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Posted on 05/17/2004 12:36:39 AM PDT by JustPiper
From our point of view on Earth, there are three bodies that have a crescent when we view them: Mercury, Venus and Luna. Of course from a different vantage point (such as a space probe) every planet and moon will show a dark side.
sorry, I didn't write that very well. I meant to say, print out the Venus picture from the Drugde site and turn it upside down. Compare with the planet in the montage. The landmark feature on the left hand side of the 'eye' crater appears to be similar...maybe? Thanks for your reply.
More Animals Sickened by Poison near Jackson (WY) Associated Press JACKSON (AP) - More than 20 dogs have now been sickened or killed after eating poisoned hot dogs investigators believe were meant for wolves.
The latest illnesses brings the tally to 21 dogs stricken by the poison in Wyoming and Idaho in the past two months. The first sick dog was found in Teton County in March.
Authorities have discovered hot dogs cored and then filled with a highly toxic pesticide, which looks like black table salt. They have speculated that the baits were put out to kill wolves - not pets.
Riverton residents Jim and Nancy Barrus almost lost their black lab Sammy recently after the dog apparently ate one of the poisoned hot dogs near a scenic turnout on Togwotee Pass.
Sammy is recovering after throwing up and receiving two shots of an antidote for the poison, his owners said. Jim Barrus had not heard of the poisonings or seen warnings to keep a close eye on pets. He urged law enforcement to step up education efforts, but acknowledged that will not be easy.
"How do you get the word out to the unsuspecting person like me?" he said. A $20,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to an arrest in the case.
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Chronic Wasting Disease Moves South in Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Chronic wasting disease has been found for the first time in the Colorado Springs area, the southernmost advance of the ailment in Colorado.
An emaciated mule deer buck that was found dead in the southwest part of the city tested positive for the disease, state Division of Wildlife spokesman Todd Malmsbury said May 3.
The deer was at least 40 miles south of the nearest previous discovery of the disease, Malmsbury said.
The find was unexpected, but the distance of the latest leap in the disease was not unusual, he said. “We’ve seen larger jumps on the map than this,” Malmsbury said.
The disease had earlier been found in northeast and northwest Colorado. It has also been found in wild deer and domesticated elk herds in 11 other states and Canada.
Chronic wasting disease creates sponge-like holes in the brains of deer or elk, causing the animal to grow thin, act abnormally and die. It is a prion disease, similar to mad cow disease.
There never has been a known case of it being transferred to humans or livestock, but people are cautioned not to eat the brain, nervous tissue or lymph glands of the animals. A resident alerted the Division of Wildlife to the deer, and tests confirmed the disease on Friday. “We will conduct additional surveillance in Colorado Springs and the surrounding area to determine if there are more animals with CWD,” said Mark Konishi, southeastern Colorado regional manager for the Division of Wildlife. He encouraged hunters to have their elk and deer tested for the disease this fall.
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Salmonella Kills 16 Horses At College Vet Clinic Clinic Closed Down Until Further Notice (PA)
POSTED: 6:13 pm EDT May 13, 2004 UPDATED: 7:53 am EDT May 14, 2004
The University of Pennsylvania has closed part of its Chester County vet clinic because of a salmonella outbreak that has killed 16 horses.
The George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals is located at New Bolton Center in East Marlborough Township, Pa. No new patients will be accepted for the next four to six weeks because of the outbreak. Officials will have to disinfect about 18 of the center's 70 buildings.
The bacteria infection has mostly hit horses. Some of the horses have died during the outbreak. No humans have been affected. Officials said the problem does not pose a risk to neighbors of the facility. Workers will have to disinfect about 18 of the center's 70 buildings before it is deemed safe. At least one building reportedly will have to be scrubbed down and repainted. They don't expect to reopen until July.
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Interesting Salmonella info....
New Drug-Resistant Strain of Salmonella Found Two common antibiotics ineffective against it
By Ed Edelson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 16 (HealthDayNews) -- Taiwanese doctors have identified a potentially fatal strain of salmonella bacteria that is resistant to two antibiotics widely used to treat serious infections.
The appearance of the multi-resistant strain "is a serious threat to public health, and thus constant surveillance is warranted," physicians at the Chang Gung University College of Medicine report in the April 17 issue of The Lancet.
About 40,000 salmonella infections are reported in the United States each year. Most cause diarrhea and other intestinal problems that clear up in a few days without antibiotic treatment. Infections tend to be more common and more serious in underdeveloped countries because the bacteria is spread by contaminated food and water.
Most of the literally hundreds of strains of salmonella aren't particularly virulent. But the resistant bacteria detected in Taiwan belongs to a subgroup with the scientific name S. choleraesuis that can cause potentially fatal infections, the researchers said. About 600 Americans die each year from such infections.
Suspicious Suitcase Prompts Shopping-Center Evacuation (CA)
11:33 PM PDT on Monday, May 17, 2004 The Press-Enterprise Suspicions about a suitcase left in a Murrieta shopping center led to evacuations of three stores for about three hours Monday, authorities said.
The suitcase, which later was found to be empty, was noticed at about 4 p.m. in a parking lot on Madison Avenue near Murrieta Hot Springs Road, Sgt. Bob Landwehr said. "It seemed strange that nobody had called reporting a lost suitcase," he said. "A store manager said it was sitting on a Home Depot dolly for hours."
Erring on the side of caution, he said, three nearby stores and Home Depot's garden center were closed. The parking lot also was taped off, Landwehr said. At about 7 p.m., the Riverside County sheriff's Hazardous Device Team moved the suitcase to a secure area and determined there was nothing inside, Landwehr said. The shopping center was reopened.
Remember the strange bottles of water that kept turning up in the subway tunnels?
It is either a test? or a sick joker.
You can buy used suitcases at garage sales and Goodwill type stores.
But I ran across a report in the past 2 weeks or so, about the number of thefts from the Goodwill 'drop off boxes'.
That would be handy, the suitcases would come complete with another persons finger prints already on them.
Is the day coming that we will have to wipe our prints off our trash?
All these false alarms serve 2 purposes, they get us to the point that we think that it is all a false alarm.
And they keep the Police busy on false alarms, as one of the terrorist directives suggests.
When we get careless, we will pay for it.
The thefts from the drop boxes sounds interesting. That way there would be no way to trace the purchaser or owner. Isn't amazing what different seemingly "unrelated" news stories stay with you? If a story somehow seems odd, you tend to file it for later use.
There have also been three incidents of bodies washing ashore in suitcases in the Virginia area.
Words of wisdom and reason.....thanks, Granny.
Part of connecting the dots, is finding the 'right' dots.
Suitcases.
Now that is a word that you don't use everyday, but now all of a sudden it is in the news several times a day.
The last 2 times I bought them, they were Nylon type soft bags and not the hard ones at all.
It will be harder to trace them, when they are old and used.
Have you noticed that when a 'new idea' gets used, they use it till it is worn out.
As in the 'white powder' envelopes that were mailed.
Even the accidents come in bunches........then stop.
Heard on the news that the beam which fell in Colorado, was reported by a driver to 911 an hour before it fell.
Seems the 911 operator did not understand the message, that was all the radio said.
Coast to Coast Am will replay this years interview with Dr. Mallove on Friday night, starting the second hour.
I think it deals with Cold Fusion.
The thread that I saw about his death is:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1136445/posts
NYPD ALERTS COPS TO 'TERROR INDICATORS'
By Tom Hays
The Associated Press
5/17/04 7:33 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- The NYPD has ordered its patrol force to be more vigilant about spotting and reporting possible signs of terrorism, including individuals who "express hatred for America."
Guidelines titled "Possible Indicators of Terrorist Activity" were issued last week on cards designed to fit in police officers' memo books. The cards advise them to contact counterterrorism investigators when they have suspicions over anyone who is, among other things, carrying driver's licenses from different states, videotaping utilities and tunnels or wearing fake uniforms.
Members of the nation's largest police department also have been instructed to take note of "overtly hostile" people who "express hatred for America and advocate violence against America and/or Americans," or who "support terrorists and their goals."
The guidelines stress that the indicators are "general," and may "not necessarily mean that terrorist activity is being planned." They also caution officers not to interfere with free speech, or target anyone based on race or religion.
Still, the directive may be so broad that it invites civil rights abuses, said Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
"We're troubled that hostile statements would create suspicion of terrorism," Lieberman said on Monday. "Criticism of our country is supposed to be protected by the First Amendment."
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said the guidelines were "not intended in any way to interfere with lawful protest." The cards were an attempt to put terror prevention tips "literally into the back pocket of every police officer," he said.
The cards warn officers to be on the lookout for people who approach a government building or other potential target on foot and abruptly turn away after spotting security officers; who possess notebooks filled with telephone numbers, but no names; and who videotape or photograph "any activity beyond what an ordinary tourist would do."
Inside a home, suspicious signs could include little or no furniture besides a mattress, the presence of radio scanners or night-vision equipment, and airline receipts showing the booking of flights with unnecessary layovers.
http://www.nj.com/breakingnews/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?j0193_BC_NY--NYPD-TerrorIndica&&news&tradecentercrash
Either response times are being monitored, or it's some kind of diversion tactic. Thanks for the articles, I'm reading them all.
Over the weekend NYC had a bio/chemical simulated response test in the subways. Today we have this alert to the NYPD. I really think they are expecting something soon.
What???? I hadn't heard this! Going to do some digging now....
Here's an thread the researchers/analysts on the TM might find interesting:
The Zero-Hour: Remember the Zarqawi letter.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1137734/posts?page=5#5
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