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BBC Review - Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble Songs of the Metropolis Review

A calmer-than-usual concept set from the virtuoso saxophonist. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/cbzb

(LONDON) - Reedsman Gilad Atzmon is renowned for his virtuoso, high-speed, post-bop attack, and also for his equally hyperactive personality.

This concept album explores a highly alternative resting ground, where nearly every song is a ballad, and even the occasionally faster-paced tunes emit an aura of relative calm.

Election Could Push Israel Further To The Right

Likud is losing votes to a party even more conservative. The brash newcomer is the previously little-noticed Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party.

(CHICAGO) - Israel’s 19th general election, Tuesday, January 22, is almost certain to be won by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party.

There is no serious Liberal election opposition to Likud. What is serious, however, is the very real possibility that after this election, the Israeli government could turn even harder to the political right.

New Study Finds Malaria, Typhoid Fever - Not Ebola Virus - Are the Biggest Health Threats for Travelers to the Tropics

Malaria—caused by a parasite spread by the bite of infected female mosquitoes—was by far the most common condition, making up 76.9 percent of the diagnoses.

(DEERFIELD, IL) - Feeling feverish after a visit to the tropics? It may not just be a bout with this year’s flu.

If you’re a Western traveler, malaria and typhoid fever should top the list of diseases to discuss with your doctor when you return, especially following travel to Western Africa or India.

President Attempts to Reduce Gun Violence

Obama says most gun owners use their guns safely and responsibly, he says he believes firmly in protecting our Second Amendment rights.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Yesterday, President Obama announced his plan to protect children and communities by helping reduce gun violence.

A news release regarding this, states, "We won't stop every violent act like the one in Newtown, Connecticut. But if we can save the life of even one child, the President believes each of us has a responsibility to take action".

Right to Privacy Under Attack - in the Name of `National Security`

The government's infringement upon the right to privacy is growing---and is defended on the basis of being necessary for "national security."

(WASHINGTON DC) - In 1978, Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, commonly known as FISA.

It provided that all domestic surveillance be subject to the search warrant requirements of the Fourth Amendment, except for spying on foreign agents operating in the U.S.

Second Amendment Truths

So-called militias of today exist and operate subversively with the object of attacking, rather than protecting our free State.

(PASO ROBLES, CA) - Instead of declaring what will not be allowed, why don’t we say what will?, other weaponry to be used only by the “well regulated Militia necessary for the security of the United States of America.”

In 1783-9 ‘Militia’ meant a well regulated body of men under the leadership of such as Geo. Washington who succeeded in defeating the English whose Officers surrendered to him at York.

Medical Marijuana, Drs. Oz and Gupta: Misinformed Doctors

Legal drugs kill more people than marijuana ever did, which is zero.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Doctor Oz and Doctor Gupta, both come from countries in which marijuana has been used as medicine for at least one thousand years.

As such, it is surprising, at least to me, why they do not know more about its medical uses and its alleged dangerous misuses.

Academy Members Shouldn`t Shun Zero Dark Thirty

These are secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to overseas black sites like those shown in the film where torture is used.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Actor David Clennon, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, claims that the movie Zero Dark Thirty "promotes the acceptance of the crime of torture, as a legitimate weapon in America's so-called War on Terror."

Mr. Clennon, along with actors Ed Asner and Michael Sheen, state they will not vote for the film in any category.

Oman: Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender Mr Said Jaddad

William Nicholas Gomes requests that Oman set this brave human rights activist free immediately and unconditionally.

(YORK, UK) - It is hard for western people to imagine perhaps, the idea of literally being banned from conducting human rights work.

Yet that is exactly what happened in Oman, to blogger and activist Mr Said Jaddad. He was arbitrarily arrested by a special division of police in Muscat and detained in a holding facility at the Muscat Police station.

Water Levels Rise on Mississippi, But Below St. Louis

The runoff will translate to higher levels downstream on the Mississippi River through Memphis, Tenn., Vicksburg, Miss., and eventually New Orleans.

(STATE COLLEGE, PA) - AccuWeather reports a series of storms and recent thaw has driven water levels up on the Ohio and lower Mississippi rivers, but little change has occurred at St. Louis. Record-challenging low levels are forecast at the Gateway to the West.

Several drenching storms, combined with snow melt in some areas during the recent warm spell, have pushed a few tributaries of the Ohio River to flood levels in recent days.