Rima E. Laibow is the Medical Director of the Natural Solutions Foundation and she has been a drugs-free, natural medicine practitioner for 35 years. I’m all about natural treatments too because I’ve witnessed that my organism responds much better to some of them when compared to their drug-based counterparts. Anyway, back to what I was saying, Dr. Rima Laibow seems to be a pretty trustable and knowledgeable source and you’ll hear her making some really bold statements in the videos. All about Codex Alimentarius, a programme created in 1963 by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) and the WHO (World Health Organization) to develop standards and guidelines, in order to protect consumer health and ensure fair trade policies in food trade, as well as coordinating food standards work by international organizations. I won’t go into further detail, because the videos are long and full of it so, just watch.

Last month, Dr. Rima Laibow has been present as a public observer in the Codex Alimentarius Commission Meeting in Geneve. These are her reports from there and you can see how concerned this woman is about the developing countries. Best of all, she’s not just talking about it. She’s ready and in action! Another life servicing other’s needs. Beautiful!

Here’s a video remembering those 1988 Olympic moments at Seoul.

She holds the record for the youngest Olympic gymnastics all-around champion, a record poised to stay forever as the minimum age for gymnastics was later changed to 16.

Here is a video of her first perfect 10, followed by another perfect uneven bars performance at the same 1976 Montreal Olympics.

Out of many ways to gather for new ideas, innovation awards are one of my favorites. Why? Besides the innovation factor every entry is supposed to have, as it’s open to everyone to vote, they’ll be voting on what they use and find helpful in their everyday lives. So, it somehow represents the public perception of innovation and how they are using and interacting with it.

The Industry Standard Innovation 100 Awards 2008 are divided into 10 categories and you can check every entry on their website. I parsed them all and found a lot of new products and services I never heard of before. Check it out! You’re sure to find some great new ideas.

You can read more on this news report.

Myself and a couple have friends have entered the above into the Modest Mouse video competition. Using green screen footage provided by the band we cut a simple music video. We then degraded the images and printed out each frame sequentially. (all 4133 of them) We then nailed each “shot” of 50-100 posters to various structures and posts. Then using a digital SLR camera with a long exposure we frame by frame shot each poster. Oh, and theres a little video projection (again, frame by frame on the SLR) just to mix it up. There is no compositing, no shortcuts, just lots of blood, sweat and tears, and a huge Kinkos bill!

And the result was definitely worth the effort. The creativity behind some stop-motion productions never ceases to amaze me. Here’s the music video which, by the way, didn’t win the competition.

Nick speaks from experience. He was born with no arms and no legs. To most this would be a great detriment, but to Nick it was a challenge to triumph . Yes, the other children insulted him, poked fun, and asked many questions. There were bouts of great despair and darkness, but Nick made a conscious effort to prevail and to dream big. Realizing it was about how he perceived his own situation, Nick changed the course of his life. He had a purpose. Today people gather strength from Nick and tap into their own worth, as he guides them through an insightful method of achieving greatness, regardless of situation.

Nick’s inspirational program is sure to captivate the world. People will learn how to overcome adversity, persevere under any circumstance and attain the height of their ambition. Nick Vujicic is reaching out to the corporate world and the educational system with powerful words of encouragement. We all matter!

You can find Nick’s website at: www.lifewithoutlimbs.org.

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“World”

Got a package full of Wishes
A Time machine, a Magic Wand
A Globe made out of Gold

No Instructions or Commandments
Laws of Gravity or
Indecisions to uphold

Printed on the box I see
A.C.M.E.’s Build-a-World-to-be
Take a chance - Grab a piece
Help me to believe it

What kind of world do you want?
Think Anything
Let’s start at the start
Build a masterpiece
Be careful what you wish for
History starts now…

Should there be people or peoples
Money, Funny pedestals for Fools who never pay
Raise your Army - Choose your Steeple
Don’t be shy, the satellites can look the other way

Lose the Earthquakes - Keep the Faults
Fill the oceans without the salt
Let every Man own his own Hand

What kind of world do you want
Think Anything
Let’s start at the start
Build a masterpiece
Be careful what you wish for
History starts now…

Sunlight’s on the Bridge
Sunlight’s on the Way
Tomorrow’s Calling

There’s more to this than Love

What Kind of world do you want
What Kind of world do you want

What Kind of world do you want
Think Anything
Let’s start at the start
Build a masterpiece

History Starts Now

Be careful what you wish for
Start Now

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