PRESS RELEASE: Planned lifetime extension of French nuclear power plants: study confirms worrying safety situation
PRESS RELEASE, Wednesday, 19th of Februar 2020 – Brussels
Planned lifetime extension of French nuclear power plants: study confirms worrying safety situation
This morning, Green MEPs Jutta Paulus (DE) and Michèle Rivasi (F) presented a study on the safety of French nuclear power plants in the European Parliament.
The study concludes that the nuclear power plants under discussion for a lifetime extension do not meet the internationally valid safety standards and that necessary upgrades are in most respects not possible or economically feasible.
These 900 MW reactors have already exceeded their planned lifetime. Moreover, their safety concepts date back to the 1960s and 1970s.
Greens/EFA MEP Jutta Paulus comments:
„It is particularly alarming that the safety concept of the French programme to extend the operating life of the 900 MW reactors is mainly aimed at mitigating the consequences of a core meltdown. The prevention of a core meltdown and thus the permanent destruction of large parts of Europe is not included in this programme to the extent necessary.
There must therefore be only one consequence: The fastest possible closure of all French 900 MW reactors!
With regard to the threat posed by nuclear accidents throughout Europe, we call on all Member States to take action for the safety of their citizens. This must be ensured within the framework of a cross-border environmental impact assessment, which should be required also for the extension of nuclear power plant life.
The study “Requirements for increasing the safety level of the French nuclear power plants (NPP) with 900 MW reactors in case of an extension of the operating life of these reactors”, prepared by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Manfred Mertins, Professor at the TH Brandenburg, can be downloaded here; summary and conclusions are available in English:


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Ty Ronning scored twice as his Vancouver Giants fell to the Victoria Royals 4-3. A heartbreaking loss with the Giants giving up the game-winner with just 11 seconds left in the third.
Both goals came on the power-play goal, the first at 1:41 of the second period. Ronning takes a cross-check to the back as he lifted a backhand in (1:05 of the video). The goal gave Vancouver a 1-0 lead at the time.
The power play goal was Ronning’s 52nd goal (13th PPG) and it gave Vancouver a 1-0 lead. In the third with his team trailing 3-2, Ronning converted a beautiful feed from James Malm to tie the score at 3.
The goal at 19:23 was the 53rd (14th PPG) for Ronning and (3:40 on the video) the third replay of the goal is the best. The tie was shortlived as the Royals would score the game-winner 26 seconds later at 19:49.
By the numbers, Ronning is 53-20-73, second in the WHL in goals, seventh in power play goals (14) and fifth in game-winners (8). The bad news is that the loss dropped the Giants five points behind Victoria for second place in the WHL’s BC Division.
Tim Gettinger had a primary assist as his Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds spanked the Sarnia Sting 7-1. Gettinger fired a shot from the side as Hayden Verbeek cashed in the rebound for the Greyhounds third goal.
The win caps off a big weekend for the Greyhounds that saw them win twice by a combined score of 17-1. The Greyhounds knocked off the Eastern Conference leaders and the second-best team in the Western Conference.
Gettinger improves to 30-28-58 on the season.
Goalie Tyler Wall took the loss as his UMass-Lowell River Hawks fell to eighth-ranked Providence 3-1. Wall stopped 28 out of 30 shots in suffering his eighth loss of the season. A quiet first period saw Wall only having to stop five shots as neither team scored.
Providence would dominate the second period breaking through for the game’s first goal at 5:20. Wall would face 18 shots stopping 17 of them as Providence would lead 1-0 after two.
The River Hawks would tie the game with 2:43 left in the third only to see Providence score the game-winner 42 seconds later. It very much was a goal that Wall wishes he could have back as he was beaten on a blast. Wall would only face six shots in the third period including the game-winner.
Overall Wall played well but struggles continued. Wall falls to 3-8 with 3.98 goals against and a 0.868 save percentage. The River Hawks have two games remaining in their Hockey East schedule. At 10-12 in Hockey East, they will need to win both their remaining games and hope that UConn (1) or Maine (2) loss to pass them in the standings.
Defenseman Tyler Nanne didn’t score as his ninth-ranked Minnesota played to a 1-1 overtime tie with sixth-ranked Ohio State. Ohio State picked up the extra point by winning the shootout round 2-1 and eliminating Minnesota from a chance at finishing second in the Big Ten.
Nanne was scoreless with no shots, an “even” and a minor penalty for holding in the second period. Minnesota is currently fourth in the Big Ten with two games left in the regular season. They will need help from Notre Dame on Sunday. Minnesota needs Notre Dame to defeat Michigan to have a shot at third place. A Notre Dame win would mean any combination of three points will move Minnesota into third for the playoffs.
Morgan Barron was scoreless as his fourth-ranked Cornell rallied to defeat Yale 3-2. Barron took five shots and was “even” on the night.
Cornell heads to the final weekend in the ECAC leading Union by four-points. Cornell will face RPI on Friday before finishing the season on the road against Union Saturday.

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RATM guitarist Tom Morello has taken the wind out of the rumour sails by declaring that Rage Against the Machine have “no plans” to record new material. The disappointing news comes as Morello was talking with Billboard about the soon-to-be released Rage Against the Machine – XX.
Despite fellow RATM member Tim Commerford telling TMZ that “Definitely. Maybe…” a new RATM record was in the works, Morello told Billboard the sorely missed 90’s act has “no plans beyond” the reissue of their debut album.
Although Morello has quashed the rumours (for now) he was more than happy to reflect on what it means to be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of RATM’s self-titled debut, with Rage Against the Machine – XX due out Monday, November 26.
“It doesn’t feel like 20 years, but at the same time it’s sobering that it is. There’s no crystal ball that we could’ve looked into when we were writing these songs in 1991 that would have told us we’d be talking about this record over two decades later,” Morello told Billboard.
“And I will say that 20 years later we’re able to take pride in the fact that in the history of rock music there has never been a more popular band with as radical politics as Rage Against The Machine, nor has there been a band with more radical politics than Rage Against The Machine that has been as popular.”
“That is the lasting testament to the first shot fired by this album and how it continues to resonate with rebels around the world.”

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GILGIT: About 20 men dressed as Pakistani soldiers boarded a bus bound for a Muslim festival outside this mountain town and checked the identification cards of the passengers. They singled out 19 Shias, drew weapons and slaughtered them, most with a bullet to the head.
The shooters weren't soldiers. They were a hit squad linked to the Sunni Muslim extremist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ). They had trekked in along a high Himalayan pass that hot August morning to waylay a convoy of pilgrims.
Here and across Pakistan, violent Sunni radicals are on the march against the nation's Shia minority.
With a few hundred hard-core cadres, the highly secretive LeJ aims to trigger sectarian violence that would pave the way for a Sunni theocracy in US-allied Pakistan, say Pakistan police and intelligence officials. Its immediate goal, they say, is to stoke the intense Sunni-Shia violence that has pushed countries like Iraq close to civil war.
More than 300 Shias have been killed in Pakistan so far this year in sectarian conflict, according to human rights groups. The campaign is gathering pace in rural as well as urban areas such as Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city. The Shias are a big target, accounting for up to 20 percent of this nation of 180 million.
In January, LeJ claimed responsibility for a homemade bomb that exploded in a crowd of Shias in Punjab province, killing 18 and wounding 30. LeJ's reach extends beyond Pakistan: Late last year, LeJ claimed responsibility for bombings in Afghanistan that killed 59 people, the worst sectarian attacks since the fall of the Taliban government in 2001.
"No doubt - (LeJ) are the most dangerous group," said Chaudhry Aslam, a top counter-terrorism police commando based in Karachi, whose house was blown up by the LeJ. "We will fight them until the last drop of blood."
For an outlawed group accused of fomenting such mayhem, the leader of LeJ is surprisingly easy to find.
Malik Ishaq spent 14 years in jail in connection with dozens of murder and terrorism cases. He was released after the charges could not be proved - partly because of witness intimidation, officials say - and showered with rose petals by hundreds of supporters when he left prison in July 2011.
Although Ishaq is one of Pakistan's most feared militants, he enjoys the protection of followers clutching AK-47 assault rifles in the narrow lane outside his home. There, in the town of Rahim Yar Khan in southern Punjab province, Reuters visited him for an interview.
"The state should declare Shias as non-Muslims on the basis of their beliefs," said Ishaq, calling them the "greatest infidels on earth." Young supporters with shoulder-length hair hung on every word.
Following the trail
To assess the LeJ threat, Reuters followed the group's trail across Pakistan - from Ishaq's compound, to Gilgit in the foothills of the Himalayas, recruiting grounds in central Punjab, and the backstreets of Karachi on the Arabian Sea coast.
In interviews, police, intelligence officials, clerics and LeJ members described a group that has grown more robust and appears to be operating across a much wider area in Pakistan than just a few years ago. But it had a head start.
Since being outlawed after the attacks of September 11, 2001, LeJ has worked with Sunni radical groups al Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban in several high-profile strikes. Among them were assaults in 2009 on Pakistan's military headquarters and on Sri Lanka's visiting cricket team. Washington says LeJ was involved in the killing of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl in 2002.
Now it is gathering strength anew. The risks are heightened by Pakistan's long-standing role as a battlefield in a proxy war between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran, which have been competing for influence in Asia and the Middle East since the 1979 Iranian revolution.
That competition has heated up since the United States toppled secularist dictator Saddam Hussein in Iraq and left the country under the control of an Iranian-influenced Shi'ite government. Intelligence officials say the LeJ is drawing financial support from Saudi donors and other Sunni sources.
"Unfortunately, the state for strategic reasons turned a blind eye to the LeJ for a long time," said a retired army general. "Now we have a situation where it has become Pakistan's Frankenstein."
Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who is in charge of internal security, told Reuters that "we always take action" against the LeJ when the group is suspected of murder or terrorism. "We track people and arrest them."
When asked why those arrested are often freed, he said: "Look, my job is to arrest people, not to let them go. We all know who lets them off the hook and why," he said, referring to local politicians and elements of the military who turn a blind eye to their activities or even support them in some cases.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, whose name means Soldiers of Jhangvi (after its founder, Haq Maulana Nawab Jhangvi), isn't the only lethal militant group.
One is Lashkar-e-Taiba (Soldiers of the Pure), which fights against Indian control in disputed Kashmir. It is blamed for several deadly attacks on Indian soil, including the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, and an audacious raid on India's parliament in December 2001 with another Kashmiri militant group, Jaishi-e-Mohammad (Army of Mohammad). That raid brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war.
Another is the Pakistani Taliban. Its attack this month on 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai in Swat was only the most recent in a long list of strikes on civilian and military targets, mainly in the unruly tribal area along the Afghan border.
What makes LeJ particularly dangerous, however, is that the group is based in Pakistan's Punjab heartland. And it is not just attacking targets in Pakistan's neighbors, but has also targeted the state, including the 2009 attack on Pakistan's military headquarters.
LeJ was established as an offshoot of another anti-Shia organization called Sipah-e-Sahaba (Soldiers of Mohammad's Companions).
LeJ believes it has a sacred calling - to protect the legacy of the companions of the Prophet Mohammad - and it sees Shias as the main threat.
Mahmood Baber, educated in a madrassa, was drawn by LeJ's call to holy war against Shia infidels. His 16-year career in the movement ended in October, when he and other LeJ members were arrested.
Handcuffed and with a cloth thrown over his head at a Karachi police station, Baber described for Reuters the "great satisfaction" he felt killing 14 Shia "terrorists" over the years. His voice choked with emotion when he said that for 1,400 years Shias had insulted the companions of the Prophet.
"Get rid of Shias. That is our goal. May God help us," he said, before intelligence agents led him away for a fresh round of interrogation.
The LeJ's leader, Ishaq, lives in a house whose gate bears a sign inviting residents of the town to debate whether Shias are infidels.
These days Ishaq calls himself a leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba, the LeJ parent group. Pakistani officials say he still runs, or at least inspires, LeJ. Ishaq denies any wrongdoing, repeatedly saying: "I've been acquitted." He has indeed been acquitted 34 times on charges of culpable homicide and terrorism.
He does not hide his feelings about Shias, his voice growing strident as he opened a plastic folder filled with printouts from what he describes as Shia Internet sites.
One contained a photo of a pig, an animal considered by Muslims to be dirty, and is accompanied by an insult to Sunnis.
"Whoever insults the companions of the Holy Prophet should be given a death sentence," Ishaq declares.
Ishaq and other hardline Sunnis believe that Iran is trying to foment revolution in Pakistan to turn it into a Shia state, though no evidence for that is offered.
The Saudi connection
In the Punjab town of Jhang, LeJ's birthplace, SSP leader Maulana Mohammad Ahmed Ludhianvi describes what he says are Tehran's grand designs. Iranian consular offices and cultural centers, he alleges, are actually a front for its intelligence agencies.
"If Iranian interference continues it will destroy this country," said Ludhianvi in an interview in his home. The state provides him with armed guards, fearful any harm done to him could trigger sectarian bloodletting.
The Iranian embassy in Islamabad, asked for a response to that allegation, issued a statement denouncing sectarian violence.
"What is happening today in the name of sectarianism has nothing to do with Muslims and their ideologies," it said.
Ludhianvi insisted he was just a politician. "I would like to tell you that I am not a murderer, I am not a killer, I am not a terrorist. We are a political party."
After a meal of chicken, curry and spinach, Ludhianvi and his aides stood up to warmly welcome a visitor: Saudi Arabia-based cleric Malik Abdul Haq al-Meqqi.
A Pakistani cleric knowledgeable about Sunni groups described Meqqi as a middleman between Saudi donors and intelligence agencies and the LeJ, the SSP and other groups.
"Of course, Saudi Arabia supports these groups. They want to keep Iranian influence in check in Pakistan, so they pay," the Pakistani cleric said. His account squared with that of a Pakistani intelligence agent, who said jailed militants had confessed that LeJ received Saudi funding.
Saudi cleric Meqqi denied that, and SSP leader Ludhianvi concurred: "We have not taken a penny from the Saudi government," he told Reuters.
Saudi Arabia's alleged financing of Sunni militant groups has been a sore point in Washington. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned in a December 2009 classified diplomatic cable that charities and donors in Saudi Arabia were the "most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide." In the cable, released by Wikileaks, Clinton said it was "an ongoing challenge" to persuade Saudi officials to treat such activity as a strategic priority. She said the groups funded included al Qaeda, the Taliban and Lashkar-e-Taiba.
The Saudi embassy in Islamabad and officials in Saudi Arabia were unavailable for comment.
Some Shia groups do look to Iran's clerical establishment for spiritual leadership, but insist they have no aims beyond protecting members from Sunni attacks.
In the offices of a Shi'ite organization in Karachi, images of the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini are featured on a wall clock. There, a Pakistani Shia woman named Shafqat Batool described what happened to her son, a judge, when he left for work on August 30.
Minutes after Sayid Zulfiqar stepped out of the family home in Quetta, she said, witnesses told the family three men on a motorcycle opened fire with Kalashnikov rifles. One of the assailants then grabbed a weapon from Zulfiqar's bleeding driver and pumped more bullets into her son.
It prompted Zulfiqar's family to move to Karachi. "We are not safe anywhere in the country," his mother said. "People are horrified, people can't sleep."
The fear is palpable in Quetta, the mountainous provincial capital of southwestern Baluchistan. LeJ has unleashed an escalating campaign there of suicide bombings and assassinations against ethnic Hazaras - Persian-speaking Shias who mostly emigrated from Afghanistan and are a small minority of the Shia population in Pakistan.
At least 100 Hazaras have been killed this year, according to Human Rights Watch, leaving some 500,000 Hazaras fearful of venturing out of their enclaves.
"We are under siege; we can't move anywhere," said Khaliq Hazara, chairman of the Hazara Democratic Party. "Hazaras are being killed and there is nobody to take any action.
In Quetta and Karachi, Shia leaders say they are urging young men to exercise restraint and buy weapons only for self-defense.
"We are controlling our youth and stopping them from reacting," said Syed Sadiq Raza Taqvi, a Karachi cleric, seated beside a calendar with images of Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
But with each killing, the temptation to take revenge grows.
Shia extremists have not adopted the kind of attacks favored by LeJ. But they have hunted down members of the SSP.
One such case was an attack survived by Sohaib Nadeem, 27, son of an SSP member. Men he described as "Shia terrorists backed by Iran" opened fire on the Nadeem family in their car. Nadeem survived nine gunshot wounds but his father and brothers were killed. "The Shias are our enemies," Nadeem said.
Confederation of militants
When the Taliban and al Qaeda want to reach targets outside their strongholds on the Afghan border, they turn to LeJ to provide intelligence, safe houses or young volunteers eager for martyrdom, police and intelligence officials said.
"Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is the detonator of terrorism in Pakistan," said Karachi Police Superintendent Raja Umer Khattab, who has interrogated more than 100 members. "The Taliban needs Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Al Qaeda needs Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. They are involved in most terrorism cases."
The massacre of Shia bus passengers outside Gilgit has had a profound impact on this mountaineering hub in the Himalayan foothills. Never before had Sunni extremists asked for identification to single out Shias and then kill them on such a large scale.
Sunnis and Shias, who had lived in harmony for decades, now cope with sectarian no-go zones.
"Sunnis can't go to some areas and Shias can't go to others," lamented Gilgit shopkeeper Muneer Hussain Shah, a Shia whose brother was killed in a grenade attack.
When violence erupts, text messages circulate rallying one sect or the other. Shops and schools close. Authorities have banned motorcycles to stop drive-by shootings.
Law enforcement itself is a victim of sectarianism in Gilgit, said police chief Usman Zakria. Shia officers are reluctant to investigate crimes committed by Shias, and the same is true of Sunnis.
"They are in disarray," said Zakria. "None of this has happened before."
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NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On Friday November 27, Crossroads Community Services, Inc. (“Crossroads”) will host its annual Fare Share Friday event. Traditionally held the day after Thanksgiving to bring Crossroads donors and food insecure clients together to dine at the same table, Fare Share Friday will look different than in years past. This year, Crossroads invites donors, volunteers, and supporters to join a 30-minute livestream event to celebrate the organization’s work fighting hunger and homelessness, while its food insecure clients are also invited to come to St. Bartholomew’s Church to collect a holiday dinner of turkey with all the trimmings and enjoy live music. Each guest will receive a gift bag.
Crossroads Interim Executive Director Jesse Ramos, who joined the organization in September, will host the virtual event. “I am honored to lead Crossroads at this crucial time and to highlight the importance of our work at a time when more and more people are seeking food assistance,” he said. “While we will miss the connection and community-building that our in-person event fosters, we are committed to everyone’s safety and look forward to the next time we can break bread together.”
Strategic safety precautions, guided by consultation with Crossroads’ medical team, have informed all planning decisions. The concurrent virtual event is an opportunity for supporters to hear highlighted stories from guests, learn about the important work of spotlighted volunteers, and share in the organization’s hopes for the future.
“Fare Share Friday truly defines the spirit of our Crossroads Community, when everyone comes together from all walks of life,” said Board Member Meredith Simmons. “The Planning Committee and our committed team of volunteers have impressively pivoted to a hybrid event to ensure that we can continue our tradition.”
Together with its corporate and individual donors, volunteers, and daily guests, Crossroads has persevered in the time of COVID-19. Founded in 1989, Crossroads works to unite the community in the fight to end hunger and homelessness, serving hot meals, and offering groceries to families in need throughout New York.
The free virtual event will take place from 6:30 to 7:00pm on Friday, November 27. For more information or to register, please visit: bit.ly/faresharefriday. A recording will be shared following the event.
Crossroads Community Services, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to end hunger and homelessness. Housed in but independent from St. Bartholomew’s Church in Midtown Manhattan, Crossroads offers a volunteer-run women’s shelter program, breakfast and dinner programs, as well as a food pantry and a food rescue program. As a 98% volunteer-run organization, Crossroads Community is a living community where people come together to build powerful human relationships. Learn more at www.CrossroadsNYC.org
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Cardioprotective Effects of Total Flavonoids Extracted from Xinjiang Sprig Rosa rugosa against Acute Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Myocardial Injury in Isolated Rat Heart.
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This study evaluated the antioxidative and cardioprotective effects of total flavonoids extracted from Xinjiang sprig Rosa rugosa on ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury using an isolated Langendorff rat heart model. The possible mechanism of Xinjiang sprig rose total flavonoid (XSRTF) against I/R injury was also studied. XSRTF (5, 10, and 20µg/mL) dissolved in Krebs-Henseleit buffer was administered to isolated rat heart. The XSRTF showed remarkable scavenging effects against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, hydroxyl, and superoxide anion radicals in vitro. XSRTF pretreatment improved the heart rate, increased LVDP, and decreased CK andLDH levels in coronary flow. This pretreatment also increased SOD activity and GSH/GSSG ratio but decreased MDA, TNF-α, and CRP levels and IL-8 and IL-6 activities. The infarct size and cell apoptosis in the hearts from the XSRTF-treated group were lower than those in the hearts from the I/R group. Therefore, the cardioprotective effects of XSRTF may be attributed to its antioxidant, antiapoptotic, and anti-inflammatory activities.

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Tommy Victor has been a busy boy recently. Since Prong returned from their self-prescribed hiatus in 2012 with Carved Into Stone (Long Branch/SPV), Victor has recorded two more albums with the band, played on Danzig‘s covers album Skeletons (Evilive/Nuclear Blast) and toured with both acts. Now, less than a year after the release of their own covers record Songs From the Black Hole (Steamhammer/SPV), Prong are back with X – No Absolutes (Steamhammer/SPV), their third full length in four years. Or fourth if you include the covers album. (Editor’s note: They also have a self-released live album on Bandcamp they are not counting either!)
Although previous record Ruining Lives (Steamhammer/SPV) was generally well received, it felt a little like the band were trying too hard to make sure they pleased everybody by writing songs which sat nicely inside their own safe little pigeon holes. Hardcore song – check. Thrash song – check. Industrial song – check. This time out, there’s a slightly more organic feel to the record in the respect that although there are songs which clearly fit into each of those little boxes, there are some which cross over into others or have a different sound entirely. It appears that recording a covers album has had a positive creative effect on the band.
The opening trio of songs are all about hitting you hard and fast though. ‘Ultimate Authority’ is a mid-paced stomper with a hardcore chorus and a Pantera vibe to its opening riff. ‘Sense of Ease’ is full-on shouty and aggressive hardcore thrashing with a nice breakdown towards the end, and “Without Words” simply punches its way unceremoniously into your ears.
Things fall into standard territory (in a good way) with the next few songs. The title track stands out with its more laid back, but still purposeful approach, and ‘Do Nothing’ is possibly the closest the band have ever come to writing a ballad. There’s a hint of Ministry during ‘Belief System’, the pacy ‘In Spite of Hindrances’ features an all too brief guitar solo which sounds distinctly similar to old school Metallica, and one of the album’s highlights ‘Ice Runs Through My Veins’ begins with a pulsing bassline and a tickly little riff followed by a chorus not a million miles away from The Sisters of Mercy. Victor’s love of pinch harmonics has been noticeably restrained until we get to ‘Worth Pursuing’ when he suddenly throws caution to the wind and hurls a load of them into the mix just for the hell of it. Closer ‘With Dignity’ although actually pretty catchy, is probably the weakest track on the album, sounding more like Linkin Park than it probably should, the bonus track ‘Universal Law’ saving the album from ending on its lowest point.


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A gang cut off the boy's penis when he was 7
Surgeons volunteered their time to reconstruct the organ
They discovered some of the penis had contracted into the body
Doctors say the new organ will grow and function normally
“Operation Hope” will air on CNN International on Saturday, December 8 at 0900 GMT and 2000 GMT. It will also air Sunday, December 9 at 0200 GMT and 1000 GMT; and Monday, December 10 at 0300 GMT.
It was a horrific act that brought the boy to an operating room in Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. A gang on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh, had cut off his penis and a testicle. He was only 7 at the time.
“As far as an injury committed by one person against another, to a child, this is the most severe genital injury that I’ve ever seen in 23 years of doing this,” Dr. John Gearhart, a pediatric urologist, told CNN.
Gearhart and pediatric plastic surgeon Dr. Richard Redett volunteered their time to reconstruct the boy’s penis.
Urologists in Bangladesh had done their best to preserve the boy’s urethra – the tube that connects the bladder to the tip of the penis – so he could stand up while urinating. But scans from an MRI at Johns Hopkins showed very little penile tissue left around his injury.
Going into surgery, the doctors planned to reconstruct the penis’s shape under a microscope using tissue from the boy’s forearm, between his elbow and his wrist.
Everyone has two main arteries running into his or her hand, Redett explained. “You can take one of those arteries with a nice big piece of skin and fat and roll it into something that looks like a penis.”
The surgery, Redett estimated, would take eight to 10 hours.
On August 16, more than a year after the attack, the surgeons opened up an area above the boy’s scrotum to see if there was any usable penile tissue. It was then that they discovered some of the organ had contracted into his body after the amputation.
“The body heals by contraction,” Redett said post-surgery. “So a wound anywhere on your body is going to heal by contracting in and getting smaller.”
That meant the surgeons could pull out what was left of the boy’s penis and use it to reconstruct the organ after removing any scar tissue.
To make it as realistic-looking as possible, Redett used skin from the boy’s thigh for the shaft of the penis and tissue from his cheek lining to create the glans, or tip.
The boy’s penis will grow at an average rate. “And even better than looking normal, it’s going to function entirely normal,” Redett said after the surgery.
If they had used tissue from the boy’s forearm, the surgeons would have been able to reconstruct the shape, but not enable the penis to become erect.
“His male sexual hormones (would) be normal so he would have the urges and the sexual drives that any other young man would have, but he obviously couldn’t perform,” Gearhart said. “And that would be a terrible handicap for this child going forward as he becomes a young man.”
By using the remaining organ that had contracted inside his body, the team was able to save some erectile tissue. Gearhart said this means the boy will not need an implant later to have a normal sex life and he should be able to father children.
Gearhart was most worried about sewing together the boy’s small blood vessels – one slip could cause unnecessary bleeding. But the surgery went smoothly, the team said, and they monitored him closely afterward for infections. In less than a week, the boy was out of the hospital and recovering across the street in a townhouse where his father was living temporarily.
Penile reconstruction surgery is most commonly performed after trauma, according to plastic surgeon Dr. Anthony Youn, who was not involved in the boy’s case. But it is also performed after the organ is removed for cancer treatment, gangrene in the genital area, severe burns or necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Similar surgery is done for gender reassignment surgeries.
CNN’s Saeed Ahmed, Lisa Cohen and Sara Sidner contributed to this report.

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NOS4A2 season 2, episode 5 "Bruce Wayne McQueen": Vic McQueen rides into a deadly trap; Charlie Manx cashes in his favor. Written by Thomas Brady.
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declares deception by misdirection, a particular valor;
lies become truths, and “shifting” a reason to brag.
becoming a “shade” that the art of the “shifter” arranges.
I watch, and I wonder, “Is that your final decision?”
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Today's Stuff We Love had us all chatting in the office this morning and comparing our charm choices and although each comes with a high end price tag we all agreed that we would adore a gift of a Loquet London necklace. Loquet London lockets are a simple range of contemporary lockets, which you can open and fill with pretty charms of your choice.
This weeks jewellery laden Stuff We Love is one of my favourites! Over the course of the past few years fashion has embraced slogans and inscriptions across everything from Kenzo sweaters to Topshop scarfs. Jewellery hasn't escaped the trend and we have previously showcased some gorgeous inital necklaces, perfect for personalised bridesmaid gifts. Mona Mara jewellery combines this trend with super sweet sentiments and designs, making a really lovely Stuff We Love.
Rangoli is traditionally Indian folk art, and has been the inspiration behind Irish jewellery company Rangoli, designed by Aisling Nelson. Aisling works one on one with clients and enjoys offering oodles of style advice to each of her customers. Specialising in creating one of bespoke pieces, Rangoli is the perfect choice for any bride struggling to find the perfect jewels - whilst having the perfect idea in her head.
Starting off our Stuff We Love this fine Friday evening, we bring you the lovely Willow and Clo. Willow & Clo is a beautiful jewellery brand by Irish designer Chloe Townsend. After studying jewellery design at The Scuala D'oro in Rome as well as in London, Chloe came back to the Emerald Isle to set up her own brand here. Greatly inspired by nature, Chloe draws all her inspiration for her pieces from this and the stories of the landscapes she encounters on her travels. Like nature, her pieces are timeless yet sits perfectly alongside this season's current trends.
Swoop.ie is an Irish design website, offering just about everything design led you could want. Clothes, art, craft supplies and home accessories, and of course bits and pieces to add to your wedding. Swoop's wedding category is vast and ranges from wedding dresses to flower arrangements and stationery - making it the perfect one stop shop for brides who love to shop online. Although Swoop is a website dedicated to handmade, every item on offer is made to a high professional standard and are each covetable items in their own right.
From statement earrings to dainty necklaces, we One Fab Day ladies sure love our jewellery. What we love even more is finding unique and unusual pieces from independent artists and designers such as our Stuff We Love find today: Sincerely Delightful, a pretty little Etsy store which creates personalized necklaces and other delicate handmade jewellery pieces, perfect as a pick me up or a gift for a loved one.
Midway through our globe trotting Stuff We Love this week, we stop off down the road in Dun Laoghaire, where home-grown Irish jewellery talent Ali Nash is based. Ali has a distinct love for colour and form, which characterises each of her pieces.
The second of our Stuff We Love finds this week comes from across the water - Alex Monroe is a British jewellery designer who creates intricately beautiful jewellery inspired by nature and the countryside. Established in 1987, his core aspirations remain unchanged to make great quality, wearable jewellery, which is originally designed and well priced. We love his pretty and romantic jewellery designs and we think you will too...
It's a Bank Holiday weekend, the temperature is rising - looks like it's going to be a perfect wedding weekend. So if you're getting married, or going to a wedding - Enjoy!
From beautiful handmade lace jewellery to Polaroid's new range of brilliant cameras, via a special Californian wedding photography offer, today's Wedding Stuff We Love is a dolly mixture we hope you like...
On Saturday we had the great pleasure of popping down to the EtsyIreland meetup in the Market Bar, to meet some of the crafters from around Ireland who sell on Etsy. For those of you unfamiliar with Etsy, it's a global marketplace for individual crafters to sell their wares. It was lovely to meet the talented ladies and discuss what's happening with our favourite site.
So we've been planning an Etsy Week for some time, and today kicks everything off (bit later than we would have liked!). We regularly feature Etsy sellers from around the world, but for this week we've want to concentrate purely on the Irish Etsy community. The idea is to showcase some of the great local Irish designers, and their beautiful Irish handmade items - everything from jewellery to table decor.
Today we're starting with the sparkly stuff - handmade jewellery.
There's quite a number of Irish jewellers selling their wares on Etsy, so we've just picked out a few of our favourites to whet your appetite. Irish designers offer a great selection of costume and precious jewellery.
After a mad couple of weeks (both off on hols at different times) we're just starting to settle down again, and lo and behold it's Friday! - or Freeday as I like to call it.
Something old, something new... or something new that looks old? Either way vintage or vintage-style jewellery is key for a vintage inspired wedding. From strings of pearls to diamond brooches, vintage jewels can be real or costume, cost the earth or just a few pennies.
Another week over and almost time to hit the pub for a post-work Bank Holiday G&T but before we go just a quick round up of the fab stuff that caught our eye(s) this past week. This week we found lots of gorgeous new-to-us jewellery from a talented bunch of different designers, as well as some very original historically-inspired dresses and beautiful head and hair pieces for every kind of bride.

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent me their annual press release, railing on what it considers too many frivolous lawsuits, with the headline “U.S. Chamber to Release List of Worst State Lawsuit Climates.”
Maybe they should be called the Chamber of Irony. Put it this way: the Chamber has a lot of first hand experience with frivolous lawsuits — filing them, that is.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Davis Wright & Tremaine are currently defending political pranksters the Yes Men against a questionable lawsuit filed by the Chamber over a mock press conference and web site.
In October, the Yes Men staged a press conference announcing that the Chamber was reversing its position on climate change and would stop lobbying against climate change bills. Watch it below and see the real Chamber of Commerce dude come in and interrupt the spoof and be forced to answer questions about climate change. The Yes men also had a fake web site.
The real Chamber got the web site shut down and then filed a lawsuit in federal court, alleging trademark infringement and, we imagine, hurt feelings.

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Introduction: LUX II - the Second External Pc Power Button
born out of laziness (and now carelessness)...
LUX II is used to externally control your computer's power state by acting as if it were your computer's power button - except it is on your desk!
It is the second version of the popular LUX - with 43k views and 500+ likes it is one of my most popular instructables yet. As a user of the original LUX, I also felt that some changes needed to be made to the design to get it working nicely.
Step 1: Gather the Materials!
I will assume a lot in this instructable, mainly what tools you will need - this is because personal preference and availability influences it alot.
The main materials you are going to need is a single strip of 30x12mm wood.
Along with that you will need some small nails, an LED (and resistor), some USB extension leads and of course, a button!
This means that the LUX II costs around ~ $10 AUD or $7 USD. (as of 2015)
As for tools, all you really need is something to cut with, something to solder with, and something to nail with.
Some other tools you might use are a drill and a belt sander.
Step 2: Assembly, Part 1 - Cutting the Pieces
I had to split the Assembly part of this guide into multiple parts, simply because it makes it easier when following it.
PART 1 - CUTTING THE PIECES
This is the part where you guessed it, you cut the wood. In the images is a handy table that I used to label each of the parts and their respective sizes; this makes it a lot easier later on when figuring out what parts go where.
It's simple really, read the table, cut the pieces and move onto the next step.
Step 3: Assembly, Part 2 - the Base
I believe trying to explain how to assemble something is really hard without pictures, it's like trying to build something by listening to someone tell you how to do it - it just doesn't work. Most (or always) people want you to SHOW them how you did something.
So that is why most of these 'assembly' style steps will be mostly pictures - now mind you that means the pictures have to be good. I have included scans of my original drawings alongside pictures from when I was actually building it. The diagrams are (somewhat) faded from the scanner however you get the general idea.
So now, to assemble the base, see the pictures!
A little guide to the drawn diagrams:
- Numbers with inside squares represent the piece number (or ID) from the previous step's table (see how it's handy now?)
- The big circled numbers are the ordering of the step (1,2,3... so forth)
- Nail placing is included on the diagrams.
Step 4: Assembly, Part 3 - Sides
This step is an easy one.
You are just making the sides of the button that will hold the actual "button" piece of wood in. (this is made in the next step)
Just follow the pictures above!
Step 5: Assembly, Part 4 - the Button
An important note on this step, make sure to drill the hole in the exact middle of the bottom of the button.
This hole needs to be the size of the push-button that is going to be put into it.
Step 6: Assembly, Part 5 - the Final Smash (or Assembly...)
The final step of assembly is quite easy, simply:
- Get the piece you made in Part 1 & Part 2 and nail it in the center from the bottom.
- Gather the pushbutton you are using, and all of the wooden pieces, and then put the pushbutton onto the part you just made - now put the outer square ontop of the piece you just made and slot it through, now get the 'button' wood piece and push it down into the slot and align it so it is flush with the top. Mark where the outside wood sides are.
- Removed the pushbutton and the wooden 'button'
- Align the outer wood sides with the mark you just made and nail it in.
Now to soldering...
Step 7: Solder
- Get your USB extension lead and chop the female end off.
- Splice the inside wires - they should be red, black, white and green as per this diagram - if it isn't you have a non standard USB cable (you can figure it out it is just harder).
- Get your LED and pushbutton and solder some wires onto them so that they are long enough to poke out the back of the LUX II where the hole you drilled is.
- Solder these wires to their respective wire on the MALE end of the USB extension lead (remember the diagram) - be sure to use either some shrink-wrap or a small piece of tape.
This wiring should be red -> LED+, black -> LED-, white -> pushbutton, green -> pushbutton
DON'T FORGET THE RESISTOR FOR THE LED WIRE!
Then make sure to secure the wires by hot gluing them.
Now grab the other end of the USB lead, the one with the female plug.
- Get 2 female to female breadboard wires and cut them both in half to have 4 pins.
- Splice the wire end of the USB extension lead - the colors should be same as the diagram shown before.
- Solder a half female breadboard wire to each of the spliced wires from the USB lead.
- Heat shrink or sticky tape them (so they don't short)
If you made the original LUX and are upgrading, you will need to replace the part that connects from USB to the header pins that go into your motherboard.anyone else, just ignore this...
Step 8: Assembly
This is a super simple step - you first need to locate the part of your motherboard that has what is known as the front panel connector.
Some images if you are confused: (note these pictures are not mine)
(hint, look for lots of double female header pins - also don't confuse these with the Audio and USB pins)
After you have found that, then you need to locate two specific cables - one usually called "POWER SW" which is the power switch, and one (or 2 singles) that say "POWER LED" (also maybe '+' and '-') - this is the LED that goes to the front of your computer case.
Once you have found those, grab the female plug we hacked and unplug the previous connectors and plug the new ones in. Test it by connecting the male plug from the LUX main body to the female USB plug.
Tip - remember the wiring diagram we followed?
If the button works but the LED doesn't, you probably have the polarity backwards, simply switch them around and you are all good to go.
If the wire is too short to reach your desk, then simply grab some more USB extension leads - that's the whole reason we used them!
Guess what? There is no programming used with the LUX II so you are DONE!


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I’m going to a what – again, and why?”
Nerves kick in as I get up at 4am and prepare to head out. I’m about to be a part of the BattleFrog 15K “elite” wave. I feel physically rested and mentally assured that I can handle any challenge I encounter. I actually leave on time.. check. The sign of a good day ahead as I’m generally 15 minutes behind schedule every race. I get there in time to register for both the race and volunteer participation. I’m impressed with the ease and efficiency at check-in. I get done and have about an hour to kill, when out of the corner of my eye, I see an infamous face – Hobie Call?! So at 40+, I get all “fanboy” and am all, ‘thanks to you.. and blah, blah.. gotta go!’ Thankfully, this isn’t the end of our exchanges that day. But it’s been pretty cool to experience the meet and greet aspect of these events as photos on social media become fellow racers right before me. It’s a great way to catch up with the OCR family and meet the people on the podiums. This particular event brought out a talented group of great athletes, elite and open.
After socializing, it was time to head towards what I imagined would be a challenging event. Warming up, the excited anticipation returned full force. I sang along to the National Anthem and listened to the final race info, to include penalty info (8 count body-builders). And we were off amid smoke, gunfire and the whir of a helicopter overhead. I had been given an orange wristband to signify I was a 15K runner, but the 5K and 15K elites were sent out together, creating a little confusion. The split seemed to occur quickly enough, but a delay might have worked better.
We all surged out of the gate, but spread out over the next half mile as there were few obstacles at this point. I sought to settle into a good race pace. I had raced this terrain before for other events and figured some familiarity would help. It did not. I fell in with a pack who moved ahead steadily and quietly. Then I saw a runner up ahead, perched on a wall taking pictures, uh.. As I got closer, Hobie is grinning and encouraging all those within earshot.
A group of racers up front became misdirected near the Delta Ladders, but thankfully Hobie was in front of me to redirect the pack. My adrenaline spiked a bit as my positioning improved, although through mishap. This ended up being short-lived as speedy runners flew by undaunted, while the excellent use of terrain slowed me down. I also started collecting a good amount of sand in my shoes and stopped for a dump. The sound of quick footfalls behind me made me anxious to continue when I turn and see Hobie again. I ran with him a bit to the Jerry-can Carry when he says, ‘hey lemme get your picture for this one!’ and bounds off. He grabs the cans, easily covers some ground before snapping a photo. His capacity to multi-task expands, as I get some good natured ribbing after he zooms through the obstacle.
“Now I’m gonna wait until you drop the cans and get another picture!” he yells back to me. The competitor inside me says, ‘then keep waiting’. He does and I do too. Temporarily drop the cans that is, while he clicks, laughs and is gone once more.
The BattleFrog not even halfway done, would now become a war of attrition. My pre-race training sustained me well.. through the first five miles. The obstacles were good, yet sparse. The hilly terrain and intense heat were the most difficult obstacles for me to overcome. I had also assumed the course would provide some relief and recovery needed to finish strong, but I was wrong.
I forged ahead over high walls, carrying a log and through the traverse rope challenge (fail)! “The Hill” was a later point of conversation for those of us who experienced the intense incline. At mile 8, feeling exhausted I encountered even more obstacles such as the angled wall in the water that provided some cramps that forced me to rest a bit at the top. Sliding down, I ran ahead to the paintball shooting challenge which wouldn’t have been that difficult if I wasn’t feeling totally gassed by then. I hit the Tsunami Wall, dove for the short rope and fell.
Dejected, I pound the ground and take my penalty. I drug myself up the ladder and thankfully slid into the water on the other side. The jack crawl awaited me at the glorious end and I was so happy for the barbless wire.
Shouts of encouragement from the side helped me power through and trudge to the finish. It was such an honor and challenge to participate with this group of folks and I had then earned my SEAL of approval as a BattleFrog combatant.


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August 14, 2013 - 8:30 pm
CARSON CITY — The federal government has treated Nevada like its “colony” since statehood by continuing to exert management control over more than 80 percent of the state’s 110,540 square miles, a leader of a Nevada conservative think tank contends.
Steve Miller, vice president of policy for the Las Vegas-based Nevada Policy Research Institute, noted that under the U.S. Constitution, Nevada entered the union in 1864 on an “equal footing” with other states. But the federal government has refused to sell off to private interests or turn over to the state the vast majority of its territory. While the federal government keeps control over most of Nevada and 40 percent of all the land in the West, few acres in Eastern states fall under federal control.
Miller has written “Broken Compact: the Hollowing-Out of Nevada Statehood” that describes injustices Nevada has faced as the “red-headed stepchild” of the federal government.
He said the 11-page report, released Wednesday, is meant to educate Nevadans about how federal officials “screwed” the state 150 years ago and continue to do so today. He also makes the case that the federal government needs to rapidly turn over more of the state to Nevada and private control.
Without the abysmal management of the Nevada’s lands by federal officials in recent decades, Miller argued that there would be fewer wildfires and the Nevada land today would be much more productive for cattle and wildlife.
But former state Archivist Guy Rocha takes issue with Miller’s contention that “equal footing” means there should be no or few federally managed lands. He noted court decisions have not held that equal footing means each state must have no federal lands, or an equal percentage of federal lands.
In a 1981 case, a U.S. District Court held that equal footing did not mean that Western states were entitled to the public lands, but that they had political sovereignty.
That case arose from Nevada’s approval of the “Sagebrush Rebellion” law in which it and several other states exerted their control over federal lands.
But Miller said the sagebrush rebellion case never made it through the federal court system, so a precedent was not set.
He said in his report that since the 1820s, states in the West have been complaining “they could not educate their children, provide economic opportunities for their citizens and conduct their affairs as sovereign states because the federal government, for decades, had failed to dispose of public lands, as promised.”
Miller contends that the historical record is clear that other states believed equal footing means the states, not the federal government, should control their lands.
The report comes as Utah is making new efforts to challenge federal control over its lands. At the same time, the Nevada Legislature passed a bill to establish a committee of county commissioners to review the costs and consequences of taking control of federal lands. Its report is due in September 2014.
Miller noted just 1 percent of Nebraska is federally controlled because the federal government sold most federal managed lands at the urging of state leaders more than 100 years ago. Nebraska was admitted to the union in 1867, three years after Nevada.
Nevada’s efforts to reduce federal control repeatedly lost, in part because its representatives once they arrive in Washington, D.C., seem to go along with the Eastern crowd, according to Miller.
He noted that Rep. Mark Amodei,
R-Nev., and Steven Horsford, D-Nev., are pushing legislation to turn more federal land over to state and private control.
In response to those who believe much of the land in federal control in Nevada is wasteland, Miller said one never knows what use may be found for these lands in the future.
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“Broken Compact: the Hollowing-Out of Nevada Statehood”

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In August 1990, the WHO and UNICEF signed a declaration indicating the need to promote, protect and support breastfeeding and initiated a campaign that seeks to sensitize, inform and create the conditions that allow women to breastfeed their children during the first six months and continue breastfeeding for two years or more. Since then, the first week of August of each year marks the World Breastfeeding Week.
In 2021 the week is celebrated under the slogan: «Protecting Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility», trying to emphasize the importance of contributing from different places to make breastfeeding possible as a relevant component in children’s right to a full development.
Breastfeeding and child development
Different scientific disciplines agree on the importance of breastfeeding for the development of babies. This relevance is not limited to the nutritional aspect, but is also associated with the emotional and has effects on the immune system.
The superiority of breast milk as food during the first months of life is determined by its composition, which adapts to the needs of the infant and varies throughout lactation, throughout the day, and even throughout each breastfeed.
But the beneficial effects of breastfeeding on the development of the baby are not only related to the composition of the milk but to the act of breastfeeding as a singular form of encounter, of frequent physical and emotional contact between mother and child: the exchange of glances, embraces, the direct suckling of the mother’s breast that cause a series of hormonal processes in the mother and facilitates a relationship of secure attachment essential for her development as an independent and secure person. For all these reasons, breastfeeding is the preferred method of feeding and nurturing infants and young children and constitutes a central aspect in the “good start of life”.
In recent decades, advances in neuroscience have shown what psychologists who have studied early development have affirmed since the middle of the last century. Boys and girls from the beginning of life have the right to full development and this implies ensuring access to favorable experiences, breastfeeding being one of them.
The experiences in the first 1000 days of life are essential for the formation of personality, emotional stability, cognitive abilities, social competences, even health, which will allow them to face the challenges they will face in the future stages of their development. This stage constitutes a critical period for brain development, since the development of neuronal connections is greatly accelerated. At the same time, brain development also depends on the environment, on the experiences and interactions with their parents or main caregivers, among which breastfeeding is a relevant experience.
Breastfeeding in times of pandemic
In the framework of the COVID 19 pandemic, we must emphasize that breast milk is the best protection against diseases. It contains specific antibodies against the viruses to which we are exposed. The woman, through her milk, transfers to the baby the defenses that protect him from respiratory diseases in the environment. The COVID-19 virus is not transmitted through breast milk. In times of coronavirus, more than ever, breastfeeding helps protect children.
Breastfeeding: facilitators and obstacles
The fact that many children do not access this experience in the manner, constancy and during the desirable periods of time is not the sole responsibility of the mothers. It is necessary to analyze the cultural, social and economic conditions in the exercise of motherhood.
There are different factors in the environment that facilitate or obstruct breastfeeding. These can be ordered from the micro, from the most immediate environment, to macrosocial levels associated with the cultural, the legal protection and the economic dimension.
The gender dimension and its reflection in family life is not alien to the problem. A facilitating aspect of breastfeeding is the degree of responsibility assumed by male figures in the care and upbringing of children at an early age. Their participation in household chores and parenting is directly related to the possibilities of enabling, promoting and sustaining breastfeeding by mothers.
In the region there is labor legislation that seeks to facilitate breastfeeding. However, whether due to insufficient legal frameworks, non-compliance with them, or due to informal or precarious conditions in which a high percentage of women in the Americas work, labor activity is still one of the main obstacles to the realization and adequate prolongation of breastfeeding.
Despite the awareness-raising actions carried out by different actors, attitudes of discrimination or censorship continue to exist towards mothers who breastfeed in public spaces or even in their workplaces.
Another threat that falls on breastfeeding is the abusive use of substitutes. Although the approval by the WHO of the «International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes» in May 1981 was a significant step in protecting children’s health against pressure from the pharmaceutical industry, this threat remains latent.
The Code explicitly establishes the prohibition of advertising, the use of sales strategies and all forms of promotion for the general public and for pregnant women, mothers or members of their families. Product labels should not contain images that idealize the use of breast milk substitutes. Information on labels should explain the benefits of breastfeeding and the costs and dangers associated with the unnecessary or incorrect use of infant formula and other breast milk substitutes. Although this Code was incorporated in whole or in part by almost all the states, the market pressure on child health systems persists in new ways in various forms.
Breastfeeding is one more example of the tensions that cross the field of childhood and the way in which these promote or violate their rights in all phases of their development, from its analysis the contradiction between the Best Interest of the child is evident and other interests that predominate in our societies.
Víctor Giorgi, IIN-OAS Director General

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