911 They knew, but did nothing
at Sun Mar 09, 2008 17:32:04 by Sydney Morning Herald | March 8, 2008
In this exclusive extract from his new book, Philip Shenon uncovers how the White House tried to hide the truth of its ineptitude leading up to the September 11 terrorist attacks. .
In the American summer of 2001, the nation's news organisations, especially the television networks, were riveted by the story of one man. It wasn't George Bush. And it certainly wasn't Osama bin Laden.
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Honeybees may be wiped out in 10 years
at Sun Jan 20, 2008 21:57:56 by London Telegraph | |
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Honeybees may be wiped out in
10 years
Jasper Copping
London
Telegraph
Sunday January 20, 2008
Honeybees will die out in Britain within a decade as virulent diseases and
parasites spread through the nation's hives, experts have warned.
Whole colonies of bees are already being wiped out, with current methods of
pest control unable to stop the problem.
The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) said that if the crisis continued,
honeybees would disappear completely from Britain by 2018, causing "calamitous"
economic and environmental problems.
It called on the Government to restart shelved research programmes and to
fund new ones to try to save the insects.
Tim Lovett, the association's president, said: "The situation has become
insupportable and the Government is unwilling to take steps to avoid
disaster.
"We're increasingly unable to cope with threats as they arise. No bees means
a huge cost to agriculture, without touching on the ecological and environmental
issues. We're facing calamitous results."
Last year, more than 11 per cent of all beehives inspected were wiped out,
although losses were higher in some areas.
In London, about 4,000 hives - two-thirds of the bee colonies in the capital
- were estimated to have died over last winter. Of the eight colonies inspected
so far this year, all have been wiped out.
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FATAL MOTORCYCLE COLLISION - CROSSOVER
at Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:19:51 by Gippsland News FATAL MOTORCYCLE COLLISION - CROSSOVER 5 January 2008 | FATAL MOTORCYCLE COLLISION - CROSSOVER
A motorcyclist was involved in a collision in the Baw Baw area yesterday afternoon and died in hospital last night.
The female rider had been travelling south on Bloomfield Road at Crossover about 160m south of Old Telegraph Road East when she was struck by a utility around 6.45pm.
The 51-year-old woman from Gladysdale was airlifted to the Alfred Hospital where she died shortly after 11pm.
No other details are available at this stage.
Road Toll for Victoria
2008 4
2007 4
Christmas Road Toll: 17
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Climinal Elite Depopulation Agenda Gains Ground
at Thu Jan 03, 2008 18:51:26 by Climinal Elite |
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Elite Depopulation Agenda Gains Ground
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Ban on junk food ads introduced
at Thu Jan 03, 2008 17:13:40 by BBc |
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The rules says adverts should not encourage excessive
consumption
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A ban on adverts for junk
food during television programmes aimed at children under 16 has come into force.
Regulator Ofcom has outlawed adverts for foods high in fat, salt and sugar in
an effort to tackle rising childhood obesity levels.
more...
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Mystery ‘arrowhead’ UFO spotted
at Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:44:04 by expressandstar.com |
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Mystery ‘arrowhead’ UFO spotted |
| A mysterious
“flying Dorito-shaped” object which was seen by
dozens of people just before Christmas has been
spotted again – this time in the skies above
Lower Gornal. |
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The strange
unexplained flying object was seen by residents in
Wallows Wood, off The Straits, at around 6.15pm on
Tuesday.
Householders
described the object as looking like an “arrowhead”
with three orange lights arranged in the shape of an
isosceles triangle.
Residents watched
it move slowly across the sky before it disappeared
from view in the direction of Wolverhampton.
It is the second
time the triangular object has been spotted flying
over the Black Country in recent weeks.
Scores of people
contacted the Express & Star after seeing a UFO in
the skies above Wednesfield and Dudley in December
and Stourbridge-based UFO Research Midlands was
deluged with calls and emails from onlookers who
witnessed the object.
Lower Gornal
resident Peter Wasdell, aged 57, said he could not
believe his eyes when he saw the object.
“The dog started barking and
when my wife went outside to find out what was going
on she saw the object in the sky and called me out
to have a look,” he said.
“There were three
orangey lights in a triangle formation. They weren’t
shaped like an equilateral triangle, more like an
isosceles triangle, and shaped like an old fashioned
arrow head. I don’t think it was a plane because we
didn’t hear any noise.
“My daughter and
her boyfriend and the next door neighbours all saw
them and we watched them for about 15 minutes before
they disappeared behind the trees.”
Paranormal
enthusiast Craig Lowe, who is a member of the
Birmingham UFO group, said the area was a “hotspot”
for unexplained activity. Mr Lowe, who captured
December’s sighting on videotape, said he believed
the object could be some sort of military aircraft.
Birmingham
International Airport spokesman John Morris said the
airport took all reports of UFOs seriously. “We had
a couple of inquiries before Christmas following the
first sightings over Halesowen,” he revealed.
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FATAL MOTORCYCLE COLLISION - ICY CREEK
at Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:05:48 by Gippsland News ICY CREEK 4 January 2008 | 4 January 2008
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FATAL MOTORCYCLE COLLISION - ICY CREEK
A motorcyclist died at Icy Creek in the Baw Baw area yesterday afternoon.
It is believed the rider had been travelling south on Willowgrove Road about 1.4km north of Ferguson Road when he lost control and struck a tree just before 1pm.
The rider was a 48-year-old man.
No other details are available at this stage.
Road Toll for Victoria
2008 3
2007 4
Christmas Road Toll: 16
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Second Thoughts about Fluoride
at Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:52:35 by Scientific American | 'Second Thoughts about Fluoride, Reports Scientific American'.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=second-thoughts-on-fluoride
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS108377+02-Jan-2008+PRN20080102
" Recent studies suggest that over-consumption of fluoride can raise the risks of disorders affecting teeth,bones, the brain and the thyroid gland," reports Scientific America editors (January 2008). "Scientific attitudes toward fluoridation may be starting to shift," writes author Dan Fagin.
"Fluoride, the most consumed drug in the USA, is deliberately added to 2/3 of public water supplies theoretically to reduce tooth decay, but with no
scientifically-valid evidence proving safety or effectiveness," says lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation.
Fagin, award-wining environmental reporter and Director of New York University's Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program, writes,
"There is no universally accepted optimal level for daily intake of fluoride". Some researchers even wonder whether the 1 mg/L added into drinking water is
too much, reports Fagin.
After 3 years of scrutinizing hundreds of studies, a National Research Council (NRC) committee "concluded that fluoride can subtly alter endocrine function,
especially in the thyroid -- the gland that produces hormones regulating growth and metabolism," reports Fagin.
Fagin quotes John Doull, professor emeritus of pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, who chaired the NRC committee thusly,
"The thyroid changes do worry me."
Fluoride in foods, beverages, medicines and dental products can result in fluoride over-consumption, visible in young children as dental fluorosis --
white spotted, yellow, brown and/or pitted teeth. We can't normally see fluoride's effects to the rest of the body.
Reports Fagin, "a series of epidemiological studies in China have associated high fluoride exposures with lower IQ."
"(E)pidemiological studies and tests on lab animals suggest that high fluoride exposure increases the risk of bone fracture, especially in vulnerable
populations such as the elderly and diabetics," writes Fagin.
Fagin interviewed Steven Levy, director of the Iowa Fluoride Study which tracked about 700 Iowa children for sixteen years. Nine-year-old "Iowa
children who lived in communities where the water was fluoridated were 50 percent more likely to have mild fluorosis... than [nine-year-old] children
living in nonfluoridated areas of the state," writes Fagin. Levy will study fluoride's effects on their bones.
Over 1200 professionals urge Congress to cease water fluoridation and conduct Congressional hearings because scientific evidence indicates fluoridation is
ineffective and has serious health risks. Support them; write your representative here:
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Nonfat, Low-Fat Milk Linked to Cancer
at Thu Jan 03, 2008 07:31:33 by Reuters |
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Nonfat, Low-Fat Milk Linked to Cancer
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Reuters
Posted: 2008-01-02
21:46:27
NEW YORK (Jan. 2) -
The amount of
calcium and vitamin
D in the diet
appears to have
little or no impact
on the risk of
prostate cancer, but
the consumption of
low-fat or nonfat
milk may increase
the risk of the
malignancy,
according to the
results of two
studies published in
the American Journal
of Epidemiology.
Dietary calcium and
dairy products have
been thought to
increase the risk of
prostate cancer by
affecting vitamin D
metabolism. Data
from several
prospective studies
have supported an
association, but
many other studies
have failed to
establish a link.
To explore this
topic further, Dr.
Song-Yi Park, from
the University of
Hawaii in Honolulu,
and colleagues,
analyzed data from
subjects enrolled in
the Multiethnic
Cohort Study. This
study, conducted
between 1993 and
2002, included
adults between 45
and 75 years old,
were primarily from
five different
ethnic or racial
groups, and lived in
California or
Hawaii.
A total of 82,483
men from the study
completed a
quantitative food
frequency
questionnaire and
various factors,
such as weight,
smoking status, and
education levels
were also noted,
Park's group said.
During an average
follow-up period of
8 years, 4,404 men
developed prostate
cancer. There was no
evidence that
calcium or vitamin D
from any source
increased the risk
of prostate cancer.
This held true
across all racial
and ethnic groups.
In an overall
analysis of food
groups, the
consumption of dairy
products and milk
were not associated
with prostate cancer
risk, the authors
found. Further
analysis, however,
suggested that
low-fat or nonfat
milk did increase
the risk of
localized tumors or
non-aggressive
tumors, while whole
milk decreased this
risk.
In a similar
analysis, Dr.
Yikyung Park, from
the National Cancer
Institute at
National Institutes
(NIH) of Health in
Bethesda, Maryland,
and colleagues
investigated the
relationship of
calcium and vitamin
D and prostate
cancer in 293,888
men enrolled in the
NIH-American
Association of
Retired Persons Diet
and Health Study,
conducted between
1995 and 2001. The
average follow-up
period was 6 years.
No link between
total or
supplemental dietary
calcium and the
total number of
non-advanced
prostate cancer
cases was noted.
Total calcium intake
was tied to advanced
and fatal disease,
but both
associations fell
short of statistical
significance.
Similar to the first
study's findings,
skim milk was linked
with advanced
prostate cancer.
Calcium from
non-dairy food, by
contrast, was tied
to a reduced risk of
non-advanced
prostate cancer.
"Our findings do not
provide strong
support for the
hypothesis that
calcium and dairy
foods increase the
risk of prostate
cancer. The results
from other
large...studies,
with adequate
numbers of advanced
and fatal prostate
cancers, may shed
further light on
this question,"
Park's team
concludes.
SOURCE: American
Journal of
Epidemiology,
December 1, 2008.
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