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(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)
By Jamie McGeever
LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) - There is much talk about whether the predictive powers of the yield curve are waning, with a growing number of experts arguing its inversion no longer signals recession. "This time it's different," they say.
Those four words may turn out to be prophetic - but they should still set alarm bells ringing for policymakers, economists and financial market professionals, who consistently fail to call the next recession.
The yield curve, meanwhile, has been calling them right for 45 years.
The debate is heating up because the U.S. economic expansion, entering its 10th year, is close to becoming the longest in history. It can't be too far away from rolling over, and the yield curve is inching ever closer to inversion.
A shrinking gap between long- and short-dated yields suggests investors expect slower economic growth further out, higher interest rates in the near term to keep inflation in check, or limited rate hikes further out due to softening inflation pressures. Or a mix of all of the above.
An inverted curve, where long-dated yields are lower than short-dated ones, points to the Fed being forced to cut rates in the future. All five U.S. recessions since the 1970s have been preceded by an inverted curve.
The gap between two- and 10-year yields, the benchmark curve, is the flattest it's been for 11 years and just 26 basis points away from inverting.
Why might things be different this time?
In a world where yields on large swathes of the European and Japanese sovereign bond markets are still negative, U.S. Treasuries are effectively high-yielding securities. Demand for 10-year paper at around 3 percent, in what's perceived as the most liquid and safest market in the world, is huge.
Yields are also being compressed by the Fed's bloated, crisis-fighting balance sheet. It's being reduced ever so slowly, but the $4 trillion of bonds on the central bank's books is still enough to cap any rise in 10-year yields.
Inflation has remained stubbornly low since the crisis and the second longest U.S. expansion in history hasn't led to significant wage growth. Many say traditional relationships between growth and inflation have broken down thanks to technology, weak labour bargaining power, a more flexible labour market and the "gig economy".
So much so, the Fed is scouring new niches of the financial markets to find signals accurate enough to warn it when it needs to stop hiking interest rates before they risk tipping the economy into recession.
One indicator they and others might want to look at is the Philly Fed's "Anxious Index", which measures the probability of GDP contraction in the next quarter. It's historically low right now, near levels that have preceded every recession in the past half century.
Joe Lavorgna, chief U.S. economist at Natixis, says economists and market participants need to take a "holistic" approach to forecasting - paying attention to leading indicators like housing permits and the yield curve - or they will miss the next recession. Again.
One assumes the IMF does this, and its semi-annual World Economic Outlooks have morphed over the years into something of a global economic forecasting benchmark. But the IMF's track record here is patchy at best, and is worth noting.
The last two U.S. recessions were March 2001-November 2001 and December 2007-June 2009. The first was light and relatively short-lived, the second was one of the most savage ever.
In its WEO from September 2000, the IMF predicted global growth of 4.7 pct in 2000 slowing only slightly to 4.2 pct in 2001. "The outlook for the global economy has continued to strengthen, with GDP growth projected to increase in all major regions of the world," notably the United States.
In its WEO from October 2007, just two months before the economy peaked then went into recession, the IMF said: "In advanced economies, deep recessions have virtually disappeared in the post–World War II period."
The financial crisis began to factor into forecasts as 2008 unfolded, but the WEO in January that year still projected 4.9 pct global growth in 2007 and 4.1 pct in 2008. The October 2008 WEO noted that "many advanced economies are close to or moving into recession", but the IMF still penciled in 3.9 pct global growth that year.
Events turned out rather differently.
Given its past accuracy and the lack of alternatives, the yield curve is one of the few recession-forecasting tools economists have. Maybe it won't be different this time after all.
Reporting by Jamie McGeever; editing by John Stonestreet


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Archive for June 2010
Lord Love a Republican
[UPDATE Below] [UPDATE I :: We Can't Afford War] [UPDATE II]
War on the Little People
When you've lost you job because of the Banks, Wall Street, Obama economy fix and you can't collect any unemployment benefits and end up homeless and hungry look to your friends, relatives and neighbors that are Republican.
Senate Republicans Block Unemployment Benefits Bill
Senate Republicans have blocked another effort to extend unemployment benefits to millions of jobless workers. Emergency jobless benefits, which provide up to ninety-nine weeks of income support, expired June 2. More than 1.2 million people have already had their checks cut off, but that total is expected soon to rise to two million people.
This is from FireDogLake:
Republicans block unemployment bill
Associated Press:
Stymied by GOP, Democrats at loss on jobs agenda
These Republicans can spend trillions of borrowed dollars on made-up wars, but can't do anything for the Americans forced to pay for their crass beliefs and looting. [Source]
[UPDATE :: Friday, June 25, 2010]
War on the little people started when? In the process of finding this picture I came across this blog article on Big Dan's Big Blog posted March 2, 2010, that I think is still appropriate today.
[UPDATE II :: Tuesday, July 20, 2010]
FINALLY! Senate Democrats set to leap hurdle on extending jobless benefits
Democrats are expected to overcome Republican opposition to the package of new aid for unemployed Americans.
Talk Peace – Make War
[Update Below]
Governments continue to alienate their people while they merrily go about their dark, covert dirty business of lying, deceiving, making deliberate false accusations to obfuscate their acts of war.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports today: Report: "U.S., Israeli warships cross Suez Canal toward Red Sea" – "Egypt opposition angered at government for allowing the fleet of more than 12 ships to cross Egyptian manned waterway, Al-Quds Al-Arabi (an independent pan-Arab daily newspaper published in London since 1989) reports."
According to the report, thousands of Egyptian soldiers were deployed along the Suez Canal guarding the ships' passage, which included a U.S. aircraft carrier.
Egyptian opposition members have criticized the government for cooperating with the U.S. and Israeli forces and allowing the ships' passage through Egyptian territorial waters.
According to eyewitnesses, the U.S. battleships were the largest to have crossed the Canal in many years, Al-Quds reported.
As the US and Israel move to further threaten Iran, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that US intelligence has learned that Iran has the capability to attack Europe with hundreds of missiles.The Jerusalem Post reports today that: Iran: "Our missiles are for defense"
Official:US claims we can rain missiles down on Europe "deception."
The Jerusalem Post also reports today: "Iran: Sanctions reflect double standard" —"Teheran calls for investigation of Israeli nukes."
So, what does the future hold for these might empires? How about a lesson from the past? The following commentary by someone that's worked a lifetime in peace and conflict resolution spoke about the future of America in this world starting in Afghanistan:
I think it will end, by and large, the same way as Vietnam. That means United States becoming irrelevant. ****
And to quote one important exchange of words in that remark, one of the last commanders in Vietnam on the American side said to the top person in North Vietnam, "You were never able to beat us in any open battle." And the North Vietnamese response was "Correct, but it is irrelevant." You can be a superpower as much as you want. You're up against a force, incidentally, which has enormous amounts of world support. That simply is superior.
It's called the "silent treatment."
[UPDATE :: Tuesday, June 22, 2010]
The warmongers just keep pushing and pushing. Our beneficent and benevolent government representatives take the lead as they enforce the corrupt ruling elite's longterm objectives. Here's the update: Congress unveils hard-hitting Iran sanctions bill.
The Face of War
The Face of Peace
What I've learned the 6 decades is that if you want peace then you must first be peaceable. Living in a constant state of self-defense is the same as living in a constant state of war. Israel's history from the beginning is war. War for the singular purpose of getting all nation states to agree with them, the Zionist Jew, that they have the legitimate right to exist. Whereas everyone that refuses to yield to them does not. If the Jews want recognition as a prerequisite, the they can recognize the Palestinians legitimate right to exist with the same rights and duties and Israel claims. Israel treats the Palestinian people, primarily, as illegitimate, sewer-scum dogs (bastards and bitches) then embargoes them like a legitimate state. The land the Jews occupy belongs to another people. It's time those people laid claim to that land and enforce their rightful, legal ownership – start acting like the legitimate people they are.
It is also about time the Jews recognize this reality and do what they can to seek peace with these people and stop using the Hamas and Hezbollah as excuses to continue trying to justify their criminal existence. That is while they still can.
The latest from Israel is consistent with their war face. Here's the latest from Haaretz:
Israel to UN: Lebanon Gaza-bound flotilla could affect regional security
"Lebanon aid ship Miriam to set sail to Gaza Sunday; Israel's UN ambassador says ships linked to Hezbollah, Israel reserves the right to defend itself."
Why is it that ONLY Israel has "the right to defend itself"? What makes them so special?
Just in from The Jerusalem Post:
'Next flotilla will be stopped'
By JPOST.COM STAFF
06/19/2010 01:32
"Israel tells the UN Lebanese flotilla will not be allowed into Gaza."
Just posted – Israel's whores fall right in line:
British government warns against flotilla participation
By HERB KEINON
06/18/2010 05:19
"Israel approves of UK's move." The article concludes:
"One Israeli Foreign Ministry official said that statements such as these were significant because they make it clear that the governments that issue the advisories view the attempt to break the blockade as negative, and hint that those who insist on taking part in the flotillas should not later come to their home governments looking for support."
Here is where the Jews demeaning, judgmental attitude blinds them. People that participate in these flotillas are doing so exactly BECAUSE their governments DO NOT support them. Without a government to fight the Jews don't know what to do. So they look for terrorists out of terrorist eyes.
Scales are Slowly Coming Off
Sometimes it takes an outside perspective to see what's right before your eyes. This is what we have here in this February 2, 2010, Wall Street Journal article by Fauad Ajami:
The Obama Spell Is Broken
"Unlike this president, John Kennedy was an ironist who never fell for his own mystique."
Mr. Ajami concludes:
It is true to this history that countless voices on the left now want Obama to be Obama. The economic stimulus, the true believers say, had not gone astray, it only needed to be larger; the popular revolt against ObamaCare would subside if and when a new system was put in place.
There had been that magical moment—the campaign of 2008—and the true believers want to return to it. But reality is merciless. The spell is broken.
Kind of sounds like he was describing the False Messiah, that is if the "False Messiah" was a man. Does Obama's tenure to date meet the specified lifetime for the "False One" BEFORE Jesus exposes him?
Promised Land – Some Truth
Promised Land
Flotilla | A probe that would get Netanyahu's government off the hook
Commentary from an objective Israeli perspective is always interesting. Their 'objective' in the very beginning has never changed. Only how they hoped to achieve that objective. The Jews and for that matter their American benefactors will never recognize the legitimacy of the Palestinian people and their thousands of years claim to all of that land. Anyone that knows anything about Christianity should realize Jesus Christ revoked God's promise to Abraham's seed over two thousand years ago. The quality, character and value of the Jew as manifest by their nation-state Israel, is solid, lawful proof of that truth and reality.
Conclusion: A two-state solution is someone's wild dream.
Almost President – Lunacy at it's Best
John McCain: Mainstream Republican and Chuck Schumer: Mainstream Democrat — Put them in a bag, shake them up and they come out looking exactly the same.
No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't write about this quite like Glenn Greenwald does. So, here it is. Make's you wonder when President Obama is going to bomb Iran.
John McCain on the Evil, Barbaric Iranians
by Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com
John McCain has a new article in The New Republic — which is exactly where it should be — calling for regime change in Iran. The whole article contains one paragraph after the next of the favorite pastime of America's political and media class: self-righteously condemning other nations for what we ourselves do (at least) as much. Of all McCain's paragraphs, this is probably my favorite (h/t sandbun):
Is it any wonder that this is the same regime that spends its people's precious resources not on roads, or schools, or hospitals, or jobs that benefit all Iranians — but on funding violent groups of foreign extremists who murder the innocent?
As the American war in Afghanistan enters its ninth full year and our occupation of Iraq its seventh, and as we continue to find all new ways to kill innocent civilians in various countries around the world, and as we continue to transfer billions of dollars every year to Israel and the Egyptian dictatorship — all while thinking about how to slash Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and thus erode the weak safety net even further, while confronting collapsing domestic infrastructure, rampant unemployment, and massive teacher lay-offs and even grade elimination for American children — is there any other country you can think of, besides Iran, which "spends its people's precious resources not on roads, or schools, or hospitals, or jobs that benefit all [citizens]" but rather on wars and support for foreign groups which kill "the innocent"? And over the last decade, what was the position of John McCain and his party on whether the "people's precious resources" should be spent (a) on "roads, or schools, or hospitals, or jobs that benefit all" (see here) or (b) wars that kill the innocent?
And then there's this:
We — the government and the people of the United States — need to stand up for the Iranian people. We need to make their goals our goals, their interests our interests, their work our work.
Oh, yes — John McCain is so deeply concerned about the welfare of The Iranian People. He just adores them. That's why his Siamese twin, Joe Lieberman, advocates that we bomb their country, while McCain merrilly sings songs about doing so. The best way to show how noble and profoundly caring you are about other people is to bomb their country; they love that and it's really, really good for them. One other thing about the Iranians that McCain wants to note:
And is it any wonder that this Iranian regime has been, and will always be, uncompromising in its pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability . . . .
Those murderous monsters! What kind of evil fanatics would want a nuclear weapons capability? In the interview I just did with The Atlantic, I was asked: "If you could correct one mis-impression among Americans that is exacerbated by media, what would it be?" I replied: "our media's refusal to report that we ourselves frequently do exactly that which we like to believe only the Bad, Tyrannical countries do." Thank you to John McCain — and his like-minded friends at The New Republic — for providing such a classic illustration.
Is that the face of insanity? Mighty scary, if you ask me. These arrogant, simple-minded, Dark Age Barbarians are finally putting the truth out. What do they have to worry about? They think their in control. Ever since President Obama hupped to their little snare drum cadence, why would they worry about letting out the truth? Classic example of another corrupt would-be elite: Chuck Schumer: Mainstream Democrat – by Glenn Greenwald.
The hypocrisy of these corrupt elites is mind-boggling. The Jews whine about the Palestinians rejection of their right to take their land so as to become a legitimate nation-state in this world, but refuse to recognize that they took the Palestinians land to do so. The Jews that survived Hitler learned well.
Big Gap – Classic Example
- Daniel Ellsberg, true political hero, on Barack Obama's Big GAP: http://is.gd/cKCqE
BIG GAP — Big difference between what is said and what is done. America is all about, "Say one thing – do another. Deny what the said and lie about what they did."
By now the drumbeat of what Obama says versus what Obama does is growing louder and louder. As the question: What do you think about Barack Obama and his presidency and inevitably you will hear the words, "very disappointing." The list of examples I could offer runs the gamut. What people thought they were getting when they voted for Obama is decidedly NOT what they got. Here is a classic example of the deviant, deceptive, double-talk, disingenuous outright lies that permeates everything.
The Democratic Party and Blanche Lincoln
Here Glenn poses the question regarding Obama's and his "White House's petulant, scornful behavior and what it reflects about its actual agenda."
Democracy works in that the people get what they want, even when they have to manipulate the voting. Most Americans, as reflected by their choice this past presidential election, learned that what they were offered the last 30 to 40 years as reflected in the Bush/Cheney era took America into the Dark Ages, seriously compromising everything held dear and valuable.
Apparently Arkansas deserves a Blanche Lincoln. Is this the future of California, Meg Whitman (Republican)?
"Whitman launches first general election ad" – Whitman is NO politician? She's going to take back Sacramento from what? Politicians like her?
Another classic example is this one: "Boehner: Government–i.e. Taxpayers–Should Help Pay For Oil Spill" – Pay attention the the words, i.e., "cost of the cleanup." There are way more costs associated with the Gulf oil blowout the just the "cleanup." Once President Obama began to say he was ultimately responsible and take control, he committed the American people to pay the bill – one way or another.

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At The British School of Barcelona we are proud to provide good value wholesome meals using quality ingredients carefully sourced.
Each campus of The British School of Barcelona -Castelldefels and Sitges- has its own kitchen, where school meals and afternoon snacks are prepared by qualified staff from Cuina Gestió, a Catalan food company founded in 2001 who specialize in the educational and health sectors.
All our meals and snacks are all checked against nutritional standards, to help students have a healthy, balanced diet and ensure that they get the energy and nutrition they need across the whole school day.
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Secondary and Pre-University students can bring their own packed lunch. They also have the option of a sandwich menu for lunch.
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The owner of our company, Duke VanderArk, shared his thoughts with us yesterday about the upcoming Memorial holiday. It seemed only right to share them with you.
As many of us plan to relax and spend time with family & friends this Memorial Day weekend; please take a moment to reflect and remember that this is not our personal Holiday, but rather a National Holiday, given to us, for remembering those who have fought, continue to serve and protect, and give us the freedoms to enjoy our hot dogs and Hamburgers wherever and with whomever we want to.
If you happen to be by a parade this weekend, please remember to stand up and place your hand over your heart when the veterans and the flag goes by. It's a small thing that doesn't hurt much, but means so much to those who served and those that lost loved ones in service to our country. It's also a great example to those around and to our kids and young people.
So please enjoy the long weekend and remember those who made this weekend possible for all of us.


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2019 For News see our page in Dutch..... 02-05-2014 Pictures of the gig in de fles. Thanks to Joke.. 21-01-2014 Also a new gig at the Baroeg in Rotterdam together with Deth Enemy on 02-05-2014 is confirmed. More info. 15-01-2014 A new gig on the Sluisrock festival at Hansweert on 14-06-2014 is confirmed. More info. 03-02-2013 The gig at café de Fles will be on Saturday 18-5. 16-10-2012 The flyer and program of the Very 'Eavy Festival 2013 at Stadskanaal on 29 and 30 march 2013. Click on the image for a big picture.
15-10-2012 Pictures of the gig at the Ages of Metal fest in Belgium at 8-10-2011. Thanks to Piet Corbijn. 30-09-2012 Pictures of the gig in de fles. Thanks to Lies Firing.. 01-09-2012 The gig at café de Fles will be on Friday 28-9. And for everyone who can't come...on saturday 2-2-2013 we will give a concert at the Fles again.. 02-08-2012 The gig on 04-08-2012 at café de Fles is canceled due to a pass away of a familymember from one of the bandmembers. We wish him a lot of strength. A new date will be announced soon. 02-06-2012 Movies (with subtitles) on You Tube of the gig in Baroeg . 15-05-2012 New gig on 04-08-2012 at café de Fles, Spuistraat 8 at Spijkenisse. Highway Chile showtime at 22.00 uur.More info. 10-02-2012 New gig on Queensday (30-04) at café de Fabel, Zenostraat 210 in Rotterdam (Lombardijen) with other bands. Highway Chile showtime at 19.00 uur.More info. 03-10-2011 New gig for Steeltemple in Bitterzoet at Amsterdam on 26-11-2011 is confirmed. More info. 11-08-2011 The Gig on the Ages of Metal Festival in Belgium at Oostrozebeke on 8-10-2011 is confirmed. Here is the flyer and program of this festival.
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The ballad The Endless Trail (1980) is to be found on several cd's off the band. In 1983 the label Lark (a part of the Inelco imperium) even decided to make it as the only single of the band.
The idea arised to make a cd with all these versions, even with live versions which has never been released. Listen to the history and making of the ultimate ballad through the years in 10 versions. As a bonus: a videofilm of 2002 and a karaoke version with the music of the different instruments + lyrics and scores.
The cd has the titel "The endless trail - the uiltimate ballad" and can be ordered in our webshop. You can listen to some soundbytes as well.
Click on the image for a big picture of the cover.
The flyer and program of the Meesterlijk Metaal festival in Almere op 9-4-2011.
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22-09-2010 Gig on the Meesterlijk Metaal festival at Almere on 9-4-2011 is confirmed. More info. 21-09-2010 Movies on You Tube (Carol and Steeling with pride) of the gig on Baroeg Open Air. 18-09-2010 Pictures of the gig on the Baroeg Open Air festival at Rotterdam. 10-08-2010 Gig Baroeg Open Air on 11-9 is confirmed. Location: Southpark at Rotterdam (near the Ahoy). Free entrance. Showtime Highway Chile:17.00 hr til 18.00 hr. 18-10-2009 Pictures of the gig with Vengeance in Loose End at Reeuwijk. 30-09-2009 More Pictures of the tour in Switserland at Tibis Downstairs, Worblaufen. 28-09-2009 New Pictures of the tour in Switserland. 20-09-2009 A new gig in Down Town in Sittard on 27-9 is confirmed. For more information. Click on the image for a big picture.
21-04-2009 New Pictures of the gig at Dijkrock (Rilland). Thanx to Elsie at www.gig-pix.com and www.myspace.com/gigpixonline. 20-04-2009 Our new T-shirts "Keeper of the earth" can be ordered at our webshop. 19-04-2009 New Pictures of the gig at Dijkrock (Rilland). Thanx to Piet Corbijn. 30-03-2009 New Pictures of the gig on 27-3 at Rotterdam. Thanx to Jeroen Voogt. 18-01-2009 Pictures of the gig with Vengeance on 14-2 at Zoetermeer. These are made by Jan Riemersma. 09-02-2009 Again a good cd-review on ATR-media.net. The cd is to be released officially in Germany on the 23rd of January. Great reviews are coming from our Eastern neighbours on:
29-01-2009 A good cd-review on Hardrockhaven.net 15-01-2009 Pictures of the gig with Mennen on 10-1 at Kerkrade. These are made by Mark Koenraadt. 14-01-2009 The new Tourposter is downloadable. 04-01-2009 A good review of the gig at 11-12 on Lords of Metal.nl. 01-01-2009 A new gig in Manifesto in Hoorn on 28-3 is confirmed. We wish everybody a hard and rockin' 2009. 29-12-2008 Today the gig in the Baroeg in Rotterdam on 27-3 is confirmed. Again a fine cd-review on Musicfrom.nl. 02-12-2008 A good review at the website off the American Metal Lessons Radio Pitriff.com. 25-11-2008 Today the campaign on City Fm has started....
The programm of the releaseparty on 11-12 is ready with a lot of surprises.
Interview in the Belgium Rocktribune 78.
A good radio appearance at the Plug Unit in Reeuwijk. For pictures.......
The broadcast will be thuesday next week 11th nov. on WOS radio (93.1 FM on cable, 87.6 FM on air or on the internet).
Again a good review at the oldest dutch musicmagazine OOR and interviews on Lordsofmetal.com and the newspaper BN de Stem.
News from Plein 79:
- a picture of our youngest fan, who loves playing airguitars now.
- a clip of Jesse James on YouTube (see also Highway Chile streetteam).
30-09-2008 A fine gig with a lot of people at Plein 79 in Den Bosch. Alter Ego X did a fine job to warm-up the audience. For pictures....... 29-09-2008
The official release of de new cd will be on 11-12 at La-Vida in Tilburg with a lot of surprises (more info). Click on the image for a big picture.
There will be an instore gig at the Sounds in Tilburg in the afternoon.
12-09-2008 New promo pictures of the new line-up are available.
Three new gigs are added (see gigs).
The cd has a lot of good response on metal webzines and we did some interviews. To read more about them......
The interview at City FM will be on air this saturday 23 august between 22.00 - 24.00 uur, (interview around 23.40 uur). The replay will be on sunday 24 sugust between 20.00 - 22.00 uur (interview HC around 21.40 uur).
- On 18th of septembre Ernst and Martin will give an interview at City FM. It will be on air on 20 and 21 septembre. The exact airtime will be announced later so keep visiting our site.
- Soon we will inform you with a newsletter. If you want to be on this list give your email address.
- The cd has been reviewed in some dutch (Aardschok) and Belgium (Rock Tribune) magazines (see Download, table Recensies).
- We have some new nice banners, see Download table Gadgets.
07-08-2008 On 15th novembre the band has their CD presentation in Belgium at de Rots in Antwerp. Start venue: 20.30 uur. In the afternoon the band has an acoustic session at cd-shop De Rots incl. a signsession. Address: Melkmarkt 11. Start session: 14.30 uur. 27-06-2008 The Cd Keeper of the earth is now released by Mausoleum. In septembre it will be a worldwide distribution. It is now for sale at our webshop. 08-06-2008 A lot of people visited the Piek at Vlissingen. We made a party together with Alter Ego X. Thanx to Han, Ellen and Martijn off the Piek for having us. It was superb !! For pictures....... 29-03-2008 Today the gig at Plein79 in Den Bosch is confirmed and planned for the 27th of Septembre. More info: see gigs. 27-03-2008 Our bassplayer Edwin den Haag has a mysterious disease for some time now. Even the medics can not find what is going on.
Ed can´t play the next two gigs with us. He will be temporarely replaced by Marchell Remeeus, who we know from Helloïse. We wish Ed the best and hope he will be playing with us very soon.
25-03-2008 The band has signed a record deal for our new CD "Keeper of the Earth" with MAUSOLEUM Records!
The word wide release of this album is scheduled for September 2008!
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Benfica beaten 3-1 by Valencia at the Emirates Cup [Official Highlights]
Benfica's miserable Emirates Cup closed with a 3-1 defeat to Valencia on Sunday.
After losing 5-1 to Arsenal on Saturday, Benfica were beaten again despite Derley opening the scoring on 2 minutes.
Valencia bagged the win and in the process the Emirates Cup thanks to goals from Jose Gaya, Pablo Piatti and Andres Guardado.


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It was President Obama's announcement that Anwar al-Awlaki was to be assasinated wherever he as found that move us to write and publish the Crimes are Crimes – No Matter Who Does Them statement last May.
In August, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the ACLU filed suit against the order, for Nasser al-Awlaki, the targeted man's father, who lives in Colorado. Late Friday, the administration answered with a brief arguing, according to the Washington Post, that the case had to be dismissed because of "state secrets."
UHHH…where have we heard that before?
Glenn Greenwald ripped into this today:
"Obama's now asserting a power so radical — the right to kill American citizens and do so in total secrecy, beyond even the reach of the courts — that it's "too harsh even for" one of the most far-right War on Terror cheerleading-lawyers in the nation. But that power is certainly not "too harsh" for the kind-hearted Constitutional scholar we elected as President, nor for his hordes of all-justifying supporters soon to place themselves to the right of David Rivkin as they explain why this is all perfectly justified. One other thing, as always: vote Democrat, because the Republicans are scary!"
The Washington Post noted,
"The Obama administration has cited the state-secrets argument in at least three cases since taking office – in defense of Bush-era warrantless wiretapping, surveillance of an Islamic charity, and the torture and rendition of CIA prisoners. It prevailed in the last case last week, on a 6 to 5 vote by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit."
The Center for Constitutional Rights and the ACLU issued a statement saying
"The idea that courts should have no role whatsoever in determining the criteria by which the executive branch can kill its own citizens is unacceptable in a democracy.
"In matters of life and death, no executive should have a blank check."
People can be killed on the orders of a president with no trial, no sentence, no due process — not even an indictment? I don't want to live in any country that allows such actions.
Another reason to protest visibly and publicly. Help get the protest statement into the New York Times the week of October 4, which begins the 10th year of the US occupation of Afghanistan.


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For GSS Energy Use chapter 3 and Climate Change chapter 9. Excerpt: The Environmental Protection Agency will move Friday to strictly limit the amount of carbon that future coal- and gas-fired power plants can pour into the atmosphere, the first such restrictions on greenhouse gases imposed by the agency. ...The industry almost certainly will challenge it in court. For the administration, the revised rule is the first major domestic initiative since President Obama laid out his climate action plan in June. Ahead is the EPA's decision on limiting emissions from existing power plants, which Administrator Gina McCarthy said Thursday will be made in June 2014. "We're providing at least some certainty here that [coal plants] have an opportunity to be around in a carbon-constrained world," McCarthy said in an interview. "The president wants every fuel to be able to compete in a clean environment." ...Dan Lashof, director of the climate and clean air program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the Clean Air Act requires pollution controls to be adequately demonstrated, but "there's nothing in the statute that says it's the cheapest way to make electricity." McCarthy said: "Clearly the technology is available. It's been fully demonstrated." The Energy Department has a $6 billion loan fund to help finance development of clean energy technologies, she said. "We're not trying to deny that there is a cost associated with these, but any first-generation technology is going to have that," she said. ...The standard, which would be finalized in a year, would require new coal plants to emit no more than 1,100 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour. ...Hal Quinn, president and chief executive of the National Mining Association, said the new standard "effectively bans coal from America's power portfolio, leaving new power plants equipped with even the most efficient and environmentally advanced technologies out in the cold." ...But John Thompson, who directs the Fossil Transition Project for the Clean Air Task Force, an advocacy group, said his group has estimated that under a worst-case scenario, partly capturing CO2 from coal plants would increase the cost of electricity by 13 percent over 30 years.... http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/epa-moves-to-limit-emissions-of-future-coal--and-gas-fired-power-plants/2013/09/19/e71728bc-2139-11e3-a358-1144dee636dd_story.html. By Lenny Bernstein and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post.
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Today's slide show is 20 shots of migrating monarch butterflies.
This explanation of why some languages (such as Japanese) sound so much faster than others (like French) is fascinating. They all actually fit the same amount of information in the same time frame, which is why when you watch subtitled films the words being shown on screen don't fly by in one language and spool out slowly in others.


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It was a very special occasion for the brethren and the many visiting guests of Mersey Lodge No 5199, who gathered at Ormskirk Masonic Hall to celebrate the special and important milestone in the Masonic career of Raynford Rawsthorne in achieving 60 magnificent years as a Freemason. Leading the celebration was Assistant Provincial Grand Master Robert Wright, who was accompanied by Ormskirk and Bootle Group Vice Chairman Graham Chambers, together with grand and acting Provincial grand officers.
The evening's meeting commenced with the WM William Knibb, warmly welcoming everyone to the celebration before opening the lodge. Once the lodge's business had been completed, acting DC Peter Littlehales was admitted into the room. Peter announced that Robert Wright was without and demanded admission. Therefore, he was duly admitted preceded by grand officers and the acting Provincial grand officers who were Michael Dutton, Thomas Bradfield-Kay and Russell Skidmore. William warmly welcomed Robert to the lodge and offered him the gavel, which Robert graciously accepted.
Raynford was then placed and seated before the pedestal, as Robert proceeded to deliver his presentation on Raynford's life and Masonic career. He opened his remarks by saying: "It is always a pleasure to have a celebration in any part of our lives. It is a time to share our joy, our achievements and our memories with others, it is therefore very pleasing to see so many distinguished brethren here this evening. You are all very welcome and I thank you all most sincerely for your support of our celebrant. It is my honour to lead that celebration tonight of 60 years in Freemasonry, a truly marvellous achievement. For me it is always a revealing journey through time and I never fail to learn, not only about the life of a celebrant but the social trends and historical events throughout the years which I hope to bring to life for you tonight. Brethren, I hope that this will be a celebration which not only you will remember but will stay with our celebrant, for many more years to come."
Robert then continued to give a detailed account of Raynford's life. He was born in 1936 to James and Elsie Rawsthorne and at only 12 months of age, was admitted to hospital with pneumonia and pleurisy. As a result of this, he had to have part of his lung removed when he was 17 years old.
He attended Ranworth Square Infants School and Stonebridge Lane Secondary Modern School which later became known as Croxteth Comprehensive but has now sadly closed. When he left school Raynford started work at Lewis's department store head office in Ranleigh Street, Liverpool in the publicity department. His wages were only £1 week and he also studied commercial art, part time, at the Liverpool College of Art in Hope Street. Robert observed: "Now this was a bit of an eye opener for you, in many ways, because part of the course included life study classes with live models, which you admit certainly helped to broaden your mind as a young man!" Robert continued: "A famous former pupil, apart from yourself of course, was John Lennon who attended in the late 1950's, a bit after your time I believe. Interestingly, the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, who are sponsored by Sir Paul McCartney, have now taken over the building."
Raynford left Lewis's after a year to take up an apprenticeship in poster writing and signwriting at ArtKraft Publicity, Renshaw Street. Liverpool and after his five-year apprenticeship had ended, he worked at several companies, including Taylors Advertising, T J Hughes, and the Co-op. ln 1964 he finally joined the General Post Office (GPO) where his job was to do the signwriting for the car parks, for equipment and supply notices on and around the buildings.
It was also one of his responsibilities to decorate the GPO float for the Liverpool Lord Mayors Show which he successfully did for some eight years. The show was started in 1971 to raise funds for local charities and Ranford's float design was not only a prize winner but also copied by other GPO districts.
As changes occurred in signwriting requirements, Raynford became more involved on the maintenance side of the company and was eventually promoted as a senior technician in charge of the building maintenance workshops.
In 1992, the company which had now become British Telecom (BT), were looking to reduce staff numbers and the offers of retirement with a full pension, re-training and a lump sum were too tempting to miss. So Raynford retired, at 55 years of age. Robert observed: "Even better than that, your wife Norah was also offered the same deal a few months later and so you both have been able to enjoy your retirement together ever since." He also remarked: "There are a lot of jealous brethren here wishing they could do the same! You still find your skills are in demand for posters and table plans and as a result you are quite a popular man to know!"
Turning to Raynford's family life and hobbies, it transpired that, as a result of his illness when he was young, he was recommended to improve his health and to take up cycling, so he joined the Mersey Roads Cycling Club. Their strength seemed to be in time trials and Raynford took part in 25 and 50 miles distance time events and proved talented enough to gain the club bronze standard. They still hold one of the country's oldest and most gruelling 24-hour bike races. Up to 100 competitors attempt the route starting near Farndon, Chester and currently the record is some 537 miles in 24 hours.
Raynford has also played crown green bowls, enjoys gardening and genealogy as well as being an active member of Probus, where he has served as Chairman of the Childwall Branch. He has also served as a sidesman at Mossley Hill Church.
He first met Norah, his wife, at Emmanuel Church Youth Club, which held events at Norris Green and Fazakerley. Both of them were in their 'teens'. It was only when Raynford was in his early 20s, that as social secretary of the cycling club, he organised a dance at which Norah attended and they were married in 1960. They have two sons, Ian and Neil and three grandchildren.
Expanding on his Masonic career, Robert revealed that Raynford was initiated into Liberty Lodge No 3888 on 22 March 1958. His father was a member of the lodge, so as a 'Lewis' he was encouraged to join from an early age. He served the lodge well and was WM in 1973 and served as almoner for five years. Sadly, Liberty Lodge surrendered its warrant in 2003/4. His best friend and colleague of many years Peter Blazey, persuaded him to join Mersey Lodge, a decision which he has never regretted.
His service to Masonry was acknowledged by his appointment to the rank of Past Provincial Assistant Grand Superintendent of Works in 1986 and he was subsequently promoted in 1996 to Past Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works. He is a member of the Royal Arch in De Grey and Ripon Chapter No 1356 as well as being a well-respected Mason in a number of other Masonic Orders, having achieved similar high ranks in all of them.
Robert reflected: "You celebrated your 50th year in Freemasonry in 2008 and we are all here to recognise your continued and tremendous achievement of 60 years in Freemasonry. We are both thankful and grateful to you for your contribution; we are delighted to be here with you today, to show our appreciation."
After completing the detailed account of Raynford's life and Masonic career to date, Robert asked the Ormskirk and Bootle Group Vice Chairman Graham Chambers to read out the jubilee certificate, before Robert presented this to him and saying: "You have had a life full of hard work and dedication, commitment to family, success in your career and service to Freemasonry. It gives me great pleasure to present to you this certificate in recognition of your achievement of 60 years in Freemasonry and to wish you on behalf of all the brethren here, the best of health to enjoy many more years with us both in Freemasonry and in our company. Brethren once again please join with me to give your warmest congratulations."
With the presentation being over, Robert handed the gavel back to the WM. Raynford then stood and presented Robert with a cheque for £300 to the West Lancashire MCF 2021 Festival. In response, Robert then had the privilege to present the lodge with a certificate of Vice Patronage. Following the closure of the meeting, the brethren made their way to the dining hall for an excellent festive board and where the celebrations continued.


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Frank Stokes, aircraft crash survivor
Frank Stokes was a young airman when, on a routine exercise over the Brecon Beacons in January 1945, the aircraft in which he was travelling with his pilot crashed into the mountains.
Surviving the crash, but realising the pilot was severely injured, AC Stokes managed to stagger over two miles in the snow - crossing two streams in the process, despite suffering lacerated shins and a compression fracture of the spine.
Eventually, after a long and painful journey, he reached the Storey Arms Youth Hostel. The resident warden was on duty to flag down a passing motorist.
Sadly, the pilot of the aircraft had been so badly injured that he did not survive, but staff at the Welsh hospital slowly nursed Frank back to full health.
Mr Stokes moved to Liverpool, but never forgot the experience or the kindness of the Welsh people to whom he owed a debt of gratitude.
He wrote a fascinating account of the crash, with wonderful vignettes of hospital life in wartime Wales. In it, he paid tribute to the deep warmth and humanity of the people of Merthyr Tydfil, who "despite great hardship maintained a cheerfulness, which most could not match".Click here to download Frank Stokes' own story as a pdf.


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About us
Since June 2016, REMA Group has held its headquarters in Rheinbach near Bonn. In addition to a completely newly organised production, the management team along with the international development centre are also based here.
To serve our international customers, we have offices based in Fountain Inn South Carolina in the United States and in Shanghai, China. A further production facility is located in Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany. All put together there are approximately 250 employees employed at these locations.
The history of the today's world-wide successful group of companies dates back to 1919, when near Leipzig, "REMA – Richard Müller Elektroarmaturen" was founded. At that time, connection materials such as connection terminals and connection sleeves were produced for the progressive electrification of Germany. At the end of the 40s, the company moved to Bonn and subsequently traded under the name REMA Lipprandt GmbH & Co. KG.
Due to the spatially challenged industrial area in Bonn, the decision was made at the end of 2014 to look for a new site in order to create the conditions needed for further growth. After the construction phase of just 10 months, the relocation to the new headquarters in Rheinbach, 30 km from Bonn, took place mid-2016. With the latest knowledge, the newly organised and arranged production facility with the central warehouse offers new opportunities in terms of productivity and delivery performance with flexibility and proven quality.
Innovations and know-how
The development of the company was always supported by intensive research and development work. Through targeted knowledge transfer, new markets could be continually opened up and new, innovative products developed.
As the electric motor was being developed for cars, it became clear to us that our experience and skills in high-current technology for the quick charging of forklift batteries was also transferable into this field and could represent a significant competitive edge.
For the development of the combo systems CCS1 and CCS2, SUMI-REMA EV Solutions GmbH was founded in 2012. The joint venture is a merger between REMA, Sumitomo Electric Industrie and Sumitomo Wiring Systems, one of the largest automotive suppliers worldwide. After the successful completion of the development work, the series production of the developed products is now jointly carried out by the companies involved. REMA concentrates particularly on the infrastructure components.
Another example of the successful work of our engineers is still the unrivaled "Molded REMA Connector" (MRC). With these patented connectors the cable insulation is connected almost inextricably with the connector housing, resulting in a gas- and watertight plug-cable-connection. This results in a significantly higher strength and durability, especially in combination with the REMAFlex lines (also developed by REMA), which have a special insulating sheath.
Through all the concentrated development and research activities in Rheinbach, we ensure that the needs and requirements of all market partners across the board are taken into account. This means that our international locations and all customers worldwide benefit from synergies and a high level of knowledge transfer.
Quality and production
In production, quality, and the safety of products comes first. All areas of production are certified to DIN ISO 9001 and a Quality Management system with clear responsibilities guarantees the continuous monitoring and improvement of production processes.
At the headquarters in Rheinbach, the production was planned and equipped based on the latest knowledge. A new production layout simplifies and streamlines the complex processes involved in modern manufacturing.
Modern production processes allow for the highest possible product quality. In the field of contact production, REMA dominates the cold extrusion process for contacts with a cross-section of 2.5 mm2 up to 240 mm2. Our connectors cover the spectrum from 5 up to 640 amperes and offer the right solution for every requirement.
No trade fairs or events are planned at the moment. But we are always there for you. Get in contact!
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Time for KidzSpace Decorations!
So here it was, three days before May and I got nothin'. Absolutely nothin'!
My mind was a blank.
I thought it would help to go ahead and take down last months decorations so that I could start with a clean slate.
Still no help.
While I was searching in our storage room for black fabric I came across this long purple velvet. We have purple chairs in our KidzSpace so that was my starting point!
Wow! Big deal, table and chairs – the kids are going to
snore! love that!
Then there was my accomplice
who pretends that he would never grab from the curb as he giggles about my little silly addiction quickly grabbing some brand new looking fresh pieces of plywood from none other than our neighbor across the street! He at least asked the homeowner if he could take them first (he's considerate that way) and our neighbor helped him carry four large sheets over to our house.
We have a friend working on some home projects for a needy couple so we offered the plywood to him. He took many good pieces, leaving us with two. We were not sure what we would do with it yet until our current Game Show dilemma but hating to see it thrown to the curb two hours before the trash men arrived.
My Love felt inspired during my time of desperation and offered to make a game show wheel. Thank goodness because I was still drawing a blank on this one. All I could come up with was purple and now glitter – lots of glitter!
saved my butt! whipped out that project in only a few hours and left the rest up to me (thanks honey!) He made a simple A-frame and a wheel that spun while secured with a large screw and bolt.
We even had a few neighbors walk by his workspace on our driveway and said "What is this, Wheel of Fortune"? Why yes it is and thanks for noticing! Hopefully the church kiddos will get the same concept.
Aaannnnnnnnnd here comes the glitter that my lovely assistant helped me to make numbers for the wheel. There was now glitter all over the counter, glitter all over the floor, glitter tracked all over the kitchen, glitter on daddy's work suit (oops, shhhhh!) The point is she had a great time helping!
We even made cute little headbands out of some sequined ribbons for the teenage stage assistants.
My lovely assistant again showcasing the headband for you…
And you cannot have a Game Show theme without a super Host in his pimped out, TV Evangelist Lookalike suit!
It was fun adding a little bit of pizazz to this suit that my friend found at Goodwill for $15.
Front and Back
And here they are in action on Sunday morning! The pictures do not do it justice of what an amazing job these guys do on stage. The kiddos LOVE it! (they kinda liked my stage too!)
Here they are in their small groups trying to make a bible verse out of Cheezits.
Bible Verse and Food – a WIN/WIN combination, I must say!
Check out the teen assistant rockin' that headband! 🙂
What a fun Sunday. I cannot wait to see what they come up with the rest of the month!
Thanks MyLove for being my biggest fan! XOXO
Happy Treasure Hunting!


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- ITV Report
How they compare: XBox One and Playstation 4
Both boxy designs, but the PS4 is smaller, sleeker and more angular.
Both the XBox One and the PS4 are aimed at being all-in-one entertainment consoles.
The XBox One launches with 13 apps including Amazon\LOVEFiLM, Netflix, Crackle, Eurosport, and Demand 5.
The PS4 offers a similar selection: Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, Netflix, Crackle, Redbox Instant by Verizon, VUDU and Sony's Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited.
The games
Xbox One launch games include Call of Duty: Ghosts and exclusives such as Ryse: Son of Rome, Dead Rising 3, Forza Motorsport 5, Killer Instinct, LocoCycle, and Kinect Sports Rivals: Preseason.
Sony is launching with Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag from Ubisoftalso plus exclusives Killzone Shadow Fall and Knack.
Evenly matched. Techradar tested both, and said: "Sony's DualShock 4 felt leaps-and-bounds better than the PS3 DualShock 3 controller, however, it was only catching up to comfort already provided by the Xbox 360 and now Xbox One gamepads."
Motion-sensing cameras
Microsoft's Kinect 2.0 will be able to process 2GB of data per second, analysing more joints, the slight rotation of a wrist or shoulder and your heartbeat.
The PlayStation Eye features two 1280×800px cameras inside a similarly shaped camera bar.
Processing power
Both consoles feature eight-core processors from chipmaker AMD.
The XBox One frees up greater memory for gaming - 5GB - compared to the PS4's 4.5GB.
Xbox One: £429 including the Kinect motion-sensing camera.
PS4: £349 not including the camera, which will cost an extra £54.
Launch dates
XBox One is out now, the Playstation 4 goes on sale next week.


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We arrived in Helsinki on Day 4 of our Moscow-St Petersburg-Helsinki-Tallinn-Riga trip, on the 11.30am Allegro from St Petersburg. The train journey itself was quite unremarkable except few flashes of the beautiful countryside with gleaming lakes and tall pine-y trees. The best thing about traveling by train is that immigration is done on the train itself while you are sitting an enjoying your coffee. And its a quick process too where in they check your visas, make a desperate attempt to match your passport photo to your actual face, ask a couple of friendly questions, take your fingerprints and stamp your passport.
We arrived at Helsinki station at 3pm and almost instantly got a mini van to go to our apartment in the Design District (for those who haven't been following our trip, we were a family of 5 with significant luggage and hence our transport warranted to be a mini van). The apartment itself was easy to find and was in a great location. After having a very late lunch of sorts, we walked down the market square. It was a 15 min walk through the bylanes of Helsinki and what struck me instantly was how Helsinki didn't look or behave like the capital of a country as big as Finland. There was hardly anyone on the streets and of the ones we met no one seemed to be in a great hurry of reaching anywhere. It reminded me of a rather laid back English countryside town. Things changed when we reached the market square though, but not so much as to change my perception of the city. It was 7pm, the sun still shining bright and almost the entire city seemed to have descended onto the Esplanadi which is the central park right adjacent to the market square. We idled around in the park for a while, listening to the music and me mostly looking up at the statue of Johan Ludwig Runeberg, wondering why most statues in the world have a head full of shit.
So here is a low down of the 48 hours that we spent in Helsinki before we sailed on to Tallinn. There is enough to do in Helsinki for about a week, especially, if you are a design lover but if you are on a time budget but still want to see the city and soak in the atmosphere as much as you can, you can still do it in about 48 hours.
Esplanadii Park and the Market Square
Take a stroll around the park and visit the stalls at the market square. Try out the fresh fruits or the lovely fish lunches available. Drink in the atmosphere at the adjoining restaurants along with your favorite bottle of wine. And if for nothing else then to just sit around and listen to the screeching sea gulls, looking on at the glinting ocean interrupted by the islets and letting yourself be engulfed in the quiet busyness of the Finnish milieu.
Helsinki Cathedral
Just across the street and few hundred yards from the market square is the Helsinki Cathedral, the pure white imposing structure standing on a flight of stairs as if looking over the entire city.You are now in Senate square, which along with the buildings flanking it, is the oldest part of central Helsinki. The cathedral is open till midnight during summers so you could keep this visit for late evening. Do climb up the stairs to visit the church and also get some beautiful view of the city sprawling across.
Tori Quarters
Walking slightly east from the Helsinki Cathedral, you will enter the area known as the Tori Quarters, the meeting point of the old and new Helsinki. The suavest restaurants and the quirkiest fashion stores can be found here. For ones interested in the history of Helsinki, you can walk into the City Museum and come out richer than you would expect.
Uspenski Cathedral
You can see the Uspenski Cathedral from the market square, a red brick building with the copper green dome on it, a quintessential Russian look without ofcourse the byzantine onion domes. Just as you exit the Tori Quarters into the market square, turn to your left and you can't miss it. Its on a small hillock on the Katajanokka peninsula, with a beer joint right at the base and over looking the canal. The cathedral closes at 6pm even during the winters so make sure you are in time. The interiors of this church is in stark contrast to the striking simplicity of the Helsinki cathedral and will make you wonder how such differing architectures exist within just metres of one another. You can relax on the cathedral grounds or sip on your beer at the pub at its base while you soak in the atmosphere.
The Rock Church
The Rock church, properly named the Temppelixaukio Church, is a unique modern day church built in the 1930s directly into solid rock and opened to the public in 1969. It looks nothing like a church, neither from the outside nor from the inside. Sit and enjoy the organ playing, look around and feel amazed at the unconventional idea of the architects of carving a church out of a rock in modern times. This church is on the Hop on Hop off route and is also on the Tram 2/3 route.
Sibelius Monument and Park
The Sibelius monument is a short distance away from the Rock church but is not on Tram 2/3 route. However you can hop onto a bus that will leave you at the park which hosts the monument. You will need to cross the street to reach the Sibelius monument which sits in the centre of a park. You wont possibly miss it if you just follow where everyone if headed towards. The monument was unveiled in 1967 and was built dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It consists of series of more than 600 hollow steel pipes welded together in a wave-like pattern the significance being to capture the essence of the music of Sibelius.
Once done with the Sibelius, you can move further north to the Seurasaari island and the Open Air museum but we skipped it mainly because time was short and also the weather was playing truant with heavy bouts of rain. However if you do plan to visit it it may take a better part of the day to do so.
The Kamppi Chapel of Silence
The Tram 2/3 stops right across from the Kamppi Centre and the Kampii Chapel of Silence is right at the entrance of the mall. Just walk through the mall to arrive at a large public square, and you can't miss the almost-coffee-cup like structure. This was built as part of the World Design Capital program in 2012 and is more a place to seek peace and quiet than religious enlightenment. I highly recommend visiting this unique place, a kind of place I have never come across in all my travels. You can just sit for hours together inside this chapel and it will transport you into a parallel universe which is filled with vacuum. There was a football match being played in the public square outside and packs of people cheering and having fun but none of this even touched me whilst I was inside.
Suomenlinna Fort and Island
Lastly, the one place you just can't miss along with the Helsinki Cathedral is the small island of Suomenlinna which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. Its houses the Suomenlinna Fortress which was built in the mid 18th century by the Swedish and has defended three different sovereign states over the years: the Kingdom of Sweden, the Russian Empire and most recently the Republic of Finland. I will not delve into the historical importance of the site here, but do read it at their Official site.
Its a 10 minute ferry ride from the market square and ferries leave at an interval of about 40 mins and has a space for about a couple of cars in case. Although the grounds are open almost round the clock, do check the opening hours of the museum in the winters. You will need atleast 2 hours to see the bare minimum of the island and you can easily spend upto about half a day here. I saw a few people fast asleep by the water right across from the souvenir shop. The ferry ride will cost you EUR 5 and is valid for 12 hours. The ride is free with a Helsinki card and is also included if you buy a day pass (EUR 9 and valid for 24 hours).
Helsinki Tips
- Buy the Helsinki City Transport's Day Ticket for EUR 9 Adults, EUR 4.5 Children of age 7 – 16. These tickets can be bought from drivers (cash only), vending machines, R-kiosks and Tourist Information centres. All modes of public transport is included here including the ferry ride to Suomenlinna. The ticket is valid for 24 hours from when it is first swiped.
- The Tram route 2 and 3 takes you to almost all the tourist places in Helsinki and is often dubbed the Tourist Tram. It runs across Helsinki in an 8 shape and starts from the Market square. Use this to hop on and off wherever you wish to go to.
- Due to the nature of the route that the Tourist Tram takes, you may sometimes confuse which direction it is headed towards, especially near the Forum mall. It is always advisable to ask the driver if the tram is headed in the direction that you want to go to. We almost missed our ferry to Tallinn because we got onto wrong one.
- There aren't too many souvenir shops in Helsinki unlike other european cities which are dotted with such shops in the city centre. So the best place to shop for souvenirs are the stalls that get put up in the market square. There is a Moomin store in Forum though, if you wish to purchase Moomin merchandise. Moomin ofcourse is the famed Swedish Finnish cartoon character televised in the 80s.
- Finland, as with most of Scandinavia, can be quite expensive. So if you want to save some bucks on lunch or dinner and eat healthy too, I would suggest you visit the nearest supermarket and mix up some to-go salad I had tried the salad bar at K-Supermarket near Esplanadii and it was great.
- Don't forget to taste the unique and famous Salmiakki flavored icecreams, the quintessential salty liquorice that is said to be in every Finns luggage. Visit the SalmiakkiKioski on Unioninkatu street for all things Salmiakki else just go to the local store and get a Salmiakki flavored ice cream stick.
Recommended Route
Day 1: Esplanadii -> Market Square -> Uspenski Cathderal -> Helsinki Cathedral -> Tori Quarters
Day 2: Rock Church -> Sibelius Monument -> Soumenlinna fortress -> Kampii
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