News Headlines (231) 2 May 2013

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► WEBMD 23 April 2013 : Obesity Linked to Prostate Cancer, Study Finds. Men who had a biopsy that didn't find cancer were at raised risk for disease later if they were obese ||  ► NEW YORK TIMES 26 April 2013 : Obesity Tied to Prostate Cancer Risk

► GUARDIAN 30 April 2013 : Maria Shriver returns to NBC as women's correspondent || ► WAPO 30 April 2013 || ► NY TIMES 30 April 2013

► SPIEGEL 30 April 2013 : Modern Monarch: Holland Crowns a Laid-Back King || ► Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ca

► TODAY in HISTORY

■ Prominent Russians: The Romanovs  || Romanov Dynasty  || ► 5 Romanovs You Should Know
■ May 2, 1953 ::  King Hussein Jordania was officially crowned King

► Pelican eats bird. Uploaded on Nov 6, 2006



► Amazing! Bird sounds from the lyre bird - David Attenborough - BBC wildlife. Uploaded on Feb 12, 2007 by BBCWorldwide



► A Brown Pelican Gets a Bath. Oiled birds are not waterproof. The cold water of oceans, rivers, and lakes will penetrate their oiled feathers and reach their skin. The cold water quickly chills the bird, lowering his temperature dramatically, a death sentence. Waterproof feathers insulate birds against heat and cold and allow them to thermoregulate, keeping their body temperature within a safe range.Sometimes birds are oiled by fuel oil (as in the Cosco Busan Oil Spill), algae blooms, or even sitting on oily fish.

This California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) is not very soiled, so he requires only two tubs of "soapy" water. We use Dawn detergent, which is donated by Proctor and Gamble. The detergent does a good job of removing oily substances, does not burn delicate skin, and rinses clean.After the bird is washed, he is thoroughly rinsed with an oxygenated showerhead. The water in the tubs and shower is very warm, ensuring that the birds do not become cold during the process. As his feathers are rinsed, they are no longer matted down. They stand up and look dry, as the water runs off of them. This is the first step in waterproofing.

After his shower, he is wrapped in a sheet and taken to a large pelican box with a special fan to blow warm air at him. He then begins to preen his feathers, the final step in waterproofing. Note how the techs hold the pelican's bill. Pelicans do not have nares (nostrils), so they must breathe through their mouths. The tech is very careful to hold the bill in such a way that it is open, not closed. The entire washing/rinsing procedure is not shown in this video, as it would be too long for YT. Uploaded on Aug 17, 2009 by MyWildlifeVideos |||  ► Storm Battered Brown Pelicans Admitted to Hospital. The relentless storms and torrential rains in California are impacting pelicans and the number of wet, cold and often hypothermic birds arriving at our centers is growing rapidly.

International Bird Rescue Research Centers rehabilitation clinics in San Pedro near Los Angeles Harbor and Fairfield, near San Francisco Bay, are currently taking in many wet and cold brown pelicans. Our Los Angeles center has rescued 40 birds in the past 48 hours and more are being captured. Our Fairfield center in California has also received approximately 40 birds, and that number is also growing. We expect to have about 100 wet and cold brown pelicans.

Like all water birds, pelicans have waterproof feathers that allow them to float and stay insulated from weather changes. Waterproof feathers also allow them to fly and plunge feed for fish. Brown pelicans tend to feed and congregate near harbors and river mouths where nutrients from the runoff attract fish and other creatures. Pelicans can easily become dirty from pollution in these areas and can lose their waterproofing. The current massive runoff from the storms has brought even more grease, car oil sheen, fish oils and other forms of surface pollution into the coastal areas where these birds feed. Many brown pelicans have been found soaking wet and hypothermic. Since the storms keep coming, one after another, the wet birds do not have time to dry off and feed and succumb to hypothermia.

The silver lining in this scenario is that the majority of these birds respond very well to being washed and rehabilitated. Jay Holcomb, Executive Director, IBRRC. These birds need to be washed. About half were washed on January 24. Birds also received medication, as needed. Some had injuries.

► TADUFEU - ESMA 2011

► Americans want U.S. to keep out of Syria conflict: poll

* Syria mediator is determined to resign, U.N. diplomats say

► What options does Obama have to close Guantanamo?

* Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo detention camp

► Starving Virginia settlers turned to cannibalism in 1609: study

► VIDEOS

■ Obama says Guantanamo problems "not a surprise"
■ Woman reveals new face after successful transplant. Massachusetts women reveals new face after receiving a successful face transplant. Walking proudly in front of reporters and cameras, Carmen Blandin Tarleton shows off her new face. The 44-year old mother of two received a face transplant in February of this year after being burned with industrial strength lye by her now ex husband. Tarleton said the transplant instantly relieved the pain she suffered in her neck area. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT CARMEN BLANDIN TARLETON, SAYING, "That was my biggest desire - was to have all the pain in my neck relieved and I got that instantly. I know my face will improve over the next months and in the first year, so I am not anxious or anything of that not happening. I know that's going to happen. So it's just a heaven sent - I'm so much more comfortable today than I have ever been in the last six years." A team of doctors and surgeons worked for about 17 hours to complete the surgery. The lead transplant surgeon said Tarleton's case was special because her immune system had already rejected the donor tissue at the time of transplant. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TRANSPLANT SURGEON DR. BOHDAN POMAHAC SAYING "Together with our colleagues in transplant medicine we were able to work through our plan to get Carmen where she is today almost miraculously with no apparent sign of rejection." Doctors say Tarleton will eventually gain control over her face muscles and sensation will gradually return to her face. Julie Noce reports.
■ Assad urges his supporters to "remain fearless"

Let Assad taking care of the conflict in Syria as Afghanistan attempts to tackle the Taliban and its alliances. Done! There is no war but internal conflict only. Done! It's like you take care of the condition of a home life where you can not be the parents of unruly children in the family. Let the parents take care of their own families in a process of growth and development of their children. Conflict in the family is the other side of how a unity talks. I know what I'm saying is just an example, but you will understand how to manage a country with a simple concept of managing the integrity of a family.

► PICTURES

■ Inside Chechnya
■ Face transplants
■ Queen Beatrix passes crown to son
■ Animals around the world

* Le Tamarin Pinché = Saguinus Oedipus = Cotton-top Tamarin
* Tamarin Empereur = Saguinus Imperator = Emperor tamarin
* And I will find other Tamarins here, until I see me and my fiance are listed here, perhaps? We are Tamarin's family, ahahahaa

► Cotton-top Tamarin Monkey eating. Watching the cute Cotton-top Tamarin Monkey eating at the zoo in Palm Cove. Uploaded on Dec 29, 2007 by Matthew Harman  ||  ► Emperor Tamarins at London Zoo - Making Animal Babies - BBC.
A family of Emperor Tamarins at London Zoo are tranferred to an outdoor enclosure to improve their breeding. Great video from BBC show Making Animal Babies. Uploaded on Apr 9, 2009 by BBCworldwide

► IBM creates 'world's smallest movie'
► Amsterdam's Van Gogh reopens after facelift
► Italy's new prime minister receives France's support. The new Italian prime minister, Enrico Letta, presented Wednesday the realization of the banking union as the first priority of the European Union, coming to the conclusion that "we must not lose time," during a press conference with the French president.

► Family to Claim Boston Bomb Suspect's Body. Relatives of the dead suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it, an uncle said as officials in both Washington and Russia deepened their investigations into him and his ties. (May 1)

I estimate, they are not going to give any explanation. Media will help them explain to them that he had been buried. Wait a few more days to prove my estimation.

► Boston Police: 3 More Bombing Suspects Held ||  ► 3 Charged in Boston Investigation 

Ahahaha .. what the heck is this? I'm telling you, I do not know how can I laugh when actually I'm in the mood to bite my lip hard.

► Scientist: Colonial Settlement Shows Cannibalism
► May Day Rallies Take on Labor, Immigration ||  ► Raw: May Day Turns Violent in Seattle
► Vt. Woman Disfigured in Attack Reveals New Face
► Immigration Debate Gives Life to Annual Rallies
► Need an Annual Physical? There Are Apps for That. Want to know your blood pressure, weight, if you have an ear infection or eye problem? Portable medical devices that plug into smartphones can get you quick answers. They're changing how doctors and patients communicate. (May 2)

► Artist Von Anhalt  replaces paintbrush with jet engine thrust
► Eternal flame at JFK gravesite undergoing repairs
► Paula Broadwell: "I've made some mistakes, but I'm trying to look forward"
► PICTURES

■ Gay Couples Marry in Midnight Unions
■ Jamestown Cannibalism

► Mobs of monks. Buddhists are pacifists - so why are they attacking Muslims? Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims?
► Russia seeks new generation of 'heroes'
► HEALTH : H7N9 bird flu is a 'serious threat' - researchers warn  ||  ► WAPO 9 April 2013 , "Chinese army colonel says avian flu is an American plot against China" 

► FUTURE

■ Phone-powered mesh networks to connect in a crisis
■ Driving Mars Rovers: 'It can get a little boring'

► TRAVEL -  The bottom line of travel writing


► AUTOS

■ Chevy Impala: New thinking from an old horse || ■ Unimog, the monster Mercedes

► 2014 Chevy Impala First Drive Review. The new 2014 Chevy Impala represents a modern version the classic big American Sedan. Of course the big difference being that unlike Chevrolet Impalas of the 1950's and 1960's the new 2014 Chevy Impala is front-wheel-drive instead of RWD. In this TFL(http://www.tflcar.com/)car first drive review we spend some quality time with the big GM ride getting to know the new Impala in San Diego, California. With a 3.6L engine that puts out 305 HP, the new Impala is certainly not underpowered, but is it better than the old car which GM mainly sold to rent-a-car fleet and commercial customers. You'll have to watch this first drive review to find out. Published on Mar 16, 2013 by romanmicagearguy   ||  ► 2014 Chevrolet Impala LTZ - Interior Walkaround - 2012 LA Auto Show. Published on Jan 4, 2013 by AutoMotoTube

► Mercedes Benz Special Trucks UNIMOG Plant in Woerth. Uploaded on Jun 8, 2011 by AutoMotoTVgerman



► Today's African Proverb : "There's no bad bush where you can throw away a bad child" - A Krio Proverb from Sierra Leone sent by George Dankhwa in the US

► Guantanamo attorney dead in apparent suicide
► Three new suspects taken into custody in Boston Marathon bombing case
► Fresh ExxonMobil pipeline spill hits Missouri
► North Korea sentences American to 15 years hard labor
► White House explains 'fundamental concerns' about CISPA

► VIDEOS

■ Sharia Scare Shakes UK: 'Law of the land go to hell'
■ May Day Mayhem: Cops teargas, water cannon Turkish protesters
■ 'West lets Israel play with nukes so Egypt quits talks'
■ Mission Not Accomplished: Violence after Bush's victory tears Iraq apart 10 yrs on
■ Police arrest three more Boston suspects, Tsarnaev's friends
■ Worldiwde Worker Woes: May Day clashes in Germany, Spain, Colombia, Chile
■ Blood for Oil: Fuel frenzy could spark war as Kurds seek secession from Iraq

► Is Pena Nieto testing US ties?
► Inside Story - The dark side of austerity

► Anti-Muslim violence flares up in Myanmar. At least one person was killed, ten people were injured and hundreds of homes and shops in Muslim neighbourhoods were burned as angry Buddhist mobs turned violent in central Myanmar. Two mosques were also destroyed in the Okkan village, which is about a hundred kilometres north of Yangon. The latest anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar was reportedly sparked Tuesday by a collision between a Muslim woman and a Buddhist monk walking on a street. Buddhist mobs were seen hurling bricks at buildings and police were called in to contain the violence. Eighteen people are reported to have been arrested. Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler reports from Bangkok.



► Witness - Grandma's Tattoos. A filmmaker makes a journey into her own family's history to investigate the terrible truth behind her grandmother's odd tattoos and, in the process, unveils the story of the Armenian women driven out of Ottoman Turkey during the First World War.



► Conflicting death tolls in Nigeria violence. Al Jazeera has obtained evidence that the number of people killed in recent fighting between Nigerian security forces and an armed group in the north could be far higher than officially reported. The Nigerian Army is standing by its claim that no more than 36 people died when its soldiers fought with Boko Haram fighters in Borno state. But locals and aid organisations say as many as 200 people were killed in the violence. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege, one of the only television journalists to have gained access to the area, reports from Baga, Nigeria.



► Women smokers more likely to get colon cancer. For many years doctors have been aware that smoking affects men and women in different ways. Recently, they say, there has been a surge in the number of cases of colon cancer. Now a team of Norwegian researchers says women smokers are specifically at risk. The researchers looked into the medical histories of more than 600,000 people over the course of 30 years.  So far doctors cannot explain why smoking seems to attack the female digestive system more aggressively than the male. One leading cancer specialist says this new research is a warning to women.  Al Jazeera's Dominic Kane explains. 

[Every day I read the news. Every day I marvel at the progress of science and technology, but every day I also do not understand why we do not have the same awareness of the importance of health when compared with the pleasure in smoking. Maybe I'm a fool to think that modern societies are those who do not smoke. And the worse thing is, I think I'm living in a modern civilization.]

► Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif discusses election dangers
► The Stream - The connected generation
► People & Power - Congo's Tin Idea

► Gauging Hezbollah's Syria role. Saying it has "real friends in the region", Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of the Lebanese-Shia group Hezbollah, has promised not to let the government of neighbouring Syria fall. Nasrallah's televised address on Wednesday angered the Syrian opposition who have accused his group of supplying assistance to the forces of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president.

In his speech, which came after two bomb attacks in the Syrian capital, Nasrallah called the armed opposition too weak to succeed in its two-year-long fight against Assad. In an already volatile region, what does the admission of Hezbollah - Lebanon's most powerful political and military organisation - assistance to Assad's forces mean for the neighbouring nations? As the conflict in Syria rages past its second year, how important is Hezbollah's involvement?

Joining Stephen Cole on this Inside Story, to discuss the report are guests: Kamel Waznee, founder and director of the Centre for American Strategic Studies in Beirut; Louay Safee, from the political office of the Syrian National Coalition; and Nicholas Noe, Mid-EastWire.com founder.



► Will Obama close Guantanamo? The closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention centre was a top priority for Barack Obama during his first term as the US president, but since he began his second term, Obama has barely spoken of Guantanamo. The prison in Cuba was also left largely out of the public discourse in the United States. But a now three-month-long hunger strike by more than 100 detainees has changed that.

As the strike by detainees protesting their indefinite detention continues, the Pentagon has cleared the force feeding of 20 detainees, a move supported by Obama. But the American Medical Association, the largest association of US physicians, has sent a letter to Chuck Hagel, US secretary of defense, protesting against the force feedings, saying they violate medical ethics.

"We urge you to ensure that this matter receives prompt and thorough attention to address any situation in which a physician may be asked to violate the ethical standards of his or her profession," read the AMA letter. But one Pentagon spokesman told Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald reporter, that it is "un-American" to let a detainee starve and that it "violates the very code of civilised peoples everywhere".

So, has the strike finally tipped the scales so that it is finally time for justice to be done? Inside Story Americas, with presenter Shihab Rattansi, discusses with guests Vincent Iacopino, senior media advisor for Physicians for Human Rights; John Knefel, independent journalist and Vincent Warren, Center for Constitutional Rights executive director.

► Homeland Insecurity: After Boston Bombing, the Struggle Between Liberty and Security
By Massimo Calabresi and Michael Crowley

* TIME/CNN Poll: Americans More Concerned About Civil Liberties
* Death in Dagestan: One Jihadi's Possible Link to Bombing Suspect
* Details From the Newest Suspects

► Greenhouse Effect: CO2 Concentrations Set to Hit Record High of 400 PPM

► PHOTOGRAPHY

■ David Guttenfelder: A New Look at North Korea. Photographer David Guttenfelder is named the recipient of the 2013 Infinity Award for Photojournalism by the International Center of Photography.
■ Honoring the Best Young Photographer of 2013
■ Hundreds Dead as Garment Factory in Bangladesh Collapses

► Obama to nominate Penny Pritzker as Commerce secretary
► Rep. Lamar Smith defends tentative changes to research funding
► Medicaid has mixed record on improving health for poor, study says
► Most Americans remain in the dark on immigration bill

► FRAMEWORK

■ Bubbles the chimp
■ May Day protest - Posted On May 1, 2013 - By: Marc Martin 
■ Pictures in the News | May 1, 2013 - Posted By: Marc Martin

I do not know why an owl and this pretty little girl can be here. Moreover I do not see the link between them, but I feel too good to remove them. Maybe one day they can inspire me, such as: the little girl is the personification of myself and a pair of owl eyes is the personification of ... mmmm...my partner, maybe? ... When he looked at me in such a way because of something related to the affairs of an owl, maybe? eeheheh (Hello, Dahling) When you are so cruel, and I am so helpless. Completed.







I do not know how could it be, I was just looking for a short-legged-long-billed duck, until finally I was stranded in Las Vegas with him, my current partner. Life is full of surprises? Ah, not really. It has been a long time. Currently, no surprise that can actually make me really surprised.

News Headlines (228) 29 April 2013

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► HUFFINGTON POST 26 April 2013 : Omar Borkan Al Gala, Emirati Man, Deported From Saudi Arabia For Being Too Handsome? (PHOTO) ||  ► The AUSTRALIAN 26 April 2013 : Is Omar Borkan Al Gala the man too sexy for Saudi Arabia?

[Have I told you the relativity of handsomeness in men and the beauty in women? Social media say he is handsome? Ah, for me, absolutely not. Omar Al Borkan Gala is not handsome at all. He looks like a feminine man. If there's a chance I'll ask him whether he is also a gay. Handsome men for me are, for example: my late father, Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Prokhorov, Alain Soral, Che Guevara, Imran Khan, my "ex husband", my partner, my baby. What? Your baby?  He is not a man, yet, Cisca!] Moreover, is there no other reports say that Saudi Arabia is the funniest country in the world? Ehhehehe...

► TODAy in HISTORY

■ Apr 29, 1945: Adolf and Eva marry
■ April 29, 1980 : Hitchcock died at age 80, in Los Angeles.
■ April 29, 1998 : Marcos withdraws from the presidential race.

► HUFFINGTON POST 27 April 2013 : WHCD 2013: Obama Zings CNN, MSNBC, Fox News; Praises Boston Globe

► Tariq Ramadan. Réponse à Alain Soral Sur le Qatar, le CILE du Double Discours. Published on Apr 10, 2013 by Tariq Ramadan

► A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION  - CARLOS LASCANO  [Please check: has been published or not]

► Light-Paint Piano Player



► Big Ideas (don't get any)



► Feasibility Study: Indulging Anxiety
► Helpless
► Firekites - AUTUMN STORY - chalk animation
► Steel Life
► SURFACE : A film from underneath

► SCINTILLATION

► Little hope of more survivors as Bangladesh toll nears 400
► Factbox: What is the chemical weapon sarin?
► Syrians moved some chemical weapons to boost security-U.S. / Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Fri, 28 Sep 2012

► VIDEOS

■ Japanese PM arrives in Moscow for rare visit 
■ Gunmen surround Libyan foreign ministry
■ Reuters Today: Market look for central bank largesse

► Photographers Blog : Panning for gold

► Japan Dreamliner test flight 'perfect', says Boeing
► Italy swears in new government after deadlock  ||  ► Three hurt in shooting as new Italy government sworn in  ||  ► Italy's government sworn in after two-month deadlock
► Pakistan campaign glosses over dire power crisis
► Hopes fade for survivors at Bangladesh disaster site
► March for gay rights in 'Tokyo Rainbow Week'
► Rio's iconic Maracana stadium reopens for World Cup test

► Raw: Two Italian Officers Shot in Public
► Raw: Japan's ANA Test-flies 787
► Raw: Deadly French Building Collapse
► Ricin Suspect Expected in Court Monday

► GRIN TV : Elk discovered with tire around its neck in Colorado. Wildlife officials believe it might be pregnant, so don't want to tranquilize animal to remove tire

► 4/24/13 - Neighbors are concerned about an elk with a tire around its neck but wildlife officials say the elk seems to be doing fine. Published on Apr 24, 2013 by 7NewsDenver



► Couple's close encounter with "surfing" killer whale pod
► MOVIES : Box Office Report: 'Iron Man 3' Opens to Massive $195.3 Million Overseas, Bigger Than 'Avengers'

► A French love affair... with graphology - By Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris
► Japan PM Abe in Russia for talks on territorial row, energy
► Algeria's Bouteflika in Paris after 'having mini-stroke'
► Libya gunmen surround Tripoli foreign ministry

► VIDEOS

■ Bird flu: Chinese Premier urges vigilance
■ Imran Khan on election campaign trail
■ Steven Spielberg presents Obama 'movie'
■ Orange fever grips Netherlands

► Speak no evil: Netanyahu orders Israeli ministers to 'remain silent' on Syria
► 'Shoot me!': Failed suicide-by-cop gunfight in Rome mars govt's inauguration (VIDEO)
► Bahrain arrests 22 over anti-govt protests
► Official number of Guantanamo Bay hunger strikers jumps to 100
► Iraq suspends Al Jazeera, other networks for 'promoting violence'
► US Russian couple seeking answers after police 'ripped baby from their arms'

► VIDEOS

■ Ailing Alliance: Years of NATO warfare result in blowback
■ Godless Gatherings: Lust for life drives UK atheists to church
■ Ecology vs Economy: Dirty gold dig split Greeks in Chalkidiki
■ Clash of the Titans: Franco-German ties crack as Hollande slams Merkel

■ Salafist Surge: Germany faces extremist Islamic threat 



■ Republic of Texas (RT Documentary). Don't mess with Texas. RT travels to the Republic of Texas and meets Texans who are proud of their heritage, embrace self-reliance and are ready to live by what they preach, even if it strays from the norms of mainstream American society.



■ Smaller & Faster: Next-gen computer tech. They're in front of every office worker 9 hours a day, and miniaturized versions are always in our pockets: Computers and the microelectronics inside them are an inescapable part of modern life. Check out the latest developments on Technology Update this month, starting with some of the world's speediest supercomputers and novel cooling systems that double energy efficiency. Then, get the inside scoop on a new kind of memory device that could hold the key to unlocking truly intelligent artificial life. And get a glimpse of two new processors that challenge the dominant architectures, and offer nearly unmatched performance.

"Ouch, this one, is Brandon Rice Alain Delon by RT version?"

"Not too much Alain Delon, Cisca, but there's also a little bit of John Hamm and Robert Redford on him."

"Oh. Yeah?"

"Yeah."

"So?"

"So, maybe Brandon Rice is a kind of multi-flavor candy. ... ehehehhee... to me, Brandon Rice is much more handsome than Omar Al Borkan Gala."

► Iraq PM condemns spread of sectarianism. Police in Iraq's Anbar Province have imposed an evening curfew and have given protesters an ultimatum - find the killers of four soldiers in the next 24 hours or there will be consequences. Weeks of anti-government protests has boiled over into violence and anger in the past five days. More than 200 people have died in the fighting. Al Jazeera's Omar al Salah reports from Baghdad.

Need to confirm the existence of a real effort to disintegration of the countries in region by Turkey by using the elements internally. (Ahmet Davutoglu - Iraq Nouri al-Maliki): A number of elements in Iraq provoked by Turkey, and Ankara wants to spread the ethnic slander and sectarian in Iraq. The Iraqi people have to understand the purpose and target of Turkey, namely the overthrow of government and disintegration of Iraq. Therefore, Turkey has lost its place among Iraqis. Touching upon Turkey's double standards political towards Kurdistan, I think Turkish government oppresses Kurdistan and taking away their freedom. But they provoke the Kurds of Iraq. Ankara also has violated Iraqi law by signing an agreement to buy oil directly from Kurdistan without involving the central government in Bahghdad. It has been proven to the Iraq people, that the anti-government demonstrations in recent time is the result of Turkey provocation.

► Inside Syria - Al-Qusayr: On the road to Damascus
► Obama's relationship with the UAE helps American town rebuild
► Empire - Fuelling geopolitics: The oil saga
► Six-year-old indian girl raped in New Delhi
► Inside Story - Is there peace to keep in Mali?

► Obama and Conan O'Brien Trade Jokes At White House Correspondents' Dinner 

► Orange County shoemaker counts his star clients by the foot
► Charlotte, N.C., mayor expected to be nominated for Cabinet
► Obama, O'Brien headline 2013 White House correspondents' dinner
► iPod, putting gear, $52,695 mask included in Obama's foreign gifts 
► Congress passes bill to reduce flight delays; Obama will sign it
► Best of the 2013 Stagecoach Country Music Festival

News Headlines (211) 12 April 2013

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► ZEE NEWS April 10, 2013 : Short daily walk might help teens cut down on smoking

► REUTERS  11 April2013 : Japan carmakers recall 3.4 million vehicles for Takata airbag flaw || ► HUFFINGTON POST 11April2013 : Airbag Recall: Toyota, Nissan And Honda Recall Millions Of Vehicles Globally

► REUTERS 10 APril2013 : Timberlake enjoys third week at No. 1 on Billboard album chart

► XINHUA 11 April 2013 : H7N9 vaccine expected ready within 7 months: ministries

► DAILY MAIL 12 April 2013  : North Korean killers in heels: Female soldiers spotted patrolling border as G8 nations warn madman dictator of 'further significant measures' if he test-fires missiles   ||  ► CNN 10April 2013 : U.S. official: North Korea could test fire missiles at any time 



► TODAY IN HISTORY

■ Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrendered to the emperor, and handed over Edo Castle on April 11, 1869.

► Samurai: Deconstructed. The Samurai were fearsome warriors whose traditions of honor and discipline live on in the study of jujitsu and kendo today.

■ Apr 12, 1908: Fire threatens Massachusetts oil refineries

► If we write and tomorrow we die, our writing will still represent our own existence. So, writing is more enduring than talking  : "Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World" -  by Margaret Thatcher

[In traditional autocracy, power network will be broken when the power and status of the supreme leader was undermined or eliminated. Western society should not be tempted to displace a regime that does not satisfy them without thinking of the consequences. One important thing that deserves to be highlighted from the impact of globalization is, the diseases of modern society can only be cured by spiritual revolution in the hearts and minds of mankind]

► Ouch, I'd just like to read about Arnold Toynbee who said, "It is a paradoxical but profound true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it." , but gee, ... thanks I get more reading about them. There's Thorstein Veblen, too.  But in recent days, I will emphasize the importance anti-meat principle to my fiance, especially the swine. Media should not only silence on this topic.  Similarly the issue of bird flu, Tamiflu in Korea, and in 2007 Japan bans Tamiflu for teenagers.

► Internationally renowned natural health physician and Mercola.com founder, Dr. Joseph Mercola and Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm show Polyface pigs. Published on Aug 1, 2012 by mercola  ||  ► Powerful Profile of a Flu Vaccine Victim. Barbara Loe Fisher, founder of the National Vaccine Information Center shows a video regarding the case of Joan, a former professor of Nursing at Conn. University. Joan developed GBS after receiving the influenza vaccine and became paralyzed.



Are we ill? They will produce the virus as well as its drug. Be careful!

► Dr. Mercola Interviews Doug McGuff about High Intensity Exercise. Natural health physician and Mercola.com founder Dr. Joseph Mercola interviews Doug McGuff, MD to help us understand this highly beneficial form of exercise "High Intensity Exercise". Uploaded on Dec 9, 2011 by Mercola

► HD - HBO The Pacific "Imperial Japan version" - Battlestations Pacific Japanese Campaign OP Trailer. Uploaded on May 23, 2009

► Polyface farm. Meet Joel and Daniel Salatin, the father-son team at Polyface farm. Known for their unconventional farming ways, the Salatins have become leaders in community-supported, local, environmentally friendly agriculture. See why. Video by Denny Gainer. Uploaded on Apr 21, 2009 by USATODAY

► ELYSIUM - Official Trailer - In Theaters August 9th. Published on Apr 9, 2013 by SonyPictures

► Catwalk - Black Cat Crossing

► Umbra (HD - 2010)


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► HUGH, my short student movie  || ► ENGLISH VERSION

► U.S. report of North Korea nuclear weapon contested
By Arshad Mohammed -  SEOUL - A Pentagon agency said North Korea has a nuclear weapon it can mount on a missile, adding an ominous dimension to threats by Pyongyang, but the assessment was swiftly dismissed by several U.S. officials and South Korea.  Full Article | Peering into North Korea

* "Speculative" Pentagon report sets off North Korea worries
* North Korean helicopter puts on lonely show of force
* Few tourists and sadness over divided Korea at Kim holiday villa

► VIDEOS

■ North Korea wants attention, not war
■ Questions arise over North Koreas nuclear capability
■ Kerry arrives in Seoul
■ Breakingviews: No hardball with Portugal
■ 40,000 apply for the world's best jobs

► PICTURES

■ On the banks of North Korea
■ American forces in Korea
■ Urban wild
■ Editor's choice
■ The art of selling

► Guns black market thriving in Philippines
► Syrian farmers plough on despite conflict
► Hong Kong tests China poultry for flu
► China calls for continued dialogue on N.Korea
► Inventions showcased at Geneva fair 
► Capriles campaigns in the city of Merida || ► Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez's chosen successor  ||  ► Henrique Capriles, the man who would end Chavism || ► Venezuela's election campaign ends
► Police patrol Louvre after walkout over pickpockets
► France's Grand Rabbi resigns after plagiarism scandal
► Palestinians lay foundation stone for museum

► Paris's Crillon Hotel auctions iconic furnishings




[ehehe .....if I'm going to this hotel, again, ... I'm going straight to the kitchen to find him. Eehehhhe, "Chris!" Nomnomnom.]
► French archaeologists uncover Gaul burial site
► Tiger Woods hoping to win at US Masters
► Obama, Ban voice concern on North Korea
► Newtown clergy plant crosses for gun control
► JFK exhibition opens for 50th anniversary of assassination

► Raw: With Border Tension, SKorea Workers Return   || ► Obama Urges North Korea to End Belligerence

► Implanted 'Bracelet' Helps Treat Heartburn 
  ► Halle Berry Talks Pregnancy in Brazil. While promoting her new movie, 'The Call,' in Brazil, Halle Berry reveals her post-pregnancy dream and how her daughter, Nahla Aubry, and fiance, Olivier Martinez, are feeling ahead of the new arrival. (April 11)



► Gun Control Bill Clears First Hurdle in Senate  || ► NY AG Calls Gun Efforts a Good First Step

►Jolie Addresses G8 on Wartime Sex Crimes. The conference of foreign ministers taking place this week in London got some Hollywood star power on Thursday, with UN envoy Angelina Jolie addressing the issue of sexual violence during conflicts around the world. (April 11)

► U.S. will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea: Kerry
► Woman faked cancer to fund heroin habit, authorities say
► New Mars Photos May Reveal 1970s Soviet Lander
  ► Giant steel Dragon Bridge in Vietnam breathes fire



► GRIND TV : Five vicious wipeouts that prove surfing can be a very humbling experience



► SHINE : Braless is Best? Study Says Bras Make Breasts Saggier


► PHOTOS

■ WATERWORLD
■ Anniversary of buchenwald liberation
■ A boy and his dog&

► Roche sales boosted by Tamiflu demand
► FUTURE : F-35 Joint Strike Fighter battles for future ||  ► Robot truck platoons roll forward



► TRAVEL : Google's lesser-known travel apps

► AUTOS : 2014 Mazda 6: Fun, if to a fault

► VIDEOS

■ Florida tour guide wrestles python in Everglades
■ Talvin Singh: A musical journey through Mumbai

► Today's African Proverb : "Do not expect to be offered a chair when you are visiting a place where the chief sits on the floor" - Sent by Jalilatu Ayuba, Pretoria, South Africa

► N. Korea threatens nuclear strike on Tokyo in event of war, or if Japan downs test missile
► 'Day of Action to Close Guantanamo': US cities protest Obama's inaction
► Arkansas ExxonMobil oil spill even worse than thought
► Tiny emirate, huge political ambitions: Qatari investment booms
► Russian space fan may have found lost Soviet Mars probe in NASA photos

► VIDEOS

■ 'Gitmo prisoners treated like guinea pigs by amateur staff'
■ 'Bitcoins much safer than money in banks'
■ 'N.Korea wants talks while US pushes for brinkmanship'
■ Gitmo vs Govt: Force-feeding via tubes in nostrils 'humane'?

► S Korea seeks Pyongyang's nod to reopen Kaesong

► Witness - Blood and land: Erodo's story. From the moment he was born, Erodo, a Kenyan boy born to a tribe of cattle nomads in 1992, has had his life documented by filmmaker Bruno Sorrentino. Over the last 20 years his life has been shaped by ethnic violence and by the tension between his father's desire to continue the old traditions of herding and his mother's belief that settled society and education are the future.



► Russia buries beaten journalist
► The Stream - Women shout back to 'eve-teasing'
► US Senate debates gun control measures

► The NRA's Slippery Slope Strategy To Fight Background Checks
By Michael Scherer

* Senate Background Check Debate Starts Next Week
* Bipartisan Background-Check Deal May Help Gun Bill Survive
* Gun Makers Pressured to Leave States Passing Tough Regulations
* A History of Violence: Gun Control in the Pages of TIME

► SOCIETY : Should Parents Ask Other Parents About Guns in the Home?

► Why the N. Korean Crisis Needs a New Diplomatic Approach

* N. Korean Breakthrough? Or U.S. Intelligence Snafu?
* John Kerry Visits Tense S. Korea

► COLUMN ONE : In Ramona Gardens, simmering tensions ease. A few residents and a Latino gang worker who grew up there joined to improve race relations in the Boyle Heights housing project long known for hostility to blacks. - By Hector Becerra, Los Angeles Times / April 11, 2013
► 2013 Masters golf tournament at Augusta National
► Pictures in the News | April 11, 2013

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ONLINE TODAY

► SCIENCE DAILY Apr. 2, 2013 : Feeling Hungry May Protect the Brain Against Alzheimer's Disease. The feeling of hunger itself may protect against Alzheimer's disease, according to study published today in the journal PLOS ONE. Interestingly, the results of this study in mice suggest that mild hunger pangs, and related hormonal pathways, may be as important to the much-discussed value of "caloric restriction" as actually eating less.

► WAPO April 5, 2013  : North Korea urges embassy evacuations, diplomats say  || ► NY TIMES 5 April 2013 :Embassy Warning Joins Drumbeat of North Korea Threats

► DAILY MAIL 4 April 2013 : The thing of nightmares! Tarantula the size of a human FACE discovered in Sri Lanka   ||  ► Hurriyet Daily News 6 April 2013 : Tarantula in size of human face discovered in Sri Lanka

► DAILY TELEGRAPH April 05, 2013  : $5.8m gold found in family car on holiday drive in Alps

► THE WRAP April 02, 2013 : 'Gangnam Style', Glenn Beck Win Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards. Wildly disparate Tribeca Film Festival awards honor scientists, city planners, writers, designers, choreographers, filmmakers and silly Korean pop stars || YAHOO NEWS :: April 02, 2013

► REUTERS Thu Apr 4, 2013 : Britain's "Bond girl" queen wins honorary film award

► TODAY in HISTORY

■ HISTORY TODAY : The Shotgun Marriage: Spain's Annexation of Portugal, 1580

■ HISTORY WORLD : HISTORY OF THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE

■ PBS : John Chapman and the Kamikaze Attack

■ HISTORY : Rwandan Genocide || ► ABOUT : Rwanda Genocide  || ► ABOUT : Why is there conflict between Tutsis and Hutus?  || ► BBC : 1994: Rwanda presidents' plane 'shot down' 

■ BBC : Jalal Talabani as the country's new president after the first elections since the fall of Saddam Hussein. 

Al Jazeera speaks to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Al Jazeera's Jane Arraf speaks to Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi president. Published on Apr 14, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish

► PRESS TV 3 April 2013 : UN urged to resume aid to Palestinians

► WAR IN CONTEXT March 18, 2013 :  Time is right for Gulf states to rethink approach to Iraq   || SOURCE : The National AE

► GLOBAL POLITICAL MAP - Igor Panarin

► NY TIMES April 3, 2013 : Where YouTube Meets the Farm - By DAVID BORNSTEIN

► 1: Extraordinary People The Girl With A New Face part 1. Uploaded on Dec 2, 2011 by animelover100able1

► Extraordinary People 'Tiniest Girl in World' Full. Tiniest girl in the world Two-year-old Charlotte weighs less than eight pounds and wears the clothes of a newborn baby. At 22 inches tall, she is half the height she should be and her sisters can dress her up in their dolls' clothes.  While it is clear that Charlotte suffers from primordial dwarfism, the type of her condition is not yet known. MOPD Type 1 is a serious affliction marked by repeated strokes and seizures, and sufferers rarely live past their third birthdays. MOPD Type 2 patients often live to be 30, and great strides are being made in treating the condition.  Discover how the world's leading authorities on the disorder are striving to help Charlotte cope with her extraordinary life. Published on Dec 12, 2012

► Abigail & Brittany Hensel - The Twins Who Share a Body. Although they are two completely separate people, these accomplished teens share a body and have just two arms and legs between them.

Born in 1990, the girls have been brought up in a small, tightly knit community in Minnesota, almost completely protected from prying eyes and inquisitive stares. To their friends and family, they are distinct people with very different personalities, needs, tastes and desires. But to the outside world they are a medical mystery -- particularly given the fact that they can do virtually all the same things as their friends, including playing the piano, riding a bike, swimming and playing softball "Their personalities make them inspirational," says their mother Patty. "They never give up; anything they want to do, they go out and do it."

The medical world is keen to find out how two separate brains and nervous systems can work in such a perfectly co-ordinated way, but the twins and their family have always resisted non-essential medical tests. "The family want to treat them as though they are just like everyone else," says Joy Westerdahl, the girls' doctor, who admits that it is a mystery how their unique physiology functions.

As they enter adulthood, the twins are likely to leave the haven of their home town and face the wider world. In preparation for that time, they have taken part in this intimate documentary to show the world what it is like to be joined for life.



► Сын весом в полтонны - Моя Ужасная История 2/6. Uploaded on Oct 28, 2010 by RusDocuFilm

► Rare Twins. Surgeon Dr James Stein prepares for complex surgery to separate rare conjoined twins Mackenzie and Macy Garrison who were born with a triplet sister. Uploaded on Dec 13, 2010 by  DiscoveryTV

► A Tale of Two Twins

► North Korea asks embassies to consider moving diplomats out

► North Korean threats continue amid regional turbulence



► Beyonce and Jay Z 'rock Havana' for their anniversary

► New York holds St. Patrick's Day parade
► World's best skydivers gather for indoor challenge
► Japan aquarium shows mysterious clear-blood fish
► N.Korea likely to test reliable missile: analyst
► Mandela 'fine,' getting better in hospital: wife
► Angelina Jolie helps Malala Pakistan school fund

[The dumbest regime in this world which shot a girl just because she wanted to get an education is Taliban. Taliban, you are fake Islam! You're just a bunch of cruel people in the name of Islam to impose Islam itself. If you are true Muslim, you should know that Islam upholds the education and women.]

► World powers seek answers from Iran in Kazakhstan

► Tensions Endure in Two Koreas, Drills Broadcast
► Obama: Israel Visit Made Easter Extra Special
  ► WH: Obama Apologized for 'Best Looking' AG Stir

► Putin critic who faces trial says he wants to be president

► SHINE - Michelle Obama Accidentally Calls Herself a 'Busy Single Mother.' Can You Relate?

► TV - Morning News Anchor Really Can't Sing

► OMG! - Halle Berry Pregnant, Expecting With Fiance Olivier Martinez



► Halle Berry expecting second child, first with Olivier Martinez

► US plays down North Korea threat

US officials play down the threat from North Korea, with the White House saying the US "would not be surprised" by a missile launch.
* Business as usual in South
* Missile would be 'no surprise' -VIDEO
* Analysis: Pyongyang's tough talk
* Region's missile defence systems
* N Korea threats assessed
* Special report: North Korea

► N Korea missiles: Los Angeles 'within range' of weapons. There may be anxiety on the Korean peninsula but is their concern in other places potentially within range of North Korea's missiles? One of those possible targets is Los Angeles, home to one of the largest Korean populations in the US. Alistair Leithead reports. 

► North Korea warns foreign embassies to prepare escape

► Using tree food (Baobab)  recipes to fight off malnutrition [Baobab in my older post : March 27, 2013)

► Will we ever… communicate telepathically?

► TRAVEL - Five-star Kenya without the crowds  ||  ► How airline pricing works

► In pictures: Ladies' Day at Grand National meeting at Aintree

[Now is the era in which we do not need to be embarrassed to ask all women, "Are you all women?"  Because, in the present era, the most important of Gender mapping is a sexual orientation. And how brazen she was, when I thought she was a woman but secretly she stared at me with the eyes of a man wanted a woman.]

► 10 things we didn't know last week

► OP - ED : 'US wants to take S. Korea into new Korean war'
► Surviving 'Collateral Murder': Soldier relives infamous WikiLeaks video  
► Exxon wins safety award as Mayflower sees no end to spill cleanup (VIDEO)
► Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant leaks contaminated water
► Putin: No plans to close NGOs, public has right to know

► Russian opposition activist ‘confesses to plotting mass disorder’

► Unemployment behind increase in Al-Qaeda presence in Yemen - President

► VIDEOS

■ Video: Two-headed monster snake scares Moscow Zoo visitors. Video: RT Ruptly's exclusive, for licensing contact

A rare two-headed albino snake is on display in Moscow Zoo. Scientists say it is so rare it would not be able to survive in the wild. The snake was born six years ago and zoo keepers hope it will live for another six years. It is unusual for such a reptile to live for more than 12 or 15 years due to the genetic mutation which makes it more susceptible to diseases. Zoo keepers have to feed the two-headed reptile two times a week, which is more than the other species of reptiles at the zoo.



■ Gitmo Guile: US govt called on lying about Russian detainee

■ CrossTalk: Global Gun Control? 

■ 'Nuclear weapons risk security rather than bolster it'

■ 'Despair leads people to join Al-Qaeda' - Yemeni president. Social and economic troubles in Yemen have been among the key reasons for Al-Qaeda's rise in the country, President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi told RT. He believes peace and stability in the conflict-torn country could be reached only through dialogue involving all strata of Yemeni society.

► 101 East - Myanmar's fragile peace

► US: Wouldn't be surprised if North launches missile

► UNICEF warns it could run out of money for Syrian refugees
  ► Nobel winner's letter on DNA breakthrough up for auction. It has been nearly 60 years since a pair of young scientists made a discovery that dramatically improved our understanding of genetics. The double-helix structure of DNA was revealed by Francis Crick and James Watson in Cambridge University in 1953. Now a detailed letter Crick wrote to his son soon afterwards is going up for auction, with proceeds going to research. Al Jazeera's Joanna Blundell reports.

► Viewpoint: How Gaddafi and Saddam Might Have Shaped North Korea's Thinking

By Robert Baer
* North Korea Ratchets Up Tension on The Peninsula
* How the U.S. Military Is Handling a Potential Threat

► CNN : Chinese authorities kill 20,000 birds as avian flu toll rises to 6



► Pictures of the Week: March 29 – April 5

► LIFE Behind the Picture: Children at a Puppet Theater, Paris, 1963

► Pictures in the News | April 5, 2013 - Posted by : Marc Martin 


Zhejiang, China & Chickens are herded in a poultry market in Nanjing in Jiangsu province. Authorities in Shanghai closed all poultry markets after the death toll from the H7N9 strain of bird flu rose to six. PHOTOGRAPH BY: JL DONG / EPA

In 2013
* Research and methods for healing cancer and brain tumor declared successful.

* Towards the end of this year will be an earthquake because of the volcanic eruption on the island of Bahamas of West Indies archipelago (group of islands near Caribbean).

* Super giant tsunami will sweep the Caribbean sea, the mainland U.S., Brazil and others will also hit deep into the mainland up to 15-20 km. Before the tsunami, the sea water will recede as deep as 6 meters, a large number of turtles also will begin to move.

* When dogs and cats know there will be a major disaster strikes, they would run away from their homes. 24 hours before leaving their homes, they will show signs of unusual movement, it can be used as Standard for Observations.