Follow the money: investigators trace forgotten story of Britain’s slave trade

Confirms my assessment of Britain’s current Prime Minister

Follow the money: investigators trace forgotten story of Britain’s slave trade | Repeating Islands

But to ignore slavery and its aftermath is to ignore a significant strand of the social, cultural and economic development of the UK and the Caribbean.

That is why Hall and her researchers have spent the past few years identifying and tracing the histories of the 3,000 or so British-based slave owners who received almost half of the £20m compensation following the abolition act. With the help of the public, they have created an online en

cyclopaedia that people can search to discover whether their ancestors benefited from the paying off of slave owners.

Although many of the families named in the Slave Compensation Commission – on which the team’s research is based – have died out, some survived to produce famous descendants such as George Orwell, Graham Greene and David Cameron.

via Follow the money: investigators trace forgotten story of Britain’s slave trade | Repeating Islands.

Five Things About The Syrian Conflict That You Should Know

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Violence in Syria has claimed tens of thousands of lives, and now war drums are beating after the USA and its key allies have threatened a military intervention. With an intervention expected in days, here are five simple points that will help you understand this complicated and cruel war.

1. Where Is Syria?

Syria, which has a population of 22.5 million, has been rocked with more than two years of civil conflict that has killed at least 100,000 men, women, and children. The country borders Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon. 

The demographics in Syria are complex. The country hosts several non-Arab ethnic minorities, with the largest of those being  the Kurds (constituting nearly 9 percent of the population). In religion, Sunnis account for nearly 60 percent of the population, while 13 percent are Shiites (including Alawites), 10 percent are Christian,  and three percent are Druze.

2. Who Is Bashar…

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Eventually, many members of Syria’s military defected and joined the rebels. These were soon joined by “jihadists” from abroad, many who had their own Islamist agendas. According to the co-founder of Medecins Sans Frontieres, 60 percent of those he had treated during his time in the north of Syria had been rebels and at least half of them had been non-Syrian.

“It’s really something strange to see. They are directly saying that they aren’t interested in Bashar al-Assad’s fall, but are thinking about how to take power afterwards and set up an Islamic state with sharia law to become part of the world Emirate.” – Jacques Beres, co-founder of Medecins Sans Frontieres

via Five Things About The Syrian Conflict That You Should Know | Egyptian Streets شوارع مصر.

Only after measles outbreak does Texas megachurch support vaccines – latimes.com

A man travels to Indonesia and contracts the measles. He then visits a church in Texas, sickening 21 people — at least so far. Who should feel responsible? The unvaccinated man who contracted the disease or the ministers at the church who’ve questioned the practice of vaccination and instead advocate for faith-healing?

NBC News health correspondent JoNel Aleccia reports: “Sixteen people — nine children and seven adults — ranging in age from 4 months to 44 years had come down with the highly contagious virus in Tarrant County, Texas, as of Monday. […] All of the cases are linked to the Eagle Mountain International Church in Newark, Texas, where a visitor who’d traveled to Indonesia became infected with measles — and then returned to the U.S., spreading it to the largely unvaccinated church community, said Russell Jones, the Texas state epidemiologist.”

Measles, of course, is a preventable disease — to those who are immunized. For those who aren’t vaccinated, getting the disease is almost unavoidable after exposure. “Measles, transmitted through coughing and sneezing, can cause ear infections, pneumonia, diarrhea, brain injuries and death,” explains Rong-Gong Lin II of the Los Angeles Times. “Cases can quickly spread in schools and communities, especially in areas with a high concentration of children who haven’t been vaccinated.”

via Only after measles outbreak does Texas megachurch support vaccines – latimes.com.

www.german-foreign-policy.com – German Uber-Nationalism, as others just will not grow up

Germany, Germany above Everything

According to Baring “the Germans,” on the other hand, “are perhaps the most important people of Europe.” Their refusal to recognize this fact has also led to only the third stanza of the national anthem being sung. That is not normal. Baring predicts that in the future, the first stanza “Germany, Germany above everything” can be expected to be sung again. This brought him great applause from the audience in Berlin. According to a report, “how many in the audience had deeply identified with this historian’s appeal for a German national pride, liberated from the encumbrance of the Nazi past, could be seen by the thunderous applause he received.”[10]

via www.german-foreign-policy.com.

Japanese, Germans, Russians, Finns, Hungarians, Hindu Nationalists, Burmese monks – Grow up and leave tribal and destructive pasts – there was only bloodshed there not glory!

From Lynas to Pollan, Agreement that Golden Rice Trials Should Proceed – NYTimes.com

Pollan- I am willing to get behind a G.M. product that offers the world something great, but I’m not at all sure this is the killer app everyone thinks it is. It seems to me the focus should be on alleviating poverty and improving diet. As is so often the case, the G.M. product ignores contexts — cultural, nutritional, etc. Will people eat bright yellow rice — that supposedly takes longer to cook, in places where fuel is scarce? Maybe. (They won’t eat brown rice, which already exists and is far more nutritious.)

I’m not afraid of it, I just think it’s another glittering Western techno fix. I’m prepared to eat my words if it really saves millions of lives, as Nina Fedoroff rather unscientifically projected. That said, I certainly think the research and testing should go forward. We deserve to find out once and for all if this shining promise can live up to the hype.

via From Lynas to Pollan, Agreement that Golden Rice Trials Should Proceed – NYTimes.com.

Me? I still think it is mostly about a techno fix that will cost more in long run and about money for sellers of the rice seeds and chemicals.

Farm-to-Freezer: Locally Made Popsicles Popping Up Around Pittsburgh

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Farm-to-Freezer: Locally Made Popsicles Popping Up Around Pittsburgh

We ‘re pleased and grateful to be featured on The Allegheny Front! Thanks to Hal B Klein and Kara Holsopple for visiting with us.
Farm-to-Freezer: Locally Made Popsicles Popping Up Around Pittsburgh

You’ve probably heard of farm-to-table by now, but what about farm-to-freezer? There is a Pittsburgh farmer who’s helping pioneer that movement by taking a familiar summer treat in an unexpected direction. Read more…

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