Singer Snatam Kaur. Her voice is so beautiful and words as well. Just wanted to share. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCJQWKtYiUY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

World pays tribute as 'Improving' Mandela turns 95by Peroshni GovenderReuters    Translate This Article18 July 2013PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa and the world showered tributes on Nelson Mandela on Thursday as the anti-apartheid leader turned 95 in hospital and his doctors reported he was 'steadily improving' from a six-week lung infection. The country has been on edge since the former president and father of the multi-racial 'Rainbow Nation' established at the end of apartheid in 1994 was admitted to hospital on June 8 with recurring lung problems that kept him in a critical condition. It was his fourth stay in hospital in six months and has reminded South Africans that the man who is globally admired as a moral beacon against injustice and a symbol of racial reconciliation will not be with them for ever. But the mood was of celebration on Thursday as thousands of South Africans sang 'Happy Birthday' and took part in charitable initiatives in a global outpouring of support for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate on U.N.-designated 'Nelson Mandela Day'. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed Mandela as 'a giant of our times' and called on people around the world to pay tribute to him through community service. South Africans young and old commemorated the birthday with 67 minutes of public service to honour the 67 years Mandela served humanity by first fighting against white-minority rule and then consolidating racial harmony when he was president. Many offered birthday wishes outside the Pretoria hospital where Mandela has been receiving treatment, singing songs and holding up signs wishing him a speedy recovery. 'Thank you for all that you have done for this country,' said one well-wisher, Margaret Chechie. President Jacob Zuma visited Mandela at the hospital and said he was making steady progress.

NSA had the idea to try to recruit these language students, but the recruitment kind of turned into a trial. The blurb at the begiinning is a bit long, but its what follows that makes it worthwhile to hear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDsb-ch894I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Venezuela's president offers asylum to Snowden By Daniel Wallis and Deisy Buitrago, Reuters Edward Snowden. REUTERS/Courtesy of The Guardian/Glenn Greenwald/Laura Poitras/HandoutIceland declines Snowden's citizenship bidRussian spy tweets marriage proposal to SnowdenItaly rejects Snowden asylum requestObama, Merkel agree to surveillance talksSnowden still in Moscow despite Bolivian plane dramaCARACAS - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro offered asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Friday in defiance of Washington, which is demanding his arrest for divulging details of secret U.S. spy programs.Snowden, 30, is believed to be holed up in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport and has been trying to find a country that would take him since he landed from Hong Kong on June 23."In the name of America's dignity ... I have decided to offer humanitarian asylum to Edward Snowden," Maduro told a military parade marking Venezuela's independence day."He is a young man who has told the truth, in the spirit of rebellion, about the United States spying on the whole world."Russia has kept the former National Security Agency contractor at arm's length, saying the transit area where passengers stay between flights is neutral territory and he will be on Russian soil only if he goes through passport control.It was not immediately clear how Snowden would react to Maduro's offer, nor reach Venezuela if he accepted.There are no direct commercial flights between Moscow and Caracas, and the usual route involves changing planes in Havana - to which there is a flight from Sheremetyevo at 1005 GMT. It is not clear if the Cuban authorities would let him transit.Given the dramatic grounding in Vienna of the Bolivian president's plane this week over suspicions that Snowden was onboard, using European airspace could prove problematic.Russia has shown signs of growing impatience over Snowden's stay in Moscow.

Came across this video and was surprised how quickly I was going to let it go. Then I remembered hearing as a child somewhere that Elvis Presley had been visited by Star Beings, and watched it. Glad I did! This was well done! BelindaLove.. http://lovepeaceandharmony.org/video/video/show?id=2209390%3AVideo%3A377668