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Q: system.NullpointerException:Attempt to de-reference a null object I am getting error
system.NullpointerException:Attempt to de-reference a null object
It is working fine in sandbox once i deploy in production it gave me error as above.
set<String> unqName = new Set<String>();
List<Account> actLst = new List<Account>();
Map<String,List<Account>> act = new Map<String,List<Account>>(); // add list item to map

for(Account a:[SELECT Id,Name,duplicate__c FROM Account where Id In (Select Account_Name__c FROM Opportunity__c)])
{
    unqName.add(a.Name);
}

for(Account a:[SELECT Id,Name,duplicate__c FROM Account where Id In (Select AccountId FROM Contact)])
{
    unqName.add(a.Name);
}

List<AggregateResult> acc=[SELECT Name accname,  Prospect_Code__c  , COUNT(Id) ids FROM Account where Id Not
                           In (Select Account_Name__c FROM Opportunity__c) And Id Not In (Select AccountId FROM Contact)
                           GROUP BY Name, Prospect_Code__c  HAVING count(Id)>1];

List<Account> accList = [SELECT Id,Name,duplicate__c FROM Account where Id Not
                           In (Select AccountId from Contact) And Id Not In (Select Account_Name__c FROM Opportunity__c)];

for(Account acc : accList)
{
    if(!act.containsKey(acc.Name))
        {
            act.put(acc.Name,new List<Account>{acc});
        }
    else
        {
            act.get(acc.Name).add(acc);
           // System.debug(act.get(acc.Name));
        }

}

System.debug('Name' + unqName);

for(String tmp : act.keySet()){
    for(String s:unqName){
        if(s!=tmp){
            for(Account a:act.get(tmp)){
                if(act.get(tmp).indexOf(a) != 0)
                {
                    a.duplicate__c = True;
                    actLst.add(a);
                }
            }
        }
        else{
            for(Account a:act.get(s)){         //error here....
                    a.duplicate__c = True;
                    actLst.add(a);
            }
        }
    }
}

System.debug(' actLst size '+ actLst.size());

        if(!actLst.isEmpty()){
            update accList;
            System.debug('accList size ' + actLst.size());
            System.debug('accList ' + actLst);
        }

A: The problem has to do with case sensitive vs. insensitive string equality.
TL;DR; use the current act key, tmp, rather than the current unqName value, s to get the map value:
        else{
            for(Account a:act.get(tmp)){

You hit the else when s!=tmp is false, ie, when s == tmp is true. From the answer and link at this question, we see that == is case-insensitive for Strings. But Map keys that are strings are case sensitive. So 2 Account.Name values, General Electric and gEneral eLectric, would be ==, but  Map.get('General Electric') will fail if there's only a map key 'gEneral eLectric'.

A: I found the solution using APEX BATCH
global class findDuplicateAccountBatchClass implements Database.Batchable<sObject>,  Database.Stateful {
    global set<String> unqName = new Set<String>();
    global List<Account> actLst = new List<Account>();
    global Map<String, List<Account>> act = new Map<String, List<Account>>();
    global map<id, account> accmap = new map<id, account>();

    global findDuplicateAccountBatchClass(){
        System.debug('In findDuplicateAccountBatchClass');
        for(Account a : [SELECT Id, Name, duplicate__c FROM Account where Id In (Select Account_Name__c FROM Opportunity__c)]){
            unqName.add(a.Name);
        }
        for(Account a : [SELECT Id,Name,duplicate__c FROM Account where Id In (Select AccountId FROM Contact)]){
            unqName.add(a.Name);
        }
        List<AggregateResult> acc = [SELECT Name accname,  Prospect_Code__c  , COUNT(Id) ids FROM Account where Id Not
                                   In (Select Account_Name__c FROM Opportunity__c) And Id Not In (Select AccountId FROM Contact)
                                   GROUP BY Name, Prospect_Code__c  HAVING count(Id)>1];
    }
    global Database.QueryLocator start(Database.BatchableContext bc) {
        String query = 'SELECT Id,Name,duplicate__c FROM Account where Id Not In (Select AccountId from Contact) And Id Not In (Select Account_Name__c FROM Opportunity__c)';
        return Database.getQueryLocator(query);
    }
    global void execute(Database.BatchableContext BC, List<sObject> scope){
        System.debug('In execute');
        for(sObject ss : scope)
        {
            Account acc = (Account)ss;
            System.debug('Account '+ acc.Id +' '+ acc.Name);
            if(!act.containsKey(acc.Name))
            {
                act.put(acc.Name, new List<Account>{acc});
            }
            else
            {
                act.get(acc.Name).add(acc);
                // System.debug(act.get(acc.Name));
            }
        }
        System.debug('Name :' + unqName);
        for(String tmp : act.keySet()){
            for(String s : unqName){
                if(s!=tmp){
                    for(Account a : act.get(tmp)){
                        if(act.get(tmp).indexOf(a) != 0)
                        {
                            a.duplicate__c = True;
                            actLst.add(a);
                        }
                    }
                }
                else{
                    for(Account a : act.get(tmp)){
                        a.duplicate__c = True;
                        actLst.add(a);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        System.debug(' actLst size ' + actLst.size());
        accmap.putall(actLst);
        System.debug(' accmap size ' + accmap.size());
        if(accmap.size()>0){
            update accmap.values();
        }
        /*if(!actLst.isEmpty()){
            System.debug('accList size ' + actLst.size());
            update actLst;
            System.debug('accList size ' + actLst.size());
            System.debug('accList ' + actLst);
        }*/
    }
    global void finish(Database.BatchableContext BC){
    }
}

Run below code in console
findDuplicateAccountBatchClass obj = new findDuplicateAccountBatchClass();
Database.executeBatch(obj, 10);

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SACRAMENTO BEE: State seeks fee on dangerous chemicals crisscrossing California
July 23, 2016 Roger Straw
Repost from the Sacramento Bee
State seeks fee on dangerous chemicals crisscrossing California
By Tony Bizjak, July 22, 2016 6:00AM
• California officials say the state isn't prepared to handle hazardous materials spills
• A new $45 fee on every rail car carrying dangerous substances will help beef up spill response
Day and night, trains crisscross California pulling long strings of tanker cars carrying volatile gas, chemicals and crude oil.
These shipments have long played a key role in powering the state economy, providing materials for medical supplies, computers and fertilizers, as well as fuels for vehicle fleets. But they also pose the risk of catastrophic spills.
Jolted by a series of oil train explosions nationally, including one in Oregon last month, the state this summer has drawn up a list of what it says are the 25 most hazardous materials shipped on rail in California. It plans to impose a new $45 fee later this year on every rail car carrying one of those materials. The money will be used to ramp up the state's emergency spill and fire response capabilities.
The state Legislature ordered the fee program after a Governor's Office of Emergency Services analysis that found significant gaps in California's ability to deal with spills, especially in rural and remote areas.
The fee plan is disputed by the state's major railroad companies who say they think it's illegal.
The top 25 list includes materials that are dangerous to humans either by direct contact or because they are highly flammable. They include ammonia, chlorine, propane, butane, fertilizers, acids, petroleum gases and oils.
"When one of these trains derails, it puts lives, property and the economy at risk," said State Fire and Rescue Chief Kim Zagaris. "And right now, we don't have surge capacity to deal with a major spill."
Because of the secrecy shrouding shipments of hazardous materials, it's hard to know how big a risk they pose. State safety officials and private shippers refuse to disclose the amount, frequency, routes or timing of hazardous material shipments, citing federal safety regulations and state health and safety law restrictions, as well as concerns about terrorist or other criminal acts.
50 Approximate number of spills in the Roseville railyard in 2015
Even local fire departments typically don't know in detail what materials are coming through, although they can get some after-the-fact information about hazardous materials that have traveled through their areas, if they request it.
Hazardous materials in train tanker cars can be identified, however, at least generically, by the identification numbers on diamond-shaped placards displayed on the sides of cars.
Trains observed by The Sacramento Bee in recent weeks in downtown and midtown Sacramento carried numerous hazardous materials, including liquefied petroleum gas, sulfuric acid and liquids designated hazardous at temperatures above 212 degrees Fahrenheit. A few trains were carrying either cleaning fluid, weed killing fluid, diesel fuel or other flammable liquids. Others were listed as holding unspecified petroleum distillates or petroleum products.
Shippers also have acknowledged transporting Bakken crude oil and Canadian tar sand oil through Sacramento neighborhoods.
California's planned $45 per-train-car fee will pay for the creation of 12 specially trained hazmat teams to be spread out geographically near "gap" areas where there is a lack of expertise and equipment to deal with major spills, state Office of Emergency Services officials said.
Most will be in the lower Central Valley, on the coast and in Southern California. One hazmat team will be located in Yuba City, not far from the Feather River Canyon, where trains carrying hazardous materials travel the steep mountainside above a river that provides drinking water to urban areas as well as water for Central Valley farms.
Many larger fire departments already have specially trained hazmat teams. There are four in the Sacramento area, one each stationed in Roseville, Natomas, Carmichael and south Sacramento.
Railroad companies contend the proposed fee is illegal under federal law, which prohibits states from putting any constraints on interstate commerce via rail. Under the state plan, the companies that own the hazardous materials must pay the fee, but railroad companies must collect the fee from them and convey it to the state.
The Union Pacific and BNSF – the two main hazardous materials shippers in California – sent letters to the state last month saying the fee interferes in the railroads' business dealings with their shipper customers and demanding the state desist.
"These emergency regulations violate federal law; therefore, (California) must abandon the process of adoption," UP assistant vice president Phillip Christensen wrote. "No state can regulate the rates or charges a railroad collects from its customers. This kind of 'economic regulation' is categorically prohibited" by federal interstate commerce law.
UP officials declined to be interviewed for the story. The company sent The Bee an email saying that safety is the railroad's primary focus when transporting hazardous materials. The email did not say whether the railroad might sue the state to stop the fee.
The American Chemistry Council, which represents hazmat shippers, said its members are concerned that California's actions could lead to dozens of states imposing rail fees, creating what chemistry council spokesman Scott Jensen calls a confusing "patchwork" of regulations without certainty about how the money would be spent, beyond creation of some hazmat teams.
Dow Chemical regulatory affairs official Dale Backlund said his company would like the state to meet more with the industry to talk about the best approach to conducting emergency response training. "Can we slow down the train and think through the implications of this?" he said.
NO STATE CAN REGULATE THE RATES OR CHARGES A RAILROAD COLLECTS FROM ITS CUSTOMERS. Union Pacific's Phillip Christensen
Despite such complaints, state Office of Emergency Services officials say they plan to impose the fee later this year, although they expect to continue talking with the railroad companies and shippers about fine-tuning the fee program.
"It is law now," Zagaris said. "We are following the law."
The state plans to collect up to $10 million annually from hazardous materials shippers, to be placed in the Regional Railroad Accident Preparedness and Immediate Response Fund. The fund will be capped at $20 million.
Although hazardous materials also are shipped on highways, the fee is being applied only to rail shipments, mainly because the threat of a major spill incident is greater on rail, Zagaris said.
"It is a bigger item for us to deal with, takes a larger response, more surge capacity and it puts the public and environment at more risk," he said. "That's not to say, at some point, (the state) won't come back and try to ID things transported on the road."
Railroads and hazardous materials shippers argue that the risks of oil and hazmat spills are being overplayed by anti-oil advocates and some community leaders. Very few trains derail, they note, and most hazardous material spills are small. A crude oil train crash in a Canadian town three years ago, though, unleashed a firestorm that killed 47 people, some in their sleep.
A Bee review of the state's rail spill database found that hundreds of hazardous material spills occur annually. The database represents an incomplete listing, based only on initial reports, not on post-response findings. But it does offer a glimpse at the many types of hazardous materials that run on local rails.
Most spills are small and many happen in railyards around the state, such as the Union Pacific yard in Roseville. There were about 50 reported spills in the Roseville yard in 2015. The largest local spill that year, as initially reported, was 300 gallons of diesel fuel that leaked due to an improperly closed locomotive fuel filter cap. Other small spills around the Roseville yard in 2015 involved butane, oil, liquid petroleum gas, anhydrous ammonia, picoline and sodium sulfide.
Larger spills, though rare, can be devastating to wildlife and rural economies. The most notorious modern rail-related toxic spill in California occurred 25 years ago when a train derailed and spilled 19,000 gallons of the pesticide metam sodium into the Sacramento River near Dunsmuir, killing aquatic life on a 40-mile stretch of the river for years. Rail safety improvements have since been made at a tight rail curve at that spill site.
In Sacramento, several dozen trains cross daily in downtown Sacramento on two main freight lines. A Bee review of trains on those tracks recently found that more than half of the trains included at least a few cars carrying hazardous materials.
One freight line is a north-south route that comes through the region between Yuba City and Stockton and passes through midtown Sacramento between 19th and 20th streets. The other is an east-west route that runs through Roseville and on a berm above downtown Sacramento, through the downtown railyard and through Davis, adjacent to downtown and the university campus.
Sacramento City Fire Department hazardous materials coordinator Jerry Apodaca said the Sacramento region, with four hazmat teams, is well positioned to deal with a potential spill. But he and other local fire officials say they remain on alert, not knowing on any given day what shipments are coming through or when.
"We don't know what's in those cars until we get there," he said.
CALIFORNIA'S LIST
The state wants to impose a $45 fee on rail cars that transport the 25 materials the state considers most hazardous. The list, with the hazard identification number of the materials:
Acetonitrile 1648
Alcohols 1987
Ammonia, anhydrous 1005
Ammonium hydroxide/ ammonia solutions 2073, 2672, 3318
Calcium hypochlorite 1748, 2208, 2880, 3485, 3486, 3487
Chlorine 1017
Corrosive liquid, basic, inorganic 3266
Diesel fuel/fuel oil/gas oil 1202, 1993
Environmentally hazardous substances, liquid 3082
Ethanol/ethyl alcohol 1170
Gasoline; when shipped as flammable liquid 1203, 1993, 3295
Hydrogen peroxide 2014, 2015, 2984, 3149
Liquefied petroleum gas 1075, 3161
Methanol/methyl alcohol 1230
Methyl ethyl ketone 1193
Nitric acid 2031, 2032
Petroleum crude oil 1267, 1270
Phenol 1671, 2312, 2821
Phosphoric acid 1805, 3453
Potassium hydroxide/caustic potash 1813, 1814
Propylene 1075, 1077, 3138
Sodium hydroxide/caustic soda 1823, 1824, 3320
Sulfuric acid 1830, 1831, 1832, 2796
Toluene 1294
Vinyl acetate 1301
Source: California Office of Emergency Services
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LATEST DERAILMENT: Baltimore MD hazardous materials train, no spill, no explosion
Repost from the Baltimore Sun
Work begins to clear derailed Howard Tunnel train; expected to take more than 24 hours
By Colin Campbell & Michael Dresser, June 13, 2016, 8:00PM EDT
CSX crews began uncoupling and removing train cars Monday evening from the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore, starting the process of clearing a derailment that shut down freight traffic through the city earlier in the day.
The Cumberland-bound train was carrying a volatile, flammable chemical when 13 cars went off the rails Monday morning, but authorities said there were no reports of leaks or injuries.
Work to clear the tunnel was expected to take more than 24 hours.
"This is going to be a long operation," said Bob Maloney, the city's emergency management director. "The Fire Department identified there was not an immediate threat to the public. We still consider that to be the case. We're prepared if that changes."
The 124-car train went off the rails near the tunnel's north entrance at the Mount Royal Station in Bolton Hill about 5:45 a.m. Monday, authorities said. But they waited until after the evening rush hour to begin clearing the tracks.
CSX Train derails in Baltimore
Twelve of the derailed train cars were empty "but possibly contained a residual substance in them," authorities said. The 13th carried acetone, a substance used in paint thinner and nail-polish remover.
Other cars in the train were carrying phenol, butane, liquefied petroleum gas, scrap iron and acid, authorities said.
In the event of a chemical spill during the clearing of the derailed cars, authorities said, the Fire Department would use a reverse 911 system to tell residents who live within a quarter-mile radius of the incident to shelter in place, officials said.
Crews are investigating a 13-car freight train derailment inside the Howard Street Tunnel Monday.
"Our meters show there's no immediate danger," Assistant Fire Chief Mark Wagner said.
Authorites are investigating the cause of the derailment. It started about one-third of the way through the train at car 47, one of the 18 that were carrying loads, authorities said.
The front of the train had entered the tunnel when the cars derailed just north of the tunnel, Maloney said. The derailed cars continued into the tunnel, where they stopped, he said.
The Philadelphia-to-Cumberland run "is a regular, routine route for this train," said Brian Hammock, resident vice president of CSX.
Hammock said he did not know when the tunnel was last inspected. He said CSX has full confidence in all of its tracks throughout the city.
A day after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history Sunday at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Wagner called the FBI to help investigate the derailment. "With everything going on, especially in Orlando, I asked the FBI to be here because we want to rule out foul play," Wagner said.
Investigators determined it was not caused intentionally.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said his department, too, was assisting. "We want to be on the ground at the very, very beginning in case a twist or turn occurs," Davis said. "Twists and turns have not occurred, but we're nonetheless involved right now in this critical incident."
Several roads were closed near the tunnel Monday. They included a stretch of Howard Street between North Avenue and John Street.
The Maryland Transit Administration announced it was suspending light rail service between the Camden Yards and North Avenue stations after 10 p.m. Monday, and would use buses to ferry passengers between the two stops until midnight.
Freight rail traffic was stopped in the area Monday. The line running through the tunnel is used only by CSX freight trains; Amtrak and MARC service was not affected.
The Howard Street Tunnel is considered to be the most troublesome bottleneck for north-south freight train traffic on the East Coast.
For many years, transportation planners have discussed replacing the tunnel, but the estimated cost — $1 billion to $3 billion — has stymied progress.
In April, the Hogan administration and CSX announced a stripped-down, $425 million plan to expand the tunnel so that double-stacked trains could pass through.The state and the railroad pledged to kick in $270 million for the project and applied for a $155 million federal grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation's FASTLANE program.
Matthew A. Clark, a spokesman for Gov. Larry Hogan, said the state is waiting for a decision on its application. Federal officials are expected to announce awards this summer.
Since the spectacular tunnel derailment and fire of 2001 halted freight traffic in the corridor for almost a week, there have been a series of smaller-scale incidents along the approaches to the tunnels.
In 2005, a three-car derailment near the site of the 2001 incident prompted then-Mayor Martin O'Malley to call for a federal inspection.
Two years later, 12 cars derailed near M&T Bank Stadium. The next month, a CSX tanker left the rails in Locust Point.
Deadlier CSX derailments have occurred elsewhere in Maryland. In August 2012, two young women who were on railroad property in Ellicott City were killed when a train went off the tracks and spilled a load of coal on them. In 2000, a train left the tracks in the Western Maryland town of Bloomington, crashed into a home and killed a 15-year-old boy.
The last major CSX derailment in Maryland took place in May 2014, when three locomotives and 11 cars left the tracks while crossing a culvert blocked by debris in Prince George's County. There were no injuries, but the mishap caused more than $300,000 in damage, federal records show.
Environmental advocates and city residents have long voiced concern about freight trains carrying hazardous chemicals through and underneath Baltimore's neighborhoods. The City Council held a two-hour public hearing last summer on the safety of shipping crude oil through Baltimore.
Keisha Allen, president of the Westport Neighborhood Association, said her home is within a block of freight tracks — well within the "blast zone," should a derailment cause an explosion.
"That's the issue, the fact that it's highly flammable," she said.
Allen said she and her neighbors want the city to require CSX and Norfolk Southern to disclose what's being shipped on the freight trains and when.
"There needs to be a clear indication of what's coming through," she said. "If it's something that flammable, that volatile, there needs to be notification, at a minimum. … We would sleep better knowing there's a process."
Lawrence Mann, a Washington attorney who specializes in railroad liability cases, said the industry has generally been lax about track inspections.
"The railroads have either fired or furloughed thousands of track inspectors around the country," he said. "They just don't have the manpower to do the job that's required."
The country's major railroads spent $28 billion on capital expenditures and maintenance in 2014, the Association of American Railroads reported Monday.
That investment increased to $30 billion last year and is expected to hover around $26 billion this year, said Edward Hamberger, president and CEO of the trade industry group.
That has increased from the roughly $20 billion in annual infrastructure investment between 1983 and 2011, as carriers work to keep up with customer demands for reliability and service, including new double-stack containers, he said.
The investments have also improved safety, Hamberger said. The association recently reported a 79 percent decline in train accidents since 1980.
"A well-maintained railroad is a safer railroad," he said. "The fact that we can spend this amount of money to put in new tracks, all-new technologies, and maintain it is really a point that needs to be driven home."
He said some carriers have been reluctant to participate in public-private partnerships because public money typically comes with constraints and major projects often get bogged down in lengthy public permitting procedures.
"It's never fast enough, but we're trying to do the best we can," he said.
Baltimore Sun reporter Natalie Sherman contributed to this article.
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As far as I can tell it was pretty similar to a 39D... There were a few different engines over the years, but I don't think any of them were 'special' certainly nothing as good as a Merlin anyway..
Yes, a Merlin truly would've made it a fine plane, wouldn't it?
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The facelifted Octavia featured a 4x4 wheel drive version both for the estate and more popular hatchback models, and used the Haldex Traction clutch, like other Volkswagen Group A platform based cars (Golf IV, Audi A3 and Seat Leon Cupra R4). It had higher ground clearance and a bigger fuel tank carrying 63-litre (17 US gal; 14 imp gal) compared to the 55-litre (15 US gal; 12 imp gal) standard front wheel drive versions. The 4x4 option was only available with the 1.8 T 150 bhp (112 kW; 152 PS) petrol engine, the 1.9 TDI 90 bhp (67 kW; 91 PS) diesel engine, or the 2.0 L petrol engine, all coupled with a 5-speed manual gearbox, and with the 1.9 TDI-PD (Pumpe-Düse) 100 bhp (75 kW; 101 PS) diesel engine which came with a 6-speed manual gearbox.
The vRS was the top-level and quickest specification and used a 1.8-litre straight-4 turbocharged engine which produced 180 bhp (134 kW; 182 PS). Škoda made a limited number of 100 WRC Replica Cars worldwide in 2002. These differ from normal vRS Octavias, as they are produced in white, have rally decals and have additional accessories as standard (such as ESP, xenon lights, heated front seats). The vRS model was also popular with the UK police, both as a traffic car and as an unmarked Q-car, due to its low cost, reliability, performance, and understated styling.
In India, the second-generation Octavia was marketed as the Laura to distinguish it from the first generation. The car was marketed in a higher segment, and was sold alongside the previous generation Octavia. However the first generation ended production in India in 2010, and as of 2012 the Laura's price was reduced and was competing in its predecessor's segment.
There are two four-wheel-drive versions of the Octavia: the 4x4 and the Scout, both featuring a Haldex Traction four-wheel-drive system, based on a computer-controlled clutch centre coupling. The two models both have higher ground clearance than the standard Octavia, increased by 24 mm (0.9 in) for the 4x4 and by 40 mm (1.6 in) for the Scout. The Scout, announced in 2006, is only available with the estate body style, and has several crossover style exterior modifications, such as larger bumpers.
In August 2011, a special Škoda Octavia vRS hit the world record on the American Bonneville Speedway and became the fastest car in the world with an up to 2-litre engine, when it hit 365.43 km/h (227 mph).
The car, designed by Jozef Kabaň, recalls the VisionD concept car presented in 2011. The new model is 9 cm (3.54 in) longer and 4.5 cm (1.77 in) wider than the second generation and the wheelbase lengthened by 8 cm (3.15 in).It is also up to 102 kilograms lighter than the previous model. The interior length of the third generation ŠKODA Octavia has grown - in comparison to its predecessor - by 33 mm (1.30 in) to 1.782 mm (0.07 in), while the legroom for the backseat passengers grew by 47 mm (1.85 in) to now 73 mm (2.87 in). The headroom in the back was increased to 980 mm (38.58 in) (Octavia II: 966 mm (38.03 in)). The elbow width was also increased, in the front by 39 mm (1.54 in) to 1.454 mm (0.06 in), and in the rear by 26 mm (1.02 in) to 1.499 mm (0.06 in). Similarly, the shoulder room was optimised, in the front to 1.398 mm (0.06 in) by adding 19 mm (0.75 in), and in the rear to 1.378 mm (0.05 in), a plus of 4 mm (0.16 in). The luggage compartment volume is a class leading 590 l (20.84 cu ft), slightly more than the 585 l (20.66 cu ft) of the previous generation model or 565 l (19.95 cu ft) of the larger Volkswagen Passat. Octavia customers wishing to carry more can opt, from May 2013, for the Combi (estate) version with its 610 l (21.54 cu ft) luggage capacity.
The Octavia RS, available in both the hatchback and estate body styles, was premiered at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013. It features the 162 kW (220 PS) 2.0 TSI engine from the newly launched Golf 7 GTI and the 135 kW (184 PS) 2.0 TDI engine from the Golf 7 GTD. With top speed 248 km/h, the Octavia RS with petrol engine and manual gearbox was acclaimed to be the fastest production Octavia ever. In comparison with standard car, the sports Octavia features progressive steering (variable-ratio steering), sports chassis, electronic differential lock (XDS) and so-called 'Performance Sound Generator', that enhances sporty sound of the engine. The source of sound vibrations is the electromagnetic pulse generator placed in the area under/in front of the windshield. The sound vibrations are spreading into the car's cabin through the body and the windshield. The frequency and intensity of the sound is dependent not only on the profile chosen, but also the engine revolutions, driving speed and engine load (the throttle pedal position). The generated sound is directed inside the cabin, especially to the front seat area.
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CBP wants to detect ultra light aircraft crossing U.S. borders illegally
Thu, 2010-07-08 01:10 PM
Eager to detect small, ultra light, slow-moving aircraft, which might be carrying drugs or cash across the U.S. border, Customs and Border Protection is planning to procure what it calls Small Aircraft Detection and Tracking equipment.
"The desired system is intended to be self contained, able to operate with or without power of CBP communications infrastructure to permit deployment in remote areas in all types of weather and terrain conditions," says a presolicitation notice issued by CBP in June.
The new equipment, which will offer Ultra Light Aircraft Detection, or ULAD, capability, will be procured by CBP on a "full and open competition basis," says the notice.
The system must be able to transmit real-time sensor data back to a CBP operations center, using either external power, if it is close enough to CBP's infrastructure, or internal power, if it is deployed to remote locations. Personnel in the operations center must have the same level of control over the detection gear as the operator who is actually on-site with the ULAD system, says CBP.
CBP says it expects to issue a formal RFP for this procurement on or about August 6, and will require responses from prospective vendors within 30 days of its release. CBP, which is a unit of the Department of Homeland Security, anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract to the winning bidder.
"Vendor will be required to develop an operations and maintenance training curriculum and conduct a training course for a limited number of personnel upon acceptance of the system to permit the Government to operate and deploy the system," says CBP.
Further information is available from Robert Gerard, a contract specialist, at 571-468-7008 or [email protected].
Incursions of light aircraft from Mexico into the U.S. have begun to occur with increased frequency. For example, the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region intercepted an ultra light aircraft near the Arizona-Mexico border on May 16. Two F-16s from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, in Arizona, were dispatched at approximately 6 a.m. local time after the aircraft crossed into U.S. airspace from Mexico.
"The Western Air Defense Sector notified us of the track of interest and we began to monitor the aircraft," said Col. William Platt, 601st Air and Space Operations Center chief of combat operations. "WADS quickly established that the aircraft had no flight plan, was not talking or squawking the required beacon code, and was entering U.S. airspace without following established procedures, so the decision was made to scramble F-16s to intercept the aircraft."
A CBP twin engine Cessna C-550 Citation also monitored the ultra light plane until the aircraft crossed the border back into Mexico.
Back in October, 2008, CBP air operations spotted and interdicted an ultra-light aircraft that illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexican border carrying approximately 223 pounds of marijuana, which had an approximate street value of $180,000, according to the CBP.
"Mexican drug trafficking organizations are now operating in every region of the United States," wrote Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) in an online opinion editorial last month on washingtonexaminer.com. "Last year, there were more than 200 incursions of ultra-light aircraft crossing the southwest border. These aircraft have become the transport of choice for many cartel operatives and traffickers to ferry drugs and cash and help give cartels links in virtually every state in America."


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Burning the Quran on 9/11 memorial Day: Some Thoughts
The 'International Burn a Quran Day' drama that has been played out in the United States in the weeks running up to the 9th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks has sparked of outrage around the world. I have been tempted to post some thoughts on this for several days and I have now decided to do so. The three links below are to articles dealing with the story in the United States as published at The Christian Post. These are meant to show some of the thoughts on this subject being broadcast (I do not necessarily agree with everything in them).
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100911/christians-warn-against-double-standard-in-wake-of-quran-burning-row/index.html
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100910/9-11-quran-burning-again-called-off/index.html
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100910/top-ten-reasons-burn-a-quran-day-is-anti-biblical/index.html
I cannot see anything positive being gained by the burning of Qurans on any particular day from a Christian perspective. The only thing that would be achieved is to create further tension between Christians and Muslims, and between the West and Islam. I believe it would only achieve an increase in hostility towards the West and Christianity in particular. There would certainly be no profit gained as far as winning Muslims over to Christianity through such actions, only a further wedge between the two religions.
Having said the above, I do find it hypocritical of many in Islamic circles and countries, who have no problem in burning Bibles and persecuting Christians. When the shoe is on the other foot they like to whine about being hard done by and being discriminated against. The evidence is clear, as presented in the many articles on this Blog, that Islamists are constantly burning Bibles, destroying places of Christian worship and persecuting Christians even to death. Please spare me the self-righteous outrage of Islamists – they are hypocrites.
Again, I do not wish to condemn all Muslims in the above comments relating to Islamic extremists. Not all Muslims behave in the same manner and there are many who find it foolish and wrong to burn Bibles, destroy places of Christian worship and persecute Christians. However, there is a growing scourge that is Islamic extremism.
I believe in freedom of religion, as much for Muslims as for Christians. Quite obviously as a Christian I believe that Christianity is the right religion and I make no apologies for that. I expect Muslims would say the same thing about Islam and they are free to say so. Why would you believe it if you stand by it? One day we will all need to give an account of our positions, but that is neither to me nor to any Muslim.
I also believe that both faiths have a right to non-violent missionary activity, without the forceful coercion of others to adopt their position. Where we stand before God is where we stand before God and it is to him that we must give an account.
I have no problem with a mosque being built in the same suburb as me – though I would expect that extremism would be stamped out should it break the laws of the land. I do however think it is insensitive to build a mosque close by the scene of one of the greatest acts of murder known in modern day history, which was perpetrated by Islamic extremists. Surely commonsense and decency needs to prevail here. Sure, it may be OK in the land of the free and all of that sort of thing, but have some regard for the many thousands of people who still suffer grief over the evil that was committed 9 hears ago.
Anyhow, just a few thoughts.
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Nigeria: Unchristian Warfare being Waged
Posted on January 23, 2010 by particularkev
This Blog reports regularly on persecution against Christians and those calling themselves Christians. Though I post articles relating persecution against those who call themselves 'Christians,' I do not always agree that these are my brethren in the faith, with many belonging to cults and such like. Many of these reports contain accounts of persecution that is being meted out by extremist Islamists and Muslims in general.
Today I report on aggression in Nigeria – aggression and violence carried out by those calling themselves 'Christians.' I certainly cannot align myself with such people as their behaviour places them outside of Christ and therefore outside of the true Christian Church. This sort of thing is not something that can be condoned, even if the attacks are viewed as retaliation against those who have carried out similar attacks.
In the Nigerian village of Kura Karama, many Muslims have been killed by people calling themselves 'Christians.' In an appalling display of violence and ungodliness, these people have hacked to death many Muslims and stuffed their bodies into wells. Most buildings in this village have been destroyed, including the local mosque – all set ablaze by 'Christians.' Whole families have been killed in this barbaric attack.
There are reports that these attacks are being carried out by rival tribes, yet this does not excuse ungodliness by Christians. What has happened in Kura Karama is unacceptable and those who carried out the attack should be brought to justice.
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Forced Recantations of Faith Continue in Vietnam
New Christians in northwest violently compelled to return to ancestor worship.
HANOI, Vietnam, January 18 (CDN) — A Vietnamese man violently forced to recant his fledgling Christian faith faces pressure from authorities and clansmen to prove his return to traditional Hmong belief by sacrificing to ancestors next month.
Sung Cua Po, who embraced Christianity in November, received some 70 blows to his head and back after local officials in northwest Vietnam's Dien Bien Province arrested him on Dec. 1, 2009, according to documents obtained by Compass. His wife, Hang thi Va, was also beaten. They live in Ho Co village.
Dien Bien Dong District and Na Son Commune police and soldiers led by policeman Hang A Senh took the Christian couple to the Na Son Commune People's Committee office after police earlier incited local residents to abuse and stone them and other Christian families. After Po and his wife were beaten at 1 a.m. that night, he was fined 8 million dong (US$430) and a pig of at least 16 kilos. His cell phone and motorbike were confiscated, according to the documents.
Christians Sung A Sinh and Hang A Xa of Trung Phu village were also beaten about the head and back and fined a pig of 16 kilos each so that local authorities could eat, according to the reports. The documents stated that the reason for the mistreatment of the Christians was that they abandoned "the good and beautiful" traditional Hmong beliefs and practices to follow Protestant Christianity.
Christian sources reported that on Dec. 15 police took Po and his wife to members of their extended family, who applied severe clan pressure on him to deny their faith. When police added their own threats, Po finally signed recantation documents.
"I folded – I signed when police threatened to beat me to death if I didn't recant," he said. "Then they would seize my property, leaving my wife a widow, and my children fatherless – without a home."
Following Po's written recantation, authorities subjected him to further family and clan pressure and "fines," as well as rites to satisfy traditional Hmong spirits said to have become upset when he offended them by becoming a Christian.
Po faces the ultimate test to prove his recantation is sincere on Feb. 13, Lunar New Year's Eve. He remains under severe threat, the documents report, unless he voluntarily offers sacrifices to his ancestors at that time.
The documentation of the forced recantations in northwest Vietnam indicates authorities are contravening Vietnam's 2004/2005 public religion policy.
All three men had received a summons dated Dec. 11, 2009 to appear at the Na Son Commune Peoples' Committee office at 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 15 "to take care of business relating to following the Vang Chu religion."
The officials' use of the Vang Chu religion in these documents was said to be significant. Vang Chu is a mythological Hmong savior who, it is believed, will unite and deliver the Hmong. For some time Vietnamese authorities have deliberately misnamed Protestantism as Vang Chu in order to give Christianity a threatening political character. Any real or imagined political opposition provides Vietnamese communists with a carte blanche excuse to apply repressive measures, Christian sources said.
One of the other Christians arrested, Xa, has received another summons handwritten by the chief of Trung Phu village, Hang A Po, "to solve the issue of the Vang Chu religion." The summons ordered Xa to appear without fail at the home of village chief Po in mid-December and to bring sufficient food, including a 15-to-20 kilo pig, to feed everyone.
"Here is Vietnamese jungle justice on full display – show up at the home of an official to be tormented and bring plenty of food and liquor for your tormentors," observed one source.
The summons purports to represent district and commune police who will be present, as well as the village chief.
"It is clear that in spite of public national policies outlawing forced recantation, to the contrary, Dien Bien government policy to force new Christian believers to recant is being vigorously implemented," said one source.
This conclusion is consistent with other findings. In November 2009 religious liberty advocates acquired a Vietnamese language booklet entitled "Some Documents Concerning Religious Belief and Religion." The 104-page document "For Internal Circulation" was published in November 2007 by the Dien Bien Province Department of Ethnic Minorities.
The collection of documents, including some marked "Secret," clearly shows Dien Bien religion policies and directives relative to Protestants are different than the "new religion legislation" of 2004/2005. The Dien Bien documents reveal a secret "Guidance Committee 160" is overseeing repressive policies initiated before the new religion legislation of 2004/2005 that continue to guide officials.
"These events and findings in Dien Bien clearly show that the excuse given by our government that such events are isolated exceptions perpetrated by a few bad officials is not believable," said one church leader.
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Islamic Extremists Execute Young Convert in Somalia
Posted on November 27, 2009 by particularkev
Christian accused of trying to convert Muslim teenager found shot on Mogadishu street.
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 23 (CDN) — Islamic extremists controlling part of the Somali capital of Mogadishu this month executed a young Christian they accused of trying to convert a 15-year-old Muslim to Christianity.
Members of the Islamic extremist group al Shabaab had taken 23-year-old Mumin Abdikarim Yusuf into custody on Oct. 28 after the 15-year-old boy reported him to the militants, an area source told Compass. Yusuf's body was found on Nov. 14 on an empty residential street in Mogadishu, with sources saying the convert from Islam was shot to death, probably some hours before dawn.
"Our brother Yusuf has been murdered," the source told Compass. "His body was dumped in Yaqshid district of Mogadishu, and his body is said to be on an empty residential street."
Al Shabaab, said to have links with al Qaeda terrorists, controls parts of Mogadishu and much of southern parts of Somalia, as well as other areas of the nation.
Their accusations against Yusuf had led the extremist group to raid Yusuf's home in Holwadag district, Mogadishu, sources said. After searching his home, militia didn't find anything relating to Christianity but still took him into custody.
Before Yusuf was executed by two shots to the head, reports filtered in to the Compass source that he had been badly beaten and his fingers broken as the Islamists tried to extract incriminating evidence against him and information about other Christians. The source later learned that Yusuf's body showed signs of torture; all of his front teeth were gone, and some of his fingers were broken, he said.
"We don't know the time he was murdered, but his freshly killed body was dumped in Yaqshid district at around 4:30 in the morning of Nov. 14, and due to the will of the family we have buried the body at around 3 p.m. on Nov. 14," the source said.
The clandestine Christians could not safely identify themselves to Yusuf's Muslim family, but they were able to indirectly assist the parents in burying him with dignity, the source said.
It is not known whether under torture Yusuf revealed information about area members of the hidden church, but underground church leaders have been relocating local Christians who knew him, the source said.
"We still don't know if the Shabaab did find any new evidence from Yusuf," he said.
Yusuf's Muslim parents did not know that their son was a Christian, and they had insisted to the al Shabaab militants that he was still a Muslim, the source said. The extremists accused the family of not reporting that their son had converted to Christianity, and they ordered his mother and father to appear before an al Shabaab court.
Although the Compass source could not confirm whether the parents heeded the command, he said they most likely did as it is not uncommon for the militants to behead those who defy their orders.
"I cannot confirm if they appeared before the Islamist court, but that is highly possible," he said. "Who can dare defy them?"
The extremists have demonstrated they have no qualms about killing those they perceive to be sympathetic to any "foreign" religion, the source said. He added that the Islamic extremists did not execute Yusuf quickly only because they had no evidence against him except the testimony of the teenage boy.
"In Islam, to execute someone you need to have evidence of three witnesses, and they didn't have it," he said. "Al Shabaab is known to do whatever they like, and they don't even follow the rules of their religion they claim adherence to."
The discovery of Yusuf's body brought an end to a strenuous attempt by his family to secure his release, but they are now living in fear since al Shabaab has accused them of concealing their son's new faith.
The source said Yusuf's death was typical of the Islamic extremist group, which often pumps bullets into their victims before dumping their bodies in public places to serve as a warning to those who dare to resist its orders.
Since the ouster of dictator Siad Barre in 1991, Somalia has been without a strong central government and has been at the mercy of vicious clan-based militants. Some, such as al Shabaab, are seeking to establish a strict version of sharia (Islamic law) as they fight to oust the Transitional Federal Government of President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed that is backed by the Africa Union and Western nations.
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What Happened Today in Church History?
Particularbaptist.com is a 'portal' for many Reformed and Particular Baptist resources, including a growing resource pool of church history articles, books and studies.
I have recently been working a little on the church history section of the site which is called the 'Institute of Church History.' Within the institute portion of the site is a section known as 'What Happened Today in Church History?'
This is an area of the web site at particularbaptist.com that I am seeking to develop further. I am hoping to embed pictures (where possible) of the various historical figures of the past, as well as links to other resources on my site relating to the event covered for each particular day. These links could be to further articles/books dealing with the historical figure, articles/books dealing with the event or that could shed further light on it, etc. In summary, I am seeking to provide as rich an experience as I can for visitors to the site.
Obviously this will take some time to complete and in some respects the work will be an ongoing one as more information and resources come to hand. I have decided to start with November and work through each month as we come to them within the coming year.
Visit 'What Happened Today in Church History?' at:
http://particularbaptist.com/history/happened.html
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INDIA: HINDU EXTREMISTS ATTACK PASTORS, MANHANDLE WOMEN
In violation of human rights standards, police arrest Christians for allegedly speaking ill of gods.
MUMBAI, India, Aug. 14 (Compass Direct News) – Hindu nationalist extremists attacked Christians attending teacher training in Dharwad district, Karnataka on Wednesday (Aug. 12), but when one of the attendees escaped and went to police, officers arrested eight pastors on baseless claims of forcible conversion and – in a blow to free speech – for allegedly speaking ill of Hindu gods.
Pastor Moses Bentic, coordinator of the Seva Bharat Mission, told Compass that more than 80 Christians including nine pastors were attending the mission's teacher training, which began Wednesday in Annigere and was supposed to continue through today. At around 11:30 pm on Tuesday (Aug. 11), 30 Hindu extremists from the Sri Ram Sena (Lord Ram's Army) entered the facility where the training was taking place, the Patil Sabha Bhavan, and began beating the pastors.
They repeatedly slapped and kicked the pastors, cursed Christianity using foul language and falsely accused them of forcible conversion. The Hindutva (Hindu nationalist) extremists also manhandled young women at the training, most of whom between the ages of 17 and 23, according to the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC).
Pastor Joseph Christopher, who managed to escape from the hall just after midnight, rushed to the Annigere police station to seek help. He told Compass that police were "indifferent" and refused to accept a complaint. Earlier, at about 11:45 p.m., Pastor Christopher had telephoned police but nobody showed up, he added.
"At around 1:30 a.m., two policemen arrived at the Patil Sabha Bhavan and were mute spectators as the extremists collected all the copies of the Bibles and burned them," Pastor Christopher said, adding that police also took mobile phones from the Christians.
Police officials who arrived at the hall around 4:30 a.m. shouted at the Christians, asked why no prior permission had been obtained for the meeting and took eight pastors to the Annigere police station, according to GCIC. Arrested were Vasant Kumar Hanoka, Simon Rathnappa, Basavaraj Rudappa, Madhan Kumar Yamanappa, Prakash Arjun Kagwadar, Jayraj Shiromani, Vijay Mayekar and Kumaraswamy Govindappa. They were charged with unlawful assembly, rioting, criminal conspiracy and "acts intended to outrage religious feelings by insulting religion or religious beliefs."
They were sent to judicial custody until Aug. 25.
Police, meantime, had locked the Christians at the teacher training inside the hall. Pastor Bentic said Francis Swaminathan Kaniya, pastor of an independent church, arrived at the hall at 8:30 a.m. for the meeting and was met by Hindu extremist Gangadhar Hallikeri, who repeatedly punched, slapped and verbally abused him outside the Patil Sabha Bhavan; others along with Hallikeri ransacked his satchel, seized his Bible, tore pages out of it and burned them.
"The police had locked up the hall with the other believers inside up to 12:30 pm," Pastor Bentic said. "After noting down the names and addresses of all the participants, the police escorted the believers in groups to the bus stand and made them leave the place."
Sub-Inspector Kuber Rajame told Compass that he and other officers went to the Patil Sabha Bhavan at 4 a.m. on Wednesday (Aug.12) based on a complaint by Hallikeri, who along with 15 others accused the Christians of forcible conversion and denigrating Hindu gods.
Sub-Inspector Rajame also said that he had sent police officers earlier, in the wee hours of the morning, to investigate the meeting and that they confirmed that the Christians were speaking derogatorily about Hindu gods. Denying that any of the Christians were beaten by Hallikeri and his group, the sub-inspector added that officers seized CDs, cassettes and books relating to Christianity from the place.
The private nature of the meeting notwithstanding, arrests for speaking ill of religions even in public constitute a violation of free speech as stipulated in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which India is a signatory, according to Christian leaders.
Sajan K. George, national president of the GCIC, told Compass that the organization has confirmed the attackers as Sri Ram Sena and Bajrang Dal leaders: Alikere, Palyad Kallur, Mahesh Palyad, Gangadhar Alikere, and Shivkumar Kallur.
"Last year Sri Ram Sena was involved in the attack of over 30 prayer halls in Mangalore city area, Karnataka, and they have the tacit approval of the local administrative machinery," George said. "That emboldens them to carry out attack on Christians."
GCIC has appealed to the Governor of Karnataka, the Home Minister of the government of India and the National Human Rights Commission to look into the matter."
Seva Bharath Mission India has been known for its humanitarian service to northern Karnataka for the past nine years. It provides adult literacy and children's education programs and has been involved in evening tuition classes for street children. The teacher's training program was organized to equip men and women from 11 districts in north Karnataka to teach and be a part of the humanitarian mission.
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God "rejoices" over abortions says Episcopal priestess
The Episcopal Church has to clarify God's official position on abortion – at least so says a priestess of the church, who claims that a proposed rite for post-abortive women conflicts with church theology and that the Deity "rejoices" when women elect to abort their children, reports Peter J. Smith, LifeSiteNews.com.
Rev. Nina Churchman wrote a letter to Episcopal Life Online expressing her outrage upon learning that her church has developed a healing rite for post-abortion women sorrowful over their abortion that seems to have language alluding to "sin" and "guilt."
Churchman said she "was sickened to discover that the rite for abortion is couched wholly in terms of sin and transgression."
The priestess also took particular umbrage with the words, "I seek God's forgiveness" and the words "God rejoices that you have come seeking God's merciful forgiveness."
"The Episcopal Church, by resolution, has long held that women have the freedom to choose an abortion," asserted Churchman. "It is not considered a sin."
The Episcopal Church's "long held" position permitting abortion dates back to 1967, when the church began to lobby for abortion in limited cases (i.e. rape, incest, fetal deformity, health of the mother), which by 1994 had become a full-blown defense of a right to an abortion. The church's previous position on abortion, had lasted much longer. As late as 1958 the church had expressed an unequivocal defense of over 1900 years of Christian tradition against abortion, stating, "Abortion and infanticide are to be condemned."
"Women should be able to mourn the loss of an aborted fetus without having to confess anything," declared Churchman.
"God, unlike what the liturgy states, also rejoices that women facing unplanned pregnancies have the freedom to carefully choose the best option – birth, adoption or abortion – for themselves and their families."
"The wording of this liturgy focuses solely on guilt and sin instead of the grief and healing that may accompany a very difficult but appropriate decision to terminate a pregnancy," said Churchman.
Instead Churchman expressed her determination that the church should reject the rite at the next General Convention and do away with the references to "sin" and "guilt."
The proposed post-abortion healing service had been the idea of Georgette Forney, president of Anglicans for Life, who had obtained an abortion when she was 16. Forney had asked the church to create a healing service for women like herself seeking healing, and the Episcopal General Convention had approved the development of the project.
The result was a rite addressing "the pastoral needs of women and men and who have experienced miscarriage, abortion or other trauma in the childbearing or childbirth process" in a book called, "Rachel's Tears, Hannah's Hopes: Liturgies and Prayers for Healing from Loss Related to Childbearing and Childbirth."
The 2009 General Convention of the Episcopal Church will consider and vote on the rite when it convenes July 8-17 in Anaheim, California.
NOTE: My Thoughts on the Above Article
The above article surely highlights some serious issues relating to the Episcopal Church in America, from a Biblical perspective.
1. The area of church leadership is of concern, even leaving out the issue of priests, what is a woman doing in the place of leadership within the church. Surely the Scriptures are clear on this.
2. The Episcopal Church in America has landed on the wrong side of the abortion debate. Abortion is a crime against humanity and a sin. I wouldn't have thought this was a difficult position to reach for Bible believing Christians, but perhaps that is the real essence of the problem – perhaps these are not Bible believing Christians?
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CHINA IN SPACE: First Chinese Space Walk
Having faked information relating to the Shenzhou launch last week, the question some are asking is whether the first Chinese space walk is real. The Chinese reported on the successful launch and what was said between the astronauts before it had even occurred.
I would think that it probably is. The walk took place some 343 km over the earth.
Commander of the space mission, Zhai Zhigang, left the Shenzhou VII spacecraft at 4.43 pm Beijing time and floated in orbit for about 15 minutes. China became the third country to have an astronaut complete a spacewalk and continues China's rise as a space and super power.
China now has an objective of building a space station. Two unmanned spacecraft and a manned mission to begin construction of the space station are to be launched by 2010.
The Shenzhou VII spacecraft was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China late Thursday.
The spacecraft is scheduled to return to earth at about 5.00 pm on Sunday Beijing time and is expected to land in the northern Inner Mongolia region.
The footage below shows the first Chinese space walk:
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NEW SOUTH WALES IMPROVING: Is It Possible?
Apart from the usual infighting in the New South Wales (NSW) Labor Government, could it be possible that NSW is improving? Morris Iemma (former premier) has gone, along with some of the old wood – though there is still plenty about to remind voters of who is still in government.
Nathan Rees is now the premier of NSW and already there have been attempts to sully his name seemingly just for the sake of doing so and for ensuring there is still turmoil in NSW politics.
However, the newest policy reform in NSW relating to the 10 day approval of school gyms and halls by local government (if it happens) is a mighty step forward. If only the approval process could be sped up for all other development applications across the state. This policy is brilliant in my opinion and long overdue.
Is NSW improving? Is it possible? It is possible, but one good policy is a long way from where this government needs to be heading.
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The Town Council will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. A work session is generally held one to two hours prior to the meeting at Argyle Town Hall. The regular meeting will start immediately following the work session, typically at 7:00 pm. All citizens are encouraged to attend.


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Quebec orders independent audit of casino-mafia allegations
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Quebec's gambling monopoly says it will fully cooperate with the provincial government's plans to audit its casino operations for signs of improper dealings with local mafia figures.
On Monday, Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard (pictured) announced plans to conduct an independent audit into allegations of money laundering and other dodgy dealings at the four land-based casinos operated by the province's Loto-Quebec gambling monopoly.
The allegations were made last week in a series of print and broadcast media reports focusing on perks doled out to the likes of Stefano Sollecito, a reputed organized crime figure who somehow gambled millions at Casino de Montreal despite declaring an annual income of only around C$50k to tax authorities.
Loto-Quebec responded to those media reports by insisting that it "complies with all regulatory requirements" but the provincial government evidently felt enough heat that only a public display of curiosity would temper. In addition to money laundering, the audit will also examine the casino loyalty programs that offered luxury perks to controversial figures who were willing to gamble large sums.
Members of the political opposition want the government probe to launch a fully public inquiry into the matter so voters can judge for themselves what's been going on. A public inquiry would have the ability to compel Loto-Quebec and casino execs to testify, a power that external auditors won't enjoy.
Members of the Quebec Solidaire party want the province to suspend Loto-Quebec's senior managers while the audit is conducted. The Parti Quebecois wants to involve the auditor general and to permit provincial legislators to directly question the individuals involved in this brouhaha.
Loto-Quebec issued a statement Monday welcoming the government's audit announcement, insisting that it will "cooperate fully with the exercise." Loto-Quebec chair Hélène Fortin added that the Crown corporation "will ensure that sustained efforts and best practices are maintained with regard to integrity in our establishments."
Until recently, Canada's provincial monopolies acted as both gambling operator and regulator, an inherently compromised duality that has led to some truly egregious lapses in judgment. Lest anyone forget, the whole raison-d'être of the monopolies is that they are the only ones who can be trusted to observe the rules.
The rampant money laundering at British Columbia casinos over the past decade belatedly convinced that province to impose a truly independent gambling regulator early next year in the hopes of establishing some form of public trust in its gambling market. Pressure is steadily mounting on the rest of Canada's gambling fiefdoms to follow suit.
Score Media launches IPO days after Canada approves single-game wagers
Single-game sports gambling bill finds success in Canada
Atlantic Lottery expands online casino with higher betting limits
Ontario's online gambling revenue grows, still can't catch provincial rivals
Apollo considers upping the ante in bid to purchase Great Canadian
Ontario's online gambling liberalization slammed by provincial auditor


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Future of Philippine Warfare Vol 2 now available!
The National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), in partnership with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has published Volume II of the Future of Philippine Warfare. Building on the work laid down by Volume I published in 2021, the Future of Philippine Warfare Volume II aims to deepen critical discussions on Philippine defense continue reading : Future of Philippine Warfare Vol 2 now available!
NDCP participates in the CSSRD-TNI-hosted NADI Workshop on Border Management Cooperation
The National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) participated in the Track II Network of ASEAN Defense and Security Institutions (NADI) workshop with the theme, "Strengthening Border Management Cooperation in ASEAN," on 23-24 November 2022, hosted by the Center for Strategic Studies, Research and Development Tentara Nasional Indonesia (CSSRD-TNI), via Zoom. The virtual NADI workshop continue reading : NDCP participates in the CSSRD-TNI-hosted NADI Workshop on Border Management Cooperation
NDCP, FES, and OJ8 plan for OPLAW activities
The National Defense College of the Philippines, led by President LtGen Ferdinand M Cartujano PAF (Ret), held an exploratory meeting with Dr Vinzenz Huzel and Ms Shenna Kim Carisma of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Philippines; and LtCol Bugash of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP-OJ8) last 3 November 2022, to discuss plans for continue reading : NDCP, FES, and OJ8 plan for OPLAW activities
NDCP Conducts 8th Security Sector Reform (SSR) Workshop
The National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), held the 8th Security Sector Reform (SSR) Workshop on 27-28 June 2022. With the theme, "Continuity and Change: Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSGR) amidst Political Transitions," this year's workshop sought continue reading : NDCP Conducts 8th Security Sector Reform (SSR) Workshop
NDCP conducts Colloquium on the Future of Philippine Warfare Volume II
In line with its Research Agenda 2020-2022, the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) conducted the Colloquium on the Future of Philippine Warfare Volume II on 25 March 2022 via video teleconferencing. Building on the work laid down by Volume I, Future of Philippine Warfare Volume II aims to deepen critical discussions on Philippine continue reading : NDCP conducts Colloquium on the Future of Philippine Warfare Volume II
NDCP participates in NADI Workshop on Emerging Technologies
As part of its efforts to engage its counterparts in Southeast Asia, the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) participated in the Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions (NADI) Workshop on Emerging Technologies and their Impact on Defense and Security held via CISCO Webex on 29-30 September 2021. The NDCP partnered with the continue reading : NDCP participates in NADI Workshop on Emerging Technologies
FSI, NDCP, OSSSM Conduct Colloquium on Self-Reliant Defense Posture (SRDP)
The National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), in partnership with the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) and the AFP Office for Strategic Studies and Strategy Management (OSSSM), hosted the 14th Heneral Luna Colloquium on the Philippines' Self-Reliant Defense Posture (SRDP) on 30 September 2021 via CISCO Webex. The activity featured BGen Eric E Nicanor PN continue reading : FSI, NDCP, OSSSM Conduct Colloquium on Self-Reliant Defense Posture (SRDP)
NDCP conducts Colloquium on the Future of Philippine Warfare
In line with its Research Agenda 2020-2022 (downloadable from the NDCP website), the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) conducted the virtual Colloquium on the Future of Philippine Warfare on 15 December 2020. The Colloquium is part of the "Future of Philippine Warfare" Research Project of the College, with significant support from the Armed continue reading : NDCP conducts Colloquium on the Future of Philippine Warfare
NDCP, DKI APCSS Webinar Focuses on Pandemic Strategies and PH-US Relations
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1″][vc_column_text] The National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) and the Hawai-based Daniel K Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) jointly organized the third session of its webinar series on 24 June 2020, Wednesday, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM via Microsoft Teams. The first half of the webinar featured Prof Deon continue reading : NDCP, DKI APCSS Webinar Focuses on Pandemic Strategies and PH-US Relations


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