$290K armored vehicle for York County

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New $290K armored vehicle for York County's QRT unit

AMANDA DOLASINSKI The York Dispatch

For years, the York County Quick Response Team has worked with a vehicle that might not stop common hunting ammunition.

That's not ideal for a tactical team sent into the county's most dangerous police situations.

The York County commissioners provided team members some peace of mind Wednesday, approving a lease that gives the team a new, customized armored Bearcat vehicle.

The team will be driving the nearly $290,000 vehicle into York this weekend.

"It's important we have this because the (old) vehicle is inoperable," said York City Police Sgt. Craig Losty, the QRT tactical commander. "We're very grateful to the district attorney and York County Chiefs of Police Association."

The team has been relying on a 1976 Peacekeeper Armored Vehicle for transportation to incidents since 2004. Sometimes it wouldn't start.

But the bigger issue, Losty said, has been the evolution of weapons over the years.

"It was an armored vehicle that the Air Force used to move nuclear weapons around the country in the  '70s. It was state-of-the-art back then," he said. "The armor (on the vehicle) was made for weapons of the   '70s. There's weapons

around now that weren't around back in the   '70s."

Payment: The vehicle will be paid for by funding from the York County Drug Task Force. Each police department with membership in the Drug Task Force splits the money earned from the sale of assets seized from drug investigations.

This year, the chiefs of those departments donated their shares for QRT's new vehicle.

Lenco Armored Vehicles customized York County's Bearcat. In addition to the improved armor, the new Bearcat will be easier for team members -- who wear about 40 pounds of equipment in the field -- to enter and exit.

It can carry as many as 12 police officers, twice the number of the old Peacekeeper.

The vehicle is used when the team is called to high-risk situations, such as executing search warrants issued against dangerous drug dealers who might have guns or other weapons.

It could also be used to rescue a downed officer or civilian while police are under fire or to push through doors during a hostage situation.

Losty said the vehicle should last 20 to 30 years.

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Korean Religious Leaders Wonder After...

The Beast

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Korean Religious Leaders Wonder After… · March 25, 2011

“Korean religious leaders met Pope Benedict XVI [on December 16, 2010] to exchange views on promoting inter-faith harmony with the Vatican.”

The group which included representatives of Buddhism, Catholicism, Confucianism and Protestantism, included the Vatican stop on a “pilgrimage” to Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and was the first time such a group made a visit to a pope.

“They also met with senior Vatican leaders including Archbishop Pier Luigi Chelata and exchanged views on ways of promoting inter-faith peace.”

The ecumenical endeavor reveals the truth of scriptural prophecy which declares that all the world shall “wonder after the beast,” and “all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him.” Revelation 3:3, 8

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3 Reactors May Be Breached

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3 Reactors May Be Breached, Nuclear Disaster Continues

The Intel Hub March 25th, 2011

Kyodo is now reporting that officials at the Fukushima nuclear power plant are injecting freshwater into both reactors#1 and  #3.  Radioactive water was also found leaking at reactor #2. This means that higher levels of radiation have likely leaked into the atmosphere.

Officials are UNABLE to even get in the area of the possible leak to find out what is actually going on.

2 of the 3 workers who stepped into the radioactive water were exposed to 2 to 6 sieverts of radiation below their ankles.

“The National Institute of Radiological Sciences, where the three arrived earlier in the day for highly specialized treatment, said the two were exposed to 2 to 6 sieverts of radiation below their ankles, whereas exposure to 250 millisieverts is the limit set for workers dealing with the ongoing crisis, the worst in Japan’s history,” reported Kyodo News

Breach Feared at Japanese Nuclear Plant

Look At How Much More Important & More Impressive The MOX Is!

Radioactive Cobalt Detected In Ocean Around Nuclear Power Plant In Japan

Fresh coolant injected, high-radiation water leaks in nuke crisis

TOKYO, March 25, Kyodo

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it has begun injecting freshwater into the No. 1 and No. 3 reactor cores at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to enhance cooling efficiency, although highly radioactive water was found leaking possibly from both reactors as well as the No. 2 reactor.

The latest efforts to bring the troubled reactors at the plant under control are aimed at preventing crystallized salt from seawater already injected from forming a crust on the fuel rods and hampering smooth water circulation, thus diminishing the cooling effect, the plant’s operator said.

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Breach suspected at troubled Japanese power plant

Associated Press

By SHINO YUASA and JEFF DONN

March 25th, 2011

TOKYO – Two weeks after an earthquake and tsunami triggered a crisis at a nuclear plant, the facility is still not under control, and the government said Friday there is a suspected breach at a reactor. That means radioactive contamination at the plant is more serious than once thought.

Japanese leaders defended their decision not to evacuate people from a wider area around the plant, insisting they are safe if they stay indoors. But officials also said residents may want to voluntarily move to areas with better facilities, since supplies in the tsunami-devastated region are running short.

The escalation in the nuclear plant crisis came as the death toll from the quake and tsunami passed the grim milestone of 10,000 on Friday. Across the battered northeast coast, hundreds of thousands of people whose homes were destroyed still have no power, no hot meals and, in many cases, no showers for 14 days.

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CDC: “Superbug” Speads To 35 States

Kills Upwards Of 40% Of The People Who Come In Contact

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CDC: “Superbug” Speads To 35 States; Kills Upwards Of 40% Of The People Who Come In Contact

The Intel Hub By Alexander Higgins - Contributing Writer March 25th, 2011

The CDC and LA Times reports a “Superbug” that kills 40% of the people it comes in contact with has hit 35 US States and is now being spread through California medical facilities.

MAP OF THE DAY: There’s A “Superbug” Spreading Around America Killing 40% Of The People Who Come In Contact

LA Times:

A dangerous drug-resistant bacterium has spread to patients in Southern California, according to a study by Los Angeles County public health officials. More than 350 cases of the Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, or CRKP, have been reported at healthcare facilities in Los Angeles County, mostly among elderly patients at skilled-nursing and long-term care facilities, according to a study by Dr. Dawn Terashita, an epidemiologist with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. It was not clear from the study how many of the infections proved fatal, but other studies in the U.S. and Israel have shown that about 40% of patients with the infection die. Tereshita was not available for comment Thursday morning but was scheduled to speak about the study in the afternoon.

Here’s a map from the CDC of states where it has been reported:

Map of CRE Superbug which kills 40% of people who come in contact and being spread through California medical facilities.

The Centers for Disease Control Writes:

Public Health update of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) producing metallo-beta-lactamases (NDM, VIM, IMP) in the U.S. reported to CDC

Given the importance of Enterobacteriaceae in healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and the extensive antimicrobial resistance found in these strains, all types of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are an important public health problem, regardless of their mechanism of resistance or their country of origin. In addition, as Enterobacteriaceae are a normal part of human flora, the potential for community-associated CRE infections also exists. Carbapenem-resistance in Enterobacteriaceae can occur by many mechanisms, including the production of a metallo-beta-lactamase (such as NDM, VIM, and IMP) or a carbapenemase (such as Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase, KPC).

CDC has been working with partners to prevent CRE infections, including those caused by KPC-producing organisms, which are the most common type of CRE in the United States. The KPC gene makes Enterobacteriaceae bacteria resistant to all beta-lactam/carbapenem antibiotics. KPC producers have been reported in about 35 states and are associated with high mortality, up to 40 percent in one report. They may be present in the other 15 states as well, but have not been reported to CDC.  The presence of CRE, regardless of the enzyme that produced that resistance, reinforces the need for better antibiotic stewardship, transmission prevention, and overall HAI prevention in any healthcare setting.

The detection of new mechanisms of carbapenem resistance (ie, metallo-beta-lactamases) in the United States has raised questions about the identification and control of CRE. The mechanism of carbapenem-resistance is of epidemiologic interest but is not necessary for implementation of infection prevention recommendations. Current guidance for the control of all types of epidemiologically important multidrug-resistant organisms is available in the 2006 MDRO Guideline. In addition, see specific guidance for the control of CRE. These recommendations apply regardless of the resistance mechanism.

It is important to note that CRE, unlike other drug-resistant infections such as VRSA, are not a nationally reportable or notifiable disease. Therefore, there is not a requirement to report to CDC and therefore we may not know the true number of infections caused by these organisms in the US (only those voluntarily reported to CDC).

States with confirmed CRE cases caused by the KPC enzyme.

Alabama Arizona Arkansas California (CRE caused by the NDM-1 enzyme and VIM or IMP enzyme) Colorado Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois (CRE caused by the NDM-1 enzyme) Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts (CRE caused by the NDM-1 enzyme) Michigan Minnesota Mississippi

Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia (CRE caused by the NDM-1 enzyme) West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

State(s) with confirmed CRE cases caused by a VIM or IMP enzyme

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Emergency Plans in Louisville

Language in Louisville’s proposed emergency response plan, which would give the city the power to “commandeer private property” and “seize” buildings in a crisis, has given several of the city’s elected leaders pause.

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Emergency Plans in Louisville Raise Eyebrows (Confiscate Private Property)

Intel Hub Note: This is simply more proof that in the event of a disaster the local and federal governments have plans in place to CONFISCATE private property.

In the event of a disaster, your government will NOT be on your side. I repeat, your government will NOT be on your side!

…… Council members express concern over sanctity of private property rights By John Aguilar Camera Staff Writer March 23rd, 2011

Language in Louisville’s proposed emergency response plan, which would give the city the power to “commandeer private property” and “seize” buildings in a crisis, has given several of the city’s elected leaders pause.

The emergency ordinance, which was supposed to have gotten an up or down vote earlier this month, was instead tabled until April so that the council can figure out how it wants to deal with what one member called the measure’s “stark” language.

“I think any time you talk about government seizing private property — that’s not something I’m comfortable with,” Councilman Bob Muckle said Tuesday.

Muckle said he understood that in extraordinary circumstances, extraordinary measures must be taken, but he said he wants to hear from the police chief and other city staff on exactly how they envision implementing Louisville’s emergency measures.

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Dr. Mark Sircus: Nuclear Armageddon

IMVA By Dr. Mark Sircus March 25th, 2011

None of us could have calculated in our wildest dreams the likes of what is happening and still yet to happen in northern Japan. The 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami laid waste to Japan’s industrial northeast on March 11 triggered a huge nuclear disaster. Many of us feared something like this might happen in the nuclear industry someday.

And now it has happened and we can all start saying prayers for the men, women and children in Tokyo and the rest of northern Japan. The entire world is struggling to determine the fallout effects of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, along with many ensuing and complicating problems. We really have no idea the mess the Japanese are in and how bad this is all going to get.

Countries across the world have shunned Japanese food imports as radioactive steam leaked from a disaster-struck nuclear plant, straining nerves in Tokyo.

The desperate attempts to contain the fallout from the shattered atomic Fukushima Daiichi plant are failing and no one is truly talking about how long-lasting and widespread the radiation’s effects may be. Day after day we hear of setbacks; on the 21st it was a pool holding spent nuclear fuel heated up to the boiling point. Then it was another fire and forced evacuation of the plant yet again by men who are risking their lives in a desperate attempt to bring the disaster under control.

It is now near the end of the second week and what we are hearing is that the contamination is spreading further and further from the plant and now the anxiety levels of the Japanese is going off the Richter scale. The effects are going to be pervasive, profound, and critical on a scale never seen by a modern culture.

German shipping companies are avoiding Tokyo Bay area ports due to radiation fears and Japan could face severe supply chain bottlenecks as vessels get diverted.

The principal elements that have been released from reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant are iodine 131 and cesium 137. Cesium is very dangerous because it is long-lived and travels easily through the food chain, continuing to emit particles for centuries once it is released. The media is programming in tranquility and calmness while nuclear contamination spreads and gets worse. The Japanese are a much disciplined people not prone to panic but sometimes a measure of panic will drive people to act instead of vegetating in indecision.

A rise in radiation levels in faraway Tokyo’s tap water spurred deepening fears about food and water safety.  Radiation in Tokyo’s tap water rose to twice the level acceptable for infants 12 days after the nuclear accident and we can expect contamination levels to get worse with each passing day. The water in Tokyo already contains 210 becquerels of iodine-131 per liter making it unacceptably dangerous for children to drink. Soon, if not already, it will be undrinkable for adults if present trends of contamination continue, which they undoubtedly will. It hardly pays to be either optimistic or pessimistic about this one. The nuclear dice have been thrown and they are crashing down most on the citizens of northern Japan.

Many distant villages were contaminated with iodine-131 fallout from the Chernobyl accident, and local cows ate grass that contained the radiation. Children who drank milk from those cows ended up with high rates of thyroid cancer. So it is not really a good idea to be complacent no matter where you are on planet earth today with a large nuclear power station running out of control.

The New York Times published on the 24th, “Despite the frequent rain in recent days, it was not entirely clear why the levels of iodine were so high, said a senior Western nuclear executive, noting that the prevailing breezes seemed to be pushing radiation out to sea. “The contamination levels are well beyond what you’d expect from what is in the public domain,” said the executive, who insisted on anonymity and has broad contacts in Japan. It was possible that the levels were an indirect indication that the problems at the plant were deeper than had been publicly acknowledged.” Hints don’t get any louder than this.

Fallout from a damaged power plant has already reached halfway around the globe to Iceland and is expected soon to touch down in France and the rest of Europe. According to the absence of reports from the United States one could imagine that America escaped untouched but we all know that is not true—they are just not talking about it. If you look enough though you will see that increased levels of “safe” radiation has fallen on the North American continent. If anyone actually wants to know, hard core science insists that there is no level of radiation that can be considered safe.

The fact is radiation levels around the world will go up but in certain places they’ll go much higher than in others. Fate chose the wrong nuclear power station to destroy because it is the largest with unimaginable tonnages of spent nuclear fuel on site. It’s a setup for nuclear Armageddon.

There is a growing suspicion that the full effects of the radioactive release have been downplayed to the public. Everyone who works with nuclear radiation pretends its safe, when it’s not, and that includes just about every doctor and dentist in the world.

The world’s most significant nuclear accident occurred 25 years ago at Chernobyl, Ukraine. Although its effects are now well-documented, many forget how thoroughly the damage was covered up at the time. To avoid panic, the Soviet authorities grossly downplayed the risks to those living near the plant, as well as those who lived hundreds, and even thousands, of miles away. In the months that followed, high levels of radiation were detected as far away as Scotland.

Contamination will be most intense in the areas local to the nuclear power station. It’s a foregone conclusion that the entire northern half of Japan is threatened as is most of its food and water supply, yet the Japanese are told to remain calm and sit in their homes. Will the government allow their citizens to slowly succumb to the radiation sickness that will surely come or will they come to their senses and start a wholesale evacuation of northern Japan?

Areas continents away are reporting levels of contamination that are still considered safe but that’s what the Japanese in northern Japan are being told. Every report you read will tell you (or the Japanese) that it is only safe amounts though already 220 kilometers away in Tokyo it’s no longer safe at all for the children. Staying indoors is neither a solution nor a preventive treatment.

The most dangerous accident that humanity has ever witnessed is happening but don’t worry, the nuclear power industry is safe. The elites’ media team will have a hard time double speaking this one. You will see their editorial hands moving every time you see the word safe.

If you want to close your eyes for a second and imagine what is really going on over in northern Japan just imagine the invisible level of energy and radiation like a hot fire radiating out in 360 degrees of direction, including right down into the ground and the waters below, sending death rays (yeah sure, safe ones) hundreds and now thousands of miles away. So powerful is this nuclear firestorm that hundreds of miles away it’s unsafe for the children to be drinking the public water. In twelve days the contamination has spread powerfully into the local area where it is becoming unsafe to live. It’s an invisible fire but a deadly one.

Everything is safe to the monsters that have enriched themselves by poisoning humanity and polluting the world. This is a dramatic book about many converging forces that are breaking across the neck of humanity. It really does not help our present world situation that it is mostly psychopaths who roam the top of the human heap and it has always been that way. We have trusted the wrong people and organizations and now we will pay for that huge mistake.

Denial is the name of the toxicity game that industry has played for well over a hundred years. To the chemical industry, then the petrochemical one, on into the pharmaceutical universe and then the atomic one those who make money from toxic substances deny that there is any problem with them in terms of health.

Do you think we can relax with the authorities and have confidence that they will get it all under control? Can they stabilize the situation? Or will it get explosively worse?

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May be leaking radioactive material

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Japan reactor core may be leaking radioactive material

CNN March 25, 2011

Authorities in Japan raised the prospect Friday of a likely breach in the all-important containment vessel of the No. 3 reactor at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a potentially ominous development in the race to prevent a large-scale release of radiation.

Contaminated water likely seeped through the containment vessel protecting from the reactor’s core, said Hidehiko Nishiyama of the Japan nuclear and industrial safety agency.

Three men working inside the No. 3 reactor stepped into water this week that had 10,000 times the amount of radiation typical for that locale, Nishiyama said. That water likely indicates “some sort of leakage” from the reactor core, signaling a possible break of the containment vessel that houses the core.

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Israel ready to react with ‘great force’

Dan de Luce AFP March 25, 2011

CAESAREA, Israel — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Friday that Israel is ready to act with “great force” in response to a spate of rocket fire by Gaza militants and a deadly bus bombing in Jerusalem.

Israel had been “subjected to bouts of terror and rocket attacks,” Netanyahu told reporters before going into a meeting with Gates.

“We stand ready to act with great force and great determination to put a stop to it,” he added, with police saying Israel had not been hit by any projectiles Friday morning.

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New Videos Center for 9/11 Studies

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New Videos From The International Center for 9/11 Studies

911Blogger March 25, 2011

The International Center for 9/11 Studies has posted four new videos on its YouTube page. All of the videos were discovered in the materials received by the Center in response to its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for all of the photographs and videos it used or received during its investigation.

The first video is an excerpt of an interview with 9/11 survivor Paul Lemos. It was extracted from Release 25 (42A0106-G25D16). Mr. Lemos describes what he believes are bombs exploding at the World Trade Center, well below the area where the airplane impacted the building. Interestingly, he refers to an architect “they [the authorities?] pulled in” who explained to Mr. Lemos that it wasn’t explosions he was seeing.

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Paul Lemos - Bombs/Explosions Witness