Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Warka Water Tower

http://www.warkawater.org/design

http://www.warkawater.org/

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/breakthrough-series/articles/setting-the-course-for-water-innovation/

This is a water condensation tower designed to make clean drinking water available in the middle of Africa, where clean drinking water is very difficult to obtain, and water borne diseases claim many many children's lives.

Ideal conditions for implementation: lots of fog / mist, as source of water




Sunday, August 28, 2016

How Portugal Brilliantly Ended its War on Drugs


In the 1990s, Portugal was faced with a drug epidemic. General drug use wasn’t any worse than neighboring countries, but rates of problematic drug use were off the charts. A 2001 survey found that 0.7 percent of its population had used heroin at least one time, the second highest rate after England and Wales in Europe. So, in 1998, Portugal appointed a special commission of doctors, lawyers, psychologists, and activists to assess the problem and propose policy recommendations. Following eight months of analysis, the commission advised the government to embark on a radically different approach.

Rather than respond as many governments have, with zero-tolerance legislation and an emphasis on law enforcement, the commission suggested the decriminalization of all drugs, coupled with a focus on prevention, education, and harm-reduction. The objective of the new policy was to reintegrate the addict back into the community, rather than isolate them in prisons, the common approach by many governments. Two years later, Portugal’s government passed the commission’s recommendations into law.
Just as important as the specific policies recommended by the commission is an entirely different philosophy. Rather than treating addiction as a crime, it’s treated as a medical condition. João Goulão, Portugal’s top drug official, emphasizes that the goal of the new policy is to fight the disease, not the patients. 
Decriminalization doesn’t mean legalization.
Legalization removes all criminal penalties for producing, selling, and possessing drugs whereas decriminalization eliminates jail time for drug users, but dealers are still criminally prosecuted. Roughly 25 countries have removed criminal penalties for the possession of small amounts of certain or all drugs. No country has attempted full legalization.
When Portuguese authorities find someone in possession of drugs, the drug user will eventually go before a three-member, administrative panel that includes a lawyer, a doctor, and a psychologist. In dealing with the drug user, the panel has only three choices: prescribe treatment, fine the user, or do nothing.
Portugal also invested heavily in widespread prevention and education efforts, as well as building rehabilitation programs, needle exchanges, and hospitals.
How did it work?
Levels of drug consumption in Portugal are now among the lowest in the European Union. No surprise, the decriminalization of low-level drug possession has also resulted in a dramatic decline in drug arrests, from more than 14,000 per year to roughly 6,000 once the new policies were implemented. The percentage of drug-related offenders in Portuguese prisons decreased as well -- from 44 percent in 1999 to under 21 percent in 2012.
HIV infection is an area where the results are clear. Before the law, more than half of Portugal's HIV-infected residents were drug addicts. Each year brought 3,000 new diagnoses of HIV among addicts. Today, addicts consist of only 20 percent of HIV-infected patients.
Portugal’s drug control officials and independent studies caution against crediting Portugal's’s decriminalization as much as its prevention and rehabilitation efforts.
Prospects for ending the U.S. Drug War.
Drug policy in the United States could not be more different. In the U.S., law enforcement still takes center stage, and the war on drugs is defended by vested interests -- from police unions to private prison companies -- that command billions in resources. While the top drug control official in Portugal is a doctor, the U.S. has a drug czar who specializes in law enforcement.
But advocates hoping to change the system have something they don’t: scientific evidence and popular support.
In early 2014, the U.K.'s government conducted an eight-month study comparing drug laws and rates of drug use in 11 countries, including Portugal. Published in October, the report concludes that “[w]e did not in our fact-finding observe any obvious relationship between the toughness of a country’s enforcement against drug possession, and levels of drug use in that country.” It was the U.K.’s first official recognition that its war on drugs has been a complete failure since Parliament passed the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act.
Another sign of hope is the near universal view among Americans that the drug war is not working. A Pew poll from April 2014 revealed that two out of three Americans think people shouldn’t be prosecuted for drug possession. Sixty-three percent support eliminating mandatory minimum sentencing, and 54 percent support full marijuana legalization. States have made more progress changing drug laws than the federal government, particularly when the decision is left to voters, who have passed recreational marijuana legalization or medical marijuana legalization by referenda in several states.
Voters in Colorado and Washington have shown that the best place to make your voice heard is at the ballot box. If you're tired of the war on drugs, go to OurTime.org to register to vote.

Monday, August 22, 2016

Russian Cancer Remedy

Orginal Article source and Credits :http://www.getholistichealth.com/42965/4-tbsp-a-day-and-cancer-is-gone-russian-scientist-reveals-the-most-powerful-homemade-remedy/

4 Tbsp. a Day and Cancer is Gone: Russian Scientist Reveals the Most Powerful Homemade Remedy

Hristo Mermerski is a well known Russian Scientist who came to limelight for his groundbreaking homemade cure for cancer.

There are thousands of people who support his claim for curing cancer with this simple remedy.

Dr. Mermerski explains that his cancer-treating recipe is a food that treats our entire body. It is because of this overall healing effect that cancer also gets cured.

It is almost like a magical homemade remedy that offers many other health benefits including the following:

    It cleanses our blood vessels
    It strengthens our immune system
    It heals our heart. It also protects against heart attack.
    It cleanses our kidneys and liver
    It improves our memory
    It is the best natural cure for all types of cancers

How to Prepare Mermerski’s Recipe

You will need the following ingredients to prepare Mermerski’s recipe:

    Lemon – 15
    Garlic – 12
    Honey (natural) – 35 oz.
    Walnuts – 14 oz.
    Sprouted grains – 14 oz.

How to Prepare Sprouted Grains

    Add green wheat in a large bowl of glass
    Add water to ensure the wheat is covered and leave through the night
    Drain off the water in the morning and rinse the grains
    Remove the drained wheat into a bowl
    After 24 hour the wheat will sprout

Preparing the Remedy

    Clean the garlic cloves
    Mix the sprouted grains, walnuts and garlic cloves and grind them
    Take 5 lemons and grind them (including crust) and mix with the already ground mixture
    Squeeze juice from the remaining 10 lemons and add to the mixture
    Mix well for consistency
    Add honey to the mixture and mix using a wooden spoon.
    Remove the mixture in glass jars and keep in the refrigerator for three days

After 3 days your famous Mermerski cancer remedy is ready. Start taking 1 to 2 tablespoon of it, half an hour before your breakfast and dinner. Also take a spoon before going to sleep.

If you are suffering from cancer, Dr. Mermerski recommends 1 to 2 tablespoon every couple hours.

According to the Russian professor, because his homemade remedy replenishes nutrition for all body functions and improves overall health, it helps you lead a long and healthier life. It cures cancer and allows you to lead a vibrant and youthful life.

He claims that he has studied the ingredients and nutrients in this remedy. It is loaded with all types of essential vitamins and minerals. It has all the proteins, fats, carbs and bioactive substances. Thanks to all these nutrients, our organs and glands receive everything they need to work effectively and keep our body healthy.

In his strongest words, Dr. Mermerski confirms the findings by many other scientists when he says – Cancer cannot survive in a fully healthy and well-nourished body!

Saturday, August 20, 2016

How to Create Peace

In nature, peace comes with abundance. The way to create peace is by creating abundance, by sharing, and by putting women in charge.

To prove this, let's look at some species of ape that is closest to Humans - the Chimpanzee and the Bonobo.

Both chimpanzees and bonobos live in Africa. Chimpanzees live north of the Congo River, and Bonobos live south of the Congo River. They're practically the same species, living across a river from each other. But they live very different lives.

The land south of the Congo River is a lush, abundant rainforest, with plenty of food for the Bonobos. On the other hand, while the land immediataly north of the Congo River is still rainforest, the farther north you go, the closer you are to the Sahara Desert. This has caused the chimpanzees and bonobos to evolve very differently.

"Richard Wrangham, thinks this may be because chimpanzees evolved in a situation of food scarcity while bonobos developed in the giant salad bowl of the Congo basin where there was abundance." (from www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/science/06conv.html?_r=0)

According to Knowledgenuts.com (http://knowledgenuts.com/2013/08/18/the-difference-between-chimps-and-bonobos/), "Overall, bonobos have a “make love, not war” mentality, which is in stark contrast to the often aggressive and violent manner of chimps."

Basically, chimps have evolved to become patriarchal, domination and competition oriented. They have become very good at competing with each other for the scarce food, making sure that the strongest individuals get fed properly, survive and pass on their stronger genes.

On the other hand, Bonobos have evolved to become matriarchal, cooperation and relationship oriented. They have evolved to create very strong social bonds reinforced by play mating - recreational non-reproductive sex. They share everything, and they discipline bad behavior through "excommunication" - leaving someone out. Yes, the way the Catholic Church punishes bad behavior... well, not exactly. They leave the bad guy out of their group sex.

They evolved this way because getting enough food is not the key for their survival - there's enough food for everybody. Instead, their relationships ensure harmony and cooperation in the community. You see, Chimpanzee males gang up to bully everybody else, so they get the lion's share of food. Bonobo females gang up to protect themselves from male bullying, and to make sure that nobody tries to keep all the food for themselves.

According to Chimpanzee Information (http://chimpanzeeinformation.blogspot.com/2011/03/bonobos-dont-kill-each-other-like.html):

"Chimpanzees can be very empathetic, loving but they also have this darker side. They have war, they kill each other, they beat their females. Bonobos don't really have any of that..."

Bonobos' generous nature likely evolved because they live in an area of the Congo where food is plentiful. They never had to compete with gorillas or kill for a meal like common chimps do.
The females stick together, creating a matriarchal society, and when necessary will gang up on threatening males. "Females will work together to protect themselves from male aggression. So male aggression is just simply not tolerated," says Hare.

Tuesday, August 2, 2016