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This list details the primary people, organisations, government agencies and
companies involved in the Hamersley Towers interference issue.
Hon Stephen Conroy MP - Australian Labor Party
The Minister for Communications is responsible for the
Department of Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy. The
Minister is also responsible for the ABC as well as the ACMA.
Hon Michael Keenan MP - Liberal Party of Australia
He is local Federal Member for Stirling who represents
the area where the signals are the strongest.
Hon Luke Simpkins MP - Liberal Party of Australia
He is the Federal Member for Cowan which is in the North
Eastern area of concern.
The Hon John Kobelke MLA - Australian Labor Party
State Member for Balcatta which, until recent boundary
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The Hon Margaret Quirk MLA LLB - Australian Labor Party
State Member for Girrawheen which now covers half the
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The Hon Janine Marie Freeman MLA
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State Member for Nollamara which now covers Westminster,
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Internet. Part of the regulation function is to allocate station licences;
along with their frequency (channels) allocations and program quality.
ACMA is also responsible to police the spectrum for interference. ACMA
is the merging of the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) and the
Australian Communications Authority (ACA).
Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
The ABC provides programs and hires Broadcast Australia
Ltd for transmitter provision and maintenance.
Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Authority (ARPANSA)
ARPANSA is responsible for the health aspects of radiation
and is part of the Commonwealth Department of Health.
Private Interests
Australia Ltd (Wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie
Broadcast Australia is a major asset in the Macquarie
Communications Infrastructure Group (MCIG) Ltd. It has the contract to
provide transmitter services to the ABC & others. As a result, they
own not only the Hamersley Transmitters but also the ABC FM and TV transmitters
in Bickley.
Local Hamersley & Surrounding Residents
You and I the local residents and businesses of the affected
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This week there have been press reports about the UK's Home Office suspending the Investor Visa scheme while it tightens its rules and introduces an independent audit process. The scheme, first introduced in 2008, is designed to encourage wealthy foreigners to invest in and relocate to the UK.
We can now service 80 per cent of applicants for tier one UK investor visas in their native language. That's according to the Q3 2018 figures just released by the Home Office on the number of applicants, by country of origin, that have successfully applied for tier one UK investor visas.
With its longstanding history of providing 'neutral ground' on which to build collaborative organisations like Euroclear, SWIFT and MasterCard, it's perhaps no surprise that, today, Belgium is fostering some innovative fintech projects. Our CMO, Andrew Carrier, reports from the country where he grew up.
Delegates at Spear's annual '£1 Billion Meeting of Minds' gathered in central London last month to hear an impressive line-up of speakers offer their perspectives on the factors shaping the world of high-net-worth clients. There were warnings but also ideas and optimism aplenty. Andrew Carrier, Dolfin's CMO, reports.
More than 1,800 people – from CEOs of global financial institutions to the founders of the world's most disruptive technology start-ups – met at MoneyConf 2017 in Madrid this month to "redefine the future of finance". Dolfin's CMO, Andrew Carrier, reports from the conference.
Last week, Dolfin attended WIRED Money, a one-day conference in London. The event, now in its fifth year, "brings together the innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs defining the future of the finance industry". Our CMO, Andrew Carrier, came away convinced that the future of financial technology lies in surprising and delighting customers.
When Ibukun Adebayo, co-head of emerging markets at the London Stock Exchange Group, met Dolfin CEO Denis Nagy for lunch, the food was rooted in Tuscany but the conversation wandered from investment opportunities in India, through improving the efficiency and transparency of capital markets in Africa, to using technology to solve the "settlement conundrum".
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We have met with the folks from Party Robotics, the creators of the Bartendro bartending robot. Their pump design, controller board, and software is all open-source, and is already set to be hooked up to a Raspberry Pi! Their pumps are very accurate and can even be run in reverse, though they are not on the low end of the price scale, they are somewhere in the middle at about $120 per pump. See Table 1 for a comparison of different pumps available.
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Located in the Sea of Japan, at 45° 30´14" N and 141° 4´16" E, Rebuntou is an island situated in the northernmost tip of Japan.
The central land form is about an 82 square-kilometer expanse where the gentle hills beckon, which spreads out 29 kilometers from the north to the south, and 8 kilometers from the east to the west, all of which surround the highest mountain called Rebun-dake (altitude 490 meters). A sheer steep cliff is a jagged vantage point along the west coast where severe prevailing westerlies blow; this in sharp contrast to gentle mountains that lead the way to the eastern shoreline.
You can enjoy many flowers that can be seen only here, such as "Rebun-atsumori-so" Cypripedium marcanthum var. rebunense and "Rebun-usuyuki-so" Leontopodium discolor, which is a kind of edelweiss in "Rishiri Rebun Sarobetsu National Park" located at the northernmost tip of Japan, where alpine plants bloom all over even at sea-level. This is truly an island teeming with flowers and abundantly verdant natural surroundings.
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The Massachusetts women's basketball team rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit to send the ballgame to overtime, but could not complete the comeback and fell on the road to Duquesne, 63-54, in Atlantic 10 play.
Samantha Pollino led the Dukes in scoring and rebounds with 18 points and 11 boards, but was outplayed by her teammate Rachel Frederick in overtime. Frederick sparked Duquesne with five points and three rebounds in overtime including clutch free-throws.
Stephanie Lawrence's 3-point shot in the corner with 2 minutes, 6 seconds left in the second half evened up the game at 51, and neither team scored for the rest of regulation.
The Minutewomen had finally brought back a rally in the second half, but like the games against Maine and Rhode Island, lost the game at the free-throw line. Down the stretch, the UMass forwards could not convert from the charity stripe and UMass shot 9-of-14 for the game.
"We had opportunities in regulation to knock down some buckets and we didn't shoot well from the foul line," Coach Dacko said. "We got to the foul line and just could not finish."
UMass' leading scorer Kristina Danella had 18 points on 5-of-6 three-point shooting, but again was not at full strength. The sophomore was held out of the starting lineup as head coach Marnie Dacko chose to start Kim Benton, Diatiema Hill, Megan Zullo, Jasmine Watson, and Lawrence for the second straight game.
Although UMass primarily used a lineup with both Watson and Nicole Jones in, the team was still out-rebounded 51-40 in the contest.
"We gave up too many offensive rebounds" Dacko said. "We had an opportunity to win in regulation but we were playing with two bigs and we are not as comfortable playing with that, but it was our best defensive unit, and we played without a point guard."
The team was also without captain Kim Benton who was held out of the second half because of a stomach virus. Hill struggled playing the true point guard position for UMass but still played tough. The senior had 11 points, seven rebounds, three assists, and one steal in the game.
The overtime period started out at a back-and-forth pace, as Watson hit a layup early. Duquesne, though, fired back with a three, and then on the next possession UMass tied it up on a free-throw shot by Watson. However, after a minute without any points from either side, the Dukes went on a 9-0 run to finish overtime.
UMass was inconsistent from three-point range, which is usually strength for this year's team. Zullo and Cerie Mosgrove were a combined 1-of-8 from that distance, but Danella found success.
This marks UMass' first loss in overtime this season in the team's third game. The loss also drops the Minutewomen to 7-12 overall and 1-3 in the A-10. On the other hand, the Dukes improve to 14-5 on the season, and places them atop the A-10 standings with a 4-0 start.
"We lost to a team that is lucky because they have had three other overtime games to gain experience in. We defended extremely well but the shots weren't dropping," Dacko said of the positives her team can extract from the loss.
Duquesne's Alex Gensler finished the game second in scoring for her team with 14 points on 3-of-8 shooting from three-point range, but the forward also dished out five assists.
In the road game, UMass turned the ball over 19 times, most of those coming off of entry passes into the low post. The Minutewomen will try to recover next Wednesday at home against George Washington.
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I will write the detailed write-up in a bit. Right now I'm trying to finish some packing before we load up the moving truck tomorrow.
The race was hard. The girls in my new age group are tough. The conditions weren't the best. Rain on the bike for around 20 miles and the heat on the run was tough. The swim was beautiful.
I swam my hardest.
I biked hard...but saved my legs.
I ran like there was no tomorrow.
I would like to provide a quote for my last loop of the run...
"No mom, I can't run any faster."
There must be something about parents, friends and loved ones that think you (as the athlete) can go faster. Yeah, like it is just that easy. Only kidding. I love when people cheer for me and especially my mom and dad. My mom loves running with me and my dad just shouts "Go Marn!" And today my dad had a new quote for me
"Marn if you are talking than you might as well be walking." He's telling me this as I am asking him how many girls are ahead of me.
I am so proud of my performance today because I competed to the best of my ability. This was my first time "racing" my bike in rain and I was a bit scared. I just wanted to run.
Thanks for my good luck wishes and congrats emails. I appreciate it! And the best part...NO INJURIES, NO PAIN (well...you know what I mean)!!!!
Results are on Ironmanlive.com but here you go:
RUN: 1:47:50 (WAHOO!!!! My interval tuesdays paid off!)
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A few people have asked me recently how to get started mountain biking so I pulled together a few thoughts.......
Where can I ride?
In England and Wales, you can ride on bridleways, byways open to all traffic, restricted byways, unsurfaced roads,
Forestry Commission stone tracks, some unsurfaced Forestry Commission tracks, Forestry Commission mountain bike trails, cyclepaths and cycletracks as well as canal towpaths and purpose built mountain bike trails. Scotland has more relaxed rules and you have the right to access most land for recreation. It is worth checking with a local shop or club if you are unsure where to ride. Trail centres are an ideal starting place as the trails will be graded; green are the easiest, blue are a bit harder, then up to red and then black. You can often hire a mountain bike at trail centres so you can try before you buy!
What kit do I need?
A reasonable, basic hard-tail (front suspension only) mountain bike can be bought for £500-£800, generally you will get a higher spec and lighter hard-tail for your money compared to a full suspension bike. Hard-tails need less maintenance too and certainly improve your bike handling skills. That said good maintenance and cleaning is a must in the winter months or wet conditions.
If you already have cycling kit for riding on the road then this will be fine for mountain biking, but if you want to clip in then you will need mountain bike specific shoes with recessed cleats suitable for walking if needed. Don't forget your gloves, they give you better grip, therefore better control, protect your hands if you come off and keep you warm!
Consider carrying a small backpack or hydration pack with some water and snacks to keep you hydrated and fuelled as well as waterproof jacket. A spare inner tube, tyre levers and a pump (that you know how to use!) are essential in case you get a puncture and a basic first aid kit is always a good idea. Always carry your phone and let someone know where you are going if riding solo.
To enjoy mountain biking it is worth spending some time practising skills and techniques for off road riding. You can watch videos on the British Cycling Insight Zone, You Tube or invest in some tuition to master the skills needed to ride fast and efficiently on more technical terrain. Always ride within your own technical ability and fitness. If you have any doubt about your ability to ride a section of trail, walk it first and take a look.
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Look ahead as far as you can so you can spot easiest line/route though any obstacles, roots, trees, muddy sections, rocks etc.
When you coast/freewheel, try to keep your pedals level so they don't bang into tree stumps or rocks.
Always look where you want to go! If you look at the tree you will go towards the tree!
Adjust your speed and gearing before obstacles.
Standing up and freewheeling with your feet level gives better control over the bike allowing it to move under you and allowing you to roll over most things. 'Unweighting' the bike, allows you to absorb bumps by using your arms and legs alongside any suspension your bike may have.
To descend stand up on the pedals, and keep your arms and legs soft at the joints to soak up the bumps. Keep your body low and move your hips back so they're above and slightly behind the saddle.
Keep your pedals level, but drop your heels so you are braced against them. Then if you have to brake or you hit a bump, you can absorb the force of your body pushing forward using your legs, not your arms and handlebars. This should also stop you flying over the handlebars if you need to stop suddenly.
Spot the climbs in plenty of time and change into an easy gear in advance. Generally it is better to sit and spin at a steady pace in an easy gear up hills rather than stand and pedal hard, as you are less likely to lose traction.
Control your speed coming into corners, brake beforehand to a speed your are comfortable with, and roll through.
Stand up, keep your knees flexed and open wide, and lean the bike underneath you. Dropping the outside foot and putting your weight through this foot will push down on the tyre and give you added traction.
A mountain bike is designed to roll over obstacles like rocks and roots. When you approach an obstacle, look ahead to it, then look on to your exit point, keep your eyes on the exit point and try not to look at the obstacle as you ride through it.
Riding off road is more demanding usually than road riding as the uneven terrain means every ride is an interval session! The more technical nature of mountain biking means it is more of a total body workout so not only will you ache in some new places you will also require more recovery than for an equivalent time spent riding on the road.


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The Gathering Darkness and it's Inescapable Destiny - Les Visible
happy friday to you too sunshine - A. Peasant
thanks for the link Kenny.ReplyDelete
I kind of went off on a tangent too, posting pictures, video, and even a link to your site. I posted [this] today.ReplyDelete
I left you a link on Duff's site also Peasant. I finally managed to have some posts stick there. Gordon says he is not removing mine. He does however not post my comments when I some parties to please explain in your own words what it is like to drink human blood. LOLReplyDelete
Oh hell the mother of all explanations! Bear in mind this is at the tail end of the New Madrid fault.
Now for the rest of the story. A nuclear option considered for the Gulf Of Mexico.
The deposit of oil they were tapping in to has been described as the second largest oil deposit ever -- anywhere -- even when one considers Saudi Arabia, the Russian discoveries, Iraq. This oil deposit has been estimated to have the potential to yield 500,000 barrels of oil per day for from 10 to 15 years!
The well that exploded and sank was cautiously tapping the fringe of the deposit after discovering that the central pressure of the oil and natural gas was as high as 165,000 to 170,000 psi. For comparison, your SUV tires usually contain 40 psi.
hey theorize that the sudden release of the hydrocarbons from the deposit are taking some of the cap stone with it, eating away at the very structure that has naturally contained the deposit for aeons
3.4 million gallons a day!
How will this real sci-fi event end? Well, expers are saying that the leak will either be stopped by the extreme heat from a nuclear blast fusing the rocks surrounding the deep pipe -- or -- as one expert put it, "we could end up with a hole a quarter mile wide spewing oil... another possible scenario is a sea floor collapse. If that happens Katie bar the door."
According to insiders, the deposit is mostly natural gas -- a ratio of 10,000 to 1 -- with oil being a small portion of the bounty. It covers an estimated 25,000 square miles, extending from the inlands of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Texas. It's huge and, like a plump blister, it's ready to pop.
Hey Kenny anybody seeing a pattern here?
"The first catastrophe happened in 50,700 BC, caused by an explosion of gas pockets within the earth that triggered volcanoes and earthquakes, generated a magnet pole shift on the planet and produced a great Ice Age.
However, independent researchers of the Association of Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.), followers of Edgar Cayce, have come forward and made a few observations of their own.
Known as the Sleeping Prophet, Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) is considered by many to have been America's foremost psychic. Throughout his lifetime he performed over 14,000 readings while in a self-induced trance. Although delving into many subjects, 8,976 of his readings, transcribed onto 900,000 pages of notes, were devoted to medical problems, a majority of which were resolved, often advancing current medical technology.
Edgar Cayce predicts the New Madrid fault will blow once again and empty the great lakes down the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico splitting the United States in half.
It's not a question of "if" there will be another massive earthquake along the New Madrid Fault, but "when." And when it occurs there will be catastrophic destruction, particularly in southeastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas, western Kentucky, western Tennessee and southern Illinois."
Time to take another look at Brian's dreams! LOL
The size of this event leads geologists to suspect the the New Madrid fault is a failed rift valley: a place where the North American continent almost split into two pieces. What we know from history is that if something geologic has happened in the past, it can happen in the future. Earthquakes are not a matter of *if* they will happen, but *when* they will happen.
I predict a New Madrid quake within a few months of starting deep drilling of the newly-discovered oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico. I fear that drilling in the Gulf could further destabilize a weakened area. From my understanding, the New Madrid fault follows the Mississippi River. On today's news they announced a reserve off the coast of New Orleans, thousands of feet deeper than they've gone before.
I got a frightening image that their frenzied drilling, deep deep into the foundation beneath the Gulf, may trigger something.
word ver......nessice .....Nessie?
What was it about that second angel and oceans turning to blood?
Red sky prophecy anyone?
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Fun N Food village- an amusement park in Delhi
This article will help you to find information about the famous amusement park Fun N Food village of Delhi
This is an amusement park situated in Delhi. It was established in year 1993. It is situated near Gurgaon Delhi. This place is full of lush greenery and panoramic views of nature. This park was inaugurated by Giani Zail Singh(Former President of India). It is a perfect place to see the brilliant work of craftsmen and artisans. This is a perfect place for all age group people.
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It is also famous for wave pool which is the largest wavepool in Delhi.
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Water slide in this park is 400 feet long and is the largest water slide of India.
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Charles' hopes of multi-faith coronation dashed by Church
Prince Charles' hopes of a multi-faith coronation suffered a blow when the Church of England asserted the historic importance of a solely Christian service when he becomes King.
In a rebuke to the Prince's hopes of inviting Muslims, Hindus and others to take an equal role in Westminster Abbey, the Church declared that Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will design the coronation service.
The highly unusual statement was the Church's first official pronouncement on how the coronation will be handled and it comes amid intensifying controversy over the role of non-Christian faiths and non-Anglican Christian denominations.
Charles has long made clear his yearning for a ceremony in which Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Sikh beliefs take a place alongside the doctrines of the Church of England.
Dr Williams, however, has insisted that the Prince must restrain his interest in other faiths and stay within the 'constitutional framework' that makes him Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
The intervention from the Church made plain that Charles will be on his own if he tries to introduce other faiths into the religious coronation service at the Abbey.
The Church's leading lay official, General Synod Secretary General William Fittall said yesterday: 'The coronation service is conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose duty this has normally been since 1066.
"He, consequently, takes the lead in preparing the order of service for the approval of the sovereign."
Mr Fittall, a former senior civil servant at the Home Office who has led the CofE bureaucracy for four years, delivered his statement in reply to a request from a Synod member to 'clarify who decides the form of the next coronation service".
The statement follows remarks by two leading Anglican prelates in the past few days on the importance of the Christian monarchy.
Earlier this week, Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu told the Daily Mail that "the Church of England reminds the nation that in this country the Queen is Defender of the Faith, head of the Commonwealth and head of state."
He said of the relationship between Church and monarch: "You change it at your peril".
Dr Sentamu's comments came in the wake of an interview given at the beginning of the month by Bishop of Rochester Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, who said that "the coronation service is singularly Christian in its form" and added that the Prince's duty is to defend 'the historic faith of our Church".
Dr Sentamu, who is number two in the CofE hierarchy, and Dr Nazir-Ali are the two leading foreign-born bishops in the Church. It may not be coincidental that the Archbishop of York, from Uganda, and the Bishop of Rochester, from Pakistan, come from parts of the world where Christianity is under heavy pressure from Islam.
The official confirmation of Dr William's lead role in the service yesterday added weight to the growing view that the Prince will be compelled to accept a traditional and solely Anglican coronation.
Other faiths will get a look in only at a subsequent and symbolically less important event to be arranged later.
An article in the Spectator magazine last month said Charles wants a second ceremony at Westminster Hall, inside the Palace of Westminster, which would admit Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Sikh beliefs alongside those of non-Anglican Christians. This would be held at a later date.
The Prince, who will take the title Defender of the Faith when he becomes King, said 12 years ago that he wished to be seen rather as a Defender of Faith.
His push for a shift to a multi-faith monarchy alarmed many churchmen and politicians who saw it undermining both longstanding constitutional practice and the monarch's position as Supreme Governor of the Church.
Charles is said to be determined to have a 'focused and telecentric' coronation that reflects a new era and a new kind of reign.
But Dr Williams delivered a warning against undermining the Christian monarchy when he went to Lambeth Palace nearly four years ago.
The Archbishop said early in 2003: "I am glad the Prince of Wales takes faith communities as seriously as he does but the actual title, there is a historical, constitutional framework for it which you don't just change by fiat."
Constitutional historian Professor Anthony Glees welcomed the Church's assertion of its role.
"I am pleased that the Church is drawing attention to the importance of Christianity in the coronation, which of course we all hope will be a long time coming," he said.
"We should remember Winston Churchill's "finest hour" speech in 1940, in which he said the Battle of Britain was about to begin and that on it depended "the survival of Christian civilisation".
"The reminder that this is a Christian country will be welcomed by many who fought to preserve it and those who remember them. They will be glad that the Archbishop of Canterbury has taken the point."
Some Christian groups remain unhappy that the Prince is thought to be considering a multi-faith event to follow the coronation.
Colin Hart of the Christian Institute think tank said: "There are huge obstacles to a multi-faith coronation service and the constitution would unravel if Charles tried to do something different.
"But I find it bizarre that he intends to take a Christian coronation oath and then stage a second ceremony at which he will declare loyalty to other faiths. That appears to be breaking his oath."
Eastwood Sending Letters Early
Iwo Jima flick moved up.
by IGN Staff
November 16, 2006 - The release date for Warner Bros.' forthcoming Clint Eastwood film, Letters From Iwo Jima, has been moved up. The Flags of Our Fathers companion piece had been set for a February 9th bow, but will now open on December 20th... that's just in time for Oscar consideration.
Variety reports that the movie will first release in Los Angeles, New York, and potentially San Francisco.
Eastwood personally approached Warners about making the change after he consulted with producer Steven Spielberg, the trade says.
Letters, formerly titled Red Sun, Black Sand, is the story of the battle of Iwo Jima told from a Japanese perspective. Eastwood directed the WWII drama from a script by Iris Yamashita.
The film, which is told like a memoir of one of the Japanese soldiers, follows a group of men who watch helplessly as their comrades are killed. It stars Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Ryo Kase, Shidou Nakamura and Tsuyoshi Ihara.
Come Oscar time, voters could choose their favorite of Eastwood's two Iwo Jima films and vote for that one. It's unclear how it all might play out as two companion films have never been in serious contention during the same year.
Father Cantalamessa on the End of the World
Pontifical Household Preacher on Sunday's Gospel
ROME, NOV. 17, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of a commentary by the Pontifical Household preacher, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, on the readings from this Sunday's liturgy.
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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (b)
Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews 10:11-14, 18; Mark 13:24-32
The Gospel of the second to last Sunday of the liturgical year is the classic text on the end of the world. There has always been someone who has taken it upon themselves to wave this page of the Gospel in the face of their contemporaries and provoke psychosis and fear. My advice is to be calm and to not let yourself be in the least bit troubled by these visions of catastrophe.
Just read the last line of the same Gospel passage: "But of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." If neither the angels nor the Son (insofar as he is man and not insofar as he is God) know the day or hour of the end, is it possible that a member of some sect or some religious fanatic would know and be authorized to announce it? In the Gospel Jesus assures us of the fact of his return and the gathering his chosen ones from the "four winds"; the when and the how of his return (on the clouds between the darkening of the sun and the falling of the stars) is part of the figurative language of the literary genre of these discourses.
Another observation might help explain certain pages of the Gospel. When we talk about the end of the world on the basis of the understanding of time that we have today, we immediately think of the absolute end of the world, after which there can be nothing but eternity. But the Bible goes about its reasoning with relative and historical categories more than with absolute and metaphysical ones. Thus, when the Bible speaks of the end of the world, it intends quite often the concrete world, that which in fact exists for and is known by a certain group of people, their world. It is, in sum, the end of a world that is being treated not the end of the world, even if the two perspectives at times intertwine.
Jesus says: "This generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place." Is he mistaken? No, it was the world that was known to his hearers that passed away, the Jewish world. It tragically passed away with the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. When, in 410, the Vandals sacked Rome, many great figures of the time thought that it was the end of the world. They were not all that wrong; one world did end, the one created by Rome with its empire. In this sense, those who, with the destruction of the twin towers on September 11, 2001, thought of the end of the world, were not mistaken ...
None of this diminishes the seriousness of the Christian charge but only deepens it. It would be the greatest foolishness to console oneself by saying that no one knows when the end of the world will be and forgetting that, for any of us, it could be this very night. For this reason Jesus concludes today's Gospel with the recommendation that we "be vigilant because no one knows when the exact moment will be."
We must, I think, completely change the attitude with which we listen to these Gospels that speak of the end of the world and the return of Christ. We must no longer regard as a punishment and a veiled threat that which the Scriptures call "the blessed hope" of Christians, that is, the return of our Lord Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13). The mistaken idea we have of God must be corrected. The recurrent talk about the end of the world which is often engaged in by those with a distorted religious sentiment, has a devastating effect on many people. It reinforces the idea of a God who is always angry, ready to vent his wrath on the world. But this is not the God of the Bible which a psalm describes as "merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, who will not always accuse or keep his anger forever ... because he knows that we are made of dust" (Psalm 103:8-14).
16 November, 2006
China officially admits executed prisoners are the basis of organ trafficking
Health authorities acknowledge the problem for the first time. They also recognise the existence of an organ black market but deny public officials are involved, blaming instead surgeons, who in turn, refute such allegations.
Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) – China's government has admitted that an illegal traffic in human organs for transplant actually exists, but blamed it on the work of rogue surgeons. For this reason, it has called on the members of the profession to adhere to a "code of conduct".
Addressing a conference of surgeons in Guangzhou yesterday, Deputy Health Minister Huang Jiefu acknowledged that most organs harvested come from executed prisoners. He insisted that informed consent must inform organ harvesting, that donation be voluntary and done with the consent of donors or their families.
"The harvesting, distribution and use of organs must be closely tracked under responsible supervision by related administrations," Mr Huang said.
"Under-the-table business must be banned," Mr Huang said cognizant that too often organs come from non consenting parties and are sold for high fees to foreigners.
He added that the authorities would set up an information network that would register and keep track of all human organ donations. For some time now relatives of executed prisoners have accused the authorities of harvesting organs from dead prisoners without their consent or respect for rules with the complicity of prison officials.
China executes anywhere between two and ten thousands prisoners, the highest number in the world. And families have complained that the bodies of their executed relatives are not handed over.
Human right groups have said some mainland hospitals have traded organs to patients in other countries, and foreign patients disguised as tourists have come to the mainland for transplants using organs from prisoners or other donors who had not given their informed consent.
In response to the charges the Health Ministry issued an Interim Regulations on Human Organ Transplant Clinic Application Administration in March. These allow only top hospitals with qualified doctors, equipment and technical facilities to provide organ transplant surgery and ban organ trading and unwilling donation.
Although the regulations took effect in July, they have not had any effective influence, this according to organ transplant professionals. Still, this is the first time the authorities officially acknowledge the existence of a black market in transplant organs from executed prisoners.
Surgeons responded immediately to a request by the Health Minister to abide by the ethical regulation of human organ transplants. This means that the responsibility falls on their shoulders.
The code of conduct insists on the obligation for everyone in the medical profession to respect the law and the ethical principles of medicine and thus not participate in the harvesting and trading in organs without the written consent of the donor.
About 600 surgeons gathered in Guangzhou agreed not to be involved in any organ trading or provide transplant services to foreign patients visiting as tourists, and that they would abide by the law and respect ethical rules. (PB)
WASHINGTON – Concerned that the voice of science and secularism is growing ever fainter in the White House, on Capitol Hill and in culture, a group of prominent scientists and advocates of church-state separation on Tuesday announced formation of a Washington think tank designed to promote "rationalism" as the basis of public policy.
The brainchild of Paul Kurtz, founder of the Center for Inquiry-Transnational, the small public policy office will lobby and sometimes litigate on behalf of science-based decision making and against religion in government affairs.
The announcement was accompanied by release of a "Declaration in Defense of Science and Secularism," which bemoans what signers say is a growing lack of understanding of the nature of scientific inquiry and the value of a rational approach to life.
"This disdain for science is aggravated by the excessive influence of religious doctrine on our public policies," the declaration says. "We cannot hope to convince those in other countries of the dangers of religious fundamentalism when religious fundamentalists influence our policies at home."
While the speakers at the National Press Club unveiling were highly critical of Bush administration policies regarding stem-cell research, global warming, abstinence-only sex education and the teaching of "intelligent design," they said that their group was non-partisan and that many Democrats were hostile to keeping religion out of public policy.


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Community Screening of "The Interrupters"
Thursday, June 14, 2012 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
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Join us for a community screening of
The acclaimed documentary that tells the story of three violence
interrupters in Chicago who try to protect their communities from
the violence they once participated in.
We will be joined by special guest, AMEENA MATTHEWS, a Violence Interrupter with CeaseFire Chicago who is featured in the film.
Be sure to join us for this incredible film from Steve James, director of "Hoop Dreams", and Alex Kotlowitz, author of "There Are No Children Here".
5:30 - 6:00 || Reception
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Alone We Go Faster; Together We Go Further
David Clarke July 3, 2017
Alone We Go Faster; Together We Go Further
July 3, 2017
As part of Lincoln Center Festival this month (July 19–22), the French circus collective Compagnie XY takes physical theater to new heights with the New York premiere of its thrilling Il N'est Pas Encore Minuit, a gravity-defying spectacle of multi-story human towers, awe-inspiring takeoffs, soaring performers, eye-popping tricks, perfectly landed somersaults, and so much more.
But these daring acts weren't devised simply to leave audiences gasping, according to one of the company's producers, Peggy Donck. "The main goal of the company is to not only create and perform a show with acrobatics, but to do it as a collective," she says.
The company spent four months creating Il N'est Pas Encore Minuit (It's Not Yet Midnight), which explores the fleeting nature of time, with acrobatic feats that act as a metaphor for the experience of being "suspended between two worlds, two states of being," explains Donck. In that moment of suspension, just before midnight, "a lot has already happened, but there is still a lot of room for new things to occur."
In creating the show, the group knew they wanted to include two specific elements: "Flexible planks for the acrobatic possibilities, and [the] Lindy hop for its high, joyful energy and its welcomed craziness," Donck notes. "We first gathered the team," she says, "finding acrobats who fit in the collective and had something to bring to it." After a series of sessions ranging from one to two weeks to get to know one another, she adds, the artists worked together "to find a common acrobatic language....to create new words, sentences, and poetry. We decided everything together, each of us both following and leading the group within a fine balance." For an outsider's perspective to help shape the work, the collective reached out to choreographer and dance teacher Loïc Touzé, who also collaborated with Compagnie XY on Le Grand C in 2009.
Since its first production, Laissez-Porter, in 2005, Compagnie XY has grown from 6 performers to the 22 who are featured in Il N'est Pas Encore Minuit. The growth of the collective happened organically over the years. "We met people both on tour and during acrobatic workshops we gave," says Donck, and several of those artists are now part of the collective. The collaborative way in which Il N'est Pas Encore Minuit was created stands as a testament to Compagnie XY's motto: "Alone we go faster; together we go further." The collective embodies the spirit of "finding a way of doing incredible things together, united despite our differences," says Donck. "It talks about solidarity, and I think that the world is really in need of that right now."
For tickets and information, visit LincolnCenterFestival.org.
David Clarke is the Editor-in-Chief of Theatrical Recordings and a contributor to BroadwayWorld.com, Logo TV's NewNowNext.com, Out Magazine's Out.com, and others.


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Do you want to learn how to get more out of your Cricut Machine? Then this class is for you! Cricut Craft Room (CCR) allows you to design your cuts right on your computer screen. Save paper, time and money and avoid the frustration of working from the Cricut keypad. We will spend about 45 minutes learning about the basics of Cricut Craft Room as I demonstrate different functions which you will view on my big screen TV. You will then get to make a great project that utilizes CCR.
Some of the things we will cover:
· How to link your cartridges to CCR so that you don't have to switch cartridges
· How to use the "Hide Contour" feature, which allows you much more versatility with each cartridge you own
· How to share CCR files with your friends and family
· How to weld images and text
· How to use the "Layer" feature
· Mat care—extend the life of your mats
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Memorial Day is a Time to Remember
Today is #MemorialDay, a time to remember fallen comrades who died defending freedom. On this day and #VeteransDay, I recall my father who served 35 years inn the Army. He fought in the South Pacific during WWII, Korea and had two tours in #Vietnam. It was possible only because he had a break in service. The man saw a lot of combat. He and I overlapped in Vietnam by six months. I recently had a nice e-mail from someone who had met him in the service. I also remember my uncle Monte who I was named after. He fought and died in the South Pacific during WWII. His body was never recovered. I hope some day that his dog tags show up. I am remembering several friends and classmates who died in Vietnam. It's good to remember their sacrifice. We should all pause for a minute during our barbeques and picnics to remember what today is all about. Happy Memorial Day.
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Check out John Adam's Discourses on Davila at the John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library. Here is a nice summary of the Davila writings:
Adams articulated his thoughts on the French Revolution and its implications for the United States in a series of newspaper essays, the Discourses on Davila. He predicted that the revolution, having abolished the aristocratic institutions necessary to preserve stability and order, was doomed to failure. He warned that the United States would share a similar fate if it failed to honor and encourage with titles and appropriate ceremony its own "natural aristocracy" of talented and propertied public men. Adams even went so far as to predict that a hereditary American aristocracy would be necessary in the event that the "natural" variety failed to emerge. The Davila essays were consistent with Adams' longstanding belief that a strong stabilizing force—a strong executive, a hereditary senate, or a natural aristocracy—was an essential bulwark of popular liberties. They also reflected his recent humiliation at the hands of Alexander Hamilton. Still smarting from his low electoral count in the 1788 presidential election, Adams observed in the thirty-second essay that "hereditary succession was attended with fewer evils than frequent elections." As Peter Shaw has noted in his study of Adams' character, "it would be difficult to imagine . . . a more impolitic act." The Discourses on Davila, together with Adams' earlier support for titles and ceremony, convinced his Republican opponents that he was an enemy of republican government. Rumors that Washington would resign his office once the government was established on a secure footing, and his near death from influenza in the spring of 1790, added to the Republicans' anxiety. In response, they mounted an intense but unsuccessful campaign to unseat Adams in the 1792 presidential election.
What is really neat about this collection is that these include Adams' personal annotations and the largest personal collection.
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Corinthian ideals of amateur sportsmanship well precede the modern founding of the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club (UK) in 1872. The ancient city of Corinth, Greece (now Korinthiakós), hosted the Isthmian Games, which were held the first and third years of an Olympiad, and predated the first Olympic Games by at least 100 years. The games traditionally honored the sea god Poseidon and included festive music and chariot racing. Winners were crowned with a pine wreath.
The evolution of the modern application of the term "Corinthian" is somewhat contentious. There is some fairly strong though anecdotal evidence that the term was used derisively by upper-crust yachtsmen in the mid-1800s. At that time wealthy yachtsmen did not actually sail their boats but hired others to do it for them. To distinguish themselves from the roguish sailors who did sail the boats, they sarcastically labeled them Corinthians.
Over the course of the years, the term got completely turned on its head, and Corinthian became a term of respect for any amateur yachtsmen. It was first used by the RCYC, and today there are dozens of yacht clubs throughout the United States with Corinthian in their titles.
Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club was founded on a Sunday in October 1934, when the gaff-rigged schooner Gaviota sailed into the new harbor at Montrose. She was from New England and had been built for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt had a great affection for the sea and often explained that his lengthy voyages allowed him to personally assess the world situation instead of relying solely on White House briefing books.
At the request of the Chicago Park District, the owners of Gaviota, Richard J. Frankenstein and William S. Ahern, transferred their mooring from the over-crowded Belmont Harbor to the new, empty harbor facility at Montrose. Both Frankenstein and Ahern later became commodores of CCYC.
Frank Heyes, their first mate, also played an important part in the formation of the new club. He acted as secretary in the framing the club constitution and the original bylaws. He also designed the CCYC burgee: The "Y" of the burgee symbolizes the three branches of the Chicago River while the two stars represent Sail and Power. The "Y" is called a municipal device and can be found throughout Chicago, often hidden in the architectural ornament gracing many buildings and bridges.
These founders of CCYC received a permit from the Chicago Park District to erect and maintain a club facility adjacent to the harbor, which would serve the boating citizens of the Chicago area. Construction of the club house started in 1936.
Through volunteer efforts, the membership has continued to maintain and improve the club's facility at no cost to the City of Chicago. The club constitution of CCYC specifies the promotion of sailing and instruction in proper small boat handling. That proud tradition, which started with the Dinghy Fleet, has continued through the development of the numerous fleets and Crew School that CCYC offers today.
In 2009, CCYC celebrated its 75th anniversary. The club membership has grown to over 500 regular and crew members, and the club house and its surroundings continue to evolve with improvements aimed at making CCYC the most comfortable, relaxed and inviting yacht club in Chicago.
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Rodrigo y Gabriela kicked off their late Summer tour by playing the great outdoors in Marymoor Park, Washington. The park was a honeycomb of picnickers, lovers, and dancers all basking in the aural assault that is RyG. For those uninitiated the musical duo hailing from Mexico specialize in playing fast, rhythmic acoustic guitars. They are currently on a world tour in support of their new album titled '11:11′.
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It all starts with purpose – the importance of getting the purpose of your network right and agreed cannot be overstated. Purpose quite rightly sits at the heart of many theoretical models of networks, and of many of the most effective networks in practice. It addresses the fundamental question of why: Why does the network exist? Why do people want join the network? Why bother with a network?
A statement of purpose is a brief and broad description of a network's raison-d'etre, its reason for existing. It should be a relatively enduring phenomenon – if you think you need to change your purpose every six months, it's not really a purpose. Purpose sits at the top of the ladder of useful strategic concepts, above mission, vision, aims/goals, objectives, strategies, plans etc. In the best networks, there is alignment between the content expressed at these different levels.
The idea of purpose is particularly important in networks, as they often rely on the discretionary effort and energy of their members. If people can identify with, and sign up to the network's purpose, it makes it much more likely that they will want to devote time to the network. It acts both as a motivation for existing members, and as a magnet to attract new members. So the purpose needs to be meaningful both to those inside the network, and to those outside it, some of whom may like to join. A clear statement of purpose also helps to attract interest, support, sponsorship and funding from key stakeholders.
So how do you develop a purpose for your network? It's important that network members are engaged in the process of developing the purpose, rather than having it imposed on them, even by a well-meaning network leader! It can feel quite a messy process at the start, and arguably this is a good sign, as members put forward different ideas, some of which may conflict with one another. This process needs to be facilitated, and what typically results is an emergent sense of clarity and consensus from the debate and discussions. It's helpful not to get too hung up on precise wording at this stage, but rather to focus on the core ideas, which should be expressed within the statement of purpose. Refining the wording can happen later.
Useful points to consider in developing a purpose for your network include thinking about the beneficiaries of the activities of the network, the gap that the network is designed to fill, the ultimate goal which you are seeking to achieve, and the values of network members that are either implicit or explicit. A good statement of purpose will have wide appeal, bring people together, and be helpful in determining the focus of the network – what it does, and equally importantly, what it does not do. It is especially useful to be able to refer back to the network's purpose, in the case of finely balanced decisions. It may be that one of the options under consideration has a closer fit with the purpose than others, and this gives it the edge.
If we share Collins and Porras' perspective, that a good purpose statement should be "broad, fundamental, inspirational, and enduring", this does not mean that a network never changes its purpose. In fact, it's both important and helpful to revisit the purpose of your network from time to time. I have worked with several networks on refreshing their purpose periodically. This has the benefit of checking whether it is still relevant, or needs to be updated. It also provides an opportunity for newer members of the network to have their say in contributing to a fresh look at the network's purpose, and at the same time refreshes the motivation of existing members. Purpose matters!
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Qatari investors Al Rayyan responded to a statement made by Deputy Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos that the company's decision to stop investing in Greece is "fake news".
On Saturday, Al Rayyan Greece, a Qatari state company, issued a new statement as a response to the Greek minister's claims.
"Since we find that some parties are trying to give different implications to our announcement to stop our investment in Greece, we explicitly state that we have referred to our investments in Zakynthos and Oxeia, which have been suspended due to judicial jams since 2014 and continue to this day, including the prosecution of our representatives in order to make our investment activities difficult. Beyond that, no other interpretation of our communications is acceptable," the statement said.
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Health care and telemedicine delivery can make a strong financial business case that justifies community broadband investment, and makes it easier to raise money.
By its recent broadband policy decisions, or intent thereof, the FCC majority has proven itself an adversary of consumers, small businesses and local governments. An increasing number of municipalities, public utilities, co-ops and local ISPs are exploring avenues for getting community-owned or controlled broadband networks.
Communities cannot afford to continue to produce yet another feasibility study that just sits on a shelf while stakeholders try to determine what to do next. For the health of your broadband plan, maybe your community should turn to telehealth.
Current conventional wisdom that governs many broadband plans is that communities need to build these networks to ensure local economies stabilize or advance. It's proven that many local companies in underserved areas need better broadband if they are to stay in the community. But how to attract new companies?
Frank Maddux, nephrologist and co-founder of Gamewood Inc., an ISP that joined the Danville, Va., public utilities broadband network, feels economic development has moved from a "value proposition" to the "expected amenity."
"Not having broadband makes your community less desirable to businesses planning to relocate," Maddux said, "but it doesn't necessarily make you stand out from cities that also have broadband."
"Some find more interest among community stakeholders for using broadband for telehealth, and its subset telemedicine, than for economic development," said John Windhausen, executive director of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition. "There can be several reasons, starting with the fact that almost everybody is affected by health care."
Telehealth requires high-speed quality Internet access. John Baker, senior telemedicine and video conferencing network analyst at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., said, "You need good or excellent broadband for your telehealth services to be useful. When I came on board three years ago, our director of telemedicine had done a lot of research and determined that we needed to accelerate our efforts and our bandwidth."
"The main medical disciplines that have adopted telemedicine historically have been tele-stroke, mental health, and dermatology," said Eric Bacon, president of AMD Global Telemedicine. "Woman's health, particularly in underserved and rural areas, is a growing application." Some consider women's health care as No. 4 on the list that telemedicine can impact.
"I concur with AMD's assessment," said Dr. Jon Belsher, board member of Partners Urgent Care. "I expect a tidal wave of activity in the area of tele-mental health over the next 10 years. There is a severe shortage of specialists, an overwhelming need for mental health services and a high probability for successful patient outcomes."
General health care, telehealth, and telemedicine delivery can make a strong financial business case that justifies community broadband investment, and makes it easier to raise money. Community leaders, health-care stakeholders, and telehealth application users should conduct needs analysis that strengthens the business case.
A blog post by Sherie Sanders of eCivis highlights the dire state of rural hospitals. "According to the National Rural Health Association, more than 75 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, with 673 at risk of meeting the same fate," she writes. "That could leave up to 11.7 million people with nowhere to turn."
Furthermore, about 20 percent of the U.S. population — more than 50 million people — live in rural areas, but only 9 percent of the nation's physicians practice in rural communities, according to the Bureau of Health Professions.
Only 62 percent of rural Americans have broadband installed in their homes, according to the think tank New America, and those who do often pay exorbitant prices for sluggish speeds. There are similar statistics from low-income urban communities, such as 40 percent unconnected in Detroit. A report by national and local advocacy groups says, "AT&T has withheld fiber-enhanced broadband improvements from most Cleveland neighborhoods with high poverty rates."
Additionally, "over 70 percent of small businesses, which include small health-care clinics, have less than 4 Mbps upload speed," according to data collected by Strategic Network Group.
Children's Mercy uses AMD Global Telemedicine's devices and software to link the main hospital, their satellite hospital, and their general offices down the street. They will expand the technology when they build the new clinic in Junction City, Kan. The hospital manages three satellite clinics, and the staff visits several rural clinics on a quarterly basis to provide telemedicine services.
"We generate 13 to 16 gigabits a day Monday through Friday," Baker says. "There are 200 telehealth visits a month that are 30 minutes each. We have a 2 Gbps connection to our main hospital, a 1 Gbps to a couple of sites, and a 100 Mbps, 50 Mbps and a few actual T-1 lines that have 1.5Mbps bandwidth." However, it's difficult to do video-centric telemedicine with T-1.
The main hospital uses a local broadband provider, though additionally they have tested Google Fiber. The clinics are in the metro area, so it's not a true rural setting. The clinics use ISPs located closest to them, but unfortunately, those connections were not reliable or fast enough. The hospital staff carries a commercial hot spot that they plug into rooms at the clinics to provide 20 Mbps of cellular coverage.
Looking at the big picture, it makes financial and political sense to align hospitals and health-care institutions, schools and libraries into a health-care hub. This infrastructure triple play can lay a foundation for building broadband in stages throughout the community.
An engineering design team can create a wired and wireless infrastructure that links all three groups into a mini network and add a number of telemedicine applications and services. Then the community, via the local government, public utility, co-op or a public-private partnership can construct and operate the network.
If a community does its due diligence and advances a strong business case for these health-care hubs, the triple play should open up various additional opportunities for funding, even if the community doesn't receive government funds.
"Plan and then execute the health-care hub with efficiency," said Brian Snider, network design practice area leader for engineering and design firm Foresite Group. "Focus on building a network designed for growth, security and reliability. It is also important that the network be built with redundancy in mind."


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Joint Indo- US naval exercise
India and the United States are carrying out a week-long joint naval exercises in the Arabian sea.
Nearly 750 US navy personnel are taking part in what is being described as the largest ever bilateral exercise, meant to increase operational compatibility between the two navies.
Military relations between India and the US - once on opposite sides of the cold war - have improved considerably over recent years.
In May, the armies of the two countries held their biggest ever joint exercise - Balance Iroquois - in the northern Indian city of Agra.
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The latest war games named "Exercise Malabar" , are taking place in the Arabian sea off the Kochi port city in the southern Indian state of Kerala with 750 American personnel and state of art warships.
The event designed to increase "interoperability between the two navies will include surface, sub-surface and air events" and will end on 3 October, agency reports said quoting a US embassy statement.
The Indian navy would field its first latest Delhi class destroyer Godavari class frigate, a SSK class submarine and Russian acquired TU-142 long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft.
The Triconderoga class cruisers next to the aircraft carriers are the largest warships in US naval inventory and USS Cancellorsville has a crew of 360.
The Indian and US forces would also hold mountain - warfare exercises in Alaska between 29 September and 11 October.
Exercise Geronimo Thrust would mark the first participating by Indian troops in a military exercise in the US.
India's Parachute Brigade and Russian -made IL - 76 aircraft from the air force will participate in the exercise.
India says the events are an indication that "Military to military co-operation between India and the US has been on the upswing".
Washington had suspended military ties with India and Pakistan after they carried put nuclear tests in 1998, but they were restored after the countries backed US forces fighting in Afghanistan.
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I seem to spend a lot of time at this Prison!
Today I am back at Spring Hill Corrections Facility. I am a VIP at the Graduation of a bunch of newly recruited Corrections Officers.
What do I say to a bunch of guys heading into the job that killed my husband?
I looked for quite some time and I found this poem ....
A Walk Along Your Beat
I walked along your beat today
It was concrete, steel and dismal grey.
A place where evil, anger and hatred live
within the walls each day.
My walk was just a visit, a glimpse of what you see,
It takes a certain kind of being, to do the jobs you do,
Courage is a must,
Not knowing one minute to the next,
If the stories that you have heard, will one day be told of you.
It helps to see you have BROTHERS you can trust.
Its a different world these men live in due choices they have made
Some will do their time and learn from their mistakes,
Others will return again to the slamming of the gates.
I understand a lot more now, than I did before today
For you walk among a beat of concrete, steel and hate!!
Wear your badge with honor, Take pride in all you do
Know that many of us are safe at home, and we
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Take some time today to think about the people who get up every morning and keep you safe by doing one of the crudiest jobs around. Just try to imagine what it must be like working with the biggest criminals in our country. Dealing with the scumbags of the world. Rapists, Murderers, Druggies, Sociopaths.
Corrections Officers and Police Officers do this EVERY single day of their jobs. They get slammed and disrespected and dishonored by EVERYONE. Not just the people they work with but by the general public.
Do me a favour today and put yourselves in their shoes and remember that these people don't do this job for money, because they don't get much, they do it because they want to Serve and Protect our country, our citizens ... you.
I am proud and honored to be a part of the Family called Corrections. And I am incredibly grateful that today I will be meeting a bunch of new Officers who are willing to put themselves in this position when so many others aren't.
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Every woman knows that the Golden Globes are pretty much the Superbowl of Award Shows. Scratch that. It's like Junior/Senior prom, bringing not just film stars (a la the Oscars), but also the television crowd. So people like Steven Spielberg and Natalie Portman are mixed upon Gossip Girls like Leighton Meester and TV veterans such as Peggy Bundy (not her real name. I'm too lazy to look it up right now. But the woman one a Globe last night for Sons of Anarchy after waiting YEARS to win -- she was previously nominated for Married With Children). Anyway, they all gather at the luxurious Beverly Hilton for a night of awards, but mostly a night of drinking.
This is the one award show I would LOVE to go to -- everyone is there. They sit at tables like a nice rehearsal dinner, don't have to worry about seat fillers, everyone's cracking jokes and enjoying a bev, and there is no audience. So while that aspect sucks, it makes the party elite, which is why everyone wants to go.
My new apartment is roughly 30 seconds from the Beverly Hilton. I drove by it about six times yesterday running various errands, and every time I drove by my heart sank a tiny bit, seeing the decor and setup for the parties that would be going on that night. I'm convincing myself that this blog will take my places and I'll (eventually) be in like Flinn at these parties.
So, needless to say every woman watches to check out the attire. Most girls tune in for the preshow and then spend the actual show getting ready to go out instead of watch. However, this year the show was worth watching because it was hosted by Ricky Gervais. The man is bloody nuts. Last year, he hosted the show and came on stage with a beer and cracked a few jokes about Mel Gibson. It was HILARIOUS. I can't find his comments about him but here is his monologue from 2010:
The best thing about Ricky is that he says what everyone else is thinking, and I hope they keep him for years to come.
Okay. So. Let's get down to the dirty: who looked fabulous and who looked like a pirate hooker? Here are my opinions. Note: I don't care about designers, I care about how everyone looks and puts things together. I am not a renowned fashionista by any means, so I find it hilarious that I'm about to criticize some people for what they're wearing, but then again it comes with the territory.
Emma Stone, for the WIN!
Holy hell. I'm sorry, I've already started reconsider the male species -- AND THEN she had to go and wear THIS little number by Calvin Klein in honeysuckle (pantone's color of the year) and I'm convinced that maybe I should give up on men altogether. Just kidding! I looked at my computer background of Garret Hedlund. Back to normal. Anyway, Emma looks FLAWLESS. She's rocking the blonde hair, her natural color, and the spray tan looks phenom. I also enjoyed her playful looks with Robert Downey Jr. as he's talking about sleeping with her. Hilarious. She is my pick for best dressed.
Close second goes to January Jones. She wasn't nominated, but she already has some Golden Globes to take home anyway. I love the red, I love the cut, and I love what she said to Ryan Seacrest when he told her he was going to have trouble looking at her face: "Well Ryan, I didn't wear this dress for nothing." Great rebound after her disaster of a dress at the Globes last year.
Dianna Agron in J. Mendel
Dianna is a Saint. Is she anointed yet? This Jewish beauty is rocking the old Hollywood glam style and I absolutely love how pristine her skin looks with her nude dress. I love her and I don't think she can do any wrong. She looked amazing at the Emmy's last year and equally gorgeous at the Globes.
Sarah Hylund from Modern Family
Girlfriend is only 20. Do I feel like this outfit is age appropriate? No. Do I think she looks gorgeous? Yes! I love this look. As long as it's not an every day ordeal, I think it's fine that she played dress up.
Amber Riley from Glee
Amber looks FEROCIOUS. Her stylist deserves an award -- they always put her in the most glam dresses. Her bags are definitely making a statement without taking away form her gorgeous smile, and the dress is flattering, provides support and hugs in all the right places. Bravo.
I love Olivia Wilde but this dress is a hot mess. It reminds me of those dresses you find at the tacky prom stores. I don't know, maybe it would have worked without all the bling? Her shoes were heinous with the ensemble (not pictured). Sorry doll, you're beautiful but this look was a downer.
I don't know what Megan Fox did to her face, but please, for the love, STOP IT. Just stop. I can't tell if this is a 45-year-old with too much plastic surgery or a 16-year-old. The dress isn't doing it for me at all -- I get it, I said this was like prom, but don't dress like it. Dress like you're on the red carpet, please.
I'm the first person to praise Sandra Bullock because a) I think she's amazing and b) I think she's a great role model for women everywhere, but this dress makes her look 80 and the bangs are blah. Her face is sooo gorgeous. Why hide it?
Natalie Portman, I know you're pregnant, so I'll cut you some slack. Great job with the empire waist to help show off your tummy. But this rose is simply horrendous! I would have loved to have seen you in the hot color for the show, green.
Lea Michele. I think she's gorgeous, but this dress? Woof. I'm not a fan in the slightest. I like simple dresses. Maybe some bling, maybe some big, poofy shoulder pads, but extra fabric always puts me in a terrible mood. She looks like she's wearing a parachute. Love the color though. PS: I got a huge kick out of her reactions when Glee would win. They were priceless. You could see her thinking to herself, "They're winning because of me! I'm gorgeous." Gotta love her.
Part II comes tomorrow where I'll discuss what after parties we hit up! 'Til then...


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