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| Austrian politician killed - 11 Oct 08 |
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Austria's leaders have been paying tribute after
one of the country's most controversial
politicians, Joerg Haider, was killed in a car
accident. Austria's President hailed a politician
of great talent, while party leaders from across
the spectrum, many of them his political foes,
praised Haider as a gifted, if dividing, figure.
The leader of the far-right, Alliance for
Austria's future, died after losing control of his
car. Al Jazeera's Laura Kyle reports.
Tags : Al Jazeera English Laura Kyle Alliance for Austria Joerg Haider |
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Durée : 96 s |
| Thanks, Tobacco: You Killed My Mom |
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This video was created over a one-year period. At
first, it was just random use of a video camera,
plus a few pictures taken during a visit in
September of 2006. Of course, this was before we
knew that Mom had a collapsed lung. She went in
for tests, and it was discovered that she had
Stage IV Lung Cancer. As we learned of the cancer
diagnosis in October of 2006, we tried to get Mom
down to California (from Niagara Falls, Ontario,
Canada). It was a race against logistics and
paperwork (i.e. obtaining documentation in order
to cross a border and travel), which we
unfortunately lost. Mom suffered a stroke,
ironically on the same day as she received her
birth certificate, which would have allowed her to
travel to Southern California. The stroke left her
left side completely paralyzed, and she was stuck
in the hospital, no longer the independent woman
she once was. We were summoned to fly up
immediately, as we were told by her doctors that
her death would not be far behind. Mom proved them
all wrong, and lived for four more months. Of
course, the quality of life was minimal at best.
There was no treatment, since the cancer was
discovered so late, and due to the stroke. We have
since learned that often times, a biopsy can knock
loose cancerous material within a tumor, which can
cause a stroke. It was extremely difficult to
watch her suffering in a hospital bed, and
wondering why her last months had to be made that
much worse due to the stroke. So, Mom never did
get to come see where we live in California. We
continued to videotape the entire ordeal, so that
family (who couldn't be with us at that time)
could see everything. We ended up with
approximately 90 minutes of raw footage, which has
been edited down to the 10 minutes allowed here.
First, we have done this to honor Mom's last
wishes: tell people not to smoke. Second, we have
completed this very emotional project to honor her
memory, and to help us as we continue through the
grieving process. Finally, we are aware that much
of the anti-smoking media is not so real to
life--it doesn't show the suffering, what the
families go through, and the pain that cigarettes
actually cause. This documentary is
"non-Hollywood". We have omitted certain things
that one might find offensive, including her IV,
vomiting, bodily functions, and her actual death
itself, which was obviously painful. Instead, we
have brought many different segments together,
which still conveys our overall message: DON'T
SMOKE!
In a letter dated September 24, 2006, from Mom:
"Try not to worry about my health. I go for a
CAT-SCAN on October 4th. I should have the results
about a week later. The appointments are taking a
long time, so I must not be in such dire shape, or
they would rush them. I'm glad you never really
had the desire to smoke. What do your lungs look
like after all of those years of second-hand
smoke? I can't wait to see you and Patti more
often. Gotta go for now. Love Forever, Mom"
To conclude, one can compare smoking cigarettes to
a slow-motion car accident. At any time, you can
get out of the car before it crashes. It is your
choice. Furthermore, you may be driving your own
car, but please remember that you take passengers
along for the ride.
Tags : Cigarettes Lung Cancer Stroke Government Sponsored Drug Death illness hospital educational last wish family parent son |
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Durée : 598 s |
| Video Killed the Radio Star |
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Classic New Wave Music Video by the Buggles
Video Killed the Radio Star" is a 1980s New Wave
song (released in 1979) by the British group
Buggles that celebrates the golden days of radio.
With broadcast-quality vocals and a bouncy rhythm,
the song plays like a jingle. A fitting sound,
given the song tells of a singer whose career is
cut short by television. Horn has said his lyrics
were inspired by the J.G. Ballard short story "The
Sound-Sweep," in which the title character, a deaf
and dumb boy vacuuming up stray music in a world
without it, comes upon an opera singer hiding in a
sewer. He also felt "an era was about to pass."
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Durée : 200 s |
| Buggles - video killed the radio star live 2004 |
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Video killed the radio star, live 2004
Slaves To The Rhythm
In this brand new, two-hour UK DVD release, the
Princes Trust's Produced By Trevor Horn concert is
captured in all its glory (and packaged under its
original, intended title). In Slaves To The
Rhythm, 13 of Trevor's best selling acts, guest
musicians and a full backing orchestra, come
together for one night only. Artists performing
live include Seal, Pet Shop Boys, Frankie Goes to
Hollywood, Grace Jones, Lisa Stansfield, ABC, Art
of Noise, Dollar, Propaganda, tATu and Anne
Dudley. The DVD will be released 02 June 2008 and
will be available direct from the ZTT Shop, so
please register interest now via info@ztt.com and
we'll email you back the second we can start
shipping orders...
[18.04.2008]
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