Air roll spin (My fave move)

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1. Interior

A young man lies on a floor. He is trying to sleep but keeps shivering and tossing from side to side.

The room is sparse; there is a bed, an old table, a dilapidated cupboard and a mirror.

An old clock on the wall shows that it is afternoon.

Finally, the young man gets up. With great difficulty, he puts on a ragged T-shirt and goes out.

2. Exterior

It is afternoon and some people are seen walking on Ameenee Magu.

The young man, who has dark circles below his eyes and is scrawny, fidgets in front of his home, darting his eyes here and there.

Two Bangladeshi expatriate laborers pass by him.

The young man picks up a street brick and hurls it at the two. The brick hits one of the Bangladeshi men’s head from the back, and he yelps and falls onto the pavement.

His companion cries out for help but passersby pass, indifferent to the cries of the injured man.

The young man comes over quickly, takes out a box cutter and threatens the two Bangladeshis.

He puts his hand into the back pocket of the fallen man and takes out a wallet and mobile phone.

He then runs away.

The Bangladeshi man’s companion keeps on crying out for help, in an unintelligible language, but passersby pass, now keeping a visibly safe distance from the two.

3. Exterior

Outside a café, a group of heroin addicts hang out.

The young man comes over to them, and hands over a Rf100 note to one of the young men hanging out there, who hands him over a packet containing a brownish powder.

The young man takes it and at a fast pace walks away.

4. Interior

The young man is in his room again.

He sits on the floor with a piece of cotton onto which he squeezes a lime and mixes the juice with the brownish substance that he pours out from the plastic packet he bought earlier. He then pours the juice into a syringe.

He takes a T-shirt, ties it tightly around his triceps.

He rolls up his sleeve and his arm looks like a long leaf with stark purple-colored nerves running up and down.

He identifies a main vein and injects the syringe.

He draws out some blood which gets mixed with the juice inside the syringe. He then re-injects the blood into his arm.

A sigh escapes his mouth and his face is visible with pleasure.

He starts to doze off and slowly, he falls face down onto the floor.

4. Interior

The clock in the room shows that it is sometime after sunset.

An old buruga-clad woman enters the room, and goes over to the young man.

She touches the young man’s shoulders and says:

Dharifulha…

The young man does not respond. She lifts his shoulders and the syringe falls onto the floor from his hands.

She gasps. Her face registers sadness, and she starts hyperventilating in a panic.

END.

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The truth and dangers about global warming

I attended the screening of the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth". Here's what Hilath wrote about it on Haveeru Daily Online at this link. Enjoy, Nippe Gore’s award-winning environmental documentary screened as part of US-Maldives Friendship Week celebrations By Hilath Rasheed MALE, November 5, 2007 (Haveeru News Service) -- Former Unites States’ Vice President and international environmental campaigner Al Gore’s Oscar-winning documentary was screened in Male last night as part of the celebrations of the US-Maldives Friendship Week. Held in collaboration with the civil society NGO, Open Society Association, “An Inconvenient Truth” was screened at the Government-run Nasandhura Palace Hotel in Male for invitees. Narrated by Gore himself, the film is both serious, comedic and tragic in tones, thanks in part to the great direction of David Guggenheim. “An Inconvenient Truth” also sets about correcting the misinformation projected by lobby groups with powerful economic interests and demonstrates the works of around a 1,000 scientists who predict environmental doom if carbon dioxide gas emissions are not curbed immediately. Hence, in a way it reminded me the rhetoric note of Michael Moore’s Cannes award-winning film “Fahrenheit 9/11” which sets about exposing Bush’s alleged close links with the bin Laden family and his shady relationship with the House of Saud in Saudi Arabia, one of the closest allies of the US, yet a country where human rights abuses, especially against women, are rampant. Though partisan at times, the film is also patriotic and Gore underscores the importance and the ability of the United States to save the environment from the projected dire circumstances and save not just low-lying island nations like Maldives from sea level rise --which results from global warming -- but which also can save the lives of around a 100 million people worldwide set to become environmental refugees if precautions are not taken now and the predictions of today comes to pass within the next 50 years. “The documentary was quite an eye-opener,” commented a teenaged Maldivian , Adam Nishaz, who attended the screening. “It is important that every Maldivian and everyone in the world see it and wake up to the very real threat of environmental catastrophes that await us if we don’t set about taking action now. In fact I am going to write more about the subject on my weblog,” he said in comments to Haveeru. The importance of the film and the fact that Gore recently won the Noble Peace Prize for his work in creating environmental awareness around the world seems to the viewer that should Gore again run for the Presidency next year, he might in fact win. At various forums Gore in fact has hinted at such an intention but stopped short of actually officially declaring his candidacy and has never replied to the question with a straight face. At the conclusion of the screening, there was a session for question and answers but no one in the audience raised a hand; the film definitely spoke for itself. WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING? 1. Carbon dioxide and other gases warm the surface of the planet naturally trapping solar heat in the atmosphere. This is a good thing because it keeps our planet habitable. However, by burning fossil fuels such as coal, gas, and oil, and clearing forests we have dramatically increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere and temperatures are rising. 2. The vast majority of scientists agree that global warming is real, it’s already happening, and that it is the result of our activities and not a natural occurrence. The evidence is overwhelming and undeniable. 3. We’re already seeing changes. Glaciers are melting, plans and animals are being forced from their habitats, and the number of severe storms and droughts is increasing. 4. The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has almost doubled in the last 30 years. 5. Malaria has spread to higher altitudes in places like the Colombian Andes, 7,000 feet above sea level. 6. The flow of ice from glaciers in Greenland has more than doubled over the past decade. 7. At least 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to global warming, moving closer to the poles. 8. If the warming continues, we can expect catastrophic consequences. Deaths from global warming will double in just 25 years -- to 300,000 people a year. 9. Global sea levels could rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica, devastating coastal areas worldwide. 10. Heat waves will be more frequent and more intense. 11. Droughts and wildfires will occur more often. 12. The Arctic Ocean could be ice free in summer by 2050. 13. More than a million species worldwide could be driven to extinction by 2050. WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP STOP GLOBAL WARMING? 1. Change a light: Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 150 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. 2. Drive less: Walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit more often. You’ll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don’t drive! 3. Recycle more: You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household waste. 4. Check your tires: Keeping your tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by more than 3 percent. Every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere! 5. Use less hot water: It takes a lot of energy to heat water. Use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pounds of CO2 saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year). 6. Avoid products with a lot of packaging: You can save 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide if you cut down your garbage by 10 percent. 7. Adjust your thermostat: Moving your thermostat just 2 degrees in winter and up 2 degrees in summer; you could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment. 8. Plant a tree: A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. 9. Turn off electronic devices: Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo and computer when you’re not using them will save you thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year. 10. Talk to your friends about global warming: Global warming is an important environmental matter that deserves to be talked about in social and professional settings alike.

Bodyboarding friends

This is a picture taken by Navi during last month's Gorilla Charge 2007 bodyboarding contest. My closest friends are my bodyboarding friends who appear in this picture.

My winning 3rd place in Gorilla Charge 2007 bodyboarding contest

In this photo taken by Navi, I am lifting the trophy which I got for winning the 3rd place in Gorilla Charge 2007 held last month in Male. It was organised by fellow bodyboarder Shiutte (who is wearing the blue T-shirt in the photo).

Gorilla Charge 2007 Judging Tent

Shiutte's design for the billboard of Gorilla Charge 2007 was very creative and eye catching and very extreme. So I am posting this photo here taken by Navi.

My bodyboarding photo on Haveeru Daily again

Hilath has published this Pixel Photography featuring me bodyboarding at Varunulaa challenge 2005 for an article on water sports in the print issue of Haveeru. So I am uploading the pic again and below is the link to Hilath's article on Haveeru Daily Online:


Water, water everywhere, but no water sports development in Maldives B y Hilath Rasheed MALE, November 1, 2007 (Haveeru News Service) -- Though Maldives is a country whose “land area” is 99 percent sea, it is apparent that most locals still like and pursue land sports. Traditionally, parents discourage children from going to the sea, out of their own private fears their children may drown, though they would like to make the excuse that it is an “idle man’s sport.” So, unsurprisingly, people have traditionally have had an aversion to water sports generally. Instead, land sports such as football, volleyball, basketball and cricket have been more popular rather than surfing, bodyboarding, wind surfing or kite surfing. Full story on Haveeru Daily online is at the below URL: http://www.haveeru.com.mv/english/?page=details&id=19186