France as a mediocre and weak second rate power is one of the nations that benefits greatly from the poseur club that is the UN. For decades the French and others have used the UN as a means to assert their own relevancy, even as their hard power has waned and faded. Free-riding off the US hegemon is more easily accomplished under the guise of a sanctioned and accepted international group with a supposed claim on morality and clarity, then it is as a single, fainéant and hypocritical power. Repeated scandals, corruption, and immoral support for terrorist regimes and an inability to discern right from wrong; good from bad; and moral from the moral; has ensured that the UN and its main benefactors in the Franco-Russian-Sino-Arab-African world, is no more than a criminal gang of dangerous elements. Lebanon is just another example of the irrelevancy of both France and her liberal inspired fetish, the UN.

In order to appear politically powerful and to satiate their obsession with providing a ‘contre-puissance vers les Americains’ [a counter power to US hegemony], the French used the UN to force the Israeli’s into a defeat in the latest round of Arab and Islamic violence against the liberal Jewish state. Of course the French promises which were the core of the UN cease-fire and new Resolution were immediately invalidated. In order to force the Jews to stop destroying their terrorist and Arab allies, the French convinced the Americans and the UN that a ceasefire, under French management, would allow for a lasting peace. What the French really want is good relations with the Arab world; a profitable trading and investment presence in Islamic states, and a method to insert themselves into international dialogues of consequence. They have no intention in Lebanon or elsewhere of helping end the Islamic war against civilization or protecting the rights of Jews in Israel to live in peace.

French perfidy in Lebanon, as elsewhere in the Arab world, is immediately obvious. The French promised thousands of troops as part of the UN resolution to end the conflict between an Islamic fascist group residing in a terror supporting state, and Israel. Of course the French had no intention of providing troops, or forcing French soldiers to engage in the bloody dismantlement of Hizbollah as promised by the Resolution, nor are they much interested in doing anything to upset their Islamic-Arab allies. The entire cease-fire and French sponsored Resolution is a sordid, sick joke. In fact the French plan is of course to do the opposite of what needs to be done; re-supply Hizbollah; recognize and legitimized its political and social activist groups; and demonize Israeli attempts at self defense.

The French promised thousands of troops to enforce the UN resolution which clearly stated that Hizbollah must be disarmed. Now of course the ‘thousands’ are down to 200 troops and 200 engineers. I never knew that structural engineering was critical in disbanding a terror group that supports a fascist ideology. Never in the history of man has a terrorist group willingly gave up its raison d’etre and armaments. Hizbollah has ignored all UN resolutions calling for its dismantlement and the respect of Israeli territory since 1989. It is hard to believe that a new UN resolution will accomplish anything intelligent especially if there are no troops to enforce it.

The Lebanese government is an open ally of the terrorist group and it is well known that the military commanders in the Lebanese army are sympathetic to Hizbollah. The Lebanese state is an active supporter of terror doing nothing to secure its own borders or deconstruct centers of drug trading in the Bekaa valley; importation of arms; and the spread of Hizbollah throughout society. Fully 80% of Lebanese Arabs support the terror group, many bought off by Iranian money, job contracts and social services, but many more attracted by the Islamic ideology of jihad; hate; martyrdom; and Jews killing. The fact that the Lebanese state has never condemned Hizbollah or tried to arrest its growth makes it a willing and complicit actor in Islamic terrorism.

Terrorist elements in Lebanon were supposed to be disbanded long ago. By the terms of the 1989 Taif Accord that ended Lebanon’s civil war, all domestic Lebanese militias were to be disarmed or forced into the regular army. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559 of 2004 makes the same demand, as does the current 1701 declaration. Yet the Lebanese state has never had any intention to disband Hizbollah. Its pro-Syrian Lebanese President Fuad who is also commander-in-chief of the army, has described the notion of disarming Hezbollah as “disgraceful”. “How can they ask us to disarm while the blood of the martyrs is still warm?” he has recently whimpered. Fuad and others have made it clear that they will fight Israeli incursions into Lebanon even allying the Lebanese army with Hizbollah if necessary. In such a milieu of incompetence and Islamic-Arabic intolerance for peaceful settlements and the disbanding of the use of terror to achieve political goals, it is hard to be hopeful about the future of Lebanon.

The US and Israel need to learn [again] from the Lebanese case example. It is foolish not to fight a war to win. It is more foolish to allow the French to broker a toothless and useless UN resolution to allow Iran to resupply Hizbollah. US credibility is now at a low level in the region and beyond. The Arabs and Muslims don’t respect weakness; good intentions or appeasement. They only respect war, guns and blood. In a fight for civilization Rice, the US State Department and Israel might do well to keep that in mind. Listening to the perfidious French is not smart policy.

So it will be no surprise to hear that such high levels of stress are a cause of or factor in many health problems. Stress can be devastating to our bodies; it increases our heart rate, causes high blood pressure and may also result in insomnia and other sleep disorders. What’s more, it can develop into eating disorders and other behavioral problems.

For example, stress can contribute to high blood pressure in several ways; as a response to direct physical stress such as occurs through eating an unhealthy and not getting enough rest and relaxation or as a response to emotional and situational stress that arises through our interactions with life. Stress triggers the body’s “sympathetic system”, releasing stress hormones that wreck havok on the body. Constant activation of the sympathetic system leads to hypertension and is also a factor in obesity. Anti-hypertensive drugs can block receptors involved in this process but do nothing about the root problem. Treating symptoms can have its place but you also need to address the origin of the problem: stress.

What often happens is that stress accumulates in a person’s life until it can no longer be contained. This the famous “pressure cooker” syndrome. At some point it will explode, potentially causing hurt and damage to yourself and others around you. So-called “stress management” is a better approach. Learn to manage your stress by talking it out with loved ones or other trusted people. Seek out someone that you can talk to and whom you can share your pain with. It is miraculous how just talking can help you deal with the immense stress you face everyday. It’s easy to put off professional help or counseling, but why not try talking to your spouse, friends or others? People who are emotionally close to you will likely be able to give you the encouragement and support you need to overcome your stress.

Another way to deal with stress is to simply let it go. You could also call this burning it out with some activity. While talking may work for some people, others may need to reduce stress through other means. Some people look to activities and sports to help them de-stress. The first thing you need to do if you find yourself stressed out is to distance yourself from it. Stop focusing on the problem as it will only make matters worse for you.

If all else fails, perhaps it’s time to seek professional help. Your doctor is no doubt the best place to start. A doctor may want to refer you to a specialist or may decide that medication could help you on a temporary basis. There are also a large number of support groups that may be able to help. Look for stress-related forums on the Internet.

Remember that stress can be managed. However, you have to make the first move and take appropriate action before you can combat it effectively. Life is short enough; don’t waste it on unnecessary stress that can lead to serious health problems. Learn effective stress management today!

The country slogan is “Land of a thousand hills” and I think 900 of them make up Kigali. Subsequent in-country road trips lead me to amend the slogan to “thousands of hills and even more potholes”! It’s setting is spectacular and despite the heat induced slowness, it’s a city hustling with building projects, animated people and a general sense of purpose – traffic signals are obeyed, walking is easy. I stayed at a small guesthouse, Banana Guest House, in a quiet residential district. It’s an expensive country compared to Ethiopia and a room with breakfast set me back $160 but I was within easy walking distance of the first genocide site.

Certainly I was aware in 1994 of the genocide here in Rwanda and neighboring Burundi but my understanding of the motivation and history was unclear. Reading what history I could find learned that tribal differences between Tutsi and Hutu were manufactured, beginning with Belgian colonization, and by 1932 the Belgians had effectively divided the country into two classes – you were a Tutsi if you owned 10 or more cattle and a Hutu if you owned fewer. Families and villages were divided and the minority Tutsi became the favored group; the division was further developed by the issuance of identification cards. Sporadically, between 1932 and 1994, violence between groups occurred. In the latter part of the last century, the Hutu majority took power and retribution against perceived injustices on the part of the Tutsi increased

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By 1990 a cult of government supported hate radio and sponsored violence toward individual Tutsi was condoned and encouraged. 1993, the then president signed a peace agreement implying an end to internal hostilities; the hate campaign intensified in response. March 1994, the president’s plane was shot down over Kigali. In conversation with Rwandans there is a quiet cynicism about this. The official line, although never proven, is that Tutsi rebels brought the plane down; the facts don’t support this hypothesis as the rockets were fired from a heavily fortified Government Hill and it is thought impossible that rebels would have access to that site. Both the UN commander at the time and other witnesses, suggest that the attack was from within the government inner circle and had one goal – that of inciting the genocide- to that end, the Hutu president was expendable.

The Hutu were ready for genocide. No genocide is spontaneous. Genocide is planned. Gangs of unemployed Hutu youth had been trained in massacre techniques, machetes and guns stashed in secret locations, lists of Tutsis circulated along with instructions on the most effective methods of killing large groups. Hate radio and literature had done their job well; for 100 days terror beyond my comprehension was let loose. Depravity, cruelty, violence, death reigned. Over two million Tutsi were killed in Rwanda in those 100 days and several hundred thousand in neighboring Burundi. Priests betrayed their congregations; neighbors their neighbors; colleagues their office mates. Children were singled out in a biblical attempt to destroy the race; women suffered unspeakable acts of violence. A photo journalist I spoke with recalled a photographer telling him of driving into a village at night, lights out to avoid detection and to their horror discovering that the road was not pot-holed as first thought – they were driving over piles of bodies.

The French UN commander begged for assistance. Kofi Anan, President of the UN and other world leaders including President Clinton, spoke after the event of not understanding the situation and wishing they had made different decisions. The world responded too late to yet another genocide.

My first evening in Kigali I walked the quiet hillside street to Hotel Mille Collines, the setting for the film, Hotel Rwanda. There was nothing there to commemorate that it had been the scene of such desperation. Privately a Rwandan told me that the Hutu manager was “not such a hero” as he had only sheltered those who could pay.

Monday morning my driver took me to the National Genocide Memorial within the city limits. It is a quiet, peaceful place. Interior exhibits lead through a brief history of the Rwandan people, culture and era of colonization. There is no effort to shock here; it’s not needed. Even the display of skulls, many cracked by machetes have a dignity that defies horrific. Photos and heartbreakingly short biographies of children killed fill one room. Other displays eulogize the heroic Hutu men and women who sheltered friends and strangers alike. Two magnificent stained glass windows designed by a child of holocaust survivors bring light and hope into dark rooms. Another area is devoted to a history of genocide throughout time and asks that we learn from this and work to prevent another genocide.

Outside, above a simple pool, a flame burns. It is lit annually for the 100 days of the genocide. A series of gardens lead through a meditation on unity and hope. In one, at the edge of a pool of water, an almost comical clay representation of an elephant holding a cell phone is telling us that elephants never forget and that we should, as the memory keepers, alert the world.

Go through the rose garden, walk under blossom-laden trellises and you come to a three-tier area of mass graves. Over 250,000 men, women and children, their bodies recovered from massacre sites, are buried here. It is a solemn, silent place. I left with a feeling of unease and sadness that clouded the rest of my time in the city.

Nothing prepared me for the final genocide site I visited on Wednesday. Initially I resisted visiting the church at Nyamata. I had read a description of what took place there.

About a thirty-minute drive east of Kigali we turned off into the township of Nyamata and parked outside the Catholic Church under the shade of a plane tree. The fence around the church was draped with pink and purple bunting and a banner over the door translated to “If you knew me you would not have killed me”- ironic because neighbors murdered neighbors.

It’s a big brick building, simple, no elaborate stained glass window, nothing monumental. A few school children walked across the dusty plaza to a row of schoolrooms, they chattered and kicked a plastic bottle. My driver declined to come inside. “I’ve seen,” he said. The iron security door of the church is twisted; the walls and ceiling pockmarked with shrapnel holes from grenade explosions. On May 8th. 1994 more than 10,000 terrified Tutsis from the surrounding area filled very inch of this sanctuary. They crawled under the wood slab, backless benches, they wedged themselves under the altar, they huddled in the crypt, and they pressed themselves into wall niches. It is inconceivable to me that so many could fit into this space. The Hutu mob surrounded the church eventually using a grenade to blow gap in the steel bars of the gate and then began hurling in grenades. They stormed in and hacked, beat, shot to death in an orgy of rape then killing. One woman was singled out (and please forgive this graphic description but unless we hear of such horrors, I fear we will forget) for rape and then killed by a stake that was driven through her vagina to her skull.

It’s still inside the church now. There is a musty, unrecognizable smell. The rows of benches are piled several feet high with the bloodstained, torn clothing of the victims. Colors have faded to a dun brown uniformity but occasionally something stands out and catches the eye – for me it was a crocheted hat still showing some green wool – I imagine it once sitting jauntily on the owner’s head; I noted a pale pink toddler sized tee shirt. The cement floor is patterned with dark stains – blood. Five people survived the massacre.

All 10,000 are buried here and an additional 41,000 from massacre sites around the area. Under a large aluminum awning out back the mass graves have open windows and you look down of satin draped coffins and neat rows of skulls and bones.

Throughout the countryside signs that speak of reconciliation and healing mark villages. “We are Rwandans, we are neither Tutsi nor Hutu” is the word from all you meet. How much people believe that, I don’t know. Not one Rwandan I met offered any personal history on the genocide – they spoke of reconciliation and of repentant “genocideers”- many of the latter, clad in blue overalls, seen working throughout Kigali and rural areas on re-building projects. There is something akin to an hypnotic denial of the past. Of post-genocide President Kenneth Kagame, they speak highly; tangible results of his nine years of leadership seen in the reverse migration of Rwandans, returning home to be Rwanda’s future.

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Skipping breakfast often leads to poor concentration, irritability, low blood sugar levels and a high craving for food in midmorning or lunch. This results in overeating and weight gain. In fact it would be easier to control your weight by eating smaller meals and healthy snacks more frequently than skipping any meal.

In India, there are variety of breakfast items available which are nutritious and provide the required amount of energy to sustain throughout the day. Breakfast foods differ from region to region. Let us review some of the common breakfast items.

Idli and dosa – made from rice and pulse, it gives good amount of energy and proteins and if had with Vegetable sambar, it contributes to vitamins and minerals

Upma – there are varieties of upma prepared, most of them with semolina which is energy rich. However Upma prepared with broken wheat and vegetables is very nutritious because of its fiber content.

Sandwiches – prepared with vegetables/shredded chicken and brown bread is a complete breakfast food containing all the vital nutrients and of course fibre. For those people who are looking to lose weight, cheese or mayonnaise should be avoided.

Bread omlet – is a high protein breakfast food and very much recommended especially for children, atheletes and those who are looking to build muscles. However people with cholesterol or any heart problems should prepare the omlet only with egg white

Oats with milk and fruits – Oats is gaining lots of popularity these days owing to its high content of soluble fibre and its benefit in reducing cholesterol in the body. So oats with skimmed milk and fresh fruits are a very good option especially for those who are on a weight reduction diet.

Stuffed parathas – if prepared with less oil, parathas are very nutritious and an ideal breakfast item. The stuffing can be anything ranging from potatoes, raddish, cauliflower, sprouted green gram(moong), paneer (prepared from skimmed milk) and so on.

Corn/Rice/Wheat flakes – Corn flakes are very popular breakfast item. Now a days you have variety of them availble in the market which is fortified with calcium/Iron or Vitamins. It is very nutritious when taken with skimmed milk and fresh fruits.

Breakfast means Break the Fast. There is no better way to kick start your morning than to have a wholesome and nutritious breakfast. With lots of options available now, be creative and make your breakfast as interesting as possible so that you may never skip your breakfast again!

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And what are those rules or characteristics of the biggest winning stocks? When I recommended TIE, TASR,ICE, HANS, NTRI, DRYS for 100%,200%+ moves to my subscribers they all had this:

1)      Generally you will find the biggest winning stocks are all relatively new companies. Whilst I am not talking about new I.P.O.’s (Initial Public Offerings) you will find the biggest winning stocks are generally less than 10 years old.

2)      At all time highs. Look for stocks at there highest price ever. I cannot emphasise how important this is. EVERY stock I have recommended that has go onto make 300%+ gains was at an all time high in price. BUT you have to time your entry correctly.

3)      They usually have a high demand, international new product that is selling like gang busters. If you ask your “Average Joe” on the street about their product they will know about it. I am talking about companies like Google, TASR (the new Taser gun) CROX (Crox shoes) HANS (HANS high energy drink). Failing this the product they are selling will have a huge story behind the product they sell. Like TIE aluminium (huge new orders for the new Boeing super aircraft that was sucking up aluminium prices) DRYS was all about a huge surge in bulk shipping rates.

There’s a little more to it than simply finding these stocks. In order to profit you need to super time them. By this I mean you need to watch volume and price action in order to time your entry. But use the above criteria and you should get onboard some of the biggest winning stocks in 2010 and beyond.

If you have been diagnosed with this condition, the first item on the agenda that will assist in lowering cholesterol is a basic nutritional change, not simply a change of diet. Cholesterol is produced by the liver to maintain healthy cell membranes therefore if the problem is an imbalance in the production process, simply changing your diet may not be sufficient.

Lowering Cholesterol with Herbs

One of the most famous herbs in Ayurvedic medicine, (Commiphora mukul) has been used for centuries in India to successfully control cholesterol and as a treatment for obesity. Guggul is a resin that works to rejuvenate the body and has the power to increase the white blood cell count.

Guggul lowers cholesterol and triglycerides in the bloodstream, improving the ratio of “good” (HDL) to “bad” (LDL) cholesterol. Research shows that regular use of this herb can lower blood cholesterol by 14-27% and triglycerides by 22-30%. By working on the liver, Guggul increases the metabolism and assimilation of the harmful LDL cholesterol, producing results in as little as 4-12 weeks.

The effects of Guggul compares well with prescription formulations for lowering cholesterol, however the difference between Guggul and prescription formulas is that Guggul, being a natural plant extract works in harmony with the body making it a safer product.


Nutritional Supplements for Lowering Cholesterol

The nutritional supplements red yeast rice, co-enzyme Q10, vitamin C, chromium, royal jelly and L-carnitine have all been used successfully in treating obesity and increasing the levels of the good cholesterol HDL and lowering the LDL or bad cholesterol. OC-Max combines several ingredients in one convenient pill to combat high levels of cholesterol.

Adding soy products and garlic to your dietary regime can be effective complements to the nutritional supplements and assist in lowering cholesterol.