An off-duty county sheriff’s deputy killed his ex-wife and shot a state trooper before he was wounded during a bloody Memorial Day rampage in Roanoke, Virginia.
The chaos began when Jonathan Agee shot his former wife Jennifer at a Sheetz convenience store parking lot, WSLS 10 reported.
After he drove away from the scene, police issued an alert with information about his vehicle and an advisory to be on the lookout for him. Shortly thereafter, Sgt. Matt Brannock spotted a car fitting the description and followed it, a police spokesman said.
As Brannock pulled up beside Agee on the highway exit ramp, Agee began firing at the officer, hitting him and causing him to take cover.
Agee continued driving and exchanged fire with two more state troopers before he was shot, police said. The troopers were not injured.
Both Agee and Brannock were airlifted to a local hospital, where Agee’s injuries are being treated as life threatening, according to CNN. Brannock, a 35-year-old Air Force Veteran, is expected to recover.
“The focus of investigators right now is piecing together the exact sequence of events leading up to both shootings,” said Col. W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police superintendent. “This is a difficult day, needless to say, for Virginia’s law enforcement community.”
Jennifer Agee was taken to the same hospital where she later died, police said.
If he does survive his injuries, Jonathan Agee will face murder chargers. He has already been suspended from the Franklin County Sheriff’s office without pay, WSLS-TV reported.
It was not clear what made the 32-year-old deputy snap.
MONDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) — One in six U.S. children now has a developmental disability such as autism, learning disorders or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That number appears to be on the rise. In 1997-1999, about 12.8 percent of kids were diagnosed with a developmental disability. That number rose to 15 percent in 2006-2008 — or an additional 1.8 million U.S. children.
Much of the bump up in cases seems driven by rising rates of autism and ADHD, experts say.
“The most important message here is raising awareness of the importance of this as a health problem and one we need to address,” said lead study author Coleen Boyle, director of the U.S. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. “Children are our future, and many of these children can grow up to be very productive citizens, so we need to invest in programs to help facilitate their development.”
Researchers used data from the 1997-2008 National Health Interview Surveys, an annual, nationally representative survey of U.S. households. The surveys asked parents of children aged 3 to 17 if their children had been diagnosed with ADHD, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, autism, seizures, stuttering or stammering, moderate to profound hearing loss, blindness, learning disorders and/or other developmental delays.
Nearly 10 million U.S. children had been diagnosed with one of those conditions in 2006-2008, according to parental reports.
Much of the increase is being driven by ADHD and autism diagnoses, Boyle said. About 7.6 percent of children were diagnosed with ADHD in 2006-2008, up from 5.7 percent in 1997-1999. About 0.74 percent of kids had received in autism diagnosis in 2006-2008, up from 0.19 percent in 1997-1999.
The number of children slotted under “other developmental delays,” a catch-all category, also rose from 3.4 percent to 4.24 percent.
The study is published online May 23 and in the June print issue of Pediatrics.
So, are the number of children with developmental disabilities on the rise, or are parents and doctors getting better at detecting cases? According to Dr. Nancy Murphy, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on Children with Disabilities, the increases in these conditions may signify a greater awareness on the part of parents, teachers and health care professionals to identify children with disabilities and get them help.
That could mean that kids that might have been dismissed as simply being “slow” or disobedient in the past may now be getting some extra help to realize their potential, Murphy said.
“It speaks to providers and educators and parents being attentive to when kids are struggling, and that attentiveness is bringing them into systems that can generate diagnoses,” Murphy said. “There is a greater willingness to say, ‘My kid is struggling — not because he’s a bad kid but he may need a different approach to learning or development or behavior than he or she is getting.'”
One unanswered question is whether greater awareness and efforts to diagnose kids is the only explanation, or if there actually are a greater percentage of kids who are being born with or developing disabilities such as autism and ADHD early in life.
Research has suggested that advanced maternal and paternal age, assisted reproductive technology and greater numbers of premature or late-preterm births, could all be factors in some developmental disabilities, Boyle said. However, those are areas that need much more research, she added.
Improvements in medical technology also means that children born with very serious developmental disabilities, such as neuromuscular or chromosomal disorders, are now surviving conditions that would have killed them in the past. That could also explain some of the uptick in numbers, Murphy said.
In other findings, boys were more likely to have a developmental disability than girls. Hispanic children were the least likely to be diagnosed with a number of disabilities, compared with white and black children.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the vaccine industry are fronting a contradictory logic. “Our vaccines work so well that they offer almost total immunity from the flu,” they claim. And yet somehow they also work so poorly that they “wear off” after a year and require you to be re-vaccinated annually.
This is the Great Big Lie of the vaccine industry: The lie that says you have to be re-vaccinated each and every year, often with the exact same strains you were vaccinated with the previous year.
But if vaccines work so amazingly well as the CDC and the vaccine industry (fraudulently) suggest, then why do you need the same shot year after year?
Well, according to the CDC, “Vaccines wear off.”
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Vaccines don’t work as advertised. And that’s why the vaccine industry has to keep pushing the same vaccine strains year after year. infowars.com
If vaccines actually worked as intended, they would give you lifetime immunity against whatever strains you were injected with.
Vaccine makers say they plan to make a record amount of flu vaccine for this fall and winter – enough for more than half the population.
Five vaccine manufacturers plan to make between 166 million and 173 million doses for the coming season. That’s at least 6 million more than the maximum ever produced.
Government health officials are urging nearly everyone to get this fall’s flu shot. They say a vaccine’s protection can fade significantly after several months.
Even the CDC has openly admitted – on the record – that “flu vaccines stop working after several months.”
Pneumonia jabs for the over-65s are to be scrapped by the Government because they do not save lives.
Millions of pensioners have been vaccinated with a one-off jab that was supposed to give ten-year protection against an infection that causes pneumonia.
The vaccine programme is estimated to have swallowed up £100million – with jabs costing around £20 each including GPs’ time – since it was launched in 2005.
As recently as January, the Department of Health was issuing promotional leaflets for the jab despite a number of studies questioning whether it works.
But independent experts on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises the Government, claim it has had ‘no discernible impact’ on rates of pneumococcal disease.
It said the protection provided by the vaccine is poor and not long- lasting in older people.
It has told the Government’s director of immunisation, Professor David Salisbury, there is little benefit in continuing the programme and it should be stopped.
However, the jab should still be given to children and people with risk factors such as respiratory and heart disease as the evidence is more ‘robust’, says the JCVI.
The type of jab for over-65s is pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine sold under brand names Pneumovax and Pneumovax II. A different type is used in children.
The jab for older people has been linked to 30 deaths and more than 3,300 reported side effects, including heart disorders and joint and muscle pain, according to official figures from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
It is offered when pensioners get their annual flu jab, with a typical uptake of 70 per cent, suggesting at least 3.8million people have had it.
The jab is meant to work against 23 common types of pneumococcal disease bugs but there has been mounting evidence it does not cut the risk of pneumonia in over-65s.
Even in 2005, when the programme in older people started after a majority vote in favour by the JCVI, there were doubts.
Last night Professor Salisbury said: ‘The experts that advise us on vaccine programmes have recently reviewed the pneumococcal vaccination programme for over-65s and concluded the protection it offers is not effective enough and that the programme should cease.’
Charlotte Linacre, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, claimed the programme should have been reviewed earlier.
She said: ‘The Department of Health shouldn’t just throw money at a project without reviewing its effectiveness.’
After the publication of new scientific studies revealing the potential negative impact of aspartame on pregnant women and evidence linking the sweetener with an increased risk of cancer, the European Commission has asked the EU’s food safety watchdog (EFSA) to conduct a full re-evaluation of the substance by July 2012.
Aspartame has already been re-assessed five times since it was authorised for use in the EU in 1994. The next review of the chemical sweetener was foreseen for 2020 as part of the systematic re-evaluation of all authorised food additives in the EU.
But following intense political pressure from members of the European Parliament, who were alarmed by new scientific studies showing its potential negative effects, the EU executive has requested the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to bring forward a full re-evaluation of the sweetener’s safety to 2012.
Cause of premature childbirth, cancer?
Two studies of the possible health risks related to the consumption of artificial sweeteners were published last year.
A carcinogenicity study in mice exposed to aspartame in feed, conducted by Italian oncologist Morando Soffritti, signalled an increased risk of liver and lung cancer in mice exposed to the chemical sweetener over the course of their lives.
An epidemiological study involving 60,000 pregnant women, carried out by Icelandic researcher Thorhallur Halldorsson, demonstrated that there is a link between intakes of artificially sweetened soft drinks and increased incidences of premature childbirth.
In a February 2011 statement, EFSA concluded that the two studies do not give any reason to reconsider previous safety assessments of aspartame or of other sweeteners currently authorised in the EU.
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A growing number of marriages are being wrecked by video game addiction.
More women filing for divorce are complaining that their husbands spend too long playing video games, according to research.
Of those wives who cite unreasonable behaviour for ending their marriage, 15 per cent believe their partners put gaming before them.
This has soared from five per cent a year ago, the study by Divorce Online found.
In particular, disgruntled wives blamed World of Warcraft, which allows gamers to create their own fantasy character for mythical adventures, and Call Of Duty, where gamers battle in various war zones.
The games have faced heavy criticism in the past for their addictive properties, with some claiming that World of Warcraft is more addictive than cocaine.
One wife who blames her husband’s obsession for the breakdown of their marriage is Jessica Ellis, 24, from London.
She said: ‘He was addicted to World of Warcraft but played other games now and then. The amount he was playing gradually increased until I could not take it any more.
‘When it became serious he was playing up to eight hours a day. I was constantly trying to get him to cut back but he didn’t think he had a problem until I told him I wanted to leave. But by that time it was too late.’
Ryan G Van Cleave, an expert on video game addiction, said many partners were unaware that gaming can become an addiction.
He said: ‘The problem spouses encounter with video game addiction is that the non-gamer doesn’t appreciate that it’s an addiction. This means it’s not a choice to spend so much time in a virtual environment versus time with the spouse and family. It’s a compulsion.
‘The reality is that with the proper professional support, a video game addict, like any other type of addict, can overcome the addiction.’
The study looked at 200 unreasonable behaviour petitions filed by women.
Divorce Online managing director Mark Keenan said his team carried out the research after noticing World of Warcraft was repeatedly cited by unhappy wives.
He said: ‘I was surprised by the result at first, but I would expect the number to be even higher next year.
‘The increase could be a consequence of people staying indoors more because of the recession, or it might be being used by men in particular as a means of escape from an already unhappy relationship.’
For a nightclub facing the loss of its licence because of the rowdy behaviour of its patrons, it is perhaps not the best publicity. Prince Harry and Princess Eugenie were photographed looking dishevelled as they left Public in Chelsea with conspicuous drinks stains on their clothes.
As he made his way at 2.30am to a car waiting outside the nightspot co-owned by his friend Guy Pelly, the 26-year-old Prince was almost unrecognisable from his elegant appearance as best man at his brother Prince William’s royal wedding.
Accompanied by four protection officers, his blue shirt was stained down one of his sleeves. The mini-dress worn by his 21-year-old cousin, who had two bodyguards, was also splattered by drink.
Howard Spooner, Public’s co-owner, announced this month that it would appeal against a licensing panel’s decision to reduce its opening hours after complaints from neighbours about lewd behaviour in the street.
The nightspot, which opened in December, will be required to close at midnight and have its customers off the premises by 12.30am.
Mark Daley, a former councillor, told the hearing at Kensington Town Hall in London: “I have had complaints that people were doing some very unpleasant things including having sex, vomiting, urinating and defecating.”
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The Queen has indicated her concern the United Kingdom will be broken up in the wake of Alex Salmond’s landslide election victory in Scotland, it was reported yesterday (sun).
The monarch is understood to have expressed her anxiety about the Scottish National Party’s plan for an independence referendum during her weekly meeting with David Cameron at Buckingham Palace.
Palace officials have asked Downing Street to provide a constitutional expert to advise on how the referendum will be staged and the dismantling of the UK in the event of a ‘yes’ vote.
Mr Salmond, the SNP party leader, has previously moved to reassure the Royal Family and sceptical Scots by arguing that the Queen would remain head of state in Scotland following separation.
But a source close to Mr Cameron told a Sunday newspaper the monarch’s commitment to the 304-year-old Union between England and Scotland remained strong.
Although she cannot be seen to express a personal opinion, she is said to be concerned at the prospect of Britain being broken up during her reign.
“She has always been very clear about the United Kingdom and you just have to look at the way the Royal Family are committed to Scotland to see that,” the source said.
As far back as 1977, when the Labour Government was proposing Scottish devolution, she appeared to suggest she was concerned about the ramifications for the Union.
In a remark interpreted as criticism of home rule, she told MPs: “I cannot forget I was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom.”
A senior Buckingham Palace source confirmed the monarch discussed with Mr Cameron the ramifications of this month’s Scottish Parliament election, which saw the SNP win an unprecedented majority.
“Regardless of Her Majesty’s personal views, it is the job of her private secretary to take these issues seriously and to investigate them, and that’s precisely what’s going on,” he said.
Mr Salmond has made clear he intends to stage the referendum “well into” the second half of his five-year term. In the intervening period, he intends to stage a propaganda campaign to win over the Scottish public.
A spokesman for the Scottish First Minister dismissed reports of the Queen’s concern as “nonsense and chit-chat”. A Buckingham Palace spokesman refused to comment on her private discussions.
The UK Royal family is a parasite on the natural order because it unequally separates people into classes based on hereditary and not according to natural law, an analyst says.
In an interview with Press TV, Charlie Veitch, political activist, elaborates on Queen Elizabeth II’s recent comments that she may be the last royal head of state.
Press TV: When the Queen of England is quoted as saying she’s concerned about a UK break-up, what is she referring to?
Veitch: She’s referring to a 304-year-old union called the United Kingdom that was enacted in a document called the Act of the Union.
The Scottish nobility eventually surrendered by corruption to the English crown. We’re seeing a big campaign now in Scotland with the Scottish National Party [SNP] going to run a vote to see if Scotland wants to break away from England. I’ve just been in Wales over the last week and there’s been a resurgent Welsh identity there.
I think what we’re seeing is a spread of the “Arab Spring” revolutions coming to Europe.
You’ve just mentioned in your report that Spainish people are camping. Let’s not forget that all royal families are a parasite upon natural order and upon natural law because we are all created equal under the eyes of God, the universe, or whatever you believe in.
We are seeing the Queen, which is very nice, expressing her very rational fears that the slave ship that she and her parents helped create is about to crash into the rocks.
Press TV: Do you think it is kind of surprising for the British media to actually make public this concern at this time?
Veitch: I don’t think it’s very surprising because the British media, like any media worldwide, is interested in sensationalism and selling stories. And to have the head of the British establishment, Queen Elizabeth II, expressing fears that this very bizarre union of four countries – let’s not forget that Northern Ireland is still occupied by British forces and that island is still divided into two – is united artificially under the Act of the Union. It’s only 300 years old. Empires have risen and fallen in much shorter times than that.
Press TV: Your last point on this. How likely do you think this scenario is when we are speaking of a break-up? Is the possibility more likely now for Scotland in light of that election victory for the SNP which has been promoting some kind of a division?
Veitch: I think it is very likely. Maybe not in the next two years and maybe not in the next five years, but I’d say definitely within our lifetimes we will see the artificial United Kingdom broken up into smaller, more tribal lands as they were 305 years ago before the Act of the Union.
Press TV: Do you think that if that is put to a referendum that the British people will vote for it, that the people in Scotland would vote for it?
Veitch: I don’t know if they would vote for it because what we have in Britain with its very advanced medias, with the manufacturing of consent of the public, much like in any revolution, much like in any struggle it would be down to a very small clique of very brave revolutionaries that may have to accelerate this break-up.
I believe that if we do take votes, the general public are so well conditioned and so well programmed by what the establishment want them to believe that they may very well not vote for a dissolving of the United Kingdom. They may actually choose to stick with it because, as they say, “death to the devil as you know” because people are run by fear and they are scared of what independence might mean.
Press TV: Just because you brought that up it does raise the question of do you think that there will be, as you say, a division and break-up in the UK because people are wanting to get out of the authority of the Queen, to feel that independence and if the monarchy does play an important role here in that likelihood?
Veitch: Yes. I think the people not only want to escape the clutches of a ridiculous parasite monarchy, they also want to escape the clutches of the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Zionist-controlled influence in many in many of the banking interests in Britain and around Europe.
The Queen, in a way, she is a ridiculous figure head of an old world order. And as many people such as George Bush senior and Gordon Brown have been talking about a new world order, many people such as myself and everyone that I interact with want to make sure that the new world does not have these old, elitist establishment control that we saw in the past.
To answer your question, yes, we would very much like to live without a ridiculous Queen ruling us as British subjects.
University student participants from Mexico, the United States and Canada participate in a week-long simulation exercise simulating a congressional meeting between North American legislators.
The sixth edition of the Triumvirate, the only trinational inter-parliamentary student simulation in North America, will take place from May 29 through June 3. Organized by ASU and the North American Forum on Integration (NAFI) from Montreal, the event will bring together about 50 students from seven American, Canadian and Mexican universities.
“The Triumvirate, is a unique, one-of-a-kind event,” NACTS director Rick Van Schoik said.
University student participants from Mexico, the United States and Canada participate in a week-long simulation exercise simulating a congressional meeting between North American legislators. Student delegates are assigned one of the three roles: legislator (representing a country other than their own), journalist, or lobbyist. The legislators will debate themes of a political, economic and environmental nature, while lobbyists will attempt to influence the legislators’ decisions and the TrilatHerald journalist team will analyze the evolution of the debates.
For five days, participants will discuss hot political topics affecting North America: immigration and guest worker programs, green building practices, corporate social responsibility in the mining industry, and the promotion of North American trade corridors.
As a pioneer on the political scene, the Triumvirate seeks to bring together future North American leaders to increase their awareness of the issues that characterize North American relations while enabling them to develop a better knowledge of democratic institutions and the realities of the member countries of NAFTA.
Triumvirate seeks to strengthen a sense of belonging to North America and discuss regional integration issues. “The event is a bull’s-eye target for NACTS’ work and commitment to social and economic development in the Americas,” Van Schoik said.
“The simulation enables participants to delve into the heart of the North American political dynamics and to negotiate draft bills that, we hope, will inspire our political leaders,” Christine Fréchette, executive director and founder of NAFI, said.
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