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We have another blogosphere Libel Action. More details later. Dave Walker, the official Lambeth Conference Cartoonist in Residence, has taken 75 posts down on his blog after being threatened with Libel Action by the new owner of SPCK - the oldest chain of Anglican Bookshops. He has been reporting the story of alleged mismanagement for two years. Already there are a lot Industrial Tribunals from ex

When most people think of a freshwater or river shark they recall the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas). However, bull sharks are not true freshwater or river sharks. True freshwater sharks belong to the genus Glyphis. The genus Glyphis seems to prefer freshwater, but some species can probably tolerate different degrees of salinity [...]

On orders from presidential candidate John McCain's security detail, Denver police forcibly removed a 61-year-old librarian who was waiting in line to attend a town hall meeting with McCain that was billed as open to the public. The police threatened her with arrest as well.Her crime? She was holding a sign that said McCain=Bush:

The lead singer of a Sheffield band who spoke out against the British National Party says he has received threats of violence from far right supporters.John McClure, lead singer with Reverend and the Makers, says he was threatened after he took a stance against the BNP and organised a carnival in Rotherham to be staged in September. He says death threats have been made against him, and against Dre

Source: Bangkok Post Contractors losing money on state jobs Local contractors are threatening to boycott government projects unless the authorities act within 30 days to help them deal with skyrocketing construction material prices. “We are in a very hard situation, if the government still ignores us, we will stage a strike and we won’t join bids for [...]

My ES TREND Chart above... Last night's session low, and the after market low has breached last PRIME Support at 1351.50, thus creating Leg 1 of Bull Break. And with the SWING Chart pointing down, PRICE looks set for more down side in the coming sessions, albeit a pull back in the TREND Chart, to give us Leg 2 of Bull Break.

With faster 3G the Apple iPhone 3G is attracting hot interest from consumers, and will no doubt continue to increase Apple’s degree of internationalisation; within the last 3 years, Apple’s local market has enjoyed 48 percent of its whole sales while the European market accounts for 22 percent. Analysts believe if Apple can keep brand, product [...]

Florida police say that the Hogans are allegedly being threatened by a Graziano family relative. Police will not identify which of the Hogan Family is being potentially targetted.Clearwater Florida police will also not say which Graziano relative is under investigation, or if the person has even been identified, reports the St. Petersburg Times. The attorney for Nick Bollea [...]

Indonesia is not only the world’s largest Muslim nation, but it has long held the reputation of being open to the right of all people to pray without fear of being intimidated. However, the emergence of a strong fundamentalist movement is beginning to impact the right of Christians to worship in peace. three Christian [...]

SIBU: A High Court judge here has alleged that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad threatened to punish the judiciary in 1997 for decisions he disliked.Justice Datuk Ian Chin, 60, is the most senior of the 48 High Court judges in the country.He made the stunning allegation at the start of proceedings on Monday when hearing an election petition filed by Wong Hus She, the defeated DAP candidate for the Sarikei

Lost in discussions about Iran is any concern about the situation of the Baha’i sect which has many members in that nation. The Baha’i faith is viewed by Iranian officials as a heretical offshoot of the Muslim religion and since its inception during the 19th century its members have been persecuted and imprisoned. After the [...]

The pop music reporter for the Chicago-Sun Times was threatened with arrest if he did'nt appear in court yesterday. Jim DeRogatis was the one who broke the R.Kelly sextape story back in 2002 when someone gave him the 27 minute tape. He seems to think that he should be immuned from the case and not be forced to testify because he is a journalist. The Judge however explained that he would be comi

Carl Icahn’s battle to replace the board of directors at Yahoo! has gained momentum. There are many people who support his stance on the Microsoft takeover. These supporters are now rallying behind him and buying shares of Yahoo! Amongst the supporters, oil investor T. Boone Pickens, has bought 10 million shares, a hedge fund, [...]

The first study to determine the global threat status of 21 species of wide-ranging oceanic pelagic sharks and rays reveals serious overfishing and recommends key steps that governments can take to safeguard populations. These findings and recommendations for action are published in the latest edition of Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. This international study, organised b

UK-based Clyde & Co law firm has sent a document to the Vietnamese Prime Minister, saying that 38 Vietnamese cashew exporters still owe export products, causing the loss of nearly $10mil to its clients. The Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, Industry and Trade, and the Viet Nam Cashew Association (Vinacas) yesterday met with representatives of cashew processing companies to clar

newly elected President Dimitry Medvedev made clear in his opening remarks to the Russian people his intention to ensure the rule of law was the norm in his country. A senior federal judge testified in court that a Krelin official threatened to derail her careeer if she did not reverse a ruling handed down against [...]

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin who was released on bail claimed he was threatened by two policemen, who are the accused in the Altantuya murder case, while he was detained at the Sungai Buloh prison. Raja Petra, 58, said C/Insp Azilah Hadri, 32, and Kpl Sirul Azhar Umar, 37, shouted at him when he entered the prison after being charged for sedition. He was released on a RM5,000 bail at the court premises yesterday. Unit Tindakan Khas (Special Action Squad) operatives C/Insp Azilah and Kpl Sirul are accused of murdering 28-year-old Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu. “Azilah and Sirul shouted at me and threatened that something was going to happen to me. So, the prison (authorities) were very worried. “They assigned two UTK officers to look after me full-time,”

Entrance to Mathausen Concentration Camp, Linz, Austria New details have emerged in the case of the Austrian father, Josef Fritzl, who kept his own daughter captive in a makeshift basement prison for 24 years and fathered seven of her children. Fritzl’s threat to turn his basement prison into a “gas chamber” has some attempting to connect [...]

Chennai, April 23 (IANS) Leading Tamil actress Asin may be 'banned' by the South Indian Artistes' Association (SIAA) for her 'non-cooperation' during a protest fast against Karnataka, the association's general secretary M.R. Radha Ravi said Wednesday.

  I’m writing to let all readers know about image copyright infringement and what recently happened to me. Mid February, I was contacted by a large Image Stock company who specializes in selling images over the web. They sent a long letter and evidence regarding my web site MiamiDreamRealty.com and images used. Apparently, over the last 6 years [...]

I have posted previously about Spc. Jeremy Hall, the brave atheist soldier who is suing Maj. Freddy Welborn and Secretary of Defense Gates for violating his religious freedom (see Army Violates Religious Freedom and Foxhole Atheists Stand Up For Religious Freedom). Hall started receiving serious threats, including those involving "fragging," shortly after the lawsuit was announced. Reports are now emerging that Hall's situation has not improved.Hall, currently stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, continues to receive threats over the lawsuit he brought to stop the religious discrimination he was facing in the Army.Hall says he faces the animosity because he is an atheist and is suing the Department of Defense. He alleges it permits a culture that pushes fundamentalist Christianity.He says he d

 Remember at the beginning of the primary season after Huckabee, McCain, and Romney each won a different state’s caucus or primary? Remember how the media spun this as the Republicans being in trouble because they had no clear front-runner? Remember how the media spun it that the Democrats were indeed the stronger party because they had [...]

Before becoming the biggest band to ever grace humanity, The Beatles began their career as most musicians do – playing small clubs. Little did they know it would come back to haunt them over four decades later. Well, it has, in the form of what sounds like a major lawsuit. No, this is not Michael Jackson selling “All You Need is Love” to a disposable diaper commercial

Warrenton, Ore (ThaLunatic Daily) -- Photos have been released in the case of the monster dad who took his son camping - in a plot to kill him.According to police, an arrest warrant had recently been issued for 49 year old Rockland Stephens, when they found the dead bodies of he and his 10 year old son Shane Davis inside his van at a state park campsite.Clatsop County officials are investigating what they believe was a murder-suicide that occurred at the Fort Stevens State Park in Oregon. According to investigators, the father ran a hose from the tailpipe of the vehicle into the cab. While toxicology reports are still pending, investigators believe that the manner of death is consistent with carbon monoxide poisoning.Police say that Stephens had taken custody of the boy for a weekend

A Muslim author and critic of Islamic fundamentalism who was baptized a Catholic by Pope Benedict said on Sunday Islam is "physiologically violent" and he is now in great danger because of his conversion.

A rescue team from the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies attempting to detangle a North Atlantic right whale. Photograph taken under NOAA-Fisheries permit 932-1489 with authority from the U.S. Endangered Species and Marine Mammal Protection Acts. Photographer: Katie Jackson, Florida Wildlife Research Institute.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) may reduce funds that the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies allocates for its prestigious and much needed whale rescue program. The North Atlantic right whale or Eubalaena glacialis is a critically endangered baleen whale that benefits directly from the program. The western stock of Eubalaena glacialis numbers only 300 or so individuals and has never fully recovered from whaling and modern threats still prevent

R. Kelly missed his court date (for his child pornography case) yesterday in Chicago and was threatened with an arrest warrant due to his tour buses being ordered off the road for eight hours in Utah.  Kelly's four tour busses were pulled over after police clocked them going 100 mph.  When police officers checked the buses' log books they found that the drivers didn't document enough rest time.  The drivers also seemed fatigued. As a result, R. Kelly missed his court date.

There is news that Mr. Khan allegedly got repeated calls from a gangster demanding a sum of Rs 2 crore. The actor is scared about the security of his family. He has complained about this issue to the city police and its Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS). It was reported that six goons were sent to Shah Rukh to "'speak'' to him personally. Gangster Bunty Pandey sent these goons to scare Sharukh. What

Here we go again.The White House budget director warned on Saturday that President Bush was prepared to veto a $500 billion spending package being assembled in Congress if Democrats pushed for too much additional money for domestic programs.Jim Nussle, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, accused Democrats of trying to tie money for combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to what the president considers excessive spending for federal agencies and home-state projects."Instead of trying to leverage troop-funding for more pork-barrel spending, Congress ought to pass responsible appropriations bills and the funding for the troops our commanders say they need to build on their battlefield success," Mr. Nussle said.Democratic leaders accused the White House of responding hastily to news accounts of the proposal, which is being developed behind closed doors. They said Democrats were determined to devote more resources to national needs like homeland security and law enfo

The factually-challenged Drudge Report, the fountainhead of news for most of the conservative blogosphere, has an absurd headline this morning; "Polar Bears Not at Threat From Global Warming." From the Daily Mail article;Although the town is still accessible only by train or light aircraft, its guesthouses are packed during late summer and autumn, when the vast ice-sheet over the bay melts, forcing around 1,000 bears to lollop around for months on the shore. Lately, however, it is not only polar bear watchers who come flocking. With the clamour over global warming, it has become a magnet for an army of environmentalists and climatologists who have given Churchill an air of impending doom. The Arctic ice-cap is shrinking fast, is their message, and as it disappears, so too will the polar bears. Today, the polar bear population may hover healthily around 25,000 (they live in Russia, Alaska, Greenland, Norway and Canada). Yet, we are repeatedly warned, if the planet continues to ov

Bald Eagles [Haliaeetus leucocephalus] were always and always my favorite birds, and this is way before time before I had my hands on the camera. Never really saw them in real life until few years ago. They are such a beautiful and glorious birds. Unfortunately, most of my photos are taken at various zoo's (Toronto Zoo, African Lion Safari, Jurong Bird Park, San Diego Zoo, Hanover Zoo), and through the mesh. I am lucky that my current 100-400mm Canon lens does not pick up any close to the lens obstructions, like cage mesh or wire fences. Well, there was one another place I saw Bald Eagles, was when we visited Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia, but due to bad weather and them being far away I only got quick glimpse of few pairs of eagles. But this gives me a good reason to go back one day.As my ti

Hillary Clinton's Headquarters Threatened By Bomber - Britney News - Whitney Houston sizzles in MalaysiaApparently one of Hillary Clinton's believers thought that her ads about health care applied to everyone and he wanted his NOW. A "deranged" man was apparently able to easily enter the Hillary Clinton Campaign Headquarters. I am not sure if he just totally blended in with the crowd or was invited for some event. For some reason, no one noticed that this "deranged" man among all of Hillary's supporters.;) I'll let you draw your own conclusions, but I am guessing that had he been your average, normal guy, security would have been on him before he ever got in the door.:DThe "deranged" man had actually believed one of the political videos he had watched, so he strapped on some flares and went to seek Hillary's help. The fact that the man believed a political video was probably the first sign that the man was totally off his rocker.I am not sure why he felt force was needed to ask

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Talk show host Montel Williams has apologized for an angry confrontation with reporters who said he threatened them. Read more! Bookmark to: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

In a shocking move that took thousands of well-fed Beamte completely by surprise, German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has actually and even seriously suggested a newly-drafted government plan in which Beamte should be paid according to something he called their “performance” (what they actually do) in the future. “Huh? What?” asked one dumbfounded representative from the influential German Beamtenbund (Civil Service Employees Association) after he and the rest of the stunned audience realized he had not been joking and stopped chuckling in an abrupt fashion. “Getting paid ‘for what we actually do’? What the hell is that supposed to mean?” A visibly nervous and heavily perspiring Schäuble then went on to explain that in the future, “a civil servant’s remuneration will be calculated to a much greater degree upon his or her performance, dedication and know-how.” After a few more minutes of awkward silence, another skeptical Beamte raised his hand.

The parents of more than 2,300 students in Prince George's County, Maryland, could face fines of $50 a day and 10 days in jail if their children do not meet the state's immunization requirements.Prince George's has been struggling to get its 131,000 students immunized for chicken pox and hepatitis B, as is required by the state. More than 2,300 students have not been immunized, and have therefore been barred from attending schools.School officials have made calls, sent letters and conducted home visits in attempts to make arrangements for free appointments for the shots. The most recent round of letters ordered the parents to show up at Prince George's Circuit Court for a court hearing and free vaccinations.The major problem with this is that parents do not realize that there is no law mandating any citizen of the United States to be forced to take any vaccinations. Due to the fact that the parent want what's best for their children, they are easily intimidated by the courts power

International scientists are concerned about the growing threat of an earthquake or a tsunami in the Indonesian city of Padang,which has 800,000 inhabitants.This port on the west coast of Sumatra, about 400 kms from Singapore and twice that from Jakarta, is located between two lines of high seismic activity: the Great Sumatran fault, on the mainland to the east, and the Sumatra trench, a subduction zone under the ocean, to the west.It is the subduction zone that is of greatest concern: friction undersea between the descending Indo-Australian plate and the Eurasian tectonic plate, which move together at a rate of five to six centimetres (two to three inches) per year, is eventually likely to cause death and destruction in Padang, the scientists warn.A series of earthquakes in recent years -- including one of magnitude 8.2 that struck the town of Bengkulu in September, and one off Aceh that triggered the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 -- show that all the different segments have r

Foothill ranch neighborhood threatened by Orange County fire, originally uploaded by computer-Eyes. Orange County fire beginning to pose threat to the residents of Foothill Ranch neighborhood. This was taken in October, a couple days after the Santiago Canyon (Orange County) fire was started.

Pinellas school officials were slow to respond after an 11-year-old Muslim girl was harassed, humiliated and last week threatened with death by a boy in her science class, an advocacy group for local Muslims charged Monday. However, district officials said the staff at Azalea Middle School quickly took appropriate action and that the boy has been disciplined. The problems started from the beginning of the school year for the St. Petersburg girl, said Ahmed Bedier, executive director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, known as CAIR. Eighth grade students at Azalea taunted her because of her Muslim headscarf, he said. They called her a terrorist and asked if she was hiding any bombs. The harassment stopped after her parents complained to the school, then a sixth grade boy began to bother her about 10 days ago, punching her in the arms and shoulders and once holding her against wall, his hands around her throat, Bedier said. On Wednesday, when the boy r

Indonesia's drive to increase foreign investment in ports, power plants and bridges may be strangled by red tape.A year after 10 projects worth $4.5 billion were offered to private companies, not one has started because the government has been unable to publish bidding rules. Southeast Asia's biggest economy has a target of $22 billion in infrastructure spending annually through 2011.``We are getting increasingly frustrated,'' said James Thomas, vice president of engineering at OneEnergy Group, a venture between Mitsubishi Corp. and Hong Kong's CLP Holdings Ltd. that wants to bid for a $1.2 billion coal-fired power plant. ``It doesn't engender a lot of confidence in Indonesia.''Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com

For centuries the conflict has raged. Even in peaceful interludes, there remains a subtle undercurrent of social unrest and political upheaval. Thanks to the recently established Miao Lin Temple and Martial Arts Training Facility, the balance of power in the age-old conflict between cats and dogs may at last have shifted.In an exclusive interview, Defense Secretary Cuddles stated: “Yes, it may be true that we finally have the edge. The canines have always been bigger. They have always been able to generate more explosive bowel movements. But their days are numbered. Why? Winged dragon drool kick chop chop. It's a clandestine technique so powerful; so utterly lethal; that focus group lab rats have chewed off their own faces rather than endure it. This technique is so fast and so deadly, we are able to actually kick the snot out of dogs and that is proving to be the decisive in the war between our species."To preempt potential political retribution, Coco Smoke, spokescat for the Feli

Foothill Ranch threatened by Santiago Canyon fire in Orange County, originally uploaded by computer-Eyes.   2007, California, fire, Foothill Ranch, glow, glowing, houses, irvine, neighborhood, Orange County, photography, Photos, red, Santiago Canyon, So Cal, SoCal, southern california, threatened

Traditional "healers" (witch doctors) in Africa cause nothing but harm, and here's one more thing to chalk up on the list - causing the national bird of Uganda (the gray crowned crane) to face extinction: In the past decade [...] the crane population in Uganda has fallen from 50,000 to 20,000, primarily due to witch doctors—also known as traditional healers—who use the animals in folk medicine and poachers who take the birds from their natural habitat. ... Because cranes mate for life, local people believe marriages and relationships will last longer if people consume the feathers and eggs of the birds, according to a traditional healer who lives near the state of Masaka in southwestern Uganda. He wished to remain anonymous because he feared his business would be shut down by the government. The healers crush the eggs with herbs to sell as a "love potion." Feathers, claws, and beaks of the cranes are also used in drinks and as decorations for promoting monogamy and affect

Who else but me, threatens people in front of a photographer for The Washington Post? First off, before you add me to the list of black celebrities getting bad press in 2007, let me give you the back story: This past Saturday, I was at Union Station, taking pictures with a photographer for an article about area bloggers that will be in this Sunday’s Sunday Source section of the newspaper.  Prior to the photo shoot, I had a few things on my mind, and felt a little stressed. Plus, I didn’t make it to the barbershop in time, so my line-up was non-existant. It took awhile for me to loosen up and smile naturally, because my mind kept traveling back to things that I had little control over at the moment. Once I finally got focused on posing for pictures, this skinny guy with a unibrow similar to Bert from Sesamie Street  walked over and interrupted things. The man was wearing a red sweatsuit, and had a basketball jersey overtop of it. He looked at me and said “He

A U.S. think-tank said Tuesday funds have been established in the United States and the Netherlands to help pay protection costs for Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Dutch author who faces death threats as a result of her criticism of radical Islam.

You gotta love the custody judge handling Britney Spears and Kevin Federline’s epic battle. He is all up in Britney’s bizness. Britney reportedly made a phone call to Federline as she jumped into her car and started driving down a Los Angeles road. The conversation started off about their custody battle but then Britney screamed,“I’m going to drive off the cliff! It’s going to be your fault that I killed myself.”The judge heard about it (no doubt from Kevin’s attorney) and now wants to know exactly what was said and what drove her to make such an outrageous statment. A source close to Britney said she has been depressed since the judge ordered that she could only have one overnight visit with her children each week. What the hell did she expect? Does she even live in the same universe as the rest of us?

One of the most fantastic birds in the sky could be in danger because of a US government recovery plan could be flawed. The problem lies with oil and in fact the moving of oil and this is where the government gets involved and then so on and on it goes, all the while the habitat and the owls suffer. There is supposed to be a recovery being put into action that is the best that science can provide, we shall see. Source [Tree Hugger] animals, birds in the sky, conservation, danger, deforestation, Eco Friendly, owls, recovery plan, source tree, us government

from ComputerWorld UK 25/9/2007Website: http://www.computerworlduk.comGoogle's Gmail can be easily hacked, allowing any past and future emails to read by hackers, according to a vulnerability researcher.A "cross-site request forgery" (CSRF) bug was disclosed by Petko Petkov, a UK-based web vulnerability tester who has made a name for himself of late. In the past two weeks, Petkov has publicly posted information about critical, zero-day bugs in Apple's QuickTime, Microsoft's Windows Media Player and Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF).According to Petkov, who declined to release details about the vulnerability, attackers can use Gmail's filtering feature to exploit the bug. An attack, he said, would start with a victim visiting a malicious website while also still logged into his Gmail account. The malicious site would then perform what Petkov called a "multi-part/form-date POST" - an HTML command that can be used to upload files - to one of the Gmail application programming int

Over-fishing has made Atlantic bluefin tuna a prized delicacy. This comes a century after the fish were scorned in Europe as pet food, according to studies that urges for better international protection. Hear, hear! “Tuna are now like floating goldmines out in the ocean,” says Brian MacKenzie of the Technical University of Denmark. This article tells the interesting story of the Bluefin Tuna. The way it has been perceived and praised have completely changed over the years. The Bluefin tuna used to teem in the summers in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea a century ago as part of migrations that could take them 16 000km a year. Now they are rarely seen in our region after a burst of industrial fishing from 1910-1950. Hmm… (more…)

The closure of a mathematics summer camp in Şirince, İzmir, Turkey by Turkish authorities has drawn scorn from scientists around the world.Professor Alexandre Borovik, who organized some of the opposition, said “We are shocked to learn that the Summer School of Mathematics initiated by Professor Ali Nesin was shut down by local authorities. We found it surprising that such an esteemed mathematician such as Professor Nesin needs a specific permit each time he wants to teach math, as we saw that one of the reasons for shutting the camp down was the lack of such a permit, especially considering how this contradicts the fact that the summer schools organized every year by Professor Nesin are sponsored by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Turkish Mathematics Association and many respected Turkish universities.”The school was reopened on 10 August 2007; however, Ali Nesin still faces charges under Turkish criminal code article TCK 263, which reads

By Steve DiMeglio, USA TODAY TULSA — How hot is it at the 89th PGA Championship? It’s so hot, the farmers around here are feeding ice to their chickens to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs. It’s so hot that when people go outside, their shadows stay inside. It’s so hot that asphalt is now a dark water hazard. Those one-liners from fans are coming as fast as the mercury is rising at the final major championship of the year. Temperatures hit 100 degrees Monday and 101 Tuesday as the more…

Not many people knows that children are also vulnerable with kind of urinary disease. Unlikely adult people that commonly get troubled by kidney stones, urinary disease that most likely disturb children is Urinary tract infections or UTIs. Its counted worldwide that pediatricians accept over than 1 million patient every year. UTIs could be just a beginning stage, since its also could be a sign or symptom for more serious problem. In this case, Vesicoureteral Reflux or VUR could be the one VUR can be describe as a pediatric condition which causes flaw backward of urine, from bladder move backward to the kidneys. In normal condition, VUR problem could resolve by the time, but its not guaranteed that, if this condition left untreated, it would not bring more serious condition. In this case, when infected urine moving backward into kidney, it can disturb the kidney with infection. For time to time, this lefted condition will rise to scarring and lead kidney function to poor condition. (m

Hamilton leads the drivers’ standings by 12 points Lewis Hamilton’s bid to win the Formula One championship could be under threat after his McLaren team were charged with breaking the sport’s rules. McLaren will appear in front of the FIA on 26 July amid claims that their chief designer illegally received information from rivals Ferrari. The sanctions open to the FIA range from fines to disqualification. McLaren have expressed their “extreme disappointment” at being charged and deny more…

Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein have had their restaurants threatened with firebombing by a Cornish terrorist group campaigning for an independent Cornwall. The CNLA, Cornish National Liberation Front has said the celebrity chefs have alienated locals. An email circulated to its members, local people, and newspapers read: “At an unspecified date, Rick Stein will himself feel a ‘rosy glow’ in our Cornish port of Padstow. Many local people have approached our activists for assistance against this English incomer. His vehicles and those of his clients are bona fida targets for our activists.” And of Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver they say: “Another incomer who has caused the inflation of house and other living costs at Cornish expense and subsidised by European funding who, together with his clients and customers and the owners of the hotel, are also targets of the CNLA.” Police say they are taking these threats very seriously; a police spokesperson has th

It's one of the few countries that still has vast swathes of tropical rainforests left. But conservationists say maybe not for long.Indonesia's rainforests -- especially those on Borneo island -- are being stripped so rapidly because of illegal logging and palm oil plantations for bio-fuels, they could be wiped out altogether within the next 15 years, some environmentalists say."Sixty percent of the protected and conservation areas are already badly damaged due to illegal logging and palm oil plantations," Rully Sumada, a forestry expert with Indonesian environmental group Walhi, told Reuters."The deforestation speed is 2.8 million hectares a year.At this rate, by 2012 the forests in Sumatra, Borneo and Sulawesi will be gone, only the forests in Papua will be left. And if cutting of trees carries on, no forest will be left by 2022." Indonesia has a total forest area of more than 225 million acres (91 million hectares), or about 10 percent of the world's remaining tropical fo

Living as an atheist in America is often a lonely experience. However, in many of the more socially conservative areas, we may face far more serious obstacles than loneliness. Identifying ourselves as atheists may bring disdain, even discrimination. Efforts to express our views on religion are frequently met with accusations of intolerance. And then there are the threats of harm to ourselves and our loved ones.We atheists are everywhere. Even in conservative Oklahoma where 95% of the people profess theistic belief, one will find atheists. Sadly, this report by Oklahoma's KFOR NewsChannel 4 indicates that some have been threatened by Christians because of their lack of belief. Is it any wonder that many atheists still do not feel safe to openly admit their atheism?The story profiles Oklahoma atheist, Kim Cole, described as one of a small number of openly atheistic people in the area. Others would agree to be interviewed only if their identity was concealed. Why?"People do have their li

It seems that Tiesto is a thief. Just joking, don't kill me! Remember the latest Tiesto radio show, "Club Nouveau"? It has been launched last month, and apparently there's already a show that uses that name. Tiesto: "It seems there's already a show with that name and this person was threatening to sue me." The Friday night show also appears on XM satellite radio every Saturday, when it is

Yesterday I picked up Zane from his school at about 4:30 p.m. and headed off to meet Grace at an appointment. Within thirty minutes a massive condo complex under construction about 200 yards away from the school and just two blocks from home caught fire with flames shooting up to 70 feet in the air, which created quite a spectacle in the neighborhood. (Photo by the Las Vegas Review-Journal)It also created a traffic nightmare as streets were closed and more than 10 fire trucks battled the fire throughout the late afternoon into the late night hours to save the CVS Pharmacy (our pharmacy), homes and an elementary school nearby. It was one of the most fierce fires the Las Vegas Valley has seen in quite some time. Who knows what started it. There have been cases of eco-terrorism at construction sites in town, but it could have been just an accident. Time will tell.In other fires news, the idyllic Catalina Island, which is located 26 miles off the Southern California coast, is threatened by

John J. Jackson, III from Conservation Force sent me the comments that they filed with the USFWS in regards to the listing of the Polar Bear! The following response is very long but it is a must read! We all need to realize how incredibly important this legislation is in regards to our hunting rights and for the conservation of the Polar Bear! The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is not the agency that should become the regulatory arm for greenhouse gases and increased carbon emissions. It is not in the best interest of the Polar Bear and not in the best interest of the American citizens.Please read the following in its entirety!April 5, 2007Supervisor, United States Fish and Wildlife ServiceMarine Mammals Management Office1011 East Tudor Road, MS 341Anchorage, AK 99503Phone: 907-786-3800RE: Comment in Opposition to the Proposed Rule to List All Polar Bear as Threatened, 72 FR 1064 (January 9, 2007)Dear Sir,This is a comment in opposition to the proposed listing of all p

During Ayaan Hirsi Ali's visit to the Pittsburgh university, an imam named El-Bayly made a death call against her. From the Pittsburgh Tribune Review (via Jihad Watch and Hot Air):A community debate over religious freedom surfaced in Western Pennsylvania last week when Dutch feminist author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali refugee who has lived under the threat of death for denouncing her Muslim upbringing, made an appearance at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.Imam Fouad ElBayly, president of the Johnstown Islamic Center, was among those who objected to Hirsi Ali’s appearance.“She has been identified as one who has defamed the faith. If you come into the faith, you must abide by the laws, and when you decide to defame it deliberately, the sentence is death,” said ElBayly, who came to the U.S. from Egypt in 1976.That, simply put, is a thinly-veiled death threat, and for that, this imam should be charged. This is exactly why she sadly needs bodyguards and other security.See als

Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) Praveen Mahajan, accused of killing his brother Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, had threatened him a few days before shooting him when the latter refused to meet his demand for Rs.10 million, Pramod’s wife Rekha told a court here Tuesday. “Praveen had come to our residence at Worli a few days before the shooting on April 22, 2006 and had demanded Rs.10 million from his elder brother and my husband Pramod,” Rekha told a city sessions court. “But when Pramod tried to convince him that he did not have that much money, Praveen got angry and after threatening my husband with dire consequences left the house.” Rekha, who had earlier told the court that she had seen Praveen fire at least one bullet at Pramod, was being cross-examined by defence counsel Harshad Ponda. Pramod Mahajan was allegedly shot at and grievously wounded by his younger brother after a heated argument. While the BJP leader was rushed to the Hinduja Hospi

Needy districts pressed to accept modest increase[New Jersey] School superintendents from Orange, Paterson and other needy districts told lawmakers yesterday they were coerced into accepting inadequate aid for the coming year by state officials who threatened intense audits and potential funding cuts for those seeking more.Of the 31 communities that receive special assistance under the state Supreme Court's Abbott vs. Burke rulings, only seven have sought more than the 3 percent increase offered by the state Department of Education."It's made very clear to us that if you would choose to go for additional funding, the tasks and documentation process would be much more arduous than it would be if you accept the 3 percent," Michael Glascoe, Paterson schools superintendent, told the Legislature's Joint Committee on the Public Schools at a hearing in Trenton yesterday."If you apply for more you run the risk of not even getting the 3 percent," added Trenton Superintendent Rodney Lofton. "

http://www.azgfd.gov/artman/publish/article_713.shtmlArizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Population Threatened by BLM Management ActionsNews MediaMar 7, 2007By Michael M. GolightlyChairman, Arizona Game and Fish CommissionOne of the nation’s most significant and contiguous desert bighorn sheep habitat is located in the Black Mountains between Kingman, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada. This mountain range supports a significant bighorn sheep population that serves as one of the last remaining source populations for transplant efforts in Arizona and other western states in re-establishing new populations into historic habitats. The habitat within the Black Mountains is being jeopardized because the Bureau of Land Management is proposing continued and expanded livestock grazing in this area without current rangeland evaluations. Instead, the BLM is relying on outdated information to justify expanding livestock grazing into bighorn sheep habitat despite repeated objections by the Arizona Game and

Ah, evidence of what I said here about the politics of global warming.  Scientists who questioned mankind’s impact on climate change have received death threats and claim to have been shunned by the scientific community. They say the debate on global warming has been “hijacked” by a powerful alliance of politicians, scientists and environmentalists who have stifled all questioning about the true environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions. Timothy Ball, a former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg in Canada, has received five deaths threats by email since raising concerns about the degree to which man was affecting climate change. advertisement Source: Scientists threatened for ‘climate denial’ | Uk News | News | Telegraph Technorati tags: global warming, politics, money, greed, research, grants, myth, junk science Sponsored By: Images by Mike in WNY Unique and Original Buffalo Themed Gifts

Telegraph story link Scientists threatened for 'climate denial'By Tom Harper, Sunday TelegraphLast Updated: 12:24am GMT 11/03/2007Scientists who questioned mankind's impact on climate change have received death threats and claim to have been shunned by the scientific community.They say the debate on global warming has been "hijacked" by a powerful alliance of politicians, scientists and environmentalists who have stifled all questioning about the true environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions.Timothy Ball, a former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg in Canada, has received five deaths threats by email since raising concerns about the degree to which man was affecting climate change.One of the emails warned that, if he continued to speak out, he would not live to see further global warming."Western governments have pumped billions of dollars into careers and institutes and they feel threatened," said the professor."I can tolerate being

WorldNetDaily reports that the Jewish community of Yemen is under threat from Islamic militants, and forced to pay jizyah: JERUSALEM - Many of Yemen's Jews this weekend fled their homes for a hotel after receiving death threats from Islamic militants accusing the country's tiny Jewish community of serving as agents for "global Zionism." The Jews said they feared for their lives. It was disclosed they had been forced to pay special taxes that Islam imposes on Jews and Christians in return for protection and security. About 45 Jews left their village in Sa'ada county in Yemen after Dawoud Yousuf Mousa, one of the heads of the local Jewish community, was warned Jan. 10 if the Jews don't leave within 10 days they would be exposed to killings, abductions and looting. Four masked militants approached Mousa and delivered a letter to him warning the Jewish community had been under Islamic surveillance. "After accurate surveillance over the Jews residing in Al Haid, it has become clear to

After a couple mysterious hints about why he wasn't working or hanging out in the station - I had assumed it was because of his anger with me over Lazlo - he sat me down on the sofas at IKEA and told me the real reason.A week ago a cop at the station had stopped him and controlled him; that is, had asked for his identification. He doesn't have one at the moment. I think, shortly after he came back to Prague it was stolen, off, you guessed it, the night bus.(Control at the station has become persistently harassing, lately. Over the holiday weekend there were probably 50 cops in the station roaming around asking for ID. They even controlled a group of teenage Czech backpackers and fined one of them for not having an občanka. The new fine for not having identification is no longer a steep 1000 Kč but rather a ridiculous and punishing 3000 Kč! I'm frankly surprised that Czechs are sitting down for it given the reminder of Soviet-era police surveillance it invokes. Supposedly, the new

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a moderate Muslim was menaced by other non-moderate ones (H/T: Michelle Malkin). Hot Air has a podcast about him, and also a PDF report by the Freedom House on Saudi mosque funding.

New York City, New York (CaymanMama.com) -- Tensions regarding blacks and Orthodox Jews are rising again even after the 1991 race riots made the roads of Crown Heights full with blood. Recently a race conflict has again emerged and it is leading a path towards reviving the sore memories of ...