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Wednesday, 24 August 2016

Obesity and tubbiness

Have you ever seen an Army personnel with fat belly, most of us will say no. So I change my question to - Have you ever seen an Police personal with fat belly. Most of us will say yes, this can be a reason that we rarely see or get a chance to meet an army personal. But in reality you will definitely find more percentage of police with fat belly as compare to army personal. In fact one thing is clear that they does not have a cardio regime in their daily activities. Imagine a situation where the policeman needs to chase a criminal by running, he will be done within 50 meters with that belly fat.

We must be feeling so much of anger and despair looking at the fat belly of our police. Take my opinion don't be  because like we do not find time to do some exercise or  any physical activity for them to  it is  difficult to find time and do some cardio regime in their daily activity. Every one of us are effected by abdominal obesity, It happens when excessive abdominal fat around the stomach and abdomen has built up to the extent that it is likely to have a negative impact on health.

But who cares we love our punch bag. One reason is that having a belly is sign of prosperity and from the fat belly people know that I am not starving. "More money, more food" seems to be the faulty equation. This old logic, that measures prosperity by the size of a paunch, however, seems to be giving way to modern standards of nutrition. Obesity and tubbiness is increasingly being recognized for what they are: signs of malnourishment.
We should start caring now because there is a strong correlation between central obesity and cardiovascular disease. Abdominal obesity is not confined only to the elderly and obese subjects.Abdominal obesity has been linked to Alzheimer's disease as well as other metabolic and vascular diseases
Data from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development on health patterns in emerging economies, shows India still has the lowest obesity rate as compared to Brazil, Russia and China. But even if one in five Indians are overweight, that's still a lot.

So, put your shoes on and Start Exercising. Stay fit, Stay Healthy.

Sunday, 14 August 2016

छोड़ दो सारे भेद

छोड़ दो सारे भेद

धर्म को बाँटने वाले इंसान बता तेरी रज़ा क्या है?
तूने ईश्वर को भी ना छोड़ा, बता तेरी सज़ा क्या है?

जातिवाद के नाम पर क्यों फैलाते हो आग
क्षेत्रीयता का क्यों अलापते हो राग
छोड़ दो इंसानियत का खून करना
मानवता को तो रहने दो बेदाग़.

राम, रहीम, यीशु ना जाने कितने दिए नाम
परिंदों ने क्यों नहीं बनाया अपना कोई भगवान
क्यों वृक्षों के पत्ते सबको करते हैं सलाम
सबको करने देते अपनी छाया में विश्राम.

भूख एक, प्यास एक, बहती हवा का अहसास एक
जीवन को रौशन करते सूर्य का प्रकाश एक
फिर कौनसी मजबूरियाँ, क्यों दिलों की दूरियाँ
जब हर दिल में धड़कने वाली धड़कनों की आवाज़ एक.

मंदिर, मस्जिद, गिरजाघर में क्यों करते ईश्वर को कैद
इंसानियत के दामन में क्यों करते हो इतने छेद
मानवता है धर्म हमारा, है मनुष्यता जाति
हिन्दू, मुस्लिम, सिख, ईसाई छोड़ दो सारे भेद.

Sunday, 24 July 2016

Once upon a time two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch. Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.

One morning there was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter's toolbox. "I'm looking for a few days work," he said. "Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there. Could I help you?" "Yes," said the older brother. "I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That's my neighbour, in fact, it's my younger brother.

Last week there was a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river levees and now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, but I'll go him one better. See that pile of lumber curing by the barn? I want you to build me a fence - an 8-foot fence - so I won't need to see his place any more. Cool him down, anyhow." The carpenter said, "I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails and the post-hole digger and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you."

The older brother had to go to town for supplies, so he helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing. About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job.

The farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all. It was a bridge... a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work handrails and all - and the neighbour, his younger brother, was coming across, his hand outstretched. "You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I've said and done." The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other's hand.

They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox on his shoulder. "No, wait! Stay a few days. I've a lot of other projects for you," said the older brother. "I'd love to stay on," the carpenter said, "but, I have many more bridges to build."

Saturday, 23 July 2016

कोशिश करने वालों की (Koshish Karne Waalon Ki) - हरिवंश राय 'बच्चन' (Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan')

लहरों से डर कर नौका पार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

नन्हीं चींटी जब दाना लेकर चलती है,
चढ़ती दीवारों पर, सौ बार फिसलती है।
मन का विश्वास रगों में साहस भरता है,
चढ़कर गिरना, गिरकर चढ़ना न अखरता है।
आख़िर उसकी मेहनत बेकार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

डुबकियां सिंधु में गोताखोर लगाता है,
जा जा कर खाली हाथ लौटकर आता है।
मिलते नहीं सहज ही मोती गहरे पानी में,
बढ़ता दुगना उत्साह इसी हैरानी में।
मुट्ठी उसकी खाली हर बार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

असफलता एक चुनौती है, इसे स्वीकार करो,
क्या कमी रह गई, देखो और सुधार करो।
जब तक न सफल हो, नींद चैन को त्यागो तुम,
संघर्ष का मैदान छोड़ कर मत भागो तुम।
कुछ किये बिना ही जय जय कार नहीं होती,
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।


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Rogers Hometown Hockey in Guelph

April 2 at 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Rogers Hometown Hockey

The Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour ultimate hockey fan experience, is making its way across Canada with an exciting stop in the Royal City, April 1 to 2!

This free festival kicks off in Market Square starting at noon on Saturday, April 1 and will feature family-friendly programming and activities all weekend long.

Plus, join Hometown Hockey hosts Ron MacLean and Tara Slone for a live broadcast and outdoor viewing party on Sunday evening as the Vancouver Canucks take on the San Jose Sharks.

Help us celebrate Canada’s game by showing the world how Guelph celebrates hockey!

Sunday Schedule

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New information will be posted here as available, but also join Guelph’s Hometown Hockey Facebook Event to stay in the loop!

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Event set up begins March 30: Event set up along Carden and Wilson streets will take place on Thursday, March 30 and Friday, March 31; taking two full days to complete. The streets will remain closed for the duration of the event.

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  • Wilson and Carden streets will have closures starting Thursday, March 30 through to Monday, April 3.
  • Wilson Street from Gordon Street to MacDonell Street will close Thursday, March 30 at 7 a.m. and reopen after 7 a.m. on Monday, April 3.
  • Carden Street from Wilson Street to City Hall parking access will close Thursday, March 30 after 7 a.m. and reopen after 7 a.m. on Monday, April 3.
  • Carden Street from City Hall parking access to Wyndham Street will close on Friday, March 31 at 7 a.m. and reopen after 7 a.m. on Monday, April 3.

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  • Wilson Street parking lot will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29 and reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday, April 3.
  • Parking is available in the City’s Macdonell, Fountain, Baker and Neeve Street Lots, as well as the East & West Parkades. Street parking is also available throughout the downtown core. See for details.

Property and business access: All businesses in the event area will remain open.

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Routes 5, 8 and 9 will be on detour from March 30 at 7 a.m. until April 3 at 7 a.m. Visit for detour details.

Waste collection: Businesses are asked to place green, blue and grey carts at the curb, as per the regular waste collection schedule.

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Online computer support is certainly a better and cheaper option than calling a technician at premises or taking your computer outside for repair. Such technicians charge on per hour basis.

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Computer viruses and malware can be deadly and come out of nowhere to spoil your PC’s functionality. Every computer with internet connectivity is at risk of getting infected by PC threats including Trojans, spyware, adware, key loggers, and the list continues. However, you can take measures against them with the help of an effective anti virus support program.

Indeed, if you find your PC running slower than before, you must load antivirus as soon as possible. Regular hangs are one of the common symptoms of virus infected PCs. For the best antivirus installation, its configuration and up-gradation, you can consider taking online computer support.

Remote Assistance is a great tool for handling all such niggling issues. It deals with a comprehensive range of services providing assistance for computer related problems and errors. The best part is that the support is available 24x7. Whether you want antivirus support, eliminating computer viruses, troubleshooting irksome PC errors or optimization of the Internet, you can call these online computer support technicians anytime.

With online computer support services, you get the required at the convenience of your home. The complete procedure is called remote support which is done using remote desktop connection. No matter where you stay, you just need the Internet connection. In case, you don’t have the Internet at your premises, you can ask for the support over the phone as well.

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Baby slings let the mother or father use both hands for others things. When it is worn properly, a baby sling relieves back and shoulder pain.

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Baby slings are a convenient way to do other things while holding your baby. Your baby gets the nurturing she needs and you get things done. You can go shopping or clean the house. You can stop at a restaurant to eat and your baby can be happy in the baby sling. Baby slings are so practical and they just make it a lot easier to take care of the older brothers and sisters when you know your baby is well taken care of and very close by as well. Baby slings make it possible to breastfeed discreetly and do many other things at the same time.

Some babies get tense or they arch their backs and baby slings make breastfeeding easier in those cases. The supportive headrest will help with breastfeeding. Studies have shown that babies grow better when they are touched and stay in close contact to their parents. This close contact helps them release certain hormones that have this growth effect, which is involved in developing their nervous systems and in proper weight gain. And being near mom helps them eat more, which is good for babies with problems gaining weight.

Baby slings let the mother or father use both hands for others things. When it is worn properly, a baby sling relieves back and shoulder pain. Your baby also gets a better view of the world. Baby slings can help lessen arm pain if your baby is heavy for you. Your baby will tend to be less fussy and more alert and quiet because of closeness to her parent. Baby slings are easier to use in crowded public areas than strollers. The baby sling can be put in the diaper bag for storage when not in use as well.

Babies, especially newborns, really want to be in the comfort of the womb. It is what they are used to and it makes them feel secure. That is why baby slings are so comforting to the baby. When worn in the front the infant can hear the parent's heart beat and the baby sling lets the baby snuggle up close to the parent. The infant can feel the mother or father's breathing too. All of these things make the baby feel comforted. The weightlessness and the womb like feeling are familiar to the baby.

Carrying the baby in the baby sling often promotes the baby and you learning each other's cues and it helps bonding. It helps them learn to talk as they hear more conversations. They experience more, which helps their cognitive development.

It may take some time for the parent's to get comfortable using the baby sling, but you'll want to overcome that issue, as baby slings are so useful and good for you and your baby. It takes patience and a bit of practice to learn how to put your baby in the baby sling securely. The operation will be more easily accomplished if your baby has had enough sleep and is fed before hand. Once you are used to using the sling then you can have fun trying the different positions of the baby sling. The different positions are chest-to-chest hold, the cradling position, sit up facing front, the hip straddle, back riding, and the kangaroo carry.

Enjoy the many benefits of baby slings. Your baby will show you his or her happiness by growing and thriving.

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Learn more about baby slings and find out why baby slings may be a great choice for your child. David Cummings is General Manager of Bustling Baby, a business devoted to providing baby mobility, comfort, and convenience to active families.

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Ohio Valley Hospital Helps YMCA After-School and Summer Camp Programs Focus On Healthy Habits

As students head back to school this fall, parents want to make sure their kids not only do well in classes like Math and English, but that they’re getting an “A” in healthy habits too! Ohio Valley Hospital and the Western Area YMCA have teamed up to make sure their community will excel in that particular subject.

Ohio Valley Hospital has generously agreed to be an underwriter for a portion of the Western PA YMCA’s after-school and summer camp programs. With a donation of $7,500, Ohio Valley Hospital will be funding both programs’ Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (HEPA) component.

The YMCA-run after-school programs benefit kids who are in Kindergarten through 5th grade, in the Brentwood, Montour, and West Allegheny districts, including Montour Elementary, McKee, and Wilson schools. The after-school programs run from the end of the school day at the elementary schools through 6:00pm. They feature activities and elements that promote youth development and healthy living, which is why Ohio Valley Hospital was eager to partner with the YMCA on the project.  For parents who may not be able to afford the cost of this after-school program, financial assistance is available.

As part of HEPA, the program’s schedule includes 30 minutes or more of physical activity and healthy snacks, including whole grains and fruit. This year, Ohio Valley Hospital will be sending qualified speakers in the medical field to talk with students about making healthy lifestyle choices.

The Western Area YMCA provides summer day camp programming to 250+ children each summer.  As part of the summer day camp program, the children are taught about the importance of good nutrition and the benefits of growing your own vegetables and herbs.  The summer camp children plant a garden at the beginning of the program, and throughout the summer they learn healthy recipes, some of which come from Ohio Valley Hospital’s dietitian, and make the dishes from the produce grown in our garden.

Pictured: Ohio Valley Hospital President and CEO David W. Scott, FACHE and Bruce Berringer, Regional Executive Director of the Western Area YMCA.

Ohio Valley Hospital, located in Kennedy Township, is a 124 bed not-for-profit community hospital with a medical staff of 250 physicians in 26 medical specialties. OVH has been providing specialized diagnostic services, advanced technologies, comprehensive treatments and truly personalized care to the residents of Pittsburgh’s western suburbs for more than 100 years. For more information, please visit www.ohiovalleyhospital.org.

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Monday, Monday

Seriously, Mondays are not even my Monday!  My Monday is normally Tuesday right now.  Tell that to the Powers That Be.

Mondays Plan:
  • Hubby takes Subaru to dealership as it blew1 fan belt and was having difficulties maintaining power.
  • I take Colliwog to CVS and grocery store.
  • Clean bathroom and get started on bedroom.
  • Make chili.
  • Go with Hubby for (somewhat redundant) hospital tour.
Actual Monday:
  • Hubby gets stranded 1/3 of the way to the dealership.
  • Colliwog and I drive way out of the way to go shopping in order to be near the dealership to rescue Hubby after he gets there via tow truck.
  • Finally make it home by 4:30, at which point I am in a LOT of back pain.  Screw chores.
  • Sit long enough to get food into my tummy.
  • Head to hospital tour.
  • Start having contractions while touring maternity ward (around 7:15)
  • Leave tour group to check into Triage.
  • Get home 11 pm-ish.
Yeah, the best laid plans....

So, here's how the EXCITING part of the day went.

We arrive for the tour, and I realize just how WEIRD I feel in a room of pregnant women.  Really weird. LOL.  Like, am I really part of this group?  Do I really get to be here?  Wow.   I felt sort of...out of body.  So we sit there and there is a slide show just talking about the hospital, the maternity floor, what to bring, what to expect, yadda yadda yadda.  That started at 6:30.  Around 7:15 that part finished and we got up to proceed to the actual maternity floor (like we don't know where that is, LOL).

Within minutes of me being on my feet, I started contracting.  After 2 I started timing.  8 in about 25 minutes.  Not regularly spaced, and not strong, but frequent enough that I was starting to freak.  By this time we have made it to the floor, and, amusingly enough, are in the LDR rooms (which, I might add, are quite nice!).  I stepped outside with Hubby and we made the decision to head over to Triage on the other side of the floor...didn't even bother calling the doctor as we are ALREADY THERE.  So, off we go.  Sitting calmed the contractions down, but now I have EXCRUCIATING lower back and hip pain.

We got me wheeled into Triage just as the tour group was being showed Triage.  I waved.  Can I just say that by the time we do this for real, all the residents and nurses are going to know me!  One from 2 stays ago actually popped her head in to say "hi".  LOL.  So, I end up in the SAME Triage room, and the nurse said, "You know what to do, eh?'  Yup, grabbed the pee cup, gown, and belly band and headed to the bathroom.

Those damn exam tables are REALLY uncomfortable.  Hubby got a taste of me in labor last night.  I asked him to come help roll me over, and he said, "Hang on, let me grab..." at which point I yelled, "NO!"  The resident laughed.

So, at this point I am feeling sheepish because now the contractions have slowed down and are more like menstrual cramps.  But, resident came in and did a dildocam check to be safe.  So, as of last week my cervix was holding steady at 3.4 cm in length.  Last night it had shortened again to 2.7 cm.  2.5 is when they "start to be concerned."  She had to run out to go do a delivery (it was a busy night!), and when she came back the contractions were starting back up.  I said, "I'm not going to make it to 40 weeks, am I?"  She couldn't give me any sort of super positive response.  It was all, "It COULD do this" etc etc etc.

I made her do an internal exam - no further dilation, still at around 1 cm, 30% effacement.  So, we put me back on the procardia, and sent me home.  I am out of the work another week (yeah, I was SUPPOSED to go back to work today), and even though I have an OB appointment Monday, I have to see them earlier, so will have 2 within a week I guess.

I have decided the stronger contractions, the ones I was getting later on last night, and like I had the last time, are BIZARRE.  Still haven't been painful, but they take my breath away.  It is very bizarre to feel your entire mid-section squeezing inward.  I don't even know how to describe it.

Umm, what am I missing.  Oh, the contractions were not freqent enough to be able to see if my cervix was funneling again.  They said Cricket is behaving like a 36 week baby.  I pointed out that she's NOT!  LOL.  I am not technically on bedrest - "Activity as tolerated."  I pretty much made them give me the week off because I want A PLAN.  I am FREAKED OUT.  But we are okay.  I promise.  And once I see the OB we will know more, IN THEORY.

Are you still here?  I know this was a long post.  And NOT what I was planning to write about today, LOL.

Please tell me your Mondays were better?

  1. Yikes!! Well, if it had to happen, that surely was a good spot. I can imagine the rest of the tour group kind of freaked out as you disappeared and then were checking in at triage! They probably thought it was part of the demo of the tour! :)

    Stay relaxed at home and tell Cricket to stay put!!

  2. Oh my goodness! Stay in there Cricket! Give Mommy at least 7 more pregnant weeks!!

  3. You have just had way too many scares to have to deal with! What a Monday! Hoping for you that rest and another week off of work brings you less back pain. Oh stay in there Cricket! Keep growing strong!

  4. Stay baby stay! I hope things calm down and Cricket bakes for a few more months!

  5. Yikes! Crazy crazy Monday for you, huh? Glad Cricket is staying in, though. Hopefully for many more weeks!

  6. Rest up Mama! Cricket, you stay warm and cozy and right where you are for several more weeks!
    I thought I had a tough Monday...stepped in dog poo right outside my mailbox and had no idea until I tracked it into the car and drove the rest of the way up my driveway, so I spent the afternoon cleaning the car. Then, I burst into tears for no reason while making dinner.
    Nice to put this day behind us...Sleep good!

  7. Cricket - Stay put!
    Helga - relax, chill out, and be as lazy as possible.

    Sorry that it's been so crazy and stressful. I hope things get better.

  8. thinking of you and hoping cricket stays put for a fair few more weeks yet!

    apologies for lack of commenting but yeah if youve read me lately you'll understand - have been reading just not commenting.

  9. Oh man girl...not the way you want to start off the week:( I just cant fathom having all those contractions at this point...Even for me now Im not having regular contractions only really when I am straining with activity but I know if I was I would def go into labor being how effaced/dilated I am

    I really think they need to take you off work for the long hall..I know not what you want to hear but at this point why keep bouncing back and fourth...I know bedrest is questionable but I really think that is what has gotten me to the point I am at now:)

    Gosh I hope you get a good solid plan and see improvement!!!

  10. Bloody hell babes you're having a drama with all of this. So glad you sound sanguine about the whole thing. x

  11. To be honest, didn't have a great day at work on mon. But I am so glad you are resting. Crossing fingers your cervix behaves. You didn't say anything about the suckiness of losing your pay for yet another week, hope the money sitch is ok? Be good, little cricket! Take care

  12. So sorry that you are becoming so familiar with the L&D floor before 36 weeks! Hopefully she can stay put for a while longer!! Take it easy and rest up :).

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An economists' take on how to combat climate change

Everyone is talking about 2 degrees Celsius. Why? What happens if the planet warms by 2 degrees Celsius?

Martin L. Weitzman: Two degrees Celsius has turned into an iconic threshold of sorts, a political target, if you will. And for good reason. Many scientists have looked at so-called tipping points with huge potential changes to the climate system: methane being released from the frozen tundra at rapid rates, the Gulfstream shutting down and freezing over Northern Europe, the Amazon rainforest dying off. The short answer is we just don’t — can’t — know with 100 percent certainty when and how these tipping points will, in fact, occur. But there seems to be a lot of evidence that things can go horribly wrong once the planet crosses that 2 degree threshold.

In “Climate Shock,” you write that we need to insure ourselves against climate change. What do you mean by that?

Gernot Wagner: At the end of the day, climate is a risk management problem. It’s the small risk of a huge catastrophe that ultimately ought to drive the final analysis. Averages are bad enough. But those risks — the “tail risks” — are what puts the “shock” into “Climate Shock.”

Martin L. Weitzman: Coming back to your 2 degree question, it’s also important to note that the world has already warmed by around 0.85 degrees since before we started burning coal en masse. So that 2 degree threshold is getting closer and closer. Much too close for comfort.

What do you see happening in Paris right now? What steps are countries taking to combat climate change?

Gernot Wagner: There’s a lot happening — a lot of positive steps being taken. More than 150 countries, including most major emitters, have come to Paris with their plans of action. President Obama, for example, came with overall emissions reductions targets for the U.S. and more concretely, the Clean Power Plan, our nation’s first ever limit on greenhouse gases from the electricity sector. And earlier this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a nation-wide cap on emissions from energy and key industrial sectors commencing in 2017.

It’s equally clear, of course, that we won’t be solving climate change in Paris. The climate negotiations are all about building the right foundation for countries to act and put the right policies in place like the Chinese cap-and-trade system.

How will reigning in greenhouse gases as much President Obama suggests affect our economy? After all, we’re so reliant on fossil fuels.
Gernot Wagner: That’s what makes this problem such a tough one. There are costs. They are real. In some sense, if there weren’t any, we wouldn’t be talking about climate change to begin with. The problem would solve itself. So yes, the Clean Power Plan overall isn’t a free lunch. But the benefits of acting vastly outweigh the costs. That’s what’s important to keep in mind here. There are trade-offs, as there always are in life. But when the benefits of action vastly outweigh the costs, the answer is simple: act. And that’s precisely what Obama is doing here.

And what steps should the countries in Paris this week take to combat climate change?

Martin L. Weitzman: If it were entirely up to me, I would have a very simple solution: negotiate one uniform price on carbon dioxide applicable to everyone. That doesn’t mean some imaginary world government would be in charge — not at all. Every country — every government — can implement their own policy, keep the revenue and decrease taxes elsewhere. But the price is universal across the world.

Gernot Wagner: Pricing carbon, of course, is indeed the answer. It’s the obvious one or at least it should be. Now, the negotiations themselves, of course, are messy, and there currently is no negotiation around a uniform, globally applicable carbon price. Instead, what’s happening is many large countries — the U.S., the EU, and chief among them China — are putting forward internal policies that will put a price on carbon and other greenhouse gases. That’s also where Paris comes in: putting a framework on all these country actions.

Are you hopeful?

Gernot Wagner: I am. The climate problem is, in fact, a lot worse than many people realize. The climate shock is real. But there are solutions. They work. They are getting better and cheaper by the day. And we are largely moving in the right direction.

Martin L. Weitzman: Climate change is an extremely difficult problem to solve, certainly among the most difficult I have seen in my lifetime. But I’m guardedly optimistic, yes.

Gernot Wagner: In the end, it’ll take Washington, Wall Street and Silicon Valley to make this right by pricing carbon, deploying clean technologies at scale and investing in research and development that will lead to new, even cleaner technologies we can’t yet even imagine. A lot is happening on all these fronts. A lot more, of course, needs to be done.

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Saturday, 7 January 2012

The Post-Japan Blues...

It's a funny feeling, returning to the "real world" after Japan. I say that because no longer do my days consist of bumping into large anime characters on the street, of underwear vending machines at the bottom of baseball fields, or of smirking at boys in pink trousers and old women reading porn on the bus. When I look back on my time in Japan, and reflect on the things that I miss, they certainly aren't the same things that I expected to miss.

While expecting to crave okonomiyaki and melon soda, I find myself quite apathetic. At a recent Manchester restaurant, Jeff and I were excited to munch on tempura and sip on green tea while using chopsticks and reading hiragana out loud to our nonplussed friends, but overall I find that the relief at having real bread and cheese and pizza and cups of tea back in my life overshadows any pangs I might occasionally feel for silky fresh tofu and squishy, powdered mochi.

No, what I miss is the haze of magic that filled my world for a while, that sparkly other-worldly quality that my life took on for those sixteen months. Yes, Japan has its faults - plenty of them, when you start to burrow into the government's inner workings and pay attention to how finely brainwashed most people are. But I left the UK for similar reasons, and I've learnt now not to let the actions of a few corrupt industries take away from the fact that - for the most part - every country is made up of beautiful, real, raw people just trying to live happy lives full of love, laughter, good friends, good food, and sweet memories. And, for a fleeting moment, I dipped my toes into a culture so vastly different from my own that I barely knew what was happening.

When you live as a foreigner in Japan, you live a life unlike anybody else's. If you work at a school, your fellow teachers might secretly resent the fact that you leave work at 4pm and take holidays, apparently free of the burden of overtime and guilt. Some show open racism, hatred and disrespect, but sadly I can't claim that my own country is any better (everywhere has its ignorant idiots). Others stare in astonishment, terrified and fascinated by your very foreignness, wanting to know just what you think of Japan and congratulating you on your use of chopsticks. For some, this is delightful, for others a massive annoyance - either way, you won't live your life in the shadows over there.

What made my experience so rich was meeting so many other travellers - lost souls, wanderers, Japan enthusiasts, keen teachers and adventurers. Some were jaded after living in one place for too long and realising that nowhere is perfect, others freshly delighted each day by the little wonders offered to them by this new land - be it an insect they'd never seen before, a hilarious piece of "Engrish" on a T-shirt, a stunning landscape or a funny comment from a student. Always having somebody willing to hop in a car (or bus, train, shinkansen) with you and check out mountains, temples, shops, zoos and caves on weekends, their zest for life infectious; that was the best thing.

I look back at moments of my life in Japan, and it all feels so surreal and far away to me now. I have to look at photos to remind myself that I was there. Swimming in rivers, walking into bars and having everyone greet me by name, dodging geckos that fell off ceilings in the toilet, singing karaoke until 5am in a rent-a-car shack while sipping on a can of chu-hai... that was my life. Now, although I live in a new place, I fail to feel the same magic, the same pull. Life is easier in Prague for a multitude of reasons, but there's no solid group of expats that I can call my own. People come and go, Czech people are a lot more realistic and down-to-earth, but sometimes I miss the wide-eyed awe of a fifty year old woman as I tell her that yes, we also drive on the left in the UK, and yes, we have four seasons too, and no, Japanese people's intestines are not longer than other people's...

What was it about being there that made me feel so... different? Was in Japan, or was it just being so far away from home, from everyone I knew? Here, in Prague, I'm only two hours away from home, and a lot of people have visited me already. I suppose I feel as if I'm back in my old life, now, that Japan was only a momentary break or distraction from it. It is hard to feel a part of the "real world" when tucked so neatly away behind the rest of Asia, in a land dominated by Hello Kitty and a lack of awareness of the rest of the world, where people give you ridiculously large sums of money for talking to them and yet ask equally ridiculous sums for the simplest of household goods.

I miss it. I won't lie. I miss the screeching cicadas singing in the trees as I walk to the bus stop. I miss cycling around Hamamatsu, discovering new coffee shops. I miss meeting See at Starbucks, amassing a ton of friends and turning up at a Chinese restaurant at 10pm. I miss that dirty karaoke shack under the bridge, hiring out two rooms and only using one, while sipping on a disgustingly bitter Strong Zero and covering Spice Girls hits. I miss Disney themed love hotels that cost the moon. Nomi-houdai. Saying things like "I'll shink it to Tokyo" and "izakaya" and "kombini" and being understood. Speaking Japanese. Knowing everyone. And wow, I miss my students... the adult classes, yes, but the kids at junior high with their goofy senses of humour, their shy smiles and their heart-warming goodbye letters. I don't think I'll ever meet teenagers as innocent and pure-hearted as those students.

I could have stayed there forever, but in many ways I felt as if I was on a long holiday at Disneyland. I could ride the rides forever, watch the nighttime parades and eat icecream until I was sick, but the real world was out there, continuing to grow and fight and suffer and live, and of course after the earthquake I knew that it was happening in Japan, too. It was a battle with my conscience, really. To realise the futility of life and to enjoy it, or to feel a sense of duty, somehow... not necessarily a feeling of having to grow up and get a "real job" but a feeling of having to do something to acknowledge all the negativity in the world and then to try changing it. If not that, it was at least a need to have a job where I knew I was actually making a difference in some way. An ALT in Japan, now, earns four times more than me and does half as much work (if they do the same as I did, anyway - I know that some work a lot harder), and while the cost of living matches that they are usually capable of exploring that fascinating, perplexing country a little more every day. Sometimes I wish I could go back into that warm coccoon, that dreamlike world, and I hear my junior high school's song on the wind, inviting me back...

Then again, the world is pretty sweet, and has a lot more to offer. We must not dwell on what has been, but neither must we forget the precious moments that define our experience.  I will always be grateful for my time in Japan, and I will endeavour to fill the rest of my life with moments just as wonderful. 2012 is a big year... many believe the last year... and, well, whether it is or it isn't, you might as well create some amazing memories (why go out on a downer?)... happy new year, everyone, and love to all my friends in Japan and everywhere else, and to all of you lovely readers.

  1. Gwynnie, you should write for a living. Wonderful. Almost makes me feel like I was there with you. If only ;) xx

  2. Thank you :). Writing is and always has been a huge part of my life, and something I'd love to be paid for. Well... if you click on the adverts here I'll get a few pennies! For now, it'll do...

  3. Perfect words to a very relatable feeling and experience!

  4. It's not the last year and those who believe it is watch too many Hollywood movies.

  5. I just stumbled upon this blog post, god you're good!
    It's been a week since I came from Japan(was there on holiday) and your post made me recall everything about my visit: from aromas to tastes and scenery.


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Friday, October 21, 2011

Ron Silk tops NASCAR Hunter Index for October

Ron Silk, who won the NASCAR Whelen Modified Series championship last week in Connecticut, was voted as the top driver in the NASCAR Hunter Index for October.
He won two Whelen Modified races in September, including one at New Hampshire International Speedway, and took over the lead in the Whelen Modified standings.
No drivers from the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West were ranked in the top 10. Three drivers from the K&N Pro Series East were in the top 10, including Sergio Pena, who won at Greenville Pickens Speedway in South Carolina. He came in at No. 9.
Go to NASCAR Home Tracks for more on the Hunter Index.

Photo: NASCAR Whelen Modified driver Ron Silk was voted as the top driver in the Hunter Index for October. (Getty Images)

Greg Pursley wraps up NASCAR West Series championship

With a runner-up finish at All American Speedway in Roseville, Greg Pursley won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West championship.
Pursley won six of the first eight West Series races en route to capturing the first West Series championship of his career.
Eric Holmes won the West Series race at Roseville, his second in a row.
Go to the K&N website for more on the West Series race from Roseville.

Photo: Greg Pursley finished second at All American Speedway in Roseville and won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West championship.(Credit: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Dan Wheldon, Bryan Herta made a good team

During the Long Beach Grand Prix in April, Bryan Herta announced that Dan Wheldon was going to drive one of his cars in the Indianapolis 500.
Bryan Herta Autosport was making its second trip to the Brickyard, but this time with an IndyCar Series champion and Indy 500 winner.
It was an amazing partnership. Herta was running a fledgling Firestone Indy Lights team and entered only one IndyCar Series race prior to the 2011 Indianapolis 500.
Wheldon, who won the Indy 500 and the IndyCar Series championship with Andretti Green Racing in 2005, did not have a full-time ride and was available.
Wheldon and Herta teamed up – they were teammates with Andretti Green for nearly four years – and pulled off one of the most dramatic wins in Indy 500 history.
Wheldon took the lead from J.R. Hildebrand on the last turn of the last lap of the race. Hildebrand, a rookie driver who had a comfortable lead as the Indy 500 winded down, slid into the turn 4 wall. His mangled car crossed the finish line in second place.
Wheldon had enough time to pass Hildebrand and win his second Indy 500.
Wheldon and Herta, a Hart High graduate who lives in Valencia, teamed up once again for the IndyCar Series season finale this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Wheldon was driving one of two entries from Bryan Herta Autosport in the race.
But the Las Vegas race did not have quite the fairy-tale ending that Indianapolis had. Wheldon died tragically in a fiery crash on lap 12 of the Las Vegas race. He was caught up in a 15-car crash that sent two cars into the track’s catch fence.
Three drivers were hospitalized in the wreck. Wheldon was taken by helicopter to University Medical Center in Las Vegas. Reports were that he was unconscious, but in stable condition, when he left the race track.
IndyCar Series officials announced that Wheldon had died almost two hours after the crash.

“Everyone at Bryan Herta Autosport is reeling from the loss of our friend and teammate Dan Wheldon," Herta said in a release. "Dan was the glue that bound our little team together. It was his spark and belief in us that carried us all to Victory Lane at Indianapolis this year, and his legacy within the sport as a tremendous champion and competitor is unquestioned. But more than that, Dan became my little brother from our time together as teammates at AGR. I watched with pride as he developed from the brash young hotshot on the circuit to a man who was a great husband and father, ambassador, friend, champion and hero."
The remaining 19 drivers in the race, those whose cars were not wrecked in the crash, paid tribute to Wheldon with a five-lap parade around the track.
The drivers, teams and IndyCar Series officials decided not to continue the race.
Wheldon had to start from the back of the 34-car field. He was the only driver taking the IndyCar Series challenge. Any driver who was not full time in the IndyCar Series could enter the race with a chance to win $5 million. The only stipulation was that those drivers had to start from the back.
Wheldon competed in only two IndyCar Series races prior to the Las Vegas race. He won the Indy 500 and was 14th at Kentucky Speedway two weeks ago.
Much of the blame for the deadly crash is being put on the number of cars in the field, 34, one more than the starting grid for the Indy 500. The large entry field combined with the 1.5-mile track, compared to the 2.5 mile track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, made for a deadly combination, some are saying.
Wheldon moved up 10 places in the first 10 laps of the race. He was in the middle of a pack of drivers with little experience and little to lose. In the end though, it was Wheldon who paid the ultimate price for other drivers’ mistakes.
A driver hasn’t died in an IndyCar Series race since Paul Dana at Homestead-Miami Speedway crashed in practice in 2006. Even Hildebrand’s crash at this year Indy 500, as scary as it was, was not fatal. Safety at the tracks and in the race cars have improved so much is such a short time.
It will be some time before the cause of Wheldon’s death is determined. Hopefully, the impact of his life will be remembered for a long time to come.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Susie and the boys, and all of Dan’s family and fans who are trying to make sense of this terrible loss," Herta said in a release. "We are all lucky and blessed to have had Dan Wheldon influence our lives, and his spirit lives on in each one of us. Godspeed my friend.”
Photo: The No. 77 of Dan Wheldon was the only one displayed on the scoring pylon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after the driver was killed in a crash at the track on Sunday. (Chris Jones)

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Five track championships decided at Irwindale

Connor Cantrell of Santa Clarita wrapped up the Super Trucks championship by finishing second in the season finale race at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale on Saturday night.
Ryan Partridge of Rancho Cucamonga won the final race of the season.
Cantrell came into the season finale with a four-race winning streak and a 40-point lead over Partridge, who won the Super Trucks championship at Irwindale last year.
Todd Cameron of Monrovia was third, followed by Matt Kimball and Ken Brown.
Andrew Anderson of Lancaster won the S2 stock car championship by winning the season finale at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale on Saturday night.
Anderson had an 18-point lead over Andrew Porter of La Verne in the S2 stock car standings. Anderson won his fourth S2 stock car races this season. Porter won three races and finished second in the season finale.
Jessica Clark, a senior at Westlake High School, scored her first podium finish in the S2 stock cars. She finished third, her second top-five finish of the season.
Chad Schug of Oak Hills won the Legends Cars championship. He won eight races at Irwindale and came into the season finale with a 52-point lead over Brent Scheidmantle of Alta Loma.
Christian McGhee capped his championship season in the Bandoleros by winning the season finale. He finished ahead of Daniel Nikolai of Granada Hills, who was second, and Mikael Lovas of Menifee in third.
McGhee had a four-point lead over Nikolai in the Bandoleros standings at the start of the night.
Curtis White of Norwalk won the NASCAR Super Stocks race and track championship, leap-frogging Rich DeLong III of Santa Clarita on the last race of the season.
White won the championship by two points over De Long. It was his second win of the season.
De Long came into the season finale with a slim two-point lead over White in the Super Stocks standings. Zack Green of Long Beach was 18 points out of first.
De Long finished third in the season finale race. Green was fourth.


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04 August 2012

Colors flying

Flags flying on the pool patio of the Le Meridien hotel in Rio de Janeiro. Photo taken in December 2006.

  1. Just discovered your blog and amazing photos this morning.

    It has been a long time since I visited Rio but it reminded me of a story a local told me of a very, very wealthy eccentric lady who lived in a penthouse facing Copacabana.

    She did not want to mix with the general public on Copacabana beach so would send her butler down to the beach daily to fill champagne buckets with seawater which he them had to take up to the penthouse roofgarden and flick seawater at her with his fingers whilst she shreiked with delight!

    Always make me smile when i think of that.

  2. Fantastic pictures, I would love to go to Rio once.

  3. The beautiful Guanabara Bay!... And I see the Portuguese flag! :-)

  4. You do know how to live! What a great scene and panorama.

    Never been to Rio
    And that has got to change!
    Want to go to Rio
    Where all the famous hang
    Right there on the beaches
    At Le Meridien hotel
    I think that I see Halcyon
    But I will never tell!

  5. Re your buying "poo" for your garden: Maybe you should just get a dog? :-)

  6. I love this lively picture. I can feel the sea breeze.

  7. It's always nice to get your very own poem! Thanks Lowell! :D

    PS: the garden center where I do recommends sheep poo for the garden.

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Monday, February 8, 2016

Gracious and Merciful

God's mercy is a central theme in the Old Testament.  As we begin Lent the prophet Joel encourages us: "Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love (2:13.)"  In many different books of the Old Testament these same words are used to describe God.
Mercy is the theme that Pope Francis has asked us to focus on during this Holy Year.  It is perfect that we are reading this year from the Gospel according to Luke who shows us a merciful Jesus whose parable of the Merciful Father/Prodigal Son can guide us through this Lent.

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Friday, November 2, 2012

African prostitution, the motorcycle taxis and auto mechanics

Radio Netherlands Worldwide reports

Goma prostitutes furious over motorcycle taxis curfew

Prostitutes in the city of Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are furious. They say that since a curfew has been imposed in early October on the cheapest and most popular mode of transport, the motorcycle taxis, they are running out of business.

By Gaïus Kowene, Goma

“In the past, when business was bad, I would still get something from the motorcycle taxi driver who would take me home,” says Zawadi Kabuo, who sells her sexual favours in the taverns of the Majengo neighbourhood, north of Goma. “He would spend the night with me and subtract his fare from the money he owed me. I have no father, no mother, no husband. What am I supposed to do to raise my three children?”

Goma has to contend with a civil war thousands of internally displaced people and now angry prostitutes and I assume pissed off motorcycle taxi drivers.

Armed attacks

Kabuo's financial troubles started early October after Goma's mayor, Kubuya Ndoole, imposed a curfew which forbids motorcycle taxis to operate after 6 o'clock in the evening. The argument behind this measure is that the drivers, many of them ex-militaries and ex-policemen, are suspected to be involved in recent armed attacks in Goma. Many in the city believe it has a strong link with the M23 rebel group, trying to cause a trauma in big cities, thus playing down the sense of control by the state.

Goma is in fairness to the Mayor  the murder capital of the Congo as Alex explains.

Motorcycle taxis are most popular among locals because they are cheaper than mini busses (1,000 CDF per night ride, which is less than 70 euro cents). Antoinette, another young prostitute, says it is one of the main reasons clients from a certain segment of society are no longer going out.
“The few clients who own cars go to nightclubs. But most people from the middle class stay at home. It’s just impossible for them to go out. And it’s our work that suffers.”

I assume the possibility of being murdered also enters into trhe equation.
In hiding

The alternative would be to work during the day. But this can only be done in the outmost discretion since prostitution is considered an abhorrent practice in the African culture. That is why Kabuo moved to a neighbourhood where she can receive her clients in hiding.
Her strategy is to pretend to be waiting for a date in one of the taverns. “During the day, customers who come to drink find me here. If they are interested in my services, we discuss the price then we get on with the act. Prostitution is my only means of survival,” she says.
African society is conservative in many ways but I just don't get the feeling that prostitutes are hated from my reading and my conversations with Africans in New Zealand. It is more an acceptance that sometimes people are forced into situations not of there choosing to survive. The other day I read on Chris Trotter's Bowalley Road blog  some thoughts on the effects of violence.
" The long-term effects of violence are even more useful to those who use it to exert power and control over others. People become extremely fearful – not only of the person or institution directly responsible – but of the whole world. Their trust in the essential rationality of human interactions is shattered. Very often they withdraw from society altogether. A terrible fatalism takes possession of them and not only the ability, but even the desire, to act independently is lost."
I don't disagree with Trotter but it would seem to me that when the levels of violence are acutely high and also the prevailing norm a new form of tolerance develops. The institutional violence that is inflicted on the population of Goma along with random lawlessness brings about an alliance of the oppressed and that is something Mayor Kubuya Ndoole needs to consider while trying to hold together his broken city.

Not secure

The curfew and its direct impact on the means of transport have also brought security concerns for the prostitutes themselves. Some of them walking back home late at night have claimed to have been often harassed and, in some cases, even raped by soldiers on patrol.
Sandrine: “The security that they brought makes us feel even more insecure. One night, for example, a soldier asked me for my ID. Because I did not have it and my pockets were empty, he forced me to have sex with him for free. He let me go only around one in the morning. I didn’t know where to go at this time of the night because there were no motorcycle taxis. It’s really pathetic!”

In effect the night has been abandoned to the lawless soldiers and there rebel counterparts. As I write this a Congolese friend has been here and his sympathies are very much with the motorcycle taxi guys. He can't see any good coming out of depriving them an income and quite possibly bankrupting them.
Mayor in trouble

Prostitutes in Goma want motorcycle taxis to resume their normal working hours, so that they can work in better conditions. They say if the situation doesn’t improve, they are prepared to invade the mayor's residence.
“All of us sex workers are preparing to march down there one day," Kabuo lashes out. "We have already prepared what we will say to him. What does he expect us to do? Is he prepared to look after my children? We will go live with him and let him feed all the prostitutes in this city.”

Given the Mayor's options I think letting the motorcycle taxi guys work again might be a good idea.

Meanwhile New Times  ( Rwanda ) reports

Unlocking sex trade dilemma

Alice Ishimwe, 30, is a married woman, a mother of three and a former commercial sex worker.

She quit the world’s oldest profession five years ago after a drawn out period of struggle with law enforcers coupled with harsh conditions she used to operate under when she was in her early 20s.

This was the same period when many of her age-mates were already pursuing higher education.

She normally traded her body from Gatsata, a suburb of Kigali City where illicit alcohol, commercial sex workers and auto mechanics mix freely.

The " auto mechanics " caught my attention what on earth have they done to be catagorised along side prostitutes in status. Even in liberal New Zealand we generally speaking don't encourage women into prostitution as a career path but guys who can fix cars are well respected.

Ishimwe says that when she was young and charming, most of the auto mechanics in the area wanted to have a piece of her.

“I had quality time with the mechanics,” she told The New Times in a recent interview at a vigil of two prostitutes who had been murdered under mysterious circumstances.

She wore a remorseful face throughout the interview, not because of the death of her former colleagues, but the profession that remains unlawful in the country.
Yes interesting to see the New Times angle I have given my opinion on New Times before
 " New Times Rwanda confirms it is a propaganda tool....does confirm my view that anything published by New Times is well... eligible for entry in the Booker prize for fiction.
“Every single time I meet a Gatsata mechanic, it evokes memories of my nasty past,” she said as tears rolled down her cheeks.

“I am reformed. I am a human being; I feel ashamed. I have a family to provide love to,” she narrates.

She says she decided to join the trade as she was an orphan but later quit after realising that it was risky.

“I feared for my life. My husband vends fresh food in Nyabugogo market and I am a house wife. Life is meaningful,” she says.

This is wierd reporting even for New Times. I sometimes think they just invent interview subjects.

At the time, The New Times reported that a record number of 18 commercial sex workers had puzzlingly been killed.

When police established the motives behind the killings; some ranged from allegations of transmission of HIV to theft and married men who killed the commercial sex workers to mask their wayward habits.

The nature of the motives somewhat condemns the commercial sex workers into a life of vulnerability.

Isn't that just fucking hilarious tragic am I to assume that the police mearly established motives and then did nothing ?

Two weeks ago, MPs recommended that commercial sex workers be protected from assault or any other kind of mistreatment.

The legislators further advised government to closely examine and tackle issues that force the young women into the profession.

The meeting had been called by members of the Chamber of Deputies who advocated for a needs assessment for prostitutes and discuss strategies to accelerate the fight against HIV/Aids pandemic.

But civil activists argue the MPs fell short of looking at the root causes of vulnerability of the prostitutes.

Well we are talking Rwanda after all.

“Criminalisation of prostitution makes those involved vulnerable to any sort of assault; they live in a state of fear,” Aimable Mwananawe of AIMR Ihorere Munyarwanda, a non-profit organisation, commented during an interview with The New Times on Tuesday.

The Penal Code, particularly in its articles; 204 and 205, makes it a criminal act for one to indulge in prostitution.

“Passion killers target prostitutes – a prostitute cannot report the death of a fellow prostitute to police because that is the last place she can go at will,” said a city lawyer who preferred anonymity.

He argues that there is no precedence in the history of criminal justice, where attorneys successfully won a case pitting a prostitute, adding that criminalisation of the act serves no purpose but it makes those involved vulnerable.

Exactly prostitution is a victimless crime brought about in no small part in Africa by the failure of the state.

He asserts that governments can curb prostitution by encouraging family bonds and instilling of moral values among children as well as providing robust social protection programmes to vulnerable groups.

“It is not easy to enforce the provisions [penal code provisions on prostitution],”Police spokesperson, Superintendent Theos Badege, said during a telephone interview with The New Times.

“We need to empower them economically and arrest the vice by emphasising the essence of moral values to our daughters,” MP Pelagie Mukantaganzwa told The New Times yesterday.

I can sort of get a bit sick of the morality arguments how ever economic empowerment would go a long way to bring about a better society.

Authorities believe there are about 15,000 commercial sex workers in Rwanda. Most claim they practise the vice due to lack of alternative sources of income.

Just for the record the cost of a prostitute in Uganda is about $8.00 NZ ( $6.00 US ) I am guessing less in Rwanda and the DR Congo. Sex tourism is on the increase in Africa. It would seem that Rwanda has its priorities wrong once again.

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NYC Prepared for President’s Return to Trump Tower

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Police officers give a pedestrian directions while standing guard outside Trump Tower in New York on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

President Donald Trump is expected to come home to Trump Tower for a few days starting Sunday, the first time since his inauguration, and New York City police are planning a slight security clampdown in the area around the skyscraper for the duration of his visit.

Trump first tweeted his plans Monday, saying he’d go home to the city for some meetings. He arrived at his private golf club in New Jersey a week ago Friday for a 17-day “working vacation.” The White House hasn’t divulged specifics on his New York stay.

After Trump was elected president Nov. 8, security around Trump Tower ramped up dramatically, even including a fleet of heavy sanitationdepartment trucks filled with sand to wall off the front of the building from any potential vehicle bomb attack. A maze of barricades and checkpoints were manned by scores of uniformed police officers under the supervision of a mobile command center.

Since taking office, the president has surprisingly returned to the city only once, on May 4, for a visit with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum. He was in town for only a few hours. His absence allowed the New York Police Department to loosen security around Trump Tower, though it can dial it back up at any time, said police department spokesman Stephen Davis.

“We’re ready,” Davis said. “We’re ready if he wants to show up tomorrow, or not at all.”

Trump Tower poses a unique security challenge because portions of it are required, by law, to be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. as a result of a zoning deal Trump cut with the city when he built the skyscraper.

The tower continues to be the scene of frequent protest marches and demonstrations, though most in recent months have been smaller than the many huge demonstrations that followed the inauguration.

Opponents of Trump’s immigration policies are planning to protest outside Trump Tower on Tuesday.

Police officials estimate that the cost of securing the president while he’s in town is roughly $300,000 per day, but that could easily change depending on whom he’s with, how many people are in his entourage, where he’s headed and how long he’s planning to stay.

“The NYPD is the most expert police force on earth in terms of handling visits by an American president,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said earlier this week. “They do an outstanding job. I think that we’re going to be ready by any measure.”

Trump’s time in New York has “been a lot less than we expected,” the Democratic mayor said. “To his credit, he kept the time here very limited and the disruption very limited. Hopefully, that will be the same this time.”


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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Review 2/23/10: Fragile Eternity

Fragile Eternity
By: Melissa Marr

Barnes & Noble Synopsis:

Seth never expected he would want to settle down with anyone—but that was before Aislinn. She is everything he'd ever dreamed of, and he wants to be with her forever. Forever takes on new meaning, though, when your girlfriend is an immortal faery queen.

Aislinn never expected to rule the very creatures who'd always terrified her—but that was before Keenan. He stole her mortality to make her a monarch, and now she faces challenges and enticements beyond any she'd ever imagined.

In Melissa Marr's third mesmerizing tale of Faerie, Seth and Aislinn struggle to stay true to themselves and each other in a milieu of shadowy rules and shifting allegiances, where old friends become new enemies and one wrong move could plunge the Earth into chaos.

After reading Fragile Eternity it gave me the impression that book two; Ink Exchange, was merely a companion novel written to further augment the plot in this book. There were so many characters to follow, but you felt an intimate relationship with them all. Even the one's who weren't so favorable. The writer doesn't give you a false sense of love, and instead provides the reader with real love, one with complications, and barriers, and unconventional partner relationships. Even in this invisible world of faeries, nothing is simple, and there's so much more at stake than a broken heart.

Aislinn tests her abilities, not only as the queen of the Summer court, but also at being able to maintain her relationship with Seth, among the mortals. Her duties are seemingly becoming more and more difficult. Keenan requests her presence more often, and the disputes between the Dark Court and that of the Summer are intensifying. Aislinn is strong willed and stubborn, but also oblivious to truths that are played out right in front of her face. While I was reading this book, there were quite a few times when I had to stop reading because Aislinn's ignorance was pissing me off. Juggling two men, one whom she loves with all her heart, the other, who needs her more than she needs him. Everyone in the Faerie courts know the arrangement between the Summer king and queen, and it's this arrangement that poses serious dangers for everyone involved.

I absolutely fell in Love with Seth upon reading this series, and later, also with Niall. Their unconventional friendship evolves into something greater, and their alliance helps Seth obtain information that will aid him in his quest to be with Aislinn forever, even though it will cost him a great deal. I've already given so much away, and I don't want to ruin it for those of you who have not read this series. So to sum this review up, I was not dissapointed, I was completely enthralled, and I can't wait to continue to follow this series.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Review 2/22/10: Beautiful Creatures

Review: Beautiful Creatures
By: Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Book Back:

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps, and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.
Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

First of all I would just like to point out, after reading the back of the book jacket, who wouldn't be intrigued, and want read this book?
I have to admit I struggled a bit when I first started this book. It's very intimidating upon looking at it, 600 pages is a pretty nice size book. And once I started reading it was a little hard to fall into the story right away. Reading from a character perspective of a young teenage male, with more family issues than the Osbourne's, only not famous, posed a difficulty for me to ease into the story. Once I got passed the first hundred or so pages, this book was nearly impossible to put down, let's just say is was well after 12 O'clock before I even thought of setting it on my night stand.
Ethan is such a strong character in this book, seeming completely average at first, until the story begins to unravel, and you realize there's so much more to him than just some boy from the South, on the basketball team, with a chip on his shoulder. There's a major tragedy that occurred in his life, and though horrible (you find out much later, on why) the writers have made it a positive, and a crucial key to solving this on going mystery. He's so curious, and determined, and it's those character traits that intensify the plot of this story.
This story had so many twist and turns, my head is still spinning and
deciphering all at the same time. Lena is not at all what she seems to be, and just when you think you've grasped the truth about her and her unusual family, there's another fork in the road, and your left reeling, thinking "what just happened?" The unspoken words between her and Ethan only make the plot yummier, along with their undeniable attraction between one another.
While digging deeper and deeper into not only the town's, but both of their family's secrets, things begin to heat up, and soon they realize they're in over their heads, and have no choice but to entrust information with a few people. Time is not on their side, and it's a rush to find out what happens next, and obtain the information he needs to save the girl he loves, before it's too late. Aside from the obvious obstacles they have to overcome, it's the new one's that pose an issue. They find the people they most trust, are the one's burying the secret, and possibly the solution, even deeper.
This story grows only more intense the longer you read.
Amma; Ethan's seemingly supersticious housekeeper, Macon Ravenwood; Lena's crazy ellusive uncle, along with his somewhat all-knowing dog Boo, and oh! my personal favorite, Lena's super seductive and super persuasive cousin Ridley, if evil had a cover girl, she would be it, cherry lollipop and all.
My expectations were completely exceeded by this book, and I can't recall lately reading a more tantalizing, hope filled, superstitious, tragic, loving, scrumptious, funny, mysterious, heart broken, edge of your seat, heart racing, soul searching, count down, fight to the finish kind of story in a long time. I'm sure you all will thoroughly enjoy it as much as I did.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Up Coming Events!!!
I will be attending a couple events in the Bay Area, and I thought I would go ahead and post them for those of you who may want to also attend.

Ozzy Osbourne
Book signing/Performance
February 21, 2010 @1:00pm
1 Ferry Building
San Francisco, CA

He will be autographing his new book "I Am Ozzy" which recently entered the NY Times Bestseller list at #2.

And of course next week...

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!

So seeing as how I didn't have a lot of entries, I recruited my dear mother to choose a number between one and five, and guess what? the winner is MARTHA LAWSON! CONGRATS!
Check your email Martha, I wanna mail you your goodies. :)

Monday, February 1, 2010

Mailbox Monday!!

Only a couple books to report this week, but no worries, I have a lot of catching up to do anyhow. So here they are in no particular order:

Vampire Kisses 4: Dance with a Vampire By Ellen SchreiberElsewhere by Will ShetterlyNevernever by Will Shetterly

"Dear John" movie autograph signing

As I'm sure you all know, Nicholas Sparks' book "Dear John" has been recently made into a movie and is set to debut February 5, 2010. Below is an excerpt from the book (for those of you who have yet to read it):

My name is John Tyree. I was born in 1977, and I grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina, a city that proudly boasts the largest port in the state as well as a long and vibrant history but now strikes me more as a city that came about by accident. Sure, the weather was great and the beaches perfect, but it wasn't ready for the wave of Yankee retirees up north who wanted someplace cheap to spend their golden years. The city is located on a relatively thin spit of land bounded by the Cape Fear River on one side and the ocean on the other. Highway 17 -- which leads to Myrtle Beach and Charleston -- bisects the town and serves as its major road. When I was a kid, my dad and I could drive from the historic district near the Cape Fear River to Wrightsville Beach in ten minutes, but so many stoplights and shopping centers have been added that it can now take an hour, especially on the weekends, when the tourists come flooding in. Wrightsville Beach, located on an island just off the coast, is on the northern end of Wilmington and far and away one of the most popular beaches in the state. The homes along the dunes are ridiculously expensive, and most of them are rented out all summer long. The Outer Banks may have more romantic appeal because of their isolation and wild horses and that flight that Orville and Wilbur were famous for, but let me tell you, most people who go to the beach on vacation feel most at home when they can find a McDonald's or Burger King nearby, in case the little ones aren't too fond of the local fare, and want more than a couple of choices when it comes to evening activities.

Like all cities, Wilmington is rich in places and poor in others, and since my dad had one of the steadiest, solid-citizen jobs on the planet -- he drove a mail delivery route for the post office -- we did okay. Not great, but okay. We weren't rich, but we lived close enough to the rich area for me to attend one of the best high schools in the city. Unlike my friends' homes, though, our house was old and small; part of the porch had begun to sag, but the yard was its saving grace. There was a big oak tree in the backyard, and when I was eight years old, I built a tree house with scraps of wood I collected from a construction site. My dad didn't help me with the project (if he hit a nail with a hammer, it could honestly be called an accident); it was the same summer I taught myself to surf. I suppose I should have realized then how different I was from my dad, but that just shows how little you know about life when you're a kid.

My dad and I were as different as two people could possibly be. Where he was passive and introspective, I was always in motion and hated to be alone; while he placed a high value on education, school for me was like a social club with sports added in. He had poor posture and tended to shuffle when he walked; I bounced from here to there, forever asking him to time how long it took me to run to the end of the block and back. I was taller than him by the time I was in eighth grade and could beat him in arm-wrestling a year later. Our physical features were completely different, too. While he had sandy hair, hazel eyes, and freckles, I had brown hair and eyes, and my olive skin would darken to a deep tan by May. Our differences struck some of our neighbors as odd, which made sense, I suppose, considering that he'd raised me by himself. As I grew older, I sometimes heard them whispering about the fact that my mom had run off when I was less than a year old. Though I later suspected my mom had met someone else, my dad never confirmed this. All he'd say was that she'd realized she made a mistake in getting married so young, and that she wasn't ready to be a mother. He neither heaped scorn on her nor praised her, but he made sure that I included her in my prayers, no matter where she was or what she'd done. "You remind me of her," he'd say sometimes. To this day, I've never spoken a single word to her, nor do I have any desire to do so.

So why do I bring this up you ask? Well I had the pleasure of attending the function at the Macy's in Union Square in San francisco, CA and met the two lead actors of the movie, Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried. Here are a few pics

And yes they have both read the book, and loved it. Though our meeting was brief, both actors were very kind, and humble. I even got a kiss on the cheek from Channing, which he was giving away like hotcakes.

My autographed poster!


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KawasakiK3V45/63/112/140/180/280; K5V80/140/200
K3SP36; KVC925/930/932; DNB08; NVK45DT; SBS120/140
NV64/84/90/111/137/172/270; NX15; BE725
MX150/173/500; M2X63/96/120/128/146/150/170/210; M5X130/180

General Order Process:

Step1:Contact us by online, Email, skype, WhatsApp
Step2:We discuss prices, lead time, payment terms, shipping mode, packing.
Step3:Issuing PI for you and you confirm.
Step4:Arrange payment
Step6:Goods reach you.
Step7:After-sale service special for you.

About Us:
Our Name:Hanchuan Hydraulic Equipment (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.(HanLi Hydraulic )
Business Type:Manufacturer, Trading
Products:1 Hydraulic parts:Hydraulic pump, main valve, hydraulic cylinder, final drive, travel motor,
Swing machinery, swing motor etc.
2 Engine parts:Engine ass'y, piston, piston ring, cylinder block, cylinder head, crankshaft,
Turbocharger, fuel injection pump, starting motor and alternator etc.
3 Undercarriage part:Track roller, Carrier roller, Track Link, Track shoe, Sprocket,
Idler and Idler cushion etc.
Address:NO.165, Zhongshan Road East, Guangzhou City
Culture:Honest, Open-minded, Passionate, Enduring--- H.O.P.E
Website:Web sit:
Hanchuan hydraulic equipment(GuangZhou)Co., Ltd.Is HANLI hydraulic second company,

We are a professional manufactures in hydraulic field, we can supply various of hydraulic

Pump parts and assy.Pur product line including KOMATSU, HITACHI, KOBELCO, CAT,

We have more than twenty years experiences in hydraulic pump parts any assy.

"Hanli hydraulic, the expert of hydraulic" is our professional spirit.

Warmly welcome visiting and enquiry!

A.In order to give you fast and accurate pricing information, we need some details about your engine/application and the part number of the part you want.
B.If you can not find the parts you want, feel free to contact us

Why Choose Us:
1.Office with a show room in Central Guangzhou.Convenient for your' visit.
2.Quality and delivery under control.
3.Fast sample lead time.Fast delivery time.
4.Gold supplier of Made in China site.
5.Supplier assessments certified by SGS.
6.More than 15 years professional manufacture experience.
7.All the salesmen were majoring in Business English with bachelor's degree.
8.Cooperated with some famous brands.

If you are interested in any our products, please don't hesitate to contact us.
We sincerely hope to establish a long-term business relation with your company.

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