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維他命水只是糖水

發表於 2011 年 11 月 11 日 由 nnadmin

在《維他命水的騙局》 (The Vitamin Water Deception) 這支新的食品調查影片當中,非營利組織消費者健康中心這次鎖定了利用市場行銷誤導大眾 ─ 實際上含有大量糖分的維他命水 (可口可樂公司的產品)。這支影片是由消費者健康中心製作,麥可‧亞當斯擔任旁白;麥可先前製作了大受歡迎的《藍莓的騙局》影片,在網路上吸引了超過 100 萬的點閱率。

前往 NaturalNews.TV 瀏覽影片:

http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=9D14AA3725876EF038F606C4819B3677

或是 YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8lLp26HaZY

看了影片,你將認識到:

維他命水主要只是糖水。
維他命水中所含的維生素只是合成化學物質。
可口可樂公司如何運用特殊方式使得含糖量看起來比實際含量少。
維他命水的廣告行銷誤導大眾。
可口可樂公司的律師也公開承認維他命水並非健康飲品。
衛生組織已經將維他命水稱作「非碳酸汽水」,並且宣稱會導致體重增加、糖尿病及肥胖等疾病。
比維他命水更好的選擇。
水果口味的維他命水不含水果成分。
維他命水使用的維生素 B12 只是便宜的合成物質,稱作氰鈷胺,含有氰化分子。
維他命水是經過殺菌的加工食品。

麥可‧亞當斯一系列的食品調查影片已經在網路盛傳、得到主流媒體的報導,並突破百萬人次的點閱率。本系列首部曲《藍莓的騙局》揭穿了食品業者 (如通用磨坊及家樂氏) 在穀片、貝果及麵包等食品中使用偽造藍莓成分的真相。在這部影片播出不久之後,家樂氏就把其中一項產品的包裝更新,移除藍莓的圖片。

前往下列網址即可觀看《藍莓的騙局》:

NaturalNews.TV

http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=7EC06D27B1A945BE85E7DA8483025962

YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_HjvjB4G5s

《通用磨坊的心理遊戲》則是另一部幽默短片,諷刺他們一項不含真正藍莓的藍莓穀片產品:

http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=851519FA1AC72A56F7205D2285CC66CF

參考資料
http://www.naturalnews.com/033390_Vitamin_Water_deception.html

植物被淹 激活抗洪基因

(綜合外電報導)植物和人一樣,被水淹會因缺氧而難以呼吸。不過,最新研究發現,植物在被淹時可激活體內的特定基因,助其「抗洪」。這項成果或有助於人類提高作物的抗水淹能力。

德國馬克斯·普朗克分子植物生理學研究所10月23日發表新聞公報說,植物被澆了過多的水,便難以獲得足夠的氧以維持細胞正常呼吸。這時,植物體內細胞膜會釋放一種名為RAP2.12的轉錄因子,這種蛋白質會激活特定基因,幫助植物更好地應對缺氧狀況。

研究人員發現,在RAP2.12的作用下,受淹植物恢復情況較好。不過眼下尚不清楚植物自身如何測量其周圍環境含氧量。

本項研究由馬普分子植物生理學研究所人員與意大利和荷蘭的同事共同完成。研究小組組長約斯特·范東恩說,新發現將來或有助於「提高作物抗水淹能力」,畢竟全球約10%的農田會不時遭受洪水侵襲。
http://www.chinesedaily.com/home_detail.asp?no=c1032322.txt&lanmu=T11&readdate=11-10-2011

福布斯︰中國的樓市價格暴跌 是因為經濟崩潰了嗎?(圖)

核心提示︰章家敦如是說,"事實是,因為北京的刺激經濟政策,導致目前了樓宇供應數量過多,但又沒有相應數量的買家承接。市場總有到達供需均衡的一刻,但令人驚奇的是眼下事情發生速度非常之快。一般而言,這情況稱為崩潰。"

原文︰Property Prices Collapse in China. Is This a Crash?


當發展商在急劇惡化的市場中競相為年度銷售目標努力,中國的住宅價格一落千丈。中國最大的發展商近幾個星期開始把上海、北京和深圳的住宅打折出售。降 價潮已經蔓延至二、三線城市如杭州、合肥和重慶。就以重慶為例,香港的發展商和記黃埔把珊瑚水岸的叫價削減32%。"價格戰已經開始了。"物業顧問公司戴 德梁行的董事蔣尚禮向南華早報記者說。

在九月時慢慢開始的跌勢,到了十月—一個通常是銷售暢旺的時期,上海發展商開始削減樓宇叫價,加快跌幅、變為崩盤。當時,分析師預期下跌的樓價會使溫家寶放寬緊縮措施,例如為求市場降溫而上調抵押貸款利率、禁止第二次置業等。

他們錯了。在10月29日國務院會議之後,溫家寶重申他的政策,並表明地方政府應該繼續"在未來幾個月嚴格執行中央政府的房地產政策,以便市民能看到 抑制的效果。"然後,交投熱烈的開始了,"絕望"的發展商競相把手上的樓盤沽出。其中一個發展商--卓越集團--甚至說,他們會以開發成本價出售惠州樓 盤。

花旗集團的蔡金強認為明年樓價會再下跌多10%,但那是個保守估計。國家資助的專家看得要更悲觀些。舉個例子,中國社會科學院的曹建海認為,政府假如繼續它的冷卻措施,住宅樓價會下跌50%。

當北京官方的御用分析師也在說樓價在幾個月內會下跌一半的時候,我們就可以肯定他們認為最終的拋售情況會壞得多。無論哪種情形,市場都會很麻煩。投資者在拋售債券和中國發展商的股份。Jim Chanos在上月底提到樓市時說他對中國短期的前景看空的觀點仍然不變。

要理解"最大的樓市泡沫"會是怎樣額外的痛苦都不需要認同剡諾斯(Chanos 譯注︰他是去年最早提出中國經濟即將崩潰的看空者。)最令人印象深刻的話︰中國比"杜拜糟糕1000倍,或更甚"。分析師對北京的技術官僚很有信心,他們 曾經成功在全球經濟向下的時候保持制制造業的增長。但我們多數人看來忘記了一點︰中國巨額的刺激經濟方案給自己造成更大的難題。目前,北京還未能解決兩個 棘手的問題,持續不退的通脹和人為的房價高企。

目前的主流論述是,管理中國經濟的人會有技巧地去除樓市泡沫,並令經濟軟著陸。就如時代雜志注意到的那樣,"許多觀察者說2012年政府換屆以前,經濟顯著下滑的情況不會容許發生的。"

不會容許?沒錯,北京的官僚有在半封閉的系統中工作的優勢,可以動用可觀的國家資源來達成比較自由的經濟體系做不到的事。他們可以繼續這樣做,亦即是繼續違反經濟定律。但前提是,市場參與者—建築商、地方官員、住宅用戶願意合作。

然而過去四星期對溫家寶總理而言,一定很難熬,這不單是因為發展商開始發慌。首先,近期的買家還未入伙便遭受損失,因而走上街頭。10月22日,龍湖 地產停止一個樓盤的推廣優惠之後的兩天,上海有大約300人砸爛那發展商的售樓辦事處的窗戶。抗議的人買入了同一樓盤較早前推出的其它單位,售價比打了折 扣的單位高出多達30%。

然後,23日,一小群人,在同一條街上,向另一個發展商—綠地集團抗議。而另一場示威活動當中,有示威者受傷,他們抗議的對象是中國海外集團有限公司旗下的一個機構。在北京、杭州和南京等其它城市都出現反發展商的示威。

據報,杭州和合肥市下令發展商把折扣限在20%以內,以免引起社會不安。但確立指令價格的嘗試不會長期有效,因為許多建築商正面臨破產。

加上,溫家寶總理得要為國內城市有時候不受他指揮,不听命令,自行移除樓宇限購措施而憂慮。一如安征省那樣,南京違抗了北京的指示,放欽掩按揭的規定。然而至少在佛山—廣東省的一個城市看來,中央當局說服了地方領袖放棄原先不實行中央抑制樓價指令的打算。

事實是,因為北京的刺激經濟政策,導致目前了樓宇供應數量過多,但又沒有相應數量的買家承接。市場總有到達供需均衡的一刻,但令人驚奇的是眼下事情發生速度非常之快。一般而言,這情況稱為崩潰。
http://news.backchina.com/viewnews-167503-big5.html

美國取得“利比亞大捷” 新總理是美國籍 在美生活40年

核心提示︰利比亞“全國過渡委員會”執行委員會主席阿卜杜勒‧凱卜。是過渡委的“二把手”。西方媒體把執委會主席稱作利比亞過渡時期“總理”。凱卜是反卡扎菲(專題)資深人士,曾在美國生活工作了約40年,有美國和利比亞的雙重國籍。

美國取得“利比亞大捷” 新總理是美國籍 在美生活40年



                                                            資料圖︰阿卜杜勒‧凱卜。


10月31日,新任利比亞“全國過渡委員會”執行委員會主席阿卜杜勒‧凱卜在的黎波里出席新聞發布會。

過渡委中,執委會主席是“二把手”。西方媒體把執委會主席稱作利比亞過渡時期“總理”。凱卜是反卡扎菲(專題)資深人士,曾在美國生活工作了約40年,有美國和利比亞的雙重國籍。

首輪即勝出

選舉在利比亞首都的黎波里舉行。過渡委52名委員中,51人到場。投票前,10名候選人中5人退出。凱卜的競爭對手包括過渡委“石油部長”阿里‧塔爾胡尼。

過渡委主席穆斯塔法‧阿卜杜勒—賈利勒首先投票。首輪投票結束,凱卜獲得26票,超過半數,得以當選。路透社報道,塔爾胡尼當選呼聲高,卻僅獲3票。凱卜的前任馬哈茂德‧賈布里勒10月30日辭職。

當選後尋求穩定

凱卜當選後說︰“過渡時期有多種挑戰。我們將要做的事包括與過渡委密切合作,听取利比亞民眾的呼聲。”他打算兩周內任命“內閣”成員,沒有提及今後數月的具體計劃。

否認過渡委“內斗”的同時,他尋求與反對前領導人卡扎菲(專題)的各派武裝合作,恢復國內穩定。過渡委政治事務主管法特希‧巴賈說,“國家穩定是凱卜工作的主要方面”,治安和軍事“將由內政部掌管”。

過渡委10月23日宣布控制利比亞全境。依照20個月過渡階段“路線圖”的設想,利比亞應在8個月內選舉產生全國代表大會,取代過渡委。代表大會應在兩個月內任命總理。

新政府一旦通過代表大會信任表決,將責成一個委員會起草憲法,一個月後付諸全民公決。如果憲法通過全民公決,代表大會應在30天內制定選舉法,繼而在6個月內舉行議會選舉。

代表大會有30天時間審議並表決選舉結果,如果批準,應在30天內召集議會會議,正式結束過渡階段。

人物

富有商人有美國和利比亞雙重國籍

卡扎菲執政期間,凱卜長期流亡國外,在利比亞國內知名度不高,是反卡扎菲資深人士,曾在美國生活工作了約40年,有美國和利比亞的雙重國籍。

他當選後,一名過渡委女發言人告訴路透社記者,她無法立即提供凱卜的詳細背景資料。一些過渡委成員描述,凱卜“安靜、友善”。

法新社報道,凱卜1950年在的黎波里出生,家族頗有聲望。他先前在的黎波里大學、美國加利福尼亞南部大學和北卡羅來納州立大學學習,是電機工程專家,在多所高等院校執教。另外,他是富有商人,2005年創辦一家國際能源和技術企業。

法新社分析,技術專家背景、慷慨資助過渡委和競選陳述是凱卜得以當選的主要因素。

賽義夫稱︰不會自首

仍在逃亡中的卡扎菲兒子賽義夫呼吁支持者不要相信媒體有關他有意與利比亞前情報部門負責人阿卜杜拉‧塞努西一同向海牙國際刑事法庭自首的消息,稱等著看國際媒體繼續歪曲事實和虛假報道。

賽義夫還援引了卡扎菲的話︰“我們決不投降,要麼勝利,要麼滅亡。”他對卡扎菲的忠實支持者說︰“你們應該相信自己的領導,我們將共同完成斗爭事業。”他表示將繼續發出呼吁,包括錄音形式的呼吁。

據傳賽義夫目前在尼日爾。尼日爾政府的高級成員哈比‧穆罕默德‧薩利甦表示,尼日爾不知道賽義夫在哪里藏匿,但是如果他在尼日爾,政府就會討論用最好的方式把他轉交給國際刑事法庭。

但薩利甦同時表示,會保護在尼日爾土地上的所有人的生命。

秘密小組緊盯化學武器

利比亞“全國過渡委員會”11月1日公布兩處先前不為人知的卡扎菲政權存放芥子氣化學武器地點。秘密小組成員之一、利比亞化學武器專家優素福‧薩菲阿德丁說,過渡委公布的秘密地點中,一處存儲的芥子氣“可以立即投入軍事用途”。

芥子氣是一種糜爛性毒劑,可對眼楮、皮膚和肺部造成嚴重損傷,中毒嚴重可導致死亡。

按薩菲阿德丁的說法,卡扎菲公布過一處位于利比亞中部沃丹附近朱夫拉綠洲的化武庫,但卻向聯合國隱瞞了其他兩處。不過,這兩處秘密地點都得到守衛,對民眾不構成健康威脅。

沖突爆發初期,當時的反對派武裝非常擔心卡扎菲動用芥子氣,由利比亞技術專家和北約人員組成的秘密特別小組迅速成立,以過渡委大本營班加西為總部展開秘密監控活動。

小組如今仍在監控化學武器。薩菲阿德丁稱,任何好奇者如果靠近化武庫50米之內,均有遭空襲的風險。幾天前,他們朝一些游蕩至化武庫附近的武裝人員使用致昏炸彈。
http://news.backchina.com/viewnews-167478-big5.html

美將於澳洲達爾文駐軍抗衡中國

商業電台 – 3小時前

美國總統奧巴馬將於下星期訪問澳洲,預料會宣布在澳洲達爾文一個基地派駐海軍陸戰隊,以抗衡中國軍事力量。澳洲傳媒報道,美軍希望利用這個基地訓練海軍陸戰隊,包括駕駛直升機、空降及射擊,但基地目前已駐紮四千多名澳洲士兵,需要擴充迎接美軍。
報道引述分析說,美國及澳洲的舉動,明顯是回應中國軍事現代化及解放軍部署更先進導彈,預料會引起北京不滿。
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/美將於澳洲達爾文駐軍抗衡中國-012000404.html

美國中東特使羅斯宣布辭職

明報明報 – 4小時前

美國總統奧巴馬最有影響力的中東事務顧問羅斯宣布辭職。

正當中東問題有關四方(美國、聯合國、歐盟和俄羅斯)竭力勸說以色列和巴勒斯坦恢復直接談判之際,美國白宮中東問題首席顧問羅斯10日宣布辭職。

今年62歲的羅斯說,辭職是出於個人原因。

羅斯發表簡短聲明說,他懷著「複雜的感情」作出了上述決定,一方面工作顯然尚未完成,另一方面他曾向妻子承諾返回政府任職不會超過兩年,現在是他兌現承諾的時候。

他感謝奧巴馬給他機會,使他能致力於解決中東地區系列問題和挑戰並支持奧巴馬推動中東和平進程。

白宮發言人卡尼在記者會上稱讚羅斯在處理伊朗核問題和中東動盪局勢中所做出的突出貢獻。

羅斯2009年加入奧巴馬政府,此前曾出任另外兩任美國總統的顧問。

5月間,美國另一名中東特使米切爾辭職。記者說,現在,白宮在中東事務方面的專家力量被大幅度削弱了。

中東問題有關四方正在竭力推動以巴重啟和談。由於中東問題有關四方特使10月26日與以巴舉行的單獨會談沒有取得進展,有關四方特使定於本月14日再次在耶路撒冷分別與雙方舉行會談。

在美國政府斡旋下,以巴雙方去年9月初在華盛頓重啟直接談判,但談判因以色列猶太人定居點問題而擱淺。

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http://hk.news.yahoo.com/美國中東特使羅斯宣布辭職-003210311.html

30萬針流感疫苗因嚴重副作用需要回收

Thursday, November 10, 2011
300,000 Flu Vaccines Recalled Over Serious Adverse Reactions
Anthony Gucciardi
Activist Post

Baxter Healthcare Corp. has announced it is recalling around 300,000 doses of its Preflucel flu vaccine due to an ‘excessive’ amount of adverse reactions. Recalled from thousands of pharmacies and surgeries across Europe, the 300,000 units are to be immediately withdrawn.

With seasonal flu vaccines already linked to nerve disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome and narcolepsy and still being given out liberally to citizens worldwide, the adverse reactions must be quite serious in order to prompt a recall.

Even more concerning is the fact that vaccine makers actually have been given legal immunity thanks to a law signed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius.

Of course Baxter representatives are urging the public to stay calm, while also downplaying the risks associated with the shot. In the past NaturalSociety has revealed how Merck uses similar tactics to downplay the true side effects of the Gardasil vaccine, listing only minor side effects and ignoring the death link completely.

“The vaccine is being recalled because these side effects have been reported more frequently with this specific batch,” said a Baxter spokesmen. This spokesman also attempted to reassure the public that those who have already been vaccinated with Preflucel “should not be concerned (for their safety).”

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the same government organization that confirmed the link between the seasonal flu shot and Guillain-Barre Syndrome after extensive denial, has issued a warning over Preflucel:

“[Preflucel] should no longer be used and any remaining stock [of the recalled batches] should be returned to the original supplier for credit,” announced the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. “No further Preflucel of any batch should be administered at this time.”

Only time will tell what serious reactions are associated with this batch of Preflucel. In response to why the vaccine was recalled, Baxter states that “most of the side-effects are those usually associated with flu vaccines – they have started shortly after the vaccination and have been mild and short-lived.”

The problem with this statement is the fact that the seasonal flu shot has been repeatedly tied with serious adverse reactions. Therefore, it is not very reassuring that ‘most of the side-effects’ occur in the regular seasonal flu shot as well. Furthermore, it seems unlikely that Baxter would not recall flu vaccines, or at least investigate them further, after it was found that they are virtually ineffective and linked to nerve disease if they truly cared about your health. Therefore, it seems reasonable that despite the reassuring language of the Baxter spokesmen, this batch of Preflucel must be linked to something quite nasty.

While it may take some time to determine the true side effects of the shot, you can be sure Baxter will claim they are minor and virtually harmless.
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基因改造新人種的美麗新世界

Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Brave New World of Genetically Modifying a 'New Human Species'

Human Genome Sequence - Wikimedia Commons
Brandon Turbeville
Activist Post

If some of the information emerging from the technology, governmental, and academic worlds are any indication, not only is the police state here; the scientific dictatorship is right around the corner. Indeed, if recent comments made by Juan Enriquez are indicative of the coming state merger between technology and genetics, we have much to be concerned about.

For those that are unfamiliar with Enriquez, he may not be the most flashy of the science superstars currently on the scene, but he is not exactly a nobody either. Enriquez was the founding director of the Harvard Business School Life Sciences Project and is currently chairman and CEO of Biotechonomy LLC., a “life sciences research and investment firm” and managing director of Excel Venture Management. He is the author of numerous books, including As The Future Catches You: How Genomics And Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health, and Wealth and The Untied States of America: Polarization, Fracturing, and Our Future.

Enriquez also serves on the boards of Cabot Corporation, The Harvard Medical School Genetics Advisory Council, The Chairman’s International Council of the America’s Society, the Visiting Committee of Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center, Tuft University’s EPIIC, and Harvard Business School’s PAPSAC.


Enriquez is a Harvard graduate himself who has previously served as CEO of Mexico City’s Urban Development Corporation, Coordinator General of Economic Policy and Chief of Staff for Mexico’s Secretary of State. Enriquez also boasts of working closely with Craig Venter, who is generally credited with the mapping of the human genome.

Obviously, Enriquez has established quite the résumé in the academic and business worlds. This, combined with his appearances on the very popular TED conference talks, only add to his qualifications in the field of culture creation which is most likely his role. Indeed, much like the other scientific superstars provided to the public by the culture industry, it appears Mr. Enriquez may be more talented in the area of delivering messages than making discoveries. This is why Enriquez’s comments during the interview with Technology Review’s Emily Singer are somewhat disturbing.

The interview was conducted after Enriquez’s speech at a Technology Review conference where he mentioned that, as described by Singer, “Our newfound ability to write the code of life will profoundly change the world as we know it.” According to Enriquez, because we as humans can engineer both our environment and ourselves, humanity is now breaking the “boundaries” of our own natural existence and development which, of course, is described as “Darwinian evolution,” itself a questionable strand of a highly suspect theory to begin with.

Nevertheless, when asked why he thought there is going to be a new human species, Enriquez responded in typical eugenicist fashion. He said,

The new human species is one that begins to engineer the evolution of viruses, plants, animals, and itself. As we do that, Darwin’s rules get significantly bent, and sometimes even broken. By taking direct and deliberate control over our evolution, we are living in a world where we are modifying stuff according to our desires.

He goes on to discuss the manner in which humans are already influencing their own “evolution.” He says:

If you turned off the electricity in the United States, you would see millions of people die quickly, because they wouldn’t have asthma medications, respirators, insulin, a whole host of things we invented to prevent people from dying. Eventually, we get to the point where evolution is guided by what we’re engineering. That’s a big deal. Today’s plastic surgery is going to seem tame compared to what’s coming.

Enriquez’s comments in this regard are a bit puzzling if the reader does not fully understand the position from which he is coming. The fact that millions of people are attached to electronic devices on which their lives depend is not a testament to guided or enhanced evolution at all. If anything, this would indicate a move in the opposite direction.

Keep in mind that Enriquez is a Darwinian Evolutionist, so he is keenly aware of the process by which Darwinian evolution allegedly progresses. For that reason, his comments may seem to be a contradiction of his own belief system to some. However, when one reads the rest of the interview, Enriquez’s statement begins to make more sense.

During the course of the short interview, Enriquez makes reference to how the new technology, as it emerges, will change virtually everything in society as we know it.

And he means everything. Not just industries. Not just economic disparity. Everything.

This includes morality itself. In fact, Enriquez even goes so far as to define this shift in morality as the “new ethics.”

Enriquez saves the best for last, however, when he explains how the “new ethics” will come into play.

He says:

The issue of [genetic variation] is a really uncomfortable question, one that for good reason, we have been avoiding since the 1930s and '40s. A lot of the research behind the eugenics movement came out of elite universities in the U.S. It was disastrously misapplied. But you do have to ask, if there are fundamental differences in species like dogs and horses and birds, is it true that there are no significant differences in humans? We are going to have an answer to that question very quickly. If we do, we need to think through an ethical, moral framework to think about questions that go way beyond science.

This statement alone echoes the same mentality that was accepted and promoted during the early half of twentieth century to justify mass sterilization, institutionalization, social segregation, even infanticide.

Although eugenics is now allegedly abhorred by academia and the mainstream media, the fact is that it still plays as much a role in both science and government policy as it ever did. Only the names have changed.

Instead of “eugenics” and “racial hygiene,” the scientific community now promotes “social biology” and “sociobiology.” “Deficient” genes now replace the term “inferior” genes. “Family planning” now replaces “abortion” and “sterilization.”

As quoted above, Enriquez stated that eugenics were disastrously misapplied in the 1930s and 1940s. Although he does not clarify whether he is referring to the American or the German version (or both), we can reasonably assume that he meant that the program was often race-based, as opposed to being based simply on “inferior genetics” across the board. Or, perhaps he is merely referring to the public relations issues that arose from these systems. At this point, it is difficult to determine.

Regardless, he openly questions whether or not some humans are so different from one another that they may be considered an entirely different species. This, in and of itself, is reminiscent of a language used in eugenics campaigns in both Europe and America years ago.

Considering the fact that Enriquez is in favor of the creation of a “new ethics,” this statement alone, if his philosophy gains any traction, is quite concerning.

In light of the increase in propaganda masquerading as science and being peddled by science superstars like Enriquez, there is no doubt the world’s population is being prepped for a eugenics-based future. This time, of course, the system will be assisted by a much more sophisticated technological machine and, thus, a much more efficient system of eugenics. After years of non-stop television, media repetition, and “experts” who tout the benefits of merging man and machine, as well as the cost of inheriting “inferior” genes, there is also little doubt that the world’s population will march into this future willingly.

Although greatly improved in terms of implementation and public perception, we have seen this system before and, unfortunately, what Juan Enriquez labels a “new ethics” may not be very new at all.

Brandon Turbeville is an author out of Mullins, South Carolina. He has a Bachelor’s Degree from Francis Marion University where he earned the Pee Dee Electric Scholar’s Award as an undergraduate. He has had numerous articles published dealing with a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, and civil liberties. He also the author of Codex Alimentarius - The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies and Five Sense Solutions.
http://www.activistpost.com/2011/11/genetically-modifying-new-human-species.html

美防長警告對伊朗動武或產生意料不到後果

香港電台香港電台 – 13分前

美國國防部長帕內塔警告,對伊朗採取軍事行動可能產生「意料不到」後果。

帕內塔在五角大樓表示,對伊朗動武可能不僅無法真正有效遏制伊朗的企圖,更重要的是,還可能對駐紮在當地及周邊地區的美軍帶來嚴重影響。他強調,國際社會應對伊朗實施最嚴厲的制裁。

白宮發言人卡尼表示,國際原子能機構發表的伊朗核問題報告令人警惕,美國將加強向伊朗施壓。

歐盟擬對伊朗實施新制裁最終計劃或下月出台

商業電台 – 39分前

國際原子能機構指責伊朗,仍未放棄發展核武,歐盟官員表示,歐盟可能在幾個星期內,對伊朗實施新的制裁。他說最終的計劃,可能會在下個月一號,提交歐盟各國外長通過。外交消息人士透露,目前有關專家,正在商討一系列方案,難以預料最終的結果。
中國與俄羅斯早前達成共識,呼籲國際社會,通過政治及外交手段,解決伊朗核問題,認為實施新一輪制裁,不利於解決伊朗核問題,強調必須通過對話,化解危機。
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/歐盟擬對伊朗實施新制裁最終計劃或下月出台-033000166.html

料獲美支援 阻核武發展 以色列傳最早聖誕攻伊朗

星島日報星島日報 – 5小時前

(綜合報道)(星島日報報道)英國情報官員警告說,為了阻止伊朗發展核武器,以色列可能最快在今年聖誕節就對伊朗採取軍事行動。伊朗最高領袖則聲稱,伊朗若受到任何攻擊,將全力還擊。

  英國外交事務大臣夏偉林(William Hague)表示,國際原子能機構(IAEA)對伊朗核野心的評估報告,「全盤否定」了伊朗此前的辯解。消息說,英國政府高層官員的共識認為,以色列可能嘗試「盡快」對伊朗的核設施發動攻擊,而美國將提供物資上的支援。

  外交部一名高層官員透露,英國內閣官員已獲知會以色列的軍事行動,「最早可能在今年聖誕節,或者是明年年初」。英國官員認為,美國總統奧巴馬會支持以色列這次軍事行動,否則就要冒在明年總統大選中失去美國猶太裔選民支持的風險。

  伊領袖:將全力還擊

  《每日郵報》報道,英國國防部的消息證實,近數周來,該部門正制訂應急計畫,以確保英國在決定支持以色列軍事行動後,英方能作出恰當的應對。不過,消息人士排除了英國直接介入的可能。伊朗最高領袖哈梅內伊則於昨日聲稱,伊朗若受到任何攻擊,將全力還擊。

  夏偉林說,國際原子能機構委員會本月稍後開會時,英國將會呼籲對德黑蘭實施更多制裁。而中國外交部發言人洪磊在周四的例行記者會上表示,中方一貫認為,對話與合作是尋求妥善解決伊朗核問題的唯一有效途徑,施壓、制裁無法從根本上解決問題。

  俄反對制裁措施

  國際原子能機構的最新報告指責伊朗曾從事與核爆炸裝置有關的活動,並稱活動可能至今仍在進行。報告公布後,以色列、法國等國表示,應對伊朗實施新一輪更為嚴厲的制裁。

  但俄羅斯外交部副部長加季洛夫周三說,俄方反對出台新一輪對伊朗的制裁措施,任何針對伊朗的進一步制裁都將被俄方視為企圖推翻伊朗現政權。

http://hk.news.yahoo.com/料獲美支援-阻核武發展-以色列傳最早聖誕攻伊朗-223000955.html

螢火一號勢成垃圾 瀕墜地

明報 – 6小時前










【明報專訊】承載中國首個火星探測器「螢火一號」的俄羅斯探測器因點火失敗而滯留地球軌道已超過一天,俄方稱仍有3天「搶救時間」,可嘗試重啟引擎。但本港太空專家對此表示悲觀,認為錯過變軌時機後,飛往火星的難度將大很多。也有分析指出,螢火一號最終會變成太空垃圾,並可能墜落地球。資料顯示,俄羅斯是火星探測計劃失敗次數最多的國家,專家稱與俄羅斯合作探測火星,本來就「風險很大」。

按計劃,運載「螢火一號」的俄羅斯火星探測器「火衛一——土壤」在發射升空688秒後,與火箭脫離並開啟發動機,此後將通過3次變軌進入地球火星軌道。飛行300天到火星後,「螢火一號」將與「火衛一-土壤」分離,展開中國首次火星探測。但前天早晨升空後,「火衛一——土壤」兩次變軌點火都失敗,目前滯留在距離地表206到340公里的軌道中。

計新軌道需2年 難救急

俄羅斯航天部門稱,按照電池和燃料的存量,應該還有3天時間調整探測器的飛行狀態,但香港科技大學太空研究中心主任陳炯林則較為悲觀,他說,錯過了最佳時間窗口1至2日後,火星位置已經變化,目前必須使用一條全新的地球火星軌道,而計算一條新軌道通常需時2年,想用2天時間補救,難度極大。

有美國專家預料,「螢火一號」將與「火衛一——土壤」一起成為地球軌道上的垃圾,或在茫茫宇宙中消失。也有科學家擔心,探測器可能墜落地球,屆時12噸劇毒的燃料或會造成災難。

12噸劇毒燃料恐釀災難

陳炯林說,火星探測的意外,多數是到了火星才發生,今次在地球軌道上變軌失敗,極為罕見。資料顯示,俄羅斯上一次發射火星探測器是1996年,也是以失敗告終。陳炯林說,俄羅斯與前蘇聯探索火星的成功率僅約五成,遠低於美國的八成,建議中國今後「找更穩陣的合作伙伴」。

陳炯林稱,前蘇聯解體後,俄羅斯頂尖工程師大量流失,人才出現嚴重的斷層。有報道指出,太空工程師的月薪甚至不如莫斯科地鐵司機的一半。他說,事隔多年後,俄羅斯一舉嘗試挑戰火星,屬於「急進」,「即使是鼎盛時期,也是一個很大的挑戰」。

「俄靠不住」 中國快爬頭

中科院國家空間科學中心主任、「螢火一號」工程應用首席科學家吳季此前表示,中國尚未有真正的的深空測控技術,因此需要借助俄羅斯的探測器飛往火星。但陳炯林指出,中俄航天技術差距已不大,超越俄羅斯也「為期不遠」。內地媒體此前報道,中國計劃在2013年獨力發射首顆火星探測衛星。
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/螢火-號勢成垃圾-瀕墜地-212452416.html