Examined Life, by Astra Taylor
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Wednesday, June 23
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I went to listen to the speakers outside the Israeli Embassy, London at the end of the protest march yesterday. 25,000 people marched due to the sorrow and outrage felt after the murder of nine innocent people abroad the Flotilla in International waters (who were bringing aid to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip) by Israeli officers. Activists want the UK government to cull all trade agreements with Israel to show the distain felt by the international community and the severity of what they have done; a total breach of human rights laws: completely unnecessary killings.
The issues between the Israeli and Palestinian people are terribly old and clotted, but what's going on for civilians in the Gaza Strip (abject poverty) is sickening and needs to be stopped, and the murder of nine people who were trying to bring them necessities is miserable and just shows how desperate this situation is. Let us hope that the Martyr’s abroad the Flotilla did not die in vain.
Wednesday, June 2
MAP OF THE GAZA STRIP, 1991
Today more than 1.4 million Palestinian men, women, and children are trapped in the Gaza Strip. Their daily lives - in an area of land just 40 km long and 9.5 km wide - are marked by power shortages, little or no running water of poor quality and deteriorating health care. Mass unemployment, extreme poverty, and food insecurity both exacerbate and are deepened by the impact of the Israeli blockage, which was brought into force in 2007.
The six controlled crossings, five controlled by Israeli authorities and one by the Egyption authorities are kept closed and prevent the movement of Palestinians into and out of Gaza in all but a handful of exceptional humanitarian cases.
Thursday, May 27
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Tuesday, April 20
R U I N E D
RUINED By Lynn Nottage
Thu 15 Apr 2010 - Sat 5 Jun 2010, Almeida Theatre, Islington
Ruined at Almeida Theatre
As someone who is interested in raising public awareness of the atrocities in the DRC, especially in relation to violence against women, I found Ruined gripping, real and heart wrenching, a play which could speak to the general public and make them want to get involved in the issues.
Lynn Nottage succeeded in writing a script, which was able to examine the complexities of the conflict in the DRC and its horrific affect on the Congolese people, in particular on women, while still allowing for humour to soften the reality of war. The characters had immense strength and ability to cope in completely traumatic situations, the actors excelled in telling their stories.
Ruined is disturbing at times, but has to be to portray the truth of the war that is continuing in the DRC over metal, money and power. Women's bodies are the battlefields of which this war is fought; this play portrays the stories of these women remarkably.
I would recommend that everyone in London go to see this play.
Sunday, April 18
Chocolate Self-saucing PUDDING!
100gm Butter
1C Sugar
2Tbs Coco powder
1 1/3C Flour
4tsp Baking powder
1/4 tsp Salt
2/3 C Milk
½ tsp vanilla essence
1 C Brown sugar
½ C white sugar
4 Tbs Coco Powder
2 C Boiling water
Turn oven on to 180C Bake.
Melt the butter and mix in the sugar and coco powder.
Add flour, baking powder and salt and mix until just combined.
Mix in milk and vanilla.
Put into a dish (20x25cm) so it comes no more than 1/3 up the side.
Put brown and white sugar, and coco powder on top.
Just before it goes into the oven carefully pour the boiling water over a spoon onto the mixture.
Bake for 40 minutes at 180C.
1C Sugar
2Tbs Coco powder
1 1/3C Flour
4tsp Baking powder
1/4 tsp Salt
2/3 C Milk
½ tsp vanilla essence
1 C Brown sugar
½ C white sugar
4 Tbs Coco Powder
2 C Boiling water
Turn oven on to 180C Bake.
Melt the butter and mix in the sugar and coco powder.
Add flour, baking powder and salt and mix until just combined.
Mix in milk and vanilla.
Put into a dish (20x25cm) so it comes no more than 1/3 up the side.
Put brown and white sugar, and coco powder on top.
Just before it goes into the oven carefully pour the boiling water over a spoon onto the mixture.
Bake for 40 minutes at 180C.
Thursday, April 8
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Thursday, March 25
AUT and others present AWAKENING THE DREAMER, CHANGING THE DREAM SYMPOSIUM - Working Locally as Global Citizens
The Symposium takes a fresh look at our most critical current concerns - environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment - and explores and exposes what connects them.
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing." George Bernard Shaw
Date/Time Commences: Saturday, 27 March. 12.30pm – 6pm. Please arrive at 12:15pm for a 12:30pm start.Venue: Room AG127, AUT North Shore Campus, Auckland.
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"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing." George Bernard Shaw
Date/Time Commences: Saturday, 27 March. 12.30pm – 6pm. Please arrive at 12:15pm for a 12:30pm start.Venue: Room AG127, AUT North Shore Campus, Auckland.
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Wednesday, March 24
Taxidermy
Almighty animals. Aren't they great? They're dead, they're taxiderm-ified, but that's good, right? So we can take a look, and not be scared of certain death-by-feeding/hugging. I think this bear is a brown bear (or Grizzly Bear - subspecies of Brown Bear), so would not actively kill to eat a woman/man. The leopard might eat us, because leopards in Africa eat mid-sized antelope. Thanks Wikipedia!
Brown Bears have long claws, great for digging up insects. This photo is extremely cute.
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Monday, March 22
Mental Health
These statistics refer to mental disorders in children and young people
According to the 2001 Census there are about 8, 823, 293 five-sixteen year olds in Great Britain. Of these 4,381, 047 are aged between 5-10 years-old and 4, 442, 246 are aged between 11-16 years-old.
MENTAL DISORDERS
The figures below are based on the finding of the ONS’ Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey, 2004. Any ballpark figures regaqrding the number of children with these disorders are estimates based on the prevalence rates found in this study, and the demographics listed above.
9.6% or nearly 850, 000 children and young people aged between 5-16 years have a mental disorder
7.7% or nearly 340,000 children aged 5-10 years have a mental disorder
11.5% or about 510, 000 young people aged between 11-16 years have a mental disorder
ANXIETY
3.3% or about 290,000 children and young people have an anxiety disorder
2.2% or about 96,000 children have an anxiety disorder
4.4% or about 195,000 young people have an anxiety disorder
DEPRESSION
0.9% or nearly 80, 000 children and young people are seriously depressed
0.2% or about 8,700 aged 5-10 year-olds are seriously depressed.
1.4% or about 62,000 aged 11-16 year-olds are seriously depressed.
CONDUCT DISORDERS
5.8% or just over 510,000 children and young people have a conduct disorder
4.9% or nearly 215,000 children have a conduct disorder
6.6% or just over 290,000 young people have a conduct disorder
HYPERKINETIC DISORDER (SEVER ADHD)
1.5% or just over 132,000 children and young people have severe ADHD
1.6% or about 70,000 children have severe ADHD
1.4% or about 62,000 young people have severe ADHD
References
1 Office for National Statistics (2004). Census 2001: national report for England and Wales. London: Office for National Statistics. See http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/
2 Registrar General for Scotland (2002). Scotland's Census 2001: population report. Edinburgh: General Register Office for Scotland. See http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files/01poprep.pdf
3 Green, H., McGinnity, A., Meltzer, H., et al. (2005). Mental health of children and young people in Great Britain 2004. London: Palgrave. See http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
According to the 2001 Census there are about 8, 823, 293 five-sixteen year olds in Great Britain. Of these 4,381, 047 are aged between 5-10 years-old and 4, 442, 246 are aged between 11-16 years-old.
MENTAL DISORDERS
The figures below are based on the finding of the ONS’ Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey, 2004. Any ballpark figures regaqrding the number of children with these disorders are estimates based on the prevalence rates found in this study, and the demographics listed above.
9.6% or nearly 850, 000 children and young people aged between 5-16 years have a mental disorder
7.7% or nearly 340,000 children aged 5-10 years have a mental disorder
11.5% or about 510, 000 young people aged between 11-16 years have a mental disorder
ANXIETY
3.3% or about 290,000 children and young people have an anxiety disorder
2.2% or about 96,000 children have an anxiety disorder
4.4% or about 195,000 young people have an anxiety disorder
DEPRESSION
0.9% or nearly 80, 000 children and young people are seriously depressed
0.2% or about 8,700 aged 5-10 year-olds are seriously depressed.
1.4% or about 62,000 aged 11-16 year-olds are seriously depressed.
CONDUCT DISORDERS
5.8% or just over 510,000 children and young people have a conduct disorder
4.9% or nearly 215,000 children have a conduct disorder
6.6% or just over 290,000 young people have a conduct disorder
HYPERKINETIC DISORDER (SEVER ADHD)
1.5% or just over 132,000 children and young people have severe ADHD
1.6% or about 70,000 children have severe ADHD
1.4% or about 62,000 young people have severe ADHD
References
1 Office for National Statistics (2004). Census 2001: national report for England and Wales. London: Office for National Statistics. See http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/
2 Registrar General for Scotland (2002). Scotland's Census 2001: population report. Edinburgh: General Register Office for Scotland. See http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files/01poprep.pdf
3 Green, H., McGinnity, A., Meltzer, H., et al. (2005). Mental health of children and young people in Great Britain 2004. London: Palgrave. See http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
Monday, March 8
One in five women who attend college in the USA will become the victim of a rape or an attempted rape by the time she graduates.
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Friday, March 5
Princess Chelsea - Monkey Eats Bananas
Princess Chelsea will be releasing her first album soon. She lives in Auckland, and is not only a stupendous person, she writes great songs. Talented lady.
Friday, February 26
AB FLEX
Take a look at this ridiculous contraption!!
I was thinking about working out, and working out in the nineties. I remembered that when I was about 13, which was 1996, I some how convinced my Dad to buy an Ab Flex! The infomercial made me think I was going to get a super flat stomach if I used it for - I dunno, seven minutes a day.
Truth be told, when it arrived, we used it for a week or two, then buried it in the cupboard at the back of our TV room, only to drag out on occasion to humour/impress friends.
The below news release from 1997, states that the infomercials and advertisements for such exercise equipment made exaggerated weight loss claims, which is certainly obvious, if you remember the abs they used.
I still feel the fact that I got my Dad to order one was a great feat, as Dad's never usually buy into this crap!
FTC Puts Exercise Device Weight-Loss Claims on a Diet
I was thinking about working out, and working out in the nineties. I remembered that when I was about 13, which was 1996, I some how convinced my Dad to buy an Ab Flex! The infomercial made me think I was going to get a super flat stomach if I used it for - I dunno, seven minutes a day.
Truth be told, when it arrived, we used it for a week or two, then buried it in the cupboard at the back of our TV room, only to drag out on occasion to humour/impress friends.
The below news release from 1997, states that the infomercials and advertisements for such exercise equipment made exaggerated weight loss claims, which is certainly obvious, if you remember the abs they used.
I still feel the fact that I got my Dad to order one was a great feat, as Dad's never usually buy into this crap!
FTC Puts Exercise Device Weight-Loss Claims on a Diet
Thursday, February 25
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