The U.S. State Department Angers Americans On Twitter With Travel Advisory For 'Ugly' People

  
U.S. State Department puts its foot in its mouth, then deleted this tweet and apologized

When a government tries to be cool online, it never ends well. The U.S. State Department is more proof of this. A smart aleck tweeting from the State Department's official Twitter page posted the comment, "Not a '10' in the US? Then not a 10 overseas. Beware of being lured into buying expensive drinks or worse - being robbed #springbreakingbadly." Americans on Twitter got upset at the Tweet slamming the State Department in a series of comical tweets:

The parody twitter page mocking the fiasco:



Then the State Department deleted the tweet and issued this apology:

People shouldn't feel bad. The State Department wasn't calling everybody ugly. They were just talking about Madonna and Jay Z (LOL). The rest of you, have a happy vacation, don't leave your drinks unattended, don't take rides from strangers or book travel arrangements with companies/sites that aren't reputable.

Madonna (left) and Jay Z (right)

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State Department Apologizes for #SpringBreakingBadly Tweet 

Mar 31, 2016, 8:12 AM ET - The State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs apologized for a tweet it sent out Wednesday that warned Americans of scams while traveling overseas. “Not a ‘10’ in the US? Then not a 10 overseas. Beware of being lured into buying expensive drinks or worse – being robbed. #springbreakingbadly,” the tweet read. It has since been deleted, but several media organizations had already captured the tweet, and Twitter users were quick to respond...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/state-department-apolog

Congress Rips The CDC For Lax Safety Procedures That Led To Anthrax Exposure Confirming This Site's Previous Claims (Video)

Members of the U.S. Congress took turns ripping the Center For Disease Control (CDC) over their lax safety procedures, which lead to 84 employees, including scientists, being exposed to deadly anthrax. No fatalities have been reported, as employees were given medication to address the exposure.

Today, U.S. News And World Report stated, "A document released by the government on Monday after a follow-up investigation revealed that CDC laboratories violated crucial safety codes: keys were left in the locks of refrigerators containing anthrax, bacteria was being transported in Ziploc bags and workers were using expired disinfectants, according to Reuters."

The Judiciary Report has been writing about lab safety for years (84 Members Of Staff At The Center For Disease Control Exposed To Anthrax Confirming This Site's Previous Claims About Lab Safety). Though the government, including the CDC, reads this website on a regular basis according to site stats, apparently they didn't take it to heart enough, as revelations about poor procedures and protocols at their main facility is a matter of concern. Considering they have the capability to accidentally wipeout the entire nation if something goes seriously wrong at their facility, they are going to have to do better than this.

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Congress Confronts CDC About Recent Mishaps

July 16, 2014 | 4:33 p.m. EDT - Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., chairman of a subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, holds up a bag on Wednesday during a hearing about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recent safety violations. The director of the Center of Disease Control stood before Congress on Wednesday to address the agency’s recent mishaps, including the mishandling of anthrax and avian influenza, which have pushed lawmakers over the edge after years of lab safety issues. 

Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., chairman of a subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, called the anthrax incident “sloppy” and “inexcusable,” reported USA Today. In June, more than 80 CDC employees were potentially exposed to live anthrax bacteria when it was transferred to an ill-equipped lab.

A document released by the government on Monday after a follow-up investigation revealed that CDC laboratories violated crucial safety codes: keys were left in the locks of refrigerators containing anthrax, bacteria was being transported in Ziploc bags and workers were using expired disinfectants, according to Reuters...

http://www.usnews.com

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84 Members Of Staff At The Center For Disease Control Exposed To Anthrax Confirming This Site's Previous Claims About Lab Safety

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For years the Judiciary Report has repeatedly written science articles about lab safety and the danger the lack thereof poses to scientists and the world at large (May 20, 2010's Science Safety). The Judiciary Report has also repeatedly warned against certain science experiments, regarding allegedly inactive samples of deadly bacteria (January 24, 2012's Scientists Agree To Halt Super Swine Flu Trials After Government Outcry and September 23, 2009 Scientist Dies Of The Plague). On May 2, 2009, I was also the first to state the Swine Flu reboot was due to human error (see the "Related Articles" below for more original Judiciary Report science articles I wrote that later proved true).

This week, a crisis erupted as 75 scientists and 9 additional employees of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, were accidentally exposed to anthrax, via a live sample, due to lax safety procedures and protocols. The incident occurred in a bioterrorism lab at the CDC. The employees are now being medically monitored. Select employees have been administered a course of antibiotics, while others were given the anthrax vaccine.

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Anthrax exposure sparks new scrutiny over CDC safety

Jun 20, 2014 12:16 PM ET - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Ga., says as many as 84 of its staff in Atlanta may have been accidentally exposed to dangerous anthrax bacteria. As many as 84 scientists and staff may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria after researchers failed to follow safety procedures, the U.S. government said Friday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that at least 75 people had been affected, prompting an investigation by federal authorities. CDC spokesman Benjamin Haynes said in an email on Friday that the number has increased to 84 potential exposures.

As of early Friday, 32 staff members were taking the powerful antibiotic ciprofloxacin, or Cipro, and 20 were taking another antibiotic called doxycycline, Haynes said in a statement.

CDC Anthrax  In addition, as many as 27 people were getting the anthrax vaccine to prevent infection. No illnesses have been reported, but the agency expects the number of possible exposures to rise as more people step forward now that news of the anthrax scare is public.

The safety breach, which originated in the CDC's bioterror lab, raised new concerns about the way laboratories around the world conduct research into the deadliest known pathogens, from anthrax to Ebola and avian flu. The CDC has already faced repeated scrutiny over security lapses and mechanical malfunctions at some of its labs dating back to at least 2007.

The CDC said it will cede control of the investigation to the U.S. Department of Agriculture "to avoid potential conflicts of interest." U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed on the matter on Friday by his homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, Lisa Monaco, the White House said. The incident also is drawing scrutiny from Congress about whether the CDC has the appropriate safety procedures in place to protect federal employees from contamination.

A week ago, on Friday the 13th, bioterrorism researchers at the CDC discovered they had mistakenly sent live anthrax bacteria out to fellow scientists in two lower-security clearance labs at the agency, instead of what they thought were harmless samples of the deadly pathogen.

 

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Are you training correctly? Is your technique right? These are things that can make or break an athlete. An effective coach or trainer can look at an athlete's form and tell whether their training methods, technique and form are correct. If you are an athlete training in your own time, it is good to verify your habits, methods and form against greats in your sport who have achieved tremendous levels of success. You learn from the best. This coupled with hard work and practice is how you get better. 

It is important that athletes not form bad habits. Incorrect training methods and the wrong technique can lead to injury and unnecessary losses in games/matches. It can mean the difference between winning the title or taking a defeat. Therefore, ensure you do things correctly, following proper, safe textbook guidelines proven to be the most efficient and effective in your sport.

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3-Year-Old Boy Mauled To Death By Wild Dogs At Pittsburgh Zoo

 

Yesterday, a three year old toddler was mauled to death by 11 African Painted dogs, after he fell into the enclosure at the Pittsburgh Zoo in Pennsylvania. Zoo employees were unable to reach the boy until it was too late.

Police were forced to shoot and kill one of the most aggressive dogs that would not back away from the child. Head of the Pittsburgh Zoo, Barbara Baker stated, "The keepers tried everything they could do. They responded immediately when visitors alerted them to the fact that a child was in the yard."

This horrific, preventable tragedy will undoubtedly result in lawsuits, which are richly deserved for this safety and security lapse. This zoo needs to be shutdown until it is truly safe, lest another tragedy occurs. The Judiciary Report sends its sincerest condolences to the little boy's family.

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Why Are There So Many Plane Crashes In Iran

Iran (Photo Credit: irantrip1)

Is it just me or does Iran have a lot of plane crashes. There was another plane crash in the region last week. It seems like they are constantly in the news regarding an aircraft either bursting into flames or coming to an incorrect, deadly landing. A number of planes have crashed either going into or coming from Iran.

Is there a problem with air safety or airport management, as this keeps happening at a higher than normal rate. Someone in a position of authority needs to look into it. Upgrades need to be made to protect lives. The site concedes, crashes do happen, but this is too many.

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Science Safety

The Judiciary Report was the first to state in a time-stamped, copyrighted article that the recent swine flu mini-epidemic that gripped the world, was due to someone playing around in a science laboratory.

Weeks after that article was published, scientist, Adrian Gibbs, a co-creator of the flu drug Tamiflu, which is the most widely used flu medicine in the nation, stated he believes the latest swine flu strain was the end result of "human error" which supported the Judiciary Report's previous claims.

In light of these revelations, what is being done to ensure such incidents do not transpire again. We must look at our world as a collective, in that something that endangers one of us endangers us all.

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The Key To Rebuilding Haiti

The key to rebuilding Haiti will be in logistics. The building code in the Caribbean has to be strict, as the climate is often subject to powerful hurricanes and sometimes earthquakes.

Prefab building can be quick, but may be dangerous, as most of the materials used for such structures are typically wood and softer fibers. Concrete, steel and rebar should be the order of the day.

Structural engineers should also be consulted, to create structures with room for swaying, in the event of a future quake. Seismology surveys need to be done, to avoid rebuilding on dangerous fault lines.

A centralized, organizational committee should be formed and issues of import duty, tax and any other VAT mandates (materials) will have to be thoroughly mulled over, lest it make the rebuilding process more tedious and lengthy than necessary. Haiti's damaged areas can be rebuilt and in good time, but a very good plan needs to be on the table.

Thus far, over a billion has been raised, but more is needed.