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Post by ipod tax on Jun 9, 2012 7:05:13 GMT -8
Chinese firm's Canadian contracts raise security fears Barred by the U.S. and Australia, tech giant Huawei makes inroads in Canada Last Updated: May 15, 2012 11:58 PM ET The former head of U.S. counter-espionage says the Harper government is putting North American security at risk by allowing a giant Chinese technology company to participate in major Canadian telecommunications projects. www.cbc.ca/m/touch/politics/story/2012/05/15/pol-weston-huawei-china-telecom-security-canada.html Updated: June 4, 2012 | 12:44 am Adjust Text Size Citizens powerless on cellphone towers <snip> In Tuscany, the highest tower in Canada was proposed. “The process is really the problem,” says former CA president Glen Furtado. “The cellphone providers aren’t transparent and they are pretty selective about information they share.” City documents now mention community association life cycle repairs in the same sentence as cellphone tower leases. Will there be city grants for CAs who object to cellphone towers? Industry Canada controls the process, and it’s stacked toward industry. As MLA, Alison Redford wrote to IC to ask for a better process, and legendary Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion has asked Industry Canada for a six-month moratorium until the process is revised. I share health concerns from scientists and citizens who cite radiation sickness and increased cancer rates for those living near towers or under rooftop telecommunication equipment. Canada’s regulations are the least stringent of all developed countries. Industry Canada, not Health Canada, runs the show. metronews.ca/voices/urban-compass-calgary/248740/citizens-powerless-on-cellphone-towers/
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Post by TPP on Jul 3, 2012 17:30:26 GMT -8
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Post by Friends of Bo Xilai on Jul 20, 2012 16:31:12 GMT -8
Canada, China expand nuclear agreement to allow increase in uranium exports By: The Canadian Press Posted: 07/19/2012 2:58 PM SASKATOON - An agreement signed Thursday in Beijing will help Canadian companies export more uranium to China, said Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. The "supplementary protocol," signed by Baird and Liu Tienan, head of China's National Energy Administration, will expand a nuclear co-operation agreement that's been in place since 1994. "Canada is committed to building stronger trade and investment ties with China, our second-largest trading partner," Baird said in a release. www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/canada-china-expand-nuclear-agreement-to-allow-increase-in-uranium-exports-163078456.html
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Post by clone on Aug 14, 2012 20:16:21 GMT -8
The biological impacts of the Fukushima nuclear accident on the pale grass blue butterfly Received 06 June 2012 | Accepted 24 July 2012 | Published 09 August 2012 We collected the first-voltine adults in the Fukushima area in May 2011, some of which showed relatively mild abnormalities. The F1 offspring from the first-voltine females showed more severe abnormalities, which were inherited by the F2 generation. Adult butterflies collected in September 2011 showed more severe abnormalities than those collected in May. Similar abnormalities were experimentally reproduced in individuals from a non-contaminated area by external and internal low-dose exposures. We conclude that artificial radionuclides from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant caused physiological and genetic damage to this species. www.nature.com/srep/2012/120809/srep00570/full/srep00570.html
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Post by clone on Aug 23, 2012 20:10:55 GMT -8
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 Record cesium level detected in fish around Fukushima nuclear plant Kyodo Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday it detected a record-high 25,800 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in fish sampled within 20 km of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The figure is 258 times the level of cesium the government deems safe for consumption, indicating that radioactive contamination in the area remains serious more than a year after the nuclear crisis started. According to the Fisheries Agency, the previous high for radioactivity density in fish was 18,700 becquerels per kilogram detected in cherry salmon. Tepco said two greenlings caught Aug. 1 at a depth of 15 meters were used for the sampling. The Fisheries Agency also checked the fish and detected the same density level. www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120822a6.html
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Post by clone on Aug 24, 2012 22:42:14 GMT -8
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Post by St Louis on Sept 28, 2012 15:03:02 GMT -8
I-Team: The Army's secret Cold War experiments on St. Louisans 7:12 AM, Sep 25, 2012 St. Louis (KSDK) - Lisa Martino-Taylor is a sociologist whose life's work has been to uncover details of the Army's ultra-secret military experiments carried out in St. Louis and other cities during the 1950s and 60s. She will make her research public Tuesday, but she spoke first to the I-Team's Leisa Zigman. The I-Team independently verified that the spraying of zinc cadmium sulfide did take place in St. Louis on thousands of unsuspecting citizens. What is unclear is whether the Army added a radioactive material to the compound as Martino-Taylor's research implies. "The study was secretive for reason. They didn't have volunteers stepping up and saying yeah, I'll breathe zinc cadmium sulfide with radioactive particles," said Martino-Taylor. more: www.ksdk.com/news/article/339573/3/I-Team-The-Armys-secret-Cold-War-experiments-on-St-Louisans-
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Post by Franois on Nov 13, 2012 16:28:07 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Nov 14, 2012 14:25:58 GMT -8
S.Korea watchdog finds cracks in nuclear reactor Published: 9/11/2012 at 03:47 PM Half of Yeonggwang's six reactors will now be offline until January at the earliest, the country's nuclear watchdog said, raising concerns of a pinch in power supply during the harsh winter months. On Monday, the government said it was shutting down two other reactors at Yeonggwang to replace thousands of "non-core" parts that had been provided with forged quality and safety warranties. www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/320411/s-korea-watchdog-finds-cracks-in-nuclear-reactor
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Post by 2bil on Jan 2, 2013 7:57:15 GMT -8
Pictures: Race Against Time to Build a New Tomb for Chernobyl | Published December 27, 2012 Visitors gaze overhead at the steel lattice that will underpin the new protective shelter at Chernobyl, site of the worst nuclear accident in history. The so-called New Safe Confinement, designed to seal the destroyed reactor and contain the radioactive material inside, is the latest step in a more than 26-year cleanup at the desolate plant site in Ukraine. news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2012/12/pictures/121227-new-tomb-for-chernobyl/
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Post by clone on Feb 1, 2013 16:09:41 GMT -8
Radioactive Cattle Found Near Fukushima Jan 30, 2013 08:01 AM ET Thousands of cows were abandoned in the evacuated zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Tōhoku region of Japan and released radioactive materials from the plant. Now, nearly two years after the disaster, those abandoned cattle were found to be contaminated with radioactive elements. Traces of radioactive cesium, silver and tellurium were found in the 79 cattle analyzed by a scientific team led by Tohoku University engineer Tomokazu Fukuda and published in the journal PLOS ONE. news.discovery.com/animals/radioactive-cattle-found-near-fukushima-130130.htm
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Post by ipod tariff code on Apr 5, 2013 23:42:50 GMT -8
They're too busy playing cowboys and Indians. _________________________________ And under what section of the Elections Act is a party staffer allowed to "confiscate" a ballot box? Anyone? He's not just some low level campaign lackey. Hell, he's not just a "just a campaign guy." He's the executive assistant to Rob Moore. This is a guy who works on Parliament Hill full time for the Tories. Michael Sona Member's Assistant House of Commons Moore, Rob Justice Building Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Canada sage-geds.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/direct500/eng/REcn%3dSona%5C%2c%20Michael%2cou%3dMOOD0F6-MOOD0F6%2cou%3dMEM-DEP%2cou%3dHoC-CdC%2co%3dGC%2cc%3dCAjamesbowie.blogspot.com/2011/04/youth-suppression.htmlWasn't Rob Moore the amazing fellow who made the fake iPod tax story? ipodtax.ca Registrant name: James Moore MP Moore was the Secretary of State for Official Languages, Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics before the cabinet shuffle announced on October 30, 2008, when he was appointed Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. According to Canadian law: "An advertisement will contravene the law if it contains a representation that is either false or misleading." RE CADMAN: Then when the FBI forensics team determined that Moore's statement was false, he apologized ... wait, no he hasn't apologized yet, but it's coming. I can feel it. pushedleft.blogspot.com/2011/04/conservative-mp-james-moore-registered.htmlAnd the Conservative candidate for Guelph may be in trouble himself for filming students waiting to vote. Tory staffer leaves MP’s office in wake of voter-suppression probe Posted on Friday, February 24, 2012 3:33PM EST A source said Mr. Sona resigned Thursday evening after his name started circulating in the media in relation to automated crank calls made in Guelph on election day last year. ... His departure from Ms. Adams’s office came less than 24 hours after the Ottawa Citizen revealed that the crank calls were made used a robo-call company in Alberta that frequently worked for the Conservatives and other right-wing parties. www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/tory-staffer-leaves-mps-office-in-wake-of-voter-suppression-probe/article2349329/The mystery of the budget, the iPod and the tariff code Last updated Friday, Apr. 05 2013, 7:34 PM EDT m.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/the-mystery-of-the-budget-the-ipod-and-the-tariff-code/article10814037/?service=mobile
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Post by C 32 on Apr 9, 2013 13:52:50 GMT -8
Conservative ad against the Coalition's iPod tax www.youtube.com/watch?v=JviVm8BbaHkStephen Taylor·194 videos script: 0:30 Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton, Gilles Duceppe. They all backed the coalition And now they ALL backed an iPod tax. That's right. An iPod tax. A brand new tax that'll have YOU paying up to 75 dollars more, for iPods, smartphones, personal video recorders, MP3 players and just about ANYTHING with a hard drive. The iPod tax. It's just the beginning of the high tax agenda. A message from Canada's Conservatives. Stop The iPod Tax! canadianelectionadscanadianelectionads·50 videos www.youtube.com/watch?v=WERGcqoIGasMICHAEL IGNATIEFF. JACK LAYTON. GILLES DUCEPPE. THEY ALL BACKED THE COALITION [AND] THEY ALL BACKED AN iPOD TAX. THAT'S RIGHT, AN iPOD TAX. A BRAND NEW TAX THAT WOULD HAVE YOU PAYING UP TO 75 DOLLARS MORE FOR iPODS, SMART PHONES, PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDERS, MP3 PLAYERS AND JUST ABOUT ANYTHING WITH A HARD DRIVE. THE iPOD TAX, IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE COALITION'S HIGH-TAX AGENDA. www.ipodtax.ca_____________________________ US Babies sick with congenital hypothyroidism from Fukushima radiation | April 7, 2013 ecochildsplay.com/2013/04/07/us-babies-sick-with-congenital-hypothyroidism-from-fukushima-radiation/'Devastating' quake strikes near Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant, kills 20 | Updated 5 hours ago A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck near Iran's only nuclear power station Tuesday, killing 20 people and injuring 500, according to one report, and generating tremors that were felt on the other side of the Persian Gulf. worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/09/17670371-devastating-quake-strikes-near-irans-bushehr-nuclear-plant-kills-20A team of experts assembled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is looking into radiation from Japan’s nuclear disaster as one of several possible causes of the ongoing sea lion stranding along Southern California beaches. www.ocregister.com
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Post by ipod tariff code on Apr 9, 2013 18:41:26 GMT -8
Tariff trouble: Expect higher prices on MP3 players, Sony executive warns | Posted: 3:30 PM | Last Modified: 6:58 PM OTTAWA - Canadian consumers could soon face higher prices on electronics like TVs and iPods because it's going to be all but impossible for importers to exempt the products from a controversial tariff, a major electronics maker warns. Importers are being asked to jump through too many hoops in order to qualify for a special exemption from the tariff on the popular products, said Mark Trylinski, logistics director at Sony of Canada. Read more here: www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/tariff-trouble-expect-higher-prices-on-mp3-players-sony-executive-warns-202190301.html
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Post by clone on May 3, 2013 6:40:49 GMT -8
Nuclear power plant stricken in 2011 tsunami now leaking radioactive groundwater: report The water contains strontium, a byproduct of nuclear fission, and the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant is leaking it at a rate of 75 gallons per minute. Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 2:35 PM - Now contaminated groundwater containing radioactive strontium, a byproduct of nuclear fission, is leaking from damaged reactor structures at an alarming rate of 75 gallons per minute. - As the New York Times notes, news of the leaking groundwater comes at an embarrassing time for Tepco, which experienced a 29-hour power outage last month which affected another of the plant's cooling systems. - Fears have also emerged that the Dai-ichi plant could break apart during cleaning, NBC News reports. The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency said the plant may need longer than their original estimate of 40 years to clean the site. Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/world/power-plant-stricken-tsunami-leaking-radioactive-water-article-1.1332275
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