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4月26日 Swine flu. What do you know about it?Easy. You will look on the Internet and you will find everything, right away and know it all? Right? Wrong!
Really, tell me, with this almost panicky hysterical wave on the Internet, how will you know which info is reliable?
I wanted to see for myself what was brewing in the virtual world regarding this issue and followed the exchanges in Twitter.
So I registered Friday afternoon, few hours after the media had been alerted about the epidemic. I reviewed it also a few hours Friday night, Saturday afternoon and a little bit Sunday.
Upla!!! What I have seen is not nice all and very unequal.
I foud that most of the postings prove to be everything but mostly anything (Friday & Saturday).
I read lots of scared misinformed people, trying to find out info (many people think they can catch it by eating pork). And so far I`m really not convinced that they would find answers easily because the very few reliable info is diluted in hundreds of other ones. I must admit that some are pretty funny though, as some are taking it with a sense of humour. And there are lots and lots, endless redundancies.
On Sunday, a new trend started to show. More postings, but in the midst, some interesting one showed up. Opinions, search tips, official data, etc. And still as many redundancies.
I found the article below, CDCs Alerts and a couple more worthwhile. However, I must add that I kinda know what I am looking for, but even so, it is a huge task to find something through all the postings. I can easily imagine that people looking for reliable info may not catch on the relevant one. One question I often saw and seems important to not overlook the seriousness of the situation is `yeah, they scared us with their bird flu epidemic before and now this one. Is it the same thing again?`
I`d say no. Bird flu is NOT transmissible human-to-human. Swine flu is.
To resume, I`ll say
Don`t panic, be informed
Wash your hands
Cough/sneeze in a tissue
Watch for flu-like symptoms
If you have the flu, stay home! and if it get worse, see a doctor
Some resources to kow, think and search
WHO information
WHO frequently asked questions http://www.who.int/csr/swine_flu/swineflu_qanda_20090425.pdf
WHO Swine influenza page http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=72547441036&h=7Pgeb&u=M-gHV&ref=nf
TIP for search
How to track swine flu online
http://mashable.com/2009/04/25/track-swine-flu/ Article Swine flu: Twitter's power to misinform http://neteffect.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/04/25/swine_flu_twitters_power_to_misinform All that talk about pigs made me think of this, hehe! Hey we still have to laugh, we`re not dead yet! 1月19日 El derecho de soñar - Eduardo GaleanoUn encanto pero seria mejor sin esa malaaaa musica inutil.
Su voz hace el trabajo.
12月26日 Vous n`avez pas aime vos cadeaux de Noel? Vous n`etes pas les seulsLETTRE AU PERE NOEL
Cher Père Noël,
Vous devez être surpris que je vous écrive aujourd'hui, 26 décembre.
Voyez-vous, j'aimerais bien clarifier certaines choses qui se sont produites depuis le début du mois alors que, bondé d'illusions, je vous ai écrit une courte lettre dans laquelle je vous demandais une bicyclette, un train électrique, une paire de patins à glace et un chandail de hockey des Canadiens.
Je me suis brûlé les neurones tellement j'ai étudié fort cette année. Non seulement j'ai été le premier de ma classe, mais j'ai obtenu les meilleures notes de l'école, toutes années confondues. Je ne vous cacherai pas qu'il n'y a personne, je dis bien personne, dans tout le quartier qui s'est comporté mieux que moi envers mes parents, mes frères et soeurs, mes amis et mes voisins. J'ai fait des commissions pour les uns et les autres, et plus souvent qu'autrement, je faisais un spécial pour attendre les personnes âgées aux coins des rues pour les aider à traverser.
Bref, il n'y a pratiquement rien que je n'ai pas fait pour rendre la vie facile à tous et leur donner l'impression de vivre dans un monde meilleur. Alors, permettez-moi de vous dire qu'il vous faut être culotté en sacrament pour m'avoir laissé sous l'arbre un crisss de yo-yo, un sifflet débile et une paire de bas blanc. J'en conclus donc, mon esti d'enfant de chienne, que tu m'as baisé aller-retour pendant toute l'ostie d'année; sinon, comment expliquer que tu m'aies emporté ces tabarnak de cossins-là?
Et comme si tu ne m'avais pas assez fourré, maudit gros chien sale, t'as trouvé le moyen de donner au petit colisss de morveux qui reste en face de chez nous tellement de jouets (des vrais, esti!) qu'il a de la misère à passer dans la porte. Prie, mon écoeurant, pour que je ne te surprenne pas en train d'essayer de rentrer tes grosses colisss de fesses dans notre cheminée l'année prochaine, parce que tu risques de la remonter vite en sacrament avec un tisonnier planté dans le cul. Pis j'espère avoir la chance de crisser assez de roches par la tête de tes maudits rennes pour qu'ils se sauvent en t'oubliant derrière; comme ça il faudra que tu rentres à pied dans ton Pôle Nord à marde. Là tu vas savoir ce que moi aussi j'endure puisque tu ne m'as pas emporté mon calvère de bicycle. Va chier, Père Noël. Pendant la prochaine année, tu vas découvrir comment je peux être mauvais; t'es pas au bout de tes surprises, mon bâptème. 'Just watch me'. Le petit Martin 12月5日 Recette pour Noel: LA DINDE AU WHISKYLA DINDE AU WHISKY (SPECIAL NOEL !)  1 Acheter une dinde d'environ 45kg pour six personnes et une bouteille de whisky, du sel, du poivre, de l'huile d'olive et des bardes de lard. 2 La barder de lard, la ficeler, la saler, la poivrer et ajouter un filet d'huile d'olive. 3 Faire prechauffer le four thermostat 7 pendant dix minutes. 4 Se servit un verre de whisky pendant ce temps la. 5 Mettre la dinde au four dans un plat a cuisson. 6 Se verser encuite 2 verres de whisky et les boire. 7 Mettre le therpostat a 8 apres 20 binutes pour la saisir. 8 Se bercer 3 ou 4 berres de whisky. 9 Apres une debi beurre fourrer l'ouvrir et surveiller la buisson de la pinde. 10 Brendre la vouteille de buscuit et s'enfiler une bonne rasade. 11 Apres une demi heure de plus, tituber jusqu'au bour oubrir la putain de borte du vour et reburner - non - recourner - non - enfin mettre la pinde dans l'autre zens. 12 Se pruler la main avec la putain de borte du bour en la refermant -bordel de merde. 13 essayer de s'asseoir sur une putain de chaise et se reverdir 5 ou 6 whisky de verres ou le gondraire, chais blus. 14 Buire - non - luire - non - cuire - non - ah ben si - cuire la bringue bendant 4 heures. 15 Eh hop, 5 berres de plus. Ca fait du bien par ou que ca passe. 16 Retirer le vour de la dinde. 17 Se rebercer une bonne goulee de whisgy. 18 Essayer de sortir le bour de cette saloberie de brinde de nouveau parce gue za a loupe la bremiere vois. 19 Rabasser la pinde qui s'est egsblozee bar derre. L'ettuyer avec une zalete de ghiffon de merde ela foutre sur un blat, sur un glat, sur un clat, sur une aziette, enfin on s'en vout. 20 Decider qu'on est auzi bien bar terre et vinir la bouteille de vhisky. 21 Ramber jusqu'au mit pormir doute la duit. 22 Le lendemain prendre une aspirine, voire même tout le tube d'aspirine, manger la dinde froide avec une bonne mayonnaise et nettoyer pendant le reste de la journée le bordel qu'on a fait dans la cuisine hier. Receta para fin de año: PAVO AL WHISKYLlegan las fiestas y es bueno recordar las recetas para fin de año.
En vez de whisky puede ser un buen Malbec o Cabernet
12月4日 The aspiring dictator's guideAFRICA & FOR ME TOO, WHY NOT!
Rule 1. Be the richest man in your country (Daniel arap Moi, Robert Mugabe). If you are a second-generation dictator, this is not hard; just blackmail the guy who came before you (Frederick Chiluba). If you come from an oil-producing country, this is even easier (many Nigerians and Angolans, Chad). If you are a Kenyan, the National Social Security Council is always good for a few billion. Defence contracts even better (all presidents). Money-printing contracts, the best (all presidents). If you are a South African, then anything with the word "black empowerment" works fine.
Rule 2. Find poor, stupid and brutal men from every corner of your country and make them rich. Do not give them money. Give them a place to steal from. Stupid people do not save money. Give all women's church groups money. They are the most powerful groups in your country. Rule 3. Make America or China happy. Make Israel and Saudi Arabia very happy. Become a Muslim, like Idi Amin. Visit Moammar Gadaffi often. He likes African leaders. We do not know why. Pray with George Bush and let him see your soul. Make your country's leading supermodel the ambassador to France and Italy. Ask her to wear a mini when presenting her papers to Nicholas Sarkozy. Rule 4. Be very, very nice to your army. Be mean to your police. Rule 5. Allow all international NGOs and donors free access to starving rural people, so that they vote for you because they got food aid (most African countries). Rule 6. Colonial countries expected little of Africans. Maintain this illusion. Keep your citizenry ignorant and unproductive. For their food needs, see Rule 5 above.
Rule 7. Make sure you become the tribal leader too (Jomo Kenyatta, Moi, Jacob Zuma). Even if you do not speak the language (Jerry Rawlings). Meet all the important people in your tribe every month and emphasise strongly how the other tribes are going to kill you all if you leave power (Moi). The word will spread and, when the shit hits the fan, your people will yield machetes for you. In Africa "tribe" means anybody who speaks your language to whom you regularly give money and civil service jobs. Just like the colonials. Rule 8. Destroy or infiltrate all unions and civil organisations that have a constituency of educated Africans. All farmers' associations, all parents' associations, all teachers' associations, all church groups … these are very dangerous, especially the Catholics, who have a dictator in the Vatican they account to, who is richer than you. This way, you have no organised civil society that works. If your citizenry cannot organise themselves on issues such as work or education, they can only organise themselves by tribe. And all your cabinet ministers control their tribes, just as you do because they are the richest people in their tribes. Rule 9. Allow all civil society groups that do not have any sizeable membership or constituency among your citizens. This way, you can shrug your shoulders and say you are happy to be criticised, but what noise they make means nothing. They have to account only to their donor, who lives in Denmark, and also fund the food aid you need for elections. Rule 10. A free press is important. But have shares in all major media and make sure that you allow them to be very critical of everything, except you. You can, these days, secretly pay bloggers. They can say, for example, that your economic policy is Keynesian, but they should never say you are a "corrupt Zulu warlord". Rule 11. Do not send all the money you steal to Switzerland and do not give it to your wife. Buy US treasury bonds and hide them in your children's library. They will never use it. Why should they read? Daddy is rich. Do not have businesses in your wife's name. Or in your children's names. Deal in euros, Krugerrands and diamonds. Rule 12. Be nice to your fellow world dictators; you may need them to give you a home some day. Join Nepad (Wade). It is great for networking. Attend all African Union (AU) meetings and bring presents. The AU is the dictator's best friend (Idi Amin). For presents to colleagues, cash is good, gold is better and treasury bonds are best. No Ndebele prints please. If all these things fail and you find yourself in State House surrounded by screaming citizens carrying homemade weaponry, make sure you have a Hummer (Raila Odinga) in your garage. They are cheap now in America. You can burst out of your palace and make your way to Somalia, where you can become a pirate who earns $50-million a year. Zimbabwe’s $100-million noteZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe police beat up about 20 people protesting today over their inability to get their money out of banks as the authorities prepared to issue the first 100-million-dollar notes. The 100,000 banknote is worth only one US dollar on the widely-used parallel black market and is only half the amount needed to buy a loaf of bread. In November 2003, inflation was 619.50 percent but as of July 2008, annual inflation hit 213 million percent.
http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=897672 Am I reading this right!!????!! 12月3日 HIV/AIDSHIV/AIDS Questions & Answers
FACTS & FIGURES ABOUT CHILDREN
• Every minute, a child under 15 dies of an AIDS-related illness. Every minute another child becomes HIV-positive.
• Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to over 48 million orphans, 12 million of them orphaned as a result of the AIDS epidemic. • By 2010, an estimated 15.7 million children – 30 percent of the 53 million anticipated orphans from all causes in sub-Saharan Africa – will have lost one parent due to AIDS. • Compared to children whose parents are alive, orphans are more likely to be malnourished, drop out of school and be prone to exploitation and abuse. • The International Labour Organization has found that orphaned children are much more likely than non-orphans to be working in commercial agriculture, as street vendors, in domestic service and in the sex trade. • HIV/AIDS is denying millions of children their childhood. The disease can lead to exclusion, poverty, malnutrition, inadequate access to basic social services, discrimination, gender inequality and the sexual exploitation of women and girls. 11月18日 The Four AgreementsI hope I`ll remember when the time comes
The Four Agreements1. Be Impeccable With Your Word 2. Don’t Take Anything Personally 3. Don’t Make Assumptions 4. Always Do Your Best 11月5日 GOBAMA! The fun is over now, so get to work!ok, let us start with... let's see... how about...
President-elect Obama: 100 days to demonstrate commitment to human rightsThe election of Barack Obama to the US presidency opens new opportunities for an end to the seven-year assault on human rights by the US administration. Counter terror with justice: a human rights challengeIn the first 100 days, Amnesty International is calling on the new administration to:
These demands are part of A checklist for the next US President http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR51/117/2008/en/f5aa6a76-a5db-11dd-98b9-d503e38a5523/amr511172008en.pdf Derechos Humanos 10月25日 Arte argentino de echar la culpa a los demas 2BUENOS AIRES
Publicidad de Clio Renault que nos enseña como perpetuar malas costumbres peligrosas y echar la culpa a los demás...
A ver... La grande mayoría de la Porteños manejan remal y son muuuuuy indisciplinados, como en ese video... Así la chica sube, NO se pone el cinturón (naaaaaaa pasa nadaaaaa), utiliza el delineador, algo NO RECOMENDABLE en NINGÚN vehiculo en marcha y el chico arranca el coche que obviamente NO sabe conducir... Lo previsible pasa, pero je, no es la culpa de esos 2 boludos... es la CULPA DEL COCHE!!!!!
La Argentina registra 8,000 muertos en accidentes de transito cada año. Con el dinero que gasta Renault en la promoción de sus productos, hubiera sido más inteligente y sencillo de crear una publicidad que promueva actitudes responsables al lugar de alentar la irresponsabilidad y la falta de civismo.
Pésimo mensaje! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWO2_Vk3D_Y Mas pruebas que muestran que se hace cualquiera cosa aca?? esas son fotos mias
10月24日 Drinking Alcohol Associated with Smaller Brain Volumewell, well. At least I got a reason to be the way I am.
What's yours????
Drinking Alcohol Associated with Smaller Brain Volume
There's been a lot of talk about red wine in the past few years. More doctors are saying drinking red wine in moderation – usually a glass a day – is good for your heart. But what about your brain?
Low drinker is classified as one to seven drinks per week, about one each day. Moderate is eight to 14 drinks, and high is more than 14.
Normal aging is .2 percent per year or 2 percent per decade, she says. The changes between normal and the abstainers, abstainers and all of the different categories was .25 percent per group. for each extra regular drink per day, it's equivalent to one to two years of normal aging.
The next question she wants to explore is whether people whose brains shrink faster have faster cognitive decline. In the meantime, enjoy red wine in moderation. 10月18日 US Elections 2008You are not from the US, but you wish you could vote (Obama, of course
 )? Here you go!
And you from the US? you can vote here as well!! http://www.economist.com/vote2008/?a=true&cid;=45&v;=true 10月17日 Africa. Growing more corrupt & Chinese development assistance in Africa: a synthesis analysisAFRICA
Growing more corrupt
Africa’s economy has grown much faster since 2000, but fears regarding corruption have risen too. Africa’s average score on Transparency International’s Corruptions Perceptions Index has fallen steadily since 2000, reaching a new low of 2.75—out of a possible ten—in 2008. Of the 47 Sub-Saharan countries ranked in the 2008 survey, 64% score less than three out of ten, a level that, according to Transparency International, indicates "rampant corruption". Another 14 scored between three and five, indicating that corruption is perceived as a "serious challenge by country experts and businessmen". Just three states—Botswana, Cape Verde and Mauritius—score above the index's mid-point. [...]
Southern African states such as Botswana, Mauritius, South Africa and Namibia top the table, while resource-rich nations, especially oil exporters (Sudan, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Congo and Nigeria), cluster around the bottom. What this means is that, in recent years especially, economic growth has not been correlated with low levels of corruption.
The China factor
It is also significant that China has concentrated its aid and investment in nations such as Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria and Sudan, where corruption is (or has been) high. This means that it is no longer possible to argue that corruption deters foreign direct investment. All of which is bad news for reform-minded agencies like the OECD, IMF and World Bank. They will probably seize on Nigeria—an apparently startling example of reduced corruption in Africa—to justify their arguments that low corruption is good for growth and investment, but the regional figures suggest otherwise.
Mapping Chinese development assistance in Africa: a synthesis analysis of Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe The Sino –Africa idea by China seems to be driven by the need for new markets and investment opportunities, resource security, the need for symbolic diplomacy, development assistance, co-operation, and a need to forge strategic partnerships in Africa. For most African countries, China seems to be an alternative to the Western economic prescriptions that are marked by aid conditionalities and foreign interference that threatens national sovereignty. China’s non-interference policy on governance and human rights issues is an attractive factor. However, being indebted to China over the long term raises questions about how accountable and transparent the cooperation is.
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