The 8.8 magnitude earthquake had its epicentre in the Pacific Ocean about 115 km from Concepcion, Chile; it occurred at a depth of 35 km.
This is not the first time that Chile has been struck by high magnitude earthquakes.
The coast of Chile has witnessed 13 events of magnitude greater than 7 since 1973. In fact, the most powerful one (the largest instrumentally recorded quake in the world) occurred off the coast of Chile in 1960; the magnitude was 9.5.
Seismologists are interested in Chile not because of the number of high-magnitude earthquakes that have struck Chile but for its tectonic setting.
While most places have trenches where two large tectonic plates meet, Chile is one of the few places where three major plates meet. In other words, it is a triple junction.
The Nazca Plate, borders the South American Plate for most part of the continent. But towards the tip of the continent and bordering Chile is the Antarctic Plate.
The Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate at a rate of 80 mm a year; the Antarctic Plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate at a rate of 20 mm per year.
What makes Chile suffer from very powerful quakes is the fact that the angle of subduction (diving) by the Nazca Plate below the South American Plate is very shallow — 5 to 15 degrees.
The place where one plate subducts beneath another is called a trench. The place where new ocean crust is formed is called a ridge. It can be seen as the recycling of the ocean crust — new ocean crust is formed at the mid-oceanic ridges and is consumed (destroyed) at the subduction zones (trenches).
This process of new ocean crust forming at the ridges and moving towards the trenches where it is consumed is the essence of sea floor spreading. It is because of this reason that the ocean crust is always younger than the continental crust.
In general, the rate at which ocean plates move is determined by the rate at which new ocean crust is formed at the ridges.
Mid-oceanic ridges are generally located far away from the trenches. This allows the ocean crust to age a bit before it is consumed at the trenches. However, in the case of Chile, the Chile ridge is located close to the Trench. That is not the only complex tectonic feature.
The Nazca-Antarctic Plate boundary is comprised of the Chile Ridge where new ocean crust is formed. And this Chile Ridge is subducted beneath the South American Plate at 46 degree south latitude. The southern Chile triple junction is a magnificent showpiece of a ridge-trench collision.
The Chile triple junction region is one of only two presently active examples of a ridge-trench collision. The other being the west coast of North America; the ridge-trench collision is very prominent along the California continental margin.
The Chile Ridge collides with the Chile Trench at a highly oblique angle. As the newly produced ocean crust moves parallel to the South American coast, the age of crust becomes progressively older from south to north along the eastern edge of Nazca Plate.
There have been 3 instances when the Ridge had collided with the Chile Trench. The first time was about 14 million years ago; the second was between 10 and 14 million years ago. The last time was 3 million years ago.
Studies have also shown that the rate at which the Nazca Plate is subducted beneath the South American Plate has not been constant. According to the USGS, the rate at which the Nazca Plate subducted was rapid (about 130 mm per year during Late Miocene; it is now subducting at a rate of 80 mm per year). The Chile triple junction is a magnificent place to study the ridge-trench subduction. It provides a window to understand what happened along the west coast of North America over the last 20 million years.


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MENA-OECD Competitiveness Programme on Gender
The MENA-OECD Competitiveness Programme on Gender
For more than 15 years, the MENA-OECD Competitiveness Programme has been actively engaged in promoting gender equality and women's economic empowerment in the MENA region as a way to boost sustainable and inclusive growth, and as a key driver of peace, stability and social cohesion. Instead of being treated as a separate – sometimes siloed – agenda, policy responses for economic recovery and women's economic empowerment can both be achieved through a mutually-reinforcing dynamic.
This is all the more significant in the post-COVID-19 pandemic context, which calls for building more inclusive, resilient societies and economies. With women in MENA countries increasingly well-educated and skilled, their stronger participation in employment, entrepreneurship and public life could substantially contribute to "build back fairer" providing opportunities for governments to get their economies back on track while delivering on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The MENA-OECD Ministerial Conference held on 1 April 2021 and the Ministerial Declaration acknowledged the urgency of unlocking women's economic potential for the MENA's region recovery. Both endorsed the 2021-2025 MENA-OECD Competitiveness Programme, which notably aspires to support the design and implementation of efforts for economic and societal reforms aiming at enhancing women's economic empowerment across the MENA region. Work will address women's participation in the labour market and efficient governance of the collection, analysis and dissemination of gender data and statistics while continuing battling legal discrimination.
Programme Approach
The Programme builds on a multi-stakeholder approach and the OECD's methodology of peer learning and sharing of good practices.
It draws on a twofold strategy: dedicating specific projects to gender equality and women's economic empowerment while also mainstreaming gender considerations across the MENA work programme.
The gender activities support MENA countries at both the regional and national levels, seeking to address the needs and development priorities of the MENA region, while taking into account its diversity:
The Women's Economic Empowerment Forum is a regional network for regional policy dialogue promoting the exchange of good practices and fostering regional cooperation.
The Country Programmes in Morocco and Egypt include gender-specific projects. These national programmes complement the regional work on gender and lead to in-depth policy advice and recommendations guiding the design and implementation of strategies, action plans and reforms.
The MENA-OECD Competitiveness Programme on Gender aims to support MENA countries in:
Ensuring better conditions for women's access to employment, particularly in the formal private sector, including entrepreneurship, as a powerful vehicle for promoting inclusive growth and stability in the region.
Promoting adherence to OECD standards on gender equality, including the 2013 OECD Recommendation on Gender Equality in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship;
Changing laws and mindsets that concern gender equality to ensure that legal reforms are implemented, enforced and have a positive impact on gender equality and women's economic empowerment;
Collecting better gender data to better inform policy-making;
Enhancing gender mainstreaming in critical policy areas.
Overview of the programme, Brochure
MENA-OECD Directory of Initiatives Supporting Women's Economic Empowerment
Further OECD activities on gender equality
Regional Dialogue Series
The WEEF is organising a series of regional dialogues on "Women's Economic Empowerment and Digitalisation in the post-COVID-19 MENA economies".
Making digital a catalyst for women's employment in the MENA region, co-organised with the Moroccan Ministry of Solidarity, Social Integration and Family | 17 March 2022, 1pm-2:15pm | Register | Concept note
How to foster women's entrepreneurship in the MENA digital sector? Barriers and success factors, co-organised with UNIDO, 18 November 2021 Outcome document | Outcome document in Arabic
Gender-sensitive education and skills development policies in the MENA region: Developing girls' digital skills in the post-COVID-19 world, 5 July 2021 | Outcome document
Closing the gender gap to rebuild a post-Covid-19 economy for all, July 2020
Women's Economic Empowerment Forum 2020, December 2020 | Event conclusions
The pandemic's silver lining: digitalisation is bringing more opportunities for the economic empowerment of MENA women by Megan Tannous, Project Officer, PITA
How serious is COVID-19 for women in the Arab World? by Sana Afouaiz, Founder and Director, Womenpreneur Initiative
Look ahead, but don't forget to look back by Jan Thesleff, Co-Chair of the MENA-OECD Women's Economic Empowerment Forum and Ambassador to Egypt, Government of Sweden.
Changing Laws and Breaking Barriers for Women's Economic Empowerment in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia
At a moment when many countries of the MENA region are looking to accelerate economic growth and build more stable, open societies, this report argues that greater women's economic empowerment holds one of the keys. It asserts that despite challenges some countries are facing in guaranteeing women equal access to economic opportunity, progress is underway and can be further nurtured through targeted, inclusive and coordinated policy actions.
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تغيير القوانين وكسر الحواجز من أجل تحقيق التمكين الاقتصادي للمرأة في مصر والأردن والمغرب وتونس
في الوقت الذي تتطلع فيه العديد من بلدان منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا إلى تسريع وتيرة النمو الاقتصادي وبناء مجتمعات أكثر استقرارًا وانفتاحًا، يشير هذا التقرير إلى أن المزيد من التمكين الاقتصادي للمرأة هو أحد المفاتيح لتحقيق ذلك. كما يؤكد أنه على الرغم من التحديات التي تواجه بعض البلدان لضمان المساواة للمرأة في الوصول إلى الفرص الاقتصادية، فإن التقدم يحدث حاليًا ويمكن تعزيزه بشكل أ.
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COVID-19 crisis in the MENA region: impact on gender equality and policy responses
This brief takes stock of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender equality in the region and highlights gender-sensitive measures and initiatives taken by governments, the private sector and civil society to mitigate the impact of the crisis on women.
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Regional Programme: the MENA-OECD Women's Economic Empowerment Forum (WEEF)
Launched in 2017, the WEEF is a regional network that works to galvanise and support the implementation of policy reforms to improve women's access to economic opportunities across the MENA region. It offers a platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue fostering regional cooperation where government and non-government representatives from MENA and OECD economies can exchange good practices and find solutions for enhancing women's economic empowerment. The WEEF works in close collaboration with international and regional organisations advocating gender equality such as UN agencies, the League of Arab States, CAWTAR, the Union of Arab Banks, and the Union for the Mediterranean.
The WEEF board gathers national focal points from all the region. Participants include policy-makers, members of international organisations, NGOs and business associations, as well as scholars. It works as a working group, providing technical expertise and facilitating interactions with national authorities to achieve the objectives of the WEEF.
On December 2021, the Ministerial panel of the WEEF agreed on a targeted roadmap of action that MENA countries need to strive for in order to close the gender gap. The WEEF will use the identified objectives and priority actions to design its 2021-2025 programme of work, focusing on three policy areas:
i) Implementation of legal reforms and women's access to justice;
ii) Women's participation in the labour market;
iii) Governance of data collection, analysis and dissemination.
Country Programmes: Morocco and Egypt
Gender in the Egypt Country Programme
Implemented in partnership with the National Council for Women, the Egypt Country Programme (ECP) proposes a coherent set of complementary activities to support Egypt in addressing gender issues. The ECP includes three gender-specific projects:
Project 1: The Review of women's economic empowerment aims at assessing progress and explore policy options for further convergence of Egypt towards international and regional standards and principles, including the 2013 OECD Gender Recommendations on Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship.
Project 2: The Review of women's participation in public life aims at assessing the current situation of Egypt's public administration and the parliament from a gender perspective, and identify progress towards the 2015 OECD Recommendation on Gender Equality in Public Life.
Project 3: The Review of gender statistics compiled and disseminated by the national statistics system of Egypt to identify data gaps.
Gender in the Morocco Country Programme
Implemented in partnership with the Minister of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family, the Women's Economic Empowerment Project of the Morocco Country Programme (MCP) proposes a set of complementary activities to support Morocco in addressing gender issues.
The project has three main components:
1. Improving the collection and analysis of data on gender equality to feed debates with reliable statistics and support the development of reforms adapted to the Moroccan context.
2. Coordinating and strengthening the capacities of public and private actors in the implementation of the "Morocco Attamkine" Programme concerning women's access to economic opportunities.
3. Mainstreaming gender in all activities of the Morocco Country Programme in order to adopt a holistic approach to gender and achieve better results.
Gender equality and women's economic empowerment: where does the MENA region stand?
Women in the region are more educated than ever before:
Between 34 and 57% of STEM graduates in Arab countries are women, outperforming OECD countries where women accounted for 31% of all graduates in these subjects in 2018.
The regional average of women's literacy rates has increased from 45% in 1990 to 72% in 2018, and shares of female and male literates among the young (15-24 years) were almost similar in 2018 with 93% and 89% for male and female youth, respectively (UNESCO, 2019).
Gender gaps are closing in primary and secondary education enrolment rates with 3 and 5 percentage points in favour of men in 2018, respectively (UNESCO, 2019).
Tertiary education enrolment rates for women have increased significantly from 24% in 2005 to 43% in 2019, exceeding both the regional male enrolment rates (40%) and the world average for female enrolment (36%) (World Bank, 2020).
Social norms and legal frameworks continue to constrain women's access to economic opportunities:
Women's labour force participation is not only the lowest in the world, but also rising very slowly, reaching 19.77% in 2019 compared to 18.66% in 2000 - representing a one percentage point increase in almost 20 years (World Bank, 2021).
The region has the widest gender gap in entrepreneurial activity with only 23% of businesses owned by a woman and 34% of nascent enterprises created by women in 2015 (OECD, 2017).
Women's employment is particularly vulnerable with 62% of female workers informally employed and 33% of them as contributing family workers in 2018, compared to 6% of male informal workers (ILO, 2018).
In 2019, 42% of young women were unemployed and 31% were not in employment, education or training (NEET), compared to 20% and 14% of young men, respectively (ILO, 2020).
Ongoing conflicts in the MENA region largely restrained women's economic opportunities and livelihoods.
The economic downturn resulting from the COVID-19 crisis hit women the hardest and reinforced existing gender inequalities in the MENA region.
The sectors which are overexposed to the collapse in economic activity comprise a sizeable share of female employment. As a result, around 700,000 women in the region are expected to lose their jobs in the 2020-2021 period (Oxfam, 2020).
Given the low participation of women in the labour force, and a large proportion in the informal sector, women are often excluded from contributory social security schemes (including old-age pensions, health insurance, disability, maternity and sick leave), which further increases their vulnerability in times of crises.
Like women around the globe, women in MENA suffer from expanding unpaid care burdens and increasing domestic abuse, threatening their already low levels of participation in the labour market.
The outbreak of the pandemic has put women in conflict-affected areas at particular risk. This is especially true for female refugees as movement restrictions and lockdowns prevented them from working and so raised important concerns regarding their ability to provide for their family basic needs. These risks were compounded by the potential disruptions in humanitarian assistance in the camps due to the confinement measures.
Women's Economic Empowerment in Selected MENA Countries: the impact of legal frameworks in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia (2017) Also available in: Français | Arabic
Women in Business 2014: Accelerating Entrepreneurship in the Middle-East and North Africa Also availble in: Français | عربي
Women in Business: Policies to Support Women's Entrepreneurship Development in the MENA Region (2012)
Empowering Women-led SMEs: Economic Development and the New Arab World, Draft issues paper, 2012
Women's Access to Finance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, Draft issue paper, 2011
For more information about the MENA-OECD Competitiveness Programme on Gender Equality and Women's Economic Empowerment please contact us with your questions: MENA.competitiveness@oecd.org
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Take a refreshing action holiday amongst a wide range of winter activities in the Koli area. You will be guaranteed an all-round winter holiday by the Ukko-Koli skiing centre and the children's skiing area in the lower part of the Ipatti slope, the multitude of opportunities for outdoor family fun offered by the Koli Safari House, dozens of kilometres of cross-country ski trails, riding on Icelandic horses, snowshoeing trails, and the spa. On this page you'll find information on the events, services, and activities in the Koli area.
The Koli area offers a variety of fun activities during the winter holidays. For example, you can spend an action-packed day riding in a husky sledge, horseback riding, snowshoeing, or snowmobiling.
Further information at Koli tourist information, Koli village, Ylä-Kolinte 2, tel. +358 451 387 429, info@koli.fi. Open: in Februay and March Mon–Fri from 10 am to 5 pm, Sat and Sun closed. Exceptions open on Saturdays 23 Feb and 2 March from 10 am to 3 pm.
Snowshoeing excursion to Ukko-Koli, Monday to Friday at 10 am, to the enchanting wintry forest of the Koli national landscape and the oldest rock in Europe. On this excursion the guide will introduce the hikers to the technique of snowshoeing and tell stories about Koli on the way. The terrain on the fells is variable, but we will go slow, admiring the views. We meet at the Nature Centre Ukko.
Price: 20 €/person, persons 1–20 years 1 € per year. Sign-ups by 3 pm the day before.
kolisales@koliactiv.fi +358 400 857 557, Koli Activ Oy, Ylä-Kolintie 39, 83960 Koli, www.koliactiv.fi.
The top of the hill is lower than Ukko-Koli, but the views are equally grand and are well in sight because of the ski slope clearings. On this excursion you'll see a piece of unknown Koli. You don't need previous experience in snowshoeing, it's enough that you are in normal walking condition. The guide will explain the techniques, and you polish them up as you go.
Departure: Koli Safari House, Häkinniementie 14, 83960 Koli.
Price: 20 €/person, persons 6–20 years 1 € per year. Sign-ups by 3 pm the day before.
kolisales@koliactiv.fi, +358 400 857 557, www.koliactiv.fi.
Price: starting from 5 €/person.
Get acquainted with the ultimate vehicle, a fantastic way to move about in wintry nature. This sport combines the best features of snowshoes and traditional forest skis. The traction wings on the ski bottoms provide traction when you are going uphill and the shortness of the skis makes it easier to control your slide down. We first practice the downhill slide on a gentle open slope to get a feeling for the functioning of sliding snowshoes. After the initial practice session we head for the woods to test the techniques we have just learnt. Come along, acquaint yourself with this exhilarating winter sport and be charmed! Duration 1.5 hours. Departure: Koli Safari House, Häkinniementie 14. Price: 35 € per person.
kolisales@koliactiv.fi, tel. +358 400 857 557, www.koliactiv.fi.
Dogsledge rides on Wednesdays from 11 am to 1 pm, non-stop at Merilänranta, Loma-Koli. The trail is about 1 kilometre long. The price, 25 €/adult and 10 €/child, includes getting acquainted with the sledge dogs and a short ride sitting in a dogsledge steered by the guide. Inquiries and bookings: KoliHusky, tel. +358 408 766 587, kolihusky@racinghusky.com, www.kolihusky.com.
2-hour guided snowshoe tour to the best scenic tops in Koli. On the tour you explore the wintry forest, see beautiful scenery, snow-covered trees, and small ice falls. Price includes hot juice. You are also welcome to join with your own snowshoes. Departure: Koli Shop Retkitupa (In Koli Nature Centre Ukko). Languages of the guide: Finnish and English. Price: excursion 20 € + snowshoe rental 10 €/person, children (10–12 yrs) 10 € + 5 €, respectively. Minimum age: 10 years old. Sign-ups by 5 pm on the day before.
2-hour guided snowshoe tour to the best scenic tops in Koli. On the tour you explore the wintry forest, see beautiful scenery, snow-covered trees, and small ice falls. Price includes hot juice. You are also welcome to join with your own snowshoes.
Duration: approx. 2 hrs. Price: guided tour €20 €/adult + snowshoe rental €10 €, children (10–12 yrs. old) €10 € + €5. Minimum age 10 years old. Sign-ups by 5 pm on the day before.
Koli, 1 hour snowmobile safaris Mon, Wed and Fri at 12.30 pm.
Price 110 €/person, the second person on the two seater snowmobile 30 €.
Inquiries and reservations: Koli Safari House, Häkinniementie 14, 83960 Koli, tel. +358 400 857 557, kolisales@koliactiv.fi, www.koliactiv.fi, FB Kolin Safaritalo ja Pizzeria Lomis, Instagram koliactiv.
Koli, 2 hour snowmobile safaris Tue and Thu at 12.30 pm.
Price 125 €/person, the second person on the two seater snowmobile 40 €.
Join us for a half-day snowshoe adventure to one of the most magical nature destination in Joensuu area. Our trip starts from meeting point at Botania (10 am), botanical garden where you will meet your guide. From the meeting point there will be a short (45 min) drive to starting point of the trip. The hike is roughly 2,5 km and terrain is moderate and there are some steeper up and down hills. During the hike we will have several short breaks to enjoy the breathtaking nature and views.
Group size: 2–8 persons. The trip includes guide, transportation from Joensuu, Botania botanical garden to Hell`s Gate and back, the second meeting point is in ABC gas station, Uurolantie 4 Kontiolahti where we go after Botania, snowshoes and ski poles (if you want, you can bring your own snowshoes), hot tea and coffee with small snack.
Booking: 24h before the activity mikko@karusurvival.com. Price: 50 €/person (we accept credit card payment before activity).
Karu Survival Oy, mikko@karusurvival.com, www.karusurvival.com, Facebook: Karu Survival.
Hot sauna and a refreshing dip in the swimming-hole.
Private sauna, starting at 20 €/hour/2 persons (additional persons 5 €/person).
The swimming-hole is illuminated. Towel rent 2 €.
Further information: Koli Freetime Oy Ltd, Kopravaarantie 27, Ahmovaara, Juuka, tel. +358 103 223 040, koli@kolifreetime.fi, www.kolifreetime.fi.
Haapalahti, visit to a reindeer farm. Get acquainted with the reindeer on the farm and feed them lichen. Price: 13 €/person. The reindeer will eat out of your hand, and you can even take a selfie with a reindeer. The price includes coffee or tea. Inquiries and reservations: Reservations in advance by e-mail or WhatsApp Santa's Reindeers, Haapalahdentie 171, Haapalahti, tel. +358 505 924 252, reception@santasreindeers.fi, www.santasreindeers.fi, Facebook: Laukkala Cottages & Reindeers and Husky, Instagram: laukkalansaarenloma.
Koli, cross-country treks and eventing on Icelandic horses daily. We arrange cross-country treks on good-natured Icelandic horses amidst the magnificent Koli landscapes. The treks are well suited even for first-timers in the saddle. The durations of the treks are 1-2 hours. In addition, we offer eventing and in-hand riding for kids. For cross-country treks, the minimum group size is 2 persons and the maximum, 6 persons. The recommended age limit for cross-country treks is 12 (unless you go horseback riding regularly), and the weight limit is 100 kilos. The temperature limit is -18c.
Do not hesitate to contact us even if you are coming alone (we can often fit in one more to a group) or with a big group. We start the day's first cross-country trek at 10 am, and it lasts 1-2 hours. In the afternoon we arrange riding according to demand.
Price: starting at 35 €/person. Outfit: clothing according to weather plus shoes with thick soles. We will lend you a helmet and leather chaps for the ride. Advance bookings for all riding excursions by 6 pm the day before at the latest. Further information and bookings: Matkailutila Paimentupa Tourist Farm, Kotaniementie 1, Koli, tel. +358 400 802 709, info@paimentupa.fi, www.paimentupa.fi.
Further information at Koli tourist information, Koli village, Ylä-Kolinte 2, tel. +358 451 387 429, info@koli.fi. Open: Mon–Fri 10 am to 5 pm, Sat and Sun closed. Exceptions open Saturdays February 23 and March 2 from 10 am to 3 pm.
Between 16th Feb and 10th March, Koli Safari House is open every day from 10 am to 7 pm. The Safari House serves as an outdoor centre for the whole family in Loma-Koli. There are off-piste slopes, and for cross-country skiers there is a connecting trail (564 metres) to the illuminated trail. The illuminated trail is 25 kilometres long, and there is also a 6.2-kilometre circle trail round the Käränkälampi pond. At the equipment rental you'll also find cross-country skis, snowshoes, sliding-step snowshoes, sledges, Wuuuf soft gliders, inner tubes, bobsleds, touring skates, and kick sleds. When you rent salmon-jigging gear, we'll also give you tips for just about certain spots to catch the beasts. There are snowmobile safaris and a snowshoeing park nearby, with marked trails. The building also houses Restaurant Lomis. Koli Safari House, Häkinniementie 14, Koli. The phone number is +358 400 628 666 when the Safari House is open. Outside opening hours you can reach Safari House folks through Koli Activ Oy Ltd, tel. +358 400 857 557. Facebook: KolinSafaritalo, www.kolinsafaritalo.fi.
16 Feb to 10 March Toddler Weeks at Koli Relax Spa. Children can splash around till 6 pm.
Koli Ski Weeks; see www.koli.fi/ski trails.
Kolin Maisemahiihto scenic skiing event.
2 March Nurmes: testing of skinbased backcountry skis and snowshoes, 9:30 to 11 am.
2 March Sled Dogs Tour on the Ukko-Koli slopes. Try out Sled Dogs Snowskates!
2 March "Discover the Ice Road" event at both ends of the ice road, Koli and Vuonislahti, from 10 am to 3 pm.
Take care of yourself and feel good! Lecture at Kolin Annila, 11 am to 2 pm.
5 and 6 March Vauhti-Werneri ski school for children.
Nurmes: testing of skinbased backcountry skis and snowshoes, 9:30 to 11 am.
Further information Koli tourist information, info@koli.fi, tel. +358 451 387 429.
At the Koli Nature Centre Ukko you can easily spend several hours taking in the various exhibitions and perhaps enjoying the offerings of the Café Vakka. The revised standing exhibition "Katse kansallismaisemaan" ('A look at the National Landscape') showcases the geology, nature, and history of the region. Through the visual presentations of the exhibition you can make an experiential and safe acquaintance with burn-clearing, the large carnivores, and natural phenomena characteristic of the Koli area.
1 Feb to 31 May Sari Vahersalmi: No-trash hiking – I only leave my footprints in the wild. Nature photos on no-trash hiking. Upper hall of Koli Visitor Centre Ukko. Admission free.
1 Feb to 31 May Tea Karvinen: National parks – jewels of our nature. The exhibition is included in the Visitor Centre exhibition fee 6 € / 3 € / 15 €.
The short film Mustarinta - A Film about Koli, shot in 2014, showcases the nature in the Koli National Park and the genesis of the National Landscape. See the trailer of the film.
Koli Nature Centre Ukko, Ylä-Kolintie 39, tel. +358 206 395 654, ukko@metsa.fi. Open 16 Feb to 10 March Mon–Sat 10 am to 5 pm, Sun 10 am to 3 pm.
It is possible to learn to know the fascinating art of the sculptor Eva Ryynänen also in the winter. Pay a visit also to the gallery café. Open 17 Feb to 10 March 10 am to 4 pm. Tickets: 6 € adult, 2,50 € child 7-12 years , 5 € pensioner, student , 15 € family ticket (2+2), 5 €/person groups ≥ 20 adults. Paateri 21, Vuonisjärvi, tel. +358 401 044 055.
The Pielinen museum exhibition hall is open in the winter Tuesday to Friday 10 am to 3 pm.
Grill it! is a restaurant at Break Sokos Hotel Koli. It is open daily 12 noon to 12 midnight (the kitchen 12 noon to 10 pm), offering Scandinavian and local delicacies from a genuine charcoal grill. Ski master's soup buffet daily from 12 noon to 3 pm, 16 Feb to 10 March. Adults 15.50 € (13.50 € with an "S" bonus card). Children 4–12, 9 € (7 € with an "S" bonus card).
Table and group reservations: Sales Service of Break Sokos Hotel Koli, tel. +358 201 234 662. Ylä-Kolintie 39, 83960 Koli. www.raflaamo.fi/Koli Grill it!
The 250-seat café-restaurant at Kolinportti offers a daily buffet with two main courses and one beefsteak option plus an abundant salad bar and non-alcoholic drinks. On the à la carte list you'll find plenty of choices for appetites big and small. We are fully licensed.
The kitchen serves from 11 am to 6.30 pm Mon-Thu and from 11 am to 7.30 pm Fri-Sun. The buffet is open from 11 am to 6 pm.
Restaurant Lomis at Koli Safari House is open February 16th to March 10th every day 10 am to 7 pm. Pizza is served starting from 12 noon. The café offers also doughnuts, buns, coffee, tea, hot chocolate.
tel. +358 445 695 757, kolinryynanen@gmail.com, www.facebook.com/Kolin Ryynänen.
The nature shop and café Vakka, Koli Nature Centre Ukko offers organic products and pastries from North Karelia plus organic coffee and tea. Open February 16th to March 10th Mon–Sat 10 am to 5 pm, Sun 10 am to 3 pm.
Koli Nature Centre Ukko, Ylä-Kolintie 39, tel. +358 206 395 654.
The restaurant serves holidaymakers from Feb 19 to March 9, 2019 from Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 4 pm. Harbour Restaurant Alamaja, Rantatie 12, Koli.
For inquiries and reservations: kolisales@koliactiv.fi, tel. +358 400 857 557 or +358 409 308 911, www.koliactiv.fi.
Kahpitsa is a pizzeria-café at Break Sokos Hotel Koli, offering local delicacies to go with coffee and pizzas for bigger appetites. Open Monday to Sunday 12 noon to 10 pm. More information and group reservations: Sales service of Break Sokos Hotel Koli, tel. +358 201 234 662. Ylä-Kolintie 39, 83960 Koli. www.raflaamo.fi/kahpitsa.
At Annila you get traditional Karelian food at its most authentic. Treat yourself with a soup meal, Karelian hot pot, or sautéed elk. The sautéed elk is prepared out of elk that ran around in Koli and Ahmovaara, so it's truly organic food! And be sure to taste genuine Karelian pasties: vatruska and sultsina. Our wildlife meals include, among other things, a choice of mushroom dishes; the ingredients are Finnish wild mushrooms: chanterelle, trumpet-shaped chanterelle, porcini, and false morel. Please make your booking the day before at the latest. The ski trail from Koli Freetime to Ahmovaara bypasses the house at close range.
Kolin Annila, Kopravaarantie 237, 83950 Ahmovaara, tel. +358 505 124 478, sirkkaanni@gmail.com.
The café is located in the end of the illuminated ski track in Kopravaara. Offering savory and sweet pastries and hot and cold drinks every day. The café is open on winter holidays every day from 10 am to 4 pm. The café is licensed to serve beer and the catering service is licensed to serve alcohol. Guests have access to a ski service room and can buy ski waxes in the café.
Friday supper buffet 22 Feb and 1 March from 7 pm to 9 pm. Advance booking by e-mail (kolinkeidas@gmail.com) or phone (+358 40 865 0466). Please book at least two days in advance.
The Friday supper buffet offers two choices of main course (vegetable and fish), a warm side dish, an ample salad bar, house bread + spreads, water, coffee or tea, and desert. Check the updated menu on our website kolinkeidas.com/hiihtolomaviikot. The price of the menu is 27 € / person; children under 12 for half price.
Saturday lunch buffet, served on 23 Feb and 2 March from 12 noon to 2 pm, includes a tasty and warming vegetable soup, a salad bar, house bread + spreads, coffee or tea, and desert. Price: 9.50 €/person.
Café-restaurant Rinnetupa offers hot drinks, soft drinks, savory and sweet pastries and a proper lunch. Open February 16 to March 10 every day from 10 am to 6 pm. Opening hours.
Restaurant Rinnetupa, Rantatie 27, 83960 Koli, tel. +358 107 623 633.
Café Herranniemi at the end of the ice road in Vuonislahti serves from 16 February to 10 March daily 12 noon to 8 pm. We are fully licenced. Tasty country food and Karelian delicacies with advance bookings flexibly to 8 pm. More information on Facebook: Kestikievari Herranniemi.
Toddler Weeks at Koli Relax Spa from 16th Feb to 10th March 2019. Toddlers can splash around till 6 pm. From 6 to 8 pm, the age limit is 18. At other times the spa is open daily from 10 am to 8 pm. Note that on Saturdays after 3 pm the spa is open only for hotel guests. Under 18s are admitted when accompanied by an adult.
Koli Relax Spa/Break Sokos Hotel Koli, Ylä-Kolintie 39, 83960 Koli, sales.karelia@sokoshotels.fi, tel. +358 201 234 662, www.kolirelaxspa.fi.
Tarja Saarelainen of KoliFit, a trained masseuse and Pilates instructor operating at Koli, offers a variety of massage services in the middle of Koli Village. The massage services at KoliFit (in the Sale Koli building) are by appointment.
KoliFit Tarja Saarelainen, Kolintie 94, Koli (Sale Koli -kiinteistö), tel. +358 503 419 001, saaretar@luukku.com, kolifit.nettisivu.org.
Edea Koli, Ylä-Kolintie 39, 83960, Koli, tel. +358 503 611 991, hoitola@kauneushoitolaedeakoli.fi, www.kauneushoitolaedeakoli.fi.
The offerings include souvenirs, skiing gloves, socks, a wide selection of "pipo" stocking caps, Koli textiles, postcards, maps and quality hiking equipment. Faber snowshoes. For rent Faber snowshoes etc.
Open: Mon–Sat 10 am to 5 pm, Sun 10 am to 3 pm.
Koli Shop Retkitupa, Ilovoltti Oy, Ylä-Kolintie 39, Koli, tel. +358 400 231 332, info@feelkoli.fi, www.feelkoli.fi, Facebook: Koli Shop Retkitupa - Feel Koli -retket.
The nature shop and café Vakka operates on the premises of Koli Nature Centre Ukko, offering products with the National Park logo, handicrafts, ceramics, soft toys, textiles, and books. Open: Mon–Sat 10 am to 5 pm, Sun 10 am to 3 pm.
The nature shop and café Vakka, Ylä-Kolintie 39, 83960 Koli, p. 020 639 5654, www.luontoon.fi/ukko.
At the reception of Break Sokos Hotel Koli, the Spa Shop offers Koli-labelled Reino footwear, local delicacies, Lumene pampering products, maps, postcards, and more. Opening hours follow those of the hotel reception.
Break Sokos Hotel Koli/Spa Shop by Sokos Hotels, Ylä-Kolintie 39, tel. +358 201 234 662, sales.karelia@sokoshotels.fi.
The quartzite of Koli. The forested hills of Koli formed about 2300 million years ago, when sand from the ancient ocean became stuck between the tectonic plates, and a mountain range, almost as high as the Himalayas, formed in the area. As time went by, several ice ages, along with weathering, left behind only the hardest stone of all – the white quartzite stone of Koli. This very stone has been cut into the KOLI-jewellery. www.kolikorut.fi.
Retailers: Koli Nature Centre Ukko, Ylä-Kolintie 39, Koli, t. +358 206 395 654; Koli Shop Retkitupa, Ylä-Kolintie 39, Koli, t. +358 400 231 332; Farm Accomodation Jänisvaara, Jänisvaarantie 4, Koli, t. +358 505 053 127; Kolinportti, Kolintie 10, Ahmovaara, t. +358 103 224 722; Loma-Kolin Portti, Hiekkaniementie 2, Koli, t. +358 505 554 633; Koli Freetime, Kopravaarantie 27, Ahmovaara, t. +358 103 223 040; Koli Season in Koli village, t. +358 405 481 759; The Gallery of Koli Cornerstone, Tourist Information, Ylä-Kolintie 2, Koli, t. +358 451 387 429.
At the Koli tourist information sales exhibition of arts and crafts. At the exhibition for example nature photographs of Matti Pihlatie, local handicrafts, lace ceramics, parchment and silver juwelry by Apan Koru, wrought-iron products. The versatile assortment is completed by Karelian pastries from Farm tourism Jänisvaara on order, also gluten or dairy free.
Kolin matkailuneuvonta ja galleria, Ylä-Kolintie 2, Koli, tel. +358 451 387 429, info@koli.fi. Opening hours follow those of Koli tourist information.
Here you find a wide assortment of great products for presents or souvenirs. In our assortment we also have individual interior design products. You will find the following trade marks: Arabia-Iittala, Opamuurikka, Muurla glasware, Puttipaja, bee products Mellis, Forsman Tea, Riipisen Riistaherkut and Puron Marjat. In addition there are Norwegian sweaters, postcards (for example from Koli) and handicrafts.
Open: Mon to Fri 10 am to 7 pm, Sat 10 am to 6 pm and Sun 10 am to 7 pm.
Kolinportin Asema Oy, Souverir and gift shop, Kolintie 10, Ahmovaara, tel. +358 103 224 722, www.kolinportti.com.
At the Jänisvaara Tourist Farm you can order bakery products – all baked on the farm, from beginning to end, now also in a webshop. Karelian pasties, also vegan and gluten-free, 0.90 €/piece; buttered pullas 1 €/piece, plaited pulla loaves 5 €/piece, curd cheese rolls, mushroom & onion rolls, also vegan, seed rolls, also vegan, 0.50 €/piece; filled Swiss rolls 15 €/piece, black-currant-chocolate Pavlova 29 €; laskiaispullas 1.50 €/piece, also vegan, Runeberg's tarts 1.50 €/piece, also vegan; organic black-currant juice 7 €, black currants 2 €/200 grammes. Please make your orders to the matron of the house the day before or in the morning. The orders are to be picked up at the Jänisvaara Tourist Farm, Jänisvaarantie 4, 83960 Koli, tel. +358 50 505 3127 or iris.mustonen@maatilamatkailu.fi, webshop: www.maatilamatkailu.fi.
Consumer goods, postal services, fishing licences, and fuel station services.
Open: Mon–Sat 9 am to 7 pm, Sun 11 am to 6 pm.
Sale Koli, Kolintie 94 (in the Koli village), Koli, tel. +358 107 623 300.
There is a wide range of accommodation services in the Koli area: cottages, hundreds of them, hotels, hostels, tourist farms, youth hostels, and rooms. For further information, see www.koli.fi/majoitus. There are still vacancies for all the winter holiday weeks. If you cannot find suitable accommodation, contact Koli Tourist Information at tel. +358 45 138 7429 or info@koli.fi.


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After I worked on my page of National Parks I'd visited, I decided to find out where I stood in my goal to see as many of them as I possibly can before I have to hang up the keys to the motorhome.
The National Park Service lists 60 with the official designation of National Park in their proper name, so I'm going to start marking them off from there by linking the ones I've done below.
I'm still counting Glacier as my favorite national park when pressed and have just one to choose. This hike was really a great one, but I never found the time to both write about what I'd done or do more, so maybe one of these days I'll get caught up with that – probably when I just can't do more.
Kennesaw Mountain (GA) (October 13, 2014) – I was never particularly interested in the Civil War during history lessons in school, but I definitely find the story of this conflict fascinating now. It's inconceivable to me that in many cases it was literally brother fighting against brother as there was even division among families as to which cause was just and worth dying for.
"I had not known how beautiful the countryside is where this battle took place. We bought a cassette and map for a self guided tour of the landmarks and battle sites. It even had sound effects of the cannons booming through the peaceful landscape to reveal more of the reality of the conflict. More than 1,300 monuments and statues memorialize each parties' loss in this important battle with symbolism and artistry. They seek to interpret and reconcile the incomprehensible – how brother fought brother in a war in which the enemy was not the feared stranger as in most combats. Before this political clash, we stood side by side against the British so that we could become a united nation. No lofty idealism here – the north may not have been so adamant against it if slavery was as advantageous economically to their industrial culture as it was to the south's agricultural one. And how ironic that the south was fighting for the freedom to enable them to enslave another culture.
Shiloh (TN) – November 2014: After just walking around the Shiloh National Cemetery and coming out with tears in my eyes, I knew I was in for an emotional time during this visit.
Chaco Culture (NM) – July 2002: This was a brief day trip when I was staying in Albuquerque, cut even shorter when bad weather came up. It's such a fascinating place, it's definitely on my list for a longer return visit!
"Michigan's Top of the World" – When I was planning my summer of 2011 RVing around Michigan, I was frequently advised not to miss the Keweenaw Peninsula. I had been told about the Upper Peninsula being one of the most magical places in Michigan – and that Keweenaw was like the icing on that cake – a peninsula on a peninsula – the uppermost western tip of the U.P.
Pictured Rocks (MI) (blog post): And the thing is, I took over 300 photos and even some video. And they STILL don't really show how glorious it is in its entirety. The whole experience – the sights, the sounds of the water, the sunshine and the people oohing and aahing…really an amazing trip!
Sleeping Bear Dunes (MI): I never got around to doing a full page about this since it was nearing the end of my time in Michigan and schedule was getting crazy, but it was such a great time when my daughter visited me here. Memories like this with families are the best!
Thomas Jefferson Memorial (DC) – I visited an RVer friend who lived in DC and had room for me in his driveway. It was great having a free site and a personal tour guide, if for nothing else but to navigate those confusing DC traffic circles!
I saw all the National Monuments I have listed below but just haven't done pages on them all. Here I'll at least include one picture with the link of the official websites in that case. If you want to see larger picture, click and it will open in separate window.
Bandelier (NM) – 2002: The ruins of these ancient cliff dwellings was my favorite site in Albuquerque. It was the first time I had been able to get up into the rooms on the ruins and it's just so interesting to try to imagine what it felt like to live there.
Casa Grande Ruins (AZ) – March, 2017: These ruins have been slowly giving way back to the desert for more than 560 years. They're trying to better protect them with this covering and by use of beams and rods to brace up some of the walls. These kind of places always intrigue me.
Fort Sumter (SC) – Dec. 2001: So early in my journey, I wound up with no decent pics to share. It's a great visit, though, to see the place where the Civil War began. It was the start of my interest in seeing more of these historical sites and I started looking for them everywhere I went.
Gila Cliff Dwellings (NM) – Feb. 2017: I loved how you can walk through the remains of the rooms, some walls still charred from ancient fires. And the views are incredible. I even overcome one of my big fears here and climbed down that ladder!
Montezuma Castle (AZ) – Nov. 4, 2017: This is such a beautiful and sacred place and amazing to me how they managed to build such structures into such a high cliff! During one of my visits they were celebrating Native American Heritage Month. I even got a little YouTube video showing part of their dance.
Tuzigoot (AZ) (Nov. 5, 2017) – I first caught a glimpse of this wonder when I was staying at Dead Horse Ranch State Park). As compelling as this distant view is, don't miss the chance to actually walk into the ruins of the rooms built by an ancient people.
Walnut Canyon (AZ) – Nov. 27, 2017: This was the last day trip I did before leaving the area and I'm grateful to my Sedona friend, Nema, for insisting I shouldn't leave the area without seeing this remarkable place! You can stroll the paths that run alongside the rooms and look across the canyon to see the distant dwellings, almost hidden among the cliffs.
Blue Ridge Parkway (NC-VA) – June-July, 2007: My mom and I saw all 469 mileposts from North Carolina to Virginia. Even though we tried to keep a reasonably stress-free schedule, it's still not an easy task to properly "do" the Blue Ridge Parkway in a month. I'd be glad to have another shot at this drive!
Natchez Trace Parkway (MS) – October 27, 2014: I started from the Nashville end and saw all 444 miles though Alabama and into Mississippi. I spent a month seeing as many sights along the way that I possibly could. I love this drive and would gladly get on this parkway again!
Glen Canyon (AZ-UT) – July 2004: I had never seen a dam like this before and I was in absolute awe! This shot doesn't even begin to show the scope and size of this project, but it's pretty impressive!
National Park Service – Since 1916, the National Park Service has been entrusted with the care of our national parks. With the help of volunteers and partners, we safeguard these special places and share their stories with more than 275 million visitors every year.
National Park Foundation – Chartered by Congress in 1967, the National Park Foundation is rooted in a legacy that began more than a century ago, when private citizens from all walks of life took action to establish and protect our national parks. Mission includes safeguarding our heritage and inspiring generations of national park enthusiasts.
National Park Maps – A collection of the National Park Service publications of tons of great free maps.
National Parks Traveler – Since August 2005 National Parks Traveler has been the Internet's only site dedicated to covering America's National Park System and the National Park Service on a daily basis. The Traveler is not a static site built around park statistics and trail descriptions and is not strictly a travelogue. Rather, it offers readers a unique multimedia blend of news, feature content, debate, and discussion all tied to America's national parks.
National Park Travelers Club – The organization for anyone who enjoys collecting cancellations in the Passport to Your National Parks Program.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (Alaska) is the largest at 13.2 million acres!
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial (PA) is the smallest at 0.02 acre.


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You know, I was thinking about Lorenzo Pizza a few days ago. I haven't been there in quite a while. I'm going to remedy that.
What a beautiful place! Always wanted to visit, but now I know where I actually actually want to explore! Parts of it look a lot like Key West, actually.
Thanks for stopping by! Interesting comment about Key West. Another one of my favorite places!
Philadelphia is Terra Incognita for me. Looks like an amazing place. Didn't know they had a cricket club there.
Yes, Philly is pretty amazing!


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"Obama's Worldwide 'War on Unborn Babies!' Mandated Abortions is Depopulation!"
Posted on May 11, 2012 September 4, 2015 by rose4justice
The Revolution Came and the USA Defeated Communism 1945!
written by Rose Colombo, original pub. (c) 5/11/2012, Rev. 6/17/2012
"The real question today is not when human life begins, but, What is the value of human life?" Ronald Reagan, (pub. Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation) On or about February 18, 2009, Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General stated, "There will be significant demographic changes this nation never faced…There will be no majority race in the United States in about 15 years…the coming diversity that could be such a powerful positive force will instead become a reason for stagnation and polarization. Although, there is a crying need for all of us to know the contributions of Black Americans, the Black history month is still a testament to the problems that has inflicted African-Americans throughout our stay in the country….Black history is critical to the knowledge of the Black history experiment."
Although, Eric Holder, United States Attorney General, addressed a majority of Black Americans and students at a college, his comments raise the question if his words reflected distinct statements which could reveal a sinister and secret U.N. Agenda 21 with a stated goal of reducing the world's population by 50% between 1990 and 2015. A major part of the U.N.'s Agenda 21 goal and Obama's "Global Poverty Act" focuses upon mandated abortions in America and Third World nations at 50% by the year 2015. Ironically, the news recently disclosed that USAG Holder's wife owns an abortion clinic which raises the question if Obama's mandated abortion laws approved by senators Hillary Clinton, Biden, Feinstein, and Kerry, in 2007, and the fact that Holder worked under the Clinton administration, is a Conflict of Interest?
Mandated abortions combined with other depopulation agendas such as ObamaCare, which includes taxpayer-funded government mandated abortions in America, also allows for infanticide. Is it possible that mandated Abortions could lead to government mandated abortions, not personal choice, which was implemented by Communist China for about 25 years? China's leaders determined the female unborn babies would be aborted under their mandated law for depopulation purposes or pregnant women would be punished for non-compliance. Holder's comments reflect Obama's Executive Order, The Global Poverty Act aka New millennium Goals, which the non-vetted senator Obama implemented on or about December 7, 2007, and approved without the knowledge of the majority of U.S. citizens.
Should we not raise the question and ask if anyone would want their unborn baby or unborn grand baby to be used for food? Is it morally right to allow corporations to grind up unborn babies aka fetuses and use them for food additives into artificial sweeteners? Is that not to be considered as cannibalism? How many people approve of aborted unborn babies having their brains removed for experimentation as reported in the Orange County Register newspaper as a scandal by a major hospital? Millions of people believe that it's moral to use unborn babies for stem cell research or for cloning. These statements are part of the reality relating to mandated abortions, which is downplayed by the Obama administration, Wall Street, and the media.
Obviously, mandated abortions increase taxes, and fund Planned Parenthood, and generate big-profits for abortionists, as well as some businesses within the food industry. On or about 2009, my blog informed U.S. citizens that Obama's Global Poverty Act mandates worldwide abortions, which is in line with the U.N.'s Agenda 21, a goal to depopulate the earth at 50%, by the year 2015. Senator Alan Keyes attempted to warn Americans that Obama's agendas included radical programs. In fact, Senator Obama failed to disclose his obsession with mandated abortions during the elections which I refer to as "Obama's War on Unborn Babies." He presented himself as a traditional family man with pro-life agendas when interviewed by Pastor Rick, who later on, incorporated Chrislam into his church. The actions taken against unborn babies worldwide by the non-vetted U.S. Senator and President, Barack Hussein Obama, lead many to believe that he's the most pro-abortion president to ever hit America.
Furthermore, Obama's health care bill known as ObamaCare also includes tax funded mandated abortions against the will of the majority of U.S. citizens. Once again, Obama signed the Global Poverty Act passed on or about December 7, 2007, and he signed it into law as an Executive Order on or about January 2009. The Global Poverty Act is also known as The Millennium Global Goal and there wasn't objection by the 111th or 112th U.S. Congress. The reason for the U.N.'s Agenda 21 goal to reduce the population of the planet under the guise of reducing world poverty and saving the planet. Obama's worldwide mandated abortion laws target not only the USA, but Third World nations, especially Africa. Obviously, if the federal government and the U.N. successfully reduce the population at 50% by 2015 or 90% by 2027, poverty would be nearly eliminated, but so would mankind. These programs won't save the planet but destroy the planet. This leads me to ask how many citizens are asking their leaders and the supporters of Agenda 21 on what authority are they secretly implementing a program that includes depopulation and who made them God with the right to determine who lives and who dies.
Recently, in the year 2012, Obama shouted out in the media that women's rights should include taxpayer-funded entitlements and their right to access Margaret Sanger's Planned Parenthood abortion clinics. He strongly promotes the right of young women to access free condoms, contraceptives, and the morning after abortion pill. Obama, Pelosi, Reid, and the majority of democrats and Rhinos support tax funded Planned Parenthood for-profit abortion clinics. Abortion is big business! It allows the federal government to substantially increase taxes for this big private corporation. Planned Parenthood is similar to a manufacturing business that operates an assembly line of commodities, but in this case, the assembly line's commodities are pregnant women and unborn babies. Throughout history, mankind built businesses by hunting and killing animals, fishing, and harvesting trees or plants for big profits. But, Planned Parenthood is granted millions of tax dollars under ObamaCare to hunt for commodities known as pregnant women and unborn babies similar to a seamless assembly line for-profit. It is the unborn babies who are becoming the extinct species on the planet.
Remember, there's more than one way to depopulate the planet, but mandated abortions and same-sex agendas are definitely included as well as radiation. It's a fact that there's more Planned Parenthood abortion clinics in Black American communities than anywhere else in America. It appears that Agenda 21 and the Obama administration's mandated worldwide abortion agendas target the poor, ethnicities, religions, and races, and includes mandating worldwide abortions in Third World nations, such as Africa and India. It appears that Obama's Global Poverty Act is implemented as an Executive Order titled The Millennium Development Goal which appears to be in line with the U.N.'s Agenda 21. The unconstitutional laws implemented recently in the USA appear to be linked into Agenda 21, i.e., ObamaCare, the
Also, under the guise of women's rights, the Obama administration is focusing on young women, pregnant women, and unborn babies, through the promotion of entitlements such as mandated abortions, and promoting contraception. The Obama regime targeted the Catholic Church and Catholic hospitals, who oppose abortion and the distribution of contraceptives and the morning after pill. The Catholic Church filed a lawsuit against the federal government's mandated abortions and distribution of contraceptives. Mandated Abortions offends the moral compass of the Catholic religion. Shall we not ask if the U.N.'s Agenda 21 is a program that intends to use U.S. leaders to circumvent the Constitution and the U.S. Congress?
It would appear that such an agenda is implemented to control the masses with the intent of creating a one world government. It's not possible to create a one world government if U.S. laws aren't shredded or the borders aren't opened up for the migration of foreigners. How then is such an agenda not sending up red flags and shocking the minds of every U.S. citizen, as well as citizens around the world, especially citizens living in Third World Nations who are on the radar for depopulation? Furthermore, Communist China mandated the death by abortion of 400,000,000 unborn baby girls for more than two decades. Government mandated abortions is a genocide. Mandated abortions reduces the population of unborn babies who are the future citizens. The U.N. and the U.S. didn't oppose the mandated abortions in China. In fact, if any pregnant woman attempted to conceal the birth of a baby girl, they were punished. And, the Chinese government's mandated health care programs required the monitoring of young girl's menstrual cycles. Hillary Clinton and Diane Feinstein support the U.N.'s Rights of the Child which denies U.S. parents the right to exercise parental rights. This means the all family law matters in the U.S. could be rendered under a U.N. flag versus a U.S. flag as the new one world court.
Once again, the U.N. has been working hand in hand with past and current U.S. Presidents and supporting Congressional members, as well as international leaders who approve of redistributing America's wealth as well as reducing the world's population by 50% between 1990 and 2015. They are playing God and their goals include mandated abortions, infanticide and partial birth abortions. They believe that the federal government should replace the parents.
Remember, the key supporters of Obama's worldwide mandated laws were senators Biden, Clinton, Feinstein, Clinton, and Kerry and a majority of representatives. After the Global Poverty Act was signed into law, senator Obama immediately filed the application to compete in the presidential race of 2008 even though he previously stated that he was too "inexperienced" to be a U.S. President. Consequently, the U.N.'s Agenda 21 is known as a sustainable rural development program using U.S. tax dollars for the redistribution of America's wealth with the alleged goal of re-developing Third World nations by wealthy banksters. The question should be pondered if the globalists are successful at depopulating the targeted nations how then shall mankind live, but only as slaves? Thus, if there are traitors in the nation who are working to polarize and destroy America by comforting and abetting the enemy and supplying them with money and military defenses how then shall the American people stop this evil machine?
Also, there are rumors that the government might install vending machines into every school stocked with condoms, contraceptives, and the morning after abortion pill. Well, Obama promised change and change has come to America under the guise of women's rights, the war on terrorism, and health care. The truth is that the liberal agenda began back in the 1970s, when the feminists, who were mostly same-sex women, encouraged women not to have more than two kids. The feminists influenced young married women that motherhood was a thankless job as well as being a housewife. The feminists managed to make young married women feel guilty about being a wife and mother and caused them to feel that they should be out working. They encouraged young wives and mothers to get out of the house – get divorced – go out and work – under the guise of equal rights. President Reagan, warned women that equal rights for women would result in a new struggle for women, especially single mothers, in the future. He also warned against Pro-Choice laws. In fact, Americans criticize China for passing a law that says they can't have more than one child, but we aren't far behind telling American women not to have more than two kids and that they should abort their babies instead of putting the babies up for adoption.
Americans complain there's fewer U.S. Natural Born Citizens on U.S. soil. That's true. There are fewer births of U.S. natural Born citizens today, because foreigners don't take contraceptives. Most foreigners aren't aborting millions of unborn babies. They intend to have large families. America has aborted about 70,000,000 plus babies since Roe v. Wade was approved and we disgusted by Hitler? We're stabbing babies sin the head and ripping apart their body parts and selling them for profit and experiments, but we send people to jail for harming an animal, and yes, protect animals, but what about human beings? We are killing our future U.S. Natural Born Citizens who are needed to preserve the United States of America for only the natural born citizens of a civilization can preserve their civilization, traditions, laws, culture, and sovereignty.
Furthermore, scientists and researchers around the world willingly use the fetuses for experiments, stem cell research, or cloning. They are alleged to be selling body parts, organs, and human tissue which is against the law. Great Britain was the first country to receive licensing for cloning. It's imperative that citizens of the world and Western civilization question if mandated abortions is a sinister program that is being carried out by the secret globalists under the guise of women's rights. They appear to seek world power and control through unprecedented mandates that go against God, the Bible, and morality. These mandates include excessive regulations, and cruel and unusual taxation and punishments with the intent of reaching their globalist goal with their hope for change and transformation of the USA and the world. Is freedom and liberty and God-given unalienable rights an illusion, or is a One World Order an illusion. The goal of the globalist appears to be a one world superior race – slave vs. master – a one world leader – and a collective global utopia? (This article may be shared, but not changed or Plagiarized by a Third Party). Scroll Down to the bottom of the page to Like, Share, & Comment
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'Dirty Cow' Linux vulnerability found after nine years
The 'Dirty Cow' bug was originally introduced nine years ago, and has been sitting unnoticed for much of that time
The Dirty Cow logo. Photograph: Dirty Cow
Alex Hern
@alexhern
Fri 21 Oct 2016 06.55 EDT Last modified on Tue 21 Feb 2017 12.12 EST
The operating system that lies at the core of most servers on the internet and most smartphones has a critical vulnerability which has existed, unnoticed, for nine years.
Called "Dirty Cow" (because it exploits a mechanism called copy-on-write), the bug allows an attacker to gain privilege escalation on the Linux kernel.
Linux, properly known as GNU/Linux, is an open-source operating system originally developed by Finnish programmer Linus Torvalds in 1991.
Based on Richard Stallman's GNU project, the operating system was originally created to provide a free, open alternative to traditional PC operating systems, then dominated by Microsoft's DOS.
Because it was available for anyone to take, modify, and reuse Linux, it proliferated rapidly. It now lies at the core of almost every server on the internet, as well powering the Android OS for mobile phones and a significant chunk of the "internet of things".
Linux, a free open-source operating system, is at the heart of a huge number of applications, but its most well-known uses are in webservers (under brand names such as Red Hat, Ubuntu and Debian) and as the core of Android, Google's operating system for smartphones.
Because it's open-source, anyone can see, re-use, and suggest edits to the core source code, which is usually thought to increase the security of the operating system: many eyes means a higher chance of someone spotting, and fixing, bugs.
But the Dirty Cow bug – officially called CVE–2016–5195 – was originally introduced to the kernel nine years ago, and has been sitting unnoticed for much of that time. In fact, research published this week claimed that the typical Linux bug reaches about five years old before it is fixed.
Dirty Cow is a class of vulnerability known as a "privilege escalation bug", which means that it allows an attacker which has already gained some measure of control over a specific computer to leverage that into total control.
According to Phil Oester, the researcher who found the bug, an exploit taking advantage of Dirty Cow has already been found in the wild.
But the research team warn that while Dirty Cow is serious, it shouldn't distract from the more workaday bugs, which are found regularly. "All the boring normal bugs are way more important, just because there's a lot more of them. I don't think some spectacular security hole should be glorified or cared about as being any more 'special' than a random spectacular crash due to bad locking." The major issue with the bug isn't its danger, but its age: it is easy to exploit reliably, and thanks to the nine years it's been hiding in the code, it will be in millions of computers.
The bug is already patched on some of the major versions of Linux, including Red Hat, Debian and Ubuntu. But for millions of other devices that run Linux, particularly embedded versions of the operating system, the patch will be difficult to apply, and potentially nonexistent.
That also applies to Android: the mobile operating system is affected. While top-end Android devices, such as the Galaxy S7 and Pixel, receive regular security updates, the vast majority of Android devices sold receive few, if any, post-sale updates.
Google declined to comment, but confirmed that Android is one of the Linux distributions affected. The company has posted a Partner Security Advisory to alert Android partners, one of the steps to those partners then issuing a patch


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Jeffrey Wright Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics
Jeffrey Wright Quick Info
Jeffrey Wright is an American actor who is best known for his work in films such as Basquiat (1996), Ali (2001), Syriana (2005), Casino Royale (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), The Ides of March (2011), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), and O.G. (2018). He is also well recognized for portraying characters such as Sidney Bechet in the adventure fantasy TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993), Norman 'Belize' Arriaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless Man / The Angel Europa in the TV miniseries Angels in America (2003), Valentin Narcisse in the period crime drama TV series Boardwalk Empire (2013–2014), and Bernard Lowe / Arnold Weber in the science-fiction Western and dystopian TV series Westworld (2016-Present).
Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright in an Instagram selfie from January 2017 (Jeffrey Wright / Instagram)
Washington, D.C., United States
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Jeffrey had graduated from the St. Albans School, an independent college preparatory, boys' school in Washington, D.C. He had then joined Amherst College, a private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, from where he had earned a bachelor's degree in political science, in 1987.
Jeffrey had later joined the Master of Fine Arts acting program at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He had, however, dropped out after just 2 months there to act in a play that kick-started his professional acting career.
Jeffrey Wright in an Instagram selfie from November 2016 (Jeffrey Wright / Instagram)
Father – James Charles Wright, Jr. (d. 1966)
Mother – Barbara Evon Wright (née Whiting) (Customs Lawyer)
Others – Brian Wright (Cousin), James Charles Wright, Sr. (Paternal Grandfather), Mary Lois Potts (Paternal Grandmother), William Henry 'Boo White' Whiting (Maternal Grandfather), Mary Ellen 'Mamie' Banks (Maternal Grandmother), Elizabeth Ejogo (née Douglas) (Ex-Mother-in-Law) (Tour Guide), Charles Ejogo (Ex-Father-in-Law) (Entrepreneur) (Deceased), Charles Ejogo, Jr. (Brother-in-Law) (Entrepreneur)
Jeffrey has dated –
Carmen Ejogo (2000–2014) – Jeffrey had married English actress and singer Carmen Ejogo in August 2000 after having first met her during the shooting of the biographical drama TV film Boycott (2001). They have 2 children together – a son named Elijah Wright and a daughter named Juno Wright. The couple got divorced, amicably, in 2014.
He is of African-American descent.
Jeffrey Wright as seen in an Instagram Post in March 2017 (Jeffrey Wright / Instagram)
Toned physique
Close-cropped, receding hairline
Sports a thick beard
He had been featured in a TV commercial for Dell Technologies (March 2017).
Jeffrey Wright as seen in an Instagram Post in February 2017 (Jeffrey Wright / Instagram)
Jeffrey Wright Favorite Things
Food Indulgence – Charred, buttery, pink-in-the-middle steak
Subject in College – Constitutional Law
Book – 1984 by George Orwell
Movie – Apocalypse Now (1979)
Vacation Places – Hawaii (U.S.), Paris (France)
Source – Us Magazine
Jeffrey Wright Facts
He had planned to attend a law school after he had graduated from Amherst College but had changed his mind at the eleventh hour, switching his focus towards a career in acting.
For portraying the character of Norman 'Belize' Arriaga in the TV miniseries Angels in America (2003), he had won the 'Best Supporting Actor' award at the 2004 Golden Globe Awards and the 'Outstanding Supporting Actor' award at the 2004 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Exactly a decade ago, in 1994, he had won a prestigious Tony Award in the 'Best Featured Actor in a Play' category for the exact same role, in the Broadway production of Angels in America. Interestingly, he was the only original cast member who was retained from the play when it was adapted into the 2003 TV miniseries.
Amherst College, his alma mater, had conferred an honorary degree upon him in 2004.
At 14, Jeffrey did his first job which was as a locker room attendant in a public swimming pool in Washington, D.C.
In the '90s, when he was working on Broadway, he had purchased a 27-inch color TV. That was his first splurge at that time.
He wanted to do hurling when he was younger.
He was starstruck after meeting Muhammad Ali and Angela Davis.
If he wasn't an actor, he would have been surfing and eating fresh fish daily.
Jeffrey has watched his favorite movie Apocalypse Now (1979) 500 times.
His dream role is to play a character in a Shakespeare play.
Growing up, he was a huge fan of Adam West's Batman. He would watch it daily after school.
Watching political news is his least favorite TV show. However, he still watches them daily.
Jeffrey is very good at making char-grilled oysters.
After finishing filming The French Dispatch (2021), he took with him custom coasters from the film set to be put on the wall.
Once Jeffrey denied a female fan a selfie. She then swore never to watch anything in which he was acting or appearing. At that time, Jeffrey was with his kids.
As a kid, he has done a lot of skateboarding. He left only after he broke his leg.
Diahann Carroll as Julia was his celebrity childhood crush.
In 1985, he had his first music festival experience at Live Aid in Philly.
Featured Image by Jeffrey Wright / Instagram
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The big idea behind Riskive is that hackers no longer need to target weaknesses in systems. Socially connected users are far easier to compromise, so why not trick someone into doing something instead of hacking to find a way to do it on your own? Riskive doesn't post the details of their security solutions on their website, which makes sense considering the field that they're in. While you can't read up on exactly what they do, you can check out their News page to get a sense for why they're generating so much buzz lately (this includes being named the Maryland Incubator Company of the Year for 2013). The buzz also includes an article about how Riskive is going on a hiring spree. It turns out that Riskive's Careers page is a little light on jobs–Software Developer is the only position suitable for a new or recent grad–but they have a ton of internships. At a company like Riskive, internships can often turn into permanent positions, so take a look at their positions in Entrepreneurship Immersion, Development, UX/UI Design, Research, Innovation, Human Capital, Marketing & Sales, Operations, and Community and Partnerships. They even allow you to create your own internship if you have a good idea. It's unclear if the internships are paid.
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NOWHERE SQUARES
Posted on August 2, 2019 at 7:20 pm.
GET THE NERVE TO MIX IT UP
By Jones Willingham
Photo by Breanna Conley Saxon
Birmingham punk-rock mainstays, Nowhere Squares (Paul Wilm, Justin Cordes Wilm, Mikey Williams, Andy Sizemore, and Wes Reid), have been playing together in some form or another for twenty-one years. However, 2019 has brought a new element to the fold with the release of All Mixed Up and Nowhere to Dance, a remixed companion album to their 2018 release All Messed Up and Nowhere to Go. Featuring work from Inkline of Birmingham rap group Nerves Baddington, All Mixed Up offers a stylistic detour with the appearance of 808 drums and heavy bass in conjunction with the Nowhere Squares' impressive and chaotic energy. MusicBham spoke to Paul in anticipation of the release on Earth Libraries:
Hi Paul! How did the remix album with Inkline come together?
We were scheduled to play a show with Nerves Baddington at The Nick in the winter of 2018 and Ryan (Inkline) made a promo video where he remixed "Quit It" and placed it behind this trippy animated visual of us. It looked incredible, and I was flabbergasted at how we sounded remixed. After the show, I told him how cool it was, and we joked around about hearing the whole album remixed. Eventually, it became a reality, and he just sent me song after song, and I was continually blown away.
It's incredible how well the electronic drums and bass meshes with your punk sound.
Yeah, it sounds amazing. I think it was challenging because Ryan didn't even have the stems (individual pieces) of the tracks — he was isolating the vocals and drums and each instrument himself and then remixing it all together. …It's just mind-blowing to me. …Thanks to the magical world of computers, we can do this just by sending stems back and forth to each other. It also might influence our recording, too — you know, we can mess with something in the studio with the thought that it might get remixed down the line.
Does anything that Inkline added influence you in your "normal" musical style?
Yeah, actually. I find myself adding in the vocal loops that he made when we play live; when we do "Rude Thing" now, I sing it with the repeating vocal that he took from the chorus.
Are there any other remix albums or tracks that you enjoy?
I remember Bjork put out that album Telegraph which was basically her album Post remixed, and I played that a lot when it came out. I think one of the coolest things about this whole release is that Inkline and Nerves Baddington kinda hijacked our album, chopped and screwed it and threw graffiti all over it. I never considered our music being used that way, so it's really ear-opening to hear what he did with it.
How do you feel like your sound has changed after two decades of music?
Our sound has evolved, but I think it's gotten to the point where it's crystallized; no matter what we add to it, it still maintains our original sound. You couldn't listen to our entire discography and ask, "Who are these guys? They've changed so much!" Our songs are very quirky and energetic now even compared to 20 years ago — I think we've become a super-charged version of ourselves now.
It's rare for a band to stick around the Birmingham music scene with the consistency that Nowhere Squares has achieved. How do you feel about the scene that surrounds you now?
The scene comes and goes – some bands stick around for decades like we have, or there's turnover and new, incredible acts that show up. We found consistency in the fact that if we weren't playing music, we'd all be sitting in an insane asylum. It's a great way for us to exorcise our demons because we need the band — I'd say that's the glue that holds us together.
What does the songwriting process look like for Nowhere Squares?
Justin [Cordes Wilm] and I are the principal songwriters for the band. I always have lyrics bouncing around in my head, and I can always count on him for the tune to go with it. We never write complete songs in one go — we might start something…, but then we go to the rest of the band. … It's dangerous to write a song all by yourself because you're going to end up disappointed when the band gets ahold of it and it's not exactly what you thought it would be. A band like this, where everyone brings in very incredible personalities and interests, is going to change it so much. That's where our strongest songs come from. …For that matter, Wes [Reid] is a songwriter himself, so we're entering an era where we have three songwriters in the band.
The three-headed monster era of Nowhere Squares
But I'm excited to see where it will lead us.
What's on the horizon for Nowhere Squares?
We're writing a new album, and I'd love for us to drop a double album in the future.
The double album idea is interesting. What do you think constitutes an album in 2019?
For starters, a concise album is great because I feel like people's attention spans are very short right now. I don't know why I'm obsessed with a double album; I have the vinyl mentality, meaning that I think of albums as Side A or Side B. So for me, I love it when, say, Side A has a dedicated theme or flow that might be reflected on Side B. That idea doesn't really work on Spotify or stuff like that, but I don't let that hinder my process when I'm picking out an album.
Tags: double album, featured, mix up, Nerves Baddington, Nowhere Squares


The Bessbrook District Vintage Tractor Club held their Annual Fund Raising Day. All monies raised are donated to the Southern Area Hospice Service, a most worthy cause. The day of fun included a display of vintage tractors and farm machinery. Most notable being the 'The Thrashar' or the Threashing machine. There were two 'Thrashars' and a squad of able bodied men, old timers and young ones wanting to learn a dieing trade.
There are various photos taken at the event but my favourites of the day were the skill of Blacksmith Colin McCormick (Surefoot Harrier) and Bernard Connolly showing us the old method of securing the bags of seed. Bernard did the job of Bagger who is the person replacing the bags on the back of the thrasher when filled with seed as well as The Sewer who sewed the top of the bags with a packing needle with the two ends sticking up like 'Donkeys Ears'. This made the bag easy to lift and lay. In earlier times the bag would have been made from Hessian or Jute as would the string.
Some of the photos may appear to be repetitive but each one illustrates a vitally important part of the job.
This was an excellent day and the Tractor Boys deserve high praise.
There will be photos of 2005 Fundraising Day put up at a later stage.


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Q: How to convert a NOT IN query into a JOIN query I have this following query that needs to be optimized
Select
    1 As status,
    e.entity_id,
    e.attribute_set_id,
    e.type_id,
    e.created_at,
    e.updated_at,
    e.sku,
    e.name,
    e.short_description,
    e.image,
    e.small_image,
    e.thumbnail,
    e.url_key,
    e.free,
    e.number_of_downloads,
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    e.url_path
From
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Where
    e.entity_id Not In (13863, 14096, 13856, 13924, 15875, 15869, 13788, 15977, 15873, 17141, 22214, 16900, 14485,
    15628, 15656, 14220, 14259, 14284, 13875, 13216, 14168, 13892, 16540, 19389, 17286, 16591, 30178, 31517, 31734,
    31621, 2487, 2486, 2485, 2484, 2483, 2482, 2481, 2480, 2479, 2478, 2477, 2475, 2474, 2473, 13402, 13427, 13694,
    13774, 13804, 13837, 13849, 13864, 30299, 30300) And
    e.free = 1
Order By
    e.number_of_downloads Desc;

Here The ids passed in NOT IN() are the "product_id" column values from a table named "mcsdownloads"
So my goal here is to replace NOT IN with a JOIN operation on table "mcsdownloads".
please help !

A: I don't think there is a way to perform a join instead of not in, but you can arrange your code in the following way so that it works correctly without manually writing down all the product_id from the mcsdownloads table
SELECT
   1 AS status, e.entity_id, e.attribute_set_id,
   e.type_id, e.created_at, e.updated_at, e.sku,
   e.name, e.short_description, e.image, e.small_image,
   e.thumbnail, e.url_key, e.free, e.number_of_downloads,
   e.sentence1, e.url_path
FROM catalog_product_flat_1 AS e
INNER JOIN catalog_category_product_index_store1 AS cat_index ON cat_index.product_id=e.entity_id
  AND cat_index.store_id=1
  AND cat_index.visibility IN (3,2,4)
  AND cat_index.category_id='2'
WHERE (e.entity_id NOT IN (SELECT product_id FROM mcsdownloads))
  AND (e.free = 1)
ORDER BY e.number_of_downloads DESC;

This is the significant part that I changed
e.entity_id NOT IN (SELECT product_id FROM mcsdownloads)

A: You are looking for LEFT JOIN ... WHERE ... IS NULL:
SELECT  ...
    From  catalog_product_flat_1 As e
    Inner Join  catalog_category_product_index_store1 As cat_index
            ON cat_index.product_id = e.entity_id
    LEFT JOIN  mcsdownloads AS m  ON m.entity_id = e.entity_id
    WHERE  cat_index.store_id = 1
      And  cat_index.visibility In (3, 2, 4)
      And  cat_index.category_id = '2'
      AND  e.free = 1
      AND  m.entity_id IS NULL

(Note:  I moved the filtering criteria from ON to WHERE.  ON is used for saying how tables relate; WHERE is for filtering.)
Indexes needed:
cat_index:  INDEX(store_id, category_id, visibility, product_id)
e:  INDEX(free, number_of_downloads)
m:  INDEX(entity_id)

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Across The World, If You Eat For Your Health, You'll Help The Planet
By Daniel Charles • Dec 5, 2017
Brahman cattle graze in a field in Innisfail, Queensland, Australia. Researchers can estimate the greenhouse gas emissions and land used to produce various foods in different parts of the world. They've used that data to calculate the environmental impact of a shift in what people eat.
David Messent / Getty Images
Originally published on December 4, 2017 5:53 pm
Telling people what to eat is perilous, whether the advice is aimed at a friend or an entire country. Of course, people and governments do it anyway. Dozens of countries have come up with recommendations for the perfect, most health-promoting diet.
Those recommendations are aimed at improving people's health. But Paul Behrens, a researcher at the University of Leiden, in the Netherlands, wanted to know whether this advice — if people actually followed it — might affect the environment. Producing foods, after all, has profoundly altered the planet, and those impacts can vary a lot, depending on which foods people demand.
Behrens just published his analysis in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He looked at what would happen if people in 37 different countries followed the dietary recommendations of their own governments. In general, he says, those shifts would be good for the planet. Greenhouse gas emissions would fall, waterways would suffer less pollution from fertilizer, and less land would be required to feed people.
"We have the perfect tool to analyze this," says Behrens. Scientists have assembled a massive database that allows them to calculate the emissions of greenhouse gases, the demand for land, or the fertilizer pollution caused by growing different kinds of food in different parts of the world. It can even distinguish, for instance, between the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from letting cattle graze on grass in Australia, versus feeding them corn in North American feedlots.
Behrens and his colleagues took that database and calculated, first of all, the impact of what people are eating now. Then they calculated the impact of a shift in diets, in each country, following that government's recommended diet.
In most countries (although not all) shifting to the recommended diet would mean eating less meat, poultry and eggs. That means, in turn, less land required to grow the feed for animals, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and less water pollution. This is especially true of Brazil and Australia, where people eat lots of beef.
There are exceptions, though. In India, where consumption of meat, poultry, and eggs is extremely low, the government wants people to eat more of those foods. Supplying those Indian consumers with the food that the government wants them to eat would increase greenhouse emissions. Shifting to the recommended diet in South Africa also would add to environmental stresses, because South Africans are supposed to eat more dairy products. And in Switzerland, people are supposed to eat so many more vegetables, fruit and nuts that producing that food also would increase greenhouse gas emissions.
What I found most intriguing about Behren's paper, in fact, is the detailed information he's assembled about dietary recommendations in dozens of different countries, as well as differences in what people actually eat.
Latvia, for instance, tells its citizens to eat mostly grains, while in South Korea, grains make up only a tiny share of the recommended diet. I'd assumed that Italians fill up on pasta, but in fact the Italian government wants its citizens to eat more grains, not less.
In the United States, the official dietary guidelines do not explicitly call for a reduction in meat consumption. The amount of meat, poultry and eggs that the guidelines recommend, however, is generally lower than what Americans — at least adult men — currently consume. The guidelines call for an even bigger reduction in sugar consumption. All of this would mean less pollution, and more land available for nature.
Behrens says only a handful of countries even mention the potential environmental benefits of following their dietary recommendations. He thinks that's a mistake. "It's another reason to shift to a healthier diet," he says.
The last time the U.S. revised its dietary guidelines, several of the scientists involved in the effort tried to do exactly that, but ran into fierce criticism from Congress. Lawmakers attached a "directive" to a spending bill instructing the Department of Health and Human Services to disregard environmental considerations when drafting its dietary advice, and the HHS complied.