Showing posts with label pandemic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pandemic. Show all posts

Monday, May 4, 2009

Death Sentence for Pregnant Woman and More for Monday, May 4, 2009


Well, its amazing, we think. Our senior editor seems to be recovering and is almost normal. Except for a couple of abcesses in his feet. We hope he gets those treated before septicemia or gangrene sets in... We keep telling him to get medical treatment, but he has been too ill to apply for Medicaid. He says he'll just keep putting bacitracin on it...he's incredibly stubborn that way. Well, the swelling has gone down...in his right foot... He limped to our terminal today...
Of course, he has run out of food stamps again...and still cannot find suitable nor gainful employment. But, he says, look at the European Recession. Oh yeah, and the WHO has/is raising their Pandemic Alert Level to a "6". And, lets not forget about this ...


Pregnant woman faces death by firing squad


http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/laos.british.woman.drugs.trial/index.html


Reprieve



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprieve_(organisation)


EU: Europe Recession "Deep And Widespread"


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/04/business/main4989352.shtml


Cinco de Mayo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo

More than 1,000 swine flu cases worldwide: WHO


http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/04/swine-flu-world-health119.html


WHO head indicates full flu pandemic to be declared


http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5431di-us-flu-who-pandemic/


Swine Flu Update: At Least 18 Countries Affected; Human-to-Pig Infection Reported In Canada


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090503190223.htm


One-note cities prove recession-resistant


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30216797/


Buffett: Most banks aren't too big to fail

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30547579/


Agency denies internet spy plans


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8032367.stm

Government Communications Headquarters

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Communications_Headquarters

EU calls on US to give up internet oversight

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/04/internet-control.html

Mexico to review flu restrictions

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8032582.stm

How Mexico's health system works

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/04/f-health-mexico-health-system.html

China denies flu discrimination

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8032157.stm

Chinese officials place Canadian university students in quarantine

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/04/swine-flu-cdn-student-quarantine.html

China bans Alberta pork after virus infects pig herd: media report

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/05/03/china-haltspork.html

Mexicans defy swine flu advice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8032248.stm



Swine flu: mapping the outbreak

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8021547.stm

Can masks help stop flu spread?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8024605.stm



U.S. asks Germany to take Guantanamo inmates: German government

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5422ik-us-guantanamo-germany/

Fiat Looks To Buy Up GM's Euro Operations

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/04/business/main4988363.shtml

Wolves come off endangered species list in northern Rockies

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1066925

Canis lupus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus

Toxic mercury levels in seal meat linked to melting Arctic ice

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/04/tech-090504-seal-meat-mercury.html

How Mercury Emissions Reach Tuna And Other Seafood, And Why Mercury Contamination Is Likely To Worsen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501195628.htm

Thunnus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunnus

Mercury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)


Ducklings tour White House

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/05/03/vonat.white.house.ducklings.cnn
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Friday, May 1, 2009

May Day 2009 and More on H1N1 (Swine Flu)


































Swine Flu Or Bird Flu: Scientist Warns Of Six-month Time Lag To Manufacture Pandemic Flu Vaccine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090427193234.htm

Vaccine pursued as U.S. swine flu cases top 100

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30471035/

Many states lack drugs to treat swine flu

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30511446/

Mexico shuts down to control flu

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8028169.stm

1918 Flu Resulted In Current Lineage Of H1N1 Swine Influenza Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430111640.htm

Pandemic Study Of 1918-1919 Outbreak Provides Background And Death Rates For 14 European Countries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430101453.htm

1918 flu pandemic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic

Lessons from past pandemics

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/30/swine.flu.1918.lessons/index.html

‘Pandemic’ means pay attention, not panic

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30500863/

World fights new flu virus with latest science

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5400wc-us-flu-science/

New flu virus may be a real mongrel, study shows

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5400qi-us-flu-genetics/

Hong Kong's doctors prepare for battle

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/01/1917199.aspx

Bardot slams planned pig cull in Egypt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090501/wl_mideast_afp/healthfluegyptfrancebardot;_ylt=ArGul0isJpL6Q8AP2ip_6d4PLBIF

Brigitte Bardot


















Judy Shepard rejects Rep. Foxx's apology

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30505428/

Matthew Shepard Foundation

http://www.matthewshepard.org/

Matthew Shepard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard

US factory output continues fall

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8029478.stm

Canada on U.S. copyright piracy watch list

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/30/copyright-piracy.html

Copyright piracy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_piracy

Species at Risk Act lacks teeth, conservationists say

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/01/species-risk-conservation.html

Species at Risk Act

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/s-15.3/text.html

Obama Restores Endangered Species Act

http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20090430/wl_oneworld/world3621191241124253;_ylt=AkojviUj4jXKEaoivGa73g8PLBIF

Endangered Species Act






























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Thursday, April 30, 2009

EU Urges Calm, Mexico Shuts Down and More for Thursday, April 30, 2009


Please Note: We are taking the advice of Dr. Chan of the WHO under advisement. But we are also taking the advice of the EU not to panic. (Does anybody listen to Joe Biden anyway? Gee whiz...)


And Chrysler announces bankruptcy. We have been observing that train wreck for almost 30 years! It has been a strange and terrible spectacle (to quote the late Hunter S. Thompson...) watching them roll and tumble - for decades. Most train wrecks and car wrecks grind to a halt in a relatively short time. But management and labor have done quite a job in keeping it going. But, in our humble opinion, Mitsubishi (of course, the Wikipedia reports there was some controversy over possible slave labor, gee whiz...) should have taken them over, not Fiat.




Chrysler to file for bankruptcy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53s8f6-us-autos/

Chrysler to proceed with bankruptcy: administration official

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53t3zl-us-chrylser-bankruptcy/

New Pill To Treat Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429205613.htm

Multiple Sclerosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Sclerosis

Native Americans Descended From Single Group

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090428223836.htm

Native American

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American


U.S. Shorts Critical Farm Animal Research, Scientists Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423142450.htm

XBox Forensics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430101445.htm

XBox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBox

Computer Hackers R.I.P.: Making Quantum Cryptography Practical

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430065454.htm

Quantum Cryptography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_cryptography

Wolfram Alpha 'as important as Google', researchers say

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8026331.stm

Wolfram Alpha

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Wolfram Alpha (Wiki)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Alpha

Invisibility cloak edges closer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8025886.stm

Invisibility Cloak (Wiki)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisibility_cloak#Cloaks_of_invisibility_in_science

Evolution In A Test Tube: Scientists Make Molecules That Evolve And Compete, Mimicking Behavior Of Darwin's Finches

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429140849.htm

New Pill To Treat Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429205613.htm

Multiple Sclerosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Sclerosis

U.S. Shorts Critical Farm Animal Research, Scientists Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423142450.htm

Tiny Differences In Our Genes Help Shed Light On The Big Picture Of Human History

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429162244.htm

Human Genome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genome

Native Americans Descended From Single Group

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090428223836.htm

Native American

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American


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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Our Passions to Radio Shack, Passions About US Economy and More Public Passions for Wednesday, April 29, 2009


"7345 - Moscow - Bolotnaya Proshad - Children are the victims of adults' vices - Poverty " image licensed under Creative Commons by thisisbossi


OK, we've decreased our content, but our passions for our country and other issues seem to be growing. But, we want to say that we view these as our passions and not our grievances, complaints, woes and so on. We are trying to stay positive about the course of this nation and its inhabitants.




The falling economy, the pandemic, the killings in Mexico, waterboarding, torture do continue to be our passions and we are hoping that these things can be reversed. And soon, but it doesn't seem too likely. Some of these things are, of course, irreversible. Like the horrific loss of life in Mexico and the Narcowar. We are hoping that the killings can be slowed - if not stopped altogether. Mexico has enough problems with the influenza outbreak, poverty, the recent earthquake and the like. We share our passion for Mexico for one of our friends who has recently come to stay here in the USA. He has grandparents and other loved ones in Mexico - and we share his passions and concerns for them. If you are reading this, and you also have loved ones in Mexico, we share your passions and concerns for them also. If you have any reason to contact us regarding this, please feel free to do so.




We are very passionate about the political move by the enigmatic Senator Arlen Specter of yesterday. We fully realize that there are multiple political calculations (we call them specterlations) on all sides of this move. What we don't understand was the headlining of the link Obama welcomes Specter to Democratic Party and not the original story Veteran GOP Sen. Specter switches parties on MSNBC.com. Why is MSNBC (or NBC) so conspicuous at using the speculative (?) device Reductio ad Obamum? Do all roads lead to President Obama - has he truly become the Alpha and the Omega in the eyes of MSNBC/NBC? Or, have they become truly desperate?




Witness the desperate challenge by Keith Olbermann to Sean Hannity? We like Keith and Sean, but why press the waterboarding argument to such extremes? It is immoral and unethical for both to even consider using the technique of waterboarding on the other, even if its to demonstrate the fact that it is a form of torture - or not. We quote Wikipedia "Waterboarding is a form of torture...". Therefore, it is not only immoral and unethical to suggest the practice of it for this purpose, it is also illegal. We ask that Mr. Olbermann and Mr. Hannity cease and desist from this ridiculous distraction, even though we recognize their passion for it. We have ceased and desisted from watching their programs out of our passion for the abandonment of such a topic.




We are still holding out our hopes that the flu Pandemic just won't become such. If it truly were a Pandemic, we expected to have a thousand fatalities by today. Ten thousand next week. And a million or more after that. It just doesn't seem to be going to such extremes. But, we keep making fervent, frightened prayers that it doesn't go that way. As we mentioned previously, our senior editor lost an aunt (actually, she was a great-grandaunt) in the 1918 influenza pandemic.




Speaking of our senior editor, he too has been crushed by this economy. He has lost his passion for his own recovery from his own economic strife and has just about lost all hope. But, we are passionate for his recovery - even though he his stricken ill, grown weak and trodden under bone-crushing poverty, living well below the suggested $ 21,200/limit for a family of 4 suggested by those in authority. Which leads to our passion about the Radio Shack employee assaulting a customer. Our editors would never assault a customer, yet Radio Shack finds us unfit for employment. We are very passionate about the hiring of non-violent personnel. We urge you to contact them in the hope we can get them to hire more prudently.








U.S. economy tumbles in first quarter

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53s3nk-us-usa-economy/

WHO warns swine flu outbreak is moving closer to pandemic

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1064821

Swine flu outbreak tracked with Twitter

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30454631/

Fire Strongly Influences Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423142332.htm

New York City-sized ice collapses off Antarctica

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53r27v-us-antarctica-ice/

Satellite Imagery Shows Fragile Wilkins Ice Shelf Destabilized

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090428154833.htm

Wilkins Sound

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkins_Sound

Radio Shack Employee Punches Customer

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/29/ap/strange/main4976998.shtml?tag=main_home_storiesBySection

Please see the attached link about a Radio Shack employee assaulting a customer over a return item: "Radio Shack Employee Punches Customer"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/29/ap/strange/main4976998.shtml?tag=main_home_storiesBySection

We have many issues re. this assault:

1) Since when is it policy for Radio Shack to assault customers over a return?
2) WE have never assaulted a customer over a return, yet we can't even get a return phone call from Radio Shack for our job application. Why is this?
3) Why would Radio Shack prefer to hire violent offenders over non-violent personnel? We can't understand this.
4) Please do respond to these inquiries as we will be posting them on the internet.
Thank You.

US does about-face on Camp Lejeune's tap water

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_on_go_ot/us_toxic_tapwater;_ylt=Aih06Uc_G9iv1f1R7Rc7xK8DW7oF

Olbermann pressing on Hannity's waterboard offer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_en_ot/us_tv_hannity_s_torture;_ylt=AgbdgM7jVeghXh8QHk1NZYQDW7oF

Report: Citigroup wants to pay bonuses


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