37 Million Bees Found Dead In Ontario

It was just a few weeks ago that 50,000 bees were found dead in an Oregon parking lot, and now the ongoing problem has hit north of the border in Ontario, Canada where more than 37 million bees have been found dead. 

In the past, many scientists have struggled to find the exact cause of the massive die-offs, a phenomenon they refer to as “colony collapse disorder” (CCD). In the United States, for seven consecutive years, honeybees are in terminal decline. 
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37 Million Bees Found Dead In Ontario - Underground Health

Highway tunnel ceiling collapses in Japan.

Associated Press/Kyodo News - This image taken from the monitoring camera of Central Nippon Expressway's Hachioji branch, Tokyo, shows the rescuers looking for the injured among fallen roof panels in the Sasago Tunnel, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. At least seven people were feared missing after parts of the tunnel collapsed Sunday on the highway west of Tokyo, trapping vehicles as smoke from a fire inside initially prevented rescuers from approaching. The words at bottom read: Sasago Tunnel (To Tokyo). (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA

A worker of Central Nippon Expressway Co. speaks to the reporters near the Sasago Tunnel where a collapse took place in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012.

Firefighters and police gather at the entrance of the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. A part of the tunnel collapsed Sunday

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Sandy's death toll climbs; millions without power

Sandy's death toll climbs; millions without power - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland, still delivering punishing wind and rain. The U.S. death toll climbed to 34, many of the victims killed by falling trees.

Haunted Memories

When I was a little guy about 5 or 6 years old one of my first memories of TV news were the nightly body counts from the "Police Actions" going on at the time. I can't say if this really affected me but I can say I didn't want the same for my child. However I found him a few weeks ago standing in the door of the bedroom staring at the television, I asked "what are you watching Buddy?" He just looked bewildered and asked "Dad who are those Army Guys?" At that point I had to just go ahead and tell him that they were the most recent "Army Guys" to be killed in Iraq. When he asked why they got killed, I could offer no reason good enough for his 7 year old mind. I remember how I felt when I first discovered what the body counts were all about, back then we still had the DRAFT going on which worried me to death that my brother would maybe someday have to go and "Die For Our Country" the fact that he was only four years older than myself never entered into the thought process( imagine that). I guess we all have to learn about the negative side of life at some point I just wish it wasn't so young now.

Offensive and highly disturbing photos on Face Book.

In regards to the recent posting of offensive and highly disturbing photos appearing on many of our walls. I see many of us are disturbed by these photos if you wish them to go away we need to stop commenting on them, each comment placed on one of these pieces of garbage raises it higher in your feed and gives it more importance in the feed. Try your best to ignore these posts if possible. If you must vent and leave a comment go back to where the photo originates, make your comment and report it from there. These spammers are using our own dislike for these photos to spread them around, please let's not help them anymore