Domestic Violence Uncovered

    
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"Do you know your partner well enough to live together? No you don't. Why take a chance. It's risky. Surely, you do not want to be part of their statistics. Or do you?" okra eXpress 
" Be candid and honest all the TIME. Chose you words very carefully. Be generous with your love and smiles. Loving someone does not mean that you are in love with that person. Make your position quite clear, polite and gentle. okra eXpress 
"You can create quality Time for your family, partner and loved one, it can be done. It's not Einsteine" okra eXpress
" I have learnt that love won't wait. It needs expression". The now deceased, Michael Jackson 
" You have strong values and and principles. Stand by them". okra eXpress
"Part of loving is also learning to let go when it is not working out. Surely you do not want to adopt and entertain artifiial fulfillment. r do you? Always have a clear, fair and decisive position. If the relationship is not working, facilitate a closure gently, at your earliest possible opportunity, and move on with your LIFE and don't waste quality TIME. It is not a failure when you let go and let go gently without verbal bashing (quite rudely) or throwing tantrums acting like a child in a toy shop. If you chose to act like a child, you may be treated like a child. No need to triger vendetta, certainly no need to look back in anger when you leave peacefully. okra eXpress
"Convert your house into a home and you would not require a planning permission for that. No need to call your house "a house", if it's not "a home with real Love". Make your home a Santuary." okra eXpress
"I just want to feel real Love in the home that I live in". Robbie Williams, British pop artist
"Do you know that true Love asks for nothing. True love don't want a thing". African American Mary J. Blige and George Michael, Britis musician 
"Love is unconditional. Unknown 
"Love don't cost a thing". Give me all the things that money can't buy". African American music artist, Jennifer Lopez
"Home sweet home - safe and loving home. Home is where the heart is". Unknown
"Love is priceless. Love does not cost a thing. You keep calling me dearest, who is the dear, my dearest? okra eXpress
"Cherish your love for each other. If you are happy at home. You will be happier at work. okra eXpress
"Just to see you SMILE makes my heart fill with JOY". African American, Diana Ross
"This is my prayer. I cherish the day. I won't go astray. I won't be afraid. You won't catch me running. You show me how deep love can be". Nigerian - British pop artist, Sade.
"Your LOVE is King". I crown you with my heart. Sade, Nigerian - British music artist
    "Be generous with your Love and affection. Love is unconditional - no "ifs" and "buts" about it. okra eXpress 
 "You just cannot demand RESPECT. You earn it - It is a sign of weakness when you try to demand RESPECT rather than earn it. It is a sign of insecurity. You may appear to be feeble minded. It's madness. You can snap out of it easily. okra eXpress
 
In the UK, domestic violence legal case is not between the victim and the accuser, it is actually between the accuser and the State. Domestic violence can be prosecuted even if the victim does not want to press ahead with charges.  You can hit on the links below if you feel able. Alert: Please be aware that some of the video and audio clips
    listed below are disturbing, sad, dissapointing and outrageous.        
  1. Help is available if you want to stop abusing © Copyright,  Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Nothern Ireland, UK http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/tv_ad
  2. Nearly, one in five murders in London are the result of domestic violence, so if you think it's happening next door, dial 999 immediately. You make the call the Police makes it stop. You can hit on this link and the green button to listen to the audio if you feel able © Copyright, The   Metropolitan Police Service http://content.met.police.uk/Campaign/domesticviolence2011 The real man campaign

If you experience domestic violence or any threat of it, report it. If you call the police, they will come. (They are like "ever ready battery" fully charged, standby cars, vans are all ready to go, (with sirens switched on, if and when it proves necessary). You do not have to suffer in silence, call the police, they are specially trained to protect you. 

Polite Update If you need the police and if it's not an emergency, then dial 101 instead of 999. Thay way, you are  freeing the 999 number for emergencies. 101 is the number to call when you want to contact your local police - when it's less urgent than 999. It is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 101 is now available across all areas of England and Wales.

Concerted Effort - Words in action - An amazing and positive example of working together hand in hand on the same plan towards achieving the same objectives - They ought to be applauded!  The Prime Minister The Rt. Hon, David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon, Nick Clegg, and Leader of the Labour Party, The Rt, Hon Ed Miliband have all signed the ‘Real Man’ pledge to mark 25th November 2011 - the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women. 

Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspurs and England's striker), Ian Somerhalder (Vampire Diaries actor), Reggie Yates (DJ), Matt Lanter (90201 star),Westlife and BBC's Dragon Den's and  entrepreneur, Duncan Bannatyne are the latest celebrities to stand up against violence against women and support the ‘Real Man’ Campaign for 2011.

For more about the Real Man campaign -Women's Aid, hit on this link if you can © Copyright, The Real Man Campaign http://www.realmancampaign.com/

BBC's Dragon Den and entrepreneur, Duncan Bannatyne, A Real Man - Women's Aid 
Alert: Logo above, © Copyright, Women's aid
 
Alert: Photo above, © Copyright, Women's Aid
 
Women's Aid, © Copyright. Women's Aid is the key national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children. Women's Aid, supports a network of over 500 domestic and sexual violence services across the UK.
Irish music artists, WestLIFE - I'm A Real Man - Women's Aid
 
 
BBC ASIAN Network. BBC's Sanjiv Buttoo reports, Couple Karam and Kartari Chand married for 86 year, BBC, update on  A couple from Bradford who tied the knot in 1925 could be the longest married husband and wife © Copyright, BBC 7 January 2012 Last updated at 09:26am. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16441633
 
You can listen to these hits below if you feel able. Listen to the lyrics / words and not just the melody and harmony if you can. You may learn something new from these music artists. There are great stories behind these music. okra eXpress
 
 Take a break, relax, listen, unwind, and enjoy these songs. There's always something for everyone at okra eXpress 
 
Enjoy LIFE - Listen to uplifting, arousing, sing-songs to relax, chill out to the tunes and lyrics. okra eXpress
  1. African American, the now- deceased, Ms. Whitney Houston, (August 9, 1963 - February 11 2012), When you have got friends to wish you well, you will find a point when you will exhale. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrTuV4Szxzo&feature=related
  2. African American, Tracy Chapman, Meaculpa (apologies). Sorry, it's all that you can say. Words don't come easily like sorry. Tracy Chapman's hit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjRo_CHSdt0 
  3. African American, Lionel Richie, Hello, is it me you ar looking for? Are you somewhere feeling lonely. Or is someone loving you. Tell how to win your heart. Cause I haven't got clue. So let me start by saying I love you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDZcqBgCS74
  4. Dame Shirley Bassey, Kiss me, honey, honey, Kiss me. Thrill me, honey, honey, thrill me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JrfMsfnVbw&feature=related
  6. Still the one, Shania Twain, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZH-emehxA
  7. You sheltered me from harm. Kept me warm, kept me warm. You gave my LIFE to me. Set me free. Set me free. The finest years I ever knew, were all the year I had with you. And I would give anything I owe. I'd give up my LIFE, my heart, my home. I would give everything I owe. Just to have you back again. You taught me how to laugh. What a TIME. You never said too much. But still you showed the way. And I knew from watching you. Nobody else could ever know. The part of me that can't let go. And I would give anything I own. I'd give up my LIFE, my heart, my home. I would give everything I own. Just to have you back again. Is there someone you know. Your loving them so. But taking them all for granted? You may lose them one day. Someone takes them away. And they don't hear the words you long to say. I would give anything I own. I'd give up my LIFE, my heart, my home. I would give everything I own. Just to have you back again; Just to touch you once again. Bread http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH5M5BUaHSk
  8. Woman  I can hardly express My mixed emotions at my thoughtlessness. Woman I will try to express My inner feelings and thankfulness For showing me the meaning of success. Woman I know you understand The little child inside the man. Please remember my LIFE is in your hands And woman hold me close to your heart. However distant don't keep up apart. After all it is written in the stars. Well. Woman please let me explain I never meant to cause you sorrow or pain. So let me tell you again and again and again. I LOVE you. Now and forever I LOVEe you, Now and forever. I LOVE you, Now and forever I LOVE you,Now and foreverhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp_Ypj3F6sw&feature=related
  9. You are once, twice, three times a lady, I love you. Thanks for the times that you've given me. The memories are all in my mind. And now that we've come to the end of our rainbow. There's something I must say out loud. You're once, twice, three times a lady, and I love you. Yes, you're once, twice, three times a lady. And I love you. I love you. When we are together the moments I cherish,with every beat of my heart. To touch you, to hold you, to feel you, to need you. There's nothing to keep us apart. You're once, twice, three times a lady, and I love you. I love you. Lionel Richie, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdNmgNu86xA

  1. Culture Club, Karma Chameleon - Love will be easy if your colours were like my dream, Red, gold and green. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw

  2. African American, Mary J. Blige, No more drama, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em328ua_Lo8
  3. Caribbean - British, Gabrielle. Out of Reach - There's a LIFE out there for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwN2VvzlVpk
  4. African American, Michael Jackson, She’s out of my LIFE. I have learnt that Love won’t wait. It needs expression. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DQJPL9Yuq0
  5. British boy band. Take That. Want you back http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2ICtCO8TCw
  6. Culture Club, Do you really want to hurt me? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXyNitfXRfw
  7. African American Mary J. Blige - George Michael, Britis musician As - True Love asks for nothing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvT-oDY6EEs
  8. African American, Alicia Keys, Falling. I keep on falling in and out of Love with you, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pou8B01reo4
  9. Love don't cost a thing. Give all the things that money can't buy. African - American, Jennifer Lopez http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kGvlESGvbs&feature=related
  10. Heartbreak hotel. African American Whitney Houston, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRI8xszrXZM
  11. British, Adele. Make you feel my love. When the rain is blowing in your face. And the whole world is on your case. I could offer you a warm embrace, to make you feel my love. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0put0_a--Ng
  12. Jamaican - Caribbean, The now deceased, Bob Marley, Three little birds. Don't worry about a thing. Because every little thing is gonna be alright. Rise up this morning and SMILE  with the rising Sun.  Three little birds. Pitch by my doorstep
    Singin' sweet songs. Of melodies pure and true. Saying this is my message to you.     The now deceased, Bob Marley.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LanCLS_hIo4&feature=related
  13. African American, Randy Crawford, You might need somebody,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PyD82kfFjM
  14. Irish, Ronan Keating, When you say nothing at all, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuJrEBtmM1Q&feature=related
  15. Irish, U2, ans African American, Mary J. Blige, One Love, one Life with each other. We have got to carry each other. Mary J. Blige and U2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpDQJnI4OhU&feature=relmfu
  16. Nigerian - British, Sade, Nothing can come between us - Stronger than pride. It's about faith. It's about trust.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfqF7sQvloo&feature=related
  17. Nigerian - British pop artist, Sade. You Love is king. I crown you with my heart. Your kiss is real. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQWlg3Vx6xU&feature=related
  18. African American, Lionel Richie, All Night Long, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiLziusKW4s&feature=related
  19. Caribbean - British, Heather Small (M People). Search for the hero http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFN2gw74spU
  20. African American, Anita Baker, Same ole love, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9dytLAEPYE&feature=related
  21. British pop artist, Rick Astley is a British musician, singer-songwriter, radio personality. He is known for his 1987 song, “Never Gonna Give You Up”. which was a #1 hit single in 25 countries. Rick Astley holds the record for being the only male solo artist to have his first 8 singles reach the Top 10 in the UK and by retirement in 1993 had sold approximately 40 million records worldwide. After retiring from the music industry in 1993, Astley made a comeback in 2007 when he became an Internet phenomenon,as his video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" became part of a popular Internet meme known as "Rickrolling”Astley was voted "Best Act Ever" by Internet users at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008. Rick Astley, Never Gonna Give You Up. "We're no strangers to love. You know the rules ... and so do I. A full commitment's what I'm ... thinkin' of. You wouldn't get this from any other guy. I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling. Gotta make you ... understand. Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you. We've known each other ... for so long. Your heart's been aching, but ... you're too shy to say it. Inside we both know what's been ... goin' on. We know the game and we're ... gonna play it. And if you ask me how I'm feeling. Don't tell me you're to ... blind to see". Rick Astley. Never gonna give you up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
  22. African American, Anita Baker. You bring me JOY. If I can't see your face, I will remember your SMILE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hweZGoG58cY&feature=related
  23. African American, Whitney Houston, You give good love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdBgzN1yFMk&feature=fvwrel
  24. African American, Whitney Houston, and Enrique Iglesias, Spanish-Filipino pop music singer. Could I have this kiss forever, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9H7R4Eoe94&feature=related
  25. African American, Karyn White's hit single Super woman, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnxrOuurJSg&feature=related
  26.  American Bill Withers, Ain't No Sunshine  when she's gone. It's not warm when she's away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIdIqbv7SPo&feature=related
  27. ABBA, One of us. ABBA was a Sweedish pop group formed in Stockholm, in 1970. ABBA became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of pop music, topping the charts worldwide from 1972 to 1982. ABBA has sold over 370 million records worldwide, which made them the fourth best-selling music artists in the history of recorded music, behind only The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and Michael Jackson. They still sell between two to three million albums a year. ABBA was the first pop group to come from a non-English-speaking country that enjoyed consistent success in the charts of English-speaking countries, including the UK, the USA, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Philippines, and New Zealand. The group also enjoyed significant success in Latin American markets (particularly Mexico, Chile, Columbia and Argentina and recorded a collection of their hit songs in Spanish. ABBA, One of Us, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwGUF6kBfkM&feature=related
  28. The now-deceased, African American, Barry White, somgriter, and composer. Just the way you are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrRPA25UBGg&feature=related
  29. African America, Tina Turner. What's love got to do with it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCBttS_y7lE
  31. British, Sir Elton John, Sacrifice (From the album, Sleeping with the past) - Two hearts living in two separtae worlds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrLkTZrPZA4
  32. Caribbean - British, Gabrielle, Sunshine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHExn4V0rp4
  33. African American, Alicia Keys A Woman's Worth, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vciXfY9uuE&feature=related
  34. African American, It's so amazing to be loved. Luther Vandross http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8zXldXQ6Tg
  35. African American All my LIFE I prayed for someone like you. K-Ci & JoJo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj3Xqdpt7DQ&feature=related
  36. British, Robbie William, Angel, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl4q2WBCywg
  37. African American, Roberta Flack, Bridge over troubled waters. Roberta Flack, is a musician, singer, songwriter, who is notable for R&B, soul, jazz, and folk music. Roberta Flack is best known for her Hot 100 #1 singles “The first Time ever I saw your face”,  “Killing me softly with his song2, and “Feel like making love”, “The closer I get to you”, “Where is the love”,. "The first Time ever I saw your face" won the 1973 Grammy Record of the Year and "Killing me softly with his song" won the same award at the Grammy Awards of 1974. Roberta Flack and U2 are the only artists to win the award in consecutive years.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k49yMJE8jyg&feature=related

  38. U2 are Irish rock band from Dublin, The Republic of Ireland. U2 was formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono, (vocals and guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards and vocals), Adam Clayton, (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen, Jr, (drums and percussion).By the mid-1980s, U2 became a top international act. They were more successful as live performers than they were at selling records, until their breakthrough 1987 album The Joshua Tree, which, according to Rolling Stone, elevated the band's stature "from heroes to superstars". Reacting to musical stagnation and late-1980s criticism of their earnest image and musical direction, the group reinvented themselves with their 1991 hit album Achtung Bab. U2 regained critical and commercial favour after their 2000 record “All that you can’t leave behind”. U2 have released 12 studio albums and are among the best-selling music artists, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. They have won 22 Grammy Awards, , more than any other band. In 2005, U2 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Rolling Stone ranked U2 at number 22 in its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Throughout their career, as a band and as individuals, they have campaigned for human rights and philanthropic causes. U2, I still haven't found what I a looking for http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb1XXs7e7ac

  39. African American, Billy Ocean's hit Suddenly, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkALTprqCM0

  • African American, Nat King Cole. When I fall in Love. It wil be forever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhJKgdzAJ9o
  • British, I'm Satisfied, Bee Gees http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gf7lX_u8S0
  • African American. Rainy night in Geogia. I believe that it is raining all over the World   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcKtPiZ77mY&feature=related
  • Lara Fabian Je t'aime - French, (meaning, I love you ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgICk_RTDIs&feature=fvwrel
  • Tonight I celebrate my LOVE for you. It seems a natural thing to do. Nobody will find us. We will leave the World behind us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNiAKhbjEfo
  • "I just want to feel real Love in the home that I live in".
  • African American, Right Now. Human Nature, SWV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOKd_et0A4o
  • African American, Endless LOVE - Two hearts that beat as ONE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjH0-S3hVOQ
  • The greatest Love of all is easy to achieve. Whitney Houston. "I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside. Give them a sense of pride to make it easier. Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be. ". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KjpyHX7X-o
  • British girl band, Spice girls. Two become one. Love will bring us back together. Take it or leave it. Spice girls, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA5jsa1lR9c
  • Jamaican, Caribbean. One Love. Let's get together and feel alright, The now deceased, Bob Marley, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdB-8eLEW8g
  • British, Eurythmics. There must be an Angel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvNpvM2Nf28
  • Fame. I wanna LIVE forever. I wanna learn how to fly. Remember my name. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcxNLQYvrbg
  • Irish Fleetwood Mac. Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies, Fleetwood Mac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiGjxxytLy8
  • Irish, Bono, One Love. "Is it getting better, or do you feel the same? Will it make it easier on you, now you got someone to blame? You act like you have never had love and you want me to go without. Well, it's too late tonight to drag the past out into the light. We're one, but we're not the same. We have got to carry each other. Well, we hurt each other, then we do it again. Have you come here for forgiveness? Have you come to raise the dead. You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl. And I can't be holding on to what you got, when all you got is hurt. One love, one blood, one life, you got to do what you should. One life with each other: sisters, brothers. One life, but we're not the same. We have got to carry each other, carry each other". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgFQZ3VEyVs
  • Irish, Westlife, Flying without wings, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1LEISP6e9c&feature=related
  • Nigerian - British, Seal. I'm wishing on a star. To follow where you are. And I wish on all the rainbows that I see.
    And I'm wishing on tomorrow, praying it'll comes. And I'm wishing on all the loving we've ever done. I never thought I'd see a time     when you would be so far away from home. Just think of all the moments that we'd spent. I just can't let you go, for me you were meant. And I didn't mean to hurt you, but I know that in the game of love you reap what you sow. I feel it's time we should make up. I feel it's time for us to get back together. And make the best of things. When we're together, whether or never. And I wish on all the rainbows that I see. I wish on all the people we've ever been. And I'm hoping on all the days to come and days to go. And I'm hoping' on all the love that you've ever know. Seal, Nigerian - British Music artist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gXB9LdGfU&feature=related
  • The now deceased, Bob Marley. Could you be loved and be loved? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i-gcWdBUb8
  • Promise me, Beverley Craven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LMC-2Y-Emw
  • If you're not the one, Daniel Bedingfield http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYeiyp3x8pQ

  • Mel and Kim Appleby were a Caribbean – British pop duo, (These sisters were just unique in the 1980s). They achieved success between 1986 and 1988 before the now deceased Melanie died of cancer. Mel and Kim were big in the UK, Australia and Germany. They sold millions of  singles worldwide in the 1980s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPmy2fCuTjs&feature=related

  • The now deceased, Bob Marley, "No Woman, No cry. Everyone has the answer. Good friends we have had, oh good friends we've lost along the way. In this bright future you can't forget your past. So dry your tears I say. No woman, no cry. Oh my Little sister, don't she'd no tears. No woman, no cry. Georgie would make the fire light. Log wood burning through the night. Then we would cook corn meal porridge of which I'll share with you. Everything's gonna be alright No woman, no cry. Oh, little sister, don't she'd no tears. No woman, no cry". The now deceased, Bob Marley, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGqrvn3q1oo

  • African American R& B artist, R. Kelly, "Ladies and gentlemen This here is another one for the steppers. Tell me what do we do when the DJ's playing our favorite groove? We step. To when? The whole night through. And what do we do when where all dressed up and in the mood? We step.  Who what? A steppers groove.  Where do we go soon as the weekend gets here? The club. Why? To party and have some fun. What is it that, can come and take away all your stress, tell me? MUSIC. No further questions, you have passed my test. Happy people keeps the world turning, turning, turning. Oh I believe that, happy people
    Keep us dancing, dancing, dancing. Happy people. Keep us stepping, keep us stepping, stepping. Happy people. Keeps us grooving, grooving, grooving. I just want to get dressed and go out. I want to get dressed, I want to go out, can you tell me where the spot is? Where the party is all night, and everybody's having a good time. I want to get nice, I want to get loud, can you tell me where the spot is? Come on and take me to that place, there there ain't nothing but happy, happy, happy, happy, Happy people, Keep the world turning, turning, turning. I'm talking about Happy people, They keep the world dancing, dancing, dancing, Happy people, Keep the world stepping, stepping, stepping. Nothing but happy people, Keeps the world grooving, grooving. Now if you want to step, You gotta play it by the rules, You gotta do what I do, When I do, what I do. step to the left, step to the right, spin around and bring it down tonight. Bring it on up, move in close. Let me see you and your partner stroll. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Gmaurug0I

  • Slave to the Rhythm, Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer, model and actress http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4xWuM86GE&feature=related

  • Spice up your LIFE, British girl band, Spice girls, "If you wanna be my lover, you gonna be my friend. Friendship never ends. When you're feeling sad and low. We will take you where you gotta go, SMILING, dancing, everything is free. All you need is positivity. Colours of the world. Spice up your life. Every boy and every girl. Spice up your life. People of the world. Spice up your LIFE…….Yellow man in Timbuktu. Colours for both me and you. Kung fu fighting, Dancing Queen, Travel spaceman. And all that's in between. Colours of the world. Spice up your life. Every boy and every girl
    Spice up your life, People of the world, Spice up your LIFE……Flamenco. Lambada….But Hip Hop is harder….We moon walk the foxtrot. Then polka the salsa…. Colours of the world, Spice up your life. Every boy and every girl, Spice up your life, People of the world….”    Spice up your LIFE.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ
  • Sweedish band. ABBA Dancing Queen, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REElUors1pQ

  • The now deceased, Michael Jackson, One day in your LIFE. You'll remember a place. Someone touching your face. You'll come back and you'll look around, you'll. One day in your LIFE you'll remember the LOVE you found here. You'll remember me somehow. Though you don't need me now. I will stay in your heart. And when things fall apart. You'll remember one day. One day in your LIFE. When you find that you're always waiting. For a LOVE we used to share. Just call my name, and I'll be there. You'll remember me somehow. Though you don't need me now. I will stay in your heart. And when things fall apart. You'll remember one day. One day in your LIFE. When you find that you're always lonely. For a LOVE we used to share. Just call my name, and I'll be there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tefq1A16f5w&feature=related

  • African American, Randy Crawford, Almaz. Born in a world where love survives. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyF-NqIuT0I

  • Canadian, Céline Dion. My heart will go on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHyJTpDFgc8

  • Irish sisters, The Corrs. Dreams. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BglEyv5O2Y

  • River Dance, Irish tap dancers - Riverdance is a theatrical show consisting of traditional Irish stepdancing, notable for its rapid leg movements while body and arms are kept largely stationary. It originated as an interval performance during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, a moment that is still considered a significant watershed in Irish culture. Riverdance is, in essence, the story of the Irish culture and of the Irish immigration to America. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W22gpBv00gg&feature=related

  • Yazz (born Yasmin Evans in Shepherd’s Bush). Yazz  is a British pop singer. Her father is Jamaican and her mother is British. Yazz remains best known for her successful 1988 dance track. “The only way is up”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeyOnNple4M

  • Belgian - Nigerian, Dr. Alban. It's my LIFE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcy7g05AbC0 

  • Eurythmics are a British musical duo, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart Sweet derams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJE_Sc1Wags

  • British, John Lennon. John Lennon MBE, (born John Winston, Lennon), 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980, was a British, singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most successful songwriter partnerships of the 20th century. Imagine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xB4dbdNSXY&feature=related
  • Nigerian - British rapper, Tinie Tempah performing Frisky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoKT900YbCc&feature=relmfu
  • BBC interviews Nigerian - British Tinie Tempah, http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/3cce3d37-d44f-46a2-b1e3-cd7247d5015c

  • Beatles legend, Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson perform, Say, say, say http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLEhh_XpJ-0&feature=related

  • African American , Stevie Wonder, I just called to say I love you. I just called to say how much I care. And I mean it from the bottom of my heart.  Stevie Wonder, Stevland Hardaway Morris born as (Stevland Hardaway Judkins), known as Stevie Wonder, is an African American multi-instrumental, singer-song-writer, and  record producer. Stevie Wonder was blind since shortly after birth, and he signed with Motown’s  Tamla label at the age of eleven and he continues to perform and record for Motown to this day. Stevie Wonder has recorded more than thirty U.S. top ten hits and received twenty-two Grammy Awards, the most ever awarded to a male solo artist. Stevie Wonder is also noted for his work on global affairs, and was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bGOgY1CmiU&feature=related
  • Sir Paul McCartney, and  Stevie Wonder. Ebony and Ivory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKMv7dVwBhg
  • Sir Paul McCartney and Take That, Hey Jude http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAcfY4Vv7iQ&feature=related
  • President Barrack Obama, Sir Paul McCartney, et al... singing Hey Jude in the White House http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvorqcgcdtw
  • American/ Canadian song-writer, keyboardist, Brenda Russell, Playing Piano in the dark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNeyF1khFA8
  • Let's Get together and feel alright. The now deceased, Bob Marley. One love, one heart. Let's get together and feel all right. Hear the children crying (One love). Hear the children crying (One heart). Sayin', "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right." Sayin', "Let's get together and feel all right."Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One love). There is one question I'd really love to ask (One heart). Is there a place for the hopeless sinner. Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own? Believe me. One love, one heart. Let's get together and feel all right. As it was in the beginning (One love). So shall it be in the end (One heart). Alright, "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right.""Let's get together and feel all right."One more thing. Let's get together to fight this Holy Armageddon (One love). So when the Man comes there will be no, no doom (One song). Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner. There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation. Sayin', "One love, one heart. Let's get together and feel all right."I'm pleading to mankind (One love). Oh, Lord (One heart) Whoa. "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."Let's get together and feel all right. "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."Let's get together and feel all right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdB-8eLEW8g
  • British Phil Collin. She's an easy lover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1kDmnHyOBg
  • Don't know much. But I know I love you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soO0CMnU9Bo
  • African American, Michael Jackson, I'll be there http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84zsExtaKHY&feature=related
  • REAL MAN >>>> Father and child spending quality TIME together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgvDMRyAcJo&feature=related 
  • Nigerian - British pop artist, Sade. Hang on to your love. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxNJV83EMJw&feature=related
  • Row, row row your boat gently down the street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYLKEePMvIU

  • Nigerian - British pop artist, Sade, Cherish the DAY  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aBAMnIUi8Y&feature=related

  • Nigerian - British, Sade, Paradise, Stronger than Pride http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KuKmjikoQc&feature=related

  • Happy and Quality TIME spent together - It's good to talk and it's also good to listen  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JmA2ClUvUY&feature=fvwp&NR=1 
  • Caribbean- British, Des'ree. LIFE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Ej_WQhKSI
  • Coldplay. Fix You. If you never try. You never know. Lights will guide you home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY9b6jgbNyc 
  • American Bon Jovi. Livin on a prayer Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi) is an American rock band formed in 1983. Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald. The band became known for writing several rock anthems and achieved widespread recognition with their third album, Slippery when wet, released in 1986. After touring and recording non-stop during the late 1980s, the band went on hiatus after the New Jersey Tour in 1990, during which time Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora both released successful solo albums. In 1992, the band returned with the album Keep the Faith. Their 2000 single "It’s my LIFE”, which followed a second hiatus, successfully introduced the band to a younger audience. Bon Jovi has been known to use different styles in their music, which has included country for their 2007 album Lost Highway. Their latest album, The Circle, was released on November 10, 2009 in the United States. Throughout their career, the band have released eleven studio albums, three compilation albums and one live album, and have sold 130 million records worldwide. They have performed more than 2,600 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans, and were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006. The band was also honored with the Award of Merit at the American Music Awards in 2004. Bon Jovi Livin on a Prayer.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk
  • Millennium Prayer, Sir Cliff Richard, OBE, (born Harry Rodger Webb, on 14 October 1940). Sir Cliff Richard is a British pop musician, singer, musician, actor, philanthropist, entertainer who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide With his backing group The Shadows. His 1958 hit single "Move It” " is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song, and John Lennon once claimed that "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music. Sir Cliff Richard’s associated acts were The Shadows, Olivia Newton- John, and Dionne Warwick, and African American Dionne Warwick, born December 12, 1940, is a singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health. (Incidentally, Dionne Warwick is the aunty of Whitney Houston). Sir Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M3voYPuiMI&feature=related
  • African American, Singer, songwriter. You can ring my bell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPYese-Hl8M
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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> End Domestic Violence >>>>> The Story continues
    "Do you know how sweet and WONDERFUL LIFE can be? The now-decesaed, Mr. Marvin Gaye, (1939 – 1984).  It  was reported that the African American, Mr. Marvin Gaye was fatally shot by his own biological father, Mr. Marvin Gaye, Sr, in the West Adams district of Los Angeles at their house on Gramercy Place. It has been said that Mr. Gaye was shot twice after an altercation he had with his father after intervening in an argument / domestic violence between his biological parents. It was reported that Mr. Gaye’s gun shot wounds proved to be fatal and he was pronounced dead upon arrival at the California Hospital Medical Centre. A day after Mr. Gaye’s death , a British rock group, and the most successful bands of the 1980s, Duran Duran formed in Birmingham in 1978, dedicated the song “Save a Prayer” to Mr. Gaye on their Seven and the Ragged Tiger U.S. tour, later on that year. Mr. Gaye was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery and was later cremated with his ashes spread around the Pacific Ocean. A year afterwards, two tribute songs, Diana Ross, “Missing you”, and the Commodores, Night Shift”, were released to national acclaim, both reaching number-one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart while also reaching the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100. Mr. Gaye has been honored in song by a number of artists, including (African American, The Commodores), (Annie Lennox, British artist) and (Seal, Nigerian – British artist), currently living in New York .

  • Missing You, by African American, Diana Ross, (dedicated to the now deceased Marvin Gaye), who intervened in an argumant / domestic violence between his parents and was subsequently shot twice by his own biological father, Mr. Marvin Gaye, SR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVlbbk4SPC4

  • African America, Commodores, Nightshift (dedicated to the now deceased Marvin Gaye), who intervened in an argumant / domestic violence between his parents and was subsequently shot twice by his own biological father, Mr. Marvin Gaye, SR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTsw4g-cxgQ

    •  Polite Update: okra eXpress is not responsible for the content of external websites. 
     
     
    The BBC reports on domestic violence , Last updated, 14 December 2011, at 11:55 am, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16175167  
     
    Let's put some thoughts into this if you can - Soundbites @ okra events 
     

    Family Values >>>> Enjoy LIFE – Stop existing and start LIVING.

    Let’s put some thoughts into the possible effect your unacceptable behaviour would have on others in relation to dating, marriage, family LIFE, children, marital infidelity, divorce and separation, family breakdown, false love and artificial fulfilment, not making things clear, unfairness, selfish behaviour, misleading, indecisive and round about approach, apathy, boredom, impatient, lack of mutual understanding and trust, lack of openness and transparency, becoming irritable or agitated when your  movements are questioned, parenting, parenting alone, absent fathers, better single parenting support, cognitive disorder, slipping standards leading to bad school report, poor intellectual development in children, disruptive children in the classroom, poor diet, child protection, drugs intake, excess alcohol intake, cigarette intakes, passive smoking, feeling inadequate, keeping children safe on-line, childhood obesity, teenage pregnancy, anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, increased fatherless homes,  why do some young girls feel inadequate unless they have had breast implant and lip enhancement, under age sex, child mortality, pregnancy related-complications.

    Alert: Photo above, © Copyright, BBC
    The Survey Results
    Children living with their father who feel close to him - 86%.
    Children not living with their father who still feel close to him - 47%.
    Boys who feel close to their father- 79%
    Girls who feel close to their father - 69%
    15-year-old who have tried cannabis - 28%.
    15-year-olds close to their father who had tried cannabis- 24%
    15 - year-olds not close to their father who had tried cannabis 39%.
    Source; Growing up Dad.
     
    Alert: Statistics above, © Copyright, BBC, last updated at 13:22 GMT, Tuesday,  24 March 2009 
     
    "The same integrity you maintain at work should also be maintained in your private LIFE and at home". okra eXpress
    Your familiy comes first. Position your family first before your company, business or career. Your multi-million pound company seems to be at the fore-front of your daily activities, but yet you feel unable to make your family feel happy . Your behaviour is seriously compromising relations with your family at home. (If you simply cannot work things out with your partner at home, it would be interesting to know how you are better able, fit and happy to run a multi - million pound company and exhale at work carrying out and being accountable for your assigned activities aiming for sustained and profound effect to achieve results beyond your set target. If you are happy at home, you will be happier at work. Arriving home from work at after 10pm is not late, but it is too late for a private LIFE and quality TIME. Perhaps you can consider aiming to put a lot of work in during the day rather than into the night? (the so called "all nighters’" should be the thing of the past. Bring PEACE, LOVE, and  warmth,   at home – perhaps you can make your home a Sanctuary. What good is a house if it's not a home full of LOVE, expressions, and warmth.? okra eXpress

    “You heard, but you were not listening”, “Communication is the key in a relationship. It's good to  talk, better-still, it's good to  listen. okra eXpress

     

    Heart attack symptoms 'differ in women'.  

    BBC's Dominic Hughes Health correspondent, reports. Heart attack symptoms 'differ in women. Overall men have significantly more heart attacks, but under the age of 55 women are more likely to die from one. Last updated, 22 February, at 02:32 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17116820

     

    LIFE - heart -felt update by the Bee Gees

    "Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a I'm a  woman's man  no TIME to talk. Music loud and women warm. I've been kicked around since I was born. And now it's all right, it's O.K.
    And you may look the other way. We can try to understand. The New York TIMES' effect on man. Whether you're a brother, Or whether you're a mother, You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive. Feel the city breakin', And ev'rybody shakin', And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive. Ah, ha, ha, ha, Stayin' alive." Bee Gees
     
    Always look on the bright side of LIFE. Unknown 
     
    Tide is high. Never give up. Atomic Kitten http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_IT2nkvtJY
     
     
    Let's talk about What a Wonderful World, by Africa American, the now-deceased, Louis Armstrong, 1937-2008, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5TwT69i1lU
     
    "I've got sunshine on a cloudy day. When it's cold outside I've got the month of May. I guess you'd say. What can make me feel this way? My girl. My girl (my girl, my girl). Talkin'bout my girl (my girl).  The Temptations, African American    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P1x7Yy9CXI
     

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