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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Thirty-Five

Posted on 03/09/2006 10:08:04 PM PST by nwctwx

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
Unrest in Pakistan Setback for Terror War
(Full Story)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A week of unprecedented urban fighting in the wild tribal belt of North Waziristan has left scores dead and forced thousands to flee their homes, raising the stakes in Pakistan's war on Islamic militancy along the Afghan border.

A jumbled alliance of foreign militants, local tribesmen and Islamic students eager for jihad have stepped up resistance in a region where the army already claims to have wiped out al-Qaida as a viable fighting force.

The unrest, brewing for months, is a setback to the U.S.-led war on terror. Further hampering that effort are deteriorating relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan over Afghan claims that Taliban leader Mullah Omar is hiding in Pakistan and suicide bombers are training here.

Growing strength of Pakistani Taliban worries U.S. officials
Are global events spiraling out of control?
Zawahri calls for strikes against West
Thread Thirty-Five
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To: MamaDearest

The mumps epidemic is scary. I thought we were vacinating kids agains this but apparently, only on request.

It doesn't seem to be a requirement.



Interesting editorial:


Editorial: Good hygiene, vaccine protect against mumps
Published on Thursday, April 13, 2006

Collegian Editorial Board
Kansas State Collegian

Although a mumps vaccine is not required by K-State, students might want to consider getting one in light of the recent cases discovered in Kansas.
There have been 48 confirmed mumps cases in Kansas, and the Riley County-Manhattan Health Department said there is one suspected case in Riley County.

Practicing good hygiene is the most effective tool in protecting yourself against the saliva-transmitted virus.

Hand-washing is the easiest way to practice good hygiene. Often, we catch common colds and viruses because we did not take the time to wash our hands after using the bathroom, before eating and after sneezing or coughing.

Another way to avoid getting the mumps is to avoid sharing things with friends that could put you in contact with their saliva. This includes sharing drinks, lip balm and food.

It also might be a good idea to avoid kissing and other intimate activities with someone unless you are certain he or she does not have the virus.

Mumps symptoms are similar to symptoms of influenza, and they include headaches, fevers and swelling in the jaw area.

If students start to notice these symptoms, they should talk to a doctor and determine if they have the mumps virus. Early detection can prevent spreading the virus to other students.

http://kstatecollegian.com/article.php?a=9894


4,041 posted on 04/13/2006 9:12:14 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: TheLion; MamaDearest

I raised my children before the mumps vaccine. It was nearly a rite of passage for children to have measles, mumps and chicken pox. I even knew some parents who deliberately exposed their children to others with these diseases to "get it over with".

My, how times have changed..........and we must, with them.


4,042 posted on 04/13/2006 9:19:46 PM PDT by Rushmore Rocks
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To: Rushmore Rocks; MamaDearest

I was born in the late 40's and got all of the popular deseases....it was truly a rite of passage. This may be a wake up call!


Mumps outbreak getting costly
04/12/2006 01:16:04 PM


CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- The costs of preventing the spread of mumps in Iowa is getting costly, with more than 500 confirmed or suspected cases of the disease being reported.

To keep up with the mumps test, the University of Iowa Hygienic Lab has been operating longer hours and on weekends. Some hospitals are paying thousands of dollars for blood tests and vaccinations to prevent the spread of mumps among employees.

The Iowa Department of Public Health said Tuesday there had been 515 cases of mumps in the state as of Monday. That exceeds the previous high of 476 cases in 1987 and far outdistances the usual one to three cases the state sees each year.


As of last week, Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids had drawn blood from 1,800 employees. Forty workers needed vaccinations, which cost about $66 each. The cost of the blood test for antibodies is $30.

That means the hospital has spent nearly $57,000 on testing and vaccination for mumps, said Steve Drake, a hospital spokesman.

The Iowa Department of Public Health recommends health care workers show immunity by having two vaccinations, a proven history of mumps or a blood test showing immunity.

Staff at the hygienic lab are now working up to 11 hours a day, seven days a week, testing for mumps, processing up to 100 specimens daily.

Mary Gilchrist, the lab's director, said the lab is looking at an alternative method of testing for mumps that would reduce the turnaround time for results from as many as five days to possibly just one day.

Because patients must stay home from work or school for at least five days to avoid spreading the disease, it's important to know as soon as possible if a test is positive, Gilchrist said.

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2006/04/12/news/latest_news/dea4e6f5e3786ee38625714e006458bd.txt


4,043 posted on 04/13/2006 9:28:39 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Thanks so very much for this important info Tonk! I am also posting it on our summary thread and hope I remember to post it at our group!


4,044 posted on 04/13/2006 9:56:51 PM PDT by JustPiper (We will NOT be a COMPROMISE !!!)
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To: Cindy

Surely!


4,045 posted on 04/13/2006 9:57:53 PM PDT by JustPiper (We will NOT be a COMPROMISE !!!)
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To: JustPiper

Been having computer problems,
hence not much posting here,
or at group till resolved.


4,046 posted on 04/13/2006 10:01:11 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Have you said Thank You to a service man or woman today?)
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To: backhoe; Godzilla; copguy; All

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1614825/posts


"Sonora police commander held (In Arizona jail; prints match Calif. warrant)"
Arizona Daily Star ^ | Brady McCombs

Posted on 04/13/2006 10:19:22 PM PDT by SandRat

A Nogales, Sonora, police commander is in the Santa Cruz County jail after immigration authorities matched his fingerprints to a warrant out of California.

On April 4 at about 10:30 p.m., U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers detained Jesus Rolando Villanueva Ramos, 45, as he attempted to pass through the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Ariz., said Roger Maier, Customs and Border Protection spokesman.

Officers pulled Villanueva Ramos over for a secondary check and discovered a California warrant for his arrest after running his fingerprints through the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), Maier said.

He was detained and handed over to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department, Maier said.

Sheriff Tony Estrada said the warrant was issued in 2004 out of Sacramento for violating parole on robbery charges stemming from Chula Vista, Calif. Plans have been made to extradite him later this week or next week to Sacramento, Estrada said.

The case has caused a stir in Mexico, where officials questioned if Villanueva Ramos was wrongfully detained. Villanueva Ramos has been with the Nogales, Sonora, Police Department since 1998 and a zone commander since September, according to his attorney, Fernando Gaxiola. But Customs and Border Protection officials say they double-checked that his fingerprints matched the warrant. On Wednesday, Santa Cruz County officials triple-checked by sending fingerprints taken from jail to Sacramento and received confirmation that they matched those of the man California authorities were looking for, Estrada said.

Estrada believes the confusion was caused by the use of more than 30 aliases by Villanueva Ramos during what he called an extensive record of deportations in the 1980s. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Brian Levin confirmed that Villanueva Ramos has been deported out of California but didn't know how many times."


4,047 posted on 04/13/2006 10:23:57 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Gotcha!


4,048 posted on 04/13/2006 10:31:18 PM PDT by JustPiper (We will NOT be a COMPROMISE !!!)
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To: JohnathanRGalt; backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; All

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4,049 posted on 04/13/2006 10:35:03 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: JohnathanRGalt; backhoe; All

ON THE NET...


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4,050 posted on 04/13/2006 10:40:55 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005568.html

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=hesbah&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d


4,051 posted on 04/13/2006 10:48:53 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: F15Eagle; All

ON THE NET...

PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org

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ON THE NET...

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49728
"Court reverses ruling against Bible verses
References about homosexuality in ad had been condemned as 'hatred'"
Posted: April 14, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern


© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A ruling that essentially classified references to Bible verses on homosexuality as provocations of hatred was reversed yesterday by the highest court in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

As WorldNetDaily reported, under Saskatchewan's Human Rights Code, Hugh Owens of Regina, an evangelical Christian and corrections officer, was found guilty along with the newspaper Saskatoon StarPhoenix for publishing in 1997 an ad inciting hatred and was forced to pay damages of 1,500 Canadian dollars to each of three homosexual men who filed a complaint. The decision was upheld by a Canadian court in 2002.



The ad's theme was that the Bible says no to homosexual behavior. It listed the references – not the text itself – to four Bible passages, Romans 1, Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13 and 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. An equal sign was placed between the verse references and a stick drawing of two males holding hands overlaid with the universal nullification symbol – a red circle with a diagonal bar.

The rights code allows for expression of honestly held beliefs, but the commission ruled that the code can place "reasonable restriction" on Owens's religious expression, because the ad exposed the complainants "to hatred, ridicule, and their dignity was affronted on the basis of their sexual orientation."

Owens appealed the tribunal's decision but the Court of Queen's Bench upheld it in December 2002.

Yesterday, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal reversed that ruling."


4,052 posted on 04/13/2006 10:55:42 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Thank you Cindy!


4,053 posted on 04/13/2006 11:24:22 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: MamaDearest

You're very welcome.


4,054 posted on 04/13/2006 11:29:22 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: JustPiper; All

Thanks to JustPiper for the ping to this thread and post:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1611802/posts?page=690#690


"Stunning facts about the proposed immigration bill"
NRO ^ | 4-6-06 | Mark Levin

Posted on 04/08/2006 9:32:07 PM PDT by JustPiper


4,055 posted on 04/13/2006 11:30:58 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Rushmore Rocks
Thanks for the good wishes. Still having those violent coughs and have infected PapaDearest, poor guy! He is now in the sleep phase of this nasty virus. Mine lasted almost three days, so I anticipate a very quiet Easter here.

I came across the Heinz 57 product removal from store shelves article unexpectedly, and thought it odd as there seems to be no recall - only the company's own pulling of product due to "quality issues." Makes one wonder, eh?

I like my 95% lean burgers with Heinz 57, A-1 or Cross & Blackwell, sauteed onions and mushrooms, and toasted bun. Slathering a filet mignon with sauce though, NEVER!

4,056 posted on 04/13/2006 11:32:40 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: TheLion; Rushmore Rocks
****The mumps epidemic is scary. I thought we were vacinating kids agains this but apparently, only on request.****

Don't know about anyone else on the thread, but I only had mumps on one side, as did my husband. If exposed I believe we could be infected once again on the other side at our advanced stages in life.

Politicians have forgotten our nation's youth (and their families) are being exposed to third-world diseases as a result of non-enforced border / immigration law. Our government must begin to take responsibility for endangering it's own citizens, especially the youngest and oldest of citizens who are prone to being the hardest hit when these diseases are transmitted via illegals.

4,057 posted on 04/13/2006 11:46:57 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: JohnathanRGalt; backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; nwctwx; All

Adding a link (photos):

ON THE NET...

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http://www.internet-haganah.com/jihadi/aamb.html

http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3855


4,058 posted on 04/13/2006 11:48:18 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Thank you for posting it Cindy!


4,059 posted on 04/13/2006 11:56:06 PM PDT by JustPiper (We will NOT be a COMPROMISE !!!)
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To: MamaDearest

but I only had mumps on one side

Same here 70'


4,060 posted on 04/13/2006 11:56:52 PM PDT by JustPiper (We will NOT be a COMPROMISE !!!)
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