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tags: , , , ]]> Health http://itsmc.com/myindex.php?itemid=63 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:05:05 -0500 Bird Flu Panic and Profiteering http://itsmc.com/myindex.php?itemid=54 By Mike Whitney, February 5, 2007
"Officials gassed tens of thousands of turkeys and extended restrictions on the movement of poultry on Sunday to prevent the spread of deadly bird flu from a farm in Suffolk. The discovery of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian flu on a farm run by Europe's largest turkey producer surprised experts and raised questions about how the virus had been introduded into a sealed shed". (Reuters)
Man, these guys give me the creeps.]]> Government http://itsmc.com/myindex.php?itemid=54 Wed, 7 Feb 2007 22:00:28 -0500 Bulletin Alert: Atomic Redux http://itsmc.com/myindex.php?itemid=43 image Thursday, January 11, 2007, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) released a Media Alert announcing they will move the minute hand of the “Doomsday Clock” on January 17, 2007, the first such change to the Clock since February 2002. ]]> World News http://itsmc.com/myindex.php?itemid=43 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:34:50 -0500 Ready . . . or not http://itsmc.com/myindex.php?itemid=35 When you need accurate disaster information, who ya gonna call? Not Homeland Security.

By Josh Schollmeyer November/December 2006 pp. 9-10 (vol. 62, no. 6) © 2006 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Obscured beneath a stock photograph of a smiling, disaster-ready American family of four and the green check marks that dot every branded component on the Department of Homeland Security's Ready.gov main page exists a link to a disclaimer. "We are not responsible if information we make available on this site is not accurate, complete, or current," the disclaimer warns visitors, ostensibly the American public. "The materials on this site are provided for general information only, and any reliance upon the material found on this site will be at your own risk."

]]> Government http://itsmc.com/myindex.php?itemid=35 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:41:16 -0500 The Future of Biofuels http://itsmc.com/myindex.php?itemid=27 image]]> Energy http://itsmc.com/myindex.php?itemid=27 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:25:37 -0500 Briefing: U.S. cars branded unsafe at any speed http://itsmc.com/myindex.php?itemid=14 Reuters, The Associated Press Published: November 21, 2006

The 13 safest vehicle models are all from outside the United States this year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Tuesday, mainly because it excluded vehicles without systems to keep them stable in an emergency.

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Monticello — So you're 16 years old and behind the wheel. You're young and confident. But can you handle the unexpected?

A study released last week in the journal Pediatrics says practice might not make perfect, but it sure lowers the risks for 16-year-old drivers.

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