Storm of ‘historic proportions’ developing over the midwest. But the arctic continues with high temps.
2011-02-01
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It’s very disturbing to see the dire warnings in ‘Superstorm’ and ‘the Day After Tomorrow’ come true. A haunting and frightening experience. How I wish we’d been listened to instead of laughed at by the likes of Matt Lauer. The hour is very late, I fear. http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/31/winter.storm/index.html?hpt=C2
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The Choice
2011-02-01
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We just got the news that the 92-year-old mother of good friends of ours has died, and we are making preparations to travel there for the funeral. Since the state of her health wasn’t good (she had just been diagnosed with inoperable cancer), it is probably a blessing. But what interests me is that it also seems to have been a choice. When I almost died six years ago, I was given the choice to return and I took it–but I wasn’t 92 years old with my husband dead and most of my life behind me.
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Pollution Blame for Breast Cancer?
2011-02-01
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Breast cancer has been blamed on many different things, but pollution? A ground-breaking new study suggests pollution from traffic may put women at risk for this deadly disease. Researcher Mark Goldberg says, "We’ve been watching breast cancer rates go up for some time. Nobody really knows why, and only about one third of cases are attributable to known risk factors. Since no one had studied the connection between air pollution and breast cancer using detailed air pollution maps, we decided to investigate it."
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