>>Nestle's CEO states that "Africa does not need bread and water, but Butterfinger and Nescafe".
It's funny you should say that. I'm an IT Volunteer with Peace Corps. in Benin (West Africa) and while Butterfingers are anything but plentiful, even the poorest of families have Nescafe. Nescafe is so prodigious in fact, it's practically the only type of coffee available (and other knock off brands). Ordering a coffee always gets you Nescafe. http://lostinbenin.com [/blatant self promotion]
No doubt this will get read by only one or two, since I entered into the discussion so late in the game.
Perhaps someone has even already suggested it... but why don't we simply fly naked? If security issues are so terrible that we have to be implement these outlandish meausres, why not simply make it impossible to carry anything on your person.
I envision a simple scenario. You check into the airport, where you are shown to a private changing area. You are issued a nice terry cloth robe and a pair of slippers and told to change into it. The clothes brought with you are held in special bags for re-issue once you arrive at your destination. After you change, you collect your carry on and continue throught the metal detector as usual. The difference now would be walking through would be a cinch. You've already taken off all metal objects, so the scanners could be set to a rather high sensitivity. The lines through the scanner would be quick, no more idiots having to walk through ten times removing one ring each time, no more removing of shoes to be put through the x-ray machine. Aside from all that, you'd feel like you were taking a nice trip to the spa in your sexy robe (no doubt emblazoned with corporate logos).
Last I read the Bible it was a bit scant on information about quasars... but that isn't my point. I don't think they're turning to John Chapter III for guidance on where to point their telescopes. What you're saying is simply ridiculous. Why does faith exclude someone from a field that is largely based on hunches and guesswork?
That's simply ridiculous to say. I'm not W lover, but c'mon. The Catholic church is doing some spectacular astronomy research; and last I checked they read the Bible for guidance in decisions. Religion and science don't have to be at odds.
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I'm a Peace Corps Volunteer in Benin (your next door neighbor!) with the same hassles of funding. Hope some good ideas come out of this!
>>Nestle's CEO states that "Africa does not need bread and water, but Butterfinger and Nescafe". It's funny you should say that. I'm an IT Volunteer with Peace Corps. in Benin (West Africa) and while Butterfingers are anything but plentiful, even the poorest of families have Nescafe. Nescafe is so prodigious in fact, it's practically the only type of coffee available (and other knock off brands). Ordering a coffee always gets you Nescafe.
http://lostinbenin.com
[/blatant self promotion]
No doubt this will get read by only one or two, since I entered into the discussion so late in the game.
Perhaps someone has even already suggested it... but why don't we simply fly naked? If security issues are so terrible that we have to be implement these outlandish meausres, why not simply make it impossible to carry anything on your person.
I envision a simple scenario. You check into the airport, where you are shown to a private changing area. You are issued a nice terry cloth robe and a pair of slippers and told to change into it. The clothes brought with you are held in special bags for re-issue once you arrive at your destination. After you change, you collect your carry on and continue throught the metal detector as usual. The difference now would be walking through would be a cinch. You've already taken off all metal objects, so the scanners could be set to a rather high sensitivity. The lines through the scanner would be quick, no more idiots having to walk through ten times removing one ring each time, no more removing of shoes to be put through the x-ray machine. Aside from all that, you'd feel like you were taking a nice trip to the spa in your sexy robe (no doubt emblazoned with corporate logos).
Last I read the Bible it was a bit scant on information about quasars... but that isn't my point. I don't think they're turning to John Chapter III for guidance on where to point their telescopes. What you're saying is simply ridiculous. Why does faith exclude someone from a field that is largely based on hunches and guesswork?
That's simply ridiculous to say. I'm not W lover, but c'mon. The Catholic church is doing some spectacular astronomy research; and last I checked they read the Bible for guidance in decisions. Religion and science don't have to be at odds.