Huggle

Bee Beard 2 image licensed under Creative Commons by Max xx

Huggle: The VERY unfortunate conflation of honey and smuggle. Some executives have actually been charged with the allegations of honey smuggling and tainting it with antibiotics*. One might be tempted to conclude that now the honey supply cannot be trusted much like the egg and dairy supply...







Can you imagine what the agency phone call was like? Riinnnggg: Hello, Special Crimes Unit, Bee and Honey Division. Actually, when that phone rings it sounds like a buzzing bee...






FOM: * US Indicts 11 Executives with Honey Smuggling (from BBC News), Honey, Honey Bee (from Wikipedia), Smuggling (from the Wikipedia), Memorandum from Senator Chuck Schumer on Honey

Please note: This posting appears simultaneously on our sister publication, The Anti-Zen Dictionary

For Monday, February 2, 2009

WRTV: Road sign hacked to say, 'Raptors Ahead'

Japanese whalers fire water at activists

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28975732/

Gorilla Diary Convincing militia leaders to lay down their weapons

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7549444.stm

Humans share lemur gaze tendency

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7863997.stm

Lemuriformes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemur

Tigers 'Took The Silk Road' To Russia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126163011.htm

Panthera tigris virgata

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Tiger

Extinct ibex is resurrected by cloning

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/4409958/Extinct-ibex-is-resurrected-by-cloning.html

Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/4409958/Extinct-ibex-is-resurrected-by-cloning.html

States fail in latest prairie dog report card

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090201/ap_on_re_us/prairie_dogs;_ylt=AkihPt02GThtdtD7ODZSFjys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFla2tjbXFjBHBvcwMxMDUEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNzdGF0ZXNmYWlsaW4-

Cynomys

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_dog

Toad haul Stunning pictures of Tanzania's hidden amphibians

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7856513.stm

Tortoise thieves make quick getaway

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090202/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_singapore_tortoise;_ylt=Auj7st4FhPxyikH6yscXHvDtiBIF

Secretive Immune System Of Salmon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127123117.htm

Salmonidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmonidae

"Immortal" Jellyfish Swarm World's Oceans

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/090130-immortal-jellyfish-swarm.html

Scyphozoa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish

Plant Soybeans Early To Increase Yield

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202102942.htm

Glycine max

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy

Connectivity Illuminates Risk Of Spread Of Crop Pests, Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202074854.htm

Tainted mushrooms hit shelves, recall ordered

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/02/enoki.mushrooms.recalled/index.html

Phillips Mushroom Farms Link

http://www.phillipsmushroomfarms.com/

Flammulina

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoki

Listeria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listeria

$27M settlement reached in Maple Leaf listeriosis suits

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/02/02/maple.html

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Link

http://www.mapleleaf.ca/

Inspection reports from peanut plant varied widely

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090201/ap_on_bi_ge/salmonella_outbreak_the_plant;_ylt=AtMAyQAEifOT3bxSMSXAY66s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkYmhjNm9kBHBvcwMxNDAEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA2luc3BlY3Rpb25yZQ--

WRTV: Road sign hacked to say, 'Raptors Ahead'

http://www.theindychannel.com/cnn-news/18620871/detail.html

For Monday, October 20, 2008

Yeti footprints image licensed under Creative Commons by Ben Tubby

Thirsty world: Desperate quest for water

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/23/what.matters.thirst/index.html

Flu: The Get-Well-Quick Plan

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6057562&page=1

Foods And Meds You Shouldn't Mix

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/20/earlyshow/health/main4531572.shtml

"Extraordinary Hope" From New Cancer Drugs

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/20/earlyshow/health/main4532119.shtml


Hong Kong finds bird flu virus in crow

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre49j0s4-us-hongkong-birdflu/

Corvus splendens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Crow

Bird Flu Vaccine Protects People And Pets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081019184800.htm

Genetic Diseases: Ancient Evolutionary Legacy?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016124043.htm

Gut Bacterial Waste Helps Host Control Weight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081018093223.htm

Mutation Protects Against Obesity, Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081019184802.htm

Parents 'wrong' on child weight

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7676015.stm

Prescription opiates and kids: One pill can kill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27168078/

Canada to ban baby bottles with BPA

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27266627/

High summits 'could harm brain'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7676028.stm

Fatty acids clue to Alzheimer's

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7676606.stm

Doctors get death diagnosis tips

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7679373.stm

Decay Of Brain's Myelin Causes Physical Decline

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081017150738.htm

Myelin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myelin

Worms' Nervous System Shown To Alert Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014114846.htm

New Fossil Reveals Primates Lingered In Texas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014111401.htm

Dinosaur Dance Floor: Numerous Tracks at Jurassic Oasis on Arizona-Utah Border

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020093414.htm

Survival Secret Of Antarctic 'Antifreeze Fish'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016124049.htm

Dissostichus mawsoni

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=7039&genusname=Dissostichus&speciesname=mawsoni

Dubai hotel urged to free shark

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7678780.stm

Ship Strike Reduction Rule Aims To Protect North Atlantic Right Whales

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081012093255.htm

Protected 'Swimways' Urged For Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081018093221.htm

Tainted feed kills 1500 dogs bred for fur

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk;_ylt=ArOerUTB0wxztifVuZiVK16s0NUE

Billions of fish, fish eggs die in power plants

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081018/ap_on_sc/dead_fish;_ylt=AsdbzMCNPMKyNoYLl.V.Z8Ss0NUE

Alternative Energy: New Sugarcanes To Deliver One-Two Energy Punch

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013194043.htm

City Trash Plus Farm Leftovers May Yield Clean Energy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013195119.htm

Engineers Build First-ever Multi-input 'Plug-and-play' Synthetic RNA Device

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081017131010.htm

Spinning Natural Proteins Into Fabrics For New Wound-repair Products

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020094447.htm

Chicken Soup May Help Fight High Blood Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013110117.htm

Files: U.S. pilots ordered to shoot down UFO during Cold War

http://www.yahoo.com/s/973482

'Look out!' Alitalia near miss with UFO remains unexplained

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7679145.stm

Britain releases UFO files, dispels some mysteries

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27280196/

Japanese team finds 'yeti footprints' in Nepal

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081020/wl_sthasia_afp/nepaljapanwildlifeyetioffbeat;_ylt=AlhoKshDtxFUZZG8SJpaRYis0NUE

For Saturday, October 18, 2008

Alligator image licensed under Creative Commons by Pandiyan

Mass Production Of Stem Cells From A Hair

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081017164917.htm

Stem cell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell

RNA-based computers could check on cells

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27242794/

When Under Attack, Plants Can Signal Microbial Friends For Help

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081017150732.htm

Hydroxybutanedioic acid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malic_acid

Soil Chemists Plant Ferns to Soak Up Backyard Poisons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2005/0804-danger_in_your_backyard.htm

Chemistry Provides Solution To Plug Pores In Teeth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/0609-soothing_sensitive_teeth.htm

NovaMin Technology, Inc's website

http://www.novamin.com/

Brain signals predict weight gain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7674096.stm

Thousands Sign Up to Kill Gators

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6058698&page=1

Alligator

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator

African chimps decline 'alarming'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7673914.stm

Pan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(biology)

Lily Tomlin wants Dallas elephant relocated

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081018/ap_on_re_us/elephant_fight;_ylt=Am8.gzdHa.NeoFpxoA1WwugPLBIF

Rare white lions released to wild

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27245016/

Panthera leo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion

Dying Lawyer's Son, Clintons Beg Biogen to Use Drug

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20081015/pl_bloomberg/ajfbhskp9kae;_ylt=ArpZ8KalhX8Q6pk7qoyrBggPLBIF

Tysabri Natalizumab

http://www.tysabri.com/

China takes blame in milk scandal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7677529.stm

Cookies recalled due to possible melamine

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27244985/

Tainted milk takes big toll on rural Chinese

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27243430/

2008 China Milk Scandal - Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal

Italy aims for carbon-neutral farm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7669522.stm

Carbon neutral

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_neutral

South's dry spell travels north

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/10/18/drought.woes.ap/index.html

EPA slashes lead limit in air by 90 percent

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/10/16/epa.lead.air.standard.ap/index.html

Flu Season Hits: 7 States Report Outbreaks

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6058186&page=1

Outrage Over N.J.'s Mandatory Flu Shots

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdandFluNews/story?id=6051917&page=1

How to vacuum clean a horse

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7670715.stm

For Wenesday, October 15, 2008

Ailuropoda melanoleuca image licensed under Creative Commons by drs2biz

Reanimating lifeless organs brings new hope

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/10/13/eod.ghost.heart/index.html

Smoking makes you old before your time

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20081015/hl_hsn/smokingmakesyouoldbeforeyourtime;_ylt=At6UkVrcW2ZFy.N0LpvCryqs0NUE

States ask baby product companies to avoid BPA

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081013/ap_on_he_me/baby_bottles_bpa;_ylt=AooOpIUqLcY0vkB0J84oQiqs0NUE

Memos tell wildlife officials to ignore global-warming impact

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081014/sc_mcclatchy/3072395;_ylt=AofTzmufuXlv1ewy0yowdbEPLBIF

Japan pulls tainted Chinese beans from stores

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27197628/

Your 'pure' bottled water has contaminants, too

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27185076/

Earliest confirmed TB case found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7668838.stm

Scientists sequence giant panda's genome

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27132405/



Aliens flood into UK waters


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7575744.stm

Pacifastacus leniusculus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacifastacus_leniusculus

Eriocheir sinensis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriocheir_sinensis

Did Termites Help Destroy New Orleans Levees?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014134102.htm

Coptotermes formosanus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosan_subterranean_termite

High Mortality Of Endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtles In Baja California

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014160507.htm

Ancient Chinese Salad Plant Transformed Into New Cancer-killing Compound

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014111309.htm

Artemisia annua

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_wormwood

Surface Tension Drives Segregation Within Cell Mixtures

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006130546.htm

Zeitgeist: Bigfoot sighting in Russia?

http://zeitgeist.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/13/1540113.aspx

For Thursday, June 19, 2008

Frocodile Spore creature licensed under Creative Commons by 剛

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_el_pr/mccain;_ylt=At8TaWjaAMh603kDmugj0AKs0NUE

McCain calls for building 45 new nuclear reactors - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_he_me/med_melanoma_treatment;_ylt=AsGXkh6XsolZddpFgqgvfbms0NUE

Man with deadly skin cancer saved by new treatment - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma

Melanoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/sc_nm/iran_cheetah_dc;_ylt=AppGhkXDJqFS3xMH5uQNLykPLBIF

Bridging the Iran-West divide to save cheetahs - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus venaticus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080618/sc_afp/cambodiaenvironmentconservationanimalotter;_ylt=AoNEYYE7UIM07By9YftRk20PLBIF

Rare otter gets sanctuary in Cambodian zoo - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy-nosed_otter

Lutra sumatrana

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_sc/sci_britain_mutant_mosquitoes;_ylt=AunKwv6GNnij0NwUIPQPxVkPLBIF

Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anopheles

Anopheles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria

Malaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080612/sc_afp/madagascarfrancewildlifewwfenvironment;_ylt=Arnq14t3_Ht5LAGStvH8S4B4hMgF

Madagascar signs conservation deal with France: WWF - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_re_af/namibia_wildlife;_ylt=AnrsB8Q1RQ98cLCxraT1Vxd4hMgF

Namibia begins world's largest census of animals - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia

Namibia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_re_us/philly_zoo_elephant_dies;_ylt=Au.YXsADymNwxxelJUBhfIp4hMgF

Petal, oldest African elephant in US zoo, dies - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080611/sc_afp/japanaustraliadiplomacywhaling;_ylt=Amx0YGl_Usz9v.O87tssmNd4hMgF

Australian leader, in Japan, stands firm against whaling - Yahoo! News

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Rudd

Kevin Rudd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7460008.stm

BBC NEWS Africa Insecticide 'killing Kenya lions' (WARNING: VIDEO CONTENT OF DISTURBING AND SHOCKING NATURE. YOU ARE WARNED NOT TO VIEW THE VIDEO EMBED IN THIS LINK).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbofuran

Carbofuran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7463411.stm

BBC NEWS In Pictures In Pictures: Creature creations

http://www.spore.com/ftl

The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site (link to site)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080618133715.htm

Worm-like Marine Animal Providing Fresh Clues About Human Evolution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphioxus

Cephalochordata

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080618161546.htm

Thinking Ahead: Bacteria Anticipate Coming Changes In Their Environment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611135103.htm

Flies Found To Have Internal Thermosensors To Monitor Environmental Temperatures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_%28animal%29

Diptera

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616115703.htm

Marine Biologists Investigate Aliens Beneath The Waves

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styela_clava

Styela clava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616115718.htm

Test Of Bacteria Toxin Delivery System Could Pave Way For New Antibiotic Drugs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_III_secretion_system#Type_III_secretion_system_.28T3SS.29

Secretion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619090739.htm

Ancient Fort Opens New Chapter In First Nations' History

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25197962/

Science proves that bikinis turn men into boobs - Sexploration - msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25257616/

Dad gets life sentence for baby's cocaine death - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25244754/

CDC: 383 tainted tomato cases confirmed - Infectious diseases- msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24932435/

Ethanol backers look way beyond corn - World environment- msnbc.com

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tom_verducci/06/17/verducci.maplebats/index.html?bcnn=yes

The danger of maple bats is a major problem for MLB - Tom Verducci - SI.com