Maurithus Meiring

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COVID19 DISASTER MANAGEMENT RESPONSE FORCE #VM #Covid19SA #StayHome #CoronaVirus #MedED #SA #Covid19

The Church of Scientology's Covid19 Disaster Management Response Force, they have access to the foremost decontamination technology, level 7 as authorized by the environmental protection agency this is the decontamination chemicals used that exterminates any living bacteria and has even been US government-sanctioned for biological warfare.

It's the top-level 7 decontamination compound available and fully sanitizes any area they were at the Midrand police station were there making sure our essential services that are vital to the protection and safety of all South Africans, during this time of crisis.

Here they are decontaminating the station itself plus all the police vehicles so we can make sure our first responders are fully protected.

They have also been directly working with the Department of Social Development, Police and making sure they are safe and protected in this vital time as well as working with them to bring sanitization to our elderly homes and other areas that are most vulnerable and at-risk

We thank them for their actions and are thankful to have the Scientology volunteer ministers team doing all they can for the health and safety and the security of South African. If you would like to help inbox us.

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DO A FREE ONLINE COURSE

#VolunteerMinister #Africa #Covid19SA #SA #Courses

Find out how to help yourself or those you love.

Scientology offers practical solutions to help you improve conditions in your life and the lives of those around you.

All the practical techniques used by Volunteer Ministers are drawn from the chapters of The Scientology Handbook. Combined, these chapters provide all the tools you need to confront and resolve virtually any life situation―from ending marital strife to recovering a friend from drugs to managing a company for optimum success.

In order to make these chapters and the technology they contain as available as possible, courses covering each individual chapter are now available in a free, easy-to-use online format, supervised by trained professionals.

The online course and the materials you need are our gifts to you, which you can start using today. We sincerely hope you enjoy your course at volunteerministers.org

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THERE IS HOPE FOR SOUTH AFRICA

#VM #Covid19SA #Lockdown #Shutdown #Hope #Covid19MustFall

On  the 27 March 2020, just hours into the lockdown in South Africa. We want to ask you to cooperate with the laws of the land during the next 21 days. Be kind to one another. Be safe & take care. Take time and improve your self but most of all let all South Africans Unite in this dark time. There is Hope

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness" Desmond Tutu.

The next 21 days could flatten the growth of Covid19 if we all work together in harmony & to ensure we stay home. Also, think of those and their families that will be out there every day risking their life's so that we all can be safe in our homes.

For more information or to do the free online courses please visit volunteerministers.org and become who you really can be

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WHAT IS FLAKKA, AND IS IT DANGEROUS ? #DrugFreeWorld #Flakka #Drug #Dangerous #Education Zombie Drug Explained: What is “flakka” and why is it so dangerous? With a new drug causing chaos as it sweeps across the globe and into South Africa, we take a look at what "flakka" or the "zombie" drug really is. A new synthetic street drug called "Flakka" is making the news. Since September 2014, hospitals, doctors (myself included), police, and fire rescue crews in Florida have seen patients with symptoms and signs that include: bizarre behavior, agitation, paranoia, and delusions of superhuman strength. Recent reported cases include an agitated man running naked through traffic, a delusional drug addict who attempted to perform a sex act on a tree and then resisted arrest, and a paranoid man trying to break into a police station to seek safety. These bizarre and dangerous behaviors are directly due to the side effects of this new street drug, Flakka. Alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone: Much better known as “flakka” or even the “zombie” drug, is an illegal substance that has caused chaos wherever it goes. Over the last two years, this drug has made its way through Austrailia and the USA, now it’s been spotted in South Africa after a Durban drug dealer was caught selling the product. Read: Panic begins as “zombie” drug begins to sweep through Durban What is flakka? The drug has become a global phenomenon after thousands of videos bombarded the internet showing users in a state of panic and hysteria. People who take the drug are often left unable to talk and have no idea what is going on around them until the drug wears off. When people take the drug, they become a clear danger to themselves and others. Recent local reports indicated that a Durban man who took the drug physically bit off a chunk of someone’s arm while high. Experts say the high from flakka can be compared to the high caused by snorting cocaine, the only difference, flakka has the potential to be much more dangerous. CNN spoke to epidemiologist Jim Hall about the specifics of the drug. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT DRUG FREE WORLD AFRICA ON FACEBOOK. (at Pretoria, South Africa)

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FREEDOM FOR ALL EVENT IN JOHANNESBURG #Freedom #Freedom4All #Johannesburg #Jozi #SA You are cordially invited to a Youth for Human Rights event that will be hosted in the city of Johannesburg in South Africa very soon. How can we achieve Freedom for All. Come and find out. More details to be released soon. Date: 9 December 2017 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Theme: Freedom for All Address: Corner of 160 Langerman Drive and Grays Terrace, Kensington, Johannesburg South Africa Venue: Church of Scientology Johannesburg Auditorium (at Church Of Scientology Johannesburg)

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36 Photographs That Show Why "Self-Assignments" Can Help You Grow As A Photographer

"Things that Start with the letter "B". This challenge required the GuruShots photographer members to think along a certain parameter with their photo submissions. Using self-assignments can help you grow as a photographer. It forces you to work under set conditions. This element of skill is a necessity if you dream of becoming a professional photographer. Professional photographers often have to create a shot that matches someone else's vision.

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GuruShots Members get Prints Sold at Exhibition!

It is so satisfying and such a proud moment when selling Photos at an art Fair - It is always accompanied with a moment of sadness when we bid them farewell while leaving the exhibition wall. Last weekend during the GuruShots "Telling a Story" Exhibition at the C.A.R. - Contemporary Art Ruhr art fair, we had the privilege of selling photos by 5 different members that participated in the exhibition! Congratulations to Alexander Komarov, Tyler Mcauly ,Stevan Michaels, Luca Caslini and Porsteinn H Ingibergsson for having the prints of their photos sold! Below you can find the works that were sold and found a new home on the walls of extremely pleased art lovers.

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Black and White Photography Tips: The 5 Cornerstones of All Great Monochrome Photos

So, you want to create jaw-dropping, mind-blowing, black and white photography- but you're not sure how to go about it. Anyone with a camera can be creative and produce a monochrome image. However, if you wish to have your B&W photography excel, be it portraits, landscapes, still life, or any other subject matter- there are 5 cornerstone attributes that you should attempt to infuse into your black and white pictures. In this article, we will cover: Basic Black and White Photography Concepts What is Black and White Photography When and How to Take Better Black and White Photographs Developing Ideas for Black and White Photography Advanced Black and White Photography Techniques Contrast Tone Shadow Shape Texture Examples of the Advanced Photography Techniques in Use Landscape Photography Street Photography Architectural Photography Abstract Photography

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FREEDOM FOR ALL EVENT IN JOHANNESBURG

#Freedom #Freedom4All #Johannesburg #Jozi #SA #SouthAfrica #Africa

You are cordially invited to a Youth for Human Rights event that will be hosted in the city of Johannesburg in South Africa very soon. How can we achieve Freedom for All. Come and find out. More details to be released soon.

Do you know what are your human rights ?

Date: 9 December 2017                                                                                      Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Theme: Freedom for All Address: Corner of 160 Langerman Drive and Grays Terrace, Kensington, Johannesburg South Africa Venue: Church of Scientology Johannesburg Auditorium

#PleaseShare #You #Friends #Care #Love #Education #Children #NoHate

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CREATING BETTER COMMUNITIES EVENT #CreatingBetterCommunities #Pretoria #Tshwane #SA You are cordially invited to a Youth for Human Rights event that will be hosted in the city Pretoria in South Africa very soon. Date: 8 December 2017 Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Theme: Creating Better Communities Address: Corner of 722 Stanza Bopape and Pine Street, Arcadia, Pretoria, South Africa 0083 Venue: Church of Scientology Pretoria Auditorium (at Pretoria Ideal Org)

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INCREDIBLE PHOTO #photography #sunset Yesterday I shot this incredible shot of a small plane on a airfield in the sunset with thunder. This has been edited into an HDR photo. Please let me know what you think. #airoplane #airfield #thunder #sunset #flight #bush #SA

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I AM ON MY WAY TO FLAG IN A FEW SHORT DAYS #Scientology #Spiritual #Headquarters #Flag #Clearwater #USA I can't wait to go there... Viewed from a few hundred miles up, Florida at night is illuminated by a sparkling necklace of cities along the state’s coastlines. Descending toward the central west coast, Tampa and St. Petersburg are ablaze with lights. Then there’s a third bright-and-getting-brighter jewel shining to the skies—the City of Clearwater. No other city in the world can lay claim to what Clearwater has: the Scientology religion’s international spiritual headquarters, known as Flag. The Church arrived to Clearwater in 1975 and has been steadily growing and thriving ever since—indeed, booming and bustling for the last few years. The recent surge is rooted to one event: the November 2013 opening of the Flag Building, the religion’s global cathedral. That has energized Scientology, its campus in Clearwater—comprising 56 buildings as of 2016—and the entire city’s downtown area. The Flag Building sent the Church’s worldwide expansion into high gear. And nowhere is that more evident than more and more Scientologists arriving daily from everywhere—from Kansas to Kazakhstan, from Bogotá to Brussels. With an ever-growing staff, now 2,600 strong, required to service the burgeoning number of Scientologists at Flag, two additional office buildings opened in summer 2016: the 1927 historical West Coast Building, now faithfully restored, and the modern-era Flag Administration Building. The Church has also inaugurated headquarters for its humanitarian organizations, and has been the catalyst for a coalition of scores of nonprofit groups throughout the Tampa Bay area. CONFLUENCE OF HELP It’s hard to itemize everything Scientology is doing in Clearwater—the list keeps ballooning. Religion, of course, tops the agenda. But the critical mass of Scientology work includes much more—human rights campaigns, fights against drugs and illiteracy, stamping out psychiatric abuses, providing assistance and support for victims of calamities. In these ways and more, the Church aids other religions and groups in advancing their work on behalf of mankind. Almost every week—and oft

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IT'S TIME TO PACK MY BAGGS #ClearWater #Florida #USA #Miami #Tampa I have amazing news... On Thursday my Visa for the USA was approved. This morning I found out that I will be flying to Clearwater Florida in the USA in this week if I can handle all my logistics, so I need to pack my bags and start a whole new adventure. I am super exited to go. Before I go I still have a few things to do but I can't wait to finally go to Florida in the USA. As soon as I have more information I will give you the details. See you soon. I will be posting photos from the USA.

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MY FAVORITE CITY IN SOUTH AFRICA IS CAPE TOWN #CapeTown #CPT #TableView #SA #Photography #ILike #Landscape #MyPhoto Over the years I have done a lot of traveling in South Africa... I have traveled all over South Africa and have seen most of the 9 provinces/states in South Africa but my favorite is Cape Town. The fact that I am a photographer has everything to do with this choice. The people in Cape Town are interesting, loads of amazing coffee shops and good a transportation system but the views in Cape Town are just breathtaking such as the picture below that I took while I was in Cape Town earlier this year. The beauty in Cape Town in my opinion is unmatched. And really a must see.

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THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR IN PRETORIA #Pretoria #Jakaranda #Best #Time #Year #Pretoria The best time of the year... I have been living in Pretoria for about 5 years now and I must tell you, Pretoria is a wonderful place to live and work, much cleaner and friendlier than Johannesburg. But my favourite time of the year in Pretoria is in October when the Jacaranda trees are in full bloom. The entire Pretoria is purple everywere in the trees on the ground, this for me is picture perfect. So below I have posted a photo to give you an idea, please share.

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IT IS POSSIBLE TO QUIT SMOKING FOR REAL #MaurithusMeiring #QuitSmoking #Quit #Smoking It is possible to quit smoking... I have been smoking for about 24 years, and recently I decided to quit smoking. But I had a plan and my own way of doing this. The biggest problem with quiting smoking is withdrawls and a nagging desire to smoke. So how do you handle this. For my self I decided that I am not going to deprive my self from smoking and then needing to handle the horrible cravings you get. So this is what I am doing at this point in time. So far in 15 day's I have only had 10 cigarets which includes today. Normally I smoke 10 to 15 cigarets a day. I manage this by vaping low nicotine vegatible glycerine oils which is a lot healthier, I also handle the cravings with lots of water and vitamins and so far so good. I have also been cutting out usual routine habits like coffee and coke a cola and it has made a huge difference. I have had 1 or 2 really rough day's but other than that it has been smooth sailing. So for right now this is working quite well and who knows it might work for you.

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END PSYCHIATRIC TORTURE AND ABUSE #CCHR #PeopleFirst #BathoPele #StopKilling #Africa Dear friends, families and colleagues. We would like to invite you to an event that will address psychiatric abuse and torture in mental health facilities in South Africa. Human Right's Abuses and torturing of the vulnerable are occurring on a daily basis in mental health facilities. This needs to stop. Everyday individuals are forced into mental health facilities against their will which needs to be addressed. People with mental health problems have human right's which are being taken away from them and forced into mental health facilities were they are forced to take damaging and mind altering drugs and many time receive electroshock therapy and this needs to stop. Recently over 141 mentally ill patients died of starvation and cold in the Life Esidimeni mental health facility and 27 UN-licensed NOG's. Even the remains of the patients are being disregarded and family members don't event know were their loved one's are. This is major infringements on Human Right's. But there is something you can do about this. Please come to our event on Thursday the 19th of October 2017 from 1:00 - 3:00 PM and find out what can be done about ensuring human rights in mental health facilities here in South Africa. Date: 20 October 2017 Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00pm Venue: Church of Scientology, Pretoria Address: Corner of 722 Stanza Bopape and Pine Street, Arcadia, Pretoria 0083, South Africa For more information please contact 079 825 9869 #CitizensCommissionOnHumanRights #LifeCare #Esidimeni #Patients #SA #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #Abuse #Crimes #Torture #LifeEsidimeni141 Best regards Maurithus Meiring Coordinator for The Citizens Commission on Human Right's Africa