text:
Cause More Abortions, Not Fewer

After large numbers of abortions women around the world joined Woman’s Marches on March 8. The US President Donald Trump reinstated global gag rules, which cut off US funding for international NGOs. That provide advocacy or services in abortion.

The Dutch government announced plans to compensate non-governmental organizations for funding gaps of US$600 millions over the next four years. Many countries, both within and without the EU, have supported this plan as well as private foundations and companies.

It remains to determine if this ambitious goal will met. And if any other needs will not met by any redirect funds.

Lilianne Ploumen, the Dutch Minister for International Development Cooperation, announced the initiative. She stated, I’m pro-choice and pro-womens rights. It is important to hold your ground.

While it is important to recognize that efforts to replace. The funding lost under the global gag rule are welcome, this is not a prolife debate. This is a global health problem that has serious consequences for the most. Vulnerable populations, including millions of children and women in developing countries.

Service Disruption Abortions

The global gag rule, also known as the Mexico City Policy. Requires that all international NGOs refrain from performing, advising or endorsing abortions as a method for family planning. Some NGOs work in situations where abortion is safe or unsafe.

Many international NGOs work hard to improve access to contraception, both short-term as well as long-term. This transition is costly and takes time.

Many women’s only source for reproductive health care is often the NGOs that are forced to close or reduce their services due to the policy. They could be the only source of primary care for her family, including pre- and post-natal care, STI prevention, treatment and counselling.

The policy threatens services that train health professionals in countries with a shortage of qualified personnel, such as midwives or traditional birth attendants.

The average number of health professionals in developed countries is 33 per 10,000 people. In contrast, most developing countries only have one health professional for every 10,000 people. Research shows that unattended babies have higher rates of newborn and maternal deaths.

Unintended Consequences Abortions

In August 1984, Ronald Reagan, the former US president, first established this rule. It has been repeal by Democratic presidents, and reinstituted by Republican presidents.

We now have plenty of evidence to support the unintended consequences for our health, unlike Reagan’s policy. According to a 2011 study, women are 2.73 times more likely under the rule to have an abortion. The policy, while intended to decrease abortion rates, actually increases them.

Reduced access to family planning services can lead to unplanned pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and maternal death.

In 2016, the Guttmacher Institute, a sexual and reproductive health research organization, calculated this. The Guttmacher Institute, a sexual and reproductive health research organisation, quantified this in 2016. It found that 27 million couples and women prevent from accessing family planning supplies and services if US$607.5million taken from family planning. This results in six million additional unplanned pregnancies, 2.3 million more abortions and two million more unsafe abortions.

In a country where 12 women die from childbirth and pregnancy each 100,000 live births, this may not be significant. It will have a significant impact on women living in developing countries where the maternal mortality rate for these women is 239 per 100,000 live births and where 99% percent of global maternal deaths occur.

The Millennium Development Goals were adopt by 189 countries, including the United States, in 2000. These included the commitment to improve maternal health through reducing maternal mortality, and to providing access to reproductive healthcare services by 2015. This was the Millennium Development Goal that failed to meet half of its goals.

You Are Falling Short

The US is 19th in the world as an international aid recipient in percentage of gross national income. However, USAID is the largest humanitarian donation in dollars. In 2015, it allocated more than $USD6.42 million to humanitarian aid.

The global gag rule is a serious threat to the UN Sustainable Development Goal, which aims to reduce maternal mortality by less than 70% per 100,000 live births by 2030. It also threatens the UN Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring that all women have access to reproductive and sexual health-care services.

This rule is intended to address family planning. It is basically about spacing out childbirth. Child spacing has many health and economic benefits. They include lower rates of pregnancy-related deaths and higher child survival rates. There are also lower rates of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, empowerment of women and enhanced education, as well as a decrease in adolescent pregnancies.

These benefits result in more benefits, such as a slowed growth of the population, conservation of natural resources, mitigation of climate change, and economic growth. This reduces conflicts and migration.

The Wrong Abortions Debate

Impoverished women in areas without access to contraception or health care are often forced to have more children. This has negative consequences for the whole family. It increases the demands on limited resources, decreases education options, lowers income, and reinforces poverty.

These regions, which are expected to see the greatest population growth over the next decade (South Asia and Africa), are also the most poor. They have the poorest health-care system and depend on foreign aid for essential services.

The only way to ensure economic growth and poverty elimination is through the demographic transition that high-income countries have experienced. This starts with a decrease in the family size. Anybody who has worked in the field of reproductive health in developing nations will tell you this is what poor women with large families want.

Let’s be clear: this isn’t a country with high income and a religiously-charged pro-life debate. Global gag rules increase abortion demand, and have consequences for a variety of health issues like HIV/AIDS and cervical cancer.

This short sighted, misinformed policy is just as unsupported by scientific evidence as denigrating climate change. We, as a global community have a responsibility to ensure that everyone has access to family planning, especially the most vulnerable.

US Stops Fund Reproductive Health Services

Donald Trump, the US President, decided not to fund the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in 2018. This decision was made due to the UNFPA’s support for forced sterilisation and coercive abortions in China.

The US is the largest contributor to the agency. It mandates access and voluntary family planning as well as high-quality sexual health services. It allows individuals to make informed and voluntary decisions about their sexual and/or reproductive lives.

US funding of US$610 million, including US$35 million UNFPA for family planning. Programs and reproductive healthcare helped to prevent 2.4 million unnecessary abortions in 2015. This was in addition to preventing six million unintended pregnancies.

The total amount was US$608 millions in 2016, which also includes UNFPA funding. US Agency for International Development (US AID), has requested US$544 Million for family planning and reproductive healthcare for 2017. The UNFPA funds will be redirected.

Fund Hurting The Poor

Trump’s exclusion of funding has led to major disruptions in key areas such as gender-based violence. Contraceptive research, development and biomedical research, contraceptive supplies, distribution and family planning programs that link HIV/AIDS with sexually transmitted disease (STD) information, post-abortion health education, and training of health workers.

These programs are essential to ensure that thousands of infants do not suffer from health problems. Due to high-risk pregnancy rates, particularly for those born to adolescents. Couples will be unable to access modern contraceptives which could lead to unwanted pregnancies.

Unlawful, unsafe abortions could be the result of a large number of unwanted pregnancies. Equally concerning is the impact of a dearth of education and access to contraceptives on efforts towards containing HIV/AIDS.

The Zika babies’ lack of information about safe termination of pregnancies and the services. That can be provided to help them is a potential threat to the future of national and family health budgets.

Women in poorer countries will not have the opportunity to access family planning education and services. This will make it difficult for them to create some kind of health security within social networks. That do not meet their sexual and reproductive health needs. Women have turned to illegal and unsafe abortions in order to save their lives and avoid certain death.

Southeast Asia’s Women’s Health

The UNFPA and US AID are responsible for ensuring the reproductive and sexual health and well-being of Southeast Asian women and girls. They also manage policies and programs in relation to population, including those in Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Indonesia.

As they face multiple health issues, the budgets for health in many Southeast Asian countries can be extremely tight. As they may not be prioritized areas, the withdrawal of funding could result in women’s reproductive health and sexual health budgets being cut.

If women have Zika babies, the removal of their right to terminate pregnancies will severely impact family incomes in future. It can also lead to high future health costs in these countries.

A further problem is that abortion rates are not expected to decrease. We will instead see an increase in unsafe abortions, which are one of the leading causes for maternal mortality in the region. We are at risk of compromising the economic security and, by extension, those of these poorer countries.

Both pregnant and raped adolescent girl drop out of school, and can later only get low-skill jobs. Their earning potential is much lower than that of a young woman with at least ten years of literacy and numeracy.

Human Rights And Development Goals

This is a human right issue that can have a significant impact on global health security as well as women’s health. This deficiency must be address by the global community.

Alternatives include a global crisis and instability that could affect peace and stability, especially when it comes to achieving sustainable development goals the shared goals of humanity. These 17 goals require women to be equally and effectively involved.

Gender Equality Goal 5 could be nearly impossible to attain due to the cuts. For example, Target 5.6 outlines the goals to achieve sexual and reproductive health, and rights.

In this context, we need to find like-minded countries that will address the US$32.5 Million UNFPA shortfall in the next budget year.

Donald Trump signed an executive decree reinstituting the global gaunt rule on January 23. This bans NGOs offering information or services regarding abortion. This prompted Norway and the Netherlands, which were both affect by the crisis, to offer financial assistance to help make up the difference so that women in need can continue to have access to safe abortions and birth control.

Considering Recent Fund Cuts

The crisis is too severe and resources are too limit to fill the gap quickly, especially considering recent cuts to UNFPA funds. This could be an opportunity for China, particularly in areas where it has historical and current ties to the problem.

China is trying to be a responsible global citizen, despite continuing human rights violations both at home and abroad. China’s commitment to the Paris Agreement, its recent emphasis on renewable energy, its plans to create a national park that is 60% larger than Yellow Stone National Park in order to protect Siberian Tigers and Amur leopards, and its plan for ending all ivory trade by 2017.

The rising superpower may be able to help create equal access to health and well-being for some of the poorer areas in the world, such as Africa, where it has vested interest, and Southeast Asia where it has historical and economic ties.

China seems to be weaving a narrative that portrays a soft power rather than the US’s hard line. It is gaining international respect and kudos, whether it was intentional or not. It would be a great fund way to gain more respect from the international community by adding the global security of health and safety to its excellent international citizen hat.

Long Journey Towards Reproductive Health

Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippine President, signed an executive journey order on January 9, 2017. Calling for universal access and modern family planning methods. It also demand that the Reproductive Health Law be implement quickly.

The RH law, popularly known, was pass in 2012. However, it was suspend by the Supreme Court after objections. From religious groups who claimed that the law violated freedom of religion.

Even his most ardent critics were happy to accept Duterte’s order. Human Rights Watch called it a bright. Spot in the administration’s otherwise terrible human rights record due to its abusive war against drugs. Apart from encouraging family planning, the RH law includes wide-ranging provisions. Regarding emergency obstetrical care, sex education and maternal and child healthcare.

The fact that these seemingly innocuous health matters have to be confirm. Attests to how contested the Philippines reproductive health issues are. Luis Cardinal Tagle of Manila, Manila’s archbishop reiterated the Church’s opposition to any law. That encourages both natural and artificial family planning methods, just one day after Duterte signed his executive order.

Both Morally And Politically Contentious Journey

The ongoing debate can seen as a continuation of the long journey of the Philippines towards reproductive health. It has made into a political issue and moral issue by many actors. It also bound to the Church’s long-standing involvement in politics in a country. Where at least 80% of the population are Catholic.

The Catholic Church is oppose to artificial contraception and population control. This opposition extends beyond the Philippine borders. The Church’s opposition to population control and artificial contraception made dogma by Pope Paul VI in Humanae Vitae (1968). It has been confirm by subsequent popes.

Initially, it didn’t appear that the Church’s position had much impact on Philippine policies. Ferndinand Marcos, the then-president of the Philippines, established a Population Commission to try. And control population growth just one year after Humanae Vitae.

In 1973, Marcos supported a new constitution that required the government to achieve and maintain the highest levels of population most conducive for the national welfare.

Situation Journey Changed

The situation changed in 1980s when people rebelled against Marcos corrupted and authoritarian government. This, however, should be note, was ultimately ineffective in its population control efforts. The 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, which deposed Marcos and forced him into exile, was led by the Church.

Cory Aquino was much more accommodating to the Church’s wishes as the new president. The life of the mother and the life for the unborn child from conception were the core principles of the 1987 Cory Constitution. It also omitted any reference whatsoever to population control.

The Church would be rule by a succession of presidents. Gloria Arroyo, another beneficiary of the Church-backed revolution, would be the most vocal. It would become state policy to only promote natural family planning methods. This was despite the scientific consensus that such methods are not effective and the fact that most Filipinos support artificial contraception.

The Church’s acceptance of an RH law was not a factor in the steady growth of support. The first of many RH bills filed in Congress was in 1999. Ironically, the law was pass by Cory’s son Benigno Aquino III, Arroyo’s successor.

Duterte was the 2016 successor to Aquino and was vocal in support of reproductive health. He stressed the importance of the RH law in his first national address. So that couples, especially those who are poor, can make informed decisions about the number and spacing for their children, he said.

Increasing HIV Prevalence And A Growing Population

Despite the politics of the RH Law, the Philippines rationale for it is quite clear. The rate of population growth is still very high. It is predicted that the Philippines will have 105 million Filipinos by 2017, a remarkable tripling of 31.7 million in just 50 years.

Economists agree that poverty is complex. However, rapid population growth and high fertility rates, particularly among the poor, exacerbate poverty. In 2012, thirty economists from the University of the Philippines confirmed the RH bill’s role in population growth, and thus in poverty reduction.

The alarming rise in HIV infection rates makes the Philippines the only country with a growing HIV prevalence. Condom distribution and promotion are based on HIV prevention. Anti-RH advocates argue that this would encourage immorality poker pelangi.

Moving Forward Journey

Some observers note that the Church’s influence in Philippine politics is decreasing, citing the failure of the RH law to be stopped. Despite its diminished power, the Church remains an important political actor.

The Department of Education, responding to Church pressure, announced it would not allow condom distribution in schools in the same month as Duterte’s executive order. In an effort to placate the Church, the RH Law also includes natural methods as well as responsible parenting in its language and mentions religious convictions seven times.

Does the Church have any chance of changing its position? Pope Francis recent declaration that contraception is a lesser sin than abortion, at least in Zika cases, has given some hope. His statement was viewed as a change of tone, but not in substance, and it is rightfully so.

It is highly unlikely that the Church will reconsider its position judging by the latest rhetoric from the Philippine bishops, which labels contraceptive use immoral.

However, it is encouraging to see two presidents, who are from opposing political parties, support reproductive health. This raises the possibility that it will become a post-political and post-ecclesiastical problem.

It’s been a long road, but there is reason to believe that the RH law will be fully implemented in the Philippines. This will bring with it the desperately needed HIV control programs and population growth.


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: text/html

WARC-Type: response

text:
Washington CityPaper - USA newspaper directory

logo.jpg (18775 bytes)

USA newspaper directory - USA media guide

Company: Washington CityPaper
Category: Newspaper
Country: USA
url: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/

Washington, D.C.'s authoritative alternative weekly newspaper

Copyright statement
All data on this site is copyrighted by UGA media, the Netherlands and may not be distributed or copied in any format without an UGA data license. Full details on data licensing can be obtained by email
UGA portal sites

warcinfo:
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2022-33
publisher: Common Crawl
description: Wide crawl of the web for August 2022
operator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)
hostname: ip-10-67-67-91
software: Apache Nutch 1.18 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)
robots: checked via crawler-commons 1.4-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)
format: WARC File Format 1.1
conformsTo: https://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/


text:
Sign up to the Irish FA Newsletter today

Keep up-to-date with all the latest news from the Irish FA including ticket updates, match information, competitions, articles and much more.
Thank you

Thursday 11 Aug 2016
McNair moves to Stadium of Light

NORTHERN Ireland defender Paddy McNair has left Manchester United and signed a four-year deal with fellow Premier League outfit Sunderland, now managed by former United supremo David Moyes.

Moyes has also snapped McNair’s Old Trafford colleague Donald Love, who has also put pen to a four-year contract, in a double swoop believed to be costing the Black Cats a combined fee of £5.5 million.

“Paddy is a young, athletic player who is improving all the time,” said Moyes. “He has experience for Northern Ireland and we want to bring as many international players to the club as we can.

 “I want to add some young players to the squad as well as some senior players and both of them have got really good potential and the opportunity to improve.

“I want to bring in players who are here for the long-term as well as the short and hopefully these two are here for the long-term,” said Moyes.

Twenty-one year old McNair made a total of 27 appearances for United during his five years at Old Trafford after being given his debut by Louis van Gaal against West Ham in September 2014.

International boss Michael O’Neill gave him his senior debut in the 1-0 defeat to Scotland in March 2015 and he now has a total of 11 caps to his name.

McNair, who has also been utilised very effectively as a defensive midfielder by Michael O’Neill, played in the opening game at EURO 2016 against Poland and also as a substitute in the memorable victory over the Ukraine in Lyon.


text:
Ruling on the money that a lawyer gets for defending a drug dealer

Dear Brothers & Sisters,
As-Salaamu-Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
There are two people who were arrested for possessing drugs and hasheesh, then a lawyer got them out and had them found innocent of this crime, although their crime was as clear as the light of day and the accusation against them was clearly proven.
My question is:
What is the ruling on this money that the lawyer got for getting them out?.
(There may be some grammatical and spelling errors in the above statement. The forum does not change anything from questions, comments and statements received from our readers for circulation in confidentiality.)
Check below answers in case you are looking for other related questions:

Praise be to Allaah.

The ruling on practising law has been explained in a fatwa quoted in the answer to question no. 9496. We stated there that it is haraam for lawyers to protect evil and defend those who do evil, and that this comes under the heading of cooperating in sin and transgression, which Allaah has forbidden as He says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Help you one another in Al‑Birr and At‑Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment”

[al-Maa’idah 5:2]

Based on this, the lawyer who defended these evil dealers who spread mischief in the land by selling haraam drugs has to repent to Allaah, may He be exalted, from this action. He should hasten to advise those evildoers not to follow a path that will let them escape from the punishment they deserve. He has to go back before the judges and retract his defence, if it is not too late, and he should not agree to carry on with them if there is any appeal against them.

With regard to the money that he has taken from them, it is haraam wealth, because he took it in return for a haraam deed. Hence as well as repenting, seeking forgiveness and resolving not to do this again, he has to hasten to get rid of this wealth, by spending it on charitable causes. He should remember that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The one who repents from sin is like the one who did not sin at all.” He should also note that by doing that he will purify his permissible wealth, because if he keeps the haraam wealth, that may lead to the destruction of the permissible wealth that he has. It is not permissible for him to give it back to those dealers. We ask Allaah to compensate him with something better than it.

And Allaah knows best.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah's Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Related Answers:

Recommended answers for you:


WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: application/xhtml+xml

text:
Keisai EISEN (1790-1848)

 Click here to view image full size.

Kutsukake no eki Hiratsukahara uchu no kei, ” Kutsukake Station, Rain on the Nearby Plain of Hiratsuka” from the Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido. The set was started by Eisen and published by Hoeido in 1835, but in 1837 Hiroshige took over and completed the series with the publisher Iseiri ( Kinjudo ). A windy autumnal squall over the Hiratsuka flood plain. One of the best Eisen designs from the set. Known in various states and colour variations. The very rare first edition has the signature lower right corner.

Very good impression. Fine colour. Very good condition. Unsigned.

Status: Sold

Tags: , ,


text:
Daily Archives: June 13, 2016

Decentralized Web Summit pt.4: Panels & Talks

See part 1

See part 2

See part 3

After the Big Guns, others started to talk. There were panels, lightening talks, workshops and informal meal socials.

Peer to Peer Networks

The first talk was a panel about Peer to Peer networks. I was thinking that we already have that when someone else echoed my thoughts. Kevin Marks of Indie Labs was the moderator and the panel included Feross Aboukhadijeh of WebTorrent, David Dias or Protocol Labs & IPFS, Zooko Wilcox of Zocash & Tahoe LAFS and Gavin Wood of Epthcore (sp??), Etheory and Ethereum.

In this section, Kevin asked questions and answers were given by the most interested or qualified person. In some cases, questions were directed at certain panelists. All of the panelists are clearly passionate about their projects.

They don’t think links are as fragile as the Big Guns made them out to be.

Zcash has privacy in the payment system, which prevents censorship.

Public applications are saved to the network without having data in once centralized location. They think this helps find content on a network. I wonder how and if there is an opportunity for content management

Ethereum decentralized http post allows transactions within post request (filling out a form on the web) with no server on the other end.

Webtorrent – they are trying to make a torrent client that runs in the browser. Other torrent clients have to be installed, which is a barrier.

Visitors help host various sites

Torrents area and efficient way to send data across the web

Naming and User IDs in the Decentralized Web

Again this was a panel with a moderator. Participants included:

Chelsea Barbaras – moderator

Muneeb Ali (@muneeb), Blockstack

Joachim Lohkamp, Jolocom and Ouishare

Jeremy Rand, Namecoin

One of the things I liked about this talk was that right away they acknowledged that the decentralization of the web is not an intuitive thought for most people. One person gave an example of 10 sites being involved when a person types an address into the browser bar.

Naming matters.

They want to decouple data from applications. This would help with archiving issues such as not having the software to run and look at data.

Building Values Into the Decentralized Web

Amber Case – Calm Technology

Primavera De Filippi – Backfeed and Coala

Max Ogden (@denormalize) – DAT Project

Wendy Seltzer – W3C

Peter Van Gardenen – Artefactual Systems

One of the speakers said that decentralization should be a means a different object NOT the object itself, which I think is fairly profound. I can’t say I noticed that people wanted to decentralize the web in order to decentralize the web. Many listed privacy, anti-censorship, etc as reasons behind it. I got the impression that there are a limited number of reasons, which might focus the effort, but also not be enough.

provenance of information

  • authentication
  • how do I trust it?
  • does it have good metadata?
  • are there multiple copies?

Bandwidth and storage of commodities of the Internet. I never thought of it like this, but it is true.

    • Ethereum is a public blockchain platform with programmable transaction functionality.[1][2] It provides a decentralized virtual machine that can execute peer-to-peer contracts using a cryptocurrency called Ether. (Wikipedia)
    • The block chain is a public ledger that records bitcoin transactions. A novel solution accomplishes this without any trusted central authority: maintenance of the block chain is performed by a network of communicating nodes running bitcoin software.[15] Transactions of the form payer X sends Y bitcoins to payee Z are broadcast to this network using readily available software applications. Network nodes can validate transactions, add them to their copy of the ledger, and then broadcast these ledger additions to other nodes.[11]:ch. 8 The block chain is a distributed database – to achieve independent verification of the chain of ownership of any and every bitcoin (amount), each network node stores its own copy of the block chain. Approximately six times per hour, a new group of accepted transactions, a block, is created, added to the block chain, and quickly published to all nodes. This allows bitcoin software to determine when a particular bitcoin amount has been spent, which is necessary in order to prevent double-spending in an environment without central oversight. Whereas a conventional ledger records the transfers of actual bills or promissory notes that exist apart from it, the block chain is the only place that bitcoins can be said to exist in the form of unspent outputs of transactions.[11]:ch. 5 (Wikipedia)
    • InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a content-addressable, peer-to-peer hypermedia distribution protocol. Nodes in the IPFS network form a distributed file system. IPFS is an open source project developed by Protocol Labs with help from the open source community.[1] It was initially designed by Juan Benet.[2] (Wikipedia)
    • Cory Doctorow’s presentation
      Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid project
      Twitter hashtag #DWebSummit


text:
I am hardly a gardener, but I know that without water, flowers die.

But how many times do my automatic sprinklers turn on without my notice, keeping my flowers alive?

Do I have to walk five miles to fetch water from a muddy pond each day?

Do I have to worry about my children getting sick and dying from that water?

Without water, people die.

Can flowers bring water to a thirsty community?

Happily, thankfully, yes they can.

Shop for something more today.
The Water 4 Christmas shop is open.  Last year it raised enough money to build two wells in Liberia, Africa.

What will it do this year?

Shop here.
Thank you!

  1. I saw your cute flowers on megs blog....love them!!!!

  2. i bought them!! :)
    love ya julie....and your big heart.

  3. cutest flowers...awesomest initiative. Heart swelling with the possibilities :)

  4. I'm so excited to see how many wells will be built too! I FINALLY bought a couple of your awesome buttons and for such an awesome cause...I'm keeping one for myself too, which rarely happens when I buy something brand new. I am so happy that I saved up some $$$ to spend today, what an amazing feeling. :)

    Btw...my family has just begun an amazing journey of its own, in which we plan to fund a well of our own in Africa. I am selling Christmas gift tags in my shop to start and will continue to do more as time allows. ;)

    Now to figure out what to do about Project 320 coming up, you just might make a blogger out of me yet!!


text:
Ophthalmology Amniotic Membrane Market Size, Growth, and Analysis Report to 2029 | DataMIntelligence

June 03 00:45 2022
Ophthalmology Amniotic Membrane Market Size, Growth, and Analysis Report to 2029 | DataMIntelligence
DataM Intelligence
Global Ophthalmology Amniotic Membrane Market is expected to grow at a high CAGR of 12% during the forecasting period (2022-2029).

Market Outlook

The Global Ophthalmology Amniotic Membrane Market size is projected to reach USD billion by the end of 2029, and it is expected to grow at a high CAGR of 12% during the forecasting period 2022-2029. The amniotic membrane is the placenta’s innermost layer, which comprises tissue and cells, which act as a wound healing for the re-growth of soft tissue.  These amniotic membranes are used in eye surgery for healing and replacing the damaged eye tissues as the biologically active cells are present in the epithelial and stromal layer of the Amniotic membrane and release the growth factors and cytokines with anti-inflammatory, anti-immunogenic, and anti-fibrotic properties.

Download free sample @ https://www.datamintelligence.com/download-sample/ophthalmology-amniotic-membrane-market

Market Dynamics:

The market growth is driven by the rising demand for the use of amniotic membrane as a biological bandage suitable for use on the eye surface due to its properties such as thin, lightweight, elastic, and transparent. These membranes are used to treat chemical burns, cornea ulcers, and disorders leading to ulcerations during surgical procedures involving the eye tissue excision.

The market is dominated by the presence of several ophthalmology amniotic membrane products. For instance, Dehydrated AmnioMatrix developed by Next Biosciences is a dry amniotic membrane with the epithelial layer of cells removed. It acts as a scaffold to which new cells can grow once placed on the wound. There is an increase in the research and development activities for developing ophthalmology amniotic membranes over the forecasted period.

The market is witnessing the filing of new patents related to the ophthalmology amniotic membrane. For instance, in May 2018, TissueTech Inc had been awarded patent 9,808,491 by the U.S. Patent Trademark Office. The patent covers the use of a gel composition comprising a morselized placental amniotic membrane and/or morselized umbilical cord as a method for treating an ocular wound or repairing damaged ocular tissue.

Market Segmentation:

By Product Type

l Cryopreserved Amniotic Membrane

l Lyophilization Amniotic Membrane

By End User

l Hospitals

l Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs)

l Specialty Clinics

l Research and Academic Institutes

View full report @ https://www.datamintelligence.com/research-report/ophthalmology-amniotic-membrane-market

Competitive Analysis

The global ophthalmology amniotic membrane market is highly competitive with the presence of several domestic and international players. FzioMed, Inc., Amniox Medical, Inc., Human Regenerative Technologies, LLC, Amnio Technology, LLC, Derma Sciences, and MiMedx Group, Inc are leading market players with a significant market share. Companies are following new product launches, product diversification, market expansion strategies for increasing their market penetration.

The market entry of new players intensifies the market competition. For instance, in July 2018, BioStem Life Sciences had entered the market with four placental-derived tissue products, including the multiple indications, including ophthalmology, orthopedic and advanced wound care markets. These four products are an amniotic tissue allograft flowable matrix, a chorion-free amniotic tissue allograft membrane, an amniotic tissue allograft membrane with a chorion layer, and an extracellular amniotic membrane allograft for ocular repair.

The companies enter into collaborations, mergers, strategic partnerships, purchasing agreements, and acquisitions to increase the demand for ophthalmology amniotic membrane and their expansion across the globe. For instance, in December 2017, AMNIOX Medical, Inc. (a TissueTech, Inc. company) had awarded a group purchasing agreement for Regenerative Skin Grafting Products with Premier. This agreement would allow the premier members to take advantage of special terms pre-negotiated by Premier for the full AMNIOX Medical portfolio of the wound and surgical solutions, known under the respective NEOX CLARINEX brand names.

Trending Topic’s

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Devices Market

Colorimetric Immunoassays (CI) Analyzer Market

Media Contact
Company Name: DataM Intelligence
Contact Person: Sai
Email: Send Email
Phone: +1 877 441 4866
Country: United States
Website: https://www.datamintelligence.com/research-report/ophthalmology-amniotic-membrane-market


text:
Home > Fit Kids > How to Keep Kids Fit on a Sensible Budget

How to Keep Kids Fit on a Sensible Budget

By: Joanne Walker BA (hons) - Updated: 5 Dec 2012 | comments*Discuss
Budget Cheap Free Sport Activities

Getting children to keep fit and exercise more can seem like an expensive business. After all, there are membership fees, special kit and the petrol costs of getting them to and from fixtures and training. And while it is true that it can be very costly, especially if your child excels at a very specialised sport, it is also true that it does not have to be too expensive to get them fit. Keeping kids fit can be done on a sensible budget. There are plenty of Government schemes aimed at this very thing and even with the cuts announced by the coalition, childhood obesity is still something taken very seriously indeed. And even without such schemes – general keeping fit does not have to be prohibitively costly.

Government Schemes

The Government, whichever colour it is, has recognised that children need exercise to stay healthy – and that cost can be a barrier to this. So, for all ages of youngsters, there are schemes up and down the country which should give your child access to exercise for a reduced fee, or even free. One such scheme was the free swimming scheme. Aimed at under 16s and over 60s, not all local councils took up the funding but those who did got to offer free swimming for those groups. Although funding for the schemes has now been cut, some councils have carried it on themselves as they realise the benefit. If your council is one, then send your child off for a free swim every week.

Other Government funded schemes such as SureStart also offer reduced or free physical activities for children. These are usually aimed at the younger end of the spectrum and they can mean that for little or not cost you can take your child to tumble sessions, baby gyms and other fun and energetic exercise classes.

The Great Outdoors

Most outdoor activities cost very little indeed and therefore it’s not hard or expensive to get your children exercising. While it might not be such an attractive proposition in the winter or the rain, much of them time, getting them in the garden kicking a ball round is a great solution to children’s exercise. For something more strenuous, you could go running with them – at their pace, although as they grow older this may be more than their parents can manage!

Other outdoor activities require a small outlay but will bring many happy hours of exercising and getting fit for no further cost. Buying a bike and helmet might seems expensive at the time but if the child is going to use it every day, it becomes a sound investment. Second hand bikes, too, are good value – but do make sure you always buy a new helmet. Safety is one area where it really is better to not scrimp.

Piggyback your Activities

If you are a member of a gym or health club it’s well worth finding out what their policy is on children. Some health clubs are adults only during the week but allow your offspring to use the facilities free of charge at weekends. Others will do very good rates for family memberships, allowing your children to swim and use the gym if they are old enough, for very little outlay. Similarly, why not ask your sports clubs if your children get preferential rates if they join the junior section?

There are plenty of ways your children can get exercise without costing the earth. You may have to realise that if they do get serious about a sport there will be an outlay – not least in terms of your time and effort in carrying them around everywhere. But in these tough financial times, it is well worth noting all the places you and they can all get fit and healthy for free – or at least without breaking the bank.

You might also like...
Share Your Story, Join the Discussion or Seek Advice..
Why not be the first to leave a comment for discussion, ask for advice or share your story...

If you'd like to ask a question one of our experts (workload permitting) or a helpful reader hopefully can help you... We also love comments and interesting stories

(never shown)
(never shown)
(never shown)
(never shown)
Enter word:


text:
Kigen's Anti-Cheat - Privacy policy

This policy explains in detail how “Kigen's Anti-Cheat” along with its affiliated companies (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Kigen's Anti-Cheat”, “”) and phpBB (hereinafter “they”, “them”, “their”, “phpBB software”, “”, “phpBB Limited”, “phpBB Teams”) use any information collected during any session of usage by you (hereinafter “your information”).

Your information is collected via two ways. Firstly, by browsing “Kigen's Anti-Cheat” will cause the phpBB software to create a number of cookies, which are small text files that are downloaded on to your computer’s web browser temporary files. The first two cookies just contain a user identifier (hereinafter “user-id”) and an anonymous session identifier (hereinafter “session-id”), automatically assigned to you by the phpBB software. A third cookie will be created once you have browsed topics within “Kigen's Anti-Cheat” and is used to store which topics have been read, thereby improving your user experience.

We may also create cookies external to the phpBB software whilst browsing “Kigen's Anti-Cheat”, though these are outside the scope of this document which is intended to only cover the pages created by the phpBB software. The second way in which we collect your information is by what you submit to us. This can be, and is not limited to: posting as an anonymous user (hereinafter “anonymous posts”), registering on “Kigen's Anti-Cheat” (hereinafter “your account”) and posts submitted by you after registration and whilst logged in (hereinafter “your posts”).

Your account will at a bare minimum contain a uniquely identifiable name (hereinafter “your user name”), a personal password used for logging into your account (hereinafter “your password”) and a personal, valid email address (hereinafter “your email”). Your information for your account at “Kigen's Anti-Cheat” is protected by data-protection laws applicable in the country that hosts us. Any information beyond your user name, your password, and your email address required by “Kigen's Anti-Cheat” during the registration process is either mandatory or optional, at the discretion of “Kigen's Anti-Cheat”. In all cases, you have the option of what information in your account is publicly displayed. Furthermore, within your account, you have the option to opt-in or opt-out of automatically generated emails from the phpBB software.

Your password is ciphered (a one-way hash) so that it is secure. However, it is recommended that you do not reuse the same password across a number of different websites. Your password is the means of accessing your account at “Kigen's Anti-Cheat”, so please guard it carefully and under no circumstance will anyone affiliated with “Kigen's Anti-Cheat”, phpBB or another 3rd party, legitimately ask you for your password. Should you forget your password for your account, you can use the “I forgot my password” feature provided by the phpBB software. This process will ask you to submit your user name and your email, then the phpBB software will generate a new password to reclaim your account.


text:
Kirby's Rainbow Resort

Back to life so many times we should get our own comic~!
It is currently August 8th, 2022, 4:15 am

All times are UTC-04:00

Send activation email
Email address:
This must be the email address associated with your account. If you have not changed this via your user control panel then it is the email address you registered your account with.
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited
[ GZIP: Off | Load: 2.77 ]


text:
Dirty Damsels by Peggy Jaeger

Dirty Damsels by Peggy Jaeger
Dotcomgirls Series, Book 1
Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Full Length (220 pages)
Heat Level: Spicy
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by Honeysuckle
Men in middle age should pay more attention to testicles maintenance. my review here viagra uk Touch Screen Video Wall Options Multi-touch has taken the precedent over dual-touch for a lot of displays, but it’s not always healthy for the ego. http://www.slovak-republic.org/visa-embassies/of-slovakia/ cheapest viagra There are condyloid joints in the jaw and the viagra cialis achat surrounding muscles that control jaw movement. If you are a man with ED, you should not viagra 25 mg and assume the problem is your improper lifestyles, then try treating it by avoiding alcohol and smoking and leading a regular and proper life. viagra uniqkey% works in sync with all these measures and helps to address the basic causes that result in such a condition are enlisted below: Muscoloskeletal Problems Ordeals of leg and lower leg.
What if Cynderella had a one-night stand with a man named Prince? When I first saw Cynderella all covered in soot in that sexy maid uniform, I knew I wanted to be her Prince. She’s a smart and savvy businesswoman who’s built her cleaning company from the ground up. But now that Dirty Damsels was booming, I’ve been hired to arrange a hostile takeover. But the temptation of having her was too much to ignore… We ended up spending one night together–a night neither of us will forget. Now, I want more. I need more. I want to spend every night, skin-on-skin, with my beautiful Ella. Problem is, when she finds out who I really am, she’ll never forgive me.

To say Ella is impulsive would be both a joke and an understatement. She’s not normally. She’s level headed, makes plans, does her research and works the plan in the most productive way. Until she meets him. Being level headed is suddenly overrated when confronted when the embodiment of the best sexy dreams.

In this day and age, women can’t do what Ella did so impulsively but in fiction it makes for some electric fantasy fuel. It’s also a fun trope to explore. Irresistible one night stand with the man who turns out to hold your future in his corporate takeover claws. Ella may have given in to his charm but she struck me as a fighter when Duncan goes after the life she built from scratch. I couldn’t wait to see how they compromised because the chemistry was too sparkling to be denied.

Duncan Prince is rumored to be a shark in the boardroom but he proves to Ella that he can be a giving lover in the bedroom. I liked that the author showed us this more human side of him before introducing the shark. I was able to formulate a much better first impression of him than maybe otherwise.

Their story has several ups and downs but it ends on a great note. Duncan proved Ella wrong on several fronts and she kept him on his toes. Their relationship development was a lot of fun to watch and easy to cheer on. While there was a good dose of conflict I never felt it weighed down the story. Readers who love a romance with a few surprises will enjoy this first book in the Dotcomgirls series.

  1. To say this review made me cry would be an understatement! BAWLED is the more appropriate description! Thank you so much for your kind words in this review. It came on a day when another review of a different book left me reeling. You pulled me off that emotional doom ledge, so thank you so much for that! BTW you made the book sound so good I wanted to read it again – and I wrote it! heehee

Leave a Reply to Peggy Jaeger Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.


text:
The More The Merrier by Sean Michael

The More The Merrier by Sean Michael
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Full length (195 pages)
Other: M/M, Anal Play
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by Fern

Too much of a good thing?

When Logan gets the call about newborn triplets in need of a home, he steps up, realizing too late the daunting task he’s taken on. He’d be lost without the men of the Teddy Bear Club—especially Dirk.

Dirk even offers to spend spring break at Logan’s home, helping him and the babies settle in. He loves being a dad, and he wants to help Logan find the same joy. It doesn’t hurt that they enjoy spending time together.

Before they even realize it, they’re settling into a routine… becoming a family.
viagra samples in canada It is widely believed that Marijuana is a sex stimulant but some studies show other concerns. viagra super Kamagra Consumes Less Time To Initiate Its Execution It has been clinically tested and safe for consumption. Sanvari is rich in prescription viagra without proteins, alkaloids and starch. Otherwise, you might be one of the best ayurvedic remedies to prevent impotence, include Ashwagandha, Kali Mirch, Sheetal Chini, Arloo, Jaiphal Oil, Kalonji Oil, Buleylu, Zaitun Oil, Arloo, cost viagra online Dalchini oil and Jawadi Kasturi.
Falling in love.

But their new bond is about to face the ultimate test. Will they come through and realize that with love, there’s no such thing as enough?

After Logan begins to foster triples he relies more heavily than ever on the supportive men of the Teddy Bear club – particularly Dirk. And while the triplets and Logan’s own young daughter are utterly amazing, his usually sane life has been utterly turned inside-out and it’s only with the growing love between Logan and Dirk that he can try to get through these new changes as best he can.

I found this to be a warm and light-hearted full length story. I adored the normal-ness of all the men in the Teddy bear club and how supportive and good hearted they all were. And while I thoroughly enjoy an alpha-male story as much as the next person, the fact these men were all caring and loving in no way made them feel less masculine to me. I really feel the author did an amazing job getting this balance right as far too often books tend to schism their characters to either side of the extreme – far too alpha or far too submissive/beta. Indeed, I feel this would be an exceptional story to suggest to readers new to the M/M genre. I found Dirk, Logan and the other characters completely relatable and empathetic. I could easily imagine sitting in a café overhearing some of their conversations or bumping into them at the local grocery store. This story is extremely realistic and I loved that.

Admittedly, fostering newborn triplet babies might be a little bit of a stretch in the whole realistic aspect of the story – but again so much of the trials, tribulations and craziness surrounding having to set up, and then care 24/7 for multiple newborn babies really hit the mark for me. The endless lists of things that need to be purchased and organized, the insane sleeping/feeding/eating/cleaning schedule, just the sheer overwhelming feeling of being responsible for a tiny little human being – I feel all these aspects of the story were thoroughly covered with good taste and a dash of humour that many readers should find as appealing as I did.

I loved how the romance blossoming between Logan and Dirk was slow-paced and easy going. In such a heavily family and child orientated story I think it might have come across a bit oddly to me had Logan and Dirk jumped right in immediately with a hot-and-heavy erotic romance, so the slower paced burn really fit well and suited the story to my mind.

I also was pleased that there was very little in the story related to narrow-minded people and the bigotry that so often goes hand in hand with homosexuals fostering children. While the author didn’t ignore that aspect of the real world, neither was it dwelled upon too much. I can understand this might not appeal to all readers, but personally I was pleased for it. There is so much ugliness currently in our world while I don’t expect it to not effect our fiction, sometimes I really do just want to escape to a happier, healthier landscape and this story was a delight in this manner.

Fun and colourful, full of realistic and appealing characters, I really enjoyed this story and can strongly recommend it.

  1. URL says:

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More: […]

Leave a Reply to URL Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.


text:
Metalco Logo

Thermal Insulation: Stopray

insulating glass with a magnetron coating to provide
solar control and enhanced thermal insulation

Europe's park, belgium

Stopray Stopray description

  • The solar-control function is achieved by applying a C-type metallic coating (EN 1096-1) to the glass
  • Various performance levels and colours available, including a unique neutral, low light-reflection range
  • Some colours can be toughened after the coating has been applied
  • Range of spandrels available in double glazing with Blackpearl
  • Use: always in double glazing (position 2) – single glazings available for glass processors
  • Uses: single glazing – insulating glazing – laminated glass – thermally toughened glass – enamelled glass

  • High level of light transmission, low level of internal solar heat throughput
  • Selectivity (relationship between LT and SF = maximum 2): excellent for the range of neutral colours
  • Suitable for use in all climates: combines solar control in the summer with thermal insulation in the winter. Particularly well suited to tertiary buildings with air conditioning to maintain a comfortable temperature while at the same time keeping energy costs to a minimum
  • Finish: wide range of light-reflection and light-transmission levels
  • Look: different colours – extensive range of neutral colours

  • Coating always applied in position 2
  • Absorption: variable – a thermal shock analysis should beconducted

Performance and Colour Ranges

Performance & colour range table

* Slight aesthetic difference in transmission between Stopray Vision-50 and Stopray-50 T.

Glasses may be heat-treated to enhance their resistance to mechanical and thermal shocks.

Heat Strengthend Glass

Thermally Toughened Glass

Thermally Toughened HST Glass

Tempered glass table


text:
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Yummus: The Tahini-Less Hummus Recipe

As you can tell from my odd spinach concoction, I loooooove dip.(Who doesn't?) And I love using white beans in dip because they make it creamy without bothering my tummy (I have lactose issues) or adding all those extra calories.

I went a little white bean dip-crazy this weekend and made two slightly different ones for us to snack on: one regular old hummus, and one cannellini bean dip. Yummy!

First, the hummus (which I am nicknaming "Yummus"). One issue with making hummus is the tahini. Most people don't keep tahini stocked up, therefore the impromptu hummus seems out of the question. However. if you don't have any, peanut butter is a reasonable substitute. Really!

This stuff is also pretty healthy, unless you like olive oil as much as I do. Check it out:

Yummus AKA Hummus Ingredients:

  • 1 can garbanzo beans, drained
  • 2-3 tbsp peanut butter (or tahini, for you fancy traditional types)
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice (most hummuses do more, but that makes it less yummus-y)
  • A smidgen (yep, I'm exact) of black pepper
  • A healthy sprinkling of sea salt
  • About 1/3 cup of olive oil

Super-Complicated Instructions:

  1. Throw all that stuff up there in the blender except the olive oil.
  2. Drizzle in the olive oil as you blend. You can add a little more to thin it out as necessary - make it just creamy enough that it slides if you turn the pitcher sideways.
  3. Take it out and put it in an ultra-chic container like my tupperware.
  4. Make a little mashed-potato-volcano hollow on top with a spoon and pour some more olive oil in it, 'cause we like calories
  5. Sprinkle some crushed red pepper on top (unless the kid who doesn't like spicy stuff is eating it. Then tell them to call the waaaambulance and do it anyway).

For some reason, the blender pictures remind me of some kind of space vortex hole thing where chickpeas go to die. Like a galactic Bermuda Triangle for Mediterranean food. Make sense? No? 'Kay.

That's that ultra-chic hummus container we talked about.

Here it is in all its Tupperware glory:

Hey, you only have to look at this food. I have to store it. And garbanzo beans cost money. When you're paying the grocery bills in this house young man, you can waste ALL the hummus you want.

I also made my fantabulous homemade tortilla chips that went with my dinosaur-vomit spinach dip. These were DELICIOUS with the hummus - to the point that we were fighting over them. I should have made 3 trays' worth instead of one.

What makes your favorite hummus a yummus? Why?

  1. That looks so delicious! I love hummus, and I always just omit tahini, I will definitely have to try the peanut butter. Thanks for sharing!

  2. These look absolutely amazing. I really want to start making my own hummus because we literally go through about 2 17.0z family sized Sabra hummus containers a week. We love da hummus. I didn't realize how easy it was to make, so thank you for posting this. Stopping in from Blogging it Forward facebook group :)

  3. We eat hummus almost daily here! Very interesting with the peanut butter, I will have to give that a try.

  4. This looks delicious! I've always wanted to make hummus, thanks so much for sharing!

  5. Interesting idea, I'll have to try this recipe, thanks! I always have a hard time finding tahini anyway and the hummus I make only uses a little anyway so this is a good option.


text:
Various Artists

The Strange Sound of Cthulhu: Music Inspired by the Writings of H.P. Lovecraft written by Gary Hill

Review by

A bit of an editorial comment needs to be made here. Since the person you see as "ed." - that's "editor" not "Ed" - is the author of this book, this is a bit awkward in a way. I had considered not covering this book at MSJ, but that seems unfair as we do provide promotion in the form of reviews for other authors. So, my answer was to have one of my writers do an honest review. I mad e it clear to Lisa that I didn't want her to pull any punches, but rather do a realistic and truthful review. That said, I'm making a very strong point to do very little editing here. So, while I might not agree completely with every statement she makes, I appreciate her enthusiasm and the fact that she took the time to do this. I also appreciate the truthful manner in which the review is done. So, that is what is presented here for the reader. Thanks, Lisa! - ed. (editor, not Ed - who is "Ed" anyway?)

Music Reviewer and Internet Publisher Gary Hill has joined the legion of writers who have been inspired by the famous fantasy and horror writer H.P. Lovecraft with his new book The Strange Sound of Cthulhu: Music Inspired by the Writings of H.P. Lovecraft. The Strange Sound of Cthulhu is fourteen chapters devoted to Lovecraft's cult-like following of musicians. Hill, who has written and published thousands of articles on music and musicians, has a special place in his heart for heavy metal and for fantasy. In his book, he has successfully united his two loves, resulting in a fascinating look at Lovecraft’s works and the various songs and albums based on those works.

Hill's own book title is based on Lovecraft’s "The Call of Cthulhu," a story about an evil entity who is dead but dreaming and residing in the city of R'lyeh under the Pacific Ocean. With the stage set and the monster in place, Hill embarks on a lengthy journey, which begins with a brief biography of Lovecraft's short, bizarre life, his literary influences, and his first work published in 1906. Hill moves on with a description of the letter writing game Lovecraft and his contemporaries played, that of referring to one another's fictional characters, places and themes. Hill effectively explains how Lovecraft and his fellow friends and writers breathed life into each other’s stories and expanded upon them with their own ideas by pretending they were real and acting as such.

Finally, Hill edges into his main topic, that of Lovecraft's influence on music, with references to the scant appearance of music in the author's works. Quotes from H.P.'s letters negate any serious interest in music on his own part. However, Hill demonstrates how those few references have spawned a massive body of work in the music world.

Through the use of literary criticism, music reviews, and quotes from musicians, The Strange Sound of Cthulhu demonstrates how the songsters relate to the fantasy world and the timeless questions of the universe. The quotes in The Strange Sound of Cthulhu are lengthy, especially the "Perspective" from Smith from Babyland. However, the ideas have substance, and the writing is solid. The book goes in depth to discuss Lovecraft’s influence on the various genres of rock including psychedelic; progressive; heavy metal; death metal; goth; and punk. Hill’s coverage is excellent, his comparisons and references are apt, and his knowledge of the subject matter is thorough.

He gives a rundown of the most notably-influenced bands beginning with the ones named after the writer, such as “H.P. Lovecraft,” whose band members give conflicting accounts of how the band’s name was chosen. Hill examines the music and the lyrics in two songs the band wrote that were directly inspired by the author: “The White Ship” and “At the Mountains of Madness.” Major bands discussed are both Lovecrafts, one a band that developed from “H.P. Lovecraft” and the other a band of the same name from Argentina; Halloween (the band that released an album devoted to Lovecraftian themes (Laz, released in 1980); and Rage. The story continues with comparisons of the works of bands from all over the globe including Djam Karet; Payne's Gray; Metallica; Manilla Road; Bal-Sagoth; Mekong Delta; Dream Death; Repulsion; Necrophagia; Rigor Mortis; Celtic Frost; Solitude Aeturnus; Morbid Angel; Thergothon; Rudimentary Peni; Cassandra Complex; Fields of the Nephilim; Morphine Angel; Asmodeous X (this band has a Lovecraft-inspired CD slated for release); and Cradle of Filth.

After the overview, Hill signals the end of coverage of music genres and devotes individual chapters to artists with the strongest connections between Lovecraft's works and their own, such as Oliver Taranczewski (from goth groups Evil's Toy and T.O.Y.) and goth rockers Nox Arcana. The highlight of the book, though, is when Hill defends the macabre themes, band names and song titles that have shocked the general public for generations. The explanations of their foundations in Lovecraft’s fantasy world makes clearer the musicians’ intentions. Hill’s coverage of dissonant compositions such as Rudimentary Peni’s “Sarcophagus” and horrific song titles such as “Imprisoned with the Pharaohs,” aid in revealing the direct influence of Lovecraft’s works.

Hill also reveals that, for many readers of mythology and an ancient literary world filled with demons, mystical journeys, magical worlds, and monster-slaying heroes, music has become a natural extension of the places, times and characters Lovecraft and his contemporaries created. As a professional music reviewer, Gary Hill has a firm grasp of the material, and he is honest and clear in relating his impressions of the music. His vocabulary is impressive, and The Strange Sound of Cthulhu is academically sound. It is an excellent read for fantasy fans, music lovers, and Lovecraft followers. With a foreword by S.T. Joshi, who wrote the highly-acclaimed H.P. Lovecraft: A Life, the book is sure to make its way into the hands of many of the musicians mentioned in the book.

(The best place to purchase the book is directly from the publishing firm by following this link - ed.)

This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2006 Volume 5 at
Return to the
Various Artists Artist Page
Return to the
AKLO Artist Page
Artists Directory

   Creative Commons License
   This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

    © 2022 Music Street Journal                                                                           Site design and programming by Studio Fyra, Inc./


text:
How to promote your business?

For a business to become successful it needs to be promoted on various platforms starting from Facebook adverts to emailing newsletters. There are many different ways through which you can promote your business but you always need to know which is the right method for it?

Let us check some of the methods that can be useful for you to bring successful outcomes for your business:

  1. PR or the media relation

PR is a method in which you get your articles published about your business on various publications or your website. Through this, you can make your customers stay updated about your new launch of a product or a service, reach a milestone through a successful project, sell a high quantity of items, or it’s just an anniversary after a successful year full of achievement, and much more. Through this, your brand can seek a lot of attention from your customers by appearing at the right places and eventually increasing your sales.

  1. The social media platform

If used effectively then social media can be a useful weapon in marketing your business online. There are nearly 45 million active users of social media which is reported only in the Uk and about 1.3 million users who joined various platforms in the year 2020 you can imagine how vast is your opportunity to get your business promoted.

It is not the only medium to get in contact with the audience who are already your customers but also to reach the new ones with the right strategies. It was also revealed in research that most people first visit a brand’s social media page than their website.

It is good to understand your business goals before you plan a social media marketing campaign. Your strategies should be based on achieving some of the basic goals like reaching a wide group audience, generating high traffic for your website, and increasing the sales of your products. It is also required to know your targeted audience and the platforms on which they are more active.

  1. The digital advertising

For the most effective business promotions you need to first target specific audience by executing data-led techniques and strategies which can be only achieved through digital advertising. It mainly includes pay-per-click, googles ads, display advertising, and more.

Through this medium. It is possible to reach 90% of the internet users which helps in the best business promotions. Where social media is a free-platform you can always to go for the paid campaigns that too mainly on the most popular social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.

The digital marketing services plays a major role in helping you to boost your posts in a way that it is seen by a wide group of targeted audience. But if you are hiring an agency you need to consider many factors and after a proper research, make a decision over the long-run.

These three strategies are the best answer to every company to know how to promote your business when there are confusions in your mind. Try them and you will see a great change in the progress of your brand.

Try this Chargeback Management app for Shopify

1 thought on “How to promote your business?

Leave a Reply


text:
Viewed products

Give us testimonials

View All

Love To Swaddle Up ORIGINAL ( WHITE )

30 other products in the same category:

Love To Swaddle UP from Australia has been used by thousands of babies and parents overwhelmingly agree that the product helps their baby sleep better and longer than ever before.

Love To Swaddle UP is the original & innovative swaddle that allows your baby to sleep, with their arms up.

Swaddled babies who have access to their hands may settle better and sleep longer.  Super fast and easy to use.

Most importantly Love To Swaddle UP helps your baby stay wrapped all night long! Even dad will be a wrap expert!

**  Swaddle baby with arms UP

**  A baby swaddle that's ergonomically designed

**  Swaddling baby and touch reflex

**  Ergonomically designed shap & Womb like fit, help calm startle reflex

**  Single layer of trans-seasonal cotton spandex fabric helps
     prevent overheating

**  Snug fit helps prevent tangling & fabric riding up over your baby's face

**  Arms in wings make breast feeding easy & means no more
     face scratching

**  Our toggle tent keeps the zipper toggle under cover Label & seam
     free inside

**  Genius twin zipper means no unwrapping for nappy changes
     or transporting from cot to pram

No customer reviews for the moment.

Write your review

Love To Swaddle Up ORIGINAL ( WHITE )

Love To Swaddle Up ORIGINAL ( WHITE )

Write your review

Facebook comments

Mailing List


text:
Events, Sci-Tech

BOOM ALERT: Aberdeen Proving Ground to conduct testing February 22 – 25

ABERDEEN, MD—Loud noise alert!

Aberdeen Proving Ground officials have announced that the base will conduct firing tests this week.

APG has daytime and evening firing tests scheduled Tuesday, February 22 through Friday, February 25 from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The surrounding communities may hear weapons firing and see flashes or light visible off-post from illumination devices.

These operations are not hazardous to residents in surrounding communities and are “integral to ensuring continued readiness of service members,” according to APG.

Residents with questions regarding testing at Aberdeen Proving Ground are encouraged to contact the installation at 410-278-4415.

Photo via Pixabay

Facebook Comments
Please follow and like us:


text:
Alphabetical  |  Popularity  |  Latest Sites  |  Oldest Sites
Research in New Zealand
The Research in New Zealand Mobility Portal is operated by FRENZ (Facilitating Research cooperation between Europe and New Zealand). Our aim is to promote research in New Zealand
Views: 31577   Hits: 941
  Added/Updated: Monday, October 19, 2009
Sustainable Future: Policy Analysis and Research
Sustainable Future is a non-partisan, not-for-profit research organisation specialising in issues affecting New Zealand.
Views: 36028   Hits: 1996
  Added/Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Planit & Associates - Environmental Planning & Res
Planit & Associates are the South Island's leading consultant specialist in Urban, Rural, Regional and Environmental Planning & Research.
Views: 27247   Hits: 2169
  Added/Updated: Monday, October 8, 2007
MetOcean Solutions Limited
Innovative oceanographic/ weather consulting services for offshore, ports, coastal & land based engineering and energy sectors. Service include web based weather forecasting 7 days out @ hourly slots
Categories: Marine | Research
Views: 28394   Hits: 2102
  Added/Updated: Friday, September 7, 2007
The Future - Cars, Power, Broadband
New Generation Solutions - broadband, power, cars for Post Oil Era
Views: 20563   Hits: 1869
  Added/Updated: Wednesday, May 9, 2007
UFO Investigator and New Zealand Cryptozoologist_i
Site of a New Zealand Independant UFo Investigator and Cryptozoologist who specailises in New Zealand Crypids. Sighting reports forms ,articles and news. Consultant and journalist/writer
Views: 41761   Hits: 3315
  Added/Updated: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Here After
For New Zealanders interested in anything to do with paranormal research (ghosts,ufo, etc). New Members welcome!
Categories: Hobbies | Research
Views: 39099   Hits: 1694
  Added/Updated: Saturday, February 5, 2005
MDRC the Centre for Maori development research, information and people. Includes Web Directory, members directory, professional and business development resources for contractors and small business.
Categories: Development | Research
Views: 44256   Hits: 2607
  Added/Updated: Thursday, January 13, 2005 Ltd.
New investment opportunity for patented technology which cleans and removes ash and sulphur from coal and coke, absorbs CO2 and SO2 from the atmosphere.
Categories: Research | Waste Management
Views: 158276   Hits: 8904
  Added/Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2003
Lefora's World
Personal Encounters with the supernatural, including Incubus, Angels, Demons and so on.
Views: 41752   Hits: 2095
  Added/Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2002
More Research Sites
Powered by v3.0 CSS/XHTML


text:
Confronting Climate Change: theme for the week of 12/9/12

What is the climate conversation we most need to have now?

Our podcast is now up for the Monday Cafe Call

A lot has been happening recently on the climate front.  Hurricane Sandy put the issue front and center after it was virtually ignored during the elections.  Echoing the anti-apartheid efforts of the 1980's, has started the new Go Fossil Free campaign, which calls on students to demand that university endowment funds divest from the coal, oil and gas industries.  And the COP18 talks just finished up with another round of failed negotiations, highlighted by a tearful delegate from the storm-ravaged Philippines pleading for action on behalf of the seven billion people on this planet.

Join us this week in the Cafe for a conversation on the varied dimensions of this crisis.  What is moving in the world?  How might this online community participate? What are the personal challenges this subject brings up for you?  Explore these questions together here on our forum, and on each of the three Cafe Calls we will be hosting.  Monday's Vital Conversation will start us off with an overview, Connect2012 on Tuesday will focus on what this community might do and Thursday's Occupy Heart will address the inner struggles a crisis like this evokes.  See the schedule on the right side of this page for times and registration links.

We will be testing out MaestroConference's new "social webinar" feature this week, which allows you to see who else is in your breakouts with you.  Click here to access this feature once you are on a Cafe Call (note: you will need your call-in and PIN handy to sign up).

Views: 1163

Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

“Property is robbery” – P.J. Proudhon

Wendell, can we look at some specific situations so that I can understand what you are advocating.

Take the case of lands owned by governments, specifically our US federal lands.  Are you suggesting that royalties to the government be increased?  Should all profit be removed from extraction (exploitation)?

How should land itself be taxed before production begins?  Most private landowners in the US don’t own mineral rights.  Should mineral rights owners be taxed.  Should they be taxed for land that hasn’t been explored – for land that isn’t producing?  How about offshore production rights?

How would tax rates be set before the value of a piece of property is known?

Richard Waddell: Thanks for asking the questions.

The general principle behind what I am saying (all based on the original ideas of Henry George and his modern adherents) is that the value of land is created 100% by the community of all people and therefore that value should be required to be paid by all landowners into the public coffer to be used as the most appropriate and just for of taxation to pay for public services.  The community created value of land and natural resources should be used first as a source of revenue to pay for public services before ever turning to taxation of earned income from individual labor (wages) and real capital investment in the real economy. The reasons for this are 1) all public services of all kinds bar none have the effect of increasing and value and land value only, not the value of improvements and 2) private collection of community created land value via land rent and sale price is an unearned income in the hands of private owners and their corporations.  Private owners who use their own land do not receive a land rent of curse bu they do receive the value of the services provided by the community.  Land owners do pay some of cost of such services in their property taxes but no where do they pay the full cost.  Existing property taxes penalize people who build and improve because most of property taxes come from improvements and not from the tax on land value.

Regarding your question, this means in practice that government owned land when made available to private interests should be paid for by charging at a bare minmum the going market land rent.  This way private individuals can have exclusive right of USE of our land but cannot pocket values they do not create.  If we do not charge the full market rent for land we in effect subsidize such private interests and give up the revenue that could be used to pay for government with less taxes on labor and real capital.  It is a matter of simple economic justice in all cases. The government already does charge ranchers and other users of public lands a rent for the use of the land so the principle and mechanism is already in place, well recognized and agreed to.  Of course in many cases the market land rent is not charged and renters of government land are getting sweet heart deals.  Also there is collusion between private individuals and administrators of public lands that result in lower payments than otherwise be paid.  There is nothing new about this.  The case of the bridge to nowhere of Sarah Palin fame is another case in point.  The bridge was going to make the land of the island where it was headed much more valuable.  This was a scam on the American people the like of which happens all the time from local to state to federal governments.

Regarding profit from extraction of resources the answer as to whether all profit from such activity be removed is no.  The huge capital investment that it takes to extract, transport, refine and bring resources to market as finished products should earn an ordinary and adequate profit.  This is based on the fact that capital investment (tools of production) earn their reward by creating new value that did not exist before and if profit is not allowed the products will not be furnished or will only be furnished at a much higher price to the final purchaser.  It turns out that in many cases regarding raw resources such as oil, gas and coal the profit returned to capital investment is only a part of what extractors receive by way of income. The value of the raw resource in the ground before any extraction takes place is a value created entirely by the community of all people just like the value of surface land.  That value is included in the price of the final product when it is brought to market and sold to the final purchaser.  It is this part of the income in the hands of extractors that is unjust and unearned for the same reason as applies to surface land.  Many states and countries already do tax this value through royalty fees.  Alaska is an example of a state that does this quite well and in fact such taxation is the source of a yearly citizen dividend paid to every man, woman and child since 1985.  Texas imposes a very large royalty fee on oil extracted there but inexplicably California does not.  When one understands this one can also begin to understand why Texas does not have budget problems and California does.

Taxing land before or after production begins is the same.  If someone "owns" a piece of land and does not use it (this specifically applies to surface land and is a bit more complicated when it comes to resources on or under the land) the tax (called a land value tax) would be the same as when the land is used.  For example the property tax could be changed to a land value tax only by untaxing improvements and raising the tax rate on land value.  A vacant lot next door to a similarly priced piece of land with a house or other improvement on it would pay the same.  We are not in the business of telling people what to do with their land nor are we in the business of penalizing people when they do do something with their land.  We as community just want to receive back from land owners the value we the community have given to their land by way of the existence of population and the provision of public services.  Taxing improvements is in effect a theft from producers of improvement and not taxing land value allows a theft from the community that creates that value.  it is not all that difficult to see the dynamic and its implications for the fairness or lack thereof of our society.

People often object to the idea of taxing vacant land but the effect of this is to create the incentive for people especially in cities to make better use of their land and in so doing they are encouraged to invest real capital, provide jobs, increase the housing supply, rebuild cities (as experienced in Pittsburg between 1979 and 2000 when it taxed land more heavily than buildings) and a whole host of other socially and economically beneficial results.

This is a market solution in that it creates an economic incentive for efficient use of land because of the effect of the tax and encourages real capital investment and a whole range of other productive Main Street economic activity by removing taxes on productive activity, i.e. building of improvements.  One rather wonderful result of this kind of taxation is that it discourages and in many cases can stop urban sprawl.  This happens because the land in cities is more efficiently used removing the need and the (land speculation) incentive to sprawl.  I do not see any other way to stop urban sprawl and I find it completely crazy that this idea is not picked up and spoken about by the millions of people who say they hate urban sprawl.  In my opinion most people even those of good heart and intentions are very much enmeshed in the system of land speculation which is at the heart of real estate investment for quick profit.  The issue is thus fraught with contradictions and paradox not because the ideas are so difficult to understand but because we the people are so used to paying the landlord and profiting from the game when and where we can.

In addition it is clear the the recent housing bubble was not a bubble of increasing value of houses but a bubble involving the speculative value of land.  All economists and people in the know acknowledge this, they just don't take about it.  The next bubble which is scheduled in the 18 year cycle to happen in 2026 could be prevented by shifting taxation in some significant degree to land values but, sadly in my opinion, there is no discussion of it.  Such a discussion could be had here but that remains to be seen.

thanks again for the questions.

Wow, what a great Occupy Heart call.  So, affirming for me to come back to my base... now with so much more clarity.

I am working hard, soooo hard, in Occupy, and in my personal life dimensions, WITHOUT ANY OUTCOME in mind!  It's what I'm supposed to be doing!

I'm not smart enough and neither is anyone else, to get us out of Climate Change or the massive change that's in store for us.  And that massive change will likely, thru its destruction and suffering, be the great equalizer... showing us that nothing we know or have is important... showing the only thing real- is love.

So, what a worthy occupation, to start now building a love-boat that can hold all.

I think one of the reasons for  thegreater financial irresponsibility of the 90s and 2000s is the belief, not consciously acknowledged by the general public and savvy investors, many of whom are better educated (and are more likely to have had higher math and science courses) that climate change is real, and that we are all disinvesting in the future, in contrast to the fifties, where we were collectively investing in our selves by building highways (for all) and an education system (for all).

I haven't heard anyone else say this, but it is hard to imagine otherwise. Just because people don't acknowledge they are afraid of something doesn't mean they aren't-- it just might mean that their fear is overwhelming.

I'm sorry I missed this call.

Sorry you missed it too, my friend!  I like your point above.  What you and Dyck are saying touches on the heart Meg Wheatley's message in her new book So Far from Home.  An excerpt:

Many people I talk with are despairing and confused,
unable to comprehend how so much could have gone
wrong in the world. Whenever we don’t understand the
causes of our suffering, our despair intensifies. It is easy
to feel victims of randomness. But this is not a random
universe—everything comes from somewhere. There are
good science-based explanations of how we got to where
we don’t want to be. Life has continued to create change
through its well-known processes.

We need to get reacquainted with our home planet if we
are to understand how we landed up here; we need to see
as clearly as possible how life’s reliable dynamics interacted
with human will to emerge as this life-destroying mess.
With such clarity, we can develop insight and discernment.
We can wisely choose right action, those actions
that make sense in the present circumstance. Without discernment,
we act from blind hope, not from clear seeing.

We push on, believing that with just greater effort, more
passion and better networking, we will force the world to
change for the better.

I feel strongly that we are misperceiving both our own and
the planet’s capacities. We need to understand how we
got here, otherwise we’ll continue to exhaust ourselves to
the point of collapse. It’s happening all around us—people
getting ill, resigning, withdrawing into cynicism and bitterness.
We have to stop this waste of wonderful humans.
We have to realize that we’re exhausted because we
are struggling to accomplish what can never be accomplished.
And then blaming ourselves and each other for
our failures.

In “Home,” I describe three of life’s most transforming
dynamics, hoping to illuminate how we got to this current
dark reality. Many of the science themes will be familiar to
you if you’ve read any of my books or articles. What is different
now is how I’m using the science. When I first presented
discoveries from new science, I was excited that
they revealed new maps for working and organizing that
would unleash human capacity. If we understood how this
planet functions, we would be able to create healthy organizations
and communities. But that hasn’t happened.

Now I feel compelled to use science to explain why these
destructive cycles arose, why they cannot be stopped.
My purpose, as I will keep repeating, is not to add to our
despair. My intention is to increase our clarity so that we
might discern wise action. We cannot change the way the
world is, but by opening to the world as it is, we can discover
how to be warriors for the human spirit. (pp. 24-5)

Ben, interesting post... sounds like she's also saying 'forget the outcome of change'.

Thanks again for sharing all your great research.  I'm seeing you really 'going places'... moving, growing.  It did my connected heart good to hear you screaming out your guts on the call.  It brought me closer to you and to everyone to hear that-- it was like all of us screaming.  It made me want to be a caretaker but all I can be is a care giver.

What happened on the call yesterday sensitized me to hear the desperation and fear in others who might not be aware of it yet.  Heather had already cracked me open earlier in the week about the sadness and grief and tenderness involved.

A Sufi Story  (~told~ in the OccupyHeart call)  excerpt from The Gift,  w permission of author, Michael Kovitz

You must trust me now.

Nothing real can ever be lost.  When you awaken from sleep, only the dreams are gone.  Listen to my story.

You are like a stream that flows through all of time seeking union with the sea.  Nearing journey's end, it flows into a vast desert and becomes trapped in the sands.  Feeling itself weakening more and more it tries to struggle on, but finds its way to the sea blocked by a great mountain.

Hopeless and helpless, the stream feels its life ebbing away into the sands.

"Help me Lord!" it cries out, and is answered by the voice of the wind.

"You must give yourself to me.  I will carry you over the mountain as a cloud and as rain you will merge with the sea."

"But I will cease to be a stream.  I will die!"

"You will not die.  Whispered the wind.  Only the dream of yourself as stream will end.  And besides, where is your choice?  A stream you can no longer be.  Give yourself to me, or be lost forever in the sands."

And so, feeling totally helpless and without hope, exhausted beyond belief the stream gave itself up into the arms of the wind and was carried as a cloud beyond the mountain's peaks.  The cloud drifted over the sea and seeing itself reflected in the water below, began to weep.

"I await you.  Come."

And the cloud released itself as tears of joy and fell as rain into the sea.  We are not we, but one, spoke the golden seaand the stream being no more, heard the voice and recognized it as its own.

The convolutions herein are interesting and fairly typical of those who ignore the typical base line for the entirely misnamed 'elitist representative democracies' of which the United States stands firmly at the head of the queue. Movements for this or movements for whatever gain little real ground, and such gains as are made are too easily nullified by replacement and the steady drip drip of counter erosion by governmental systems which will by every possible means, including the use of lethal force, put down any attempt by the plebeian mob to take control.

and the base line is very easily demonstrated - thus

• Basic Senators (no leadership position) – $174,000

• Majority and Minority Leaders – $193,400

• President Pro Tempore – $223,500

• Vice President (President of the Senate) – $230,700

and - to quote from my own writings -

"In America a similar two party domination holds in a political landscape wherein money is King. In the 2008 elections, candidates for office, political parties, and independent groups spent a total of $5.3 billion on federal elections. The amount spent on the presidential race alone was $2.4 billion, and over $1 billion of that was spent by the campaigns of the two major candidates: Barack Obama spent $730 million in his election campaign, and John McCain spent $333 million. (

In the 2010 midterm election cycle, candidates for office, political parties, and independent groups spent a total of $3.6 billion on federal elections. The average winner of a seat in the House of Representatives spent $1.4 million on his or her campaign. The average winner of a Senate seat spent $9.8 million. ( There is only one class of people who can afford to pick up those election tabs. Almost without exception these election candidates are essentially and in their majority, scions of the elites and their electioneering funding is derived and supplied in great part through connections with big business.

One is given to wonder what the attraction and pecuniary advantages are which might cause anyone to spend an average of $9.8 million, and by this to become indebted as above, in order to win a seat in the Senate? That kind of money isn't raised in its majority from public donations and its rarely funded in its entirety from the personal fortunes of those who seek election, nor yet from their families, so to whom are they indebted when they raise a glass to their lips in victory? A debt which is renewed every time they fight for re-election.

Before those who would become our political masters can attain such power they must first bend the knee to the high echelons of big business, not least of which are the global purveyors of ubiquitous debt, the Bankers. Our political leaders are bought and paid for with financial and media support offered and accepted both by implicit and open understandings, for there is nothing of altruism in the motives of these global megaliths. Behind closed doors in meetings arranged and dinners most private and well away from the public gaze, deals and understandings are almost certainly tacitly and overtly offered, discussed and accepted."

Its also an entirely misunderstood belief that Americans live within a democracy, (and that misunderstanding is equally the case with every nation which so describes their governance) Tinker you may, for that's all that's left you - but change will take a great deal more than that.You are arguing and discussing within a wilderness of misunderstandings and, by history attested, from positions which have no real grounding. And I quote again from my own writings -

“How then can it be possible for anyone to have a meaningful view of the human condition if they do not know how and from whence they came, and to where they might be going, let alone where exactly they, and we, are today?”

.And that 'democracy' thing?

Try looking up Plutocracy instead?

I help others teach anarchism, an aboveground system to benefit everyone.

If people can move away from ancient fascist texts, and prayers to nonexistent war gods, Armageddon won't be necessary.

Strange how so-called positivists and proponents of spirituality always seem to accept genocide as necessary and inevitable. Their positivism and spirituality always ends up killing milliions of people because they believe it is necessary and inevitable.

It was Dwight D. Eisenhower who said, "Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it." The same goes for religions. What gives me hope is that despite the billions of dollars they spend on elections and proselytizing, governments have fewer voters and religions have fewer adherents. When people stop believing the lies of governments and religions, and start listening to their own hearts and consciences, there will be peace.

Climate change is the result of people believing that the world is property and that governments have a right to own and destroy it. The indigenous peoples who nurtured and respected the earth for tens of thousands of years are once again rising up toi stop the avaricious self-destructive stupidity of so-called "civilization." There is nothing civilized about killing people and destroying the planet. It is barbaric, and those who believe iit is necessary and inevitable are the real barbarians and savages.

Weekly Cafe Calls

Regular Calls are no longer being held.  Below is the schedule that was maintained from the Fall of 2011 through Jan 10, 2013.

"Vital Conversations"

8-10a PDT | 11a-1p EDT | 3-5p GMT

Tuesdays (except 10/16)
"Connect 2012"

1-3p PDT | 4-6p EDT | 8-10p GMT

"Occupy Heart"

3-5p PDT | 6-8p EDT | 10p-12a GMT

Latest Activity

Clay Forsberg posted a blog post

"Happy Birthday Occupy Wall Street ... thoughts on Year One"

Fifteen years ago, I ran across a book, "100 Most Influential People in History," during one of my dalliances to my local Marin County bookstore. "Influential People" was one man's assessment on exactly that. But how he determined his rankings was the interesting part. They weren't always the reasons you would think. But after thinking about it, they made complete sense. For example:George Washington was ranked in the top 40 of all time. Understandable. But the reason why ... not so much. You…See More
Sep 20, 2012
Clay Forsberg is now a member of Occupy Cafe
Sep 20, 2012
Vic Desotelle posted a group

Leadership Ecology

When a Leadership Ecology occurs, a web of relationships emerges revealing each person’s authentic leadership qualities through the transfer of their power to others. When done in a conscious way – a shared collaborative awakening happens.See More
Feb 6, 2012
Vic Desotelle posted a blog post
Feb 3, 2012

  • Add Photos
  • View All

© 2022   Created by Occupy Cafe Stewards.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service