tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16104632667818015402024-03-13T01:22:50.872+00:00Living Like You Mean It John Hodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05527885463160035692noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610463266781801540.post-81822500437409725662019-05-26T14:13:00.001+01:002019-05-30T11:37:01.831+01:00Sir Patrick Moore, my memories, his legacy and a final word from Brian May<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's been a weird week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've spent most of it, 10-12hrs a day cataloguing my photographic archives, which to date stand at 7TB!! I have a long way to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Much of it is my travel and wildlife adventures but also from my previous lives, captured moments with friends and family, as a musician and of course my life with my partner Pilar Bueno.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I also have a large collection of photo snapshots (before I knew how to use a camera) with many of my heroes that along my lifes journey, I have been fortunate to have met, many I've painted portraits of which are now autographed and sit in my collection. I've met most of the musicians that inspired me, well, the ones that are/were alive. I've occasionally visited their private homes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Looking through the photo albums I have to admit it seems a little surreal, I know it all happened but it's like looking at someone else's life, life is weird, how it changes and takes you to places unimaginable as a young boy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've been asked many times by the people that know me, 'did I get star struck?', the simple answer is not really. Sure there has been quite a few 'pinch me' moments when it dawned on me I'm chatting to an Icon, but I tried not to show that too much, trying to treat them like normal people, which they are. I think this attitude really worked and was respected, it offered up many personal experiences and access that maybe I wouldn't have gotten if I'd have been dumbstruck and giggly (that must get so boring for them). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The people that did excite me most to meet are my idols from the scientific fields, Sir David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins and my dear old friend Sir Patrick Moore. True legends and inspiration to me on every level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sadly, Sir Patrick Moore passed away December 9th 2012, he was 89yrs old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On a Tuesday afternoon in spring 2005, while I was busy taking care of my chaotic business matters, my phone chirped into life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> "Ahhh hello, is that John Hodges, this is Patrick Moore" like I didn't recognise his distinct voice from watching 100's of episodes of his iconic BBC program <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7h" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Sky At Night</b></span></a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I've just read your kind letter and wondered if you have time in your schedule to come and visit with me at Farthings" (his cottage). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Holy Crap!!! I'd been invited to Patrick's home in Selsey by the man himself and now I have to talk to him on the phone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"err.....yes, hello" I spluttered, "I'd love to when would be convenient?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Anytime, I don't get out much nowadays, the old body isn't what it used to be, arthritis you see gets us all".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Of course, I accepted instantly and we arranged a date, the coming Friday. I thanked him, probably overdoing it in my flustered state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Wonderful, I look forward to it immensely, I'll have some lunch prepared for us, safe journey and I'll see you soon"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Thank you for calling Patrick, see you Friday".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I slumped in my chair hardly believing what had just taken place. His unique voice ringing in my ears and my chest was pounding from the adrenaline pumping through my body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some of my earliest memories with my late father was watching Patrick on the BBC. He opened the window to Astronomy and the scientific universe to my young and inquisitive mind. I spent the next hour excitedly phoning my mother, sister, Pilar and anybody else who'd listen to me rant with excitement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now that was an exciting Tuesday afternoon I can tell you, when I called Pilar who was in her office, I was excited like a little girl. It's not every day you have a Knight of the Realm and a personal hero call you at home. I remember it vividly to this day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It then dawned on me, I hadn't finished his portrait. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The rest of the day it was my sole </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">focus, it was all a bit of a blur. That night I couldn't sleep. I wanted to take Patrick a gift, something personal to remember me by. I decided to paint his beloved cottage 'Farthings' to present to him, I spent the rest of the night painting. In retrospect, not my best work but I had little in the way of reference photos and time to get it done and dried. All in all, I was happy and Patrick only knew about the portrait I'd written about, perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After a 3+hr journey to Selsey on the south coast, parking my car in the residential road alongside his property, I nervously knocked on the door to his famous residence. His housekeeper answered, she was expecting me and told me to go along the wooden panelled hallway to Patricks' studio at the end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I knocked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"yes, no problems, thank you for the invite".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I walked over and across his desk I shook his hand, insisting that there was no need to get up. It was then I noticed his crumpled, arthritic hands. This once vibrant, Churchillian figure was now more or less confined to his desk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He noticed that I noticed and for a moment I felt embarrassed, he put me at ease, "bloody arthritis, bloody nuisance, I can't use my telescopes any more but at least I can still use the Woodstock (typewriter), small blessings"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He put in his famous eye monocle and instantly transformed from this grey-haired old man sat in a leather swivel chair to the famous TV icon before my eyes. His Pathe' news, clipped diction was not what it once was and occasionally was hard to discern, but there he was a genuine, broadcasting Legend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I'm so honoured Patrick, I've been a fan of your work all my life", it crossed my mind, I wonder how many times he'd heard that before?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Gin and Tonic, not too early is it?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"No, great, I need it after the journey"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was too early, but I wasn't about to refuse. I'd hardly caught my breath and was a little overwhelmed. I was sat in the study that I felt like I knew from the 100's of <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/jRkKk2k6bgBTpMBKmrC6Mb/about-sir-patrick-alfred-caldwell-moore" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">'Sky At Night'</span></a> broadcasts filmed from there, about to raise a glass with Sir Patrick 'bloody' Moore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Behind Patrick in the bay window sat his famous Woodstock typewriter on which he'd wrote his many books and important astronomical papers. His Knighthood was simply framed and hanging to his left and his beloved cat, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">Ptolemy</span></a> was sat purring on my lap........SURREAL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For the next several hours we talked about everything, he was very interested in my life, interests and listened intently. This kind of surprised me but this was the real Patrick who deeply cared about people and animals. I steered the conversation back to him and he proceeded to tell me with great passion about his incredible life, telling me personal stories in his unique and very humorous way. he was a great storyteller, not mincing his words in any way. He was also extremely humble and referred to himself as an enthusiast amateur. Some of his recollections were hardly believable, they were so incredible and yet I knew they were all true. How many people can say they've jammed with Einstein, and also have the Appollo astronauts as personal friends?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Patrick and Einstein dueted on Camille Saint-Saëns' The Swan when they met at Princeton, Einstein on the violin, Sir Patrick on the piano (he is also an accomplished musician). <br /><br />“I think I am the only person alive who has met the first man in space, the first man on the moon, the first man who flew, and then Albert Einstein.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After a couple of hours, Patrick asked me if I'd like to go and open up his observatories and take a look at his telescopes. Would I??? He also said that he'd like to change clothes to be more comfortable. He passed me a large set of keys and told me "take your time, no rush, go where you like, you have the keys." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I wandered out into the well-kept garden but I was focused on the large observation domes. Unlocking the padlocks it dawned on me these scientific instruments had helped map the moon for the Appollo missions. That day they lay still, showing the signs of age and entropy like their owner. Notebooks lay open on the edges of the dome. I wiped away some cobwebs and sat on the concrete floor, lost in my thoughts. What had been seen, mysteries explored through the lens of these icons of the astronomical world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After what must have been 40 minutes I returned to his house and eased open the door to his studio. The great man had his chin on his chest, peacefully dozing. He'd changed from the more formal white shirt and dark green, cricket-themed tie (which I now own) to a hippy style, purple moo-moo, this made me smile, a unique English eccentric.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As I turned my back to leave he spluttered back to consciousness,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"John, where are you going? I was just resting my eyes, excuse me, my mind is sharp but this old body lets me down, sit down, I have some lunch and drinks coming"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With bent fingers, he placed his monocle between his eyebrow and check and clasped down and smiled. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Old war wound, a gift from the Croats has now left me stuck in my chair, I was playing cricket not so long ago until my back gave in, I used to cycle everywhere. I could bowl a damn good <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googly" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">googley</span></a>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For the rest of the afternoon, he told me about his travels, the war, the only love of his life that he lost, another pointless casualty of the war. He deeply expressed his hatred of hunting and animal cruelty which made me admire him even more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I can still hear his tired voice, laughing and the absurdity of politicians of which he had little time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Until his death in 2012 I visited once again several times, I was always welcomed like an old friend and we'd pick up with "so tell me what have you been up to, how's the family"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He would occasionally call the house and always on New Year to wish us good health. He startled my mother and Pilar a few times when they answered the phone and heard his distinctive tones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I miss him and even though in reality I hardly knew him for any time, he made a great and lasting impression on me. Here was a man who had given his life to the science and understanding and exploration of Space. A true pioneer with over 700 Sky At Night broadcasts, a record. Along with David Attenborough and Carl Sagan, a genuine educator to mankind. I'm so proud to be able to say he was my friend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In his old age, because of his legendary generosity, he'd been left in financial problems. His great friend <a href="https://brianmay.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">Brian May</span></a> (Queen guitarist) steeped in the help his friend financially in the later years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Recently I started to wonder what had happened to his estate and the painting of his home that I gifted him. During my search, I found the necktie that he was wearing when we first met. I have yet to find out where my painting ended up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If anybody reading this blog knows what happened to my painting please get in touch, it would mean the world to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">R.I.P. my friend <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Sir Patrick Moore</b></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Brian May<br />Oct 2015</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hello, all who loved Sir Patrick Moore. Brian May here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since there has been a lot of speculation out there in the media about Sir Patrick Moore’s Will and estate, and, sadly, a lot of misleading information has appeared, I’d like to offer this as an update, addressed to all who are interested in the great man’s legacy.<br /><br />We’re now close to finalising the realisation of all the provisions of Patrick’s Will, but it’s been a long haul, since some of it was so complicated, and, two years later, we’re still addressing the remaining unsolved problems (thankfully all small ones now) in winding up dear Patrick’s affairs. We’re a small bunch of devotees, we whom Patrick appointed as his executors, and I can tell you that everything that we’ve put in place has been worked on with a great deal of love and care.<br /><br />I’m not going to pretend that much of the credit is due to me. Patrick’s close friend and now retired solicitor David McCahearty has devoted immense amounts of time to sort out all the various areas, and ‘devoted’ is the word. The truth is, without his work, we would all be in chaos at this point, and all the money might have disappeared! (I’ll explain why, later.) I should point out that neither David nor I are beneficiaries of the will, so we don’t stand to profit in any way from it. Patrick did, however, name beneficiaries – a small group of chaps whom Patrick ‘adopted’ as his honorary Godsons. Patrick took care of them in life and in death.<br /><br />The Science Museum<br /><br />Our central achievement, I think, is the now finalised major arrangement with the Science Museum for the core of Patrick’s ‘professional’ effects (even though he insisted to the end he was an amateur !). The Science Museum’s intent is to mount a permanent ‘shrine’ to Patrick, and also to make the core of his observations and his collection permanently available to scholars. And so we will eventually see if the Science Museum keeps their promise, a permanent national monument to Patrick in the most important public science facility in Britain. I think it would make him smile.<br /><br />As I’ll explain more fully later, we had to give up our initial idea of converting Farthings into some kind of study centre or memorial for Patrick. It was simply impractical for a number of reasons. But I think we achieved something much better.<br /><br />The Science Museum spent months sifting through thousands of items in Patrick’s library and collection, to ascertain which of his belongings constituted the central core of his life and work. As Patrick’s executors, we finally handed this core collection over to the Science Museum earlier this year, in return for a sum of money which is dedicated to founding, as agreed by of all the trustees, the Patrick Moore Heritage Trust. The PMHT has now been fully incorporated by David as a charity, to act as a channel for inspirational work in Astronomy on Patrick’s behalf – a scheme which Patrick thoroughly approved personally while he was still in operational health. This is something Patrick himself was very excited about. We were able to set it in motion with him while he was still alive, with his full participation and approval, rather than wait for his demise to begin putting the project together.<br /><br />Chichester Planetarium<br /><br />Some special items relating to Patrick’s work we then earmarked as donations to Patrick’s favourite project in his latter years … the Chichester Planetarium. Patrick spent a lot of his own money helping this splendid institution to get started, under the leadership of eminent astronomer Dr. John Mason, and he also spent much of his spare time contributing to its development. If you visit (highly recommended), the first thing you see when you walk in will be the very convincing waxwork of Patrick, looking every inch the way he used to look when he was delivering a talk to a bunch of young astronomers. We believe this small but busy planetarium is one of the best possible living monuments to Patrick’s lifelong commitment to Astronomy. Every year it gives thousands of young students their first taste of the wonders of the Universe – and doubtless at this very moment is inspiring the next generation of Astronomers – as Patrick himself did for over half a century. As of today, there are exciting new developments at the planetarium as it looks as if permission will be granted for it to expand to accommodate a study centre wing, plus the possibility of a unique astronomical garden and a small museum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moore Music, Cricket, and Herschel<br /><br />Another special area to consider was Patrick’s music. Well, it’s been well taken care of. We have entrusted all Patrick’s manuscripts of Patrick’s musical compositions to his favourite protégé, xylophonist Chris Beaumont, who has been keeping Patrick’s music alive in his live performances. We have safety copies of everything lodged in my archives. We also headed Patrick’s favourite Xylophone Chris’s way. I have also archived (alongside Queen treasures) all the recorded works that we have been able to find, and we are in the process of safety-copying all of them too.<br /><br />Yet another special area? Cricket. Patrick was a real enthusiast and had a reputation for being a spectacularly bad batsman but a mean bowler of that odd delivery Known as a Googly. We donated his beloved cricket bat to his favourite institution - the Selsey Cricket Club.<br /><br />And one more! Patrick had a special regard for the eminent Victorian astronomer William Herschel. He devoted much time to helping the small but fascinating Herschel Museum in Bath and became their patron. After Patrick passed on, the Herschel Museum asked me to take over as their Patron. Among Patrick’s treasures were a number of items which related directly to Herschel. We all agreed that these should be donated to the Museum, to be enjoyed by its visitors.<br /><br />Remainders<br /><br />After all this, there still remained another large part of the collection which constituted the most saleable of Patrick’s other collected effects; some of this material is what we consigned to be sold at Christie's (totally incorrectly referred to in the media as “Patrick’s Worldly Goods"), and the remainder is to be auctioned in Chichester. These are mostly personal things; we felt Patrick would be happy if his many thousands of his fans had a chance to acquire something small as a keepsake.<br /><br />This, in turn, left us with one more task: to sensibly dispose of the remaining largely unsaleable stuff, from random books not associated with his work and not otherwise special, down to stacks of photocopies of journals, and old newspapers, etc. Anyone who has dealt with executing a relative’s Will knows that you eventually get down to things like tissue dispensers and old picture frames, which are not easy to find homes for, and in the end are best dealt with in small bundles, sent to charity shops and the like.<br /><br />There has always been a risk that the total receipts from Patrick’s chattels would not even cover the costs of the administration in disposing of them, and of course, we still cannot be sure what the monies from Christies, etc, will amount to. But I believe that we will have sufficient to cover it, and also some money left over to enable the Heritage Trust to begin its work.<br /><br />Far Things<br /><br />As many people close to Patrick know, he was a very generous man, sometimes to the point of folly! Although he made a significant income during his life from his books and other projects, towards the end of his life he found himself in a position where he could no longer sustain his outgoings. All of us who were close to Patrick blanched at the thought of this great man spending his last days in an old people’s home, rather than staying in his home and workplace, affectionately named ‘Farthings’, with the thinly disguised alternative meaning “Far Things” – this being typical of Patrick’s gentle humour. He was above all, productive – that’s what he lived for. You might have thought that being a Knight of the Realm, and one of the most celebrated figures in Britain, people in high places would have stepped in and made sure his welfare was taken care of. But not so. At this point, realising the tragedy that was imminent, I secretly offered to bail him out. I bought first a strip of his garden to give him some ready cash, but then things continued to get worse, so I then bought the house and remaining land from Patrick and leased it back to him for a peppercorn rent, so he never had to worry about money again. To safeguard the money (so Patrick couldn’t give it all away !), the cash was put in his accountant’s care to be paid in yearly instalments to Patrick for his day to day upkeep and other calls. We had no idea how long his life was to be at that point, but in fact, the instalments were to enable him to live comfortably in his beloved Farthings to the very end of his days. The arrangement was secret for some years but was eventually ‘exposed’ by some busybody newspaper reporter. The relatively small amount of cash left in Patrick’s accounts when he died goes directly to the four beneficiaries (only two of whom are also executors), split equally. His possessions, on the other hand, he directed to be disposed of by his executors as they saw fit. Patrick was not survived by any close relatives.<br /><br />Just to fill in the gaps, we have all (David, John Mason and myself) spent the last 2 years trying to find a way for Farthings to be part of a monument of some kind to Patrick. All the proposals we have considered have come to a dead end, including the originally enthusiastic approaches of the local council. I am now convinced it is never going to happen. In the location of Farthings, there is simply no way to make the house sustainable as a study centre, museum or monument. It sits in a residential area, and so cannot be converted into commercial premises, it has no possibility of dedicated parking, and all our advice was that it would simply lose money consistently on upkeep and staffing, until it fell into disuse, obliterating the Heritage Trust’s funds, and becoming an embarrassment for Patrick’s memory. There have been a few armchair philosophers out there saying ‘it was Patrick’s dying wish that the house becomes a study centre’ … but of course all of us close to him know that this is simply not true. Patrick’s prime concerns, in order of priority, were Ptolemy - his beloved pussycat - and his library. These were absolutely OUR priorities, and we believe his hopes are admirably fulfilled.<br /><br />So the only other major problem to be solved is how to dispose decently of the empty house, Farthings. Unfortunately, it’s my problem! I have now decided to bite the bullet and put it on the market, but with certain constraints. I’m considering putting covenants on the property, to try to prevent the land being sold on and split up for more dense, moneymaking housebuilding, which would have bothered Patrick, I’m sure, and would make life horrible for his neighbours. I’m sad to have to sell it at all, but I can’t live in it, and I believe we have now exhausted the exploration of all other possible futures for the house. Of course, if someone came up with a workable plan to buy the house, keep it intact, and make it useable by the scientific community, I’d be all ears. But I don’t believe it will happen. I would be happy, and I believe so would Patrick, if it makes a home for a growing family – the kind of family Patrick once dreamed of raising.<br /><br />His last gruff words to me about the house were “I don’t want the house to be a rope around your neck, Brian. You should sell it for a profit. I would never have allowed you buy it from me unless that were the case”. I told him I really wouldn’t feel comfortable making a profit out if it; the whole point had been to preserve his quality of life, precious to us all. So that’s how we left it. He once again after that asked me to try to ensure his collection of ‘special’ books was preserved intact and accessible - his library. But he was astute and realised that this might not mean that it remained physically in the house. I believe his library is headed to the place where it will be most appreciated and most useful to future generations of astronomers - The Science Museum. Supposing the sale of Farthings does show a profit, I have it in mind to donate that to the Chichester Planetarium for their expansion plans. I think that would be fitting.<br /><br />Patrick’s legacy<br /><br />So I believe we have, by due attentions, done our very best for Patrick’s legacy, and by the time we’re finished, we will have done him proud. His legacy will be immortality in the Science Museum, his work preserved for the Nation, a thriving, teaching Chichester Planetarium, probably with at least a new wing added in his name, The Patrick Moore Heritage Trust, the continuation of the performance of his musical compositions, together with the protection of his recorded works, with a view to a reissue at some point, and his myriad archived appearances on The Sky At Night and other TV and Radio shows. But most of all, we all know that his greatest legacy is the current generation of top British astronomers, amateur and professional, who credit Patrick as their original inspiration to do what they do now.<br /><br />All Hail Sir Patrick !<br /><br />Very best<br /><br /><br />Brian</span></div>
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John Hodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05527885463160035692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610463266781801540.post-62983979693563843432019-02-28T18:35:00.001+00:002019-02-28T18:35:54.310+00:00Nutty Bites of Joy Recipe: Healthy, Raw, Vegan, Delicious and Nutritious <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">by Pilar Bueno</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thursdays are the days I put aside to be creative with my group of artistic friends. There is nothing like sharing your passions with like-minded people, whilst having a good catch up and putting the world to rights. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">There is no cooking required so none of the nutritional value of the ingredients is lost in the process of making them. They contain no refined sugars, saturated fats or animal-derived products and they really do taste that amazing! On top of it, they contain 3 powerful Sirt Foods: Cocoa, Medjool dates and Walnuts. Read more about what Sirtuin Activators proteins can do to improve your health in our book </span><a href="http://mybook.to/SirtFood" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Sirt Foods: The Secret Behind Diet, Healthy Weight Loss, Disease Prevention, Reversal & Longevity</b></span></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The main ingredient is Dates, which is a fantastic source of minerals, vitamins, fibre, calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and zinc. This particular type of date (Medjool) is very sweet with a deep flavour that combines beautifully with the cocoa giving it an almost real taste of chocolate. A powerhouse of nutrition, it is fantastic for giving you a boost of energy when you most need it.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2 cups Pitted Medjool Dates</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1 cup of Chopped Mixed Nuts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1/2 cup of Ground Almonds</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1/4 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1/2 cup Unsweetened Shredded Coconut, plus extra for rolling</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1/4 tsp. Himalayan Pink Salt</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1 1/2 tsp. Vanilla Extract</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I would always recommend that you use organic ingredients or at least the best quality you can afford. I buy a lot of my nuts, seeds and superfoods from the online store </span><a href="https://www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/?acc=c74d97b01eae257e44aa9d5bade97baf" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Buy Whole Foods Online</b></span></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, as they have a great range of organic products at competitive prices.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A note on Vanilla: I always use 'Extract' and not 'Essence' or 'Flavour'. This is because Vanilla 'Extract' is a natural product made by soaking vanilla pods in a mixture of ethyl alcohol and water, whilst Vanilla 'Essence' is a synthetic version, in other words, chemically produced. This is the reason why Essence is always cheaper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The shocking revelation though is the Vanilla 'Flavour'. You might want to sit down before I tell you that artificial flavourings like vanilla are made from the anal secretions of a beaver. Yeap, you read it right: Beaver Butts! <a href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/beaver-butt-goo-vanilla-flavoring/"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Castoreum</b></span> </a>is the name of this chemical compound that mostly comes from a beaver’s castor sacs and has rather interestingly a musky, vanilla scent... Yum. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And with that lovely thought in our heads, let's get "cooking".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They make ideal snacks when you need a boost of energy or to accompany any hot drink. I shall serve mine with an infusion of wild chamomile that I collected from the mountains of Southern Spain last year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hemp and Cannabis-based products are flooding the market and available to buy online and health food stores as “Food Supplements”. Who would have thought, a few years ago, that some cannabis-based products would be available on prescription as medicinal cannabis here in the UK!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hemp is a variety of the Cannabis Sativa plant species, specially grown to make a variety of industrial and commercial products such as food, clothes, paper, rope, and even eco-building materials. It is one of the oldest crops and it is incredibly sustainable as not only it grows very quickly, it requires little maintenance, does not need pesticides, it naturally regenerates its own soil and, quite incredibly, every single part of the plant can and is used. We are great fans of Hemp at home and we even make our own hemp milk (see our "<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1610463266781801540#editor/target=post;postID=3483684793379878284;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=2;src=postname"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Dairy Alternative: Hemp Milk</b></span></a>" blog entry).</span></div>
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Pilar Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03554586364273174522noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610463266781801540.post-65516602315057543382019-01-25T14:01:00.000+00:002019-01-26T10:43:21.023+00:00Pro Life Debate........missing evidence that ALL SHOULD KNOW<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For sharing evidence, legislation, arrests and reporting stories concerning this troubling debate I have been banned from </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">certain </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">social media and merchant accounts. I NEVER call for violence, use bad and unnecessary language, challenge gender, religious or cultural beliefs. I just report the FACTS without being lead by triggered emotions that are being weaponised by the mainstream media.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sorry folks, WARNING, your political 'emotions' may be challenged or triggered by the facts<br /><br />The whole pro-life (this will probably lead to my ban, again) debate is being misdirected by the mainstream media for political agenda and profit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Maybe there is something else we should look into, the elephant in the room that has been going on for a looong time. It goes far beyond the abortion debate and yet very few are informed.........especially the voters.<br /><br />Time for major investigations, transparency and jail time for the evil scum behind these projects. (GOOD NEWS, it has started and is ongoing). This is going on worldwide and some very BIG names, both individuals, charities and foundations that have fooled us into believing their humanitarian narrative. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What does Government funding do and why is it that so many politicians and celebrities worldwide set up foundations, especially for children. Where does all that money go? #SlushFunds<br /><br />Oh yeah, I very pleased to be <span style="color: lime;"><b>#vegan</b></span>!!! (think about my last statement, I'll leave you to put the pieces together, the evidence is out there)<br /><br />Personally, I'm neither left or right. I don't care about who you sleep with, your nationality, colour, religion, age, income. Those are all distractions played upon <b>you</b> to trigger your primitive tribal fears, all to divide and conquer the sheeple, played by the elite that pulls YOUR strings. It's called the Hegelian dialectic (they create a problem, we react, they supply the solution) They are masters at social engineering and the media are the most powerful tools ever created for this purpose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Figure out who owns and dictates the narrative. <br />Compare media corps ownership 25yrs ago to today. Monopolies???<br />Is there a 4am media talking point? <br />Comparative news story research for TRUE results, try it I dare ya.<br />If you've done the above Now Turn off the TV<br />Don't expect true search results from the big G search engine. <br />Compare searches on other engines. (sit down for this one, you're in for a surprise)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This goes Way deeper than I can go into here. Institutionalised doesn't even scratch the surface. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have personally witnessed and lived with the results of this harrowing evil, nuff said!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Check out tribal, elite human history, even from mainstream sources. What do they have in common? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This evil never went away, it just went underground and has been smothered by pops n bangs with a little celebrity sparkle to blind society and make us all beg for more of the same. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They then throw on top a big dose of fear, war, hatred, divided social sub-groups and sickness. When someone gets too close they wrap it all up in a word which is emotional response trigger 'Conspiracy' and everyone looks away like good sheeple. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The brief but welcome winter sunshine had beckoned me outside, a quick visit to the local <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Arrow</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Valley</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place> and lake was called for, and if I'm lucky a chance to snatch of a photograph of a rare winter visitor from colder, foreign climes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On Saturday afternoon I was rewarded with an early Christmas present, a Black Throated Diver - Gavia arctica</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> in its winter plumage. It is also known as the Arctic Loon as its habitat range from the Siberian, Arctic circle and Alaska</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This picture was taken by Pilar Bueno in 2009 at a jungle research station at a secret location in Sabah, Borneo. This beautiful lady is called Jackie and was rescued with her three brothers as very young orphans from a local market. Her family had been killed by poachers as a direct result of the clearing of the surrounding jungle. Her parents and extended family would have been slaughtered and chopped up for meat and souvenirs and these infants would have been sold into the illegal pet trade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The researchers brought these poor babies back to full health and eventually after a year released them into the surrounding jungle. Within weeks the three brothers had been killed by poachers. Jackie is now the very last of her kind in this small oasis of remaining jungle. Each night, she comes out of the forest to make her bed near the research centre (a very small building). I conclude that she is lonely and feels safe at night near her <span style="background-color: black;">trusted human friends</span>. It was a true honour to meet her and have her smile into my eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The reason for the collapse of the jungles population of Orang-Utan can be firmly placed on the table of the Palm Oil industry. Our journey to this remote area was one of the most heartbreaking journeys in all our travels, it literally made us cry. Hour after hour the views from our transport was of a monoculture of Palm Oil plantation, spreading for thousands of square miles from horizon to horizon. Where<span style="background-color: black;"> just 10 years ago stood majestic, old stand jungle, is now an ecological disaster.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Unless <span style="background-color: black;">this </span>government and corporate exploitation are stopped, we will lose this irreplaceable habitat. Borneo's jungles and all its biodiversity have, at the current rate of destruction, maybe 10 years left. Once it has gone, it's gone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is the very definition of double standard hypocrisy. The little people (that's us) are consistently warned and scared about the problems of man-made global warming and yet the very organisations that tax us in every way possible endorse or at least turn a blind eye to the whole destruction of the oxygen producing lungs of the world. Jungles absorb huge amounts of CO2 and produce clean air that all life requires. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Unless you've been hiding under a rock we've all heard of Palm Oil. Rock dwellers listen up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Palm oil, or often labelled ‘Vegetable Oil’ (sneaky huh), ‘Glycerin’ or ‘Elaeis guineensis oil’ (as labelled in cosmetics) has helped destroy over 50-65,000 Orang-Utans and over 80% of their irreplaceable jungle rain forest in the last 20 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;">Cetyl Palmitate and Octyl Palmitate</span><br /><span style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;">Elaeis Guineensis (Taxonomic name for palm oil)</span><br /><span style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;">Hexadecylic or Palmitic Acid</span><br /><span style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;">Hydrated Palm Glycerides</span><br /><span style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;">Palm Oil Kernal</span><br /><span style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;">Palmate</span><br /><span style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;">Palmitate</span><br /><span style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;">Anything w</span>ith Palmitate at the end</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cetearyl Alcohol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Glyceryl Stearate<br />Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate (SDS or NaDS)<br />Sodium Isostearoyl Lactylaye<br />Sodium Laureth Sulphate<br />Sodium Lauryl Sulphates<br />Steareth – 2 & Steareth – 20<br />Stearic Acid Vegetable Oil</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This industry literally has blood on its hands. It violates all kinds of human rights issues, including child slavery. It is a major contributor to climate change and environmental toxicity, something the International Community hardly ever talks about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.worldstopexports.com/palm-oil-exports-by-country/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">Global sales</span></b></a> from palm oil exports totalled <b><u>US$33.3 billion</u></b> in 2017. Year over year, international palm oil sales gained 19% from 2016 to 2017. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All of us as consumers have the power to change this before it's too late. Remember <b>'we can only be conscious of things we pay attention to'</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We have the power if we each chose to use it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Your purchasing power applies huge pressure and can facilitate major changes in corporate practices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Below</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> is a starter list of products that use and don't use Palm Oil in their production. If you want to be part of the solution you can start by boycotting the products listed.</span></div>
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As a side note and an issue for a future blog entry, Palm Oil also negatively affects your health, especially when heated.</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">COMPANIES and PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN PALM OIL: </span></b></h3>
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McDONALDS, CADBURY, WEIGHTWATCHERS, PIZZA HUT, STARBUCKS, FISH and CHIPS, DONUT KING, DOMINOS, TACO BELL, HEINZ, KRAFT, BIONA, PACIFIC WEST</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">DRINKS:</span></b> Pepsi, Coca-Cola, 7UP, Mountain Dew</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">SPREADS:</span></b> Flora, Clover, Pro Activ</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">CRISPS:</span></b> Kettle Chips, Doritos, Pringles</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">BREAD & CEREAL:</span></b> Mighty Soft, Cheerios, Warburtons, Hovis, Kingsmill</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">SWEETS:</span></b> Nestle, Haribo, Starburst, Milky way, Favourites, Picnic, Time Out, Cadbury, Quality</div>
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Street, Reeces, Lindt, Oreo, Belvita, Ritz, Galaxy, Kit Kat</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">ICE CREAM:</span></b> Blue Ribbon, So Good</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">VITAMINS:</span></b> Centrum</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">TOILETRIES:</span></b> Rimmel, Revlon, Estee Lauder, Avon, Bobbi Brown, Clarins, Aveda, Max Factor, Covergirl, M.A.C, Essence, Chanel, Palmers, Ponds, Olay, Dove, Simple, St. Ives, Garnier, Nivea, Clinique, Biore, Liz Earl, Cutex, Pro Activ, Oral B, Macleans, Kingfisher, Dove, Pantene, Schwartzkopf, Sunsilk, Tresemme, Garnier, Head n Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Clairol, Nice n’ Easy, Palmolive, John Frieda, Aussie, LUX, Palmers, Pears, Lynx, Old Spice, Johnsons</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">CLEANING:</span></b> Persil, Surf, Jif, Windex, Dettol, Fairy, Vanish</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">PETS:</span></b> Aldi, Hi-Life, Eukanuba, Purina, Friskies, Optimum</div>
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ICELAND, WAITROSE, COLES, SUBWAY, LEAN CUISINE, BIRDSEYE, McCAIN, QUORN,</div>
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LINDA McCARTNEY, OLD EL PASO, STARBUCKS</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">DRINKS: </span></b>Nescafe, Lucozade</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">BREAD & CEREALS:</span></b> Golden Crumpets, Abbot’s Village Bakery, Nesquick, Coco Pops, Nature Valley, Ryvita, Kellogs</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">SWEETS:</span></b> Skittles, Mentos, Chuppa Chups, Jelly Belly, Wrigleys, Bounty, Crunchy, Flake, Lindt (block), Lindt Lindor, Toblerone, Whittakers, Twirl, Cadbury (plain), Guylain, Booja Booja, Ombar, Aero, Ferrero, Koko Black, Smarties, Snickers, Twix, Maltesers, M&M variety, Mars, Celebrations, Kinder, Thorntons, Dunkin’ Doughnuts, Hershey’s</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">ICE CREAM:</span></b> Weis, Ben & Jerry’s, Booja Booja, Magnum, Nutella</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">TOILETRIES:</span></b> Andrex, Lush, The Body Shop, Urban Decay, L’Oreal, Maybelline, Nars, Trilogy, Heavenly Organics, A’kin, Neutrogena, Aveeno, St. Tropez, Sanctuary SPA, Sukin, Sensodyne, Colgate, Dr Bronner, A’kin, Aeosop, Fudge, Charles Worthington, Radox</div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">CLEANING:</span></b> Method, Down to Earth, Clean Conscience, Ajax, Glade</div>
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<a href="https://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">https://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/</span></a> or donate on their facebook page -<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The photographs on these t-shirts linked below were taken by myself in Borneo in 2009. I will donate £5.00 in your name if you decide to order either of these shirts purchased from these links. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Please email a screenshot of your purchase invoice and I will then make a donation in your name and email you the receipt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I will personally not make a penny from the purchase of this shirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thank you for your support</span></div>
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John Hodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05527885463160035692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610463266781801540.post-48263020714386323472018-11-06T13:10:00.002+00:002018-11-12T11:19:54.964+00:00Cruelty-Free and Vegan are NOT Interchangeable Terms<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For years, I wrongly assumed that if a product was Free of Animal Cruelty that it would, by default, not contain any animal ingredients. But more importantly so, I thought that an ethical Vegan product surely will not be causing unnecessary cruelty to animals by being </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tested on them. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, it shames me to say that I was horribly wrong. This caused me a considerable amount of distress, being an animal lover and passionate advocate for green living.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have recently had several conversations on this particular topic, and given that we are celebrating <a href="https://www.vegansociety.com/take-action/campaigns/world-vegan-month" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>World Vegan Month</b></span></a> (click <a href="https://www.vegansociety.com/whats-new/events" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>here</b></span></a> for a list of UK events), I thought I would write this blog post in an effort to explain the differences and help you make informed purchasing decisions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is refreshing and very encouraging to see the huge movement towards a plant-based diet </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(the number of <a href="https://foodrevolution.org/blog/vegan-statistics-global/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>vegans in the UK has risen by 350%</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> in the last 10 years / <a href="https://foodrevolution.org/blog/vegan-statistics-global/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>600% </b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://foodrevolution.org/blog/vegan-statistics-global/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>in the US</b></span></a> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in the last 3 years!) and the</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> growing public awareness about the animal suffering involved in trials for commercial products. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The sad reality is that millions of animals around the world are suffering horrific experiments and death so that we humans can</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> feel and look better</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> when in reality, there is no real need to test on animals! There are currently available modern </span><a href="http://www.peta.org.uk/issues/animals-not-experiment-on/alternatives-animal-testing/" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>testing alternatives</b></span></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> that are humane, faster, cheaper and more predictive for humans.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But the point is that whether your reasons for buying ethical products are for Health, Environment, Animal Welfare or all of the above, you should be clear how you're spending your money and certain that you are not, inadvertently, continue funding and supporting companies that test (or pay others to test) on animals. Let me try then to shine some light on the different terms and help clarify some areas of confusion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">According to the Oxford dictionary, cruelty-free means that is "</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(of cosmetics or other commercial products) manufactured or developed by methods that do not involve experimentation on animals".</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>What does exactly “Not Tested On Animals” means?</u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">In its true sense, it means that the </span><u style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; text-align: justify;">finished product</u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> is NOT tested on animals at any stage of its production.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It also means that the </span><u style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">ingredients and raw materials</u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> supplied have also not been tested on animals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And finally, that the company does not pay a <u>third party to carry out tests</u> on animals on their behalf.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Beware however that some brands claim that they don’t test on animals UNLESS the law requires them to do so, as it is the case in China. Companies that fall under this category are NOT certified by Leaping Bunny or PETA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Is there a legal requirement for animal testing to be carried out on cosmetic and personal care products?</u></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In <a href="http://www.hsi.org/issues/becrueltyfree/facts/infographic/en/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>80% of countries, it is still legal to test on animals</b></span></a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In China, however, it is a legal requirement, i.e. it is compulsory for animal testing to be conducted before any cosmetic products can be sold in their country. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission do NOT require animal testing for household products or cosmetics, BUT the practice of animal testing </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is still legal in this country, as it is the case also in Canada.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Europe, a new EU law implemented on 11th March 2009, placed a ban on animal testing of cosmetic ingredients within the EU and since </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">March 2013, it has been illegal to sell animal-tested cosmetics, even if the testing has been done outside of Europe. However, there are <a href="http://www.crueltyfreeinternational.org/what-we-do/corporate-partnerships/eu-ban-cosmetics-testing#limitations" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>limitations</b></span></a> to that ban, for instance, the ban does not apply to worker's safety tests. Cruelty Free International does not agree with the narrow interpretation of the law and is challenging it with the support of The European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (<a href="http://www.eceae.org/"><span style="color: lime;"><b>ECEAE</b></span></a>).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whilst the EU ban on animal testing is a massive step forward in the right direction, lets not forget that animals are STILL suffering intolerable cruelty as the 2006 <a href="https://www.peta.org.uk/issues/animals-not-experiment-on/reach-chemical-testing/"><span style="color: lime;"><b>REACH</b></span> </a>Regulation (the world's largest chemical testing programme) requires chemical companies to report health effects and environmental hazards of almost every chemical used in Europe, demanding results from tests on animals. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cruelty Free International and ECEAE continue campaigning for humane and modern testing methods, more progressive legislation whilst encouraging companies to go cruelty-free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>If Animal testing is illegal in the E.U., does it mean that all cosmetic brands sold in Europe are Cruelty-Free?</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">This is certainly not the case. Any cosmetic company that operates in Europe but still sells its products in countries where the animal testing band does not operate could still be commissioning tests or carrying out tests themselves on animals, and therefore their brands are not certified as being cruelty-free. If in doubt, double check.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">You would think that is the case but not necessarily so. A company may claim its brands to be cruelty-free but it might only refer to the finished product and does not take into consideration that the product ingredients have been tested during the product development phase by a third party company or its ingredient supplier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is very misleading and unfortunately not the case always.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Companies have designed their own bunny logos and claimed to be cruelty-free by abiding by their own standards of cruelty-free, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">without being affiliated with an official animal protection organisation. This doesn't mean that they are not cruelty-free, but you will have to do your own research and ask the right questions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To help with this situation, The Leaping Bunny Logo was created by the</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(CCIC)</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> – a group of eight national animal protection groups promoting a single comprehensive standard and an internationally recognised Logo.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To buy with confidence and </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">make shopping for animal-friendly products easier look out for the <u>three trustworthy bunny logos</u>: <b>PETA</b>, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Cruelty Free International</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and <b>Choose </b></span><b>Cruelty-Free</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Any other bunny logos are NOT official and NOT accredited by a reputable cruelty-free organisation.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To complicate matters further, I am afraid you will find that not all companies certified by Leaping Bunny or PETA display their logos on their products, as they are required to pay extra to do so. Remember that you can always check their databases directly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: lime; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.peta.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">PETA</span></a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">People </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Foundation is the largest animal rights organisation in the world. They focus their work in areas where most animal suffering occurs: laboratories, food industry, clothing trade and entertainment.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Check out its</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://features.peta.org/cruelty-free-company-search/index.aspx" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>very large database</b></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of cruelty-free companies and see below their identifying "<b>Beauty without Bunnies</b>" logos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is the leading organisation working to end animal experimentation worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You could reasonably argue that their <b>Leaping Bunny </b>Logo Certification is more rigorous than that of PETA and therefore more reliable. This is so because</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, in </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">addition to requesting a written agreement from the companies that they do not test on animals, they conduct independent audits to validate their claims. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">A </span><b style="font-size: medium;">Vegan </b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">product, in the generic sense of the word, is one that does not contain any animal product or animal-derived ingredients, such as beeswax, gelatin, honey, lanolin, collagen, albumen, yoghurt, etc. </span></span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do you think you can spot an animal-derived </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ingredient on a label?</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I think you will be surprised. For example, did you know that </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Carmine</b> (also referred to as cochineal or crimson)</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span>is an insect-derived red pigment commonly used in makeup, paints, ink, some medications, food products such as yoghurt, candy and some juices? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is prepared from some scale insects, such as the cochineal, by boiling dried insects in water to extract the carminic acid (an acid produced to repel predators) and then treating the solution with alum. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I bet some of you ladies didn’t know you had been "eating bugs" all this time...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The situation boils down simply to the definition or understanding of the term "Vegan". </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whilst some may consider a product vegan because it does not contain animal product or any animal derivatives, others may adhere to a more strict definition, such as the Vegan Society, where the product must NOT have been tested on animals,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> i</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">n line with their definition of</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.vegansociety.com/go-vegan/definition-veganism" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">Veganism:</span></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> " a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of humans, animals and the environment. In dietary terms, it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Look out for these trustworthy Vegan Trademarks to buy authentic Vegan products. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I know it can be confusing, misleading and at times incredibly frustrating to try to decipher what they are trying to sell us. And I haven't even touched on the subject of what other certifications mean (Bio, Organic, Eco, free of GMO, Organic Soil Association, etc) or how to read and understand the often unpronounceable product ingredients lists. More on this soon so don't forget to sign up below to our blog for further updates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You may be thinking it is all too much effort, but the reality is that the choices you make when you spend your hard earn cash don’t just affect you; they have a wider effect on other people, animals and our whole planet. By choosing to shop ethically and in an eco-friendly way, you are taking responsibility for your own health and wellbeing and saying to the big businesses that you expect transparency and ethics over profits and demand more ethical products to become mainstream.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I hope this blog has helped to clarify things a bit. But don't forget that there are lots of things you can do if you want to help to build a brighter future for you and your family:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1# Look out for products that display the certified logos. But remember that cruelty-free certification is done on a voluntary basis so not all cruelty-free companies display a certified logo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2# </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Consult ready-made lists of ethical companies that have already been compiled. </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><a href="https://www.crueltyfreekitty.com/list-of-cruelty-free-brands/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">Cruelty-Free Kitty</span></a> </span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">has an updated list of cruelty-free brands. The helpful search system allows you to be more selective and look out for Vegan, Organic, Palm oil-free companies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3# </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do your own research, if unsure, and share your findings if you can please. I, for once, will love to know more so please don't hesitate to get in touch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">* Are their products or ingredients tested on animals<br />* Do any third party companies carry out tests on their behalf<br />* Do they sell their products in China? (in which case they DO test on animals)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">6# Reach out to companies that test on animals and tell them how you feel. Remember that companies are driven by profits and if enough people voice their concerns they will have no choice but to listen. A</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd if you don’t know where to start with your email/ letter, Cruelty-Free Kitty has kindly drafted a letter that you can use <a href="https://www.crueltyfreekitty.com/cruelty-free-101/make-brands-go-cruelty-free/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>here</b></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For starters, you can sign PETA's <b><a href="http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=34533" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">action alert</span></a> </b>petition to urge the European Commission and the European Chemicals Agency to uphold the ethical and moral values of the Cosmetics Regulation and NEVER allow animal testing for cosmetic ingredients.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The <a href="https://www.crueltyfreeinternational.org/what-we-do/our-campaigns/making-north-america-cruelty-free"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Cruelty-Free International campaign</b></span></a> is also hard at work raising support for the Humane Cosmetic Act to be passed in the USA to put an end to all this unnecessary </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">suffering, cruelty and death. If you can, please sign their petition, share the information, donate or get involved in any way you can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">8# Make your Ethical Shopping easier with the FREE Apps for Smartphones from </span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Registered%20User/Desktop/11.%09https:/www.leapingbunny.org/guide/apps" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Leaping Bunny</b></span></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.peta.org/action/bunny-free-app/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>PETA</b></span></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="https://choosecrueltyfree.org.au/the-ccf-app/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Choose Cruelty-Free</b></span></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. And download one of the many </span><a href="https://choosecrueltyfree.org.au/the-ccf-app/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Vegan apps</b></span></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><b> </b></span>currently available, such as <a href="https://www.vegansociety.com/go-vegan/veguide"><span style="color: lime;"><b>VeGuide</b></span></a>, </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/is-it-vegan/id673006541?mt=8" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Is It Vegan?</b></span></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> or </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/veg-travel-guide-for-vegan/id435871950?mt=8" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Happy Cow</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">9# Just because it is Cruelty-Free and Vegan doesn't mean that the product is free of toxic chemicals. Make sure you read the list of ingredients and know how to spot dangerous chemicals. Consider all aspects of your life and look at ways you can improve your health and that of our planet by removing toxic chemicals out of your day to day life. </span><br />
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Pilar Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03554586364273174522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610463266781801540.post-35355935479650259922018-11-04T11:17:00.002+00:002018-11-04T11:17:31.371+00:00DOGS AT HOME - House-sitting Service<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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John Hodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05527885463160035692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610463266781801540.post-45594744344397361392018-10-18T10:51:00.000+01:002018-10-18T10:51:01.758+01:00VIDDA TEES USA & UK Halloween t-shirts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">HAPPY WORLD ANIMAL DAY! The celebration of this special day unites the animal welfare movement, mobilising it into a global force to raise the status of animals and improve welfare standards. Government departments, city authorities, animal welfare organisations, community groups, youth and children’s clubs, businesses and individuals organise a huge variety of inspiring events that embrace all animals and the unique concerns of each, in every country. It’s something that everyone can join in with regardless of nationality, religion, faith or political ideology. World Animal Day belongs to everyone! Events draw attention to animal issues and make them front page news around the globe – a vital catalyst for change. Through increased awareness and education, the world will become a fairer place for animals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>Jill Robinson</strong>, Ambassador & CEO of Animals Asia says:<br /><em>Thanks to World Animal Day and the incredible platform it gives our projects each year, we are slowly but surely raising the status of animals in Asia. Our work continues to help and protect them all and create a world where animals are no longer exploited.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>Darem Tabbaa</strong>, Ambassador & Director of SPANA Syria says:<br /><em>The celebration of World Animal Day has already made a big difference to the people and for animals. It’s become one of our annual celebrations nationwide and people are gradually changing the way they think about animals.</em> <em>They are beginning to respect their relationship with animals, the role animals play in their lives and how important it is to their livelihoods to ensure their animals are well cared for. </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>Connie Chiang</strong>, Ambassador & Director of Taiwan SPCA says:<br /><em>The celebration of World Animal Day creates an important media and public awareness message. A message that powerfully shows animal protection as a global movement and that everyone has the responsibility to care and respect animals. We are delighted that, each year our government and media both love to be a part of this meaningful concept.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>Morris Darbo</strong>, Ambassador & CEO of LAWCS Liberia says:<br /><em>To set aside a day for celebrating animals means a lot to people here, it tells them that animals are important and have value, and as such should be treated with respect and compassion.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>Khageshwaar Sharma</strong>, Ambassador & CEO of HART Nepal says:<br /><em>Creating an outlook that respects all animals is a slow process and World Animal Day acts as an annual marker to measure progress.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>Paul Lughembe</strong>, Ambassador & Project Coordinator of SEA Dem. Rep. of Congo, says:<br /><em>World Animal Day is slowly swaying the attitudes of people towards respecting the rights of all animals wherever and in whatever circumstances.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>Lana El Khalil</strong>, Ambassador & President of Animals Lebanon says:<br /><em>World Animal Day has created a loving trend for animals in Lebanon. Every year people look forward eagerly to this day to show how much they care about their own animals as well as animal welfare. It has created a major change in our culture towards animals as well as having a huge impact on raising public awareness about animal issues.</em></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.worldanimalday.org.uk/ambassadors" style="color: #178a6c; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meet our team of over 90 Ambassadors working in more than 70 countries</span></a></div>
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Events draw attention to animal issues and makes them front page news around the globe – a vital catalyst for change. Through increased awareness and education, the world will become a fairer place for animals.
With the support of over 90 Ambassadors working in more than 70 countries, World Animal Day has already brought about a significant and lasting contribution to advancing animal welfare standards, and its influence will continue to grow.
Jill Robinson, Ambassador & CEO of Animals Asia says: Thanks to World Animal Day and the incredible platform it gives our projects each year, we are slowly but surely raising the status of animals in Asia. Our work continues to help and protect them all and create a world where animals are no longer exploited.
Darem Tabbaa, Ambassador & Director of SPANA Syria says: The celebration of World Animal Day has already made a big difference to the people and for animals. It’s become one of our annual celebrations nationwide and people are gradually changing the way they think about animals. They are beginning to respect their relationship with animals, the role animals play in their lives and how important it is to their livelihoods to ensure their animals are well cared for.
Connie Chiang, Ambassador & Director of Taiwan SPCA says: The celebration of World Animal Day creates an important media and public awareness message. A message that powerfully shows animal protection as a global movement and that everyone has the responsibility to care and respect animals. We are delighted that, each year our government and media both love to be a part of this meaningful concept.
Morris Darbo, Ambassador & CEO of LAWCS Liberia says: To set aside a day for celebrating animals means a lot to people here, it tells them that animals are important and have value, and as such should be treated with respect and compassion.
Khageshwaar Sharma, Ambassador & CEO of HART Nepal says: Creating an outlook that respects all animals is a slow process and World Animal Day acts as an annual marker to measure progress.
Paul Lughembe, Ambassador & Project Coordinator of SEA Dem. Rep. of Congo, says: World Animal Day is slowly swaying the attitudes of people towards respecting the rights of all animals wherever and in whatever circumstances.
Lana El Khalil, Ambassador & President of Animals Lebanon says: World Animal Day has created a loving trend for animals in Lebanon. Every year people look forward eagerly to this day to show how much they care about their own animals as well as animal welfare. It has created a major change in our culture towards animals as well as having a huge impact on raising public awareness about animal issues.
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As the end of summer approaches and the nights draw in, our countryside (N. Hemisphere) is handing over its bounty of wild foods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Please be selective where you collect your berries. Don't collect near roads or industry, the pollutants absorbed by these plants can be in high concentrations and kinda defeats the purpose of collecting them as part of your health routine. Also, make sure they are above dog height, I'll leave the obvious explanation of this to your imagination!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The recipe above is my typical smoothie at this time of the year, it has the full nutritional base covered. This will provide 2 pints a day for two days (keep in fridge). One pint in the morning and one an hour before bed. This is not only an amazing meal in a glass but more importantly, it's preventative medicine and gives me the nutrients to fuel and repair my 50yr old body every day. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A handful of green leaves</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Don't forget you can always freeze any excess but please don't be greedy. Don't harvest from one place, remember the wildlife also rely on the berry harvest to achieve optimal health in preparation for the winter. The animals know this instinctively, we should all pay more attention.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Identify the enemy and remove them from your lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'Knowlege is power' and without it, we have to rely on the propaganda we are spoon fed from birth and a large dose of blind faith to make the important decisions for our lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We're not in Kansas anymore. The wizard behind the curtain is real and he wants your acquiescence and MONEY. Your quality of life and health are not the corporations' priorities regardless of what the TV heads are paid to make you believe. Please stop kidding yourselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The information in these books will shatter your preconceived paradigms about the food and the health industries which by your ignorance and acquiescence are determining your present and future health. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Don't be scared!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They fooled us all for a loooong time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He has been awarded $289m in damages. I hope this test case will now expose and open the doors to thousands of claims against this evil company that knowingly is destroying lives, environment and the planet's food chains for profits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'll keep it simple, the industrial use of Roundup soaks your food in organophosphates<span style="background-color: black;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">(</span></a></span></span><span style="color: lime;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: black; color: lime;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">L glyphosate</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">)</span></span></a> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to kill pests that threaten the crops. It kills everything except the GMO resistant food crops<span style="color: lime;">.</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ya get it? IT KILLS EVERYTHING, unwanted plants, insects, moulds, bacteria, YOU...everything!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Unless it's been genetically modified it doesn't survive Roundup....sorry, you're are not included and neither is your family!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All that lovely GMO food that is hidden in the ingredients list in your bread, cereals and other such staples of the family kitchen are soaked with these poisons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you are considering making the switch to non-animal milk, either for ethical reasons (animal welfare), health reasons (e.g. lactose intolerance, allergy) or environmental reasons, you will find that making your own Plant-based alternative takes very little effort or time. All you require are three things: hemp seeds (or your chosen nut/cereal), filtered water and a blender.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Homemade Plant-based milk is preferable than the commercial dairy-free varieties, as these often contain artificial sweeteners, colours and preservatives. This spoils what would have been a very healthy drink. You will also find that making your own milk is healthier for your pocket.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The most popular varieties of plant milk are Soya, Almond and Rice Milk, but here I am going to share with you my recipe for making my favourite of all, Hemp Milk. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I love the taste of Hemp milk, it is also an incredibly <a href="http://www.purehealingfoods.com/hempHeartsAnalysis.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>nutritious plant</b></span></a> very rich in vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre, antioxidants, live enzymes, chlorophyll, 9 essential amino acids, protein and is very rich in essential fatty acids (Omega 3, 6, 9 and GLA - vital for mental health).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But before going any further, let’s talk about the elephant in the room. Drinking hemp milk is not going to get you “high” and you are not going to turn into a “pothead” for adding it to your cereal or coffee every morning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whilst the recreational marijuana plant contains high levels (anywhere from 5 to 30%) of <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hemp-seeds-thc_us_59b154a0e4b0b5e53104312e" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>THC</b></span> </a>(Tetrahydrocannabinol, which is credited to be the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis), the Hemp plant contains minute levels of this psychoactive chemical (less than 0.3%) and higher concentrations of CBD (which stands for Cannabidiol). Rest assured, therefore, that <a href="https://www.leafscience.com/2014/09/16/5-differences-hemp-marijuana/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>hemp</b></span> </a>products will NOT get you high, as they are NOT psychoactive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Earlier on, I said that apart from its nutritional advantages, it also makes financial sense to make your own milk at home. I always buy <a href="https://www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/organic-hemp-seeds-1kg.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Organic hemp seed</b></span></a> and since we make it on a regular basis, I buy it in 1kg or 2.5kg bulk from our wholefoods supplier <a href="https://www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/?acc=c74d97b01eae257e44aa9d5bade97baf" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Buy Whole Foods Online</b></span></a>. This way, 1 litre of organic hemp milk costs me as little as £0.71 instead of £1.60 - £1.99 (non-organic) in leading supermarkets and health food stores.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The way we produce our food on industrial levels is not only sickening but also terrible for our environment and human health. The corporate propaganda machine spends hundreds of millions a year overloading us with pictures of 'happy chickens', smiling pigs and dancing cows and stops us thinking about the process of how these animals are 'produced' for the supermarkets. It never ceased to amaze me the disconnect. I've met so many people who don't realise that ham is from a pig or tinned tuna is a fish, I'm not joking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anyway, that's all for now about the reason for my #veganism. I have lots of blog entries here talking about my reasons and health benefits. In this entry, I want to highlight some of the great work being done by ordinary people to help preserve and save animals all across the planet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Upon arriving at the festival in Victoria Square, I was immediately drawn to a stand promoting an amazing project helping save the remaining Bengal Tigers. I was greeted by the very enthusiastic, knowledgeable and passionate Tiger Awareness founder Phil Davis. Phil was manning the stand for <a href="http://www.tigerawareness.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">Tiger Awareness</span></b></a> who are a UK charity reaching out and working with Indian communities to help save the world's largest feline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here is an example of some of the amazing and vital projects they've implemented so far. There is so much more to do to the help guarantee a future for the wild Tiger.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They have built boundary walls around vital water wells in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pench_National_Park" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">Pench National Park</span></b></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to protect wildlife including Tigers that often fall in and perish when looking for water.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">They have set up Tiger Squads in Sundarbans which is helping reduce animal and human conflict.</li>
<li style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">They have set up Animal Squads in the Pench buffer area to reduce animal and human conflict and crop raiding.</li>
<li style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">They continually support forest staff with training and equipment such as solar lighting, health check-ups, first aid kits and vital water filters.</li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With approximately 3000 wild Bengal Tigers left in India every animal counts. The population is showing signs of recovery but this means we should not become complacent. The pressure for Tiger body parts in Asia and especially China is growing and the governments are dragging their feet implementing legislation and deterrents to stem the flow of Tigers out of India and S.E. Asia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Can you imagine a World without the King of the Jungle? I can't, the idea appals me to the core, we can all help prevent this unimaginable tragedy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've been very fortunate to explore parts of beautiful India photographing its amazing and diverse wildlife and habitats, including Tigers. These projects are integral to India's future. The Indian people are very proud of their natural heritage and with our help, India and the Tiger has a bright future. We save the Tiger, we save India's biodiversity and the whole planet will benefit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The best way you can make a difference is to withdraw your spending power from the big companies like Samsung, Kia and Hyundai who are South Korean companies and </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">have big business and trade deals with the South Korean government</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Write to these companies and tell them why you are boycotting their products. Even better write to the London Ambassador Sungnam Lin, here's a link to the address: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_South_Korea,_London" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">South Korea Embassy</span></b></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On the one side (my side) of the argument that "well it's their culture, it's the same as eating cows", this weak argument does not hold water. In the UK we used to burn, drown and stone women accused of being witches, that was our culture for hundreds of years, wasn't it? Well, thankfully we've become less ignorant and realised it was a bad idea for all kinds of obvious reasons. Just as well or myself and my friends would be living on a lonely, male-dominated island....I jest ladies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The ladies I met at the weekend from the <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/196824364255716/permalink/224702644801221/?comment_id=224707878134031&notif_id=1529429063104308&notif_t=group_comment_follow" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">UK Rehoming for Dog CAt Meat Trade Survivors</span></a></b></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">are doing tireless and self-funded work. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They are finding homes for dogs rescued from the South Korean Dog Meat Trade. The dogs have been through quarantine in South Korea through Jenny Kim of KDS. All the dogs are ready to go straight into their new homes when they arrive.</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> This is hostile and emotionally challenging work. They need our help desperately so please reach out any way you can at the above link or </span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/196824364255716/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">here</span></a></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We were delighted to meet </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">one of the doggie ambassadors whose life has been saved. Jane, a large and gentle friendly dog adopted by Jane Bronte, and her companion Frankie.</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> These animals have been treated in the most horrible ways imaginable by humans and yet here they are, happy and trusting to all they came to say hello on this overcast and busy Saturday afternoon. How much we can learn from these animals. They are just like us in so many ways. They require love, kindness and compassion with family, food and a safe environment to rest their heads. I'm not ashamed to say, that Jane brought tears to my eyes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Please get involved and join the <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/196824364255716/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">UK Rehoming For DCMT Survivors</span></a></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I promise there are no graphic images just ways to help, from holding a fundraising coffee morning to opening your family and home to these wonderful animals, or contact me and I'll make an introduction for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the day we will have a Reiki Practitioner, a Thai massage therapist, Acupressure & Deep Tissue massage therapist, Crystal Therapy, Reflexology, Yoga instructor who will hold introduction classes into Yoga, Ashtanga and Yin, Tropics skincare and facials therapist, Spiritual Healer, Tarot Card Reader, Colour & Image Specialist, Children's face paint and special effects artist, Vegan Cake stall and a full bar also serving Tea & Coffee. More stalls to be added. Tickets for entry are on sale now & prices are £3.50 adults and £1.50 children, babies free. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is a dog-friendly day too with beautiful grounds to even just walk your dog in with a coffee and cake. All treatments are discounted and 20% of the profits come to us. Some therapists are donating 100% of their proceeds and we are non-profit so it all goes directly to our cause. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You will get to meet some of our Korean meat trade survivors on the day too who is now happily settled in the UK. Please use our Paypal link dcmtrehome@gmail.com using the ref "July 8th event " and add your email address for the tickets to be sent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We will be running a Silent Auction for some incredible prizes including a Derbyshire Cottage break, a Professional child's photo shoot and print, Afternoon tea at The Warbrook House Hotel with doggy treats and NLP coaching course & Diploma. There will also be a raffle. I can't thank you enough for your support on this day, it really means the World. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The unsupported link between the badger and Bovine TB is a now scientifically proven without a shadow of a doubt as a fallacy. I'm most probably preaching to the choir here, but if you'd like more information on the findings and how you can get involved please go to the Badger Trust website </span><a href="https://www.badgertrust.org.uk/" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">here</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. I've also recently published on this <a href="https://viddapublishing.blogspot.com/2018/06/stopthecull-culling-badgers-will-not.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>blog</b></span></a> more information about the current state of affairs concerning this issue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It does seem that our wildlife is under attack like no other time, whether it's the badger and foxes, our raptors, raven or fish stocks. It seems everything is fair game. Make no mistake we are at war, we are the army of soldiers defending the innocent and defenceless. I take this personally as I know most of you do. This is all of our countryside and our wildlife. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The #PowersThatBe treat the public with contempt and indifference and mock the general apathy. But the tide is turning as more and more are getting involved and raising their angered voices. The Powers That Be's arrogance will be their downfall, but until that day comes we must never give quarter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I had a great chat with the guys at the Animal Equality stand while the ladies with me immersed themselves in the virtual reality presentation exposing the reality of the UK's meat and dairy industry. The tears flowed as I expected. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For the newbie, these videos are very shocking but as most of you know the real horrors are just too much for the general public to deal with. These videos present an introductory doorway into the real issues concerning the farming and food industry where sentient animals are treated without compassion as mere commodities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In my time I've seen mountains of footage that has caused me to weep openly and lose sleep. As a wildlife photographer and naturalist, I've always been aware of these issues and apart from the health benefits, the reason I'm a 10yr vegan is that I've made a personal pledge to cause no more suffering....ever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I admit that it took me a long time to be honest with myself and a serious health issue forced my hand to re-evaluate my dietary choices. Going vegan is the best thing I've ever done with my life, the benefits have been huge and life-changing. Thankfully it seems this sentiment is spreading fast as country after country is switching to a #cruelty-free, #plant-based diet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There is no humane animal farming no matter how it is argued. When you take down your prejudices and programming and look into the eyes of a cow, a sheep, pig or chicken you recognise the same emotions that we humans feel. The nightmare that every animal goes through when being raised and then prepared for slaughter is not something I can be a part of.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The rest of the afternoon I spent walking around a talking with the other stallholders, sampling vegan treats and scoffing an amazing Jackfruit vegan cheeseburger. If you haven't tried one of these and you get a chance grab one, I highly recommend it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For the sake of brevity (I've waffled enough), I'd like to thank all the organisers, speakers and fantastic musicians that took part in making this festival a memorable and informative event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://viddapublishing.blogspot.com/2018/05/badger-cull-state-sponsored-sadistic.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><b>Blog - </b></span><b style="text-align: justify;">Badger Cull A State Sponsored Sadistic Genocide EXPOSED</b></span></a></span></div>
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John Hodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05527885463160035692noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610463266781801540.post-65950919371935172562018-06-08T17:13:00.001+01:002018-07-12T13:57:20.921+01:00Is our Green and Pleasant Land Falling Silent?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Most days I try to spend a few hours in the local countryside, wherever I may be located at the time, exploring and absorbing the riches of the natural world. All life fascinates me, the individual species and the interconnected relationship that build a web of intricacy we are only just starting to understand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These experiences I've cherished for as long as I can remember. Growing up, my parents spent time with my younger sister and I pointing out the plants and animals and teaching us to respect all life. Later on when I discovered the sciences and great teachers on TV like Carl Sagon, Sir David Attenborough and Sir Patrick Moore. I was inspired, filled with wonder and ambition to understand and see with my own eyes as much as possible while experiencing this brief moment, conscious and alive on this little speck of a green and blue planet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Those early and profound influences have never left me. I wouldn't change my passion and connection to the natural world for all the worldly riches and toys that most desire. When I'm immersed in nature, whether in the jungles of Borneo or in a meadow in my native Worcestershire, my heart is full and I stride like the richest man on the planet, truly alive and connected. I wish all could experience the same emotions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Which brings me around to the very point of this blog post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm the bearer of bad news I'm afraid. Some will be surprised by my conclusions but I'm sure most of you won't be. The voices of alarm have been loud and clear for those paying attention.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For many years I've been talking about, some would say ranting about the disappearing bio-diversity and the falling population numbers of our native UK wildlife. This is well studied by the scientific community and they are all in agreement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Of course, some species are doing better than others. For instance, the Common Buzzard and Red Kite have made a remarkable comeback across the country. As a boy, if I'd have seen either bird I'd have lost sleep through excitement for weeks. A change in some farming practices and focused conservation can take full credit for these success stories. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But where there are winners you have to have losers and they vastly outnumber the victors. The once common species that I grew up with like the beautiful Yellowhammer that filled the countryside with its plaintive call is all but now gone. The flocks of acrobatic Lapwing that occupied our farmlands are conspicuous by their absence. Ratty the Water Vole that used to inhabit every stream and waterway has become a symbol of our loss. <b><a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/conservation/conservation-and-sustainability/farming/near-you/farmland-bird-declines/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">Declining Farmland Bird Species</span></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The summer days of my youth where the hedgerows, woodlands and fields were alive with delicate but fiercely territorial butterflies shimmering in sunlight while bouncing off each other defending the best pieces of habitat are fast becoming faded memories. Even our wildlife-friendly garden that has been planted and designed deliberately to attract as many species as possible now, in contrast to long past years, is an empty refuge for the few remaining visitors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here's a list of the butterfly species that should be a common sight at the time of the year. How many have you seen? <a href="https://www.britishbutterflies.co.uk/species-fl-June.asp" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">UK Butterfly species on the wing in June</span></b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The species I mentioned above, when now encountered, become part of my 'memorable day species' list. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The answers to the above questions are many and complex. But some are obvious if we open our eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just this morning while walking just after dawn with a good friend and fellow naturalist in the rolling, lush countryside near my home. The countryside was all but silent. When the classically and rich English dawn chorus that you've been used to is missing, the silence rings in your ears. This is not new to me at all, unfortunately. This is a now common observation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The farmland adjacent to the mixed woodland bordered by a 5-metre strip of grassy verges should have been alive with basking insects, charging up their metabolisms with the warmth of the morning sun. We saw nothing at all, not a single beetle, moth or butterfly. Again this is becoming a common occurrence. Even recent visits to my local, rich flower meadows which were a favourite butterfly patch have yielded very few insects or birds where once there were many.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The use of herbicides and pesticides has become more and more widespread. The dead and yellow grasses line fields, parks and roadsides, eventually turning to dust and blowing away. These are vital habitats for our invertebrates which in turn feed our small birds and mammals, they now lie withered and devoid of life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm constantly seeing local councils sending out teams of 'sprayers' to decimate the roadsides and paths with the infamous <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42135437" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">Monsanto</span></b></a> Roundup which is actually the brand name for the controversial chemical <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">glyphosate</span></a></b></span>. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Everything that falls underneath its toxic rain is killed except for our food crops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The glyphosate residue found in <a href="http://mybook.to/Bread1" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">processed bread</span></b></a> alone is terrifying, lucky us eh? After finding out this hidden scandal we make our own poison free bread. Unbelievably I know people who actually spray the vegetables that they are growing and then serve them to their families, all in the name of healthy eating!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Where do you think all these poisons go? It all seeps, washes into our water aquifers draining into our waterways and enters the food chain affecting all species and that includes us. We are literally soaking our lands in poisons and all for convenience and of course to maximise profits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The farming community is under huge pressures to keep solvent while under attack from cheaper imports backed by monopolising trade deals. Sure the farmers are subsidised by our governments, but why are we importing grain, fruit and vegetables in the first place? We live in the <i>garden</i> that is our home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Trade deals are undercutting our farmers and are being supported with backhanders from Big Agra and all the lovely <a href="http://mybook.to/GMO1" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">GMO</span></b></a> biotech industries. We are having the very land we live on and our food security compromised for profits. This is having a massive influence on how our countryside is being managed. The poor farmers have little choice than to use poisons to wipe out insects that attack the valued crops. The margins are so slim and hang in the balance every harvest that the risk outways the negative effects, at least in the short term. This trend is happening all over the agricultural world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A blatant plug here. For more in-depth info on what is happening with our food chain I highly recommend the three book series by my colleague <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Plummer/e/B07DDLL4QJ/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">Mark Plummer</span></b></a>, you can find his work here or you can <a href="mailto:viddapublishing@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">contact</span></b></a> me for a FREE review copy of any titles in our book <a href="http://www.viddapublishing.com/books.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">catalogue</span></b></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another upward trend I've observed is the increased persecution of our wildlife. It seems to be coming down directly from our governments. They offered the people after a long fought campaign a fox hunting ban but rarely, if ever, enforce it. Recently a £50.00 bounty has been put on the head of every badger in the country (see recent articles <a href="https://viddapublishing.blogspot.com/2018/05/badger-cull-state-sponsored-sadistic.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">here</span></b></a> and <a href="https://viddapublishing.blogspot.com/2018/06/stopthecull-culling-badgers-will-not.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">here</span></b></a>). The list of cruel and senseless persecution seems to be growing, they even want to cull our Raven!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the last 24hrs while walking the same route described earlier we came across four dead Pheasants, the feet of two separate Roe Deer plus lots of fur in the long grass. We also even found a dead Kestral, a protected species blasted out of the sky and like the other pointless victims left to rot where they fell. Just senseless killing for killing sake is a human trait I will never understand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We saw more dead than alive animals during our walk and it just breaks my heart. The wholesale slaughter of the planet wild inhabitant seems to be running out of control. At this point in our history and if we make it into the future we will be defined by our bloodlusts and stupidity. But I have a feeling that mother nature will have her say long before we get to the distant future and hang our heads in shame. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As my favourite comedian, the late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Bill Hicks</b></span></a> defined us, "we are a virus with shoes".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I firmly believe we have reached or are very close to a tipping point of bio-diversity collapse. Can we turn it around? Maybe, but we collectively need to act now. No more corrupt agenda driven arguments, meetings, roundtables and conferences and most of all denial and ignorance. We need action now and the corporations that have natures blood on their hands need to be held accountable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But it doesn't stop there. We can make a difference and force the hand of change. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you want to make a difference please educate yourselves as to where your money goes. If you're buying products that contain palm oil, GMOs etc find better, cleaner products, they are out there and becoming more available. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On a Saturday afternoon if you've been taking the easy option of using Roundup instead of working up a sweat to remove the weeds on the drive, ditch the poisons and get a little sweaty. Boycott these evil corporations that lie, deceive and poison us all. Take the money out of the system and the criminal companies will have to adapt and give us ethical and safe products or they will fail. The all-important stockholders will not let that happen I can assure you but we have to apply constant financial pressure for them to change. The same applies to your vote at elections. Ask the people who put themselves forward as our voice and representatives to be accountable. Check the voting records and demand disclosure of financial records before you place your votes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These simple methods, flexing of our intellectual and personal sovereignty have true power, we've just seemed to have been distracted and forgotten that these people work for us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Changes in our spending behaviour will help your personal health and the long-term health of your local environment, it's all in our hands and the choices we make. We all need to lead by example and don't settle for other faceless people deciding on our future. Start in your local area by collecting litter when you walk the dog or take the kids to the park. Nobody likes to see litter but how many actually take responsibility and clean it up? Don't wait for others to do this vital and dirty work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/evie.black.5682" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Here's</b></span></a> a great example of someone I know making a difference to our local area, day in day out she's out cleaning up OUR planet, unpaid and voluntarily because she wants change. We all owe people like this a huge debt. Be inspired and lead by example, put a carrier bag in your pocket and piece by piece we can start to clean up this mess of our own making. I never leave home without a litter bag.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ignorance is no longer a valid excuse, we all have access to the internet or know someone who does. We can't stick our heads in the sand any longer and pretend this isn't happening on our watch. If we don't start to collectively act it will be at our own peril. We can make a difference and learn from our collective stupidity. It's all our fault we've found ourselves here. It's time to admit we're wrong, it's a good thing as it leads to undeniable truth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For a lesson from history check our <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">Rachel Carson</span></b></a> famous book <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Spring-Penguin-Modern-Classics/dp/0141184949" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Silent Spring</b></span></a>. First published in 1962 alerting the American public about the effects of pesticides and especially the now-banned DDT. Don't let history repeat itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Once again the powers that be in this country are demonstrating both their contempt for the natural world and for objective science. I am of course referring to the 2018 badger cull. Apparently, in 2016, 10,000 of the animals were killed and in 2017 the number rose to 19,000+. This year (2018) if the current government gets its way the number can only rise. The stated official reason for the cull is to prevent or control the spread of Bovine TB in intensively reared cattle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Anyway, here in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> we have an eminently capable, intelligent and committed environmentalist called Caroline Lucas, (I’m not in the green party either) her voting record is presented </span><a href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24910/caroline_lucas/brighton%2C_pavilion/votes"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">here</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. As of early 2018, the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> environmental secretary is a thoroughly loathsome and skin-crawlingly obnoxious parasite, called Michael Gove. His voting record is presented </span><a href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/11858/michael_gove/surrey_heath/votes"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">here</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. By any sensible benchmark if things were run properly, that is by putting people, planet and community first we would have someone like Caroline Lucas in Michael Gove’s position. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sadly, we do not. The point is that Caroline Lucas has an understanding of the subject matter in hand, Michael Gove does not and more importantly, he doesn’t care. The man had no experience, qualifications or pedigree as </span><a href="https://l2b.thelawyer.com/issues/l2b-online/five-reasons-why-the-relationship-between-gove-and-lawyers-is-going-to-be-messy/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">legal</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> and </span><a href="http://socialistreview.org.uk/365/get-gove"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">education</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> secretary (his two previous posts) and in broad objective strokes was despised by both professions. The same is true, but with much more intensity, for those of us that call ourselves “environmentalists”. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The notion of Michael Gove being the Environment secretary is as dysfunctional as Boris Johnson being the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> current foreign secretary. The presence of Michael Gove is the basic reason as to why the badger cull is not only continuing but looks set to be expanded. The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> labour party secretary as of May 2018 is a woman called Sue Hayman and her voting record is shown </span><a href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25358/sue_hayman/workington/votes"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">here</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Any species of animal, juxtaposed to the word cull is going to invite controversy and the Badger cull is no different. Like fox hunting, hare coursing, the </span><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/petition-urges-rethink-on-proposed-raven-cull-1-4731708"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: lime;">raven</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> cull or the rapture cull most people and their children simply object on the cruelty stakes and I have no objection to that frame of opposition either. I would add that if your serious on these matters then you should probably start thinking about and acting on the wider issues connected to these kinds of issues. Namely, where our food comes from, how it is processed and what is done to it as a matter of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Plummer/e/B07DDLL4QJ/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3?qid=1527701865&sr=8-3" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">course</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">From the industries perspective, bovine TB results in tens of thousands of animals being slaughtered every year, a carnage which costs “meat and dairy” about £100m every year. Badgers with absolutely no credible evidence are the fall guys as they are seen as the vector (carrying) organism for bovine TB. The truth is, they are not and as such, there is absolutely no justification on any grounds whatsoever for the badger cull any more than there is justification for any cull of any animal anywhere. And yes that goes for the grey squirrel too. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There is apparently an effective vaccine for the form of TB that badgers carry, yet a shortage of funds (read cuts) has ceased the nationwide vaccination programme. I will be willing to bet everything that culling badgers are a cheaper option than implementing a nationwide vaccination programme. I also wager it’s cheaper than compelling the meat and dairy industry to improve its practices. I fail to see the intensive animal husbandry which characterises industrial-scale farming is <b>NOT</b> (amongst other issues) a breeding ground for disease. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Bottom line, the cull not work, is a fop to the landowners, the </span><a href="https://www.nfuonline.com/sectors/animal-health/animal-health-rh-panel/bovine-tb/badger-cull-is-a-key-part-of-tackling-bovine-tb/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: lime;">NFU</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> and the meat and dairy industry and it won’t stop the spread of Bovine TB. It flies straight in the face of objective and peer-reviewed science (nothing new there). It<b> will</b> cost the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> taxpayer millions of pounds. It will do <b>nothing</b> to compel the meat and dairy industry to change the way it operates. As things stand in a post-Brexit <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region> the exact opposite is more likely. It <b>will</b> satisfy the bloodlust, sadism and cruelty of those employed to carry out the shooting. Finally and most important, it <b>will</b> continue to have a hugely detrimental impact on the ecology and future food security <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>of this country. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://badgeractionnews.org/take-action/petitions/"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">http://badgeractionnews.org/take-action/petitions/</span></span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.change.org/p/stop-proposed-raven-cull-by-scottish-natural-heritage"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-small;">https://www.change.org/p/stop-proposed-raven-cull-by-scottish-natural-heritage</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/11/huge-increase-badger-culling-see-up-to-33500-animals-shot"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/11/huge-increase-badger-culling-see-up-to-33500-animals-shot</span></span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-and-wild-places/saving-species/badgers"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-and-wild-places/saving-species/badgers</span></span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578436/summary-badger-control-monitoring-2016.pdf"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578436/summary-badger-control-monitoring-2016.pdf</span></span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/29/revealed-industrial-scale-beef-farming-comes-to-the-uk?CMP=share_btn_fb"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/29/revealed-industrial-scale-beef-farming-comes-to-the-uk?CMP=share_btn_fb</span></span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22375-badger-cull-the-science-behind-the-gamble/"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime;">https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22375-badger-cull-the-science-behind-the-gamble/</span></span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://theecologist.org/2016/apr/28/dodgy-data-bad-science-rotten-politics-why-badger-cull-wrong-and-stupid"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-small;">https://theecologist.org/2016/apr/28/dodgy-data-bad-science-rotten-politics-why-badger-cull-wrong-and-stupid</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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