Wednesday, August 27, 2014

  • Gentle People:

  •  Here is a message from my friends at Greenpeace. Please pass it on...Thanks!


  • Let's stop feeling so guilty about global warming

    Blogpost by Emma Thompson - August 7, 2014 at 16:071 comment
    Emma Thompson and her daughter in the Arctic with Greenpeace. 08/05/2014 © Nick Cobbing / Greenpeace
    Emma Thompson is currently in the Arctic aboard the Greenpeace ship Esperanza. She wrote these words after walking out onto the fragile sea ice for the first time alongside her 14 year old daughter Gaia.
    We're told that it is all our fault, global warming — we want the fuel, we want our cars, and that the oil industry is merely responding to the needs of a greedy public. But that's simply not fair. Most of us want to live cleaner lives, but our governments don't make these things easily available.
    The changes we need, that the Arctic needs, must come from the top as well as the bottom. We need electric cars to be cheaper and more accessible. We want safer bike lanes in every big city. We want plastic bags to be banned for good. We need governments to stand up to the dirty industries that have for so long funded and controlled them, and to give us all an affordable chance to live our lives in a more sustainable way.
    Yes, keep recycling; keep using your own shopping bags, taking transit and using your bike. But also use your voice. Know that you have power and you can make your government listen. Above all, I hope that people stop feeling so guilty and powerless about climate change. That's the lie that keeps us paralysed when really together, we are so much more powerful.
    But bear in mind that politicians often lose sight of issues that aren't in front of them all the time. They can end up ignoring even something like climate change, which is possibly the most pressing challenge of our time. So we all need to be bold. Attend a rally, write to your local leaders. If tens of millions of us just wrote to our leaders demanding action on the Arctic and climate change, well – that could change everything.
    Please join me, and five million others so far. Visit www.savethearctic.org/emma
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Sunday, August 24, 2014

The World Humanitarian Peace and Ecology Movement presents: Our INTERNATIONAL WEB SITE INDEX .

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Freedom with honesty and justice and courage…
Compassion with dignity, tolerance and humour…
Peace with love and harmony towards all life on Earth.

 "All that ever was still is constantly changing within the eternal energy of the universe and the only constant is constant change. Author: Joseph Raglione."

Gentle People:
Welcome to my index of fun web sites and return as often as you like. Joseph Raglione/
18. = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhLa6O1OP0Y
28.=  http://www.nytimes.com/
29.= http://video.canadiens.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=291&id=587397&lang
30.= http://www.iTooch.com  How to greatly improve our school systems.
31. =http://www.Netmaths.com
32. =http://www.Evernote.com
33. =http://www.abmaths.com
34. =http://www.Sciences.com
35. =http://www.iBooks.com
36. =http://www.skitch.com
37. =https://plus.google.com/u/0/  
38.=http://www.jaccorde.com
39.=http://www.Atlasdumonde.com
40.=http://www.Echecs.com
41.=http://mlb.mlb.com/home
42.=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/
43.=http://www.nfl.com/
44.=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83650
45.=http://crowdenergy.org/ocean-energy-turbine-kickstarter-video/
46.=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVmmpGeR6nk
47. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
48.  http://www.sierraclub.org/
49.http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/games.shtml.
50.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140709-birds-insects-pesticides-insecticides-neonicotinoids-silent-spring/
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Song of the Universe.

In space
All the energy that ever was still is
But
In a different place and at
A different speed...
We measure light from the
Stars in the Sky
With the question why?
And as we measure
Life on Earth
With the same question?
The energy that now is
You and I, my love,
Will change speed and place
Within eternal space
In order to find the answer.

copyright: Joseph Raglione.
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The Setting of the Hydrogen Sun.

 I see the setting of the Hydrogen Sun
As a child does when having fun,
Transfixed and filled with wonder...

And high above my head the Red
And Orange and Dark Blue colours,
Are painted by our fiery Sun
On clouds across the sky...

And time slides like a Seagull flying...

And soon it is over as the Sun goes hiding
And the dark sets a stage for the bright Moon
Above my head...

And rising I think of bed...
But suddenly I see the planet Mars arriving...
And beyond that a heaven of eternal galaxies
Hiding from my logic!
And so, like a child, I stay a while longer.

copyright: Joseph Raglione.


















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Monday, August 18, 2014

Gentle People:

 Apparently I am at war with the advertising companies! They flooded my computer with pop-up ads and with PC improvement ads which informed me how my old XP computer was slow and was no longer supported by Microsoft and therefore I needed to upgrade. According to these insulting commercial cyber terrorists I had to immediately buy a new computer! To prove it, they even stuck pop-up advertising in my Netflix movies and made it virtually impossible for me to watch movies. That was when I got angry!
 Does this blog give you the impression I capitulated to their demands?
 I like my old computer and I'm keeping it. When the fight is over I will give you the secrets for blocking the advertising pop-ups from infiltrating into your brand new computers. It may take a while to win the war because advertising is a multi-billion dollar industry and they do not appreciate human-rights activists cutting into their profits. Apparently they were not around when we created the ground rules for computer users. Spamming is forbidden on all computers around the world. Do not spam and shove unwanted advertising in our email boxes and on our computers. If you want to sell something, create your own web site and wait for people to find you. You are allowed to place advertising on your own web sites but if nobody wants your product, too bad! There are still enough "GEEKS" in this world who hate advertising and will help to protect the World Wide Web from commercial infiltration and domination. We may even flag a few nasty and ignorant companies in the process. Have a great day!
Signed: Joseph Raglione
Executive Director: The World Humanitarian Peace and Ecology Movement.

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Monday, August 4, 2014

Hey kids! Water does not derive from 

plastic bottles!

The fight Nestlé never expected.‏
Claiborne Deming, Story of Stuff


8/02/14


To: JOSEPH Raglione



Dear JOSEPH Raglione,
When Nestlé subsidiary Poland Spring came
 to the tiny town of Fryeburg, Maine, USA nearly
 a decade ago, residents noticed that their 
water was vanishing. Lake levels were lowering.
Streams were getting smaller. Nestlé was pumping
the aquifer under their town for all it could get.
When the citizens of Fryeburg spoke up, 
Nestlé unleashed an aggressive, divide-and-conquer
strategy. It sued the town, nearly bankrupting
 several local activists. It worked to ensure that
 local regulatory boards were friendly to its position
 and it took its case all the way to the state
 Supreme Court. But Nestlé also set up a
Poland Spring shop for local outreach, and
established the Fryeburg Business Association
 -- staffed by a Nestlé employee --
to lead a charm offensive. Local schools
 even have a bottled water vending machine
 and Nestlé hands out bottles of water to
people in the town. 
That’s right – a town sitting atop one of America’s
 most famous aquifers is being sold its own water...
in plastic bottles. Nestlé is boldly planting a story -- 
telling the residents, even the children, 
of Fryeburg to get used to drinking their 
own spring water through Nestlé’s plastic bottles.  
But we have a different story to tell and we
 need your help. We’ve been speaking with
local activists -- the Friends of the Fryeburg
Water District -- and they say that 
it’s vital we restore local residents’ 
sense of pride and ownership of their 
water resources. 
That’s why we’re raising money to buy 
public drinking fountains for the town 
specifically designed to fill up reusable 
water bottles. We’ll also supply local residents
with their own Fryeburg-branded water bottles,
to take pride in the fight they’ve waged and
send a clear message to Nestlé:
We don’t want your bottled water.
Chip in today to buy water bottles 
and public drinking fountains for the 
 Fryeburg school and town!

 Nestlé has planted its presence in Fryeburg and 
its schools because it wants the local children to 
grow up assuming their local water should come 
in plastic bottles. To teach them that it comes from 
Nestlé, not from the tap.  
But imagine if the residents of Fryeburg
 had their customized water bottles, 
which they filled up directly from their 
local springs.  Above each of the
 “hydration stations”
 will be a plaque with information and 
an inspirational quote about their 
natural spring water.
Each day, the kids tote their water bottles to school,
and every time they fill them up it gives them a
sense of pride in their natural spring water,
reinforcing that they don’t have to depend on
Nestlé for their water.
After a long battle with Nestlé, 
the townsfolk are exhausted.
Many people took out first or second mortgages
 on their home during the long legal battle.
Their muscles tense up every time they see a
tanker truck rumble down their quiet roads,
but they have always been playing defense.

But after a couple of dramatic shake-ups, 
the citizens of Fryeburg are starting to have
 hope again. In the biggest victory,
the Fryeburg Water District resigned en mass
after being hounded over conflict of interest,
opening up the election to locals who want
control of their water.
The movement is energized, and if we can 
help give it these very visible, public 
markers of success, people can take 
even greater pride in their pristine 
local resource, and second-guess
 Nestlé's attempts to colonize the town.
Fryeburg isn’t the only fight, but right now
 Fryeburg is the testing ground for
 Nestlé's goal of water rights’ contracts
 that will last for generations.
And we’re pushing back.
Around the world Nestlé is trying to buy water
out from under local people, purchasing it at
 a fraction of the price that it's worth, and
making outrageous profits. Bottled water 
companies create massive pollution and
 run campaigns to make people 
suspicious of tap water.
They also try to tell their own story --
that public resources should be privatized
and owned by multinational corporations.
Nestlé's Chairman of the Board famously
declared that the idea that human beings
have a right to water was an "extreme" solution.
Instead, Nestlé thinks that water should be
priced and sold on the open market --
in reality, it means that Nestlé should be
able to buy up a town's water rights and
make billions in profits.
Nestlé has shown that it will do whatever 
it can get away with, from causing local 
wells to run dry in Pakistan to pumping 
out millions of gallons during drought 
conditions in Canada and California.
We are all actors in this Story, and we're not
going to let corporations like Nestlé write the script.
Nestlé wants to reduce the world to things
that can be bought and sold, so that it can muscle
 in on small towns and force them into terrible
long-term contracts. But we are not just lone
 individuals.
We are friends, neighbors, and citizens 
united by our desire for a better world for
 ourselves and for future generations.
Acting together, we can show Nestlé that water
is a human right, not a private good,
and help support local water resources.

Chip in today to buy water bottles and
 public drinking fountains for the
 Fryeburg school and town!
Thank you,

-Claiborne, Michael, Annie, Allison and the
 rest of us at the Story of Stuff.



At the Story of Stuff, we're rewriting the
 narrative that has us overworked and
 trashing the planet. We're working to
 build a world that is healthy, sustainable, and just.
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Friday, August 1, 2014

Gentle readers of this newsletter:

 Here are solutions to our social problems.
 As many as I could remember.
1. Plant Trees and Gardens everywhere, even on
 roof-tops and within tall buildings.
2. Build water desalination plants and pump the
 water to our farmers and to our cities.
3. Protect Bio-diversity everywhere on the planet.
4. Buy an all electric vehicle and use it as a Taxi.
You will become rich within ten years.
5.  Put Solar panels on your roof.
6. Double insulate your home. Never destroy a
 forest to build a house. Recycle paper.
7. Put electricity producing Wind and Water
 generators on and in the Ocean and allow the
wind and the ocean currents to produce
 electricity.
8. Allow Medicare to exist because sooner
 or later, rich or poor, you will need a doctor.
9. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Grow your
 own vegies as they taste better.
10. Make love, not war!
11. Give the United Nations a powerful army
 of Ethical peace keepers and send them into
conflict zones specifically to arrest the leaders
of the conflicts. Do not exclude European and
Western leaders who commit war crimes. 
12. Arrest polluters, no matter how rich and
 powerful they are and stop utilizing fossil fuels.
13. Protect the planet and have a  happy life!
You will face death with courage.

 Signed: Joseph Raglione Friday, August 1, 2014

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ICYMI: They're actually suing the President!‏

Abby Witt, BarackObama.com 
(info@barackobama.com)


7/31/14


 Newsletters
To: Joseph Raglione
Yesterday, Speaker Boehner and House leadership did something that's 
never been done in American history: They voted to sue the President. 
What's certain is that this is an utter waste
of time and millions of taxpayer dollars.

But it gets crazier -- this opens the door
 for extreme voices in Congress to call
 for impeachment.

I wish that was as unbelievable as it sounds.
 But look at John Boehner's track record:
He let an extreme minority shut down the
government, gave them more than 50
votes trying to derail Obamacare, and now
 he's letting them call the shots over a
wasteful lawsuit.

This isn't going to stop unless the American
 people demand it --
right now, add your name to tell John Boehner
 you're fed up with this nonsense.

As grassroots organizers who are working for real
 change that actually helps people, what's most
frustrating is that political stunts like this lawsuit
only make it more unlikely that they'll get
something meaningful done.

John Boehner is the Speaker of the House.
That's a job that should mean something --
 the chance to fix problems and tackle the
 issues that the American people sent you
there to do.

Instead, he's one of the biggest reasons
 this is the least productive Congress
in modern history.

That's pretty shameful, and what just
happened yesterday on Capitol Hill is
making matters worse.

Add your name to tell John Boehner to
knock off the political games and get
something done:

http://my.barackobama.com/John-Boehner-Lawsuit

Thanks,

Abby

Abby Witt
Deputy National Director of Issue Campaigns
Organizing for Action













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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Gentle Readers of this newsletter.
  If you like Coffee you understand that the 
richest Coffee retailer on Earth is the Nestlé company.
 So rich in fact they now want to buy our water sources 
and sell the water back to us in their small plastic bottles.
  I suggest we stop buying their 
Coffee until they stop trying to dominate our natural clean water 
sources. I also suggest that world government politicians
 wake up from deep slumber and create millions of
 Salt water desalination plants before the land based 
clean water supplies dry up. They can use the 
proposed Oil pipelines for water distribution networks. 
I have yet to see anybody enjoy a nice cold glass of Oil! ->
 Dear JOSEPH Raglione,
Nestlé subsidiary Poland Spring set its sights on the tiny town                                                     of Fryeburg, Maine, USA nearly a decade ago,                                                                         pushing to build a huge bottling plant and take                                                                             long-term control over the town's spring water.                                                                           Nestlé has sued the small town multiple times,                                                                   arguing that its right to grow market share is more                                                         important than the town's right to self-determination. 
Nestlé wants to lock up its control over                                                                           Fryeburg’s water with a contract that --                                                                                   including extensions -- lasts until 2057.

This lifetime contract would be
unprecedented in North America
 and would be a major victory for 
water privatization companies." 

->This is a story that has to be told because water                                                                       is a human necessity for basic survival. 
It is also a human right and I honestly believe                                                                               privatizing and selling water is basically a criminal action!                                                         Today, the plastic litre water bottle is in almost every store and restaurant and I
wonder what will happen when the price of bottled water slowly begins to climb?                            Exactly how much economic and political power do you want to give private water bottling companies? 

Tell Nestlé and Poland Spring to stop bullying the people of Fryeburg.

Nestlé has tried every trick of the trade in fighting Fryeburg, relentlessly working to grind down and bankrupt opposition in the town with a wave of lawsuits. The corporation has found itself shut out of fifty-year contracts, so it is pushing a 25 year contract -- with four five-year extensions -- to test the limits of how long it can lock up water before people fight back. 
Nestlé has also sunk deep into Maine politics, but local activists have been fighting back and are winning victories. Earlier this year, it was revealed that the deciding members of the Maine Public Utilities Commission -- the body that would rule on Nestlé's Fryeburg fight -- had connections to the corporation, forcing the Commission to recluse itself from the case. This month, the entire membership of the Fryeburg Water District resigned under threat of recall. This relentless pressure is having an effect, and we need to keep it up.
If Nestlé sees that its bullying is hurting its global brand, the company will rethink its strategy of taking Fryeburg's water. Nestlé is trying to retell the Story of water, saying it's a good up for sale to the highest bidder. This way, Nestlé gets it for a steal, pumps aquifers dry, and then moves on to the next town. In places like Fryeburg, people are taking a stand and saying "Not here. Not anywhere." Please join them today.

Tell Nestlé and Poland Spring to stop the attempt to lock up Fryeburg's water until 2057.

Thanks for all you do! 

Nestlé has sued this small town five times, arguing its right to grow market share is more important than the peoples' wishes.
Tell Nestlé and Poland Spring bottled water to stop bullying Fryeburg, Maine.



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References and further reading:Conway Daily Sun: Fryeburg water company seeks long-term agreement with Nestle for water extraction, August 23, 2012
Al Jazeera America: Conflict of interest claims persist in Nestle waters case, September 27, 2013
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