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Tony Blair receives a warm ” shoe and egg” welcome from the public of Dublin during his visit to publish his own book.

Tony Blair in his book named “A Journey”  has defended his policies on War on Iraq and in  a subsequent interview with BBC  has mentioned Islam as a “wicked and backward-looking”

Which made Mr Blair a guest of Shoe and egg from the hundreds of protesters surrounding him.

Blair told the BBC World Service “the biggest threat in international security is this broader radicalized movement, because I think it is rather similar to revolutionary communism.”

He said al-Qaida-linked extremism was “loosely a global ideological movement, but Iran is a state sponsor of it.”

If you ask me i dont think Al Qaida ever exist! When did we last hear of Osama bin Laden? 2 years back?

Abby Sunderland may have just set the country on fire by being lost at sea. We all know how important it is for an AMERICAN like her to go missing. The 16-yr old is trying to become the youngest to ever sail around the world:

TV satellite trucks were beginning to gather outside the modest Thousand Oaks home…… where teen sailor Abby Sunderland lives with her parents. Occasionally, reporters would knock on the front door of the home covered with ivy and geranium. But no one answered.

Students from nearby Thousand Oaks high school walked down the street wondering why news trucks were here. Gage Guzman, 17, said he hoped that Abby would be found safe. “She’s younger than me and she’s sailing around the world, and by herself, that’s even crazier,” he said. “She’s brave, I don’t even go into the ocean by myself.”

Guzman’s younger brother, Shawn, 15, said he didn’t think her attempt to sail around the world was reckless. “If it’s her dream to sail, and she wants to follow her dream, that’s courageous. “

Sunderland, out of necessity, abandoned her quest to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone, nonstop and unassisted. However, the 16-year-old was continuing her mission to become the youngest person to sail around the world.

Sailing experts said the Southern Indian Ocean where Sunderland was sailing when she apparently signaled emergency beacon locating devices on Thursday is known to be a difficult challenge. Charlie Nobles, executive director of the American Sailing Assn., said that winter storms in the Southern Hemisphere are fast approaching, creating rough waves that can reach dozens of feet high. He also said that there are fewer hours of light during the day, which can make navigating the waters difficult.

“There’s just not a lot of land in that part of the world,” Nobles said. “You have to follow certain patterns because you need the trade winds. Where she is right now is in between Australia and South Africa.”

Sailors had criticized Sunderland for leaving so late in the year for her journey. She departed from Marina del Rey on Jan. 23, later than she had wanted to because of equipment issues. She also had to make a stop in Mexico to make repairs, which wasted precious time before the approaching winter southern storms.

Nobles said that sailing around Cape Horn between South America and the Antarctic Peninsula was speculated to be Sunderland’s greatest challenge. But she rounded the cape in April without many issues, he said.

“A lot of people talk about the Horn because that’s what you hear about in National Geographic specials,” Nobles said. “But it wasn’t that big of a deal, fortunately, for her.”

Shortly after setting sail, Sunderland abandoned her quest to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone, without any stops or assistance.

“I don’t know enough facts to know whether this is something she necessarily could have avoided or if it was a bad decision,” Nobles said. “My hope was that if she was at a certain point in her journey, she would say, ‘I’m less concerned about a record than to try to make it through safely.’ “

Abby Sunderland’s brother, Zac, last year completed his solo sail around the world at age 17.

Sunderland’s latest entry on her blog Wednesday described hitting rough weather and winds at 45 knots. “Wild Eyes was great through everything, but after a day with over 50 knots at times, I had quite a bit of work to do,” she wrote about her vessel.

Her parents have said in news reports that they had persuaded Abby to get to the nearest port in the event that dangerous conditions arose.

Someone better get Obama on the phone…

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Parenting Advice

Parenting does not merely mean giving birth and rearing the child from birth till adulthood nor does it mean providing all the needs (physical) of the child without any hesitation. Many parents feel that their responsibility ends once the physical needs are met the child grows on its own.

Parenting starts even before the couple get married. Even the animals have sex and give birth to offsprings. They take care of the physical needs and also protect the offsprings from external dangers till certain period and then leave them to themselves. Human beings are not like that. God has given us brain and the power of thinking and differentiating between what is good and what is not and then acting. How many are doing this?

The main problem is awareness. Many are unaware what to do and when to do what? As I said earlier Parenting starts much before getting married assuming that one decides to get children after marriage!!

When one gets married lot of adjustments are to be made physically, emotionally, financially, socially and psychologically too. Initially it may be physical attraction or infatuation, later many more things come to light which may result in disappointment and frustration for both. Even if it is a love marriage, because, while courting, normally one will present the best side of self and the other person may not know the actual situation. The realities crop up in due course of time only. These are the reasons that most of the marriages now a days are resulting in breakups. In the olden days it was taught and practiced that whatever be the situation one should adjust and stick to the partner under any circumstances. Now that situation and mental make up has disappeared.

To avoid all these problems, it is advisable that the couple give some time for both to settle down, understand each other as well as each other’s financial position, social status, family and personal commitments etc very well before deciding to have a child. Major portion of the child development depends on the family atmosphere. If there is friction, tension, misunderstandings among parents, financial strain, and frustration etc. it will definitely impair the fair and healthy growth of the little one. Why deprive the innocent child the basic requirement of healthy family atmosphere? Instead, avoid the little one from coming into this world! or try to postpone since there are many acceptable and safe methods available now.

One should be aware of one’s habits and health history before deciding to have a child. Unwanted habits like smoking, drinking liquor excessively, consuming drugs, having some serious illness in the family which has the chance and threat of being transmitted to the little one should be assessed before hand to either take precaution or to avoid with a reputed doctor. Because all these or any of these can have a very bad and irreparable effect on the child. Why take risk and then regret over it through out the life? One should opt for quality of life rather than quantity, which is the problem and available in plenty in India!!

Parenting is the responsibility of both the father and the mother. There is a notion in most of the families that parenting is the whole and sole responsibility of the mother alone, which is totally wrong and unorthodox.

Parenting is beautiful but requires lot of sacrifice, adjustments, and understanding and realize that it is many times non-rewarding. One should realize the truth and the reality and should not get disappointment. One should realize that we have the responsibility to give the best to our children, to take care of them since it was we who have decided to bring them into this world and not their choice!! One should always opt, wish and hope for a better life socially, materialistically, and psychologically for the children than what the parents had. In order to achieve this goal or to realize this ambition, one has to make many sacrifices. First one should assess whether one is really and wholly ready for this. One should always aim to give the best rather than an ordinary or a below ordinary life to one’s child.

First and the foremost is the financial sacrifice. When a guest comes to the house and stays for a couple of days, one sees the difference in the expenditure and a short fall in the budget. A child’s arrival will make a great difference. One should assess this aspect before deciding to become a parent.

The financial burden will be a never ending and ever mounting process. The medical and the educational expenditure in the present days are so high that one person’s earnings are in no way sufficient to give a decent education and comfortable living to our children. Medical expenditure is unpredictable. Any thing may happen at any time. “Are we prepared for it”, should be the first question. At every stage there will be different types and patterns of expenditure. One should be prepared, plan and should have the capacity to arrange. No use in blaming or regretting later on.

Then is the time management. A child will take a great amount of the time of the parent. Both should think and estimate how much time they can spend with and for the child. Then they should assess whether that time is sufficient or not. If not, will they be able to allot more or how they propose to manage. There is no point in blaming each other later on. Both should give equal importance to each other’s time, ability, professional ambitions etc before deciding to have a child.

They should plan how they propose to manage their respective professions. It is always felt that the mother should sacrifice her carrier to take care of the child. Why? Why can’t the father adjust? All these aspects are to be discussed and decided about, much before deciding to become a parent. One should have the decency, courage, ability and capacity to manage by themselves without depending on others. To become a parent was the decision taken by them not by others and forced on them by others.

The parents will have to forgo many comforts in life which they might have been enjoying before the arrival of the little one. This discomfort or the disturbance should not be complained about or regretted about later on. Socially there may be changes in the attitude of oneself as well as from others around. This should be anticipated and accepted by both.

One should realize that the child is a growing entity in all aspects such as physically, mentally, psychologically, socially and emotionally too. At every stage it will show different reactions. The parents should realize this and be prepared to accept the child as it is and not as they want or like it to behave. Such an attitude alone will result in happiness, satisfaction and disappointment free living.

Parenting is a continuous process and does not stop at a given point of time. It also is a learning process for the parents concerned. One should show balanced emotions and reactions towards the child immaterial of what reaction the child shows. After the childhood days adolescence and then adulthood sets in the child’s life. The parent should be well aware of how to handle at each given point of time. Interfering with their lives, emotions, activities, actions etc will lead to friction and misunderstandings only. One should learn to guide them, advice them and watch. Learn never to insist. The children should be treated like friends and one should earn respect rather than demand it.

After a period time they become an independent individual and the parents become strangers. They may or may not disclose all their emotions, problems etc with the parents. This is a natural reaction and the parent should feel that they have given the right background to their children instead of feeling left out or neglected. At this stage one should learn to involve in the activities of the children rather than talking about themselves and about the past. This will create a bond between the two which is a healthy sign for both. The parents should realize that they have lived their lives, done their duties to the maximum possible limits and have brought their children to a certain level and their job is done. The parents should develop the habit of good hearing and minimal talking!

These are certain observations and experiences that I have come across and experienced in my life and felt that they will be useful if expressed on paper. Certain points may sound little strange but they are expressed by keeping the Indian parents in mind.P

There is an old saying “one is company, two is crowd”. We can modify this and say “one is fun, two is crime”!!!

I will consider that my attempt is successful if at least one person feels that the article is useful and beneficial.

Zac sunderland on his world journey

Really great talent has been shown by an 17 year old American teenager Zac Sunderland who has circled the world taking a little more than a year time and now holds the record for Youngest Sailor to conquer the world.

Zac Sunderland  who started from Marina Del Rey, California last June has gone throughout the world with his Yatch, alone. Zac says he faced tough times in the middle of the journey with his Yatch breaking up, storms and also a threat from Pirates. He calls with Confidence that He never gave up on his journey.

So young but greatness achieved, this is what  said by people throughout the world on Zac sunderland’s journey.

He said he had learned a lot about the world during his travels.

“In other countries, 13 people are living in a dirt hut and when you meet them, they’re the kindest, most generous people,” he said.

Though he was on the journey alone, he had communication with his family through satellite links and also did meet up his father on his route places.

The sea route which he took to cover up is clearly mentioned on the image below

And Now its UK’s Aerospace turn of  job cuts. Its pretty disappointment what recession has led to the world. To start with, recession occurred as many bank’s  in USA failed leading to many global job cuts, low sales, low turn overs all across the world. Many suffered this so called Apocalypse of  job cuts. Millions of people future is at stake now.

To add to this, Uk’s Aerospace has finally decided to cut about 10% of its post. It has around 100,ooo employee working. So it is estimated that around 10,000 people will lose their job.

The Aerospace says that the job cuts is due to fall of passenger levels. As no people come forward to do air journey as they did a year ago and so the demand of aircraft orders is getting lower.”There are fewer orders for planes and so fewer people are required to make them,” said the society’s chief executive, Ian Godden.

The demand for military planes is at surprised 3% more thanks to the early orders of plane manufacturing which was done years ago. The BBA report which handles 7 UK airport earlier reported that the passengers level has fallen to about 7.3% percent low since last may 2008. This explains why the job cut is about to happen at Aerospace.

If the global leaders didnt stop this drastic situation, it will beat the worst recession of world war II and will become the top worst level of recession the world has ever faced.