Category Archives: Viva!

Tim Peake called parents from space…but got answerphone

‘Hello, this is your son from the International Space Station’ – Tim Peake was forced to leave an answerphone message for parents Nigel and Angela

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San Manuel and Morongo Tribes Donate $600,000 to Assist Victims, Families of San Bernardino Attacks

 

Tribes to assist victims' families of December 2, 2015 San Bernadino terror attack

Tribes to assist victims’ families of December 2, 2015 San Bernadino terror attack

Tribes Stand in Support of San Bernardino with Donation to Achieve Arrowhead United Way Fundraising Goal

Published December 21, 2015

SAN BERNARDINO—The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and Morongo Band of Mission Indians have committed to contribute a combined $600,000 to aid victims and families impacted by the San Bernardino terrorist attack, Arrowhead United Way announced Monday.

With the contribution by the two tribes, $1 million has been donated to the San Bernardino United Relief Fund created by the Arrowhead United Way to provide support for those affected by the Dec. 2 tragedy at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino.

“This region of southern California is our home, our shared community. San Manuel and Morongo have joined together at this time to reach out to those impacted so our community might recover to a place of normalcy,” said San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Chairwoman Lynn Valbuena. “As indigenous peoples of this region, our tribes are connected to this land, its peoples and are called upon to make this commitment to support our community as we heal together.”

“We are committed to helping bring solace and healing to the innocent victims and families of this heinous attack,” said Tribal Chairman Robert Martin of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. “We grieve for those who were lost and injured, and we will stand strong with the San Bernardino community as our region works together to rebuild the lives shattered by this act of terrorism.”

Fourteen people were killed and 22 more were injured in a mass shooting that has brought the community closer together. “Morongo’s contribution of $250,000 combined with $350,000 from San Manuel, will help tremendously during the long recovery period,” said Doug Rowand, President/CEO of the Arrowhead United Way of San Bernardino.

“We are extremely proud and honored to receive this pledge of support from San Manuel and Morongo. Together their commitment has allowed us to surpass our fundraising goal for the long term recovery and well-being of survivors, their families, and others affected by this tragedy,” said Rowand. “Arrowhead United Way is organizing a committee of donors and community leaders including San Manuel and Morongo to help individuals and families fulfill lives of promise by offering ongoing support to address financial and educational needs.”

With the contributions from the two tribes, the United Way has surpassed its initial goal to raise $700,000 to assist those impacted by the attack.

San Manuel and Morongo will join a diverse group of contributors who have already raised $400,000 for the recovery fund, including Muslims United for San Bernardino, Wells Fargo Foundation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Union Pacific Railroad, Arrowhead Credit Union, and the Arrowhead Family Medical Group in addition to over $100,000 raised through Arrowhead United Way’s crowd-funding text campaign.

 

 

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Podemos’ Rita Bosaho becomes Spain’s first female black MP

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Election saw record number of women elected into lower parliament but immigrants still make up only 1% of country’s representatives

As Spanish politicians gear up for what could be weeks of political wrangling, the unprecedented election result has ushered in another first for the country, with Podemos’ Rita Bosaho becoming the first black person to win a seat in Spain’s parliament.

“It’s about time, isn’t it?,” Bosaho told El País. In Spain immigrants make up about 15% of the population but represent less than 1% of the country’s lawmakers.

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Lebanon holds its nose as politicians fail to address rubbish crisis

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Mountains of waste continue to pile up on Beirut’s periphery six months after capital’s primary landfill was closed by authorities

Lebanon’s rubbish collection crisis, which set off huge protests this summer, is entering its sixth month – but you would hardly know it in Beirut.

Not only are the capital’s streets kept relatively garbage free, but the country’s politicians appear in no hurry to resolve the catastrophe.

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How the robin’s red breast could be the key to colours that never fade

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Colours of some birds created through light manipulation by feather nanostructure; knowledge could lead to non-fading fabric and paint colours

Sheffield scientists now know why kingfishers catch fire, robins are red, and jays are blue: the pattern of colour on a bird’s wing may have nothing to do with pigment, and everything to do with feather structure on a scale of billionths of a metre.

The research has a potential pay-off for fabric manufacturers and the paint industry. If blue jays never turn grey with age because their colour is based on the way light is manipulated rather than a splash of natural dye, then fashion designers could perhaps dream up amazing technicoloured coats that would never fade in the wash.

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Latino Lawmakers Ask Rubio to Stop Blocking U.S. Envoy to Mexico

Latin American Herald Tribune: A total of 19 U.S. Latino lawmakers sent a letter to Republican presidential hopeful – and Florida senator – Marco Rubio asking him to stop blocking confirmation of the assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere, Roberta Jacobson, as ambassador to Mexico, congressional officials reported Monday.

The legislators emphasized the U.S. government’s need to have a diplomatic representative in the capital of our southern neighbor as soon as possible, given that – after the exit of the man who had filled that post up until July, Tony Wayne – the post is vacant. Read more.

UN Discovery of secret detention centre, reopens all nightmares

Details of a secret detention center, where serious human rights abuses took place, deep inside the sprawling Tricomalee Naval base in the east of Sri Lanka are slowly emerging. The site is nothing new to those who were held there. In June this year the South Africa-based International Truth and Justice Project, Sri Lanka (ITJPSL) […]