Monsanto is finally being brought to justice.

The pesticide company has agreed to plead guilty to 30 environmental crimes, including two felonies for having a banned chemical on Maui.

The plea agreement requires Monsanto to pay $12 million in fines.

“Monsanto is a serial violator of federal environmental laws,” U.S. Attorney Tracy Wilkison said in a statement. “The company repeatedly violated laws related to highly regulated chemicals, exposing people to pesticides that can cause serious health problems.”

At the state capitol Monsanto kept saying they were following agricultural safety practices by the label, because the label is the law,” activist Klayton Kubo of Waimea Kaua’i told Organic Consumers Association. “Now we know that they were lying. What else is the agro chemical industry lying about?"

The federal criminal pleas are a turning point. Finally, the Department of Justice has stepped in to prosecute Monsanto’s crimes because the State of Hawaii has been so corrupt and failed at protecting the health of people living in communities surrounded by poisonous fields of GMOs. Now, Hawaii’s politicians and regulators can no longer lie, claiming that these chemicals are safe or that they did everything they could to protect the people.

Ten years ago, the Organic Consumers Association donated to support the creation of a film about Hawaii being the world’s research lab for experimental GMO and pesticide testing. The film was the first to reveal that Kamehameha Schools was leasing land to Monsanto.

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Poochy

 My favorite dog is my Poochy.

Poochy is a pitbull and beagle mix which makes him a very loyal and smart family dog. 

He has always been a happy dog which shows in the picture above with his ear to ear smile.

Poochy loves to play outside in the yard with his ball and digging holes is his favorite.

He is a very handsome and photogenic dog. I have so many really great pictures of him.

Poochy is a year and a half old and has been with me since he was three months old.

He is my sweet Poochy Poo and I couldn't imagine not having him around all the time.

I wake up and grab my phone to get a picture of him sleeping as close to me as possible.

He is my best friend!

IPhone 12 Pro vs Galaxy Note 20 Cameras

Which of the latest smartphones has a better camera? The IPhone 12 Pro or The Galaxy Note 20?

iPhone 12 Pro's camera vs. Note 20 Ultra: Portraits, selfies, night mode and more.

The iPhone 12 Pro and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra have two of the best smartphone cameras out there. Let's see which is better for landscape photos, portraits, selfies, night mode and video.

The cameras on Apple's new iPhone 12 Pro and Samsung's Galaxy Note 20 Ultra seem similar on paper. Both have a three-lens camera array with improved low-light performance, 4K HDR video capabilities and advanced autofocus systems. And while they both produce excellent results overall, they each have their strengths and weaknesses in different categories. 

For zoom, it's hard to compete with the Note 20 Ultra's 5x telephoto camera, which can make any far-off subject look like it's right in front of you, especially when you compare it to the 2x camera on the iPhone 12 Pro. For portraits, the iPhone generally produces the better result thanks to more natural bokeh (or blur) effects. But choosing an outright winner across every category is not so clear cut, given that both use a clever combination of hardware and computational photography tricks to get great-looking shots in almost all situations.

We put the cameras on two of this year's best smartphones to the test to see how well they handle zoom photos, portraits, landscapes and video.

Read more: Note 20 Ultra vs. iPhone 11 Pro camera comparison

Read more about the latest smartphones cameras and their features by following this link to the CNET comparison:  https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-iphone-12-pro-camera-vs-samsung-galaxy-note-20-portraits-selfies-night-mode-ultra/

May is National Photography Month

May is “National Photo Month.”

OK, so what the heck does THAT mean???

Well, National Photo Month was created to…

 

“…help people get even more joy out of photography and their pictures.”

 

Yet there is a cautionary tale in all this. It is estimated that 657 BILLION (yeah, billion with a “B”) will be uploaded to social media this year alone – and that’s just what will be SHARED, not the total TAKEN.

The problem is that LESS THAN 1% of all these photographs and irreplaceable(!!!) memories will ever be printed, and within only a few years the rest will be LOST FOREVER (see below)!

Add to this the staggering number of old family snapshots currently moldering in attics and basements – even as you’re reading this – and the photographic loss becomes a TRAGEDY OF EPIC PROPORTIONS!

“Print & preserve your important photographs & snapshots – WHILE YOU STILL CAN!”

Continue reading:  https://www.archivalmethods.com/blog/national-photo-month/