Lindsay Lohan On Child Trafficking?

I'm not going to beat around the bush; I am a fan of Lindsay Lohan; have her movies, feel sorry for her that she has become such a train wreck. But this documentary takes the biscuit just a little. The girl looks like she has somehow woken up in India with no idea how she got there. The 0:56 mark is a look of fear, and Lindsay's advice on the subject of child trafficking?
It's not the parents who are in the wrong, it's not the children who are in the wrong, it's the traffickers who are in the wrong.
Genius.
Though it's nice to see Lindsay with worthwhile work again, and hopefully she will shed some light on the awful situation in India; maybe they could have clued her in just a little?

Let It Snow

As temperatures reach -18c in parts of England this weekend, it can only be expected that certain groups of people begin the usual outcry of Global Warming. Papers have started documenting the chill with language such as "locked in" and "grim warning". As if this is it. Armageddon has come in the form of a soft blanket of snow.
People cleverly seem to forget that a hundred or so years ago, the Thames River itself used to freeze over during winter months; so much so that Londoners would then hold their daily markets on it. Children would ice skate and no doubt inspire those cheesy little Christmas cards we see today.
If this kind of extreme weather condition were to happen today there would be panic. Of course it would be our fault it had happened. We would be to blame for the sparkling scenery and the smiling snowmen on every corner. Our pollution has caused rain itself to freeze in the clouds! Damn, if only we had turned off our televisions instead of putting them on standby.

Hungry Tiger.

Stress is supposedly one of the worst ways we as human beings can deal with a situation. To get angry, tense, start cursing things that to all intents and purposes can't hear you; (Like the heavy snow when you're wanting to be flying out of the country!!!). We've heard the warnings time and time again, that stress can cause premature wrinkles, grey hair and even premature death.
But can we really control an emotion that has been with us since we first invented the wheel?
Fright flight or fight. A tongue twister that incorporates what those little neurons in our brain buzz to us when we are faced with an unpleasant situation.
We either stick our heads in the sand so to speak and ignore what's happened; for a caveman this would be the equivalent of curling up in a ball if suddenly faced with a tiger. Secondly we have the choice of flight. A reaction which entails turning your back on a situation and leaving it as best you can; running as far away as you can from that tiger and pray it doesn't catch up. Lastly, there is fight. The response we all like to imagine we'd do. Face the predator down with our spear and fight to the death-a risky move nonetheless but a bold one with at least a small chance of success.

The fright flight or fight situation is caused by a rush of adrenaline. This adrenaline either gives you the ability to run slightly faster than usual, freeze on the spot, or fight a little harder than you normally could. In todays terms, this adrenaline is coursing through our veins a lot more than it should due to most peoples tendency to stress out at any available opportunity. Since the adrenaline is not being put to effective good use, it remains seething below the surface. If you think in terms of a students build up to exams, this adrenaline would remain pumping through the body for months at a time. What was once designed to be a help to us, is now a hindrance.
So should we relax and let things take it's course? Stop stressing over situations that are not hungry tigers? I don't think so. If my possibly cancelled flight is my ravenous tiger, than so be it. I just hope I don't run out of adrenaline if the tiger situation were ever to arise.

Ill of Wight hit by stomach bug

The NHS on the Isle of Wight have recently been hit by an outbreak of gastric flu, which has affected St Mary's hospital.

The infection, which is a leading cause of death in children under five, has been carried into the hospital via the outside community.

Non-urgent surgery is being postponed and hospital staff are currently contacting by phone those who will be affected, whilst urging those who have had diarrhoea or vomiting in the past 48 hours not to visit.

Visiting hours have been reduced to between 2-3pm and 7-8pm and are only for those in essential need, although outpatient appointments are continuing as normal.

Sholing's Serial Flasher.

Hampshire police have recently been alerted to a man seen committing indecent acts to passers by in Sholing, between the dates of August and November.

The man, believed to be white in his late teens, of slim build and with brown hair, was seen by 3 women and a 14 year old boy between the times of 3.20pm to 5.55pm committing the act.

At one point the man continued to stare at a woman who came close to the bench he was sat on as she came near to retrieve her dog.

The times recorded for these sightings raise the question why the areas were not better policed at times in the afternoon when children and families would undoubtedly be in the park.

The Hampshire Constabulary have responded to four cases in which each time the man has been seen committing the act, but there are believed to be many more suspicious cases of the same nature.

Those more recently effected by the case could have been prevented if police had begun to patrol the area directly after the first call.

The two reported areas the man has been frequently seen are Millers Pond and Sholing Valley.

Southampton police are currently appealing for anyone else with information on the case to come forward and contact PC Rachel Gallimore at the Public Protection Unit at Shirley Police Station on the number 101.