First documented case of child cured of HIV

I always kew that the day will come for the world to have an answer to this question of HIV/AIDS. The fllowing link gives an outline of study that was conducted and list the results of the study. Check it out and hear what the study say about the cure of HIV/AIDS. First documented case of child cured of HIV

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NOVEL : THE BEAUTYFUL ONES ARE NOT YET BORN

The beautyful ones are not yet born is a reflection of a lifestyle situation that takes place in Africa. The novel tells the story of a nameless man who was finding it difficult to settle himself with the reality of Ghana after it gained independence. The main character, “The Man” as referred to throughout the whole novel, refuses some temptation as people tried to bribe him, but his actions of trying to be clean angered his wife and his mother in law. The Man kept a humble occupation, and regardless of the constant scorns from his wife, he lived an honest life, even if that condemned him to a life of poverty. The author used the man to represent some common man in Ghana – who has no choice, but to live in the poorest slums and live from hand to mouth. The author used the novel to expresses his disappointment and sarcasm engendered in Ghana in the times after Ghana gained independence, between Passion Week in 1965 and February 1966. The author used different reinforcement of literature to depict his feelings. He used exaggeration to express his bitterness, the themes and characterization as well as some symbols and tone or words to show his sadness towards the government of Ghana.

The main theme of the novel is corruption. In the novel, people seemed to have lost war against corruption.The theme has been elaborated on so many cases and with so many different implications. These levels and implications were the result of an unusual and unique approach where we can easily depict a consistent attempt to link the morality with the physical in relation to space and time. At home, work or naturally, corruption leaves no make a real differentiation between places, let alone times. Throughout the novel the places changes with time but likewise, corruption is always there to stimulating the writer’s bitterness and attitude of protest and disapproval towards the government of Ghana. With this he showed it by arousing the man’s eagerness to resist corruption and bribes that he was offered. Like in the novel, (Armah, 1969) “the rotwhich imprisoned everything in its effortless embrace…”

Corruption is all over the African countries as depicted in the novel and people who are in higher positions are the ones engaged in it the most.  Both the presidents and the ministers and their subordinates are all involved.  Even after countries gained independence corruption never stopped instead it became even worse, like (Armah, 1969) wrote, “The sons of the nation were now in charge after all. How completely the new thing took after the old.” The bookdebates about the politics of everyday life we see happening around the world, especially the continent of Africa. Most countries who have gained independence “bowls into the throes of corruption and the national coffers, wealth, treasure became a free for all scramble by men whose thought and learning rested and ended only within the grumblings in their stomachs. There is something so terrible in watching a black man trying at all points to be the dark ghost of a European...”(Armah, 1969).Some modest of corruption are seen all over the continent as we see some people being promised some developments by their candidates and they never happen. Even the money for the projects is being released. Like from the novel “in the end not many of the boxes were put out, though there was a lot said about the large amount of money paid for them.” Some people live by bribes and pretend as if they are doing the right choices.

As the novel prevails, there are elements of deception as people are deceived into thinking that their promises will be fulfilled. Like what happens in the real world, Candidates will come to the public begging them for their support to win the elections and promising them a lot of things that they never do. Hence the reluctance of some people votes during elections. This is due to the fact that elected candidates never deliver their promises. Just like (Armah, 1969) outlined in his novel when he wrote, “What will I be demonstrating for… all new men will be like the old.” Some people view deception as a way of making a living like (Armah, 1969), “what was there to reply to tricks and deception of the innocent.” They call up the rally and tell people lie so that they can get away with what they want.

In the beautiful ones are not yet born the author used harsh words and vulgar language to show his sadness. He used words like “shit” and “stupid” to show his anger. Some people are even illiterate and yet they tend to be the ruling people. What one might ask himself or herself is how can one rule without even the knowledge of ruling. What exactly will they be doing that they are knowledgeable at. Armah used the man as his educated people and Koomson to represent the corrupt uneducated people. In the novel we notice the man feeling bitter about the fact that Koomson is rich and is a minister yet he (the man) was more intelligent than him. (Armah, 1969) “Shit he was actually stupid...” even if there are some who will reject corruption, there are those who will support it even though they get nothing in return. In the novel we notice that the teacher was supporting corruption even though we will expect him to be against it. This is what happens in real life situation, people who are supposed to be fighting corruption are the same people who encourage it.  Just like in Saro Kiwa Awa’s short story of Africa kills her son, the priest, lawyers and the prison guards all were involved in corruption.  This shows that even the people who charge others for corruption are at its high most hands. They are just hiding behind the government uniform. Saro Kiwa Awacontinued to outline that those who think that they know what they are doing about their government are the ones living in the dark.

In the beautiful ones are not yet born, the author used symbols to depict his concerns. He used the bus to mean Ghana, the bus drive to stand for the president of the country, the bus conductor to stand in place of the ministers and the man to stand for those who are against corruption but yet do nothing to stop it, or even if they do say something it would not change anything due to lack of power and support to make a change. This is supported in the novel (Armah,1969) “…if the old stories aroused any anger, there was nowhere for it to go.” The bus drive spitted some dirty on the bus wheel. This was an indication of the dirty work the presidents are doing to their countries. The bus conductor was still passengers’ and the driver said nothing to the act because he too was in support of the action. This is to outline the acts of members of parliament and other people who have been given power to protect the public but tend to misuse it and oppress people.  The man in other hand in the incident of the bus remained quite regardless of the insults that were halt unto him. This is to show that even though some people see corruption, they turn to ignore it and live as if everything is normal. They make no attempt to end it.  The author also used some harsh words and vulgar languages to depict the dirty of corruption around the country and people do not care about it at all, or they pretend not to care about it.

The author chose to use certain characters in the novel to depict the double standard of certain people in the real world. In the novel the Teacher, whom 'the man' referredto anytime he had problems, the only person who directed the man to fight back the annoyances of his wife and mother-in-law, was in support of corruption. The perceptualdeterioration that described the period is outlined by a woman named Maanan.It was this lady who thought of the coming of apowerful man, who exposedsigns of knowledge and not just knowledge but having understanding of the track, of having influence not granted upon him by the white man, and when this man (named Nkrumah) failed her, she became insane. These are all incidents that show elements of double standard in the society. It is clear that some people believe the “the do as I say, not as I do” motto and use it to oppress others. They turn to be cleaver but this is what at the end leads to their downfall. Even if there are those people who want to miss lead other people, Armah tried by all means to show his stand and the stand of those who are true to themselves. This is to say that some people still do not believe that it is the cause of the colonialism that made African countries corrupt. It is us, the Africans who enjoys being like the Europeans. This is outline by Ngugi wa Thiogó(164), “blackness is not all that makes a man ... a Whiteman would always be a white man but a black man trying to be a Whiteman is wicked…”

The beautiful ones are not yet born, the title itself is ironic. The title means that the beautiful people are present but they are hiding behind their backs as they are afraid to be eliminated. In most African countries, when someone tries to report a corruptive action, he or she is killed. This is evident in Ken Saro Wiwa’s short story of Africa kills her son. The main character (referred to as Bana) was expelled from work for trying to report corruption but rather killed at the end. Even in the novel, there is an incident that the man (called Koffi Billy) was killed by a rope and instead of the Whiteman standing there to help him; he rather let him die and said he deserves it because he was moving too fast. The fast movement was not merely the physical movement but rather the advanced way of knowing the truth. The production of sign-writing is occupiedtypically by semi-literates and such insignificanterrors in signifying proliferate. However, even though it spoke literally to the driver or owner of the sign, in its misspelt state it was a mystical message to the novelist. Thus, in its foulness it became natural, attractive, knowledgeable, representative and beyond all eloquent in all its traits. For in that retro the only source of consolation is to know that 'The Beautyful Ones' of Africa, meant the men who would stand corruption and fight it to the dispatch at the expense of their lives, leaders who have dreams to take the country beyond into development and not to see the true end of politics as wealth, those who are spiritually in-tuned with the way and knows the route have not yet been born. This makes room that they would be born. The author have hope that one day Africa will be a better continent and be free for all sort of misconducts and misfortunes, as it is in the novel, (Armah, 169), “an end to this…a beginning to something else.”

WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO KILL?

The Discussion over the merits of capital punishment has endured for years, and continues to be an extremely indecisive and complicated issue... Some argue that the society must be kept safe at all cost from murderous by taking away their lives. At the same time, we must consider the fact that there are likely cases that some innocent people might end up losing their life’s and again some killers find their way out into the society and continue to take the life’s of innocent people when they are never convicted or sentenced to death for a crime that they did commit.

Many contend that the use of capital punishment as a form of deterrence does not work, as there are no fewer murders on a per-capita basis in countries or states that do have it, then those that do not. In order for capital punishment to work as deterrence, certain events must be present in the criminal's mind prior to committing the offense. The criminal must be aware that others have been punished in the past for the offense that he or she has done, and that what happened to another individual who committed this offense, can also happen to him/ her.
While there are those people who argue that capital punishment should be abolished at all cost like the humanitarian organizations and some countries who have drawn up the bill to condone it, some countries still uses it as the best option to pay back the price to the deceased families of those who have lost their member(s) in conjunction to the killer(s).
Some people argue that Individuals who commit any types of crime ranging from auto theft to 1st-Degree Murder never take into account the consequences of their actions. Deterrence to crime is rooted in the individuals themselves. As such every human has a personal set of conduct. How much they will and will not tolerate. How far they will and will not go. This personal set of conduct can be made or be broken by friends, influences, family, home, life, etc..
There are those who claim that capital punishment is in itself a form of vengeance on the killer. But isn't locking up a human being behind steel bars for many years, vengeance itself? And is it "humane" that an individual, who took the life of another, should receive heating, clothing, indoor plumbing, 3 meals a day, while a homeless person who has harmed no one receives nothing? Adversaries of capital punishment claim that it is far more humane than having the state take away the life of the individual…
As far the states condemn murder, they turn against their will indirectly by capital punishment. They kill their murderous for killing their victims. And what they killing the culprits for, murder. And so what is the difference between what the accused killers did and what the government will be doing? The only difference is that while some are prepared to pay their price others are hiding behind the lines and executing directions to avoid their debts. Even the bible reads that no man shall take anyone’s life.
One might ask them-selves, what exactly am I trying to say? Well, to put my point straight, I do not see capital punishment as a way to deter crime and all the man slaughters around the world. I do not see a point to kill someone when you do not tolerate it yourself. They are committing crime hiding behind the word “law.”
Who has the right to take someone else life? Should it be the government who condemns murder?

A GENERAL ANALYSIS OF BOTSWANA'S VISION 2016

Botswana just like any other country has formed a platform to drive her economic growth and improve the living standard of her people. This platform is called "the Botswana's Vision 2016." It has set some strategic goals which Batswana aspires to have achieved by the year 2016. These goals are seven and are:
1) An educated and informed nation.
2) A compassionate, just and caring nation.
3)A prosperous,productive and innovative nation.
4) A safe and secure nation.
5) An open democratic and accountable nation.
6)A moral and tolerant nation.
7) A united and proud nation.

Since the establishment of these pillars Botswana has shown a dramatic change in economic intersfication. These results were shown by the suverys from the Central statistics Office which showed that "Botswana has received an inrease in the gross domestic product of 5.8% in the third quarter of the year 2011 ending December." The surveys also showed that this 5.8% growth was an increase of 3.6% compared to the second quarter of the same year of 2011.  This is an indication that these pillars are making a positive improvement in the economy of the country.

How ever, I still believe that there is much to be done about these pillars in order to achieve our goal. There are certain changes that I consider the government should revolutionize in order to attain our vision goal. Much consideration needs to be given to improving education, reaching marginalized populations and building strong national education systems. For us to be educated and informed, I recommend a collaboration of multi-cultural languages in our eduaction system to be a way forward to embrace our cultures, be informed and learn with  ease. There should be a policy which enforces monitoring of institutions. The policy should make sure that all children have access to safe, adequately equiped space toreceive an education, with  skilled teachers. Also, the policy should enforce the availability of teachers, and development of teachers to meet areas of need, teachers constitutes the key to a barriers to achievement for education of all goals.

Education has the potential to build the capacities of children, parents and community members to prevent, reduce and cope with conflict and promote peace and equality, thus education makes us proud. We can be proud and united through education and undrstanding of one another. Also, If we embrace a multi-cultural media coverage, our pride, unity and prosperity will be visible. This is possible if we consider all tribes and generations with prejudice. The resources should be forcused on the most maginalized children and those in fragile and conflict affected regions.

Again, the government should establish a frame work to design a macro-productivity policy which will include; removing barriers to frim growth and competition, further reduction of regulatory burden, improved immigration policy and inversting on education, training and apprenticeship. And removing work-disencentives will be an added advantage for us to be a productive, prosperous and innovative nation.seek out, nurture, evaluate and support scalling up of innovation. The government should seek ways to improve the manner in which the successful innovations are being evaluated, promulgated and scaled-up, appropriately. This will act as a motivation to the people and more innovations will be hatched. Inviting well established companies to come and feed the local people, employees, and businesses with information and employing experts from abroad will aslo add value to our country's production that we acn be proud of. The government should encourage people to learn from what the best companies are doing.

Inversting in a healthy working environment should also be a culture to endure to support better performance, productivity and innovations, we know healthy work place help recruitment and retention of tslent. Mentoring and enhancing communication skills, opening and eliminating all barriers to communication centers will help achieve a democratic, open and accountable nation. Decentralization of decision making and law-reform structure should also be a consideration, we can on the job. Equal distribution of developments (between rural and urban areas and wealth (between the rich and poor people) will aslo be a way forward to celebrate for.

JUST LIKE A PASSING FEVER

I had been preached to, analyzed, cursed and counseled, but no one had ever said, “I identify with what is going on with you.” My life was bad and my options were running out quick like a breeze of fortune that blows from the windmills of the gods. Slowly and very steadily, my problems began to grow like a bush-fire, but all was just like a passing fever. I had to admit though, that I still wake up some mornings wishing all were just a bad dream.

Denial is the most cunning, baffling and powerful weapon of happiness, or so it is said. In certain circumstances, poverty is almost a badge of honor in some families, or it seems to me. It happened to me but I escaped the scrape goat. When I look back, it is hard to imagine that I did not see a problem with my life. Instead of seeing the truth, I just kept lowering myself.

I was about six years old when my life suddenly became a mess. It was very difficult for me to manipulate certain conditions. Feelings started to emerge that I did not understand. Depression, lack of concentration and all bad feelings crept into my soul. I felt like an insignificant atom in a molecule. Loneliness encrypted my social life, I even felt alone in a room full of friends. In fact, life did not make much sense to me at all. It is hard to say what sparked all of this, to neither pinpoint one fact nor event that changed everything forever. The fact of the matter was, I was miserable from early on in life. I was as a tiny threat caught up in suffocating web.

Everything resisted me, happiness, love and I started to live in wonder. The question “why me?” was always leaping in my mind like a chorus. I remember on many occasions, when I started to isolate from the playground, watching other children playing and laughing happily- smiling, and I did not feel like I could relate to it all. Somehow, I thought, I did not fit in. Even my school marks reflected my feelings. My behavior and my attitude seemed to be troublesome to everyone I associated with. After a while, I started to attend my class in the principal’s office more than my classroom.

My grandparents perplexed about such an unhappy grandson, began having difficulties. My house filled with sounds of arguments and yelling about my parents’ irresponsibility. I could not blame my grandmother. She was doing the best she could to bring the food on the table- except that my grandfather was a victim of alcohol. He looked at everything as the cause of his budget strain-except alcohol. My life was my prison and my house was my cell.

Nothing interesting ever happened there, apart from the fistfights and insults between my grandparents. The vows were broken and the peace was sworn. The dagger was my mark of grief. Each day, there was no relief. Finally, I got so low down. I was ashamed of my friends’ seeing me. My life was meaningless, so I tried to ease my soul many times. However, I would always wake covered with inoculations to begin another long treatment.

About that time, I started seeing social workers and counseling. I began receiving regular therapy. Just like Betty Friedan, “it is easy to live through some else than become complete yourself.” My problems were resolved. My grandfather too, realized that only God, not he, was the great Healer.

Since then my success has won many hearts I different spheres of life. Anyone can now easily grasp the intensity of my passion and depth of soul that kept me going in life. I have more friends than I ever had in my life-Friends who care about my welfare and me. What a wonderful life!

If only I could turn back the hands of time, I would like to rebuild the broken winged bird of my family. I would like to spend time with them until my last breath. All these feelings still creep into my mind. Who I was began with knowing who I did not want to become.

A MAJOR DRAW BACK OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration (document) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in the year 1948 following a massacre killings of the second world war.  It contains thirty articles which are categorized into six different subsequent international treaties and they are as follows; 1) political rights, 2) Civil rights, 3) Equality rights, 4) Economic rights, 5) Social rights and 6) Cultural rights. The declaration was established as a universal standard of achievement for the states and human rights movement across the world.

The document has ushered in a new age of hope for respect of the natural equality and dignity of all human beings. It has set the path for the establishment of an impressive group of international human rights treaties and arrangement of numerous organizations to further their cause. It has brought increased legitimacy to raising human rights issues across the world and ensuring that they are practiced by placing them on the agenda of the national governments and international organizations as a whole. The cluster of momentous generations and events ago- the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin wall and the extinction of apartheid are all some of the major achievements of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The struggle and continued existence of democracy is also as a result of the existence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Individual applicant looking for peace and justice has taken heart form this principle. People are free to express their feelings and opinions about issues that they are not comfortable with and this is a proof to the UDHR’s power and influence.  All forms of reform are seen all over the world, women are no longer treated as minors and children are now recognized.

How-ever, there are events from the rest of the world which still depict failures of the Universal declaration of Human Rights. There is still an unpleasant of injustice in the world, systematic maltreatment and genocidal slaughter.There have been numerous incidents of genocide, humane cruelty which includes the massacres of Burundi in 1972, Pol Pot’s terror in Cambodia form 1974 to 1979, Idi Amins’ rule in Uganda from 1974 to 1979. Who would forget the Gulf war of Iraq in 2004 and the Bosnia’s ethnic cleansing in Rwanda and the struggles at Somalia? More deaths are taking place around the world; there is malnutrition of children, ill health and injustice of poverty in some parts of the world including the likes of Zimbabwe. More sickening about it all is the fact that during this crimes women and children are being violated, misused and killed. Also people’s rights to property are being violated as some governments in some countries forces people to evacuate their homes and some people’s privacy is being exposed.  Some people are not even allowed to voice, and these are incidents which show that the Universal declaration Of Human Rights is not achieving its goal.

A major draw back of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is that the declaration is not legally binding. This is to say that members of the organization of the United Nations can not be held legally responsible for if they break their promise to protect and preserve human rights and freedoms.

Why Is It So Hard To Walk Awy?

When is it abuse? Why is it so hard to walk away? Why do women find it so difficult to escape abusive relationships?

Its easy to imagine that if abuse ever happened to us, we would walk away. Yet we live in one of the world's most abuse- tolerant societies. Some are  not away of it, some can not even escape it. Taking for example a country like South Africa. Statistics from the department of Justice estimate that one in four women in South Africa live in abusive relationship. One women is killed every six days by her partner. 8% of women living in rural areas are victims of domestic violence. The most shocking of them all, "a woman is raped every 36 seconds."
To why we still dwell in this kind of relationships is still a matter to be looked at. Some suggest that the abused can not run away because the more they are baused the more they adapt to the situation. Some think that their abuser will change and so they deserve a second chance. Every one deserves a second chance, but it is not all that change. Some do and some become even worse.
My question is," does everyone deserves a second chance?" Do abusers ever really change?