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1. Obama No Longer ‘Most Powerful in World’
2. Divided Congress Bodes Well for Economy
3. Feds Shell Out $1 Billion to Dead People
4. Michelle Obama Ripped for ‘Food Desert’ Spree
5. China Builds ‘Ghost Town’ in Inner Mongolia

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1. Obama No Longer ‘Most Powerful in World’

Chinese President Hu Jintao has replaced President Barack Obama at the top of Forbes magazine’s annual list of “The Most Powerful People in the World.”

Obama headed the list last year, followed by the Chinese leader.

Forbes describes Hu as: “Paramount political leader of more people than anyone else on the planet; exercises near dictatorial control over 1.3 billion people, one-fifth of world's population. Unlike Western counterparts, Hu can divert rivers, build cities, jail dissidents and censor Internet without meddling from pesky bureaucrats, courts.”

As for No. 2 on the list, Forbes states: “Obama's Democrats suffered a mighty blow in U.S. midterm elections, with the president decisively losing support of the House of Representatives, and barely holding onto the Senate. It's quite a come-down for last year's most powerful person, who after enacting widespread reforms in his first two years in office will be hard-pressed to implement his agenda in the next two.”

Next on the list is Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia: “Absolute ruler of desert kingdom that contains the world's largest crude oil reserves, two holiest sites in Islam.”

Rounding out the top 10 are Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Pope Benedict XVI, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi, and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Others on the list of 68 people are News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch (No. 13), Apple CEO Steve Jobs (17), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (20), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (24), Iranian Grand Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei (26), and al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden (57).

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2. Divided Congress Bodes Well for Economy

If the recent past is any indication, the American economy will prosper in the next few years with the new Congress divided between the two parties.

“Since 1970, the levers of federal government — the White House, Senate and House of Representatives — have been in the hands of one party, whether Republican or Democrat, 30 percent of the time,” observes Bloomberg News columnist Kevin Hassett.

“By most any measure, the U.S. economy has been healthier the other 70 percent of the time.”

Since 1981, median GDP has increased 3.3 percent in years when Washington was divided — as it will be now with Republicans in control of the House and Democrats controlling the Senate and White House — and 2.8 percent when it was unified.

Median unemployment has been 6.1 percent under one-party rule since 1970, and 5.7 percent when rule is divided. Since 1993, the spread is even greater — 6 percent compared to 4.9 percent.

Divided rule has proved a boon for the stock market as well. Since 1970, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has risen at a median rate of 13.5 percent per year when Washington is divided, and just 9 percent when it is unified. Since 1993, the spread is again greater — 19.5 percent compared to 9 percent.

Hassett, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and an adviser to John McCain in the 2008 presidential election, offers two possible explanations for the phenomenon.

“Under the ‘politicians are idiots’ view, divided governments tend to be gridlocked, and gridlock is good,” he writes. “A paralyzed government is a boon to the economy because the changes that politicians contrive tend to be harmful.

“Under the ‘politicians are sensible’ view, divided governments produce better lawmaking because only sensible policies can achieve the necessary bipartisan support. When government is controlled by one party, common sense is cast aside as those in power use their muscle to reward friends and punish enemies.”

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3. Feds Shell Out $1 Billion to Dead People

The federal government has paid out well over $1 billion to 250,000 deceased individuals over the past decade — and can’t figure out how to fix the problem, according to a new report from Sen. Tom Coburn.

“Washington paid for dead people’s prescriptions and wheelchairs, subsidized their farms, helped pay their rent, and even chipped in for their heating and air conditioning bills,” the Oklahoma Republican’s report says.

Among the disclosures, based on a review of government audits and reports by the Government Accountability Office, inspectors general, and Congress:

● The Social Security Administration sent $18 million in stimulus funds to 71,688 dead people, and $40.3 million in questionable benefit payments to 1,760 deceased individuals.

● The Department of Agriculture sent $1.1 billion in farming subsidies to dead farmers.

● The Department of Health and Human Services sent $3.9 million to 11,000 dead people to help pay heating and cooling costs.

● Medicare paid up to $92 million in claims for medical supplies prescribed by dead doctors and $8.2 million for medical supplies prescribed for dead patients.

In some cases, the payments went to dormant bank accounts, while in others they landed in the pockets of living people who are “defrauding the system by collecting benefits meant for a now-deceased relative,” according to Coburn’s report.

The detected waste “is likely only a small picture of a much larger problem,” the report notes.

In June, the Obama administration announced new steps to avert payments to the deceased. Federal agencies are now required to check their payees against the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File.

“But SSA admits its records are fraught with errors,” the report states. “It is extremely expensive and may even be impossible to determine if a person is alive or dead, particularly if the person died many years ago.”

Coburn concludes: “At this point in our nation’s history, it is of the utmost importance that every tax dollar spent by the government be put to good use. This means spending within our means on the living, not outside our means on the dead.”

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4. Michelle Obama Ripped for ‘Food Desert’ Spree

First lady Michelle Obama has the dubious distinction of winning this week’s “Golden Hookah” award from CNSNews for her call to spend $400 million fighting “food deserts.”

Food deserts are urban neighborhoods and rural towns with limited access to affordable and nutritious food. Obama is calling on Congress to create a $400-million-a-year program to encourage the establishment of supermarkets in these areas.

“To do that, we’re creating a Healthy Food Financing Initiative that’s going to invest $400 million a year — and leverage hundreds of millions more from the private sector — to bring grocery stores to underserved areas and help places like convenience stores carry healthier options,” she said.

The Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) is a collaboration among the Departments of Treasury, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services.

“Pushing this $400-million food-desert-eradication plan has been a staple of Michelle Obama’s stump speeches,” CNSNews said.

“So, while the agriculture bill that’s been working its way through Congress includes an earmark of ‘only’ $40 million for the program, this week’s Golden Hookah goes to the first lady for asking taxpayers to pony up $400 million a year to pay for her anti-food desert pipe dream.”

CNSNews confers its Golden Hookah on government agencies that win the “What Were They Smoking Award?” for outrageous government spending.

The thinking behind the HFFI is that American children are growing fat because their parents cannot get to a supermarket to buy fruits and vegetables without boarding a bus or riding a taxi.

In a March 10 speech, the first lady said: "Right now, 23.5 million Americans, including 6.5 million kids, live in what we call 'food deserts' — these are areas without a supermarket. And as a result these families wind up buying their groceries at the local gas station or convenience store, places that offer few, if any, healthy options.

"Let's move to ensure that all families have access to healthy, affordable foods in their community."

But in the 2008 farm bill, Congress mandated a $500,000 study of "food deserts," and the report released in 2009 disclosed that lower-income Americans actually live closer to supermarkets than higher-income Americans.

"Overall, median distance to the nearest supermarket is 0.85 miles," said the Agriculture Department report. "Median distance for low-income individuals is about 0.1 of a mile less than for those with higher income, and a greater share of low-income individuals (61.8 percent) have high or medium access to supermarkets than those with higher income (56.1 percent)."

According to the report, only 0.1 percent — one-tenth of one percent — of Americans living in low-income areas more than one mile from a supermarket take public transit to the store.

For them, Michelle Obama would create a new $400 million entitlement.

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5. China Builds ‘Ghost Town’ in Inner Mongolia

The thinking might have been: Build it, and they will come.

The Chinese government built it from the ground up, a sprawling city complete with museums, library, opera house, and homes and apartments for 300,000 people.

But they didn’t come, and today the city stands like a ghost town in the grasslands and desert of Inner Mongolia.

The city of Ordos in Inner Mongolia has the highest per capita GDP of any city in China, thanks to the region’s vast deposits of coal and natural gas. When the river ran dry, the government decided six years ago to “move” the city to a water supply 15 miles away. It began constructing the new city of Kangbashi for the residents of Ordos and others expected to flock to the region for its well-paying jobs.

A reporter who visited Kangbashi in October 2009 found a state-of-the-art metropolis full of architectural marvels, with sculpture gardens and a vast public square. But the city was virtually empty, except for its massive municipal complex.

Officials said they expected the city to house 100,000 this year and 300,000 by 2020. They also said the population had reached 50,000, “which seems improbable given that pedestrians on the street were outnumbered by street sweepers,” the reporter wrote in Foreign Policy magazine.

More recently, a journalist who visited Kangbashi reported on National Public Radio that the city remains a virtual ghost town today, and many of the 30,000 residents who do live there are in fact construction workers still building row upon row of high-rise apartments that for the most part stand empty.

The city, the NPR report noted, is “just waiting for people to move in. Problem is, nobody seems to have gotten the memo. Just 30,000 people live in a city built for 300,000.”

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* A JavaScript Gameboy Emulator, Detailed In 8 Parts
* Despite FTC Settlement, Intel Can Ship Oak Trail Without PCIe
* Religious Ceremony Leads To Evolution of Cave Fish
* Street View On iOS Pierces German Privacy Veil
* Americans Less Healthy, But Outlive Brits
* Roku Now Licensing Its Media Player Design
* Google Challenges Facebook Over User Address Books
* Rocketman Takes Off In Custom-Made Wingsuit
* Not Transparent Aluminum, But Conductive Plastic
* Europe Simulates Total Cyber War
* In Praise of Procrastination
* Income Tax Quashed, Ballmer To Cash In Billions
* Evaluating Or Testing Utility SCADA Security?
* Going Faster Than the Wind In a Wind-Powered Cart
* Former Student Gets 30 Months For Political DDoS Attacks

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| A JavaScript Gameboy Emulator, Detailed In 8 Parts
| from the behind-the-scenes dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday November 05, @21:20 (Emulation (Games))
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/11/05/2334206/A-JavaScript-Gameboy-Emulator-Detailed-In-8-Parts?from=newsletter
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Two9A writes "JavaScript has shed its image of being a limited language,
tied to DOM manipulation in a browser; in recent years, new engines and
frameworks have given JS a reputation as a language capable of bigger
things. Mix this in with the new elements of HTML5, and you have the
capacity to emulate a game console or other system, with full graphical
output. This series of articles looks in detail at [0]how an emulator is
written in JavaScript, using the example of the Gameboy handheld:
starting at the CPU, and (as of part 8) running a copy of Tetris."

Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/05/2334206&from=newsletter

Links:
0. http://imrannazar.com/GameBoy-Emulation-in-JavaScript

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| Despite FTC Settlement, Intel Can Ship Oak Trail Without PCIe
| from the bizarre-micromanagement-from-on-high dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday November 05, @22:48 (Intel)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/11/05/2352205/Despite-FTC-Settlement-Intel-Can-Ship-Oak-Trail-Without-PCIe?from=newsletter
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[0]MojoKid writes "When the Federal Trade Commission settled their
investigation of Intel, one of the stipulations of the agreement was that
Intel would continue to support the [1]PCI Express standard for the next
six years. Intel agreed to all the FTC's demands, but Intel's upcoming
[2]Oak Trail Atom platform presented something of a conundrum. Oak Trail
was finalized long before the FTC and Intel began negotiating, which
means Santa Clara could've been banned from shipping the platform.
However, the FTC and Intel have recently jointly announced an agreement
covering Oak Trail that allows Intel to sell the platform without adding
PCIe support ��� for now."

Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/05/2352205&from=newsletter

Links:
0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
2. http://hothardware.com/News/FTC-Allows-Intels-Oak-Trail-To-Ship-Sans-PCIe/

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| Religious Ceremony Leads To Evolution of Cave Fish
| from the works-both-ways dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday November 06, @02:02 (Earth)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/05/2253201/Religious-Ceremony-Leads-To-Evolution-of-Cave-Fish?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "A centuries-old religious ceremony of an
indigenous people in southern Mexico has led to evolutionary changes in a
local species of fish, say researchers at Texas A&M University.
Apparently since before Columbus arrived, the Zoque people would venture
each spring into the sulfuric cave Cueva del Azufre to beg the gods for
bountiful rain. As part of the ritual, they released into the cave's
waters a leaf-bound paste made of lime and the ground-up root of the
barbasco plant, a natural fish toxin. The rest is worth reading, but the
upshot is that the [0]fish living in the cave waters eventually got wise,
genetically speaking."

Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/05/2253201&from=newsletter

Links:
0. http://scienceblog.com/39940/moved-by-religion-mexican-cavefish-develop-resistance-to-toxin/

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| Street View On iOS Pierces German Privacy Veil
| from the you-can-just-move dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday November 06, @05:00 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/06/000245/Street-View-On-iOS-Pierces-German-Privacy-Veil?from=newsletter
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jfruhlinger writes "After some prickly negotiations with the German
government's privacy regulators, Google got permission to launch its
Street View service for German addresses, so long as people had the right
to opt out and choose to have only a blurred version of their homes on
the service. But it turns out that iPhone and iPad users [0]can see those
buildings after all."

Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/06/000245&from=newsletter

Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/government/126637/german-street-view-error-lets-iphone-users-see-hidden-images

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| Americans Less Healthy, But Outlive Brits
| from the cross-cultural-croaking-comparison dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday November 06, @06:33 (Medicine)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/06/0216207/Americans-Less-Healthy-But-Outlive-Brits?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes with this intriguing snippet: "Older Americans
are less healthy than their English counterparts, [0]but they live as
long or even longer than their English peers, according to a new study by
researchers from the RAND Corporation and the Institute for Fiscal
Studies in London. Researchers found that while Americans aged 55 to 64
have higher rates of chronic diseases than their peers in England, they
died at about the same rate. And Americans age 65 and older ��� while still
sicker than their English peers ��� had a lower death rate than similar
people in England, according to findings published in the journal
Demography."

Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/06/0216207&from=newsletter

Links:
0. http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20101104/3306/americans-less-healthy-than-english-but-live-as-long-or-longer-study-finds.htm

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| Roku Now Licensing Its Media Player Design
| from the what-about-open-source-maaaaan dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday November 06, @08:10 (Movies)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/11/06/028245/Roku-Now-Licensing-Its-Media-Player-Design?from=newsletter
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DeviceGuru writes "Roku has begun [0]licensing its A/V media streaming
set-top-box hardware and software technology to third-party device
makers. Netgear, Roku's first licensee, will soon offer a Netgear-branded
version of the recently size- and cost-reduced [1]Roku XDS box through
Best Buy, Fry's, and Radio Shack stores. Although Roku's licensing move
follows closely on the heels Google's October rollout of the [2]Google TV
platform, the $60 to $100 Roku XD player design's low-cost, low-power,
compact design, and sheer ease-of-use make it a compelling alternative to
Google TV, assuming Google's platform results in prices like
[3]Logitech's $300 Revue. As a small example, the Roku player most likely
uses an inexpensive, power-stingy MIPS-based NXP processor in contrast to
the Revue's more power-thirsty, expensive, and spacious Atom processor."

Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/06/028245&from=newsletter

Links:
0. http://deviceguru.com/roku-now-licensing-its-media-player-box-design/
1. http://shop.roku.com/Roku-Digital-Video-Player-Options-W5.aspx
2. http://www.google.com/tv/
3. http://www.logitech.com/en-us/smartTV

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| Google Challenges Facebook Over User Address Books
| from the where's-my-say dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 06, @09:24 (Facebook)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/06/1136258/Google-Challenges-Facebook-Over-User-Address-Books?from=newsletter
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jcombel writes "When you sign in to Facebook, you had the option of
importing your email contacts, to 'friend' them all on the social
network. Importing the other way ��� easily copying your Facebook contacts
to Gmail ��� required jumping through considerable copy/paste hoops or
third-party scripts. Google said enough is enough, and [0]they're no
longer helping sites that don't allow two-way contact merging. The stated
intention is standing their ground to persuade other sites into allowing
users to have control of where their data goes ��� but will this just lead
to more sites putting up 'data walls?'"

Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/06/1136258&from=newsletter

Links:
0. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A455420101105

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| Rocketman Takes Off In Custom-Made Wingsuit
| from the burning-out-his-fuse dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 06, @10:41 (Transportation)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/06/1130208/Rocketman-Takes-Off-In-Custom-Made-Wingsuit?from=newsletter
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disco_tracy writes "Yves Rossy, the Swiss adventurer who has already
flown across the English Channel using a winged jet-pack, pulled off
another exploit Friday, [0]flying two aerial loops in a new version of
his invention. Rossy, who was testing a new, more aerodynamic model of
the jet-pack, jumped from a hot-air balloon at 2,400 meters (7,900 feet)
and performed the stunt during an 18-minute flight before making a
parachute landing." The BBC has some [1]video of his flight, and the
Washington Post put up [2]a handful of pictures.

Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/06/1130208&from=newsletter

Links:
0. http://news.discovery.com/tech/rocketman-jet-wingsuit.html
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11702892
2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/11/05/GA2010110505312.html

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| Not Transparent Aluminum, But Conductive Plastic
| from the see-through-power-generator dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 06, @11:50 (Power)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/06/1452259/Not-Transparent-Aluminum-But-Conductive-Plastic?from=newsletter
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[0]michaelmalak writes "Scientists at the US Department of Energy's
Brookhaven National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory have
fabricated [1]transparent, thin films capable of absorbing light and
generating electric charge over a relatively large area. The material,
described in the journal Chemistry of Materials ([2]subscription required),
could be used to develop transparent solar panels or even windows that
absorb solar energy to generate electricity. The material consists of a
semiconducting polymer doped with carbon-rich fullerenes."

Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/06/1452259&from=newsletter

Links:
0. mailto:michael@michaelmalak.com
1. http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1195
2. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cm102160m

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| Europe Simulates Total Cyber War
| from the matthew-broderick-won dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 06, @13:01 (Communications)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/06/1459201/Europe-Simulates-Total-Cyber-War?from=newsletter
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Tutter writes with this quote from the BBC: "The first-ever
[0]cross-European simulation of an all out cyber attack was planned to
test how well nations cope as the attacks slow connections. The
simulation steadily reduced access to critical services to gauge how
nations react. The exercise also tested how nations work together to
avoid a complete shut-down of international links. Neelie Kroes, European
commissioner for the digital agenda, said [1]the exercise was designed to
test preparedness and was an 'important first step towards working
together to combat potential online threats to essential infrastructure.'
The exercise is intended to help expose short-comings in existing
procedures for combating attacks. As the attacks escalated, cyber
security centers had to find ever more ways to route traffic through to
key services and sites. The exercise also tested if communication
channels, set up to help spread the word about attacks, were robust in
the face of a developing threat and if the information shared over them
was relevant."

Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/06/1459201&from=newsletter

Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11696249
1. http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/press-releases/cyber-europe-20102019-cyber-security-exercise-with-320-2018incidents2019-successfully-concluded

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| In Praise of Procrastination
| from the finally-getting-around-to-posting-this dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 06, @14:15 (Education)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/06/1633256/In-Praise-of-Procrastination?from=newsletter
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[0]Ponca City writes "Every year, millions of Americans pay needless
penalties because they don't file their taxes on time, forgo huge amounts
of money in matching 401(k) contributions because they never get around
to signing up for a retirement plan, and risk blindness from glaucoma
because they don't use their eyedrops regularly. James Surowiecki writes
that [1]procrastination is a basic human impulse, a peculiar
irrationality stemming from our relationship to time ��� in particular,
from a tendency that economists call '[2]hyperbolic discounting,' the
ability to make rational choices when they're thinking about the future,
but, as a future event gets closer, short-term considerations overwhelm
their long-term goals. Game theorist Thomas Schelling proposes that we
think of ourselves a collection of competing selves, jostling,
contending, and bargaining for control, where one represents your
short-term interests (having fun, putting off work, and so on), while
another represents your long-term goals. Philosopher Mark Kingwell puts
it in existential terms: 'Procrastination most often arises from a sense
that there is too much to do, and hence no single aspect of the to-do
worth doing. Underneath this rather antic form of action-as-inaction is
the much more unsettling question whether anything is worth doing at
all.'"

Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/06/1633256&from=newsletter

Links:
0. http://poncacityweloveyou.com/
1. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/10/11/101011crbo_books_surowiecki?currentPage=all
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_discounting

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| Income Tax Quashed, Ballmer To Cash In Billions
| from the all-about-the-benjamins dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 06, @15:28 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/06/1714233/Income-Tax-Quashed-Ballmer-To-Cash-In-Billions?from=newsletter
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theodp writes "Washington's proposed state income tax not only prompted
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to [0]spend $425,000 of his own money to help
crush the measure at the polls, it also inspired Microsoft to launch a
FUD campaign aimed at torpedoing the initiative. 'As an employer, we're
concerned that I-1098 will make it harder to attract talent and create
additional jobs in Washington state,' [1]explained Microsoft general
counsel Brad Smith. 'We strongly support public education, but we're
concerned by key details in I-1098. This initiative would give Washington
one of the top five highest state income tax rates in the country. I-1098
would apply this tax rate to all income, including capital gains and
dividends, and would not permit any deductions for charitable
contributions.' Nice to see a company take a principled stand, backed by
a CEO who's not afraid to put his money where his company's mouth is,
right? Well, maybe not. Just three days after the measure [2]went down in
flames, Ballmer said in a statement that he [3]plans to sell up to 75
million of his Microsoft shares by the end of the year to 'gain financial
diversification and to assist in tax planning.' Based on Friday's closing
price of $26.85, the 75M shares would be valued at approximately $2
billion. All of which might make a cynic question what was really
important to Microsoft ��� public education, or a $2B state income tax-free
payday for its CEO?"

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/06/1714233&from=newsletter

Links:
0. http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/10/ballmer-gives-another-325k-to-campaign.html
1. http://blogs.forbes.com/janetnovack/2010/10/07/microsoft-boeing-amazon-line-up-against-new-washington-tax/
2. http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/11/income-tax-initiative-1098-goes-down.html
3. http://techflash.com/seattle/2010/11/ballmer-selling-up-to-18-of-his.html

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| Evaluating Or Testing Utility SCADA Security?
| from the i-hear-stuxnet-has-a-nice-admin-suite dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 06, @16:45 (Security)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/11/06/1845219/Evaluating-Or-Testing-Utility-SCADA-Security?from=newsletter
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EncryptedBit writes "I am a local elected official involved in bringing
new water and waste water treatment plants online in a small town. The
new plants will incorporate SCADA, which can be used to change
operational aspects at the plants, up to forcing a shutdown or changing
operational parameters. Can any Slashdotters recommend ways to make sure
it is secure? Any testing recommendations? The operational engineers are
oblivious to security and SCADA is a new factor, so this concerns me. Any
pointers would be appreciated."

Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/06/1845219&from=newsletter

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| Going Faster Than the Wind In a Wind-Powered Cart
| from the any-way-the-wind-blows dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 06, @17:58 (Transportation)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/06/1959249/Going-Faster-Than-the-Wind-In-a-Wind-Powered-Cart?from=newsletter
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Shawnconna writes "Can a wind cart travel faster than the wind? A group
of makers say, 'Yes!' Make: Online has published a story about [0]the
Blackbird wind cart that just set a record. This is a follow-up to an
earlier story in which Charles Platt built a cart based on a viral video
where a guy claimed he'd built a wind-powered vehicle that could travel
downwind faster than the windspeed. Charles built one and said it didn't
work. Heated debates broke out in forums, on BB, and elsewhere on the
Net. In the ensuing time, a number of people have built carts and claimed
success, most principally, Rick Cavallaro. He got funding from Google and
JOBY to build and test a human-piloted cart. They claim success, with
multiple sensor systems on board, impartial judges and experts in
attendance."

Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/06/1959249&from=newsletter

Links:
0. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/11/downwind_faster_than_the_wind_black.html

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| Former Student Gets 30 Months For Political DDoS Attacks
| from the distributed-denial-of-freedom-attack dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 06, @19:12 (Crime)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/11/06/2052205/Former-Student-Gets-30-Months-For-Political-DDoS-Attacks?from=newsletter
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wiredmikey writes "A former University of Akron student was [0]sentenced
Friday to 30 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release
for conducting denial of service attacks on the sites of several
prominent conservative figures as well as infecting several systems with
botnet software. Mitchell L. Frost, age 23, of Bellevue, Ohio admitted
that between August 2006 and March 2007, he initiated denial of service
attacks on web servers hosting the sites of political commentators,
including Bill O'Reilly, Rudy Giuliani, Ann Coulter, and others."

Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/06/2052205&from=newsletter

Links:
0. http://www.securityweek.com/former-student-gets-30-months-prison-ddosing-conservative-figures-and-using-botnets


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Thyroid Deficiency Caused by One Common Food Additive

Dr. Brownstein's Natural Way to Health

52 million Americans have a
Thyroid Deficiency
And don't know it!

And it's linked to heart disease, stroke,
cancer, diabetes — 59 diseases in all!


Here's why: A poisonous ingredient legally
placed in your food inhibits thyroid production.
And your doctor's standard thyroid test is inaccurate.

Fortunately, there's an accurate test, as well as
an easy fix, and you'll discover both in this bulletin!


Your FREE GiftsDear Friend,

You've come to rely on Newsmax to uncover the hidden agendas, the secret, collusions, and the serious threats to your financial and physical health . . .

Well, today, I'm going to reveal another "WHOPPER!" And this one really is making you sick, even while your doctor remains in the dark about it.

It's shocking but 40 percent to 70 percent of Americans have a thyroid hormone deficiency called "hypothyroidism," and both they and their doctors don't know it because the standard thyroid test is wildly inaccurate.

If left untreated, this thyroid deficiency can play a major contributing role in 59 separate diseases — some that are just troubling, others that can ruin your life, and a few that can actually kill you.

But today I'll show you the "correct thyroid test," along with the simple "natural" solution. Let's get to the facts . . .

Your thyroid is a small gland that sits in the lower part of your neck, just below your Adam's apple. During the year it makes about 1 teaspoon of thyroid hormone. And just this tiny amount is needed to drive the metabolic rate of every one of the trillions of cells in your body.

Thyroid hormone is vitally important to cell development, cell differentiation, and cell metabolism. It regulates fat, protein, and carbohydrate metabolism. It creates body heat and energy. And it affects how vitamins and minerals are utilized in your body.

I'm not going to give you a biologist's treatise on the subject. But you do need to know that thyroid hormone is so important to the function of every cell in your body (and thus every organ in your body) that . . .

A thyroid imbalance can lead to 59 separate diseases! And that's why I must ask if you've been experiencing . . .

  • Fatigue?
  • Brain fog?
  • Headaches?
  • Cold feet or hands?
  • Constipation?
  • Dry skin?
  • Body aches?
  • Weight gain?

Do you have any of these conditions . . .

  • Memory loss?
  • High cholesterol?
  • Hair loss?
  • Heart palpitations?
  • Low or high blood pressure?

Do you right now have . . .

  • Allergies?
  • Arthritis?
  • Cancer?
  • Heart Disease?
  • Diabetes?

A thyroid deficiency can be at the root of all these symptoms and serious diseases, and it usually goes undetected and often untreated!

How did we get into this predicament? It's shameful, but there are two reasons for it . . .

Why Hypothyroidism Is
An Epidemic Today

Reason #1: An estimated 52 million Americans are afflicted with thyroid hormone deficiency (and more every year), and the main culprit is a poisonous ingredient in foods and consumer products that destroys thyroid production (you can thank Washington politicians who continue to allow it).

Reason #2: The standard thyroid test taught in American medical schools — the TSH test — is among the most inaccurate test in modern medicine, so hypothyroidism is "usually missed," which sets the stage for disease.

Worse, your doctor may have misdiagnosed your symptoms and then prescribed unnecessary drugs. And what's more, if hypothyroidism is the root cause of your disease or illness, and it goes untreated, your doctor can't successfully treat you.

What Can You Do
About This Problem?

MOST IMPORTANT: Get your FREE REPORT, 59 Diseases Linked to Thyroid Imbalance and learn how to get an accurate test.

Next, if you find out you do have this problem — read your FREE book, Overcoming Thyroid Disorders for the simple, natural solution (note: it's not a thyroid drug).

The good news is that hypothyroidism is so widespread and causes so many health problems, that finally knowing you have it could be the answer to your prayers since you'll at last get the safe, natural, and quick solution!

Don't be surprised if your health problems disappear and you feel younger!

In my own medical practice, my patients are thrilled to learn that a dozen different sickening symptoms aren't, as they've been told, "all in their head!"

Important: If you've been diagnosed with hypothyroidism and your doctor has prescribed Synthroid, Levoxyl, or another synthetic thyroid drug, see my book for the natural thyroid hormone you should be taking, as those drugs can do serious long-term harm.

I have much more to tell you . . . but first, a brief introduction . . .

Dr. David BrownsteinI'm Dr. David Brownstein. I'm an American-trained medical doctor. I have a private medical practice in West Bloomfield, Mich., and an editor of Newsmax's Dr. Brownstein's Natural Way to Health, the popular health advisory letter that:

  • Separates medical fact from fiction in the news!
  • Provides safe natural alternatives to harsh drugs!
  • Shows you how to avoid illness and disease!
  • Gives you nutritional tips for energy and good health!

I write this newsletter because I've been getting fantastic results for my patients at my clinic, and I want you to have these same safe and effective remedies. So, today I'm going to show you . . .

  1. What your thyroid gland does and why it's critically important to your health and longevity.
  2. Why the standard thyroid test won't give your doctor an accurate reading, and which tests will.
  3. The reasons behind the hypothyroidism epidemic in America.
  4. Two case studies of people who were misdiagnosed and unnecessarily suffered for years.
  5. Plus, how to balance your body's thyroid hormone naturally, for an energetic disease-free life.

Remember, 4 in 10 Americans have a thyroid deficiency, and most have been misdiagnosed and are therefore going untreated.

Hypothyroidism is one of the main contributors to the tremendous rise in degenerative diseases we've seen in the past 20 years (despite hundreds of new drugs), as well as why healthcare costs have been skyrocketing . . .

Ask any healthcare analyst, and they'll tell you that the biggest costs in healthcare are in managing chronic diseases — and I can assure you that these are the same diseases that are often caused by a thyroid deficiency.

Healthcare Overhaul Bill
Is Not the Solution

We just saw the passage of a massive healthcare bill — an unnecessary government intrusion into the healthcare sector — with claims that this bill will lower healthcare costs. Don't believe it!

Does this bill address the epidemic of hypothyroidism? No, it does not!

Did our politicians order food and consumer product manufacturers to get poisonous BROMINE out of our food and household products? No, they did not.

The chemical bromine makes food and product manufacturing easier and cheaper, but it's a toxic halide that should never be in your body. Why? Because it blocks iodine in your body, and without enough iodine you can't make enough thyroid hormone. It's really this simple . . .

When you combine iodine deficiency with an inaccurate thyroid test, the result is a hypothyroidism epidemic.

That's exactly what we have in America today. And it's a "hidden epidemic" that will only grow worse in the coming years.

But not for Newsmax readers: You'll get the facts and the solution today in your FREE report and book!

I don't want to get up on a soap box . . . but is it any wonder that 78% of Americans distrust our government today (recent Pew poll results)?

Had our government taken just a few simple disease-prevention steps, instead of writing a 2,000-page bill filled with giveaways to special interests, we'd soon see a dramatic decline in sickness, disease, and loss of productivity.

We'd also see FAR healthier Americans and FAR lower healthcare costs!

The solution to bringing healthcare costs down is not Big Government intervention, but simple "disease prevention."

So, as a valued Newsmax customer, I want you to have a FREE copy of my special report, 59 Diseases Linked to Thyroid Imbalance, and a FREE copy of my book, Overcoming Thyroid Disorders (the solution is NOT drugs like Synthroid and Levoxyl). Report Cover

And I also want you to have FREE access to an additional 25 medical reports covering . . .

  • Dozens of major health problems . . .
  • The biggest medical myths and frauds . . .
  • The safest natural solutions that work better than harsh drugs . . .
  • Plus nutritional tips on boosting energy and feeling your best!

AND HERE'S EXCITING NEWS . . .
my publisher — a man who's fiercely dedicated to protecting Newsmax readers — just phoned to tell me he wants you to have . . .

A full year's subscription to Dr. David Brownstein's Natural Way to Health.

I'm not kidding. He says you will receive this FREE report and FREE book, plus unlimited access to over 25 health reports in our Website. He's the boss, so that's exactly what we're going to do.

Let's preview some of this valuable information now. And let's begin with a case study. See if you recognize these symptoms . . .

Near Career-Ending
Hypothyroidism Misdiagnosed

Judy, an attorney in her mid-30s, told me her story: "I feel like an old person. I can't exercise since everything hurts. And I'm always tired."

She went on to say she had painful and irregular menstrual periods, a feeling of coldness, constipation, hair loss (at her age!), and dry skin. Worse, she was so fatigued she couldn't get her work done and that was jeopardizing her career.

Her former doctor had run a number of tests, including one for thyroid, but told her everything was normal. And then Judy tearfully told me, "I know something is wrong with me, but my doctor just wants to put me on an antidepressant."

Frankly, that made me angry. Too often, antidepressants are the "go to drugs" when doctors are stumped. But for Judy . . .

I took a complete history, including a physical exam, and confirmed everything she had told me, including slow reflexes, dry skin, swelling under her eyes, and an enlarged thyroid gland. I also diagnosed Judy as having fibromyalgia, a condition marked by fatigue and muscle pain.

But I suspected hypothyroidism as the root cause of her problems, so I gave her a complete thyroid test, which consists of several components (more on this in a moment).

Sure enough. The results clearly showed that Judy had a severe deficiency of active thyroid hormone. I immediately put her on a daily dose of a natural desiccated thyroid hormone (see your FREE report).

And when I saw her for a follow-up visit two months later, she was literally a new person, brimming with energy. Judy was ecstatic as she told me, "I feel so much better. I feel like I have my life back!"

But how could this have happened to Judy? How could her doctor have missed her hypothyroidism? I'll tell you why . . .

Bromine, which is a toxic halide, blocks iodine utilization in your body, and iodine is essential for making thyroid hormone . . .

Iodine, Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without itUnfortunately, bromine is used in most baked goods, as well as in pastas and sodas. It's used in pesticides and herbicides that are sprayed on crops. It's used in household products such as carpeting, drapes, computers, automobiles, and furniture fabrics. And thus it's near impossible to avoid.

You should also know that high levels of bromine, and the resultant reduced levels of iodine it causes, have also been linked to breast and prostate cancer (now you know why these diseases are increasing at epidemic rates).

For all these reasons, I also want you to have a FREE copy of an important book I've written — Iodine, Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without it (see special free offer just ahead).

Bromine likely blocked Judy's iodine, which inhibited her thyroid production, which caused her hypothyroidism. But why did her doctor miss it? I can tell you firsthand why . . .

Medical School Training Flawed

In medical school, doctors are trained to order the TSH test for thyroid testing. TSH is secreted from the pituitary gland in the brain, which in turn stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroid hormone . . .

In times of need, the pituitary gland will produce more TSH to force the thyroid gland to produce more thyroid hormone . . .

And so doctors are taught if the TSH level is elevated, then the patient must have an underperforming thyroid gland. But if the TSH level is in the normal range, all is well. Egads! If only that were true . . .

TSH Test Misleading and Inaccurate

Here's why: First, the pituitary gland produces TSH to stimulate your thyroid gland to make the thyroid hormone T4. But your body doesn't use T4 hormone. The T4 must be converted to the active form of thyroid called T3 — that's the form your body uses.

The flaw in the TSH test is that it's twice removed from the actual form of thyroid your body uses. So using the TSH test is like fishing in one tiny corner of a big lake, and then concluding the lake has no fish because you didn't catch any!

And yet the TSH test is the only thyroid test the majority of doctors will order for you. A few doctors, to their credit, have begun ordering the T4 test. That's one piece of the puzzle, but it's still inadequate because your body doesn't use T4.

What must be determined is how much T3 is being made from the T4. And this requires a special test that is rarely done in conventional medicine. But now . . .

In your FREE copy of 59 Diseases Linked to Thyroid Imbalance, you'll discover the four-component thyroid test that will give you the true and accurate picture of how much active thyroid is actually working in your body.

And this is vitally important because every single one of the trillions of cells in your body relies on the correct amount of active T3 to function properly!

If you don't have enough active T3, you'll never feel right, you'll be susceptible to dozens of diseases, and you'll never be able to get well if the deficiency goes untreated.

Look at this incredible case study . . .

Misdiagnosed Thyroid Deficiency
Led to Heart Disease, Diabetes,
and Poor Quality of Life

Ellis, a 61-year old patient of mine, had heart disease. He was overweight and for years had suffered high blood pressure and painful angina.

He had his first heart attack at age 40. And by the time I treated him, he had already undergone two bypass surgeries and two angioplasties.

He also suffered from Type-2 diabetes, or what is known as adult-onset diabetes (the one that's entirely avoidable). He was constipated. He had dry skin. And he was tired all the time.

Ellis had seen the best heart specialists in the Detroit area. He was on several medications, including blood pressure and cholesterol-lowering drugs. But he looked terrible . . . as if he might die at any moment!

This was especially heart-wrenching for me because Ellis Brownstein — one of my first patients as a new doctor — was my father. Fortunately, he lived long enough for me to make the correct diagnosis, hypothyroidism, caused by insufficient T3 hormone.

Yes, he still had those other diseases, but the hypothyroidism created the environment that let those serious diseases take root.

The Miracle of Natural HormonesAnd let me tell you . . . I didn't just test Ellis for thyroid hormone. Rather, I ordered a complete hormone panel, and that's when I discovered he was also deficient in testosterone, a condition that has long been linked to heart disease.

For this reason, I also want you to have a FREE copy of my book, The Miracle of Natural Hormones.

Sadly, conventional doctors are way behind on this cutting-edge therapy that will help you overcome chronic illness, make you feel years younger, and actually add several good years to your life! Get the facts in my book (see special free offer just ahead).

Back to my father . . . Once we got his hormones balanced, he lost 25 pounds. His cholesterol dropped below 200 for the first time in his life. His color improved. His skin condition improved. And his angina, from which he had suffered for over 18 years, vanished!

Most important to Ellis, he got his energy back! And then he went on to live many more productive years.

Still, I wish my father had gotten the correct diagnosis early on, before those serious diseases damaged his body and shortened his life. I am ever so grateful I was able to help him, but I'm deeply troubled that conventional medicine failed him and that it continues to fail millions of Americans every year.

Here's the Real Solution to
Our Healthcare Crisis

I write Dr. Brownstein's Natural Way To Health because I know we can do a much better job of healthcare in our country.

Much of the so-called crisis centers on the entrenched interests, along with the corrupt Washington politicians who do their bidding. I'm talking about . . .

  • Big Pharma, which often puts profits ahead of your health!
  • A stubborn and slow-to-change AMA that's well behind the times!
  • Food and product manufacturers who routinely use harmful ingredients to cut corners and boost profits!

But with Dr. Brownstein's Natural Way to Health you can take your health into your own hands . . .

You'll be the one in control, armed with the best medical knowledge and natural remedies for virtually every ailment and disease — all backed by real-life studies and proven results from years of clinical practice.

With Natural Way to Health . . .

You won't be tricked by bad government health policy (you'll know when the wool is being pulled over your eyes).

You won't have to passively accept the "standard of care" taught in medical schools, which most people don't realize is controlled by the drug industry.

And you won't need to take harmful drugs that do little or no good, once you discover the safe, gentle, and even more effective natural solutions I provide in my reports, books, and monthly newsletter issues.

And that's why I urge you to take advantage of my publisher's special offer to receive:

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  2. FREE REPORT: 59 Diseases Linked To Thyroid Imbalance
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  4. OVER 25 HEALTH REPORTS, exploding medical myths and empowering you with natural solutions that are both safe and effective!

All this is yours today for just $54 for a full year. And just look what you'll get in your FREE special report and book . . .

  • 4 thyroid tests to request for an accurate reading (plus an easy one you can do at home that's surprisingly accurate).
  • Why the conventional thyroid tests are inaccurate (plus the causes of hypothyroidism and why it goes undetected).
  • Link between low thyroid and heart disease (plus why chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, diabetes, cancers — 59 diseases — are linked to it).
  • Factors that inhibit T4 thyroid from being converted to the active form T3 (iodine and B-vitamin deficiencies, beta blockers, fluoride, and toxic chemicals and metals, to name a few).
  • Importance of iodine to thyroid function (plus, why you're likely short on iodine and what you can do about it).
  • How hypothyroidism causes high cholesterol (and why you should NOT take harmful cholesterol-lowering statin drugs).
  • See the diseases caused by too much thyroid (and the best natural solutions for them).
  • Get effective natural solutions for overcoming thyroid disorders (and why drugs like Synthroid and Levoxyl should be avoided).

And don't forget, as a Dr. Brownstein's Natural Way to Health subscriber, you'll have instant FREE access to over 25 health reports in our Website, and new ones coming every month. Let me show you just a few . . .

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  • Iron: The Right Balance Is Critical to Your Health (women need more, men need less; see which tests you need for an accurate assessment and get it right)
  • Migraines, Depression, and Anxiety — Could This Be the Cure? (a little-known trigger that's been almost entirely overlooked)
  • Healthy Aging Without Expensive Drugs (you'll feel better and live longer using these natural solutions instead of harmful drugs)
  • Exploding Myths Around Salt and Your Health (surprise — you need it for good health, but not the bleached white kind stripped of nutrients)
  • The Biggest Fraud in Medicine: Cholesterol Causes Heart Disease (see how the drug companies perpetrated the biggest fraud in medical history — statin drugs do nothing to prevent heart disease)
  • How to Stop Heart Disease in Its Tracks, Naturally! (once you know what really causes heart disease [it's not cholesterol] you can easily prevent it naturally — I'll show you how).

Yes, all this and much more is yours FREE when you choose a 1-year NO-RISK subscription to Dr. Brownstein's Natural Way to Health for just $54.

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  • Discover the miracle of Iodine in your body (and why you'll get sick and die prematurely if you don't have enough of it)
  • Find out why Iodine is critical to the production of thyroid hormone (America's iodine deficiency is the main reason for today's epidemic in hypothyroidism)
  • See how toxic Bromine blocks iodine and makes you sick (bromine is in baked goods, pastas, sodas, and many home products. It's slowly killing us by blocking iodine — see how to defend against it)
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