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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Romania racist coin

This is first time I heard about racist coin in any news. A museum in United States write a letter to Bank of Romania, asking them to withdraw a coin because a Patriarch or highest ranking Bishop in one of the coin held anti Semitic views and called for Jews to leave Romania. Holocaust was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored extermination by Nazi Germany. The genocide of these six million people was a genocide of two-thirds of the population of nine million Jews who had resided in Europe before the Holocaust. The word holocaust has been used since the 18th century to refer to the violent deaths of a large number of people.

Photo by Wikipedia: Patriarch Miron Cristea at the center of this picture.

Radu Ioanid, a director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum said he was "shocked" by the bank's decision to mint the coin depicting late Patriarch Miron Cristea, who led the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1925 to 1939. Ioanid said the patriarch, who was prime minister from 1938-1939, was responsible for revising the citizenship law, stripping about 225,000 Jews or 37 percent of the Jewish population of their Romanian citizenship. Ioanid demanded the bank withdraw the coin in a private letter sent to the National Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu on July 29 and later sent to the Associated Press.

Photo by National Bank of Romania: Patriarch Miron Cristea coin.

The National Bank of Romania spokesman Mugur Stet said Monday the coin was part of a collectors' series of five coins, minted in silver, with the country's five patriarchs who have headed the Romanian Orthodox Church since 1925, and not a special coin dedicated just to Cristea. Romania today has only 6,000 Jews. The country's governments have at times denied that the extermination of some 300,000 Jews and Gypsies during Holocaust even happened. You can found more information about this coin at Bank of Romania website.

Source: AFP, Wikipedia.

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Monday, August 2, 2010

Age Card

I hate when old people play the age card on me. It's like the race card. That kind of "you have to listen to me because I'm older and wiser than you". Look, there are dumb and smart older and younger people. Age doesn't always equal experience. I'm not trying to sound brash. People can get bad advice from anyone at any age.

My neighbor is nosy, annoying and boring. He acts like he can "citizen arrest" us for something. He thinks he knows everything. His conversations are just so BORING! *sigh*. I should get my neighbor to have a conversation with those boring people from my class. I'd love to see that. But not have myself get dragged into it, but I'd have them go in one of those observation rooms with a double mirror. It'd be snooze fest. -_- ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz....

Seventh Generation Review and Giveaway!


Cherry Blossoms {The Blog} Pregnancy Party is brought to you by Annee Matthew!
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Affordable, non-toxic cleaners that are safe to use around all members of your family...
Why that would be Seventh Generation!

They provide all the ingredients in their products so you know what your really cleaning/using around your home.Seventh Generation even donates 10% of all profits to non-profit community, environmental, health, and responsible business organizations working for a positive change. WOW! The other wonderful thing about Seventh Generation products is that they REALLY work! Want a clean home without the chemicals? Then Seventh Generation is what your looking for!


A Bit about Seventh Generation
Seventh Generation is committed to becoming the world's most trusted brand of authentic, safe, and environmentally-responsible products for a healthy home. For 20 years, the closely held Burlington, Vermont-based company has been at the forefront of a cultural change in consumer behavior and business ethics.
One of the country's first self-declared "socially responsible" companies, Seventh Generation is a business that operates according to a new and different set of principles and values that in many ways are a marked departure from those long considered "traditional." Its business practice is focused on offering people avenues to express their idealism, passion, and commitment to causes larger than themselves at every point along its supply chain—from suppliers and partners to shareholders, customers and its own staff.
The company derives its name from the Great Law of the Iroquois that states, "In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." Every time you use a Seventh Generation product you are making a difference by saving natural resources, reducing pollution, keeping toxic chemicals out of the environment and making the world a safer place for this and the next seven generations.

Seventh Generation sells the following products:
  • Laundry Products
  • Dishwashing Products
  • Household Cleaners
  • Household Paper & Supplies
  • Products for Baby
  • Feminine Care
  • Free & Clear cleaning products
  •  EPA Registered Disinfectants
My Review  
I was sent the Baby Starter Kit from Seventh Generation to review. The Kit includes;
A Canvas Bag, One package of Natural Paper Towels, All Purpose Cleaner, Baby Wipes tub, Baby Wipes Refill, Disinfecting Wipes, Disinfectant Multi-Purpose Spray, Disinfectant Bath Cleaner, Liquid Concentrated Laundry Detergent for Baby, and a package of Stage 1 Baby Diapers.


Natural Paper Towels
Babies are pretty messy so I was glad that Seventh Generation threw in a package of their Natural Paper Towels that are made of 100% Recycled Paper. These paper towels don't look like much but boy do they clean well! Sure, they are a bit scratchy and not super soft but these get the cleaning done...and for that I am glad!

All Purpose Cleaner

Seventh Generations Free & Clear All Purpose Cleaner works like a charm...on counters, cabinets, floors, walls...you have a mess and this cleaner will clean it up! The cleaner is completely non-toxic with no fumes so you don't have to worry about cleaning around little ones... see you can have your cake and eat it too!

Baby Wipes
 
These wipes are so soft and perfect for a newborn with sensitive skin. When I had my daughter all wipes irritated her-I wish I would have known about Seventh Generation then! Seventh Generation wipes are free of dyes, fragrances, and alcohol which can dry out babys fragile skin.

Disinfecting Multi-Surface Cleaner
 
Just like the all-purpose cleaner this cleaner cleans basically everything and anything and its non-toxic! Love the herbal scent as well...so much nicer than those awful, harmful fumes!

Disinfecting Wipes
 
These wipes are great for quick clean ups-they stay moist and are tough on grease and grime. I don't really care for the smell but they are better than the harmful fumes!

Fragrance and Dye free! Yes, Please! Whenever I change detergents my daughters skin breaks out but when I switched over to try out this detergent there were no breakouts, no rashes, nothing! Its so nice to know that my daughter {and the new baby} will have detergent that gets rid of tough stains and keeps them both free and clear of fragrances and dyes!



Kills over 99.9% of germs naturally! Disinfects, controls odors, and is quick and easy to use. This cleaner has kept my toilets, tub, shower, sinks and counters sparkling! I love the Lemongrass and Thyme scent as well! It makes everything smell fresh and clean!

 
These diapers are great! Chlorine Free and super soft and absorbent! These diapers are non-toxic, fragrance and latex free so they won't irritate sensitive skin...Hallelujah!
Diapers are sold from size Newborn to size 6.

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