Category Archives: Viva!

Chinese farmer fitted with 3D-printed skull ‘makes full recovery’ after surgery | South China Morning Post

They inserted the artificial skull, which weighs 9.9 grams, underneath skin and muscle, it said.

After more than two weeks, Hu’s head has nearly returned to its original shape and the scarring from the surgery is almost gone, the Xinhua report said.

via Chinese farmer fitted with 3D-printed skull ‘makes full recovery’ after surgery | South China Morning Post.

The woman behind the Democratic party’s twin threat: Rosie Castro | Latina Lista

Rosie Castro helped shape a new political era for the struggling Chicano movement in the 70s. Her work with La Raza Unida has put her in the spotlight. From getting young democrats involved, to registering voters and operating campaigns, Rosie has been a pioneer in the movement and continues to do so.

“There were things happening, in terms of Latinos – or things not happening – that really had me worried. There was a great deal of discrimination at the time.” Rosie told La Prensa. “I really got involved in Politics when I was at Our Lady of the Lake, and I haven’t stopped since then.”

via The woman behind the Democratic party’s twin threat: Rosie Castro | Latina Lista.

No Time To See The Doctor? Try A Virtual Visit – Capsules – The KHN Blog

Ingrid Antall, a family practice doctor in Thousand Oaks, Calif., who is already part of LiveHealth’s network, said she can often assess what is wrong with patients with colds and minor infections by talking to them and seeing them over the phone or computer.

Antall said she relies heavily on patients’ explanation of their symptoms and guides them through a self-exam, sometimes using flashlights or cell phone lights. “It causes me to be a little more creative,” she said.

She acknowledged that the visits have limitations. “If they really need to be seen in person, I have no hesitation in sending them,” she said.

via No Time To See The Doctor? Try A Virtual Visit – Capsules – The KHN Blog.

Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act (H.R. 4137) – GovTrack.us

GOP and House of Representatives still think it is a good thing to be against “weed.” LOL

To prohibit assistance provided under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families from being accessed through the use of an electronic benefit transfer card at any store that offers marijuana for sale.

via Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act (H.R. 4137) – GovTrack.us.

Queen’s radical plan for voters to think before voting ruled ‘unconstitutional’ | Pride’s Purge

“The UK has a long and proud tradition of not thinking about anything at all when it comes to voting. In fact not thinking before voting is one of the cornerstones of what has made Great Britain the country it is today and a massive change like that would be unprecedented. Such radical action would lead to all kinds of unforeseen problems and could tear apart the very fabric of British society.”

The controversy comes just weeks after the Home secretary Theresa May announced government plans to make Critical Thinking a class C drug.

via Queen’s radical plan for voters to think before voting ruled ‘unconstitutional’ | Pride’s Purge.

Ebola outbreak: Malaysia sends W Africa medical gloves – BBC News

Malaysia plans to donate more than 20 million protective rubber gloves to five African countries affected by the Ebola outbreak, the government says.

They will be distributed among medical workers in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

via Ebola outbreak: Malaysia sends W Africa medical gloves – BBC News.

Neil Young Keep On Rockin In The Free World + Lyrics – YouTube

Neil Young Keep On Rockin In The Free World

Lyrics:

There’s colors on the street

Red, white and blue

People shufflin’ their feet

People sleepin’ in their shoes

But there’s a warnin’ sign

on the road ahead

There’s a lot of people sayin’

we’d be better off dead

Don’t feel like Satan,

but I am to them

So I try to forget it,

any way I can.

Keep on rockin’ in the free world,

Keep on rockin’ in the free world

Keep on rockin’ in the free world,

Keep on rockin’ in the free world.

I see a woman in the night

With a baby in her hand

Under an old street light

Near a garbage can

Now she puts the kid away,

and she’s gone to get a hit

She hates her life,

and what she’s done to it

There’s one more kid

that will never go to school

Never get to fall in love,

never get to be cool.

Keep on rockin’ in the free world,

Keep on rockin’ in the free world

Keep on rockin’ in the free world,

Keep on rockin’ in the free world.

We got a thousand points of light

For the homeless man

We got a kinder, gentler,

Machine gun hand

We got department stores

and toilet paper

Got styrofoam boxes

for the ozone layer

Got a man of the people,

says keep hope alive

Got fuel to burn,

got roads to drive.

Keep on rockin’ in the free world,

Keep on rockin’ in the free world

Keep on rockin’ in the free world,

Keep on rockin’ in the free world.

via Neil Young Keep On Rockin In The Free World + Lyrics – YouTube.

French minister ‘first from Europe’ to visit Africa’s Ebola-hit region – France 24

“I’m the first European minister to set foot” in the region since the start of the epidemic, Girardin told FRANCE 24’s sister station RFI in an interview ahead of the trip. “France can be proud,” she exclaimed.

Girardin’s visit follows a call from the World Health Organization (WHO), urging the international community to respond more quickly to stop the epidemic from spiraling out of control.

“I’m going to Guinea first to say that France is with them. And that’s not an insignificant message,” she told a news conference in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, on Friday.

“It’s also an important message to say that there are behaviours to adopt, that there are health systems that are resilient and that can take on this Ebola virus,” Girardin said.

“This is the case here in Senegal, it is the case in Ivory Coast and, unfortunately, not the case in Guinea, where health systems have proved less resilient to this virus, this epidemic,” she said, adding that Guinea desperately needs an overhaul of its health infrastructure, but noted “for that we need resources”.

via Africa – French minister ‘first from Europe’ to visit Africa’s Ebola-hit region – France 24.