Sunday, 10 March 2013

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Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

The word "SQUAW" is not derisive for the VAGINA

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It's widely believed that "squaw" is a crude word for the vagina, pussy, cunt, etc.. Whether people under this misapprehension believe that the word is Native American (specifically from the Mohawk language) or was made up by Europeans, they think that calling a woman "squaw" is the same as calling her "cunt." 

Activists are on a wild crusade to stamp out the word, which is part of over 1,000 placenames in the United States, and they've met with some success. A 1995 Minnesota law, for example, ordered the changing of all geographical names containing the misunderstood word.

Road signboard Squaw
William Bright— UCLA professor emeritus of linguistics and anthropology, and editor of the book Native American Placenames of the United States — writes:
All linguists who have commented on the word "squaw," including specialists on Indian languages and on the history of American vocabulary, agree that it is not from Mohawk, or
any other Iroquoian language. Rather, the word was borrowed as early as 1624 from Massachusett, the language of Aigonquians in the area we now call Massachusetts; in that
language it meant simply "young woman." Several languages of the Algonquian family — incl. Cree, Objibwa, and Fox — still use similar words for "woman."
The confusion might have come from the fact that the Mohawk word for a woman's naughty body parts
is "otsiskwa" But since Mohawk belongs to a different language family (Iroquois), the etymologies of the words are completely separate. Bright notes that current speakers of Mohawk don't consider "squaw" in any way related to their word for vagina.

For the sake of good enjoyment: A sexy
naked native american "squaw"
Just look at her big ....
Still, there is no doubt that "squaw" has been used as an epithet by white people, starting at least in the 1800s. It even appears this way in the work of James Fenimore Cooper. However, given its meaning of "woman," when used in a mean-spirited way, it's probably more equivalent to "broad" or "bitch" than to "cunt." Even this is a corruption of the word's true definition.

The many places across the US with names incorporating "squaw" were labeled that way to honor female chiefs or other outstanding Native women, or because women performed
traditional activities at these locations. In an essay that earned her death threats, Abenaki storyteller and historical consultant Marge Bruchac wrote:

Any word can hurt when used as a weapon. Banning the word will not erase the past, and will only give the oppressors power to define our language. 

What words will be next? Pappoose? Sachem? Pow Wow? If we accept the slander, and internalize the insult, we discredit our female ancestors who felt no shame at hearing the word spoken. To ban indigenous words discriminates against Native people and their languages. Are we to be condemned to speaking only the "King's English?" What about all the words from other Native American languages?....

When I hear it ["squaw"] spoken by Native peoples, in its proper context, I hear the voices of the ancestors. I am reminded of powerful grandmothers who nurtured our people and fed the strangers, of proud women chiefs who stood up against them, and of mothers and
daughters and sisters who still stand here today.

Fact: Work kills more people then war

Occupational Hazards

The United Nations' International Labor Organization has revealed some horrifying stats:
The ILO estimates that around2 million workers lose their lives annually due to occupational injuries and illnesses, with accidents causing at least 350,000 deaths a year. For every fatal accident, there are an estimated 1,000 non-fatal injuries, many of which result in lost earnings, permanent disability and poverty. 

The death toll at work, much of which is attributable to unsafe working practices, is the equivalent of 5,000 workers dying each day, three persons every minute. This is more than double the figure for deaths from warfare (650,000 death* per year). According to the ILO's SafeWork programme, work kills more people than alcohol and drugs together and the resulting loss in Gross Domestic Product is 20 times greater than all
official development assistance to the developing countries.

Each year, 6,500 US workers die because of injuries at work, while 60,000 meet their maker due to occupational diseases. (Meanwhile, 13.2 million get hurt, and 1.1 million develop illnesses that don't kill them.) On an average day, two or three workers are fatally shot, two fall to their deaths, one is killed after being smashed by a vehicle, and one is electrocuted. Each year, around 30 workers die of heat stroke, and another 30 expire from carbon monoxide.

Although blue collar workers face a lot of the most obvious dangers, those slaving in offices or stores must contend with toxic air, workplace violence, driving accidents, and (especially for the health-care workers) transmissible diseases. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration warns that poisonous indoor air in nonindustrial workplaces causes "thousands of heart disease deaths [and] hundreds of lung cancer deaths" each year.

But hey, everybody has to go sometime, right? And since we spend so much of our lives in the workplace, it's only logical that a lot of deaths happen — or at least are set into motion — on the job. This explanation certainly is true to an extent, but it doesn't excuse all such deaths. The International Labor Organization says that half of workplace fatalities are avoidable. In A Job to Die For, Lisa Cullen writes:
In the workplace, few real accidents occur because the surroundings and operations are known; therefore, hazards can be identified. When harm from those hazards can be foreseen, accidents can be prevented.... Most jobs have expected, known hazards. Working in and near excavations, for example, poses the obvious risks of death or injury from cave-in.... When trenches or excavations collapse because soil was piled right up to the edge, there is little room to claim it was an accident.

Monday, 12 November 2012

20 cars that definitely make an impression

The GT by Citroën is a super-car that first saw the public day-light as a concept at the 2008 Paris Motor show. This true testosterone monster is a collaboration between Citroën and race simulation developer Polyphony Digital. Six cars are expected to be built for a dubbed sales-tag of around $2,100,000. 











One of my personal all-time favourites, the Citroen Traction Acabt.


Audi R8

McLaren P1 Supercar

Renault Alpine A 110-50

"Developing this car was a great adventure. It was a catalyst for creativity. We wanted to make a Berlinette that was of our time, and which boldly embodies Renault's passion for motor-sport  We were guided by our hearts and emotions." - Axel Breun, Concept and Show Car Director.


Renault Alpine A 610

This the pre-decessor, the Apline A610 which was built and sold between 1991 and 1996.




 Audi R18 TDI (2011) and Audi R18 e-tron quattro (2012). True professional racemonster cars developed by Audi especially for high performance endurance races. The R18 is in fact a real formula 1 car on the inside while it's still comfortable and able to drice on normal roads.
The Bugatti Veyron, another racing wonder on wheels from the Volkswagen Group (under which not only Bugatti but also Audi, Bentley, Ducati, Lamborghini, MAN, Porsche, Scania, Skoda and Seat are operated).