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• ENERGY CRISIS CORE

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    When the international financial crisis erupted in October 2008, and analysts began to see the magnitude of this, there were many who talked about the remaking of capitalism after the traumatic and inexorable decline of the financial system and the need to seek a new system to replace capitalism, which had failed, and while it is true that this crisis is the result of system failure by a chronic disease that suffers and that goes back to its beginnings which we see reflected in the history of economic crises in cases like the bubble of the South Seas, in the England of 1720, which was affected even the illustrious Isaac Newton, or the financial Panic of 1907, after which created the Federal Reserve System or the crack of 29, known as Black Thursday, that saw Keynesianism in all the common factor is the speculative bubble and that it is as I said before, an endemic of the socioeconomic structure, but the point is that the crisis of the system Financial are borne by society and its lasting effects although depending on the virulence with which he has entered the system have solutions that are in the hands of those who run the economy because the financial system in all its aspects no longer an artificial system created by man to regulate the economy at all levels.
    However, there are other crises, energy crises, these according to their virulence may affect a greater or lesser extent to the markets and hence the economies and in this case the solution passed through the procurement of raw material and provided more will depend on the availability, capacity and will supply this field in 1973, we had an energy crisis due to the embargo extent that OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) submitted to the United States and its Western allies have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War, but that was an artificial crisis in the energy market, another product we had in 1979 the war between Iran and Iraq, which fired again oil prices, and if we reviewing the history we will find more energy crisis that caused fluctuations in oil prices, however in all cases the solution was further open up the faucet, but what happens when the tap is there and he did not leave anything?, that it to be a historical crisis is that what in this article I am going to speak.
    The energy problem in 2008 came to its peak around the month of July of that year, in those days an article in the newspaper El Pais show us a dire socio-economic reality and real-time point, the benchmark index of the Mortgages in Europe, the Euribor, was 5.4%, fuels their highs touched the barrel of oil reached $ 146 a barrel and fuel prices in the euro area were breaking records, a liter of gasoline super cost € 1.26 liter diesel was on the threshold of 1.30 €, stated that in a year, in percentage expensive gasoline was 15% and diesel by 33.5%, while crude reference in Europe was 54 to 92 euros per barrel, 72% more.
    
    

    And is that the energy crisis is a problem if I dug more fundamental to the economic crisis, and that unlike the national or international economic crisis which has a solution since due to the economic structures which are none the less, structures artificial man-made growth therefore manipulated by man. In an energy crisis in which the problem is the lack of raw materials maneuverability of the agents charged with the energy markets remain forever diminished in terms of raw material on which orbits such crises as if the problem is the
    lack of raw materials this will escalate the prices of existing raw materials and in turn a problem for the economic structure, except that in this case the manipulation of man will not give the same results in an economic crisis because it does not can perform the miracle of the loaves and fish oil.
    
    

    For this reason we must understand the concept that as countries emerge from the global economic crisis, inexorably go into an energy crisis since the growth of economies is intrinsically linked to an increased demand for oil, which is that we must take into account that oil is the lifeblood of industry and civil society in countries with emerging economies and countries with economies consolidated, which will in the medium and long term entry into a new crisis, "The Energy" which will be much harder to leave, medium and long term because short-term solution is to increase oil production to meet demand is reducing the cost of a barrel of oil to medium term, which was the solution adopted by OPEC in 2008. Keep in mind that the problem is much deeper and difficult to solve since the increase of oil production to meet demand, will only be exhausted before it reserves on the planet and until that happens we will be doomed to humanity slowly but ineluctably toward an uncertain future in which we will consider the maintenance of energy production methods potentially dangerous as nuclear energy is safe while in the West, not so in countries where controls on the safety of these facilities leaves much to be desired and is to be taken into account that a problem in a nuclear plant in Pakistan for serious character Chernobyl-style may affect everyone if we take into account that the largest oil reserves in the world are coming to this country, without forgetting that wastes generated by these plants, we must also take into account the problem of climate change, which is linked to the use of fossil fuels.
    
    

    The conclusion to be drawn from the energy problem in perspective, is that in July 2008 the energy crisis had plateaued with a barrel of oil to 147 dollars, and that was the end of a process that had begun to take shape long before In August of that year sharply lower oil prices result of increased production, although in those days there was not a G20 soon to find comprehensive solutions to energy problems, no one was willing to put billions in search of energy, cheap, safe and clean to create economic stability in the markets in the medium and long term and that will provide guarantees for the future and stability to the planet and that is a serious error since the energy crisis was overshadowed by the economic crisis and we must bear in mind that the energy crisis requires urgent solutions today since this problem is closely linked to climate change, which is a real and verifiable and that affects us all equally.
    For this reason we take the inflection point that economic crisis has meant to mark a new direction in regard to a solution to global energy problems, as this solution will be the cornerstone around which to build a better tomorrow for all, will be the solution to remedy the major problems of mankind and this solution may combine to create a "sustainable society", with sustainable, effective and inexpensive for the planet that would be the first foundation of the world the morning as the construction of tomorrow starts today.
    
    

    Antonio Garcia Leal ®

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• Somali pirates take chinese sh

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    NAIROBI (AFP) – Somali pirates hijacked a Chinese bulk carrier Monday northeast of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, as the marauding sea bandits hunted their prey ever further from base to wrong-foot naval patrols.

    According to the European Union's anti-piracy naval mission (EU NAVFOR), the unnamed ship was seized 550 nautical miles (1,000 kilometres) northeast of the Seychelles and 700 nautical miles off the east coast of Somalia.

    "On indication of an attack an EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol Aircraft, operating from the Seychelles was launched to investigate the incident," the EU naval mission said in a statement from its headquarters in Britain.

    The ship was not registered with the force's Horn of Africa Maritime Security Centre, the statement added.

    EU naval spokesman John Harbour told AFP the ship had a crew of 25, all of them Chinese nationals.

    Chinese state media said the ship's name was De Xin Hai and was carrying coal. China's Ministry of Transport said relevant government agencies were making efforts to rescue the ship, which was en route from South Africa to India, according to Xinhua news agency.

    According to maritime sources in the Indian Ocean, it is the first time pirates have boarded a merchant vessel east of the 60th meridian, between the Seychelles and Maldives archipelagos.

    The capture of the Chinese ship brings to six the total number of vessels currently in the hands of Somali pirates.

    According to non-governmental observers Ecoterra International, at least 179 attacks have been carried out by Somali pirates since the start of 2009 alone, 52 of them successful hijackings.

    Since last year a flotilla of foreign warships has been patrolling the Gulf of Aden, one of the busiest maritime trade routes on the globe, prompting pirates to operate far out in the Indian Ocean.

    Experts had warned in recent days that subsiding winds near the Seychelles had attracted pirates, who generally launch attacks from so-called "mother ships" with tiny skiffs.

    Pirates focus most of their attacks on transitional weather periods between monsoons when the seas are calm enough for them to operate. This year's summer season came later than last year. Related article: France to support Seychelles courts

    The Seychelles, a tiny nation already hard-hit by the global financial crisis, has pleaded for international help in fighting piracy.

    Joel Morgan, the island state's minister in charge of anti-piracy, said Sunday during a visit by French Defence Minister Herve Morin that maritime traffic in the area had dropped by a third due to piracy.

    The Seychelles economy is highly reliant on revenue from high-end tourism, including cruises, as well as on a tuna-fishing industry whose trawlers have come under attack over the past year.

    France has deployed troops on some of its fishing fleet there while Spanish trawlers had enlisted private security after the government deemed it illegal to grant state military protection.

    According to Madrid's El Pais daily, eight Spanish ships are currently employing former British soldiers -- including Gurkhas -- supplied by British security firm Minimal Risk.

    A Singaporean-flagged container vessel seized on Thursday near the Seychelles has now reached Somali waters, near the pirate hub of Hobyo, said Andrew Mwangura, head of East African Seafarers Assistance Programme.

    He said a naval vessel was shadowing the MV Kota Wajar, with its cargo of 360 containers and crew of 21 from Singapore, India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

    Ecoterra said in a statement that the newly-hijacked ship's captain transferred some of his fuel to the nearby MV Ariana, a Maltese-flagged ship owned by a Greek company and carrying a Ukrainian crew.

    During long hijackings, fuel is crucial to powering generators that can run communication equipment, refrigerators where food and medical supplies are kept and bilge pumps.

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• ACORN promoting prostitution,

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    WATCH GLENN BECK! ACORN HAS BEEN OUTED! TRAFFICKING OF ILLEGAL GIRLS FROM EL SALVADOR OKAY FOR PROSTITUTION AND MONEY ACORN RECEIVES WOULD GO TO ASSIST W/ THE PURCHASE OF A HOUSE FOR A BROTHEL.

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• Two firefighters were killed

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    LOS ANGELES – Two firefighters were killed Sunday when their vehicle rolled down a mountain side amid the intense flames of a wildfire that threatened 12,000 homes. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged those in the fire's path to get out as the blazes rained ash on cars as far away as downtown Los Angeles, spreading in all directions in dry conditions.

    Firefighters fixed their attention on the blaze's fast-moving eastern side where flames lapped at the foot of the vital communications and astronomy center of Mount Wilson, and on the northwestern front, where the two firefighters were killed on Mount Gleason near the city of Acton.

    "We ask for your understanding, for your patience as we move through this difficult time, and please, prayers for the families of our two brothers that we lost," Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief Mike Bryant said through tears at a Sunday night press conference.

    Bryant said the men's families have been notified. He did not release their identities or give a cause for the crash, and officials at the press conference would take no questions on the deaths.

    Television helicopter video on Sunday night showed an upside-down vehicle on the mountain side.

    The blaze was only about 5 percent contained and had scorched 66 square miles in the Angeles National Forest. Mandatory evacuations were in effect for neighborhoods in Glendale, Pasadena and other cities and towns north of Los Angeles. Officials said air quality in parts of the foothills bordered on hazardous.

    The fire, which broke out Wednesday afternoon, was the largest of many burning around California, including a new blaze in Placer County northeast of Sacramento that destroyed several homes and businesses.

    The Southern California fire was expected during the night Sunday to reach the top of Mount Wilson, where 22 television stations, many radio stations and cell phone providers have their transmitters, said U.S. Forest Service Capt. Mike Dietrich.

    Television stations said if the antennas burn broadcast signals will be affected but satellite and cable transmissions will not be.

    Two giant telescopes and several multimillion-dollar university programs are housed in the century-old Mount Wilson Observatory. The complex of buildings is both a historic landmark and a thriving modern center for astronomy.

    At least 18 homes were destroyed in the fire and firefighters expected to find many more, authorities said.

    While thousands have fled, two people who tried to ride out the firestorm in a backyard hot tub were burned. The pair in Big Tujunga Canyon, on the southwestern edge of the fire, "completely underestimated the fire" and the hot tub provided "no protection whatsoever," Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Sunday.

    The pair made their way to firefighters and were airlifted out by a sheriff's rescue helicopter. They received adequate notification to evacuate from deputies but decided to stay, Whitmore said.

    Whitmore described their condition as "critical" but fire officials said one of the two was treated and released and the other remained hospitalized in stable condition. A third person was burned Saturday in an evacuation area along Highway 2 near Mount Wilson, officials said. Details of that injury were not immediately known.

    "There were people that did not listen, and there were three people that got burned and got critically injured because they did not listen," Schwarzenegger said at a news conference at the fire command post.

    For the third straight day, humidity was very low and temperatures were expected in the high 90s. Nearly 3,000 firefighters were battling the blaze.

    Mandatory evacuations were also in effect for neighborhoods in Altadena and for the communities of Acton, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta and Big Tujunga Canyon.

    There was some progress Sunday, as a small number of La Canada Flintridge residents living west of the Arroyo Seco were told they could go back to their homes.

    But more evacuations were ordered in Acton in the Antelope Valley, and school districts in La Canada Flintridge and Glendale announced that classes were canceled Monday because of the fire.

    Fixed-wing aircraft and a DC-10 jumbo jet were dropping water and flame retardant on the fire.

    At the fire command post, Schwarzenegger praised firefighters for successfully protecting subdivisions in the foothills.

    Rob Driscoll and his wife, Beth Halaas, said they lost their house in Big Tujunga Canyon. By Sunday they were desperate for more information and came to the command post to get answers.

    "Our neighbors sent us photos of all the other houses that are lost," Halaas said, her voice breaking as her young son nestled his sunburned face in her arms. "We've heard as many as 30 houses burned."

    At least 12 evacuation centers were set up at schools and community centers in the area.

    The center at Crescenta Valley High School filled up, but by Sunday afternoon fewer than two dozen people remained. Residents trickled in to get information and snacks.

    Debbie and Mercer Barrows said their house was saved but they lost their scenic view of a hillside to the flames.

    "That'll grow back," said Mercer Barrows, a TV producer.

    To the north, several homes and businesses were destroyed in a fast-moving fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in the Sierra foothills town of Auburn northeast of Sacramento and the governor declared a state of emergency in the area.

    The fire had consumed 275 acres amid high winds and was 50 percent contained after dark Sunday, City of Roseville fire division chief Dennis Mathisen said.

    About 30 people waited anxiously for news at an evacuation center in the Rock Creek Elementary School.

    Pam and Stephen Incerty did not know the fate of their home on a beautiful 5-acre parcel in the rolling hills covered with trees.

    Stephen Incerty wondered what the land looks like now after fire has ripped through it.

    "If there's nothing there when we get back, we won't rebuild," he said. "There'd be no trees, just dirt."

    In the state's coastal midsection, all evacuation orders were lifted Sunday after a 10-square-mile fire burned near the Monterey County town of Soledad. The blaze, 80 percent contained, was started by agricultural fireworks used to scare animals away from crops. The fire destroyed one home.

    In Mariposa County, a nearly 7-square-mile fire burned in Yosemite National Park. The blaze was 50 percent contained Sunday, said park spokeswoman Vickie Mates. Two people sustained minor injuries, she said.

    Park officials closed a campground and a portion of Highway 120, anticipating that the fire would spread north toward Tioga Road, the highest elevation route through the Sierra.

    About 50 homes in the towns of El Portal and Foresta were under evacuation orders and roads in the area will remain closed through Monday, Mates sai

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• LOS ANGELES

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    LOS ANGELES – Two firefighters were killed Sunday when their vehicle rolled down a mountain side amid the intense flames of a wildfire that threatened 12,000 suburban homes. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged those in the fire's path to get out as the blazes rained ash on cars as far away as downtown Los Angeles, spreading in all directions in dry conditions.

    Firefighters fixed their attention on the blaze's fast-moving eastern side where flames lapped at the foot of the vital communications and astronomy center of Mount Wilson, and on the northwestern front, where the two firefighters were killed on Mount Gleason near the city of Acton.

    "We ask for your understanding, for your patience as we move through this difficult time, and please, prayers for the families of our two brothers that we lost," Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief Mike Bryant said through tears at a Sunday night press conference.

    Bryant said the men's families have been notified. He did not release their identities or give a cause for the crash, and officials at the press conference would take no questions on the deaths.

    Television helicopter video on Sunday night showed an upside-down vehicle on the mountain side.

    The blaze was only about 5 percent contained and had scorched 66 square miles in the Angeles National Forest. Mandatory evacuations were in effect for neighborhoods in Glendale, Pasadena and other cities and towns north of Los Angeles. Officials said air quality in parts of the foothills bordered on hazardous.

    The fire, which broke out Wednesday afternoon, was the largest of many burning around California, including a new blaze in Placer County northeast of Sacramento that destroyed several homes and businesses.

    The Southern California fire was expected during the night Sunday to reach the top of Mount Wilson, where 22 television stations, many radio stations and cell phone providers have their transmitters, said U.S. Forest Service Capt. Mike Dietrich.

    Television stations said if the antennas burn broadcast signals will be affected but satellite and cable transmissions will not be.

    Two giant telescopes and several multimillion-dollar university programs are housed in the century-old Mount Wilson Observatory. The complex of buildings is both a historic landmark and a thriving modern center for astronomy.

    At least 18 structures, some of them homes, were destroyed in the fire and firefighters expected to find many more, Dietrich said.

    While thousands have fled, two people who tried to ride out the firestorm in a backyard hot tub were burned. The pair in Big Tujunga Canyon, on the southwestern edge of the fire, "completely underestimated the fire" and the hot tub provided "no protection whatsoever," Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Sunday.

    The pair made their way to firefighters and were airlifted out by a sheriff's rescue helicopter. They received adequate notification to evacuate from deputies but decided to stay, Whitmore said.

    Whitmore described their condition as "critical" but fire officials said one of the two was treated and released and the other remained hospitalized in stable condition. A third person was burned Saturday in an evacuation area along Highway 2 near Mount Wilson, officials said. Details of that injury were not immediately known.

    "There were people that did not listen, and there were three people that got burned and got critically injured because they did not listen," Schwarzenegger said at a news conference at the fire command post.

    For the third straight day, humidity was very low and temperatures were expected in the high 90s. Nearly 3,000 firefighters were battling the blaze.

    Mandatory evacuations were also in effect for neighborhoods in Altadena and for the communities of Acton, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta and Big Tujunga Canyon.

    There was some progress Sunday, as a small number of La Canada Flintridge residents living west of the Arroyo Seco were told they could go back to their homes.

    But more evacuations were ordered in Acton in the Antelope Valley, and school districts in La Canada Flintridge and Glendale announced that classes were canceled Monday because of the fire.

    Fixed-wing aircraft and a DC-10 jumbo jet were dropping water and flame retardant on the fire.

    At the fire command post, Schwarzenegger praised firefighters for successfully protecting subdivisions in the foothills.

    Rob Driscoll and his wife, Beth Halaas, said they lost their house in Big Tujunga Canyon. By Sunday they were desperate for more information and came to the command post to get answers.

    "Our neighbors sent us photos of all the other houses that are lost," Halaas said, her voice breaking as her young son nestled his sunburned face in her arms. "We've heard as many as 30 houses burned."

    At least 12 evacuation centers were set up at schools and community centers in the area.

    The center at Crescenta Valley High School filled up, but by Sunday afternoon fewer than two dozen people remained. Residents trickled in to get information and snacks.

    Debbie and Mercer Barrows said their house was saved but they lost their scenic view of a hillside to the flames.

    "That'll grow back," said Mercer Barrows, a TV producer.

    To the north, several homes and businesses were destroyed in a fast-moving fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in the Sierra foothills town of Auburn northeast of Sacramento and the governor declared a state of emergency in the area.

    The fire had consumed 275 acres amid high winds and was 50 percent contained after dark Sunday, City of Roseville fire division chief Dennis Mathisen said.

    About 30 people waited anxiously for news at an evacuation center in the Rock Creek Elementary School.

    Pam and Stephen Incerty did not know the fate of their home on a beautiful 5-acre parcel in the rolling hills covered with trees.

    Stephen Incerty wondered what the land looks like now after fire has ripped through it.

    "If there's nothing there when we get back, we won't rebuild," he said. "There'd be no trees, just dirt."

    In the state's coastal midsection, all evacuation orders were lifted Sunday after a 10-square-mile fire burned near the Monterey County town of Soledad. The blaze, 80 percent contained, was started by agricultural fireworks used to scare animals away from crops. The fire destroyed one home.

    In Mariposa County, a nearly 7-square-mile fire burned in Yosemite National Park. The blaze was 50 percent contained Sunday, said park spokeswoman Vickie Mates. Two people sustained minor injuries, she said.

    Park officials closed a campground and a portion of Highway 120, anticipating that the fire would spread north toward Tioga Road, the highest elevation route through the Sierra.

    About 50 homes in the towns of El Portal and Foresta were under evacuation orders and roads in the area will remain closed through Monday, Mates said.

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• Madonna booed in Bucharest for

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    BUCHAREST, Romania - At first, fans politely applauded the Roma performers sharing a stage with Madonna. Then the pop star condemned widespread discrimination against Roma, or Gypsies - and the cheers gave way to jeers.

    Sudden Rush Tony N vs Andy Perry AWOL One-I Guess Louis Sclavis Ron Holloway Scratch T Voly The Nether Dawn AZ and Akinyele Jazz Voice No.191 Vanessa Formell Azatat Abou Lead into Gold El Tralla Erma Franklin Gourmets Kailash Kher Kalash Lafro Power Steppers The Comrads Nelson Rangel Ros Tdk Time Warp Totem Adam Cole B O L T Warhead Beatless (featuring Madlib) Mr.Blubber and Mr.Spliff She S. Sunshine featuring Jomar Kriz Alex M.O.R.P.H. and Woody Van Eyden Blue Summer aka Juanma Danny and Shusi Castor Pollux Damian Marley featuring Bobby Brown Black Love Emo Ensemble Girl Talk Kathleen Emery Manny Corchado Black Moon and Smif N Wesson Arnold Palmer vs. Moti Special DJ Rulo vs DJ Morlak DJ Xavy vs DJ Terry Starlet DJs vs Kinci Sergio Mendez Blu Rum 13 Bludshot Cruizers Zach Hill and Mick Barr Braintax Don King Simon Patterson Buck 65 and Dose One Buck 65 and Greymatter Hans Zimmer and the Jigs Buck 65 and Jerry Granelli Hi Beatz Marshall Stax Martini and Hardcorey presents the Violante Project Medium High Pink Floyd Redux Siham Elio Martusciello Alessandro Ruzzier aka Lomo Army of the Pharaohs Because of Ghosts Clara Hill and Atjazz Coldplay vs Moby DJ Coburn DJ Lrm and Kanye West Drew Nelson Found Quantity of Sheep Go Gettaz I-Dep Betamax Crew and Henrik B Juaninacka KB Records Inc Leslie Gray Loony Johnson Neurotic Drum Band Nope Oom Stomu Yamashtas T.I. featuring BG and Young Jeezy Guyno Threefifth5 Tom Thumb and the Latter Day Saints Lil Miss Breaks Young Dro featuring T.I. Charlie Christian Noto Peter Eotvos-Klangforum Wien Simon Harris The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Candela NASA So Sol Damarti El Maki Grundwasser Jesuly Dueto Azteca Los Originales Cadetes de Linares Luis Y Julian Festival Der Geisteskranken Da Backwudz Twilight Ritual Birke Leykam Panasenko Defcom Records Valdinho Langer Edmx and Yuri Suzuki Aber Shlomi Antolini and Montorsi Chasper Wanner Quartet DJ Joystick Bob Sinclar featuring Steve Edwards Clea Jump Killer Kain Marco Machine Drum - Various Artists Aaron Mcclelland featuring Magic Slym Acid Ogs Chris Kay DJ Mns vs E-Maxx DJ Alikey DJ Halo Mx Expose H Beatz Jenny D Light Masami Akita and Zbigniew Karkowski Mo featuring Kia Kadiri Oliver Shanty and Friends Solu featuring Kimblee Srich Acht Zhurong U96 featuring Ben Danceforce featuring Hypemann Tipical featuring Josh Wolfgang At2d An Pierle April Barrows Bigg Milt Co Co Jones Demon Fuzz Dexy Corp Jael Kaiser Jones Mixed Elements and the Bredrens Patrice Reynolds Ricko Sumerland The Gentlemens Club Tim Lennox Zaliva-D Confettis Les Binuchards The Count Basie Orchestra Jean-Francois Groulx Technotronic featuring Felly Bs. as. Deep Kapasiteettiyksikko Kerozen B Z Banda El Recodo Pawels Tomaszewski Trio Rsc Vice Verset Tamaru Yamada Xaxe Agaric and Eidolon Electrons Joillet Mando Diao South Central featuring Nova Capser Zero Member Aggroman Miles Dyson presents Donique The Playboyz (Tek Soldiers) DJ Paz bw Harmon Funkatec Gummihz Bonito and Louis Jeroen Liebregts Merly Dee and X-Sonic presents Sam Punk and Thilo Markwort presents Soundix Sam Roberts Pat the White Franky Dux and the Mindplayer Shock One Groove Attack Productions RLS Buck65 Buckshot Lefonque Ala Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding Australopithecus Arram Scarram and Sassale Backsliders Bastone and Burnz Chicago Blues Harmonica Project
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• Venezuelan Protest gag Press

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    CARACAS, Venezuela – Hundreds gathered in Venezuela on Friday to demand justice after a group of journalists protesting media regulations were kicked, punched and beaten with sticks.

    Attackers injured 12 of the journalists on Thursday as they passed out leaflets warning against a new education law that critics fear could lead to indoctrination in schools. Their fliers warned against a provision for sanctions against reports that "produce terror" among children or incite hate.

    The education law provoked sporadic protests in Venezuela's capital this week. Dozens of marchers demonstrated against its approval Friday afternoon, while shortly after dusk, protesters across Caracas banged on pots and pans for about a half hour to show their indignation.

    But Chavez applauded lawmakers for passing the bill on Friday, calling it "tremendous."

    "We want to truly bring down this bourgeois, capitalist system of education," he said. "If the bourgeoisie cries about it, it's because it's good."

    The leading Caracas daily Ultimas Noticias, which has a government-friendly editorial line, said 12 journalists employed by its newspaper group were injured in the attacks Thursday. The paper ran a front-page headline declaring: "Enough with the violence!"

    Photos showed apparent Chavez supporters descending on the group, then shoving, kicking and beating them with sticks. The journalists, some bloodied in the confrontation, later reported the attackers shouted slogans in support of Chavez's government.

    The government condemned the violence and ordered an investigation. No arrests have been made.

    Ultimas Noticias quoted witnesses saying the attackers emerged from a pro-government television station, Avila TV. It published a photograph showing a group pummeling a person lying on the pavement, while two of the attackers wielded sticks.

    Avila TV denied involvement in a statement, calling the accusations one of "many attacks" aimed at discrediting the station.

    On Friday, about 300 protesters led by journalists chanted "Freedom of expression!" outside the attorney general's office. Some held signs with photos of injured reporters under the words: "Stop the aggression against journalists!"

    Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami condemned the violence, saying the journalists were protesting peacefully when attacked.

    The legislation was approved early Friday by lawmakers allied with Chavez.

    The reporters were attacked a couple of blocks away from the National Assembly, where police broke up a larger protest with tear gas.

    "A man hit me over the head with a stick," reporter Maria Rondon told Ultimas Noticias. Another journalist, Sergio Moreno, said a woman struck him on the back with a rock.

    Carlos Lauria of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists urged the government to "prosecute those responsible to the full extent of the law." The Inter American Press Association urged an "immediate and complete investigation."

    Tensions have been on the rise between Venezuela's private media and Chavez's government. Earlier this month, regulators forced at least 32 radio stations off the air, refusing to renew some licenses and revoking others because officials said they failed to comply with regulations.

    Chavez has repeatedly clashed with media outlets he accuses of conspiring against him.

    Lauria said Chavez and his government should abstain from using inflammatory language against the media. "It promotes a climate, an environment, where these incidents happen," he said.

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• WORST DROUGHT EVER?

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    We will remember this Summer for a very long time. First of all, it will go down as the hottest Summer ever and the drought keeps getting worse and worse.

    Here is the latest from the drought monitor...

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Caldwell, Bastrop and Lee Counties dealing with worst drought ever.

    We need a bunch of rain to catch up.

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The lack of rain is responsible for the record-breaking Summer. If this latest heat wave keeps up, this Summer will be the hottest ever by a bunch.

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Here is the AP article about the recent drought. They talked to my professors at Texas A&M University.

    New information shows that at least nine Texas counties are experiencing their worst drought in history, and much of the state is facing the worst drought conditions in the United States, according to information compiled by Texas A&M University researchers. Contributing to the problem is the heat - Texas is having one of its hottest summers ever.John Nielsen-Gammon, professor of atmospheric sciences who also serves as the Texas State Climatologist, notes that areas in South Central Texas are experiencing their driest period ever. These include the counties of Bastrop, Caldwell and Lee in Central Texas and Victoria, Bee, San Patricio, Live Oak, Jim Wells and Duval in South Central Texas.These core drought areas are experiencing their most severe drought on record, at least since 1895 when modern record-keeping began, Nielsen-Gammon says. About 26 percent of the state is in extreme or exceptional drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.Smithville in Bastrop County has received only 35 percent of its normal rainfall for the past 15 months and Victoria only 34 percent. Its the second most intense drought ever for San Antonio and the third most intense for Corpus Christi.He notes that the previous major drought years in Central and Southern Texas were in 1917, 1918, 1925, 1953, 1955, 1956 and 1971.

    All droughts are different, and its difficult to compare them, he notes. The year 1956 marked the last of several years of drought, so it brought severe water shortages. The current drought is only two years old, but it has already broken many records.While Central and South Central Texas are baking, parts of the state have enjoyed unusually high amounts of rain, he adds.Despite the major drought, about 50 percent of Texas is not suffering from a drought at all, he explains.These areas include much of West Texas and Northeast Texas, where there has been plenty of rain this year, and in some places, more than enough.As for the drought, he notes that several factors have combined to make this one of Texas hottest summers. They include a La Nina, where colder-than-normal waters in the Pacific affect rainfall amounts over much of the Southwestern United States; tropical weather systems that have missed Texas; and an absence of frontal precipitation this spring from cold fronts that normally bring abundant rainfall.Dry soils warm up faster, and a stationary upper-level ridge has compounded the problem, he explains.Weve seen August-like heat for almost the entire summer, and that doesnt happen often. July was the second warmest on record for much of Texas. Weve already seen large areas of crop failures and extremely low amounts of feed for cattle, forcing many ranchers to sell off parts of their herds. For livestock owners, this has been a terrible year.

    There is one glimmer of hope, he says.A fairly strong El Nino (warmer waters than usual) is developing in the Pacific and this could bring us some much-needed rainfall by this winter, he says. But until then, its up to the tropics and whatever tropical disturbances come our way.

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• Oldest woman has baby dies

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    MADRID – She devoted years to caring for her mother, who died at age 101. Then Maria del Carmen Bousada embarked on a quest to become a mom herself. She lied to a California fertility clinic to skirt its age limit, and later pointed to her mother's longevity as a reason to expect she'd be around to care for her kids.

    At age 66 she had twins, becoming the world's oldest new mom — and raising questions about maternity so late in life. Now she is dead at age 69, leaving behind boys not yet 3.

    Bousada's brother told the Diario de Cadiz newspaper his sister died Saturday, though he did not disclose the cause. Bousada said in November that she was being treated for stomach cancer.

    Shortly after her sons, Pau and Christian, were born in December 2006, Bousada reflected on her decision to deceive doctors in order to have a family.

    "I think everyone should become a mother at the right time for them," she told the British tabloid News of the World, which showed her beaming as she cradled her 1-month-old infants, both dressed in pale blue pajamas.

    "Often circumstances put you between a rock and a hard place, and maybe things shouldn't have been done in the way they were done, but that was the only way to achieve the thing I had always dreamed of, and I did it," she said.

    Beginning in 2005, Bousada underwent hormone treatments to reverse nearly 20 years of menopause and sold her house to pay for in vitro fertilization at the Pacific Fertility Clinic in Los Angeles.

    Slender with dark brown hair, she told the clinic she was 55 — the facility's maximum age for single women undergoing the procedure. When her sons were born in December 2006, Guinness World Records said she was the oldest woman on record to give birth.

    Dr. Vicken Sahakian, director and owner of the clinic, said Bousada falsified her birth date on documents from Spain.

    When he learned of the deception, "I figured something might happen and wind up being a disaster for these kids, and unfortunately I was right," he told The Associated Press.

    It's easy for women to lie to their doctors, Sahakian said.

    "We don't ask for passports, obviously. When is the last time you went to a doctor and he asked you for a birth certificate? We're not detectives here," he said.

    Sahakian said he implanted the Spanish woman with a younger woman's eggs and donated sperm, using hormone therapy to "rejuvenate" her uterus after she had been in menopause for 18 years.

    The hormone treatment lasted three weeks. Sahakian said he did not believe that increased the woman's cancer risk.

    "Nothing she did (to get pregnant) caused her illness," he said.

    The brother, Ricardo Bousada, told the Barcelona-based newspaper El Periodico de Catalunya that he had sold details of his sister's death to an unidentified television program and the proceeds would go to looking after his sister's twins.

    Repeated calls to Ricardo Bousada's residence in the southern province of Cadiz went unanswered Wednesday.

    Another brother, Jose Luis Bousada, told the AP he was estranged from his siblings and read about his sister's death in the newspaper. Asked who might raise the children, he said he imagined arrangements had been made and "I suppose there will be no problem."

    When she revealed last November she had stomach cancer, Bousada said she did not regret having children late in life and that her sons would be well-cared for no matter what happened to their mother.

    Addressing her mortality and her children's tender age, she told Spanish television station Antena 3: "I hope God does not ... I want to hang on at least until they are 18."

    But, she added, the boys would always have "their godfather, their custodian."

    Women undergoing in vitro fertilization have their hormone systems manipulated by doctors, typically injecting themselves with hormones several times a day. The procedure increases the chance of a multiple birth, which heightens the risk of complications during pregnancy.

    Bousada lived with her mother most of her life in Cadiz and worked in a department store before retiring. She decided to have children after her mother died in 2005 and initially kept her plan secret from her family.

    She sold her house to raise $59,000 to pay for in vitro fertilization in Los Angeles, she told the News of the World.

    Spanish law on assisted reproduction sets no age limit, but state-funded and private clinics have an informal agreement establishing 50 as the cutoff, based on recommendations from the scientific community, according to the Health Ministry.

    There is no U.S. law regulating the age of in vitro candidates, but Sahakian said his clinic won't take older women because "I would like the mother ... to basically survive until the kids reach 18."

    When Bousada told her relatives she was two months pregnant, they thought she was joking, she said.

    "Yes, I am old of course, but if I live as long as my mom did, imagine, I could even have grandchildren," she said after the birth.

    Allan Pacey, secretary of the British Fertility Society, said the organization recommends that assisted conception generally not be provided to women beyond the natural age of menopause at about 50.

    "The rationale ... is that nature didn't design women to have assisted conception beyond the age of the natural menopause, he said. "Once you get into the mid-50s, I think nature is trying to tell us something."

    "I think many people would worry about providing fertility treatment to women in their 60s. I think as a general rule, to embark on pregnancy when you may not see your child go to university is potentially a very difficult situation."

    Adriana Iliescu, a Romanian who also gave birth at 66, although she was 130 days younger than Bousada, said she was pained to hear of the Spanish woman's death and what it would mean for her sons.

    "It is a great sadness when kids are orphans but civil society will help these children," she told the AP.

    She described her daughter Eliza, born in 2005, as "very energetic and spoiled. We dance and sing together."

    "I don't feel I am getting old. My pregnancy kept me young," Iliescu said

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• EL NINO RETURNS

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    We are dealing with a brutal hot spell but a major change in the weather pattern is showing up in our future. El Nino is coming to our rescue. NOAA has been tracking the warming of the Eastern Pacific for the last few months. The sea surface temperatures are climbing and could rival the El Nino of 1991 and 1992.

    On this map look to the right and notice the orange and red colors showing up over the Eastern Pacific. That is El Nino.

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Most of the weather models show a strong El Nino lasting through early next year.

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    That is a great sign because it usually means more rain and cooler temperatures for Texas.

    With warmer water the moisture levels increase leading to more clouds and storms.

    In turn, the southern branch of the storm track will be right over us and very active. This is when we could

    see rain events every 3 or 4 days for several months.

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    El Nino doesn't really impact our Summers so we have to hold off until Fall for some big changes.

    The climate prediction center is keeping much of the South including Texas wetter than average from this October to March.

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The experts at the CPC are predicting a strong El Nino. So if we look back at the last one in 1991/1992, our future looks really wet and cool.

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Purple bars indicate average rainfall and the light blue indicates actual rainfall. The bottom line...big rain surpluses in the Fall and Winter.

    Keep your fingers crossed that this happens later this year because the rain deficit is nearing 2.5 feet since late 2007.

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• Can Arias help Honduras?

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    SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Talks to resolve the leadership crisis in Honduras began without a breakthrough Thursday, as both rivals emerged from meetings with a mediator showing no signs of relinquishing their claims to the presidency following a divisive coup.

    The hoped for face-to-face meeting in Costa Rica between ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the man who replaced him, Roberto Micheletti, didn't take place. The men held separate, closed-door meetings with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, who is mediating efforts to end the standoff over a June 28 coup that drew worldwide condemnation and presented the Obama administration with one of its biggest tests in Latin America.

    "We have no illusions, this may take longer than what was imagined," said Arias, who won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize for helping Central Americans resolve their civil wars.

    Micheletti and Zelaya, who were once friends and political allies, had staked out hardline positions ahead of the talks. The ousted leader said he was in San Jose only to arrange his return to power. Honduras' interim leader, in turn, insisted that Zelaya's reinstatement was not negotiable.

    Little appeared to change Thursday.

    Zelaya was the first to arrive for the talks in Arias' home in Costa Rica's capital. As he headed back to his hotel, the leftist rancher called for "the reestablishment of the state of law, democracy and the return of the president elected by the Honduran people."

    Micheletti arrived shortly afterward and met with Arias for almost three hours. On emerging, he only said that he was "satisfied" with the meeting and was returning to Honduras. He named four officials who will represent him in future negotiations and said presidential elections in Honduras would be held in November as planned.

    On arriving back in Tegucigalpa, Micheletti told reporters that the main point argued by Zelaya's supporters was that the toppled leader return to Honduras as president.

    "We are in agreement with his return here — but to be sent directly to the courts," Micheletti said, referring to the 18 charges against Zelaya in Honduras, including treason and usurping public functions. Interim leaders say the coup was legal because the Supreme Court ruled that Zelaya's push for a referendum on constitutional change violated the charter.

    Offering some hope for future talks, Micheletti said he would return to San Jose for talks "if it is necessary."

    Arias had hoped to bring the rivals together for their first direct meeting since the coup, but that was not to be.

    "Each one put as a condition that the other not be there, that it wasn't the moment to meet," said Costa Rican Information Minister Mayi Antillon.

    Antillon said commissions named by Zelaya and Micheletti had already begun talks Thursday afternoon.

    "At this time, they are exchanging ideas ... it is a basic process but both delegations are sitting at the same table," she said.

    Costa Rica's president said any resolution to the dispute must included Zelaya's reinstatment as president.

    "My recommendation is that we advance where it is easy and leave the most difficult point for the end," Arias said. He added that negotiations could last for several days more.

    Even getting both sides to appear in the same city was an achievement for Arias — something that hasn't happened since the leftist Zelaya surrendered under gunfire and was flown out of his country by masked soldiers on June 28.

    OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza expressed concern that if the Honduran crisis is not resolved, it could leave the door open for other coups in Latin America.

    "I'm not going to mention countries," Insulza told reporters in Washington on Thursday.

    Arias was invited to mediate by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. That move effectively sidelined Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who had lent Zelaya a Venezuelan plane and other support, and cast the crisis as an epic battle between the poor and the region's "oligarchies."

    President Barack Obama has framed the issue in non-ideological terms, encouraging leaders from the left and right to come together to support the institutions of democracy.

    Obama has insisted that Zelaya be restored to power, but "not because we agree with him," he told an audience in Russia. "We do so because we respect the universal principle that people should choose their own leaders, whether they are leaders we agree with or not."

    U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said no U.S. representatives were participating in the mediation sessions. "We are keenly interested in these talks. We want to see a good outcome that restores the democratic order in Honduras. But I just want to emphasize, this is President Arias', these are his talks."

    In Honduras, thousands of Zelaya's supporters and detractors continued marching in the streets Thursday. Pro-Zelaya forces cut off several highways, including a key southern truck route to Nicaragua and El Salvador. They argue the president was illegally toppled by the military with the backing of the country's oligarchy.

    Backers of the Micheletti government demonstrated in the northern industrial city of San Pedro Sula and other places.

    In contrast, very few people — almost all journalists — showed up at the metal security gates placed in front of Arias' home, a one-story house in a residential neighborhood of San Jose. The only guards were about two dozen unarmed tourism police wearing polo shirts.

    The United Nations and the Organization of American States have demanded Zelaya be returned to power, imposing or threatening sanctions and aid cuts. Venezuela said it is canceling shipments of subsidized oil, and the U.S. suspended more than $18 million in military assistance and development aid programs. No other country has recognized the interim administration.

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• Fluoridation: Ineffective & Ha

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    Fluoridation Opposition: Scientific, Respectable & Growing

     

     Over 2,550  professionals urge the US Congress to stop water fluoridation until Congressional hearings are conducted, citing scientific evidence that fluoridation, long promoted to fight tooth decay, is ineffective and has serious health risks. See statement: http://www.fluorideaction.org/statement.august.2007.html. 

     

    Also, eleven Environmental Protection Agency employee unions representing over 7000 environmental and public health professionals called for a moratorium on drinking water fluoridation programs across the country, and have asked EPA management to recognize fluoride as posing a serious risk of causing cancer in people. (1a)

     

    Last election day, 53 US cities rejected fluoridation joining a growing list of communities saying "No," to fluoridation. (1)

     

    Since the professionals' statement was first issued (Aug 2007), the following occurred:

     

    --  The  Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canada’s leading voice on environmental health issues, released a statement opposing fluoridation. (2)

     

    --  May 2009, Great Lakes United (GLU) supports the end of water fluoridation.  GLU is made up organizations representing environmentalists, conservationists, hunters and anglers, labor unions, community groups, and citizens of the United States, Canada, and First Nations and Tribes. (13)

     

    --  The National Kidney Foundation dropped its fluoridation support replacing it with this caution: “Individuals with CKD  [Chronic Kidney Disease] should be notified of the potential risk of fluoride exposure.” (3)

     

    -- Researchers reporting in the Oct 6 2007  British Medical Journal  indicate that fluoridation  never was proven safe or effective and may be unethical. (4)

     

    --  “A qualitative review of ...studies found a consistent and strong association between the exposure to fluoride and low IQ,”  concluded Tang el al., in "Fluoride and Children’s Intelligence: A Meta-analysis” in Biological Trace Element Research (5)

     

    -- Scientific American editors wrote in January 2008, "Some recent studies suggest that over-consumption of fluoride can raise the risks of disorders affecting teeth, bones, the brain and the thyroid gland"

     

    -- Dr. A. K. Susheela, a leading fluoride expert, explains in a video why US physicians overlook fluoride as a possible cause of diseases commonly caused by fluoride. http://tinyurl.com/Susheela

     

    -- A study in the Fall 2008 Journal of Public Health Dentistry reveals that  cavity-free teeth have little to do with fluoride intake. Researchers report, "The benefits of fluoride are mostly topical…while fluorosis is clearly more dependent on fluoride intake."  

     

    -- Research published in Biological Trace Element Research (April 2009).  indicates that blood fluoride levels were significantly higher in patients with osteosarcoma than in control groups. (13)  Osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, occurs mostly in children and young adults

     

    A Tennessee State legislator who is also an MD is urging all Tennessee Water Districts to stop fluoridation, reported a Tennessee newspaper on 11/29/08. At least 30 Tennessee water districts have already complied with his request.(6)

     

    On 1/5/09, the Burlington Board of Health recommended that Burlington cease fluoridation because fluoridation can harm some people. (7)

     

    On 1/6/09, a Canadian town, Drayton, stopped fluoridation, not to save money, but because it was in the best interests of residents, said the Mayor. (8)

     

    On 2/10/2009 Skagit County, WA officials reversed their 2007 fluoridation decision. (9)

     

    On 3/3/2009, Plainfield, Vermont bans fluoridation. (10)

     

    The Arkansas Oral Health Director is accused of giving eight "false or misleading statements" on fluoridation to an Arkansas legislative Committee. (12) 

     

    Signers to the FAN statement include:

     

      --  Dr. Arvid Carlsson,winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Medicine

     

      --   Vyvyan Howard, MD, PhD, President, International Society of Doctors for the Environment

    
      --  Ken Cook and Richard Wiles, Environmental Working  Group

    
      --  Lois Gibbs, Center for Health, Environment, and Justice

    
      --  Joseph Mercola, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, who runs the #1 most visited natural health website

    
      --   Theo Colborn, PhD, co-author, “Our Stolen Future”

    
      --   Sam Epstein,  MD, Chairman, Cancer Prevention Coalition

    
      --   The current and six past Presidents of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and  Toxicology

    
      --  Board of Directors (2007), American Academy of Environmental Medicine

    
      --  FIVE Goldman Prize winners - given for excellence in protecting the environment 

     

      --  Three members of the prestigious 2006 National Research Council (NRC) panel that reported on fluoride’s toxicology

     

      --  Three officers in the Union representing professionals at EPA headquarters

     

      --  Hundreds of medical, dental, academic, scientific and environmental professionals, worldwide.

    
     
    Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Arvid Carlsson,  says, “Fluoridation is against all principles of modern pharmacology. It's really obsolete.”
     
    An Online Action Petition to Congress in support of the Professionals' Statement is available on FAN's web site,

    http://congress.fluorideaction.net 

    
    Fluoride jeopardizes health - even at low levels deliberately added to public water supplies, according to  data  presented in a 2006 National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) National Research Council (NRC) report. Fluoride poses risks to the thyroid gland, diabetics, kidney patients, high water drinkers and others and can severely damage children's teeth. (11) At least three panel members advise avoiding fluoridated water.

     

    “The NRC fluoride report dramatically changed scientific understanding of fluoride's health risks," says Paul Connett, PhD, Executive Director, Fluoride Action Network.  "Government officials who continue to promote fluoridation must testify under oath as to why they are ignoring the powerful evidence of harm in the NRC report,” he added. 

     

    The Professionals’ Statement also references:
     
    -- The new American Dental Association policy recommending infant formula NOT be prepared with fluoridated water.

    
    -- The  CDC’s concession that the predominant benefit of fluoride is topical not systemic.

    
    -- CDC data showing that dental fluorosis, caused by fluoride over-exposure, now impacts one third of American children.

    
    -- Major research indicating little difference in decay rates between fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities.

    
    -- A Harvard study indicating a possible link between fluoridation and bone cancer. 

    
    

    The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a DC watchdog, revealed that a Harvard professor concealed the fluoridation/bone cancer connection for three years. EWG President Ken Cook states, “It is time for the US to recognize that fluoridation has serious risks that far outweigh any minor benefits, and unlike many other environmental issues, it's as easy to end as turning off a valve at the water plant.”

     

    Adverse health effects of fluoride:  http://www.FluorideAction.Net/health

     

     

                                                                   

     
    References:

     

    (1a)  Press Release August 19, 2005, “EPA Unions Call for Nationwide Moratorium on Fluoridation, Congressional Hearing on Adverse Effects, Youth Cancer Cover Up,” Contact: Dr. William Hirzy, Vice-President NTEU Chapter 280

     

    http://www2.fluoridealert.org/Alert/United-States/National/EPA-unions-call-for-moratorium-on-fluoride-in-drinking-water

    (1)  http://www.fluoridealert.org/communities.htm

    (2) http://www.fluoridealert.org/cape.html

    (3) National Kidney Foundation, “Fluoride Intake in Chronic Kidney Disease,” April 15, 2008

     http://www.kidney.org/atoz/pdf/Fluoride_Intake_in_CKD.pdf

    (4) "Adding fluoride to water supplies," British Medical Journal, KK Cheng, Iain Chalmers, Trevor A. Sheldon, October 6, 2007

     

    (5) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18695947?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

     

    (6) http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/2840202

     

    (7) http://www.swabvt.org/node/300

     

    (8) http://www.draytonvalleywesternreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1373584

     

    (9) http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/commissioners_vote_to_halt_fluoride_program/

     

    (10)  http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090303/NEWS0301/90303100/1009/NEWS01

     

    (11)  National Research Council (2003-2006): Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards

    http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/epa/nrc/

     

    (12) "State oral health director challenged over comments about fluoridation,"

     March 10, 2009,by Kathryn Lucariello, Carroll County News

    http://www.carrollconews.com/story/1509198.html

     

    (13)   Biological Trace Element Research, “Serum Fluoride and Sialic Acid Levels in Osteosarcoma,” by Sandhu R, Lal H, Kundu ZS, Kharb S, Apr 24, 2009 [Epub ahead of print]

     

    (14) http://www.glu.org/sites/default/files/Resolution-regarding-artificial-water-fluoridation.pdf

    SOURCE:  Fluoride Action Network   http://www.FluorideAction.Net

    
    
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• US Open Cup- 2nd Round

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    After they win over the Mississippi Brilla the Austin Aztex will face El Paso Patriots in the 2nd Round of the US Open Cup. The winner of this match will play a team from the MLS in the 3rd Round. Come to Nelson Field (7400 Berkman Dr) and support the only professional team in Austin. For more information call 512-335-8881. Thanks for all your support and GO AZTEX!!!

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• Honduras Earthquake

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    They were rocking and rolling in Central America thanks to a major earthquake. Here is a story I found on the web...

    By FREDDY CUEVAS, Associated Press Writer Freddy Cuevas, Associated Press Writer – 33 mins ago

    TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – A strong earthquake killed at least one man early Thursday as it collapsed homes in Honduras and Belize and sent people running into the streets in their pajamas as far away as Guatemala City.

    The magnitude-7.1 quake struck at 3:24 a.m. (0824 GMT) at the relatively shallow depth of 6 miles (10 kilometers), according to the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado. The epicenter was 80 miles (130 kilometers) northeast of La Ceiba, Honduras.

    "People were running for the door," said Alfredo Cedeno, an employee at the Gran Hotel Paris in La Ceiba. "You could really feel it and you could see it — the water came out of the pool."

    A man died after his house collapsed in Pineda de la Lima, 120 miles (200 kilometers) north of the capital, Tegicugalpa, according to Carlos Gonzalez, deputy director of Honduras' Permanent Emergency Commission. A neighbor's house also collapsed, he said.

    "Dozens of workers have been evacuated from factories in San Pedro Sula (in northern Honduras) because the buildings have cracks," he said. "There are cracks in the roads in several cities."

    Juan Sevilla, a spokesman for Honduras' firefighters, said wooden homes collapsed in Puerto Cortes, 120 miles (200 kilometers) north of Tegucigalpa, as did a stadium wall in Comayagua, 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of the capital.

    Osman Hernandez, a spokesman for the mayor of El Progreso, told Radio Satelite there was "serious damage" to Democracy Bridge, a 1957 span across Honduras' biggest river, the Ulua. He did not provide details of the damage.

    Tegucigalpa Mayor Ricardo Alvarez appealed for calm as officials reported electricity, telephones and Internet connections were cut across a large part of Honduras.

    "It was an earthquake of great proportions that was felt in almost the entire country," said Ana Maria Rivera, spokeswoman for the emergency commission.

    In Belize, people rushed from their homes as glasses and framed pictures crashed off of shelves. At least five wooden houses on stilts collapsed in three towns and a water tower toppled in the town of Independence, local officials said. Electricity was out all the way to the Mexican border.

    "I urge you not to panic, but to remain calm," National Emergency Minister Melvin Hulse said on the radio. "Your government is monitoring the situation and will be keeping you informed."

    A tsunami watch was discontinued for Honduras, Belize and Guatemala.

    Raul Gonzalez, a receptionist at the Gran Hotel Sula in San Pedro Sula, said guests ran into the streets in their pajamas.

    "I ran out of the building and kept going for about a block before I looked back and everything had calmed," he said. "It was really strong. I have never felt anything like that."

    He said the hotel did not suffer damage.

    A two-story warehouse caught fire in San Pedro Sula but no injuries were reported, according to firefighter Lt. Col. Daniel Flores.

    People ran into the streets as far away as Guatemala City, but firefighter Byron Juarez said a survey of firefighting offices throughout Guatemala revealed no reports of major damage.

    The quake occurred in a region where the North American and Caribean plates come together, according to Gonzalo Cruz, head of geophysics at Honduras' National Autonomous University.

    The USGS said a magnitude-4.8 aftershock struck off Honduras about three hours after the quake.

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    Associated Press writers Juan Carlos Llorca in Guatemala City and Patrick Jones in Belize City contributed to this report.

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• Fountains

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    This past Friday was a real sunburn. We spent 7 hours on and around the dive barge as we removed the last of an extensive fountain system on the shore of Spring Lake. For years people mistakenly assumed the plumes of water were the springs themselves. When I began working at Aquarena in 2002 they still functioned, all be it intermittenly. By the second year I was here they were down more than they worked. People asked;"what happened to the springs?" Mixed with local lore of fountains and gysers that could tip a boat and the history of the theme park many misconceptions prevail to this day. The removal of these old failed systems has been under way for almost a year now. Manual labor and face in the mud el bow grease are about the only way to get the job done. We position the dive barge over a pipe to be removed and connect a chain hoist to an a frame above. The pipes supporting the network of plumbing go straight down as many as 16 feet into the substrate below. The only way to remove them without damaging Critical Habitat is to pull them straight up with a 2 ton hoist. Did I mention we are wet so electric is out. Connecting, raising, and reconnecting the inches slowly came and we beat the last of the muds hold. This year long effort is supported by a grant from the National Park Service and the National Wildlife Foundation in addition to a signifigant matching effort by the River Systems Institute at Texas State. The work falls under the scope of Habitat Restoration.

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• Mexico back to work;Mex open

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    MEXICO CITY – In gleaming office towers and gritty markets, Mexicans returned to work Wednesday after a five-day swine flu shutdown, and dozens returned to a heroes' welcome from "humiliating" quarantines in China. But Mexico's death toll rose, feeding fears of more infections now that crowds are gathering again.

    The World Health Organization urged countries not to quarantine visitors or impose trade restrictions without scientific reasons. But China defiantly justified its quarantines as protection for its densely populated cities. And even impoverished Haiti turned away a Mexican ship carrying desperately needed food aid because of flu fears.

    In Mexico City, friends and co-workers greeted each other with back slaps, firm handshakes — and dollops of hand sanitizer. Some high-rises stationed doctors in their lobbies who questioned returning employees and required visitors to fill out forms stating they had no flu symptoms. Maitre d's in surgical masks stood at attention amid rows of sidewalk tables that were pulled out and washed down for the first time in days.

    The city's health secretary late Wednesday announced that all businesses — including sports arenas, dance halls, movie theaters and all restaurants — will be allowed to operate Thursday. But Armando Ahued said businesses must screen for ill people and make surgical masks mandatory for employees and customers.

    "We're returning to normal," said Eugenio Velis, 57, a graphic artist sipping coffee with friends in the trendy Condesa neighborhood.

    But Ernesto Viloria, 40, worried about his children using public transit and returning to school.

    "Nothing can be the same," insisted Viloria, who works in finance. "The virus continues, even though it's declining, and we have to pay attention."

    Mexico's government said the shutdown reduced the spread of the virus at its epicenter. Deaths have slowed as the country mobilized an aggressive public health response to the epidemic that has sickened thousands in 24 countries.

    Sweden and Poland were the latest countries to confirm swine flu cases, both in women who had recently visited the U.S.

    In Mexico, the confirmed death toll reached 42 Wednesday — mostly as backlogged cases got tested, but also two new deaths on Tuesday. It also confirmed more than 1,100 nonfatal cases. Eighty percent of Mexico's swine flu infections have been in and around the capital, and a majority of the dead were between 20 and 39 years old.

    There was some concern that Mexico was relaxing too quickly, especially with high schools and universities reopening Thursday, and primary schools reopening next week. While "filter teams" prepared to screen out sick students and teachers, epidemiologists warn that the virus has spread throughout Mexico, and could bounce back.

    "We have seen a tendency (of the outbreak) to diminish but not disappear," Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova acknowledged.

    Indeed, this swine flu seems to have a long incubation period — 5-7 days before people notice symptoms, according to Dr. Marc-Alain Widdowson, a medical epidemiologist from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now tracking the flu in Mexico City. And that means the virus can keep being spread by people who won't know to stay home.

    But from gritty taco stands to the Cartier store on Mexico City's version of Rodeo Drive, people were glad to be back at work.

    Jesus Cortez, 43, manned El Taquito Veloz, "The Speedy Little Taco," in the rough Tepito neighborhood, offering roasted pork on a spit as its specialty — tacos al pastor. Nearby, workers sliced chunks of meat from a boiled steer's skull, flanked by cilantro branches.

    "People are just starting to come back out, but they're still afraid," Cortez said. "We're going to have to open on Sundays now, and we're going to have to work really hard. If not, we're not going to make enough money."

    Cartier manager Paula Guerra, 34, waited out the furlough in Valle de Bravo, a lakeside retreat for Mexico City's well-to-do, and returned Wednesday blowing air kisses to her employees through her surgical mask. But she, too, was hoping to make up for lost sales — in Mother's Day merchandise.

    Rafael Ramirez, 65, rushed to the just-reopened Metropolitan Cathedral to pray to a Christ statue known as the Lord of Health, which the church brought out from storage for the first time in 300 years.

    "I gave thanks that the city is returning to normal, and prayed so countries stop looking down their noses at us," Ramirez said.

    Mexico has protested Chinese quarantines and China's cancellation of direct flights between the countries as discriminatory.

    First lady Margarita Zavala was up before dawn to greet 136 Mexicans who were flown home from China on a government charter. None had flu symptoms, Mexican diplomats said.

    While Zavala pointedly removed her face mask and smiled broadly as she welcomed the Mexicans home, the scene in Shanghai was far different: 119 returning Chinese gamely waved their country's flags as health workers in full body suits escorted them into a weeklong quarantine.

    Several Mexican passengers said they were treated well in China. Others begged to differ.

    "It was discrimination and humiliation in my case," said Myrna Berlanga, who said she was taken off a flight from the United States and put in a mobile laboratory for five hours without food, water or a bathroom. "They took me out because of my passport."

    Haitian officials said they would not accept a Mexican navy ship carrying 77 tons of rice, fertilizer and emergency food kits, said Mexico's ambassador, Zadalinda Gonzalez y Reynero. She said Haiti asked for the ship to come "on another occasion."

    Haitian officials had no immediate comment.

    In San Diego, Calif., the U.S. Navy canceled the deployment of the USS Dubuque, an amphibious transport ship, after a crew member was confirmed to have swine flu. About 50 others were suspected cases, and all crew members were being treated with anti-viral drugs.

    The ship was to leave June 1 on a humanitarian mission to the South Pacific, Navy spokesman Lt. Sean Robertson said.

    And the Philippines urged boxing idol Manny Pacquiao to postpone a triumphant return home after beating Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas, saying a motorcade in Manila could risk spreading the virus through adoring crowds. There are no confirmed cases in the Philippines.

    In Washington, officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they identified genetic characteristics of the virus and were in position to produce a vaccine if one is needed.

    Dr. Dennis Carroll, a special adviser on pandemics with the U.S. Agency for International Development, said investments to stave off an avian flu epidemic aided the quick swine flu response.

    Canada, meanwhile, said researchers at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, genetically sequenced three samples of the virus from Mexico and Canada, a breakthrough they hope will answer questions about how it spreads and mutates.

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• Self-employed and Small Busine

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    Self-employed and Small Business Start-up Classes – Free!

    Have you recently started a business or are considering it? Starting your own business involves much more than just coming up with an idea and selling it.

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