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One organization that was formed by these former soldiers was the Grand Army of the Republic. Founded on April 6, 1866 by Benjamin F. Stephenson in Decatur, Illinois, membership was open to veterans who had been honorably discharged from the Union Army, Navy, Marine Corps or the Revenue Cutter Service who served between April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865.
Local Posts, named after deceased members of the military, began to form in the mid-west and soon spread across the United States. Following a ritual similar to that used by Masonic lodges, the members of the Posts met together, held public ceremonies, and accompanied the members of their ranks to the grave with an appropriate ceremony.
Annual Encampments were held with representatives of local posts joining together to elect national officers. Led by the Commander-in-Chief, the organization's political power grew over time. Five U. S. Presidents, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison and McKinley, were members of the G. A. R. By the end of the 19th century Republican candidates eagerly sought the endorsement of the posts.
The last G. A. R. Encampment was held in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1949 and the organization ceased to exist in 1952.
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This colloquium wants to explore in critical sociology ways an artistic creation of video games in the purpose of making an art state. The participations presented have to be at least about one of these three axes: - Critical sociology analysis of video games' realization - The work of art on video games. - Poiesis approaches in the design of experimental video games This call for paper of colloquium is open to researchers, artists, author, students, game designers and independent video games creator. Best communications will be published during the colloquium.
register : 2013/05/31: Deadline for the reception of the conference's abstract (around 3500 numeral) 2013/06/30: notice of acceptation (or not) for the participation to the colloquium's conferences 2013/09/30: Deadline for the reception of the complete article (7pages, around 20 000 numeral) 2013/11/22: International Artgame and Game Art colloquium 2014/01/05: deadline for the reception of adjusted articles for publication
Mode for paper proposal: Send the abstract of the conference to the website http://artgame-gameart.sciencesconf.org/ or to email@example.com with the object "colloque Artgame 2013" no later than the 2013/05/31. The abstract and paper must be written in Times 12, and comprise: - The Title, - A Short biography (first name, last name, function, institution, mailing adress and e-mail, phone number). - Five key words The abstract text has to contain around 3500 numeral (without counting spaces), exposing : - The Problematic, - The methodology, - The results, - The added value, - with a maximum of five bibliographical references. The resume will be evaluated in double blind reading by the scientific committee: Thierry Serdane, Valérie Arrault, Eric Villagordo, Karine Pinel, Emmanuelle Jacques, Claire Siegel
organization comite : Emmanuelle Jacques, Claire Siegel, Thierry Serdane, Valérie Arrault, Eric Villagordo, Karine Pinel.
The gaming industry is crossed by heterogeneous currents that make it complex and hard to perceive especially from an artistic point of view. Driven by its commercial vocation, the industry seems to consider the player only in terms of a marketing target so much as the design is liable to it and the monetization of virtual goods widespread. Everything suggests that the content, scope and process of these games were primarily motivated by financial logic. On the one hand, given the sums involved (equivalent to Hollywood movies) directors are primarily concerned with securing the creation and realization processes in order to maintain the confidence of shareholders and investors. On the other hand, by riding the "casual" wave of social networks, new business models, starting from scratch create empires. The quality direction and the selfless culture seem to fade in favor of pure consumerist logic.
However, beyond these economic spars, there are women and men more committed to engaging existential emancipating values. In the bilge of these industrial vessels or frail skiffs when they have chosen independence, they create. Whether they are graphic artists, musicians, programmers, game designers, level designers, technicians and project managers, or both, they aspire to make the game a moment of aesthetic pleasure cleaned of its mercantile interferences and share a liberating experience in favor of the being rather than possessions ' desires.
In other words, comes out in the industrial gaming sphere, a commitment to oppose the capitalist dimension that overshadows creation. Through dematerialization appeared a revival of the independent scene that led to the emergence of works of art defying not only the marketing priority of a recognized success but also the cycles of equipment obsolescence. Other amateurs' creations from the geek generation now sneak in between icons of the mainstream works in a broader transmedia movement. Thus creation of games springs in unusual venues where independents, artists, industry creators, students and researchers seize this new medium. In this area, two major trends express the appearance of this gaming counter-culture: ArtGame and Game Art that coexist in museums and of which definitions tend to overlap.
Game Art (art made from video game materials) is now defined according to four categories:
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- hacking and modifying games to create other games;
- intervention in the playground through artistic practices.
Alongside this trend, Artgame unites as much independents, research laboratories and events. The Artgame are video games where experiential terms - rules, game mechanics, goals - and the formal characteristics are designed according to a said and claimed aesthetic and plastic bias.
Moreover, these concerns are an urgent news. ArtGame and Game Art represent a milestone in gaming culture as indicated by recent research, in particular the publication of the special issue on video games of Hermès *(http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/spip.php? article1621), questioning the heterogeneity of gaming culture, through the issue of meanings and values conveyed in video games. Video game is seized as a creative medium by applied research laboratories as a testing ground for new gaming concept. Today, they are not restricted anymore to technological innovation that ignored their ideological messages. If the game is both a medium and a technique, it remains to examine it as it is done for installation art, video art and cinema.
Posing a critical look at video games, located at the crossroads of art and industry, it is possible to bring up the contradictions and discordances inherent to video games with a view to emancipated creation. So much that it is possible to see in the counter-culture of video games of ArtGame and Game Art, traces of neo-capitalist appropriation, as well as discover, behind the banners of some large videogame corporations, some video games developed as real art masterpiece carrier of creative and poiesis intentions, far from current dominant values.


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Poker in Paradise: APPT Cebu Day 1c updates
Peter Abraham is in the Philippines for the APT and APPT and this is the sixth in a series of posts he will be writing as part of this poker+travel blog.
That is the only to describe this fantastic island of the Philippines where the Asia Pacific Poker Tour is taking place over this week. For the Indian reader, think of an older not very commercialised Goa on major steroids! I've been hanging with the Indian lads over the past few days and everyone's got one thought on their minds, "When can I move to the Philippines??!!"
Oh and the ladies here aren't half bad either! :D :D
After a slow Day 1a which saw only 52 players, most of them PokerStars online qualifiers, take to the felt. Singapore's Han Ruo Goh finished the day as chipleader on the first starting day with 84,300 chips. The remaining starting days were cross the 100 figure mark but Day 1b managed only 76 players out of which 42 survived. It was Antonio Martins who ended the day with a dominant chip stack of 119,000 and the overall leader at the end of all starting flights.
Day 1c certainly managed to cross the 100 player mark quite comfortably with the final count being 119 players for the day and an overall total of 246 players for this APPT Main Event. Some of the busted players who won't be returning include APT 4th place finisher Oliver Speidel, Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang and of course India's Abhishek Goindi. More on his exit below. Day 1c ended with Sang Yong Lee finishing as chip leader with 106,400 chips.
So it will be Day 1b's Antonio Martins who starts Day 2 as the overall chip leader followed by Day 1c's chipleader. All in all it was 59 players who survived Day 1c and so a total of 128 players will take to the tables of the Waterfront Hotel and Casino for Day 2 action. You can see the full end-of-day chip counts and seating draw HERE.
Day 1c also saw all of the India contingent getting into action with Abhishek Goindi, Sangeeth 'Samoh' Mohan, Amit Varma, Sameer Rattonsey and Amit Jain hitting the tables. Half way through Day 1c, Varma was pretty well stacked at about 45,000 with the others around the starting stack mark. But one man walked away from the Main Event very disappointed as Abhishek Goindi busted out on the third level of the day. But the rest of the Indians did pretty well for themselves hanging in there to move onto to Day 2 of this Main Event.
Here's a look at the approximate stacks at the end of Day 1c:-
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Should be about 8/9 hours of play tomorrow as compared to the 6 hours played on previous days, so it's going to be a longish grind for the field tomorrow. Also Day 3 could possibly have an even longer duration since they are playing down to the final table.
Well that's it for this update and I will be back to update you on the progress of the Indian contingent on the culmination of Day 2.
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Tomato Season is sheer brilliance. As a kid, my mom had all sorts of tomatoes growing out in the garden. It was rather funny to look out at them all, old panty hose tied around the stocks and wooden stakes to keep them from falling over.
There was nothing better that to see the first of the beefsteak tomatoes come into the kitchen, totally warm from the summer sun. But that warmth is what brought out the sweetness of the flesh inside. Oh my. I so looked forward to cutting thick slices, just to place one or two (a good beefsteak tomato was large enough that sometimes one slice covered the entire slice of bread!) on mayo covered toast. And then sprinkled with pepper. That was my breakfast.
For as long as those tomatoes kept showing up on the counter. And there were always a couple of tomatoes sitting on the window sill by the sink, to finish ripening. I would go over, turning them around to check how much longer I had to wait before I could nab one! If it wasn't tomato on toast, it was BLT's- the family favourite way of indulging in tomatoes!! 'Cuz, bacon, you know…
This dish is truly a summer treat. Not that we can't get tomatoes year round. But right now the tomatoes are coming into their own, their juicy, meaty goodness just beckoning us from all the veggie stands and markets. Local tomatoes rule!
The other day I came across the most perfect cherry tomatoes still on the vine, and knew that they had to come home with me. I wasn't quite sure what I would do with them, but I think I was taken by the visual impact of those perfect vines of yumminess. So I thought, keep them intact and roast them. Then I thought, why not add some shallots and garlic and roast all of them together to create some sort of sauce to go over pasta? So I did just that.
I peeled the shallots and garlic (left the skins on the garlic), but cut them in half to speed up the baking time) and put them in a bowl. I added enough oil to cover. Added a lovely spice and nut blend by Glory Kitchen called Umbria. It just seemed perfect, since the seasonings and nuts totally suit Italian and Mediterranean cooking. I poured all of this into a baking dish. And then I added the two vines gently on top. I drizzled some oil over the vines. And then gave everything a good sprinkling of salt and pepper. Final addition: Chestnut Honey. Oh, how honey brings out the intensity of the tomatoes, and adds a lovely layer of depth to all the other ingredients.
While they were all roasting away, I prepared my pasta. I used a fancy one that I had picked up in Chicago, all ridged like old fashioned lasagna noodles, but narrower. Kinda like uber wide fettucini noodles! And super duper long!! I actually had to break them in half to get them to boil properly.
The fun came when serving this dish. I also added some soft Macedonian feta in little clumps over the pasta, to melt beautifully with the hot oil and heat from the noodles. Jim got a vine, and I got a vine. And all the rest of the veggies in the pan, spooned over our pasta. As we'd cut the tomatoes off the vine with our forks and knives, they would break up and their juices joined the flavoured oil and shallots. This 'sauce' flavoured all the pasta perfectly and the contrast of the sweetness of the tomatoes, the seasoned olive oil, and the slight saltiness of the cheese made for a perfect meal.
I know I'm extolling the virtues of summertime tomatoes. But what's great about this dish is that it is truly a year round dish. Little vine tomatoes are available all year round these days. As are all of the other ingredients. So when you have a craving for the brightness of Summer in say February, you can recreate that lovely sensation!
I'm not going to lie, be careful when cutting the tomatoes off the vines. Wear a bib!! Or please use a pair of scissors to trim them off the vine. If not, you may get projectile tomato juice hurtling through the air and targeting your favourite t-shirt!
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Honey Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta
A summer delight of a pasta dish. Sweet juicy roasted tomatoes, shallots and flavour infused olive oil make the perfect 'sauce' over your favourite pasta.
- 3-4 cherry tomato vines alternately you can use a pint of cherry tomatoes, about 5-8 per person, depending on the size of tomato
- 8 large shallots peeled and halved
- 8 medium garlic cloves halved, skinned
- 1/4 cup or so of good olive oil
- 1 tsp hot chilli flakes or aleppo pepper
- 2 tsp dried basil or 2 tsp finely chopped fresh
- 1 tsp crushed dried rosemary or 2 tsp finely chopped fresh
- 1/2 tsp each kosher salt and cracked black pepper
- 2 or more tbsp wildflower or clover honey for drizzling (depending on how sweet you like things!
- pasta for 4 1/2 lb uncooked
- 1/2-3/4 cup soft feta, soft goat cheese, ricotta or fiore de latte , or 300 grams
- 1 small handful of fresh basil for garnish loosely chopped
Preheat oven to 350F
In a baking pan (not too big, but large enough so that you can spread out the vines) toss the shallots, garlic, olive oil, chilli flakes, and basil and rosemary.
On top of these lay out your tomato vines (or loose tomatoes) Season with some salt and pepper. Drizzle some more olive oil over the tomatoes.
Drizzle honey over all of the above.
Roast until the tomatoes are starting to burst but are still intact. There may be a slight browning to the skin. The shallots and garlic should be softened. The garlic skin may have started to burn, but the garlic inside will be fine. Check after 15 minutes, but it may take 20 minutes or a tad longer. That's alright, the kitchen will smell amazing!
While the veggies are roasting, prepare and drain your pasta as per the pasta instructions.
Spread out your pasta (either on individual plates, or onto a platter)
Crumble the cheese over the pasta.
Spread the shallots and garlic evenly over the pasta. Take your vines and lay gently onto the pasta. Pour all the olive oil and seasonings over everything so that the pasta is also coated with some.
Recipe Notes
This looks impressive. But be careful if serving the tomatoes on the vine. In the process of removing them to eat, they can burst, and splash!!
Maybe have a pair of scissors handy to trim each of the tomatoes off and place on the plates.
I've given options for the cheese. Just ensure that it is a soft cheese that will gently melt with the heat from the pasta and the olive oil. It's this creaminess that really makes the dish!
I have outlined some of the spices that are found in the Umbria Nut and Spice Mix from Glory Kitchen. If you can find this (go online and you'll have fun shopping for all sorts of blends) use 1tbsp spoon of this instead of the seasonings I outlined in the ingredients.


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Review of 'The Delirium Brief' by Charles Stross
"The Delirium Brief" is written by Charles Stross. It is book #8 in 'The Laundry Files' series. This series mixes up science fiction, fantasy, the occult, parts of the Cthulhu mythos along with inanity and humour of 'The Office'. It is a must read for geeks, especially those working in IT and corporates. There is a lot of IT mathematical humour along with pop culture references and the usual office jokes.
'The Laundry Files' is a series about a fictional civil services organisation – the Laundry – which protects the UK against supernatural threats. The premise is that advanced mathematics and computer programs work as spells to bring in extra dimensional entities that in turn resemble vampires, demons etc. Since the Laundry is part of civil service, the humour lies in the bureaucratic way of dealing with threats against the realm. Bob Howard is the protagonist and he has worked his way up the organisation from a minion to being part of upper management.
I found 'The Delirium Brief' to be an average entry to this series. I was annoyed by the volume of angst shown by Bob Howard. There were a couple of events that changed the status quo which bring some variety back to the series.
In conclusion, I would not recommend this to readers new to the series. If you are new, start with the first book and go in order. For readers familiar with this series, 'The Delirium Brief' is a passable entry. While it is not as much fun as the earlier ones, there are enough world changing events here that you have to read it.
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DRAGONFLY: Southern Hawkers (Aeshna cyanea) near Silverdale, Lancashire
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A small sheltered pool near Silverdale has several species of dragonfly including Common Darter, Black Darter and the rather scarce Ruddy Darter. Here also are Southern Hawkers but despite having made several visits to the site in the last few weeks, I had failed to get a photo of any at rest. Today, whether it was the temperature, the cooler weather conditions, or the time of day, several males settled obligingly, only spending short periods in flight or buzzing an onlooker, and much preferring to perch at the pool edge on the reed-mace, willow-herb, meadowsweet or bramble.
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- Qasab has confessed and people are still guessing if he is a great actor or just a criminal under pressure!
- The 11th std. admission system online is a seriously messed up affair
- My college started on Monday. (Believe me, that is big news!)
So it's back to the same ol' routine. The long vacation has messed up with my body clock so I still have to get used to the 'waking up early' part
Sigh! What can I say, wish me luck people.


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Ryback is a wrestler in the WWE and is a playable character in WWE 13. He is best known for his winning streak after debuting as Ryback, and for his feud with John Cena after turning heel. He was formerly known as Skip Sheffield as a member of the Nexus stable.
In VGCWEdit
In the second VGCW vs WWE match, Ryback went one-on-one with Vegeta. Considering his opponent's track record, it was no surprise that Ryback made Vegeta his (prison) bitch and pinned him to make the score 0-2 to VGCW. This easy win left Ryback wanting more meat on the table, and he left the arena unsatisfied.


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"It's the bye next weekend boys and girl," Ross said after the game in Adelaide on Saturday, "so just let your hair down, do whatever you like."
No he didn't, I was just seeing if you were awake – but he was happy. He just kept looking at some numbers on a piece of paper and sometimes he almost smiled.
"Frankie, 29 pressure acts." I heard him say to Suma, "Blocks, bites and barks. She's got a box of tricks. Where are those canine critics now?"
Ross saw that I'd heard him and said, "You know what all that means Frankie?"
"Absolutely nothing coach," I said with a drop of my head (because, as you know, dogs can't talk but they can write).
"Good girl Frankie," Ross said, "the only thing that matters is the Lions in two weeks time."
This was my first trip to Adelaide and it was wet. The puddles were so bad in one pocket that once I needed to swim after the ball.
Despite the conditions I was confident going into this game because I grew up playing against crows in my backyard. In my opinion their CRARK! is worse than their bite if you know what I mean.
The Adelaide Crows are a lot better than the ones in Freo and this was a tough game. It was a big relief when I pushed that ball onto Cam Sutcliffe's boot for the last goal. I could've kicked it myself but thought it was fitting for a South Australian boy to kick the sealer.
Back in the rooms I found myself in a group of hairy Dockers – Zac C, Fyfey, Mayney and Frankie. We were soggy and satisfied.
On the bus back to the airport Micky Barlow said I should feel at home in Adelaide because of my goatee. After I said something, with my eyes, about breaking his good leg he agreed it was a full beard and not a goatee. I didn't tell him, but he might have had a point, because the Adelaide players did seem to give me the ball quite a lot.
Ross reckons it's all about effort and I intend putting lots of effort into sleeping during our days off.


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Hi Natalie,
My company is the PR company for the Jimmy Girvan Rally, based in Inverness.
We are organising a press day on the 30th October 10 in Inverness, for Jimmy Girvan Rally, as he is gearing up to become the Scottish Rally Champion for the 3rd time. He is also using this day to show everyone the new car for the 2011 Scottish Rally Championship.
We have confirmation that the press, the motoring press and good old MFR radio will be attending. There wil be lots of activities going on during the day. Sponsors of the Jimmy Girvan Rally will be able to navigate for Jimmy while he screams down a 2 mile track in the forest!
I have now been asked to find some beautiful models who would come along for the day.
I apologise if this is not the kind of work that you do, however if it would be of any interest I would look forward in hearing from you at your earliest convenience with regards to costing etc.
Thank you for taking the time in reading this, and I do hope that this event maybe of interest to you.
Best Regards
John Oag
Hello Natalie,
I sent a request to your blogg yesterday through worldpress.com for our
press day on the 30th October 2010.
In addition to this, I was also asked today if you would Interested in
being at the opening of a business in Feb 2011, Princess Royal will also
be present for the opening of the business.
I hope both of these events maybe of interest to you and I look forward
in reading your reply.
Best Regards
John Oag
Ross Hardie February 3, 2012 at 5:20 am #
Natalie!!! Omg… You look awesome!
Its Ross from Heatherfield. Im living and working in Australia now (Sydney). I am sorry for emailing you on your business e-mail but i didn't have any other contact for you.
I am so glad you are doing well in the modelling industry, I still remember when you first started.. seems so long ago now! I have been asked to go to modelling agencies overhere for interviews but just dont know where to start! You know me Mr unorganised! 🙂
Anyways I really hope you are well and im chuffed i found you! If and when you get a chance, e-mail me back.
Would be great to hear back from you.


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Hannity: Time for Trump to 'Purge' Obama Holdovers From Executive Branch
Sean Hannity thinks President Donald Trump should fire all the "deep state, Obama holdover" government bureaucrats, because many are "hellbent" on destroying his presidency.
"It's time for the Trump administration to begin to purge these saboteurs before it's too late," Hannity said in his opening monologue tonight.
Krauthammer on Trump: 'Premature to Declare Excessive Winning'
Huckabee Slams Anti-Trump Press: 'The Zenith of What People Are Disgusted By'
Pence: CIA Leaks 'A Significant Compromise of Nat'l Security'
He pointed out that President Abraham Lincoln fired more than 78 percent of executive branch employees during his presidency.
"It's time now for President Trump to follow Abraham Lincoln's example and fire anyone and everyone who's actively working against him in government," Hannity said.
He noted that President Bill Clinton utilized this tactic in 1993, when he fired all 93 U.S. attorneys on day one of his first term.
"It's very important for President Trump to act right now," Hannity said. "He's got to end the leaks that are plaguing this administration."
"My message tonight is simple: Every holdover from the Obama administration, they need to go."
Watch more above, and see Hannity explain why Obama must answer some "very serious questions."
A CPAC for Liberals? Report Says Dems Planning First 2020 'Cattle Call'
'Uh, No': Sen. McConnell Says Mexico Will Not Pay for the Border Wall
'This Is Why Hillary Lost': Twitter Hilariously Mocks Chelsea's Spinach Pancakes


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Thought our windows server 2012 had frozen, restarted it and was met with a message on sreen saying all our files have been encrypted.
We had an external drive plugged in for backups and the files on there are encrpted also.
We will restore from a backup and our server is being formatted.
When I look at the document files that are encrypted the file types are all now Java and the names of the documents have changed.
Is there any software that can be used to unencrpt them.
Also the encryption is only on the server, none of the workstations seem to have been infected.
Not sure how we go it because it happened overnight. We use Nod32 endpoint but the virus disabled it.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.


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Metallica to reissue Master of Puppets
- Bang Showbiz
- 30 August 2017
Metallica have announced they are re-releasing their seminal album 'Master Of Puppets' on November 10 via their own label Blackened Recordings
Metallica are re-releasing their third studio album 'Master Of Puppets' on November 10.
The reissue of the classic 1986 metal record will feature unreleased material including demos, rough mixes, videos and live tracks, including a new version of 'Disposable Heroes' and a live recording of 'The Thing That Should Not Be'.
The LP was the band's first record to go platinum and ended up going 6 x platinum in the US.
'Master Of Puppets' was the last studio release the band recorded with late bass player Cliff Burton, who was in the band from 1982 until his death in September 1986.
Drummer Lars Ulrich - who is joined by James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo in the group - previously opened up about how important the album was for the band.
He said: "There are so many things associated with 'Master Of Puppets' - it is an immense project.
"'Master Of Puppets' seemed to be the culmination of the journey that had started four or five years before with James and I getting together, writing some songs, Kirk and Cliff joining, and that lineup settling."
Fans can get their hands on the reissue in a range of formats including Standard LP, Standard CD, 3 CD Expanded Edition, and the Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set.
Pre-orders are on sale now from metallica.com
The 'Enter Sandman' hitmakers are gearing up for the Europe leg of their 'WorldWired' tour, which kicks off with two shows at London's The O2 on October 22 and 24 and concludes at Birmingham's Genting Arena on October 30.
Metallica's Europe tour dates are as follows:
- October 22, 2017, London, The O2
- October 24, 2017, London, The O2
- October 26, 2017, Glasgow, The SSE Hydro
- October 28, 2017, Manchester, Manchester Arena
- October 30, 2017, Birmingham, Genting Arena


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Church pews, what are they good for? Keeping the congregation awake? A job creation scheme for osteopaths? Making church as uncomfortable as possible for visitors? Playing how many splinters can I collect in one sitting? The Diocese of Chelmsford has come up with another use. As part of the Living Distinctively initiative to help people be a transforming presence in their communities the diocese has launched the Chelmsford Holding Cross. 10,000 have been made, with some coming from our partner dioceses in Kenya and many coming from church pews. Here's the first part of the story, featuring our wonderful curate Katie.
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Side Sleepers: The best pillow for side sleepers is a bulkier, firmer pillow that provides alignment and fills in the gap between the head and the neck. A total body support pillow is also a great way to make sure your entire body is in proper place as your rest.
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Three Poems
here are the three poems I had read out day before yesterday [6th September 2004] at Pranay Srinivasan's place, Andheri, Mumbai :-
My bedroom window swelled up
once after relentless rain and
became elastic later
boomeranging back shut
with every push
for a bamboo bush
had collapsed on it
like a drunken neighbour
having slashed through the bush
whose leaves used to slither in
from chinks, silent and menacing creepers
looking more sinister at night
I breathed more freely at last
I wonder how
it would feel
if I pull down all those
bramble bushes of suffocating relationships.
A Wish
Yes I'd like to be a volcano
sit still for a couple of millennia
cooking up firestorms in my belly
enticing sombre forces lying dormant for ages
take a deep breath
and then
burst forth in a blaze
my exultation touching the sky
my roars churning the oceans
my shudder shaking up the planet
in an orgasmic fury
only to cover the naked earth
with a blanket of grey ash
guided solely by an intent
to convert it all
into a hotbed of creation.
My house is dark with a strange darkness
that fluorescent tubes or measly bulbs
cannot hope to remove
it's a darkness which is alive
which slithers and shifts with
an intelligence of its own
it's a darkness
which breathes down your neck
like a drunk in a train
passing through a tunnel
it's also a darkness which slips
through a million fingers of light
through the slabs of unbroken silence
through the brickwork of screwed up courage
through the unseen barriers of prayers
through the gaps between your heartbeats
it's a darkness forever hungry
and hungering for more voids in yourself
do not show your empty spots
for voids mingle into voids and
create an absence bigger than a hoarding
it's a darkness which suits my black cat
for he revels in it like a buffalo
would wallow in mud and slime
it's a vaporous darkness
which moulds itself
around you hugging you
feeling you caressing you
seducing you; if you succumb
a sleep thicker than a coffin
will slam shut around you
wherein even dreams dare not peep
but it's a darkness certainly not
from the devil's own arsenal
for it courteously thins and disappears
into itself
whenever a silverbell voce
tinkles, yin and yang move
into each other like presence into absence
it's not dark inside a womb
it cannot be.
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C.O.M.M.O.N. Australia organized 2 major events in September!
The Partners for Peace Malaysia (PfPM), to which INSAF (Interfaith Spiritual Fellowship) Kuala Lumpur is a part, led an advanced celebration of the International Day of Peace through a Peace Treasure Hunt, Dinner at Taiping and a Peace Summit from September 18-19, 2010
In the Philippines, Kalinaw Cebu, celebrated the International Day of Peace on September 26 beginning the program with a parade from Fuente to Cebu Coliseum at 6:00 a.m., followed by an interfaith prayer for the nations led by the different religions at 8:00 a.m., and a cultural presentation for Peace and Good Citizenship participated in by the different schools at 8:45 a.m. An interfaith fellowship lunch was shared after the program which was sponsored by the city government.
Pakigdait Inc. CC Commemorates International Day of Peace with Local and International Peacemakers
In Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Philippines – Pakigdait Inc., an interfaith grassroots peace builder commemorated the International Day of Peace with the local and international peacemakers along with local stakeholders.
Musa Mohamad Sanguila, the Director of Pakigdait in a short program Tuesday night lauded the presence of the International Monitoring Team for the peace talk between the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, headed by Colonel Giuma Maraash from Libya of the Team Site 2 based in Iligan City.
He stressed "this gathering is a continuing process of talk to achieve peace that will start in our hearts and minds that hopefully will influence to others that may bridge the gap of miscommunications, misunderstanding and other problems."Read more of this article
Peace Day Prayers in Manila
A beautiful Peace Day celebration took place in Metro Manila in the morning of September 21, by the Peace Bell area at the Quezon Memorial Circle with the presence of several prominent personalities including the Vice Mayor of Quezon City, an Undersecretary from Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP), UNDP Country Director and representatives from various civil society, faith groups and the academe. It was wonderful to see so many youths in the gathering and also actively participating in the program. Congratulations to GenPeace for spearheading the celebrations!
The festivities opened with the ribbon cutting ceremony performed by the Vice Mayor Ms. Joyce Belmonte and Under Secretary Romulo Halabaso from OPAPP, to declare open the Exhibition/Booths set up by various participating organizations.
The Peacemakers' Circle led the interfaith Prayers. The opening address by the Vice Mayor was very supportive of the celebrations and the significance of the day for peace in the country. She announced that a "green building" will be rising in the Park in the near future which will serve as a showcase of cultures in the country and invited us to hold next year's IDP celebration there. The message of the UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon was read by Mr. Renaud Meyer of UNDP.
Shakuntala Vaswani the SEAPAC Regional Coordinator took the opportunity to introduce the Golden Rule as a means to promote mutual respect and to achieve peaceful coexistence and solidarity among different faiths and cultures. She presented a framed Golden Rule poster to the Vice Mayor Ms. Joy Belmonte.
The program included messages the presentation of a Peace Pole from the World Peace Prayer Society Japan to the President of the Philippines (received on his behalf by Mr. Halabaso from OPAPP) sharings the war evacuees from Mindanao and solidarity messages from various concerned organizations. The song and dance presentations from various groups were entertaining as well as inspiring. A minute of silence was observed at mid-day to reflect on and pray for Peace.
The festivities ended with sharing of potluck foods brought by the different organizations. It was a perfect sunny morning for the occasion but within a short time of the conclusion of the festivities the skies opened up and there was a great downpour of rain, as if in blessing!
Y4U/URISEAP Interfaith Youth Dialogue
On September 11, 2010 (Saturday) The Peacemakers' Y4U (youth for unity) and the United Religions Initiative - Southeast Asia-Pacific (URI-SEAP) celebrated "Peace in Diversity" with more than about 25 youths from diverse faiths and different nationalities and cultures in an Interfaith Youth Dialogue held at the Partnership Center in Loyola Heights, Quezon City. The participants were Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Hindus, Baha'i's and Multifaith youths from (aside from the Philippines) Malaysia, China, Myanmar, Laos, and Korea. They were representatives from the Institute of Formation Fondacio Asia (IFFA); Columban Missionary; Environmental Broadcast Circle Peace Program; Culiat Muslim community; and the Baha'i community. After the dialogue circle, The Peacemakers' Y4U and members of IFFA proceeded to the Ramadhan Fair in UP CHEd to celebrate the Eidl Fitr with our Muslim brothers and sisters.
Being Change by Marites Guingona-Africa, PCFI Founder-Executive Director
Perhaps it is true that the only constant in life is change. People, relationships among people, their circumstances, and just about everything that we can think of, do change! Some changes are for the better, while others leave us with only a deeper yearning for what we desire and hope for.
But, change comes slowly, unfolding ever so subtly on various levels in our midst that, more often than not, we hardly even notice it happening.
Those of us committed to peacemaking as a way of bringing about social change will find that in the process of ushering in its unfolding, there is a need to cultivate at least three essential capacities within ourselves that must be realized in our relationships with others. These are: the capacity to see with the heart rightly, the capacity to seek for answers to questions that liberate the human spirit from the bondage of fear, and the capacity to be with others (even our "enemies") in the endeavor of bringing about the change that we wish to see. Simply put, we need clarity of vision, depth of conviction, and integrity of co-creative action.For the full article, please visit my Multiply blog by clicking the following link: Being change
More Action from the CCs...
YPeace: Youth Action for Interfaith Dialogue
'It's just opening ourselves to something as simple as conversation'
(PDI article by Annelle S. Tayao (First Posted 22:05:00 09/11/2010)
A SEMINARIAN, a Philippine Military Academy student and the first woman president of Mindanao State University's student government—they, with other youth leaders from all over the country, made their voices heard at the recent interreligious workshop "yPeace: Youth in Action for Interfaith Dialogue." Initiated by the US Embassy and facilitated by the Peacemakers' Circle Foundation Inc., yPeace gathered 34 participants, some from as far as Tawi-Tawi, who, aside from representing schools and peace-related organizations, also served as spokespersons for their different faiths: Catholic, Protestant, Born-Again, Pentecostal, Church of Christ, Islam, as well as indigenous beliefs. Held Aug. 30-31, the two-day intensive workshop was at Hyatt Hotel in Malate, Manila. In group discussions and creative presentations, participants related personal stories on conflicts in their respective communities, and their hopes for better interreligious coexistence in the country...
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"Bikers for Peace" in Lanao del Norte
On December 3, 2010, in celebration of the Mindanao Week of Peace, Pakigdait Inc. spearheaded an event called "Bikers for Peace." This was participated by a group of bikers from Ozamis City, Aurora (Zamboanga del Sur), and Maranding (Lanao del Norte). The group started to pedal from Maigo Lanao del Norte. Another set of bikers started to pedal from Iligan City. Both were destined to Brgy. Delabayan, Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte.
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6TH SEAPac Regional Meeting held in Manila
On November 24-28 the SEAsia Pacific Regional Trustees and 13 Cooperation Circle Leaders gathered in the Philippines for a Regional Meeting under the theme "Growth in Impact and Sustainability in the SEAPac region".
Wednesday 24th November: The Sixteen delegates from 5 SEAPac countries arrived at different airports at different times where they were met by Robert/Orlan/Ishilta/Shakun and were taken to the Sulo Riviera Hotel in Quezon City which was our 'home' for the 4-day meeting.
In the evening, all gathered at the Divino Lounge at the Sulo for dinner. A warm welcome was given by the Regional Coordinator and self introductions made after which conversations took place to get to know each other and share stories.
Thursday 25th November: A formal opening ceremony took place in the Function Room with interfaith prayers and video presentation on the URI and the SEAPac region. The agenda for our days together was looked at. It was to serve as a great opportunity for CC leaders to share and learn from each other's work and best practices to grow in impact and sustainability. It included a look at the regional Challenges, Strategic planning, workshops, a Forum to promote the URI in the region and also to seek financial support, a multifaith concert and community visits.
After the morning break the regional Challenges were taken up with CC gathering together by zones to do the SWOT analysis after which the findings were shared to get a good picture of the Regional situation and challenges and this led the way to the strategic planning sessions and the workshops in the next two days.
After lunch the first Strategic planning Session was on Strengthening CCs. The dialogue was facilitated by Jessiee Kaur. Communications among CCs to exchange ideas; making use of expertise in the region; mentoring CCs; zonal gathering were some of the ideas that were shared.
The second session was on Strengthening the Region. It was facilitated by Dr. Amir. The need to clarify terminology, since this year we have had TWO regional gatherings was taken up. For a Regional Assembly – all CCs will be invited, Regional Council will sit and policy/decision meeting will take place; Other regional meetings – Country CCs meeting; Zonal CCs zone meeting will take place as needs and decisions made in the future.
Future need for zonal meetings and zonal coordinators will be taken up at the next Regional Assembly.
Other discussions on identifying expertise and collaborating among CCs in the region took place.
After dinner the delegates gathered in the Function room for the presentations from each CC. We commend all CCs for all their programs and making an effort to bring PowerPoint presentations.
Friday 26November: After the morning prayers the Session on Interfaith dialogue and Peacebuilding – the current challenges and Opportunities- was facilitated by Dr. Amir. He shared on the different kinds of dialogues, the purpose of religion and what Religions teach us and why religious people are a cause of conflict and the URI initiatives in peacebuilding. Stories were shared by the delegates on their personal experiences which were all very inspiring.
After the morning break Musa Sanguila facilitated the next sessions which was on Understanding Conflicts. He shared that Conflicts are natural and a + challenge for us to move on in life. He shared about the internally displaced people as a result of conflicts/wars and shared about the situation in Mindanao and the efforts of the Pakigdait CC. Sharing around the table brought about historical injustices in Australia, Philippines that are still disturbing people.
In reconciliation Musa shared about how conflicts – arising out of difference between position and disposition of the conflicting parties; the need for Heart listening, finding win- win solutions and getting inspiration from our scriptures.
The same afternoon a FORUM was held at the Van Gogh Room at Sulo Hotel- The region played host to friends from the various Embassies, NGOs and partners in Peacebuilding and friends to share about the URI through video, slide show and sharing from the delegates to give our partners on what the URI is and the impact our CCs are making on the ground its relevance to peace building in the region. It served as an opportunity to build relationships for future partnerships and funding. Although the guest attendance was below expectation due to multiplicity of events that afternoon ( in fact our own Trustee Musa Sanguila left the Forum earlier to participate in a Forum organized by the OPAPP!), we had a good rapport with the attending guests.
After the Forum a session was conducted by Shakun Vaswani on Resource mobilization – a slide show presentation was made on the need for resources and how to go about fund raising. She emphasised the need to document activities and keep financial records – important when requesting for funds. She encouraged all CCs to start small initially – to establish relationships and to be recognized for the peacebuilding work.
After dinner, while the Trustees gathered for a business meeting, the rest of the group took the opportunity to explore the nearby Quezon Memorial Circle – the Site of the Peace bell from the UN and the venue for many interfaith gatherings with Orlan, Sharon and Ishilta acting as guides.
Saturday 27November In the morning it was an opportunity for the Youths to share their stories and challenges and bond with other CC leaders while the Trustees and the Regional Coordinator gathered to finish their business meeting. Allan Burguia a youth coordinator in the Muslim Christian Peacebuilding project in the Peacemakers' Circle was invited to share on the ongoing work in the communities in Metro Manila.
The CC leaders attending a Regional meeting for the first time were fired up by the opportunity and the potential to collaborate and keep in touch with each other through social media sites. They will be looking into ways of supporting each other; exchanging information and helping each other grow.
A Regional Calendar of Events will be posted on the social sites to know of the ongoing activities and to support each other.
After the morning snacks the Regional Business meeting was called, the last one to be chaired by the outgoing Regional Chair, Musa Sanguila.
The Financial report was presented by the Regional Coordinator. This November Regional meeting budget is higher than projected budget due to increased number of delegates from Australia and the higher airfares this year. Unused budget from new CC planting through an introductory workshop was requested to be realigned to use for this meeting.
Budget for 2011 is pegged by the URI, expect same as 2010.
There will be some carry over balance as a result of non expenditure of certain regional expenses e.g. hire of a regular communications officer, fund raising activity , purchase of camera etc. that will be postponed/carried out next year . Shakun will request the Hub to carry over the balance to 2011.
The venue for the next Regional Assembly was chosen by consensus – it will be held in KL and all CCs and potential CCs will be invited. Dr. Amir will be playing host it and will be looking for partners to host accommodations, food etc. The preferred time is a date in October 2011.
Indra Udayana offered to look into the possibility of accommodating the youths at their Ashram in KL and invited to conduct a youth program before the Assembly.
The Next Chair of Regional Council, Dr. Amir was formally welcomed by the outgoing chair Musa Sanguila. Dr. Amir welcomes everyone to come to Malaysia.
After lunch all got ready to leave at 3.00pm for Makati for the evening concert - to present their talents for the first Regional Fund raising activity in an evening of inspirational music and dance "Beyond Differences" to celebrate our oneness in diversity and to raise funds for our programs to serve grassroots communities.
The whole program flowed through smoothly with the audience obviously captivated by the variety of numbers. It was hard to believe that the whole program was put together a day earlier by Orlan and Peter. The performers just turned up at the auditorium to offer their gift of music and dance. A big thank you to by Peter Mousaferiadis, CEO of Cultural Infusion, Australia who was a participating delegate in the regional meeting, for directing the whole show. A big thank you also to all the performers for the gift of their talent and music in the service of URI SEAPac.
Sunday 28November: While some delegates had to get to the airport after breakfast to catch their flights back home, the rest of the group paid a visit to a local youth group in Cuilat, Tandang Sora, a community served by the Peacemakers' Circle and had a lively dialogue with the youths. Jamel Dhillon motivated the youths to be peacemakers and URI members.
From Culiat the group drove to visit the Hindu Temple where Dya Singh was invited to participate in the kirtan going on. Next stop was Indian Sikh Temple where we visited the prayer Hall and afterwards had Langar (lunch) and met community members. Dya Singh and family were invited to participate in the kirtan to begin later that afternoon.
The remaining group members returned to the hotel to prepare for their departures.
The CC leaders commented that this face to face meeting was a great experience to learn from one another's successes and build further alliances within the URI network to play a more active role in serving the grassroots communities and for greater interfaith understanding and unity in SEAsia Pacific Region.
Beyond Differences – an evening of inspirational music and dance from different cultures and faiths in South East Asia Pacific Region was put together by the delegates attending the Regional meeting of the United Religions Initiative (URI) and friends from the Philippines to celebrate our oneness in diversity and to raise funds for their projects to serve grassroots communities.
The United Religions Initiative (URI), a global network of change makers, is celebrating a decade of building cultures of peace and healing around the world and to commemorate this milestone the leaders of Cooperation Circles in the Southeast Asia Pacific region gathered in Manila November 24-28 to strengthen their commitments and celebrate their successes.
The concert Beyond Differences held from 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm on Saturday, November 27, at the CAP I Auditorium on the 7th floor, (behind the Makati Med.) Makati City was their culminating activity. It was an evening of festive colors and variety and surprises - discovering hidden talents and creating unity in diversity.
After a video presentation introducing the United Religions Initiative and a warm welcome from the MC Sharon Vaswani, the program opened with Taiko drumming from Shumei Shinji Kai and the Pilipino Ethnic musicians Sanghabi.
The URI Regional Coordinator, Shakuntala Vaswani shared about the purpose of the URI gathering in Manila and introduced an inspiring video on The Golden rule that runs through all religions giving the same message of "treating the other as one would like to be treated". It was presented to create a new spring for humanity to build cultures of harmony and peace.
The dance program which featured a variety of cultures from the region was an awakening to the richness of our cultures.
A traditional Khmer folk dance was performed by the two Cambodian delegates Sam An Ros and Sok Sidon.
The Balinese soloist Putu Anggradana in his colourful costume and elaborate make up skilfully performed the Tari Kabbyar Duduk – an energetic dance about empowering the youth and the power of discipline.
The young children of the Malaysian delegates Dr. Amir stole the show with their number Din Din Berindin – a series of rhymes inviting all to enjoy an Endang dance with its movements depicting the daily activities of the villagers.
Dance performances from the Philippines included Allaripo- an Indian classical dance in Bharatnatyam form - by Vrja Devi Dasi from ISKCON.
The Pahingalay Artists Circle performed a traditional dance from Sulu Islands. The slow, continuously flowing arm and hand movements, downcast eyes captivated the audience.
The youths from a URI community in Tala, Caloocan came in colorful costumes and performed the Singkil, a Maranao Muslim dance with bamboo sticks.It was their first stage performance and skillfully done.
In the vocal performances, the duet of Yeyette & Shayne rendered original compositions on love and peace in their melodious voices. The Bahai youth choir sang beautifully to remind us that we all share of one planet one earth. Musa Sanguila, the outgoing Chair of the Regional Council rendered a couple of songs on the guitar on the love of his homeland.
During the interval Sr. Sandra Clemente of Cebu led the audience in a participative body prayer accompanied by Orlan de Guzman on the nose flute.
The internationally acclaimed performer Dya Singh of the Dya Singh World Music Group from Australia rendered uplifting spiritual songs with his daughter Jamel accompanying him. CJ Vasu accompanied them on the table.
The climax of the program was the multifaith chant by Dya Singh and the Tari Kalingga Bali with Indra Udayana and Putu Anggradana aspiring towards developing inner peace and enlightenment.
The finale had all audience on their feet and holding hands together and singing we are one!
The whole program flowed through smoothly with the audience obviously captivated by the variety of numbers. It was hard to believe that the whole program was put together a day earlier by Peter Mousaferiadis, CEO of Cultural Infusion, Australia and Orlan de Guzman who were participating delegates in the regional meeting. The performers just turned up at the auditorium to offer their gift of music and dance.
A big thank you to all the performers for the gift of their talent and music in the service of URI SEAPac.
The proceeds from this event will be utilized to give seed grants to empower the women and youths in grass root communities to build bridges of understanding and transform religious tension/conflicts into a positive social change.
Kindly visit the URI website: www.uri.org to learn more their heart warming activities of the URI around the world.
Some reflections on URI-SEAPac Regional Assembly in Manila - Nov.2010 by DYA SINGH
At the tail-end of 2009, my wife who is an active '(global) inter-faith harmony' advocate encouraged me into registering my music group as a 'Cooperation Circle' (CC) of URI (United Religions Initiative), an international inter-faith organisation. This was when the 'Parliament of Worlds Religions' was taking place in my hometown. I was participating as part of Cultural Infusion, a company I am listed with, as a cultural ambassador and spiritual musician of Australia.
I had played a fairly active part in the 'multi-faith' scene in the 1980's as a 'faith representative' for the Sikh faith in South Australia and MASA (Multifaith Association of South Australia).
But after about 5 years representing the Sikh faith I grew tired of it as the 'movement' seemed to be going nowhere. I used to go to 'inter-faith' activities, perhaps sing the Sikh chant or offer a Sikh prayer besides representatives of other religions or give the Sikh viewpoint on different subjects.
A few die-hards especially old folks used to attend. Sometimes we were invited to some secondary schools or some divinity classes to talk to the students and teachers. Students of Religious Education and others doing secondary school projects or University dissertations, wanting first-hand information on our faiths used to visit us to gather information. That was rewarding. We did concerts during 'Refugee Week'; 'Year of Tolerance' etc.
We used to have fairly regular meetings amongst faith representatives to give the views of our own faiths on various topics like treatment of women; treatment of children; homosexuality; the environment; abortion; war, and so on. Faith Representatives used to come armed to tell us all how glorious, progressive and perhaps modern thinking their individual faiths were in all these issues. I, of course, not to be outdone, used to go prepared to hopefully dazzle everyone on what Nanak or any of my other 'gurus' thought of all these issues with copious quotations from the Guru Granth Sahib (our scriptures and Guru). I wonder whether we really heard each other or were just there to push our own barrels!
We even had the glory of meeting the Dalai Lama as 'faith representatives' of our various faiths'.
I finally grew tired doing all this but not really seeing anything positive transpire, and dropped out. I grew tired of telling others how glorious my religion was and hearing how good their religions were! My wife carried on first as Secretary and then as Chairman of MASA.
I formed my own world music spiritual music group based on the Guru Granth Sahib while wife Jessiee continued her work as a peace advocate and inter-faith activities.
I used to attend occasionally as a Sikh musician and offer a shabad (hymn) or a Sikh Prayer at some auspicious occasion. I can proudly say that with my group which includes Christians (of various denominations), 'free-thinkers', Socialists, Humanists, Budhists, Hindus and a Muslim percussionist (tabla-player), I have made our form of spiritual music (and song) an accepted form of entertainment in folk, arts and world music festivals in Australia, USA, Canada and UK.
We then moved to Melbourne and continued in our personal arenas. Jessiee, seeing that Melbourne was not well represented multifaithly, set up COMMON (Council of Melbourne Multifaith and Others Network) and also WIN (Womens Interfaith Network) and involved herself in Greenfaith and other such organisations. I continued singing and playing music with my group worldwide at various folk, world music, inter-faith, new age and arts festivals worldwide.
Then in 2009, I was invited by Jessiee to register my group with URI and in November 2010, I was invited to attend their SEAPac (South-East Asia & Pacific region) Assembly-cum-Meeting in Manila. It was an opportunity for me to see what had changed in the 'inter-faith' dialogue arena since the 1980's.
You see, even the Parliament of World Religions is really more a four/five yearly smorgasbord or Olympics of religions and those who attend seem more interested in pushing their own religion or faith or 'way of life' rather than hoping to learn and go back to their 'flocks' to preach 'inter-faith' harmony!
URI somehow seemed different because, for a start, one of their principles is ... 'thou shalt not proselytise'! (My own words of course, but true in essence.)
Was I going to be bombarded by speeches glorifying Jesus, Mohammed, Budha, Bahau-ullah, Zarathustra or Swami Vivekananda etc. etc. And will I have to throw back in kind, the glory of Guru Nanak or Guru Gobind Singh!
The four day meeting turned out to be refreshing, and an eye-opener. For a start, not one CC representative talked about the glory of their faiths - not even the Muslim representative, Dr. Amir, who, in fact, gave a tremendous insight of the importance of faith in our lives. In fact, every CC representative gave amazing accounts including a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & threats) Analysis of their individual Cooperative Circles - the tremendous common good efforts they were making in their regions of activity.
Christians, Muslims, Budhists, Hindus, Sikhs, Indigenous members including Humanists, Brahma Kumaris, Bahai's, SaiBaba devotees and others came together not to glorify their sons of God, 'final' prophets of God, teachers, gurus, swamis etc. but to discuss ways of 'working and playing' together! Some 'religious' jokes of mine were even tolerated!
Two young-looking Cambodian CC leaders, Sam An and Sok Sidon, informed us of how URI and also especially the Australian Embassy had helped them to establish their CC's which began a number of small, modest business ventures in their communities to raise money to help poverty stricken families with bare essentials and equipping children to go to schools.
A young Hindu spiritual leader, Indra Udayana, of an 'ashram' in Bali informed us of the 'inter-faith' gatherings and other activities like yoga, spiritual and physical cleansing activities, teaching spiritual dancing and eco-hiking which also generate revenue and the charity work which is being carried out in parts of Bali amongst the needy. Indra and one of his students dazzled us with some Balinese spiritual dances on the last day.
Local (Manila) and other national CC leaders reported on some of the amazing activities which included Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and Indigenous members. Sister Sandra stood out as a nun helping to run a school involving 3000 children of different faiths being educated in Cebu. Then there was Musa Sanguila, an Indigenous Muslim from Mindanao, a pacifist political leader of his people working selflessly, under life-threatening circumstances trying to bring about a peaceful resolution between (supposedly) secular forces of the government who appear to be eroding the autonomy of his people and some of his people who have resorted to armed struggle for their rights.
Two youngsters from the small island of Bohol in central Philippines, Ludwig and Kristine surprised us with the enthusiasm and energy with which they are running their charitable CC's.
We discussed ways of raising further funds for our activities. It was generally accepted that most western governments wish to see people of different faiths/religions getting on in harmony, and so were multi-national companies whose success depended on peoples of different religions getting on with each other and hence could be successfully approached for necessary funding. Other marketing strategies were aired.
The greatest benefit by far, was the fact that each CC leader returned home, fired up and inspired, that the work of his/her CC did make a difference - that there were others doing similar work and that it was in the better interest of humanity if more such CC's came into existence.
The four day meeting culminated in a dazzling concert put together by Peter Mousaferiadis of Cultural Infusion Australia which included almost all the delegates - even the beautiful children of Dr. Amir who stole the show with a sit-down dance and song.
A number of CC delegates visited two new CC's and there was some interesting dialogue including a very interesting question by one youth. Firstly we had to convince everyone that URI was not a new religion, just advocating inter-religious harmony (which by the way most religions do).
The Question: How come, knowing what a great concept URI is and the fact that it is UN initiated, after ten years, so few people in the world knew about it?
I leave the higher echelons of URI to reflect on that.
As supposedly, URI is a grass-roots organisation, this blade of grass has this to add...
Firstly, it will appear that from my perspective, and also the fact that I have only attended one 'meeting'/assembly/or forum, (and hopefully not my last for what I have written!) there appears to be a reluctance on the part of those in charge, to create 'too many' CC's perhaps because that might cause logistical headaches. Secondly, there needs to be further and much greater awareness of URI.
As a final note, as I sat doodling, on my note paper, through the four-day assembly, I wrote down a few 'meanderings' or sayings which might come in handy to others or improve on, or reflect on ... or discard.
"May we step above the apparent weaknesses within our own faiths (or perhaps the followers and leaders who mislead) to reach out to fellow human beings of all faiths and backgrounds and accept others as equals."
No one religion can claim ownership to God.
Someone quoted an African proverb - "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others."
Inspired by Dr. Amir of Malaysia - "You are not truly spiritual unless you have been through the discipline of a religion. Religion is the grounding for true spirituality."
"You have to relate to your past to understand your present - to chart your future."
I like to thank Shakun Vasvani and her team and Orlan especially, for their hospitality and of course URI for coming up with such a great movement!
I look forward to meeting more CC leaders worldwide as time goes by and perhaps contribute more effectively towards greater understanding amongst devotees of religions/faiths and hence contributing towards world peace through my spiritual music group.
Welcome to 2 new CCs!
to come together to share and become a bridge
between families and the various sectors of society
promotes the healing of the natural environment and the Earth community
through rituals and ceremonial prayers