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  • CDC: Homosexual men account for 61% of new HIV infections but only 2% of population

    08/19/2011 12:24:24 PM PDT · by NYer · 77 replies
    Life Site News ^ | August 18, 2011 | PATRICK B. CRAINE
    WASHINGTON, D.C., August 18, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has estimated that homosexual men account for 61% of the new HIV infections in the United States while they only amount to about 2% of the country’s population. Earlier this month, the CDC released estimates for HIV infections from 2006-2009 showing that new infections remained stable at around 50,000 for each of the four years. Homosexual men accounted for 29,300 of the estimated 48,100 new infections in 2009, and homosexual men aged 13 to 29 accounted for 27% of the new cases. The only group in which...
  • Earth's Upper Atmosphere Cooling Dramatically

    12/17/2009 5:00:34 PM PST · by KevinDavis · 49 replies · 2,077+ views
    space.com ^ | 12/17/09 | http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/091217-agu-earth-atmosphere-cooling.html
    SAN FRANCISCO — When the sun is relatively inactive — as it has been in recent years — the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere cools dramatically, new observations find.
  • Iraqi Reconstruction (good source for good news re. good works of our good guys.)

    08/31/2004 8:48:08 AM PDT · by Ragtime Cowgirl · 12 replies · 592+ views
    Defend America ^ | August 31, 2004 | various
    http://www.defendamerica.mil/iraq/rebuilding.html   August 2004 Marine Contribution Puts Iraqi School on Right Track Iraqi Border Forces Take on Heavy Training Civil Affairs Group Rebuilds Lives Daily Coalition Supplies An Najaf Police Soldiers Deliver Supplies to Iraqi Judges Diyala Irrigation Canal Project is Good News Computer Donation Provides Hands-On Learning Marines Outfit Rasheed Police Station Soldiers Detain 10 Suspects In Drive-By Shooting Court Sentences Man on Weapons Charge Brotherhood of Firefighters Lives in Baghdad Iraqi Air Force Begins Operations Iraqi Naval Forces Continue Training Medical Battalion Cuts Ribbon on New Clinic First New Generator Comes On Line in Iraq Anaconda Soldiers...
  • Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing

    06/21/2004 10:44:30 AM PDT · by Ragtime Cowgirl · 11 replies · 1,322+ views
    DoD ^ | June 21, 2004 | Gen. Mark Kimmitt, Dep. Director for Coalition Military Ops, Daniel Senor, CPA Senior Advisor
      United States Department of Defense.News TranscriptOn the web: http://www.dod.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040621-0901.htmlMedia contact: +1 (703) 697-5131 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 Presenter: Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, Deputy Director for Coalition Military Operations and Daniel Senor, Senior Advisor, CPA Monday, June 21, 2004 10:08 a.m. EDT Coalition Provisional Authority BriefingMR. SENOR: Good afternoon. I have a brief opening statement, General Kimmitt has an opening briefing, and then we'll be happy to take your questions.We are nine days away from handing full sovereignty over to the Iraqi people, although, as you've heard me say repeatedly from this podium and as you've...