Wooden bicycles Congo

Goma, Congo, January 30 - It is unusual tool: wooden bike with large handles, two wooden wheels, a frame as pressing triangle and without pedal. There are no seats."Chikudu" Congolese seem to have come from the pages of a picture book for children. What you can see everywhere through unpaved roads, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.Uzima Bahati (18) was a child when he became its leader. He left school when he was about 12 years and has spent the past six years carrying large loads with this unusual means of transport."It has helped a lot in life, because it is work without a schedule," he said. "Once you make enough money, you can go home and buy food."It boasts so much "chikudun" him and spent five dollars - more than twice the average daily wage here - brown ink and brush.With great care, he wrote his phone number on this tool, along with the motto "Work is work," and "Do not talk much." The latter, he says, shows that he does not care what others think, even if they laugh.Other drivers "chikudus," greed Bahatit because his motorbike coloring, which, by Congolese standards, is a luxury."My friends laughed and said: You have money to spend in vain. The money that you spend on ink have been able to spend to buy something useful, "he says. "But no matter how they laughed, I do not feel bad."For the people here, "chikudu" symbolizes the great determination of the Congo, who each food, each bucket of water and each tile for the home should be transferred from one place to another."Chikudus" are carrying tools for maintenance which should not even big investment. People's dependence on them is evidence of the poverty of the people in this part of Congo, most of whom survive on less than two dollars a day.They fit wonderfully in Goma, a city of a million people in the scenic shores of Lake Kivu."Ordinary bicycles are useless. Them can not bear too much and break down all the time, "says Bahatit cousin, Cengi Byamungu, manufacturer" chikudu "s, which montoi car he Bahati boasts.In this section, we compare "chikudun" with an ordinary bike would be the same as to compare a 10-ton truck with "VW Beetle".

22-year-old Chinese has 12 years who lives alone with water

A 22-year-old Chinese water only lived these last 12 years. Ning XueFa is made ​​famous when it announced its situation apparently due to allergies to food that has been developed since he was only 10 years old who is forced to suffice by consuming only water. The only food they can afford Ning's milk but it says his family can not afford so that have to do with water. It consumes about ten liters per day. However apart from his statements and his family has no other evidence confirming that he never eat (because it seems impossible that a man should live so long without food). Doctors diagnosed a disease that causes an abnormal thirst but of course have not been able to monitor 24 to 24 hours during the last 10 years. Certainly food for the great suffering that chafes throat and nauseous but his physique is not the same as someone who feeds normalisht.Është over 1.50 m and weighs 40 kg. Weakness caused by a medical condition is creating more problems Ning-ut in fact it is failing to find a job of poor physique and the fact that by consuming so much water to go to the bathroom constantly

Japanese minister prays the elderly to die.

New Minister of Finance in Japan is located in the center of a national scandal, when asked the elderly to "die quickly" to help the country to regulate its financial balances.Taro Aso made this outrageous statement during a discussion on ways of coping with Japan's demographic crisis, with the population that continues to be reduced and life expectancy increases.Aso also criticized the country's health service, which he holds to be very old, without artificial aid will change lives."No need to maintain by force someone who wants to die," said Aso. "Seniors need to rush to die. I would feel very bad if I was at a certain age and I knew that I was holding in life thanks to the State money. This problem would be solved if the elderly who are no longer able to live without assistance be allowed to die. "Taros statement, not only sparked a national outcry, but falls deeply in conflict with Japanese culture deep veneration of the elderly.A few hours after this statement, in the face of calls for his resignation, 72-year-old Taro apologized, trying to explain better. "I said what I think personally, not what I think should be our health system. However, I believe it is important for anyone to spend his last days in peace, and it seems pointless to many people, practically dead, kept alive artificially, burdening the state with an increasingly unbearable financial cost " .Minister's statement followed the recent census results, which showed the largest decline in the number of population in decades. Currently, over 20% of Japan's population of 128 million, the second highest life expectancy in the world, has passed the age of 65.In the next 50 years, it is expected that the number of people over 65 years equates to it under this age, as life expectancy continues to grow, facing a demographic crisis caused by very low fertility.

Polish the second most popular language in Britain

Polish is becoming more and more in a massive language in Great Britain and now ranks second only to English speaking more to the island. The results of the latest census in Britain showed that as a result of continued growth in the number of Polish immigrants the number of residents who speak Polish as their first language spent 546 thousand persona.Në London where the number of immigrants is the largest one in five people have a language other than English as their first language and 140 thousand residents throughout the country do not know how to speak English with two million in total to speak "good" or "somewhat." in terms of languages ​​spoken after Polish come straight four dialects spoken in various Indian provinces, followed by its Arabic French Chinese dialects and Portuguese. In total English is the first language for 92 of the population or 50 million people, but other languages ​​popularisation clearly shows the continued growth of the impact of immigrants in British culture.

Engagement rings Jozefina sold for 900 thousand euro

Engagement ring given by Napoleon Bonaparte to his wife the next surprise buyers at an auction on Sunday (March 24), exceeding the initial evaluation and reaching be sold for about 900 thousand euro.
Sale organizers said today that the amount was a world record for a historical ring, and Osen auction firm had originally estimated it with a much more modest EUR 10 to 15mijë.
Experts said the modest dimensions of the diamond and sapphire rings, giving Josephine de Boarne around the time of their engagement in 1796, reflecting relatively modest beginnings of the man who would become emperor.
The couple had a passionate relationship coupled with a lot of love letters written by Napoleon when he was campaigning in the early days.
Ring - which was sold for 896 thousand 400 euro - was part of a collection of historical objects in Fotenblo. Also on sale was a rare portrait of Napoleon's son - his second wife Marie Louise - jetëshkurtëri Napoleon II.

If you sow "loyalty" to gather "trustworthiness".
If you sow "goodness" will to win "SOCIETY".
If you sow "modesty" to gather "Respect".
If you embed an "evaluation" will gather "CALCULATION".
If you sow "beat" will gather "SUCCESS".
If you sow "FAITH" to gather "tranquility".
If you sow "commitment" to gather "consent".
Therefore Be careful what you sow today, because it will gather tomorrow!

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