| Attendance soars at Jockeyâ€s Ridge State Park in N.C.
NAGS HEAD, N.C. As a hang gliding instructor on the East Coast’s tallest sand dune for 21 years, Bruce Weaver is well acquainted with Jockey’s Ridge State Park. He has seen children and teens gleefully flinging themselves off the dunes and rolling down hills. He has seen young people sprinting up the 90-foot crest, panting adults in their wake. He has seen thousands of people on top of the ridge, slicing the sky with kites. He has regularly seen spectacular sunsets. It’s no surprise to Weaver that Jockey’s Ridge had record attendance in 2007, the highest of all the state’s parks. Figures released recently by the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation show that the 426-acre park had 1.5 million visitors, a 43 percent increase from the previous year. The park’s appeal, he said, has been consistent through the years: It’s free, it’s outdoors, and its combination of vast mounds of sand, sound access and maritime thicket makes it attractive to all ages and many recreational interests.
Editorial cartoons from Mike Luckovich.
We should call an international conference on Iraq and get the support of other countries—crucially Iraq's neighbors—for this new mission. There should then be a joint international push to get the Iraqis to make the kinds of political deals that will turn the ceasefires into lasting peace. Over the next year if the violence continues to decline, countries like India, Poland and South Africa could be persuaded to relieve American troops. With sustained and focused efforts, over time, American forces could draw down substantially. The mission could then become what it was always billed as, a genuinely international effort to assist the Iraqi people in founding a new nation.}}}} I can't believe people still take these strokers in the drive by media seriously. Talk about living in a bubble.
Preparing for Global Warming's Health Crisis
Hurricanes pound the Gulf Coast with unrelenting force. Floods deluge the Midwest. Wildfires rage out of control in California and Florida. A "red tide" of algae blooms off the West Coast, endangering marine and coastal wildlife. Dengue fever spikes in Mexico and looms over the United States. No one can say with certainty that any single one of these events is due to global climate change. But there is little doubt among scientists that we are making unprecedented changes to our environment, with grave potential consequences already upon us and others on the horizon. Global climate change is more than a weather phenomenon; it is also a major public health issue. The environmental threats are increasingly appreciated, but the human health effects have received less attention.
Legislator: Sorry for calling unmarried teen parents 'sluts'
Lorez Meinhold of the Colorado Health Foundation said shame has been shown have little impact on values and behavior. She said state leaders should focus instead on the scarcity of programs aimed at preventing teen pregnancy. Garza Hicks said the state needs more prevention programs through schools and community groups, but she said the public must decide whether it wants to fund them. “Sometimes it takes just a little more information, a little more education," Garza Hicks said. “And we must not give up on them either." .
Top police officer warns that nuclear attack is inevitable
He has been closely involved in co-ordinating the country's counter-terrorism response. He said: "An incident will continue for days and all the public will see is people dying without reason. What will we do when our children come home from school with blisters on their skin and their parents don't know what to do? "What happens if 10 deaths, 50 deaths, 100 deaths start occurring in an unconnected and random way all over the country? The public will be rightly and understandably terrified." Casualties caused by radiation, which most people don't understand, would trigger widespread "panic and fear", said Dickinson. And the response of the emergency services "would be chaotic" because of a shortage of resources. The police capability for dealing with the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threat - known as CBRN - needs to be increased, he argued.
FDA Extends ISO-Vorin(TM) Action Date by Sixty Days
ISO-Vorin(TM) is the pure active isomer of calcium leucovorin. Calcium leucovorin is used after the administration of high-dose methotrexate in treating osteogenic sarcoma and is also a component of "standard of care" 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) containing regimens for the treatment of colorectal cancer and other malignancies. Wyeth, Sanofi-Aventis, and others, currently market LFA in certain parts of the world, including Europe and Japan. Peak sales for LFA outside the United States were nearly $200 million. About Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Spectrum Pharmaceuticals acquires, develops and commercializes a diversified portfolio of oncology drug candidates that meet critical health challenges for which there are few other treatment options. The company's pipeline includes promising early and late-stage drug candidates with unique formulations and mechanisms of action that address the needs of seriously ill patients, such as at-home chemotherapy and new treatment regimens for refractory disease.
Pro-Life Election 2006 News From LifeNews.com
Wisconsin Right to Life also noted that Governor Doyle supports abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy, and has vetoed numerous pro-life bills. "When it comes down to which candidate respects the lives of the most vulnerable among us, the voters of Wisconsin will have a clear choice in November," said WRTL PAC Chair Bonnie Pfaff. Michigan Attorney General Race Features Pro-Abortion, Pro-Life Contrast
Detroit, MI (LifeNews.com) -- Amos Williams, a pro-abortion attorney from Detroit, has been nominated as the Democratic candidate to challenge incumbent Attorney General Mike Cox. Williams, a former police officer, beat former judge M. Scott Bowen to win the nomination. Prior to the convention, Williams had already won the endorsement of pro-abortion group Michigan NOW.
Europe battling €100bn health fraud losses
The head of counter fraud within the NHS has told silicon.com Europe is losing tens of billions of euros each year to criminals but added that high-tech analysis and solutions are helping to turn the tide in favour of organisations such as his. Frauds by employees, patients and suppliers is rife, as is insurance fraud but Jim Gee, CEO of the NHS counter fraud and security management service, believes it is a war he can win in order to start redirecting recovered and prevented losses back into patient care. Gee told silicon.com: "Europe spends 1tr each year on healthcare provision and between three and 10 per cent of that will go astray." That equates to an unimaginable sum of between 30bn and 100bn per year. The only silver lining of such a shocking statistic said Gee is that it provides a starting point from which to begin improving matters.
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