Unrest has spread across the Middle East and North Africa. Gen 16:12 is in effect.

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Unrest has spread across the Middle East and North Africa. Gen 16:12 is in effect.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The winds of unrest have swept through North Africa and the Middle East The demonstrations started in Tunisia in December The leaders of Tunisia and Egypt have resigned amid mass protests Protests were held Wednesday in Yemen, Libya and Iraq (CNN) -- Unrest has spread across the Middle East and North Africa. Here's a look at what has happened -- and what is happening -- in various countries: Wednesday developments: BAHRAIN Bahrain's Interior Ministry said those involved in the deaths of two people during recent protests have been taken into custody. Also Wednesday, thousands of people gathered for a peaceful funeral procession for a Bahraini man killed when clashes erupted during another protester's funeral procession, the president of a human rights group said. The king of the small Gulf nation addressed his country on national television Tuesday, promising changes in the law after the deaths. Protesters initially demanded reform and the introduction of a constitutional monarchy. But some are now calling for the removal of the royal family. EGYPT Protests continued Wednesday as Egypt's military moves forward with a plan to enact constitutional reforms. Military personnel dispersed about 200 protesters outside a welding factory between Cairo and Alexandria, state media reported. The protesters were demanding better pay, more compensation for working longer hours and better treatment from management. Meanwhile, the military has formed "an apolitical and independent constitutional committee to propose constitutional reforms within 10 days, according to activist Wael Ghonim. Schools and universities will remain closed for another week, state television reported. Banks and the stock market are also closed. IRAN Thousands of people, many of them Iranian government supporters, turned up in Tehran on Wednesday for the funeral of a man killed in anti-government protests. The gathering near Tehran University comes amid tension in the nation following a crackdown on anti-government protests. Government officials said 26-year-old Sana Jaleh was shot to death Monday by members of an outlawed group called the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran. The group, which is also known as the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, has opposed the Iranian government for decades. Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday called for the execution of key opposition leaders. On Monday, tens of thousands of pro- and anti-government protesters marched in downtown Tehran. IRAQ A least one person was shot and killed and 32 others were wounded Wednesday when private security guards and Iraqi security forces opened fire on hundreds of demonstrators outside the governor's office in Kut, about 63 miles (110 kilometers) south of Baghdad, health officials said. Police in Kut said that more than 1,000 demonstrators were demanding the resignation of the Wasit provincial governor Latif Hamed, accusing him of corruption. Dozens of protesters stormed the governor's office after the shooting, destroyed furniture and then set the building on fire. Another group of demonstrators went to the governor's house and set it on fire too. Thousands of people have rallied this month in cities across the country, protesting rampant poverty, a 45% national unemployment rate and shortages of food, electricity and water. LIBYA Libyan police clashed with protesters chanting anti-government slogans and demanding the release of a human rights activist early Wednesday, an independent source in the country told CNN. About 150 to 200 protesters in the coastal city of Benghazi were supporting human rights activist and lawyer Fathi Terbil, who was detained earlier, the source said. Several people were arrested after police confronted the protesters, the source said. A highly-placed Libyan source who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media said "there is nothing serious here" and characterized the incidents as "not political" and "just young people fighting each other." "Libya is not Egypt," he said. TUNISIA A government-imposed curfew in Tunisia has been lifted, but a state of emergency remains in effect, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday, as reported by the state-run Tunis Afrique Presse. The curfew was from midnight until 4 a.m., and the state of emergency was put into place on January 14. After weeks of demonstrations that started in December, longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country. YEMEN Protests took place for a sixth day in Aden, with eyewitnesses reporting one person was shot and killed when security forces tried to break up Wednesday's protest. Hospital officials had no immediate confirmation of the fatality. In the capital, Sanaa, a demonstration for campus reforms at Sanaa University turned into an anti-government rally, and pro-government demonstrators showed up and began throwing rocks. Three students walking home after the rally were beaten by pro-government protesters, a Yemeni human rights activist told CNN. Previous developments: ALGERIA Authorities in Algeria said Monday that they would lift a 20-year state of emergency in the "coming days," but it had not been canceled as of Tuesday. They acted after anti-government protesters chanting "Change the power!" clashed with security forces in the capital over the weekend, witnesses said. The state of emergency was imposed in 1992 to quell a civil war that led to the deaths of what U.S. officials estimate to be more than 150,000 people. About 100 protesters were arrested during the protests in Algiers on Saturday, according to the opposition Algerian League for Human Rights. JORDAN King Abdullah II swore in a new government last week following anti-government protests in his country. The new government has a mandate for political reform and is headed by a former general, with several opposition and media figures among its ranks. The appointment of Marouf al-Bakhit as the new prime minister was seen as an attempt to shore up support among Jordan's Bedouin tribes -- the bedrock of the monarchy. Jordan's economy has been hard-hit by the global economic downturn and rising commodity prices, and youth unemployment is high, as it is in Egypt. Officials close to the palace have told CNN that Abdullah is trying to turn a regional upheaval into an opportunity for reform. PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's Cabinet submitted its resignations to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, days after the announcement the legislative and parliamentary elections will be held before September. The Palestinian Territories have not seen the kind of demonstrations as in many Arab countries, but the government has been under criticism since Al-Jazeera published secret papers claiming to reveal some of the wide-ranging concessions Palestinian officials were prepared to make in negotiations with Israel. Negotiations have collapsed. Abbas' Palestinian Authority holds sway only over the West Bank. The militant Islamist movement Hamas controls Gaza. SUDAN Demonstrators have clashed with authorities on several recent occasions in Sudan. Human Rights Watch has said that "authorities used excessive force during largely peaceful protests on January 30 and 31 in Khartoum and other northern cities to call for an end to the National Congress Party rule and government-imposed price increases." Witnesses said that security forces used pipes, sticks and tear gas to disperse protesters and that several people were arrested, including 20 who remain missing. The Sudanese Embassy said that people in Sudan have the right to "demonstrate as they wish" but that "some opportunists capitalize" on incidents "to inspire chaos or smear Sudan's image." SYRIA As protests heated up around the region, the Syrian government pulled back from a plan to withdraw some subsidies that keep the cost of living down in the country. President Bashar al-Assad also gave a rare interview to Western media, telling The Wall Street Journal for a January 31 article that he planned reforms that would allow for local elections and included a new media law and more power for private organizations. A planned "Day of Rage" that was being organized on Facebook for February 5 failed to materialize, The New York Times reported. Read more at thetruthandthetruthalone.blogspot.com

 

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AeroVironment's Nano Hummingbird

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'Hummingbird' spy drone unveiled

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A California company says it has developed a miniature spy plane for the Pentagon dubbed the Nano Hummingbird for battlefield and urban surveillance.

AeroVironment, of Monrovia, says the camera-equipped drone can fly at speeds of up to 11 miles per hour, hover, and fly sideways, backward and forward as well as turn clockwise and counterclockwise, all by remote control, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

The company built the drone for the Pentagon's research arm as an experiment in nanotechnology, designing it to look like a bird for potential use in spy missions, the newspaper said.

Industry experts say a flying "hummingbird-like" aircraft is a step toward technology that could produce drones capable of flying through open windows or sitting on power lines, capturing audio and video while enemies would be none the wiser.

"The miniaturization of drones is where it really gets interesting," defense expert Peter W. Singer, author of a book about robotic warfare, said. "You can use these things anywhere, put them anyplace, and the target will never even know they're being watched."

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'Hummingbird' spy drone unveiled

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A California company says it has developed a miniature spy plane for the Pentagon dubbed the Nano Hummingbird for battlefield and urban surveillance.



AeroVironment, of Monrovia, says the camera-equipped drone can fly at speeds of up to 11 miles per hour, hover, and fly sideways, backward and forward as well as turn clockwise and counterclockwise, all by remote control, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.



The company built the drone for the Pentagon's research arm as an experiment in nanotechnology, designing it to look like a bird for potential use in spy missions, the newspaper said.



Industry experts say a flying "hummingbird-like" aircraft is a step toward technology that could produce drones capable of flying through open windows or sitting on power lines, capturing audio and video while enemies would be none the wiser.



"The miniaturization of drones is where it really gets interesting," defense expert Peter W. Singer, author of a book about robotic warfare, said. "You can use these things anywhere, put them anyplace, and the target will never even know they're being watched."



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Cancer causing chemicals found in cola coloring ingredient

Mike Adams Natural News Thursday, February 17, 2011

(NaturalNews) The “caramel coloring” used to color all the top cola brands isn’t natural caramel coloring at all. Instead, it’s made by reacting sugars with ammonia and sulfites at high temperatures. This reaction results in the formation of 2-methylimidazole and 4-methylimidazole, both of which are chemicals documented by the U.S. government to cause cancer in mammals.

This is all coming to light thanks to an effort by the CSPI, which has now filed a regulatory petition to ban these chemicals from colas (http://www.cspinet.org/new/20110216…).

The National Toxicology Program has conducted animal studies on these toxic chemicals found in colas, concluding there is “clear evidence” that 2-MI and 4-MI are animal carcinogens.

The call to ban these chemicals from use in foods was joined by five carcinogenesis experts who said, “The American public should not be exposed to any cancer risk whatsoever as a result of consuming such chemicals, especially when they serve a non-essential, cosmetic purpose.” (http://cspinet.org/new/pdf/experts-…)

That letter explains:

4-methylimidazole (4-MI) causes lung tumors in male and female mice and mononuclear cell leukemia in female rats. Other NTP studies found that 2-methylimidazole caused liver tumors in male and female mice, thyroid tumors in male mice, and precancerous thyroid changes in female mice. In rats, 4-MI caused an increased rate of tumors in thyroid follicular cells in females and an increased rate of hyperplasia in thyroid follicular cells in males.

Even the term “caramel coloring” is extremely misleading to consumers, because most people think it’s related to caramel candy, which is made by browning sugar under heat. But the “caramel coloring” used in colas is made by exposing sugars to industrial chemicals (ammonia and sulfites), resulting in a cocktail of cancer-causing chemicals.

Coke and Pepsi products may soon bear cancer warnings in California

California’s Proposition 65 law limits the consumption of 4-MI to no more than 16 micrograms per day from a single product. Yet colas contain roughly 200 micrograms of 4-MI in a 20-ounce bottle.

That’s over 12 times the allowable limit under Proposition 65, and that’s in every bottle! Many people drink several bottles a day, further multiplying their exposure to this potential carcinogen.

If cola companies are going to continue to sell their products in California, then, they must now carry cancer warning labels in order to be in compliance with Prop 65. You can bet that a desperate effort is now under way by the cola industry to lobby California regulators and make sure 4-MI gets removed from any enforcement of Prop 65.

The cola industry wants everybody to think its products are wholesome and natural while forgetting about the health effects of phosphoric acid, aspartame and high-fructose corn syrup. Now, with 2-methylimidazole and 4-methylimidazole in the picture, there’s yet another potentially cancer-causing chemical to worry about in colas.

Obviously, 2-MI and 4-MI can be avoided by drinking non-colored soft drinks, but those still contain phosphoric acid, high-fructose corn syrup, caffeine and even aspartame in diet sodas.

It turns out, there’s no such thing as a perfectly safe soda. All sodas and soft drinks carry health risks related to their ingredients. I have no doubt that this era of diabetes, obesity and cancer we’re living through right now is due in large part to the widespread consumption of sodas and soft drinks.

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Epidemic Of TSA Criminality: More Agents Caught Stealing Cash From Luggage, Another Arrested For Assault

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The Ripening Harvest

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The Ripening Harvest

There is much talk as of late about rising food prices. We even featured a story a few days ago here on Presenttruth.com. The interest was so great that we decided to post another article that goes further in depth. As we are witnessing all of the revolting going on in the middle east and northern Africa, we see countries with soaring food prices that are drastically throwing their way of life into a tail spin. God told us this time would come long ago. In Matthew 24, we are told that famines would be a sign of the end. I wonder though if this is different than previous times. I went and began looking for historical evidence of past uprisings and ‘Revolutions’ and I found something most fascinating. Many wonder if there are ‘ingredients’ to revolution and I believe there are. We may be on the verge of Revolution even in the United States. Here is some words to consider: History always repeats: The reasons for the French Revolution: Rising Food costs, failed harvests due to eradicate weather patterns, too much money invested in foreign wars which increased national debt, and a looming financial crisis…This sounds all too familiar with the United States does it not? So we can see throughout the world rising food prices. I just finished a book entited ‘World on the Edge’ by Lester R. Brown and it showed beyond a shadow of a doubt that the greatest crisis that we face is not ‘peak oil’ but peak water. The world is running out of water and this is causing major food shortages around the globe. He made the statement that we are ‘one failed harvest away from global chaos’. We should not be surprised as we were told this would take place. Here are the words foretelling this many years ago: While appearing to the children of men as a great physician who can heal all their maladies, he will bring disease and disaster, until populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation. Even now he is at work. In accidents and calamities by sea and by land, in great conflagrations, in fierce [BEGIN P.590] tornadoes and terrific hailstorms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes, in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power. He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become more and more frequent and disastrous. Destruction will be upon both man and beast. “The earth mourneth and fadeth away,” “the haughty people . . . do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.” Isaiah 24:4, 5. {GC 589.3} May I suggest that not only is Satan sweeping away the literal harvests of the earth but also the many souls that should have heard a warning message long before now that may never hear it. Also: Again and again the Lord has instructed that our people are to take their families away from the cities, into the country, where they can raise their own provisions; for in the future the problem of buying and selling will be a very serious one. We should now begin to heed the instruction given us over and over again: Get out of the cities into rural districts, where the houses are not crowded closely together, and where you will be free from the interference of enemies.—Letter 5, 1904. – {CL 9.5} We are told a time of famine is coming on the earth and the question is are we prepared for this time? We should be so that we can be ministers to others in need rather than in need of ministering to. Read more at www.presentruth.com

 

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Would-be jumper saved by county deputy, local attorney

ELIZABETH EVANS The York Dispatch

A woman who tried to jump from the sixth floor of the York County Judicial Center's indoor atrium Thursday morning was saved by a sheriff's deputy and a local attorney.

Deputy Dennis Williams and attorney Kurt Blake grabbed the woman and pulled her back to safety after she climbed over the glass railing and was standing on a narrow ledge, York County Sheriff Richard Keuerleber said.

"I believe a life was saved," the sheriff said. "They both need to be commended for their actions."

The 54-year-old woman escaped injury during the 9:40 a.m. incident and was involuntarily committed to York Hospital, Keuerleber said.

"This was two seconds away from a horrible tragedy. It makes me sick to think what could've happened," Williams said. "When she was talked to later, she said she thought she could fly, and she wanted to get away from all that was happening to her. It's sad."

Blake, 43, said he was shaken up, and that even hours later the incident still didn't seem real to him.

"It's sort of a surreal feeling now, like it was a dream and not reality," he said.

'Sixth sense': Williams, 65, spent 31 of his 36 years on the York City Police force as a homicide detective. He credits the job with helping him develop a sixth sense about people and their foibles, including the would-be jumper.

He was sitting at the security desk on the sixth floor and was watching the woman, who was sitting at a bank of chairs along the railing.

"She was real fidgety. ... Something was bothering me about her," he said. "I felt uneasy -- I just didn't feel good about it."

Williams was called to Courtroom No. 4, and he went, but said he almost immediately turned around and came back out.

"Something said, 'You better get out there,'" he said. "She was still sitting there, with her head in her hands."

Williams said he called down to the sheriff's control room to ask other deputies to train a sixth-floor security camera on her, which is when the woman made her move.

"She was up, on the chair, over the rail and she had moved out onto the thin ledge," he said. "I dropped the phone and ran."

Falling away: Meanwhile, Blake was walking out of Courtroom No. 4 and saw what was happening.

"I looked up and saw a woman going over the rail," Blake said, and he dove toward her.

Both men -- along with a third, unidentified man -- grabbed her, and not a moment too soon, according to Blake.

"It sort of felt like she was falling away," he said. "I wrapped my arms around her pretty hard."

Williams agreed she had started to fall as they were grabbing her.

"I could feel her pulling out of her sweatshirt," he said. "Thank goodness Kurt was there. ... We pulled her in against the railing and the three of us together pulled her back over the rail. She didn't try to jump, she just let herself go."

Response 'incredible': Blake said Williams got on his radio and called for help.

"You should've seen the deputies come," he said. "The response was incredible."

It's the first time someone has tried to commit suicide by jumping from a ledge bordering the Judicial Center's atrium, Keuerleber said. The woman was there supporting another person who had a court hearing, he said.

Blake's law partner, Ron Gross was given a prestigious Carnegie Hero Fund Commission award in 2004 for rescuing a court reporter under attack by a gun-wielding man a few blocks from the old county courthouse. The attacker was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies.

"I'm just trying to keep up with Ron," Blake quipped. "We're competitive by nature."

-- Reach Elizabeth Evans at levans@yorkdispatch.com, 505-5429 or twitter.com/ydcrimetime. Read more at www.ydr.com

 

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3 Philly priests named in sex report are suspended

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA—The Philadelphia archdiocese has suspended three priests named as child molestation suspects in a scathing grand jury report issued last week and has pledged to reopen complaints made against 34 others still on the job. Joseph Gallagher, Stephen Perzan and Joseph DiGregorio have been removed from ministry while their cases are reviewed. A city grand jury last week charged five other people—four current or former priests and a former Catholic school teacher—with raping boys in the late 1990s or endangering children by covering up the crimes. An earlier grand jury report, in 2005, blasted the church for ignoring or dismissing sexual-abuse complaints made against 63 priests in the archdiocese over many decades. While the archdiocese under Cardinal Justin Rigali after the first report formed a panel to handle abuse complaints, the second grand jury found it mostly worked to protect the church, not the victims. Rigali addressed that criticism Wednesday by announcing that he would retain former city child-abuse prosecutor Gina Maisto Smith to reopen complaints made against the active-duty priests. "Sexual abuse of children is a crime. It is always wrong and gravely evil," Rigali said in a statement, in perhaps his strongest words to date to describe the nature of the offense. "The grand jury report makes clear that for as much as the archdiocese has done to address child sexual abuse, there is still much to do." Smith is a veteran of the Philadelphia district attorney's office, which issued last week's grand jury report. She will re-examine complaints that internal church investigators previously said they could not substantiate. District Attorney Seth Williams, whose office faulted the handling of the crisis by both Rigali and his predecessor, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, welcomed Rigali's latest pledge. "I commend Cardinal Rigali and the archdiocese for this latest action," Williams said. "The cardinal's strong words and recent efforts are the correct steps at this time. I will continue my commitment to working with him to protect our children." Williams, who is Catholic, has said it pained him to bring the charges against his own church. But, he said, his obligation as a prosecutor required it. He was able to file the criminal charges chiefly because of recent laws that have extended the time child sex assault victims have to come forward. The 2005 grand jury on priest sex abuse in Philadelphia was frustrated by legal time limits and filed no criminal charges. The new report accuses church officials of downplaying at least two complaints that Gallagher molested boys and frequently talked to them about masturbation during confession. One accuser killed himself after the archdiocese dismissed the allegation he filed in 2007, when he was 36, the report said. The accuser said Gallagher had molested him when he was a young altar boy at St. Mark Parish in Bristol. An earlier complaint against Gallagher was dismissed because the man who reported it estimated that it occurred in 1968 or 1969, before Gallagher arrived in 1970. The grand jury wrote that the discrepancy about dates "could have amounted to mere months." Perzan, according to the grand jury, failed a lie detector test about whether he molested two boys at St. Gabriel's Hall, a residential program for delinquent youth. The archdiocesan review board said it could not substantiate their complaints, despite testimony from adults at the school that Perzan was too friendly with the boys and had them in his room with the door closed. DiGregorio also failed a lie detector test related to a 2005 complaint from a woman who said he and a second priest had abused her at Our Lady of Loreto in about 1968. The church review board initially found her complaint credible, in part because the other priest admitted his actions, but reversed itself two months later, the report said. Gallagher, who is retired, has no listed telephone number. Perzan, who recently has been living at St. Helena Rectory in North Philadelphia, and DiGregorio, who remained a parochial vicar stationed at Stella Maris parish in South Philadelphia until his suspension, did not immediately return messages left at their rectories on Wednesday. The grand jury report cast doubt on the review board's handling of allegations against the priests. "Our review of just some of these priests' files shows that the review board finds allegations 'unsubstantiated' even when there is very convincing evidence that the accusations are true—evidence certainly alarming enough to prompt removal of priests from positions in which they pose a danger to children," the grand jury wrote. Smith, the former child-abuse prosecutor retained by Rigali, vowed to bring to the job the vigilance against child abuse that she honed in 20 years as a prosecutor, some covering high-profile child kidnappings and murders. She said she also knows how to defuse the defenses that child predators mount. "Clearly the grand jury report cites these (37) cases as particular concerns," Smith told The Associated Press. "And that's why I'm here." Read more at www.ydr.com

 

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Commonwealth Court: County must give locations with 911 call logs

The county wanted to withhold locations in time response logs, but the court said people can't assess response time unless they know where units went.

By TOM JOYCE Daily Record/Sunday News

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York, PA - The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that the public is entitled to information identifying the location of 911 calls as part of open records requests.

The court released the ruling Wednesday, overturning a decision in 2009 by York County Judge Richard K. Renn to the effect that the county was entitled to withhold that information.

The decision originated with York Daily Record reporter Ted Czech's 2009 request for county 911 time response logs, including addresses.

Attorney Niles Benn, who represented the York Daily Record/Sunday News in the case, said county officials have 30 days to petition the Pennsylvania Supreme Court if they wish to appeal the decision. Even if the county does appeal, it's up to the state Supreme Court whether to hear the case.

The county denied the locations after Czech's initial request, citing privacy and the industry standard for logs. The newspaper appealed to the state Office of Open Records, maintaining that a meaningful analysis of response times isn't possible without a list of destinations.

The Office of Open Records granted the Daily Record's appeal. The county then appealed to Common Pleas Court, which led to Renn's decision. The Daily Record, in turn, appealed to Commonwealth Court.

York County solicitor Mike Flannelly said county officials still have to decide whether to appeal again. He said they will likely seek input from other organizations that have sided with the county on the issue, including the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence -- which has argued that public disclosure of street addresses would pose a danger to domestic violence victims.

Flannelly said county officials are disappointed. But they see an upside in the fact that the ruling doesn't specify the county has to turn over specific addresses. The decision says the requester would be satisfied with the location of nearby cross streets, making it possible to determine the general location of emergency response calls.

"The absolute, primary concern dealt with the privacy rights of victims of crime and individuals with serious health concerns," Flannelly said.

Benn said he made it clear to the county prior to arguments before Renn that the Daily Record would be satisfied with locations of nearby cross streets rather than specific addresses. But he said the county still declined, so the case proceeded.

Benn considers it to be a "case of first impression," meaning one that will have a bearing on any future legal cases about the issue in Pennsylvania.

Melissa Melewsky, media law attorney for the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, said Wednesday's decision could have significant implications for Right-to-Know requests in the state.

"I certainly think it clears up an ambiguous issue," Melewsky said. "It could have been very bad for public accountability if it went the other way."

Terry Mutchler, executive director of the state Office of Open Records, is also pleased with the ruling. The Office of Open Records had sided with the Daily Record on the issue.

She was particular pleased with a portion reaffirming that the Right-to-Know law puts the burden on government to show why records are not public, rather than on members of the public to show why they are.

"That is one of the premiere points of this law," Mutchler said.

Definition

According to the Commonwealth Court decision issued Wednesday, Pennsylvania's Right to Know law defines "record" as:

"Information, regardless of physical form or characteristics, that documents a transaction or activity of an agency and that is created, received or retained pursuant to law or in connection with a transaction, business or activity of the agency. The term includes a document, paper, letter, map, book, tape, photograph, film or sound recording, information stored or maintained electronically and a data-processed or image-processed document." Read more at www.ydr.com

 

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Gas odor reported near site of fatal Allentown blast

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ALLENTOWN, Pa.—Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania are investigating reports of a natural gas odor not far from the site of a gas explosion that killed five people. The Morning Call newspaper reports an evacuation involving at least six Allentown residents Wednesday night. WFMZ-TV says firefighters and workers from gas company UGI are on the scene and are digging into the street. A spokesman for UGI hasn't returned a request for comment. The odor was reported about five blocks from the site of last week's explosion. The blast sparked an inferno that burned for hours while crews tried to shut off the gas supply. A 16-year-old girl and a 4-month-old boy were among those killed. Eight homes were destroyed. Neighbors say the blast knocked shelves off walls, brought down ceilings and ripped a front door off its hinges. Read more at www.ydr.com

 

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York, PA: Deputy, defense attorney stop suicide jumper at judicial center

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Deputy, defense attorney stop suicide jumper at judicial center

A woman had climbed over the sixth-floor railing in the Judicial Center when they pulled her back.

By RICK LEE Daily Record/Sunday News

Defense attorney Kurt Blake. (DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS - KATE PENN) York, PA - An apparently distraught woman tried to jump from the sixth floor inside the York County Judicial Center Thursday morning. Deputy Dennis Williams and defense attorney Kurt Blake wrapped their arms around the woman and pulled her back over the railing. "I walked out of courtroom 4, and I saw her climbing over the railing," Blake said. "I dropped my briefcase and dove at her." Blake said the woman was standing on a narrow ledge, holding onto the railing, and was beginning to turn when they grabbed her. The center of the courthouse building features a seven-story open-air atrium. The woman, described by witnesses as being in her mid-40s, was incoherent and "couldn't answer any questions," Deputy Dennis Williams (Submitted) Blake said. York County Sheriff Rich Keuerleber said the woman, who reportedly was the mother of a criminal defendant, was transported by ambulance to York Hospital after the suicide attempt. She was involuntary committed for a mental health evaluation. "Denny had observed a woman on the sixth floor from his post outside courtroom 4," Keuerleber said. Keuerleber said he was told the woman did not resist, but Blake said it felt like she was pushing away from them. Keuerleber commended both Williams and Blake for their actions. Stopping a suicide attempt was new to Blake, but saving lives is not. Blake, 43, worked as a lifeguard at a swimming pool in Vernon, N.J., from 1984 through 1990. "It had a wave pool, and we'd go into the water 30 to 40 times a day to pull people out," he said. In 2008, Blake's law partner, Ronald Gross, received the Carnegie Medal for heroism for intervening when a gunman attacked a court stenographer on North Duke Street near the two attorneys' law firm in September 2003. No one on the street full of people came to the screaming woman's aid. Gross, who was driving to work, stopped and got the woman into his car while the man pointed a handgun -- later determined to be pellet gun -- at Gross's head. Deputies arrived on the scene and, when the man raised his pistol at them, one deputy fired two shots, killing him. The shooting was ruled justifiable. On the blogs · Ron Gross among 16 York County Good Samaritans honored with Carnegie Medals since 1906. Read more at www.ydr.com

 

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Wheat Die-off in Oregon

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Wheat Die-off in Oregon · February 17, 2011

Investigators are mystified by a yellowing and die-off of 40,000 acres of wheat in two counties in Eastern Oregon. Sixteen fields are affected so far.

“Most of the symptoms in Morrow County are unlike anything I have ever seen,” said. Larry Lutcher, OSU Morrow County Extension associate professor.

“Lutcher said he doesn’t believe the problem will spread to other fields, but he can’t be certain… This does appear to be a new problem — a problem that no one seems to have experience with, he said.”

“In Umatilla County, the patterns are oriented across the fields, with “shadow effects” suggesting protection in areas behind slopes or fence rows,” said Don Wysocki, OSU Extension soil scientist.

But the die-off has never been seen before. Strange weather patterns, temperature swings and rains may have contributed to what could be a “perfect storm” of factors causing the die-off, experts think.

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Check Vatican Vaults For Mubarak’s 70 Billion

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Check Vatican Vaults For Mubarak’s 70 Billion

By Greg Szymanski Feb. 17, 2011

People are asking where the 70 billion Mubarak of Egypt took actually ended up?

I suggest investigators who are not on the take, if there are any, look inside the Vatican Bank.

If the Pope won’t let them look, I suggest they dig deep below the Vatican catacombs.

And if not there, check the pockets of every high level Bishop and Vatican Cardinal who drive around in limousines, drink expensive Italian wines and usually can be seen dining at one of the Pope’s opulent mansions on the outskirts of Rome.

Wherever Mubarak’s New World Order stash is hiding, you can bet your life savings  that the Jesuit Order has its hands on some of it, most of it or about all of it.

That’s just the way it works at the top levels whether its Egypt, Beijing or Washington. So let’s see what the news media is saying about the 70 billion and I bet, as usual, not a word about the Vatican From collected articles in and around the worldwide web:To read the rest of this article subscribe now! Read more at www.arcticbeacon.com

 

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Facebook & Google are CIA Fronts

Sandeep Parwaga HenryMakow.com February 17, 2011

There used to be a saying: ”No one makes a name for himself without giving something up”

As a youngster, I was awed by people who ”made it to the top” by creating and innovating corporations, technologies, or simply establishing themselves through sports, music, entertainment, etc. thus becoming millionaires.

Now as I have grown older, I realize how illusory this paradigm really is. I came to the conclusion that if you want to reach the ”top’,’ you have to give up your soul.

Take Mark Zuckerberg for example. He is one of the most ”successful entrepreneurs” in the last decade. Having made a fortune through his Facebook empire, he reaches more than 500 million people worldwide. It seems like a fairytale. A student creates a new interface to connect the people throughout the world. Well, it sounds great doesn’t it? It would, if we were true.

Here is a good video that demonstrates that Facebook was indirectly funded by the CIA with the goal of learning and storing everything there is to know about you. Why? To monitor and ultimately control.

Again, the people have been totally duped by the Facebook-mania and can only see what they are told to see. As my friends say: ”It is to connect people and share information”. In the wake of the recent crisis in Egypt, we might add that Facebook has become not just a data-mining operation, but also a soft power proxy for crisis-creation.

Let’s look at headlines that should cast no doubt about the true character of CIAbook:

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over -

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says privacy is no longer a ‘social norm’

Facebook – the CIA conspiracy

The Face of Facebook -  (Pay particular notice to the IMs that got leaked and confirmed to be true by the New Yorker)

Facebook & Social Media: A Convenient Cover For Spying -

US spies invest in internet monitoring technology – Quoted from this article: ”In an attempt to sift through the blizzard of information, the investment arm of the CIA, In-Q-Tel, has invested in a software firm that monitors social media.”

Nihilists of The World Unite: Wikileaks Is The “Cognitive Infiltration” Operation Demanded by Cass Sunstein -

TIME Mag Person of the Year 2010 - This link is just a mere reminder of past history and the perversion of ”honoring”those who don’t deserve it. Would you like to share this front cover with Hitler, Stalin, Kissinger, etc.? I sure wouldn’t. Obviously Zuckerberg has done something ”great”. Just my 2 cents about this garbage.

GOOGLE

Google has come under scrutiny over its attempt to eliminate competing search engines and block ”controversial” sites and people, but the biggest controversy came over its alleged ties to the CIA and NSA.

Google founders Sergey M. Brin and Lawrence E. Page are portrayed as average folks, Stanford University students, who teamed up to create a ”superior search engine”. Their attempt to do just that turned out to be so successful that they started to get funding from big players, for example Sun Microsystems. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brin#Search_engine_development)

It can be assumed that the CIA and NSA funded them as well. As in the above example of Facebook, don’t forget the Google scandal connected to China last year, where Google simply evaded censorship laws by moving to Hong Kong.

The CIA might have used Google as a soft power proxy in China as well for destabilization operations. Here are a few issues that made the news regarding Google:

Tarpley: US Gov uses Google proxy to attack China – (Vid)

Google-NSA collaboration draws alarm -

YouTube’s Parent Google is a Corporate Member of the Council on Foreign Relations -

Ex-Agent: CIA Seed Money Helped Launch Google -

The Google-NSA Alliance: Questions and Answers -

CONCLUSION

I admit I have Facebook. I am not particularly happy about it, but it does facilitate being connected with friends from other places. I try to keep a low profile. Don’t reveal anything or don’t click on trivial buttons, for example the ”Likes”.

Use alternatives to make contact if you can, e.g. email or other messengers. If you have Facebook, you have probably realized how people have literally sold their lives over to it.

Every time I see people revealing things to the finest detail, they don’t think about any consequences, or let’s say, they are not smart enough to care. The scientific dictatorship has done a ”good” job in brainwashing and manipulating the masses. Don’t be fooled by the deceit. The mainstream media has been very reluctant to cover the disturbing Google/Facebook ties as it would expose important assets for the Big Brother machine and its secret use to destabilize.

Zuckerberg or the Google founders would never have gotten the publicity, wealth and success without a CIA or NSA  connection. To elaborate on the opening quote, I assume they have been initiated into the Illuminati Order and sold their soul.

Sandeep Parwaga is a 22 yr old Indian student who currently lives in the UK. Read more at www.infowars.com

 

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