Next time you fill up at your petrol station think about the price (£1.40 per litre at present) Ever wondered how much it would cost to involve your country in another countries business?  Of course the country is Britain; I failed to add the prefix of Great as we all seem to have lost this feeling recently.  The other country is oil rich Libya which was certainly in need of a new leadership. It seems sickening that the UK was at the fore-front of using military action using our expertise and military hardware including human resources to infiltrate the Libyan dictatorship’s downfall.  Britain was not the only country with a keen interest in the vast oil fields or replacing a leadership that would be under the control or influenced...

On 9/11/01, I was working in a TV newsroom and, when the first plane hit, we all assumed that it was just a horrible plane wreck. But when we watched the second plane hit the other tower—on the network's raw news feed, as it was actually happening—I realized that this was deliberate. Some fresh hell was unfolding, and life would never be the same. I was afraid that day, afraid that "Oh no, it's really happening, the Doomsday that we've all been warned about that I didn't take very seriously, it's beginning." Fearful thoughts tumbled through my mind, like dominoes falling on a path lined up toward devastation and destruction. I wondered how long it would take to reach the Midwest, where I was, and when the food rationing would begin. I ...

I had drinks with Charlie Rose last night.  I didn't even remember it until I was on the floor doing my Pilates while last night's taping of his nightly interview show was playing and I looked up and saw his face and it was exactly the same expression I saw in my dream. I don't know exactly what my attraction to him is, but I tape his shows every week night and many times go to sleep watching them.  And when I wake up at 5:30 am and don't want to stay awake, I find one of his shows with men talking and it lulls me back to sleep. Charlie is a comfort to me.  He is also inspiring to me.  He does such extensive research, is so apparently knowledgeable about the topics his guests talk about, that I am in awe of the time and energy it ta...

Storm shadow It may seem like a glamorous name for the latest sports car on show at the Paris motor show but don’t be fooled by the sleek name. This little contraption really does kick up a storm and does 0-60 in record time; in fact this is the name of one of the missiles dropped on Libya by British military war planes to destroy key military installations. It was even shown on TV how these missiles did there job of destroying what we were to believe was Libyan military bases.  Shown from the RAF Tornados pictures during pre-dawn raids last night it seems easy to accept that the glow over the target was a missile costing hundreds of thousands of pounds going off within feet of its target.  It all seems terrifying to know what j...

NIGERIANS IN DIASPORA RALLY                                        FOR               GOODLUCK -SAMBO SUPPORT                                          BY                  HON. DR. GRACIE GBOLIWE CHUKWU                NATIONAL PRESIDENT               GOODLUCK-SAMBO 2011 CAMPAIGN TEAM                                HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA.       One can easily wonder why is that the up coming election is so different from the other elections. The truth of the matter is the person running for the presidential position. All over the North America, especially Canada, it is like madness every where you go, Nigerians in Diaspora, both adults, youth born in Diaspora are also interested in this Nigerian election, due to the fact that...

Heart Dis-ease – Are You At Risk? Having spent so many years working on Cardiac Care Units and lost close family members to sudden heart attacks, I know the devastating effects that a heart disease can lead to. So many lives are ripped apart each year through the failure to understand and diagnose the early warning signs. A heart attack is the result of your head not understanding the everyday messages of your heart. Your heart is not just the muscle that pumps blood around your body, keeping you alive, it is also the centre of your emotional intelligence. The energy of the heart manifests through your emotions (energy in motion). Allowing this energy to run and taking the time to feel what is going on in your body, without judgm...

March 8, 2011, is International Women’s Day. For the last 100 years, this has been a day for celebrating women around the world and the progress that women have made socially and economically. Having grown up in the United States, I can look back and see the progress that women have made in terms of reaching higher levels of equality and being more empowered, but still it seems as though women are not yet considered equals with men. This is even more evident in other countries around the world. So I wonder, with all of our industrial and technological advances, education and conscious growth, why can’t we overcome this issue? I think the most important point that we keep on missing both with women’s rights and equality issues in gener...

We humans love a celebration, a cause we can get behind and rally for, an excuse to get together in a meaningful way. It's been going on for thousands of years. The calendar is peppered with "Days" - Valentines, Christmas, Mother's, Father's. Do we know what we're celebrating? Does it matter? March 8th 2011 is the centenary of International Women's Day (IWD). It began in 1911after a Copenhagen conference of working women from over 100 countries, decided unanimously to support a motion to establish an international day for women. This day would celebrate the achievements of women and press for their demands - equality of rights, pay and freedom. It's a national holiday in China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria. Interestingly, there is al...

Another Valentine's day has come and gone. Being single, it's always interesting to note what such a day brings up for me and my single friends. For many, they will get to consider whether they are the ugly duckling or a swan, just like in the story. Which are you? For me, it's a great way to work on the most important relationship in my life - the one with myself. This year I thought that I'd make a day of it and spoil myself! Step 1 - an extra half an hour in bed to read - and feeling good about it. Step 2 - off for breakfast and a note pad to write out my to do list, taking time to slow down and really taste my food. Step 3 - a walk in the park, on what was a lovely, sunny day for mid- February. Use this opportunity to phone...

Have you ever gone against the will of a group and stood by your beliefs, despite the pressure that is being put on you? My dad has just left after a relaxing afternoon of catching up and I'm left here to sit and reflect on what has just happened. Three and a half years ago my grandad, David Shaw, died, aged 94. Two years earlier I sat down and chatted with him about his life and recorded the conversations. For the first time since I have just sat down with my dad and listened to them again. It was as though he came down to join us one more time, bearing some powerful lessons. He lived in a different time, almost a different universe. With no money, he joined the RAF, in 1940. He had to go and train in the USA and then in Canada....