tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12125326351053057382024-03-13T18:46:22.291-07:00Anthony MarrAnti, ARA, Artist, Author, Environmentalist, Evolutionist, Horseman, Martial Artist, Musician, Omniscientific Cosmologist, Philosopher, Photographer, Physics Grad, Poet, Public Speaker, Vegan, Wildlife Preservationist, World Traveler, Writer, Zen MotorcyclistAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.comBlogger453125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-60382951033213887612014-10-19T18:21:00.002-07:002014-10-19T18:21:50.516-07:00Possible NATURAL IMMUNITY to Ebola.<br />
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period is over, and I'm happy for them, but have been wondering why
Thomas Eric Duncan's fiancee Louise Troh and her 3 children did not come
down with Ebola, considering that they spent at least four days with
the symptomatic Duncan in their apartment, and that it was Troh who
drove him in her car to the hospital the first time, and that the family
continued to be quarantined in that same apartment for a whole week a<span class="text_exposed_show">fter
Duncan had tested positive before they were relocated for the apartment
to be decontaminated (which in itself is an atrocity on CDC's and
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The only thing that makes sense to me, up to now, is that Troh and her children might have NATURAL IMMUNITY to the virus.<br />
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With this new thought in mind, I then googled "Ebola natural immunity".
Lo and behold, there are indeed medical articles on exactly that, and
in fact they go farther to say that this could help control and defeat
the disease.<br />
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"... there is evidence from previous Ebola outbreaks
that some exposed people do not develop symptoms, but it is not clear
whether it is because they have developed immunity to the virus. / They
conclude that finding out whether naturally immune people exist could
make a big difference to efforts to contain Ebola, and could also affect
the accuracy of projections. / The investigation needs to be as soon as
possible, not only in order for any findings to have the chance to make
a difference and save lives in the current outbreak, but because you
can only be sure of finding individuals that are immune during an
outbreak..."<br />
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",,, a high proportion of the Gabonese population is immunized against
the disease: 15.3% possess antibiotics against Ebola, even in areas
where no epidemic has ever been recorded . This was found recently by
IRD scientists..."<br />
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On this possibility, the next thing that CDC should do without delay,
if they haven't done so yet, is to check if Troh and her children
actually carry the virus in their system. If so, the door to a new
treatment is opening.<br />
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Anthony Marr, founder<br /> Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE)</div>
Anthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-90584842674535862392014-09-28T13:35:00.001-07:002014-09-28T13:35:24.221-07:00Deer-Vehicle Collisions<br />
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The video shows how lightning fast a deer-vehicle collision can unfold. There is no time to react whatsoever, no guarantee of 100% safety on any road, especially during deer-hunting season when deer are spooked, or wounded, by hunters and flee across the road. The only way to minimize the risk is to 1. slow down, 2. be watchful for deer at all times, and 3, be prepared for more deer when you see one.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IvCOiFcWNHE" width="420"></iframe> <br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvCOiFcWNHE<br /><br />The risk is further exacerbated by HUNTERS cultivating a high population of deer by means of food plots, where rich deer food elevates the birth rate from no fawn or single fawn to doublets or triplets - FOR HUNTING PURPOSES of course.<br /><br />Each year, there are over 1 million DVAs (deer-vehicle accidents) on US roads, meaning over 1 million deer deaths, about 200 human deaths, and over $1 Billion in property damage. Over half of the DVAs occur October-December, coinciding with the hunting season. The hunters know that they are at least in part responsible for the human deaths (they don't care about deer deaths), and yet they persist with the practice, making the extra human fatality, due to them, premeditated.<br /><br />Anthony Marr, founder<br />Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE)<br />Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)Anthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-48572699192354664362014-09-16T14:46:00.002-07:002014-09-16T14:49:33.889-07:00Hatred in the movement<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent">Most people in the AR movement honor Dr.
Martin Luther King, many worship Jesus Christ, and a few laugh at
western inventions of "Confucius says...". Here is something they all
said that should give us pause. <br /> <br /> "Let no man pull you low enou<span class="text_exposed_show">gh to hate him." - MLK<br /> "Love your neighbor. Forgive your enemy." - Jesus<br /> "The potential and power of forgiveness are infinite." - Confucius (loosely paraphrased).<br /> <br />
I will be slammed by some for what I'm about to say, but I will say it.
The AR movement, theoretically based on COMPASSION and indeed brimming
with compassion, is, alas, also overflowing with HATRED, which many
confuse with RIGHTEOUS ANGER. <br /> <br /> Other than the omnipresent
compassion, righteous anger is the starting point for most to join the
movement. It serves as the CAUSE of and motivator for steel-like
determination and cool-headed action. Hatred is not a cause, it is the
COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE CONCLUSION.<br /> <br /> Let's take the Anti-Hunting
movement, starting with the very basic - personal safety, I mean mine,
and general strategy. Most of those hurling hatred and death wishes upon
hunters on the internet, even targeting CHILDREN, and at that often
anonymously, have never confronted a hunter face-to-face, much less 100
at a time, in real life. I would not be alive today had I done the same
back in 1996, when I undertook an 8-week, 50-stop, anti-hunting road
tour in which I debate, in townhall settings, large groups of hostile
hunters no less than 40 times, up to 130 hunters at a time, over 100
twice, over 50 at least 10 times, the average being about 40 hunters per
confrontation. Did I ever raise my voice in these debates? Not once.
Did I use hate speech? Never. I showed my DISAPPROVAL by means of LOGIC.
For example, when a hunter defended himself as a "conservationist", I
asked him, CALMLY, whether his motivation was pure conservation for the
sake of the wildlife, or whether he "conserves" so that there would be
more animals to hunt - for HIM. I also said, calmly, "Most of you have
proven to be good shots, and claim to be anti-poaching. So, in the name
of conservation, why don't you go and join an anti-poaching force to
help conserve the rhino or the elephant? Rather than spending major
bucks to hunt a rhino or elephant as a 'conservation' measure, which
would be reaped by the hunting guide-outfitter, why don't you donated
the same amount to the anti-poaching effort instead, which would have
gone ten times farther?" This pretty much silenced them on the
"conservation" issue for the rest of the debate. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhomosapienssaveyourearth.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F09%2Fon-my-war-path-007-hottest-anti-vs.html&h=LAQFt_1o9&enc=AZMw4g_wdwtqL8LfT3bphU_iATmTAijveIHCyZGcnzF4hXQix8BXm72nTln5RdauDCQLS2tkOkQM2YB3YFCz-qquc5pefNQ6jJeZTE64_AetvMR0QNKXgXI8I36oUASVOG3Xtg6IlKwOVYOlj1RIZdhu&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://homosapienssaveyourearth.blogspot.com/2011/09/on-my-war-path-007-hottest-anti-vs.html</a><br /> <br />
There is also the crucial matter of STRATEGY. There were people present
at the debates who were more or less non-committal. In such a
confrontation, my main aim was not to convert the hunters present, but
to win over those hitherto on the fence so that they will sooner or
later come down on our side. Even more important was that there were
usually media reporters present; my farther aim was to win over their
readership, meaning thousands at a time. Had I used socially
unacceptable hate speech against the opposition, what I would have
achieved was to drive those on the fence to get off on to the other
side, plus giving our side a black eye.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhomosapienssaveyourearth.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F09%2Fon-my-war-path-008-hottest-anti-vs.html&h=VAQGqgCaT&enc=AZMJtkgISgf5SVx4TQQeaXEO3dBuct8VJe8U0G7VNcphkjnqGG466ks1cOp-w6ekNsqPnxaeYq3MrQaSy0GmU53qdUnFM5Kfvehghjtvq3DcgTd2jIpY_VC734ZtiItbZNFLwk1iKP8zQjkPWPLWI9k2&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://homosapienssaveyourearth.blogspot.com/2011/09/on-my-war-path-008-hottest-anti-vs.html</a><br /> <br />
Resulting from the tour, hunting became the hottest topic of the year
in British Columbia, with most fence-sitters getting off on to the
Anti-Hunting side.<br /> <br /> Paul George, then the head of the Western
Canada Wilderness Committee (WCWC) of which I was a campaigner, wrote:
"... his calm and unflappable style infuriated the opposition." I
believe that many in the opposition hated my guts, but because I did
not vent and rant, neither did they. Speaking of the "black eye", I was
ambushed in 1998 by a hateful hunter who gave me not one but two black
eyes (exactly, 3 facial bone-fractures including a buckled eye socket).
You know what? The incident was widely reported and discussed, even in
hunting circles. The black eye, again, was on them.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhomosapienssaveyourearth.blogspot.com%2F1998%2F01%2Fanthony-marr-physically-assaulted.html&h=EAQHjUH6P&enc=AZPCYFcGMh9od3V593fPrFb98g65u--vPNpyZuB-jLlAven4WbPmnIm23yGyVhGXUbnJhcr15-pc-kKzEitLzB3Lxq0mmjvqp0RsqW_qqPD4GKVB8v34TRyIre3PilERjXwpl1AoHlHEHtEVo2Mqc3Zs&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://homosapienssaveyourearth.blogspot.com/1998/01/anthony-marr-physically-assaulted.html</a><br /> <br />
I don't hate them, but I do use their own hatred against them.
Conversely, kindly do not give them any of our hatred for them to use
against us.<br /> <br /> I leave the higher reasons against hatred to the Great Masters.<br /> <br />
If you see merit in this post, especially for the benefit of the
movement, please like and comment, and share it out far and wide. Thank
you.<br /> <br /> Anthony Marr, founder<br /> Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE)<br /> Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)</span></span>Anthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-73111494455799676862014-09-03T20:28:00.001-07:002014-09-03T20:28:08.808-07:00Methane plumes in the South China Sea?<span class="userContent">This piece is pure speculation on my part, so please read accordingly. </span><br />
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There is an article today titled [... How a Captain Stopped His
Submarine from Falling Into a 3,000-Meter Trench] in which is reported: <br /> <br /> "... Wang Hongli, captain of <span class="text_exposed_show">the
submarine number 372,... calmly reversing the disaster during a routine
patrol in deep waters... the submarine encountered a sudden fall in
water density... The sub started to plunge straight into a deep trench
in the ocean. / Wang, of the South Sea Fleet, calmly gave out orders and
within three minutes, steered them out of danger (Subs usually operate
down to 500 meters only; 3000 meters would be absolutely fatal.).... /
Its submersible system went back to normal three hours later and 372
continued its patrol, which lasted for 20 days... The South Sea Fleet's
area of responsibilities are northern regions of the Taiwan strait and
southern areas from James Shoal including the Paracel Islands...]<br /> <br /> <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scmp.com%2Fnews%2Fchina%2Farticle%2F1584450%2Fpla-reveals-how-captain-stopped-submarine-falling-3000-metre-trench&h=UAQFKPCDu&enc=AZNngmwThHpt3czdv-tN7OPlzz6jlOCXMpXGsqGALq7ZphpAf5_TisIb5-4ymnXgiZwnVHOlag3AIIA54FbZa7rlnTz5FtTaxkzue_5MyI-sFGM36X9Fe7bkLSLYVVAJogqeyWFaV5HnpB5S4ciP75z7&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1584450/pla-reveals-how-captain-stopped-submarine-falling-3000-metre-trench</a><br /> <br /> My question is: What caused this "sudden fall in water density"? As far as I can reason, there could be only 3 possible causes:<br /> <br />
1. The sub moving from a body of water with a high salinity (salt
water) into a body of water with a low salinity (e.g. fresh water). If
so, where does the fresh water come from? The melting of the Himalayan
glaciers (2000 of them, all melting) would be a good guess. Or<br /> <br />
2. The sub moving from colder water into warmer water. However, the
temperature gradient is usually vertical, i.e., water at shallow depths
being usually warmer than water at greater depths. Presumably, the sub
is moving more or less horizontally. Or<br /> <br /> 3. The sub entering a
body of water containing a lots of gas bubbles, which would have a lower
density. This is the point I will speculate on. <br /> <br /> The first question to ask is: What kind of gas is it? My best bet would be METHANE.<br /> <br />
The map shows the concentrations of methane hydrate in today's oceans.
The orange/yellow patch on the extreme right mid-way down is in the
South China Sea, where the Paracel Islands are located. It is one of
just 3 major methane hydrate deposits in the tropical/subtropical
regions (the other two being just east of India and at the mouth of the
Persian Gulf. Ocean warming could melt some of the deposit in this
region and release large volumes of methane gas into the water.<br /> <br />
The average depth of the South China Sea is 1,500 meters (5,000 feet),
whereas the trenches in that region reach depths of over 5,000 meters
(16,500 ft). The general direction of the ocean current in that region
is from SW to NE, that is, from the equator, and that is, warm. During
the previous cooler period, whatever methane hydrate that could be
melted, i.e. those at shallower depths where the temperature is higher
and the pressure is lower. With ocean warming, the methane hydrate
deposits at greater depths could begin to melt, and this might include
those in the trenches. <br /> <br /> In general, the closer to the equator,
the deeper a deposit has to be to stay solid and intact. Conversely, the
deposit currently out-gassing in the Arctic Ocean is at a much
shallower depth than that in the South China Sea, if the latter is
out-gassing at all.<br /> <br /> Let's imagine a scenario where methane is
out-gassing from a trench. When a submarine passes over the trench, it
would indeed encounter a body of water with a lower density. So, the
sub, as trimmed for the surrounding higher-density water, i.e. water
without bubbles, would tend to sink. Further, if the bubbles are
absorbed by the water on their way up, the upper layer of the sea would
have a higher density than the lower layer, and the two layers would
tend to invert, with the descending denser water carrying the sub down
with it. <br /> <br /> This, as I said in the beginning, is by and large
speculation. But if the methane hydrate in the South China Sea is
out-gassing at a depth, but the gas won't make it to the surface, indeed
only submarines would know about it.<br /> <br /> Some would argue that
since the methane doesn't make it to the surface, it wouldn't contribute
to atmospheric warming. But when dissolved by the sea water, the
methane would turn to CO2, which would increase OCEAN ACIDIFICATION.<br /> <br /> Anthony Marr, founder<br /> Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE)</span></span>Anthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-48667379362280371272014-01-19T13:19:00.000-08:002014-01-19T13:19:56.282-08:00Lightning strikes Christ The Redeemer<br />
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A bolt of lightning struck the right hand of Christ The Redeemer in Rio on Jan. 16, damaging its thumb and middle finger.<br />
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Aside from the incredible symbolic irony of this (draw your own conclusions), it reminds me of an incident of people crowding into a church to pray after an earthquake, only to be killed by the aftershock which brought the roof crashing down on them, attesting to that even the most sacred of human edifices, through which believers pray for divine intervention, are themselves not protected by divine intervention. Mother Nature makes no exceptions and 'God' as shown nothing but indifference.<br />
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So if divine protection is not extended even to our Holiest of holies, would it be extended to the common family home?<br />
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In my humble opinion, prayer does have its place, but it is for courage to face calamities, NOT to prevent the calamities themselves.<br />
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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/01/rios-christ-chips-finger-in-lightning-storm/Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE)<br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
www.HomoSapiensSaveYourEarth.blogspot.com<br />
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www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.comAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-27368284135856704772014-01-18T10:32:00.000-08:002014-01-19T21:08:33.343-08:00OMNI-SCIENCE by Anthony Marr - a 7-page summary<br />
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This is the speech by Anthony Marr addressing the scientists and philosophers of 5 top universities, which won the following accolades for his ground breaking OMNISCIENTIFIC COSMOLOGY:<br />
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UC BERKELEY<br />
- Anthropology, Dr. Tim White: “… Anthony Marr’s OMNI-SCIENCE is formidable…”<br />
- Institute of Human Origins, Dr. William H. Kimbel, President: “… a profound contribution to the fundamental definition of humankind in relation to the broader universe... unifies the fragmented Western scientific disciplines… implications of great depth and breadth for the future course of human actions… too important to ignore.”<br />
- Astronomy and Physics, Dr. Marc Davis: “… a forward looking moral framework… an important contribution to society…”<br />
- Paleontology, Dr. Carole S. Hickman: “… an extraordinary intellectual undertaking… unique… intellectually and aesthetically stimulating… a bold and eclectic piece of scholarship… exceptional… a delight… optimism, concern and compassion for humanity…”<br />
- Botany, Dr. Herbert G. Baker: “… extremely interesting… an important contribution towards understanding cosmology.”<br />
Paleontology, Dr. Donald E. Savage: “… powerful… erudite synthesis...”<br />
- Zoology, Dr. Richard C. Strohman: “… original… a thoroughly logical system… might indeed fill a large gap in the way we think...”<br />
Biology, Dr. Richard W. Holms: “… a remarkable broad perspective… great depth... truly deserves the name OMNI-SCIENCE…”<br />
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY<br />
- Geology, Dr. W.R. Evitt: “… sincerity, imagination, intellectualism and scholarship… an immensely logical construct… meticulously thought out… majestic in scope but intrinsically simple, satisfying and optimistic… should have a very broad appeal… these are important ideas with great potential for lessening the conflicts in a troubled world…”<br />
- Sociology, Dr. Alex Inkeles: “… impress me not only with the quality of his presentation, but also the quality of his thinking… authoritative… exceptionally comprehensive…”<br />
- Philosophy, Dr. John Dupre: “… extremely intriguing and provocative… incomparably more edifying than the vast majority of such attempts…”<br />
Anthropology, Dr. John W. Rick: “… very thought provoking… clearly deserves extensive discussion… a serious, well-founded vision…”<br />
- Physics, Dr. Leonard Susskind: “… I found myself stimulated, educated… worth listening to, even for those of us who are not of the same philosophical bent…”<br />
- Philosophy, Dr. John Bogart: “… compelling… have moral import…”<br />
Applied Physics and Astrophysics, Dr. Vahe Petrosian: “… elaborate… clearly well thought out and researched… fascinating… a very ambitious task… a beautiful synthesis… captivating… should be of interest not only to experts but to all thinking people of the world…” <br />
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A forewarning<br />
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A meaningful reading of the following requires the shelving of all preconceptions (especially those imposed by pre-scientific religions), a basic understanding of science, and free-thought bridled only by logic. Beginning with the title itself, a number of new terms have been invented out of necessity. The Omniscientific Cosmology would strike many as so unfamiliar to be almost bizarre. And yet, once digested and absorbed, even if they desperately wanted to, the readers could never revert fully to the worldview they had held before.<br />
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Introduction<br />
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The Tao Teh Ching, the canon of the ancient Chinese philosophical system known as Taoism, states, "In the Cosmos, Man accords his way to the Earth, the Earth to the Sky, the Sky to the Tao, and the Tao simply is, according to its own Nature." In Western Lingo, the Tao is the Way of the Cosmos. Should the Tao be known, therefore, so would be the optimal Way of Man. <br />
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Unfortunately, the Tao Teh Ching also states, "The Tao that can be spoken is not the true Tao." Thus, the Taoists maintained 26 centuries of pseudo-silence, as if they knew it. And thus, Taoism degenerated from a school of cosmic philosophy into a house of superstition. There was a reason for which the Tao was deemed inconceivable. It was the then lack of a necessary ingredient. The hint is in the statement itself. The key word is "Nature", that to which the Tao itself accords. The study of nature is science. Science was what the ancient Chinese lacked, which we now have. <br />
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Basically, Taoism was the ancient Chinese form of a cosmology. A cosmology is a model of the Universe. It is essentially a tool for human self-understanding. Why? Since the part cannot be fully understood without an understanding of the whole and its part in this whole, so neither can humanity fully understand itself without an understanding of the Cosmos and its part in this Cosmos. <br />
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Throughout human history, many cosmologies have been advanced, all but one in the form of pre-scientific philosophies or religion-based mythologies, including the modern Creationism. And all but one are far from the truth. The only one that is on the right path is scientific cosmology. Unfortunately, so far that it has developed, involving the astro-chemo-physical sciences but not the eco-socio-biological sciences in its construction, is incomplete. This is because the Earth is a part of the Solar System, which is a part of the Milky Way Galaxy, which is a part of the Cosmos, and the biosphere is a part of the Earth.<br />
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And because Homo Sapiens is a part of the biosphere, Omniscientific Cosmology is needed for our self-understanding.<br />
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Omniscientific Cosmology gives new answers for the ancient philosophical questions - the meaning of life, the purpose of humanity, the fate of the Earth, the origin of consciousness, the basis of morality, even the nature of the "inconceivable" Tao, maybe even the truth of "God". <br />
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Whether these answers are the correct ones is for the readers to decide. <br />
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1. The Cosmic background<br />
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The observable Universe originated in the Big Bang about 14 billion years ago. Physically and chemically, it comprised nothing more complex than space-time, energy, subatomic particles and atomic hydrogen and helium. In the ensuing eons, the galaxies were formed, in whose first generation stars the process of nucleosynthesis gave rise to the heavier elements. When the more massive of these stars exploded as supernovae, these heavier elements were expelled into interstellar space. When these heavier-elements-laden interstellar clouds intermixed and condensed into subsequent-generation stars, planets with solid crusts could then be formed. Our Sun is one of theses subsequent-generation stars, which formed 4.6 billion years ago, and our Earth is one of these solid-crusted planets. Today, while the above process keeps on unfolding, there are about 100 billion galaxies in the observable Universe, each with an average of about 300 billion stars, most of which are believed to be in possession of planets. <br />
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Taking the Earth as a sample planet in the "life zone" of a sample star the Sun in a sample galaxy the Milky Way, and to make a very long story very short, and a very complex scenario very simple, the original inorganic atoms and molecules of the primordial Earth eventually gave rise to the cells (e.g. bacteria - about 3.5 billion years ago), which eventually gave rise to the metabionts (multicellular organisms – about 600 million years ago), which eventually gave rise to animal societies (first the insect societies – about 100 million years ago), which eventually gave rise to the nations (of the metabion species Homo Sapiens – about 10,000 years ago).<br />
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2. T.I., I.T., and Levels of Organization<br />
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By means of an analysis pertaining to classical biology called the "Seven Vital Functions" test, social insect biologists in the 1920s concluded that an insect society qualified as an organism in its own right, which they termed a "superorganism". Likewise, other than the fact that a cell and a metabiont are obviously organisms, so are a city and a nation bona fide organisms, each on its own distinct "level of organization". <br />
Today, the physical matter of planet Earth is organized in five levels of organization: the Molecular level, the Cellular level, the Metabion level, the Citian (based on "city" - including insect societies) level and the National level. In contrast, all other Solar System planets have only one level of organization – the Molecular. <br />
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The phenomenon by which a lower level gave rise to its adjacent higher level is called Integrative Transcendence (I.T.). The process by which I.T. is achieved is called Transcendent Integration (T.I.), which essentially involves differentiation and cooperation. By means of T.I., the social organisms of level (X) formed societies, and by means of I.T., the advanced societies became the original organisms of level (X+1). <br />
Thus, a cell is a "society" of its own component molecules, a metabiont is a society of its own component cells, a city is a society of its own component metabionts, and a nation is a society of its own component cities.<br />
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3. Interlevel Parallelism<br />
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There are parallelisms among the various levels of organization, e.g.:<br />
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On every level of organization, there are non-social and social units. On the molecular level, there are "nonsocial" molecules (e.g. a copper sulphate molecule in a rock) and "social" molecules (e.g. a protein molecule in a cell). On the cellular level, there are nonsocial cells (e.g. an amoeba in a pond), and social cells (e.g. a neuron in a human). On the metabion level, there are nonsocial metabionts (e.g. a dragonfly) and social metabionts (e.g. a bee or a human). On the citian level, there are nonsocial cities (e.g. an ant colony or a an ancient warring city-state) and social cities (e.g. Vancouver). On the national level, there are nonsocial nations, (e.g. the warring nations in ancient China) and social nations (e.g. Canada).<br />
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James Greer Miller isolated 19 "subsystems" for every "living system". A cell, a metabiont, a city and a nation are all living systems by Miller’s definition, and all have their 19 subsystems. Anthony Marr noted that Greer missed one subsystem, which Marr added to make the total of 20 subsystems per living system.<br />
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Evolution occurs on all levels simultaneously. Here, however, it involves the concept of Translevel Progression. The evolutionary mode is strictly Darwinian up to the metabion level and the insect-society part of the citian level, whereas that from the vertebrate side of the citian level upward is Darwinian as well as Lamarckian. The Lamarckian mode is especially dominant in the evolution of human societies.<br />
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There are numerous other interlevel parallelisms.<br />
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4. The I.T. Spiral and Its O.S.E.S. Cycle<br />
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By far the most monumental of all interlevel parallelisms is the O.S.E.S. Cycle of the T.I./I.T. Spiral, which deserves a chapter of its own. O.S.E.S. represents the four quadrants of a cycle of the T.I./I.T. Spiral, namely: Organismization (the formation of the first organisms on a certain level of organization), Speciation (the divergent evolution of the original species on that level into an broad array of new species in different environments), Ecosystemization (the formation of ecosystems comprising these species in various locales), and Socialization (the rise of social species in some ecosystems and the formation of their societies). And, by the resultant societies organismizing into the first organisms of the level above, they start a new and next higher O.S.E.S. Cycle on the ever-ascending T.I./I.T. Spiral. <br />
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5. GeoEmbryology<br />
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The term "cosmic egg" made its first appearance in the 1970s, but it was used in a "New Age" sense. Nonetheless, when used now in the context of the Omniscientific Cosmology, it has a new and tangible meaning. The planet Earth could indeed be seen as a cosmic egg, whose "geo-embryo" has a definite planetary gestation period. Further, it has hitherto already undergone four stages of planetary metamorphosis – from molecules to cells to metabionts to cities to nations. In other words, it has successfully progressed through four O.S.E.S. Cycles of Earth’s T.I./I.T. Spiral; and the T.I./I.T. Spiral itself has ascended through four levels of organization pertaining to life on Earth. And what is this geo-embryo of the planet Earth? Its biosphere. Its incubation lamp is the Sun, and its "white and yolk" are Earth’s own intrinsic mineral and energy resources. <br />
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It does appear that the development of Earth’s geo-embryo follows a preset metamorphic schedule as predetermined by the planet’s original physical and chemical properties. It seems further than this metamorphic schedule follows an accelerating exponential timeframe, which might accord to the Fibonacci numbers series applicable to the many spiralling forms found in nature. This could be of predictive value for the extrapolation of the T.I./I.T. Spiral into the future and on to the higher levels of organization thus far not yet realized.<br />
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The metamorphosis of Earth’s geo-embryo has currently progressed on to the Socialization quadrant of the O.S.E.S. Cycle of Earth’s T.I./I.T. Spiral on the National level of organization. If the T.I./I.T. Spiral would continue to unfold as it has over the last 4.6 billion years of Earth’s history, the next step would be the organismization of the planet Earth itself. This would involve the nations to transcendently integrate into a harmonized international society involving differentiation and cooperation, and to integratively transcend from the geo-embryo to the full-fledged Planetary Organism Earth.<br />
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Of course, it could also fail, and, when its time comes as dictated by the planetary metamorphic schedule, be still-born. <br />
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A footnote for this chapter: The Earth as an organism is also not a new notion. The Gaia Hypothesis is centered on it; even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had a story about it. But they refer to organism Earth in the mechanical sense, involving ocean currents, heat cycles, materials transfer, etc., even, in the case of Doyle, huge subterranean blood vessels, instead of the organizational sense as in the Omniscientific Cosmology. <br />
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6. Integration of Consciousness<br />
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When considering consciousness, the basic fact to consider is that it is based on matter. It could be further said that consciousness is the configuration of matter. It is conceivable that not only is memory stored in the neuronal circuitry in the brain, but is the configuration of the circuitry itself. <br />
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It seem reasonable to conclude that consciousness is also multi-leveled in structure and is also a product of T.I./I.T.. By means of T.I./I.T., the "proto-consciousness" of the molecules gave rise to that of the cells, which in turn gave rise to consciousness of the metabionts, which in turn gave rise to the supra-consciousness of the cities, which in turn gave rise to that of the nations. Hopefully, one day, the integration of the myriad consciousness of the various nations will give rise to the transcended consciousness of the planetary organism Earth itself, which today remains not only fragmented, but internally contradictory and even hostile. <br />
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There seems to be some coincidence to the Freudian terminologies of the Id (molecular and cellular proto-consciousness), the Ego (metabion consciousness) and the Superego (citian and national supra-consciousness). <br />
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In this light, the T.I./I.T. Spiral is in fact a DNA-like double helix, or a galaxy-like double-spiral, where one strand or one arm represents the T.I./I.T. of matter, and the other the T.I./I.T. of consciousness. Thus, the T.I./I.T. Double Helix.<br />
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7. Universe as Cosmic Egg<br />
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This final chapter in the Omniscientific Cosmology is one of extrapolation and speculation, one which has been regarded by free-thinking scientists and philosophers with amazement and fascination, but by traditional clerics and theologians with consternation and disbelief.<br />
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Once the Planetary Organism Earth has organismized into being, it will be the original organism on the Planetary level of organization within the Solar System. After a period of maturation, it will reproduce, begetting offspring planetary organisms on other Solar System planets and their satellites, or in interplanetary space. Earth’s "seeds" will be space colonies - citian organisms in their own right, which will contain the genes and memes of Earth. Once landing on other planets and satellites, or stabilized in orbits around these planets and satellites, or around the Sun itself, these citian level "Earth seeds" will form national organisms, and eventually planetary organisms. Thus, yet a new O.S.E.S. Cycle, on yet a higher level or organization - the Planetary - will unfold. These planetary organisms will speciate, and will form an interplanetary ecosystem, and eventually a multi-planetary society, until, within the bounds of the Solar System, the end point of the T.I./I.T. Spiral will see the emergence of the stellar organism Sol, on the Stellar level of organization.<br />
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A further extrapolation of the Earth’s T.I./I.T. Spiral beyond the Solar System will find it joining the T.I./I.T. spirals of other transcended planetary systems in the interstellar realm. On the only condition that the speed of light could be exceeded (by means of worm-holes or "warp speed" or other yet-unknown technologies), there appears no limit as to how far the T.I./I.T, Spiral could go. <br />
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It seems reasonable to approximate that there would be three levels of organization from the stellar organism to the galactic organism, and another three levels from the galactic organism to the singular ultimate Universal Organism.<br />
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Within the limits of the Omniscientific Cosmology, one of the ultimate questions is: What would this Universal Organism be like? Let us first compare the physical and mental powers of a human being (a metabion organism) against those of an amoeba (a cellular organism). The difference is of course immense. And yet, they are but one level of organization apart. By the above reckoning, the Universal Organism is ten levels above the human being, and eight levels above the United States (a national organism). Within the Cosmos itself the Universal Organism will be everywhere. Its knowledge will encompass that in every library on every planet endowed with civilization. Its physical and mental power will be virtually infinite. <br />
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Ask a theologian or a cleric what three words he could use to describe the Universal Organism, and he could only answer, in his accustomed diction, "omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent", after which his jaw would stay dropped. He would have to concede that this all-present, all–knowing and almighty being would be in part, though just an infinitesimal part, created by us humble human beings, by means of the universal process of Integrative Transcendence, in conjunction with all other sentient beings on all level of organization in all galaxies throughout the Universe. It certainly did not create us, let alone in its own image.<br />
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One more thing about this Universal Organism. It is thoroughly, purely and entirely natural; there is absolutely nothing supernatural about it.<br />
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Finally, to close the circle, the question is: What is the "inconceivable", "unknowable" and "unspeakable" Tao, and thus the optimal Way of Man? <br />
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Transcendent Integration, towards Integrative Transcendence. <br />
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This is the author’s deepest belief. <br />
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www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.comAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-91363858778144267452013-11-22T17:40:00.001-08:002013-11-22T18:03:49.963-08:00Mysterious Object X on the Moon in Google Earth<br />
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Near the bottom of the "ear-lobe", where this "lady on the Moon" would hang her ear-ring, is a mysterious object that does not naturally belong, and yet, it is there, right in the Google Earth archive of pictures taken by NASA satellites. Follow the series of zooms below to find it, take a good look, and tell me what it is. Also, note the double-tracks - more than one set of them oriented in different directions; the nearest set ended at the object without a trace, whether it is coming or going. <br />
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Other objects are presented in the previous blog.<br />
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www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.comAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-7041396215174824742013-11-21T23:42:00.004-08:002013-11-21T23:49:57.143-08:00Alien artifacts on the Moon?<br />
(Please click on all pictures to see details.)<br />
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Where do you think this "road" is? Wrong. It is nowhere on Earth. It is on the Moon - in the Tycho crater, at 43-degrees 5-minutes 22-seconds South, 12-41-59-W to be exact. <br />
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I've heard talk about there being "something" in the Tycho crater, but given the amount of hoaxes out there, I decided to investigate the phenomenon for myself - via Google Earth-->Moon (unless Google Earth, too, is a hoax).<br />
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Within an hour of checking the crater (86 km in diameter) perfunctorily, I came across at least two groups of what appear to be artifacts, ones assuredly not left behind by the Apollo missions. Further, I made a couple of videos of my tours in the crater, which can be found in Google Earth under my name. <br />
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While surfing, I came across this youtube video:<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1KOw6ThTq0<br />
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- the most convincing one of its kind by far. The contents are nothing short of fascinating, compelling and convincing. But, being trained in science, I decided to check out Google Moon myself.<br />
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I've since discovered many of the same anomalies presented in the video elsewhere on the lunar surface, complete with coordinates. This top picture,, taken @ 43 degrees 5 minutes and 22 seconds South, 12-41-59-W, is a good start. Please find here 35 more pictures of some of the other anomalies, with their coordinates presented.<br />
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If seriously interested, better yet would be for you to do your own investigation. Just go to Google Earth and click on the Saturn icon to go to the Moon.<br />
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Why am I so fascinated by such matters? Because "Are we alone?" is a continuing philosophical question, and whether there will be external intervention in this critical time of our species and our planet is always something to hang my hopes on during my darkest hours, and in my deepest despair for the future of our children and all species comprising Life on Earth.<br />
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- Anthony Marr Anthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-73423567926551453372013-11-16T19:53:00.001-08:002014-01-15T21:14:59.541-08:00The BUCK/DOE SEPARATOR - non-lethal deer population control<br />
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The latest campaign against culling as a means of deer population control is at the Royal Botanical Gardens in West Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Recent campaigns in Canada include those in British Columbia, notably Victoria and Invermere. Over the years, I've been involved in many such campaigns in the United States, including Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Maryland, either in person with local activists or via the internet as an "expert" advisor or consultant.<br />
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Almost all such cases have a political elements, local politics usually. In the case of the Royal Botanical Gardens, it is the Haudenosaunee Nation having been engaged to execution the plan by means of crossbows. These aspects I usually leave to the local groups to address. What I usually address is the physical aspect, which is universal from case to case.<br />
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First of all, as a population control measure, CULLING simply does not work. There is a factor known as the COMPENSATORY REBOUND EFFECT that the simple-minded, or the super-devious, inadvertently or deliberately leave out of the equation. Without it, the picture is over-simplistic: "If the population is too high, cut it down to size." With the Compensatory Rebound Effect factored in, we'll see that halving the population will double the food supply, which in turn will double the birth rate (does having twins or triplets rather than singlets due to richer food supply), which in turn will cause the same problem year after year.<br />
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There are of course people who will continue pushing for culling as a means of deer population control, including bow-hunters, natives, and "tulip lovers", each having their own agenda. The bow-hunters, for example, are relentless in forcing their way into urban and suburban areas where the use of firearms is prohibited. And they do so by hook or by crook, as photographically evidenced in my blog on the case at the Trexler Wildlife Preserve near Allentown, Pennsylvania: <br />
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by which you could be enraged not only due to the bloodshed, but the public deception colluded upon by the local government, the local media, and the bow-hunters themselves. In many cases, it is the bow-hunter who is the prime driving force, the primary agenda in this case being the expansion of bow-hunting, other than simply providing for his blood lust. Another one is the notorious Anthony DeNicola, who makes a handsome profit out of being a wildlife exterminator, charging around $400 to shoot a deer, last I heard, times hundreds of deer per town times dozens of towns, year after year; he was the operator contracted to eradicate, and I mean down to the last member, all the Fallow and Axis deer from the Point Reyes National Seashore in Northern California, by means of aerial shooting from helicopter. But that is another story.<br />
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My own alternative solution? Very simple, really, so simple I'm amazed that no one has put it to use after all these years since I conceived it, in spite of my repeated presentations to various city councils and county executives.<br />
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It is called QUANTITATIVE BUCK/DOE SEPARATION.<br />
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The idea is simply that if the bucks and does cannot physically get together, they cannot mate. The objective is to control how many does in the local population that will not be impregnated. Once this number has been determined - by a biologist - then a BUCK/DOE SEPARATOR would be constructed to actualize this number.<br />
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As a device a BUCK/DOE SEPARATOR cannot be simpler. It is nothing but a small piece of land ideally half-woods/half-pasture contained by deer-fencing punctuated by baited inward one-way gates. These gates should be wide enough for a doe to go through, but not a buck with wide antlers. Thus, only females can enter and their number can be monitored. Once the desired number is reached, the one-way gates would be locked. <br />
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Deer society has it that the females stay put and the males roam around. So, being contained in a fair sized enclosure, say an acre or so, as long as food supplements are provided, would not cause much distress for the does, especially since they were not coerced into the enclosure but entered on their own accord, nor would it damage the environment. The bucks could go chasing the remaining does somewhere else. Plus, the does in the enclosure need not stay there forever; only during the rutting season. <br />
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As you can see, this is inexpensive, labor-unintensive, effective and humane.<br />
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The only problem is: The hunters will oppose it, and the DNRs will capitulate to the NRA, and another round of culling will commence, unless of course this vicious cycle is broken some place. And there is no one who can break it but us.<br />
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Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE)<br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
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www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
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www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.com<br />
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Q&A:<br />
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Q1. Do all sexually mature male deer grow antlers? What about malnourished male deer not growing antlers.<br />
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A1. All sexually mature male deer grow antlers as far as I know, though the sizes and point numbers vary, as well as the time when a deer sheds them. There are a few general principles:<br />
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i. In any given year, the buck collects the necessary ingredients for growing antlers over a 9-10 months period, and store them in the skeletal system, whereas the period of vigorous antler growth covers only the last three months of the period. <br />
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ii. During the period of vigorous antler growth, the material for the antler comes not directly from the food, but drawn from the skeletal system. A full rack of adult antlers will suck about 1 pound of calcium from the skeletal system. The lost calcium is replaced by food intake containing calcium in the next year's cycle.<br />
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iii. During the rut, bucks do not eat, so the food availability during that time does not affect the condition of the bucks and their antlers. <br />
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iv. Pre-under-nourished bucks tend to shed their antlers earlier than well nourished bucks, say early January than mid-February.<br />
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v. Antler size does depend on nutritional conditions to an extent. If in the pre-antler-growth season the buck is under-nourished, they will prioritize in favor of building the body itself first, and the antlers second. But since (as mentioned above) the antler calcium is derived from the skeletal system and not directly from the food, the antlers will still grow - only on a smaller deer.<br />
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Q2: Could a buck get its antlers caught in the gate and would it be relatively easy to disentangle him.<br />
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A2: Use only the gate itself widely framed by plywood, with no netting involved. If a deer's antler is entangled in a net or a mesh, it would be difficult to disentangle without tranquilizing the deer first. <br />
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Q3: Will the doe/buck separator work equally well in suburban/semi-rural, wild areas?<br />
A3: The Buck/Doe Separator principle can be applied to all kinds of settings, though each has to be custom designed to suit its background's physical and ecological parameters.<br />
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Q4: Do you have any data on its use and results. <br />
A4. I have used a similar device called the Auto Deer-Assembler in India to round up those Chital deer that had spilled out of the tiger reserves into the surrounding agricultural areas. It has never been used in America due to pro-culling and pro-hunting opposition.<br />
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Q5: What about young bucks with small antlers. If they could pass through the one-way gates, they could impregnate the does in the enclosure.<br />
A5: The hole in the plywood frame of the one-way gate has to be precisely shaped and sized to admit deer with NO antler. Whereas female deer can be sexually mature as early as 6 months old, bucks do not become sexually mature until 1.5 years old, when they will have a set of antlers about 25% the wide of a 6 year-old's, and given any rutting season, they usually mature towards the end of the rut.<br />
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Q5: Did any bucks get through the baited gates when they lost their antlers, possibly. <br />
A5: N/A<br />
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Q6: Any data on population growth when used compared to no intervention or contraception or culling. <br />
A6: N/A<br />
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Q7: Any references<br />
A7: N/A<br />
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The ladybug is a predator, but looks, well, lady-like. Her larva looks like a 6-legged alligator and doesn't bother with social image and table manners.<br />
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Their main prey is the aphid. Aphids are the universal prey of insect predators, including most ants. But there is a specific species of ants - Lasius niger - which do not eat aphids, but protect them against the predators. Their payback is their specific kind of food. They would walk among the the aphids, and tap them with their antennae. The tapped aphid would produce a drop of honeydew, basically excess sugars it doesn't need, which the ant laps up. This species of ants co-evolved with this species of aphids and they are indispensable to each other's survival.<br />
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From a human perspective, Lasius niger could be seen as cattle keepers and the aphids their "milk-cattle". In AR and Vegan terms, keeping cattle is exploitation and enslavement. Here is the question: Should we condemn Lasius niger as exploiters and slavers, and Nature, in full condonation of this, as evil?<br />
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Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE)<br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
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www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
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Anthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-26682559788927739232013-09-08T16:06:00.000-07:002013-09-08T16:06:01.703-07:00GUILTY EVEN IF PROVEN INNOCENT - the case of Syria<br />
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12 ANGRY MEN is one of the great classics of American cinema. It shows the jury of a murder case arguing heatedly for two hours (of movie time) on a few fine points that would determine the innocence or guilt of the accused. The key clauses are "Innocent unless proven guilty", "beyond a reasonable doubt" and "due process", for which I admire the US Constitution, the Bill of rights and the spirit of justice.<br />
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My first question is whether this applies only on American citizens, or to the US as a whole when dealing with other nations. Apparently not. <br />
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In the case of Iraq, the accusation was possession of WMDs. The verdict, however, was: "Invade first, confirm later", and as it happened, no WMDs were later found. It has now been widely established that Bush and Rice had known about the absence of evidence, though perhaps not Blair, BEFORE the invasion. This I allocate to ulterior motives, and most of us now know what they were/are. I have to admit, I was fooled at the time, but, as The Who blasted out, "We won't be fooled again."<br />
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Now, the case of Syria. So far, in spite of international and citizen demands, the current administration has failed to produce one shred of evidence to prove its case that it was the Assad government that used the chemical weapon. See the article [US: Proven link of Assad to gas attack lacking] - <br />
http://news.yahoo.com/us-proven-assad-gas-attack-lacking-182143100--politics.html<br />
in which a top White House aide is quoted as saying, "... the administration lacks 'irrefutable, beyond-a-reasonable-doubt evidence' that skeptical Americans, including lawmakers who will start voting on military action this week, are seeking..." <br />
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In the article [US: 'Common-sense test' holds Assad responsible] - <br />
http://news.yahoo.com/us-common-sense-test-holds-assad-responsible-130319320--politics.html<br />
for every "test result" that says yes, there is one or more that says no - e.g. that one faction of the rebels using it against another, or that the Assad regime was framed as a pretext for war. <br />
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There is another point that is of immense importance but generally overlooked. The following article <br />
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/09/us-planned-syrian-civilian-catastrophe.html <br />
presents a timeline as follows:<br />
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"1991: Paul Wolfowitz, then Undersecretary of Defense, tells US Army General Wesley Clark that the US has 5-10 years to 'clean up those old Soviet client regimes, Syria, Iran, Iraq, before the next great superpower comes on to challenge us.' <br />
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"2001: A classified plot is revealed to US Army General Wesley Clark that the US plans to attack and destroy the governments of 7 nations: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. <br />
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(Fora.TV: Wesley Clark at the Commonwealth Club of California, October 3, 2007. <br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TY2DKzastu8)<br />
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"2002: US Under Secretary of State John Bolton declares Syria a member of the 'Axis of Evil' and warned that 'the US would take action'. <br />
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This smells of premeditation since the Bush era and even earlier. In fact, it stinks to high heaven.<br />
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As for the upcoming UN report, as I understand it, it is only to determine whether chemical weapons had been used, but not by whom. This appears to be a foregone conclusion.<br />
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Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
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www.DearHomoSapiens.blogspot.com<br />
www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.comAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-29311352403928525012013-09-08T16:02:00.003-07:002013-09-08T16:02:52.720-07:0014 reasons to oppose the war on SyriaAccording to the Newsmax poll, in which some 120,000 people voted, 89% are against a US military strike against Syria, and I'm one of them.<br />
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I'm sure everyone has his/her reason(s) for voting NO. Here are mine: <br />
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1. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." (The Who) This has often if not always been the result of forced regime change, especially in the Middle East. If brutality is in their blood, then the regime may change, but the brutality will remain.<br />
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2. The rebels are not a unified entity. There are some 1200 groups/factions/sides among them. (http://news.yahoo.com/freedom-fighters-al-qaeda-know-syrian-rebels-110000779.html) For the moment, they have a common enemy and act in alliance, but if/when the Assad regime is toppled, these groups/factions/sides would/will turn on each other in a bloody power struggle resulting in a civil war which the most brutal would/will win. <br />
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3. The current Syrian government is secular. Among the 1200 factions are Al Qaeda and Islamic extremists. How would you like a new regime that is brutal, Islamic AND Jihadist? <br />
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4. I don't see too many "limited wars" remaining limited. The Iraq War was said to be "Get in, depose, get out". Remember G.W. Bush's huge banner saying "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"? 10 years later... In the case of a civil war after the deposition of Assad, will the US stay in Syria "to keep the peace"? How many American lives will this then entail?<br />
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5. The congressional hearings have grossly underplayed and even buried the Russian factor, while as we speak, Russia is sending warships to the eastern Mediterranean where the US warships are massed. Should there be any direct conflict between the US and Russian forces, especially if it results in damage, ships sunk or fatalities on either side, by accident or intent, could the consequences be contained?<br />
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6. And then there is Iran, who vows to intervene should an attack against Syria occur. I doubt that it would directly tangle with the US, but it could certainly retaliate on Israel. If this happens, could the US not engage Iran as well, meaning, escalate the conflict?<br />
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7. I don't see too many "surgical strikes" that do not incur civilian casualties. General Martin Dempsey himself talked about "acceptable collateral damage." Where the victims are concerned, is it better to be killed by a bomb than by a gas?<br />
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8. Striking chemical weapon stockpiles with explosives risk releasing the poisonous gas among the populace. If that happens, who will bomb the US? China?<br />
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9. In the G20 summit, most countries question that the chemical weapons were necessarily unleashed by the Assad government and not by the rebels. This needs to be firmly resolved. So far, not a single shred of evidence has surfaced either way. http://news.yahoo.com/lingering-doubts-over-syria-gas-attack-evidence-072755287.html Whatever happened to "Innocent until proven guilty"? As is, the Obama posture is "Shoot, aim, ready", or "Shoot first, ask questions later", the key word being of course "Shoot". (I used to side with Obama over the Republicans on most issues, e.g. climate change, but not in this case. He is losing me, not that he cares.)<br />
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10. The US is already cash-strapped and debt-laden. According to Dempsey, a "surgical strike" alone, with "no boots on the ground", will cost "tens of millions of dollars". Is the US going to borrow more money to fund this new action? Or else take it from the poor and the elderly? Rest assured that the top 1% won't have to pay; on the contrary, they stand to gain. <br />
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11. What if the situation "gets out of hand" (a phrase that cropped up more than once in the congressional hearing)? How many more "tens of millions of dollars" is the US ready, able and willing to shell out?<br />
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12. If Assad is cornered and toppling is imminent, he might fire his chemical-weapons-loaded missiles at Israel, or worse, at a US warship. What would be the consequence of this, considering that the Middle East is already a powder keg waiting to explode? <br />
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13. Finally, what is the true motive of the US? Righteousness or Dominance? The invasion of Iraq was justified by assertions of presence of WMDs when none were found. We've been fooled too many times to not be skeptical.<br />
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14. There is in fact one more MAJOR reason, perhaps THE major reason, but one too big for this post. See: http://www.activistpost.com/2013/09/us-planned-syrian-civilian-catastrophe.html<br />
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Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
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www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.comAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-21578073353143677492013-09-08T15:54:00.002-07:002013-09-08T15:54:45.974-07:00On the Soul and Soul Mates<br />
"Soul mates don't follow each other everywhere. They don't always reincarnate together or even on the same planet." - Shannon Wright<br />
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This piece is about the soul, but first, behold the Andromeda galaxy, one among the 100-300 billion galaxies in the known PHYSICAL Universe. It comprises 400 billion stars, many with planets. Many of these billions of planets, I believe, have given rise to life, some of which have given rise to civilization, such as our Planet Earth of our Milky Way Galaxy. <br />
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Among those planets with civilization, which I estimate to be in the billions, there are those with ultra-primitive civilizations and those with super-advanced civilizations. Of course advanced civilizations were once primitive. Ours is somewhat-advanced, but not super-advanced. In transition from somewhat-advanced to super-advanced, the civilization would necessarily encounter a bottle-neck, a global crisis, which the civilization, even the species that created it, may or may not survive. <br />
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The billions of planets in the Universe do not have the same time frame. Some were formed earlier, or later, than others. Therefore, various planets with civilization go through their crises at different times. The time of planetary crisis for the planet Earth of the Milky Way Galaxy is now.<br />
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And I believe it was my choice, for my own purpose, to incarnate into my body on this planet at this time. Considering how my life has developed since the birth of my body, is still developing today, and will continue to develop until my death, my self-given mission appears to be to help the Earth survive its current crisis.<br />
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Though I do not subscribe to the [One life on Earth (and only the planet Earth), followed by eternal Heaven or Hell] dogma, nor the kind of deity inherent therein, and I embrace Evolution, I do believe in the existence of the soul (and I have logical proof of this, just ask). When I say "my body", it is my soul speaking; when I say "my soul", it is my body speaking. So I'm not strictly an Atheist either, who does not believe in the existence of the soul. Call me an Independent.<br />
<br />
The closest religious model I can relate to is one that espouses Reincarnation in the context of the Universe as modeled by Science, and at that with modifications to suit my logic.<br />
<br />
Without scientific support, since the soul appears beyond the reach of contemporary science (my degree is in physics), I venture to say that there exists a parallel plane, or higher dimension, to the 4-dimensional physical world in which our bodies live. Allow me to call it the "Soul Plane", suffused by a "Soul Pool", or populated by a "Soul Community".<br />
<br />
My AR friends will agree that we humans do not have a monopoly to the Soul. Other sentient beings - dolphins, elephants, chimpanzees - also have souls. By the same token, we can project that the sentient beings on other planets of other galaxies have souls as well.<br />
<br />
By nature, sentient beings go through birth, life and death. While it lives, I believe that it maintains contact, or even oneness, with the soul community, by soul means. Some may lose or sever contact, which may make them spiritually adrift; some may be born without any soul re-incarnated into them, and be soulless, literally. When a sentient being dies, its soul is released back to rejoin the soul community, which in fact its has never left. <br />
<br />
Since Time is the 4th-dimension, it does not apply to the Soul Dimension. In other words, to the soul, existence is timeless. When returned to the soul community, the soul may rest a day, or an eon, before being reincarnated into the body of some new born sentient being somewhere in the physical universe. My soul is in my human body as we speak, but after my body has passed, it may reincarnate into the body of some alien beauty on some planet in the Andromeda galaxy, there to perform another planet-healing mission. But regardless, since the soul of a sentient being is in touch with the soul community, which in turn is in touch with the soul of another sentient being, the souls of these two sentient beings can be in touch with each other through the soul community, whether on different parts of the same planet or on different planets in distant galaxies. <br />
<br />
Given the existence of the soul, do Soul Mates exist? I believe they can. The Taoist symbol portrays that in everything there are dual Yin/Yang halves, each on its own being incomplete. If this applies to the soul as well as the body, then the soul-halves would be incomplete without their Yin/Yang soul mates.<br />
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It could be rare for two soul mates to be in the same time and space, but if they are in touch via the soul community, they could hold hands and embrace at will, although their bodies could be epochs and/or lightyears apart. It is like two lovers in the same house working on different tasks on their computers, or watching different movies. <br />
<br />
So why are soul mates not together all the time? It comes to how a certain soul is committed to its own body for a lifetime. On to which planet in which galaxy at which time could be assigned by some higher power on the soul plane, but I believe that the choice can also be made by the soul itself. As I mentioned before, my soul may have chosen my body to re-incarnate into at this time of Planet Earth, for a certain purpose, which I believe is both higher-determined and self-determined.<br />
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A soul mate may want eternal peace on the soul plane and never want to reincarnate ever again. Her soul mate may want to go back down and heal a few more critical planets. This means that the body of her soul mate will never find a sentient being in which she inhabits, on the same planet or in the universe, period. But this does not mean that they are separate since his soul is in touch with the soul community, and the soul community is where she is.<br />
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Blessed are those soul mates whose bodies find one another on the same planet, at the same time. Might I say that they have good fortune and excellent timing. Those who believe that they have found their soul mates under the same roof ought to celebrate this blessing in every thanksgiving and anniversary.<br />
<br />
For two soul mates to meet in body on the physical plane, I believe it is as easy, or as difficult, as to agree on a common PURPOSE.<br />
<br />
<br />
Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
www.HomoSapiensSaveYourEarth.blogspot.com<br />
www.DearHomoSapiens.blogspot.com<br />
www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.comAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-87440804770989015882013-08-20T21:39:00.000-07:002013-08-20T21:39:00.951-07:00Ch. 4 - THE RHINO BUTCHERYTHE RHINO BUTCHERY <br />
Ch. 4 of [A PLANET'S RANSOM]<br />
by Anthony Marr<br />
<br />
Note: Chapters 1, 2 & 3 were posted on Aug. 12, 15 & 15 resp.<br />
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In spite of her outward cool, her heart had been pumping at 120 beats a minute, and that was before the action even remotely started. Rebecca was doing nothing more nerve racking and strenuous than merely grooming Fire and Brimstone. The horse himself was quivering in excitement, partly due to his own inner expectations and partly in empathy with Rebecca.<br />
<br />
She heard footstep approaching from behind, but thinking that it was Travis, she refrained from turning around. Anything she does caused by him would empower him, and she for some reason does not want to empower him in the least.<br />
<br />
"Good morning, Rebecca."<br />
<br />
She turned at once. It was not Travis, but Jake Hawthorn.<br />
<br />
She straightened up, brushed a strand of blonde hair from her eyes, and forced a smile. "Oh, hi. Good morning, Jake."<br />
<br />
"Listen, uh, just wanna tell you that there are no hard feelings."<br />
<br />
"Oh? I didn't know that there were any bad feelings at all."<br />
<br />
"Well, let me put it this way. When it comes to winning or losing money, there are always feeling."<br />
<br />
"Then, let's just say that were feelings involved, mine were good, and still are."<br />
<br />
"I'm glad to hear this, Rebecca, and let me add that they are about to be even better."<br />
<br />
"Wow, I'm not sure I could handle any more excitement."<br />
<br />
"You will have an audience at your rhino hunt today."<br />
<br />
"And why should my feelings improve because of this? In fact, I find this a rude intrusion. I have in mind to hunt Hercules ON MY OWN. I want to be the only living human being within the horizon centered upon Hercules. Even Travis will be dismissed."<br />
<br />
"You known that's illegal."<br />
<br />
"I will sign a death release if you want, but I will not allow my intimate act of love with Hercules be voyeured upon."<br />
<br />
"There are others besides Travis."<br />
<br />
"Dismiss them too."<br />
<br />
"I'm afraid that will not be possible."<br />
<br />
"And why not?"<br />
<br />
"I have already promised it to my new client."<br />
<br />
"I don't care who it is. That's not part of our deal. Again, to gawk at me while I consummate my love affair with Hercules is an act of voyeurism. That arrangement is between you and your client. It has nothing to do with me. From me, no means no. So, please cancel it."<br />
<br />
"As I said, Rebecca, that will not be possible. We are talking about the president of the United States."<br />
<br />
"So?"<br />
<br />
"So, you have the most powerful man in the world as your captive audience."<br />
<br />
"And what makes you think that I would be excited by that? Besides, he's married."<br />
<br />
Jake was all but speechless.<br />
<br />
"Would you want to be watched when you have sex with your wife?"<br />
<br />
"Come on, Rebecca, you're getting unduly personal."<br />
<br />
"And you think telling me that I have to perform a sexual act in front of a total stranger, even one with a big - ego, is not personal?"<br />
<br />
"Look, uh, just go through with this, please."<br />
<br />
"Sorry. All of a sudden, I'm not feeling well. I'll postpone the hunt indefinitely - till I feel better."<br />
<br />
"Alright, listen, you go and take down Hercules today, and I will pay you 10% of the president's fee."<br />
<br />
"Of what?"<br />
<br />
"Of his black-maned lion."<br />
<br />
"You've got to be joking, Jake. 10% of $25,000 is $2,500. What kind of a high class prostitute you take me for?"<br />
<br />
"20% then."<br />
<br />
"That makes $3,000. I spend that much a day back in New York. And hunting Hercules will be a lifetime experience for me."<br />
<br />
"30% then."<br />
<br />
"Jake, let's stop talking about the lion. Tell you what. Pay me 30% of the president's fee for a rhino hunt. Now that might trigger my exhibitionist instinct."<br />
<br />
"Are you cr..."<br />
<br />
"Uh uh. You are coming to me. I didn't come to you. Let's make this point clear."<br />
<br />
"30% of a rhino hunt is $100,000. But, since the president did not ask for a rhino hunt it would be easy for me to deal."<br />
<br />
"Deal." She extended her hand without hesitation, and Jake shook it like an automaton. "And, by the way, he will."<br />
<br />
As they were conversing, there was a drone hovering over Hercules. It was an RC helicopter equipped alternatively with a zoomable HD video/still camera by day and an infrared video camera by night. An on board transmitter would beam the footage frame-by-frame down to a ground based receiver hooked up to a laptop computer on which screen the image at any one split second would be displayed in real time, while it was being recorded in the computer's hard drive. On the right of the laptop was the joystick by which the drone was controlled, both in flight characteristics as well as the camera functions. The piloting of the drone is conducted as if the footage on the screen was the view from the cockpit of a real helicopter. Right now, the laptop was on the hood of a jeep located about a horizontal mile from the drone. Gripping the joystick was the right hand of one Dr. Mark Lee, and dead centre on the screen of the laptop was one magnificent male black rhino. <br />
<br />
The noon day heat raised such a broad and steady thermal that the drone on low power could just float on it, thus lengthening the duration and range of the flight. His mission was to conduct a grid-by-grid aerial survey of the rhino population and distribution, and, while at it, monitor the poaching activity, plus, if possible, intervene by direct action, that is, by means of the drone. For this purpose, it was also equipped with a ten-pack "fire-cracker" releaser, where the "fire-cracker" is activated upon release with a twenty-second fuse delay.<br />
<br />
In order not to disturb the wildlife nor alert the poachers, Mark maintained a minimum hovering altitude of 300 meters at all times where the quiet sky-blue electric drone would be all but invisible and inaudible. This minimum height is observed even when releasing the fire-crackers, where he would aim the camera vertically downward, and release the rocket-shaped projectiles when the target area was at screen centre. So far, he had had several occasions to hone this skill in real life poaching situations, and more than one rhino had been thus saved.<br />
<br />
Now the drone was at a 45 degree angle above the rhino, and, with the camera aimed down 45 degrees, Mark executed a horizontal 360 degree sweep with the camera set at wide-angle. <br />
<br />
Almost at once, he noticed three ground vehicles approaching the rhino at a charge. At a hundred yards, they came to a halt. A dozen black dots emerged from the vehicles spread out in a fan, which in Mark's mind constituted a poaching gang. <br />
<br />
Just one thing out of the ordinary. There appeared to be a zebra about half way between the rhino and the vehicles, and the zebra appeared to be trotting from the vehicles towards the rhino, with something looking like a baboon sitting on its back. <br />
<br />
Mark stabilized the drone, aimed the camera at the zebra, zoomed in, and realized that it in fact was not a zebra carrying a baboon, but a large horse carrying a small human, a woman to be exact, one with what appeared to be a hunting bow in her hand. <br />
<br />
While sensing the woman's malicious intent in his gut, Mark was puzzled. This departed markedly from the general MO of a poaching gang, nor that of an anti-poaching patrol. Nor was he aware of any wildlife biologist backed by a dozen men or more. If anything, it invoked a scene from the movie Troy, where the Greek coalition army sent Achilles out to do one-on-one battle against Hector. But still, it did not make full sense. If this is a trophy hunting party, why would it send out a woman armed only with a bow against a massive rhino full of testosterone and soon adrenaline as well?<br />
<br />
The woman maintained a steady trot, bearing an off-direct course for a tangential approach to the rhino. When she reached the point of closest approach on that tangent, she stopped the horse. Mark estimated her distance to the rhino to be 30-40 yards. He maximum-zoomed the telephoto on her, and, due to the slight vibration, he switched over to "Still", and snapped a dozen still shots of her, at least three of which caught her in profile, two in quarter frontal and one full frontal.<br />
<br />
Then, he kicked himself that in his puzzlement, he did not think of repositioning the drone for a fire-cracker release. Were he to do it now, he would momentarily lose sight of the woman. But before he could move the drone, if he wanted to, he saw the woman draw her bow, fire off an arrow, draw the bow again and shot again, and a third. He wide angled the lens, and saw that the rhino had orientated his massive body at the woman and begun a ponderous charge. The woman shot off another arrow. And then, her horse reared and threw her on to the ground. The horse regained his balance, and began to run away, but the woman held him back by the reins which she retained in her hand. The rhino continued his charge and was soon on to them. Quickly, she positioned the horse in between the rhino and herself, and, in Mark's inner rhetoric, "offered him up as a living shield".<br />
<br />
Before his very eyes, the rhino ran his horn clean through the torso of the horse. While the two animals were lock in the death struggle, the women ran off 30 yards, and shot another half a dozen arrows into the rhino. And when the dust had finally settled, the only one left standing was the woman. <br />
<br />
Mark zoomed in to her again and snapped a few more still shots, one of which caught her raising her bow above her head at the observing party in triumph. In some disgust at himself, Mark finished what he had to do. He aimed the telephoto at the observing party, zoomed it to the max, and snapped another dozen still shots. To his amazement, a least two of them showed the face of the President of the United States.<br />
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Note: The pic shows Joella Bates' kill.<br />
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<br />
Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
www.HomoSapiensSaveYourEarth.blogspot.com<br />
www.DearHomoSapiens.blogspot.com<br />
www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.com<br />
Anthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-39530635794517609162013-08-17T10:05:00.000-07:002013-08-17T10:05:44.745-07:00A PLANET'S RANSOM - Ch. 3 - THE BLACK HERCULESCh. 3 - THE BLACK HERCULES<br />
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"Dear Sir," typed Jake Hawthorn on his laptop keyboard in his Namibia bush office tent, "I am much gratified that you have again chosen African Nights Safari to be your outfitter and Mr. Travis Waltrip as your hunting guide. Mr. Waltrip has already performed a thorough pre-hunt reconnaissance of the intended hunting area. A magnificent black-maned lion has been selected for your pleasure. This lion is the most handsome of the notorious Gang of Four which has just taken over the previous AAH pride. The hunt can commence immediately upon your arrival. I look forward, sir, to be of service to you again. Patriotically yours, Jake Hawthorn."<br />
<br />
He read it once over, then pressed "Send".<br />
<br />
Still fuming over the blackmail of Rebecca, his business mind nonetheless began firing electrons. How better than to use her to regain his loss? The hunting fee for a big male lion is $25,000. The current fee for a rhino hunt is $350,000. There is no comparison. And the timing is excellent. This premium client would be arriving within a week, about the same time as Rebecca's unprecedented "complimentary" rhino hunt.<br />
<br />
For ten days, Rebecca religiously followed "her" Black Hercules on horseback, taking pictures of him from all angles and in all strides. Lunch time or not, she was salivating. Black rhinos have a certain ponderous grace unequaled on the African plain. The lions are super-athletes, but even large males lack the rhino's stupendous presence. And while elephants are majestic, they're too heavy to break from their shuffling running-walk into a trot, much less a canter, not to mention a gallop, all of which the rhino can gracefully execute. <br />
<br />
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Once, she got a little too close, and he mock charged, making her Thoroughbred stallion Fire and Brimstone take automatic flight. With each succeeding encounter, she found herself getting closer and closer to Hercules, and with every succeeding charge, she found herself containing Fire and Brimstone longer and longer until the infuriated super-unicorn was almost upon them. Then she would release the steed into an instant full-gallop.<br />
<br />
Rebecca was in love.<br />
<br />
Then, towards the end of the week, two what she recognized to be military Black Hawk helicopters arrived, flanking a white civilian Ranger helicopter bearing a blue insignia on its flank. The trio landed in a field some two hundred yards from the hunting camp, and parked in a triangular formation, each facing outward. The Ranger was the one facing the hunting camp. Within a minute, a man in safari attire emerged from the white helicopter, followed by four men in military fatigue. The first glimpse of the man through her binoculars took her breath away. No, not love at first sight, which Rebecca had experienced countless times in her life, nothing like that. Just moments before, and all week long, she was head over heels in love with the Black Hercules, complete with sexual tension. This man, well, he was pleasant to look at, but not Brad Pitt handsome. He did project charisma, but not in possession of a Stallonesque physique. His silver hair did make him look distinguished, but not in an Adonisian fashion. But for those beholders who recognized him at first glance - and who wouldn't? - it was not irresistible appeal, but indefensible power - the legendary ultimate aphrodisiac. She could feel it in her loins.<br />
<br />
She saw Jake and Travis each starting up their Land Rovers and raised a trail of dust which eventually joined the larger dust cloud raised by the helicopters. They parked in tandem near the white helicopter and obsequiously welcomed the world's sexiest man and his four body-guards on board. The vehicles then retraced the dust trail back to the main hunting tent into which all but two of the men entered. These two men seated themselves with practised casualness in two canvas camping chairs each on one side of the tent entrance. Not so casual were the M-16s they leaned against the chairs. <br />
<br />
While the engines of the helicopters were winding down, eight men emerged from the Black Hawks, who effortlessly erected at the center of the triangle the biggest tent she had ever seen, surrounded by three military tents. Meanwhile in camp, the kitchen staff brought heaping plates of what she had become familiarized to be venison, or bush meat, into the main tent, from which wind-distorted laughter emanated. <br />
<br />
At sunset, the men emerged, and were delivered back by the same two Rovers to the helicopter bivouac. Lamps were lit inside the huge tent, with silhouettes cast fleetingly on the tent walls. Soon, quietude descended, gradually replaced by the sounds of the wild African night.<br />
<br />
The next morning, she was awakened by the sound of a helicopter taking off. Upon exiting her tent, she saw that the sun had ascended halfway up the eastern sky, and the helicopter camp looked all but deserted save the two Black Hawks and three sentinels guarding the perimeter. She cursed herself for sleeping in. <br />
<br />
After fuming until her coffee got cold, she had one of the staff tack up Fire and Brimstone and rode out solo in search of Hercules, per chance to come across the power-hunting party. Without the guidance of the ever dog-like Travis, she had no luck. The invigorating running with the zebra and wildebeest herd did not stir her soul one iota. In frustration, she brutally spurred Fire and Brimstone ten miles back to camp. <br />
<br />
Upon her arrival, it was late afternoon. As she trotted the horse back to the corral, something caught her eye, by which she was momentarily stunned - the skin of a black-maned lion stretched out on a vertical frame, next to the one in which the hide of Achilles was still spread-eagled. The power- party had evidently returned to its bivouac. Whom she did encounter was her hunting dog Travis, who was wearing his characteristic wolfish grin. <br />
<br />
"Hey Rebecca, where've you been?" said the guide airily. "I was getting worried."<br />
<br />
"Seeking Hercules," she answered with as few words as possible.<br />
<br />
"Any luck?"<br />
<br />
"Not telling, considering that if I said yes, you would frown, and if I said no, you would laugh. Neither I find very appealing."<br />
<br />
"I take it that it's a no then. Haha!"<br />
<br />
"Take it whatever way you like."<br />
<br />
"My day has been fantastic!" he said with false glee.<br />
<br />
"I don't remember asking."<br />
<br />
"Well, our big client got his lion, under my expert guidance of course."<br />
<br />
"I find neither earth-shattering."<br />
<br />
"This day is the biggest day of my life!" announced Travis to the sky.<br />
<br />
"Really? Sounds familiar. Isn't that what you said to me the night Achilles died."<br />
<br />
"Ah, well, yeah, but this one is in a class of its own. Tell you a secret, if you promise not to tell."<br />
<br />
"That's what secret means, Travis. But what makes you think that I'm interested."<br />
<br />
"Ohhh, if I told you, you'd become extremely interested, guaranteed."<br />
<br />
"So tell me, if it really distresses you not to."<br />
<br />
"Well, first off, he is not a good shot. I had to finish it for him."<br />
<br />
"Oh, really? You had to finish Achilles for me too. Now I see what you mean by gallantry."<br />
<br />
"Hey, don't get me wrong. His is a scoped 30-06; yours was a bow. There is a big difference."<br />
<br />
"Oh, so his is an 'is' and mine has become a 'was'?"<br />
<br />
"Damn it, Rebecca!"<br />
<br />
"Take your mind off it, Travis. My feelings are not your concern. This is the Day of your Huge Client, so let's keep me out of it."<br />
<br />
"You are twisting my words..."<br />
<br />
"What did you mean by 'first off'?"<br />
<br />
"Pardon?"<br />
<br />
"You said, 'First off, he is not a good shot.'"<br />
<br />
"Oh, that. Well, other than this, he is pretty fantastic."<br />
<br />
"How? After all, he is my competition for your attention now."<br />
<br />
"For one thing, he is one of the most powerful men in the world..., hell, THE most powerful man in the world."<br />
<br />
"Who? The president of the United States?"<br />
<br />
"You said it. I didn't."<br />
<br />
"Pleading the Fifth means admitting."<br />
<br />
"Whatever you say, Rebecca."<br />
<br />
"So, what is the president going to do tomorrow?"<br />
<br />
"Without confirming that this client is the U.S. president, he will be watching a hunt tomorrow."<br />
<br />
"What hunt?"<br />
<br />
"A rhino hunt."<br />
<br />
"Whose rhino hunt?"<br />
<br />
"Yours."<br />
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<br />
Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
www.HomoSapiensSaveYourEarth.blogspot.com<br />
www.DearHomoSapiens.blogspot.com<br />
www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.comAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-1394391807646655482013-08-15T13:59:00.006-07:002013-08-15T14:01:18.679-07:00A PLANET'S RANSOM - Ch. 2 - [How 25 arrows killed one elephant]Ch. 2 - [How 25 arrows killed one elephant]<br />
<br />
of Anthony Marr's book-in-the-making [A PLANET'S RANSOM]. <br />
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Rebecca felt nothing about the two-dozen dead cubs, but she hired a helicopter to over-fly the old AAH territory until she spotted the scene of the carnage. She instructed the pilot to circle the site several times during which she took over a hundred aerial photos, then to set the chopper down for her to take close-up shots.<br />
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Meanwhile, through her weeks of Big-5 tracking, Rebecca had not relented on her upper-body-strength-training. To take down her next prey - by means of arrows - even her 75-lb draw bow would not suffice. To drive the heavy-gauge tri-bladed arrows deep into the massive body of her target, a draw weight no less than 90-lbs would be required. And 90-lbs is what her bow is now set at, which even Travis himself could barely manage.<br />
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While increasing the draw weight, she had to come to terms with decreasing expectation about tusk length. The rigours on the ground, including over thirty miles of trekking in the fierce African heat on some days, and at that without much to show in terms of her quest of the 100-pounder, had drummed into her the difficulty of finding even a 50-pounder, or tusks greater than 5 feet long. For this she suffered a bout of emotional belittlement, but emerged with the determination to find at least a 60-pounder, one with tusks at least six feet long. <br />
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To track elephants is different from tracking lions. Whereas the lions are highly territorial, roam the open savannah and sleep openly under acacia trees, elephants range widely in their quest for forage and water, and often frequent thick vegetation where the visibility is restricted to 30 yards or less. Which may as well, since the ideal shooting distance of an arrow is only 30 yards. <br />
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Other than the shooting distance, which for the scoped rifle could be hundreds of yards, bow hunting has the extra disadvantage regarding the angle of attack. Simply put, a rifle is capable of both the frontal brain shot meant to drop the element where he stood, and the frontal or broadside heart shot, whereas the flank heart shot is the only one the bow is capable of. The desperate bow hunter could of course attempt a frontal shot in the chest between the massive fore limbs, but it would more likely end up being a lung shot, and the enraged wounded animal would be directionally oriented to charge straight at you. <br />
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Rebecca is not the only female bow hunter, and won't be the first to bow-hunt an elephant. The first woman who killed an elephant with an arrow was Teresa Greenfield, who dispatched her elephant with a single arrow, resulting in the elephant staggering for over a mile before collapsing. His body was recovered a day later, and it was still warm. The pain in the arrow-embedded heart which struggles to beat faster and faster cannot be imagined. <br />
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This did not exactly trouble Rebecca, but her burning ambition to out-do Greenfield found something in it that she could use to her advantage. Considering that the heart of an elephant weights some 28 kg or over 60 pounds, making it more than twice as large as an Easter Butterball turkey, it would be hard to miss at 30 yards. Thus she formed a plan of her own design - to kill her elephant in a different way - HER way. She would fire as many arrows into the heart of the elephant as the situation would allow, the goal being to kill the elephant as quickly as possible. <br />
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"I expect that the elephant will collapse within 100 yards of where the first arrow is launched, and will die within an hour of when the first arrow is shot," she wrote to a hunting magazine, to which Teresa Greenfield was of course paying rapt attention.. <br />
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The day when the 65-pounder was sighted, though too far to reach, the camp fire illuminated a scene where an act of extortion occurred.<br />
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Jacob Hawthorn, Travis's senior partner, was nursing a glass of whiskey when Rebecca sidled next to him. "What a glorious day this has been, Jake," she half whispered.<br />
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"Indeed, Rebecca, indeed," enthused Hawthorn. "And tomorrow promises to be even more glorious yet."<br />
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"I hope so. I won't be able to sleep tonight." Her gaze penetrated to the retina of his hooded eyes.<br />
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"If you don't bring down that huge beast by sundown tomorrow, I will give you a ten percent discount."<br />
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"Hmm, since you brought up this subject, What I have to say to you is that you will give me a hundred percent discount, whether I bring down the beast or not." Her soft gazed transformed into a steely stare.<br />
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"Ha ha, nice try, Rebecca, I love you as a client, but not THAT much." But his smile was forced.<br />
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"Oh, Jake, you will positively HATE me for it, but you will give me not only the 100% discount on the elephant, but a hundred and fifty percent discount on the promised rhino, and I don't want a docile White rhino either, but a fiery Black rhino."<br />
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"I'm having a hard time laughing to your sense of humour, Ms. Bates."<br />
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"No laughing matter, I'm afraid, Jake." She handed him a large and budging brown envelope. "Here, check this out."<br />
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"Wh... what's this?" He stammered slightly while taking the enveloped from her hands.<br />
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"Go on, open it. It won't bite." She smiled. "Hmm, on second thought, I think it might."<br />
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He slowly set down his half-empty glass, awkwardly tore open the envelope, and extracted from within a thick stack of coloured photographs, which he stared at, one by one, eye-brows raised, jaw dropped.<br />
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"Wh... what's all these?" He repeated.<br />
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"They are images of the remains of the AAH pride. A disaster that occurred on your watch. "They won't cmake a pretty scene if and when exposed to the public."<br />
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He could not take his eyes from the photographs, but in them began to smolder the smoke of anger, which soon morphed into fury.<br />
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"Does Travis know about this?" <br />
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"No. No one knows about this, as of now. But one such package has been sent to New York City, and received yesterday by my friend Edward Smith. If he does not receive anything else from me by midnight our time, that is two hours from now, he will release them to the New York Times, and the National Geographic, with your name plastered all over them."<br />
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"This is blackmail, Ms. Bates, and blackmail is a criminal offence."<br />
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"So sue me."<br />
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At 11:45 pm, she received a two complimentary "rewards" from African Nights Safari, Inc., one for an elephant hunt, and the other for a rhino hunt, plus a "bonus" of $175,000 deposited into her bank account in Manhattan - exactly half the fee for a rhino hunt. At 11:59 pm, she made her call to New York.<br />
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"Edward," she said within Jake's ear-shot. "Hold off releasing the package until month-end If I return to New York safely before then, we could burn it, together; if not, release its to the press the first of next month."<br />
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The next day, she did down her 65-pounder. She did it on horseback, alternatively fleeing the charging elephant and charging after it as it fled. In all, the scabbard tied to the saddles contained 25 arrows, all of which, within three minutes, had become deeply imbedded in the thick bulk of the behemoth, with none showing on the outside. Well within a hundred yards, he collapsed for good, as she had predicted.<br />
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Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
www.HomoSapiensSaveYourEarth.blogspot.com<br />
www.DearHomoSapiens.blogspot.com<br />
www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.com<br />
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Anthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-63080276496963469132013-08-12T11:21:00.001-07:002013-08-15T14:01:54.094-07:00A PLANET'S RANSOM - Ch. 1 - [How one arrow killed 25 lions]I'm currently up to Chapter 62 of a novel tentatively titled [A PLANET'S RANSOM], in which one of the leading antagonists is a highly intelligent but, even more so, wicked woman named Rebecca Bates, who also happens to be a trophy hunter. Her same gender opponent, one of the leading protagonists, is an equally intelligent but, even more so, conscientious woman named Shannon Stone. These two women are almost twin-like in appearance, but diametric opposites in moral, ethics and conscience.<br />
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If the book ever becomes a movies, I would love to have Sharon Stone play both roles, I think for fairly obvious reasons.<br />
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To demonstrate the wickedness of Rebecca Bates, here is a teaser in the form of Chapter 1. I hope by the end of the chapter, you will have begun to loath her. But be forewarned, this is just a fore-taste of her true nature:<br />
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(Note: This is just a draft. It will be polished when the manuscript is finished. Please excuse the typos.)<br />
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On this day, Rebecca Bates killed twenty-five lions with a single arrow. She did not have an accurate count, nor did she much care. But she was aware of the consequences before they occurred, and she did not care at all.<br />
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Most people have a purpose in life. Some don't. And those who have purposes in life are in two main camps - the good and the evil. Rebecca did have a purpose in life. It was continuous and evolving. At that point in her life, it was to hunt the Big-5.<br />
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Up to two months before, her general purpose was to hunt every huntable African species, and have at least one head from every species mounted on her rec-room wall. Last time she looked, three of the four walls were crammed with taxidermied animal heads, from duiker to monkey to jackal to hunting dog to hyena to boar to ostrich to impala to wildebeest to zebra to elan to hippo to giraffe. At the centre of the back wall was a cheetah. But the front wall was blank. This wall, she has reserved for the cape buffalo, the leopard, the lion, the rhino and the elephant - her now desperately desired BIG-5.<br />
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The primest of the prime specimens, please. No compromise there, thank you. An elephant, for example, the tusk length record was 3.264 meters (10 ft 8.5 in), and weight-wise it was 102.7 kg (226 lbs 7oz). She was not going to accept any elephant with less than 10ft/100kg tusks. And given the fact that, thanks to ivory poaching and trophy hunting, the average tusk weigh has been declining by as much as 1.5 pounds per year in recent years, she felt an overwhelming sense of urgency. The big tuskers are disappearing. She must have hers before he's gone.<br />
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Oh, and she had set a certain criterion for herself. She would take them down, one by one, not with a high-powered big-bore rifle, but with her 75-pound compound bow, for the buffalo, the leopard, the lion, even the rhino, and even the elephant. It started with nothing more profound than a dare when she watched a TV-show on women bow-hunters. At first she just wanted to join their rank. But gradually, she began to want to outdo all of them. She took up archery in earnest. Measuring just 5'3 and 120 lbs, she could hardly draw a 45 lb bow at first. The African bow hunting rule stipulated a minimum draw weight of 70 lbs for the Big-5 - for deep penetration especially for the rhino and the elephant. So she put herself through a vigorous body building program. When she landed in Africa for the third time with her favourite hunting bow two months ago, she was a sleek and muscular 140. And with her long blonde hair and ice-blue eyes, she was the mythological huntress Diana personified, or so she saw herself.<br />
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A woman named Shannon Stone, the Vice President of a ten-thousand-members-strong group called the Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC, as in "We will, we will, GAHC YOU!"), once published a blog series titled [The 12 Most Vile] female trophy hunters of the time. Rebecca Bates was the second. She did not make top spot because it was occupied by one Sarah Palin.<br />
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To claim her Big-5, and to fully savour every tiniest nuance of the chase, Rebecca had set aside six weeks. Now, into the third, she had bagged a trophy-sized Cape buffalo and a big tom leopard. No doubt these were each a thrill and a half, but she could not fully concentrate on them even when the hunts were in progress. To her, they were first and foremost the necessary steps to her goal, the means to three ends, namely her lion, her elephant and her rhino. She found herself somewhat robotic while firing three arrows into the buff, no more animated than while target shooting. And the leopard, well, the challenge was in locating one, and it was not her doing, but that of her very handsome hunting guide Travis Waltrip. When it came to shooting it, she even felt a tinge of contempt for the animal, for being the least of the Big-5. She had her skinner bring her the pelt, then matter-of-factly handed it over to the taxidermist, and that was that.<br />
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Since then, for five days now, she had Travis drive her far and wide to the far corners of the hunting concession, looking for the king of kings. In all, they found seven adult-sized males, three with voluminous blonde manes larger than the other four with dark manes. Travis identified the three as being the pride males of what he called the AAH pride, so named for Achilles, Agamemnon and Hector, which comprised seven lionesses and twenty four cubs of various ages from two months to over two years. The other four were a band of young brothers which he called the Gang of Four, or GOF, which had been evicted from a neighbouring pride about a year before. As was the lion's way, the GOF roamed from territory to territory, making incursions and leaving their calling card in the form of their royal, scent charged urine, thereby checking out the strengths and vulnerabilities of the pride males occupying those territories. Though they had indeed tested the formidable AAH, they had steered a wide berth from that kingdom, There were weaker prides to target, and they were seldom seen in this neck of the woods. But lions being opportunists, they were never far away either. At night, Rebecca could hear their roaring contests, which sent thrills up and down her spine. By and by, she found herself losing interest in the GOF, and even when she dreamed, it was about a big blonde leonine Hercules.<br />
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For the last four days, she had patiently glassed AAH, minutely examining each - their relative sizes, their mannerisms, their blemishes or lack thereof, even their facial features. Especially their facial features. She would want none but the handsomest and most majestic adorning the front wall of her rec-room back home. Nothing an iota less would do.<br />
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Day before yesterday, she had firmly made up her mind. Achilles was hers, and not even Agamemnon and Hector combined could shake her from this her new obsession. <br />
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Yesterday, she spent the entire day watching Achilles alone. When Agamemnon and Hector crossed his path, they were but a blur. Only Achilles stood crystal clear in her eyes. She had fallen in love.<br />
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So far, she had held her peace from the equally patient Travis, who had merely sat by while she did her interminable telescopic scrutiny of what he took to be the entire AAH pride, cubs and all, plus the occasion glimpses of the GOF, without asking a single question, while surreptitiously admiring her curvy form obliquely from behind, and day-dreaming his own manly dream of romantic victory and sexual conquest. This was somewhat excusable, at least in his mind. He's been out here in this wilderness for eight months straight, and client after client had been big fat bankers or lawyers or politicians, or else the odd hitherto surviving drug lord. Women-wise, they had been nubile mistresses hanging on to the trunks of their money-trees, or dumpy and fretful wives trying to keep their spoiled broods in check. Besides, with Rebecca shelling out $1250 per day for his just being there, she could take all the time in the world indulging in her inexplicable distant lion-viewing to her heart's content. Then came the evening and the obligatory camp fire, and in the sensual flicking of the flames, her desire was revealed. <br />
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"Travis darling, bring me another cup that lethal brew of yours, will you?" she crooned.<br />
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"Nothing would give me greater pleasure, Ms. Bates," said he rising dutifully from his camp chair.<br />
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"Are you really that easy to please, Travis? Anyway, now that tomorrow shall be the day, you may address me as Rebecca, but kindly do not stray into Becky, much less Reb."<br />
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"I will be your servant to the end, Ms... uh... Rebecca. Your wish is my command," he said, while placing the second cup of strong coffee into her manicured yet powerful hands.<br />
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"And my desire is my wish."<br />
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He raised one eyebrow slightly, and lifted one corner of his lips, barely. "And what might your ladyship's desire be?"<br />
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"Not so fast, Mr. Casanova. I'm referring to the lions at the moment."<br />
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"Oh, but of course," he replied awkwardly, but regrouped with a touch of professionalism, "So, you have selected your quarry?"<br />
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"Indeed I have. Indeed I have," she murmured, as if confessing to the fire.<br />
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"Who has captured your desire? Which lion, I mean."<br />
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"Achilles. He's the one. He is mine."<br />
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"Whoa. No no. Sorry Rebecca, he is out of bounds."<br />
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"And why not?" She cast him a sidelong glance, which became a steady stare.<br />
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"He is the poster boy in my website and my show piece to all clients. His purpose in life is to entice them to cross the seven seas. Once they have set foot on this land, his task is done. It will be other, lesser, lions that will take the bullet, or arrow, as the case may be."<br />
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"Ah, you have hit the nail on the head, with one word."<br />
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"What word?"<br />
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"'Lesser'. I want nothing that can be so described. I want the very best. I'm glad you concur on which one this refers to."<br />
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"I'm truly sorry, Rebecca, but Achilles is not to be touched. How would the leader of the Gang of Four be? He is one magnificent specimen of the much sought after black-maned lion>"<br />
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"Nope. Achilles it has to be, or the hunt is off."<br />
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Travis tried, but could not maintain contact with her piercing eyes, and let his gaze drift down to the one of the crackling imported logs. "Look, I'll have to consult my senior partner on this," he mumbled weakly.<br />
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"Well, well, so you're not man enough to call your own shot?"<br />
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"I..."<br />
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"Alright, let's approach this from another angle, an angle I'm sure you can appreciate. Everything has its price. So, tell me what Achilles' price is."<br />
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"One moment, please." He stood up stiffly, pulled his satellite phone from his pocket, walked off ten feet, and punched a speed-dial. Moments later, he ambled back, and said, "Mr. Hawthorn said that he would required three times the fee."<br />
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"See? There is no such thing as not-for-sale."<br />
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"And?"<br />
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"I will pay you double. Thirty grand. And you can keep the change."<br />
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"I'm sorry, Rebecca, three times $13,500 is $40,500."<br />
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"Thirty grand, and you can have me for the night. Take it or leave it," she said, without a hint of passion in her voice.<br />
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Under the stars, the sounds of the wild African night was polluted somewhat by those of human origin, emitted from Rebecca's tent to be exact, vocal, but non-verbal. But the great orchestra of nature was nonetheless dominated by the lions. The sound was awe-inspiring and horrific. The lions had taken down a large animal, which Travis said to be a giraffe. And the hyenas were the uninvited and unwanted guests to the feast, which lasted till dawn.<br />
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In the mid-morning, from about a mile out, they spotted Achilles resting in the shade of an acacia tree, alone. Travis tested the wind and said that they were at a cross-wind to Achilles. He guided Rebecca down wind, then made a stealthy direct approach. At about a hundred yards, she halted Travis, who had by then unslung his rifle.<br />
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"Wait here," she ordered.<br />
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"I can't do that," he protested.<br />
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"You're gonna have to." And with this, she began to advance towards the sleeping lion, bow not drawn, but arrow nocked. <br />
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Present day<br />
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Travis hurriedly assumed a prone position on a slight rise, and kept Achilles dead centre in his scope. With his other eye, he saw Rebecca approach Achilles in much the same manner as that of a lioness approaching a zebra herd. At forty yard or so, no more, she stopped, stood up erect, drew her bow, took careful aim, and launched the arrow right through Achilles' chest. The lion gave a surprised grunt, lept to his feet, hesitated a split second, then charged head long at his tormentress, with a hurricane in his mane. Rebecca cradled another tri-bladed arrow, and was midway through drawing her bow, when a barrage of three shots came from Travis' rifle, which brought Achilles a crumpled heap at her feet. <br />
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She stood staring at him for a long moment, while Travis reached her at a run. When he had come to a screeching halt, she turned to face him, and delivered a resound slap on his cheek.<br />
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"See what you've done!" she scream at him. "You ruined this hunt for me! I wanted to kill him MYSELF!" <br />
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She didn't know, nor would she be interested to know, nor would she care if she did, but within days of Achilles' demise, the Gang of Four invaded the AAH pride, vanquished Hector, evicted Agamemnon, exterminated all 24 cubs to terminate the AAH line, and claimed the seven lionesses for themselves towards propagating their own. <br />
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It is the lion's way and she knew she was in no position to pass judgement on the morality of any species, including of course her own. She might feel a fleeting pang of regret had she heard about the cubs, but cubs were worthless to trophy hunters anyway. She would see them as accepted bilateral damage in her quest to mount the magnificent head of Achilles towards immortalizing her Big-5 wall.<br />
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Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
www.HomoSapiensSaveYourEarth.blogspot.com<br />
www.DearHomoSapiens.blogspot.com<br />
www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.com<br />
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Anthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-88758891934594938582013-08-07T20:43:00.001-07:002013-08-07T20:43:55.934-07:00"No pain, no gain"My computer has been slow as molasses lately. Unable to play HD videos notwithstanding, had I held my breath for the simplest executions to happen, I'd be dead by now. <br />
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Windows Task Manager (Ctrl/Alt/Del simultaneously) showed that I had up to 108 processes running, and the CPU usage was an unyielding 100%. I called a computer store and was told I had a virus. <br />
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I ran the computer through Avast, AVG and Avira (the top 3 free anti-virus programs), and they did find some undesirables, which they removed. But the computer was as slow as before. They also found a couple that they could not remove. I then ran Malwarebytes (top-rated free anti-malware program), and it found quite a few, and had them removed. Then I ran the SUPER Anti-spyware, and more showed up, and removed. And then, I used RegClean Pro to fix all registry errors. But the computer was slow as before, CPU usage still maxing out at 100%. I called the store again, and they said that it would cost me 150 or more to fix it. <br />
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I checked other computers and found that their CPU usage fluctuated between 10-50%, but their number of processes were only between 60-80, compared to my 95-108. Windows Task Manager also showed the specific processes being run. I went through them one by one and closed those I thought were unnecessary. A couple of times, when I removed a process, the computer crashed, and I had to reboot. But by trial and error, I reduced the number down to below 80, and, voila! the CPU usage went down from 100% to 20-50%, and computer regained it's previous speed. HD videos grace the screen again.<br />
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So what is the moral of this story? <br />
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1. The computer problem was a pain in the butt, and cost me significant time. <br />
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2. The fix-it-myself approach was trial and error, amounting to pain on pain, and time plus time.<br />
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3. But I learned a lot about computers through the painful process.<br />
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4. The problem was solved - without expenditure.<br />
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5. I gained a sense of satisfaction in myself.<br />
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But the point I really want to make is this: The computer situation can be a microcosm of the LIFE situation. When something goes wrong with ones life, it could be agonizing, and one might wish that it didn't happen. But without it happening, one would not gain new knowledge about life, nor experience the satisfaction of success. A painless life is a stagnant life where the advance of the soul is concerned. <br />
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And it comes full circle to what we've been saying for eons: No pain, no gain.<br />
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Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
www.HomoSapiensSaveYourEarth.blogspot.com<br />
www.DearHomoSapiens.blogspot.com<br />
www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.comAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-42515695434751393262013-08-03T10:21:00.001-07:002013-08-03T10:21:17.841-07:00"A nation of hamburger flippers"“We Have Become a Nation of Hamburger Flippers.” - Dan Alpert.<br />
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If you have been reading the news on a daily basis as religiously as I have, you would find yourself totally confused by good-news/bad-news, both referring to the same thing - the US economy, particularly job growth. <br />
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Mainstream media tend to report on ever lowering unemployment rates, from 8.5% last year gradually down to 7.4% yesterday, and you could take comfort in it and close the screens and go shopping. <br />
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On the other hand, "fringe media" would tell you that the new jobs created are low-paying and often part-time, and the unemployment rates are calculated by first eliminating the "non-participants" from the equation, i.e. those who have given up looking for work (last I heard was close to 1 million, and rising), thus making the unemployment rates look lower than they really are.<br />
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Further, other related signs, e.g. the severe shortening of unemployment benefit coverage periods in various states, the increasing number of food stamp recipients nation-wide (lowest est. 47 million, latest 100 million), hardly support the rosy illusion.<br />
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Most hurtfully, when we think about it, who speaks for the suffering of the long-term unemployed, whose resumes are categorically swept into the waste basket of employers without a glance? None that I've come across, even once. They have become regarded as worthless social rejects or not parasites, swept under the economic rug to rot.<br />
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Meanwhile up at the top, the Federal Reserve ("the Fed" - US central bank) counts on the illusory "improving employment picture" to determine its globe-affecting policies, particularly regarding Quantitative Easing (QE), i.e. the injection of $85 billion per month of newly printed paper money into Wall Street, artificially boosting the stock market, which continue rising to "confirm" the "economic recovery". And herein lies the greatest danger.<br />
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The fact of the matter is that the $85 billion/mo injection is supposed to haul the nation up from the 2009 Great Recession, not as long term sustenance of a chronically faltering economy. The longer QE continues, the bigger the bubble when it eventually will burst. The longer it continues, the harder Wall Street will crash when QE has to be "tapered" and eventually withdrawn.<br />
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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke must be the most carefully watched person on Earth. Anything he says will be analysed to the letter and will have wide-spread effects not only on the US economy but the global economy. Over the last several months, he merely hinted at that QE would have to be "tapered" later this year, down to zero in mid-2014. Wall Street, so myopic that it cannot and does not care to look more than a month or even a week down the road, reacts to Bernanke's every word with immediate rising and falling of the stock market. Bernanke himself watches his own every-word to make sure that the financial house-of-cards does not disintegrate on his watch. He knows that QE has to stop to prevent a catastrophic crash, and the longer he waits, the worse the crash would get when it happens. If he suddenly announces today that QE would cease tomorrow, Wall Street would crumble for certain, but not as bad as he waited until next year to announce it. <br />
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Sorry to say, as I said last year, a full scale economic collapse in the US is inevitable, and the longer this is delayed by the continuance of QE, the more catastrophic the collapse will be, including a worse replay of the 2008 housing meltdown, corporate bankruptcies and massive layoffs.<br />
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Can there be any good outcome? Sorry, not that I can see. My best advice is to prepare for the worst. The most optimistic thing I can say is that to build a new house, the old one has first to to be demolished.<br />
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Read this article [“We Have Become a Nation of Hamburger Flippers”: Dan Alpert Breaks Down the Jobs Report]<br />
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/become-nation-hamburger-flippers-dan-alpert-breaks-down-145831220.html<br />
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<br />
Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
www.HomoSapiensSaveYourEarth.blogspot.com<br />
www.DearHomoSapiens.blogspot.com<br />
www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.comAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-17710351416443534502013-07-21T11:43:00.002-07:002013-07-21T11:43:57.679-07:00[A PLANET'S RANSOM] - a new book in the making by Anthony Marr[A PLANET'S RANSOM] <br />
a new book in the making by Anthony Marr <br />
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Is 2013 a good year to write a book? Well, 13 is my chosen number, so in this sense it is auspicious. But 2013 follows 2012, and that may not be all that promising, because by the time the book is ready to hit the shelf, book stores may have become extinct, or worse, literacy, or worst, humanity itself (best as some might deem), which ironically is what the book is meant to help prevent and save. <br />
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But come hell (figuratively) or high water (literally), I'm writing my third book - [A PLANET'S RANSOM] (tentative).<br />
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I've been writing it for the last 3 months or so, and expect to be doing it for another 3 or more, since I'm up to Chapter 51 of an estimated 100. My average speed is about one chapter every 1-3 days, with writer's blocks along the way. This explains why I haven't been quite as active on FB of late. I haven't announced the writing of this book abiding by my rule to not announce works in progress until at least half-done, which I believe it has. If not, the book will just keep on going. Shannon Wright bears first hand witness to the process. :) <br />
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To safeguard the book's foregone termination, or if banned or burnt, I might seal its original in a time capsule and launch it into the future. At least, then, whoever can still read in 2050 will know in some detail on a personal level what has transpired and is still transpiring in 1990-2020 that has contributed to their demise. Conversely, if there happens to be a Renaissance in 2050, the book hopefully could make a historical contribution and sit in a new museum somewhere.<br />
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[A Planet's Ransom] is a novel, in which a super-powerful psychopath of an oil-tycoon teams up with an ingenious psychopathic trophy-huntress to seek control of the destiny of a nation and the fate of the world, counter-balanced only by a civil/animal-rights attorney and an environmentalist/wildlife-preservationist.<br />
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Keeps me awake at night just thinking about it. :D<br />
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<br />
Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
www.HomoSapiensSaveYourEarth.blogspot.com<br />
www.DearHomoSapiens.blogspot.com<br />
www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.comAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-57804093065115799552013-07-14T11:41:00.001-07:002013-07-14T12:50:46.219-07:001C temp-rise = 2.3m sea-rise, X 4-6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGnif8eX_8Suxf1Y3f3QsXuGs9bkfVoLUB86PdQHuT7-oJnnXsTURrq862P2QcTLa1pKqkYkN0vn4VGsfPNfFeTMbjHJlyvU_cER7nhfCyd7hVMq-SZqieDjBX60U0xKWbEPPbecOoNA/s1600/sea+level+Miami-jpg_204155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGnif8eX_8Suxf1Y3f3QsXuGs9bkfVoLUB86PdQHuT7-oJnnXsTURrq862P2QcTLa1pKqkYkN0vn4VGsfPNfFeTMbjHJlyvU_cER7nhfCyd7hVMq-SZqieDjBX60U0xKWbEPPbecOoNA/s320/sea+level+Miami-jpg_204155.jpg" /></a></div><br />
A rise of 1C/1.6F in global average temperature will raise the sea level by 2.3m/7.6'. We're aiming for a global temperature rise of 4C/6.4F minimum this century, or over 9.2m/29.4' in sea-level rise. If it is +6C/9.6F, the sea level rise would be 13.8m/45.6'.<br />
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This is not conjecture. It is a past fact that 18,000 years ago, at the height of the last ice age, the sea level was DOWN some 110m/365', and the present-day Persian Gulf was the then fully exposed "Persian Valley", with the extended and combined Tigris/Euphrates River running through it. <br />
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(*Anthony Marr has published a "theory" that the Persian Valley was exposed for so long that a natural terrestrial ecosystem, including tribal humans, had developed, thrived and evolved upon it. When the sea rose to reclaim the land some 12,000 years ago, the tribes were driven up the valley into the present-day "Fertile Crescent"; the population compression and cultural amalgamation caused the rise of civilization. But that is another fascinating subject.)<br />
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The diagram shows Florida today and a few decades hence. It and Louisiana will be submerged almost in their entirety, as will other low-lying areas worldwide, e.g. Richmond and Delta in Greater Vancouver where I live.<br />
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The above two maps show the land to be submerged (in red) at +6m/20' sea-level-rise. And the following map shows the new coastline after all the land glaciers have melted off.<br />
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Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
www.HomoSapiensSaveYourEarth.blogspot.com<br />
www.DearHomoSapiens.blogspot.com<br />
www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.com<br />
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Anthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-44506041599752492372013-07-08T13:18:00.002-07:002013-07-08T13:18:40.923-07:00Alien's-eye-view of hellhole on Earth - Alberta Tar SandsImagine the starship Enterprise going into orbit around a planet "where no one has gone before", sending down a shuttle for a two-hour observation of the seeping open sore on the otherwise gorgeous face of that blue jewel, and Kirk, Spock et al watching the life-feed of the video uplink as we speak.<br />
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The following is better than Star Trek because, instead of watching them watching it on their screen, you can join them by watching it yourself on your own screen:<br />
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Sit down in your captain's chair and watch Anthony Marr's 45 minute video of his two-hour flight in rough weather over some of the tar sands mines - on this your own planet:<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeYpLBQsnE (engine/wind noise retained)<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juNDjv_Gxl8 (engine/wind noise removed)<br />
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/MLeYpLBQsnE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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If this video is banned on youtube in your country, please watch it in Vimeo:<br />
https://vimeo.com/69824640 (with or without engine/wind noise)<br />
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<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/69824640" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/69824640">Alien's-eye-view of hellhole on Earth - Alberta Tar Sands</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4408235">Anthony Marr</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />
A disclaimer: Anthony Marr is not a professional videographer, does not own state-of-the-art high-end equipment, and it was a stormy day and turbulent flight, so you won't see any Oscars in the stars for this one. What you will experience is what Anthony Marr himself experienced, and perhaps what Kirk and Spock et al would experience. It is a spiritual experience first and foremost.<br />
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Anthony Marr himself feels that the video does not do the tar sands justice for the planet-destroying atrocity that it is; for one thing it covers only two of the six mines. To emphasize a few points for maxing the benefit:<br />
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1. It is to be noted that only 20% of tar sands extraction is by open-pit-mining, meaning that only 20% of the damage visible from the air is . <br />
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2. About as much energy, mostly natural gas piped in from as far as Russia, has to be put into the tar sands operations to extract an equal amount of energy in the form of oil, so in the ecological context it makes no sense; economically, it does but only to those who financially benefit from it.<br />
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3. Other than the obvious, such as the wholesale "removal" of "overburden" (boreal forests) by the thousands of square kilometers, of special note are the highly toxic "Tailing PONDS" sitting poisonously throughout the landscape by the hundreds, which are essentially man-made toxic-waste dumps in the form of storage LAKES, some so large to be visible to the naked eye from space, and one boasting of having the world's third largest dam in the world. None of them is lined, so all of them LEAK, either down into the aquifer and/or directly into the over-used Athabasca River which drains into Lake Athabasca farther north. These tailing "ponds" happen to underlie the paths of migratory birds. Their contents are so oily and toxic that no water fowl landing into one can be expected to take off again.<br />
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4. Do the oil companies and the oiled governments care? Sure, one company claims to have "reclaimed" 22% of the land devastated by its gigantic Earth-raping machinery, but critics contend that it is in fact only 0.2%. Of course they have their little PR show-pieces. <br />
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5. The entire Athabascan watershed downstream of the mines has been poisoned - not just for now, but for centuries to come - and of course this is none of the oil companies' concern. The poisoned Lake Athabaska produces deformed fish upon which the local Chipewyan people feed, or used to feed, resulting in sky-high cancer rates. Who knows what evils would befall the animals drinking from the entire watershed, much less the toxic-cocktail directly from the tailings ponds? By the way, though they did suspend the doctor who blew the whistle on the cancer epidemic, they did magnanimously provided the Chipewyan people with a cancer ward.<br />
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To learn more about these tailing "ponds", just google "tar sands tailing ponds".<br />
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If you haven't yet read the blog on Anthony Marr's Vancouver-to-tar-sands trip, or viewed the preceding video episodes (#1 through #13), please also check them out: <br />
homosapienssaveyourearth.blogspot.ca/2012/03/aliens-eye-view-of-hellhole-on-earth.html<br />
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So, what do you think Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock et al would do after watching their video feed? Since they have to abide by the interstellar non-interference principle, what can they do? They'd just enter the video into their database under "Lost Cause". Which means, it is all up to us, folks.<br />
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Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
www.HomoSapiensSaveYourEarth.blogspot.com<br />
www.DearHomoSapiens.blogspot.com<br />
www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.comAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-21673436499815694882013-07-06T13:22:00.002-07:002013-07-06T13:22:07.388-07:00The "Quantitative ARA"A friend of mine observed: "... (in this session) there was a discussion here about making a difference to the largest number of animals. I responded, 'But what about the tigers? the mustangs? which species we'll lose soon, shouldn't we as a movement go to those first?' The answer I got was that this viewpoint is 'conservationist' and that's different from animal rights. I did not see myself as a conservationist, only a concerned person..."<br />
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I second this person's emotion. <br />
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As an anti-hunting activist and wildlife preservationist over the years, I've caught flack along this vein time and again. One asked me how many tigers I was trying to save; I said 4000 max, since that was the maximum number of tigers left in the wild to save. He then chastised me for not only being misled, but misleading others, to devote a disproportionate amount of time, energy, ingenuity and resources to the tigers, thereby thinning out support for the 10 billion chickens slaughtered every year in the U.S. alone. Elephants likewise, rhinos likewise, dolphins likewise, whales likewise.<br />
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Speaking of whales, there was even the "Eat the Whales" campaign led by a high profile group essentially saying that each whale contains enough meat to equal that of so many tens of thousand of chickens, so by sacrificing one whale, so many tens of thousands of lives could be saved. Tongue in cheek perhaps, but this goes to show something about the basic "philosophy" of some in which the term "Species" does not exist except in labelling wildlife-oriented ARAs as "conservationists", whom they label as "sSpeciesists".<br />
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These "Quantitative ARAs", as I call them, in fact devalue the worth of the individual life by playing the life-game by the number, which I find ironic if not disingenuous.<br />
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Picture of tigress at Bandhavgarh National Park, India, by Anthony Marr <br />
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Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
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www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
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Anthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-31675627869265501922013-07-06T11:23:00.002-07:002013-07-06T11:23:58.694-07:0021st Century Pope?<br />
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From Grade 7 to Grade 11, I attended a Roman Catholic school in Hong Kong run by Irish Jesuits. I agreed and disagreed with many things taught, and was appalled by the Inquisition, but one thing I did hold dear, and still do, and have been heavily influenced by, was the Vow of Poverty taken by the priesthood, which I deemed in accordance with Christ's teaching, and how the priests truly lived a life of "Imagine No Possessions". <br />
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But when I looked up to the Vatican, to which all possessions belonged, the Vow did not seem to apply. And its link with the Mafia was most unbecoming, to say the least. I see no way for a money-influenced cleric to be in anyway spiritual, much less to be in a position of spiritual leadership. <br />
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I recall the film "Shoe of the Fisherman", with a newly crowned pope played with palpable humility by Anthony Quinn, who defied the entire Establishment and gave away the immense material wealth of the Church (accumulated by truly evil means during the Middle Ages) to the masses and the poor. In this imaginary landscape, I saw a ray of hope. <br />
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And now, seeing Pope Francis living in a sparsely furnished apartment rather than the Papal PALACE, and staunchly bypassing extravagant protocol back to the bare bone basics, I recognize a faint resemblance to the idealized Quinn visage, with a dash of genuine smile thrown in, and despite my deep-rooted misgivings feel nonetheless somewhat hopeful for the spiritual revolution so sorely needed by religion itself for staying anywhere near being relevant to this hyper-materialistic world.<br />
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Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
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www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.comAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212532635105305738.post-52587337248972099102013-06-28T12:45:00.005-07:002013-06-28T12:54:07.821-07:00Food stamp recipients burgeoning amidst "recovery"The number of US food stamp recipients has been skyrocketing since the Great Recession of 2009, so steeply that the 2012 figure of 46.6 million (1.5X the entire population of Canada), almost doubles that of 2008. So much for the official announcements and mainstream media "reportage" of "economic recovery". <br />
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Without charging them with public deception, I'll mildly say that there is a great wall separating Wall Street and Main Street. For Wall-Streeters, so high up they couldn't see a food stamp with a telescope, the picture is undoubtedly rosy. With $85 billion of printed money flooding the bond and mortgage markets every month, no wonder they are floating on the hot air of Cloud 9. They cite the booming housing and car markets as an indicator of prosperity, without mentioning or even noting that the low interest rate is artificially sustained by the free Fed money. Media present declining unemployment rates, but non-participants in the job market, i.e. those who have given up looking for work, have been jettisoned from the equation, thus producing the lowered quotient. <br />
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But for Main-Streeters, they are so low down that hardly a drop from the nourishing rain from the top can filter down to their parch landscape.<br />
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Those who see the big picture realize that this incongruent dichotomy is yet another economic bubble in the making, this one even bigger than the one in 2008. All that is needed to deflate this bubble is for the Fed to slow down or eventually halt the paper money printing, aliases "stimulus" and "quantitative easing", which is the better of the two alternatives. The worse alternative is to keep on printing until the bubble bursts, and bursts huge. When either happens, Wall Street will plunge, and interest rates will soar, forcing another round of layoffs, closures, foreclosures and repos. <br />
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As for the poor and destitute, the food stamps will be inaccessible to some, if not become a thing of the past.<br />
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http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/food-stamp-issue-derails-farm-bill-recipients-record-150015885.html<br />
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Anthony Marr, Founder and President<br />
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE) <br />
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)<br />
Anthony-Marr@HOPE-CARE.org <br />
www.HOPE-CARE.org<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.Marr.001<br />
www.facebook.com/Global_Anti-Hunting_Coalition<br />
www.facebook.com/Anthony.MarrII <br />
www.youtube.com/AnthonyMarr<br />
www.HomoSapiensSaveYourEarth.blogspot.com<br />
www.DearHomoSapiens.blogspot.com<br />
www.AnthonyMarr13.wordpress.comAnthony Marrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377763117577679427noreply@blogger.com0