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Help................

larena — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:20:25 GMT

Help CNN please when the log in will be fixed,

if anyone has the same problems leave a comment for CNN STAFF,

this is very uncomfortable,

to log in all the time,

to place our e-mails every time we want to check upload etc,

well this is my problem now,

thanks CNN STAFF please fix it or tell us why is this happening,

Larena

The Great Wall and Temple of Heaven - Beijing China

alibozek — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:02:56 GMT

On November 1, 2009 Beijing experienced their earliest snowstorm in ten years. Sites like the Great Wall and the Temple of Heaven were further enhanced. We were all slipping and sliding for sure.

Talking About Internet Security...........

larena — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:43:55 GMT

Talking about Internet Security,

if you didn´t watch this video,

you can watch it now,

is from a friend of mine called Eugene Kaspersky,

is very interesting to see what he says,

if you are interested on the future of the Internet and Security watch this fabulous video,

Internet Security will be a most soon,

sooner than you can think of,

thanks,

Larena

H1N1 In accra

Yamusah — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:53:25 GMT

In Ghana it has become a pandemic, 38 confirmed cases of H1N1. An appeal for vaccination to be sent.

SAVE THE SANWILD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

AFRICRAZY — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:26:26 GMT

This group has been formed to help Sanwild overturn a mining permit that was issued to Maranda Mining Company near Gravelotte in Limpopo Province ( South Africa ) OPEN CAST MINING WILL DESTROY this unique wildlife reserve that is home to more than 5000 rescued wild animals.

Louise Joubert is the owner / founder of Sanwild and through years of sweat and tears she had been able to do the unthinkable and that is being the ONLY large Predator rehabilitation center there is. She has dedicated her life to the recovery and rehabilitation of all wildlife in South Africa

WildLife is in DESPERATE NEED of our help, Their words are shrinking as we claim more and more for ourselves! Compassion for their plight is sadly lacking in many people.

Every day Millions of people all over the world visit zoo's . Will we be left with the guilt of our own greed. I just can not imagine a world with only Zoo's can you?

I think Profiling Sanwild will give them the oprotunatety to let the world know that they will NEVER give up on the wildlife, they will fight for their rights, we will be their voice with the help of CNN.

Please visit SANWILD on Facebook or www.sanwild.com , www.sanwild.org

THE WORLD LOVES THESE ANIMALS. WE NEED TO BE THEIR VOICE. PLEASE HELP THEM.

If the video link doesn't work please google sanwild video's and you will find lots on them.

I am from Canada and very excited to be leaving for Sanwild March 5th 2010 to volunteer for as long as they need me. xo

Shaniya Davis

JamboreeG — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:11:26 GMT

Rest in Peace, Precious Little One.

Woman Claims Sexual Assault Wins $3 Million

Marjaani — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:21:55 GMT

Former Halliburton employee Tracy Barker, who says a U.S. State Department employee sexually assaulted her in Iraq in 2005 has won $2.93 million in arbitration from KBR, the military contracting company that employed her. As ABC News exclusively reported, the federal government had refused to prosecute the man Barker says attacked her, even though the State Department recommended he be charged.

"I'm happy with the award," said Barker. "It's enough to cover some of my injuries."

KBR has challenged the award and wants it modified. "At no time has Ms. Barker's claim of rape ever been confirmed," said Heather Browne, the director of communications, in an e-mail to ABCNews.com.

"I was raped," Barker responded. "KBR knows that and they're wrong about that."

Barker, 38, a mother of five who now lives in Yuma, Ariz., claims that in 2005, State Department employee Ali Mokhtare assaulted her at the company-run camp in Basra, Iraq. She filed suit against KBR and Halliburton in 2007, and then entered private arbitration after a federal judge dismissed the suit. Halliburton officially severed its connection to KBR in April 2007.

One of Barker's responsibilities at the KBR camp in Basra was handling repair orders. According to Barker, on a summer evening in 2005, Mokhtare told Barker his air conditioner needed fixing. When she arrived in his room, Barker alleges, Mokhtare offered her a drink, which she refused.

"He jumped up and grabbed me around the neck and tried to get my shirt off me," Barker told ABC News in 2007.

After struggling with her alleged attacker, she was able to fight him off and reported the incident.

Mokhtare was a diplomatic official in Basra who first came to Iraq as a Farsi translator interviewing detainees.The U.S. Diplomatic Security Service investigated the allegations against Mokhtare and presented the case to the Justice Department for prosecution, but "the case was declined for prosecution," states a document obtained by ABC News.

Investigators also asked that the State Department suspend Mokhtare's security clearance, but according to a handwritten note at the bottom of the document, that request was denied.

Mokhtare denied that he had attempted to rape Barker, but admitted that he had gone too far with her, and signed a statement to that effect, which ABC News obtained. He "admitted that he pulled her vest and shirt" and that he asked Barker, "What do you have behind there?"

Baker: This Is A "Never Ending" Process

Barker sued KBR and former parent company Halliburton in May 2007. Her suit included allegations of rampant sexual harassment at the Basra camp that began as soon as she arrived.

"When I arrived in Basra, there were about five men that worked on the camp for the company I worked for and they were waiting for me," Barker told ABC News in a 2007 interview. "I was told they wanted to see what I look like," she said, "to make sure I was decent looking before they approved my transfer."

A federal judge dismissed her lawsuit in 2008, ruling that she must adhere to the stipulations of her employment contract, requiring that claims against the company be settled out of court and through private arbitration instead.

Barker calls arbitration a "never ending" process and even though she asked for more, is pleased to be receiving $2.93 million.

In her e-mail, KBR's Browne said the company disagrees with the interim ruling and has filed a motion to modify the arbitration award.

"However, the decision validates what KBR has maintained all along; that the arbitration process is truly neutral and works in the best interest of the parties involved," wrote Browne.

Barker's attorney, Michael T. Conway, said he's not surprised that KBR is challenging the award and says they'll "keep on fighting."

A hearing, which has yet to be scheduled, will discuss the motion to reduce the award. Another unscheduled hearing will take up attorneys' fees.

Said Barker, "I think that justice, you know, goes through its own course sometimes, but I think it should take as long as it takes, so long as you get justice."

In September, a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled that a similar lawsuit filed by another ex-contract worker, Jamie Leigh Jones, could go to court instead of arbitration. Like Barker, Jones had signed a contract requiring her to deal with sexual assault allegations through arbitration.

Jones filed suit in Beaumont, Texas in 2007 claiming she was drugged and gang-raped by Halliburton and KBR firefighters on her fourth day on the job at a different Iraq facility, Baghdad's Camp Hope, in 2005.

By DREW SANDHOLM
Nov. 20, 2009

"I Can Promise You This"

BetweenUnI — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:55:55 GMT

 Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy
 
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of jobs and open new markets for American goods in the future.
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By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer
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Citing progress on a trip that took him from Tokyo to Seoul, Obama noted that "Asia is a region where we now buy more goods and do more trade with than any other place in the world — commerce that supports millions of jobs back home."
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"I spoke with leaders in every nation I visited about what we can do to sustain this economic recovery and bring back jobs and prosperity for our people — a task I will continue to focus on relentlessly in the weeks and months ahead," Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address taped while he was in Seoul, the South Korean capital, and released Saturday.
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The president pitched his trip as a way to reintroduce the U.S. to those trading partners, including China.
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The Chinese government is the United States' biggest foreign creditor with $800 billion of federal U.S. debt, which gives it extraordinary power in the relationship. And Beijing feels the global recession, sparked by U.S. financial industry excesses, vindicates its authoritarian leadership.
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Obama told Americans that there can be no solutions to climate change or energy without the cooperation of Asian and Pacific nations. Repeating a theme he used abroad, Obama told the U.S. audience that the discussions directly affect U.S. national security.
"We made progress with China and Russia in sending a unified message to Iran and North Korea that they must live up to their international obligations and either forsake nuclear weapons or face the consequences," he said.
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And just for you iReporter Mab91c
Obama's trip included a town hall-style event with students in Shanghai and discussion about a coming climate summit in Copenhagen. He also prodded China to loosen restrictions on Internet access and increase freedoms of speech and religion.
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Obama repeatedly has said the United States does not wish to contain China's rise. Instead, on Saturday, he said that if the United States can increase exports to the Asia-Pacific region by 5 percent, then the markets would create "hundreds of thousands" of jobs as a trading partner.
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"Even though it will take time, I can promise you this," Obama said. "We are moving in the right direction ... the steps we are taking are helping and I will not let up until businesses start hiring again, unemployed Americans start working again, and we rebuild this economy stronger and more prosperous than it was before."

H1N1 VS H3N2 What you should know

jeffbenjamin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:52:26 GMT

Yesterday the article below appeared and caused mass confusion and panic.

In this article, I attempt to clear some misconceptions as noted from the article.

By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer Mike Stobbe, Ap Medical Writer– Fri Nov 20, 5:18 pm ET

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC

ATLANTA – Four North Carolinapatients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.

What I want cleared up is this,drug-resistant viruses were not ‘reactions’ to overuse of the drug. The drug selects, from the diverse viral population in an individual, those viruses that can multiply in its presence. Usually the drug-resistant mutants are already in the host, and outpace other drug-sensitive viruses. What apparently happened is that the mutation that causes drug-resistance, a change from histidine to tyrosine at position 274 of the viral NA protein, emerged. This change did not affect resistance to Tamiflu, but apparently it only persisted when the change at 274 was also present. It so happened that the 274 change also conferred resistance to Tamiflu. Thus, when this virus arrived in parts of the world where Tamiflu is used, the resistance was noted. None of this is made particularly clear from the article.

What about the two other anti-influenza drugs? And the other strain currently circulating, H3N2?

Most of the flu in the US now is caused by H1N1 strains. So although the H3N2 strains are sensitive to Tamiflu, it’s not much help.

The Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 strains are sensitive to another drug, Relenza (zanamivir). But that drug must be inhaled and is not appropriate for everyone. However, these H1N1 strains are sensitive to Rimantadine, so its use is a good alternative. Most H3N2 strains are resistant to Rimantadine, which is why it has not been used much in recent years.

What is key and must be remebered is that Tamiflu and Relenza remain effective in 99% of the cases when used

TAMIFLU-Oseltamivir is an oral medication used for treating and preventing the "flu." Oseltamivir suppresses and decreases the spread of influenza A and B viruses, the viruses responsible for the flu. It does this by blocking the action of neuraminidase, an enzyme produced by the viruses that enables the viruses to spread from infected cells to healthy cells. By preventing the spread of virus from cell to cell, the symptoms and duration of influenza infection are reduced. On average, oseltamivir reduces the duration of symptoms by one and a half days if treatment is started within forty-eight hours of the beginning of symptoms. The FDA approved oseltamivir in October 1999.

Relenza -Zanamivir is an inhaled medication used for treating and preventing influenza or the "flu." Zanamivir suppresses and decreases the spread of influenza A and B viruses, the viruses responsible for the flu. It does this by blocking the action of neuraminidase, an enzyme produced by the viruses that enables the viruses to spread from infected cells to healthy cells. By preventing the spread of virus from cell to cell, the symptoms and duration of influenza infection are reduced. On average, zanamivir reduces the duration of symptoms by one day if treatment is started within forty-eight hours after symptoms begin. The FDA approved zanamivir in July 1999.

Contributions from the CDC, Virology Dept .

Many vehicles in Jakarta

INSANMedia — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:15:55 GMT

Many vehicles in Jakarta

This is not good for health, because a lot of air pollution.

Terrorism in Algeria, Sudan

mmdoh — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:22:55 GMT

Terrorism in Algeria, Sudan

Obtained the Egyptian Football Association a formal report from his Sudanese counterpart a scathing indictment of the masses of Algeria.

A source at the Egyptian Federation for Football Sobrkorp that Egypt is addressed through political circles, brothers in Sudan and requested a formal report events that occurred.

The source said that the report will be one of the Sudanese important documents in the case file is ready to send to FIFA on Saturday saying that the report contains the assurances the purchase and public possession of weapons of green and white Watan Singh and before the game and the weapons were used before the match, during and after.

The support of the European Melvh Bsdiat catalog describes the report as stated by the Sudanese to a narrative account of a previous show aggressive public green.

He concluded his remarks by saying Source: The Egyptian side will not leave the right and will support the complaint to FIFA so strongly for the right to Egypt in recent acts of bullying in a meeting of the Sudan.

He was elected to the French Green had qualified for the World Cup after a playoff with Egypt in the Sudan has witnessed terrorist acts and threats and a clear departure from the spirit of sport, which record the Egyptian side in the complaint which will be sent to FIFA.. I am an Egyptian citizen, ask the agency cnn publish the facts and interest in the subject
Thanks.

Oryx Cup, Doha, Qatar

BoyMonsteR — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:55:06 GMT

Unlimited Hydroplanes in Doha, Qatar.