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Naughty Boy - La La La featuring Sam Smith



This story is about an old Bolivian folk legend called El Tio, about a deaf child who escaped his abusive home and found a stray dog to keep him company. He had the power to heal people with his voice, and he found a man that was being stoned by the villagers.

He sung to the man, and healed his heart. Afterwards, he found a man that was "different" and shunned by society. He sung to this person as well, and healed his spirit and mind. They went to a mine near the village, where a demon resided.

The demon could control anyone who heard his voice and had put the village under his influence. While the dog and 2 men could not enter the cave, the boy was deaf and could not hear the demon. So he stayed behind and used his voice to be louder than the demon and overcame him, keeping the village safe. He had to stay there forever to sing to the demon and keep him away.

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Aloe Blacc "Wake Me Up" music video

(BMLTV) TUCSON, October 11, 2013 - 12 immigrant rights activists locked themselves to the wheels of two deportation buses headed to Operation Streamline at a federal court where 6 additional people had chained themselves to the entrance to protest the proceeding they say is criminalizing immigrants and destroying core principles of the justice system.

According to multiple sources, as a result of the three and a half hour long and continuing peaceful blockade, the court, for one of the only times in it's history, cancelled the proceedings where detainees are presented in shackles in front of a judge and sentenced as a group.

The protest is part of the “Not 1 More Deportation” campaign calling on the President to use his authority to keep families together and provide immediate relief from deportations for those who could benefit from a permanent solution.

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I will not let an exam result decide my fate

Suli Breaks explains why he will not let an exam or testing determine his future.
Yes! education is important but will we the testing with the school system define
our future?

Young children are taught the sign language of hope

(BMLTV) SYDNEY, October 18, 2013 - Deaf children have a right to a quality education, like all other children, in a language and environment that maximizes their potential. In this video, in conjunction with a global conference in Sydney on equality for deaf people, Human Rights Watch shows some of the challenges faced by deaf children and young people, and the opportunities sign language education offers them.

Decisions, risk perceptions, and rising sea levels
 

Poornima Madhavan Ph.D begins the first of the fall seminar series at the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanograph (CCPO) at ODU. photo: abhi ahmadadeen/BMLTV©



Poornima Madhavan Ph.D discusses some of the issues evolving around communicating rising sea levels. photo : abhi ahmadadeen/BMLTV©

(BMLTV) NORFOLK VA, September 10, 2012 - The first Center for Coastal Physical Oceanograph (CCPO) seminar for the fall semester was given by Poornima Madhavan PhD. from the Department of Psychology at Old Dominion University.

Dr. Madhavan presented results from a study that is focused on understanding why communications on climate change are failing to engage the public and what can be done to change this.

Dr. Madhavan's research is part of Old Dominion University's Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative.

by abhi ahmadadeen