I had to look up and see if a new thread was created for “whatever”.
Everybody has an issue that is near and dear to their heart or something they find interesting that is not related to everything here. I get it. But if you find yourself posting more than one or two of this type of thing here shouldn’t you just get your own blog site? I love some of the off-topic stuff but I just don’t have the time. I have to scan through all the misc. to find things on the topic I come to this site for. Don’t want to make anybody mad but it seems a bit excessive today.
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Snow storm in Denver area. Induction magnetometer of HAARP in Alaska is busy at the weather modification frequency:
Induction Magnetometer, Gakona, AK
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/scmag/disp-scmag.cgi?date=latest&Bx=on
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NuclearVeterans.com
A Resource For Nuclear Test Veterans And Their Children
http://www.nuclearveterans.com/index.html
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Earthquake Japan .4.4.near Onagawa Npp..
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=228869
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Here is another ….out a bit… a little plate shifting ..me thinks…
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=228885
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PS…no indication of an event at San Onofre..ont he RSOE map…
..but then neither did the earthquake that affected North Anna…a couple of months ago.
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php
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The Byron event didn’t appear on there until a day or so afterward. Nothing like timely information people can act on.
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“will be born with a gross and totally incapacitating physical deformity or with a gross and totally incapacitating mental deficiency.”
The Virginia Department of Health reported 10 such abortions for women in the state
House passes abortion measure
RICHMOND—The House of Delegates has advanced a bill that would bar state money from being spent on abortions for poor women whose fetuses are severely or fatally deformed. The bill comes from Del. Mark Cole, R–Spotsylvania, and would repeal a provision of the state code that would cover abortions for women in the state’s Medicaid program if a doctor certifies the fetus “will be born with a gross and totally incapacitating physical deformity or with a gross and totally incapacitating mental deficiency.”
The Virginia Department of Health reported 10 such abortions for women in the state medical assistance plan in 2011, costing a total of $2,784. In 2010, 23 such abortions cost the state $14,681.
Cole said his bill conforms Virginia law to federal practice. In committee, he said it would also spare people who are morally opposed to abortions from having their tax money pay for them.
In that committee, several women testified that they …
http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/newsdesk/2012/02/02/house-passes-abortion-measure/
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Those poor women. What a terribly hard decision to make…
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HEALTH: Experts pledge to eradicate “neglected” diseases
LONDON, 3 February 2012 (IRIN) – Ten little-known but debilitating diseases will be high on the agenda of the world’s pharmaceutical chiefs, health ministers and donor governments after they pledged their support for a World Health Organization (WHO) initiative to wipe out guinea worm, river blindness, trachoma, leprosy, bilharzia and intestinal worms, among other “neglected” diseases.
Caroline Anstey, a managing director of the World Bank, told the delegates at the meeting in London: “We are not really talking about neglected diseases; we are talking about neglected people. I think that is very key, and it is all about how and if and whether we value them.”
The participants on 30 January pledged to support the WHO programme for controlling or eliminating these diseases by 2020, promising more …
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94788
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Did you know,… Russia to remain world’s largest beef importer
03 Feb 2012
Russia is expected to remain the world’s largest importer of beef in 2012, according to industry reports.
Quoting United States Department of Agriculture projections, Meat and Livestock Australia this week said Russia was forecast to increase import volumes by one percent to 1.06 million tonnes this year.
Russia is Australia’s fourth largest export market for beef, taking 54,088 tonnes in 2011, according to MLA. Australia’s largest export markets for beef last year were Japan (342,188t), the US (167,820t) and Korea (146,356t).
Exports of Brazilian beef to Russia were significantly curtailed in May last year when Russia placed an embargo on a number of beef export facilities from Brazil. Under the arrangements only 84 of Brazil’s 249 licensed export plants can sell meat without restrictions to Russia.
MLA said the restrictions saw Brazil’s exports to Russia …
http://www.beefcentral.com/p/news/article/1188
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BVA stresses ‘desperate’ need for Schmallenberg test
3 Feb 2012
A LEADING vet has warned that it will be impossible to gauge the scale and severity of the Schmallenberg Virus (SBV) outbreak until a serological test is available. …
until we get a serological blood test that shows exposure, we don’t know where the infection has gone and the proportion of infected animals that have these horrible problems with the lamb crop,” …
http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/livestock/bva-stresses-%E2%80%98desperate%E2%80%99-need-for-schmallenberg-serological-test/44637.article
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23 Fall Ill After Drinking Pa. Farm’s Raw Milk
Thu, 02/02/2012
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The number of people in Pennsylvania and Maryland stricken with illness after consuming raw milk from the same farm has risen to 23, health officials in the two states said Wednesday.
Maryland health officials also said laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of …
http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2012/02/23-fall-ill-after-drinking-pa-farms-raw-milk?et_cid=2459317&et_rid=372733343&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.manufacturing.net%2fnews%2f2012%2f02%2f23-fall-ill-after-drinking-pa-farms-raw-milk
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$100M Cheese Plant To Be Built In South Dakota
Thu, 02/02/2012
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota city of Brookings is getting a $100 million cheese plant that could eventually employ up to 400 workers.
Chicago-based Bel Brands USA on Tuesday said it plans to begin construction this summer on its third cheese plant in the United States. The company also considered sites in Iowa, Idaho and Michigan for the plant to complement existing facilities in Wisconsin and Kentucky.
“The robust South Dakota dairy industry and its …
http://www.foodmanufacturing.com/news/2012/02/100m-cheese-plant-be-built-south-dakota
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Cesium Cheese blankets the Nation!
with bio-accumulate radiation.
Talk about aging -
with halflifes raging!
Reviews are glowing
but Chefs are now showing
need for exposure remediation.
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Love it. O pizza, pizza, wherefore art thou pizza.
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6.85 uSv/hr at an elementary school in Yokohama. Also soil has 60,000 Bq/kg of cesium.
http://www.asyura2.com/12/genpatu20/msg/678.html (Japanese)
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