"Someday, maybe, there will exist a well-informed, well considered and yet fervent public conviction that the most deadly of all possible sins is the mutilation of a child's spirit." Erik Erikson Social...
3:30 pm: I've just received an e-mail requiring me to present myself to disinfect the school I work in. This will be done under supervision of The Health Department and The Board of Education.After...
Update:Health officials have confirmed that ten of the New Zealand group has type A influenza. NYC Mayor Bloomberg has just announced that the CDC has confirmed that swine flu is indeed the case in eight cases...
Experts at the Centers for Disease Control address the subject of voluntary or involuntary placement of individuals in isolation or quarantine this way: "To contain the spread of a contagious illness, public health authorities rely on many strategies. Two of these strategies...
"U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says the United States is willing to talk to Iran about its nuclear program but stresses Tehran faces isolation and pressure if it stays on its current path.Biden spoke...
In early 2008, the EU responded to Israel's recent killing of 300 Gazan civilians with this statement:"The policy of isolation of the Gaza strip has failed at both the political and humanitarian level," the...
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" Loneliness and coldness are often associated in everyday language, but psychologists have found that social isolation does make people feel cold. The University of Toronto team found people feeling excluded said a room was colder than those...
US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has dramatically ramped up the rhetoric condeming Russia, saying the country has taken a "dark turn." The new harsh words come at the same time that the Bush administration has cancelled a nuclear deal wth the country."Secretary of State...
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The Nepal Army (NA) has immediately decided to mobilize 150 soldiers led by Lt. Colonel Arun Pal for the security of the newly elected Prime Minister Prachanda at his official residence at Baluwatar. It is not known if the security chiefs have consulted the newly elected...
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"GENEVA - The United States said on Saturday after inconclusive international talks with Iran's nuclear envoy that Tehran must choose between cooperation or confrontation and give up sensitive nuclear work. "We hope the Iranian people understand that their leaders need to...
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Ranked as being part of the top 10 countries with the highest suicide rate, Japan has just recorded a spike in elderly suicides. Rising by almost 9%, it reflects a depressing reality of today. "The number of...
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""It was a grandiose house, fully equipped
with modern facilities at a very posh part of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh.
Still, it was way too depressing for me, when I went to stay with my sister....
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Sick police horses may effect security at the APEC leaders summit in Sydney."New South Wales Police say eight police horses are believed to be suffering from the equine influenza virus and all the force's mounts...
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