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Environment Sustainability Projects
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the future
|Links to Sustainable Projects of Interest
|Ethical Finance and Investments
|Project related Links and Resources
|Project related Opportunities
|Ecosustainable Projects
|Eco-Estates/Global Eco-Villages
|Masdar City Ariel Fly Through Abu Dhabi
|Active Projects of Development Alternatives Group - India
|Alternative/Sustainable tourism - Haiti and Dominican Republic
|ARCOSANTI a Prototype Arcology
|Bear River Solar Aquatics Waste Water Treatment Plant - Canada
|Beddington Zero Energy Development in London (Inhabitat) - UK
|Berlin Digital Environmental Atlas
|Bremen Initiative - Germany
|Building Green From Principle to Practice (NRDC)
|Building Integrated Wind Turbines
|Celestopea Project - City of Dreams 2011
|Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) - Projects
|China Projects - International Center for Sustainable Development
|Community Modeling Center - USA
|CRATerre EAG - Unesco Projects (In French)
|Creating Livable Sustainable Communities (New Urbanism)
|Cuba Campaign Cuban Projects in Sustainable Development
|Curitiba References Electronic Sources and Links
|Current projects of the Sustainable Forestry Partnership - USA
|Dismantling the cities > Cities taking the lead
|Earth Homes - The beginning of styles for the new millennia
|Earth Island Institute Project Directory
|Earth Pledge Foundation
|Ecocity Builders Projects Building Cities in Balance with Nature
|Eco-city (Ekostaden Malmo) - Sweden
|Ecofindhorn - creating sustainable community
|Eco-Home Network
|EcoHouses - Showcases - Solar Houses (EcoBusinessLinks)
|Eco-Index -- Project Search
|Eco-Resources - RochesterEnvironment.com
|Eden Project ... that celebrates life ...a sanctuary for all - UK
|EDI - Design Projects
|Efficient transportation for successful urban planning in Curitiba
|Egyptian Initiative, Model in Sustainable Living - SEKEM
|Energy Saving - Reduce Reuse Recycle: Blog
|Environmental Projects in China
|Environs Australia - Working examples of sustainability in action
|European Sustainable Cities & Towns Campaign Barcelona City
|First Net-Zero Carbon Self-Built Homes (Innovation Park) - UK
|Global Environment Facility Projects
|Green Architecture Buildings (architecture.mnp)
|Handmade Projects and Journey to Forever
|INDIGENOUS ECOTOURISM & SUST. DEV. RíO BLANCO - ECUADOR
|Indigo Development - International Industrial Ecology Research
|ING-bank Architecture A. Alberts and M. van Huut
|International Centre for Sustainable Cities - Canada
|International Sustainable World (Project Olympiad)
|Kawasaki City Environmentally Harmonious Project - Japan
|Lizuna-house - Case Study - Japan
|Middelgrunden Wind Turbine Co-operative - Denmark
|Mowbray Falls Enviro Park Experience - Australia
|Natural Building Project - StrawBale Studio
|North Sea Region Projects - Sweden
|One World Projects - Rainforest Preservation Products
|Organizations & projects of conservation & ecotourism - Domin. Rep
|Priority Programme for China's Agenda 21
|Project Agastya transforming Bangalore into a Sustainable eco-city
|Project on Environment, Population and Security - Canada
|Projects-Participants Sustainable Toronto
|Purdue Sustainable Agriculture Group Staff
|Renewable Energy Projects - Canada
|Solar Energy Projects and Green Power Program
|Stockholm Partnerships for substainable cities
|Sustainable Agriculture Projects (CARES) - USA
|Sustainable Architecture at Auroville - India
|Sustainable Communities ZERI NM Projects - USA
|Sustainable Construction - Finland
|Sustainable Development EE Organizations and Projects - USA
|Sustainable House built by Michael Mobbs' - Australia
|Sustainable Projects California Green Solutions - USA
|Sustainable Projects Ireland - the village eco village
|TakingITGlobal - Action - Projects
|The Best Practices Cities Habitat (UNCHS)
|The Energy and Resources Institute Projects & Events - India
|The International Awards for Liveable Communities
|The International Rescue Committee Humanitarian Projects
|The Natural Edge Project - Sustainability, Business, ... Innovation
|The Venus Project - The Redesign of a culture
|Tibetan Village Project
|Turning India Vision 2020 into Reality
|Virtual World Congress of Entrepreneurs
|VISION 2020 - Action Towards a Sustainable Community - Canada
|West Stevenage New Sustainable Town - UK
|World's First Zero Emissions Air Car to be produced in India
|Zero Emissions Middle East Tower (WorldChanging)
|Zero Energy Housing Map Asia-Pacific Partnership
|Other relevant topics and links
|Architecture, Planning, Eco Design (Links Page)
|Building, Housing, Urban Development (Links Page)
|Renewable Energy, Alternative Technology (Links Page)
|Environment & Sustainability Search Engines (Search Page)
|Muhammad Yunus - Grameen Bank
|ADA Ethical Investments - Luxembourg
|Alternative Financial Institutions - Asia
|Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia
|Australian Ethical Investment
|Bank Information Center - USA
|Cantor Fitzgerald's Environmental Brokerage Services
|Carbon Currency Foundation Ecosustainable Currency
|Community Development Venture Capital
|Creating Community Currency
|Eco Bank - Shore Bank Pacific - USA
|Ecology Building Society - Mortgages and Investments - UK
|Environmental Finance - Socially Responsible Investment
|Ethical and Ecological Screening - The Co-operative Bank
|Ethical Finance Knowledge Centre
|Ethical Finance Report - UK
|Ethical Funds® - Canada's first family of socially responsible...
|Ethical Funds - South Interlake Credit Union - Canada
|Ethical Funds Sustainable Development (Dexia) - UK
|Ethical Investing Guide - Ethical Finance - UK
|Ethical Investing Internet Resources
|Ethical Investment Association - Australia
|Ethical Investment Co-operative - UK
|Ethical Investment Research Services - UK
|Ethical Investment Services - Australia
|Ethical Investments & Finance Not4Profit
|Ethical Investments (Finance Browsing) - UK
|Ethical Investor News Blog - UK
|Ethical Money Guardian Unlimited - UK
|European Investment Bank Promoting Sustainable Development
|Finance, Calculators & Investments - The Doctor's Reference Site
|Find Partners and Environmental Venture Capital Sources
|Foreign Direct Investment - Earth Summit 2002
|Global Environment Facility
|Global and Ethical Investment Links (GAEIA)
|Global Resource Bank
|GOOD MONEY for the Social Investor, Consumer, and Business
|Grameen Bank - removing the need for collateral - Bangladesh
|GreenMoney Journal - USA
|Industrial Common Ownership Finance (ICOF) - UK
|Inter-American Development Bank
|International Finance Corporation (IFC)
|International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
|Investing in a Sustainable Future
|Islamic Finance - Le Monde diplomatique
|Microcredit and Microfinance The WWW Virtual Library
|Microfinance Gateway comprehensive online resource
|Online Venture Capital - New Zeland
|Prometheus Ethical Finance - New Zeland
|Raising Money for Sustainable Enterprises
|Rocky Mountain Humaine Investing - USA
|Social and Ethical Investing, Consuming, and Businesses In France
|Social Investment Forum ...socially responsible investment - USA
|Social Investment Forum - Directory of UK SIF Members
|Social Investment Organization - Canada
|Socially responsible investing.... corporations mutual funds - USA
|Socially responsible investing SRI Compass - Europe
|Solar Electric Light Fund > for the developing world
|Sustainable Asset Management - Switzerland
|Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative (SEFI UNEP)
|Sustainable Finance - Seeking Global Financial Security
|Sustainable Management Fund - New Zealand
|Sustainable Performance Group - Switzerland
|Sustainable Technology Investments
|Tejoori working within a framework of Sharia principles - Dubai
|The African Development Bank Group
|The Asian Development Bank
|The Ethical Partnership - Ethical Finance, Ethical Investment...
|The Green Revolution Fund
|Time Dollars > A New Currency in Community Building - USA
|Transaction Net - Complementary Community Currency Systems
|Trillium Asset Management - socially responsible investing
|Triodos Bank > a social bank - Netherlands, Belgium, UK
|Venture Capital Sources for Your Green Business
|World Bank Carbon Finance Site
|Other relevant topics and links
|Business Ethics, Entrepreneurial (Links Page)
|The Eden Project UK
|Best Green Blogs Directory
|Best Practices Clearing House (MOST - UNESCO)
|Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme (UN-Habitat)
|Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
|Calculate Your Ecological Footprint - Assess Your Use of Nature
|City Farmer's Urban Agriculture Notes
|CorpWatch.Org Holding Corporations Accountable
|Currency Exchange/Converter
|Directory of Development Organizations
|Eartheasy homepage - Canada
|Earth, Environmental & Marine Sciences & Technologies (UNIDO)
|Earthfuture - Ideas and Links
|ECO 500 Ranking - Japan
|EcoSystems Renewable Energy Stocks
|Envirobiz - International Environmental Information Network
|Environment and Ecology Ideas Bank
|Environment and Energy (ICC)
|Environment and Sustainable Development (UNU)
|EnviroWindows - Corporate Sustainable Reporting
|Ethical Trading Initiative
|European DataBank - Sustainable Development
|European Sustainable Cities & Towns Campaign/Project
|European Sustainable City Award - Stockholm
|Fiscally Green Canada Green Economics
|Global Response - Environmental Action and Education Network
|Green Economics Institute - UK
|Green Tax Shift - Environmental Tax Reform
|Growing Planet - Replenishing the earth one tree at a time
|ICLEI Europe Local Governments for Sustainability
|iNS - internetwork for sustainability
|Institute for International Cooperation & Devel. Volunteer Abroad
|Institute for International and European Environmental Policy
|International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity
|International Foundation for Science
|International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
|International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
|Investors & Environmentalists for Sustainable Prosperity (CERES)
|Lets in Australia Links
|ISO 14000, Environmental Management Systems, and Sustainability
|Managing a green, innovative, competitive business - green3.com
|MAYRADA building people's institutions - India
|Natural Capitalism-Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
|NGOs - India Blacklists 800 NGOs
|NGOs - Links to Databases of Indian NGOs
|NGOs - Listing of NGOs affiliated with the United Nations
|NGOs - NGO Partnership System - India
|NGOs - Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Links (UN)
|NGOs - Sellected NGO Links (Duke University)
|NGOs - The United Nations NGOs Network
|NGOs - World Wide NGO Directory
|Renewable Energy Information and Projects (CADDET)
|Renewable Energy World News and Projects
|Small Business Tools - USA
|SustainAbility - business strategy and sustainable development
|Sustainable Building and Renewable Technologies
|Sustainable Cities Network
|Sustainable Development in a Diverse World
|Sustainable Development Online (EnviroWindows) - Europe
|The Australian Greenhouse Office - Greenhouse Challenge
|The Australian Renewable Energy Website
|The Global Environment Information Centre - Japan
|The Hannover Principles - USA
|The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
|The International Corporate Sustainability Reporting Site
|The Right-To-Know Network
|The Sustainable Village.com Cooperating and Sharing
|Towards Sustainable Washington State - USA
|Trade, Environment & Sustainability prog... Friends of the Earth
|Virtual World Congress of Entrepreneurs
|Visionary and Practical Solutions for Restoring the Earth - Bioneers
|What is Sustainable Development? - IISD
|World Vision International Gateway
|Zero Emissions Forum
|Learning from a barefoot movement: Bunker Roy
|Development through Enterprise NextBillion Net
|E-Commerce Link for Community Entrepreneurs
|ENVIROBIDNET - Grow you business, Change the world
|Environmental Projects ProWorld
|Environmental Volunteer Projects Together Green
|Environmentally sustainable projects NGOPost
|Environment Canada - Water - Funding Opportunities
|Environment Volunteering - UK
|Enviro Opportunities IFC Identifying Opportunities
|European Commission - Environment - Funding
|European Partners for the Environment
|Export-Import Bank of India - Business Opportunities
|Find Partners and Environmental Venture Capital Sources
|Funding Opportunities Green Building US EPA
|Funding opportunities for NGOs, non-for-profit and researchers
|Gambia Help Health Education and Sustainability
|Global Futures - eliminates conflict and creates opportunity
|Global Knowledge Partnership Portal
|Green Jobs in India Projects (ILO)
|Green Projects in India ABD Funds
|Green & Sound Investment Destination – India
|India Rural Development Fund- Environmental Projects
|India's green horizons, Forum For The Future
|India Sustainable Development Project Funding Partnerships
|International Environmental Services Projects (RTI) - India
|International Finance and Trust Seeks Viable Green, LEED Projects
|International Institute for Environment & Enterprise
|International Programs Foundation for Sustainable Development
|International Volunteering Opportunities in India
|International volunteer opportunities in Italy
|Internship Opportunities Foundation for Sustainable Development
|Living Routes - India: Integral Sustainability at Auroville
|Looking to invest in green projects NuWire Investor
|New Ventures Linking Investors and EnviroEntrepreneurs L America
|Online Database and Resources of Indian NGOs, NPOs, VOs
|Partnership in Environmental Management for the Seas (PEMSEA)
|Projects - India Scaling Up Sustainable and Responsible Microfinance
|Proposed Projects - Business Opportunities Asian Development Bank
|SDD projects in India LEAD International
|Seizing India's Sustainable Investment Opportunities (WRI)
|Small Project Facilities Towards More Sustainable Communities
|Social and Environmental Volunteering (SE7EN)
|Student Opportunities in Environmental Law (UNC) - USA
|Sustainability Student Action Kit Sustainable Development Model
|Sustainable banking in India « World is Green
|Sustainable Cities and Towns Campaign - Europe
|Sustainable Community Development through Travel
|Sustainable Consumption Opportunities for Europe Project (UNEP)
|Sustainable Employment Opportunities Construct Ireland
|UNIDO launches projects worth US$9 M, benefiting industry in India
|United Nations (UN) Foundation Partnership Opportunities
|Urban Environment Organizations Working for Sustainability - USA
|Volunteer in ecoDestinations Ecotourism (TIES)
|Why green projects in India are hot favourite of international NGOs?
|Wildlife and international conservation volunteering
|Working Abroad: Find Volunteer Work Abroad in Over 150 Countries
|Youth Opportunities Project Green Teens - USA
|Other relevant topics and links
|Business Ethics, Entrepreneurial (Links Page)
|From The Heart Of The World-The Elder Brothers Warning
|Healthy Homes and Eco-Sustainable Interiors
|Eco-Sustainable Village
|Waste to energy conversion (green electricity)
|Energy efficient lighting
|International centre for sustainable living
|An Introduction to the Findhorn Foundation
|Ecovillages: Thoughts on igniting a revolution >>>
|by Reinhold Ziegler and Chris Cogswell
|A major key to their long-term success is helping them go from "good idea" to "economic and ecological imperative." Another key to their success is creating designs for a superior way of life that are so compelling to the general public that their adoption becomes but a matter of time. Here are some suggestions toward these ends.
|Economic Abundance, Time Freedom, Genetic Potential, and Ecological Integrity
|The idealized and emerging ecovillage is a wonderful thing. No doubt permeating modern life with insights and technologies designed to enhance ecological balance and social cohesiveness is a vast improvement over the status quo. However, because of the speed of ecological breakdown on planet Earth, it is essential that we make ecovillages more than a good idea - they must be inevitable, irresistible, and unstoppable, and their proliferation must solve many of humanity's most intractable problems at the same time. Ensuring this requires tapping the two most powerful forces on the planet - Nature and evolution itself.
|Life in the 21st century western world is characterized by greed, speed, and scarcity. All around the world people know that there is something wrong with the status quo, but what alternative is there? With the fall of Communism as an (even theoretical) alternative, there is truly no robust challenge to the hegemony of global capitalism; that is, except Nature. While capitalism wars with the biosphere, pitting citizens by design against the interests of their children and grandchildren, ecovillages can offer a powerful alternative, but only by working with, and very respectfully, harnessing the vast forces of Nature. We can unleash the ecovillage revolution without having to beg for money, ask for permission, or wait for decades until the oceans rise and everyone finally wakes up. All we need is to find one person with a few million dollars who wants to help turn things around on this planet (and double their investment).
|There is nothing more abundant than a seed, carrying within it the potential for a whole tree which, over its lifetime, will produce countless seeds and other abundance. In fact, for sheer, outrageous excess, Nature knows no equal. By harnessing this abundance through Eco-Estates and added-value production, we can ensure the creation of ecovillages all around the world, for time immemorial. With one investment of $12 million, a "Mother Grove" can be established on 1000 acres of land in need of regeneration by pioneering ecovillagers. Over the next 10 years, imagine if the $200 million in revenues (conservatively estimated) from this grove were apportioned in the following ways: ($ in US Dollars)
|$24 million - Investor returns <> $11 million - GEN (or other global co-ordinating body/network) <> $10 million - Mother Grove operations <> $10 million - Mother Grove Ecovillage (self supporting) <> $10 million - Establish Center for Ecology, Entrepreneurship, and Ecovillages to train people in the ways of sustainable agriculture/forestry, ecological business/natural capitalism, and ecovillage design (self-supporting) <> $15 million - Establish global Gaia Bank for ecovillages and their businesses <> $120 million - Creation of 10 new "Mother Groves" around the world, on all continents (interest-bearing investment, repaid over 10 years)
|This is not a get rich quick scheme - rather, it is about getting rich slowly but surely, and using the wealth to heal the planet. By the year 2020, with ten Mother Groves around the world, total revenues will be $2 billion, and 20 million trees will have been planted. A precondition for the creation of these Mother Groves would be that they would be required to invest 60% of revenues in new Groves: ten per decade per grove. The exponential growth of these groves would yield over a hundred thousand groves with ecovillages, over 30 billion trees planted, and trillions of dollars in total revenues by 2050. Such a plan would present the world an irresistable alternative to the status quo, and would make ecovillages truly inevitable and unstoppable,
|Year # Groves/Ecovillages Global Revenues # Trees Planted To Date <> 2011 11 $200 million 200,000 <> 2021 110 $2 billion 20.2 million <> 2031 1,100 $20 billion 220.2 million <> 2041 11,000 $2 trillion 2.2 billion <> 2051 110,000 $20 trillion 22.2 billion
|Such a plan would go a long way toward eliminating money as a limiting factor for the development of ecovillages around the world, and could easily form the basis for an entirely new global currency and economy based on a sustainable, regenerative relationship with nature. This plan would fix carbon massively, thus benefiting the biosphere and helping to reduce global warming. Keep in mind that as these measures are shown to be successful and superior to the status quo, their rapid adoption around the globe could result in figures that dwarf those listed above.
|Additionally, a new culture based on sustainable abundance, diversity, co-operation, and the celebration of humanity's genetic potential could be established. Were these groves to also emphasize synergistic, sustainable, high quality nutrient-dense added-value food production, they could be beacons of light for humanity, leading the way toward an era of optimal health, magnificent physical development, and productive/creative longevity. After the assaults of the 20th century, humanity's degenerative spiral could stop, and our physical and spiritual evolution could resume in full force.
|(Imagine global codes of conduct that include a maximum 20 hour work week, creative co-operation, celebration of nature, and lots of creative expression, culture, and fun! All made possible by the fabulous abundance of the ecologically designed Groves....)
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Drain/ Sewer/ Pipeline/ Deep well inspection camera
Suitable for different fields
|Product Name
|Pole Mounted Inspection Camera
|Mini Order
|1 set
|FOB Price
|T/T, Paypal, WestUnion
|Supply Ability
|500 sets / month
|Dilivery Time
|Depend on quantity
|Carton package
1. Product Description
The WPS type endoscope (hereinafter referred to as endoscope) is one of the photoelectric instruments (equipment) produced by our company, is a set of optical, electronic technology, precision machinery, micro-camera technology in one of the new nondestructive testing equipment, is designed for the human eye can not be observed in the toxic, harmful, nuclear radiation and small space and other places to observe the carefully designed. The product uses the miniature CCD camera, when the video signal is amplified and displayed on the monitor, it can conveniently and quickly check the interior of various machines, equipments and assembled objects, and can carry out effective quality management without disassembling or destroying the workpiece, and can be widely used in various fields, such as research, development and manufacturing. The head end of the instrument can be bent in four directions, with: High resolution, image clarity, vivid color, portability and other advantages, but also has excellent optical system, reasonable operating system, can be curved top, waterproof and anti-corrosion inserts, image transmission function, lightweight and portable performance characteristics. Image processing module can be photographed, recorded images, and can be replayed, and computer connection, the image can be printed, edited and other processing. Therefore, products are widely used in automobiles, industrial machinery, electronics, Petrochemical, aviation, shipbuilding, construction, gas pipelines, steel smelting, electric power, boilers, pressure vessels, water pipelines, public security, customs, earthquake relief, archaeology, education research and many other fields.
2. Main specification parameter
WPS Endoscope
Insert Part
Length of work
Φ6, 23/28mm
Market Corner
≥ 90 degrees
Optical fixed Coke
Ultra-long depth of field, multilayer glass metal plating
Dual lens, resolution ≥ 500,000 pixels, automatic tracking, electronic shutter, automatic exposure, automatic white balance.
Best working distance
Depth of field
Look/Look sideways
Casing Design
High strength abrasion resistant polyurethane coating hose
Horizontal degree of solution image
≥720 Line
The bending range of a peep head
≥ 90 degrees
Peep Head Bending Direction
Up and down around four direction rotation swing, 360 degrees without blind area
Control system
Control handle
Direction wheel
Manual manipulation
Image display
and light Source One
Body Chemical (Portable design)
Image display
9-inch Ultra Bright HD LCD screen, full screen display, to meet different angle observation
Image processing
Industrial endoscope Special Image Processing module, the image of real-time recording, storage, playback, photographing, setting time. Mini TF card, memory 16G, maximum support 32G.
Rated voltage of light source
Storage format
JPEG ($number)
Recording format
ASF ($number)
manual control, brightness continuous adjustable,
Less than 4.3W
Lighting mode
Imported high brightness new LED
LED strength
Greater than 2900 lumens
Host battery for lithium, rechargeable, single section use for more than 4 hours of continuous work.
DC, can meet the field without power supply working environment
Working environment
-20---80 degree
Corrosion resistance
Allowed to adhere to oil, 5% acid, alkali, finish the work in time clean
Chinese, English and multiple language choices

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Justice & Safety Dean Featured in Newsweek
"I can't always remember their names, but in my nightmares I can see their faces."
That's how Dr. Allen Ault, now dean of Eastern Kentucky University's College of Justice & Safety, describes in Newsweek magazine his oversight of five executions when he served as the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections from 1992 to 1995.
The recent execution of Georgia inmate Troy Davis thrust Ault into the national spotlight. He was interviewed live on MS-NBC from his home and has been quoted in numerous other national media outlets.
The Oct. 3 issue of Newsweek contains a column penned by Ault entitled "In My Nightmares I Can See Their Faces: Ordering Death in Georgia," in which he argues that the United States "should be like every other civilized country in the Western world and abolish the death penalty," even though he doesn't believe any of those five executions were mistaken.
Ault brought his 30-plus years of experience to EKU in 2003 to head an academic college that offers a comprehensive array of internationally renowned undergraduate and graduate programs in criminal justice and police studies; correctional and juvenile justice studies; safety, security and emergency management; fire protection and safety engineering technology: homeland security; and others. In 1998, the College was approved by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education as a Program of Distinction.
Ault has also served as commissioner of state Departments of Corrections in Georgia, Colorado and Mississippi, was a warden of a maximum-security prison, and for 11 years was president of a national criminal justice consulting firm.
In addition, Ault chaired the Department of Criminal Justice at Georgia State University after teaching at the University of Colorado. He has also served as chief of the National Academy of Corrections in Boulder, Colo.
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Four Republican lawmakers who are outspoken on issues of national security and foreign affairs strongly urged the Obama administration Saturday to treat the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings as an enemy combatant and not as a common criminal.
In a joint statement, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) credited local law enforcement and federal authorities for moving quickly to apprehend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, including the decision to send the FBI's high-value detainee interrogation team to Boston to assist in the manhunt and subsequent investigation.
"The accused perpetrators of these acts were not common criminals attempting to profit from a criminal enterprise, but terrorists trying to injure, maim, and kill innocent Americans," the quartet wrote in a statement issued by their offices Saturday.
Tsarnaev, they said, "clearly is a good candidate for enemy combatant status. We do not want this suspect to remain silent."
Obama did away with the term "enemy combatant" when he took office but has retained the broad right to detain, indefinitely and without charges, anyone who provides "substantial" assistance to al-Qaeda and its associates around the globe.
Federal officials said late Friday that they would use a public safety exception to delay reading Tsarnaev his "Miranda" rights, which advise a suspect of the right to counsel and offer a warning about self-incrimination. That decision is based on guidance from a 2010 Justice Department memorandum that said a delay in issuing Miranda warnings was justified when suspected terrorists were captured in the United States.
Federal prosecutors are planning to bring charges against Tsarnaev, but it is unclear whether they will file a complaint in U.S. District Court in Boston on Saturday, according to a U.S. official. The suspect's medical condition will preclude him from being brought to court for an initial appearance until at least next week, the official said. The law requires the authorities to bring suspects before a magistrate judge "as soon as practicable after arrest."
The lawmakers agreed with the decision not to read Tsarnaev his Miranda rights but said Tsarnaev should be treated as an "enemy combatant," because failing to do so "could very well be a national security mistake" that could "severely limit our ability to gather critical information about future attacks from this suspect."
"We should be focused on gathering intelligence from this suspect right now that can help our nation understand how this attack occurred and what may follow in the future," they wrote. "That should be our focus, not a future domestic criminal trial that may take years to complete."
They added: "We hope the Obama Administration will consider the enemy combatant option because it is allowed by national security statutes and U.S. Supreme Court decisions. We continue to face threats from radical Islamists in small cells and large groups throughout the world. They have, as their primary focus, killing as many Americans as possible, preferably within the United States. We must never lose sight of this fact and act appropriately within our laws and values."
McCain, Graham and Ayotte, known on Capitol Hill as the "three amigos," often travel together overseas and publicly critique the administration's handling of foreign affairs. King is a Long Island congressman whose role as a senior member of the House Intelligence Committee and the former chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee permits him close access to senior intelligence, law enforcement and national security officials.
As Republicans called on the administration to handle the suspect differently than currently planned, some congressional Democrats urged the Justice Department to maintain its current course.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said the administration "should resist hasty calls" to treat Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant. "This is not a foreign national caught on an enemy battlefield, but an American citizen arrested on American soil," he said. "The Justice Department has demonstrated a far greater ability to successfully prosecute suspected terrorists in federal courts than the military commissions have thus far been able to show."
King's successor on the Homeland Security panel, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), said late Friday that the committee plans to hold hearings in the coming weeks to review how federal agencies responded to the bombings and conducted its investigation.
A federal law enforcement official said that because Tsarnaev is a naturalized U.S. citizen, he is not subject to temporary military custody provisions.
"Since 9/11, the practice of the U.S. government, followed by prior and current administrations without a single exception, has been to arrest and detain under federal criminal law all terrorist suspects who are apprehended inside the United States," said the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.


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The Best Android Zombie Games of 2012
Anyone who regularly reads my articles knows I'm a Zombie fan, and doing a Best Android Zombie Games of 2012 list is a no brainer. If you love a good Zombie game get ready as the 10 games below are our picks for the best of the bunch from last year.
1. Infectonator
Armor Games made a splash this year when they released a very popular flash game for Android called Infectonator. Infectonator is a game of global domination as you try to take over the world on Zombie at a time. You'll have several unique zombies at your disposal, and you're going to need to use them to have a chance at beating the game. It's got quite a bit of depth, is loads of fun, and has more Zombies than you can shake a stick at. You can read our full review of Infectonator here or pick it up for free on Google Play.
2. Pro Zombie Soccer
Zombies and Soccer are two things you generally don't associate with each other, but the Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team managed to combine the two into a game as cool as their name. Pro Zombie Soccer lets you go for the headshot with soccer balls or fun things like orbital weapons platforms… your choice. You can read our full review of the game here; check out the first few levels for free in the demo or snag the full version for only $1.99.
3. Organ Trail: Director's Cut
If you had a PC around as a kid chances are you played The Oregon Trail, and thanks to The Men Who Wear many Hats you can play a zombified version of the classic on your favorite Android device. You'll travel West and you'll get to do all sorts of cool things like scavenge for supplies, fight of dysentery, and hunt zombies of course. It's a great reimagining of a retro classic, and it's a game any Zombie lover should own. You can pick up Organ Trail: Directors Cut for $2.99 on Google Play.
4. Walking Dead: Dead Reckoning
AMC has done a great job promoting their shows through Android Apps and Walking Dead: Dead Reckoning is a fine example of that. It's a "choose your own adventure" style of game that puts you in the role of good old Shane right after the walkers are unleashed upon the world. It's a bit short, but it's not your typical kind of Zombie game and it's a must-have for any fan of the Walking Dead. Youc an pick up Dead Reckoning for free on Google Play.
5. Dead Trigger
If you like your Zombies in 3D then you'll definitely want to give Madfinger Games Dead Trigger a look. This bloody shooter gives you all sorts of cool weapons to dole out destruction with and to say it's one of the best looking games out there would be an understatement. It's fun, it's full of Zombies and it's free to download on Google Play.
6. Plight of the Zombies
Spark Plug Entertainment's Plight of the Zombie is a puzzling little Zombie game that switches things up by having you help the zombies. Each level is a maze of sorts where you'll have to collect brains and convert humans into the undead. You can get the first 30 levels or so for free, and pick up additional levels through the IAP setup.
7. Zombiewood
Gameloft tried its hand at the Zombie genre this year and as you'd expect, they hit it out of the park. Zombiewood is a dual-stick shooter with Hollywood flair as you'll take on the undead on different movie sets. Zombiewood offers up 20 insane weapons, 11 different movies, and 10 unique game modes; the game is free to download, but expect a heavy dose of in-app purchases.
8. Shane Reaction
Artbit Games Shane Reaction puts you through 40 days of hell as you try to make your last stand against thousands of brain hungry Zombies. You'll have a nice little arsenal at your disposal and while the game is a pretty straight-forward bullet fest random quick time events help to switch things up. There's a free version of Shane Reaction you can try out and if you like what you see you can pick up the full version for $1.59.
9. Zombie Lane
Zombie Lane is a time-based Zombie game that has you defending your neighborhood against swarms of wandering ghouls. You can craft weapons, dress your character up, and the game has over 100 quests to take on. Prepare to put some time in if you pick this game up as you're going to have a hard time putting it down. You can pick up Digital Chocolate's Zombie Lane for free on Google Play.
10. Zombie Flick
Full Fat usually Wows us with their flick sports titles, but they switched things up this year with the 70s themed Zombie Flick. The game has you flick everything from Ukuleles to Frisbees as you try to stay alive and outlast the endless Zombie hordes. The game has a killer old-school grindhouse feel and it's going to bring you loads of Zombie killing fun for $0.99.


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Plan your week at MWT and LOM 20182 July 2018
Mine Waste and Tailings & Life-Of-Mine conferences are running back-to-back in Brisbane and they are 3 weeks away, which is why we've outlined what your week will look like.
Saturday 21 July Queensland Alumina Limited Tour:
A visit to the QAL facility is the first stop before the Mine Waste and Tailings conference begins. Click here to find out more details and register for this tour.
Sunday 22 July BHP Workshop on Governance of Tailings Dams:
Join the discussion about tailings dam governance in the wake of Mt. Polley and Samarco failures. Click here to find out more details and register for the workshop.
Monday 23 July at MWT 2018:
Your day begins with a welcome from the conference chair and keynote presentation on co-disposal of tailings and waste rock.
This is followed by other keynote presentations and expert panel discussions on topics such as tailings dewatering, implications of NPV and a high discount factor, resilience assessments for risk management of tailings dams, and static liquefaction.
Tuesday 24 July at MWT 2018:
Day two starts with a keynote presentation on trends in tailings management followed by concurrent sessions on topics such as governance and management of tailings or emerging technologies.
Click here to see the full program for Mine Waste and Tailings 2018.
Wednesday 25 July at LOM 2018:
With an official conference opening and welcome from the conference chair, your day one at LOM begins with a plenary session on raising the standard in mine site restoration and agromining. There will be a Queensland government panel discussion in the afternoon focusing on innovation for delivering better sustainability outcomes.
Thursday 26 July at LOM 2018:
You will hear from keynote speakers and presentations on topics such as Olympic Dam mine closure planning process and Mount Isa mines rehabilitation materials sampling and analysis program for closure planning.
Friday 27 July at LOM 2018:
The last day of your week will be about incorporating societal and community factors into design and operation and influences of global trends on the future of the industry. You can make use of a final opportunity to network with exhibitors, speakers and committee members in the conference lunch and closing ceremony.
Click here to see the full program for Life-Of-Mine 2018.
Saturday 28 July Workshops at LOM:
Choose from two workshops happening after the Life-Of-Mine conference: (1) Geological inputs to LOM planning, click here to see more. (2) 10 things you need to know about mineral processing for effective tailings management, click here to see more.
To see the discount and register click here.


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Canon Selphy Photo PrinterReviewing: Canon Selphy | Rating:
I'm a big fan of Canon products, but this printer was a disappointment. I purchased it for convenience, ease-of-use and quality ... but without the quality, it was a wasted investment.
Granted, when I purchased the Selphy, I was already using a photo-quality printer, the PIXMA iP5000, which I have reviewed here. I bought this for the convenience of portability, and expected the same level of quality. It didn't print photos as well as the iP5000. They were either too light or too dark, no matter what I did with the printer's settings.
It was extremely easy to take around, set up, and connect straight to my Canon PowerShot in order to print. All in all though, it was kind of a hassle. If you need printable photos on the go, look at a different model - or perhaps, invest in a Polaroid instant camera.


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Popping in to celebrate my niece's birthday. No card to share since I haven't actually made it yet (it's okay though. I won't see her until the weekend).
I cannot believe she is turning 16!! She is an awesome 'kid' and I am so incredibly proud of her. She is so very funny and wacky and makes me laugh constantly!
Happy Birthday Regs!!! Love you very much!!
Here she is at my sister's wedding. Only person I know who can pull off a fancy dress and Chucks!!
It reminds me of when she was this small and insisted on wearing a tux to be my Flower Girl. So cute!!
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I was staying with relatives and looking forward to watching my favorite television comedy, especially on a beautiful new high-definition screen. They had just left the house before my program was scheduled to start. When I looked over to grab the controller, I realized that there were about six different remotes for all of the devices that were connected to the TV – the DVD player, sound system, cable box, and so on — and I wasn't sure which one to use. I tried different options, clicked "menu" many times, and even tried to see if two of the devices could work together. After about 10 minutes of fumbling, I turned off the set and decided go back to my laptop and visit with my friends on Facebook. My user experience was a failure and I never found out what happened to my favorite characters on the show. So, what does this have to do with service management?
It's all about the platform. With so many devices connected to the television, the viewing experience became a time-consuming chore that failed. I later discovered that it took several remotes to get the TV working and I was not using the right ones correctly. A universal remote controller that integrated the devices would have solved that problem, in much the same way a platform can help put the "service" in IT service management. A platform is an integrated system that delivers a consistent way to share information. With a platform you can simplify, standardize, and automate IT processes. That gives you the visibility you need for managing your infrastructure.
Not just any platform will do, though. It has to be based on Business Service Management, or BSM, which is a comprehensive approach and unified platform that helps IT organizations cut cost, reduce risk, and drive business profit. A BSM platform breaks down the silos between teams and provides interoperability between the infrastructure and IT services. The platform gives you comprehensive insight, or the "big picture" of what's happening in your enterprise. You can read more about this in the article by Bill Emmett from BMC: BSM Platform or Best of Breed? You Make the Call.
Speaking of the "big picture," I'm going to try to catch a rerun of that show I mentioned earlier. Oh no….. my dog must have hid the remote.


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By all means is the best policy. A leader must be honest towards his Tasks, Goals/His single most important Aim and his Team.
2. TRUST. A good leader will Trust his team. The faith mustn't be blind but be visible. Your team needs to Grow and you must let them.
3. DELEGATION. A leader must know his team well. Your homework is important. Know your team well, Their strenght and weaknesses. Once that is done you can delegate responsibilities- The right man for the right job.
4. COMMUNICATION. It is imperative that the leader be able to make his team understand -what he exactly wants from them in the most simplest way. Down to the last minutest detail.Also, communication needs to be a two way channel, downwards from the Leader to the team and upwards from the team to the leader. (TIMELY Feedbacks/debriefs, are most crucial)
5. CREATIVITY. Once the basic ingredients are in place, here comes the need to put in that EXtra bit. The bit that separates the Men from the Boys! There is no end to creativity. All you need is interest in what you do.Desire to achieve the goals and beyond; and time to think.
6. INTUITION. Call it sixth sence, call it foresight. Intuition the ability of the leader to Guide his team across obstacles and rough waters. His ability to see these rough patches and take evasive actions in time when others cant even comprehend these dangers.
7. APPROACHABLE. In order to complete the circle of Teamwork to achieve the ultimate Aim and Beyond- The leader must be Approchable. He must be a tower of support and hope. He must lead by example. Be firm. Take risks and be there for his team.
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What Guru Nanak Dev Ji Preached.
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In a master stroke by the INDIAN GOVERNMENT, the Black marketeers have been delivered a powerfull blow.
Starting Midnight 8 Nov, all 500/ 1000 Rupee notes will be deemed illlegal tenders. ( All Money laundering scumbags, Say good buy to All ur black money, . What u honna do with all those money stores u piled.)
# All banks will remain closed for public work on November 9.
# On Nov 9 and in some places on Nov 10, 2016, ATMs will not work.
# Deposit old notes of Rs 500 or Rs 1000 in post office accounts or banks from Nov 10 till Dec 30, 2016 wihtout any limit.
# There'll be a limit on withdrawal of Rs 10,000 per day and Rs 20,000 per week. This limit will be increased in the coming days.
# Exchange old notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 at any any bank, head post office or sub post office by showing ID proof. The limit for this is Rs 4000 upto Nov 24.
Best of Luck. Play wise.
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Designing Games with GameMaker
As indicated above, sprites are normally either stored as animated gif files or as strips in PNG files, in which all subimages are placed next to each other. In the second case the file name should end with _stripXX where XX indicates the number of subimages.
However, sometimes sprites are part of a larger bitmap in which the sub images can be stored next to each other or below each other and maybe there are separating lines between them. Such a strip cannot be read automatically as GameMaker will not know the size and position of the subimage. For example, the following piece of a strip file contains four different animations.
If you want to pick a certain animation out of such a file you must indicate where the images are. To this end you can choose Create from Strip or Add from Strip from the File menu in the sprite editor. After indicating the appropriate strip image file, the following form will show:
At the right you see (part of) the strip image you selected. At the left you can specify a number of parameters that specify which subimages you are interested in. Note that one or more rectangles in the image indicate the images you are selecting. The following parameters can be specified:
- Number of images. This is the number of sub images you want to take from the strip.
- Images per row. How many images of the ones you want are there per row. For example, by setting this to 1 you will select a vertical sequence of images.
- Image width. Width of the individual images.
- Image height. Height of the individual images.
- Horizontal cell offset. If you don't want to select the top-left images, you can set here how many images should be skipped horizontally.
- Vertical cell offset. Here you indicate how many images to skip vertically.
- Horizontal pixel offset. Sometimes there is some additional space at the left top. Here you indicate this amount (in pixels). You can also use the mouse to indicate the place where the first image should start
- Vertical pixel offset. Vertical amount of extra space.
- Horizontal separation. In some strips there are lines or empty space between the images. Here you can indicate the horizontal amount to skip between the images (in pixels).
- Vertical separation. Vertical amount to skip between the images.
Once you selected the correct set of images, press OK to create your sprite. Please remember that you are only allowed to use images created by others when you have their permission or when they are freeware.
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Robert Pattinson's 'The Rover' Gets Greenlight
Screen Australia made the announcement about the movie, from "Animal Kingdom's" David Michod, on the same day it was revealed that Pattinson's girlfriend, Kristen Stewart, had cheated on him.
SYDNEY -- On the day everyone learned that his girlfriend Kristen Stewart had strayed, Robert Pattinson's new starring role was given the greenlight.
Screen Australia said it will provide production financing for a previously announced Australian feature film project, The Rover, from Animal Kingdom writer-director David Michod. The Twilight star and Guy Pearce are both attached.
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Set in the Australian desert, the futuristic western tells the story of Eric, who has left everything, everyone and every semblance of human kindness behind him, as he's forced to join an injured gang member, Rey, to hunt down Rey's gang after they steal the last of Eric's possessions.
The Rover is produced by Porchlight Films in association with Los Angeles-based Lava Bear Films, with Liz Watts, David Linde and Michod producing. Film Nation will handle international sales, and Roadshow Films will be the Australian distributor.
The Rover is one of four features, four adult TV dramas and four kids TV series to receive $20 million of production funding from agency Screen Australia, triggering more than $100 million worth of production here.
STORY: Kristen Stewart Cheating Scandal: 10 Developments So Far
Also getting the greenlight is the contemporary drama Felony, written by Joel Edgerton, with Matthew Saville directing. Rosemary Blight of Goalpost Pictures Australia is producing with Edgerton.
Hugo Weaving and Don Hany will star in Healing, a redemptive prison drama from producer-writer-director Craig Monahan with producer Tait Brady and writer Alison Nisselle. Anna Broinowski (Forbidden Lies) has written and will direct a hybrid drama-documentary, Aim High in Creation, celebrating "the cinematic genius" of the late Kim Jong-il, with Lizette Atkins producing.
Screen Australia's CEO Ruth Harley said: "These four highly engaging and diverse Australian stories have huge potential. The Rover is a powerful well-crafted script from a talented team with an impressive cast. Anna Broinowski's Aim High in Creation is a distinctive, ambitious film with a humorous and entertaining story. Felony has international breakout potential, and Healing promises to be a highly emotional and moving story on screen."
PHOTOS: 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' New Character Posters Revealed
On the TV side, Foxtel's contemporary take on cult '70s Australian TV series Prisoner has received production financing, as have Southern Star Entertainment's miniseries for the Nine Network, Gallipoli; a four-part true crime drama for SBS, A Better Man, about the fatal consequences of Van Nguyen's attempt to traffic heroin from Cambodia to Australia; and Parer's War, an Australian Broadcasting Corp. telemovie about World War II frontline cameraman Damien Parer. Matchbox Pictures' Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries has been greenlit for a second season.
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February, March, and April
- Fishing provide scenic inshore adventure on the waters of Barkley Sound. You'll be fishing winter Chinook (8-18 pounds) amongst frolicking gray whales, sea lions, and soaring eagles! An abundance of rockfish and lingcod have accumulated over the winter and 50+ pound halibut have begun their inshore migration.
May and June
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is the best month to avoid crowds and enjoy the remaining runs of mature Chinook and Coho. Some of the biggest Chinook and Coho (15+ pounds) can be caught at this time. Halibut continue to offer opportunities.
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A lot of minor but welcome surprises were the only thing of note at this year's 80th Annual Academy Awards. Wins actually ended up going to efforts that many thought deserved to win but wouldn't as they weren't as 'Academy friendly' as others in the category.
Marion Cotillard deservingly beat out veteran actress Julie Christie for the Best Actress award, "Taxi to the Dark Side" beat out "No End in Sight" and "Sicko" for Best Documentary, "There Will Be Blood" took home best cinematography over Roger Deakins work in both 'Jesse James' and 'No Country', even New Line's fantasy bomb "The Golden Compass" landed a visual effects Oscar over the splashier "Transformers".
Perhaps the only real even vaguely minor upset was Tilda Swinton's superb "Michael Clayton" performance taking out supporting actress over Cate Blanchett's more showy and interesting Bob Dylan turn in "I'm Not There". One welcome surprise was "The Bourne Ultimatum" scooping up three awards in the tech categories, the most awards of the night short of the four nods to Best Picture winner "No Country for Old Men".
Other wins were more along expected and very much deserving lines, notably 'No Country' scoring Best Picture (yay!), Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor & Direction nods. Daniel Day-Lewis taking Best Actor, Diablo Cody's "Juno" winning Best Screenplay (Original), "Sweeney Todd" for Art Direction, "Atonement" for Score, "La Vie En Rose" for Make-Up, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" for Costumes, and 'Falling Slowly' from "Once" winning Best Song.
"The Counterfeiters" won in the absolute joke that was the foreign film category this year (Academy rules blocked out at least half a dozen major films more deserving), whilst "Ratatouille" not unexpectedly won Best Animated Feature.
On the red carpet the likes of Katherine Heigl, Amy Ryan, Cate Blanchett and Laura Linney ruled the fashion stakes whilst Diablo Cody, Julie Christie, Wesley Snipes and Nicole Kidman all ended up in rather questionable attire.
Here's the complete list of winners:
BEST PICTURE: "No Country for Old Men"
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Daniel Day-Lewis for "There Will Be Blood"
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Marion Cotillard for "La Vie En Rose"
DIRECTING: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen for "No Country For Old Men"
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Javier Bardem for "No Country For Old Men"
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Tilda Swinton for "Michael Clayton"
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: "Ratatouille"
SCREENPLAY (Adapted): Ethan Coen & Joel Coen for "No Country For Old Men"
SCREENPLAY (Original): Diablo Cody for "Juno"
"Sweeney Todd"
CINEMATOGRAPHY: "There Will Be Blood"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"Taxi to the Dark Side"
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: "Freeheld"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "The Counterfeiters"
"La Vie En Rose"
MUSIC (SCORE): Dario Marianelli for "Atonement"
Falling Slowly from "Once"
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED): "Peter and the Wolf"
"The Mozart of Pickpockets"
SOUND EDITING: "The Bourne Ultimatum"
SOUND MIXING: "The Bourne Ultimatum"
VISUAL EFFECTS: "The Golden Compass"


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With increasing digital communications & ubiquitous connectivity, how do modern marketers expand their insights toolbox to ensure they keep up with super-connected consumers? Through the lens of the Zika pandemic, learn how new digital research taps into today's consumers for richer learning.
Attendees of this 25-minute webinar will learn how to:
- Elicit emotive understanding via digital qual and quant techniques in the context of Zika news
- Uncover visuals and language consumers use to express Zika fears and concerns via image-based projective techniques
- Measure impact of messaging on consumer emotions to move consumers along their journey from discovery to action


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Cholesterol, Cancer, and Depression
Running a Cholesterol Confusionist Gauntlet, Part 9 – Cancer and Depression
Cholesterol confusionists say low cholesterol will increase your chances of suffering from depression or cancer. Therefore, they think you should eat fatty animal foods so your cholesterol will be high. It's pretty hard to find an expert opinion from the domains of cancer or depression research who would endorse this strategy.
Let's first consider cancer. Apparently, Mr Colpo buys in on the idea that low cholesterol somehow promotes cancer.
In his blog about me, Mr Colpo refers to the Los Angeles Veterans study, as you can see in the second line from the bottom on this slide. I've included an excerpt from a magazine article so you can see how the confusionists try to make this study about cancer. A trial was conducted which placed some men on a control diet high in saturated fat and others on an experimental diet lower in saturated fat and higher in polyunsaturated fat. Mr Colpo says the men on the low saturated fat diet had a higher mortality rate. At least the magazine article informs us that over the five years of the study the men on that diet were less likely to die of cardiovascular disease. Unfortunately, that group also had extra deaths from cancer. So just from looking at these two confusionist references, we can see that two separate issues have been raised. The first is that a diet lower in saturated fat seemed to protect cardiovascular health. Anthony Colpo had lower standards of truth telling here than Men's Health because he decided you didn't need to know that on the topic he is actually writing about, namely the lipid hypothesis, this study hurts his argument. The second issue is the question of whether either a diet high in polyunsaturated oils or low cholesterol will shorten your life despite your healthier heart by giving you cancer. These are two separate issues which the confusionists would like to conflate. They want to conflate them because it's so clear that saturated fats and high cholesterol will hurt your heart. They need to attach a phony concern about cancer to distract you from that.
Here is a portion of the summary for this study. We see that the experimental diet did lower the cholesterol levels of the men who ate it.
And we can see that this translated into an avoidance of cardiovascular events. The lipid hypothesis is supported again. We also see here that, sure enough, there was a higher death rate in this group. Now that's a problem. The researchers conducting the study said they did not believe the experimental diet was responsible for this.
Two of the original Los Angeles researchers reported a higher rate of cancer over an eight-year period in the experimental group.
This difference in cancer death rate was studied by other researchers. Yes, this one study in Los Angeles showed a higher rate of cancer on a higher polyunsaturated fat diet. But in other studies of this kind this trend did not continue. Other studies showed the opposite result. Overall mortality was not higher in the other studies, either.
Upon closer examination, more than half of the cancer deaths in the experimental group in Los Angeles occurred in men who did not adhere closely to the diet, so one can hardly connect their deaths to the experimental diet.
Here is the result of a recent huge study covering over 19 years that examined the relationship between cholesterol and cancer incidence. It was found that only a short-term relationship between cancer and cholesterol existed. Over time periods longer than five months, the association disappeared. I want to say as an aside, I cover a lot of ground fast in my videos. Some of these studies really deserve to be read carefully and understood and this is one of those studies. It's a great one. You should look it up.
These researchers concluded that any association between cancer and cholesterol reflected – say it with me – reverse causation. They noted that some cancer cells were sucking up the LDL from the blood faster than normal cells, lowering cholesterol concentrations. This is one way cancer lowers cholesterol. They also made a very important observation. Subjects with high cholesterol would appear to have lower rates of cancer because their cholesterol levels were killing them through cardiovascular disease before their cancer had a chance to develop enough to be noticed. In other words, the people with high cholesterol were too dead to get cancer. That's pretty obvious, isn't it? If you aren't dying of heart disease, you'll end up dying later of something else, something like cancer.
Mr Colpo, this is an example of something called survivor bias.
If the confusionists were right that low cholesterol caused cancer, you would expect to see low rates of cancer in countries that eat lots of saturated fat and have high cholesterol. When you look at the countries that have the highest rates of cancer, it becomes obvious that this is not the case.
Of course, T Colin Campbell and his colleagues observed both low cholesterol AND low rates of cancer among the Chinese people they studied. This pretty much blows up that confusionist hypothesis. Campbell's work is so inconvenient for the confusionists, it's easy to see why they want to discredit him.
The cholesterol confusionists might want to retire this particular line of attack. This recent paper states that high cholesterol is strongly linked to prostate cancer progression. The authors consider cholesterol-lowering to be a way to slow down this particular cancer.
In this study, patients with esophageal cancer who had high cholesterol were more likely to have tumor cells enter their lymphatic system. That's very bad news for them.
Let's pull back from this odd focus on cancer to remember the big picture. Saturated fat is in animal foods, and there have been many studies that have pointed to an association between these foods and various cancers. Don't let the confusionists confuse you when it comes to diet and cancer.
Let's shift now to suicide and depression. Even if we decided to pretend there is a direct link between low cholesterol and suicide just as Colpo says, you would still be better off taking your chances with low cholesterol to avoid dying of heart disease. The mortality rate for heart disease is eighteen times higher than the mortality rate associated with suicide. Do you think Mr Colpo is really interested in saving lives with his conjecture about suicide and cholesterol? I don't. Do you think the science linking low cholesterol to suicide is as strong as the science linking high cholesterol to heart disease? There is only one right answer to this question. Mr Colpo, like other Paleo cranks, does not apply his skepticism consistently. With his every argument he further demonstrates his bias. It's all just a game to him. The evidence of a causal role for high cholesterol in heart disease is extremely robust while the evidence of a causal role for low cholesterol in depression and suicide is extremely weak.
As I said, in video 41, the epidemiology of depression does not seem to support this alleged relationship.
If we look at the whole of the 20th century we can see that it is claimed that rates of depression increased quite dramatically …
Just as the amounts of meat and dairy consumed increased dramatically…
Right along with the increase in heart disease.
Now don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying saturated fat and cholesterol cause depression. As I said in video 41, depression is way too complicated to be explained this way. Also, I don't necessarily believe that depression has increased over the 20th century. My point is that it's hard to find epidemiological support for a connection between depression and cholesterol. Remember, the epidemiological research into heart disease, especially the Seven Countries Study of Ancel Keys, is one of the major pillars supporting the lipid hypothesis. If the link between low cholesterol and depression were so clear, there would be plenty of papers out there elucidating it. I've looked at the epidemiology of depression and I do not see a relationship with diet.
Mr Colpo's claims about depression got me thinking about his buy-in on Paleologic and the uncomfortable contradictions that creates. Of course, humans evolved consuming certain foods, but of what use is that knowledge now? To Colpo, this means we should eat meat. But this creates a problem for him, a problem Loren Cordain intelligently anticipated and avoided. You see, for all his faults, Cordain does not rely on the typical denialist belief system.
Cordain looked around at the cholesterol numbers of hunter gatherers and realized that any diet fad based on human evolution would have to account for the low cholesterol levels that were likely the norm during the Paleolithic. Of course, he missed some of the most obvious reasons for this, such as low food energy consumption and parasitic infection.
If hunter gatherers have low cholesterol levels, then by Anthony Colpo's logic they must be depressed and suicidal. But this does not seem to be true. Depression seems relatively rare among these people.
Here's another reference for that. It names the !KungSan as being relatively free of depressive symptoms.
And the !KungSan had some nice low cholesterol scores. I think Colpo needs to choose between his belief in an evolved requirement for a meaty diet and his belief that high cholesterol somehow protects people from depression and cancer. Until he does, he seems to just be looking for any flimsy excuse he can find to eat meat and saturated fat.
There is plenty of reason to doubt that low cholesterol causes depression. I'm guessing most of you watching this know this paper. Vegetarian diets are said here to be associated with healthy mood states. That should be enough to dispel Colpo's hypothesis but I have plenty more material than this.
The most obvious explanation for any perceived link between low cholesterol and depression is, of course, reverse causation. I showed you this slide in my video number 41. There are several plausible means by which depression might cause low cholesterol, and not the other way around. I won't read this slide now to save time but you should read it.
Depression itself is believed to be responsible for a lowering of cholesterol for some.
The authors of this paper examining cholesterol and depression have no denialist agenda, so unlike Mr Colpo they did not ignore the multiple possibilities for reverse causation. These include poor health (which might lower cholesterol as well as mood) and poor appetite (which would reduce total calories and consequently cholesterol levels as well). They note that the evidence they'd seen from statin trials suggested that low cholesterol itself does not cause mental health problems.
Here's another paper that found no association between cholesterol levels and depression.
Here is a 2008 meta-analysis looking at the relationship between cholesterol and depression. The results were all over the map. Higher total cholesterol was associated with lower depression. An inverse association with LDL was called non-significant. Higher HDL, which the low-carbers say protects them, was associated with more depression.
In these elderly subjects, men with low LDL and women with low HDL were more likely to be depressed, but these were elderly individuals who certainly had comorbidities. This is likely another example of reverse causation.
Here is a case study suggesting a link between low cholesterol and violent behavior but this has nothing to do with diet. Since genetic factors affect both cholesterol levels and mental health, it is possible some of the associations between cholesterol and mental health challenges observed in some studies are due to common genetic variants.
In this study, the opposite of what Colpo's hypothesis would predict was observed. Older people who were depressed tended to consume more saturated fat and cholesterol. Maybe they felt the need to eat more comfort food. For me, it's easy to imagine how a high-saturated fat diet might make you depressed. This is pretty obvious…
Having a heart attack would certainly make you feel a bit down, don't you think? In this study, depression was three times more common in patients after a heart attack. Knowing this, I think I will try to reduce my risk of being depressed after a heart attack by trying not to have a heart attack at all. That's a good plan, don't you think?
I have seen several studies that showed a drop in cholesterol levels after a heart attack. Maybe following Anthony Colpo's advice to eat lots of saturated fats will actually lower both your cholesterol and your mood eventually, since you're raising your chances of having a heart attack if you follow his advice.
Also, if you eat more calorie-dense, saturated-fat-laden animal foods, you'll probably pack on the fat, and that's another path to depression. In this study, as saturated fat consumption went up, LDL went up as well, and so did body mass index.
I doubt you'll be surprised to learn that obesity and depression are often a package deal.
Along these lines, having metabolic syndrome might make you depressed, too. Having metabolic syndrome does suggest low HDL so maybe that's from where some of the talk of low total cholesterol and depression comes.
What about the idea that low cholesterol causes hostile behavior, sort of like the hostile way Anthony Colpo writes about me? In this study, a low fat, high complex carbohydrate diet improved symptoms of depression and hostility at the same time as it lowered cholesterol levels. Does this study not destroy Colpo's half-baked ideas about depression and cholesterol?
Here's one of Colpo's more laughable passages. He references a study in which monkeys fed a so-called "prudent" diet had lower cholesterol and displayed more aggressive behavior than those fed a so-called "luxury" diet. Anyone calling a high-fat diet a "luxury diet" is making clear his taste in food, so this indicates a subtle bias to me. A diet of 43% fat doesn't sound so much like a luxury diet to me as much as a lethargy diet. Before I went vegan, I used to feel like I needed a nap after eating a fatty meal. Come to think of it, a nap would have seemed pretty luxurious to me back then, so maybe the name is appropriate.
Here's the study Colpo is writing about. Check out the diets fed to the monkeys at the right. The prudent diet, that is, the one that made the monkeys more aggressive, featured such natural and prudent monkey foods as casein, wheat flour, sucrose, Crisco, and a fiber supplement called Alphacel. Now let me ask you, if you were a monkey who belonged in a rainforest somewhere eating figs, but instead you had someone feed you this garbage in your cage, do you think it might make you a bit more aggressive? As for the other diet, you can be sure the monkeys really felt they were luxuriating in their fantasy luxury diet of lard, butter, egg yolk, beef tallow, and wheat flour. They received hardly any Alphacel to move that glop through their bowels. Maybe the monkeys were more low-key on this diet because they were constipated. If you are tempted to joke that the monkeys may have been smarter than the researchers who conducted this study, I can understand where you're coming from.
All that sugar and empty calories made me think those aggressive monkeys were probably having glycemic problems from that synthetic and cruel diet. Mr Colpo, you may be completely unaware that refined carbs cause hypoglycemia and consequently can lead to aggressive behavior. Depression can result as well. This is probably what those poor monkeys were being put through. I know you think you're a real expert in nutrition but this is pretty basic stuff.
Here's a study showing that cholesterol lowering with a statin did not effect anger, impulsiveness, or depression. How do you explain that, Mr Colpo? I wonder what he'll say. Let's see… If lower cholesterol hurts your mood but statins don't, then maybe Colpo will say that statins must compensate for the bad effects of lower cholesterol by pulling through with still more pleiotropic effects, effects that make you happier. Maybe that is one more benefit of statins he'll add to his big list.
Lastly, I present to you this recent study which investigated the effects on mood of removing meats from the diet. Thirty-nine people were fed diets classified as omnivorous, fish, or vegetarian. The vegetarian group experienced improvements in various mood measurements well beyond those demonstrated on the other two diets. This was another damaging study for Colpo's nonsense hypothesis about saturated fat and mood. This study allows us to look past the complicated issues of low cholesterol and its causes and effects and instead brings us back to the practical issue of diet. This result should cause you to doubt that you need fatty animal foods to maintain your emotional health. I'll add that a plant-based diet may enhance your mood even further should you contemplate the violence you are sparing innocent animals.
We have arrived at the final segment of my response to Colpo, the many references he makes to pharmaceuticals to make his case against the lipid hypothesis. Please join me in the next video.


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I love entertaining at home – it's more comfortable and relaxed than going out, and I get to choose what we eat and drink.
With the winter holidays in full swing, people are more likely to throw brunch/dinner/cocktail parties than any other time of year. So here are a few tips for throwing a successful party at home:
- DO NOT use new recipes for the first time for a party, or at least not more than one. Make sure you use recipes you've tested and perfected.
- DO plan out in what order you'll start cooking the dishes, according to each dish's cooking time.
- DO NOT try to trim the fat. Sometimes when I cook, I use less butter, cream or cheese than a recipe calls for to cut down the calories and make the dish healthier. Or I substitute butter with extra virgin olive oil. Or use low-fat versions of things. But do not do this for guests! Parties call for decadence so feel free to use extra butter!
- DO prepare whatever you can the day ahead – be it a pie crust, a beef stock, chopped garlic or filling the salt and pepper shakers. Starting party preparations a day before greatly reduces any possible stress that cooking for guests may cause. Also, prepare the tablecloth, napkins, plates, silverware, stemware and platters…which brings me to my next point…
- If you are expecting ten guests or under, DO use glass plates and real silverware! No paper or plastic! Using real dishes serves two purposes. 1.) It is much more appetizing to eat from real dishes as opposed to disposable ones, and 2.) It lets your guests know than you don't mind doing the dishes for them or taking the extra time to fill the dishwasher. If you're expecting more than ten guests, you might simply not have enough plates for everyone, in which case it's okay to use disposable plates.
- DO NOT forget to chill the drinks that need to be chilled! And DO make sure you have enough ice.
- DO surprise people! Don't be afraid to serve interesting, unexpected foods and flavors. Your friends trust you and they're more likely to broaden their flavor horizons with your encouragement. Besides, wouldn't they feel super-guilty knowing that you spent all day making escargot and chocolate-covered bacon and they didn't even try it?
- And above all, DO enjoy yourself! Yes, it is stressful overseeing the food and drinks, and making sure your guests like everything (and that they're getting along, right?) but don't forget about yourself. Once all the food is served, relax, grab a drink and enjoy your friends' company.
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