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On the X Zone Radio Show
For
December 3, 2007

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Oct. 22, 2007  -   Oct. 29, 2007 -  Nov.  5, 2007-  Nov.  9, 2007-  Nov.  12, 2007-  Nov.  13, 2007-  Nov.  19, 2007

What is that Thing?
            Two massive objects have been exposed in Greenland's melting ice that are not only completely foreign to the ice-bound region but obviously of not natural in their appearance.  One is almost 50 mile, 80 kilometers, long and appears orange with a long stripe on it's edge.  Close inspection reveals a stippled surface with strange formations on its surface.  The other is a rectangular solid black object eerily reminiscent of the obelisk in the movie 2001, A Space Odyssey.  

Global Warming is Pushing Edges of Tropics Towards Poles
            The greenhouse effect is causing Earth's zone of tropical climate to creep towards the poles, according to a study whose release on Sunday coincided with the eve of a major UN conference on climate change. 

Footprints Seen Around Mt. Everest Stoke Yeti Mystery
            A U.S.-based television channel investigating the existence of the legendary Yeti in Nepal has found footprints similar to those said to be that of the abominable snowman, the company said on Friday.

Senate Bill Puts Morgellons Ahead of West Nile Virus, CFS
            The 2008 U.S. Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Services Appropriations Bill.  The Committee urges the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study an unexplained skin condition commonly known as Morgellons Disease, which affects over 10,000 individuals with skin lesions, joint pain, and neurological difficulties, among other symptoms. 

Rising Seas Threaten Cities
            Globally, nearly half the world's 50 largest cities will be affected, including London, Tokyo, New York, Calcutta, Buenos Aires, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Amsterdam.  Climate scientists admit that global warming impacts are showing up much sooner than anticipated, as made clear in these recent comments:
            Ice sheets appear to be shrinking 100 years ahead of schedule. — Climatologist Richard Alley, Penn State University
            We are all used to talking about these impacts coming in the lifetimes of our children and grandchildren. Now we know that it's us. — Professor Martin Parry, co-chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change impacts working group 

Water Power
            Danny Klein in Clearwater, Fla. invents a process to burn water.  

Kauai to Superferry - Stay Away - By Bob Nichols
            The 350 ft long military spec transport ship is not welcome on Kauai, Hawaii, local residents made clear to the military / civilian transport officials with Superferry Corporation Monday.  The catamaran, twin hulled vessel is a dual use civilian / Troop transport. The 40,000 HP ship is capable of high speed transport at 42 mph on the open ocean, about twice the speed of other transport ships. It gets very poor gas mileage, about 5 gallons per mile, due to military speed requirements.  

Divorce Squanders Earth's Resources
            Divorce leaves more than a trail of legal documents, stinging egos and uprooted kids. The split-ups wreak havoc on the environment.   A global trend of soaring divorce rates has led to a surge in the number of households with fewer people. The result: We collectively devour more space and gobble up more energy and water, say the authors of a new study published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  

Chimps Beat Humans in Memory Test
            Chimpanzees have an extraordinary photographic memory that is far superior to ours, research suggests.  Young chimps outperformed university students in memory tests devised by Japanese scientists.   The tasks involved remembering the location of numbers on a screen, and correctly recalling the sequence.   The findings, published in Current Biology, suggest we may have under-estimated the intelligence of our closest living relatives.  

In Madurai, Kids Pick Human Bones for a Living
            At the busiest crematorium in this Tamil Nadu temple town in southern India, the quiet work of a group of little boys is more heart-rending than the wails of bereaved relatives.   About 10 boys visit the crematorium at Thathaneri on the banks of the Vaigai river and rummage through the heap of hot ashes of dead bodies with their small bare hands to pick bones.  

Report Shows New Yorkers Contaminated with Depleted Uranium Over 20 Years After Exposure
            A new report documents depleted uranium (DU) can be detected in people more than two decades after exposure when using high sensitivity urine tests. Scientists' data also reveal that significant DU remains in some Albany and Colonie, N.Y., household dust, two months after the federal government ended a "cleanup" of the site and surrounding neighborhood and 27 years after the New York State Supreme Court closed the NL Industries factory for illegal uranium emissions.  

Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products - Plastic, Poison, and Power in the New World Order
            New evidence seems to arrive daily—from stories about tainted pet food to toxic toys—of the dangerous consequences that lax environmental policies are having on the consumer products that we, and our children, use every day thanks to lobbying efforts by the U.S. chemical industry. Meanwhile, the European Union is forcing these global corporate giants to chart a new path that, by requiring safe products, is revamping how businesses can create safe products and make money.

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