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		<title>Repressed Sex</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahhh those good ol&#8217; days at Ethi, when getting on a 11-series bus meant you&#8217;d get groped for sure. Full frontal assault or a guy poking his hard on into your ass through layers of clothing &#8211; take your pick. On one memorable occasion, a kind soul decided to take a lesson in Biology and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ahhh those good ol&#8217; days at Ethi, when getting on a 11-series bus meant you&#8217;d get groped for sure. Full frontal assault or a guy poking his hard on into your ass through layers of clothing &#8211; take your pick. On one memorable occasion, a kind soul decided to take a lesson in Biology and flash us his gonads. Shocked my non-stop-jabber mate into Mute mode for a whole day &#8211; something of a record. </p>
<p>What is it with guys and these sort of animal behaviour? Is it repressed sex, as some bright soul stated on a blog somewhere? They are not getting any and as self service isn&#8217;t quite as fulfilling, they decide to let themselves loose on the girls out there &#8211; is that it? I do not know the reasoning behind this, if at all there&#8217;s any, and chances are the red blooded males that get into the act are clueless as to what they are trying to achieve either. </p>
<p>What do they aim for? A grope? A feel? Ok now you&#8217;ve felt a girl up, got a nice buzz going &#8211; now what? Jump her? Rape her and get it off your system? What? </p>
<p>As far as I know, there&#8217;s no point in even going to the cops as they operate under the typical sentiment of &#8216;well, you are dressed in such a way I know you have boobs and other female apparatus, so you must&#8217;ve asked for it!&#8217; There was even this case of some poor girl in Mumbai getting raped in the police station. So, where do we go from here?</p>
<p>This kind of behaviour is on the rise apparently &#8211; guys all over the country have decided the women are easy pickings and they can just cop a feel or worse any time of day or night. Why the hell will it stop, unless something happens to make them stop? These lecherous bastards have been doing it for years and as nothing has been done to stop them, they see no reason to stop at the juvenile level and are just graduating. And why ever not? <a href="http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/10/stories/2002091000070100.htm">What is there for them to fear</a>? </p>
<p>I feel that when a day has come when a person has to rethink about indulging in the simplest of pleasures like going to the beach or for a solitary walk or any of the other innocent joys of life, then the time has come for a shake-down. Time for the fat cats in the so-called government to actually do the job they were &#8216;elected&#8217; for &#8211; govern the bloody place and make sure there&#8217;s some sort of order. What kind of a country are they running where accompanied women can&#8217;t even welcome in the New Year without getting raped in the process? </p>
<p>Who was it that said &#8220;until the day a woman can go for a walk at midnight and return safe, we haven&#8217;t got true freedom&#8221;? Looks like we aren&#8217;t free yet. </p>
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		<title>Immigration, Britain and me!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lavanya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Immigration in Briain: What needs to be done for smoother integration? &#160; As you can see, I am not letting go of this topic! Thing is, I need to sound quite knowledgeable about it and I have just about a week&#8217;s time. Which is where you, my lovely blog readers come in. Please log onto [...]]]></description>
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As you can see, I am not letting go of this topic! Thing is, I need to sound quite knowledgeable about it and I have just about a week&#8217;s time. Which is where you, my lovely blog readers come in. Please log onto my show on BlogTalkRadio and click on the appropriate button to speak to the host &#8211; me! All you need to do is tell your own immigration story. Location, your stance &#8211; nothing matters. You might be living in North Wales and might be from Eastern Europe and your neighbours couldn&#8217;t be nicer &#8211; ring and tell me. Or, if you are a Chinese living in Midwestern America and your white brethren are colder than Arctic ice, ring and tell me.</p>
<input name="ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$BlogViewUpcomingShow$PlayButton1$hdnShowID" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_BlogViewUpcomingShow_PlayButton1_hdnShowID" value="119955" type="hidden">Whatever your immigration story is, I am willing to listen. So please pick up that phone and dial (001) (347) 996-3899<br />
The date: December 10<br />
The time: 2:00 PM GMT</p>
<p><b><a id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_BlogViewUpcomingShow_hlShowName" href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/DesiGirl/2007/12/10/Immigration-in-Briain-What-needs-to-be-done-for-smoother-integration"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_BlogViewUpcomingShow_ShowNameLabel"></span></a></b>Be there!</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Immigration in Briain: What needs to be done for smoother integration? As you can see, I am not letting go of this topic! Thing is, I need to sound quite knowledgeable about it and I have just about a week&#8217;s time. Which is where you, my lovely blog readers come in. Please log onto my [...]]]></description>
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As you can see, I am not letting go of this topic! Thing is, I need to sound quite knowledgeable about it and I have just about a week&#8217;s time. Which is where you, my lovely blog readers come in. Please log onto my show on BlogTalkRadio and click on the appropriate button to speak to the host &#8211; me! All you need to do is tell your own immigration story. Location, your stance &#8211; nothing matters. You might be living in North Wales and might be from Eastern Europe and your neighbours couldn&#8217;t be nicer &#8211; ring and tell me. Or, if you are a Chinese living in Midwestern America and your white brethren are colder than Arctic ice, ring and tell me.</p>
<input name="ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$BlogViewUpcomingShow$PlayButton1$hdnShowID" type="hidden" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_BlogViewUpcomingShow_PlayButton1_hdnShowID" />Whatever your immigration story is, I am willing to listen. So please pick up that phone and dial (001) (347) 996-3899<br />
The date: December 10<br />
The time: 2:00 PM GMT<strong><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/DesiGirl/2007/12/10/Immigration-in-Briain-What-needs-to-be-done-for-smoother-integration" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_BlogViewUpcomingShow_hlShowName"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_BlogViewUpcomingShow_ShowNameLabel"></span></a> </strong>Be there!ps: It is free! All you need is log on to the website, just click the link and you will know more!</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Brown&#8217;s government has been blundering about since his first day at the office. The Northern Rock crisis hit them long and hard and they have barely got past that. But with the latest &#8216;offering&#8217;, they have taken incompetence to levels barely scaled before. They have only gone and lost our child benefit records. All [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gordon Brown&#8217;s government has been blundering about since his first day at the office. The Northern Rock crisis hit them long and hard and they have barely got past that. But with the latest &#8216;offering&#8217;, they have taken incompetence to levels barely scaled before.</p>
<p>They have only gone and lost our <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/childbenefit/index.htm">child benefit</a> records. All of it. All 25 million of it. Gone. Child benefit records, that contain everything from the names, national insurance numbers, addresses, date of births, bank accounts. Know what the funniest bit about this whole thing is? The Chancellor Alistair Darling stressing &#8220;there was no evidence of misuse of the data.&#8221;</p>
<p>Really? That&#8217;s okay then &#8211; I can heave a big sigh of relief and go back to surfing the Web.</p>
<p><strong>What really happened? </strong></p>
<p>Apparently, on October 18, HMRC (Her Majesty&#8217;s Revenue and Customs service) sent the child benefits data to the National Audit Office, in two CDs, by <em>unrecorded and unregistered post</em>! The CDs, containing the details of 25 million individuals, failed to turn up at the NAO and when NAO complained, a second set was sent to them.</p>
<p>What a bunch of imbeciles! Who are these idiots who run the government? They send vital information, in CDs, by unregistered post and when that fails to turn up, instead of kicking shit, calmly send another copy over! And now, they expect everyone to be relaxed because they assure us that &#8220;there is no evidence the data has gone to criminals&#8221;. Well, we won&#8217;t know that, will we, until huge sums of cash go missing from our accounts?</p>
<p>The blame game has started already &#8211; the Chancelleor blamed junior officials at HMRC for the fiasco; HMRC Chairman Paul Gray has resigned already. The Tories are baying for the Chancellor&#8217;s blood, asking him to resign too.</p>
<p><strong>How serious is this?</strong></p>
<p>Very. The general public is really worried as to what is going to happen. The data in the lost discs contain real juicy details and any crook would give an arm and a leg to get his grubby mitts on them. Even though the discs are supposed to be &#8216;password protected&#8217; and the data is in an &#8216;encrypted form&#8217;, how much time would it take for a determined fraudster to break it?</p>
<p>Banks are trying their best to assure the public that the information contained on the discs are not enough for anyone to access their bank accounts. But there are other ways of perpetrating fraud. Identity theft is a big deal now and for those in the game, this is manna from heaven, Using someone&#8217;s name, address and date of birth, a crook can take out credit cards, loans, mobile phones etc, for starters. David Hill, senior security consultant at red24 says to <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2910655.ece">the Times</a>, &#8220;having a national insurance number is as good as having a passport.&#8221;</p>
<p>Worryingly, our children&#8217;s data is in there too &#8211; including their dates of birth. What is there to prevent sickos from targetting the children?</p>
<p>While Darling has glibly said people ought to check their bank accounts for &#8220;irregular activity&#8221;, what protection does Joe Public have against the identity theft? From identity theft, organized crime is just a step away. Immigration, driving licences, id cards, NI numbers &#8211; anything and everything could come under attack.</p>
<p><strong>So what can one do? </strong></p>
<p>There are organizations like <a href="http://www.cifas.org.uk/">CIFAS</a> that can help one fight identity fraud. CIFAS is the UK&#8217;s Fraud Prevention Service and will be able to advise on protection of identity and what to do in case of identity theft. Email them at protective.registrationuk@equifax.com. You can also register with a credit reference agency like <a href="http://www.callcredit.co.uk/consumer/hot-topics/identity-theft">MyCallCredit</a>, who will, for a fee, monitor your credit and would alert you periodically. Any changes or irregular activity, you would be contacted immediately by the agency and you can react proactively.</p>
<p>The UK Payments Association has released <a href="http://www.apacs.org.uk/AdviceonIDtheftforchildbenefitrecipients.html">a leaflet</a> for those concerned about the HMRC data theft. The leaflet, according to the APACS website, contains &#8220;questions and answers, as well as top tips on spotting and stopping ID theft&#8221;.</p>
<p>A special hotline has also been set up and the number for that is <strong>0845 302 1444</strong>.</p>
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		<title>Immigration &amp; Britain: What Needs To Be Done To Ensure Smoother Integration?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Immigration has reared its head again in the UK and the past few days have seen a flurry of news articles on the impact immigrants are going to have on everything from population to house prices to job oppurtunities. While some flee to Britian, escaping from the hell their own country has become, others come [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Immigration has reared its head again in the UK and the past few days have seen a flurry of news articles on the impact immigrants are going to have on everything from population to house prices to job oppurtunities. While some flee to Britian, escaping from the hell their own country has become, others come here in search of better jobs. Latest population figures stating that by 2031, the country would boast 71 million people, is prompting people to ask the question: how can the UK cope?</p>
<p>With the widening of the EU umbrella, the influx of immigrants into Britain has multiplied manifold. While the government stresses that immigration has “enabled the country&#8217;s economic success”, many are not convinced. A recent Channel 4 Despatches documentary showed the economic fears some have about cheaper manual labour from overseas. [<a href="http://www.yoosk.co.uk/theme-detail/54.aspx">Read More...</a>]</p>
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