When he's with somrone else!

I have fallen for this guy. He is cute, has opinions and is just great but he doesn t see me. Oh why is life like this? I would live him to be Mr Right for me.

Changeable

Here are a couple of photos. One taken around 10:30 this morning anthe other at 13:37. This is one of the aspects I really love about life here.

Opening ceremony at London 2012

Did you see this?

The IOC has blocked its use by individuals so you have to watch it directly on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AS-dCdYZbo

The Queen Sequence - Happy and Glorious - London 2012 Olympic Games 

Cole Escola

Hi all of you!!!!! LOL well me the next time I have a look at this!!

For some time I have been following Cole Escola on youtube and blog but haven't really thought much about going to see him for some time. Anyway, today I did try to find out what is going on. His blogs don't seem to have much activity but his youtube site seems to be not only live but lively!

http://www.youtube.com/user/coleywog?feature=watch

I've just seen a video taken by someone in an audience which is just so good. I really is the experience of gay men all over the world. I didn't have much hetero experience so I don't know if it is similar to a straight experience or not. The sound isn't wonderful but here it is and enjoy it.

Love love love!

Did you see the closing ceremony of the London 2012 games? Well I thought it was fantastic and unlike those in the stadium I was alone bit could feel the joy and love. It was just great to see all those young people who had goven their all and won or lost - but the joy was the most exhilarant feeling.

My tomato plants

These atr the only two of 50 seeds planted that have grown. Next year I am going to plant earlier ang get them out earlier. Will the have time to produce frui? On verta!

e portfolios

I'm looking at getting my students to get an e portfolio started in September (Higher Education) and was wondering if anyone had any information that they could let me have as to where students could create personal and private e portfolios. At the moment all I have are sites that are open and this is not really what I am looking for. Any advice?

My first iphone blog

37 years ago today was my wedding day! How things change in life. Although we are no longer married we see each other from time to time and in just a couple of weeks we shall be grandparents! Happy Anniversary.

This is the year of the Sex Olympics

It  was back in the 60's but I remembered this title and thought I would have a look at it on the net only to be surprised about the write up which you can find here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Year_of_the_Sex_Olympics

You can also watch the play here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMbwiADe2-o&feature=relmfu

While browsing I also came across some fun stuff :

UK parents found guilty of 'honour killing' - Europe - Al Jazeera English

UK parents found guilty of 'honour killing' - Europe - Al Jazeera English

I found this today. It is something which seems so far in the past. Here in France there are similar things going on - sisters and daughters forced to wear the hijab, or children stolen by one parent who takes them back 'au pays'. We don't hear much about forced weddings although as I write this I have come across this site and what to do if a person finds themselves in such a situation:

http://www.sosfemmes.com/points_de_vue/sujets/03_mariage_force.htm

In French law a marriage has to be consented to by both parties so if this is not the case it is seen as a forced marriage or 'un marriage non consenti' and as such is illegal. There is of course the case of 'consentement alteré' where one of the partners would have wished for the marriage to take place at some other time in the future but due to circumstances has to marry at once. According to French stats, 2/3 of forced marriages end up in divorce.

Here is something about forced marriages and also things that happen to women if they fall in love outside the perceived suiters:

French:
http://observers.france24.com/fr/content/20090917-tue-fille-evite-prison-crime-honneur

English:
http://observers.france24.com/content/20090917-no-prison-those-who-kill-daughters-name-honour-killings

So for a man in many countries, 'Honour killings' are seen as less important and they are given light sentences for killing their family (6-12 months) although in many countries this is changing. In Pakistan, this type of killing now leads to the death penalty (not that I think that this is much better) . However for women things are very different:

 A Syrian woman who killed her husband after finding out that he was raping her daughters got 12 years in prison."

However, something I hear about frequently in France is 'excision' or female genital mutilation - Infibulation. France is the   only country in Europe where there have been trials for this mutilation of young girls.

http://www.droitsenfant.com/excision.htm

Then  there are the Kayan people in Burma where women put on rings around their neck to make their neck longer as it is estimed as beautiful and to distinguish them from men - are there not enough things that distinguish us anyway? Nothing is said about this.

And what about circumcision of men? This also is often done early in life so the child has no say over what should happen to his body. But of course, since studies in Africa have shown that circumcision seems to reduce the infection rate of HIV even the WHO seems to recommend it in HIV prevetion.  (Siegfried N, Muller M, Deeks JJ, Volmink J (2009). Siegfried, Nandi. ed. "Male circumcision for prevention of heterosexual acquisition of HIV in men". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Online) (2): CD003362. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD003362.pub2.PMID 19370585.)