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Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Lessons From The Islamisation of Constantinople
Posted By: Ayoon: September 06, 2022 In: ArticleNo Comments
By Reno Omokri
I have just returned from a trip to Turkey, where I was on a pilgrimage to some of the seven churches of Asia, also known as the seven churches of Revelations.
I visited Smyrna (now known as Izmir), Pergamum (now known as Bergama), and Ephesus (now known as Efes).
Prior to this visit, I had visited Laodicea (now known as Laodikeia). There are no remnants of some of the other churches, but I did get to see Cappadocia.
And then, I went to Istanbul and the city blew my mind. It was my third visit to Istanbul, but my first time staying on the Asian side.
Istanbul has a rich history that can probably bring you to tears. This city used to be known as Constantinople, and was the center of orthodox Christianity, until on 29 May 1453, when it was conquered by the Muslim Ottoman Empire. Note I said Muslim Ottoman Empire, not Islamic Ottoman Empire.
The Ottomans were Muslims, but they were not really Islamic. In fact, they even conquered the Arabs, and from the 16th Century to their liberation by the British through Lawrence of Arabia, Saudi Arabia was under Ottoman rule.
The fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire meant that Christian Europe no longer had a buffer against Muslim (not Islamic) expansion into Europe, and one by one, European Christian city states and nations began to fall.
And why did the conquest happen? It happened because there was no unity in Christendom (political Christianity). The Byzantines were Orthodox. The Roman Catholic Church considered them rivals, rather than brothers. And the Balkan Christians would not even help them. Rather, they were suspicious of them.
When the Byzantines were under siege by the Ottomans, the Roman Catholic Church, rather than help them, insisted that they must first accept their dogmas (Trinity, Mary vegetation, Christmas, purgatory, idols, the change from the fish to the pagan Ankh (disguised as a Cross) etc) as conditions for their help. Out of desperation, the Orthodox Church voted to accept the Pope's terms, but the people of Constantinople refused and rioted, rather than accept what they believed to be an adulteration of their faith by the adoption of pagan European doctrines masquerading as Christian doctrines.
There are about 20,000 of these pure, Orthodox Christians left in Turkey and I have had the honour of preaching to them and learning from them.
A similar lack of unity had earlier led to the Islamic (not Muslim) conquest of much of Spain in 711 AD, which led to 800 years of Islamic rule in Iberia.
And the Byzantines were also partly to blame for their own destruction. While the Byzantines were busy building awe-inspiring churches, basilicas, theatres and marble roads, the Muslim Ottomans were razor focused on building a political movement and an army.
And when they were ready, they descended on the Byzantines, and militarily defeated them, and now, all their awe-inspiring churches, basilicas, theatres and marble roads belong to the Muslim Ottomans, and so belonged to them for almost 600 years.
Fast forward to 2022, and the All Progressives Congress is presenting Nigerians with a Muslim-Muslim ticket, of which Kashim Shettima, the Borno Governor under whom Boko Haram thrived and metastasised into the international terror group that it now is, and again under whom they invaded the Christian enclave of Chibok, because Shettima refused the Federal Government's counsel not to hold WAEC examinations at Chibok, is now assuring us that he will be in charge of security, effectively making Bola Tinubu a puppet, if at all he is elected.
If you do not see parallels between what happened to Constantinople and the Byzantine empire and what the All Progressives Congress wants to serve Nigerians, then you have obviously not been paying attention.
In the last seven years of almost demonic mis-governance by the All Progressives Congress administration of Muhammadu Buhari, we have seen a sudden, unapologetic and zero sum like shutting of the government space to people of the Christian persuasion.
Never in the history of this nation have we ever had the head of the executive (the President), the head of the Legislature (the Senate President), and the head of the judiciary (the Chief Justice of Nigeria), all Muslims. I mean the imbalance is unprecedented.
And then you go to the next layer of government, which is the military and security services. The heads of the Ministry of Defence, Army, Navy, Police, NSA, DMI, EFCC, DSS, DIA, NPS, NCS, NIS, NIA are all Northern Muslims. Where is the balance?
And in the midst of this, the All Progressives Congress wants to increase the volume with a Muslim-Muslim ticket? Think of the psychological damage it will do to the minds of Christians. Even if it is not uttered, it is already clear that the All Progressives Congress sees us as a conquered people who do not matter and who should accept their second-class citizenship status without raising dust.
And do not think the All Progressives Congress will stop at their Muslim-Muslim ticket. Did the Ottomans stop in Constantinople? No. They conquered the Arabs, who were Muslims like them. They took Jerusalem. They moved into Europe. Greece fell to them. Then the entire Balkan Peninsula. Then the present-day Romania. And on and on until they took over Hungary and were stopped at the borders of Austria.
If anyone had told you Imo, Ebonyi and Cross River would be All Progressives Congress states, would you have believed it? But there it is.
Nigerians have to open their eyes and stop believing that it cannot happen here. Are we better than Lebanon? Lebanon was the only stable democratic and multi-religious country in the Middle East, until the Christians there slept on their rights, and were soon overwhelmed by massive immigration from Islamic nations that made them a minority in their own country.
What will stop the same from happening here? Tinubu and Shettima can open the borders Nigeria shares with Niger Republic and Chad to change Nigeria's demographics and make it impossible to vote out their party in future elections, if they win in 2023.
I was in Bethlehem in 2018. The same thing happened to that town where our Lord and Saviour was born.
You see, history does not repeat itself. Men repeat history and blame history for repeating itself.
Nigeria must preserve its religious balance by respecting each faith and balancing our government and public sector. The Peoples Democratic Party respects that balance. The Labour Party respects it. But the Muslim-Muslim ticket of Bola Tinubu's All Progressives Congress does not respect our religious diversity. And a vote for Tinubu may lead Nigerian Christians to the same fate of the ancient Christians of Asia Minor (now known as Turkey).
So, let us forget our divisions and unite against this imbalance; whether or not you are Roman Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, Pentecost, Evangelical, Charismatic, Celestial, or any other denomination I have not mentioned here. Because those who want to whittle down your faith see you as one. Therefore, you better also see yourself as one. Or you may go the way of the Byzantines.
May that never befall us in Yeshua's Name.
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The 1892 season in Swedish football, starting January 1892 and ending December 1892:

Events
22 May 1892: Örgryte IS meet IS Lyckans Soldater in the first football match ever played on Swedish soil between two Swedish teams using the association football rules. The duration of play is 40 minutes, played in two halves. Six Scots are part of Örgryte IS's team which gives them the upper hand, and Örgryte IS scores the only goal of the match in the 17th minute of the second half, winning 1–0 (0–0). The match is played on Heden in Gothenburg and is part of a larger sport festival arranged by Göteborgs Gymnastiksällskap which is witnessed by between 4,000 and 7,000 people.

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Der Nanda Pal ist ein 6306 Meter hoher Berg im Garhwal-Himalaya im indischen Bundesstaat Uttarakhand.

Der Berg befindet sich im östlichen Teil der Nanda-Devi-Gruppe im Distrikt Pithoragarh. An seiner Westflanke strömt der Milamgletscher in südöstlicher Richtung.
Vier Kilometer nördlich des Nanda Pal befindet sich an der chinesischen Grenze der 6315 m hohe Nanda Gond.

Der Nanda Pal wurde am 8. Juni 1973 von Mitgliedern der indisch-tibetischen Grenzpolizei erstbestiegen.

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Kurt Ohnesorge (* 25. Januar 1878 in Forsthaus Grünenberg bei Eberswalde; † 18. Januar 1961 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Jurist.

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Ohnesorge gehörte 1926 zu den Gründern der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde (DGS); von 1937 bis 1942 war er ihr Präsident.

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Ohnesorge war Richter unter anderem im zurückverwiesenen Jornsprozess 1929, im Edenpalast-Prozess, im Kurfürstendamm-Krawall von 1931 und im Caro-Petschek-Prozess (1932), einem der aufwändigsten Strafprozesse in der Endphase der Weimarer Republik.

Im Jahr 1934 leitete er als Landgerichtsdirektor am Landgericht Berlin den Prozess um den Mord an Hans Maikowski, in dem er dem Druck der nationalsozialistischen Presse, Todesurteile zu verhängen, nicht nachgab. In der Folge wurde er nach einer "Missbilligung" durch Roland Freisler von den Nationalsozialisten beruflich kaltgestellt.

Verheiratet war er mit einer Tochter Engelbert Humperdincks (Irmgart, geb. 1896). Ohnesorge begann ab 1919/20  sich mit der Biologie zu beschäftigen. Er ging sehr häufig in das Zoologischen Institut, besuchte Vorlesungen, und machte Exkursionen mit Konrad Herter (1891–1980). Herter beschreibt ihn, dass er ein "intellegenter, geistreicher, humorvoller, und sehr gebildeter Mann mit unglaublichen Kenntnissen auf allen Gebieten" gewesen sei. Nach 1945 gab er sich erfolgreich als Biologielehrer aus, um einer Verhaftung als Jurist durch die sowjetische Besatzungsmacht zu entgehen.

Literatur
 Joachim Neumann, B. Ohnesorge: Kurt Ohnesorge (25. 1. 1878–18.1.1961). Ein Leben für das Recht und die Naturwissenschaften. In: Blätter aus dem Naumann-Museum, Bd. 20 (2001), .

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EDIT (5/21/2010): The host is Chip Beall, who left a comment below.
Below is is my Texaco Star Academic Challenge performance from 1993 or 1994. Yes, Clear Brook High School made it to TV.
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I have significant updates on doctoral progress for my wife and me. No, we're not imminently graduating, but still good news.
Jennifer completed all her major doctoral steps before Ethan was born. That means all she has left is being hazed putting in her research time until it is considered "enough," whatever that means. Then she does the dissertation.
The dissertation is around 200 pages but not as hard as it sounds. Huge swaths are already in Jennifer's prior papers and reports. I'll be $1 she'll graduate in a year or less; she's not as confident.
I am finally progressing on my own praxis. I finished all coursework in December 2007 and then accomplished nothing in the next 1½ years. Well, I did do things, including aborting an impossible praxis topic and considering switching to a PhD program.
The PhD would have been in Civil Engineering with emphasis in Traffic Management. My M.S. Computer Science and D.E. coursework matched up almost perfectly. All I would have had to do is two more 3 hour courses and a dissertation. But it is not the great deal that it may sound like.
First, I am genuinely interested in traffic operations. However, I have no other civil engineering background, so I would not have been very employable as a traffic engineer. Even then, I am not sure I want to work in a transportation department. Career-wise, it didn't make much sense.
Second, it is enough of a challenge just to do the 12 hour praxis for my Doctor of Engineering. This is the first time in my life that I've had to say "no" to so many invitations for events or volunteer activities. My free time crunched a little with the arrival of the second kid (but not as badly as everyone says it does!), and praxis work easily expands to gobble any leftover time. Not only is a PhD dissertation twice as many hours, the topic is completely original–as opposed to the praxis's practical orientation–so the work is more difficult. On top of that add 6 more course hours, and I just don't know if it would have been achievable.
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I am collecting data on all traffic tickets written by Dallas County's 33 jurisdictions. This includes 31 cities with boundaries in the county, the county itself, and the Texas Department of Public Safety. So far I have data from 10 jurisdictions, and several more are currently working on my request.
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Worldwide, over 200 species of insects are consumed by humans, and there is thought that there are more undiscovered edible species out there! In fact, less than 0.2% of the total estimated insect species in the world are harmful to plants, animals and humans. This poses a rather large opportunity to use insects as protein-rich alternatives to livestock with the increase in emphasis on sustainable diets. The sustainability of livestock is in question related to the large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions and agricultural ammonia emissions. Can the incorporation of edible insects help reduce environmental impact? Can it increase local food security and sustainability? We think so! However, these questions need to be answered with more research into the viability of insects in the sector of food and agriculture.
The protein in edible insects helps to provide essential amino acids to compliment staple foods like taro root, yam and sweet potato. This is an important part of obtaining complete protein from diet in 3rd world nations.
In North America, there has been increasing interest in using insects as food for humans and feed for livestock. There is a company in Portland, Oregan that distributes cricket-based flours that can easily be incorporated into homemade foods such as bread, cookies, pancakes and protein bars.
In fact, we ordered some all-purpose cricket flour and created our very own Chocolate Chip Cricket-Cookie Recipe, higher in protein and micronutrients than your average chocolate chip cookie! (And they were delicious!)
Why We Should Eat Them
Methods to determine the nutritional quality of insects still require standardization; however, quite a few studies have found the following details:
Edible insect protein content averages at around 60%. In particular, cricket, grasshopper and locusts are rich in protein and provide a valuable protein alternative. Insect protein is comparable to conventional meat products!
Like conventional protein sources (i.e. meat, fish, eggs, dairy), the fat content among insect proteins vary. Insect fat content has been found to be comparable with poultry and fish.
Insects can be a rich source of micronutrients such as iron, zinc, copper, manganese and magnesium. Generally speaking, insects are low in vitamin A, but rich in B vitamins like riboflavin, pantothenic acid, biotin and folic acid.
Changing the Stigma
Who knows? Insects might be one of the most nutritious and environmentally sustainable protein sources out there! However, what good does this do if the idea of eating bugs elicits disgust? Eating insects as a human food has always been associated with a 'primitive living or starvation food.' (For example, to a lesser extent, during World War II when food was being shipped over sea to feed the troops, there were numerous campaigns to promote alternative protein sources such as organ meats. People were in 'survival mode' – rationing food and altering the way they viewed alternative items.)
Since people have not been conditioned to eating insects, acceptability and attitude towards the idea has been low. There is movement to reform this perception:
Providing a taste experience to normalize the consumption of insects — One way may be to process insects into familiar products such as baked goods, sausages and meat loaf.
Providing information on nutritional quality and environmental sustainability.
Providing research information on food safety to help lower risk perception of consuming insects.
Making them delicious! Consumer acceptability will forever be low if the taste is not pleasing.
Improving availability of commercially produced insect protein products at an affordable price.
Additionally, those of us who regularly consume convention proteins (such as beef, pork, and poultry) tend to look at these proteins as food versus whole animals (i.e. cows, pigs and chickens). If we are able to remove ourselves from the thought of consuming whole insects, we may have a shot at creating a movement toward accepting edible insects as a sustainable food source in the future!
Before the future of insects sweeps North America, there is need for more research! Areas that need further investigation include food safety, insect farming practices, consumer attitudes towards edible insects, more defined contribution to nutrient intake, as well as environmental impact on things like greenhouse gas production and energy and land use compared to other proteins.
Important note: Individuals who have allergies towards house dust mites and/or crustaceans (such as crab, lobster, shrimp etc.) may react to ingesting insect products related to the allergen cross-reactivity between the species.
Reference: Huis, Arnold Van. "Edible Insects Are the Future?" Proceedings of the Nutrition Society Proc. Nutr. Soc. (2016): 1-12. Web.
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Global Business|G.E. Chief Sees India Helping Cut Costs of U.S. Health Care
G.E. Chief Sees India Helping Cut Costs of U.S. Health Care
By HEATHER TIMMONS OCT. 2, 2009
NEW DELHI — India will play a significant role in reducing health care costs in the United States as the Asian nation's health care market expands, General Electric's chief executive, Jeffrey R. Immelt, predicted here on Friday.
The Indian health care industry is "on the verge of substantial growth," Mr. Immelt said. Health care products and services developed cheaply here will be exported to Western markets, cutting prices there, he said.
G.E.'s health care business includes diagnostic equipment and services, pharmaceutical research and development and patient monitoring.
The Indian public health care system has historically been overburdened and underfunded, particularly in rural areas. As income levels rise, private clinics and labs are springing up, and governments in some Indian states have begun to increase overall spending on health care.
The health care industry in India is expected to more than double in size from 2008 to 2012, to $75 billion, according to Technopak Advisors, a consulting company. In 2007, Americans spent $2.26 trillion on health care, according to the government.
Mr. Immelt's comments were made at a news conference related to the restructuring of G.E.'s health care business in India. The company said it was aiming to simplify operations, allowing it to take advantage of the growing market.
Jeffrey Immelt, left, chief of General Electric, and Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, which has a health venture with G.E. Credit Pankaj Nangia/Bloomberg News
GE Healthcare, based in Chalfont St. Giles, England, employs 46,000 people in 100 countries around the world. Revenue from the health care division was $17.3 billion in 2008, less than 10 percent of G.E.'s total.
Many analysts and health care executives say they share Mr. Immelt's belief that innovations from emerging markets, particularly India, could lead to big changes in the United States health care system. Already, American health care companies are cutting costs by outsourcing services to India like reading X-rays or scheduling nursing visits.
India, rather than China, will be the source for new models and ideas about improving and lowering the cost of American health care because the health care industry in the United States has more in common with India than with China, Mr. Immelt said.
G.E. employs more than 14,500 people in India, in divisions from research and development to back-office functions. But to date, just a tiny fraction the company's revenue comes from India, about $3 billion of a total $182.5 billion in 2008.
G.E. said it was selling three of its health care units in India — Medical Systems India, Life Sciences and Medical Diagnostics — to its venture with Wipro, the third-largest Indian information technology company.
The 19-year-old venture, Wipro GE Healthcare, already distributes 85 percent of GE Heathcare's products and services in India, which include ultrasound scanners, fetal monitors and cardiology monitors, as well as the software and servicing associated with those machines.
The restructuring will allow G.E.'s units to "develop products even faster," Mr. Immelt said, by providing "seamless" operations.
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The Stow House was once the headquarters of Rancho La Patera, on the original Rancho La Goleta. In 1871, William Whitney Stow, a legal counsel for Southern Pacific Railroad in San Francisco, purchased 1,043 acres costing $28,677 for his son, Sherman P. Stow. Sherman Stow built a Carpenter Gothic Victorian home on the site and moved into the house with his bride, Ida G. Hollister, in 1873. The family expanded the house in two major renovations in the 1880s and 1910s. The house was occupied by three generations of Stow descendants. Stow House is a rambling two story house and is the oldest frame house in the Goleta Valley.
The Goleta Valley Historical Society welcomes group tours, commercial tours, community groups, youth groups, and school classes. The parking lot is accessible to tour buses and RVs. Exploring local history in a historic home brings many community groups to Rancho La Patera. Tours of Stow House can be tailored to meet various interests. Light refreshments, wine & cheese or a boxed lunch may be arranged to complement your group experience.
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This wonderful park is a unique combination of history and rustic charm. Ideal for children who might learn history the fun way and for many busy professionals who take their lunch breaks here. The Stow House has been restored and outfitted with beautiful period furnishings, clothing, toys, and memorabilia by the Goleta Historical Society.
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Japan Wants To Put A Giant Solar Farm In Space
JAXA.
Picture this: a giant solar power plant floating in space, gathering the sun's energy with virtually no constraints from the weather, seasons or time of day, delivering a constant supply of green energy to Earth. Sound a little too Sci-Fi? Well, thanks to JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, we could actually witness this incredible technology in just over a decade.
The idea of a space power plant has actually been around for a while. Back in 1968, American aerospace engineer Dr. Peter Glaser pioneered the space solar power concept and proposed the deployment of giant solar panels in space in order to generate microwaves that could be transmitted back to Earth to produce electricity. The concept sparked a lot of interest, even from NASA, but it came to a halt in the '80s because of the high costs involved. Japan, however, pursued the idea and is currently the world leader of the Space Solar Power Systems (SSPS) project.
This colossal satellite, hovering around 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above Earth, would be several miles long and weigh a whopping 10,000 metric tons. These floating solar panels would actually be tethered to a station on the ground in order to keep the satellite at a fixed point in geostationary orbit. The proposed model also includes a set of mirrors that reflect the sun's light onto the panels so that when the satellite is not facing the sun it can still receive sunlight.
And now for the really tricky part: getting all of that solar energy back to Earth so that we can use it. There are two possible ways that this could be achieved which involve converting the solar energy into either laser beams or microwaves, or perhaps even a combination of both, which would then be transmitted to a receiving facility (called a "rectenna" [rectifying antenna]) situated on Earth. Ground-based experiments are currently underway to discern which option would be most efficient.
These space based solar panels would be around 5-10 times more efficient than ground-based solar conversion systems. Furthermore, CO2 emissions will be low and will only come from the receiving facility. It's predicted that SSPS will be able to process around 1 gigawatt of power, which is a similar amount to nuclear power stations.
Although Japan are the leading country with regards to making SSPS happen, in reality the costs will be so astronomical that it is likely contributions from other countries will be required before we see this behemoth space power station start to take shape. This concept may seem a little far-fetched, but JAXA believe they are getting tantalizingly close to turning this vision into a reality.
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Deck out your home to look like Philz coffeehouse
Food // Home
Sophia Markoulakis
Oct. 9, 2015 Updated: Oct. 9, 2015 11:22 a.m.
1of10Philz Coffee in Potrero Hill, furnished by Dot & Bo. The San Francisco-based online company has released a collection inspired by the look of the popular coffeehouse. Credit: Dot & BoDot & BoShow MoreShow Less
10of10Philz Coffee in Potrero Hill, furnished by Dot & Bo. The San Francisco-based online company has released a collection inspired by the look of the popular coffeehouse. Credit: Dot & BoDot & BoShow MoreShow Less
When Philz opened in 2003, the Mission District coffee shop was decorated with an assortment of abandoned furniture that owner Phil Jaber plucked off the street. Jaber also brought in items from his own home: "I wanted a place for people to sit and talk, so I took the table from my kitchen and put it there."
That eclectic, distressed, laid-back look — what store designer Heather Keane Leonard calls "imperfectly perfect" — sets Philz apart in an era of minimalist third-wave coffee temples.
Philz recently teamed with San Francisco online shopping site Dot & Bo to furnish its new Potrero Hill outpost. "The style of Dot & Bo works well with us because we go for a residential feel in our furniture," says Leonard. "We're always looking for high-quality pieces that can withstand a commercial environment, but feel really homey."
As part of the collaboration, Dot & Bo has released a collection inspired by Philz. Yes, now you can outfit your home to look like a coffeehouse.
Philz Coffee in Potrero Hill, furnished by Dot & Bo. The San Francisco-based online company has released a collection inspired by the look of the popular coffeehouse. Credit: Dot & BoDot & Bo
Besides the requisite community table, the 100-item collection includes an oversize tufted leather armchair ($899.99), distressed wood chairs and tables ($244.99 and $499.99), chalkboards ($59.99), pour-over sets ($84.99) and wall-mounted cubbies ($119.99 for three) that hold mugs (from a collection selected by Philz employees). Shoppers can even buy coffee ($13.99) and a kokedama mint plant ($42.99) to complete the look.
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No word yet on whether the line will expand, but Leonard knows that she can always rely on Jaber to offload pieces from his home (items from his home are scattered throughout his 25 Philz locations). "We get Phil's rejects from his living room and he tells me to take them and put them to use. He never wants to throw anything away."
— Sophia Markoulakis, home@sfchronicle.com
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In Nepalgunj, UML supporters staged a demonstration against the plan to make Nawalaparasi to Bardiya Province 5 by taking out hill districts from here.
"We are protesting against the government proposal to split Province 5," said Ashok Koirala, Banke district chairman of the UML, warning that they will not accept a constitution amendment that splits Province 5. In Bardiya, UML supporters demonstrated at Basgadhi, Bhurigaun, Rajapur and the district headquarters, demanding that all the districts of Province 5 should be kept intact. In Dang also, UML activists protested against the government plan.
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Actor Alec Baldwin will face involuntary manslaughter charges due to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the western Rust. Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will also be charged.
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Vansh MehraApril 15, 2020
Silver Surfer Join the MCU:
We're pretty excited about the MCU going full-on cosmic in the coming few films. Eternals will be the first Phase 4 movie to explore a bit of the cosmic history related to Earth. WandaVision could also surprise us with a few cosmic connections through SWORD. Then Thor: Love And Thunder will actually be the next film to take us into new areas of MCU's deep space corners. It might even introduce us to the new space guy, Beta Ray Bill. But will it also bring in the likes of Silver Surfer? Absolutely not!!
Taika Waititi has confirmed the fact that the rumors about Norrin Radd making his debut in Thor: Love And Thunder are completely false. So, we should surely look at other options for the introduction of Silver Surfer in the MCU. It could happen in his own solo TV show or a movie. But a Silver Surfer project does feel a bit far-fetched considering that there's a lot that the MCU has to handle for now. So, they cannot be doing an origin story for Norrin Radd as the Herald of Galactus until they introduce him and make him a familiar name amongst the general audience. And that's why Silver Surfer has to make his debut in a different movie.
Silver Surfer could present a strong case for himself to appear in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. James Gunn has wanted to use the character since Guardians Vol. 2 but recently he teased the fact that he has had conversations with Marvel about Silver Surfer in Vol. 3. But we have reason to believe that it wouldn't happen in Vol. 3. James Gunn already has a handful of characters to be used. Moreover Nova has to make his debut sooner rather than later. His solo movie is supposed to be in development as of now, and that's why there's a stronger chance of him getting an appearance in Vol. 3. His debut is long due since the first Guardians movie anyway.
But talking about the Nova movie, We Got This Covered claims that it will also bring Silver Surfer into play. This makes total sense for us. Every cosmic movie is supposed to explore further corners of the cosmos. And that will account for Nova as well. It all lines up perfectly as Nova would first be introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, then he will lay the groundwork for Silver Surfer to arrive, who could then get his own solo story, introducing us to his home world and Galactus.
Nova would show us how Richard Rider got access to the Nova Force after Thanos wrecked Xandar (again). And it will introduce Silver Surfer because, why not? Nova himself is an obscure character and even after getting an introduction in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, he still won't be a strong enough property to hold his own solo film. So, a team up with Silver Surfer will allow Nova to have a marketing boost and may be even tell a strong story. You know what? Silver Surfer could actually be a villain against Nova. He could come in to help Galactus consume Xandar. It'd be so amazing and we're all in for Silver Surfer in the Nova movie. What's interesting is that a Nova movie could happen as soon as November 3, 2023. The MCU is all for throwing curveballs at us through their release schedules, and one of those curve balls could surely be Nova. Let's see what happens.
Here's the new release schedule of the MCU till July 8, 2022:
Black Widow – November 6, 2020
Eternals – February 12, 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings – May 7, 2021
Spider-Man 3 – July 16, 2021
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – November 5, 2021
Thor: Love And Thunder – February 18, 2022
Black Panther 2 – May 6, 2022
Captain Marvel 2 – July 8, 2022
The following 7 Disney+ series will also be placed between these films – The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, WandaVision, Loki, What If…?, Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight & She-Hulk.
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Lies That Led to Wars
By John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service*
Hitler's Lies
It very often happens that political leaders tell lies to gain public support before they start wars. For example, Adolf Hitler lied about the persecution of German minorities to justify his invasions of Poland and Czechoslovakia.
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In the case of Poland, Hitler's government also arranged several false flag attacks to justify the invasion. On August 2, 1939, Hitler told his generals,
"I will provide a propagandistic causus belli. Its credibility doesn't matter. The victor will not be asked whether he told the truth."
The Nazi invasion of Poland marked the start of World War II.
Approximately 75 million people were killed during World War II, including about 40 million civilians, many of whom died because of deliberate genocide, massacres, mass-bombings, disease, and starvation.
Lies before and during the Vietnam War
The Pentagon Papers, bravely published by Daniel Ellsberg, revealed that the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam conflict was based on the fictitious Gulf of Tonkin incident. They also reveal the Johnson Administration systematically lied, not only to the public, but also to Congress. They also reveal that the war was secretly enlarged by bombing nearby Cambodia and Laos.
The weight of the bombs dropped on Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos was double the weight of all the bombs dropped on Europe and Asia during World War II. Daniel Ellsberg believed that when U.S. citizens discovered the Vietnam War was based on lies, it would end, but it continued for many more years.
Lies before the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
The George W. Bush administration justified their invasion by the false claim that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. Some U.S. officials also falsely accused Sadam of harbouring and supporting Al Qaeda.
The invasion was a part of the "War on Terror" which followed 9/11 attacks, although Iraq had nothing to do with them. When Bush was told of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, his first words were, "Now can I invade Iraq?"
Lies about the War in Afghanistan
The mainstream media, including the BBC, do not tell us the true story of how Afghanistan was invaded by the United States and its allies. Here is an article by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies about the invasion of Afghanistan:
As revealed in the article, shortly after the 9/11 attacks, in an undamaged part of the Pentagon, Donald Rumsfeld held a meeting with his colleagues in which he said, "best info fast. Judge whether good enough to hit S.H. [Sadam Hussein] at the same time – not only UBL [Usama Bin Laden]… Go massive. Sweep it all up. Things related and not."
So, only hours after the 9/11 attacks, military leaders were engaged in using the "Pearl Harbor moment" to justify wars on a global scale.
The Taliban Offered to Extradite Osama
The invasion of Afghanistan was not only criminal, but also completely unnecessary. The Taliban offered to give Osama Bin Laden to the United States, if proof of his involvement in the 9/11 attacks could be provided.
However, this offer was ignored, and bombs began to fall on the Afghan people. Bush wanted to be a wartime president. This history of the Afghan war is kept from us by today's mass media. Here we see lies not only preceding a war, but also following it.
The 9/11 Attacks and the "War on Terror"
The invasion of Afghanistan was part of the "War on Terror" that followed the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington. But what is the truth about these attacks? This question is examined in the first chapter of my book entitled "Terrorism: A False Threat". The book may be downloaded and circulated free of charge.
Links to Other Books on Global Problems
Other freely downloadable books and articles on global problems can be found on the following links:
https://www.johnavery.info/
https://wsimag.com/authors/716-john-scales-avery
http://eacpe.org/about-john-scales-avery/
Please circulate these links to your friends and contacts who might be interested.
* John Scales Avery, Ph.D., who was part of a group that shared the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize for their work in organizing the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, is a member of the TRANSCEND Network and Associate Professor Emeritus at the H.C. Ørsted Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
He is the author of numerous books and articles both on scientific topics and on broader social questions. His most recent books are Information Theory and Evolution and Civilization's Crisis in the 21st Century (pdf). Website: https://www.johnavery.info/
This article originally appeared on Transcend Media Service (TMS) on 1 Nov 2021: TMS: Lies That Led to Wars
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Robbie says Marlins could be historically bad and challenge the 1899 Cleveland Spiders. Beast thinks he found Robbie's burner twitter account.By Tobin, Beast & Leroy.
Goran Dragic wouldn't know what to do without Udonis Haslem. Hunting for leaks on the Dolphins Schedule. Tim Tebow vs Derek Jeter who would draw more interest playing for the Marlins. Robbie's Draft Room.By Tobin, Beast & Leroy.
Boxcar Willie. Marlins are really bad. NFL schedule comes out tonight. Leaks on some Dolphins games in the schedule. Pete Davidson the master of the rebound. Russell Westbrook keeps shutting down the OKC reporter. Former UFC fighter Rashad Evans joins the show.By Tobin, Beast & Leroy.
More Dolphins schedule leaks. Adam Gase says he went to the Jets to beat the Patriots when really he went to the Jets because he got fired. Doom Box Draw. Chris Grier says he had final say the last 3 drafts. The guys try to play the win loss game with the Dolphins schedule.By Tobin, Beast & Leroy.
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The Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) staff alleges that Cheryl Sanders, an incumbent Fire Commissioner for the Whatcom County Fire District No. 8, failed to file an annual Personal Financial Affairs Statement (F-1 Report), due no later than April 15, 2016, disclosing financial activities for CY 2015, in violation of RCW 42.17A.700.
At the January 20, 2017, Brief Enforcement hearing, the Presiding Officer found Ms. Sanders violated RCW 42.17A.700 by failing to file an F-1 report for CY 2015, and assessed a civil penalty of $250 in accordance with WAC 390-37-160, which is payable within 30 days of the date of the Order.


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Sometimes on the Diner we just want some good old fashioned, silly fun - does The Hurricane Heist deliver?
Is it a rip roaring B Movie with an engaging cast, full of mad special effects and death defying stunts?
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Vaccines are key in our fight against coronavirus
ROB PORTMAN
U.S. SENATOR-OHIO
Ohio, like the rest of the country, is currently experiencing an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases. The number of new cases per day in Ohio has more than doubled over the last three weeks. In short, the trajectory is not good, with not just more cases, but more hospitalizations, more visits to the ICU, and sadly, more fatalities. We need to take every measure available to us to reverse this trend.
While masks, social distancing, and testing are important to slowing the spread of the virus, and new therapies can reduce the symptoms, I believe that the single most important thing we can do is to develop effective vaccines to provide immunity to the disease, allowing people to get back to a more normal life and return to work, churches and other places of worship, schools, restaurants, and just to be able to get together with family and friends. In addition to making these vaccine available, it is critical that people feel confident about getting the vaccination. The more people who receive the approved vaccine, the more effective it will be in stopping the virus from affecting all of us.
There are clinical trials for a number of potential COVID-19 vaccines currently ongoing around the country — these trials are critical for gathering information on how safe and effective the vaccines are in order to receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for public use. I recently spoke to CTI Clinical Trials and Consulting Services in Cincinnati, a global research company managing some of these trials, and they told me how important it is to have enough volunteers sign up and participate in the trial process.
For that reason, I decided to join one of CTI's trials testing a potential vaccine being developed by Jannsen-Johnson & Johnson (J&J). Like other participants in the trial, I don't know if I received the vaccine or a placebo. Anyone who volunteers is playing a small but important part in speeding up the process to have vaccines available by providing additional data to complete the trial. I hope that by participating in one of these trials I can help raise awareness about how important they are, and hopefully encourage more people to participate.
We must also do more to increase public confidence in the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines that are ultimately authorized by the FDA. I am concerned about the significant lack of trust among the public right now surrounding vaccines — according to the most recent Gallup survey, only 58 percent of Americans are willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine once it is authorized. If almost half of all people are unwilling to take a vaccine, we will not be able to turn the corner on this pandemic. Part of the reason that public trust has declined is because of the rhetoric from some public officials, casting doubt on vaccines solely because it may be approved by the Trump Administration's FDA.
It is irresponsible to question this important vaccine approval process solely for political reasons. World-class scientists working overtime on these vaccines are taking extraordinary measures to ensure their safety and efficacy. In fact, the FDA has actually raised the standards for giving any COVID vaccine an Emergency Use Authorization that allows it to be quickly distributed. By going through this process and using my platform as a U.S. Senator, I hope we can get more people to once again trust in the scientists and researchers working around the clock to develop these vaccines.
Thanks to the bipartisan CARES Act that provided $27 billion in funds for COVID-19 vaccine development, the Trump Administration's innovative approach to cut bureaucratic red tape with Operation Warp Speed, and most importantly, the commitment and ingenuity of our researchers and scientists and manufacturers, we are making progress in developing safe and effective vaccines. As we have seen in recent days, this incredible investment of time, energy, and resources into developing a vaccine for COVID-19 has paid off with some very promising potential candidates, with vaccines developed by Moderna and Pfizer demonstrating effectiveness rates close to 95 percent, almost triple the effectiveness of the typical annual flu vaccine. The J&J vaccine in the trial I'm participating in has also shown great promise.
We must do everything we can to ensure this promising development continues, which is why Congress must come together in a bipartisan fashion and pass targeted coronavirus legislation that ensure there is sufficient funding for vaccine research and distribution. Safe and effective vaccines are critical to keeping our businesses open, helping the unemployed get back to work, and stopping the harmful health consequences of the COVID-19 virus. I would encourage Ohioans who are interested to join me in participating in one of these vaccine trials. Together, we can and will be able to defeat this pandemic, the greatest health care challenge of our time.
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Tokyo, February 12, 2013 - Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, "Hitachi") today announced the co-development of a technology to verify software specifications in highly efficient software development of reliable large-scale software in social infrastructure systems, together with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ("ETH") and Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd. ("Hitachi India"). The technology developed employs formal methods that are techniques suited to the development of high quality software regarding reliability and security. It was verified that if a model is developed and its quality is verified, by re-using this model in the development of other systems, the development time to generate and verify new models can be reduced by approximately 80%. Hitachi will release the supporting tool as open source software from today to promote its use and improvement in real applications.
In social infrastructure such as energy supply, public systems and railways, it is essential to efficiently develop software that is able to address the complexity and scale of the system while maintaining a high level of reliability. In recent years, formal methods have received attention as techniques for the development of such high quality software requiring safety and security, and its use is recommended in international standards. Formal methods differ from previous techniques, which check the quality after the software is developed, in that it systematically confirms the accuracy of design descriptions during software development. Thus, software development time is greatly influenced by how efficiently this confirmation process is conducted. The software technology developed re-employs models created with formal methods, and by doing so, significantly reduces the confirmation process thus shortening development time.
Features of the software technology developed are as described below.
The development is based on Event-B,*1 a widely accepted method using the theorem proving*2 approach to prove that the design description meets the requirements, and features the ability to efficiently verify the quality of even large-scale systems.
In order to improve this software technology for practical applications, Hitachi will release the supporting tool as open source software from February 12. Hitachi will continue to promote research and development of technologies applying formal methods for the efficient development of highly reliable systems for social infrastructure.
Event-B: A formal modeling method developed by ETH and others under an EU project, based on the theorem proving approach. The method is suited to modeling in the upstream stage of system development, and its application has been reported in the development of railway systems, automotive systems, and enterprise information systems.
Theorem proving approach: A widely accepted verification method to prove formal models, this approach verifies that the design description meets requirements mathematically, such as by first-order predicate logic, using computing. Although part of the verification process must be conducted manually, it can be applied to the verification of large-scale systems without being restricted by computer resource.
Based on Hitachi estimate. In an internal feasibility study for this project, an instantiated formal model was generated based on an already proven generic model. In the generated model, it was found that approximately 80% of the items that require verification could be re-used.
The Formal Verification Support Software adapts the re-use technology in the Generic Instantiation Model. Generic instantiation is a technique to generate a desired formal model from a template called the generic model that consists of some abstract symbols. A desired model is generated by replacing these abstract symbols in the generic model with other, more concrete values specified by the user. The generated model is called an instantiated model to distinguish it from the generic model. The Formal Verification Support Software developed has the function of generating the desired instantiated model from the generic model described above together with the relationship between abstract symbols and its concrete values. Thus re-using the generic model as a template has the benefit of significantly reducing the volume of model description.
Further, by proving the validity of the generic model beforehand, generic instantiation allows to omit a large portion of the verification of the instantiated one. In order to skip the redundant verification steps, however, it is necessary that the concrete values replacing the abstract symbols meet some specified syntactic constraints. The Formal Verification Support Software developed includes a function to check that these syntactic constraints are met and only then generates an instantiated model.
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 320,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2011 (ended March 31, 2012) consolidated revenues totalled 9,665 billion yen. Hitachi is focusing more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, industrial, transportation and urban development systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.


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Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is on tour
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The incredible 'Showstopper! The Improvised Musical' is on a nationwide tour
The incredible 'Showstopper! The Improvised Musical' is on a nationwide tour and this includes a monthly residency at the West End's Lyric Theatre and a month long run at Edinburgh Festival in August. Spontaneous musical comedy at its finest, it is the first ever long-form improv show to have a full West End run and to be nominated and win an Olivier Award! Completely improvised and genuinely entirely different every night this is a must see show!
For those that haven't yet experienced the live phenomenon that is 'Showstopper! The Improvised Musical', it is a fully-realised musical created live on the spot from audience suggestions. The cast transform from suggestions of setting, genre and style with ingenious storylines and hilarious characters. The audience also name that night's show, which is added to The Showstoppers' archive. From Pink Floyd to Stephen Sondheim, via a school, Ancient Egypt or a mattress shop – if the audience can suggest it, The Showstoppers will perform it. It's hugely funny to watch.
The group are long running, well known and renowned for their improvisation work. Most cast members have also received acclaim in their own right. The Showstoppers have been working on the show since 2008, figuring out how to improvise in increasingly esoteric styles, musical, dance, straight theatre, and film genres to name but a few.
The show has been at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the past 12 years and now has a reputation as a 'Must See' Edinburgh Fringe show. It had a 8-week run at London's Other Palace in early 2019 and continues to play monthly at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End. In the Autumn of 2015, it became the first longform improv show to have a full run in the West End at the Apollo Theatre.
LONDON'S WEST END DATES @ LYRIC THEATRE: 25th April/ 23RD May/ 20th June / 18th July/ 26th September / 24thOctober/Mon 12th December @ 7.30pm
https://nimaxtheatres.com/shows/showstopper-the-improvised-musical-lyric/
EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL @ PLEASANCE COURTYARD – THE GRAND – 3rd – 28th August (not 16th)
Fri 1st STAFFORD – The Gatehouse Theatre @ 7.30pm
Sat 23rd YORK – Theatre Royal @ 7.30pm
Thurs 28th COLCHESTER – Mercury @ 7.30pm
Sun 1st SALFORD – The Lowry – @ 4pm & 8pm
Thu 12th TUNBRIDGE WELLS – Trinity Theatre
Fri 13th TUNBRIDGE WELLS – Trinity Theatre
Sat 7th STOKE ON TRENT – The Regent Theatre @ 7.30pm
Thurs 19th AYLESBURY – Waterside Theatre @ 7.30pm
Sat 4th WAKEFIELD – Theatre Royal @ 7.30pm
Fri 10th WORTHING – Pavilion @ 7.30pm
Sat 18th HULL – Hull Truck @ 7.30pm
Wed 22nd & Thurs 23rd SOUTHAMPTON – Mast Studios @ 7.30pm
*The show runs for 90 minutes plus an interval apart from Edinburgh where it is 70 minutes with no interval.
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In 2004, following a 25 year career as a film industry executive in New York City Sandra turned her sights to "Green" issues working exclusively with Antarctic scientists. Following seven expeditions to Antarctica she was selected for membership in the prestigious International Explorer's Club in 2007 as well as being a supporting sponsor for The Last Ocean Project. In 2008 she participated in the nominations for the Pew Foundation's Marine Science Fellowship Program and is a former Trustee of the Univ. of Florida's Whitney Laboratory for Marine BioScience.
Graham Robertson is a seabird ecologist at the Australian Antarctic Division. After spending half of his working life as a botanist in arid Australia, he switched to seabirds in the late 1980′s when he completed an over wintering study on emperor penguins near Mawson Station, Antarctica.
Attracted by the conservation imperative, in the early 1990′s he broadened his horizons to include research with long line fishing industries on methods to reduce their impact on migratory seabirds. His principal endeavor is to develop science-based solutions to the problem of seabird mortality in long line fisheries and embed findings in conservation measures/regulation. He has conducted research on all long-line fishing methods in the world that endanger seabirds – demersal, autoline, demersal, Spanish system and pelagic.
In 2004 he was awarded a Pew Fellowship to research seabird avoidance methods with the Spanish method of deep water long lining. In 2007 he switched to pelagic long line fisheries. He has completed numerous seabird by-catch avoidance experiments and is currently working with an Australian engineering company to develop an underwater bait setting system for tuna and swordfish fisheries.


I go through phases of wanting to write about certain topics and at the moment it's travel, probably because we just booked our next adventure and it feels like a million years away, so getting nostalgic about my honeymoon is helping.
After our mini road trip to the South East, we stayed local for a few days and just enjoyed lounging around in geothermally heated hot tubs and pools. We're normally always on the go so this trip felt really laid back for us, although I think this would still be considered not enough relaxing on honeymoon by some. Different strokes!
I love pigging out on breakfast on holiday before a busy day of exploring. Multiple croissants before 8am are acceptable on honeymoon right?
When I first looked into Iceland, I read about a hike up in Hveragerði an active volcano -Hengill- to a river which ran hot because of the geothermal activity in the area, which you can bathe in. Because of weather or timing I've never got around to it, so on a quiet day we decided to go and check it out.
I read online it takes about an hour each way, but what I didn't take into account was the fact that would all be uphill. It was absolutely killer and I was shattered by the first ten minutes. As the path curved around peaks you could never see where you were going, which was the only thing that stopped me from turning back. I did notice at one point a post which read 30, so I knew we were still ages away but I persevered. Every time we came across a river we checked it to see if it was hot, to no avail.
When we finally reached the top the path was covered in steam and mud bubbled in the ground, it was fascinating and eerie at the same time as no one else was around.
The river has been equipped with decking along the side for easy access and changing, but sadly lots of people left their rubbish there. I can't for the life of me understand that but it happens a lot in Iceland, tourists leave rubbish at natural spots of beauty and it falls on the locals to clean it up. Whenever we go anywhere we tend to bring back some of other people's rubbish with us and certainly never leave any of our own.
We got into the river and found the hottest spot we could handle, by swimming upstream. When we got too hot we would crawl down into a lower part to cool off. It's such a relaxing feeling, especially after such a hard -hard for me at least!- walk. We stayed there for hours in the knowledge it wouldn't be getting dark anytime soon, before eventually heading back in search of food. Thankfully the way down was considerably easier, but I felt accomplished for my mini volcano adventure.
Aaron and I in Hotel Ion, on our last day there. Why are cold weather clothes so much better than Summer? Roll on Autumn when I can wear hats and gloves in the UK.
We moved hotels to Hotel Katla, which was recently featured in an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians as they stayed there just before us. It was so funny seeing it on TV and seeing Kim and Kourtney in 'our' hot tub. Obviously I don't like hunting or dead animals generally but I had to take a photo of this because I couldn't believe the size (Aaron is 6″4).
Polar bears don't live in Iceland, but every few years or so turn up on icebergs from Greenland. They're confused, starved and aggressive so unfortunately get shot. It's such a shame, but I can sympathise as they're so huge, if you're not expecting one what on Earth would you do to safely transport it back, without causing even more distress?
Hopefully we will see happy, alive polar bears in the wild later this year, when we go to Svalbard. – Having been to Svalbard, can I just add what the hell was I thinking when I wrote this? Thankfully we didn't see any polar bears and thus I'm still alive and able to tell blog the tale.
Near to our hotel is Eyjafjallajökull, the volcano which caused all the issues in 2010. I managed to learn to say it correctly on honeymoon too as it ends in glacier like our wedding 'venue', FYI it's pronounced Aya – fiatla – you-cccch. There are some similarities between Welsh and Icelandic (not that I speak Welsh fluently!).
Iceland's oldest swimming pool Seljavallalaug is heated naturally by that volcano and sits nested in the mountains with amazing views, so we decided to go and find it. Thankfully the walk was a lot easier than the hike a few days before.
Being fascinated by glaciers, one thing on my bucket list which I've still not managed to do is to go inside an ice cave. They're only stable in Winter but weather conditions have meant getting to them has never been possible when I've been away. We decided to go and look at Inside The Volcano, Iceland's manmade ice cave which takes you 30m under the ice of Langjökull.
As it's not a natural ice cave, the thing I was most excited about was just going up onto an ice cap. It was exactly as I imagined it would be, nothing but sky and snow for miles and silence. To drive over the glacier we had to go in a huge truck which was once a missile carrier and deflate the tyres.
The ice caves themselves were pretty cool, there was a hole in the tunnel where a natural crevasse was found which was absolutely huge.
Icelandic horses are so beautiful. On our last night in Iceland we stopped to watch them for a while and take photos, they're such a familiar sight as you drive around in all weather.
Whilst I was sad for our honeymoon to come to an end and for us to be leaving Iceland, I still felt shattered from the wedding and was looking forward to sleeping in my own bed. 3 months on I'm still pinching myself that it all happened.
This place is magical! Love your pictures and the ica cave, and the two of you are so cute together!!! Have a nice weekend!
These pictures look beautiful !
This looks stunning – and that polar bear!! jeez.
Amazing pictures – I'm really enjoying your posts!


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2006 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards
Australian communities are developing innovative and effective community-based projects that help to reduce and prevent crime and violence in all their forms. The annual Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards aim to encourage public initiative and help governments develop practical programs to prevent and reduce crime and provide recognition to projects that have been particularly effective. In recognition of the police contribution to crime prevention, in 2006 awards were presented for the first time to two police specific projects or initiatives. There were four national community award winning projects announced for 2006, with the winners receiving a certificate of merit and $10,000 in funding.
The winning programs from the community sector were:
Chance on Main (Tas) - Designed for 'difficult' youths aged from 14 to19 years who are perceived to be at risk of committing crime and antisocial behaviour, or becoming homeless and disconnected from their family. The program provides high profile community and sporting personalities as mentors, and counselling as well as individual and family support.
Gove Peninsula Community Patrol (NT) - Working closely with other support agencies, local Yolgnu women staff patrols and work to reduce the impact of alcohol abuse in their community by providing information, advice and support to at risk members.
Make it Work: Employment and Mentoring Program (Vic) - Dealing with the problems offenders confront when reentering the community, the program provides employment, vocational training assistance, referrals and other support to bailees from the Melbourne magistrates court.
Residential Beef Production Training Program (NT) - The four week training program covers a variety of skills related to beef cattle production and aims to engage its participants in gainful employment or further training. It is intended that program graduates can help decrease antisocial and offending behaviour by acting as role models for the community.
The winning programs from the police sector were:
Homelands Partnership (Qld) - The project is concerned with homelessness in the central business district of Cairns and related issues of public drunkenness, antisocial behaviour and public fears about crime. An agreement with local liquor stores was made not to sell wine casks before 4pm to reduce public drunkenness. Outstanding fines were also allowed to be paid in instalments in order to reduce crimes such as stealing and begging.
Northern Territory Police Violent Crime Reduction Strategy (VCRS) (NT) - This strategy aims to reduce domestic violence by improving police response times to domestic violence calls, education and early intervention. Targeting offenders early in their cycle of offending, perpetrators' behaviours are monitored and action taken before violence occurs.
2007. 2006 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards. Crime facts info no. 142. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. https://aic.gov.au/publications/cfi/cfi142
Last modified 3 November 2017 Australian Institute of Criminology
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