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longmont — A Longmont puppy was reunited with its owners late Sunday afternoon, nearly three days after she and the pickup she was inside were stolen from outside her owner's business.
"She's in my bed right now," steve knutson said Sunday evening of his 5-month-old black labrador, Cheyenne.
Cheyenne was on the front seat of Knutson's pickup blue 1997 Chevrolet K1500 pickup, outside his business, Diagonal Tire and Alignment, when the truck was stolen at about 6:10 p.m. Thursday.
Fort Collins police located the pickup and arrested the suspected truck thief and dognapper early Saturday morning, but Cheyenne wasn't inside, longmont police Cmdr. Jeff Satur said.
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Cheyenne, a 5-month-old black Lab, gives a lick to her owner Steve Knutson as Marcie Cullen looks on Sunday night when the three return to Longmont. Cheyenne was stolen Thursday night, with Knutson s pickup truck. ( Paul Aiken )
notified the dog's owners, Knutson and Marcie Cullen, that the puppy, identified through an implanted microchip, had been found and was in Westminster.
Westminster Police investigator Cheri Spottke said Sunday that a Westminster resident was getting gas on Saturday near Colfax and Kalamath in Denver when a man approached him and gave him the dog, saying he couldn't take care of it.
The Good Samaritan "just was in the right place at the right time," Spottke said.
He took the puppy home in Westminster and, after talking to his father, called Westminster Animal Management, she said.
But Knutson said Sunday evening that the man who is accused of stealing his truck turned the dog over to the Westminster man — after he asked for and got $ 5 for gas — on Friday night.
"My truck left here, went to Denver and went to Fort Collins," Knutson said, noting that the truck's "check engine" light was on for the entire trip.
But he didn't care.
"I can fix my truck. I got my dog back," Knutson said.
And he has made friends with the Good Samaritan, who cared for Cheyenne while Westminster authorities investigated who owned her, he said.
"If I want to go on vacation, this guy will take care of her," Knutson said.
Loveland resident Mark Cittadino, 41, who was arrested in Fort Collins, is being held on the Larimer County Jail on suspicion of aggravated motor vehicle theft, theft and criminal mischief.
Knutson and Cullen have had the dog, the runt of a litter born Sept. 14 in Cheyenne, since she was nine weeks old.
On Saturday morning, Knutson went to Fort Collins to retrieve his pickup, he said Sunday. Police reportedly pulled Cittadino over on South College Avenue about 2 a.m. Saturday because the pickup's tail lights were out after a fuse blew, he said.
Knutson found a fake bill of sale on the truck's floor that suggested that the suspect had bought the pickup and the puppy for $ 120. A passenger-side cab window had been broken.
Cullen spent Friday putting up missing-puppy posters around Longmont. Meanwhile, Knutson drove to service stations within a 10-mile radius of his Longmont business because the truck had only about two gallons
Cheyenne, a black Labrador puppy that was laying on the front seat when a truck was stolen from Longmont. (Courtesy photo)
of gas in the tank, but that he'd found no broken glass or other indications where the suspect may have refilled the pickup.
At about 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Knutson got a call that the dog was in Westminster. They drove to that city's police station to retrieve their puppy.
Longmont police said Knutson told them he'd been working on a vehicle at his shop at 815 First Ave. on Thursday evening and had parked his truck in an enclosed fenced area with the keys in the ignition. Knutson later came out of the shop and found it missing, police said.
A surveillance video showed a man walk onto the property and steal the vehicle, police said.The video showed a man wearing a stocking cap, a scarf, a dark jacket and dark pants walking casually up the driveway and into the parking lot, walking around the front of the truck to the driver's side door, getting into the truck, backing it out onto First Avenue and driving it westbound on First.
Knutson said Sunday that on the video, it appeared that Cheyenne tried to get out but the man pushed her back inside the truck before driving off.
Fort Collins police told the Longmont police that Cittadino was wanted on warrants and would be held without bond until appearing in court, which won't happen until Monday afternoon, at the earliest.
Westminster's Spottke said the Good Samaritan's identity is confidential while her department investigates. She added, however, that the incident illustrates the importance of getting pets microchipped.
"This story is a good example of being able to reunite a family with their pet, which may not have happened without a microchip," Spottke said.
Longmont detectives, meanwhile, are continuing their own investigation. Satur asked that anyone with information about the theft of the dog and the truck call Longmont police at 303-651-8501.
Reporter Victoria Camron contributed to this story.


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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The carjackers were swift and methodical. They were also creatures of habit. On three occasions this month, armed criminals who apparently knew their victims were carrying cash or valuables pounced at the same intersection in Johannesburg while CCTV security cameras recorded the brazen heists.
The footage, which has circulated widely on the Internet, illustrates the sophistication of gangs that do their homework before striking, and points to South Africa's uneven record in fighting a high crime rate that spawned a massive private security industry amid doubts that police can properly do their job.
Carjackings are an old scourge in South Africa, but the fact that several occurred in the same spot in less than two weeks surprised even crime-hardened South Africans. In two of the robberies, armed assailants in separate vehicles try to box in a targeted car, then almost casually ransack the vehicles and pull out the occupants before melting away into city traffic.
"It's not their first time doing this kind of thing," said Matthew Brooks, head of operations at Fasda, the security company whose cameras recorded the attacks on Nov. 4, Nov. 8 and Nov. 16. Studying one of the videos on his laptop, Brooks noted how the carjackers, one with an assault rifle, seize bags of cash before ordering all the occupants out of the vehicle. The robbery takes less than a minute.
"They don't want them out of the car yet, they're more concerned about the bags," he said. "Even this guy, you can see when he pulls a person out, he has the time and mind frame to think, 'This lady is stuck to the seatbelt,' and take it off her foot."
In another video, at least half a dozen suspects steal thousands of dollars from shop owners in a vehicle. Two thieves leave on foot, one pausing to pick up his hat in the street. Another suspect sticks around, apparently to eavesdrop or gauge the police response. In the third video, an alert driver abruptly steers his car to the side and speeds off when a vehicle swerves in front of him in a blocking maneuver, though off-camera, the assailants chased and shot at the victim further up the road, eventually stealing a bag of cash in the back of the car. The driver managed to flee with a stash of diamonds.
According to Brooks, the criminals in all three carjackings followed their victims from businesses or commercial centers and were focused on what they were carrying rather than their cars, even though they took vehicles in two cases.
Police said they have arrested four suspects and recovered cars, though critics complained that authorities got on the case only after coming under scrutiny once the closed-circuit TV videos were on the Web. Officials at Fasda, or the Firearm and Self Defense Academy, say many crime victims don't open cases with police because they don't expect them to be solved.
The intersection where the carjackings happened is flanked by the Fasda offices, a "Sportsman's Pub," a century-old fire station tower once used to spot blazes and a school with a playground. A sign on the boarded entrance to one building topped by coils of wire reads: "No more toilet for you."
It's close to the downtown high-rises of Johannesburg, which lost business and development to safer, wealthy suburbs a couple of decades ago but is making a comeback with regeneration projects that have brought art galleries, clothing stores and chic restaurants to some urban blocks. The Maboneng precinct, an up-and-coming neighborhood, is only blocks from the carjack corner.
Police say crime has dropped significantly in the past decade in South Africa, though some analysts say the rate of murder and other violent crimes is starting to rise again.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Is tweeting a conference lecture a copyright violation?
As is common on the APG list, a great discussion ensued. As a lecturer who was "tweeted" by an audience member at the conference in question, and an audience member who "tweeted" another lecture, I have three ideas to share on the subject.
My lecture "Basic Research Practices in the age of New FamilySearch" was tweeted by Ancestry Insider and then posted to his blog. My tweets and those of Ancestry Insider concerning Mark Tucker's lecture were posted to my blog. (And I'm sure glad I asked AI if I could repost our tweets together--now *that* would have been copyright infringement :-)
Idea #1)
I believe it was Elizabeth Mills' comment on the APG list that mentioned that it is hard for a lecturer to respond sufficiently to a twitterer's comments in this fast paced world. There were some comments that I would have liked to have made about Ancestry Insider's review of my lecture. My concern is that I can not--in today's incredibly fast world--respond sufficiently. By the time I was even aware that AI had tweeted my lecture, the tweets had already come and gone in most people's readers. Those who have read his blog post about the lecture won't be returning to read the comments. In order to respond effectively, a lecturer would have to spend 24 hours a day tracking what had been said and be able to respond immediately. Likewise, different people read Ancestry Insider's work than read mine. So most likely, those people will not see my response here. And many of them would not know if I commented on twitter even if my response had been immediate because they may follow Ancestry Insider but not me.
I suppose I have more opportunity to respond than I do if a newspaper reporter published their take on my lecture. But what if the issue I wanted to comment on had been a major one?
Idea #2)
AI says in his tweets that the wifi went out in the conference center during the talk and he missed tweeting a good portion of the end of the talk. (It looks to me like he missed about the last 1/2 of the lecture.) In my humble opinion (take that for what it is worth), he missed tweeting some of the main points--A)Part way into the lecture, and especially at the end, I strongly asserted that the problems with sources that I was talking about in New FamilySearch were being addressed by the developers and that I believe the database will become a fantastic resource in the future. B)The whole point of the lecture was that we--the users--are responsible for how useful this database will become in how we deal with sources there. and C)I highly recommended using the certified software to keep track of your sources while we wait for sourcing issues to get better in New FamilySearch. I think those things came across in the lecture. I'm not so sure they did in the tweets. That's ok. I later talked with someone who had to leave after the first 20 minutes. He didn't get the main point either. But he wasn't broadcasting that to the world. And Ancestry Insider certainly wasn't treading on my Intellectual Property if he didn't get the main points. What he did was report his take on my lecture--not record what actually happened. And that would be true of another twitterer if they had missed those points, or misconstrued my points accidentally or intentionally.
I suppose I could get all worried or excited about what people think of me or my lecture based on those tweets. I might worry that future conference organizers may base an opinion about my lecturing skills on a twitter report. But couldn't they do that on word of mouth or a newspaper or blog report? I appreciate that AI liked my lecture. But I shouldn't be crushed if he didn't--I agree with the APG list that tweets should be seen as constructive criticism and used to produce a better lecture. Based on AI's tweets (and our conversations at the conference), there is a slide that slipped through my review process that I need to fix. He caught it and I appreciate that. Anyone who is going to be terribly worried about what everyone thinks should get out of the lecturing business all together and stay away from any kind of public life. People will always have opinions about what you do or say. Those opinions can be expressed alot of different ways, and twitter is just one of them.
Idea #3)
By no means do I feel like my tweets of Mark Tucker's lecture, or even my tweets and Ancestry Insider's together, would violate Mark's intellectual property. If/when he ever gives that lecture again, I would highly recommend that you go. It was a fantastic lecture. I didn't even begin to scratch the surface of his good examples, and great stories, and the readers on twitter certainly missed his fantastic visuals and engaging personality. In tweeting the lecture, I think Ancestry Insider and I were simply trying to spread the wealth--reporting on the fantastic opportunity of being in a good class. But really, you should try it yourself. And as you can see above, I don't feel like the tweets of my class began to scratch the surface of my class either. It was simply an audience member's review of my class. You really should come the next time I give it.
Overall, I'm flattered to have been tweeted by such an illustrious blogger as Ancestry Insider. It gives me a broader reach for a topic I care about. I think that only a person who wasn't there would feel like a tweeted lecture was copyright infringement. If you were there, you would know how much more comprehensive the lectures were. I think tweeters are just trying to share the experience they are having. And if that eventually entices more people to come to these great genealogy conferences or learn more from these great speakers then so much the better.
5 comments:
- Amy Coffin said...
Well said. That's a "rock star" reply indeed. Yay librarians.
- August 10, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- M. Diane Rogers said...
Excellent reply with a good summary of current concerns and issues, I think, especially since you can speak from both the speaker and 'tweeter' point of views.
- August 10, 2009 at 4:41 PM
- Becky Thompson said...
You made some excellent points, Janet and I really enjoyed reading your viewpoint. Thanks so much!
- August 11, 2009 at 4:56 PM
- Craig Manson said...
This was a good, common-sense approach to the matter!
- August 16, 2009 at 5:57 PM
- Karen Packard Rhodes said...
As a newbie speaker, I don't think I mind the Twitter angle because:
1. As they say, any publicity is good publicity.
2. As you say, someone might pick up on an aspect of the lecture that needs to be improved.
3. It constitutes more of a review than anything else.
4. If anyone can plagiarize me in 140 characters, either I'm doing something wrong, or they're very good at what they're doing!
- August 19, 2009 at 1:21 PM


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Samsung Electronics, which makes more chips, flat-screens, handsets and TVs than any of its competitors - including the world's best-selling smartphone - is aiming to boost its home appliance segment and narrow the gap with companies including Whirlpool Corp and Electrolux AB.
"I'm confident of Samsung becoming the world's top appliances maker by 2015 with $18 billion sales, as we set up a very well structured framework for key products and moving step by step to the goal, first starting with fridges," Yoon Boo-keun, president of the division, told Reuters in an interview at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday.
Analysts estimate Samsung Electronics earned around 13 trillion won ($12 billion) last year from home appliances, part of the firm's consumer electronics arm.
Samsung Electronics would ditch unprofitable product lines and boost research into consumer tastes across different markets, Yoon said.
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Yoon, who was head of Samsung's TV business until 2011, was put in charge of the thin-margin home appliance division a year ago with a mission to match the TV outfit's success.
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His remarks come only hours after Samsung Electronics said it likely earned a record quarterly operating profit of $8.3 billion, aided by roaring sales of smartphones.
Samsung's CE division is estimated to have earned around 13 trillion won ($12.22 billion) of revenue in the fourth quarter, or roughly a quarter of its total revenue.
TV sales generally account for around 70 percent of CE performance, and the rest comes from selling appliances such as fridges, ovens and laundry, according to analysts. Samsung does not provide breakdowns.
It's been a low-margin business compared with smartphones, which generate around 25 percent of margin, and the division's operating profit contribution is estimated at around 4 percent.
Yoon also said Samsung, the world's top maker of TVs, was aiming to sell 55 million flat-screen TVs this year, up from 51 million last year, even as the industry is set to remain stagnant due to the weak global economy.
Betting large TVs with over 65-inch screen sizes will lead the growth, Samsung Electronics unveiled three models of ultra high-definition (HD) TVs that boast four times better picture quality than full HD models.
Yoon also heads Samsung's corporate design centre and oversees the medical equipment business, which was added to the consumer electronics division this year.
Samsung Electronics acquired a controlling stake in Korean ultrasound equipment firm Medison in 2010 and its affiliate later for around $300 million in total, its biggest ever acquisition in the healthcare industry.
Yoon expected sales from its medical devices would reach $500 million this year, up from $300 million last year, and will grow with the acquisition of companies that make MRI scanners and computed tomography machines.
Samsung Electronics has said it plans to spend 1.2 trillion won in the medical equipment business by 2020 to make it a $10 billion operation by then.


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Her får du først pressemeldingen som fulgte med – i min oversettelse. Selve erklæringen og listen over undertegnere finner du nedenfor – nå (fra 21.9.2017) også med lenke til norsk tekst:
Mer enn 180 forskere og leger fra 37 land sendte onsdag 13. september en erklæring til ledelsen i EU-kommisjonen der de ber om stans i økningen av master til den planlagte 5G-utbyggingen. Bekymringer over helsevirkningene fra sterkere strålingseksponering gjelder blant annet mulige nevrologiske virkninger, ufruktbarhet og kreft.
"Trådløsnæringen forsøker å utplassere teknologi som kan ha visse meget konkrete utilsiktede skadevirkninger," forklarer en av organisatorene bak henvendelsen, legen og forskeren Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD, professor ved Avdeling for onkologi, Fakultetet for medisin og helse, Örebro Universitet, Örebro, Sverige. "Vitenskapelige studier fra langt tilbake såvel som mange nyere studier påviser konsekvent skadelige virkninger på mennesker når de trådløse produktene testes på skikkelig måte og under betingelser som likner på virkelige situasjoner. Når vi alt finner helsefare ved slike nivåer, er vi meget bekymret over at det økte eksponeringsnivået fra 5G-strålingen vil føre til tragisk, uopprettelig skade."
5G-utbyggingen, som er planlagt for å ta unna større mengder data raskere gjennom trådløse nettoverføring, kommer til å kreve at det bygges master for hvert tiende til tyvende hus i bystrøk.
I brevet til den Europeiske Kommisjon skriver forskerne:
"Vi som har undertegnet, mer enn 180 forskere og leger fra 35 land, anbefaler stans i utrullingen av femte generasjon, 5G, for telekommunikasjon inntil mulige farer for menneskers helse og for miljøet har blir fullt ut undersøkt av forskere som er uavhengige fra næringen."
Forskeren Joel Moskowitz, PhD, University of California, Berkeley offentlig helse, forklarer:
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Moskowitz var en av rådgiverne bak en tidligere appell, the International EMF Scientist Appeal, et bønneskrift levert til Forente Nasjoner og Verdens Helseorganisasjon i 2015. Denne appellen er nå signert av mer enn 230 forskere fra 41 land. Alle av dem har publisert fagfellevurdert forskning om biologiske eller helsemessige virkninger av elektromagnetiske felt (EMF).
Siden Appellen ble publisert, har verdens største $25 millioners studie blitt utført av USAs the Det Nasjonale Toksikologi- Programmet. Det framviser statistisk signifikant vekst i forekomstenen av hjerne- og hjertekreft blant dyr som ble eksponert for mobilstråling svakere enn internasjonale retningslinjer. Dette støtter opp under studier som viser en sammenheng mellom mennesker og mobilstråling og hjernesvulst, slik det er blitt påvist i en rekke mange fagfellevurderte forskningsstudier.
Appellen og erklæringen som kom denne uka peker på fagfolkenes bekymringer knyttet til eksponering for radiofrekvent stråling som omfatter …
" … økt risiko for kreft, cellestress, økning av skadelige frie radikaler, genetiske skader, strukturelle og funksjonelle endringer av reproduksjonssystemet, mangler i læreevne og hukommelse, nevrologiske forstyrrelser og negative virkninger på menneskers generelle velvære. Skadevirkningene rammer langt videre enn menneskeheten, siden der er stigende belegg for skadevirkninger på såvel plante- og dyreliv."
Så langt pressemeldingen (som du f.eks. finner HER på svensk). Hvordan står det så til med 5G-utrullingen her til lands? Vi kan regne med at det er omtrent som i USA og i Sverige, det vil si at den for lengst er under forberedelse:
For siden de gjeldende norske grenseverdiene ikke overskrides og forskriften sier at slik stråling ikke er farlig så lenge "god praksis" er fulgt, mens "god praksis" defineres som å holde seg under grenseverdiene, er det jo ingen fare, så da er det bare å kjøre på.
Hvem føler seg kallet til å gripe inn og stanse dette? HOD? Telenor-sjefen? Legestanden? Noen som har barn og barnebarn?
Miljøbevegelsen sover. Journalister flest har ikke kunnskapen de trenger for å forstå hva det handler om, og gjør heller narr av "tinnfoliehattene". Statens strålevern sitter der i sin egen verden med fortidas briller på og har tilrettelagt for at 5G-utrullingen ikke skal møte motstand. Så derfra kan vi ikke vente oss noen hjelp. Motstanden vil såvisst heller ikke komme fra de el-overfølsomme, for de har nok med sitt.
Fins det noen der ute med tid og ressurser til å sette i gang noe?
Einar Flydal, 14. september 2017
PDF-versjon av hele bloggposten: EFlydal-20170914-ForskereAdvarerMot5G
PDF-versjon av hele erklæringen i norsk oversettelse: 5G-appell_2017_norsk
Scientists warn of potential serious health effects of 5G
September 11, 2017
We the undersigned, more than 170 scientists from 36 countries, recommend a moratorium on the roll-out of the fifth generation, 5G, for telecommunication until potential hazards for human health and the environment have been fully investigated by scientists independent from industry. 5G will substantially increase exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) on top of the 2G, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi, etc. for telecommunications already in place. RF-EMF has been proven to be harmful for humans and the environment.
(Note: Blue links below are references.)
5G leads to massive increase of mandatory exposure to wireless radiation
5G technology is effective only over short distance. It is poorly transmitted through solid material. Many new antennas will be required and full-scale implementation will result in antennas every 10 to 12 houses in urban areas, thus massively increasing mandatory exposure.
With "the ever more extensive use of wireless technologies," nobody can avoid to be exposed. Because on top of the increased number of 5G-transmitters (even within housing, shops and in hospitals) according to estimates, "10 to 20 billion connections" (to refrigerators, washing machines, surveillance cameras, self-driving cars and buses, etc.) will be parts of the Internet of Things. All these together can cause a substantial increase in the total, long term RF-EMF exposure to all EU citizens.
Harmful effects of RF-EMF exposure are already proven
Over 220 scientists from more than 40 countries have expressed their "serious concerns" regarding the ubiquitous and increasing exposure to EMF generated by electric and wireless devices already before the additional 5G roll-out. They refer to the fact that "numerous recent scientific publications have shown that EMF affects living organisms at levels well below most international and national guidelines". Effects include increased cancer risk, cellular stress, increase in harmful free radicals, genetic damages, structural and functional changes of the reproductive system, learning and memory deficits, neurological disorders, and negative impacts on general well-being in humans. Damage goes well beyond the human race, as there is growing evidence of harmful effects to both plants and animals.
After the scientists' appeal was written in 2015 additional research has convincingly confirmed serious health risks from RF-EMF fields from wireless technology. The world's largest study (25 million US dollar) National Toxicology Program (NTP), shows statistically significant increase in the incidence of brain and heart cancer in animals exposed to EMF below the ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) guidelines followed by most countries. These results support results in human epidemiological studies on RF radiation and brain tumour risk. A large number of peer-reviewed scientific reports demonstrate harm to human health from EMFs.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2011 concluded that EMFs of frequencies 30 KHz – 300 GHz are possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B). However, new studies like the NTP study mentioned above and several epidemiological investigations including the latest studies on mobile phone use and brain cancer risks confirm that RF-EMF radiation is carcinogenic to humans.
The EUROPA EM-EMF Guideline 2016 states that "there is strong evidence that long-term exposure to certain EMFs is a risk factor for diseases such as certain cancers, Alzheimer's disease, and male infertility…Common EHS (electromagnetic hypersensitivity) symptoms include headaches, concentration difficulties, sleep problems, depression, lack of energy, fatigue, and flu-like symptoms."
An increasing part of the European population is affected by ill health symptoms that have for many years been linked to exposure to EMF and wireless radiation in the scientific literature. The International Scientific Declaration on EHS & multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), Brussels 2015, declares that: "In view of our present scientific knowledge, we thereby stress all national and international bodies and institutions…to recognize EHS and MCS as true medical conditions which acting as sentinel diseases may create a major public health concern in years to come worldwide i.e. in all the countries implementing unrestricted use of electromagnetic field-based wireless technologies and marketed chemical substances… Inaction is a cost to society and is not an option anymore… we unanimously acknowledge this serious hazard to public health…that major primary prevention measures are adopted and prioritized, to face this worldwide pan-epidemic in perspective."
The Precautionary Principle (UNESCO) was adopted by EU 2005: "When human activities may lead to morally unacceptable harm that is scientifically plausible but uncertain, actions shall be taken to avoid or diminish that harm."
Resolution 1815 (Council of Europe, 2011): "Take all reasonable measures to reduce exposure to electromagnetic fields, especially to radio frequencies from mobile phones, and particularly the exposure to children and young people who seem to be most at risk from head tumours…Assembly strongly recommends that the ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principle is applied, covering both the so-called thermal effects and the athermic [non-thermal] or biological effects of electromagnetic emissions or radiation" and to "improve risk-assessment standards and quality".
The Nuremberg code (1949) applies to all experiments on humans, thus including the roll-out of 5G with new, higher RF-EMF exposure. All such experiments: "should be based on previous knowledge (e.g., an expectation derived from animal experiments) that justifies the experiment. No experiment should be conducted, where there is an a priori reason to believe that death or disabling injury will occur; except, perhaps, in those experiments where the experimental physicians also serve as subjects." (Nuremberg code pts 3-5). Already published scientific studies show that there is "a priori reason to believe" in real health hazards.
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is warning for "Radiation risk from everyday devices" in spite of the radiation being below the WHO/ICNIRP standards. EEA also concludes: "There are many examples of the failure to use the precautionary principle in the past, which have resulted in serious and often irreversible damage to health and environments…harmful exposures can be widespread before there is both 'convincing' evidence of harm from long-term exposures, and biological understanding [mechanism] of how that harm is caused."
"Safety guidelines" protect industry — not health
The current ICNIRP "safety guidelines" are obsolete. All proofs of harm mentioned above arise although the radiation is below the ICNIRP "safety guidelines". Therefore new safety standards are necessary. The reason for the misleading guidelines is that "conflict of interest of ICNIRP members due to their relationships with telecommunications or electric companies undermine the impartiality that should govern the regulation of Public Exposure Standards for non-ionizing radiation…To evaluate cancer risks it is necessary to include scientists with competence in medicine, especially oncology."
The current ICNIRP/WHO guidelines for EMF are based on the obsolete hypothesis that "The critical effect of RF-EMF exposure relevant to human health and safety is heating of exposed tissue." However, scientists have proven that many different kinds of illnesses and harms are caused without heating ("non-thermal effect") at radiation levels well below ICNIRP guidelines.
We urge EU:
1) To take all reasonable measures to halt the 5G RF-EMF expansion until independent scientists can assure that 5G and the total radiation levels caused by RF-EMF (5G together with 2G, 3G, 4G, and WiFi) will not be harmful for EU-citizens, especially infants, children and pregnant women, as well as the environment.
2) To recommend that all EU countries, especially their radiation safety agencies, follow Resolution 1815 and inform citizens, including, teachers and physicians, about health risks from RF-EMF radiation, how and why to avoid wireless communication, particularly in/near e.g., daycare centers, schools, homes, workplaces, hospitals and elderly care.
3) To appoint immediately, without industry influence, an EU task force of independent, truly impartial EMF–and–health scientists with no conflicts of interest1 to re-evaluate the health risks and:
a) To decide about new, safe "maximum total exposure standards" for all wireless communication within EU.
b) To study the total and cumulative exposure affecting EU-citizens.
c) To create rules that will be prescribed/enforced within the EU about how to avoid exposure exceeding new EU "maximum total exposure standards" concerning all kinds of EMFs in order to protect citizens, especially infants, children and pregnant women.
4) To prevent the wireless/telecom industry through its lobbying organizations from persuading EU-officials to make decisions about further propagation of RF radiation including 5G in Europe.
5) To favor and implement wired digital telecommunication instead of wireless.
We expect an answer from you no later than October 31, 2017 to the two first mentioned signatories about what measures you will take to protect the EU-inhabitants against RF-EMF and especially 5G radiation. This appeal and your response will be publicly available.
Respectfully submitted,
Rainer Nyberg, EdD, Professor Emeritus (Åbo Akademi), Vasa, Finland (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD, Professor (assoc) Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden (email@example.com)
Signatories to Scientists' 5G Appeal
(As of September 8, 2017)
Note: The endorsements are personal and not necessarily supported
by the affiliated universities or organizations.
EU and European Nations
Gerd Oberfeld, MD, Public Health Officer, Salzburg
Marie-Claire Cammaerts, Dr, retired, Free University of Brussels, Bruxelles
Marko Markov, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. in biophysics, Sofia University, Research international
Stella Canna Michaelidou, Dr, Chemist Expert on Environment, Health and Food Safety, President of the Cyprus National Committee on Environment and Children's Health
Marjukka Hagström, LL.M, M.Soc.Sc., Senior researcher, The Finnish Electrosensitivity Foundation, Turku
Osmo Hänninen, PhD, Professor Emeritus (Physiology), Kuopio
Dariusz Leszczynski, PhD, DSc, Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry, University of Helsinki
Georgiy Ostroumov, PhD (in the field of RF EMF), independent researcher
Marc Arazi, MD, Physician (Whistleblower on Phonegate international scandal), Nogent-sur-Marne
Dominique Belpomme, MD, MSc, Full Professor in Medical Oncology; Director of ECERI, Paris University, Paris & European Cancer and Environment Research Institute, Brussels
Philippe Irigaray, PhD, Scientific Director, Association for Research on Treatment against Cancer (ARTAC), Paris; European Cancer and Environment Research Institute (ECERI), Brussels
Vincent Lauer, Ing. ECP, Independent Researcher, La Chapelle sur Erdre
Annie J Sasco, MD, DrPH, Former Director of Research, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, Former Chief of Epidemiology for Cancer Prevention at the International Agency for Research on Cancer and Former Acting Chief of Program for Cancer Control, World Health Organization, Bordeaux
Franz Adlkofer, MD, Professor, Pandora-Foundation for Independent Research
Christine Aschermann, MD (retired) member of the Kompetenzinitiative e.V., Leutkirch
Mario Babilon, Dr. rer. nat., Professor, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Stuttgart
Wolf Bergmann, Dr. med., Kompetenzinitiative zum Schutz von Mensch, Umwelt und Demokratie e.V., Freiburg
Rainer Frentzel-Beyme, MD, Professor emeritus, University of Bremen.
Helmut Breunig, Diploma degree in forestry, Specialty: Radio frequency injuries on trees around phone masts, Osterode am Harz
Klaus Buchner, Dr. rer. nat., Professor, MEP – Member of the European Parliament, Kompetenzinitiative zum Schutz von Mensch, Umwelt und Demokratie e.V., München
Horst Eger, Dr. med., Ärztlicher Qualitätszirkel "Elektromagnetische Felder in der Medizin – Diagnostik, Therapie, Umwelt", Naila
Karl Hecht, Dr, Professor of pathophysiology and neurophysiology (Emeritus of the Medical center Charite), Berlin
Peter Hensinger , MA, diagnose:funk, consumer protection organisation, Stuttgart
Markus Kern, Dr. med., Kompetenzinitiative zum Schutz von Mensch, Umwelt und Demokratie e.V., Kempten
Florian M. König, Dr.Sc. Man. Dir. & Science Header of the Company/Institute "Florian König Enterprises GmbH"
Andrea Leute, Dr. med., Ärzteinitiative Mobilfunk Allgäu-Bodensee-Oberschwaben, Überlingen
Martin Lion, Dr. med., Allgemeinmedizin – Homöopathie, Ulm
Peter Ludwig, Dr. phil., Kompetenzinitiative zum Schutz von Mensch, Umwelt und Demokratie e.V., Saarbrücken
Willi Mast, Dr., Arzt für Allgemeinmedizin und Innere Medizin, Gelsenkirchen
Joachim Mutter, Dr. med., Paracelsus Clinic / Switzerland, Kompetenzinitiative zum Schutz von Mensch, Umwelt und Demokratie e.V., Murg
Peter Ohnsorge, Dr. med., European Academy for Environmental Medicine
Karl Richter, Dr. phil., Professor, Kompetenzinitiative zum Schutz von Mensch, Umwelt und Demokratie e.V., St. Ingbert
Claus Scheingraber, Dr. med. dent., German Working Group Electro-Biology, Brunnthal,
Cornelia Waldmann-Selsam, Dr.med., Competence Initiative for the Protection of Humanity, Environment and Democracy e.V., Bamberg
Werner Thiede, Dr. theol., Professor, Pfarrer der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Landeskirche in Bayern und Publizist, Neuhausen
Helmut Wagner, Dr. med., Ophthalmologist, Stuttgart
Harald Walach, Professor, PhD in psychology, PhD in theory and history of science, Change Health Science Institute, Berlin; affiliation: Witten-Herdecke University, Poznan Medical University, Poland
Ulrich Warnke, Dr.rer.nat., Academic Superior Council (retired) University of Saarland
Isabel Wilke, Diplom-Biologin, Editor ElektrosmogReport, Kassel/Berlin
Roland Wolff, Dipl.-Phys., Medical Physicist, Bremen
Ortwin Zais, PhD (Dr. med.), European Academy for Environmental Medicine
Christos Georgiou, PhD, Member, Scientific Secretariat of ICEMS; Professor of Biochemistry, Biology Department, University of Patras, Patras
Theodore P. Metsis, PhD, Electrical, Mechanical, Environmental Engineer, Consultant, Athens
Fernanda Amicarelli, Full Professor in Applied Biology, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila
Fiorella Belpoggi, Dr., Director, Research Department, Ramazzini Institute, Bologna
Sergio Bernasconi, Full Professor of Pediatrics, former Director, Pediatric Department, Editor emeritus: Italian Journal of Pediatrics, University of Parma
Dr Franco Berrino, MD, PhD, former Director, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Istitutonazionale dei Tumori, Milan
Ernesto Burgio, MD, Pediatrician, ECERI – European Cancer and Environment Research Institute (Bruxelles)
Dott. Agostino Di Ciaula, President of Scientific Committee, Italian Society of Doctors for the Environment – ISDE Italy, Arezzo
Dott. Andrea Cormano, MD, Italian Society of Doctors for the Environment – ISDE, Benevento
Dr Patrizia Difonte, Physician, Surgeon, General practitioner and occupational medicine, Associazione Italiana Elettrosensibili, Lonate Pozzolo (Varese)
Stefano Falone, PhD, Researcher, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, Section of Biological and Biotechnological Sciences University of L'Aquila',(AQ),
Dr. Mario Frusi, MD, medico, Cuneo
Dr. Stefano Gallozzi, Astrophysician and technologist at the INAF Italian National Astrophysical Institute in the Observatory, President of the Comitato di Tutela e Salvaguardia dell'Ambiente in Monte Porzio Catone (ONLUS association), Rome
Dott. Roberto Gava, Pharmacologist and Toxicologist, ISDE, Padua
Valerio Gennaro, MD, PhD, Head ,Liguria Mesothelioma Registry (COR Liguria), UO Clinical Epidemiology (IST Nord – CBA); IRCCS Policlinico Ospedale San Martino National Cancer Research Institute (IST), Genoa
Livio Giuliani, PhD, Professor, Università dell'Abruzzo – Corso di Laurea in Fisiatria, Chieti
Angelo Levis, PhD. Professor, Biologist, University of Padua
Roberto Lucchini, MD, Professor of Occupational Medicine, University of Brescia
Salvatore Magazù,PhD, Full Professor of Experimental Physics, Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra, Università di Messina
Fiorenzo Marinelli, PhD, Institute of Molecular Genetics (IGM), National Research Council (CNR), Member of the International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS), Bologna,
Dott. Carlo Ratti, MD, Ordine dei Medici della SPEZIA, Genova
Ruggero Ridolfi, MD, Oncologist Endocrinologist, ISDE, Forlì-Cesena,
Massimo Melelli Roia, MD, Italian Society of Doctors for the Environment – ISDE, Perugia
Dott. Roberto Romizi, President, Italian Society of Doctors for the Environment – ISDE, Arezzo
Dott.ssa Ida Santellocco, MD, Medico chirurgo, Pediatria, medico chirurgo – pediatra, Roma
Massimo Scalia, Coordinator of the Bioelectromagnetism Section of CIRPS (Interuniversity Research Center for Sustainable Development)
Franco Verzella, MD, physician, practice dedicated to autistic children, Bologna,
Myriam Zucca, Dr. ssa, Medical Director, Dermatology, Cagliari University Hospital, Sardinia
Hugo Schooneveld, PhD, Retired Associate professor (Wageningen Agricultural University),
Advisor to the Dutch EHS Foundation, former president of 'Stichting elektro– hypersensitivity', Wageningen
Paulo Vale, PhD, Auxiliary Researcher, Sea and Marine Resources Department, The Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute, Lisbon
Igor Belyaev, PhD, Dr.Sc, Associate Professor, Cancer Research Institute, BMC SAS, Bratislava
Jan Jakus, MD, PhD, DSc., Professor, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin
Ladislav Janousek, PhD, Professor, Department of Electromagnetic and Biomedical Engineering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Zilina, Žilina
Michal Teplan, PhD, Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak academy of sciences, Bratislava
Alfonso Balmori, BSc, Master in Environmental Education, Biologist. Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid
José Luis Bardasano, PhD, Biologist and Physician, Prof. of Medical Bioelectomagnetism, Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares, Madrid
Miguel Lopez-Lazaro, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Seville
María Elena López Martín, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Enrique A. Navarro, PhD, Professor, University of Valencia, Valencia
Claudio Gómez-Perretta, MD, PhD, Chief of Section, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia
Ceferino Maestu Unturbe, Ph.D, Prof., Director of the Bioelectromagnetism Laboratory of the Centre for Biomedical Technology (CTB), Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM).
Mikko Ahonen, PhD, researcher, Sundsvall
Michael Carlberg, MSc, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University Hospital, Örebro
Mikael Eriksson, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Oncology, Skane University Hospital, Lund
Lena Hedendahl, MD, Independent Environment and Health Research, Luleå
Olle Johansson, Associate Professor, Experimental Dermatology Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
Gunilla Ladberg, PhD, Member of the Board of the Swedish association Vågbrytaren, Lidingö
Elsy-Britt Schildt, MD, PhD, Senior Consultant, Department of Oncology and Radiation, County Hospital, Kalmar
Daniel Favre, Dr. phil., Biologist, Independent Researcher, Brent
Peter Meier, Dr.Med., Facharzt für Innere Medizin FMH, M.Sc. Präventivmedizin, Mitglied der European Academy for Environmental Medicine, Sissach
Erica Mallery-Blythe, MD, Founder of PHIRE (Physicians' Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment) Trustee Radiation Research Trust (RRT), Soton
David Gee, Visiting Fellow, Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Brunel University, London
Andrew Goldsworthy, BSc, PhD, Lecturer in Biology (retired), Imperial College London, Monmouth
Alasdair Philips, BSc, DAgE, Professional engineer, Powerwatch
Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah, MBBS, MA, MSc, PhD , Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Occupational Health, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust; Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Clinical Sciences, Brunel University, London
Sarah Starkey, PhD, Independent Neuroscience and Environmental Health Research
Other Nations
Sinerik Ayrapetyan, PhD, Professor, Life Sciences International Postgraduate Educational Center, UNESCO Chair in Life Sciences, Yerevan, Head of Research Council and Chairholder of UNESCO Chair
Priyanka Bandara, PhD, Environmental Health Consultant, Castle Hill/Sydney, NSW
Katherine Georgouras, OAM, DDM, FACD, Professor of Dermatology, (semiretired) ,Kenthurst NSW
Ray Kearney OAM, PhD, Honorary Assoc. Professor (retired), Department of Medicine, University of Sydney
Don Maisch, PhD, Independent researcher, author of "The Procrustean Approach", Lindisfarne, Tasmania
May Murray, PhD, Independent Environmental Health researcher, Canberra
Elena Pirogova, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomed Eng, BEng (Hons) Chem En, Discipline of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University
Charles Teo, AM, MBBS, Professor, Neurosurgeon, Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Sydney
Steve Weller, BSc, Founding member of ORSSA, Brisbane
Orlando Furtado Vieira Filho, PhD, Professor, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Claudio Enrique Fernández-Rodríguez, PhD, MSEE, Professor, Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Sul, IFRS, Canoas
Alvaro Augusto A. de Salles, PhD, Full Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre
Francisco de Assis Ferreira Tejo (retired) D.Sc., Professor, Grupo de Eletromagnetismo Computacional e Bioeletromagnetismo, Electrical Engineering Dept, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Frank Clegg, CEO, Canadians for Safe Technology (C4ST); Former President of Microsoft Canada
Paul Héroux, PhD, Occupational Health Program Director, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Medicine, Montreal, PQ
Anthony B. Miller, MD, FRCP, Professor Emeritus, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto,
Malcolm Paterson, PhD, Director, Research Initiatives, BC Cancer Agency Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior, Kelowna, BC
Michael A. Persinger, PhD, Professor, Biomolecular Sciences, Behavioural Neuroscience and Human Studies, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario
Wenjun Sun, PhD, Professor, Bioelectromagnetics Key Laboratory, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou
Minglian Wang, M.M. , PhD, Associate Professor, College of Life Science & Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology (BJUT), Beijing
Carlos Sosa, MD, University of Antioquia, Medellín
Nasr Radwan, Prof. Dr., Cairo University, Faculty of Science, Cairo
Sareesh Naduvil Narayanan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, RAK College of Medical Sciences, RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
R. S. Sharma, PhD, Head, Scientist – G & Sr. DDG, Div. of Reproductive Biology, Maternal & Child Health and Chief Project Coordinator – EMF Health Project India, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi
Amirnader Emami Razavi, PhD, Executive Manager and Principal Investigator of Iran, National Tumor Bank, Cancer Institute of Iran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Dr. Masood Sepehrimanesh, PhD, Assistant Professor, Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Research Center, Guilan Universtiy of Medical Sciences, Rasht
Iris Atzmon, MPH, Epidemiology, University of Haifa, Author of "The Cellular, not what you thought!", Haifa
Michael Peleg, M.Sc., Radio Communications Engineer and Researcher, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
Elihu D Richter, MD MPH, Professor, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem
Yael Stein, MD, Hebrew University – Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem
Danny Wolf, MD, Pediatrician, Clialit Health Services Raziel, Netanya Herzelia
Hidetake Miyata, PhD, Associate professor, Department of Physics. Tohoku University
Mohammed Saleh Al Salameh, PhD, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Science & Technology, Irbid
KOREA (South)
Kiwon Song, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul
Young Hwan Ahn, MD PhD, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Ajou Univeristy School of Medicine, Suwon
Mary Redmayne, PhD, Adjunct Research Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington
Damian Wojcik, MD, MBChB, Medical director/ Northland Environmental health Clinic, Whangare, Northland
Aneyo Idowu Ayisat, M.Sc., Lecturer, Environmental Biology Unit, Biological Science Department,
Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos
Dr Najam Siddiqi, MBBS, PhD, Associate Professor of Anatomy, Oman Medical College, Sohar
Yury Grigoriev, Professor, M. Dr Sci., Federal. Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow
Maxim V. Trushin, PhD, Associate Professor, Kazan Federal University, Kazan
Osman Cerezci, Professor Dr., Dept. Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Sakarya University, Adapazarı
Suleyman Dasdag, PhD, Prof. Dr., Biophysics Department, Medical School, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Uskudar, Istanbul
Onur Elmas, MD, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. Of Physiology, Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Mugla
Ayse Inhan Garip, Assoc. Prof., School of Medicine, Biophysics Dept., Marmara Univ., Istanbul
Suleyman Kaplan, PhD, Professor, President of Turkish Society for Stereology, Board member of Journal Chemical Neuroanatomy (Elsevier), Board member of Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure (Elsevier), Department of Histology and Embryology, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun
Fulya Kunter, Assistant Professor Dr., Dept. Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul
Selim Şeker, Professor Dr., Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Bogazici University
Nesrin Seyhan, Prof. Dr., Gazi University Medical Faculty, Founder Head, Biophysics Department; Founding Director, Gazi Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Centre (GNRK), Ankara
Olexandr Tsybulin, PhD, Department of Biophysics, Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University
Igor Yakymenko, Prof. Dr, Department of Biochemistry and Environmental Control
National University of Food Technologies, Kyiv
David O. Carpenter, MD, Director, Institute for Health and the Environment, A Collaborating Centre of the World Health Organization, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY
Barry Castleman, ScD, Environmental Consultant, Garrett Park, MD
Devra Davis, PhD, MPH, Visiting Prof. Medicine, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical Center & Ondokuz Mayis University, Medical School (Turkey); Pres., Environmental Health Trust, Teton Village, WY
Paul Doyon, MA, MAT, EMRS, Independent Researcher, Doyon Independent Research, CA
Beatrice A. Golomb, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA
Peter F. Infante, DrPH, Managing Member, Peter F. Infante Consulting, LLC, VA
Toril H. Jelter, MD, MDI Wellness Center, CA
Elizabeth Kelley, MA, Electromagnetic Safety Alliance, Tucson, AZ
Henry Lai, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
B. Blake Levitt, medical/science journalist, former New York Times contributor, EMF researcher and author
Trevor G Marshall, ME, PhD, Director, Autoimmunity Research Foundation, CA
Ronald Melnick, PhD, Senior Toxicologist, (Retired RF-section leader) US National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
L. Lloyd Morgan, Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Health Trust, Board Member, International EMF Alliance (IEMFA), CA
S. M. J. Mortazavi, PhD, Professor of Medical Physics, Visiting Scientist, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Joel M. Moskowitz, PhD, Director, Center for Family and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Martin Pall, BA, PhD, Professor Emeritus (Biochemistry and basic medicine), Pullman, WA
Jerry L. Phillips, PhD, Exec. Director, Excel Centers, Professor Attendant, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Camilla R. G. Rees, MBA, Health Researcher, Author ,"The Wireless Elephant in the Room"' CEO, Wide Angle Health, Sr. Policy Advisor, National Institute for Science, Law & Public Policy, NY
Cindy Sage, MA, Sage Associates, Co-Editor, BioInitiative Reports, Santa Barbara, CA
Eugene Sobel, PhD, Professor (Retired), University of Southern California School of Medicine, CA
John G. West, MD, Director of Surgery, Breastlink, CA
Signatories: 171 scientists from 36 nations: 100 scientists from EU and 71 from other nations.
1 Avoid similar mistakes as when the Commission (2008/721/EC) appointed industry supportive members for SCENIHR, who submitted to EU a misleading SCENIHR report on health risks, giving telecom industry a clean bill to irradiate EU-citizens. The report is now quoted by radiation safety agencies in EU.


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Bankruptcy judge orders auction for Fisker
WILMINGTON, Delaware (AP) — A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Friday ordered a competitive auction for the assets of Fisker Automotive, rejecting a proposal by a group led by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li to assume control of the failed electric auto manufacturer in a private sale.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross refused to accept Hybrid Technology LLC's plan to use $75 million it said it is owed as Fisker's senior secured lender as a credit bid for Fisker's assets. Agreeing with Fisker's official creditors committee that a competitive auction was the best way to maximize recoveries for Fisker creditors, Gross capped Hybrid's credit bid at $25 million.
Chinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group Corp. had offered an alternative cash bid of $35.7 million as the starting point for a competitive auction, contingent on Hybrid's credit bid being eliminated or capped.
Pin Ni, president of Chicago-based Wanxiang America Corp., had no immediate comment on the judge's ruling, saying he needed to talk to attorneys.
Caroline Langdale, a spokeswoman for Hybrid, said in an email that the company was "deeply disappointed" by Friday's ruling.
"Despite the court's decision, Hybrid will participate in the auction, as we still feel Hybrid represents the most competitive and viable bid for Fisker's future," Langdale said.
Anaheim, California-based Fisker, which had planned to build cars at a former General Motors plant in Delaware, filed for bankruptcy protection in November. The move culminated a long downward spiral that began after Fisker received a $529 million loan commitment from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Hybrid recently paid $25 million for DOE's outstanding loan balance of more than $160 million, which resulted in a loss to U.S. taxpayers of $139 million. It then moved to take control of Fisker using a $75 million credit bid based on what it claimed it was owed as the company's new senior secured lender.
Hybrid also offered about $2 million in cash to go along with its credit bid and agreed to waive millions in fees it would be due for serving as Fisker's lender during the bankruptcy case. But it did not want to buy the former GM site in Wilmington and indicated that it had no interest in building cars in Delaware.
Wanxiang, on the other hand, filed court papers this week saying it would continue development and design of a second-generation line of Fisker vehicles, and that once such vehicles were ready for mass production "in volumes that necessitate a separate manufacturing facility," it would manufacture them at the now-shuttered GM plant. Wanxiang had indicated in earlier court documents that it wanted to resume production of Fisker's problem-plagued first-generation car, the Karma, in Finland and eventually shift production to a Michigan facility.
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, whose administration provided about $20 million in loans and grants to Fisker to build cars in Delaware, welcomed the judge's ruling, as did U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware.
"It gives all interested parties, including those who have expressed an interest in potentially utilizing the Delaware plant, an opportunity to bid for Fisker's assets," Markell said in a prepared statement. "The ruling does not ensure any specific outcome in the bankruptcy process, nor does it ensure the return of automobile manufacturing to the plant, but it does leave open the possibility."
In a strongly worded order issued in advance of Friday's hearing, Gross took Hybrid and Fisker to task for trying to ram through their proposed sale "at break neck speed."
"The debtors' bankruptcy is a tragedy for many while the purchaser tries to purchase the Fisker assets using discount dollars," the judge wrote, referring to Hybrid. "United States taxpayers, Delaware taxpayers, employees, unsecured creditors are all losers. The emergence of another very interested, cash-paying suitor, Wanxiang America Corporation, may enhance creditor recoveries and shows the mischief from undue speed."
William Baldiga, an attorney for the official committee of unsecured creditors, argued Friday that Wanxiang's proposal presents the opportunity for unsecured creditors to recover up to 40 cents on the dollar, compared with a fraction of a penny under Hybrid's proposal.
Following the judge's ruling, attorneys huddled to discuss a proposed auction date and Wanxiang's motion to supplant Hybrid as Fisker's bankruptcy lender. The judge scheduled a hearing for Monday afternoon to consider those issues.
Fisker's bankruptcy filing came after the company drew $192 million on the Obama administration's green-energy loan before DOE officials suspended funding in 2011. Federal officials suspended the loans after Fisker failed to meet several sales and production milestones for its $100,000 Karma luxury car. The Karma's problems included vehicle fires and recalls, problems with battery packs, the bankruptcy of Fisker's primary battery supplier, and inventory losses from Superstorm Sandy, which destroyed hundreds of vehicles at a port in New Jersey.
In a separate bankruptcy case, Wanxiang recently purchased Fisker's former battery supplier, A123 Systems, which is now known as B456 Systems Inc.


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It has been 30 years since Congress last touched Social Security. Reform is urgently needed to protect the nation's elderly and disabled from poverty and its younger generations from an increasing and economically harmful tax burden.
Here are the top five signs that Congress should begin reforming Social Security in 2014:
- Social Security has spent more than it received in taxes for each of the past four years. Social Security began running cash flow deficits in 2010, paying out $50 billion more in benefits than it received in payroll taxes. Last year, the program amassed about $75 billion in red ink. In less than 20 years, Social Security's deficit will more than quadruple to $322 billion.
- Social Security will run an average deficit of 12 percent over the next decade. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Social Security will see a 12 percent gap between the taxes it collects and the benefits it will pay out over the next 10 years—and it is slated to get worse after that. The CBO report states, "As more members of the baby-boom generation retire, outlays will increase relative to the size of the economy, whereas tax revenues will remain at an almost constant share of the economy," which ensures that the deficit will increase at a faster rate in the near future.
- While technically considered solvent, Social Security is already adding to the federal deficit. When Social Security runs a cash flow deficit, as it has done for the past four years, it dips into its trust fund (amassed from past surpluses) to pay out benefits in excess of payroll taxes collected. However, other government agencies spent the trust fund's surpluses on other federal spending in exchange for intra-governmental IOUs that must be financed by taxing or borrowing. The process by which trust fund bonds are converted to cash through borrowing adds to the national debt. Social Security's cash flow deficit places a significant and growing financial burden on the federal budget.
- Without reform, Social Security benefits drop 23 percent by 2033. Social Security's trust fund will run dry by 2033, according to estimates. At that point, payroll taxes and other sources of revenue will be able to pay only 77 percent of Social Security's scheduled benefits. This scenario would hurt vulnerable seniors and those entering the program after 2033 the most.
- Payroll taxes would have to rise by one-third to cover the 2033 shortfall. If Congress does not reform Social Security and instead raises taxes in 2033 to avoid the scheduled 23 percent drop in benefits, payroll taxes would increase by one-third, from 12.4 percent to 16.5 percent. In addition to raising the tax burden on work for all Americans, this would be particularly harmful to lower-income workers—those most likely to suffer job losses when government raises the cost of labor.
The need for Social Security reform grows more urgent with each passing year. Congress should begin the process of reform in 2014 by implementing three commonsense and bipartisan reforms:
- Implement a more appropriate cost-of-living adjustment known as Chained Consumer Price Index, which improves accuracy and limits excess spending on benefits;
- Raise the retirement age gradually and predictably to more accurately reflect the increase in life expectancy; and
- Phase out benefits for Americans with high levels of non–Social Security income and target Social Security toward those seniors who truly need the benefit payments.
After three decades of neglect, Congress should act and reform Social Security to preserve the promise to protect the elderly from poverty and to protect younger generations from higher taxes.


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49ers' Aldon Smith Arrested For DUI, Marijuana Possession After San Jose Crash
SAN JOSE (CBS / AP) -- San Francisco 49ers All-Pro linebacker Aldon Smith was released from jail Friday after his pickup truck apparently struck a tree and he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and marijuana possession, authorities said.
Smith later took to the practice field with his teammates Friday afternoon at team headquarters in Santa Clara. He is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 4.
Smith declined to comment when reporters asked about his arrest.
Head coach Jim Harbaugh told reporters Friday that he expects that Smith will play Sunday when the Niners host the Indianapolis Colts at Candlestick Park.
"I expect Aldon—like today—he'll be back to work and playing on Sunday," Harbaugh said. "I anticipate that, yes."
Harbaugh said that any potential discipline will likely come from the NFL.
"There will be consequences. There always is," Harbaugh said. "Good or bad, we all have consequences."
49ers' Aldon Smith Arrested for DUI, Marijuana Possession After San Jose Crash
Smith, 23, posted $5,250 bail and was released from the Santa Clara County jail late Friday morning, just hours after he was taken into custody by police responding to a single-vehicle crash that involved his truck in San Jose, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Sgt. Kurtis Stenderup said.
San Jose police arrested Smith after officers received a call from a resident about the crash in the city's Silver Creek area around 7 a.m., Sgt. Heather Randol said.
Officers gave Smith breath tests and other tests after his pickup apparently struck a tree, hit a curb and left streak marks on a driveway and sidewalk.
"They conducted an investigation and determined he was under the influence," Randol said about Smith. "He was the only person inside the vehicle."
The linebacker, who helped the 49ers get to the Super Bowl last season, has 37 sacks in 34 career games and was selected to his first Pro Bowl and was an All-Pro last season.
Smith won the team's MVP award last season as he set the Niners' franchise record with 19 ½ sacks. A first-round draft pick out of Missouri in 2011, Smith also set the team's rookie sack record with 14 that year.
His teammate, Pro Bowl tight end Vernon Davis, said Friday that Smith's arrest caught him by surprise as the team constantly talks about staying out of trouble.
"Some guys listen, some guys don't. You can take the horse to the water, but you can't make him drink. It's all about doing the right thing," Davis said. "I'm sure he'll come around. It's just a matter of time. Hopefully, he'll learn from this situation that he got himself into, and maybe it will come out positive instead of negative."
Smith, who turns 24 on Wednesday, has had other issues with the law as he was also arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Miami Beach in January 2012.
In addition, he's named in a lawsuit by a Northern California man who said he was shot during a party at Smith's house.
In the suit filed earlier this month in Santa Clara County Superior Court, David Kleczek, an attorney for Ronndale Esporlas, claims that Smith and former 49ers tight end Delanie Walker fired weapons illegally during a party at Smith's San Jose home on June 29, 2012.
The players charged a $10 admission and $5 per drink, the lawsuit said. Smith and Walker, who is also named in the suit, were allegedly intoxicated on Smith's balcony when they later fired gunshots in the air while trying to end the party, the lawsuit said.
Kleczek said they then moved to the driveway where he alleged more shots were fired. Esporlas, 21, was shot twice in the leg while he was "caught in the crossfire between the two groups of people firing gunshots at each other," the lawsuit said.
As a result, Esporlas, "sustained serious, catastrophic and permanent injuries," the lawsuit said. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
Attorneys for Smith and Walker, 29, who currently plays for the Tennessee Titans, have said Esporlas "freely and voluntarily exposed himself to all risks of harm" by attending the party.
They say injuries suffered by Esporlas, who was shot in the leg, were not caused by the defendants.
Santa Clara County prosecutors have said they are considering criminal charges.
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Driving enthusiasts weren't kind to the Mustang II during its '74-'78 life, but the light of forgiveness now shines on its stubby flanks. Automotive historians acknowledge that the downsized Pony kept the Mustang name alive at a time when other bloated American models were dying off, and fans of the II are quick to point out that Ford sold more than 1.1 million of them-a sales success by anyone's account.
After the rampant excesses of the '60s horsepower wars among The Big Three automakers, the public called for a return to the practical and sporty coupe it had fallen for on April 17, 1964. In fact, an early voice of discontent with Mustang growth spurts came from Ford stockholder Anna Muccioli in 1968, who received applause during a meeting when she compared the larger '67-'68 Mustang to the second-generation Thunderbird. She asked Henry Ford II why the company hadn't learned from its mistake of turning the beautiful two-seat T-bird into a four-door behemoth.
Clearly, Anna was very disappointed when she saw the big '69-'70 Mustangs and super-sized '71-'73 versions. By the time the '71 models were on sale, even Ford marketers realized that growing the icon into a Torino-size two-door was a grave miscalculation. The anticipated market for Mustangs with giant 428- and 429-cid powerplants never materialized, leaving smog-controlled, federally emasculated 351s to pull their heavy bodies.
The long evolution of what was to become the '74 Mustang II began in late 1969 when Ford President Lee Iacocca launched two exploratory programs within Ford Motor Company. One was charged with designing a smaller Mustang around the new-for-'70 Maverick compact; the other was to investigate the viability of having the new-for-'71 Pinto subcompact act as a base for the Mustang. Several not-too-stunning styling exercises and the inspiration of the popular German-built '70 Capri subcompact made Ford drop the Maverick idea early on.
Ford conducted a research clinic with car owners at the Long Beach Convention Center to determine where the public's interest lay among subcompact models. With a dozen models on display-ranging from Datsun 240-Z and Porsche 914 sports cars to a less exciting Chevrolet Vega, Plymouth Duster, and Toyota Corona-the company deduced that Americans had embraced smaller fuel-efficient transportation. Its marketers chose to aim the new Mustang at that segment.
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Chief Designer Gene Bordinat, with four styling studios under his command and input from the Italian-based Ghia studios (which Ford controlled), turned out a variety of concepts. History records 150 submitted designs on paper, 50 in clay, and several in full-drive mode. As consumer clinics narrowed down the public's preference for a certain design, research showed a constant 50/50 split between the notchback and hatchback body style. The automaker's bean counters were pushing to make the new car available in a single body in order to save money; fortunately, the accountants lost the argument and Ford quickly grafted a notchback roofline onto the winning fastback design.
Gone forever were the big-block V-8 engines. In fact, there were no V-8s offered in the Mustang II's introductory year. The new Mustang listed only two powerplants for '74, including the base 2.3L "Lima" four-cylinder and the optional 2.8L V-6 from the Mercury Capri.
Contrary to popular opinion, the '74 was not merely a Pinto clone, although it shared a few basic parts with its economy-car cousin. By decree from Lee, who likened the new model to a "little jewel," the ride was much more like that of a big luxury car than a Pinto, thanks to innovations such as melted rubber sheets on the floorpan; a larger-diameter driveshaft; and a U-shape, isolated subframe that dampened road and engine noise. The new Mustang had the same basic interior appointments as before: a floor-mounted shifter, low-back bucket seats, vinyl upholstery, and full carpeting. But the standard equipment list improved to include solid-state ignition, front disc brakes, a tachometer, steel-belted whitewalls, and a folding rear seat in the 2+2 hatchback models.
After receiving feedback from customers and the press, Ford made structural modifications to the Mustang II for '75 to make the return of the 5.0L V-8 possible. With primitive smog controls and a struggle with unleaded gasoline, the '75 Mustang II's 302-cid powerplant was a distant cousin to the Boss engine of the same size. Output ranged from 122 to 139 hp during its four years in the II series, but the V-8 could be had in coupe or hatchback models at a time when most car companies were phasing out anything larger than a V-6.
In 1976, Ford created a sporty, '60s-style appearance package to match the performance of the Mustang's biggest engine option when it introduced the Cobra II. This version of the Cobra had the "show" but not the "go" of a Shelby GT350-a fact the company touted loudly in magazine ads and brochures-and the dress-up stripes, spoilers, and wheels could be ordered with any of the three engines. It was designed and built by Jim Wangers' nearby Motortown company, although Ford would move the operation in-house for 1977.
The marketing strategies and various packages must've worked, because by 1977, Ford's Mustang once again ruled the crowded domestic sporty subcompact class in sales numbers. It was clear that the company wanted the II to go out with a bang when it introduced the '78 models with much fanfare in October of that year. At the top of the food chain sat the King Cobra, which Ford advertised as the "Boss of the Mustang stable."
The King Cobra was a hatchback-only model with the 5.0L engine, standard four-speed manual transmission, power brakes, and power steering. The $1,253 KC treatment did without the customary bodyside striping of the Cobra II, but sported a unique tape layout featuring a giant snake decal on the hood and pinstriping on the greenhouse, decklid, wheel lips, rocker panels, belt, over the roof area, and around the side windows. Up front was a tough-looking air dam. A "King Cobra" nameplate went on each door and the back spoiler, and a "5.0" badge appeared on the rear-facing hoodscoop. The King Cobra also had rear-quarter flares, a black grille and moldings, and color-keyed dual sport mirrors. Raised white-letter tires rode lacy spoke aluminum wheels with twin rings and a Cobra symbol on the hubs.
Many buyers paid the extra $587 for a T-top, which made the $5,638 KC the most expensive Mustang II. Thanks to the influence of economic inflation in the '70s, it was also the most expensive Mustang so far. Choosing a $225 automatic transmission meant paying more than $6,000 by the time tag, tax, and title were figured. Despite the high purchase price, enthusiasts snapped up 4,318 of them.
A Pair of Kings
Monty Seawright bought his first car, a '78 Mustang II, at the age of 13 with money he made mowing lawns. Since his father owned a junkyard back when they were still known as such, finding a new fender and other parts to restore the car was easy. After driving the '78 on back roads and under the cloak of night for a while, the underage Mustanger sold it and moved up to an '82 Mustang. From there, his love of the cars led him to assemble an ever-changing collection that currently includes a yellow '69 Boss 302 (one of the few restored cars in the collection), a blue '70 Boss 429, a red '68 Shelby GT500, a Poppy Red '6411/42 K-code convertible, and-as a nod to the Mustang II that started it all-a pair of '78 King Cobras.
Monty is aware that the '74-'78 Mustang II series is the most controversial generation in the marque's 43-year history, but he believes the one-year-only King Cobra was Detroit's best musclecar of the '70s. It gave Ford a high-profile model to cap production of the II series before introducing the Fox-based Mustang for '79.
Neither car has been touched by the hand of a restorer or by time itself. The blue KC, registering only 9,000 miles, is a solid-roof model with the four-speed transmission and Tangerine interior.
Monty's white KC is a T-top, four-speed car. Its odometer has not yet crossed the 800-mile mark. The car was in Houston, Texas, when Monty discovered it for sale on eBay. He says he was grounded when his wife found out he had bought another car despite his promise not to add any more to the garage. Now that he sees the public reaction to his sporty Mustang IIs, Monty feels his time in hot water was worth it.
"People don't know what to think when I take the King Cobras to shows," Monty told us. "They always want to know who restored them or where I got all of my N.O.S. parts.
"Seeing them together is like stepping into a Ford dealership in 1978."
Brad Bowling is the author of several Mustang books, including The Mustang Field Guide, Standard Catalog of Mustang, The Saleen Book, and others. You can learn more about the books at www.bradbowling.com.


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It wasn't the fury of Thor or an alien portal or the Second Coming of Hey-Zeus. Here you have the explanation of the mysterious giant spiral that happened yesternight in Norway, computer simulation included.
The video shows a rocket running out of fuel and spiraling out of control, which looks exactly like the photos and videos.
Norwegian astronomer Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard says it's 99.9% safe to say that it's a rocket out of control, while some newspapers and TV channels are quoting Russian military sources, confirming that this is a failed Bulava missile launched from a nuclear submarine in the White Sea.
The Norwegian defense has confirmed that, even while they have not admitted the failure, the Russian Navy alerted them about the tests prior to the giant spiral appearing in the skies. And if that wasn't enough to convince everyone, here are two images of the missile trails being blown away by the wind, at dawn:
Click to viewSorry people, no alien invasions. Yet. [Thanks Jon Trygve and everyone who wrote]