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LONDON THEN AND NOW

By SHAMLAL PURI

WHEN I first arrived in London some 35 years ago, life for Indians and Asians from the Indian-sub continent settled here was very different.

When they walked the streets of London or went to their work places, everything to them was so British. Super stores stocked everything that was British and European. Indian goods were frowned upon by English shopkeepers.

The earliest wave of Indians had arrived from the sub-continent during the British rule there. They were largely students who settled here. At that time migration was difficult and not many Indians could settle here.

They struck a compromise – outside they lived life as the rest of Britons. The only Indian touch they enjoyed was at home. They ate Indian food cooked in their kitchen, and within

their four walls, listened to Hindustani music with records and tapes bought while visiting India on holiday.. The weekends were spent enjoying the best of Indian life in the privacy of their homes.

Racism was rife in the UK in those years. The natives of England looked down upon Indian food and culture and considered Indians a species from another world. Winston Churchill’s famous uncharitable remarks describing Mahatma Gandhi, as the “naked fakir” added fuel to fire stocking racism to its zenith.

Even when educated Indians wore English suits and bowler hats in the public, they were put down as foreigners who had no right to be in the UK.

There were fewer cinema halls offering a fare of Indian movies. Those that catered for Hindustani films showed them on the weekends under special arrangements with cinema owners who normally screened Hollywood films. It was a rare treat for Indian film fans that flocked cinema halls not only to watch Bollywood films but also to socialise because they missed India.

We all watched three channels on British television – BBC 1, BBC2 and ITV, mostly on monochrome sets. Colour TV was a rarity. Indian television was non-existent except for some educational Hindi and Urdu programmes such as Nayi Zindagi Naya Jeewan shown by BBC Television with erstwhile presenters such as Mahendra Kaul, Salim Shaheed and Ashok Rampal, among the few household name Indian presenters. The programmes largely reflected

issues confronting Indians and other Asians and their lives in their country of adoption.

The only entertainment slot was a few minutes of Indian music and singers at the end of the programmes. The programmes, beamed from Birmingham, used to be a treat for Indian households on Sunday mornings who would watch these while leisurely tucking into paranthas and puris for breakfast.

When I first arrived here in the 1970s, there were few Indian journalists around. I was among very few Indian journalists settled in London. Unless you were the London-based correspondent of Indian newspapers, it was very difficult to get into mainstream British journalism because the profession was a closed shop and jealously guarded by the White British elite. You had to be a member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).

Indians were caught up in a catch 22 situation – you could not get a job unless you were a member of the NUJ and you could not join NUJ unless you worked as a professional journalist. It took a very broadminded white editor to welcome you on his staff.

Those Indians who managed to get into main stream journalism were achievers. The British population landscape was changing. The trickle of Indians of arriving in the UK was going to turn into a torrent. The first hint of things to come was in 1968 however when a new wave of Indians started arriving from Kenya following that country’s Africanisation policy. Indian businesses were refused trading licences forcing them to leave the country in bif numbers.

Plane-loads of Indians started arriving in a cold Britain. The exodus is still fresh in the minds of those who arrived here in 1968.

Four years later, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, was upset with Indians living in his country, He was livid that they had monopolised the economy and taken over the entire business sector. To add fuel to the fire one Sunday afternoon he saw Indians milling around in groups and walking leisurely in Kampala and he lashed out accusing them of treating his country’s main city as if it were a suburb of Bombay. His mind was made up to expel all Asians from his country in August 1972.

Thousands of British passport holders packed their bags and arrived in the UK as refugees.

They started their life afresh. With some 150,000 Indian families from Kenya and Uganda settling in Britain, There were panic waves in neighbouring Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, from where whoever could prove British citizenship connections, arrived to settle in this country.

It had suddenly become fashionable to emigrate to the UK. With the settling of so many Indians, London suddenly lacked infrastructure to meet the needs of the new-arrivals, some of whom were not educated.

Africa’s loss was Britain’s gain.. These Indians were well-trained businessmen and started taking over corner shops from the English owners. They stocked groceries and newspapers, the daily needs of their local communities. They offered their customers a quality service which snooty British owners had not cared to give. Woe betide if you were to go and ask for a pint of milk at their closing time – they would say ‘we are closed! Come back tomorrow’. Not so with the Indians, even if they were about to put a padlock on their front door and somebody dropped in to buy a bread, they would happily open their store and serve them with a smile.

Indian-owned corner shops were an institution as they were open all hours and attracted mainly Indian customers and also some English.

The major top name super-stores were watching them in awe as they attracted business. Even they decided to join in the competition by keeping theirs open all hours. Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, paid a tribute to the Indian-owned corner shops by saying they had revolutionised Britain’s shopping system.

By using their clout for bulk-buying and lower prices to their customers the super stores succeeded in routing the small corner shops which have been closing in the current economic downturn. But history is a witness to how these small Indian shopkeepers taught the giants that quality service attracts customers.

Today Indian shops stock virtually everything produced in India complete with labels in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati and other Indian languages. While shopping in these stores sometimes one virtually forgets that they are shopping in a store on British soil and not in Mumbai. Every summer mangoes imported from India and Pakistan are in popular demand as are other fruits and vegetables flown from there.

As the community settled, their social needs also grew. London lacked a radio station offering Indian music.

It was a great day when London Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) teamed up with Indian broadcasters to launch Geetmala, a weekly entertainment programme. It was presented by Chaman Lal Chaman, a well known Indian broadcaster from Kenya and produced by Suresh Joshi. LBC’s Keith Belcher was credited with allowing Geetmala to come to fruition. That programme became a firm fixture with thousands of Indian listeners.

Geetmala ended its run a few years later, but this proved there was a need for radio stations offering Indian programmes. Other radio stations followed.

There were several pirate radio stations run by various ethnic communities, which were raided and closed down by the Home Office, the Government authority. They rose again until the authorities realised they had to cater for Britain’s ethnic minority communities and the best way to regulate them was to licence them.

Sunrise Radio was born out of such a creation. It has prospered with the creation of several radio stations and a small slice of satellite broadcasting.

It is now very easy to set up a commercial Asian radio station. All you need is money and a set of very sound reasons to convince the Home office to grant a broadcasting licence.

Meanwhile, BBC TV’s erstwhile Nayi Zindagi Naya Jeevan was also on its last legs. It had served its purpose (and bored its audiences thoroughly). BBC TV in Birmingham started

revamping itself and its Asian Unit looked at different ways to develop programmes for the growing Indian, Pakistani and other Asian communities. ITV also jumped on the bandwagon with its own programmes for Asian and Black viewers.

For Asian viewers, Eastern Eye was broadcast under the watch of Indian broadcaster Samir Shah and a team that once included the famous Karan Thapar, Narendra Morar, Ziauddin Sardar, Shyama Perera and Aziz Kurtha. I worked for Samir Shah on a series of programmes.

For Afro-Caribbean viewers, there was Black on Black under the watchful eye of the highly respected broadcaster, Trevor Philips, who is today the chairman of Britain’s Commission for Racial Equality.

These programmes ended their run after a few years.

While BBC and ITV-controlled the terrestrial airwaves for many years, there was ample market for cable and satellite TV.

The arrival of Zee TV and Sony TV revolutionised the entire Indian media scene. Now, viewers in the UK enjoy whatever is being shown on these channels in India. With a wide array of programmes to choose from, these TV networks have actually brought India into the living rooms of British Asians. Apart from these two networks, Star TV, Star Plus, BFU, Zee Music and a wide array of other channels such as Vectrone, Alpha Punjabi, Zee Gujarati, have set the media scene ablaze in Britain.

In many Asian households, terrestrial TV channels such as the BBC and ITV have long been ignored as there is great enthusiasm to watch Indian soaps and films every day.

Added to this is the plethora cinema houses such as Cineworld, Himalaya and various other theatres offering latest Indian film releases.

So, far away from home, people still feel at home in Britain with a wide variety of choice.

Alas, the same cannot be said of newspapers for the Asian community.

The print media, which first started revolutionising coverage of Indian events has long been left behind.

There have been household names as India Weekly (where I worked as an assistant editor in the 1970s), Eastern Eye, Asian Voice, Garavi Gujarat, Gujarat Samachar, Asian Trader, Des Pardes, Navin Weekly and a variety of other language newspapers and magazines offering a regular diet of news from back home.

The newspapers and magazines used to have a good readership base at one time but nowadays, apart from first generation Indians who enjoyed a good read, a lot of these have now crossed the floor to Indian TV and radio channels.

The late Chottu Karadia, editor of the weekly current affairs magazine, Asian Post, once said sardonically: “Asians simply do not read! Why don’t our Asians read newspapers?”

The magazine was losing sales and consequently, advertising revenue.

Asian newspapers have depended very strongly on local government advertising and a band of loyal readers. Both of these have been dwindling in recent years, making enterprising Indian publishers live on precarious budgets.

The future for the Indian owned print media is not very strong. Radio and TV have a future here, though, the Chief Executive of Sunrise Radio once lamented on air, that while Indian traders stocked Coca Cola in their shops and stores, the multinational did not see it fit to advertise its brands on his radio station.

That perhaps, says a lot about the business of publishing for the Indian community in the United Kingdom. — Shamlal Puri

shamlalpuri@gmail.com

My own personal concern with overweight children is that the children have not been taught by the school, their parents or their doctors the importance of nutrition.

Children need to be taught as soon as they go shopping with mom or dad how to pick healthy foods. Explain to them. Look at labels, tell them why you are looking at labels.

As they get older, make your child read the label of any food they would like you to buy. Help your child to be able to make a healthy choice themselves. Help them make these choices.

Teach! Teach! Teach!

Go to classes, read books and watch videos on nutrition. You do not need to go overboard,but, become aware of what you eat. Become aware of food and disease. Also, of food and health.

Obesity is defined as an excessive accumulation of body fat. Obesity is present when total body weight is more than 25 percent fat in boys and more than 32 percent fat in girls (Lohman, 1987)

The prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States has risen dramatically in the past several decades. Although 25 to 30 percent of children are affected, this condition is underdiagnosed and undertreated.

The world’s largest online library has tons of books and journals on childhood obesity. Just do a search for “largest online library”

The problem of childhood obesity in the United States has grown considerably in recent years. I know this also applies to Canada. Between 16 and 33 percent of children and adolescents are obese. Obesity is among the easiest medical conditions to recognize but most difficult to treat.

Unhealthy weight gain due to poor diet and lack of exercise is responsible for over 300,000 deaths each year. The annual cost to society for obesity is estimated at nearly $100 billion. Overweight children are much more likely to become overweight adults unless they change to a healthier lifestyle.

What is obesity?

A few extra pounds do not suggest obesity. However they can be warning signs to change to a healthier lifestyle, one that includes exercise and healthy meals and snacks… Generally, a child is not considered obese until the weight is at least 10 percent higher than what is recommended for the height and body type.

Obesity most commonly begins in childhood between the ages of 5 and 6, and during adolescence. Studies have shown that a child who is obese between the ages of 10 and 13 has an 80 percent chance of becoming an obese adult.

This is where we must start to intervene, and teach our kids how they can change the course of their life. I have noticed that food in the schools leave far to be desired. There are vending machines full of pop and junk food. Cafeterias serve French fries, gravy, and more junk food high in fats and sugars.

Children are smart, they can learn, they need to be shown and taught what is right for their bodies. They need to know they have choices! They need to know that choices can wipe out obesity.

What causes obesity?

The causes of obesity are complex and include genetic, biological, behavioral and cultural factors. Basically, obesity occurs when a person eats more calories than the body burns up.

If one parent is obese, there is a 50 percent chance that the children will also be obese. However, when both parents are obese, the children have an 80 percent chance of being obese.

Although certain medical disorders can cause obesity, ess than 1 percent of all obesity is caused by medical conditions. Contact your doctor. Get advice. Get help. Do not just sit and watch your child put on weight.

Go to nutritional seminars. Learn about nutrition, health and weight. Take your kids. Read labels. Learn what the ingredients on the labels mean. If you don’t understand even one ingredient, look it up.

Obesity can be caused by

poor eating habits
overeating or binging
lack of exercise (i.e., couch potato kids)
family history of obesity
family and peer problems
low self-esteem
when parents do not teach their child proper nutrition.
weh parents themselves set bad examples
boredom
too much television and computer.

When the body is idle, one tends to want to eat
depression or other emotional problems
And one of the biggest reasons! LACK OF EDUCATION! Lack of knowledge.

What are risks of obesity?

There are many risks, and some of the more obvious ones:

high blood pressure
heart disease
diabetes
breathing problems
trouble sleeping
emotional problems
stomach problems, taking strong medicines already at an early age

Kids that are obese feel depressed and worthless. Sure, adults do too. Children are just short little adults. They have the same feelings of shame and embarassment as adults do.

Ways to manage obesity in children and adolescents include:

start a weight-management program Get the whole family involved
change eating habits. Go to nutritional seminars, classes, groups.
plan meals and make better food selections (eat less fatty foods, avoid junk and fast foods)

Involve the child.
go to cooking classes with your child
increase physical activity
know what your child eats at school. Make lunches. Encourage your child to help with lunch selections. Talk! Explain! Teach!
eat meals as a family instead of while watching television or at the computer
do not use food as a reward or punishment
limit snacking to healthy choices

Engage in family activities. Go swimming, bicycling, hiking with your kids.
Make good nutrition a family affair. Get a dog and go for walks. If you have a dog, take your dog and kid and go for daily walks.

Attend a support group (e.g., Weight Watchers, Overeaters Anonymous)

IMFF Cinedays M, taking place in Skopje through September 7, celebrates the past, present and future of the music and film. The Festival’s focus is on music-related content, including feature films, documentaries and short films submissions that have an emphasis on music – rock, jazz, blues, soul, reggae, punk, pop, reggae …. old and new. River View Players based in Harlem open a new performance series on September that will present readings of plays (featuring DuEwa Frazier, Lit Noire Publishing), short stories, poetry, music and films every Sunday from 4 to 6 in the back room of Cafe Largo. Free food tastings will be offered from the Cafe on this occasion, and the event is free and open to the public.  indieWIRE presents filmmaker Alan Ball and actress Summer Bishil in a discussion of their new film, ‘Towelhead,’ at the Apple Store, SoHo, September 8. “The Down-Low on Distribution” is a seminar on September 10 in Los Angeles attempting to decode the different distribution deals so that you can get the best rights in your agreement. New York Television Festival which has featured acclaimed independent pilots that were purchased by networks such as NBC Universal, A&E, and the like, will feature an “Industry Day” session in which industry leaders participate in a number of panel discussions, when it runs September 12-17.

At this year’s Boston Film Festival a program of shorts, documentaries and feature films premieres during the festival’s run from September 12-19,  and  evening  receptions are hosted by regarded chefs and restaurateurs providing the ideal scene for filmmakers and talent to network as well as sponsors to entertain. The IBC 208 Conference and Exhibition, September 12-28 in Amsterdam, addresses personalised content over the web; future broadcast businesses and the changing audience; the “digital dividend” and the battle for bandwidth; production and protection of all types of content, and other areas. At “Fund Your Film Workshop With Stu Pollard,” key elements of an independent film business plan, including structure, layout and research and a primer on private equity financing for truly independent projects, will be reviewed when the one-day session meets September 13 in Dallas. Independent Film Week, formerly know as the IFP Market, is still a gathering for industry professionals where pitch meetings search for new talent, and cash, product donations and services are awarded to participants. The Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival’s social calendar starts with Opening Night Festivities on September 17, followed by daily and nightly filmmaker/musician receptions, industry workshops, a Lifetime and Career Achievement Awards Black Tie Gala, a Sunday morning Hot Air Balloon Ride, a Closing Night Wrap party (September 21) and Best of Fest special screening presentations and more. The NBC Universal Women Writers Workshop, September 18-25 in Toronto, will target intermediate women screenwriters who have a treatment or first draft, and will work toward the development of their next draft of a feature script. It will focus on script development and building on concepts introduced in the Feature Film Writing Program emerging module.

Screenwriting and the Business of Hollywood, will be conducted September 19 and 20 from Rock Island, by Act One Seminars, intensive, practical workshops for aspiring and professional writers and entrepreneurs who are serious about their Christian faith and who dream of creating culture that respects and enriches a global audience. SWAMP and TALA present the Business of Film Conference 2008, a September 20 event at Rice University Media Center focusing on the business of making movies with professionals from the film, legal and financial worlds that address a wide range of topics, including budgeting for film, funding resources, music rights, distribution and more. The Film, Stage and Showbiz Expo will allow participants to showcase their film/video/movie reel for Producers and Production Companies at a private screening area all day at the Expo, and Telsey + Company will conduct an open talent search for some of the hit Broadway shows they represent at the one-day event, September 21, in New York. In Gene Autry, Oklahoma, the Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum celebrates the legacy of the singing cowboys with its Film & Music Festival. It’s a gathering of cowboy and country singers, cowboy poets and storytellers, Western film stars and look-alikes, and it happens from September 24-28. The 17-day New York Film Festival gets underway September 26 in New York, with its program of emerging and international filmmakers. Black Entertainment Magazine in conjunction with Talents Connection hosts the September 27 Business, Arts & Entertainment Conference in Los Angeles, with slated workshop sessions on “Surviving Hollywood,” and “Getting your children in commercials,” and a premiere screening of soon to be released BEM film ‘True Riches’.

The above events are only a sample of what is fully listed. Complete details are on the “Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events” page. Video and podcast versions of this news summary are also available at popular video sites around the Web like MySpace, YouTube, Bit Torrent, as well as on The Actor’s Checklist podcast blog, a great place to get your iPhone, ipod or Apple TV download from. The Free Home Video Showcase serves as an archive for all past video presentations. This month on video you will see trailers and sample clips of ‘True Riches’ a collaborative production of Talents Connection, and BEM Films, slated for a premiere screening at the Business, Arts & Entertainment Conference, September 27 at LA Convention Center. Strange comedy from The Pimps Horror Houseâ„¢ TV show Cleveland. The creative duo of H.G. Robert and Wayland Anderson, that form DANCEWORDZ, a production company that writes, choreographs and stages shows for professional companies and art programs. The Actor’s Checklist now lets you check the latest musical artists song releases on Apple’s iTunes, updated on an hourly basis.

If you are thinking of getting a dog or puppy, you have to remember that this is a lifelong commitment. Preparing yourself for the responsibilities of dog- ownership is the beginning of a happy and rewarding time sharing your home with a pet. If you treat a dog well, you will be repaid with a lifetime of unquestioning devotion. With training and care, a dog will obey your commands and be a valuable part of the family.

But what are the considerations? As this is a partnership and not a one-way relationship you have to consider whether you are suited to your chosen pet and vice versa.

When you are considering whether to offer a home to a puppy or dog, you need to think about:

Is a Dog Right For You

Look carefully at what you would want from a dog, and what you could give. This applies equally whether you are thinking about getting a tiny toy Poodle or a large adult Bull Mastiff. Remember, a tiny puppy can grow into a very big dog!

Your needs;

Lifestyle

Dogs, like small children, need time and attention. They like to be loved, and leaving them alone for long periods of time can be very upsetting. If you work long hours full-time, then a dog is probably not the pet for you at this stage in your career. If you have just had a new baby, or have very small children, again consider carefully about whether this is a good time to have another new family member.

Facilities available

Have you a large house and garden that would suit a boisterous, energetic type of dog? Are you the sedentary type who lives in a small flat, where maybe a small lapdog would be ideal? Dogs can vary in size from the chipper Chihuahua to the stately St Bernard, and in energy levels from the sprightly Springer Spaniel to a placid Pekingese. Remember the needs of a crossbred may be more difficult to predict. Your local library usually has plenty of books about different dog breeds, so it is worthwhile getting a selection to read about various dogs before you make up your mind.

A dog needs

Time

PDSA estimates that a dog will need about 5 hours a day of your time and undivided attention. That would include routine ‘maintenance’ such as grooming, dental care and feeding, as well as play.

Money

Dogs will cost you money as well as time. Not only are there the ‘one-off’ items, such as buying the dog, beds, leads and collars, but there are the regular expenses such as food. Again, the amount eaten depends on the breed and the activity. For example, a working dog will need a high energy diet, and a puppy will need a diet specific to its growing needs.

The Basics

Collar

There are lots of different collars around, and it is important to choose the correct one for your dog. A puppy should have a very light one, with room for growth but an adult can have any sort, fitting well so that there is no chance that the dog will slip out of it. A metal ‘check chain’ must be put on the right way round, as it can ‘lock’ if not, causing great distress.

The collar must legally have the owner’s name and address on it, and a contact telephone number is useful. Think about an ‘identichip’ that can be painlessly inserted under the skin by your vet. This provides unique indelible identification

Lead

Again, there are lots of different types. A young puppy can have a light-weight nylon lead, but an adult dog should have one that will not break when pulled. There are extendable leads, which may be suitable for one small dog but are best avoided where more than one dog is being walked.

Food and water bowls

These should be easy to clean, although they should always be washed separately and never with your own crockery. Stainless steel bowls, or heavy pottery ones with no chips, are fine. It is also important to throw out any uneaten food after your dog has finished eating and to make sure there is fresh water available at all times.

Dog Bed

A cosy, easily washed bed is important for dogs. This will be ‘their’ residence! Make sure you choose one that can be cleaned thoroughly, which is especially important in the summer when fleas are at their most active.

It should have no sharp corners or potential splinters that could cause injuries.

Toys

These are a vital part of a dog’s life. Not only do they make walks fun, but they make sure that the dog ’socialises’ with the family. They can help clean teeth, they exercise the brain and can be used for training purposes.

Pooper scooper

It is essential that owners play their part in cleaning up after their dog. As part of pet owner responsibilities, always carry a ‘pooper scooper’ or a plastic bag with you to clean up any mess produced by your dog. This not only makes the environment cleaner, but prevents any serious dangers to children from canine parasites, such as Toxocara canis, a parasite that can cause blindness.

Grooming items

A long-haired Saluki will need more coat attention than a short-haired Jack Russell, but all dogs will need attention and regular bathing to keep their skin and coat well maintained.
You will need a brush and comb suited for the hair type of your chosen pet. A long-haired Yorkshire Terrier needs to be combed and brushed at least once a day, but a short-haired Boxer will probably only need a vigorous brushing twice a week.

Canine toothbrush and toothpaste

Regular brushing of your dog’s teeth and dental check-ups should be a routine part of dog care. Special canine toothpaste and brushes are now widely available from vets and pet shops, but avoiding sweet things is also important for dental care as well as weight control.

Make your pet comfortable when starting to brush, and approach them from the side rather than the front. You can begin with a flannel folded over a finger, or a special ‘finger brush’, but these are not as good as a proper canine toothbrush. Dogs don’t like human toothpaste, as it foams too much. It is much better to buy special ‘pet toothpaste’ which doesn’t foam and tastes far nicer to the dog! Start with a few teeth, and gradually increase it so that you can do the whole mouth in one session. Brush just the gums on the outside surface at first, as these are the ones that most need the care and attention.

At the end of this brushing, make sure you give a treat such as a rawhide strip (not chocolate or other sweeties!) so that your pet feels it’s all been worthwhile.

Looking after your puppy

Preparing

Now you have chosen the type of dog that you feel you can get along with, what is the next stage?

You want to get a pet that will fit in with you and your family. It can be a pure bred puppy from a breeder or it can be a cross-bred from a friend. To help you choose, it is better to have a good idea of what you will get. It is better to see the puppy with the mother, or if possible both parents, to give a good idea about the final size of the dog. You’ll know then whether the puppy comes from a good home and what the dog’s personality is likely to be. A healthy pup will also be inquisitive, alert and playful with a glossy coat. Remember, it is better to wait for the ideal canine partner rather than to choose impulsively, so you may have to save up or be on a waiting list for an expensive pure bred dog.

One way that everyone in the family can get involved is in choosing the new pup’s name. Remember, you may be calling this out across a park in the future, so choose one that everyone feels comfortable with, and which suits the dog.

Arrival

The best time to take on a new puppy is when you have time and there is not too much going on in the household. This is one of the factors why Christmas is not a good time to get a new dog. Two weeks of care and attention initially will pay off in the end. If you have older school-aged children, the school holidays are a good time to get that new family member. If possible, the primary ‘carer’ should be with the puppy for the next couple of weeks.

Make sure that you have got everything ready for the big day. Buy all of the equipment you need, and register your pup with a vet. Make sure that the day of arrival is as ‘normal’ as possible – the puppy is going to be scared and confused, so lots of people around making a fuss will only add to the distress. Make sure you have all of the things you would need for the new dog to make them feel as loved as possible. Remember, they are going to feel anxious and overwhelmed, so give them space and don’t worry too much if there are ‘accidents’!

Feeding

Feeding your puppy correctly is a big part of responsible pet care. Obesity is one of the biggest problems for pets, as dogs are natural gluttons and their bodies utilise a wide range of foods very efficiently. It is important that they get the correct diet for them, and a puppy’s diet varies according to age.

Puppies are ready to eat solid food when they are about 7 weeks old, although this does vary. It is best to feed them on a special tinned ‘puppy diet’ you can get from the local supermarket or pet shop. Initially, they will need four meals a day, but this can be reduced to three a day at about 12 weeks old. By the time they are 6 months, they can have two meals a day. This regime can continue for the rest of their life, or else it can be cut down to one meal daily, according to their needs.

Socialisation and training

Any puppy benefits from contact with humans and other dogs, but you will have to be careful that the puppy is protected by vaccinations before it comes into contact with other dogs or pet owners. The veterinary practice you have chosen may run ‘puppy parties’, which can give you advice, but in any case it is worthwhile getting the pet checked out by the vet as soon as you can. Make sure you tell the receptionist when booking an appointment that it is a young puppy.

Training should start as soon as possible, so that your dog fits in well with society.

One of the first things you will concentrate on is toilet training. Find an area indoors that you can clean up easily, and use that in the first stage. Put down plenty of newspaper. Your puppy will give you a clue that it needs to go to the toilet by sniffing around and being a bit restless. Pick up the puppy, one hand under the chest and one under the hindquarters, and transport it to the paper. When it performs the task, praise it and if it moves off the paper, rebuke it with a firm ‘no’. As soon as your pup is protected through its vaccinations, you can let the puppy go into the garden. Put down newspaper, and use the same technique you did inside – praise for success, rebuke if not. Gradually do away with the paper.

Puppies

When your dog is out, it will probably want to go to the toilet. As a responsible pet-owner, it is vital that you remove the solid waste from the pavement, or train your dog to use the gutter as its lavatory. There can be heavy fines for dog fouling, as well as being unacceptable for other people. ‘Pooper scoopers’ are available at most vets and pet shops, but good old plastic bags are just as good. Parks have special bins for dog waste, so make sure you remove any debris away from the public!
Social training is also important. Any behaviour that can be amusing in a puppy may be frightening in an adult. The puppy that nips is easier to deal with than the dog that bites! Every time your pup does something that is unacceptable, a firm ‘no’ will usually work. Don’t get angry with your puppy, but make sure it knows what is OK, and what is not.

You also have to make sure that your pet is not a danger to other dogs, pedestrians or the actual dog walker. Correct training from an early age is essential, so research where the local dog-training school is located. Try and find out from other dog-owners or your local library as soon as possible about any local classes.

Exercise

Again, this varies according to the breed, but it is vitally important. It helps the owner keep fit as well as the dog! You have to be very careful when exercising your dog, and numerous shorter walks a day are better than one long walk. When out for their exercise, dogs should be on a lead in a built up area, and only release your pup when you are absolutely sure your dog is safe. Not only are there dangers from traffic and other dogs which may not be as nice as yours, but tins, glass and other hazards can cause injuries.

Remember, as well, if you are getting a puppy, it can’t be taken out until the vet advises that it is protected by its vaccination programme .

Looking after your dog

Older Dogs

Preparing

Now you have chosen the type of dog that you feel you can get along with, what is the next stage?
If you have decided that an adult dog is the one for you, consider getting a rescued dog from a shelter, perhaps thinking about a ‘trial period’ to make sure the two of you will get on well.
One useful consideration is that a reputable shelter, dog-owner or breeder will want to check you out as the prospective owner. Don’t be put off by this – any responsible re-homing organisation or breeder would want to make sure their dogs were going to a caring home.

Arrival

The age of the dog affects the way you use the time allocated to your pet initially. An older dog may need help in adjusting to a new home, depending upon its past background. An adult dog will need just as much attention as a puppy would to settle into its new home.

Dietary advice

Dogs eat mainly meat, but still need a balanced diet with some carbohydrate, vitamins and minerals. Complete diets are available and will provide all of your dog’s dietary needs, as will tinned food with biscuits. With all dietary regimes, it is important that dogs do not eat more food than they need. They are naturally quite greedy, and will often eat more than their calorific requirement. This leads to obesity, which is seen in over 50% of the dogs that come to PDSA. Most dogs are fed once or twice a day, and when they are young and active have very few problems if they are fed a good diet, with few tit-bits.

Dietary advice

At the ‘post-maturity stage’, which usually begins when smaller dogs are about eight years old and at five years for the large and giant breeds, they may have different dietary requirements. In this ‘post-maturity’ phase, the tissues, organs and systems of the pet are gradually becoming less efficient. This is quite a natural progression, but it can be well managed, hopefully making sure that the pet has a good level of activity and wellbeing for the remainder of its life.

The rate of progression is dependant on many factors, such as the environment the pet lives in and its genetic make-up. However, by far the most important component is the pet’s nutrition, both in the past and how it is now. A pet that is the optimal weight and has had a good diet throughout its life will enter this phase with few problems.

As soon as you notice any ‘ageing’ signs, such as greying around the muzzle or a bit of stiffness after rest and a gradual slowing down, you should start considering your pet’s diet, and how you can make it more suitable to its needs. You need to take account of the changes that are happening in your pet’s body. For example, the amount of skeletal muscle in the older pet will decrease with age. This loss of skeletal muscle means that not only is there less physical activity, but the pet’s ability to repair damaged tissues and produce energy from food is reduced.

Older dogs have varied dietary needs; ask your vet for advice about the one suited for your dog.

Socialisation and training

A well-trained dog is a pleasure to have around, and begin training as early as you can. It is possible to teach an older dog, but it is better to start when your dog is as young as possible. Start off with simple tasks, such as getting your dog to respond to its name. Then graduate to training around the house and in the garden using the lead. Training before a meal is a good time, as you are sure your dog will pay you full attention! The training periods should be short, about 15 minutes per session. Reinforce ‘good’ behaviour with a treat which can be gradually replaced with praise alone. Unacceptable behaviour should be corrected with a sharp ‘no’.

Exercise

The amount of exercise needed varies according to the age and breed of a dog. A small lapdog may need less exercise than an active hound. However, each dog has its own exercise needs, and as age creeps on it may prefer a more sedentary life. A responsible owner will still make sure his/her dog’s life is enjoyable, with exercise perhaps replaced by toys for mental stimulation.

Remember, as well, to follow any veterinary advice you have been given about exercise. For example, a dog after surgery will need to be rested, especially if it has had an orthopaedic operation.

Veterinary care

Choosing a vet

Either just before or as soon as you have got your new dog, you need to register with the vet you have chosen to look after your new pet. Choosing the vet who will look after you and your animals is as difficult as selecting the right pet! Making a visit to a practice waiting room and chatting to dog-owners can help, but the initial visit to the vet should give you enough information.

Make an appointment as soon as you can for a check-up, and the vet can then devise a care programme for your dog. Write a list of the questions you want to ask, so everything you want to know can be covered.

When to contact the vet

A vet would rather see healthy pets than sick ones that should have been treated earlier, so if you are worried about your pet it is always best to contact the practice. If your dog is unwell, there will have been a change in behaviour – it may be sleepier or off its food. They may be generally ‘off colour’. Owners should use their common sense about when to contact their vet; it will not make an owner popular to use the emergency service in the early hours of the morning for a trivial complaint.

Veterinary costs

While most dog-owners can consider the regular routine needs, such as vaccinations and worming, it is the out-of-the-ordinary expenses that a dog-owner may not be prepared for. The treatment associated with a road accident can run into thousands of pounds. Most dog owners are now considering pet insurance, which helps cover the unexpected. There are plenty of organisations around that offer this, including PDSA, so shop around for the best policy for you. Third-party insurance is included in most policies, and this is essential to avoid large payments should your dog be involved in an accident.

Essential veterinary care

A Vaccination Programme

This varies according to past history and the age of your dog. Prevention of infectious diseases through vaccinations is an essential part of caring for your dog. Your pet can be vaccinated against killer diseases such as distemper, infectious canine hepatitis, Leptospira canicola and icterohaemorrhagicae, parvovirus and the more uncommon canine parainfluenza and Bordatella bronchiseptica. Your dog will also need annual boosters.

If you are planning to take your pet abroad, remember your dog will need additional vaccinations and health checks.

Neutering Programme

Getting your bitch neutered, unless you are intending to breed from her with absolute certainty of good homes for the pups, is essential. The average number of offspring is between four and six pups per litter, though it can be many more. Other benefits include a reduced risk of mammary tumours later on in life, and avoidance of pyometra, a womb infection.

Neutering a male dog will decrease the tendency to roam and be aggressive. When your dog should be neutered, the benefits and small risks can all be discussed with your vet at the initial consultation.

Neutered animals of both sexes also tend to live longer.

Home Care

Coat care

Apart from general grooming with a brush and comb, your dog will need bathing. The number of baths your dog needs depends on the circumstances. For example, a dog should be bathed quite soon after rolling in the mud, so it doesn’t solidify on the coat. The shampoos available contain different ingredients, and if you just want a general shampoo, don’t use human products. These can be too drying for a dog’s coat; so get one with a moisturiser from your vet or a good pet shop.

The best way to bathe your dog is to use a ‘whirlpool’ type bath, but shower attachments work just as well. Don’t use the garden hose, as this can upset a dog as well as making your life a misery. You don’t need to protect your dog’s ears or eyes, as shaking removes the water from the ears and the eyes can be rinsed out easily. The coat should be reasonably clean to begin with; as any mud or debris can inactivate the shampoo. Wet the coat with lukewarm water, and massage the shampoo in the coat for 5-10 minutes. Shampooing can dry the coat due to water loss through the skin, so it is a good idea to use a moisturiser. You can apply it after bathing, or use a good moisturising shampoo. Gently towel dry your dog; the ‘towel bags’ you can get to completely enclose your pet are excellent. Don’t use a hair dryer as this can cause burns.

Diarrhoea and vomiting

Dogs sometimes get upset stomachs after eating something unusual whilst out. As long as the dog is well in all other respects, don’t offer any food for 24 hours, just sips of cool previously boiled water. If you allow the dog to drink too much at any one time, it may be sick again. If the diarrhoea and vomiting stop, introduce food – again small amounts. White meats, such as chicken or fish, should be fed with plain boiled rice and gradually introduce the dog’s normal diet. If the symptoms persist over a couple of days, or if there is an obvious turn for the worse, don’t leave it too long before you call the vet.

Eyes and ears

Normally a dog’s eyes are well lubricated but conjunctivitis causes the eyes to produce more tears than can be drained away and the eyes become reddened. In the meantime, before you can get to the vet’s, clean away any discharge using a piece of tissue or cotton wool soaked in warm, previously boiled, water. Use the piece of tissue/cotton wool just once, discarding after use and wipe from the inside of the eye area to the outside. Your pet’s vet should be consulted if the symptoms persist for more than a day.

Long-eared dogs are particularly prone to ear infections, but all dogs should have their ears inspected at least once a week. Any reddening or discharge needs a trip to the vet’s.

Sometimes dogs get grass seeds lodged in their ears and eyes. The grass seed may not necessarily be visible, but the dog will paw continuously at the ear or eye affected.

Emergencies in the home

Some minor injuries, such as tiny cuts or burns, can be dealt with by owners. It is worthwhile preparing to deal with an emergency in advance before it happens. There are many pet care books that cover this subject, and it is also a good idea to buy or create a Pet First Aid Kit. In addition, make sure everyone knows what to do in a crisis. Keep the telephone number of your veterinary practice by the ‘phone, together with a pencil and paper to note down any instructions and fill out your dog’s record card at the back of this leaflet.

Gum disease

Gingivitis, or gum disease, is one of the commonest complaints seen at PDSA PetAid Hospitals. This can be prevented with good oral hygiene from an early age, but your dog’s annual check-up at the vet’s will help reduce the risk of tartar build-up.

Holiday provisions

Preparing for a holiday has to be done well in advance. Are you taking your dog with you, and if so have you checked out the hotel? Are you putting your dog in a kennel? If so, find out what vaccinations may be necessary and book a place well in advance – good kennels get booked up very quickly. Are you getting a house-sitter? Check out the references, and make sure all eventualities are covered.

Parasite prevention care programme

A regular worming, flea and other ectoparasite control programme can be suggested by your vet.

It is quite common for a dog to have fleas, and every dog is likely to become infected at some stage in its life. You will either see flecks of dried blood (‘flea dirt’) in the coat, or fleas themselves, and for every flea you see running through your dog’s fur there may be hundreds of young fleas waiting to jump aboard a passing pet! Young fleas can live for over a year without feeding, so it is particularly important to treat the house and all pets in a flea control programme. The secret is to treat both the dog and the environment with effective products that kill both adult and immature fleas all year round. As well as causing severe skin irritation, fleas play a vital part in the tapeworm’s life cycle.

As well as thinking about fleas, it is vital to make sure you follow the worming regime recommended by a vet. This will get rid of internal parasites, which are a problem for dogs as well as affecting the environment and people.

Road accidents

Some dogs may be involved in road accidents in spite of every sensible precaution a responsible owner takes. If that happens to you, try and keep calm. At the scene of a road accident, try and get as much help as possible – one person to contact the dog’s vet, another to direct traffic. Others can remove the dog from the road if possible, where there is no risk to the pet or the people. If you suspect any spinal injury, move the dog only if absolutely necessary, using a very firm board to keep any movement to a minimum.

Protect your pet with Pet Insurance

If your pet falls ill or has an accident it can be a stressful time both financially and emotionally, especially is you don’t have a Pet insurance policy in place. With the average cost of a course of veterinary treatment rising year-on-year and now standing at over £250*, PDSA urges all pet owners to insure their pet in case of illness or accidents.
*Claims received by PDSA Petsurance between 01/01/05 and 31/12/06

PDSA Petsurance has been designed for all breeds of cat and dog, from moggies and cross-breeds to pedigree champions. There are three different levels of policy for the owner to choose from. PDSA Petsurance was designed by our vets and insurance specialists to ensure all sick and injured pets can receive the veterinary care they need and best of all for animal lovers, a percentage of each policy goes directly back to PDSA to help sick and injured pets.

Read our weekly animal health articles at http://www.in2town.co.uk or http://www.in2town.co.uk/PDSA-animal-magazine-and-animal-advice.html

IMFF Cinedays M, taking place in Skopje through September 7, celebrates the past, present and future of the music and film. The Festival’s focus is on music-related content, including feature films, documentaries and short films submissions that have an emphasis on music – rock, jazz, blues, soul, reggae, punk, pop, reggae …. old and new. River View Players based in Harlem open a new performance series on September that will present readings of plays (featuring DuEwa Frazier, Lit Noire Publishing), short stories, poetry, music and films every Sunday from 4 to 6 in the back room of Cafe Largo. Free food tastings will be offered from the Cafe on this occasion, and the event is free and open to the public.  indieWIRE presents filmmaker Alan Ball and actress Summer Bishil in a discussion of their new film, ‘Towelhead,’ at the Apple Store, SoHo, September 8. “The Down-Low on Distribution” is a seminar on September 10 in Los Angeles attempting to decode the different distribution deals so that you can get the best rights in your agreement. New York Television Festival which has featured acclaimed independent pilots that were purchased by networks such as NBC Universal, A&E, and the like, will feature an “Industry Day” session in which industry leaders participate in a number of panel discussions, when it runs September 12-17.

At this year’s Boston Film Festival a program of shorts, documentaries and feature films premieres during the festival’s run from September 12-19,  and  evening  receptions are hosted by regarded chefs and restaurateurs providing the ideal scene for filmmakers and talent to network as well as sponsors to entertain. The IBC 208 Conference and Exhibition, September 12-28 in Amsterdam, addresses personalised content over the web; future broadcast businesses and the changing audience; the “digital dividend” and the battle for bandwidth; production and protection of all types of content, and other areas. At “Fund Your Film Workshop With Stu Pollard,” key elements of an independent film business plan, including structure, layout and research and a primer on private equity financing for truly independent projects, will be reviewed when the one-day session meets September 13 in Dallas. Independent Film Week, formerly know as the IFP Market, is still a gathering for industry professionals where pitch meetings search for new talent, and cash, product donations and services are awarded to participants. The Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival’s social calendar starts with Opening Night Festivities on September 17, followed by daily and nightly filmmaker/musician receptions, industry workshops, a Lifetime and Career Achievement Awards Black Tie Gala, a Sunday morning Hot Air Balloon Ride, a Closing Night Wrap party (September 21) and Best of Fest special screening presentations and more. The NBC Universal Women Writers Workshop, September 18-25 in Toronto, will target intermediate women screenwriters who have a treatment or first draft, and will work toward the development of their next draft of a feature script. It will focus on script development and building on concepts introduced in the Feature Film Writing Program emerging module.

Screenwriting and the Business of Hollywood, will be conducted September 19 and 20 from Rock Island, by Act One Seminars, intensive, practical workshops for aspiring and professional writers and entrepreneurs who are serious about their Christian faith and who dream of creating culture that respects and enriches a global audience. SWAMP and TALA present the Business of Film Conference 2008, a September 20 event at Rice University Media Center focusing on the business of making movies with professionals from the film, legal and financial worlds that address a wide range of topics, including budgeting for film, funding resources, music rights, distribution and more. The Film, Stage and Showbiz Expo will allow participants to showcase their film/video/movie reel for Producers and Production Companies at a private screening area all day at the Expo, and Telsey + Company will conduct an open talent search for some of the hit Broadway shows they represent at the one-day event, September 21, in New York. In Gene Autry, Oklahoma, the Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum celebrates the legacy of the singing cowboys with its Film & Music Festival. It’s a gathering of cowboy and country singers, cowboy poets and storytellers, Western film stars and look-alikes, and it happens from September 24-28. The 17-day New York Film Festival gets underway September 26 in New York, with its program of emerging and international filmmakers. Black Entertainment Magazine in conjunction with Talents Connection hosts the September 27 Business, Arts & Entertainment Conference in Los Angeles, with slated workshop sessions on “Surviving Hollywood,” and “Getting your children in commercials,” and a premiere screening of soon to be released BEM film ‘True Riches’.

The above events are only a sample of what is fully listed. Complete details are on the “Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events” page. Video and podcast versions of this news summary are also available at popular video sites around the Web like MySpace, YouTube, Bit Torrent, as well as on The Actor’s Checklist podcast blog, a great place to get your iPhone, ipod or Apple TV download from. The Free Home Video Showcase serves as an archive for all past video presentations. This month on video you will see trailers and sample clips of ‘True Riches’ a collaborative production of Talents Connection, and BEM Films, slated for a premiere screening at the Business, Arts & Entertainment Conference, September 27 at LA Convention Center. Strange comedy from The Pimps Horror Houseâ„¢ TV show Cleveland. The creative duo of H.G. Robert and Wayland Anderson, that form DANCEWORDZ, a production company that writes, choreographs and stages shows for professional companies and art programs. The Actor’s Checklist now lets you check the latest musical artists song releases on Apple’s iTunes, updated on an hourly basis.

“What happened to my energy? I feel so flat all the time. Why can’t I lose any weight? I’m practically starving myself but pounds just won’t go away like they did a few years ago.” Any of this ring a bell? Is it true that “slowing metabolism” means that we just can’t lose weight once we pass our fourth decade? Or that the only way to lose weight is to subsist on salad greens and water?

There’s always the other side of the Great Law of Weight Loss. One side is to decrease calorie consumption, but the other one is to increase calorie expenditure. For best results, it would seem reasonable to adopt a healthful diet, not too much quantity but balanced in terms of all the nutrients. It’s essential to eat at least three servings of fruit, four servings of vegetables, five servings of high fiber whole grains or legumes, two to three servings of quality protein, and two or three servings of dairy or other sources of calcium and vitamin D every day. Interestingly, calcium itself seems to help reduce middle-aged weight gain. To keep your metabolism stoked, vary your calorie consumption so that you have a couple of “low” (1200 or so calories a day) days followed by a “regular” day when you eat approximately the same number of calories you are expending. This gives you body and your psyche relief from the idea that you’re depriving yourself. Starving yourself is a good way to get very sick, not a good way to be vibrant and slim. Another good thing to keep the fat burning fires going is to divide up your calories into five or six small meals and snacks a day, rather than just three or fewer.

One thing seems to be clear during the aging process. Activity levels decrease, in general, as does muscle mass. Those two are the prime determinants of calorie expenditure so, clearly, if we increase both of those, we can invigorate our sluggish metabolism. That doesn’t mean one has to go out and pound the pavement to train for a marathon starting today. First thing is to check with your doctor and see what level of activity you can start right now. If you haven’t been doing anything more taxing than carrying the groceries in from the car and clicking the TV remote for several years, you will need to start gently.

Pick some things you enjoy or at least don’t mind doing too much. A body needs a combination of aerobic, strength, balance, and flexibility activities. All of them. Start with small goals but work toward a regular schedule that includes 30 or more minutes of aerobic activity most days plus another 10 or 15 minutes of balance and flexibility movements. Work up to three sessions of strength training a week. It’s important to do all of these things and to do them all regularly. If you slack off for a while, the body goes right back to where it was before.

Most people know pretty well what aerobic exercise is, so I won’t go into any detail in this short article. One thing to keep in mind is that you need to keep pushing towards greater goals and even change what you’re doing from time to time or your body adapts and you won’t see any improvement. Faster, higher, longer, as they say in the Olympics. Once you’ve gotten up to a reasonable level of aerobic fitness, try inserting some high intensity exercise for a minute or so, providing your doctor agrees. Does wonders for your energy levels. Brisk walking, particularly if there are hills or stairs involved, is a great choice, as is swimming. Bicycling is very good if you go fast, don’t coast at all, there’s a stiff wind in your face, it’s all uphill, and there’s no threat from the vehicular traffic. Cross country skiing is great when you can do it. There are all sorts of variable resistance aerobic machines available if you want to join a health club.

But aerobics is only part of the story. Sure these exercises increase calorie expenditure, but they don’t do much for your resting metabolic rate. For this, as well as for all around strength and appearance, you also need some weight training to build fat-burning muscle. This doesn’t mean you have to go to the gym and lift free weights or use the machines if you don’t want to. Your own body weight can provide excellent training. You can do push ups, starting with pushing off from the wall, then a counter, then from the knees, from the toes, to having the feet elevated. You can do squats, taking care to keep the back straight, the rear end back so the knees stay in back of the toes, and not going lower than having the thighs parallel with the floor. You can do pull ups, and then reverse the hands. And so on. Build the number of repetitions slowly but steadily. And ladies need not worry about the “muscle bound” look. Takes certain hormones to get that. Both genders will note more admiring looks after they have been at this for a while. And it’s a well-established fact that you can reverse muscle loss at any age by consistent resistance training.

You can practice flexibility and balance moves as part of yoga training, which is also very good for the mental outlook. You can join a class or buy books and videos at minimal cost. These exercises help prevent injury, keep the body nice and limber, and help relieve stress.

So there is a basic blueprint for removing that flat and fat feeling. Let’s get moving! See you later.

G A JOHNSTON ROSS –“If I have enjoyed the hospitality of the Host of this universe, Who daily spreads a table in my sight, surely I cannot do less than acknowledge my dependence.”   

G BERNARD SHAW –“I Do not try to live for ever, You will not succeed.” 

G DWARKANATH –“All the fame and adulation was a big embarrassment to Beatle George Harrison. He had started asking himself questions like: “Who am I? Where am I? From where did I come and to where am I headed? His inquiring mind had lead him to one finding: that the musical sound was spiritual, that it was the sound that mattered, not the words.”   

G E WOODBERRY –“What holy cities are to nomadic tribes — a symbol of race and a bond of union — great books are to the wandering souls of men; they are the Meccas of the mind.”        

G J NATHAN –“There is no such thing as a dirty theme. There are only dirty writers.” 

G K CHESTERTON –“Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly; devils fall because of then- gravity.”       

G K CHESTERTON –“Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” 

G K CHESTERTON –“Happiness is a mystery like religion, and should never be rationalised.”  

G K CHESTERTON –“There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read.”      

G M HOPKINS –“Poetry is speech framed for the contemplation of the mind by way of hearing or speech, framed to be heard for its own sake and interest even over and above the interest of meaning.”          

G NARAYANA –“The responsible leader knows about total concentration and dedication and shares’ the secret of an unblemished path with his team I members. When any achiever thinks, aims and aligns his everything and offers himself to that thing with such an intensity he lives and becomes that good himself.”  

G. W. JOHNSON –“No man was ever endowed with a right without being at the same time saddled with a responsibility.”  

G.B. SHAW –“Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.”   

G.B.SHAW –“I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. In side the cage he is at least safe from people.”

G.BERNARD SHAW- “Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent memo for appointment by the corrupt few.” 

G.BERNARD SHAW- “The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.”

G.BERNARD SHAW- “The golden rule is that there is no golden rules.”

G.K. CHESTERTON –“It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.”  

G.K. CHESTERTON –“The traveller sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.”    

G.K.,CHESTERTON –“Better to have loved a short man than never to have love a tall.”     

g.k.chesterton –“Life is not only a pleasure but an eccentric privilege.”

G.K.CHESTERTON –“When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.”

GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ – “I don’t believe in God, but I’m afraid of him.”

GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ –“Scholars may know it all, but they don’t know everything.”   

GAIL DEVERS –“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”          

GAIL GODWIN –“Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever.”  

GALATIANS –“Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” 

GALATIANS –“Do not get tired of doing what is good.  Don’t get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time.”

GALILEO GALILEE –“Philosophy (nature) is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes. I mean the universe, but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols in which it is written. The book is written in the mathematical language… without whose help it is humanly impossible to comprehend a single word of it, and without which one wanders in vain through a dark labyrinth.”

GALILEO GALILEI –“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”   

GALILEO GALILEI- “I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.”

GALILEO GALILEL –“Who you are speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you are saying.”   

GALILEO GAULEI –“The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.”        

GALL SHEEHY –“At age 50, the motto might best be, no more bullshit……”   

GAMPOPA –“It is useless to have lived, even for a very long time, with a spiritual preceptor if one be lacking in humility and devotion and thus be unable to develop spiritually.”

GAMPOPA –“To regulate one’s conduct in accordance with the law of cause and effect as carefully as one guardeth the pupils of one’s eyes is the sign of a superior man.”      

GAMPOPA –“Unless the mind be trained to selflessness and infinite compassion, one is apt to fall into the error of seeking liberation for self alone.”

GANDAVYUHA SUTRA –“The Great Compassionate Heart is the essence of Buddha hood.”          

GANDHI- “Ahimsa is a great vow, it is more different than working on the edge of a sword.”

GANDHI- “I know that my people have sometimes gone made.”

GANESHA PANCHARATNAM –“Ganapati who brings happiness to all worlds, who destroyed the demon Gajasura, who has a big belly, beautiful elephant face,/Who is immortal, mereful, all-forgiving … who bestows on me a well-disposed mind.”

GANGA LAHIRI –“I come undone by disease to you, the per feet physician-Do with me whatever you will.”   

GARFIELD –“All I do is eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. There must be more to a cat’s life than that. But I hope not.”       

GARIMA KHURANA –“When you are in despair A friend is always there. A friend is one who shares A friend is one who cares, who shares joys and sorrows And tears with you. With a true friend your happiness gets multiplied and sorrows, divided. When you need someone to care, A friend is always there. A friend is one who understands your feeling and emotions and helps you to be What you want to be.”

GARSON KANIN –“The best part of ones life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed; but the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.”   

GARTH BROOKS –“You aren’t wealthy until you have something money can’t buy.”

GARY BUSEY –“Marriage is the only war where you sleep with the enemy.”

GARY NOVAK –“Morality is that which sustains life. Sin is that which destroys life. Morality is the standard of human relations. Conceptualize morality as constructively; sin as destructivity Morality is solving problems; sin is creating problems.”  

GARY ZUKAV –“Allow yourself to experience what it is to learn step by step the freedom that comes from being unattached to the outcome, but operating from an empowered heart.”    

GARY ZUKAV –“As the human species awakens to itself as a collection of immortal souls learning together, caring for the environment and the earth will become a matter of the heart, the natural response of souls moving towards their full potential.”   

GARY ZUKAV –“At each moment you choose the intentions that will shape your experiences and those things upon which you will focus your attention. If you choose, you evolve consciously.”  

GARY ZUKAV –“Behind fear is powedessness.”   

GARY ZUKAV –“Choice is the engine of our evolution.”  

GARY ZUKAV –“Feel your intentions in your heart. Feel not what your mind tells you but what your heart tells you.”   

GARY ZUKAV –“Give yourself permission to choose the most positive behavior in each moment.”   

GARY ZUKAV –“If you decide that you cannot beat a temptation, what you are really doing is giving yourself permission to be irresponsible.”   

GARY ZUKAV –“Intuition is the voice of the nonphysical world.”  

GARY ZUKAV –“Only an awareness of your feelings can open your heart.”

GARY ZUKAV –“Reverence is simply the experience of accepting that all Life is, in itself, of value,”   

GARY ZUKAV –“The choice not to choose is the choice to remain unconscious and, therefore, to wield power irresponsibly.”  

GARY ZUKAV –“The development of physics in the twentieth century already has transformed the consciousness of those involved with it. The study (of modern physics) produces insights into the nature of reality very similar to those produced by the study of eastern philosophy.”   

GARY ZUKAV –“Try to realize, and truly realize, that what stands between you and a different life are matters of responsible choice.”  

GARY ZUKAV –“When fear ceases to scare you, it cannot stay.”  

GARY ZUKAV –“When you choose not to forgive, the experience that you do not forgive sticks with you.”   

GARY ZUKAV –“You create your reality with your intentions.”  

GARY ZUKAV –“You gain or lose power according to the choices that you make.”   

GAURI ASHTPADI – “The quest of pleasure brings nothing but torment abounding; Man thus makes of his evil desires only a shackle about the neck. You seeker of false delight liberation comes only through the love of God.”  

GAURI SUKHMANI –“The Formless is Attributed and Unattributed, And gone into absorption in the cosmic Void. Himself has He made creation; Himself on it He meditates. In the cosmic Void is He absorbed, Where plays the unstruck mystic music — Beyond expression is this miraculous wonder.”            

GBOUCHOMARX –“Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men, the other 999 follow women.”   

GEENA DAVIS –“If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.”  

GEMMIA VANZANT –“You have within you the ability to create all that you desire to be, to have, and to experience. You are the power. You have the power. You are powerful.”

GEN DAVID M SHOUP –“The galleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are the doers. They make mistakes because they try many things.”  

GEN. DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR- “ You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear.”

GENERAL GEORGE PATTON –“A good plan vigorously executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.”   

GENERAL GEORGE PATTON –“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”     

GENERAL PATTON –“Courage is fear holding a minute longer.”

GENESIS –“And God said, Let us make man in Our image, after Our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in His own image.”

GENESIS –“God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness”.”  

GENESIS –“God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and. let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky”. God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”    

GENESIS –“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.”        

GENESIS –“While the earth remaineth, seedtime are harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”        

GENESIS –“Whoever sheds the blood of man by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.”

GENY SPENCE –“I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.”

GEOBGE S.PATTON –“We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”     

GEOFFREY ABORT –“The first and most important thing about goals is having one.”  

GEORG C LICHTENBERG –“Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.”   

GEORG CLICHTENBERG –“God created man in His own image says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.”   

GEORGE ADAMS –“Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.”   

GEORGE ADAMS –“There is no such thing as a self-made man. We are made up of thousands of others.”

GEORGE ARNOLD –“The living need charity more then the dead.” 

GEORGE B SHAW –“When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions… they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.”

GEORGE BARNANOS- “ The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies means.”

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW- “A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.”

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.”    

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Animals are my friends… and I don’t eat my friends.”           

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.”    

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.”         

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”   

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.”

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“I was a freethinker before I knew how to think.”       

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”           

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Imagination is the beginning of creation. We imagine what we desire; we will what we imagine; and at last we create what we will.”   

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“In heaven, an angel is nobody in particular.”

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Lack of money is the root of all evil.”

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it Ceases to be serious when people laugh.”     

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Life is no brief candle but a splendid torch.”  

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got bold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before banding it on to future generations.”   

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“My speciality is being right when other people are wrong.” 

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“No diet will remove all the fat from. your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.”

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“No king on earth is as safe in his job as a trade union official.”    

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.”

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.”        

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Some men see things as they are and ask, “Why?” I dream things that never were and ask, “why not?”

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.”   

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”      

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them make them.”   

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.” 

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“There is only one religion, though there are hundred versions of it.”          

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.”

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.”   

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“We wildly underestimate the power of the tiniest personal touch of kindness.”

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“When a man wants to murder a tiger, it’s called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him it’s called ferocity.”        

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.”   

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“When you prevent me from doing anything I want to do, that Is persecution; but when I prevent you from doing anything you want to do, that is law, order and morals.”  

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –“You see things and say, “why?” but I dream things that never were and say, “why not?”  

GEORGE BEST –“I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted.”

GEORGE BURNS –“Age to me means nothing. I can’t get old; I am working. I was old when I was twenty one and out of work. As long as you’re working you stay young. When I am in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.”   

GEORGE BURNS –“Too bad that all the people who really know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair.”  

GEORGE BURNS –“You’ve got to be honest; if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”

GEORGE BUSH –“Any definition of a successful life must include service to others.”   

GEORGE BUSH –“I have opinions of my own- strong opinions-but don’t always agree with them.”

GEORGE BUSH –“My job is a job to make decisions. I’m a decision — if the job description were, what do you do—it’s decision maker.”     

GEORGE BUSH –“You know one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.”   

GEORGE BUSH JR –“Cooperation in civilian nuclear activities, civilian space programmes and high technology trade will deepen the ties of commerce and friendship between our two nations (India and the US), and will increase stability in Asia and beyond.”

GEORGE BUSH JR –“I believe there ought to be an international goal… greenhouse gas emitters, including developing nations, ought to be at the table.”   

GEORGE BUSH JR –“I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it exempts 80% of the world from compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy.”

GEORGE CARLIN –“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”     

GEORGE CARLIN –“I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me…they’re cramming for their final exam.”       

GEORGE CARLIN –“Just when I found out the meaning of life, they changed it.”

GEORGE CARLIN –“Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain, For strip-mined mountain’s majesty above the asphalt plain. America, America, man sheds his waste on thee, And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea.”    

GEORGE CARLIN –“The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity.”    

GEORGE CARLIN –“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.”   

GEORGE CARLIN –“We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.”   

GEORGE CARLIN –“We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.”    

GEORGE CARLIN –“We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider roads, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have les? buy more, but enjoy less We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.”     

GEORGE CARLIN –“We plan more, but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait. We have more information, but we communicate less and less…”   

GEORGE CARLIN –“We will never be an advanced civilization as long as rain showers can delay the launching of a space rocket.”   

GEORGE CARLIN –“We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life. We’ve added years to life not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbour, We conquered outer space But not inner space. We’ve done larger things, but not better things…”     

GEORGE CHAPMAN –“Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are the fools.”   

GEORGE CHRISTOPHER LICHTENBERG –“A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.”   

GEORGE CORLIN –“Spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn’t cost a thing. Remember, to say, ‘I love you’ to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.”  

George crabbe- “The game, said he, is never lost till won.”

GEORGE D BOARDMAN –“The cross is the only ladder high enough to touch Heaven’s threshold.”    

GEORGE DEACON –“If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God.”

GEORGE DUBYA BUSH –“A genuine philosophy reflects the experiences of a person. And in my case, I was raised a Christian, recommitted myself to Christ. Got into the Bible. My life changed in many ways. An outward manifestation is I quit drinking. I was a more dedicated, more focused person. Not to say I wasn’t a dedicated person beforehand, but it was a life-changing moment.” 

GEORGE DUBYA BUSH –“I see…an opportunity for America to re-examine our culture, to re-examine how we view the need to help people in need, whether it be in our own neighbourhood and around the world.”

GEORGE DUBYA BUSH –“I think it’s important to promote a culture of life. I think a hospitable society is a society where every being counts and every person matters.”     

GEORGE DUBYA BUSH –“I think what matters is how you live your life. I do believe a person’s religion will be reflected in frame of mind and attitude and outlook.”   

GEORGE DUBYA BUSH –“My faith plays a big part in my life. And my faith is very very personal. I pray for strength. I pray for wisdom. I pray for our troops in harm’s way I pray for my family I pray for my little girls.”     

GEORGE DUBYA BUSH –“The God I know is one that promotes peace and freedom. But I get great sustenance from my personal relationship. That doesn’t make me think I’m a better person than you are, by the way Because one of the great admonitions in the Good Book is, don’t try to take a speck out of another’s eye if I’ve got a log in my own.”   

GEORGE ELI –“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”  

GEORGE ELIOT – “Animals are such agreeable friends- they pass no criticisms.”

GEORGE ELIOT – “Hatred is like fire-it makes even light rubbish deadly.”

GEORGE ELIOT –“Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”    

GEORGE ELIOT –“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”   

GEORGE ELIOT –“It’s them that tale advantage that get advantage I’ this world.”        

GEORGE ELIOT –“One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!”  

GEORGE ELIOT –“Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.”

GEORGE ELIOT –“That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger not to be interfered with by speech or action, which would distract the sensations from the fresh enjoyment of repose.”   

GEORGE ELIOT –“The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.”

GEORGE ELIOT –“Wife in the movie, Shall We Dance? 2004 What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life — to strengthen each other in all labour, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent, unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting.”   

GEORGE FISHER –“When you aim for perfection, you discover it’s a moving target.”   

GEORGE GALIUP –“Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense.”

GEORGE GAMOV –“Stars are the cheapest source of power.”  

GEORGE GILDER –“T is what we do, not what we say, that makes us worthy of His grace.”     

GEORGE GISSING –“For the man sound in body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.”   

GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON –“When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,/ And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit,/ And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.”               

GEORGE HARRISON –“I think people who can truly live a life in music are telling the world, “You can have my love, you can have my smiles. Forgat the bad parts, you don’t need them. Just take the music, the goodness, because it’s the very best, and it’s the part i give.”   

george harrison –“Now won’t you lend your hand/ Try to understand/ relieve the people of Bangladesh.”

GEORGE HERBERT- “At the game’s end we shall see who gains.”

GEORGE HERBERT- “Danger itself is the best remedy for danger.”

GEORGE HERBERT –“Fear kills more than disease.”

GEORGE HERBERT –“The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.”    

GEORGE HERBERT –“Thou hast given so much to me, Give one thing more, — a grateful heart; Not thankful when it please them, As if Thy blessings had spare days, But such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.”  

GEORGE HERBERT- “War makes thieves and peace hang them.”

GEORGE HERBERT PALMER –“That’s what education means … to be able to do you’ve ever done before.”

GEORGE JAEN NATHAN –“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”   

GEORGE KNELLER –“Creativity, as has been said, consists largely of rearranging what we know in order to find out what we do not know. Hence, to think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.”  

GEORGE LORIMER –“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.”

GEORGE LOTS –“Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.”

GEORGE M ADAMS –“He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day… needs to reorganize his life.”   

GEORGE M ADAMS –“There is no such thing as a “self-made” man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.” 

GEORGE Mac DONALD –“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.”

GEORGE MACDONALD –“Beauty and sadness always go together.” 

GEORGE MACDONALD –“Good Friday is a time of sadness, Easter is a time of gladness. On Good Friday Jesus died But rose again at Eastertide. All thanks and praise to God. Lord, teach us to understand that your Son .died to save us not from suffering but from yourselves, not from Injustice, far less from justice, but from being unjust. He died that we might live — but live as he lives, by dying as he died who died to himself.”         

GEORGE MALLORY –“The highest of the world’s mountains (Mt Everest), it seems, has to make but a single gesture of magnificence to be the lord of all, vast in unchallenged and isolated supremacy”    

GEORGE Mc GOVERN- “I’m fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars.”

GEORGE MEREDITFRP –“The art of the pen is to rouse the inward vision… That is why the poets, who spring imagination with a word or a phrase, paint lasting pictures.” 

GEORGE MEREDITH –“Keep the young generation in •hail and bequeath them no tumbled house.”  

GEORGE MEREDITH –“Observation is the most enduring of the pleasures of life.”

GEORGE MIKES –“Many Continentals think life is a game, the English think cricket is a game.”

GEORGE MIKES –“Many think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.”     

GEORGE MOORE –“ The difficulty in life is the choice.” 

GEORGE MOORE –“A man travels the world in search of what he needs and return home to find it.”

GEORGE ORWELL – “If you want a picture of future, image a boot stamping one human face-for ever.”

GEORGE ORWELL – “Political language is designed to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”

GEORGE ORWELL – “Saints should always be judge guilty until they are proved innocent.”

GEORGE ORWELL – “Serious sports has nothing to do with fair play.”

GEORGE ORWELL –“All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than other.”

GEORGE ORWELL –“All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”

GEORGE ORWELL –“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two makes four. If that is granted, all else follows.” 

GEORGE ORWELL –“People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.”         

GEORGE ORWELL –“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules ano sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in othe: words, it is war minus the shooting… there are quite enough real causes of trouble already, and we need not add to them by encouraging young men to kick each other on the shins amid the roars of infuriated spectators.”   

GEORGE ORWELL –“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play… it is war minus the shooting.”    

GEORGE ORWELL –“Sometimes you might make the wrong decision, comrades, and then where should we be?”            

GEORGE ORWELL –“The quickest way of ending was is to lose it.”

GEORGE ORWELL –“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”

GEORGE PORTER –“I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun’s energy…If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.”  

GEORGE RAFT –“Part of the $l6 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly.”  

GEORGE REED –“Power breeds isolation. Isolation leads to the capricious use of power. In turn, the capricious use of power breaks down the normal channels of communication between the leader and the people whom he leads. This ultimately means the deterioration of power and with it the capacity to sustain unity in our society. This is the problem we face today.”   

GEORGE S PATTON –“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.”   

GEORGE S PATTON –“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

GEORGE S PATTON –“If a man does his best, what else is there?”    

GEORGE S PATTON –“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”     

GEORGE S PATTON –“Take calculated risks. This is quite different from being rash.”  

GEORGE SAMPSON –“The well-meaning people who talk about education as if it were a substance distributable by coupon in large or small quantities never exhibit any understanding of the truth that you cannot teach anybody anything that ‘he does not want to learn.”          

GEORGE SAND –“There is only one happiness in life, to love and to be loved.”        

GEORGE SANTAYANA – “For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural and welcome as sleep.”

GEORGE SANTAYANA – “Nonsense is good only because common sense is so limited.”

GEORGE SANTAYANA –“A man’s feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.”          

GEORGE SANTAYANA –“Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.”      

GEORGE SANTAYANA –“Between the laughing and the weeping philosopher there is no opposition: the same facts that make one laugh make one weep.” 

GEORGE SANTAYANA -“Nonsense is good only because common sense is so limited.”

GEORGE SANTAYANA –“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.”

GEORGE SANTAYANA –“There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.”

GEORGE SANTAYANA –“Those who can not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

GEORGE SANTAYANA –“To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.”   

GEORGE SANTAYANA –“To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time.”    

GEORGE SANTAYANA –“To condemn spontaneous and delightful occupations because they are useless for self-preservation shows an uncritical prizing of life irrespective of the content.”       

GEORGE SANTAYANA –“To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.”

GEORGE SANTAYANA-“Nonsense is good only because common sense is so limited.”

GEORGE VI –“Arid I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.” And he replied: “Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.” 

GEORGE W BUSH –“Every nation has an obligation to govern its own territory and make certain that it does not become a safe haven for terror.”          

GEORGE W CARVER –“Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.”

GEORGE W CARVER –“We have become 99 per cent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, laying a little by systematically for the proverbial rainy day which is due to come, can almost be listed among the lost arts.”         

GEORGE W RUSSELL –“I paused beside the cabin door and saw the King of Kings at play, Tumbled upon the grass I spied the little heavenly runaway The mother laughed upon the child made gay by its ecstatic morn, And yet the sages spake of It as of the Ancient and Unborn. I heard the passion breathed amid the honeysuckle scented glade, And saw the King pass lightly from the beauty that he had betrayed. I saw him pass from love to love; and yet the pure allowed His claim To be the purest of the pure, thrice holy, stainless, without blame… And yet He is the Light of Lights whose blossoming is Paradise, That Beauty of the King which dawns upon the seers’ enraptured eyes. I saw the King of Kings again, a miser with a heart grown cold, And yet He is the Prodigal, the Spendthrift of the Heavenly Gold, The largesse of whose glory crowns the blazing brows of cherubim, And sun and moon and stars and flowers are jewels scattered forth by Him. I saw the King of Kings descend the narrow doorway to the dust With all his fires of morning still, the beauty, bravery, and lust. And yet He is the life within the Ever-living Living Ones, The ancient with eternal youth, the cradle of the infant suns, The fiery fountain of the stars, and He the golden urn where all The glittering spray of planets in their myriad beauty fall.”

GEORGE W. BUSH –“I have opinions of my own-strong opinions, but did not always agree with them.” 

GEORGE WASHINGTON –“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.”        

GEORGE WASHINGTON –“The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.”          

GEORGE WASHINGTON- “To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”

GEORGE WASHINGTON –“Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promises.”

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER –“When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.” 

GEORGE WILL –“Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.”    

GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS –“While we read history we make history.”  

GEORGES BIDAULT –“The weak have one weapon; the errors of those who think they are strong.”

GEORGES DUHAMEL –“I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.”   

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE –“I found I could say things with colour and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way — things I had no words for.”  

GERALD BRENAN –“Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.”  

GERALD BRENAN –“Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.”   

GERALD D BELL –“You are 100 per cent responsible for your own happiness. Other people aren’t responsible. Your parents aren’t responsible. Your spouse isn’t. You alone are. So if you are not happy it’s up to you to change something. It’s not up to someone else to “fix it” for you.”   

GERALD M HOPKINS –“I do not think I have ever seen anything more beautiful than the bluebell I have been looking at. I know the beauty of our Lord by it.” 

GERALD STALEY LEE –“Business today consists in providing crowds.”

GERARD C EAKEDALE –“Recognition is the greatest motivator.”    

GERARD K O’NEILL –“First, guard the freedom of ideas at all costs. Be alert that dictators have always played on the natural human tendency to blame others and to oversimplify. And don’t regard yourself as a guardian of freedom unless you respect and preserve the rights of people you disagree with to free, public, unhampered expression.”    

GERARD M HOPKINS –“Poetry is speech framed for the contemplation of the mind by way of hearing or speech, framed to be heard for its own sake and interest even over and above the ” interest of meaning.”

GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS –“No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief More pangs will, schooled at forepangs, wilder wring.”        

GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS- “O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall, frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed.”

GERI BANKS –“A sister is a part of your life that you can never separate from. Whether she’s older or younger, through all your formative years, she shared your pain and sorrow, your happiness and joy —even when you were not aware that she was there. A sister protects you from all harm and is always near when you need her. She’s a friend who listens forever when others turn away… She brings sunshine where there are clouds; she is like a breath of spring through the storms of winter, a guiding star in the darkness of night. She smiles at you when others frown and welcomes you with open arms. She accepts you for who you are and doesn’t expect you to be anyone else. She thinks that you’re the

GERMAINE GREER –“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”

GERMAINE GREER –“Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe.”   

GERMAN PROVERB –“He who hardens his skin in his youth mil not he pricked by thorns in his old age.”   

GERMAN PROVERB –“Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they dimmish day by day.”

GERONOMO-  “I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures.”

GERRY SPENCE –“I would rather have a mind open by wonder than one closed by belief.”

GERTRUDE JEKYLL –“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.”  

GESHE NAMGYAL WANGCHEN –“If we single-pointedly practice great compassion, then, with little effort, we will be able to gain all other virtues.”                    

In addition to a week-long meeting over international animation production, AniFest, which runs through May 10 in Trebon, strives to facilitate the best contacts among Central European artists who are engaged in animation, especially after the festival through the ongoing AniFest Echoes. The Council on Foundations’ 42nd Annual Film & Video Festival in Baltimore showcases films, videos, and television programs, May 4-7, that have received support from foundations, corporate giving programs, and donor networks, with the aim of encouraging grantmakers to use media to advance their philanthropic goals. A festive party atmosphere takes shape when the 16th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film presents a program from May 5-10 of screenplay workshops, fine art by Japanese artist Kozue Kodama, live music, and animated film in the open air festival garden at the Schlossplatz, free of charge to the public.  Representatives of newspapers, television, magazines, radio and web-only outlets will come together to discuss new-media both on the business and editorial sides, and culminating  with awards for the Best Media-Affiliated Internet Services presented by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek, at the Interactive Media Conference & Trade Show happening in New Orleans, May 6-7.

For one day, on May 11, Content Delivery Summit assembles in New York and brings together customers, vendors, analysts, and Wall Street to discuss and define where the video delivery industry is headed. And on the very next day, May 12-13, in the same New York hotel, annual Streaming Media East 2009 Conference & Exhibition continues the topic of online video in a broader sense, catering to the needs of content owners, viral video creators, online marketers, enterprise corporations, broadcast professionals, ad agencies, educators and others that come to Streaming Media East to see and hear the latest online video technology, and to discuss the business models that are coming of age. Game Developers Conference Canada 2009 meets May 12-13 in Vancouver and covers industry-leading methodologies in game design, production, programming, visual arts and writing for big-budget multiplatform games. The CLIO Awards will be celebrating its monumental 50th Anniversary in Las Vegas, highlighting accomplishments in the industry with five new and distinct award shows, after parties, conference sessions, industry networking opportunities, and more. Cannes Film Festival gets started this year May 13, continuing through May 24.

Former US president Bill Clinton will join actress Sharon Stone at this year’s Cannes Film Festival AIDS fund-raiser in southern France, Clinton will attend the May 21 event alongside Stone, Harvey Weinstein, Carine Roitfeld, Michelle Yeoh and Donatella Versace, among others. The gala will take place at the Eden Roc, at Cap d’Antibes. The Indie Film Jam is back for its fifth year as part of the Florida Music Festival, running May 14-17, screening selected films in the heart of Downtown Orlando throughout the FMF weekend and offering independent filmmakers networking opportunities as well as industry panels designed for educating, enlightening and gaining insight into the world of filmmaking. The George Foster Peabody Awards which recognizes distinguished achievement and meritorious service by broadcasters, cable, webcasters, producing organizations, and individuals, conducts its 68th annual awards May 18 in New York, with a reception that begins at 11 am, followed by lunch, with Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News the events MC. At this year’s Seattle International Film Festival, running May 21 through June 21, SIFF will present the 2009 Golden Space Needle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing to Spike Lee, on May 23, followed by a screening of Lee’s ‘Passing Strange, a Q&A session, and an intimate Tribute Dinner celebration with Spike Lee as the guest of honor. Later in the festival, director Francis Ford Coppola  will host a special presentation of his new film, ‘Tetro’ at a June 10 screening. MUTEK is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination and development of avant-garde digital creativity in sound, music, and audio-visual art, which it does in part through the annual presentation of its namesake festival held in Montreal, this year running May 27-31. Nashville Screenwriters Conference will again offer one of its more popular panels, “Music in the Movies,” offering aspiring songwriters, composers and artists advice on how to get their music placed in films and TV, when it assembles again this year for sessions running May 29-31.

The above events are only a sample of what is fully listed. Complete details are on the “Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events” page. Video and podcast versions of this news summary are also available at popular video sites around the Web like MySpace, YouTube, Daily Motion, as well as on The Actor’s Checklist podcast blog. Leading entertainment industry publication Back Stage has redesigned their Backstage.com website to allow for better resume and picture upload, casting and job alerts, and much more. Follow the posting of the news summary on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/actorschecklist  This month on the video news summary you will again see a dynamic array of artists in performance of film and music. Last month’s video news summary showcase featured New Jersey based Mindbreak Entertainment’s with murder mystery thriller The Secret, directed by Ian J. Kenney. The futuristic 4D virtual gaming arena ‘Turbo’ a short film from Jarrett Conaway, in the tradition of the Karate Kid and Tron. Los Angeles based Rooftop Mind, with ‘Sex Text’ and The Moonlit Road. Music video production company, THEfilmboyPROJECT, of London with ‘Never Wanna Lose You’ performed by East End hip hop, r&b group, DNA. A documentary segment in which film composer Jermaine Stegall conducts the Hollywood Studio Symphony. These videos are now available on the Free Home Video Showcase which now serves as an archive for all past video presentations but without the audio news narration.

Cause of Shin Splints

Whether you’re running after a soccer ball, jogging around the neighborhood park or training for a marathon, you’re at risk of running-related injuries. One of the most common injuries is shin splints (medial tibial stress syndrome).Shin splints is a common term used for a half a dozen lower leg problems ranging from nerve irritations to tendonitis to stress fractures.  The most common type that is experienced involves the tearing away of the muscle tissue that attaches to the front of the lower leg. 

Risk Factors of Shin Splints
The first risk factor is overtraining. Evaluate your schedule to determine what training errors you may have made. Mechanically, pronation is most likely to be the culprit. When the foot pronates the medial structures of the leg are stretched and put under stress, this increases the likelihood that they will become injured.
Running in worn-out footwear,Engaging in sports with frequent starts and stops, such as basketball and tennis

A primary culprit causing shin splints is a sudden increase in distance or intensity of a workout schedule. This increase in muscle work can be associated with inflammation of the lower leg muscles, those muscles used in lifting the foot (the motion during which the foot pivots toward the tibia).
Anterior compartment syndrome affects the outer side of the front of the leg.

Stress fractures usually produce localized, sharp pain with tenderness 1 or 2 inches below the knee. A stress fracture is likely to occur 2 or 3 weeks into a new training program or after beginning a harder training program.

Symptoms of Shin Splints
Shin splints (an inflammation of tendons and muscles of the shin) is typically brought on by the impact forces of exercise.Shin splints are a common, often seasonal injury that usually occurs when you start to run after a long layoff. They can also result from playing a sport (such as tennis) on a hard surface, changing your style of workout shoes, dramatically increasing workouts, or gaining a substantial amount of weight and then exercising.

Anterior shin splint is due to a muscle or tendon injury (that help to lift the front of the foot) and results in pain and tenderness on the front outside of the leg. Posterior pain (a soreness that radiates along the back and inner side of the lower leg or ankle) is typically caused by stressed muscles that help support and stabilize the arch of the foot.
Stress fractures should be taken seriously, so if you suspect you have one, you should consult a physician before continuing to engage in any exercise or activity.

Treatment of Shin Splints
If pain is severe or you suspect a stress fracture, contact your physician for an examination. After a medical history and examination, he or she may suggest x-rays to detect any minute cracks in the shin – the sign of a stress fracture.

Rest. Avoid activities that cause pain, swelling or discomfort — but don’t give up all physical activity. While you’re healing, try low-impact exercises, such as swimming, bicycling or water running. If your shin pain causes you to limp, consider using crutches until you can walk normally without pain.

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