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What exactly is an "endangered" species?
How hot is the center of the earth?
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How many species have been named?
Despite estimates of more than ten million distinct species,
only 1.4 million species have actually BEEN named.
Are new species still being created?
Sure. Sadly, however, species are now becoming extinct
faster than new species are created.
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1. STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!
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2. TITLE ARTICLE . . .
Tips And Tidbits
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3. MEDICAL COLUMN by Karin Henderson
Could Your Blood Pressure Be Too Low?
A Plea For Some Common Sense: Some Sanity
PART 1 of 12
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4. PERCEPTIONS by Ken Darby
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5. WHY DO WE SAY IT?
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6. THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!
7. HA! HA!HA!
8. CONTACT INFO
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TITLE ARTICLE . . .
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Tips And Tidbits
Net censorship spreads worldwide
By Mark Ward
Technology Correspondent, BBC News website
Repressive regimes are taking full advantage of the net's
ability to censor and stifle reform and debate, reveals a
report.
Written by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) pressure
group the report highlights the ways governments threaten
the freedom of the press.
The report has a section dedicated to the internet and the
growing roster of nations censoring online life.
This censorship is practised on every continent on Earth,
said the report.
Power play
Although the internet is changing the way the media works as
blogs, chat forums and social networking sites turn passive
consumers into active critics, it is not just citizens who
are taking advantage of its technological power warned the
report.
Julien Pain - who heads the internet freedom desk at the RSF
and was one of the report's authors, noted: "Everyone's
interested in the internet - especially dictators".
Mr Pain said the world's dictators have not remained
powerless in the face of the explosion of online content. By
contrast, many have been "efficient and inventive" in using
the net to spy on citizens and censor debate.
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In many nations, the net used to be the only uncensored
outlet and the place people turned to for news they would
never hear about through official channels.
However, noted the report, governments have woken up to the
fact that the people they regard as dissidents are active
online. Many are now moving to censor blogs and the last
year has seen many committed bloggers jailed for what they
said in their online journal.
For instance, in Iran Mojtaba Saminejad has been in jail
since February 2005 for putting online material ruled
offensive to Islam.
China was the nation that came in for most criticism for its
efforts to monitor and censor the net. The RSF noted that
net censorship in the country had undergone a significant
shift in the last two years.
Originally, said the report, China was only interested in
monitoring political dissidence on the net. Now its scrutiny
covers general unrest in its population - ironically
something that has grown because the net makes it easier for
people to communicate.
Jail term
China's success at censorship means it has effectively
produced a "sanitised" version of the internet for its 130
million citizens that regularly go online.
Google China website, AFP/Getty
Western firms have been criticised for their helping filter
the net
The wide-ranging scrutiny also means that it is the biggest
jailer of so-called cyber dissidents. RSF estimates that 62
people in China have been jailed for what they said online.
Net users have also been jailed in Egypt, Iran, Libya, the
Maldives, Syria, Tunisia and Vietnam.
Where China has led, other nations are following and taking
active steps to filter the net before it gets to their
citizens. Zimbabwe is reportedly buying technology directly
from China to beef up its censorship efforts.
Many other nations, including Burma, Cuba, Iran, Libya,
Nepal, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkmenistan, and
Vietnam censor the net. Often this filtering involves
stopping access to some types of sites, such as those
showing pornography, but it can also involve blocking sites
critical of governments or religions.
Some nations, such as Turkmenistan, have banned home net
connections and restrict people to using net cafes which,
said the RSF, were much easier to control. Burma has banned
web e-mail systems such as Hotmail and Yahoo mail and every
five minutes screen grabs are taken of what people are
looking at in net cafes.
But criticism of the obstacles put before open net access
was not limited to nations known for their repressive
policies. The European Union was criticised too for its
policy of leaving the decision on which sites to censor up
to net service firms. This, said the RSF, created a "private
system of justice" in which technicians take the place of a
judge.
The 153-page report also criticised Western firms for
selling technology to repressive regimes to help them
monitor what people do online.
The report was produced to mark World Press Freedom Day.
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That which proceeds out of your mouth shall come to pass.
---- Ken Darby
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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - -
by Karin Henderson
Could Your Blood Pressure Be Too Low?
A Plea For Some Common Sense: Some Sanity
PART 1 of 12
The information and the questions I am going to pose, and
the thoughts I am going to share, are meant to make you
think. My purpose is to create an awareness of the actions
of drugs that are chemicals going into your body. This is a
plea for common sense. And this plea is directed at you, the
reader, who may have symptoms that are “inconvenient” and
you want relief, but at what price. It is perfectly
understandable to want relief. When you make the appointment
with your doctor you expect that they will provide you with
a prescription for a drug to take away those symptoms. You
know you will get it. You expect it. You feel it is the
right answer. My concern arises from many emails and phone
calls that originate on our Meniere’s website.
http://www.menieres-disease.ca/
One of the main symptoms we discuss on this website is
dizziness, vertigo, and tinnitus: symptoms that create a lot
of misery and chaos in people’s lives.
But I want to carry this a bit further than just the
symptoms. I want to expand on my concerns: my observations
on what seems to be a trend of drugs (any kind) and the lack
of support or willingness to look at interactions or simply
side effects. Frankly I am very concerned about the lack of
interest about side effects by the medical community. So
many times I see hypotension and no one is willing to
explore this seriously. Hypotension, or low blood pressure,
can create some real problems. Most doctors are focused on
bringing down blood pressure readings. I fully agree with
the idea, but let’s look at this a little differently. In
this article, you will see a thread of problems associated
with low blood pressure, plus the discussion of possible
chemical results. I find it impossible to separate these to
make a point by point paragraph. It would appear that some
places I am repeating myself, but if you look closely, I
refer to hypertensive drugs and other treatments as well.
Included are several ways that you can be in control of your
own health decisions.
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Karin Henderson is a registered nurse and is thePEBBLE's
columnist for our MEDICAL COLUMN.
We appreciate her input very much. Thanks Karin.
You can send Karin questions at
mailto:kflh@shaw.ca
Health Information Newsletter.
http://www.prescotts-inc.com
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PERCEPTIONS . . . by Ken Darby
-----------------------DISCLAIMER
Some around me think I am an opinionated old goat.
Whether that be true or not I will sometimes, in this column,
talk about things people don't like to talk about - or don't want
out in the open. Take it all with a grain of salt.
Do your own thinking, and don't accept the things I say as
gospel. They are only mental meanderings from a simple soul.
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I couldn't help but think the other day when I saw that article
about the Vatican being upset that the Chinese Catholic
Church created two bishops, ostensibly without the okay
from the Pope.
Apparently the Pope or the Vatican is angry. I say - too bad. I
happen to be angry that the church does not feel compelled
to bring forth those among the clergy that have been accused
of being pedophiles. Moreover, in my opinion, that very act means
the church is harboring, aiding and abetting the crime.
If all members of society are not subject to the same laws within
that society then we have trouble. The Catholic church is
sponsoring criminals if they fail to turn them in to the justice
system.
So, angry that the China church appointed two bishops without
your approval - too bad. Clean up your own house first.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
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WHY DO WE SAY IT?
Calendar. How did the calendar" get its name?
From the Latin word for an interest book kept by
money-lenders - the calendarium. Interest fell due on the
calends or first day of the month. Calends itself came from
calare - the Latin verb meaning "to call" - because the
Romans used to publicly "call out" the first day of the
month.
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THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!
"There is a great deal of difference between the eager
man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who
wants a book to read." -- G.K. Chesterton
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HA! HA! HA!
There was an Irishman, a New Zealand man and an American man
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"There. Now you try." he said to the Irishman.
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The New Zealander said to the American : "Jeez, Superman,
you are a real jerk sometimes!"
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"If a man can write a better book, preach a better
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