Museum music....White Rock entertainment by 'The Story House'

Musicians entertaining....original music and compositions based on mandolin , banjo, base, guitar and vocal by Maiken de Villiers.
The group is called 'The Story House' with artists playing like Tim Eccles, Pete Goodall and Jake de Villiers and Maiken de Villiers.

Blue and Green Grass by White Rock Museum Seaside Plaza

"By the Museum Seaside Plaza in White Rock....brisk 'eventainment'...is it blue grass or green grass..? whatever it is...it's fun to hear and..."

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21 Aug 2010

Wireless:: Conflict of Interest and Bias in Health Advisory Committees: A Case Study of the WHO's EMF Project Task Force

W.E.E.P. News

Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution News

21 August 2010

Dear Dr. Stuchly,

I am in receipt of a letter you wrote to Mrs. Adair, to reassure her about the safety of having cell transmitters on the roof of her condo. In fact you said,"Personally I would not object to have all those antennas close to my residence, as long as they do not spoil the esthetics of the place. On the other hand, my research (in engineering) was funded by the industry as well, so "I cannot be trusted"."

Your honesty and openness about your association with the industry is refreshing and welcomed. In your letter you also note close affiliation with the IEEE. This allows us to consider the potential for bias, either direct or indirect, in your statements.

Likewise, I will admit that I am not an engineer or a scientist, but have read extensively on the subject of electromagnetic radiation, and have communicated with many independent researchers (e.g. not industry funded). All of these have presented information which is in direct opposition to what you contend. I too have a bias -- I live by several cell transmitters and have seen my friends and neighbours become ill, pets die with cancer at very young ages, and have spent thousands of dollars trying to shield myself and my family from these dangerous transmissions.

Now that our biases are out in the open, I'd like to talk facts.

You say "a broad scientific consensus ... is behind the Canadian safety standards." The only researchers in support of Safety Code 6 that I have been able to find are not independent, even those on the Royal Panel having ties, either direct or indirect, with the industry. Noted scientists from around the world have signed resolutions calling for standards thousands of times lower than Canada's. In fact, many countries already have standards significantly lower and reseachers are asking even these to be lowered further. As you must know, Russia and China have always used the non-thermal standard, not the thermal standard used by WHO and ICNIRP, and followed by Health Canada. Hence, Safety Code 6 is one of the most lax guidelines in the world.

Another fact, WHO and ICNIRP are not independent, and have become closely aligned with the industry. I will refer you to Dr. Don Maisch's document: Conflict of Interest and Bias in Health Advisory Committees: A Case Study of the WHO's EMF Project Task Force which can be found at:

www.next-up.org/pdf/who_conflict/pdf . Even with their biases, they admit that their standards apply to thermal radiation only, and WHO has classified non-thermal radiation as a carcinogen.

May I suggest that you read the BioInitiative Report, which is a compilation of 2000 independent peer-reviewed studies done over decades, which was produced to argue against the industry's constant assertion, which you repeat , that "existing data do not indicate any negative health effects." The evidence is clear, also, when you read the various military and government documents, previously classified, which are being released by Barrie Trower of the UK, and Dr. Glaser of the US, that this type of radiation has been known to be dangerous since WWII. Never was it intended for general use, until the telecommunication industries discovered they could make huge profits from it. Obviously, there is much data which show that non-thermal radiation at levels far below that allowed by Canada is dangerous and is doing harm.

And, finally, to another statement which the industry makes, and which you repeat in your letter: "No reputable scientist and regulatory agency will ever guarantee that "there are NO effects" because a negative cannot be proven by a finite number of studies." Clearly, as I've shown above, reputable scientists are saying the opposite. But further, the industry is playing the game that we, those who are being subjected to the radiation, must prove beyond a doubt that we are being harmed. This is wrong and immoral. What other product has forced its users to prove it doesn't work or is harmful. It should be the industry that proves these devices which emit non-thermal radiation, whether cell phone, cell transmitter, WiFi, DECT phone, etc, are safe, and none have been. We are being told by "experts" like yourself to go ahead, allow these transmitters to be put over your head, allow yourself to be irradiated 24/7. Now that you have information which you may not have had before, I do hope you will refrain from giving such broad reassurances. It is likely that people will suffer the consequences.

Should you wish to discuss anything I've said, or would like more information, please do get back to me.

Yours truly,

Sharon Noble

cc. Mrs. Adair

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From: Dennis and Sharon Noble

To: Chris Markham

Cc: British Columbia Real Estate Association

Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 1:56 PM

Subject: Effect on Property Value by Cell tower

Dear Mr. Markham,

I am in receipt of a letter you wrote in response to a question about the impact of a cell tower being erected in a residential neighbourhood. In it you said: "In my opinion a cell tower will not affect the value of any of the strata units. .." Further you said you had not heard of market devaluation yet due to a cell tower. Please allow me to provide you with information which is readily available by googling:

http://sites.google.com/site/nocelltowerinourneighborhood/home/decreased-real-estate-value

At this site is the statement from the Burbank (California) Real Estate Association, which provides summaries of devaluations experienced in many cities and countries, many of which are termed "significant". I have no doubt the same would be found to be true in Victoria, if statistics were kept.

I for one can speak to a serious devaluation. I live in a most desirable area but, due to transmitters and towers, my property was devalued 30% by the BC Tax Assessor.

As more people become educated on the health hazards of radiation from these transmitters, I predict that not only will values be lowered, but the homes will become harder to sell if there is a transmitter in the vicinity. The problems with aesthetics can be and are being addressed by the companies hiding the transmitters or disguising the towers, but the health danger cannot be and should not be dismissed. It would, in my opinion, be legally negligent not to tell a potential buyer that a transmitter is on the roof of a condo, or nearby. The offset of improved cell reception, which you offer in your letter, is a weak compromise when health is at stake.

If I may, I would suggest, real estate companies should be anxious, as are we, to ensure that transmitters are not placed near homes or schools, thus making a neighbourhood more desirable and easier to sell.

Should you wish to see health studies, which I intend to Prof. Maria Stuckly, or any further information I would be most happy to send them.

Yours truly,

Sharon Noble

Cardiologist. MD,FACC T.Sinatra Warns: Radiation Risks in New Book: 'Wireless Radiation Rescue - Safeguard your Family from Electro-Pollution'

August 18, 2010

"Best-selling author and cardiologist Stephen T. Sinatra, MD, FACC warns of wireless radiation risks in the new book Wireless Radiation Rescue – safeguard your family from electro-pollution by Kerry Crofton, Ph.D, of Victoria, BC.

As a contributor, Sinatra cautions, "Electro-pollution (cell phones, wi-fi, cordless phones, etc.) is the greatest medical threat of our times."

"We have seen clinical evidence that electro-pollution affects the normal functioning of the electrically sensitive heart, including the rate and rhythm, and other systems of the body," he continues. "All forms of pollution impair our health, and the electro-pollution arising from the proliferation of wireless technology has greatly added to this burden."

Crofton, who worked for many years in cardiac clinics, says Wireless Radiation Rescue is the first to raise the issue of the cardiac connection. "We also discuss studies that link electro-pollution to certain cancers and other illnesses. The book provides details on why this happens, and how to treat and prevent related symptoms."

Sinatra and Crofton caution, "Never use a cell phone with the antenna within six inches of your body. As much as possible, use the speakerphone mode so that the antenna can be kept a safer distance away from vulnerable tissues and organs. Never wear your cell phone in a pocket, or carry it near your heart. Avoid having any wireless device near the heart; this includes a wireless microphone.”

Drs. Sinatra and Crofton will be speaking in Vancouver, BC, on August 31, 2010.

Thank you for your consideration and Interest in this National and Global Health Issue"

Editor; http://www.whiterockreporter.com

Johan Sandstrom, BComm.

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ABOUT STEPHEN T. SINATRA, MD, FACC

Stephen T. Sinatra, MD, FACC, is a board-certified cardiologist, Fellow in the American College of Cardiology and founder of the Heart MD Institute. Dr. Sinatra is a best-selling author and has written or contributed to more than a dozen books. He has also contributed to several prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). His book titles include The Fast Food Diet (Wiley, 2006), Reverse Heart Disease Now (Wiley, 2007), and The Sinatra Solution (Basic Health, 2005, 2008).

Dr. Sinatra has extensive media experience and has done many national radio shows, interviews for magazines like Women’s World, Men’s Health, Prevention, etc., and he has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and the Today Show.

ABOUT KERRY CROFTON, PhD:

Kerry Crofton, PhD, of Victoria, BC, is a health educator and the director of WellBeing International. She has a doctorate in health psychology, and her thirty years of professional work includes a clinical practice, directing a biofeedback clinic, and developing and delivering wellness programs for air traffic controllers, commercial and fighter pilots, nurses, and others in high-stress occupations. She has also directed a hospital-based cardiac program, co-produced a television program on heart health, and wrote The Healthy Type A (Macmillan 1998). Her new book, Wireless Radiation Rescue, is the first to bring together the research and recommendations of the world's leading scientists and clinicians, both for the general public and other health care professionals. For more information see http://www.radiationrescue.org/.

USA/Canada Resources of oil larger than all of Middle East's Together!

OIL - you'd better sit down.

Here's an interesting read, important and verifiable information : About 6 months ago, the writer was watching a news program on oil and one of the Forbes Bros. was the guest. The host said to Forbes, "I am going to ask you a direct question and I would like a direct answer; how much oil does the U.S. have in the ground?" Forbes did not miss a beat, he said, "more than all the Middle East put together." Please read below. The U.S. Geological Service issued a report in April 2008 that only scientists and oil men knew was coming, but man was it big. It was a revised report (hadn't been updated since 1995) on how much oil was in this area of the western 2/3 of North Dakota, western South Dakota and extreme eastern Montana ...... check THIS out: http://oilshalegas.com/bakkenshale.html http://bakkenshale.net/bakkenshalemap.html The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska 's Prudhoe Bay and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates it at 503 billion barrels. Even if just 10% of the oil is recoverable... at $107 a barrel, we're looking at a resource base worth more than $5.3 trillion. "When I first briefed legislators on this, you could practically see their jaws hit the floor. They had no idea.." says Terry Johnson, the Montana Legislature's financial analyst. "This sizable find is now the highest-producing onshore oil field found in the past 56 years," reports The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. It's a formation known as the Williston Basin but is more commonly referred to as the 'Bakken.' It stretches from Northern Montana through North Dakota and into Canada. For years U.S. oil exploration has been considered a dead end. Even the 'Big Oil' companies gave up searching for major oil wells decades ago. However, a recent technological breakthrough has opened up the Bakken's massive reserves and we now have access of up to 500 billion barrels. And because this is light, sweet oil, those billions of barrels will cost Americans just $16 PER BARREL! That's enough crude to fully fuel the American economy for 2041 years straight. And if THAT didn't throw you on the floor, then this next one should - because it's from 2006! U. S. Oil Discovery- Largest Reserve in the World Stansberry Report Online - 4/20/2006 Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world. It is more than 2 TRILLION barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. In three and a half years of high oil prices none has been extracted. With this motherload of oil why are we still fighting over off-shore drilling? They reported this stunning news: We have more oil inside our borders than all the other proven reserves on earth. Here are the official estimates: - 8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia - 18-times as much oil as Iraq - 21-times as much oil as Kuwait - 22-times as much oil as Iran - 500-times as much oil as Yemen - and it's all right here in the Western United States. HOW can this BE? HOW can we NOT BE extracting this? Because the environmentalists and others have blocked all efforts to help America become independent of foreign oil! Again, we are letting a small group of people dictate our lives and our economy.....WHY? James Bartis, lead researcher with the study says we've got more oil in this very compact area than the entire Middle East - more than 2 TRILLION barrels untapped. That's more than all the proven oil reserves of crude oil in the world today, reports The Denver Post. Don't think 'OPEC' will drop its price - even with this find? Think again! It's all about the competitive marketplace, - it has to. Think OPEC just might be funding the environmentalists? Got your attention yet? Now, while you're thinking about it, do this: Pass this along. If you don't take a little time to do this, then you should stifle yourself the next time you complain about gas prices - by doing NOTHING, you forfeit your right to complain. -------- Now I just wonder what would happen in this country if every one of you sent this to every one in your address book. By the way...this is all true. Check it out at the link below!!! GOOGLE it, or follow this link. It will blow your mind. Check this link out: http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1911

The BioInitiative Report - Biological 'Standards' for Wireless...

You may find this shocking news in case you have not be confronted with this information before....Strong warnings are issued and signs implicating the culprits as claimed to be by science today...globally.

Radiation and health risks are facts ...now go and study and discover what the 'BioInitiative Report' can teach you and yours.

Radiation...'This is a 'social issue and a health issue of a magnitude we cannot yet imagine'...'all this with huge socio-economical consequences, and more'....

Best regards

Johan Sandstrom, BComm.

'From Early Warnings'

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'No Pun About It'.

The ability to make and understand puns is considered to be the highest level of language development.

Here are the 10 first place winners in the International Pun Contest:

1. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger."

2. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says, "Dam!"

3. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

4. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, "I've lost my electron." The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies "Yes, I'm positive."

5. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.

6. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?", they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."

7. A woman delivers a set of identical twins and decides to give them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain ; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."

8. A group of friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" the friars to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that only Hugh can prevent florist friars.

9. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and, with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him (Oh, dude, this is so bad, it's good…..) a super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

10. And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.

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Sundays in White Rock are for many 'Farmers' Market Days'. Today it is t...

Faithful visitors find their way to the Farmers Market also this Sunday..."Kids Day" warm and hot for some...The seaside is filled up and people are swimming and having fun in the clean waters of the Semiahmoo Bay of the Pacific Ocean. Look up details of this area: http://www.whiterockfarmersmarket.ca or go to: http://www.tourismwhiterock.com

Healthy360: White Rock 'branding' is back on the table again' ...

Healthy360: White Rock 'branding' is back on the table again' ...: "White Rock on a 'branding spree and attempt...again! Showing 3 comments Source:EXCERPT FROM THE 'COMMENTARY COLUMN OF 'THE PEACH ARCH NEWS'...."