Grow Dat Farm Stand this Saturday!

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Visit the Grow Dat Farm Stand for the next two Saturdays!
9am-12pm
Saturday June 15 & Saturday June 22
150 Zachary Taylor Drive

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High Statistical Indices / Rebeca Monzo

Spin exists everywhere – folks like Rebeca help sort things out

Through the Eye of the Needle

Talking with some Colombian teachers were sightseeing in “my world,” they mentioned to me the magnificent statistical indices that we had in education and health. I, of course, I clarified that these figures were released by the government, unchallenged by any counterpart within the country, which allowed it to present them as unquestionable.

I explained to them, from my own experience when working in central agencies, how these figures were manipulated and made to respond to politics and not to reality. That despite having honest data issued by the various ministries, they were adjusted according to the guidelines from “above”, a euphemism by which they call the “high command” that is the maximum leader.

With regards to education, I informed them about some fairly common crimes  perpetrated by students and teachers from different schools, such as fraud, extortion, selling tests and even drug possession and distribution, as well someone related by…

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Wendi Deng to divorce Rupert Murdoch after he drops from #98 to #105 on rich list

Makes sense – grin

Pride's Purge

(satire?)

Wendi Deng has filed for divorce from Rupert Murdoch saying their marriage has “irretrievably broken down” after it was revealed the News Corp boss had dropped from #98 to #105 on the Forbes Rich List, her spokesman says.

For his part, Mr Murdoch, 82 – who met his Chinese-born third wife in 1997 at a cocktail party in Hong Kong – said he would not be contesting the divorce after he was shocked to discover that Ms Deng had gained 14 years in age since they were married in 1999.

A spokesperson for News Corp said an aggravating factor was the discovery by Mr Murdoch that unbeknown to him, Ms Deng had been secretly married to an arsehole for the last decade and a half.

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The Gun Report: June 14, 2013 – NYTimes.com

Joe Bradley, 63, was struck by a .380-caliber bullet while driving a school bus in Chicago, Ill., Wednesday afternoon. Bradley, still holding the wheel of the bus, drove into the intersection to try and get away but had to stop because the pain became too much. He was taken to the hospital, where doctors removed the bullet. “I’ve never been shot before,” Bradley said. “It’s a bad feeling.”

via The Gun Report: June 14, 2013 – NYTimes.com.

Even More Not for Friday News but… Vienna: 5 Smuggled Birds Now Reported Positive For H5N1

Czech Republic : Bird flu – Five animals were infected

Machine translated article from Noe.Orf :

After the previous week on the Schwechat Airport 60 birds were discovered in travel bags, there are now additional assay results from five of the smuggled from Bali animals were infected with the bird flu virus.

 

The investigation of the 60 confiscated birds is still in progress, so the tests are not yet complete. So far, the H5N1 virus could be clearly detected in five animals.

via Vienna: 5 Smuggled Birds Now Reported Positive For H5N1.

More Not for Friday News but… Saudi Arabia Announces 3 More MERS-CoV Cases

“Three New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Recorded in Taif .. One of Them Passed Away in Wadi Al-Dawaser”

14 June 2013

Within the framework of the epidemiological surveillance of the novel Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that three new confirmed cases of this virus have been recorded. The first case is a Saudi citizen in Taif governorate, aged 65 who is suffering from chronic diseases, and still at ICU receiving the proper treatment. The Second one is a Saudi female citizen in Taif governorate, aged 68 who is suffering from chronic diseases as well, and still at ICU receiving the proper treatment. However, the third case is a resident, aged 46 in Wadi Al-Dawaser, who passed away today, May Allah have mercy upon him.

 

Within the same vein, MOH has pointed out that it has tested 53 samples, where all of them have been proved negative, May Allah be praised.

via Saudi Arabia Announces 3 More MERS-CoV Cases.

Not for Friday News but… China: 21 Doctors, Nurses Infected With `Viral Pneumonia’

HEFEI, June 14 (Xinhua) — Twenty-one doctors and nurses in east China’s Anhui Province have been hospitalized after being diagnosed with viral pneumonia, local health authorities said Friday.

 

The medical workers have been quarantined for treatment and none of their infections are critical, according to a statement from the municipal health bureau of the city of Suzhou.

 

All of the infected work in the department of respiratory care at the General Hospital of the Wanbei Coal-Electricity Group.

 

One nurse began to show symptoms of fever, headache and coughing on the night of June 5, with the rest exhibiting symptoms soon afterward, the bureau said.

 

Twenty-one of the department’s employees had been diagnosed and hospitalized as of Tuesday, the bureau said, adding that no new cases have been reported since then.

via China: 21 Doctors, Nurses Infected With `Viral Pneumonia’.

Starting Saturday: A weeklong celebration of local food and farms – KansasCity.com

Cultivate Kansas City’s fifth biennial Urban Grown Farms & Gardens Tour (June 15-23) provides abundant opportunities to volunteer at or tour local farms, attend cooking workshops, and engage in conversation with farmers and food experts such as New York Times columnist and food writer Mark Bittman, who recently talked about his latest book, “VB6: Going Vegan Before 6,” with The Star’s food editor, Jill Silva.

via Starting Saturday: A weeklong celebration of local food and farms – KansasCity.com.

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