President Akufo-Addo has summoned an emergency Cabinet meeting today (January 16 2019) over the Menzgold dealership saga.
Thousands of investors have had their investment locked up in the gold dealership company.
Many of the victims have called on the government to intervene and to help them retrieve their investment.
Today's meeting, according to sources, is aimed at finding ways of getting the CEO of the troubled company, Nana Appiah Mensah back to Ghana after his arrest in Dubai.
A government delegation led by a Deputy Attorney-General Joseph Kpemka has already arrived in Dubai to meet with United Arab Emirates(UAE) officials over the matter.
Ghana and the UAE do not have any official extradition arrangements.
The Economic and Organized Crime Office(EOCO) is expected to present an application to the court for a freezing order of the assets of the embattled chief executive officer of menzgold Ghana limited Nana Appiah Mensah.
Highly placed sources within EOCO say that some bank accounts of Menzgold CEO, Nana Appiah Mensah has already been frozen and some vehicles seized.
An arrest warrant has already been issued on Nana Appiah Mensah with a government delegation dispatch to the United Arab Emirates to facilitate his extradition.


The combination of genres appears to be a constant throughout the photographic practice of Delphine Diallo, whose documentary portraits often highlight the simplicity of life, free from striving, possession, and egos. Born to a Senegalese father and a French mother, Diallo captures the multi ethnic figures surrounding her in a quest to signify inner and outer beauty alike, all while protesting against the increasing materialism that she witnessed during her sojourn in the western world. To the black and white photographs of her relatives and close friends, she adds colourful cut outs from magazines, thereby taking the images out of their static form. With added texture and hues, Diallo creates dynamic narratives such as In The Magic Studio, a photographic homage to acclaimed Malian artist Malick Sidibe and his Bamako workspace.
Highness, a futuristic series that springs from Diallo's adoration of the sci-fi genre, and to which the artist refers as a "hair show [on] a whole other level," blends design, architecture, and photography to create imposing female figures. They assume determined poses while carefully crafted braid structures prolong into masks covering their faces. Adopting a beak-like complex, the facial adornments intimate the idea of protection from the patriarchal world, all while conferring a powerful identity to the women through their sharp, almost regal design. Possible premonitions of a not-so-distant era revolving around women, the mighty creatures commence to exist in Diallo's futuristic world, at the crossroads of reality and the imaginary.


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Lochside marks 50 years
Elementary school's history highlighted at June 1 open house
Jacob Zinn
May. 26, 2016 3:00 p.m.
To celebrate 50 years in the community
A lot has changed in the last five decades, and Lochside elementary is embracing that change in their 50th anniversary.
The Broadmead school is opening its doors to former students, staff and parents, as part of its June 1 celebration of 50 years in the community. Alumni are invited to participate in an after school social, where they can tour the school and learn about its history from current Lochside students.
"The kids in a lot of the classes have been writing about either the past 50 years or what the school is going to look like in the future," said principal Joe Grewal. "We want to look at the theme of change and we want them to really think about that."
Lochside elementary opened in the 1960s with 100 kids and four classrooms. Now the school serves nearly 400 students and has expanded to about 25 classrooms, with a gymnasium, library and administrative area added over the years.
Grewal said he and teacher librarian Cindy Heppell have been working with a group of Grade 4 and 5 students, teaching them about the school's history, as well as the local area's shift from rural to suburban and the social climate at the time.
"We've had them looking at the music, the sports, the culture from the '60s and it's been fascinating," said Grewal.
Additionally, students have interviewed former staff – including Lochside's first principal Russell Donaldson – to learn more about the school from well before they were born.
"Russell took some of the kids for a tour and told them, 'This cubby hole here was the office, this was a classroom, this is where I taught,' and that was really neat to see the interaction," said Grewal. "That was pretty powerful. They were just mesmerized by the whole thing."
The open house social for former students, staff and parents will feature a historical timeline for Lochside elementary, displays of student work, media presentations, an antiques road show and performances by the school choir. Cake, tea and coffee will be on hand and students will be available to lead attendees on tours of the school.
"We want people to stay connected with our school because it's such an important part of their lives," said Grewal. "You always remember the schools that you've been to, especially your elementary school."
The social runs Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. For more information, visit lochside.sd63.bc.ca.
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Ligardes – miejscowość i gmina we Francji, w regionie Oksytania, w departamencie Gers.

Według danych na rok 1990 gminę zamieszkiwało 269 osób, a gęstość zaludnienia wynosiła 24 osób/km² (wśród 3020 gmin regionu Midi-Pireneje Ligardes plasuje się na 795 miejscu pod względem liczby ludności, natomiast pod względem powierzchni na miejscu 1001).

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It's going to be hard to let Casey walk
Chr1s1anL
Raptors Republic Hall of Famer
Wed Feb 26, 2014, 05:54 PM
At this moment Casey has the raptors 7 games over .500 with 26 games left. The raptors have to just win 16 of the 26 to have the all time best record in raptor history. If they make it pass the 1st round and compete in the second(which I think is very possible). You could easily argue that Casey had the best season of any raptor coach. Just like it was hard for Casey to trade Lowry after the season his had. It's going to be just as hard to not resign Casey.
Personally his just as responsible for this season than any of the players. Casey has done what he was hired to do and that's change the culture. His brought a winning culture. The players except to win every time they step on the court. I hope his back in the fall with Lowry.
@Chr1st1anL
KeonClark
Raptors Republic Icon
I hope he's gone but that's me. He's a good coach but the end of game iso's are bruuutal. He also plays favorites, you'll never see him give shit to patterson or salmons, yet he'll embarass amir in front of everybody. Its like he's scared of new guys, vets and stars.
9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of Forum
stooley
Raptors Republic Superstar
How many times have you seen him embarrass Amir?
"Bruno?
Heh, if he is in the D-league still in a few years I will be surprised.
He's terrible."
-Superjudge, 7/23
Hope you're wrong.
white men can't jump
I credit Masai more for the culture. All the players have said there was a totally different atmosphere after that hiring.
Casey has done ok. But I don't think it would be hard to let him walk. His lack of originality, mismanagement of timeouts, and strange substitution patterns have still persisted through the season.
The measuring stick isn't "has this coach done better than any coach in Raps history?", it's "is this guy someone who can take us to the highest level?". First and second round appearances don't equal the highest level. Heck, that's one reason I despise the idea thrown around here occasionally of hiring George Karl.
Not saying it would be easy to find an obviously better coach, because there are very few obviously great coaches. But I don't think any success he has this year should warrant an automatic re-hiring.
And on top of that, it also depends the direction the team takes in free agency. If Lowry leaves, and the team expects to take a step back, Masai might want a different approach altogether.
Superjudge
I'm not sure I get you guys.
Last year, when this team saucked serious, and I mean MAJOR balls.... did you think it would be how it is now? Why the hell would you want to fix what isn't broke?
it makes very little sense.
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I think white men sounds more like he wants to strap rocket boosters to what isn't broke.
I look at it this way. in a sport that has shown statistically that outside of 5-6 coaches over the last 30 years, no coach has made a tangible statistical impact upon a team he has been hired to coach. So, with coaches being for the most part, a lot less important than people actually think, why would you risk playing with good team chemistry, and alienating players that have been promised that this franchise will not continually rotate coaches and GM's in and out of the door?
It makes zero sense really.
So, you can maybe just go on out and get Pops... or one of the top guys, Phil is another.... ya, go get um.... I'm sure they want in on Toronto.... but, if you aren't successful.... have a drink, relax, and try to appreciate what ya got.
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Pretty much. It's nice to have a smooth riding bicycle, until you realize you're in a motorcycle race.
Casey still has a lot to prove if he's going to be the "winning" coach we need if improving on this season is the goal going forward.
And well, we already know there are potential issues in using him as a rebuilding/development coach. (*cough* Alan Anderson *cough*)
I completely agree.
The other post i commented about also just said to not "automatically extend" Casey.
I guess see who's on the market. Does SVG want in, or George Karl(?) or just some top coach? Which seems unlikely. If not, extend Casey.
JimiCliff
The only 'evidence' I've seen of this is one Dave Berri article, and it's complete horseshit. I'd love to see another source if you have one.
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"I do actually have a pair of Uggs."
"I've had three cups of green tea tonight. I'm wired. I'm absolutely wired."
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CalgaryRapsFan
I don't think DC was totally to blame for the awfulness of last season and I don't think he's totally responsible for this current team's turnaround.
He has a solid group of players who are all dedicated to putting the team first and have committed to the defensive end. Team chemistry and the 'fit' of individual players is more the responsibility of the GM than the coach; I don't think anybody anticipated the Sac-4 players integrating as quickly or as positively as they have.
If a better option becomes available, I'd support the move without thinking twice about DC. I could see TL using his big-name luring abilities to find a proven coach who would instantly demand the respect of the players and grab the attention of the rest of the league, not to mention free agents.
Uncle_Si
Casey isn't MU's guy. Not saying Casey couldn't grow into it but MU is ultimately responsible for this team. My biggest question is, can Casey grow into a championship head coach. I'm not sure he can but I don't know all that much anyway.
I heard Phil Jackson loves Toronto.
Sunny ways my friends, sunny ways
Because its 2015
We, as fans, tend to focus on obvious choices a lot as well. What if someone new pops up? A random assistant who Masai feels would be a great coach? Or maybe a former player? Hornacek's doing a great job in PHX, after being an assistant under the dreadful Tyrone Corbin in Utah. Clearly his bball knowledge and coaching ability was not molded under Corbin. And I don't know if there are any, but what if an assistant in a quality system like the Spurs, Bulls, Heat, Pacers, OKC, or whatever, becomes available? Sometimes you have to gamble to win big. Just gotta hope Ujiri/Leiweke are the right guys to have rolling the dice.
Once, a couple of games ago..he just really comes across as the kind of guy who picks his battles. Hell, bargnani was "our guy", but valanciunas can do no right?
What the hell are you talking about?
I agree w/ ChristianL, Casey has done what he was hired to do and that's change the culture. He's brought a winning culture here. Raps are now one of the BEST defensive teams in the league. They were one of the worst if not the worst defensive team before Casey.
Also, DeRozan has developed his game, became an all-star under Casey. I also like where the development of Ross and JV is going. Lowry has also excelled and became one of the best PG's in the league w/ Casey as the coach.
I think you bring Dwane Casey back. To me it's a no brainer.
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Q: Offscreen texturing in shaders I have a surface texture bound to gl_texture_external_oes format. It was working well on direct rendering.
Now I want to split my
  fragment shader to 2 and do an offscreen rendering to 2D texture in between.
  I could do that; but with an issue.
  Suppose I want to do RGB-YUV conversion in first shader and then do YUV-RGB conversion in 2nd shader. (just an example)
My 2 pass shaders look like this.
private final String mFragmentShader1 =
            "#extension GL_OES_EGL_image_external : require\n" +
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                    "varying vec2 vTextureCoord;\n" +
                    "uniform samplerExternalOES sTexture;\n" +
                    "void main() {\n" +
                    "  vec2 texCoord = vec2(vTextureCoord.x, vTextureCoord.y);\n" +
                    "  vec4 p11 = texture2D(sTexture, texCoord);\n" +
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                    "  float u = dot(p11.rgb,rgb2u);\n" +
                    "  float v = dot(p11.rgb,rgb2v);\n" +
                    "  vec3 yuv = vec3(y,u,v);\n" +
                    "  gl_FragColor = vec4(yuv,0.0);\n" +
                    "}\n";

private final String mFragmentShader2 =
            "precision mediump float;\n" +
            "varying vec2 vTextureCoord;\n" +
            "uniform sampler2D sTexture;\n" +
            "void main() {\n" +
            " vec4 p11 = texture2D(sTexture, vTextureCoord);\n" +
            "  gl_FragColor = vec4(dot(yuv2r,p11.rgb),dot(yuv2g,p11.rgb),dot(yuv2b,p11.rgb),0.0);\n" +
            "}\n";

My problem is:
The yuv data which I get via p11 in 2nd shader is correct. But gl_fragcolor is wrong.
Wrong means when comparing with direct rendering the
  values differ. (In direct rendering, I do RGB-YUV and then YUV-RGB in one shader itself). I think my gl_fragcolor is mixed with
  value from 1st shader or something.
Can anybody see what I am missing here.? Thanks for reading.

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I think my gl_fragcolor is mixed with value from 1st shader or something.

Do you have blending turned on? You've set an alpha of zero, so if you do your new color will not be visible.

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Success is not given, it is earned.
The value you place on living your dreams, is reflected in the quality of your effort.
Don't ever attempt anything in fear or half assed.
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Never get caught not thinking.
My mom shared that deliscious nugget of wisdom with me this past weekend, and she received it from her oldest brother, my late Uncle Robert.
And funny enough, it made me think, am I making the best decisions to set myself up for success or to position myself more favorably should a situation arise?
For example, I love to shop; however my car has seen better days, so its imperative that I don't spend my last dime, because I never know when my car will feel like not cooperating.
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Never be lonely enough to settle.
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Q: Storing queries on backend access database I have built a split ms access 2013 database for a handful of users to share over our office LAN. I have been developing the front end forms and code and distributing by releasing new versions of the front end.
I would now like to build a reports menu but I would like to store the queries on the back end so I can make changes without releasing a new front-end version every time I update or add a report.
Is there a way to call a report or query in vba that is stored on the back end mdb? Would there by any significant performance degradation? If I understand how split access databases work , the queries are still processed on the local machine so it doesn't seem like it would make a difference. I have searched around the web but I have not found any questions on the topic. This leads to be believe I am on the wrong track. Thoughts?
Matt

A: You could either save the queries in a separate file on the network share for the users to import from as needed.
A more polished method is to maintain a single frontend, then copy this to a network share when a new version is ready, and let the users download this whenever they launch the application from a shortcut. This way the distribution is fully automatic, and it even works in a Citrix environment.
The full description and a script (which you probably can reduce a little) can be found here:
Deploy and update a Microsoft Access application in a Citrix environment
The crucial line where the local copy is opened is here:
' Run PPT.
If objFSO.FileExists(strAppLocalPath) Then
  Call RunApp(strAppLocalPath, False)
Else
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End If

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With Religious Freedom Under Threat, Is There a Way Forward?
The Fairness for All Act is launched in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2019. Photo by Svenja Herrmann for APCO
December 6, 2019 | Columbia, Md. | Bettina Krause, Melissa Reid, and Dan Weber
Seventh-day Adventist advocates are working to protect this vital human right within a culture that has grown skeptical of many religious freedom claims.
There was a time, not that long ago, when the idea of religious freedom was seen by almost everyone in society as a good thing, worthy of legal protection. But today this ideal — long revered as a foundational human right and a central value of the American Republic — has become tainted with controversy. In fact, within two decades, religious freedom has gone from being one of the most unifying ideas within America's public discourse to one of its most polarizing. In opinion pieces nationwide, legal protections for religious freedom are now being called everything from "a sword for discriminating against others" to "outdated and unnecessary" in today's pluralistic society. And for those who watch religious liberty trends or belong to a religious minority, this seismic shift in public attitudes is both unmistakable and worrying.
It doesn't take long to locate the frontlines of this increasingly bitter culture war. It's a dispute that is centered largely on the interplay between religious freedom protections and LGBT civil rights. Increasingly, people of faith who uphold a biblically based, traditional view of marriage and human relationships are cast as intolerant or bigoted.
But this issue is about more than just negative perceptions and labels. There are real and significant challenges ahead because, as the fabric of society shifts, so inevitably do its political and legal realms. It is this reality that raises a number of tremendous concerns for people of faith and for religious denominations that seek to operate churches, schools and other institutions while staying true to their purpose and mission.
A Lopsided Approach
For religious freedom advocates, these issues have recently taken on a new sense of urgency. In March 2019, with great fanfare and a large majority, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a piece of legislation called the Equality Act. For those who care about religious freedom, it was a wake-up call. Although it's unlikely the Equality Act will move forward in the Senate during this Congress, the significance of its passage in the House — and the overwhelming public support it generated — shouldn't be taken lightly.
Why was this so significant? For the very first time, a piece of federal legislation was voted by the House substantially expanding civil protections for LGBT individuals, but without also including corresponding protections for religious organizations and people of faith. In fact, not only were these basic protections missing, the Equality Act went a step further and cut off appeals to other federal laws protecting religious freedom.
The Equality Act isn't wrong in what it seeks to do — that is, to prevent harassment and discrimination toward those who face hostility in many areas of civic life today. But the Equality Act is wrong in what it fails to do — recognize and protect the foundational right of religious conscience and religious free exercise.
If federal legislation of this kind did become law, what would it mean for the Seventh-day Adventist Church and its many institutions in the United States? What would it mean for other faith groups and for individuals whose religious convictions compel them to reject current social norms about sexual orientation and gender identity?
There is no doubt that such legislation if passed would, by design, leave very little protection to those whose religious beliefs are out of step with current social attitudes. It would, for instance, impact the ability of religious institutions to make hiring decisions that take applicants' religious beliefs into account. It could lead to the government or professional bodies withholding accreditation to religious schools and organizations. It could hamper the church in its ability to run community service programs or put its disaster response institutions at risk.
The mass of litigation that would inevitably arise in order to resolve these issues would be long, expensive, disruptive, and destructive.
A False Choice
Watch cable news or scroll through your social media feed and you might be forgiven for thinking the culture war around LGBT rights and religious freedom is a zero-sum conflict. These voices calling for a "winner-take-all" approach are both forceful and strident — and yet they are mistaken.
We don't have to choose between religious freedom protection or equal civil rights protection for everyone in the public space. In fact, our beliefs and values as a church suggest these two broad goals are not at odds, but complementary.
Yes, our commitment to religious freedom means that we will continue to assert, unequivocally, our right to express our faith and to administer our churches and institutions according to our biblical values and beliefs — including our beliefs about human relationships. We will also continue to defend the rights of individual church members to honor their conscience as employees and business owners.
Yet at the same time, should we not also affirm the right of every person to be treated with dignity and to have legal protection in secular employment, housing, credit and many other areas of life, regardless of whether we agree with their choices or beliefs? Adventists know that every human being is created in the image of God and deserves to be treated with compassion, dignity, and respect. This, too, lies at the heart of what it means to be a follower of Christ.
Fairness for All
Over the past few years, Seventh-day Adventist advocates, from both the General Conference and North American Division, have worked with other groups to draft a unique piece of federal legislation. The Fairness for All Act, which was introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives on December 6, is a proposed law that rejects the bitter, polarized approach that has long dominated public discussion about these issues.
Fairness for All lays out strong protections for religious groups and individuals of faith. Religious organizations would continue to be able to hold internal policies and make hiring decisions that reflect their beliefs. Further, they would not be punished by the government — through loss of tax-exempt status, or accreditation for instance — for their beliefs about sexual orientation and gender identity. Nor could they be found to be engaging in discriminatory actions simply because of these beliefs.
In the general secular workforce, the religious beliefs of employees would be respected by employers unless these create "significant difficulty or expense" for the employer. For Adventists and other people of faith, this would also offer more robust protection for Sabbath accommodation than currently exists at the federal level.
At the same time, the legislation extends much-needed civil rights protections to LGBT individuals and acknowledges that they should never be subject to discrimination or harassment in secular employment, housing, or many other commonly protected areas—protections currently lacking in 29 states.
Fairness for All says, in essence, that there is a clear and principled way forward through this difficult cultural and legal landscape.
What Fairness for All doesn't do, however, is to signal a change in thinking on the part of the Church regarding issues of sexual orientation or gender identity. Indeed, if there was an intent to do so, there would be no need to seek to preserve the legal right to act on those beliefs and administer our schools and institutions accordingly.
The Adventist Church's beliefs on human sexuality are unequivocal and are clearly expressed in various statements and guidelines touching on marriage, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
In all these statements there is a common thread of compassion and love; an affirmation that "all people, regardless of their sexual orientation, are loved by God" and that Adventists will never "condone singling out any group for scorn and derision, let alone abuse."
It is this dual message—of upholding both religious freedom and human dignity — that is at the heart of the Fairness for All legislation.
For many, this is not an easy topic. The public discourse around these issues is awash with pain-induced and fear-filled rhetoric. Amidst the anger and bitterness, though, we pray that Seventh-day Adventists will speak boldly with a voice of reason and kindness. A voice that echoes the loving and gentle compassion of our Savior. A voice that speaks for both the central place of religious freedom in our society and the inherent worth and dignity of every child of God.
What Is Fairness for All?
Fairness For All protects both religious institutions and people of faith from being forced to violate their conscience in the areas of sexual orientation and gender identity. While the bill itself runs nearly 70 pages, its major religious liberty protections can be distilled as follows:
Protects Religious Education
Accreditation cannot be denied to schools because they uphold biblical standards.
Can maintain housing policies based on religious principles.
Cannot be penalized by federal or state governments for teaching according to their religious mission.
Protects Religious Employers — Institutions Can Maintain Employment Standards
Religious employers, including schools, can continue to require their employees to uphold and adhere to the institution's religious views and practices.
Protects Religious Employees — Passes the Work Place Religious Freedom Act
People of faith who need accommodations in the workplace (such as Sabbath off) get the same legal protections as people who are disabled. Currently the law allows employers to discriminate if it requires more than a minimal cost to accommodate.
Protects employees in the workplace who express views on marriage and other religious topics.
Protects Houses of Worship and Other Religious Spaces
Houses of worship and other religiously-owned spaces cannot be required to rent or share their facilities for uses that violate their beliefs.
Protects Small Businesses Owned by People of Faith
Allows owners of small businesses (less than 15 employees) to continue earning a living without being forced to provide services that violate their religious beliefs.
Protects Healthcare Institutions
Healthcare providers will not be required to provide and/or perform medical procedures that violate their beliefs. However, they will still be required to treat all patients, as they currently do, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Does not change any of the current protections surrounding abortion for religious healthcare providers.
Protects Social Service/Humanitarian Agencies
Agencies such as ADRA and Adventist Community Services will be protected from losing funding because they maintain religiously based hiring standards. Would continue to serve all in need regardless of religious faith or practice.
Protects the Church's Tax-Exempt Status
IRS could not revoke the tax-exempt status for churches, schools and other religious organizations because of their religious beliefs and practices.
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For example is I am having an event from October 1,2016 to October 22,2016 which includes two Sundays in that. But I don't want to mark any events on Sunday. Also I don't want to hide Sundays from calendar too.
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Submitted by Quest-News-Serv... on Fri, 09/11/2009 - 04:04.
Former Nazi Hermann Schmitz looked for an alternative to brute force for controlling people and realized that people could be controlled through their food supply.
Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in the dark about the coming nutricide. Codex Alimentarius is scheduled for full global implementation on December 31, 2009, and not a word has been spoken in main stream media about this threat to humanity. Yet, according to the projections of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a minimum of 3 billion people will die from the Codex mandated vitamin and mineral guideline alone. As the clock ticks toward this irrevocable deadline, the Natural Solutions Foundation (NSF) and its medical director, Dr. Rima Laibow, are feverishly working to change Codex guidelines. They need your help.
In 1962, the timetable was set for Codex to be fully implemented on a global level by December 31, 2009. Under Codex, committees were established to create guidelines on such topics as fish and fisheries, fats and oils, fruits and vegetables, ground nuts, nutrition, food for specialized uses, and vitamins and minerals. There were 27 committees in all, creating a huge bureaucracy. Under Codex there are over 4,000 guidelines and regulations on everything that can be put into your mouth with the exception of pharmaceuticals which are not regulated by Codex.
Codex is an industry dominated regulation setting organization, and as such has no legal standing. Participation in Codex is said to be voluntary. But Codex has risen to the level of de facto legal standing because Codex is administered by the WHO and FAO. They fund it and run it at the request of the UN. Since the WHO and FAO are supposed to be about health, there is conflict of interest. The committees of Codex work up guidelines, rules and regulations, and present them to a Codex commission for ratification. Once they are ratified and approved by consensus, they become mandatory for any country that is a member of the WHO.
Codex was accepted when the WTO was formed in 1994 as a means of harmonizing food standards globally for easy trade between countries. As a result, countries must harmonize with Codex if they want to have any standing in a trade dispute. When disputes arise and countries are pulled in to WTO, the one that is Codex compliant automatically wins, regardless of the merits of its case.
Dr. Laiblow sees codex as a weapon to make every nation scurry to become compliant to the decline in nutritional standards. She points out that compliance in the U.S. will mark the end of its consumer protection laws. Codex will not serve consumers. Codex will serve the interests of the medical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, and big agricultural industries.
The Dietary Substances Health and Education Act (DSHEA), was signed into law in 1994 for the purpose of ensuring that safe and appropriately labeled products would remain available to those who wanted to use them. In the findings associated with this law, Congress stated that there may be a positive relationship between sound dietary practice and good health, and a connection between dietary supplement use, reduced health-care expenses, and disease prevention. Under DSHEA, nutrients and herbs are classified as food. There is no upper limit set, and access is freely given. Americans are allowed to have any nutrients they want, because under English common law, anything that is not expressly forbidden is permitted.
Codex, on the other hand, is based on Napoleonic law under which anything not expressly permitted is forbidden. Therefore, only what is expressly allowed under Codex will be permitted, and everything else is forbidden. In 1994, the same year DSHEA was signed, Codex had nutrients declared to be toxic and poisonous. And as poisons, they claimed people must be protected from them through the use of toxicology and risk assessment, under which scientists test small doses on animals until they are able to discern an impact. They then take the first sign of the most minimal impact and divide this amount by 100 to establish a safety margin required from these poisons. This means that the largest dose of any nutrient allowed under Codex is 1/100th of the amount shown to produce the first discernable impact.
Nutrients allowed under codex are limited to those on the positive list, expected to contain only 18 nutrients, one of them being fluoride. Dr. Laibow points out that although fluoride has no biological benefit whatsoever, it does make people complacent.
The codex proponents now have several bills before Congress designed to overturn and get rid of DSHEA. Once this is accomplished, the U.S. will have been harmonized with the vitamin and mineral guidelines of codex. High potency, therapeutically effective, significant nutrients will then be illegal in the way that heroin is illegal. They will not even be available by prescription.
Dr. Rima Laibow explains Codex Alimentarius. See the rest of the video here.
Codex poses a significant threat to the food supply, according to Dr. Robert Verkerk, founder and director of the Alliance for Natural Health. About 300 dangerous food additives that are mainly synthetic will be allowed under Codex, including aspartame, BHA, BHT, potassium bromate, tartrazine, and more. Dr. Verkerk is particularly concerned that no consideration has been given to potential risks associated with long-term exposure to mixtures of additives.
Codex sets limits for the dangerous industrial chemicals that can be used in food, but they are incredibly high, and the list of chemicals that can be used is long. In 2001, 176 countries including the U.S. got together and decided that 12 highly toxic organic chemicals, known as persistent organic pollutants (POPS) were so bad that they had to be banned. There are many more than 12 toxic chemicals used on food, but these 12 were unanimously declared to be the worst. Of these, 9 are pesticides.
Under Codex, 7 of the 9 forbidden POPS will again be allowed in the production of food. All together, Codex allows over 3,275 different pesticides, including those that are suspected carcinogens or endocrine disrupters. There is no consideration of the long-term effects of exposure to mixtures of pesticide residues in food.
Organic food governance will be dumbed down to suit the interests of large food producers. Various synthetic chemical additives and processing aids will be allowed, and food labeled as organic may be irradiated. Labeling will permit the use of hidden, non-organic ingredients.
Monsanto, a member of Codex, will benefit greatly as production of genetically modified (GM) foods are stepped up and more GM plants are given the green light. Terminator seeds will be approved for international trade. GM food animals will also be on the way.
Under Codex, every dairy animal can be treated with growth hormone, and all animals in the food chain will be treated with sub-clinical levels of antibiotics, according to Dr. Laibow. She claims that Codex will lead to the required irradiation of all foods with the exception of those grown locally and sold raw.
Dr. Laiblow sees Codex as "food regulations that are in fact the legalization of mandated toxicity and under-nutrition". According to her, the WHO and FAO estimate that of the 3 billion people initially expected to die as the result of the Codex vitamin and mineral guidelines, 2 billion of them will die from the preventable diseases that result from under-nutrition, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and many others. Those who will live will be the wealthy elites who are able to somehow provide themselves with sources of clean food and other nutrients.
Dr. Gregory Damato, Ph.D., writing for Natural News, has characterized Codex as "population control for money". He sees Codex as run by the U.S. and controlled by the big pharmaceutical corporations and the likes of Monsanto with the purpose of reducing the population of the world to a level considered sustainable by those promulgating the New World Order. This would mean a reduction of approximately 93 percent of the current world population.
Once Codex standards are adopted there will be no turning back. When Codex compliance is instigated in any area, as long as the country remains a member of the WTO, those standards cannot be repealed, or altered in any way.
Some hope remains. Over the years, the WTO has accepted Codex standards as presumptive evidence of the rules of trade between countries. However, several times in history, the WTO has refused to make Codex the single and only standard to be used in trade disputes. Under Codex's own statutes, their guidelines are claimed to be "advisory", and nations are able to set up their own guidelines.
Since compliance with Codex standards is simply presumptive evidence, and not finally determinative, a nation can opt out of the guidelines in an effort to protect its traditional foods and remedies. The Codex Two Step is a legal strategy that the Natural Solutions Foundation has developed to help nations wanting to do this. Under Step One, the country develops its own food and health guidelines that may be at variance with Codex guidelines. For example, it may be much stricter on the issues of toxins in the food supply or on the issue of genetically modified foods. It may require, for example, that companies using GM ingredients be required to indicate them on food labels. In countries that refuse to use GM foods, this can be indicated on their label too, so that people can make informed choices.
So, the first step is for a country to set up its guidelines. The Second Step is to adopt a national law that implements those guidelines on a sound scientific basis. The NSF is preparing models to be used for doing this that are available to any country. There is a model vitamin and mineral guideline, and a model of a food and health statute to implement that guideline.
Normally, in a trade dispute before the WTO, the country that has adopted Codex guidelines will be the winner of that dispute based on those guidelines being presumptive evidence. However, when countries have gone through the two step process to create their own guidelines, there is no such presumption, and the WTO will look at the science behind the guidelines.
In 1995, the FDA issued a policy statement saying that international standards such as Codex would supersede U.S. laws governing all food. Under the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which is illegal under current U.S. law, but is legal under international law, the U.S. is required to conform to Codex as it stands on December 31, 2009.
This is why NSF needs your help. Because the current pro-Codex stance of the U.S. is in violation of current laws, NSF has created a Citizen's Petition in which they are asking the U.S. government to amend its Codex position according to the Two Step plan that Codex allows. This petition is a ground-breaking legal approach to compel the government to hold public hearings and move from a pro-illness Codex position to a pro-health position. If the government does not respond in an appropriate manner, the next step in the process is to take them to court.
A Citizen's Petition is a legal means to focus a government agency's attention on an issue of concern to citizens. Once a Citizen's Petition has been entered, a docket to debate it is opened and public comment is accepted. A Citizen's Petition does have one thing in common with the more familiar types of petitions. Any number of people can add their names to it and become co-petitioners.
So far, over 30,000 people have joined this petition, and three members of Congress have written a Congressional Letter in support of it. NSF needs you to read and sign this petition by going to http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?pa… On this site you will also find a letter that can be sent to the U.S. Codex Manager, Dr. Edwin Scarbrough, and Dr. Barbara Schneeman, Head of the FDA's Office of Nutritional Products.
Dr. Liabow is encouraging people to pass the word about Codex to everyone they know or with whom they come in contact. As a reader of Natural News, you are in the forefront of knowledge regarding health standards and the need to safeguard them. You are probably someone who others look to for advice on health matters. As such, you are in a special position to help this petition move forward. The new guidelines created by NSF have mandated biochemically individual determination of optimal health. These guidelines need to be adopted by Congress and also by other countries who value their traditional foods and remedies.
When Dr. Laibow was recently working in Washington D.C. to inform the members of Congress about Codex, she found that very few of them knew anything about it all. As they have become informed, some have come out against Codex. This makes writing to your congressmen on this issue critically important. Tell they about the threat of Codex. Suggest that they need a congressional briefing on the issue and suggest that they contact Dr. Rima Laibow. Remember, any negative part of Codex can be overturned by a guideline that is positive.
And while you at it, be sure to sign the Health Revolution Petition, created by Mike Adams, editor of Natural News http://www.healthrevolutionpetition… This petition highlights a series of actions critically needed to move from a disease care model to a true health care model with the goal of restoration and perpetuation of vibrant health for everyone.
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 09/30/2009 - 23:08.
I was checking the stats for REALNEO and saw a huge spike on 9/11 so wondered why - it was this article linked as a top story on a site called Millennium Ark - you may want to get in touch and thank them.... and enjoy their content.
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Now that you have explained that mystery, Norm--can you explain the spiked traffic to Guy's Tremont West Arts Festival post?
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What's the Delta COVID variant found in Melbourne? Is it more infectious and does it spread more in kids? A virologist explains
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Victoria's current COVID outbreak took another turn last week when a new variant was discovered by health authorities. It's not clear whether this new "Delta" variant emerged from Victoria, New South Wales or elsewhere, and it hasn't yet been matched to any cases in hotel quarantine.
We've still got a lot to learn about this variant, and most data we have right now is coming out of the UK. We don't know yet for sure whether the variant is deadlier or whether it spreads more in kids.
But early data suggests it's more transmissible than other variants.
The good news is that both the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines still work relatively well against it — though only after the second dose.
What's the Delta variant?
The World Health Organisation has a new naming system, using the Greek alphabet, for coronavirus variants of concern.
The Delta variant was previously known as the "Indian variant", as it was first found in India. It's one of three sub-lineages of the Indian variant, and is also known as B.1.617.2. The Kappa variant — the strain most prevalent in Victoria's latest outbreak and which originated from South Australian hotel quarantine — is B.1.617.1.
Read more: What's the difference between mutations, variants and strains? A guide to COVID terminology
The WHO has introduced this new naming system to avoid stigma associated with attaching country names to variants. There was concern the old naming system might decrease the likelihood of countries reporting new variants in future, for fear their country would be blamed for the variant.
One historical example is the "Spanish flu". In fact, evidence suggests this flu strain probably didn't originate in Spain.
The new system is a non-judgemental way to keep track of new variants.
The Delta variant has been linked to an outbreak at North Melbourne Primary School. James Ross/AAP
It's more infectious
The Delta variant has been detected in many different countries across the world, including the UK, US, Fiji, Singapore and now Australia.
In the UK, Delta is outcompeting the Alpha strain, formerly known as the "UK variant". This alone suggests Delta is more transmissible than Alpha, which is significantly more transmissible than the original strain first detected in Wuhan, China.
The UK's health secretary said Delta is 40% more infectious than Alpha, and Doherty Institute director Sharon Lewin estimated it's about 50% more infectious than Alpha.
People infected with Delta tend to infect more of their household members than people with the Alpha strain.
We don't know yet exactly why it's more transmissible, but data suggests it's better at replicating in our cells than other variants. In virology, viruses which are better at replicating in cells tend to be more infectious.
Does it have a shorter incubation period?
Public Health England looked at the time it took an index case with the Delta variant to infect someone in their household.
It found the time between the exposure date and the household member becoming symptomatic was four days, which isn't significantly different to the Alpha variant.
We don't know if it's deadlier yet
There's some evidence Delta is associated with a higher risk of hospitalisation compared to Alpha.
However, we can't say this with absolute certainty because it's very early days.
There's selective pressure on a virus to become more transmissible, because a virus wants to replicate as much as possible.
But there's not the same selective pressure on viruses to become more lethal, and it's not in the virus' interest to kill its host. The ultimate successful virus lives in its host indefinitely.
Read more: Why the COVID-19 variants are so dangerous and how to stop them spreading
I was quite surprised to see suggestions that some SARS-CoV-2 variants are potentially deadlier, though factors that make them more infectious might also make them more lethal.
There are also lots of examples of viruses that become more lethal but at the cost of reduced infectiousness.
One example is bird flu. Because this virus targets the lower respiratory tract, it's quite deadly because that's the site where oxygen transfer takes place. However, this makes it harder to transmit.
Are there more cases in kids?
It's hard to answer this question with certainty.
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said there are anecdotal reports of Delta being more transmissible in kids.
This same hypothesis was floated when the Alpha variant was first becoming dominant in some parts of the world.
Early data suggests two doses of AstraZeneca is 60% effective, and Pfizer 88%, against the Delta variant. CDC/Unsplash
My laboratory has recently investigated whether Alpha replicates better in the cells of children and found it did not.
We haven't been able to test the Delta variant in our lab yet, but I'd treat this idea with caution, for two reasons.
The first is that the strain is likely more infectious in general, which could be leading to more cases in kids (and everyone).
And secondly, kids haven't been vaccinated, whereas many adults have, which biases the data.
Our vaccines still work well against it
Some data suggest Delta has the ability to evade our immune systems. This is assessed by looking at the number of antibodies in vaccinated people, then seeing how well those antibodies neutralise the virus in the lab.
Indeed there is a drop off in antibody protection with this variant. However, the key thing to note is that a drop in antibodies in lab tests doesn't necessarily severely hinder vaccines. Lab results should be treated with caution.
Read more: What's the 'Indian' variant responsible for Victoria's outbreak and how effective are vaccines against it?
The good news is our current crop of COVID vaccines still remain relatively effective against Delta in the real world.
Data from Public Health England found one dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer was 33% effective against the strain, but two doses was 60% (AstraZeneca) and 88% (Pfizer) effective.
What this shows is we can't rely on the first dose alone. Everyone really needs to make sure they have their second dose.
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Just when we thought we had designed every layout possible, someone called to ask if we could build a Toddler Bunk Bed. The Toddler Bed accommodates a crib-size mattress and is sometimes called a Youth Bed or a Crib Bed.
Now we have built several of these beds. It is based on our Viking model, sits closer to the floor, fits a crib mattress (28-1/2" x 52"), and is 8 inches shorter in height. This bed works best for toddlers, small-framed children, or for tiny bedrooms.
Like all our other beds, dimensions of this bed can be adjusted to suit your needs.
Note: The Consumer Products Safety Commission does not recommend putting a child under the age of six in a top bunk.
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You will find a great deal of misconceptions available in terms of online payday loans and cash advances. Basically speaking, a money advance is a kind of short-term loan. Usually, a money advance loan is a that may not last any further than fourteen days.
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How a big difference between the Quran and the other scriptures!
There is no denying that for the time being there are several religions on earth, including Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic religions. Just as the Abrahamic religions have supposedly heavenly scriptures, other non-Abrahamic religions also have scriptures mostly attributed to God.
As a matter of fact, there is a big difference between the Quran on the one hand and all other scriptures on the other hand, which themselves involve evidence that they are false, fabricated and manmade.
Please find below a brief discussion of the most well-known scriptures as well as their religions, ranking in terms of the number of followers, and salient features. Please note that all of those scriptures are available in downloadable versions.
Sikhism does not have a prophet so that the Guru Granth Sahib would have been revealed to him by God. Rather, the first rendition was compiled by the fifth Guru Arjan, whereas the rest of the second rendition was compiled by the tenth Guru Gobind Singh.


We're heard it a million times -- breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Mmmhm.
For most of my life, I didn't eat breakfast. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Now, I'm not a nutritionist or doctor, so I can't comment on the "most important" part, but I'll tell you what happens now when I eat a good breakfast: I set myself up for a day of success.
Since I've started working with my friend Gina, I've been paying more attention to my breakfast choices, opting for ideas that include a protein, a fat and most importantly, are easy. I'm not one to make a huge breakfast any day of the week, but that doesn't mean you need to resort to a sugar-filled carb that you pop into the toaster.
Most times, simple works. And when you get sick of the hard boiled eggs (that happens to me), it's nice to have some new flavours that'll jive with your morning -- and your morning java.
Here's my newest breakfast to love, and, because it's all red, would make a nice treat on Valentine's Day morning!
So, there's no cooking involved. And I even feel guilty calling it a recipe.
Wash and cut strawberries and raspberries. Add a handful of shredded coconut and a mound of hemp hearts. Optional: you can throw some PLAIN Greek Yogurt underneath if you eat dairy.
It's actually quite pretty and snowy like, but it's fresh and satisfying and meets all my breakfast requirements. It's my new breakfast to love.


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GTA Concept – 780 HP
The world is ready for the first true Spanish supercar. Developed by GTA Motor company the GTA Concept will have its official release at the end of April. Right now the car is past the track testing stage and results seem to indicate that the GTA Concept will be quite a beast. With an impressive 780 HP V10 at its heart, the GTA Concept can sprint from 0 to 100 Km/h in less than 3 seconds, reaching a top speed of 350 Km/h. Coupled to the rear mounted engine is the 7-speed sequential- manual gearbox, but an automatic alternative is also available while referring to the chassis the GTA Concept uses a combination of Kevlar, carbon and titanium. Price for the GTA Concept is yet to be announced and the company states that only 99 units will be produced.
GTA Motor press release:
The GTA Concept, the supersportcar manufactured by the Spanish company GTA Motor, has realized its last tests on track for its official launch in the last days of April, date on which it's definitive name will be revealed.
A limited edition of 99 units of this car will be produced. Designed by the engineer director of GTA Motor, the Valencian Sento Pallardó, it is characterized for the exclusivity of its look and its high performance.
The several tests realized until now have been a success. This supersport car will have a great performance, with an acceleration from 0 to 100 Km/h in under 3 seconds and a top speed of over 350 km/h, numbers that show its potential.
The experience in competition has been a key ingredient for the development of this car, that has five world patents. The chassis has been created by combining Kevlar, and carbon fibers as well as titanium. The engine is a V10 mounted in a longitudinal rear position and has 780 horsepower and 920 Nm of torque. The car has a seven speed sequential- manual gearbox, with the option of automatic system with paddle shift in the steering wheel.
The suspension has a double wishbone configuration with multi-regulation shock absorbers to choose the ride hardness and the possibility to raise the bodywork.The tires are the latest Pirelli PZero which measure 255/35 on a 19 wheel at the front and 335/35 on a 20 wheel at the rear. The wheels are manufactured exclusivity for this car.
The braking system contains ABS with 380mm diameter carbon ceramic ventilated disc brake system and 6 piston callipers manufactured by AP Racing. The glass panoramic roof gives it an open air feeling while being sporty and elegant. The roof has a patented system of interior lighting and liquid crystal shading.
The Project, directed by Domimngo Ochoa the GTA team manager, began three years ago and has reached distribution agreements with the most relevant dealers in the world.
After the project was published one year ago the GTA Concept is now a reality.
Domingo Ochoa: "We published the project for everyone one year ago, after developing it technically and logistically for two years before hand. Now, after a hard and exhaustive job, we are going to show the results. We are convinced that it will be a car that will set a precedent in the international automobile scene. We are very proud and everyone will enjoy our dream that will come true very soon".
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The weekend of short-course racing in Wheatland, Missouri saw the Douglas Motorsports #27 AMSOIL/Rusty's Off-Road/Walker Evans Racing/Mickey Thompson Tire PRO-4 make great strides in its quest for the PRO-4 Championship. The team's hard work culminated with Round 5 win.
resulting in a fifth place finish.
muddy spots. This played right into Scott's Midwest experience racing in similar conditions.
The race itself saw the #27 AMSOIL PRO-4 move through the field quickly and into second place by the end of the opening lap. Then with two laps remaining, the white and black PRO-4 grabbed the lead and the team's first win in 2018.
marks lap after lap all the way to the top of the podium.
Wild West Motorsports Park in Sparks, Nevada.
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The Real Cost Of Extracting Oil from the Amazon
Since the 1960s, Ecuador has been trying to drill its way to prosperity. In the past 15 years, the Ecuadorian government, staggering under the weight of international debt, has registered over 4000 new oil wells in 68% of the Amazon. That's an average of five new wells drilled each week.
So is that working out for Ecuador? Not so much. The pittance the government and the people receive from oil companies is dwarfed by oil's hidden costs: higher cancer rates, biodiversity losses, toxic loads in fish and medicinal plants, destruction and contamination of ancestral rainforest homelands, and the loss of traditional cultures, customs, and wisdom.
The failure of the drilling-to-prosperity strategy is illustrated by the latest environmental disaster in the Ecuadorian Amazon: massive pipeline ruptures on April 7, 2020. Those ruptures, however, catalyzed lawsuits that may help lead to systemic, sustainable changes.
The Ecuadorian Amazon: habitat, not extraction
The Ecuadorian Amazon is an astonishingly beautiful panorama of mountains, jungles, rivers, and waterfalls. It's home to thousands of indigenous people and one of the largest, most diverse concentrations of flora and fauna on Earth. But this spectacular area is spectacularly unsuitable for the pipelines needed to transport crude oil.
The area's epic mountains, canyons, and valleys were formed by natural processes that are still at work. These processes result in highly unstable soils and massive mudslides that affect any type of infrastructure, including pipelines. Three of the most important processes that can impact infrastructure are:
High volcanic activity: The main active crater of the Reventador volcano is less than 10 kilometers away from the pipelines. Reventador is active sporadically and shows no signs of settling down. All told, the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline (known by SOTE, its Spanish acronym) runs close to six risk-prone volcanoes.
High seismic activity: The SOTE and another major pipeline, the OCP, cross 94 seismic fault lines. In 1987, earthquakes triggered large landslides and the rupture of the SOTE along 40 kilometers.
Frequent flash floods: The shape of the Coca River watershed, its steep slopes, and sporadic torrential rains (up to six meters per year) often lead to flash floods.
Pipeline ruptures and toxic waste
Given the ever-changing dynamics that impact infrastructure in the Ecuadorian Amazon, it's no surprise that its oil pipelines have a history of rupturing. The SOTE pipeline ruptured 47 times from its opening in 1972 until 2003.
And that's just the SOTE, one of three main pipelines. Hundreds of smaller pipelines traverse the jungle, and those pipelines break, too. According to the Environment Ministry, Ecuador reported more than 1169 oil spills from 2005 to 2015. The vast majority of those spills (81%) occurred in the Amazon. Since then, the government has stopped compiling data because so many spills are never reported.
Ecuador has an appalling record of oil spills due to the damaging practices first used by Texaco (now known as Chevron) and other oil companies. An estimated 714 million barrels of oil and toxic wastewater were dumped in the Amazonian Ecuador from 1971 to 1993.
Biodiversity loss
Those hundreds of pipelines don't just suffer from breakage; they also help break up natural habitats. The fragmentation leads to smaller population sizes that aren't viable in the long term.
Another way oil companies damage the Amazon is by carving trails through it. As these trails widen into easily passable roads, they allow settlers easy access to timber and new land. Poachers may also sneak in and smuggle endangered animals, dead or alive, out of the rainforest.
When oil money started flowing freely in the '70s, the Ecuadorian government also did its part to hasten deforestation. It used some of its windfall to build roads and subsidize cattle ranching and agriculture.
Harm to indigenous people
The mind-boggling number of oil spills in the Ecuadorian Amazon translates into misery for indigenous people. They suffer from a lack of water that's unfit for human consumption or for growing plants. Skin problems and cancer abound in the areas hardest-hit by drilling. One study reported that one in four people in those areas suffered from cancer.
With infiltration from oil companies as well as palm oil plantations, indigenous culture is crumbling. Twenty-seven-year-old Jimmy Piguaje, a member of the Siekopai community, doesn't know what it's like to live the way his ancestors did. From tales told by his elders, he knows that contamination began when oil spilled into their rivers and lands. The pollution caused death, food shortages, and undrinkable water. Piguaje says the oil industry also caused fights within indigenous communities, alcoholism, drug addiction, and prostitution.
What's the solution?
With over half of its total exports consisting of crude oil, Ecuador is unlikely to stop oil production anytime soon. It only took the oil companies a month to repair and slightly re-route the broken pipelines. However, in light of the worldwide oil glut and the relatively high price of extracting oil from the Ecuadorian Amazon ($39.00/barrel), at least drilling should cease for the foreseeable future.
Some indigenous people are open to working with oil firms as long as they share a larger piece of the pie. Others, however, think that's akin to dancing with the devil. They file lawsuits against the oil companies and the government, and they work to keep oil companies out of undrilled areas.
Indigenous leader Manari Usigua is one of those who want the Ecuador's oil to remain in place. Usigua led the Sápara people in 2018 protests that forced a Chinese consortium to stop searching for oil.
"Oil . . . sustains the earth's equilibrium," says Ushigua. "Below the oil, spirits live. The land has life."
Micro-solutions
The problems in the Ecuadorian Amazon have been brewing for decades, and there are no easy solutions. However, it's clear that Ecuador should try to wean itself off of oil, clean up the mess oil's created, and work toward a post-extractive future.
At OMA, we want to be part of the post-extractive future and provide sustainable opportunities for indigenous people. When you buy a grown-and-made-in-the-rainforest OMA bracelet, your purchase pays a fair wage to an indigenous artisan, plants a tree, and protects an acre of rainforest.
Our goal is to protect one million acres (OMA) of rainforest. Together we can do it—one acre at a time!
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Located on the Quad on the University of Alabama campus is Denny Chimes. Our granddaughters love to find the hand prints of former Alabama players like Joe Namath and A.J. McCarron. We visit the campus in the summer when the students are gone. And it's a great place to picnic!


My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust. I appreciate this. I carefully studied his address to the nation on Tuesday. And I would rather disagree with a case he made on American exceptionalism, stating that the United States' policy is "what makes America different. It's what makes us exceptional." It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.
This security crisis put the president's best and worst attributes on display for the whole world to judge.
What is the Obama administration plan in Syria?


Super Punch: The Consent Condom "box can only be opened if four hands simultaneously press buttons on each side of the box, unlocking the condom inside"
The Consent Condom "box can only be opened if four hands simultaneously press buttons on each side of the box, unlocking the condom inside"
The limited edition condom packages were placed at bars and events around Buenos Aires. The company is also sharing information about the product on social media with the hashtag #PlacerConsentido, or "permitted pleasure." They will be available to purchase later this year.


Honor is in the heart, not the name. Yasuo, the Unforgiven, is joining the figma series from Good Smile and Max Factory.
Using the smooth but posable joints of figma, you can act out a variety of different scenes.
Yasuo comes with his sword, a wind tornado and his flute.
An articulated figma stand is included which allows various poses to be held in place.


The Nifty Nerd is all about the art of nerdology. From Star Wars to Settlers of Catan, from Magic the Gathering to Super Mario Bros. for the NES; I've got your fandoms, interests, and passions covered! Here at The Nifty Nerd blog I fuse geek passions and nerd culture with classic style.
Nerdology (n) – The area of knowledge often thought of as nerdy or geeky. This includes (but is not limited to): science, books, cosplay, anime, gaming, TV & movie fandoms, technology… etc.
rowing up I had many interests. A couple of the predominant ones included anything related to arts & crafts, as well as inclinations towards anything geeky in nature. Over the years I've dabbled in art mediums from clay and cake decorating, to quilting and painting. I grew up playing video games and getting lost in books. To this day I have fond memories of playing board games with my family and enjoying Duck Hunt on my NES when I was a little girl.
My first true obsession (and the biggest one still today) developed in middle school when I became enamored by Tolkien's world of Middle Earth from the Lord of the Rings. I still remember the exact night the fandom entered my life.
It wasn't until the summer of 2014 when I had a sudden realization…that I could combine my love for art projects and passion for nerdy subjects together!
Having newly moved into my (now) husband's apartment at the time, we were ready for some redecorating. Both of us being big nerds, we wanted to share and display our passions, but we also wanted our place to still feel grown up, modern, and stylish. It was out of this endeavor that The Nifty Nerd was born! ….our search for home decor turned into a fun DIY way of unleashing our inner nerds in style.
Today I run The Nifty Nerd during my downtime between full-time work, family, and play.


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The use of enforcement to combat begging and street drinking in England: a high risk strategy?
Sarah Johnsen, Suzanne Fitzpatrick
The use of 'enforcement' measures to remove homeless people from public spaces and/or to deter them from engaging in 'street activities', such as begging and street drinking, has become an increasingly high profile and controversial issue in many countries. This paper summarises the key findings of a study which sought to evaluate the impact of enforcement interventions on the welfare of people engaged in street activities in England. It argues that careful appraisal of the way in which enforcement is actually implemented 'on the ground' revealed that the situation is rather more complex and less punitive than it may at first appear. It demonstrates that the use of enforcement measures, when accompanied by appropriate support can, in fact, lead to beneficial outcomes for some individuals involved in begging or street drinking in some situations. The outcomes for other members of the street population can, however, be very negative and are highly unpredictable, such that the use of enforcement, even when accompanied by intensive support, is always a high risk strategy.
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Free training is being offered to Parish Bereavement Ministry Directors and Ministers and those who accompany the bereaved. Space permitting, Diocesan Restorative Justice Directors, Priests, Women Religious, Deacons, Chaplains and other interested parties may be able to attend.
Participants will learn how to more effectively minister to survivors of violent crime, particularly those who haveve experienced the death of a loved one to homicide.


Generally in the world of solder, once a solder preform or section of wire is reflowed, it has already been consumed, and there is no need to consider what to do with the leftover material. A reclaim or recycle process is irrelevant.
But there are, of course, exceptions. For example, indium that is used for sealing applications where pressure is used to make the seal can be recycled. Consider equipment that operates in cryogenic environments or other harsh conditions. Often, key parts of the equipment are sealed so that they continue to operate in these environments (like space or MRI machines) with an indium seal. When maintenance or repair has to be done, the seal is easily removed and often discarded, and a fresh seal is put on.
But if the indium is collected, it can be returned to Indium Corporation where we can recycle it for new products. Whether you have indium wire or indium preforms, we can recycle it.
If you have questions, you can use our live chat feature on our indium wire page, and we are glad to help you out.


The Chevrolet Aveo was a supermini rival to cars like the Vauxhall Corsa, Ford Fiesta, Suzuki Swift and Hyundai i20 . The second-generation pictured above was an improved version of the first generation Aveo.
The name Aveo is latin for "desire" but sadly, the sales of the Aveo never really took off in the UK, so it was discontinued. The good news is that you still can buy a used Aveo, and we have a number of car finance solutions should you need them.
The Aveo was an affordable and fuel-efficient vehicle. There were two versions: a surprisingly spacious 4-door sedan and the versatile 5-door Aveo. All Aveo models had standard features including daytime running lamps, four-wheel antilock brakes, and dual front air bags.
This standard equipment was an improvement over the original Aveo, and the styling was more aggressive. With a sporty exterior, hidden rear door handles and confident, bold headlights, it was a nice looking car. The interior also felt sporty, with an LED speedometer and stylish rev counter.
The diesel engine offered impressive fuel economy but the rest of the engines felt underpowered, with lacklustre handling.


On the first few days I go in with the heavy weaponry, the fear of all zits – The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil.
The oil is my superstar during days when my skin has declared a war to me. Although I have clear skin most of the time, accidents happen. By accidents I mean eating a box full of chocolate one evening and then wondering why I look all spotty in the next morning.
Coming back to the oil, it is efficient with drying pimples. I apply it with a q-tip on problematic spots through the day/evening on previously cleansed skin.
If my skin has minor cuts or scratches, the oil can cause a burning feeling. Luckily it passes quickly.
In a few days I already can see the results.
When I fight with those annoying bumps, I also use The Body Shop Tea Tree Facial Toner. I use it only on the problematic parts of my face. Like the oil, it is expectantly harsher on the skin if I have scratches. I don't suggest bringing a cotton pad/ball near your eye either.
When I see that the acne is almost gone, I begin moisturizing the area. I also do that when I have managed to scratch it and create a scab. To prevent myself from picking it, I moisturise it with The Body Shop Vitamin E Night Nourishing Cream. I got a little jar from their Christmas Calendar and I have been using it only on those moments. For me, the cream is too moisturising to use every night, but on scabs, it is perfect. It softens them and my skin doesn't pull around the area. If I don't feel it, I won't pick it.
On zitastrophie days I try to wear minimal makeup to give skin a chance to breathe. It isn't the prettiest sight but my health is more important than aesthetics. If I should wear heavier makeup, I moisturize the problematic area beforehand. No matter whether I choose a BB cream, powder, or foundation, I apply primer or a night cream as a first step in doing my makeup. It is important to keep the problematic area hydrated because otherwise the foundation (or whatever you choose) won't sit right. If the foundation doesn't sit right, it will draw the attention to the area you don't want.
This is my way to deal with acne. I hope you found this helpful. Do you have any tips or tricks you do when zits are attacking?
I do agree with tea tree oil as it is such a life saviour and also, it is great for nourishing and moisturising skin too.
Tea Tree is my hero when dealing with acne.
It's a good tip about wearing minimal makeup – if you try to hide it by caking on the makeup, it only looks worse.
There's nothing worse than cakey pimple on one's face. It's like you can't hide that no matter how hard you try. Plus it will make it worse.
Great post! I couldn't do differently but following your great blog!
I guess it depends on your skin type and how acts with different products. Sometimes I use toner all over my face, sometimes only problematic parts. Overall I wouldn't suggest to use it on daily basis all over the face. It dried my problem free skin out with a week.
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