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This Sensational Cover Of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Brought Led Zeppelin To Tears & Left Obama Speechless | Splentale

This Sensational Heart Cover Of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Brought Led Zeppelin To Tears & Left Obama Speechless | Splentale.

Saying Goodbye To Unrequited Love. {poetry} | Rebelle Society

I am a woman.

Wild,

complex,

made whole

by her contradictions.

I kiss you and cut you

in the same breath,

I breathe you in

and push you out

without batting an eye.

I ride waves you’re afraid of.

I swim in waters

that drink your dreams.

I kiss your lips

and leave a scent

you can’t conceive of.

I live in tides

that bridge you and me.

You draw me back

and pull me in

without breathing.

You offer shelter

in the harbors

of a closed off shore.

But my beauty, my breath,

is in the ocean.

I’m made alive by waters

you can’t explore.

Where is the lighthouse

that beams breath,

life,

love,

a home that inhales

the wave I ride in?

You, beloved,

You, dear stranger,

You exhale.

… you can’t breathe

the water I’m in.

So farewell my love,

farewell my friend,

farewell to washing into you.

I bid goodbye with a tender heart.

May loving tides fall upon you.

*****

Chelsea Roff is the founder of Eat Breathe Thrive, a nonprofit supported by The Give Back Yoga Foundation th

via Saying Goodbye To Unrequited Love. {poetry} | Rebelle Society.

Jewish Extremists Attack and Injure Palestinian Bus Driver in Jerusalem

Jewish extremists on Thursday evening attacked bus driver Anwar Sulaiman al-Taweel, 32, at the Central Bus Station located on Jaffa St. in western Jerusalem.

A relative of Anwar who is also a bus driver reported that 8 extremists attacked Anwar because he was talking in Arabic.

Jewish Extremists Attack and Injure Palestinian Bus Driver in Jerusalem.

Listeria tied to caramel apples prompts broad CDC warning | CIDRAP

A listeriosis outbreak involving 28 illnesses in 10 states, with 5 deaths, prompted federal health officials today to warn consumers against eating any commercially produced caramel apples until more is known about the situation.

In issuing the warning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not name any specific caramel apple brands. But the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) said yesterday that patients in the state had bought Carnival brand and Kitchen Cravings brand caramel apples. Minnesota has had four cases, two of which were fatal.

via Listeria tied to caramel apples prompts broad CDC warning | CIDRAP.

The killing of earth begins in India: Chandigarh avian flu: Authorities begin to cull birds | Read Health News & Articles at TheHealthSite.com

No cases of lethal bird flu from wild birds to human have ever been recorded – only from those raising birds for profit. And so the killing of wild birds as “something to do” to “protect profits” not people has begun. Avian influenza is a product of intense human cultivation of poultry and the disease is sometimes passed on to wild birds. But by killing wild birds, government can pretend to be protecting humans but if industrial poultry industry is not changed, the new pandemic will still get us while the environment is damaged in ways that may harm us even more. May God have mercy on us, because, we certainly have none for ourselves!

Chandigarh, Dec 18: Authorities in Chandigarh Thursday evening started culling of all birds in and around the city’s famous Sukhna lake after a dead goose was confirmed with the H5N1 (avian influenza or bird flu) virus. ‘On communication received from the central government, culling of all birds in the vicinity of Sukhna lake — ducks and geese, live or dead — will be done and buried as per the action plan and bio-security measure set up by the WHO,’ said a spokesman of the Chandigarh administration. ‘The operation started at 4 p.m. with the help of all the concerned departments, primarily animal husbandry, wildlife and Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, director health services and engineering department. The operation will go on till midnight and no bird will be left unburied,’ the spokesman said. The area around the lake was cordoned off by police and the forest department.

‘At this stage, public is advised not to panic and cooperate with the administration. The administration has taken all possible steps to ensure the containment of virus and will continue to monitor the situation closely. The lake and its vicinity “shall remain out of bounds for general public till further orders’, he said. ‘At present, there is no assessment regarding any outbreak of bird flu in Chandigarh. The situation is, however, being very closely monitored,’ he said

via Chandigarh avian flu: Authorities begin to cull birds | Read Health News & Articles at TheHealthSite.com.