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Sudarshan Sukhani, s2analytics.com advises traders to buy ONGC on decline.
Sukhani told CNBC-TV18, " Coal India and ONGC, both have absolutely opposite viewpoints on the charts. Coal India is in some kind of a downtrend. It has made a distribution and is cracking down. Sometimes it goes up, it is a blue-chip but the overall trend is down, it is going through a deep correction or even a minor downtrend. We should look at lower levels."
Hindustan Unilever:
Sudarshan Sukhani, s2analytics.com advises traders to buy Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL).
Sukhani told CNBC-TV18, " Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has been recommended for buying. There is more upside here so the stock has been battered and building a minor base at least for the short-term. So, HUL is something that I could easily recommend and I have it in buy list."
Shree Renuka:
Ambareesh Baliga, Market Expert advises traders to buy Shree Renuka at current levels.
Baliga told CNBC-TV18, "Sugar stocks, suppose in the last 2-3 years this could be the tenth time we are hearing about decontrol and whenever that news comes you have a movement. So, something like Shree Renuka could possibly move to levels of about Rs 31-32 but beyond that would be difficult. So, from a trading point of view at these levels one can buy."
Reliance Capital:
Sudarshan Sukhani, s2analytics.com advises traders to sell Reliance Capital on rally.Reliance Communications may outperform if Nifty remains choppy.
Sukhani told CNBC-TV18, "Reliance Communications has come to a very strong support level. So, given conducive environment and I am repeating this again that if the Nifty is going to come down none of these stocks will independently move up. However, if the Nifty remains choppy and if it goes up Reliance Communication is likely to be an outperformer. So, we should watch it."
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Abraham Cooper
The son of a tobacconist, he was born in Greenwich, London.[1] At the age of thirteen he became an employee at Astley's Amphitheatre, and was afterwards a groom in the service of Henry Meux, a brewer and later the first of the Meux baronets. When he was twenty-two, wishing to possess a portrait of a favorite horse under his care, he bought a manual of painting, learned something of the use of oil-colours, and painted the picture on a canvas hung against the stable wall. His master bought it and encouraged him to continue in his efforts. He accordingly began to copy prints of horses, and was introduced to Benjamin Marshall, the animal painter, who took him into his studio, and seems to have introduced him to the Sporting Magazine, an illustrated periodical to which he was himself a contributor.[2]
In 1814 he exhibited his Tam O'Shanter, and in 1816 he won a prize for his Battle of Ligny. In 1817 he exhibited his Battle of Marston Moor and was made associate of the Royal Academy, and in 1820 he was elected Academician. Cooper, although ill-educated, was a clever and conscientious artist; his colouring was somewhat flat and dead, but he was a master of equine portraiture and anatomy, and had some antiquarian knowledge. He had a special fondness for Cavalier and Roundhead pictures.[2]
- Bosworth Field (1825; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas)
- The Death of Sir Francis Russell, who was treacherously slain at a Border Meeting, July 16, 1585 (1827; Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey)
- Battle of Zutphen, 1586 (1826; Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey)
- The Battle of Marston Moor (1819; Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston)
- The Heroic Conduct of Cromwell at Marston Moor (1821; Chequers House, Buckinghamshire)
- Cromwell leading his Cavalry into Battle (Cambridgeshire Museums, at Cromwell House, Huntingdon)
- Battle Scene (attr.) (Guildhall Art Gallery, London)
- Wellington's First Great Victory - The Battle of Assaye (The Light Dragoons)
- The Battle of Ligny (Lord Egremont, Petworth House)
Crib and Rosa, 1817
Richard III and the Earl of Richmond During the Battle of Bosworth Field
- ^ "Fighting for the Standard at the Battle of Marston Moor", Metropolitan Museum of Art collections. Retrieved 10 June 2015
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 78.
Works aboutEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abraham Cooper.
- Harrington, Peter (1993). British Artists and War: The Face of Battle in Paintings and Prints, 1700–1914. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1853671576
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- 25 paintings by or after Abraham Cooper at the Art UK site

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Obese children with low levels of vitamin D tend to have higher degrees of insulin resistance - a major risk factor for type-2 diabetes.
That is according to a new study by scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre, which is published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Researchers analysed blood samples from 411 obese children and 87 youngsters who were not overweight and recorded their vitamin D levels, blood sugar levels, serum insulin, body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure.
They found that obese children were more likely to have low vitamin D levels than non-obese children.
Low vitamin D was also associated with risk factors for type-2 diabetes in these youngsters, such as insulin resistance.
Dr Micah Olson, who led the study, said that the findings 'suggest that low vitamin D levels may play a role in the development of type-2 diabetes'.
He added: 'Future studies are needed to determine the clinical significance of lower vitamin D levels in obese children, the amount and duration of treatment necessary to replenish vitamin D levels in these children and whether treatment with vitamin D can improve primary clinical endpoints such as insulin resistance.'
Between 85 and 95 per cent of people with diabetes have type-2 diabetes, which occurs when the body does not make enough insulin or produces insulin that does not work properly.


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Alex J Taylor is an Australian-born historian of modern American art and visual culture.
His research interests include art and mass media, transnational modernisms, studio practice, artistic self-fashioning and the influence of business and economics on art and design.
Alex is Assistant Professor and Academic Curator in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh.
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20.—(1) The CDM co-ordinator shall—
(a)give suitable and sufficient advice and assistance to the client on undertaking the measures he needs to take to comply with these Regulations during the project (including, in particular, assisting the client in complying with regulations 9 and 16);
(b)ensure that suitable arrangements are made and implemented for the co-ordination of health and safety measures during planning and preparation for the construction phase, including facilitating—
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Support for a Ferret Friendly Santa Clarita, CA
This petition had 924 supporters
We need support for Ferret Legalization
We, the ferret owners all around California, and all over the world humbly and respectfully ask the city of Santa Clarita to declare itself a Ferret Friendly City and publicly support the decriminalization of ferret ownership in California.
We take this unusual step because no one in our state government (and this is a state issue) will give us assistance or explain the reason for banning domestic ferrets in the first place.
A Misdemeanor to own a ferret and a 30 year battle.
Ferrets have been illegal in California since 1933. It is currently a misdemeanor carrying $1,000 fine, up to 6 months in jail and confiscation of the pet, to own a ferret throughout the state. For almost 30 years ferret owners in California have been working hard to legalize the domestic ferret. This house pet is currently legal in 48 states and none of these states report ferrets having an impact on the local wildlife.
We have taken our issue to politicians on all levels and the Fish and Game Commission. We had hope that the new commission would support this obvious and logical issue. This year we pushed two petitions for regulation change which the Commission heard and rejected. The first was to remove ferrets from the prohibited species list. When that was denied we requested that the Fish and Game Commission resume issuing permits for ferrets as they had done for neutered male ferrets prior to 1985. Fish & Game rejected both.
For the past 13 years we have not been able to find a legislative sponsor. We have met many who are sympathetic to the cause but will not take on the issue.
People are still suffering from this law.
People can't move to California if they have ferrets. This especially affects people in the military who get stationed at one of our many bases.
Many don't feel safe getting legal medical care for their pets when they need it.
There is a lot of stress owning this house pet in California. Ferret owners have to hide their pets from the Police, Fish & Game, and their neighbors.
Certain security clearances, licenses & even foster parent status cannot be obtained if someone owns a ferrets.
All politics are local.
The city of Santa Clarita can stand with La Mesa and make a very symbolic statement and perhaps get this in front of a legislator by declaring Santa Clarita a Ferret Friendly City.
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the insatiable white queen and faithful dark knight: part 4
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Beyond the edge of universe,there's a kind of real darkness. where even the light gone astray.Darkness shields as much as it threatens. it depends on how u embrace it , how u take it.
" in a way, that true light is dependent on the presence of other lights. Take the others away and darkness results. Yet the reverse is not true: take away darkness and there is only more darkness. Darkness can exist by itself. Light cannot."
Party at nandini's home went on full swing. Nandini introduced radhika to everyone as her daughter. Saral seems to be happy. Its his first time in life he felt something for a girl. The rich attractiveness, the fascination rads had ,pulled him as he was enchanted. As a Richie rich guy saral never had problems with getting girls on his tune. The best quality in him was his way of talking and approaches but it failed in case of radhika. She always stared blank on his talk.
Saral stood like a fool and stare radhika constantly without blinking his eyes, " she is something else. She seems like a beauty enchantress who cast a spell on me. The more she showed her back to me, the more I get pulled. Even it doesn't hurt my ego, my pride. I'm ready to be her servant even."
In his fantasy saral couldn't notice his stare on rads gave him two pairs of anger filled glare. One from jai and another from Arjun who was burning with a rage now. Arjun called up someone and went outside; but rads noticed him. She smriked.
Her pov
" Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. I hate weak, dumb, emotional fools . So I choose the safety path. Destination is not so far, not near also. But I will decide the destiny this time, it will bend in front of me."
Zubin came to saral who was in his own world. Zubin said to saral that he wanted radz ,cunningly with a pair of lustful eyes on radhika . To which saral fumed in anger and warned Zubin to be in his limit.
Zubin smiled shamelessly ;" why u act to be a saint while u r not actually!! Don't forget I helped u out in many cases. And u didn't have any problem to share ur girlfriends with me in past , then what is the problem now?? "..
Saral caught his collar with anger," dare not to speak filthy about her. The girls whom u were talking about were nothing to me ;but don't forget she will be Mrs saral Joshi soon and try to respect her. Because she is the first girl whom I acknowledge and fell for her".
Zubin was not someone who would be back off so easily. Their heating arguments keep continued and finally reached at fighting level. Others stopped them. Someone dragged zubin out of house when he threatened he will see saral, to which saral replied : think about something absurd again,I'll kill u for sure. With frustration and anger saral went to bar counter.
Somehow nandini managed the chaos created and made people enjoy the night party as dj played some songs to rock the floor.
Jai came to radhika with a heavy heart;" why did u agree to marry at such a young age and that to such a hateful guy?? I don't like him. Crap and brat, drunkard".
Radhika smiled ;" sometimes we need to follow situations as we have no choices. Btw why u r so annoyed with him?"
Before jai could reply anything Arjun entered with a full formal party wear with manya. This shocked jai and radhika to the core. Radhika composed herself immediately ; but jai, he went to manya and asked her what she was doing there? Manya replied with equal sternness ," this is my life and I'll decide what to do. And when handsome like Arjun called me to accompany him, it was a honor for me to do that". Jai tried to ask Arjun something but stopped seeing his intense stare on radhika which showed immense hurt, pain, anger to which radz turned away her gaze in different direction. Jai noticed but didn't ask anything further. In either way he was irritated with Arjun, as rads his love interest and manya his sister.
Kritika came to radhika and showed her sadness that if Arjun had to attend party why didn't he choose me, even I approached him. Radhika made her silent and went to dance floor. Jai was happy to get a chance to dance with radz. When the moment of partner change came radz was pulled by Arjun into a darker corner. She was lowered her gaze all the time ; but Arjun twirled her and came near her ear n said ," why did u do that?…………..but a sudden chaos broke again. All ran to the spot and see zubin was laid down on darker side of lawn unconscious and bruised. When they sent zubin hospital, they remembered incidents happened before and found saral was not present.
Teji was in tension as there was no hope for them instead they got shocks after shocks. He said samaira," what should we do with Samrat Khanna case. I don't think it was just a simple accident".
Sam replied heavily," what else we can do? When the truck driver admitted that he was drunken last night and couldn't keep his balance. So his truck hit samrat car hard and he died at spot".
Teji was stunned with her casual reply," how could u say so calmly. After all he is ur father".
Sam smiled faintly," he was my father until I saw his monstrous face behind the mask. Anyway it's better die before I'll arrest him and sentenced him to death. Now I don't have anything to do with my family as there is none."
Teji was dumbfounded and tried to change the topic," what's about ur personal investigation? Did ur spy got something?"
Sam squealed," if u can't catch them easily, create a rift between them to broke them. It works. They are not together now. I think after some days we will get them with full evidence".
Next day at college kritika and radhika enjoyed their coffee at canteen. Arjun passed near radhika. She stayed silent. Kritika said nowadays he attended college more than before. I never saw him so punctual. Kritika excused herself and went to washroom. Jai happened to be there and decided to accompanied radz in canteen. Before that He checked whether or not his hair is okay, if he looks good. And he said to himself, 'You idiot! What is your heart beating faster for?'.radhika's midnight long hair was hiding her side face by slow breeze. She tucked them back behind her ear with her finger, but a few strands fell back. It's jai's favourite gesture. As he saw her porcelain and smooth cheek, he felt an impulse to kiss it. He had always felt that way ever since the first time he saw her. He asked rads about day before incident, when he saw radz at night when he was having his dinner at restaurant. To which radz replied calmly to him that her friend just broke up with her boyfriend and was about to commit suicide, and so all of her close friends gathered to stop her from doing that. She also said, she couldn't tell her mother about things like this. Jai felt its strange but didn't say anything.
Neil was talking with Arjun and advised him to be calm. He was not in favour of hasty haphazard decision. Neil said that now they should follow some social norms.
Arjun replied with anger ," do u expect me to follow the rules of this shit society.We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves. But I can't ,m different and not weak."
Neil said in understanding manner," I know Arjun. I am not telling u to become a saint out of blue . M just telling you now it's not the appropriate time. Have patience and come out of darkness for sometime ".
Arjun replied sternly,"I can't let darkness go as it saved me.I have learned things in the dark that I could never have learned in the light, things that have saved my life over and over again, so that there is really only one logical conclusion. I need darkness. And I can barely have patience to show the person what it results to play with me?"
Now Neil got scared a little;" Arjun, listen to me carefully. Don't do anything wrong in hurry, that later it make us to pay back for that. Remember I am always with u."
Arjun nodded as they departed from each other. Neil messaged some where and send " we can hit our target now. Time to be in action".
Bonnie got to know about radhika and her adoption. She reasoned radhika behind Zubin's state and cursed her. She threw some poisonous words to express her anger. Kritika came forward to defend radz but bonnie pushed her hard that she banged her head on wall and fell down faint. Later bonnie said radhika characterless,a pr*stitute who used her beauty on everyone to get attention from all men. That was enough for rads to lost her calmness. She slapped hard bonnie and the next moment snaped her neck to choke her death. She said furiously," m marrying ur brother, that doesn't mean u can say anything. I'll kill u if u spit another word". Jai came running and scolded radhika for her impulsiveness. He said u behaved all calm and goody in front of all ,but what is this? I won't let u commit crime again. Radhika ran from there while crying. Jai felt guilty and followed her.
Radhika went inside a broken construction followed by jai. She ran to the edge of light and turned. There she stood and looked up jai who was at some distance. What shocked jai was her expressions, that contained Pure hatred and anger. She was looking like someone unknown to him .she asked with an anger filled disgusted sharp voice;" what do u mean by that u don't let me to do another crime?? U think m committed any crime.
Jai smiled lightly and retorted back;" why act when u know what u did? But believe me I won't let anything happen to u. Just do as I say.please radhika i want you to be happy, really happy". He was pleading .
Radhika laughed hard ;" so u fell for me. U will do everything to protect me. So cheesy Mr jai khurana." A devilish smirk appeared on her lip.she continued," what if I don't agree with you?? What if I will kill u??"
Jai replied with equal intense voice," u can't kill me I know. Because I believe u r not that bad. And moreover u r alone and weak now. So better please agree with me. I beg you,it's for ur safe future".
Radhika laughed hysterically but her face become hard showing clear vengeance and anger," U r right Mr jai khurana, I am alone, alone from my childhood but that doesn't mean I'm weak. I am not an angel, I am devil. I am a beast disguised in beauty. So be careful before giving me ur piece of advice.
Jai was unhappy with her decision and said," I will do anything to take u back to the general stream of society. U didn't leave any other option now so I have to use my last card." With that jai raised his gun pointed towards radz and said her to follow him. But he got shock instead seeing her ever calm and composed demeanour, even after she was pointed by gun.
Another shocking fact for jai was radz stood at the edge of light, just behind her darkness started. A man came out from her backside immediately with a hood on,like her shadow come in front and unveiled himself. Jai was dumbfounded by seeing Arjun still with her.
Radhika laughed cunningly and said intensely," the man who got tricked is dumb & fool and i hate those kind of weak foolish people"…..ardhika laughed on devilish………….
She is deeply scarred, wounded,not want to be healed, embraced the darkness. She was mysterious, cunning yet beautiful. She will do everything to achieve her target. After all she is the insatiable queen having never ending desires.
He is not less wounded. He had his own darkness. The fate they share through darkness will never let them depart from each other. He is a ever faithful knight who is always at service of his queen.
Darkness: Nobody can never know the pain and suffer of a victim until they victimized by themselves. It was the time when they need me. And I am always a shield for them. People who were under light can betray ; but they never betray under me,darkness. Coz they knew each other pain, share each other fate. So they are always intertwined. People said too much of anything could destroy you. Too much darkness could kill U, but they never realize too much light could blind U.
Actually I told u the last line descriptions about them to guess what might have happened..keep guessing and don't forget to share that with me…thank u for reading.


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A Seattle man who spent 10 years in prison after he was convicted of robbery and burglary has been released after the Innocence Project Northwest
persuaded King County prosecutors to re-examine the conviction, which was based solely on eyewitness testimony.
Brandon Olebar's case came to the attention of the IPNW, based out of the clinical-law program at the University of Washington Law School, and two students "developed a body of evidence" that showed Olebar was not among the people who in February 2003 broke into the home of his sister's boyfriend and pistol-whipped and beat the man unconscious, according to a statement.
The victim said as many as eight attackers beat him for more than 10 minutes, during which time he recognized Olebar's sister as one of them. He told police the attackers had "feather" facial tattoos.
Two days after the beating, the victim identified Olebar from a photo montage. Despite the fact that he did not have a facial tattoo and had an alibi, Olebar was charged with burglary and robbery.
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A King County jury convicted him solely on the basis of eyewitness testimony and sentenced him to 16½ years in prison, according to the IPNW statement.
IPNW Director Jacqueline McMurtrie said two law students, Nikki Carsley and Kathleen Kline, tracked down and interviewed three of the assailants, who signed sworn statements admitting their involvement and denying that Olebar was present during the attack.
Working with IPNW attorney Fernanda Torres, they presented the new evidence to Mark Larson, the chief criminal deputy prosecutor to King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg.
McMurtrie said that over the next several months, Torres and Larson reviewed the case in light of the new evidence developed by IPNW and conducted independent interviews of new witnesses.
Last Friday, Satterberg's office moved to vacate the conviction and dismissed the charges. Olebar, 30, was released into the arms of his wife, Mely.
"Eyewitness misidentification is the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions," said IPNW Policy Director Lara Zarowsky. "It played a role in nearly 75 percent of the convictions overturned through DNA testing."
Zarowsky said the project is partnering with Washington state law enforcement, social scientists and prosecutors to develop best practices for police officers implementing eyewitness-identification procedures.
Satterberg, in a written statement, said prosecutors have "an ongoing duty to receive and consider new evidence in a case, even after a jury's verdict."
"In this matter, the new statements from the participants in the robbery cast enough doubts about Mr. Olebar's involvement in the crime that we decided the case should be dismissed in the interests of justice," Satterberg said.
Torres, Olebar's attorney, praised Satterberg and said his office's "willingness to correct an injustice in light of new evidence shows true devotion to justice, even long after a case has been put to rest."
Torres said that one of the men tracked down by the students has since been arrested, charged and convicted of a crime.
Olebar spent years protesting his conviction and said he was "ecstatic to finally be heard" when the IPNW took his case.
"My wife, the students and my lawyer fought for me, and it means so much that they did that for me," Olebar said in a statement. "It's unreal.
"The people that believed in me when I was in prison kept me going," he said.
IPNW is part of a national network of projects that work to free the wrongly convicted.
The Olebar case was among 29 cases in the U.S. in which wrongly convicted people were exonerated in 2013 through the work of the Innocence Network, according to a report released Monday.
A new state law allows people who were wrongfully convicted to file a claim in superior court for damages against the state. Under the law, a wrongly convicted person could receive $50,000 for each year of imprisonment, including time spent awaiting trial.
Before the law's passage, the only option for the wrongly convicted was to sue, but the individual had to sue on some basis other than the fact of being wrongfully convicted, such as police or prosecutorial misconduct.
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Media Bias Examples. [#4] DDT Ban: The biggest example of the media coming to the aid of environmentalism
is, of course, is the worldwide ban of DDT. In 1962, a book titled Silent Spring written by American biologist Rachel
Carson was published. The media pushed Carson's work as settled science. It later came to light that much of Carson's
"evidence" was simply manufactured and the ban has been responsible for untold millions of deaths in places like Africa.
Still, the media continues to cite Carson's work as fact.
Population Skyrockets Due to DDT Ban and Urbanization, Not Climate Change. Mosquito populations have exploded
in parts of the United States, but not because of global warming, according to a recent study published in Nature
Communications. The research indicates urbanization and the ban on the insecticide DDT are likely responsible for the
surge in mosquito populations. According to the researchers, some types of mosquitoes, including those that commonly
spread diseases, have adapted to human-created habitat; urbanization has created fertile ground for mosquito populations to
expand. This doesn't augur well for city dwellers, who are already feeling the brunt of mosquito-borne tropical
diseases such as chikungunya, dengue fever, West Nile virus, and Zika virus. Tracking mosquito populations in California,
New Jersey, and New York, the researchers found mosquito populations have increased as much as 1,000 percent over the
past five decades.
DDT: A Case Study in Scientific Fraud.
The chemical compound that has saved more human lives than any other in history, DDT, was banned by order of one man, the
head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Public pressure was generated by one popular book and sustained
by faulty or fraudulent research. Widely believed claims of carcinogenicity, toxicity to birds, anti-androgenic
properties, and prolonged environmental persistence are false or grossly exaggerated. The worldwide effect of the
U.S. ban has been millions of preventable deaths.
ban — not global warming — to blame for U.S. mosquito eruption: Study. The U.S.
mosquito population is on the rise, but don't blame climate change. Blame the ban on the insecticide DDT. A study
published this week in Nature Communications attributed the decay of DDT concentrations as well as urbanization to an increase
in mosquitoes over the past 50 years. "Mosquito populations have increased as much as tenfold, and mosquito communities
have become two- to fourfold richer over the last five decades," the paper said. "These increases are correlated with the
decay in residual environmental DDT concentrations and growing human populations, but not with temperature." The analysis,
conducted by researchers from Rutgers, the University of California, Davis and the University of California, Santa Cruz, flies
in the face of statements by environmental groups linking warmer temperatures to mosquito-borne ailments like the West Nile and
Zika viruses.
A Young Person's Guide to the Greenhouse Effect.
How did it all it start? It really started not long after the Second World War when Rachel Carson wrote a book called
The Silent Spring. She used that title to tell us that one year, when spring arrives, there may be no birds singing
because they have all been killed by pollution. People started to realize that the environment was very important and
that Mankind could destroy it or stop it from working properly. A wonderful new insecticide had been discovered during
the War called DDT. It was very cheap to make and very effective. It was soon being used everywhere to kill
malaria-carrying mosquitos and insects that ate farm crops. Then scientists began to notice side effects. Some
wild birds had stopped breeding properly because small amounts of left-over chemicals from DDT in the food-chain made their
eggshells too thin and the eggs broke before their chicks had hatched properly. DDT chemicals were even found in birds
in Antarctica tens of thousands of miles away from where it had been used. At the same time people were also worried
about nuclear weapons and the threat of nuclear war. For the first time the idea of wiping out all humans or all life
on Earth appeared to be a real possibility.
DDT: A Case Study in Scientific Fraud.
The chemical compound that has saved more human lives than any other in history, DDT, was banned by order of one man, the
head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Public pressure was generated by one popular book and sustained
by faulty or fraudulent research. Widely believed claims of carcinogenicity, toxicity to birds, anti-androgenic properties,
and prolonged environmental persistence are false or grossly exaggerated. The worldwide effect of the U.S. ban has been
millions of preventable deaths.
5 environmentalist
ideas that have spectacularly backfired. [#4] DDT: In 2000, 460 people died from malaria as part of a larger outbreak
that shook South Africa. In 2012, only 70 people died. South Africa credits this health miracle to the use of a
chemical that it had banned prior to 2000: DDT. There's no question that DDT, a highly potent and controversial insecticide,
has had serious side effects. It's been linked to environmental destruction and higher cancer rates. When Rachel Carson
published her book Silent Spring in 1962, awareness of DDT's downsides increased and in 1972 the United States enacted a prohibition
on DDT, followed by many other countries. But DDT was also a miracle drug when it came to curing malaria, and as a result of the
environmentalist crusade against DDT, malaria rates skyrocketed.
Environmentalism Became Both a Religion and a Con Game. This notion that people are parasites really got started in the 1960's.
A couple of highly promoted bad actors started this environmental heresy. The first was Rachel Carson with her hysterical polemic about DDT
and its purported harm to birds and other wild life. Her ideas proved to be, at best, problematic, but millions of people have died as a
consequence of the resulting international banning of DDT.
Timely news and commentary:
to Waste $5.6 Billion Trying to Appease Anti-Pesticide Activists. Trial lawyers have managed to bamboozle three
American juries so far into showering billions of dollars onto their suffering clients based on the scientifically bogus
claim that exposure to Bayer's glyphosate (sold as Roundup here) weedkiller gave them cancer. These jury awards are
made despite the fact that the vast majority of the scientific literature and most of the world's regulatory agencies find
that glyphosate is safe to use. That includes the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on
Pesticide Residues (JMPR). And also the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other regulatory agencies in
Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, and Korea have consistently reaffirmed that glyphosate does not cause cancer.
rejoins the 'Dirty Dozen' list as one of the most contaminated with pesticides. For the first time in a decade,
kale, the popular green leaf cabbage adored by health enthusiasts worldwide, has rejoined the 'Dirty Dozen' list of fruits
and vegetables with the most pesticide residues. On Wednesday [3/20/2019], the Environmental Working Group released
its annual Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, which analyzes Department of Agriculture test data to identify which
supermarket produce have the most — and least — contamination. Researchers said they were
shocked that kale made the list this year.
Science, Red in Tooth and Claw. DDT was banned because it supposedly thinned birds' eggs and perhaps because
some people screamed cancer. But DDT is highly effective against mosquitos that cause malaria. The World Health
Organization finally lifted the ban on DDT because thousands of children were dying in Africa. DDT will never be
rehabilitated in the U.S. because the propaganda has been permanently imprinted in the minds of the populace.
Biggest Junk Science of 2018. [#6] Jury Finds That Glyphosate Caused Man's Lymphoma. Glyphosate is one of
the most widely used herbicides in the world, in part because it is highly effective at killing weeds while at the same time
being less acutely toxic than table salt. However, the chemical's ubiquity coupled with the fact that it was created by
the much-maligned company Monsanto have made it a target of fearmongering and litigation. In August, a California jury
awarded $289 million to a man who claimed that the weedkiller caused his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, though a judge later
drastically reduced the punitive damages to $39 million. The jury's conclusion is not in keeping with available
scientific evidence, which has not found a link between glyphosate and cancer.
pesticides found at most illegal California pot farms. Nine of every 10 illegal marijuana farms raided in
California this year contained traces of powerful and potentially lethal pesticides that are poisoning wildlife and could
endanger water supplies, researchers and federal authorities said Tuesday [8/28/2018].
Scare Stories — Never Mind! The Sierra Club and "invertebrate-protecting" Xerces Society recently
had their own Emily Litella moment, over an issue they both have been hyperventilating about for years: endangered
bees. For over half a decade, both organizations have been raising alarms about the imminent extinction of honeybees
and, more recently, wild bees — allegedly due to the widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides. These are
advanced-technology crop protection compounds, originally developed and registered as "reduced-risk" pesticides.
Applied mostly as seed treatments, neonicotinoids get taken up into the tissue of crop plants, where they control pests that
feed on and destroy the crops, while minimizing insecticide exposure to animals, humans and beneficial species like
bees. But not according to the Sierra Club! It campaigned incessantly for years on the claim that neonicotinoids
would drive honeybees into extinction.
lawsuit claims Monsanto hid cancer danger of weedkiller for decades. At the age of 46, DeWayne Johnson is not
ready to die. But with cancer spread through most of his body, doctors say he probably has just months to live.
Now Johnson, a husband and father of three in California, hopes to survive long enough to make Monsanto take the blame for
his fate. On 18 June, Johnson will become the first person to take to trial on allegations that it has spent decades
hiding the cancer-causing dangers of its popular Roundup herbicide products — and his case has just received a
major boost. Last week Judge Curtis Karnow issued an order clearing the way for jurors to consider not just scientific
evidence related to what caused Johnson's cancer, but allegations that Monsanto suppressed evidence of the risks of its weed
killing products. Karnow ruled that the trial will proceed and a jury would be allowed to consider possible punitive damages.
Pesticide Exposé Only Exposes Foolish Reporting. Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency
rejected a petition from two environmental activist groups to ban the longtime, widely-used pesticide chlorpyrifos.
Last week, the New York Times published an ostensible exposé on that decision by reporter Eric Lipton, but
despite a lot of dark hints, the story exposes nothing new or noteworthy about the Trump Administration's decision. The
Environmental Protection Agency decision, announced by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt last March, was wise, as I detail
[elsewhere]. Nonetheless, Lipton maintains that emails the Times obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request
show that the Trump EPA consulted with "the farm industry" in making this decision, as if that's a shocking revelation.
Courts against Proposition 65. Around 1.8 million tons of glyphosate has been used across the U.S. since 1974.
Such a commonly used chemical has obviously demanded a rigorous health and safety assessment. It has repeatedly been certified as
non-threatening to humans from regulatory bodies all over the world, including in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and
Japan. The controversy over the substance arose when IARC — a semi-autonomous branch of the World Health Organization
(WHO) based in Lyon, France, which was recently slammed by House Science Committee members for its "manipulation of scientific data"
and "shoddy work" — found it "probably carcinogenic" to humans. Despite the fact that this remains the only major
study to reach such a conclusion, IARC's ruling meant that glyphosate was automatically added to California's Proposition 65
list, a lengthy catalogue of supposed carcinogens.
Scientist Withheld Evidence Popular Herbicide Doesn't Cause Cancer. The Reuters news agency uncovered evidence
a study by a World Health Organization scientist concluding the popular herbicide Roundup is a probable carcinogen is
wrong. Reuters' investigation found the lead scientist involved in the research withheld key data indicating the weed
killer is safe, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and European Food Safety Authority concluded in the 1970s when
they approved Roundup for use. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a division of the World Health
Organization, declared glyphosate (Roundup) a probable carcinogen in December 2015. Since then, citing the IARC's findings
as evidence, hundreds of plaintiffs have filed suit against Monsanto, Roundup's manufacturer, saying the company failed to warn
them about the risks from Roundup or that it caused their cancers.
Left-Wing Science Scandal. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in RoundUp, the most widely used herbicide in
the world. Glyphosate is a non-selective herbicide, meaning it will kill just about any plant. Since it would
kill the crop as well as the weeds, for quite a few years it couldn't be used over the top of an emerging crop.
Instead, its use was restricted to lower-value burndown situations, where weeds in a field would be killed prior to planting,
or, e.g., to keep down weeds on railroad rights of way.
Charleston fire stations stressing caution to firefighters amid bedbug infestations. Over the past three weeks, Charleston
Fire Department officials across three stations relocated to shelters and tents due to multiple reports by firefighters of sightings and
bites. Firefighters from station 20 on Daniel Island have been relocated to Station 18 following three unsuccessful attempts
to eradicate the building of the blood-sucking pests, the department said.
Impacts on Mosquito Populations in North America Over the Past Century. The recent emergence and spread of vector-borne viruses including Zika,
chikungunya and dengue has raised concerns that climate change may cause mosquito vectors of these diseases to expand into more temperate regions. However,
the long-term impact of other anthropogenic factors on mosquito abundance and distributions is less studied. Here, we show that anthropogenic chemical use (DDT; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) and increasing urbanization were the strongest drivers of changes in mosquito populations over the last eight decades in areas on
both coasts of North America. Mosquito populations have increased as much as tenfold, and mosquito communities have become two- to fourfold richer over the
last five decades. These increases are correlated with the decay in residual environmental DDT concentrations and growing human populations, but not with
Population Skyrockets Due to Urbanization and DDT Ban, Not Climate Change. Mosquito populations have exploded
in parts of the United States, but not because of global warming, according to a recent study published in Nature
Communications. The research indicates urbanization and the ban on the insecticide DDT are likely responsible for the
surge in mosquito populations. According to the researchers, some types of mosquitoes, including those that commonly
spread diseases, have adapted to human-created habitat; urbanization has created fertile ground for mosquito populations to
expand. This doesn't augur well for city dwellers, who are already feeling the brunt of mosquito-borne tropical diseases
such as chikungunya, dengue fever, West Nile virus, and Zika virus. Tracking mosquito populations in California, New
Jersey, and New York, the researchers found mosquito populations have increased as much as 1000 percent over the past
five decades.
of Monsanto's 'Roundup' Called Into Question. The European Chemicals Agency on Wednesday said glyphosate, the
key chemical in Monsanto Co.'s flagship herbicide, doesn't cause cancer, but the agricultural giant is facing new questions
over the safety of the weedkiller. [...] Glyphosate, which Monsanto invented and has marketed since 1974 under the brand
"Roundup," is the world's most widely used herbicide. Its use proliferated with the advent of corn and soybeans
genetically engineered to survive the spray. It has been deployed to destroy everything from illegal coca crops in
Colombia to weeds sprouting among railroad tracks. Monsanto generated $3.5 billion in sales last year from its
agricultural-productivity division, which largely reflects its Roundup business.
Tells Trump How to Run EPA. [William D.] Ruckelshaus, let it never be forgotten, was the EPA administrator responsible for probably the
blackest moment in the institution's history: the man who banned DDT in the U.S. with consequences which resulted in millions of unnecessary deaths around
the world from malaria. Sure Ruckelshaus didn't deliberately murder all those people. But the fact remains that DDT was — still
is — one of the most effective killers of the malarial mosquito; and that by banning it in the U.S., Ruckelshaus helped create a knock-on
regulatory effect which deprived the world of one its best defences against one of its biggest health problems.
Zika Emergency Crisis Due to
Enviro Wackos. Every time I read about another mosquito bred epidemic I am reminded of the time I met the late
author Michael Crichton in 2005 when he was given the Sound Science Award by the American Council on Science and Health
(ACSH). Based in Manhattan, the ACSH publishes enlightening books and pamphlets that are invaluable in sorting out hype and
hysteria from bona fide scientific research. It was Crichton's novel, "State of Fear" that provided me with information
on the deadly results of the DDT ban in Africa, which has resulted in the deaths of millions of malaria victims. I am
amazed that there is still so much ignorance about the harm that junk science can render on a fearful nation.
The answer
to Zika is obvious: Bring back DDT. The Zika virus outbreak makes it clearer than ever: It's time
to end the ban on DDT — a ban that was never sensible in the first place, but now is downright unjustifiable.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that Zika has infected nearly 300 pregnant women in the United States,
putting their babies at risk for a devastating birth defect. This summer, as many as 40 million Americans will visit
regions where carrier mosquitoes thrive, including large swaths of the South. There's also a moderate risk of Zika-carrying
bugs in New York City, and parts of the city offer Zika mosquitoes the perfect conditions in which to thrive.
farmers sue Monsanto over Roundup. Three cancer-stricken Nebraska farmers and an agronomist are suing Monsanto, alleging that the
company misled consumers about the safety of Roundup, the most widely used herbicide around the globe. The World Health Organization labeled
glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, as a likely carcinogen last year. The four Nebraskans suing all have non-Hodgkin's lymphoma,
one of the types of cancer glyphosate is most associated with, the Lincoln Journal-Star reports.
immediately yanks study showing weed killer doesn't cause cancer. Before jumping into this rather odd story,
one quick question: is the EPA really the appropriate agency to oversee a study on whether or not some product causes
cancer? I mean, if the Center for Disease Control wants to be in the business of studying gun violence instead of the
Department of Justice in general or the FBI in particular, I suppose it fits in with the "logic" of the federal government,
but their main mission seems to be rather far afield from medical work. We'll leave that mystery for another day and
get on to the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency recently did, in fact, release a study which shows that
glyphosate — the primary ingredient in general purpose week killers like Roundup — is not carcinogenic.
Mosquito-Borne Diseases.
Mosquitoes cause more human suffering than any other organism — over one million people worldwide die from
mosquito-borne diseases every year. Not only can mosquitoes carry diseases that afflict humans, they also transmit
several diseases and parasites that dogs and horses are very susceptible to. These include dog heartworm, West Nile
virus (WNV) and Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). In addition, mosquito bites can cause severe skin irritation through an
allergic reaction to the mosquito's saliva — this is what causes the red bump and itching. Mosquito vectored
diseases include protozoan diseases, i.e., malaria, filarial diseases such as dog heartworm, and viruses such as dengue,
encephalitis and yellow fever. [...] Approximately 40% of the world's population is susceptible to malaria, mostly in the
tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. It was by and large eradicated in the temperate area of the world during
the 20th century with the advent of DDT and other organochlorine and organophosphate mosquito control insecticides.
bugs are getting tougher 'skin,' scientists warn. Using high-tech scanning equipment, scientists in Australia
have discovered that in the battle between bed bugs and humans, some of the insects wield thicker exoskeletons, making them
more resistant to insecticide. Bed bugs are a source of itchy misery and expense for those whose homes are infested,
and the number of such infestations have increased in a "dramatic" way since 2000, according to a new study in the journal
House: $589 million to go to fight Zika virus. Most of the $589 million would be devoted to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention for research on the virus and Zika-related birth defects, as well as the creation of response teams to limit its spread.
The Editor says...
It would be far less expensive and more effective to remove the ban on DDT and/or temporarily prohibit
two-way travel to Central and South America.
hear it for DDT. [Mosquitoes] are presently doing their egregious harm in a new, emphatic way in Brazil and more than
20 other Latin American countries and territories. They are biting people and infecting them with a pathogen called Zika.
The virus has been around for decades but for the first time is believed to be causing a birth defect shrinking the skulls and damaging
the brains of babies. It may also cause a syndrome that paralyzes people and it has even sneaked into the United States. [...] Time
to use DDT maybe? Absolutely. As the scientist Robert Zubrin has noted, here is a pesticide that was used during World War II and
later to kill mosquitoes and wipe out malaria and other diseases in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia, saving hundreds of
millions of lives. Mosquitoes, fighting back, managed to develop resistance to it in some areas, but then something more dramatic
happened, giving them an enormous break.
This was completely avoidable:
star hotels 'infested' with bed bugs after major surge in blood-sucking insects across New York City. Tourists
visiting some of New York's most prestigious hotels have reported being bitten by bed bugs despite their five star
surroundings. Guests at the Waldorf Astoria and Marriott Marquis hotel are among those to have been affected by the
infestation. Reports of bed bugs in the city's hotels have jumped by 44 per cent over the past year. According to the
Bed Bug Registry, which lists reports of alleged incidents, there are almost 6,000 incidents in their databases relating to New York.
asking Congress for $1.8 billion in emergency funding to combat Zika. President Barack Obama is asking Congress for more than $1.8 billion in
emergency funding to help fight the Zika virus. In an announcement Monday [2/8/2016], the White House said the money would be used to expand mosquito control
programs, speed development of a vaccine, develop diagnostic tests and improve support for low-income pregnant women.
The Editor says...
It would cost only a small fraction of that money to supply truckloads of DDT to South America, Central America, and the southern United States. It is far better (and
cheaper) to proactively kill every mosquito on the face of the earth than to try to repair the damage once the mosquitos spread some disease we've never heard of.
Zika, Time to Bring Back DDT. The Zika virus is spreading by mosquitos northward through Latin America, possibly correlated
with birth defects such as microcephaly in infants. Stories and photos of their abnormally small skulls are making headlines.
The World Health Organization reports that four million people could be infected by the end of 2016. On Monday [2/1/2016], the WHO
is meeting to decide how to address the crisis. The international body should recommend that the ban on DDT should be reversed, in
order to kill the mosquitoes that carry Zika and malaria, a protistan parasite that has no cure. Zika is in the news, but it is
dwarfed by malaria. About 300 million to 600 million people suffer each year from malaria, and it kills about 1 million
annually, 90 percent in sub-Saharan Africa. We have the means to reduce Zika and malaria — and we are not using it.
Zika is latest mosquito-borne
virus knocking on Texas' door. Another mosquito-borne illness is rapidly spreading across South and Central America, one that may be
linked to disturbing birth defects in Brazil. The Zika virus is confirmed in cases from Brazil to Mexico, including one reported near
Monterrey, less than 150 miles from the Texas border. Puerto Rico just reported its first case in December. State officials say
they don't believe that the Zika virus, discovered in Uganda in 1947, is an immediate threat to Texas, but many questions remain unanswered.
Weeds will prevail in Maryland lawn care ban. Few things are as
precious to the stereotypical upper-middle-class suburbanite as their pristine green front lawns. And those stereotypes have been proven true
in Montgomery County, Maryland, where homeowners are in a tizzy over a proposal that would ban many common lawn treatments and pesticides like the
well-known Scott's Miracle Grow and Monsanto's Round-Up.
Environmentalism's Death Campaigns. By denying people access to abundant, reliable,
affordable electricity, modern fertilizers and biotech seeds, and especially DDT to prevent malaria
and other insect-borne diseases, they are killing millions every year. Many of my articles have
documented this. Now a new film written, self-financed and produced by Dr. D. Rutledge Taylor, MD
graphically presents powerful new evidence of how the Audubon Society, Sierra Club, other predominantly
white environmentalist pressure groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conspired to hide and
discredit scientific evidence, and wage a campaign of disinformation and outright lies, to ban the most
effective weapon yet devised to prevent malaria and other vicious diseases.
This could have been avoided:
'yellow fever' mosquitoes discovered in L.A. County. A new aggressive daytime-biting
mosquito capable of transmitting debilitating and possibly deadly viruses has been found in the Los
Angeles region, officials announced Wednesday [10/15/2014]. Known as yellow fever mosquitoes, the
insects were found Oct. 7 and 8 in Commerce and Pico Rivera, respectively, according to the Greater
Los Angeles County Vector Control District.
Environmentalists Ban 'Neonic' Insecticides, Imperiling Global Health. Two recent pesticide bans in the EU — one
fully in effect, the other in the process of being phased in — could create massive new disincentives for further development
in this area. Both bans were politically motivated and instituted over the objection of independent scientists, and similar bans
are now being pushed by activists in the U.S. Should the EPA cave to political pressure, the long-term effect on global public
health could be devastating.
The Editor says...
The way I see it, the EPA is applying political pressure, in order to prolong its existence. They aren't
about to "cave to political pressure."
Is the NYTimes reverting to the bad old days of DDT denial?
Over the 51 years since Rachel Carson's poetic attack on DDT in her "Silent Spring" novel, the chemical pesticide became the poster child for the nascent
environmental movement's inchoate wrath. The victims: millions of African and Asian children and pregnant women who succumbed to malaria in the
absence of DDT. However, over the past decade, when the toll of malaria seemed to be ever-increasing at a rate of one-million dead each year, and the
actual studies of DDT continued to show no evidence of harm to humans, animals or the environment at small levels of exposure, most scientists free of
immersion in the anti-DDT fringe came around to accepting its highly effective power against the death-dealing anopheles mosquito.
Does Environmentalism Cause Amnesia?.
[Scroll down] What does hurt people is bad public policy. Exhibit A is the U.S. ethanol mandate — justified in
part as a response to global warming — which diverted the corn crop to fuel production and sent global food prices soaring in 2008.
Exhibit B is the cult of organic farming and knee-jerk opposition to [genetically modified crops], which risk depriving farmers in poor countries
of high-yield, nutrient-rich crops. Exhibit C was the effort to ban DDT without adequate substitutes to stop the spread of malaria, which
kills nearly 900,000 people, mostly children, in sub-Saharan Africa alone with each passing year. The list goes on and on.
Bees, pesticides, more green
lies. [Scroll down] Various neonicotinoids are widely used in Canada to protect its vast canola fields, and Canadian
bee populations are thriving, notes science writer Jon Entine. Varroa-free Australia is likewise one of the world's prime users of
these pesticides, and its bee colonies are among the planet's healthiest. By contrast, bee populations have been severely impacted
by Varroa mites in areas of Switzerland where neonics are not used. Multiple studies point to still other factors that explain why
bees are struggling. They include bees developing resistance to antibiotics, funguses like Nosema, multiple bee viruses and parasites,
bacterial infections like foulbrood, exposure to commonly used organophosphates, bee habitat loss, and even long-term bee inbreeding and
resultant lack of genetic diversity.
The Top 50 Liberal Media Bias Examples. [#4] DDT Ban: The
biggest example of the media coming to the aid of environmentalism is, of course, is the worldwide ban of DDT. In 1962, a book titled Silent Spring written by
American biologist Rachel Carson was published. The media pushed Carson's work as settled science. It later came to light that much of Carson's "evidence" was
simply manufactured and the ban has been responsible for untold millions of deaths in places like Africa. Still, the media continues to cite Carson's work as fact.
EPA: The Worst Of Many Rogue Federal Agencies. The political nature of the EPA became clear not long after
President Nixon established it in 1970. In 1972 the first administrator of the EPA, William Ruckelshaus, banned the
insecticide DDT after his own hearing examiner concluded, on the basis of several hundred technical documents and testimony
of 150 scientists, that DDT ought not to be banned.
Environmentalism and Human Sacrifice.
[There are] people who are more devoted to nature than to human life. And who might such people be? They are called
environmentalists. These are the people who coerced nations worldwide into banning DDT. It is generally estimated this
ban has led to the deaths of about 50 million human beings, overwhelmingly African children, from malaria. DDT kills the
mosquito that spreads malaria to human beings. US News and World Report writer Carrie Lukas reported in 2010, "Fortunately, in
September 2006, the World Health Organization announced a change in policy: It now recommends DDT for indoor use to fight
repellent Deet 'losing its effectiveness'. The mosquito repellent Deet, which is widely used by holidaymakers and residents
in warm climates, is losing its effectiveness, scientists say.
The Editor says...
Nobody makes such claims about DDT. DDT kills mosquitoes, while Deet just diverts them to someone else.
War On Poverty As Senseless As War On
Drugs. Thanks to the ban on DDT, malaria has resurfaced and millions of Africans have died. Within two years of
restarting DDT programs, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Madagascar, and Swaziland slashed their malaria rates by 75% or more.
Other countries want to launch similar programs, but they are facing opposition from Europe. The E.U. is warning of possible
agricultural export sanctions against Uganda, Kenya, and other countries that use DDT to save lives. Now why on earth would the
E.U. object to this life-saving measure for the African nations who rely greatly on their exports to Europe?
Genocide in Green. [Scroll down] In World
War II, U.S. troops used to lather up with DDT. Years ago, Dr. J. Gordon Edwards wrote: "[In 1944,] I was ordered to dust
every soldier in our company with [DDT]. For two weeks I dusted the insecticide on soldiers and civilians, breathing the fog of white
dust for several hours each day. The body lice were killed, and the DDT persisted long enough to kill young lice when they emerged
from the eggs... Fortunately, no human beings have ever been harmed by DDT."
More about the history of DDT: In 1972, EPA Administrator
William Ruckelshaus banned the use of DDT on the scientifically unsupported claim that it may cause cancer in humans. By then, malaria
was no longer a health issue in the US. Using this claim, certain US government agencies and environmental nongovernment organizations
(NGOs) demanded the banning of all use of DDT in other countries, including indoor spraying, as a condition for receiving US governmental aid.
In countries that did so, malaria rates soared, millions died, and hundreds of millions suffered from preventable malaria.
The Top Ten Unfounded Health Scares of 2010. [#3]
Atrazine: While herbicides and other pesticides have long been a target for various radical environmental groups, there is still no evidence that
atrazine poses any health risk when found in miniscule quantities in groundwater. Its real benefits far exceed any of the hypothetical threats it poses.
And the most bedbug-infested U.S. city
is ... The exact cause is not known, but experts associate the resurgence with increased resistance of bed bugs to available
pesticides, greater international and domestic travel, lack of knowledge regarding control of bed bugs due to their prolonged absence, and
the continuing decline or elimination of effective pest control programs at state and local public health agencies.
"When U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief William Ruckelshaus was
about to announce his decision to ban DDT in June 1972, he confided
to a friend, "There is no scientific basis for banning this
chemical — this is a political decision."
"The EPA and environmentalists must be held accountable for their crime: There was
not a single human death from DDT usage; there have been untold thousands of
deaths and millions of disease-stricken persons as a result of the DDT banning."
— FUSION magazine,
November 1980, pages 52 and 56.
This is an original
compilation, Copyright © 2013 by Andrew K. Dart
cautious exposure assumptions often mean the agency sets standards based on risk
levels that are tens, and sometimes hundreds, of thousands of times higher than actual
risks. University of Texas Professor Frank Cross reviewed studies on the topic in
1997, just after the new pesticide law was passed. He found EPA's conservative risk
estimates overstated pesticide exposure by as much as 99,000 to 463,000 times
actual exposure levels.*
Google Honors Rachel Carson, Who Helped Cause the Death
of up to 50 Million People. Yesterday Google barely acknowledged Memorial Day, with a
tiny little flag that contrasted sharply against the sea of flags on display on Bing's homepage.
But today is a holiday the Google people can get behind. It's Rachel Carson's birthday.
Carson, environmentalism's answer to Pol Pot. Yesterday would have been her 102nd
birthday and I'm sorry I missed it, but my sharp-eyed fellow-traveller David Hinz at The Minority
Report celebrated with a lively dance on the old fraud's grave. He doesn't mince his words: Rachel
Carson — poster girl of the international eco movement — was a "mass
murderer" to rival Stalin and Pol Pot. Was she really responsible for the deaths of as many
as 50 million people? That's just an estimate. What we do know is that her
landmark 1962 bestseller Silent Spring — the book that set a million and
one green activists on the path of eco righteousness — was responsible for the
worldwide ban on the insecticide DDT, the most effective preventative against the mosquitos which
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Cluid left red faced again after mix-up
Local Clúid Housing Association officials have been left red faced after they sent incorrect heating bills to their tenants weeks after they apologised for miscalculating bills.
The Dundalk Democrat revealed recently how residents are forced to pay a bill of up to €652 after Clúid miscalculated energy usage.
Tenants were charged 4.5c per kWh instead of the correct 9c per kWh.
Once Clúid discovered this in June, the association contacted the residents forcing them to repay the outstanding bill.
Having apologised to residents for their error, the Democrat has learned that Cluid sent residents an incorrect heating bill for the billing period between August and September.
In a brief statement to the paper, Clúid stated that this was a typing error.
It stated: "The total was correct on the bills. It was a typo which we corrected by contacting every tenant."
Sinn Fein Councillor Edel Corrigan held a meeting with Cluids Colin Byrne and Liz Thompson, Joe McGuinness from the Louth County Council and and David Storey from Dundalk Town Council to raise residents concernsIn this meeting it was revealed that the adjusted charges dated back to when the site originally opened.
Cllr Corrigan said: "At the meeting I had expressed concern to Cluid over the issue of increased charges from 4.5cpkw to 9c/pkw.
"Cluid advised that the charges had come to light following a review of June this year.
"The charges actually back date to when The Northern Great Haven opened originally and not just since the service provider changed."
Cllr Corrigan also asked if non payment of the bill would affect residents tenancy agreement.
"It was perceived by some residents that they could be a risk of losing their home if they did not make the payments," said Cllr Corrigan, "Cluid reassured me that this bill would not affect tenancy agreements."
Cllr Corrigan also highlighted there is a breakdown in communication between Cluid and the residents.
She said: "I hope that Cluid have taken on board these issues and will follow through on how they have agreed to communicate contact details and issues discussed to the tenants.
"This development was put together to support those in our community that need it and we need to ensure this is done at all levels."
Clúid is a not-for-profit organisation delivering affordable homes to people on Local Authority housing waiting list.
These proprieties are provided to low income families and single people. older people, people with disabilities and Traveller families all over Ireland.
Clúid has five sites in the Dundalk area including Clontygora Court, Farndreg, Lios Dubh, Lis na Dara and Great Northern Haven.


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The cutting edge of resistor technology
~ Industrial resistor manufacturer improves efficiency with £0.5 million laser cutter ~
Power resistor manufacturer Cressall, has purchased an automated fibre laser cutter to ensure its resistors are at the highest level of quality possible. The machine, which has seen an investment of over £0.5 million, will also improve efficiency, with process speed expected to increase fivefold.
The equipment, which has been purchased from machine manufacturer Salvagnini, is part of Cressall's long-term strategy to ensure it remains at the cutting edge of resistor technologies. Having opened a second site in spring 2017, Cressall, which celebrates over 100 years' success, is expanding at a steady rate.
Fibre laser cutting has many benefits when compared to the traditional electro-hydraulic punching method of sheet metal cutting. It allows for greater precision and higher efficiency, while also removing the risk of cross contamination throughout all materials being cut.
Automation of the new system means the laser can run independently, after undergoing programming by Cressall's trained engineers. This will allow Cressall to meet large orders by running the machine during times which it would otherwise be unused, such as overnight.
The fibre laser has many different uses, as it can cut different materials to a variety of patterns using the same laser. In addition to this, metal wastage is expected to be considerably reduced thanks to improved nesting capability.
"As well as an investment in our technology, the fibre laser machine represents an investment in our staff" explained Simone Bruckner, managing director of Cressall. "Staff will receive training on how to safely use the laser and this will continue in order to ensure we make the best use of this highly advanced machine."
"The laser will reduce the process time of a critical stage in resistor manufacturing" continued Bruckner. "These savings will be passed on to customers, by reducing the delay between order placement and fulfilment, particularly with large orders."
In addition to the new technology, Cressall's site is also undergoing refurbishment, which includes enhancements to the plant floor layout and adjustments to the goods-inwards entrance and car parking facilities.
About Cressall Resistors: The world's foremost power resistor manufacturer, Cressall Resistors, offers an unrivalled combination of experience and expertise as well as the UK's widest range of resistor technologies. Cressall's customers include ABB, Siemens, Areva and Alstom, as well as major utilities such as Northern Powergrid and Western Power Distribution (WPD), EDF and Scottish Power. The company also works with countless smaller specialists such as CP Automation, HMK Automation and Drives and ACE Winches. Indeed, because of the fundamental nature of Cressall's product almost everyone in the electrical industry will have cause to contact the company at some point; making the Leicester based business a bellwether for the health of the sector itself.


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I haven't updated in a while, and I apologize. The summer weather has stolen my desire to work, and my early morning part-time job is stealing my will to be awake. Ever. June was a month that just seemed to flash by for me, but with some good things happening despite my general listlessness.
There was a big get together comic jam at the Martzibald's to celebrate the completion of the next Team Society League book. I baked special Georges themed cookies. This was the first time I have ever attempted to top cookies with royal icing. Unfortunately for Georges he was a bit of an experiment and suffered things like leakages, bubbles, and general ugliness. Overall though, they still looked pretty darn cute, and tasted delish.
It was my father's birthday on the 12th, and also Father's Day on the 18th. To celebrate I did what my dad has been asking me to do for a little while: a drawing of him. But I put that drawing on a cookie. Then my brother (Bren Wilson) and I teamed up to make a recipe card. He is a pretty awesome photographer.
Bren also shot my engagement ring the same day. He's our engagement photographer, with his roommate (also an amazing photographer) taking over for the actual wedding.
Well, that's all for now! I should get my ass back to work before someone yells at me! (I'm sitting alone in my apartment, and there is no one to yell at me ever. Someone please yell at me.)


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Fanime 2008 Report
Jun 1, 2008 11:16 am
It had been 5 years since I last went to FanimeCon.
I was surprised by the number of cosplayers. I think most people were in costume of some kind. Back when I first started going to the con, maybe only 15-20% of attendees cosplayed. I was also impressed with the quality of the cosplay. Most of the cosplay I saw back when I first went to Fanime in 2001 was really crappy. They were mostly costumes people put together at the last minute. But this year a lot of people had really fantastic costumes. I took almost 300 pictures at the con. Seeing all of the greatcosplay really inspired me to want to make more costumes and do even better next time.
My favorite costumes were the creative ones. Like this costume of Cloud in drag. Remember the part in Final Fantasy VII where you have to dress Cloud like a girl so he can pass as a prostitute?
Popular cosplays were Naruto series, Mario brothers, Legend of Zelda, Chobits Persacomps, characters from Final Fantasy VII (mostly the new generation stuff like advent children and the new spin off games).
Link was popular and I think I got a photo of almost every single one at the con. I saw Links from Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and Ocarina of Time. There was even a WW Link in his pajamas which was super cute.
And whenever Link and Zelda stood next to each other, the cameras started shooting like crazy. I saw three Princess Zelda's at the con and they all looked great. But I think this one was the best one.
There was one Link in particular that I had a couple of memorable moments with. I took a photo of him and then my friend Potter said I should get a photo of the two of us battling. I asked him "Hi Link, can we battle?" And he said, "Oh... No sorry" and I said "No, I mean for a photo." And he said "Oh!Ok !" I guess he was afraid of me and thought I meant to really fight? One other time, my friends and I and some other people were on a crowded elevator. It stopped at a floor and the same Link walks on and Potter jokingly says to him "Oh sorry, no Links allowed on this elevator." And he walked off of it! Everyone felt bad for him. Link, I'm sorry my friend was so mean to you!
If there's one thing I've noticed, it's that girls LOVE Link. If you are a guy and want to get some love at the con, cosplay as a decent Link and random girls will glomp you and hug you. I think I got hugged by 30 different girls and even a few guys. A lot of people wanted to get their picture taken with Link also. I really enjoyed playing the part of Link and getting my picture taken. Though I think I could have done some better poses. I look too girly in my pictures. I will practice some better poses before the next con.
There was this one group of girls that kept sneaking up behind me and yelling "Hey! Listen!" It wasn't until the third time that I finally got what they meant. They were imitating the annoying fairy, Navi, from Ocarina of Time who always says "Hey! Listen!" When she has something important to say. Other hi-jinks were abound at the con as well. There was a game of "Link tag" going on Sunday at one point.
So I'm feeling depressed that the con is all over. I'm starting to make plans with my friends to attend AnimeExpo in July. I'm also starting to think about what to cosplay for next year. I'd like to do what i did last time and create my costume for Halloween then reuse it at Fanime. So far my plan is to create an Ike (from Fire Emblem) costume for Mike to wear. I may create a simple costume for myself or I may not even go through the trouble of creating a new costume. I have so many other projects right now I shouldn't start another one.
My Link costume still needs some work. My arm guard thingy that goes on the sword hand looks like total crap. I put it together really quickly so that's why it looks crappy. I will work on an improved version before the next con. I also want to try and create a new hilt for my sword. The chain mail situation doesn't look good. I had created enough for the rims of my tunic but when I attached them it made the tunic sag and look awful so I ended up not using it at the con. I tried making a wider length of mail but with the gauge and size of the rings I'm using its really difficult to link them together. So I'm going to start over with bigger, thinner rings. I've signed up for a photo shoot with Consplayers.com at AX. Hopefully I'll have all the tweaks and the chain mail done by then.
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Author Archives: Robert Pritchard
Million Word Theory
In the 2000 movie Boiler Room, a recruiter, Ben Affleck, gives a roomful of prospective employees this pitch: "If you become an employee of this firm you will make your first million within three years. Okay? I'm gonna repeat that: you will make a million dollars within three years of your first day of employment at … Continue reading
Annals of Superhuman Persistence, Vol. VII
All successful writers went through immense suffering and agonizingly long periods of rejection before becoming successful. We know this because they constantly tell us. But what did this suffering consist of, and how does it compare with the suffering of unsuccessful writers? In 2015 George Saunders wrote some recollections of his early years in an … Continue reading
I'm always interested in where books were written, so here is a thing about where I wrote some books. From late 2010 to March 2012 I wrote a novel called "The Dream Devours the World" in San Diego, in my apartment–
The Next Re-Edit
You must learn the ways of the midichlorians, if you're to come with me to Alderaan. Judge me by my size, do you? And well you should not. For my ally is the midichlorians, and a powerful ally they are. Life creates them, makes them grow. Their energy surrounds us, and binds us. Luminous beings … Continue reading
Notions, Concepts, and Ideas
In "Annie Hall," when they go to LA, at a party at Paul Simon's house, one "Hollywood player" is heard saying to another, "Right now it's just a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it a concept, and later turn it into an idea." We know that the recent Star … Continue reading
Plan B
Successful people are unanimous: if you want to succeed, especially as an entrepreneur or culture-industry something-or-other, don't have a back-up plan. "Because you will NEVER succeed when you have a back up plan. Plan B's are for losers. Winners have only a Plan A and work their butts off to make their Plan A work. Do … Continue reading
Wisdom of Mike Resnick
If wisdom means that from which we can learn, there is much wisdom in the nonfiction writings of Mike Resnick. "Gardner Dozois, who was editing Asimov's at the time, told me that he got about a thousand slush stories a month. How many did he buy? Three a year" (2010). But Asimov's publishes, what, five … Continue reading
Annals of Superhuman Persistence, Vol. VI
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Another Thing I Don't Understand
From a literary agent's webpage: Manuscript Wish List: Adult and YA fantasy and science fiction except dystopian. In SFF, prefer upmarket writing and settings/characters that think outside SFF tropes with earthy female-based characters. If submitting urban fantasy, please no demons, vampires, angels, or werewolves. Literary fiction, especially magical realism that highlights particular culture or surreal … Continue reading
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CEO's don't dress like they're homeless and wine tasting events are generally never held in the back of a liquor store. There's a good reason behind this. People generally do not follow the "don't judge a book by it's cover" motto, so the very first thing they do is, you guessed it, judge your book by it's cover. The same is true for website designs -people visit your site and immediately make a decision on if it's a place they're going to spend time (and money) at, or if they're going to lump you in with the millions of other sites that look just like yours and move on to something else.
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Crown of Bone, who here supplies some of the best work of his rapidly expanding discography. Crown of Bone consists of a former member of Demonologists, and that is easily discerned by the electronic, full-frontal assault of blackened, trance-inducing harsh noise, that, while often composed of static, low-end wall noise, still somehow manages to employ a very menacing dynamic that sometimes pushes the sound into dark- or ritual ambient territory. The deadly vocals probably have an awful lot to do with that. For more info on Crown of Bone, check out his Facebook and Bandcamp pages.
The first split is with mysterious California black metal outfit Law of the Rope. No one seems to know much about this outfit, but that is really of no consequence when the music is this good. I haven't heard a release of theirs that I don't like, and it had been a while since I'd heard something new, so this was very pleasing to see. They pair up nicely with Crown of Bone, presenting 4 songs and about 18 minutes of lo-fi black metal that really has no comparison; you can certainly file this in the "weirdo" variety of black metal, as these songs in particular are all over the place in terms of their sound. Sometimes focused on psychedelics and noise, and sometimes using a more traditional black metal sound, Law of the Rope will always, it seems, keep the listener guessing. Check out the Law of the Rope / Crown of Bone split cassette at the Crucial Blast Bandcamp - if you buy it from that page rather than the CB shop. you'll get to download the songs as well.
vocals harken back to those of the great Silencer. To some, that may be a deal-breaker, but to me, it makes it that much sweeter. Stream and purchase the cassette here.
Alternately, you can buy the cassettes from the Crucial Blast Shop.


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October 15, 2013
The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC), in partnership with the Mattapan Community Health Center, the Mattapan Food & Fitness Coalition, and Mattapan United, will host a community meeting on the health of Mattapan on Thurs., Oct. 24. The meeting will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library, located at 1350 Blue Hill Ave.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission and Dr. Kermit Crawford, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine, will share the latest data on the health of Mattapan and lead a discussion on the well-being of the mind, body, and spirit.
"This dialogue presents a wonderful opportunity for the community to come together to brainstorm new ways to address health challenges," said Dr. Ferrer. "Everyone has a role to play in making our neighborhoods healthier."
Attendees will also have a chance to learn more about two new public awareness campaigns produced by the BPHC. One of the initiatives, "Our Mattapan. Many Pasts. One Future" is a messaging campaign that highlights the impact of violence in the neighborhood from the perspectives of those that have been directly touched by it. The other campaign promotes early childhood mental health and encourages parents of young children to talk to their pediatricians about fostering positive social and emotional growth from a young age.
The community meeting is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact the BPHC at 617-534-2268.


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Rapsody – She Got Game (JAMLA) 8.20/27.2013
Rapsody of Kooley High (Return Of The B-Girl, Thank H.E.R. Now, For Everything & The Idea Of Beautiful) added to her rapidly growing resume by releasing her newest project as the next edition of DJ Drama's Gangsta Grillz mixtape series. Again, since this project has all original production from JAMLA's Soul Council and features from Raekwon, Common, Phonte, Jay Electronica, Raheem Devaughn, Mela Machinko, Ab-Soul, Chance The Rapper and many more I can't in good conscience consider it a "mixtape". You can hear/download both the DJ Drama & No DJ version of She Got Game from DJ Booth, DatPiff, SoundCloud or head directly to Rapsody's website. She got next…
Bambu – Sun Of A Gun (Beatrock Music) 8.23.2013
Bambu (...paper cuts.., A Peaceful Riot, …exact change…,Walk Into A Bar, One Rifle Per Family & The Lean Sessions EP) has been providing Rap fans with excellent conscious/political Hip-Hop music for years now with Beatrock Music fam. Bambu continues to add on to his already impressive body of work with his latest project Sun Of A Gun. Boasting features from Rhettmatic, DJ Q-Bert, DJ Babu, D-Styles, Brother Ali and many more this is so much more than a mixtape. You can stream & download Bambu's Sun Of A Gun right now from Bandcamp. Salute the Beatrock Music crew, if you're sick of the same ol' bull$h*† then give this a listen.
Count Bass D – Dwight Spitz (Deluxe Edition) (Bandcamp) 8.26.2013
Back in 2002, Count Bass D's long awaited classic sophomore LP Dwight Spitz was released on High Times Records by MF Grimm's Day By Day Entertainment then again later on (MF) DOOM's Metal Face Records imprint. It's been out of print for quite some time but Count Bass D decided to re-release it digitally with all of the bonus tracks from the alternate versions added. This 31 track special edition has features from MF DOOM, J Rawls, Edan, Dionne Farris, Rayna Shine, Orianna Lee & Cana Farrell. If missed out on copping this the first time here's your chance. Some jerk you may have heard of wrote the liner notes for this classic re-release as well. The deluxe edition re-release of Dwight Spitz is available right now on Bandcamp. Don't sleep on it.
Matlock x Mr. Green – The Wax Museum EP (Fat Beats) 8.27.2013
Chicago MC Matlock teamed up with Mr. Green in 2010 to make the eyebrow raising jawn "Brand New Nikes". Mr. Green (Green Future, The Only Color That Matters Is Green & The Only Number That Matters Is Won) teamed up with Matlock to craft the project The Wax Museum EP. It originally dropped digitally back in November 2012 with a limited CD run but due to overwhelming demand it's been re- released with wider distribution (including vinyl) on Fat Beats. You can cop The Wax Museum EP on iTunes, Amazon, Fat Beats & UGHH.


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Digger Dan DX
I do not understand the ESRB. Digger Dan DX on the Nintendo 3DS earns
an Everyone ten and older rating while more violent games are earning an
Everyone six and older rating. What is the bad content in Digger Dan DX?
We can have rocks drop on our character. I supposed we might be able to
blow ourselves up with TNT. Although I was not really fast enough to do
Digger Dan DX reminds me of games like Miko Mole, and Boulder Dash. There are one hundred caves in Digger Dan DX. At the moment this review was written Digger Dan DX is selling for $0.99. Which puts Digger Dan DX at app level prices. Families get a good deal of levels from this downloadable only hand held video game. There are no physical copies of Digger Dan DX that I am aware of.
The graphics in Digger Dan DX are small. Thankfully there is enough content on the screen so there are few surprises. Boulder Dash DX had the problem of the zoomed in graphics and surprises that killed the player. I appreciate Digger Dan DX providing families enough of the screen to avoid costly mistakes. Especially when those rocks will roll on your player with a quickness.
The music in Digger Dan DX is fantastic. I really got into it and the special effect sounds while playing this little hand held video game. Digger Dan DX is at the quality of games that appear in retail. I hope Digger Dan DX grows into a physical copy at some point. More games are moving from the digital download to the amazingly popular physical copy realm. Which is great to see.
There is a timer in Digger Dan DX that players can try to beat. Levels can still be beaten if the timer expires. I appreciate that feature since I am not the fastest player around. I also liked trying to find the secret bonus hidden gems. I learned to check areas first in Digger Dan DX. One mistake can block the path. I would then use the Start button to restart the level. Yes I would avoid making the same mistake twice.
- Luke
Graphics: 70%
Sound: 90%
Replay/Extras: 90%
Gameplay: 70%
Family Friendly Factor: 80%
System: Nintendo 3DS
Publisher: Four Horses
Developer: Four Horses
Rating: 'E10+' - Everyone TEN and OLDER ONLY
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