There have been almost 10,000 violent attacks on places of education in recent years
The biggest study that has
now been carried out shows how schools and universities are being targeted by
acts of aggression
These include the murder of
staff and students and the destruction of buildings in bomb and arson attacks
These occurred in countries
which include Pakistan, Columbia, Somalia and Syria
Education Under Attack report
published in New York reveals the extent to which education has been subjected
to deliberate acts of violence
These schools were not just
caught in the crossfire, but by deliberate acts of aggression
Schools are bombed, burned,
shot at and threatened by abduction precisely because of their connection to
education
Worldwide there have been
9,000 attacks with incidents recorded in 70 countries
The worst problems are in
Africa and parts of Asia and South America
These attacks are used as a
‘tactic of war’
Their perpetrators include
Government forces, armed insurgents, terror groups and criminal gangs
It is they who have committed
these murders and abductions and intimidations
Malala Yousafzai was the
Pakistani school girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban
Her only wish was to achieve
her dream of having an education
She survived the
assassination attempt by this fundamental political group last October
Despite her severe injuries
she has made a good recovery and is back at school. Many have not been so
fortunate
It is only the uneducated who
fear education & the value of the enrichment it can make to those fortunate
enough to receive that schooling
It is everybody’s right to
receive an education by either schools or universities
It is also their right to
receive safety while they learn
Governments need to look at
their morals and see where so many have been lacking
It will not go in their
favour and will eventually backfire when the people themselves will turn away
from their governors
To keep the people in
ignorance in today’s technological age is no longer possible as the truth will
always be revealed
Where there is a will, there
is always a way
The people will get educated
and terror groups can never win overall in the fight against injustice on this
so important a subject
The sad demise of over 900
Olive Ridley Turtles have been found dead along the coast of the southern
Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
Trawlers found fishing
illegally caused the Turtles to get entangled in their nets
The trawlers are only
supposed to fish beyond the eight km mark of the coast
This allows for the Turtles
to have freer access and to avoid the nets by swimming deeper
Then they can negotiate
access to the beaches to deposit their eggs
This time the trawlers were
found fishing less than four km from land to catch shrimp
The Turtles got entangled in
their nets and later died on the beach
The Olive Ridley Turtle is
already an endangered species in India
These wonderful Turtles come
every year to deposit their eggs from January to April
As with so many things,
especially in India, there is hardly any respect or regard for any living thing
other than themselves
We hope and pray that this
species can be saved from the folly of man and that no more are lost
When will education in this
part of the world start to take effect? We live in hope!
To see how Mankind does help
in various ways in times of great hardship is actually happening all over the
world as we speak
In England, where there are
the flooded areas in Somerset and other rural areas, Mankind has come together
to give help
Hands on assistance, wherever
it was needed came from the filling up of sand bags as dams were needed to stop
flooding wherever possible
Where people have been
stranded without food or clean drinking water, help has been provided
All manner of services from
the needs of small children to the elderly and even animals, both domestic and
farming herds
All have been steered to
safety and have been cared for lovingly
A dedicated team of
volunteers have responded to the plights of these suffering souls and many have
really come into their own
The exceptional team have
forged together with many agencies giving the greater help…
…where heavy lifting
equipment was needed to even a helicopter rescuing trapped people and taking
them to hospitals for attention
Special vehicles capable of
driving through deep water were deployed to help rescue stranded people
It has been run with military
precision, but it is the heart of these volunteers that have been the most
noticeable
These people have responded
leaving family and their workplace to deal with the needs of those who were
suffering
They came with no thought to
themselves, but to help in any way that they could
In war-torn countries, where
medical staff goes in to save lives, they often risk their own in the need to
do their bit for humanity
Ordinary people give what
little they have in the way of food or shelter, so that Man can live with
kindness
Compassion is shown with
nothing given in return, because they had nothing and nothing was asked of them
These are acts of
unconditional love, where humanity often comes into its own
Yes, we are in harsh times,
but it is the common man in the street that rises to these occasions
Where Governments have at
times been slow to act, it has been Mankind that has responded
Without any concern for life
or limb, but just that they have to save people and they have risen to the
challenge and have succeeded
They are the true heroes
These men and women are on
the front line of disasters and always come into their own. God bless them all!
Egypt continues to plunge
into turmoil, as now the unexpected resignation of their present Government has
been announced
Egypt’s is experiencing many
strikes including public sector workers, rubbish collectors and the continuing
shortage of cooking gas
Egyptians are rightly fed up!
They fought for democracy
and, with the heavy handedness and short-sightedness of the Muslim Brotherhood,
it did not work
The military, as always being
funded by America, do not wish to give up their control so the Egyptian people
continue to struggle once again
Democracy no matter how
difficult has to be fought for and all democracies the world over have to go
through their various transitions
It is never easy
Until the people demand
another democratic election and get their acts together to unite the people…
…they will continue to be
stifled by a military dictatorship
The military gain in every
way while their people continue to lose
The imprisonment of many
people, whose human rights are non-existent, shows the world that this power is
only for the elite
The people are irrelevant to
their ruling agenda
The seduction of power is so
great it makes sane men mad in the end
It has to be the people who
in the end must make the ultimate sacrifice
Do they want freedom by
democratic standards or dictatorship?
Surely after 30 years of
Mubarak’s rule nothing has really changed and the Egyptian people are right
back to where they started
Shame on the power crazy and
shame on the US who funds this status quo
for their own benefits
One has to ask, “Who is the real dictator here?”
“India could break apart if it does not tackle corruption in its
political system,” warned Arvind Kejriwal of the
anti-corruption party
He said that politicians were
to blame for India’s frequent communal riots
Arvind Kejriwal has resigned
recently after an anti-corruption bill was blocked
It sheds light on the
majority of politicians, who do not wish to be right and honest
They wish to remain in the status quo for their own benefits
He went on to say that
Indians are first class people suffering from a third class governance
Baba Ramdev was a maverick
holy man, who went on a hunger strike to bring corruption to light to the
people of India
He tried to lead an
anti-corruption march, but was corralled by police
Anger against the bitter
pandemic of corruption is legitimate as is his protest against the plague that
erodes the capability of this nation
He has focused on demanding
the Government repatriate billions of dollars of black market money stashed
away by Indians in foreign accounts
As with all corruption, one
can only get away with it for a time and then the full force of the law will be
administered for all time
Nobody in the end wins
Nature’s natural solutions
are often the very best. Officials in Chile are turning to an unlikely ally –
wild owls
They are trying to fight a
contagious disease that has already taken 15 lives
Owls are natural predators of
the rats, which carrying the deadly disease
These rats transmit the virus
to humans, as they come into contact with campers in the forests while the
campers are foraging for bamboo
Forest fires in Chile have
forced the rats into the urban areas making the people sick. The disease does
not affect the rats themselves
Increasing the Chilean white
owls will act as a natural biological regulator that will curb the spread of
these disease-carrying rats
Locals tend to be
superstitious about the owls. It is said when an owl hoots near a house someone
will die
It is actually the owls who
are protecting the homes and saving lives. Only nature knows best
To save Madagascar’s lemurs
from extinction will require an eco-tourism conservation.
There are over 100 species of
lemurs known to science and the vast majority are now at record levels of
extinction
Madagascar is the only known
home for this species and again due to Man their survival is in question
Political turmoil on the
island has caused illegal logging to go unchecked
It is this loss of lemur
habitat that is the cause of severe losses
Man’s selfish greed over the
balance of animals and humans sharing the natural habitat has brought this
situation to worrying levels
The eco-tourism situation
will try to rectify this problem
It will allow for an increase
in tourism and conservation to safeguard the lemurs and where everybody can
gain
No criminal can hide forever
and more and more are being caught and sent back to jail
One of the world’s most
wanted drug barons known as ‘El Chapo’ or ‘Shorty’ has been arrested in Mexico
He was already serving a
prison sentence when he escaped in a laundry basket in 2001 and has been on the
run ever since
He was arrested in Sinaloa
state in a joint operation with US anti-drug forces
The Sinaloa cartel controls
much of the flow of cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamines to the US
Mexico’s President has
praised all the forces involved in the arrest
When ‘Shorty’ was arrested he
was paraded in Mexico City before the media and before being helicoptered out
and taken back to prison
This is a victory for both
the citizens of Mexico and the US. The Mexican people are fighting back
They wish to take back
control of their lives over the brutal forces of drug cartels, who only think
of their own extortion benefits
The Mexican people may now be
winning the battles; they still have to win the war
Mankind must start to see
that taking drugs is not cool, but dangerous
Severe consequences are dealt
to both recipient and their families, who get sucked into this death spiral
Nobody gains except these
crazy drug cartels, which feed on Mankind’s weakness
Mankind will always try to
take the easy way out instead of dealing with their own problems
Mankind’s weakness allows for
drug barons to thrive and take over control of so many people’s lives who are
innocent
They get caught up in the
conflict of these drug wars with no escape
Think before you light up
You are just as responsible
in allowing these barons to continue their role of domination by what drugs you
take and what you smoke
Individuals add globally to
the increase volumes of drugs
No demand will eventually end
the supply and the overall control of corruption that goes on all over this
world
An American teenager Mikaela
Shiffrin, 18 years old, becomes the youngest ever Olympic slalom champion
We must congratulate her on a
job well done
For her it is the most
special of days, as it has been a dream of hers for a very long time
Winning the gold medal was
tremendous, but winning it alongside her most respected competitors was even
greater
It was they who gave her the
inspiration to keep going and realise her dream
Austrians Kathrin Zettel was
third and Marlies Schild was second by only 0.53 of a second
For Mikaela to beat her two
main rivals, who are giants in the game of this sport, has been a dream come
true
It is always necessary to
have a dream and to stick with it and to believe it can actually happen to you
Many times dreams do actually
come true and it makes the reality when it arrives all that much greater
Stick to your dreams and you
also will become a champion in your own right!
President Obama will today be
meeting with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Spiritual leader
It will bring a greater
understanding of what is happening in Tibet at this time
The Dalai Lama has been
fighting for many years to bring a return to peace and stability for his people
They need to be able to enjoy
their religious rites
They are constantly being
overwhelmed by the Chinese regime and have little freedom to live their lives
that they were accustomed to
They seek autonomy, but can
never get it, as China wishes to continue its dominance over a peace loving
people
The talks will be able to
create a structure that will allow for a greater freedom of the people
But it will be in such a way
that will not create any fuss from Beijing
China sees the Dalai Lama, as
a strong threat to their rule
They are fearful of any
interference that will challenge their strict authority
The Tibetan people, although
peace loving, are not stupid and will conduct their daily lives in the best way
that they can
It is their own spiritual
instruction that is ingrained in them, which is that all life is sacred and
therefore must be respected
That is something the Chinese
philosophy can never employ
As the lighter vibrational
energies start to come in, they will be able to change the mind-sets of so many
This will allow for Mankind
to see a different approach to life, which is no longer selfish, but giving
Many influences from the
Higher Realms have activated policies to allow for this to happen
Mankind can now begin to see
himself as he truly is
This will not be a pleasing
effect, as so much work is needed to disorganise and reorganise in a new way,
which will have to be taught
Man has to come out of the
dark ages of thinking and to realise that not everything is right
Far from it, it is Man’s
decisions that have brought him to this point
A reshuffle of ideas will be
given so that new instruction for a better way of life can be both lived and
maintained
All misdeeds are now being
pulled out into the open
Nothing is hidden anymore and
so the stark truth is revealed and Mankind has been found wanting and damaging
to society as a whole
This must be put right in
order for Mankind to survive this world and all its complexities
Man will learn and be the
better for it and so peace can be restored to all who want to have a better
life
The moral mind-set in India
will be changed
The voice of justice for
women continues to beat ever louder to strike at the minds of the male
population
A former editor of a
prominent news magazine in India has been charged with rape of a female
colleague
He is charged with sexual
harassment and outraging the modesty of a woman. He is now serving a 7 year
prison sentence
Prosecutors filed charges
running into 2,700 pages & more than 152 witnesses including the victim
& staff of the magazine were questioned
Then charges were filed by
the court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate
This incident has caused
serious psychological injury to this defenceless woman
The scandal has dominated the
headlines in India
They have criticised the
magazine
It is one of India’s top
titles of gender inequality and officially sanctioned misogyny, of hypocrisy
and double standards
Six journalists and the
publication’s manager have resigned
This case continues to
highlight the continued infliction of abuse on women in India
It also brings about a debate
about the attitudes of sexual violence after the brutal gang rape and murder of
the woman in Delhi in 2012
Until India gets a grip with
changing and educating its population, then more crimes of this nature will
come before the courts
The voices of India are
ringing loud and clear
It is up to the Government to
address these issues, which have for centuries been overlooked
If India wants to be in
modern times and wants to do business with the modern world, then it has to
learn to act with strict moral codes
It cannot expect to have this
laissez faire attitude and expect to
get away with it. That time has long passed
The time has come where
Angela Merkel is proposing to build up a European communications network to
improve their data protection
It would avoid emails and
other data automatically passing through the US
She will raise this issue
with President Hollande
The revelations of mass
surveillance by the US National Security Agency have prompted huge concerns in
Europe
Mrs Merkel’s mobile phone was
being monitored by American spies
Classified NSA documents
revealed that large amounts of personal data was collected from the Internet by
US and British surveillance
Germany has been trying to
persuade Washington to agree to a no-spy agreement, but without success
It is high time now that
Germany and Europe conducted their own safeguards and put in certain firewalls
where mass data is concerned
It would also be necessary
for Europe to undertake its own protection…
…especially where sensitivity
on a number of important issues is at stake
They need to work
independently for their own protection leaving the US and British Intelligence
out in the cold
The US and NSA have left the
world exposed and so the wakeup call was severe and necessary
Now German Intelligence has
the knowhow to deal effectively with their own safeguards
They won’t be trusting again!
America can no longer quote
the moral high ground that they lost all by themselves
The talks in Geneva regarding
Syria are a sham
The two opposing sides will
never agree, as both sides have different interests and agendas
To prolong the war is what
Bashar al-Assad is hoping for
He wants his forces to weaken
the opposition with the hope of reinforcing his stifling regime
There needs to be a system in
place where the requirements of the people are met before the prostrating of
power
A system where a peace keeping
neutral force is on the ground in Syria and where the day to day running is
finally realised
Rebuilding and restoring
Syria to some sort of normality has to begin
The Syrians can then return
to their homeland in safety – it is the only way forwards
A caretaker international
peacekeeping Government must take over until the country is restored
They can then allow for fair
and democratic elections to take place
The talks in Geneva will
never recognise the desires of the people
The atrocities inflicted by
both sides have scarred the people of Syria for life
The people need a time for
the healing and the resurrection of their homeland
Power politics must take a
step back until this country is able to decide what they need in the way of
Government
The neutral peacekeeping
organisations will assist in bringing this to fruition
Both the regime and the
freedom fighters have done too much damage to the Syrian people and trust in
them has already been quashed
A quiet time of stability is
what’s necessary, so that the trauma of the war can abate before any legitimate
governing body can be assembled
Both sides have now cut their
own throats and it is no longer up for negotiation as neither side will
compromise
Meanwhile the plight of the
Syrian people further exacerbates as continuous futile deliberation continues
The UN has no conscience in
this matter
It is not their mothers,
fathers and children, who are being slaughtered and starved until they die
They can take their time in
their comfortable positions without fear
There is enough evidence of
war crimes on both sides
Where you have criminals in
your midst, they have already waivered their right to negotiate to rule this
land
Justice must be seen to be
given to the people of Syria and this world
The world’s eyes are on the
UN in Geneva & they have failed miserably to deliver a solution, which was
never on the table in the first place
One cannot negotiate with
criminals and with those who massacre their own people
British figure skaters Jayne
Torvill and Christopher Dean have returned to Sarajevo to recreate their gold
medal winning performance
This is 30 years after their
winning of the 1984 Winter Olympics
The pair will re-enact their
memorable Bolero routine in the same ice rink to mark this anniversary
Their outstanding performance
earned them full marks for artistic impression, a feat never achieved before or
since
The duo was invited back
specially by the Mayors of Sarajevo and of East Sarajevo
This event will allow for a
permanent ice rink to be built in Bosnia ahead of the 2017 European Youth
Winter Olympic Festival
That day changed Torvill and
Dean’s life forever
It was a memorable experience
in the hearts for millions who enjoyed their performance worldwide
Their performance on Valentine’s
Day 1984 made them the highest scoring figure skaters of all time for a single
programme
They achieved twelve perfect
six’s from each judge
Their dedication to the sport
of ice skating has been an inspiration to so many who wish to take up this sport
Those that come after wish to
emulate the many achievements of Torvill and Dean
Their continuous hard work
and sacrifice afforded them the many successes they enjoyed throughout their
career
They are an inspiration to us
all
A former New Orleans Mayor
Nagin has been found guilty of corruption
He helped contractors to
secure millions of dollars of work in exchange for bribes, free trips and gifts
He was found guilty of 20 out
of 21 charges against him
The Mayor has been criticised
for failing to implement the evacuation plan of Hurricane Katrina, which hit
New Orleans in 2005
It was stated that he took at
least $500,000 in bribes
He also obtained free
holidays and tonnes of free granite for a stone company that he and his sons
owned
His four associates all
pleaded guilty. Each of the Mayor’s 20 charges carries a sentence of 3-20
years. He has yet to be sentenced
No matter how long the time
frame is, justice always comes in for those who flaunt the Law
They think naively they have
got away with it
By Spiritual Law, time is
always given for the individual to exercise their conscience and to put right
the wrong that has been committed
When that time frame has
elapsed and nothing has been forthcoming to rectify the misdeeds…
…then Spiritual Law is then
exercised to its fullest extent
There is no escape and the
punishment is far greater after that wait!
The lack of demonstrative
love in people’s lives is utterly heart-breaking to see
Where a person has done well
it is rare these days to hear praised voices readily
There are no congratulations
or gifts or special services that can warm a person’s heart who has done well
What is the matter with us?
Why are we so devoid of effort or sensitivity that these things are not even
thought of or spoken about?
Have we become so cold and
heartless? Where is the love?
We are all in need of
nurturing and love. If we do not get this on a regular basis then something in
us withers and dies
For many this lack of giving
is the norm
By not expressing love and
appreciation for others and encouraging them to do well, then everything ceases
to be or to function
Their whole life becomes
barren and nothing gets done that has any meaning
Love, laughter and warmth is
what we all cherish, but it is up to us to put these aspects into practice so
that we and others may benefit
It is our role to learn how
to give if we wish to receive
It is only in the giving that
we are saved and a new life is born
The tragedy of at least fifty
people reported to have died after floods and landslides hit the Burundi
capital, Bujumbura
Many bodies are still hidden
in the mud and one man said he lost nine relatives in a single hit
The water and the mud
flooding from the hills outside the city had washed away hundred homes
The rain, falling for ten
hours overnight, was the cause of this disaster and contributed to widespread
power cuts
Roads, crops and animals have
been destroyed
Until it happens to us
personally, we cannot comprehend the dire devastation that severe climatic
conditions causes Mankind
We are all in the firing line
at some point – never think that we are safe from these devastations
If it is not the flooding and
loss of power, it will be damaged vegetation or livestock
Infrastructure is ruined and
rail and roads are completely broken up
All of us will reap the
repercussions in one way or another to these events
Our wakeup call has already
been sounded – when will Governments start to realise that it is now on their
watch to do something about it?
It can no longer be afforded
to be put off
To do nothing and continue to
ignore what is going on globally, will see this naivety cost Governments dearly
until they get the message
These are gross global events
and the people are now shouting to be heard
There will be no time for
wars
Starvation to the masses will
be the main priority, as world crops and agriculture are lost for years to come
Nobody can eat bullets to
survive. Think logically and get wise if you wish to live in this world
None can do it alone – there
must be world co-operation or die!
The tragedy for Mankind today
is that there is little respect of human or animal kind throughout the world
Never mind the environment,
which is under siege by both human and climatic changes
All is about money and greed
and about the self-interests that go with it
Nobody cares about helping
people or giving souls a chance to live in peace with respect for all things
around us
That includes our fellow
creatures and environmental issues
Man is constantly being
disruptive and damaging
He has little to no regard
other than what he sees is his own self-interest as being his prime concern
Everybody else and everything
else goes by the bye
The sadness with this kind of
mentality is for those individuals
There is never any happiness
and they can never prosper from the disruption that they give to everything
else
By Spiritual Law it all comes
back to haunt them and what they have obtained in the one hand is always lost
from the other
The Churches and religious
doctrines have failed to educate the populace in what is right and wrong
It is hardly surprising as
they as institutions are as bad as any human being doing the same outside those
establishments
Even Governments cannot be
trusted to behave correctly and set an example to their people
Their corrupt ways have
already led to the downfall of Mankind
For decency on all levels to
return, it will take many generations to accomplish
Then respect for all living
things must be the prime objective and concern
Without this format, human
kind continues to spiral downwards into the dregs of despair
Soon it will be very hard to
find any decent people still alive
The corrupt, greedy and the
selfish are the bane of life throughout this world and now the Higher Intelligent
Force is taking back control
It will stop Mankind in his
tracts and to save him from himself before extinction starts to occur
We are worried about the
slaughter of animals throughout this world and that is most distressing for all
of us to see
It is also just as
distressing to see Mankind kill each other with such blatant force that there
is no conscious in their actions
They are oblivious to the
pain and suffering that they cause and, saddest of all, they do not even care
This is the state we, as a
human species, have come to
We can no longer be proud of
ourselves, but we should all be disgusted with our behaviour
For there to be a significant
difference to this world, Mankind collectively has to be guided by the Higher
Intelligence
Man must change his mind-set
and realise the long-term damage already done to himself and to everything
around him
This world can survive
without Mankind, but Mankind cannot survive without this world
What joy for the Canadian
sisters Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, who won gold and silver medals in
the women’s moguls at Sochi
They gave outstanding
performances and well deserved of their medals
These winter games will see
outstanding endurances in many disciplines by these competitors
The long-term dedication and
hard work will reap results beyond their wildest dreams
Lifetime achievement awards
will be seen with genuine displays of congratulations by fellow competitive
athletes
Because of these expressed
feelings of genuine praise towards one another, it will secure a platform to
make these games a success
Spain’s Princess Cristina is
in court in connection with the corruption scandal involving her husband’s
business dealings
It is the first time in
history that a member of Spain’s royal family has appeared in a court of law
Her husband is alleged to
have defrauded regional Governments of millions of euros of public money
Money found in offshore
accounts has already been retrieved
This corruption case has been
going on for 3 years and has made headline news on a daily basis
The deceit runs throughout
the entire royal household with various high-profiled administrators having
given evidence
There has been the proof from
emails, where the transfer of funds has already been proven
They were asked to fall on
their swords to allow the royal family not to be involved with this corruption
and so get away with it
They refused!
Spain’s King Juan Carlos, who
has been a past master of intrigue throughout his life, knows exactly what he
can do
He is trying his utmost in
desperation behind the scenes to save his family
But the Law and justice needs
to be executed and also seen by the people of Spain, who have struggled with
the economic situation for years
No more can the royal family
get away with these deals, where they feel they are above the law and have a
right to do as they please
Time is no longer on their
side and even if Juan Carlos can cut a deal with the judiciary…
…then the Spanish people will
be in uproar, as the Law will not be worth the paper it is written on
Assistant US Secretary of
State Victoria Nuland has been openly criticised
She voiced disparaging
remarks on the role the EU is taking over the Ukraine crisis
The EU and the US are
involved in talks to end months of unrest in the Ukraine
According to Victoria Nuland
these are not going well enough
She would want to deal with
the UN instead and broker some kind of a deal there
The insult to the EU, given
over the phone to her US ambassador in Ukraine, was bugged and was later put on
You Tube
Germany’s Angela Merkel said
the US insult on the EU’s effort to mediate in the Ukraine were totally
unacceptable
Ms Nuland has since
apologised
Whoever bugged Ms Nuland’s
phone shows that the US can do it to everybody else
Yet they have little stomach
for it when they are involved in doing underhand things
The Ukraine is treading a
very fine line at this time and it is a conflict of interests who gets to win
Ukraine, Russia or Europe
None can afford an all-out
fight
It is the people who must put
on the pressure to secure their country before it is broken up like East and
West Germany
A country divided causes more
misery than can be imagined
It is the politicians who
will win and dictate policy unless the people start to fight for their right to
be heard
Three tonnes of confiscated
ivory worth more than $6m has been publicly destroyed in front of the Eiffel
Tower in Paris
Some 7,000 elephant tusks and
15,000 carved ornaments were crushed and taken off to be burnt
This act was designed to
increase international awareness and to put pressure on the elephant-poaching
in Africa
Around 22,000 elephants were
killed by poachers in 2012 according to an official study
These figures are staggering
and cannot be continued. At this rate there will be no more elephants to roam
in Africa
The report by the
International Union for the Conservation of Nature said all these animals were
killed purely for their tusks
An international ban now
means any ivory traded after 1990 is illegal and will be confiscated
The impetus to retrieve ivory
in all its forms is now mounting
More awareness and education
to the harm inflicted on these elephants is needed, where extinction now
becomes a reality
Until the culture in China is
changed, then the continued destruction to these innocent beasts continues
China uses ivory in
traditional crafts and carvings, which have a prized status symbol
As it was with the fur trade,
where fashion used fur as a fashion statement…
…until lobbyist alerted the
industry to the damage it had caused to its wild life…
…where extinction of certain
species was becoming a serious problem, due to selfish demands
The industry responded and
fake fur was then substituted for the real thing
People realised they had a
conscience and that all animals should be allowed to share this planet with us
and co-exist in harmony together
A former director of Brazil’s
state-owned bank was sentenced in Brazil for corruption and money laundering
He escaped to Italy on false
documents and has now been arrested. He had fled Brazil to avoid a 12 year
prison sentence
An international arrest
warrant was filed against him
He was recently found to have
been hiding for months in Northern Italy at his nephew’s flat
It is unlikely that Italy
will accede to his extradition, as the director has dual nationality &
Italy does not extradite its own citizens
Should the Italian courts now
start to realise that justice needs to be seen to be done?
They need to open up the case
concerning the Mensalao crimes and there could be a retrial
The Mensalao Trial was one of
the biggest political corruption scandals in Brazil’s recent history
Public funds were used to buy
political support for the then Lula Government and also to pay off debts from
election campaigns
The scandal nearly caused the
Lula administration to collapse. 25 out of 37 defendants have already been
convicted
This former director, who
thinks he has got away with it, will see his day in court once again. Time is
on the Law’s side and not on his
He has nowhere to run now
Corruption on every level
throughout the world is being prised out on a root and branch level – no one is
safe anymore
The amazing breakthrough by scientists
who have created a bionic hand, allowing an amputee to feel lifelike sensations
from their fingers
A Danish man has received the
hand, which was connected to nerves in his upper arm following surgery in Italy
An international team carried
out the research project, which included robotics experts from Italy,
Switzerland and Germany
The scientific breakthrough
is not the hand itself
It is the genius electronics
and the software that enable it to give sensory feedback to the brain
The man said when he grabbed
something he could feel what he was doing without having to look
He could use his hand in the
dark
It was intuitive to use and
it was incredible to be able to feel whether objects were soft or hard, square
or round
Science and surgery for Man’s
good transcends all borders
This technology will
revolutionise many people who have lost limbs through landmines, accidents and
war
We, as a race, have the will
to build. We must try not to destroy. To
be given a new lease of life surpasses all expectations
It is our responsibility to
administer that whenever we can
A strong message to all those
who are in the UN and to those who are in the Geneva talks
Together with those who are
dealing with the peace process in Gaza and the Sudan
You people who meet in the
sanctity of safe Government offices are not serious about human life and the
many turmoils around the world
People are dying every minute
Every second is vital in
saving lives
Women, children, innocent
civilians are being sacrificed by their leadership
People are not important to
the leaders on either side of these conflicts
You have to wonder if they
have sons and daughters, mothers and fathers themselves
If so, how could they let
this happen to anyone’s children?
All who continue to delay
will have the consequences of blood on their hands, even though they have not
entered into the battle themselves
Common sense must prevail. It
is no longer a question of, “Well we have
not reached an agreement.”
For the sake of the suffering
people, they DEMAND AN AGREEMENT
If negotiators cannot do
their job, then they should move aside for those who can
The world’s innocent victims
need justice from the power crazy people, who play Russian Roulette while they
continue to die
The so called world peace negotiators
are living in a fool’s paradise if they think they can just negotiate
settlements
Hard facts need to be placed
on the table
Anyone playing politics to
keep wars going, while innocent lives are lost…
…are no better than the power
crazy people who wish to remain in power
Action with consequences
needs to be taken up
As so often has already been
seen, where there is none, so impunity is flaunted in the eyes of diplomacy
Negotiations of the likes we
have seen over so long a period with no results, further creates distrust and a
lack of will to do anything
One must remember that all
have a collective responsibility to end suffering and solutions need to be
taken up
The days of quiet diplomacy,
while people continue to die every second, is monstrous by its own delivery!
The courage and conviction of
Jamie McDonald aged 27 from Gloucester, who has finally achieved his goal by
running from Vancouver in Canada
It took him 275 days to
complete his goal and reach the Pacific Ocean
He is the first person to
complete the coast to coast journey without support
After crossing the finishing
line he said he was ecstatic
Jamie had worked long and
hard and given everything both physically and mentally
He finally dipped his hand in
the Pacific Ocean nine months after doing so in the Atlantic
He had run the equivalent of
more than 200 marathons, which is just incredible
He was dressed as the comic
book superhero, ‘The Flash’
It was while celebrating New
Year in Banff, Alberta that he was beaten and robbed
After an appeal his bag was
later found. In it was his film footage,
cash and credit cards
Jamie battled temperatures of
-40F, slept rough which permanently injured him and misshaped his foot
He still gave motivational
talks to dozens of schools along the way
Jamie’s fundraising challenge
was to show gratitude for the care received as a child
He had suffered from a
debilitating immune deficiency and a rare spinal condition
His bravery and endurance has
raised £100,000 for charities including Great Ormond Street Children’s Charity
and the Pied Piper Appeal
A medal presentation is
planned for the 13th February in his home town of Gloucester in
England
Jamie McDonald, you are a
true inspiration to so many and we hope that you enjoy all that life can offer
you, you deserved it
May we all learn from your
example of never giving up, no matter how hard the road ahead is or how hard
the task is that is given
The abject greed of
politicians over the welfare of their own people is nothing new
It continues to seep like a
plague from one country to another
Blatant greed is the monster
that rears its ugly head, where one’s conscience is nowhere to be found
The latest in greed is
Tanzanian MP’s, who voted to pay themselves $98,000 by the end of the parliamentary
term
This is an increase of 274%,
which has led to shock within the country
An opposition leader said
Tanzania had lost its values that its founding father had given
They had an ideology as a
nation about how they valued the dignity of a human being
This increased burden to the
taxpayer is at a time when the Government was struggling to raise revenue amid
an increasing debt of $25bn
Already Tanzania’s 375 MP’s
receive a monthly salary of $7,000, plus $22,000 a year for attending parliamentary
sessions
They also get an annual
allowance of $13,000
As with all greed it cannot
be sustained, as the appetite is never satisfied and so they will wish for more
and more
This will not be sustained
and therefore Parliament will fall as the economic crisis grows ever worse
They have really shot
themselves in the foot this time
Australian authorities have
approved a project to dump dredged sediment in the Great Barrier Reef Marine
Park
The project is to create one
of the world’s biggest coal ports. The project was made by the Great Barrier
Reef Marine Park Authority
Scientists have urged the
Authority not to back the project, as the sediment would poison the coral
Several companies want to use
Abbot Point port to export coal reserves from the Galilee Basin area
The Government have approved
the coal terminal to be expanded to allow bigger ships into the port
It has already been stated by
environmentalists that any port development…
…along the Great Barrier Reef
coastline, should be limited to existing ports
A group of 233 scientists
have signed a letter to the GBRMPA urging them to reject the plan for expansion
The dumping is another body
blow for the reef, which further threatens marine life
It has World Heritage status
and Australia’s tourism and fishing industries
UNESCO has already warned
that the Great Barrier Reef is in danger unless action is taken to improve the
water quality
As with all things it is
money which is at the root of this
Existing ports are not deep
enough to allow the enormous tankers to come in
So by expanding Abbot Point
they can make more money from getting their coal out
Nature cannot rebuild itself
overnight. The Reef has taken decades to grow and expand
The Great Barrier Reef is a
thing of beauty
There comes a time when greed
has to take second place to other industries, which do not harm sea and natural
life
There is courage in Mankind,
as they battle through what seems at times like impossible odds
Many, who think their lives
are over, only find that there is a light at the end of the tunnel
They have not been forsaken,
but have found salvation both within themselves and for those around them
Many people are on their last
legs
All hope appears to have run
out and there is nothing for them but abject misery and destruction
It is at times like these
when we face our bleakest hours that a ray of sunshine comes down and a new
pathway is shown
Through the helplessness of
situations we can begin to start again
It always comes in little
packages where slowly but steadily one can go forwards and the pain and fear
are removed
All goes at a pace that we
can handle, where the cross we carry seems to get lighter with every step we
take
Our burdens seem to get
smaller and we can actually cope far better than we first envisaged
It is at times like these
that we have to thank the Higher Intelligence for showing us the way forward
Where help from extraordinary
places comes in and we become buoyant again
The safety lifeline is always
there, but most do not see it until they get to the depths of despair and then
they are able see it clearly
It is so sad that Mankind
only notices help when they are on their knees in this hopeless state
Yet for those who are
sensitive and mediumistic, they see the hand of God all around them
They feel safe in the
knowledge they are always looked after and nothing is by chance
For them life is easier and
peace is restored to them
They just allow the Higher
Intelligence to steer them through the maze of uncertainty knowing they are always
held in the power of love
They are protected and all
comes right in the end
As Mankind continues to
behave badly with worldwide corruption, there is no let up to this vile form of
behaviour
People are having to take the
law into their own hands, as corrupt Governments and police forces fail to do
their job
Constant backhanders are
having to be given out to get any justice in their land
This is an absolute disgrace
While corrupt people think
they are getting something for almost nothing, they should be thinking again
All those ill-gotten gains
will be removed as swiftly as they are received
By Spiritual Law what a
person gains by dishonest means, those gains will be lost almost as soon as
they were gained
The people in Mexico are
taking to the streets to safeguard their villages, because the police and the
army are not doing their job
Their poor law enforcement
against rival Mafia gangs have led to the rise in vigilante groups
Too many killings due to drug
related violence has put innocent lives at risk
Those that get caught up in
gun fights, where to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, could cause them
to lose their lives
Both Governments and police
forces around the world have a lot to answer for
It will be the people who
will decide their fate in the long term
If one doesn’t do the job
correctly then one will pay the consequences of those actions
Corruption or greed, even at
a lower level, is still put right by Spiritual Law
There was a woman, who
thought she would run a course, where she overcharged and did nothing for it
The ladies who attended
gained nothing from that course and so were all disappointed
The woman, through her greed,
found that the money came to her came easily
She had not earned it nor did
she give value with her services
A small figure of £300 was
gained from the six ladies who attended the course, paying £50 each for the
morning session
The woman thought how easy it
is to make this money! I will ask these ladies to attend another course – not a
surprise they all declined
That very day the woman’s
husband came home in a bad mood. “What is
the matter?” the woman asked
“Somebody crashed into my van and the cost of the repair will be
£300”
Almost as soon as it was
gained, so it was lost
This example is only a small
one, but it illustrates the power of the Spirit to take away what was never
gained honestly
Also with Governments that
cheat on their people and gain something and with the next hand it will always
be taken away
This is happening every day
around the world, where corruption and dishonesty continues to occur
Yet Man has not learnt his
lessons, because he refuses to see the Law being implemented
Where there are good policies
in the world, so the people gain and so does their country, which flourishes in
their own way
Is it now high time that
Mankind woke up? They can never gain
from what is not theirs
