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Human Rights Council should renew Nicaragua resolution for two years at March 2023 session
During a Human Rights Council debate with High Commissioner Volker Türk on the human rights impact of recent municipal elections in Nicaragua, the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) and 33 organisations, including from the Colectivo 46/2 coalition, launched a global call for the two-years renewal of the Council's resolution on Nicaragua.
On 15 December, the Human Rights Council – the UN's top human rights decision-making body – held a debate on the human rights situation in Nicaragua in the aftermath of the November 6 municipal elections, as mandated by the Council's resolution 49/3. Addressing the Council, new High Commissioner Volker Türk denounced an intensified 'climate of oppression', including:
The arbitrary detention of 225 individuals in 'precarious conditions', often leading to 'deteriorating mental health', including the detention of relatives of detained political opponents 'allegedly to coerce the latter into surrendering' and degrading treatment of family members visiting prisoners;
Over 3,000 NGOs shut down, almost half of which since September alone, and the closure of 26 national and 3 international media;
'Waves of arrests and dismissals of political opponents' in the run-up to the municipal elections, including the violent repression and arrest of 19 supporters of the indigenous political party YATAMA who protested alleged fraud;
70,000 new asylum applications from Nicaraguans in Costa Rica, and over 147,000 at the United States borders in the first half of 2022.
I would like to express my solidarity with the victims and their families, and with all human rights defenders in Nicaragua and in exile. My Office will continue to support efforts for accountability and for the promotion and protection of human rights.
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
High Commissioner Türk urged Nicaragua to 'immediately release all those arbitrarily detained', a call reiterated by Argentina, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, the United Kingdom, the United States, Ukraine, and the European Union. While Argentina raised strong concerns at abuses in Nicaragua, Mexico's voice was noticeably absent from the dialogue.
Speaking on behalf of Canada, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Ecuador and Peru, the Costa Rican Ambassador joined the call for the release of all political prisoners, and underscored that the municipal elections were 'neither fair nor free': they were marked by arrests and the absence of electoral reforms, 'similar to the 2021 general elections.' The seven countries – with the regrettable absence of Brazil, the remaining member of the group of States leading the Council's resolution on Nicaragua –, urged Nicaragua to attend its upcoming review by the UN's women rights committee (CEDAW) in February.
Germany reiterated deep concern about impunity for repeated attacks against indigenous peoples, recalling that 'forcing indigenous peoples from their ancestral homes also means restricting their access to education, food, medicine and other vital resources.' Peru, France and Switzerland echoed concerns over the situation of indigenous and afro-descendants in the country.
The 'Benelux' countries (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg) emphasised that 'femicides and sexual violence continue to increase as a result of the dismantling of the institutions that guarantee women's rights.'
Unsurprisingly, the Nicaraguan government declared its 'absolute rejection' of what it perceives as 'interventionist' reporting by the High Commissioner. Its position was expectedly endorsed by Syria, China, North Korea, Iran, Belarus, Sri Lanka, Russia, and Venezuela – countries under the Council's scrutiny for grave rights abuses.
Global call for two-years renewal of UN resolution on human rights in Nicaragua
Nicaraguan activist Juan Carlos Arce from the Colectivo de Derechos Humanos Nicaragua Nunca Más spoke on behalf of 34 human rights organisations to urge the Human Rights Council to renew its resolution on Nicaragua in its upcoming March 2023 session, when it is due for consideration. The joint statement was endorsed by the Colectivo 46/2, a coalition of Nicaraguan and international rights groups monitoring Nicaragua's human rights crisis at the UN level.
The full version of the joint statement is available in English and Spanish. It was orally delivered as follows:
We lack appropriate terms to describe the suffering that the Nicaraguan people have endured since the repression of the April 2018 protests, and the severity and breadth of the human rights crisis at the hands of the government in Nicaragua.
Juan Carlos Arce Campos, lawyer at the Colectivo de Derechos Humanos Nicaragua Nunca Más
Soon after the end of the Council's debate, the Colectivo 46/2 held a press conference to launch its global call for a two-years renewal of resolution 49/3 adopted by the Human Rights Council on 31 March 2022. The resolution, led by Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, strengthened the monitoring mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and created a Group of Human Rights Experts tasked with conducting 'thorough and independent investigations into all alleged human rights violations' since April 2018 in the country.
The three experts are mandated to look into the root causes of abuses, while adopting a victim-centred approach and 'addressing the impact of multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination.' They must also collect and preserve evidence, and identify perpetrators, with a view to 'ongoing and future accountability efforts.'
Such a robust, far-reaching mandate requires years-long efforts to document and address the root causes of Nicaragua's human rights crisis. A two-years renewal of the resolution is a necessary step to support that effort.
Raphael Viana David, China and Latin America Advocate at ISHR
The resolution was endorsed by 20 Council Members, including key regional actors such as Mexico and Argentina, African Members Malawi and the Gambia, and Asia-Pacific Members South Korea, Japan, and the Marshall Islands. While 20 Council Members abstained, only seven Members opposed the motion, including Honduras, who later shifted to an 'abstention' to no effect.
Nicaragua's long-term human rights crisis shows no signs of improvement. The Nicaraguan government has not given any indication over the past years of a willingness to reengage with the international community, nor to take initial steps to acknowledge the crisis and revert course. The government notably shut its door to six UN human rights committees over the past year, prompting an unprecedented response by the UN's two anti-torture bodies.
At the occasion of the Council's meeting on December 15, the Colectivo 46/2 published its assessment of Nicaragua's implementation of resolution 49/3. On the basis of information from the UN and Inter-American systems, the assessment concludes that Nicaragua has not taken any initial steps to implement any of the resolution's 14 recommendations – in line with past assessments of resolution 46/2.
During the dialogue, High Commissioner Türk, as well as Chile, France and Spain deplored Nicaragua's entrenched isolationism, imposed onto its population by President Ortega and Vice-President Murillo. Peru, Ecuador, Argentina and four other countries urged the government to resume cooperation with international human rights bodies.
In this context, ISHR and the Colectivo 46/2 call on:
The Human Rights Council to renew for a period of two years its resolution on the human rights situation in Nicaragua, that establishes the mandate of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua, and the monitoring and reporting mandate of the OHCHR, at its upcoming 52nd session in March 2023;
All Council Members to support such a resolution and reinforce its intersectional approach, by by bringing particular attention to the situation of indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants, migrants and forcibly displaced persons, those detained for political reasons and the families of victims.
Raphaël Viana David
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The International Service for Human Rights alongside 19 other organisations co-signed a statement to underline their disapproval of the rejection by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights of the applications for observer status of three human rights organisations during its 73rd ordinary session.
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Venezuela: Proposed law a serious threat to defenders - States must speak up!
Two days before the arrival of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to Venezuela, the National Assembly held a first reading of a draft law that, if passed, would criminalise the work of defenders, further shrinking the space they have to operate. States must speak up for human rights defenders and against this initiative!
Peru Universal Periodic Review: Excessive use of force during protests a live issue
As protests continue across Peru and at least 50 lie dead, States have called on Peru to stop the use of excessive force to quell unrest and to respect the rights of those exercising fundamental freedoms.
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Solving chess
Solving chess means finding an optimal strategy for playing chess, i.e. one by which one of the players (White or Black) can always force a victory, or both can force a draw (see Solved game). It also means more generally solving chess-like games (i.e. combinatorial games of perfect information), such as infinite chess. According to Zermelo's theorem, a hypothetically determinable optimal strategy does exist for chess and chess-like games.
In a weaker sense, solving chess may refer to proving which one of the three possible outcomes (White wins; Black wins; draw) is the result of two perfect players, without necessarily revealing the optimal strategy itself (see indirect proof).[1]
No complete solution for chess in either of the two senses is known, nor is it expected that chess will be solved in the near future. There is disagreement on whether the current exponential growth of computing power will continue long enough to someday allow for solving it by "brute force", i.e. by checking all possibilities.
1 Partial results
2 Predictions on when/if chess will be solved
3 Chess variants
Partial results[edit]
A mate-in-546 position found in the Lomonosov 7-piece tablebase. White to move. (In this example an 8th piece is added with a trivial first-move capture.)
Endgame tablebases have solved chess to a limited degree, determining perfect play in a number of endgames, including all non-trivial endgames with no more than seven pieces or pawns (including the two kings).[2]
One consequence of developing the 7-piece endgame tablebase is that many interesting theoretical chess endings have been found. One example is a "mate-in-546" position, which with perfect play is a forced checkmate in 546 moves, ignoring the 50 move rule.[3] Such a position is beyond the ability of any human to solve, and no chess engine plays it correctly either without access to the tablebase.
Predictions on when/if chess will be solved[edit]
Information theorist Claude Shannon argued in 1951 that it is not feasible for any computer to actually solve chess, since it would either need to compare some 10120 possible game variations, or have a "dictionary" denoting an optimal move for each of the about 1043 possible board positions.[4] It is thus theoretically possible to solve chess, but the time frame required (according to Shannon, 1090 years) puts this possibility beyond the limits of any feasible technology.
The number of mathematical operations required to solve chess, however, may be significantly different than the number of operations required to produce the entire game-tree of chess. In particular, if White has a forced win, only a subset of the game-tree would require evaluation to confirm that a forced-win exists (i.e. with no refutations from Black). Furthermore, Shannon's calculation for the complexity of chess assumes an average game length of 40 moves, but there is no mathematical basis to say that a forced win by either side would have any relation to this game length. Indeed, some expertly played games (grandmaster-level play) have been as short as 16 moves. For these reasons, mathematicians and game theorists have been reluctant to categorically state that solving chess is an intractable problem.[4][5]
Hans-Joachim Bremermann, a professor of mathematics and biophysics at the University of California at Berkeley, further argued in a 1965 paper that the "speed, memory, and processing capacity of any possible future computer equipment are limited by specific physical barriers: the light barrier, the quantum barrier, and the thermodynamical barrier. These limitations imply, for example, that no computer, however constructed, will ever be able to examine the entire tree of possible move sequences of the game of chess." Nonetheless, Bremermann did not foreclose the possibility that a computer would someday be able to solve chess. He wrote, "In order to have a computer play a perfect or nearly perfect game, it will be necessary either to analyze the game completely ... or to analyze the game in an approximate way and combine this with a limited amount of tree searching. ... A theoretical understanding of such heuristic programming, however, is still very much wanting."[6]
Recent scientific advances have not significantly changed these assessments. The game of checkers was (weakly) solved in 2007,[7] but it has roughly the square root of the number of positions in chess. Jonathan Schaeffer, the scientist who led the effort, said a breakthrough such as quantum computing would be needed before solving chess could even be attempted, but he does not rule out the possibility, saying that the one thing he learned from his 16-year effort of solving checkers "is to never underestimate the advances in technology".[8]
Chess variants[edit]
Some chess variants which are simpler than chess have been solved. A winning strategy for black in Maharajah and the Sepoys can be easily memorised. The 5×5 Gardner's Minichess variant has been weakly solved as a draw.[9] Although Losing chess is played on an 8x8 board, its forced capture rule greatly limits its complexity and a computational analysis managed to weakly solve this variant as a win for white.[10]
The prospect of solving individual, specific, chess-like games becomes more difficult as the board-size is increased, such as in large chess variants, and infinite chess.[11]
Shannon number (a calculation of the lower bound of the game-tree complexity of chess)
First-move advantage in chess
^ Allis, V. (1994). "PhD thesis: Searching for Solutions in Games and Artificial Intelligence" (PDF). Department of Computer Science. University of Limburg. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
^ "Lomonosov Tablebases". Retrieved 2013-04-24.
^ "Who wins from this puzzle?" A mate-in-546 chess position, with discussion (Post 1: Position, Post 7: Playable).
^ a b Shannon, C. (March 1950). "Programming a Computer for Playing Chess" (PDF). Philosophical Magazine. 7. 41 (314). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
With chess it is possible, in principle, to play a perfect game or construct a machine to do so as follows: One considers in a given position all possible moves, then all moves for the opponent, etc., to the end of the game (in each variation). The end must occur, by the rules of the games after a finite number of moves (remembering the 50 move drawing rule). Each of these variations ends in win, loss or draw. By working backward from the end one can determine whether there is a forced win, the position is a draw or is lost. It is easy to show, however, even with the high computing speed available in electronic calculators this computation is impractical. In typical chess positions there will be of the order of 30 legal moves. The number holds fairly constant until the game is nearly finished as shown ... by De Groot, who averaged the number of legal moves in a large number of master games. Thus a move for White and then one for Black gives about 103 possibilities. A typical game lasts about 40 moves to resignation of one party. This is conservative for our calculation since the machine would calculate out to checkmate, not resignation. However, even at this figure there will be 10120 variations to be calculated from the initial position. A machine operating at the rate of one variation per micro-second would require over 1090 years to calculate the first move!
^ http://www.chessgames.com Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathlan Anand, King's Indian Attack: Double Fianchetto (A07), 1/2-1/2, 16 moves.
^ Bremermann, H.J. (1965). "Quantum Noise and Information". Proc. 5th Berkeley Symp. Math. Statistics and Probability. Archived from the original on 2001-05-27.
^ Schaeffer, Jonathan; Burch, Neil; Björnsson, Yngvi; et al. (14 September 2007). "Checkers Is Solved". Science. 317 (5844): 1518–1522. doi:10.1126/science.1144079. PMID 17641166. (subscription required)
^ Sreedhar, Suhas. "Checkers, Solved!". Spectrum.ieee.org. Archived from the original on 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
^ Mhalla, Mehdi; Prost, Frederic (2013-07-26). "Gardner's Minichess Variant is solved". arXiv:1307.7118 [cs.GT].
^ Watkins, Mark. "Losing Chess: 1. e3 wins for White" (PDF).
^ Aviezri Fraenkel; D. Lichtenstein (1981), "Computing a perfect strategy for n×n chess requires time exponential in n", J. Combin. Theory Ser. A, 31 (2): 199–214, doi:10.1016/0097-3165(81)90016-9
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Q: Why is this VBA data-fetching function hanging? I have written this function in VBA to fetch data from a URL. I am calling it from another function that is called in an Access query. The code is adapted from code in an article cited in the comments of the code:
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Public Function sURLfetch(ByVal sURL As String) As String
'========================================================
' Return data found at a URL.

' From "www.MyExcelGenius.com/getting-data-from-a-website-in-json-format-using-vba/".
' Requires reference "Microsoft XML, v6.0".

Const bRunAsynch As Boolean = True
Const nProcessComplete As Integer = 4

Dim oRequest As MSXML2.XMLHTTP60
Set oRequest = New MSXML2.XMLHTTP60

Dim sResponse As String

With oRequest
    .Open "get", sURL, bRunAsynch
    .setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/json"
    .send

    Do While oRequest.ReadyState <> nProcessComplete
        DoEvents
      Loop

    sResponse = .responseText
  End With

sURLfetch = sResponse

'========================================================
End Function        ' sURLfetch()
'========================================================

When this function is called, it hangs VBA. But here's the strange thing: If I set a breakpoint on the line:
Do While oRequest.ReadyState <> nProcessComplete

and then tell VBA to continue from there, then it runs fine and returns the desired result. It does this over and over, returning the proper sequence of results, as long as the code is interrupted at that breakpoint and then continued. However, if I remove that breakpoint and set a breakpoint instead on the line right after the loop:
sResponse = .responseText

then it hangs and I get nothing.
So, for some reason, this function hangs on the loop unless it is told to pause by a breakpoint before entering the loop.
The purpose of the loop is to ensure that the fetching process has completed before recording the response. I have watched the operation of the code, and the loop usually repeats zero or one time. When it repeats, that means the fetch was incomplete and needed to finish. So the loop is necessary for what I am fetching. And for some reason, it appears to work okay as long as there's a breakpoint before it, but otherwise mysteriously hangs.
The DoEvents function, the entire contents of the loop, just tells VBA to let the operating system do whatever it has going on while the loop is executing. That function call is in the original code adapted here and there's documentation of the function by Microsoft and wellsr.
I tried to automate the pause by inserting a call to a function that pauses VBA for a random time. That did not prevent the function from hanging.
Summary:

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*The function works if it is paused by a breakpoint at the beginning of the loop.

*It hangs if it is called without a breakpoint or with a breakpoint after that loop.

What could be causing this function to hang, and what could I change to get it to work?

A: It appears that the problem was setting the asynch parameter in the Open command to True. That setting allows the request to stop before it's finished, which is what made the DoEvents loop necessary. So I tried changing that parameter to False and commenting out the loop. After that, the function seems to be working fine.
I don't know why the original code used asynch = True and the loop. That seems to have been what made the function not work.

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I want to talk today about how to scale bitcoin. We want lower latency, we want higher throughput, more bandwidth and more transactions per second, and we want security. We can try to tune the parameters. In all of the plots, I have time going from left to right and these are blocks in rectangles. We have larger blocks which might give us more throughput. We could have shorter block length, and transactions would come faster on the chain and we have better throughput but we get forks and orphans when that happens. We have unfairness, smaller miners get less revenue and leads to centralization and I will talk about that. We have a longer time to convergence because of these orphans and forks.
We need proper evaluation. We need a scientific way to realize what we are achieving and how to evaluate which proposal is better. We need a clear way to realize which way is best.
I am presenting about a project where we run the actual code, the actual Bitcoin Core client and we emulate the world for it, we emulate the network based on measurements from the bitcoin network. We do some basic bootstrapping and then we just run the raw code. So that's fine, oh I should talk about- we have 500 machines, the experiments I'll show you later are 1000 bitcoin nodes running on multi-core machines. 150 machines? 500 machines?
The first measurement is going to be- consensus delay, how long it takes for you to reach agreement. The easiest way to explain this is by example. The 80% consensus delay is if at least 80% of the time 80% of the nodes agreed on what happened until 10 minutes ago. We reduce the interval between blocks, and the bandwidth remains the same but blocks come in faster. You can see in the x scale the block frequency, and 0.1 means one block every 10 seconds. There are clear trends here.
We see that as we increase the block frequency the consensus delay improves. We get improvement which is what we want. As we increase the block size, and this is the second type of experiment, we have one block every 10 seconds and we increase the block sizes generated every 10 seconds. There is increased block size, and the consensus delay is way up and it grows quickly. This is bad. So we're trying to improve bandwidth and this is what happens to consensus delay.
Another metric is time to prune, I am measuring the time it takes to realize that you are sitting on a branch. And once you are sitting on a branch, how long it takes you to realize that the real chain is somewhere else. We obviously want this to be short. "Subjective time to prune".
As we increase block size, subjective time to prune becomes increasingly worse.
Next I will talk about fairness. We know that larger miners get more than.. I am not talking about selfish mining or anything or any cheating, just miners mining. Any miner mining on their own branch if there is a fork. So larger miners get more. So I am talking myself, how much do the smaller miners get? We want them to get what they need. As we increase block frequency, bandwidth throughput is the same, we have faster blocks smaller blocks, we get the fairness going down very quickly, as we increase block frequency, same result. The trend is clear.
Mining power utilization is how secure bitcoin is. It's the ratio of blocks that end up in the main chain. Other blocks are those that do not contribute to the security of the system. What's the ratio of these? We want it to be 1, we want all of the blocks to be on the main chain. This would improve latency. And as we increase the size of blocks, it goes down quickly.
Time to win: how long until the last competing branch is generated? Until any other miner agrees that this is the longest chain and they stop creating competing branches? We want this to be zero optimally, and as we increase block frequency we get longer time to win, and as we increase block size we also increase the time to win.
So in summary I talked about scaling the blockchain; I gave clear metrics. We did not evaluate any of the suggestions from the BIPs. This is just the raw Bitcoin Core software. We wanted to see stark trends. We measured power utilization, time to win, time to prune, fairness, and consensus delay. We think these are good metrics. We introduced the blockchain testbed, we are very happy to run your code on it. We want to run experiments. We just need a real working client on this system, and we want to make it big, realistic and effective, and test real options for bitcoin and beyond.
Speaking of beyond, I would like to present to you now, Bitcoin NG, which is a different protocol, a new generation of blockchains, it solves everything that I presented so far. Key blocks have no content, leader election. We have two types of blocks. We have key blocks, they carry no content and they are only used for leader election. And then there are microblocks that only have content; only the leader is allowed to create or generate microblocks.
Keyblocks have a proof-of-work just like bitcoin, and they have the previous block which is a microblock just like bitcoin. And they have public key K generated by the miner. Every microblock has the actual transactions that the miner wants to introduce. These are signed by the private key of the leader. Only the leader can generate these microblocks. The interval between keyblocks are maybe 10 minutes or longer. The microblocks come in very quickly with short intervals, think seconds. This can be shorter than the network diameter.
Now fees; each key block gives the usual subsidy with whatever way you do it, and we need to talk about the fees from the transactions. The fees are given 40% back to the leader, and 60% going forward to the next leader (the next miner). The reason is that the next miner, the one who gets the 60%, is motivated to place itself as late as possible in the chain. It is motivated to include transactions from the previous miner, the leader on the left the one that gets 40% is motivated to place transactions in microblocks because then he gets his 40%. Why 40%? Because we have to make some assumptions about the size of the attacker, and we don't want the attacker to be motivated about mining multiple blocks, it becomes complicated. It could be 10%, but then larger miners might be motivated not to place transactions in blocks.
Consensus delay of bitcoin-ng: 100 second key block intervals, 10 second microblock intervals. Increase block frequency, consensus delay is down, like in bitcoin but better. The same goes as you increase block size.
Fairness is what becomes interested; key blocks are so far apart that you get minimal forks. So the fairness is about 1, which is qualitatively better. As you increase the block size, it stays at 1.
Mining power utilization, with block size it's fine.
Time to win: Almost no large forks.
Subjective time to prune: similar.
You need clear metrics, you need to run the actual code, you need to emulate the world around it. We have the testbed and we're happy to collaborate with different ideas. I also presented bitcoin-ng.
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6 months, 8 social enterprises, and 1 million dollars in major contracts and funding later, Launchpad Work is now complete.
Launchpad Work was New Zealand's first business accelerator for ambitious social enterprises whose purpose is to provide jobs or training for individuals who face the greatest barriers to work. Whether this barrier is a disability, a lack of skills, or anything else which has led to an individual being marginalised, Launchpad Work is a programme which wraps support around organisations tackling these problems to enable them to grow their business, and in doing so increase their impact.
Internationally, social enterprise has proven to be an effective model to support people into employment, largely due to the fact that success to a social enterprise is not just making a profit, but achieving a positive impact in the world. In Scotland, 45% of social enterprises aim to create employment opportunities, whilst the broader social enterprise sector adds almost $2 billion to their economy each year. With the ability to benefit both the local community and the wider country, Ākina, the Ministry of Social Development and SkyCity Auckland Community Trust were excited to create a programme which accelerates the growth of employment-focused social enterprises.
To do this, Launchpad Work took the 'startup accelerator' format, made famous by programmes such as Y Combinator and TechStars, and tailored it to create a more bespoke programme to better suit social enterprise. Rather than having a predetermined outline of workshops & learnings, we assigned each business a business coach, or Venture Manager, at the beginning of the programme who was tasked with providing the Venture with wrap around support in whatever form they needed to enable them to accelerate through the programme.
One of the key ways this support was delivered was via a pool of mentors with deep experience within their respective fields. At the beginning of the programme, the participants had a 'speed dating' session with the prospective mentors, leading to 'mentoring matches' where the ventures secured amazing mentors to provide insights, challenge and support to them along their journey.
The other key structure of the programme was fortnightly 'check-ins', where we brought all of the participants together to reflect on progress, discuss goals, and enable them to learn from (and be accountable to) each other. This was really valuable time to enable the teams to 'step out of the weeds' and ensure it was the longer-term strategic goals they were focusing on and taking actions towards.
This all occurred over just a six month period. And based on the goals these participants have over the next couple of years, we're really excited to see their impact continue to grow and, alongside this, more and more people who face major barriers to employment find themselves in a rewarding role, and on a new life trajectory.
From the entire team at Ākina, thank you to the participants of Launchpad Work. Thank you for pursuing impact as well as profit, thank you for sharing your skills and experience along the way with us and each other, and thank you for doing this so so well. We have been in awe of your hard work, passion, and execution. It's been a privilege to walk alongside you for a small part of your journey.


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The Zimbabwe Land and Agrarian Network (ZiLAN) in conjunction with Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) and the Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies (SMAIAS) will conduct a Trainer of Trainer's Workshop on Rural Women's Land Rights on Tuesday 18 December 2018 in Harare beginning at 0830hrs.
The right of women to hold and use land in the various land tenure regimes of Zimbabwe continues to be inequitable in all land tenure regimes, despite the major strides taken in promoting more equitable land redistribution and progressive constitutional reform. It is against this background that ZiLAN is organising a pilot Trainer of Trainer's workshop to be facilitated by legal, land and gender experts.
To adequately prepare ZiLAN members to be able to effectively train and advise rural communities especially of the legal framework, recourse and availability of remedies on women's land and property rights.
Equip participants with practical knowledge on the law and how to engage and/be involved in the land rights systems by accessing the courts and human rights institutions, in order to effectively advance women's land rights in Zimbabwe.
Inform and empower participants to develop and encourage a culture of respect for women and property rights.
It is hoped that the trained cadres will cascade the information to other rural women. Also targeted for training are traditional leaders and other officials in land administration structures. The workshop will mark the end of our 2018 activities.


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from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function

import sys
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
from mock import MagicMock
from pandas.util.testing import (assert_series_equal,
                                 assert_frame_equal)

from ...external.six import PY3
from ..component import Component, DerivedComponent, CategoricalComponent
from ..data import Data

class TestPandasConversion(object):

    def test_Component_conversion(self):

        comp = Component(np.arange(5))
        series = pd.Series(np.arange(5))

        assert_series_equal(series, comp.to_series())

    def test_DerivedComponent_conversion(self):

        data = MagicMock()
        link = MagicMock()
        link.compute.return_value = np.arange(5)
        comp = DerivedComponent(data, link)

        series = pd.Series(np.arange(5))
        assert_series_equal(series, comp.to_series())

    def test_CategoricalComponent_conversion(self):

        comp = CategoricalComponent(np.array(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']))
        series = pd.Series(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])

        assert_series_equal(series, comp.to_series())

    def test_CoordinateComponent_conversion(self):

        d = Data(x=[1, 2, 3])
        series = pd.Series(np.array([0, 1, 2]))
        comp = d.get_component(d.get_pixel_component_id(0))
        assert_series_equal(series, comp.to_series())

    def test_Data_conversion(self):

        d = Data(n=np.array([4, 5, 6, 7]))
        cat_comp = CategoricalComponent(np.array(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']))
        d.add_component(cat_comp, 'c')
        link = MagicMock()
        link.compute.return_value = np.arange(4)
        deriv_comp = DerivedComponent(d, link)
        d.add_component(deriv_comp, 'd')
        order = [comp.label for comp in d.components]

        if sys.platform.startswith('win') and PY3:
            world_0_dtype = np.int32
        else:
            world_0_dtype = np.int64

        frame = pd.DataFrame()
        frame['Pixel Axis 0 [x]'] = np.ogrid[0:4]
        frame['World 0'] = np.arange(4).astype(world_0_dtype)
        frame['n'] = np.array([4, 5, 6, 7])
        frame['c'] = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
        frame['d'] = np.arange(4)
        out_frame = d.to_dataframe()

        assert_frame_equal(out_frame, frame)
        assert list(out_frame.columns) == order

    def test_multi_dimensional(self):

        a = np.array([[2, 3], [5, 4], [6, 7]])
        comp = Component(a)
        series = pd.Series(a.ravel())

        assert_series_equal(series, comp.to_series())

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Lostine, Wallowa County, Oregon Mrs. Jessie May Hammack, Lostine, passed away Monday, August 8, 1960 at the Wallowa Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for the past two weeks. Funeral services are being held today (Thursday ) at 2 p.m. at the Lostine Christian Church, with the Rev. Harold D. Fuller officiating. Burial will be in the Wallowa Cemetery. Mrs. Hammack who has lived in and near Lostine for 32 years was born March 16, 1876 in Waupaca, Wisc., daughter of Mason and Mary Allen. On November 16, 1913 she was married to James L. Hammack who preceded
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Norman L. Hay. When a group of really progressive, enterprising and public-spirited men get in control of a local government, it matters little what special form of charter or municipal organization they operate under, they do things and an entire community feels an uplift. This is well illustrated in the case of the City of Sedan, where Norman L. Hay had been mayor since 1912, and in close co-operation with the city council dominated by similar ideas as to the public good, he had brought about results which justify unusual pride in the part of Sedan in its civic and
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Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Mrs. J. W. Wortman Dies Very Suddenly Mrs. John Wortman passed away yesterday afternoon, Wednesday January 5, 1927, at the La Grande hospital where she had been taken for an operation for appendicitis. She never rallied from the operation. Kathryn Dufur was born in Waupaca, Wisconsin, April 8, 1884, and came west with her father and the family in 1901, going first to Bellingham, Washington. Afterward they made their home at Kalama, Washington. She was a highly educated and cultured woman and engaged in teaching after she had finished her training. While she was teaching at
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Toppenish residents were shocked to learn early this week of the death of Sheriff Lew Evans. Mr. Evans who lived on a ranch near Buena was for a number of years a community leader in Toppenish. Death came to the popular county official in St. Elizabeth Hospital where he was taken after he had suffered a heart attack at his home one hour before. He died at 12:30 Tuesday morning [January 4, 1949]. Funeral services will be held in Shaw & Sons Chapel in Yakima Friday afternoon at 1:30 with burial in Terrace Heights Memorial Park. Hopkins Mortuary has charge


While waiting at Kennedy International for my mother-in-law's flight to arrive from Nigeria I had time to do some people-watching. I saw Muslim women in hijab, orthodox Jewish men in those cool beaver hats that I hear are very expensive. I saw African men and women some dressed in traditional garb, hippies, people of different nationalities that appeared to be businessmen and women, as well as flight crews of just about every nationality you can imagine.
In the midst of this crazy election cycle I couldn't help but see the dichotomy between this scene, which to me represents the "real" America, and the exclusionist, homogeneous, dystopia desired and espoused by the camp of one presidential candidate whom I find to be an extremely foul and vulgar individual.
We are all the descendants of immigrants however our ancestors might have arrived upon these shores. Each contributing their own unique thread to the fabric of our society. American culture, if nothing else, is the ultimate melting pot. Spend a few days in New York city and it's all but impossible for that notion to be lost on you.
Anyhow, Mom-in-law arrived looking as beautiful as ever in her traditional garb and off we went to our place where a few days later we had a feast for her that included a bunch of Nigerian dishes, Jamaican jerk chicken, barbecued ribs, smoked fish and french pastries for desert. A true smorgasbord and that's what America is all about to me. I love this country!


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As dressage instructor/trainer Ann Guptill rides a client's horse during the coronavirus shutdown, a barn employee FaceTimes the horse owner to share video of the session (courtesy of Ann Guptill)
Coronavirus shutdowns have you unable to get to the barn? Here's how some dressage pros are keeping the lessons and the learning going.
By Amber Heintzberger
From her farm in Ringoes, New Jersey, dressage trainer Amy Howard turns on her Pixem camera and logs in the owner of the horse she's preparing to ride. With stables across many states closed to visitors, including horse owners, as part of the widespread measures aimed at combating the COVID-19 pandemic, Howard is using technology to allow her clients to watch their horses train virtually.
In Howard's system, the horse owner logs in to the Pixem via smartphone. As Howard rides, a sensor in a specially paired watch acts as a tracking beacon, guiding the camera to follow her and the horse as they move around the arena.
Howard is one of many dressage enthusiasts who has sought virtual alternatives to traditional in-person dressage training and instruction in this era of unprecedented shutdowns and isolation. Here's a look at some of the ways technology is helping them stay on track with their horses and riding.
Long-Distance Training
Even before the COVID-19 outbreak shut down most face-to-face interaction, Howard was using the Pixem to take lessons with her Netherlands-based coach, Marcel Timmermans. With Timmermans also stuck at home now, Howard is taking daily lessons on her own competition horse, Florelli.
"I bought the Pixem camera in August and have been using it since December," Howard says. "It does take a bit of getting used to. It also really needs another person sitting with the camera. With so many people using the internet for streaming lately, I've been having problems. I use it three times a day for three hours at a stretch, and it needs recharging in between."
The system, while helpful, isn't perfect, says Howard: "Sometimes, all of a sudden, it drops the call, or Marcel won't be able to see me any more because the app will freeze. Lately I've been having more problems than I had before, but it's pretty good." One quibble with the Pixem is that the company is based in France, and Howard has had trouble with customer service when she has an issue. "I've reached an answering machine, and it's all in French, and then nobody calls back," she said. "I finally reached them through Facebook."
Learning Remotely
In eastern North Carolina, adult-amateur rider Elizabeth Pope has been recording her sessions for the past eight years. She began by filming herself riding in clinics so that she could review her lessons later. When her trainer, Fallon Blackburn, and Blackburn's US Marine husband got stationed in Japan for three years, Pope began taking remote lessons.
"I purchased my first Pixio videotaping system," says Pope, "and asked Fallon if we could do distance coaching. I also signed up for Karen Rohlf's Dressage Naturally online program and have been doing that for about three years now. Both of these experiences have been incredible for the wealth of knowledge and overwhelming positive energy. It's a joy to experience."
Even with Blackburn back in the States, Pope continues to use the Pixio system, as the trainer is based in Virginia.
"Under normal conditions, I can now have live lessons with her about twice a month," Pope says. "I supplement that with video footage posted on YouTube and coaching."
(Pixem and Pixio are sister "robotic cameraman" systems from the French company Move 'n See. Pixio, the original robot, connects to a video camera, or to a smartphone or tablet after a compatibility upgrade. Pixem pairs with a smartphone or tablet. See the "Resources" sidebar for contact information.)
Pope records her rides and then sends the videos to Blackburn to review. She uses video-editing software (currently Movavi Video Suite 18) to edit her videos. She says she tried connecting her phone to the Pixio but had issues with both an iPhone and an iPad shutting off mid-lesson. Still, she says, "I may go back to it, as this would be amazing: real lessons in real time with instructors anywhere in the world!"
Of the technology, Pope says: "The incredible thing about all this is that you don't need live lessons to learn. Sending video for coaching, then applying corrections and videotaping again for further coaching and study, really works. I find that editing software provides the opportunity to study in slow motion, to put together compilations over time to see progress with concepts, and to match what I see on video with what I feel riding."
The Video-Conferencing Method
When USDF-certified instructor and FEI-level competitor Eliza Sydnor closed her Snow Camp, North Carolina, boarding and lesson facility due to the COVID-19 outbreak, she knew that she wanted to continue teaching somehow. For advice, she reached out to the Washington state-based dressage pro Alyssa Pitts, who has been taking lessons virtually with British Olympic gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin for several years. Pitts has a tech-savvy client who helped her figure out a setup, and they wrote down instructions that they shared with Sydnor.
"I've taught about five remote lessons now," Sydnor says. "It takes a little getting used to from my end; I'm so used to teaching in real life. The picture quality varies depending on the cell-phone service at their place, but once I get used to it it's fine. Even if it's not the best quality, I can see the topline of the horse, I can see the rider's position, and I can see if the horse is going forward or not."
So far, Sydnor has used lower-tech methods than the robotic systems—usually Apple's FaceTime video-chat app—noting that any platform with video capability, such as Skype, Facebook Messenger, or WhatsApp, would work. "The hardest part," she says, "has been getting a second person to agree to video for you."
Sydnor's method is a two-step process. She places a traditional voice phone call to the rider, who wears earbuds in order to be able to hear Sydnor's instructions during the lesson. At the same time, Sydnor and the helper initiate a video chat so that Sydnor can watch the rider on her iPad.
"Of course a Pixio or Pixem would take some of that out of it, but that's not really an option for every rider," Sydnor says. "I find that most people already have a smartphone and probably a tablet, too."
Another must to make this method work: a good internet connection. "My farm is in the middle of nowhere, and I don't have [wifi] in my arena," says Sydnor. "If you don't have internet, it's a nonstarter."
Sydnor's embrace of technology has even brought her a couple of new students, she says—riders who live too far away to work with her in person, or whose work schedules are too inflexible.
"Repurposing" a Security Camera
USDF-certified instructor, FEI-level trainer/competitor, and USDF L graduate Hilary Moore Hebert began teaching remotely several years ago as an alternative to in-person lessons when she was out of town.
Even before the pandemic hit, "I've had this long-term goal of finding ways to have technology involved in the dressage world," says Hebert. "I work with Shannon Dueck, and she's in Florida, so it's a two-way street. [The technology] allows me to take lessons from people who geographically aren't near me. I'd love to do clinics with people in Europe and things like that. I was hoping to start doing remote clinics this spring, where the clinician was remotely teaching us, and then everything shut down."
At her farm in Maryland, Hebert had high-speed internet installed in her indoor arena. Near the router is a Nest security camera that affords a panoramic view. From her smartphone or tablet, she can zoom in to see a horse and rider up close. And when she links her phone to a television, she has a big screen on which she can better see details.
"When people want to do a lesson, I call them on their cell phone," Hebert says. "Because we have the wifi and the Nest on all the time I can review their rides, and if you have access to the account you can just review the footage. Even if they aren't scheduled for a lesson, I can help them in real time and there's no setup. One thing is, you really need high-speed internet to make it work."
According to Hebert, prospective Nest users have the choice of purchasing a Nest camera and downloading the companion app for free, then creating an account through which the footage plays in real time; or of buying an account that allows the user to do playbacks.
"The camera is maybe $300," she says. "You plug it into an outlet, and it's magnetized, so I stick it to a steel beam. You start up the app, and once you set it up, you could teach a lesson in half an hour."
At the moment, with her barn closed, Hebert has stopped teaching in her arena and is working all of the horses at her farm in a limited capacity. She has 15 horses on property, 10 of them in partial or full training, and she says she was able to supervise all of the riding on her farm while she was in Florida over the winter. One student, who was showing Intermediate I prior to Hebert's departure last fall, "was essentially schooling the Grand Prix by the time I came home, all with my helping her remotely."
Instead of taking virtual lessons, most of Hebert's students are currently "submitting videos to me for a 'fix-a-test'-type situation, and then I critique their test," she says. "I watch the video and score a test, to have something written down, and then call them and go over it to explain what I mean. I also e-mail them a few paragraphs to address issues and talk about ways to fix them. It's a little tricky with internet speed to do a live video lesson in some cases."
Nest cameras have come in handy for other purposes during the shutdown, as well. Hebert used it to enable her veterinarian in Florida to watch a horse jog, and she knows people who use theirs for tack-room security or to view their pastures, she says. The camera detects motion, so if Hebert were away from her arena and someone started riding, she would receive an alert and could check on them, even if she's not there. The device also monitors temperature; if Hebert's barn gets hotter than 90 degrees, she gets an alert on her phone.
Pivoting to Online: Creating Virtual Educational (and Income) Opportunities
The forced separations among instructors and students have prompted a number of dressage pros to get more serious about utilizing online platforms to expand their educational reach, not to mention helping to replace lost income.
"I'd thought about doing this for years, and now I have no excuses!" laughs Sydnor, who recently launched a YouTube series about starting a young horse under saddle. She's also given a couple of educational talks using Facebook Live. To help make up for lost lesson income, Sydnor created a private Facebook group called Eliza Sydnor Dressage Students. Users pay a monthly fee to access daily posts and educational content.
And no, you don't need to be super-skilled to do these things, Sydnor reassures.
"I'm not the most tech-savvy person, and I had to figure some stuff out, like getting the video right side up!" she says. "I'm just trying to be creative, and for my students who can't ride, they're getting some education somehow."
Dressage instructor/trainer Eliza Sydnor conducts an educational session using Facebook Live, as shown in this screen shot from the event
In the hard-hit state of Connecticut, Ann Guptill's dressage barn had already been closed for a few weeks when we talked to her in early April. She has been using FaceTime to connect with the owners of the horses she has in training, and she's also used the app to teach a client who lives out of state. She conducted a virtual fix-a-test session with another student who posted a video to YouTube.
"A lot of people are pretty isolated right now," says Guptill, "so it's a way to stay connected."
Like Sydnor, Guptill has turned to Facebook Groups as an educational and income adjunct. Those who pay the membership fee to access her private group, Virtual Dressage with Ann Guptill, can enjoy weekly discussions on various topics. She's planned unmounted lessons, such as lectures on the pyramid of training. Clients have also requested sessions on horsemanship and grooming topics, she says.
"I came up with the idea because my yoga instructor is doing a live video feed through FaceTime," says Guptill. "It's a class I've done for years, and hearing her talk to us through the video was almost like being there. It's not the same as being live, but it's the next best thing.
"So many people are working from home or quarantined," Guptill continues. "I plan to set a time once a week that works for most people. The nice thing about Facebook is, people can still watch the video in the private group at any time. I'd welcome anyone to join it."
Practical Considerations
After consulting with a few colleagues, Sydnor decided to maintain her usual lesson prices for remote sessions.
"They agreed, it's still your time," Sydnor says. "When I'm done, I write a little summary of the lesson. If there's anything that I couldn't address because it was a video, like adjusting the rider's leg, I try to find a helpful graphic to illustrate the point. People have been really appreciative of that."
Many riders, of course, are frustrated that they can't ride during the shutdown. Even in normal circumstances, there will be the occasional student or horse owner who can't ride or come to the barn for some reason. To all of these enthusiasts, Guptill says, "Staying connected with the trainer is very important, however you can."
"I think people definitely still need to have their goals," she continues, "and think about how to attain them while they're not riding. You don't want to feel like you're floundering. One option is to have the trainer keep the horse going, and you should do some kind of alternate fitness [program] so you can get on and ride the horse when you can. I would recommend people not lose sight of long-term goals."
The current virtual emphasis actually plays into many riders' wheelhouse.
"A lot of people are visual learners," Guptill says, "and watching the trainer work the horse can help them understand what's required of the horse and how it's done. It's an opportunity for visual learners, for sure. Once you figure out what works for you, it doesn't take a lot of extra time, and it's what we need to do to stay connected with our clients through this time period."
For more information about the devices, apps, and online resources mentioned in this article, visit their websites.
Pixem/Pixio: Movensee.com
Movavi Video Suite: Movavi.com
Dressage Naturally: DressageNaturally.net
FaceTime: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204380
Skype: Skype.com
Facebook Messenger: Messenger.com
WhatsApp: WhatsApp.com
Nest: https://store.google.com/category/google_nest
YouTube: YouTube.com
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/solutions/facebook-live
Facebook Groups: https://www.facebook.com/groups/
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There is some reason to think that this whole Ebola scare may be another false flag ploy to scare people into accepting draconian mainstream medical solutions and eventually a new medicine or vaccination that will simply fill the bank accounts of the Pharma-Industrial Mafia. In any case, we believe it is happening by design, not simply by natural occurrence. This Ebola protocol is intended to give the people who don't automatically buy the lies of this mafia medicine cartel an option that is real and viable based on real science rather than the quackery and tyranny of government and its medicine company manipulators.
Protecting yourself against the Ebola virus (and other viruses and bacterial infections) is really more a matter of having a strong immune system than anything else. Individuals most in danger are those with compromised and under-functioning immunities. The primary culprit is a bad diet and malnutrition resulting in a deficiency of essential vitamins and minerals.
The symptoms of Ebola or Hemorrhagic Fever start two days to three weeks after contracting the virus, with a fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. Typically, vomiting, diarrhea, and rash follow, along with decreased function of the liver and kidneys. Around this time, affected people may begin to bleed both within the body and externally. Interestingly, it actually exhibits "scurvy-like" symptoms in which the virus seems to interfere with or negate the body's absorption or utilization of Vitamin C.
The following protocol may be helpful in boosting the immune system which in most cases should give greater protection against any such nutrition and viral triggered diseases.
1. Therapeutic Liver Flush- If one has already caught a virus, it generally would not be practical to have to do a Liver Cleanse prior to using the other items in this protocol. But as a rule, it is always good to do periodic Liver Cleanses as that will aid in boosting our bodies immune system even if it is done concurrently with the rest of this protocol. This is a two day therapeutic flush to help cleanse the liver and gall bladder in the event that they are already overloaded with toxins. Any viral or bacterial die off will be filtered through the liver, kidneys, and also sweat glands, so it is best to start with 'clean' filters. If you think that the Therapeutic two day Liver Flush to too drastic, then you may want to try a pre-packaged 14 Day Liver Cleanse – This is a gentle liver cleanse that can be used every 6-8 weeks is needed especially when using therapeutic amounts of colloidal silver during a viral or bacterial infection.
Therapeutic: Use the either the 2 or 5 day (listed on the Unnatural Cell Growth Protocol page) protocol or shorten the 14 day cleanse to 7 days by doubling the daily servings.
Therapeutic: 1/2-1 oz. per day if simply exposed to a dangerous virus and ½-1 oz per hour for 8 hours if you have been exposed and symptoms are appearing. As symptoms diminish, then use 1-2 oz. every 4 hours. There is no perfect rule of thumb for everyone and every situation, so it is up to you to determine what your body needs.
3. Probiotics– When using therapeutic servings of Colloidal Silver for extended periods of time, one should supplement with Probiotics an hour or two afterwards to replenish the colon flora/bacteria to maintain proper digestion of foods and other nutrients.
Maintenance: Selenium- 200-400mcgs per day. Iodine- 1-5 drops per day on the skin.
Therapeutic: Selenium- 600-1000mcgs per day. Iodine- 5-10 drops per day on the skin.
5. Vitamin C– This vitamin strengthens the body against infections, especially viruses, colds, and other respiratory infections. It is also a potent antioxidant required for at least 300 metabolic functions in the body and essential for development of healthy tissue and as an anti-inflammatory.
Therapeutic: 1,000 mg per hour for 8-10 hours, then 1,000 mg every 4 hours until the symptoms are gone.
6. Vitamin D3– Thankfully, the unfounded phobia against Vitamin D that has existed for years is now over and even mainstream doctors are recommending much higher doses of this powerful immune booster. From a minimum of 400 IUs to a maximum of 7,500-10,000 IUs daily is now commonly recommended by Naturopaths. Some doctors are even prescribing 50,000 I.U. capsules 1 to 2 times weekly (100,000 IUs weekly) for their patients to help avoid the flu. Getting 30 minutes of sunshine daily without a shirt or with a bathing suit or with shorts and tee shirt, will give you 2,000 IUs of Vitamin D3 assuming you have enough good cholesterol in your skin from eating adequate omega 3 fats, grass fed animal fats and raw milk in your diet. (Note: Taking "Statin" medicines may severely deplete essential cholesterol levels.) One other thing you can do besides the above is to take a good quality cod liver oil which has Vitamin D3, Omega 3 fats and Vitamin A, which also helps to fight infections.
Maintenance: 2,000-5,000 IUs per day.
Therapeutic: 7,500-10,000 IUs per day.
7. IP6/Inositol- Inositol hexaphosphate (IP6) is a member of the Vitamin B6 family which has been shown in numerous medical studies by Dr. A. M. Shamsuddin, MD to boost the activity of Natural Killer Cells (NKCs), the body' s first attack squadron for microbes (bacteria, viruses) and Cancer cells by 200-400%. Sometimes this attack alone can knock out an early infection or cancer. It can be routinely shown on medical lab tests that almost everyone with a serious infection or cancer has NKC activity less than 20% of normal.
Maintenance: 1,020mg 2X per day.
Therapeutic: 2,040mg 2-4X per day.
Note: If suffering with heart arrhythmias or angina that may be caused by severe magnesium deficiency, any use, especially therapeutic of IP-6 should be preceded by 1-2 weeks of Membrane Complex supplementation as IP-6 itself accelerates the depletion of calcium and magnesium. After the 1-2 weeks of loading, then continue the Membrane Complex in maintenance doses as long as you are using the IP-6.
8. Digestive & Systemic Enzymes taken in larger servings on an empty stomach will serve several functions: 1.) breaks down the cell wall of viruses; 2.) reduces inflammation in the tissue and arteries improving circulation and carry more microbe/germ destroying oxygen from the respiratory system to cells throughout the body; 3.) acts as a potent chelator to cleanse the blood and reduces plaque buildup in the arteries. If using as systemic enzymes rather than as a digestive enzymes, they must be taken at least ½ hour before and/or ½ hour after meals to maximize effectiveness. [Note: Systemic Enzymes, especially the proteases, "digest" long-chain proteins; most importantly fibrin, which is the primary composition of plugged up small vessels, capillaries, and scar tissue (also called fibrosis or sclerosis). These help indirectly but powerfully by opening up blood vessels to better deliver immune boosting nutrients and oxygen to unhealthy tissues. See article on enzymes in The Silver Bullet-in e-News Magazine, "Digestive Enzymes are Important for Health and Longevity". Note: The servings noted above are based only on the use of the Enzymes that we sell on our website. Not knowing the content of other brands of enzymes, we do not suggest using any brands of enzymes for Therapeutic use other than what is on our website. Warning: Do not take enzymes with any medicines as they will enhance absorption and intensify the effects; take enzymes and medicines at least 60 minutes apart.
Maintenance: Digestion- Take 1-2 enzymes caps with other supplements and with every meal for proper digestion.
Therapeutic: Systemic Use-Take 3-5 enzymes capsules on an empty stomach if possible every 1/2-1 hour for 6 -10 hours. This greatly accelerates the actions listed above, especially when you are either catching or actually experiencing the onset of an illness.
The bottom line is this, whether Ebola is simply a massive scare as other viral outbreaks (Bird & Swine Flu for example) have been or if it becomes a pandemic of epic proportions, there is simply no need for unreasonable panic. It may sound as if we are down-playing the potential severity of an Ebola pandemic, but don't think we aren't taking this Ebola "scare" seriously. There does exist that criminal element in governments and multi-national corporations and financial institutions (in this case, the pharmaceutical industries) who are very serious about, not only making massive profits, but in manipulating and controlling world events as they attempt to herd us toward a "world federalist/one-world-government" political system. They are constantly leading us from one public health and political crisis to another. Remember the words of Rahm Israel Emanuel, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. … This crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not before." The problem is not as much about a naturally arising crisis, but those that are created and then used "to do things that you could not do before". This Ebola outbreak may be one of those times.
The primary thing to keep in mind is that those most susceptible to any viral outbreak or life-threatening illness are those who have a compromised immune system. That may well include the majority of the population, but if you will take the time to do the small nutritional things and make the dietary changes necessary to boost your immune systems you can protect yourself and your family to a greater degree than can any medicine or vaccination. Therefore, remove the GMO and highly refined flours and sugars, GMO grains, and other junk food and drinks from your diet and start eating healthier. Most of us know what this entails so we won't go into detail on diet. If you get serious about a healthier diet and if necessary use this protocol or some other comparable immune boosting protocol, then you will at the very least minimize the potential for life-threatening illnesses. Take responsibility for the health of yourself and your family and stop being lead from one public-health/political crisis to another. The initiative is in your hands. Do what it takes to get your family reasonably safe and healthy and don't allow yourself to be panicked into the herd mentality, otherwise, you may run off the cliff with the rest of the herd!
Ben Taylor is the President of a small supplement retailer, Utopia Silver Supplements in the village of Utopia within the State of Texas. He spent 8+ years, 3-1/2 of them in court, successfully with the help of The Lord and a few friends, fighting for "Health Freedom" and "Freedom of Speech" against the non-Constitutional government harassment of natural healing through nutrition and supplementation.
Dr. Ken O'Neal, MD/ND is a "freelance" health coach and consultant with 35+ years as an emergency room physician and director as well as a practitioner of Natural Healing. He has a Medical Doctorate from the University of Texas Southwest Medical School and a Doctorate in Naturopathy from The Clayton School of Natural Healing. Dr Ken has waged his own battles against the tyranny of mainstream medicine after being attacked by the establishment for rejecting medicine-based symptom management for actual healing by natural means first. He does not reject the life-saving skill of emergency health care, but believes that most disease can be prevented and cured with natural healing through supplementation and nutrition.


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Meet Nicole, Someone Who Actually Likes Referees
Filed Under:Autism, Chicago Wolves, Nicole, Sandra Torres
(CBS) A suburban girl with autism got a big thrill recently when she went to a Chicago Wolves hockey game.
Her excitement wasn't for the game itself, but the officials who were calling it.
Nicole, 11, has a fascination with referees.
"That's how the autistic mind words — it takes a topic and just saturates it," the girl's mother, Linda Augustyniak, tells CBS 2's Sandra Torres.
Nicole got to meet the four referees officiating the game between the Wolves and the Texas Stars. She even got to go on the ice for a special picture with her heroes.
The moment hit home for official Chris Schlenker.
"I have a 7-year-old with autism as well," he says. "It's moments like that make this part of the job pretty special."
"I'm going to remember this forever," Nicole says.
She even got a new referee jersey signed by all the officials. That will come in handy because every Friday has turned into "referee shirt day" for her.