Before & After & Inbetween

I stumbled across this news article from the BBC: Flats may be Olympic missile site in London. However, the important part is actually in the picture of the leaflet distributed to affected residents:

How can we be sure this is safe? The Air Defense System will be manned by fully trained, professional soldiers.

For the record:
If I were a resident of those flats, it would NOT comfort me.
And as the citizen of continental Europe that I am: Does that imply NOT ALL of Britain's missile systems are manned by fully trained personnel!?

Post copied with okay from solo:

Europe against genetically modified crops
If you live in Europe, this may be relevant to your concerns:
"The European Commission has just approved growing genetically modified crops for the first time in 12 years, putting the GM lobby's profits over public concerns -- 60% of Europeans feel we need more information before growing foods that could threaten our health and environment.
A new initiative allows 1 million EU citizens a unique chance to make official requests of the European Commission. Let's build a million voices for a ban on GM foods until the research is done."
There's a formal petition by the European Citizens' Initiative against it; if one million EU citizens sign, an official request can be made to the EU to ban GM foods pending further research. If you are an EU citizen, you can sign here.

The 'It Gets Better' Project for LGBT teenagers
If you are lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans, you might think about participating in the It Gets Better Project, started by Dan Savage and meant to let LGBT high school students who are bullied know that things will improve after high school. He started the campaign after a gay teenager killed himself earlier this month; the idea is to give teenagers in the same sitation the hope and encouragement to stick it out. Anybody can upload a video to the It Gets Better YouTube channel. Think about it!

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