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ALERT INCOMING: The FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are planning to accuse China of trying to hack U.S. research on the coronavirus, according to multiple reports.

The public warning is likely to be issued in coming days, officials told The New York Times, which first reported on the warning Sunday.

A draft claims China is seeking “valuable intellectual property and public health data through illicit means related to vaccines, treatments and testing,” according to the Times.

The warning was not finalized and plans around its release could change, a person familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Monday that Beijing opposes all forms of cyberattacks, the Journal noted.

“China is leading in the research of COVID-19 vaccine and treatment. It is immoral for anyone to engage in rumor-mongering without presenting any evidence,” he said in a briefing.

The Trump administration has accused Beijing of stealing intellectual property in the past, and the expected accusation regarding attempted hacks of coronavirus research could lead to increased tensions between the U.S. and China.

Trump administration officials have already criticized China for its handling of the outbreak, which is believed to have originated in Wuhan.

Read more about the upcoming DHS and FBI warning here.

ELECTIONS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenDonald Trump is proposing attacks on Social Security and seniors; here is what we should do instead Hillicon Valley: FBI, DHS to accuse China of hacking virus researchers | Warren warns of COVID-19 threats to elections | Musk reopening California Tesla factory against state orders Kamala Harris leads the list of Biden running mates MORE (D-Mass.) on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic poses a threat to “free and fair elections,” as experts caution that states are running out of time to prepare to hold elections during the crisis.

“Coronavirus poses a threat to free and fair elections. But we can fix that,” Warren tweeted. “We need vote by mail. We need online and same-day registration. We need early voting and extended voting hours. We need real money for governments to administer elections safely.”

Warren voiced her concerns in response to a New York Times Magazine report that explored the question of whether Americans could be disenfranchised by the pandemic. The article highlighted the recent Wisconsin primaries, when residents were forced to vote in-person over Democratic objections. Dozens of coronavirus cases tied to the vote have been reported in the weeks since.

Warren released a plan on the day of the Wisconsin primary on how to secure voting during COVID-19, advocating for states to send an absentee ballot to every eligible American voter, and for Congress to give $4 billion to states for elections.

“The task of protecting our democracy has never been more vital,” Warren wrote in the plan. “Congress must act to protect our upcoming elections, keep voters and poll workers safe, and safeguard our electoral institutions for the long haul.”

The question of how to safely and securely hold elections during the COVID-19 crisis has become heated in recent weeks, as Democrats and voting rights groups have pushed hard for Congress to allocate funding for mail-in voting in future stimulus packages.

Democratic Sens. Amy KlobucharAmy KlobucharHillicon Valley: FBI, DHS to accuse China of hacking virus researchers | Warren warns of COVID-19 threats to elections | Musk reopening California Tesla factory against state orders Kamala Harris leads the list of Biden running mates Warren warns coronavirus ‘poses a threat to free and fair elections’ MORE (Minn.), Ron WydenRonald (Ron) Lee WydenDonald Trump is proposing attacks on Social Security and seniors; here is what we should do instead Hillicon Valley: FBI, DHS to accuse China of hacking virus researchers | Warren warns of COVID-19 threats to elections | Musk reopening California Tesla factory against state orders Warren warns coronavirus ‘poses a threat to free and fair elections’ MORE (Ore.), and Chris CoonsChristopher (Chris) Andrew CoonsHillicon Valley: FBI, DHS to accuse China of hacking virus researchers | Warren warns of COVID-19 threats to elections | Musk reopening California Tesla factory against state orders Warren warns coronavirus ‘poses a threat to free and fair elections’ Senators request emergency funding for postal service in next coronavirus bill MORE (Del.) have led the fight for funding in the Senate, with other supporters including Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiPelosi objects to GOP ‘pause’ on next relief bill: ‘Hardship doesn’t take a pause’ On The Money: McConnell brushes off fifth coronavirus bill as Democrats prepare massive plan | Coronavirus cases expanding in states preparing to reopen | Mnuchin: States can borrow to cover revenue lost to coronavirus Hillicon Valley: FBI, DHS to accuse China of hacking virus researchers | Warren warns of COVID-19 threats to elections | Musk reopening California Tesla factory against state orders MORE (D-Calif.) and former first lady Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaHillicon Valley: FBI, DHS to accuse China of hacking virus researchers | Warren warns of COVID-19 threats to elections | Musk reopening California Tesla factory against state orders Warren warns coronavirus ‘poses a threat to free and fair elections’ Barack Obama wishes Michelle Obama a Happy Mother’s Day MORE.

Congress already appropriated $400 million in election funds as part of the $2 trillion stimulus package signed into law in March. The funds came with a clause that required a 20 percent state match, an issue states on the verge of bankruptcy have objected to. A bill introduced by Rep. Joe NeguseJoseph (Joe) NeguseHillicon Valley: FBI, DHS to accuse China of hacking virus researchers | Warren warns of COVID-19 threats to elections | Musk reopening California Tesla factory against state orders Warren warns coronavirus ‘poses a threat to free and fair elections’ House Judiciary Committee calls on Bezos to testify as part of antitrust probe MORE (D-Colo.) on Monday would waive the matching funds requirement.

Pentagon watchdog to evaluate Navy's response to coronavirus on ships

May 12, 2020 KANKENNEWS

The Pentagon’s inspector general will evaluate the Navy’s response to the coronavirus pandemic onboard its ships, according to a memo released Monday.

“The objective of this evaluation is to determine whether the Navy has implemented policies and procedures to prevent and mitigate the spread of infectious diseases, such as coronavirus-disease-2019 (COVID-19), on ships and submarine,” said the memo from Randolph Stone, assistant inspector general for evaluations of space, intelligence, engineering and oversight.

“In addition, we will determine whether mitigation measures that are effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19 were implemented across the fleet,” the memo added.

The evaluation, which will start this month, will be conducted at “relevant offices” in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and U.S. Pacific Fleet. Meetings and discussions will be done by video and teleconference “due to the current health protection condition level,” the memo said.

The Navy has come under fire for its handling of the pandemic after an outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier.

The former commander of the ship, Capt. Brett Crozier, was fired after a letter he wrote pleading for help with the outbreak leaked in the media. The acting Navy secretary who fired him, Thomas Modly, later resigned after he gave a speech aboard the ship berating Crozier.

The Navy is conducting its own investigation into the outbreak on the Roosevelt. Right now, it is in the midst of a broader investigation after the service’s preliminary investigation ended in April with the recommendation to reinstate Crozier.

After Crozier’s firing, several Democrats requested the inspector general also investigate the situation on the Roosevelt.

“Given the concerns for the health and safety of the sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, in addition to the potential for future COVID-19 outbreaks on other ships and submarines, we urge you to investigate the Navy’s response to this outbreak to evaluate whether the Navy is implementing all appropriate precautionary measures and best-practices to protect the safety of our fleet,” 17 Democratic senators wrote in a letter in early April.

More than 1,000 sailors from the Roosevelt, which has been docked in Guam since late March, have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

A second Navy ship that had been at sea, the USS Kidd destroyer, has also seen a coronavirus outbreak. More than 60 sailors were diagnosed with the virus at the last official count. The ship, which had been operating near Central America for counterdrug operations, docked in San Diego in late April to deal with the outbreak.

Last week, Defense Secretary Mark EsperMark EsperOvernight Defense: National Guard chief negative in third coronavirus test | Pentagon IG probing Navy’s coronavirus response | Democrats blast use of Russia deterrence funds on border wall Top conservative calls on Pentagon to lift COVID-19 enlistment restrictions Democrats blast ‘blatant misuse’ of Russia deterrence funding on border wall MORE argued a Navy ship at sea is the safest place to be during the pandemic, citing the fact that only the Roosevelt and the Kidd are known to have had coronavirus outbreaks out of the more than 90 deployed Navy vessels.

“The statistics show that the safest place to be is on a deployed Navy ship as compared to one that is in port,” Esper said during a webinar hosted by the Brookings Institution. “Two ships out of I think 94, that’s a pretty good record.”

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Warren warns coronavirus 'poses a threat to free and fair elections'

May 12, 2020 KANKENNEWS

Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenDonald Trump is proposing attacks on Social Security and seniors; here is what we should do instead Hillicon Valley: FBI, DHS to accuse China of hacking virus researchers | Warren warns of COVID-19 threats to elections | Musk reopening California Tesla factory against state orders Kamala Harris leads the list of Biden running mates MORE (D-Mass.) on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic poses a threat to “free and fair elections,” as experts cautioned that states are running out of time to prepare to hold elections during the crisis.

Warren voiced her concerns in response to a New York Times Magazine report that explored the question of whether Americans could be disenfranchised by the pandemic. The article highlighted the recent Wisconsin primary election, when residents were forced to vote in-person. Dozens of coronavirus cases tied to election day have been reported in the weeks since.

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Warren released a plan on the day of the Wisconsin primary on how to secure voting during COVID-19, advocating for states to send an absentee ballot to every eligible American voter, and that Congress give $4 billion to states for elections.

Democratic Sens. Amy KlobucharAmy KlobucharHillicon Valley: FBI, DHS to accuse China of hacking virus researchers | Warren warns of COVID-19 threats to elections | Musk reopening California Tesla factory against state orders Kamala Harris leads the list of Biden running mates Warren warns coronavirus ‘poses a threat to free and fair elections’ MORE (Minn.), Ron WydenRonald (Ron) Lee WydenDonald Trump is proposing attacks on Social Security and seniors; here is what we should do instead Hillicon Valley: FBI, DHS to accuse China of hacking virus researchers | Warren warns of COVID-19 threats to elections | Musk reopening California Tesla factory against state orders Warren warns coronavirus ‘poses a threat to free and fair elections’ MORE (Ore.) and Christopher CoonsChristopher (Chris) Andrew CoonsHillicon Valley: FBI, DHS to accuse China of hacking virus researchers | Warren warns of COVID-19 threats to elections | Musk reopening California Tesla factory against state orders Warren warns coronavirus ‘poses a threat to free and fair elections’ Senators request emergency funding for postal service in next coronavirus bill MORE (Del.) have led the fight for funding in the Senate, with other supporters including House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiPelosi objects to GOP ‘pause’ on next relief bill: ‘Hardship doesn’t take a pause’ On The Money: McConnell brushes off fifth coronavirus bill as Democrats prepare massive plan | Coronavirus cases expanding in states preparing to reopen | Mnuchin: States can borrow to cover revenue lost to coronavirus Hillicon Valley: FBI, DHS to accuse China of hacking virus researchers | Warren warns of COVID-19 threats to elections | Musk reopening California Tesla factory against state orders MORE (D-Calif.) and former first lady Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaHillicon Valley: FBI, DHS to accuse China of hacking virus researchers | Warren warns of COVID-19 threats to elections | Musk reopening California Tesla factory against state orders Warren warns coronavirus ‘poses a threat to free and fair elections’ Barack Obama wishes Michelle Obama a Happy Mother’s Day MORE.

While Republican state officials support receiving more election funds, Republican leaders including President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump to visit Pennsylvania medical equipment distributor on Thursday Trump camp outraged over Jezebel article calling for Stephen Miller to get coronavirus McConnell: Obama ‘should have kept his mouth shut’ on Trump’s coronavirus response MORE have railed against mail-in voting, citing concerns that it would increase voting fraud and hurt Republican election chances.

But experts have cautioned that not expanding mail-in and early in-person voting could seriously impact the ability for primary and general elections to move forward this year.

New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice warned in a report released Monday that if election officials fail to meet deadlines for equipment and supplies between May and August, the November elections could be put in danger and some Americans could lose the ability to vote.

“State and local election officials must begin making purchases in a matter of weeks in order to ensure free, fair, and safe elections this fall,” the authors wrote in the report.

The report found that states need to begin modernizing and updating voter registration systems before the end of the month to meet the expected surge in registration requests. High speed scanners to read and tabulate ballots must be purchased this month for delivery by October, and online absentee ballot request systems must be updated by August at the latest.

“The expenses involved in preparing for this November’s election are hitting election officials around the country now. Congress must fund this need immediately,” Edgardo Cortés, one of the report’s authors and an election security adviser to the Brennan Center, said in a statement. “Our election officials don’t have time to wait, and our democracy doesn’t either.”

The Brennan Center previously called for $4 billion to be made available to states to secure elections during the COVID-19 crisis, the amount that Democrats on Capitol Hill are also pushing for.

How Dumb Is America: 10 Things People Actually Believe

May 12, 2020 KANKENNEWS

We Americans like to boast about how smart we are as a nation, but in some instances our collective beliefs demonstrate the exact opposite. Some of us blithely cling to beliefs that have been disproven in what is called “denialism” or the “illusory truth effect,” the latter a short circuit in the human psyche that puts repetition on par with the truth.

Denialism is simply a person’s choice to defy scientifically proven facts and live in their happy places where they don’t have to confront their own ignorance — a black is white and white is black type of thing, according to published research.

The motives of denialists vary. Some may be lured by corporate largesse to deny compelling science about climate change or the adverse health effects of smoking. Others driven by ideology or faith reject science that is incompatible with their belief systems. And the lure of celebrity status simply by espousing nonsense encourages more eccentricity and idiosyncrasy by the most outspoken denialists, according to psychologists.

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One of the most disastrous effects of denialism is the environment of hate and suspicion it creates. For example, denial of genocide isn’t just an attempted coup d’état on irrefutable historical fact, it’s an assault on all its victims — those killed, those who survived and all of their their descendants. Failure to accept the safety of childhood vaccinations can put entire populations at risk. The ripple effect can be significant.

Here are 10 things some Americans believe that aren’t true:

Dumb Americans: What-Nazi-Holocaust? Edition

That there are people who think the World War II Nazi Holocaust, one of the darkest chapters in world history, never happened is stupefying, and some of them want you to vote for them in elections. To believe it requires discrediting mountains of evidence to the contrary and abandoning reason. Among the politicians in this camp are Art Jones, who won the Republican primary earlier this year for an Illinois House race.

This Holocaust denier’s campaign website calls the genocide of millions of Jews “the biggest, blackest lie in history” and claims “there is no proof such a so-called ‘Holocaust’ ever took place anywhere in Europe against the Jews.”

A recent poll commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany found big gaps in Americans’ historical knowledge about the Holocaust: Two-thirds of millennials and four in 10 Americans overall don’t know what Auschwitz was; 49 percent millenials were unable to name a single concentration camp or ghetto, compared to 45 percent of adults; and just over half thought Adolf Hitler came to power in a coup, rather than in Germany’s democratic election.

Additionally, nearly a third far underestimate the number of Jews killed. Deborah Lipstadt, the author of “Denying The Holocaust: The Growing Assault On Truth And Memory,” told NPR the 6 million figure is so generally accepted by historians that it’s become “almost a noun more than a number.”

There is some hope, though. Historian Peter A. Schulman said after the poll’s release in April that Americans’ knowledge of Holocaust history has actually improved. While 11 percent of Americans did not know what the Holocaust was, 32 percent didn’t know anything about it in a 1985 poll.

Dumb Americans: Understanding The ‘Guvment’ Edition

People wrap themselves in the Constitution at political rallies and warp the Bill of Rights to suit their political purposes, but a 2017 poll from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center reveals profound ignorance about the nation’s most important documentst.

For example, 37 percent could not name a single right protected by the Bill of Rights, only 26 percent could name all three branches of government (a big slip from 2011, when 38 percent aced that question) and 33 percent could not name a single branch of government.

Also, more than half — 53 percent — said undocumented immigrants have no rights under the Constitution. That’s not true. The courts have ruled consistently that some rights apply undocumented immigrants, although they’re not always extended in good faith. For example, everyone in the United States, regardless of their citizenship, is entitled to due process of law.

Calling the results of the poll “worrisome,” Annenberg director Kathleen Hall Jamieson said “protecting the rights guaranteed by the Constitution presupposes that we know what they are.”

Sadly, Americans are becoming dumber about the basic tenets of democracy and how government functions. In a 2010 Pew Research Center poll, only 28 percent were able to name the chief justice of the Supreme Court, compared with 43 percent who were able to name the chief justice in a 1986 poll.

Dumb Americans: Lost-In-Space Edition

No cheating here with your browser, does the Earth orbit the sun, or does the sun orbit the Earth?

Demonstrating a lack of understanding of one of the fundamental principles of basic science, one in four Americans thinks the sun orbits the Earth, according to a National Science Foundation study. The opposite is true.

Here’s the real deal: The Earth orbits the sun because of the pull of the sun’s gravity. Does Sir Isaac Newton ring a bell at all? Anything about an apple? Well, 300 years ago, Newton solved one of the most baffling riddles of his time with his epiphany.

“Newton realized that the reason the planets orbit the Sun is related to why objects fall to Earth when we drop them,” NASA explained. “The Sun’s gravity pulls on the planets, just as Earth’s gravity pulls down anything that is not held up by some other force and keeps you and me on the ground. Heavier objects (really, more massive ones) produce a bigger gravitational pull than lighter ones, so as the heavyweight in our solar system, the Sun exerts the strongest gravitational pull.”

Dumb Americans: Slipping Off The Edge Of The World Edition

In 2018, there are still people who think that if they venture too far off the horizon, they’ll slip off the edge of the world. The members of the Flat Earth Society claim irrefutable evidence the planet is a disc, despite centuries of science to the contrary.

“There are several readily apparent proofs of the planets flatness,” the site claims. “The horizon always rises to meet eye level — which is impossible on a ball earth. The surfaces of bodies of water has been shown to be level. If the Earth was a Globe, this would not be the case. There is no visible curvature to the horizon even from airplanes. We don’t even have a full shot of the Earth rotating from space! One almost has to ask — is there any real evidence the Earth is a Globe?”

Flat-earthers got a big boost last year when then-Cleveland Cavaliers superstar Kyrie Irving said he believes the earth is flat.

“This is not even a conspiracy theory,” Irving said during a podcast. “The Earth is flat. What I’ve been taught is that the Earth is round. But if you really think about it from a landscape of the way we travel, the way we move and the fact that, can you really think of us rotating around the sun and all planets aligned, rotating in specific dates, being perpendicular with what’s going on with these planets?”

Later, Irving hinted he was making a political statement. His claim the Earth is a flat plane became a bane to middle school teachers after his young fans began parroting him in class.

Dumb Americans: Evolution Convolution Edition

Many people who reject the idea of evolution believe that humans and dinosaurs were roaming the Earth at the same time and it was “Jurassic Park” all day long, every day of the week, which is contrary to scientific evidence

Yet 34 percent of Americans reject evolution entirely and believe humans have existed in their present form for thousands or tens of thousands of years, according to a Pew Research Center Religious Landscape Study.

Pew said 62 percent of U.S. adults believe humans evolved over time. Of that group only 33 percent said humans and other living beings evolved solely due to natural processes; 25 percent of them say evolution was guided by a superior being.

Dumb Americans: We’re Smarter Than We Were Edition

Americans are getting smarter about it, but about 20 percent of U.S. adults continue to deny climate change is happening, according to a spring 2018 survey by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

Scientists have settled this. NASA says multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals show 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists concur that climate-warming trends over the past century are real and are extremely likely due to human activities. The position has been endorsed in public statements issued by most of the leading scientific organizations worldwide.

More than half, 58 percent, believe climate change is primarily caused by human activities, such as burning fossil fuels to power cars, factories and homes, the Yale survey showed.

And while a lot of Americans are still burying their heads in ever-hotter sand and deny climate change, the number who believe the world’s climate is changing and its oceans are getting warmer increased 7 percent from Yale’s March 2015 survey.

Their certainty increased 12 percentage points in three years, according to the Yale survey, and 49 percent of respondents are now “extremely” or “very sure” the climate is changing.

The shift has taken some time, but the survey showed six in 10 Americans are now connecting the dots between climate change and extreme weather events — meteorologists rewrote the dictionary of terms like bomb cyclone to describe extreme weather events earlier this year and it rained so much during Hurricane Harvey the NWS had to add two new colors to its graphics to track the event.

Also, 4 in 10 Americans said they’ve personally experienced climate change, which Yale said was up 10 percentage points since 2015. Still, 20 percent said they don’t think humans are willing to make the behavioral changes required to reverse the global warming trend, and 6 percent don’t believe nations can work together to combat climate change.

Dumb Americans: Yet The Birthers Persisted Edition

Declaring at one time he didn’t have time for the “silliness,” President Obama nevertheless released his his birth certificate in 2011, which should have been enough to quell the so-called “birther movement,” which claimed the 44th president was born in Kenya rather than the United States. For the record, Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Aug. 4, 1961.

Even while he was still on the campaign trail, now-President Trump, one of the chief purveyors of the claim, backed off — and admitting he was wrong isn’t something he does casually.

But birthers are persistent. In late 2017, a YouGov survey showed 51 percent of Republicans still think Obama was born in Kenya, compared with just 14 percent of Democrats. Trump supporters were mostly likely to believe the false claim, with 57 percent saying it was “definitely true” or “probably true” that Obama was born in Kenya.

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Dumb Americans: The Anti-Vaxxers Edition

A wealth of studies, including from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics, establish that measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine doesn’t cause autism.

Still, a 2015 Pew Research Center survey found nearly 2 in 10 Americans thinks vaccines are unsafe or don’t know. Skepticism fell fairly evenly across party and demographic lines.

Young people ages 18-29 were more likely than senior citizens to distrust vaccines. About 15 percent of Americans in the younger age group and 4 percent over 65 believe vaccines are unsafe, according to the poll.

Dumb Americans: Sex And Baby’s Gender Edition

There are so many ways to go here — even without touching the ill-conceived belief by some that it’s OK to wash and reuse condoms — but it turns out some Americans think the position a couple chooses during lovemaking can dictate the gender of the baby.

Some of the theories: Have sex standing up for a boy, but stick to the missionary position for a girl. There are some other doozies buried in folklore: For a boy, load up on meat and salty foods and do the deed during a quarter moon. For a girl, have a sweet dessert and get it on during a full moon.

Fertility expert Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg told Parents’ magazine that though people have for centuries been trying to increase the chances of having a boy or a girl in their lovemaking, there are no “positions that can influence the gender of the baby.”

Dumb Americans: Wherever You Are, There You Are Edition

As the story goes, wars are fought to teach Americans geography. In the midst of the Iraq war in 2006, six in 10 young adults couldn’t find Iraq on a map of a Middle East. The Roper survey also found that 75 percent of those surveyed could not identify Iran or Israel.

They’re not much better at U.S. geography. Only about half could find New York State on a map.

Does it matter?

Geography is “a superb antidote to isolationism and provincialism,” Harm de Blij wrote in “Why Geography Matters,” claiming “the American public is the geographically most illiterate society of consequence on the planet, at a time when United States power can affect countries and peoples around the world.”

And it’s not going to get much better, according to Alec Murphy, a professor of the University of Oregon.

“The paucity of geographical knowledge means there is no check on misleading public representations about international matters,” he told The New York Times.

There you have it. How dumb is America? Discuss in the comments below.

Lead photo: A stone references the former Auschwitz concentration camp at the Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism in Berlin, Germany. A recent survey by a Jewish organization shows two-thirds of millennials and four in 10 Americans overall don’t know what Auschwitz was.(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Sheriff: U.S. Border Patrol Agent Suspected Of Killing 4 Women

May 12, 2020 KANKENNEWS

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent suspected of killing four women was arrested early Saturday after a fifth woman managed to escape from him and notify authorities, law enforcement officials said, describing the agent as a “serial killer.”

Juan David Ortiz, an intel supervisor for the Border Patrol, fled from state troopers and was found hiding in a truck in a hotel parking lot in Laredo at around 2 a.m. Saturday, Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar said at a news conference in the border city about 145 miles (235 kilometers) southwest of San Antonio.

Cuellar said investigators have “very strong evidence” that he is responsible for the deaths of the four women, who are believed to worked as prostitutes.

“We do consider this to be a serial killer,” said Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz.

In a statement, Andrew Meehan, assistant commissioner for public affairs for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said his agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility, the U.S. Border Patrol and the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General are fully cooperating with all investigators.

He referred questions about the investigation to authorities in Webb County and to the Texas Department of Public Safety, whose Texas Rangers are also investigating.

A Texas Department of Public Safety sergeant didn’t return several messages seeking comment on Saturday.

Authorities didn’t immediately disclose the victims’ names or nationalities.

“The manner in which they were killed is similar in all the cases from the evidence,” said Alaniz.

But both Alaniz and Cuellar declined to discuss the evidence or say how the women were killed.

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Alaniz said investigators are still trying to determine a motive for the killings. He said all of the women worked as prostitutes.

Cuellar said investigators believe Ortiz acted alone.

Alaniz said his office plans to charge Ortiz with four counts of murder and one count of aggravated kidnapping.

Authorities planned to provide another update on the investigation on Monday.

This report will be updated.

Lutter contre l'obésité infantile par la prévention

May 11, 2020 KANKENNEWS

L’obésité des enfants est un réel problème de santé publique et nécessite des campagnes nationales de prévention et de lutte contre le surpoids. Le programme Ensemble, Prévenons l’Obésité Des Enfants (EPODE), lancé en 2004, privilégie une rééducation des habitudes alimentaires aux régimes stricts.

De mars à septembre, aura lieu la campagne créée par EPODE, “l’activité physique, tout le monde s’y met“ afin d’inciter les plus jeunes mais également leurs proches à faire du sport afin de lutter contre le surpoids voire l’obésité. La prévention de l’obésité infantile vise à modifier progressivement et en profondeur les comportements alimentaires et l’activité physique des familles. Après 12 ans de mise en action de ce programme dans une dizaine de villes françaises pilotes, les résultats sont probants : la proportion d’enfant en surpoids à Fleurbaix-Laventie est passé de 11 % en 1992 à 8,8 % en 2004, comparé aux villes témoins, où ce taux passe de 11 % à 17,6 %. La rééducation doit se faire progressivement et accompagner les régimes. C’est ce qu’indique le Docteur Martin Katan, dans l’éditorial du New England Journal of Medicine, publié le 26 février dernier. Il ajoute que “comme le choléra, l’obésité est un problème qui ne peut être résolu de façon individuelle, mais qui nécessite des actions communautaires“. A ses yeux, en dehors de la prévention, “la seule alternative efficace existant à ce jour pour stopper l’épidémie d’obésité est la chirurgie gastrique à grande échelle“.Ce programme implique les professionnels de santé, ceux de la petite enfance mais également les commerçants, les restaurateurs, les enseignants… La motivation et la rééducation sont en effet déterminants dans la perte de poids. En France, 167 villes participent à cette campagne de prévention et de lutte contre l’obésité des plus jeunes. Ce projet s’étend également à l’Espagne et à la Belgique. Source : communiqué de presse EPODE, mars 2009

Mangez et bougez avec Thierry Henry

May 11, 2020 KANKENNEWS

L’UEFA, la Fédération Mondiale du Coeur, la Commission Européenne et les Editions Amphora se sont associées pour éditer un ouvrage. Il s’agit d’un guide à destination des parents et des enfants qui incite les plus jeunes à adopter une bonne alimentation ainsi qu’une pratique physique régulière. Tous les férues de junk food et autres aliments défiant tout concurrence en matière de graisses saturées devront baisser les armes, pour leur bien.

En France, 1.5 million de jeunes connaissent un problème d’embonpoint et 12 % ont atteint le stade de l’obésité. C’est l’un des principaux problèmes de santé publique du XXIe siècle. Pour endiguer le mal, cet ouvrage veut provoquer une prise de conscience générale de la population.Conçu avec une équipe de diététiciens, ce livre présente les plats préférés et les conseils nutritionnels de grands joueurs européens de football, dont Thierry Henry.
Pour chaque livre acheté, 1 euro sera directement reversé à la Fédération mondiale du coeur en faveur de programmes encourageant les enfants à pratiquer une activité physique.
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Le yaourt Danone fête ses 90 ans !

May 11, 2020 KANKENNEWS

Danone, inventeur du yaourt industriel, fête les 90 ans de son premier yaourt. Popur l’occasion, la marque lance, le 1er mai 2009, Danone Origines : une gamme gourmande dans des pots aux décors Vintage. Une véritable invitation à remonter dans le temps !C’est en 1908 qu’Elie Metchnikoff, alors chercheur à l’Institut Pasteur, révèle les bienfaits du yaourt et de son ferment Lactobaccilus bulgaricus, dans le traitement des désordres intestinaux. Isaac Carasso, influencé par ces travaux de recherche, lance ainsi en 1919 la fabrication de yaourts à partir de ferments issus de l’Institut Pasteur. La marque est créée et le premier yaourt Danone voit ainsi le jour.Vendu en pharmacie sur recommandation des médecins, puis en crèmerie, ce petit pot blanc, aujourd’hui présent dans les frigos du monde entier, a été le premier d’une vaste gamme de produits laitiers, qui ont pour la plupart marqués leur époque par leur caractère souvent très innovant voire révolutionnaire. Dans la famille Danone, je veux : Danone fruité, Gervita, Velouté Nature, Jockey, Taillefine, Dany, Petit Gervais aux fruits, Fjord, Danette, Activia, Actimel, Danacol…

A l’occasion de ses 90 ans, Danone lance Origines le 1er mai 2009, un yaourt au bon lait entier et à la saveur douce. Avec son goût savoureux, la gamme Origines se décline en 4 références, Nature, Saveur Vanille, Sur lit de pêches, Sur lit de fraises.Présenté dans un joli pot en verre à l’ancienne aux formes arrondies et généreuses, Danone Origines propose aux consommateurs de revivre les grandes périodes de la saga Danone au travers de dix décors qui habillent les pots : avec leur style et leurs couleurs d’autrefois, ces décors devraient charmer tous les Français de 7 à 77 ans, les nostalgiques et les collectionneurs, les petits et les grands !Des petits pots empreints d’histoire, à collectionner et à échanger !Source : communiqué et dossier de presse, service de presse Danone Produits Frais France, 23 avril 2009Click Here: camisetas de futbol baratas

Chloé Mortaud contre le cancer

May 11, 2020 KANKENNEWS

La Fédération Enfants et Santé, qui lutte contre les cancers et leucémies chez les enfants et les adolescents, sera soutenue par Miss France 2009, Chloé Mortaud, lors de sa prochaine action de sensibilisation. La reine de beauté fera ainsi partie du jury lors de la finale nationale du grand concours “un poème de coeur, un poème pour la vie“ qui aura lieu le 26 mai 2009 à la Cigale à Paris. L’actrice Alice Taglioni, ambassadrice de la Fédération, accompagnera Miss France 2009 dans cet événement.

“Un poème de coeur, un poème pour la vie“ a pour but de sensibiliser les enfants de CM2 aux cancers et à la leucémie. Cette année, 28 classes vont participer à l’aventure, dont une en direct d’Hô-Chi-Minh Ville au Viêtnam !
Chaque élève lira son poème devant un jury composé d’enfants et de parents d’enfants ayant été touchés par la maladie. Ce jury élira 3 poèmes par classe : le 1er prix de chaque établissement représentera sa ville ou sa région à la finale nationale le 26 mai prochain.
Tous les élèves des classes participantes se retrouveront à l’occasion de la finale nationale pour un événement exceptionnel pour soutenir le poème de leur classe devant un jury, dont fera donc partie la ravissante Chloé Mortaud.Aujourd’hui reconnue d’utilité publique, la Fédération Enfants et Santé est constituée de 11 associations régionales affiliées.© SipaSource : Communiqué de presse de la Fédération Enfants et Santé, Mai 2009Click Here: Golf special

Rappel du soin Atoderm, de Bioderma

May 11, 2020 KANKENNEWS

L’Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits de Santé a été informée du défaut de conditionnement d’un produit cosmétique Atoderm, du laboratoire Bioderma. Après avoir entraîné un effet indésirable cutané sur un enfant de 4 ans, le laboratoire Bioderma a décidé par précaution de retirer de la vente les produits présentant ce défaut de conditionnement.

C’est le baume émollient Atoderm PP anti-récidive (lot n°34481), qui est en cause. Un enfant de 4 ans, présentant un eczéma a subi un effet indésirable (brûlure) suite à l’utilisation de ce soin. L’évolution de l’effet a été favorable, sans séquelles, après arrêt du produit et mise en place d’un traitement symptomatique. Les flacons mis en cause contenaient un produit moussant de couleur bleue au lieu du baume émollient (de couleur blanche) annoncé sur le flacon.Joint par téléphone, Denis Alain, Directeur de Recherche des Laboratoires Bioderma nous a expliqué qu’il “est très facile de distinguer le baume défectueux des autres produits puisque celui-ci possède une pompe bleue alors que les produits Atoderm PP anti-récidive sains portent une pompe blanche“. Il précise également que d’après “l’enquête qui a été faite auprès des pharmacies concernées et qui ont été contactées, il ne devrait pas y avoir plus d’une dizaine de flacons concernés“.Compte-tenu du cas déclaré à l’Afssaps et afin d’éviter que ne surviennent des effets similaires lorsque le produit moussant est utilisé sans rinçage, l’Agence recommande aux personnes qui détiennent un flacon du produit “Atoderm PP anti-récidive – Baume émollient“ (lot n°34481) de ne pas l’utiliser et de le rapporter à leur point de vente.Le laboratoire Bioderma a déjà pris les dispositions nécessaires auprès des grossistes et des points de vente pour retirer les produits présentant ce défaut de conditionnement. Le laboratoire Bioderma a, par ailleurs, mis en place un numéro de téléphone pour répondre aux questions des consommateurs : 04.72.11.48.00L’Afssaps rappelle que tout effet indésirable consécutif à l’utilisation de produit cosmétique doit lui être déclaré.Source : Communiqué de presse de l’Afssaps – juin 2009Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL jersey

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Rappel du soin Atoderm, de Bioderma