10th August 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“Pakistan’s state of
Punjab have called for a federal inquiry into the largest ever child abuse
scandal in South Asia’s history”
“Nearly 300 children
have been involved after the discovery of about 400 video recordings of these
children who were forced to have sex”
“At this time seven
people have been arrested by police over these cases that have shocked the
nation of 180 million people”
“Most of the children
were under fourteen years and there was a child that was only six years old who
was also abused”
“There was a film that
showed a fourteen year old boy molesting a ten year old school girl”
“Videos of assaults
were filmed and thousands of copies were made and sold in the Kasur district”
“One victim claimed he
was injected in his spine with a drug before he was assaulted”
“It is the scale of
the scandal which has emerged that is so shocking”
“The parents of the
victims clashed with police about their failure to prosecute the men involved
in the scandal”
“There have been
demonstrators who were protesting against the police’s failure to arrest
members of the gang”
“They were suspected
of raping hundreds of children, then filming them and blackmailing their
parents”
“A local gang began
filming these sexual exploits with children in 2006 and this has continued up
to last year”
“Pakistan had
experienced a similar tragedy in the late 1990’s”
“Then a hundred
children were sexually abused and murdered in Lahore by a serial killer”
“At that time a gang
of twenty-five men were involved in the crime”
“There is no doubt
that Pakistan has failed its children”
“The people have no
faith in their court system as the judiciary has prevented arrests of these
abusers”
“The world will watch
and wait to see how the Government deals with these atrocities”
“They will forever be
a stain on this country until justice for the innocent is dealt with”
“Pakistan, you should
be ashamed of yourselves”
“These victims need to
see justice given and anything short of this is a further failure by the
Pakistani Government to act!”
10th August 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“Pakistan’s state of
Punjab have called for a federal inquiry into the largest ever child abuse
scandal in South Asia’s history”
“Nearly 300 children
have been involved after the discovery of about 400 video recordings of these
children who were forced to have sex”
“At this time seven
people have been arrested by police over these cases that have shocked the
nation of 180 million people”
“Most of the children
were under fourteen years and there was a child that was only six years old who
was also abused”
“There was a film that
showed a fourteen year old boy molesting a ten year old school girl”
“Videos of assaults
were filmed and thousands of copies were made and sold in the Kasur district”
“One victim claimed he
was injected in his spine with a drug before he was assaulted”
“It is the scale of
the scandal which has emerged that is so shocking”
“The parents of the
victims clashed with police about their failure to prosecute the men involved
in the scandal”
“There have been
demonstrators who were protesting against the police’s failure to arrest
members of the gang”
“They were suspected
of raping hundreds of children, then filming them and blackmailing their
parents”
“A local gang began
filming these sexual exploits with children in 2006 and this has continued up
to last year”
“Pakistan had
experienced a similar tragedy in the late 1990’s”
“Then a hundred
children were sexually abused and murdered in Lahore by a serial killer”
“At that time a gang
of twenty-five men were involved in the crime”
“There is no doubt
that Pakistan has failed its children”
“The people have no
faith in their court system as the judiciary has prevented arrests of these
abusers”
“The world will watch
and wait to see how the Government deals with these atrocities”
“They will forever be
a stain on this country until justice for the innocent is dealt with”
“Pakistan, you should
be ashamed of yourselves”
“These victims need to
see justice given and anything short of this is a further failure by the
Pakistani Government to act!”
9th August 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“President Obama’s
speech on 6th August marks a historic turning point in US
relationships with Israel”
“It was made at the
American University in Washington DC and this setting was chosen deliberately
for this debate”
“John Kennedy dealt
with a similar call on a deal regarding nuclear discussions with Iran more than
a half century ago”
“The dispute over Iran
has opened up a chasm separating the strategic events adopted by the US from
those of Israel”
“They show no sign
narrowing”
“Obama has declared
that Israel is alone and isolated in its official opposition to the
American-Iranian rapprochement”
“President Obama has
stated that this is the strongest non-proliferation agreement ever negotiated”
“Because it’s such a
strong deal, every nation in the world has commented on it publicly & given
their support, except the Israeli Government”
“Netanyahu is directing
an overcharged campaign inciting Congress to oppose the President and scuttle
the agreement with Iran”
“Netanyahu is doing
this at a time when the deal has been unanimously endorsed in the United
Nations Security Council”
“In June of 1967, when
Egypt was defeated in the six day war, the US supplied Israel with F-4
phantoms”
“They were the most
advanced aircrafts in the western arsenal”
“In return for
America’s commitment to maintain Israel’s superiority over any regional
threat…”
“…Israel had to promise
to keep its nuclear bombs, now more than 200, ready “in the basement””
“Israel’s nuclear
bombs have remained there for decades”
“Netanyahu continues
to maintain his aggressive campaign to permanently limit sanctions and to
ostracise Iran”
“Netanyahu cannot
continue to prevent Iran’s nuclear programme, while still establishing his own
nuclear regional security”
“Obama’s support to
the Iranian deal has affected Tehran’s nuclear doctrine for the better, it also
affects Israel’s nuclear outcome”
“As the deal with Iran
continues, so international challenges to Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal
and capability comes into effect”
“There will be calls
for a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East, which will be expected with
greater inference than ever before”
“Many will quite
rightly say it is time to take Israel’s bombs “out of the basement””
“President Obama and
his US leadership with his promotion to diplomacy over armed conflict is a deal
which will improve Israel’s security”
“Barack Obama may now
be tempted to apply this same strategy to Israel’s long stalemated conflict
with Palestine”
“These problems with
America and Israel are only just beginning”
“We have already
predicted some time ago that Israel will continue to be isolated and ostracised”
“This is already
happening and will continue unabated until reason prevails”
“The more Israel
battles against doing what is right, the more its people will suffer because of
the intransigence of their Government”
9th August 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“President Obama’s
speech on 6th August marks a historic turning point in US
relationships with Israel”
“It was made at the
American University in Washington DC and this setting was chosen deliberately
for this debate”
“John Kennedy dealt
with a similar call on a deal regarding nuclear discussions with Iran more than
a half century ago”
“The dispute over Iran
has opened up a chasm separating the strategic events adopted by the US from
those of Israel”
“They show no sign
narrowing”
“Obama has declared
that Israel is alone and isolated in its official opposition to the
American-Iranian rapprochement”
“President Obama has
stated that this is the strongest non-proliferation agreement ever negotiated”
“Because it’s such a
strong deal, every nation in the world has commented on it publicly & given
their support, except the Israeli Government”
“Netanyahu is
directing an overcharged campaign inciting Congress to oppose the President and
scuttle the agreement with Iran”
“Netanyahu is doing
this at a time when the deal has been unanimously endorsed in the United
Nations Security Council”
“In June of 1967, when
Egypt was defeated in the six day war, the US supplied Israel with F-4
phantoms”
“They were the most
advanced aircrafts in the western arsenal”
“In return for
America’s commitment to maintain Israel’s superiority over any regional
threat…”
“…Israel had to
promise to keep its nuclear bombs, now more than 200, ready “in the basement””
“Israel’s nuclear
bombs have remained there for decades”
“Netanyahu continues
to maintain his aggressive campaign to permanently limit sanctions and to
ostracise Iran”
“Netanyahu cannot
continue to prevent Iran’s nuclear programme, while still establishing his own
nuclear regional security”
“Obama’s support to
the Iranian deal has affected Tehran’s nuclear doctrine for the better, it also
affects Israel’s nuclear outcome”
“As the deal with Iran
continues, so international challenges to Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal
and capability comes into effect”
“There will be calls
for a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East, which will be expected with
greater inference than ever before”
“Many will quite
rightly say it is time to take Israel’s bombs “out of the basement””
“President Obama and
his US leadership with his promotion to diplomacy over armed conflict is a deal
which will improve Israel’s security”
“Barack Obama may now
be tempted to apply this same strategy to Israel’s long stalemated conflict
with Palestine”
“These problems with
America and Israel are only just beginning”
“We have already
predicted some time ago that Israel will continue to be isolated and
ostracised”
“This is already
happening and will continue unabated until reason prevails”
“The more Israel
battles against doing what is right, the more its people will suffer because of
the intransigence of their Government”
8th August 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“The ongoing financial
crisis in Russia is the result of International sanctions”
“These were imposed on
Russia following their annexation of the Crimea and their military intervention
in the Ukraine”
“President Putin’s
hard-line attitude and bullying tactics are causing suffering to all the Russia
people”
“Vladimir Putin has no
care for them as he continues to rule them with an iron fist”
“This crisis has
affected the Russian economy, consumers and companies as well as the regional
financial markets”
“They also affect
Putin’s ambitions regarding the European Economic Union”
“The EU has banned any
trade in arms and the US prohibited transactions with Russia’s United
Shipbuilding Corporation”
“This is classified as
a defence company”
“The EU and the US
have also banned their technologies to Russia’s very deep water, Artic and
shale oil drilling”
“The EU, which does
far more trade with Russia, will review this again in three months’ time”
“Russia has called the
new sanctions destructive and short-sighted”
“The Ukraine hosts the
design on military transport planes. The economic freeze has blocked plans to deliver
the new heavy transport plane”
“Russia has stopped
producing its own transport plane and has closed down a space rocket programme”
“Project 22350
frigates did not arrive, because Ukraine did not deliver the turbines for them”
“Russia has a large
arms trade with France”
“These included the
purchasing of two Mistral warships together with thermal imagery devices and
electronics for its Su-30 fighter jets”
“This order has been
cancelled”
“Replacing many
foreign sourced components is a sheer impossibility, as 90% of defence
industry’s electronics are produced in the West”
“Russia was already
near a recession before the Crimea Crisis and now Russia ranks low in the World
Economic Forum’s rankings”
“It already has low
road qualities, problems with technological adaptation and a burden of
Government regulation”
“Russia’s weak economy
cannot withstand the challenges of low oil prices and International sanctions”
“The price of oil hit
Russia hard when oil fell from $100 per barrel to $60 per barrel in December
2014”
“Russia depends on oil
and gas production for half of its Government’s revenue”
“The ongoing financial
crisis in Russia is the result of the falling rouble, which began in the second
half of 2014”
“This caused investors
to sell off Russian assets, which further led to the decline of the rouble”
“To get rid of the
failing rouble Russians have been exchanging roubles for US dollars or euros”
“Prices of goods,
including beef and fish, rose to 40-50%, as Putin has banned western imports”
“Even the state owned
gas company Gazprom has lost 86% of its net income because of the rouble
devaluation”
“This financial crisis
in Russia has affected other global financial markets”
“The US Ford Motor
Company has experienced a 40% decline in sales”
“Germany’s Volkswagen
has had a 20% decline in sales to Russia”
“BP has lost 17% of
market shares and a joint French company dealing in shale exploration with
Russia has been shelved”
“Adidas has closed
down their stores in Russia and McDonalds also lost twelve stores there”
“Many of Israel’s one
million Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union have business ties with Russia
and are affected by this crisis”
“This goes to show you
in this global world of ours that we are all either directly or indirectly
involved with one another”
“No country is
isolated or self-sufficient and it affects us when a dictator goes rogue for
reasons of selfish pomposity and aggrandisement”
“He has not earned it,
but feels it is his right to have over and above the suffering of his own
people”
“It is then that the
world will continue to stand against him”
“The International
communities can withstand these sanctions”
“But how long before
the Russian people stand up and do something about it?”
8th August 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“The ongoing financial
crisis in Russia is the result of International sanctions”
“These were imposed on
Russia following their annexation of the Crimea and their military intervention
in the Ukraine”
“President Putin’s hard-line
attitude and bullying tactics are causing suffering to all the Russia people”
“Vladimir Putin has no
care for them as he continues to rule them with an iron fist”
“This crisis has
affected the Russian economy, consumers and companies as well as the regional
financial markets”
“They also affect
Putin’s ambitions regarding the European Economic Union”
“The EU has banned any
trade in arms and the US prohibited transactions with Russia’s United
Shipbuilding Corporation”
“This is classified as
a defence company”
“The EU and the US
have also banned their technologies to Russia’s very deep water, Artic and
shale oil drilling”
“The EU, which does
far more trade with Russia, will review this again in three months’ time”
“Russia has called the
new sanctions destructive and short-sighted”
“The Ukraine hosts the
design on military transport planes. The economic freeze has blocked plans to
deliver the new heavy transport plane”
“Russia has stopped
producing its own transport plane and has closed down a space rocket programme”
“Project 22350
frigates did not arrive, because Ukraine did not deliver the turbines for them”
“Russia has a large
arms trade with France”
“These included the
purchasing of two Mistral warships together with thermal imagery devices and
electronics for its Su-30 fighter jets”
“This order has been
cancelled”
“Replacing many
foreign sourced components is a sheer impossibility, as 90% of defence
industry’s electronics are produced in the West”
“Russia was already
near a recession before the Crimea Crisis and now Russia ranks low in the World
Economic Forum’s rankings”
“It already has low
road qualities, problems with technological adaptation and a burden of
Government regulation”
“Russia’s weak economy
cannot withstand the challenges of low oil prices and International sanctions”
“The price of oil hit
Russia hard when oil fell from $100 per barrel to $60 per barrel in December
2014”
“Russia depends on oil
and gas production for half of its Government’s revenue”
“The ongoing financial
crisis in Russia is the result of the falling rouble, which began in the second
half of 2014”
“This caused investors
to sell off Russian assets, which further led to the decline of the rouble”
“To get rid of the
failing rouble Russians have been exchanging roubles for US dollars or euros”
“Prices of goods,
including beef and fish, rose to 40-50%, as Putin has banned western imports”
“Even the state owned
gas company Gazprom has lost 86% of its net income because of the rouble
devaluation”
“This financial crisis
in Russia has affected other global financial markets”
“The US Ford Motor
Company has experienced a 40% decline in sales”
“Germany’s Volkswagen
has had a 20% decline in sales to Russia”
“BP has lost 17% of
market shares and a joint French company dealing in shale exploration with
Russia has been shelved”
“Adidas has closed
down their stores in Russia and McDonalds also lost twelve stores there”
“Many of Israel’s one
million Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union have business ties with Russia
and are affected by this crisis”
“This goes to show you
in this global world of ours that we are all either directly or indirectly
involved with one another”
“No country is
isolated or self-sufficient and it affects us when a dictator goes rogue for
reasons of selfish pomposity and aggrandisement”
“He has not earned it,
but feels it is his right to have over and above the suffering of his own
people”
“It is then that the
world will continue to stand against him”
“The International
communities can withstand these sanctions”
“But how long before
the Russian people stand up and do something about it?”
7th August 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“The Suez Canal II is
hoped to propel Sisi to be a legendary status, as it did with President Nasser”
“The canal also sealed
Nasser’s reputation when he nationalised the canal, triggering the 1956 Suez
Crisis”
“The Suez Canal was
also important to Anwar Sadat”
“He was known as the
architect of the “crossing of the canal” during the 1973 war with Israel”
“In fact the Suez
Canal has been an important nationalist symbol since its construction”
“Suez Canal II is not
a new canal, but a 72 km parallel channel to extend the existing one”
“There were further
expansions to it in 1955 and 1980”
“So the Suez Canal is
not an engineering feat that it has been portrayed to be”
“The original waterway
was 164 km long”
“It completely
revolutionised shipping from Asia to Europe giving all vessels a massive 7,000
km shortcut”
“The original canal
was conceived by the French and this new canal was designed by the Egyptians”
“The Suez Canal II was
completed in one year and ahead of time”
“It is financed
through Egyptian investment certificates sold to its citizens”
“The Suez Canal II
should not bankrupt this highly indebted nation”
“Unless that is,
payments for the canal are not forthcoming with enough vessels to supply its
income”
“It is hoped that the
expanded capacity should increase Egypt’s revenue from $5.5bn to $13.5bn”
“At this time the
canal is operating at under capacity and this is not getting any better”
“Instead of the Suez
Canal II, with its many billions, being sunk into dredging the desert sands for
its evolution…”
“…the money should
have been spent in shoring up the Nile Delta, which is already under threat by
rising sea levels and sinking sediments”
“Many experts have
been warning about these impending dangers for decades”
“Egypt has taken
almost no action to save its breadbasket and the homes to nearly half of its
population”
“This is already a sinking
ship that needs to be navigated to a safe port before it is too late”
“That takes wise
constructive thinking and where ego has no part to play in the lives of all
Egyptian people”
“They are the priority
over having Sisi’s name on Suez Canal II”
7th August 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“The Suez Canal II is
hoped to propel Sisi to be a legendary status, as it did with President Nasser”
“The canal also sealed
Nasser’s reputation when he nationalised the canal, triggering the 1956 Suez
Crisis”
“The Suez Canal was
also important to Anwar Sadat”
“He was known as the
architect of the “crossing of the canal” during the 1973 war with Israel”
“In fact the Suez
Canal has been an important nationalist symbol since its construction”
“Suez Canal II is not
a new canal, but a 72 km parallel channel to extend the existing one”
“There were further
expansions to it in 1955 and 1980”
“So the Suez Canal is
not an engineering feat that it has been portrayed to be”
“The original waterway
was 164 km long”
“It completely
revolutionised shipping from Asia to Europe giving all vessels a massive 7,000
km shortcut”
“The original canal
was conceived by the French and this new canal was designed by the Egyptians”
“The Suez Canal II was
completed in one year and ahead of time”
“It is financed
through Egyptian investment certificates sold to its citizens”
“The Suez Canal II
should not bankrupt this highly indebted nation”
“Unless that is,
payments for the canal are not forthcoming with enough vessels to supply its
income”
“It is hoped that the
expanded capacity should increase Egypt’s revenue from $5.5bn to $13.5bn”
“At this time the
canal is operating at under capacity and this is not getting any better”
“Instead of the Suez
Canal II, with its many billions, being sunk into dredging the desert sands for
its evolution…”
“…the money should
have been spent in shoring up the Nile Delta, which is already under threat by
rising sea levels and sinking sediments”
“Many experts have
been warning about these impending dangers for decades”
“Egypt has taken
almost no action to save its breadbasket and the homes to nearly half of its
population”
“This is already a
sinking ship that needs to be navigated to a safe port before it is too late”
“That takes wise
constructive thinking and where ego has no part to play in the lives of all
Egyptian people”
“They are the priority
over having Sisi’s name on Suez Canal II”
6th August 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
““It always seems impossible until it’s done”. The words of a man
who made the impossible come true – Nelson Mandela”
“These words have
inspired Federica Mogherini. She is the European Union’s chief diplomat”
“On 14th
July seven countries around a table in Vienna under the steer of the European
Union…”
“…finally reached a
deal on Iran’s nuclear programme”
“A new chapter had
been opened!”
“The talks were based
on mutual respect and clarity”
“The whole of the
Middle East is in turmoil”
“Sectarianism is on
the rise and there needs to be a restart to the political processes to end
wars”
“We need to get all
regional powers back to the negotiating table to stop the carnage”
“Cooperation between
Iran, its neighbours and the whole international community…”
“…could open
unprecedented possibilities for peace in the region, starting with Syria, Yemen
and Iraq”
“Mogherini has strong
points and should not be underestimated. She works hard and is a team player”
“She has great
composure and conducts herself well and is an excellent mediator. She gets the
job done”
“Helga Schmid has
worked in various positions with the German Government”
“Amongst her many
offices that she has held, she was head of the political staff of the Federal
Foreign Office in Berlin”
“She is currently
deputy secretary-general of the EU’s External Action Service and senior advisor
to Angela Merkel”
“Schmid has immense
technical knowledge, which gives her a direct advantage over many others”
“Schmid has been
deeply involved in nuclear negotiations with Iran since 2003”
“Schmid has stated
that the international community cannot easily tolerate failure of the nuclear
negotiations with Tehran”
“She has been
described as a formidable diplomat, highly skilled and experienced”
“Schmid is even
referred to as the ‘power in the shadow’, a linchpin in the negotiations and
the ring leader”
“In the end it was
Schmid who led negotiations of the agreement and its five annexes”
“Also at the table for
the Americans was Wendy Sherman”
“She is her country’s
first female undersecretary of political affairs and a veteran of nuclear
negotiations”
“Sherman played an
important role in the agreement that the Clinton administration reached with
North Korea in 2000”
“This was the
agreement on its nuclear weapons program, which President George W Bush later
reneged on”
“Sherman has served on
the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation
and Terrorism”
“She has the number
three position in the State Department”
“Sherman is sometime
called a ‘door opener’ for leading successful negotiations”
“These women have
stated that men veered off course & went on historical tangents or started
to get tangled into debates about who gave more”
“It is these women
that have walked them back to the present”
“It has not been lost
on the Iranians that in these negotiations with P5+1 they were dealing with
three powerful women”
“These three women are
at the centre of the most important global political issue of the moment”
“That is the standoff
with Iran over its nuclear programme and its success in following it through!”
“When more women come
to the negotiating table then there will be less conflict in this world and
common sense will finally prevail!”
6th August 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
““It always seems impossible until it’s done”. The words of a man
who made the impossible come true – Nelson Mandela”
“These words have
inspired Federica Mogherini. She is the European Union’s chief diplomat”
“On 14th
July seven countries around a table in Vienna under the steer of the European
Union…”
“…finally reached a
deal on Iran’s nuclear programme”
“A new chapter had
been opened!”
“The talks were based
on mutual respect and clarity”
“The whole of the
Middle East is in turmoil”
“Sectarianism is on
the rise and there needs to be a restart to the political processes to end
wars”
“We need to get all
regional powers back to the negotiating table to stop the carnage”
“Cooperation between
Iran, its neighbours and the whole international community…”
“…could open
unprecedented possibilities for peace in the region, starting with Syria, Yemen
and Iraq”
“Mogherini has strong
points and should not be underestimated. She works hard and is a team player”
“She has great
composure and conducts herself well and is an excellent mediator. She gets the
job done”
“Helga Schmid has
worked in various positions with the German Government”
“Amongst her many
offices that she has held, she was head of the political staff of the Federal
Foreign Office in Berlin”
“She is currently
deputy secretary-general of the EU’s External Action Service and senior advisor
to Angela Merkel”
“Schmid has immense
technical knowledge, which gives her a direct advantage over many others”
“Schmid has been
deeply involved in nuclear negotiations with Iran since 2003”
“Schmid has stated
that the international community cannot easily tolerate failure of the nuclear
negotiations with Tehran”
“She has been
described as a formidable diplomat, highly skilled and experienced”
“Schmid is even
referred to as the ‘power in the shadow’, a linchpin in the negotiations and
the ring leader”
“In the end it was
Schmid who led negotiations of the agreement and its five annexes”
“Also at the table for
the Americans was Wendy Sherman”
“She is her country’s
first female undersecretary of political affairs and a veteran of nuclear
negotiations”
“Sherman played an
important role in the agreement that the Clinton administration reached with
North Korea in 2000”
“This was the
agreement on its nuclear weapons program, which President George W Bush later
reneged on”
“Sherman has served on
the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation
and Terrorism”
“She has the number
three position in the State Department”
“Sherman is sometime
called a ‘door opener’ for leading successful negotiations”
“These women have
stated that men veered off course & went on historical tangents or started
to get tangled into debates about who gave more”
“It is these women
that have walked them back to the present”
“It has not been lost
on the Iranians that in these negotiations with P5+1 they were dealing with
three powerful women”
“These three women are
at the centre of the most important global political issue of the moment”
“That is the standoff
with Iran over its nuclear programme and its success in following it through!”
“When more women come
to the negotiating table then there will be less conflict in this world and
common sense will finally prevail!”
5th August 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“Seventy years ago,
Hiroshima was turned into a burning inferno as Americans dropped an atomic bomb
on this Japanese city”
“A young man, Keijiro
Matsushima, was just 16 years old when he witnessed the attack, which claimed
100,000 lives in one day”
“On 6th
August 1945 it was a beautiful day with a clear blue sky, Matsushima had
returned to school”
“It was about 8.15am.
His class had just started when he looked out of the window to see two American
B-29 bombers”
“He thought more
American planes were doing their routine work”
“When he looked back
at his books, the bomb exploded. There was a very strong flash and a wave of
heat”
“The whole world turned
orange and he was thrown into an oven for a moment”
“At the hypocentre,
some 2km from his school, the temperature on the ground reached 3,000⁰C”
“The flash was
followed by a loud boom. He covered his ears and eyes. He jumped under his desk”
“All became pitch
black and then a deadly silence”
“Matsushima kept
asking for his mother to help him and for Buddha to help him. This was the
first time he had prayed to Buddha”
“Keijiro Matsushima
was a fortunate survivor. He only suffered cuts from glass splinters”
“When he went outside
he was shocked to witness the devastation caused by only two planes”
“Many people were
badly burned with their skin peeling from their heads and bodies”
“Their clothes were
burned and some were almost naked”
“He thought Hiroshima
is dying”
“People were crawling
towards the river to cool their burns, many died on the river banks”
“The Red Cross
hospital was also damaged. Within the 2km of the hypocentre most buildings were
burnt and destroyed”
“Matsushima’s mother
had evacuated the city earlier in the year after the death of her husband”
“Matsushima left
Hiroshima on foot and managed to get a rescue train, where he finally reached
his mother”
“She had seen the
mushroom cloud of smoke above the city and had assumed her son had been killed”
“Just three days after
Hiroshima was hit, another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki”
“Japan surrendered
seven days later on the 15th August 1945”
“By the end of the
year 140,000 deaths in Hiroshima were attributed to the bomb”
“This included people
killed in the explosion and those killed by the radiation and injuries”
“Up to 80,000 people
were killed in Nagasaki and also by the radioactive fallout”
“Today Hiroshima is a
modern city completely rebuilt with a population of one million”
“The Atomic Dome
Building, which is used as an exhibition today, withstood the blast due to its
concrete structure”
“The bomb exploded
almost directly over it”
“Despite the
sufferings, the attack caused Matsushima to feel no bitterness towards the
Americans”
“He says, “People go crazy in wars, wanting to kill
the enemy””
““Now we have to co-operate to abolish all nukes””
5th August 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“Seventy years ago,
Hiroshima was turned into a burning inferno as Americans dropped an atomic bomb
on this Japanese city”
“A young man, Keijiro
Matsushima, was just 16 years old when he witnessed the attack, which claimed
100,000 lives in one day”
“On 6th
August 1945 it was a beautiful day with a clear blue sky, Matsushima had returned
to school”
“It was about 8.15am.
His class had just started when he looked out of the window to see two American
B-29 bombers”
“He thought more
American planes were doing their routine work”
“When he looked back
at his books, the bomb exploded. There was a very strong flash and a wave of
heat”
“The whole world
turned orange and he was thrown into an oven for a moment”
“At the hypocentre,
some 2km from his school, the temperature on the ground reached 3,000⁰C”
“The flash was
followed by a loud boom. He covered his ears and eyes. He jumped under his desk”
“All became pitch
black and then a deadly silence”
“Matsushima kept
asking for his mother to help him and for Buddha to help him. This was the
first time he had prayed to Buddha”
“Keijiro Matsushima
was a fortunate survivor. He only suffered cuts from glass splinters”
“When he went outside
he was shocked to witness the devastation caused by only two planes”
“Many people were
badly burned with their skin peeling from their heads and bodies”
“Their clothes were
burned and some were almost naked”
“He thought Hiroshima
is dying”
“People were crawling
towards the river to cool their burns, many died on the river banks”
“The Red Cross
hospital was also damaged. Within the 2km of the hypocentre most buildings were
burnt and destroyed”
“Matsushima’s mother
had evacuated the city earlier in the year after the death of her husband”
“Matsushima left
Hiroshima on foot and managed to get a rescue train, where he finally reached
his mother”
“She had seen the
mushroom cloud of smoke above the city and had assumed her son had been killed”
“Just three days after
Hiroshima was hit, another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki”
“Japan surrendered
seven days later on the 15th August 1945”
“By the end of the
year 140,000 deaths in Hiroshima were attributed to the bomb”
“This included people
killed in the explosion and those killed by the radiation and injuries”
“Up to 80,000 people
were killed in Nagasaki and also by the radioactive fallout”
“Today Hiroshima is a
modern city completely rebuilt with a population of one million”
“The Atomic Dome
Building, which is used as an exhibition today, withstood the blast due to its
concrete structure”
“The bomb exploded
almost directly over it”
“Despite the sufferings,
the attack caused Matsushima to feel no bitterness towards the Americans”
“He says, “People go crazy in wars, wanting to kill
the enemy””
““Now we have to co-operate to abolish all nukes””
4th August 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“Palm oil is seen by
economists and environmentalists as either the oil to slow global warming or in
fact as a major climate killer”
“The pros of palm oil
are that it generates ten times the amount of energy than it consumes”
“Palm oil helps reduce
poverty since it generates returns of over $3,000 per hectare vs $100 on
conventional agriculture, so farmers love it”
“Palm oil is believed
to have a high antioxidant of red palm oil, which makes it a natural weapon
against cancer”
“Palm oil is excellent
for cooking, as it does not lose valuable nutrients when it is heated up”
“Palm oil can be used
as a source of biofuels and biodiesel used in power plants and other renewable
energy purposes around the world”
“The palm oil fruit is
rich in vitamins, antioxidants and other phytonutrients”
“Because palm oil is
in such demand these days, rainforests the size of five football fields
disappear every minute”
“Rain forests are
being eroded to make way for palm oil plantations”
“83% of the world’s
palm oil is produced in Indonesia and Malaysia”
“In 15 years’ time 98%
of the world’s rainforests will have disappeared due to intensive
deforestation”
“When forests are
cleared for palm oil, large amounts of carbon dioxide is released making
Indonesia the third largest emitter of CO2”
“Can the world afford
to sacrifice some of these rainforests to reduce poverty and possibly prevent
cancer?”
“Orangutans that live
in these forests, especially around Borneo are becoming an endangered species”
“The impact of the
cultivation of the palm oil plantations on Orangutans is devastating”
“It has virtually
wiped out their entire habitat”
“The Orangutans can
still be saved, so long as palm oil plantations are controlled”
“Demand for the oil is
expected to rise by 50% in the next decade”
“World Wide Fund for
Nature (WWF) estimates that Borneo has already lost 30% of its forests in the
last four decades”
“Palm oil growers,
traders and conservationist need to come together to discuss matters”
“Common sense must
prevail to address all the important issues”
“There needs to be
certified producers, no land grabs, no chemical pesticides and no harming of
the Orangutans”
“No more can virgin
forests be cut down to make palm oil”
“Environmentally the
destruction is far too great”
“There needs to be
careful monitoring to save the environment and wild life as well as air
pollution and global warming issues”
“Control and balance
requires all parties to come together, so that production is allowed to carry
on without bringing detriment to others”
“Moderation in all
things breeds results and everyone is happy”
“It has to be so for
the Greater Good”
4th August 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“Palm oil is seen by
economists and environmentalists as either the oil to slow global warming or in
fact as a major climate killer”
“The pros of palm oil
are that it generates ten times the amount of energy than it consumes”
“Palm oil helps reduce
poverty since it generates returns of over $3,000 per hectare vs $100 on
conventional agriculture, so farmers love it”
“Palm oil is believed
to have a high antioxidant of red palm oil, which makes it a natural weapon
against cancer”
“Palm oil is excellent
for cooking, as it does not lose valuable nutrients when it is heated up”
“Palm oil can be used
as a source of biofuels and biodiesel used in power plants and other renewable
energy purposes around the world”
“The palm oil fruit is
rich in vitamins, antioxidants and other phytonutrients”
“Because palm oil is
in such demand these days, rainforests the size of five football fields
disappear every minute”
“Rain forests are
being eroded to make way for palm oil plantations”
“83% of the world’s
palm oil is produced in Indonesia and Malaysia”
“In 15 years’ time 98%
of the world’s rainforests will have disappeared due to intensive
deforestation”
“When forests are
cleared for palm oil, large amounts of carbon dioxide is released making
Indonesia the third largest emitter of CO2”
“Can the world afford
to sacrifice some of these rainforests to reduce poverty and possibly prevent
cancer?”
“Orangutans that live
in these forests, especially around Borneo are becoming an endangered species”
“The impact of the
cultivation of the palm oil plantations on Orangutans is devastating”
“It has virtually
wiped out their entire habitat”
“The Orangutans can
still be saved, so long as palm oil plantations are controlled”
“Demand for the oil is
expected to rise by 50% in the next decade”
“World Wide Fund for
Nature (WWF) estimates that Borneo has already lost 30% of its forests in the
last four decades”
“Palm oil growers,
traders and conservationist need to come together to discuss matters”
“Common sense must
prevail to address all the important issues”
“There needs to be
certified producers, no land grabs, no chemical pesticides and no harming of
the Orangutans”
“No more can virgin
forests be cut down to make palm oil”
“Environmentally the
destruction is far too great”
“There needs to be
careful monitoring to save the environment and wild life as well as air pollution
and global warming issues”
“Control and balance
requires all parties to come together, so that production is allowed to carry
on without bringing detriment to others”
“Moderation in all
things breeds results and everyone is happy”
“It has to be so for
the Greater Good”
3rd August 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“Australia’s first
female Indigenous MP has said the country cannot recognise Aboriginal people in
the Constitution”
“Not until its racist
past is acknowledged”
“Senator Nova Peris
has announced that Government policy was hindering Australia’s Indigenous
people to take control of their lives”
“The Indigenous
Australians are not even mentioned in the Constitution”
“The Government is now
consulting with the Indigenous leaders on how it could possibly refer to them
in the document”
“Nova Peris has said
that past wounds need to be healed before a decision like that was made”
“You can only go
forwards when you acknowledge the truth about Aboriginal people and at this
time the country has a problem with it”
“Every time the
Aboriginal people come out to tell their story, their voices are not heard”
“The Government simply
does not want to deal with them”
“Aboriginal people
were taken away from their families”
“This was so that the
Government could assimilate Indigenous children by placing them with white
families”
“This integration did
not work in Canada, where it was practiced with the First Nation Canadian
population”
“And it did not work
with Aboriginals”
“Indigenous people
should be hailed as somebody”
“Not as savages who
should be tamed to the white man’s will and indoctrination”
“These people have
standards and pride in themselves – it is their country after all”
“They should be
respected with all their culture and they should be brought to the table to
discuss their history”
“That history is the
time before the white man landed”
“Prime Minister Tony
Abbott has pledged to hold a referendum in 2017”
“It is to see if the
Aboriginal people and the Torres Strait Islanders are recognised as the first
Australians”
“What an insult by the
white man on these people!”
“We are in the 21st
century after all and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were the first
to occupy Australia”
“It is time the
Australian Government woke up and started to respect these people, their
cultures, language and heritage”
“This also means their
lands and waters”
“Or do they want to be
known for their removal of them, as was the case with America and the First
Nation North American Indians?”
“We all have a right
to live on this planet”
“It simply does not
mean because you are not white you are somehow subservient to those whose skin
is white”
“How narrow-minded is
that?”
“Australia needs to
make amends for all the hardships imposed on these Aboriginal people”
“They must stop
pushing their heads in the sand and ignoring them”
“Australians cannot
make out that they are holier than thou”
“In fact they continue
to ignore the very people whose land it was first”
“The white Australian
man should start to learn from their Indigenous people how to conserve water
and where to find it in times of drought”
“They need to learn
about land conservation and what the land can offer them in other ways”
“It is arrogant to
assume that the white man knows everything”
“In fact they are
rather backward where matters of the land are concerned”
“We all must learn to
live and work together for the betterment of the country as a whole”
“We need to pull
together all our skills and if not then we are arrogant and deserve all that
eventually will come to us”
“Racism has no part to
play in a democratic elected Government and a so called civilised society”
“Perhaps many
Australians haven’t evolved as civilised yet – after all many arrived as
convicts?”
3rd August 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“Australia’s first
female Indigenous MP has said the country cannot recognise Aboriginal people in
the Constitution”
“Not until its racist
past is acknowledged”
“Senator Nova Peris
has announced that Government policy was hindering Australia’s Indigenous
people to take control of their lives”
“The Indigenous
Australians are not even mentioned in the Constitution”
“The Government is now
consulting with the Indigenous leaders on how it could possibly refer to them
in the document”
“Nova Peris has said
that past wounds need to be healed before a decision like that was made”
“You can only go
forwards when you acknowledge the truth about Aboriginal people and at this
time the country has a problem with it”
“Every time the
Aboriginal people come out to tell their story, their voices are not heard”
“The Government simply
does not want to deal with them”
“Aboriginal people
were taken away from their families”
“This was so that the
Government could assimilate Indigenous children by placing them with white
families”
“This integration did
not work in Canada, where it was practiced with the First Nation Canadian
population”
“And it did not work
with Aboriginals”
“Indigenous people
should be hailed as somebody”
“Not as savages who
should be tamed to the white man’s will and indoctrination”
“These people have
standards and pride in themselves – it is their country after all”
“They should be
respected with all their culture and they should be brought to the table to
discuss their history”
“That history is the
time before the white man landed”
“Prime Minister Tony
Abbott has pledged to hold a referendum in 2017”
“It is to see if the
Aboriginal people and the Torres Strait Islanders are recognised as the first
Australians”
“What an insult by the
white man on these people!”
“We are in the 21st
century after all and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were the first
to occupy Australia”
“It is time the
Australian Government woke up and started to respect these people, their
cultures, language and heritage”
“This also means their
lands and waters”
“Or do they want to be
known for their removal of them, as was the case with America and the First
Nation North American Indians?”
“We all have a right
to live on this planet”
“It simply does not
mean because you are not white you are somehow subservient to those whose skin
is white”
“How narrow-minded is
that?”
“Australia needs to
make amends for all the hardships imposed on these Aboriginal people”
“They must stop
pushing their heads in the sand and ignoring them”
“Australians cannot
make out that they are holier than thou”
“In fact they continue
to ignore the very people whose land it was first”
“The white Australian
man should start to learn from their Indigenous people how to conserve water
and where to find it in times of drought”
“They need to learn
about land conservation and what the land can offer them in other ways”
“It is arrogant to
assume that the white man knows everything”
“In fact they are
rather backward where matters of the land are concerned”
“We all must learn to
live and work together for the betterment of the country as a whole”
“We need to pull
together all our skills and if not then we are arrogant and deserve all that
eventually will come to us”
“Racism has no part to
play in a democratic elected Government and a so called civilised society”
“Perhaps many
Australians haven’t evolved as civilised yet – after all many arrived as
convicts?”
2nd August 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“This could only
happen in America, armadillos are fighting back without even knowing about it!”
“A man from Texas has
been wounded after a bullet he fired at an armadillo ricocheted and hit him in
the head”
“The shooting took
place in east Texas, when the shooter fired three bullets at an armadillo”
“One of those bullets
ricocheted and hit him in the jaw”
“The man is being
treated for minor injury. The armadillo was nowhere to be found”
“This is not the first
time in recent months that an armadillo deflected bullets, which ended up
wounding a human being”
“A man in Georgia,
USA, injured his mother-in-law when a bullet he fired ricocheted off the
armadillo”
“The bullet went from
the armadillo through a fence and then through the backdoor of his
mother-in-law’s mobile home”
“Then it went through
the recliner chair that she was sitting in and into her back”
“One just couldn’t
believe the stupidity of the incident if it didn’t happen with guns in America”
“This is the result of
too many guns in the wrong hands”
“Of course Americans
have a right to fire weapons when they feel threatened”
“The armadillos of
course have no say in the matter!”
2nd August 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“This could only
happen in America, armadillos are fighting back without even knowing about it!”
“A man from Texas has
been wounded after a bullet he fired at an armadillo ricocheted and hit him in
the head”
“The shooting took
place in east Texas, when the shooter fired three bullets at an armadillo”
“One of those bullets
ricocheted and hit him in the jaw”
“The man is being
treated for minor injury. The armadillo was nowhere to be found”
“This is not the first
time in recent months that an armadillo deflected bullets, which ended up wounding
a human being “
“A man in Georgia,
USA, injured his mother-in-law when a bullet he fired ricocheted off the
armadillo”
“The bullet went from
the armadillo through a fence and then through the backdoor of his
mother-in-law’s mobile home”
“Then it went through
the recliner chair that she was sitting in and into her back”
“One just couldn’t
believe the stupidity of the incident if it didn’t happen with guns in America”
“This is the result of
too many guns in the wrong hands”
“Of course Americans have
a right to fire weapons when they feel threatened”
“The armadillos of
course have no say in the matter!”
1st August 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“A vaccine against the
deadly Ebola virus has led to 100% protection and could transform the way Ebola
is tackled”
“Previously there were
no proven drugs or vaccines against this killer virus”
“With co-operation
throughout the world, the search for a vaccine against this deadly virus has
been found”
“The World Health
Organisation (WHO) has found the results remarkable”
“The trial centred on
the VSV-EBOV vaccine, first started by the Public Health Agency of Canada”
“Then it was developed
by Merck, the pharmaceutical company”
“The way the vaccine
has been combined was by taking a fragment of the Ebola virus with another
safer virus”
“This trains the
immune system to beat Ebola”
“This unique clinical
trial took place in Guinea, when a new patient was discovered”
“His friends,
neighbours and family were vaccinated to create a protective ring of immunity”
“One hundred patients
were identified in this trial and then close contacts were either vaccinated
immediately or three weeks later”
“For those who were
vaccinated immediately, there were no subsequent cases of Ebola”
“But for those who
were vaccinated later, there were sixteen cases”
“While the fight
against Ebola continues, there is good news that global efforts to stop this
outbreak are producing results”
“In Liberia, the Ebola
outbreak has officially ended after the last 42 days (twice as long as the
incubation period of Ebola infections)”
“There were no new
cases since the last person contracted the disease”
“In Guinea and Sierra
Leone, there has been a drop in cases, holding steady over the last three
weeks”
“This has been a major
and significant achievement by all those battling against this deadly disease”
“The world owes a debt
of gratitude to all those professional people who have dedicated their lives
into combating this disease”
“They have brought
outstanding relief to those who have it!”
1st August 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“A vaccine against the
deadly Ebola virus has led to 100% protection and could transform the way Ebola
is tackled”
“Previously there were
no proven drugs or vaccines against this killer virus”
“With co-operation
throughout the world, the search for a vaccine against this deadly virus has
been found”
“The World Health
Organisation (WHO) has found the results remarkable”
“The trial centred on
the VSV-EBOV vaccine, first started by the Public Health Agency of Canada”
“Then it was developed
by Merck, the pharmaceutical company”
“The way the vaccine
has been combined was by taking a fragment of the Ebola virus with another
safer virus”
“This trains the
immune system to beat Ebola”
“This unique clinical
trial took place in Guinea, when a new patient was discovered”
“His friends,
neighbours and family were vaccinated to create a protective ring of immunity”
“One hundred patients
were identified in this trial and then close contacts were either vaccinated
immediately or three weeks later”
“For those who were
vaccinated immediately, there were no subsequent cases of Ebola”
“But for those who
were vaccinated later, there were sixteen cases”
“While the fight
against Ebola continues, there is good news that global efforts to stop this
outbreak are producing results”
“In Liberia, the Ebola
outbreak has officially ended after the last 42 days (twice as long as the
incubation period of Ebola infections)”
“There were no new
cases since the last person contracted the disease”
“In Guinea and Sierra
Leone, there has been a drop in cases, holding steady over the last three
weeks”
“This has been a major
and significant achievement by all those battling against this deadly disease”
“The world owes a debt
of gratitude to all those professional people who have dedicated their lives
into combating this disease”
“They have brought
outstanding relief to those who have it!”
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