o'1/2 - Black / African American History Month ...'toon opines

 From: lc Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 Subject: Black / African American History Month ....'toon opines

This was from February. Still a good message(s).

Black History Month .......Priceless

And the look on Michelle's face: PRICELESS

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o'clown posse - "Send out the clowns." (video 2m6s) [redux]

From: baja Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 Subject: Send out the clowns

SOMEBODY DID A LOT OF WORK ON THIS.
CLICK: Send Out the Clowns:

Watch on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/embed/osYZ1uZasN8

YouTube URL: http://youtu.be/osYZ1uZasN8

steve nagel uploaded a video: "Send out the clowns"

Published on Sep 22, 2013

America is run by the people for the people--let us not forget.  Morphs by Brisson Design, music by Carolina Taylor produced by Steve Nagel of UVPAQLITE in memory of David A. Noble (1984-2012).  He never liked clowns.

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gelotophobia & coulrophobia ...

http://harrolds.blogspot.com/2012/09/2012-gelotophobia-dncs-clown-show.html

Sep 1, 2012 - 

     "Traditionally, we think of clowns as being funny.  Their job at parties and circus events is to make everyone laugh.

     However, not all clowns are known to be good.  Evil clowns in films and stage productions may look like your average clown, but their behaviour is not humorous.  Evil clowns, who use unusual elements to instill fear and loathing, are the classic villains.
     Some children and adults see nothing funny about a clown.  Instead, their white faces and grotesque, painted smiles instill fear and loathing.  This primal fear of clowns is known as coulrophobia."

gelotophobia  (defined at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelotophobia) The last Democratic National 'Clown' Convention was held in September 2012.  Senator Harry Reid's (D-UT) state and city of Salt Lake are in contention for the 2016 DNC 'Clown' Convention starring H16, Hanoi John, o'stand down and a whole mob of clowns. coulrophobia  (defined at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulrophobia)

'Send in the Clowns' sung by Judy Collins

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 From: drude Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 Subject: Unseen Little Rascals Episode

Watch a preview of the Democrat's National Convention aka "The Clown Show".

o'ship of fools - Lil Rascals' 'silent movie' [redux] Remember Nov '12. (~4min)

It seems to disappear from and reappear on Youtube.  It's back on line in lower resolution at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGteQORlL4Q

Little Obama Rascals

 

MaxSplinters·19 videos

   

(Judging from some of the NewSpeak panic libtard rants posted on MaxSplinters'

Kenya Wild Man?

YouTube, it looks like they're getting worried about their foreigner o'massah's alien ideologies socialist Marxist racist progressive muslim one-world-ism government plantation state-ism Utopian anti-gun anti-Christian anti-White anti-Semite o'bamacidal baby killing 1984 lying fascist unconstitutional o'manchurian traitorous communist illegal attempts to destroy America might be crashing down before death panels can be setup and before the 'would you shoot an American?-...Yes' Domestic Security Force is operational against an unarmed citizenry and before and ironically o'night of the long knives, who himself bends over & bows down, o'swish won't even give'm a "reach around." - rfh)

reposted from: http://harrolds.blogspot.com/2011/10/oship-of-fools-lil-rascals-silent-movie.html

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H16 - Wiliiam (Bill) Jefferson Clinton's 1969 draft board letter

From: kd Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 Subject: Bill Clintons draft board letter

[Note: After the draft letter, below, there is a transcript of a February 1992 Nightline program in which then-Governor Bill Clinton discusses the controversial draft letter with Ted Koppel.]"Dear Colonel Holmes, I am sorry to be so long in writing. I know I promised to let you hear from me at least once a month, and from now on you will, but I have had to have some time to think about this first letter. Almost daily since my return to England I have thought about writing, about what I want to and ought to say. First, I want to thank you, not just for saving me from the draft, but for being so kind and decent to me last summer, when I was as low as I have ever been. One thing which made the bond we struck in good faith somewhat palatable to me was my high regard for you personally. In retrospect, it seems that the admiration might not have been mutual had you known a little more about me, about my political beliefs and activities. At least you might have thought me more fit for the draft than for ROTC. Let me try to explain. As you know, I worked for two years in a very minor position on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. I did it for the experience and the salary, but also for the opportunity, however small, of working every day against a war I opposed and despised with a depth of feeling I had reserved solely for racism in America before Vietnam. I did not take the matter lightly, but studied it carefully, and there was a time when not many people had more information about Vietnam at hand than I did. I have written and spoken and marched against the war. One of the national organizers of the Vietnam Moratorium is a close friend of mine. After I left Arkansas last summer, I went to Washington to work in the national headquarters of the Moratorium, then to England to organize the Americans here for demonstrations here October 15th and November 16th. After one week of answering questions about allegations of draft-dodging and one week before the New Hampshire primary, a letter surfaces in which a young Bill Clinton thanks a colonel for "saving me from the draft."Clinton defends the letter and questions the motives of his accusers. (2/12/92)  Interlocked with the war is the draft issue, which I did not begin to consider separately until early 1968. For a law seminar at Georgetown I wrote a paper on the legal arguments for and against allowing, within the Selective Service System, the classification of selective conscientious objection, for those opposed to participation in a particular war, not simply to, quote, participation in war in any form, end quote. From my work I came to believe that the draft system itself is illegitimate. No government really rooted in limited, parliamentary democracy should have the power to make its citizens fight and kill and die in a war they may oppose, a war which even possibly may be wrong, a war which, in any case, does not involve immediately the peace and freedom of the nation. The draft was justified in World War II because the life of the people collectively was at stake.. Individuals had to fight if the nation was to survive, for the lives of their countrymen and their way of life. Vietnam is no such case. Nor was Korea, an example where, in my opinion, certain military action was justified but the draft was not, for the reasons stated above. Because of my opposition to the draft and the war, I am in great sympathy with those who are not willing to fight, kill, and maybe die for their country, that is, the particular policy of a particular government, right or wrong. Two of my friends at Oxford are conscientious objectors. I wrote a letter of recommendation for one of them to his Mississippi draft board, a letter which I am more proud of than anything else I wrote at Oxford last year. One of my roommates is a draft resister who is possibly under indictment and may never be able to go home again. He is one of the bravest, best men I know. His country needs men like him more than they know. That he is considered a criminal is an obscenity. The decision not to be a resister and the related subsequent decisions were the most difficult of my life. I decided to accept the draft in spite of my beliefs for one reason: to maintain my political viability within the system. For years I have worked to prepare myself for a political life characterized by both practical political ability and concern for rapid social progress. It is a life I still feel compelled to try to lead. I do not think our system of government is by definition corrupt, however dangerous and inadequate it has been in recent years (the society may be corrupt, but that is not the same thing, and if that is true we are all finished anyway). When the draft came, despite political convictions, I was having a hard time facing the prospect of fighting a war I had been fighting against, and that is why I contacted you. ROTC was the one way left in which I could possibly, but not positively, avoid both Vietnam and resistance. Going on with my education, even coming back to England, played no part in my decision to join ROTC. I am back here, and would have been at Arkansas Law School, because there is nothing else I can do. In fact, I would like to have been able to take a year out perhaps to teach in a small college or work on some community action project and in the process to decide whether to attend law school or graduate school and how to be putting what I have learned to use. But the particulars of my personal life are not nearly as important to me as the principles involved. After I signed the ROTC letter of intent I began to wonder whether the compromise I had made with myself was not more objectionable than the draft would have been, because I had no interest in the ROTC program in itself and all I seemed to have done was to protect myself from physical harm. Also, I began to think I had deceived you, not by lies - there were none - but by failing to tell you all the things I'm writing now. I doubt that I had the mental coherence to articulate them then. At that time, after we had made our agreement and you had sent my 1 - D deferment to my draft board, the anguish and loss of self-regard and self-confidence really set in. I hardly slept for weeks and kept going by eating compulsively and reading until exhaustion brought sleep. Finally on September 12th, I stayed up all night writing a letter to the chairman of my draft board, saying basically what is in the preceding paragraph, thanking him for trying to help me in a case where he really couldn't, and stating that I couldn't do the ROTC after all and would he please draft me as soon as possible. I never mailed the letter, but I did carry it on me every day until I got on the plane to return to England. I didn't mail the letter because I didn't see, in the end, how my going in the Army and maybe going to Vietnam would achieve anything except a feeling that I had punished myself and gotten what I deserved. So I came back to England to try to make something of this second year of my Rhodes scholarship. And that is where I am now, writing to you because you have been good to me and have a right to know what I think and feel. I am writing too in the hope that my telling this one story will help you to understand more clearly how so many fine people have come to find themselves still loving their country but loathing the military, to which you and other good men have devoted years, lifetimes, of the best service you could give. To many of us, it is no longer clear what is service and what is disservice, or if it is clear, the conclusion is likely to be illegal. Forgive the length of this letter. There was much to say. There is still a lot to be said, but it can wait. Please say hello to Colonel Jones for me. Merry Christmas. Sincerely, Bill Clinton"

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Another o'scamcare snag - Health payouts to more than a million may be wrong... - www.washingtonpost.com

Another snag: Health payouts to more than a million may be wrong.
- www.washingtonpost.com, http://tinyurl.com/q5nmno7
shared via www.drudgely.com

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Are these mystery radio bursts messages from ALIENS? | Mail Online

Are these mystery radio bursts messages from ALIENS?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2630615/Are-mystery-radio-bursts-messages-ALIENS-Freak-frequency-outside-Milky-Way-baffles-astronomers.html

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humor - Wife missing

From: 1776 Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 Subject: Wife missing

A husband went to police station to report his missing wife: Husband : -I've lost my wife, she went shopping yesterday and has still not come home. Sergeant : -What is her height ? Husband : -I really never noticed. Sergeant : -Build? Husband : -Not slim, not really fat. Sergeant : -Color of eyes? Husband : -Never noticed. Sergeant : -Color of hair? Husband : -Changes according to season. Sergeant : -What was she wearing? Husband : -Dress/suit/ I don't remember exactly. Sergeant : -Did she go in a car? Husband : -yes. Sergeant : -What kind of car was it? Husband : -Black Audi A8 with super charged 3.0 liter V6 engine generating 333 horse power with an eight-speed triptonic automatic transmission with manual mode.  And it has full LED headlights, which use light emitting diodes for all light functions and has a very thin scratch on the front left door - at this point the husband started crying ... Sergeant : -Don't worry sir. ...We will find your car.

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Update: busybusy.com for web based version

From: Herbert Timpson Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014  Subject: busybusy | Update for web based version

Welcome to busybusy.com!

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We will be releasing an update to the web based version of busybusy! This update will be taking place the night of Saturday, May 16th. Click the link below for all of the details. http://www.busybusy.com/blog/web-update-1.2.0/ You will need log out of your busybusy account to view this blog post. Feel free to contact me with any assistance with this update, or any of your busybusy needs. Israel Barlow. COO (855) 287-9287 busybusy.com israel@busybusy.com BusyBusy.com, 446 S Mall Dr., St. George, Utah 84790 United States (855) 287-9287

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Smile - 'toon: New Seat Belt Law

From: drude Sent: We.7May14 Subject: New Seat Belt Law

The National Highway Safety Council has done extensive testing on a newly designed seat belt.  Results show that accidents can be reduced by as much as 95% when the belt is properly installed. 
Correct Installation is illustrated below.......

Please pass on to family and friends.
THIS MAY HELP SAVE A LIFE! 

This can really save lives and lower blood pressure by 40%!

alternate source: http://www.ecostarr.com/blog-diary/new-seat-belt-law-may-2013-not-funny-

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o'mam - MEDIA BLACKOUT: Palestinian Terrorists Firebomb Bus Full of Jewish Schoolgirls

http://www.redflagnews.com/headlines/media-blackout-palestinian-terrorists-firebomb-bus-full-of-jewish-schoolgirls

Via INN:

A well-planned firebomb attack on a bus full of Jewish schoolgirls Tuesday could easily have ended in tragedy, but no news source even reported that it took place, except for the one you are currently reading – Arutz Sheva.

The girls were sixth-graders from a religious school in central Israel.  They were on a bat mitzva tour of the Cave of Machpela in Hevron, a site recognized by the government as an official heritage site, when four terrorists ambushed it with firebombs.

The mother of one of the girls, who was accompanying the trip, told Arutz Sheva that the ambush had been well planned.  She described moments of horror when the firebombs exploded, one after the other, on the bus's windows, east of the Halhoul bridge, as the bus made its way back from Hevron.

"This was a bat mitzva trip that had been approved by the Ministry of Education, which included a visit to Rachel's Tomb.  The buses were bulletproofed and had an armed guard," she said….

No Israeli or foreign news source is known to have reported the incident.  However, incidents involving graffiti by Jewish youths have been receiving front page coverage and government ministers have called for their classification as terror acts.  Apparently influenced by Israeli media and politicians, the United States has also equated the Jewish nationalistic vandalism with terror.

Chananel, the woman's son, whose sister had been on the bus, wrote on Facebook on Tuesday: "Three firebombs exploded on the bus.  It was a direct hit.  The bus was engulfed in flames and the girls and the mothers in the bus screamed, cried, leaned down toward the floor.  There was a smell of burnt plastic.

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Black Mob Attacks White Family

6-Year-Old Girl 'Punched In Stomach': White Family Stalked, Pummeled By Black Mob of 15 Thugs...

-- from RedFlag News

     (WND) -- A family of eight, "just enjoying their Mother's Day weekend in Savannah," were savagely attacked by an unknown number of  blacks in the Georgia city, that left several family members injured, including a 6-year-old girl who was "punched in the stomach."
     A report from WTOC-TV said the attack on eight members of a family visiting from Atlanta happened in downtown Savannah on Saturday night.
     Family members said they had finished eating dinner in a Savannah restaurant and were walking along River Street.
     According to a crime report from the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department posted on Facebook, an officer described responding to the family of Rob Gray, his brother-in-law and others.
"All of a sudden," the police report said, "a black male and a black female forcefully walked through his [Mr. Thomas'] family bumping into him and the small children in his family."
     "Thomas then advised that he then said something to the black male about his actions. He then explained that the black male then stopped and turned around and charged at him and assaulted him. Mr. Thomas then advised that several more unknown black individual[s] came from behind and attacked his family including the children. Mr. Thomas advised that he does not know how many people were attacking him and his family, but they ran off after the assault," the report said.
Keep reading...Source

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U.S. Muslims Won't Excommunicate Boko Haram

U.S. Muslim groups won't excommunicate Boko Haram -- They can't cite Islamic texts that contradict Boko's argument ... 

-- from the RedFlag News

     (by Robert Spencer, Jihad Watch) -- Notice that the Daily Caller's Neil Munro repeatedly asks Muslim leaders in the U.S. to offer Islamic counter-arguments to Boko Haram's claims for Islamic justification for its actions, and they refuse to do so. This is, as I am quoted as saying in this piece, because they can't.
     "US Muslim groups won't move to excommunicate Boko Haram," by Neil Munro, Daily Caller, May 12, 2014:
     U.S. Islamic leaders won't try to formally excommunicate the Islamist Boko Haram group unless they can meet with its leadership to debate the religious legitimacy of its actions, a spokesman for a leading mosque told The Daily Caller.
     "There is a great reluctance to excommunicate someone by extension. … It would be like convicting someone in absentia," said Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, the spokesman for the "Home of the Migrants" mosque, or Dar Al Hijrah mosque, in Falls Church Va. If crimes have been committed, the Nigerian government should punish the individuals, he added.
     On May 7, Abdul Malik led a group of Muslim advocates at a press conference at the National Press Club, where they denied that Islamic strictures are shaping Boko Haram's years-long campaign of killing and kidnapping Christians.
     "Islam is not the problem," said Ahmed Bedier, a Florida-based Islamic advocate. "We're tired of people coming on television and asking where does this ideology come from," Bedier said. "Well, this ideology comes from nowhere," he insisted….
     At his May 7 event, Abdul-Malik urged Boko Haram to change its view of Islam, even as he declined to challenge its religious claims. "Groups like Boko Haram desire to take us back to a medieval … world where kidnapping of women and girls and enslavement and rape are acceptable," he said.
     "The world has changed … [and] in particular we are saying as modern day Muslims that we now rejectall of these acts and that they are contrary to our faith," he said.
     However, Abdul-Malik didn't promise any religious or political action by U.S. Islamic groups. When pressed May 9 by TheDC to cite Islamic texts that contradict Boko Haram's Islamist arguments, Abdul-Malik quickly ended the phone call….
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Health- Medical Experts Refuse "Energy Savings" Bulbs (by John Naish, Daily Mail, 12/13May14)

From: rk Date: May 12, 2014

The medical experts who refuse to use low-energy light bulbs 
H/T http://dailym.ai/1mSuP3z @MailOnline
re-posted here from the article source at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2626564/The-medical-experts-refuse-use-low-energy-lightbulbs-homes-Professors-stocked-old-style-bulbs-protect-against-skin-cancer-blindness-So-YOU-worried.html

The medical experts who refuse to use low-energy light bulbs in their homes: Professors have stocked up on old-style bulbs to protect against skin cancer and blindness.  So should YOU be worried?

authored by JOHN NAISH, Daily Mail, 12/13May14

PUBLISHED: 18:22 EST, 12 May 2014 | UPDATED: 03:33 EST, 13 May 2014

     How would you view a man who's stockpiled a lifetime supply of old-fashioned lightbulbs because he believes low-energy bulbs could lead to blindness? 

     You might well dismiss him as dotty.  But the man in question, John Marshall, is no crank.   In fact, he's one of Britain's most eminent eye experts, the professor of ophthalmology at the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology.  So concerned is he that he has boxes stacked with old-fashioned incandescent lightbulbs at home. 

     'I bulk bought incandescent lightbulbs before the Government made it illegal to import them,' he says.
     'I can't give you an exact number, but I have enough to see me out.'

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     Top eye expert Prof John Marshall has boxes stacked with old-fashioned incandescent lightbulbs at home

     Nor is he alone in his concerns about modern lightbulbs.  Another eminent British professor, John Hawk, an expert in skin disease, is warning they may cause sunburn-like damage, premature aging and even skin cancer. 

     He doesn't have any low-energy bulbs in his house, explaining: 'I have lots of old-style bulbs I bought in bulk when they were available.'

     Incandescent bulbs had been the standard form of illumination for more than a century. But following an EU directive, the Government banned the import of 100-watt bulbs from 2009.
     This was followed by a ban on 60w bulbs in 2011 and a full ban on all 'traditional' bulbs in 2012.

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     The EU directive was aimed at cutting fuel and carbon emissions.  The low-energy bulbs - or compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), to give them their technical name - are said to use 80 per cent less electricity and to last longer. 

     Old-fashioned incandescent bulbs work by electrically heating a filament inside a glass globe filled with inert gas, so that it emits light. 

     Instead of a glowing filament, low-energy bulbs have argon and mercury vapour within a spiral-shaped tube.  When the gas gets heated, it produces ultraviolet light.  This stimulates a fluorescent coating painted on the inside of the tube.  As this coating absorbs energy, it emits light.

     The concern is about some of the light rays emitted in high levels by these bulbs, says Professor Marshall.  Recent scientific evidence shows these specific rays are particularly damaging to human eyes and skin. 

     Light is made up of a spectrum of different coloured rays of light, which have different wavelengths.  As he explains: 'Light is a form of radiation.  The shorter the wavelength, the more  energy it contains.
     'The most damaging part of the spectrum is the short wavelength light at the indigo/violet end of blue.
     'Incandescent bulbs did not cause problems, but these low-energy lamps emit high peaks of blue and ultraviolet light at this wavelength.'

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Low-energy bulbs are said to use 80 per cent less electricity and to last longer

HOW THEY CAN ATTACK YOUR EYES 

     In the same way ultraviolet rays in sunlight can cause premature aging in our skin if we get sunburnt, there is a similar situation in the eye, says Professor Marshall. 

     'You shed skin every five days, but your retina is with you for life.'

     The retina at the back of the eye is vital for sight - it's made up of light-sensitive cells that trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where visual images are formed.

     Sustained exposure to ultraviolet light wavelengths from CFLs increases the risk of two seriously debilitating eye conditions, macular degeneration and cataracts, the professor claims.

     With macular degeneration, the macula, which is at the centre of the retina, becomes damaged with age.  A cataract is a clouding of the lens inside the eye.  These are two of the leading causes of blindness in Britain.

     'If you are in a country with high levels of ultraviolet light, your eyes will age faster,' he says.  'This is why the incidence of cataracts is earlier and greater nearer the equator, where sunlight is at its strongest, so there is more light across all spectrums.  CFLs may have a similar effect.

     'The exposure can also significantly increase your risk of macular degeneration.  The biggest risk factor for this is age, as it commonly starts to affect people from 60 to 80. 

     'You will almost certainly exacerbate that risk with low-energy lightbulbs,' adds the professor, who last month warned his colleagues of the dangers at Optrafair, a national education forum for opticians.

Invented in the late 1800s, but how do light bulbs work?

READING LAMP DANGER ZONES

     But it's not just your eyes that may be at risk from these lightbulbs. 

     Professor John Hawk, the retired head of the photobiology unit at St John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College, London, warns: 'There is good evidence that the CFLs that have been foisted upon us emit radiation sufficient to cause damage to the skin if used close by for long enough.'

     He says the risk is particularly high if the bulb is a metre or less from your body, which is common as people use them in reading lamps.

     'There is evidence that demonstrates that the lamps can not only cause damage to skin, but also short-term symptoms such as sun rash and prickly heat, a condition that medically is called polymorphic light eruption.

1801

The year ultraviolet rays were discovered by physicist Johann Wilhelm

     'As with any ultraviolet damage, these effects can add up over the years.  The cumulative effect of this ultra-violet light causing burning, skin cell damage and aging skin, is that it must to some small, but significant, extent, increase the risk of skin cancer.' 

     Low-energy bulbs are also known to cause trouble to people who have lupus, an auto-immune disorder that typically affects the skin, joints and internal organs.  Irritation caused by ultraviolet light worsens the rashes, joint pain and fatigue associated with the disease. 

     According to the Lupus Foundation of America, up to two-thirds of people with the condition are sensitive to CFLs.

     The EU has acknowledged that exposure to low-energy light bulbs may cause skin damage.  But a report published in 2008 by its Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks said this risk is only with  'prolonged' exposure at distances of less than 20 cm. 

     In such cases, 'CFLs may lead to UV exposures approaching the work-place limit set to protect workers from skin and retinal damage'. 

The LINK TO MIGRAINE

     'Migraines and epilepsy are also problems,' says Professor Hawk.  'I have seen 30 skin patients in my clinic who have been experiencing these problems linked to the bulbs.' 

     This may be because low-energy bulbs can flicker imperceptibly (incandescent bulbs flicker only when they are about to break). 

     A 2013 study in the journal Neurology found that flickering lights are likely to trigger migraines in some sufferers.  Flickering lights are also a trigger for epileptic fits.

     Eleanor Levin, 44, a teacher of Spanish and music from Lancaster, blames low-energy bulbs for her headaches.  She says she can't be in the same room as one as it will trigger attacks of nausea, confusion and migraine.  She first noticed the problem three years ago, when she began to suffer headaches in the office where she worked.  'In the end, it made me so ill I had to give up that job,' she says. 

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     Flickering lights are likely to trigger migraines in some sufferers.  They are also a trigger for epileptic fits

     Eleanor has seen an array of doctors and neurologists. 

     'Some neurologists have told me they believe the problem is caused by light flickering and is related to migraines,' she says. 

     'I have old-fashioned incandescent lights at home and don't get headaches - that's why I now teach students at home for a living.  I'm also fine with halogen bulbs.'

     But she says she has to be careful where she goes at night.  'Luckily, there are enough places that use gentle ambient light without these bulbs,' she says.

     'The EU accepts there can be skin-damage problems related to low-energy lightbulbs, but not headaches.  I suspect there are a lot of people who suffer milder problems with CFL bulb-related headaches, but who have not made the link with the cause.'

     It's also previously been reported that low-energy bulbs contain small amounts of mercury, raising concerns that if the glass is broken, this toxic substance could be released into the air or landfill.
     A study by Germany's Federal Environment Agency found a broken low-energy bulb emits levels of the vapour up to 20 times higher than the safe guideline limit for an indoor area.

     While the amounts are relatively small, if a low-energy bulb does break, Public Health England advises householders to evacuate the room and leave it to ventilate for 15 minutes. 

     You're advised to wear gloves while wiping the area with a damp cloth and picking up the fragments - these should be placed in a plastic bag, then sealed. 

     This should be taken to a council dump and placed in a special recycling bank - councils do not collect hazardous waste in normal collections.

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Incandescent bulbs had been the standard form of illumination for more than a century

RISK OF FAULTY BULBS

     Another potential concern is that low-energy bulbs bought off the shelf vary considerably in the amount of dangerous spectrum ultraviolet light they emit, according to research at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, by Professor Harry Moseley, its head of photo-biology.  'There appear to be significant problems with quality control in their manufacture,' he says. 

     'Our testing has found that in a batch of ten CFLs from randomly selected makers, one may be significantly worse than the rest, because, for example, it has a fault in its light-shielding.'

     Professor Moseley says that the 'single-envelope' bulbs - the low-energy bulbs where the coiled  parts are visible - tend to emit the highest levels of ultraviolet light. 

     He believes those with a 'double' envelope - where a pearly dome like an old- fashioned lightbulb covers the coiled parts - tend to block out UV light 'much better'.

     Dermatologist Professor Hawk acknowledges the efforts to improve the bulbs by providing clouded glass domes. 

     'But we are not sure how improved they are,' he says. 

     He has been trying to lobby the EU to lift its ban on incandescent bulbs. 

     'I have talked to the committee on light safety in Brussels about these concerns, but no one there seems to be interested in this,' he says. 

     'The EU was trying to be green by introducing CFLs, but they did not think of the health consequences.  They are very reluctant to reverse its policies.'

     Anne Vick, the communications director of Lighting Europe, the industry association representing leading lighting manufacturers, maintains 'there is no risk from ultra-violet light exposure emitted by CFLs as their UVA and UVB rays are well within the limits that guarantee consumer protection'.
     She adds: 'European scientific experts have not found any health impact from UV rays emitted by energy-saving bulbs in normal conditions.

     'For workers exposed to high levels of light and for people affected by extreme light sensitivity, experts recommended using double-envelope lamps. 

     'CFLs comply with all relevant consumer protection legislation.  All lamps are thoroughly tested in order to ensure safe applications for all consumers.'

     Meanwhile, an EU spokes-person told the Mail that 'based on scientific evidence, an EU scientific committee in 2008 and the UK's Health Protection Agency came to the conclusion that in normal use compact fluorescent lamps do not pose risks to the general public'.

     However, Professor Moseley is not convinced. 

     He says that what's needed is better legislation from the EU on the quality and safety of  low-energy lighting. 

     'But they are very reluctant,' he says.  'Their feeling is that it is the sufferers' problem. In Brussels, the carbon emission targets take precedence.'

     Eye expert Professor Marshall has a far simpler, if rather blunt, solution. 

     'I would like to urge the manufacturers of these lightbulbs to get rid of them.'

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source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2626564/The-medical-experts-refuse-use-low-energy-lightbulbs-homes-Professors-stocked-old-style-bulbs-protect-against-skin-cancer-blindness-So-YOU-worried.htm

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