<DIV>Rep. Trail,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Has anyone suggested teaching people living in third world countries that most of their starvation and malnutrition problems would go away if they would not be popping out 8 babies a piece?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What the world needs is more birth control and education not to have more children they cannot afford to raise.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Tom Trail <ttrail@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <STYLE type=text/css><!-- blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { padding-top: 0 ; padding-bottom: 0 } --></STYLE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Visionaires:</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV>Economists recently met in Denmark and ranked the world's greatest challenges.</DIV> <DIV>Malnutrition and health problems dominated the top
ratings.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Tom Trail</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">How to save the world: the verdicts are in from the experts and our readers</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><A href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4033472.ece">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4033472.ece</A></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">From Times Online</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">May 30, 2008</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><IMG height=165 alt="image001 188.jpg" src="cid:586515751000000@web38103.mail.mud.yahoo.com" width=165></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><A href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4033272.ece"><FONT size=+2><B>Spending £30 billion</B></FONT></A><BR><FONT size=+2><B></B></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Economists battle
it out to rank possible solutions for the great challenges in global stability and security</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><IMG height=70 alt="image002 68.jpg" src="cid:586515752000001@web38103.mail.mud.yahoo.com" width=70></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><BR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT size=+3><B>Copenhagen Consensus: the panel's verdict</B></FONT><BR><FONT size=+3><B></B></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">1<B> Micronutrient supplements for children (vitamin A and zinc)</B> Malnutrition</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">2<B> The Doha development agenda</B> Trade</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">3<B> Micronutrient fortification (iron and salt iodization)</B> Malnutrition</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">4<B> Expanded immunization coverage for children</B> Diseases</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">5<B> Biofortification</B>
Malnutrition</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">6<B> Deworming and other nutrition programs at school</B> Malnutrition & Education</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">7<B> Lowering the price of schooling</B> Education</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">8<B> Increase and improve girls' schooling</B> Women</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">9<B> Community-based nutrition promotion</B> Malnutrition</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">10<B> Provide support for women's reproductive role</B> Women</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">11<B> Heart attack acute management</B> Diseases</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">12<B> Malaria prevention and treatment</B> Diseases</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">13<B> Tuberculosis case finding and treatment</B> Diseases</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">14<B> R&D in low-carbon energy technologies</B> Global Warming</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">15<B> Bio-sand filters for household water treatment</B> Water</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">16<B> Rural water supply</B> Water</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">17<B> Conditional cash transfers</B> Education</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">18<B> Peace-keeping in post-conflict situations</B> Conflicts</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">19<B> HIV combination prevention</B> Diseases</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">20<B> Total sanitation campaign</B> Water</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">21<B> Improving surgical capacity at district hospital level</B> Diseases</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">22<B> Microfinance</B> Women</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">23<B> Improved stove intervention</B> Air Pollution</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">24<B> Large, multipurpose dam in Africa</B> Water</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite=""
type="cite">25<B> Inspection and maintenance of diesel vehicles</B> Air Pollution</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">26<B> Low sulfur diesel for urban road vehicles</B> Air Pollution</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">27<B> Diesel vehicle particulate control technology</B> Air Pollution</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">28<B> Tobacco tax</B> Diseases</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">29<B> R&D and mitigation</B> Global Warming</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">30<B> Mitigation only</B> Global Warming</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><BR>Content-Type: image/jpeg;<BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>name="image001.jpg"<BR>Content-ID: <image001.jpg@01C8C489.7D544EE0><BR>Content-Description: image001.jpg<BR>Content-Location:
image001.jpg<BR><BR>Content-Type: image/jpeg;<BR><X-TAB></X-TAB>name="image002.jpg"<BR>Content-ID: <image002.jpg@01C8C489.7D544EE0><BR>Content-Description: image002.jpg<BR>Content-Location: image002.jpg</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>-- </PRE></X-SIGSEP> <DIV>Dr. Tom Trail<BR>International Trails<BR>1375 Mt. View Rd.<BR>Moscow, Id. 83843<BR>Tel: (208) 882-6077<BR>Fax: (208) 882-0896<BR>e mail ttrail@moscow.com</DIV>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>