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'It was never who occupied the position," Tony Blair told Andrew Marr last week, "but what we did with it." What the former prime minister meant, ostensibly, was this: that he did not hang on in Downing Street until 2007 because of a lust for power, but because he did not trust Gordon Brown to pursue a New Labour trajectory.
But the remark was freighted with a deeper meaning, too: namely that Blair is agnostic about the identity of his successors, as long as they do what he believes in. Which is why his memoirs are not only a history of the New Labour era. They are also a genealogy of the Coalition, a manual for its members and an ideological Old Testament, in which a self-styled prophet maps out the future for his true inheritors in the Promised Land.
Notionally, of course, those inheritors are in the Labour Party. His astonishingly candid attacks on Gordon Brown in A Journey are also intended to be parables, warnings to the next generation not to make the same mistakes. Yet the response of the Labour leadership candidates to the book has been eloquent. None of them – not even David Miliband – could sign up to Blair's blueprint in the Postscript, which is eye-wateringly tough on deficit reduction, law and order, and public service reform. More to the point, the panic with which the candidates have objected to the book's very publication is a grave admission of collective weakness. That Labour's next generation should be so easily drowned out, and feel so threatened by a mere book, makes them look like a bunch of trembling pygmies, terrified of the shadow cast by the giants of the past.
Yet at its most intriguing level, this book is not about the Labour Party at all. The journey it describes encompasses the birth of New Labour, the new Clause Four, three general election victories, the coup against Blair in 2006 and the defeat of Brown in 2010. But the journey's end is not the fall of Labour government; it is the birth of the Coalition. All roads lead to that destination.
This is partly a question of form: Blair himself was an obsessive coalition-builder. Of his time as Opposition leader: "I could see how a coalition of the well-off and the less well-off could establish points of common interest." Of the Fundamental Savings Review of 2005-6, thwarted by Brown: "This was, in my mind, right in itself, but also critical to dealing with the 'big state' and 'tax and spend' arguments that I was sure, in time, would pull apart our coalition in the country, and therefore our ability to win."
Of course, Blair's coalition was not inter-party, except in the limited sense that he persuaded some prominent Tory MPs to defect. His greater insight was that, as class, ideological tradition and tribal identity ceased to be reliable determinants of voting behaviour, all governments would have to be electoral coalitions, drawing support as promiscuously as possible from across the social and political spectrum. Blair's "Big Tent" was the precursor to Cameron's Coalition. What happened in 2010, Blair asserts, is that Labour squandered its own coalition. But Dave and Nick were on hand to build their own.
That's the form. But there is content, too. Those who say Blair is a Conservative are plain wrong. His political roots lie in the ethical socialism of the philosopher John Macmurray and the traditions of Christian socialism espoused by
F D Maurice, Charles Kingsley, R H Tawney and Archbishop William Temple. That said, he has none of the visceral hatred of conservatives felt by – for example – Gordon Brown. George W Bush has, he writes, "the qualities I admire in conservatives". Of Margaret Thatcher, still a demon figure to the Left, Blair declares: "On the whole, she was undoubtedly a great prime minister." His instinct is to look for common ground with his notional opponents, not to seek out and paint in garish red the "dividing lines" so beloved of Brown.
As for Cameron himself, Blair cuffs him once or twice like an errant nephew, complaining that the Tory leader has not "gone through the arduous but ultimately highly educative apprenticeship I had gone through in the 1980s and early 1990s". He (rightly) criticises the Coalition for its weakness on law and order. He observes that the Lib Dems and Tories "don't really agree" – but then goes on to say that, "on the other hand, they have a common interest in stability". In truth, his critique is pretty perfunctory and certainly reveals no overwhelming impatience to undermine and dislodge Cameron and Clegg. Naturally, he would prefer to see his protégé, David Miliband, rather than the Tory incumbent in Number 10. But Ed Miliband or Ed Balls? I wonder.
To an extent that has not been fully reported, this extraordinary book is a mea culpa as much as an Apologia Pro Vita Sua. Blair wrestles miserably with his failure to tame Brown and his refusal to sack him. He explains why he didn't, but never fully acquits himself of the charge that this was a disastrous failure of leadership – especially, as he repeatedly admits, because he knew what was coming when Brown took his place. Brown's obstruction of the Fundamental Savings Review in his final term haunts him, and rightly so.
By the 2005 election, Blair writes, he had concluded that Labour must "focus on a smaller, more strategic government". Not only did Brown ignore this advice, but once in Number 10, and responding to the economic crisis, he "bought completely the so-called Keynesian 'state is back in fashion' thesis".
Blair's diagnosis was and is the direct opposite: "We should have taken a New Labour way out of the economic crisis: kept direct taxes competitive, had a gradual rise in VAT and other indirect taxes to close the deficit, and used the crisis to push further and faster on reform." He refers frequently to the need for a smaller, more nimble and responsive state. He warns of the terrible consequences "where we confuse the state with the interests of the people". Blair could scarcely have come closer to repeating Cameron's own mantra – "there is such a thing as society: it's just not the same thing as the state" – without using identical language.
To be clear: this is not a narrowly Cameroon tract. Like Yeats's Long-Legged Fly, Blair soars above such factional affiliation these days. But – by the same token – it is scarcely a Labour manual for recovery, either. As Blair told Andrew Marr last week: "I don't want to cause trouble for David Cameron, actually." You can say that again. In his own mind, he "left a perfectly sensible set of future policy directions, if people want to take them up". But which people? It turns out that Blair really meant it when he said that "what counts is what works" – even if "what works" turns out to be a Government led by a Conservative Prime Minister.


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John Fullbright, playing a writers-in-the-round with Jess Klein tonight at Anderson Fair, looks like the kid at the grocery store sacking groceries or gathering carts from the parking lot. The innocent look masks an old-soul singer-songwriter and one of the hottest youngsters in the folk/roots/Americana musical nation.
A regular one-man band who plays guitar, piano, accordion and harmonica, this youngster from Okemah, Okla. - yes, Woody Guthrie's hometown! - is, astonishingly, as seasoned a writer as he is performer.
Greg Johnson, longtime owner of Oklahoma City listening room Blue Door, is managing Fullbright.
"I took him to Folk Alliance and they just went nuts for him," says Johnson. "Right now I'm talking with some labels like Rounder, just looking for a record deal that works. And if we don't find one that's right, we'll just book some time in a little studio and do an album.
"It's funny, but he's got all kinds of people wanting to produce him, guys like Kevin Welch. And Jimmy Webb is one of his biggest fans."
Fullbright is the prototypical droll Oklahoman in the extreme, and seems like a guy with his head on straight.
"I just get out and play my gigs and try not to worry about the money or making some big move," says Fullbright.
Even though he is from Okemah, Fullbright didn't know much about Woody Guthrie until the last couple of years.
"Yeah, growing up if you asked any of the old men around town about Woody, it was always 'that commie red sumbitch, you know, so we really didn't talk about Woody much in Okemah.
Then the festival came along and now it's "God bless Woody" around here. He sells a lot of hamburgers and motel rooms, you know?"
Fullbright got into the singer-songwriter game about four years ago when he graduated high school. Like a lot of youngsters, he says "I kinda worked my way backward through things.
Like I'll hear Kenny Rogers version of "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)" and then I'll say 'Who wrote that?' And the next thing you know, I've found Mickey Newbury, who is probably my biggest writing influence."
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"When Jimmy saw John play, he told me 'that kid's not only great, he's got the intangibles you can't teach'," says Johnson. "But I think the thing that Jimmy told John that really turned his head around was 'now John, don't let those sons-of-bitches push you around"
Webb also happens to be in the Houston area, playing Dosey Doe in the Woodlands tonight. Tomorrow and Sunday, Fullbright opens for Webb at the Blue Door back in OKC.
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Baby chicks on the front porch in my hanging basket. Those are cow bird eggs and robins eggs and a baby bird.
My baby chick, Chelsea Elizabeth Brunner, graduated this weekend from Western Kentucky University with a Geology degree. Shameless mom bragging: She is The Outstanding Geology Student of the year 2008 and 2009. She was also a Cum Lade with her grades. And now she's off to San Francisco for an internship and then to New Mexico for grad school. Life goes on.


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Bethausstreit (controversy concerning a meeting house). Johannes Neufeld of Neu-Halbstadt, Molotschna settlement, Russia, a member of the Mennonite congregation of Ohrloff-Petershagen, built a large church in Neu-Halbstadt in the 1850s almost entirely with his own funds. Afterwards because of the "barley dispute" (Gerstenstreit) and other difficulties in the congregation, Neufeld was one of a group which left the congregation. His demand that the newly built church be ceded to his own group led to unedifying dissension. By decision of the board in 1862 the church remained in the possession of the congregation of Ohrloff-Halbstadt (its name after 1848), and two thirds of the building costs were repaid to Neufeld.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 210.
Friesen, Peter M. The Mennonite Brotherhood in Russia (1789-1910), trans. J. B. Toews and others. Fresno, CA: Board of Christian Literature [M.B.], 1978, rev. ed. 1980.
Friesen, Peter M. Die Alt-Evangelische Mennonitische Brüderschaft in Russland (1789-1910) im Rahmen der mennonitischen Gesamtgeschichte. Halbstadt: Verlagsgesellschaft "Raduga", 1911: 90, notes 204, 221, and 304.
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David Hasselhoff and his daughters are hoping to change things with their new reality show.
David and his girls are filming a new reality series that they are hoping will clear up some misconceptions about their family life. Hayley (17), shared her thoughts on what the biggest misconception is: "The biggest misconception is that we're not a close family, We're all best friends."
The show, airing on A&E, is going to be focused on David as he travels through Austria on tour and the girls' budding music careers. Haley and Taylor Ann (20) will be developing an album for their band, Bella Vida. Besides music, Hayley is also following in father's acting footsteps. She currently stars on ABC's teen series "Huge". She said: "It's beautiful to go out there and show a different shape and different size of a woman. We're not all supposed to be the same size. Why not go out there and advertise for the girls who haven't been on magazine covers in a long time,"
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Mr. Rieker is a co-inventor of the 1998 patent for an "Automated System and Method for Providing Real-Time Verification of Health Insurance Eligibility." He received his MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.
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text: Share: Comments Print February 7, 2014 at 7:05 AM Death of Philip Seymour Hoffman: better treatment options; responsibility of the abuser Posted by Letters Coordinator Victoria Will / Invision/AP The death of talented actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has been all over the news ["Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead with syringe in arm," Nation & World, Feb. 2]. It seems about time that we realize that our present method of dealing with substance abuse has not worked. We persist in taking the idea that making them criminal is the best way, despite everything from prohibition of alcohol to pot proving this to be a false solution. It is not a criminal problem, it is a medical and education problem. Every drug, from aspirin to meth, has an upside and downside. Heroin is one of the best drugs for pain control and has much the chemical makeup of our legal painkillers. Our prisons are jammed with people who have a different approach. How much does this cost us? How much money is funneled into the pockets of drug lords? How many policemen are corrupted? How many more good people must die because the drugs they take are unsafe? It is time to tell our politicians and do-gooders to come up with a legal approach. Let doctors and people who have the depth of knowledge treat those that need the treatments. Be kind, most of us are addicted to something. John Lay, Seattle Place responsibility on the abuser I was sorry to hear of the death of acclaimed actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. But injecting heroin is obviously a pastime akin to playing Russian roulette with a revolver with five rounds in the cylinder. You're near certain to have a tragic end. I've been reading of so many celebrities ending their lives the same way that I wonder how and why it is so commonly labeled an "accidental death" when it should probably be designated something like "involuntary suicide." Who sticks a heroin-loaded needle into his or her arm accidentally? It would at least place the responsibility, or perhaps irresponsibility, squarely where it belongs. Involuntary manslaughter is already the right model for a comparable act. Despite it not being an act of outright will, it sets forth the responsibility of damaging or destroying a human being. Involuntary suicide just clarifies who that human victim is. Many insurance companies already have suicide clauses that preclude or limit payment for self destruction. Is it not unreasonable to label such a self destructive act as Hoffman's an accident and perhaps even to cover it with insurance as though it were truly accidental? Dick Paetzke, Bothell Comments | More in drugs | Topics: Dick Paetzke, John Lay, Philip Seymour Hoffman


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India-Russia Relations since India'a Independence
Another historic visit of head of state of Permanent Members of UN Security Council during last three months from October to December 2010 is that of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, for two days from December 20. He has declared on landing in India that Russia and India share a privileged partnership from 1947 to 1962. India under Prime Minister Nehru had trade and defense relations exclusively with erstwhile USSR as PM Nehru had adopted and followed Socialist pattern of society on the model of Russia virtually in all spheres. India had nothing to do with America or with any other Capitalist Country. Though in USSR there was state control under communist dictatorship of Stalin, there was good progress of common man of more than a dozen state, language and cultures resulting in hundred percent employments, education of all communities and particularly old age care. In Feb 1955, Bulganin and Khruschev, two important leaders of the world at that time visited India. They got hero's welcome as since independence of India no other leader from Europe or America had come to India. Not only Nehru who was socialist but whole India was overjoyed and started feeling recognition of India as a big nation which had came into existence as an independent country only 7-8 years back. But as there was what is known as 'thought control' and evils like sending to Siberia thousands of dissenters imprisoning them, torturing many and killing others. USSR disintegrated under Gorbachov and many states like Ukraine in west and Kirgizstan in east got independence. Thereafter independent country Russia started following in stages freedom of speech, free trade and enterprise and within a few years ceased to be communist.
After collapse of USSR as a Communist Union of States, India, too, completely abandoned socialistic pattern of society which had led to so called Inspector rule and no growth of GDP at all for almost20 years. Till 1964, Prime Minister Nehru's sudden death because of shock of 1962 war with China. With defeat of Indian Army, India started improving economic and defense relations with USA and other European states and with Manmohan Singh becoming Prime Minister, India fully adopted free trade and development of Industries by private enterprise. As a result India's GDP started growing from 5% to 8% per annum. Simultaneously we had improved relations with non communist Russia since then.
Above is, in brief Indian relations rise and fall with Communist Russia (USSR) and improvement after Russia became free from communist dictatorship. Now about the present visit of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, which is significant in many spheres.
One of the important issue for the whole world, particularly for USA, is Afghanistan. Pakistan and even Russia and other NATO countries want early settlement of Afghan problem. Russian President has said that Russia is keen about this settlement and Russia is negotiating with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Talibans for early amicable settlement which will be accepted by all concerned. He has asked in an interview whether India will play a part in addressing this issue. India has been helping Afghanistan in construction of roads etc has suffered two attacks by Taliban on Indian Embassy causing a number of casualties. India would definitely like to get out of Afghanistan.
About civil liabilities for nuclear damage bill he cleared Russia India cooperation on peaceful uses of nuclear energy. India is definitely concerned about in contrast to Pakistan which is trying to use nuclear power for war purposes. In the year 2000 Russia and India had strategic partnership. More than that of India's with USA as India is geographically close to Russia. Russia has remained steadfast in this cooperation and in 2010 this cooperation was ten year old and that is one of the reasons that Russian President made it a point to visit India during December 2010 itself. Russian President has signed many agreements and MOU's for cooperation in many economic, defense and nuclear spheres. But more significant and far-reaching agreement with India is for the manufacture of Combat Aero planes in India with Russian technology and help; so as to make India go a long way to be self sufficient in the most important field of attaining self sufficiency in Air defense.
Russian President Demitey Medvedev has negotiated Joint Arms Control Treaty with USA, a decade ago its arch rival. President Obama has made efforts and has succeeded in getting clearance from American Government and people. Both Obama and Medvedev are jubilant on this achievement. This sets a precedent for similar Arms control Agreement between USA, Russia, China and India. If this comes through the whole world will be safe and concentrate more on other World problems like global warming and well being of poor people all over the world. Reduced expenditure on defense will automatically increase expenditure on economic and social field around the world. Countries like India have to spend so much on defense that they are unable to substantially improve the condition of their 30 percent citizens below the poverty line. India therefore hails the visit of Russian President. 2011 will usher in new hopes and new achievements in the economic and social spheres.
Nira was born in 1959 in Nairobi, Kenya, where her parents of Indian origin Iqbal Narain Manan had settled. Her adopted name NIRA RADIA or before marriage Nira Menan suggests that she is a Keralite but she is daughter of Punjabi parents and had contact with a Gujarati after her family had shifted to London. She married that Gujarati young entrepreneur Janda Radia and come to be known as Nira Radia and worked with her husband initially but, being more ambitious than Janda, she entered in to airline business as adviser. She made quite a success. While her husband had got the bad name by liquidating or dissolving 8 trade companies. In 1994 she came to India where her father had negotiated a job for her in SAHARA Airlines. That was the turning point in her life. Though she had three children from marriage with Janada Radia, she abandoned them and after a few years had illicit relations with Dhiraj Singh with who she remained close from 1994 to 2002. When both want to open a bank account in Swiss bank, she had become so close to Singh that she was Mrs. Singh when both went to USA. But despite such closeness for almost a decade when they were living together as a family, she broke up with Singh and changed living for kidnapping her 16 year old son, for which Dhirag Singh spent two years in jail. This was the character of Nira Radia that she could be close to one for her selfish business purpose and dump him when she no longer needed his help or association.
As Nira Radia had assets of more than 300 crores in short span of a decade, Income Tax authorities as well as Finance Ministry got suspicious about her clandestine, even antinational, activities as she had been called a foreign agent, though not substantiated From 2007, because of her contacts particularly with Ratan Tata and Mukesh Ambani, her conduct, movements and association with business tycoons, IAS Officers and ministers of States and Centgre, her 14 telephone lines were being trapped on the direction of Finance Minister, However it took almost a year to find out the truth. Though allegations against her came to light only after the Nira Radia tapes when on November 2009 it was decided by CBI and Income Tax authorities to depart someone to collect her tapes.
Now, in brief, names of persons and organizations in business and government who were using the influence Nira Radia for their personal purposes of collecting wealth and with influence and association of Nira Radia, knowingly or unknowingly. First of all comes Ratan Tata almost the richest and most talked about and influential business tycoon. How he got close to Nira Radia and what he gained for some years and what he lost (status and respect as most intelligent entrepreneur). Nira Radia had met Ratan Tata in 2001 which was the most significant year of her life when she was working for Tata Airlines & Singapore Airlines a joint venture. She impressed Ratan Tata so much that within a couple of years she was handling public relations of 14 Tata companies and by 2009 she had so much influence on Rata Tata that she was controlling public relations of about 90 Tata companies.
Because of Radia's closeness to Tata and her influence in 2008 and the business tycoon, richest Indian, Mukesh Ambani thought of similar rise with the influence of Radia with publication and bureaucrats. Thus Mukesh Ambani gave to Nira Radia virtually entire control of Reliance Industries. This sudden rise of Nira Radia also disturbed the central government. UPA-II whose communication minister 'A' Raja was also in close contact of Nira Radia and through her was indulging in more corruption as he was till then unchallenged. But Nira Radia-Raja alliance had also tainted the image of Prime Ministger and UPA-II government in general. This led in a year or so to investigation in Nira Radia activities and finally the Nira Radia tapes disclosures. Nira Radia was to expect in getting hold of right men to achieve her object both in industry and government, without being herself in front live. So she had, what is called a 'Fixer' for this purpose. She chose Tarun Das who was eminent organizer of Indian Industry, was not simply in good books of the government but had untold influence even on PM Manmohan Singh on whose recommendation he had been awarded Padma Bhushan in 2006. Nira Radia's conversation with Das virtually shows that Das was willing to influence the government to get what she wanted, of course at a price to Das. Besides many fixing done by Das, Nira Radia got two important approvals made by the government viz appointment of Kamal Nath as minister of surface transport, to support 'A' Raja and appoint Sunil Arora as Chairman of Indian Airlines. To all these suggestions by Das, the fixer, PM agreed and lost his prestige, particularly by defending for long Raja and also by opposing JPC, so that Raja, whom he had defended for a long is not exposed.
To conclude, Nira Radia was educated in London, was very intelligent, particularly impressive in conversation. As a result she could impress in first meeting business stalwarts like Ratan Tata, but she being over ambitious and determined to achieve her objective by fair, more after by foul means. Her conversation on tapes and her almost a dozen telephone numbers, when got in possession of government and got publicity in media people all over India, many bureaucrats and ministers and even UPA-II got into trouble along with Nira Radia. Her rise and fall during two decades proves that no one, businessmen, politician, bureaucrat or even common man or woman, should never adapt foul means to attain their object, howsoever right it may be.
Relation between India and China from ancient to modern times
It is well known all over the world that Buddhism from India had so much influence on China that virtually whole of China became Buddhist. In India Buddhism had risen since in Ashoka's time, after Kalinga War, but slowly it declined in the face of Hinduism, the most ancient religion of the world which Indians had accepted and practised. During spread of colonialism of Europe in Asia, India and many countries were conquered by Muslims (Mughals) than Europeans particularly by the British. As china was considered too vast Europeans were satisfied by controlling Chinese coast. Thus Britain had Hong Kong and some other adjoining areas. Portuguese were satisfied with Macao with the decline of European occupying powers after first world war, independence movements got momentum. Thus during the period between 1919 end of second world war in 1945, independence movements in India and China got intensified. In India the movement was mainly peaceful and non-violent under Gandhi's leadership while in China it was violent and aggressive under communists' leadership of Mao Tse Tung. Though India, too, fought for independence under Subhash Bose and his INA, first with the help of Germany then with the assistance of Japan mainly from Singapore.
In brief these were historic relations between India and China till India own independence in 1947 and China under Mao Tse Tung's long march changed whole of China in 1949 despite American support to their puppet Chiang Kai Shek who flew from mainland. India had to fight to turn out Portuguese from Goa while French, who had occupied Pondichery left peacefully.
Difference between India and China, who were peaceful neighbours from times commercial started when China occupied Tibet, which was Buddhist and not communist by farce to incorporate it with mainland China. Tibetan Buddhist leader Dalai Lama with hundreds of followers crossed into India. As a reaction China invaded north east India in 1962 through this area was part of India since British Times as McMahan Line This uncalled for China's aggression created distrust Between India and China which exists to this day. Till 1962 war India & China were Bhai-Bhai. India and China thus became rivals, instead of being friends as throughout thousands of years. They became hostile neighbours. But from time to time friendship between the two Asian superpowers became evident during Chau-En-Lais visit to India and reciprocal visit by Indian leaders.
Recent visit of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiahas is significant as it was after a couple of weeks after President Obama visit and a few days after French President Sarkozy's visit. Thus it is worth to consider implications of this parried visit to India and just immediately after that to Pakistan. Chen's visits to India and Pakistan ended within 4-5 days on 18th December 2010. In India he could not address the Parliament but had detailed meetings with Indian PM and senior Ministers. There were quire a few Memos of understand between two countries concluding with an agreement of trade and economic cooperation of US 16 billion dollars as both USA and France had signed similar agreements of trade and cooperation. Chinese PM got reception matching with that India gave to French PM though Obama's visit being prolonged, he could attend many meetings along with his wife in Mumbai and Delhi.
Though India feared that Chen will mention about Kashmir and its solution through UN intervention but Chen maintained discreet silence on the Kashmir and so did India reciprocate without highlighting issue of Tibet. Though as reaching Pakistan from Delhi itself Chen Hien Jiahoo Chinese Premier addressed joint session of Pakistani Parliament after getting very warm reception as Pakistan and China had no disputes. In Pakistan, to, Chen remained silent about Kashmir so as not to provoke India to mention Tibet. In Pakistan Chen signed a deal like that of one in India of equivalent to US 36 billion dollars to strengthen friendship with Pakistan. This deal was more than double that he had signed with India.
India and China are superpowers of Asia in all fields like trade, defence and status in the world amongst top five nations. Chen also realised that soon India, like China, may become a permanent member of UN Security Council. Moreover in November 2010 Indian External Affairs Minister at agricultural tripartite conference of India, China and Russia in Wuhan attended by foreign ministers, S.M. Krishna foreign minister of India that Kashmir and Tibet are sensitive issues for both India and China. Thus Premier Chen in India or Pakistan did not mention Kashmir at all. Moreover Chinese Prime Minister wanted to visit India as three permanent members of UN Security Council had already visited India to strengthen friendship and cooperation and the fourth member Russia was to visit within a few days, not to be left behind as the member Chen expedited his visit before that of Russian President Dimitry Medvided. All the five permanent members of UN Security Council visiting India in Nov-Dec 2010 boosts India's status as 'India shining' and likely to 6th permanent member of UN Security Council.


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Again a slow internet connection leaves the photo quality a bit low along with my tiredness not making me want to type this could be a short post. Just back from the Sisters Wilderness where Mike Carney, Mandi and I pulled in a sled ressupply for the course I am working after which I stayed up there and helped with snowschool and the summit attempt. Bizzarely the summit "attempt" was successful, climbing the North Couliour of Broken top – we do occasionally use this route in the early season but it is much more normal to be turned around low on the NW ridge due to harsh conditions. After the summit I turned around with a sled full of WAG bags (yes thats right full of poo!!) and headed back to base to get ready for the Owyhee river in a couple of days in far eastern oregon.
The long walk back to camp after leaving at 4am – broken top is the peak in the back ground
Meagan (my co-instructor) summiting the final fixed line to the summit (it really wasnt that cold)
Neil (one of the students) coming through the steepest part (the cornice) on the fixed lineKevin (my other co-instructor) looking a bit cold my first night in the mountains
Mandi with the big sled crossing a snow bridge on a creek
Neil on the summit with the corniced ridge below
The bag of poo next to my sled when i hit the road – i promptly covered the bag with snow until the vehicle arrived…………


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After a delicious vegetarian lunch at the Garden Museum we then went to the Chelsea Physic Garden. This is a beautiful walled garden situated right next to the Royal Chelsea Hospital. All of the plants are well labelled and regular guided tours enable you to get the most out of one of the oldest medicinal plant gardens in England. Then after tea and homemade cake it was time to head home.
The rest of my leave was very enjoyable and on Easter Saturday I went to a meeting of the Priory Beaders which meets in Christchurch once a month. We were working on a group entry for the 2009 Beadworkers' Guild Challenge. The theme is 'Celebration' as 2009 marks its 10th Anniversary. I can't give too much away about our entry but we were all given the task of making a beaded representation of ourselves to be incorporated into the piece. The instructions for doing this were devised by one of the organisers of the group, Jane Griffin. We will have to wait several months to find out if we have won. Even if we are not placed we have still enjoyed immensely working on this project together and have some great memories.
This photo does not really do this beautiful garden justice.
Me - represented in beads - blue and green are my favourite colours.
I was enjoying the remainder of my Easter break when, on Easter Sunday, disaster struck. I slipped getting out of the shower and twisted my knee. It soon became apparent that it was fairly serious so I took myself off to Accident & Emergency. Luckily my X-ray showed that I had not broken anything. However I have damaged the ligament on the inside of my knee. The result was one week at home followed by the past 10 days back at work hobbling around on crutches in a fair bit of pain. My physiotherapist is convinced that it will heal fairly quickly, I hope that he is right. I have always been ridiculously healthy and never hurt myself like this before. I can safely say that I never want to use crutches ever again after this and will be extra careful in future.
'Salvation Socks', so named as they saved my sanity during a period of enforced rest.
During the week that I was stuck at home, after being instructed to keep off my leg completely, I turned in desperation to knitting to keep me occupied. I read until my head ached and saw enough daytime TV to last me for a very long time. Sock knitting proved my salvation. I have been knitting a fairly complicated pattern called 'Mermaid Socks' by Lucy Neatby (later rechristened 'Salvation Socks'). I absolutely love them, and I think that they will be fun to wear. At least something positive will have come out of this experience!


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Thanks, for the response. I now understand it and there were couple things going on. I reverse engineered it from the simple logger sink and was able to receive events from the channel. Although occasionally some events seem to get dropped. I will work on it. From: Hari Shreedharan <email@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>> Reply-To: "email@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>" <email@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>> Date: Sunday, March 10, 2013 11:06 PM To: "firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>" <email@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>> Subject: Re: Custom Sink HI Vivek, I cannot be sure of why that is happening. Channel.take() gets called even if there are no events in the channel. If the take() method returns null, then there are no events in the channel. You can use the Status.BACKOFF return value to tell the sink poller to not retry immediately. But eventually, the SinkRunner will poll the sink again. This is because the SinkRunner does not know the state of the channel, so by calling the process method, the sink can take events if they arrive. Generally, the sinks call Channel.take() and if an entire batch was non-empty it will return Status.READY, else (that is the batch is null), then return Status.BACKOFF. See the code from AvroSink as an example (I have taken out some error-handling and counter-handling stuff and added some comments): transaction.begin(); for (int i = 0; i < client.getBatchSize(); i++) { Event event = channel.take(); //Take an event from the channel if (event == null) { //Channel returned null, did not have any more events. break; } batch.add(event); } int size = batch.size(); int batchSize = client.getBatchSize(); if (size == 0) { //The batch was empty, so backoff and try again later. status = Status.BACKOFF; } else { //Batch was not empty, don't backoff, try immediately after client.appendBatch(batch); } transaction.commit(); transaction.close(); return status; I hope this helps. Another thing you could do is to take something like AvroSink/AbstractRpcSink and rip out all of the Avro/Rpc stuff and insert your logic into it without changing much of the channel/transaction stuff. Hope this helps. Hari On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Vikram Kulkarni <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>> wrote: I am trying to write a custom sink for flume-ng. I looked at the existing sinks and documentation and coded it up. However, the 'process()' method that's supposed to receive the events always ends up with a null event. I am doing Event event = channel.take(); but the event is null. I see in the logs that this method is called repeatedly as the event is still in the channel so I think it is reaching the sink but unable to take it out of the channel. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Vikram
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October is "Domestic Violence Awareness Month". India is observing "Domestic Violence Awareness Month" for the first time this year to make it an International event for all men's rights and fathers' rights groups across the world.
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month- India
Restore Civil Rights to Domestic Violence Laws!
* Have we gone too far with our "get-tough-on-crime" approach to curbing domestic violence?
* Have we become irrational in our approach to women's empowerment and women's rights?
* Are fundamental Constitutional rights being set aside?
* Are we now supporting violation of human rights of innocent men, women and children?
Guilty until Proven Innocent?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims that "everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law."
Indian laws against domestic violence presume that the accused is guilty until proven innocent and violate universal principles of fair trial.
Mandatory Arrest?
Article 21 of the Indian Constitution states that "no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law".
every year, over 1 lakh innocent persons (one innocent person every 5 minutes) are arrested under IPC Section 498A including 4,000 innocent senior citizens (one innocent elderly person every 2.5 hours) and 350 children (one child per day) without evidence or investigation.
Men do not need protection?
Universal Declaration of Human rights states that "all are equal before the law, and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law".
Article 14 of the Indian Constitution declares that "The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India."
Indian laws against domestic violence blatantly deny protection to men against any form of domestic abuse, and every year, over 56,000 married men commit suicide due to verbal, emotional, economic and physical abuse and legal harassment.
Mothers and sisters of husband not women?
Indian laws against domestic violence are touted as tools for women's protection and empowerment.
in the last four years alone, over 1,23,497 women have been arrested under IPC Section 498A alone, without evidence or investigation, not for committing any crime under law, but only because they were related to a man.
The verdict is in…
Indian taxpayers have spent lakhs to to implement draconian policies around the country. And the verdict is clear – these policies:
* Trample on Constitutional protections and human rights
* Hurt men, women and children
* Divert limited funds away from the real victims
It's time to restore civil liberties, respect for victims, and common sense to our nation's domestic violence laws.
Organizations across India observing Domestic Violence Awareness Month:
* Save Indian Family Foundation
* Save Family Foundation
* All India Forgotten Women
* Rishtey
* Gender Human Rights Society
* Protect Indian Family Foundation
* Children's Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting


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Just got back from my neighbor's house. Scored 120 board feet of 50+ year old white oak floor boards. They are 10 feet long by 1 foot wide, 3/4 thick. They are from a remodeling and there is more to be had. When all is said and done I should have over 300 feet of this material. I have no idea what it must be worth, but I plan on putting to good use. All I have to do is plane off the finish.
Any ideas for projects?
-- Wow, that was easy. Just follow the directions and use some common sense.


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LUSH Cosmetics don't just sell bath bombes, you know… They also sell hair care, skincare, make-up, perfume, bubble and massage bars too…
During my lunch break, I headed to my nearest LUSH to try one their massage bars. I was greeted by a lovely Lushie who demoed the Each Peach massage bar on my hand. She rubbed the bar into my skin until it began to melt, explaining all about the ingredients that go into it… She then began massaging the essential oils into my skin – topping it off with a dusting powder.
Although I love the citrussy smell of it and enjoyed how soft it made my skin feel, I opted to purchase the Peace bar instead because I fell in love with the cause… I also knew that my mum would love it because 'Peace' is her middle name…
A culmination of the most peaceful ingredients we can find, Peace massage bar is the perfect recipe to settle your soul. We've used our new aeration technique to blend Fair Trade organic cocoa butter from the Peace Community in Colombia with Fair Trade olive oil, creating a light, smooth and luxurious massage on the skin. That lovely lavender-chamomile aroma? It's a combination of four fragrances from our signature Synesthesia massage at our LUSH Spas: Acceptance, Forgiveness, Calm and Content; traits we could all benefit more from. Go on, give Peace a chance.
Okay, so the Peace Bar is a peaceful smelling massage bar that evokes relaxation within you as soon as it absorbs into the skin. Packed with only the best Fair Trade Columbian Cocoa Butter, Fair Trade Shea Butter and Fair Trade Olive Oil, this massage bar is sure to send you to sleep at first contact.
Apparently, the majority of the proceeds of Peace go to the Columbian Peace Community who continue to fight for peace in Columbia.
This supports the self-sustaining farmers who are peacefully protesting the civil unrest in their country.
So, once I finished work, I went home to test out the massage bar on my first client – my mum. I copied the Lushie's every move to make sure my mum had the best hand and foot massage ever. Like I predicted, she loved the smell, the name, and what it stands for. She also fell asleep mid-massage.
Who knew I gave such good massages?!


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Incoming Santa Clara women's soccer freshman Brittany Ambrose was recently featured by The Province and Canada.com for her success on the soccer field. The article talks about her coming to Santa Clara as well as some of her soccer history. Ambrose is the younger sister of current Bronco Nikki Ambrose.
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text: If you have Venetian blinds that are broken or that don't open or close properly and would like them replaced, just let me know, and I will replace them at no cost to you. All the Venetian blinds in my rentals have aluminum slats. I used to buy Venetian blinds with vinyl slats, which are cheaper and last longer than aluminum slats, but many vinyl blinds have lead in the vinyl, especially vinyl blinds from East Asia, which is where most of them are made. As vinyl slats get old, sunlight and heat break down the vinyl and the lead leaches out and forms a white powdery coating on the slats. Then every time you touch the slats, you get lead on your fingers. When I found out about that, I replaced all the vinyl Venetian blinds in my rental units with aluminum ones. That was many years ago. A lot of people assume that the federal government tests building materials to make sure they don't contain toxic chemicals or heavy metals, but unfortunately, that isn't true. 2 years ago, I replaced all the CFL light bulbs in my rentals with LEDs. CFLs contain mercury, LEDs do not. I also replaced all the mercury-bulb wall thermostats with electronic thermostats, which are mercury-free. I tell other landlords that they should think carefully about environmental issues when buying building materials because tenants, especially in this area, care about this more than they may realize.


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The doctor is in…the mall?
As consumerization pushes health systems closer and closer to their patients, we're seeing healthcare emerge as an opportune tenant for retail landlords with big box vacancies.
"There's been a big push by retail landlords to try and attract medical tenants to diversify their portfolios, many of which have been struggling to adapt to the changing nature of retail," JLL Senior Vice President Sarah Cogswell said at a recent RE Journals' event.
The challenge is catering to the specifics of healthcare tenants. Landlords are used to retailers that have their specs down to a science, a repeatable façade and the ability to take over a building and make it their own.… Read More


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This is still a time and place in Ireland where every Barstool Republican will vilify poppy wearers in mostly anti-English terms. And there are still people who legitimately argue that the money raised from the sales of poppies went to give aid to those who were in the infamous Black and Tans, those who perpetrated Bloody Sunday etc. Nowadays people argue that poppy wearing supports those in Iraq or Afghanistan - yet no army ever picked their battleground. Even in Britain itself the wearing or not wearing of the poppy can be very controversial. The rule that was enforced by the BBC that all presenters must wear one takes away from people's choice. Dara O'Briain didn't don a poppy one year and said his hate mail was so vast that he wore it the following year, which meant he merely replaced British hate mail with Irish hate mail. Robert Fisk in an excellent article for the Independent recalls his father (who had fought in the Great War) eventually stopped wearing the poppy because he felt it was a war that had been fought on lies and it sickened him to see "so many damn fools" wearing it to look patriotic, or to fit in when they had no idea of what it was like. (article here and well worth a read http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-do-those-who-flaunt-the-poppy-on-their-lapels-know-that-they-mock-the-war-dead-6257416.html)
I doubt there is a person in Ireland that doesn't have some ancestor who fought or died in either of the World Wars for the British Army. Indeed in the case of WWI all of our Irish ancestors were technically British. I know in my own family I have two great-uncles who were killed in action in WWI and my grandfather fought in WWII. And there are many whose relations are still fighting and dying in that same army.
Which brings us back to the poppy. The poppy was chosen as the symbol to commemorate the sacrifice made by they young men in WWI because of its blood red colour and the fact that it was the only flower that deigned to grow on the fields of the Somme. It has been immortalised in many poems following the Great War. As a symbol, the poppy has ancient origins, much of which focus on the narcotic properties of the flower.Although the poppies of Flanders do not contain opium, the association with narcosis remains. This association is especially important in the ritual of remembrance, helping to console the bereaved. Another aspect that makes the poppy important is its very commonness. Poppies grow virtually anywhere, and because the poppy is found in such large numbers, it is fitting that it is a symbol strongly associated with the first major industrialised war, where everything was done on a large scale: bombardments, attacks, battles, casualty lists. Here poppies can be used to symbolise the masses of soldiers who fell in battle. Poppies, like those who enlisted in the army, are also easily obtained, due to their very availability. Indeed, the throngs of men standing to enlist outside army recruiting offices seen in many photographs from the initial stages of the First World War, can be likened to masses of poppies found on the battlefield. Poppies need no preening or cultivating, they grow, unlike the finer rose, without having to be trained or tended. Poppies are a short-lived flower - it symbolises well the soldiers - the life expectancy of the front line troops was also very brief.
And this brings us back again to the young men that fought and often gave their lives. Over the past couple of days I've been researching and trying to get my head around our abhorrence to commemorating our war dead in some way. It doesn't have to be with a poppy but surely there could be some way of venerating the sacrifice made by so many young men of this country. More men from Ireland were killed in battle during the Great War than were during any other conflict, more men were killed in WWI than were killed during all the troubles in Northern Ireland. Those who weren't killed were effectively ostracised from their communities on their return from war. Let us not forget those men, who died either because they had been peddled the great lie that independence was just around the corner once they fought first, the lie that was peddled by the Irish alongside the British. Let us not forget men for whom times were so hard that they would take the King's shilling so long as it put food on their family's table. Those men who have been whitewashed from our history with an efficiency Stalin would have envied.
So wear a poppy or not - it's up to you and if you have personal and or political reasons for not or doing so then your wishes should be respected. Ultimately it is an expression of personal freedom and wasn't that what the soldiers in the Great war and WWII (and could be argued the Irish war of Independence) fighting for. Whatever you do cast an occasional thought to those young boys who died for us to get to where we are today. The dead of the 1914-1918 War are to some just names on paper but to others they represent the generation which lost its youth as brave young men went to War in a cause which was to unite families in grief. For too long we pushed to one side their memory forgetting that bravery wears many uniforms. Their life sacrifices must always be a constant reminder to us of how our neighbours suffered, why our neighbours grieved and why their dead must always be remembered.
In memory of Lance-Corporal Patrick Flynn killed in action 14th September 1916 and his brother Private Christopher Flynn killed in action 28th July 1917


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text: "Staying In" by Ola Podrida by Western Vinyl published on 2013-02-13T15:09:27Z David Wingo is a busy man. In the years since the release of his last record as Ola Podrida, he's written and recorded soundtracks for several movies including Take Shelter (winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2011), MUD (starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon), and Prince Avalanche (starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch and co-composed with Explosions In The Sky), both of which are seeing wide release this coming spring/summer. When he had time in between films, Wingo assembled a live band featuring Colin Swietek on guitars, Matt Clark on bass, and David Hobizal on drums and began to bring his new songs in to the band. A first for Ola Podrida, the new album Ghosts Go Blind was recorded to tape in a proper studio, mostly live, with the full band. The resulting songs are energetic and accessible, while Wingo's abstract narratives are more personal and intimate than ever. Throughout the album bittersweet memories of youth are filtered through the nostalgic eyes of a man starting to accept his adult life for the first time. The album opens with last guy at the party pleading for someone to stay with him, and keep the revelry going a little longer. It's an almost cringeworthy desperation, and yet Wingo makes it feel relatable. The final refrain "It's no fun, being alone at the end" takes on a bigger meaning, giving you the feeling his friends have grown up and moved on, leaving him to decide how he'll proceed with his life. By the middle of the album, the character has evolved, now pleading with his partner again, but this time the goal is to stay home and shut out the world. Part of what makes this album so satisfying is how elegantly Wingo uses the mundane, common events of day-to-day life to conjure tales of desperation, resignation, and reflection. The power of Wingo's storytelling is magnified by Swietek's shimmering riffs and Clark and Hobizal's alternately propulsive and restrained rhythms. In the end, Ghosts Go Blind is about finding someone you resonate with and want to grow old with, appreciating the carefree days of youth, and steadying yourself for whatever comes next. http://www.olapodrida.com/ https://www.facebook.com/OlaPodrida https://twitter.com/olapodridaband http://westernvinyl.com/artists/olapodrida.html Comment by Diego 1st Song Music Fantastic track!! great job!! 2016-10-17T19:33:56Z Comment by carlosazocar niiiceeeeeee !! 2013-07-04T10:23:08Z Comment by Jenn Monroe This song makes me happy every freaking time I listen to it. Thank you! 2013-06-14T01:15:50Z Comment by Josh Bellingrath Fantastic Line!! 2013-06-05T05:18:20Z Comment by alchemistrpm Hola Ola. This is beautiful. 2013-05-06T07:44:12Z


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New Release: Tor Browser 8.0.5
Tor Browser 8.0.5 is now available from the Tor Browser Project page and also from our distribution directory.
This release features important security updates to Firefox.
This new release updates Firefox to 60.5.0esr and Tor to the first stable release in the 0.3.5 series, 0.3.5.7.
It contains a number of backports from the alpha series, most notably the proper first-party isolation of range requests when loading PDF documents.
We also updated NoScript and HTTPS Everywhere to their latest versions and removed our donation campaign related code.
The full changelog since Tor Browser 8.0.4 is:
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- Update Firefox to 60.5.0esr
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on Windows 7 (32 bit) is OK! THNX!
https://www.whoishostingthis.com/tools/user-agent/ reports different values for "screen resolution" and "browser window size" (e.g. 1000x700 and 989x700, respectively). I did not resize the browser window prior to this.
My guess is that it's because of the scrollbar, meaning that the website can detect the width of user's scroll bar. This width might be different on different systems, graphical toolkits, desktop environments, etc., increasing the fingerprint.
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Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Limited (Sterlite Grid) is the largest private sector power transmission developer in India with 31 Extra High Voltage (EHV) transmission lines and seven substations with over 7,000 Circuit Km and 25,000 MVA of transformation capacity spanning across 15 states.
Sterlite Grid is the subsidiary of Sterlite Power Transmission Limited (Sterlite Power) that offers cutting edge products and solutions for seamless energy delivery to ensure power for all.
In an interview with ETEnergyWorld Pratik says, "Sterlite has the largest privately owned private transmission portfolio of 10 projects out of which five are commissioned or partially commissioned. Sterlite has completed its projects in record time and record costs, causing power to be delivered around different parts of the country ahead of schedule."
While speaking to ETEnergyWorld he elaborated that the major areas of concern for power delivery are gearing up the transmission grid for absorption of renewable energy, and time for delivery of transmission is very low; as very large renewable plants are being set up by the end of the year.
He also added that as the size of our major cities expand space is going to be a problem for transmission lines, since adding new transmission lines will be a problem new technology must be adopted to deliver more power through existing lines.


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In this 10-day retreat, we are swimming with the Humpback Whales to receive the transforming harmonics from these ancient Record Keepers. This is a blessed opportunity to activate your greater gifts and sacred destiny.
Come and receive the codes of the Cetaceans!
The whales are highly evolved Cetacean beings who are anchoring the exquisite crystalline light in the oceans of our ascending planet.
They are of the most immense, divinely intelligent and physically powerful creatures on the planet… yet they are also among the most gentle.
We are venturing to a tropical island paradise in the beautiful South Pacific to intimately commune with the migrating Humpback Whales.
We will swim every day in the Tonga's warm azure waters to humbly receive the codes of knowledge from these ancient Record Keepers.
Its guaranteed to be a life altering experience, all intended to deeply inspire your creative expression and expansion into timeless dimensions.
"During this rare and unforgettable experience, we maintain highest respect for the pristine environment and these gentle giants that we are so blessed to commune."
Tiara Kumara, Facilitator
Our whale swim adventure takes place in the Kingdom of Tonga and its Ha'apai group of islands.
This is an exquisite playground for Humpback Whales and one of the largest nurseries in the South Pacific for Humpbacks to give birth due to the numerous natural protection areas and reefs that provide a safe area to raise the calves.
We are staying on the very remote Uoleva Island, a true South Pacific paradise with white sandy beaches, a teeming reef full of marine life and swaying palm trees. This island can only be accessed by boat and there are no roads or stores.
It is here that we will completely unwind and disconnect from the world as we dive deep into communion with Divine Presence and our Cetacean family.
We will be in Tonga during peak whale swimming season, which runs from mid July to mid October. Tonga is one of two places in the world where we are allowed to safely swim with these gentle giants.
Each year the Humpback Whales migrate from Antarctica to Tonga to give birth to their young and raise them in the warm, protected waters before returning home.
Our boat operators, Ha'apai Whale and Sail, is the longest operating whale watching/swimming business in Ha'apai with fully certified skippers and professional whale encounter guides.
We have the boat reserved for every day that we are on Uoleva Island. With all of our snorkel gear, eight people will embark on each boat outing and only four at a time are permitted in the water with the whales.
The retreat includes four full boat days per participant during this whale swim immersion. Extra days are available at an additional cost.
All participants will know how to snorkel and are required to bring their own leak proof mask, snorkel, fins and a lightweight wetsuit.
We are housing in an Eco Retreat, an "off the grid" boutique resort that focuses on wellness, adventure, rest and relaxation… all with the lightest possible footprint on its revered island.
It boasts to be located on the "best beach in Tonga", with calm seas that are perfect for swimming, watching the sea turtles or snorkeling in the multitude of reefs in the nearby bay.
It is not uncommon to see the whales breach right in front of our beachfront accommodations!
We are sleeping in very comfortable fales (Tongan for house) of either spacious safari style tent units on platforms or larger wooden fales.
Our group will be 12 adventurers and most all of us will be sharing accommodations with one or two others. We each will sleep, however, in our own bed, either queen or twin size.
All accommodations include quality mattresses and bedding, a private bathroom with hot water showers, composting toilets, and solar powered lighting.
Every fale has a stunning view of the sea all the while keeping cool within the shade of a coconut forest. Imagine!
Our stay at this eco-retreat is far from roughing it. You will be impressed with its luxurious comfort while keeping true to a minimal footprint and being absolutely disconnected from the grid.
This includes the tasty, tantalizing fresh food and fruit including vegetables and herbs picked daily from their hydroponic/organic garden.
Together with the whale swimming, other complimentary activities are offered including Shore Snorkeling, Kayaking and Standup Paddle Boarding.
For Scuba Diving lovers, this incredible activity can be arranged at an additional cost. Needless to say, diving in the Ha'apai Islands is exceptional. The water clarity is excellent and the large number of reefs are abundant with fascinating sea life.
Massage therapy is also offered to sustain your bliss!
During our evenings, we will have so much fun sitting in sacred circle around our many beach bonfires while sharing about our experiences and insightful wisdom.
We have also planned a spectacular Tongan Feast to celebrate an exceptional and deeply sacred experience… all supported by an authentic Polynesian mix of genuine hospitality, active adventure and blissful relaxation.
Whale energy transference can affect you to such a degree that you are sincerely altered, forever.
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The whales have been gracing our oceans for millions of years. Their consciousness is of an ancient and timeless lineage and one that is helping to hold the balance of light for the Earth.
One of their roles, as a great vibrational steward of light and sound for the oceanic body, is to open portals and gateways that bridge the Earth to the cosmic realms.
To be in their radiatory field is indescribably so profound that it is not uncommon to start shaking, crying and releasing the moment that their immense energy is felt or their primordial sound is heard. It brings back such deep remembrance of our origins, and, of oneness.
Just by being in their very presence, we are able to activate more of our truer self and eternal nature. Whale energy transference can affect you to such a degree that you are sincerely altered, forever.
As starseeds and cosmic bridgers, many of us are intimately connected with Cetacean energy because this powerful vibration comes to us primarily from the Sirian star system. Many of us have aspects of self on Sirius and also those that are incarnated as whale and dolphin.


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Yggdrasil Irminsul Donar's Oak Greeting Card Postcard
All the postcards have on the reverse side a place for an address and a postmark.
Serie: White Dragon Media Group
4 or more 2.20€
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37 or more 1.26€
9 or more 1.89€
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- Size: ~ 15 x 11cm;
- High-quality fine print;
- 300gr/m2 matte paper;
- Delivery: 3-8 weeks (not-registered mail), 2-5 weeks (registered mail);
- Handling time: ~ 5 days;
We give you the opportunity to send the postcard directly to any address worldwide via our website. The postcard is one of many ways to say "Thank you" to your friend or loved one.
All the postcards have on the reverse side a place for an address and a postmark.
If you want to buy many different types of postcards, want to customize them or whatever you want - Contact Us.
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Young Daniel Sempere, son of a bookshop owner in the sleepy streets of Barcelona, gets the greatest delight of his life when his father takes him to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books: a library of lost and long forgotten titles. Each initiate must choose one book to keep and guard for life. He picks 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Julian Carax. Little does he know that there are people who do not want this book to be read and remembered and would go to any means to prevent it. Daniel is embroiled in a series of events which lead to him searching for details about the mysterious author whose life story seems to breathe out from the pages of his book. However there are people who do not want the book to ever be read, a ruthless and corrupt inspector Fumero and the shadowy figure who calls himself Lain Coubert, people who are ready to kill to preserve their secret.
The book is set in Barcelona at a time period immediately after the Spanish Civil War under the Franco dictatorship. Although there are no elements of fear or oppression, nevertheless the eroded sense of justice is conveyed in the brutal and unscrupulous character of Inspector Fomero.
The author chooses to write in the third person from the point of view of the central character Daniel. Thus, the plot is revealed according to Daniel's perception of it and the reader can form an estimation of his character through his outlook on general incidents. The plot is twisted and multi-threaded with numerous dead ends. however for all that it remains tight and gripping to the end. The language (although a translation) is flowery and interspersed with dark sarcasm and decorative wit by the author, presumably private, self deprecating humour.
A friend recommended this book to me and it came with raving reviews. I however was not very satisfied with the plot nor with the construction. It seemed meaningless at many points and the plot was ridiculously simple to guess and fathom. It leads to the conventional 'happy ending' with a schadenfreude typical of best-selling romantic fiction. A disappointing read for those expecting mental stimulation, however it can be used to brighten up a boring flight or train journey.
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Spring H2O is a Ballarat-based family owned and operated company. We supply domestic and commercial customers with great tasting natural spring water, along with water coolers, filtration systems, water crocks and water bottles. We can even produce custom water bottles with your name or company logo.
Matt McCann - Co-Owner Matt is Ballarat born and bred and has over 15 years experience delivering quality service to customers in Ballarat and surrounding areas. He brings a vast knowledge of both production and administration to the business.
Adam McCann - Co-Owner Adam also grew up in Ballarat and joined the family business after completing High School. He has over a decade of experience in offering quality service to customers. He brings to the business his extensive knowledge of sales and distribution.
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Equalities Impact Assessment
Queen Mary has a legal obligation to fulfil the requirement of equalities and anti-discrimination legislation. Equalities Impact Assessments (EIAs) are a tool for measuring how far we are meeting these obligations. EIAs allow us to understand the effects of Queen Mary's policies, procedures and outcomes on its staff and students from different equalities groups, to report on the findings and mitigate any adverse impacts.
Provided below are Queen Mary's EIA Form, accompanying Action Plan and Guidance. The document 'Further Information' outlines the EIA process and an 'Equalities Glossary' is provided as an additional resource.
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Cloning "Superman": What Other Countries Already Know about Scaling Up Good Schools
Everyone agrees that we have too few good schools and too many lousy ones. What's missing is a mechanism for replicating what works. Competitive for-profit markets have served that function in other fields, from cell phones to coffee shops. Can the same thing work in education?
To find out, we've invited experts from both hemispheres to tell us what their nations have learned from decades of experience with private-school choice. Peje Emilsson founded the largest chain of for-profit private schools operating in Sweden's nationwide voucher program. Humberto Santos has studied the academic performance of public schools, independent private schools, and chains of private schools in Chile's voucher program. Responding to their findings and asking challenging questions will be Education Week journalist Sarah Sparks.
Please join us for a lively discussion of how we might finally be able to stop "Waiting for Superman."


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Reasons Businesses Use Digital Marketing
Ever since the digital world happened, there have been a lot of businesses who have gone online to try their luck with selling their products and services online. There are many benefits that one can get out of digital marketing and today, we are going to find out what these benefits are. Before we continue, however, first let me acquaint you with digital marketing – marketing that is done on the internet can be called digital marketing. Now that you are more familiar with what digital marketing is, let us now look at what you can get if you try it out for your business or your personal use. Without further due, let us begin.
The first benefit you get if you apply digital marketing to your business method is that you can have a world wide market at the tip of your fingers. Having your market on the internet is one of the best ways you can sell goods, products and services because there are tons and tons of people on the internet in this day and age. If your business is not online and you are following traditional ways to run your business, chances are you can not really grow as big as if you go online and do your business on the internet. This is a really wonderful benefit that a lot of businesses are not experiencing. Do not get left out, try it today if you are not already using and incorporating it to your business.
Another really good benefit that can be yours if you decide to choose digital marketing is that you will never have to spend so much for it. You probably thought that digital marketing will cost you so much so you decided not to use it at all; now you know that the traditional way of marketing can actually be a lot more expensive and that digital marketing is actually a lot cheaper. Digital marketing is so cheap that most businesses are now using it because they have seen how beneficial it can be to their business especially if they do not have a big budget for marketing. If you are thinking about advertising your business traditionally, you have to have a budget for ads such as tv ads, magazine ads and the like but if you advertise your business online, this can all be very cheap and very simple because you can just use social media to advertise your new products and new goods. When you are still using the traditional way of using things, you may be running out of ideas and running out of money to advertise your business; if you go online, however, you do not have that much of a risk because you will spend less money. If you use digital marketing, you do not have to spend for expensive advertising because you can just use social media to advertise which is really cheap.Discovering The Truth About Businesses


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If someone said you had stanky groove, should you take it as an insult or a compliment? I'll give you a tip: as long as you have an instrument in your hands, you should feel honored.
Innate melodic tendencies, simple yet effective rhythm guitar parts built from triads, and a low-down, dirty, filthy, stanky groove are the key habits of John Frusciante's signature style.
As I've continued to pick apart the methods of some of music's most iconic guitar players, I've started to notice patterns–patterns that paint a bigger picture. For example, as if we needed any more evidence, triads are the root of all modern guitar playing, whether you understand music theory or not.
Another overlapping habit is the pursuit of memorable melodies, no matter the musical context. For example, Frusciante's solo in "Can't Stop" says more in a handful of notes than any solo I've ever written, and admittedly, playing with more melodic intention is one of the most difficult things to master.
The guitar greats do this with ease, however. See the video above for a full breakdown of John Frusciante's guitar habits, and be sure to check out the full series of these types of lessons on my YouTube channel.
Tyler Larson is the founder of the guitar-centric website Music is Win. His entertaining guitar-related content receives hundreds of thousands of video views on Facebook per month, and his online guitar courses tout more than 1,500 students with a cumulative 4.7 rating on Udemy. Get in touch with Tyler on Facebook, watch more of his guitar lessons and vlogs on YouTube, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram.


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I believe we need to consider the above post of kenedy very seriously,
He has my vote in his suggestion,
Clone Card File Maker
I have seen a huge number of card file on forum several time, those files comes to forum only before world cup or during any series of matches.
Most of the file maker not making file for us or not selling cards to to us because they just coming forum to advertise only. There is a special issue behind this advertisement.
They just want to know various CAS provider that they have hacked that system and then they start give and take business with those CAS provider, specially with IRDEO.
Last one Year Web admin and few other senior guy has got Legal notice from IRDEO only because of these types of card maker guys.
@ Admin; please close this types of advertisement and fishing post.
My Suggestion- Please give us rights to ban all Card file uploader user. Like Blue Dragon, Red Dragon, Yellow Dragon, mad drgaon etc etc.
I believe we need to consider the above post of kenedy very seriously,
He has my vote in his suggestion,
Press if you find post usefull.
Use "SEARCH" Before Posting, Post In Correct Sections, Respect Other Members.
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Planmakers Educational Consultancy (www.planmakers.com.np) (in CodeIgntior with Mysql)
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WIIBID (www.pioneeringesolutions.net/demo1client/wiibd) Lowest Unique auctions site.
Smallbidz(www.pramodpoudel.com/sb/), Lowest Unique auctions site, Freelancing work.
www.ipinepal.org. currently in charge of redeveloping the national portal for the IPI Nepal community. Developed with PHP and MySql. Dreamweaver. [Contract work].
www.bid4traveletc.com.au. Responsible Development of the lowest unique bidding site. Developed using PHP, My-sql, Javascript, Ajax.
www.abay.com.au. Responsible Development of lowest unique bidding site.
www.1stcarleasing.com updated some wrok in wordpress build site.
www.c1group.com.au, a job and consultancy site.
College Alumni site(www.pramodpoudel.com/eku/)
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Rastriya Samachar Samiti website(www.rss.com.np)
www.youngstorgetbasar.no. Norwegian e-commerce (ready to lunch)
College Management Information System. [Final year project, developed in .NET and Ms-sql)
Solitaire [Design in Java- as Minor project ]
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EKU, Alumni student association.[www.pramodpoudel.com/eku] Developed with PHP and MySql. Dreamweaver. [Contract work].
www.kyuda.de. [www.pioneeringesolutions.net/clients/kyuda/]German affiliate programming site. Developed using Smarty, PHP, Mysql, Ajax, Javascript.
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