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BREAKING NEWS: Ebola-Like Virus Pandemic in Ukraine
by David A.
views: 180 | rating: 10 | comments: 2
November 07, 2009 03:57 PM EST (shared with group: November 07, 2009) — The recent explosion of new ARI cases in Ukraine raise concerns that the H1N1 virus has subtly mutated, with an associated increase in cases and deaths which nearly doubled in the past two days. The . . . more
November 06, 2009 05:05 PM EST (shared with group: November 06, 2009) — At the White House Sixty-one activists were arrested for failing to obey a police order. The nonviolent "Civil Resistance" action was the largest such antiwar demonstration at this particular site, . . . more
November 06, 2009 09:13 AM EST (shared with group: November 06, 2009) — I have actually observed that its quite common to see in some movies that people in the US work with 2 jobs in a day or sometimes work 2 shifts in a day. And its quite interesting that some people . . . more
Pointing with your lips...
by jewi lim
views: 88 | rating: 10 | comments: 8
November 06, 2009 09:11 AM EST (shared with group: November 06, 2009) — I noticed this gesture done by my friend this morning. I think she's not quite aware that this has become her behavior already. I'm not sure, but I think I'm also one who do this 'Pointing with your . . . more
November 05, 2009 11:24 PM EST (shared with group: November 05, 2009) — Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova of The Swell Season (theswellseason.com). Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Oscar-winning duo behind the hit film "Once," on their creative partnership and new . . . more
November 05, 2009 10:48 PM EST (shared with group: November 05, 2009) — Spc. Ryan Howard of Niles, Mich., right, and Spc. David Straub of Ardmore, Okla., wait for news of fellow soldiers while waiting at the gate of the Fort Hood, Texas, Army base on Thursday, Nov. 5, . . . more
November 04, 2009 09:00 PM EST (shared with group: November 04, 2009) — Detail from The Fountain of Youth, 1546, by German painter Lucas Cranach the Elder (Wikimedia Commons; click for full image). A surge of new strategies to “manage” aging — . . . more
November 03, 2009 09:36 PM EST (shared with group: November 03, 2009) — Claude Levi-Strauss in 1989. Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, who profoundly challenged the understanding of human cultures, has died at the age of 100. We’ll look back at his work and . . . more
November 03, 2009 05:11 PM EST (shared with group: November 03, 2009) — The French government and health authorities are currently battling to persuade people to get vaccinated against increasingly, difficult odds. The various law suit charges filed included one . . . more
November 03, 2009 03:06 PM EST (shared with group: November 03, 2009) — Obama publicly claimed to be a Bible believing Christian to American voters before his election so why is he now finding fault with biblical verses? Although, the event in question took place in . . . more
November 03, 2009 02:24 PM EST (shared with group: November 03, 2009) — We'll talk with superstar Chinese composer Tan Dun about his unique musical fusion of East and West. Guest : Tan Dun , Academy Award-winning classical music composer and conductor. He’s . . . more
November 02, 2009 09:12 PM EST (shared with group: November 02, 2009) — Detail from the Waldeseemuller map, 1507. The story of the 1507 map that gave America its name, and its role in changing our understanding of the universe. Guests: Toby Lester , contributing . . . more
November 02, 2009 08:36 PM EST (shared with group: November 02, 2009) — (Photo: Flickr/Archie McPhee Seattle) Rethinking alimony. With the old model of breadwinning father and stay-at-home mother mostly gone, does a lifelong obligation to an ex still make sense? . . . more
November 02, 2009 05:00 PM EST (shared with group: November 02, 2009) — On Point is headed west! No, no. Not for good. Only for one show. But it's a very special show!  The NPR station in Thousand Oaks, California – KCLU  – is celebrating their 15th . . . more
November 02, 2009 03:42 PM EST (shared with group: November 02, 2009) — Is the Cure Possibly Poisonous? The Swedish public is being kept in the dark about the most simple facts about the vaccinations. The questionable protection against the virus will only be for this . . . more
What is on your Christmas wish list?
by jewi lim
views: 94 | rating: 10 | comments: 10
November 02, 2009 05:04 AM EST (shared with group: November 02, 2009) — I know that most people are already getting ready for Christmas season this November. I have seen people buying gifts and setting up their Christmas decors and Christmas tree. And of course we could . . . more
November 01, 2009 07:24 PM EST (shared with group: November 01, 2009) — Maya Lin, "What Is Missing?" Listening Cone, 2009, installed at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. (Photo: Bruce Damonte Photography, Inc. © Maya Lin Studio, Inc., courtesy PaceWildenstein, . . . more
October 31, 2009 07:38 AM EDT (shared with group: October 31, 2009) — We have always been visiting the cemetery every All Soul's Day even if we have to travel a long distance and we have been doing that ever since i was still very young. I think that other people is also . . . more
October 30, 2009 06:17 PM EDT (shared with group: October 30, 2009) — Nationwide FEMA program is now training tens of thousands of Pastors and other religious representatives to become secret police enforcers who teach their congregations to “obey the government” . . . more
October 30, 2009 04:24 PM EDT (shared with group: October 30, 2009) — Earlier this week we discussed Asia, America, and higher ed , and we asked whether the boom in funding for Asia's universities – billions and billions pouring in – would leave U.S. . . . more
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