“All at once, we were treating eleven patients with gunshot wounds. Despite the best efforts of everyone, six innocent people died that day at the scene and no treatment could have saved those innocent people as they were killed instantly. …. they don’t have gunshot wounds in Europ[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Japan’
May 7th, 2011 - 12:28 pm § in America
Peter Rhee, graduate of UWSOM Trauma Program, speaks out for gun control
April 12th, 2011 - 7:28 am § in Politics
Can Japan Recover?
from VOA Japan’s economic minister says the damage to the country’s economy from last month’s earthquake and tsunami is worse than first thought. Japan had estimated that the damage may total as much as $295 billion, a figure that did not include the cost of possible contamination of food and [...]
Sunday Revelations: Chernobyl Legacy
Photography of sick children in Chernobyl by Paul Fusco. Ed. To be fair, I have no way of knowing whether these kids’ illnesses are due to the Chernobyl meltdown. Whatever the truth , the horror is overwhelming. I wonder whether the cloak of compassion we hear from the Christian right [...]
April 8th, 2011 - 8:01 am § in Misc.
UPDATE: How to Donate for Japan Relief
From our American School in Japan alumnus, a complete listing of reputable charities engaged in relief work following the Tohoku Earthquake of March 11, tailored for donors outside Japan. Contact poster for complete info on donating from within Japan.[...]
Japan … no sex sumimasen.
from Huff Post A whopping 36.1 percent of teenage boys between the ages of 16-19 said they had little to no interest in sex, and in some cases even despised it, more than twice the 2008 figure of 17.5 percent. Futhermore, the survey, conducted in September 2010, reportedly found that 83.7 percent of[...]