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POPSLunar New Year this weekend - bird flu makes comeback! Millions upon millions of birds in live markets for sale for Lunar New Year - Avian Influenza spread by contact with feces, urine and sweat - get the picture - an unintended but real annual mutation lab for flu viruses that is now global because poultry market has been globalized and industrialized. Some other headlines: Ban on import of chicken, eggs from Nepal to UP district, Egypt reports two more H5N1 cases, Cambodia culls bird flu-affected ducks, Bangladesh culls 13000 chickens after bird flu outbreak, Media Report: Two Indonesian Bird Flu Cases. Roll the dice, when will bird flu cross over to the big time? But we gotta make money huh?
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POPSGood Advice From Thomas Jefferson "In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set... fiery zealots to rights either in fact or principle. They are determined as to the facts they will believe, and the opinions on which they will act...it is not for a man of sense to dispute the road with such an animal." So true, yet sometimes very hard to avoid these disputes! Most of the people I know are fairly decent and can respectfully disagree with one another, thankfully. Then there are those who I have to try very hard to bite my tongue and walk away from, so as not to sink to their level...
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POPSCarved Ivory tiusk - 3D Zodiac animals Just in tie for the Chinese New year to come the "Year of the tiger". An amazing mammoth ivory tusk direct from http://www.IvoryAndArt.com Mammoth ivory tusk Collection - All the 12 animal of the Chinese Zodiac was hand carved on that amazing top Grade, 100% Genuine Mammoth ivory tusk. It was carved By top skilled Master carver to perfection.
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POPSThe Woman Who Talks to Animals How to turn what appears to be a tradegy (Autism), into a blessing! What a story for anyone who loves animals, and feels that all living creatures on this planet have much in common!
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POPSTreo the dog awarded animal VC "The medal is recognised throughout the world as the animals' Victoria Cross and is the highest award any animal can receive for bravery in the line of duty. Treo is, without doubt, a worthy recipient." The award was introduced by PDSA founder Maria Dickin in 1943. Treo will be the 63rd animal to receive the medal, following in the footsteps of 26 other dogs, 32 Second World War messenger pigeons, three horses and one cat.
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POPSSome great fun facts about Neanderthal man Archaeologists and anthropologists are redefining the way we have earlier understood about the life of our ancestors and many other things that had been discovered related to the ancient past.
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POPSMYJ | Another immune system boost at COH
One of the consequences of 16 months of chemotherapy following my March 2006 diagnosis with mantle cell lymphoma (now in remission a second time) is that my immune system is challenged. This new reality makes me far more susceptible to infections and illness, so we are guarded about exposures. That's why we were back to City of Hope Wednesday for the second of a series of seven monthly IVIG infusions (gama globulin), a class of blood plasma proteins, most notably including the antibodies that help fight infections and disease. MORE | http://wisegeek.twi.bz/a The gama globulin infusion process is not unlike chemotherapy, taking 5-6 hours to complete the dose of about a liter of fluid that looks like pink lemonade. But unlike chemo, this substance has few side-effects other than its main purpose (boosting the immune system). ___ SOURCE | http://webmd.twi.bz/e ___ SEARCH | http://google.twi.bz/aA ___ iWeb Blog | MYJ MyJournal | http://me.twi.bz/y ___ ALTACITIES | http:/
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POPSNAIS Gone (for Now) Those of us who had chickens, or a milk goat,or a horse, were terrified of the NAIS becoming mandatory. Not only would we be criminals for not being able to comply with regulations oriented towards commercial interstate meat and milk production, we would be fined as much as $1000 a day, risking loss of our land. Whole communities of Amish and Mennonites had plans to leave the United States for South American due to NAIS. It lumped the owner of one chicken in with huge factory farms, with the same requirements. For example, if a fox ran off with your chicken, you had 24 hours to report it to the authorities. Or pay a hefty fine. If you wanted to take your chicken off your property, you had to inform the authorities ahead of time. It was insane. Thank heavens its gone and I hope someone intelligent has a hand in the new version.
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POPSEternal Earth-Bound Pets "Our representatives have been screened to ensure that they are atheists, animal lovers, are moral / ethical with no criminal background, have the ability and desire to rescue your pet and the means to retrieve them and ensure their care for your pet's natural life. " lol
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POPSSpecies of the Day - 1st February - gyps-indicus
The Indian Vulture, Gyps indicus, is listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This robust and scruffy scavenger used to be found in villages, towns and cities near cultivated and wooded areas in south-eastern Pakistan and India. Like other vulture species, the Indian Vulture has suffered serious declines since the late 1990s, losing as much as 99 percent of its population. Vultures were discovered to be suffering from kidney failure following the consumption of cattle that had previously been treated with the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac. As a result of reduced vulture numbers, rotting animal carcasses now remain untouched, causing health hazards, as well as encouraging feral dog populations which may carry rabies. Strong government commitment has been given to the prevention of any use of this drug and for its complete removal from the environment, but supplies are still being used, sometimes in ignorance of their effects. Th
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POPSGinkgo Reduces Neuropathic Pain In Animal Studies Recent studies show Ginkgo effective for certain conditions, and also that it poses risks to some individuals so learn everything about this tree before self medicating with it, better, located a reliable herbalist or physician who practices complementary medicine.
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POPSSpikey, Dog Rescued From Flooded L.A. River, Is Reunited With Owner Photo: Maria Medina and Ramon Medina look on as animal care technician Stephanie Webster says goodbye to Spikey during a ceremony Feb. 2. Credit: Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times A family friend reclaimed Spikey at the SEAACA shelter last week on Medina’s behalf, but the dog remained at the shelter for several additional days. When the friend arrived at the shelter, Spikey “just went crazy, his tail flapping,” the organization’s director of operations, Aaron Reyes, told our sister blog L.A. Now. “We see it all the time: Gosh, he really knows this guy.” The firefighter, Joe St. Georges, suffered a fractured thumb and lost a fingernail during the dramatic river rescue, which was broadcast live on many TV news stations. He told reporters that he didn’t blame the dog, however, because “ cold, he’s wet, he’s scared, and then here’s this stranger jumping on his back for all intents and purposes, and he did what dogs do.”
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