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Noam Chomsky: No Evidence that Al-Qaeda Carried Out the 9/11 Attacks

Leading liberal intellectual Noam Chomsky just told Press TV:”The explicit and declared motive of the [Afghanistan] war was to compel the Taliban to turn over to the United States, the people who they accused of having been involved in World Trade C…

Cheryl Cole ‘was given just 24 hours to live after getting malaria’

‘X Factor’ judge Cheryl Cole has revealed that she was given just 24 hours to live after getting malaria. Cheryl, 27, collapsed during The X Factor auditions after contracting the disease on a trip to Tanzania in June with dancer pal Derek Hough as he tried to take her mind off her divorce from love [...]

I don”t know how Cheryl Cole coped with Ashley split, says Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell has praised pal Cheryl Cole for her strength as she divorced love-rat hubby Ashley. Simon said he had been in constant touch with the star, who was forced to pull out of the X Factor auditions after contracting malaria during a trip to Tanzania. “We have spoken a lot, and now she has [...]

Cheryl Cole Anti-Malaria Ambassador

Cheryl Cole will visit some of Africa’s poorest regions in bid to aid in the fight against malaria.The pop star wants to work as an anti-malaria ambassador, raising money to stop the spread of the disease which nearly killed her. In July, Cole was hospitalized after contracting the potentially fatal tropical disease during a trip [...]

Cheryl Tweedy says boyfriend Derek Hough saved her life

Girls Aloud member Cheryl Tweedy has revealed that had it not been for her boyfriend Derek Hough insisting that medics carry out further tests, she would not be alive today. Tweedy, 27, said that a medical blunder left her just hours from death, and that she only pulled through because Hough, 25, insisted on further [...]

Malaria-stricken Cheryl Cole desperate to get back to work

Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole has been sending text messages to fellow X Factor judge Simon Cowell telling him that she is bored and desperate to get back to work, the show’s boss has revealed. Cheryl took a break from the reality show after she contracted malaria during her trip to Tanzania with dancer boyfriend [...]

Cheryl Cole being nursed back to health with mum”s home-made grub

Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole is recovering from malaria with her mother’s home-made meal. The star shunned posh meals at her private hospital in London and instead requested mother Joan for the food she loved while growing up in Newcastle. “It”s definitely helping to cheer her up. There were things like quails eggs on the [...]

Cheryl Cole bans ‘Girls Aloud’ pals to see her in hospital

Malaria-stricken Cheryl Cole has banned her ‘Girls Aloud’ pals Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts from visiting her in the hospital. The worried singer has refused to allow any visitors into her private hospital room other than mum Joan and close pal Derek Hough. “Cheryl doesn”t want people to see her as she is,” the Sun [...]

Malaria stricken Cheryl to miss ‘X Factor’ start

Cheryl Tweedy will miss the start of reality TV show ‘X Factor’ as she is suffering from malaria. The Girls Aloud singer will not return to the ‘X Factor’ until live finals in October. Cheryl will also not be performing at the V Festival in August and has postponed plans to finish her new album [...]

Malaria-stricken Cheryl Cole recovering in private clinic

Malaria-stricken Cheryl Cole has been transferred to a private clinic after being declared out of danger. Doctors said that she was well enough to leave intensive care at London”s Hospital for Tropical Diseases. The 27-year-old was rushed to hospital with a fever after contracting malaria on holiday in Tanzania last month with pal Derek Hough. [...]

Malaria-stricken Cheryl Cole recovering in private clinic

Malaria-stricken Cheryl Cole has been transferred to a private clinic after being declared out of danger. Doctors said that she was well enough to leave intensive care at London”s Hospital for Tropical Diseases. The 27-year-old was rushed to hospital with a fever after contracting malaria on holiday in Tanzania last month with pal Derek Hough. [...]

Cheryl Cole Has Malaria

Singer and British television personality Cheryl Cole is being treated in an English hospital after contracting malaria, a spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.The 27-year-old bombshell, best known as a member of the all-girl group Girls Aloud and a judge on the ITV talent show The X Factor, has cancelled her work commitments for a week on [...]

Cheryl Cole contracts malaria

Cheryl Cole has contracted the potentially deadly disease malaria. She caught the disease on a trip to Tanzania with her dancer friend Derek Hough. The X Factor went to Africa”s East coast along with her pal in a bid to rejuvenate herself. After collapsing with suspected gastroenteritis during the photo shoot for her album, the [...]

DR Congo oil tanker blaze kills 200

At least 200 people are feared dead after an oil tanker exploded and set fire to parts of a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The truck, travelling from Tanzania, overturned in the village of Sange near the country’s eastern border.

Derek Hough Invites Cheryl Cole to Relax in Tanzania

It seems that the African holidays in Tanzania were beneficial for Cheryl Cole who looked so relaxed, refreshed and rested when she came to the auditions for X Factor held in London this week. The star was cheerfully smiling at her fans who gathered to greet their idol. Cheryl Cole, who was dressed in a [...]

Wavy Gravy’s All Star Jam | 6.13.10 | SF

YOU’VE GOT GRAVY IN YOUR EYES!

Photos by Susan J. Weiand

On Sunday, June 13th, various All-Star musicians converged on stage at The Great American
Music Hall to benefit the Seva Foundation. The
cast of characters included Steve Kimock, Mark Karan, Billy
Kreutzmann
, Melvin Seals, Papa Mali, Lebo, Dave Brogan,
Bo Carper, Reed Mathis, Matt Hubbard, special guest Bobby
Vega
and Wavy Gravy himself.

The evening started off with a set by Lebo, Carper and Brogan performing “Spike Driver’s
Blues”, “Pallet on your Floor” and Old Crowe Medicine Show’s “Wagon Wheel” joined by Karan & Seals. The band played
on for a Dave Brogan tune “Infinite Eye” before Vega joined in for a soulful offering of Allen Toussaint’s classic “On
Your Way Down”.

Steve Kimock then took the stage with Vega, Seals & Brogan for an epic version of
the Zero fan favorites “Cole’s Law” > “Tangled Hangers”. The first set then closed with a
ripping rendition of Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited” featuring Karan, Lebo, Brogan, Kimock,
Seals & Vega.

Set two featured 7 Walkers: Papa Mali, Billy Kreutzman, Steve Kimock, Reed Mathis and Matt
Hubbard along with a variety of the aforementioned musicians joining in a setlist that
included “Jam” >
“Sugaree”, “He’s Gone”, “Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues”, “Bertha”, “Jump Back”, “Mr. Charlie”
and “Lovelight” amongst others.

Photographer Sue Weiand was on hand to document the experience for your visual enjoyment.

JamBase | Bay Area


Thank to various helpers for piecing together the setlist. Pardon any omissions or
errors.

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Seva Foundation was founded in 1978 by a group of people who helped eradicate
small pox,
and inspired by that achievement, joined together to alleviate other suffering caused by
poverty and disease. Seva’s public health programs in India, Nepal, Tibet, Cambodia
Bangladesh and Tanzania work to eliminate curable blindness. Over two million people have
received sight-restoring surgeries. In Mexico and Guatemala Seva assists indigenous
communities with training and resources to attain literacy and economic self-sufficiency.
In the United States, where diabetes claims Native American lives at four times the
national average, Seva offers diabetes prevention and small grants programs, created and
directed by Native Americans.

Wavy Gravy, activist clown, former Ben & Jerry’s flavor, hippie-icon, flower-
geezer, is a
founding board member of the Seva Foundation. He is the creative director of Camp
Winnarainbow, a circus and performing arts camp in Northern California.


Midday Crunch Crumbs: Eek — Dead Rat Found In Can Of Chef Boyardee! Steven Seagal Accused Of Sexual Harassing Ray Charles’ Granddaughter; “Cops” Renewed For 23rd Season

-Devo performed their 1980 hit single “Whip It” on Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live…. -Esquire Magazine has dubbed Kelly Clarkson the “Greatest Pop Voice Ever…..” -Brad Pitt’s brother Doug has been named a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania….. -Shakira has been added to this year’s Glastonbury Festival lineup…. -A North Carolina college student has constructed a wedding [...]

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Some ivory sales are a good idea. This one isn’t

IN 1989 the signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) agreed to ban the ivory trade, and banned it has remained. Except, that is, for when CITES chooses to allow it—as it has done now and then since 1997, when specific countries have some well-sourced ivory to get rid of. Most recently, in 2008, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe were allowed to make such sales to China and Japan. Now, as the triennial CITES meeting gets under way in Doha, both Tanzania and Zambia say they want to do something similar.

Those in favour of such sales (most notably, the countries which seek to make them) say they allow countries to benefit from having elephants, and help to finance elephant conservation and protection. Those against them (some conservation charities and some academics in the field) argue that any sale of ivory will lead to an increase in poaching by stimulating demand, and that little of the money raised actually goes to elephants. …

K’naan: East Coast Tour

K’naan Announces Co-Headlining U.S. Tour With Wale

K’naan

Acclaimed hip hop artist K’naan returns to the U.S. for a co-headlining tour with Wale.

The 11-date, East Coast trek kicks off at New York City’s The Fillmore at Irving Plaza on March 31. On the road, this potent hip hop duo will be joined by John Forte. Full dates below.

Born in Somalia and raised in Toronto, K’naan has always been on the move. Over the past four years, K’naan has played concerts and festivals across five continents, with artists such as Jason Mraz, Stephen Marley, Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def, Damian Marley, Youssou N’Dour, Amadou and Miriam and many more. He also performed at the Rock The Bells festival in 2009.

Most recently, he completed an 18 date “Trophy Tour” across Africa, with stops in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa and traveling alongside the actual FIFA World Cup™ Trophy. In March he will take the Trophy throughout Mexico, as well as Eastern and Western Europe.

Tour Dates:

3/31/2010 – The Fillmore at Irving Plaza – New York, NY*
4/01/2010 – House of Blues – Boston, MA*
4/02/2010 – Toad’s Place – New Haven, CT*
4/03/2010 – Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD*
4/04/2010 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC*
4/06/2010 – Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA*
4/08/2010 – Center Stage – Atlanta, GA*
4/09/2010 – College of William and Mary – Williamsburg, VA
4/11/2010 – Metro – Chicago, IL
4/13/2010 – Hosue of Blues – Cleveland, OH*
4/14/2010 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH*

*co-headlining date with Wale.

For more on K’naan see our exclusive feature/interview here.


Roaming abroad

India’s biggest mobile-phone operator makes a move on Africa

AS THE orchestra of chirrups and pings in any public place in the rich world attests, the market for mobile phones in developed countries is saturated—and even in some developing ones opportunities for growth are running short. So big mobile operators, including those from emerging economies, are looking for growth wherever it can be found. Bharti Airtel, the biggest Indian operator when measured by subscribers, said on Monday February 15th that it is hoping to expand beyond one of the world’s fastest growing markets and into another. It is in talks with Zain, a Kuwaiti telecoms company, to buy its sub-Saharan assets for $10.7 billion and bring together African and Indian mobile-phone expertise.

Bharti has tried to move into Africa before. Two previous efforts to merge with South Africa’s MTN fell through, the latest in September last year. The deal was blocked by South Africa’s government, which was unwilling to let go of a national champion. If the new deal proceeds Bharti should find a warmer welcome in the 15 countries, including Nigeria, Uganda and Tanzania, where Zain provides mobile phones to some 42m customers. …