T.R.A.C.S at Timothy Plaza on River Island
Friday, October 30, 2015
Halloween
Halloween,
or Hallowe'en, also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints'
Eve, is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October,
the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the
three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year
dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all
the faithful departed believers.
According to many scholars, All Hallows' Eve is a Christianized feast influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, with possible pagan roots, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain. Other scholars maintain that it originated independently of Samhain and has solely Christian roots.
Typical
contemporary festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the
related "guising"), attending costume parties, decorating, carving
pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing and divination
games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories and
watching horror films. In many parts of the world, the Christian religious
observances of All Hallows' Eve, including attending church services and
lighting candles on the graves of the dead, remain popular, although in other
locations, these solemn customs are less pronounced in favor of a more
commercial and secular celebration. Because many Western Christian
denominations encourage, although most no longer require, abstinence from meat
on All Hallows' Eve, the tradition of eating certain vegetarian foods for this
vigil day developed, including the consumption of apples, colcannon, cider,
potato pancakes, and soul cakes.
Etymology
The word
Halloween or Hallowe'en dates to about 1745 and is of Christian origin. The
word "Halloween" means "hallowed evening" or "holy
evening". It comes from a Scottish term for All Hallows' Eve (the evening before
All Hallows' Day). In Scots, the word "eve" is even, and this is
contracted to e'en or een. Over time, (All) Hallow(s) E(v)en evolved into
Halloween. Although the phrase "All Hallows'" is found in Old English
(ealra hālgena mæssedæg, all saints mass-day), "All Hallows' Eve" is
itself not seen until 1556.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Friday, October 23, 2015
POVERTY
Poverty is
general scarcity, dearth, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material
possessions or money. It is a multifaceted concept, which includes social, economic,
and political elements. Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the
deprivation of basic human needs, which commonly includes food, water,
sanitation, clothing, shelter and health care. Relative poverty is defined
contextually as economic inequality in the location or society in which people
live.
After the
industrial revolution, mass production in factories made production goods
increasingly less expensive and more accessible. Of more importance is the
modernization of agriculture, such as fertilizers, to provide enough yield to
feed the population. Responding to basic needs can be restricted by constraints
on government's ability to deliver services, such as corruption, tax avoidance,
debt and loan conditionalities and by the brain drain of health care and
educational professionals. Strategies of increasing income to make basic needs
more affordable typically include welfare, economic freedoms and providing
financial services.
Poverty
reduction is a major goal and issue for many international organizations such
as the United Nations and the World Bank. The World Bank estimated 1.29 billion
people were living in absolute poverty in 2008. Of these, about 400 million
people in absolute poverty lived in India and 173 million people in China. In
terms of percentage of regional population sub-Saharan Africa at 47% had the
highest incidence rate of absolute poverty in 2008. Between 1990 and 2010,
about 663 million people moved above the absolute poverty level. Nevertheless,
given the current economic model, built on GDP, it would take 100 years to
bring the world's poorest up to the standard poverty line of $1.25 a day. Extreme poverty is a global challenge; it is observed in all parts of the world, including developed economies. UNICEF estimates half the world's children (or 1.1 billion) live in poverty. It has been argued by some academics that the neoliberal policies promoted by global financial institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank are actually exacerbating both inequality and poverty.
The
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated every year on
October 17 throughout the world. It was officially recognised by the United
Nations, but the first commemoration of the event took place in Paris, France,
in 1987 when 100,000 people gathered on the Human Rights and Liberties Plaza at
the Trocadéro to honour victims of poverty, hunger, violence and fear. This
call was made by Joseph Wresinski (1917–1988) founder of the International
Movement ATD Fourth World.
Another Day In Paradise
Performed by Phil Collins
She calls out to the man on the street
‘Sir, can you help me?
It’s cold and I’ve
nowhere to sleep,
Is there somewhere
you can tell me?’
He walks on, doesn’t look back
He pretends he can’t
hear her;
Starts to whistle as
he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to
be there.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Wedding of Cat and Bono
I think most of the readers know Cat and Bono. Cat is a deejay and a blues lover. But I think she loves all kind of music. When Cat has a gig T.R.A.C.S she always finds the best songs in theme. I met Cat for the first time when she was deejay at the Guitar Museum.
Bono is owner of the Guitar Museum. I started to go often to the Guitar Museum because there were lots of great performants of life artist. On one night he told me than he was a guitar player in real life and on a day, after the guest left, he let me listen to some of his guitar play. Sometime after that he started to accompany a solo artist (sorry I forgot her name). Months later he went solo and plays almost daily at several venues on SL.
Me, at our house, getting ready to go to the wedding
The Groom
Tim
Than the ceremony started
The party went on with more music and artists. Tim and I had a great time.
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