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"Google urged to drop nuclear site images"
The Australian ^ | 8th August 2005 | Natasha Bita
Posted on 08/07/2005 2:35:28 PM PDT by naturalman1975
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "THE head of Australia's nuclear energy agency has called on the owners of an internet satellite program to censor images of the country's only nuclear reactor.
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation executive director Ian Smith said he would ask internet search engine Google to remove the Lucas Heights reactor from its Google Earth program. The online program combines satellite images with aerial photographs and maps to let users zoom in on almost any building in the world.
While Google Earth "censors" the White House with blocks of colour over the roof and the nearby Treasury Department and Executive Office buildings, anyone with a computer and web connection can use the free program to see aerial shots of sensitive Australian sites such as the Lucas Heights reactor, the secret US spy base at Pine Gap, outside Alice Springs, and Parliament House in Canberra.
The satellite image of the Lucas Heights facility, on a 70ha site 40km southwest of Sydney's CBD, clearly shows the layout of the buildings and carpark.
"We're going to ask Google to take it off," Dr Smith told The Australian."
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Hundreds of People Dead from "Swine Disease" in Sichuan?
Recombinomics + Others ^ | 6 Aug 05 | Recombinomics/Boxun News
Posted on 08/07/2005 2:20:54 PM PDT by datura
"Falsification of reports is definitely happening! Considering the geographical spread of the virus, how can there be only 38 deaths? (When I called home, my family members told me that there was a family which had a pig weighing more than 200kg. When it died, they had 4 workers to help the 3 of their own family deal with this dead pig. Before they could finish, a few of them fell to the floor consecutively. The time between onset of initial symptoms and death was approximately 20 minutes. How can they still say that this illness is curable?) Utter nonsense. How can they say that this epidemic is under control? What a lie."
"Exactly how many people are dead? Where are the 'Health people' (WHO? or local?) Officially there are only a few dozen deaths, but why are there natives saying that there are a few hundred instead? And controls are being placed on the movements of people now!"
The above comments from a Boxun story suggests the number dead in Sichuan is considerably higher than the official numbers of about 3 dozen. Several aspects of the official numbers are suspect. The above report describes several people falling ill at a single farm. The official reports have only about one person per location (80 cases in 75 villages), which is hard to maintain if there are many locations with multiple cases. The OIE report on stamping out for bacterial infections is also suspect. Streptococcus suis is widespread among pigs worldwide and control of bacteria usually does not involve stamping out. [The bacteria can be fought with mere soap and water.] The rapid spread of the illness also suggests a viral vector as opposed to a bacterial one (Chandu, Deyang, Luzhou, Mianyang, Nanchong, Neijing, Zigong, Ziyang are listed in OIE report). The limitation of media coverage also raises concerns that the bacterial component of the story is not the true etiological agent, which is also supported by restrictions placed on movement. [Sichuan is still basically under martial law.]
All of the above sounds like a viral component such as H5N1 bird flu and a recombinant Ebola is responsible for the high case fatality rate and rapid spread to humans.
Clearly an independent investigation by labs outside of China is warranted..