Hello. I am e.n.d. Once upon a time I came from Minnesota. But then I moved everywhere.
Curiosity didn't kill the cat. Complacency did.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Danger.
You’re in danger.
No hard feelings.Right or wrong.
Weak or strong.I don’t make the laws.
In yo zone, n**gas gon’ get they fuckin’ head blown.
(Source: lauriettebe)
One for the books. Ocean Beach, San Francisco.
Ocean Beach, San Francisco.
:D
My backyard. After the rain. Welcoming the sun.
The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.
I know this woman well.
Albert Einstein (via tidesandtows)
Cultural excuses: What lies behind cultural justifications of gender-based violence?
Culture becomes a convenient excuse for many advocates of harmful practises against women because it is an extremely sensitive topic. In this precarious situation, the debate over cultural relativism and right to self-determination overshadows the most important issue - women’s suffering and abuse - that is simply unacceptable.
-Beata Zpevakova as part of the Culture and Human Rights series (Part II).
Morning coffee with my buddy Luke!
Back in the Bay
After describing the last several months of events and transition to a friend recently, he responded with,
“You’re exactly where you should be right now.”
I had no idea I’d be this happy back in California.
January 12, 2010, will forever remain engraved in Haiti’s collective memory. Nearly everyone in the country lost a relative, friend, or neighbor in the earthquake that hit that day, and many survivors continue to suffer physical or psychological after effects. The piles of rubble and gaping holes in the streets of Port-au-Prince show that the city itself still bears the scars as well.
Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was working in Haiti before the disaster and lost 12 staff members in the earthquake. Two MSF hospitals—the La Trinité trauma center and the Solidarité OB/GYN clinic—were destroyed. In the two years that have followed, MSF supported a Ministry of Health hospital in the Cité-Soleil slum and built four emergency hospitals in the area affected by the earthquake, an area more than 2 million people call home.
Photo: Haiti 2011 © Yann Libessart
Come to Mama… (Taken with instagram)
RADIOHEAD.
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Chinese foreign minister hails Africa as 'golden ground'
One day, there will be no natural resources left in Africa.
This should concern everyone. (Your cell phone. Your diamond ring. Your basketball shoes. Your oil. Your shrimp salad. Your cashews. Your bombs).
Extraction + depletion = war.
Find out more about how China is “developing” Africa by using your trusty search engine. And read between the lines.
WINDHOEK - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Thursday hailed Africa as a “golden ground” for foreign investment, and vowed to work with Chinese firms to ensure they comply with local labour laws.
“Africa is a fertile place for foreign investors and it is a golden ground for Africa to attract foreign investors, especially for infrastructure which is the blood and muscle of a country,” Yang said during a visit to Namibia.
Yang spoke after meeting with his Namibian counterpart Utoni Nujoma in Windhoek, on the last leg of an African tour that also took him to Niger and Ivory Coast.
China has aggressively moved into African markets, tapping into natural resources to fuel its own economy but also taking a major role in building roads, bridges and other infrastructure across the continent.
The arrival of Chinese companies and workers has sometimes stirred conflict with locals, with Namibians complaining that some Chinese firms fail to respect the minimum wage and other labour laws.
“I am not saying every Chinese company here behaves in a perfect way. If not, I hope Namibia tells us and we do our best to solve it,” Yang told reporters. “We told our companies to adhere to laws here.”
After their 90-minute talks, the two ministers signed a technical cooperation agreement that included a 20-million-renminbi ($3.2-million, 2.5-million-euro) loan for projects that Namibia can decide upon later.
Yang started his five-day African tour on Monday to visit Niger and Ivory Coast before arriving in Namibia late Wednesday. It is his first visit to Namibia.
Last month China and Namibia signed a deal on animal health, which will allow Namibia to export fish and beef to China later this year, and Chinese firms have also sought greater stakes in uranium mining here.
China has in recent years expanded its aid to Namibia, building roads, schools and hospitals in remote areas, although the costs are not made public.
According to latest figures from the Business Journal of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 27 Chinese state companies are active in Namibia in construction, mining, engineering, information technology and financial services.
According to a World Bank report last month, about 35,000 Chinese nationals live in Namibia. The country has a population of about two million.
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.
Happy New Years.
Benjamin Franklin (via naomijade)
