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Issue 29

IS LOVE ENDURING, OR ARE

ENDURERS STUPID?Myrna Loy

Rebuilding Trust in

relationships

HOW TO STOP THE NEW WORLD ORDER:

STOP SPENDING, STOP CHARGING!Joan M. Veon

Are your shoes

damaging your health?Caroline Cassidy

Oh Britain where

did we go wrong?

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IS LOVE ENDURING, OR ARE ENDURERS STUPID?

Editorial, by Myrna Loy

I am an avid follower of Big Brother – I simply love the dynamics. Anyone

who is interested in psychology as I am, or interested in how individuals

relate to each other under pressure, or how they go into ‘the house’ as one

person and come out transformed into someone else – will identify with

what I am talking about.

Big Brother is about relationships between strangers, but the situation is

made more complex because the strangers (who are direct opposites in

personalities and values) are forced together in a confined space for sev-

eral weeks, without any outside stimulation; TV, radio, newspaper etc. They

are thus, dependent on each other to reach a level of acceptance despite

their differences.

In any relationship, our innate desire is to feel accepted, and because of this, many mask their true selves in first meet-

ings, therefore, initial meetings tend to be a trite deceptive. It is natural to want to create a good impression - we don’t

trust that the person we are meeting is going to accept us for who we are; we worry that they won’t like the real deal;

so we put on airs and graces but the hardest part is keeping up the pretence; i.e., behaving like someone you are not.

After a while, we start to feel safe; we let our guard down; we let one of ‘Louise’s trump’ expire; we don’t worry if we

dribble while we sleep; we let the odd cuss word slip, we become lazy and we trust that the object of our affection will

not treat us differently when they see the ‘real’ us.

Some partners, however, feel cheated that the initial impression was deceptive; the person is not the person they fell in

love with - they have changed; so off they go to seek perfection in someone else. Others, notice imperfections creep-

ing in, and accept them because they realise that to accept imperfections in someone else is to accept the imperfec-

tions within themselves.

In Big Brother, there were a number of intimate relationships forming between ‘strangers’ – and it was interesting to see

how many ‘imperfections’ were tolerated by the housemates but not by the viewers. I found the relationship between

Faye and Aaron fascinating, and for those who do not watch big brother, this particular relationship was between a 30

year old man, who most viewers felt was doing his best to win the show through psychological manoeuvring and using

a 19 year old girl (Faye) to do it. Faye, who is oblivious of his plan and falls madly in love with him. Her insecurities

through broken attachments as a child, construe his insults as flattery and his masochistic silent treatment as mood

swings.

As a viewer with incredible low tolerance for lack of respect, I had to ask myself, after witnessing (what I call) emotion-

al and psychological abuse – can’t she sense his incongruency? Most of the viewers thought Aaron was disingenuou-

sand got frustrated with Faye who constantly ignored his rebuffs, taunts and attempts at psychological indoctrination.

Many viewers call her stupid, but I found it refreshing to see enduring love at play.

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1Is Love enduring, or are endurers stupid?

Editorial

3Can the UK riots and subsequesnt looting be

justified?

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Oh Britain, where did we go wrong?

5Schools and ‘The Riots’

Professor Gus John

6You should get what you pay for

7Jamaicans in Japan

8Are your shoes damaging your health?

Caroline Cassidy

9African-Caribean boys would rather

‘hustle than learn’Hannah Ridchardson

10The Old Pastor

Don’t Accept Failure

11How to stop New World Order

Joan M. Veon

14Did you know???

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Rwanda supports women in business

16Rebuilding trust in relationships

17Applying false eyelashes

18Living your life with a purpose

Ten ways to love

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Can the looting be justified? This of coursedepends on whose perspective you are looking at.The teenagers will say it is justified because theyare getting back at the police for killing MarkDuggan, a mixed-race 29 year old who was shot inthe back of his head while in a taxi going home.They will say that they are getting back at PM DavidCameron for making their parents lose their jobs,putting their family below the poverty line; they willsay that because their parents can’t buy them thethings they deem necessary, they have a right totake them if the opportunity presents itself. Theysay there are no jobs; no opportunities, it is time totake something back. “We pay taxes, said onefemale looter, so we are entitled!”. For those suffer-ing the impact of the recession, it became paybacktime! Opportunism and greed fanned the flames inTottenham and around 26 different cities in the UK.

From what I have read and heard, the family carrieda banner which said “Justice for Duggan” andmarched to Tottenham Police Station to getanswers. What started off as a peaceful demon-stration to ascertain why the police shot MarkDuggan, turned into another Broadwater Farm riotafter a female member of the Duggan family wasbludgeoned by a police officer outside the stationwhen imploring for an explanation. That was thestraw that broke the camel’s back: the demonstra-tion spiraled out of control, fuelled by angry, frustrat-ed members of the Tottenham community.

The first Broadwater Farm riot occurred on 6October 1985, when Cynthia Jarrett, a black womandied from a stroke after a police raid in her home;exacerbated by another black woman being shotduring a police search a week earlier. What fol-lowed culminated in the death of Police ConstableBlacklock. It is ironic that yet another death inTottenham has resulted in mass rioting, not only inthe area where it happened but in other citiesaround the country.

According to sources, 1.4m are living below thepoverty line; 1.3m are living with substance abuseparents. 1 in 5 young Britons are out of work - 1 in

2 black people are unemployed but we are told bypoliticians that a lack of values was the cause of theriots, and that social networks, like Facebook, twitterand the Blackberry BBN, enabled the way the riotswere organized. They seem to forget that valuescome from enjoying a stable upbringing; earning aliving; feeling respected and proud – but with 1 outof 2 black people denied the right to have their basicneeds satisfied, it is no wonder that the riots involv-ing them, are the outcome. It is surprising that thesensibility of what seemed like senseless, uncon-trolled rioting ceased as quickly as it started, whenthe culprits acknowledged that their irresponsibilityresulted in the death of three innocent traders whowere trying to protect their property.

The government is now seeking to give parentsback the right to discipline their children (after thehorse has bolted!); and plans in place to give teach-ers that right too. Too little too late, many argue!

3,000 perpetrators (majority are black) have beenarrested, meaning there will be even more unem-ployable black people. Employers will not employsomeone with a prison record – so the unemploy-ment statistics go up, and the downward spiral andvicious cycle continues. Defending human rightsand the right for basic needs to be met, anarchy,civil war and rioting will doubtless rear its ugly headagain.

Whose perspective can we look at?

From the perspective of those who lost their homes,lost their cars, their businesses and property- itcould never be justified. Why did they have to sufferthe impact of Mark Duggan’s death, when it hadnothing to do with them? They could understand ifthe rioters had burned down police stations, but theydidn’t, they burned down innocent people’s homesand left people jumping from buildings for their lives.

From the perspective of the deceased’s family:Mark Duggan was a family man, a father of four, liv-ing with is fiancé of 12 years, with plans to move out

CAN THE UK RIOTS AND SUBSEQUENT

LOOTING BE JUSTIFIED?Myrna Loy

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of Tottenham and get married. “He always avoidedconfrontation and would not have fired at police”

From the perspective of the police watchdog: “Thereis no evidence Mark Duggan opened fire at policebefore being shot dead by a firearms officer, theIndependent Police Complaints Commission hassaid. The police watchdog said ballistic testsshowed "no evidence that the handgun found at thescene was fired".

BBC News understands firearms officers dis-charged their weapons in the belief there was athreat to human life. Their guidelines allow them toopen fire in such circumstances”

The David Starkey, politician said that white peoplewere acting black, and that Jamaican patois andblack culture fuelled the riots - we kinda know what

he means, but he could have worded it better so itwould not have been so misunderstood and raciallybiased.

From the perspective of the Prime Minister, DavidCameron, it is not a race issue but a crime issue andthat we live amongst a broken and sick society.

Angela Bajaican on her facebook page states: “wemust look for solutions to the crisis. … the backlashfrom the riots is: 'Bring in Robo-cop', 'Stolen bottledwater - first offence - six months in prison'; 'white isthe new black', 'Gas all the coons' - there is no ques-tion which community is in the firing line, despite thefacts that illustrate many races were involved, theblame is on the black people as being the instiga-tors, so the challenge for the Black communitytherefore has never been greater.

OH, GREAT BRITAIN, Where did we go wrong?

We're "broke" and can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc.?

Are you aware of the following?

The British Government provides the following financial assistance:

Please read all and then forward to all your contacts so that we can lobby for a decent state

pension.

After all, the average pensioner has paid taxes and contributed to the growth of this country

for the last 40 to 60 years.

Sad isn't it? It’s about time we put our own people first.

Source: UNKNOWN

BRITISH OLD AGED PENSIONER(bearing in mind they worked hard and paid

their Income Tax and National Insurance

contributions to the British government all

their working life)

Weekly allowance: £106.00

Weekly Spouse allowance: £25.00

Additional weekly hardship allowance £0.00

IMMIGRANTS/REFUGEES LIVING INBRITAIN(No Income Tax and National Insurance

contribution whatsoever)

Weekly allowance: £250.00

Weekly Spouse allowance: £225.00

Additional weekly hardship allowance £100.00

A British old age pensioner is no less hard up than an illegal immigrant/refugee yet receives

nothing

TOTAL YEARLY BENEFIT £6,000 TOTAL YEARLY BENEFIT: £29,900

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SCHOOLS AND ‘THE RIOTS’ Parents and Students Beware!

At a meeting in Manchester on Wednesday31 August 2011 and the following day at a meetingin Lewisham, I warned parents and students thatwhen schools reopen their children would mostlikely be targeted either by teachers or by the resi-dent police in those schools to find out where theywere and what they were doing during the recentcivil unrest, or/and who they knew that took to thestreets and became involved. Parents needed tobe prepared for that and guide their children as tohow to respond, as I was sure that many schoolswould see it as their business to ‘help police shoprioters’ as a newspaper headline put it.

And all of this at a time when, with theactive encouragement of the Government, courtswere ‘naming and shaming’ juveniles for taking partin the disturbances on the streets or for receivinglooted goods.

On Saturday, one of the young people whoattended the Lewisham meeting sent me an emailsaying that his brother was given the followinghomework which was set for his entire year group:

Write an eye witness account, describing what yousaw during the riots:

- the setting- the people you saw- what happened

Definition of eye witness: a person who actuallysees some act, occurrence, or thing and can give afirsthand account of it.

While that might look like an attempt to testschool students’ writing skills and their powers ofrecall, it is clearly inviting children to incriminatethemselves and others. In order to be able to givea firsthand account, one must have been presentand observing (taking pictures on your mobilephone, for example) or present and participating.In either case, the police would be interested inyou. The school for its part would no doubt form aview about the fact that you were present on thestreets at all.

So, what might present itself as a straight-forward curriculum exercise could result in schoolstudents being excluded from school or beingreferred to the police as having information that

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could support a prosecution, theirs orthose they name or are cajoled into nam-ing in their ‘eye witness’ accounts.

Ever since 6 August 2011 when thedisturbances started in Tottenham, thepolice have been stopping and searchingschool students indiscriminately and moreoften than not in an intimidating, humiliat-ing and provocative manner. Now, theschools are using their equivalent of ‘Stop& Search’.

Guidance to Parents:

- Be watchful!- Talk to your child about what s/he isbeing asked in school concerning ‘theriots’.- Tell your children that since they are not‘rioters’ they should not be running off theirmouths about what happened on thestreets. Their teachers would have seenon television or read in the newspapersthe same things that they saw.

If your child brings home homework of thesort described above, telephone or write tothe school as follows:

- My child has been asked to describewhat s/he saw during ‘the riots’.- I take it that s/he could approach this asa creative writing exercise?- I have been having discussions withher/him about the ‘Arab Spring’ and thecivil unrest in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria andLibya. Libya is especially interesting atthe moment.- I want to make sure that my child will notbe penalised for describing and comment-ing upon what s/he has been witnessingthe citizens of those countries doing ontheir streets.

If the school insists that they wantyour child to write about ‘the recent riots inBritain’, tell them that your child is not a‘rioter’ and cannot therefore give anaccount of what s/he saw during ‘the riots’.

Professor Gus JohnInterim Chair: Parents and StudentsEmpowermentLondon

04 September 2011

YOU SHOULD GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR – WE DIDN’T!!!

Thank goodness we went to see two credible artists, withDean Fraser thrown in because it helped soften the blow.

The sponsors and organisers/promoters of the BeresHammond and Taurrus Riley event held at DunstableLeisure Centre took money for VIP tickets and did notmake any provision for those who paid for them. My part-ner paid £108 (including booking fee and insurancebecause he was told that Beres might not show upbecause of his poor health), and yet VIPs were crammedin a long corridor upstairs at the Dunstable Leisure Centre,where people were fighting for a long distance view of theartists. No seats, no tables, NADA!

All people who paid for VIP tickets expected, was to betreated special, i.e., in closer proximity to the artists, tohave chairs put out, a table with a cloth on it so they hadsomewhere to put their plastic cups, and a complimentaryglass of wine or something! In fact, we were treated worsethan those who paid £30 for their ticket!! In the end mypartner and I joined those who had paid £30 on the groundfloor in order to enjoy the show - and we did enjoy the showafter adjusting our thought from feeling exploited andcheated to 'we might as well try to enjoy ourselves!

Why didn't you complain you may ask? When we tried tofind the promoter we were passed from pillar to post, so weintend to take it further.

The impact of this, is that my partner says he will never buya VIP ticket from a black run event again, which is ashame! I am only sorry that I did not take photographs ofthat crammed walkway designated for VIPs so that readerscould understand why I am writing this to expose theorganisers!

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‘Jamaican Patties’

English is Jamaica’s mother tongue but everyonespeaks patois – a colourful and expressive lan-guage that is a blend of misappropriated English,Spanish, French, and west African dialects. Patoisis the substrate for the stories that are the basis ofreggae and the ever- evolving zeitgeist of popularJamaican culture. Japanese who flock to Jamaicawhether for the Reggae Sunsplash music festivalor international development work with The JapanInternational Cooperation Agency (JICA), findspeaking in patois endearing to Jamaicans.

Goldson’s book is one of the bridges that's making patoismore accessible to Japanese interested in Jamaican culture,especially the ubiquitous topic: food. The dictionary coversJamaican food, fruits, beverages, desserts which are on themenu at JamRock Cafe.

‘People have this idea that all we eat in Jamaica is jerk chick-en, but we don’t really make that at home. That’s more of astreet food,’ muses Goldson on the reasons why she is focus-ing more on home-style dishes. A look at the menu showsthat a cross section of Jamaican home-style favourites, even

ackee and saltfish (the national dish of Jamaica ), are ready to be enjoyed.

‘Ackee and saltfish’

Ordering a meal in patois at JamRock Cafe is one of the charms of going there, especially speak-ing with Kanto, the Japanese server who has a very convincing Jamaican accent. Try saying ‘Miwaan fi nyam nuff’ (I want to eat a lot) and when Goldson’s mouth-watering food arrives to yourtable it is safe to say ‘Mek we nyam’ (Let’s eat!).

Goldson said her former boss inspired her to starther business after eating her food. She met herhead chef, a Rasta man called Twitch, at the popu-lar Jamaican One Love Reggae Festival in YoyogiPark ; the two collaborate on JamRock’s menu andcatering.

‘It is good to be naïve,’ Goldson replies when askedabout her advice to Tokyo entrepreneurs. ‘If youthink too much about what obstacles you mightface, you might talk yourself out of doing it. Just goand do it. Follow your dream.’ Her dream was avision of cooking good Jamaican food and providing a familiar atmosphere for people to unwind.

‘The Patois Handbook: Let's Speak Jamaican!’ by Yvonne Goldson, published by UPLINK in July1998 is now available on Amazon.jp

Jamaicans in Japan

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There's nothing like a brand newpair of shoes to make you feelgood. While most women love tobuy shoes, you could be damag-ing your health by choosing thewrong style.

Our feet are home to 33 joints,107 ligaments, 19 muscles and26 bones - a quarter of all thebones in our body in fact. And, ifour feet aren't happy it can have abig impact on the rest of the body.

It's not just high heels that cancause problems. This season'spopular ballet pumps could alsobe causing you long-term dam-age as consultant podiatrist DrTariq Khan explains: "The pres-sures generated on the foot fromwearing very high or very lowshoes can lead to all sorts ofdeformities and problems, likeheel pain, hammer toes (whenone toe bends downward) or clawfoot (when a toe bends downwardand another upward).

"The problem then ricochetsquickly up the kinetic chain of thebody to the knee, affecting thegait cycle when you walk, the waythat the hip moves, the position ofthe pelvis and the direction of thespine."

So what should you be wearing?According to the experts, theideal, every day shoe should giveyour toes plenty of room, have astrap or lace-up to prevent yourfoot from slipping when you walkand a cushioned sole. A slightheel of about 3/4in to 1.5in (2cmto 4cm) is best.

Flat 'ballet' shoesThey may be trendy right now, butpancake-flat ballet shoes canstrain the feet, causing inflamma-tion of the arch tendon, as well asbunions, corns and calluses. Ifyou like to wear flats, look forones that are sturdy in construc-tion, have a thick sole and a slightheel.

Chunky wedgesYour feet will be happy in wedgesthat are around 1.5in (4cm) tallbut any higher and you risk alter-ing the walking cycle, which trans-fers excessive weight forwardonto the ball of the foot, leading topain, inflammation and corns orcalluses.

As a general rule, wedges arepreferable to stilettos heels asthey provide more stability and amore even weight distribution,and so are less likely to result inankle sprains.

StilettosHealth experts have been warn-ing women of the dangers ofwearing stiletto shoes for manyyears. Walking in heels over twoinches puts excessive pressureonto the balls of the feet, leadingto shortening of the tendoachilles.This causes the calf muscle toshrink and lose elasticity.

"Stiletto soles are generally thinso callus formation on the ball ofthe foot also leads to inflamma-tion, and because the heels aredelicate and narrow, that leads to

instability of the ankle joint andthere is a high probability of ankleand ligament damage," says DrKhan.

If you must wear heels, chooseones that are thicker and are nohigher than 1.5 inches and arerounded on the toe.

If you're wearing the wrong sort ofshoes, your foot will actuallymould to that shape. Having agood fitting shoe in the first placewill help prevent foot problems,but it can also help to wear differ-ent styles (following the adviceabove), and swapping every fewdays to give your feet a rest.

Relief for feetIf your feet are aching after a longday at work, try using insoles,such as Carnation AdvancedPressure Relief Insoles, in yourshoes. Designed to reduce shock,pressure, fatigue and aches andpains in the feet and back, theyalso have anti-fungal protectionand antibacterial odour control.Available from independent phar-macies at £6.49.

To find a state registered chi-ropodist, contact the Society ofChiropodists and Podiatrists visit www.feetforlife.org

Caroline Cassidy on Aug 4th2011 at 11:00AM

Filed under: Health, Lifestyles

Are your shoes damaging your health?

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Black schoolboys can choose to perform poorly toavoid undermining their masculinity, the head of theJamaican Teachers' Association has said.

Adolph Cameron said that in Jamaica, where homo-phobia was a big issue, school success was oftenseen as feminine or "gay".

He was concerned the same cultural attitude wasaffecting African-Caribbean male students in theUK.

They are one of England's worst-performing ethnicgroups in schools.

Only traveller children do worse at GCSEs.Although improvements have been made, last yearjust 40% of African-Caribbean boys achieved fivegood GCSEs including English and maths com-pared with the national average of 58.5%.

Mr Cameron, head of the Jamaica Teachers'Association, made the comments in a lecture at anevent in Bristol aimed at promoting the educationalachievement of black boys and sponsored by theNational Union of Teachers.

He noted that in Jamaica boys were at least 10 per-centage points behind girls in national tests.Misplaced views about masculinity needed to betackled in schools.

He said: "Education... takes second place to notionsof entrepreneurship as, predominantly our youngmen, get involved in the informality of what theUniversity of the West Indies academics, Witter andGayle, have called a 'hustle culture'."

'Woman's activity'

He went on to ask whether the notion of "academicachievement" could co-exist with notions about"black masculinity" in contemporary culture.

In an interview with the BBC News website, MrCameron said: "That notion of masculinity says that

if as a male you aspire to perform highly it meansyou are feminine, even to the extent of saying youare gay.

‘"But in the context of Jamaica, which is so homo-phobic, male students don't want to be categorisedin that way so that they would deliberately underper-form in order that they are not."

He said research had suggested that boys inJamaica deliberately underperformed in literacytests because the tests were carried out in standardEnglish, and "to speak in standard English is consid-ered a woman's activity".

He went on to suggest the same cultural attitudesaffected the learning of African-Caribbean boys inEngland.

Continue reading the main story

“Start QuoteBoys are more interested in hustling, which is aquick way of making a living, rather than making thecommitment to study”

End Quote Adolph Cameron Secretary General,Jamaica Teachers' Association

He continued: "I would not be surprised if here inEngland the same or similar things occur in terms ofhow they feel about themselves and how theyrespond to and with respect to the society aroundthem.

"Boys are more interested in hustling, which is aquick way of making a living, rather than making thecommitment to study. This is a supposed to be astreet thing which is a male thing.

"The influence of this attitude towards masculinityseems to be having a tremendous impact on howwell African-Caribbean and Jamaican males do.

"There's a fear of being categorised as gay in a soci-ety where homophobia is so strong."

African-Caribbean boys

'would rather

hustle than learn'By Hannah Richardson BBC News education reporter

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An old paster lay dying. He sent a message for anInternal Revenue Service agent and his lawyer tocome to the hospital.When they arrived, they were ushered up to his room.As they entered the room, the pastor held out hishands and motioned for them to sit on each side of thebed. The pastor grasped their hands, sighed content-edly, smiled and stared at the ceiling. For a time, noone said anything.Both the IRS agent and lawyer were touched and flat-tered that the old man would ask then to be with himduring his final moments. They were also puzzledbecause the pastor had never given any indication thathe particularly liked either one of them.Finally, the lawyer asked, Pastor, why did you ask thetwo of us to come here? The old pastor mustered allhis strength, and then said weakly, Jesus died betweentwo thieves, and that's how I'd like to go.

Priceless!!

'Life may not be the party we hoped for but while weare here we might as well dance! "

No matter what kind of day your having this has tobring a smile to your face.....

THE OLD PASTOR

A Poem

Don’t accept failure

At times you may fail

But don’t see failure as final.

Although you may fall a hundred timesYou still can rise above any challenge

Success should be your aiming point;Some goals are hard to achieve

But they all are possible!

Writer: Paul Green

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HOW TO STOP THENEW WORLD ORDER:STOP SPENDING, STOPCHARGING!

For the last 13 years as I have covered global meetingsand studied the ever shifting economic and politicalstructure of this New World Order of ours, I have beenvery saddened to realize that we the people haveabsolutely no voice in government. Over and over again,the president passes executive orders that bypassCongress and if that was not bad enough, our electedrepresentatives have determined that “they know betterthan you and me.” Most of the change that is occurringtoday is because elected officials have decided that wethe people are not smart enough to understand and weare being bypassed by them. If that were not badenough, they go along to get along instead of opposingpresidential policy that is out of sync with theConstitution.

Furthermore, we have seen the structure of governmentchange as government assets are carved up and sold tothe highest bidder through various privatizationschemes. Then there is the co-managing of governmentby corporations and non-governmental organizationsknown as public-private partnerships. In fact the futurestructure of government is public-private partnerships.Just ask the people of New Orleans, just look at theChicago Skyway and the Indiana Toll Road, just look atPresident Bushes space program of “Moon, Mars andBeyond.” Just look at the report by the Center forStrategic and International Studies on “Public Works,Public Wealth” which basically says government needsdeeper pockets: corporations to the rescue! Can youimagine having to pay a toll to use any part of the roadyou now travel on? Guess again, corporations are aboutto fight for the right to convert our roadways to toll waysand for any part of infrastructure to be public-private part-nership! What gold there is in “them there hills”! This isthe tip of the iceberg.

Government as we know it is changing as it gives awayits power to the highest bidder. Just recently, Norwayoverthrew their Democratic Socialist government so theycan privatize more of their state assets! What that meansis that every time a public-private partnership is set up,representative government diminishes. Yes, that’s right.What will happen after all our assets have been dividedup among the corporations? You and I will still be payingour taxes to keep the shell of government afloat so theycan meet the United Nations Millennium DevelopmentGoals of reducing poverty in the world by 50% or to pro-vide foreign aid to bribe various third-world governmentsin order to comply with the New World Order. Basically,the United States is becoming a feudalistic state. Inmedieval Europe, feudalism was a system in which theserfs were privileged to live on the estate of a duke orprince in order to be protected by him and his castlemoat. In return, the serfs they gave a portion of theircrops and paid a monthly wage for this opportunity.

Just when I think we have no power, I saw Wall Streetand the Federal Reserve reverse their steps last week,and realized WE THE PEOPLE HAVE POWER-IT ISTHE ONLY POWER THE MONEY MONSTERSUNDERSTAND: CONSUMER SPENDING! In order tounderstand our power OVER THE NEW WORLDORDER, we must understand the present economic sys-tem that has come into being. There are four compo-nents: the Markets, Capitalism, the Federal Reserve, anda paper-monetary system.

The MARKETS

Last week, we saw a classic case of how Wall Street andthe Federal Reserve needing to save the economy fromyou and me. All of a sudden, it was announced onSeptember 11 that the oil and gold market rise was over.That same day, CNBC’s Larry Kramer forecasted that oilwill never go back to $75bbl, and that it is time to buydrug stocks. The price of gas at the pump began to dropand according to CNBC the next day, “Consumers arefeeling better, more secure, and richer over lower ener-gy.” CNBC then went on to show SUV’s and tell us,“Maybe it is time to buy an SUV.” We were then told that GM and Ford are going to lay offand close plants. Ford announced they will no longermanufacturer the gas-guzzling SUV which has been thefavorite of Americans for the past 10 years.

Between higher interest rates, growing consumer debtspurred on by lower interest rates, and $75bbl. oil, WallStreet changed its tune. In fact they did a little dance.Here and there we have been told that the housing mar-ket is slowing down. Some of America’s largest home-builders now have one year’s supply of new homes. FirstToll Brothers, now KB Homes. The housing markets inCalifornia, Nevada and Florida have slowed tremen-dously in light of higher mortgage rates and the Fed’sdetermination to fight the same inflation they have creat-ed.

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dropping from $75bbl to $60 bbl, almost overnight, is aresult of the new oil reserve found in the Gulf, eventhough it will take 7-10 years to bring it on line. The realtruth is they are in trouble.

CAPITALISM

As a result of my experience as an investment profes-sional, I determined several years ago that capitalism isan “ism” like socialism, Fabian socialism, communism,and Marxism. The nature of capitalism is that it has tohave new markets, new products, and new customersconstantly and continuously, otherwise it will fall and the market will drop and the economy will go into a recessionor depression. Capitalism needs constant turnover overmoney. How fast money changes hands will determinehow strong demand is for a product. Capitalism, there-fore, is like the game of Pac Man. In that game, the win-ning goal is to get the Pac Man to eat as much of itsenemy before it is eaten, in other words, survival of thefittest. In this regard, Marx was right.

Another thing about capitalism, a famous economist bythe name of Joseph Schumpeter wrote a book in 1942 bythe name of Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy inwhich he said “[I]n dealing with capitalism, we are deal-ing with an evolutionary process…capitalism is a form ofeconomic change and not only never is, but never can bestationary.” There it is. Capitalism must have a new prod-uct, a new consumer, and a new market.

Currently the SUV’s have tanked as a result of the highcost of energy. Look at the prospects for auto compa-nies: sell a new, innovative fuel efficient car to all thosefamilies who have SUVs!!! There will be pain for both thecompany which needs to retool and downsize, and forthe family which will now get a greatly reduced trade-infor their gas-guzzler. But for the economy, a new demandhas been created that will stimulate it-for a while.Basically this benefit also has a negative.

The downside of capitalism is seen in the fact that capi-talism over produces. Right now both GM and Ford havea huge inventory of the old gas guzzling models and notenough of the new efficient models. Dealers also havetoo many SUVs which they will end up taking a loss sincethere is no longer the demand for the big one. You see,capitalism cannot determine how long the market willdemand a particular product or sometimes the variablethat will change the demand. The same is true with homebuilders. With 45 year low interest rates, they could notbuild them fast enough. Now with higher mortgage rates,there is about a year’s supply of inventory.

THE FEDERAL RESERVE

The Federal Reserve is a private corporation that wasvoted the job of managing the monetary system of theUnited States in 1913 by a quorum of insider legislatorswho waited for their opposition to go home for theChristmas holidays on December 24 at 11:45 p.m.

Basically the Federal Reserve is not federal nor does ithave reserves. The truth is that they create money out ofthin air and then they charge the U.S. government forborrowing it at “current” interest rates. All you have to dois take a look at the paper money in your wallet. It is a“Federal Reserve Note-This note is legal tender for alldebts, public and private.” The Federal Reserve is notthe U.S. Treasury. It is a central bank or private corpora-tion controlled by its owners who are private. TheFederal Reserve does not issue an annual report nordoes it pay taxes on their taxable income. PresidentJames A. Garfield said in 1881 that “Whoever controlsthe volume of money in our country is absolute master ofall industry and commerce…and when you realize thatthe entire system is very easily controlled by a few pow-erful men at the top, you will not have to be told how peri-ods of inflation and depression originate.”

Dr. Carroll Quigley, Bill Clinton’s mentor at GeorgetownUniversity wrote about the purpose of central banks inhis book, Tragedy and Hope:

[T]he powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to Create a world systemof financial control in private hands able to dominate thepolitical system of each country and economy of theworld has a whole. This system was to be controlled in afeudalist fashion by the central banks of the world actingin concert, by secret agreements.

Perhaps what we have seen happen in the last fewweeks is the change in market cycles that benefit thosein control of creating them. After the crash of the NAS-DAQ in which $7T changed hands from those who“bought and held” to those who sold, the FederalReserve dropped interest rates to 45 year lows to stimu-late the economy. In early 2005, they began to increaseinterest rates from1% to its current rateof 5 ¼%. In doing so,they have changedthe economic climatefor homes. As a resultof easy credit, is theconsumer tapped outand not able to buymore which is whatthe capitalistic sys-tem needs?

PAPER MONEY SYSTEM

In the United States, taking the dollar off the gold stan-dard occurred in two steps: In 1933, Roosevelt confiscat-ed all gold bullion held by private individuals but heallowed foreign countries who had gold dollar certificates to cash them in at the “gold window.” Then in 1971,President Nixon closed the gold window and refused toconvert a foreign country’s demand for gold by using the

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gold backed dollars. At that time, the world system decid-ed to join the U.S. and use a fiat monetary system ofplain paper. This unaccountable system of finance bene-fits only the central banks of the world. Governments canborrow, the central banksof the world. Governments canborrow, the central banks can print and charge intereston higher and higher governmental debts. Dr. CarrollQuigley wrote in Tragedy and Hope,

When a currency is off the gold standard, fluctuation ofexchange [which is then created], can go on indefinitely.The unbalance of international payments is worked outby a shift in exchange rates.

The bottom line is the dollar has dropped in value since1971 by over 70%. Why? Our government deficits esca-lated to over $11T at this time.

Furthermore, in a paper monetary system, usurybecomes the order of the day. For Americans, we haveseen directly what usury is. In 1980, our governmentpassed the Monetary De-Regulation Act in which theyremoved ceilings and floors on interest banks had to payand charge on savings. Bankers can now pay the “going”rate of interest rather than a minimum amount. As anexample, on savings accounts banks are paying ¾ of 1%while charging up to 9% on auto loans and 8.25% onsecond mortgages, besides 18-35% on credit cards. Isthis fair? No. Time to stop it.

The bottom line is that Wall Street and our central bankmade a huge mistake by raising interest rates at thesame time when energy was going up. What they nowknow is that the power of the consumer is gone-or is it?They are not able to put gas in their SUVs and they arenot buying new ones. Furthermore, they cannot afford anew home which has doubled in price as a result of 45year low interest rates. In other words, there is very highinventory of SUVs by all the auto dealers and the homebuilders.

However this is GOOD NEWS BECAUSE IT IS THECONSUMER WHO HAS SPOKEN. We have the powerto bring the system which they created down. Let’s usetheir system to stop them. It is very simple: STOP BUY-ING AND STOP CHARGING!!!

We have not been using our power properly. Instead, wehave agreed to their terms and their system. TheConsumer is over extended. While we may not be up toour eyeballs in debt, it is time to get out of their system.We can use their system to make demands to changetheir hold on us. They need you and me to constantlybuy, to determine that we need to look like the magazinepictures of what is acceptable on any given day, theyneed you and me to prop up their monstrous capitalisticsystem by buying newer and bigger so they can earnmore interest. They need you and me to march to theirtune. IT IS TIME TO STOP AND TELL THEM TOMARCH TO OUR TUNE. All this without a bullet beingfired.

You know what they tell co-dependents. Get healed andthen your marriage will change. We can change this evil,feudalistic system by not buying and not charging, emer-gencies excluded. This is what needs to be done:

1. Get financially well. If you have debt, stop buying

until you pay OFF your current debts. If you need some-thing new, start visiting the consignment shops. Thereare different level of consignment shops from Goodwill/Salvation Army to high-ended clothing shops.

2. When you have finished paying off your credit

cards, learn to live within your means. We have all beenguilty of believing the beautiful advertisements that tell uswe too can be beautiful with a new house, new car, newfurniture, new kitchen, new shoes, new dress, new tools,etc. Joy comes from within.

3. For things you need, start going to flea markets,

neighborhood garage sales, antique stores, and auc-tions. Read the “For sale” ads. The idea is NOT TO BUYIN THE DEPARTMENT STORES, but from one another.Create an alternative to their system.

4. When you send your credit card payment, write a

note saying you can’t afford 18% to 35% and for that rea-son you are going to close your account. Tell MasterCardand Visa that you are not going to pay 18% any more.Keep one open for emergencies.

5. For Christmas, a retailer’s biggest opportunity to

get people to buy, make your Christmas presents thisyear, next year, and the year after.

6. Start going to your county council meetings and

vote down new spending appropriations. The answer isNO to further economic projects that will increase ourdebt. Tell them NO to usurious interest rates. NO to newbond projects that will increase our burden of debt formany years to come. Vote out the high spenders whoadvocate “economic growth.”

7. Write to your Congressman/Local MPs/Senators

and tell them to repeal the 1980 Monetary De-RegulationAct and return interest rates on credit cards to fair ratesinstead of Mafia level interest rates and while you are atit, tell them to repeal the Federal Reserve Act.

8. Tell your neighbors spread the word. STOP BUY-

ING AND STOP CHARGING. Let’s break their dysfunc-tional system

By Joan M. Veon

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Jamaicans are the sports champions as of July 8, 2011:

Jamaica is the first and only country to have all 100m sprint titles, all ages, alllevels, in males at once.

Jamaica now has the gold medal in the World Youth Olympics (OdeenSkeene);

Jamaica is the first and only country to ever achieve this.

...Cairo is the Arabic name for Mars. The city was named Cairo because

the planet was rising on the day the city was founded. In classical culture, Mars was the god of war and battle. His name was applied to the planet on account of its red glow in the night sky

The British Dental Association has partnered with Colgate for Oral Health Month 2011, an initiative to pro-mote improved oral health in Britain. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of goodoral care regime attained through the usual suspects of regular brushing, visits to the dentist and a reduc-tion of sugary snacks.

NOT ANY TOOTHPASTE WILL DO..."For optimal dental health benefits, you want a toothpaste, that contains fluoride and isn't abrasive. Sometoothpastes may not contain fluoride and might have abrasive whitening particles," warns Professor Eder.

Death is going to get more expensive - by about £170. Whether you are burnt or buried when you go, thegovernment is planning to grab an extra £170 from your estate via a new death tax. It claims the tax isneeded because they want to improve the accuracy of death statistics.

Dead against it?Crucially, it would mean the family of the deceased having to stump of £170 for all non-coroner relateddeaths before the person is allowed to be buried.

Nothing in life is certain but death and taxes, but the government is making sure you will not only be cer-tain of death but of paying extra tax when you go - and before you're settled in the ground or urn.What happens if the family refuse to pay? Would you continue to be stuck in the freezer, like an aban-doned car, sucking down expensive state-funded electricity? There could be quite a stack of bodies. Grim reaper the tax collector

Funerals are already expensive enough: funeral directors' fee; pallbearers, hearse, flowers, fee for theminister, a headstone possibly and its upkeep, plus all the council permissions - a line of outstretchedhands.

But now there's another one, direct from the government, and before the family can say goodbye. Forthose who can remember back to last year, the Tories got very animated about Labour's plans for a £20k"death tax" to fund national carers. But £175 is a bit less than £20k.

Next, prepare to pay tax on a birth certificate, so you can be taxed both ends. Taxed as soon as you drawbreath, and taxed once breath goes. Only a matter of time.

Source: AOL News

DID YOU KNOW….

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Rwanda Supports Women in Business

USE PAST TENSE

Kigali, 5 August 2011 - Rwanda is hosting the first ever East African Community (EAC) ‘Women inBusiness’ Conference. Beginning on the 5th of August, it has attracted over 350 entrepreneurs and busi-ness women from across East Africa to discuss regional business opportunities, challenges, and the roleof women in Socio-Economic development. Under the theme, ‘Unlocking Business Opportunities forWomen within an EAC Common Market’, the conference aims to become an annual gathering of EastAfrican women entrepreneurs and a forum to ensure that businesses continue to play a supportive role forwomen.

Addressing the conference, the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, said that in Africa “women’s produc-tive capacity is staggering” noting how women constitute 70-80% of the total agricultural force, a third ofthe global manufacturing labour force and the majority of the informal sector. Despite this, the presidentsaid, they still struggle with low incomes, unequal access to financial resources and legal obstacles thatimpede them from maximizing their full potential as entrepreneurs. “Despite many good efforts, womenremain on the fringe of our formal economies. The question that begs an urgent answer is this: How canwe progress on this critical issue as fast and as effectively as possible?” he went on.

The President proposed four crucial elements needed to address these challenges; training women in theinformal sector; creating a more accessible formal sector for women through trade facilitation and busi-ness-related-policies; implementing policies such as gender responsive budgeting, that specifically supportwomen in business; and supporting women to move into high growth areas that remain male dominatedsuch as finance, banking and mining sectors.

EAC Secretary General, Richard Sezibera, said, “The quest for gender equality and empowerment is crit-ical to the success of our integration process. Unleashing the power of women entrepreneurs is central tomaximising the equity and sustainability of development in our region.”

As part of the two-day conference, participants are able to showcase their products, hear success storiesfrom different business women from across the region and network amongst themselves. Rwandan busi-ness woman Cecile Kirke-Smith, Managing Director of Komera DC Ltd; a company providing market facil-itation to rural initiatives and projects, was one of the participants. Sharing the story of her newly startedbusiness, as well as her thoughts on the conference, Mrs. Kirke-Smith said, “I am passionate about work-ing with women and men in projects cooperatives who are creating good quality work but don’t haveaccess to a wider market. I came to this conference because I know there will be many women who canguide me as a new entrepreneur.”

The anticipated outcomes of this two day conference include an EAC Policy Framework on Women inSocio-Economic Development and Women in Business as well as a short term action plan aimed at imple-menting the policy framework.

President Kagame was optimistic about the outcome of the conference: “Involving women make thingshappen and institutions last...I am confident that the discussions at this Conference will bear fruit in termsof building on the significant contribution our region’s businesswomen have already made to our broaderdevelopment, and should allow us all to engage in a more meaningful way to reduce poverty and improvethe lives of East Africa’s women and men, boys and girls.”

To follow the conference online visit: www.eac.int/conferenceonwomen

Contact: communications@gov.rw

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CREATE UNDERSTANDING

If a partner does not take the time to make us feel understood - we try to get even - we try to makeour partners feel as bad as we do. Even though it sounds childish, when someone does not under-stand our pain - we try to make them feel our pain.

You basically have to agree that your partner's feelings are legitimate and fair - let the other personknow that you get it. If you can do this, trust is going to be much easier to regain.

If you can make someone feel understood when they are upset, they are more likely to...• calm down• forgive you• feel closer• listen to your side of the story

APOLOGISE

When trying to rebuild trust - it helps to give the right type of apology at the right time.

Unfortunately, most people do not know how to apologize or say "I am sorry."

Typically, people make the mistake of apologizing too quickly. People say "I am sorry" at themoment they are caught in a lie or caught doing something wrong. Apologizing too quickly - espe-cially when in trouble often comes across as being insincere.

Giving the right type of apology is also important. Often people apologize and then immediatelyoffer an excuse ("I am sorry, BUT..."). Tying an excuse or explanation to an apology tends to takeaway from its impact.

The best way to apologize is to say you are sorry for the harm you have done and leave it at that ("Iam sorry I hurt you by... I was wrong."). It is best to let an apology stand on it’s own.

It is ok to offer an explanation, but only when one is asked for.

PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION

Giving an explanation for one's behavior is important when trying to rebuild trust. Partners need tounderstand why things happened the way they did - without a reasonable explanation, partnersoften feel out-of-control and it is much harder for them to move on.

Or for example, if caught having an affair, focusing on your feelings works better than blaming apartner for the situation "I felt neglected, lonely, not need..." rather than "the kids get all of yourattention and time."

Explanations that focus on the feelings work best because they are easier for a partner to hear.Ultimately, giving explanations, at the right time, helps partners who have been wronged get whatthey need: their sense of control.

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MAKING PROMISES

After feelings have been shared, apologies given, and explanations offered the next step whenrebuilding trust involves making promises.

People who have violated their partners' trust need to make explicit promises about their futurebehavior. These promises need to be:

• mutually agreed upon - both parties must be satisfied with the promises offered• reasonable - promises need to involve things that one can actually live up to (broken promis-es are one of the worse things that could happen when trying to rebuild trust)• explicitly clear - both parties should double check their understanding of the promises beingmade• related to the betrayal that occurred - promises about future behavior need to be related tohow trust was violated.

While not all of the fine details of the promise need to be discussed - the basics (how, when, where,what) need to be understood, agreed upon, and worked out.

FOLLOW THROUGH ON PROMISES

Promises made must be kept when trying to rebuild trust.

Breaking a promise while trying to rebuild trust can bring back of all of the old feelings of betrayal,anger, and disappointment.

When trying to rebuild trust - it is best to under-promise and over-deliver.

FOLLOW UP ON PROMISES

Not only is it important to follow through on one's promises, but it is helps to talk about it as well.

When trying to rebuild trust, it helps to discuss how you are keeping your word. It helps to make anexplicit connection between promises that were made and how they were kept.

Having such discussions shows that you are serious about rebuilding trust and putting in the effortto get it back.

TIMING

When trying to rebuild trust, it helps to realize that there will always be two different perspectives onthe amount of time it will take.

REBUILDING TRUST

Rebuilding trust can be very frustrating for both parties because partners do not move through theprocess at the same pace. There is not much you can do about this, but it helps to keep this inmind.

Rebuilding trust requires a lot of understanding and commitment from both sides. But without trust,or taking immediate steps to get it back, our relationships far apart quickly.

A lack of trust often leads to more suspicion and harmful discoveries only putting our relationshipsin even greater danger.

Source: www.truthaboutdeception.com

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For thicker, more beautiful lashes, give false eyelashes a try! Here's how to find the right lashes for you— and apply them like a pro.If you have skimpy, barely there eyelashes, finding ways to plump them up is probably high on your beau-ty to-do list. Volumizing and lengthening mascaras are one way to achieve lush lashes, but to go that extramile consider false eyelashes.

"False lashes are always great no matter the occasion," says Vincent Longo, makeup expert and creativedirector for Vincent Longo Cosmetics. "I have never come across a woman who doesn’t look great withthicker lashes."

If you've never tried eyelash extensions, it's easy to feel intimidated or worry about resembling a dragqueen. "The trick is to find lashes that suit you and are not too overpowering," says Longo. These days,false eyelashes are more natural looking and easier to apply than when your mother or grandmother worethem. And they really do brighten and glam up your entire face.

You can choose from full strips of false eyelashes (which can be trimmed to fit), half strips (often used onthe outer edges of your lashes to give a dramatic cat's-eye look), or individual lashes (can be used to fillin sparse areas). Newbies may want to start with full or half strips, since they're easiest to apply. Attachingthe individual lashes requires a lot more precision — and they need to be affixed with tweezers, so they'rebest for steady, skilled hands.

Follow these tips when applying false eyelashes:1. Start by washing your eyelids with an oil-free cleanser (the adhesive glue won't stick to oily skin).2. Remove the faux lashes from the storage case, and give them a test run by holding them in place

across your eyelid (without the adhesive). Then use a pair of sharp scissors to trim the lashes, as need-ed, a few hairs at a time.

3. Use a toothpick to apply a thin line of glue across the entire length of the roots of the false eyelash-es (never apply glue directly to your own eye).

4. Let the adhesive set for about a minute or until it's tacky.5. Place the lashes along the base of your lash line, as close to the roots as possible, starting from

the inside corner. If you're using individual lashes, though, work from the outside corner of the eye to theinner corner. Press and hold in place for ten to 15 seconds.

6. Release the lashes and let them dry for a minute or two.7. As a finishing touch, says Longo, sweep a coat of mascara across both your natural and false lash-

es to bind the two together. If properly cared for (that means you clean and store them after each use), most lash extensions can beused up to four or five times. When you're ready to remove them, it's important to be gentle.

Here are the steps to safely removing false eyelashes:1. Clean your eye area with an eye-makeup remover.2. Gently lift the false eyelashes, starting at the outer corner of your eye, and tug a bit to loosen them.3. Continue tugging until the lashes peel away.4. Use a cotton swab dipped in the makeup remover to clean any remaining eye makeup from thelash extensions, then place them back in their original storage case. With false eyelashes in your makeup bag, you'll have a fun way to get super-glamorous eyes wheneveryou want them!

Source: www.dailyglow.com

Applying False Eyelashes

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Living Your Life with a Purpose

Do not weaken your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are unique that makeseach of us special.

Do not set your goals by what other people believe important. Only you know what is beneficial for you.

Do not take for granted the things that favorable to your heart. Hold on to them as you would your life;for without them, life is empty.

Do not let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past nor for the future. By living your life oneday at a time, you live all of the days of your life.

Do not give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the second you stoptrying. It is a easily broken fiber that binds us to each other.

Do not be afraid to stumble upon risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be fearless.

Do not shut love out of your life by saying it is not possible to find. The greatest way to receive love isto give love. The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too firmly. In addition, the best way to keep loveis to listen with your ears and your heart and follow up your words with actions.

Do not discharge your dreams. To be without dreams is to be without hope. To be without hope is tobe without purpose.

Do not sprint through life so fast that you forget not only where you have been, but also where you aregoing. Life is not a race, but a journey to be appreciated each step of the way.

Gerald

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