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PRESSEMITTEILUNG
NR. 1607 der Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Datum: 11. Dezember 2006

Grüne erwischen den Bundesrat beim Tricksen

Anlässlich der Antwort der Bundesregierung auf unsere Anfrage betreffend den Gesetzentwurf des Bundesrates zur Änderung des Betreuungsbehördengesetzes erklärt Jerzy Montag, rechtspolitischer Sprecher:

Mit unserer Anfrage zum Betreuungsbehördengesetz haben wir heute den Bundesrat beim Tricksen erwischt.

Unter dem unverfänglich klingenden Namen "Gesetz zur Änderung des Betreuungsbehördengesetzes" wollte der Bundesrat den Behörden das Recht zusprechen, auch ohne Einwilligung des Betroffenen dessen persönliches Umfeld auszuforschen.

Der Bundesrat begründete die Notwendigkeit der Regelung mit Forderungen der Praxis, denen sich die Bundesregierung bisher verschlossen hätte. Wörtlich heißt es im Gesetzentwurf: " Die Betreuungsbehörden in der Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der überörtlichen Sozialhilfeträger haben dringenden Handlungsbedarf gesehen und das Bundesministerium der Justiz aufgefordert, eine Initiative zu einer einheitlichen Klarstellung der Befugnisse der Betreuungsbehörden zu ergreifen. Diese ist bisher unterblieben".

Doch die Antwort der Bundesregierung zeigt: Es besteht gar kein von den Betreuungsbehörden eingeklagter Handlungsbedarf.

Auf unsere Anfrage hin teilt die Bundesregierung vielmehr mit:

1. Die Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der überörtlichen Sozialhilfeträger hat sich kein einziges Mal an das Bundesministerium der Justiz wegen des angesprochenen Problems gewandt.

2. Eine Nachfrage der Bundesregierung bei der Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft hat ergeben, dass diese keine Erkenntnisse über angeblichen von Betreuungsbehörden angemeldeten Handlungsbedarf in diese Sache hat.

3. Dem Bundesministerium der Justiz liegt in dieser Sache lediglich ein einziges Schreiben der Landesbetreuungsstelle der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg aus dem Jahr 2004 vor, die von Meinungsverschiedenheiten mit dem Landesdatenschutzbeauftragten berichtet.

Damit wird deutlich: Der Gesetzentwurf des Bundesrates will die Rechtsposition betreuungsbedürftiger Menschen schwächen, nur um den Behörden lästige Rückfragen beim Vormundschaftsgericht zu ersparen. Für uns bleibt es aber dabei: In die Grundrechte besonders hilfloser und betreuungsbedürftiger Menschen dürfen Behörden nur mit einer gerichtlichen Zustimmung eingreifen.


Die Antwort der Bundesregierung in allen Details in der Bundestagsdrucksache16/3576: http://dip.bundestag.de/btd/16/035/1603576.pdf

Die Stellungnahme der Bundesarbeitsgemeinscahft Psychiatrie-Erfahrene e.V. zum geplanten Betreuungsbehördengesetz: http://www.die-bpe.de/#stellungnahme
Werner-Fuß-Zentrum im Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte
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Americans are in agreement over one thing: their Army's intervention in Iraq is a terrible failure. Even Kissinger admits today that "a military victory is no longer possible." Just before the publication of the ISG report, Sara Daniel laid out the six scenarios that have been proposed to extricate the US from the quagmire.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121106G.shtml

A military watchdog group is asking the Defense Department to investigate whether seven Army and Air Force officers violated regulations by appearing in uniform in a promotional video for an evangelical Christian organization.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121106H.shtml



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"The fact is, for most Iraqis, there is little hope left," writes Dahr Jamail, "though polls show that over 70 percent of them still want all occupation forces out of their country. I've long since abandoned asking myself the question: How much worse can it get in Iraq? My Iraqi friends and colleagues tell me that one of the more popular sayings in Baghdad nowadays is, 'Today is better than tomorrow.'"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121106F.shtml



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"Indeed, everybody seems to understand that if you want to help amend the disaster in Iraq, the No. 1 rule is that you can't acknowledge it's a disaster in Bush's presence," writes Jonathan Chait. "Weekly Standard executive editor Fred Barnes, the court stenographer of the Bush administration, recently reported that this was a key factor in the hiring of Defense Secretary Robert Gates."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121106C.shtml

"While the Washington press corps chased the nine wise men (and one wise woman) of the Iraq Study Group as they scampered from the White House to Capitol Hill to press conferences to a multitude of talk show appearances in their efforts to pull Dubya's chestnuts from the Iraq fire," writes William Fisher, "some journalists seem to have missed some of its most important findings. One of the more alarming was that, of the 1,000 employees of the massive new US Embassy inside the Green Zone bubble in Baghdad, there are - wait for it - SIX who are fluent in Arabic."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121106A.shtml



The Time Is Now

Bob Herbert writes: "On Wednesday, as if the release of the Iraq Study Group report needed some form of dramatic punctuation, 11 more American GIs were killed in this misbegotten war that just about everyone, except perhaps the president, now sees as a complete and utter debacle."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121106B.shtml

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Among the 1,000 people who work in the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, only 33 are Arabic speakers and only six speak the language fluently
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Where Your Money Goes
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by Jeffrey Buchanan, TomPaine.com

Gulf Coast residents are still being denied basic human rights by our government.

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by Antonia Juhasz, TomPaine.com

The Iraq Study Group Report is right to flag Iraq's flawed reconstruction—but wrong in identifying the cause.

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A message from NANCY

"Two influential federal advisory groups have added their voices to an emerging national consensus that voting machines must produce a voter-verified paper record if they are to be trusted.... Their analyses should give further support to members of Congress who plan to push next month for a strong federal law requiring voter-verified paper records," says the New York Times.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121106K.shtml



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AlternNet
by Peter Michaelson

12/09/06

All of the reasons for our failure to address global warming are known. But they are not known widely and deeply enough to send us rushing down the street on bicycles or even in four-cylinder cars. Still, we want something to be done. Are we waiting for Al Gore? Is it possible it all depends on our own little selves? A very simple axiom is at play: The better we understand our own contribution to the paralysis, the freer we become to act effectively. Six reasons or conditions that facilitate global warming are presented here, and each is related to the others...

http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/45221/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Common Dreams
by Christopher Brauchli

12/10/06

At the end of November we learned that EVERYONE who travels abroad, U.S. citizen and foreigner alike, is being graded by federal agents on the likelihood that they are terrorists by something called 'The Automated Targeting System.' The Department of Homeland Security calls it 'one of the most advanced targeting systems in the world.' A review of the criteria used in the system validates what the Department said. Here are things they look for and (you should too if you don't want to be identified as a terrorist or an enemy combatant.)...

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1210-21.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6218698.stm


Informant: NHNE

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Plastic Trash Vortex Menaces Pacific Sealife
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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/12/10/gore_plans_to_initiate_a_grass_roots_carbon_freeze_movement/


Informant: NHNE



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http://www.somo.nl/html/paginas/pdf/High_Cost_of_Calling_nov_2006_EN.pdf

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GLOBAL CORRUPTION BAROMETER 2006
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3051040/

By Jason Miller

Humanity produces more than enough food to sustain the entire world population. The United States alone wastes a shocking 96 billion pounds of food each year even as we experience an epidemic of obesity.

http://tinyurl.com/y7lcxf

By THOM SHANKER

Frontline combat troops in the 15 brigades carrying out the American fight in Iraq — which the Iraq Study Group says could be largely withdrawn in just over a year — represent about 23 percent of the 140,000 military personnel committed to the overall war effort there.

http://tinyurl.com/sde4t



The Sunshine Boys Can’t Save Iraq

By Frank Rich

The report of the 10 Washington elders was rolled out like a heartwarming Hollywood holiday release. There was a feel-good title, “The Way Forward,” unfortunately chosen as well by Ford Motor to promote its last-ditch plan to stave off bankruptcy. There was a months-long buildup, with titillating sneak previews to whip up anticipation. There was the gala publicity tour on opening day, starting with a President Bush cameo timed for morning television and building to a “Sunshine Boys” curtain call by James Baker and Lee Hamilton on “Larry King Live.”

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http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2062484.ece


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by Devvy Kidd

The voluntary National ID, which most Americans think is mandatory thanks to the lackeys in the media, must be challenged by the states straight to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Patriot Act, the provisions of the Military Commissions Act and John Warner Defense Authorization Act - all must be nullified; that's just the short list. Active military and local law enforcement need to get the truth about the true agenda of the shadow government's "war on terrorism." Local law enforcement has been gradually morphing into para military organizations with an unhealthy attitude towards the common man.,,,,,

http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd235.htm



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#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

08. Dezember 2006

Zum Internationalen Tag der Menschenrechte am 10. Dezember erklärt Helmut Scholz, Mitglied des Parteivorstandes der Linkspartei.PDS und Politischer Koordinator des Sekretariats der Europäischen Linkspartei:

International wie national ist der 10. Dezember kein Anlass zum Feiern. Die Situation in Nahost, im Irak, in Afghanistan oder im Kongo zeigt uns, dass Krieg und Unterentwicklung als die größten Menschenrechtsverletzungen nach wie vor nicht geächtet sind. Mit Blick auf die deutsche EU-Ratspräsidentschaft fordern wir die Bundesregierung auf, sich dafür stark zu machen, dass die EU-Grundrechtecharta endlich politisch einklagbar und vertraglich gewährleistet wird. Die Linkspartei.PDS fordert die Einheit von sozialen Menschenrechten und individuellen Freiheitsrechten. Nur so kann die gleichberechtigte demokratische Teilhabe aller gesichert werden. Niemand darf sich da zurücklehnen. Sicherung und Ausbau von Menschenrechten sind eine ständige Aufgabe, die das Mittun jedes einzelnen erfordert. Die vorrangige Aufgabe der Linken ist es daher, Menschen zu ermuntern und zu unterstützen, sich für ihre Menschenrechte einzusetzen. In Deutschland nimmt das klare Ungleichgewicht zugunsten der Gewährung individueller Freiheitsrechte und zum Nachteil sozialer Rechte zu. Während sich die Ostdeutschen noch an den ausgeprägten Ausbau der sozialen Rechte in der DDR zum Nachteil der Bürgerrechte erinnern, werden in der heutigen Bundespolitik soziale Rechte weiter ausgeblendet. Die bundesdeutsche Sozialpolitik seit 1989 macht dies deutlich. Mit dem fortschreitenden Abbau des Sozialstaates wurden und werden Menschen benachteiligt: Einer zunächst wirtschaftlichen Ausgrenzung folgt die sozial-, bildungs- und gesundheitspolitische Marginalisierung, die Möglichkeit, sich an der gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung aktiv zu beteiligen, wird verwehrt. Wenn jedes 8. Kind in Deutschland heute in Armut lebt, ist das ein dringender Grund, am internationalen Tag der Menschenrechte vor der eigenen Haustür zu kehren, bevor über die Missachtung von Menschenrechten in anderen Ländern lamentiert wird.

http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=34743

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Bundesregierung 2007 in der Pflicht: Menschenrechte brauchen verbindliche Regeln für transnationale Unternehmen. Gemeinsame Erklärung zum Internationalen Tag der Menschenrechte am 10. Dezember

„Zum Tag der Menschenrechte am 10. Dezember fordern das Forum Menschenrechte und das CorA-Netzwerk für Unternehmensverantwortung die Bundesregierung auf, im Jahr 2007 konkrete Maßnahmen zur Einführung verbindlicher internationaler Regeln für Unternehmen zu ergreifen. Die Bundesregierung sollte die EU-Präsidentschaft und den Vorsitz der G-8 im kommenden Jahr nutzen, um hierzu politisch aktiv zu werden…“ Pressemitteilung von CorA-Netzwerk und Forum Menschenrechte sowie FIAN vom 8. Dezember 2006 (pdf) http://www.cora-netz.de/wp-content/uploads/cora-fmr-presseerklarung-10-12-2006.pdf

Siehe dazu: CorA - Corporate Accountability. Homepage des Netzwerks für Unternehmensverantwortung
http://www.cora-netz.de/


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Dezember 2006

Jetzt alle Kräfte auf eine Kampagne zur gesetzlich zulässigen Selbstbestimmung auch bei allen medizinischen Maßnahmen konzentrieren! Das Gesetzgebungsverfahren zur Patientenverfügung steht vor der Tür, und dem weitergehenden Vorschlag muß zur Mehrheit verholfen werden:

Artikel aus dem heutigen Tagespiegel: http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/archiv/11.12.2006/2956812.asp

Zitat daraus:
80 Prozent der Menschen in Deutschland wollen nach einer Umfrage über die Umstände ihres Todes selbst bestimmen. Jeder fünfte der über 65-Jährigen hat bereits eine Patientenverfügung. Doch eine solche Verfügung, in der niedergelegt wird, welche Behandlung man sich wünscht – oder nicht mehr wünscht –, hat in Deutschland keine bindende Wirkung. Das wollen Union und SPD jetzt ändern. Vorerst allerdings auf getrennten Wegen. In beiden Bundestagsfraktionen liegen Entwürfe zur gesetzlichen Regelung der Patientenverfügung vor. Die Initiativen unterscheiden sich in zentralen Punkten.

Der Entwurf aus den Reihen der SPD- Rechtspolitiker unter Federführung von Joachim Stünker ist der weitergehende. Nach dessen Vorschlag soll eine schriftlich fixierte Patientenverfügung generell bindend sein. Und zwar „unabhängig von Art und Stadium der Erkrankung“, wie es in dem Entwurf heißt. Zutreffen müsste das dann beispielsweise auch auf jemanden, der nach einem Unfall schwerstgeschädigt an Apparaten hängt und unabsehbar als Pflegefall am Leben erhalten würde. Nur bei Zweifeln über den mutmaßlichen Patientenwillen entschiede das Vormundschaftsgericht. „Das Selbstbestimmungsrecht der Patienten hat Vorrang“, fasst Joachim Stünker seinen Entwurf zusammen.

Auch der Rechtspolitiker der Union, Wolfgang Bosbach (CDU), strebt eine „grundsätzlich bindende“ Patientenverfügung an. Allerdings macht Bosbach eine entscheidende Einschränkung: Die Verfassung verpflichte den Gesetzgeber nicht nur zur Achtung des Selbstbestimmungsrechts des Einzelnen, sondern auch zum Lebensschutz, wie es in seiner Vorlage für die Unionsfraktion heißt, anhand der jetzt eine Arbeitsgruppe einen Gesetzestext formulieren soll. Eine lebenserhaltende medizinische Maßnahme dürfe deshalb nur bei ganz bestimmten Fällen abgebrochen werden: „Bei irreversiblen Grundleiden, die trotz medizinischer Heilbehandlung einen tödlichen Verlauf genommen haben.“ Auf den unfallgeschädigten Pflegefall träfe das nicht zwingend zu. Ebenso wenig erfasst wäre ein Wunsch nach Unterlassen einer Wiederbelebung nach einem Herzstillstand ohne vorherige tödliche Krankheit.

Eine Ausnahme aber schlägt auch Bosbach vor: Bei Menschen, die über lange Zeit ohne Bewusstsein sind, etwa in einem stabilen Wachkoma verharren, und „mit an Sicherheit grenzender Wahrscheinlichkeit“ das Bewusstsein niemals wiedererlangen werden. Auch in diesen Fällen solle bei vorliegender entsprechender Patientenverfügung eine lebenserhaltende Maßnahme abgesetzt werden.

Angesichts der grundlegenden Differenzen wird es einen Gesetzentwurf der Koalition nicht geben. Allerdings haben sich die Rechtspolitiker auch verständigt, dass es keine Fraktionsanträge geben wird. Zu heikel die Materie, zu individuell das ethische Empfinden. Deshalb wollen Union und SPD zu Beginn des Jahres ihre beiden Vorschläge als Gruppenanträge auf den Weg bringen. Die Mehrheit soll im Plenum des Bundestages über alle Parteigrenzen hinweg gefunden werden. Im ersten Quartal 2007 dürften die Anträge ins parlamentarische Verfahren gehen.

Außerhalb des Parlaments wird die Patientenverfügung derzeit sehr kontrovers diskutiert. Die „Aktion Gemeinsinn“ unter Schirmherrschaft von Bundespräsident Horst Köhler steht mit einer Kampagne zur Regelung der Patientenverfügung eher für die Selbstbestimmungsposition. Die hochrangig besetzte Bürgeraktion warnt vor Bestrebungen, „die Verpflichtung zur Befolgung des Patientenwillens aufzuweichen“. Auf der anderen Seite lehnt sich die katholische Kirche vehement gegen eine bindende Auslegung der Verfügung, auch auf nicht tödliche Krankheitsverläufe, auf. An einer einvernehmlichen Regelung dieser schwierigen Frage hatten sich Justizministerin Brigitte Zypries (SPD) und die Enquetekommission des Bundestages in der letzten Legislaturperiode versucht – ohne Erfolg.


Siehe auch unseren Brief an alle Abgeordneten der Bundestages: http://www.die-bpe.de/#brief


Ein Posting des Werner-Fuß-Zentrum im Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte
Greifswalder Str. 4
10405 Berlin
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Eileen O'Connor


Council earns a fortune from phone masts
Dec 7 2006

By Adrian Goldberg And Neil Elkes, Birmingham Mail

BIRMINGHAM City Council is raking in more than half a million pounds a year in rent from controversial mobile phone masts.

The figure, the largest declared by any local authority in the country, is generated by 101 masts on council-owned buildings and land.

The city's total of £590,000 dwarfs its nearest rival Leeds, which receives £410,000.

The news will incense campaigners who believe that radiation from the masts causes cancer.

Birmingham had a year-long moratorium on new masts which was lifted in 2005.

But Birmingham still picks up more than Sandwell (£119,750), Wolverhampton (£112,425), Coventry (£44,429) and Dudley (£98,300) put together. Deputy Leader Coun Paul Tilsley said: "A figure like £590,000 for telephone masts might seem large, but many of those will be on schools who make their own management decisions and keep the income.

"Birmingham is also the largest authority in the UK by far and owns more property, so you would expect the figure to be proportionately higher."

In the past 12 months the total for Birmingham has fallen from 134 in 2004 following the moratorium, widespread health fears and a council inquiry into the issue.

Not every council is willing to state its income.

Manchester, for example, won't say how much it gets from the mobile phone companies, and neither will Solihull or Walsall.

Some major local authorities take much less in mast rental than Birmingham - Liverpool gets just £27,000.

"On the eve of a report that repudiates his son’s leadership, former president George H.W. Bush broke down crying when he recalled how his other son, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, lost an election a dozen years ago and then came back to serve two successful terms," writes Eleanor Clift. "The elder Bush has always been a softie, but this display of emotion was so over the top that it had to be about something other than Jeb’s long-ago loss."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121006G.shtml

Frustrated with the federal response to global warming, hundreds of cities, suburbs and rural communities across the nation have taken bold steps to slash their energy consumption and reduce emissions of the pollutants that cause climate change.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121006F.shtml

Tough sentencing laws, record numbers of drug offenders and high crime rates have contributed to the United States having the largest prison population and the highest rate of incarceration in the world, according to criminal justice experts. A US Justice Department report released on November 30 showed that a record 7 million people - or one in every 32 American adults - were behind bars, on probation or on parole at the end of last year.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121006D.shtml

British intelligence officers and military commanders have accused the US of undermining British policies in Iraq and Afghanistan, after the sacking of a key British ally in the Afghan province of Helmand.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121006B.shtml

Date : 08.12.06

Angry residents have stepped up their campaign against plans to erect a second mobile phone mast in their road as a formal application is submitted to the city’s planning office.

Whitehouse Common Road resident, John De Mascio, is spearheading the drive.

"We have seen a good reaction from local people but still not as much as I would like," he said.

He now plans to drum up more support by knocking on doors and asking people to sign a petition against the mast which is planned for the junction with Rectory Road.

Retired local physicist, Dr John Walker, says there is now enough evidence to be sure of the risks.

"People who don't sign this petition are signing their own death warrants," he said.

"The Government will not fund any research into the health risks so it all has to be done voluntarily.

"But research carried out all over the world shows the effects of radiation from the masts lead to a depleted immune system, which can cause behavioural problems, depression, anxiety, cognitive and memory troubles and eventually cancer and leukaemia."

He added: "Just because it is a slow effect doesn't mean there is no effect and we are doing our future generations no favours especially when masts are put so close to schools."

Mr De Mascio called the proposals 'a disgrace'.

"There is already one mast there on the other side of the road and we have been told this one will be a 3G mast which is very strong."

He added: "It will be used to provide the emergency services with information but also for the ordinary man in the street."

Sutton Trinity Ward Councillor, David Pears is backing the residents in their campaign.

"I have written to the Council to show my opposition," he said.

"It is a horrible thing which will make the junction with Rectory Road more dangerous.

"It will also be out of character with the area - it is another hideous thing we don't want in that location.

He added: "Whilst the government won't admit it, the health implications are important, there is even a notice there warning people of the emissions.

"It is not just by chance these cancer clusters have occurred.

"The mast has got to be in the right place and this is not the right place for it."

Residents have until December 15 to express their views to the Council's planning department.

For more news, visit http://www.suttonobserver.co.uk


Informant: Eileen O'Connor



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A message from Vida

Please forward to any who you know might be close enough to help.

Original Message

URGENT-ANIMALS OUTSIDE IN THE COLD IN WEST VIRGINIA.

Please crosspost far and wide for foster homes, adoptive homes or rescues for these dogs.

Thanks,
Karen


Dogs in Clay County, WV, need homes, fosters, or rescues BEFORE WINTER..


This was posted on Best Friends Network.....
11 Dogs Need Homes Before Winter - Clay County, WV

Many of you have already heard about the Clay County West Virginia dogs, which due to lack of funds and other resources, live outside all year round.

Fortunately, some of them have been adopted. Unfortunately, there are still 11 of them left. Some of these dogs have lived at the shelter, outdoors, for several years.

If rescues would consider just taking one of these dogs, they could at least come inside before it starts snowing.

If you are unable to rescue, please consider sponsoring one of them. A sponsorship would get these dogs neutered or spayed and all their shots. This would make them more appealing to rescues since there would be no cost to them.

Rescue contact: Sherri at cchumaneassoc@yahoo.com (yahoo.com)

Website: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/WV73.html
Rescue application: cchumaneassoc-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (yahoogroups.com)

Transport to the northeast available. If rescues can take them, we will find a way to transport to them!

PLEASE HELP US GET INDOORS BEFORE IT STARTS SNOWING!!

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A message from Pam

This Australian petition has been created by a NSW councillor, and Whale Call Cafe, to be presented to the Japanese Embassy, so of course, the more signatures the better!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/593501908


Please sign and forward.


Pam

Israël : Residents destroyed celullar antennas
http://www.next-up.org/pages/NewsoftheWorld106israel.php

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The neighbours did a "lynch" to cellular antennas

By Shimon Afargan
Maariv

10.12.06

The residents of a building on Barlev 4 street in Beer Sheva, took in the weekend a very unusual step in order to protest against the cellular antennas on the roof of the penthouse in the building where they live. The broke into the penthouse, destroyed the antennas and caused to the equipment damage of tens of thousands of dollars. Several months ago, the residents of the building were amazed to find out that the roof on the 8th floor was rented for $1200 a month to Cellcom, that erected there 3 cellular antennas inside the flower-pots. The people asked Cellcom to remove the antennas immediately, because they are a real danger for them and their children. Several weeks ago, dozens of the building's residents, among them many children, started suffering from strong headaches. "I took my little boy, who suffered of strong headaches, to an expert physician, and he was interested to know whether we had cellular antennas on the roof", told one of the residents, "I said that yes, and he said that this was probably the reason for the headaches".

Another resident told "Maariv" that the neighbours asked Cellcom and the municipality to remove the antennas, but were rejected with excuses, "When we saw that it didn't help, we decided to take steps in order to remove the antennas from the building" he told.

After all their efforts to remove the antennas had failed, dozens of the building residents decided to take the law into their hands. In the night between Thursday and Friday, they broke into the penthouse. They destroyed the place, broke the antennas and caused damage to the expensive technological equipment that was there, also the equipment that was inside the penthouse.


When Cellcom learnt about this, a security officer was called into the place, 2 security guards and an amstaf dog. When the residents threatened to cause them damage if they didn't leave the place, Beer Shevas' police was called to the place too, the policemen calmed them down after a long time. The policemen from Beer Sheva police station negotiated between the residents and Cellcom, and they reached a temporary solution- the equipment will not be operated until they reach to an agreement.

"We had no other choice, it is not possible that for greed the residents will get cancer because of the dangerous radiation that the antennas emit. If Cellcom does not remove the antennas, we will destroy the penthouse and the rest of the infrastructure that is left in the place. This is probably the only language they understand. Antennas on roofs are mortal danger" clarified one of the residents.

The Cellular Companies Forum said in response: "The installations were erected with approval and permission. We see very seriosly the damage to the antennas and infrastructure".



Two of the residents who destroyed the antennas were interviewed to two channels on TV today's morning, each one to different programme. They told:

* They went to the environmental ministry and were ignored, the same with the municipality.

* the antennas are there for two years

* after a 1+ years many men in the area became impotent, and got fertility problems.

* the child with the doctor story - the doctor heard many complaints on headaches from people in the area

* the child got also testicles problem, and the doctor said these problems will also hurt the next generation of the people who developed them.

* all these problems started 3/4 year ago, after 1+ year since the antennas were erected there.

* during the last half a year, the children have had headaches and nausea, also the adults have them, but especially the children.


Informant: Iris Atzmon

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5391/


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A CLERGYMAN wants to let a mobile phone company erect a cross- shaped mast on the roof of his church.

The existing cross would be taken down to make way for the speciallybuilt transmitter.

In return, communications company Hutchison, which runs the Three network, will make a donation to the Peter Lee Memorial Methodist Church in Peterlee, County Durham.

The scheme has been greeted with horror by some local people, but minister Todd Gile called it 'a winwin situation'.

He said: 'The church is in the business of worshipping God and making disciples and this is a legitimate fundraiser to support the ministry.

'I believe everything we do is designed to facilitate the gospel and this is just a use of our facilities, like renting out our rooms for the community.

'As long as it does not detract from the rest of the church and is not immoral, then it is kind of a win-win situation.' But local councillor Ted Hall said the plan would turn the church into a commercial enterprise.

'It is totally repugnant to me and creates a precedent for the rest of the churches in the area,' he said.

'The symbol of the cross should remind people to speak to the Lord rather than to phone their mother.' Mr Gile, an American who moved to Peterlee from Indiana with his wife a year ago, confirmed that church authorities had given the plan the go-ahead.

He said the money would be used for the upkeep of the building and added: 'It won't be an eyesore and will look just like the existing cross.

'John Wesley, the father of the Methodist church, always said, "Make all you can, save all you can and spend all you can for the cause of the gospel".'

Hutchison corporate affairs manager Mike Alexander said the comareaspany is looking to apply for planning permission by the end of the month and wants to hear the views of local people.

He said lots of operators have used church buildings to house their equipment because third-generation, or 3G, phone technology needs to be quite near to residential 'We recognise there is a balance-between that and the environmental impact, so churches are a good solution.' The church is around 50 years old and was one of the first to be built in the new town, which was named after Peter Lee, a local miners' leader and prominent Methodist who died in 1935.

Advances in technology have seen phone masts shrink from around 90ft to 25ft greatly increasing the places where they can be hidden.

There is one on a floodlight at Griffin Park, the West London home of Brentford football club.

The spire of St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol contains four Vodafone masts and a mast disguised as a tree overlooks an estate in Baxenden, Lancashire. Other masts have been hidden in chimneys, lampposts and flagpoles.

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