I was walking down the road today and thought about you
together with me, walking besides me
I thought I heard your laugh, and looked at you
I saw you turn your head and look at me
as our lips touched I remember telling you I love you
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@ 2009 Lorenzo Natali Prize @
Established in 1992 by the European Commission, the Lorenzo Natali Prize for journalism is awarded to journalists for outstanding reporting on Human Rights, Democracy and Development.
The 2009 Lorenzo Natali Prize Edition has, once again, elicited noted interest: more than 1,000 journalists from more than 133 countries participated.
1st Prize Winner: Richard MGAMBA (Tanzania)
Title of the article: The Battle for Souls (Albinos in Tanzania)
Name of media: The Guardian On Sunday
Country: Tanzania
Richard MGAMBA is a Tanzanian journalist currently based in Dar es Salaam , working for the Guardian Ltd. He started his journalism career in 1998 in Mwanza city on the southern shores of Lake Victoria. After covering stories about Tanzania's mining, fishing and cotton sectors, he continued with the killings of elderly women and arms smuggling in the Great Lakes region.
"The Battle for souls" is an inside story of how albinos currently live in fear as the rate of their killings continue to rock Tanzania, as well as the East African region. While last year the world was struggling to tame the impact of the global economic crisis, Tanzania has been the scene for atrocious crimes. Local traders planned and executed the killings of albinos to get a hold of their organs in order to boost their businesses.
I believe that the horrifying deterioration in the ethical conduct of people today stems from the mechanization and dehumanization of our lives... the disastrous by-product of the scientific and technical mentality. Nostra culpa. Man grows cold faster than the planet he inhabits.
~ Albert Einstein.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.”
~ Haile Selassie
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Women for Women International
www.womenforwomen.org/index.php
From Victim to Survivor... to Active Citizen
"War is not a computer-generated missile striking a digital map. War is the color of earth as it explodes in our faces, the sound of child pleading, the smell of smoke and fear. Women survivors of war are not the single image portrayed on the television screen, but the glue that holds families and countries together. Perhaps by understanding women, and the other side of war...we will have more humility in our discussions of wars...perhaps it is time to listen to women's side of history."
—Zainab Salbi, President and CEO of Women for Women International
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Women for Women International mobilizes women to change their lives through a holistic approach that addresses the unique needs of women in conflict and post-conflict environments.
As women who go through our program assume leadership positions in their villages, actively participate in the reconstruction of their communities, build civil society, start businesses, train other women and serve as role models, they become active citizens who can help to establish lasting peace and stability.
While continuing to receive sponsorship support, women embark on the next leg of the journey and participate in the Renewing Women’s Life Skills (ReneWLS) Program that provides them with rights awareness, leadership education and vocational and technical skills training.
To help women transform their new skills into financial independence and sustainability, we offer job skills training to strengthen women’s existing skills and to introduce new skills in traditional and non-traditional fields so women can access future employment opportunities.
Building on the skills training program, we offer comprehensive business services designed to help women start and manage their own microenterprises.
What We Do
• Sponsorship
• Rights Awareness
• Job Skills Training
• Employment Opportunity & Microcredit Lending
• Investing in Women and Adolescent Girls
• Current Affairs
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LIFE OF FEAR FOR TANZANIA'S ALBINOS
Persecution of albinism is based on the belief that certain body parts of albinistic people transmit magical powers. This superstition which is present in some parts of East Africa has been promulgated and exploited by witch doctors and others who use such body parts as ingredients in rituals, concoctions and potions with the claim that their magic will bring prosperity to the user. As a result people with albinism have been persecuted, killed and dismembered, and graves of albinistics dug up and desecrated. At the same time people with albinism have also been ostracized and even killed because they are presumed to bring bad luck.
"There are so called witch doctors who claim that they can do something with whatever body parts they get from Albinos," Simeon Mesaki, a veteran anthropologist who studies the phenomenon of witch craft, says.
The legs, hands and hair are the three body parts that are often taken after the killing. The legs of an albino are the most prized as they are believed to bring more wealth to miners, while hair attached to fishing nets is supposed to induce a good catch.
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Music
Partial List of Favorites:
2Face Idibia ~ 50 Cent ~ 9ice ~ Akon ~ Alicia Keys ~ Antibalas ~ The Babys ~ Beastie Boys ~ Beatles ~ Bob Marley ~ Candlebox ~ Christina Aguilera ~ Ciara ~ Collie Buddz ~ Common ~ D’Banj ~ Damien Marley ~ Depeche Mode ~ The Dream ~ Eminem ~ Erykah Badu ~ Fela Kuti ~ Femi Kuti ~ India Aire ~ James Blunt ~ INXS ~ Jane Siberry ~ Janis Joplin ~ Jimmy Cliff ~ Joe Thomas ~ Kate Bush ~ Lauren Hill ~ Leona Lewis ~ Lil’ Wayne ~ Linkin Park~ Loreena McKennit ~ Lucky Dube ~ Ludacris ~ Marvin Gaye ~ Murs ~ Ne-Yo ~ No Doubt ~ Nora Jones ~ Offspring ~ Oingo Boingo ~ Outkast ~ P-Square ~ Peter Tosh ~ Plil Collins ~ Plies ~ The Police ~ Prince ~ Queen ~ R Kelly ~ Richie Spice ~ The Roots ~ Rootz Underground ~ Sean Paul ~ Shaggy ~ Simply Red ~ Split Endz ~ Stained ~ Steel Pulse ~ T-Pain ~ T.I. ~ Tears For Fears ~ Third World ~ Timbaland ~ Usher ~
… and then some!
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Movies
Favorite: Waking the Dead
Anything Billy Crudup (Big Fish, Jesus' Son, The Hi-Lo Country, Without Limits, Grind, Inventing the Abbotts and... Waking the Dead) ~ Requiem for a Dream ~ Cry Freedom ~ Being John Malkovich ~ The Rocky Horror Picture Show ~ Being There ~ Crash ~ Dancer in the Dark ~ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ~ Wuthering Heights ~ Leaving Las Vegas ~ Life Is Beautiful ~ Taxi To The Dark Side ~ No End In Sight ~ Tsotsi ~ Darwin's Nightmare ~ Whale Rider ~ Memento ~ Kalifornia ~ Edward Scissor Hands ~ Nightmare Before Chirstmas ~ Midnight Express ~ This Is Spinal Tap ~ Monty Python and the Holy Grail ~ American History X ~ Schindler's List ~ The Silence of the Lambs ~ Taxi Driver ~ Virgin Suicides ~ Waking Ned Devine ~ 8MM ~ The Deer Hunter ~ Fargo ~ Frailty ~ Hotel Rwanda ~ Levity ~ March of the Penguins ~ Trainspotting ~ The Usual Suspects ~ Legends of the Fall ~ Adaptation ~ Benny and Joon ~ Napoleon Dynamite ~ Pulp Fiction ~ Reservoir Dogs ~
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Sweet Emily....
Television
Not so much, but...
UFC, NBA (Lakers, Lakers, Lakers), The Office, 30 Rock, Family Guy, Link TV, CNN, Discovery Channel, PBS
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If you must watch TV, watch...
LINK TV…
TELEVISION WITHOUT BORDERS
My Links of Interest:
linktv.org/programs/explore_gorillas
linktv.org/programs/nopast
linktv.org/programs/dwf_rwanda
linktv.org/programs/you_africa
linktv.org/programs/diaries
linktv.org/programs/in-focus-cup-of-good-hope
linktv.org/programs/amandla
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Books
* * Currently Reading * *
The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Riso & Hudson
* * Recently Read * *
I Write What I Like by Steve Biko
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment by Deepak Chopra
Quantum Healing by Deepak Chopra
Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile by Verlyn Klinkenborg
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ICF Communications Martinez, CA US Technical Recruiter
Four Season Wailea Maui, HI US HR Asst
Magens Bay Beach Resort St. Thomas VI Front Desk
Lori We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.Whatever affects 1 directly-affects all indirectly Posted 4 hours ago view more
I grew up in the Virgin Islands and it doesn’t matter that I live in rainy Oregon… I’ll always be an Island Girl. I just have that island flavor running through my veins. I love the culture, the food, the traditions, the sense of community and all things Reggae, African and R&B.
I'm a Technical Recruiter; I love photography; I love music and I love to laugh!! I want to learn something new everyday. I want to live in the moment. I want to learn to be still. I'm learning to play pool, but my “teacher” keeps kicking my ass! I'm getting into gardening. I read to relax. I have quiet property out in the country with my horses and nothing is more relaxing after a stressful day than going home and playing with them. Music, humor & love - are essentials in my life. My children ARE my life!
I'm turned on by intelligent people with a great sense of humor & I'm a total sucker for beautiful eyes (and a nice butt). It may sound corny… but longs walks on the beach at night under the stars is what excites me. And sitting quietly amongst the tall fir trees behind my house - listening to the wind and the birds is what brings me peace.
** I am a work in progress and continually looking for ways to better myself and learn more about life. I've promised myself to travel somewhere amazing once a year.
>>> 2008 was home to the Virgin Islands.
>>> 2009 was to Africa.
>>> 2010, who knows!
I want to go home!
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CAUSES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME!!
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-> -> RIFT VALLEY CHILDREN'S VILLAGE
www.tanzanianchildrensfund.org/index.php
The Rift Valley Children’s Village (“Children’s Village”) is an orphanage located in Oldeani Village, Tanzania, which is adjacent to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the Rift Valley. The Children’s Village provides a home, family and community for orphaned and vulnerable children. We prepare them to become informed, resourceful and responsible citizens in their community and Tanzania. As of June 2009, the Children's Village is now a home to 69 orphaned and abandoned children.
Mountain gorillas, a species with only 720 remaining members. These peaceful creatures are excellent mothers, protective fathers, and playful toddlers and they share 98.6% of their genetic makeup with humans – this is a startling reminder of our own humanity.
Since its establishment by Dian Fossey in late 1967, high inside Volcanoes National Park, the Karisoke Research Center has been the centerpiece for mountain gorilla research and conservation in Rwanda and in the larger Virunga region. Now, nearly four decades later, the Karisoke Research Center has produced an unequaled amount of data about mountain gorillas and their habitat.
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Make A Wish!!
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-> The Ultimate "Get To Know Me" Survey <-
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BASICS:
Birthday? May 22
Your heritage? German, Dutch
Eye color? Brown
Hair color? Brown
Height? 5'9"… I'm tall
What is you middle name? Ann
Marital Status? Single
Religion? My own
Piercings? 3 on each ear & 1 on my nose
Tattoos? 1 on my leg & 1 on my back
Do you have any siblings? 2 older & 1 younger
Do you have any pets? Dogs & horses
Right handed or left handed? Right
Zodiac Sign? Gemini
Your weakness? Too trusting / giving
Most missed memory? Coki Point, Virgin Islands ~ Salt Fish Pate, Malta India & Late Night Swims!
Greatest ambition? Finding true love
Greatest fear? Not finding true love
Your bedtime? Weee hours of the morning
How do you want to die? A better person than I am now
What country would you most like to visit? All of them… and I will
Are you for or against gay marriage? Definitely, for it
If you could be any animal, what would you be? Some days I'd like to be a fly on the wall… LOL
If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Flying
What is usually your first thought when you wake up? Is it a work day or a weekend
What do you usually think about before falling asleep? Things I gotta do the next day
Where in the world would you like to live? Africa, and I will
Name one regret you have? Listening to others instead of myself
What would be your dream job? Owning an orphanage
If you could have 3 wishes granted, what would they be? A healthy, happy, peaceful world
Any words to live by? When others show you who they are, believe them
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DO YOU:
Smoke? Smoke what?
Curse? Yes… but I'm working on that
Sing? Not well
Shower daily? Yes
Believe in yourself? Most of all
Like thunderstorms? LOVE them - best time to cuddle
Take vitamins? Yes - 12 per day!
Cook? Not often
Wear glasses/contacts? No
Go to the gym? Yes, try to make it 4-5 days per week
Eat junk food often? More than I should
Wear make-up every time you go out? No
Wear fake lashes or artificial nails? No / No
Like gossip? No
Watch soap operas? No
Watch reality TV? No
Believe in God? My own kinda beliefs and my own kinda religion
Believe in horoscopes? Yup - I am a TRUE Gemini
Spend a lot of money? Far more than I should
Get bored easily? Very!
Play any instrument? No, but I want to learn to play the guitar & piano
Write poetry/lyrics? When inspiration takes hold
Follow fashion trends? Never
Believe in life on other planets? Yes
Believe in ghosts? Yes
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HAVE YOU EVER:
Sang karaoke? God No, fear of public speaking / singing
Danced in the rain? ALWAYS
Been arrested? Nope
Witnessed a crime? Yes
Seen someone/something dying? Both someone and something
Met anyone famous? Many - lived in LA and worked for famous people
Been drunk? Yes and its not pretty!
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IN THE PAST MONTH HAVE YOU:
Drank alcohol? Yup ~{:o)
Smoked? No
Used drugs? No
Gone on a date? No
Gone to a mall? Yes
Eaten a box of Oreos? No
Eaten Sushi? No, need my food well cooked!
Been dumped? No
Gone skinny dipping? No, but thanks for the idea!
Stolen anything? No
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LOVE:
Single or taken? Taken
Have you been in love? Yes
How quickly do you fall in love? Too quickly
Do you need to be kissed? Always
Do you need to be hugged? More than always
When was the last time you made love? Not telling
What color are your bed sheets? Deep red
Single or group dates? Single
A romantic night in or a wild night out? Romantic night in
Have you ever been rejected? Yes
Have you ever gone out on a blind date? No
Have you ever made out with a stranger? No
Have you ever kissed someone of the same sex? Not telling
What's the first thing you notice in the opposite sex? Eyes
What personality traits do you look for in a partner? Honesty, intelligence, humor, caring - wont settle for anything less
What personality traits do you dislike in other people? Dishonesty & deceit
Ever been called a tease? Yes, but I'm just a naturally flirty girl
Do you like one night stands? I don't like them, but I have been guilty in the past
Do you believe in love at first sight? Yup
Which would you rather have, a million dollars or true love? True love. Yes, I'm serious!
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FAVORITES:
Thing to do on a rainy day? Cuddle - tho this is my favorite thing to do EVERY DAY
Favorite color? Black (unless you wanna get technical… black is not a color, then green)
Favorite animal? Gorilla
Thing to do on a Saturday night? Go out and listen to music or see a movie
Thing to do on a Sunday afternoon? Be still - at home or at the beach with a good book or a lover
Day or night? Night
Pepsi or Coke? Neither - no soda
McDonalds or Burger King? Try to stay away, but BK
Chocolate or vanilla? When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile!
Coffee or tea? Tea
Music genre? Reggae
Pizza topping? Mushroom, artichoke hearts, cheese
Dessert? Crème brûlée
Candy/Snack? Chips
Fruit? Sugar Apple (aka Custard Apple) or Mango
Pro Basketball Team? GO LAKERS!
Pro Football Team? Don’t watch
Pro Baseball Team? Don’t watch
Pro MMA Fighter? -> ANDERSON SILVA <-
Hobby? Photography, reading
Season? Spring
Weather? 75 degrees and sunny!
Food? Seafood
Ice-cream flavor? Mocha coffee crunch
Alcoholic drink? Pina Colada, Amaretto Sour
Car? BMW - black convertible
Bar/club? Lattitude… I guess.
Fashion designer? Not into fashion… but I do like Vera Wang
Here is video of the OneInity Family and their logo. Give comments. Tell a friend to tell a friend that ONEINITY IS THE MOVEMENTS DanJan and Sypha at the five spot
It's a great pleasure having you Empress Lori Keep up the force Never give it up Only one man's life More health strenght forward no backwards ever Happiness hope trusts livity guidance light protection More prospective prompt gleeful iration Exhilarating of success on your path Love never fails us yet Keep the faith safe warm I-tection RastafarI is love Ras Dumisani
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