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The assault on truth and memory continues as Srebrenica genocide denial activists create digitally manipulated images (aka: photo forgeries) of grossly inflated numbers of Serb casualties around Srebrenica as "evidence" to justify genocide of at least 8,000 Bosniaks at Srebrenica…
CLOSE UP: You're looking at a photo forgery of a non-existent Serbian victim around Srebrenica used in Milivoje Ivanisevic's crusade to deny Srebrenica genocide. Click photo for a higher resolution, then follow red arrows to see image manipulated areas done by amateur image designer(s). These areas are clearly visible to a naked eye. People who continue promoting this type of hoax should be ashamed of themselves. They should also get a basic Photoshop training as their image manipulation skills are despicable.
First thing you will notice in the above photo is that one part of the image was cut out out (lower right corner side below skull). The cut out stretches even above the skull where you can notice a straight white line (most likely done by a paintbrush tool available in commercial image manipulation software programs like Photoshop or even in some free open source programs like GIMP). The top left corner of this image was manipulated by Blur / Sharpen Tool and Smudge Tool – you can notice brush movements visible to a naked eye and even forming a line next to the ladder. Now, look at the bottom part of the ladder and you will notice a virtual rung or step added as a blurred straight line. The skull was carved from a different image and re-inserted with color noise and bad image cuts around this photo being clearly visible. What appears to be skull smoking 'cigar' is actually a white dot. Keep studying this image and you will find even more faked elements.
PHOTO ABOVE: Actual photo forgery of non-existent Serb victim around Srebrenica. This hoax photo is circulated by ultra-nationalist Serbian circles and hosted by Serbianna web site in a section titled: "Srebrenica Massacre: A Photo Story." Serbianna describes this image forgery as a photo of "the decapitated head of Bosnian Serb farmer Pero Makic, who was executed by Bosnian Muslim/Croat forces in the northeastern Bosnian city of Brcko." Of course, Brcko is nowhere near Srebrenica, but the photo is promoted in Serbianna's section showing so called "Bosnian Muslim atrocities in Srebrenica." The section contains about 30 images of Bosnian Serb victims who died all over Bosnia, but they are conveniently described as victims of the so called "Muslim Terror" around Srebrenica. The fact is that many, if not most, of Serb civilian casualties in Bosnia were actually victims of Serb Army's heavy artillery attacks on Bosnian cities. In Sarajevo alone, as a result of the Bosnian Serb Army's shelling and sniper attacks, over 10,000 residents (of all nationalities) lost their lives – including more than 1,500 children.
PHOTO ABOVE: Serbian nationalist newspaper "Glas Javnosti" misused the above photo of Bosniak Muslim victims by portraying it as a mass grave of Serbs. What you see is a a mass grave of Srebrenica genocide victims (Bosniak Muslims) in a village of SNAGOVO during their exhumation in July 2007 as confirmed by the International Commission for Missing Persons (ICMP) and FONET (Serbian agency selling Associated Press photos). The above photo features ICMP forensic expert Sharna Daley of London UK. This kind of propaganda can be only produced by the sickest minds in order to misinform the public; and this is exactly what radical Serbian nationalists have been doing for the past 15 years. Read more here.
PHOTO ABOVE: These innocent victims of Bosnian Serb terrorism, Predrag Sekulovic (7) and Danka (4) Sekulovic, along with their parents Ranko Sekulovic and Radenka Sekulovic, where killed on Sep. 13, 1992 when their parent's truck came on an anti-tank mine, which was placed by the Bosnian Serb Army in the village of Bakic on the road to Foca to block communication between Muslim villages in largely Bosniak Muslim populated Eastern Bosnia (Podrinje). Even Milivoje Ivanisevic, a Srebrenica genocide denier who circulated these photos, wrote in his book ("The Chronicle of Our Graves") that Sekulovic family were victims of a landmine. However, these innocent children were conveniently branded as the victims of "Muslim terror" in Srebrenica, and their photos were repeatedly featured on Srebrenica genocide denial web sites to justify genocide of Bosniaks in Srebrenica. It is important to note that these children were not even from Srebrenica. It is equally important to note that in Sarajevo alone, over 1,500 children of all ethnicities were killed by the Bosnian Serb Army that used air-modified bombs to bombard Sarajevo citizens. More about Sekulovic family victims here.
Related research:
Srebrenica Genocide Denial: Milivoje Ivanisevic's Disturbed Mind of Genocide Denial
Srebrenica Genocide Facts: Responding to the Growing Assault on Truth and Memory
Serbian Media Propaganda: Grossly Inflated Numbers of Bosnian Serb Casualties Around Srebrenica
People Behind Dutchbat Srebrenica Genocide Denial Project: Marco Van Hees and Alexandar Gavrilovic. Plus, Two New Srebrenica Genocide Denial NGOs: Serbian Investigation Society and Historical Project Srebrenica.
PHOTO: Meet two Srebrenica genocide denial activists:
Aleksandar Gavrilovic (left) and Marco Van Hees (right).
Recently, Marco Van Hees and15 former Dutchbat members met with the Belgrade-based Srebrenica genocide denier, Milivoje Ivanisevic, and offered to testify on behalf of Radovan Karadzic – former Bosnian Serb leader who publicly wowed to destroy the Bosnian Muslims from the face of Earth. Activist Dutch veterans, led by Van Hees, told Ivanisevic they had to "protect themselves from the Muslims, rather than protect Muslims from the Serbs" in Srebrenica. What they failed to mention is that Serb soldiers wore Dutch helmets and disguised themselves as UN peacekeepers to trick Bosniak men and boys of Srebrenica into surrendering. Then, they killed them.
His Dutch friend of Serbian orgin, Alexandar Gavrilovic (22), recently formed the so called Serbian Investigation Society in Tilburg, Netherlands. According to Serbia's daily Vecernje Novosti, Gavrilovic's parents – originally from Cacak, Serbia – came to the Netherlands 25 years ago. The Serbian Investigation Society is NGO active in translating Milivoje Ivanisevic's genocide denial material and distributing it in the Netherlands.
Their friend, Stefan Karganovic (info), is not by coincidence head of the so called Historical Project Srebrenica (Istorijski Projekat Srebrenica) – another Srebrenica genocide denial NGO located in the Netherlands. He recently announced a lawsuit against the UN and Netherlands because of the alleged "suffering of the Serb population in the UN safe haven." The Serbs, who never demilitarized around Srebrenica, were not even located inside the U.N. enclave known as 'Safe Haven' of Srebrenica. Instead, they were located in ethnically cleansed Muslim villages around Srebrenica. The Serb Army used those villages around the enclave to keep Srebrenicaunder the brutal siege, frequently preventing humanitarian aid from entering the enclave, as well as bombarding the town and killing its civilians.
Marco Van Hees is more popularly known by his outrageous claims that"no Dutchbat soldier saw or heard of either the killing or raping of the Muslim civilians in Bosnia," a claim Srebrenica genocide survivors fiercely disagree with (read this book: The United Nations on Srebrenica's Pillar of Shame: 104 testimonies). The Dutch 'peacekeepers' cowardly abandoned the people of Srebrenica in 1995 and left disgusting material behind themselves (see photos of Dutch graffiti in Srebrenica).
In a well scripted Srebrenica genocide denial propaganda, Van Hees twists facts and effectively blames victims for genocide,"There was a lot of crime among the Muslims themselves in Srebrenica… We could see the kind of atrocities Muslims were committing against the Serbs," – he said to Serbia's Vecernje Novosti.
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Srebrenica genocide claimed at least 8,000 Bosniak (Muslim) lives – men, children, and elderly – who were summarily executed, dumped into mass graves, then relocated to the secondary mass graves to hide the crime. Many genocide victims were dumped into the Drina river and will likely never be found.
Every year around this time, Serbian ultra-nationalist media actively promotes grossly inflated number of 3,000+ "Serb victims" around Srebrenica to justify genocide of more than 8,000 Bosniaks in Srebrenica. Here is what the public should know:
In order to justify Srebrenica genocide, Serbian nationalists propagate grossly inflated claims that over 3,000 Serb civilians were murdered around Srebrenica. Milivoje Ivanisevic, who came up with this number, is a Srebrenica genocide denier himself. Ivanisevic's claims were discredited by the International Criminal Tribunal, Serbia's Human Rights Watch, and Bosnia's State-level Research and Documentation Center.
FACTS: In an attempt to justify genocide of more than 8,000 Bosniaks, 151 Serb civilian victims around Srebrenica were grossly inflated to a number of 3,000 by Serbian radical nationalist Milivoje Ivanisevic.
It is agreed by all sides that Serbs suffered a number of casualties during military forays led byNaser Oric, considering that Serbs used surrounding villages around Srebrenica to launch attacks on Srebrenica. The controversy over the nature and number of the casualties came to a head in 2005, the 10th anniversary of the massacre. According to Human Rights Watch, the ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party "launched an aggressive campaign to prove that Muslims had committed crimes against thousands of Serbs in the area" which "was intended to diminish the significance of the July 1995 crime."
A press briefing by the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) dated 6 July 2005 noted that the number of Serb deaths in the region alleged by the Serbian authorities had increased from 1,400 to 3,500, a figure the OTP stated "[does] not reflect the reality." The briefing cited previous accounts:
The Republika Srpska's Commission for War Crimes gave the number of Serb victims in the municipalities of Bratunac, Srebrenica and Skelani as 995; 520 in Bratunac and 475 in Srebrenica. The Chronicle of Our Graves by Milivoje Ivanisevic, president of the Belgrade Center for Investigating Crimes Committed against the Serbs, estimates the number of people killed at around 1,200. For the Honorable Cross and Golden Freedom, a book published by the RS Ministry of Interior, referred to 641 Serb victims in the Bratunac-Srebrenica-Skelani region.
For example the village of Kravica was attacked by Bosniak forces on Orthodox Christmas Day, 7 January 1993. Some Serb sources such as Ivanisevic allege that the village's 353 inhabitants were "virtually completely destroyed". In fact, the VRS' own internal records state that 46 Serbs died in the Kravica attack: 35 soldiers and 11 civilians, while the ICTY Prosecutor's Office's investigation of casualties on 7 and 8 January in Kravica and the surrounding villages found that 43 people were killed, of whom 13 were obviously civilians. Nevertheless the event continues to be cited by Serb sources as the key example of heinous crimes committed by Bosniak forces around Srebrenica.
As for the destruction and casualties in the villages of Kravica, Siljkovići, Bjelovac, Fakovići and Sikirić, the judgment states that the prosecution failed to present convincing evidence that the Bosnian forces were responsible for them, because the Serb forces used artillery in the fighting in those villages. In the case of the village of Bjelovac, Serbs even used the warplanes.
The most up-to-date analysis of Serb casualties in the region comes from the Sarajevo-based Research and Documentation Center, a non-partisan institution with a multiethnic staff, whose data have been collected, processed, checked, compared and evaluated by international team of experts. The RDC's extensive review of casualty data found that Serb casualties in the Bratunac municipality amounted to 119 civilians and 424 soldiers. It also established that although the 383 Serb victims buried in the Bratunac military cemetery are presented as casualties of ARBiH units from Srebrenica, 139 (more than one third of the total) had fought and died elsewhere in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Bosnian Book of the Dead, which was backed down byinternational experts (including Ewa Tabeau, head of the Demographic Unit research team of the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague), lists 151 Serb civilian victims.
The Serbsnever demilitarized around Srebrenica. The Bosnian Government had entered into demilitarization agreements with the Bosnian Serbs. On 21 April 1993, the UNPROFOR issued press release saying that the process of demilitarization of Bosnian defenders of Srebrenica had been a success. According to the Agreement, the Serbs should withdraw their heavy weapons before the Bosniaks gave up their weapons. The Serbs refused to demilitarize. They never honored their part of agreement. Instead, Serb military and paramilitary troops continued using surrounding Serb villages as a base for attacks on (and brutal siege of) Srebrenica.
Even though this accusation is often repeated by international sources, there is no credible evidence to support it… The Serbs repeatedly exaggerated the extent of the raids out of Srebrenica as a pretext for the prosecution of a central war aim: to create a geographically contiguous and ethnically pure territory along the Drina, while freeing their troops to fight in other parts of the country. The extent to which this pretext was accepted at face value by international actors and observers reflected the prism of 'moral equivalency' through which the conflict in Bosnia was viewed by too many for too long.
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Additional reporting includes reactions from Naser Oric
"I am sorry that, as you put it, Serbs feel unhappy and angry. However, I don't think like that. To me, there is other side, political side who thinks like that," said Naser Oric to ATV, as reported by Serbia's B92.
The former commander of Bosnian defence forces in Srebrenica, Naser Oric, was cleared by a UN Court Thursday of war crimes against Serbs – a decision he hailed as vindicating his men.
Serbian government propaganda has been particularly active in justifying Srebrenica genocide by claiming that over '3,000 Serb civilians' were murdered around Srebrenica. This type of propaganda has long been discredited by the International Criminal Tribunal, Serbia's Human Right Watch, and Bosnia's State-level Research and Documentation Center. About 151 Serbs died around Srebrenica, compared to more than 8,400 Bosniaks. The figure of "3,000 Serb civilians," which Srebrenica genocide justifiers constantly cite, was originally propagated by another Srebrenica genocide denier, Milivoje Ivanisevic from Belgrade. Ivanisevic himself contributed to the horrific massacres by supplying Serb Army with bogus lists of the so called "war criminals from Srebrenica" in 1995.
In 1992, Srebrenica was flooded by thousands of Bosniak refugees. It was a UN-protected enclave until July 11, 1995, when it was overrun by Bosnian Serb forces who then forcibly expelled tens of thousands of refugees, and killed more than 8,000 men, children, and elderly.
In 2006, Oric was initially found guilty of failing to prevent his subordinates killing 6 Bosnian Serb prisoners and maltreating others held in Srebrenica in 1992 and 1993 – a period of war when Serb forces were committing massacres and ethnic cleansing against the predominantly Bosniak population of Podrinje and Eastern Bosnia. At that time, he was freed upon sentencing, having spent more than three years in custody awaiting trial. Both Oric and the prosecution appealed the sentence.
Smiling broadly on Thursday, Oric told journalists: "Of course, I am very happy." "We expected this, everyone who followed the trial expected the outcome," he said through his English-speaking legal representative Vasvija Vidovic. Spending three years in detention was "part of my destiny," said Oric, adding: "Life goes on."
"I am sorry that, as you put it, Serbs feel unhappy and angry. However, I don't think like that. To me, there is other side, political side who thinks like that," said Naser Oric to ATV, as reported by Serbia's B92.
"And since I am a soldier, I know that Serbs… true Serbs who are also soldiers, know well that I fought them fair and square on a battlefield. Therefore, I don't think they are jelaous because of my acquittal; they knew for a long that I was never a war criminal, and that I was a soldier fighting on a battlefield for survival, and nothing else," – said Oric.
Asked whether the judgment vindicated the Bosniak defence of Srebrenica, he said, "I don't think the Bosniak defenders of Srebrenica committed real crimes. We were just fighting to survive, fighting for our lives."
Schomburg said the prosecution had failed to prove a link between Oric and the crimes allegedly committed by soldiers under his command. "Criminal proceedings require evidence establishing beyond reasonable doubt that the accused is individually responsible for a crime before a conviction can be entered," said Schomburg.
The families of more than 8,000 Srebrenica genocide victims welcomed the ruling.
"The evidence that Naser Oric is innocent have always existed and I think it is inequitable that he spent almost four years in jail,"said for Fena on Thursday the president of the Association of Mothers from the enclaves of Srebrenica and Zepa, Munira Subasic.
"How could someone … question the one who defended himself at the site of genocide?" asked Munira Subasic.
Abduraham Malkic, Srebrenica Municipality mayor, on the occasion of the acquitting verdict for Naser Oric, gave announcement saying that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in Hague (ICTY) showed the character of the conflicts on the territory of Srebrenica.
Commenting on the decision, Srebrenica Mayor Abdurahman Malkic said the judgment proved that the Bosnian Army was never involved in the systematic and organized crimes against Serbs in the Srebrenica area.
Associations of demobilized soldiers from the Bosnian Army also welcomed the chamber's decision and called for the urgent arrest of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspects still at large.
PHOTO CAPTION: These innocent victims of Serbian terrorism, Predrag (7) and Danka (4) Sekulovic, where killed on Sep. 13, 1992 when their parent's truck came on an anti-tank mine, which was placed by the Bosnian Serb Army in the village of Bakic on the road to Foca to block communication between largely Muslim villages in the area. These innocent children were conveniently branded as the victims of "Muslim terror," and their photos were repeatedly featured on Srebrenica genocide denial web sites to justify genocide against the Bosniaks. It is important to note that these children are not even from Srebrenica. It is equally important to note that in Sarajevo alone, over 1,500 children of all ethnicities were killed by the Bosnian Serb Army that used air-modified bombs to bombard Sarajevo citizens.
These types of propagandists will do anything to prove their point, even if that means misusing the photos of slaughtered Bosniak Muslim civilians. Recently, we reported the case of a Serbian nationalist newspaper misusing the photos of Bosniak Muslim victims by presenting them as photos of Serb victims of the so called "Muslim-Croat terror" (more info). But, they not only misusing photos of Bosniak victims of genocide – they also misuse photos of individual war crimes against the Bosnian Serb civilians. The saddest example of such marketing practice includes photos of two Bosnian Serb children, Predrag (7) and Danka Sekulovic (4) who were killed on Sep. 13, 1992 when their parent's truck came on an anti-tank mine, which was placed by the Bosnian Serb Army in the village of Bakic on the road to Foca to block communication between largely Muslim villages in the area.
The image you see on top of this article was reproduced from the book titled: "The Eradication of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina" and sold by anti-SemiticSerbian Defense League web site which claims that Jews committed crimes against the Serbs by "…using 'holocaust' analogy to deceive countries in which they live into letting them use their resources in commission of crimes world-wide." No comment needed to such offensive anti-Semitic allegations.
The indicted Serb war criminals and masterminds of genocide, Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, are still on the run and widely believed to be protected by the Serbian Orthodox Church.
1. Serbia's Photo Propaganda
2. Serbian NAZI past (fascism)
3. Conclusion
PHOTO: Serbian nationalist newspaper misused the above photo of Bosniak Muslim victims by portraying it as a mass grave of Serbs. What you see is a a mass grave of Srebrenica genocide victims (Bosniak Muslims) in a village of SNAGOVO during their exhumation in July 2007 as confirmed by the International Commission for Missing Persons (ICMP) and FONET (Serbian agency selling Associated Press photos). The above photo features ICMP forensic expert Sharna Daley of London UK. This kind of propaganda can be only produced by the sickest minds in order to misinform the public; and this is what they have been doing for the last 15 years with their bold faced lies and propaganda. It's time for a counter punch. Read more…
1. Serbia's Photo Propaganda
Serbian nationalist newspaper "Glas Javnosti"- known by its extreme radical rhetoric and publishings of Srebrenica genocide denial material – went one step further in its fascist propaganda by misusing photos of Bosniak Srebrenica genocide mass graves and portraying them as mass graves of Serb victims of the so called "Muslim-Croat terror" – click here to take a look.
This type of Serbian propaganda is sadly widespread, and it's a testament of the sickness of Serbian society that will likely take a long time to heal. Unfortunately, it's nothing new since Serbia hasn't decontaminated itself from fascism, yet. Serbian nationalists regularly celebrate war criminals as heroes, while Srebrenica Genocide is increasingly being awarded status of a big proud 'military victory' over the "Turks" (derogatory name for Bosniaks Muslims).
Here is a photo of a Srebrenica Genocide mass grave excavation in the village of SNAGOVO in July 2007. The ICMP (International Commission for Missing Persons) confirmed to us that the photo features forensic expert Sharna Daley of London U.K. She is a member of a team from the International Commission for Missing Persons (ICMP) inspecting human remains at a Srebrenica genocide mass-grave site in a village of SNAGOVO. She has also been featured in numerous photos on our site, latest one being during Srebrenica genocide mass grave excavation in the village of KAMENICA. Another Serbian source "FONET" (which allows consumers to purchase Associated Press photos) also confirms that the photo refers to the exhumation of a mass grave in SNAGOVO, as previously confirmed to us by the ICMP.
2. Serbian Nazi Roots
The levels of propaganda and hatred against Bosniaks and Croats – stemming from Serbia's fascist past – have remained relatively constant.
During the 2nd World War, the first experiments in mass executions of camp inmates by poison gas were carried out in Serbia. Serbia was the first country to proudly declare itself "Judenfrei" ("cleansed" of Jews).
In August 1942, Dr. Harald Turner (the chief of the German civil administration in Serbia) announced that Serbia was the only country in which the "Jewish question" was solved and that Belgrade was the "first city of a New Europe to be Judenfrei." Turner himself attributed this success to Serbian help.
The fight against the Jewish influence had actually started six months before the German invasion when the government of Serbia issued legislation restricting Jewish participation in the economy and university enrolment.
In contemporary Serbian history, the Serbian chetniks of Draza Mihailovic were represented as fighters against the occupier, while in fact they were the allies of the Nazi fascists in Yugoslavia.
It is unequivocally clear that the Chetniks collaborated with the occupiers, both in the military and political sphere, as well as in the domain of economic activity, intelligence and propaganda… (source: the Serbian scholars, Dr. Jovan Marjanovic & Mihail Stanisic, The collaboration of Draza Mihailovic's Chetniks with the enemy forces of occupation, 1976.)
In conjunction with the war in former Yugoslavia, Serbia has undertaken a campaign to persuade the Jewish community of Serbian friendship for Jews (the Serbian Jewish Friendship Society). This same campaign portrays Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) and Croats as a common threat to both Jews and Serbs, in an attempt to gain Jewish sympathy and support at a time when most nations have isolated Serbia as a Balkan pariah.
However, even as Serbia courts Jewish public opinion, their propagandists conceal a history of well-ingrained antisemitism, which continues unabated in 1992. To make their case, Serbs portray themselves as victims in the Second World War, but conceal the systematic genocide that Serbs had committed against several peoples including the Jews. Thus Serbs have usurped as propaganda the Holocaust that occurred in neighbouring Croatia and Bosnia, but do not give an honest accounting of the Holocaust as it occurred in Serbia.
During four centuries of Ottoman rule in the Balkans, the Jewish communities of Serbia enjoyed religious tolerance, internal autonomy, and equality before the law, that ended with the breakup of the Ottoman Empire and the emergence of the Serbian state. Soon after a Serbian insurrection against Turkish rule in 1804, Jews were expelled from the interior of Serbia and prohibited from residing outside of Belgrade. In 1856 and 1861, Jews were further prohibited from travel for the purpose of trade. In official correspondence from the late 19th century, British diplomats detailed the cruel treatment of the Jews of Serbia, which they attributed to religious fanaticism, commercial rivalries, and the belief that Jews were the secret agents of the Turks. Article 23 of the Serbian constitution granted equality to every citizen but Article 132 forbade Jews the right of domicile. The Treaty of Berlin 1878, which formally established the Serbian state, accorded political and civil equality to the Jews of Serbia, but the Serbian Parliament resisted abolishing restrictive decrees for another 11 years. Although the legal status of the Jewish community subsequently improved, the view of Jews as an alien presence persisted.
The Serbian government under General Milan Nedic worked closely with local Nazi officials in making Belgrade the first "Judenfrei" city of Europe. As late as 19 September 1943, Nedic made an official visit to Adolf Hitler (see picture bellow), Serbs in Berlin advanced the idea that the Serbs were the "Ubermenchen" (master race) of the Slavs.
PHOTO: Serbia's Chetnik Milan Nedic and Adolf Hitler.
The Serbian Orthodox Church openly collaborated with the Nazis, and many priests publicly defended the persecution of the Jews. On 13 August 1941, approximately 500 distinguished Serbs signed "An Appeal to the Serbian Nation", which called for loyalty to the occupying Nazis. The first three signers were bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church. On 30 January 1942, Metropolitan Josif, the acting head of the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church, officially prohibited conversions of Jews to Serbian Orthodoxy, thereby blocking a means of saving Jewish lives. At a public rally, after the government Minister Olcan "thanked God that the enormously powerful fist of Germany had not come down upon the head of the Serbian nation" but instead "upon the heads of the Jews in our midst", the speaker of these words was then blessed by a high-ranking Serbian Orthodox priest.
A most striking example of Serbian antisemitism combined with historical revisionism is the case of Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic (1880-1956), revered as one of the most influential church leaders and ideologists after Saint Sava, founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church. To Serbs, Bishop Velimirovic was a martyr who survived torture in the Dachau prison camp. In truth he was brought to Dachau (as were other prominent European clergy), because the Nazis believed he could be useful for propaganda. There he spent approximately two months as an "Ehrenhaftling" (honour prisoner) in a special section, dining on the same food as the German officers, living in private quarters, and making excursions into town under German escort. From Dachau, this venerated Serbian priest endorsed the Holocaust:
QUOTE: Europe is presently the main battlefield of the Jew and his father, the devil, against the heavenly Father and his only begotten Son… (Jews) first need to become legally equal with Christians in order to repress Christianity next, turn Christians into atheist, and step on their necks. All the modern European slogans have been made up by Jews, the crucifiers of Christ: democracy, strikes, socialism atheism, tolerance of all religions, pacifism, universal revolution, capitalism and communism… All this has been done with the intention to eliminate Christ… You should think about this, my Serbian brethren, and correspondingly correct your thoughts, desires and acts. (Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic: Addresses to the Serbian People–Through the Prison Window. Himmelsthur, Germany: Serbian Orthodox Eparchy for Western Europe, 1985, pp. 161-162). QUOTE END
To learn more about Serbian involvement in the Holocaust, read:
– Serbian portrayal of Holocaust decency is historical revisionism
– Serbian anti-masonic (anti-Jewish) exhibition in Belgrade of 1941-42
3. Conclusion:
If Serbia wants to be part of civilized world, then it needs to decontaminate itself from fascistic hatred and stop spreading bold faced lies and propaganda about their perceived victimhood. A nation that lives of mythological history, propagation of lies, constant creation of feelings of victimhood, and Srebrenica genocide denial is not ready to be partner for peace in the region.
BEWARE: This organization was established by the Serbian nationalists in Toronto (Canada) and serves as an extended hand of Belgrade propaganda
Above: Screenshot of "The Centre for Peace in the Balkans" promoting Srebrenica genocide denial material with Edward Herman's article: "The Politics of the Srebrenica Massacre." Many similar articles (written by infamous genocide deniers) can be found on their site. To read response to Herman's denials and conspiracy theories, click here.
Full article continues below…
The Centre for Peace in the Balkans (balkanpeace.org) is a Serbian propaganda media outlet based in Toronto, Canada. Here is a quick overview of this organization:
This organization presents itself as "balanced and accurate," "non-profit corporation" with appealing 'non-partisan' name working for "peace" and against "the West's flawed Balkan strategy" in the Balkans, "striving to advocate a balanced and accurate presentation" of the situation in the Balkans and to bring "NATO and military political leaders to stand trial."
The main objective of this Serbian organization is to manipulate the public opinion with misinterpretation of facts concerning the recent conflict in the Former Yugoslavia. While there is plenty of material on their website portraying Bosniaks, Croats, and Albanians as "terrorists", there is not a single piece of material on their web site condemning widespread human rights violations and massacres committed by the Serbs. In fact, this seemingly "peace-oriented" web site contains Srebrenica genocide denial material from many disgraced conspiracy theorists (see screenshot).
Who is behind 'The Centre for Peace in the Balkans'?
'The Centre for Peace in the Balkans' was founded by a young Serbian nationalist – Nikola Rajkovic – who was (according to the Serbian Unity Congres) "born in Montreal, but now permanently resides in Toronto, Canada." Rajkovic is actively involved in regularly updating the site with copyrighted material lifted from the Reuters, Associated Press, and other stories he finds interesting.
In January 2002, Nikola Rajkovic was elected to serve as a member of FR Yugoslav Council of Diaspora by then Serbian-run Government in Belgrade. The Council is better known as the Canadian-Serbian Council. Nikola Rajkovic is also a Vice-President of Serbian National Shield Society in Canada – an organization run by Serbian immigrants.
According to the Serbian Unity Congress, "Council members from the Motherland have been named on the basis of recommendations received from the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church."
This same Church – namely the Serbian Orthodox Church – has been actively involved in encouraging their own people to support imprisoned Serb war criminals at the International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia at the Hague. The Orthodox priest, Father Vojislav Bilbija, even laughed at their indictments for genocide and human rights violations, quote: "[the] individual prisoners have told him that their indictments are so unbelievable that the only thing left for them to do during court trials is smile bitterly." (See "Loneliness worse than imprisonment for Hague prisoners," The Path or Orthodoxy, January 2002)
'The Centre for Peace in the Balkans' & Srebrenica Genocide Denial
The interesting aim of 'The Centre for Peace in the Balkans' seems to be the creation of an atmosphere of exaggerated and false messages of pure Serbian 'innocence' in the conflict. Those views deemed to be fit to serve Serbian propaganda are gladly published on their web site. Their favorite essays are republished from such widely circulated Srebrenica genocide denial sources as Edward S. Herman, Stella L. Jatras, Jared Israel, Diana Johnstone, George Pumphrey, Milivoje Ivanisevic, Yossef Bodansky, Nebojsa Malic, David Peterson, and other conspiracy theorists (see here).
As respected British historian Marko Attila Hoare noted:
Quote: "Not a single respectable work of scholarship has been produced by any member of this political category in the West, though they have produced an enormous quantity of what can most charitably be described as extended political tracts, based…largely on other political tracts by other Balkan genocide deniers…. the 'anti-war' people in the West write propaganda rather than history about the Balkans; necessarily so, since they believe Yugoslavia was destroyed by a Western or German imperialist conspiracy, and this is not a viewpoint that anyone who actually does research on the subject can sustain. The average MPhil student here at Cambridge would be embarrassed to produce the sort of rubbish churned out by Michael Parenti, Diane Johnstone, Kate Hudson and other ill-informed genocide deniers, whose sole purpose is to confirm other lefties in their anti-Western prejudices." End Quote (Srebrenica and the London Bombings: The 'Anti-War' Link)
The one of the saddest activism by this 'Centre for Peace in the Balkans' is the denial and manipulation of Srebrenica genocide. Even though more than 6000 bodies were recovered from Srebrenica's mass graves and await DNA identification, Serbian propagandists and their revisionist friends hold onto their fictious belief that the number of killed was actually less than 2,500 and that Srebrenica genocide never happened. They even refuse to acknowledge the term Genocide when refering to the Srebrenica massacre and they regularly quote each other in every source they publish (it's a well established circle of conspiracy theorists drawing opinions from each others' pre-determined conclusions).
New York – Srebrenica Sisterhood: 7/11 and 9/11
The friendship between the New York and Srebrenica was viewed as a main threat to the twisted nationalist minds running this, so called, 'Centre for Peace in the Balkans.' As a result, 'The Centre for Peace in the Balkans' voiced its anger against the Srebrenica-New York sisterhood proposal – a symbolic link between Bosnian and American tragedy (9/11 and 6/11). In fact, according to Nikola Rajkovic's logic published on his web site:
Quote: "Implying that the terror suffered by 9-11 victims in New York is similar to civil war suffering in Srebrenica is factually wrong. As such, a sister-city relationship between New York City and Srebrenica should not be established since it would be an insult to the memory of 9-11 victims." End Quote
Of course, Nikola Rajkovic and his make-belief "Centre for Peace in the Balkans" fail to grasp that Srebrenica massacre is not just a "civil war suffering" – it's a genocide. More clearly, it's a genocide perpetrated by the forces under the command of former Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and his war-time General Ratko Mladic. Both of these fugitives from justice succeeded in executing planned genocide (read Karadzic's words) with full logistical support of Serbia. Therefore, Nikola Rajkovic's hate-inspired statements are insult not only to the victims of 7/11 and 9/11, but also step back for any chance of lasting peace and ethnic reconciliation. As of today, Rajkovic's "Centre for Peace in the Balkans" still refuses to call for an arrest of indicted Serb war criminals who committed genocide in Srebrenica.
Nikola Rajkovic Fears Serb Children Will Learn About Genocide
The founder of 'The Centre for Peace in the Balkans' – Serbian nationalist Nikola Rajkovic – is obsessed with perceived bias of anything "Western" against Serbia. One has to glance over his article, "Serbdom in the 21st Century" (which he published at Serbian Unity Congress web site), to understand the level of his obsession against Western influence on Serbs and Serbia:
Quote: "…the Serbian name and identity has been under a constant media and public relations attack… there is an identifiable group of foreign journalists and foreign policy makers who have built their entire careers on denigrating the Serb name and reputation…. Serbdom will continue to suffer catastrophic consequences… Are the Serbs of Yugoslavia prepared to be made the scapegoats for the wars of the 1990s? …picking up the local (foreign) newspaper or turning on the television usually means enduring the following headline, Evil Serb convicted of genocide. What kind of effect will such unchallenged propaganda have on Serbian children living abroad? What will Serbian children say when they are asked to identity their heritage? …the long-term consequences of unchallenged propaganda and racism in foreign languages will be catastrophic to our identity and culture. If you need more proof, just read the foreign newspapers of the last ten years." End Quote
And again, 'The Center for Peace in the Balkans' founder, refuses to challenge his own logic. He plays innocent card by suggesting that he does not understand why his people were in the news and why individuals from his people were accused and convicted of genocide, wide scale massacres, ethnic cleansings and other evils. For him, Serbs and Serbia are pure victims and he is more frustrated about Serb children learning that individual Serb people committed genocide against Bosniaks, than condemning those same crimes of genocide (let alone calling for war criminals hiding in Serbia to be arrested).
Rajkovic is disturbed by "foreign newspapers" for documenting wide scale massacres in Bosnia and Kosovo; these massacres were overhelmingly committed by the Serb (para)-military forces under the leadership of indicted war criminal Radovan Karadzic and his indicted partner in crime General Ratko Mladic, both wanted on genocide charges and both fugitives from the international justice. He avoids condemning them or publishing any material criticising Serbs or Serbia.
Recommending Denial of Reality
'The centre for Peace in the Balkans' does not hide it's bias; it recommends links to other web sites containing Srebrenica genocide denial material, and some of them include "Emperor's Clothes," "AntiWar," "CounterPunch," "ZNet," "FrontPage Magazine" and sources of fiction and conspiracy.
Five Principles by De La Brosse
The fundamental principles of Serbian propaganda, highlighted by de la Brosse, haven't changed. Five key principles are:
1. Keep it simple;
2. Project one's own faults onto the enemy;
3. Use the news to one's own advantage through exaggeration, distortion and omission;
4. Repeat the message endlesly; rely on myths and (revisionist) history; and
5. Create a national consensus.
The Serbian propaganda has been based on the same techniques as used by Adolf Hitler, with the added power of television and the Internet. To weld the population together, official propaganda draws on the sources of the Serbian mystique, that of a people who are 'mistreated' victims and 'martyrs' of history and that of Greater Serbia, indissolubly linked to the Orthodox religion and Eastern-Orthodox allies (e.g. Russia, Greece).
This type of propaganda clearly operates as a denial movement whose real aim is to fully absolve Serbia and Serbs of any responsibility for widespread war crimes, ethnic cleansings, and genocide in Srebrenica perpetrated for the sake of unfulfilled "Greater Serbia" dream.


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Casablanca Music
Casablanca Music is the oldest and most famous jazz club of the Netherlands. Already in 1946 people were dancing here to the music of Kid Dynamite and other jazz celebrities. Nowadays you can still enjoy the sound of famous artists like Saskia Laroo, Hans Dulfer, Pigalle44 and other big bands. Casablanca Music is also famous on de Zeedijk because of the awesome karaoke nights: everything is possible and nothing is weird!
Most fun karaoke bar in The Netherlands
Every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday night there is a party with DJ/VJ Johan (with karaoke). On Wednesday and Thursday from 11pm and every Friday from 8pm. FREE entrance!
Karaoke with a groups
Casablanca is also available for private groups daily from 12am to 8pm. For a minimum of 30 persons and maximum of 100 persons. We do not charge room rent but we want a minimum drink turnover of € 5.00 per hour/ pp. Karaoke can be hired separately and costs € 100.00 ex VAT per event. Other times are possible, too, but mind that different prices will be charged. Appetizers or a buffet are possible.
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Zeedijk 26e, Amsterdam

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KFC twister salmonella poisoned girl, court told
A girl who suffered brain damage from salmonella poisoning, allegedly after eating a chicken twister at KFC, was the victim of "disturbing" and "unsettling" practices at the fast-food giant, a court has heard.
Monika Samaan, 11, was seven years old when she developed salmonella encephalopathy and salmonella septicaemia brain damage.
Her family claims the condition was a result of her eating the meal at Villawood KFC on October 24, 2005.
She is now confined to a wheelchair and her family is suing KFC for damages.
Barrister for the Samaan family, Anthony Bartley, SC, told the NSW Supreme Court today that Monika's injuries were caused by salmonella from KFC, an allegation strongly refuted by the company.
"Your honour will hear that, if the store was particularly busy, then if chicken dropped on the floor near the burger station it would on some occasions simply be put back into the burger station from where it had fallen," Mr Bartley said.
"The evidence, your honour, comes from employees of KFC at the relevant time both in the shop at Villawood and other stores."
Mr Bartley said other members of the family had become ill after eating KFC that day and, in the same month of the alleged incident, another 10 people who ate at Villawood KFC reported having food poisoning.
"There is no doubt in this case that what poisoned Monika and left her in the physical condition that she now is [in] is salmonella," Mr Bartley said.
"And there is little or no doubt that chicken was reported by all scientists, at the time of these unhappy events occurring, as being the source of that salmonella," he said.
The court heard that, in the months before the alleged incident, the KFC store in Villawood had rated poorly in internal audits on food preparation and handling.
"It makes you wonder how often you would have to score badly before someone would decide you couldn't operate. If it keeps failing on those potential areas you'd wonder why nothing was done about it," Mr Bartley told the court.
Since the incident, the Villawood store had become a franchise, but was still required to adhere to KFC standards.
As recently as last week, an internal audit had discovered cross-contamination of foods was present in the store, which had scored an overall performance mark of 41 per cent, the barrister said
The hearing, before Justice Stephen Rothman, continues.


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If you look up Tom Gardner's online profile, he describes his investing style as looking for "moat diggers." That style has worked out very well for him and his Hidden Gems subscribers, but what does he mean? And can you find "moat digging" companies all on your own?
Well, sure you can.
For some insight on what it means to look for moat-digging companies, let's dip into the near-bottomless pool of wisdom that Warren Buffett has provided us over the years, and extract one of his best quotes, this one from the Nov. 22, 1999, issue of Fortune:
The key to investing is not assessing how much an industry is going to affect society, or how much it will grow, but rather determining the competitive advantage of any given company and, above all, the durability of that advantage. The products or services that have wide, sustainable moats around them are the ones that deliver rewards to investors.
Recall the timing of those words -- this was the bubble era. Investors were flocking to put huge amounts of money into Internet companies. Some, such as eBay
But those early days of the Internet were heady ones with great promise for revolutionary technologies, and investors clearly weren't concentrating on moat diggers. They also put a lot in far iffier operations, such as TheGlobe.com, seemingly without much discernment as to what long-term competitive advantages and protections to those advantages any of the companies had. And while eBay and Dell have had disappointing returns since the turn of the century, the businesses are strong and investors have not even come close to losing everything.
Why? Moats.
Moats matter
Any business that produces impressive returns is going to attract more than just eager investors; it's going to attract competitors. Whenever someone is making piles of money, others will try to figure out a way to their own piece of the action.
That's where the concept of Buffett's moat comes in. A moat is some aspect of a business that keeps competitors from storming the company's castle and making off with the treasure. When you're looking at any company that has delightful financial results and you're considering investing in it, you need to ask yourself not only how much those profits will grow, but if they might not evaporate entirely. You need to ascertain what's defending those profits -- what the moat is.
This is particularly important if you're interested in the substantial rewards of small-cap investing, as we are in our Hidden Gems service.
Model moats
Let's take a deeper look at three different types of moats that can protect a company's competitive advantage, even if you're investing in smaller companies.
1. Market share
Having a massive piece of the market is a great way to keep marauders at bay. It keeps costs low by giving the company economies of scale. Without similar scale, a new competitor will have a hard time delivering a product or service at a competitive price point. Consider the Microsoft
It is unusual for a small cap to have a sizable market share of a large industry -- indeed, if one did, it would quickly become a large cap. But developing a huge market share for a niche or nascent market is more likely. Drew Industries
2. Patents and licenses
Another moat is the legal protection of a product, in the form of patents, copyrights, or government approvals or licenses. While moats like this can ward off all competition, the problem in some cases is that they're temporary. Consider drug makers such as Bristol-Myers
In the small-cap realm, there are plenty of drugmakers that through one or two protected drugs have an economic moat. But other forms of governmental protection have a small and temporary economic moat. Strayer Education, a for-profit education provider, has earned regional accreditation. Without accreditation, a degree is not worth as much. Since it takes a significant amount of time and resources to earn and maintain accreditation, meaningful competitors with Strayer cannot pop up overnight -- because without accreditation, their offerings would be less appealing.
3. Distribution and supply
A specialized distribution system can be an excellent moat. Like Dell, Coca-Cola is one of those companies that has created a moat through a superior distribution and supply operation.
Blue Nile, the leader in online diamond sales, is building a similar kind of moat. It has exclusive distribution agreements with many of its diamond suppliers. If a rival opts to take on Blue Nile and sell diamonds at an even lower price point, it can try. But without Blue Nile's access to the product, it will be hard to duplicate its prices.
Learn more
To learn about all kinds of economic moats, the ones that have provided Hidden Gems subscribers with returns of 53% versus S&P 500 returns of 22% over the same time period, join us today for a free no-risk 30-day guest pass. We're glad to help you learn how to find the companies with the widest moats.
Bill Barker owns shares of Drew Industries. Drew Industries and Blue Nile are Hidden Gems recommendations. Blue Nile is also a Rule Breakers pick. eBay and Dell are Stock Advisor recommendations. Dell, Microsoft, and Coca-Cola are Inside Value recommendations. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


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One morning about two years ago, Henry decided to do me a favour. He woke up before me and fetched my glasses from the bedside table.
"Here are your glasses, Daddy!"
I opened my eyes and saw he had them in two hands. My poor, precious, nerd glasses. Snapped in half.
I'd wanted them for years. Black, plastic-framed glasses. As soon as I got my job with my first-ever health plan, I went out and bought them. And there they were. Broken between the eyes.
Of course I wasn't mad. He was barely 18-months old. The sentiment alone deserved a big hug. I still had my old, scratched pair that I'd bought years before. They were... fine.
I finally today got around to picking out a new pair. I decided not to go back to the nerd frames; I don't think I could pull them off anymore. I opted instead for a pair of NASA Control Room Glasses. Black arms and top. No frames on the bottom.
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"All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard"
-Lyrics From Sheryl Crow's All I Wanna Do
Is all you want to do in life is have some fun, until the sun comes up over Santi Monica Boulevard? Hummmm?
An article on LevittownNow.com reminded me of the drug problem in Bucks County, PA. Back in April, 2013 neighbors found a 27 year-old guy dead along the fence line at Red Cedar Drive and New Falls Road near the walking path, not far from the Levittown public library complex. A few months later, in July, the coroner said the cause was drug overdose.
He had some fun until the sun came up over Red Cedar Drive and New Falls Road.
This incident is just the tip of the iceberg in the drug abuse in Bucks County, a leader in the nation's epidemic.
Another article on LevittownNow.com reports that drug overdoses in PA has increased four times in the last 35 years! http://levittownnow.com/2016/03/16/drug-overdose-deaths-in-pa-increases-14-fold-in-last-25-years/
One wonders why so many people today engage in destructive behavior.
"Because Something is happening here but you don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?", to quote Bob Dylan.
We have lost our moral compass. We used to have a Christian consensus but we are becoming rudderless, drifting aimlessly towards a moral abyss.
Can we change course and head in the right direction?
This country needs to return to God. Churches need to teach the unadulterated gospel and people need to worship God in sprit and in truth, not just knowing what's right but doing it. If we don't get on the right course, we will be shipwrecked!
The 1987 movie The Untouchables illustrates the depraved society, with corrupt politicians of the progressive era in America. These are the fruits that resulted then, as today, in a godless society. As our nation started turning to God, we overcame and became a better society. But then we backslid. History repeats itself.
At one point, our country realized that banning alcohol because of the problems of a few who abused it didn't work. Enter Alcoholics Anonymous', which over time created the 12 Steps program (it started with six steps) to deal with peoples' drinking problems by changing them from the inside.
Changing people from the inside is the way we can cure drug and other problems. I attend the 12 Steps Journey program, which addresses drug, alcohol, depression, anxiety, anger, and other problems from their root cause. http://www.12stepjourney.com/ There are weekly meetings at a church in Levittown and in Newtown.
Back in the 70's, evangelist Francis Schaeffer said that freedom in our country has been misused, and that to handle the nation's problems, we'll either have to create a police state, where people are controlled from the outside, or have a Reformed Christian revival, where people are controlled from the inside.
Christ is the only way to change people from the inside.
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." –2nd Chronicles 7:14


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Paranormal romances usually make you think of vampires, werewolves, and ghosts, but aliens don't usually come to mind. Still, there are some pretty great paranormal romances involving aliens from YA books to more adult fiction.
The Host by Stephanie Meyer - This one is probably one of the most popular alien paranormal romances right now, coming right after Meyer's super successful Twilight series and it's meant for adults. I've only just started reading it and it's really fascinating since the main character is basically two characters in one body. I can't wait to check out the movie and see how they do it! In the meantime, here's the premise: The earth has been taken over by aliens who use humans as hosts. In the case of The Wanderer, though, her host's mind, Melanie, refuses to let The Wanderer completely take over. Instead, Melanie fills The Wanderer's mind with memories of her love, Jared...
Roswell High Series by Melinda Metz starting with The Outsider (#1) - I was a super fan of the TV series of the same name, but the books started it all! Set in Roswell, New Mexico (of course), one day high schooler Liz is shot in the stomach and a classmate of hers named Max, heals her. Aliens, romance, and suspense ensue. It's great!
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore - John Smith is a teenage alien hiding from a group of terrifying aliens bent on destroying him and others like him. There's action, there's romance, and there's aliens! Okay, maybe there's more action, but there is romance! Oh, and if you watch the movie, it stars the very good looking Alex Pettyfer.
Your Planet or Mine? by Susan Grant - This one just sounds like a fun romantic adventure read. A nine year old named Jana rescues a space alien stuck in the tree outside her bedroom window and gets her first kiss. Twenty-three years later the alien returns to warn the girl he could never forget... Cute! Fun!
Red Handed (Teen Alien Huntress) by Gena Showalter - The premise: Phoenix Germaine is sent to reform school except it turns out that she's actually been recruited to the elite Alien Investigation and Removal agency and her new instructor is drop dead gorgeous guy who was there the night she got into the trouble that put her into the situation. Romance, thrills, and action make it a fun ride! Gena Showalter also has an adult alien huntress series starting with Awaken Me Darkly (Alien Huntress #1).
Obsidian (A Lux Novel) by Jennifer L. Armentrout - Katy Swartz moves to a new school her senior year, but things look up when she meets her neighbor, Daemon, at least until he starts talking. He's infuriating. That, and it turns out he's an alien with a galaxy of enemies! I always love it when the romantic lead is infuriating - it makes the romance so much more fun!
And, of course, my book!
Doppelganger by Milda Harris - Citrus Leahy is having a really bad day. First she's late to school. Then she runs into the girl who drives her nuts because she always calls her Orange instead of her name. To cap it all off, when Citrus finally makes it to class, she sees herself already inside. Wait. What? Citrus Leahy has a doppelganger! It's probably aliens taking over the world and her life has just turned totally upside down. Goodbye, normal. Hello, paranormal. Luckily, her crush Aedan has the exact same problem!
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The education funding constitutional amendment revealed by House and Senate leaders on Thursday is an excellent one and the best that can be expected to have any chance of passing the Legislature. There is no good reason why it should not gain the support of House conservatives as well as Democrats who see, as the governor does, that the current system is unjust and unsustainable.
The amendment restores the authority of the people, through their elected representatives, to determine how the state should finance public education. Representatives of public school employee unions immediately attacked the amendment for allowing legislators to defund public schools. It does nothing of the sort.
Here is the amendment's actual language: "In fulfillment of the provisions with respect to education set forth in Part II, Article 83, the Legislature shall have the responsibility to maintain a system of public elementary and secondary education and to mitigate local disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity. In furtherance thereof, the Legislature shall have the full power and authority to make reasonable standards for elementary and secondary public education and standards of accountability and to determine the amount of, and the methods of raising and distributing, state funding for public education."
It plainly requires the state to "maintain a system of public elementary and secondary education." Doesn't that enshrine Claremont? No.
Claremont required the state to fund every single school district equally. This proposed language restores the pre-Claremont understanding of the state's responsibility for public education. The state always had a role in providing public education in New Hampshire. It is simply incorrect to assert, as some have, that financing public education was never considered a state responsibility before Claremont. It was. Claremont did not invent that.
What Claremont invented was the requirement that the state had to provide the same amount of money to every school district regardless of need. This amendment undoes that injustice and allows legislators to send poor districts more money than they send to rich ones. Legislators should send it to the people for their consideration this fall.
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As a by - product of the recent survey, Sabre owners were asked how they got into Sabre sailing. Answers were:
- Friends who sailed. Wanted a single handed boat with good competition when I returned to sailing.
- Wanted a single hander only as family members were not interested in sailing.
- Left Olympic Tornados and was looking for simplicity and low maintenance
- Club sailing great completion in the class
- Friends and the championship coming to my club. The low cost of the class is a big drawcard.
- An invitation race was held at my club and I liked the look of the simplicity of the single handed Sabre without having to sail a Laser.
- Wanted to sail in a large fleet
- Most suitable boat being sailed at my club when I returned from living interstate
- Changed classes from a laser
- Wanted to find a single handed boat when kids wouldn't get in a pacer with me anymore.
- Saw fleet sailing, liked the look of the boats and good level of support/coaching
- Saw them in Tas whist at Sharpie Nat's thought they would work well in WA
- Just looking for a small dingy for fun and a bit of racing
- I wanted to get back into dinghy sailing 6 years ago after a lifetime of sailing and discovered the Sabre. It's now an important part of my life and I'm now class captain at the largest Sabre fleet in WA.
- My children are sailors and I wanted to have something to do with them.
- Best boat for my age and work demands; Sabres are just the best ever!
- The boat suited me as a laser was too demanding.
- Hard to get reliable crew for 2 handed boat.
- My club has a big sabre fleet. I'm small, I need a single hander that fits my body and the sabre is perfect. Laser radial advantages tall people and the rig cannot be tailored. Sabres are great because the rig can be made to fit a wider range of body sizes.
- I was looking for an affordable single hander with a strong national and club presence. Sabre fits the bill.
- Tried to get my son to learn to sail, I did, he didn't
- Best suited class in club racing suits all types
- I wanted to get back to dinghy sailing. The Sabre offers competitive and challenging sailing with good mates, who enjoy sailing this boat.
- Moved from Lasers to Sabre
- Picked the class based on what I could sail single handed, suited my body size, local racing available, lower cost entry than some classes ie price of boats available
- Saw the boat asked to have a go.
- Because of the numbers at my local club
- From a laser which was too much on Port Phillip
I like OTB sailing and as an adult, Sabre is perfect
- Junior and lived near the club
- Looking to get back into racing after long time doing family stuff, school sports etc.
The Sabre offered good fleet size and competition at a state level.
Really enjoy the racing and the sailors who sail the boat over the last four seasons.
Found the boat fun to sail but still a challenge to sail quick, keeps me thinking and engaged.
I look forward to both club racing and the States each season
Keeps me fit and l enjoy it.
- Mum and Dad
- I saw the boats at a masters event in Canberra and an article in the then Aus Sailing mag
- Nice boat, single handed and manageable in a breeze.
- Bought a brand new boat to get back into sailing
- Need a single handed boat for flexibility
- I sailed as a kid and wanted to get back on the water as my 3 kids sail Minnows
- A friend recommended the Sabre for my weight and sailing level.


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Diets rich in antioxidants like spirulina, reduce ageing to the brain.
Read more at: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/22/14/6114.full.pdf
Diets rich in antioxidants like spirulina, reduce ageing to the brain.
Read more at: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/22/14/6114.full.pdf
Nestle Rowntree have brought back blue smarties thanks to spirulina.
Read more at: http://www.foodnavigator.com/Financial-Industry/Blue-Smarties-are-back-thanks-to-Spirulina
NASA and the European Space Agency are studying spirulina as optimum food for astronauts due to its remarkable nutritional values.
Read more at: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMQTE1D
1 serving of Spiralyne spirulina has more antioxidant activity than 5 servings of fruit and vegetables.
Our spirulina is checked and verified by an on-site laboratory.
Adults: Recommended daily intake is three (3) to six (6) tablets per day.
Teenagers: Recommended daily intake is two (2) to four (4) tablets per day.
Children: Recommended daily intake is up to two (2) tablets per day.
It is recommended to take Spiralyne spirulina tablets in the morning with some orange juice because the vitamin C helps with the absorption of the nutrients in spirulina.
Tip: You can crush the tablets into a powder and add to yogurt. The yogurt will turn green. Add natural honey for taste.
Spiralyne spirulina tablets (arthrospira platensis) are a food that can be incorporated into your diet to form a healthy, varied and balanced diet.
Precaution: As a precaution if you have suffer from phenylketonuria (PKU) avoid taking spirulina. People with this rare condition cannot metabolize phenylalanine (an amino acid). Spirulina is rich in all amino acids, including phenylalanine.
According to the University of Maryland Medical Center there have been no reported interactions between spirulina and any conventional medication.
Please note, advice and information provided is for general guidance only. Recommendations made can depend on your lifestyle. You may require more or less nutrients than stated (applies to GDAs and RDAs). Information provided is not to be taken as medical advice. People with medical problems or questions should consult a health professional. Information provided on this website is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Spiralyne spirulina tablets can help maintain a good level of personal wellbeing; with a variety of powerful antioxidants, vitamins and minerals that help you achieve optimum nutrition to keep you feeling great and healthy. Spiralyne spirulina tablets can enhance your body's immunity against viruses.
Spiralyne spirulina tablets contain powerful antioxidants including; C-phycocyanin1, chlorophyll, zeaxanthin and beta carotene. The human brain is uniquely vulnerable to oxidative injury. Antioxidants can inhibit the oxidation of molecules which can create free radicals. Free radicals cause oxidative damage. Antioxidants are frequently used to treat forms of brain injury2.
• Spirulina contains C-phycocyanin; a powerful antioxidant found only in spirulina and other blue-green microalgae. C-phycocyanin has significant immune enhancing and anti-viral properties. Results from research on C-phycocyanin indicate an increase in resistance to infectious diseases3.
• Zeaxanthin can protect eyes as they age; people with low levels of lutein and zeaxanthin in their macular (eye) are more likely to develop macular disease4.
• Beta carotene can be converted to vitamin A5, which is necessary for normal skin6, normal vision7 and for the immune system8.
Spirulina can help your body's immune system; the calcium spirulan, a compound contained in spirulina, has been found to be very effective against numerous viruses910. A Japanese study found that those taking spirulina showed a significant improvement in immune markers11.
1S. Farooq, A. Ebrahim, K. Subramhanya, R. Sakthirel, N. Rajesh & P. Varalakshmi. "Oxalate mediated nephronal impairement and its inhibition by c-phycocyanin: A study on urolithic rats." Dep. Of Med. Biochem., University of Madras, India 284:95-101, 2006
2Wilson J, Gelb A (2002). "Free radicals, antioxidants, and neurologic injury: possible relationship to cerebral protection by anesthetics". J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 14 (1): 66–79. doi:10.1097/00008506-200201000-00014. PMID 11773828
3Nemoto-Kawamura C, Hirahashi T, Nagai T, Yamada H, Katoh T, Hayashi O (2004) "Phycocyanin enhances secretary IgA antibody response and suppresses IgE antibody response in mice immunized with antigen-entrapped biodegradable microparticles." J Nutri Sci Vitaminol 50(2) 129-136
4Macular Disease Society, 11/11/10. http://www.maculardisease.org/page.asp?section=220§ionTitle=Nutrition
5Institute of Medicine Dietary Reference Intakes for vitamin A, vitamin K, arsenic, boron, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, vanadium and zinc. Washington D.C. National Academy Press, 2001.
6Institute of Medicine Dietary Reference Intakes for vitamin A, vitamin K, arsenic, boron, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, vanadium and zinc. Washington D.C. National Academy Press, 2001.
7Institute of Medicine Dietary Reference Intakes for vitamin A, vitamin K, arsenic, boron, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, vanadium and zinc. Washington D.C. National Academy Press, 2001.
8Institute of Medicine Dietary Reference Intakes for vitamin A, vitamin K, arsenic, boron, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, vanadium and zinc. Washington D.C. National Academy Press, 2001.
9Hayashi K, Hayashi T, Kojima I (1996) "A natural sulphated polysaccharide, calcium spirulan, isolated from spirulina platensis: In vitro and ex vitro evaluation of anti-herpes simplex virus and anti-human immunodeficiency virus activities." Aids Res Human Retroviruses 12(15) 1463-1471
10Hayashi T, Hayashi K, Maeda M, Kojima I (1996) "Calcium spirulan, an inhibitor of enveloped virus replication, from a blue-green alga spirulina platensis." J Nat Prod 59(1) 83-87
11Hirashi T, Matsumoto M, Hazeki K, Seaki Y, Ui M, Seay T (22020 "Activation of the human innate immune system by spirulina: augmentation of interferon production and NK cytotoxicity by oral administration of hot water extract of spirulina platensis." Internat Immunopharmacol 2(4) 423-434
Spirlayne spirulina tablets contain Vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 contributes to normal energy production.
Spiralyne spirulina tablets can act as a natural energy boost to combat fatigue and can help with mental concentration.
Spirulina is the richest natural wholefood source of complete protein (containing all the essential amino acids) in the world and because spirulina has no hard cell walls, it is much easier to digest than other plant foods.
High-protein foods like spirulina are known to increase energy1234.
A study5 (Kalafati M, et al.) published by the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise showed that spirulina induced a significant increase in exercise performance and fat oxidation. In the study, nine moderately trained males took part in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, counterbalanced study. Each subject received 6 grams of spirulina or 6 grams placebo for 4 weeks. Each subject ran on a treadmill at an intensity of 70-75% of their VO2max for 2 hours and then at 95% VO2max to exhaustion. Time to exhaustion was significantly longer after spirulina supplementation; 2.05 minutes and 2.7 minutes with spirulina supplementation (above).
Ingestion of spirulina increased fat oxidation rate by 10.9% during the 2 hour run compared with the placebo trial (left). The antioxidant properties of spirulina may have resulted in increased fat oxidation, which then may have resulted in an increased exercise performance.
1 V.R. Young: Laboratory of Human Nutrition, School of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA 02142-1308, USA for the United Nations University. "Protein-Energy Interactions".
2 Samonds, K.W., Hegsted, D.M.: "Protein deficiency and energy restriction in young cebus monkeys." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 75, 1600-1604 (1978).
3 Coyer, P.A., Rivers, J.P.W., Millward, D.J.: "The effect of dietary protein and energy restriction on heat production and growth costs in the young rat." Br. J. Nutr., 58, 73-85 (1987).
4 Ausman, L.M., Gallini D:L., Hegsted, D.M.: "Protein-calorie malnutrition in squirrel monkeys: adaptive response to calorie deficiency." Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 50, 19-29 (1989).
5 KALAFATI, MARIA1,2; JAMURTAS, ATHANASIOS Z.1,2; NIKOLAIDIS, MICHALIS G.1,2; PASCHALIS, VASSILIS1,2; THEODOROU, ANASTASIOS A.1,2; SAKELLARIOU, GIORGOS K.1,2; KOUTEDAKIS, YIANNIS1,2,3; KOURETAS, DIMITRIS4, "Ergogenic and Antioxidant Effects of Spirulina Supplementation in Humans",Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise:January 2010 – Volume 42 – Issue 1 – pp 142-151
What is a healthy diet and lifestyle?
Most experts agree that eating a healthy balanced diet, with the nutrientsyour body requires and sufficient exercise can improve and maintain your health. The Foods Standards Agency and the Department of Health have eight recommendations for a healthy lifestyle. They are to:
1. Base your meals on starchy foods,
2. eat lots of fruit and vegetables,
3. eat more fish,
4. cut down on saturated fat and sugar,
5. try to eat less salt – no more than 6g a day,
6. get active and try to be a healthy weight,
7. drink plenty of water and,
8. don't skip breakfast.
In the UK, recommendations for physical activity vary. They include: At least 60 minutes moderate intensity exercise every day for children. At least 30 minutes moderate intensity activity on five or more days a week for the adult population.Between 45 and 60 minutes moderate intensity physical activity each day to prevent obesity. Unhealthy diets and a lack of physical activity are major factors for chronic diseases as they can lead to overweight and obesity.
It is very important that you have sufficient rest. Many people do not have enough rest. A lack of rest can lead to health problems. Furthermore, having enough rest can help you perform better.
What is a balanced diet?
A balanced diet is important to maintain health and a good body weight. You should eat a variety of foods that will provide all the essential nutrients that the body needs to be healthy and function efficiently. The required nutritional intake of a person varies and depends on the balance of food that is eaten and what food is eaten, as well as on the needs of the individual. A diet which has a good variety of different foods is more likely to provide all the essential nutrients your body should need.
What are the essential nutrients?
The human body needs energy to perform at its optimum, so it is important to strike the right balance between the amounts of carbohydrates, proteins and fats intake. An excessive intake of fat can lead to being overweight and potential serious health problems. An excess in sugars can lead to dental problems. An insufficient intake of proteins can lead to problems of growth and body repair.
It is important to eat a variety of foods including fruits & vegetables to ensure your body has sufficient minerals and vitamins and other nutrients to perform at its optimum.
How can I check if my diet is balanced?
Most foods can be part of a healthy diet – you just have to strike the right balance and have the right variety of foods. The 'Eatwell plate' is a food guide produced by the Food Standards Agency to help people better understand and enjoy healthy eating. In addition, the Government has issued eight tips for good health:
1. Base your meals on starchy foods,
2. eat lots of fruit and vegetables,
3. eat more fish,
4. cut down on saturated fat and sugar,
5. try to eat less salt – no more than 6g a day,
6. get active and try to be a healthy weight,
7. drink plenty of water and,
8. don't skip breakfast.
The 'Eatwell plate' below from the Food Standards Agency illustrates a balanced diet:
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Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland. We do not claim to be endorsed by any Government or Public Sector Organisation. This material is displayed for guidance and illustrative purposes only.
The 'Eatwell plate' is divided into five food groups: bread, cereals and potatoes, fruit and vegetables, milk and dairy foods, meat, fish and alternatives, and foods containing fat and foods containing sugar. It recommends the proportion and types of foods needed to make up a healthy diet. Foods from the larger groups should be eaten most often in the greater amounts and foods from the smaller group should be eaten least often and in the smaller amounts.
The key message is the importance of striking a good balance and having a variety of foods in your diet to achieve and maintain good health.
Spiralyne spirulina tablets contain powerful antioxidants. Antioxidants can inhibit the oxidation of other molecules, which is important because oxidation reactions can produce free radicals. And free radicals can cause oxidative stress and damage to DNA, RNA and cell structures.
When you exercise, your oxygen consumption increases more than 10 times1. Consequently, there is a significant increase in the production of oxidants that can damage cell structures and can contribute to muscular fatigue. Taking spirulina can increase the amount of intense exercise you can do and it may reduce the amount of muscle damage23thanks to the variety of antioxidants in spirulina.
Spirulina has cardiovascular benefits; it contains the rare essential fatty acid, Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), which promotes good health. According to a clinical trial in Korea, essential fatty acids like Gamma linolenic acid (GLA) can prevent cholesterol from concentrating in the body.
Spirulina can also reduce bad cholesterol. In a study where 15 male volunteers took 4.2 grams of spirulina per day showed a statistically significant reduction of LDL (bad cholesterol) with no significant change in HDL (good cholesterol). Researchers also measured a significant decrease in the atherogenic effect, a measure of fat desposition in arteries4.
Spirulina and C-phycocyanin can have a protective and preventative effect on heart attacks5 6 7. Studies have shown spirulina and C-phycoyanin can significantly protect from cardiotoxic effects (studies based on mice)8.
Spiralyne spirulina tablets can safely help improve endurance levels.
Amino acids can play an important role in exercise, especially the branched-chain amino acids; valine, isoleucine and leucine. The branched-chain amino acids are unique because they are not metabolized in the liver but in the muscle instead, hence the name, 'muscle aminos'.
Branched-chain amino acids are important as they help muscle under intense training. In an experiment using swimmers, one group was given branched-chain amino acids and the other a placebo. The branched-chain amino acid group experienced less muscle breakdown after intense exercise9. Studies show that taking essential amino acids, including branched-chain amino acids, before exercise triggers anabolic processes – the increased blood flow you get from training increases the amino acid entry into muscle.
Branched-chain amino acids can lessen muscle damage during exercise and block what is called delayed-onset muscle soreness following intense training10. Sixteen women and 14 men took five grams of branched-chain amino acids before doing seven sets of 20-rep squats, resting two minutes between sets. Some of the subjects got a placebo. Those who took the branched-chain amino acids had significantly less soreness than the placebo group; the results were more significant in the male subjects. The researchers think that the results may be a combination the branched-chain amino acids' decreasing muscle breakdown and leucine's stimulation of muscle protein synthesis (anabolism).
Spiralyne spirulina tablets contain all the essential amino acids (including branched-chain amino acids).
1Dekkers J, van Doornen L, Kemper H (1996). "The role of antioxidant vitamins and enzymes in the prevention of exercise-induced muscle damage". Sports Med 21 (3): 213–38. doi:10.2165/00007256-199621030-00005. PMID 8776010
2Peake J (2003). "Vitamin C: effects of exercise and requirements with training". Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab 13 (2): 125–51. PMID 1294582
3Jakeman P, Maxwell S (1993). "Effect of antioxidant vitamin supplementation on muscle function after eccentric exercise". Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol 67 (5): 426–30. doi:10.1007/BF00376459. PMID 8299614
4Nakaha, N. Y. Homa, Y. Goto. "Cholesterol lowering effect of spirulina". Nutr. Rep Int. 1988:37:1329-1337
5Khan M, Shobha JC, Mohan IK, Naidu MU, Sundaram C, Singh S, Kuppusamy P, Kutala VK (2005) "Protective effect of Spirulina against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity". Phytother Res 19(12) 1030-1037
6Khan M, Varadharaj S, Shobba JC, Naidu MU, Parinandi NL, Kutala VK, Kuppusamy P (2006) "C-Phycocyanin ameliorates doxorubicin-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in adult rat cardiomyocytes". J Cardiovasc Pharmacology 47(1) 9-20.
7Khan M, Varadharaj S, Ganesan LP, Shobha JC, Naidu MU et al (2005) "C-phycocyanin protects against ischemia-reperfusion injury of heart through involvement of p38 MAPK and ERK signalling". Am J Physiol-Heart Circulatory Physiol 290(5) H2136-2145
8Mao TK, Van de Water J and Gershwin ME (2000) "Effect of spirulina on the secretion of cytokines from peripheral blood mononuclear cells." J Med Food 3(3) 135-140
9Tang, F. (2006). "Influence of branched-chain amino acid supplementation on urinary protein metabolite concentrations after swimming." J Am Coll Nutr. 25:188-94
10De Palo, E., et al. (2001). "Plasma lactate, GH and GH-binding protein levels in exercise following BCAA supplementation in athletes." Amino Acids. 20:1-11.


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Holiday Parks, Camping and Campsites in the Croyde Area
Updated 19th April 2013
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Please note that a couple of campsites have asked to be removed from this list as they cannot handle the amount of calls generated.
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Secret Spot Camping Click Here Near Saunton, Croyde and Braunton.
Secret Spot Camping.... Tel 07818 423498 or email here
Bay View Farm 01271/ 890501 Camping & Touring site twixt Croyde village & beach. Chip shop! .
Chivenor Caravan Park 07071/ 228478... Static, Touring & Tent park approx 7 miles from Croyde Beach.
Croyde Bay Holiday Centre 01271/ 890890 Unison chalet park backing onto Croyde Beach sand dunes.
Forda Farm camping 01271/ 890XXX 1 mile from Croyde village. Limited opening.
Hidden Valley Campsite 01271/ 813837 Near Braunton on Ilfracombe road, Approx 5 miles from Croyde. Natural setting. Open all year?
Little Roadway Farm 01271/ 870??? Campsite twixt Georgeham & Woolacombe.
Lobb Fields 01271/ 812000 Camping & Touring site twixt Braunton & Saunton. Accepts dogs.
Midland Caravan Park 01271/ 343691 Twixt Braunton & Barnstaple, 7 miles from Croyde.
Mitchum's Beach Site 01271/ 890333 Small field near beach at Croyde Bay. Follow link for opening dates.
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Mitchum's Village Site 01271/ 890333 Near our shop on Moor lane, Follow link for opening dates.
Putsborough Sands 01271/ 890230 Small Touring caravan site overlooking Putsborough sands. No tents.
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Press release • Feb 02, 2014 00:00 GMT
Exodus announced as sponsor of 2013 Isle of Wight Walking Festival
One lucky participant to win walking holiday to Amalfi Coast in Italy
Exodus is delighted to announce that it will be sponsoring the Isle of Wight Walking Festival 2013, the largest walking festival of its kind in Europe! This festival will take place across three weekends between 4 and 19 May 2013, and will feature over 200 guided walks across the stunning Isle of Wight countryside.
Now in its fifteenth year, the festival will offer a full range of walking routes to suit all abilities, from leisurely ambles around the town of Ryde, to an epic twenty-four hour, non-stop journey along all 72 miles of the island's perimeter. All walks will be led by one of 200 dedicated volunteer guides, each an expert in the ways of rambling.
Exodus will be running a number of dedicated walks over the two weekends, from the slow and gentle Tennyson Trail on Saturday 4 May, which will follow in the footsteps of the famous poet, to the challenging Charybdis Passage held on Saturday 11 May. While the dedicated Isle of Wight Walking Festival guides will lead these walks, members of the Exodus team will be taking part and providing fun motivational treats along the way!
As well as getting their walking boots muddy, the Exodus team will be hosting their own special presentation evening event, led by Exodus director Jim Eite on Saturday 11 May, for the festival's walkers to celebrate their range of overseas walking holidays.
Jim Eite, product director of Exodus Travels, says "We are thrilled to take part in this fantastic event. Though we have been taking walking holidays across the globe from Oman to Argentina for over 38 years, this festival is a great opportunity for people to discover the wonders of walking right here in the UK, as well as celebrating our new series of UK walking weekends that we're launching this year."
To celebrate their involvement, Exodus is also running a competition to win a walking holiday for two to the Amalfi Coast of Italy. The lucky winner of Exodus' most popular walking holiday will be announced at the Isle of Wight Autumn Walking Weekend between 25 and 28 October 2013.
More details and a full programme of walks can be found the Isle of Wight Walking Festival website at www.isleofwightwalkingfestival.co.uk. For more information on Exodus' new UK walking weekends, visit www.exodus.co.uk/walkingweekends
Celebrating its 40th year, leading adventure tour operator Exodus has a vast range of adventure and activity holidays across seven continents, offering places as diverse and as exhilarating as Kilimanjaro, Machu Picchu, the Ice Hotel and Antarctica.
Whether it is solo travellers, couples, groups or families, Exodus offers an incredible choice of different trips for all ages.
Operating in 90 countries with over 500 tours, Exodus insists on low impact tourism and increasingly looks to bring benefit to local communities.
Activities on offer include walking, trekking, cycling, mountain biking, rafting, kayaking, caving, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and dogsledding as well as many many more…
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