Another chance with a Prehistoric Horse. Can we replenish the herd?

A Przewalski's horse filly has been born at Toronto Zoo, the first such birth in 15 years. Solstice was born on June 22. She is by Phoenix, and is the first foal out of Alexandra, who is 14.



Wikipedia is occassionally resourced for this blog, but, their 'inventory' of living members of this species is impressive.

Przewalski's Horse (click here and at title, thank you), also known as the Asian Wild Horse or Mongolian Wild Horse, or Takhi, is the closest living wild relative of the domestic Horse.
Most "wild" horses today, such as the American Mustang or the Australian Brumbies, are actually feral animals, horses that were once domesticated but escaped and reverted to an apparently wild status. The Przewalski's Horse, on the other hand, has never been successfully domesticated and remains a truly wild animal today. There were once several types of equid that had never been successfully domesticated, including the Tarpan, Onager, and others. However, most have become extinct, with the Przewalski's Horse the only remaining truly wild horse in the world....

I have to precede this entry with an understanding about 'trust.'

The Gulf of Mexico. A NASA photo.

I have a very low tolerance level of trust regarding people that surround the issue of Human Induced Global Warming. There is a reason for that. The nation of the USA has been lead down the "W"rong path for decades regarding that issue.

With that said, everyone needs to know there are some members of upper management of The Weather Channel that have given misleading testimony to the USA Senate. It was the "W"rongest thing they could do. Such an act endangers people's lives. The Weather Channel should know that. Especially them.

Now. The reason I bring this up is because I have been listening to The Weather Channel over the last week and I have heard interesting things that lead me to believe whatever was going on that lead men to make "W"rongful statements before the USA Senate has been rethought.

For those that enjoy zoos, you'll absolutely love this segment from a program The Weather Channel broadcasts called, "Forecast Earth." It is a segment starring Jack Hanna. The Weather Channel calls him, "Jungle Jack Hanna." It is a wonderful presentation and I sincerely DO TRUST Jack Hanna. He speaks to my heart and this program was no exception. Kindly click on the title of this entry AND THEN click on the link entitled "Gone for Good" to enjoy "Jungle Jack Hanna" in his 'environmentalist hat.'

Enjoy. I did. I really appreciated Jack at his best.

Look at that face. That is a Happy Michael face. He has a grin on his face. You know why?

Why you ask would Michael Moore be smiling? Because Michael is turning a good deed. He is fighting the 'good fight.' That makes Michael happy.




Today.




Today is a special day.




Michael has received an apology from CNN.




Thank you. I like it when Michael smiles and is able to fullfil his goals in life to turn a good deed for the people of the USA.




Thank you very much.




The following observation is NOT for Michael Moore. At all. I have one other request and the one person that bobbled this issue will recognize the reference. When reporting about 'changes' in medical/surgical diagnosis techniques and strategies, the 'age' of physicians is NOT to be referred to because that is 'age discrimination.' The USA needs every available physician to treat the people of this country. Where science advances and some physicians are not practicing the 'cutting edge' medicine that is available, it is the obligation of the media to educate the public about 'the cutting edge' measures. It is not the media's responsiblity to impose 'an idea' of incompetency of physicians due to age. That needs to stop. NOW !




Have a good day.

One last peak at the Southern Hemisphere today

July 17, 2007

1313 gmt

Southern Hemisphere

Look at that gloriously intensely dense cold air mass topping the ice continent. It's expansive today. The 'point' regarding 'where' some of Sol's 'direct' rays are reaching can be noted in the higher latitude vortices. They are not making it into the continent because they heat has settled where it is most intense for now and that is where there is still direct sunlight.

There are two lower latitude vortices, 'below' Australia that are making it into the coastal continent. While these vortices contribute to the hotter air mass at lower elevations of Antarctica they cannot explain everything. There is a 'reason' for the lower elevations to be affected while the highest elevations are not. The 'reason' is that the lower elevations are receiving 'radiation heat (also known as convection, but, we'll keep it simple)' and facilitating some transfer into the continent.

In order for Vostok to receive any 'heat transfer' at this point the lower elevations would have to be unable to compensate for the change of temperature it was receiving. The amount of calories to change this very densely cold air over Vostok is far higher than being delivered to Antarctica today. In order to change the temperatures over Vostok it would have to receive direct sunlight.

Antarctica Wind Chime

Click here for 24 hour loop. Temperature Satellite image from 3 PM and 6 PM missing.

July 17, 2007
12:00 PM UTX
Antarctica Winds (click for 24 hour loop)

Okay. This is interesting. The wind over Vostok is still. Vostok is the middle-east of Antarctica. There is no wind. There is also no wind over the Peninsula. That is unusual. It welcome.

What is interesting is the higher winds from 15 mph to an occassional 40 mph gusts now circulating around the outer reaches ON the continent. These are reflected in the reporting at Scott Base, Antarctica. What is also noted at Scott Base are warmer than 'usual' temperatures that has been noted in recent weeks. Scott Base is something like 9000 feet? Let me see.

Here is an interesting article regarding the 'phenomena' of an environmental reality of Ross Base which has varying elevations due to the status of 'island.' It won't explain everything but alludes to dynamics of air movement due to 'unique' conditions sometimes encountered in Antarctica. It's just an interesting article.

Surface airflow around Windless Bight, Ross Island, Antarctica (click here)

The elevation of the station is somewhere around 9000 feet because Mount Herschal is approximately 10,000 to 10,500, maybe a little more. I didn't find an official elevation for Ross Base. The scientists from New Zealand might not even consider publishing 'an official' elevation because they have a lot of field stations. They do a lot of research on that island. So, to get to my point. Any 'change' in heat capacity is going to occur at a lower altitude than Vostok. The heavier air over Vostok will not 'allow' through inertia the 'rising' of 'changing' temperatures due to the slow migration of Sol south.

Understand, Sol's rays are not 'over' Vostok yet. But, the 'heat' from the approaching sunlight is being 'felt' at the elvations lower than the 'peak' of the Ice Continent. Without 'direct' sunlight to raise temperatures the 'impinging' heat is limited to 'radiation' into stable and 'lazy/inert' air masses. So, it's extrapolated that Sol's heat although not direct is making it's presence known at lower elevations from Vostok, that are receiving that direct sunlight at higher 'latitudes' of Earth but now in the Southern Hemisphere. I hope I made that clear. It is my belief the current 'warmer' temperatures at the elevations of "Scott Base, Ross Island, Antarctica" is directly related to solar 'rays' at higher latitudes than Antarctica that is 'migrating/radiating' into some elevations of Antartica because of 'gentle' molecular heat transfer without the turbulence. I am sure I lost some interested folks here.

OFF TRACK as an example. A old style radiator where hot water heats the radiator 'causes' the entire room to heat because of 'radiation' due to molecular 'irritation.' One molecule of air heats and transfers that heat to the next and then to the next. The 'volume' of heat from Sol under a thick carbon dioxide blanket is trapped and is moved through the troposphere in the same mechanism. I believe the warmer temperatures and higher winds without 'affect of the upper troposphere' are due to this 'radiation' of heat from higher latitudes. I think that is clearer.

Point of Reference :: Conversion tables to understand the velocity of the wind at the Scott Base reference. The "Kiwis" report the wind in 'knots.' Click here for some 'handy' conversion computers. The Current Reporting of Scott Base, Ross Island is 17.4 knots, that is equated to 32 km/hr or 20 mph. There ya go. Best I can do. Good luck.

July 17, 2007
0600 gmt
Antarctica Jet Stream

"I told you so." Do I have to explain this? Vostok is cold because of...WHAT? Yes, cold air, but, ALSO, inertia of the Jet Stream. The coldest of the cold air is not moving anywhere else and we are witnessing some profoundly sincere freezing of glacial ice that is more precious than gold. The 'homogenous' temperatures of 'the coastal' Antarctica is because the Jet Stream is 'quiet' and there is no transcending of turbulence to the surface/lower elevations.


July 17, 2007
12:00 PM
Antarctica Temperature Satellite

The temperature is getting warmer. It's uniform, still cold, but, NOT AS COLD as it has been. Oh, my. Sol is making the trip south. The center of the continent, where the 3 mile high ice exists is still as cold as last week.

Yo, babe, there are cold toes in Vostok today. I have not seen these temperatures ANYWHERE in Antarctica in years. Holy smokes. It's going to be interesting to see what it going on with the jet stream over this continent of ice.

Vostok, Antarctica

Time ::00 PM VOST

Elevation :: 11220 ft / 3420 m

Temperature :: -101 °F / -74 °C

Conditions :: Not stated

Humidity :: 48% (Kindly note, the humidity is lower than usual. Too cold to be anything but ice.)
Dew Point :: -105 °F / -76 °C

Wind :: 2 mph / 4 km/h / from the ESE

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: in / hPa (Falling)

Visibility :: 12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers
Raw METAR
Aviation
Flight Rule :: VFR ()
Wind Speed :: 2 mph / 4 km/h /
Wind Dir :: 120° (ESE)
Ceiling :: 100000 ft / 100000 m


Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica

Elevation :: 9285 ft / 2830 m

Temperature :: -68 °F / -56 °C

Conditions :: Snow

Wind :: 16 mph / 26 km/h / from the ESE

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: in / hPa (Falling)

Visibility :: 4.0 miles / 6.0 kilometers

Clouds :: Few 8858 ft / 2700 m
(Above Ground Level)


Clean Air, Antarctica

Time :: 11:50 PM NZST

Temperature :: -69 °F / -56 °C

Conditions :: Ice Crystals Blowing Snow

Humidity :: N/A%

Pressure :: 28.71 in / 972 hPa

Winds :: ESE at 16 mph / 26 km/h / 7.2 m/s

Length Of Visible Light:

0h 00m :: Length of Day

0h 00m :: Tomorrow will be 0m 0s shorter.

Warmest reporting stations of Antarctica

Dumont D'Urville, Antarctica

Time :: 12:00 PM GMT

Elevation :: 135 ft / 41 m

Temperature :: 17 °F / -8 °C

Conditions :: Blowing Snow

Humidity :: 98%

Dew Point :: 17 °F / -8 °C

Wind :: 43 mph / 68 km/h / from the SE

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: 29.35 in / 994 hPa (Falling)

Visibility :: 1.0 miles / 2.0 kilometers

Clouds:
Mostly Cloudy 4921 ft / 1500 m
(Above Ground Level)
Raw METAR
Aviation
Flight Rule :: IFR ()

Wind Speed :: 43 mph / 68 km/h /

Wind Dir :: 130° (SE)

Ceiling :: 4900 ft / 1500 m

Palmer Station, Antarctica

Time :: 8:00 AM CLT

Elevation :: 26 ft / 8 m

Temperature :: 16 °F / -9 °C

Conditions :: Snow

Humidity :: 72%

Dew Point :: 11 °F / -12 °C

Wind :: 7 mph / 11 km/h / from the East

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: 29.70 in / 1006 hPa (Falling)

Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.0 kilometers
Raw METAR
Aviation Flight Rule :: VFR ()
Wind Speed :: 7 mph / 11 km/h /

Wind Dir :: 80° (East)

Ceiling :: 100000 ft / 100000 m

end

The weather at Scott Base, Ross Island, Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:

15 minutes. A quarter of an hour. 900 seconds. One half inch of water. Fell from the sky. NORMALLY. Inches per month are measured.

July 16, 2007
Louisa, Virginia
Photographer states :: I couldn't respond to the firehouse for a fire call because of the downed trees. Taken on Ellisville Drive (Rt.669)just after the hardest portion of the storm passed.

This is a darn shame. Trees are like Americans, they bend to stress until they break. This tree is dead. The part of the tree remaining as living is now exposed to insects, disease, stress including loss of sap. It was a gorgeous tree with many years of life to achieve such a status. The wind that causes this is incredibly strong and powerful. It's immediate. Frequently in storms older trees, weaker trees are knocked over and that is why it is better to remove old and weak trees from any property where it is obvious if when they topple a house will be hit and ultimately it's inhabitants.

The wind that causes this is taking down/out/destroying very healthy trees. That is real worry. There is no immunity for any tree stand from this level of disaster. I sometimes wonder how some of our precious national tree-stands are doing. I'll have to get out there and see sometime soon, hopefully. I just never know. Very often my life is not my own to inspect the areas of 'concern' I would like, so I 'check out' the internet when I can.

But.

This tree is making me upset. If one looks at the remaining 'stump' in this picture, it is jagged and coarse. It yielded NOT to direct impact or a lightning strike. This tree had it's cellulose 'sheered' in a tortuous event. In other words, the wind was causing the tree to 'whip' in directions that put the trunk in a bending circle. The cellulose of that trunk could not withstand the tortuous movement of the trunk to prevent it from breaking. The size of that trunk is not any easy one to break. That means the wind that caused the tortuous 'tearing' of the cellulose had incredibly high energy. Dangerous, very. I wouldn't be venturing out into these storms when they occur.

People need to have 'safe rooms' to retreat to when these storms occur. Sometimes that can be a basement but keep in mind a basement floods and no one wants to be trapped in a rising water level. There are areas of the country where basements are not a reality. If a household wants to designate a 'safe area' within a home where there is little to no chance of glass shattering and perferably where there are strong beams it can be made into a small entertainment area where emergency radio can be turned on with batteries and a small public band radio can call for help if necessary. Children can be educated to this 'special safe place' and be allowed to spend time in it even if there is no severe weather. The room needs to be 'child proof' with storage areas for radios and batteries as well as plenty of favorite books and crayons. Right? Parents know what makes their children happy. Bottled water, snacks and short term safety plans until help arrives. Okay? Okay.

Now this picture above. There is a lot of water in the ditch to the left. There is actually two streams of water. A lot of water, a severe storm. Severe downpour. In these 'running' streams are lines of white bubbles. Those bubbles are 'aeration' of the water. They occur because there are 'currents' in those small streams of water. That is very fast running water with conflicting movement. It isn't safe for a child to step into without being knocked over. The water is moving at a very high velocity on nearly a level road. That tells me how much water was dumpd in this event. There is a 'piling up' of the water on the available 'gully' surface. Water always takes the path of least resistance. Always. So does anything in it's path.

In the picture below, if there was warm air in the vacinity and the reality is that the ice 'should be' melting, it could be that the air mass delivering the hail was frozen at very high altitudes. If that is the case then this was a high altitude supercell and explains the torturous winds that destroyed that beautiful tree.


July 16, 2007
Louisa, Virginia
Photographer states :: Representative size of the two inches deep hail from storm on 7/16/07.

That is a very cold looking hand. That is not just a hail storm affiliated with a tornado although it probably came very close to that level of turbulence. The hail on the ground is not melting quickly. This hail came from an infusion of Arctic Air that belongs over The Arctic Ocean. Long way from home. It has to be because if the air wasn't as cold as the ice there would be nearly immediate melting and this photographers hand would not be showing signs of 'cold exposure.' Flushed fingertips, wrinkled skin at the palms which tend to be blanched. Has to be cold air from the Arctic. I haven't looked at a satellite to know for sure so maybe I'm getting it wrong, but, I like to test my observational skills.






July 15, 2007
Licking, Missouri
Photographer states :: THIS IS THE HAIL WE GOT HERE AT 5 PM SUNDAY EVENING LASTED ABOUT 8 MINS AND GOT .50 INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT 15 MINS


AmerenUE Announces $1 Billion 'Project Power On' Reliability and Environmental Improvement Program (click here)
Customers in 62 Missouri counties will benefit from improved reliability,
upgraded delivery system, and enhanced environmental performance
ST. LOUIS, July 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AmerenUE, a utility
operating company of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), plans to invest $1
billion over the next three years to improve reliability, upgrade delivery
systems, and enhance the environmental performance of its power plants.
"With the severe weather patterns of the past few years and a focus on
improving air quality, we are working even harder to ensure reliability for
our customers of today and tomorrow," said Thomas R. Voss, president and
chief executive officer of AmerenUE. "We've been working closely with
community officials and leaders across our system to determine the best
approach for improving our delivery system, while ensuring that we meet the
growing demand for energy."
Named "Project Power On," this three-year initiative involves a
commitment over and above the $500 million per year the company has been
spending on efforts to upgrade and maintain the system....

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (crystal wind chime) is:

Elevation :: 33 ft / 10 m

Temperature :: 55 °F / 13 °C

Conditions :: Overcast

Humidity :: 82%

Dew Point :: 50 °F / 10 °C

Wind :: Calm

Pressure :: 29.88 in / 1012 hPa (Falling)

Visibility :: 4.0 miles / 6.4 kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds :: Overcast 300 ft / 91 m
(Above Ground Level)

Raw METAR
Aviation

Flight Rule :: LIFR (PAGS)

Wind Speed :: 0 mph / 0 km/h / 0.0 m/s

Wind Dir :: N/A

Ceiling :: 300 ft / 91 m

The link to the title is a video of a couple with a 'corn' burning stove that appeared in The Washington Post. While that is interesting, The Washington Post has the wrong focus. Their focus is on the economics, "Climate Change Debate Hinges On Economics Lawmakers Doubt Voters Would Fund Big Carbon Cuts. (click here)"

That is not correct.

Climate Change is happening.

There is no more debate.

This is no joke.

Economics has nothing to do with Climate Change.

Climate Change is a product of Human Induced Global Warming. GREED. There is no reason for it. Funding 'Corporate Friendly Carbon Cuts' has absolutely NOTHING to do with Climate Change. That won't do a darn thing. The reversal of Human Induced Global Warming is having leadership in a country ready to do what is right. If corporations survive it is because they found a way WITHOUT exploiting the naivety of an electorate and it's representative government while the scientists responsible for 'correct' information delivers this country from it's current path of demise.

The Washington Post has gotten use to 'misinformation' in Washington, DC. It has gotten used to looking to the Executive Branch for answers to it's problems. This administration will never deliver this country from it's own demise. Legislators cannot succeed without the guidance of scientists such as Dr. James E. Hanson (click here). In the years to come, when the USA has sufficient leadership to guide it out of it's own destructive path, competent and trustworthy scientists, void of corruption or false agenda, will be known around the American dinner table. There is no other way.

As a nation we have 'lolly-gagged' in addressing this issue and now the recovery is so very, very late and getting exponentially worse by the moment that scientists have to take the helm and lead. You are all used to daily weather reports. Moment to moment on the mobile devises. That's going to change because it will be replaced with daily reports on the progress or lack thereof of Earth to recapture it's vigor, biotic diversity and health for the generations of Americans yet to be born.

I don't see an obligation to corporations in creating Carbon Cuts. It's futile. It's immoral. It is like saying these corporations that ONLY do the right thing when forced to by law are actually equivalent to the people of this nation whom are devoted to do absolutely the right thing. The people of the USA, like this couple in this video, are taking on the challenge of saving Earth for their children. The citizens of the USA don't have to be told how important this is or how to seek innovative ways to find solutions. To compare corporations in the same breath with citizens while they do NOTHING but pander to government for tax breaks and grants while they are the ones that could not care less about the quality of the environmental inheritance of our children is ludicrous.

Corporations need to find solutions or go out of business. Just that simple. The limits on their lack of leadership is coming. Survive or die. They get real or they get out of the way.

end

I can't let this pass by. CNN is a global corporation. They are attempting to destory an Independant Filmmaker. CNN needs to apologize.

They completely 'diss' Michael and I am not about to put up with their trashing of a much needed reform to American Healthcare.

They posted a response regarding the 'corrections' to the record made of Sanjay Gupta's report which tried to overshadow SICKO with innuendos and suppositions. They dug themselves deep while trying to be slick.

This is what CNN said of Michael. You have to know that that angel of all angels works at CNN. Always above the frey. "It's ironic that someone who has made a career out of holding powerful interests accountable is so sensitive to having his own work held up to the light by impartial journalists, as we did in our examination of 'SiCKO,' " the spokesperson said.
"In our original report, we made one mistake...

STOP RIGHT THERE. There are grossly MORE than one mistake. The 'corporate suit alone' makes two. All you need to do is apologize to Michael Moore profusely because CNN's response to Michael's postings on his website is more spin on top of the Gupta Spin. I could go point by point and spend a better part of my day 'setting it straight' on behalf of Michael Moore for the hero he is, but, it's a waste of my time. CNN is being manipulative and attempting to undermine SICKO. That'll never happen. Too many people have been hurt and we thought the deaths at Abu Ghraib were terrible. The deaths right here in the USA go unnoticed. Something is very, very "W"rong here and CNN is attempting to defend it!

Not.

On.

My.

Time.


POINT NO. 11:

FROM MOORE'S WEB SITE:

GUPTA: (On the lone expert shown in the original piece, Paul Keckley). "His only affiliation is with Vanderbilt University. We checked it, Michael. We checked his conflict of interest. We do ask those questions."

"The Truth" (from Michael Moore's Web site):

Keckley left Vanderbilt in October 2006 to become the executive director of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. The chyron on CNN even notes his new position ("Vandy administrator to head Deloitte research center," Nashville Business Journal. November 1, 2006).
The independent chairman of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions is Tommy Thompson, who was George W. Bush's Health and Human Services Secretary from 2001 to 2005 and is currently running for president as a Republican ("Meet Tommy G. Thompson," Deloitte Center for Health Solutions).
Keckley has made large contributions to Republican candidates and organizations. He gave $1,000 to GOP Senator Bob Corker in 2006, $1,000 to the Tennessee GOP in 2002, along with $1,500 to two GOP congressional candidates and $1,000 to the Tennessee GOP in 2000 (www.fecinfo.com).
Keckley was also the CEO and Founder of EBM Solutions Inc., of Nashville, Tennessee, which counted among its customers Blue Cross of Tennessee, the drug company Aventis and others. Considering Keckley makes his living in the for-profit health care world -- a world "SiCKO" argues should be abolished -- viewers should have been told exactly where Keckley was coming from.

CNN RESPONSE:

Moore is correct. End of discussion because the rest of this mess simply tries to 'take issue' where there is none. Sanjay Gupta stated Keckley was ONLY affiliated with Vanderbilt University. He stated it on an international global corporate network news channel to 'save face.' Additionally, Gupta was emphatic that CNN checks all the 'conflict of interest.' Gupta's LACK OF KNOWLEDGE regarding the 'many affiliations' of Keckley and the ability or willingness to verbalize them is completely offending. Gupta picked the most benign of the affiliations of Keckley and made a huge issue of the fact there are taxes affiliated with 'single payer' healthcare.

NO CLUE !

It was the most astounding revelation I thought I ever heard when Gupta/Keckley stated, "...but, it's not free, there are taxes." Something tells me that is one of those 'common knowledge' things that people figure out when discussing such a large paradigm shift in an ESSENTIAL SERVICE. I did. I didn't think for one minute that what Michael was putting forth was ABSOLUTELY FREE. You want to know something, the 'Crap' the health insurance companies put forth as 'policies' ain't free either, but, it sometimes seems that way because it is taken out of one's paycheck BEFORE you get it, JUST - LIKE - TAXES. So, let's get real here, Gutpa and his corporate suit, Keckley are making something out of nothing because every American that has health insurance pays for it. Not only that but they pay deductibles amounting to thousands of dollars minimally per year ON TOP of their WEEKLY/BI-WEEKLY enrollment fees. There, of course, are the Co-Pays. When one adds all that up at the end of the year, it ain't peanuts.

What makes the 'single payer system' so attractive is that we CAN COUNT ON IT. We can, our children can, their children can, our seniors can (...and let's not BEGIN to go down the road of how our Seniors are gouged for their healthcare. Don't even start that. Minimally, a hospital admission can have an initial deductible PER ADMISSION of nearly $1000. So don't even go there.), our veterans can (...and we all know what a mess the VA system has been without any improvment in decades) and etc, etc, etc.

While Gupta and 'what's his name?'...oh, yeah...Keckley criticize the issue of taxes, those they defend (and they are defending the very health care systems that have abandoned Americans causing them hardship and death) ain't cheap either and we don't even get services we need from them.

This is the rest of CNN's Spin regarding Keckley. Tell me it matters.

Paul Keckley left Vanderbilt in late 2006. That is the affiliation Gupta referenced on "Larry King Live." In addition, CNN obtained the following details about Paul Keckley from his current employer, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions:
"The original CNN report accurately described Paul Keckley's role as a Deloitte health care expert. Keckley is executive director of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. He left Vanderbilt University in October 2006 to take this new position.
"The comments by Keckley in the CNN interview were factual, neutral and descriptive. The accuracy of his balanced comments in the broadcast has not been challenged.
"Neither the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions nor Paul Keckley has a political or ideological agenda. The center's mission is to develop innovative, practical and workable solutions to systemic issues of the U.S. health system. As such, it embraces a diversity of viewpoints that transcend easy labels.
"Keckley as an individual and Deloitte as an organization operate under rigorous rules, government regulations and professional standards designed to ensure his and our independence.
"The center has been an active participant in the national dialogue about the critical challenge America faces to preserve the best that our health care system delivers -- while at the same time seeking ways to provide coverage for the uninsured, promote wellness and prevention, deploy more effective information technology to improve patient outcomes, and reduce soaring health care costs.
"One example of how the Deloitte Center's approach is a report issued in late 2006 titled, 'The Catalyst for Health Care Reform: Providing More Choices and Innovation to Heal the U.S. Health Care Financing System.' In addition to providing a thoughtful and comprehensive overview of the key issues, it presented one possible, innovative approach to solving health care coverage for America's [46] million uninsured citizens. It reflects the serious, thoughtful and independent nature of the Deloitte Center.
'Keckley does not maintain any professional or financial ties to Aventis or Blue Cross. From 1998-2002, Keckley did serve as CEO of EBM Solutions, a private company formed by researchers from Vanderbilt, Duke, Emory, Washington University and Oregon Health Sciences University. EBM developed and licensed evidence-based guidelines to 32 hospitals, medical groups, insurance companies and drug companies during this period. Among those licensing these guidelines were Aventis and Blue Cross of Tennessee.

Maybe I'll be forced to do one point everyday, but, that will take another ten days and like CNN stated, the initial mess started six days BEFORE Mike's appearance and the rebuttal began. So, I guess we are looking at dragging this out weeks yet. That is nothing but a bore !

Mike is right.

Mike is always right.

And with every documentary there are always 'corporate spin machines' that try to 'spin dry' their dirty laundry.

NOT

THIS

TIME.

NOT AGAIN.

...and who we are together...

...is just as important.

Good night.

Women. Their health. Their quality of life. Their self esteem in regard to beauty.

Women are an important partners in the health of populations and their planet.

Planned Parenthood Clinics - unfettered access to resources for quality of life

Access to information that leads to healthy lives for women without the coersion of special interest politics.

POLITICS TRUMPS FACTS IN ADMINISTRATION HOSTILE TO SCIENCE

Richard Carmona, Bush's Surgeon General from 2002 to 2006.

...As the nation's top doc from 2002 to 2006, Dr. Carmona was ordered not to discuss embryonic stem cell research or the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B, he said last week in testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He was ordered to water down a report on the dangers of secondhand smoke.
He definitely couldn't point out the failings of abstinence-only programs. In speeches that were vetted by other political appointees, he was ordered to mention President Bush three times for every page....

Who do you trust? A holy man?

Sooner or later, The Pope along with every other fundamentalist will have to come to terms with the reality of women in the year 2007 and realize they practice birth control and have abortions and demand quality of life 'shared' in responsiblity with husbands or lovers. It's the way it is, the way it always has been and will be.

There is nothing immoral in 'respecting' ones body, life and dignity.

Reproduction limiting is a reality women have contended with since the beginning of time, it is just in today's world our children are with us a long time rather than worrying about whether they will survive childhood. It's a different world and a different time and I can't believe the American woman is regressing in her achievements when her mothers and grandmothers worked so hard for the freedom of choice.

I have two children and a career. I value the life I have. I am autonomous in my financial dealings. I wouldn't have given up the opportunity to be a mother. I won't have given up the opportunity to have an autonomous identity with interests outside a marriage and family. As a result my sons are happy men with identities of their own and separate from any other aspect of their life. I have one grandson. He will be the same.

My liberator. Was my grandmother

My late grandmother was an Irish American Catholic that never finished high school. She made sure all her eleven children had a high school education. She was at the side of her six daughters to help in their home when they brought their children home from the 'hospital.' She had forty living grandchildren.

She made sure all of grandchildren received a college education beyond high school and although she prayed the rosary daily, she was completely committed to birth control for every one of her granddaughters of which I am gratefully one.

Women's Health AND Beauty - There is not a culture whereby women don't value beauty

There are a million internet sites and probably as many magazines that express the need by women to feel and be beautiful. There are 'reasonable' parameters in the number of children a woman can successfully give birth to without 'giving up' whom she is and 'sacrificing all' to define herself as a mother and wife.

My body is NOT a political tool.

Earth cannot support all these people. That is more true today than ever before. The agenda of the Fundamentalists need to be 'handled' because they are detrimental to quality of life on Earth.

Medicine has nearly wiped out disease and illness. It's time to limit the size of populations within sovereign countries. It has to come to pass.

My uterus is NOT 'a citizen's right to occupy.' My uterus is FIRST my body. The USA Supreme Court is immoral !

I am the DECIDER. I want a life not 'The Cult-ure of Life"

An infant is a CHILD in the first period of life and there is no such thing as foeticide, it's called abortion. A child born to the world has citizen's rights and infanticide is murder. Women have a right to determine their own destiny including their right to an abortion vs. abuse of their sexual freedom. I am first a person and secondly a married woman with a family. Men need to get their egos out of the way to the rights of women !


'Indian register' for pregnancies (click here)
By Sanjoy Majumder
BBC News, Delhi
An Indian minister has proposed that all pregnant women register with the government and seek its permission if they wish to undergo an abortion.
Women and child development minister Renuka Chowdhury says the move is aimed at stopping the aborting of unwanted female foetuses.
Although prenatal sex determination and selective abortion are banned, far more boys than girls are born.
Critics warn that the new move could backfire and be misused.
Ms Chowdhury also wants abortions to be permitted only in specific circumstances, although she did not spell out what these may be.
Unable to stop
The minister says a register of pregnancies would allow the government to track them and crack down on the practice of foeticide which she says is widespread in parts of northern India.
Despite the ban on prenatal sex determination, the government has been unable to prevent the selective abortion of female foetuses and the practice of female infanticide.
According to the last national census, for every 1,000 boys, there are only 927 girls in India.
But critics say the new move is an infringement on personal freedom and could also be misused.



Bayer says oral contraceptive YAZ receives approval in the Netherlands (click here)
07.12.07, 4:01 AM ET
FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Bayer AG said its low-dose oral contraceptive YAZ received regulatory approval in the Netherlands, both for preventing unwanted pregnancies and treating acne.
This regulatory nod -- the first in Europe -- will serve as a reference in the EU mutual recognition procedure that Bayer (nyse: BAY - news - people ) plans to launch in order to gain Europe-wide marketing approval.
YAZ has been on the US market since April 2006 and posts the highest growth rate among brand-name contraceptives.
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We all know what liars and suprisers ANY Bush nominee is for ANY position.

James Holsinger, nominated for surgeon general, told senators he would quit before yielding to any administration pressure to suppress scientific data.

There is always this stupid agenda to covet the American uterus by these idiots. They have no right to stand in the way of any Civil Right of any American citizen and their lifestyle. NONE !

There is absolutely no justification for religious pressure to bear on political candidates. Boycott the churches at the 'pocketbook' if they continue to attempt to dictate government policy. They understand tithing. Your 'belief system' does not belong in my bedroom !

Separation of Church and State? (click here)
Abortion advocate wants IRS to probe bishop who criticized Giuliani
Providence, Jun 19, 2007 / 11:16 am (CNA).- A leading abortion activist has filed a complaint with the IRS in an attempt to silence Bishop Thomas Tobin, who said he could never support Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, who believes abortion should be legal.
In his May 31 editorial in the Rhode Island Catholic, the bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, called the former New York mayor’s pro-abortion views "pathetic," "confusing," and "hypocritical."
"Rudy's explanation is a classic expression of the position on abortion we have heard from weak-kneed politicians so frequently in recent years: 'I'm personally opposed to but don't want to impose my views on other people.' The incongruity of that position has been exposed many times now," Bishop Tobin wrote.
The bishop said Giuliani’s views lead him to think of the “sad figure of Pontius Pilate … who personally found no guilt in Jesus, but for fear of the crowd, washed his hands of the whole affair and handed Jesus over to be crucified.” ...