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Brain glial activation in fibromyalgia - A multi-site positron emission tomography investigation
original abstract†Abstracts here may not perfectly match originals, for a variety of technical and practical reasons. Some abstacts are truncated for my purposes here, if they are particularly long-winded and unhelpful. I occasionally add clarifying notes. And I make some minor corrections.
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a poorly understood chronic condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and cognitive difficulties. While mounting evidence suggests a role for neuroinflammation, no study has directly provided evidence of brain glial activation in FM. In this study, we conducted a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) study using [11C]PBR28, which binds to the translocator protein (TSPO), a protein upregulated in activated microglia and astrocytes. To enhance statistical power and generalizability, we combined datasets collected independently at two separate institutions (Massachusetts General Hospital [MGH] and Karolinska Institutet [KI]). In an attempt to disentangle the contributions of different glial cell types to FM, a smaller sample was scanned at KI with [11C]-L-deprenyl-D2 PET, thought to primarily reflect astrocytic (but not microglial) signal. Thirty-one FM patients and 27 healthy controls (HC) were examined using [11C]PBR28 PET. 11 FM patients and 11 HC were scanned using [11C]-L-deprenyl-D2 PET. Standardized uptake values normalized by occipital cortex signal (SUVR) and distribution volume (VT) were computed from the [11C]PBR28 data. [11C]-L-deprenyl-D2 was quantified using λ k3. PET imaging metrics were compared across groups, and when differing across groups, against clinical variables. Compared to HC, FM patients demonstrated widespread cortical elevations, and no decreases, in [11C]PBR28 VT and SUVR, most pronounced in the medial and lateral walls of the frontal and parietal lobes. No regions showed significant group differences in [11C]-L-deprenyl-D2 signal, including those demonstrating elevated [11C]PBR28 signal in patients (p's ≥ 0.53, uncorrected). The elevations in [11C]PBR28 VT and SUVR were correlated both spatially (i.e., were observed in overlapping regions) and, in several areas, also in terms of magnitude. In exploratory, uncorrected analyses, higher subjective ratings of fatigue in FM patients were associated with higher [11C]PBR28 SUVR in the anterior and posterior middle cingulate cortices (p's < 0.03). SUVR was not significantly associated with any other clinical variable. Our work provides the first in vivo evidence supporting a role for glial activation in FM pathophysiology. Given that the elevations in [11C]PBR28 signal were not also accompanied by increased [11C]-L-deprenyl-D2 signal, our data suggests that microglia, but not astrocytes, may be driving the TSPO elevation in these regions. Although [11C]-L-deprenyl-D2 signal was not found to be increased in FM patients, larger studies are needed to further assess the role of possible astrocytic contributions in FM. Overall, our data support glial modulation as a potential therapeutic strategy for FM.
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- "An evolutionary stress-response hypothesis for chronic widespread pain (fibromyalgia syndrome)," Pamela Lyon, Milton Cohen, and John Quintner, Pain Med, 2011.
- "Neuroinflammation and Central Sensitization in Chronic and Widespread Pain," Ru-Rong Ji, Andrea Nackley, Yul Huh, Niccolò Terrando, and William Maixner, Anesthesiology, 2018.
- "Evolution, Stress and Fibromyalgia," John Quintner, FMperplex.com.
Specifically regarding Albrecht 2019:
- "Fibromyalgia and Neuroinflammation: Shall the Twain Ever Meet?," John Quintner, FMperplex.com.
These two articles on PainScience.com cite Albrecht 2019 as a source:
- 34 Surprising Causes of Pain — Trying to understand pain when there is no obvious explanation
- Chronic, Subtle, Systemic Inflammation — One possible sneaky cause of puzzling chronic pain
This page is part of the PainScience BIBLIOGRAPHY, which contains plain language summaries of thousands of scientific papers & others sources. It's like a highly specialized blog. A few highlights:
- Effectiveness of customised foot orthoses for Achilles tendinopathy: a randomised controlled trial. Munteanu 2015 Br J Sports Med.
- A Bayesian model-averaged meta-analysis of the power pose effect with informed and default priors: the case of felt power. Gronau 2017 Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology.
- The neck and headaches. Bogduk 2014 Neurol Clin.
- Agreement of self-reported items and clinically assessed nerve root involvement (or sciatica) in a primary care setting. Konstantinou 2012 Eur Spine J.
- Effect of NSAIDs on Recovery From Acute Skeletal Muscle Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Morelli 2017 Am J Sports Med.


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|Chocolate chip crumb cake
Who doesn't love crumb cake, the best part is the top layer, so yummy. It reminds me of being kid when my grandma cut her crumb cake with her coffee right before she went to church .
For this recipe I used a round cake pan and poured part of the batter in the pan. Then sprinkled some of the chocolate chip crumbs on it. Pour the remaining batter in and sprinkle the rest of the crumb mixture. Or you don't have layer at all. It's really up to you.
1 1/2 cups of flour
1 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup of butter
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of plain yogurt
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 cup of semi-sweet morsels
Pre heat oven at 350. Spray 9 inch round cake pan with baking spray. Combine flour and brown sugar in large bowl. Cut butter in with knife until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.Remove 1 cup of the crumb mixture. Set aside for later. Add baking soda and salt to remaining crumb mixture; mix well add yogurt, egg and vanilla with mixer on med speed. Beat one minute or until well blended. Pour into prepared pan. sprinkle chocolate morsels and reserved 1 cup mixture. Bake for 40-45 mins or until golden brown. Serve warm or at room temp. Enjoy.

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Monthly Archives: August, 2013
- 3 Key Open Water Sighting Tips for Triathletes
- Workout Wednesday – a medley of swimming
- Monday Motivation: One Reason You Can Do Anything You Set Your Heart On
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- Monday Motivation: Ironman Hawaii World Championship 2009
- Your Children Can Become Smarter Through Swimming
- MSABC hosts first ever Open Water Provincial Championships!
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Yeah, between vacations, 4 year old's birthday, extended family visits, close family tummy bugs, and the day job, things slowed down a bit. Ok, a lot.
In any case, I have been working on a few things. Primarily I'm working on a 'remote control' mechanism that would allow one to turn on SubFire on the TV or a primary computer and then control it from a tablet. Useful if, like me, your server isn't the box that's connected to your best sound system, and you're too lazy to keep clicking around with the Fire TV's remote. (This idea inspired by Plex's approach to casting).
Once that's done, the same general interface can be used for Chromecast and Jukebox control.
In addition, I've just finished adding the more secure md5 version of the API implementation for 5.3beta servers, with graceful back-tracking to the enc mechanism for older servers. If there's enough interest (as in, comments posted here), I may cut an early release of just that feature without the half-finished remote-control stuff.
It will certainly help with plain http security given that SubFire, along with most HTML5 apps, can't deal gracefully with internally signed certs due to browser CORS security (which a customer just confirmed, is an issue with Fire TV/Stick as much as it is with Chrome).


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But my husband assured me, and here we go! The most thrilling attraction that I went is "Alap-Alap", hahaha, I know I was such a chicken, but I don't care! The thing is we had fun, we had joy! :)
|Sepi bukan? Ya iyalah sepi, wong pas jumatan kok. :p
|Lucky us ketemu junior waktu kuliah, jadi ada yang bisa foto-fotoin. What I hold tightly is Jolly time popcorn. Looove it until its last bite. :D
Fun! Jadi kapan vacation selanjutnya?? :p


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Additive Manufacturing and 3D Scanning are changing how things get made. However, these technologies are often overlooked as a critical part of the product development and manufacturing processes. Join us for this seminar as we explore the design freedom of additive manufacturing solutions throughout the product development process of mega-car manufacturer Koenigsegg. Learn how this Swedish car company challenged the industry by utilizing 3D printing and 3D scanning.
Not in the Automotive Industry? No problem, the content is presented in way so that it is applicable to a variety of industries. We'll follow the development life cycle from digitizing designs with 3D scanning, 3D printing prototypes for design intent, validating final production parts, to creating customized color prints for aesthetic design.
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A Research Data Symposium was held at Columbia University on Wednesday, February 27. Here are a couple of projects that stood out while trolling tweets and @robincamille's notes .
Two innovate startups that especially stood out to me:
Both are novel approaches to sharing research data and even, in Nanohub's case, analysis software. Nanohub is building a more community-focused platform for nanotechnology researchers. Figshare, backed by for-profit MacMillan publishing company, is open to all disciplines.
Both strike me as repository platforms that people might actually want to use.


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Delhi Photography Club is set to start its third edition of Nicefoto exhibition which celebrates amateur photography across the world.india Updated: Jul 05, 2013 23:49 IST
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Delhi Photography Club is set to start its third edition of Nicefoto exhibition which celebrates amateur photography across the world. The exhibition will feature photos from over 125 enthusiasts from India along with contributions from countries as far as China, Iran Germany, Italy, England, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore etc. Selected photos from exhibits will travel overseas to international exhibitions, honouring amateur photographers.
11am to 7pm, July 8 - 14,
Open Palm Court, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road.
Call: 8826712162
Poster perfect
An exhibition of a collection of 75 remarkable graphic posters from the 80s and 90s that depicts the tremendous changes in economy of Japan in that period. These posters are a work of 15 renowned Japanese graphic designers who will give a glimpse of the social conditions in Japan at that time.
11 am to 7 pm, till July 31, The Japan Foundation, Ring Road, near Moolchand Metro Station.
Call: 26442967
Love, passion and humour
A comic drama infused with love, passion, denial, humour and grief, based on the life and times of an actress who saw the world in her art, but ignored the harsh realities of the real world outside. The play, Where did I leave my purdah, directed by Lillete Dubey, is set against the famed company theatres that performed dance dramas through the 1950s till the 80s.
The play moves between the past and the partition of India, to the musical productions of yesteryear, and back again to the contemporary world of cinema and stage today.
8 pm onwards, July 11, Epicentre at Apparel House, Sector 44, Gurgaon.
For details and tickets call: 2715100
Telling tales
A workshop on how to use everyday objects and movements to tell stories is being organised by Niranjan Iyer who trained at the Ecole Jacques Lecoq and the Theatre du Soleil, Paris. The class will focus on elements of theatricalising movement and everyday gestures. Props like a salad bowl, bag or anything at disposal can be used for the workshop.
10 am to 1 pm, July 8-11,
S-17 Khirkee Extension.
Call: 64625766
Bolivia on film
A Bolivian film series comprising of films such as Insugentes, Question of Faith, The Elephant's Cementery, The Andes Don't Relieve in God is being screened at Spanish cultural centre, Instituto Cervantes. The inaugural movie, Insugentes, directed by Jorge Sanjinés is an activist film that follows two centuries of popular uprisings in Bolivia. Question of Faith is a story of two saint-makers who are ordered by a gangster to construct a virgin and deliver it to a town in the jungle. Their misadventures test their respective faiths in God and gambling.
4:30pm onwards, every Sunday, July 7-28, Instituto Cervantes,
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Information Builders has an exciting development that speaks to the incredible value we've built as an organization at the forefront of business intelligence (BI), analytics, data integration, and data management innovation for more than 40 years. The Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing group has made a growth equity investment in Information Builders!
This investment is not only an endorsement of what we've accomplished, but also of our customers' (your) achievements. Every day, around the globe, customers are tapping into the power of Information Builders' solutions to transform their businesses, by building organizational intelligence that improves customer service, drives revenue, and provides a competitive advantage.
With this minority investment, Goldman Sachs makes its entrance into the booming BI, analytics, and data management markets. The institutional investor was attracted to our "long history of market leadership and customer-focused solutions, as demonstrated by a very strong reputation." Goldman Sachs is also impressed with the relationships that we've forged with you, our customers and partners, to whom our commitment has never been stronger.
We gain additional financial resources that will enable us to position the company for continued, long-term growth, and to serve you even better. We add bench strength that will enhance our ability to keep raising the industry bar for product innovation, BI and analytics adoption, customer service, time-to-value, cost of ownership, and so much more!
We also welcome a distinguished advisor to our board of directors, Michael McGinn, managing director at Goldman Sachs. There are no management changes planned at this time, and our dedicated team will continue to deliver the exceptional products, training, support, and strategic insights you've come to expect from Information Builders.
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International financier George Soros has been ordered to stand trial in Paris on insider-trading charges that he pocketed $2.2 million in connection with a hostile bid to takeover a French bank in the late 1980s.
Soros and three others are suspected of benefiting from privileged information in 1988, in advance of a stock-market raid by a French investment company, Marceau Investissements – which ended up acquiring 10 percent of the bank Societe Generale, a former government bank that was privatized in 1987.
Soros, in a statement released by the Soros Fund Management group, said he "vigorously denies any wrongdoing in connection with Societe Generale's stock."
After a 12-year investigation, charges against seven people were dropped, while four others, including Soros, were ordered to stand trial.
The others ordered to stand trial are Charles Naouri, former Cabinet director in France's finance ministry; Lebanese businessman Samir Traboulsi, who was convicted of insider trading in another scheme in 1993; and former French banker Jean-Pierre Peyraud.


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Eustace Paul Ziegler (1881-1969)
Mount McKinley
oil on board
16 × 20 inches
signed lower left
Sold at Auction: $14,280
Condition ReportSurface condition is excellent. Multiple spots of inpainting throughout mountains.
Important Notice: Statements of condition are provided as a service to potential bidders; such statements are educated opinions and should not be regarded as facts. The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction has no responsibility for any errors or omissions.
Label, Braarud Fine Art, La Conner, WA
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Butt Augmenations are giving Breast implants a run for the money! Dr. Del Vecchio debates the issue with a fellow Plastic Surgery Channel expert. http://www.uptownbodycontouring.com/
Well, I mean, if you think about the 70s and 80s, breast augmentation was the highest growth rate operation for plastic surgeons. If you look at plastic surgery statistics now, the number one fastest-growing operation, buttock augmentation.


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Jeanne Sandaler - 89
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Jeanne Sandaler age 89 of Clinton passed away Monday, March 19, 2018 at Mercy Medical Center North. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Thursday, March 22, 2018 at the Pape Funeral Home. Following the visitation cremation rites will be accorded with a private family burial at a later date. Jeanne was born in Clay Center, Kansas on September 15, 1928, the daughter of Russell and Pearl (Halverson) Schaulis. Following her graduation from high school Jeanne attended the University of Kansas. Jeanne married Laurence Hamilton on February 24, 1950 in Lawrence, Kansas. She later married William Sandaler, Jr. on April 18, 1971 in Clinton. William passed away in 2002. Jeanne was a former member of First United Methodist Church. She retired from International Paper. Jeanne was an avid bowler, belonging to the 600 club. Jeanne enjoyed attending Clinton Showboat Theatre and she loved her dogs. Jeanne is survived by her five children, L. Craig (Pam) Hamilton of Tucson, AZ, Jeanette (Ray) Fredericksen of Cedar Falls, IA, Jim (Paula) Hamilton of Clinton, Barb (Bert) Buczak of Cudahy, WI and Patty Foster of Albany, IL; 12 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband William and a sister Bonnie. Memorials can be made to the Clinton Humane Society.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Thursday, March 22, 2018 at the Pape Funeral Home.
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on 06/04/18Sad news just received. Jeanne and Bill were good friends of my Mom ad Fred. As a fellow dog lover we shared that common bond, too. I'm an auto racing fan. The closest I got to competing were my rare rides with Jeanne at the wheel. I sorrow to learn of her passing, but I'll pray her up in faith of grace for this good servant.
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TCSD Conversation: Kosuke Amano – October 2013
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Jump! Aquathlon
On June 23rd I completed the inaugural Jump! Aquathlon. I wanted to support the race because it was being put on by my friends Brian Long, John Hill and Brian Wrona. These are great guys and I did not want … Continue reading
TCSD Conversation: Lars Finanger – April 2013
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TCSD Conversation: Deborah Jones – February 2013
TCSD Conversation by Craig Zelent Recently I talked triathlon with Tri Club member Deborah Jones. Since becoming a triathlete a few years ago Deborah has already contributed so much to our sport and this year will be no different. Please … Continue reading
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Using Visuals to Engage and Entice Participation in Market Research Reporting
The Science of Visuals Study
As Regional Director of a market research reporting software, I attend many conferences that focus on the market research industry. One particularly great event was the 2015 ESOMAR Conference in Singapore. While there, I had the pleasure of meeting Jon Puleston from Lightspeed GMI. At the time, Jon was analyzing the results of a collaborative study The Science of Visuals that Lightspeed GMI and the Digital Graphic Agency were conducting on the role of visuals in gathering and delivering research data.
With one look at the Dapresy website, you'll see why this study interested me. 'Be Visual' is a core foundation of our brand.
Drive Action with Data
I am a visual advocate, so I truly believe that market research data should be presented in a clear, engaging way. The study results highlighted the role that visuals play in helping an audience process information, motivate the audience to consume data and help memory retention. All three of these factors are critical in ensuring information is used and acted on properly.
I am often asked what my thoughts on dashboards are and what is the best way to use them. Every dashboard needs to be functional, and their use often differs by client and the data being presented. However, I feel that there is a common overarching role shared by all dashboards. In my opinion, a dashboard needs to drive the consumption of information by encouraging or enticing the user to interact with the data. If your users are engaged in the data, then they are far more likely to take action on the presented information. It's simple: data that drives action is more valued than data that is just reported.
In today's market, it's very important to understand the role that visuals play in your market research reporting and how they help your audience consume information more efficiently.


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Dentistry is an area of medicine which focuses on diagnosis and treatment of the oral cavity (mouth) and surrounding tissue. The privilege of holding a dental license in Ontario is not to be taken lightly. The people who live in Ontario should have complete confidence in the system to ensure safe, comprehensive and proper dental care.
Every so often we here of some one who was raised outside of Canada that treats patients. The CBC article from BC is typical of what you can expect from an unlicensed dental establishment.
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Style and Effectiveness
Spring 2021
Taught By: Noelle Kocot-Tomblin
Section: B
Credits: 1
It's how you say it. In this short course, students consider the elements that work together to create stylish and effective prose, by dissecting the choices every writer makes that add up to style. The class reads examples of effective prose by best-selling authors, including Toni Cade Bambara, Garrett Hongo, and Amy Tan, and students write short pieces inspired by the readings and workshop them in class. This course offers a supportive environment in which to think critically about and strengthen your unique writing style.
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Hi Everyone!
Ready? This full moon in Aquarius during the powerful LEO constellation cycle is chock full of more than just a moon! This is a window opening; a thinly veiled time of your life that offers you the choice of pushing past the veils of illusion into the true glories of your Inner Self. What are YOU choosing?
From August 12th (today) to August 18th; the full week….we are passing through the influences of many different forces of a stellar and planetary nature. Some of you may have had your eye on Jupiter lately (Your Soul Mandate and Purpose nudging you) or perhaps you are drawn to the night sky in search of Sirius or the constellations that surround you. For whatever reason you feel like there is "something going on now", know that yes…there is!
As you have been discerning your placement in this world and wondering where you fit in, what you are here to do and how you are to make a difference in this world….you have also perhaps been finding hesitation, challenge, gaps or confusion as well. Biggest piece being "where to even start".
The Energy this week is very much, as they say in the courts of law…an "open and shut case" meaning that this week you are either choosing to be in alignment with Universal Law; that which gives you the greatest health, peace, abundance, joy and well being….or you are not! Why continue to suffer in any area of your life when "ALL THE POWERS IN THE UNIVERSE ARE YOURS TO USE; SO USE THEM!" (Stella Tyler). I coin that phrase by the way from my Nana who received it when in a deep meditative state.
This week you have a choice as to whether you are going to stay the course of the regular routine that will certainly be what you still see it as OR will you ADD to your regular routine a new trajectory of LIFE FORCE; creativity, power and enlightenment that takes you on a new road? There is a new path of Light leading up the mountain that is calling you that will benefit your current lifestyle. It is filled with ideas, inspiration and resource as well as method, format and a construct of formal instruction for you.
What you are inspired by, hoping for and wishing for is already here; inside of you. What you decide this week and get started on is fresh and life changing. Going up a new path that has plenty of unknowns but fills you with profound curiosity and motivation….is a good choice.
May you find this week to be very healing for you as you liberate yourself from the repetitive cycles and instead embrace the call from your HEART!
In Light and in Peace,


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- Just why do we need more people in the United States?
- Population Control in Recent History
Satan Weighs In On Humanae Vitae
This week marks the fiftieth birthday of Humanae Vitae, the brilliant encyclical of Blessed Paul VI on family, marriage, children, sex, and society. After Humanae Vitae appeared in 1968, a tremendous backlash occurred in the Church. The sexual revolution was in full swing, and the notion of denying contraception to willing partners was simply too hard for even many prelates to defend.
Now more of our shepherds are bringing Humanae Vitae "out of the shadows." Why? For fifty years, the absence of this teaching has allowed the sordid impact of the sexual revolution to seep into the Church. Deprived of solid teaching. fifty million Catholics have left the pews. Parishes that used to have three marriages every Saturday in June are now lucky to have one in the entire month. Catholic schools are closing by the thousands as Catholic families have fewer children.
What spiritual defects have fed this decline?
Well, my generation, known as "baby boomers," has also been called the "me generation." Self-centered, egoistic, even narcissistic. And yet, those temptations have hounded every generation since Cain killed Abel out of pride and envy.
Today we look at that temptation where it began – in the Garden of Eden – and how Satan's latest version has succeeded today in the form of population control.
Satan Weighs In On Contraception
Humanae Vitae's text beautifully invokes the natural law to celebrate life, the family, children, and the role of sexual affection in God's plan for procreation. But Blessed Paul also warns us that, if contraception becomes widespread, governments will eventually use it to destroy the family, and ultimately, the culture. This tyrannical practice has diverse methods, but they all operate under the umbrella brand called "population control."
Blessed Paul's warning has often been called "prophetic," but it is based on Scripture as well as common sense and experience.
Consider Genesis I, verse 28: "And God blessed them, saying: be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth."
That is a command from our Creator.
Now consider: if Satan heard this – and he did, of course – what would he want to tell Adam and Eve?
Don't be fruitful. don't multiply, and don't replenish the earth.
That is the first commandment of Population Control, the tyrannical policy of countless governments that Blessed Paul warned us against.
Back to Eden. What else would Satan want to tell our first parents?
Don't subdue the earth, and don't have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.
Don't have dominion over them. No, let them have dominion over you.
Here we see in action the endless temptation to rebel against God. And Satan's been using it ever since.
Disobedience Makes Us Mean
In Genesis 2:20, God puts Adam in charge of creation. The Tree of Knowledge was part of that creation. So was the forbidden fruit.
Consider Genesis 3:6 – "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise…"
Notice that, like all of God's creation, this tree is perfect. It gives perfect food, it is beautiful, and it gives knowledge. There is nothing wrong with that tree.
Now didn't God just dominion over that tree to Adam and Eve, to do with it as they willed? Even eat that good and beautiful fruit?
No. God told Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree. There's nothing wrong with that beautiful, tasty fruit, but there is [italics] something wrong – very wrong – in eating it.
Well, Satan told Eve she could eat it – with a special bonus: "ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."
Here Satan is tempting Eve to act like God already – even before she eats the fruit, she wants to eat it. God told her not to eat the fruit, but the goddess Eve said yes I can – and she did. And so did Adam.
Now the tree as God made it was perfect. And He made the human body perfect too.
"Male and female He created them."
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. [Psalm 139:13-14]
We have been given wonderful bodies. But God commands us to use our bodies according to His will. When we defy His will, it doesn't make us gods at all – it makes us ugly and mean.
And it doesn't take long. Watch how quickly this original sin turns Adam against his wife:
The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate." (Genesis 3:12)
Isn't that classic? As soon as he's caught, Adam blames her.
And that's what contraception does to husband and wife. They're gods now, they can write their own rules. As soon as pride takes over – as it does in every contraceptive act – it turns husband against wife. Don't be fruitful, don't multiply. Let the pill take dominion over you, your marriage, and your family.
Suddenly the man is afraid: "she might get pregnant." The woman is afraid too – "he might get me pregnant." And the prospective child? Whose body is gloriously made? That child is the enemy. Unwanted. A mistake. Get rid!
There you have the sexual revolution boiled down to one tiny pill. The pill will make you free.
Creation Turned Upside Down
The desire for dominion lies at the core of population control's favorite cover story – environmentalism as religion.
Contraception today is an indispensable tool of population control. It turns everything upside down. Man is now god. Children are not only avoidable, they are disposable. After all, too many children might mean that we lose "the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth." And they're more important than children. Especially brown and black children in the Third World.
What could possibly motivate man to so defy God and demean himself?
The apostle John explains how each aspect of man's created being can be perverted by sin:
"For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world." (1 John 2:16)
Here John tells us about the disorders that plague the fallen soul. First we have the Lust of the flesh –including the carnal appetites. Well, we're gods now, right? Why not enjoy them when we want to enjoy them?
Then we have the lust of the eyes – including greed and envy. We want what is not ours. We steal what we can and we envy what we can't steal. These lusts are so powerful that there are four Commandments forbidding them – Six, Seven, Nine, and Ten. These lusts tell you that everybody else is your competition. The more they have, the less you can have. The less they have, the more you can get.
The envious person is desperately unhappy, but he doesn't want anybody else to be happy either. He's mean.
Lastly, John introduces Superbia Vitae, the Pride of Life – the sin of Satan: the lust to be as gods. This is the sin not of the body but of the will.
Augustine calls it the libido dominandi – the lust for power, stronger than all other inordinate desires. After all, you can eat, drink, carouse, or satisfy your carnal appetites only so much. Eventually you get worn out. But the lover of power never gets enough power. God is his competition, and God is all-powerful.
St. Augustine says that this love of power is so strong that it is the motivating force of the City of Man, whose ruler is Satan, the Prince of this world.
But what does power lust have to do with population control?
Well, it works right into the population controller's agenda. Consider: if you go around town telling people not to have babies, or harassing them for having too many children, or telling poor people or brown people or stupid people that they should get sterilized, eventually you're going to be arrested, right? Maybe even worse. You're not going to be very popular.
Enter the lust for power.
Normally, we can't tell other people what to do. But sometimes you really want to. Well, why not have the government tell them? You envy their freedom. Left alone, they will mess up and crowd the beautiful world that you have every right to enjoy without being bothered by them. You can't stop them – but the government can.
If you do it, it's illegal. But not if the government does it.
And that's what governments do today – at home and abroad. Because government has power, governments throughout what was once Christendom are pushing population control.
Unfortunately, our government does too. And last April, at the Humanae Vitae conference at Catholic University, Donald Critchlow, Professor of History at Arizona State University, made a startling observation:
Based on his thorough research in the archives of the USCCB, Dr. Critchlow found that America's bishops have never condemned the billions of dollars that the U.S. Government spends on pushing contraception, at home and abroad.
This poses a problem, and frankly it has for 50 years. When Humanae Vitae appeared in 1968, there was a widespread rebellion lead by liberal theologians and a number of priests – And even a few bishops.
Father Bill Miscamble, a history prof at Notre Dame, is writing a biography of Father Hesburgh, longtime president there. Father Bill recounts how Father Hesburgh worked with Patty and Patrick Crowley from Chicago, who had been active in the Catholic Family Movement (CFM) for years. CFM was an early version of today's "Social Justice" movement.
The Crowleys were members of the Vatican Commission that had been set up prior to 1968 to advise Pope Paul VI. Mrs. Crowley carried letters and stories from Catholic women worn out by multiple pregnancies, medical problems, and the financial burdens of raising large families. The commission deliberated for two years, and Mrs. Crowley was sure her pro-contraception views would prevail.
When Humanae Vitae appeared, the Crowleys, Father Hesburgh, and a great number of liberal Catholics were shocked and outraged. They simply thought their views had carried the day.
That view was prominent, even fifty years ago, among Catholic "notables" like Father Hesburgh and the Crowleys. The problem arose when they decided that the encyclical was simply unacceptable.
Notre Dame's theology department and those of other Catholic institutions across the country and throughout the western world began teaching telling future priests and Catholic students not to worry, that Humanae Vitae would be rescinded, just ignore it. And that view prevailed even at the prestigious seminaries in Rome, where future bishops studied.
Of course, the broader culture was sinking fast into sexual squalor. There would be no support there.
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Just why do we need more people in the United States?
–Steve Mosher, President, PRI
The spectacle of caravans of desperate people trekking across half a continent to get to their Promised Land elicits strong reactions from those who are already here. Some Americans would like to welcome all comers with open arms. Others, like the Canaanites of old, would like to shut down immigration altogether.
Among these is my friend Michael Anton, the former director of communications for the National Security Council, who recently argued in the Washington Post that we have enough people already ("So why do we need more people in the United States anyway?" June 22, 2018). Adding more people runs the risk of "stuffing the land beyond bursting," he says.
I disagree. I believe that the United States, with its population of 328 million, does need more people, and I will tell you why. But before we get into why population growth is a net positive, we first have to dispel what even The New York Times has accurately called the "myth of overpopulation."
The idea that human beings are breeding themselves off the face of the planet has been around for a while now. Many Americans still believe that the United States would be better off if we both stopped having children and stopped importing people, at least for a while. Zero population growth, if not an actual reduction in the number of Americans, is their goal.
That was certainly the view of Richard Nixon's Commission on Population, which warned in 1972 that America's then-population of 209 million people was already "straining its resources." There was an urgent need to trim the birth rate, the Commission reported, and went on to recommend the legalization of abortion and the promotion of the two-child family.
The Supreme Court obliged by legalizing abortion the following year. Nixon refused to even consider the second, seeing any effort to limit American fertility as political suicide. Of course, he managed to commit political suicide by other means anyway.
Even during the height of the fearmongering over population, our government took a generally hands-off approach to our numbers. Not all peoples have been as fortunate. The population "goals" or "targets" that were set by many governments have often led to forced-pace measures. For information on how government restrictions on childbearing can lead to massive human rights abuses, Google "China's One-Child Policy."
As a result of our laissez-faire policy on reproduction combined with our generous immigration policies, our population has increased by half since 1972. But before anyone recoils in horror from that statistic, let me note that, over that same period, despite the population increase, wages have remained stable.
Anton blames out-of-control immigration for keeping working and middle-class wages low. But the wage stagnation of the last 15 years has had much more to do with China making off with tens of thousands of factories and millions of jobs than with any increase in America's working population.
With factories now moving back to the U.S. and unemployment rates at historic lows, it seems to me that there is no reason why we can't both continue to welcome immigrants and see wages rise. Besides, with the economy on the cusp of 4 percent economic growth, and with our pool of available labor rapidly running dry, where else can we turn to find the workers we need to fill the jobs that are even now being created?
This does not mean that we should simply let in all comers. Legal immigrants from Asia, Africa and Latin America who have college degrees should receive preference over, say, economic migrants from Central America with sixth grade educations, especially if the latter have not even taken the time to actually apply. This is not racism; it is merely common sense.
Those who would allow anyone who shows up at our doorstep into the country run the gamut from the American Chamber of Commerce on the Right to Democratic strategists on the Left. But I would argue that neither extreme has yet to grasp how the fractious debate on the issue is actually playing itself out in the minds of Americans. It seems obvious to me — and, remember, I favor generous immigration quotas — that unless we get illegal immigration under control, the public mood will shift decisively against all immigrants.
Populations chiefly expand by filling cradles, of course, not immigration quotas. The latest news on the fertility front is not encouraging. America's total fertility rate, or TFR, has collapsed. As a people, we are now averaging only 1.7 children, well below the 2.1 needed to sustain the present population. This is the lowest level ever recorded in U.S. history, and foreshadows a sharp demographic decline.
Some profess not to be disturbed by today's dismal birth rate, pointing out that it is still higher than many other developed countries. This is like telling a patient dying of cancer that she is better off than the patient in the next bed because her cancer is not as advanced. Maybe so, but it will still kill her in the end.
America's birth dearth is especially troubling in light of our rapidly improving economy. In the past, the return of prosperity has produced a quick rebound in births. Not this time.
The reasons for this are complex. They include rising levels of student debt, a preference for cohabitation over marriage, and a general unwillingness on the part of young people to take on the responsibilities of marriage and family.
The trillion-and-a-half dollars in student loans that young Americans have been shackled with is proving to be the best contraceptive ever invented. Couples who are heavily in debt are reluctant to commit to each other, much less to the long term and costly project of raising children.
Add to the mix a hookup culture that does not encourage the kind of permanent relationships that are the most fruitful, along with government exactions that frustrate fertility through high tax rates and expensive housing, and you have a recipe for depopulation.
While welcoming immigrants will help to offset this, it is even more important to encourage younger Americans to have children. This can be done by offering generous tax credits based on the number of children. Indeed, I would argue that couples who are willing to raise three or more children should be sheltered from taxes altogether. After all, such couples are providing for the future of their country in the most fundamental way, by providing, often at great personal sacrifice, the future generation.
Some might argue that such policies run the risk of turning women into unwilling breeders, but the truth is exactly the reverse. Surveys show a surprising amount of frustrated fertility in the United States. Young women express a desire to have an average of 2.5 children, which is nearly a full child more than the 1.7 children they will actually bring into the world if current fertility rates hold. This means that allowing young couples to keep more of their limited incomes will actually empower women by enabling them to more freely act on their deeply held fertility desires.
Among the benefits of a higher birth rate is a natural easing of the entitlement crisis. For every one-tenth of an increase in the total fertility rate, for example, Social Security remains solvent for an additional three years. More taxpayers mean more tax revenue.
There are other cost savings as well. When a family living in the United States has another child, it doesn't put the same stress on housing prices and public schools that arriving immigrant families and their children do, especially if they are not fluent in English. Most native-born students come to school already equipped — by their own parents — with the language skills they need to learn. Many immigrant children don't, and require years of expensive special instruction.
One would hope that both the Republican and Democrat parties would be able to embrace policies that are both pro-natal and pro-immigration. The Republican Party would do well to check the impulses of its nativist wing and welcome immigrants, lest economic growth be kneecapped by a shortage of workers.
The Democratic Party, for its part, needs to abandon its radical abortion policies and once again celebrate life. It is a national tragedy that so many are still dying at the hands of Planned Parenthood.
Democrats would do well to remember the words of one of their own, President John F. Kennedy, himself one of nine children, who said: "Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future."
Indeed, children are the ultimate resource, and the one resource you cannot do without if our country, or any country, is to have a future.
So let us all continue to welcome new Americans, both those who arrive in hospital delivery rooms as well as those who arrive in airports.
In the end, we all benefit.
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Population Control in Recent History
Humanae Vitae warns against State power contributing to the breakdown of the family – which is exactly what our government has been fomenting during the last 60 years, at home and abroad.
In the post-WWII period, after two wars in thirty years, leaders of philanthropic foundations, corporations, and academics came to believe that future wars could be prevented by population control.
This acceptance of the concept as a Panacea cannot be overemphasized. It was the pill, writ large: the Pill can solve all your personal problems as well as your country's problems. Even the world's problems.
It was a new religion.
Quickly US policy initiatives got under way both internationally and domestically.
Private foundations began the first efforts to fund medical research in better contraceptive methods
But the support network for more population control continued to grow. Advocates of homosexual rights, feminism, environmentalism, eugenics, and abortion worked closely together. In fact, they featured interlocking boards of directors, all facets of the same rejection of human dignity, marriage, and the family.
What drove this religious zeal was the common faith in the possibility of social engineering over living and dying controlled by the enlightened in the name of humanity.
Social engineering engineered by the powerful, of course.
All in the name of "humanity." But remember that to Shakespeare, humanity meant your humanity – your uniquely human character. To modern tyrants, humanity is a symbol that forgives any sin: Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Castro, Kim Jong IL – they murdered hundreds of millions, all for the sake of "humanity."
As a result, Military, industrial, science, financial, academic, and government Elites joined together to form the most vast social engineering effort in human history
Hello, world. "There's just enough of us, but waaay too many of you!"
But we never put it that way. On the plane this morning, I was reading Peter Brown's history of charity in the late Roman empire. In the fifth century, he writes, the emperor was admired, but he also had to be obeyed. But how?
Brown tells us: "Intensely aware of their privileges, the People of Rome could not be suppressed. They could only be controlled by appearing to be loved."
That's as true today as it was 1600 years ago. And when it comes to overpopulation, the population controllers appear and tell their prospective victims, "We're from the advanced, wealthy, and superior West, and we're here to help you."
Yes, we want to help them become more like us: secular, fruitless, and sterile.
John D Rockefeller III established the Population Council in 1952. Echoing Sanger, he sought to control overpopulation and create conditions "in which parents who are often above average in intelligence and quality of personality … produce larger than average families."
Yes, all people are equal, but some people are more equal than others.
But making that kind of control possible takes not only persuasion, but all too often, it takes force.
The Ford Foundation gave millions to the effort, and the United Nations got involved worldwide. Planned Parenthood USA and the Population Crisis Committee went global. Hugh Moore, the founder of Dixie Cups, helped found the IPPF, which evangelizes the world with abortions that are "safe, legal, and free." And that organization has received billions over the years in support from governments – including our own. In fact, since President Reagan initiated the Mexico City policy barring US funding, only presidents Clinton and Obama have provided that funding, however.
But what motivates these elites to want to eliminate everybody else?
Well, some 30 years ago, Mrs. Alice du Pont Mills invited me to visit her in her expansive Virginia horse farm – several thousand acres of it – about an hour west of Washington.
At the time, I was Staff Director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, and Mrs. Mills told me that she was very concerned about the situation in Central America, where civil wars were creating chaos in several countries at the time.
Well, it quickly became clear that Mrs. Mills was not so interested in the warring factions of Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador thousands of miles away; no, she had other fish to fry.
Mrs. Mills was worried. After the Vietnam war, 10% of the Vietnamese population had become "boat people," fleeing from communism and truly risking their lives – in fact, thousands of them died trying to escape.
But they had to leave by boat. There's no ocean between the US and Mexico – just the Rio Grande river.
Well, back then, some 100 million people lived between the Rio Grande and the Panama Canal. And Mrs. Mills was dead set on preventing 10% of them from coming to the United States. In fact, because there was no risk of dying at sea, she was concerned that the percentage might be even higher.
I didn't know it until later, but Mrs. Mills was a longtime member of the National Board of Planned Parenthood. That explains why she revealed to me a surprising fact that rather startled me thirty years ago: Mrs. Mills was also active in Mexico.
Aware that it was illegal to sterilize immigrants once they were in the United States, she told me that she contributed heavily to sterilization clinics that were on the Mexican side of the US – Mexico border.
There, the poor Hispanic women coming towards the United States could be coaxed – often with money, maybe even a free portable radio – to be conveniently mutilated without any untidy legal consequences. Sure, they could continue on into the States, but they couldn't reproduce. Thus, a great danger was prevented.
Mrs. Mills said this so matter-of-factly that she assumed that any American in his right mind would feel the same way.
Now I mentioned elites. As I took my leave, she generously showed me some beautiful paintings which, I remarked, I thought I had actually seen before.
No, she explained, I had seen reproductions. These paintings were actually the gorgeous originals that her son-in-law, Jamie Wyeth, had painted. They were in a dark hallway, not well-lit, museum-style, and there were several of them.
I knew that I was in the midst of old money.
Well, Mrs. Mills died in 2002 ago at a ripe old age of 89. She was a generation younger than Margaret Sanger, to be sure – but Sanger lived until 1966, when Mrs. Mills was 54. If Mrs. Mills didn't know Sanger personally, she undoubtedly knew that Planned Parenthood's notorious foundress was a rabid racist and a grimly dedicated eugenicist.
Mrs. Mills was almost the personification of the highbrow super-rich Eastern secular elite (for the record, however, her obituary did state that she was an Episcopalian).
Margaret Sanger's eugenics crusade targeted brown and black people everywhere – including Italians and Greeks and Spaniards, apparently.
Yes, she was the classic nativist. And she is representative of the rich elites who bought into population control. They were everywhere.
Back to the timeline.
The population controllers were determined. In 1964 they held an international conference on voluntary sterilization, funded by private foundations.
Then birth control programs were launched by private foundations in Asia, Western Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.
The Population Council began population control operations in countries outside of the United States. Lobbyists working for those private foundations worked to get the federal government involved, and finally, under President Lyndon Johnson the federal government incorporated family planning programs into his War on Poverty. The assumption was that family planning would reduce poverty – so the programs targeted the poor – specifically urban areas, minorities, and Indian reservations.
LBJ's Office of Economic Opportunity launched 45 family planning projects located in public housing and community centers in poor areas.
The US Public Health Service made family planning available on military bases, and by 1966 more than thirty state governments offered family planning services.
The US Office of Education – Today's Department of Education – funded some 700 projects of family planning for children.
When President Nixon came into office, he continued funding for these programs, and expanded them.
Consider his statement of December 26, 1970, on Signing the Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970
"It is noteworthy that this landmark legislation on family planning and population has had strong bipartisan support. I am confident that by working together-at Federal, State, and local levels–we can achieve the goal of providing adequate family planning services within the next 5 years to all those who want them but cannot afford them."
Nixon was correct. This legislation targeted the poor and it had broad bipartisan support. And unfortunately that is still true today.
In 1972, the US government joined the international community to push population control. In his foreword to the Report of The Commission on Population Growth and the American Future, known as the Rockefeller Report, Nixon wrote:
"One of the most serious challenges to human destiny in the last third of this century will be the growth of the population. Whether man's response to that challenge will be a cause for pride or for despair in the year 2000 will depend very much on what we do today. If we now begin our work in an appropriate manner, and if we continue to devote a considerable amount of attention and energy to this problem, then mankind will be able to surmount this challenge as it has surmounted so many during the long march of civilization."
There's our familiar mankind again. Fascinating.
Finally came the National Security Study Memorandum known as NSSM 200. It specifically addressed the "Implications of Worldwide Population Growth For U.S. Security and Overseas Interests." It's known as the Kissinger Report, and was published on December 10, 1974.
The crusade was gaining steam, but the population controllers in the twentieth century were no more civilized that Malthus was in the eighteenth. In 1969, Frederick S. Jaffe (Vice-President of Planned Parenthood-World Population) wrote to Bernard Berelson, President of the Population Council, advocating, among other things: (1) Encouraging increased homosexuality; (2) Putting fertility control agents in the water supply; and (3) Forced abortion and sterilization for all but the elite. Savage, right? Yet these two organizations, Planned Parenthood and the Population Council, were among the three that the Kissinger report specifically recommended for carrying out the worldwide population reduction program of the United States.
The extreme was quickly becoming mainstream. And because they were run by powerful governments, many of those programs produced truly savage results, with forced sterilization and abortion programs that shocked even feminists –
Yes, the feminists were confronted with the logical – and horrendous – consequences of their rejection of the family, the church, and the dignity of women in the home, but they had no moral code to appeal to any more.
And the savagery continued. In 1969, Richard Bauer, a Mellon Bank heir and founding member of ZPG – Zero Population Growth – wrote that "volunteerism is dead. It's a farce." Bauer urged licenses for couples to have children sterilization of welfare recipients , laws enforcing population limits, including forced sterilization for parents with more than five children.
Whew. That's a relief. I'm number 5, so is my wife – but my dad was 9, which means I guess we don't belong here either.
In fact, Father Paul Marx, Founder of PRI, was child number fifteen in his family. Undoubtedly his gratitude to God and the generosity of his parents contributed to the tireless devotion he had to the unborn.
The US agency that sends population control to Third World countries is called the Agency for International Development, or AID. It is the most pro-abortion government agency in Washington, whichever party is in power.
Saint John Paul II talked about "The Language of the Body." Well, policy has a language too. Image what we are telling Africans, Asians, and Latin Americans when we push birth control as a mandatory segment of foreign aid – no birth control, not clean water. Taxpayers are spending half a billion dollars a year sending contraceptives, abortifacients, IUD's, and prophylactics all over the world.
What is our foreign "aid" policy telling these folks? "We have no respect for your family, we want to destroy your children, your entire race is an impediment to progress, and there are waaaay too many of you already."
When I traveled for the Senate to Latin America…..
Now there is the dirty little secret of Foreign Aid. You wonder, why would people cooperate with a thinly-disguised genocide?
"We're here to help you, remember?" So the same clinics and experts who bring you clean water, medicine, and food aid also bring you family planning. You don't want family planning, you don't get clean water, it's that simple.
And why would the leaders of the countries allow this travesty?
Well, they're elite too. And most of them are thoroughly corrupt. They take their cut on every aid shipment, believe me. Or the food we send to feed the starving will rot on the docks until all the proper bribes are paid. Period.
Some final thoughts.
The myth of population control is trumpeted everywhere, and it's having an effect.
Demographics is playing a devastating role in many countries. In Turkey, President
Erdogan urges families to have at least three children. He tells the millions of Turks who live in the European Union that three isn't enough, he wants them to have five. He is dedicated to the resuscitation of the historic Sultanate that collapsed after World War I.
Meanwhile, Europeans are making Erdogan's campaign easy. Many are having no children at all. Erdogan wants Europe to be Islamic in a couple of generations – without a war, without firing a shot – simply by demographic reality.
In India, a Catholic doctor from Punjab tells me Hindu families there are having two children, Moslems families are having five. Demography is destiny.
And their only motivation is western propaganda – progress – although if you work for the government in India today, and your family has a third child – you've lost your government job. That's an added incentive.
And the irony is that, for all the science and all the manipulation and force, the promises of the myth of overpopulation simply don't deliver.
Today medical specialists can sort embryos – every one of which has an eternal human soul – to weed out and dispose of those with less than perfect characteristics.
And it still doesn't work.
Progress, health, riches, freedom, equality – these were the promises that population planners made to the Third World. And today in almost every category, half a century of empirical evidence from these policies fails to consistently establish the truth of these promises – so they come up with new justifications.
The latest argument for comprehensive global access to contraception boils down to two claims: contraception protects the environment and it advances women's empowerment.
Yet, women's use of hormonal contraception – using artificial hormones that last for years – is changing the aquatic environment of streams and rivers, including the Shenandoah River that runs by our family's farm. The fish are disfigured and sick.
In fact, the environmentalists now admit that injecting masses of synthetic estrogen hormones into wastewater is dangerous – some European studies indicate that this hormonal waste may be seeping into drinking water in certain nations whose water treatment plants cannot remove them. In those systems, that seepage is leading to lower fertility and greater susceptibility to prostate cancer among men.
And women's empowerment? Those using contraception in Africa are more likely to develop AIDS than those who don't. Take a look at the references I've printed up for you – the proof is massive.
So why does the government support these programs with billions of dollars no matter what party is in power?
And what is the Catholic Church doing about it?
We can talk about that in the Q&A.
Today the Gospel of Overpopulation has been proven false – but countries and foundations still strive to eliminate more millions of undesirable people – and they long to eliminate billions more, over time.
So that's their Gospel. Well, what do we believe?
- We believe in the inherent dignity of everyone, no matter how big or small, old or young, rich or poor, or life circumstances. Every person is deserving of life from conception till natural death.
- People are NOT the problem, despite what many claim. We are problem solvers and innovators; be it hunger, poverty, the environment, or sending a man to the moon. People are the solution. The numbers show that the poorest third-word countries don't have too many people, they have too few people.
- The world has many problems, but the amount of people is not one of them. There is always room for more people.
Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth. God directs that commandment to us just as forcefully as he directed it to Adam and Eve.
Thanks for coming tonight and I look forward to your questions.
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January 2019
Dozens of Reynaers Aluminium's key stakeholders from across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region will be flown to Munich, Germany, to experience first-hand the European company's latest innovative tangible and digital offerings at a leading trade fair.
A select group of 30 fabricators, architects and contractors from Bahrain, the UAE, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq, along with a six-member team from Reynaers Middle East, the Bahrain-headquartered regional office of the Belgian firm, will be attending Bau 2019, a key architecture, materials and systems exhibition, being held from January 14 to 19.
"The idea of attending this mega international event along with our key stakeholders is to harness strong bilateral relations and to ensure they are kept abreast with the latest advancements offered by Reynaers," explains Ali Khalaf, managing director of Reynaers Middle East.
The event, he says, will also serve as a vital information channel for new entrants, for example, customers and stakeholders from the Iraqi market.
Reynaers Middle East recently started operations in Iraq and has already supplied its first order there.
"Our current experience in the Iraqi market has been one of immense interest from customers and potential stakeholders, who understand the significance and long-term benefits of choosing quality aluminium solutions for their projects. And Bau 2019 is the ideal platform to exhibit the company's strengths and system performances," says Khalaf.
He says the 'Together for Better' philosophy essentially underpins Reynaers' focus on partnership building across its entire value chain, from strong interaction with clients, to in-house teamwork and relationship building with role players in architecture, design and construction. It drives the company's investments in innovation on many fronts and provides the basis on which tailor-made solutions and bespoke systems can be integrated.
Reynaers Aluminium will offer visitors an insight into a world of new dimensions at its innovative booth at Bau, and will showcase what makes it a market leader in embedding architectural design, innovative building technology and advanced technology in its window, door and sliding systems and curtain-wall solutions.
Khalaf says Reynaers' focus on its newest aluminium innovations and digital solutions for the building industry fits in with Bau's multi-dimensional theme, covering every aspect of the construction industry.
"What sets Reynaers apart is its explicit client-centric and partnership-driven approach to promote innovation in their constant drive to find bespoke solutions to their stakeholders' needs," he adds.
Reynaers digital 2.0
A major attraction at Reynaers' booth will be a version of Avalon, the dedicated virtual reality (VR) room at the Reynaers Campus.
"Avalon is a highly advanced VR simulation space that has specifically been designed to bring architectural solutions to life. It makes it possible to virtually move around in a building that is in fact still in its design stage," explains Khalaf.
The VR room on display at the expo is a transportable version developed by Barco – an expert in visualisation and projections – and will enable to visitors to experience the power of VR in the building industry.
Another innovative digital highlight will be 'The World of Reynaers' application, which will allows visitors to discover a wide range of solutions across many dimensions. Khalaf says the application will offer visitors a new perspective, harnessing multimedia technology to open up new avenues to sharing information.
"Through the application, users can change product colours, open types and many other design aspects to test combinations. The World of Reynaers application can also be experienced in the Avalon installation," he adds.
Khalaf says Reynaers' display of innovative aluminium solutions serves to confirm its technological leadership, while bearing testimony to the creative flair with which it continuously scouts the markets to identify emerging needs, and then develops solutions that deliver well above market demands.
He says higher and more transparent designs coupled with high insulation values and increased home automation enables designers to bring solutions for windows, doors, sliding solutions and curtain-walls with substantially more possibilities and freedom of choice.
Furthermore, at Bau, Reynaers will demonstrate how its latest range of aluminium solutions allows architects and fabricators the freedom to make almost any architectural dream come true.
"The vast array of Reynaers' systems and solutions on display will reflect dominant worldwide building and construction trends, demonstrating the extent to which it has successfully adapted designs and technology to address regional needs and unique climate and weather conditions globally," concludes Khalaf.
Reynaers Aluminium is a leading European specialist that manufactures and markets innovative and sustainable aluminium solutions for windows, doors, curtain-walls, sliding systems, sun-screening and conservatories.
Apart from a wide range of standard solutions, the company also develops tailor-made solutions for all market sectors – from residential to commercial and industrial projects. Reynaers' high-quality systems meet the most stringent demands in terms of comfort, security, architectural design, and energy-efficiency. It acts as a valuable partner for architects, fabricators, solar installers, project developers, investors and end-users.
Founded in 1965, Reynaers employs over 1,770 workers in 40 countries worldwide and exports to more than 70 countries on five continents.


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Because of the strong winds that come from the Lake Michigan and blow through the whole city, Chicago is known as "Windy City". It is the third city with the largest population in The United States, and one of the most visited by tourists of the rest of the world. Inside his attractions, we can find:
Millenium Park
A recreational and artistic urban development of the city. The park occupies ten hectares located between Michigan Avenue, Columbus Drive, Randolph and Monroe streets. In the central square of it, we can observe the famous structure "Cloud Gate", which is a public sculpture of the British artist Anish Kapoor, constructed between 2004 and 2006.
Buckingham Fountain
One of the most important monuments of the city. Inspired by the Latona Fountain at the Palace of Versailles, was built in a rococo style and its form is very similar to a wedding cake, and was inaugurated in 1927. You can find it at Grant Park.
Navy Pier
This is the favorite place of the residents of Chicago, throughout the whole day we can assure you will find fun. There are 20 hectares of gardens, attractions, shops, and restaurants. At the wharf, you can take a tour by ship, where you will enjoy a wide perspective of the architectural landscape from the water and an incredible view of the famous buildings of the city.
National Museum of Mexican Art
Located in Pilsen's neighborhood, the heart of the Mexican community of the city. It has a permanent collection of 7,500 pieces. Because the quality of its collection, the pieces are exposed in an itinerant form in museums all over the world.
Willis Tower
Located in Jackson Boulevard, it is one of the highest towers of the world and the third one in the American continent. It has 442 meters of height, and at the 103 floor, you will be able to enjoy the Skydeck, a crystal viewing-point floor made out of crystal where you may observe the architecture of the city and the beautiful Lake Michigan.
Giordano´s Stuffed Pizzas
You cannot leave Chicago without trying the pizzas from this place. Their stuffed pizza, are cataloged as the best pizza of the city and of The United States. A culinary experience you cannot miss.
ANow you already know some of the things that you can do in this beautiful city so have your jacket ready and buy your tickets in Grupo Senda.
Do not miss this great experience that surely you are going to want to repeat.