MILA HIZI, ZIDUMISHWE?

AFRICAN GIRL

AFRIKA: Katika bara la Afrika, kila kabila na kila koo zina tamaduni zao na ambazo zinatakiwa kuzingatiwa na kuzienzi, lakini ukitazama Afrika ya sasa utagundua kuwa imetawaliwa sana na mila na desturi za kizungu zaidi.

 

AFRICAN GIRLS

 Ni makabila machace tu ambayo utakuta kuwa wanazingatia mila na tamaduni zao. Mfano mzuri ni WAMASAI. hili ni kabila ambalo miaka nenda miaka rudi huwa hawasahau tamaduni hata kama watakua wanaishi mijini, utakuta kuwa yuko mmasai aliyesoma kabisa na mwenye pesa zake lakini kusahau mila kwake inakuwa ni vigumu. ni lazma utamkuta angalau amevaa shuka au kitu chochote cha kumtambulisha kuwa yeye ni mmasai japo wapo ambao walishaanza kubadilika kabisa na kuzisahau mila hizo.

 

AFRICAN WOMAN

Lakini sasa pamoja na yote hayo, JE, MILA ZA NAMNA HII LAZMA ZIENDELEE KUZINGATIWA?  nazungumzia hizo ambazo ziko kwenye picha hii.  NAOMBA UTOE MAONI YAKO...  MILA ZA NAMNA HII ZIZINGATIWE NA KUDUMISHWA?

Best foods for fighting the flu

If the flu has caught up with you or your family, there are certain foods that can help while you're ill and resting up. TODAY diet and nutrition editor Madelyn Fernstrom reveals the foods you should be reaching for, including broths, popsicles, bananas, and more.
You got the flu shot. You've been washing your hands. But, despite your best efforts, you've been knocked out by the flu. You may not feel like eating at all, but there are some foods that will help during your illness and on your way to recovery. They work for colds, as well.
When you have a fever, drink fluids to avoid dehydrationWith a fever, appetite is low (or gone), and most important is to remain hydrated. A good rule of thumb is to check your urine, which is pale yellow in the adequately hydrated state. If you are getting dehydrated, it will be deep yellow in color. This visible test is the easiest way to make sure you get enough fluids, even when you don't feel like eating.

Tanzanians love their music, but are denied!

We seem to have totally abandoned efforts that were there in the 1960s and 70s, when Tanzanians strived to reinvent themselves and discard undesirable cultural traits that were a consequence of close to a century of colonial bondage.
There is no area where this is more brazenly displayed than in entertainment. There is little regard Tanzanian music and dances, which is a shame. Our country is blessed with a diversity of peoples – around 120 ethnic groups – each with rich cultural heritage that our artistes could base their creative energies.
We don’t care for these anymore. Instead, our musicians, go to great lengths to “copy and paste” foreign beats, fronting them as Tanzanian, simply because the lyrics are in Kiswahili.
The excuse from the artistes, producers and promoters is that they offer what the people want. But it is not true that Tanzanians are not keen on music that is traditional, ostensibly because it “doesn’t sell”.
Our artistes are simply not giving it to them, being as they are victims of Western cultural machinations. And, we aver, laziness. They want quick results, so the thinking is: if there are ready-made beats, why sit down and create original hits based on our own heritage?
Now the enthusiasm that greeted last Friday’s show at the Russian Cultural Centre, organised by Focus on Me, rubbishes the notion that Tanzanians aren’t keen on their traditional dances and music. It was a full house affair, with frenzied audience crying for more throughout.  
Let that be a lesson to local players in the entertainment industry, including TV and radio stations. Tanzanians are keen on their own beat and song; compose it, promote it and give it to them.
Let us have Bongo Flava alright, but derive it from our own beats and rhythms. Slavish copycatting and blind copycatting at the expense of our own cultural roots is a big shame!
http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/editorial-analysis/-/28291-tanzanians-love-their-music-but-are-denied

Marehemu aliyefariki ajalini akutwa na Sh13 mil mfukoni

ABIRIA mmoja amefariki papohapo huku akiwa na zaidi ya Sh13 milioni mfukoni, wengine 48 wamejeruhiwa mkoani Mbeya baada ya basi walilokuwa wakisafiria kuacha njia na kupinduka.

Wakati ajali hiyo ikitokea Mbeya, Dar es Salaam watu wawili wamefariki dunia baada ya mabasi ya daladala kugongana maeneo ya Kongowe, nje kidogo ya Dar es Salaam.

Kamanda wa Polisi Mkoa wa Temeke, Engelbert Kiondo alisema ajali hiyo ilisababishwa na mwendokasi wa magari hayo yaliyokuwa yanashindana.

Majeruhi 12 walipelekwa Hospitali za Temeke na Muhimbili kwa matibabu.
Katika ajali ya Mbeya, basi hilo ambalo ni mali ya Kampuni ya Nganga Express ilitokea jana asubuhi eneo la Inyala, Wilaya ya Mbeya Vijijini.
Basi hilo lilikuwa likitokea Mbeya kwenda Dar es Salaam.

Dereva wa basi hilo, Alex Bunyinyiga alisema wakati akiendesha basi hilo, alipofika kwenye mteremko wa Inyara, mahali ambapo kuna kona kali, aliona lori lililokuwa limeegeshwa upande wa kulia wa barabara.

Bunyinyiga alisema alipolikaribia lori hilo, ghafla lilitokea gari lingine aina ya Fuso ambalo lilipita lori lililoegeshwa na kumfuata upande wake, hali ambayo ingesababisha kugongana uso kwa uso.

Kamanda wa Polisi Mkoa wa Mbeya, Diwani Athumani alimtaja mtu aliyepoteza maisha katika ajali hiyo kuwa ni Enock Lwila, mkazi wa Mama John, mjini Mbeya.
 Diwani alisema Lwila wakati akipatwa na ajali alikuwa na  Sh13 milioni mfukoni ambazo ziliokolewa na polisi waliowahi  eneo la tukio.  Diwani alisema kwa sasa fedha hizo ziko salama mikononi  mwa polisi na kwamba, baada ya kupatikana  nduguwatakabidhiwa
http://www.mwananchi.co.tz/habari/-/1597578/1671230/-/vkqhd9/-/index.html

Tiger Woods tries to 'win back ex-wife Elin with a Sh17b deal'

 

Tiger Woods and ex-wife Elin Nordegren during the opening ceremonies at the AT&T National golf tournament B [Photo: AFP]

Tigers Woods is attempting to win his ex-wife Elin Nordegren back with a $200 million deal, according to the National Enquirer.
The shamed golfer, 37, is desperate to win his ex-wife back, according to the magazine and has offered the hefty pre-nup deal.

Elin, 33, who won a $110 million divorce settlement from the sportsman, is believed to have told him she will consider the proposal - but only if he includes a $350 million anti-cheating clause into the wedding contract.

Why are all naval vessels ( ships ) reffered to as "she"?

There are many stories and myths concerning the origin of referring to vessels in the feminine, but one thing matters above all else - sailors (myself included) are extremely superstitious creatures, and changing long-standing traditions of the sea aren't easy unless the order comes from God himself. Even then it probably wouldn't happen soon.

Popular theories include goddesses & linguistics (ships in other languages are referred to in the feminine), and in recent times you could even say that female sponsors of ship christenings could be a reason. But none of it really holds up for those of us who are and have been sailors.

There's evidence that points to ships being referred to in the masculine up until the 16th century, but most Navy traditions on the subject point to the relationship between sailors (until the past few decades, all male) and their ships as being akin to a marriage. Most sailors spend more time onboard their ships than they do with their wives (in my first year of marriage I was away for 293 days), and the daily relationship can be easily compared with a male/female relationship. While some compare the cost of ship maintenance to that of a wife or girlfriend (the latter being said to be the more expensive by some), over time it's the psychological connection that a sailor feels for his ship that is the biggest parallel to an actual relationship.

Consider that a sailor must fight with, forgive, understand, love, hate, anguish over, and generally give his soul to his ship. In return, the ship acts as home, protector, comforter, etc. The term being "married to a ship" is no idle term. The divorce rate among sailors is a lot higher than the normal average, and it's because the sailor is spending more time with his ship than his wife.

Rear Admiral Francis D. Foley wrote a great article in Proceedings (Naval Institute Magazine) reflecting on this very subject (link below). One thing he mentions as an analogy is that like a woman, "A ship costs a lot to dress, sometimes blows a bit of smoke, and requires periodic overhauls to extend her useful life."

There's also the long-held tradition about treating vessels with the same respect you would a lady. Treat a ship in any other fashion and you'll wish you weren't aboard.

Another analysis is that all sailors are at the mercy of Mother Nature - by referencing vessels in the feminine, we stay on good terms with her, and no sailor wants to anger Mother Nature. Remember I said we are extremely superstitious when it comes to the sea, and for good reason.

In the end, aside from the relationship aspect, I've always felt that males tend to look at father figures for guidance and leadership, but when it comes to love and comfort, we seek out our mothers and wives or girlfriends. Being at sea is an isolating experience, even with a lot of other sailors, and a ship fills a psychological void that fellow sailors cannot.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_all_naval_vessels_referred_to_as_she

The10 best movies of 2012

10. 'Frankenweenie,' 'The Cabin in the Woods'

"Frankenweenie" and "The Cabin in the Woods" are tied for the 10th spot on this list of 2012's best films. Horror movies rarely get respect in year-end lists, but of the three films scripted or co-scripted by Joss Whedon this year ("The Avengers" and "Much Ado About Nothing" were the others), "The Cabin in the Woods" was the most fiendishly ingenious -- a horror movie that was truly out of the box. As for "Frankenweenie," pictured, this 3-D black-and-white tribute to classic Universal monster movies showed yet again that Tim Burton is most himself in animated film.   

9. 'Skyfall'Agent 007 turned 50 with rare panache: Directed by Sam Mendes, "Skyfall" is a contender for one of the top Bonds ever. It's not so much the probing, psychological script, but the nuanced, inspired performances by Judi Dench, Javier Bardem and Daniel Craig, of course -- and stunning cinematography by Roger Deakins.   8. 'Bernie'A "small" movie that deserved a wider audience, Richard Linklater found something funny, sad, eccentric and timely in the true story about a mortician (Jack Black) who befriends but bumps off the richest and most spiteful woman (Shirley MacLaine) in a small Texas town, then proceeds to give away her money to bail out the local economy   7. 'Killing Them SoftlyAudiences haven't warmed to this nonthrilling crime movie with Brad Pitt, adapted from George V. Higgins' novel "Cogan's Trade" and updated to New Orleans during the 2008 economic meltdown. It's actually a brilliant polemical satire on base dog-eat-dog capitalism, played out against the rhetoric of the Obama-McCain election campaign.  6. 'Life of Pi'Maybe the best use of 3-D yet, Ang Lee's visually intoxicating treatment of Yann Martel's prize-winning novel about a boy (Suraj Sharma) lost at sea with only a tiger for company is an exquisite poetic fable that also bares ferocious teeth.   5. 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'Like "Life of Pi," "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is another magical-realist fable, this time on an indie budget. This imaginative, emotional debut film by Benh Zeitlin is a euphoric experience. Quvenzhané Wallis stars as 6-year-old Hushpuppy.  4. 'Silver Linings Playbook'David O. Russell is the perfect director to undercut the schmaltzy bromides without selling short his characters in this screwball romance about the bipolar product (Bradley Cooper) of your typical American dysfunctional family (Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver). There's also a standout performance from Jennifer Lawrence.    

3. 'Zero Dark Thirty' Don't let the controversy over torture scenes put you off: Kathryn Bigelow's gripping, lean and anguished account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden is designed to stir soul-searching. Jessica Chastain has won raves as a CIA agent who leads the search.  2. 'The Master'Joaquin Phoenix, right, cements his reputation as a top actor in Paul Thomas Anderson's cryptic drama about a World War II veteran looking for spiritual nourishment with a cult guru (Philip Seymour Hoffman as a thinly disguised L. Ron Hubbard-type).  

1. 'Django Unchained'Quentin Tarantino's potent blend of blaxploitation and spaghetti western is provocative, laugh-out-loud funny and full of fire. The director reminds us that slavery is outrageous -- an outrage -- not least for the way it was ensconced in a notion of aristocratic gentility. Christoph Waltz, left, and Jamie Foxx are among the stars.  Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/28/showbiz/movies/10-best-movies-2012/index.html

  

Woman with the biggest hips in the World.

Big and beautiful: Mikel Ruffinelli is the proud owner of the largest hips in the world and measures an astounding eight feet in circumference
 

 

Living large: Mikel is a size 30 and earns $1,000 per shoot modelling for a Big Beautiful Women website
While the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian and Beyonce will probably all agree, they don’t have to face the kind of challenges that Mikel does on a daily basis.
As well as having to walk through most doors sideways, Mikel drives a truck because she can’t fit into a car. At home, the woman with the widest hips in the world has to sit in steel-supported chairs and sleeps on a 7ft-wide bed.
Mikel’s biggest fan is her husband, Reggie Brooks, a 40-year-old computer technician. They’ve been married 10 years and Mikel says that he finds her unusual shape sexy and tells her every day just how beautiful she is.

Happy with her size ... Mikel Ruffinelli flaunts figure

I’m so happy being hippy

Woman with world’s biggest natural assets

Raisi maskini zaidi duniani

Imechapishwa Jumapili, 14 Oktoba 2012 14:37
Imeandikwa na MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay
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NCHI ya Uruguay yenye raia takribani milioni 4, inatajwa kuwa na bahati ya kuwa na Rais asiye na chembe ya tamaa. Hana makuu, kiasi kwamba anatajwa kuwa ndiye Rais masikini zaidi kuwahi kutokea duniani. Huyu si mwingine, bali ni Jose Mujica, Rais wa sasa wa Uruguay ambaye pia ni Rais wa 40 wa nchi hiyo. Tangu aingie madarakani Machi mosi mwaka 2010, amekuwa akionekana kuwa kiongozi wa tofauti kabisa, tofauti na waliomtangulia. Mathalan, baada ya kufanikiwa kuishika nchini, hakuwa na tamaa ya kukimbilia Ikulu, yeye alichokifanya ni kuamua kuishi katika makazi yake yaleyale, katika nyumba ya mkewe iliyoko shambani, nje ya Jiji la Montevideo. Kwa ujumla, anapenda maisha ya kawaida, maisha ya kuwahurumia wengine na kujitahidi kuonesha kwa vitendo. Ni vigumu kuamini, licha ya kuwa ni Rais wa nchi, amejishusha mno kiasi cha mara kadhaa kuonekana akijichanganya na raia wake katika shughuli za ujenzi wa taifa, ikiwamo ujenzi wa barabara, kulima mashamba ya mfano. Na wakati mwingine, anapougua huwahi kupanga mstari ili kuonana na daktari, akichelewa anapanga mstari kusubiri zamu yake. Ni Rais pekee ambaye ameamua kutoa mshahara wake kwa zaidi ya asilima 90 kugawana na watu masikini wa nchi yake, kwamba fedha hizo huingizwa katika vikundi mbalimbali vya maendeleo.
Akiwa amepangiwa na Bunge kupokea dola za Kimarekani 11,000 (sh milioni 17.6 kwa fedha za Tanzania) kwa mwezi, hajawahi kupokea fedha hizo na ameiamuru Hazina kuzipeleka fedha hizo kwa wananchi masikini.
Yeye hupokea shilingi milioni 3 tu, tena hizi akizitumia kwa ajili ya mafuta ya gari lake alilonunua na mkewe aina ya Volkswagon Beetle maarufu kama `Mgongo wa Chura’. Gari hilo lenye umri wa miaka 23, ndio utajiri pekee anaojivunia.
Hana kingine anachokimiliki. Hana akaunti benki, hana nyumba yake binafsi, wala mali nyingine ya aina yoyote aliyojilimbikizia. Kuhusiana na gari lake lenye thamani ya dola za Kimarekani 1,900 (Sh milioni 3), ambalo analiendesha mwenyewe, anasema: “Niko mimi na mke wangu, wawili tu, gari kubwa la nini, sina haja nalo, sitaki kuwaibia wananchi, kunichagua tu kuwaongoza ni sifa pekee, tena kubwa inayokaribia utukufu wa kawaida, sasa zaidi ya hapo nini…
“Nahitaji sana kuwatumikia wananchi wa Uruguay, sio kuwanyonya wala kuwaibia au kuwa mwanya wa kuchuma na kujifurahisha mimi, mke wangu, watoto wangu na ndugu zangu, sioni haja hiyo na sitaki kuwa mnyonyaji kamwe,” anasema Rais Mujica. Anasisitiza anayafurahia maisha ya kawaida, hivyo haoni shida kuishi na watu wa kawaida mtaani kwake, kupiga nao porojo na hata kushirikiana katika shughuli za kijamii pale inapolazimu.
“Nikiwa na akaunti benki, nikiwa na magari makubwa, nitakuwa nakaribisha ushawishi wa kuwa mwizi, kuwaibia wananchi wangu, sitaki chochote,” anaongeza Rais huyo ambaye hata anapoamua kunyoa nywele zake, hahitaji kinyozi maalumu, bali yeyote anayejua kunyoa anamwita nyumbani kwake aweze kumnyoa.
Staili ya maisha ya Rais huyo inaonekana pia kumwingia mkewe ambaye pia tofauti na wake wengine wa marais, yeye hajipambi kwa dhahabu, almasi wala aina nyingine ya vito vya thamani.
Anashirikiana na mumewe katika shamba lao la maua katika makazi yao, huku Rais Mujica wakati mwingine akifanya usafi wa nyumba na hata kumwagilia maua. Hayo ndiyo maisha ya Jose Mujica, Rais wa 40 wa Uruguay ambaye kwa sasa ana umri wa miaka 77, lakini licha ya kupigania mno kuingia Ikulu, ameonesha kutokuwa na kiu ya utajiri, hataki kujikweza na wala kuonekana ni tofauti na watu wengine. Ndiyo maana ameonekana kuwa Rais wa ajabu, akitajwa pengine kuwa ndiye asiye na makuu na masikini kuliko wote duniani. Hata vaa yake ni ya kawaida, mara nyingi akiingia ofisini na mavazi ya kawaida, lakini mara moja moja tu, akivalia suti na tai hasa anapokuwa na ugeni mzito. Angalau Makamu wake, Danilo Astori anaonekana na `ufisadi’ kidogo, kwani ana nyumba yenye thamani ya dola 250,000 (Sh milioni 400) na gari kama la milioni 30 hivi. Je, kuna wengine wenye staili ya maisha ya Rais Mujica? Yawezekana, lakini kwa sasa imeonekana hakuna kama Mujica.


Source Habari leo 19.01.2013

Wabunge waanza kujiandikisha JKT

Posted Januari19 2013 saa 11:23 AM
KWA UFUPI
Taarifa ambazo Mwananchi Jumamosi ilizipata juzi, zimeeleza kuwa, idadi ya wabunge ambao tayari wamejiandikisha kujiunga na JKT hadi sasa ni zaidi ya 31, huku wengine wakiendelea.


WABUNGE vijana katika Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, wameanza kujiandikisha tayari kwa kujiunga na Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa (JKT) kwa Mujibu wa Sheria kwa ajili ya mafunzo yatakayoanza Machi mwaka huu.

Taarifa ambazo Mwananchi Jumamosi ilizipata juzi, zimeeleza kuwa, idadi ya wabunge ambao tayari wamejiandikisha kujiunga na JKT hadi sasa ni zaidi ya 31, huku wengine wakiendelea.

Kujiandikisha kwa wabunge hao ili wajiunge na JKT kunafuatia wito uliotolewa na Waziri wa Ulinzi na Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa, Shamsi Vuai Nahodha, Julai mwaka uliopita, alipowasilisha hotuba ya bajeti ya wizara yake katika Bunge la Bajeti mjini Dodoma.

Kwa nyakati tofauti wabunge vijana kutoka CCM, Chadema na NCCR- Mageuzi walilithibitishia gazeti hili kuwa tayari wamejiandikisha katika Ofisi ya Katibu wa Bunge kwa ajili ya mafunzo hayo.

Imebainishwa kuwa, miongoni mwa wabunge waliojiandikisha, wamo pia ambao waliwahi kupitia mafunzo hayo, ikielezwa kuwa wamefanya hivyo wakitaka kwenda kujikumbushia.

Hata hivyo, Kaimu Katibu wa Bunge, Eliakimu Mrema hakuwa tayari kuzungumzia suala hilo akieleza kuwa linaweza kuzungumziwa na Spika wa Bunge kwa kuwa ndiye anayezungumzia masuala ya wabunge.“Sisi kazi yetu ni utendaji tu na masuala ya wabunge, Spika ndiye anayezungumzia,”alisema Mrema.

Alipotakiwa kuzungumzia taarifa hizo, Naibu Spika wa Bunge, Job Ndugai, alisema kwamba ni mapema mno kuzungumzia suala hilo kwa kuwa hawajapata idadi kamili.

“Tukiwa Dodoma (bungeni), ukituuliza tutakuwa tayari kutoa taarifa kamili, lakini kwa sasa ni mapema kuzungumzia suala hilo,”alisema Ndugai na kuongeza:

“Watu ni rahisi kusema, lakini wakati mwingine utekelezaji ni mgumu kama unavyosema kwani, ukisikia moja ya uamuzi mgumu, hili ni mojawapo.”

Ndugai alisema kuwa mafunzo hayo hayatawahusu wabunge ambao waliwahi kupitia JKT siku za nyuma na kwamba ni maalumu kwa wabunge vijana.

“Naomba usubiri Dodoma, tutakuambia hali ilivyo,” alisema Ndugai.

Katibu wa wabunge wa Chadema, David Silinde alisema kuwa wabunge vijana wa chama hicho, tayari wameshajiandikisha na kuwasilisha majina yao kwa Katibu wa Bunge kwa ajili ya mafunzo hayo. “Sisi tumeshajiandikisha katika awamu ya kwanza na ya pili na majina tumeshayawasilisha kwa Katibu wa Bunge kwa ajili ya utekelezaji,” alisema Silinde.

Silinde ambaye ni Mbunge wa Mbozi Magharibi, alitaja wabunge wa Chadema ambao tayari wameshajiandikisha pamoja na yeye mwenyewe kuwa ni Mariam Msabaha (Viti Maalumu), Zitto Kabwe (Kigoma Kaskazini), Ezekiah Wenje (Nyamagana) na Godbless Lema (Arusha Mjini).

Alisema wengine ni Raya Ibrahim (Viti Maalumu), Sabrina Sungura (Viti Maalumu), Cecilia Pareso (Viti Maalumu) na Joshua Nassari (Arumeru Mashariki).

“Hayo majina wabunge saba walijiandikisha awamu ya kwanza na wawili wamejiandikisha awamu ya pili kwa ajili ya mafunzo hayo,” alisema Silinde.

Mbunge wa Kasulu Mjini kwa tiketi ya NCCR-Mageuzi, Moses Machali alisema kuwa naye tayari ameshajiandikisha kujiunga na JKT katika Ofisi ya Katibu wa Bunge na kwamba yupo tayari kujiunga na mafunzi hayo.

“Mimi tayari nimeshajiandikisha, tunasubiri tu kwenda kwenye mafunzo hayo,”alisema Machali.

Mbunge mwingine aliyejiandikisha ni Deo Filikunjombe wa Ludewa na Mbunge wa Iramba Magharibi, Mwigulu Nchemba(wote wa CCM).

Akizungumzia hatua hiyo, Nchemba alisema kuwa naye pia ameshajiandikisha na kwamba wabunge wengi wa CCM, ambao ni vijana, watajiunga na mafunzo hayo.

“Mimi niko tayari na kwamba tutakwenda kwa wingi kwa kuwa kuwepo kwa JKT ni kutekeleza Ilani ya chama changu, lakini naona muda waliotupangia ni mdogo, nitaomba uongezwe,”alisema Nchemba.

Alisema yeye kama mbunge na pia Naibu Katibu Mkuu wa CCM, atahimiza wabunge wote wa CCM, ambao ni vijana kujiunga na mafunzo hayo na kwamba ni lazima wote wajiunge.

Kwa mujibu wa waziri Nahodha, ingawa JKT ipo tayari kuchukua vijana 20,000 kwa wakati mmoja, lakini haitaweza kufanya hivyo kutokana na gharama za kuendeshea mafunzo hayo kuwa kubwa.

Kwa mwaka huu, tayari JKT imetangaza kusajili vijana 5000 kati ya 41,348 waliohitimu Kidato cha Sita na kwamba Wizara ya Ulinzi na Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa, imeweka vigezo maalumu vya kuwapata vijana hao kwa kuzingatia makundi ambayo mchakato wa kuyatangaza unaendelea.

Mafunzo hayo kwa mujibu wa sheria yatafanyika kwa miezi sita katika kambi za Bulombora na Kanembwa (Kigoma), Mlale (Ruvuma), Mafinga (Iringa), Msange (Tabora) na Oljoro (Arusha). 

JKT wakiwa kwenye mazoezi kwa ajili ya ukakamavu wa kulijenga taifa Tanzania, Wabunge wameanza kujiandikisha tunaamini watafanikiwa kwa kiasi kikubwa  

Marijuana Compounds: Highly Beneficial, Yet Illegal

Is marijuana bad for you? Marijuana has the potential to get you high: most people know this. And a growing number of people are becoming aware of the medicinal properties of this plant. But, the compounds that make marijuana such a healer are largely unknown to the general public. These compounds won’t get you high, when separated from the psychoactive ingredient known as THC, but they are still classified as being highly dangerous and addictive by the U.S. government.

Cannabidiol (CBD), Cannabinol (CBN), Cannabichromene (CBC), Cannabigerol (CBG), and Tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) are all active, organic compounds in the marijuana plant—and each offers unique benefits.
Is Marijuana Bad for You?

CBD or cannabidiol is said to be the most-studied cannabinoid. It has potentially therapeutic effects on conditions like diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, nausea, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s. Martin Lee, of the non-profit group Project CBD, calls cannabidiol the “Cinderella molecule” and the “little substance that could.”

Related Read: Does Marijuana Cause Cancer?

Cannabinol (CBN) is available in marijuana in very small quantities. It is far less researched than CBD, but is said to induce sleep, ease pain and spasticity, increase appetite, reduce the spread of MRSA, and delay the symptoms of Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS).

Cannabichromene (CBC) has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and analgesic benefits. It may “promote anti-cancer activity in malignant cell lines” as well. This also is a relatively under-researched compound.
The other compounds of marijuana show similarly impressive potential benefits and uses. The wealth of information on this compounds is growing each day, though scientists sometimes struggle for funding in the face of the federal government who is committed to criminalizing this healthful plant.

Marijuana’s classification under the Controlled Substances Act is as a Schedule I substance. This places it on the same level as heroin. According to the government, these drugs have no medical uses and high potential for abuse and addiction. Marijuana is considered a very dangerous drug by the government, despite all of the research to the contrary.

But of course marijuana does have medicinal uses. In one case, a young boy’s father actually says marijuana oil is what made his son beat cancer. While the story isn’t recent, it is one that everyone should hear about.

Is marijuana bad for you? Simply recognizing that marijuana compounds have some medical use would reduce the plant from a Schedule I drug to another classification, allowing the medical marijuana trade to flourish freely in the states where voters have worked so hard to get those laws in place. But, the feds refuse to budge, white-knuckling their Drug War in the face of the American people who have spoken out on several occasions in opposition, and in the face of science which clearly says this plant has real, medical applications.

Source: Is Marijuana Bad for You? Highly Beneficial Marijuana Compounds 

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Sodas Contain Animal Carcinogen, Study Finds

Today’s leading cola beverages contain high levels of a substance linked to cancer in animals, according to new research.
An independent study commissioned by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) uncovered  4-methylimidazole, or 4-MI, in Coke, Diet Coke, Pepsi and Diet Pepsi at levels 4.8 times greater than those allowed in beverages in California.
4-MI is a byproduct of the reaction that produces the caramel coloring in brown sodas. The chemical has been found to be carcinogenic in animal studies.  
The state of California has banned 4-MI in any amount that could potentially lead to one cancer case in 100,000 people. However the levels found in these 4 leading Cola brands indicated a lifetime risk of 5 cancers out of 100,000, assuming that people drink one soft drink per day. That risk rises to 10 cancers out of 100,000 people who drink only soft drinks containing caramel coloring.
The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sets an even more conservative risk limit for contaminant in food additives of 1 cancer in 1,000,000 people.  But the study reported rates of 4-MI that are associated with 48 cancers in 1,000,000.
“Coke and Pepsi, with the acquiescence of the FDA, are needlessly exposing millions of Americans to a chemical that causes cancer,” said CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson.  ”The coloring is completely cosmetic, adding nothing to the flavor of the product.  If companies can make brown food coloring that is carcinogen-free, the industry should use that.  And industry seems to be moving in that direction.  Otherwise, the FDA needs to protect consumers from this risk by banning the coloring.”
In a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg Monday, CSPI shared the results of its study. The document served as an addition to the group’s petition of last year, which called on FDA to ban caramel colorings made with processes that generate 2-MI and 4-MI.
The study also found 4-MI in Dr. Pepper and Diet Dr. Pepper, but at lower levels than the other 4 brands. A sample of Whole Foods’ 365 cola had a concentration of 47 micrograms of 4-MI in a can, as opposed to the almost 150 micrograms found in a can of Coca-Cola.
The beverage industry responded to the study by pointing out that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Health Canada and FDA have approved caramel coloring as safe for use in food and drink.
“This is nothing more than CSPI scare tactics, and their claims are outrageous,” responded the American Beverage Association. “The science simply does not show that 4-MEI in foods or beverages is a threat to human health. In fact, findings of regulatory agencies worldwide, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, European Food Safety Authority and Health Canada, consider caramel coloring safe for use in foods and beverages. CSPI fraudulently claims to be operating in the interest of the public’s health when it is clear its only motivation is to scare the American people.”
Coca-Cola defended its product.
“Unlike CSPI, The Coca-Cola Company deals in hard facts,” said company representative Ben Sheidler in an e-mailed statement to Food Safety News. “Fact:  The body of science about 4-MEI in foods or beverages does not support the erroneous allegations that CSPI would like the public to believe.  The 4-MEI levels in our products pose no health or safety risks.  Outside of California, no regulatory agency concerned with protecting the public’s health has stated that 4-MEI is a human carcinogen.  The caramel color in all of our ingredients has been, is and always will be safe. That is a fact.”
FDA spokesman Doug Karas said the findings of the report were not of concern to consumer health.
“A person would have to drink more than a thousand cans of soda in a day to match the doses administered in studies that showed links to cancer in rodents,” he told Bloomberg.
The analysis was limited to 13 samples – 1 of Whole Foods’ 365 and 2 of each other brand – all purchased in the Washington, D.C. area.

source: Food Safety News.

CHADEMA ilivyo unguruma

Jinsi Katibu Mkuu wa CHADEMA Dr Wilbrod Slaa,Mbunge wa Arumeru Mashariki Joshua Nasari,Mbunge wa Arusha Mjini Godbless Lema Walivyoung'uruma Kwenye Mkutano Wa CHADEMA Njiro Moshi

 

Maelfu ya wananchi
waliojitokeza katika mkutano wa hadhara uliofanyika katika viwanja vya Reilway
Njoro mjini Moshi na kuhutubiwa na viongopzi mbalimbali wa chama cha demokrasia
na maendeleoCHADEMA,wakiongozwa na Dk Wilbroad Slaa.

 

Vijana wa sarakasi
wakionesha umahiri wao mbele ya Dk Slaa wakati wa mkutano wa hadhara
uliofanyika katika viwanja vya Railway Njro mjini Moshi.

 

 

Katibu Mkuu wa Chadema Dr Wilbrod Slaa akiwapongeza Vijana wa Sarakasi

 

 

Mbunge wa jimbo la
Arumeru Mashariki Joshua Nassari akiteta jambo na katibu wa chadema mkoa wa
Kilimanjaro Basl Lema ,kulia kwake ni Dk Slaa.

 

 

Katibu mkuu wa
Chadema Dk Wilbroad Slaa akihutubia maelfu ya wananchi waliojitokeza katika
mkutano wa hadhara uliofanyika katika viwanja vya Reilway Njoro mjini Moshi

 

Mbunge wa jimbo la Arumeru
Mashariki Joshua Nassari akihutubia maelfu ya wananchi katiika viwanja vya
Railway Njoro wakati wa mkutano wa hadhara  

 

Mbunge wa jimbo la
Arusha mjini Godbless Lema akichangisha fedha kwa ajili ya kufanikisha mikutano
ya chama hicho inayoendelea sasa maeneo mbalimbali nchini.

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Malawi sex workers wear Hijabs

I was personally not aware that Malawi had a somewhat significant Muslim population when I read this report by Nyasa Times discussing the trend of sex workers wearing the hijab in certain cities in Malawi. This is because I was aware that Malawi identifies itself as a Christian nation “with no religious conflict”, with the religion being followed by 83% of the Malawian population. Yet as I discovered, a minority of Malawians, 13%, are Muslim.
According to the report, sex workers are wearing hijab in order to attract clients from the expatriate Asian Muslim community. Hijabed sex workers are also popular among Malawian Muslims who as the article puts it “feel ashamed at dating bareheaded ladies” and those non-Muslims who want to know what it feels like to have sex with a Muslim woman.
There is no mention in the article as to whether the sex workers identify as Muslim, or if they are wearing the hijab for religious reasons. It is not unheard of for Muslim women who work as sex workers in majority Muslim communities or countries to wear hijab, and not just because of clients but because the hijab is part of their wardrobe. This happens in Northern Nigeria and Somalia for example.
The sex workers in Malawi who wear hijab apparently “rarely don’t take alcohol” and get most of their clienteles from bars and drinking joints, though according to the report, they pretend that they are just hanging out with friends on a night out when clients approach them.
The way this has been reported and discussed online troubles me, as Islam and the hijab are seen as adding an incongruous or titillating edge to the way women are objectified. It is telling that the accompanying image to the piece was one by “Islamic Erotica” artist, Makan Emadi whose work has been discussed on MMW, here and here.
And, on this article on Somali pirates, the caption under a woman dressed in niqab reads: “Prostitute Faduma Ali, who longs for the days when her pirate customers had money, chews the stimulant khat and smokes a cigarette.” The combination of the word “prostitute” with khat, cigarette, hookah, and niqab provokes a commentator to ask “how can you have a muslim prostitute?”
What makes the Malawian case unique is that it is not necessarily as simple as objectifying Muslim women, since these sex workers may or may not identify as Muslim, and it’s the same with their clients. This brings in several new elements which are not addressed here, such as how Asian Muslim men are affecting the lives of local Malawian Muslims.
The article ends somewhat ominously by citing “a prominent Muslim clerk” who has threatened to deal with those who are bringing “shame” to Islam’s reputation in Malawi.
Meanwhile the non-Muslim voices, as seen from the comments at Nyasa Times’ website, stress Malawi’s claim to no religious conflict, arguing that freedom of clothing is essential in Malawi and expressing concerns about Muslims reacting violently because that is how Muslims are.
The voices of women remains unsurprisingly silent in this report and in reactions. Whether their decision to wear hijab is simply a business strategy or whether these sex workers are Muslim and wear hijab, we simply don’t get to hear from them. It is presumably men that would lead to non-Muslim sex workers adopting hijab in a business move and it is men that are labelling this practice shameful and damaging to Islam’s reputation, while the voices of Muslim women remain mute.

source:  Islamically dressed sex workers in a Christian nation