Do something for peace - Blog it Nov. 4th

Wondering what you can do to help peace seep into everyone's mind? Now waiting here - just blog along with thousands of others in 120+ countries for Peace on Friday!

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November 4, 2011 Bloggers from all across the globe will blog for peace. We will speak with one voice. One subject One day

What is it? A small group of bloggers answered a challenge I tossed one angst-filled October day in 2006.  I wanted to know what would happen if all bloggers everywhere signed their name across a globe and all posted the SAME POST on the SAME DAY. I created a graphic and made the first one.  I asked them to write "Dona nobis pacem" which is Latin for "grant us peace" across the graphics image and post it on their blogs in November.  Fifty-two people responded enthusiastically and soon it began to spread like a beautiful lyric across the internet. Read more at mimiwrites.blogspot.com

 

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New Flu Study - a survey of old research

You might give lots of credence to new research but "opinions based on surveying old research papers and "averaging" it and making implied judgments on research that was not done?



I got my shot and will continue doing so, until I see basic research based on current vaccine results - not a survey on other people's research.

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Efficacy and effectiveness of influenza vaccines

Original Text Prof Michael T Osterholm PhD a , Nicholas S Kelley PhD a, Prof Alfred Sommer MD b, Edward A Belongia MD c

We searched Medline for randomised controlled trials assessing a relative reduction in influenza risk of all circulating influenza viruses during individual seasons after vaccination (efficacy) and observational studies meeting inclusion criteria (effectiveness). Eligible articles were published between Jan 1, 1967, and Feb 15, 2011

We screened 5707 articles and identified 31 eligible studies Read more at www.thelancet.com

 

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Land Theft from Mayans Continues - Shame

The land must really be good if people have been stealing it and killing Mayans for it for more than 500 years. It took the Irish, nearly 500 years to regain their nation and culture from the English. You have to wonder how the thieves think they can steal and control a culture, even today. The theft in Guatemala continues but those who were born to the land for more than 12,000 years continue to struggle for their rights since the Spanish came. Could that be what the predictions of 2012 are about? That the Mayans begin to get their land back then?

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I am told Tzalbal is the first village to find out that their land was nationalised, and the first to publicly denounce this and demand, unconditionally, that their land be given back. Nonetheless, the case of Tzalbal is illustrative of what the conflict in Guatemala was about. This conflict was about land.

The natives of Tzalbal appear to be the unwanted actors in a drama that always seems to repeat itself in Guatemala. A drama which has run for more than 500 years where invaders, whether spanish, military or "representative" democratic governments, steal the land of the indigenous peoples through laws and violence.

United, the Ixiles present shout, "We don´t want another master!", "Finish the law! Give us back our land!"

Patricio Rodriguez

We will get our land back, bit by bit, step by step" .

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The canaries of climate change - The Boston Globe

The canaries of climate change - The Boston Globe

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Buffy Sainte Marie - "I'm Going Home"

Fracking drill technique sparks protest in Germany

Fracking drill technique sparks protest in Germany: Hydraulic fracturing - or 'fracking' - is used to get natural gas from difficult places. It's going through a boom in the US, but opinion is split in Europe. Critics are concerned about environmental and health effects.

An Afghan woman says no to the darkness

For too many Afghan women, their life is one of darkness - no light for laughter and opportunity. This poem says much and one wonders how strong she must to be to still claim her right to light!

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Society Ritual

A dark life! A lone girl! Whose heart only feels pain.

When I think about my life, and the other girls’ lives It is a huge load on my heart. Our society does not allow us a chance to progress. When I think of the future Everywhere is dark.

This is life’s tradition, a ritual Fighting against them is the only way I will stand strongly against all darknesses. Read more at www.awwproject.org

 

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Vaccine deniers as harmful as climate warming deniers?

Vaccines - especially vaccines for polio, small pox, and measles - have saved countless lives since their introduction. Opting out of vaccines, in many case, threatens public health and increasingly - global health.



Are they 100% effective? Are they 100% safe? Nope. Most are in the 99% effective and safe range.



Can you look both ways before crossing a street in a car, on foot or a bike and still get hit? Yes but the chances are really, really small. So, would you advise people not to look or not to cross the street?

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WHO: Measles Outbreaks In The Americas, Europe & Africa

During the 1950s – before the introduction of the measles vaccine – in the United States alone the disease infected roughly 4 million, hospitalized nearly 50,000,  and contributed to the deaths of several hundred every year.

Lower vaccine uptake, and increases in international travel, have increased opportunities for the measles virus to spread – even to areas that had previously all but eliminated it. Read more at afludiary.blogspot.com

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Putin’s Diving Exploit Was a Setup, Aide Says

Putin’s Diving Exploit Was a Setup, Aide Says: Video of the Russian Prime Minister Putin discovering ceramic jugs from the sixth century during a dive was a contrived, his press secretary said. - Wannabe Tsar Putin has to get a new press aide, I guess.

Both Soviet and Tsar in One

Both Soviet and Tsar in One:

by Lilit Gevorgyan, St. Petersburg Times, Russia - Putin reinvented himself as the main advocate of state capitalism, resulting in part from a power struggle and drive to curtail oligarchic influence on the energy sector. He has since shown little interest in modernization or diversification of the economy, and has seen the emergence of a new circle of oligarchs. These oligarchs have close ties to the Kremlin without the inclination to challenge Putin.

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ElazPlanet:

some woman in the bar down the street

mixed media on a wooden drawer

Divorce - Solution to Palestine-Israel "Relationship?"

A humorous and pointed prod to get Israel to think outside the box and get to peace.

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For Israel, divorce might be the best option

New York, September 28, 2011—Dozens of OneVoice Israel youth leaders demanded a “divorce” from Palestine, plastering posters on and around rabbinical courts across Israel on Monday, pushing Israelis to see the opportunity in the recent Palestinian UN bid.

Shirly Coifman, coordinator of the Ben Gurion chapter, posts forms around Beer Sheva.

Even areas around the Israeli settlement of Ariel were plastered with mock divorce forms. Read more at blog.onevoicemovement.org

 

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Dollar$ Chase Killing Ocean/Sharks

Our collective desire to have meat or fish everyday, is killing the Amazon, our oceans, and grasslands. The end is visible already - Cod and Blue Fin Tuna are just two about to go. Self-denial and hiding will not stop the death of this planet for your children and grandchildren! Change or die - as they say...

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Another Industrial Shark Fishing Vessel is Apprehended in Galapagos

The Reina del Cisne, together with two small boats, was equipped with longlines, a fishing method prohibited by Galapagos regulations. Upon inspection of the mothership, dozens of dead sharks were found in their holds. The navy ordered the vessel to San Cristobal Island for further inspection, where it has been detained pending the ongoing investigation. The 12 crewmembers have all been placed under arrest. Read more at www.seashepherd.org

 

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New FDA Regulation to Save Lives from Sick Meats

Some limits - read on - but this is good government from the word go and the reason that my distant relative Teddy Roosevelt began regulating the industries that were killing Americans.

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Big News But: USDA Bans “Other” E. coli Strains

Maryn McKenna

today from the US Department of Agriculture: It has agreed that, starting in March 2012, six more strains of E. coli will be considered “adulterants,” putting them in the same regulatory category as the much-feared E. coli O157:H7.

Declaring an substance to be an adulterant means that it cannot legally be distributed in food, and that therefore food processors can legally be held to account for products that contain it. Read more at www.wired.com

 

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Sikorsky Blackhawk parts surpass gold in value!

What happens when DoD gets green light to spend, spend, spend? They spend way over what things really cost and contractors laugh all the way to bank. Ya think someone is padding retirement jobs after leaving DoD procurement jobs?

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More Spare Parts Horror Stories: This Time It's Sikorsky

The Department of Defense Inspector General (DoD IG) has struck again. After a hard hitting audit report earlier this year on overpriced helicopter spare parts supplied by Boeing, the DoD IG yesterday issued an executive summary on overpriced spare parts for Blackhawk helicopters from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. In sum, “Sikorsky charged the Army $11.8 million or 51.4 percent more ($34.7 million versus $22.9 million) than fair and reasonable prices for 28 parts.” Read more at pogoblog.typepad.com

 

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The worst government corporations can buy?

75% of the members of the "super" committee are holding fund raisers while trying to figure out how to fix the Federal budget and the American economy. Well, I'd say the fix is in - wouldn't you. What will it take to wake these folks up that the whole world is watching and are being sickened by what they see!?!



Get a grip and get outside of your money box!

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The Influence Industry: Supercommittee members are lining up fundraisers

Just hours before the first organizational meeting of the budget-cutting “supercommittee,” Republican member Dave Camp was scheduled to hold a fundraiser for his congressional campaign.

Camp is among at least nine members of the 12-member supercommittee who have scheduled fundraisers this fall, putting them in a position to take money from industry donors at the same time they are helping to decide what to cut from government spending.

See more at www.washingtonpost.com

 

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A Teacher's Song Amidst Gunfire in Monterrey, Mexico

When will they just be able to sing again because they are happy?!?

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Map Monterrey, Mexico Monterrey, Mexico A teacher's song Published on : 7 September 2011 - 1:32pm | By The State We're In . (Photo: RNW)

Martha Rivera Alanis isn’t exactly the kind of person who’d seek fame on YouTube. She’s a dedicated kindergarten teacher in Monterrey, Mexico. Earlier this year, gunfire from drug gangs came dangerously close to her class full of five and six-year-olds.

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Making fun of and disrespecting President Obama benefits whom? So could it be that some well-known pseudo-progressive organizations talking about the President "caving" to this and that - not being tough enough - whatever are really front organizations for the Koch Brothers and the Tea Party? Think about it? The school yard bully shouting is designed to get them noticed, get donations and ad dollars.



So are they making enough money by just dissing the President and getting your donations and ad dollars from your web visits? Is someone taking money under the table from others who "profit" when people think less of the President? http://amplify.com/u/a1cak7

COPD: Chronic bronchitis; Emphysema; Bronchitis - GOP Lobby claiming that gutting EPA clean air regulations will give country more jobs - The jobs will be for funeral directors, COPD clinics and Doctors and the cost? Your health, you parents health and your children's. Small price to pay for their false religion of We-can-do-anything-for-a-profit-and-pretend-no-one-ever-gets-hurt!



The Pro-Asthma and Lung Cancer Lobby is joining forces with them in near future, as soon as they can find a slick way to sell risking death their way will be worth the cost to your loved ones health. http://amplify.com/u/a1cajy

Standing by Vermont!

Working together works - as community people, Vermont State Guard, Vermont government, and FEMA all pull together!

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Vermont: The Recovery from Hurricane Irene Begins

In all, over 200 roads across the state were closed due to wash outs from the heavy rains that pelted the state for nearly twenty-four hours on Sunday, August 28.

Before the sun was up on Tuesday morning, thirty FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) tractor-trailers had arrived at the National Guard’s Camp Johnson with water, ready to eat meals, blankets, cots and other supplies.

Waterbury was submerged under 10 feet or more of water when the Winooski River rose to record flood levels in minutes. Read more at climate-connections.org

 

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