Sunday, June 29, 2014

Even within the U.S. North Carolina was one of nearly three dozen states that practiced eugenics.

 
The Rebecca Project For Justice
Health Safety and Dignity for Vulnerable Families

June 29, 2014
 

News 14 Carolina
6/27/2014
  
The Governor's Task Force to Determine the Method of Compensation for Victims of N.C.'s Eugenics Board found that a majority of the 7,600 sterilized during the program were black females.

Read full article on News 14 Carolina.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Elaine Riddick believes she was sterilized by order of the Eugenics Board  of North Carolina at 13 for being black and poor. [Riddick is now the Executive Director for the Rebecca Project for Justice located in Washington DC and Marietta, Georgia].

"What they wanted to do was get rid of this bad blood, or whatever you want to call it," Riddick said. "They're calling it pure race, a cleansing of the races." [We see same subtle overtones of this mentality with Melinda Gates and HHS' "new eugenic" population-control policies that use dangerous long-term contraceptives  like Depo Provera, targeting Blacks, Hispanics and poor women in the United States and Africa, while concealing and minimizing lethal side effects].

North Carolina was one of nearly three dozen states that practiced eugenics.

UNC School of Law Professor Alfred Brophy said the forced sterilization of what the state called the "feebleminded, epileptic and mentally diseased" was seen as a public good that would protect the health of future generations.

"We now recognize that was incredibly immoral [similar to injecting and implanting millions of women with Depo Provera and Norplant without their consent and knowledge of lethal side effects that include sterilization], but that's the mindset the people making these decisions had," he said.

In a ruling upholding the constitutionality of forced sterilization in 1927, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote, "It is better for all the world if, instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime, or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind." [Reimert T. Ravenholt USAID's first director of population-control embraced these same racist views that have now evolved to become tacit US family planning policy to use lethal long-term contraceptives, which are aggressively promoted by Dr. Rajiv Shah of USAID and the Gates Foundation, while concealing harm].

Despite the ruling, most states discontinued the practice after World War II. "Americans looked at this and said, 'Boy, that looks like something the Nazis were doing,'" Brophy said.

North Carolina, however, was just getting started. The Governor's Task Force to Determine the Method of Compensation for Victims of N.C.'s Eugenics Board was formed in 2011 to gather testimony about the eugenics program. In part, it found that more than three quarters of the 7,600 people who were sterilized during the program were sterilized between 1946 and 1964.

It also found that a majority [of sterilized victims] were black females. [Presently, in the United States, Black females who account for only 11.5 percent of US births are administered over 85% of Depo Provera and other long-term contraceptives that cause under reported sterility, HIV/AIDS and breast cancer, which is going to be a subject of Congressional Hearings this year].

Elizabeth Haddix is an attorney for the UNC Center for Civil Rights, "The state had decided with their eugenics board, this five-person, all-white-male board, decided who deserved to procreate or not," Elizabeth Haddix, an attorney for the UNC Center for Civil Rights, said. "And that decision was unfortunately based on a sort of world view that you needed to be of a certain class, of a certain race, a certain sophistication in order to be deserving of this natural human right."

In 2013, North Carolina made the historic decision to compensate the victims of its eugenics program, but there's a catch... [to be continued].

Victims of debilitating diseases related to Depo Proveraand other dangerous long-term contraceptives that cause sterilization should contact Elaine Riddick  to receive information about Congressional hearings and Attorney Willie Gary's Depo Provera lawsuit.  


The Rebecca Project for Justice is a transformational organization that advocates for public policy reform, justice and dignity for vulnerable families.
Elaine Riddick, Executive Director / 770-354-0583 / 202-406-0911
   

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Friday, June 27, 2014

National Peace Corps Association. Endless Experience and Opportunities

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http://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/2014/05/minorities-in-the-peace-corps-panel-coming-to-nashville/=


Minorities in the Peace Corps Panel Coming to Nashville
By Teniola Ayoola on Wednesday, May 21st, 2014

Ever wondered about the diversity of Americans who have served in the Peace Corps over the past 53 years?
If you asked today, only a very rough estimate would be available. Herman DeBose and J. Henry “Hank” Ambrose are two Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) who are out to change that. During the upcoming Peace Corps Connect conference in Nashville this June 19 -21, they will host the session Minorities in the Peace Corps.

The goal of the panel is first, to bring together a spectrum of minority RPCVs and discuss their experiences after completing their Peace Corps service and returning to the United States. Secondly, because of the very low historic data on minority service in the Peace Corps, DeBose and Ambrose are more specifically seeking ideas on how to expand and build the database of African American RPCVs. For Ambrose, “it seemed like a good idea to involve the broader minority community in the discussion while kicking off the research project on African American RPCVs.”
Friendship Forged in Kenya
Ambrose served over 40 years ago as a lecturer in the mathematics department at Kenyatta College from January 1971 through June 1973. His personal experience sheds some insight into the service distribution among different racial groups in the past. “I was the only African American in Group III, for the Peace Corps/College degree program. I thought for sure I would have other African-Americans in the training program for Kenya, but again I was the only one.”
According to the Peace Corps, as of February 2014 over 215, 000 Americans have served in the Peace Corps. Of that number, it is estimated that approximately 3% (6,300) to 5% (10,500) have been African Americans. A search of the existing literature on the subject matter shows that at this time there has not been a comprehensive study of the overall experiences of African Americans who have served in the Peace Corps.
Herman DeBose, who served as an education Volunteer in Kenya 1969 to 1972 for a total of 33 months, and as an Associate Peace Corps Director in Kenya from 1985 to 1987, is currently the chair of the sociology department at California State University, Northridge (read his bio here). He provides an answer as to why it is important and beneficial to have knowledge on the experience of African Americans in the Peace Corps:
“As the American population becomes more diverse, it is important for an organization such as the Peace Corps to have its Volunteers represent and reflect the population of the United States. If the estimates cited above are correct, more African Americans need to be encouraged to serve as Peace Corps Volunteers. The project will provide information from African American RPCVs to Peace Corps on how to more effectively recruit them to the service of Peace Corps and maintain and support them while serving as Peace Corps Volunteers.”
Continued service to Peace Corps ideals
Both men have strong ties to the National Peace Corps Association. Ambrose, now retired from a long career in the telecommunications industry, currently serves on the NPCA board of directors (read his bio here). DeBose was anNPCA founder (pictured right, second from the right).
“My experiences in Peace Corps changed my life…” says DeBose. “The educational and employment opportunities presented to me after my Volunteer services were things that I could not imagine. I would like to have the opportunity to share my Peace Corps Volunteer experiences and the different opportunities it presented to me with other minorities.”

The discussion around this panel is sure to be fascinating, and it will serve as the kick-off for this long overdue research topic.  Don’t miss the opportunity to be a part of change-in-the-making at thePeace Corps Connect conference this June 19th -21st in Nashville, TN!

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

SBA......What Are the Top Five Disaster Risks to Small Businesses?

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Location, Location, Location!  Small, medium, large, and multi-national companies are part of our ‘WHOLE COMMUNITY’ and are not only needed during non-emergency or crisis situations.

Business continuity plans (BCP) should be a standard practice for all organizations. 

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Two major challenges small business owners face after disasters are sales losses and a diminished customer base.  In a survey of 7,500 small and medium-sized businesses by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), 62% said losing profits and clients was their biggest post-disaster challenge. 
Whether it’s a fire, flood or tornado, small businesses face an uphill trek when it comes to rebuilding in the aftermath of a disaster.  That’s why it’s important to have a recovery plan in place.
Assessing your company’s risks is one of the first steps in creating an effective business continuity plan.  Join Agility Recovery and the U.S. Small Business Administration on Tuesday, July 8, for an online discussion on how to protect your business before a disaster strikes.    
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Monday, June 23, 2014

Teens Create A Way To Use Urine As Fuel

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewdepaula/2012/11/08/teens-create-a-way-to-use-urine-as-fuel/

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Teens Create A Way To Use Urine As Fuel

Here’s some news from Africa that will be of interest to all of the people waiting in line for gas to use in their generators after Hurricane Sandy.
Four teenage girls figured out a way to use a liter of urine as fuel to get six hours of electricity from their generator. Fourteen-year-olds Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, and Faleke Oluwatoyin, and 15-year-old Bello Eniola displayed their invention this week at Maker Faire Africa in Lagos, Nigeria, an annual event meant to showcase ingenuity.
Here’s how the urine-powered generator works, as explained by the blog on the makerfaireafrica.comwebsite:
• Urine is put into an electrolytic cell, which separates out the hydrogen.
• The hydrogen goes into a water filter for purification, and then into a gas cylinder, which looks similar to the kind used for outdoor barbecue grills.
• The gas cylinder pushes the filtered hydrogen into another cylinder that contains liquid borax, in order to remove moisture from the gas. Borax is a natural mineral, commonly used in laundry detergent.
• The hydrogen is pushed into a power generator in the final step of the process.
A big drawback is that hydrogen poses an explosion risk. But the girls used one-way valves throughout the device as a safety measure.
Three of the four girls with their ingenious invention. (Credit: makerfaireafrice.com)
Three of the four girls with their ingenious invention. (Credit: makerfaireafrice.com)
The idea of using urine as fuel is not new. The girls have come up with a practical way to put the idea into action, though. Their method for using urine to power a generator is one the average household can appreciate.
Power generators are used far more often in Africa than here, where they are relegated more to emergency use, as in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The Maker Faire Africa blog says power outages happen multiple times a day in Lagos, so all those who can afford a backup generator have one.
Still, technology needs to evolve further before such a system is feasible, at least as far as applications like powering generators go.
Gerardine Botte, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Ohio University, is among those working on practical ways to make urine into a more useful hydrogen source, essentially by turning power into a byproduct of wastewater treatment. She says it takes more energy to extract hydrogen from urine than you end up getting in return as electricity. The energy equation gets even more skewed by the inefficiency of the generator used in the girls’ project.
“At first glance, they’re not having a net gain in energy,” Botte says. “But I think it’s important to say that these little girls, trying to do something like this, deserve a lot of credit.”
The idea behind the humble urine-powered generator is along the lines of Botte’s own thinking, and her research is all about efficient ways to break urine down into its useful components.
Once the urine is processed, purified hydrogen gas is pushed into the generator. (Credit: makerfaireafrica.com)
Once the urine is processed, purified hydrogen gas is pushed into the generator. (Credit: makerfaireafrica.com)
Botte’s approach is to use electrolysis of urea as a method of wastewater treatment. She says her process for converting urine into potable water is more cost effective and more energy efficient than current wastewater treatment methods. Pure hydrogen is produced as a byproduct and can be used in generating electricity.
“You cannot get net energy gain, but there is no more efficient way to get clean water from urine,” Botte says.
Botte founded E3 Clean Technologies in 2011 to work on scaling the process for use by municipalities and others.
The U.S. Department of Defense is trying out a portable system from E3 at military bases in remote areas, as both a way to treat wastewater and generate power. The system, which Botte calls GreenBox technology, converts a soldier’s urine into drinking water.
“At forward operating bases, the main needs are water and fuel,” Botte says. “With this project, they’re doing both: using less energy to reutilize water sources.”
So, when put in the context of wastewater treatment, the concept of using urine as a hydrogen source to produce energy has great potential.
Since wastewater treatment plants already collect the raw material needed – urine – extracting hydrogen from it makes sense, Botte says. Doing so could regain some of the vast amounts of energy already being spent all over the world to treat waste.
“You will never get more energy out than you put in,” she says. “But it is a unique and elegant way to treat urine waste, which will allow you to co-generate electricity.”
To give you a sense of how much energy it is possible to recapture from this method of treating urine, Botte offers this:
“At Ohio University, where there are about 22,000 students, if we would collect the urine and produce hydrogen, we would be able to produce enough electricity to perhaps power about 100 to 150 residential houses for a year, continuously.”
Consider that before you dismiss what the enterprising teens did with their own project.
Maybe, as the technology evolves, it could be applied to vehicles someday. Gasoline-powered internal combustion engines can be converted relatively easily to run on hydrogen, which raises the question of whether there is potential for pee-powered cars in the future.


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