France is correct. This is a mental health problem.

This is Isabelle Caro. She was a model. How old is she in that picture?

This picture was taken in France when she was 28 years old. It was the year she died.

This is the reality of Anorexia Nervosa. When does it become unacceptable for models to be this ill because they are convinced they need to work in the industry. 

The technical word for her body is emaciated. She isn't starving, she is suffering from a mental health problem. This is where the mind losses control of it's body's well being. Now, isn't that a mental health problem? 

When a woman becomes unable to discern their own body image, that is definitely a mental health problem. She needs treatment and if she had to put on weight in order to work, she may have done exactly that. At the very least those in the industry would be obligated to set her straight and help her realize she was far to thin to walk down an aisle with high fashion exampled to other women. 

I applaud France. I hope it works. 

April 3, 2015

(Reuters) - France (click here) will ban excessively thin fashion models and expose modeling agents and the fashion houses that hire them to possible fines and even jail, under a new law passed on Friday.

The move by France, with its fashion and luxury industries worth tens of billions of euros, comes after a similar ban by Israel in 2013, while other countries, like Italy and Spain, rely on voluntary codes of conduct to protect models.

The measure is part of a campaign against anorexia by President Francois Hollande's government. Lawmakers also made it illegal to condone anorexia and said any re-touched photo that alters the bodily appearance of a model for commercial purposes must carry a message stating it had been manipulated.

"The activity of model is banned for any person whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is lower than levels proposed by health authorities and decreed by the ministers of health and labor," the legislation says....

Why would an aggrieved population insist on unnecssary laws?

Article V
The Congress, (click here) whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. 

You understand them, I don't. They are some of the most bizarre people in the USA. Somehow Immigration Reform can be analogized by a car in need of a mechanic. Go figure. I guess Evangelicals have a lot of broken down cars.

It is anyone's guess why they think the can covet the USA Constitution because of some stupid analogy about the LGBT community.

By Leith Anderson

...If your car is out of gas (click here) and has a dead battery and a flat tire, it won't help to solve one problem. You need a comprehensive approach.

Let's take the word out of policy and politics and into a discussion with your mechanic. The two of you are standing in his shop next to your broken car. It's obvious that it won't run and the mechanic explains why: out of gas; dead battery; flat tire; lost key. You are concerned about the cost but really need the car to get to work every day. "If I fixed only one or two of the items on the list, which would you recommend?" The mechanic replies: "If you fix just two, your car will still be broken. For it to run right, you need to fix them all." "Well," you suggest, "suppose we start with a gallon of gas. That's the cheapest and easiest. We'll deal with the others next year."...

Anderson is the President of the National Association of Evangelicals. He covets the USA Constitution as if it is his to change. They are strange people.

You know the hideousness of the APPLICATION of this faith to covet the government is stupid. If the President of this organization has to bring the word in analogy about a broken down car what does that say about his followers? Seriously. This is not an intelligent discussion from a President of a religious organization.

Immigration Reform is about people. People are cars? Like what? This is the President of the organization that wants people to throw every Undocumented out of the country. He is strange.  

Then these people want to run the country? No flyin' way. There is a separation between church and state and they need to appreciate that.  

Can you imagine the zealots that would come out of the woodwork once they realized they can control the USA Constitution because they have the money to do it. The Founding Fathers (there were no women signing the US Constitution - that is an important thing to note) knew what they were doing when major changes to the Constitution has to surmount three-fours of the states.  

It gives me nightmares to realize men elected to the federal government and then posture themselves in a Governor's seat to prepare for a run for the Presidency subverts a federal law that would cause victimization of classes of people. I still can't believe the Robert's Court has cut into the freedom of people by oppressing the vote. Nightmares. They are nightmares. 

They have no morals. None. And their identity is suppose to be holy because of their fidelity and priority to their children. 

January 16, 2014
By Jennifer Glass, Ph.D.

Why (click here) are divorce rates higher in religiously conservative “red” states and lower in less religiously conservative “blue” states? After all, most conservatives frown upon divorce, and religious commitment is believed to strengthen marriage, not erode it. Even so, religiously conservative states Alabama and Arkansas have the second and third highest divorce rates in the U.S., at 13 per 1000 people per year while New Jersey and Massachusetts, more liberal states, are two of the lowest at 6 and 7 per 1000 people per year....

Why? Because of poverty, very deep poverty, alcoholism and drugs. That's why.

This is the USA poverty rate. The Evangelicals must be so proud, they have some of the most important work to carry out to stop the divorce rates and improve the lives and health of children. I am just wondering when they plan on getting started. 
 

Visit your National Parks this Summer. Return to Patriotism and Save Our Forests from Forest Fire. No fire crackers in the forest either.

The US Forest Service and the US Fish and Wildlife need to be fully funded. They need to be vigilant to the protects of our most precious lands. 

Forests will hold water in the ground and encourage water vapor in the atmosphere. Our giants, the Sequoias and Redwoods have their own ecosystems. So long as the canopy is dense there will be water vapor to protect them.

Smoking couldn't be more correct, only you can prevent forest fires. Does anyone pay attention to the reasons why these fires begin?

Approximate 451,445.6 number of acres burned in the U.S. so far this year based on historical statistics.

Humans and Wildfire (click here)

Humans and Wildfire

As many as 90 percent of wildland fires in the United States are caused by humans. Some human-caused fires result from campfires left unattended, the burning of debris, negligently discarded cigarettes and intentional acts of arson. The remaining 10 percent are started by lightning or lava.
- See more at: http://www.nps.gov/fire/wildland-fire/learning-center/fire-in-depth/wildfire-causes.cfm#sthash.6qqdBn9g.dpufHumans and Wildfir

As many as 90 percent of wildland fires in the United States are caused by humans. Some human-caused fires result from campfires left unattended, the burning of debris, negligently discarded cigarettes and intentional acts of arson. The remaining 10 percent are started by lightning or lava.

Humans and Wildfire

As many as 90 percent of wildland fires in the United States are caused by humans. Some human-caused fires result from campfires left unattended, the burning of debris, negligently discarded cigarettes and intentional acts of arson. The remaining 10 percent are started by lightning or lava.
- See more at: http://www.nps.gov/fire/wildland-fire/learning-center/fire-in-depth/wildfire-causes.cfm#sthash.6qqdBn9g.dpuf

Smokey's Kids (click here) 

90 percent of all wildland fires in the USA are caused by people. There needs to be public service announcements that get the attention of people to instill a sense of ownership and stewardship of these lands. They are public lands and they can be protected by simplest way in the world; vigilance.

Humans and Wildfire

As many as 90 percent of wildland fires in the United States are caused by humans. Some human-caused fires result from campfires left unattended, the burning of debris, negligently discarded cigarettes and intentional acts of arson. The remaining 10 percent are started by lightning or lava.
- See more at: http://www.nps.gov/fire/wildland-fire/learning-center/fire-in-depth/wildfire-causes.cfm#sthash.6qqdBn9g.dpuf

Humans and Wildfire

As many as 90 percent of wildland fires in the United States are caused by humans. Some human-caused fires result from campfires left unattended, the burning of debris, negligently discarded cigarettes and intentional acts of arson. The remaining 10 percent are started by lightning or lava.
- See more at: http://www.nps.gov/fire/wildland-fire/learning-center/fire-in-depth/wildfire-causes.cfm#sthash.6qqdBn9g.dpuf

• Destination: Sequoia National Park (click here)
• Duration: 3 - 5 days
• Dates: Multiple tours between 04/24/2015 - 10/04/2015
• Packages starting at: $295

Return to and growing the garden of eden.

About fifteen years ago when the impending environmental disaster was more or less certain, I wanted to find a way for people or nations to fund large projects like dams and irrigation. Basically, I wanted to return the Garden of Eden to Ethiopia. 

Everyone I talked to told me, no. They said it would be a waste when so much of the land was drought stricken and the people needed help now. I could not get people to understand how making Earth green would help push the negative feedback loop of the Climate Crisis into a positive spin rather than a void of despair. No matter how I tried I could not get people to see past the next few years of humanitarian funding to find a path for restoration of chlorophyll to land. 

That is exactly what has to be done. Humans have to put chlorophyll over as much of the land masses as possible. It will be necessary in the future as much if not more than today.

I was thrilled when the Nobel Peace Prize went to a brilliant woman from Africa. She IS on the right track. She is growing trees and sustaining their viability. Everyone should follow her example. 

I don't believe the Governor's warning has come too late, this has been a ongoing problem.

I will say this and the federal government has to help. We need a green California and I am not talking about energy. The state has to find solutions to bring water to all regions. Desalination is the only viable solution now and it has to come online at an accelerated rate. The more dried and parched land there is the less CO2 used. Use alternative energies to run the plants as much as possible. I think it would be a mistake to plan one large plant rather than a few small ones. They will go up quicker and once the water starts to flow and the chlorophyll returns there is a chance there might be a natural return of rain in time.

Right now in California every resident knows the severity of these circumstances, they have been living with them for awhile now. All those dead trees need to come out of the ground to protect from fire. Put them in a wood chipper and sell them to more moist areas of the country. I know it is heartbreaking, but, the opportunity for new groves can be as short as a year away.

When the water returns within in the next year or so, the orchards will have to be replanted. All this takes a lot of money and this emergency is dire and the federal government has to pick up a substantial amount of the cost. The USA's economy can't afford to lose California agricultural production and it's trading partners can't afford to lose the food.

In some ways I wish Californians weren't so able to manage their lives within an understanding of conservation and environmental protection, maybe everyone would have screamed louder and sooner. We need to get this done, people. There is no other option right now and I expect California lawns and gardens to be green by this time next year. It is the only reasonable time line remaining.