Children & Internet Safety

By Kelly Liyakasa

As children and teens use the Internet more than ever before, parents continue to face potential problems arising from the trend. Stories highlighting issues affecting teens and kids alike run rampant on television news channels. We've all heard of the potential risks attached with youngsters using sites like MySpace and Friendster, such as predators obtaining personal information or even classmates bullying someone via their online profile. Plenty of studies and recent industry reports indicate the browsing habits of youth and their parents' concerns.

• Over 60% of teens ages 13-17 report having a profile on a social networking site.

• Nearly half of teens with profiles were asked to share personal information with someone they didn't know personally.

• Over 50% of parents feel the Internet mainly has positive impacts on their kids.

• About 70% of teens have unintentionally encountered adult content when surfing the Web.

• Only 1 in 4 teens who received inappropriate messages online alerted a parent or guardian.

• Nearly half of parents surveyed don't check out what their children type in chat rooms or instant messages

• Over half of parents surveyed don't have or don't know if parental control and monitoring software is installed on their PC's.

6StarReviews.com reports that parental control software is a viable means for concerned parents to regulate what goes in and out of their PC's. Net Nanny, for example, blocks all adult content and allows parents to fully monitor where their child surfs and what they're saying in chat rooms or instant messages.

Child Safe, another popular product, is not only simple to use, you can have comprehensive Internet usage reports emailed right to you. Though monitoring your child or teen's activity is beneficial, it's still important to allow them some leeway and discuss Web safety in terms they will understand.

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Women's Travel Safety Tips

By Al Falaq Arsendatama

Women are traveling around the world more than ever before and even alone either for business or on a pleasure trip. However, this is also resulting into criminal incidences with women while on travel. It has become necessary to take safety precautions for a successful travel. Use the following travel safety tips to be as safe and secure as you feel in your town:

• Travel safety tips while in a culturally conservative country. Please make yourself familiar with the laws and customs of the places where you wish to go. Here are examples of two situations you may encounter with. It is illegal in few countries to invite persons of opposite sex to your hotel room. Police in Saudi Arabia can arrest foreigners for wearing “improper dress”.
Avoid any obscene postures while on travel to an unknown place. Few countries have a public code of conduct and police at most tourist places discourage kissing in public.

• Women’s travel safety tips for clothes. There is no doubt that fashion makes a statement.
However not everyone perceives fashion the way you do. People from different cultures consider the clothing, which you consider casual, as provocative or inappropriate. Jeans and t-shirt covering most of your bodies are a better option for travel clothing. Jeans is safer than a skirt or mini if you need to run or defend yourself.

• Blending yourself with public is the best safety measure during travel. Try to purchase a local dress and wear it sometimes to give an impression of being native or being familiar with the place. Always wear one or two local accessories such as hat, chains, and scarves.

• Safety devices travel tips for women. Many safety devices available in market work as good self-defense arms. Pepper spray is a high-pressure extract of pepper. Its spray on assailant’s face would disable him for 5-6 minutes. There is stun gun with electrostatic high voltage charge. It will provide heavy shock to assailant and weaken his muscles.

• Use common sense and be alert and aware of your surroundings. If you are unsure in general about the local situation, feel free to check with the American Citizens Services section of the local U.S. Embassy or Consulate for the latest security information.

• Show confidence while talking to strangers. Criminals often look for weak women, who submit easily. Do not ignore any instance of eve teasing. If caught in a difficult situation, show bravery and boldness. Scream, fight and run as hard as possible.

For more information on travel guide and useful travel tips please visit http://www.ez-travel-guide.info including simple reviews on popular travel guide books.

Flight Safety Guide

By Marius Bezuidenhout

• Please read the safety pamphlet in the seat pocket in front of you and note your nearest emergency exit. On flights exceeding three hours as well as multi-sector flights, we recommend that you review the content of the safety pamphlet again before each landing.Carry-on baggage

• Lightweight hand luggage should be placed in the provided overhead stowage bins or at your feet underneath the seat in front of you. This is not only a safety precaution but it also provides you with more legroom.

• When placing items in the overhead stowage bins, please ensure that they are securely positioned so that they do not fall out when the bins are opened

• Please take care when opening the overhead stowage bins as articles that may have shifted before or during flight may fall out and cause injuries.
Smoking

• In accordance with international trends, smoking it not permitted on board any of South African Airways’ aircraft.Seat belts

• Please fasten your seat belt whenever the seat belt sign is illuminated. For your safety we suggest that you keep it fastened throughout the flight

• When sleeping under a blanket please keep your seat belt loosely fastened over the blanket so that the cabin crew does not need to wake you in the event of turbulence.

• However, seat belts should always be unfastened during transit stops and refuelling. Sleeping on the Floor is prohibited

• In the interest of safety, sleeping on the floor cannot be permitted under any circumstances. Should an emergency occur passengers who sleep on the floor will not have easy access to seat belts and oxygen masks.
Bassinets

• Should you travel with a baby, book early and be sure to request a bassinet. The baby should not be older than six months of age, should not weigh more than 10kg, and should not be more than 75cm in length. It is weight and length of a baby that are the essential factors that need to be assessed.

• In the interest of safety, babies cannot occupy the bassinets during takeoffs or landings.
Footrests

• Passengers seated on seats with footrests must kindly ensure that the footrests are stowed for takeoffs and landings.
Seats upright and tables stowed

• As a safety precaution, and in compliance with safety legislation, seats should be returned to their upright position and tables should be stowed or folded away during takeoffs and landings.
Remain seated

• As a safety precaution passengers are requested to remain seated after the aircraft has landed, until the seat-belt sign has been switched off by the captain.
Portable electronic equipment

• Passengers are requested not to use any electronic equipment on board the aircraft as it may interfere with the aircraft’s avionics system.

• Heart pacemakers, hearing aids, clocks, watches, timers and medical equipment approved for use in aircraft, however, may be used without restrictions.
Laptop computers

• Laptop computers (including CD-ROM and DVD but excluding any intentional transmissions such as wireless LAN ), hand-held calculators, electric shavers and portable personal listening devices including compact disc and mini disc players) may be used with the permission of the Pilot in Command. The Commander’s permission is normally indicated by the seat-belt signs being switched OFF during climb and ON during descent. Should circumstances dictate otherwise, the Commander will inform the Senior Cabin Crew member.
Cellular telephones

• Cellular telephones may be used on the ground while passenger doors are open.

• Cellular telephones must be switched off as soon as the cabin doors are closed and when the Senior Cabin Crew member makes an announcement on the public address system.
Prohibited equipment

• Portable printers, laser printers, video equipment, CB/AM/FM/ VHF/ Satellite radios, two-way radios, scanners, remote-controlled toys and power converters are prohibited for use at any time.When in doubt, please consult the cabin crew.

General Safety in South Africa

Kenya Safari Security-Kenya Safari Safety, Insurance Cover, Plan

By Robert Muhoho

Kenya safari security, culture / exercise.

The word safari means “journey” in Swahili. A “safari in Kenya” sounds like such an outdoor, healthy activity. It connotes exercise (perhaps strenuous) and possibly hiking boots. A false impression. For most tourists, game –watching safaris in the major game parks mean game drives in vehicles, vast amounts of food in the form of generous buffets, perhaps a siesta, and sitting around the campfire. Hardly great for abdominal muscles.

Many game lodges are now realizing the popularity of game walks. There is a move to offer more personal interactive experiences with the African bush. Because of park regulations, this is easier for places outside of game park Boundaries. Ranches and home stays often specialize in this kind of interaction.

Ironically, it is easier to get more exercise at the coast. There is always swimming, perhaps disco dancing at night, and long walks along the beach. However, sun and humidity, the languid pace, big meals and good beer also mean that exercise might not feature in your Kenya coastal holiday. You can always return to your aerobic classes when you get home.
Kenya tourist Security

Kenya has more than its share of bad press, particularly in the north and in Nairobi. While theft and violence are real concerns, the tourism industry and the government of Kenya are taking every possible step to ensure your safety. Travelers should exercise good sense and take some reasonable precautions:

• Don’t parade valuable jewelry
• Don’t stroll the streets at night
• Catch cabs rather than walk in strange areas.
• Don’t carry lots of money and important papers
• Don’t take valuables to the beach
• Don’t walk around Nairobi at Night.

Culture shock/stress in Kenya
Although Kenya is one of the wealthier countries in Africa, there is still a great deal of poverty. Visible poverty. Poor mothers with babies beg in the streets, makeshift shacks mushroom next to modern buildings, trash heaps have just but recently disappeared.
Life goes on in public-hairdressers ply their craft under a tree, sewing machine
s sing on sidewalks; furniture makers display their wares in the sun.

Kenya jars and excites with color and chaos, vibrant life and the unexpected. It can be an exhilarating, eye-opening cultural experience.

If you come from a fast and efficient lifestyle, you may feel frustrated by the slow pace and the inefficiencies. Humor works better than anger. Surely, slowing down and appreciating a different culture is part of what makes a holiday.

Remember one of the most common Kenyan Swahili expressions: “Hakuna Matata” Kenya- no problem in Kenya.

Vendor vigilance
You may be pestered by local vendors. Bargaining is the order of the day. Bartering is an option-T-shirt and pens are popular. Remember! Use humor and don’t be dismayed at persistence.
Photos-animals, landscape, people in Kenya

Photograph landscapes, photograph animals, but ask permission before taking photos of people, and be prepared to pay for the privilege in some instance.

Creepy Crawlies
You will see less of these than you expect but they do exist. You should not walk around at night, or in the bush, without shoes. Hopefully you will be lucky enough to see some brightly colored lizards or perhaps the odd chameleon. (P.S. most of us who have lived in Kenya for years have only seen a snake twice). Don’t forget your insect repellant.

Our Furry Friends
The animals are wild. They are not paid to entertain the guests, Respect them, and keep your distance. The fact that hippos are grazing next to your tent at night does not mean you can pat them. Hippos are very dangerous. So are lions, elephant, buffalo, rhino, crocodiles, monkeys, teddy-bear-like-hyrax…It is just not prudent to pet.

The big Five are lion, elephant, rhino, leopard and your choice of buffalo or hippo. Remember, each animal is more than an addition to a list. It is fun to see how individuals react with each other, in groups, and with the environment.

Favorites of tiny five
A scarlet nit, an iridescent emerald fly, and the walking stick.

Robert is a Kenya travel agent of Landmark safaris- One of travel agencies in Nairobi. At Landmark, we provide you with African travel advisories, Health and disease information and preventative injections and medications. Let us know where you want to go and your travel health questions here http://www.landmarksafaris.com