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The World Health Organization expressed “heightened concern” on Friday over more than 800 “influenza-like” cases reported in Mexico, after seven cases of a severe respiratory illness were confirmed in two U.S. border states.

WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told CBC News on Friday that health officials are dealing with three separate events in Mexico, with most of the 828 cases in and around the capital, Mexico City.

At least 24 cases have been reported in the central region, while four have been reported in the north. The mystery illness has led to at least 20 deaths in the country.

Most of the cases have occurred in healthy young adults, Hartl said.

“Because these cases are not happening in the very old or the very young, which is normal with seasonal influenza, this is an unusual event and a cause for heightened concern,” Hartl said in an interview from WHO headquarters in Geneva.

It is also rare to see such high flu activity so late in the season, he said.

“The end of April, especially in a place like Mexico, you would think that we would see quite a steep decline,” said Hartl.
All classes cancelled in Mexico City

A Mexican Health Ministry statement issued on Thursday afternoon said the country “was in the presence of a new influenza virus that constitutes a respiratory epidemic which is controllable, so far.”

But laboratory tests on the 828 Mexican cases have yet to confirm the patients are suffering from influenza, or what strain it might be, Hartl said.

The Mexican government ordered that all classes in Mexico City and the surrounding state be cancelled on Friday, from pre-schools to universities. It also has warned the public to avoid gathering places and major events.

On Thursday, Canadian health officials issued a travel advisory warning travellers who have recently returned from Mexico to be on alert for flu-like symptoms that could be connected to the illness.

In the U.S., health officials were scrambling this week to deal with a new strain of swine flu, which has been diagnosed in seven people in Texas and California.

The states share a border with Mexico not far from a town where two deaths were reported.

The U.S. cases are unusual, because it appears none of the patients had contact with pigs, and the virus is one that health officials have never seen before.

No cases of this swine flu have been found in Canada.
Samples positive for influenza A and B

The cause of the illness has not been confirmed. Mexican health officials said samples so far have tested positive for influenza A and B.

People infected with the virus initially suffer flu-like symptoms that include: * Fever. * Cough. * Sore throat. * Muscle and joint pain. * Shortness of breath.

The illness may elevate to a severe respiratory illness within about five days.

In Canada, the travel advisory includes the same advice given to all travellers: Get a flu shot and take precautions such as covering coughs and staying home when sick. But it also adds locations in Mexico where cases of a severe respiratory illness have occurred.

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Back with another one.
If you’re new, please check the first video for a full description before you throw a fit. I will delete your comment if you make such an idiotic statement without some sort of explanation.

This video is dedicated to all those non-asian cosplayers out there that get looked down upon even after hours of work and hundreds of dollars spent on our cosplays.

1: Ven from Birth by Sleep; Saeru in the U.S.

2: Sagittarious no Aiolos from Saint Saya Episode G; Diemar in Brazil

3: Euphemia Li Britannia from Code Geass; Love Squad in Russia

4: Cross Marian from D.Gray-Man; Love Squad in Russia

5: Yuuko from xxxHolic; Love Squad in Russia

6: Roxas and Axel from Kingdom Hearts II; Dual_Wielder and friend in the U.S.

7: Samus Aram from Metroid Prime II; Saber in France

8: General Beatrix from Final Fantasy IX; FairyDust in the U.S.

9: Yukari ‘Caroline’ Hayasaka from Paradise Kiss; Katie in the U.S.

10: Yuuko from xxxHolic; Katie in the U.S.

11: Shihouin Yoruichi from Bleach; Katie in the U.S.

12: Shino from .Hack//G.U.; Shiya Wind in the U.S.

13: Subaru from .Hack//Sign; Shiya Wind in the U.S.

14: Kimihiro Watanuki from xxxHolic; Sorano_Suzu in Russia

15: Komui and Cross from D.Gray-Man; Sorano_Suzu in Russia

16: Maggie Murdoch from Bizenghast; Winters Knight in the U.S.

17: Elphaba from Wicked-The Musical; Winters Knight in the U.S.

18: Jadis the White Witch from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Winters Knight in the U.S.

19: The Minstrel from Romancing Saga: Minstrel’s Song; Grey Finch in the U.S.

20: The Count from Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo; Grey Finch in the U.S.

21: Ame-Warashi from xxxHolic; Serey-chan in the U.S.

22: Isabella from Paradise Kiss; Kiriyama-sama in Russia

23: Miwako and Arashi from Paradise Kiss; Kiriyama-sama in Russia

24: Ultima, the High Priestess from Final Fantasy XII; Korukunuki in the U.S.

25: Sailor Saturn, Dark Messiah from Bishojo Sailor Moon; Malro in Russia

26: Major Arkana, Light Elf from Lineage II; Malro in Russia

27: Shishigami, Forest Spirit from Princess Mononoke; Marue in the U.S.

28: Haydee from Gankutsuou: the Count of Monte Cristo; Jaino Solo in the U.S.

29: Jane Judith Jocelyn from Trinity Blood; Space Invader in the U.S.

30: Watery, Clow Reed, and Windy from Card Captor Sakura; Sparkle Pipsi, Mikee Jouee, and LadyAmaryllis in the U.S.

31: Link and Dark Link from The Legend of Zelda; LinkInSpirit in the U.S.

32: Zora Armor Link from Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Zoroko in the U.S.

33: Cloud Nine from D.Gray-Man; Love Squad in Russia

34: Roxas and Axel from Kingdom Hearts II; Dual_Wielder and Amy in the U.S.

35: Riku and Roxas from Kingdom hearts II; Saeru and Dual_Weilder in the U.S.

36: Haruhi from The melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya; AnimeAngel in the U.S.

37: Sanzo from Saiyuki; PikminLink in the U.S.

38: Rem and Misa from Death Note; CloakedSchemer and Saeru in the U.S.

39: Joker from Batman/Dark Knight; Unknown cosplayer taken at Otakon in the U.S.

40: Harley Quinn from Batman; Mew_Pudding in the U.S.

41: Radler Heios Nabradia from Final Fantasy XII; A19Riku in the U.S.

42: Sheryl Nome from Macross Frontier; Adella in the U.S.

43: Augusta Vladica (Tarot card version) from Trinity Blood; Thores Shibamoto in Russia

44: Esther Blanchet from Trinity Blood; Thores Shibamoto in Russia

45: Lavi from D.Gray-Man; Shuiichibrie in the U.S.

46: Hinoto from X; Ayne in Spain

47: Alexiel from Angel Sanctuary; Alechan in Mexico

48: Princess Garnet from Final Fantasy IX; Erika door in the U.S.

49: Iron Man from Iron man; -Saber- in France

50: Temari from Naruto; Piffle Co. Cosplays in the U.S.

A note about the very last picture.
I’ve been getting a fair amount of positive feedback for the last video, including one video made by kiddelarge.
Her video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcX8XL_KzSg

In the end of her video, she asks other cosplayers out there to make a sign saying “Non-Racist cosplayer”.
The last picture is of an old cosplay of mine as Temari from Naruto. I didn’t add this to the video because I think I’m amazing, or anything like that, but to give an example. I plan on wearing or holding a small sign saying the same thing at the next convention I cosplay to. I urge you all to do the same.
Spread the message that all cosplayers are born equal. Race doesn’t matter. Age doesn’t matter. Gender and size don’t matter. Even your species doesn’t matter, as odd as that sounds.
Cosplay is for fun. Looking like the character is an added bonus, but don’t let that stop you from going all out and enjoying yourself.

The song is Gachinko de Ikou by Buono!.

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LaRouche: ‘The Fed Failed, Must Have Special Session–Establish Two-Tier Credit Rate, or Forget the United States’

Aug. 5, 2008 (LPAC)–Following the Federal Reserve’s non-action on interest rates today, Democratic statesman and economist Lyndon LaRouche responded urgently to that potentially suicidal failure for the United States.

“The Fed has failed to raise interest rates today–that is a clinically insane non-act,” LaRouche said. “A general bank interest rate of 4% must be instantly established–but with two tiers of rates–whatever you have to do to establish it! If you’re loyal to the United States, you’ll get the Fed to do it.”

The 4% general overnight rate, LaRouche has explained in a nationally circulated statement, is necessary “to keep funds inside the United States banking system,” keep them from fleeing and finishing off the dollar in an uncontrolled collapse. Bank of England interest rates are far higher, and so are the British-manipulated rates of the European Central Bank. The dollar is set up for a collapse unless the Fed is made to act now.

But a “second tier” of credit also has to be established, at a very low rate, selectively to target stimulating economic activity which increases employment and productivity. “We need a cheap line of credit from the Treasury, at 1-2% per annum, for growth–Franklin Roosevelt-style infrastructure and related investments–to stabilize and grow the United States’ physical economy. If you do that, you turn the physical economic collapse around–but you must have the general overnight Fed rate doubled, to 4%, immediately.

LaRouche called on his own supporters and other political forces to “run a major campaign on this. No more cheap bailout money! If you’re a patriot, you’ll join me to push the Fed into a special session to get this done now.”

He commented on the current staging in Washington of a Republican demand on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to call a special Congressional session. “They should have one,” LaRouche said. “It’s the right demand, though for the wrong purpose. This has been a `do-nothing Congress.’ They need to save the sinking economy–two-tier credit, Federal credits for infrastructure and productivity projects.

“Otherwise, whatever it takes, get the Fed to raise the overnight rate to 4%, now–or forget the survival of the United States,” LaRouche said.

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Since the movie “Bobby” is going to be released, I created this montage on Robert F. Kennedy’s Statement in Indianapolis, IN on Martin Luther King’s assination, which he made on the night of April 4, 1968.

Amid the tragedy of the assination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, an extraordinary moment in U.S. political history occurred as Robert F. Kennedy, younger brother of slain President John F. Kennedy, broke the news of King’s death to a large gathering of African Americans in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Most of the people hadn’t even heard that Dr. King had been shot. I can imagine that they were stunned and some cried. But that evening Robert Kennedy spoke from his soul. The words rang in almost a prayerful manner.

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