The trial, of a mafia-style
gang in China is accused of gunning down rivals, bribery and corruption, has
begun
Liu Han, ex-head of mining
conglomeration Sichuan Hanlong Group is standing trial with his brother and 34
others
The trial comes amid a
corruption crack down by President Xi-Jinping
The Liu brothers are charged
with 15 crimes including murder, assault and illegal detention
The gang has been active
since 1993 and is being charged with nine murders
Chinese state media has said
the Sichuan based gang has strong political ties
They played a role in Liu
Han’s appointment as a delegate in Sichuan’s political advisory body
In recent months several top
officials from the Sichuan province have come under scrutiny where corruption
is the main crime
The Party led by President
Xi-Jinping is strongly trying to eradicate the corrupt aspect that has invaded
their party and their politics
Many top officials are being
removed as a result of their crimes, which has brought shame on the Party
The Chinese people themselves
are voicing their strong objections and so tough action is now being dealt with
This kind of culture cannot
be allowed to continue if the Chinese Communist party are to survive and to
have any form of credibility
See more high ranking
officials come under extensive fire. Their days are also numbered
Negotiators have worked through
the night in Yokohama to complete a review on a key report on the impacts of
Climate Change
A detailed 29 page summery is
detailing the effects of Climate Change on the planet over the next 100 years
Several hundred members of
the UN’s Climate Panel have been in deep deliberations since last Tuesday
The report is the first
assessment since 2007
This report is the second of
three analyses developed by international teams of researchers
The first part published last
September details the mechanics of Climate Change
Explaining the mechanics of
Climate Change rests unequivocally that humans are behind it
The new document details the
impacts and the vulnerabilities to the rising temperature that will face the
world
Two chapters are detailing
impacts on the oceans and human health and food security
The document focusses on
things that can be done to reduce the risks.
The impacts on Climate Change are “widespread and consequential”
With melting glaciers and
tree mortality, when just 1ºC+ is reached, causes extreme weather events, such
as with heat waves and flooding
Agriculture is affected in
severe drought conditions. Flood risks to people living in Asia are
particularly vulnerable
Human health is affected with
increase mortalities where heat waves occur
Oceans are becoming more
acidic, destroying the coral reefs
People who depend on fish for
their protein will have to look for other means as the fish will be fewer as a
result of acidity
All over the world, in every
continent, there are either impacts on agriculture, wildfires or floods
Sea levels rises and also a
lack of water, crop changes and melting ice will occur
All these have enormous
effects on the land and the sea
This report shows the areas
that are most at risk and what can be done about reducing those risks when
steps are taken
Climate Change shows a number
of the threats facing the people all over the world, both now and in the future
Once we begin to understand
the challenges we can start to manage the risks it becomes a tractable solution
We all must play our part in
bringing these changes in to save not only humans and animals, but our planet
as well!
As we all enter a phase of
dissatisfaction in our lives, we all must proceed to bring in the necessary
changes
Then we are able to restore
peace and balance
When a person has been harmed
or unjustly treated, it is our responsibility to voice our displeasure
To hide it often gives off
the wrong signals inviting that person or those beings to continue doing it
Unless we start to openly
discuss our feelings, how are we ever going to change the world into becoming a
better more balanced place?
Now, as the Universal
energies are all heightened, it is our personal duty to rid ourselves of
everything that is negative
Then we can enter a stage of
productivity and positive acclaim
We can no longer dillydally,
but need to act swiftly and decisively to effect change and to restore harmony
when it finally comes to us
There are many solutions to
many problems. All we need to do is to find out the right ones that suit
ourselves
Once that has been agreed,
then the action becomes a normality and everything is swiftly acquired
In seeking a better life, one
must get rid of the old and to strive forwards with gusto to get to another
Nothing is difficult once we
have thought out the solution
These solutions usually come
from the Higher Intelligence, who is waiting for us to access it
Then the request is received
and the appropriate answer is given
Many of us are stuck in our
lives purely because they cannot see a way out
By meditating on the problem,
the solutions will always present themselves with the motivation to get things
done
From there on, the way is
easy and help is always given and the rewards are accepted
Know we are all looked after
and nothing is by chance!
Laws banning smoking in
public places have had a positive impact on child health, an international
study in the Lancet suggests
Researchers also found a 10%
reduction in premature births and severe childhood asthma within a year of
smoke-free laws being introduced
Laws that prohibit smoking in
public places, such as bars, restaurants and work places have already shown…
…that they protect adults
from the dangers of passive smoking
This research has gone into
2.5 million births and 250,000 hospital attendances for asthma attacks in
children
The study now provides clear
evidence that smoking bans have had considerable public health benefits for
perinatal and child health
There has also been a 5%
decline in children being born very small for their age
There are still many
countries yet to enforce smoke-free legislation
This research shows that
passive smoking causes thickening of children’s arteries
It can also increase the risk
of heart attacks and strokes in later life
It is the children who are
particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of second hand smoke
This is because their lungs
and immune systems are still developing
At present it is only 16% of
the world’s population who are covered by smoke-free laws
Scotland, where the ban was
first introduced in 2006, has shown that adult’s and children’s health have
improved
Where pregnant mothers smoke,
it has had a profound bearing on the foetal development
Babies are born smaller and
have underdeveloped lung capacity
It is in all our interests to
encourage the population of this world to remove smoking as a right to have
The long term effects on
health issues are not only on children who passively smoke, but on the adults
who do
Life did exist before smoking
and although it has been going on for centuries, we are all better educated now
If we are all to enjoy
healthy lives, then consideration to ban this substance from where it can harm
us is surely advisable?
The distress that comes when
one sees a child literally fighting for its breath is both distressing to the
child and the adults too
It is not only smoking where
we have to become more responsible, but where there’s pollution on other
levels, such as from cars and industry
Even smoke from cooking
stoves, where all the family breathe in these fumes, is also a major hazard
Now technology has developed
new stoves at little cost, these too will help massively in getting people
better
The more consciously aware we
all become the healthy and happier will be our race!
A man who has been on death
row for more than four decades has been granted a retrial by a Japanese court
Mr Hakamada, 78 years old,
was sentenced to death in 1968 for killing his boss and his boss’s wife and two
children
Hakamada confessed after 20
days of interrogation, which involved him being beaten, but once in court he
retracted his confession
Japanese police traditionally
rely on confessions to prosecute, which are obtained by force
Amnesty International said
Hakamada is the longest serving inmate on death row
There have been many
unanswered questions over recent DNA evidence
The court ruling came after
defence lawyers showed the DNA from blood stains found on the clothing…
…alleged to have been worn by
the killer did not match Hakamada
The judge has ordered his
release saying it is unjust to detain this man further. The evidence of his
innocence has become clear
Hakamada’s sister Hideko, who
is 81 years old, has fought bravely for a retrial for many years. She expresses
her thanks to all who helped
Human Rights groups have
cited long hours of interrogation, lack of access to lawyers and physical
mistreatment are the reasons…
…why suspects end up
confessing to crimes they did not commit
The shame has to fall on the
Japanese Police force, as their form of justice does not come up to scrutiny
Innocent people are given
jail sentences when the real killers still go free!
Until there is a superior
standard of policing, all the Japanese people are vulnerable to this kind of
abuse. What a justice system!
A man’s life has been
sacrificed and who knows how many more from this kind of sharp practice
What kind of compensation
does he get from the police not doing their jobs, but acting out of complete
thuggery?
He has lost his life and
liberty and shame should fall on those who acted wrongly. Perhaps their heads
should roll?
The Japanese architect
Shigeru Ban uses cardboard tubes to make temporary houses in disaster zones
He has won 2014’s Pritzker
Architecture Prize
This amazing 56 years old
architect has designed many buildings to help victims of natural disasters and
also refugees
Mr Ban’s work includes the
magnificent paper cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, after an earthquake
struck & demolished the main tower
The earthquake hit in
February 2011 and resulted in 185 deaths, including 28 Japanese nationals who
also lost their lives
A Japanese team helped in the
international rescue, but were later called back to deal with their own triple
disaster
A New Zealand team soon
followed to give the Japan assistance in their rescue
This combined effort has
brought the two countries closer together
Mr Ban offered to carry out
the design on New Zealand’s Cathedral at no cost
Although the structure was
initially intended to be temporary, the congregations’ approval was so great
that it will become permanent
The tower, which was
destroyed, comprises of an entire wall of coloured glass
The Pritzker prize is
architecture’s top prize
“Mr Ban’s commitment to humanitarian causes is an example to us
all,” said the judges
Mr Ban has spent two decades
travelling the world to help design ‘low cost’, but dignified housing for
people who are in disaster zones
These so far include Japan,
Rwanda, India, Sri Lanka, Haiti, Italy and he is currently in the Philippines
In his modest way he feels
that he must be careful as he honours this prize, but for him it has come too
early
He appreciates it and knows
it will spur him on to do even more and to allow his skills to grow
To hear of such a good man
doing his bit, where there is so much misery through natural disasters, is
something that is rare these days
His good deeds must be
cherished in the good spirit they are given
As we gather our strength to
come to terms with what is happening around the world…
…we are mindful that
underneath a feeling of mistrust and arrogance, there lurks a consciousness not
always visibly seen
Many people are now starting
to take matters into their own hands
They are fed up with
politicians & their slow way of working, where people must wait a long time
before laws & statutes are made effective
The people of this world are
tired. They want change of a better life and they want it now!
Too many have suffered years
of intolerance, where politicians have behaved appallingly
Now, as more and more people
are rising up in their own way, they start to force the principles of change
New ideas are being realised
and where new terms and conditions are being voiced
No longer will the people do
nothing and stand by and watch their livelihoods being demolished in front of
their very eyes
A new breed of people is
emerging and evolving, where their brutally honest ways are turning events
around
They now have the upper hand
and say
Politicians have no choice but
to finally hear the voices of the people, who will no longer be denied
Start to see this global
revolution unleash its strength throughout the world
A growing consensus is being
formulated
People from all over the
world, whose ideology is self-preservation, peace and a coming together of
minds
It will stretch over all
social barriers, all languages and beliefs
Nothing will now stop this
growing movement
The Internet is coming alive
and the new pace for democratic change will no longer be denied
The world will start to see
this movement grow and be totally effective
No Governments will be able
to stand in their way. The force and the momentum are too powerful and too
diversified to be stopped
From every strata of life,
from the four corners of the globe, this mounting movement is strengthening and
increasing
This is not a war
It is an ideology that will
surpass any religious criteria or dogma
The ideology will have its
voice in the people and the global concept will be enormous
No military machine will be
able to stop it
For the voice of all the
people all over the world will speak with one voice
It will act as one beating
heart and drum out the rhythm of change
Watch out for this, all will
get involved, the people, the media, the Internet
It becomes unstoppable and
its strength is both tangible and real
This is history in the
making. All old regimes will no longer exist
It will be people power not
military arsenals, which will change the world
They will make it a safer and
more realistic framework from which Mankind can begin to live again
This movement is already
starting
As the Credit Crunch was
predicted three years by us before it happened, so this will also happen
See it evolve and where the
strength starts to belong to the people and not the politicians of this world
We are all in amazing times!
We are entering into a phase
of massive change in our world, where the fight of good and evil is fought on a
daily basis
Various parties are only
interested in their own agenda and feel nothing for the people who suffer
turmoil every day
Many throughout the world are
both physically and psychologically scarred
They feel nobody cares and
many are left to their own devices to try to live in a world of complete chaos
and unrest
The Middle East is a hotbed
of uncertainty and raw emotion, where the daily angst takes over
Just to survive and hope they
won’t get killed is a major challenge
There needs to be a complete
change of the mind-set, where countries start to deal with the injustices to
the many victims of this world
Their anger and hate are
fuelled on the back of revenge
Their human rights are not
being recognised and hope and salvation are but a far off dream
The people, although
suffering, have now reached an impasse where their lives are already worthless
and meaningless in their eyes
They see their Governments
are full of corruption and self-interest
It is these people who have
nothing to lose who are the most dangerous and will be the ones who are most to
be feared
Their meaningless lives mean
they have no life and to lose it means nothing to them anymore
All around them has been
destroyed
Any decency that they might
once have had has been wiped out by the horror of what has already befallen
them
It is this body of people who
will rise up and, like the French Revolution of 1789-1799, will determine the
outcome
There is a need now for
proper democracy, for citizenship and people’s undeniable rights
There is now a quest by the
people of this world to tear down the structure of the old ways
They need to bring in a new
structure, where the people are valued
Fear is no longer a daily
occurrence
The lives of the innocent are
protected against the oppressors and where legal justice on every aspect is
seen to be done
Those who will not abide by
these basic human rights will see their rule coming to its end
It will be the people who
have lost everything, who now will rise up and have their revenge
The world had better wake up
before it is too late
Man cannot be subjected to
oppression by those who feel they have almost a divine right to rule. This day
is coming!
An anti-austerity protest
attended by tens of thousands of people was held in Madrid
Demonstrators came from all
over Spain. Many had walked large distances to attend this protest
The people were protesting
over issues including unemployment, poverty and official corruption
The people were calling their
protest THE MARCH OF DIGNITY because
the protestors say their Government are stripping Spaniards of just that!
Cutbacks by the Government in
particular to health and education are causing Spain irreparable damage
Although Spain has come out
of recession, unemployment has soared with 6 million people out of work
They want a change in the
Government and it is hardly surprising as the Government is corrupt and has
embezzled Government money away
Even Spain’s Royal Family
have been involved in putting charity money into offshore accounts for their
own pleasure
The money should have gone to
fund sports programmes in Spain
There has to be justice for
the people and a new way of governing, where transparency is the norm
Unfortunately for the Spanish
people, the King of Spain has everybody in his pocket and what he says goes and
also controls
He holds the power, which
means the military and other ministries on every front
It is by his wish whether a
person is hired or fired and that will mean literally
It is up to the people yet
again to voice their displeasure and bring about a right to justice
Even the highest must fall if
justice is to be served
Can the Spanish people be
strong enough to go down that road?
Already the Royal Family has
come under fire and there is court action against the King’s son-in-law
His youngest daughter is also
involved in embarrassing Court procedures
The King has tried to protect
his daughter, but the Courts would have none of it
Many Spaniards have lost
their lives due to suicide, where all hope ran out for them
The economic situation
collapsed and there was no money to feed their families
All this while, the
Government and Spain’s Royals are living the life of Riley
It is high time that justice
was seen to be serving the people and not the establishment
They always win and continue
to suppress the people for their own ends
Pope Francis has launched a
stinging attack on the Mafia, warning gangsters that they will go to hell
unless they repent & stop doing evil
“Blood stained money and blood stained power, you can’t take it
with you in the next life. Repent,”
he said.
What is interesting is, as
Pope Francis carried on with the prayer vigil for the relatives of those killed
by the Mafia…
…the service continued with
the names of all those murdered, which were read out
There were 842 people at this
vigil and, although the Mafia have killed millions of people all over the
world, it was at least a start
Pope Francis further stated
that the life they lived now won’t give them any happiness
That is so true, for one
cannot receive happiness at the destruction of another – it is just not
possible
Something always goes wrong
and the price of obtaining with the one hand is always removed with the other
That is why they have to keep
controlling and getting more, as they win so they lose every time
There have been many brave priests
in Italy who have stood up to the Mafia and have died as a result
He also stated the wider
Church has been accused of not doing enough to confront the gangsters and this
is true
If the Church publicised
their abhorrent distain towards the Mafia in a more aggressive way and…
…got the people around them
to stand up, the Italian authorities would have a better chance of getting to
grips with this disease
At the end of the day it has
to be a collective fight against terror
It has plagued this country
for so long and has brought about its economic decline over decades
The Church has a moral
obligation to its flock, who have been intimidated for so long
The fact that priests are
being killed shows that the Mafia have no regard for the afterlife and all that
is brings
They simply do not believe it
Had they done so, they would
not be in this trade of extortion and depravation for their own ends
They think of nothing but
themselves, so to ask these criminals to repent is farcical
What is necessary is that the
Church should stand in solidarity with the common man and the politicians
Then the judiciary can bring
back justice to the people
Then Italy will be in a
position to recover both from the fear of being terrorised and economically by
the extortion that the Mafia brings
The EU has passed more
sanctions on Russian individuals who are close to President Putin and who are
involved in the Crimean crisis
Sanctions, in whichever way
they are introduced, will affect the Russian people as a whole
Those that have money in
Russia will see the value of their money crashing
Those that were clever will
have already taken their money out and changed them into different currencies
so as to secure what they have
President Putin might
consider his move to obtain Crimea as a national treasure, which was always a
part of Russia as its right
Its strategic position is
vital for the Russian fleet
However he will incur a
backlash as world Governments begin to put the squeeze on Russia and will
further isolate its operations
When sanctions are imposed on
a country and where other countries do not abide by this global ruling of
sanctions…
…they too will suffer the
consequences
So it becomes a united global
assault on Russia with regards to trade and other economic curtailments
The Russian people may be
laughing now, but in the long term and as sanctions continue to bite, they
won’t be laughing anymore
Sometimes national desires
don’t always follow a pattern we would like. Consequences are often likely to happen
Russia had no restrictions on
its fleet in the Crimea. It panicked thinking the West would have taken over
This was never the case.
Crimea would have maintained the status
quo
It is President Putin’s
short-sightedness and bullyboy tactics, which will bring him down
Nobody likes a bully and it
is this which is being visibly shown to the world
Now he must lie on his bed
that he has made for himself and Russia!
The 28 nation bloc will
cancel an EU/Russian summit in June and member states will cancel regular
bilateral summits
President Obama is visiting
Europe next week, as he chairs the G7 meeting pointedly leaving Russia out
As Russia will now be left
out of major decisions globally, their so called vetoes will no longer be
relevant
Again they are shooting
themselves in the foot
The Russian people in Crimea
will find their euphoria short lived
They will have less freedom
and will now be dominated by a regime they thought they understood, but have
been sorely misguided
They believed the propaganda
that was given out. They did not think carefully before acting
Now they will pay a high
price for their intransigence, but it was their choice!
South Africa’s top corruption
fighter has said President Zuma has benefited unduly from using state money to
improve his rural residence
The charges made to President
Zuma’s home, where he has installed a swimming pool and a cattle enclosure
costing the taxpayers $23m
Public Protector Ms Madonsela
accused Mr Zuma of unethical conduct and said he should repay the costs for the
unnecessary renovations
President Zuma’s home has
turned into a major political controversy in South Africa
He was booed at Nelson
Mandela’s memorial service
The amount of $23m totals
1,000 times that spent on FW de Klerk’s residence, who was South Africa’s last
apartheid-era president
Some of these measures can be
legitimately classified as unlawful and the acts involved constitute improper
conduct and maladministration
President Zuma has 14 days to
respond to Thuli Madonsela’s report before Parliament
President Zuma has up to now
successfully brushed aside previous scandals, but his home seems to have
touched a particular nerve
President Zuma’s failure to
act in protection of state resources constitutes a violation of executive
ethics code
This conduct is not allowed
with his office as a member of the Cabinet
This report comes just two
months before the governing African National Congress (ANC) faces national elections
The ANC is not about to lose
power, but its popularity is shrinking
The people of South Africa
have to now look at who do they want to govern them
This is not about the colour
of a person’s skin, but who is the most honest and honourable person they wish
to be governed by
A person who will put the
interests of the people before themselves, as Nelson Mandela did, is a unique
icon in the history of this world
There are honest people in
South Africa, both black and white
It is now a wakeup call to
these people to stop thinking of a party which is corrupt…
…but of a party which is
honest and which has the best interests in all respects for the people
President Zuma’s legacy has
already been fraught with scandals
Now it is up to the
intelligence of the people to openly voice their displeasure and vote him out
The South African people
continue to be deprived of basic needs
Meanwhile their President
robs the very income that should go to providing them with much needed welfare,
which is criminal in itself
Wake up people and elect a
person on merit and not one of corruption!
The word of Man is seldom
true
There needs to be a
re-introduction of morality in a morally stricken world
All those who have suffered
injustices of any kind will see their just desserts given back to them, if not
in this lifetime then in the next
More is being done on a
Spiritual level to bring back justice to those who have suffered for so long
without retribution
Where there is no justice
there can be no hope and this is now being addressed right across the globe
Many more things are being
put right and opportunities for the people to start again are becoming possible
Where the impossible changes
dramatically and possible solutions on so many different levels are given
It is high time that Man was
recompensed for the misdeeds of others
Large institutions will now
have to pay compensation to all those whom they have injured
The churches will continue to
fall until they put their own house in order
Corruption on so many levels
is now being exposed from the individuals to the conglomerates that see
themselves above the law
The tide is now turning on so
many factors. No more can industries hide behind a will of terror. Their days
have come!
The law is now changing
New legislation is now being
brought in so that corruption and mismanagement on so many levels are now being
tightly controlled
Stiffer penalties on
exploitative ways are coming into force
The world is changing and
Mankind will be heard
All dictators will see that
their time has come before the courts and before the people
Their exposures will be an
example to the world and to so many that all will have to pay a high price for
their dishonesty
Scientists have found
extraordinary new evidence to support the Big Bang Theory for the origin of the
Universe
Researchers have found a
signal, or shadow imprint, left in the sky of a super-rapid expansion of space
This happened just faction of
a second after everything came into being
The microsecond that the bang
occurred, the imprint of expansion was there and is now being recognised
The scientists have used a
telescope at the South Pole to observe a small patch of sky
The aim was to try to find a
residual marker or signal of inflation
That was the instant
enlargement of the first spurt in the Universe’s growth
The theory shows how the
infant Universe grew in size from something microscopic to something the size
of a marble
Space has continued to expand
for nearly 14 billion years since then
The expansion or inflation is
associated with the waves of gravitational energy
It is these ripples in the
fabric of space, which leaves their indelible mark in the oldest light in the
sky
It is these signals that are
now being identified
Our Universe continues to
vibrate and pulse at a frequency that can be detected and where it allows for
it to further expand and develop
All is done within the
Scientific and Universal Laws and remains perfect and in balance at all times,
even when growing and ever expanding
The intelligence surrounding
this experience of ever increasing balance and harmony is awesome
It is something that the
scientists fail to admit to
The God influence is all
around and evidence is constantly there and is being given to us
It is shown to us if we wish
to actually see it and believe it for ourselves
As Vladimir Putin now stands
to become isolated, a new party politics will take over in Moscow to renounce
world isolation
They will be quick to
criticise other world dominating countries which have done the same thing
They were only acting
according to their rights as they saw them
Trade now to various
countries will fall away naturally, bringing Russia to a standoff point
Russia is dependent on the
world for many of its goods
Even their natural resources
cannot secure their future when there are other ways for countries to receive
fuel and gas
The squeeze is now on and it
will be the people of Russia who will feel the full force
The EU and the US will freeze
the assets of Russian businessmen and cause disruption by visa bans
The bulk of the pain will be
felt by the Russian citizens, who rely on the West and other countries for
various staple things
Russia’s economy is slowing
down with their growth almost NIL
Their infrastructure is
failing to meet the demands of its people and many have little to eat in the
rural areas
Life for most Russians is
tough
They will experience a
tougher life now that their politicians have unleashed a mayhem they cannot
really control
Vladimir Putin himself will
become isolated on the world stage and that is where he will feel his greatest
rebuff
He will no longer be taken
seriously or even trusted
Various trade elements he has
in the pipeline will now be shut off
Even though it will hurt the
world’s economy, it can withstand it on a greater footing than Russia
The dispersal of the deficit
can be absorbed throughout the various global systems and they will become
easier over time
Russia may have natural
resources, but if nobody wants to buy then they cannot function
Look at Iran and how their
economy has been stifled by sanctions
Iran had no choice but to
climb down from its mighty ego to allow trade sanctions to be lifted
Their choked economy has
started to find a trickle coming in, as deep sanctions are now being lifted
We are all linked together in
global trade
When a rogue partner decides
to act foolishly and without proper provocations, the consequences are always
felt
The people of the Crimea
might feel they have a victory on their hands, but they do not realise the
consequences of their actions
Now they will feel the burden
they have put on themselves for what was originally fear mongering by Moscow
If Russia is so marvellous,
why is it so many Russians want to come out?
Why do the rich elite not
live there, but prefer the lucrative West?
There their assets are secure
and their business dealings are not overlooked and curtailed at a moment’s
notice?
Big brother still operates in
Russia and freedom is something the people do not enjoy
For those who live in a
western democracy, freedom is taken for granted
One cannot comprehend what
Russians are subjected to each and every day
For peace to become possible
in this world it needs Mankind to start taking personal responsibility for their
actions
It needs to start with a
moral policy
Too many people are on the
breadline, breeding dissatisfaction and feelings of being let down
It is high time that Man was
given equal opportunities for advancement and where hard work is seen and rewarded
Until the higher echelons of
society start to play their part in helping those less fortunate than
themselves, nothing will ever change
In all walks of life Mankind
needs help and reassurance that what they do is making a difference to their
life and the lives of others
Only then can systems improve
and situations are then turned around for the better
Too many of us neglect each
other and the tragedy that goes with it becomes an increasing spiral of upset
and regret
We all must have love at the
centre of our being and then situations start to manifest in a better more
organised way
We are all sensitive to hurt
and pain and so it is with our own actions. We cannot afford to give out these
negative energies
What we all need in order to
prosper is to recognise love as the only panacea for health and rejuvenation of
the spirit to carrying on
We all have the capacity to
love
What is more difficult for so
many is to actually show it and that makes a substantial difference to all one
meets
A US regulator has sued 16
banks for manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
The Libor rate is used to set
trillions of dollars of financial contracts, including mortgages and financial
transactions around the world
The regulator found that manipulation
caused substantial losses to 38 US banks, which were shut down during the 2008
financial crash
The sued banks include
Barclays, HSBC, Citigroup and Royal Bank of Scotland
The British Banker’s
Association (BBA) has also been sued by the regulator – the US Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
The FDIC says that the banks
mentioned in the lawsuit rigged the rate from August 2007 to mid-2011
Other banks named in the
lawsuit includes Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Lloyd Bank,
Credit Suisse, UBS and Rabobank
What is so appalling is that
there is no honour only self-interest and greed all the time
Even when it affected the
American banks which went under, there was no care or consideration
That old saying ‘there is honour among thieves’ does not
even apply to these institutions who believe they are above the law
As with all things in life
one can flaunt the law and think they are above it
Like UBS whose power is so
great that they influence the Swiss Government into what they want
This kind of power is not
healthy
Until all banks are brought
down to size and power, they continue to be a threat to normal practicing
ethics
Something they do not have or
wish to have, as it curtails their practice of what they feel they can get away
with and will certainly try
At the end of the day they
are no better than criminals, modern day robbers who feel they have carte blanche to do and say as they wish
Their time has now come, even
though the financial crash happened in 2008
It was predicted already in
the making in 2005 by us. The situation is not finished
By Spiritual Law they will be
brought down and even more regulations are being implemented to safeguard the
public from these risk takers
Greed blinds people into
doing objectionable things & they are altogether in a cauldron of their own
choosing – all greedy people together
See them brought down to size
and where convictions will be brought in for individuals who are at the top
They will fall by the rule of
law
The situation between Russia,
the Ukraine and Europe will become a stalemate
Nothing positive will arise
from talks with Russian’s Sergei Lavrov and US John Kerry as they will lock
horns
They will have to admit their
differences
The solution will not come
from the US or Russia, it will be found by an intermediary coming from Europe
Solutions to both economic
and strategic policies will be able to make a difference for the whole country
and for the Ukraine to survive
It will be a close run thing,
but a window of opportunity not seen before will be implemented
It will allow for new laws
and legislation to come forward out of an impasse situation
Crimea will be held as a
ransom talking point, even though Crimea will want to remain under Russian
influence and…
…Russia will want to retrieve
it out of the clutches of the Ukrainian Government
Again there will be an
impasse where the practical is not always possible, as the economic failings
are growing out of control
There is so much debt around
and, even though Russia wants it, their own financial system is far from
buoyant
They cannot afford to
maintain a failed state, no matter how hard they want it
The situation would put an
increased heavy financial burden on Russia and its people
The Russian people themselves
will have something to say about it!
President Putin will try to
find a way to obtain Crimea, but the cost will weigh heavily on his already
stretched financial burden
Time will tell before a
withdrawal of Russian troops will decide the outcome. At this time nobody is
going anywhere
Vast negotiations coming from
Europe will prove more beneficial all around, so all can save face in this
horrendous situation
A new President will be
elected and a new improved financial Government will rule the Ukraine
We come to an age now where
so many things are going wrong in so many institutions
We can no longer trust in
banks, big businesses, doctors, hospitals and Governments
Even the Church is corrupt
with money laundering and widespread abuse
Who can we trust these days?
It is necessary for the
people of this world to start looking for other alternatives…
…where there has been a
proven record of decency and justice
The Church can no longer take
the moral high ground they are no better than other institutions that are
corrupt and out of control
We have to start looking at
the Spiritual side of life where things are plainly right & wrong &
where Spiritual Law is always in operation
All that do wrong are dealt
with appropriately
We must look to the little trader
who tends to be honest otherwise they would soon go out of business
How can we best support them,
instead of always going to the supermarkets that strangle the growth of our
high street?
We need to bring in community
banks, where the locals are in charge collectively of helping their people and
local industry and amenities
We, as a people, need to
start taking responsibility for our own towns and villages
We must become where possible
self-sufficient of these big businesses that ripe off too many people all the
time
Even to have a local police
force again, which is run by the community and paid for by them, where
corruption is no longer acceptable
Everybody knows everybody and
so a tighter control is always overseen
We have allowed businesses on
so many levels to become too big and this is where the problems arise
Management at the very top
have lost sight of the people and only do what is best for them and their
greedy little ways
There needs to be a change in
thinking and to allow the people themselves to take charge
To bring in the necessary
expertise, which will be out there…
…where those individuals have
to be made accountable to the people before they can be fully accepted
Where proof of their
integrity is an ongoing thing and can never be taken for granted
Where there are no longer
jobs for life, but where individuals must constantly prove their competence
Their honesty will need to be
accepted in the community
People need to stop
sleepwalking and start to take responsibility for themselves and their
communities
All must club together to
form a collective of mutual strengths and experiences
They can become servants to
the community for the benefit of all, where community spirit is brought back
for the benefit of all
Farming, building, all can be
sorted out, even hospitals and doctors who care otherwise they will have no
place in that community
This will be the only way to
drive standards up and where peace of mind can come to both the individual and
the community
In order for all to thrive
and prosper
We all have been overrun and
overcharged by big businesses whose greedy ways have brought extensive
suffering to so many
There is no longer any
accountability, because they are in the back pocket of corrupt politicians and
other officials
Nothing is impossible if it
is applied in the right way and where there is a will to provide for the people
and not for the self alone!
Change is in your hands. Are you willing to take up the challenge?
Britain’s Kelly Gallagher is
an inspiration to us all
She is Britain’s first ever
Winter Paralympic gold medallist
She is visually impaired and
needs a guide in the form of Charlotte Evans, who instructs Kelly as she skis
Kelly has achieved a Super
Combined Slalom, a Giant Slalom, and a Super-G, Downhill
It was 90 seconds of bliss
after 4 years of very hard work every day to achieve this victory
Gallagher, now 28 years old,
started skiing for the first time when she was 17 and began working with Evans
in the late 2010
Since then the pair have won
silver and bronze medals in 2011 and 2013 World Championships as well as World
Cup honours
Kelly’s eyesight disability
is caused by a lacking of pigment in her body
That lets in too much light
into her eyes and affects her skin. A condition she was born with
For Kelly to be able to see
something to guide her on, her guide skier Charlotte Evans wears an orange
hi-vis jacket
This allows Kelly to see that
little dot and she just has to try to follow it as she skis behind Evans at speed
Kelly thanks Charlotte for
getting her to the finishing line
She said, “We just threw ourselves at it and I prayed
for the strength to ski and to have fun”
Her prayers were answered
Well done to both Kelly and
Charlotte for their bravery, determination and much courage
Today is a day of joy and
laughter
If you start with this notion
within, as you awake to another morning of life, you are about to fulfil your
dream
Each and every one of us is
completely responsible for the life which we lead
We all are brought challenges
and opportunities. It is our choice and
our choice alone how we deal with them
There is simply nobody else
to blame for the way we go and the way we act through our period on this earth
plane of existence
To blame others for our
errors and mistakes is to hide ourselves from the truth, which is a big mistake
Unless we understand
ourselves and who and what we are, how can we adjust and improve our own
position and accomplishments in life?
No one deserves a free meal
ticket through life, although many ask for it and suffer the consequences
They are kept in their place
by the one who provides for them
Each & every person must
contribute to the whole & the Greater Good if they are to progress,
otherwise they are wasting their time here!
Give yourself a chance each
morning by putting thoughts out into the universe that will make you stronger
& mentally in charge of your life
If you sow good thoughts, you
will reap a good harvest, but should you be negative you will be fighting an
uphill battle all day long
Your happiness is in your
hands and if you have the courage to direct it, so act honestly and ask
positively
Then you will make a
difference to your life and all those around you
A scheme to let people know
from the police if their partner has a history of domestic violence has been
brought in across England & Wales
The Domestic Violence
Disclosure Scheme known as Clare’s law is intended to provide information
It could protect someone from
being a victim of attack
This initiative was named
after 36 year old Clare Wood, who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend George
Appleton in 2009
Clare was strangled and set
on fire at her home
Unbeknown to her, Appleton
had a history of violence towards women
He had become known as the
Facebook Killer as he prowled the social network sites for partners
In the months before her
murder she had repeatedly contacted Greater Manchester Police saying that
Appleton had caused criminal damage
He had harassed her,
threatened to kill her and tried to rape her
Police watchdogs later
concluded Clare had been badly let down by the police
Yet another failing by the
police force, who have a lot to answer for!
Again nobody is answerable
for these failings. There is never any responsibility taken by the police
Appleton had a criminal
record of being jailed for three years in 2002 for harassing another woman
He had a six month sentence
for breaching a restraining order on yet another woman
Appleton later hanged himself
after Clare’s death in a derelict pub
This scheme has so far helped
over a hundred people with potentially life-saving information and it is hoped
it will help far more
Clare’s father has said that
had the scheme been put into place then, he believes his daughter would be
alive today
As with everything in life
there are lessons to be learned
What is clear here is that
people are either put into prison for these offences or get restraining orders
put into place
Yet the perpetrators are then
released, not having been put right psychologically, but are put back into
society with the same old problems
Nothing has actually changed
and it is only a matter of time before these deranged people find their next
vulnerable victim
They cannot stop themselves,
as with paedophiles their minds are sick, so they cannot adjust to a normal
life
All these perpetrators need
to be dealt with psychologically and kept under constant supervision
One could say that it is very
expensive. On the other hand, what price do you give a life that could be
saved?
Remembering that just because
a person has not died through their perpetrator does not mean their victims are
not scarred for life
They carry their life
sentence with them. Something the magistrates, courts and the law need to
consider more and more
We are already aware of
traumas felt by the victims of sexual and psychological abuse
They incur a life time’s
sentence and where does that hell end for them?
There needs to more done for
the victims of crime
Also the criminals themselves
need help, where their sick predatory minds play no part in civilised society
Either way it is high time
that the law moves to help both victim and perpetrator, where society is
secured from these sick people
Locking them up is not the
answer
Long-term help in a secure
psychiatric unit is, until they are deemed well enough to return to the fold
We owe it to society to keep
our vulnerable people safe - especially our children, but we continue to fail
them all
Clare’s memory lives on, but
have we learnt those lessons? I doubt it!
The father of the murdered
teenager Stephen Lawrence has expressed fears…
…that the truth will not
emerge from a public inquiry into undercover policing
This recent inquiry has
emerged after it was found out that the Lawrence family were spied on
The Metropolitan Police’s
Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) spied on the Lawrence family
They say it was to see if
they were involved in any covert organisations or criminal actions of any kind
They wanted it to be used
against them and weaken their defence
It’d divert attention away
from their son who was killed in an unprovoked racist attack by a gang of white
youths in Eltham in April 1993
Evidence of corruption by
police and the shredding of evidence and records at the time of the investigation,
was now coming to light
The Home Secretary Theresa
May has told MP’s the findings in the report had damaged the police
She has ordered a judge led
public inquiry into undercover policing
The report already confirms
that the SDS spied on the Lawrence family group
It also shows how the police
had investigated the murder of Stephen Lawrence
At the time of his murder the
police had huge prejudices on the black communities and the police compromised
the investigation
Mr Neville Lawrence, Stephen’s
father said he was devastated when he heard…
…the Home Secretary talking
about something he and his family had been discussing for 21 years
For this information to now
come out, he feels he has been finally vindicated
The Metropolitan Police seemed
always to be hiding what they are and put a different face out there to the
public
He will never trust the
police again and he is not alone in his thinking
Stephen was murdered in April
1993 and it was not until 2012 that two men were finally convicted of his
murder
There were six youths who
were involved in this racist attack. The others have so far got away with it
It is deplorable that the
Lawrence family have had to suffer and wait all this time
Stephen’s mother, Doreen
Lawrence, stated that the last revelations are the ‘final nail in the coffin’
She said that all those
involved should resign for their disgraceful actions
The police have a lot to
answer for
With the shenanigans of the
Hillsborough disaster, the police blamed the fans to cover up their own faults
The phone hacking scandals
and the Plebgate affair, where police lied and it cost an MP his position
There is no trust now in the
police and they have brought these incidents upon themselves for their
dishonesty and corrupt ways
Their time has now come!
US researchers have revealed
that a baby carrying the HIV virus, which leads to AIDS, may have been cured by
early treatment
Antiretroviral drugs were
given to a baby in California just four hours after its birth
The baby, now nine months
old, is said to be HIV negative
Another child in Mississippi,
who was HIV positive, is also in remission following early treatment, which was
given in 2013
There is now no trace of the
virus in the infant’s blood or tissues
The nine month old child is
still recovering
The three year old
Mississippi child stopped antiretroviral treatments two years ago and remains
fine
Both children were born to
mothers infected with the HIV virus, which weakens the body’s immune system
The immunodeficiency virus
has infected more than 34 million people worldwide
The breakthrough with these
two infants will now increase the impetus to treat early
Then other small innocent
children can have a life that is HIV free
The treatment needs to be
given to those countries in Africa, where the spread of HIV is rife
Here there seems no end to
this misery for so many who are infected in the family
There, through the birth of a
baby, the HIV is transferred from the infected mother
So then the cycle in the
family continues with so many children contacting this virus
There is the means to solve
this problem, but it needs active participation by the respected countries,
widespread information and advice
Education to the masses is
not enough
There needs to be more hands
on workers in this field of expertise together with Government participation
HIV/AIDS can be eradicated if
the pharmaceutical companies did more to oblige
There needs to be a moral
outlook here before profits, which tends to be the main criteria all the time
We are all in this world
together & it is high time that Mankind really starts to help one another
& not just leave it to the dedicated few
A survey done by the European
Union Agency for Fundamental Rights found…
…a third of all women in the EU
have experienced physical or sexual abuse
That corresponds to 62
million women. It is the biggest survey carried out
The report calls on EU
countries to now treat domestic violence as a public not a private issue
anymore
All laws and policies relating
to sexual harassment should be reviewed
Women have been subjected to
physical, sexual and psychological violence in the home and the work place…
…together with stalking and
sexual harassment and violence in childhood
1 in 10 women have experienced
sexual violence since the age of 15 and 1 in 20 have been raped
What has emerged from this
report is this extensive abuse has affected many women’s lives…
…but is systematically under
reported to the authorities
Violence against women is an extensive
human rights abuse in all EU member states
It is now urging that
countries fight the problem, which impacts on society every day
Men need to engage in
initiatives that confront how men use violence against women
Until women start to fight
more for their own self-respect this situation will never change
No amount of laws will really
deal with this problem unless these perpetrators are exposed to the public and
justice is seen to be done
It no longer can it be swept
under the carpet
Women have been slow to come
forward as they are only too aware that nothing will get done
A recent example is the Jimmy
Savile case
Lord Rennard also used his
political power to make sexual advances to female party members and when they
reported him nothing was done
It was only when more women
came out of the woodwork that it was realised he had been doing this for many
years and getting away with it
He was later suspended for
his antics by his party for bringing the party into disrepute
What about the women who
suffered under his control? What about them?
It is high time the culture
of abuse was rectified, so that women of all ages and all ranks can at last
feel safe and respected
It must come in, if we as a
race want to evolve from the caveman era
President Obama has warned
that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu must make tough decisions to advance
peace talks with the Palestinians
The White House has said they
want to see a deal in place by 29th April
As usual there is little sign
of its progress
The White House says it is
possible to create two states with people living side by side in peace and
security
It needs compromise on both
sides
Mr Netanyahu has pointed out
that Israel has released Palestinian prisoners
It has withdrawn from Gaza
and other so called minor steps to ease tensions
What he has failed to
announce to the world is…
…the lack of access to
adequate safe and clean water for the Palestinian population of the occupied
territories
Israeli water polices have
resulted in violations of the right to an adequate standard of living for the
Palestinians
Their rights are needed for
food, health, work and adequate housing
Their present conditions are
unsustainable and the people who live on the two sides already know this
All this was known by an
in-depth report announced by Amnesty International in October 2009
Nothing has changed and the status quo still remains
On both sides, Israeli and
Palestinians, opinion polls say both want the situation repaired
It is the politicians who
remain entrenched in their own dogma and intransigent disposition
Obama has warned that
Washington would only have a limited ability to protect Israel from fallout
The Palestinians now threaten
to pursue these injustices at the International Criminal Court and boycott any
campaign
The world is getting
increasing frustrated with Israel’s prevaricating and with the US holding up
Israel’s crimes against humanity
No more can this situation be
swept under the carpet
If other societies where held
in this appalling state and having had their country taken away from them…
…it is hardly surprising that
one would be a little irked to say the least
The bully boy tactics by
Netanyahu can no longer be allowed
Hundreds of thousands of
ultra-Orthodox Jews have held a mass prayer in Jerusalem against plans to
conscript them into the Israeli army
This group of men wish to
devote their lives to study the religious scriptures, which they see as a
foundation of Jewish life
They state they will stay in
education
While they remain in
education for decades, they are content to remain unemployed because of their
religious studies
They rely on donations, state
benefits and their wives’ wages in order to live
This has caused resentment
amongst Israel’s secular majority…
…leading to the demand that
ultra-Orthodox Jews should share in the social burden
It is hoped that by going in
the army, from there, they can enter at last into the work place and relieve
the burden on the state
All religious orders around
the world either shut themselves off and become self-sufficient or…
…they support their
communities while working and praying
Work in itself can be an act
of prayer, when it is offered up as doing something for the Greater Good and
where all benefit
In the case of Mother Teresa,
her religious order practiced prayer & religious studies while helping
their fellow man who were ill or dying
She said it was doing
something beautiful for God and so every day for her was a prayer
It is only the selfish
ultra-Orthodox Jews, who insist that they are the elite
They think that they should
be exempt from working and contributing towards society
Yet they are only too happy
to take from everybody else while relinquishing any responsibility where the
subject of work is concerned
As was said, all other
religious orders around the world actively support their societies to help in
any way possible
Even closed religious orders
still work to support themselves and are self-sufficient
Where possible they give to
their local communities in exchange for what they need
There is a barter system
where all gain and all are prepared to work for it
If you want to be a part of
this world, then to contribute your share towards humanity is what is right
Living and sponging off
society under the guise of religious studies is not a good enough excuse
Others have no choice but to
support you through their taxes
One cannot be expected to do
as one wants at the expense of others whose own liberties are denied…
…just because they want to be
a lifelong student
Their time has come to enter
into the 21st Century
A Senior UN official has now
broken ranks with his organisation & called for full compensation for
victims of a cholera epidemic in Haiti
Gustova Gallon is the UN’s
top human rights officer in Haiti and has said those found responsible must be
punished
The UN has so far rejected
compensation claims
Evidence has shown that UN
peacekeepers introduced cholera to Haiti in 2010
This outbreak has taken more
than 8,300 lives and has infected hundreds of thousands
The evidence had shown that
leaking sewage pipes at a UN base caused the disease
It was found on the boots of
the peacekeepers and later transferred to Haiti when they came over
This disease was not there
before the UN introduced it
The organisation says it has
legal immunity from any lawsuits filed for Haitian victims
Even though they may have
legal immunity, it does not make it morally right
Mr Gallon is now trying to
get around this question and to finally put a stop to this epidemic, which is
still affecting so many
To pay full compensation for
those suffering this experience has to be legally and morally right
These people have suffered
enough and it is the job of the UN to take the moral high ground and to be an
example to the rest of the world
By taking the right action,
they pave the way for others to be made accountable for their actions
This is especially so when
there is no fault on the victims’ side
At the end of the day Man
must do what is right and honourable to show by example when a deed has gone so
tragically wrong
Venezuela’s political crisis
deepens every day
Students along with
opposition leaders took to the streets in February to demand changes from their
countries leadership
The nationwide protests ended
in bloodshed where several students were killed
The students have been
protesting against their Government for several weeks now, their reasons are
numerous
Venezuela is suffering
rampant crime, soaring inflation and record shortages of basic staples
A new Law of Fair Prices sets
a maximum profit for immediate expropriation for all companies failing to
comply
This only exacerbates the
shortages
Recently the protests have
been constrained, but now as the momentum gathers strength and force, the
protestors are growing in size
Many cities, including the
capital Caracas, are where protestors are increasing
Anti-Government
demonstrations are happening every day and the people are determined to resolve
these disputes on the country’s streets
The people do not believe
that fair elections can take place, as the Government has full control of all
institutions and the media
The media are almost
non-existent nowadays
There will be much blood shed
until this Government can be overthrown – something that they will resist with
heavy artillery
The US involvement to be able
to mediate some sort of a settlement is laughable at this stage
There is no force that can
stand up to this Government other than the force of the people
How much more can the
Venezuelan people endure? These problems have been going on for decades
Each time there is a revolt
the Government clamps down and nothing changes only continuous misery
The people see other
countries around the world challenging and standing up to their corrupt
Governments
It gives them hope that they
are not fighting alone and that for change to happen the force for justice must
be seen and implemented
Fear in a hopeless state of
affairs becomes useless
When one has no hope, fear
then becomes irrelevant. That is when the people are at their most dangerous
Mobs of fighting people can
be a very frightening dangerous experience
Remember the French
Revolution!
This Venezuelan Government
fear the people and are only after having power for themselves
Freedom of the press and
other institutions are not allowed and so the rights of the people do not exist
in a dictatorial situation
It is up to the people to
decide whether right justice is worth fighting and dying for
Otherwise they will remain in
the dictatorial status quo where
misery is the daily diet
