No hospital birth

Considering how one in four women in america today is made to have a cesarian section, you have to figure there is something wrong with the way we deliver babies in the US.

This documentary, The business of being born, is a wonderful expose of the current situation of childbirth in the States.

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Business_of_Being_Born/70075502?lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=1812950031_16_1



I really recommend it to everyone, and i really think that using a midwife is a great way to go; of course, for those very rare cases an emergency c-section is the way to go, but it should be the rule.

Another great piece of info, is how the hospital position used in childbirth is impractical and not the best approach. There is so much to learn and we are loosing our connection to birth in this country. It's time to reconnect.

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Where is Nic now?

I created this little application where you can see where i have been, where i will be travelling, and also, where i am right now.

You can click on the red points,they indicate the places i have been and for which i have pictures available.The blue ones are not active because i have not visited those places yet.

Photo Galleries

Beauregard and Le Puy-en-Velay:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157602213869439/

Saint-Tropez:

Broken Camera so no pix!!

Florence:

Broken Camera so no pix!!

Rome:

Broken Camera so no pix!!

Berlin:

City and sights:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157601230806336/

Paris:

City and sights:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157600984934745/

Le Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157600984376617/

HERE is the Wikipedia link with the list of famous people buried.

Le Louvre:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157600970921777/

Warriors of Islam at L'institut du monde arabe.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157600965550711/

Versailles Gardens:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157600966685298/

Haifa:

Pilgrimage and Holy Sites:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157600965179837/

Prague:

City and sights:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157600930793061/

Prague sex machines Museum:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157600928806946/

Prague torture machines Museum:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157600928899812/

Vienna:

City and sights:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157600924059487/

Vienna Museum of medieval weapons and armours:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157600927256618/

Vienna Natural History Museum:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157600928901273/

Geneva:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/congostyle/sets/72157600903065839/

The videos of my trip so far.

Dodgeball World Tournament






The Berlin Angel






A Cool Night Club In Berlin Part 1






A Cool Night Club In Berlin Part 2




My Cousin Natalie And Me In Berlin In Front Of The Reichstag




Le Louvre; Les Apartement De L'empereur




The Scintilating Eiffel Tower






Romy, Heshanti, Lucy, And Me In Paris, On The Metro.




Crowded Parisian Metro




Modern Art Exibit In Geneva: The Wall Of Light Part 1/2



Modern Art Exibit In Geneva: The Wall Of Light Part 2/2




Modern Art Exibit In Geneva: The Rat Race





Audrey Hepburn In Vienna



How Animals Move


Bachelorette Night: Blow-up Doll In Prague Disco


Sex Machines Museum Prague 2/2: The Love Seat.



My Last Dinner In Prague: Check How Big Is The Menu




What Is This? A Bench Or What?



Olivier At The Airport

Places and Things i have visited so far.

Saint-Tropez:
Mini-skirts
clear heels
drag queens

Florence:


Il Duomo, aka santa maria
Il Belvedere
Michaelangelo's David in the Academia
Il Ufici
Santa Croce, where Michealangelo and Galileo are buried
Ponte Vecchio
Bardini Gardens
Boboli Gardens (great silver and glass collection)
Palazzo Piti (costumes and silver collection)
Michaelango's Square

Rome:
the coliseum
the palatino
the Roman forum
Villa Borghese


Berlin:
Peter Lindberg Exhibit
Brandenberg Gate
Checkpoint Charlie
Berlin Wall
Bunderstag
Reichstag
The Angel on the Column, anyone?!? help
berlin zoo


Paris:
Steve McCurry Exhibit
Eiffel Tower and Trocadero
La Grande Arche de la Defense
Cathedrale de Notre Dame
Ile Saint-Louis
Warriors of Islam: Institut du Monde Arabe
Chateau de Versailles
Grand Trianon
Petit Trianon
Le Hammeau de la Reine
Les Jardins
Les Champs Elysees
Le Louvre
Le cimetiere du pere LaChaise

Haifa, Akka, Bahji:
Baha'i Holy Sites and Fortress City.

Geneva:
UN Headquarters from outside
Patek Philippe Museum
Ethnographic Museum
Museum of Comtemporary Art

Montreux:
Castle of Chillon
Sion Castle

Annecy:
old town

Vienna:
Natural History Museum
Schonbrunn Palace, Summer Residence
The Gloriette
Art History Museum
Spanish Riding School
State Hall Museum
St Stephen's Cathedral
Sigmund Freud Museum

Prague:
Franz Kafka Museum
Jan Saudek Photography exhibit
Salvador Dali Exhibit
Old town Square
Charles Bridge
Medieval torture instruments Museum
Sex machines museum
Natural History Museum
Royal Gardens
Royal Palace

Insight into Einstein

Violetta mentionned she was reading this book and i then came accross this article; very enlightening. Great read and condensed if you can't handle 700 pages.

First Post

The beginning :)