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• in Film
  Meet an American Original in The Wavy Gravy Movie: Saint Misbehavin’ (2009)
  SAINT MISBEHAVIN’ answers that recurring question, “Doesn’t anyone care anymore?” with a resounding “Yes!”
  by missbobetier / on Dec 19, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Unselfish Acts of Love and Kindness
  Good hearts still beat, We can not change the world but you can do something even if just one thing.
  by sjstevenson / on Dec 4, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Yet Another Accolade: Oprah to Receive Oscar
  Superstar TV Titan to be awarded with Hollywood's highest honor.
  by samkj27 / on Aug 3, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “humanitarian”

 

• Regional Focus: Syrians

  
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  Ethics and Politics: Response to the Plight of Refugees (Beirut Institute, 2013) [ text ] "For Regional Stability, Help Syrias Internally Displaced,"  Christian Science Monitor,  12 June 2013 [ text ] For Some, the Best Bad Choice: Returning from Refuge to Syria (IRIN, June 2013) [ text ] Hard Choices: When the ...
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• Thematic Focus: Legal/Protection Items

  
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  Upcoming event: CFP: International Human Rights Law in Refugee Status Determination: Comparative Practice and Theory, London, 13-14 November 2013 [ info ] - Submit abstract by 5 July 2013. Publications: The Domestic Implementation of International Humanitarian Law: A Manual (ICRC, April 2013) [ text via ...
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• UN convoy finally reaches northernmost Myanmar

  
  FOXNews.com — Authority: 880
  A U.N.-led convoy of trucks in Myanmar has for the first time in nearly a year been allowed to deliver food and household supplies to areas beyond government control in the northernmost part of the country. The U.N. humanitarian office says a relief convoy of 10 trucks is delivering food, special ...
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• International Relief Doctors Tell Of Personal Sacrifices Amid The Horrors Of War

  
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  Screenshot from the trailer of Access to the Danger Zone (dir. Peter Caesar), a documentary about the dangers of providing humanitarian aid in armed conflict zones (Photo/screen grab via YouTube) In the district of Salaheddine in Aleppo, Syria, a foreign doctor picked out sniper shot from the buttocks of a crazed ...
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• Adapting Military Approaches to Geospatial Analysis for Humanitarian Response

  
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  Harvards Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research published a new report titled Sharing Space: Adapting Military Approaches to Geospatial Analysis for Humanitarian Response and the Documentation of Human Rights Abuses (pdf).   The report argues for using... Continue reading
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• Distributism – Distributivism

  
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  Back in 2008 I discovered the theory of Distributism and wrote a blog post on it (during a former blog life). A recent article at The Huffington Post that contrasted the land distribution model of ancient Israel (allowing for the equitable distribution of land – the predominant means of production in an agrarian ...
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• Having the Right Tools at the Right Time to Meet Food Assistance Needs

  
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  Using resources available under its Emergency Food Security Program, USAID strives to respond to crises to best meet the needs of vulnerable populations. Read more >>
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• There’s only one ‘virtual’ woman left running for president in Iran

  
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  Elahe Amani with Lys Anzia – WNN Features (WNN) San Francisco, California, UNITED STATES, AMERICAS: The presidential election is coming soon in the Republic of Iran on Friday June 14, 2013, but one of the most important election candidates is not included as one of the 5 male candidates who are running as they try ...
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• Justice for the Rest of Us

  
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  There are plenty of stories available about people doing amazing things, working to make the world a better place and enacting biblical justice – making things right. They’re stories that involve some of the darkest places in the world and some of the biggest atrocities. There are also the stories of those acting ...
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• Victim in Texas parade crash accused of lying about receiving Purple Heart

  
  FOXNews.com — Authority: 880
  An ex-police officer from Georgia who was injured in a train accident during a veterans parade in Texas is accused of lying about receiving a Purple Heart medal and was arrested Wednesday, Cherokee County sheriffs officials said. Former Holly Springs police officer Shane Ladner, 40, was never awarded a Purple Heart ...
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• Design without Borders Creates a Unisex Ecological Urinal for the Slums of Uganda

  
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  One of the biggest culprits of disease and death in slum areas around the world is the lack of sanitary toilets . There are several places in Uganda’s capital Kampala where, on average, 1000 people have to share the same toilet and where urine and excrement are dumped directly onto the streets or into open ...
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• R2P on Life Support: Humanitarian Norms vs. Practical Realities in Syria

  
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  Thirty-five years ago, U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski famously declared that the doctrine of détente “ lies buried in the sands of Ogaden .” By exporting revolution to the Horn of Africa, he implied, Moscow had abandoned norms of peaceful coexistence, as well as prospects for the SALT treaty. ...
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• DC Offers Big Blue Rewards In Its Latest We Can Be Heroes Campaign

  
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  Filed under: DC , News , Culture DC Comics announced its second wave of perks for fans who donate to its We Can Be Heroes charity campaign this week, and if you like Superman, youre in for a treat alongside the normal benefits that come with helping people in need. For a ... Read more   Permalink  |  ...
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• Wounded Syrian arrives in Israel with note from doctor

  
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  The note Syrian hospitalized in Safed brings note in Arabic from physicians who treated him before his transfer to Israel. ‘Patient was hit by bullet that penetrated his chest and caused a fracture in the lungs. Please do what is needed. Thank you in advance,’ note reads One of the two injured Syrians who were ...
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• These Beautiful Customized 3D-Printed Prosthetic Legs Are Made to Be Seen

  
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  Read the rest of These Beautiful Customized 3D-Printed Prosthetic Legs Are Made to Be Seen Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 3d patterns , 3d printed prosthetic legs , 3D printing , 3d printing medicine , artificial body parts , Bespoke Fairings , Bespoke Innovations prosthetic , ...
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• Stephan Joubert’s “JOY”-ous “And YET”

  
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  Stephan Joubert’s “JOY”-ous “And Yet” ‘JUIG,’ the Afrikaans edition of ‘JOY’ published an interview with Stephan Joubert in May this year in which he reflects on his faith. JUIG/JOY’ is a South African Christian magazine which is based on ‘True life, True people and True Christianity’ and a ...
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• NOMOS Glashütte Tangente Special Edition for Doctors WIthout Borders

  
  Gentleman's Gadgets | The Inspirationsource for Men — Authority: 108
  Whilst the whole web industry matures and developes towards flat design and minimalism, the watch industry already has its perfected pioneer, namely the pure minimalism of NOMOS Glashütte. This limited edition is made to support the humanitarian relief operations of Doctors without Borders and comprises customized ...
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• UN official: 11 million in Sahel still face hunger

  
  FOXNews.com — Authority: 880
  A top U.N. humanitarian official says more than 11 million people are facing hunger in Africas Sahel region, and he is appealing for more international aid. Robert Piper says the nine-country region is struggling to recover from a drought last year, despite better projections for rain and harvest this ...
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• Ask N.T Wright

  
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  Rachel Held Evans has a fabulous ‘Ask A’ series on her blog where she allows readers to submit questions that then get asked of a predetermined person. It include people like Shane Claiborne, a Pentecostal, a Calvinist, a gay Christian, a nun, and more. Her latest is N.T Wright. As always I enjoyed reading what ...
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• School children face heightened dangers as Syrian conflict escalates

  
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  Lys Anzia – WNN Features (WNN) Geneva, Switzerland, UNITED NATIONS: Chronicling an increasing amount of evidence in actions of crime against humanity and using a weapon of mass destruction during the ongoing and escalating crisis in Syria, a United Nations Human Rights Council commission in Geneva has publicly ...
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