OmyAllah! Harga minyak melonjak!
Apabila saya 'tampal' widget harga minyak kira-kira 5-6bulan lalu, Eye on Inflation 1, ianya ialah untuk memudahkan saya memerhatikan harga komoditi itu. Lihat graf miyak sebelah kanan blog ini.
Saya juga tampal widget banyak komoditi dan benda lain serta berita tech yg saya suka pantau sebagai hobi (ada orang suka kira duit dalam bank, kumpul kotak macis, baca buku masakan).
Semasa saya tampal widget Crude Oil itu, harganya ialah US$82.
Lepas tu jatuh sehingga $70 atas sikit. Ini kerana ekonomi Greece bermasalah, dan ditakuti Portugal, Spain, Italy dan UK pun akan turut meleset.
Jika ekonomi dunia melesat, maka kurang industri pakai minyak dan orang pun kurang naik kereta seluruh dunia (start enjin bila perlu saja).
Kini dah lompat melebihi US$80.
Harga minyak melonjak 3 peratus dah, dalam satu hari!, sebab ada data ekonomi Amerika yang menunjukkan bidang manufacturing ni masih kuat. Di sini, sini dan sini.
(Ini harga oil futures - pasaran hadapan. Bukan oil spot prices. Tapi satu dunia perhatikan oil futures sebagai trend masa terdekat, bukan spot prices).
Jika ekonomi yang terbesar di dunia kuat, maknanya satu dunia akan untung sebab banyak negara menjual barang mereka ke US.
Malaysia saja, kira-kira 15 peratus elektronik products yang dibuat di sana, di eksport ke negara Uncle Sam! Singapore pun lebih kurang sama.
Satu negara ini saja, Amerika, control sama ada anda dan saya berada dalam keadaan pekerjaan yang selesa!
Begitulah gahnya Amerika, sebab tu kita kena buat baik dengan mereka - baik PM Najib mahupun Anwar mahupun PM Lee.
Yang dikhuatiri ialah dengan melonjaknya harga minyak sedunia ini, jika ia berkekalan untuk seminggu-dua di atas US$80, maka kerajaan Malaysia kena fikir nak kena naikkan harga minyak atau tidak. Saya rasa tak perlu kejap-kejap tukar harga kot, rakyat confuse.
HARGA MINYAK DI TEMASEK DOUBLE
Di Singapore isunya berbeza sebab tidak ada subsidi minyak langsung.
Harga RON92 di sini ialah SGD1.70 lebih kurang, iaitu RM3.90 seliter.
RON92 ialah harga minyak kereta termurah di Temasek.
Sinkapour pula ialah the biggest oil and gas trading nation in Asia - tak ada minyak dan gas yang digali di sini, tapi pusat dagangan minyak/gas yang terkenal.
(Penerangan: saya kata gini bukan nak bongkak negeri di selatan ni bagus, tapi nak tanya - Bila Umat M nak dapat jangkau perkara seperti ini. Arab banyak minyak/gas, tapi negaranya bukan pedagang besar komoditi ini! Pasaran dagangan minyak/gas besar ialah di London, New York, Singapore dan Tokyo. Kesian kita).
Di Malaysia, RON95 berharga RM1.80 seliter. Setengah harga di Temasek.
Jika harga minyak dunia naik-turun, syarikat minyak di Temasek, bukan pemerintah Singapork, adjust harga suka hati mereka.
Shell, Esso, BP dan Singapore Petroleum Company atau SPC.
Jika harga tinggi sangat, orang lari.
Jika rendah tak berubah, keuntungan akan terjejas.
Ikut harga pasaran dunia. Pemerintah tak kacau langsung.
Saya tak mahu sentuh orang nak demo atau tidak di KL, nanti ada yang marah.
Pada saya isu mengawal kewangan kerajaan telah dijadikan isu nak bantai kerajaan.
Pada saya, jika Pakatan tawan Putrajaya nanti pun, tidak dapat dielakkan, mereka juga akan terpaksa kurangkan subsidi minyak ini.
Tak boleh dihapuskan sekaligus, beb. Mati rakyat.
Kena buat dalam jangkamasa 10tahun mungkin.
Tapi rakyat tak boleh disembunyikan dari apa yang berlaku di dunia juga buat selama-lamanya. Takut tak jadi rakyat yang sanggup bersaing dengan negara lain.
Pada pandangan sayalah.
Mungkin salah.
Mintak mangap - takut mencetus perang saudara lagi :-)
JADI MAT METALS
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PSSST, Nak tahu harga minyak akan terus naik ke tidak?
Kita kena perhatikan harga precious metals dan base metals.
Sebab precious metals ni jika ekonomi dunia kuat sangat mereka akan ikut naik juga.
Jika semua orang nak beli kereta baru, TV baru, telefon baru, komputer baru, aircon baru, fridge baru, cooker baru, maka banyak barangan elektronik nak dipakai.
Tapi dari mana barangan mentah/raw materials?
Dalam setiap benda yang saya sebut di atas gunakan besi keluli, aluminium, copper, zinc, platinum, paladium, perak, dan ada juga yang gunakan emas.
Ada gunakan barangan elektronik.
Jadi jika economic growth dunia dijangka kuat, maka kekhuatiran mengenai inflasi akan merebak ke metals. Ini secara umum ler. Esok tak jadi jangan salahkan hamba, sebab ada faktor lain kadang-kadang.
Jika economy kuat - misalnya di negara BRIIC, terutama India dan China - harga emas dan perak akan naik. Sebab jika kita 'rasa kaya' (feel wealthy), kita akan beli barang kemas.
Nak pakai kalung baru untuk datin, dan cincin white gold untuk datuk.
Juga, precious metals mejadi hedge against inflation.
Jika ekonomi kuat sangat, harga barangan (makanan, kereta, rumah, pakaian), mungkin menjejas matawang negara anda.
Jadi orang lari masuk emas dan perak, historical anti-inflation tools.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Week Three of Designerpalooza! My Chair!
'Relax' Adirondack Chair Designed by Margot (and Andrew) PotterCopyright 2010 All Rights Reserved
"It was 1946 and Lana was exhausted. A few years ago, she was just another wide eyed kid on a stool at a soda fountain. What a ride! Still, years of the relentless Hollywood star machine were beginning to wear her down. Being a movie starlet isn't all it's cracked up to be, but for the most part it's nice work if you can get it. The pay isn't too shabby either.
She wrapped her "of course it's my natural color" blonde hair up in a glamorous white satin turban, added some oversized matching sunglasses and tossed her swimsuit, espadrilles and a few cotton rompers into a carry-on bag and left LA for Miami. A few nights at the Riviera in South Beach were just what a dame needed to get her moxie back. Though traveling incognito, Lana knew her ruse wouldn't last for long.Oh to be a normal person for a day or two without any deadlines, photo shoots, film sets, special appearances, interviews or scripts to memorize. She settled back in her pretty pastel painted Adirondack chair with a tall Tom Collins for just a fleeting moment of solitude..."
Relax Adirondack Chair View Two Copyright Margot (and Andrew) PotterLike Ms. Lana, I was feeling pretty worn out when I designed this chair. I wanted the chair to remind me that it's okay to sit back and relax. In fact, it's imperative!
I started with the idea of a 1940s pastel color palette. I'm relentlessly specific about color. It took about an hour in Lowe's to find these gorgeous saturated retro pastels. I was envisioning a chair from an old 40s beach resort that had seen better days, but still retained its retro charm. My husband and I teamed up on designing the sign and he did the manual labor for me. He's a mighty good man. We did a little sanding on some of the edges for a distressed, aged effect. You can also opt to add water to your paints to get a wash of color instead of a saturated finish.
I wanted a chair I could keep in my yard and enjoy for years to come and these Adirondack Chairs designed by Kathy Peterson for The Cedar Store are so beautifully crafted I'm quite sure they'll do the trick!
And yes, I intend to relax in this chair as soon as I get back from my photo shoot next week! No, seriously!
Next week we get a dose of fabulous from the incomparable Crafty Chica, Kathy Cano-Murillo.
Stop by and visit all of the designers in the challenge for more inspiration!
Margot Potter (of course)
Monday, August 2, 2010
Wuduk dengan NEWater - Bah. 1
Semasa kita 'perang saudara' baru-baru ini, heehee syiok, ada penjenguk blog ini yang hentam Singapork Darul NEWater degan komen ini:
Anonymous,
"betul..memang betul melayu temasik hebat.
melayu tanah melayu memang tak sehebat melayu temasik.hehehe nasib baik la ada kerajaan melayu di johor supply air 3 sen/gelen kat lu orang.
kalau tak bertayamum la kau orang nak solat setiap hari.
ke dah start wuduk guna NEWater?"
Saya tak jawab masa tu sebab lagi tembak menembak banyak isu lain.
Dan kerana isu air ni, saya dah komen beberapa kali. Dah ada siri three-parter lagi. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Bukan saya nak start perang saudara ni lagi. Cuma dalam hati saya: Aish, sayang, orang di Malaysia lihat isu NEWater ni sebagai bahan tertawa, seperti saya juga dulu apabila pemerintah Singapork baru start buat benda ni.
Rupa-rupanya, air ini kerana telah diproses, lebih bersih dari air yang biasa kita minum. Walaupun tentu kita geli juga atas dasar psikologi.
Baca Part 2 dalam cerita saya dulu dan lihat Fatwa tentang 'air baru' ini. Memang boleh wuduk dengan air ini kerana ia 100 peratus bersih dan tawar tak ada rasa.
Tidak seperti air desalinated water di hotel di Makkah dan Madinah, yang ada rasa air laut.
Singapork ada empat 'paip air' kini:
1) Air Johor
2) Air kolam, reservoir, termasuk yang paling baru dari Marina Barrage (gi Google)
3) pensulingan air - desalinated water.
4) NEWater - air kumbahan. Air jamban, cakap mudah, yang dibersihkan 100 peratus.
Jika kamu ke sini, 5 peratus daripada air paip yang keluar di bilik hotel kamu ialah NEWater. Lain kali kamu datang ke Singapork, baik bawa air sendiri satu truck!
Aiyoh tak tahu!
Teknologi air ini ialah sesuatu yang mudah ditertawakan orang. Tapi sayang, saudara, jika kerana nak hentam orang, kita lupa kebaikan besarnya.
Semasa tsunami di Sumatra dulu, orang Muslim kat sana nak mati kerana tak cukup air. Kena bawa kapal terbang bawa bertan-tan air botol dan air mineral.
Dalam kesibukan itu hanya akhbar Singapore, akhbar saya, yang melaporkan bahawa tentera Singapore - tentera asing pertama yang masuk ke Aceh nak bantu Umat M - selain tolong angkat mayat, juga membawa mesin memproses air (nanti saya kena cari kat Archive di pejabat = BARU: Dah jumpa. Baca * di bawah).
Mereka letak mesin besar tu di tepi sungai di Aceh yang tercemar - ada bangkai manusia dan binatang - air diproses, boleh digunakan. Kalau tak mahu minum, sekurang-kurangnya buat wuduk, mandi, cuci baju, bersihkan lantai rumah.
Semasa saya buat liputan gempa di Sumatra Barat/Padang tahun lalu, ada kumpulan tentera pasang mesin serupa di tepi laut di kota Padang (Australia? Dutch? dah lupa). Berebut orang ke sana nak mandi! Atau buat minum.
Masa tu tidak ada yang jadikan bahan jenaka. Mereka berbaris nak minta air dari 'orang kapir' yang bawa teknologi nak selamatkan keluarga mereka.
Jadi saya rasa silap jika terus nak dismiss dan tertawakan teknologi air ini.
Kamu Google - water shortage in the future dan wars over water in the future. Banyak artikel telah ditulis dalam majalah dan akhbar besar tentang isu ini.
Di masa depan, akan berperang manusia kerana berebut air - di Israel mereka curi air bawah tanah Palestin!
Saya kerap baca di India dan Indonesia (sebahagian dari kerja harian saya), air bawah tanah dah nak habis sebab banyak sangat kita sedut dan gali perigi.
Harapan saya ialah Malaysia juga cepat-cepat hidupkan teknologi air ini, boleh bantu Umat M di masa depan.
Di Singapork, mereka tak mahu kata - tapi dalam beberapa tahun lagi, kerana ada 'paip air 2), 3) dan 4), mereka tak takut lagi jika paip 1) ditutup kerana masa depan tu, air sungai Johor dah terlalu kotor, misalnya.
Ini bukan cakap bongkak, tapi kekhuatiran saya tentang negara tumpangan.
Banyak sumber asal tapi kurang dijaga dengan baik. Tak pandai nak negotiate, kena main-main dengan orang.
Bab 2 nanti - syarikat air Hyflux Singapore. Kini berkembang masuk pasaran Middle East dan China!
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* TENTERA SINGAPORE PROSES AIR MINUMAN
Air laut rupanya, bukan air sungai. Tapi tetap kotor sebab baru tsunami dan puluhan ribu orang mati kat laut.
Ceritanya di sini - kena scroll ke bawah sampai ke Jan 7, 2005.
Tak tahu kenapa mamat blogger asing ni post cerita-cerita Singapore dan tenteranya membantu tsunami di Aceh. Tentu akhbar Malaysia banyak cerita tentang bantuan yang diberi oleh negara pada masa itu di Aceh.
Mesin tu bukan buatan Singapura rasanya, tapi mesin pakai enjib Mercedes. Dan proses pembersihan air sama seperti proses NEWater.
Teknologi apa pun, saya tabik.
Sebab boleh digunakan memperbaiki diri, membantu orang lain, jadi kaya jika dijual, mahupun mengalahkan musuh.
Anonymous,
"betul..memang betul melayu temasik hebat.
melayu tanah melayu memang tak sehebat melayu temasik.hehehe nasib baik la ada kerajaan melayu di johor supply air 3 sen/gelen kat lu orang.
kalau tak bertayamum la kau orang nak solat setiap hari.
ke dah start wuduk guna NEWater?"
Saya tak jawab masa tu sebab lagi tembak menembak banyak isu lain.
Dan kerana isu air ni, saya dah komen beberapa kali. Dah ada siri three-parter lagi. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Bukan saya nak start perang saudara ni lagi. Cuma dalam hati saya: Aish, sayang, orang di Malaysia lihat isu NEWater ni sebagai bahan tertawa, seperti saya juga dulu apabila pemerintah Singapork baru start buat benda ni.
Rupa-rupanya, air ini kerana telah diproses, lebih bersih dari air yang biasa kita minum. Walaupun tentu kita geli juga atas dasar psikologi.
Baca Part 2 dalam cerita saya dulu dan lihat Fatwa tentang 'air baru' ini. Memang boleh wuduk dengan air ini kerana ia 100 peratus bersih dan tawar tak ada rasa.
Tidak seperti air desalinated water di hotel di Makkah dan Madinah, yang ada rasa air laut.
Singapork ada empat 'paip air' kini:
1) Air Johor
2) Air kolam, reservoir, termasuk yang paling baru dari Marina Barrage (gi Google)
3) pensulingan air - desalinated water.
4) NEWater - air kumbahan. Air jamban, cakap mudah, yang dibersihkan 100 peratus.
Jika kamu ke sini, 5 peratus daripada air paip yang keluar di bilik hotel kamu ialah NEWater. Lain kali kamu datang ke Singapork, baik bawa air sendiri satu truck!
Aiyoh tak tahu!
Teknologi air ini ialah sesuatu yang mudah ditertawakan orang. Tapi sayang, saudara, jika kerana nak hentam orang, kita lupa kebaikan besarnya.
Semasa tsunami di Sumatra dulu, orang Muslim kat sana nak mati kerana tak cukup air. Kena bawa kapal terbang bawa bertan-tan air botol dan air mineral.
Dalam kesibukan itu hanya akhbar Singapore, akhbar saya, yang melaporkan bahawa tentera Singapore - tentera asing pertama yang masuk ke Aceh nak bantu Umat M - selain tolong angkat mayat, juga membawa mesin memproses air (nanti saya kena cari kat Archive di pejabat = BARU: Dah jumpa. Baca * di bawah).
Mereka letak mesin besar tu di tepi sungai di Aceh yang tercemar - ada bangkai manusia dan binatang - air diproses, boleh digunakan. Kalau tak mahu minum, sekurang-kurangnya buat wuduk, mandi, cuci baju, bersihkan lantai rumah.
Semasa saya buat liputan gempa di Sumatra Barat/Padang tahun lalu, ada kumpulan tentera pasang mesin serupa di tepi laut di kota Padang (Australia? Dutch? dah lupa). Berebut orang ke sana nak mandi! Atau buat minum.
Masa tu tidak ada yang jadikan bahan jenaka. Mereka berbaris nak minta air dari 'orang kapir' yang bawa teknologi nak selamatkan keluarga mereka.
Jadi saya rasa silap jika terus nak dismiss dan tertawakan teknologi air ini.
Kamu Google - water shortage in the future dan wars over water in the future. Banyak artikel telah ditulis dalam majalah dan akhbar besar tentang isu ini.
Di masa depan, akan berperang manusia kerana berebut air - di Israel mereka curi air bawah tanah Palestin!
Saya kerap baca di India dan Indonesia (sebahagian dari kerja harian saya), air bawah tanah dah nak habis sebab banyak sangat kita sedut dan gali perigi.
Harapan saya ialah Malaysia juga cepat-cepat hidupkan teknologi air ini, boleh bantu Umat M di masa depan.
Di Singapork, mereka tak mahu kata - tapi dalam beberapa tahun lagi, kerana ada 'paip air 2), 3) dan 4), mereka tak takut lagi jika paip 1) ditutup kerana masa depan tu, air sungai Johor dah terlalu kotor, misalnya.
Ini bukan cakap bongkak, tapi kekhuatiran saya tentang negara tumpangan.
Banyak sumber asal tapi kurang dijaga dengan baik. Tak pandai nak negotiate, kena main-main dengan orang.
Bab 2 nanti - syarikat air Hyflux Singapore. Kini berkembang masuk pasaran Middle East dan China!
------------------------------------------
* TENTERA SINGAPORE PROSES AIR MINUMAN
Air laut rupanya, bukan air sungai. Tapi tetap kotor sebab baru tsunami dan puluhan ribu orang mati kat laut.
Ceritanya di sini - kena scroll ke bawah sampai ke Jan 7, 2005.
Tak tahu kenapa mamat blogger asing ni post cerita-cerita Singapore dan tenteranya membantu tsunami di Aceh. Tentu akhbar Malaysia banyak cerita tentang bantuan yang diberi oleh negara pada masa itu di Aceh.
Mesin tu bukan buatan Singapura rasanya, tapi mesin pakai enjib Mercedes. Dan proses pembersihan air sama seperti proses NEWater.
Teknologi apa pun, saya tabik.
Sebab boleh digunakan memperbaiki diri, membantu orang lain, jadi kaya jika dijual, mahupun mengalahkan musuh.
CHA Summer Show Wrap Up!
Loved the flowers around the Rosemont Convention Center in Chicago!
Loved my fab sign from the Beadalon Marketing Department!We got home from Chicago and CHA on Friday afternoon. I've mostly been resting since. I wasn't on my game as much as I'd have liked to have been, even my hair lacked pizazz. Sigh. I diverted attention with large and largely distracting jewelry. The daily make it and take its and book signings at the Beadalon booth were really fabulous and non-stop busy. Hopefully I spread a little happy buzz about the new book. Thanks to Beadalon and F&W Media for sponsoring my event!
I didn't have it in me to wander the show floor after the daily three hour demo slots, so alas I have no exciting new products to share. I'm happy to report that my Mermaid's Bounty necklace from Enchanted Adornments went for 150 dollars at the Westcott/Wyland auction! Wow! My pics below are all of the wonderful crafty friends I saw while I was on the show floor. There is never enough time. I'll be back tomorrow with MY Adirondack Chair for Kathy Peterson and The Cedar Store's Designerpalooza 2010! Tune in!
Cheers,
Madge
With The Divine Mr. Mark Montano of While You Were Out and Ten Years Younger and The Big Ass DIY book series, love him!
With Crafty Rock Star Tim Holtz...really what can I say? It's TIM!
Adore every one of these people...delicious Julianna Hudgins spokesperson for Sizzix, craftacular Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza of HGTV's Creative Juice
With powerhouses Cathie Filian of HGTV's Creative Juice and Wendy Russell of HGTV Canada's She's Crafty
To say I adore Crafty Chica is a vast understatement, she ROCKS!
With the lovely Katie Hacker of Beadalon and new host of Beads, Baubles and Jewels and Candie Cooper author, designer and all around crafty gal!
With the delightful and talented Sandy Laipply at my book signing
(Photo Courtesy of Suze Weinberg)LOVE this pic of me with Julianna Hudgins. Spending some time with her was the BEST part of CHA.
Another Suze Weinberg Shot with the amazingly talented and sweet Claudine Hellmuth
Dinner at Mortons in Rosemont with the fab folks from BeadalonTruth about Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, Ceylonese, Tamil, LTTE, Paramilitary, and Truth Tigers
Map of Sri LankaCivil War
One of the aspects of the independence movement was that it was very much a Sinhalese movement. As a result, the Sinhalese majority attempted to remodel Sri Lanka as a Sinhalese nation-state. The lion in the national flag is derived from the banner of the last Sinhalese Kingdom, which, to the Sinhalese majority, is a symbol of their fight against British colonialism. One single strip of orange on the left part of the flag represents the Tamil population, and it is seen by many Tamil as a symbol of their marginalization.
In 1956, the Official Language Act (commonly known as The Sinhala Only Act) was enacted. The law mandated Sinhala, the language of Sri Lanka's majority Sinhalese community, which is spoken by over 70% of Sri Lanka's population, as the sole official language of Sri Lanka. Supporters of the law saw it as an attempt by a community that had just gained independence to distance themselves from their colonial masters.
The immediate (and intended) consequence of this act was to force large numbers of Tamil who worked in the civil service, and who could not meet this language requirement, to resign. An attempt to make Buddhism the national religion, to the exclusion of Hindu and Islam, was also made. Affirmative action in favour of Sinhalese was also instituted, ostensibly to reverse colonial discrimination against Sinhalese in favour of Tamil. Many Tamil, in response to this deliberate marginalization, came to believe that they deserved a separate nation-state for themselves.
From 1983 to 2009, there was an on-and-off civil war against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist militant organization who fought to create an independent state named Tamil Eelam in the North and East of the island. Both the Sri Lankan government and LTTE have been accused of various human rights violations.
On May 19, 2009, the President of Sri Lanka officially claimed an end to the insurgency and the defeat of the LTTE, following the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran and much of the LTTE's other senior leadership.
Post WarAfter the civil war was over, the government of Sri Lanka called for redevelopment of the nation. There are 300,000 Tamils who need to be resettled.
Unreported World - Sri Lanka
Sandra Jordan looks at the tragic consequences of War in Sri Lanka.
Tigers in the Shadow - Part 1 of 3
Tigers in the Shadow - Part 2 of 3
Tigers in the Shadow - Part 3 of 3
Unreported World - Sri Lanka is Killing for Peace
Sri Lanka Killing for Peace Part 1
Sri Lanka Killing for Peace Part 2
Sri Lanka Killing for Peace Part 3
Sri Lanka FlagYoutube Video: Sri Lanka's Dirty War
journeymanpictures — July 2007
In the past 18 months, over 2,000 Sri Lankans have been kidnapped or murdered, allegedly by government death squads. Now Human Rights Watch is calling for aid to Sri Lanka to be withheld.
The Tamil homeland of Northern Sri Lanka is once again a war zone. The government is convinced it can crush the rebels within three years. "They only have this area left", states Brig Prasad. As well as targeting Tamil rebels, the government is accused of thousands of; "extrajudicial killings, abductions, disappearances". Most of the disappeared are ethnic Tamils. MP Mano Ganesan believes the abductions are; "a means of crushing the Tamil national struggle". The capital, Colombo, teams with police and soldiers but none of the abductors have been caught.
Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
Youtube Video: Truth Tigers - Sri Lanka
journeymanpictures — 27 May 2002
Blood drips off the deck; a torrent of rapid gunfire sores through the air. We are in the midst of a savage sea battle, fought by the Sea Tigers -- the maritime arm of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
journeymanpictures — July 2007
In the past 18 months, over 2,000 Sri Lankans have been kidnapped or murdered, allegedly by government death squads. Now Human Rights Watch is calling for aid to Sri Lanka to be withheld.
The Tamil homeland of Northern Sri Lanka is once again a war zone. The government is convinced it can crush the rebels within three years. "They only have this area left", states Brig Prasad. As well as targeting Tamil rebels, the government is accused of thousands of; "extrajudicial killings, abductions, disappearances". Most of the disappeared are ethnic Tamils. MP Mano Ganesan believes the abductions are; "a means of crushing the Tamil national struggle". The capital, Colombo, teams with police and soldiers but none of the abductors have been caught.
Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
Youtube Video: Truth Tigers - Sri Lanka
journeymanpictures — 27 May 2002
Blood drips off the deck; a torrent of rapid gunfire sores through the air. We are in the midst of a savage sea battle, fought by the Sea Tigers -- the maritime arm of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Love Is...
Marydon @ Blushing Rose
is having a party.
A Love Is...Party.
If you have one or two or
three and would like to participate
next week, please pop over and
let Marydon know. She can
add you to the participant list.
I let my Tiger (Tony) sleep in on
Sunday morning. He had such a
rough week, I just didn't have
the heart to wake him up.
He's a tummy sleeper.
Just as snuggly as a bear.
I figured give him another hour.
After all,
He said he was dead dog tired.
Yep, I knew he was in the
"No Wake Zone" in his sleep.
I quietly tiptoed out and shut the door.
Yes, Love Is...
Letting Him Sleep In On Sunday Morning.
I love you Tiger. You're still the one.
After all these years.
Honey: You're GRRRRREEEEAAATTTTT!!!
I hope you have enjoyed reading
along with my Love Is...
Please click the link and stop over
and say hi to Marydon and the other
participants listed today. We would love to
have you join us next week.
Have a beautiful Monday.
As always thank you for stopping by
my little piece of heaven here in the
desert that I so love to call home.
Country hugs and much love,
As I Lay Sleeping Soundly...
I was awakened to a loud boom and
the window above me rattled. I peared out to see
what all the commotion was and I
saw this:
Yes, it is raining in Phoenix today.
Yea, it will wash away the pollution
and maybe I can breathe again. I love
the clean smell. The sound of the rain
is so soothing and relaxing. I am glad
it is raining on a day that I am home
and can enjoy it.
Here is wishing you a day filled with
a rainbow of colors. Do something young today.
As always thank you for stopping by my
little piece of heaven, here in the desert
that I so love to call home.
Country hugs and much love,
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