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To mark the world’s population reaching 7 billion on Halloween 2011, WORLDbytes has launched this hilarious parody of modern day Malthusian thinking. The programme features talented Blood Brothers star and ex-RSC actor James Hirst as the central character, Bill. For Bill the news of 7 billion is a Halloween nightmare. His solutions include: getting rid of ‘thickies’, euthanasia, gelding and paying African women not to have children- a carbon offsetting scheme first proposed by the Optimum Population Trust, now rebranded as Population Matters. Bill is no Daily Mail reader, he gets his over-consumption paranoia from the Guardian and he’s going for the cull. This parody reflects WORLDbytes’ concern to challenge the profoundly anti-human roots of over population ideas.To mark the world’s population reaching 7 billion on Halloween 2011, WORLDbytes... more
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We've all heard it over and over again, "September 11th changed everything". The turmoil in the Middle East is about to make us eat those words. From that day forward America has been spiraling down a path of self destruction and "our chickens are coming home to roost". Wars that we entered over lies, taking from the poor and giving to the rich, psy-ops and propaganda on American citizens and dignitaries, mercenaries for hire and more wars that create more wars. All across the world people are saying "we've had enough". Protests and regime changes are happening all across the Middle East and now we're seeing the unrest in America. Gas prices will rise and as they rise so will the price of eveything else and so will the crime rates.
When we invaded Afghanistan and then Iraq we opened up a hornet's nest that is proving impossible to exterminate. Like dominoes, American and CIA supported dictators are toppling one after another. This is due to a combination of factors. First, our prescence alone and every insurgent or civilian death just creates more anger and more terrorism. Second, the expense of these wars caused the destruction of the American economy which then destroyed the World's economy. Greed is the reason for all of this.
In April 2010 I was hired as a roaming photographer for a J.P. Morgan Chase high roller meeting at Keeneland Race Track in Lexington. I was just supposed to take some pictures of the event. The decorations and then each person separatedly for a take home souvenir was supplied. None of the staff could speak English except for the bankers and their hosts.
I'm not sure if I was supposed to come in during the lecture but I stood in the back of the room and nobody seemed to pay any attention to me. Besides, I don't think they expected the photographer to understand what they were talking about. A man named Stu Schweitzer was the guest speaker for the day.
Mr. Schweitzer spoke for about an hour but the parts you'll be interested in will make you mad. He claimed that the bailout was unnecessary because the banks weren't in need of money. We took from the poor and gave to the rich. The "crash" was by design, he said, and the crowd all laughed. He also stated that the reason they are calling it a "jobless recovery" was that the banks were fine but the jobs would not return. Again, the room filled with laughter. He then asked a Texas banker to explain to everyone how his branch was now turning to large corporate loans because housing loans and the middle class would not return. You got it, plenty of laughter. He then talked about the yearly retreat and explained how it had to be moved from the normal five star resort out west to a hotel in Times Square. This was done so the American public wouldn't know they had been deceived, he stated. He noted, however, that it was still a five star hotel. This gained him the most laughter of the night.
Wiki-leaks recently announced that Saudi Arabia may have overstated their oil reserves by 40%. This caused an immediate rise in oil prices.
Yesterday, America announced that, after discussions with NATO, sanctions would be enforced on Libya. Again, prices of oil are spiking.
These higher gas prices will hamper the global economy. A bad economy doesn't always mean higher crime rates. The San Fernando Valley and others have seen some of the lowest crime rates in decades. Crime rates fell about one third between 1934 and 1938 while the nation was struggling to emerge from the Great Depression and weathering another severe economic downturn in 1937 and 1938. However, we are facing a tsunami of issues beyond gas prices, high food prices and the failing economy.
Read the rest of the story at the link: http://www.examiner.com/courts-in-lexington/turmoil-libya-will-increase-crime-rates-lexington-ky-and-more
MonkeyFilms aka Christopher HigniteWe've all heard it over and over again, "September 11th changed... more
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Amid fears that severe energy shortages could touch off riots, Pakistan will announce drastic measures this week to save electricity, including a shorter workweek and restrictions on nighttime wedding celebrations, government officials said Wednesday.
With power outages lasting up to 20 hours a day in cities and villages, halting industry and even farming in some places, the electricity crisis could further destabilize a vital U.S. ally. Already this year, there have been streets protests, some violent, resulting in at least one death, over the electricity stoppages.
"Children can't do their homework. Household work doesn't get done, as washing machines and other appliances cannot work. When you go home from work, you have no idea whether there will be electricity at home. Your whole life is disturbed," said Mahnaz Peracha of The Network for Consumer Protection, an independent Pakistani advocacy group.
The Obama administration says that helping Pakistan surmount its electricity crisis is one of the top priorities of its aid effort.
Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, said this week that Pakistan's electricity situation was "not acceptable" and that Washington would help to "the absolute limits of what Congress will fund. It is a big issue."
Pakistan has been crippled by a shortfall in electricity generation, producing only about 10,000 megawatts of the required 16,000 a day. Further, some generators aren't working at full capacity because the government owes money to power producers. The government is expected to inject around $1 billion into the system to pay its debts, but energy savings can't make up for the shortages until new plants come online.
Industries such as the textile sector have had to shorten shifts and lay off workers, and farmers can't use their electric pumps to irrigate fields. Some businesses, such as tailoring and printing, are telling customers it will take weeks to complete their orders.
As well as suffering from outages, consumers have been hit by a steep hike in the price of electricity, as Pakistan eliminated subsidies to meet lending terms by the International Monetary Fund, causing further resentment.
The energy-saving measures are likely to extend the country's one-day weekend to a second day, push clocks forward by an hour and close industry for one day during the workweek, according to officials who were briefed on the plans, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity ahead of the government announcement.
READ MORE AT LINKAmid fears that severe energy shortages could touch off riots, Pakistan will announce... more
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Dear Friends, It is extremely important for us to use today's technology to produce fresh water from Sea water. Once the system is built, it can produce fresh water continuously and very inexpensively. For the areas that is near the sea, is a blessing. We can build several desalination plants and heat up the sea water with hydrogen gas which is also produced from sea water and distill it and pump it through pipelines into areas that need water. This will solve the water shortage. Another way to help our rain supplies is to plant trees in the areas that we need rain. Trees bring rain. If we follow these two solutions, we will never run out of water. We have the technology to put an end to any country's water shortages,
There is no reason for people/countries to sit in their chairs and wait for something to happen by itself. This world is created with unlimited amount of water and energy supplies, such as hydrogen from water, wind, and solar energy supplies are just the basic ones.
We all do need to get together and start utilizing all the gifts our planet is offering us for a Global Prosperity and Well Being.Dear Friends, It is extremely important for us to use today's technology to... more
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The surgical face mask has become perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the H1N1 pandemic threat, but if the currently circulating flu virus does in fact reach full-fledged pandemic proportions, U.S. health officials say there won't be enough face masks to go around.The surgical face mask has become perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the H1N1... more
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Panic is overwhelming Mexico since people recognize that they can’t trust the authorities, official announcements cause just more chaos so fear and skepticism rules Middle America and makes people buy food for fear of food shortagePanic is overwhelming Mexico since people recognize that they can’t trust the... more
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Just like oil, fresh water was once thought to be limitless. It is involved in the production of almost everything you use and eat. How much water is required to produce the everyday items you use?
Glass of orange juice = 850 litres of fresh water
Kilogram of microchips = 16,000 litres of fresh water
An average hamburger = ~2,400 litres of fresh water
"A swelling global population, changing diets and mankind's expanding “water footprint” could be bringing an end to the era of cheap water.
The warnings, in an annual report by the Pacific Institute in California, come as ecologists have begun adopting the term “peak ecological water” — the point where, like the concept of “peak oil”, the world has to confront a natural limit on something once considered virtually infinite.
The world is in danger of running out of “sustainably managed water”, according to Peter Gleick, the president of the Pacific Institute and a leading authority on global freshwater resources.
Humans — via agriculture, industry and other demands - use about half of the world's renewable and accessible fresh water. But even at those levels, billions of people live without the most basic water services, Dr Gleick said.
A key element to tackling the crisis, say experts, is to increase the public understanding of the individual water content of everyday items.
A glass of orange juice, for example, needs 850 litres of fresh water to produce, according to the Pacific Institute and the Water Footprint Network, while the manufacture of a kilogram of microchips — requiring constant cleaning to remove chemicals — needs about 16,000 litres. A hamburger comes in at 2,400 litres of fresh water, depending on the origin and type of meat used.
The water will be returned in various forms to the system, although not necessarily in a location or at a quality that can be effectively reused.
There are concerns that water will increasingly be the cause of violence and even war."
READ MORE AT THE LINKJust like oil, fresh water was once thought to be limitless. It is involved in the... more
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now I know why we're subjected to those "I got $500 for my scrap gold" infomercials.
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"Fears of the unknown long-term effects from the global financial crisis have sparked a new gold rush."
"...the World Gold Council reported that the dollar demand for gold reached a quarterly record of $US32 billion in the third quarter..."
"The Perth Mint has been forced to suspend bullion orders."
"All around the world there has been a heavy run on physical gold and there is a shortage of supply..."
"...widespread reports of gold shortages among bullion dealers across the globe..."
"unprecedented gold buying in Saudi Arabia during the first half of November, with an estimated $US3.5 billion purchased in recent weeks."now I know why we're subjected to those "I got $500 for my scrap gold"... more
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Malawi is facing an acute shortage of medical personnel, the Medecins Sans Frontieres conference report revealed. It said tremendous progress has been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS but there is still limited access to Anti-retroviral therapy (ART).
The report indicated many persons living with HIV have been left out in the free ART programmes due to shortage of doctors at health facilities. It observed that the current staffing levels of health workers in Malawi remains far below the recommended World Health Organization (WHO) medium level standards to ensure reasonable level of care. It noted that it is so low as compared to other African countries.
While the situation has reached an alarming state as the country is loosing most of its skilled heath staff to the West, the Malawi government has since 2004 implemented an Emergency Human Resources Plan (EHRP) to meet the health sector demands that have come with the scale up of ART.
"We are coming to the end of the honeymoon period with ART scale up, and can not continue to focus so strongly on initiation alone. Lets see ART as a marathon, not just a spirit, for the health sector as well as the patient," said Matt Boxshall of the Lighthouse which offers ART services in Malawi.
While it is forecasted that with over one million people living with HIV, the need for ART would increase the health sector in Malawi continues to face a critical Human Resource shortfall with the 2004 Ministry of Health report describing it as 'dangerously close to collapse'.
"The ART programme is an enormous national commitment and within the sector we have to make well considered choices, where to put most resources," said Timothy Gilbo head of the World Bank delegation to Malawi.
Malawi’s national HIV and AIDS action plan calls for universal access; 385,000 patients to be initiated on ART and 262,000 to be alive by 2012. However these targets do not cover all people in need as there is currently a treatment deficit of 69 percent and as the ART programme progresses the country is expected to face more challenges, mostly coming in from human resource problems.
"We realize that the cost will continue to go up significantly. HR is a sort of mortgage payment, therefore requiring long term commitment," Dr Austin Derby of the Centres for Disease Control (CDC) in Malawi said.Malawi is facing an acute shortage of medical personnel, the Medecins Sans Frontieres... more
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The vacancy rate for bachelor suites has plummeted to 0.3 per cent, compared to the national average of four per cent for major Canadian cities. The rental shortage is extreme and chronic. Are poor working people the new homeless?
The vacancy rate for bachelor suites has plummeted to 0.3 per cent, compared... more
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Amidst unemployment and impoverishment, Iraqis now face a cutting down of their monthly food ration - much of it already eaten away by official corruption.Amidst unemployment and impoverishment, Iraqis now face a cutting down of their... more
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