China Winning Lebanon with Medicine?

China Winning Lebanon with Medicine?

Mark Clouse November 9, 2021

The Chinese are making a good impression in Lebanon where a contingent of Chinese “peacekeepers” donated medical supplies to local villages in an effort to expand the Chinese brand as favorably as possible in the Levant and beyond.

Chinese peacekeeping medical contingent to Lebanon donates medicines to local villages

From eng.chinamil.com.cn
2021-11-08 07:53:11

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BEIRUT, Nov. 8 — The 20th Chinese peacekeeping medical contingent to Lebanon recently donated medical supplies worth about 22 thousand dollars to two villages in Marjayoun Town of southern Lebanon. The donation included 57 varieties of essential medicines like antibacterial, antiviral, and traumatic injury medicine, as well as 6 varieties of medical consumables.

The villages expressed gratitude to the contingent, believing that this will improve their ability of providing necessary medical services to local residents.

Since their deployment to Lebanon in mid-August this year, the 20th Chinese peacekeeping contingent has performed rabies vaccinations, and provided free clinical treatment to 47 local persons.

Their main task there is to provide medical health service support, which includes medical care, hygiene and disease control, escort and evacuation of the sick and wounded, to more than 4,000 peacekeepers and employees under the Sector East of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). In addition, it also carries out humanitarian relief operations for local people and refugees.

China has started to send peacekeeping troops to Lebanon since 2006. Currently, the Chinese peacekeeping force deployed in southern Lebanon includes a medical contingent, an engineering contingent and a multi-role engineering unit, with a total of over 400 service members.

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La Palma Volcano Becoming Major World Event

Ivo Fysic October 12, 2021

An ongoing volcano on the Canary Islands is causing local destruction and threatens the American East Coast with some degree of disruption as well. The volcano is called the La Palma Volcano. It has been spewing for over 2 weeks now, but there does seem to be an end in sight. Here is the latest on this developing story.

Blocks of magma ‘three-storeys high’ flow from La Palma volcano

From www.irishtimes.com
2021-10-11 11:17:20

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Drone footage has captured blocks of red-hot magma – some of which were the size of three-storey buildings, the Spanish Institute of Geology and Mining said – flowing down the hillside from La Palma’s Cumbre Vieja volcano.

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La Palma volcano: Lockdown following fears over air quality

From www.bbc.co.uk
2021-10-12 15:38:05

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Authorities in La Palma ordered 2,500 people into lockdown over fears of inhaling toxic gases caused by volcanic fumes.

Residents of El Paso and Los Llanos de Aridane were advised by local emergency services to shut their windows, air conditioning devices and shades.

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La Palma volcano: Lava engulfs cement factory forcing new lockdowns | Watch News Videos Online – Globalnews.ca

From globalnews.ca
2021-10-11 19:04:56

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Satellites capture reinvigorated La Palma volcanic eruption

From www.space.com
2021-10-12 11:12:51

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Satellites have captured stunning new images of the intensifying volcanic eruption on the Spain-owned island of La Palma as new streams of lava spilled out over the weekend.

The revitalized volcanic eruption was accompanied by boulders the size of a house rolling out of the Cumbre Vieja volcano’s crater, where part its cone collapsed on Saturday (Oct. 9), as locals reported dozens of Earth tremors up to 3.8 magnitude since Sunday. The reports signal Cumbre Vieja was still far from going to sleep.

The European Earth-observing satellite Sentinel-2 caught a glimpse on Sunday of the new lava streams that squirted out of the fiery volcano after the partial collapse of its conical crater that had formed since the beginning of the eruption on Sept. 19. The collapse freed the way for the up to 2,264 degrees Fahrenheit (1,240 degrees Celsius) hot lava to spill in new directions. A powerful sizzling stream quickly formed north of the original lava river and found a path downhill toward the…

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Biden Tanking Among Independents

Parker Davis October 7, 2021

It seems Joe Biden is losing critical support among independents according to a new Associated Press-NORC poll that shows President Biden’s approval rating among independents is at an all-time low of 38 percent, with 62 percent disapproving.

New poll shows Joe Biden is hemorrhaging support among critical voter demographics

From www.theblaze.com
2021-10-03 20:45:00
Chris Enloe
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The Associated Press-NORC poll shows that Biden’s approval rating sits at 50% while his disapproval rating stands at 49%. In this particular poll, Biden’s approval has tanked nearly 10 points since July when the same survey found Biden’s approval rating to be 59%.

But the real story is how poorly Biden is viewed by independent voters, the demographic critical to winning the White House.

Since July, Biden has hemorrhaged more than 20 points among independent voters; only 38% of independents now approve of Biden, according to the poll, whereas 62% approved of him just two months ago. Biden even lost seven points among Democrats, down to 85% approval from 92% in July.

Among black Americans, Biden’s support has cratered from 86% to 64% in just two months. The AP tried to soften…

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Class-Action Suit Claims Facebook Job Ads Violate Israel Law

Ivo Fysic October 7, 2021

The Silicon Valley giant, Facebook, faces a class-action lawsuit in Israel for allegedly violating its anti-discrimination job advertising laws. Facebook’s allowance of advertisers to target certain demographics for job advertising is a violation of Israel’s anti-discrimination advertising laws.

Israeli class-action suit against Facebook targets job ads

From www.jpost.com
2021-10-03 16:00:00

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A class-action lawsuit filed in Israel against Facebook charges that ads on the social media giant violate the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, which prohibits the posting of discriminatory job ads.

Israeli employment law, like that in most Western countries, states that a job advertisement cannot discriminate by age, gender, race, political beliefs or other variables. The law allows for anyone affected by such discrimination to be compensated for NIS 50,000, without proof of damage.

“Years ago that meant that a company couldn’t write explicitly in a job ad that it was only looking for, say, white males aged 25-40,” explained attorney Dr. Matan Gutman, who filed the case at the Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court. “But Facebook’s ad system allows companies to discriminate in a more elegant way – by offering the options to target only certain types of people. That would be equivalent to a newspaper offering its clients the option to target only certain readers, which would clearly be prohibited. But Facebook publishes thousands of such job ads in Israel every year.”

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63 African Penguins Killed by Cape Honeybees

Ivo Fysic September 22, 2021

A swarm of Cape honeybees in South Africa attacked a colony of penguins, stinging them in their eyes. The assault left over 60 penguine dead. The penguins in question are African penguins.

Dozens of endangered penguins killed after being stung in the eyes by swarming honeybees

From www.livescience.com
2021-09-21 13:02:12

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In a bizarre incident, 64 endangered African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) have been killed in South Africa after being stung in and around their eyes by Cape honeybees (Apis mellifera capensis).

Rangers from the South African National Parks organization (SANParks) discovered 63 of the 64 dead penguins among a colony near Cape Town in Table Mountain National Park on Friday, Sept. 17. African penguins are a protected species in South Africa and are currently listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, with around 42,000 mature individuals globally.

“The deaths occurred suddenly sometime between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning,” SANParks said in a Facebook post. “No external physical injuries were observed on any of the birds.”

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Covid-19 Boosters Might Not Be Needed, More Scientists Claim

Freedomist Editor September 20, 2021

Plans by the Biden administration to start offering a third round of booster shots for those who took one of the two-shot Covid-vaccines are being cast into further doubt by a growing list of scientists to doubt the efficacy of such a move in light of evidence that a third booster shot might put people more at risk than less.

Scientists continue to say there isn’t enough evidence to support giving COVID-19 boosters to all Americans

From www.marketwatch.com
2021-09-17 10:36:00

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The U.S. is days away from President Joe Biden’s target date to begin rolling out COVID-19 booster shots to Americans even though experts still say there isn’t a scientific case for boosting the entire eligible population.

The Biden administration announced last month that adults vaccinated with the shots developed by BioNTech SE
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will qualify for a third dose starting Sept. 20 as long as it’s been eight months since they received their first round of shots and U.S. regulators give the ‘OK.’

But the plan has been criticized by medical experts, who say there isn’t enough clinical data demonstrating all Americans vaccinated with the mRNA shots need a booster because they now face a higher risk of severe disease if they do get sick.

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Wastewater Microbes Could Be Source for Electric Power

Ivo Fysic September 20, 2021

If researchers are right, soon, we could turn sewage water into battery water thanks to a new technological development called microbial fuel cells.

Researchers infuse bacteria with silver to improve power efficiency in fuel cells

From phys.org
2021-09-16 18:00:02

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A UCLA-led team of engineers and chemists has taken a major step forward in the development of microbial fuel cells—a technology that utilizes natural bacteria to extract electrons from organic matter in wastewater to generate electrical currents. A study detailing the breakthrough was recently published in Science.

“Living energy-recovery systems utilizing bacteria found in wastewater offer a one-two punch for environmental sustainability efforts,” said co-corresponding author Yu Huang, a professor and chair of the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. “The natural populations of bacteria can help decontaminate groundwater by breaking down harmful chemical compounds. Now, our research also shows a practical way to harness renewable energy from this process.”

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The Russians Are in for Beijing 2022

Freedomist Editor September 20, 2021

Any doubt as to Russia’s strategic commitment to a foreseeable alliance with China might be quelled by Putin’s recent decision to commit Russia to the Beijing Olympics in 2022. So far, America has not indicated they do not intend on boycotting Beijing, but they haven’t come out to reaffirm their commitment.

Putin to Attend 2022 Beijing Olympics — Minister

From www.themoscowtimes.com
2021-09-16 15:01:18

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China for next year’s Winter Olympic Games, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday, while Moscow remains under penalties for state-sponsored doping.

“Putin with delight has accepted the invitation of Xi Jinping to visit the Winter Olympic Games in February 2022,” Lavrov said during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Tajikistan.

The highest court in sports last year banned Russia from international competitions for two years as punishment for its state-backed doping program at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Taliban Top is Not Stable

Paul Collier September 20, 2021

it appears that the recent influx of boundles bounty that fell into the hands of the Taliban after America’s seemingly hasty retreat might do more to threaten the Taliban than America ever did as the nearly 20 years American forces spent toiling on those lands.

Friction In the Taliban Leadership Grows : NPR

From www.npr.org
2021-09-16 05:47:26

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Friction between pragmatists and ideologues in the Taliban leadership has intensified since the group formed a hard-line Cabinet last week that is more in line with their harsh rule in the 1990s than their recent promises of inclusiveness, said two Afghans familiar with the power struggle.

The wrangling has taken place behind the scenes, but rumors quickly began circulating about a recent violent confrontation between the two camps at the presidential palace, including claims that the leader of the pragmatic faction, Abdul Ghani Baradar, was killed.

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American Teacher Makes Viral Video Equating Good Behavior in Class to Racism

Parker Davis September 20, 2021

Apparently, expecting children to behave in class and not disrupt the learning environment for others is one of many dog whistles for white supremacism, according to California Teacher Josh Thompson, whose online video in which he shared this assertion went viral. The results of the viral video were not favorable to Thompson.

Social media lambastes woke teacher for resurfaced viral video in which he complains that making children behave in class is ‘white supremacy’

From www.theblaze.com
2021-09-15 19:50:01
Sarah Taylor
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Social media users are calling for a Virginia high school teacher to be fired after a May video resurfaced showing the teacher saying that making children behave in class is akin to “white supremacy.”

According to the New York Post, Josh Thompson — an English teacher at Blacksburg High School in Blacksburg, Virginia — raised eyebrows and ruffled feathers after a since-deleted TikTok video of him from May began making rounds on the internet this week.

In the video, Thompson blasted the district’s Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports program — which is used to help reduce disruptive behaviors in the classroom — by saying that the notion is the very “definition of white supremacy.”

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