The Janplex Post

Memory and forgetfulness may be good for us in a number of ways.  However, many people may find it hard to accept this fact.  This is because our ability to remember information is one of the features that make us complete humans.  We will get loss each time we go out, for example, if we cannot remember our route. We cannot make permanent friends if we cannot remember meeting or talking to the friends before.  Even we cannot do mundane things at home such as cooking, eating, washing, and bathing if we cannot remember information about these activities. People suffering from memory problems such as Dementia or Alzheimer require around the clock care. They cannot do anything themselves.   They depend on other people for almost everything including cooking, washing, and other personal care. This is why many of us tend to engage in different kinds of behavior to keep our memory intact.  Some of us, for example, exercise regularly as this is linked to good memory.  Some especiall

Across the world, from developed countries to undeveloped nations, the number of female politicians compared to that of male politicians is very small.  Observers tend to attribute this development to well entrenched patriarchal society.  The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, however, is attempting to change this trend in British politics, at least in his own Conservative party, by introducing a system called “ all women shortlist candidates ” within his party. The process involving all women shortlist candidates is very simple.  All male contestants within the affected constituencies will be excluded from contesting for elections regardless of their talents or skills.  Female candidates shall be selected from a pool of female aspirants.  This is irrespective of whether some of these females to be nominated are poorly suited for the job. The rationale for all women shortlist candidates is to balance the proportion of female politicians with that of male politicians. 

As Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup has shown, the FIFA World Cup is a tournament like no other in the world of sports. Every four years it is held, billions of people around the world ranging from Asia to America to Europe to Africa tend to spend considerable amount of time watching this beautiful sport. These include young and old, men and women, employed and unemployed people. Some of these people watch the sport at the stadium, some watch it on television, and others listen to the sport on radio.  Clergy men are not excluded from this show. They too enjoy watching the FIFA World Cup tournaments. I have no problems with clergy men who may like to watch the FIFA world cup. After all, they are humans like you and I. However, I began to question this my liberal view after my daughter told me how their church clergy tried to hijack the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup. According to my daughter, the Pastor asked them to pray for the success of one of the teams participating at Brazil