Xenophobia in South Africa
Xenophobia is defined as "an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange".
While unnecessary violence, and as such Xenophobic violence, should never be tolerated or be acceptable, is Xenophobia without the violence in South Africa really justified.
Why would South Africans hate foreigners?
When we take a street look at South Africa and just how much it has changed since the ANC came to power, we start to get a real look into the cause of the Xenophobia that exists.
South Africa has suddenly become the home to millions upon millions of migrants from the rest of Africa as well as places like China, who are seeking a new and prosperous life. The seemingly prosperous South Africa with it's wide open arms has welcomed these people into the land and these very people are draining the already strained job market causing wide spread unemployment to the locals.
Looking at industries such as the construction industry, it is alarming to see just how many non South Africans are employed. The immigrants, many illegal, are often seen by unscrupulous employers to be harder and cheaper workers and as such are employed in huge numbers while our locals are jobless.
In the retail sector you need only take a look at the local store owners in order to see just how bad the situation really is. Small towns which previously had maybe 10 to 20 small stores run by locals now find that as many as 80% of these small stores are now occupied by foreign owners.
Worsening the situation is the fact that these foreign small businesses seldom employ any local workers and if they do it is usually under the worst working conditions possible.
Primarily these stores and small businesses are used as a means for their friends and family from foreign countries to gain entry into S.A. Business owners are allowed to bring fellow country men out to the country on valid working permits as long as there is no one suitable to fill the vacancy from S.A.
Jobs are advertised in the local papers with a strict requirement that the applicant must be able to fluently speak the owners language such as Chinese. Naturally there are few South Africans that are fluent in Chinese and so within a month or two we have a new "legal" work permit issued and more foreigners coming into the country.
Small retail in S.A is foreign owned
Small retail is the backbone of a thriving economy. These small retail stores, especially the Spaza stores in the townships, often are the sole means of support for some families. When these stores are taken over by foreign owners with minimal overheads then the sole income of many locals is negatively affected and again we have a rise in unemployment.
It is no wonder that much of the Xenophobic violence experienced in South Africa is vented out upon the small spaza shops in the townships. The locals in the townships realise that these foreign owned spaza shops are draining the life from their own people.
Conclusion
If South Africa wishes to eradicate Xenophobia and wishes to return to being a thriving economy then the ANC has to take a serious look at the policies that allow millions of foreigners to flood across our borders each year.
While foreigners are replacing our local work force and draining our economy instead of being used to merely supplement weak areas there will always be fuel for increased Xenophobia and xenophobic attacks.
How to get rid of love handles
How to Get Rid of Love handles
Love Handles
How do you get rid of love handles. The deposits of fat that build up on the hips are lovingly referred to as love handles, only they are not nearly as cute and beautiful as the name implies.
Love Handles are usually one of the first signs of weight gain and are easily noticed when you try on a pair of tighter jeans and suddenly there are these huge bulges sticking out over your jeans on the sides.
When left unchecked, love handles seem to spread and soon belly fat, fat on thighs and underarm fat start to develop as well. Left totally unchecked, love handles are a precursor to impending overweight problems and even obesity.
Why It Is So Difficult To Get Rid of Love Handles.
Once you have started to get love handles, it seems as if no matter what you do, how much exercise you do, or how little you eat, they just do not want to go away.
Fat loss can not be targeted to a specific area of your body. Your body basically decides where it will put on weight and where it will lose weight when the time comes, and generally, the love handles are the first to come and the last to leave. It is almost as if it is the first in last out principle that is applied by the body.
In order to be able to lose those love handles you need to create a deficit of calories in your body. This is achieved by ensuring that you burn more calories than you consume in order to force the body into drawing it's energy requirements from the stored energy (fat).
Creating a calorie deficit is achieved by using a little leverage of the formula - Calories burnt less calories consumed = weight lost. Increase your physical exercise and reduce your eating, however this is not always easy and is often not the best way to do things.
Dieting to lose weight and reduce calorie intake can have a overall negative effect on your weight loss. While you are initially dieting, you will lose weight due to the decrease in calorie intake. However, your body adjusts to the lower consumption of food and automatically starts to slow your metabolism down. When you resume normal eating again, your body is now running on a slower metabolism and so you start to gain weight at a far faster rate than you ever did before.
The amount of exercise needed to be able to really get rid of those love handles amounts to daily or twice daily full high energy aerobic workouts, and most of us simply do not have the energy or time to be able to do 1 to 2 hours full aerobic workouts.
Love Handle Targeted Exercises.
Some exercises that are targeted at toning the "Obliques", which are the underlying muscle upon which the love handles deposit themselves, are :-
1) Twist Crunches : Lie on your back with your hands behind your head. First try touch right knee with left elbow by raising your head and bringing your knee up till elbow and knee touch. Alternate between left knee to right elbow and right knee to left elbow.
2) Standing Trunk Twists : Stand with your feet approximately one foot apart. Twist the upper part of your body side to side while keeping your lower half as stationary as possible. Punching with the left arm towards the right side and vice verso will improve the effectiveness of the twist.
3) Leg Flutters : Lie on your stomach. Lift both legs and then perform a kicking motion almost as if you were swimming. Do this for 20 seconds, then rest 20 seconds and repeat.
The above exercises will assist with toning the oblique muscles but are not sufficient on their own to cause you to get rid of your love handles.
Isabella lost her love handles
Easiest way to get rid of Love Handles.
As I have mentioned above, in order to fully get rid of love handles you need to leverage the weight loss formula so that you burn off more calories and reduce your calorie intake at the same time so that you have a calorie deficit in your body.
The best and easiest way to fully leverage this formula is to simply increase your metabolism while also eating less. Now this may seem to be a contradiction to what i previously stated about a diet causing your metabolism to slow down, but when you have a little help from Phen375, this is no longer the case.
Phen375 actively increases your metabolism so that no matter what you do, you use more energy to do it. Your metabolic rate is increased to full speed so that your body is converting all the calories to energy and not storing any as fat. On top of this, Phen375 has some amazing appetite suppressing qualities which cause you to eat less food and so your calorie intake is lowered.
When you use Phen375 to increase your metabolism, you will find that you suddenly have an amazing amount of energy available, and while you may still not choose to join those aerobic classes, you will find that due to the extra energy you will be doing a lot more of the things that you really enjoy to do but did not have the energy for. Whatever way that you choose to use the energy, you can rest assured that you are well on your way to losing weight and pretty soon there will no longer be a trace of love handles on your hips.
Phen375 will make you feel absolutely great all the time. With so much extra energy and with losing between 2 and 5 pounds of fat per week, it is almost impossible to feel good about yourself.
Vaginal Dryness
Vaginal dryness will affect every woman at some stage of her life. The condition produces the famous itchy vagina and can also result in a disruption in the bedroom due to discomfort or even pain.
The main cause of vaginal dryness is a drop in estrogen levels but other factors such as douching, feminine sprays, soaps etc can also be a contributing factor.
A drop in estrogen levels can be attributed to many factors such as pregnancy, perimenopause, menopause, medications and even excessive weight loss. Estrogen is the hormone that is responsible for supplying adequate lubrication to the vaginal area and for keeping the vaginal walls strong.
With a drop in estrogen and the vaginal dryness that follows women may find that their libido may decline. Furthermore, the vagina may seem to stretch easily and lose it's shape as a result of the loss of elasticity.
Intivar for vaginal dryness
Intivar is a great new cream that provides the ideal feminine solution. Intivar is a non sticky cream that is applied twice daily and when required for extra lubrication.
The cream not only provides instant lasting lubrication, but immediately begins to rejuvenate the vaginal area as well. Within minutes of your first application you will start to notice a return of elasticity in the area where the cream is applied.
Continued use results in an permanent improvement in the elasticity, thicker walls, and a more youthful appearance.
Intivar also has special anti bacterial and anti inflammatory properties so you will experience a tremendous decline in vaginal infections.
Discover more about Intivar to treat vaginal dryness.
Increase male libido with Pomegranate
Pomegranate Increases Male Libido
Pomegranate to boost male libido
Pomegranate is being hailed as the new natural Viagra after a study was conducted and reported in UK’s best selling newspaper, the Daily Sun. The study revealed that men who drank a glass of Pomegranate juice once a day experienced an increase in libido and ease of erections.
Pomegranate 70% Ellagic, which is potentially 500 times more concentrated than pomegranate juice, is now being utilised by a manufacturer in a male enhancement pill in order to boost libido by as much as 200%.
Sales of the new natural Viagra type pill have been sky high and the manufacturer is delighted to report that an increasing amount of men are now utilising not only this product, but a number of other products that they have managed to put together as free bonuses in one massive Male Enhancement drive in order to improve the male libido and general sexual well being of men.
The package consists of the libido pill, free membership and DVD of a top selling penis exercise program so that the customer can also utilise the extra libido and penile blood flow to his best advantage in increasing the size of his penis and to improve penis health. Further to this there are also semen enhancing supplements to increase semen volume and orgasm quality by as much as 500%.
Of course where would all the extra libido and penis size go if the person does not have the necessary skills to utilise them. Well Male Extra thought about that as well and procured free membership to one of the top sexual education sites to help to educate the man to becoming a top performer.
All this innovation has been a result of a fruit that most people only would ever use as a decoration. Pomegranate has never really been a popular eating fruit and so it has mainly been utilised in the past as purely a decoration mostly at Christmas time. Well it looks as if things are really going to be changing and pomegranate could soon be as highly sought after as some of the traditional enhancement herbs such as Palma Muira and Tongkat Ali, which are Aphrodisiacs of fame.
Talking about Tongkat Ali and Palma Muira, the manufacturer of Male Extra spared no cost and has included a mixture of 11 ingredients, including Tongkat Ali and Palma Muira, into the libido enhancing pill with the sole intention of it becoming the best selling male enhancement product ever to be launched.
One thing is for sure, they certainly have produced the goods and the bonuses to qualify and initial sales are indicating that this could well be the product of the year for 2010.
More about Male extra and the powers of Pomegranate as a libido booster can be found in the full Male Extra product review.
Hoodia Scam
Hoodia Scam origins
Hoodia Cactus
Hoodia is often a scam product and many an unwary consumer has reported that hoodia just does not work and does nothing for them. Unfortunately, hoodia is not a scam but is indeed a fantastic appetite suppressant that has become the focus of attention in the dieting world.
Many scam products have been developed that are supposedly hoodia, but which in fact contain little or no active hoodia and hence these hoodia scam products will do nothing for you and will not suppress your appetite due to the lack of pure hoodia in the product. A certain website that claims to be a watchdog, has reported that up to 75% of the products tested did not contain sufficient hoodia, Some did not even contain any hoodia at all.
The main reason that hoodia is subject to so many scams is that hoodia is by nature a rare product. It is difficult for manufacturers to obtain sufficient quantities for them to be able to satisfy the demand that there is for the product. This has resulted in many manufacturers using insufficient quantities of hoodia in their hoodia diet pills, for it to actually do anything for you. Other manufacturers also started to water down the hoodia contents by adding fillers such as saw dust.
Hoodia comes from the Hoodia Gordonii plant which is a very slow growing succulent plant that looks like a cactus. Hoodia Gordonii is only found in the Kalahari desert of Southern Africa, which includes the countries of South Africa, Namibia,Botswana and Angola. There have been some attempts to grow the plant in Mexico and China, but the best hoodia is from Southern Africa.
In the early stages, hoodia was obtained from the wild hoodia found growing naturally. This caused problems and soon legislation was imposed to protect this plant from extinction. Some hoodia farms were formed and rights given to them to cultivate hoodia gordonii. Hoodia Gordonii can not be exported from South Africa unless it has a valid Cites certificate to prove it's origins and legality.
Hoodia has been used by the Sans tribe of bushmen for years as an appetite suppressant when they went hunting and went on treks. They would eat a little of the fleshy inside of the stem, and that would stop them from getting hungry or thirsty.
The world found out the secret of the bushmen and went crazy on the new natural appetite suppressant. Soon demand outstripped supply and the door was opened for scams. There was insufficient supply of proper hoodia, and so some unscrupulous manufacturers started to supplement the hoodia content in their capsules with other ingredients in order that they did not lose out on their share of the 49 Billion dollar diet industry. There was insufficient hoodia then contained in the capsules and therefore the capsules could not work as an appetite suppressant. Many dieters have bought these pills and have been totally disappointed and calling hoodia a scam product. Hoodia is not a scam product but has been the target of scam artists.
Avoid being scammed when you buy hoodia
How do you avoid being scammed when you buy hoodia ? There are many things that you should be aware of when buying hoodia.
In order for hoodia to be effective as an appetite suppressant, you need to absorb at least 400mg three times a day. If the diet pill does not have 400mg of pure hoodia available to you per serving, then it will probably not be of much use to you in reducing your appetite. Ideally when viewing the ingredients listed, it should list only pure hoodia and the gelatin capsule. Any other ingredients indicate that the product could have been watered down.
The supplier of the hoodia should be able to furnish you with a copy of the CITES certificate obtained when importing the product from South africa. This certificate lists the country of origin and should show South Africa as being the origin. If it does not show South Africa as the origin, then do not trust the quality. If the product has been manufactured in China, I would run a mile away from it.
The supplier should be a reputable supplier that has an adequate refund guarantee. If there is no provision for the return of the product, do not buy it.
The supplier should also preferably have additional independent laboratory reports on the contents of the capsule. Ideally, once again this should show only hoodia and nothing else.
Hoodia is an expensive product due to it being scarce and slow growing. If the hoodia that you are offered is cheap, then it is probably of no use. Hoodia usually ranges from $30 to $60 per bottle.
Hoodia is best digested and being an appetite suppressant, I fail to see how creams and some of the other hoodia products can allow your body to absorb at least 400mg 3 times a day as is required.
If you observe the above recommendations, then you will have little or no chance of buying a scam hoodia product.
Hoodia is not for all.
Hoodia is the best natural appetite suppressant and not a miracle worker. Not everyone and their dog should use hoodia to lose weight. Hoodia tricks the mind into thinking that the stomach is full even when the stomach is not full.
For more information as to which category of diet supplement you should use for best results please see Fat Weight Loss
Those who should use hoodia are those who are often tempted to snack between meals and those who wish to reduce the general quantity of food consumed in order to reduce calorie intake. It is very handy for those who are on diets and who still get hungry because they do not eat enough in their diet. Hoodia helps to overcome those hunger pangs whilst at the same time increasing your energy levels and lifting your moods.
People who lead a hectic lifestyle, and who are constantly having to eat at restuarants and takeouts, would be better off using a product like Proactal, which is a fat binder. A fat binder binds the fat content of the food consumed, prior to it being absorbed into the body, resulting in up to 28% less fat being absorbed in the body.
People who are emotional eaters should not try to use hoodia. It will not help you. An emotional eater eats regardless of whether they are hungry or not. The fact that you are not hungry does not stop you from eating something when you are upset. It is far better that you rather use a program that will treat your emotional eating and I recommend that you look at Dr Frank's weight loss program, which will sort out your emotional eating.
People with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. You are already dealing with your weight in an unnatural way and do not need extra help from hoodia. I would suggest that you have a look at the program by Dr Frank above under the emotional eating .
My Favourite Hoodia Product.
I personally choose UniqueHoodia above all the other hoodia products. Uniquehoodia is the purest hoodia with the highest constant level of the active ingredient p57, found in the hoodia plant. UniqueHoodia comes in a 460mg capsule that gives you 460 mg of pure hoodia three times a day.
Uniquehoodia has an amazing 92% re order level from the customers who have previously ordered UniqueHoodia. Now if that were a scam hoodia product, no-one would re order.
UniqueHoodia is comparatively cheap compared to other hoodia brands, when you look at your average daily cost per treatment. UniqueHoodia runs at a daily cost of approximately $1-08 on their best order deals. Some other hoodia products may run up to as much as $3-20 per day, because they insist on higher dosages than necessary. Do not look at the bottle price, but rather at the daily cost of treatment according to the suppliers recommended dosage.
UniqueHoodia is the product I rate as the Best Hoodia.
Phen375 vs Phentemine
Phentemine 375 (Phen375) and Phentermine
Phentermine
Phentermine is a world renowned diet pill that dominated the weight loss market in the era of 2002 to 2006 and is probably famous as being the most prescribed weight loss pill. However Phentermine is only available through a prescription from a doctor due to the serious side effects that may be attached to the use of Phentermine. Some of the side effects are potentially fatal and hence the strict control on the medication.
Phentermine is basically a chemical fat burner and appetite suppressant. The main ingredient of Phentermine is a substance called dimethylphenylethylamine. Rdk Pharmaceuticals began to study chemicals that were related to dimethylphenylethylamine and subsequently found an equally potent chemical called 1-3 dimethylpentylamine which did not have the side effects that are associated with Phentermine.
In February 2009 Rdk Pharmaceuticals launched the most powerful legal fat burner that is available without prescription - Phen375 is also called Phentemine 375.
Phen375 is busy taking the dieting world by storm due to it's ability to increase metabolism and reduce appetite to assist you to rapidly reach your ideal weight loss goals.
Phen375 for You.
Phen375 the strongest fat burner
Phen375 is the strongest fat burner and appetite suppressant legally available and will serve to speed up your metabolism and allow you to lose weight rapidly.
Some of the typical results that you may expect from the use of Phen375 for dieting :-
1. Incredibly fast weight loss and fat burning
2. Increased Energy Levels, strength and alertness.
3. A general well sense of being.
4. Reduced cholesterol levels
5. Reduced appetite due to appetite suppressant qualities
Find out more about Phen375, the strongest fat burner legally available, and how it will help you to achieve your weight loss goals.
Read the full Phen375 reviews
Phen375 Review
My Phen375 experience
I have been suffering from a bit too much belly fat of late but at the same time I am really not a diet person.
I enjoy my current lifestyle and even though I really want to get rid of the extra belly fat that I have acquired from too much coffee with sugar, unhealthy food and too little exercise, I don't want to go on a diet or increase my exercise.
My problem with belly fat is compounded by genetic factors that have been passed down from generation to generation - the tendency to gain weight fast in the belly area. This is a problem that my entire family battles with.
I have studied most weight loss techniques and systems in depth. One thing that has always left me wondering about most of the weight loss products available is the fine print that you always discover somewhere on the label "Only effective when used in conjunction with a calorie restrictive diet and exercise program".
The above phrase has always had me wondering if these weight loss product will actually help you to lose weight or if it is the calorie restrictive diet and exercise program that really does the trick.
I decided to devise a test to see if they really do work.
My 14 day Phen375 Challenge
I decided to give Phen375 fat burner tablets a test. I chose Phen375 due to the fact that they are heralded as the strongest fat burner on the market and due to the fact that they are available without a prescription.
My challenge - I was going to use the tablets for a period of 14 days. I would not willingly change anything in my current lifestyle - no diet and no extra exercise. I wanted to see if the tablets by themselves would produce any weight loss results.
Before 87Kg
My experiences with Phen375
The very first day that I took Phen375 I found that I was a little light headed. I think that this was due to a slight clash between the stimulant in Phen375 and the high quantity of coffee that I drink. Perhaps there was a little stimulant overload in my body.
I did feel an almost instant uplift in my energy levels which continued for the entire duration of my 14 day challenge. I did not have a problem with sleeping. In fact I probably slept better during the 14 days than I have in a long time.
I noticed my appetite drop on the second day and by the third day I found that I was eating less food in an entire day than I would normally eat in just 1 meal. I found that I was simply not hungry and when I did eat I would get full very fast.
Apart from the light head on the first day, I experienced no other side effects whatsoever.
My weight loss results
John after 14 days - 83kg
As I said above, I set out to use the fat burner tablets without any form of diet or extra exercise.
The second week of my trial was quite fascinating in that due to a number of power outages I was forced into the situation where I ate far more take out foods than normal. In fact out of 7 main meals, 5 were takeouts and the other 2 were pasta based dishes.
When I eventually got on the scale again after the 14 days I was totally amazed.
I had dropped 4 kg (8.8 pounds). No exercise and no diet.
I can imagine that if I had used the Phen375 in conjunction with a calorie restrictive diet and with a sensible exercise program my weight loss results would have been far more drastic.
I can really say that Phen375 is a fantastic product that really helps you to lose weight fast.
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