Persons suffering from AIDS and HIV have been abandoning their antiviral medication increasingly, turning to what amounts to snake oil and false promises. While there is no cure to HIV, the medication available for treating the disease is handed out freely in South Africa, one of the world's most AIDS infected region; this doesn't stop people's belief in magical cure though, some people have given up on the medical cure and have turned to a magical potion being handed out by a truck driver who says he received the recipe for it in a dream. Will their magical beans amount to a beanstalk, of course not and they will suffer heavily because of their stubborn choices and these false promises.
Article: Baltimore Sun
Monday, August 21, 2006
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I bet you didn't know...
- The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
- Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
- Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
- Coca-Cola was originally green.
- The State with the highest % of people who walk to work: Alaska
- The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% - The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
- The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 & lived in China in 1910.
- The youngest pope was 11 years old.
- The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
- San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
- Each king in a deck of cards represents a great king from history:
Spades- King David,
Hearts- Charlemagne,
Clubs-Alexander, the Great
Diamonds- Julius Caesar - 111,111,111 x111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
- If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
- Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
- "I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
- Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
- Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
A. Conception. - Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace - Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession - Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand - Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, dishwashers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women. - Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey - Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year?
A. Father's Day - Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party?
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet. - In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight,"
- It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon.
- In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the "mind your P's and Q's."
- Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
- In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden".... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
"Hispanic birth rate soars in Southeast"
"Associated Press
ATLANTA -- Hispanic births are skyrocketing in the Southeast, where an increase of at least 40 percent was recorded in five states between 2000 and 2003, according to a new government report.
Among the states with the largest increases were Kentucky (80 percent), South Carolina (62 percent), Alabama (53 percent), Tennessee (53 percent) and Arkansas (40 percent), the report found.
The report, from the National Center for Health Statistics, is called the first state-by-state breakdown of birth and fertility rates in the U.S. Hispanic population.
U.S. births for non-Hispanic whites decreased 10 percent between 1990 and 2000, and 2 percent between 2000 and 2003, the report showed. Births for blacks declined 9 percent and 5 percent, respectively.
In contrast, births for Hispanic women jumped 37 percent between 1990 and 2000, and another 12 percent between 2000 and 2003.
But there were differences in birth and fertility rates among Hispanic sub-populations, noted Paul Sutton, an author of the new report.
"Hispanics are not a monolithic group. There's a tremendous variation" in births among women of Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban origin, said Sutton, a statistician and geographer with the National Center for Health Statistics.
Mexican-Americans had the highest birth rates overall, followed by Puerto Ricans and Cuban-Americans. Mexican-Americans gave birth in their teens and early 20s at higher rates, while for Cuban-Americans, the highest birth rate was for women in their late 20s.
And while California and Texas continue to have the largest Mexican populations, North Carolina and Georgia had the highest fertility rates for Mexican mothers.
In North Carolina, there were 181 births per 1,000 Mexican women ages 15 to 44 in 2000. In Georgia, the fertility rate was 180 per 1,000 Mexican women.
In contrast, the U.S. fertility rate for Mexican-American women was 105 per 1,000. California's was 112, and Texas' was 124.
It's not likely Georgia or North Carolina will soon surpass Texas or California in Hispanic births: In 2003, nearly 270,000 babies were born to Hispanic mothers in California and 183,000 in Texas, but 18,000 in Georgia, 16,000 in North Carolina, and 5,000 or fewer in most other Southeast states.
But the relative increase in the Southeast states is notable, and may have implications for health-care facilities and state budgets, particularly if some or many Hispanic families are uninsured.
WakeMed a 515-bed hospital in Raleigh, N.C. saw Hispanic births rise from 463 in 1997 to 1,819 in 2005.
Hispanics account for about 36 percent of the births at the hospital. Most years, more than 90 percent are Mexican, said Dr. Juan Granados, who trains obstetrics residents at the hospital.
Only about 3 percent of the families have health insurance, he said. Fortunately, the state provides a special Medicaid payment to help offset such unreimbursed care, he added.
"So the hospitals don't go into bankruptcy," said Granados, a University of North Carolina professor of obstetrics and gynecology and maternal and fetal medicine.
In the past, most Hispanic mothers were part of migrant farm worker families who came to the Raleigh area for part of the year and then moved on. But lately, many Mexican families seem to be staying year-round, with men taking jobs in construction and landscaping, Granados said."
Article: Sierra Times (original from AP)
ATLANTA -- Hispanic births are skyrocketing in the Southeast, where an increase of at least 40 percent was recorded in five states between 2000 and 2003, according to a new government report.
Among the states with the largest increases were Kentucky (80 percent), South Carolina (62 percent), Alabama (53 percent), Tennessee (53 percent) and Arkansas (40 percent), the report found.
The report, from the National Center for Health Statistics, is called the first state-by-state breakdown of birth and fertility rates in the U.S. Hispanic population.
U.S. births for non-Hispanic whites decreased 10 percent between 1990 and 2000, and 2 percent between 2000 and 2003, the report showed. Births for blacks declined 9 percent and 5 percent, respectively.
In contrast, births for Hispanic women jumped 37 percent between 1990 and 2000, and another 12 percent between 2000 and 2003.
But there were differences in birth and fertility rates among Hispanic sub-populations, noted Paul Sutton, an author of the new report.
"Hispanics are not a monolithic group. There's a tremendous variation" in births among women of Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban origin, said Sutton, a statistician and geographer with the National Center for Health Statistics.
Mexican-Americans had the highest birth rates overall, followed by Puerto Ricans and Cuban-Americans. Mexican-Americans gave birth in their teens and early 20s at higher rates, while for Cuban-Americans, the highest birth rate was for women in their late 20s.
And while California and Texas continue to have the largest Mexican populations, North Carolina and Georgia had the highest fertility rates for Mexican mothers.
In North Carolina, there were 181 births per 1,000 Mexican women ages 15 to 44 in 2000. In Georgia, the fertility rate was 180 per 1,000 Mexican women.
In contrast, the U.S. fertility rate for Mexican-American women was 105 per 1,000. California's was 112, and Texas' was 124.
It's not likely Georgia or North Carolina will soon surpass Texas or California in Hispanic births: In 2003, nearly 270,000 babies were born to Hispanic mothers in California and 183,000 in Texas, but 18,000 in Georgia, 16,000 in North Carolina, and 5,000 or fewer in most other Southeast states.
But the relative increase in the Southeast states is notable, and may have implications for health-care facilities and state budgets, particularly if some or many Hispanic families are uninsured.
WakeMed a 515-bed hospital in Raleigh, N.C. saw Hispanic births rise from 463 in 1997 to 1,819 in 2005.
Hispanics account for about 36 percent of the births at the hospital. Most years, more than 90 percent are Mexican, said Dr. Juan Granados, who trains obstetrics residents at the hospital.
Only about 3 percent of the families have health insurance, he said. Fortunately, the state provides a special Medicaid payment to help offset such unreimbursed care, he added.
"So the hospitals don't go into bankruptcy," said Granados, a University of North Carolina professor of obstetrics and gynecology and maternal and fetal medicine.
In the past, most Hispanic mothers were part of migrant farm worker families who came to the Raleigh area for part of the year and then moved on. But lately, many Mexican families seem to be staying year-round, with men taking jobs in construction and landscaping, Granados said."
Article: Sierra Times (original from AP)
Monday, August 14, 2006
Israeli soldiers given permission to loot and pillage Lebanese stores.
"Last update - 00:13 15/08/2006
IDF general: Troops lacking food can steal from Lebanese stores
By Haaretz Service
"If our fighters deep in Lebanese territory are left without food our water, I believe they can break into local Lebanese stores to solve that problem," Brigadier General Avi Mizrahi, the head of the Israel Defense Forces logistics branch, said Monday.
Mizrahi's comments followed complaints by IDF soldiers regarding the lack of food on the front lines.
"If what they need to do is take water from the stores, they can take," Mizrahi told Army Radio.
According to Mizrahi, the logistics branch is prepared for the possibility that combat soldiers will have to remain in Lebanon during the winter.""
Article: Haaretz
IDF general: Troops lacking food can steal from Lebanese stores
By Haaretz Service
"If our fighters deep in Lebanese territory are left without food our water, I believe they can break into local Lebanese stores to solve that problem," Brigadier General Avi Mizrahi, the head of the Israel Defense Forces logistics branch, said Monday.
Mizrahi's comments followed complaints by IDF soldiers regarding the lack of food on the front lines.
"If what they need to do is take water from the stores, they can take," Mizrahi told Army Radio.
According to Mizrahi, the logistics branch is prepared for the possibility that combat soldiers will have to remain in Lebanon during the winter.""
Article: Haaretz
Sunday, August 06, 2006
The Israeli Soldiers Were Captured INSIDE Lebanon
The Israeli soldiers invaded a sovereign nation and were ambushed by a Hezbollah patrol inside Lebanon outside the city of Aitaa al-Chaab. They were inside Lebanon illegally, a comparable situation would be American soldiers capturing Mexican soldiers when they cross the border. Israel wants a blank check to be able to do anything it wants, they don't care if they are right or wrong.
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Friday, August 04, 2006
"Jewish extremists try to enter Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque"
"Jerusalem (ANTARA News) - Jewish extremists demonstrated Thursday at the entrance to Islam's third-holiest site, the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, demanding entrance to the site where Jews believe the Temple stood before its destruction in 70 AD.
Waving blue-and-white flags and dressed in brown rugs to mark the Tisha
B'av fasting day commemorating the Temple's destruction, the group of some 30 people was stopped by a heavily armed police force, AFP reported.
Hundreds of Israeli police deployed across the Old City ahead of Thursday's protest, which in the past has sparked violent clashes with Palestinians.
Despite a high court order allowing the Temple Mount Faithful group to
enter the Al-Aqsa compound, police closed the site for visits, and worshippers under the age of 45 where not allowed to enter.
"Temple Mount has become a base for Hezbollah, Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and all the enemies of the Jewish poeple," the group's leader, Gershon Salomon shouted into a megaphone.
"It is a crime that Jews aren't allowed to enter Temple Mount, the heart
and soul of the Jewish people!" he said.
Huddled around a cardboard model of the second Temple, the protesters urged police to let them in, but after a round of prayers they stepped back and left the site.
Jerusalem police district commander Ilan Franco said afterwards that
"following the Jewish calls to enter the compound and Muslim call to reach the compound and protect it the police prepared with reinforcement.
"We can now say that the day passed quietly with no incidents." (*)
COPYRIGHT © 2006 ANTARA
August 4, 2006"
Article: Antara News
Waving blue-and-white flags and dressed in brown rugs to mark the Tisha
B'av fasting day commemorating the Temple's destruction, the group of some 30 people was stopped by a heavily armed police force, AFP reported.
Hundreds of Israeli police deployed across the Old City ahead of Thursday's protest, which in the past has sparked violent clashes with Palestinians.
Despite a high court order allowing the Temple Mount Faithful group to
enter the Al-Aqsa compound, police closed the site for visits, and worshippers under the age of 45 where not allowed to enter.
"Temple Mount has become a base for Hezbollah, Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and all the enemies of the Jewish poeple," the group's leader, Gershon Salomon shouted into a megaphone.
"It is a crime that Jews aren't allowed to enter Temple Mount, the heart
and soul of the Jewish people!" he said.
Huddled around a cardboard model of the second Temple, the protesters urged police to let them in, but after a round of prayers they stepped back and left the site.
Jerusalem police district commander Ilan Franco said afterwards that
"following the Jewish calls to enter the compound and Muslim call to reach the compound and protect it the police prepared with reinforcement.
"We can now say that the day passed quietly with no incidents." (*)
COPYRIGHT © 2006 ANTARA
August 4, 2006"
Article: Antara News
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Eleven illegal immigrants granted reprieve.
Judge Carlos Cuevas, a federal immigration judge, granted eleven illegal immigrants reprieve instead of deportation. The reprieve was granted in light of a bill that Congress is currently considering in regards to immigration. The immigrants were arrested in Chicago and were captured during a large federal investigation into IFCO systems.
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Rabbinical Council: There is no such term as 'innocents' of the enemy
The Yesha Rabbinical Council announced in response to an IDF attack in Qana that "according to Jewish law, during a time of battle and war, there is no such term as 'innocents' of the enemy." Apparently orthodox Jewish religious law states that terrorism is justified - as long as you're on the right side. Women, kids, the aged are fair game
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Shut up about Mel Gibson.
I could give a rats ass about what he said and about whom he said it. The media frenzy over one mans anti-jew remarks is absolutely stupid.
First off the media is blowing this Mel Gibson thing way out of proportion, he was DRUNK! Mel Gibson has a known history of alcoholism, and we should be thankful he was pulled over and is entering rehab, but does that matter to the media? Oh no, he made somebody cry, boohoo... get over it.
The media shows the Israelis killing hundreds of civilians on live television, rockets and bombs hitting UN buildings and Red Cross trucks and we hear nothing but the sounds of crickets.
But one man makes an anti-jewish remark while drunk and suddenly the media has a fire lit under their ass and hammers and nails ready so they can crucify him on the wall of political correctness.
First off the media is blowing this Mel Gibson thing way out of proportion, he was DRUNK! Mel Gibson has a known history of alcoholism, and we should be thankful he was pulled over and is entering rehab, but does that matter to the media? Oh no, he made somebody cry, boohoo... get over it.
The media shows the Israelis killing hundreds of civilians on live television, rockets and bombs hitting UN buildings and Red Cross trucks and we hear nothing but the sounds of crickets.
But one man makes an anti-jewish remark while drunk and suddenly the media has a fire lit under their ass and hammers and nails ready so they can crucify him on the wall of political correctness.
Israel causes "Exxon Valdez" in Lebanese Coast
Up to 35,000 tonnes of oil is flowing into Lebanons coast line after the Israeli bombing of the Jiyyeh power station. The oil slick already covers 50 miles of coastline.
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