30th April 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“As miracles continue
to happen in Kathmandu, helplessness continues to be the main criteria on so
many people’s minds”
“A young man of 28
years old was trapped for over 80 hours in a structure that collapsed around him”
“He watched his
friends die in the surrounding wreckage. He had to drink his own urine to stay
alive”
“He had his leg
amputated, as it was crushed by the collapsed building”
“From his hospital bed
he feels his life is a miracle, yet fears for his future are constantly on his
mind”
“Today another miracle
occurred when a teenage boy was pulled out of the rubble alive after five days
of being trapped”
“He ate butter to keep
himself alive”
“People can survive
for days without eating. There are still people being found. More miracles are
happening”
“It is however a slow
pace by the Nepalese Government relief operations that have promoted anger and
frustration amongst the residents”
“The Government has
acknowledged it has been overwhelmed by the devastation from Saturday’s 7.8
magnitude earthquake”
“More than 5,000
people have been killed, the deadliest in 80 years”
“Lessons need to be
learnt by Governments, whose people live constantly under the threat of
earthquakes”
“It is their main
responsibility to have contingency plans already for their people”
“The international aid
is there and is usually quick and co-ordinated, but it still needs the
Government to have the basics made available”
“This sadly has not
happened and that is why the relief operation has been so hampered”
“This country will
take make years to get back on its feet and it is always the poorest countries
that suffer the worst”
“This disaster has
been huge and unprecedented, yet it was still waiting to happen”
“Harsh lessons will
have to be learnt and a new generation of commanding people will emerge to take
on the tasks of long-term building”
“For all those who
might have forgotten, Haiti was struck by an earthquake five years ago”
“That quake claimed
220,000 lives and 3,500,000 were affected”
“Work goes on today
with the help of agencies, who are still involved in relief and construction
work”
“There is now an
improved water supply for 340,000 people, medicines for Cholera treatment and
free medical care”
“Tools and seeds are
supplied to help 23,000 in farming households”
“However Haiti is
still fighting the Cholera epidemic, which it did not have for decades, but was
brought in by Nepalese soldiers”
“They were a UN
peacekeeping camp that spilled their waste into a tributary of the Artibonite”
“Cholera has struck
more than 720,000 Haitians and killed 9,000”
“The UN still refuse
to acknowledge their responsibility. Legal actions are underway to take the UN
to court”
“Nepal needs to also
consider diseases with their lack of water supplies and the exposure of people
to these unhealthy conditions”
“All have to learn
from these disasters and to put into place a more co-ordinated plan of action
for people’s safety”
“Not to deal with
situations after the event has already wiped out so many”
“That old adage, “God helps those who help themselves”
certainly always applies!”
30th April 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“As miracles continue
to happen in Kathmandu, helplessness continues to be the main criteria on so
many people’s minds”
“A young man of 28
years old was trapped for over 80 hours in a structure that collapsed around
him”
“He watched his
friends die in the surrounding wreckage. He had to drink his own urine to stay
alive”
“He had his leg
amputated, as it was crushed by the collapsed building”
“From his hospital bed
he feels his life is a miracle, yet fears for his future are constantly on his
mind”
“Today another miracle
occurred when a teenage boy was pulled out of the rubble alive after five days
of being trapped”
“He ate butter to keep
himself alive”
“People can survive
for days without eating. There are still people being found. More miracles are
happening”
“It is however a slow
pace by the Nepalese Government relief operations that have promoted anger and frustration
amongst the residents”
“The Government has
acknowledged it has been overwhelmed by the devastation from Saturday’s 7.8
magnitude earthquake”
“More than 5,000
people have been killed, the deadliest in 80 years”
“Lessons need to be
learnt by Governments, whose people live constantly under the threat of
earthquakes”
“It is their main
responsibility to have contingency plans already for their people”
“The international aid
is there and is usually quick and co-ordinated, but it still needs the Government
to have the basics made available”
“This sadly has not
happened and that is why the relief operation has been so hampered”
“This country will
take make years to get back on its feet and it is always the poorest countries
that suffer the worst”
“This disaster has
been huge and unprecedented, yet it was still waiting to happen”
“Harsh lessons will
have to be learnt and a new generation of commanding people will emerge to take
on the tasks of long-term building”
“For all those who
might have forgotten, Haiti was struck by an earthquake five years ago”
“That quake claimed
220,000 lives and 3,500,000 were affected”
“Work goes on today
with the help of agencies, who are still involved in relief and construction
work”
“There is now an
improved water supply for 340,000 people, medicines for Cholera treatment and
free medical care”
“Tools and seeds are
supplied to help 23,000 in farming households”
“However Haiti is
still fighting the Cholera epidemic, which it did not have for decades, but was
brought in by Nepalese soldiers”
“They were a UN
peacekeeping camp that spilled their waste into a tributary of the Artibonite”
“Cholera has struck
more than 720,000 Haitians and killed 9,000”
“The UN still refuse
to acknowledge their responsibility. Legal actions are underway to take the UN
to court”
“Nepal needs to also
consider diseases with their lack of water supplies and the exposure of people
to these unhealthy conditions”
“All have to learn
from these disasters and to put into place a more co-ordinated plan of action
for people’s safety”
“Not to deal with
situations after the event has already wiped out so many”
“That old adage, “God helps those who help themselves”
certainly always applies!”
29th April 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“About 1% of all the
tree species in the Amazon account for half of the carbon locked in the vast
South American rainforest”
“The Amazon region is
home to 16,000 tree species and researchers have found that just 182 species dominate
the carbon storage process”
“Amazonia is vital to
the Earth’s carbon cycle in storing more of the element than any other
terrestrial ecosystem”
“The Amazon is
massively important for the global carbon cycle, as it stores so much of the
planet’s biomass”
“Finding out how the
carbon is stored is very important”
“We will know what
might happen in the future in different environmental conditions”
“The tropical forest
covers 5.3 million square km and holds 17% of the global vegetation carbon
stock”
“Its large tree
species store and grow more biomass making them a dominant feature in the
carbon cycle”
“It is important that
trees grow to a large size, because they contribute more to the carbon cycle”
“As these trees grow
larger they develop more biomass that contains carbon, which is locked in its
wood”
“Trees are long-lived
organisms. The carbon they remove from the atmosphere is continuously being
absorbed for decades and even centuries”
“What is being done is
a plan to plant more trees to lock away more carbon from the atmosphere as it
contributes to global warming”
“Scientists are
looking for different species that will become important in the future”
“A good example is the
Brazilian nut tree, which can reach heights in excess of 160 feet”
“This nut tree thrives
best in dense undisturbed rainforests”
“Scientists have found
that the carbon storage capacity of protected forests in West Africa had
increased”
“This is despite the
region suffering a 40 year drought”
“It was the forests’
carbon–storing biomass, which resulted in the shift in species composition”
“Trees are natural and
need carbon to store within their structure”
“They are able to
accommodate the ebb and flow within their own biodiversity”
“Mother Nature is a
truly remarkable thing and we can never afford to abuse or ignore her active
help for all of us who live on this planet”
29th April 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“About 1% of all the
tree species in the Amazon account for half of the carbon locked in the vast
South American rainforest”
“The Amazon region is
home to 16,000 tree species and researchers have found that just 182 species
dominate the carbon storage process”
“Amazonia is vital to
the Earth’s carbon cycle in storing more of the element than any other terrestrial
ecosystem”
“The Amazon is
massively important for the global carbon cycle, as it stores so much of the
planet’s biomass”
“Finding out how the
carbon is stored is very important”
“We will know what
might happen in the future in different environmental conditions”
“The tropical forest
covers 5.3 million square km and holds 17% of the global vegetation carbon
stock”
“Its large tree
species store and grow more biomass making them a dominant feature in the
carbon cycle”
“It is important that
trees grow to a large size, because they contribute more to the carbon cycle”
“As these trees grow
larger they develop more biomass that contains carbon, which is locked in its
wood”
“Trees are long-lived
organisms. The carbon they remove from the atmosphere is continuously being
absorbed for decades and even centuries”
“What is being done is
a plan to plant more trees to lock away more carbon from the atmosphere as it
contributes to global warming”
“Scientists are
looking for different species that will become important in the future”
“A good example is the
Brazilian nut tree, which can reach heights in excess of 160 feet”
“This nut tree thrives
best in dense undisturbed rainforests”
“Scientists have found
that the carbon storage capacity of protected forests in West Africa had
increased”
“This is despite the
region suffering a 40 year drought”
“It was the forests’
carbon–storing biomass, which resulted in the shift in species composition”
“Trees are natural and
need carbon to store within their structure”
“They are able to
accommodate the ebb and flow within their own biodiversity”
“Mother Nature is a
truly remarkable thing and we can never afford to abuse or ignore her active
help for all of us who live on this planet”
28th April 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
““Why has Baltimore failed its black males?””
“The worst public
schools do one thing very well and that is to teach poor black kids how to stay
as American underdogs”
“A black boy, who is
in middle school in Baltimore, should have more than one teacher”
“But they throw all
troubled kids in one class with a long-term substitute teacher all day”
“There they play
cards, shoot dice, tweet, Facebook, dance, stand on desks and basically do as
they please”
“Their normal teacher
is absent and the children have been doing this for months”
“South Baltimore had
multiple shootings last year, right in front of the school buildings by
disgruntled youths”
“Going into school
from the outside it looks good, but going inside reporters found built-in metal
detectors cracked and unplugged”
“The stairwell smelt
of used rubbers and rat urine. Unidentified fluids and candy wrappers littered
the floors”
“Parents, who were
sitting in an inner room, were waiting to see what kind of quality education
they were going to get for their children”
“The school seemed
like a jail”
“One floor looked like
a psychiatrist’s ward with students belting up and down the hallways with desks
flying in the air”
“Papers were scattered
everywhere and fights were being recorded on mobile phones”
“It is hard, if not
impossible, to get an education in this environment”
“The school had
outdated computers. Textbooks were decayed and the classroom was 15ºC”
“How can anyone learn
in these conditions? How can the US in 2015, in a major metropolitan city, not
have temperature controlled classrooms?”
“Black African
Americans have a long history of wanting education”
“The South had laws
against teaching slaves to read and people risked beatings and death trying to
learn to read”
“The Lincoln
Administration made a conscious effort to right wrongs in education and social
injustice up to his death in 1865”
“Andrew Jackson, the
next President, reversed Lincoln’s promises”
“Jackson confiscated
land African American’s had acquired in the South and gave it back to the white
Americans”
“Some free slave
schools emerged”
“At least 8,000 former
slaves attended schools in Georgia. Eight years later those same black schools
struggled to contain 20,000 students”
“Scores of children
piled into these shacks, trying to learn while dealing with broken or no desks,
leaking ceilings and limited utensils”
“In 1951, thirteen
families from Topeka, Kansas filed a law suit against the Board of Education”
“They wanted quality
education for their children, similar to what white children in the US received
“The case became known
as Brown v. the Board of Education and was a major victory for the education of
African American students”
“White education is
held back from blacks. The prison doors are wide open and welcome them with
open arms”
“The pipelines from
school to prison has been a hot topic in the US and debated frequently”
“Black schools are a
part of the prison industrial complex.
Grade schools are supposed to prepare students for college or a trade”
“Yet there are bars on
the windows, prison like guards and metal detectors. Everything is industrialised like a jail”
“In Baltimore City
schools, 57% of the black males graduate compared to 81% of white males”
“The streets of
Baltimore provide an education in everything, where many schools don’t”
“There are no courses
on survival, kinship, moneymaking opportunities or love”
“Love is absent from
the cold hallways of these schools, where millions of African Americans attend”
“More and more schools
are closing in Baltimore with a $35 million cut from Baltimore Public Schools”
“This means that
classes are getting bigger and the issues get worse”
“The cry comes out, “Our schools are broken.” But are they?”
“Schools are funded by
property taxes from neighbourhoods full of housing projects and boarded up
homes”
“Here the poor pay to
perpetuate their own misery. As with law enforcement, it all makes a pipeline
from public school to prison a reality”
“The US needs to deal
with black Americans and they need to fix the schools!”
“Black Americans were
born into permanent recession, where making $20 last week is not a miracle – it
is a way of life”
“African Americans
want to learn and be inspired like everyone else”
“All Americans must be
responsible for challenging this failed system and forcing it to create a fair
learning experience for all students”
“We are dealing with
more than just a failed schooling system and a failed racist law enforced
system”
“We are dealing with
millions of broken homes. The failure is on an historic scale, spanning
hundreds of years”
“Acknowledging that we
face this kind of epic failure is the first step in bringing about real change”
“That is the big
challenge in the US, where accepting failure has never been their strength!”
“No one can do
everything, but perhaps they should follow the Ethiopian proverb, “When spiders unite they can tie down a
lion.””
“All must work
together to solve their issues to make a fairer society, where dreams really
can come true!”
28th April 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
““Why has Baltimore failed its black males?””
“The worst public
schools do one thing very well and that is to teach poor black kids how to stay
as American underdogs”
“A black boy, who is
in middle school in Baltimore, should have more than one teacher”
“But they throw all
troubled kids in one class with a long-term substitute teacher all day”
“There they play
cards, shoot dice, tweet, Facebook, dance, stand on desks and basically do as
they please”
“Their normal teacher
is absent and the children have been doing this for months”
“South Baltimore had
multiple shootings last year, right in front of the school buildings by
disgruntled youths”
“Going into school
from the outside it looks good, but going inside reporters found built-in metal
detectors cracked and unplugged”
“The stairwell smelt
of used rubbers and rat urine. Unidentified fluids and candy wrappers littered
the floors”
“Parents, who were
sitting in an inner room, were waiting to see what kind of quality education
they were going to get for their children”
“The school seemed
like a jail”
“One floor looked like
a psychiatrist’s ward with students belting up and down the hallways with desks
flying in the air”
“Papers were scattered
everywhere and fights were being recorded on mobile phones”
“It is hard, if not
impossible, to get an education in this environment”
“The school had
outdated computers. Textbooks were decayed and the classroom was 15ºC”
“How can anyone learn
in these conditions? How can the US in 2015, in a major metropolitan city, not
have temperature controlled classrooms?”
“Black African
Americans have a long history of wanting education”
“The South had laws
against teaching slaves to read and people risked beatings and death trying to
learn to read”
“The Lincoln
Administration made a conscious effort to right wrongs in education and social
injustice up to his death in 1865”
“Andrew Jackson, the
next President, reversed Lincoln’s promises”
“Jackson confiscated
land African American’s had acquired in the South and gave it back to the white
Americans”
“Some free slave
schools emerged”
“At least 8,000 former
slaves attended schools in Georgia. Eight years later those same black schools
struggled to contain 20,000 students”
“Scores of children
piled into these shacks, trying to learn while dealing with broken or no desks,
leaking ceilings and limited utensils”
“In 1951, thirteen
families from Topeka, Kansas filed a law suit against the Board of Education”
“They wanted quality
education for their children, similar to what white children in the US received
“The case became known
as Brown v. the Board of Education and was a major victory for the education of
African American students”
“White education is
held back from blacks. The prison doors are wide open and welcome them with
open arms”
“The pipelines from
school to prison has been a hot topic in the US and debated frequently”
“Black schools are a
part of the prison industrial complex.
Grade schools are supposed to prepare students for college or a trade”
“Yet there are bars on
the windows, prison like guards and metal detectors. Everything is industrialised like a jail”
“In Baltimore City
schools, 57% of the black males graduate compared to 81% of white males”
“The streets of
Baltimore provide an education in everything, where many schools don’t”
“There are no courses
on survival, kinship, moneymaking opportunities or love”
“Love is absent from
the cold hallways of these schools, where millions of African Americans attend”
“More and more schools
are closing in Baltimore with a $35 million cut from Baltimore Public Schools”
“This means that
classes are getting bigger and the issues get worse”
“The cry comes out, “Our schools are broken.” But are they?”
“Schools are funded by
property taxes from neighbourhoods full of housing projects and boarded up
homes”
“Here the poor pay to
perpetuate their own misery. As with law enforcement, it all makes a pipeline
from public school to prison a reality”
“The US needs to deal
with black Americans and they need to fix the schools!”
“Black Americans were
born into permanent recession, where making $20 last week is not a miracle – it
is a way of life”
“African Americans
want to learn and be inspired like everyone else”
“All Americans must be
responsible for challenging this failed system and forcing it to create a fair
learning experience for all students”
“We are dealing with
more than just a failed schooling system and a failed racist law enforced
system”
“We are dealing with
millions of broken homes. The failure is on an historic scale, spanning
hundreds of years”
“Acknowledging that we
face this kind of epic failure is the first step in bringing about real change”
“That is the big
challenge in the US, where accepting failure has never been their strength!”
“No one can do
everything, but perhaps they should follow the Ethiopian proverb, “When spiders unite they can tie down a
lion.””
“All must work
together to solve their issues to make a fairer society, where dreams really
can come true!”
27th April 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“Once again this is
the time of human endeavour, where Mankind comes to the aid of those who have
suffered due to natural disasters”
“Nepal’s situation,
which is dire, does not stop those who are fighting with their bare hand to
remove rubble, where many have been buried”
“Emergency workers,
army and police personnel together with bystanders, all are working”
“Together they work
tirelessly to clear rubble and rescue survivors from underneath the debris”
“It is at times like
these, which are horrific and fear is the main overwhelming thought, when
miracles do happen”
“These are the times
when spiritual forces come in to attend to the needs of so many”
“Children, babies, are
often found still alive having been helped by those who stand and watch over
them as it is not their time to pass”
“All know the risks
that living in these areas entails, where two tectonic plates meet beneath the
Himalayas along a fault line”
“It is by living in
the shadows of destruction where death can appear from nowhere that life takes
on a different meaning”
“Life becomes more
worthwhile”
“The climate in
earthquake areas tends to be good, warm enough and wet enough”
“The soil is always
fertile and the natural resources make for a good living”
“Earthquakes do not
happen that frequently, maybe every 80 years or more and not necessarily in the
same place”
“Families feel they
have lived in these places for generations and may never have suffered any
major disasters”
“For them the life is
better, which heavily outweighs the risks and so these people are content to
live alongside nature”
“This is their home
and they trust they will be looked after”
“It is their
spirituality & love of nature that allows them to feel at one with their
surroundings & so are often a very contented people”
27th April 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“Twelve years ago a
lady called Bernarda Gallardo from Chile had a life changing moment”
“She read about a new
born baby, who had been found dead and dumped on a rubbish heap”
“The baby girl had
been put in a black rubbish bag and thrown on the local dump”
“Bernarda decided to
give the child a proper burial”
“For this to happen
she had to go through a lengthy process to adopt the child”
“She gave it a name
legally and then applied for her to be properly buried”
“If a baby dies one
gets a coffin and gives the baby a decent burial”
“Those that are dumped
on rubbish tips do not get a decent burial”
“Many babies are
dumped, especially when women have been raped and where incest has been
performed and poverty is also another major factor”
“Bernarda’s desire was
to do something for the baby in Puerto Montt in Chile”
“She called the baby
Aurora after the Roman Goddess of Dawn – in fact the baby did bring light into
the darkness”
“In order for a baby
not to be disposed of as human or surgical waste, Bernarda Gallardo took steps
to get a doctor…”
“…to prove that the
baby had lived in order to register it as a human being, so allowing for a proper
burial”
“Then she had to adopt
Aurora in order to bury her, even though the child was dead”
“The judge involved in
all of this told Bernarda it was the strangest case he had ever come across”
“No one in Chile had
ever adopted a dead baby before”
“He did however
believe she was doing the right thing”
“Because of the media
coverage and interest in this story, five hundred people came to the funeral”
“There were children,
doctors, nurses, local people and the judge”
“Bernarda Gallardo had
highlighted the plight of these unwanted babies”
“She states, “Why are babies being left to die on rubbish
tips when there are families ready and waiting to adopt them?””
“Bernarda is Chile’s
modern day Mother Theresa”
“A living saint, whose
compassion and sensitivity shines out for a cause that nobody wanted to know!”
26th April 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“Jumby Bay is the site
of the world’s longest running research programme for the critically endangered
Hawksbill Turtles”
“The turtles have been
there longer than humans”
“It is one of the only
places in the world where Hawksbill Turtles are increasing”
“In the last three
decades researchers have tagged 450 Hawksbills for monitoring purposes and the
number is increasing three-fold”
“Every single turtle
laying eggs on the island’s Pasture Beach is identified thanks to the
meticulous hourly patrols by researchers”
“They also have
volunteers, who every night look after the turtles for the duration of the five
and a half month annual nesting season”
“Dr Seth Stapleton
from the University of Minnesota has been overseeing the work”
“Stapleton said that
2014 was a record year for nearly 90 Hawksbills were spotted”
“What is even more
remarkable is that they are now seeing the same turtles first tagged in the
late 1980s returning to nest in this bay”
“Those that were
originally tagged were only 15-20 years old and they are still reproducing
decades later”
“The cooperative
research shows that the Hawksbills worldwide have declined by 80% in the last
200 years”
“They were critically
endangered since 1996. Now they have managed to survive and are starting to
make a comeback”
“It is right to
mention their hazardous journey, where only 1:1000 hatchlings make it to
adulthood due to the omnipresent marine predators”
“Nature can come back
where the right application is given and where turtles are no longer killed for
their beautiful brown and gold shells”
“These shells were
used in sunglasses and jewellery”
“Man is now
recognising that the planets’ creatures are just as valued for being on this
planet as ourselves”
“All creatures deserve
equal consideration”
26th April 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“Jumby Bay is the site
of the world’s longest running research programme for the critically endangered
Hawksbill Turtles”
“The turtles have been
there longer than humans”
“It is one of the only
places in the world where Hawksbill Turtles are increasing”
“In the last three
decades researchers have tagged 450 Hawksbills for monitoring purposes and the
number is increasing three-fold”
“Every single turtle
laying eggs on the island’s Pasture Beach is identified thanks to the
meticulous hourly patrols by researchers”
“They also have
volunteers, who every night look after the turtles for the duration of the five
and a half month annual nesting season”
“Dr Seth Stapleton
from the University of Minnesota has been overseeing the work”
“Stapleton said that
2014 was a record year for nearly 90 Hawksbills were spotted”
“What is even more
remarkable is that they are now seeing the same turtles first tagged in the
late 1980s returning to nest in this bay”
“Those that were
originally tagged were only 15-20 years old and they are still reproducing
decades later”
“The cooperative
research shows that the Hawksbills worldwide have declined by 80% in the last
200 years”
“They were critically
endangered since 1996. Now they have managed to survive and are starting to
make a comeback”
“It is right to
mention their hazardous journey, where only 1:1000 hatchlings make it to
adulthood due to the omnipresent marine predators”
“Nature can come back
where the right application is given and where turtles are no longer killed for
their beautiful brown and gold shells”
“These shells were
used in sunglasses and jewellery”
“Man is now
recognising that the planets’ creatures are just as valued for being on this
planet as ourselves”
“All creatures deserve
equal consideration”
25th April 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“Australia and New
Zealand remember their soldiers, who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during the
World War I”
“Britain, France and
Russia were at war with Germany”
“At that time there
was a stalemate in the war and Britain and France needed to link up with their
isolated ally Russia”
“Britain and the
Combined Forces were hoping for a surprise attack and to seize the Ottoman
Empire’s Dardanelles”
“They would then
occupy Constantinople, called Istanbul today and knock Turkey out of the First
World War”
“The Ottoman Empire
was Germany’s most important wartime ally”
“Churchill’s plan was
to send in the battleships from the British and French navies”
“They were to smash
their way through Turkey’s decrepit, obsolete forts along the narrow
Dardanelles”
“Then they could move
on to the Black Sea, which was Russia’s maritime lifeline”
“British and French
battleships failed miserably to force their way through the Straits”
“The Turks had laid
new mines and the Allies lost three battle ships and three more were badly
damaged”
“At the same time a
vast amphibious operation was underway, landing tens of thousands of allied
troops on the Gallipoli peninsular”
“It was this landing
that was particularly bloody”
“The Allied troops
were caught in withering artillery fire from end to end”
“They were in fact
sitting ducks. Many men were killed”
“Around 131,000 died
of whom 45,000 were Allied Forces, including 25,000 from Great Britain &
10,000 from France. 86,000 were from
Turkey”
“It was Churchill and
his entourage, who failed to properly understand Gallipoli’s torturous topography”
“What was seen on maps
turned out to be different and there were steep waterless slopes that proved a
nightmare”
“The Australian and
New Zealand troops (ANZAC) had not previously seen combat, but they fought with
honour and gallantry”
“Gallipoli was a
disaster for the British Army and the collective Allied troops, who died or
were wounded for no good purpose”
“Turkey also suffered,
but at least they could claim victory in defence of their nation”
25th April 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“One man’s dream is
about to become a reality. It is called ‘The Syrian Airlift Project’”
“Mark Jacobsen flies
C-17s for the US Air Force and he and others have risked their lives in
bringing in much needed humanitarian aid”
“He has seen the pain
and suffering of the Syrian people first hand”
“While seeing these
suffering people he had a life changing experience”
“Mark Jacobsen wishes
to end the starvation and medical deprivation used as weapons of war”
“How to deal with this
problem gave him sleepless nights until the answer came to him”
“To build tiny drones
that will deliver necessary supplies at one kg or two kg at a time”
“These drones will be
able to fly from Turkey into Syria under cover of darkness”
“They will parachute
small boxes of aid to GPS co-ordinates agreed with contacts on the ground”
“The drones would then
return to do it all over again”
“One cannot risk a
C-17 plane being shot down by anti-aircraft fire, so tiny drones are the
answer”
“They can be produced
cheaply, but would carry a lifesaving supply of continuous aid for all those in
need”
“Hence ‘The Syrian
Airlift Project’ is born”
“Where there is a
will, there is always a way and so the people can be saved”
24th April 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“We are remembering
the Armenians now after their brutal experiences of being nearly extinguished
from this earth”
“The Ottoman rulers
were Muslim. They permitted religious minorities like Armenians to live amongst
them”
“In spite of this they
viewed the Christian Armenians as infidels, so they were given unequal and
unjust treatment”
“They had to pay
higher taxes than the Muslims and had few political rights, but yet they
thrived”
“In 1908, a new
Government came to power in Turkey”
“The ‘Young Turks’
wanted to have another Turkish Empire and the non-Turks were a threat to their
new state”
“When Turkey entered
the war on Germany’s side, the Armenians sided with the Allies, which included
Russia and were viewed as traitors”
“This was the excuse
to get rid of the Armenians on the pretext that they might support the Allied
invasion”
“Their extermination
began in April 1915, where the rounding up of intellectuals and community
leaders lead to their disappearance””
“The Special
Organisation, known as killing squads, were used to liquidate the Christian
element”
“They drowned people
in rivers, threw them off cliffs, crucified them and burned them alive”
“The Turkish
countryside was littered with Armenian corpses”
“This crime against
humanity, committed by the Ottoman Turks, was the killing of the major part of
this ancient Christian race”
“Turkey now needs to
face up to their atrocities and own up to the barbaric way they had treated
these people”
“‘Young Turks’
massacred the men and sent women, children and the elderly on death marches
through the desert, where there was no return”
“The people died where
they dropped, hundreds of thousands of them from starvation or attack”
“The Treaty of Sevres
was designed to punish the ‘Young Turks’ for this colossal crime, now being
called genocide, but it was not implemented”
“In Turkey today one
can go to jail for saying there was genocide in 1915”
“It counts as a crime
insulting Turkishness, such is their
fear of their own past”
“Britain in the 1915
was determined then to expose and punish the Turks for this crime against
humanity”
“However in recent
years the British have called the situation a tragedy and now refuse to use the
word genocide”
“The facts are that
they cannot be denied”
“The Dardanelles
landings on 24th April 1915 in World War I was the trigger for the
start of the genocide”
“The evidence of the
Turkish Government’s genocidal intent is overwhelming”
“Even the ‘Young
Turkish’ leaders have admitted that they were going to eliminate the Armenian
problem by eliminating the Armenians”
“There can be no
justification for genocide. This crime includes the destruction of part of a
racial or religious group”
“One and a half
million Armenians were killed and when the war ended 388,000 were left”
“The Armenians were
inflicted with life-threatening conditions and so the verdict is guilty beyond
reasonable doubt”
“Reparation now needs
to be given and seen to be given to the Armenian people, which includes an
apology”
“Today Turkey is an
important ally of the US and other Western nations with NATO bases already
there”
“They also allow their
borders to be open for refugees, therefore Western nations are reluctant to
condemn the long ago killings”
“No country can ever
go forward with the stain of such a horror still embedded in their history”
“The people of the
world won’t forget and neither will they let Turkey forget”
“In March 2010 a US
Congressional panel voted to recognise the Armenian genocide!”
24th April 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“We are remembering
the Armenians now after their brutal experiences of being nearly extinguished
from this earth”
“The Ottoman rulers
were Muslim. They permitted religious minorities like Armenians to live amongst
them”
“In spite of this they
viewed the Christian Armenians as infidels, so they were given unequal and
unjust treatment”
“They had to pay
higher taxes than the Muslims and had few political rights, but yet they
thrived”
“In 1908, a new
Government came to power in Turkey”
“The ‘Young Turks’
wanted to have another Turkish Empire and the non-Turks were a threat to their
new state”
“When Turkey entered
the war on Germany’s side, the Armenians sided with the Allies, which included
Russia and were viewed as traitors”
“This was the excuse
to get rid of the Armenians on the pretext that they might support the Allied
invasion”
“Their extermination
began in April 1915, where the rounding up of intellectuals and community
leaders lead to their disappearance””
“The Special
Organisation, known as killing squads, were used to liquidate the Christian
element”
“They drowned people
in rivers, threw them off cliffs, crucified them and burned them alive”
“The Turkish
countryside was littered with Armenian corpses”
“This crime against
humanity, committed by the Ottoman Turks, was the killing of the major part of
this ancient Christian race”
“Turkey now needs to
face up to their atrocities and own up to the barbaric way they had treated
these people”
“‘Young Turks’
massacred the men and sent women, children and the elderly on death marches
through the desert, where there was no return”
“The people died where
they dropped, hundreds of thousands of them from starvation or attack”
“The Treaty of Sevres
was designed to punish the ‘Young Turks’ for this colossal crime, now being called
genocide, but it was not implemented”
“In Turkey today one
can go to jail for saying there was genocide in 1915”
“It counts as a crime
insulting Turkishness, such is their
fear of their own past”
“Britain in the 1915
was determined then to expose and punish the Turks for this crime against
humanity”
“However in recent
years the British have called the situation a tragedy and now refuse to use the
word genocide”
“The facts are that
they cannot be denied”
“The Dardanelles
landings on 24th April 1915 in World War I was the trigger for the
start of the genocide”
“The evidence of the
Turkish Government’s genocidal intent is overwhelming”
“Even the ‘Young
Turkish’ leaders have admitted that they were going to eliminate the Armenian
problem by eliminating the Armenians”
“There can be no
justification for genocide. This crime includes the destruction of part of a
racial or religious group”
“One and a half
million Armenians were killed and when the war ended 388,000 were left”
“The Armenians were
inflicted with life-threatening conditions and so the verdict is guilty beyond
reasonable doubt”
“Reparation now needs
to be given and seen to be given to the Armenian people, which includes an
apology”
“Today Turkey is an
important ally of the US and other Western nations with NATO bases already
there”
“They also allow their
borders to be open for refugees, therefore Western nations are reluctant to
condemn the long ago killings”
“No country can ever
go forward with the stain of such a horror still embedded in their history”
“The people of the
world won’t forget and neither will they let Turkey forget”
“In March 2010 a US
Congressional panel voted to recognise the Armenian genocide!”
23rd April 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“The fight for finding
the solution for the Ebola virus continues”
“A new treatment known
as TKM-Ebola-Guinea, targets the Mokona strain of the virus”
“It is the Mokona
strain virus that was the cause of the current deadly outbreak to occur in West
Africa”
“The experimental drug
was tried on Ebola infected monkeys in the US”
“All three of the
monkeys receiving the treatment became healthy after 28 days on the trial”
“Three untreated
monkeys died within nine days”
“US scientists have
been cautious of the drug’s efficacy as it has not been proven on humans”
“At present there are
no treatments or vaccines for Ebola that have been proven to work on humans”
“Scientist Thomas
Geisbert is the senior author of the study published in the journal Nature”
“He has stated that
this new study is showing a post-exposure protection against the new Makona
strain of Ebola virus”
“The treatment works
by blocking particular genes, so stopping the virus replicating itself”
“It can be
manufactured in about eight weeks as opposed to the ZMapp experimental drug,
which takes several months to produce”
“The solution, as far
as a remedy is concerned, will be found in plants, which will be able to
eliminate the disease completely”
“The plant is water
soluble and when the residue is drunk it will give the antidote to this
conspicuous virus”
“Man has yet to find
this cure as scientists continue to look for artificial solutions”
“Instead they should
look to natural products, which God has already given”
“One day that solution
will be found and another deadly virus will have been cured”
“Since March 2014,
more than 10,602 people have been reported as having died from this disease in
six countries”
“These countries are
Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, the US and Mali”
“So far the reported number
of cases is more than 25,556”
“It has proved to be
the deadliest occurrence of Ebola since its discovery in 1976”
“The cure is out there
and a leading scientist will find it and so be able to tackle once and for all
this deadly disease”
“We know the time is
coming. It is just a period of waiting and having faith in its discovery”
23rd April 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“The fight for finding
the solution for the Ebola virus continues”
“A new treatment known
as TKM-Ebola-Guinea, targets the Mokona strain of the virus”
“It is the Mokona
strain virus that was the cause of the current deadly outbreak to occur in West
Africa”
“The experimental drug
was tried on Ebola infected monkeys in the US”
“All three of the
monkeys receiving the treatment became healthy after 28 days on the trial”
“Three untreated
monkeys died within nine days”
“US scientists have
been cautious of the drug’s efficacy as it has not been proven on humans”
“At present there are
no treatments or vaccines for Ebola that have been proven to work on humans”
“Scientist Thomas
Geisbert is the senior author of the study published in the journal Nature”
“He has stated that
this new study is showing a post-exposure protection against the new Makona
strain of Ebola virus”
“The treatment works
by blocking particular genes, so stopping the virus replicating itself”
“It can be
manufactured in about eight weeks as opposed to the ZMapp experimental drug,
which takes several months to produce”
“The solution, as far
as a remedy is concerned, will be found in plants, which will be able to
eliminate the disease completely”
“The plant is water
soluble and when the residue is drunk it will give the antidote to this
conspicuous virus”
“Man has yet to find
this cure as scientists continue to look for artificial solutions”
“Instead they should
look to natural products, which God has already given”
“One day that solution
will be found and another deadly virus will have been cured”
“Since March 2014,
more than 10,602 people have been reported as having died from this disease in
six countries”
“These countries are
Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, the US and Mali”
“So far the reported
number of cases is more than 25,556”
“It has proved to be
the deadliest occurrence of Ebola since its discovery in 1976”
“The cure is out there
and a leading scientist will find it and so be able to tackle once and for all
this deadly disease”
“We know the time is
coming. It is just a period of waiting and having faith in its discovery”
22nd April 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“Although the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia has officially announced the end of its “Decisive Storm”
operation in Yemen, it has started up again”
“This brings in
renewed anxiety and disruption for the entire country”
“The Saudi attacks
cannot win on the ground politically, as there are too many unmanageable
factions to deal with”
“There needs to be
structured talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia to bring back a political
solution”
“It must incorporate
all factions, not just the chosen few”
“Saudi Arabia nor Iran
nor the US can be responsible for putting their agenda on the table”
“It has to be a Yemeni
decision for Yemeni concerns and welfare”
“The entire country,
made up of all united tribal group representatives, must discuss Yemeni
matters”
“All must honour what
has to be a collective decision for trade & commerce to flourish
unilaterally throughout all of Yemen & its people”
“It is high time that
this expansive coalition of ideas and agenda was put forward”
“All must benefit and
prosper and not just the chosen few”
“The power struggle
has brought in a very weak Government”
“They were in no
position to advise or dictate policy to all that matter, hence its collapse”
“It is time that the
Saudi administration realised that President Hadi is not man enough for the
job”
“To reintroduce him
back into power will only see the various factions start vying for control
again – nothing can be achieved this way”
“A solution from
outside, with only balanced views to be discussed with the Yemeni people, will
be the only salvation for this country”
“After all, the Yemeni
people all want peace”
“All want security,
but all also need reassurances that their wishes are honoured throughout the
country”
“It has to be a nation
as a whole or nothing can ever be achieved”
“Violence will only
produce hardship as has been clearly seen”
“Political stability,
with financial long-term help, is the only solution with an overseer, so that
all remains running properly”
“This nation needs and
deserves to be brought back from the brink of death and into a viable trading
country for its entire people”
22nd April 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“Although the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia has officially announced the end of its “Decisive Storm”
operation in Yemen, it has started up again”
“This brings in
renewed anxiety and disruption for the entire country”
“The Saudi attacks
cannot win on the ground politically, as there are too many unmanageable
factions to deal with”
“There needs to be
structured talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia to bring back a political
solution”
“It must incorporate
all factions, not just the chosen few”
“Saudi Arabia nor Iran
nor the US can be responsible for putting their agenda on the table”
“It has to be a Yemeni
decision for Yemeni concerns and welfare”
“The entire country,
made up of all united tribal group representatives, must discuss Yemeni
matters”
“All must honour what
has to be a collective decision for trade & commerce to flourish
unilaterally throughout all of Yemen & its people”
“It is high time that
this expansive coalition of ideas and agenda was put forward”
“All must benefit and
prosper and not just the chosen few”
“The power struggle
has brought in a very weak Government”
“They were in no
position to advise or dictate policy to all that matter, hence its collapse”
“It is time that the
Saudi administration realised that President Hadi is not man enough for the
job”
“To reintroduce him
back into power will only see the various factions start vying for control
again – nothing can be achieved this way”
“A solution from
outside, with only balanced views to be discussed with the Yemeni people, will
be the only salvation for this country”
“After all, the Yemeni
people all want peace”
“All want security, but
all also need reassurances that their wishes are honoured throughout the
country”
“It has to be a nation
as a whole or nothing can ever be achieved”
“Violence will only
produce hardship as has been clearly seen”
“Political stability,
with financial long-term help, is the only solution with an overseer, so that
all remains running properly”
“This nation needs and
deserves to be brought back from the brink of death and into a viable trading
country for its entire people”
21st April 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“Kenyan’s
environmental activist Phyllis Omido has won the prestigious Goldman Prize”
“She has seen it as
her mission in life to clear up the poisonous mess left by a battery smelting
plant”
“As an employee of the
plant she was inspired to act after her baby son was diagnosed with lead
poisoning”
“The plant was melting
down batteries to extract the lead”
“Her young son became
very ill after she had been working at the plant for three months “
“Various tests proved
that he was suffering from lead poisoning that was being passed through his
mother’s breast milk”
“Miss Omido then quit
her job in 2009 and she was encouraged to talk to the community members to see
if they also suffered any ill effects”
“She found that many
people were complaining of health problems including miscarriages, still births
and high fevers”
“Chickens were dying
after drinking infected lead water that was coming out of the smelter”
“At the same time
researchers discovered unusually high levels of lead in the soil”
“It was Miss Omido who
began campaigning for the removal and cleaning up of the smelting plant”
“Her efforts to talk
to the owners were rebuffed”
“Letters were sent to
all levels of Government in Kenya and many people went on marches, but those
campaigns were ignored”
“Phyllis Omido was
told she was a nuisance and that the community was lazy”
“It was when Miss
Omido involved the United Nations and international campaign groups that the
plant was shut down in 2014”
“The Goldman award
offers prize money of $175,000, which Miss Omido will use to take the
Government to court”
“This is to ensure the
area is cleaned up in line with constitutional commitment to provide a safe
environment for the citizens of Kenya”
“Who says that one
voice cannot bring down an institution – never mind even a Government?”
“It is upsetting that
the Kenyan Government are not interested in their own people and to do what is
right for them”
“It has to take a
bigger organisation to come to the rescue over those whose responsibility it is
to look after their own people”
“At the end of the day
nobody is too great or too rich to be pulled down when they break the law”
“At the end of the day
Spiritual Law always wins and will use any person who is willing to stand up
for what is right and just”
“There are more people
needed around the world to stand up and voice their opinion”
“Spiritual Law will no
longer allow for injustice to take hold”
21st April 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“Kenyan’s
environmental activist Phyllis Omido has won the prestigious Goldman Prize”
“She has seen it as
her mission in life to clear up the poisonous mess left by a battery smelting
plant”
“As an employee of the
plant she was inspired to act after her baby son was diagnosed with lead
poisoning”
“The plant was melting
down batteries to extract the lead”
“Her young son became
very ill after she had been working at the plant for three months “
“Various tests proved
that he was suffering from lead poisoning that was being passed through his
mother’s breast milk”
“Miss Omido then quit
her job in 2009 and she was encouraged to talk to the community members to see
if they also suffered any ill effects”
“She found that many
people were complaining of health problems including miscarriages, still births
and high fevers”
“Chickens were dying
after drinking infected lead water that was coming out of the smelter”
“At the same time
researchers discovered unusually high levels of lead in the soil”
“It was Miss Omido who
began campaigning for the removal and cleaning up of the smelting plant”
“Her efforts to talk
to the owners were rebuffed”
“Letters were sent to
all levels of Government in Kenya and many people went on marches, but those
campaigns were ignored”
“Phyllis Omido was
told she was a nuisance and that the community was lazy”
“It was when Miss
Omido involved the United Nations and international campaign groups that the
plant was shut down in 2014”
“The Goldman award
offers prize money of $175,000, which Miss Omido will use to take the
Government to court”
“This is to ensure the
area is cleaned up in line with constitutional commitment to provide a safe
environment for the citizens of Kenya”
“Who says that one
voice cannot bring down an institution – never mind even a Government?”
“It is upsetting that
the Kenyan Government are not interested in their own people and to do what is
right for them”
“It has to take a
bigger organisation to come to the rescue over those whose responsibility it is
to look after their own people”
“At the end of the day
nobody is too great or too rich to be pulled down when they break the law”
“At the end of the day
Spiritual Law always wins and will use any person who is willing to stand up
for what is right and just”
“There are more people
needed around the world to stand up and voice their opinion”
“Spiritual Law will no
longer allow for injustice to take hold”
