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IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE STARS - AN ACCOUNT OF LIVES IMPACTED BY 'EVERYDAY ADVERSITIES.' PART 87.

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  Kazaliwa did not take too long to find himself  another sales job, and, this time, one which saw him making more money than he had ever worked for before.  No longer did he have to be travelling all over this and that county far away from home.  This time he only had to make sure that he woke up in time to catch the bus to take him to the City Centre about 10 or 12 miles away.  This job would allow him to become an even more seasoned sales person.  In fact, one of the leading performers in the team in which he worked.  His salesmanship and achievements, including him having won a smart watch, boosted his already very high, some might even say, bombastic self-confidence.  Indeed, when his dad, Mfanyazaki, reflected mirthfully on his son, he would be amused by how it seems that, Kazaliwa only had to think of some new idea for him to consider it done.  Mfanyazaki would at times think that his son does not always keep track of and be aware of the distance and sometimes difficult challeng

JUST CONTEMPLATION ON - HOW THERE IS NO 'JUDGEMENT DAY', BUT DAYS OF JUDGEMENT! PART 1

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  There is, to me, no evidence of a child being born into this world being fearful of any ideas, concept, theory, culture, religion or tradition.  As the saying goes, a child being born into our world is 'like a blank slate.'  He/she, providing their physical and brain infrastructure and functioning is healthy, ready to absorb not only the food and drink they are programmed into eating and drinking.  But they are also pre-set to absorb the information which their external environment, including their parents/carers, will expose them to.  Although us humans are or can be either 'prey or predator.' I suspect that, unlike the young of some of other 'prey and predator' species of the animal world, where, say a newly born deer, might smell danger and seek whatever cover it can.  Our newly born human babies are probably less discerning about its environment and who or what it should trust and fear. Fear is not, I think and believe, is an emotion which a child has been

BELGIAN GRAND PRIX - FARCICAL RESULTS OF THE GRAND PRIX THAT NEVER WAS - OR HOW NOT TO 'WIN A PHANTOM RACE.'

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  A Very Big Congratulations to the Rain God for having won the day, during what was to have been the Belgian Grand Prix of the 2021 Formula 1 Season! Yes, Sunday 29th August 2021 should have been a memorable day of high excitement for Formula 1 racing fans and audience.   As it was meant to be the day when the Belgian Grand Prix launches from the Grid at the Circuit de Spa Francorchamps.  For the much anticipated second half of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton's  battle for the 2021 Drivers' Championship. But alas, it was not to be, as the heavens, even more than it had done during Qualifying, continue to open up and pour vast quantities, torrent of waters down on the circuit.  The Rain God, in his/her most sublime display of unabated and unsurpassed power, forced the humans to abandon the Grand Prix  Not only would the racers have had to content with the sheets of water arrayed on the circuit to unexpectedly bring their attempts at foolhardiness to grief.  But they would al

BELGIAN GRAND PRIM - MAX VERSTAPPEN AND RED BULL TAKING UP THE BATON WHERE THEY LEFT OFF, WITH POLE!!

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  'In the making of a watch or something delicate, there can be a time when the process requires the creator to be forceful, and there will be other times when the the process requires great skill and intricacy.' A Very Big Congratulations to Max Verstappen and Team Red Bull, for making it to Pole, in an at times torrid Qualifying session of the Belgian Grand Prix.  And to George Russell and Team Williams and Lewis Hamilton and Team Mercedes, for making it to P.2 and P.3, respectively.  As the Brilliant Lando Norris lost control and spectacularly crashed out in the challenging watery conditions of Q.3 The Practice sessions and Qualifying provided Hamilton, Verstappen and all the now more competitive 'gladiatorial' racers with the opportunity to practice and sharpen their skills, tactics and strategies prior to Sunday's Grand Prix.  It is an opportunity which they have all taken, with some of them, including Verstappen, Leclerc and Norris paying a price with crashes.

JUST CONTEMPLATING ON - THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL AND FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN AND THE AFGHANS. PART 1.

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  'It is more than likely that all people, in the formulation and expression of their social, political, religious and economic thoughts, will be or have the potential to become 'imperialistic' and/or 'colonialistic.  In that they will have extended their visions to include people who do not share them, but would be expected to do so, if those thoughts were to be realised.' So, the people, the diverse people of Afghanistan are literally fighting for the soul and future of their country.  One might say that Afghanistan is still trying to achieve the status of 'nationhood.'  That the country is not only made up of people of different and divergent tribes, nationalities, religions and cultures.  But that its people also reflects different political ideologies and ideas about what the government of Afghanistan should look like.  There is religious divide between Afghans who follow the Sunni denomination of Islam, and those who follow the Shia version.  In common

AN ENIGMATIC AND POIGNANT JOURNEY AROUND MY AGEING AND EVOLVING MOTHER! PART 130.

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  For those of us who have had or cared for babies, for young children, we can recall the anxieties we had about performing this serious role.  It is the role of a carer, whether it be the child's parents or other responsible persons tasked with the job of monitoring the child and ensuring his/her survival.  Making sure that they can and are breathing. That their nostrils, their noses and faces are not obscured or covered by things which could obstruct their breathing.  That they are in a secured sleeping area and are not going to fall and get hurt. The objective of monitoring and ensuring the well-being of the baby or young child it to ensure their survival into adulthood. The objective of monitoring my dear mother is to, as much as I can, ensure her safety, during this final stage of her life's journey.  So, yes, it is not the same kind of anxieties that I would have for a baby's safety, as these would be higher.  Considering that for the child, it is about maintaining he

JUST PHILOSOPHISING - ON THE CASE FOR HAVING CHILDREN! PART 3.

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  We have evolved and developed more sophisticated childhoods and social policies which promote the having of children.  At the same time that the 'religious' and evolutionary reinforcers and prerogatives have loosened some of their hold.  Although men and women having sexual intercourse with each other is still the most common method of having children and maintaining the human species.  It is not necessary for all a couple, in the form of a man and a women, to have sex in order for the woman to become pregnant.  A woman, providing she has the money, can now have the option of buying another woman's egg, having it fertilized, and inserted into her womb where it can develop. Indeed, it is now possible to clone our species.  So, in a nutshell, it is no longer necessary for every woman to become mother and every man a father, in order to ensure the survival of our human species.  Quite apart from whether, from a more over-arching perspective, it is cost effective and environm