Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Blondie - The Tide Is High

Blondie - Dreaming

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The Singing Revolution: Estonia 1991 (History Day Documentary)

Isamaa ilu hoieldes // The Singing Revolution in Estonia

High Quality - "Ta lendab mesipuu poole" // Estonian Song Celebration 2009

Texas woman files federal lawsuit after birth in solitary confinement results in baby’s death

Texas woman files federal lawsuit after birth in solitary confinement results in baby’s death

The claim further goes on to describe Guerrero’s night in solitary confinement, where she tried in vain to get medical attention all night and ended up delivering a baby that was not breathing and had its umbilical cord wrapped around its neck.
Though shocking, I wish I could say this news is surprising. Given what we know about access to reproductive health care in prison and the criminalization of drug-addicted pregnant women, it really isn’t – it is a mere continuation of the long list of degradations and indignities people suffer when imprisoned. I’ve quoted Cece McDonald on this and before and will do so again: prisons aren’t safe for anybody.

Saturday, May 24, 2014

"COMO UNA ROCA"

Biohemia - Para Siempre Paz

Abba - Estoy Soñando (+playlist)

Israeli forces deny Nablus farmers access to fields to harvest wheat | Maan News Agency

Israeli forces deny Nablus farmers access to fields to harvest wheat | Maan News Agency Israeli forces on Saturday morning prevented Palestinian farmers from accessing their fields to harvest wheat south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, a Palestinian official said.


Ghasan Daghlas, who monitors settlement-related activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that dozens of Palestinian farmers were on their way to harvest wheat in the area of Lafjan near the village of Aqraba when they were stopped. 

Daghlas said that Israeli troops blocked the farmers and told them that they could not access their fields because the area had been declared a closed military zone, with no further explanation.

Randy Newman - I Love LA

Randy Newman - You Can Leave Your Hat On

Randy Newman - Rednecks

Apocalyptic Scenes in Andranondambo, Madagascar as Villages Fight for Land Properties · Global Voices

Apocalyptic Scenes in Andranondambo, Madagascar as Villages Fight for Land Properties · Global Voices L'Express Mada reports that the entire village of Andranondambo in the South of Madagascar was destroyed [fr] during an inter-village conflict that stem from land rights dispute. From May 20 to 22, the civilian conflict left no residents of the village alive. One of the military policeman recalls [fr]:

When we arrived, a dog was eating what was left of a corpse. In a nearby home destroyed by fire, we found more corpses. The stink was unbearable. Even the public school and the church were ravaged. All the materials from houses were taken apart.
The land dispute started in 1991 when an important source of sapphire and mica was discovered in the Andranondambo. The rush of land miners pushed local villagers away to another village Ambato­tsivala. Since then, the two villages have been at odds over land rights but the conflict has never reached such a harrowing level of violence until recently.

Friday, May 23, 2014

OFFICIAL Somewhere over the Rainbow - Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole

The Platters - Twilight Time - Lyrics

The White Death, Revived - In The Fray

The White Death, Revived - In The Fray

Paul Nunn, the WHO’s TB coordinator, says that these deadly strains have cropped up in certain European countries, too, though the reports have yet to be published. “If the health system of the world fails, the highly resistant strains will replace the old,” he adds. “We’ll see a worsening of the situation if nothing is done.” On the other hand, it may be only when the resistant strains become a major problem in rich countries that the profit-seeking pharmaceutical industry will take notice and pour real money into the development of potent new treatments.
Without effective drugs to combat the most resistant strains, doctors may have to revert to remedies from an earlier era. Udwadia recalls his first patient with untreatable TB. Twenty-six years old, she had spent the last five years trying a variety of anti-TB drugs, all of which had failed. As a last resort, she underwent a pneumonectomy, a high-risk medical procedure to remove a lung. The woman later died of complications from the surgery. The procedure had not been used on tuberculosis patients since the introduction of antibiotic treatments six decades ago.

Monday, May 19, 2014

♡ ENYA - Hope Has A Place

FINE YOUNG CANNIBAL - JOHNNY COME HOME (FULL HD official video) digital ...

Afghan Women's Writing Project | Everyone Has Advice for an Afghan Girl

Afghan Women's Writing Project | Everyone Has Advice for an Afghan Girl

As a girl in Afghanistan I get a lot of advice from different kinds of people about how to behave. Everyone has different opinions because they grew up in different families. When I was in school, my teachers told me to study hard, wear your uniform, be clean, respect your family and teachers. This advice was very good and I follow it always. But I live in a part of Kabul where people have different ideas about how to be a good girl.
One day while I was going to my English class I met a neighbor woman who was out getting some water. She asked me where I was going. “I’m going to my English Center,” I said.
“What is English?” she asked.
“It’s a language like Dari,” I said.
“You want to learn English?”
“Yes. If we can talk in more languages, we might solve more of our problems. English is an international language so I want to learn it. Also I love the English language.
“Who teaches you this English?” my neighbor asked.
“A boy,” I answered. “He is very intelligent and teaches us well.”
I have answered these questions many times from my neighbors. I always tell them that I love studying. It is my passion to learn new things. Studying is very important, I tell them. You will know your rights. You can solve your problems by yourself and also help other people. You can bring peace to your country. You can do all this, but you need to be an educated person.
My neighbor was surprised that day and she started to give advice.
“You want to learn a language, you are going outside, and a boy is teaching you? That is very bad for a girl! First, you should leave your English Center and don’t go outside. If it’s really so important to go, you should wear a big scarf that covers all your body. You should help your mother, work at home, listen to your family, especially your father and brother, because they are the men in your family. How old are you?”
“I am sixteen.”
“You should be married,” she said, “that is important. But you are going outside and studying. That is enough studying for you.” And then she left.
Her advice surprised me. Her ideas were so different from mine and from my family. My parents also give me advice about how to be a good girl. They tell me to respect my family, teachers, and all adults, to help people, study hard, and be strong and patient. They also tell me not to be close friends with boys, not to go out after 5 pm, to wear my scarf when I do go outside and to pray five times a day. Above all, they tell me to be honest and kind, and not to escape from problems but confront them. Don’t run away but try to solve them and learn from the experience. My parents believe that if you follow this advice, you will be successful in your life. My teachers’ advice is the same. Don’t do anything taboo in Islam.
If I have children, I will pass on their advice. But I don’t like it when my neighbors tell me I should stop learning. I don’t want to listen to this advice. Education is like sunshine in life, it lets us see a better way to live.
By Lailoma

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Jennifer Lopez - Papi

I Will Survive

Boko Haram threat: Leaders vow to wage 'total war' on 'Al Qaeda of West Africa' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Boko Haram threat: Leaders vow to wage 'total war' on 'Al Qaeda of West Africa' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

West African leaders have agreed to work together to wage "total war" on Boko Haram, saying the Nigerian Islamist group had become a regional Al Qaeda that threatened them all.
Nigeria, its neighbours - Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin - and Western officials met in Paris to flesh out a plan enabling them for the first time to share intelligence, coordinate action and monitor borders.
It comes as a suspected Boko Haram attack was carried out on a Chinese work site in northern Cameroon, killing at least one Cameroonian soldier with 10 others feared kidnapped.
Although Boko Haram has been fighting for five years, carrying out bombings and attacks on civilians and security forces, the kidnapping last month of more than 200 schoolgirls in the north-east has focused world attention on them.
Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan says Boko Haram is no longer a local threat, but has become West Africa's Al Qaeda.
"Boko Haram is no longer a local terrorist group, it is operating clearly as an Al Qaeda operation, it is an Al Qaeda of West Africa," Mr Jonathan told reporters in Paris.

Doctors Reattach Teen's Arm Severed Cleaning Pasta Machine: Gothamist

Doctors Reattach Teen's Arm Severed Cleaning Pasta Machine: Gothamist

Last month, a teenager employed at an upstate NY Italian restaurant severed his arm while cleaning an industrial pasta maker. Brett Bouchard, 17, was cleaning the machine at Violi's Restaurant on April 24th when his right arm became caught and was severed at the elbow. "It wasn't a sharp cut," one of his surgeons, Dr. Kyle Eberlin, told CBS. "His arm had actually been sort of pulled off which makes it a more difficult injury to treat." Despite that, doctors were able to reattach the arm.

Avian Flu Diary: Saudi MOH Announces 9 New MERS Cases

Avian Flu Diary: Saudi MOH Announces 9 New MERS Cases


 

# 8634


5/17/2014

Daily Report of (MERS-CoV) Cases

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As of Saturday, May 17th, 2014 corresponding to Rajab 18th, 1435H,

12 pm Local Time in Makkah



Total numbers of confirmed cases in last 24 hours : 9 cases



Recovered and discharged cases that previously tested positive and are now negative: 1 case



The total number of deaths: 5 from previously confirmed cases





Overview of the Health Status of the Cases:

  • 6 stable cases
  • 1 case without symptoms
  • 2 critical cases in the ICU
Summary of the cases:

a) In Riyadh:

  1. A 36-year-old female currently isolated in a government hospital. She has been in contact with a positive case and does not have any symptoms.
  2. A 27-year-old female developed respiratory symptoms on May 16th, 2014. She was admitted to a government hospital on the same day. Her condition is stable.
b) In Jeddah:

  1. A 58-year-old female developed respiratory symptoms on May 11th, 2014. She was admitted to a government hospital on May 13th, 2014. Her condition is stable.
  2. A 33-year-old female developed respiratory symptoms on April 27th, 2014. She was admitted to a government hospital on May 2nd, 2014. The first two tests for MERS were negative. The third test came back positive on May 16th, 2014. Her condition is stable.
  3. A 29-year-old male developed mild respiratory symptoms on May 13th, 2014. He is currently in home isolation.
c) In Al-Madinah:

  1. A 36-year-old male developed fever on May 11th, 2014. On May 13th, 2014 he was admitted to a government hospital. He was discharged against medical advice on May 15th, 2014. He was admitted to another government hospital on May 16th, 2014. His condition is stable.
  2. A 37-year-old male developed respiratory symptoms on May 6th, 2014. On May 10th, 2014 he visited the ER in a government hospital, but he refused to get tested for MERS-CoV. On May 16th, 2014 he was admitted to another government hospital. He is currently in the ICU.
  3. A 28-year-old female developed respiratory symptoms on May 16th , 2014. She was admitted o a government hospital on the same day. Her condition is stable.


d) In Makkah:

  1. A 55-year-old male, suffering from chronic renal failure, developed respiratory symptoms on May 15th, 2014. He was admitted to a government hospital on the same day. He is currently in the ICU.
Deaths from Previously Reported Cases:

  1. An 80-year-old female was admitted to a government hospital in Jeddah.  Her case was reported on May 11th, 2014. She passed away on May 11th, 2014. May Allah have mercy upon her.
  2. A 67-year-old male was admitted to a government hospital in Jeddah. His case was reported on April 23th, 2014. He passed away on May 16th, 2014. May Allah have mercy upon him.
  3. A 55-year-old male was admitted to a government hospital in Jeddah. His case was reported on May 1st, 2014. He passed away on May 16th, 2014. May Allah have mercy upon him.
  4. A 71-year-old male was admitted to a government hospital in Riyadh. His case was reported on May 14th, 2014. He passed away on May 16th, 2014. May Allah have mercy upon him.
  5. A 77-year-old male was admitted to a government hospital in Al-Madinah. His case was reported on May 7th, 2014. He passed away on May 16th, 2014. May Allah have mercy upon him.
Recovered and Discharged Cases that Previously Tested Positive and are Now Negative:

  1. A 26-year-old female was discharged from a private hospital in Jeddah on May 16th, 2014.

Electronic Village: James Baldwin vs. New Hampshire Police Chief Who Called Obama the N-Word

Electronic Village: James Baldwin vs. New Hampshire Police Chief Who Called Obama the N-Word


Wednesday, May 14, 2014

VDU's blog: Welcome to the Netherlands MERS-CoV...

VDU's blog: Welcome to the Netherlands MERS-CoV...: Click on map to enlarge. New map format coming. The Netherlands enlarged. Click on map to enlarge. The 19th country for the Midd...

7 Pain-fighting Foods, Grapes, Ginger, Cherries, Fish, Soy, Coffee, Ca... - AARP

7 Pain-fighting Foods, Grapes, Ginger, Cherries, Fish, Soy, Coffee, Ca... - AARP

Red Grapes: This deeply hued fruit contains resveratrol, a powerful compound that blocks the enzymes that contribute to tissue degeneration. The evidence: In lab experiments at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, resveratrol protected against the kind of cartilage damage that causes back pain.
Although the research is preliminary, it can't hurt to fill up on foods rich in resveratrol, including blueberries and cranberries, which contain other powerful antioxidants as well.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream - Subtitulada en español...

Poor Safety, Bad Mozzarella Leads To 13 Arrests

Poor Safety, Bad Mozzarella Leads To 13 Arrests

Police in Italy have shut down a mozzarella factory and arrested 13 people after finding that prized local buffalo milk was being cut with cheaper imported cow milk. Authorities also found that the cheese, produced near the southern town of Caserta, contained as much as 20 times permissible levels of bacteria, said Carabinieri Police Major Alfonso Pannone. Police also shut down seven stores selling the cheese in the Campania region, which includes Naples.
Milky white buffalo mozzarella is prized by Italians and tourists. It carries a special label supposed to guarantee quality and protect its reputation. Among those arrested were two public health service veterinarians who allegedly tipped the factory to upcoming inspections. The probe began after a worker lost some of his fingers because of safety flaws.

Gary Walkowicz for UAW President 2014 – Statement | Ned Hamson Second Line View of the News

Gary Walkowicz for UAW President 2014 – Statement | Ned Hamson Second Line View of the News

At the UAW Constitutional Convention in June, I intend to run for UAW President because I believe it is the best way to draw attention to the issues that people in the Dearborn Truck Plant, and other UAW members, are concerned with. I will run for President because it is the best way to speak for a different policy.

Monday, May 12, 2014

The Chords - Sh Boom

Plants Poisonous to Dogs

Plants Poisonous to Dogs

Listed below are some common garden and household plants that can be poisonous to your dog.This does not represent a complete list of all poisonous plants. Also, your pet may have a sensitivity or allergy to a plant that is not on the list, resulting in toxicity. Always contact your Vet Immediately if you think your pet may have ingested Chocolate or a Poisonous Plant.

Friday, May 09, 2014

Santé Les Amis - Sha La La (live performance)

Jewish extremists vandalize Jerusalem church | Maan News Agency

Jewish extremists vandalize Jerusalem church | Maan News Agency

Vandals sprayed anti-Christian graffiti on a Jerusalem church on Friday, despite Israeli police stepping up security around religious sites ahead of a visit by Pope Francis later this month.

"Price tag... King David for the Jews... Jesus is garbage" was spray-painted in Hebrew on the wall of St George's, a Romanian Orthodox church near an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood.

Israeli police said that "Death to Arabs" was found written on a house in the Old City in East Jerusalem, and swastikas were scrawled on the wall of a west Jerusalem apartment.

Wednesday, May 07, 2014

The Gun Report: May 7, 2014 - NYTimes.com

The Gun Report: May 7, 2014 - NYTimes.com

A 6-year-old accidentally shot and killed a 75-year-old relative in Toombs County, Ga., Monday afternoon. Carl J. Hunt was a retiree from the Georgia Department of Transportation. No word on how the child got hold of the gun.

Los Amigos invisibles - Stay

Lebanese women ‘run forward’ for their rights in Beirut marathon - Al Arabiya News

Lebanese women ‘run forward’ for their rights in Beirut marathon - Al Arabiya News

Crowds lined the streets of Beirut as a women’s marathon snaked its way through the city this week.
Women from all walks of life – the handicapped, the young and the elderly – participated in the event aimed at empowering women through sports and geared towards reminding women that health is vital.
A number of men also joined in the campaign which ran under the slogan “Run forward, there is no going back.”
“We are doing this, to increase awareness that there is no difference between a man and a woman. This marathon is to highlight this issue,” said one of the organizers to Al Arabiya News Channel.

Tuesday, May 06, 2014

These are the names of Nigeria’s kidnapped girls

These are the names of Nigeria’s kidnapped girls

though the stark numbers are powerful, it’s important to remember that each of these girls is an individual, with a family, friends, dreams — and a name. Here, via the Christian Association of Nigeria, are the names of 177 of those still missing:

Monday, May 05, 2014

Weekend Gun Report: May 2-4, 2014 - NYTimes.com - NYTimes.com

Weekend Gun Report: May 2-4, 2014 - NYTimes.com - NYTimes.com

Saturday:
An 11-year-old boy was killed when his uncle pointed a gun at him that he thought was unloaded at a home in Pike County, Pa., Saturday night. A 12-year-old girl and two men, 31 and 38, were killed, and four others—including an 8-year-old boy—were wounded, when 40-year-old Porfirio Hernandez, who had recently been released from a mental health treatment facility, opened fireat a home and a business in Jonesboro, Ark., before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Saturday afternoon. A 3-year-old boyshot himself in the head with a gun his mother had stashed in the glove compartment of a car in Milwaukee Saturday afternoon; he is in critical condition.

Weekend Gun Report: May 2-4, 2014 - NYTimes.com - NYTimes.com

Weekend Gun Report: May 2-4, 2014 - NYTimes.com - NYTimes.com

Kamarion Posey, 4, who accidentally shot himself in the head inLouisville, Ky., last Saturday, died of his injuries Friday. A 6-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy were shot when three people who had been in an earlier altercation with the older boy came to his north Charlotte, N.C., home and opened fire Friday night. Two men, 27 and 52, were killed and a 23-year-old man was seriously injured in a shooting outside Mark V Lounge in WestPhiladelphia early Friday. A 12-year-old boy and 21-year-old man were wounded when someone opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon as they crossed a street in the Lawncrest neighborhood of Philadelphia Friday night.

On Independence Day, Netanyahu caves to right wing - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

On Independence Day, Netanyahu caves to right wing - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

The meaning of this is simple: Netanyahu is prepared to gamble on the democratic nature of the State of Israel to stay in office and reap political benefits. The very person who came out in his previous term against the uninhibited laws proposed by Knesset members from the right, who attempted to cause harm to the legal system, has abandoned all that is left of revisionist Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s respectful and honoring manner and the heritage of the late Prime Minister Menachem Begin in the Likud.

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/05/netanyahu-jewish-state-bill-extreme-right-political-survival.html#ixzz30tmjzXEJ

FDA issues emergency use authorization for influenza A/H7N9 rapid test | Vaccine News Daily

FDA issues emergency use authorization for influenza A/H7N9 rapid test | Vaccine News Daily

Hong Kong reported a new case of influenza A/H7N9 last week and the CDC warned that the virus could make its way to the U.S.
Influenza A/H7N9, a new strain of the avian influenza first identified in China in 2013, kills one in three people infected. The virus moved across China in two successive waves, crossing the border into Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia.
The privately held Arbor Vita Corporation announced this week that the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for its AVC A/H7N9 influenza rapid test for the presumptive detection of the virus in patients with signs and symptoms of respiratory infection in conjunction with epidemiological risk factors.

Ned's Second Line Daily

Ned's Second Line Daily

Saturday, May 03, 2014

VDU's blog: MERS in the USA....

VDU's blog: MERS in the USA....

The source of all exported MERS-CoV positive people lies within the Arabian peninsula. Very limited local spread has occurred within 3 non-peninsula countries.
Click on image to enlarge.

The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) made its way to another country yesterday; the United States of America (USA).

Friday, May 02, 2014

Soldier Returns from Afghanistan to Surprise Wife, a Native American Woman Warrior, at Gathering of Nations

Soldier Returns from Afghanistan to Surprise Wife, a Native American Woman Warrior, at Gathering of Nations

“THERE WAS ONE OTHER REASON I WANTED TO DO SURPRISE MY WIFE AT THE GATHERING OF NATIONS. YOU SEE THESE TYPES OF SURPRISES ON TELEVISION, BUT YOU NEVER SEE IT HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THOUGHT WOULDN’T IT BE NICE TO DO IT SO OTHER NATIVE PEOPLE CAN ENJOY IT.”

WHO Calls Antibiotic Resistance 'Serious, Worldwide Threat'

WHO Calls Antibiotic Resistance 'Serious, Worldwide Threat'

“Without urgent, coordinated action by many stakeholders, the world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for decades can once again kill,” says Dr Keiji Fukuda, WHO’s Assistant Director-General for Health Security. “Effective antibiotics have been one of the pillars allowing us to live longer, live healthier, and benefit from modern medicine. Unless we take significant actions to improve efforts to prevent infections and also change how we produce, prescribe and use antibiotics, the world will lose more and more of these global public health goods and the implications will be devastating.”