From Robert I. Field, PhD, JD, MPH www.philly.com:
Mitt Romney says his Massachusetts health reform plan is much better than Obama’s. He claims it’s different in important ways.
If there are big differences, it’s difficult to find them.
In an interview last week with a Denver TV station, Romney cited the key features that differentiate his reform approach […] Continue Reading…
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BEECHCRAFT MODEL 18 USN C-45 POCATELLO AIRPORT, 2012
24 August 2012
In Farah Province, a U.S./NATO supply convoy was ambushed. At least three security guards were killed, one wounded, and 12 fuelers burned.
In Kandahar Province, six people were killed after a vehicle ran over a mine. The occupants were killed, as well as people riding a motorcycle.
Also in Kandahar, villagers are claiming they […] Continue Reading…
More fires have popped up in eastern Idaho.
On 27 August, four smoke jumpers put out a small fire near Pocatello, called the Bell Marsh Fire. Also on 27 August, the Lava Tube Fire, near Craters of the Moon National Monument, south of Arco, started and is still active, having burned 800 acres (323.7 hectares) […] Continue Reading…
“One of the topics that’s being raised amongst NAM member states is the changes that are necessary in the UN, Security Council and also other UN affiliated bodies.”-Ramin Mehmanparast, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman
29 August 2012, the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has been underway for three days in Iran, and some very […] Continue Reading…
For the past few years Japan has been struggling with food problems, from diseases to radiation contamination.
The latest problem is an outbreak of E Coli in imported Chinese pickled cabbage. At least six people have died, 100 people are sick. The outbreak seams to be contained to northern Japan.
Since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster […] Continue Reading…
28 August 2012, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment has declared the Japanese River Otter to be extinct. Officials say the iconic otter hasn’t been spotted for more than 30 years.
Its extinction is blamed on over hunting and the spread of human habitats. There are now 3,574 animals on the endangered list in Japan.
27 August 2012, Tokyo Electric power Company (TEPCo) officials announced they need more storage tanks for contaminated water coming from the nuclear reactors.
Since the 11 March 2011 disaster began almost 220,000 tons of contaminated water has been stored, and the GE designed disaster reactors are putting out 400 tons per day! TEPCo says it’ll […] Continue Reading…
“It’s a mystery right now, why we’re having this spike in West Nile virus cases. We don’t have any evidence that there are more mosquitoes around.”-Claudia Blackburn, Sedgwick County Health Department, Kansas
“Texas is really having a problem with West Nile and it looks like it’s moving this direction. It will become more of a […] Continue Reading…
It has been revealed that on the night of 14 August 2012, Ryan Crocker ran into a tractor trailer, then fled the scene. He was later arrested. His blood alcohol was twice the legal limit in the state of Washington. He pled ‘not guilty’ in court.
Crocker recently stepped down as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan.