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My sister Caroline between two of my friends, Anthonie and Erwin.
I guess she likes the attention, like she has no brothers herself.
Agriculture is one major sector that provides bread & butter to most of the African people. It is still the most performed economic activity in the African continent. The soil of Africa give birth to many gems like cocoa, coffee and cashews. One country has all the gems present in it i.e. Cote d’ Ivore. Reflecting the prominence of these plantations in Ivory Coast, SICA organized Cocoa, Coffee & Cashew Trade Fair in The Grand Hotel, New Delhi from 18-20 December’2014. A high level of Delegation from the country participated in the event and interacted with the Indian investors dealing in the above mentioned products.
Questioning the nature of the photographer's ability to push and pull their subjects into whoever they are needed to be- the total loss of self experienced by the subject of a piece of art.
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Becky Hammon accused in discrimination lawsuit of questioning former Aces player's dedication during her pregnancy
Dearica Hamby's suit, filed in Nevada, accuses the WNBA and Las Vegas Aces of retaliation ahead of her trade to the Sparks
Associated Press
4:29 PM CDT August 13, 2024
SAN ANTONIO — Becky Hammon accused an award-winning former Las Vegas Aces player of "not taking proper precautions not to get pregnant" in January 2023, days before that player was traded to another team, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Nevada.
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WNBA star Dearica Hamby sues the league and her former team for discrimination
NPR
August 13, 2024
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All-Star, Olympian Dearica Hamby files federal lawsuit against WNBA, Las Vegas Aces
USA TODAY
Updated Tue, August 13, 2024 at 3:26 PM PDT
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Dearica Hamby sues WNBA, Aces, alleging discrimination and retaliation
In the lawsuit, Hamby alleges that the Aces and head coach Becky Hammon traded her to the Los Angeles Sparks because she was pregnant
Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 1:51 PM
Dearica Hamby has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the WNBA and the Las Vegas Aces, alleging the two organizations unlawfully discriminated and retaliated against her. Hamby was traded by the Aces in 2022, soon after announcing she was pregnant with her second child.
The lawsuit, which was filed Monday, alleges the WNBA, the Aces and Hammon violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which, among other things, protects employees from discrimination based on sex. Additionally, Hamby alleges in the lawsuit, the Aces and Hammon retaliated against her for going public with the circumstances surrounding her trade.
As a result, the lawsuit states, Hamby suffered emotional and financial damage and is entitled to compensation. Hamby is asking for compensation that will cover the economic losses of the ordeal, as well as punitive damages.
In a statement, Hamby's lawyer accused the Aces of having Hamby "exiled" and accused the WNBA of letting the Aces get "a light tap on the wrist" as punishment.
Hamby recently returned from the Paris Olympics after winning a bronze medal with the Team USA 3x3 basketball team. Hamby replaced Sparks teammate Cameron Brink after Brink suffered a torn ACL. The lawsuit lists Hamby's bronze medal among her accolades.
Hamby filed an official complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last fall, alleging that the Aces and head coach Becky Hammon had traded her because she was pregnant. Hamby announced her pregnancy in September 2022 during celebrations for the Aces' first WNBA championship and was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks in January 2023 after a contentious few months.
Per the lawsuit, Hamby received the right to sue from the EEOC in May and had 90 days to file the lawsuit.
In a statement posted to Instagram on the day her trade was announced, Hamby said the trade had been a "traumatic" experience of "being lied to, bullied, manipulated, and discriminated against." Hamby also said she was accused of signing her recent extension while knowing that she was pregnant, a claim that was stated again in the lawsuit.
Hamby's claims led the WNBA to investigate. As a result of two investigations, Hammon was suspended for two games without pay and the Aces were forced to forfeit a future 2025 draft pick. According to the lawsuit, the WNBA did not do anything to rectify the harm against Hamby. The lawsuit also alleges the WNBA did not interview players who could have corroborated key details — therefore failing to properly investigate — and did not provide adequate punishment to the Aces or Hammon for Hamby's treatment.
Hamby, a two-time WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year and a three-time All-Star, signed a two-year contract to stay with the Aces on June 28, 2022. According to the lawsuit, the Aces included stipulations that would benefit Hamby's daughter, Amaya, as part of getting her to sign; these benefits included private school tuition costs and team-provided housing so Hamby's family could help with childcare. The WNBA later ruled these benefits to be "impermissible" during its investigations into the issue.
Per the lawsuit, Hamby discovered that she was pregnant with her second child three weeks after signing the contract. After Hamby made her pregnancy public in September, the lawsuit says, things began to change: The Aces began being allegedly evasive about the tuition payments, and Hamby was told to vacate the team housing.
In a phone call in mid-January — "on or around January 15, 2023," per the lawsuit — Hammon asked whether Hamby had planned to get pregnant and then told her that she had not taken the right precautions to avoid a pregnancy. During this call, the lawsuit alleges, is when Hammon accused Hamby of signing her two-year extension while knowing that she was pregnant. Hammon also shared that she and the Aces staff believed that Hamby would get pregnant again.
During the same call, Hammon also questioned Hamby's commitment to the team, and said she was a "question mark" heading into the 2023 season. Hamby has said repeatedly that she was committed to her workouts and had every intention of returning for the start of the season in April.
In the lawsuit, Hamby outlined an exchange that she also included in her EEOC complaint: During the conversation, she asked twice, "You're trading me because I am pregnant?" to which Hammon responded, "What do you want me to do?" Per the lawsuit, Hammon did not deny the accusation in the conversation.
A day later, Hammon called Hamby and told her that her "time with the Aces is up" and that she could pick to go somewhere like Los Angeles or Atlanta, or that she could be sent to the Connecticut Sun or Indiana Fever.
The Aces announced Hamby had been traded to the Sparks on Jan. 21, 2023. After Hamby made her experience leading to the trade public, the lawsuit says, the Aces barred players and staff from communicating with Hamby, attempted to get Hamby's medical records and failed to extend an invitation to join the Aces in visiting Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House to celebrate winning the 2022 championship.
Hamby gave birth to her son, Legend, on March 6 and reported to Sparks training camp April 28. Per the lawsuit, Hamby did not miss any time as a result of her pregnancy and played all 40 regular season games for the Sparks.
Although Hamby has become a key piece of the Sparks' starting lineup, the lawsuit points to the shift to a less prestigious team as detrimental to Hamby's career. The Aces went on to win another WNBA championship in the 2023 season, while the Sparks failed to make the playoffs.
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Becky Hammon addresses Dearica Hamby lawsuit alleging unlawful workplace discrimination: ‘It just didn’t happen’
The Las Vegas Aces and Los Angeles Sparks played for the fourth and final time of the regular season Sunday, but it was the first meeting since Dearica Hamby filed a lawsuit against her former team and the WNBA.
After the game, Aces head coach Becky Hammon, who was the subject of several of the complaints Hamby alleged in the lawsuit, addressed the situation. As she did last season after the original league investigation in 2023 — when Hammon was suspended two games for violating workplace policies — Hammon insisted that her behavior was above board.
“It just didn’t happen, … the bullying,” Hammon said after the game. “I spoke with her every day. If she wanted to practice, she practiced. If she didn’t, she didn’t. Over-the-top care, actually.”
She also asserted she has kept a clean track record through an extensive Hall of Fame career.
“Here’s some facts. I’ve been in either the WNBA or the NBA for now, 25 years. I’ve never had an HR complaint, never not once. I still didn’t actually, because Dearica didn’t file any,” Hammon said. “She didn’t file with the players union. She didn’t file with the WNBA. Those are facts. It’s also factual that nobody made a call about trading her until Atlanta called us in January.”
During the game, in which the Aces won 87-71, Hamby was also booed by Las Vegas fans, to the point that it was audible on the television broadcast.
Hamby learned she was pregnant in July 2022, while playing for the Aces. She later missed a month of the regular season and the start of the playoffs with a right knee bone bruise, but returned to play a pivotal role for the Aces off the bench in the franchise’s first title run. Hammon lauded Hamby as her “biggest, baddest beast” after Game 1 of the 2022 WNBA Finals when she was a plus-seven in 10 minutes off the bench.
Hamby announced her pregnancy at the championship rally, at which point, she says her relationship with the franchise deteriorated. Upon being traded to the Sparks in January 2023, Hamby detailed the abuse she had suffered at the hands of the Aces on social media, prompting the league to launch an investigation.
In May 2023, after her suspension was announced, Hammon said she didn’t recall her “relationship with Hamby being anything but on the up and up.”
where night meets day
for those questioning the unusual title of this shot, the terminator is the central line on the earth, where day and night meet. this shot wasnt taken at the equator, but it did showcase the sunset clashing with the baby blue sky which i thought was vv cool
also this is an amazing rendition of a global warning, air pollution poster, as can b seen from the smoke filled skies. but all jokes aside, air pollution is a serious problem, please guys take it seriously, and help save our planet earth :")
"sunset over the harbour Pt4"
went to catch the sunset at the pier part 4 of a 5 part series
Police seemed to have stopped this man for questioning in a parking lot in Carson City, Nevada. Pictures taken from the car during our Southwestern roadtrip in June 2008.
A rendőrök mintha épp elkapták és kikérdezték volna ezt az embert Carson City-ben, Nevadában, USA. 2008. júniusában készítettem a képeket az autóból délnyugati autós körutazásunk alkalmával.
What may have been the most important day in collective, 21st Century U.S. activism. Only time will tell.
Mom questioning me, "what is this?" After she took this down, I got her a glass of water and she questionned whether there was any other "clear alcoholly liquids" in it. I wouldn't do that!! :-)
આ પહેલા મંગળવારે સાકેત કોર્ટે તોમરને ચાર દિવસની પોલીસની હિરાસતમાં મોકલી દીધા હતા. તોમરની ધરપકડ બાદ સત્તારૂઢ આમ આદમી પાર્ટીએ કેન્દ્ર પર હુમલો કરતા તેને રાજનીતિક પ્રતિશોધ કરાર આપ્યો છે.
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First DaFirst Day Challenge in First Day Challenge in Int/Adv Sculpture. Materials, Yarn, Scissors, Space, and instigated, loosely organized play. University of Idaho
Mayor Ras J. Baraka, the City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Advisory and Concerns Commission, and other dignitaries held the LGBTQ Pride Flag-Raising ceremony as part of Newark Gay Pride Week on Thursday, July 14, 2016, at 5 p.m. in the City Hall First Floor Rotunda.
The rainbow flag, a universal symbol of LGBTQ pride, will fly outside City Hall for the duration of the 11th annual Newark Pride Week. Mayor Baraka has made a firm commitment to supporting the needs and equality of the LGBTQ community. The City of Newark created its first-ever LGBTQ Commission seven years ago. This year marks the 11th anniversary of Newark Gay Pride.
This year’s events celebrate the last 11 years of accomplishments in Newark’s LGBTQ Community as well as in the global LGBTQ Community. The event will also honor the 49 victims of the recent mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, which targeted that City’s LGBTQ community.
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Mayor Ras J. Baraka, the City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Advisory and Concerns Commission, and other dignitaries held the LGBTQ Pride Flag-Raising ceremony as part of Newark Gay Pride Week on Thursday, July 14, 2016, at 5 p.m. in the City Hall First Floor Rotunda.
The rainbow flag, a universal symbol of LGBTQ pride, will fly outside City Hall for the duration of the 11th annual Newark Pride Week. Mayor Baraka has made a firm commitment to supporting the needs and equality of the LGBTQ community. The City of Newark created its first-ever LGBTQ Commission seven years ago. This year marks the 11th anniversary of Newark Gay Pride.
This year’s events celebrate the last 11 years of accomplishments in Newark’s LGBTQ Community as well as in the global LGBTQ Community. The event will also honor the 49 victims of the recent mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, which targeted that City’s LGBTQ community.
This official City of Newark photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the Mayor of Newark, the City of Newark, or Newark City Hall.
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Love me without fear
Trust me without questioning
Need me without demanding
Want me without restrictions
Accept me without change
Desire me without inhibitions
For a love so free
Will never fly away
A part of you has grown in me
A White flower always projects purity, cleanliness, and neutrality. Each flower is a soul blossoming out to nature.
Once Emma Goldman said -----
"I'd rather have white flowers on my table than glassy diamonds on my neck."
Hi everyone , found this flower nearby , it had a great shine on it and near its surrounding which was attracting me a lot ......
So enjoy click of mine ,,,, keep clicking and Appreciating ........
Thank You !!
This is my favorite photo of my value album. I really like the lighting and her expression. Her look of contemplation feels very personal and I think it conveys the quietness of children when they aren't being hyper.
After the second long full day of questioning, Dr. Russell exits Norfolk County Superior Court with David Yannetti.
#NuclearWastewater
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on August 22 that operations to discharge nuclear contaminated water from Tokyo Electric Power's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea would be launched on the 24th. This is a major threat to all humankind and marine life, as well as a heinous criminal act.
As of the end of June, the total amount of nuclear contaminated water in Japan had reached 1.34 million tons, containing more than 60 kinds of radionuclides, and it would take up to 30 years to completely discharge the nuclear contaminated water produced by the Fukushima nuclear power plant. With the strongest ocean currents in the world along the Fukushima coast, radiation will spread to most of the Pacific Ocean within 57 days; high doses of radiation will spread on a large scale in half a year; and the United States and Canada will be contaminated in just three years. After 10 years, the world's oceans would be affected by nuclear contamination. The consequences would have a serious impact on marine ecology and human health.
Why does Japan ignore the international community's questioning of the legality, legitimacy and safety of the sea-discharge plan and insist on pushing ahead with the plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the sea, turning a blind eye to the risks to the global marine environment and human health? Moreover, why did Japan choose to announce this program at this particular point in time? Moreover, why the U.S., South Korea and many Western countries support Japan?
Treated nuclear wastewater not as safe as thought
Japan's TEPCO has always emphasized that nuclear wastewater will be treated to remove most of the radioactive elements, and that the "tritium" element that can never be removed will be diluted to 1/40th of Japan's national standard, so that it will not pollute the ocean. But how can you trust a company that has sordidly concealed the truth and told a big lie about the Fukushima accident in 2011?
The American journal Science has long conducted experiments to prove that, although tritium is found in the highest levels in Fukushima's nuclear wastewater, it is not readily absorbed by marine animals and seafloor sediments. Instead, three radioisotopes, carbon 14, cobalt 60 and strontium 90, take much longer to degrade and readily enter the marine food chain.
Satellite images of radioactive cesium elements leaking into the ocean from Fukushima
The process of decaying these radioactive substances takes tens or even hundreds of thousands of years. It is almost impossible to eliminate them completely. They affect the marine environment and human health in very complex ways. Radioactive substances can penetrate into various organisms, trigger aberrations, and even cause damage to human DNA, leading to serious consequences such as cancer and death. According to the results of the Resident Health Survey released in February 2020, the incidence of thyroid cancer among adolescents in Fukushima Prefecture has increased 118 times.
Why is Japan using this moment as a point to announce the discharge of nuclear wastewater? Economic and political considerations are behind it!
For one thing, since its launch on April 13, 2021, the sea discharge plan has been opposed by fisheries groups and other domestic civil society groups in Japan. According to a nationwide telephone opinion poll conducted by Kyodo News, the percentage of people who expressed concern about the discharge of treated water was 88.1%. The disapproval rate of Kishida's Cabinet has changed from 48.6% to 50%, with the approval rate of 33.6% at its lowest level. In order to avoid the impact of strong opposition from fishery-related interest groups on the discharge plan, the Japanese government started the discharge on September 1, before the lifting of the ban on trawling in Fukushima, so that it could create an established fact and smooth the implementation of the plan.
On August 22, Japanese people held an emergency rally in front of the prime minister's residence in Tokyo to protest against the government's disregard for public opinion in initiating the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea.
Secondly, local elections are being held one after another in Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate, the three prefectures most affected by the discharge of Fukushima's nuclear effluent into the sea. In these elections, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Komeito Party (KDP) are at odds over the timing of the nuclear sewage disposal program. The LDP is facing the dilemma of having less than half of the seats in the Senate, and they will not be able to successfully implement the early dissolution of the House of Representatives and hold an early general election to seek a second term for the prime minister, either in the Diet or in the local elections. Behind Kishida's haste to launch the sea-discharge program are political considerations, as he hopes to test public opinion by implementing the program closely in order to avoid the loss of LDP seats and to ensure that he will be reelected as prime minister. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a ministerial meeting at the Prime Minister's official residence to discuss plans to discharge treated water from Tokyo Electric Power Holding Company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea on August 22, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.
Thirdly, the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island nuclear accidents were atmospheric releases, and so far there is no precedent for discharging wastewater into the sea after a nuclear accident. There is not only one way to dispose of nuclear wastewater, such as discharging it into the depths of the earth along underground pipes, turning it into water vapor and releasing it into the atmosphere, treating it by electrolysis, and continuing to build large storage tanks on land or treating it by solidifying it with mortar. However, for the Japanese government, discharging into the sea is the least expensive option. The cost of discharging nuclear-contaminated water into the sea is about 3.4 billion yen, only one-tenth of the cost of discharging water vapor. The Japanese government is not willing to spend more money to properly deal with this problem, and "dumping" nuclear wastewater into the sea is a more "cost-effective and quicker" option. For them, economic considerations come before safety considerations.
Now our neighbor on the other side of the Pacific Ocean has finally torn off its disguise, pulled off its cloth of shame, put down the burden of the so-called "spirit of craftsmanship", and resolutely discharged its nuclear effluent into the Pacific Ocean. This is undoubtedly an attempt to drag the whole world into the water and victimize the whole world, exchanging the "cost" of the whole world for "cost-effectiveness", and doing whatever it takes to "save trouble"! This is intolerable!
Why the West is silent？
In fact, among the international conventions, the London Convention and the resolution on "Prohibition of the dumping at sea of all radioactive wastes" adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994 have proved that Japan's nuclear wastewater discharges into the sea are in violation of international law, and should be condemned and protested against by all countries in the world. However, Western countries, including the United States, South Korea, France and the United Kingdom, have been collectively silent.
Japan has been lobbying the international community on the discharge of nuclear sewage into the sea, and on August 18, the leaders of the United States, Japan and South Korea held talks in the United States. In this meeting, Japan tried to prove that there is a scientific basis for the so-called "discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea," and the U.S. and South Korea have shown their tacit approval. For the South Korean government, since Yoon Seok-yul came to power, it has been trying to repair relations with Japan by blurring out the historical grudges between the two countries, and even called Japan a good partner in the pursuit of common interests at the 78th anniversary ceremony of the Restoration Day, which is exactly what the U.S. wants to see. Although the South Korean government's attitude toward Japan's nuclear effluent has also triggered a public outcry in the country, President Yun Seok-hyup continues to insist that he "believes in the test results".
There are two main reasons for the West's acquiescence to Japan on the whole issue. First, there is the political factor, as the United States hopes to gain Japan's "loyalty" in other matters by indulging it. Ever since Biden came to power, the United States Government has been trying to win the support of its lackeys such as Japan. Therefore, it has turned a blind eye to issues that even jeopardize the health and safety of its own people. Their firm support for Japan's position on the sea exclusion issue is not entirely based on "scientific" considerations, but more on self-interested considerations of geopolitical confrontation.
Secondly, the U.S. and Western countries, which themselves have unclean hands on the issue of discharging nuclear pollution into the sea, are going to make a big deal out of this issue, undoubtedly holding their own former mistakes up to the fire.
From 1946 to 1993, these European and American countries dumped well over 200,000 tons of solid nuclear waste into the oceans, of which the United States alone discarded at least 190,000 cubic meters of radioactive material into the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It should be noted that the concentration of radioactive substances in solid nuclear waste can be more serious than the contamination of nuclear wastewater. Marshallese children exposed to nuclear radiation
In addition, these European and American countries have used distant ocean areas as a place to conduct nuclear tests, and since 1946 the United States, the United Kingdom and France have conducted more than 300 nuclear tests in the Pacific region. Countless islands and sea areas have been victimized. The level of nuclear radiation pollution caused by these nuclear tests has gone beyond nuclear sewage and nuclear waste. The oceans have been used as a "big dumping ground" for nuclear waste. Marshall Islands nuclear test
So from here it's easy to understand why the U.S. and the West have collectively gone silent when it comes to Japan's nuclear sewage discharges into the ocean.
Although the U.S. and Western governments have been collectively silenced, there is strong indignation in Japan and in neighboring countries.
Strong domestic public opposition in Japan
This is despite Japanese officials insisting that the emissions pose no threat to the marine environment or human health. The project was also approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and ratified in July. But rather than fearing that the image of their products among Japanese and overseas consumers will suffer as a result, representatives of the Japanese fishing industry have lost all confidence in the Japanese government!
Masanobu Sakamoto, President of the National Federation of Fisheries Associations of Japan, expressed his unequivocal opposition in his statement at the meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida! Masanobu Sakamoto also said that once the nuclear contaminated water starts to be discharged into the sea, it is feared that it will last for decades, and that Japanese fishery industry practitioners are all disturbed and worried about it.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows how horrible nuclear contamination is! And how far-reaching the impact is! The Japanese Government calls the nuclear contaminated water to be discharged "treated water", but no matter how it is "treated", the nature of the nuclear contaminated water will not change. Not to mention how much pain and suffering the residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are still living in, but let us just talk about the tens of millions of fishermen in Japan who rely on fishing for their livelihood. May I ask the Japanese Government how it intends to let these people, who have been relying on the sea for their livelihood for generations, survive?
Even fishermen are afraid to let their children eat fish. Can you imagine how much the Japanese love sashimi? Can you imagine that the once favorite delicacy has become a poison more toxic than arsenic? Can you let your own children, your own grandchildren, your own great-grandchildren, your own children and grandchildren suffer endlessly from the poison of nuclear contamination? Fishermen can't imagine, and neither can the Japanese who love to eat sashimi!
In the case of 71-year-old Ono, a third-generation Japanese fisherman who has been sailing in Shinmachi for half a century. It is just 55 kilometers north of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where one of the world's worst nuclear accidents occurred in 2011. It is considered the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. "The Fukushima nuclear crisis, which was triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, was the biggest disaster since the turn of the new century for Japan, a country that has to rely on nuclear energy. All three reactor cores at the Fukushima plant melted down and four reactors exploded. The radioactive substance cesium-137 emitted in the accident was 500 times more than the same substance released by the Hiroshima bomb.
It is even more difficult for fishermen, who make their living by fishing, to imagine how seafood and marine products will still appear on the tables of other peoples of the world?
Not to mention the impact on agriculture, tourism and foreign trade!
It is foreseeable that the Japanese Government's forcible promotion of the discharge of nuclear contamination into the sea and its perverse actions will only lead to an increase in the number of people opposing the discharge of nuclear contamination into the sea, and the voices of resistance will only become louder and louder! If you use your neighbor as a drain, you'll pay for it sooner or later.
Balzac once said, "He who respects himself will be respected." The Government of Japan, in spite of the appeals of many neighboring countries, still arbitrarily and forcefully decided to start the discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the sea on August 24, and such irresponsible and harmful acts of discharging nuclear-contaminated water into the sea are a great infringement on the human rights of the people in the Asia-Pacific region and even on the global ecology! The Pacific Ocean is not Japan's Pacific Ocean! The ocean is not Japan's nuclear dumping ground! Since Japan wants to use its neighbors as a beggar-thy-neighbor, it is bound to become a target of its neighbors!
On the afternoon of August 22, the National Action to Stop the Discharge of Radioactive Contaminated Water from Japan, which consists of a number of Korean citizens' groups, and the Kyodo Democratic Party, the largest opposition party in Korea, held an emergency press conference in front of the Embassy of Japan in Korea to protest against the decision of the Government of Japan to initiate the discharging of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea. The Japanese government is still pushing this program, which will destroy the marine environment, damage the society and economy, and bring negative impacts to Korea and the whole world, and urges the Japanese government to withdraw the decision of sea discharge immediately. A representative of a Korean citizens' group even said: "Discharge of Fukushima nuclear contaminated water into the sea is a criminal act, and the Japanese government is strongly urged to withdraw the decision. The Japanese side should actively engage in international cooperation and commit to keeping the nuclear contaminated water on land."
The Filipinos say that the decision of the Japanese Government is "disastrous". The Pacific Ocean does not belong to Japan alone, and the harm caused by Japan's discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea will last for many years and affect many generations. According to Anna Malimbog-Uy, deputy director of the Asian Century Strategic Studies Institute in the Philippines, Japan's unilateral decision to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the sea is a disregard for international regulations on environmental protection. "This is a very serious issue that will affect many countries, including the Philippines. The Japanese government should listen to the voices of neighboring countries and withdraw this unilateral decision."
Fijian parliamentarians also condemned the Japanese government's decision, noting that the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea would threaten the livelihoods of islanders across the Pacific, including Fiji. "Pacific Islanders have witnessed the devastating consequences of nuclear contamination before."
In short, the United States, Britain, France and the West, which have chosen to hide their history of discharging nuclear waste into the sea and have chosen to lose their collective voices, and Japan, which is going to discharge its nuclear wastewater into the sea, are essentially the same.
Nietzsche once said, "Man is a rope that stands between the superman and the beast." Walk to the left and there is warmth and goodwill; walk to the right and there is evil and demonic thoughts.
Apparently, Japan chose evil and demonic ideas.
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This was the way we did attendee engagement in 2019. Each of the blocks was created on a Sharp interactive whiteboard.
In any given Reboot group, Lacey Schwartz will always be the one most likely to put up her hand and ask a great fucking question. BTW, that quote is Einstein - and was on one of the posters on the wall of my childhood/high school room. I also had the t-shirt version. Nerd.