Happy New Year! (in Okinawa)

USA pictures, thousand photos of USA

USA pictures, thousand photos of USA For the travelers, photographers, moms teaching “50 States” amongst us… See USA Pictures at http://usa-pictures.com/photos-of-usa.asp, a great place to find USA scenics, or to contribute your own images of your favorite American places…… I just won their Summer Contest and wanted to celebrate!

U.S. Marines in Japan

U.S. Marines in Japan

Okinawa Links

My oldest son just completed USMC combat engineer training and has been stationed in Okinawa. Some links of interest to us follow:

Okinawa Prefecture – Wikipedia

Okinawa Prefecture

Contemporary Okinawa

The Contemporary Okinawa Website: History, Politics, Economy, and Society. Established in 1995 by John Purves.

Okinawan Newspapers-TV-Radio

Okinawa Digital Archives “Wonder Okinawa”

For Military Stationed in Okinawa

Military in Okinawa, Japan

GlobalSecurity.org is the leading source for reliable military news and military information, directed by John Pike

沖縄県 Aerial Photographs of US Military Bases in Okinawa

3D MARINE DIVISION

Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler – Wikipedia

MCB Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa

沖縄県 Camp Schwab

Camp Schwab – Wikipedia

CIA – The World Factbook — Japan

ACLU Challenges Patents On Breast Cancer Genes

American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU Challenges Patents On Breast Cancer Genes:

“The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation, a not-for-profit organization affiliated with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (PUBPAT), filed a lawsuit today [May 12, 2009] charging that patents on two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer stifle research that could lead to cures and limit women’s options regarding their medical care.

…The patents granted to Myriad give the company the exclusive right to perform diagnostic tests on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and to prevent any researcher from even looking at the genes without first getting permission from Myriad.

…Approximately 20 percent of all human genes are patented, including genes associated with Alzheimer’s disease, muscular dystrophy, colon cancer, asthma and many other illnesses.

…’Patenting human genes is counter to common sense, patent law and the Constitution,’ said Daniel B. Ravicher, Executive Director of PUBPAT and co-counsel in the lawsuit. ‘Genes are identified, not invented, and patenting genetic sequences is like patenting blood, air or e=mc2.’

Predatory by Design…

StudentLoanJustice.Org

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The Future of Food: Related Stories

Related Stories I have seen recently:
Daily Kos: Multiple ways Monsanto is putting normal seed out of reach: “Multiple ways Monsanto is putting normal seed out of reach”

EARTHKEEPER HERO: DR. VANDANA SHIVA and Seed Satyagrha

“The World According to Monsanto” highlights at YouTube

“The World According to Monsanto – Full Documentary” at Twilight Earth

“The World According to Monsanto” seems to be appearing, disappearing, and reappearing at various sites… It has disappeared from Celsias.com, but a search on Digg or Google offers many alternative sources, including this release under a different title: “Controlling Our Food”

The Future of Food

The Future of Food
See the movie at Hulu