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If there is some sort of secret society going on all the owners of large corporations would surely put a meaning into their logos?
The word crescent is derived etymologically from the present participle of the Latin verb crescere "to grow", thus meaning "waxing" or "increasing",
he disc is the "Invisible Sun" that gives off the "dark light" of lucifer. Also an occult crescent moon. Also the incomplete circle of the new world order (lowercase intentional). Just as shapes and numbers have symbolic meanings in the occult, so does every colour. Red and blue are the two rites of masonry. Gold and green are the colours of money
The inverted star (upside down) is also used in some Wiccan traditions as a symbol of the 2nd degree
The five-pointed star can be said to represent the give (5) pillars of Islam: (1) the declaration of faith; (2) the duty to pray 5 times a day; (3) giving zakat, the annual charity, (4) fasting in the month of Ramadan; and (5) performance of Hajj, the pilgrimage, and the 7 points in the symbol - 5 fro the star and 2 from the crescent moon - may be likened to represent the 7 articles of faith for the Muslims, they are belief in (1) Allah (God); (2) Angles; (3) God’s Books - the Torah, the Bible, and the Qur’an; (4) God’s Messengers - Adam to Moses to Jesus to Muhammad (Peace be upon them all); (5) the Day of Resurrection; (6) Destiny; and (7) Life after Death.
2009 influenza pandemic Main article: 2009 flu pandemic Swine Influenza A/H1N1 In 2007, the WHO organized work on pandemic influenza vaccine development through clinical trials in collaboration with many experts. A pandemic involving the H1N1 influenza virus was declared by Director-General Margaret Chan in April 2009. By the post-pandemic period critics claimed the WHO had exaggerated the danger, spreading "fear and confusion" rather than "immediate information".[102] Industry experts countered that the 2009 pandemic had led to "unprecedented collaboration between global health authorities, scientists and manufacturers, resulting in the most comprehensive pandemic response ever undertaken, with a number of vaccines approved for use three months after the pandemic declaration. This response was only possible because of the extensive preparations undertaken in during the last decade".[103]
In common modern idiomatic usage it refers to a victory. The expression "resting on one's laurels" refers to someone relying entirely on long-past successes for continued fame or recognition, where to "look to one's laurels" means to be careful of losing rank to competition
Throughout 2012, Dole Packaged Foods contributed $171,261 to a $46 million dollar political campaign known as "The Coalition Against The Costly Food Labeling Proposition, sponsored by Farmers and Food Producers" [34] This organization was set up to oppose a citizen's initiative, known as Proposition 37, demanding mandatory labeling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients. As a result, there is a growing boycott of their products across North America
SUN-SETTING: A symbol either of the termination, or the commencement, of the great cycle of life
Labor relations The banana industry has traditionally been dominated by a few large corporations, which employ low-wage workers in developing countries.[23][24] Dole was named as a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of 73 heirs of victims of paramilitary violence in Colombia.[25] In 2007, Nicaraguan plantation workers, represented by Los Angeles-based personal injury lawyer Juan Dominguez, sued Dole and Dow Chemical Company, claiming the use of illegal pesticides such as the now banned Nemagon (containing DBCP) had made them sterile. The pesticide was not banned in Nicaragua until after Dole ceased its operations within the country. The suit and two others were subsequently thrown out by California courts after it was concluded that “[c]ontrary to their sworn testimony, most of the plaintiffs never worked on Dole-affiliated banana farms and none were involved in the DBCP application process,” while similar lawsuits were filed in U.S. and Nicaraguan courts.[26]
In 2005, 23 people in Minnesota were sickened with E. coli O157:H7. The source of the bacteria was found to be Dole brand bagged lettuce.[21] Then in 2006, another E. coli outbreak that caused over 200 people to become ill and killed 3 more was linked to bagged spinach sold by Dole. The spinach was processed by Natural Selection Foods in California.[22]
Swedish director Fredrik Gertten made a documentary film about Dominguez and the alleged banana workers. The movie Bananas!* premiered in the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival. Because Dole had serious concerns on what the film might reveal to the public, it urged festival officials to "immediately cease and desist" their sponsorship of the film.[27][28][29][30] The festival officials allowed the film to be screened, but it was not allowed to compete for placement in the competition. In addition, festival officials distributed information before the film's screening that indicated Dole believed the film to be factually inaccurate. Although the film was screened with a disclaimer from the festival, Gertten was subsequently sued for defamation by Dole.[31] The lawsuit was dropped on October 15, 2009, and in November 2010 a court in Los Angeles found in favour of the movie crew making it possible to release the movie in the USA, and ordering Dole to pay SEK 1.4 million (roughly USD 200,000) to the filmmakers.[32]