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Sacha inchi, a little-known oilseed, also known as Inca nut, Inca peanut, or mountain peanut, among other names, has been gaining attention in recent years thanks to its astounding nutritional profile.
By HerbaZest Editorial Team | Updated: Nov 04, 2021
Medicinal Properties
How to Consume
Common name(s) Sacha inchi, sacha inchi nut, sacha peanut, mountain peanut, Inca nut, Inca peanut
Scientific name Plukenetia volubilis
Geographic distribution Amazon
Plant type Shrub
Native region Amazon Rainforest
Main producer(s) Peru
Main Economic Use Food industry
The sacha inchi plant is thought to have been domesticated by humans in South America even before records began. Since ancient times, sacha inchi has been highly valued for its medicinal and nutritional properties. It wasn't until recently, however, that the remarkable sacha inchi benefits have started to gain recognition worldwide, as science has begun to reveal their secrets. Learn more about this Amazonian superfood.
Sacha Inchi Medicinal Properties
Medicinal action Cardioprotective, Nutritious
Key constituents Alpha-linolenic acid
Medicinal rating (3) Reasonably useful plant
Safety ranking Safe
Health Benefits of Sacha Inchi
Research into sacha inchi's compounds has increased significantly in the last decade; moreover, this Amazonian seed has shown to be the best known vegetable source of protein. While research is still ongoing, some studies have revealed important sacha inchi benefits, including:
Supporting muscle-building. Because of its impressive concentration of lean protein, sacha inchi has been shown effective for maintaining and building muscle mass.1
Protecting cardiovascular health. The polyunsaturated fats in sacha inchi help improve glucose metabolism and decrease blood sugar spikes.2 These properties, combined with sacha inchi's ability to regulate cholesterol levels, help reduce the risk of heart disease and metabolic disorders.3
Traditionally, Amazon natives have used sacha inchi to treat rheumatic pain, but this use has not been verified and is not as common as its cardioprotective applications.
Sacha inchi seeds contain large amounts of essential amino acids and alpha-linolenic acids (ALA), particularly omega-3 fatty acids.
Although dietary allowances are expressed as protein, the biological requirement is really for amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins and also intermediate in metabolic functions. There are nine amino acids—histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine— that the human body can't produce, and all of them are provided by sacha inchi seeds.
It has been recently discovered that sacha inchi is particularly rich in an essential amino acid called tryptophan (44 mg/g of protein), which is crucial for the synthesis of serotonin in the brain, playing an important role in mood, behavior, and cognition. It is commonly used for reducing stress and inducing sleep.
Being a source of complete protein, sacha inchi is an excellent addition to a daily diet, particularly since it has been shown that replacing animal protein with plant-based protein can prolong longevity.4
On the other hand, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids cannot be produced by the human body, and it is important to consume them from food sources in order to avoid a deficiency. Studies have shown that these polyunsaturated fatty acids have potent cardioprotective properties.5
Although more research is required, preliminary studies have found that sacha inchi oil can improve the severity of acne lesions, which may help formulate more effective and safe acne treatments.6
OMEGA-3 FATS HELP REDUCE CHRONIC DISEASE RISK BY BLOCKING INFLAMMATION.
Other herbs particularly rich in omega-3 fatty acids are chia and flax, whereas peanut, quinoa, and amaranth also support muscle growth.
Sacha Inchi Side Effects
Sacha inchi is generally well tolerated, and no toxicity to the liver or kidneys has been observed. Many people experience nausea when first consuming sacha inchi oil, but this typically goes away after one week.
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Sacha Inchi Nutrition
Most sacha inchi benefits for human health are derived from its nutrient-rich content. Scientific research has shown that sacha inchi nuts are loaded with dietary fiber and essential amino acids, and they should be considered as an important source of health-promoting phytochemicals.
Sacha inchi nuts provide all nine essential amino acids —histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine—, which the body transforms into protein, necessary for healthy muscles and optimal metabolic function. Sacha inchi powder provides 4.5 grams of protein per 15 g (a tablespoon), which is significantly higher than that found in chia and quinoa. This information uses, as a reference, the recommended Daily Value (DV) for adults, which is 50 grams/day.
On the other hand, sacha inchi oil contains 47% DV of omega-3, only surpassed by flax seed oil, which provides 57% DV, and it is considered the best vegetable source of alpha-linolenic acids (ALA). However, the recommended daily intake of omega-3 is of 1.5 grams for healthy adults, and a tablespoon of sacha inchi oil largely exceeds that amount.
Additionally, the also called Inca peanut provides small amounts of some essential minerals, namely calcium and iron, both necessary for healthy bones and red blood cells production.
A tablespoon of sacha inchi nuts (15 grams) provides 105 calories, as well as 9%, 12%, and 6% of the daily value for protein, healthy fats, and dietary fiber, respectively.
How to Consume Sacha Inchi
Sacha inchi can be found in supplemental forms, such as capsules, and also as food, in the form of oil, powder, and snacks. In capsules and oil form, sacha inchi is a great source of healthy fatty acids, particularly omega-3; however, it provides the greatest amount of vegetable protein as a powder or a snack.
Pure powder. The dried and ground sacha inchi nuts can be added to juices, smoothies, and even baked goods for extra protein.
Toasted. As a healthy snack for boosting energy throughout the day, the roasted inca nuts provide both protein and healthy omegas in small amounts. However, it is important to choose packed snacks without sodium.
Herbal Remedies & Supplements
Oil. For a daily dose of healthy fatty acids, the pressed oil of sacha inchi nuts can be taken by the spoonful, in medicinal doses, or be used as salad dressing, though it is not appropriate for cooking since its essential nutrients become degraded when exposed to heat.
Capsules. This widely preferred sacha inchi supplement carries a high concentration of omega fatty acids and can be taken in easy to swallow, fixed daily doses to improve cardiovascular health and for reducing the risk of inflammatory diseases.
Sacha Inchi Recipes
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Chocolate Smoothie with Sacha Inchi Powder
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Where to buy Specialized health stores
Outside of its native region, sacha inchi is most commonly found in powder and capsule form, although sacha inchi oil and roasted inca nuts can also be found.
Both sacha inchi pure powder and pressed oil can be found in health food stores year-round, as well as via online retailers. Additionally, roasted sacha inchi nuts are available in some organic markets.
Sacha inchi nuts are most commonly pressed and transformed into oil, which is commercialized as easy-to-swallow gel caps for a daily dose of omega-3. In this supplemental form, sacha inchi is available in health food stores, as well as through big online retailers.
Since the amount of vitamins and active compounds can vary depending on the brand, it is recommended to read the labels carefully and look for certified organic products, ideally processed and packaged in their places of origin.
Life cycle Perennial
Harvested parts Seeds
Light requirements Full sun
Soil pH 4.5 – 5.0 (Very strongly acidic), 5.6 – 6.0 (Moderately acidic)
Growing habitat Tropical rainforests
Also known as Inca nut, Inca peanut, or mountain peanut, the sacha inchi plant (Plukenetia volubilis) is an herbaceous perennial, native to the Peruvian, Colombian, Venezuelan, and Brazilian Amazon rainforest. The sacha inchi plant only grows in tropical climates at 5577 feet (1,700 m) above sea level.
The sacha inchi plant has heart-shaped leaves about 4.0 - 4.7 inches (10 - 12 cm) long. It is more recognizable, however, by its star-shaped fruits, which have anywhere from four to seven points. Its seeds, commonly known as nuts, are brown and oval, measuring 0.6 - 0.8 inches (1.5 - 2 cm) in diameter.
The sacha inchi plant (Plukenetia volubilis) belongs to the Plukenetia genus, which is a member of the Euphorbiaceae family, a botanical group that contains around 7,500 species spread out over 300 genera. This family of flowering plants is found mainly in the tropics, and a number of the members are economically important, including the rubber tree (Ficus elastica), the castor oil plant (Ricinos communis), and the Barbados nut (Jatropha curcas).
Varieties and Related Species of Sacha Inchi
Although no subspecies of Plukenetia volubilis have been identified, agronomists have described five varieties of the plant based namely on the region. These include the Pinto Recodo, Tambo Yaguas, Muyuy, Rio Putumayo, and Cumbaza varieties. The Plukenetia genus contains 14 other species, most notably P. fragariopsis and P. angostylidium.
It is thought that the sacha inchi plant was first domesticated in the Peruvian portion of the Amazon basin. The earliest evidence of its use can be traced to 3,000 years BCE, as sacha inchi nuts appear as a common motif on pottery belonging to the Chimu and Mochica societies. These ancient civilizations are thought to have settled on the present-day Peruvian coastline, implying that they brought the plant with them from the Amazonian rainforest.
It is believed that sacha inchi acquired medicinal and ceremonial importance even before the rise of the Inca Empire, since the nuts depicted in pottery have also been found in burial sites of the Chachapoyas civilization, circa 800 CE.
The common name of this Amazonian fruit is made up of two Quechua terms: sacha, meaning "tree or bush", and inchi, which translates as "nut or seed", so sacha inchi literally means "tree nut."
Sacha inchi's economic importance has increased in recent years, after it was found that this herb produces higher yields per hectare than other plants that are used to produce oils and proteins for human consumption. Currently, Peru is the largest producer and exporter of sacha inchi nuts; however, Colombia and Ecuador also cultivate the plant in smaller scale, mostly for oil production.
Sacha inchi is also one of the richest plant sources of omega-3 fatty acids, which makes its production valuable, as it is of great interest to the "nutraceutical" industry, vegetarians seeking an alternative protein and omega-3 source, and an increasing number of people facing high cholesterol due to an unhealthy diet.
Personal care. Sacha inchi nuts have found additional uses in the cosmetic industry, where their oil is used in various products, including soaps and shampoos.
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Grasas y Aceites, Chemical composition of Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis L.) seeds and characteristics of their lipid fraction, 2011
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International Journal of Tryptophan Research, L-Tryptophan: Basic Metabolic Functions, Behavioral Research and Therapeutic Indications, 2009
Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, Characterization of sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis L.) oil by FTIR spectroscopy and 1H NMR. Comparison with linseed oil, 2003
National Institutes of Health, Omega-3 Fatty Acids
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Plant Disease, First Report of Meloidogyne javanica on Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis) in China, 2014
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Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods, Exposure of fatty acids after a single oral administration of sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis L.) and sunflower oil in human adult subjects, 2014
University of Arizona, The Chemistry of Amino Acids
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Chemical composition, oxidative stability and antioxidant capacity of oil extracted from roasted seeds of Sacha-inchi (Plukenetia volubilis L.), 2014
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Mayo Clinic, Omega-3 fatty acids, fish oil, alpha-linolenic acid
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Not sure how many Curlew Sandpipers make a fling, but we did see six together one day. Initially we struggled to identify the few we were seeing as they were all mixed up with Plovers and Dunlins.
The Grey Plover and Turnstone maybe easy to identify but Dunlins and the Curlew Sandpiper look similar, and is that a Sandpiper by the Turnstone or something else?!
Curlew Sandpipers are very similar to Dunlins, they have though a longer, more down-curved bill than the Dunlin and because of their longer legs will feed in slightly deeper water. On the days we were going out of course they were all in the same bit of water!
Apologies for the bit of greenery, but if we had moved it or us the Curlew Sandpiper would have gone!
The RSPB advise that their deep chestnut breeding plumage is unmistakable in spring and summer but when we were watching them in late March/early April they were only just coming into their summer plumage. The excellent British Trust for Ornithology admit it can be difficult to distinguish between the two, but go on to say that once you have got your eye in you'll be fine as the Curlew Sandpipers appear more elegant than Dunlin with a more upright stance, due to their longer legs and more elongated neck.
Well that may be the case but I'm not sure I'll ever be really confident about what I am looking at even in summer when they have their gorgeous chestnut chests! Fortunately however my husband is far more persistent, focused and determined than me when it comes to identifying waders and after a few days he had got his eye in and was confidently spotting them.
Curlew Sandpipers are called Pilrito-de-bico-comprido in Portugal and the ones we saw in the Ria Formosa in April were en route from Africa to the Arctic to breed. It is an unusual route for them to travel via Portugal when heading north which is why we only saw them in small numbers. They do however come back via Portugal when heading south for the winter.
The fascinating titbit I learnt when preparing this post is that Curlew Sandpiper numbers are dependent on lemmings! When lemming numbers are low, then Curlew Sandpipers have less success with breeding because Arctic Foxes will change their diet to include the sandpiper chicks to make up for the lack of lemmings.
Portugal is such a beautiful country, we are so lucky to be able to visit again and again.
This is a beautiful post. Now I know Curlew Sandpipers. And also what a fling is.
Apologies are accepted for the photo with greenery, no, actually it's a beautiful photo. No need to apologize as it's hard to capture.
Have you seen a film Lemming? It's a french film I suppose maybe Norwegian. I don't remember well. Your post brought its memories back. It's a very intriguing film.
Thank you so much Anand, and no I haven't and I'm intrigued now. Just googled and the one that is coming up is a 2005 psychological thriller . .is that the one?
I'll certainly try . .thanks for the recommendation.


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this is fantastic! I love it. How's the tone? sustain?
Not sure on the tone as of yet but the sustain is pretty awesome. I still have to order some parts. She was a tough but fun build regardless. Thank you.
WOW! This is incredible! What part of this process did you find the most difficult?
If this double post's I apologize. Gluing is the most difficult because I can only glue up two sets of 50 each day. 24 hour glue set at least. There are 36 sets in the guitar body. Anything more than 50 sticks I cant run though my planer/jointer.


Any thoughts and/or advice? FYI...I have used the thinner in both applications.
In the Vitrea 160 colors, there are glossy colors AND some frosted colors as well....are you sure you are using a glossy color in your paint mix?
In all types of applications, always first stir the paint thoroughly prior to using it.
Then, for use in an air brush, we know better results are obtained when you prepare your mix a few hours or even the day before using it.
Since you need to dilute the paint up to a consistency similar to milk, you can add up to 20% water to your Vitrea 160 paint first, and then complete the dilution with the Vitrea 160 thinner.
Blend well then let sit until the next day or at least for a few hours...and use as usual with your air brush device as recommended by the air brush manufacturer.
This is all that I can think of for now.
There are other paint application techniques that will lessen (and even eliminate) brush strokes: have you tried the sponging application? This gives a texture but it is not brush strokes.
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I appreciate the feedback to my original problem regarding hand-painting vs. airbrushing with Pebeo Vitrea 160 Paint.
I did, of course, use the glossy paint, which is why it is so perplexing that the finish is frosty!
While I did mix the paint with Pebeo thinner, I did not use water, and I did not let the mixture sit for any length of time.
I will try using water along with the thinner, and let it sit for a while to see if this helps with the finish.
If there is a way to post photos, I would be happy to post the frosted airbrushed prism, and the hand-painted transparent prism! Not sure this would be of any help to anyone, but am willing to do so if it is possible.
Yes, you can post photos and that would be awesome. You can upload up to 4 images.
The very same thing happened to me with using an airbrush. I'm wondering if you tried the thinner and water and if it worked for you.
I have been painting glass for a couple of years now with the Vitrea 160 and have been unhappy with brush strokes with the darker colors, no matter the brush type (even those recommended) and manner of dilution/thinning I have tried. I am ready to purchase an airbrush machine to try to eliminate this issue, but have absolutely no background in airbrushing, so am asking for any guidance toward a system to purchase that you could possibly give me. Are there any particulars that I should look for in a system or things that I should stay away from in same. Thank you for any assistance you can give, and understand that you would not want to recommend a particular brand, but any insight will be appreciated.
See the comment titled: Airbrushing Pebeo Vitrea 160. It may help. I haven't done airbrushing on glass yet so I can't really wade in. PErhaps another visitor will be able to address this.


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These have been very busy days for your old missionary Brother and the team. There has been a great deal of praying, planning, and putting the pieces in place under God's hand and direction. I assure you we have not been lying around taking it easy.
We praise God for the doors He is opening to us and the growth of the team and the finances He is bringing to pass. Will you join your prayers with ours for more food? Feeding the hungry has been a great help in opening the heart doors of our Indian brothers and sisters. We have been blessed from our beginning many years ago with donated food from the large grocery chains such as Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons, and others, but now these doors have closed. Salvage dealers are buying this food and reselling it to salvage stores putting huge profits in their own pockets. This has crowded out charities from a direct approach to the large store donations. We have had to pay from $8.00 to $14.00 per banana box for food which limits our food ministry. Bro. Les Phipps and his wife Shirley have been a big help in finding food and we praise God for their generous gifts and labors.
We need warehouse space and loading facilities as it seems that soon it will be necessary to use big trucks and trailers. We are grateful to Frontier Missions for selling us a fine 99 Western Star truck and 95 forty eight foot Freuhoff trailer. The last part of 2007 it made its first trip in visit No. 19. The insurance and permits are now expired and it will cost in excess of $5000.00 to renew them. We have the trailer fully loaded with clothing and many household items and pieces of furniture. Now that the winter blizzards and storm closed roads are about over, we hope to get this load to the Flathead Reservation. This door is wide open to us and they have asked us repeatedly for help. Pray God's help on us as we seek more earnestly to be faithful.
Editor's Note: This was mailed to me by one of our Teammates. The following letter appeared on the internet and was viewed by many and used in other publications where our Teammate read it. I thought you might enjoy it as I did because this was the way it was in the Cline family!
THE OTHER DAY, SOMEONE AT A STORE IN OUR TOWN READ THAT A Methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, "Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?" I replied, I had a drug problem when I was young: I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for weddings and funerals. I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather. I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults. I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me.
I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if I uttered a profanity. I was drug out to pull weeds in Mom's garden and flower beds, and cockleburs out of Dad's fields. I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop some firewood, and, if my Mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed.
Those drugs are still in my veins and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, or think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin, and if today's children had this kind of drug problem, America would be a better place.
Very early Friday morning, Jan. 25th, Marvin left his home in Dallas, Oregon west of Salem and drove to the 7:00 AM prayer breakfast in Portland. After fervent prayers, sharing needs and victories, he joined Bob King and Don Cline in the loaded Dodge diesel and trailer and under God's blessing arrived at Celilo Indian Village ten miles east of The Dalles, Oregon to meet with and minister to our point people. These are the ones who coordinate our outreach to their people. Fourteen families still feel this is their place, privilege, and duty to stay on what they believe is Holy Ground. In the old days, many Indians from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho joined them for the bountiful harvest of fish during the salmon run. What a privilege for us to help and fellowship with these fine people. Karen Jim Whitford and her husband, Fred, are thanking Jesus and praising God as they and others open their doors and their hearts to us.
Friday morning, February 29th, broke bright and clear which caused us to praise God. Once again, that all important prayer band had their breakfast in the Club Estates East clubhouse. How thankful we are for teammates that still believe in the importance of joining in prayer to find and do God's bidding in the way He wants us to do it. The prayer band laid hands on the team and then Don Cline, Marvin Boettcher, and Bob King rolled east up the Columbia River Gorge, across eastern Washington and the panhandle of Idaho, and 78 miles into Montana. We arrived on the campus of NIBS with praise to God for helping us through the mountain snow without having to chain up. We arrived in time to minister, unload, and fellowship with them, then were their guests overnight. What a consecrated, committed team on the staff of this Bible School, which is indeed a "vine of God's planting".
Our ministry at Ravalli, MT goes back many years as Rev. Bob Two Teeth and his wife Sherril Dormaier urged us to help the people they ministered to on the Flathead Reservation a little north of Missoula, MT. Bob and two fellow Indian preachers had heard our broadcast and decided to drive to Portland and visit us. Their old car broke down en route costing more that they had so they took a job washing dishes in a restaurant for a week and were able to proceed. Their earnestness struck a cord in our hearts and a relationship continues to this day. Bob and Sherril carried the food we brought to this reservation to many little mission chapels. Our first drop off point was at Arlee with Bro. James Steele as point man. Through the years we have helped many works and we thank God for his dedicated servants on the Flathead Reservation. God called Bro. Bob Two Teeth home, but Sherril continues to do all she can for the Indian people.
St. Ignatius is fast becoming one of our most exciting outreaches. After many years of fruitful endeavor with several different workers it suddenly changed at this village. As those of the "old school" passed on, there was a lack of leaders interested in our purpose. One white preacher from the east seemed to have control and informed us that the Indians didn't need used clothing. Then out of the blue, we received a phone call from Bernadine Lovell who cried and said, "These people are hurting; they need your help!" She had found an old store building to use and promised her best help if we would come with the simple message of how to meet the creator and have sins forgiven. Now she has the use of the St. Ignatius Community Center. This handmaiden of the Lord declares she is not a preacher, but we see she is most successful in helping meet their physical needs and pointing them to Jesus. What an honor to work with her!


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Q: copy of string in to a dynamic ui label   NSString *city2=[[NSString alloc]init];
  city2=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"the city orlando"];
  NSString *trimmedString = [city2 stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
  NSLog(@"%@", trimmedString)

   trimmedString=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@, ",trimmedString];

   CGSize constraint4 = CGSizeMake(650, 2000.0f);

  CGSize size4 = [city2 sizeWithFont: [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:12] constrainedToSize:constraint4 lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
   city = (UILabel *)[cell viewWithTag:115];

   [city setNumberOfLines:0];
   city.frame = CGRectMake(150,codetype.frame.size.height+codetype.frame.origin.y, size4.width, size4.height);
   [city setText: [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",trimmedString]];

I am getting the city only instead of the city orlando it is a small part in my project.
actually i am assigning string to a label.but i did not get the total string in label.
here line3 is another UILabel which is above to the city label.

A: Are you getting this -> the city... instead of this -> the city orlando,? Just increase the size4.width of your UILabel in the city.frame line, like this size4.width + 100.0f. This is my version of your code.
NSString *city2 = @"the city orlando";
NSString *trimmedString = [city2 stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
NSLog(@"%@", trimmedString);

trimmedString=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@,",trimmedString];

CGSize constraint4 = CGSizeMake(650, 2000.0f);

CGSize size4 = [city2 sizeWithFont: [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:12] constrainedToSize:constraint4 lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
city = [[UILabel alloc] init]; //(UILabel *)[cell viewWithTag:115];

[city setNumberOfLines:0];
city.frame = CGRectMake(150, 150, size4.width + 100.0f, size4.height + 10.0f);

[city setText: [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",trimmedString]];

[self.view addSubview:city];

A: The entire string is not visible in the label because the width of the UILabel is smaller compared to width of the string.
So increase the width of the UILabel your code will work fine.
Replace this code
city.frame = CGRectMake(150,codetype.frame.size.height+codetype.frame.origin.y, size4.width, size4.height);

by
city.frame = CGRectMake(150,codetype.frame.size.height+codetype.frame.origin.y, size4.width+100, size4.height);

A: Look's like the city label is to small to fit the text. There could be different issues for that, but maybe city label doesn't have Helvetica 12 set, when you calculate size4 with it. Note also, that you're getting the size of city2, but setting text to trimmedString.
CGSize size4 = [city2 sizeWithFont: [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:12] constrainedToSize:constraint4 lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];

You may check it via
[city setColor:[UIColor redColor]];

And see what happens.
Or, to check it fast replace
CGSize size4 = [city2 sizeWithFont: [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:12] constrainedToSize:constraint4 lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
city = (UILabel *)[cell viewWithTag:115];

with
city = (UILabel *)[cell viewWithTag:115];
CGSize size4 = [trimmedString sizeWithFont: city.font constrainedToSize:constraint4 lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];

A: There are many issues with this code but the primary problem seems to be in your calculation of the string's size. You are getting the size of city2 but then setting the label's text to trimmingString. Also, the font used for the calculation may be different than the label's font. Make them the same.
Here is your code with lots of cleanup and the fixes:
NSString *city2 = @"the city orlando";
NSString *trimmedString = [city2 stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
NSLog(@"%@", trimmedString)

trimmedString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@, ", trimmedString];

CGSize constraint4 = CGSizeMake(650, 2000.0f);

UIFont *font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:12];
CGSize size4 = [trimmedString sizeWithFont:font constrainedToSize:constraint4 lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
city = (UILabel *)[cell viewWithTag:115];

city.font = font;
[city setNumberOfLines:0];
city.frame = CGRectMake(150, codetype.frame.size.height + codetype.frame.origin.y,  size4.width, size4.height);

[city setText:trimmedString];

Please avoid all of the extra calls to stringWithFormat:.

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Liwonde National Park
Located at the southern tip of Lake Malombe in the south-central African country of Malawi, Liwonde National Park is truly a national treasure worth experiencing.
While Malawi is not as well known for the big game as other African countries, Liwonde National Park, although only 223 square miles (580 km2) in size, is brimming with wildlife that is literally on your doorstep. It is a must-see attraction for anyone wishing to make the most of their time in the 'Warm Heart of Africa'.
Liwonde National Park was proclaimed in 1973 after Chief Liwonde championed for its recognition as an area of importance for Malawian wildlife heritage. After many years of disarray, African Parks took over management of Liwonde in 2015. Liwonde has been very active in conservation efforts and animal relocation programs and has made quite a name for itself in this regard, especially when it comes to African Elephant, Black Rhinoceros and even big cats. Wildlife populations are on the rise, and so are the number of people who are coming to the park to witness the revival. In just the last few years, Liwonde has been given a second chance and it is being restored and transformed for the benefit of the wildlife, and for the people who live here.
Game viewing in Liwonde is enhanced because 30 km (18 mi) of the sluggish Shire river flows along the park's western border, allowing boat safaris as well as the usual ones on foot or in 4×4 vehicles. No Liwonde safari is complete without experiencing the beauty of the Shire and its incredible wildlife by boat. It is the perfect introduction to Liwonde, and truly one of Africa's great waterways. Visitors who choose to stay at Mvuu Wilderness Lodge and Camp while visiting the park will find their lodgings right on the banks of a lagoon, where they will have prime viewing of animals such as Hippopotamus, Nile Crocodiles and African Elephants. While on safari in the park, other animals that tourists are lucky enough to encounter are Roan and Sable Antelope, Impala, Waterbuck, Common Warthog, Greater Kudu, Yellow Baboon, Leopard and Vervet monkeys.
Liwonde is also a bird lover's paradise and reportedly has the best year-round bird watching in central and southern Africa. This is not only due to the sheer number of species found at the park, but also because "specials" such as Livingstone's Flycatcher, Pel's Fishing Owl, Spur-winged and Long-toed Lapwing, Lilian's Lovebird, Vincent's Bunting and Brown-breasted Barbet can be spotted. Other species that are often seen are Böhm's Bee-eater, Racket-tailed Roller, Meves's Starling, African Skimmer, Palm-nut Vulture, White-backed Night Heron and Dickinson's Kestrel. Over 380 of Malawi's 650 bird species can be seen in Liwonde!
Liwonde also boasts more than 1,000 vascular plant species, with many colourful ones blooming at different times of the year. The orchid Microcoelia ornithocephala is nearly endemic to the park, and there are also acacias, miombo, fever trees, palms and sausage trees.
The landscape of Liwonde is highly diverse, with dry Mopani woodlands covering the eastern half of the park interspersed with Candelabra trees. Areas of Miombo woodland can be found on a few hill slopes in the south and east, while Palm Savannah and Baobabs (one of Africa's most well known and beloved trees) are found on the extensive floodplains of the river, which have a more tropical feel due to the dense vegetation along the river banks. This all makes Liwonde National Park a photographer's dream, and it's not hard to understand how Liwonde has acquired such diversity in animal and bird life through conservation and restoration.
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As most of the senior members here know, I've been playing for about 5 yrs now, all self taught with the wonderful help of other members and Pierre and this wonderful site. I have progressed and accomplished what I set out to do 5 yrs ago... I can play a violin now.
a 2004 Lamar Colvin pedal steel guitar (8 pedals + 5 knee levers). I was able to get this from the second owner for 1/4th of it's value (I've had Lamar send me a value quotation for replacement cost - insurance purposes) which replacement is $5300.00 I've wanted a pedal steel for about 40+ yrs but could never afford that kind of expense, but I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and the stars all lined up just perfectly. I have made two of my finest birch with abalone inlay fretboards for it to match the wonderful craftsmanship inherent in an instrument of this quality.
I also had bought a Fender Steel King amp from a music shop in Florida and had it shipped out via UPS right before Christmas.... and UPS lost it! Yes, they claim they lost it somewhere in the hub here in California only 2-3 hrs from my house. I had to wait almost 2 weeks for a refund to be issued and then of course look for another amp. There's a select few of amps that are primarily very desirable for pedal steel use and that was right at the top of the list. Damn the bad luck. Anyway... fast forward to 2 weeks ago and I found a beautiful vintage Fender Twin Reverb amp which is another very desirable amp for pedal steel use... and normally they are twice what I paid for the Steel King amp... but I managed this one from a guy in Santa Rosa who had too many amps and guitars and was getting rid of a few of them... for about 1/2 what they sell for new... so now I have a first class set up that I've been patiently waiting to get for decades.
Very Beautiful. Yep Very Beautiful.
Question, did you rent a forklift to move the amp?
What do you use to cut the abalone?
Nice! Beautiful, professional finish - as ever @cdennyb - awesome !
Congrats to your newest member of your string family.
Beautiful work and photos as always.
Thank you for sharing all that musical eye candy.
I cut the .006" thk abalone shell veneer with the laser as well. It's the only way to get perfect cuts for such delicate work. Oh I wish I had a forklift to move that thing, thank God it has wheels!
On a side note... I had quite a conversation with Jim Heep (Pedal Steel player for the Bellamy Brothers) who is in Switzerland right now on one of the last stops of their world tour. He plays a Franklin pedal steel (very expensive) and saw my FB posting of my fretboards. He had NEVER seen anything like that and someone who plays professional and records like he does would see a LOT of pedal steel fretboards trust me... he wants me to make him two for his Franklin pedal steel guitar.
I'm honored and shocked at the same time but making a pair for someone who is as talented as Jim is and knowing he gets a lot of joy playing over one of my hand made abalone shell inlayed fretboards really brings a smile to my face.
I am curious about that laser cutter/engraver. As an artist, I would love to be able to cut and engrave some of my art for different things.
If you do not mind my asking, what brand and model of laser is that?
The one I use started out as a 50w blue & white china laser system and of course it was exactly what we expect of that kind of assembly and quality so I upgraded it with many mods. Original price was $1500 delivered, then I added about $1000 in mods and upgrades.
I use it for a multitude of things, the imagination is your only limit.
As I suspected, out of my price range. But I did some looking around and there are some lesser priced setups I could budget in at some point. They are probably not that good, but might be good enough to get me started.
I will ponder it for a while. Maybe sometime next year I will work towards going in that direction. It would be cool to be able to laser some of my art like that.
There is a smaller version, considered a K40 model which can be had for under $400 quite easily. It has a much smaller table than mine but if you're just engraving small items, plaques, and things like that, maybe engraving powdercoated cups and the such, it would work quite well. It might be more within your price range.
Here's a e-bay ad for one. There's several so choose wisely based on location to you, accessories offered, etc. and get as much as you can for the lowest price. Mostly they are plug and play but if you're handy with your hands and understand basic mechanics and robotics, computers and software like coreldraw or inkscape... you'd be set.
Very cool Dennis. Do you have one of these? Do you know which software and OS is compatible with this machine?
The original, first step image was made in a tablet app, but the finish work, and making it into an egg shape, was done with a paint program.
The above image probably would not make for a good laser print, but I also do illustrations and other types of art.
At least it is a different style of art.
Oh it's all good, artistry is just that... share away.
@Fiddlerman Yes I have the bigger version, not the K40. It comes with the software called RDWorks, and I'll include a screenshot of the program. Compatible with Windows. I use W7 and many use WXp or even the newest W10 without too many issues. Mostly the problems are associated with the plug-ins for Corel-Draw or some other graphics program and not so much the basic RDWorks program.
@MACJR That is a pretty colorful piece of artwork but as you are correct it would not even begin to be do-able on a CO2 laser. When thinking of a laser you have to see in black & white basically. Or stencils or silhouettes since you're removing material and essentially burning the wood or melting the acrylic away.
I addition to the basic laser, I needed a 'chiller' to keep the coolant water a constant cool temp so the tube will last. I also added a cross-hair accessory for aiming the beam or knowing where it would start. The stock laser comes with a red dot laser for alignment but as you raise or lower the table (and workpiece) then the dot will move sideways and not stay directly under the invisible beam. My creation uses a line of red laser light that doesn't change as the height does, where they cross is where the beam will hit.
I also added a poly tank for completing a sealed water reservoir system. It's purpose is to keep the water system sealed and clean, free of airborne contamination. The chiller is actually for use in an aquarium and has a UV light which kills bacteria and growth in the water as it circulates. I also added some LED lights inside the cabinet lid because the single small light that comes stock creates shadows from the gantry as it moves so you can't see the work well. A mA meter was added to watch the tube current and insure it wasn't going too high and shortening the life of the tube as well.
The electronics bay which has the stepper controllers and the 'brain' of the whole thing was getting really hot as there wasn't any airflow so I cutout a spot in the cabinet and added a small computer power supply fan which now eliminates the hot air inside which rises. Since they already had louvers on the door the fresh room air which is cooler now flows thru there keeping everything within about 5 degrees of room temp.
Yes, a lot of work but for me it was just something to do and everything was done to make it easier to use or more efficient. A welcome reward for my efforts as the unit as it sit would probably sell today for around $4000.
Very nice. Making me jealous brother!


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One of Facebook's more popular apps is called "Flair", named after the buttons worn by the servers in the restaurant where Jennifer Aniston works in the movie Office Space. One of the more vivid flair moments, for the uninitiated, is provided below.
On Facebook, you're given a corkboard on which you can place the pieces of flair you get from your friends or that you choose for yourself. Yes, I do this. And my corkboard is filled with flair that expresses everything from my political positions to my love of Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Arrested Development, as well as some other things that friends have sent me.
And the Political Circus has certainly spilled over into this arena, with an interesting mixture of religion thrown in. Here are a couple of pieces I saw earlier today.
It's pretty obvious which side of this debate I agree with, and let's just say that I find the idea that calling on God to bless our snipers--presumably so they can kill more of the "infidels"--to be morally reprehensible.
Some of them are even more overt in their positions. This one reeks of a person who is racist and is willing to admit it to him/herself, but also knows there are social repercussions to acknowledging that publicly. These people also can't admit that the only reason they favor McCain (or another white third party candidate) is because of race, so they try to turn it around on Obama voters and make it so that the only reason we're voting for the black guy is so we can feel superior.
Here are a few other classy examples I picked out--there's no shortage, and to be honest, there's some ugliness against McCain/Palin out there as well, though I've found less of it.
But I do take heart in the fact that the users of Facebook, who are generally much younger than I am, are at least engaged. My first year students at least know what the issues are, and also know what the smears are. We had a brief conversation in class Thursday about the lipstick on a pig argument, and only a handful of them didn't know what their classmates were talking about. When I was eighteen, I doubt if many of my friends even voted, much less could discuss the merits of George H. W. Bush or Michael Dukakis. I certainly couldn't, and I was curious.
So I tell myself it'll all be okay, that we will elect Barack Obama in November, and that we won't be a heartbeat away from a President with a real messiah complex.


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tried everything, still cant get NAT open ????
Discussion in 'Xbox Forums' started by deltuna, Jan 2, 2007.
Have you got your 360 on automatic or have you manually assigned it an IP address? Set it to manual, set your router to use uPnP, remove all port forwarding options for your 360. Reboot your router and 360 and try it again.
Try portfoward.com for further advise.
Sorry, made a mistake in my post. I should've said set your 360 to automatic and use uPnP on your router.
started a thread in the live section but not gettin much replys in there.
Least you got moderate, mine is on strict.
Try assigning an IP address to your 360 that is outside the DHCP server range ie if your router automatically dishes out IP addresses between 192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.199, give the 360 192.168.1.200.
Make sure UPNP is enabled on your router. Save settings. Restart everything.
If that really doesn't work, you can try disabling UPNP and putting the 360 in the DMZ (or forwarding the relevant ports).


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The Truth About Humanitarian Access in Sudan, contra the "UN Country Team" for Sudan
In a move that is finally obscenely political in motivation, the "UN Country Team" in Sudan (UNCT/S) is reported by Radio Dabanga to have weighed in with its view about the decision on a permanent lifting of U.S. economic sanctions imposed on the genocidal regime in Khartoum (1997). In hopes of affecting a political decision by the Trump administration in the U.S., UNCT/S has provided a highly misleading set of statements concerning humanitarian access in Sudan, thereby continuing a past history of making statements—or not making statements—that might offend the Khartoum regime. This time the focus is squarely on a U.S. political decision that is supposed to be based on various criteria (not simply humanitarian access, important as it is):
UN team in Sudan "hopes for positive decision on US sanctions" | Radio Dabanga | July 10, 2017 | KHARTOUM | https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/un-team-in-sudan-hopes-for-positive-decision-on-us-sanctions
According to the UN Country Team (UNCT) in Sudan, there has been a marked improvement in humanitarian access over the past six months. This has prompted the team to cite its hopes that Washington will finally cancel the economic sanctions on Sudan.
Besides being wildly inappropriate, given the multiple conditions supposedly governing a decision about lifting U.S. sanctions permanently—again, the sole focus of UN statement is on humanitarian access—the assessment of humanitarian access is patently disingenuous and misleading. Most notably, there is no mention of the humanitarian embargo that remains in place for huge areas in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, specifically the areas where civilians are concentrated under control of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army-North (SPLM/A-N). (The embargo has recently been lifted on a small area in Blue Nile under full regime military control; for an explanation of this action, see below.)
The people in the areas under embargo have in a great number of cases fled to them to escape Khartoum's relentless assault on civilian populations in these two southern Sudanese states. Malnutrition in some areas is catastrophically high; and until recently, and with the likely resumption following the U.S. decision on sanctions, Antonov "bombers"have terrified civilians throughout South Kordofan and Blue Nile for six years, displacing many hundreds of thousands (many as refugees to South Sudan and Ethiopia). Dropping crude, completely indiscriminate, shrapnel-loaded barrel bombs—dropped from high altitudes by these retrofitted Russian-made cargo planes without bomb-sighting mechanisms, merely rolled out the back cargo bay—Khartoum has deliberately destroyed the agricultural economy of the areas under assault. This is what has produced the growing and extremely dangerous malnutrition—malnutrition that is unalleviated in any way by the "improved humanitarian access" the UN celebrates.
One of countless victims of Khartoum's Antonov bombing attacks in South Kordofan and Blue Nile; the aircraft, retrofitted cargo planes, have no militarily useful accuracy; they are instruments of civilian terror and destruction
In fact, for over five years now—since the UN/African Union/Arab League "tripartite proposal" for humanitarian access in February 2012—Khartoum has refused to negotiate humanitarian access to these two areas in good faith. Rejecting the original "tripartite proposal"—even as the SPLM-N promptly accepted it—some fifteen rounds of negotiations have failed to produce humanitarian access. And the answer as to why is clear: not only did senior Khartoum regime officials signal early on that they had no intention of allowing South Kordofan and Blue Nile to become "another Darfur," a humanitarian embargo is the cheapest way of waging war against a powerfully aggrieved and determined rebel adversary: kill the civilian base of support. We saw this in the Nuba Mountains in the 1990s; we saw it during the long north/south civil war (1983 – 2005), and in Darfur we have seen in for fourteen years.
[A recent piece by U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Khartoum, Steven Koutsis, attempted—incredibly—to lay the blame for the continuation of the South Kordofan/Blue Nile embargo on the SPLM/A-N (March 3, 2017 | Sudan Tribune | http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article61783/). Notably, it was Koutsis who also erroneously declared that the imposition of U.S. sanctions in 1997 had "nothing to do" with human rights (it explicitly does), and that thus human rights should have nothing to do with the lifting of sanctions.
In talking about the humanitarian embargo on South Kordofan and Blue Nile, Koutsis failed to ask the most obvious question: cui bono? who benefits from a continuation of the embargo, Khartoum or the SPLM/A-N? The answer is obvious—and yet Koutsis is so historically myopic in his analysis that he can look back only to November 2016and fails even to mention the "tripartite proposal" first rejected by Khartoum in February 2012.]
Despicably tendentious and inaccurate U.S. charge d'Affaires in Khartoum, Steven Koutsis
Despite claims by the UNCT/S, which ignores the more than fourteen years of humanitarian obstruction of access to many areas of Darfur, there are many areas of Darfur that remain inaccessible. To be sure, parts of Jebel Marra—the scene of Khartoum's massive military offensive in 2016 (including chemical weapons attacks on civilians that extended to August 2016)—are finally gaining humanitarian access, but only those areas under full military control. But many parts are not gaining such access, or have done so only very recently. And much of the evidence is provided by the UN itself—here, for example, in a recent dispatch (less than a month ago):
"UNICEF Reports High Levels of Malnutrition in Jebel Marra" | Radio Dabanga | June 23, 2017 | Jebel Marra | https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/relief-news/article/unicef-reports-high-malnutrition-rates-in-jebel-marra
A recent survey conducted in the Jebel Marra area of Central Darfur found critical levels of acute malnutrition, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported. A UNICEF mission found cases that relate to a Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate of 15.7 per cent, and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) of 5 per cent. 'WHO defines GAM rates above 15 per cent and SAM rates above 3 per cent as emergency situations,' the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports in its news bulletin. April this year, after lobbying and repeated requests, UUNICEF was granted access to areas and residents or displaced people in Darfur and Blue Nile that were previously sealed-off by the Sudanese authorities for international aid organisations. Golo area in Central Darfur was one of the newly accessible areas for UNICEF.
The September 2016 report by Amnesty International makes clear that Khartoum was using chemical weapons against civilians as recently as August 2016, a date that falls within the nominal "look back" period of Obama administration assessment of Khartoum's behavior
Child dying from wounds caused by a chemical weapons attack in Jebel Marra; the UN Country Team in Sudan and the UN in New York have had nothing to say about such victims—nor had the Trump administration, which claimed to be so moved by infants killed by chemical weapons in Syria; similarly, former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called chemical weapons use in Syria a "moral obscenity," but had not a word to say about chemical weapons use in Jebel Marra in 2016
Since the "look back" period specified by the Obama administration in its January 13, 2017 provisional lifting extends back in time to mid-July 2016—with humanitarian access as one of two key criteria for the permanent lifting of sanctions—we must wonder why it is that only eleven months later UNICEF is making an assessment of a population that had also previously been under Khartoum's humanitarian embargo: why did they not arrive in this part of Jebel Marra much sooner to make their assessment? All, including even the UNCT/S, knew perfectly well that assessment has been urgently necessary last July; even more urgent was the provision of food and therapeutic feeding supplies for children. Why is UNICEF reported as having begun only the assessment process in June 2017?
The answer is all too clear: Khartoum, in the run-up to a decision by the Trump administration on the permanent lifting of U.S. sanctions, is creating the appearance of humanitarian access. And we may be sure that whatever decision is made—with the possible exception of a decision to extend the "probationary" period before making a final decision—humanitarian access will be reduced shortly thereafter:
[i] If sanctions are lifted permanently, Khartoum—confident that there will be no "snap-back" imposition of these sanctions—will resume its old ways of controlling access to Darfur and will have no incentive to lift the embargo on South Kordofan and Blue Nile, its most effective weapon of war;
[ii] If the decision is not to lift sanctions permanently, then an enraged Khartoum will also resume its old habits of denying humanitarian access.
In short, what we are seeing now is a last-minute show for the benefit of the UN, which obediently takes Khartoum's words (and reversible actions) at face value in assessing humanitarian access. It is revealing the very tendencies that have done so much to eviscerate UN and INGO humanitarian operations in Darfur, and that have also taken the spotlight off the humanitarian embargo on South Kordofan and Blue Nile, an embargo that under international humanitarian and human rights law constitutes a crime against humanity (see | "On the Obstruction of Humanitarian Aid," African Studies Review, Volume 54, Number 3 (December 2011), pages 165 – 74 | http://wp.me/p45rOG-I6/).
Realities of Humanitarian Access
The lack of humanitarian resources is conspicuous in many parts of Darfur, if one talks with humanitarian actors outside the corrupt UN system. Such conversations make unsurprising the fact that we see so many dispatches such as the following, making clear that access is still being denied:
Darfur's East Jebel Marra devoid of health services, 30 die of cholera | Radio Dabanga | July 10, 2017 | DARFUR / NORTH KORDOFAN / EASTERN SUDAN | https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/darfur-s-east-jebel-marra-devoid-of-health-services-30-die-of-cholera
Medical sources in South Darfur reported that more than 30 people died of cholera and at least 50 others have been infected in East Jebel Marra locality during the first week of July. The disease has spread to Liba, Jasu, Fugouli, Rakona, Dolda, Sawani, Duwo, and Fina, they said. The sources confirmed that health services are "entirely absent" large parts of East Jebel Marra, while the government of South Darfur continues to deny medics access to the area. They called on the federal health authorities, the international community, especially the World Health Organisation, to act to allow health actors access to the locality to save the lives of people.
Here we should note that the UN Country Team/Sudan—including UNICEF, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the World Health Organization—all refuse to use the word cholera to identify the disease that is in fact clearly cholera (and identified as such in Sudanese laboratories). The only reason is political pressure and threats from the Khartoum regime, which itself insists that cholera be called "Acute Watery Diarrhea." But the two terms—cholera and "Acute Watery Diarrhea"—are not the same and the distinction is critical in mounting an appropriate, country-wide humanitarian health response. Khartoum refuses to acknowledge that cholera has broken out in Sudan and spread wildly since last August—mainly for reasons having to do with how the country is perceived internationally—and disgracefully, the UN acquiesces.
How can we take humanitarian access assessments from the UNCT/S seriously? Particularly since we know that senior officials for the UNCT/S have in the past deliberately distorted key data, particularly the number of Internally Displaced Persons in Darfur. Former UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator George Charpentier (2009 – 2011) deliberately promulgated a grossly mislead figure that was lower, by hundreds of thousands of human beings in Darfur, than previous UN displacement figures. Since humanitarian resources for Darfur were and are in many ways tied to the numbers of IDPs, this acquiescence before Khartoum's demand that the figure be lowered in order to show a non-existent "progress" was despicably destructive and caused tremendous suffering. It took years for the UN to acknowledge, and only implicitly, the deliberate misrepresentation by Charpentier (for details, see my contemporaneous analysis in Dissent Magazine, April 28, 2011 | http://wp.me/p45rOG-Bq/).
George Charpentier, UN lackey-in-chief in Sudan, 2009 – 2011; his deliberate misrepresentation and understatement of internal displacement in Darfur cost lives and untold human suffering; he represents the very worst of the UN
According to several journalists working on Darfur from Khartoum and with first-hand knowledge of Charpentier's behavior with the regime and his private comments, the chief UN humanitarian in Sudan allowed his public statements to be vetted by officials of the Khartoum regime—an act entirely consistent with his cruel acquiescence before the regime's demand that he lower the UN-promulgated figure for IDPs. Currently, the UN figure is where it was before Charpentier lowered it by some 800,000 human beings from the figure that had been used by the UN before Charpentier's tenure and before the March 2009 expulsion of 13 international humanitarian organizations from Darfur: UN OCHA in an obscure location in a January 1, 2017 "info-graph" again uses the figure 2.7 million IDPs.
We should also remember that it was Charpentier who declared, defying all available evidence and many assertions by the broader humanitarian community, that:
"UN humanitarian agencies are not confronted by pressure or interference from the Government of Sudan," [Charpentier said in a written statement to the Institute for War and Peace Reporting]. (January 7, 2011)
Such patent falsehood finds its current UN embodiment in yesterday's dispatch from Radio Dabanga; it is also an uncanny anticipation of the bizarrely false claim by Samantha Power, Obama administration Ambassador to the UN, on the occasion of Obama's announcement of a provisional lifting of sanctions: "We have seen a 'sea change" [of improvement in humanitarian access in Sudan]," citing no evidence and belied by all that we know from those who are not part of the feckless UN agencies that can't bring themselves to declare "cholera"—this in the midst of a raging epidemic for fear of offending Khartoum, even as the failure to designate the disease accurately forestalls critical humanitarian responses.
As we might expect, the view of humanitarian access from outside the UN is quite different. The distinguished Norwegian Refugee Council recently (June 1, 2017) ranked Darfur as "number three" among the world's neglected crises:
The aid group listed Sudan as number three in its latest report, "The World's Most Neglected Displacement Crises," saying almost five million Sudanese were now dependent on humanitarian aid, with three million of those living in the war-scarred region of Darfur. [The UN figure was most recently 3.1 million—ER]
"Hundreds of thousands of people do not receive the lifesaving help they need because of challenges in accessing communities," the council said before blaming "a 40 percent shortage in funding and a lack of international media attention to the crisis."
Some of those displaced in the Jebel Marra offensive of 2016; many will have died by this time, as UN officials have only very recently gained access to conduct assessments in some parts of the Jebel Marra region
And while lack of funding certainly accounts for lack of humanitarian response in some areas, reports from international nongovernmental humanitarian actors on the ground in Darfur make clear that hundreds of thousands of people are still beyond humanitarian reach because of actions by the Khartoum regime: outright denial of access; real and artificial creation of insecurity in areas desperately in need; harassment of humanitarian workers and officials; denial and delay of visas and travel permits. The "challenges in accessing communities" in Darfur are Khartoum's creation.
Crucially, in considering humanitarian capacity, we should recall that since the expulsion of thirteen INGOs in March 2009, more than a dozen other organizations have been expelled or have withdrawn because of intolerable insecurity (March 2009 also saw the closing of three Sudanese national humanitarian organizations, including the Sudan Social Development Organization—founded and directed by Mudawi Ibrahim, now facing charges of capital crimes in Khartoum's grim Kober prison).
The courageous human rights and social development worker, Mudawi Ibrahim—not a word about him from the international community and certainly not the UN
Moreover, nominal humanitarian access will mean little in the wake of the decision by the UN Security Council (June 30, 2017) to gut the UN/African Union "hybrid" Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), reducing the military component of the force by 44 percent. One immediate effect of this reduction will be to reduce drastically the locations to which humanitarians and humanitarian supplies can be moved: the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) will not fly to areas that are not protected militarily, even as much of Darfur—the size of Spain—is accessible only by air transport. Needless to say, none of this had figured in any statements from the UN, the U.S., or the rest of the international community.
Khartoum, in short, is "improving access" at the very moment when the drastic reduction of the military component of UNAMID makes "access" meaningless. The UNCT/S of all actors in Darfur should understand this, and yet predictably makes no mention of this drastic change in humanitarian operating conditions in Darfur.
The political instincts of the UN in Sudan have long been cowardly and expedient; that cowardice and expediency, so deeply destructive of any chance to hold the Khartoum regime accountable for its barbarous denial of humanitarian access over decades, is on full display in its comments about the lifting of U.S. economic sanctions on a regime that remains genocidal in its ambitions and actions.
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