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A disgraced former British surgeon's new documentary about the discredited link between autism and childhood vaccination has put Robert De Niro at the centre of a medical row that threatens the reputation of his prestigious film festival in New York. De Niro, the father of an autistic child and co-founder of the Tribeca film festival, is standing by the decision to premiere Vaxxed: from Cover-Up to Catastrophe, which has been directed by the controversial Andrew Wakefield. The trailer for Wakefield's film opens with ominous music as the words "Are our children safe?" appear through a spiral of billowing smoke seeping from a syringe. A key element of the documentary, the trailer claims, will be the testimony of a whistleblower from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US public health body, who is to allege fraud inside an organisation that "knew that vaccines were actually causing autism". De Niro and his wife, Grace Hightower, issued a statement on Friday, defending the screening. "Grace and I have a child with autism and we believe it is critical that all of the issues surrounding the causes of autism be openly discussed and examined. In the 15 years since the Tribeca film festival was founded, I have never asked for a film to be screened or gotten involved in the programming. "However this is very personal to me and my family and I want there to be a discussion, which is why we will be screening Vaxxed.
Note: After being subjected to intense pressure, De Niro sadly backed down and pulled this documentary from the festival, as reported in this New York Times article. For more on how this film and how De Niro was pressured see this webpage. Then watch a member of US Congress testify in the Congressional record on major cover-up regarding the relationship between autism and the MMR vaccine. Still more here. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing vaccine controversy news articles from reliable major media sources.
For days now, American cable news has broadcast non-stop coverage of the horrific attack in Brussels. This type of coverage is accorded only to Western victims of violence, but almost never to the non-Western victims of the West's own violence. A little more than a week ago ... fighter jets from a Saudi-led (U.S.– and U.K.-supported) coalition bombed a market in Mastaba, in Yemen's northern province of Hajjah. The latest count indicates that about 120 people were killed, including more than 20 children, and 80 were wounded in the strikes. Over the past several years, the U.S. has launched hideous civilian-slaughtering strikes in Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Libya, and Iraq. You'll almost never hear any of those victims' names on CNN, NPR, or most other large U.S. media outlets. No famous American TV correspondents will be sent to the places where those people have their lives ended by the bombs of the U.S. and its allies. At most, you'll hear small, clinical news stories briefly and coldly describing what happened - usually accompanied by a justifying claim from U.S. officials, uncritically conveyed, about why the bombing was noble - but, even in those rare cases where such attacks are covered at all, everything will be avoided that would cause you to have any visceral or emotional connection to the victims. You'll never know anything about them - not even their names ... and will therefore have no ability to feel anything for them. As a result, their existence will barely register. That's by design.
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The Rockefeller Family Fund, a charity that supports causes related to the environment, economic justice and other issues, is liquidating its investments in fossil fuel companies, including Exxon Mobil. "While the global community works to eliminate the use of fossil fuels, it makes little sense - financially or ethically - to continue holding investments in these companies," the fund said. In announcing its decision, the Rockefeller fund attacked Exxon for what it called the company's "morally reprehensible conduct," alluding to allegations that the company has hidden evidence that fossil fuels contribute to climate change. "Evidence appears to suggest that the company worked since the 1980s to confuse the public about climate change's march, while simultaneously spending millions to fortify its own infrastructure against climate change's destructive consequences and track new exploration opportunities as the Arctic's ice receded," the fund said. New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is said to have launched an investigation last fall into whether Exxon misled the public and investors about ... climate risks. California Attorney General Kamala Harris is also reportedly looking into whether Exxon lied about climate change. The probes followed a report by InsideClimate News ... claiming that Exxon sought to undermine scientific evidence that pointed to the growing threat of climate change.
Note: The Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced its fossil fuel divestment in 2014. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on climate change and the corruption of science from reliable major media sources.
A group of 22 medical experts convened by Johns Hopkins University and The Lancet have called today for the decriminalization of all nonviolent drug use and possession. The experts further encourage countries and U.S. states to "move gradually toward regulated drug markets and apply the scientific method to their assessment." Their report comes ahead of a special UN General Assembly Session on drugs to be held next month. In a lengthy review of the state of global drug policy, the Hopkins-Lancet experts conclude that the prohibitionist anti-drug policies of the past 50 years "directly and indirectly contribute to lethal violence, disease, discrimination, forced displacement, injustice and the undermining of people's right to health. "The goal of prohibiting all use, possession, production and trafficking of illicit drugs is the basis of many of our national drug laws, but these policies are based on ideas about drug use and drug dependence that are not scientifically grounded," said Commissioner Dr. Chris Beyrer. "The idea that all drug use is necessarily 'abuse' means that immediate and complete abstinence has been seen as the only acceptable approach," commissioner Adeeba Kamarulzaman ... said. But, she added, "continued criminalization of drug use fuels HIV, hepatitis C and tuberculosis transmission within prisons and the community at large. There is another way. Programmes and policies aimed at reducing harm should be central to future drug policies."
Note: While the war on drugs has been called a "trillion dollar failure", and the healing potentials of mind altering drugs are starting to be investigated more openly, there remains powerful evidence that the CIA and US military are directly involved in the drug trade.
Scanning a prison menu is a bleak task. Common food items range from nutraloaf - a mishmash of ingredients baked into a tasteless beige block - to, rumor has it, road kill. The substandard quality of food at some correctional facilities has led to protests and hunger strikes. But some states, along with correctional authorities and prison activists, are discovering the value of feeding prisoners nutrient-rich food grown with their own hands. Prison vegetable gardens, where inmates plant and harvest fresh produce to feed the larger prison population, are on the rise in correctional facilities from New York to Oregon. In addition to being a cost-effective food source, the gardens are seen as a way to save money on healthcare for prisoners struggling with diabetes, hypertension, and other ailments. But the gardening itself provides opportunities for personal growth, as inmates learn how to plant, raise, and harvest crops. It also functions as a method of rehabilitation in what is often a deeply stressful environment. "Inmates are sent to prison as punishment, not for punishment," says Tonya Gushard, public information officer for the Oregon State Correctional Institution (OSCI) in Salem. The OSCI has run a garden program at its facility since 2008. Between 2012 and 2015, Oregon state prisoner-gardeners raised more than 600,000 pounds of produce for nearly 14,000 inmates. The potential savings for taxpayers in health costs from providing inmates with high-quality food cannot be overstated.
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Consumers around the country will soon know just by looking at the packaging of popular brands such as Cocoa Puffs cereal or Yoplait yogurt whether or not they contain genetically modified ingredients. Their maker, General Mills, plans to make that information visible on its products nationwide. Other major food companies have since followed, including Kellogg, ConAgra and candy maker Mars. Campbell Soup publicized the same decision in January. The companies are all responding to a Vermont law requiring the labelling of genetically modified foods starting in July, and to pressure from consumers and advocacy groups to reveal more information about controversial ingredients. Between 70% and 80% of packaged food in the US contains ingredients from genetically modified organisms. A genetically modified organism is created in a laboratory by taking genes from one species and inserting these genes into another to breed certain characteristics. Big food companies have historically fought mandatory labelling. They worry that genetic manipulation creates an impression that the food is unnatural or unhealthy. Meanwhile, anti-GMO advocacy groups, such as Center For Food Safety, and food makers who say they don't use GMOs, including Plum Organics and Nature's Path, also cast the fight as an issue of transparency, and accuse food makers of hiding important information from the public.
Note: 64 countries now require labelling of GM ingredients. When will the US give its citizens the right to know? For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing GMO news articles from reliable major media sources.
The war on drugs has failed, fuelling higher rates of infection and harming public health and human rights to such a degree that it's time to decriminalize non-violent minor drug offences, according to a new global report. The authors of the Johns Hopkins-Lancet Commission on Public Health and International Drug Policy call for minor use, possession and petty use to be decriminalized following measurably worsened human health. "We've had three decades of the war on drugs, we've had decades of zero-tolerance policy," said Dr. Chris Beyrer, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore and the senior author of the report published Thursday in The Lancet. "It has had no measurable impact on supply or use, and so as a policy to control substance use it has arguably failed. It has evidently failed." Given that the goal of prohibiting all use, possession, production and trafficking of illicit drugs was to protect societies, the researchers evaluated the health effects and found they were overwhelmingly negative. For a role model, the authors point to Portugal, which decriminalized not only cannabis but also possession of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine. HIV transmission, hepatitis C and incarcerations all decreased, Beyrer said, and there was about a 15 per cent decline in substance use by young people in Portugal.
Note: While the war on drugs has been called a "trillion dollar failure", and the healing potentials of mind altering drugs are starting to be investigated more openly, there remains powerful evidence that the CIA and US military are directly involved in the drug trade.
Cynthia Perez, a lawyer, stopped by a polling site on her way to work. She found a line so long she could not see the end of it. Days later, angry and baffled [Arizona] voters are still trying to make sense of how democracy is working in Maricopa County, the state's most populous, where officials cut the number of polling places by 70 percent to save money - to 60 from 200 in the last presidential election. That translated to a single polling place for every 108,000 residents in Phoenix, a majority-minority city that had exceptional turnout in Tuesday's Democratic and Republican primaries. Many observers saw Arizona as ... pointing toward potential problems nationally. The presidential election will be the first since the Supreme Court dismantled a crucial section of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, freeing nine states, including Arizona and parts of seven others, to change their election laws without advance federal approval. Arizona has a long history of discrimination against minorities, preventing American Indians from voting for much of its history because they were considered "wards of the nation," imposing English literacy tests on prospective voters and printing English-only election materials even as the state's Spanish-speaking population grew. On Tuesday, calls poured into the office of Arizona's attorney general ... well into the night, as people heard poll workers tell them to go home, "the election has already been decided," said a spokesman.
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Before Aaron Rodgers was a first-round pick in 2005, he experienced another first: The Packers quarterback had a Close Encounter. Rodgers described the mysterious incident recently. In February 2005 ... the former Cal quarterback flew to the East Coast for [an ESPN] interview and while he was there, he was staying with the family of former Cal teammate Steve Levy. "We were winding down at dinner and then there was a weird siren in the distance, so we go outside ... it was one of those bright nights, where it's overcast, but there's enough light from the moon to see things and the next thing you know, we saw something in the sky," Rodgers said. This wasn't just anything, though. The Packers quarterback is 100 percent convinced he saw a UFO. "It was a large orange, left-to-right-moving object. Because of the overcast nature of the night and the snow, you couldn't make out, it was behind the clouds we were seeing, but it was definitively large in the night sky, moving from left to right," Rodgers said. "Again, it was like 12:30 at night here. It was me, Steve, and his brother that saw it." That means there were a total of three witnesses. "And it goes out of sight and we look at each other and go, 'What in the f--- was that?'" Rodgers said. The group then heard about four fighter jets overhead and he knew they were fighter jets because, "You know the sound of a fighter jet when it flies by," Rodgers said. The Packers quarterback was hesitant to share his UFO story. But after he got started, you could tell it was a moment he clearly remembered.
Note: For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing UFO cover-up and disclosure news articles from reliable major media sources. Then explore the excellent, reliable resources provided in our UFO Information Center.
What is happiness inequality? It's the psychological parallel to income inequality: how much individuals in a society differ in their self-reported happiness levels. Since 2012, the World Happiness Report has championed the idea that happiness is a better measure of human welfare than standard indicators like wealth, education, health, or good government. And if that's the case, it has implications for our conversations about equality, privilege, and fairness in the world. We know that income inequality can be detrimental to happiness: According to a 2011 study, for example, the American population as a whole was less happy over the past several decades in years with greater inequality. The authors of a companion study to the World Happiness Report ... found that countries with greater inequality of well-being also tend to have lower average well-being, even after controlling for factors like GDP per capita, life expectancy, and individuals' reports of social support and freedom to make decisions. In other words, the more happiness equality a country has, the happier it tends to be as a whole. On an individual level, the same link exists; in fact, individuals' happiness levels were more closely tied to the level of happiness equality in their country than to its income equality. Happiness equality was also a stronger predictor of social trust than income equality - and social trust, a belief in the integrity of other people and institutions, is crucial to personal and societal well-being.
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Dr. Jim Withers used to dress like a homeless person. On purpose. Two to three nights a week, he rubbed dirt in his hair and muddied up his jeans and shirt before walking the dark streets of Pittsburgh. Withers wanted to connect with those who had been excluded from his care. "I was actually really shocked how ill people were on the street," he said. "Young, old, people with mental illness, runaway kids, women (who) fled domestic violence, veterans. And they all have their own story." Homelessness costs the medical system a lot of money. Individuals often end up in emergency rooms, and stay there longer, because their illnesses go untreated and can lead to complications. For 23 years, Withers has been treating the homeless - under bridges, in alleys and along riverbanks. "We realized that ... we could make 'house calls,'" he said. It's something that Withers' father, a rural doctor, often did. Withers' one-man mission became a citywide program called Operation Safety Net. Since 1992, the group has reached more than 10,000 individuals and helped more than 1,200 of them transition into housing. In addition to street rounds, the program has a mobile van, drop-in centers and a primary health clinic, all where the homeless can access medical care. In the way I'd like to see things, every person who is still on the streets will have medical care that comes directly to them and says, "You matter." Having street medicine in [the] community transforms us. We begin to see that we're all in this together.
Note: Don't miss the video of Withers' inspiring "street medicine" in action at the CNN link above.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is adding more American lobbyists to its payroll by hiring BGR Government Affairs. The contract provides BGR with $500,000 annually to assist with U.S. media outreach for the Center for Studies and Media Affairs at the Saudi Royal Court, a government entity. The retainer includes the services of Jeffrey Birnbaum, a former Washington Post reporter who once covered the lobbying industry and now works as a lobbyist, as well as Ed Rogers, a former Reagan administration official who now lobbies and writes a column for the Post. The Saudi government has brought on a dizzying array of American public relations experts and lobbyists to help spin reporters and influence policymakers, [including] the Podesta Group, a lobbying firm run by a top fundraiser for the Hillary Clinton campaign, [and] Norm Coleman, the former GOP senator who leads a major Republican Super PAC. The money spent on lobbying has been used to counter growing controversies surrounding the kingdom. When Nimr al-Nimr, a peaceful government critic, was executed in January, the Podesta Group helped the regime shape media coverage ... to smear Nimr as a "terrorist." Other American consultants working for the Saudi Embassy used social media and other efforts to attack Nimr and justify the execution. The kingdom has relied on its media and lobbying apparatus to combat criticism of its human rights record, including the growing rate of executions and beheadings.
Note: Democracy for sale? Read more about Saudi Arabia's influential charm offensive. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles about government corruption and the manipulation of public opinion.
The U.S. military has stepped up investigations of high-ranking officers for sexual assault. The Defense Department ... has revamped its policies to prevent sexual assault and to hold perpetrators accountable. During the federal fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 116 officers of all stripes were court-martialed, discharged or received some sort of punishment after they were criminally investigated for sexual assault. That was more than double the number from three years earlier. Of last year's cases, eight were against senior officers holding a rank equivalent to colonel or Navy captain or higher. While that figure may seem small, it represented a fourfold increase from 2012. Overall, the vast majority of troops investigated for sexual assault are enlisted personnel, who accounted for 94 percent of all cases last year. Enlisted troops outnumber officers by a ratio of 4.6 to 1. Under the military justice system, senior officers are responsible for deciding whether individuals under their command should be prosecuted. Some lawmakers and advocacy groups are pushing to strip commanders of that power and to give it instead to uniformed prosecutors. The Pentagon has resisted such proposals, saying they would undermine command authority. When senior officers themselves are charged with sexual assault, it "makes it appear as if the fox was guarding the henhouse," said [Don] Christensen, the president of Protect Our Defenders, which has lobbied Congress to change the law.
Note: A 2015 Associated Press article states that: "the true scope of sex-related violence in the military communities is vastly underreported." For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing sexual abuse scandal news articles from reliable major media sources.
A trust called DE First Holdings was quietly formed in Delaware. A day later, the entity dropped $1 million into a super PAC. The trust, whose owner remains unknown, is part of a growing cadre of mystery outfits financing big-money super PACs. Many were formed just days or weeks before making six- or seven-figure contributions - an arrangement that ... violates a long-standing federal ban on straw donors. But the individuals behind the "ghost corporations" appear to face little risk of reprisal from [the] Federal Election Commission. The 2016 campaign has already seen the highest rate of corporate donations since the Supreme Court unleashed such spending with its 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision. One out of every eight dollars collected by super PACs this election cycle have come from corporate coffers, including millions flowing from opaque and hard-to-trace entities. Such groups, which can accept unlimited donations ... are on track to far exceed the $86 million they gave to super PACs in the entire 2012 presidential cycle. A significant share of the money is coming from newly formed LLCs. Several campaign finance watchdog groups have filed complaints with the FEC against the recent pop-up LLCs, but the chances of the agency's looking into the cases appear slim. Last month, the agency closed a nearly five-year-old complaint about a limited liability company allegedly used to mask a donor's identity — unable to even agree whether it merited investigation.
Note: The "Koch Empire" alone plans to spend $889 million on US elections in 2016. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles about elections corruption and the manipulation of public perception. Then explore the excellent, reliable resources provided in our Elections Information Center.
President Obama has authorized a limited new plan to train and arm rebel fighters to confront Islamic State militants in Syria, relaunching a Pentagon program that was suspended last fall after a series of embarrassing setbacks. The program is separate from a covert CIA-run training operation. The original plan involved selecting fighters from moderate Syrian rebel groups, taking them to Arab military bases outside Syria, and providing arms, equipment and six weeks of training. They then would [be] sent back to Syria. The first 54 recruits were ambushed in July by Nusra Front, an Al Qaeda affiliate. The second class of 71 surrendered much of their U.S.-issued ammunition and trucks to Nusra Front fighters in September in exchange for safe passage through northern Syria. The program initially was envisioned as a $500-million, three-year plan to recruit, train and equip fighters at bases in Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Thousands of rebels applied. Many were ... ineligible. In addition, the prospective host countries and many of the fighters disagreed with the U.S. emphasis on fighting Islamic State, saying the training should focus on ousting Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Pentagon shut the program down in less than a year. In its place, the Pentagon began providing communications equipment, weapons and ammunition to rebel commanders. The equipment was dropped into Syria by U.S. aircraft and distributed among the units as they pushed into territory controlled by Islamic State.
Note: Explore powerful evidence that ISIS is aided and was possibly even created by covert US support. Watch this video which shows how the US and its allies stoke war in order to pad the pockets of mega-corporations which profit greatly from arms sales. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing war news articles from reliable major media sources.
A 31-year-old man was handed a job, instead of being handed over to the police, after he was busted stealing food from a Tesco supermarket in Malaysia. The father of three, who asked to remain anonymous, had fallen on hard times. He quit his contract job to take care of his young kids after his wife went into a coma during childbirth, local newspaper The Star reported. The man, who's also mourning the death of the couple's baby, had moved with his kids into a relative's house due to his lack of income. One afternoon, after he and his 2-year-old son went to visit his wife at the hospital, they passed a Tesco. "After walking for more than an hour, we went to the food section and I grabbed the pears, apples and a few bottles of drinks," he told The Star. The price of the items equalled 27 Malaysian ringgit (about $6.50). The man was caught on his way out. Initially, the store's general manager, Radzuan Ma'asan, was going to call the authorities. But after an interrogation, he was so moved by the man's story, he offered him a job instead - and some cash. "The man's situation really touched our hearts. We visited his relative's house. It was so empty and poor," Ma'asan told The Star. Tesco was recently in the news for another charitable act. The supermarket giant announced last week that all its U.K. stores will donate its unsold food to charity.
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General Mills said Friday that it will start labeling its products that contain genetically modified ingredients in response to a law going into effect in Vermont later this year. The maker of Cheerios, Yoplait and Betty Crocker joins Campbell Soup as one of the few major consumer product companies to adopt labeling amid a contentious debate in Congress about whether identifying GMOs - genetically modified organisms - should be voluntary. In a blog post, General Mills argued for a national standard for GMO labeling but said that in the meantime, the company will start labeling certain products that contain GMOs. The decision comes as ... food producers prepare to comply with a Vermont law that will require GMOs to be identified starting July 1. General Mills said that it's more cost effective to adopt the practice across the country in order to keep prices from rising for customers. The labels will start hitting grocery stores over the next several weeks and customers can expect thousands of packages to be updated with new language. General Mills also launched a tool that lets customers search for products that contain GMOs, which includes Betty Crocker frosting, Chex cereal and Nature Valley bars. The fight over GMO labeling has been fraught with the question of whether GMOs are safe to consume. Genetically engineered foods, like corn and soybeans, have been part of the U.S. food supply since the 1990s.
Note: Other major companies are also saying they will start labelling GM foods in the US, as reported in this article in the UK's Guardian. Explore a treasure trove of concise summaries of incredibly inspiring news articles which will inspire you to make a difference.
When David Lee Windecher comes to court, he cuts a striking figure. Once known as "Red," a notorious North Miami gangster, Windecher has come a long way. The drug dealer and larcenist who had been arrested 13 times by his 20th birthday ... has morphed into one of Atlanta's hottest young lawyers. Only four years into his law career, [he] uses his own gripping memoir – "The American Dream: HisStory in the Making" – to give troubled kids a road map to putting their adolescent mistakes in the rearview mirror. His message: Too many Americans – prosecutors, citizens, and even gangsters themselves – buy into a myth that youths are a lost cause. Those sentiments were cemented into law in the 1980s and '90s. "Second chances come hard," he says. "The problem is that everyone, even the gangsters, looks at the worst, not the potential in other people. But the fact is, you are not a victim of circumstance. You have a choice." It took watching his brother and two sisters turning to gang life, finding faith in a higher power, and meeting an aspiring FBI agent ... for Windecher to see that there was a way out. He was also shaken by a poem titled "The Monument," about how God gives each person a unique set of problems to resolve. It says, "no one else may have the blessings that these problems will bring you." In 2011, Windecher secured an internship with the DeKalb County District Attorney's Office, [where] in the juvenile division ... he began to strengthen the county's diversion programs aimed at keeping first-time offenders out of long-term detention.
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Government lawyers on Thursday continued their fight to bury the Senate Torture Report, arguing before the D.C. District Court of Appeals that the 6,700-page text could not be released on procedural grounds. When the 500-page executive summary of the report was released more than a year ago, it prompted international outcry and renewed calls for prosecution. The summary describes not only the CIA's rape and torture of detainees, but also how the agency consistently misrepresented the brutality and effectiveness of the torture program. But many of the most graphic details are in Volume III of the full report, which former Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein has said contains "excruciating" details on "each of the 119 known individuals who were held in CIA custody." On the same day the executive summary was released, the Intelligence Committee sent copies of the full report to executive branch agencies with instructions ... that they be used "as broadly as appropriate to make sure that this experience is never repeated." Last year, after succeeding Feinstein as chair, Sen. Richard Burr, R-Ga., requested that the copies distributed to federal agencies be returned to Congress, prompting a legal standoff. In the meantime ... the Justice Department has "refuse[d] to allow executive branch officials to review the full and final study."
Note: For more along these lines, see the "10 Craziest Things in the Senate Report on Torture". For more, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles about corruption in government and in the intelligence community.
From an environmental perspective, plastic cutlery is pretty disastrous. It's often used just once before being thrown in the bin, and every year vast quantities of plastic knives, forks and spoons end up in landfill, where they release harmful substances into the soil as they decompose. However, one enterprising inventor is now hoping to make plastic cutlery obsolete by providing a viable, environmentally-friendly alternative: edible cutlery. Narayana Peesapaty is from India, where 120 billion pieces of disposable plastic cutlery are thrown away each year. His edible cutlery, branded as Bakeys, is made from millet, rice and wheat, and is available in a variety of flavours. Bakeys, founded in Hyderabad in 2011, says its products are "highly nutritious," with a shelf life of three years. If you use a Bakeys spoon and don't eat it, it'll decompose in less than a week. A video showcasing Narayana's invention has gone viral this week after it was shared online by the website The Better India, where it's been viewed more than 2.5 million times in less than a day. It isn't quite as sturdy as its metal or plastic counterparts - Bakeys suggests not using too much force if you use its cutlery to cut into hard foods, saying: "after all these are made of flours" - but its spoons are firm enough to get you through a cup of hot soup without it wilting. But could they ever become popular enough to replace plastic cutlery the world over? We'll have to wait and see.
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Apr 14, 2015 Tanya W rated it really liked it
This could be called exercise and healthy eating 101. Some of it is very basic (including how to check your pulse while exercising). Sound advice, quick read. Excellent health wisdom regarding exercising and diet for anyone who isn't a competitive athlete or who is not more than 100 pounds overweight. This health wisdom has stood the test of time (written in 1977). I believe I first read it in the mid 80's (and there is a newer version written in 1999).
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Oct 15, 2015 Joe Spoto rated it it was amazing
I read this many years ago, at the time when I was physically able to be a runner. The book explains why diets and dietary change alone do not work. It is funny that the new fad today (not sure of the name) is basically a rehash of Covert Bailey's philosophy.
Nov 02, 2014 Shari rated it did not like it
Wrong wrong wrong. Mr. Bailey says to reduce fat to lose weight, but we now know this is incorrect. As fat consumption has gone down in America, obesity has gone up. Fat slows the movement of food from your stomach so you feel full longer, increases satiety so you are satisfied, and decreases your appetite not only during your meal, but also at the NEXT meal. It also helps to stabilize your blood sugar and prevent insulin spikes which cause weight gain and all sorts of unsavory side effects. At ...more
Feb 28, 2016 Christine Thorndill added it
Excellent read. Read this 25 years ago and ordered it again. Still makes a lot of sense. I am a believer in less fat in your diet. I think some fats are good but as a runner it worked for me. Complex carbs are good. I esually liked his philosophy on swimming not a good way to lose weight if you are overweight
Mar 25, 2014 Taffey Champion rated it it was amazing
I absolutely loved this book. Covert Bailey has helped to greatly increase my knowledge on how to get fit and healthy for life. I already was winning "the battle of the bulge" and he has helped me continue to do so with this empowering literary work of art.
Mar 15, 2014 Jessica Wright rated it really liked it
A great basic level start to fitness and nutrition. Having been published in the 70's, newer studies are available, but the basics are there and still valid! A quick 100 page read that should be required in high school and college so people have rudimentary knowledge!
Jan 17, 2016 Karin added it
In this edition, some of the information is now out of date. There is a much newer one that I haven't seen.
Jun 05, 2013 Yolanda rated it really liked it
This book made sense to me. I found myself agreeing with the author about how exercise is so important, not only in losing weight, but just in general. What you eat is also important, but when I am following a strict diet, I always gain the weight back when I stop eating according to whatever diet it is. Exercise changes the way your body uses the calories so you can have more flexibility in your diet. Just from personal experience, I have always lost weight easier when I exercise and this book ...more
Feb 13, 2013 Steve Scott rated it liked it
Shelves: physical-fitness
I don't really agree anymore with Bailey's ideas concerning nutrition. For a young, healthy, lean and active individual, his prescription might work. He is a big advocate of exercise, though. That's a plus.
Jul 07, 2013 Katy Mann rated it really liked it
Shelves: fitness
Read this one years ago. Helped me to reset my thinking, getting the focus off of food, and onto getting outside and doing something.
Jan 11, 2013 MVV rated it really liked it
Shelves: health-fitness
The ultimate first book you should read before any other fitness or diet books. Pure empirical science.
Mar 13, 2013 Bill Leach rated it really liked it
Main thesis is that long periods of activity at medium levels of exercise are the best for burning fat.
May 07, 2012 Mark Tilchen rated it really liked it
A reality check on what it really takes to lose weight by understanding how the human body functions.
Jun 14, 2010 Gail rated it really liked it
Recommends it for: Anyone with a human body.
This book is filled with bottom line basics. A great guide for getting and staying fit.
Jun 19, 2010 David Schilling rated it really liked it
Good guide to why you should exercise regularly. Convincing.
Jan 19, 2013 Joe rated it really liked it
Shelves: non-fiction
This book formed the basis for how I eat and exercise.
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For the longest time, Spencer's Antiques was an integral part of the Hillyard secondhand and antique dealer community. Located at Garland Avenue and Market Street since 2003, Spencer's was known to antique and secondhand aficionados for its selection there.
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"We knew we had to find another place to lease, but where do you start looking?" Kay Kallenbach said. "The state was very good to us, they were so helpful, but it was still hard to find a place."
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Date June 29 1992-July 3 1992
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A high-power-factor buck converterPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):1071 - 1076 vol.2
Cited by: Papers (70) | Patents (2)
A high-power-factor buck converter is proposed. The converter is composed of rectifier diodes, a small input capacitor, and a buck converter. It supplies low output voltages and uses low voltage semiconductor devices and ceramic capacitors. Two operation modes exist in the converter: discontinuous and continuous inductor current modes. Analysis and experimentation show that the converter's power f... View full abstract»
PESC '92 Record. 23rd Annual IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (Cat. No.92CH3163-3)Publication Year: 1992| PDF (161 KB)
A 2 kW power subsystem for microgravity isolation platform experimentsPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):1127 - 1132 vol.2
Work contributing to the development of a 2 kW power subsystem for a future Spacelab microgravity platform is reported. Power transfer through a single-turn floating isolation transformer allows physical independence between Spacelab and the platform. Resonant techniques are used to nullify leakage inductance effects. A power system, based on a single 28 V, 72 A series-resonant converter, and to b... View full abstract»
A 17 kW series-resonant converter for a CO2 laser gas discharge loadPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):1116 - 1123 vol.2
Cited by: Papers (1)
A system comprising a combination of 17 kW series-resonant DC-DC converters is used to power a CO2 laser gas-discharge load in both pulsed and continuous modes. The converters use ASCRs for switching at up to 16.7 kHz with natural commutation yielding a simple topology. Commutation problems encountered are discussed, and a solution is presented. A multiloop control system allowing progr... View full abstract»
New series resonant converter for variable reluctance motor drivePublication Year: 1992, Page(s):833 - 838 vol.2
Cited by: Papers (4)
A resonant-type converter for a variable-reluctance motor drive is proposed to perform zero current switching of all solid state devices. The resonant circuit is partially resonant rather than fully resonant from the viewpoint of the capacitor. The power circuit of the converter can be realized with unidirectional naturally commutated switches. The converter has many advantages, such as low voltag... View full abstract»
Design and construction of an RF power supply at 100 kV, 30 A DC output using solid-state DC-DC convertersPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):1111 - 1115 vol.2
A power supply design for RF equipment using high-frequency commutation technology, which is totally solid state and without energy storage at the output filter or protection crowbar, is presented. The 3 MW, 100 kV, 30 A power supply offers the low ripple, excellent dynamic and static stability, and very fast turnoff (better than 5 μs) required by RF equipment View full abstract»
Large-signal transient response of resonant convertersPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):807 - 813 vol.2
Cited by: Papers (2)
Large-signal transient responses of voltage-mode resonant converters are investigated by analysis and experiment. The maximum peak values of the voltage stress on the semiconductor switch, reactor current, and output voltage are obtained for the step-change of the input voltage and of the load current. Comparison of large-signal transient responses for various resonant converters shows that full-w... View full abstract»
Steady state operation of a controlled hidden-link induction motor drivePublication Year: 1992, Page(s):119 - 125 vol.1
The controlled operation of the naturally commutating hidden link power converter driving a cage induction motor is described. The motor is shunted by excitation capacitors such that the motor-capacitor lead operates at a leading power factor above 35 Hz. It is shown that, in the lagging power factor region, the drive yields acceptable performance for fan and viscous type loads, suggesting that th... View full abstract»
A unified analysis of multi-resonant convertersPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):822 - 829 vol.2
Cited by: Papers (2)
The method developed by S. Freeland and R.D. Middlebrook (1987) to analyze the DC and AC behavior of quasi-resonant DC/DC converters is applied to multiresonant converters with a single controlled power switch. From PWM converter generic characteristics, rules for inclusion of three resonant elements are given to achieve a multiresonant topology with zero voltage switching in both semiconductor de... View full abstract»
The state-of-the-art phase-shifted ZVS-PWM series and parallel resonant DC-DC power converters using internal parasitic circuit components and new digital controlPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):62 - 70 vol.1
Cited by: Papers (16) | Patents (4)
The authors present two circuit topologies for constant-frequency phase-shifted pulse-width-modulated (PWM) resonant full-bridge inverter-type DC-DC high-power converters with a single high-frequency high-voltage (HFHV) transformer AC link, which effectively make the best of parasitic circuit components existing in the HFHV transformer and HV cable. Two resonant circuit topologies are introduced w... View full abstract»
Two-phase buck-boost type 100 kW DC-DC converter developed for the electric railway rolling stockPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):417 - 424 vol.1
Cited by: Papers (3)
A two-phase buck-boost-type high-voltage/high-current DC-DC converter is proposed, for application to an auxiliary power source in electric railway rolling stock. The main load of the converter is a three-phase inverter which supplies AC power to an inverter-type air-conditioner, by experiments. The circuit behavior and the operation modes are examined, and the steady-state and dynamic characteris... View full abstract»
Torque ripple minimization in switched reluctance motors via bi-cubic spline interpolationPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):851 - 856 vol.2
Cited by: Papers (44) | Patents (3)
A method for minimizing the instantaneous torque ripple in switched reluctance (SR) machines is investigated and implemented. The method is based on estimating the instantaneous SR motor torque from the flux linkage versus current and rotor position characteristic curves via a bi-cubic spline interpolation. These coefficients are computed offline, stored in a given memory location of the control p... View full abstract»
Charge control: modeling, analysis and designPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):503 - 511 vol.1
Cited by: Papers (37) | Patents (7)
A power converter control method called charge control is studied. A complete small-signal analysis is performed for the control scheme. Subharmonic oscillation similar to that of current-injection control is found, and the relationship between the subharmonic oscillation and line/load condition of charge control is defined. Design guidelines which guarantee the stability of the control system und... View full abstract»
Investigation of inverter-fed induction motors under fault conditionsPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):126 - 132 vol.1
Cited by: Papers (15)
A mathematical model based on space-vector theory is used to analyze inverter-fed induction motors faults. Inverter supply faults like an open phase fault, the failure of a transistor to switch on, the delay in a branch command, or the stand of the branch command are analyzed. These events introduce an asymmetry in the supply voltages, in the current values, and in the spatial field distribution. ... View full abstract»
New reduced-order observer with parameter adaptation for flux estimation in induction motorsPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):245 - 252 vol.1
Cited by: Papers (7)
The authors present a novel reduced-order observer with parameter adaptation for fast rotor flux estimation in induction motors. The observer is based on the current model of the induction motor represented in field-oriented coordinates. The theoretical principles of the developed algorithm are discussed. Some results of comparative investigations are presented which illustrate the steady-state an... View full abstract»
Definition and application of a nonlinear control law for series resonant convertersPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):793 - 799 vol.2
Cited by: Papers (3)
A nonlinear control law for a class of resonant converters is proposed. The departure point is the mathematical models found in a previous work, to which a stabilizing feedback law is applied. The theory is confirmed by simulations. The principle of the control law consists in finding a state feedback which makes a given submanifold attractive. The proposed control law is defined everywhere (i.e. ... View full abstract»
Inductance of planar rectangular-spiral strip conductors for low-profile inductorsPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):1401 - 1408 vol.2
Cited by: Papers (4)
Two methods are presented for calculating the inductance of planar rectangular spirals. The first method assumes current flows only in the exact center of the conductor. The second method is based on uniform current distribution across the conductor width, and results in significant improvements in the calculated value of the inductance. The effect of introducing a magnetic core is also studied. T... View full abstract»
Bidirectional DC/DC power conversion using quasi-resonant topologyPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):617 - 624 vol.1
Cited by: Papers (10) | Patents (1)
A family of zero-current-switching/zero-voltage-switching and zero-voltage-switching/zero-current-switching quasi-resonant bidirectional DC/DC converters suitable for high-frequency operation based on a bidirectional quasi-resonant switch is proposed. These converters are realizable with only two power MOSFETs. Design considerations and guidelines are discussed, and experimental results supporting... View full abstract»
An optimum drive and clamp circuit design with controlled switching for a snubberless PWM-VSI-IGBT inverter legPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):289 - 297 vol.1
Cited by: Papers (21) | Patents (1)
A drive circuit for an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) with overcurrent protection and controlled switching has been optimized together with a normal passive clamp in an effort to achieve a robust and reliable snubberless inverter leg. Expressions for the design of the snubberless concept including drive circuit and clamp are given. Measurements show a good agreement with the design expre... View full abstract»
Application of a constant-output-power converter in multiple-module converter systemsPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):909 - 916 vol.2
Cited by: Papers (16)
The origins of the current-sharing problem of parallel-converter systems and the dual problem of voltage sharing in series-converter systems are explored. Both problems are studied by examining the output plane (output current versus output voltage) of a particular converter. It is shown that strict current source behavior is unnecessary for good current sharing in parallel-converter systems, and ... View full abstract»
Damping of oscillations in induction machinesPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):133 - 138 vol.1
Cited by: Papers (6)
A method for damping the oscillations in induction machines, independent of what is exciting them, is proposed and verified. It is shown that, if the stator flux is controlled, the machine appears as if the stator resistance is zero, whereby the damping of the parallel resonance is increased to infinity. It is also shown that, if the torque-producing stator current component is negatively fed back... View full abstract»
Application of sliding mode control using reduced order model in induction motorPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):259 - 264 vol.1
Cited by: Papers (1)
Under the assumption that the dynamics of an induction motor consist of some partial motions of different rates, two different types of reduced-order system (of first and third orders) are obtained using the method of singular perturbation theory. Correspondingly, a very simple control algorithm based on sliding mode control is designed. In the first case the electromagnetic dynamics is neglected:... View full abstract»
Dynamic analysis of variable-reluctance permanent-magnet brushless DC motorsPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):989 - 992 vol.2
Dynamic characteristics of permanent-magnet brushless DC motors (BLDCMs) in the presence of reluctance variations are formulated and analyzed. The local dynamics are presented, since a high percentage of currently available BLDCM systems are accompanied with linear velocity and current controllers. The notion of an equivalent DC motor model is presented, and its validity is examined View full abstract»
Torque ripple reduction of switched reluctance motors by phase current optimal profilingPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):857 - 860 vol.2
Cited by: Papers (76) | Patents (2)
Optimal precalculation of the position-phase current profile for current feeding a four-phase, 4 kW switched reluctance motor results in a single-input, linear, decoupled output torque controller that provides low torque ripple. A bicubic spline interpolation was used to model the nonlinear experimental data. The algorithm is based on minimizing both the average and peak current and hence improves... View full abstract»
The forward discharge converter (FDC): a general solution to obtain soft-switching in any power converterPublication Year: 1992, Page(s):101 - 108 vol.1
Cited by: Papers (7) | Patents (6)
It is noted that soft switching obtained by means of C or LC snubbers and forward discharge power converter forward zero-current-switched QRC like an energy recovery network replaces a simple MOSFET switch without changes in power topology (one or multiple switches) and control circuit (one drive signal for each is holding up). All control strategies (fixed or variable frequency and current of vol... View full abstract»


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