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New grant further solidifies UC Davis' leadership role in translational research
By Carole Gan, UC Davis Tuesday, July 12, 2016
UC Davis medical oncologist Chong-xian Pan received a career development award to develop cancer-specific molecules that improve cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment.
The UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) and the wide array of services that have supported innovative biomedical research and led to the development of new treatments for diseases during the past 10 years will continue, thanks to a $27.8 million grant from the National Center for Accelerating Translational Science and the ongoing support from the School of Medicine.
"Since its inception in 2006, the CTSC has been a powerful incubator to transform and catalyze translational research," said Lars Berglund, senior associate dean for research and CTSC director. "We have developed a comprehensive array of tools to support investigators and their work, significantly advancing the most innovative research to improve human health. The new award further weaves the CTSC into the institutional fabric of the UC Davis research enterprise."
More than 60 institutions are members of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards consortium, including UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC San Diego and UC San Francisco.
The new award will facilitate multicenter clinical trials, expand efforts to involve patients in studies evaluating rare diseases as well as health across the lifespan, and formalize relationships with the School of Veterinary Medicine, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and Center for Health and Technology.
These additions build on a strong foundation of existing services that the center has made available for investigators. These resources include expertise in clinical research ethics, biomedical informatics, biostatistics, community engagement, regulatory support, research clinic, and a pilot award and robust scholar programs.
Berglund believes these programs benefit researchers and UC Davis as a whole.
"The CTSC has played an important role in advancing the school's national standing in research funds received from the National Institutes of Health over the last 10 years, which increased from 51st in the U.S. to 30th," he said. "Having a dedicated center to support investigators throughout their research careers has many advantages, such as pairing young and mid-level scholars and trainees with faculty mentors to guide studies, providing pilot funding to support the development of preliminary data for future grant applications and offering expertise on compliance and related resources to help researchers achieve their study goals.
Chong-xian Pan, a medical oncologist and physician-scientist in the Division of Hematology and Oncology and the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, received a career development award through the UC Davis CTSC to develop cancer-specific molecules that improve cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment.
For this work, Pan was awarded three patents: one for designing molecules that can guide the delivery of diagnostic and therapeutic agents, like smart missiles, to specifically detect and kill bladder cancer cells; the second for developing molecules that specifically target leukemia stem cells, which cause leukemia recurrence and resistance to treatment; and the third for developing nanometer-scale particles, or nanoparticles, that allow direct visualization of cancer during surgery and deliver lethal drugs to kill cancer cells with much less toxicity.
Other CTSC achievements since 2006:
Awarded 176 pilot awards that included 376 trainees.
Trained 72 graduate research trainees and fellows with T-series grants.
Mentored 27 scholars with research career development grants (K series) who published 989 high-impact papers (H index of 13.5) and were granted three patents. In addition, several have achieved leadership roles at NIH, academic institutions, state agencies, professional societies and positions on scientific advisory boards.
Supported investigators who have published more than 1,300 papers in over 500 journals that have been cited 34,000 times (2.7 times the global average).
Developed a platform that gives investigators access to 14 million de-identified patient records within UC medical centers to facilitate research and collaborations.
The National Center for Accelerating Translational Science, one of 27 institutes and centers at the National Institutes of Health, strives to develop innovations to reduce, remove or bypass costly and time-consuming bottlenecks in the translational research pipeline in an effort to speed the delivery of new drugs, diagnostics and medical devices to patients.
Carole Gan
(916) 734-9047 carole.gan@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center
Clinical and Translational Science Award institutions
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute receives $69.6M NIH grant

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WTF?! Chinese Govt. To Execute Polluters?
Posted by John Loeffler in air pollution, Canadian Tar Sands, Cancer, China, Communism, Deadly, Environment, executions, Health problems, Human Rights Violations, industrial pollution, Oil, Polluters, Pollution, Protests, Toxic, U.S., WHO, World Health Organization (WHO)
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China has introduced "harsher punishments" for breaking the nation's environmental protection laws: reckless violators of pollution standards in the world's biggest and fastest-growing economy now face execution.
A new judicial interpretation taking effect on Wednesday has tightened Chinese "lax and superficial" enforcement of environmental protection laws, Xinhua reported citing a government statement.
The government is set to introduce a "precise criteria for convictions and sentencing" while the "judicial explanation provides a powerful legal weapon." Law enforcement should take environmental regulations seriously and "all force should be mobilized to uncover law-breaking clues of environmental pollution in a timely way," the statement reads.
In winter of 2013 Beijing was experiencing the worst environmental data on record. Levels of dangerous particles less than 2.5 micrometres across, known as PM2.5s, were 22 times what the World Health Organization considers safe. In response to the widespread public anger, authorities introduced emergency measures to thin traffic and shut down polluting industries. Rallies also erupted in May in the city of Kunming as thousands flooded the streets to protest against the planned production of a chemical at a refinery.
Problems related to pollution are also reaching China's vast countryside, the Ministry of Environmental Protection acknowledged early June.
"With industrialisation, urbanisation and the modernisation of agriculture, the situation for the rural environment has become grim," the ministry said. Crucial aspects emanate from an "increase in pressure from mining pollution and severe pollution from the raising of livestock and poultry."
Read more here (source): http://rt.com/news/china-execution-environmental-offenders-967/
The Chinese Government is the biggest polluter in China! Kind of like "the pot calling the kettle black!" China surpassed the U.S. in carbon emissions and air pollution already by a large margin. The Chinese Government allows more coal burning plants, Canadian Tar Sands oil burning, industrial, and car pollution than any other country! If they are going to punish the polluters then they better start with their own government officials! – John Loeffler, Fountain City, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Daily air pollution in Beijing, China (city population over 20 million people)
Monsanto's Cancerous Glyphosate 50% Higher in CA Drinking Water!
Posted by John Loeffler in Agriculture, breast cancer, California, Cancer, Deadly, Drinking Water, EPA, food supply, Glyphosate, Health problems, herbicides, Monsanto, Poisonous Chemicals, Roundup, Toxic, Toxicology
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Late last week, a story broke that revealed glyphosate — the chemical name of Roundup herbicide — multiplies the proliferation of breast cancer cells by 500% to 1300%… even at exposures of just a few parts per trillion (ppt).
The study, published in Food and Chemical Toxicology, is entitled, "Glyphosate induces human breast cancer cells growth via estrogen receptors."
There's a whole lot more to this story, however, but to follow it, you need to understand these terms:
ppm = parts per million = 10 (-6) = number of parts out of a million
ppb = parts per billion = 10 (-9), which is 1,000 times smaller than ppm
ppt = parts per trillion = 10 (-12), which is 1,000 times smaller than ppb and 1,000,000 times smaller than ppm
The study found that breast cancer cell proliferation is accelerated by glyphosate in extremely low concentrations: ppt to ppb. The greatest effect was observed in the ppb range, including single-digit ppb such as 1 ppb.
California allows 1,000 ppb of glyphosate in drinking water
In December of 1997, California released its Glyphosate in Drinking Water California Public Health Goal (PHG) document. You can view the document yourself at:
http://oehha.ca.gov/water/phg/pdf/glypho_c.pdf
The document openly admits:
Glyphosate is a non-selective systemic herbicide used in agriculture, rights-of-way and aquatic systems. Exposure to glyphosate may occur from its normal use due to drift, residues in food crops and from runoff into potential drinking water sources.
It then goes on to state something borrowed straight from Monsanto's quack science team: "Glyphosate is not mutagenic or teratogenic and there is no evidence for reproductive toxicity in multigeneration studies in rats."
Based on this blatant lie, California set an upper limit of "1.0 mg/L (1,000 ppb) for glyphosate in drinking water."
Yes, that's 1,000 times higher than the amount now shown to cause a 500% to 1300% increase in cancer cell proliferation.
What's even more shocking is that California's allowable exposure level was nearly 50% HIGHER than the federal (EPA) level — 700 ppb.
Yes, California — the state where more people are concerned about GMOs than seemingly anywhere else — actually used Monsanto-sounding language in its "official" report that set a higher water contamination level than the federal government!
Glyphosate carcinotoxicity was documented years earlier
Even though California released this document in 1997, the state was already willfully ignoring a growing body of scientific evidence documenting glyphosate toxicity. For example, a study published two years earlier — in 1995 — in the Journal of Pesticide Reform (Volume 15, Number 3, Fall 1995) written by Caroline Cox concluded:
Glyphosate-containing products are acutely toxic to animals, including humans. …In animal studies, feeding of glyphosate for three months caused reduced weight gain, diarrhea, and salivary gland lesions. Lifetime feeding of glyphosate caused excess growth and death of liver cells, cataracts and lens degeneration, and increases in the frequency of thyroid, pancreas, and liver tumors.
Glyphosate-containing products have caused genetic damage in human blood cells… reduced sperm counts in male rats… an increase in fetal loss…
In other words, California knew — or should have known — that glyphosate was harmful to humans. But the California government willfully ignored this evidence and seemingly went out of its way to incorporate deceptive Monsanto spin into its "Public Health Goal" documents, thereby allowing 1,000 times higher levels of glyphosate in drinking water than we now know to cause cancer cell proliferation!
Ten years later, California lowers its level by just 10%
Fast forward to 2007. After a public comment period which was no doubt dominated by disinfo-spewing Monsanto trolls, the state of California issued an updated Public Health Goal (PHG) document.
You can view that document here:
http://oehha.ca.gov/water/phg/pdf/080406dglyphosate.pdf
It concludes that the allowable glyphosate exposure for all Californians should be lowered to 900 ppb — still nine hundred times higher than the amount needed to accelerate cancer cell growth as we see in the study released last week.
Read more here (source): http://www.naturalnews.com/040808_glyphosate_breast_cancer_drinking_water.html
Your Genes are Registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Posted by John Loeffler in Association for Molecular Pathology, Cancer, cures, Diseases, DNA, Elite, Genes, Genetics, Greed, Human Genome Project, Humans, Money, Myriad Genetics, Patents, research, Science, Supreme Court, United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Imagine you could be the key to curing a disease or reducing the risk of suffering from a debilitating ailment for millions of people. Then imagine that you couldn't help find that cure, because the gene inside you that holds the secret is owned by a company that won't allow for testing or further research without a significant payment.
No need to imagine. It has already happened.
DNA research has evolved rapidly since scientists learned we could map it. Your DNA is unique to you and only you. Well, kind of. The part that is unique to you is limited to small variations on the genes, amounting to approximately less than 1% of your DNA. The rest of it is shared with every other human being past, present and future. In April 2003, scientists identified the genetic code we all share. Called The Human Genome Project, they successfully mapped the genetic makeup of every human being that has ever existed. And it was cool.
The possibilities of having this data codified are endless. Great progress has been made in the past ten years understanding certain cancers and genetic diseases, not to mention the fortune companies can make on patenting them.
Yes, our genes are registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
When scientists sequence a gene, they make what is called a synthetic copy. It's chemically the same and has the same properties that were created by nature. This has been going on for decades and is how we got to where we are with DNA science today. Being able to isolate this product of nature gives scientists the foundation to discover what makes us tick, and what makes us sick.
If they can afford the license, that is.
Patent law prohibits patenting anything that is considered a natural occurrence. While everyone would agree that there is nothing more natural than our cellular structure, some do argue that any physical (i.e., synthetic) copies of our genes aren't "natural" and are, instead, a product of human ingenuity. Products can be patented. This is what Myriad Genetics has argued before the Supreme Court in The Association for Molecular Pathology vs. Myriad Genetics, Inc. Myriad owns the patent to the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, having been the first to isolate them. Mutations in these two genes have been identified as a key indicator to the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers.
Angelina Jolie recently discussed her family history of breast cancer, as well as her decision to have a double mastectomy to reduce her risk in a New York Times op-ed. In it she indicated that she got tested for the BRCA1 gene. Myriad also owns the test for the gene, which costs thousands of dollars. They can charge whatever price they want, because no one else is allowed to test for it without going through them. In fact, nothing related to these two genes, including additional research, can be done without first going through Myriad.
Most women aren't Angelina Jolie and most cannot afford thousands of dollars to determine their risk. Having such a barrier to access could have tremendous ramifications, considering that many populations, such as Eastern European women and African-American women, have a significantly high incidence of breast cancer, with black women having a 60% higher death rate.
It is unknown if a less expensive test could be developed. Because of Myriad's patent, clinics and researchers would have to pay a license fee to even look into the possibility of developing a cheaper alternative. That's assuming that Myriad would allow them to do the research at all.
It is estimated that almost 40% of human genes are patented. Many in the scientific community believe in, and understand the value of, collaborative efforts in the name of science. Still, the only reason to patent anything is to protect any future financial benefit. It is more than unsettling to know that the very building blocks of human life could be in the hands of a company that will only make it available to those most able to pay.
Edward R. Murrow asked Jonas Salk, the man who created the polio vaccine, who owned the patent to his life changing discovery. Mr. Salk famously replied, "Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"
This month the Supreme Court will let us know the answer.
Source: http://www.care2.com/causes/your-genes-are-registered-with-the-us-patent-and-trademark-office.html
Profiteering Cancer Industry Ripped Apart By Explosive Documentary
Posted by John Loeffler in Alternative Medicine, Cancer, cancer cures, Cancer Industry, cancer prevention, cancer treatment, Corruption, crime, cures, Documentaries, FDA, Greed, Humanity, Monopolies, prevention, Profits, Scams
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The stunning, jaw-dropping and tearfully devastating true story of the conventional cancer industry is unleashed in a new documentary called "Cut, Poison, Burn." While celebrities like Michael Douglas are grabbing headlines by promoting the dangerous myths and false narratives of the cancer establishment, Cut, Poison, Burn lays out the rest of the story you're never told.
If you're angry about Monsanto and GMOs, you should be just as angry about the criminal cancer industry and how it exploits the bodies of men and women for profit.
Exposing the myths and lies of the cancer industry
Based on over 150 hours of original interviews with top cancer researchers, doctors and families who have dealt with cancer, Cut, Poison, Burn explores concepts like:
• How the "war on cancer" is a never-ending scam that funnels money into an industry that doesn't really want to find a cure for cancer
• Why cancer treatments (chemotherapy, radiation, surgery) are killing more people than cancer itself
• The truth about why the cancer industry never talks about cancer prevention (because they don't want you to know you can AVOID cancer)
• Why top doctors like Dr. Julian Whitaker warn patients about the deadly consequences of chemotherapy and radiation
• The collusion among the American Cancer Society, the FDA, the AMA and other groups to monopolize the cancer industry and shut out alternative therapies that can save lives
This is a must-see film the exposes the true depth of the crimes against humanity being committed every day by the cancer industry.
Watch the preview here: http://programs.naturalnews.com/Cut_Poison_Burn__NN.htm
Featuring amazing interviews with top experts on cancer
The film includes interviews with:
Dr. Vincent DeVita, Professor of Medicine at the Yale Cancer Center, Former Director of the National Cancer Institute
Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, MD, PH.D., Burzynski Clinic, Houston
Dr. Michael Kosty, MD, Medical Director of the Scripps Cancer Center
Dr. James Privitera, MD, Medical Physician and Holistic Medicine
Dr. Soren Nielson, Cancer Smart
Dr. Charles Simone, MD, Simone Protective Cancer Center
Dr. Filiberto Munoz, MD, San Diego Clinic, Tijuana, Mexico
Dr. Julian Whitaker, MD, Founder and President, Whitaker Wellness Institute
Dr. Leonard Zwelling, MD, Vice President of Research Administration and Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Eugenie Kleinerman, MD, Head of Pediatric Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Devra Davis, PhD, MPH, Author, Secret History of The War on Cancer
Dr. Ralph W. Moss, Author, The Cancer Industry
Shane Ellison, M.S., Organic Chemist, Author
Dr. Sherrill Sellman, N.D., Author, What Women Must Know
Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/040624_cancer_industry_documentary_lies.html
Frac Sand Mine Proposed Near School Sparks Battle In Small Wisconsin Town
Posted by John Loeffler in air pollution, Cancer, Crystalline Silica, Dirty Politics, Environment, Frac Sand, Frack Sand Mining, Fracking, Greed, Health, Health Hazards, Health problems, Lobbyists, Mining, Money, opposition, Politicians, residents, Sand Fracking, Sand Mining, Silica or Sand Fracking, Silica Sand, Silicosis (Lung Disease), tourism, U.S., United States, Vista Sand, Water Pollution, Wisconsin
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More than 100 frac sand mines and processing facilities, like this one outside of Bloomer, Wis., have cropped up across the state over the last few years. (photo – Jim Tittle)
After winning just one game the previous year, the Glenwood City Hilltoppers football team reveled in taking home the Wisconsin Division 7 state championship last season.
And in typical small-town fashion, the whole community rallied behind them, recalled Chris Schone, whose son quarterbacked the junior varsity squad.
But now, Schone said, something is "tearing the community apart." A nearly 400-acre open-pit frac sand mine has been proposed for a site less than half a mile from the school, and now those residents who welcome the mine's promises of wealth and prosperity have squared off against those who fear its consequences to their health, way of life and property values.
"Our home is also about a half-mile from the mine," added Schone, who grew up in Glenwood City and owns a nearby gas station and restaurant. "Our four children would be exposed 24 hours a day."
Read more important information on this here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/01/frac-sand-mining-wisconsin-glenwood-city_n_3364963.html?utm_hp_ref=green
Greed is the motivating factor for residents and farmers who are willing to sell or lease their land to Sand Fracking companies, and the consequences are deadly Silicosis and cancer caused by Frac Sand Mining! That and the destruction of a beautiful and unique environment here in Wisconsin in towns that count on tourism for their livelihoods! – John Loeffler, Fountain City, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
A Comprehensive Look at GMOs and Health Problems GMOs Cause
Posted by John Loeffler in biotech crops, Biotech Industry, Cancer, Corruption, crops, EPA, FDA, food supply, Genetic Engineering, Glyphosate, GM Food, GMO, GMO Labeling, GMOs, Greed, Health Hazards, Health problems, herbicides, I-522 Bill, Monsanto, Pesticides, poison, Roundup, Toxic, Toxic Chemicals, U.S., United States, Washington
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Below is part of a 33 page report on GMOs and the toxic problems they cause humans!
Genetically Modified Organisms and the deterioration of health in the United States
by N.L. Swanson, 4/24/2013
This document was first published as a series of articles on Seattle examiner.com
Washington state residents likely to vote on GMO food labels
Hearings have been held in both the Washington state Senate (Feb. 14) and the House (March 5) on the initiative to label GMOs in our food. It is highly unusual for the legislature to take action on an initiative so it is likely that I-522 will show up on our ballots next November. It behooves us to educate ourselves about this important issue.
A majority of Americans favor labeling GMOs
According to a poll taken two weeks ago by the Huffington Post, 82% of Americans think that GMOs should be labeled, 9% believe they don't need to be labeled and 8% aren't sure. The poll also showed that, while most people think that GMOs should be labeled, many people don't really know too much about GMOs.
What is a GMO?
A genetically modified organism, or GMO is the term commonly used for crops that have been genetically engineered (GE) to produce some desired trait. The first GE crops were tobacco plants modified in 1986 to be resistant to direct application of herbicides. The following year, tobacco plants were engineered to resist insects. There followed a host of field trials to also develop plants resistant to viral and fungal diseases and to modify traits such as ripening, starch content and so on. In 1995 the FDA approved GE corn, soy, cotton, canola, potato, squash and tomato for commercialization and the amount of GE crops since then has been steadily increasing. Most often the genes are altered to render
the plant resistant to either insects or herbicides.
How are plants engineered to be insect resistant (IR)?
Sections of the DNA from the bacteria known as Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)are isolated and inserted into the plant cells by a process known as genetic transformation. The entire plant is then regenerated from the transgenic plant cells. There are thousands of different Bt strains that produce protein crystals toxic to insect pests. Particular strains are chosen to target specific plant pests. The resulting plant contains the Bt toxin in its cells. When the plant is eaten by the target insect the toxin binds to receptors in the insect's gut, causing the gut wall to break down and allowing toxin spores and normal gut bacteria to enter the body. As spores and bacteria proliferate in the body, the insect dies.
How are plants engineered to be herbicide tolerant (HT)?
Micro-organisms are identified that are tolerant of the active chemical in the herbicide. In the case of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate-resistant enzymes are isolated from a strain of Agrobacterium. These are inserted into the genes of the plant via a multi-step process resulting in a plant that can withstand direct application of the herbicide.
The stance taken by Monsanto, Dow and the other peddlers of both chemicals and genetically engineered seeds is that GMO food is "identical to non-GMO products." They claim that genetic engineering is no different than plant hybridization, which has been practiced for centuries. It is the reason they gave, and the EPA accepted, for not having to submit GMO food to rigorous testing to obtain EPA approval. It's up to the companies that manufacture GMOs to research and determine the safety of their products.
Not only are the bacteria genes themselves potentially toxic, but the plants can be sprayed directly with herbicides, the herbicide-resistant plants absorb the poisons and we eat them. It's difficult to understand how this can be considered "essentially" the same as plant hybridization.
GMOs are prevalent in the U.S. food supply
Chances are that potato or corn chip you are eating has been genetically engineered. Even more so if it has been fried in canola, corn, cottonseed, or soy oil. Most residents of the U.S. are consuming large quantities of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in their food. GMOs were first approved by the FDA for food crops in 1994. Since then the number of FDA approvals for GMO crops has steadily increased.
How are transgenic or genetically engineered (GE) crops approved?
The USDA/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issues permits for field trials, and later for general environmental release of GE crops. If the GE crop contains a pesticide, as is the case for Bt crops, approval is also required by the Environmental Protection Agency. If the product from a transgenic crop is for food or feed use, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must give final approval before the crops can be grown commercially.
How many and what kind of GE crops have been approved?
As of August, 2012, there have been a total of 144 crops approved by the FDA. The most widely and rapidly adopted transgenic crops in the United States are those with herbicide-tolerant traits. Of the 144 crops approved by the FDA, 75% have been genetically engineered to either withstand direct applications of herbicides or they contain an insecticide Bt toxin, or both. In the mid-'90s, scientists figured out how to combine more than one trait in the same plant. These were first released in 1997 and are called "stacked gene traits." The crops that have been approved are summarized in the table below, along with a partial list of food products and other uses for each type of crop. Any or all of
these products can be found in packaged foods and drinks: cereals, energy bars, chips, juices etc.
For further information including charts and graphs, ESPECIALLY HEALTH PROBLEMS, please read more here: http://sustainablepulse.com/wp-content/uploads/GMO-health.pdf
READER ALERT! Senate Shoots Down GMO Labeling Bill!
Posted by John Loeffler in Bernie Sanders, Bribery, Cancer, Congress, Connecticut, Corruption, Deadly, Debbie Stabenow, Dirty Politics, Failures, Farm Bill, FDA, food supply, Fraud, Genetically Modified Organisms, GM Food, GMO Labeling, GMOs, Greed, Health Hazards, Health problems, laws, Lawsuits, Michael Taylor, Monsanto, poison, Roger Wicker, Ron Johnson, senators, States, Thad Cochran, Toxic, U.S. Government, U.S. Senate, United States, Vermont
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In yet another showing of their lack of concern towards the people who give them their jobs, Senators in Washington D.C. voted against a key GMO labeling amendment to the Farm bill. One that would have allowed states to decide to label the presence of genetically modified ingredients in food products.
They didn't just vote it down, they did it overwhelmingly: 71 to 27. Let's be clear—this wasn't a bill that would have mandated the labeling of foods with genetically modified ingredients. No, it was far less provocative. This measure would have simply said it was okay for states to decide to do that for themselves.
"The concept we're talking about today is a fairly commonsense and non-radical idea," said the amendment's sponsor, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) according to the Huffington Post. "All over the world, in the European Union, in many other countries around the world, dozens and dozens of countries, people are able to look at the food that they are buying and determine through labeling whether or not that product contains genetically modified organisms."
Vermont and more-recently Connecticut have both decided to label foods in their state. But they are concerned big-wigs like Monsanto will sue, particularly in light of this failure of a decision in the Senate.
One of the many senators who voted against what would seem to be commonsense and non-radical, Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) says that labeling GMO foods runs counter to what we "know" about them. This knowledge, she says, is that GMO foods are safe, no more dangerous than their "conventional counterparts."
Apparently ignoring any of the research that runs to the contrary of that being put out by Monsanto-supporters, Sen. Stabenow talks about GMO crops as if they are the answer to the world's prayers. That they are able to "resist crop diseases and improve nutritional content." Stabenow and others like her must be getting their briefs directly from those within Monsanto itself.
Even more telling about where her (and others like her) allegiances lie, Stabenow said labeling GMO ingredients would "interfere with the FDA's science-based process to determine what food labeling is necessary for consumers." In other words, if it doesn't come from Monsanto or the FDA, she doesn't want to hear it.
She doesn't want to hear about the study that showed GMO-fed rats developed mass tumors and died premature deaths. Senators like her don't seem to care that research has shown GMO corn to be a contributor to the obesity epidemic. Apparently, studies linking GMO crops to lung damage, cancer, organ damage, and immune suppression aren't "good enough" for the FDA, so they aren't "good enough" for lawmakers.
The fact is, most processed foods on our store shelves contain GMO ingredients (usually corn or soy). Another fact, most conscientious consumers would like to know which foods are safe and which are not. But, with their decision to not grant states the right to decide for themselves, lawmakers have shown us (once again) where their loyalties lie.
A quote from Debbie Stabenow: She said that working with Cochran, the Republican ranking member of the committee, "We managed to do what we needed to do for the South." Source: http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/24/stabenow-cochran-brace-for-full-senate-vote-on-farm-bill/
Michigan Residents Contact Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) here: http://www.stabenow.senate.gov/?p=contact
Or anyone can contact her on Twitter: @StabenowPress
Mississippi Residents Contact Debbie's helper Thad Cochran (R-MS) here: http://www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me
Or anyone can contact him on Twitter: @SenThadCochran
Mississippi Residents Contact Debbie's helper Roger Wicker (R-MS) here: http://www.wicker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.EMailSenatorWicker
Or anyone can contact him on Twitter: @SenatorWicker
**Note: Senator Ron Johnson has been bought and paid for too. He has sent me the same email twice stating that GMOs are safe!
Wisconsin Residents Contact Ron Johnson (R-WI) here: http://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-the-senator
Or anyone can contact him on Twitter: @SenRonJohnson
Source: http://naturalsociety.com/senate-shoots-down-gmo-labeling-bill/?utm_source=Natural+Society&utm_campaign=abf7bd31a5-Email+165%3A+5%2F25%2F2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f20e6f9c84-abf7bd31a5-323137773
Here is a complete list by last name, party affiliation and state who voted AGAINST the states' GMO Labeling Bill sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders:
Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Baldwin (D-WI)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Brown (D-OH)
Burr (R-NC)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cowan (D-MA)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Durbin (D-IL) Enzi (R-WY)
Fischer (R-NE)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagan (D-NC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (D-SD)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kirk (R-IL)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lee (R-UT)
Levin (D-MI)
McCain (R-AZ) McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Moran (R-KS)
Nelson (D-FL)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Pryor (D-AR)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Shelby (R-AL)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Udall (D-CO)
Vitter (R-LA)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Wicker (R-MS)
You can see the full vote here: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00135
Feel free to contact your senator to let them know how you feel right here: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Thank you! – John Loeffler, Fountain City, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
China Incinerates 3 U.S. Shipments of Genetically Modified Corn!
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China has destroyed a total of at least three genetically modified corn shipments with origins from the United States in a move that echoes the way in which the nation of Hungary actually went and destroyed acres upon acres of Monsanto's GMO corn fields. Interestingly enough, my article on that subject became one of the most widely shared articles in recent years across the web thanks to the rising number of individuals who are behind the elimination of GMOs across the globe.
And I suspect this move by China will be met with similar applause, as it represents a direct stand against Monsanto — the company that is literally being funded with your taxpayer dollars and directly marketed by the US State Department. Even Reuters and others reported on the leaked information, and journalists were in complete shock when the news came out. The reality explains not only why the US government continues to approve and outwardly support Monsanto's GMOs despite being linked to a number of serious health conditions, but also explains why the US threatened 'military-style trade wars' against those who oppose Monsanto.
It's becoming increasingly clear that Monsanto's major connections in government, like FDA head Michael Taylor, are lending aid to the GMO crusade in ways that even surprise me.
And perhaps what's most interesting with this situation here is that China has essentially acted against the US by destroying these crops — crops that the US government pushes on nations, targeting those who defy Monsanto. It's arguably more of an act against the US than sending a naval battleship closer to US soil! It shows the true priorities of many US government officials, who could care less about public health if it stands in the way of megalomania expansion.
Regardless of even why the Chinese are destroying these shipments, which is listed as a crackdown on GMO shipments that aren't even following basic approval protocol, you can expect US officials (especially the State Department individuals) to be in uproar for Monsanto. As detailed from the GMWatch website and reported by Sayer Ji of GreenMedInfo:
The law says that the [Chinese] Ministry of Agriculture must require environmental and food safety tests to be carried out by Chinese institutions, in order to verify data provided by the seed developer. All these documents must be reviewed by the National Biosafety Committee before the MOA can issue a safety certificate. Yet these shipments of US corn did not have the relevant safety certificates and approval documents, according to the news reports below.
When even China has the will to destroy Monsanto's GMOs, you know there's something wrong with officials in the US who sit idly by as millions consume Monsanto's Roundup-drenched GMO foods on a daily basis. Thankfully, action is being taken. We have more support than ever for exposing the corrupt GMO giant and GMO infestation at large!
Source: http://naturalsociety.com/china-incinerates-3-us-shipments-of-genetically-modified-corn/?utm_source=Natural+Society&utm_campaign=abf7bd31a5-Email+165%3A+5%2F25%2F2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f20e6f9c84-abf7bd31a5-323137773
U.S. Tax Dollars Promote Monsanto's GMO Crops Overseas!
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U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill for overseas lobbying that promotes controversial biotech crops developed by U.S.-based Monsanto Co and other seed makers, a report issued on Tuesday said.
A review of 926 diplomatic cables of correspondence to and from the U.S. State Department and embassies in more than 100 countries found that State Department officials actively promoted the commercialization of specific biotech seeds, according to the report issued by Food & Water Watch, a nonprofit consumer protection group.
The officials tried to quash public criticism of particular companies and facilitated negotiations between foreign governments and seed companies such as Monsanto over issues like patents and intellectual property, the report said.
The cables show U.S. diplomats supporting Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, in foreign countries even after it paid $1.5 million in fines after being charged with bribing an Indonesian official and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in 2005.
One 2009 cable shows the embassy in Spain seeking "high-level U.S. government intervention" at the "urgent request" of Monsanto to combat biotech crop opponents there, according to the Food & Water Watch report.
The report covered cables from 2005-2009 that were released by Wikileaks in 2010 as part of a much larger release by Wikileaks of a range of diplomatic cables it obtained.
Monsanto spokesman Tom Helscher said Monsanto believes it is critical to maintain an open dialogue with government authorities and trade groups in other countries.
"We remain committed to sharing information so that individuals can better understand our business and our commitments to support farmers throughout the world as they work to meet the agriculture demands of our world's growing population," he said.
State Department officials had no immediate comment when contacted about the report.
Food & Water Watch said the cables it examined provide a detailed account of how far the State Department goes to support and promote the interests of the agricultural biotech industry, which has had a hard time gaining acceptance in many foreign markets.
"It really goes beyond promoting the U.S.'s biotech industry and agriculture," said Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch. "It really gets down to twisting the arms of countries and working to undermine local democratic movements that may be opposed to biotech crops, and pressuring foreign governments to also reduce the oversight of biotech crops."
But U.S. officials, Monsanto and many other companies and industry experts routinely say that biotech crops are needed around the world to increase global food production as population expands. They maintain that the crops are safe and make farming easier and more environmentally sustainable.
PROMOTION THROUGH PAMPHLETS, DVDs?
The cables show that State Department officials directed embassies to "troubleshoot problematic legislation" that might hinder biotech crop development and to "encourage the development and commercialization of ag-biotech products".
The State Department also produced pamphlets in Slovenia promoting biotech crops, sent pro-biotech DVDs to high schools in Hong Kong and helped bring foreign officials and media from 17 countries to the United States to promote biotech agriculture, Food & Water Watch said.
Genetically altered crops are widely used in the United States. Crops spliced with DNA from other species are designed to resist pests and tolerate chemical applications, and since their introduction in the mid 1990s have come to dominate millions of acres of U.S. farmland.
The biotech crops are controversial with some groups and in many countries because some studies have shown harmful health impacts for humans and animals, and the crops have been associated with some environmental problems.
They also generally are more expensive than conventional crops, and the biotech seed developers patent the high-tech seeds so farmers using them have to buy new seed every season, a factor that makes them unappealing in some developing nations.
Many countries ban planting of biotech crops or have strict labeling requirements.
"It's appalling that the State Department is complicit in supporting their (the biotech seed industry's) goals despite public and government opposition in several countries," said Ronnie Cummins, executive director of nonprofit organization Organic Consumers Association.
"American taxpayer's money should not be spent advancing the goals of a few giant biotech companies."
Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-usa-gmo-reportbre94d0il-20130514,0,1211876.story
BP OIL 'ENGULFED' IN TOXIC LIES, TRIES TO 'COREXIT'!
Posted by John Loeffler in Big Oil, BP, Cancer, Congress, Corexit, cover-ups, crime, Deadly, Deception, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, environmental disaster, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Fossil Fuels, Greed, Gulf Of Mexico, Gulf War Syndrome, Health problems, History, Marine Life, Obama Administration, Oil, Oil Spills, Scientists, Toxic, U.S., U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Government, United States
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Photo: British Petroleum (BP) mix of oil spill and extremely toxic Corexit from after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and the biggest oil spill in world history of approximately 210 million gallons (780,000 cubic meters) of Louisiana sweet crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010! The spill covered up to 68,000 square miles or 180,000 square kilometers!
Three years ago, when BP's Deepwater Horizon began leaking some 210 million gallons of Louisiana Crude into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. government allowed the company to apply chemical "dispersants" to the blossoming oil slick to prevent toxic gunk from reaching the fragile bays, beaches, and mangroves of the coast, where so much marine life originates. But a number of recent studies show that BP and the feds may have made a huge mistake, for which everything from microscopic organisms to bottlenose dolphins are now paying the highest price.
After the spill, BP secured about a third of the world's supply of dispersants, namely Corexit 9500 and 9527, according to The New York Times. Of the two, 9527 is more toxic. Corexit dispersants emulsify oil into tiny beads, causing them to sink toward the bottom. Wave action and wind turbulence degrade the oil further, and evaporation concentrates the toxins in the oil-Corexit mixture, including dangerous compounds called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), known to cause cancer and developmental disorders.
When BP began spraying the Gulf, critics cried foul. They said Corexit is not only toxic to marine life on its own, but when combined with crude oil, the mixture becomes several times more toxic than oil or dispersant alone.
Not surprisingly, BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley defended use of the dispersant. "The toxicity of Corexit is about the same as dish soap, which is effectively what it is and how it works," he told stockholders. "In hindsight no one believes that that was the wrong thing and it would have been much worse without the use of it. I do not believe anybody—anybody with almost common sense—would say waves of black oil washing into the marshes and beaches would have been a better thing, under any circumstances."
BP says that Corexit is harmless to marine life, while the Environmental Protection Agency has waffled, saying both that "long term effects [of dispersants] on aquatic life are unknown" and that data "do not indicate any significant effects on aquatic life. Moreover, decreased size of the oil droplets is a good indication that, so far, the dispersant is effective."
But many scientists, such as Dr. William Sawyer, a Louisiana toxicologist, argue that Corexit can be deadly to people and sea creatures alike. "Corexit components are also known as deodorized kerosene," Sawyer said in a written statement for the Gulf Oil Disaster Recovery Group, a legal consortium representing environmental groups and individuals affected by the Deepwater Horizon spill. "With respect to marine toxicity and potential human health risks, studies of kerosene exposures strongly indicate potential health risks to volunteers, workers, sea turtles, dolphins, breathing reptiles and all species which need to surface for air exchanges, as well as birds and all other mammals." When Corexit mixes with and breaks down crude, it makes the oil far more "bioavailable" to plants and animals, critics allege, because it is more easily absorbed in its emulsified state.
Mix of oil and Corexit heads towards surfer in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
Sawyer tested edible fish and shellfish from the Gulf for absorption of petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC), believed to have been facilitated by Corexit. Tissue samples taken prior to the accident had no measurable PHC. But after the oil spill, Sawyer found tissue concentrations up to 10,000 parts per million, or 1 percent of the total. The study, he said, "shows that the absorption [of the oil] was enhanced by the Corexit."
In April 2012, Louisiana State University's Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences was finding lesions and grotesque deformities in sea life—including millions of shrimp with no eyes and crabs without eyes or claws—possibly linked to oil and dispersants.
The shocking story was ignored by major U.S. media, but covered in depth by Al Jazeera. BP said such deformities were "common" in aquatic life in the Gulf and caused by bacteria or parasites. But further studies point back to the spill.
A just-released study from the University of South Florida found that underwater plumes of BP oil, dispersed by Corexit, had produced a "massive die-off" of foraminifera, microscopic organisms at the base of the food chain. Other studies show that, as a result of oil and dispersants, plankton have either been killed or have absorbed PAHs before being consumed by other sea creatures.
Hydrocarbon-laden, mutated seafood is not the only legacy left behind by Corexit, many scientists, physicians, environmentalists, fishermen, and Gulf Coast residents contend. Earlier this week, TakePart wrote about Steve Kolian, a researcher and founder of the nonprofit group EcoRigs, whose volunteer scientists and divers seek to preserve offshore oil and gas platforms after production stops, for use as artificial reefs and for alternative energy production.
Oil from the Deepwater Horizon rig is visible on the surface of Gulf of Mexico in this June 18, 2010 satellite image provided by NASA.
EcoRigs divers took water and marine life samples at several locations in the months following the blowout. Now, they and countless other Gulf residents are sick, with symptoms resembling something from a sci-fi horror film, including bleeding from the nose, ears, breasts, and even anus. Others complain of cognitive damage, including what one man calls getting "stuck stupid," when he temporarily cannot move or speak, but can still hear.
"If we are getting sick, then you know the marine life out in the Gulf is too," Kolian said. The diver and researcher completed an affidavit on human and marine health used in GAP's report.
Kolian's team has done studies of their own to alarming results. "We recently submitted a paper showing levels of hydrocarbons in seafood were up to 3,000 times higher than safety thresholds for human consumption," he said. "Concentrations in biota [i.e. all marine life] samples were even greater."
Kolian's friend and colleague, Scott Porter, described in his affidavit to GAP how Corexit had caused dispersed crude to coat the bottom of the sea in a sickening, deadly film. In July 2011, he and other divers traveled to a part of the Florida Panhandle, known as the Emerald Coast for its pristine seawater, to collect samples for the Surfrider Foundation.
"When we went diving, however, the water had a brownish white haze that resembled what we saw in offshore Louisiana at 30 feet below sea level," Porter's affidavit stated. "I have never witnessed anything like that since I began diving in the Emerald Coast 20 years ago. We witnessed…a reddish brown substance on the seafloor that resembled tar and spanned a much larger area than is typical of natural runoff."
In areas covered with the substance, "we noticed much less sea life," Porter continued. "There were hardly any sand dollars or crabs and only some fish, whereas we would normally see an abundance of organisms. It was desolate."
A bird covered with oil from the spill. The massive oil spill lasted an almost agonizing three months from April 20 – July 15, 2010! However, the oil well was not officially capped and finally sealed until September 19, 2010! Reports continue to circulate that the well still leaks an estimated 400 gallons of oil per day into the gulf! Enjoy your seafood!
"It's as safe as Dawn dishwashing liquid." That's what Jamie Griffin says the BP man told her about the smelly, rainbow-streaked gunk coating the floor of the "floating hotel" where Griffin was feeding hundreds of cleanup workers during the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Apparently, the workers were tracking the gunk inside on their boots. Griffin, as chief cook and maid, was trying to clean it. But even boiling water didn't work.
"The BP representative said, 'Jamie, just mop it like you'd mop any other dirty floor,'" Griffin recalls in her Louisiana drawl.
Griffin did as she was told: "I tried Pine-Sol, bleach, I even tried Dawn on those floors." As she scrubbed, the mix of cleanser and gunk occasionally splashed onto her arms and face.
Within days, the 32-year-old single mother was coughing up blood and suffering constant headaches. She lost her voice. "My throat felt like I'd swallowed razor blades," she says.
Then things got much worse.
Like hundreds, possibly thousands, of workers on the cleanup, Griffin soon fell ill with a cluster of excruciating, bizarre, grotesque ailments. By July, unstoppable muscle spasms were twisting her hands into immovable claws. In August, she began losing her short-term memory. After cooking professionally for 10 years, she couldn't remember the recipe for vegetable soup; one morning, she got in the car to go to work, only to discover she hadn't put on pants. The right side, but only the right side, of her body "started acting crazy. It felt like the nerves were coming out of my skin. It was so painful. My right leg swelled—my ankle would get as wide as my calf—and my skin got incredibly itchy."
"These are the same symptoms experienced by soldiers who returned from the Persian Gulf War with Gulf War syndrome," says Dr. Michael Robichaux, a Louisiana physician and former state senator, who treated Griffin and 113 other patients with similar complaints. As a general practitioner, Robichaux says he had "never seen this grouping of symptoms together: skin problems, neurological impairments, plus pulmonary problems." Only months later, after Kaye H. Kilburn, a former professor of medicine at the University of Southern California and one of the nation's leading environmental health experts, came to Louisiana and tested 14 of Robichaux's patients did the two physicians make the connection with Gulf War syndrome, the malady that afflicted an estimated 250,000 veterans of that war with a mysterious combination of fatigue, skin inflammation, and cognitive problems.
BP claims to have used 1.8 million gallons of Corexit, about 1/3 of the world's supply, to 'disperse' the oil spill! The Coast Guard granted BP 74 exemptions for Corexit surface use in 48 days! The EPA and the federal government were aware of this!
Corexit's chemical composition:
Corexit's main ingredient:
Corexit's main ingredient 9527A – 2 Butoxy Ethanol
Three years later, the BP disaster has been largely forgotten, both overseas and in the U.S. Popular anger has cooled. The media have moved on.
As for Obama, the same president who early in the BP crisis blasted the "scandalously close relationship" between oil companies and government regulators two years later ran for re-election boasting about how much new oil and gas development his administration had approved.
Congress is largely bought out by Big Oil! No party is innocent! We should be asking ourselves "Why are we not progressively protesting the destruction the fossil fuel industry has drenched our planet in?" How big of a spill does it take to get America in a uproar enough to take direct action by forcing our ELECTED officials to disperse and divest from dirty, finite fossil fuels? Money may speak volumes, but millions of voices reach farther than any dollar can stretch! – John Loeffler, Fountain City, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0801/New-Gulf-oil-spill-mystery-How-much-dispersant-did-BP-use
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/04/24/corexit-bp-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-effects-marine-life
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/04/22/what-bp-doesn-t-want-you-to-know-about-the-2010-gulf-spill.html


These are strange days and the Lord has thrown me into Isaiah 18,1-7, an obscure bit of scripture that everyone agrees is difficult (many commentaries skip right over it). I wouldn't attempt to say anything about it without the repeated prompting of the Holy Ghost. So while it's difficult, here goes.
As to the literal-historical context, it's about the Ethiopian Dynasty in league with Egypt, frantically sending ambassadors to Israel in the seventh century BC so that Israel will make an anti-Assyrian pact.
But verse 2 advises Israel to send messengers back to this "mighty and masterful nation" (Ethiopia) and tell them that God's judgment is in store for them and all those who trust in their own might (v. 1 "Disaster! Land of whirring locust).
This judgment came to Egypt in 671BC when the Assyrian Esarhaddon took Memphis, and later by his son Asshurbanapal in 667, who crushed further Egyptian rebellion, and later in 663, when the Assyrians took Thebes (Bright, History of Israel, Westminster 1981, 311; cf. Nahum 3,8).
What's the present day upshot of this? Those who race around the world seeking allies trying to make the world safe from war by more war, are about to get their branches clipped and stalks cut like the grape bundles in the mid-summer harvest in Israel (vv.4-5) as happened to Egypt. In other words, Israel, Ethiopia, Egypt, and all other mere mortal nations, don't make false and frantic military alliances. Trust in God. Or face some imminent consequences. Come to Christ. Fulfill (May 2010) Psalm 87,4: "I [God] will make mention of Rahab [a "foreigner" who worked for God] and Babylon [those who escape her] to those who know me; behold, O Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia [historical non allies]: "This one was born in her [the foreigner born by faith, too, in Zion].
As to the applied or present context of this scripture, doesn't this sound like the U.S. (the land "beyond" the rivers of Cush, beyond the limits of the then known world?), and Israel frantically sending ambassadors to make military alliances to combat Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and Iran. This is franticism against fanaticism, and has made these folks more powerful than they really are, throwing gas on their tangential flame.
"War on terror" here. "War on terror" there. "War on terror" everywhere. Makes one think this "war" might end up like the "war on drugs," underachieving, not to mention costly, to the point of $4 gas and an overheated credit mania, that lands us to the economic trough of today.
Israel recently invited the U.S. to more war, now against Iran, in the waning days of the last administration! This had been a drum beat among some in Israel and the U.S. political establishment for years, pre-emptive force, and it's corollary "nation building" by force (which even some bona fide political liberals now embrace). Go figure, send in the troops and then build them better roads and courthouses and other new stuff, and pretty soon, they will be peaceful, just like us.
What might God be saying about this frantic trusting in horses and chariots? Psalm 73,9ff "cynically they advocate evil, and loftily they advocate force. Their mouth claims heaven for themselves, and their tongue is never still on earth." Am I missing something- doesn't every nation have to check in with God before military actions are taken, in that God is the author of all life? (Genesis 4,7; Deuteronomy 1,29ff; Exodus 33,2;13; Revelation 20,8).
Forget for a moment the brunt of these powerful scriptures, and ask yourself gentle and faithful reader: Have Israel and the U.S. of late been acting like nations that have faith in God, or themselves?
Dear Israel, we love you as Christians in the U.S., and we are thankful beneficiaries of your faith patrimony. You have taught us much about perseverance and forbearance. You were made the light of the world by God and your security is ultimately in the hands of God, not the United States of America. Your scriptures and your experience have proven this time and again.
And dear God fearers of all stripes, even peaceful Muslims, anti-Israeli fervor among some errant elements is driving world events today (Psalm 83 above), and these events are presently speeding up. This has been the predicted word of God for at least 2600 years, so why are we so surprised.
It's as if the comfortable political classes and those of us who have put our trust in them have resigned themselves to the idea that God has nothing to add to the present world political and economic situation. And thus the playing field is best left to the generals of war and the titans of Wall Street and Washington and London and Tel Aviv, and Moscow, who tell us that the only valid remedies in the world today are military, political, and economic ones.
This is an attitude that demands the judgment of God, the clipping the wings of the present, entrenched political classes that occasionally give him lip service (Is. 18,5-6), while doing whatever seems right in their own eyes. After this judgment, which will be clear to all, then God will have a chance to get a word in edgewise, and then, perhaps, regular folks in the U.S. and Israel (and the world) will turn to God, and not to them.
And the faith calamity, not to mention the political and economic calamity, of this situation, is that apparently much of the populace in both the U.S and Israel, and elsewhere, have bought into the idea that political, military and economic might are the answers to man's problems.
It's as if the present power brokers of political class in Israel and the U.S. somehow accept all this end time violence, but only as a secular reality, a trial march to a new world order, that once and for all will excise God, and save the world economy and the political status quo to boot.
Yes Isaiah 18,1-7 is difficult. And perhaps it even hints that we humans have come to the point in world history where the locust of military might is so vast and menacing (see also Rev. 9,9ff), the genies so far out of their nation-state bottles, that national military might is at best a two edged sword (and remember what Jesus said about the sword). It offers a certain amount of protection, but does not in any way, shape or form offer the security of God. In fact, Revelation 9,11 symbolically suggests that the technological locusts of military might may become so out of the control of mere governments and corporations, that we realize (too late?) that they are really in the control of more evil forces than man himself, and man's governments.
There's a judgment coming on the political elite classes of this earth that keep saying "trust us, trust our economic systems, trust our military preparedness, trust our worldly wisdom." All this trust- without any declaration that anyone has sought the exacting and just guidance of God.
So there is hope on the way- but it appears to be coming at the cost of a season of pruning.
I hope some folks in Washington and Wall Street and Israel and elsewhere are praying to God for his exacting guidance, for a remnant ready to govern when God's people turn first to God, and only secondly to them. Then the dry bones of israel, and elsewhere may indeed come back to life.


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Session Index (Topics)
CHAPTER 53--H.F.No. 57
relating to public safety; establishing the crimes of sale or possession of synthetic cannabinoids; adding synthetic cannabinoids, 2C-E, and 2C-I to the list of Schedule I controlled substances; adding a definition of "analog" in the controlled substances law; providing that an analog of a Schedule I or II controlled substance is considered a Schedule I controlled substance; establishing use of weight of fluid used in a water pipe when determining weight or amount of controlled substance; providing that the Board of Pharmacy may reschedule certain drugs only pursuant to law; providing criminal penalties;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 152.01, subdivisions 9a, 16, by adding a subdivision; 152.02, subdivisions 2, 8; 152.021, subdivision 2; 152.022, subdivision 2; 152.023, subdivision 2; 152.027, by adding a subdivision.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 152.01, subdivision 9a, is amended to read:
Subd. 9a.
Mixture.
"Mixture" means a preparation, compound, mixture, or substance containing a controlled substance, regardless of purity except as provided in subdivision 16; sections 152.021, subdivision 2, paragraph (b); 152.022, subdivision 2, paragraph (b); and 152.023, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
This section is effective the day following final enactment, and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 152.01, subdivision 16, is amended to read:
Subd. 16.
Small amount.
"Small amount" as applied to marijuana means 42.5 grams or less. This provision shall not apply to the resinous form of marijuana. The weight of fluid used in a water pipe may not be considered in determining a small amount except in cases where the marijuana is mixed with four or more fluid ounces of fluid.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 152.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), "analog" means a substance, the chemical structure of which is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II:
(1) that has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; or
(2) with respect to a particular person, if the person represents or intends that the substance have a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II.
(b) "Analog" does not include:
(1) a controlled substance;
(2) any substance for which there is an approved new drug application under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; or
(3) with respect to a particular person, any substance, if an exemption is in effect for investigational use, for that person, as provided by United States Code, title 21, section 355, and the person is registered as a controlled substance researcher as required under section 152.12, subdivision 3, to the extent conduct with respect to the substance is pursuant to the exemption and registration.
This section is effective July 1, 2011, and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 152.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Schedule I.
The following items are listed in Schedule I:
(1) Any of the following substances, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of such the isomers, esters, ethers and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation: Acetylmethadol; Allylprodine; Alphacetylmethadol; Alphameprodine; Alphamethadol; Benzethidine; Betacetylmethadol; Betameprodine; Betamethadol; Betaprodine; Clonitazene; Dextromoramide; Dextrorphan; Diampromide; Diethyliambutene; Dimenoxadol; Dimepheptanol; Dimethyliambutene; Dioxaphetyl butyrate; Dipipanone; Ethylmethylthiambutene; Etonitazene; Etoxeridine; Furethidine; Hydroxypethidine; Ketobemidone; Levomoramide; Levophenacylmorphan; Morpheridine; Noracymethadol; Norlevorphanol; Normethadone; Norpipanone; Phenadoxone; Phenampromide; Phenomorphan; Phenoperidine; Piritramide; Proheptazine; Properidine; Racemoramide; Trimeperidine.
(2) Any of the following opium derivatives, their salts, isomers and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of such the salts, isomers and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation: Acetorphine; Acetyldihydrocodeine; Acetylcodone; Benzylmorphine; Codeine methylbromide; Codeine-N-Oxide; Cyprenorphine; Desomorphine; Dihydromorphine; Etorphine; Heroin; Hydromorphinol; Methyldesorphine; Methylhydromorphine; Morphine methylbromide; Morphine methylsulfonate; Morphine-N-Oxide; Myrophine; Nicocodeine; Nicomorphine; Normorphine; Pholcodine; Thebacon.
(3) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers (whether optical, positional, or geometric), and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, whenever the existence of such the salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation: 3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine; 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine; 2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine; 4-methoxyamphetamine; 5-methoxy-3, 4-methylenedioxy amphetamine; Bufotenine; Diethyltryptamine; Dimethyltryptamine; 3,4,5-trimethoxy amphetamine; 4-methyl-2, 5-dimethoxyamphetamine; Ibogaine; Lysergic acid diethylamide; marijuana; Mescaline; N-ethyl-3-piperidyl benzilate; N-methyl-3-piperidyl benzilate; Psilocybin; Psilocyn; Tetrahydrocannabinols; 1-(1-(2-thienyl) cyclohexyl) piperidine; n-ethyl-1-phenyl-cyclohexylamine; 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl) pyrrolidine; 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylphenethylamine, also known as 2C-E; 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenethylamine, also known as 2C-I.
(4) Peyote, providing the listing of peyote as a controlled substance in Schedule I does not apply to the nondrug use of peyote in bona fide religious ceremonies of the American Indian Church, and members of the American Indian Church are exempt from registration. Any person who manufactures peyote for or distributes peyote to the American Indian Church, however, is required to obtain federal registration annually and to comply with all other requirements of law.
(5) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such the salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
Mecloqualone;
Flunitrazepam.
(6) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such the salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
Cathinone;
Methcathinone; 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone); 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylcathinone (methylone); 4-methoxymethcathinone (methedrone); 3,4 - methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV).
(7) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any natural or synthetic material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of a substance that is a cannabinoid receptor agonist, including, but not limited to, the following substances and their analogs, including isomers, whether optical, positional, or geometric; esters; ethers; salts; and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, whenever the existence of the isomers, esters, ethers, or salts is possible within the specific chemical designation:
1-pentyl-2-methyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole (JWH-007), (2-Methyl-1-propyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-1-naphthalenylmethanone (JWH-015), 1-Pentyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole (JWH-018), 1-hexyl-3-(naphthalen-1-oyl)indole (JWH-019), 1-Butyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole (JWH-073), 4-methoxynaphthalen-1-yl-(1-pentylindol-3-yl)methanone (JWH-081), 4-methoxynaphthalen-1-yl-(1-pentyl-2-methylindol-3-yl)methanone (JWH-098), (1-(2-morpholin-4-ylethyl)indol-3-yl)-naphthalen-1-ylmethanone (JWH-200), 7-methoxynaphthalen-1-yl-(1-pentylindol-3-yl)methanone (JWH-164), 2-(2-chlorophenyl)-1-(1-pentylindol-3-yl)ethanone (JWH-203), 4-ethylnaphthalen-1-yl-(1-pentylindol-3-yl)methanone (JWH-210), 2-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-(1-pentylindol-3-yl)ethanone (JWH-250), 1-pentyl-3-(4-chloro-1-naphthoyl)indole (JWH-398), (6aR,10aR)- 9-(Hydroxymethyl)-6,6-dimethyl-3-(2-methyloctan-2-yl)-6a,7,10,10a- tetrahydrobenzo[c]chromen-1-ol (HU-210), (R)-(+)-[2,3-Dihydro-5-methyl-3- (4-morpholinylmethyl)pyrrolo[1,2,3-de]-1,4-benzoxazin-6-yl]-1-napthalenylmethanone (WIN-55,212-2), 2-[3-hydroxycyclohexyl]- 5-(2-methyloctan-2-yl)phenol (CP47,497), dimethylheptylpyran.
(8) A controlled substance analog, to the extent that it is implicitly or explicitly intended for human consumption.
Add, delete, or reschedule substances.
The state Board of Pharmacy may, by rule, add substances to or delete or reschedule substances listed in this section. The state Board of Pharmacy, after consulting with the Advisory Council on Controlled Substances, shall annually, on or before May 1 of each year, conduct a review of the placement of controlled substances in the various schedules. The Board of Pharmacy may not delete or reschedule a drug that is in Schedule I, except as provided in subdivision 12.
In making a determination regarding a substance, the Board of Pharmacy shall consider the following: The actual or relative potential for abuse, the scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, if known, the state of current scientific knowledge regarding the substance, the history and current pattern of abuse, the scope, duration, and significance of abuse, the risk to public health, the potential of the substance to produce psychic or physiological dependence liability, and whether the substance is an immediate precursor of a substance already controlled under this section. The state Board of Pharmacy may include any nonnarcotic drug authorized by federal law for medicinal use in a schedule only if such drug must, under either federal or state law or rule, be sold only on prescription.
Possession crimes.
(a) A person is guilty of a controlled substance crime in the first degree if:
(1) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 25 grams or more containing cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine;
(2) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 500 grams or more containing a narcotic drug other than cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine;
(3) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 500 grams or more containing amphetamine, phencyclidine, or hallucinogen or, if the controlled substance is packaged in dosage units, equaling 500 or more dosage units; or
(4) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 100 kilograms or more containing marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinols.
(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the weight of fluid used in a water pipe may not be considered in measuring the weight of a mixture except in cases where the mixture contains four or more fluid ounces of fluid.
(a) A person is guilty of controlled substance crime in the second degree if:
(1) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of six grams or more containing cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine;
(2) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams or more containing a narcotic drug other than cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine;
(3) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams or more containing amphetamine, phencyclidine, or hallucinogen or, if the controlled substance is packaged in dosage units, equaling 100 or more dosage units; or
(4) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 50 kilograms or more containing marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinols.
(a) A person is guilty of controlled substance crime in the third degree if:
(1) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of three grams or more containing cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine;
(2) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of ten grams or more containing a narcotic drug other than cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine;
(3) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures containing a narcotic drug, it is packaged in dosage units, and equals 50 or more dosage units;
(4) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses any amount of a schedule I or II narcotic drug or five or more dosage units of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), 3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine, or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine in a school zone, a park zone, a public housing zone, or a drug treatment facility;
(5) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of ten kilograms or more containing marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinols; or
(6) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures containing methamphetamine or amphetamine in a school zone, a park zone, a public housing zone, or a drug treatment facility.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 152.027, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Sale or possession of synthetic cannabinoids.
(a) As used in this subdivision, "synthetic cannabinoid" includes any substance included in section 152.02, subdivision 2, clause (7).
(b) A person who unlawfully sells any amount of a synthetic cannabinoid is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(c) A person who unlawfully possesses any amount of a synthetic cannabinoid is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(d) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in sections 152.021 to 152.025, this subdivision describes the exclusive penalties for the sale and possession of synthetic cannabinoid.
Presented to the governor May 21, 2011
Signed by the governor May 24, 2011, 1:31 p.m.


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Les Vinyes, és una partida rural formada per antigues vinyes actualment abandonades del terme municipal de Conca de Dalt, al Pallars Jussà, a l'antic terme de Toralla i Serradell, en el territori del poble de Rivert, però molt proper ja a Sensui.

Estan situades a prop de l'extrem sud-est del terme municipal, dins de l'antic terme de Toralla i Serradell, al sud-est de Rivert, però queden més a prop, a ponent, de Sensui, ja que es troben al límit del terme. Són al nord-oest de Sensuis, al nord-est de les Planes, al sud de Rebollans i a ponent de lo Planell.

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Louise Pitre is a musical theatre legend.
Louise has been nominated for a Tony Award and is the winner of four Dora Mavor Moore Awards. The Broadway star appeared in the Chicago production of Theatre 20's "Company," directed by Gary Griffin.
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Louise talks about growing up as the daughter of an accountant, the high school music teacher that changed her life, being discovered by Don Fleckser at Western Univeristy Canada and what it's like auditioning for the world-renowned director Gary Griffin.
Louise offers some advice for young actors.
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The closest station is JR Shinagawa, whose station building offers a broad range of retail outlets. It is also the planned departure station for the future Chuo Shinkansen maglev line, so demand for offices in the area is expected to increase even more.
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'You have never really succeeded till you flaunt it'. These words are what is on the news headlines in many people's life. Brokenness, depression, sadness, and the state of being ugly is what staring at our screens has brought us, especially when we do it for too long or when we see people younger than we are hit miles we have not thought of. This has brought many of us to our heels. We run other people's race and try to impress people who are not looking. It is sad to realize that our state after the cat race is always worse than before we began the cat race.
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It took 25 years for Alaska sea otters to get over the Exxon Valdez oil spill
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A federal study of sea otters in Prince William Sound, Alaska, where the Exxon Valdez supertanker spilled around 30,000,000 gallons of oil about 25 years ago (the second largest spill after the Deepwater Horizon disaster) has concluded that the otters have returned to pre-spill numbers. And it just took a quarter century...
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One of the reasons why it took so long, according to the study, is that sea otters feed on clams and oil from the spill remained in sediment at the bottom of the water for years after the spill. "One of the lessons we can take from this is that the chronic effects of oil in the environment can persist for decades," lead author and research biologist Brenda Ballachey told the CBC.
Sea otters rely on their thick fur to survive in cold water. Fur covered by oil loses its insulating value. A sea otter with oiled fur must groom itself, which leads to the ingestion of oil and causes other problems, including time taken away for feeding, Ballachey said.
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At the time of the Exxon Valdez spill, emergency responders recovered nearly 1,000 sea otter carcasses from the entire spill area, with estimates for the total number of immediate otter deaths going up to around 3,000.
Even a decade after the spill sea otters weren't returning to the areas hit the hardest by the disaster. According to the study, things started to get better after 2007, and it's only in 2009 that many areas of western Prince William Sound were back to sea otter population of levels that compared to pre-spill population.
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