Thursday, March 12, 2015

  The following article describes the basic difference between arranged marriage and forced marriage. In arranged marriages,the parents take the values of their son/daughter into consideration and search for the best match. where as in forced marriages the parents think that their choice is the best for their son/daughter. However in this generation parents do not force their children to marry the person of their choice.

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring07/zuffoletti/traditional.html

Wish you everything goes well

Climate Change Town Hall Meeting

My neighbourhood listserv (like an email newsletter) sent this notice to me, and I thought you folks might be interested in both the issue (Climate Change) and in attending the town hall meeting to discuss a paper on climate change. The Guelph meeting is March 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Arboretum at the U of G. Lisa

http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a00729fa5b336ee2e0f96f6c4&id=ebee8e1380&e=601fcbc087

speaking about what you should do for finding a job



This video is what I am talking about what we should do for finding a job. If you are interested, please click on it. (There is one thing I missed during making this video is that volunteering is a good way for you to get work experiences in Canada) 





The longer I live in Guelph, the more I love Guelph

Canada is a wonderful country. The government is thoughtful and helpful to the newcomers. The people are nice. Everyone I met is friendly and patient. I am glad I’m living here. Life has become slow and quiet since I came here. I engaged in structure design in Shanghai for 29 years before I came to Canada. Many municipal engineering projects were designed by our company. Although we are always busy in working and don’t have enough time to enjoy life, but we are proud of ourselves be able to make the city beautiful and the traffic convenient. We are happy to have such a good chance to make contributions to our city. (This is a video about my hometown. May be one day you would like to visit Shanghai. It could be a good guide. INSIDE Shanghai| August 2014
Now, I’m a housewife. I have learnt a lot about cooking. I study English every day. I am very grateful to the ESL school teachers and classmates for their help. The longer I live in Guelph, the more I love Guelph. But I still feel a little lost. I need to do something to make myself useful. I don’t like only as a housewife to spend every day. I have asked some friends about how to join the volunteer team. I’ll follow them to be a volunteer. Guelph will be my second hometown. I think my life here will be better and better.-by pinyu

Hi everybody again,

After I had searched about thal or sickle cell and listened to the brave child, Alex, I understood and believe that the prevention of thal better than treatment.  So, I searched about population control of thal in the different countries.  I think they put their restrictions and programs that depends on their cultures.

Population control of Thal:

In a number of Muslim countries including Lebanon, Iran, Saudia Arabia, Tunisia,United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Gaza, the national premarital programs are mandatory and aimed at limiting carrier marriage.  In most of these countries, nowadays, interruption of the pregnancy is permitted for sever fetal disorder but only within the fourth month of gestation.

In China, prenatal screening was compulsory to obtain marriage permission by the marriage law office.

In Cyprus, however, the Orthodox Church requires a certificate proving that screening for beta thal has been performed before marriage.  But allows the final decision on marriage and reproduction option to be left to the couple, but this certificate became unnecessary for civil weddings.

In the developed countries like Canada, the carrier screening is available upon request.  In Canada a couple can live together without marriage like common law and have their children not only biological pregnancy but also children adoption.

On the other hand,  how we can prevent thal or sickle cell, as the public:.

Sharing the information with others.  Show it to our families, friends, neighbors, coworkers or anyone who has origins from areas where thal is common.  Be sure to ask your Dr to test you for thal minor, I mean the person who is carrier the defect gene and without symptoms.  Increased awareness is the key, please do your part by spreading the word.