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October 13, 2014

DU sleuths needed

no one is better at this than DU. A writer/activist is on Twitter asking for help. Vincent E. Heck, Jr. @HeckPhilly Read the entire timeline of 50 tweets where he explains the possible existence of an actual video of the Mike Brown shooting, and the mysterious disappearance of the video after it was briefly posted .

https://twitter.com/HeckPhilly


October 13, 2014

Last night's Sit In in Ferguson

by Livestreamer Rebelutionary_Z

VERY intense. About 3 am they marched to a Quick Trip to do a sit in.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/53851995/highlight/562420

October 12, 2014

Ferguson still going on

Bella is Livestreaming from the Shaw area, near the shooting of Myers. They are waiting for the group from Ferguson PD protest to join them.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/oakland-2-ferguson-solidarity?utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=ustre.am%2F1hFO4&utm_medium=social&utm_content=20141011214418


On the way to Shaw, not there yet Rebelutionary_Z
http://www.ustream.tv/z?utm_campaign=ustre.am&utm_source=ustre.am%2FHbME&utm_medium=social&utm_content=20141011173539

massive presence by police

October 12, 2014

Ferguson: Police Treatment in Arrests

Ferguson: Police Treatment in Arrests
Excessive use of force by police officers, compiled by protestors.

October 8, 2014

CDC says shoe covers not needed

So after the nurse walks around the Ebola isolation room walking on spittle, goobers, spilled urine, poop dribbles and sprays of vomit, she will remove her gown and mask and then enter your sick room wearing the same shoes. CDC does not recommend the bleach spray down you see in Africa.
Interesting article, it seems the CDC and American Hospital Association want to go with minimum protection, and healthcare workers want the maximum.

As Anxiety Increases, Agency Scrambles to Address Concerns of Health Workers

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/08/us/as-anxiety-increases-agency-scrambles-to-address-concerns-of-health-workers.html?ref=us&_r=0

Because Ebola is transmitted only by contact with bodily fluids, the agency recommends that workers wear gloves, waterproof gowns, face masks and goggles or comparable eye protection. In cases involving a lot of blood or other fluids, extra protection like shoe covers may be advised. But the C.D.C. is not recommending hazardous-material suits.
October 3, 2014

Amazing background of Ashoka Mukpo

The NBC cameraman with Ebola. He is stepson of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2bfe4ecce4bf49e087065d4adc919605/cameraman-ebola-has-passion-liberia

"Trungpa raised and accepted Mukpo as his own son. When Mukpo was just a few months old, he was recognized as the ninth Khamnyon Tulku, or reincarnated lama, a spiritual leader."

October 3, 2014

WOW Amazing backstory of Ashoka Mukpo (NBC Cameraman with ebola)

Fascinating profile of Ashoka Mukpo: the NBC Ebola cameraman, reincarnated Tibetan Lama, son of a British aristocrat.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2bfe4ecce4bf49e087065d4adc919605/cameraman-ebola-has-passion-liberia

Cameraman with Ebola has passion for Liberia

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Passion for Liberia and the plight of its people drove Ashoka Mukpo to work there, first to aid relief efforts and then as a TV cameraman to tell the country's story. But Mukpo has an unusual story of his own: As an infant, he was identified as a reincarnated Tibetan lama — a role he chose not to pursue.

Mukpo, 33, was diagnosed Thursday with Ebola and was being cared for at a treatment center in the capital of Monrovia. He was expected to return to the United States this weekend.

Mukpo's mother, Diana, came from an upper-class aristocratic family in Great Britain. At age 16, she left boarding school in Scotland and married Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist leader, according to an interview she gave to the magazine Shambhala Sun. She was one of several wives.

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