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December 26, 2013
Krampus, the Anti-Klaus
December 26, 2013
Rawlemon ltd.·Published on Dec 17, 2013
This video is an introduction to Rawlemon Solar Energy Generator. It shortly explain the principles of our patent pending micro tracking system, and few applications we are working on.
Thank you very much for your support. Please check our website: rawlemon.com or become a fan in Facebook: facebook.com/Rawlemon.
Music: Metronomy - "The Look" - The English Riviera - 2011 Because Music/Big Beat/Atlantic Records
Animation Original Idea: André Broessel, Fred Guillaud, Eric Dufourd
Video: Eric Dufourd,Alberto Bermejo Buisán, Diego Delgado
All rights reserved: Rawlemon ltd - 2013
Rawlemon Spherical Solar Energy Generator
Rawlemon ltd.·Published on Dec 17, 2013
This video is an introduction to Rawlemon Solar Energy Generator. It shortly explain the principles of our patent pending micro tracking system, and few applications we are working on.
Thank you very much for your support. Please check our website: rawlemon.com or become a fan in Facebook: facebook.com/Rawlemon.
Music: Metronomy - "The Look" - The English Riviera - 2011 Because Music/Big Beat/Atlantic Records
Animation Original Idea: André Broessel, Fred Guillaud, Eric Dufourd
Video: Eric Dufourd,Alberto Bermejo Buisán, Diego Delgado
All rights reserved: Rawlemon ltd - 2013
December 25, 2013
NTDTV·Published on Dec 24, 2013
Pussy Riot pair are reunited vowing to fight for human rights.
Full story:
Two members of Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot are reunited hours after they were freed from jail.
Both women remain defiant despite nearly two years behind bars.
They dismissed the amnesty law that set them free as a propaganda stunt.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova promised with her fellow band member to fight for human rights.
{Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Pussy Riot Member}:
"We would like to discuss the goals, tasks and structure of our (human rights) project. We want to outline them together and in detail. We both have some ideas about it and would like to transform then into a common project."
Maria Alyokhina said after her experience inside that she would work for the rights of prisoners.
{Maria Alyokhina, Pussy Riot Member}:
"We didn't stay indifferent to the situation of women in jail, to the fact that they are seen as some obedient clay. We want to change that."
The pair were convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for performing a profanity-laced song in Moscow's main cathedral.
The song was heavily critical of the Church's support for President Vladimir Putin, calling on the Virgin Mary to "throw Putin out".
The sentences of the two women were due to finish in March but ended early under an amnesty agreed by the Russian parliament.
The move's widely seen as attempt to avoid controversy during the Winter Olympics in February.
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Pussy Riot Reunion
NTDTV·Published on Dec 24, 2013
Pussy Riot pair are reunited vowing to fight for human rights.
Full story:
Two members of Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot are reunited hours after they were freed from jail.
Both women remain defiant despite nearly two years behind bars.
They dismissed the amnesty law that set them free as a propaganda stunt.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova promised with her fellow band member to fight for human rights.
{Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Pussy Riot Member}:
"We would like to discuss the goals, tasks and structure of our (human rights) project. We want to outline them together and in detail. We both have some ideas about it and would like to transform then into a common project."
Maria Alyokhina said after her experience inside that she would work for the rights of prisoners.
{Maria Alyokhina, Pussy Riot Member}:
"We didn't stay indifferent to the situation of women in jail, to the fact that they are seen as some obedient clay. We want to change that."
The pair were convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for performing a profanity-laced song in Moscow's main cathedral.
The song was heavily critical of the Church's support for President Vladimir Putin, calling on the Virgin Mary to "throw Putin out".
The sentences of the two women were due to finish in March but ended early under an amnesty agreed by the Russian parliament.
The move's widely seen as attempt to avoid controversy during the Winter Olympics in February.
For more news and videos visit ☛ http://ntd.tv
Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision
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December 24, 2013
Jazz Video Guy·Published on Dec 23, 2013
Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston, October 9, 1920 - December 23, 2013) was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and a spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community after his conversion to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam in 1950.
Although Lateef's main instruments were the tenor saxophone and flute, he also played oboe and bassoon, both rare in jazz, and also used a number of world music instruments, notably the bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, Xun, arghul, sarewa, and koto. He is known for his innovative blending of jazz with "Eastern" music.
- Matter is energy slowed down. And energy cannot be destroyed -- only transformed. So now brother, you play a NEW KIND OF SONG.......
RIP Brother Yusef Lateef - Gentle Giant
Jazz Video Guy·Published on Dec 23, 2013
Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston, October 9, 1920 - December 23, 2013) was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and a spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community after his conversion to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam in 1950.
Although Lateef's main instruments were the tenor saxophone and flute, he also played oboe and bassoon, both rare in jazz, and also used a number of world music instruments, notably the bamboo flute, shanai, shofar, Xun, arghul, sarewa, and koto. He is known for his innovative blending of jazz with "Eastern" music.
- Matter is energy slowed down. And energy cannot be destroyed -- only transformed. So now brother, you play a NEW KIND OF SONG.......
December 24, 2013
NTDTV·Published on Dec 24, 2013
35 million shots of problematic Biokangtai vaccines sold at Chinese market.
Full Story:
A total of 35 million shots of valid hepatitis B vaccine made by Biokangtai, suspected of causing the death of several newborns, have been sold across China.
It remains unclear where the 186 batches of problematic vaccines were dispatched and used in the country.
Four infants have died in south China's Guangdong Province, after inoculation with hepatitis B vaccines made by Biokangtai, a Shenzhen drug manufacturer.
Two babies in neighboring Hunan province and another in the southwest province of Sichuan, died of similar symptoms.
A ban on the use of the recombinant hepatitis B vaccine produced by the Shenzhen-based company was issued.
So far Biokangtai refused to be interviewed on the issue.
Biokangtai is a major supplier of free hepatitis B vaccine, accounting for about 60 percent of the market share.
The Guangdong Disease Control and Prevention Center has procured 1.45 million shots of hepatitis B vaccine from other suppliers, which can meet demand for two or three months.
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China: 35 Million Shots of Problematic Biokangtai Vaccines Sold
NTDTV·Published on Dec 24, 2013
35 million shots of problematic Biokangtai vaccines sold at Chinese market.
Full Story:
A total of 35 million shots of valid hepatitis B vaccine made by Biokangtai, suspected of causing the death of several newborns, have been sold across China.
It remains unclear where the 186 batches of problematic vaccines were dispatched and used in the country.
Four infants have died in south China's Guangdong Province, after inoculation with hepatitis B vaccines made by Biokangtai, a Shenzhen drug manufacturer.
Two babies in neighboring Hunan province and another in the southwest province of Sichuan, died of similar symptoms.
A ban on the use of the recombinant hepatitis B vaccine produced by the Shenzhen-based company was issued.
So far Biokangtai refused to be interviewed on the issue.
Biokangtai is a major supplier of free hepatitis B vaccine, accounting for about 60 percent of the market share.
The Guangdong Disease Control and Prevention Center has procured 1.45 million shots of hepatitis B vaccine from other suppliers, which can meet demand for two or three months.
For more news and videos visit ☛ http://ntd.tv
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December 23, 2013
- XMAS SPECIAL: Next 48 hours ONLY!!!! -- 1000 names for $49.99!!! {with coupon}
Data Broker Was Selling Lists Of Rape Victims, Alcoholics, and 'Erectile Dysfunction Sufferers'
Forbes 12/19/2013 @ 3:40PM Kashmir Hill, Staff Writer
[font size=1]For just $79, buy the names of 1,000 people who have been raped.[/font]
Data brokers have been under scrutiny this year, with regulators and lawmakers asking these data behemoths what intel theyre compiling and selling about us and how we can get access to it to make sure its accurate. In a congressional hearing this week, Senator Jay Rockefeller hit the privacy invasion jackpot with the testimony of Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum. She revealed disturbing lists that she has found for sale from data brokers youve likely never heard of, including a Rape Sufferers List from a company called MEDbase 200, which sells lists about the medical industry.
The list, which was taken down yesterday after an inquiry from the Wall Street Journal, is still cached, as are some other disturbing lists such as erectile dysfunction sufferers, alcoholism sufferers and AIDS/HIV sufferers. All the lists promised 1,000 names for the low, low price of $79. That means it cost less than 8 cents to figure out a persons life sucks.
[font size=1]This one is a soft sell.[/font]
The text describing each list is the same (but you swap in the affliction of choice for rape): These rape sufferers are family members who have reported, or have been identified as individuals affected by specific illnesses, conditions or ailments relating to rape. Medbase200 is the owner of this list. Select from families affected by over 500 different ailments, or who are consumers of over 200 different Rx medications. Lists can be further selected on the basis of lifestyle, ethnicity, geo, gender, and much more. Inquire today for more information.
MORE
[font size=1]For just $79, buy the names of 1,000 people who have been raped.[/font]
Data brokers have been under scrutiny this year, with regulators and lawmakers asking these data behemoths what intel theyre compiling and selling about us and how we can get access to it to make sure its accurate. In a congressional hearing this week, Senator Jay Rockefeller hit the privacy invasion jackpot with the testimony of Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum. She revealed disturbing lists that she has found for sale from data brokers youve likely never heard of, including a Rape Sufferers List from a company called MEDbase 200, which sells lists about the medical industry.
The list, which was taken down yesterday after an inquiry from the Wall Street Journal, is still cached, as are some other disturbing lists such as erectile dysfunction sufferers, alcoholism sufferers and AIDS/HIV sufferers. All the lists promised 1,000 names for the low, low price of $79. That means it cost less than 8 cents to figure out a persons life sucks.
[font size=1]This one is a soft sell.[/font]
The text describing each list is the same (but you swap in the affliction of choice for rape): These rape sufferers are family members who have reported, or have been identified as individuals affected by specific illnesses, conditions or ailments relating to rape. Medbase200 is the owner of this list. Select from families affected by over 500 different ailments, or who are consumers of over 200 different Rx medications. Lists can be further selected on the basis of lifestyle, ethnicity, geo, gender, and much more. Inquire today for more information.
MORE
- XMAS SPECIAL: Next 48 hours ONLY!!!! -- 1000 names for $49.99!!! {with coupon}
December 22, 2013
Japan (Fukushima)
12:33 PM EST on December 22nd, 2013
Navy Rescuer: Japan refused to let us in during 3/11 operation, said ship too radioactive; We were literally chased by a death sentence, radiation was everywhere Gundersen: Like a horror movie where beast never gets killed Worst yet to come for Pacific (VIDEO)
05:10 PM EST on December 21st, 2013
Prime Ministers Wife: Fukushima calamity beyond peoples assumptions So much hidden I hope they will make everything public Inside Source: Theyre now trying to get people 55 & older to work on Fukushima reactors
01:16 AM EST on December 21st, 2013
TV: Worries at Fukushima as radioactive materials found 80+ feet below Unit 4 Record high contamination in groundwater near Unit 2 (VIDEO)
08:05 PM EST on December 20th, 2013
Fox Host: I wasnt aware sickness among Navy sailors was so widespread after Fukushima; Experts say dangerous radioactive releases to air and ocean Tepco didnt give U.S. radiation data for 3 to 4 days (VIDEOS)
05:25 PM EST on December 20th, 2013
Fox News: So many US sailors coming forward with symptoms after mission near Fukushima; Strange lumps all over hed been poisoned with radiation; Hemorrhaging, cancers, leukemia, tumors Another 50 service members may join lawsuit
08:57 AM EST on December 20th, 2013
Investigation Chairman: One Fukushima may destroy the whole country Collapse of a whole country possible
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US/Canada
04:02 PM EST on December 22nd, 2013
Experts: Really an off year Pelicans starving in Pacific Northwest since 2011, killing baby birds for food Breeding success really poor since 2011 I believe pelicans are responding to large scale changes Sardine crash persists in Pacific since decline in 2011
11:51 PM EST on December 21st, 2013
Unprecedented activity near Canadas West Coast: Whales in record numbers, displaying highly unusual behavior Expert: Problems in Pacific could be bringing sea life to area; Somethings amiss out there
12:38 PM EST on December 21st, 2013
Govt scientists concerned Atlantic Ocean to be contaminated by Fukushima plume now in Pacific Currents would carry it to U.S. East Coast (PHOTOS)
02:21 PM EST on December 20th, 2013
Canadian Govt Scientists: Model shows levels from Fukushima will exceed maximum fallout in Pacific Not a human health radiological threat!
11:22 AM EST on December 20th, 2013
Govt Report: Fukushima ocean plume hit Canada 6 months ago Precedes model predictions by several years Human health is first reason listed for study (MAP)
- Stocking stuffer ideas:
Zeolite
DMSO
RADEX RD1503+ - Radiation Detector
ENENEWS Update 12-22-13
Japan (Fukushima)
12:33 PM EST on December 22nd, 2013
Navy Rescuer: Japan refused to let us in during 3/11 operation, said ship too radioactive; We were literally chased by a death sentence, radiation was everywhere Gundersen: Like a horror movie where beast never gets killed Worst yet to come for Pacific (VIDEO)
05:10 PM EST on December 21st, 2013
Prime Ministers Wife: Fukushima calamity beyond peoples assumptions So much hidden I hope they will make everything public Inside Source: Theyre now trying to get people 55 & older to work on Fukushima reactors
01:16 AM EST on December 21st, 2013
TV: Worries at Fukushima as radioactive materials found 80+ feet below Unit 4 Record high contamination in groundwater near Unit 2 (VIDEO)
08:05 PM EST on December 20th, 2013
Fox Host: I wasnt aware sickness among Navy sailors was so widespread after Fukushima; Experts say dangerous radioactive releases to air and ocean Tepco didnt give U.S. radiation data for 3 to 4 days (VIDEOS)
05:25 PM EST on December 20th, 2013
Fox News: So many US sailors coming forward with symptoms after mission near Fukushima; Strange lumps all over hed been poisoned with radiation; Hemorrhaging, cancers, leukemia, tumors Another 50 service members may join lawsuit
08:57 AM EST on December 20th, 2013
Investigation Chairman: One Fukushima may destroy the whole country Collapse of a whole country possible
[center]**********************[/center]
US/Canada
04:02 PM EST on December 22nd, 2013
Experts: Really an off year Pelicans starving in Pacific Northwest since 2011, killing baby birds for food Breeding success really poor since 2011 I believe pelicans are responding to large scale changes Sardine crash persists in Pacific since decline in 2011
11:51 PM EST on December 21st, 2013
Unprecedented activity near Canadas West Coast: Whales in record numbers, displaying highly unusual behavior Expert: Problems in Pacific could be bringing sea life to area; Somethings amiss out there
12:38 PM EST on December 21st, 2013
Govt scientists concerned Atlantic Ocean to be contaminated by Fukushima plume now in Pacific Currents would carry it to U.S. East Coast (PHOTOS)
02:21 PM EST on December 20th, 2013
Canadian Govt Scientists: Model shows levels from Fukushima will exceed maximum fallout in Pacific Not a human health radiological threat!
11:22 AM EST on December 20th, 2013
Govt Report: Fukushima ocean plume hit Canada 6 months ago Precedes model predictions by several years Human health is first reason listed for study (MAP)
- Stocking stuffer ideas:
Zeolite
DMSO
RADEX RD1503+ - Radiation Detector
December 22, 2013
[center]
List of Schedule I drugs (US)
This is the list of Schedule I drugs as defined by the United States Controlled Substances Act.[1] The following findings are required for drugs to be placed in this schedule:[2]
(1) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
(2) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(3) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.
Except as specifically authorized, it is illegal for any person:
(1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance; or
(2) to create, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to distribute or dispense, a counterfeit substance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Schedule_I_drugs_%28US%29
** - Worth Repeating: Gov't Has Patent For Cannabinoids Since 2003 {But are still sending people to prison if they have it.}
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This is the Winter of Our Discontent......
- Or maybe it's just mine.......[center]
List of Schedule I drugs (US)
This is the list of Schedule I drugs as defined by the United States Controlled Substances Act.[1] The following findings are required for drugs to be placed in this schedule:[2]
(1) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
(2) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(3) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.
Except as specifically authorized, it is illegal for any person:
(1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance; or
(2) to create, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to distribute or dispense, a counterfeit substance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Schedule_I_drugs_%28US%29
** - Worth Repeating: Gov't Has Patent For Cannabinoids Since 2003 {But are still sending people to prison if they have it.}
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December 22, 2013
RT ·Published on Dec 21, 2013
Britain has ditched the EU's help to feed the poor, despite half a million citizens, including children, turning to charities this year to stave off hunger. The opposition's criticised the government for gasping with pride and ignoring the problem. Laura Smith, Polly Boiko report.
RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air
- Meanwhile back at the ranch......
Food waste remains persistent problem at farms, grocery stores and restaurants
One UN report estimated that farmers must produce 70% more food by 2050 to feed our swelling population, which is tipped to hit 9 billion. But in spite of these claims, food is actually plentiful its just that globally, we are throwing an estimated 30% to 50% of our food away. WRAP estimates that in the UK, up to 25% of apples, 20% of onions and 13% of potatoes are wasted just due to grading, before they even get to the consumer.
Hunger Games: UK refuses EU food aid, leaving 1000s in dire straits
RT ·Published on Dec 21, 2013
Britain has ditched the EU's help to feed the poor, despite half a million citizens, including children, turning to charities this year to stave off hunger. The opposition's criticised the government for gasping with pride and ignoring the problem. Laura Smith, Polly Boiko report.
RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air
- Meanwhile back at the ranch......
Food waste remains persistent problem at farms, grocery stores and restaurants
One UN report estimated that farmers must produce 70% more food by 2050 to feed our swelling population, which is tipped to hit 9 billion. But in spite of these claims, food is actually plentiful its just that globally, we are throwing an estimated 30% to 50% of our food away. WRAP estimates that in the UK, up to 25% of apples, 20% of onions and 13% of potatoes are wasted just due to grading, before they even get to the consumer.
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