The search for Polly was conducted through the internet which was never done before. The foundation that now carries her name seeks to find missing children.

Twelve year old Polly Hannah Klass (click here) was having a slumber party when a strange man holding a knife entered her bedroom, tied up all the girls and put pillow cases over their heads. The intruder then took a sobbing Polly off into the night.

Her friends stood back-to-back trying to untie themselves. When that didn't work, one girl was able to bring her hands under her feet to free herself. The girls then awakened Polly's mother, who immediately called the police.

It was October 1, 1993.

A stranger had invaded a private home in Petaluma, CA and snatched an innocent child from her very own bedroom. There were witnesses to tell the story. People in her home town and throughout the world helped search for her.

By the time Polly's body was found on December 3, 1993, over 2 billion images of Polly Klaas had been distributed worldwide.

Everyone knows and REMEMBERS Adam Walsh.

"Bringing Adam Home" Author Les Staniford Talks About Parents' Worst Nightmare (click here)

By Sebastian Del Marmol 
Tue., Mar. 1 2011 at 9:00 AM

​Maybe second only to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping in the early party of last century, the abduction and murder of Adam Walsh in South Florida in 1981 was the most infamous case of child kidnapping in US history. It was every parents' nightmare--one second their child is playing video games in a department store, the next, he's gone forever. It changed the way we look after our children, and how cops look for children when they are taken....

Mr. Walsh was not going to let the country rest after the death of his son. He continued, even through today, to make the country so aware of the dangers to children he is now an advocate to clean the streets of the USA of dangerous criminals.

Jul 27, 1981:

Adam Walsh is abducted (click here)

Adam John Walsh, age six, is abducted from a mall in Hollywood, Florida, and later found murdered. In the aftermath of the crime, Adam's father, John Walsh, became a leading victims' rights activist and host of the long-running television show America's Most Wanted....

Why does it take a monumental effort to focus on children when parents so deeply love their own and understand what the worst nightmare is that can occur. I could understand how children might be in the background of our society if parents didn't have a nightmare to losing their child(ren). But, they do.

So, what happens between the marketing to and of children and their untimely death due to social ills? What happens there? They aren't worth anything anymore?

In Florida after the death of Jessica Lunsford there was a statue requiring background checks of contractors.

The Jessica Lunsford Act (click here) was enacted on September 1, 2005 in response to the tragic abduction and death of Jessica Lunsford. This law affects a vendors’ business operations and employees if they are under contract with Orange County Public Schools.

It was a jester to protect child from people that may see them while working at a construction site with Orange County Public Schools.

Okay. It is understandable, but, only Orange County? Right.

Her abductor was found out and lived in very close proximity of her home. The Jessica Lunsford Act does not reflect the reality of kidnapping. The perpetrator was not a construction worker nor was she kidnapped at a school. So while this is a good idea, a great idea actually, it never made federal legislation happen. Why not?

This is what followed federally and what the Former US House Representative Ron Paul objected to.

Child Protection and Sexual Predator Punishment Act of 1998: report together with dissenting view (to accompany H.R. 3494) (click here)

Of course we know Representative Paul is a Libertarian and has his own reasons for opposing what would seem necessary to many of us, but, I think that is the point. Whenever we step into the void of elevating children to importance it is some kind of violation of LIBERTY. 

I don't think that is it at all. I think it effects business as with the NRA and costs governments spending to dedicate resources to these crimes.

Washington States conducted a study in 1997 about child abduction, but, the Amber Alert wouldn't occur until much later.

Key findings: (click here

• In 74 percent of the missing children homicide cases studied, the child murder victim was female and the average age was 11 years old.
• In 44 percent of the cases studied, the victims and killers were strangers, but in 42 percent of the cases, the victims and killers were friends or acquaintances.
• Only about 14 percent of the cases studied involved parents or intimates killing the child.
• Almost two-thirds of the killers in these cases have prior arrests for violent crimes, with slightly more than half of those prior crimes committed against children.
• The primary motive for the child abduction killer in the cases studied was sexual assault.
• In nearly 60 percent of the cases studied, more than two hours passed between the time someone realized the child was missing and the time police were notified.
• In 76 percent of the missing children homicide cases studied, the child was dead within three hours of the abduction–and in  88.5 percent of the cases the child was dead within 24 hours.

Key recommendations to protect children:

• Be aware that children are not immune from abduction because they are close to home.   More than half of the study’s abductions took place within three city blocks of the victim’s home.
• Be certain that your children are supervised – even if they are in their own front yard or neighborhood street.   Approximately one-third of the abductions studied took occurred within one-half block of the victim’s home.
• Teach your children not to ever approach a car– whether the occupant is a stranger or not– no matter what the occupant the tells them or asks them.
• Be aware of strangers and unusual behavior in your neighborhoods.   Many child abductions are witnessed by people who do not realize that a crime is being committed.
• If your child is ever missing, CALL POLICE IMMEDIATELY.   An immediate response to a missing or abducted child may be the difference between life and death.

About the middle of the 2000's. 2003, 04 and 05 there was a child abduction on a regular basis.

There were measures instituted to act in a way that would rescue the child as soon as it was determined the child was kidnapped. Didn't matter if it was a familiar person or a stranger.

The AMBER Alert™ Program (click here) is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry, to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases. The goal of an AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the entire community to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of the child.

Why is it voluntary? Money? States can't afford it? In actuality, can they afford to do without it? 

This is administered by The Department of Justice. It is a good program, but, I think it is time to review all the needs of children in all states to determine if this has to be made into a mandatory law in the USA.

Active Amber Alerts (click here)

The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs has asked the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to serve in a clearinghouse capacity for the AMBER Alert program and to aid in the dissemination of AMBER Alert information. Information on active AMBER Alerts is available on NCMEC's web site.

There are non-profit agencies in the USA that have a permanent place in society because of the lack of action of our governments.

California Child Kidnapping and Murder Statistics: By the Numbers (click here)

By Sylvia Cochran | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Wed, May 11, 2011
...Caveat: The 2008 child abduction summary report quite candidly outlines that there exists a shadow figure of murders, rapes and sadly also suicides that began as child kidnappings but, for a wide variety of reasons, did not get reported as such. In addition, police departments throughout the state fail to uniformly report child abductions; instead, the cases may be put on the books as missing children.

I am not complaining that agencies exist to handle the statistics and seek intervention, but, when is this mess going to get straightened out? Never? Will the USA never understand "Crimes Against Children?" Will they never have a higher status than adult crimes? 

Ya know, a couple of years ago the United Nations did a review on the condition of children around the globe. The USA and the UK did not come out as shining examples. There were children without a book in the house. At least the United Kingdom took it seriously.

Other states take a very dim view on sentencing child rape.

Virginia for instance includes carnal knowledge, which is subjective, not evidence. But, if a perpetrator is not an adult there is a chance they will receive a fine.


Sexual intercourse with a child under the age of thirteen - Five years to life in prison

Carnal knowledge of a child between ages 13 and 15 - Two to 10 years in prison

Carnal knowledge of a child between ages 13 and 15 when the actor is a minor and the victim is three or more years younger - One to five years in prison

Carnal knowledge of a child between ages 13 and 15 when the actor is a minor and the victim is less than three years younger - Maximum fine of $ 250

Texas gets right down to it, penetration. Does that mean a woman could not rape a child? Just curious. But, Texas says it's okay for a youngster to be married and having sex by the age of 14. Wow. And at no time can the wife call it rape even though she didn't know until after the wedding vows what she was in for. Right.

Sexual assault for anyone to intentionally or knowingly penetrate a person under age 17, other than his spouse. The actor has an affirmative defense if he is not more than three years older than the victim, who is at least age 14 - Two to 20 years in prison

Hawaii has an interesting way of putting it. Basically, it is left up to the judge to sentence a perpetrator for up to 20 years. 

First-degree sexual assault to knowingly engage in sexual penetration (1) with someone under age 14 or (2) with someone between age 14 and 16 when the offender is more than five years older. - An indeterminate term of 20 years in prison

Colorado breaks it down into young and old perpetrators. But, in addition to the sentences they also have a life sentence for adults when they are released from prison. For the rest of an adult's life they are on probation and have to report regularly of their activities.

Sexual assault to knowingly inflicts sexual intrusion or sexual penetration on a victim (1) under age 15 if the actor is at least four years older - The former is punishable by two to six years' in prison

or 

(2) at least 15 years old but less than 17 years old and the actor is at least 10 years older. - and the latter by one to two years in prison

SUMMARY (click here)

Most states do not refer specifically to statutory rape; instead they use designations such as sexual assault and sexual abuse to identify prohibited activity. Regardless of the designation, these crimes are based on the premise that until a person reaches a certain age, he is legally incapable of consenting to sexual intercourse. Thus, instead of including force as a criminal element, theses crimes make it illegal for anyone to engage in sexual intercourse with anyone below a certain age, other than his spouse. The age of consent varies by state, with most states, including Connecticut, setting it at age 16. The age of consent in other states ranges from ages 14 to 18.
Some states base the penalty for violations on the age of the offender, with older offenders receiving harsher penalties. For example, California, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and New York reserve their harshest statutory rape penalty for offenders who are age 21 or older.

States range in their sentencing of child rape perpetrators. Alabama has some of the most wide ranging statues in the country.

First-degree rape for someone age 16 or older to have sexual intercourse with someone under age 12. - Life in prison or between 10 and 99 years

Second-degree rape for someone age 16 or older to have sexual intercourse with someone between age 12 and 16, when the actor is at least two years older. - Two to 20 years in prison

Idaho, anything goes but only if you are a female rape victim.

Rape of a female under age 18. - One year to life in prison

Louisiana demands carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Now, I don't know if any perpetrator of child rape is going to admit to carnal knowledge of anything, so I think the wording is a bit bizarre. Carnal knowledge is not up to the courts to decide, it has to measure the intent based on evidence. Subjective information is not a reasonable standard for trial of anyone.

Felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile is sexual intercourse with consent between (1) someone age 19 or older and someone between age 12 and 17 or (2) someone age 17 or older and someone between age 12 and 15. - Up to 10 years in prison (with or without hard labor)

Misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile is sexual intercourse with consent between someone age 17 to 19 and someone age 15 to 17 when the difference in their ages is greater than two years. - Up to six months in prison

Kansas gets strange and delineates a crime as 'aggravated.' Like what child is going to aggravate anyone for sex.


Aggravated indecent liberties with a child is sexual intercourse with a child between age 14 and 16.

Unlawful voluntary sexual relations is sexual intercourse with a child age 14 to 16 when the offender is under age 19 and less than four year older.

These crimes are felonies subject to sentencing guidelines.

There is a really lousy phenomena in the USA. It is called insubordinating children.

When a stranger tries to abduct a child, it can have a devastating impact on the victim.Yet in Cook County, few such cases result in arrests or convictions. (click here).

This is an article by the Chicago Tribune. It is a series they published on the subject of child abduction.

For as much as children are a focus of so much of family life, the government finds them impertinent to legislation that protects them. It is often relegated to the states and then it is very inconsistent as to the point of view of the legislators.

Children are not an issue of States Rights. A child is a child is a child. What they need for nutrition, health, education is mostly the same no matter where in the USA a child lives. So, why is it at the federal level there is so much lack of interest in protecting them?

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in opposition to the Child Protection and Sexual Predator Punishment Act of 1998. This bill, if passed, will further expand the authority of this country’s national police force and further `justify’ the federal Justice Department’s intrusion into mail, telephone and Internet communications.... - US House Representative Ron Paul (click here)

It is Sunday Night

"Cry Me A River" by Justin Timberlake (click title to entry - thank you)

You were my sun
You were my earth
But you didn't know all the ways I loved you, no
So you took a chance
And made other plans
But I bet you didn't think that they would come crashing down, no

You don't have to say, what you did,
I already know, I found out from him
Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be
And don't it make you sad about it

You told me you loved me
Why did you leave me, all alone
Now you tell me you need me
When you call me, on the phone
Girl I refuse, you must have me confused
With some other guy
Your bridges were burned, and now it's your turn
To cry, cry me a river
Cry me a river-er
Cry me a river
Cry me a river-er, yea yea

I know that they say
That somethings are better left unsaid
It wasn't like you only talked to him and you know it
(Don't act like you don't know it)
All of these things people told me
Keep messing with my head
(Messing with my head)
You should've picked honesty
Then you may not have blown it
(Yea..)

You don't have to say, what you did,
(Don't have to say, what you did)
I already know, I found out from him
(I already know, uh)
Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be
(No chance, you and me)
And don't it make you sad about it

You told me you loved me
Why did you leave me, all alone
(All alone)
Now you tell me you need me
When you call me, on the phone
(When you call me on the phone)
Girl I refuse, you must have me confused
With some other guy
(I'm not like them baby)
Your bridges were burned, and now it's your turn
(It's your turn)
To cry, cry me a river
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river-er
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river
(Baby go on and just)
Cry me a river-er, yea yea

Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be leaving
Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be leaving
Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be leaving
Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be... leaving

You don't have to say, what you did,
(Don't have to say, what you did)
I already know, I found out from him
(I already know, uh)
Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be
(No chance, you and me)
And don't it make you sad about it

Cry me a river
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river-er
(Baby go on and just)
Cry me a river
(You can go on and just)
Cry me a river-er, yea yea

Cry me a river
(Baby go on and just)
Cry me a river-er
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river
(Cause I've already cried)
Cry me a river-er, yea yea
(Ain't gonna cry no more, yea-yea)

Cry me a river
Cry me a river, oh
Cry me a river, oh
Cry me a river, oh

Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)

Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river
(Cry me, cry me)

Soon

Gobbledygook

Wordy and generally unintelligible jargon.

I was not impressed with the speeches. They were word soups with all kinds of conflicting priorities.

It is impossible to say Middle Class while saying no more taxes on the wealthy.

I suppose Ted Cruz was trying to transfigure himself into the shoes of Sarah Palin by his introduction.

There are all kinds of inaccuracy such as "The Main Stream media cannot say women can be conservatives." That is wrong. There are many women, my daughter-in-law for one, that identifies as a conservative, but, if absolutely involved with women's issues from the Left. She is a career girl and she loves the life she has. She is a power house. She attended Peace University in North Carolina. 

Hello? 

She, by the way, has no plans for children. So, don't tell me women, very fancy female women, are identifying with motherhood at every turn. That is not the case. She and my son are more in love than any couple I know. They are keepers. They will be married forever. But, no family on the horizon and it is just the way it is. She doesn't want to hear how a government is oppressing women and their opportunities. So, while she is a fiscal conservative, she does not believe women should be burdened by society.

Sarah is using new verbiage such as "Rebuilding the Middle Class." I admired some of what she said, but, she can't be demonstrating unhealthy practices of drinking a 'Big Gulp,' which is a commercial statement about the right leanings of the party. That is a statement all by itself that throws any national health priority out the window. Citizen's health is not important, but, Wall Street's profits are. It denies what medical researchers know and gives credence to myth. She is undermining her own potential to be a wind of change in the party when she pulls these stunts.

I liked it when she stated the politics don't serve the country anymore. My words, not hers. She stated several times and I quote, "We don't have leadership coming out of Washington...it is reality TV and the American people tuned out a long time ago..."

True, but, they haven't tuned out to the President. She is talking to that through her entire speech, but, seeks to bolster the egos in the audience in their Right Wing Ideology to prevent her from appearing to be changing direction. The fact of the matter is the leadership of the GOP is lacking in a huge way. The President has the nation's attention while he speaks truth and advocates an economy that is attainable and sustainable. The President has a good message.

Sarah hit the nail on the head when she stated, "...every event seems calculated...very speech feels like a con...both parties have a bad habit of focusing on the process of politics instead of the purpose of politics which is to lead and to serve. Even our guys in the GOP...:" Why not say, especially our guys in the GOP?

All through her speech she alluded to the correct agenda of the Democrats while creating an alternative image of them. She wants change in the Republicans. She denied the audience had the courage to actually believe in that change. She was disappointing to me. She may have been disappointing to her audience as well, but, for different reasons. 

Palin's speech was one of 'get your act together,' but, she denied her audience the credit of being able to rise to the occasion. She was still relying on dogma and image, rather than ENGAGEMENT. She was scared to have someone boo her. She could have addressed the boos and come out as a shining example of real change in the party rather than ? maybe ? change in the party.

The problem with the RNC is they are still too far to the right. They are still too extreme. They won't recognize the problems the nation has and while they like the phrases "Rebuilding the Middle Class," their answers are not sustainable and will create bubbles and bust economies. The USA cannot do that anymore. We need a strong baseline to our economy and the GOP is willing to destroy that. 

She and the Republicans have to move further to the center. They have to address the changes in demographics in a real way. They have to be GOVERNING and not simply focus on the image of governing to appease a group of money oligarchs that are more interested in their own outcomes than that of the country. 

Where the Republicans are losing elections is their lack of sincerity. They continue to lace their politics with extremism and it makes them look like cartoons. I actually believe at her core Sarah Palin wants to be a sincere leader in the USA and even run for office again. But, until she stops the silliness that won't happen. I wish her the best of luck on her journey.

Even the White House is wearing green today.

Removing a Keiki - Saving an orchid.

(click here for You Tube video)

This is spaghnum moss which you can use as a medium to repot your Phalaenopsis orchid. I buy this stuff in dried out brick form, so it needed a few minutes to soak (and expand) in water before I used it. I had just enough to repot my keiki and give my other Phalaenopsis a new home. Once the moss is damp (not dripping) and pliable enough to use, take some in your hands and carefully wrap it around the base of your keiki enclosing the roots. Be careful! Don’t press too hard as those roots are very delicate. When that’s done you will carefully push it into a terracotta pot, centering the leaves and keeping them above the sphagnum moss line. Add more moss to the pot as needed to secure the orchid without being too tightly squeezed. That’s it!

A general rule of thumb for a Phalaenopsis orchid pot size is that it should be about 1/3 to 1/2 the diameter of the leaf spread. Terracotta allows the roots to “breathe” and of course there are special orchid pots that have additional slits in the side to allow air flow. I didn’t have any of those in the size I needed on hand so I went with the standard version of a terracotta pot. Your pot should be clean and sterile, so if you had something growing in it before, make sure to give it a good scrubbing first and rinse any residue off completely. Phalaenopsis orchids prefer daytime temps of 70-80 degrees F and to be allowed to slightly dry out in between waterings.

I don't appreciate the 'blaming tone' of the news regarding the missile interceptors. Alaska always had coverage.

The difference now is the new interceptors are land based.

A Standard Missile-3 Block 1A interceptor is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie during a Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy test in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 13, 2013.

Mike Richman

February 14, 2013

...Effectiveness of U.S. Interceptors (click here)

Interceptors are not fool proof either.

...He was referring to about 30 ground-based missile interceptors, almost all of which are deployed in Alaska. The interceptors were developed during the administration of former President George W. Bush in response to North Korea's ballistic missile program....

That is not correct. The missile interceptors were in operation during the George H. W. Bush administration. They are the Patriot Missile System. They were deployed in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia specifically, during Gulf War I.

Two Washington-based analysts told VOA they are not sure how effective the interceptors will be.

“These interceptors in Alaska and California are believed to have some capability against a rudimentary intercontinental ballistic missile warhead of the kind that you would expect North Korea to have initially," said Steven Pifer, head of the Arms Control Initiative at the Brookings Institution. "But how good they would actually be, we don’t know. But there is some capability to protect America already deployed.”

James Acton of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said it is impossible to evaluate the interceptors without access to classified information....

The God Particle. Interesting name. Everyone is expecting the name to be either wayward or correct.

It is neither. There is no black or white here.

Most importantly the science community does not want the investigator to be lost in the enthusiasm. The name could erase the investigator, so let's get that out of the way.

This is Peter Higgs. Nice man that likes to investigate physics. 

Welcome to the Higgs site at the University of Edinburgh (click here)

4th July 2012: CERN announces discovery of a new particle, consistent with the Higgs boson.

14th March 2013: Updated results from ATLAS and CMS confirm even more strongly the new particle is the Higgs boson....

His early investigations are just as interesting as his current BIG PROJECT. He investigated the idea of "symmetry breaking."

Symmetry and Symmetry Breaking (click here)

First published Thu Jul 24, 2003; substantive revision Tue Jan 22, 2013

...This entry begins with a brief description of the historical roots and emergence of the concept of symmetry that is at work in modern science....

Symmetry breaking is like CHAOS. In physics there is the idea that systems are well ordered. Everything makes sense, but, there is always a margin of error. So, the existence of a margin of error dictates a greater understanding of physics. Margin of error does not necessarily have an exclusive understanding of human error, but, also the ERROR OF WHAT IS NOT DETECTED.

It is the focus of physics Peter Higgs is masterful. He decided some time ago he would leave traditional understandings of physics and believed those traditional findings limited his understanding. He embarked on investigation of his real understanding there was something more to find.

This is from the website above.

In my final undergraduate year in Edinburgh (click here) I took two classes with Professor Higgs: General Relativity and Groups & Symmetries. Although these subjects are both key to understanding the Higgs boson, I graduated without ever really understanding what Higgs’ particle was...

It is completely understandable that a student taking basic courses from Higgs would not get down to the sincere genius he brings to this investigation of MATTER. And for as genius as it is Occam's Razor applies. For, the investigation into The God Particle (which is a political name by choice and potential) is an outcome to a simple reality.

Where does matter come from? Scientists don't believe they create it, but, they do investigate it. Are we to believe in the atom, the neutron, the proton, the electron as the tiniest of matter? Do we end there? Do we not seek to understand what composes and electron? Do we not seek to understand how electrons have 'electric fields?' What composes the electric field of an electron?

All those questions are not answered. It launched an understanding to what astronomers call Dark Energy, Dark Matter (click here). Understanding the expansion of the universe is important and very recently some astronomers believe the universe has stopped expanding. The universe if a very different beast than a solar system. What is happening that would result in disruption of a universe that might bring about a greater understanding of Earth and it's future? 

The information is there to gather, so why not gather it? Does scientific investigation mean that it assaults the Bible? We don't know. The idea it might assault the Bible is a reason to disregard investigation? Absolutely not. Human beings aren't to understand their world and it's context? Really? The human condition is not only dictative to democracy, liberty and freedom, but, it thirsts. The human condition thirsts for knowledge. To deny access to knowledge is to truncate the human condition. So, hence, investigations exist where politicians would like not to venture.

But, back to the God Particle. Now as far as I am concerned this entire investigation has moral content and purpose by the definition of the human condition, liberty, democracy, freedom and the thirst for knowledge. But, this project is compelling and I am not convinced the Higgs boson will not result in a greater understanding of CREATION. Will it disappoint? No. The knowledge already acquired from this investigation is enormous. So, there already is no disappointment. There is no 'castle in the air' having huge amounts of money dumped into it for the reason of someone acquiring wealth. Peter Higgs already has contributed to science.

But, the God Particle. Have we found it? 

Within the Higgs investigation of physics lay an equation given to us by another genius. A simple equation. E=mc^2. A very simple equation with a huge implication. 

Until the Hadron Collider there was no question about the EQUAL SIGN in that equation. It was, however, a blind spot to science. It was accepted law and never was there a question about whether of not the 'equal sign' would lead to greater understanding of that law. There was even fear that if the Hadron Collider would never result in a greater understanding it would bring about an assault on science. Forget hacked emails which was child's play about communication between peers, this would really put a giant pause in science. Much of what science is built on is physics. So, there was a huge risk to some folks within the scientific community.

The Hadron Collider also was and possibly still is a safety concern. Could Higgs' investigation actually be controlled without a physics backlash that would prove dangerous to the world. To the very life we value? The project had a lot opposition, but, Peter Higgs never blinked. He knew. The more he investigate the potential in thought, the more he knew he was correct and proof was imperative. So, the project itself is a victory for science and in that was the understanding it could never undermine the definition of science itself, for investigation is what science is about. The project, it's writing, it's planning and it's funding came directly from the scientific method. So, at no time would the Hadron Collider betray it's master.

Be there an understanding the Hadron Collider has a master and the Hadron Collider is not the master. In that is a clear understanding any physics backlash could be known and controlled. But, it does come down to a few folks and not a government. Oh, well.

But, the equation.

The equation has to be qualified with the understanding there are more than the Higgs boson known to science. There are other bosons in science and the idea that one or more bosons are at work within the collider is always a reality.

But, the equation is proving to have a viable 'equal sign.' There is at least one tiny, tiny particle that when provided with enough acceleration (c^2), the speed of light (light is a particle wave - photons) and enough energy to provide the acceleration a particle of MASS emerges.

So, while it takes a huge human endeavor to CREATE mass it would appear to be possible. Now, if that understanding is applied to the universe it gets more and more believable that there is a God Particle. A tiny, tiny particle that emerges when acceleration is provided enough energy to bring about mass. That is an enormous discovery. Up to this collider there was no way human beings could understand the origins of mass.

The Einstein equation stands and it's law would seem to be an equilateral equation that can be proven. The physics are sound. 

Now, as to this being the origins of the universe? The origins of life? It is understandable now why the political universe wants to rename the entire project to reflect nothing but investigation and not a law that defines god.

A joke on New York that is ultimately Corporate Welfare.

I don't know who the groups are nor do I care. The SPECIAL INTERESTS that are now CO-OP'ed by the Soda Industries are attempting to say that New York is imposing a standard that will cause them hardship. 

Right? The terrible Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council are imposing a standard on RECREATIONAL beverages that will cause the corporations so much hardship it will be passed on to the workers, cultural, ethical standards that it is unconstitutional. It is all nonsense and I am being nice.

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE

Published: March 12, 2013

Dozens of Hispanic and African-American civil rights groups, (click here) health advocacy organizations and business associations have joined the beverage industry in opposing soda regulation around the country in recent years, arguing that such measures — perhaps the greatest regulatory threat the soft-drink industry has ever faced — are discriminatory, paternalistic or ineffective....

This is turning social standards that a nation shares into a travesty. It is corporate ruthlessness hidden among bellyaching about the 'idea' there is a LEGITIMATE reason for this law to be considered unconstitutional.

To begin, if these cultural and ethical standards in the USA that have been hidden until this law was passed have manifested now, we may have discovered where the most egregious corporate entities that have been planted to facilitate corruption of our national health standards. And YES we do have national health standards. They were established a long time ago in pyramids and FDA. Okay? Got that. This law is new, but, it was simply long in coming.

The idea this is a corporate backed ideology is more than reasonable. All of a sudden we have all kinds of minority individuals backing corporations that provide grants and jobs and all sorts of perks. So, to say this is pure unadulterated corruption of our society and it's standards is more than reasonable.

Additionally, the USA has long determined what the health of Americans should look like and the goals of LIMITING calories and QUALITY of food that achieves those goals. Today, with Medicare and Medicaid taking a more prominent role in our society, our governments; in this case a local government namely New York City; is more aware of the problems affiliated with EMPTY CALORIES because of the cost to the government. 

Due to a huge economic implosion in the country brought on by private financial corporations the USA is facing increased poverty. In facing that reality the government subsidized health insurances are appearing in greater amounts to provide for the well being of the American people. It is expensive for the government, but, it is also not an option and it is necessary. Our citizens through no fault of their own have been plunged, quite ruthlessly, into a set of circumstances that are adverse to them.

Now, private industry is taking corporate monies to cast the American people into a further 'health impoverishment.' They are being told that they have to chose between a corrupted social environment which involves jobs and culture and ethical standards or a responsible government seeking to contain the costs to the very people that are stating it is okay to be unhealthy. That is not a valid argument. 

NOT VALID.

The USA does not 'trade off' a citizen's health for the benefit of GOVERNMENT TREASURIES. A JOB is taxed. It simply is. And those taxes go into the government's treasuries. So, will the USA government, the State of New York or New York City impose an unhealthy standard to facilitate jobs and hence increase the tax income and as a side effect the profits of corporations.

Absolutely not.

There are huge precedents of demanding health standards AT THE COST of jobs and corporate profits. China or India hasn't appreciated that yet. But, that is not our problem. We have standards, health standards that say when a citizens health is effected by their working conditions the corporations have to change their ways, ie: Black Lung Disease and OSHA and POSHA. Yes? Child Labor Laws. The intricacy of health standards is synonymous with Red, White and Blue. There are standards set on the environment in which we live, ie: The Clean Water Act, the Clearn Air Act, the Tobacco Industry decision, labels on foods. So these health standards are evident everywhere in the USA.

Now, for the reason of corporate profits the soda industry is demanding they have higher moral standards than government standards by serving up dangerously high sugar levels to the American people in one serving. That is more than nonsense and minimally PROPAGANDA. The soda industry is seeking to undermine the standards of the USA's demand on health standards. That in a reasonable assessment is treason. Do they want to go there? I am sure there are advocacy groups more than willing to entertain the idea and put some CEOs before a court for the death penalty which their corporations are seeking for their customers, albeit, more slowly.

The entire idea that there is a HIGHER CALLING of corporate CEOs in their volunteering funding of parasitic minority groups is hideous. The soda industry is taking the very same path of the NRA and the Tobacco Industry. It is becoming a Right Wing Extremist entity in the political spectrum (Protecting culture, minority rights and ethical standards are political directives.) to seek to hold onto UNETHICAL profits at the health of American citizens. No one is going back down from demanding better health standards for the American people because it will cost jobs or insult some odd ethical or cultural standards.

We won't stand for it and I would expect boycotts of the soda industry products if this nonsense continues which will bring about the same result of the legislation. I strongly encourage the advocacy groups seeking a HIGHER CALLING to enforce GOOD HEALTH and LET'S MOVE aggressively educate the consumer and continue into the future to create jobs and bring about stability of good health standards with the USA consumer.

The funding raising to facilitate the education of the public will alone bring about it's own industry and job creation.

This is deliberately oppressive law.

This is a statement by the North Dakota legislature that if you have sex and become pregnant you have to go to a term pregnancy. I am quite certain if a historical survey was done, there are dearly few abortions performed at six weeks duration.

To begin a woman has to know she is pregnant to terminate it. At six weeks women aren't focusing on their outcomes. They may or may not have gotten a pregnancy test. And in the case of many women the over the counter pregnancy tests don't indicate pregnancy. There are women in the USA that don't know they are pregnant until a blood test is performed. 

This law is oppressive of women with only one intent and that is to trap them into giving birth regardless of her health or lifestyle best interest. The lifestyle element of a woman's life is not up for bids. If a woman has a uterus then you will be pregnant and give birth even if you never wanted children.

This is a dangerous law and will not stand. The people that passed this law have no conscience. They are ruthless in their religious focus for the people they serve.

And, yes, it is a CRIME to seek to homogenize the USA into one religious domination. It is a crime against the citizen and their freedom and liberties.

By By JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota on Friday (click here) moved closer to adopting what would be the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, with lawmakers sending the Republican governor measures that could set the state up for a costly legal battle over the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized the procedure.

The North Dakota Senate overwhelmingly approved two anti-abortion bills Friday, one banning abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy and another prohibiting women from having the procedure because a fetus has a genetic defect, such as Down syndrome. North Dakota would be the first state in the U.S. to adopt such laws.

Supporters said their goal is to challenge the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion up until a fetus is considered viable, usually at 22 to 24 weeks, though anti-abortion activists elsewhere have expressed concern about the strategy.

"It's a good day for babies," said Rep. Bette Grande, a Republican from Fargo who introduced both bills. The state's only abortion clinic is in Fargo, and abortion-rights advocates say the measures are meant to shut it down.

Gov. Jack Dalrymple hasn't said anything to indicate he would veto the measures, and the bills have enough support in each chamber for the Legislature to override him....