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Saturday, December 21, 2013
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - 5 million people exposed to plague - Fides News Agency
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - 5 million people exposed to plague - Fides News Agency
Every year between 300 and 600 cases of bubonic plague are recorded in Madagascar, usually between October and March. Health authorities must also cope with superstitions, particularly in the more remote villages. It is thought that the plague arrived in Madagascar in 1898 from infected rats found on ships coming from India. Thanks to numerous vaccination campaigns, improved hygiene, the discovery of streptomycin and the use of insecticides, the disease was under control in the 50s. Over 30 years only from 20 to 50 cases per year were recorded in Madagascar, but since 1989 the number of suspected cases has increased steadily. According to the Centers for Disease Control and prevention of diseases in the United States, approximately five million people are exposed in the highlands of Madagascar. WHO considers the infection endemic in many parts of Africa, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Mozambique, Uganda and Tanzania.
Every year between 300 and 600 cases of bubonic plague are recorded in Madagascar, usually between October and March. Health authorities must also cope with superstitions, particularly in the more remote villages. It is thought that the plague arrived in Madagascar in 1898 from infected rats found on ships coming from India. Thanks to numerous vaccination campaigns, improved hygiene, the discovery of streptomycin and the use of insecticides, the disease was under control in the 50s. Over 30 years only from 20 to 50 cases per year were recorded in Madagascar, but since 1989 the number of suspected cases has increased steadily. According to the Centers for Disease Control and prevention of diseases in the United States, approximately five million people are exposed in the highlands of Madagascar. WHO considers the infection endemic in many parts of Africa, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Mozambique, Uganda and Tanzania.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
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Tuesday, December 03, 2013
Avian Flu Diary: HK CHP: Notification Letter To Doctors On H7N9 Case
Avian Flu Diary: HK CHP: Notification Letter To Doctors On H7N9 Case
How serious is this flu ?- 8 days and she moves from cough to being in critical condition.
How serious is this flu ?- 8 days and she moves from cough to being in critical condition.
Sunday, December 01, 2013
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Friday, November 29, 2013
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
I Leaf Art: Carrying a Torch for Hope
I Leaf Art: Carrying a Torch for Hope: Where does a grueling run become a three-day party? Lebanon, of course, where this year’s Beirut marathon featured dabke, salsa, hi...
Monday, November 25, 2013
Tamarod founder says Egypt’s new constitution limits military
Tamarod founder says Egypt’s new constitution limits military: In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, founder of the Egyptian Tamarod Movement Mahmoud Badr stresses that despite claims to the contrary, the new constitution further limits the army’s purview.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
When We Lose Antibiotics, Here’s Everything Else We’ll Lose Too
When We Lose Antibiotics, Here’s Everything Else We’ll Lose Too:
This week, health authorities in New Zealand announced that the tightly quarantined island nation — the only place I’ve ever been where you get X-rayed on the way into the country as well as leaving it — has experienced its ...
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Monday, November 04, 2013
Let There Be Peace On Earth - Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
http://www.youtube.com/v/l7hQgqeh6Qo?autohide=1&version=3&attribution_tag=WGzxBvXRRUYsn2u7bkgeGg&autoplay=1&showinfo=1&feature=share&autohide=1
Sunday, November 03, 2013
Segundo Vídeo de Campaña Camila Vallejo
http://www.youtube.com/v/RNSD0m3Jbho?autohide=1&version=3&autoplay=1&attribution_tag=S-B0i_XPLEuTWLWJWBIGvQ&feature=share&showinfo=1&autohide=1
Saturday, November 02, 2013
99 red ballons - Nena (+playlist)
http://www.youtube.com/v/14IRDDnEPR4?list=FLTQJdeXpnxedRLOKfGt-i6A&version=3&attribution_tag=D2AXWYcBbwGXfOyz_4pYHQ&showinfo=1&autoplay=1&autohide=1&feature=share
Blog4Peace 2013
http://www.youtube.com/v/WgaFGrFq-WM?version=3&autohide=1&showinfo=1&autoplay=1&feature=share&attribution_tag=u16u5SkxzBWRAmpBy3mdaw&autohide=1
Monday, October 28, 2013
WHO reports millions of TB/MDR-TB patients missed by health care system | Vaccine News Daily
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WHO reports millions of TB/MDR-TB patients missed by health care system | Vaccine News Daily
- The report estimates that roughly three million people are currently infected with TB without access to quality medical care; it is believed 75 percent of this population is concentrated in 12 countries. The WHO also reports that treatment for those with MDR-TB infections must be improved, as the disease continues to gain strength.
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Friday, October 25, 2013
resistkxl:Native Women: Leading the Fight Against the Tar...
resistkxl:Native Women: Leading the Fight Against the Tar...: 
Faith Spotted Eagle
Crystal Lameman
Debra White Plume
Winona LaDuke
Casey Camp
Tantoo Cardinal
resistkxl:
Faith Spotted Eagle
Crystal Lameman
Debra White Plume
Winona LaDuke
Casey Camp
Tantoo Cardinal
resistkxl:
Native Women: Leading the Fight Against the Tar Sands
Faith Spotted Eagle, Ihanktonwan Dakota Signatory to the Treaty to Protect the Sacred. Testified at public hearing in Nebraska against Keystone XL.
Crystal Lameman, Beaver Lake Cree Grassroots activist, organizing in Alberta against tar sands devastation on her nation’s territory. In 2012, she was a delegate to the UN Rio+20 Summit.
Debra White Plume, Oglala Lakota Organizer with Moccasins on the Ground, which trains Native people an allies in direct action tactics in anticipation of the approval of Keystone XL North
Winona LaDuke, Anishinaabeg One of the founders of the Indigenous Women’s Network, founder of Honor the Earth. Longtime indigenous activist, LaDuke is (at the time of writing) riding across the length of Enbridge’s pipelines in Minnesota to raise awareness.
Casey Camp-Horineck, Ponca Actress and activist, Camp-Horineck provided important support and guidance to Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance in their work stopping construction of KXL south
Tantoo Cardinal, Metis/Cree Born in Ft McMurray, Cardinal was arrested outside the White House at the massive 2011 sit-in against the Keystone XL pipeline. She has continued to organize against Keystone XL.
**This in no way encompasses all the accomplishments of these women.**
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Dolphins slaughtered for shark bait
Massive Slaughter of Dolphins for Shark Bait in Peru Causes International Outrage (via World-Wire)Sunday, October 20, 2013
Oarfish Mystery: Why Are They Washing Ashore?: LAist
Oarfish Mystery: Why Are They Washing Ashore?: LAist
According to traditional Japanese lore, the Daily Telegraph wrote in 2010, the fish rise to the surface and beach themselves to warn of an impending quake.
Shortly before the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, about 20 oarfish stranded themselves on Japanese beaches, suggesting the fish could possibly have known that the temblor was coming, Mark Benfield, a researcher at Louisiana State University who's remotely videotaped the mysterious creature, he told Live Science earlier this year. Or of course, as he added, it could just be a coincidence.
However, Japanese folkore has long connected the two. "In ancient times Japanese people believed that fish warned of coming earthquakes, particularly catfish," Hiroshi Tajihi, deputy director of the Kobe Earthquake Centre, told the Daily Telegraph. He dismissed the connection as "older superstitions," saying, "there is no scientific relationship between these sightings and an earthquake."
Earlier this year, sea lions were beaching themselves in record numbers along California beaches, which experts speculated might be due to a lack of food fish.
A rare 15-foot Stejneger's beaked whale washed ashore in Venice Beach on October 15, but no one knows whether that's related to the oarfish strandings.
So, either we're all doomed or it's just been a banner week for weird fish photo ops.
According to traditional Japanese lore, the Daily Telegraph wrote in 2010, the fish rise to the surface and beach themselves to warn of an impending quake.
Shortly before the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, about 20 oarfish stranded themselves on Japanese beaches, suggesting the fish could possibly have known that the temblor was coming, Mark Benfield, a researcher at Louisiana State University who's remotely videotaped the mysterious creature, he told Live Science earlier this year. Or of course, as he added, it could just be a coincidence.
However, Japanese folkore has long connected the two. "In ancient times Japanese people believed that fish warned of coming earthquakes, particularly catfish," Hiroshi Tajihi, deputy director of the Kobe Earthquake Centre, told the Daily Telegraph. He dismissed the connection as "older superstitions," saying, "there is no scientific relationship between these sightings and an earthquake."
Earlier this year, sea lions were beaching themselves in record numbers along California beaches, which experts speculated might be due to a lack of food fish.
A rare 15-foot Stejneger's beaked whale washed ashore in Venice Beach on October 15, but no one knows whether that's related to the oarfish strandings.
So, either we're all doomed or it's just been a banner week for weird fish photo ops.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Americas MexicoBlog: Mexico's Streets of Fire
Americas MexicoBlog: Mexico's Streets of Fire: Newsweek By Karla Zabludovsky October 14 2013 As flames engulfed the policeman’s legs and arms, his comrades stood by watching, stunned...
Monday, October 14, 2013
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Friday, October 11, 2013
Wednesday, October 09, 2013
VA chief: Shutdown could hit millions of vets - Wire Election News - The Sacramento Bee
VA chief: Shutdown could hit millions of vets - Wire Election News - The Sacramento Bee
About 3.8 million veterans will not receive disability compensation next month if the partial government shutdown continues into late October, Veterans AffairsSecretary Eric Shinseki told lawmakers Wednesday. Some 315,000 veterans and 202,000 surviving spouses and dependents will see pension payments stopped.
About 3.8 million veterans will not receive disability compensation next month if the partial government shutdown continues into late October, Veterans AffairsSecretary Eric Shinseki told lawmakers Wednesday. Some 315,000 veterans and 202,000 surviving spouses and dependents will see pension payments stopped.
Shinseki spelled out some of the dire consequences of a longer-term shutdown in testimony before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. The short-term consequences have meant that disability claims production has slowed by an average of about 1,400 per day since the shutdown began Oct. 1, and that has stalled the department's efforts to reduce the backlog of disability claims pending for longer than 125 days.
Sunday, October 06, 2013
Saturday, October 05, 2013
Friday, October 04, 2013
Thursday, October 03, 2013
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor among Westgate mall victims | World news | theguardian.com
Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor among Westgate mall victims | World news | theguardian.com
A renowned Ghanaian poet was among the scores of casualties of the Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya.
Prof Kofi Awoonor, a former diplomat, was killed in the attack in Nairobi. He was in the city attending the Storymoja Hay literary festival, a celebration of pan-African writing and storytelling.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
CPSC - The Children’s Place Recalls Footed Pajamas Due to Violation of Federal Flammability Standard
CPSC - The Children’s Place Recalls Footed Pajamas Due to Violation of Federal Flammability Standard
Don't need regulations or government - just let market do its thing and after a few dozen children are burned and some die - maybe the market will "punish" the manufacturer and sellers? Wake up folks - money and quick profit are too intoxicating for many to resist cutting corners and endangering all of us.
Don't need regulations or government - just let market do its thing and after a few dozen children are burned and some die - maybe the market will "punish" the manufacturer and sellers? Wake up folks - money and quick profit are too intoxicating for many to resist cutting corners and endangering all of us.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Lib-Dems Join Brit Racists! Veils are not appropriate in classrooms or airport security, says Nick Clegg | Politics | theguardian.com
Veils are not appropriate in classrooms or airport security, says Nick Clegg | Politics | theguardian.com
It is not appropriate for students to wear a full veil in the classroom or for people to go through airport security with their faces covered, Nick Clegg has said.
But the deputy prime minister said he did not want to see a state ban on the wearing of religious items of clothing in particular circumstances.
His comments came as a Liberal Democrat minister said the government should consider banning Muslim girls and young women from wearing the veil in public places.
The Home Office minister Jeremy Browne called for a national debate on whether the state should step in to prevent young women having the veil imposed upon them.
It is not appropriate for students to wear a full veil in the classroom or for people to go through airport security with their faces covered, Nick Clegg has said.
But the deputy prime minister said he did not want to see a state ban on the wearing of religious items of clothing in particular circumstances.
His comments came as a Liberal Democrat minister said the government should consider banning Muslim girls and young women from wearing the veil in public places.
The Home Office minister Jeremy Browne called for a national debate on whether the state should step in to prevent young women having the veil imposed upon them.
Rookie Rodents: Dutch Police Train Rats to Sniff Out Crime »
Rookie Rodents: Dutch Police Train Rats to Sniff Out Crime »: Police in the Netherlands are hoping to save money by training rats to sniff out things like drugs and gunshot residue. The animals are cheaper and faster than traditional lab work -- and they're very accurate.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Friday, September 13, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
ASIA/SYRIA - Battle for Maalula, under sniper fire - Fides News Agency
ASIA/SYRIA - Battle for Maalula, under sniper fire - Fides News Agency
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Soldiers of the regular army have entered Maalula, the Christian village which was attacked and seized by Islamist groups in recent days. According to local sources contacted by Fides Agency, local Christian youth fighting alongside the soldiers are under fire from snipers stationed in homes. Retaking the village seems to be very difficult because of the way it is built, where houses are perched on steep slopes. As reported to Fides, so far 3 young Greek Catholic Christians have been killed and six men have been abducted and taken somewhere near the city of Yabrud, on the slopes of the Qalamoun mountains.
Religious community members, men and women, who are still present in the village, are safe and sound. The Greek Orthodox nuns in the convent of Santa Tecla were "under siege" and were in fear for several days, while armed groups threatened to invade the convent and crosses have been removed and many civilian homes have been sacked. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 12/09/2013)
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Soldiers of the regular army have entered Maalula, the Christian village which was attacked and seized by Islamist groups in recent days. According to local sources contacted by Fides Agency, local Christian youth fighting alongside the soldiers are under fire from snipers stationed in homes. Retaking the village seems to be very difficult because of the way it is built, where houses are perched on steep slopes. As reported to Fides, so far 3 young Greek Catholic Christians have been killed and six men have been abducted and taken somewhere near the city of Yabrud, on the slopes of the Qalamoun mountains.
Religious community members, men and women, who are still present in the village, are safe and sound. The Greek Orthodox nuns in the convent of Santa Tecla were "under siege" and were in fear for several days, while armed groups threatened to invade the convent and crosses have been removed and many civilian homes have been sacked. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 12/09/2013)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Monday, September 09, 2013
ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo writes to Obama: the world does not want war - Fides News Agency
ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo writes to Obama: the world does not want war - Fides News Agency
Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) : "It is for peace that I write to you, our peace. It is against war that I write to you, your war". This is what Monsignor Behnam Hindo, Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Hassaké - Nisibis, says to Barack Obama in a letter asking the U.S. President to stop his plans for military intervention in Syria.
The diocese of Archbishop Hindo is in the north eastern Syrian province of Jazira, in a region that is enclosed in an overwhelming and total block and where a million and a half people suffer from "the torments of war, the destruction and lack of everything".
In the letter, sent to Fides, Mgr . Hindo harshly criticizes the path taken by the U.S. administration. Strong doubts are advanced by the Syrian Archbishop also on the proof of the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime highlighted by the U.S. administration to convince the international community of the need for armed intervention. The advice given to the U.S. president is to wait for "the results of the UN Commission". In addition, there is also the plea to "save massacres, destruction and more suffering. I - says the Syrian Archbishop - write to he whose name resonates the term baraka, that is blessing (...). Blessing for your great nation, peace as the fruit of blessings for my people. These are my desires. They are now in the hands of a Nobel Prize for peace".
Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) : "It is for peace that I write to you, our peace. It is against war that I write to you, your war". This is what Monsignor Behnam Hindo, Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Hassaké - Nisibis, says to Barack Obama in a letter asking the U.S. President to stop his plans for military intervention in Syria.
The diocese of Archbishop Hindo is in the north eastern Syrian province of Jazira, in a region that is enclosed in an overwhelming and total block and where a million and a half people suffer from "the torments of war, the destruction and lack of everything".
In the letter, sent to Fides, Mgr . Hindo harshly criticizes the path taken by the U.S. administration. Strong doubts are advanced by the Syrian Archbishop also on the proof of the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime highlighted by the U.S. administration to convince the international community of the need for armed intervention. The advice given to the U.S. president is to wait for "the results of the UN Commission". In addition, there is also the plea to "save massacres, destruction and more suffering. I - says the Syrian Archbishop - write to he whose name resonates the term baraka, that is blessing (...). Blessing for your great nation, peace as the fruit of blessings for my people. These are my desires. They are now in the hands of a Nobel Prize for peace".
Saturday, September 07, 2013
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