Friday, December 28, 2018

Woman in Labor Walks Across Graduation Stage to Receive College Diploma


Nurse, Mom Make Baby's First Christmas in Hospital Special


This report was published on YouTube on December 26.

MLB Rookie Brady Singer Uses New Contract to Pay Off Parents' Debt for Christmas


This report was published on YouTube on December 27.

How You Treat People Is Who You Are!


This video was published on YouTube on January 14, 2018. 

Source: Fearless Soul

Top 10 Magic Tricks for Kids


This video was published on YouTube on July 12, 2018. 

Source: Rich Ferguson

Old Movie Stars Dance to 'Uptown Funk'


This video was published on YouTube on October 6, 2015. 

Source: Nerd Fest UK

15 Ways to Make Money as a Teenage Entrepreneur


This video was published on YouTube on December 25. 

Source: Cass & Bran

Nameplates on Indian Houses Aim to Empower Women


Ugandan Slum Children Find Hope in Chess


International Charities Works for Brighter Future for Malawi Girls


This report was published on YouTube on December 26.

VOA News: Two international charities have launched a program in Malawi aimed at helping girls in rural areas stay healthy and stay in school. The charities are running girls clubs in the Mulanje district in southern Malawi, a hotspot of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Nearly 10 percent of Malawians have the virus, and the bulk of new infections occur among people in their teens and early twenties. Lameck Masina reports from Malawi's Mulanje district.

Futuristic Fun House Transforms Traditional Games into High Tech Wonders


This report was published on YouTube on December 26.

Storytellers Attempt to Revive a Tradition They Say is Dying Out


This report was published on YouTube on December 26.

Bolivia Bionic Teen Making Prosthetics for Others


Vet Volunteers to Help Homeless Pets


Governor General Julie Payette's New Year's Message


CBC News: Gov. Gen. Julie Payette exhorts us to get out and enjoy the Canadian winter and to explore the country in every meaning of that word.

Times Square New Year's Eve Party: 'Harmony' Themed Crystals Added to Iconic Ball


This report was published on YouTube on December 27.

Arnold Schwarzenegger 2018 - The Speech That Broke the Internet


This video was published on YouTube on December 20.

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Sorry, Trump: Most ISIS Recruits in America Aren’t Immigrants, a New Study Suggests

 

Ask someone to close their eyes and picture a typical homegrown, American recruit for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Chances are the image that springs to mind is of a brown-skinned person with an immigrant background, likely with ties to the Middle East, South Asia, or North Africa. That image of the average accused terrorist might be out of date, a new study published by the Rand Corporation suggests. In the study, “Trends in the Draw of Americans to Foreign Terrorist Organizations from 9/11 to Today,” which sought to explore why ISIS has relative successes recruiting in the U.S., researchers found that in recent years the most common demographic profile for an accused terrorist motivated by “radical Islam” has been a native-born American, either white or African-American.

As the nature of terrorism changes — both ideologically and under the influence of new technologies like social media — the average “jihadi” in the United States is starting to look less like the type of person President Donald Trump wants to ban from the country. The finding has serious implications for immigration policies like the so-called Muslim ban, which posit terrorism as something naturally emanating from immigrant communities, particularly of Middle Eastern extraction.

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Source: The Intercept

ProPublica: We Found 95 New, Undisclosed Trump Appointees

 
Among the latest hires: a longtime DuPont manager who is now at an EPA position that is typically not a political appointment.


We have obtained a list of 95 new Trump administration appointees made over the past six months. Following a pattern we’ve detailed before, many of the hires previously worked on President Donald Trump’s campaign or at conservative think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation. In other cases, appointees seem to have little work experience at all.

We compiled the information from Freedom of Information Act requests and have added the appointees to our Trump Town app, which lets you search the disclosures of nearly 3,000 of them.

Click here for the full article.

From 1968 to 2018: Angela Davis on Freedom Struggles Then and Now, and the Movements of the Future


This report was published on YouTube on December 24.

Muslim Ban: Meet the Yemeni Americans Suing Trump in an Attempt to Reunite with Loved Ones


US Government Shutdown Enters Day 5

 
The partial shutdown of the U.S. government entered its fifth day Wednesday, with no public indication a resolution is imminent.

President Donald Trump spoke about the shutdown Tuesday, asserting that it will continue until his demand for funds to construct a U.S.-Mexico border wall are met.

"I can't tell you when the government is going to be open. I can tell you it's not going to be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they'd like to call it," Trump said in the Oval Office after a video conference with U.S. troops, who are stationed overseas.

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Source: Voice of America
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The Future of U.S. Trade Policy

 
Bloomberg’s Jenny Leonard discusses this year’s key developments in U.S. trade policy and what to look for in 2019.

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'Risk-Free' Trials: What to Know Before You Sign Up for One


U.S. Judge Holds North Korea Liable for Death of American Student


New Jersey Health Scare: Thousands Possibly Exposed to HIV, Hepatitis


Stock Market Suffers Worst December Since Great Depression


Japan Announces IWC Withdrawal to Resume Commercial Whaling


Micro-Chipping Workers: UK Firms Consider Human Implants


Iraqi Tribes Under Fire Over Age-Old Mediation Custom


Tunisia: Protesters Clash with Police After Journalist's Death


This report was published on December 25.

Search for Tsunami Survivors as Death Toll Tops 425 in Indonesia


2nd Child Dies in U.S. Immigration Custody


Monday, December 24, 2018

Classic Christmas Music with Fireplace



This video was published on YouTube on December 2. 

Source: Music Box 

Nat King Cole - 'The Christmas Song'


This video was published on YouTube on December 16, 2012. 

Walter Tan: "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" is a classic Christmas song written by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells in 1944 and was first recorded by The King Cole Trio in 1946. The song was recorded again in stereophonic version with a full orchestra conducted by Ralph Carmichael using the same arrangement for Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song album in 1961.

Source: Walter Tan

Merry Christmas, Darling - The Carpenters


This video was published on YouTube on January 4, 2010. 

Source: NedNickerson2010

'Future Hope' Column: You'll Never Walk Alone

 
By Ted Glick

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of a storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone.

Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1945

Three months ago, on September 21st, the 13th anniversary of my dear mom’s death after close to a decade of decline due to Alzheimer’s, I had an experience that I still shake my head about.

I was doing one of my early-morning, long-distance bike rides, in the dark at about 5:45 in the morning. I had just finished pedaling up a longish hill and turned onto a long, straight road. As is usual on my rides, my main mental focus was on the street in front of me and for the lights or sound of cars or trucks coming up behind me. Nothing of note had yet come into my brain, as always eventually happens on one of my hour and a half or longer rides.

For me, these rides are my form of meditation.

I remember the thought coming into my mind that this was the day my mom had died 13 years ago. I had been thinking about her all week. Then, from out of nowhere, came the words to and melody of the song, “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

I don’t know how long it had been since I had heard or thought of this song. I know it’s at least six and a half years because that’s how long I’d been long-distance biking as of three months ago, and I can’t remember ever remembering it over that time. It could easily be 10, 20 or more years. But on this day, this special day for me and my two sisters and others who loved my mom, following several days of remembering her, this song arrived as a gift, as if my mom’s spirit was holding me close.

I was stupefied as I realized what was happening. My mouth dropped and I struggled to understand. My first thought was to wonder if this really was a spiritual revelation, an actual visit by my mom from the world beyond the physical world, “the great mystery” as some call it. My initial thoughts were along the lines of, “how could it be anything but this?” How could a song that had been essentially one of many thousands that I’ve heard somewhere in my past but which has never been one which I’ve sung or even hummed to myself—how could that song, so appropriate for this day, so strengthening, so profound, come to me in this way?

As I continued my ride, as I kept thinking about what was happening, my thoughts went deeper.

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Source: tedglick.com

'One Voice': A Holiday Presentation by The USAF Band


This video was published on YouTube on December 1. 

USAF Band: This holiday season The USAF Band offers the beautiful song, "One Voice"…a reminder that together we can create a better world. Watch until the end as one voice becomes a chorus inside the stunning Washington National Cathedral. Let the power of unity light the way throughout this season.

US Soldiers Around the World Send Holiday Messages Home


This video was published on YouTube on December 18. 

Source: AmericaNewsSource

Top 10 Animated Christmas Movies


This video was published on YouTube on November 9.

10 Biggest Christmas Miracles


This video was published on YouTube on January 8, 2016. 

Source: Countdown with/ Fresh

What It's Like to Spend Christmas in Prison


This video was published on YouTube on December 22. 

Source: Ex Con Cody

Venezuelan Migrants Set Up a Band to Cope with Dire Situations


How do the French Celebrate the Holiday Season? With Delicious Food!


This video was published on YouTube on December 21.

Santa Claus Leaves Home to Begin Epic Journey Delivering Gifts


This video was published on YouTube on December 21.

Global News: Kris Kringle has left his home in Lapland, Finland to begin the epic task of delivering gifts to girls and boys around the world before Christmas morning.

Governor Cuomo Delivers Remarks While Distributing Presents in Buffalo


This video was published on YouTube on December 21. 

Source: NYGovCuomo

Mayor de Blasio Reassures New Yorkers in the Wake of Federal Government Shutdown


This video was published on YouTube on December 22. 

Source: NYC Mayor's Office

Happening in Harlem: Kwanzaa at 'The Peace Cafe'


The Peace Cafe will host an evening of entertainment and fun. Singers, dancers, comedians, rappers, spoken word artist and other performers are invited to showcase their skills in a supportive, family-friendly setting. You can perform or just be part of the audience. 

Source: Street Corner Resources