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  • English Speakers–Help PLEASE [10points]?

    Posted by admin on January 31st, 2012 and filed under livelihood development | 1 Comment »

    Please help me with writing:

    If we compare our lifestyle with today and in 1950s or 1960s, it was much better and relaxing. In our era, we used to go for fishing and pearl diving. My friends and I used to spend the whole day sometimes in sea. We made good profit and did not go through hardship to make a livelihood.

    The media we enjoyed the most that time was “Radio”. We would sit together and listen to some talk shows and then discuss it among ourselves. “I can not recall any radio show, its been along time” Al-Hamely said. The relationship was stronger and smallest thing brought the whole community together. “If any of us got a big fish, we would create an uproar that would attract other people and give us applause for our hard work,” said.

    We used to have breakfast, lunch and dinner together. Sometimes men would cook and serve to others and sometimes we get it from other people living in our compound. Today, we barely get to see our children because of media development.

    We used to eat the simplest food such as dates, rice, water and a normal curry. We got dates imported from Al-Basra in Iraq and other provisions from other Arab countries. Our life was simple and much more humbler compared to some youth today.

    We were the happiest people I would say at that time. We used to enjoy each moment and would constantly remember God for his favor upon us.

    When Oil was discovered, our lifestyle began to change. We got richer and Television began to spread. Regardless, not many people spent their time watching TV or hearing Radio, we gave more importance to making our life better and improving kinship.

    If we compare our lives today with our lives in the 1950′s or 1960′s, we were much more happier and relaxed back then. In that era, we used to go fishing, pearl diving, and my friends and I used to spend the whole day sometimes out at sea. We made good profit and did not go through any hardships to make a living.

    The media enjoyed the most during that time was the radio. We would sit together and listen to talk shows and afterwards discuss it among ourselves. “I hardly can remember the radio shows, its been a long time.” Al-Hamely stated. The relationships were stronger and smallest things brought the whole community together. “If any of us caught a big fish, we would create an uproar that would attract other people and give us applause for our hard work,” he said.

    We used to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner together. Sometimes men would cook and serve to others and sometimes we would get it from other people living in our compound. Today, we barely get to see our children because of the attention of the media.

    We used to eat the simplest food such as dates, rice, water and a normal curry. We got dates imported from Al-Basra in Iraq and other provisions from other Arab countries. Our life was simple and much more humbler compared to some youth today.

    We were the happiest people I would say at that time. We used to enjoy each moment and would openly thank God for his favor upon us.

    However, when oil was discovered, our lifestyle began to change. We got richer and television began to spread. Regardless, not many people spent their time watching TV or listening to the radio anymore, we gave more importance to making our lives better and improving our kinship

    Are this ideas Conservative or Liberal?

    Posted by admin on July 29th, 2011 and filed under livelihood development | 6 Comments »

    We demand that the State shall make it its primary duty to provide a livelihood for its citizens.

    All citizens shall have equal rights and duties

    The activities of the individual must not clash with the general interest, but must proceed within the framework of the community and be for the general good.

    We demand the nationalization of all businesses which have been formed into corporations (trusts)

    We demand profit-sharing in large industrial enterprises.

    We demand the extensive development of insurance for old age.

    We demand the creation and maintenance of a healthy middle class

    We demand a land reform suitable to our national requirements, the passing of a law for the expropriation of land for communal purposes without compensation

    The State must consider a thorough reconstruction of our national system of education (with the aim of opening up to every able and hard-working ……. the possibility of higher education and of thus obtaining advancement)…..
    We demand the education of gifted children of poor parents, whatever their class or occupation, at the expense of the State.

    The State must ensure that the nation’s health standards are raised by protecting mothers and infants, by prohibiting child labor, by promoting physical strength through legislation….

    We demand freedom for all religious denominations in the State, provided they do not threaten its existence not offend the moral feelings….

    To put the whole of this program into effect, we demand the creation of a strong central state power

    These Hitler’s are the 25 points of the Nazi Party.

    Most definitely progressive/left wing.

    EDIT:
    @Robbor
    No, these really are the 25 points of the Nazi party! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Program
    Do you still believe they’re far right?

    So… right wingers who believe in a controlled economy, high import tariffs, land reform, free education, profit sharing and the state over the individual?
    By that logic, Ho Chi Minh (A NATIONALIST) was a fierce right winger.

    How are horses trained who…?

    Posted by admin on July 17th, 2011 and filed under livelihood development | 1 Comment »

    How are race horses trained where you live… or what do u understand about their training?

    Im asking this because of my previous question and the objective answers i recieved.
    For instance my horses are not in any way doped. or on any steriods. They may get B12,calcium, Kyro B liver or Vitamin K if work intensity increases.
    I do a lot of trotting in an arena, on both reins. Horses are not raced often. For instance we dont really have "seasons" to race. Its an all year thing so resting them regularly and lightening exercises are paramount to maintain a balanced happy sound horse. It is very frowned upon to send unfit unhealthy weak horses to the track.
    Im quite strict on riding from grooms and work riders. Hands must be as soft as possible, and the horses are ridden often in long stirrups. (many of these things are kept in mind because i eventually will need to find them a home – so i dont want them coming off the track green to hand and leg aids)
    I do focus on movement and balance especially when warming up – it helps you spot underlying discomfort – and is very beneficial to the horse’s muscle development, It is my livelihood. Sound ,happy, healthy horses win races. not ruined ones

    So whats your experience with an ex racer if you have one?
    So then do most of them come off at three? Three year olds are considered young in SA. interesting.
    How many races on average have they run by that time?

    Our racers are trained generally on a track that is on a hill. This is known as our trotting track- for trotting only. Going up and down the hills develop muscles, aswell as teaching the horses to know where to place their feet and to be steady when they run as the track is slightly gravelly. We use track saddles while riding, but have our stirrups as long as possible and riding using rise and trot.
    They do pace work or gallop work twice a week, considering if each individual horse is up to it. Sometimes one horse does evens while another does Gallop. Sometimes we canter till the quarter mile and give them the remaining left to see how they go. and other times we let them set their own pace.
    Our horses are turned out twice a day, and brought in at night.
    The horses are treated with better care than the workers (unfortunately for us) and each horse enjoys a good head rub with a towel after a ride.

    None of us has a problem with your horse racing- its the fact that you did not give him his time to spell. 5 years old is considered quite an age for a race horse. 2 years past the usual, meaning he must of had atleast a healthy career. Giving him his time off to unwind, get the extra energy out of his systeem annd to just be a normal horse is for the better of everyone.

    Edit: Generally 1 or 2 trials and a race- thats all you need to know to see if they have enough talent for the job. If they have raced at all, sometimes they are trained and then pulled out of the program because they do not like, nor care about what they are doing. Passion in a horse and the need to run is what makes a successful racer.

    Do you agree with this quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower on the military-industrial complex?

    Posted by admin on June 2nd, 2011 and filed under livelihood development | 7 Comments »

    This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every statehouse, every office of the federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together.

    -Presidential Farewell Speech 1961

    Totally agree. And it is exactly what we have ended up with – a gargantuan military industrial complex that calls the shots, drains the economy at a rapid and never ending pace while pushing to keep the wars rolling, ensuring their influence and wealth. We have allowed a full blown marriage between the military and big industry creating the largest military industrial complex in the history of this country and we are paying for it painfully. The showing of ignorance and deliberately looking the other way is both harmful and shameful.

    Conservatives and libertarians: Do you agree with these passages from the UN Declaration of Human Rights?

    Posted by admin on May 14th, 2011 and filed under livelihood development | 7 Comments »

    ”Article 24.

    Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.”

    Article 25.

    (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
    (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.”

    Article 26

    (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
    (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
    (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.”

    What will be as interesting as your question will be the answers if they are honest. I’m a Democrat so I’ll just sit on the side lines and observe.

    i need help summarizing this paragraph…its so dificult??? :(?

    Posted by admin on April 28th, 2011 and filed under livelihood development | 1 Comment »

    Though Oxfam’s initial concern was the provision of food to relieve famine, over the years the organisation has developed strategies to combat the causes of famine. In addition to food and medicine, Oxfam also provides tools to enable people to become self-supporting and opens markets of international trade where crafts and produce from poorer regions of the world can be sold at a fair price to benefit the producer.
    Oxfam’s programme has three main points of focus: development work, which tries to lift communities out of poverty with long-term, sustainable solutions based on their needs; humanitarian work, assisting those immediately affected by conflict and natural disasters (which often leads in to longer-term development work), especially in the field of water and sanitation; and lobbyist,advocacy and popular campaigning, trying to affect policy decisions on the causes of conflict at local, national, and international levels.
    Oxfam works on trade justice, fair trade, education, debt and aid, livelihoods,health, HIV/AIDS, gender equality, conflict (campaigning for an internationalarms trade treaty) and natural disasters, democracy and human rights, andclimate change.

    :’(

    Though Oxfam’s initial concern was the provision of food to relieve famine, they have more recently looked to develop strategies to combat the causes of famine. These include
    * providing tools for people to become self supporting,
    *community development work,
    *humanitarian work in conflict and disaster zones
    * campaigning.

    (keep last paragraph if you wish, good luck)

    Are we wasting our times in criminal negligence of measures to address daunting problems ahead?

    Posted by admin on April 26th, 2011 and filed under livelihood development | 3 Comments »

    The modern Age is not just about development alone. There are hell a lot of problems coming up, some already getting acute – the sustainability issues relating to resource uses and management (including the dwindling quality of basic resources like water, land and air), the issues of equity – economic and social, that are still getting vitialted by traditional play of exploitative forces in every sector and so forth!

    Many expert findings are coming up, but the average citizen is too bogged down by his own livelihood issues, or his routine business, while Govts are playing to expediencies rather than studied implementation of long range measures! Precious water sources are neglected, even as new colonies are coming up everywhere throwing a challenge to provide quality water and waste management issues!

    At a time when Activists are fitghting for cotrol of encroachments in the catchments that feed the water bodies, govt itself is yielding to pressures to alter land uses wrongly and create problems for scarcity!

    Our govts are lost in monitoring the opposition, disarming them from gaining any edge over rulers, yielding to business sharks, religious extremists, criminal Robinhoods etc, to consolidate their postion – in the process committing serious breaches of fair deals to the public! They have no time to attend even routine administration farily, not to speak of taking any distant vision!

    Only power and pelf are the conerns of the parties hankering for power! Activists have become mutually contradicting. The era of fighting for the oppressed innocents have given way to support of separatists, social radicals propagating unhealthy past times, etc. Dreams of well meaning intellectual elties like Dr Kalam are least drawing attention of the persons at the helm!

    What are likely to result from this criminal complacency?? Is there hope for a reversal from the mess? What are your thoughts please?

    Actually not less than 80% Indian have been devoting their all efforts towards Roti,Kaprra aur Makaan.
    Our creamy layers have been enjoying all the means to live healthy life and to earn more.They don’t consider corruption as a bad thing.10% Indians feel the need of reforms.Out of them only 0.1% [Kalaam like people]have been trying to do something.But those 0.1% of 10% get ‘not required element certificate’ from the creamy layers.Those certifying authorities are the source of corruption-I think so.
    And Authorities like Raja,Kalmadi,Chavan.MMS,Yedu etc can’t be punished for their big blunders.Then how they can be punished for not taking care of welfare measures !
    So,we are busy in …… !
    Please enjoy it.
    Though becoming part of welfare seekers-activists is a graceful job.

    Progressives have perverted the word Progressive because they are regressive how about just calling them progs?

    Posted by admin on April 24th, 2011 and filed under livelihood development | 3 Comments »

    Read this, stick with it and you will Understand the Progressive Movement and what drives it much better, unless you already know. But most dismiss it as conspiracy theory because that’s what the Media says, but it’s well documented, if well obfuscated by extremely rich and powerful sources as well.

    Progressives perverted the word Progressive to basically hide the fact that the movement was created to destroy the Constitutional System the US has and bring her back under European rule. I know, you think I’m crazy with this stuff, but it’s a documented fact. Bernard Shaw and others from England in the Fabian Society created the Progressive movement. Bernard Shaw was responsible for the basic Fabian Mission Statement of World Domination, One world government, that was used in the design of the Fabian Window.

    Anyway the Fabians & Progressive movement are based around deception. Their Symbol, Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. Their moto: "Let your mouth deny what your hands are doing" It’s a basic group of liars and Propagandists who see people as dumb dangerous animals that must be controlled like live stock, even selectively bread like live stock. That philosophy spawned the Progressive Book Eugenics and the Progressive Book by the Prog hero Edward Bernays "Propaganda"

    Cecil Rhodes, creator of DeBeers Diamonds (mining) renound for it’s murderous organized crime to monopolize the diamond trade father of Rhodesia, named after him, and all the genocidal bloodshed there over making the Africans dig diamonds … was a formative member of the Fabian Society. Some of his words:

    Rhodes said of the British, "I contend that we are the first race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race."

    Rhodes included American students as eligible for the Rhodes scholarships. He said that he wanted to breed an American elite of philosopher-kings who would have the United States rejoin the British Empire.

    At his death he was considered one of the wealthiest men in the world. In his first will, of 1877, (before he had accumulated his wealth), Rhodes wanted to create a secret society that would bring the whole world under British rule.[4] The exact wording from this will is:

    "To and for the establishment, promotion and development of a Secret Society, the true aim and object whereof shall be for the extension of British rule throughout the world, the perfecting of a system of emigration from the United Kingdom, and of colonization by British subjects of all lands where the means of livelihood are attainable"

    The Secret Society IS the Fabian Society. They Spawned the Progressive Movement in the USA to bring the USA back under British rule. The Fabian Society is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. They present as Collectivist but they are Imperialist would be world wide Oligarchs. They want to take over the whole world and rule it. How will they do it? It’s going on right now. They are responsible for pushing the crash we just had in the US and the world heating up. Soros is a Fabian Society member, the man who brags of bringing down 5 governments and wants to crash the US system.

    Working with Progressive organizations in the US to weaken and ultimately crash US system (these organizations are unwitting of the final outcome, the leaders just know there is a promise of huge reward for themselves, but if history be any indicator when they deliver the reward they will get is death because they will have power & expect their reward which isn’t part of the big Fabian plan) They also Work with the Muslim brotherhood, which is also to be used and cast aside, about like Hitlers alliance with Japan was planned to end.

    Anyway the whole thing is very complex and Fabian Society members include extremely rich members who have the money to buy media & entertainment industry as well as influence Colleges Culture and Curriculum (much donation to US Colleges from Europe & Muslim interests that also fund anti Zionist Medrasa schools who preach Jihad and death to all non Muslims) because they loan bribe, peddle influence and basically reward going their way and punish those who don’t using media and their bought & paid for officials. Entertainment industry needs funding, and Fabian Bankers are where that’s at. They take the risk because it’s more than just immediate financial gain, it’s about an ultimate goal and media propagandizment of populations is very effective.

    So the Progressives are not Progressive at all. The goal is ultimately Regressive. They are not Liberal in the true sense of the word either. They are of the opinion that people can’t be trusted to make their own choices in life. That they must be controlled. That’s not liberal

    http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/13959

    http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/13999

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa

    Why don’t many people read the information? There is much there vitally important to understand, and links to much more. If we don’t understand the game, the bad guys win. We would never see these scum bags coming.

    That’s very good information, well documented. Great job.

    The Progressives are not Progressive at all, and they are especially based around deception, as are the Fabian Society. They are basically the Fabian Mini Me. Funny the Europeans are not as powerful as the US, but the forces in Europe are the most powerful and diabolical in the world.

    The Fabian Plan sounds much like Hitlers plan, and he may well have gotten much of it from them.

    WHAT IS THE SMALL HORN IN DANIEL’S 4-BEAST VISION?

    Posted by admin on April 22nd, 2011 and filed under livelihood development | 4 Comments »

    In Daniel 7: 8, it says: “I was looking at the horns, when another small horn sprang among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots to make way for the new. It had eyes like human eyes and a mouth that uttered insolent words.” This small horn is the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

    Again, please be informed that the subject matter in Daniel’s 4-beast vision according to the author Winston Kayanan from the Philippines is earth (particularly the environment). Even if one could have decoded & interpreted the four (4) beasts, it would be very hard & difficult for such person or anyone to identify the small horn & the 3 horns because the key actor (responsible for the environment), natural disasters (recurring horrifying & destructive effects of climate change), the 3 major players that fell (their failures on earth), apostasy (the falling apart of the Church), the man of sin (the highest authority in the Church), the lawless one (the deceiver who brainwashed many, unknowingly challenging God’s laws on nature with his inconvenient truth), the scientific knowledge (the pre-given solution as God’s answer to save man & earth) together with the theological knowledge (the word of God as pre-given truth) must appear or come in the picture as ingredients in the coming of the Son of Man.

    One might still be skeptical about my interpretation being related to the environment (in reference to the four winds of heaven stirring up the sea). To further explain & justify it, let us take a link in the above passage to connect with the environment, saying: “It had eyes like human eyes & a mouth that uttered insolent words.” What thought which comes into your mind? This means that the eyes are eyes of powerful storms and the mouth is earth movement like soil cracks, deep holes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, etc. Forgive me for I am not a Bible expert but I was able to read a portion in Moses which used the word “mouth,” meaning earthquake that concurred with & fortified my interpretation. These figurative languages are clues which do connect, having certain relationships. What brought such great horrifying & destructive things to happen? It is because the small horn has appeared.

    In truth, there was grandest fault in the administration of earth, i.e., uncovering the lie of the world (John 16: 8). Per Millennium Development Goal as of 2005, it was reported that 60% of earth’s arable land have been in the state of desertification. Since carbon is a major component of (fertile) soil, lots of carbon have been freed in the atmosphere to form carbon dioxide (CO2) & methane (CH4), creating warming. And since there are no plants on desertification, no photosynthesis is working (i.e., absorbing CO2 & releasing O2), thereby causing climate change. However, UNEP invented carbon emission reduction & introduced this under the Kyoto Protocol Treaty that was pushed by many people in several conferences (last of which was COP 15) for more than a decade but unfortunately, it could not find or gain support from some developed or first world countries. The rationale was that it oppresses the livelihood of people and suppresses the economy of a nation.

    The author Winston (whom God gave understanding of the environment) had created & invented a very powerful technology (i.e., anchored on photosynthesis via rehabilitation of soil) to eradicate global warming & climate change. This (God-given) solution was offered to the United Nations in December 2002. This was however rejected & then ignored by UNEP (despite continued yearly offerings) simply because of the impending treaty which cannot be possibly broken.

    With no hope, the author Winston prayed to God for an answer in 2004. For 3 consecutive nights (June 25, 26 & 27), Daniel’s 4-beast vision was given, the same object of readings for 3 days (Bible opened with just one stroke of hand) which unfortunately, the author Winston could not understand. On the 4th day, light came for God gave me the revelation of the identities of the codes in just 2 minutes. And on June 29, 2004, the author Winston sent a copy by mail of the decoded characters in Daniel’s dream to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines. Ignored by the Catholic Church, after experiencing ignorance from UNEP, a copy by personal service was given to one of our Bishops in the Philippines in November 2004. No reply.

    In other worlds, this tandem (i.e., scientific & theological knowledge) showed that God is intervening. The ancient secret which is the truth has now been revealed (John 16: 8). With all different comments & answers by repliers since 2009, these will prove that no secret has been revealed to anyone since the time our Lord Jesus Christ gave his word, i.e., “Do not keep the secret of the prophetic words of this book because the time is near.” (Rev. 22: 10). The world cannot save itself with this resistance and hence, the coming is very near. BE READY.

    So… is there a question in there somewhere, or are you seeing this forum as your own virtual street corner/soap box?

    Why do Socialists reject Hitler as one of their own?

    Posted by admin on April 20th, 2011 and filed under livelihood development | 7 Comments »

    As long as Socialism existed, its main premise was that the Collective’s interest is above that of an Individual. That’s directly opposite the persuasion of Tea Party and most of the traditional Conservatives. Let’s see, what other similarities there are:

    THE COMMON INTEREST BEFORE SELF-INTEREST

    7. We demand that the State shall make it its primary duty to provide a livelihood for its citizens.

    10. The activities of the individual must not clash with the general interest …
    We demand therefore:

    11. The abolition of incomes unearned by work.

    The breaking of the slavery of interest

    12. In view of the enormous sacrifices of life and property demanded of a nation by any war, personal enrichment from war must be regarded as a crime against the nation. We demand therefore the ruthless confiscation of all war profits.

    13. We demand the nationalization of all businesses which have been formed into corporations

    14. We demand profit-sharing in large industrial enterprises.

    15. We demand the extensive development of insurance for old age.

    16. We demand the creation and maintenance of a healthy middle class …

    18. We demand the ruthless prosecution of those whose activities are injurious to the common interest. Common criminals, usurers, profiteers, etc., must be punished with death, whatever their creed or race.

    20. The State must consider a thorough reconstruction of our national system of education … We demand the education of gifted children of poor parents, whatever their class or occupation, at the expense of the State.

    21. The State must ensure that the nation’s health standards are raised …

    22. We demand the abolition of the mercenary army and the foundation of a people’s army.

    25. To put the whole of this programme into effect, we demand the creation of a strong central state power

    http://hitler.org/writings/programme/

    Why do modern-day American Illiberals — while still using the talking points set forth by Adolf Hitler in 1920 — refuse to recognize him as one of their own?
    Ok, so there ARE different schools of Socialism — but still it is clear, Hitler belonged to one of them. And yet, he is rejected as such by today’s Socialists. They aren’t saying: "we are a different kind of Socialists".

    They claim to be the complete OPPOSITE of him, and insinuate, it is the Conservatives, who want to bring about Hitler-like regime…
    So, he hated OTHER Communists/Socialists — big deal… There are TWO Communist Parties in France right now — and they hate each other’s guts too. If either of them manages to get to power, they would immediately do to the other, what Lenin’s Bolsheviks did to the other part of Russia’s Communist party — the Mensheviks. Or what the Bolsheviks did to the former allies at Socialist Revolutionary Party — or ANY OTHER party, for that matter. Sorry, that’s not an argument.

    Because his name became a "dirty word" in the West. Up until then they OPENLY embraced him as one of their own and pledge to remake America in the "Hitler model."
    Today, literally 100% of elected Democrats demand EXACTLY THE SAME policy-set as the "we’re proud to love Hitler" crowd of the 1930s.