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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

A little secrecy goes a long way ..( about six thousand kilometers actually)




According to the Telegraph U,K, Sherlock Holmes has been sent to North Korea to encourage change.

The British Foreign Office spent about Aus$500 to buy the rights to a Sherlock Holmes episode produced by the BBC for screening at the  Pyongyang International Film Festival in 2012. 

Sherlock could visit here to encourage change to the "return to sender" shipments of refugees. The hermit kingdom is not the only one suffering from a secrecy overload.







News Docos

Channel 7

Well, what do you know? It's not so long ago that the Murdoch's were in deep pooh through their phone hacking saga and we were happy that in Australia we hadn't plumbed the same depths as the U,K,
Obtained illegally , according to Pristorius' defence and broadcast while the trial is still underway in South Africa, the news doco presented by Channel 7 was a bit  "ïffy".
The facts are confusing enough  without further speculation being aired cto all and sundry.It's really a strange and weird case.
Of course , Seven feels totally justified in broadcasting the reenactment of the incident . What else?

Altzheimers

A cure?



The Telegraph in the UK reports  that a  blood test to predict if someone will develop Alzheimer’s within a year has been unveiled by scientists in a breakthrough which could see the disease become preventable.
After a decade of research, experts at Oxford University and Kings College London are confident they have found the 10 proteins which show the disease is imminent.
It means that clinical trials can now start on people who have not yet developed Alzheimer’s to find out which drugs halt its onset.
Alzheimer's is a heart-rending disease altering personalities and causing the patients to live in a world of their own eventually leading to death as various functions break down,
There are many people who have suffered from loved ones and relatives being struck down with the disease. 
It would be good news for quite a few of us . Who knows what the future holds ?