Georgian TV reporter shot by Russian sniper during live broadcast
August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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This is the dramatic moment a TV reporter was shot by a sniper as she reported live from war-torn Georgia.
Miss Urushadze, who reports for Georgia’s equivalent of the BBC, was talking live to a TV camera about humanitarian aid arriving in Gori yesterday afternoon when the sniper struck.
In the footage, she gasps as the first bullet grazes her left arm, and instinctively jumps sideways as four more whizz past.
In shock, she slumps to the ground as the cameraman rushes to her side.
Tamara Urushadze took a bullet to her left arm in the flashpoint town of Gori as Russian forces continued their illegal occupation.
Bravely, or foolishly, the 32-year-old brunette continued her report after a few moments as other journalists and aid workers dashed for cover.
Siege-town Gori has become a deadly ’sniper’s alley’ with citizens at the mercy of rampaging militiamen - believed to be from the breakaway republic South Ossetia - looting and firing guns, some drunkenly.
On Sunday video footage caught reporters from two Turkish stations ducking and saying their last prayers as they were fired upon by Russian snipers.
One of the journalists was hit in the eye but his injuries are reportedly not thought to be life-threatening.
‘Friends, I got hit on the head,’ the journalist, Levent Ozturk shouts in the video. ‘I am OK now, but in a few minutes … .’
The four journalists begin reciting a Muslim last prayer. Then they wave through the shattered sunroof of their truck and shout ‘Press! Press!’ in English.
All the journalists, from Turkish networks NTV and Kanal Turk, were safely back in Turkey by yesterday.
The Kremlin stands accused of turning a blind eye to renegades bent on ‘ethnic cleansing’ in revenge for Georgia’s ill-conceived invasion of South Ossetia last Friday.
But in turn Moscow blames the Georgians for abandoning their own people.
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This frisky dog is let loose in the park and runs around hitting on all the girls and a few guys laying out - very well trained dog!
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Emergency Room Stroke Exam
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Since 2004, doctors in rural emergency rooms have been using webcams to get an expert opinion before treating stroke patients.
A report, published on Aug. 3 in The Lancet Neurology says that the new technology helps them make the right decision.
“When a person suffers a stroke, time is of the essence,” says Brett Meyer, a UCSD professor who led the study.
Clot busting drugs, like alteplase, should be given within three hours of a stroke, but deciding which patients actually need that medication is tricky.
If a stroke specialist can see and hear their patient, zoom in on their pupils and facial muscles, and ask them questions, they are far more likely to offer the right advice. In fact, experts who examined patients with the webcam made the right decision 98 percent of the time, compared to 82 percent when they simply talked to the emergency room doctor by phone.
One Armed Guitar Player - Amazing
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Wow that is impressive lets give this guy a hand!
