From: Lc <palolo@hawaii.rr.com>
Arrest of Karadzic &
the nature of war & the human animal
don't know if i had posted the original (from richard salvador) to this
list. but i should have. this is pete doktor's response to what richard
posted. lc
----- Original Message ----- From: pete shimazaki doktor
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:48 AM
aloha richard et. al,
thanks for sharing this post. i wanted to underscore your point with
some stories of what i learned/experienced volunteering in a bosnian
refugee camp in croatia in 1995:
1) a university of sarajevo (then closed down) refugee told me about a
well-known serbian literature professor she once had who was also
well-liked and respected in his academic field. he got swept up in the
serbian/yugoslavian nationalism that partially led to the civil war. she
was shocked to find out that he was on a list of people wanted for war
crimes for an alleged football (soccer) game where serbs used a bosnian
head. those that claim "education is all we need to change the world"
need to reconsider that even those who go to the most prestigious
academic institutions, are not immune from such inhumanity & mass murder-
just look yale boys bush w., dan qualye, etc. anything can be
rationalized in the intellectual arena.
2) i worked w/ bosnians who shared stories about how practically
overnight, serbians who had been neighbors, band mates, lovers, best of
friends, etc. had shifted to hatred when the war broke out. hawai`i is
not immune to this, as was witnessed on dec. 8, 1941, when japanese
americans (and some german and italian americans) were rounded up are the
grounds of war.
3) while in former yugoslavia, people (young and old) generally spoke
very highly and romantically of yugoslavia under tito, and lamented his
death and the state fell apart. this shows the instability of
centralized power. (and supports your point about multicultural,
socialist yugoslavia)
4) while visiting one refugee camp, i noticed some nazi swaztika
graffiti in the men's bathroom. i asked another camp volunteer what was
the story behind that. he said that there were some refugee neo-nazis
and that "some of them have been to germany to warn their german skinhead
brothers that the refugees were coming (most of the refugees at these
camps were waiting to get refugee status in various other countries)." i
was confused and asked for clarification why/how could a refugee warn
others about refugees coming. he shook his head in shared disbelief that
he didn't understand either, but that is in fact what was happening.
this is an example of how during wartime, all reason can dissipate and
people can do unimaginable things...this is the nature of war, bringing
out the best- and worst in people.
the torture and murder of civilians in iraq is not unique to the US
military- it is a symptom of militarism. put any good people and a bad
position of power, and you can get "the stanford experiment." a danish
UN commander spoke to us and said that he'd witnessed atrocities on ALL
sides of the conflict: serbian, croatian AND bosnian (he personally
thought the croatians were the cruelest). you can see why some war vets
get very passionate about their perspective as they may had seen real
abuse by "the enemy." however, it seems the "enemy" lies dormant or
awakened in each human, thus the importance of self-awareness and working
out the "shadows" we have, so that we may contain them when circumstances
nurture them out.
may we know peace inside & out...
pete
ps- great catching up w/ you at imiola's memorial service- what a great
example of an ally and human being he was...his last words to the us all:
"life. happy."
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:46:07 -1000
From: Mia <kaimi@lava.net>
Subject: [kaleimailealii] Fwd: Lynn Nakkim has filed for State House
Dist. 1
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:14:28 -1000
From: Lynn Nakkim <nt22@MSN.COM>
Subject: Lynn Nakkim has filed for State House Dist. 1
>> Hello, everyone, in and out of my Hamakua Coast district:
After many years of lobbying for environmental and
archeological causes, I have decided to run for the House
Seat being vacated by Dwight Takamine.
>
> I was in grad school at UH in Archaeology from 1968 to
1872, studying with Bion Griffin, Solheim, Roger Green,
TUggle, etc., and I did a survey of the Hana Coast (where I
had grown up) for Tap Pryor back in 1969, resulting in an
extensive report filed with Pryor and with Bishop. I followed
it up with an article for Journal of the Polynesian Society
(Auckland) on the field of food storage pits I found near
Hamoa Beach. I also did fieldwork for the Keahole Airport
with a UH group led by Francis Ching back in 1969. My
specialty then was sea shell identification. Cowry expert
Dr. C.M. Burgess was my Dad's best friend back in my
Punahou years.Over the years, I have always taken my
vacations in areas of great Archaeological importance, such
as the Yucatan, the Greek Islands, Tuscany, rural England,
and northeast Arizona, northwest NM.
> Recently, while living on a ranch that bordered a portion
of the Mud Lane trail that had never been used for vehicles
until the 1990's when atvs started grinding away at it, I
discovered large portions of an ancient trail pavement there
and tried to get the county and state to protect it, to no
avail, though I had had a licensed archeologist confirm my
find.
> But all those things are minor issues. For years I tried
(in the 1980's while still in Honolulu) to get legislators to
create a "Preservation Zone" for archeological sites, so that
they could be protected even while owned by hotels,
developers, or wealthy estates---to save on the obvious
expense to the state of running out and buying every heieau,
every set of lo'i.
> (--My house on Huelani in Manoa where I lived for many
years, had some walls that were apparently old lo'i walls
from a complex just above Waioli Tea Room, Kaahumanu's
estate, in Manoa Valley-----we have sites everywhere).
>
> I will accept help, physical or monetary, in this campaign.
Check out my website at 4pinto.org for details. If I do get
in, be sure to have some draft legislation ready and I will
try very hard to get some measures through. Yes, I am a
Democrat, but in truth I was once a Green Party County Co
Chairperson, and I am still very very green, very
conservation oriented. Education and Judicial reform, DU, the
Stryker force on Mauna Kea, and a reform of the Hawaii
Landlord Squatters code, and alternative energy source use
and development are also on my agenda. I have lived in a
SOLAR POWERED home for eleven years, and I cannot understand
why we do not have solar panels on EVERY new government
building, and some of the old ones too.
>
> Please pass this on ....
Thanks. Lynn Nakkim
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From: Terri Kekoolani
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1:20 PM
Alert - Protest RIMPAC exercises Waimanalo Saturday July 26th 8am-12pm
Bellows
[sorry to have missed the date. hope you made it. g]
DMZ HAWAII ALOHA AINA * AFSC/Demil Program
Announcement
WAIMANALO * JULY 26 * SATURDAY * KU'E RIMPAC EXERCISES * 8AM-12PM
I'm working on a more detailed announcement but for now, want to get the
word out that there will be a gathering Saturday, July 26 at the entrance
of Waimanalo Bellows Air Force Station to protest RIMPAC exercises.
Please come down, bring a sign, water & something to snack on.
Kupunas...bring your chair & umbrella. We'll be picketing from 8am to
12pm. Mahalo to our ohana from Waimanalo who made the call to ku'e...
Anybody want to make signs? come by the AFSC office Thursday or Friday
during the day to kokua. Call to let me know if and when you are coming
988-6266.
Any questions, please call terri at 227-1621 or 988-6266.
Another announcement will be forwarded to all with more details.
Mahalo...
TK
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Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:46:38 -1000 (HST)
From: Gabrielle Welford <welford@hawaii.edu>
"Ka Lei Maile Alii," "The Queen's Women" to be performed in Ukiah, CA
On August 4 at 7 pm in the Ukiah Civic Center Council Room, members of Ka
Lei Maile Alii, a Native Hawaiian Civic Club from Honolulu, will offer a
program which includes a welcome from young Pomo dancers from Pinoleville,
a powerpoint presentation about Hawaiian history, sovereignty and
nationhood by David Kean Sai, and a re-enactment play, "The Queen's Women"
or "Ka lei maile alii" (the affectionate name--the maile lei of the alii--
given by Queen Liliu'okalani to her closest friends). There will be a
display table and refreshments before and a feedback session after the
play.
Written in 2001, the play is based on an article which you can read at
http://www.hawaii-nation.org/sfcall.html. It was written in 1897 by a San
Francisco journalist, Miriam Michelson and covers a meeting at Hilo
Salvation Army Hall, where 300 people came together to sign petitions
against annexation of Hawai'i by the U.S. Michelson took down word for
word the speeches and the audience's responses, and these are transmitted
in the play.
The Queen's women gathered 21,000 signatures in a few months, and the men
gathered another 20,000. The petition was successful. Annexationists
were unable to push through a legal treaty annexing the islands. They had
to take Hawai'i by sleight of hand, which has significance today. Keanu
sai gives his presentation about sovereignty and nationhood, its meaning
then and today. He also talks about the Akaka Bill's attempt to make
Native Hawaiians a tribe under jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, and what that means for present-day Hawaiians.
The club will ask permission of local Pomo from Pinoleville Rancheria to
put the play on in their land and will bring gifts. A group of youth
dancers from Pinoleville will perform before the presentation and play.
A KPFA radio interview with Keanu Sai can be accessed by going to
www.kpfa.org. You click on programs, click on Thursday, July 17, click
on APEX Express at 7:00 p.m.
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:07:45 -1000
From: mike reitz <mreitz@pacbell.net>
Subject: Most Useless News Reporting Award goes to...
...PBN for this piece. From the headline you would never know what it was
about or that it potentially is one of the biggest stories in Hawaii right
now. But at least they mentioned it...unlike the rest of Hawaii's
mainstream media... m
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 1:23 PM HAST
Maui County asks DOH to drop orders
Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
The County of Maui asked to have orders issued by the Hawaii Department
of Health rescinded and the case dismissed on Wednesday.
Earlier this week, the department ordered the county to assess the
drinking water and wastewater needs for Molokai in the event that Molokai
Properties, owner of Molokai Ranch, is unable to provide the services.
County Deputy Corporation Counsel Jane E. Lovell said the department's
orders are flawed and the state has no legal authority to require the
county to bail out a private utility company, according to a news release
from Maui County government.
The hearing will be continued July 30.
The Maui County Council's Policy Committee voted to recommend the hiring
of former State Attorney General Marjorie Bronster as special counsel for
the matter. The committee's recommendation will go to full Council for
final action.
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:44:16 -0500
From: nimchira <tepaatu@gmail.com>
Voices Health/Environment News
News from the Health and Environmental Communities.
Published since Nov, 2005
July 23, 2008
In This Issue:
Todays Recalls:
Dirt Devil Vacuum Accessories
http://list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=15f6a1d5f0&e=0fa96e422d
===============
Salmonella outbreak exposes food-safety flaws.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/14509/3057/18724/0/?u=aHR0cDovL29ubGluZS53c2ouY29tL2FydGljbGUvU0IxMjE2NzcxOTg3NjY1NzU1NTkuaHRtbA%3d%3d&x=2a3a4687
Audit says USDA lost track of imported cattle. Despite persistent fears of
mad cow disease in Canadian beef, the Department of Agriculture has failed
to properly track hundreds of Canadian cattle coming into the United
Stateshttp://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/14509/3057/18721/0/?u
=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jaGljYWdvdHJpYnVuZS5jb20vZmVhdHVyZXMvbGlmZXN0eWxlL2hlYWx0aC9
jaGktbWFkY293MjNqdWwyMywwLDYwODEzNzguc3Rvcnk%3d&x=9846ce22
Wetlands save states billions, new study says.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/14509/3057/18719/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ub2xhLmNvbS9uZXdzL3QtcC9mcm9udHBhZ2UvaW5kZXguc3NmPy9iYXNlL25ld3MtMTEvMTIxNjc5MTA4MTc0MjEwLnhtbCZjb2xsPTE%3d&x=cb832b76
In the push for alternative energy, what happened to geothermal?
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/14509/3057/18715/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy51c25ld3MuY29tL2FydGljbGVzL25ld3MvbmF0aW9uYWwvMjAwOC8wNy8yMS9pbi10aGUtcHVzaC1mb3ItYWx0ZXJuYXRpdmUtZW5lcmd5LXdoYXQtaGFwcGVuZWQtdG8tZ2VvdGhlcm1hbC5odG1s&x=e5914095
Uprising against the ethanol mandate. The governor of Texas is leading a
coalition seeking to waive the federal ethanol mandate because of costly
grain.http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/14509/3057/18713/0/?u
=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8yMDA4LzA3LzIzL2J1c2luZXNzLzIzZXRoYW5vbC5odG1
s&x=d9215952
Fresh scent may hide toxic secret. Common household items such as dryer
sheets, fabric softeners, detergents, and solid, spray and plug-in air
fresheners are potentially exposing your family and friends to dangerous
chemicalshttp://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/14509/3057/18708/0
/?u=aHR0cDovL3NlYXR0bGVwaS5ud3NvdXJjZS5jb20vbG9jYWwvMzcxNzc5X3RveGljZnJhZ3Jh
bmNlMjMuaHRtbA%3d%3d&x=b5ed08b3
'Black rain' from FirstEnergy plant spurs lawsuits. A family claims that
their daughter was poisoned by exposure to dangerous levels of thallium and
other toxic materials that coated more than 300 homes within 2 miles of the
state's largest coal-fired plant.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/14509/3057/18706/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5waXR0c2J1cmdobGl2ZS5jb20veC9waXR0c2J1cmdodHJpYi9zXzU3ODkxMS5odG1s&x=53b0dc67
Rise in breast cancer among Native women may be leveling
CONCERN REMAINS: Rate had tripled between 1969 and 1998.
http://www.adn.com/life/health/story/472489.html
Our National Water Policy: Oh, Wait, We Don't Have One
http://www.truthout.org/article/our-national-water-policy-oh-wait-we-dont-have-one
Half the Amazon Rainforest to be Lost by 2030
http://www.naturalnews.com/023673.html
Large Retailer Pulls Nalgene Polycarbonate Bottles from Shelves Over
Bisphenol-A Concern http://www.naturalnews.com/023675.html
Pill-Pushing Doctor Allegedly Kills 56 Patients with Prescription Drug
Overdoses http://www.naturalnews.com/023677.html
Kids Living Near Nuclear Power Plants Have Much Higher Rates of Cancer
http://www.naturalnews.com/023678.html
Colony Collapse Disorder Debunked: Pesticides Cause Bee Deaths
http://www.naturalnews.com/023679.html
America's Got Water Problems, and No Plan to Fix Them
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SAbeZMumBkn2jxdOnM8hKsVSaTdzr5%2Bm
White Bread's Not Whole Grain, Sara Lee Agrees
http://list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=92d878169f&e=0fa96e422d
Consumer Advocates Blame Lobbyists for Delays in New Toy Safety Rules
http://list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=95b14e0d61&e=0fa96e422d
Britain faces 75,000 deaths in bird flu pandemic, Lords report predicts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/21/pandemic.warning
'Bird Flu Strain Can Be Transmitted to Mammals'
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/07/117_28022.html
Training drill targets bio-terrorism-Marines to serve as mock victims;
military helicopters will land at hospital and dispatch two dozen law
enforcement officers dressed in full decontamination gear
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080722-0908-bn22drill.html
U.S. Rushes to Change Workplace Toxin Rules
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR2008072202838.html
SOUTH AFRICA: Small Farmers Pushed to Plant Genetically Modified Seed: "The
Department makes very attractive offers to provide farming equipment, water
piping and seeds, but then uses this as a strategy to push GMO because of
agreements they have signed with multinational GM seed patent holders," says
Vez
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43256
Minnesota: Birds Found Dead at Two Lakes
687 Cormorants and 37 Pelicans
http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S519721.shtml?cat=10151
Kids' Diabetes Leads to Family Difficulty-A study published in the journal
Diabetes Care highlighted the ways in which a child's diabetes diagnosis can
impact an entire family. http://www.lifescript.com/NL/62166_20428878.htm
Parents vindicated for questioning mental health screening process
http://tinyurl.com/6ck3kd
Report For Schools, several articles, written by aspartame experts warning
that aspartame destroys the brains of our children.
http://www.mpwhi.com/report_on_aspartame_and_children.htm
It was known before aspartame was approved that it could destroy the brains
of our children. Dr. John Olney, who founded the field of neuroscience
called excitotoxicity, gave this report to the Board of Inquiry of the FDA:
http://www.wnho.net/dr_olney1.doc He knew it would cause birth defects and
mental retardation.
A recent Congressionally mandated review of quality of care at Department of
Veterans Affairs' facilities showed that women veterans receive worse care
than men at one in three outpatient facilities. Women veterans deserve the
same quality of health care as men! Sign today
http://go.care2.com/e/7DXr/vymI/jpRj
HHS and DHS Announce Guidance on Pandemic Vaccination Allocation
http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1216831362171.shtm The U.S. Departments
of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Homeland Security (DHS) released
guidance on allocating and targeting pandemic influenza vaccine. The
guidance's vaccination structure defines four broad target groups: people
who 1) maintain homeland and national security, 2) provide health care and
community support services, 3) maintain critical infrastructure and 4) are
in the general population. [See: DoD to 'augment civilian law' during
pandemic or bioterror attack
http://www.legitgov.org/DoD_to_augment_civilian_law.html ]
===============
URGENT! 'MOTHERS Act' Bypasses Committee - Set to pass this Saturday
At first the probe of financial ties between pharmaceutical companies and
psychiatric researchers focused on individual doctors, uncovering some very
troubling circumstances. But now Congress is pointing fingers at the
American Psychiatric Association (APA) itself.
Watchdog and anti-psychiatry organizations have long been saying that
researchers and practitioners are hand-in-glove with "Big Pharma," and it
appears that at least in some cases this is true. Limited data shows that
drug companies tend to pay psychiatrists more than they do other doctors,
and that those who receive money may tend to write more prescriptions for
medications made by the companies who paid them. Expect this investigation
to continue for a long time.
http://16thoutlawpsychiatry.blogspot.com/
But more importantly, we are opposed to The MOTHERS Act itself, which has
been packaged with this larger bill. The reasons for this opposition are set
forth at the following links:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-the-dangerous-and-invasive
mothers-act http://www.uniteforlife.org/paxilinfantdeaths.pdf
and http://www.uniteforlife.org/implications.pdf
But in brief, it denies informed consent to the countless number of mothers
(and their children) who will be placed on suicide and homicide-inducing
antidepressants as a result of this legislation.
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From: Josh Stanbro
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 3:32 PM
Subject: Building Community
Aloha,
I^Òm sending this brief email to you because I know that you care about
Hawaii^Òs long-term health and sustainability. Along with many others,
I^Òve been putting in time on a couple local projects that are now up and
running, making an honest difference on the ground, and putting our shared
good intentions into ACTION.
I hope you^Òll join in through one (or better yet, ALL) of the 4 portals
below that can link you in with a growing, fun, diverse island community
that also makes Hawai^Ñi more secure in the face of lots of challenges,
not the least of which is a changing climate. (One opportunity is this
Saturday...so don^Òt procrastinate.) Please take just a few minutes to
check them out and make a difference!
1. Go to www.kanuhawaii.org and sign up today. Kanu is like a Hawai^Ñi
Facebook that empowers you to be your best self. Make personal
commitments in your daily life to Live Aloha, grow some of your own food,
recycle...whatever you want to work on. You can link in with others who
also share your particular passion, get tips on how to live with a
lighter footprint, and preserve the best of our island values. It^Òs a
place for thoughtful conversation and action. Super easy to set up a
profile! We^Òre at 5,000 individuals and growing fast...
2. Go to www.evolutionsage.com to calculate your personal ^Ócarbon
footprint.^Ô This website is built with Hawai^Ñi-specific data and
information and can help you reduce your impact on the planet. Consider
going carbon-neutral by purchasing local carbon credits that directly
fund renewable energy projects right here in Hawai^Ñi. We need to move
from just talking about global warming to actually doing something
proactive about it. This is a first step. Evolution Sage is set up
specifically for people in Hawai^Ñi to take responsibility for our own
carbon emissions and invest in a cleaner, zero-carbon future for our
islands.
3. Join us for a massive, FUN party on Tuesday, August 12 helping launch
Kanu Hawai^Ñi. It^Òs being organized by ^ÓDivas Doing Good^Ô and will be
at the Old Kapono^Òs at Aloha Tower in Honolulu. Tickets are $25 pre-sale
(email me or call 591-1005 if you would like to purchase) and $30 at the
door. It starts at 5:30, features a quirky fashion show, great food,
stylish décor, creative ideas about doing good in Hawai^Ñi, a DJ, silent
auction, and more^×just think of it as a huge wedding reception/party
with all of your friends (and people you^Òve seen around town that you
ought to know) without all the formal stuff first. Great party for a
great cause.
4. Help MA^ÒO Organic Farm build our food security future this Saturday,
July 25 from 9am-12noon. The last Saturday of every month is ^ÓGive Day^Ô
at MA^ÒO Farm in Wai^Ñanae. You^Òve had their incredible greens at Town
Restaurant, bought their zesty limes at the KCC Farmer^Òs Market^×now go
dig your hands in the dirt and help them shape their new, expanded farm
addition that will bring even more delicious, local produce to our
tables. Details: A map is attached with directions. Their address is
86-210 Puhawai Road and are located behind a church called the Community
of Christ (look for a white gate out front). MA^ÒO encourages folks to
bring potluck lunch and they^Òll gather an organic salad, fruits, and
perhaps some pasta to add. MA^ÒO provides ice water in coolers, so bring
your water bottles to refill. Easily one of the most nourishing things
you can do for your soul on a Saturday morning.
People are working hard to make Hawai^Ñi a vibrant, better place every
day. Time to join in if you haven^Òt already! See you there...
A hui hou,
Josh
306-5518
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Subject: FW: NURSE'S HEART ATTACK EXPERIENCE
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:13:01 +1000
From: janet@dats.com.au
Read and learn, my friends!!
This is important to read it might save your life
A NURSE'S HEART ATTACK EXPERIENCE
I am an ER nurse, (day in and day out!) and this is the best description
of this event that I have ever heard. Please read, pay attention, and send
it on!
FEMALE HEART ATTACKS I was aware that female heart attacks are different,
but this is the best description I've ever read.
Women and heart attacks (Myocardial infarction). Did you know that women
rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have when experiencing
heart attack ... you know, the sudden stabbing pain in the chest, the cold
sweat, grabbing the chest & dropping to the floor that we see in the
movies? Here is the story of one woman's experience with a heart attack.
'I had a completely unexpected heart attack at about 10 :30 PM with NO
prior exertion, NO prior emotional trauma that one would suspect might've
brought it on. I was sitting all snugly & warm on a cold evening, with my
purring cat in my lap, reading an interesting story my friend had sent me,
and actually thinking,'A-A-h, this is the life, all cozy and warm in my
soft, cushy Lazy Boy with my feet propped up.
A moment later, I felt that awful sensation of indigestion, when you've
been in a hurry and grabbed a bite of sandwich and washed it down with a
dash of water, and that hurried bite seems to feel like you've swallowed a
golf ball going down the esophagus in slow motion and it is most
uncomfortable. You realize you shouldn't have gulped it down so fast and
needed to chew it more thoroughly and this time drink a glass of water to
hasten its progress down to the stomach. This was my initial
sensation---the only trouble was that I hadn't taken a bite of anything
since about 5:00 p.m.
After that had seemed to subside, the next sensation was like little
squeezing motions that seemed to be racing up my SPINE (hind-sight, it was
probably my aorta spasming), gaining speed as they continued racing up and
under my sternum (breast bone, where one presses rhythmically when
administering CPR).
This fascinating process continued on into my throat and branched out into
both jaws. 'AHA!! NOW I stopped puzzling about what was happening -- we
all have read and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one of the signals
of an MI happening, haven't we? I said aloud to myself and the cat, ' Dear
God, I think I'm having a heart attack !'
I lowered the foot rest, dumping the cat from my lap, started to take a
step and fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself 'If this is a
heart attack, I shouldn't be walking into the next room where the phone is
or anywhere else ... but, on the other hand, if I don't, nobody will know
that I need help, and if I wait any longer I may not be able to get up in
moment.'
'I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into the
next room and dialed the Paramedics ... I told her I thought I was having
a heart attack due to the pressure building under the sternum and
radiating into my jaws. I didn't feel hysterical or afraid, just stating
the facts. She said she was sending the Paramedics over immediately, asked
if the front door was near to me, and if so, to unbolt the door and then
lie down on the floor where they could see me when they came in.
'I then laid down on the floor as instructed and lost consciousness, as I
don't remember the medics coming in, their examination, lifting me onto a
gurney or getting me into their ambulance, or hearing the call they made
to St. Jude ER on the way, but I did briefly awaken when we arrived and
saw that the Cardiologist was already there in his surgical blues and cap,
helping the medics pull my stretcher out of the ambulance. He was bending
over me asking questions (probably something like 'Have you taken any
medications?') but I couldn't make my mind interpret what he was saying,
or form an answer, and nodded off again, not waking up until the
Cardiologist and partner had already threaded the teeny angiogram balloon
up my femoral artery into the aorta and into my heart where they installed
2 side by side stents to hold open my right coronary artery.
'I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home must have taken
at least 20-30 minutes before calling the Paramedics, but actually it took
perhaps 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire station and St.
Jude are only minutes away from my home, and my Cardiologist was already
to go to the OR in his scrubs and get going on restarting my heart (which
had stopped somewhere between my arrival and the procedure) and installing
the stents.
'Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail? Because I want
all of you who are so important in my life to know what I learned first
hand.'
1. Be aware that something very different is happening in your body not
the usual men's symptoms but inexplicable things happening (until my
sternum and jaws got into the act). It is said that many more women than
men die of their first (and last) MI because they didn't know they were
having one and commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some Maalox or
other anti-heartburn preparation and go to bed, hoping they'll feel better
in the morning when they wake up ... which doesn't happen. My female
friends, your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so I advise you to
call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happening that you've not
felt before. It is better to have a 'false alarm' visitation than to risk
your life guessing what it might be!
2. Note that I said 'Call the Paramedics.' Ladies, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!
Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER -- you're a hazard to others on the
road and so is your panicked husband who will be speeding and looking
anxiously at what's happening with you instead of the road.Do NOT call
your doctor -- he doesn't know where you live and if it's at night you
won't reach him anyway, and if it's daytime, his assistants (or answering
service) will tell you to call the Paramedics. He doesn't carry the
equipment in his car that you need to be saved! The Paramedics do,
principally OXYGEN that you need ASAP. Your Dr. will be notified later.
3. Don't assume it couldn't be a heart attack because you have a normal
cholesterol count. Research has discovered that a cholesterol elevated
reading is rarely the cause of an MI (unless it's unbelievably high and/or
accompanied by high blood pressure). MIs are usually caused by long-term
stress and inflammation in the body, which dumps all sorts of deadly
hormones into your system to sludge things up in there. Pain in the jaw
can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more
we know, the better chance we could survive.
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people,
you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
**Please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends (male
& female) you care about
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:08:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Democratic Party of Hawaii <headquarters@hidem.com>
Subject: Chair Brian Schatz, re: Candidate Filing
Aloha
Tuesday marked a major milestone date in the 2008 election cycle ^Ö the
Candidate Filing Deadline. We now have a clear picture of who is running
and who isn't.
Here's our situation:
In the State House: We have Democratic candidates in 49 out of the 51
State House Districts, and our prospects for retaining a veto-proof
majority look strong. Hot races include protecting District 51 on Oahu
where Democrat Tommy Waters is retiring and potential "pickup" prospects
against conservative Republicans Gene Ward and Colleen Meyer.
In the State Senate: We have a chance to gain seats in both the Kona
Senate seat where Republican Paul Whalen is retiring and with former Party
Chair Brickwood Galuteria running against incumbent Republican Gordon
Trimble. We are also determined to protect two Democrats. The first is Roz
Baker from Maui, who is the Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, and
great advocate for healthcare and women's rights. On the Big Island,
Republican Ted Hong and his supporters are already unfairly attacking
Dwight Takamine, who represents many of the Democratic Party's best
values.
We're energized by Barack Obama's candidacy, and planning grassroots
events throughout the summer and fall. We'll reach out to literally every
voter in the state, but we need your help.
Please contribute whatever you can to our efforts, so that we can build on
the incredible momentum that you've created.
(By the way, when you hit this link, it will take you to something called
ACTBLUE, which is the way we process credit card contributions. Don't
worry ^Ö the money goes to the Hawaii Democratic Party.)
I'm honored to serve as your Party Chair, and I will be in touch.
Mahalo,
Brian Schatz
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:19:46 +1200
From: clarke <tepaatu@gmail.com>
Deeper Meanings
From: "Artemis Goldberg" <panthertracker@myself.com>
Letting Go Of Understanding Deeper Meanings
All of us who seek to be conscious and aware regard our experiences as
teachers, and we try to discern what lessons we are learning from the
things that happen in our lives. Sometimes the lesson is very clear from
the get-go, and other times we have to really search to understand the
deeper meaning behind some event. While this search often yields results,
there also comes a point in the search where what we really need to do is
move forward. It is possible that we are not meant to know the deeper
meaning of certain occurrences. Answers may come later in our lives, or
they may come as a result of letting go, or they may never come.
We are all part of a complex system of being, and things work themselves
out in the system as a whole. Sometimes we are just playing a necessary
part in that process with a result larger than we can understand. It may
have very little to do with us personally, and while that can be hard to
understand, it can also free us from overthinking the matter. Sometimes it
is best to see it in terms of karma, a past debt we have been able to
repay in this way, or as the clearing of energy. We can simply thank the
event for being part of our experience and let it go. This completes the
process that the occurrence has made possible.
To make this letting go official, we can perform a ritual, make a final
journal entry on the subject, or sit in meditation with the intention of
releasing the event from our consciousness. As we do so, we summon it one
last time, honoring it with our attention, thanking it, and saying
good-bye.. We then let it go out the door, out the window, out the top of
our heads, or into the earth through the bottoms of our feet, liberating
ourselves from any burden we have carried in association with it.
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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:27:51 -0800
From: The Pen <activist.thepen@gmail.com>
Subject: Urgent: Tell Congress To Make This Week's Hearing On Impeachment
for Real
America Must Hear The Truth, And Congress Must Prosecute Impeachment
At long last, the outcry from the American people for Constitutional
justice has compelled the House Judiciary Committee to convene its
first hearing, this Friday, July 25th. But will they be real
hearings, where members of Congress actually honor their duty to
protect and defend the Constitution, or just a fly by with action on
impeachment itself still expressly off the agenda.
The difference has always been and remains YOU. Your emails, your
phone calls, your faxes, have made the difference so far and will
continue to make the critical difference now. Please submit the new
action page which will send your personal message to all your members
of Congress, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, and
letter to the editor of your nearly daily newspaper.
Impeachment Hearing Action Page: http://www.impeachteam.com
And we have a new national progressive radio activist in the person
of Harrison, who is filling for Randi Rhodes this week in her regular
time slot for her regular show in every market but Los Angeles. And
this week Harrison is going to be all over impeachment with special
guests, giving out action sites, toll free phone numbers for Congress
and everything.
Please make sure to tune in to listen to Harrison for the rest of
this week on any NovaM outlet for the Randi Rhodes show and you will
hear what progressive activist radio is supposed to sound like, and
demonstrate to station management that we need to hear more of
Harrison.
And if you don't have your new orange "IMPEACH BOTH!!!" cap yet, you
can get one for any donation of any amount at this page. It's the
perfect thing to wear to the next impeachment rally, and we are not
setting price because we want everyone to wants one to be able to get
one now.
Impeach Both Caps: http://www.impeachteam.com/impeach_both_cap.php
Many members of Congress have publicly conceded that gross
"impeachable" offenses have been committed by the president and vice
president. What they must clearly understand is that these high
crimes DEMAND impeachment. It is not some strategic political option.
It is an Constitutional imperative. That is the message we must send
in greater numbers now than ever before.
Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed
to be ours, and forward this alert as widely as possible.
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:37:43 -1000
From: Tane . <Tane_1@msn.com>
Alert - Protest RIMPAC exercises
Waimanalo Saturday July 26th 8am-12pm Bellows
Pono was there this past weekend and noticed those amphibians or whatever
wre stuck on the reef several times. Can you imagine what they are doing
to the reef in that area?
Tane
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:56:01 -1000
From: Isaac D. Harp <Imua-Hawaii@Hawaii.RR.Com>
Most Useless News Reporting Award goes to... - comment
It might not be big news to mainstream media because like most people they
can probably see that this issue is about Molokai Properties striking back
at the Molokai residents for opposing Molokai Properties' proposed luxury
development at Laau.
I can almost hear Molokai Properties now, "Let's make the community
worried about losing their water and sewer service and they'll beg us to
develop our luxury properties! They'll be waiting hand and foot over us
rich folks before they know what hit 'um! Heh, heh, heh..."
Perhaps Maui County should seriously consider assessing the drinking water
needs and wastewater needs of Molokai residents - as ordered by the state.
And let us not forget the business needs on Molokai as well. Bumbye no
can make Molokai bread lidat!
The state ordered Maui County to conduct the assessment so just do it.
The worse, or possibly the best that could come out of an assessment are
findings that there is a need to maintain drinking water and wastewater
service on Molokai.
Because the findings would no doubt reflect that services must be
maintained, Maui County could then go to the state with a request for
funding since their findings were a result of the state's order.
Hah-Hah!
It would be an embarrassment to the state if they ordered the assessment
and refused to assist later. At least it's a good lever for Maui County.
Additional actions Maui County might consider taking if Molokai Properties
declares that they are unable to maintain service, which would threaten
the health and welfare of Molokai residents and visitors:
1) condemn the drinking water system equipment,
2) condemn the wastewater system equipment,
3) condemn the lands that the systems occupy and require to function
properly,
4) condemn additional lands considering potential future expansion
requirements
5) condemn access routes and buffers along systems for efficient and
convenient operations and maintenance
6) create a community controlled land trust and place the condemned lands
into the trust
7) develop a community-based management strategy for these public
utilities
8) provide resident education/training relating to management, operations,
maintenance, etc.
9) be prepared to offer further assistance, be it financial or technical,
but only if assistance is requested...
Dream Big or Wake Up!!
Paka
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:24:17 -1000
From: Tane . <Tane_1@msn.com>
I don't think Maui County need to bail out Molokai Ranch; they need to
take it through adverse posession for derelict of its obligation. Other
properties of Molokai Ranch that serves the island should be forced-sold
to the Moloka'i people and they can own and operate it; like that of the
gass station and movie theater, etc. The Ranch intentionally did it as
retribution for opposing them. This is not Malaysia or Singapore where
they can pull their weight as dictators. This is Hawaii; they abuse; they
lose. We can delcare war against them and kick them out of Hawaii. I
know they can't take the lland with them when they go! Screw 'em! We
have the advantage even when the Ranch plays dirty!
Tane
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:27:30 -1000
From: Richard Salvador <richardnsalvador@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Re: Arrest of Karadzic & the nature of war & the human animal
Aloha Pete,
Mahalo for sharing your wise mana'o. I agree very much with your last
point. I want to share your email with everyone so they can see the wisdom
of being vigilant at all times about self-awareness and our (potential)
roles in any escalation of conflict, and vice versa. (Everyone, please
read Pete's email, especially the last part.) In any conflict situation, I
think the most human response is to lash out and commit violent acts, in
turn. However, a more humane way to respond is still very possible and in
fact is a vital part of our nature, according to The Seville Statement on
Violence.
Here's the online text of the Seville Statement:
http://www.unesco.org/cpp/uk/declarations/seville.pdf
And here's background information on who wrote the Statement and why, from
Wikipedia: "The Seville Statement on Violence is a statement on violence
that was adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by
the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain, on 16 May
1986. It was subsequently adopted by UNESCO at the twenty-fifth session of
the General Conference on 16 November 1989. The statement, then known as a
'Statement on Violence', was designed to refute 'the notion that organized
human violence is biologically determined.' " More info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seville_Statement_on_Violence
Besides all our efforts to live nonviolent lives, yes, `Imiola taught us
wonderfully by his great example. He left us with these last words:
"life...happy"!
Mahalo Pete. Mahalo everyone for your interests. Have a great summer.
Peacefully yours,
richard salvador
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From: "robert weissman" <rob@essential.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:20 AM
The Scourge of the IMF
> Links and forum to comment on this and other columns at:
> http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/editorsblog
>
> The Scourge of the IMF
> By Robert Weissman
> July 24, 2008
>
> Tuberculosis, a treatable disease, kills 1.7 million people a year
> worldwide.
>
> TB incidence, according to the World Health Organization seems to be
> correlated to broad social factors, like access to clean water and
> sanitation, HIV incidence and national health expenditures.
>
> A just published study in the journal PLoS (Public Library of Science)
> Medicine investigates the role of different possible explanatory factor:
> the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The researchers' study focuses on
> the period 1991 to 2003 for the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, a
> region for which there is robust data.
>
> The results: The researchers concluded "that IMF economic reform programs
> are strongly associated with rises in tuberculosis mortality rates in
> post-communist Eastern European and FSU [former Soviet Union] countries,
> even after correcting for potential selection bias, tuberculosis
> surveillance infrastructure, levels of economic development, urbanization,
> and HIV/AIDS."
>
> "We estimated an increase in tuberculosis mortality rates when countries
> participate in an IMF program, which was much greater than the reduction
> that would have been expected had the countries not participated in an IMF
> program. On the other hand, we estimated a decrease in tuberculosis
> mortality rates associated with exiting an IMF program."
>
> In other words: When countries entered IMF programs, TB rates went up.
> When the programs ended and countries escaped from IMF influence, TB rates
> went down.
>
> OK, but the region was in chaos after the fall of the Soviet Union.
> Economies crashed and per capita income plummeted. Crime rose,
> incarceration rates jumped, HIV spread. Aren't these the real factors
> behind rising TB rates?
>
> Explains Sanjay Basu of Yale University, one of the study authors: "First
> of all, not all of these countries in this region were dependent on the
> former Soviet Union. Many of them actually had an increase in GDP after
> the fall of the former Soviet Union. Several were not part of the trading
> bloc. And in some of the key countries where TB rates rose, we actually
> saw an increase in economic growth. So economic downturns could not
> explain, as the WHO itself has stated, the trends of tuberculosis in that
> regions. Something else was going on."
>
> "The reason we use such heavy statistics is precisely to factor in these
> other issues -- incarceration, HIV, changes to the economy, changes to the
> healthcare infrastructure. We found a statistically independent effect of
> the IMF. That^Òs not to say that the IMF was the only cause of TB in this
> region. The economy, incarceration, HIV -- these are all very important,
> but those factors could not fully explain TB in the region."
>
> (An interview with Basu follows this column.)
>
> The PLoS study found that participating in an IMF program correlated with
> increases in tuberculosis incidence of 13.9 percent and an increase in TB
> mortality rates of 16.6 percent. Basu says that, if the study results are
> valid, they suggest "we would have averted tens of thousands of deaths and
> hundreds of thousands of new cases" if countries in the region had never
> entered IMF programs.
>
> The theory of the study authors is that IMF programs drive down healthcare
> spending, and this reduced investment in healthcare explains the rise in
> TB incidence and death. Basu emphasizes, correctly, that the issue is not
> so much the IMF directing countries to spend less on health. Rather, it
> imposes a set of policy constraints -- including overall limits on
> government spending, and needlessly low inflation targets -- that
> inevitably result in countries spending less on health.
>
> There are always variations between regions, but there is nothing about
> the PLoS researchers' story that suggests things are any different in
> Africa, the region where the IMF now exerts the most influence.
>
> Not surprisingly, the IMF has rejected the PLoS findings. "Severe
> methodological shortcomings limit the scope of these results and prevent
> any causal interpretation," asserts an IMF response that is much more
> subdued than comments from spokespeople. "The fundamental problem is that
> this study does not take properly into account that countries implement
> IMF-supported reforms in times of economic distress."
>
> Says the IMF response: "The authors do not take into account that the
> economic and social instability following the collapse of Soviet Union may
> have had a direct impact on TB incidence in the 21 transition economies
> considered in the study."
>
> The problem with this line of argument is that it is not true. The authors
> did take the economic and social instability into account.
>
> Can anything be done about IMF policies with such harmful impacts?
>
> Yes. The IMF is a human creation, not a force of nature.
>
> The United States Congress will next year have a unique opportunity to
> influence IMF policy. The IMF needs approval from the Congress to go ahead
> with plans to sell some of the gold it controls. This gold would be used
> to fund the IMF's administrative costs -- a new income stream the IMF
> desperately needs. Interest payments from middle-income countries
> previously paid for administrative costs, but these countries have paid
> back their loans in order to escape from IMF influence.
>
> As the U.S. Congress looks to approve gold sales to finance the IMF, it
> must insist that the IMF first end the mandates that effectively restrict
> countries' health spending, and force borrowing countries to implement a
> discredited market fundamentalist policy agenda.
>
> Robert Weissman is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Multinational
> Monitor, <http://www.multinationalmonitor.org> and director of Essential
> Action <http://www.essentialaction.org>.
> (c) Robert Weissman
> This article is posted at:
> <http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/corp-focus/2008/000295.html
> ----
>
> An Interview with Sanjay Basu,
> Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University
> (Co-Author, "International Monetary Fund Programs and Tuberculosis
> Outcomes in Post-Communist Countries," PLoS Medicine, July 2008, Vol. 5,
> Issue 7)
>
> Question: Can you give a thumbnail sketch of what you found?
>
> Sanjay Basu: The hypothesis we wanted discussed was the effect of IMF
> programs on health outcomes. Tuberculosis is a good test because it has
> long been viewed as a social indicator. When your society breaks down,
> tuberculosis rates rise pretty quickly, particularly death rates from TB.
>
> We tested two decades of data from the entire region of Eastern Europe and
> the former Soviet Union. That region was of interest because they had
> relatively similar public health infrastructure, training systems and
> general design of their TB program. Their TB rates were improving just
> prior to the collapse of the former Soviet Union, when many of them
> received IMF loans of different size and duration. Therefore, we could
> test the impact of these IMF loans. And they also received other loans
> from non-IMF sources, of similar size and duration, as a kind of control
> group.
>
> What we found was that even after correcting for the impact of the
> economic downturn in some of these countries -- although for some of them,
> GDP actually increased -- and for HIV rates, incarceration rates and
> dozens of other variables, IMF loans profoundly affected tuberculosis
> rates.
>
> We wanted to make sure this wasn^Òt a false association, that we weren^Òt
> blaming the IMF for responding to a worsening situation. Using something
> called a control function approach, which gives us a sense of whether
> someone was responding to a problem, or whether they were generating a
> problem, we found that the IMF seemingly precipitated the worsening in
> tuberculosis rates.
>
> One thing that was really strong and surprising and rarely happens in
> social science data, was a dose-response relationship. The higher that the
> IMF loan went, the higher the TB rates went in proportion. Similarly, when
> the IMF loan ended, the TB rates fell to the same degree, and the duration
> of the loan corresponded exactly to the TB rates. And they corresponded
> well also to public health funding that was cut during the period of the
> loan, the number of doctors available and the coverage of WHO-recommended
> treatment. Meanwhile, the non-IMF loans did not have these negative
> impacts either on health spending or on tuberculosis outcomes.
>
> Question: Is your hypothesis that the mechanism by which the IMF loans
> were harmful was that they reduced spending on healthcare?
>
> Basu: Yes. That^Òs what all arrows pointed to.
>
> Question: The IMF says it does not require countries to reduce health
> spending.
>
> Basu: Well, the IMF doesn^Òt actually directly tell countries what to do,
> but it provides inflationary targets for them. And implicitly the
> countries will have to cut health and education funding in order to reach
> those targets.
>
> It^Òs like saying, you can have our loan but you have to follow our
> investment advice. We^Òre not going to tell you exactly what to invest in,
> but here^Òs how it should end up looking.
>
> It^Òs kind of like tying a person^Òs hands behind their back and telling
> them to eat pie, and when they stick their face in the pie, saying, well,
> you could have used a fork.
>
> So no, the IMF doesn^Òt directly tell countries what to do, but implicitly,
> there^Òs a political reality.
>
> Question: There were 21 countries that you studied, and all but one had
> the IMF loans?
>
> Basu: Right. But we weren^Òt just comparing whether a country did or did
> not take an IMF loan. There could be many other factors -- including
> whether a country needed to take a loan, and variations between
> countries -- that could explain tuberculosis rates. So we did what is
> called a within-country analysis. It holds all the other factors within a
> country the same so that you can see the effect of one factor in
> particular -- in this case, the IMF loan. After correcting for the
> economic factors and background of those countries, we found that
> countries that took small loans did better, and those that took the larger
> loans did worse.
>
> It^Òs kind of like what we do for pharmaceutical studies. If a person is
> taking a drug for high blood pressure, maybe their blood pressure drops a
> lot and somebody else's doesn^Òt. But to know if the cause is the drug or
> not, you have to correct for who that person is. Maybe they have a kidney
> problem that prevents their blood pressure from decreasing. We corrected
> for those factors.
>
> Question: In responding to your study, the IMF has argued that you found
> effects on TB rates too quickly. If IMF loans were responsible for
> worsening TB, they say, there should have been more lag time between when
> countries took loans and when the impact on TB was evident.
>
> Basu: That^Òs a fallacy. Tuberculosis mortality in particular is a very
> quick responder to social change. If you close a hospital, then people who
> already have tuberculosis will die, and they will die pretty quickly. That
> doesn^Òt take years to evolve.
>
> Changes in incidence and prevalence are slower, but certainly over two
> decades we see enormous changes. In Eastern Europe and Central Asia we saw
> a reverse impact over 20 years. This is a pretty long duration of time
> over which to see large macroeconomic effects.
>
> Question: Are you able to say what the increased mortality rates mean and
> what the increased incidence rates mean in terms of overall numbers?
>
> Basu: In a statistical sense, you can say how many statistical deaths have
> resulted. In terms of deaths, it was on the order of tens of thousands. In
> terms of incidence of new cases, it was on the order of hundreds of
> thousands. Of course, these are all jumbled in reality, but in a
> statistical sense, that is part of the effect due to the IMF programs.
>
> Question: Does that mean that, had there not been IMF programs in these
> countries, that you would have seen tens of thousands of people living who
> did in fact die?
>
> Basu: If the associations do indeed point to causation, and everything we
> did said that it indeed was a causal effect -- and if we^Òre not
> confounding the results by some unforeseen variable -- then yes, we would
> have averted tens of thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of new
> cases. And the TB rates before the IMF came were indeed stable and
> declining.
>
> Question: One intuitive skepticism about your results is that there was a
> lot of chaos after the Soviet Union collapsed -- declining economies,
> rising crime and incarceration, social breakdown. How can you really blame
> the IMF or associate rising TB with the IMF when all of these overarching
> macro developments were taking place?
>
> Basu: That^Òs why it^Òs important to do statistics in these studies. First
> of all, not all of these countries in this region were dependent on the
> former Soviet Union. Many of them actually had an increase in GDP after
> the fall of the former Soviet Union. Several were not part of the trading
> bloc. And in some of the key countries where TB rates rose, we actually
> saw an increase in economic growth. So economic downturns could not
> explain, as the WHO itself has stated, the trends of tuberculosis in that
> regions. Something else was going on.
>
> And the reason we use such heavy statistics is precisely to factor in
> these other issues --incarceration, HIV, changes to the economy, changes
> to the healthcare infrastructure. We found a statistically independent
> effect of the IMF. That^Òs not to say that the IMF was the only cause of TB
> in this region. The economy, incarceration, HIV -- these are all very
> important, but those factors could not fully explain TB in the region. T
> he IMF was found to have a profound impact and explain a lot more of the
> variation than some of these other factors.
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:02:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi <kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com>
Most Useless News Reporting Award goes to... - comment
The same Crooks from 1893, 1894, 1898, 1959 and 2008!
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:06:02 -0400
From: Tara Mack <tara@edliberation.org>
Subject: [edliberation] FW: Small Schools: Public School Reform Meets the
Ownership Society
New book on school reform.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joanna Klonsky [mailto:joanna.klonsky@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:27 AM
Small Schools: Public School Reform Meets the Ownership Society
By Michael & Susan Klonsky
ISBN: 9780415961233
ISBN-10: 0415961238
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movement for school reform ran head-on into the neo-conservative takeover
of the Department of Education and its No Child Left Behind strategy for
school change, a new model of federal power bent on the erosion of public
space and the privatization of public schooling emerged. Michael and Susan
Klonsky, educators who were among the early leaders of the small-schools
movement, tell the story of how a once-promising model of creating new
small and charter schools has been used by the neocons to reproduce many
of the old inequities. Small Schools is the engaging story of what happens
when the small-schools movement meets the Ownership Society.
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:11:11 -1000
From: Lc <palolo@hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: Fw: Keanu Sai Speech
good stuff...
----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Cruz
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:46 AM
http://www.paltalk.com/newstalk/webapp/GuestDetails.wmt?id=338&Type='A'
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:23:23 -1000
From: Lc <palolo@hawaii.rr.com>
GMO-Not Only BAD for your Health...Threatens Your
Very SURVIVAL!
just fyi, at the recent public hearings on whether or not to extend the
franchise for management of public access tv to olelo, i think i asked
something like "who is the public in public access tv". the facilitator
had pointed at the audience and implied that the audience was both the
state and the public. i pointed out that, as a matter of fact, the
audience or the public was different from the state, which has its own
agenda, which may not be for the 'public good', but rather for 'economic
development good for the state'. and the state tends to do business with
other businesses that the public does not necessarily support or wish to
engage with. then i read this article, and here it is again...
it could be that i'm not seeing the larger picture, but it seems to me
that if small communities can take care of themselves, then the state
doesn't have to take care of them. but maybe that's the problem--it's a
kind of welfare that promotes state control, even as it preaches the
rhetoric of self-sufficiency.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:41 AM
South African Small Farmers Pushed to Plant GM Seed
by Kristin Palitza
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9643
Global Research, July 22, 2008
Inter Press Service
DURBAN, South Africa - Baphethile Mntambo has been farming organically for
the past five years because she knows that avoiding chemicals will in the
long-term benefit her yield. She decided not to plant genetically modified
seeds because she has heard that they cannot be saved for the next season
and will eventually deplete her soil. But she is not entirely sure how and
why.0722 03 1
^ÓI have heard about GMO, but I don^Òt understand what it is exactly,^Ô
she says. ^ÓThe only thing I know is that it will cost a lot of money to
buy the seeds, the fertiliser and the pesticides.^Ô
Mntambo is one of 50 small-scale farmers in the Valley of a Thousand Hills
in South Africa^Òs KwaZulu-Natal province who have been taught how to farm
organically by non-governmental organisation Valley Trust. The farmers
learn to plant seasonal crops that will provide their families both with
food security and an opportunity to generate income by selling their
produce at local markets.
^ÓWe decided to promote organic farming to create sustainability for
small-scale farmers. We believe it is the only way to give them food
sovereignty and stability,^Ô explains Valley Trust food security
facilitator Nhlanhla Vezi.
The Valley Trust used to cooperate with the Department of Agriculture,
according to Vezi, but the collaboration ceased when the department
started to put pressure on small-scale farmers to form cooperatives if
they wanted its support. ^ÓThe Department makes very attractive offers to
provide farming equipment, water piping and seeds, but then uses this as a
strategy to push GMO because of agreements they have signed with
multinational
GM seed patent holders,^Ô says Vezi.
Rural farmers are often lured into planting GM seeds by the Department of
Agriculture by promises of substantial bank loans and the prospect of huge
earnings, agrees Lesley Liddell, director of Biowatch, an NGO promoting
alternatives to GMO farming by encouraging farmers to inter-crop, use
natural fertilisers and non-chemical crops. ^ÓBut in the end, most farmers
end up in huge debt, because they can^Òt save seeds and are obliged to buy
the matching GM fertilisers and pesticides.^Ô
Yet, small-scale farmers are often so desperate for financial support that
they consider planting GMO crops against better knowledge if they are
offered the seeds for free. ^ÓI know that GMO is not good in the long run,
but if someone gave me these seeds I would still plant them,^Ô says
Tholani Bhengu, another small-scale farmer who works with the Valley
Trust. ^ÓFor me, the most important thing is to bring food on the table
every week. I can^Òt afford to think now about what will happen next
year.^Ô
Because small-scale farmers in rural Africa often have little or no formal
education, they are generally unable to make informed choices around GMO
farming. ^ÓWe encourage them to attend portfolio committees that discuss
GMO regulations, but the farmers^Ò knowledge is very limited, so it^Òs
difficult for them to contribute. They understand the issues but not the
legislation,^Ô says Liddell.
South Africa is the only country within the Southern African Development
Community (SADC) to grow GM crops ^× maize, cotton and soya ^×
commercially. Since 1997, GMO farming is regulated by the Genetically
Modified Organisms Act.
^ÓThe adoption of GM crops in SA has increased over the last ten years and
this has also filtered down to small-scale farmers,^Ô confirms Priscilla
Sehoole, chief communications officer of the national Department of
Agriculture.
^ÓAs with any other technology, there are potential risks associated with
GMO technology and these include those related to human and animal health
and also the environment,^Ô she admits. ^ÓTherefore, the regulation of all
activities involving GMOs is subjected to a scientific safety assessment
process that evaluates the potential risks.^Ô
Seehole says the South African Department of Agriculture would like to
harmonise GMO policies across SADC to ^Óeliminate some of the technical
barriers that (currently) hinder trade in the region.^Ô
But anti-GMO activists, such as the African Centre for Biosafety, are
opposed to this approach. ^ÓThe GM industry is pushing for harmonised
legislation because it will make it easier to commercialise varieties of
GM crops across countries. But those concerned with biosafety very much
doubt if regional harmonisation (of biosafety legislation) would be of
advantage,^Ô says African Centre of Biosafety director Mariam Mayet.
^ÓAt the moment, each SADC country has its own policies and all these laws
are very different from each other. This means that each GMO application
has to go through the approval system and public consultation of each
country, which is good for transparency and accountability ^Ô she
explains.
^ÓWhen South Africa passed GMO legislation in 1997, most people weren^Òt
aware of how highly contentious the technology would become. But now there
is no way back. Once you^Òre in it, you^Òre in it,^Ô says Mayet.
South Africa^Òs food industry is already saturated with GM, she says:
^ÓEverything is contaminated, and to make matters worse, labelling of GM
content is not mandatory. We need serious policy reform and to implement a
testing system that traces which foods contain GMO and which do not.^Ô
Over the past decade, South Africa has entered trade agreements with
large, multi-national agricultural biotechnology corporations, such as
Monsanto, which ^× in an attempt to control the world^Òs agricultural
production ^× promote the subsidisation of patented GM seeds. Through an
incentive system supporting monocultures, small-scale farmers are
systematically integrated into commercial agriculture, mainly for export,
and encouraged to put together their land.
^ÓIt all looks very nice on paper, but it is actually a clever ploy to get
access to people^Òs land. Small-scale farmers who sign up for GM deals
quickly lose control over seed management, production and eventually their
land. This means they lose their food sovereignty,^Ô says Mayet. ^ÓGMO
marginalises poor, small-scale farmers. We are in for hard times and need
to fight for people^Òs right to land and resources. But we won^Òt give
up.^Ô
Global Research Articles by Kristin Palitza
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:46:37 -1000
From: mike reitz <mreitz@pacbell.net>
Subject: Pacific NGO's shut out of Forum meeting
Pacific NGO's shut out of Forum meeting
The NGOs who are members of the Pacific Islands Alliance of
Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO) expressed their disappointment at
not being granted access to the meeting.
Pacnews
Wed, 23 Jul 2008
SUVA, FIJI ---- Regional non-governmental organisations claim they were
shut out of today's Forum Officials Committee (FOC) meeting at the Pacific
Islands Forum Secretariat in Suva.
FOC is the governing body of the Forum Secretariat. It endorses the work
programme and budget for the Secretariat and prepares the agenda for the
annual summit of Pacific Leaders.
The NGOs who are members of the Pacific Islands Alliance of
Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO) expressed their disappointment at
not being granted access to the meeting.
Pacific Regional Concerns Resource Centre (PCRC) head Tupou Vere said this
is the second time that PIANGO's application been declined.
PIANGO has been giving the Pacific Regional Non-State Actor (PRNSA)
consultative status with the forum processes.
"The application for accreditation was declined at the eleventh hour," Ms
Vere said.
Executive Director of the Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific
International (FSPI) Rex Horoi said, "when our region is striving for good
governance and transparency, here we have regional NGOs shut out of
important meetings that will determine the future and destinies of our
peoples and Governments are making decisions without community input."
"We are not enemies of the Pacific nor of its governments but have a
common vision and goal-that is the prosperous future of our peoples and
the sustained preservation of our environment," added Nilesh Goundar of
Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
Susana Tuisawau of the Pacific Foundation for the Advancement of Women has
called on governments to ensure they draw on wider views and experience
when discussing the Pacific Plan, which is supposed to benefit citizens of
this region.
Setareki Macanawai of Pacific Disability Forum echoed same sentiments "we
call upon Pacific Forum leaders and officials to be sincere in their
commitments in engaging civil society in forum policy processes as was
decided by leaders in Auckland 2004."
However, PACNEWS was informed that an application was received from the
Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisation (PIANGO) to
attend the Forum Officials Committee meeting, but it was rejected by
members.
"The criteria clearly explain that all applications will be put to members
for their approval. If they don't, then that's it, a senor Forum
Secretariat official told PACNEWS.
Key issues to be discussed by the committee include progress to date on
implementation of the Forum Leaders' "2007 Vavau Decisions on he Pacific
Plan" and proposed future priorities for the region.
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:56 -0400
From: kaiokauai@aol.com
Subject: OHA Letter to Ku
Aloha kakou:
Yesterday, we received the below-transcribed OHA letter to Ku; sending by
e-mail to save time.
OHA
July 18, 2008
Mr. Clarence Ku Ching
Koani Foundation
PO Box 1878
Lihu`e, Hawai`i 96766
Aloha Mr. Ching:
I hope this letter finds you in good health and peaceful spirit.
As part of a continuing effort to work with the Hawaiian community, we
would like to hold a Summit with activists and organizations who are
pro-independence and/or have expressed opposition to the Akaka bill and
federal recognition. The purpose of the Summit would be to exchange
positions and hear each other's perspectives, seeking common ground where
possible. The Summit would be an opportunity for us to kukakuka in a more
intimate surrounding and hopefuly to better understand the reasons for
issues and positions that presently divide us.
Our overall hope would be to "connect" as Hawaiians, hear various
viewpoints, and engage in respectful discussion.
I am writing to invite you to sit on the Planning Committee that would
help to plan the Summit. We would like to hold the Summit soon, perhaps
by late fall. Some of the things the Planning Committee would address
include:
- Date, time and place for the Summit(s)
- Who would be invited to the Summit(s)
- Agenda
- Sequence of presentations
- Facilitator(s)
- Time allotment for each part of the agenda
- Discussion protocol
- Culltural protocol or ceremony
- Food
- Estimated costs- Any other planning matters
We hope you will say yes to serving on the Planning Committee. We value
your mana`o and welcome your participation in helping to organize this
discussion which we hope will be useful for all of us who work in the
Hawaiian community and care about its future.
Please RSVP to my secretary, Kira Higa, at 594-1898 by Monday, August 4,
2008. If you have any questions or would like to talk-story some more
about this, feel free to give me a call at 594-1858. We look forward to
hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Boyd P. Mossman (Judge Ret.)
Trustee - Maui
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:37:27 -1000
From: Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw <announce@hawaii.edu>
Subject: July Budget Update
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http://www.manoa.hawaii.edu/chancellor/email/budget_update.html
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Aloha!
I am sure you all have been listening to the news regarding the health of
the state economy and know that both the State Legislature and the
Governor have implemented reductions and restrictions to prepare the
state for a potential slowdown. In an effort to set up a transparent
exchange while we work through this together, I want to take this
opportunity to let you know how these actions will impact the University.
Thanks to a healthy Hawai`i economy, increased student contributions, and
the successful research endeavors of our faculty and staff, the UH
Mānoa campus budget has enjoyed considerable expansion over the past
several years. This fiscal year included an additional appropriation of
$1.6 million for the second year of the biennium budget, $4.5 million in
the supplemental budget, and a projected net increase in tuition revenues
of approximately $12 million, increasing our base budget (general funds
and tuition) from $316 to $334.2 million However, the general fund
increases are specifically allocated to initiatives endorsed by the
Legislature, and much of the tuition increase must be invested to meet
our portion of the collective bargaining increase for our faculty and our
ever-escalating energy costs.
As you are all aware, recent economic indicators also point to a slowdown
in business activities in Hawai`i. In response to this slowdown, the
Legislature has imposed a permanent general fund budget reduction for all
state agencies for FY2008-09. UH Mānoa's share of that reduction is
$2,451,697. In addition to this budget reduction, UH Mānoa faces an
additional $852,249 permanent general fund base reduction derived from
vacancy savings. As a cautionary measure, the Governor has also imposed a
further general fund restriction on state agencies. UH Mānoa's share
of this restriction is $2,288,188.
Thus for FY2009, UH Mānoa's initial general fund allocation will be
reduced by a total of $5,592,134. This represents about 2 percent of our
base budget.
It is therefore necessary to consider all the alternatives available to
us to address the current reductions and restrictions and prepare for an
uncertain state revenue picture in the future. We are currently looking
at ways to reduce our energy consumption and establishing a committee
charged with formulating a process for strategically investing our
resources. Budget information will be shared with the campus through
regular communications including the Chancellor's Update.
I do not typically believe in across-the-board reductions. However, there
are two factors to consider in this particular situation: the amount of
the reduction (2 percent overall) and its timing given that UH Mānoa
has not yet done the planning and consultation necessary to develop and
identify strategic investments and reductions. In order to develop a
process for selective investments and reductions in the future, we will
complete that planning and consultation together this year. Because that
process is not yet completed, however, it would be premature to impose
differential reductions-although facilities management will be spared any
reductions at this time due to the critical state of repairs and
maintenance across campus.
I have informed our UH Mānoa deans and directors that, with the
exception of facilities management, each unit will be assessed an
approximate 2 percent reduction in its base budget.
The Chancellor's Office will follow the Governor's caution by managing
its resources carefully. New programs, activities, and services will not
be considered until we have a clearer picture of the budget situation.
I realize that such economic constraints impose hardships on all of UH
Mānoa, so your understanding and cooperation in this matter are
greatly appreciated. This economic downturn has also inflicted hardships
on many of our friends and neighbors in the community who are suffering
acutely from layoffs and other financial adversities. Budget reductions
are unfortunately a common challenge for many institutions, but UH
Mānoa is moving in a positive direction in many ways and I am
confident that we will develop plans and processes for strategic
management of our finances to the betterment of our University.
Mahalo for all that you accomplish-please appreciate the fact that UH
Mānoa contributes to the well-being of society each and every day.
Virginia S. Hinshaw
Chancellor
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:17:52 -1000 (HST)
From: Gabrielle Welford <welford@hawaii.edu>
Subject: sounds like good info on banks
this article looks like it has good advice.
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article5589.html
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:47:13 -1000
From: mike reitz <mreitz@pacbell.net>
Subject: CA: Guv to slash state workers pay to Fed Min. Wage
...the US economy, of course, is just fine...
m
Governor plans to slash state workers' pay
John Wildermuth,Matthew Yi, Chronicle Staff Writers
Thursday, July 24, 2008
(07-24) 04:00 PDT Sacramento - --
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans next week to slash the pay of more than
200,000 state workers to the federal minimum of $6.55 per hour to help
ease the state's budget crisis, according to a draft executive order
obtained by The Chronicle on Wednesday.
The governor also will order an end to overtime pay for all but critical
services, a freeze on state hiring and the immediate layoff of nearly
22,000 temporary, seasonal and student workers.
"As a result of the late state budget, there is a real and substantial
risk that the state will have insufficient cash to pay for state
expenditures," the executive order states.
Schwarzenegger's staff would neither confirm nor deny that the governor
plans to issue the executive order, but sources said he could take action
as early as Monday. The state, facing a projected $17.2 billion budget
deficit for the fiscal year that began July 1, has not approved a budget.
"The governor is looking at a number of different options to ensure that
the state does not run out of cash," said Aaron McLear, a spokesman for
the governor.
But administration officials, who asked to remain anonymous, said that
about 200,000 of the state's 245,000 workers, both hourly and salaried,
will see their pay trimmed back to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an
hour, saving the state up to $1.2 billion a month. Dropping the temporary
and short-time workers will save an additional $28.5 million each month.
While the layoffs could be made immediately, the pay cuts might not be
completed until mid- or late August.
The proposed pay cut for hourly employees would take their wages well
below the state minimum wage of $8 an hour. But a 2003 California Supreme
Court decision allows the state to chop workers' pay to the federal
minimum when a state budget has not been enacted.
"While we've had late budgets in the past, the critical difference this
year is cash," an administration official said. "We have not had a
situation in recent years that's the same as the cash-starved situation
that we may face in September if we don't have a budget in place."
While California needs to have about $2.5 billion in cash on hand at any
given moment to cover the state's ongoing expenses, the Golden State is
projected to have just $1.8 billion at the end of September, the official
said.
But the governor's plan could face an immediate challenge from Democratic
state Controller John Chiang, who will continue to pay state workers
their full salaries, even in the face of Schwarzenegger's executive
order, said Hallye Jordan, a spokeswoman for the controller. The governor
will have to take Chiang to court if he wants to stop him, she said.
"The controller hasn't seen any executive order, but he would urge the
governor to rethink his proposal," she said. "This hasn't been addressed
by the courts and if it's ruled illegal, it could cost the state a
tremendous amount in damages."
Chiang said the state has enough cash to make all payments, including the
regular payroll, through September.
"Cutting workers' salaries will do nothing meaningful to improve our cash
position," he said in a statement. The executive order is "nothing more
than a poorly devised strategy to put pressure on the Legislature to
enact a budget."
The state has been without a budget for nearly a month.
Although Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature remain at odds over
how to close the state's anticipated budget deficit, Senate President Pro
Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, has called for a vote Tuesday on the
Democrats' budget proposal.
"The senator is committed to moving a budget to the governor's desk so
that it can be signed by Aug. 1, the date when the state will face more
fiscal problems," said Lynda Gledhill, a spokeswoman for Perata.
"Unfortunately, the time frame is dictated by the state's fiscal
condition."
While Perata had no comment on Schwarzenegger's anticipated action,
Republican leaders pledged to work to avoid any wage cuts.
"Republicans understand the urgency of getting the budget done as soon as
possible, which is our main focus right now," according to a joint
statement issued by Assembly Minority Leader Mike Villines, R-Clovis
(Fresno County) and Senate Minority Leader Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto. "We
are working very hard to avoid drastic measures like the one that is
being proposed."
That is not likely to include reaching any agreement in time for
Tuesday's planned budget vote, however.
"The budget right now is not a result of any negotiations," said Jennifer
McDaniel, a spokeswoman for Villines. "The vote is just a drill."
But Schwarzenegger's planned pay cut for state employees is guaranteed to
anger the workers and put even more pressure on Democrats and Republicans
in the Legislature to quickly agree to a plan for closing the budget gap.
Some of the state's lowest-paid workers will have to pay the price for
the deadlock in the Legislature, labor officials said.
"We are the victims of the incompetence of the Legislature and Gov.
Schwarzenegger," said Jim Zamora, a spokesman for SEIU Local 1000, which
represents 95,000 state workers. "Because they can't sit down and pass a
balanced budget, state workers must live in fear of having their wages
slashed as much as 90 percent. We are not chess pieces, we are real
people."
Emily Clayton, policy coordinator for the California Labor Federation,
added: "Holding state workers hostage is not a fair way to get to a
budget agreement."
What they make
Database: Find out how much state workers are getting paid at
www.sfgate.com/ZDZE.
State budget update
The problem: Today is Day 24 of the state budget impasse over
California's $17.2 billion budget shortfall. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
wants to help close the gap by borrowing against future state lottery
sales, while Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature say the plan
won't fix this year's budget woes.
Dispute: Democrats, who hold the majority in the Legislature, two weeks
ago announced a $10 billion tax package, while Republicans said they will
not support raising taxes.
What's next: Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, has called a
floor session for the Senate on Tuesday to vote on the budget even though
a compromise is not within sight.
Chronicle staff writer Samantha Sontag contributed to this report. E-mail
the writers at jwildermuth@sfchronicle.com and myi@sfchronicle.com.
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:32:05 -1000
From: penny levin <pennysfh@hawaii.rr.com>
so, unemployment and welfare/health system costs as a result of letting
all these people go or paying them so little they won't be able to pay
rents or medical bills, buy fuel or food will be cheaper than paying their
salaries? somebody needs to do a better job at the big picture math.
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:27:05 -1000
From: Lc <palolo@hawaii.rr.com>
Polynesia by James Rumford
from another list. interesting...
----- Original Message ----- From: peter
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:57 PM
When European explorers first ventured into the Pacific in the early
1500s, they found people on all the major islands. How had the people
gotten there? It was a mystery to the Europeans. They had no idea that
they had happened upon a people who were the greatest explorers and
navigators in the world-a people so skilled that they needed no maps or
instruments to find their way across the vast ocean.
Mau Piailug [pea-eye-luke] was born in 1932 on Satawal, a tiny Pacific
island no wider than a mile. When Mau was still a little baby, his
grandfather put him in a tide pool as though he were putting him in a
cradle. There the sea gently rocked him back and forth to the rhythm of
the tides. This was not unusual. The people of Satawal are people of the
sea-just as much at home on the water as they are on land.
So it is no surprise when I tell you that the grandfather couldn't wait to
take Mau sailing when the boy was older. They had wonderful times
together, but whenever Mau got seasick, his grandfather would tie him to
the back of the boat and drag him through the waves. This was not
meanness. This was the traditional cure!
When Mau was six, his grandfather began to teach him about
navigation-about how to find his way on the ocean. He started by telling
Mau about the stars. Mau would struggle to put the difficult words into
his head. To help the boy, the grandfather made a star compass out of a
circle of coral rocks. In the center his grandfather put a little canoe he
had made of palm fronds. Then he explained how the stars rose in the sky
and traveled from east to west. If Mau learned this star compass and could
follow the path of each star, he would never get lost at sea.
As Mau grew older he spent his evenings in the canoe house. There he asked
the elders to teach him about navigation. In this way, and with his
grandfather's help, he learned the paths of more than a hundred stars. He
also learned that when clouds covered the sky, he could use the direction
of the ocean waves to guide his canoe. He learned how to follow the birds
toward land when they headed home in the evening, and he studied the
creatures of the sea, for in times of trouble they, too, could help him
find land.
When Mau was 11 or 12, he was so eager to learn that he was sent to a
master navigator, a palu, who lived on a nearby island. And when Mau was
18 or so he was made a palu, too, in a special ceremony called pwo. During
the ceremony, Mau was dusted with turmeric. Its bright yellow color was
like sunlight covering his body and signified the knowledge he had been
given. Then Mau drank a special potion to show that this knowledge had
gone inside him. Now strong in mind and heart, there was nothing he feared
from the sea.
One day, Mau and his crew were out sailing and spotted what looked like a
floating log. Suddenly, their boat was lifted high out of the
water-teetering on the back of a sleeping whale! Mau, the palu, did not
panic. He told his crew to wait. Slowly the whale submerged, setting the
boat back down in the water.
Another time, a typhoon swept him and his crew far off course. Mau studied
the stars and the ocean swells and found the strength to keep going until
they came upon a deserted island. But as they tried to reach shore, their
canoe sank on the reef. Mau and his crew swam to safety. For seven months
they lived on that island until they were rescued. Not once did Mau let
his crew think of giving up. He was the palu, the man responsible for
everyone's safety.
For the next 20 years, Mau sailed his canoe in the old way. He fished. He
raised a family. He took pride in being a palu. But during those years
Satawal was changing. An elementary school was built on the island, and
the children turned to books instead of their elders for learning. They no
longer came to the canoe house to seek wisdom, and the pwo ceremony was
stopped. On island after island across the Pacific, the old navigators
died without passing on their knowledge. And Mau was now afraid that this
would happen on Satawal, too.
Then in 1974 an amazing thing happened. An American friend invited Mau to
Hawai'i. There Mau met a group of people building a voyaging canoe. With
this canoe, they hoped to bring the ancient way of navigation back to life
by sailing to Tahiti without maps or compass. They hoped to prove that the
peoples of the Pacific once had the knowledge to sail great distances
without getting lost.
The canoe they were building was called Hokule'a [hoe-coo-lay-ah], and it
was a beautiful boat. But for all its beauty, it was useless, for there
was no one who could sail it in the ancient way-that is, until Mau
arrived.
Mau was asked to be captain of the Hokule'a. It was an honor, but Mau did
not know if he could make the 2,500-mile journey to Tahiti. He did not
know the seas, the winds, or even the stars that far south.
So with some fear, Mau set sail from Hawai'i in 1976 with his crew. The
voyage was easy at first while Hawai'i's towering volcanoes still remained
in sight, but once these landmarks disappeared below the horizon, it was
up to Mau to find the way. But Mau was a palu, and he found courage in the
teachings of his ancestors.
For 33 days, Mau seemed never to sleep. He watched the changing colors of
the sky and the sea. He felt the temperature of the air and the water. He
tasted the saltiness of the ocean and listened to the sound of the waves
slapping against the hull. All of these were like road signs guiding him
to Tahiti.
When the Hokule'a arrived safely in Tahiti, reporters spread the news
across the airwaves. Soon it seemed as though the entire world was
cheering and praising not just the crew of the Hokule'a but all the
peoples of the Pacific.
Now it was Mau's turn to pass on what he had received, and he gave freely
the gift of his fathers. He taught all who would listen, and peoples all
over the Pacific began building canoes and rediscovering their past.
Mau is in his seventies now. He is back on Satawal, and there he has found
students eager again to learn the ancient techniques. With patience, he is
slowly creating a new generation of navigators. And with each lesson he
gives, his students learn to respect the past. Without such respect, it is
impossible for them to sail confidently into the future.
I will reach behind.
I will reach ahead.
These are the words of an ancient Satawal chant, telling the people to
accept the gifts of the past and be ready to pass them on to the future.
Regards,
Peter.
http://dollyknot.com
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:58:50 -1000
From: Lc <palolo@hawaii.rr.com>
Mossman and OHA - Finally Starting an "Akaka"
Dialogue? fyi - comment
i'll make the assumption this invite follows on the heels of the planning
session we originally held at OHA offices to bring trustees to the table
for a discussion of how to have the discussion. ku made clear at that
time that there needed to be discussion between pro-independence activists
and OHA so they understand where we're all coming from and why we cannot
back off from our position. i'm confident ku can carry our message
forward, as well. wonder who else is invited to *that* table, as mossman
stated quite clearly that the discussion groups need to be smaller, not
bigger (exclusive, not inclusive--too many people make it messy,
regardless of the practice of so-called democratic principles). kaiopua,
mahalo for forwarding to ku to forward to others. lc
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:31:25 -1000
From: mike reitz <mreitz@pacbell.net>
Subject: Australia - GM bananas to go on trial
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/24/2313045.htm?section=australia
ABC News (Australia), 24 July 2008
GM bananas set for initial trial
Approval has been granted for Australia's first trial of
genetically-modified bananas will go ahead in Innisfail in Far North
Queensland.
Scientists from the Queensland University of Technology will conduct two
trials to test their nutrient content and to improve disease resistance.
Professor James Dale says the plants are sterile so there is no danger of
cross-pollination with other crops.
"They don't form any seed and the pollen is essentially sterile so the
chances of there being any cross-pollination from the genetically modified
bananas to conventional bananas is, I would say nil," he said.
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From: <moderator@PORTSIDE.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:06 PM
Subject: Karadzic: A Criminal Like No Other
>A Criminal Like No Other
> By Slavenka Drakulic
> http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080804/drakulic>
> July 22, 2008
>
> Let's admit it, Radovan Karadzic, arrested today for war crimes, after
> twelve years on the run, is different. For one, he looks different from
> all the other criminals-- the stocky, greasy Balkan politicians; the
> pudgy unshaven generals; the foxy-eyed thugs, the taxi drivers turned
> secret policemen. Karadzic is a tall, well-built man with a strong chin
> and large eyes. His wild, graying mane makes him look more like a rock
> star than a politician. One could easily imagine him onstage, microphone
> in hand. In fact, he often appeared that way--although not in the
> capacity of a rock star. He had a personal flair, a certain charisma.
>
> His life story is surely material for a movie--a guy born in a tiny
> Montenegrin village who made it to the city of Sarajevo, to a
> university, to fame as a poet, and finally, to President of the
> Republika Srpska--and fame as one of the world's most wanted war
> criminals. Combining the traditional characters of hajduk (robber) and
> guslar (poet), Karadzic was known to recite epic verses while
> accompanying himself on a stringed instrument. But all his intellectual
> achievements were insufficient: what he wanted was power. Karadzic
> became a war criminal out of sheer vanity. Vanity itself is not a crime,
> unless it pushes you in the position where you can--and indeed, you
> do--order the extermination of almost 8,000 Muslim men in Srebrenica in
> 1995, to mention only one of his offenses against humanity.
>
> Whenever I think of Radovan Karadzic, one picture remains my mind. It is
> from a documentary shot during the siege of Sarajevo, in which he
> arrives at Pale, on a hill above Sarajevo, from which the military of
> Republika Srpska was shelling the city. Karadzic arrives with a guest,
> the Russian poet Eduard Limonov. Besieged Sarajevo lies in the valley
> below and they can clearly see every building, every street, every tree:
> an ideal position for shooting. Dressed in a black coat, with a shawl
> around his neck to ward off the winter chill, Karadzic gallantly offers
> his guest and a fellow poet a "special treat" befitting an arbiter of
> life and death. He asks Limonov to try a shot from a machine gun pointed
> at the city. Just like that; just for fun. Just like in the movies, when
> a king offers a gun to his guest to shoot the wild beasts. Only down in
> that besieged city are not beasts, but people.
>
> Limonov takes the challenge, kneels behind a machine gun and shoots.
> Everyone is delighted: this man is one of them! Despite the fact that he
> is a poet, he is not a sissy. Like their own poet, Limonov proved he was
> a real man--as if to be a poet in the Balkans--or to be a psychiatrist
> or intellectual, for that matter--doesn't really count. Then the two of
> them drink sljivovica with the soldiers and dine on roasted pig,
> apparently unconcerned about whether Limonov shot someone or not.
>
> How is it that an intellectual, poet and psychiatrist like Karadzic
> could do such a thing? It took me time to understand that this is the
> wrong question. It is wrong because it takes for granted that people
> like this--the educated ones, the sophisticated ones, the artists, for
> God's sake--should know better. Don't they have higher moral standards
> that ordinary people? The answer is no.
>
> I've seen it myself while working on my 2005 book, They Would Not Hurt a
> Fly, about war criminals on trial in The Hague. War criminals come from
> all social strata, from all kind of backgrounds. They are academics,
> writers or mechanics; waiters, bank clerks, peasants. One is tempted to
> call war criminals like Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic, or Slobodan
> Milosevic "monsters," because this is the easiest way out of the
> terrible thought that we, too, might be capable of committing or
> ordering atrocities. But there are no monsters. Ordinary people--poets,
> presidents and mailmen--have the capacity to do both good and evil. We
> have a choice. Radovan Karadzic chose power, and to possess power in a
> time of war comes with a high price, which he is now about to pay.
>
> Looking at BBC video clips accompanying Karadzic's arrest, I again saw
> faces of Franjo Tudjman, Alija Izetbegovic, Slobodan Milosevic, Zeljko
> Raznatovic (aka Arkan.) They are all dead now, yet it seems only
> yesterday that they were deciding our destiny. The younger generation in
> Serbia , kids born in say, 1990, might not even know who these warlords
> were. With Karadzic's arrest, they have a chance to learn that part of
> their history.
>
> One of the most problematic facts about the thirteen years after the
> Dayton Agreement is that Serbia--along with Croatia, Bosnia and
> Kosovo--was the least capable of confronting its role in the wars in the
> Balkans. And Serbs continue to live in denial. They claim that they,
> themselves, were victims. Indeed, they were victims of Milosevic's
> politics of nationalism and war; victims of US bombardment in 1999.
> However, this does not absolve them from voting three times for
> Milosevic, from cheering Serbian tanks, for supporting Vojislav Seselj's
> fascist party, for turning their backs to Europe ad the world.
>
> The fact that Karadzic has finally been captured is a chance for them to
> turn the new--though not altogether blank--page. There will be euphoria
> abroad and Serbia's new government will be hailed as brave. But it is up
> to Serbian citizens to see this as a chance for themselves, too. The
> must look into their own lives and their own contributions to the
> poisonous politics of the last twenty years.
>
> Perhaps the most important effect of this belated arrest is another one:
> Karadzic's trial will contribute to the truth about war. Regardless of
> political controversies about the International Criminal Tribunal for
> the Former Yugoslavia, in every trial a piece of truth becomes evident.
> What people in Belgrade and in Zagreb and in Sarajevo as well as in
> Pristina need most is truth. Without truth, there is no justice; and in
> the case of these wars, without justice, there is no truth.
> --------------------
> About Slavenka Drakulic
>
> Slavenka Drakulic, a Nation contributing editor, is an author from
> Croatia. Her latest book published in the United States is They Would
> Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague (Penguin).
> ___________________________________________________________________
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:44:24 -0500
From: nimchira <tepaatu@gmail.com>
Voices Health/Environment News
News from the Health and Environmental Communities.
Published since Nov, 2005
July 24, 2008
In This Issue:
Todays Recalls:
'Sky Scrambler,' 'Sharper Image' Toy Helicopters
http://list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=d073eb3699&e=0fa96e422d
Kids II Infant Rattles
http://list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=c3ae125569&e=0fa96e422d
Pacific Science Magnets
http://list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=4a70dc8aa4&e=0fa96e422d
Horseshoe Magnets
http://list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=2727b715cd&e=0fa96e422d
Santorini Chairs
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Reebok Studio Exercycles
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===============
Safety Alert:
Abacavir (marketed as Ziagen) and Abacavir-containing Medications
Audience: Infectious disease and medical genetics healthcare professionals
FDA informed healthcare professionals that serious and sometimes fatal
hypersensitivity reactions (HSR) caused by abacavir therapy are
significantly more common in patients with a particular human leukocyte
antigen (HLA) allele, HLA-B*5701. FDA reviewed data from two studies that
support a recommendation for pre-therapy screening for the presence of the
HLA-B*5701 allele and the selection of alternative therapy in positive
subjects. Genetic tests for HLA-B*5701 are available and all patients should
be screened for the HLA-B*5701 allele before starting or restarting
treatment with abacavir or abacavir-containing medications. Development of
clinically suspected abacavir HSR requires immediate and permanent
discontinuation of abacavir therapy in all patients, including patients
negative for HLA-B*5701.
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/2008/safety08.htm
Federal Authorities Seize Xiadafil VIP Tablets After Company Refuses to
Recall Product At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S.
Marshals seized nearly $74,000 worth of Xiadafil VIP tablets, Lots 6K029 and
6K209-SEI, distributed by SEI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Miami, Fla. Although
marketed as a dietary supplement to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) and for
sexual enhancement, these lots represent an illegally marketed drug
containing an undeclared ingredient.
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01864.html
===============
CA: Bush rejected EPA advice on California air-quality waiver,
whistle-blower says
http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=83&languageId=1&contentId=-1
Now Doctors Want to Drug Grade Schoolers With Statins
http://www.naturalnews.com/023692.html
Mayo Clinic Hospital Surgeon Takes Photo of Patient's P* During Surgical
Procedure http://www.naturalnews.com/023691.html
Can You Trust Chemotherapy to Cure Your Cancer?
http://www.naturalnews.com/023689.html
Diabetes Drug Avandia Causes Brittle Bones
http://www.naturalnews.com/023688.html
Hypnotherapy and the Prevention of Recurring Ulcers
http://www.naturalnews.com/023686.html
Former FDA Deputy Commissioner Gottlieb Now Pushing Big Pharma Drugs
http://www.naturalnews.com/023684.html
Fasting One Day a Month Causes Significant Reduction in Clogged Arteries
http://www.naturalnews.com/023683.html
Why the 'Best By' Date Label on Pet Foods Is So Important
http://www.naturalnews.com/023682.html
American inequality highlighted by 30-year gap in life expectancy
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/american-inequality-highlighted-by-30year-gap-in-life-expectancy-869736.html
Are Our Leading Pediatricians Drug Industry Shills?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/12/IN7G11L6TL.DTL
Genetic modification actually cuts the productivity of crops, an
authoritative new study shows, undermining repeated claims that a switch to
the controversial technology is needed to solve the growing world food
crisis.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/exposed-the-great-gm-crops-myth-812179.html
Army Times Alarm: McCain Suggests Rationing Vets Health Care
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/23/army-times-alarm-mccain-s_n_114530.html
HHS and DHS Announce Guidance on Pandemic Vaccination Allocation
http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1216831362171.shtm
Arteriosclerosis Can be Reversed
http://www.newswithviews.com/Howenstine/james67.htm
Big Pharma Pushes Drugs That Cause Conditions They Are Supposed to Prevent
Yet again, women are the industry's main targets.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KEk1gFu1hNgCufPRSUK%2BZhEJQR2c4qq7
Oil spill shuts down 80 miles of river.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/14561/3057/18758/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ub2xhLmNvbS9uZXdzL2luZGV4LnNzZi8yMDA4LzA3L29pbF9zcGlsbF9zaHV0c19kb3duXzgwX21pbGVzLmh0bWw%3d&x=d2307431
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Organochlorine Exposure Alters Thyroid Function
Organochlorine compounds, also called chlorinated hydrocarbons, include DDT.
This same group of chemicals includes sucralose, otherwise known as Splenda.
Chemically speaking sucralose is made from sucrose by substituting three
chlorine atoms for three hydroxyl groups to yield
1,6-dichloro-1,6-dideoxy-BETA-D-fructofuranosyl-4-chloro-4-deoxy-alpha-D-gal
actopyranoside. It was originally developed as an insecticide.
http://naturalhealthnews.blogspot.com/2008/07/organochlorine-exposure-alters-thyroid.html
=========================================================
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:56:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sunrise Center / Celebrations of Love <info@sunrise-center.org>
Living NVC Fully,
in Maui with Robert Gonzales & Sunrise Center Friends
Greetings!
Aloha! It has been over eight years since Lori Grace first
discovered NVC (Nonviolent Communication), and introduced it to her
family, friends and staff. For all of us, NVC (which we also call
Compassionate Communication) has become our "language of the heart." We
study, we practice and we teach these powerful tools that transform
relationships.
We have exciting news. We are offering an advanced course with one
of our favorite teachers, Robert Gonzales. Robert Gonzales is a Master
Trainer of NVC, who is also the President of the International Center for
Nonviolent Communication. We have all studied with him; Scott has
produced and directed all of Robert's video/dvd's. For the past three
years, Robert has offered advanced training at Hale Akua Garden Farm
(Lori's eco-resort) in Maui.
The course is called "LIVING NVC FULLY." Lori and Scott have already
been accepted to attend this unique training, which originally was limited
to Hawaii residents. Yesterday, we received permission to include up to
seven friends of Sunrise Center to participate as well!
Living NVC Fully takes place August 16-22, at Hale Akua Garden Farm on
Maui.
Details are below. We are looking for a few dedicated Giraffes
to join us for a powerful week in Paradise! You may call Sunrise Center
for more specifics.
Best Wishes Always,
Scott, Ritch, Christy and Lori
Compassionate Communicators
Aloha Giraffes! You are invited to attend:
LIVING NVC FULLY with Robert Gonzales
· Imagine...Yourself Living NVC Fully
· Imagine your needs treated as treasures, equally valued and carefully
considered
· Imagine your ciritcs changed into allies, serving and supporting you
· Imagine this as the consciousness from which you receive every life
situation
· Join us in making it a living practice
at
beautiful Hale Akua Garden Farm
http://haleakuagardenfarm.com
For the first time ever in Hawaii, CNVC President and Certified Trainer
Robert Gonzales is offering an advanced year long training series on
living from Nonviolent Communication consciousness. Robert will address
the transformational practices and the obstacles to making NVC a living
reality and a life long spiritual practice. This training is sponsored
by the Hawaii Center for Nonviolent Communication and the Sunrise Center.
The admission policy have changed! You no longer have to commit to the
complete series of three 7 day workshops with practice groups
in-between. You can now come to the first workshop on August 16-22, 2008
and then decide if you want to continue on in the training series. We
hope you will choose to stay for the other workshops and the ongoing
practice groups, but there is no obligation past the first workshop.
The cost of the August workshop, which includes food, will be $1200 + 4%
Hawaii tax (participants not staying in retreat housing will pay
a $15/day facilities day use fee).
We hope this change offers more people the opportunity to participate and
makes the ongoing training series sustainable. We want to share with as
many people as possible what we believe is the most transformational
training available today. Our long term vision is that this training
nurtures a vibrant maturing NVC community in Hawaii.
Please call Robin at 808-280-6682 to enroll today
(livingnvchawaii@gmail.com)
For more information on the entire training see the attached workshop
flyer and visit: www.groups.google.com/group/infolivingnvchawaii
____________________________________________________
More about Hawaii NVC and the year long program with Robert Gonzales
Hawaii NVC has organized a year long program under the direction
of certified trainer and CNVC board president Robert Gonzales.
· Robert's special gift is guiding participants beyond the mechanics of
NVC to actually living NVC. Join us on the journey to the Beauty of Needs
and the transformation of Core Jackals.
· The program consists of three seven day workshops that build upon one
another with continuing practice groups between workshops to integrate,
apply and live what we are learning. All retreats will be lead by Robert
Gonzales. The practice groups will be lead by members of Hawaii NVC.
· Tuition includes three retreats with meals and on-going practice
groups. Retreat housing is not included, but available.
· Learning about organic farming is integrated throughout the workshop
curriculum.
· In support of achieving the depth of connection and learning,
a commitment to the entire program, workshops and practice group, is
essential.
· This program is for intermediate NVC students who long to go deeper and
work to address the obstacles to living NVC fully.
· Because of the high demand for Robert's programs we strongly encourage
applying as soon as possible. The program is limited to 30 participants
The Hawaii-NVC organization strives to be a single point of connection
between those wishing to learn more effective ways to communicate and the
trainers and local support groups that teach Nonviolent Communication
(SM) based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D.
You can find out more about Hawaii-NVC at www.HawaiiNVC.org,
HawaiiNVCinfo@gmail.com or call 808-280-6682. The Center for Nonviolent
Communication www.cnvc.org
Join us at...
Upcoming NVC Practice groups
with Lori, Scott, Ritch, and/or Phil
at
Sunrise Center and Open Secret Bookstore
Our NVC Practice Groups introduce ways to utilize Compassionate
Communication (also known as Nonviolent Communication) in any
relationship. Participants (who choose to) role-play relationship
scenarios that are "alive" for them each session. See different
approaches and practice simple, yet effective tools of communication.
You have the option to watch, coach or participate directly in a
role-play!
Facilitated by some combination of Sunrise Center teachers, Scott
Catamas, Phil Willcher, Ritch Davidson and Lori Grace, all of whom have
extensive experience studying and teaching Compassionate Communication.
________________________________
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Time: 7:00 pm New Person Intro
(please register by 4 PM the day of)
7:30 PM Registration and socializing
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Suggested donation: $10 -20
(nobody turned away for lack of funds)
Pre-Registration: Preferred, not required. Drop-in okay
New to NVC? Please register in advance, by 4 PM.
While we prefer participants have some knowledge of NVC basics, everyone
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To register or for more info: 415-924-5483
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:04:37 -0400
From: kahiwal@cs.com
Honouliuli
By the way - there are also bones of flightless geese and other things in
some of those sinkholes.
Unfortunately - many of the sinkholes have been filled for development of
different sorts.
On the other hand, these are probably the "only" limestone sinkholes in
Hawai'i - if my memory is correct.
ku
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:18:46 -1000
From: penny levin <pennysfh@hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Australia - GM bananas to go on trial - comment
in this case, it's not about inadvertent hybridization. same issue as
with taro, the researchers fundementally don't understand the economic
impact of what will happen based on how the plant is "spread" - by
sharing keiki among farmers. unless you can distinctly tell the
difference between the gmo banana and the one which they started with,
there will be physically identical (in the same way that the bunlong taro
and the gmo bunlong taro look identical). this removes farmer right to
choose whether they want to grow gmo banana or not since they won't be
able to tell the difference (except by expensive marker gene analysis).
how will they know if a neighbor shares banana keiki with them that it's
not gmo? and if they are organic farmers (a top dollar market)- their
certification and their income are at risk.
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From: Terri Kekoolani
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:39 PM
Subject: [Hui_Pu] Aunty Nani will speak at Ka La Hoihoi Ea on Sunday July
27th about Naue
Aunty Nani will be joining us at KA LA HOIHOI EA this SUNDAY, JULY 27 at
Thomas Square. She will be giving us a first hand account of the criminal
activity by Breschia, Kauai county and the state descrecating known
burials at Naue. Hope people on O'ahu are planning to come.
Here is an excerpt from a Kauai writer's blog regarding Naue:
http://kauaieclectic.blogspot.com/2008/07/musings-issues-great-and-small.html
Musings: Issues Great and Small
by Joan Conrow
Itâ^À^Ùs a cool, windy, dark morning, following a night of rain. Itâ^À^Ùs
more the sort of day one would expect in November, than July, but Iâ^À^Ùm
not complaining. After our super dry winter and spring, itâ^À^Ùs been a
blessing to have a nice wet summer.
A friend from the North Shore called to say that all the waterfalls up
there are pounding, due to heavy rains, and another called to say
heâ^À^Ùd been by the burials at Naue, where construction has already
begun on Joe Bresciaâ^À^Ùs latest oceanfront home.
He said it was very disturbing to see that some concrete footings had
already been poured and heavy equipment was working on the lot, which has
been enclosed by a large screen and is monitored by security guards. He
and a number of his friends, all Native Hawaiians, have been involved in
the issue for some time, and he said it was yet another example of
Hawaiians trying to figure out the pono way to respond to actions that
are decidedly not pono.
It seems that the Native Hawaiian Legal Corp. has determined the best
approach is to seek a temporary restraining order to halt construction,
according to Kai Markel, director of native rights, land and culture at
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, who was on Ka`iulani Huffâ^À^Ùs radio show
yesterday.
Markel said the motion could be filed as soon as today, likely against
the state Dept. of Land and Natural Resources, whose Historic
Preservation Office signed off on the project, as well as others.
He said the excavation and concrete work had been done â^À^Üwithout any
oversight by people who are not vested in the system. This is really
unacceptable.â^À^Ý
Markel also noted that Ka`iulani had gotten a tattoo when construction
began â^À^Ô an action that traditionally was taken to express deep grief.
Ka`iulani said the tattoo had been done on her spine, and â^À^Üit was
painful, but not as painful as watching this happen.â^À^Ý
After maintaining a four-month vigil at the site, she said sheâ^À^Ùd also
needed to â^À^Ütake some time out to grieveâ^À^Ý when it turned out the
cops couldnâ^À^Ùt stop Brescia from building, and so the project moved
ahead.
I know that some people have expressed derision toward Ka`iulani and
claimed that concern about burials was merely a ploy to stop development.
But when you talk to the folks who are deeply concerned about the
disruption of burials at Naue and elsewhere, you come to realize that
those kinds of comments merely reflect the ignorance and cultural
insensitivity of the folks who make them.
As Kauai Police Chief Darrly Perry noted in his statement on the matter:
Without a doubt our kupunas and those who have come before us are an
important part of who we are as individuals and who we are as a culture
because they are the foundation of our existence.
This respect does not only hold true in Hawaii but also in every culture
throughout the worldâ^À^Ôthey are our guiding light. And I have yet to
speak to one kupuna who believes that it is â^À^Üponoâ^À^Ý to build this
house over the graves of our Hawaiian ancestors, even if it is
â^À^Üauthorized.â^À^Ý
I hope that somewhere down the line, a leader of great vision will take
up this cause and correct the unconscionable decisions by some of our
appointed public officials who authorized/permitted the building of this
home, and future homes under similar circumstances.
In the absence of such a leader, I'm glad NHLC is stepping into the
fight.
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:05:48 -1000
From: mike reitz <mreitz@pacbell.net>
Subject: Maui Land & Pine to lay off more than 270
July 24, 2008
Maui Land & Pine to lay off more than 270
Advertiser Staff
Maui Land & Pineapple Co. Inc. plans to lay off more than 270 workers or
about a quarter of its staff, the Advertiser has learned.
The Kahului-based company, one of Maui's largest private employers,
notified the State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations this
week, said department spokesman James Hardway.
He said the state will send out a multi-agency rapid response team to
assist affected workers.
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:18:35 +1200
From: clarke <tepaatu@gmail.com>
Herb of the Week: Gotu kola
Gotu kola (Hydrocotyle asiatica)
Gotu kola has been used in India and the islands of the Indian Ocean
for centuries as a tonic and medicinal remedy. It is considered to be
one of the best herbal tonics.
Part Used: Entire herb
Properties: Alterative, antiasthmatic, antispasmodic, blood purifier,
diuretic, nervine
Primary nutrients: Catechol, epicatechol, magnesium, theobromine, vitamin
K
Gotu kola has been used in India and the islands of the Indian Ocean
for centuries as a tonic and medicinal remedy. It was believed to
increase longevity and improve energy. Anciently, it was used to
treat leprosy, calm the nerves, increase mental and physical power,
to stimulate and rejuvenate the brain, to prevent nervous disorders,
mental fatigue and senility.
Gotu kola is considered to be one of the best herbal tonics. A tonic
is a substance that works to put the body into balance or normality.
To be in balance means to work properly and to be in a healthy state.
An herbal tonic helps to promote an optimum state in the body
systems. Gotu kola helps to gradually build the nervous system as a
nervous system tonic. It has been used for many different ailments
including nervous disorders, deficient mental function, memory
problems, epilepsy and schizophrenia. It works by cleansing and
purifying the blood by neutralizing acids and helps the body defend
itself against toxins.
Studies have shown that the ingredient, asiaticoside, speeds the
healing of wounds. It is considered a blood cleanser and is also
effective for diseases of the lungs as well as leprosy. 246 It
stimulates the capillaries and helps to improve brain function,
varicose veins, and hypertension.
Gotu kola is often used to increase mental function and performance.
Many studies have confirmed the usefulness of gotu kola in improving
brain function. It is commonly prescribed in Europe and India to
improve mental function. Research done in India found the water
extract of fresh leaves to help improve memory and learning. It was
also found to help improve and overcome the negative effects
associated with stress and fatigue. 247
Other clinical trials in India have found that gotu kola can help
increase the I.Q. and mental ability of mentally retarded children.
The children involved in the study showed improved mental capacity as
well as improved behavior. It was given to the children in
combination with capsicum and ginseng. 248 This improved behavior and
mental capacity can help individuals with mental and learning
disabilities to achieve a higher quality of life.
Another study found improvement in the memory of rats when given the
gotu kola extract. The learned behavior retention improved
dramatically in the rats. The conclusion of the study was that gotu
kola improves learning and memory. 249
Some natural health professionals recommend gotu kola for ADD. Gotu
kola is considered food for the brain and nervous system and can help
improve brain function which is a condition common among children
suffering from ADD. Many have reported great improvement from using
gotu kola such as improved memory, mental alertness, and longer
attention span. 250
Gotu kola was used anciently to heal wounds and soothe cases of
leprosy. 251 Probably the first studies done using gotu kola were
with cases of leprosy. The asiaticoside content of gotu kola has been
used for years in Europe and the Far East to cure leprosy and
tuberculosis. 252 Studies done recently on gotu kola have centered
around this healing ability. It seems to be able to accelerate the
time to heal wounds and skin diseases. 253 Gotu kola has shown to be
beneficial in helping to repair tissue after surgery and trauma. It
has the ability of strengthening the veins and repairing connective
tissue. It also nourishes the motor neurons. 251
Researchers in Madagascar began the modern studies on gotu kola in
1949. An extract was injected into the leprosy patients directly on
nodules and ulcerated areas. The extract was found to aid in
dissolving the covering to promote eventual healing in the subjects.
This opened the door to the use of gotu kola for healing skin
ailments. 255 There have also been excellent results from studies
done in treating burn patients with second and third degree burns due
to boiling water, electrical rent, or gas explosions. The gotu kola
extract helped limit the swelling and shrinking of skin which is a
result of burning. It reduced infections and scarring and increased
healing time. 256
Gotu Kola at Years To Your Health
Gotu kola contains two saponin glycosides known as brahmoside and
brahminoside which are known to promote relaxation. A study done on
animals showed large doses caused a sedative action. 211
PRIMARY APPLICATIONS Aging
Blood pressure, high
Fatigue
Hypoglycemia
Memory, loss
Nervousness
Arteriosclerosis
Circulation, poor
Heart problem
Leprosy
Mental problems
Senility
SECONDARY APPLICATIONS Blood, impurities
Dysentery
Headaches
Liver
Pituitary problems
Rheumatism
Tuberculosis
Veins, varicose
Wounds
Depression
Fevers
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:42:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: PuaNani Rogers <kealiagirl2004@yahoo.com>
U Tube Link to Video Ka La
Ho'iho'i Ea
Aloha na ohana and friends,
I hope that many of you that get this kahea will be able to attend the
commemoration and celebration of this historical event that takes place at
Thomas Square annually.
I'll be there and I hope if you are on Oahu, that you'll be there, too.
This video tells you all about it!
UA MAU KE EA O KA `AINA I KA PONO!
Ke Akua pu!
PuaNani, networking wale no
Puanani Rogers
Ho`okipa Network - Kauai
Kapaa, Hi 96746
Kingdom of Hawaii
Think Kanaka maoli......Think Ahupua`a
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:26:32 +0000
From: Pono Kealoha Jr. <Alwayz_Aloha@msn.com>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS1PJi61DNI
alwayz aloha ,
Pono
--------
> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:51:59 -0400
> From: ohnie@earthlink.net
>
> Pono,
>
> thanks for the call and support...
>
> see you on Sun
>
> youtube
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS1PJi61DNI
>
> Arnie
>
> arnie@statehoodhawaii.com
> http://statehoodhawaii.org
> http://fifdififdi.com
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:58:54 -0700
From: Kathy Roberts <weerkhr@pacbell.net>
Subject: Bird Flu Drill Honolulu Airport
http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news
Teams use airport to stage bird flu drill 23 Jul 2008 Local, state and
federal workers and military and civilian health care personnel worked
as a team in a bird flu drill yesterday at Honolulu Airport. The
drill, Lightning Rescue '08, simulated what would happen if an
airliner from Asia arrived at Honolulu Airport bearing more than 300
passengers with some experiencing symptoms of avian influenza or "bird
flu." The coordinated response plan included personnel from the Hawaii
Disaster Medical Assistance Team, federal Centers for Disease Control,
airport paramedics, airport firefighters, medical personnel from
neighbor island and Oahu hospitals, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
agents, Joint Task Force-Homeland Defense and others. On Friday,
Lightning Rescue '08 will continue with a second simulation staged at
the Naval Pacific Missile Range facility on Kauai.
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:15:38 -0400
From: FeedBlitz <feedblitz@mail.feedblitz.com>
Subject: Disappeared News - 3 new articles
"DISAPPEARED NEWS" - 3 NEW ARTICLES
1. How come desecrating someone elseâ^À^Ùs graves is ok in Hawaii?
2. Newspapers are melting down nationwide and in Hawaiiâ^À"find out more
on Town Square, Thursday 7/24, 5-6 p.m. 89.3 FM KIPO
3. Elections in our Banana Republic
4. More Recent Articles
5. Search Disappeared News
How come desecrating someone elseâ^À^Ùs graves is ok in Hawaii?
by Larry Geller Would you agree to a new shopping center going up in
Punchbowl Crater (National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific)? I know that
I would be very upset if someone were about to build a house over the
graves of my parents, in Queens New York. Let them build someplace else.
Most people understand this, I think. If you want to build something,
it's not ok to choose a graveyard as your....
Newspapers are melting down nationwide and in Hawaiiâ^À"find out more
on Town Square, Thursday 7/24, 5-6 p.m. 89.3 FM KIPO
by Larry Geller Itâ^À^Ùs not just the Advertiser, which recently
announced a round of layoffs. Something like 6,000 journalists nationwide
have lost their jobs, and overseas bureaus have been shuttered. Print
papers are fleeing to rushing to the web as their business model falters.
Property advertising has deserted them, followed by employment ad
revenue. The cost of newsprint (and shipping it to....
Elections in our Banana Republic
by Larry Geller Doug beat me to it with a good article on his Poinography
blog on the shenanigans over at the City Clerkâ^À^Ùs office yesterday.
You can read his account here. Both Dougâ^À^Ùs article and mine are based
on Richard Borrecaâ^À^Ùs story in todayâ^À^Ùs Star-Bulletin. If
Borrecaâ^À^Ùs story is correct, and thereâ^À^Ùs no reason to doubt it,
Rep. Kirk Caldwell, hoping to run for the City Council seat vacated....
More Recent Articles
* Plaintiffâ^À^Ùs statement on why suit was filed to block Hawaii from
using Hart voting computers
* Why impeachment matters, but will we ever get there?
* Richard Borreca calls it like it is on Honolulu transit bulldozer
* Failure to use the technology we have
* Obamaâ^À^ÔNot an agent of change, but the beneficiary of change
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:38:44 -1000
From: Lc <palolo@hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: DCCA hearings - short videos
just uploaded a'o pohakuku's kickass testimony at the DCCA hearing on july
15 at mckinley high school auditorium. i've also included testimony from
ruth hsu, henry curtis, kat brady, and pono kealoha. check it out! lc
http://youtube.com/watch?v=S9HjKtngfNc
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:37:36 -1000 (HST)
From: Gabrielle Welford <welford@hawaii.edu>
Subject: cynthia mckinney speech
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/24/10579/
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:38:58 -1000 (HST)
From: Gabrielle Welford <welford@hawaii.edu>
Subject: willy nelson concert
http://www.prisonplanet.com/willie-nelson-to-push-for-impeachment-on-alex-jones-show.html
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:05:57 -1000 (HST)
From: Gabrielle Welford <welford@hawaii.edu>
Subject: noam chomsky on the racist roots of marijuana prohibition
Noam Chomsky talks about Marijuana
July 27, 2008
IF you want an interesting historical breakdown of why marijuana is
illegal this is a great piece of audio. Chomsky explains that it has
nothing to do with the herbs effects or danger but really was made illegal
so the police could go after, harass and basically outlaw citizens or
groups of people they didnt like. For example in England at one point Gin
was outlawed but not whiskey, poor people drank gin
Marijuana prohibition was created just to target an ethnic group, its
roots are extremely racist and have nothing to do with science or
medicine, everyone thats ever wondered why the useful mj plant is illegal
should check this out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmxonXaq9NY
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:47:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Raquel Rios <realworldeducators@yahoo.com>
Poverty, Peasants and Schooling
Poverty, Peasants and Schooling
READING TOLSTOY FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION
Another article for Critical Literacy!
Click here to visit:
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Please contact me if you would like your name to be added to my list
serve!
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:53:49 -1000
From: mike reitz <mreitz@pacbell.net>
Subject: RE: You're Invited to Attend...
Condi Rice, someone from BAE Systems (in the midst of a huge military
bribery/corruption scandal), a cop, a chief of police, a lawyer...
...yeah, sounds like a Lingle leadership conference for women's issues,
all right... m
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From: Economics-Hawaii@googlegroups.com
[mailto:Economics-Hawaii@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lc
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:32 AM
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <Governor.Lingle@hawaii.gov>
> Date: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:05 PM
> Aloha,
>
> We greatly appreciate you sharing this important conference
> information with your colleagues, clients, friends, etc.!
>
> Mahalo,
> Office of Governor Linda Lingle
------>
>
> Join Governor Linda Lingle and women leaders from around the world
> at the fifth annual International Women's Leadership Conference on
> Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel.
> Register now and gain a new global perspective.
>
> The conference will provide participants with a unique opportunity
> to network with the 1,200 attendees and hear inspirational stories
> from a renowned group of women speakers from nine different nations:
> the Philippines, United Kingdom, Finland, Uganda, China, Japan,
> Australia, Sudan and the United States.
>
> Visit the conference website to register and learn more about our
> exciting schedule of events and keynote speakers.
>
>
> Currently a paralegal for the Boston law firm, Ropes & Gray, Aduei
> Riak was one of the 4,000 Sudanese refugees as a child. Among her
> stories is the thousand mile walk she took to flee the civil war in
> Sudan. Now in her early twenties, Riak says, "I've seen a lot of
> things that a person my age should not have been exposed to." Read
> more of her biography.
>
> Also hear inspirational messages from:
>
> Appearing via video message: Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of
> State Jayne Schmitt, vice-president and CFO, Customer
Solutions
> Operating Group, BAE Systems
> Kristie Kenney, U.S. ambassador to the Philippines
Moira Cameron,
> the first-ever female Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London
> Cathy Lanier, chief of police for the District of Columbia
Alison
> Spencer, manager for Organizational Culture and Change for IBM,
> based in Sydney, Australia
> The conference will also feature a panel discussion with
> international higher education leaders, including university
> presidents from Finland, New Zealand, Uganda, China, Japan and the
> United States.
>
> What They're Saying About Past Conferences:
>
> "It was a day filled with intelligent, articulate and, at times,
> astonishing women who had powerful stories and who are living
> exceptional lives."
> "The Conference provided an international education in leadership
> and persisting through trying times. It was excellent!"
> "This conference impacted my life in a positive way, now I feel that
> there is nothing that I can't accomplish..."
> "This was one of the best conferences I have ever attended. Very
> empowering and motivating and I loved that women were able to speak
> directly to women as women."
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:19:58 -1000
From: penny levin <pennysfh@hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Australia - GM bananas to go on trial - comment
yes it does and i have spoken out strongly and written papers on the
potential for hybridization through seed; however, the single-most common
occurence and by far the bigger threat for taro farmers is huli exchange.
the same goes for bananas. when two plants look identical, there is no
way of knowing.
imagine a taro farmer has what he sees are good, healthy plants that seem
hardier than the rest (but they are gmo and he doesn't know it -or maybe
he does). he/she keeps planting out the huli and next thing you know,
it's all mixed up in the field. a neighbor farmer asks for huli to get
started in another patch.... or, maybe someone just helps themselves to a
few huli (a daily occurence in hawaii nei) ...and oops it's in someone
else's field undocumented and unmonitored.
i will bet my best socks (the ones with no pukas and still sparkly white)
that the researchers are giving out gmo bananas without safety protocols,
without "no share" warnings, without end of project managment protocals and
with no way to track what happens to the keiki. the only thing they will
measure is yield and disease resistance. the universities will claim they
have protections in place but we've got plenty of examples that demonstrate
a disconnect between written protocols and actual implementation and follow
through. after their research project is pau (i'd guess another three
years) the banana guys will walk away and leave the things in the lab, in
the research field and on farms. some unsuspecting worker at an ag station
starts taking home keiki and sharing them with friends.... farmers "lose"
the plants among the thousands in the field... and it becomes an "escape"
that walked there by human hands.
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:24:58 -1000
From: penny levin <pennysfh@hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: Re: One person's take on inflation,
recession and a dollar that is getting value-less by the day!!!
most of southeast asia has for thousands of years put their money into
gold. it's a cultural economics thing. they wear and carry it with them
because they trust it's value and don't trust the banks. if they have to
get up and leave in a hurry, it's right there with them; good for buying
your way past the guards during wars between the principalities of the
day.
----- Original Message -----
From: <KahiwaL@cs.com>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:48 AM
Why the Mania Phase in Gold May Be Upon Us
By Jeff Clark, editor, Big Gold*
July 24, 2008*
>Of the hundreds of "inflation" stories I've heard of in the past year,
>the most incredible is the one coming out of Vietnam...
>
>Vietnam is experiencing every problem that causes a rush into precious
>metals... inflation is an incredible 27%, interest rates are over 8%, the
>stock market was down every day in May, and unemployment has more than
>doubled (from 2% in '07 to 5.1% this year). Household wealth is
>drastically declining.
>
>Now here's the interesting part: How are the Vietnamese people reacting
>to all of this? Did they buy stocks? Real estate? Maybe
>inflation-protected securities? Or did they just sit on cash?
>
>None of the above.
>
>Vietnam's economic and monetary problems have sent its people fleeing to
>gold*.* Not gold stocks... but physical gold bullion. They're hoarding it
>and hiding it from their government.
>
>Hard figures on the size of the local gold trade aren't available, but
>current estimates are that the public owns 16 million ounces, including
>1.3 million ounces imported in the first quarter of 2008. Of this, only
>about 10% has been deposited into banks (which actually pay 2.5% interest
>on gold). The remaining 90% is likely under mattresses or hanging around
>the owner's neck.
>
>The trend toward gold is spilling into other financial areas. After a
>long period of quoting land prices in Vietnamese dong (the nation's
>currency), *landlords are now setting prices in gold in order to avoid
>the devaluation*. Nguyen Trung Vu, general director of the Ky Moi Real
>Estate Co, said that while it is complicated, "I think that making
>transactions with payment in gold will become a trend."
>
>My question to you is, what happens when Americans flee their currency,
>as the Vietnamese have? What happens when inflation isn't just an
>annoyance but becomes a lifestyle-altering problem, as in Vietnam? What
>happens when the dollar loses so much value average citizens scramble for
>a safe harbor for their money?
>
>I believe a gold mania could happen. Here's why...
>
> - Gold manias begin when investors flee real estate, currencies,
> bonds, and stocks because their prospects are so bleak. We're close to
that right now.
>
> Even TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities), according to Morgan
> Stanley, aren't keeping up with inflation. That's because the official
> CPI (Consumer Price Index) to which they're tied understates inflation
by underweighting, for example, the past year's 40% increase in gasoline
> and 130% increase in corn. The very investment designed to protect you
from inflation is falling short, since its gauge is more cheerful than
> accurate.
>
> - The central bank of Russia may be buying gold. There is also
> unconfirmed talk that the central bank of China and other sovereign
> wealth funds may be buyers. Since these countries have trillions more
cash than Western central banks have gold, it is easy to envision a
scenario where central banks as a whole become net buyers, even if some
countries continue selling.
>
> - The supply/demand picture for gold is getting tighter every month...
> Older mines are playing out, rising costs threaten the marginal
> operations, and large new deposits are simply not being discovered. Yet
demand in all categories is up â^À^Ó for industrial uses, jewelry, and
investment.
>
> The total of the world's paper financial assets (including equities,
> bonds, and bank deposits) equals $74.5 trillion. Yet the value of all
> physical gold held by private investors and central banks is just $1.1
> trillion. Just 5% of that paper going into gold would be $3.7
> trillion...and it would cause gold to soar.
>
>As you can see, the stage is set. Account statements for the first half of
>the year are in the mail, and they aren't pretty. What alternatives are
>left? Where will American investors send their dollars?
>
>I think there's a large chance you'll see them chase gold into the
>$1,000-$1,200 range this year. And I think there's a chance you'll see gold
>go to $2,000 in the next few years.
>
>When it dawns on the general public that, as in Vietnam, no conventional
>asset is working â^À^Ó gold will take off. Our flight to quality is just around
>the corner because it's already happening an airplane ride away. Even a
>small allocation of your portfolio toward gold â^À^Ó say 5%-15% â^À^Ó will give you
>tremendous protection and profits if my prediction comes true.
>
>Good investing,
>
>Jeff Clark
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:52:19 -0500
From: nimchira <tepaatu@gmail.com>
Health and Environmental News
News from the Health and Environmental Communities.
Published since Nov, 2005
July 25, 2008
============
In This Issue:
Todays Recalls:
Publix Issues Recall for No Sugar Added Cherry Pie (July 24) Publix Super
Markets is issuing a voluntary recall on three codes of No Sugar Added
Cherry Pie with a sell-by-date of July 8 - July 27. UPC numbers for the
affected product may be found on the back label below the Nutritional Facts
panel: Publix NSA 8inch Cherry Pie, UPC: 41415-65990; Publix NSA 1/2 Cherry
Pie, UPC: 03000-00225; and Publix NSA 1/4 Cherry Pie, UPC: 41415-66990.
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/publix07_08.html
===============
Europe fails to endorse milk and meat from clones.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/14596/3057/18811/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8yMDA4LzA3LzI1L2J1c2luZXNzL3dvcmxkYnVzaW5lc3MvMjVjbG9uZS5odG1s&x=329e4553
Food industry bitten by its lobbying success.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/14596/3057/18810/0/?u=aHR0cDovL2hvc3RlZC5hcC5vcmcvZHluYW1pYy9zdG9yaWVzL1MvU0FMTU9ORUxMQV9MT0JCWUlORz9TSVRFPVVUU0FDJlNFQ1RJT049SU5URVJOQVRJT05BTCZURU1QTEFURT1ERUZBVUxU&x=1861c286
In surprise move, EPA bans carbofuran residue on food.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/14596/3057/18797/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vd3AtZHluL2NvbnRlbnQvYXJ0aWNsZS8yMDA4LzA3LzI0L0FSMjAwODA3MjQwMzQ5NS5odG1s&x=d480dee2
Shock Jock Savage Spews Hate at Autistic Kids; Are His Enablers Ready to
Abandon Ship?
1 in 150 kids have some form of autism. Saying that it's all just a racket
to make money is beneath contempt.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cWXDvWt%2F0ANjbEttxyNGkSzfo3S2n85s
Rockeby gets orders for bird flu tests
http://news.smh.com.au/business/rockeby-gets-orders-for-bird-flu-tests-20080724-3kbi.html
FEMA seeks immunity from trailer fume suits
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-07-23-fema_N.htm
The United States spends more than twice as much per person on healthcare as
most other industrialized countries - but it has plunged to last among those
nations in preventing deaths through timely and effective medical care.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20361.htm
FDA doesn't care how many babies and children die each year because they
have refused to ban aspartame. Aspartame triggers an irregular hearth rhythm
and interacts with cardiac medication. It damages the cardiac conduction
system and causes sudden death. Imagine a baby being given this poison.
Their little hearts can't take it. Even young student athletes are dropping
dead. http://www.wnho.net/aspartame_msg_scd.htm
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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:25:28 -0400
From: FeedBlitz <feedblitz@mail.feedblitz.com>
Subject: Disappeared News - Election irregularities require investigation
of Honolulu City Clerk's offic
"DISAPPEARED NEWS" - 1 NEW ARTICLE
1. Election irregularities require investigation of Honolulu City
Clerk's offic
2. More Recent Articles
3. Search Disappeared News
Election irregularities require investigation of Honolulu City Clerk's
offic
by Larry Geller It's good that Rep. Kirk Caldwell is asking for a review
of whether he properly filed as a candidate for the Honolulu City Council
yesterday (see: Caldwell asks for review of his filing for City Council
seat). There's another angle to this that I haven't seen in the newspaper
yet: the City Clerk's office itself should be investigated. Why?
According to the Star-Bulletin article....
More Recent Articles
* How come desecrating someone elseâ^À^Ùs graves is ok in Hawaii?
* Newspapers are melting down nationwide and in Hawaii-find out more on
Town Square, Thursday 7/24, 5-6 p.m. 89.3 FM KIPO
* Elections in our Banana Republic
* Plaintiffâ^À^Ùs statement on why suit was filed to block Hawaii from
using Hart voting computers
* Why impeachment matters, but will we ever get there?
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:36:52 -1000
From: UH Announce <announce@HAWAII.EDU>
Subject: Manoa [windows-1252] Chancellor^Rs Teaching Honorees
in[windows-1252] News@UH
Manoa^Òs Jane Kadohiro, Sankaran Krishna, Gregg Lizenbery, Robert Sullivan
and Lois Yamauchi honored with the Manoa Chancellor^Òs Citation for
Meritorious Teaching^×in the July 28 edition of News@UH now online at
http://www.hawaii.edu/newsatuh/2008/0728/index.php
More UH News
^Õ Manoa's Michael Stat, Ruth Gates and Emily Morris discover a new
indicator of coral health
^Õ Manoa^Òs David Karl receives $3.79 million to expand microbial ocean
inhabitant research
^Õ The Lyon Arboretum is awarded $150,000 to manage and restore rare plants
^Õ Manoa^Òs James Moy is elected as a fellow of the International Academy
of Food Science and Technology
^Õ Kudos for Hilo^Òs Todd Belt and Manoa^Òs Rosita Chang, Michael Cheang,
Christine Kirk-Kuwaye, Pamela Kutara, Judith Mills Wong and UHFC^Òs Joyce
Okabe
^Õ Hilo resumes ROTC program this fall
^Õ The John A. Burns Foundation donates $1.7 million to establish medical
scholarships
^Õ Manoa^Òs College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources publishes
the second edition of Taro Mauka to Makai
^Õ UH events include Kapi'olani^Òs photography exhibition, Manoa^Òs Islamic
women talk and more
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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:43:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi <kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com>
OHA planning Independence Summit - I
wonder why?
And when you consider how the Trustees have behaved and talked down to
those that have opposed their Akaka Bill, Kau Inoa, etc. We know this as
nothing more than another one of their tactical moves to infiltrate and
disrupt us.
Also, keep in mind OHA is SOH. Not only would they want to neutralize
Bumpy's Hawaiian Con Con, they're also looking for an opening to pull off
their 50Th Statehood Celebration at iolani Palace.
You know what Andre, if any one from OHA or the State wants to kukakuka,
they do it on our terms. All I see in this is a whole bunch of
chuck-n-jives.
Of course there are DIFFERENCES" regarding OHA, Akaka Bill and us folks.
And lets keep that way!
They come to us, not us to them!!!!
Foster
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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:59:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi <kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com>
IMPORTANT FACTS TO KEEP IN MIND
When OHA and the State decided to secretly negotiate a "settlement' of the
so-called "ceded lands" and failed to discuss this with the beneficiaries
(us na kanaka maoli and HK nationals the State still refuses to
acknowledge) before submitting this in a bill to tthe State Legislature of
08; and the fact that OHA repeatedly cites Survey Polls, instead of
"asking" (i..e plebescite) na kanaka maoli (koko) what they think and want
REGARDING HOW CAN THEY BE TRUSTED THAT THEY WANT TO TALK TO US AND FIND
COMMON GROUND.
THERE IS NO COMMON GROUND WITH OHA. IT'S THEIR WAY OR THE HIGHWAY!
MAKA`ALA!
THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BUMPY'S CALL FOR A "HAWAIIAN" CON CON BECOMING A
SUCCESS!!
THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THROWING A BIG PARTY AT IOLANI PALACE, AND THEY
INTEND TO NO MATTER WHAT, WITHOUT SUGNIFFICANT SUPPORT FROM KEY HAWAIIANS
IN THE COMMUNITY!
I BELIEVE THIS! EVEN IF MANY OF YOU THINK I LOLO! OHA WANTS TO "PROJECT"
TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE THE ILLUSION THEY AND US ARE TALKING AND
COOPERATING AND NO MATTER WHAT IS SAID AT THESE PROPOSED MEETINGS, THEY
WILL BE SPINNED AND TWISTED BY THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE (LIKE FOX NOISE)
THEN FORCED FED TO THE PUBLIC; AND WHEN THEY CELEBRATE AND FORCE ANY KIND
OF SETTLEMENT ON US, THEY'LL ACT LIKE NOTHING AND HAVE NO FEAR BECAUSE THE
PAROPAGANDA AND OUTFITS LIKE BLACKWATER WILL HERE TO CONTROL THE CROWDS
THAT WILL GATHER.
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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:41:21 -1000
From: MarshaRose <mrjoy@hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: The Peace Center -join us.doc
"This Abled Painter, Morris M. Nakamura"
[IMAGE][IMAGE]During the month of August 2008, The Pacific Traditions
Gallery is both honored and humbled to present the Art Works of "This
Abled Painter, Morris M. Nakamura."
Come; join us as we enjoy Morris while he paints on First Friday August
1st, August 8th, and August 21st.
For thirty years, Morris worked as a union carpenter and business owner.
Then in 1989, he was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a form of
Muscular Dystrophy.
As his physical challenges advanced, Morris began to pursue his passion
once again for oil painting. In June 2000, he joined the Louis Vuitton
Creative Arts Program at the Rehab Hospital of the Pacific. His
interactions with other patients have increased his understanding for
people with disabilities.
Both of his brothers, the late Honolulu Police Chief, Michael Nakamura,
and younger brother Glenn have been affected by Muscular Dystrophy.
Fascinated with the beauty of nature, his favorite paintings incorporate
landscaped and aquatic settings. His art is inspired by his love for the
surfing and fishing that he did as an active young boy and man.
[IMAGE][IMAGE]The Muscular Dystrophy Association's Art Collection has
accepted a pair of oil paintings by Morris Nakamura of Ewa. The MDA Art
Collection features artwork by people from across the United States with
neuromuscular diseases.
"We're deeply honored to welcome Morris Nakamura's stunning works into the
permanent MDA Art Collection," MDA President & CEO Robert Ross said.
"His contributions to our Collection will undoubtedly delight all who see
them as they travel to galleries and museums as part of special exhibits
of the Collection."
The new additions by Nakamura will be exhibited at MDA's national
headquarters in Tucson, Ariz., and will be included in MDA Art Collection
traveling exhibits. The Collection was established in 1992 to focus
attention on the achievements of artists with disabilities, and to
emphasize that physical disability is no barrier to creativity.
The permanent Collection currently comprises more than 300 works by
artists' aged 2 to 82 and represents all 50 states. Each artist is
affected by one of the neuromuscular diseases in the MDA program.
Due to his condition, in 2005 Morris began painting strictly by mouth.
Morris believes that time is of the essence, "live life to it's fullest
and be filled with joy of the lord."
MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat neuromuscular diseases
through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive services, and
far-reaching professional and public health education. MDA maintains a
clinic for area adults and children affected by neuromuscular diseases at
the Castle Medical Center in Kailua, Hawaii.
The Association's programs are funded almost entirely by individual
private contributors. Therefore, a portion of each of Nakamura's painting
sold through the month of August at the Pacific Traditions Gallery will go
to MDA.
Come; join us as we enjoy Morris while he paints on First Friday August
1st, August 8th, and August 21st.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition-Hawai'i
Friends of the GENSUIKIN
Nagasaki Kenjinkai (Association of Descendants of Immigrants from
Nagasaki Prefecture),
The United Nations Association Hawaii Division
INVITES YOU TO
To commemorate the sixty-third anniversary of the atomic bombings of
Nagasaki, The dawn of the nuclear age, ending of World War II,
We are requesting your presence
To share a moment of Silence and The Bell Ringing Ceremony
August 7th at 10:30 am,
Nagasaki Peace Bell,
City & County of Honolulu Civic Center Grounds
Beretania and Lauhala Streets
August 9, 1945 marked a day of triumph and tragedy: The triumph of the
war's ending that ushered in the tragedy that would become the nuclear
age.
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The Luckiest day of the Millennium
Friday, 08-08-08
Honolulu Arts & Culture District and the Arts District Merchants
Association invite you to join us. Come celebrate the Magical Day in the
Arts District, the most auspicious area on earth. As you know 08-08-08
will be celebrated as the "Luckiest" day of this millennium, the date that
will only come once in a thousand years.
Activities:
All Day 11:00am -8:00pm Galleries and Retail Stores
Lucky Ticket free prizes
Redeem the lucky ticket by visiting and getting "8" store
mark/stamps
Hundreds of prizes to include original art, gift certificates,
and money
Tie "As you Wish" bookmarks on the bamboo thickets
Special paper will be available at each participating Gallery
and or store for anyone wishing to write their hopes, dreams, and/or
whishes for the world, the nation, the state, their families, and
themselves. (The paper wishes will be taken to the Chinese temple as
offerings.)
6:00 - 10:00pm View the Opening of the Olympics on the big screen on Hotel
& Smith Streets- KHNL will host the viewing while broadcasting the NEWS
from Hotel Street and Howard Dashefsky will be the MC for the evening of
entertainment.
5:30pm-10:00pm Entertainment and Food
Chinese Lion Dancing in the streets and visiting the stores.
08:08pm Lion Dances and the Bubble Wishing Moment
Everyone is invited to participate in the magic of the moment
by making their wishes known as they are blowing the bubbles.
2000 bottles of soap bubbles will be given away free at
participating galleries after 5:00pm.
Come celebrate the Magical Day in the Arts District, the most auspicious
area on earth.
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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:22:24 -1000 (HST)
From: Tony Castanha <castanha@hawaii.edu>
Subject: Indigenous grandmas nearly kicked out of Vatican (fwd)
*Please forward
Similar to the indigenous grandmother's plight, the indigenous peoples'
delegation that converged on the Vatican in October of 2000 experienced a
similar type of harassment. After our request for an audience with the
pope, endorsed by the bishop of Honolulu, was turned down, we continued to
pursue the issue of meeting with the pope and ultimately to see to the
revocation of the Inter Caetera papal bull.
On October 12, our delegation of nine, along with numerous supporters,
first gathered on the perimeter of St. Peter's square for a customary
greeting and short speeches. We had earlier in the day decided not to burn
copies of Inter Caetera as we felt, for one, that we had come this far and
had already made an important impact on this trip - having given numerous
presentations in Torino, Milano and Roma, and garnering considerable moral
support and media attention. We would tear up copies of the bull the next
day at a public presentation near the Vatican.
We then proceeded to walk up closer to the cathedral from the perimeter of
the square. We were somewhat like a band of spirtual wolves with a
purpose. We planned to engage in a ceremony. Many people were roaming the
area, on their own quests of purpose and fulfillment. We again formed a
circle and with the burning of sage began to pray, to transcend what we
had yet been able to physically achieve. It was then that Vatican security
began their own quest to converge on us and terminate the ceremony. They
knew our plight was antithetical to their own, and they weren't going to
have it. At this point words of reason were unnecessary, and we dug in! We
brought the circle in closer, linking arms, chanting, and began playing
music with the instruments we had. They backed off, not quite knowing how
to respond to the circle of life. It was now approaching dusk, and the
scene was surreal. We continued as they now tryed to tug us away from each
other. We continued and were able complete what we set out to do. We broke
up, sent a message via the Swiss guard to a Vatican official, and
continued to mingle around the square.
The grandmothers should not have had to experience what they did in their
quest for world peace. The dominant establishment seems to see these types
of delegations akin to some sort of oxymoronic spirtual warfare, always
steadfast in relinguishing their swords.
Tony Castana
Coordinator
Kosmos Indigena
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:43:15 +0000
From: ghwelker3@comcast.net
Indigenous grandmas nearly kicked out of Vatican
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096417739
by: Rob Capriccioso
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096417739
Photo:
http://www.indiancountry.com/pix/1096417739_large.jpg
Photo courtesy Marisol Villanueava
Thirteen indigenous grandmothers, formally known as the International
Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, initial greeting at the
Vatican was not pleasant. The group was almost kicked out while performing
a prayer and waiting to speak with Pope Benedict XVI.
ROME - They went to pray. They went to see Pope Benedict XVI on his home
turf. They went to ask that he rescind historic church doctrine that
played a role in the genocidal onslaught of millions of indigenous people
worldwide.
For 13 indigenous grandmothers, accomplishing only one of their three
goals wouldn't have been so bad - had they also not been harassed by
several Vatican policemen who claimed the women were conducting
''anti-Catholic'' demonstrations.
The elders, formally known as the International Council of Thirteen
Indigenous Grandmothers, convened in the morning hours of July 9 at St.
Peter's Square. After setting up an altar cloth, candles and sacred
objects, including feathers and incense, they began holding a prayer and
ceremony circle. Nine-year-old Davian Joell Stand-Gilpin, a direct
descendant of Chief Dull Knife of the Lakota Nation, was brought along by
one of the grandmothers to participate in traditional regalia.
Soon, however, four Vatican police officials asked the women to stop the
prayer ceremony, claiming their prayers were in contradiction to the
church's teachings - despite the two crosses on the alter cloth and some
of the members being practitioners of the Catholic faith.
The officials told Carole Hart, an Emmy and Peabody award-winning producer
and filmmaker traveling with the grandmas, that the group was in violation
of Vatican policy. They said a permit Hart had obtained in order to
document the prayer gathering was only relevant in terms of filming, but
did not allow the women to pray, sing or burn incense.
The police said the actions of the grandmothers were ''idolatrous.''
Through the course of obtaining the permit, Hart had written to Vatican
officials explaining that the grandmothers would be conducting a prayer
ceremony at the site.
''We stuck to the fact that we were legitimately there with this permit,''
Hart said. ''The grandmas did not back down.''
Still, the police urged the grandmothers to move on; but Hart and the
group appealed the decision to a higher authority. Finally, the police
brought back a law official who assessed the situation. Upon seeing 13
indigenous elder women and hearing one of their songs, the official
concluded there was no problem with the ceremony.
The official also ultimately invited the grandmothers to enter St. Peter's
Basilica to rest and pray.
Despite their short-term success, the ultimate goal of the grandmothers -
to hand-deliver a statement to Pope Benedict XVI, asking him to rescind
several controversial papal bulls that played a part in the colonization
of indigenous lands - was thwarted.
Documents from the 15th century, such as the papal bulls, show the papacy
played a role in the genocidal onslaught that affected millions of
indigenous people on the North American continent. In 1455, for instance,
Pope Nicolas authorized Portugal ''to invade, search out, capture,
vanquish and subdue all Saracens and pagans'' who had previously made
their homes in North America.
Just a short time before the grandmothers left for their long-planned
journey to Rome, Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would be leaving the
Vatican to rest at his summer home, called Castel Gandolfo, in preparation
for a trip to Australia.
The pope had originally been scheduled to be in residence July 9. Laura
Jackson, the grandmothers' publicist, described the pope's decision to
leave the Vatican as a ''sudden cancellation'' and noted that the grandmas
held tickets to a scheduled public audience he was to have held that day.
While Castel Gandolfo is less than 20 miles away from the Vatican, the
grandmothers ultimately decided not to make the journey to the pope's
summer getaway despite some in their inner circle encouraging them to pay
an unexpected visit.
Hart believes the grandmothers chose to focus on St. Peter's Square
because it's part of the Vatican and is a strong symbol of the pope.
''As women of prayer, I think they felt that bringing their prayer there,
on the very ground on which the church as an institution stands, as close
as they could get to the heart of the church, would have a great effect on
what will happen next,'' Hart said. Additionally, the women had no
guarantee that they would even be able to enter the grounds of the pope's
summer residence.
Instead, the elders left a package with one of the pope's personal guards
at the Vatican. The package contained a written statement the women had
sent to the Vatican in 2005 decrying the papal bulls, to which the Vatican
never responded. It also contained a new 632-word statement to the pope
asking him to repeal three Christian-based doctrines of ''discovery'' and
''conquest'' that set a foundation for claiming lands occupied by
indigenous people around the world.
''We carry this message for Pope Benedict XVI, traveling with the spirits
of our ancestors,'' the women said in their new message. ''While praying
at the Vatican for peace, we are praying for all peoples. We are here at
the Vatican, humbly, not as representatives of indigenous nations, but as
women of prayer.''
The package was given to the pope's guard via a traditional Lakota manner,
by extending it to him three times with him then accepting it on the
fourth attempt. The entire process was captured on film, and is expected
to be made into a documentary by Hart in the coming year.
It is unknown whether the pope has yet personally received the package,
but legal scholars and Native activists in the U.S. have nonetheless been
paying close attention to the grandmothers' journey.
''I think the trip is very significant,'' said Steven Newcomb, co-director
of the Indigenous Law Institute and author of the book, ''Pagans in the
Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery,'' and an
Indian Country Today columnist.
''These are women who are very much grounded in their own languages and
traditions. They're able to raise visibility of the issue in ways that
others are perhaps less effective.''
The grandmothers from the U.S. who sit on the women's council are Margaret
Behan, of the Arapaho/Cheyenne of Montana; Agnes Baker Pilgrim, of the
Takelma Siletz; and Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance and Rita Long Visitor
Holy Dance, both Oglala Lakota of Black Hills, S.D.
All of the grandmothers are currently in private council in Assisi, Italy,
and are expected to be returning home by early August.
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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:31:06 -1000
From: Robin Rae <Art4Peace@hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: Reality Check ...
If this don't make you angry, it should at least serve as a "reality
check". It is about time that people wake up and support a third party!
-----
http://www.counterpunch.org/whitney07212008.html
July 21, 2008
Reality Check
The Democrats are the Real Problem
By MIKE WHITNEY
Obama's candidacy is over; kaput. He's already stated that he
has no intention of stopping the war, so he has disqualified
himself. That's his prerogative; no one put a gun to his
head. His op-ed in Monday's New York Times just removes any
lingering doubt about the matter. What Obama proposes is
moving the central theater of operation from Iraq to
Afghanistan. Big deal. Why is it more acceptable to kill a
man who is fighting for his country in Afghanistan than in
Iraq?
It's not; which is why Obama must be defeated and the
equivocating Democratic Party must be jettisoned altogether.
The Democrats are a party of blood just like the Republicans,
they're just more discreet about it. That's why people who
are serious about ending the war have to support candidates
outside the two-party charade. The Democrat/Republican
duopoly will not deliver the goods; it's as simple as that.
The point is to stop the killing, not to provide blind
support for smooth-talking politicos who try to mask their
real intentions. Obama made his choice, now he can suffer the
consequences.
Nancy Pelosi is a perfect example of what the Democrats are
all about. Just look at the way she brushed aside the people
who got her elected. They mean nothing to her. In a matter of
months, the "San Francisco liberal" has achieved what
former-Speaker of the House Hastert could only dream of;
she's driven the Congress' public approval ratings into
single digits for the first time in history making her the
worst speaker of all time. She rubber-stamped the FISA bill,
concealed what she knew about the CIA's global torture
programs, and vowed to stop any public effort to hold the
administration accountable for its war crimes. (No
impeachment) She has betrayed her most ardent supporters and
singlehandedly transformed an already-emasculated congress
into a purely ceremonial body incapable of doing the people's
work.
At least Bush never betrayed any of his supporters. Never.
Pelosi is worse than Bush, much worse.
And yet, liberals still insist that we should vote the
Democratic ticket. In your dreams!!
What leftist or progressive is not totally fed-up with the
Democrats cagey "bait-and-switch" hypocrisy? Voting the
Democratic ticket is not a sign of "hope"; it's a sign of
being a schmuck. The Democrats have done nothing to stop the
war and will do nothing to stop the war. The Obama candidacy
is merely a way to replace one group of genocidal maniacs
with another. Who needs a charismatic, flannel-mouth glamor
boy to lead us into battle when a senile fogy with "anger
management" issues will do just fine.
Voters of conscience should reject that choice altogether.
Just as they should reject the "lesser of two evils" theory
which does not apply when ordinance is being dumped daily on
innocent civilians. It has to stop!
Obama is not an antiwar candidate, that is merely a fiction
maintained by his public relations team. In fact, he wants to
beef up the military with 65,000 additional ground forces and
27,000 more marines. He's also stated that he will add "two
additional combat brigades to Afghanistan" and encourage NATO
to make "greater contributions-with fewer restrictions". In
his op-ed he boasted, "As president, I will make the fight
against Al Qaeda and the Taliban the top priority that it
should be. This is a war that we have to win."
He also added this ominous warning:
"The greatest threat to that security lies in the tribal
regions of Pakistan, where terrorists train and insurgents
strike into Afghanistan. We cannot tolerate a terrorist
sanctuary, and as president, I won't. We need a stronger and
sustained partnership between Afghanistan, Pakistan and NATO
to secure the border, to take out terrorist camps and to
crack down on cross-border insurgents. We need more troops,
more helicopters, more satellites, more Predator drones in
the Afghan border region. And we must make it clear that if
Pakistan cannot or will not act, we will take out high-level
terrorist targets like bin Laden if we have them in our
sights."
Obama supporters should take their candidate at his word.
What he is proposing is a dramatic escalation and expansion
of the war into another sovereign country. How is this
consistent with the demands of his base or the millions of
Americans who believe that Obama represents real change.
It's time for a reality check; the Democrats are the real
problem not the Republicans. If the path to peace requires
crushing the Democratic Party and its blood-thirsty
candidates; so be it. The main thing is to stop the killing.
If Obama won't do it; we'll find someone who will.
---
Mike Whitney lives in Washington state and can be reached at
fergiewhitney@msn.com
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:39:51 -0400
From: dlimay7@aol.com
Subject: Re: Maui Land & Pine to lay off more than 270
Not to worry. I just heard from FOX News quoting King George II's mantra,
"We're NOT in a Recession!" Besides, our own "Decider" Governor has
decided to do many more exchanges with the Indonesian military, so
there'll be more 'tourists' from Djakarta & the State will be hiring more
'liaison officials' to facilitate such lucrative "exchanges." I'm sure Guv
Jingle will tell us it'll be a "Win/Win" situation for all concerned.
Peace & Imua, Danny
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:59:38 -0700
From: `Ehu Kekahu Cardwell <ehukekahu@koanifoundation.org>
Subject: [livingnation] Ka La Ho`i Ho`i Ea On "Voices Of Truth - One-On-One
With Hawai`i's Future"
Aloha `aina,
Why is whatÕs going on at Thomas Square today so important?
Find out here at our Free Hawai`i blog.
HereÕs this weekÕs schedule for Voices Of Truth - One-On-One With
Hawai`iÕs Future.
MONDAY, July 28th At 6:30 PM - Maui - Akaku, Channel 53
ÒNothing Can Grow There - A Visit With Kat BradyÓ
Why are so many Hawaiians behind bars and being shipped out to privately
run US prisons in Arizona and Kentucky? Did you know more than half of
Hawai`iÕs prison population is now on the US continent? YouÕll be shocked
when you hear why. Discover why Kat says, Òthe governmentÕs not going to
fix these things - it will be the people.Ó Watch It Here.
MONDAY, July 28th At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, August 1st At 5:30 PM - Hawai`i
Island - Na Leo, Channel 53
THURSDAY, July 31st At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, August 1st At 8:30 AM - Kaua`i -
Ho`ike, Channel 52
ÒThe Health Of Our Nation - A Visit with Dr. Kawika LiuÓ
Native Hawaiian pediatrician, Kawika knows the peopleÕs health is
directly tied to the health of the land. Talking about the direct
physical effects of the illegal US occupation, Dr Liu shows how a Free
Hawai`i is such a large part of the solution. Hear what a truly healthy
Hawai`i and itÕs people could be like. Watch It Here.
SATURDAY, August 2nd At 8:00 PM - O`ahu, `Olelo, Channel 53
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:25:17 -1000 (HST)
From: Gabrielle Welford <welford@hawaii.edu>
Subject: baron pikes
Scott Nugent must be tried for the torture and murder of Baron Pikes
Description: Police in the city of Winnfield, Louisiana are being accused
of covering up the death of twenty-one-year-old Baron Pikes. Pikes, an
African American, died in police custody on January 21 after being shot by
policeman Scott Nugent, a white man, 9 times with a taser gun - while in
handcuffs, and within 14 minutes. Two other policemen stood watching Pikes
being tasered - a process the coroner says was 'tantamount to torture.'
The city police chief initially claimed that Pikes was high on crack
cocaine and PCP at the time of his death. But the coroner recently ruled
Pikes death to be a homicide, after an autopsy determined there were no
drugs in his system. The coroner also determined that the police shot
Pikes twice after he lost consciousness. According to one policeman, Pikes
was foaming at the mouth by that stage. The last shot was pointed directly
at Pike's heart. Ironically, tragically, Baron Pikes was the first cousin
of Mychal Bell, the lead defendant in the case of the Jena Six. Though
Pike was murdered over 6 months ago, no case has been brought to trail
against Scott Nugent (who was fired) nor his colleagues. These men must be
brought to trail for the torture and murder of Baron Pikes.
Recent News
I feel that the best of these sources below is the segment from Democracy
Now, which interviews Chicago Tribune journalist Howard Witt, who broke
the story nationally; Kayshon Collins, Baron Pikes stepmother; and
Winnfield Police Lieutenant Charles Curry.
I have found no articles on the death of Baron Pikes in the NY Times, the
Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor, or Fox News.
Democracy Now July 24th:
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/24/police_accused_of_coverup_in_taser
CNN July 22nd:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/22/taser.death/?iref=mpstoryview
CNN Video July 22nd:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/22/taser.death/?iref=mpstoryview#cnnSTCVideo
LA Times July 20th:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-taser20-2008jul20,0,6572131.story
Chicago Tribune July 19th:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-taser_witt-web-jul19,0,2201847.story
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:01:25 -1000
From: Henry Curtis <henry.lifeoftheland@gmail.com>
Subject: Rainforest Destruction
Aloha,
Fossil Fuel Use = Climate Change
Fossil Fuel Use à Imported Palm Oil
Palm Oil
(1) Destroys the Earth's Lungs ^Ö the Rainforests
(2) Destruction of Rainforest Peat Soils leads to massive greenhouse gas
emissions
(3) Switching from Imported Oil (10-20 countries) à Palm Oil (2
countries) is insane
(4) Palm Oil =Food: Use as biofuel is driving up food prices
(5) HECO Plan: Malaysian Palm Oil à Seattle Refinery à Hawai`i (10,500
miles)
Life of the Land: Only Hawai`i environmental group that intervenes before
the Hawai`i Public Utilities Commission which oversees implementation of
energy policy.
Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) Plan:
Operate the First Commercial Palm Oil Electrical Generator in the World.
Just because a word starts bio does not means its green, afterall,
BIOcide means the killing of life
Energy Efficiency: We were the first of 14 parties in a PUC docket to call
for transferring of HECO, MECO, and HELCO energy efficiency programs to a
regulated energy efficiency utility. The Navy had no problem with it, the
Consumer Advocate went along, and the PUC adopted it. The transition will
occur from January-June 2009. A few energy efficiency companies are in the
bidding process.
We need your help. Please make a generous tax-deductible contribution
today (We do not release the names of our contributors)
Please help us: We need your tax-deductable support (donations to support
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Web Site:
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There is no HOPE in D.O.P.E.
(Dependence on Oil Palm for Electricity)
Hawai`i is blessed with every form of renewable energy: wind, solar water
heaters, photovoltaic, concentrated solar power, wave, sea water air
conditioning, ocean thermal energy conversion, hydro, waste oil
biodiesel.
Shanah Trevenna (Sustainable Saunders)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiprGnaX-xo
Sarah and Duane Preble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg3T5TyS3n0
Architect Scott Wilson (Energy Efficiency)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKInmFMgyn4
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:12:57 -1000
From: pilipo souza <pilipohale@hawaii.rr.com>
A very real probability
The only physical matter of value is land suitable for agriculture. It has
report that Las Vegas or Nevada will lose its source of water in less than
twenty years. Its source is the Colorado River which also supplies the Los
Angles basin.
Whether the Rockies source of water is depleting or Los Angles is willing
to pay more per capita for the source than the Las Vegas population is the
question. In the 80's the Federal Government owned 83 % of Nevada. It
would seem 17% of Nevada's land base can not compare to the base of the
Los Angles region.
The mountain range of Afghanistan is the Rocky Mountains of the Middle
East. One day water will be $150.00 a barrel instead of oil. Then the
world will realize the real interest of Afghanistan to the lower regions
such as Israel.
In Hawaii we are no different. The crops of yesteryears are cherished by
most as serenity but only the Kalo Farmers know the importance of water
sources, as their ancestors saw what sugar cane did to Hawaii.
Kanaka Maoli continue to get screwed. The screw continues to tightened one
thread at a time, seemingly idled at times but never retracted.
pilipo
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From: Lc
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 8:27 AM
interesting. "Nations take such risks when they allow capitalist
agribusiness to destroy local agriculture."
----- Original Message ----- From: bill lewis
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 5:36 AM
I have never read anything that encapsulated current events as well.....
bill
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Status Report on the Collapse of the U.S. Economy
by Richard C. Cook
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9596
Global Research, July 16, 2008
With the economic news of the week of July 14^×the continuing crisis among
mortgage lenders, the onset of bank failures, the announced downsizing of
General Motors, the slide of the Dow-Jones below 11,000^×we are seeing the
ongoing collapse of the U.S. economy.
Even the super-rich are becoming nervous as cries for an emergency
suspension of short selling ring out.
What is really taking place, however, is that the producing economy of
working men and women is being crushed by the overall debt burden on
households, businesses, and governments that could reach $70 trillion by
2010. The financial system, including mortgage giants Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac, is bankrupt, as the debts it is based on cannot be repaid.
This is because the producing economy of people who work for a living
simply can no longer generate enough purchasing power for people either to
pay their debts or allow them to purchase what is being sold in the
marketplace. In turn it is the debt burden and the loss of societal
purchasing power that are crashing the stock market. Thus the collapse of
the financial economy has started to destroy the producing economy as
well.
It^Òs a ^Óperfect storm,^Ô the result of a 200-year-old financial system
where money is largely created by bank lending and where since 1980 our
industry and jobs have been increasingly outsourced abroad to cheap labor
markets. Thus domestic incomes have stagnated while the nation^Òs GDP has
not been able to keep up with the exponential growth of debt.
While the mainstream media are blind, deaf, and dumb as to the causes, the
victims within the middle and working classes are seeing their livelihoods
ruined, jobs taken away, pensions eroded, homes foreclosed on, and are
being saddled with ever-increasing debt and forced to work under more and
more stress due to rising burdens of taxation, gas and food price
inflation, and bureaucratic rules and regulations. The only places a
more-or-less normal life may still be possible will be the wealthiest
imperial centers like Washington, New York, Houston, Chicago, or San
Francisco.
All that the current bailouts being engineered by the Federal Reserve are
doing is to create more debt to shore up failing financial institutions.
No new wealth is being created. It^Òs band-aids on band-aids.
The problem politically is that control of the U.S. long ago was turned
over to the bankers and the financiers of the Western world. It was called
financial ^Óderegulation,^Ô accelerated under President Ronald Reagan, and
has run amok since then. From a longer historical view, it^Òs the same
phenomenon that first created and then ruined the British Empire , and
it^Òs what created and is now ruining the American Empire today.
A side-effect of control by the bankers and financiers is that they are
also Zionists, so we have the added multi-trillion dollar burden of trying
to conquer the Middle East on behalf of the international oil interests
and the state of Israel .
The situation has deteriorated sharply since the 1970s as U.S. affairs
have been managed on behalf of the financial interests by what you might
call the ^ÓThree Amigos^Ô^×Henry Kissinger, Paul Volcker, and Alan
Greenspan. Kissinger, while Nixon^Òs secretary of state, made the U.S.
dependent on the Middle East for oil, lavished billions on Israel ^Òs war
machine, and created the petrodollar to support our trade and fiscal
deficits. Volcker, while chairman of the Federal Reserve, crashed the U.S.
producing economy in the recession of 1979-1983, leading to the rise of
the ^Óservice economy.^Ô Greenspan, during his own Federal Reserve
chairmanship, presided over the bubble economy which was created through
massive official fraud in home mortgage lending and is now sinking like
the Titanic.
The politicians have enabled these financial crimes. Above all it^Òs been
the Bush family which has served as a political Trojan Horse for the
financiers for three generations, with affairs having become much worse
since George H.W. Bush invaded Iraq for the first time in 1991. The
enablers have included a majority of the members of the U.S. Congress.
(See the conclusion of Patrick Buchanan^Òs new book, Churchill, Hitler,
and the Unnecessary War for an account of how the U.S. since the Bush I
presidency has replicated the catastrophic errors of failed British
imperialism.)
The American people are not entirely innocent. We have been so lulled to
sleep by the financier-owned media that we have allowed these disasters to
take place and are now reaping the consequences. We have been the fodder
for their wars and the signers of their loans. We have tried to carve out
our own piece of the pie which is now crumbling.
What is taking place is not just the collapse of the U.S. , but more than
likely the final crash of Western civilization, since we are the last of
the world empires to go down the drain. World War I saw the end of the
German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and Ottoman empires. World War II saw
the disappearance of the French, British, Japanese, and Italian empires,
along with Nazi Germany. The Soviet empire collapsed in 1991. The American
is next. The danger is that we may lash out and start a nuclear World War
III out of frustration and to appease the elitists of the world who see
war and famine as their pathway to world control. Such a war would also
mean a military takeover domestically to manage the pathetically weak
nation that we are becoming.
The bankers and financiers do not care if nations and empires destroy
themselves and each other, because they are internationalists. In fact,
the more war and mass starvation there is the better off they feel. All
they need is a base from which to operate. London has been their main base
of operations since the Bank of England was founded in 1694, though they
have a strong presence in other nations. They have been especially
influential in northwest Europe , where elitism in the form of Freemasonry
endeavored since the time of the French Revolution to destroy the
authority of the Catholic Church.
In fact, World War I was a project of the Freemasons in dismembering
Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both largely Catholic. This
destruction allowed the masters of usury to flourish within the atheistic
and materialistic culture that Freemasonry fostered across Europe . World
War I also resulted in the virus of Communism, largely egged on by the
internationalists and Freemasons, though it had such a tragic impact on
Russia and Central Europe before spreading to China and East Asia .
It is theoretically possible that the US as a nation could still save
itself through an internal revolution, while playing a much reduced role
in the world. After all, England , France , and Italy still exist as
shadows of their past greatness. But, realistically, all ordinary people
can do today is try to survive, perhaps by working with friends and
neighbors in planting food and living within the underground economy. At
least people might not then have to starve to death, because hard as it is
to believe that ^Óit could happen here,^Ô widespread famine in the U.S.
seems a real possibility over the next several years. Nations take such
risks when they allow capitalist agribusiness to destroy local
agriculture.
On a national level, it is likely that as a response to the economic
crisis some attempt will be made by desperate politicians to try to
replicate the New Deal, but to do this effectively would require political
control by a nationalistic reform party. Even then, additional reform
measures such as control of credit as a public utility, a basic income
guarantee, and a national dividend would be needed for real economic
security to replace the current madness that could soon make the U.S. a
relic of history.
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Richard C. Cook is a former U.S. federal government analyst, whose career
included service with the U.S. Civil Service Commission, the Food and Drug
Administration, the Carter White House, NASA, and the U.S. Treasury
Department. His articles on economics, politics, and space policy have
appeared on numerous websites and in Eurasia Critic magazine. His book on
monetary reform, entitled We Hold These Truths: The Hope of Monetary
Reform, will be published soon by Tendril Press. He is also the author of
Challenger Revealed: An Insider^Òs Account of How the Reagan
Administration Caused the Greatest Tragedy of the Space Age, called by one
reviewer, ^Óthe most important spaceflight book of the last twenty
years.^Ô His website is atwww.richardccook.com.
Richard C. Cook is a frequent contributor to Global Research. Global
Research Articles by Richard C. Cook
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