I remember the smell that came after it rained when I was a child in Nairobi Kenya and when the sun came out again, the red soil in our garden gave a wonderful earthy but clean smell. My Mother also used to dab lilly of the valley on her wrists and when she went out to a party I remember her coming into my bedroom to kiss me goodnight and I got a waft of Gin, my now favourite sprite
I truly believe that if the "Masses" were to read the appalling, corrupt and violent history of the Vatican, even the most brainwashed believer would start to question the validity of this institution. Sadly this history is brushed under the carpet during Sunday School lessons.
Yes I heard this many times, the pope and berlusconi are like two peas in a pod, motivated by greed rather than the desire to look after their own people. Two very corrupt individuals.
Did you notice how, for a catholic country, Italians are so against the Pope and that the number of people attending religious services is falling rapidly, when I was in Pisa many of my friends said they were fast turning agnostic due to the laws and rules laid down by their religion that were utterly senseless, together with the hypocrisy of the Vatican. When even the people of Rome turn against the Vatican, those who believe devoutly must question their beliefs. IMO
It will be a cold, lonely Christmas for me here in China as they don't really celebrate it , but apparently they make up for it in the Chinese new year
I also like to hear about a ladies past, it helps to create a firmer foundation within the relationship, plus someone who has an interesting past will have better life experience and hopefully have learnt tolerance and how to discuss without throwing the china
So do you think it is okay for this New President to be given this position by a vote of 20 people behind closed doors?
This whole charade has been a setup, and the people of Europe are being sold down the river by a corrupt and power hungry group of unelected Dictators. Today is a very said day in Europes history
From my observations the UK follows every law put in place by Brussels, to the letter, yet France, Spain and Italy seem happy to bend or even ignore EU laws if they don't like them. The UK US alliance is very strong, thats true, when it comes to warfare, but I think thats about all, if it wasn't for the financial links between the two countries I think even the military alliance would be halved.
Because it means that the UK will lose her sovereignty, and that is something not many British people will take lying down. The EEC has done nothing for the UK except drain us financially and made laws we have no chance of changing.
Obama is at least trying rather than sit on his backside bellyaching about how hard done by he is with the crap he took over. His visit to Japan and Asia was to ensure that business will not just remain but increase, thus creating more work for you poor poor souls in America who can hardly get enough money together to pay for your cheap Gas electricity and food. I feel so sorry for you, why don't you leave the US aand come to europe where we have no jobs and no likely hood of getting any until America has sorted out their problems, I am sure you won't mind paying 12 dollars a gallon for gas and nearly 3 dollars for a small loaf of bread
Worse stillis that the ex Prime Minister, Tony BlarBlarblar stopped the UK from having a referendum to decide our countries fate within the EEC, thus making way for him to try for presidency himself. Rompuy has stated that if he become president him will abolish national flags and have just the European flag, he will have one currency and one national anthem. This is not democracy this is dictatorship. or
I think you are possibly right, depending on which media source you're reading, in the UK the average paper would fall into the group you describe, but the broadsheets tend to be a bit more objective, and if you read more than one you end up with a more balanced view. I am very out of touch with American papers now so guess I can't really comment on what their agenda really is.
I wasn't complaining, just wondered why you thought they were pushing something rather than just reporting it, I guess we all interpret news reports in different ways
Hi Morgan, looks like it will be a full on party from now till they leave just wanted to wish you all well and have a great time. Oh and can you tell Summer to check her inbox when she sobers up
Just a thought,but why do you say the newspaper is pushing this regime, surely the paper is doing just what it is supposed to do, reporting something so the general public can form their own opinion and react if required.
The United Nations is warning more than one million Kenyans face the immediate possibility of famine as a result of the country's worst drought in a decade.
Crops that were due to be harvested in September have shrivelled and cattle are dying by the thousands. The Kenya Red Cross estimates up to 10 million people could face hunger and starvation within six months as a result of a poor harvest, crop failures and rising commodity prices.
"Red lights are flashing across the country," said Burkard Oberle, the World Food Program's (WFP) country director in Kenya. "People are already going hungry, malnutrition is preying on more and more young children, cattle are dying. We face a huge challenge."
The WFP is seeking to raise US$230-million in emergency funds to feed 1.2 million famine victims, in addition to the 2.6 million Kenyans it already feeds. The most vulnerable are the poor in urban slums, pastoralists and farmers in the remote arid and semi-arid lands that account for almost 80% of the landscape, says a Kenya Red Cross report.
It is the country's worst drought in years, but comes after three or four consecutive failed rainy seasons in many areas. Food production has dropped to only about 80% of what it was in 2007 and the price of corn, a staple food, has more than doubled. Supplies have shrunk by nearly 28%.
"The current food security situation remains highly precarious," warns the UN's Famine Early Warning System Network, which predicts the situation could rapidly worsen in Kenya's southeast and coastal lowlands.
According to the Kenya Red Cross, the persistent drought "has put lives and livestock at risk" as pastoralists and subsistence farmers are being driven from the land.
"In the pastoral areas, average walking distance to water has doubled and exerted undue pressure on existing boreholes that serve both humans and livestock," it says.
Some pastoralist communities are taking their livestock more than 40 kilometres away to obtain water, while others are butchering their herds to cut their losses and moving to urban slums. The crisis is aggravated by the lingering after-effects of post-election violence in 2007-08, which displaced tens of thousands of people.
Raila Odinga, the Kenyan Prime Minister, has warned of a possible "catastrophe" if seasonal rains do not come in October and November, saying a prolonged drought could contribute to inter-clan violence. "There has now been rain, but the land is so dry most has just run off into gullies and is of no benefit to crops and livestock, also many landslides have occurred with these also causing many deaths"
For now, the drought is being blamed for prolonged electrical blackouts in Kenya's crowded cities, since there is not enough water in some rivers to drive hydroelectric power plants. The drought is just the latest emergency plunging East Africa into crisis.
Yesterday, the UN's Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit warned half the Somali population is in need of humanitarian aid as a result of the country's rapidly deteriorating security situation.
Without an effective government since 1991, Somalia is convulsed by a power struggle between Islamist rebels and a UN-backed transitional government. Fighting has intensified in recent months in many of the same areas that are already reporting problems with food distribution.
Somalia has 1.4 million internally displaced people and hundreds of thousands have fled to neighbouring Kenya.
According to the UN, one in five Somali children is acutely malnourished. "Somalia faces its worse humanitarian crisis in 18 years amid an escalating civil war," the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis report says.
I had an LDR with a wonderful lady from the Ukraine, we built up a relationship which was based more on our love of common interests than romance, but when I visited her for a week, things changed and we became far closer, by writing truly honest letters we shared the same positive and negative thoughts you have in any relationship, commitment was not an issue, which was further enhanced after we spent a week on holiday in Turkey together. Sadly UK Visa conditions killed our chances of ever becoming more than just friends.
It really depends on both parties and their strength of character, You need to have the ability to write in a way that conveys not just romance and trust but commitment and total honesty. The periods of time between actual face to face meetings can become too much for some to cope with, but, if you have the special kind of link with each other, then LDR can work,however, there has to be a point when any LDR will become a real one to one relationship and it is knowing that you will both be together at some point, that gives you the strength to continue. There are many conditions that a "Normal" relationship won't have, such as who will eventually move away from their original home and of course the financial burden travel/moving will incur.
Welcome to the real world, people in Europe have had to pay for their health for years, unlike Americans who had it paid for by the company they worked for, sorry but you get no sympathy from Italy etc. Best advice I can give you is either don't get married or just have one child, which will also help to keep the population from overloading. Bets make sure
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, but apparently they make up for it in the Chinese new year
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RE: Isn't it wonderful that 'Bay' is a nice Christian guy?
I didn't know being a dickhead was an occupation till I met you