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Colorado cop accused of child porn

COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A Colorado police sergeant carried child pornography on a laptop that he brought to work, police said.

Sgt. Morgan Sellman, 39, of the Aurora force, was arrested Friday on suspicion of possessing hundreds of videos depicting victims as young as 2, Colorado Springs police said in an arrest warrant reported by the Colorado Springs Gazette.

The laptop case, found in his office, also contained sex toys, police said.

Sellman, who coordinated Aurora's DARE anti-drug education program for children, was booked for sexual exploitation of a child and later released on a $10,000 bond.

There is no evidence that he had illegal contact with children, Colorado Springs police said.

The investigation began Nov. 11 with a tip from a Westminster officer who found illegal material on a publicly accessible file-sharing network, Colorado Springs Detective Clayton Blackwell said in the arrest affidavit.

Detectives traced some of the material to an Internet account registered to Sellman and his wife, Blackwell said.

A search of Sellman's home in Peyton on Wednesday turned up laptops from which child porn had been deleted, but the images remained in the cache files, police said. Read more at www.upi.com

 

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Origin of Christmas

Christmas, is it holy or unholy festivity?

The date December 25 shows that its origin is of pagan celebration, known as Yule. It is to celebrate the sun god, Mithra, as well other lesser gods. It is also celebrate by witches as well. And every symbol in Christmas is against the biblical doctrine itself!!!



Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen...For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. Jer 10:1-5 KJV

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Proposed Amendment Would Enable States to Repeal Federal Law

By KATE ZERNIKE

Jay Paul for The New York Times

Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, the attorney general of Virginia, wrote to his counterparts in every state this month, asking them to support a constitutional amendment that would allow the states to vote to overturn acts of Congress.

The same people driving the lawsuits that seek to dismantle the Obama administration’s health care overhaul have set their sights on an even bigger target: a constitutional amendment that would allow a vote of the states to overturn any act of Congress.

Under the proposed “repeal amendment,” any federal law or regulation could be repealed if the legislatures of two-thirds of the states voted to do so.

The idea has been propelled by the wave of Republican victories in the midterm elections. First promoted by Virginia lawmakers and Tea Party groups, it has the support of legislative leaders in 12 states. It also won the backing of the incoming House majority leader, Representative Eric Cantor, when it was introduced this month in Congress.

Like any constitutional amendment, it faces enormous hurdles: it must be approved by both chambers of Congress — requiring them to agree, in this case, to check their own power — and then by three-quarters of, or 38, state legislatures.

Still, the idea that the health care legislation was unconstitutional was dismissed as a fringe argument just six months ago — but last week, a federal judge agreed with that argument. Now, legal scholars are handicapping which Supreme Court justices will do the same.

The repeal amendment reflects a larger, growing debate about federal power at a time when the public’s approval of Congress is at a historic low. In the last several years, many states have passed so-called sovereignty resolutions, largely symbolic, aimed at nullifying federal laws they do not agree with, mostly on health care or gun control.

Tea Party groups and candidates have pushed for a repeal of the 17th Amendment, which took the power to elect United States senators out of the hands of state legislatures. And potential presidential candidates like Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin have tried to appeal to anger at Washington by talking about the importance of the 10th Amendment, which reserves for states any powers not explicitly granted to the federal government in the Constitution.

“Washington has grown far too large and has become far too intrusive, reaching into nearly every aspect of our lives,” Mr. Cantor said this month. “Massive expenditures like the stimulus, unconstitutional mandates like the takeover of health care and intrusions into the private sector like the auto bailouts have threatened the very core of the American free market. The repeal amendment would provide a check on the ever-expanding federal government, protect against Congressional overreach and get the government working for the people again, not the other way around.”

Randy E. Barnett, a law professor at Georgetown who helped draft the amendment, argued that it stood a better chance than others that have failed to win ratification. “This is something state legislatures have an interest in pursuing,” he said, “because it helps them fend off federal encroachment and gives them a seat at the table when Congress is proposing what to do.”

Professor Barnett, considered by many scholars to be the intellectual godfather of the argument that the health law is unconstitutional, first proposed the repeal amendment in a column published by Forbes.com in 2009.

Tea Party groups in Virginia contacted him. Virginia’s governor, attorney general and speaker of the House, all Republicans, then expressed their support. The speaker, William J. Howell, joined Professor Barnett in an op-ed article proposing the amendment in The Wall Street Journal in September.

Virginia was a particularly ripe place to start the argument. The attorney general, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, was among the first attorneys general to try to overturn the federal health care law, filing a lawsuit minutes after President Obama signed the measure last spring.

Mr. Cuccinelli argued that the federal provision establishing a health insurance mandate was against a law the legislature had recently passed decreeing that no resident could be required to have health insurance. The judge who declared the mandate unconstitutional last week was ruling in that case.

This month, Mr. Cuccinelli wrote to the attorneys general of every state for their support of the repeal amendment.

The measure was introduced in the House by Representative Rob Bishop, Republican of Utah, who was a founder of the Western States Coalition, which advocates states’ rights.

Sanford V. Levinson, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Texas, called the proposal “a really terrible idea” because it would give the same weight to small states as it would to large ones, allowing those with a relatively small proportion of the national population to have outsize influence.

“There’s not the slightest chance it would get through Congress” or be ratified by the states, he said. “You can bet the ranch that there are enough state legislators in the large states who will not consider it a good idea to reinforce the power of small parochial rural states in which most Americans do not live.”

Even if it were approved, it would be extremely unlikely to have any practical effect, Professor Levinson said. “Any bill that can get through the byzantine, gridlocked process of being approved by two houses and the presidential signature is wildly unlikely to be opposed by two-thirds of the states,” he said.

Marianne Moran, a lawyer in Florida who runs RepealAmendment.org, said that legislative leaders in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas and Utah, as well as Virginia, were backing the amendment.

“Considering we’ve had 12 states get on board in the last two or three months that we’ve been pushing this, I think we’re getting some speed,” she said. “No amendment has ever been ratified without a broad national consensus — it’s an uphill battle — but we’ve done it 27 times as a country, and I think we can get enough states to agree.”

Proponents say their effort is not directed at any one law or set of laws. “Our desire is to have it in place so we can repeal as things come up,” Ms. Moran said. “What we’re trying to do is to draw a line in the sand saying the federal government has gone too far.” Read more at www.nytimes.com

 

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Extraordinary Super Metal From Roswell UFO Crash

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Extraordinary Super Metal From Roswell UFO Crash

Non enim est occultum, quod non manifestetur, nec absconditum, quod non cognoscatur et in palam veniat. (Luke 8:17) Unknown Country reports an extraordinary metal was found in the debris that came from the UFO that crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, in July of 1947. It was so thin, you could bend it and it would spring back into its original shape, but so tough that a bullet couldn't be fired through it. Now we are close to making the same thing ourselves! Researchers have created a material that may be able to not only sense damage but to even heal it, mimicking the ability of biological systems such as bone to sense the presence of damage, halt its progression, and regenerate itself. The material system is capable of increasing the toughness of a specimen by 11 times. After toughening the specimen, the crack can be closed using the shape-memory effect to recover an unprecedented 96% of the object's original strength. In fact, after the crack is closed, the new material is nearly five times as tough as the original specimen. Now we will be able to make stronger and better materials for all kinds of use. "Quia omnis creatura Dei bona, et nihil reiciendum, quod cum gratiarum actione percipitur", 1 Timothy 4:4. Read more at ohlundonline.blogspot.com

 

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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Worry NGOs

Free Malaysia Today By G Vinod

PETALING JAYA: Some 22 Malaysian and regional non-governmental organisations (NGO) doubtful about the safety and effectiveness of the genetically modified (GM) male mosquitoes are urging the government to have a public debate before releasing the insect into the environment.

In its letter to the Health Ministry, Natural Resources and Environment Ministry, National Biosafety Board (NBB), the Institute of Medical Research (IMR) and Genetic Modification Advisory Committee (GMAC), the NGOs said it was vital to engage the public on the field experiment first as it affects public health and environment.

“There must be a national discussion as to whether GM mosquitoes are indeed the right approach to addressing the dengue menace.

“The general public are integral to effective dengue control and there must be a consensus on this issue.

“The government must disclose to us whether the release had infact actually taken place,” they said.

They also expressed their reservations over the geneticengineering and the likelyhood of ‘unexpected results.’

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Third drowning at a York County home within the last two weeks

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Coroner: West Manchester man drowns after falling into pond

By TED CZECH Daily Record/Sunday News

York, PA - The York County Coroner's Office said a West Manchester Township man died Saturday afternoon at his home from freshwater drowning after he fell into a pond. James Locke, 56, died between noon and 5 p.m., York County Deputy Coroner Jeffri Goodfellow said. It is the third drowning at a York County home within the last two weeks. All three deaths were ruled accidental by the coroner's office. Goodfellow said Locke was trying to break up the ice that had accumulated in his fish pond - for the fish that were still living there - when he fell from a standing position. Goodfellow said she could not find any implement that Locke was using to break the ice. Locke was last seen alive around noon, and a family member found him in the fish pond, located in his yard, about 5 p.m., Goodfellow said. His death was accidental, she said. West Manchester Township Police are investigating. Dallastown Mayor Beverly Scott, 69, died Dec. 8 after being pulled from her backyard swimming pool, according to York Area Regional Police. Last week, Mark E. Blizzard, 53, of North Hopewell Township drowned in the pool at his home, according to police. Read about the other two cases, which happened in pools: · Longtime Dallastown mayor dies after being pulled from pool · North Hopewell Township man drowns in pool Read more at www.inyork.com

 

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Report: Saudi King May Want to Move Ground Zero Mosque To Another Manhattan Neighborhood

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Report: Saudi King May Want to Move Ground Zero Mosque To Another Manhattan Neighborhood

Attorney is claiming the Saudi King may want to move the proposed mosque at Ground Zero to the shuttered St. Vincent's Medical Hospital in Manhattan nypost.com Manhattan lawyer with ties to the Saudi royal family is sounding out officials and community leaders about a plan to move the controversial Ground Zero mosque to the West Village. Attorney Dudley Gaffin is claiming King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia might want to buy shuttered St. Vincent's Medical Center and transfer the mosque to a new Islamic cultural center he would build on a plot at the site, say sources who have heard Gaffin's pitch The king, worth more than $20 billion, would also save the hospital, reopening most of the units that closed when St. Vincent's filed for bankruptcy on April 14, the sources said. They say that Gaffin, who heads his own firm in lower Manhattan, is floating the idea to gauge what the reaction might be -- and to ready a bid to rival the Rudin Organization, which is trying to snap up St. Vincent's in bankruptcy court with an eye on tearing down six hospital buildings for luxury housing. "He says the king wants to do this as a p.r. move -- to save the hospital and move the mosque away from the World Trade Center site," the source added. "He wants to show that Muslims can do good works." The backers of the Ground Zero mosque say no one's contacted them about moving the mosque to St. Vincent's Read more at www.hapblog.com

 

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Congressman Peter King Says GOP Will Hold Hearings on Muslim Radicalization (Video)

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Congressman Peter King Says GOP Will Hold Hearings on Muslim Radicalization (Video)

Peter King: "There are actual cases in this country where a number of their Imams direct their members not to cooperate with law enforcement"

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Republican Rep. Peter King of New York plans to hold hearings in Congress next year on the “radicalization” of Muslim communities, his office confirmed to the Hotsheet. As first reported by the New York Times, King is planning to hold the hearings once he takes up the chairmanship of the House Homeland Security Committee. He says the hearings are planned in response to complaints from law enforcement officials that Muslim leaders have been uncooperative in terror investigations. “When I meet with law enforcement, they are constantly telling me how little cooperation they get from Muslim leaders,” King told the Times. “It is controversial. But to me, it is something that has to be discussed.” The hearings come at a time of increased concerns about “homegrown” Muslim terrorists – along with persistent fears that innocent Muslims have been unfairly targeted since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Muslim leaders told the Times they have strong concerns about King’s proposed hearings. Read more at www.hapblog.com

 

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Study: Fruits and vegetables save lives

OXFORD, England, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Researchers say if Britons adhered to current British dietary recommendations, 33,000 lives could be saved yearly.

The study, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, finds one dietary recommendation -- striving for five fruits and vegetables daily -- would account for nearly half of those saved lives.

"In order to achieve a reduction in mortalities similar to those attained by achieving the fruit and vegetables recommendation, the salt recommendation should be set at 3.5 grams per day," the study authors say in a statement. The current British daily recommendation is 6 grams.

Oxford University researchers, led by Peter Scarborough, fed data for 2005 to 2007 from four British countries on deaths from cardiovascular disease and cancer, food/nutrient consumption and the results of analyses of published evidence of diet's effect on mortality into a conceptual -- DIETRON model -- framework.

They calculated the number of lives saved if current British dietary recommendations were being met including eating at least 440 grams of fruits and vegetables and 18 grams of fiber a day with less than a one-third of total calories coming from fats.

In 2007, none of the countries in the United Kingdom met any of these recommendations, with Scotland and Northern Ireland the furthest away from achieving them, the study says. Read more at www.upi.com

 

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BPA may hurt women's eggs

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Bisphenol A -- used to make plastic hard and line metal food and beverage cans -- may be harming women's eggs, U.S. researchers suggest.

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, say the evidence links exposure to the chemical to lower quality eggs retrieved for in vitro fertilization.

The study, published online in Fertility and Sterility, found as blood levels of BPA in the women studied doubled, the percentage of eggs fertilized normally declined by 50 percent.

"While preliminary, the data indicate the negative effect of BPA on reproductive health and the importance of allocating more funding to further investigate why such environmental contaminants might be disrupting fertility potential," Dr. Victor Fujimoto, the lead study author, said in statement.

Fujimoto and colleagues tested 26 women undergoing in vitro fertilization who were part of a larger study of the effect of toxic metals.

The researchers noted BPA -- found in the urine of nearly everyone tested in a 2004 U.S. analysis -- is an endocrine disruptor that either mimics or blocks body hormones. Read more at www.upi.com

 

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