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Over the past several months, I have received reports from prosecutors and defense attorneys (as well as some judges), and have seen it in action with my own eyes, of the complete incompetence and unprofessional behavior of New York County Criminal Court Clerks, whose office is situated next to arraignments (AR-3) on 100 Centre Street. In my years as a reporter, I have always tried to avoid sweeping generalizations about a class of people, because often sweeping generalizations neglect the achievements of certain individuals that seemingly fall into the targeted class by mere presence only. But, in the case of New York County (Manhattan) criminal court clerks inside the office next to arraignments, the "sweeping generalization" that they are overpaid, incompetent, and completely unprofessional holds true to every single one of them.
The phenomenon is quite interesting. I have spoken and seen in action other criminal court clerks in other parts. This post certainly does not apply to them at all. Before I get any hate mail or calls for a retraction, please note that this post applies specifically to the criminal court clerks working inside AR-3 and who are located in the office next to AR-3.
From what has been reported to me and what I have seen, AR-3 clerks are allergic to any semblance of work. Even when judges ask them a question — much less a prosecutor or a defense attorney — they respond with disgust with such amazing and reliable consistency. These criminal court clerks, while they read the newspaper on their desks in AR-3, enjoy making jokes about defense attorneys, prosecutors, and judges with such volume that you can hear it in the audience, even without having to strain. Apparently, and what seems hard to understand, is that the majority of defense attorneys, prosecutors, and judges just give these clerks an annoyed look, in much the same way you would look at a roach or an ant in your kitchen. It's likely because of the attorneys' acquiescence that these AR-3 clerks are continuing with their completely unprofessional behavior.
To top that off, it appears from my observations and from reports from members of the bar, that their work day seems to end at around 1:30 p.m. Any questions, inquiries, or requests for work after this time are met with animosity and shakes of the head. For a City that is encountering some budget issues, I would suggest that they are paid from 9:30-1:30 only, because that is the only time they will even consider doing substantive work that doesn't interfere with their reading of the NY Post or Daily News.
As a reporter trying to get information about cases, you can then only imagine the animosity I receive. Last week, at about 4:00, in AR-3, when I asked a clerk (he wore glasses, had slightly receding brownish hair, and a round face) about when a particular defendant would be arraigned, I was met with these words, "Why don't you go outside, go on google, and find out for yourself. Don't waste my time. You are inconsiderate. You have no sense of time." He then looked at the clock, sauntered to his empty desk, and continued reading his paper. Fortunately, a court officer provided me with the information I was looking for, before stating, "Don't worry about that guy. They're ALL like that."
Are AR-3 clerks' job that horrible? Indeed, the justice system often functions at the lowest common denominator. Clerks, who work for the court and for the judge to ensure that paperwork is docketed and processed correctly, are unfortunately AR-3's lowest common denominator.
They all should be removed and replaced with professional clerks who have some semblance of respect for other people.


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9 Month Dr. Visit!!
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Little Mountain Readings
The first LMR will take place this Saturday, November 30th, at Sturt Cottage, 6-9pm.
The event will combine poetry with the romantic atmosphere of the cottage, where writers and literary enthusiasts can relax with a glass of wine, canapes and music.
Local poets Ken Challenor, Kerry Miller and Monica Markovina, as well as acclaimed writer Mark Tredinnick will give poetry readings on the night, followed by an open mic session.
Tickets are $25, or $15 for SCWC members and friends of Sturt. For bookings, please contact the South Coast Writers Centre here or call (02) 4228 0151.
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Chris Broussard takes talent to FS1
By Jeremy Fitch
Chris Broussard is moving on from ESPN after 12 years of breaking news and insider insight that will never be forgotten.
Fox Sports 1 and Broussard are teaming as has been rumored over the past few days.
Over the past 12 years with ESPN Broussard has been a role model not only for his reporting and inside knowledge, but also for his faith.
I caught up with him last month when he came to Liberty University.
Former ESPN NBA analyst and founder of K.I.N.G. ministries, as his website put it, a leader of men, Chris Broussard brings his faith center stage. In a mainly secular business he says he hopes to inspire the next generation of Christian sports broadcasters.
"Don't just say, 'I'm a believer. God is going to bless me in broadcasting.' You have to work hard. I believe Christians should be among the hardest working people in the world," said Broussard.
Being in a business surrounded by athletes and broadcasting colleagues, it is not always a time to speak out on your beliefs, but when the opportunity arises Broussard does not shy away from the chance to share.
"We want athletes and others to speak out…when we agree with them, but if you do disagree with them then we don't want them to speak out or public figures to speak out. So people can be intolerant towards certain things, but…look I believe that God is always watching over me and He is directing my steps. As long as my heart is in the right place and I'm really trying to follow him, when the door is opened I should share and just trust the results to him," says Broussard following Liberty University's Convocation.
Broussard said God was not always first for him, but his lifestyle and beliefs changed in his senior year of college.
"Whatever you are doing, you are representing Christ, and so I want to be the best reporter, the best journalist, the best analyst I can be because it is a reflection on Christ and I am doing it unto the Lord," said Broussard.
The public sees Broussard on TV and K.I.N.G. as he is the founder, but just like he came and spoke to the Liberty University student body, he is so much more than someone that sports fans see sitting in front of the camera on a daily basis.
"One of the great things, to me arguably the greatest thing about being in the public eye, whatever it is whether you're an athlete, whether you're a broadcaster, a person known publically, is that people want to hear from you. So I go speak at churches, I speak at colleges, I speak at high schools and other venues and people want to hear what I have to say. I really have a great opportunity to impact people," says Broussard on how uses his public platform and K.I.N.G. to help raise up the next generation.
During the NBA season and traveling so often, Broussard said how he keeps himself accountable while being on the road for an extended period of time.
"I would say Romans 8:28. 'All things work together for good for them that love the Lord and them that are called according to his purpose.' So even if on the surface it appears to be going bad, you can know that somehow this is going to work out for good and that can…calm you down and let you relax," said Broussard.
Known for breaking NBA news all year long, he utilizes his sources to break stories before others in the industry. He elaborated on why sources are so important in today's reporting.
"The news cycle is endless, it's 24/7. Sources are how you get your information…It's unfortunate that a lot of it is anonymous, I would prefer it to be more out in the open," said Broussard.
He described this with an example of an NBA general manager wanting to trade a player, but that the GM cannot just come out and say those kinds of things because it would cause disgruntle around the organization, so Broussard said that is part of the reason why so much of what is reported with sources is anonymous.
Christian faith is the center piece of his life, but most people know him to be a sports analyst and personality, and he gave advice on how the next generation could be the person in his shoes someday.
"Don't despise small beginnings…The best way to get to an ESPN or a Fox or CBS, whoever is to excel and dominate where you are at. If you start at a small newspaper, then own that beat…write good stories, report great stories, break stories, be great on camera…make people take note of you," said Broussard.


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The likelihood surface resulting from a parameter-redundant stochastic model is maximised along a completely flat ridge. This ridge may be orthogonal to some parameter axes, so that these parameters have unique maximum likelihood estimates. For exponential-family models, we show how to determine which parameter combinations are estimable. The approach requires the calculation of a derivative matrix and the determination of its null space, both of which are readily achieved in computer algebra packages. Illustrative examples are drawn from the areas of compartment modelling and ring-recovery analysis.
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I am often intrigued by the amount of information that hits the press from some countries, whilst others languish in obscurity in our sound bites. The first in this series that we'll address is Belgium.
Let's face it, this country ought to sack its PR department if, indeed, it even has one! Now my knowledge of Belgium is, comparatively vast, given my early penchant for Asterix books. "Asterix in Belgium" the third Asterix book I read, after "Asterix the Gaul" and "Asterix in Egypt".
Now there are those feisty types that would dispute that my knowledge is still up to date. Are you trying to tell me that Flemish clans no longer wear wings on their helmets, parade in patchwork pants, eat boar and enjoy having a good biffo??
Whilst Belgium is sandwiched rather like leaky corn-relish between the two substantial slabs of bread commonly known as France and Germany and boasts the headquarters of the European Union, most people are hard pressed to even think of a single food that is famous from Belgium. Yep, I caught you thinking waffles and potentially chocolate as well. Waffles and chocolate. Well you could certainly do worse, for goodness sake, the country-formerly-known-as-the-superpower-USSR, gave us Borscht and vodka!
There may be several good reasons why we have shunned this fine country, however, and I have penned a list:
1. They have funny (and somewhat gross) names for things. One of the largest cultural groups are called "Flemish". To an English-speaker, you might as well call them "Sputumese" or "oystermen"! This is unfortunate as it is disgusting.
Now this is a photo of the current Prime Minister, whom I would confidently bet my house that you have never heard of, Herman Van Rompey. I am telling the complete truth here. The Prime Minister is named after the place and manner in which he was conceived. This is simply cruel. It would be almost impossible for any world leader to address such a leader on camera without bursting into fits of laughter which could result in an international incident.
2. Belgium is, well, a little dull. The landscape is pretty flat, the people are just pretty nice, they keep their yards tidy but it's just a bit… bleah. This is evidenced by their most famous of Vitamin B12 rich vegetable exports, Brussels Sprouts. Sure it's good for you but it tastes like someone smuggled fresh grass clippings onto your plate. It may have been a much better idea to cultivate this rare Brassican in Belgium but call it "Paris Sprouts". It would have solved an economic as well as a tourist issue in one easy move.
3. Finally, we shun this country ignorantly because it is a cultural chameleon, all things to all men (and women and possibly children and dogs too). Most of you guessed the flag wrong (right?). The correct Belgian flag is at the bottom of this post. Its people speak German, Dutch and French. they like chocolate, have lots of green fields and cathedrals and quaint pubs…Yawn. Just another Eurotrash country. Didn't start any world wars, doesn't blow up islands in the Pacific just for fun (I mean, the only thing that ought to be blown up with a "bikini" in the name is a photo of Jane Fonda in one, right??). they don't have cities famous for organised crimes, prostitutes and cheap Ganja, they are just decent Europeans but a bit… vanilla.
So, to counteract this, Belgium ought to seriously consider what marketing types tend to call a "point of difference". They could start with their national anthem: "Strength through Unity". In the immortal words of Rik Mayall: "OH! BOR! RING!". Instead, I'd recommend the title:"The chicks here are HOT!".
Flagwise? Go with your strength like the Canadians did. OK, now they have GREAT Maples, presumably for making Maple Syrup. So they ditched the Union Jack for the Maple Leaf. Smart. People LIKE Maple Syrup, people generally LIKE Canadians (until they find out what annoying gits they can be!).
So I'm recommending Belgium go with a purple flag (we really don't see enough of these) with a yellow circle and a Belgian waffle in the middle, maybe with blueberries on it. Around the circle, in Dutch, German and French, the words:
"Our Chicks are Better. Our Waffles are crunchier!".
Now, one further thing would help immensely. Investment in Football. The country should undertake a strategic plan to put the nation into calculated debt to buy the world's best football players and have them sponsored by Belgium's biggest waffle company. Then they can start getting their bums into gear and start winning the European cup. This way, their expensive kits will be copied the most in China and Belgium can gain the political support of the world's largest nation without lifting a finger to invest in tricky things like international diplomacy. This also ensures that Belgium will get into the news around the world on a weekly basis, at least.
Now, I realise I should be paid for advice like this. In lieu, please send waffles to PO BOX 1430 Brisbane GPO.
Next time in our "where are they now?" country specials…PORTUGAL!!!! Just how orgasmic IS that chicken…?


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I sit here typing away with another back injury and rearranging my marathon training schedule yet again. Yup, that's right. I'm injured again. I am doing what I can to not let it get me down. I'm tired of being sad about situations that keep happening. I'm just going to let it be and I'm certainly tired of fearing what may or may not happen. When I started my marathon program, I constantly fretted over whether I was going to get injured. People often made jokes about it (and rightfully so since this was the fifth or sixth marathon that I have tried to run, but couldn't due to an injury). Well, I got injured anyways and all that worrying did for me was make me a stress ball.
On a side note, I went to a new doctor, because I didn't feel like my other back doctor did anything for me. New one says that I have a herniated disc. I can only do swimming, walking, and running if it doesn't hurt my back. I can't do any biking, rowing, upright cardio, exercises where I bend over, or core work for the next five weeks. OH JOY!
JL and I officially canceled the half marathon for this weekend (Ray is still running it), because we both just weren't ready. I could run for sure and definitely walk it, but I haven't ran over seven miles since the week before Quadraman. It just wouldn't be smart. I found a much more exciting half marathon at the end of the month that would work even better. Plus, it involves wine. Therefore, JL, Ray, and I will be running through Messina Hof Winery during a wonderful time of year at the Texas Wine Half Marathon and 5K Series on March 30, 2014. I'm looking so much more forward to this event than the other one.
I'm happy to finally have the problem diagnosed and a fix for it unlike last summer. So, my marathon training for the next five weeks will be 2-3 days of running (if my back allows), walking, and lots of SWIMMING the rest of the time. I did run and walk 3ish miles last Sunday and I did okay. I had to make a stop in the middle, which through me off the rest of the way and I couldn't get into the running zone again. Then, I made another stop to talk to an old friend (great seeing you Billy).
But you know what, I'm excited about my new training program. Swimming will be excellent cross training for me, while I prepare for the big marathon in May. I even bought me some new goggles (lost mine), a kick board, and a pair of booties for aqua jogging. That's right, I've been running a few laps in the water after I finished swimming some laps. However, that pool floor cuts up my toes.
I was reading an article called Look and Feel Younger in Yoga Journal about the four things you need to do in order to make you feel young again, which in turn, will make you happy.
- Be Social. Talk about what's bothering you. Thankfully, I have Jim to listen to my constant woe is me complaints about my running or lack thereof. But it also suggests joining a book club, organizing a potluck dinner, or joining a charity softball team. I joined the Karbach Running Club...does that count?
- Go For A Run. Get outdoors for at least 30 minutes and walking counts, too. BOOM! Done. Although, I haven't been able to do any this week. Thank you weather Gods for making it rain heavily the only free day I had this week.
- Practice Yoga And Meditation Daily. Since I'm not allowed to do any yoga right now, with the exception of a few moves and yoga was one of the reasons amongst many for my back being out, I'm looking at meditation only. I spend about 5-10 minutes during my lunch break lying on my back to ease it after sitting all morning and meditate. It's really helped.
- Eat A Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet. I may not totally agree with this since I still love red meat and will never give that up...like at all...oh and girl scout cookies. In fact, I feel young eating me some Samoa's. But I do know that eating less processed food has really helped my energy levels a great deal.
However, if I don't make this marathon happen, I may have to concede that it's not in my cards. And I'm okay with it. I got other activities and adventures that I can do in the meantime. Look out world! Here I come.
On another side note, some of these pictures were just posted on Faceworld and I had to use them in this post. So, thanks random people.
Are there any other "make you feel young again" tips to add? I may have to add act like a kid, because nothing makes you feel young like screaming with pure joy and excitement after going high on a swing. Hmmmm...I need to get back to trapeze soon.


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Chris Evans Interviews Lee Johns on Converged Storage – #HPDiscover 2011
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Jeffrey Powers hands the microphone to Chris Evans of LangtonBlue for an interview with Lee Johns. The topic is the newest version of storage in HP – Converged Storage.
Bringing storage in a data center through converged utility storage. Merging IT as a service so customers can get scalable storage. Then you have convergance for individual areas.
"The real power of the Converged Virtual space is that it is truly standardized – The technologies that we are building throughout the company leverage from Proliant and blade system DNA." Says Johns. "it can be a standard Proliant, a blade system or virtual machine."
By using Virtal appliances by HP, you can get a fully supported solution, certified with VMWare and Microsoft. Therefore, you can do real world work and leverage from a remote site.
They also talk about Store360, which is a part of Converged Storage. It's role is to help standardize storage with a common OS. They also talk 3Par and it's role in CS.
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The General Professional English course develops students' general and business English skills for global work and travel. Students should choose this course if they are interested in travelling and working in an English speaking environment. After completing the course, students will be able to engage in conversations on general and business related topics, and write a CV and cover letter using an appropriate style. They will also be able to identify the main ideas, details and writer's purpose in a variety of texts, and listen for topic, specific information and detail in monologues and dialogues.
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Entry requirement for the General Professional English course is IELTS 6.0 overall or equivalent Students are required to purchase a course book for their level. It is also recommended they purchase a language learners dictionary.
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15 Oct VIDEO | Is Democracy Not For Everyone?
Winston Churchill famously said that democracy was the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried. In western countries like Australia the universal good of democracy is simply assumed. But are we assuming too much? "Democracy Is Not For Everyone" was the challenging proposition debated at the most recent IQ Squared event, held as part of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. The first debater for the affirmative team was Carmen Lawrence which, given her experience at democracy's coalface, is rather ironic.
The speakers were, in order of appearance:
Simon Longstaff (moderator) is the executive director of the St. James Ethics Centre, which presents the IQ Squared Oz debates series.
Professor Carmen Lawrence is a former Premier of Western Australia. She then served as a Federal Labor politician and became Minister for Health and Human Services in the Keating Government. She is currently Professorial Fellow at the University of Western Australia.
Professor John Keane is an Australian author and academic. Among his many books is the recent The Life and Death of Democracy. He is currently Professor of Politics at the University of Westminster in the UK, but is soon to return to Australia to head Politics at the University of Sydney.
Ambassador MK Bhadrakumar is the former Indian Ambassador to Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and Russia, amongst other countries. He is a specialist in Afghanistan and Pakistan affairs, and writes on energy and security issues for publications including The Hindu and Asia Online.
Amina Rasul-Bernardo is a research fellow at the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines. She is a former Presidential adviser on youth affairs, and is an expert on minority representation and democratic participation in the Philippines, her home country.
Professor Greg Craven is Vice-Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University. He is an expert in public law, having published numerous articles and books on the subject. He is a leading opinion writer and columnist for The Australian Financial Review.
Dr Michael Wesley is Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy. He's a former Professor of International Relations and Director of the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University. Between 2007 and 2009 was the Editor of The Australian Journal of International Affairs.
This event was presented by the Sydney Opera House and the St James Ethics Centre.
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text: Eyler Creative recently worked with Hampton Elementary School's Parent Teacher Association (PTA) to redesign their website. The visual design of the site was overhauled in order to create a clean look and responsive design, including many pictures from school activities. The new site still uses the color blue and the trademark dolphin, both of which were carried over from the old site, though in a more discrete and less distracting way. Focusing on the importance of becoming a member, volunteer opportunities for parents, and information on related activities, the Eyler Creative team volunteered their time to create a website that would not only clearly explain how parents can get involved but also effectively advertise upcoming events and meetings. The continued partnership between the Eyler Creative team and those at the Hampton PTA will only improve the fine-tuning and appeal of the site as time goes on.


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Welcome to The Hockessin-Greenville Rotary Club
History of our Club
The Rotary Club of Hockessin-Greenville represents a combination of two Delaware Rotary Clubs, the Hockessin/Pike Creek and the Greenville-Centreville Club. Rotary International granted the Hockessin/Pike Creek Rotary Club a charter on April 19, 1993. On May 12th of that year 32 new Hockessin/Pike Creek Rotary Club members and 135 others from area Rotary Clubs met at the Hercules Country Club to celebrate the official chartering of our Club. Rotary International originally granted the Greenville-Centreville Club a charter on June 1, 1996.
On April 1, 2003 the two Clubs agreed to combine to better serve the Hockessin, Pike Creek, Greenville, and Centreville communities. An official vote was held and the current name was adopted by the members on July 24, 2003. In October 2003, the new Club banner was unfurled for the first time, and the Hockessin/Pike Creek and Greenville-Centreville Club banners were officially retired.
What is Rotary?
Founded in 1905, Rotary is the world's first service organization. The Rotary motto is "Service Above Self". Rotary concerns itself with truth, fairness, improved relations between people and world peace. The avenues of Rotary service include community and international volunteerism through club activity and the promotion of ethics in all vocations.
Rotary is a service-driven organization https://apotheke-zag.de/. Belonging to a Rotary club gives men and women an organized outlet for contributing to their community.
Rotary clubs are non religious, non governmental and are open to every race, culture, and creed. Club membership represents a cross-section of local business and professional leaders.
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I have often stated that, for me, Gratitude is a daily practice. If I wake up, and I draw breath, then I MUST express Gratitude. With that, I wish to express Gratitude to the following: To all the Goddesses Who have been on my mind lately, and in my heart lately. They include, but […]Read Post ›


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The Rams crashed to their worst home defeat of an already wretched season, eclipsing the 5-0 thrashing they suffered at the hands of another team in claret and blue - West Ham - five months ago.
Ashley Young, John Carew, captain Gareth Barry, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Marlon Harewood all joined Petrov on the scoresheet to keep Villa in the hunt for European football next season.
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Bhutan Broadcasting Service
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|Public corporation
(since 1992)
government-owned broadcaster
|1973 (as Radio NYAB)
1986 (radio, as BBS)
1999 (television)
|Thimphu, Bhutan
Key people
|Sangay Zangmo, Secretary of Ministry of Education (Chairman of BBS),
Pema Choden, CEO
|TV, radio, online services
|Government of Bhutan
Number of employees
The Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS, Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱང་བསྒྲགས་ལས་འཛིན) is the state-owned radio and television service in Bhutan. A public service corporation, it is fully funded by the state and it is the only service to offer both radio and television to the kingdom, and is the only television service to broadcast from inside the Bhutanese border. The use of telecommunications is currently governed through the Information, Communications and Media Act of 2006.
For many years, Bhutan did not have modern telecommunications. The first radio broadcasts commenced in November 1973, when the National Youth Association of Bhutan (NYAB) began radio transmissions of news and music for a half-hour each Sunday, under the name "Radio NYAB."[1] The transmitter was first rented from a local telegraph office in Thimphu. The government took over Radio NYAB in 1979,[2] and renamed it the Bhutan Broadcasting Service in 1986,[3] with expansions in radio scheduling as well as construction of a modern broadcast facility occurring in 1991.[3]
For a long time, Bhutan was the only nation in the world to ban television.[4] The first night of television broadcasts finally occurred on June 2, 1999, on the night of the Jigme Singye Wangchuck's silver jubilee.[5]
Radio in Bhutan[edit]
Shortwave radio reached all of Bhutan in 1991. In June 2000, FM stations opened in the south and west of the country, expanding to central Bhutan in January 2001. By the end of 2005, FM radio service reached the entire country. Since November 2009, radio airs for 24 hours a day (23 hours and 21 minutes taking into account pauses and connection breaks), with the low listening times of 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. featuring repeats of the previous day's schedule. 14 hours and 45 minutes of each broadcast day is broadcast in Dzongkha, with 3 hours and 45 minutes broadcast in English, 2 hours and 53 minutes in Sharchop and an hour and 58 minutes in Nepali.
Television in Bhutan[edit]
BBS is the second television channel in Bhutan. News, documentaries, and entertainment programs were originally broadcast for one hour in the evening (7 p.m. to 8 p.m.), seven days a week, but expanded to four hours (6 p.m. to 10 p.m.) in December 2004. Once limited to the capital city, television service spread to the entire Kingdom via satellite in February 2006.
In 2008, BBS expanded their television schedule to air from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Most of the programming is aired in Dzongkha, but two current events and news programs each night are aired in English.
The programming from the previous night is repeated from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. the next morning. Special entertainment and music request programs are also aired between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Although BBS is extremely popular among the Bhutanese people, mismanagement has plagued its growth. The government's attempts to keep its actions and content under its control include deputing senior civil servants as CEOs and toying with the annual budget string.[citation needed] Anchors suddenly disappear from the screen. One of the producers has sued the BBS in court.
On December 6, 2012, the Indian Intelligence Bureau red flagged the Bhutan Broadcasting Service as a hate channel among 24 others for beaming anti-India programmes. A proposal for action was sent to the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs.[6]
See also[edit]
- ^ Logan, Stephen (2008). Asian communication handbook 2008. AMIC. p. 134.
- ^ Sterling, Christopher (2004). The Museum of Broadcast Communications encyclopedia of radio. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 104.
- ^ a b Drost, Harry (1991). The World's news media: a comprehensive reference guide. Longman. p. 53.
- ^ Bhutan to enter TV age. BBC News. April 26, 1999.
- ^ Larsson, Tomas (2001). The race to the top: the real story of globalization. Cato Institute. p. 126.
- ^ MHA glare on hate channels: Govt puts on notice 24 foreign TV channels showing anti-India content after intel alert
External links[edit]
- BBS.bt – Official Website
- Information, Communications and Media Act of 2006


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You have to bear in mind that there are times that you also need medical support to help you. These times would include those when you are currently experiencing attacks of health uncertainties.
These attacks could pertain to the serious health problems you encounter. Bear in mind that uncertainties in your body could occur without you being aware and noticed.
In that case, if you are living alone, you need medical support to help you in times of exigencies. You should remember that there are worst cases wherein you would also encounter attacks, which could lead to your death.
In that case, you have to find the best alternatives you could use in order to assure that you would get medical help when you need to. Although you could hire someone to aid you in your home, it is still necessary to find options when you are alone.
These options could pertain to the devices you could use in order to contact your medical help when you need to. These devices could include the medical alert systems.
These systems are used in order to comply with your distance dilemma in contacting the nearest hospital and personnel in your place.
To give you a few of the trusted brands of medical alert systems, here are the following:
- Bay Alarm System
This is convenient to use for it works up to a range of 1000 feet. In addition to this, it is particularly small in size and is waterproof. On the other hand, it would also give you the advantage of having 170 options of languages.
The medical system would work by just pressing the button on the pendant. By doing so, it could already notify certain medical technicians near the place you are in.
- BodyGuard Medical Alert Command Module
This is helpful in giving you a convenient choice to install it easily. Moreover, it has a compact range of 600 feet.
It is waterproof and would also give you a battery backup of up to 90 hours. With the use of the alert system, you would be responded by personnel who know your medical history.
- LifeFone
This is a worldwide protection choice and it would give you a compact range of 1000 feet. It is helpful in giving you quality equipment that could be difficult to beat.
In addition to this, it is known for being an ideal choice for disabled and senior people.
- Life Guard Medical Alert Phone
This is a wearable emergency medical alert phone. It is water resistant and would allow you to summon help even in you are showering. It is easy to use since it has a system for voice dictation. It would also cover up a 10,000 sq. ft. yard.
The above brands of medical alert systems are among the top ones you could use. They are available in the market with the most considerable prices.
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During the a few short months at the beginning of each year, the second biggest migration of zebra and wildebeest (and the only one in southern Africa) occurs at the great Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana's Kalahari Desert; an arid and untouched place of absolute beauty. The Botswana zebra migration was discovered by accident when a research team noticed that some of the GPS-collared zebra migrated from parts of the Okavango all the way to the Makgadikgadi Pans, a distance of 150 miles, and back again.
You can safely assume that few others have also heard about this spectacle and it remains a deliciously well-kept secret for now, travelers to this area always comment on the sense of isolation here being complete and overwhelming. At this time of the year, the desert landscape turns lush and green under the dramatic thunder-clouds, and thousands of animals gather from the arid south to feed. Very often predators and scavengers are in attendance, and very few other people. In terms of wildlife, this is the absolute best time to visit the Kalahari.
There are some simply unique camps here that are worth visiting in themselves, or for a truly exhilarating adventure, you can think about joining the herds on horseback. The Makgadikgadi Pans are a veritable treasure trove of stone age tools and it is possible to sensitively and sympathetically observe the ways of the San Bushmen here, as well as spend time with the one-and-only Meerkat up close and personal, making for a truly multi-faceted safari - which may be somewhat surprising for a desert n'est pas?
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So where did I get this little headband goodness? I am so excited to introduce you all to Style Lately, a daily fashion event site that also has a cute shop full of adorable, unique items - from clothes to accessories to home goods. Style Lately sent me their Beaded Tribal Headband, which I wore for the first time in PIB. I had never worn a headband like this before and was a little anxious stepping out on the scene all Pocahontas-esque. A few people did call me Pocahontas and one drunk guy called me Hiawatha, but clearly he did not know his Disney princesses. Idiot. And another guy said I was part of the Slapahoe tribe. Lots of comedians in PIB that weekend.
I also ordered this arrow tank from Style Lately. It's definitely more green than teal, like it appears online, but it's still adorable and comfy. I got a medium for a looser fit, but it actually runs a little small, in my opinion, and the medium fits like a small.
And apparently I'm on an arrow kick too. Can you blame me? How stinkin' cute is that bracelet?!


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Want Your Ex Back?
Right now, you miss your ex and desperate want to know how to possibly make them want you back again. The thing is, do you feel as if you're the same person as you were when you first met your ex? Perhaps on the surfaces you feel the same but do you think perhaps you have changed at least a little now? Enough to make your ex leave you?
Just broke up?
A great way to determine how to make your ex want you back is to examine what you were like when you first met. Most properly you certainly 'didn't' act the same when your ex broke up with you than when you first started going out.
Let's look at what most people do when they've just been dumped...
1). Their attitude instantly 'change' and almost in a panic they attempt to try to mend the relationship and get their ex back. When that fails, they resort to begging and other less attractive means of getting their ex to come back.
2). Using threats to try to get their ex back is another thing that happens much too often. Threatening to committ suicide to do anything else equally stupid in some hopes of getting attention will first make your ex think you're a freak and second even IF they come back to you, this will not be temporary and it will only make your ex resent you in the long run.
These behaviours clearly scream out you're crazy and not exactly thinking straight. Your ex won't want to come back to a crazy person and compared with the kind of person your ex fell in love with, do you think it would make sense for them to come back this way?
Forunately this doesn't have to be the case. You have the choice to act like a lunatic or actually calm down for a minute and look at teh situation objectively. Breaking up is an emotional period because you've just been slammed the biggest and most hurtful rejection known to man, the rejection of love. Everyone will have experienced this at least one time in their life, but it's how you 'choose' to display your reaction to your ex that will determine what sort of influence you will have on them in the future.
And you need to show yourself in a positive light if you want any hopes of your ex coming back to you... ever.
The best thing you can do right now is to put some will needed space between you and your ex. Your aim should be to work on restoring or renewing yourself to being the person your ex fell in love with. There are proven methods that will 'hand-hold' you through the entire process of first NOT appearing desperate and second, placing yourself in the right mindset to have the right influence to make your ex want you back again.
How to Get Your Ex Back? Don't wait, start now!


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A blank page is daunting. It's a fact. It's a totally illogical fact, but it's a fact.
Sometimes the vast possibilities presented by that which is unwritten can stymie a writer. Sometimes the idea of modifying a pristine white field (whether paper or word processor) with your inadequate first draft is demoralizing. Yet it's completely illogical: possibilities thwarted by the presence of possibilities? An empty sheet of wood pulp seeming more worthy than words representing your unbridled imagination? It's totally illogical -- and yet totally true.
So true, in fact, that I've been given advice my entire life of how to combat it:
In undergrad my creative writing adviser suggested we all draft in pencil because it would feel less permanent than pen therefore allowing us the ability to put mistakes on the page without fear of ruination.
A middle school English teacher forbade our class from writing in pencil because we were too tempted to erase our good ideas along with our bad -- pen only! Mistakes were to be crossed out, but kept. And when we got our writing back from her we saw why: she nurtured all those aborted thoughts of ours and helped us see that we could stretch beyond the safe answers we thought where the "right" answers.
I've known people who type only with their eyes closed. Or who write at night, turn off their desk lamp and pitch the background color of their word processor black so that they can lose awareness of the screen's harsh, mechanical glare. (This does provide sort of an ethereal state, especially if you alter the text color to something whimsical.)
For as many people who swear by ornate "writer helping" software like scrivner, I've heard from just as many who just want a basic word processor -- cut, paste, spellcheck -- because the additional bells and whistles of "writing helping" software can provide as much distraction as assistance.
Lately, even the word processor has become too fancy for me.
I find an inherent level of annoyance and formality involved in using Word. It keeps trying to get me to write in a sans serif font. And I can't draft in a sans serif font, it just makes me feel less intelligent. (My desire for serif fonts when using smaller than size 18 font or when stretching more than three inches per line isn't just preference, it's scientific -- why Microsoft designers haven't come to terms with typographers on this to make the world a more print-happy place, I have no idea.) So there I am, having waited all of too long for Word to load, and before I can begin typing my project, I'm fiddling with the formatting -- formatting which is utterly and totally unimportant to the unwritten idea as it's not yet written. So I open Notepad instead.
A tiny little program that lurks in all Windows computers in the "Accessories" program folder, its default is to generate .txt or "text" files. It has no formatting. And I mean none: no font choices, no paragraph styles, no font size choices, no bold, no italics, no autoformatting, no automated lists popping up. I recently discovered that it does recognize the Tab key as a character, which surprised me as I didn't think it was that fancy. And I'm still not certain whether or not I'm happy it recognizes the Tab as this program's appeal is its utter lack of formatting choices. Getting the words of the story out are choices enough, thank you very much. Start asking me to deal with formatting choices or why there's a new auto-indent or auto-not-indent is a distraction, and suddenly I'm not remembering why my character just said what he did or what her reply -- the one I've not typed yet --was going to be.
Oh, and it writes in courier. Completely charming and insanely easy to read and edit once you get over your illogical initial OMG who uses courier anymore? reaction. Typos don't hide in courier the way they do in other fonts.
In other perks, the Notepad program pops up a second or two after clicking on it, and I use it daily as a place to stick items which I'll need to copy and paste later. Since it has almost no options and almost no menu headers, I can keep a long narrow notepad file open to one side of my desktop, taking up about 25% of the screen. I'll use it often if I want to type notes about whatever's in my main window -- that way I can still see the main thing even though I'm typing in a different program. Trust me, it's useful.
The downside is that it has no spellcheck, but then neither does an ink pen.
I've been using Notepad like digital scrap paper for years, but lately I've been writing in it. Entire scenes. Last week I started jotting down some notes on a short story and ended up with 2,400 words in a .txt file and not once did I want to move it into Word. In fact, the thought panicked me. Put all that raw story into someplace where it'll need to get formalized? Not yet! It's not ready, it's still too delicate! It's the pen vs. pencil mindset reincarnated.
Of course I'll properly format the story for editing and submission, but I'm just talking about raw drafting here, and the fact that even simple writing programs like Word have been stymieing my drafting process lately with their abundance of options and choices. Perhaps it's because the more bells and whistles I learn within Word's formatting, the more I look at the program and see desktop publishing potential instead of a story-drafting-receptacle.
My current process is a bit like writing out whole stories on the backs of discarded envelopes -- except that as I'm typing on an envelope-width strip of screen, I'm getting the words down a lot faster. And this, this is the only way of late I've been breaking through the blank page, whether it's the first page or the next page.


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Ten: the new wave presents poetry from some of the most exciting new poets in Britain today. These ten poets were selected for The Complete Works 2 mentoring project, a groundbreaking initiative to promote diversity and quality in British poetry, initiated by the writer Bernardine Evaristo. The poets follow on from the first group to take part in this scheme, whose work was published in Bernardine Evaristo and Daljit Nagra's anthology Ten: new poets from Spread the Word (2010). Most of those poets have gone on to win awards and have their poetry collections published.
The new poets in this anthology are Mona Arshi, Jay Bernard, Kayo Chingonyi, Rishi Dastidar, Edward Doegar, Inua Ellams, Sarah Howe, Adam Lowe, Eileen Pun and Warsan Shire.
These poets have backgrounds in Asia, Europe, the Caribbean and Africa, and their work draws on their multicultural heritage and tapestry. Many of them also work across art forms and have enjoyed success as playwrights, graphic artists and even in the martial arts.
Talented, adventurous and culturally rich, these poets will open up new landscapes for the reader.
'These ten exciting poets record with confidence and vigour a tune rarely heard on these shores and this collection of their work is a boost to the body of contemporary British poetry.' - Carol Ann Duffy
'...a sampler of work by black minority ethnic poets that includes some of the best new verse to be found anywhere.' - Fiona Sampson, Independent


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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - In March, Daniel Trejo, a 41-year-old car mechanic in the Mexican northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, was violently pulled from his home at night by men dressed as Marines. It was the last time his wife saw him.
On Wednesday, the United Nations cited "strong indications" that Mexican security forces were behind the disappearance of 23 people in and around the city between February and mid-May.
The Nuevo Laredo Human Rights Committee (CDHNL), a group that documents accusations of abuse against security forces, has said there were more cases from that period and that if reports from January were included, the total would exceed 50 so far this year.
"They came into my house, breaking the door. ... They pointed guns at me and my husband, and when they saw that I was an American citizen, I thought, 'They're going to kill me'," said Jessica Molina, Trejo's wife.
"They took him without an arrest warrant, even though he showed them he was working all day in his garage in Laredo, Texas," she said, adding that no reason was given for her husband's arrest.
The Navy declined to comment when contacted by Reuters.
No official government source has confirmed that Marines were involved in Trejo's disappearance or other cases.
Late on Friday, the Attorney General's office issued a statement saying it had begun investigations into 28 possible forced disappearances in Nuevo Laredo's home state of Tamaulipas where the Navy had been accused of involvement.
Mexico's government issued a statement on Thursday that officials from the foreign ministry, interior ministry and attorney general's office met with Navy commanders after the U.N. report.
The government said officials would coordinate with the U.N. human rights office, go to Nuevo Laredo to interview witnesses, find the victims and punish those responsible.
Over 35,000 people have gone missing since the government first sent in the military to battle drug gangs almost 12 years ago.
More than 200,000 people have been murdered in that period and the killings reached record levels in 2017, according to official data.
The administration of President Enrique Pena Nieto received international condemnation in 2014 over the case of 43 trainee teachers who the government said were kidnapped, killed and incinerated by drug traffickers working with corrupt police.
Only the remains of one of the missing students have been identified.
During the last decade, Tamaulipas has become one of the most violent states in Mexico, convulsed by gangs fighting to control drug trafficking, extortion rackets and the exploitation of migrants.
In March, 10 Marines were injured and an officer was killed during a battle with suspected gangsters in Nuevo Laredo. Three bystanders, including two children, died in the crossfire.
"The following days were horrible for the community of Nuevo Laredo because they started to disappear people almost every day," said Raymundo Ramos, head of local rights group CDHNL.
Sixteen people reported missing, including a 14-year-old boy, were later found buried in mass graves, he said.
Over the past week, there have been reports of torture, kidnapping and death threats against witnesses of disappearances and relatives of the missing around Nuevo Laredo, Ramos said.
"They want them to stop making complaints," he added. Ramos said he had documented 56 cases of forced disappearance and extrajudicial executions between Jan. 20 and May 21.
Family members blamed Marines for the disappearances.
"We want them to give our relatives back alive," said Molina, the wife of the missing mechanic. "We are all afraid, but that is not going to stop us."
Writing by Michael O'Boyle; Editing by Dave Graham and Richard Chang


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It is estimated that 3.5-4% of adults and 6-9% of children have a food intolerance or allergy of some form. These can range from mild symptoms such as rashes to anaphylactic shock, and death.
Labelling requirements
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It's been a while! For the first time in quite a while I've had quite a week of reflection. So I was asked to go and talk to a bunch of teenagers about what happened, Beth one of the mums at school wanted inspirational women to go and talk! It started with me agreeing because I seem to now agree to anything (well things I'd have definitely declined once upon a time), at the beginning of the week I realised I needed some pictures or at least something I couldn't just go and talk at them. So this is what I put together
Mum thought it was safe enough to share so I bravely put it on Facebook, I wonder how people take my posts & insights into surviving a blood cancer. What I don't expect are the comments which are amazingly supportive.
Then today I went to the Bloodwise Impact North day, which really cements what I'm part of now, an illness that I'll never be free from as it has shaped me and who I am. I look back at who I've become and I'm a happier person with a far different outlook on life.
So what's new? I have been working on The Craft Channel for Bead House demo-ing our beads and kits. I never thought I'd accept going on TV but as I said above I've vowed to do what I wouldn't have before. We generally do things rather than thinking of why we can't do them.
I'm now on 6 monthly appointments! I've nearly finished my baby inoculations I think I've one I still need to go for. My chimerism never reached 100% (percentage of donor blood) it hangs around 98-99% I think. I need to check, I commented on a previous post that I was at 87% but that's incorrect, I'd not understood fully the overall value.
I was invited to The calendar girls musical in Leeds, Mum came with me, we made a day of it and we had fantastic seats but no Gary Barlow appearance. A month later I was asked again if I wanted tickets for the Lowry theatre, I mentioned it to Christine at work, who was very eager to go and thank god I did, we were at the back but were treated to a live performance by Gary this time!! There are small perks to this thing I've endured. Bizarrely Leah my best friend was at the same performance after booking tickets to take her mum, found out a few days later!
We had a Bloodwise fundraising Christmas shopping day before Christmas raising £1500, no idea yet what this years fundraiser will be.
I've realised my 40th will be the same year as I'm 5 years old, so we're thinking of planning something special for then.
My stamina is not as it used to be, the sofa is a special friend of mine and doing anything stressful or energetic leaves me whacked! When I go to film in London it's shattering! I also get colds which can floor me, sometimes I'm down for 3 weeks with them and end up retreating to bed for a good week or so. But they are few and far between! My last one turned into pleurisy, nothing like an 18th century disease to remind me I still need to be careful!
But so far so good, everything is going well!


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What determines the quality of a website – Part 2
Web Design February 21st, 2011
From the user point of view
Information design
For an interactive designer, whom needs to collect information on website content, positioning, target audience, and also a closed collaboration with the content provider in order to produce a appropriate solution with matching visual representation.
A former procedure to produce a solution is: Useful -> Ease of use -> Want to use
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Nottingham troubadour teams up with super-producer for his second release
Jake Bugg has been working in the studio on his second album with Rick Rubin, NME can reveal.
The singer-songwriter, whose self-titled debut album went straight in at Number One on the UK Official Album Charts last year, has recorded a track titled 'Slum Door Sunrise' with Rubin in Malibu, California. Speaking in this week's NME, which is on newsstands now or available digitally, Bugg says that he didn't not know much about the Beastie Boys and Johnny Cash prior to meeting him.
He admitted: "I didn't know how well renowned he was when I went in there, so I kind of met the guy at face value and we got on really well."
Discussing the sound of his new material, which Bugg has written with previous collaborator Iain Archer, he added: "I've been listening to a lot of Neil Young and Nick Drake and all that kind of stuff, and I think with these new songs you can kind of tell what I've been listening to. I want to emulate the first record – but better."
Jake Bugg will tour the UK in October. The dates will follow appearances at Reading and Leeds Festivals, as well as slots supporting The Stone Roses over the summer.
Jake Bugg will play:
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Brighton Centre (22)
London Brixton O2 Academy (23)
Swindon Oasis (27)
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Doncaster Dome (November 2)
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Well we've had scorching weather (yes even up here in Scotland!) and now the Euros 2016 are on – you can't blame people for wishing life was just one big holiday. With all these distractions it sometimes feels like work just gets in the way of having a good time!
But sunny day skivers are probably the least of employers' worries. After all, a little bit of sunshine can boost moods and alleviate stress– which could actually do wonders for employee well-being and motivation at work.
No, they're more likely to lose sleep over those employees who are off on long-term sick leave. And they're right to be worried. Around 250,000 people leave employment each year due to ill health, around 1% of the workforce.1
And, during our working lives, almost 40% of us will stop earning an income because we're ill or injured.2
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It's clearly important to have a financial safety net in place. But is a financial payout all people need to get back on their feet after they've been ill? And is getting back to work quickly always the priority?
60% of those off work are the main breadwinner in the house so, finance wise, yes probably.1
But, as well as that, working is actually good for our health – people in work tend to enjoy happier and healthier lives than those who are not in work. Obvious benefits like improved self-esteem can go a long way in helping people's mental health which can get worse after long periods of unemployment.
Mental health issues and musculoskeletal problems are two of the most common reasons clients claim on our Income Protection.3 With both of these conditions, the range of symptoms, severity and treatment can be massively different. If they don't have private medical insurance, clients could find NHS support and waiting times to be limited and difficult to access quickly.
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1 Welfare Reform for the 21st Century, Association of British Insurers, September 2014
2 Hannover Re, March 2016. These figures have been produced based on their interpretation of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' Continuous Mortality Investigation insured lives incidence rates together with their estimated view of future trends.
3 Royal London, UK Intermediary Protection business claims paid (1 January to 31 December 2015)


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My Mother Taught Me A Wrong God
My mother who is currently the President of the devotees of the Mother of Perpetual Help in San Agustin Parish, Diocese of Surigao Del Sur (Philippines) told me that I should not reject the doctrine that Christ is God because Christ is the God who became man so that He could make Himself visible to men to teach them and save them.
And I said, "If that doctrine is based on the truth written on the Bible, then I will accept, follow and live with that doctrine, however I will not hesitate to reject that doctrine if it contradicts the truth in the Bible because heresy will lead us to damnation, just like what Apostle Paul said:
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery,[a] fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, (Galatians 5:19-20, NKJV)
That's the reason why Apostle John told us to check whether a doctrine or teaching is of God or not before accepting it and living with it.
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. (I John 4:1, ibid)
When my mother convinced me to believe what she believes, she told me three (3) things that should be checked using the Holy Bible:
1. Christ is God.
To know whether Christ is God, let us ask first Christ: who is the only true God? And through the Bible Christ answered:
1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, 2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should[a] give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. (John 17:1-3, ibid)
According to Christ, the Father is the only true God. But who is this Father who according to Christ, is the only true God? Christ again answered that the Father is His Father and the Father of his disciples, and His God and the God of His disciples:
17 Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.'" (John 20:17, ibid)
Now, it is clear that the ONLY TRUE GOD is not Christ but His Father.
I wonder if Christ is only the result when God became man. We all know that God is Almighty,
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. (Genesis 17:1, ibid)
and what ever God have said will be done.
11 Calling a bird of prey from the east,
But the question is: Would God change Himself from God to man? God answered:
6 " For I am the LORD, I do not change;
God said, He doesn't change. And Apostle James also made clear that God has no variation nor shadow of turning:
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. (James 1:17, ibid)
In other words, God will not let Himself change from God to man.
And lastly, God is invisible.
17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise,[a]be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. (I Timothy 1:17, ibid)
It is because God is spirit.
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." (John 4:24, ibid)
For the spirit has no bones and flesh.
Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have." (Luke 24:39, ibid)
But is it possible that God made Himself physically visible to man by changing Himself from spirit to flesh and bones? Apostle John taught that no one has ever seen God at anytime:
12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. (I John 4:12, ibid)
In other words, God didn't make Himself physically visible to man, because if he did that, then Apostle John should have said that they or the Apostles had seen God physically.
In short, my mother's belief that Christ is the God who became man to make Himself visible to men to teach them and save them is wrong or false according to the truth written on the Holy Bible.
We should not forget that Christ is not the one true God, because according Christ Himself, it is His Father who is the only true God; God never changed from God to man; And that God never made Himself physically visible to man until now because no one has physically seen God.
About The Author
Sustines E. Laplana (SELaplana: http://www.selaplana.com) is the first Pinoy Blogger and EMarketer in Southern Leyte, Philippines who blogs on Technology, Society and Reviews/Promotions of products and owns the Cellphones For Sale blog ( http://cellphones-for-sale.blogspot.com ). Writing articles is his passion. And writing religious articles is his love, so that everyone will learn the truth taught by the Bible.
Date Posted: May 18, 2007
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VANCOUVER, CANADA -- May 28, 2003 -- Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. ("Nam Tai" or the "Company") (NYSE Symbol: NTE; CBOE Symbol: QNA) today announced its board of directors has determined that it is in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders to request a withdrawal of Nam Tai's registration statement filed on Form F-3 for a proposed offering of 3,000,000 common shares of the Company.
On March 3, 2003, Nam Tai announced the filing of a registration statement on Form F-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") relating to a proposed offering of 3,000,000 common shares of the Company. However, taking into account the effect of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, on the stock market, the Company believes that the proposed offering can only be completed at a price which does not reflect the inherent value of the Company's business. Furthermore, Nam Tai believes that it will have adequate cash resources and banking facilities that are available for the construction of its new 250,000 square feet factory and other general corporate purposes. In this connection, the board of directors has determined that it is in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders to request the withdrawal of the registration statement. The Company notified the SEC of its withdrawal on May 28, 2003.
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We are an electronics manufacturing and design services provider to original equipment manufacturers of telecommunications and consumer electronic products. Through our electronics manufacturing services operations, we manufacture electronic components and subassemblies, including LCD panels, LCD modules, radio frequency modules, and image sensors. These components are used in numerous electronic products, including cellular phones, laptop computers, digital cameras, copiers, fax machines, electronic toys, handheld video game devices and microwave ovens. We also manufacture finished products, including cellular phones, palm-sized PCs, personal digital assistants, electronic dictionaries, calculators and digital camera accessories for use with cellular phones. Further information is available at www.namtai.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements. For example, the Company's belief on the inherent value of the business of the Company and that it will have adequate cash resources available for the construction of its new 250,000 square feet factory and other general corporate purposes are forward looking statements that are uncertain and depend on many factors including the ability to secure new orders from customers, end-user demand for the customers' products, competitive pressure and the use of the existing cash resources of the Company for any unforeseen future events. Other factors that might cause differences in these and other forward-looking statements, include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, such as the factors set forth in Item 3 "Key Information – Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2002.


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