22 December 2015

World Affairs for 2015 DECEMBER II

20th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“The air in Beijing is so polluted that breathing it does as much damage to the lungs as smoking 40 cigarettes a day”

“China itself has said that more than 80% of Chinese people, regularly exposed to pollution there…”

“…far exceed levels that are deemed safe by the US Environmental Protection Agency”

“The Chinese Government has set up a nationwide network of sensors and now regularly publishes data online”

“The data from these sensors showed an alarming picture of pollution in the Chinese air that previous satellite data had suggested”

“This air pollution kills about 4,000 people every day”

“The sensors used in the study measure all types of pollution in China, which are the ozone, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides and others”

“One of the most dangerous pollutants is PM2.5, which stands for particulate matter that is smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter”

“These small particles enter deep into the human respiratory system and are responsible for a range of harmful, even deadly diseases”

“Every hour of inhaling this, by exposure to pollution, reduces a person’s life by 20 minutes”

“China needs to build ten new megacities with top schools, hospitals and corporate headquarters to ease the strain of Beijing”

“Public services are too concentrated in the capital, so more people flock to Beijing and worsen the pollution”

“After years of denial, China’s politicians have finally woken up to the nations concerns over hazardous air pollution”

“The Government battles pollution caused by the coal burning industry”

“It raises the question, “Has it the ability to clean up its own mess and economy?”

“Beijing pledges to reduce its share of coal in its energy consumption by 60% by the end of the decade”

“How many more people will die in the interim?”

“China’s coal fire power sector is notoriously inefficient and more needs to be done by the Chinese Government”

“They are letting their own people down every day”

“All ages of people are affected and the toll on their health system will become overloaded in time”

“Too many are dying needlessly, because their Government will not do more to deal with these problems”

“They have the deaths of many already on their hands”

“As with all these things, it is the people who must stand up and demonstrate their legitimate concerns”

“Their Government must not get away with slow ineffective measures”

“It is time that the people protested as excuses are no longer listened to, action is the only way forwards”

19th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“People are brought together for a reason to express love and thanksgiving for being a part of this world”

“It is for human kindness, which is the reason why we are all here”

“The strength of Man’s resolve, in being at one with God and nature, is profound”

“We all belong to the great Creation, which sustains our life and what it means to be Holy and complete”

“We must strive to bring about more unity in our thoughts, so that one purpose in life continues to grow”

“It becomes self-perpetuating, so that is we can aspire towards our Creator at the time of physical death”

“Our rebirth into the Heavens is already pre-planned and executed by the Highest Level of Intelligence”

“Whereby, we can continue our paths into a never-ending source of wisdom and learning”

“We strive to become Godlike in our thinking and being”

“All is completed in time; the journey our most precious gift of which we give to ourselves”

“A journey of immense love and union with our Creator forever!”

18th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“Peace and goodwill to all men is being recited as we approach this festive season”

“For some it is a very special time, for others not so”

“This year will see a revival of Christmas cheer and where more people will do charitable things”

“The people’s consciousness is being changed and more goodwill is being shared out to fulfil the basic requirements of so many”

“This means that the homeless will be given shelter, warm food and clothes”

“People will come together in an expression of love not seen before in decades and a greater feeling of love with compassion will be shown”

“Everybody is beginning to recognise that being alone in isolation is not the solution & where love crosses all barriers of anger & despair”

“Those that feel left out and afraid will see they are being embraced”

“The support system will now be enforced to bring about real genuine quality of life”

“We collectively are striving together to embrace all the needs of the people”

“Real change with uplifting and life turning effects can at last be realised”

“Love is really being spread around the world now!”

17th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“The world is beginning to recognise that wars solve nothing and that disaster brings in unnecessary hardship”

“They have no answers for or even the resources to combat the pain and suffering”

“A world consciousness is being formed to renounce wars and corruption on so many levels”

“Until people stand up for their rights and demand change, nothing will be changed”

“Corruption is the greatest killer of society”

“It leads to apathy and despair and kills off any good that might occur, such is the destruction to all”

“There’s so much abuse, so much despair to Mankind & now a collective conscious is occurring to bring balance back into this world of ours”

“The people are now fighting back and the powerful leaders of this world need to face up to their responsibilities”

“Finally they must realise that they can no longer ride roughshod over nations that cannot defend themselves”

“It is the people of the world who demand change and this is now happening”

“Corrupt politicians are being removed by the consensus of the people”

“Huge companies the world over are losing their control, as corruption finally is being exposed”

“They have to live with their own downfall”

16th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“The slogan on the streets of South Africa is that President Zuma must go!”

“The country is without a driver and the country is already off the rails”

“President Zuma is completely discredited. He has no credibility or moral authority to those whom he purports to represent and protect”

“The South African crisis is not caused by an individual, but by the entire collective”

“The responsibility must be placed on all those who helped create this crisis”

“Shame on all those who remained quiet and did nothing, while damage was being done to the working classes and the poor”

“President Zuma, the Cabinet and National Executive Committee Members of the ANC must go”

“The 2019 elections need to be brought forward and held in another environment to address the weaknesses incurred”

“The South African electoral system must be changed to allow for the people to vote directly for a president, premiers and mayors”

“Last week President Zuma reshuffled his cabinet removing his finance minister and replaced him with another”

“There was an outcry by the public and the private sectors, so Zuma replaced the new finance minister with yet another one!”

“The anti-Zuma protests are led by the Unite Against Corruption group”

“The people of South Africa protested in the streets of Pretoria, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg”

“They insisted that corruption had worsened in South Africa since Zuma came to power in 2009”

“President Zuma has broken the trust of the nation, because he did not put the nation first as he pledged when he came to power”

“Today the people of South Africa join hands and march against the injustices caused by a self-serving man!”

“It is the people who have the power to overthrow this Government and they will!”

“The people of South Africa are not about black or white, but about unity to reclaim democracy”

“Marches by striking workers and protests by poor communities against a lack of basic services have been going on for decades”

“It is now in recent months that there has been a marked rise in large protests against corruption”

“South Africans feel that Zuma has been reckless with their economy and therefore with their lives”

“The freedom won by Nelson Mandela and his contemporaries 21 years ago has been squandered”

“Zuma does not have what it takes to be a leader of a sophisticated democracy and economy and therefore must go!”

15th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“Finally the right outcome is being performed”

“Saudi Arabia has instigated that 34 Islamic nations will all join together in a military alliance to fight terrorism”

“This joint operation will be established in Riyadh”

“It includes countries from Asia, Africa and the Arab world that are involved in the alliance”

“We have already been tweeting that Arab countries should do more to support each other against IS”

“This is now happening and it is so encouraging”

“The Islamic nations must fight these terrorists on their own”

“They must establish a precedent to do more to reel in those who fight against the sanctity of life with their extremists’ ways”

“It is these extremists that have severely cut at the heart of what Islam is all about”

“There must be an eking out of the radical clerics, who wish to incite power over their fellow Muslims”

“It is those clerics, who wish to destroy the peace and wellbeing of their fellow Muslims”

“This coalition would not just focus on fighting IS, but the many different aspects which come to undermine the safety of the many countries”

“It is them that would fall victim to these extreme ideologies”

“At this time every Muslim country is fighting terrorism individually, so this co-ordinating effort is very important”

“Saudi’s Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman said that the new alliance would co-ordinate efforts”

“They will be against extremists in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Afghanistan”

“It is also noted that Iraq and Syria are not in this coalition”

“In announcing the coalition, it is stated that Islam forbids “corruption and destruction in the world”

“It is terrorism, which represents a serious violation of human dignity & rights, especially the right to life and the right to security”

“This alliance of Islamic countries is now fundamentally important to the survival of all these nations”

“The list of the 34 members: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Jordan”

“Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Palestinians, Qatar, Senegal”

“Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen”

14th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“Everywhere in the world is under discussion and nowhere more importantly than in Saudi Arabia”

“Their objective is that all must be under their rule if the world is to feel safe and secure”

“The amount of leverage that the Saudi Kingdom wields is tremendous and far reaching”

“It has many squirming to see how they can actually continue to maintain such a power that seems to go on forever”

“The term ‘smart power’ refers to the strategy of combining hard and soft power resources to protect its national interests and security”

“This policy shows a need for a strong economy and military”

“It also shows that Saudi Arabia invests in alliances, partnerships and institutions at all levels”

“This way it can expand its influence and it legitimises its state actions”

“Saudi Arabia has a unique approach to vacillating between using hard or soft power”

“This is possible because it is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, the home of the Islamic religion & possessing vast oil reserves”

“It is due to these resources that Saudi Arabia has been able to advance its foreign policy interests in the form of smart power”

“Saudi Arabia is home to the holiest places in Islam, Mecca and Medina”

“The Kingdom has made significant use of Islam as soft power”

“This is how it maintains national security, regional leadership in the Middle East and the wider Islamic world”

“To Saudi Arabia, Islam is a source of political and moral values and is a key to its national identity”

“It is the power of its religion, which can be seen on a tour of Riyadh”

“Here its capital city shows the power of religion over the social life there”

“Saudi women dress conservatively and mosques dominate the skyline”

“This also allows for the population to consent to the Royal Family’s rule and the appreciation of Islamic Sharia Law”

“The combination of hard and soft power is at the very heart of Saudi Arabia’s politics”

“It captures the hearts and minds of Muslims around the world”

“Saudi Arabia funds organisations and will support Islamic causes worldwide – its reach stretches out everywhere”

“Their efforts towards the Muslim world comes from their feelings of Islamic solidarity”

“Its activities help maximise its influence over the Middle East”

“Saudi Arabia has used its mediator role in putting its weight into bringing about reconciliation between Qatar and Egypt”

“It has also helped Egypt granting Sisi’s government $5 billion together with an extra $130 billion, which will go for social benefits”

“This way Saudi Arabia appeases its own people”

“At the same time they give a helping hand to those who seek to defend their interests in these neighbouring countries”

“The Kingdom’s oil reserves are of true global importance, especially in the West”

“Its additional production of 2 million barrels a day in 2012 supported the world economy”

“Saudi Arabia has made significant use of its hard and soft power to achieve its goals”

“It is its smart power, which has borne fruit in the Arab and Muslim world. This is not so in the western world”

“Western Governments incline towards Saudi Arabia, but their citizens do not see the value of these positive relations”

13th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“It is now that the break-up of Syria is being discussed and formulated”

“The great powers, as they see themselves, are in serious discussions behind the scenes to bring about a result”

“This does not include Bashar al-Assad and the Russian influence”

“Iran is already at the table making remonstrations”

“However it has already been decided by the western powers of their own strategy in these matters”

“A swift conclusion is necessary for all this to happen”

“The one fly in the ointment is of course IS, who have their own agenda”

“They will not stand for this carve-up of the Middle East when they have precisely the same objective”

“Watch a different demographic appear, where IS are spreading themselves out in other regions not yet conquered”

“This is on the radar nevertheless”

“It will be an expensive time for them, as they re-route their policies to meet up with their objectives”

“They are to rid the western powers of the Middle East & bring it back into a totalitarian state or caliphate, which is their objective form”

“IS will continue to look at other ways to rescue finance, so that their objective becomes long-lasting and permanent”

“They feel they cannot lose and that God is permanently with them in their ideology/objective”

“As we have repeatedly given, IS cannot be defeated militarily”

“It has to be their ideology that must be dissolved in order to bring stability to the Middle East”

“Conventional arms have no chance of succeeding and it is naïve to even think so”

“The lessons learnt from waging war on Afghanistan have still not been learnt and so it will be with IS”

“It is only the Muslin people themselves with their own clerics that must wash away this disruptive ideology”

“The right changes must occur from within”

“No western powers will ever win against so extreme an ideology”

“It has to be the Arab world, which sorts out their own problems”

“The greater powers of the world must allow them that right to do so”

“While the greater powers still see it as their rights to invade sovereign states, they will find their own folly”

“That folly will have far reaching consequences, which is already happening, as in Paris and the United States”

“The fight back and disruption has already occurred and more is to come until a back off is incurred”

“When will the greater powers finally realise they cannot continue in their colonial aspirations just because they see fit to do so?”

“When will they begin to wake up that they cannot any longer have control over the rest of the world?”

“They cannot fulfil their appetite of self-interest over and above what should be common decency and the Rule of Law”

“IS will continue to play havoc in Europe and the US in order to send out the message:”

“If you mess with us, we will mess with you”

“Again it must be stated, it is the Arab nations that must deal with their own vermin and no one else”

“This way respect by Arab nations will return for the West’s non-interference”

“Stability can only be achieved in this way”

“The western powers must learn from historical wars, if they are to have any respect in the world today!”

12th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“The women are casting their votes for the very first time in Saudi Arabia”

“This is an unprecedented event, which will see many women taking up this golden opportunity to cast their vote as women in their own right”

“A total of 978 women have already registered as candidates alongside 5,938 men”

“The female candidates have to speak behind a partition during campaign appearances or be represented by a man”

“Like the proverbial crack in the dam for the water to be released, so this is the crack in the establishment, which cannot be plugged”

“These women will now be in a position to express their views and to finally appoint justice in ways not thought possible before”

“About 130,000 women have registered to vote, which falls short of the male voters that stands at 1.35 million”

“It is the principle which is important here, where women will now be seen in making a legitimate contribution”

“They can now express how they would wish their views to be represented”

“If there are male candidates, who are able to come up with the right solutions for women…”

“…then of course it will be prudent for women to vote for them”

“It is public opinion, which is now finally changing”

“The dominant religious leaders will soon see their power fading, as a more lenient position is found”

“It was King Abdullah, who is seen as the key architect of this evolution of women’s rights and is part of his legacy of reforms”

“Before he died, he appointed thirty women to the country’s top advisory positions”

“Hatoon al-Fassi, a woman who cast her vote early, stated that she has been pushing for this day to occur for more than a decade”

“Voting in other parts of the world has become common place for the world’s millions of women”

“It is in these Muslim countries, where women are seen as second class citizens and not as equals, which is so devastating towards women”

“Their human rights are ignored by the punishing regimes of men”

“When men stop being fearful of women & regard them as vital to society…”

“…then real changes will occur without men feeling threatened in any way”

11th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“For all those around the world, whose courage and conviction are true, they will see their salvation given to them”

“These are the souls who strive against the odds, holding true to their cause and never wavering in their beliefs”

“These souls bear the fruits of redemption every time and become the world leaders, who change situations for the masses”

“The world is now changing under the incompetence of its leaders”

“A new global structure will come in replacing these diehards, who wield power, but have no sense of direction”

“A new world order is already being formed, where new ideas and policies will transform the way we see things”

“War over time will be obsolete, as the price of destruction, of annihilation, becomes too severe”

“It is too complex and so at last common sense prevails”

“Lasting coordinated agreements will be produced and a better understanding of human rights will be forthcoming”

“Those that go to war will be seen as the aggressors and they will be chastised/isolated for their destructive ways”

“World isolation on a massive scale is all that it requires, which means food, water, economies & broken trust will see everything cut off”

“They will have no trade or enjoy comradeship with the world’s people until they conform to the higher social structure”

“They will be forced to respect the Rules of Law”

“All these policies will filter down to the common man”

“Every individual will know their place in world unity and become a citizen of peace and not one of destruction”

“War begets war and there is no end to it”

“All have their own vested interest. Nobody is prepared to negotiate a common settlement or ground”

“The time has come for a new world order, where diplomacy is the only strategy allowed and confrontation frowned upon at the highest level”

“The power game is already receding”

“Power on so many levels is drastically diminishing and there are no more winners in this game of violence and aggression”

“The world powers are losing their foothold in the world”

“They now see that their aggression will no longer be tolerated and that people’s opinions do matter”

“Many Governments will have to fall, the rules of engagement re-written”

“Corruption on many levels is being exposed to the people and is being shown up as no longer being acceptable”

“Drastic reforms to expose the culprits of corruption are being formed”

“New policies will be implemented to save all sections of society”

“Greed & avarice will be curbed, as the new implementation on reforms allows for a more evenly distributed economy, so that everybody gains”

“Mankind will enjoy a long-lasting peace and allow much resurrection of land and property to ensue”

“People, who are in bondage, will see their shackles removed and their human rights returned”

“No one will bow down to an aggressor, as the aggressor will be dealt with within the world reforms”

“These are days of change, where peace and stability will be enjoyed by the masses”

“Prosperity will take its rightful foothold and God’s love can finally enter in!”

19 December 2015

World Affairs for 2015 DECEMBER I

10th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“A young woman, who went into labour to have her baby in a remote village in Pakistan, suffered excruciating pain for four days “

“The only help on hand was the neighbourhood Dai or traditional birth attendant”

“The Dai did not have the skills or training to deliver a complicated pregnancy”

“The pain of the birthing mother, became so severe that she became unconscious”

“This ordeal lasting four days after which time the Dai pulled out the remains of what would have been a baby girl”

“As if this ordeal was not enough, it left the woman with chronic incontinence by the damage inflicted to her insides by the Dai”

“In spite of this the Dai told the young woman, Razia, that in a few days she would be fine, but in Razia’s case she just go worse”

“Razia’s condition is known as Obstetric fistula, which is both preventable and treatable”

“That is unless you live in a remote village with no hospital facilities”

“Obstetric fistula is where faeces and urine leak out of the vagina”

“This had been damaged by the mishandling by a Dai, while trying to remove the baby”

“Razia was always filthy & smelt bad. She was despised for her condition by the people & family of her village, who said it was her fault”

“Razia’s only problem was that she was born to a poor family”

“She never had the chance to go to school in spite of her being very bright and intelligent”

“As a teenager she was married to a man she didn’t know”

“She became a young widow when her husband was killed in a road accident when she was six months pregnant”

“The condition Obstetric fistula is little known in Europe & the US where it has been virtually wiped out because of improved obstetric care”

“Around two million women around the world suffer from this devastating condition”

“Many of these women are from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia”

“Pakistan has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the region”

“Its public health care suffers from deep-rooted corruption and institutional inefficiencies”

“Because these women are without a voice, nobody cares about them”

“In recent years Pakistan has reported 5,000 new Obstetric fistula patients annually”

“Pakistan’s Dr Siddiqui and his team now serve free fistula treatment centres, which were set up by the UN Population Fund”

“Many more women still go on suffering in shame for years, even decades, not realising that their condition is treatable through surgery”

“These women can actually enjoy a normal healthy life instead of a damaged one!”

9th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“Tanzania’s new president is John Magufuli”

“He came to power on the promise to root out corruption and so far he has not disappointed”

“On his first day in charge he did a surprise visit to the finance ministry, where he berated civil servants who were not at their desks”

“He has cancelled a lavish Independence Day to free up funds to fight a cholera outbreak”

“He has slashed the budget for a State Dinner to celebrate the opening of Parliament using the money to buy hospital beds”

“President Magufuli’s surprise visits are his favourite modus operandi for his new administration”

“One such visit to a main state hospital, Magufuli found patients sleeping on the floor”

“He promptly sacked the hospital chief and dissolved its Governing Board”

“His Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa turned up unannounced at Dar es Salaam’s port”

“He discovered a major tax discrepancy costing $40m in lost revenue”

“The head of the Tanzania Revenue Authority is now under arrest along with five of his top lieutenants pending a criminal investigation”

“President Magufuli’s new broom has been welcomed by his citizens”

“They are tired of the endemic corruption that has stunted the country’s progress for decades”

“With his dramatic measures he has won over some of his opposition politicians”

“The opposition has said that they had built a strong opposition based on a grand corruption agenda”

“Now they have a President, who has decided to join them in this crusade”

“It has been the social media in Tanzania and across Africa, which has been so effective in singing his praises”

“Magafuli is a breath of fresh air by his impressive measures, which he has already achieved to stamp out corruption on all levels”

“No one is safe anymore!”

“With Magufuli’s seriousness to tackle corruption, he has to make sure he appoints individuals who have competence and credibility”

“This will help him achieve his aims”

“He is a man on a mission and he is determined to take his country out of the clutches of corruption, which has strangled his people”

8th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“Courage on so many levels is out there”

“The people of the world, who seek vengeance in the name of God, are a disruptive force”

“The right questions need to be answered”

“Can we afford to stifle diplomacy and to reject justice in so many ways?”

“Inroads into vast swathes of revenge killings are being addressed”

“Here the people’s courage comes to the fore and a new settlement of peace negotiations becomes possible”

“It is high time that the people’s cries for peace and security in all aspects of life are recognised”

“It is here that a greater deliverance to their requests must be heard”

“No longer can Governments just blindly go in and destroy other countries before asking the right questions”

“How much more harm will this produce?”

“It is the wise men of this world, who hold back and consider all the consequences of their actions before entering into the affray”

“It is the hot-headed naïve politicians, who wish to go into battle without a plan of action that allows success all around”

“We, as the people of this world, must act responsibly and negotiate settlements of peace and wellbeing”

“No longer can this world sustain the kind of unrest it is daily facing”

“The repercussions of war are long-lasting and the destruction to both lives and lands last for decades”

“It is time for Mankind to build bridges and not to destroy them”

“Nobody in war ever learns or wins and the price is always too high”

“There needs to be a strong delegation of wise men with the necessary knowhow and political skills”

“They need to exercise solutions to problems not thought possible before”

“The people of this world demand the wise people to come forward and to put right what hot-headed warmongering people have so far destroyed”

“We all owe it to the suffering souls of this world that justice and peace are given to all”

7th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“A young man, Hsar Lar Doe, was born in the countryside of Myanmar (Burma) – his family were farmers”

“His father was killed by soldiers when he was only four years old”

“In 1995, Hsar and his younger brother Kree Kre were taken to a refugee camp by their grandparents”

“Everybody wanted to go to this camp, because of the opportunities they thought would happen”

“Hsar lived at the camp for nearly fifteen years and the camp was controlled by the Thai authorities, who were very strict”

“There was little food there and they were all told to stay in the camp. “It was like being in a cage,” Hsar said”

“There was a school in the camp, but no opportunity for further education or even to work there”

“The United Nations was trying to get the refugees out of the camps by finding countries who would accept them”

“Sometimes the refugees would find that there would be two or three countries who would accept them, so they would also apply to them”

“Hsar applied to the US, as that was the only country which would be willing to take him and his brother at the time”

“He was interviewed by the local government and when asked why he wanted to come to the US, he replied, “Because it is a free country”

“It was democratic and it would give him opportunities that he could not get in Myanmar”

“In the US everybody has the opportunity to study and to work”

“It was also very important that he felt safe, something he could never feel in that refugee camp”

“Hsar found work in a US meat packing plant. He had never seen people kill animals that much before”

“In 2011, a friend of his also from Myanmar was working as a coordinator at The Refugee Response in Cleveland, Ohio”

“The Refugee Response helps refugees by providing them with jobs & assistance.  It helps them to adjust to the new life & the new community”

“It gave Hsar the opportunity to work on a new farm, where vegetables were going to be grown”

“Hsar has now become their site manager and simply loves the work”

“Because Hsar comes from a farming family in Myanmar, so this work is familiar to him”

“Hsar plants the seeds and prepares the beds and harvests the crops. Then he delivers the produce to the local restaurants”

“He also manages a crew of nine people from five different countries and he is happy!”

“Hsar meets the local people in his community and The Refugee Response is helping him to apply for citizenship”

“He never thought he would become a US citizen”

“He always felt that this was a different world and nobody imagined that one day he could be there!”

“Where one has dreams, good things do manifest into amazing feats of achievements”

“We wish Hsar and many other refugees, success in their new lives”

6th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“Oscar Pistorius legal team are seeing whether they’re able to lodge an appeal after a court ruling found the South African guilty of murder”

“The Supreme Court upgraded the 29 year old’s sentence to murder from culpable homicide”

“This is South Africa’s equivalent of manslaughter for which he received a five year sentence”

“No dates have been set for the verdict, if sentenced the Paralympian could be sent back to prison for at least 15 years”

“Pistorius was released from prison and placed under house arrest in October having spent one day less than a year behind bars”

“This was for the shooting his girlfriend Reeve Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013”

“Pistorius had hoped to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest on his uncle’s property in the wealthy suburb of Pretoria”

“Prosecutors agree that Pistorius should have been convicted of murder for firing four shots through a locked toilet door”

“It was stated he intended to kill Steenkamp and that she fled to the toilet during a row”

“Pistorius armed himself with a high calibre weapon and shot though a small toilet cubicle”

“It shows that he must have foreseen that the person might die”

“When a person puts four shots through a door, then the intention is to shoot someone”

“Especially as that person is not attacking Pistorius, this means it is murder”

“The Detective Hilton Botha is a 24 year old veteran police officer”

“He said it did not matter where Reeve was, she would not have stood a chance crouching behind the door”

“Women are killed by their husbands, their boyfriends or their same sex partners every eight hours in South Africa”

“Here “intimate femicide” is the country’s leading cause of violent deaths for women”

“This incident was intentional murder, as no burglar would have locked themselves in a bathroom cubicle”

“It really is time for justice to be seen to be served”

“Pistorius’s unlawful killing of Reeve Steenkamp must be given the full weight of the law”

“For the women of South Africa and around the world whose lives are taken and the perpetrator is given less than a year in prison”

“It makes a mockery of justice for all females caught up in violence against their will!”

5th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“The world is not ready for change even though change is happening”

“All peoples of this world must look to their needs and aspirations”

“They need to involve themselves in taking responsibility for bringing good deeds to all those who need them”

“We have to change the mind-sets of so many and bring about transformation to this world”

“So that law and order can be maintained to secure long term security”

“We are all in a state of chaos and uncertainty”

“All now is being pushed back, so that a more secure direct purpose is established to bring back security and wellbeing to this world”

“The earth groans under the force of destruction laid upon it”

“The earth is a living being globe of energy and this is being systematically eroded”

“This is because of Mankind’s insensitivity to its delicate balance of nature”

“Until Mankind recognises his own hand in its destruction, he does not deserve to live anymore on the fruits of its produce”

“We, as the Spiritual Intelligence, are putting matters right by curbing Man’s power and greed for destructive methods”

“All is a battle of which Mankind will be forced to live in perpetual darkness if change is not accepted by him”

“It is now that global changes & large institutions will continue to fall & be dissipated until the new format of correctness comes about”

“No longer will Mankind have the upper hand, as its destruction has already seen much famine and global consequences”

“It is the Higher Intelligences, which are intervening to put matters right, where Mankind has so ignorantly ignored them”

“The world powers are coming under scrutiny and will be judged one by one until their circumstances change”

“These changes will be so dramatic that they will be brought to heel”

“No power can sustain this Intelligence and so they will be all brought to their knees in time”

“This will create a new world order, the likes of which has never been seen before”

“Keep faith all those who love God and know all will be saved in his love and decency of the Spirit!”

4th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“The USA does not need to go to war with the rest of the world as they have their own home grown war at home”

“Another massacre, this one was at San Bernardino in California, where 14 people were killed & 17 people injured, a normal day in America!”

“At this rate as the violence increases, so wars between states will be the next thing on the agenda”

“America has a pattern of violence in the way of shooting that has not been seen anywhere else in the world”

“So far this year 2015, a total of 462 people have been killed and 1,314 others wounded”

“The US has less than 5% of the world’s population; about 31% of mass shootings worldwide take place in this country”

“In a 2007 study of 178 countries, the USA ranked first in the number of civilians who owned guns at a rate of 88.8 firearms per 100 people”

“Mental illness plays a strong part in creating these atrocities, where the person feels rejected by society”

“Something with which millions of American young people suffer”

“It must be made clear that even though shooters are generally mentally ill”

“The mentally ill do not develop into shooters at a disproportionate level”

“The US has very lax gun laws”

“The National Rifle Association’s lobbies have very powerful ties with the Republican officials and Democrats from the country’s south”

“What is such a disgrace for the American people is that the NRA spends copious amounts of money to keep their politicians in line”

“It has to be public opinion alone, which will allow for things to change”

“The public must press for no guns in their towns and states”

“Then the public momentum will gather strength and politicians will have to come around”

“It is only the people who must speak, so that change becomes possible”

“Mental illness needs to be addressed and America’s young people should be listened to more, so that they can be supported in a better way”

“The American people owe it to the young to safeguard their futures”

“No politician will do that, as they are only interested in their own agendas”

“How many more deaths must occur before mass demonstrations against guns starts to take hold and the people are finally listened to?”

“Politicians won’t do it, as the gun lobby holds a gun to their heads”

“It is for the people themselves to demand change, if they wish safety in their country!”

3rd December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“An Indian man invented a simple machine for the poor rural women to make simple sanitary pads”

“His idea was to provide jobs for some and hygiene for millions, often for the first time”

“This event motivated a British woman called Amy Peake”

“She made it her mission in life to help those refugee women in camps to be able to deal with their monthly periods”

“Amy Peake had gone out to India on a fact finding mission to find out how these pads were made”

“This mission of hers came about while she was waiting in her doctor’s waiting room”

“She saw an image in a magazine that showed thousands of refugees queuing up for food in a bombed street in Damascus”

“In the foreground stood a woman and for a brief moment Amy associated herself with that woman”

“She asked, “What would happen if while queuing she got her period?”

“A remarkable coincidence happened when she got home. Her husband showed her a story”

“It was about Arunachalam Murugananthan, the India man who invented the machine to produce cheap and hygienic sanitary pads”

“Murugananthan realised that his wife and other Indian women used rags”

“Murugananthan didn’t want to sell the pads, he wanted women to make and sell their own”

“His aim was to create a million jobs for the poor rural women in India”

“Then he would expand to others countries in the world, where sanitary pads are unavailable”

“Amy Peake said this machine should be in every refugee camp and she calls her project ‘Loving Humanity’”

“Amy approached many of the big humanitarian agencies, who did not return her calls, so after six months she decided to take up the cause”

“With some backing she got on a plane to Jordan, which is home to a million Syrian refugees”

“She met up with the volunteers at the largest camp Zaatari”

“Peake found that the organisers had no time for her plan, so she had to do it all herself”

“Amy Peake learnt how to use the machine, which takes fifteen minutes to process the sanitary pad”

“Amy compresses the wood pulp in the grinder; the fluffy material is shaped in a mould and wrapped in antibacterial fabric”

“It is placed under a UV light for thirty seconds to disinfect it and then it is ready for use”

“It really is that simple and Amy Peake could picture her own factory in the Zaatari camp”

“It is the simple things in life that women need as a necessity”

“It makes such an outstanding difference to their wellbeing as citizens in this world”

“It is the male ignorance that creates so much hardship towards women and this vital service should be their automatic human right!”

2nd December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“A Catholic nun called Neyda Rojas has been serving God in a place many describe as hell on earth – a Venezuelan prison”

“In the prison, the human rights of the penitentiaries have been criticised”

“They have allowed serious human rights violations to take place behind their walls”

“The Government has tried to introduce reforms to improve the living conditions”

“Some of their prisons are the most violent and overcrowded in Latin America”

“Venezuela’s General Penitentiary (PGV) in the State of Guárico should hold no more than 750 prisoners”

“But at the time of this report there were 3,000 inmates”

“Neyda Rojas belongs to the Mercedarian Order of Nuns”

“She helps to teach the inmates some of the basics of life, like literacy”

“She says, “I’m very happy when they learn to read and write. I can see their excitement”

“It also means they can understand what official documents say about them and their trials”

“The 52 year old nun said, “I have always seen the face of God in their faces”

“The Venezuelan National Guard patrols the exterior of the prison, while the inmates are in charge on the inside”

“The prisoners have weapons and there is a clear leadership structure with a strict set of rules”

“Those that do not follow these rules often pay with their lives”

“Sister Neyda has won the trust of these inmates. Although there is danger all around her, she walks around unafraid”

“She seems untouchable. She says, “I am sure they will never shoot me.  God is with me”

“They will never do anything against me, in fact they protect me”

“Sister Neyda serves these inmates every day with love, for many of them have been abandoned, but they have her!”

“Sister Neyda is the voice of men, who have no voice”

“She is the lone crusader, who works tirelessly to get results for them and nobody is left out”

“Her unstinting care and devotion towards these inmates has awarded her much respect and a certain love towards another human being”

“All recognise her unique qualities and her life changing ways”

“May she long continue, as she has The Almighty on her side and her dedication is second to none!”

1st December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)

“The disgrace of the Lawn Tennis Association is not doing our young tennis players any favours”

“Andy Murray has accused the Lawn Tennis Association of failing to build on his success”

“This he did on the day after Great Britain won their first Davis Cup for 79 years”

“The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is a waste time, as they never get anything done!”

“Andy Murray states that he doesn’t know where the next generation of young tennis players are coming from after him”

“The LTA need to act now and positive changes need to be made to create the British tennis players for the future”

“The LTA don’t coach any players now! The sum of £25m has gone into junior programmes, which have not worked because there are no juniors”

“There are now no junior number ones or juniors competing for Grand Slams. It is just not happening”

“Team GB have handed over the Davis Cup trophy”

“They have also handed them the truth that the LTA are nothing but a waste of time, because nothing gets done!”

“The British Davis Cup team turned the spotlight from themselves onto the highly paid suits and strategists that do nothing”

“They just bask in their own glow of achievement earned by Smith and the intrepid team”

“It is these LTA strategists and highly paid suits, who do not deserve their positions as they waste the annual Wimbledon windfall”

“Andy Murray and Leon Smith both state that the status quo in British tennis is not good enough”

“The scarcity of British youngsters at the junior levels in major tournaments is an embarrassment to British tennis”

“Kyle Edmunds is 20 years old and he is based at Roehampton”

“He is the last player to come through the Lawn Tennis Association coaching system that has now been dismantled”

“He is critical that he does not have anyone to hit with at the lavish National Tennis Centre, which was opened in 2007 for £40m”

“Andy Murray went himself to Roehampton to knock up after the Chinese tournament only to find it was completely empty, not a soul in sight”

“All of Murray’s Olympic, US Open and Wimbledon titles have been achieved despite British tennis”

“He has done all this on his own back without any help from the British Tennis system”

“The LTA continue to fail its youngsters and is a sham operation and should be disbanded”

“It is Murray’s brilliance that strips the LTA of its familiar excuses”

“It compels them to come up with a system instead of tearing up previous plans to justify their huge salaries”

“It is time that new enforcement issues were issued to give young British tennis players a future in this magnificent sport”