David Helvarg is an American journalist and environmental activist. He is the founder and president of the marine conservation lobbying organization Blue Frontier Campaign, a part of the Seaweed rebellion, which arose from his second book, Blue Frontier. His first book, The War against the Greens, puts a case that violent organised resistance is being orchestrated against the environmental movement. Helvarg began his career as a freelance journalist before becoming a war correspondent and then returning to news journalism. He writes about politics, AIDS, and sea life. He has reported from every continent and he has been published in specialist and popular magazines, and US newspapers both locally and in syndication. His experience of military conflict, civil conflict and marine biology is the basis of his lobbying.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1497: Vasco da Gama set sail on first direct European voyage to India. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama)

1709: Battle of Poltava: In Ukraine, Peter I of Russia defeated Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava, effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poltava)

1889: The first issue of the Wall Street Journal was published. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal)

1947: Newspapers in Roswell, New Mexico, United States, reported the military's capture of a "flying saucer". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_UFO_incident)

1997: Mayo Clinic researchers warned that the dieting drug "fen-phen" can cause severe heart and lung damage. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayo_Clinic)

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"Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people." -- Jean de La Fontaine (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_de_La_Fontaine)