Category Archives: Rock on-Peace Out

Video: María “La Portuguesa” & Paquera “La Jerezana” | Argentina

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Source: Video: María “La Portuguesa” & Paquera “La Jerezana” | Argentina

Angleterre Suffragette | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

Accession Number: 1975:0112:2134 Maker: Ch. Chusseau-Flaviens Title: Angleterre Suffragette Date: ca. 1900-1919 Medium: negative, gelatin on glass Dimensions: 12 x 9 cm. George Eastman House Collection General information about the George Eastman House Photography Collection is available at http://www.eastmanhouse.org/inc/collections/photography.php. For information on obtaining reproductions go to: http://www.eastmanhouse.org/flickr/index.php?pid=1975:0112:2134.

Source: Angleterre Suffragette | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

Who Was the Real Lou Reed? – The New York Times

At one point, Mr. DeCurtis asked if he ever felt burdened by the iconic Lou Reed persona, as the public understood it.“It’s a creation,” Reed said. “The most important thing is that people believe it’s true.”“If they don’t believe it’s true,” he added, “they won’t listen to the song.”

Source: Who Was the Real Lou Reed? – The New York Times

No, it is true that meat causes cancer | Sci-Tech | DW.COM | 29.10.2015

“I have sat on many committees around the world, I have done cancer research for 35 years – if you want the ultimate answer to something, you go to the IARC monograph program,” says Neil Pearce, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.Pearce tells DW that such criticisms come out every time IARC produces a monograph. “The same happened with smoking, with asbestos and many other things.”

Source: No, it is true that meat causes cancer | Sci-Tech | DW.COM | 29.10.2015

Washington DC police use dance-off to defuse confrontation between teenagers – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

17-year-old Aaliyah Taylor approached a female officer while playing the hit song Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) on her phone and doing her version of the signature shoulder-swaying dance.Rather than responding with force, the officer laughed and said she had better dance moves than that, Ms Taylor told the Washington Post.”Instead of us fighting, she tried to turn it around and make it something fun,” Ms Taylor said.”I never expected cops to be that cool. There are some good cops.”I mostly hold my head down when I dance, so I didn’t really see her.”But when I looked at the video after, I was like ‘Oh, she has some moves’.”By the time the resulting dance-off was over — with both sides reportedly claiming victory — the tension had lifted.President Barack Obama singled out the dance-off as a model for police looking to build relationships with neighbourhoods — a pressing issue as outrage at police brutality has grown in the past year.”Who knew community policing could involve the Nae Nae? Great example of police having fun while keeping us safe,” he tweeted.

Source: Washington DC police use dance-off to defuse confrontation between teenagers – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Thousands demonstrate in Tel Aviv: ‘No security without a solution’ | +972 Magazine

Thousands of Israelis participated in a protest march in central Tel Aviv Saturday night against the Netanyahu government’s policies in the West Bank and the continuing violence.The demonstrators, many of them from Peace Now — which organized the event — and the left-wing Meretz party, along with several members from the Arab-Jewish Hadash party and Da’am Workers Party, marched from Habima Square to the IDF headquarters on Kaplan Street, waving Israeli flags and holding signs that read “Intifada government, go home” and “There is no security without a solution.”Among the speakers was Peace Now head Yariv Oppenheimer, who accused the government of “taking an entire country hostage in an unnecessary religious war, and we are all paying the price. You have turned the state into a violent, racist, and hopeless place. We have come here to call for an end to the hatred and the incitement, for a struggle against racism, and to demand a political solution — two states for two people.”

Source: Thousands demonstrate in Tel Aviv: ‘No security without a solution’ | +972 Magazine

Jimmy Carter: A Five-Nation Plan to End the Syrian Crisis – The New York Times

Iran outlined a general four-point sequence several months ago, consisting of a cease-fire, formation of a unity government, constitutional reforms and elections. Working through the United Nations Security Council and utilizing a five-nation proposal, some mechanism could be found to implement these goals.The involvement of Russia and Iran is essential. Mr. Assad’s only concession in four years of war was giving up chemical weapons, and he did so only under pressure from Russia and Iran. Similarly, he will not end the war by accepting concessions imposed by the West, but is likely to do so if urged by his allies.Mr. Assad’s governing authority could then be ended in an orderly process, an acceptable government established in Syria, and a concerted effort could then be made to stamp out the threat of the Islamic State.The needed concessions are not from the combatants in Syria, but from the proud nations that claim to want peace but refuse to cooperate with one another.

Source: Jimmy Carter: A Five-Nation Plan to End the Syrian Crisis – The New York Times

Afghan Women’s Writing Project | In My Burqa Prison

I am arrested, I am in prisonLike a bird without wingsHomeless, in the prison of my blue burqaWith its small window like an empty cageBut I am used to it, used to its smellWearing it, the sky falls on my shouldersI am bored, tired of looking at the skyI search my way in darknessI can’t feel, I don’t know what life isI am arrested in this prison, I have to stayIn my burqa prisonIt is always cold with stale airI always see the same thingI have dreams in my prisonDon’t limit me!How long do you want me to stay like this?By Balquis

Source: Afghan Women’s Writing Project | In My Burqa Prison