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WASHINGTON — As over 100 Pakistani Christians were arrested in mid-March following the lynching of two Muslim men wrongly thought to be involved in two earlier church bombings that killed 17, some 30 prisoners have been released and show clear signs of being abused and tortured by the police.
International Christian Concern, a leading Christian persecution watchdog and advocacy organization, announced at a Tuesday press conference held to discuss the rise of Christian persecution in Pakistan, that 30 of the 111 Christian men and boys detained by police in the Lahore suburb of Youhanabad following the lynching have been released from jail.
With their release, it has come to light that those imprisoned in connection to the lynchings were subject to torture and merciless beatings by police officers in an attempt to extract confessions out of them. more >>
Two local young Muslims going for Friday prayers to their mosque in Pakistan's Lahore city beat up and set fire to a 14-year-old Christian boy after stopping him and asking his religious affiliation, according to a Christian group.
The victim, identified only as Nuaman, is being treated at Meo Hospital in Lahore in Punjab province, according to a Christian group, The Voice Society, in Pakistan. He has burns covering more than 55 percent of his body.
The Christian boy was coming from a tailor's shop when he was attacked. It was time for Muslim prayers on Friday when the incident happened. more >>
The brother of a Pakistani human rights lawyer who is defending the family of two teen Christian girls, who were gang raped in the middle of the night last December by five Muslim men, was shot by an enraged Muslim after consistently refusing to settle on a court-avoiding legal compromise.
Pervaiz Gill, the brother of attorney Sadar Mushtaq Gill, was shot in the back last Wednesday in Kasur after declining multiple times to agree on a legal settlement in the court case brought forth by the Christian teens' father, Ilyas Masih, the British Pakistani Christian Association reported.
Masih is seeking justice for his two daughters, Sherish and Farzana, who were abducted from outside their home last Dec. 3 and were gang raped by a group of Muslim men. The two girls were found lying unconscious the next morning along the roadside several miles away from their home village of Jaranwala. more >>
The Anti Terrorism Court in Lahore, Pakistan, has indicted 16 Christians who it says were responsible for the killing and burning of two terror suspects believed to have been involved in the March 15 suicide-bombing of two churches in Youhanabad, which killed 17 people. Non-profit groups have meanwhile highlighted that women and children are among the 90 or so critically injured churchgoers that need urgent help.
Fides News Agency reported that while 16 Christians have been accused of murdering the two Muslim suspects, another 12 have also been indicted for damage to state property in the riots following the attack on the churches.
These numbers are down from the 100 or so people who were detained last week following the riots. more >>
Over 100 Christians have been arrested for the riots in Pakistan last week following a Taliban suicide attack on two churches that killed 17 people. Police forces have been arresting people who were part of the crowd that killed and burned two people suspected to be terrorists.
"We first established identity of the suspects through TV footages, still cameras and other relevant sources before laying hand on them," a senior investigation officer said, according to The Hindu, confirming that more than 100 Christian protesters have been arrested.
Two suicide bomb blasts hit the Christ Church and Catholic Church of Youhanabad Christian Colony on March 15, killing 17 people. A Pakistani Taliban splinter group claimed responsibility for the attack, which left another 80 people injured. more >>
NEW YORK — A former Pakistani parliamentarian advocating for equal treatment for religious minorities back home claims life is sometimes hell for the Islamic Republic's Christian minorities, who are often victimized by blasphemy laws and bear the brunt of public resentment against Western nations like the United States.
"Due to our faith, we are persecuted. People are killing us, people are burning us, and people are putting us in jail. And (the) state (has) failed to protect the rights (of Christians) and (have failed in) their responsibility," said political and human rights activist Pervez Rafique. "The state doesn't have any solid and concrete policy and agenda and plan to protect marginalized and persecuted Christians and other non-Muslims in Pakistan."
Rafique, a former minority member of parliament representing the Pakistan People's Party in Punjab, worked alongside Shahbaz Bhatti, the Christian minorities minister who was assassinated in 2011, as a chief coordinator for All Pakistan Minorities Alliance. At the time of transition prompted by Bhatti's murder, a clash with the former leader's family members forced Rafique and supporters to leave the organization he had served for more than 10 years. Since then, Rafique has helped found another group, with a similar name, the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance-Founders, which in combination with the PAK Christian Fellowship, represents around 25,000 people, he told The Christian Post. more >>

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When I think about the indoctrination of the South, the truely terrifying thing is its success. The goal was to fill Southrons with self-loathing, guilt, and give them an inferiority complex, and it couldn't have gone more perfectly.
Miseducated southrons, otherwise inteligent people, will look you in the eye and claim that there is no way the South could survive economically in today's world. Point out to them that as of last year, if the South were to reinstate the C.S.A., it would instantly have the world's third largest GDP behind only the remaining US, and China, and you tend to get uncomfortable laughs or blank stares.
See, they've never thought about it.
You may get them to offer up various responses at this point, but my favorite is the one that claims that our economy would be to dependent on that of the remaining USA. Not only is this not true, it's not even a valid theory. Neither the Mexican, nor Canadian economies could withstand a major collapse in the USA, yet they are seperate countries governing themselves. This is ignoring the fact as well, that givin the Southron take on limited government, its reasonable to assume that many, if not most, of the businesses that have fled the US would return to the South, because of its low taxes and tort reform. In short, we could over take the remaining US in a matter of a decade or so.
How can one look at the little countries of the baltics, and think that a country with as much wealth and industry as the South wouldn't be able to survive... nay thrive?
The worst response though... the sickening one... is the one that comes more often. It stems from the same place as the first, but its more honest. The fact is, lots of our Southrons just don't think we're smart enough to work out that whole self-determination deal. They really believe we're just stupid backwards hicks, and the only reason we have any success at all is via our association with the educated and industrious North.
Just typin' that makes me want to puke.
In 1861, the South adopted a flag that only varied from the colonial flag in the number of stars in the blue field. Why?
Because they believed they had more of a right to it than the remaining US did. After all, Southrons wrote the constitution, funded the War of Indepence, wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence, and all with the help of roughly a handful of Yankees.
Not only were the principles on our side.... well of course they were. Those principles were ours to start with.
There is good news though. Every year the University of North Carolina polls people in the South on their thoughts on secession. Every year it comes in around 15% in favor of leaving. It spiked under Clinton at almost 30%.
It's indeed good news... especially when you consider that the US's War of Independence was fought with the approval of less than 25% of the population.

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21 tracks. Joe Dassin, Edith Piaf, Patricia Kaas, Dalida, Mireille Mathieu, Yves Montand, Mylenne Farmer, Charles Aznavour, Desireless, Johny Hallyday, Adamo and more, and more..
Selection of the Greatest Hits from French pop star, very popular in the 80's. 17 tracks featuring her biggest song "Voyage, Voyage" and also previously unreleased songs.
Desireless, born Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop, 25 December 1952, Paris, France is a French singer. Between 1986 and 1988, her hit single "Voyage Voyage" made it to number one in many European and Asian single charts and sold over five million copies. Born in Paris, she grew up in Le Tréport, Seine-Maritime, and in the early 1970s, she became a fashion designer. Drawn into the musical orbit by her friends, she began singing with various jazz, new wave, and R&B bands starting in the early 1980s. In 1983, she met Jean-Michel Rivat, a composer and record producer who had already made his name working with Joe Dassin, Michel Delpech, France Gall, and Patrick Juvet, amongst others.
Leave it to the French to show their cosmopolitan side with this wide-ranging five CDs that often resembles a whirlwind package tour of Paris. All in all, it's a spectacularly fun, occasionally chuckle-inducing collection.
Disco music is the sound of hedonism and happiness. Full of seduction and freedom. The 80's was a decade of rebirth that reminds us of our most memorable moments and Back To The Disco Hits Of The 80's is the album that embodies the sound of that era.


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News from Ireland - news from around the 32 counties
What's going on around Ireland
With the revelations in Irish media two weekends ago that the great-great-grandparents of Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s running mate lived near Graignamanagh and were married in the parish, it has also emerged that Mr. Ryan’s uncle paid a visit to the parish back in 2010.
Bill Ryan and his wife visited the county at the time and were received informally by then-mayor Martin Brett. They also visited Rothe House and the Graignamanagh area.
[Source: Kilkenny People]
Laois County Council has banned gaming machines in a Portlaoise retail/industrial unit development that was recently approved for conditional planning permission.
And should the development near Portlaoise hospital proceed, contribution fees amounting to $24,062 will have to be paid.
Michael Hanley applied on December 21, 2011 for permission to construct three new retail warehousing units and one light industrial unit, and to extend car parking area and all associated works at Ballyroan, Dublin Road, Laois.
Further information was requested from the Planning Department resulting in the proposed development being changed to two new ground-floor retail warehousing units of 92 and 84 square meters as opposed to three.
[Source: Leinster Express]
Bank of America has confirmed plans to cut 15 jobs at its Carrick-on-Shannon office over the next month.
In a statement issued to the Leitrim Observer last week, a spokesperson for the bank said that “following a detailed review of our operations in Carrick, Ireland, we have announced that we are planning a reduction of around 15 full time equivalent positions in the contact centre and call optimisation divisions servicing our U.K. consumer credit card business and we will be in consultation with the employees in scope over the next 30 days.”
The move comes just five months after Apollo Global Management announced it was officially beginning the process of acquiring the Irish loan book of Bank of America/MBNA. The loan books service some 200,000 customers in Ireland with a debt of around $817m.
[Source: Leitrim Observer]
A young man has been arrested in connection with a “tiger kidnapping” on the outskirts of Limerick city two weekends ago.
The 19-year-old was arrested at an address in the city Thursday morning and he is being questioned at Henry Street Garda (police) station under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act.
He is the second person to be arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of Stephen Cusack from a house in the Castletroy area on August 19. Stephen’s family own a post office.
[Source: Limerick Leader]
Community groups likely to be affected by the refusal of over 5,000 Longford homeowners to pay the government’s controversial household charge have warned of the potentially devastating repercussions that funding cuts could have on their day-to-day activities going forward.
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Glucksman. Good Irish name, that.An open letter in strong defence of capitalism to Pope Francis
Niall, THANK YOU for running this. What a brilliant balance Kevin Conboy presents between the hard left and hard right positions. As a Catholic, IFamilies as well as Catholic Church and government to blame for illegal adoptions
We keep judging the times past by the light of the society we now live in. If we could change what happened it would be wonderful. We need to lookFamilies as well as Catholic Church and government to blame for illegal adoptions
Yet another example of British opportunism and their refusal to take responsibility for centuries of tyranny and oppression in Ireland. Making docume

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Bizzy Crook has been feeling good lately—damn good, in fact. And why wouldn’t he be? With a growing, fervently loyal fanbase (See: the love-in that greeted his last feature, the exclusive Steal Your Heart) and a new street album on the way, the Southern spitter’s got nowhere to go but up. Today, he shares some of those triumphant vibes with the listening public in the form of new mixtape single On Top of the World. Produced by Khan, who backs the artist’s lofty sentiments with some appropriately spaced-out synth arpeggios, Crook exults in the distance he’s covered to date (“Who would have thought this n**ga from Miami would have made to Los Angeles to party at the Grammys?”) before casting his gaze toward the higher plateaus that lie in his future. Kid Art directs the cut’s candid official visuals. P.S. I’m Sorry 2 is scheduled for digital release “soon.” In the meantime, fans can hear more on the artist’s Booth-hosted Good Luck EP, available here for free streaming and download.
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Features of Thera-Band First Step to Active Health Kit: The First Step to Active Health® provides an evidence-based, progressive activity program for seniors and contains everything you need to get started with a physical activity program in an easy-to-read format. The program manual contains a simple self-assessment and tools to help individuals determine their goals and develop customized exercise programs. Individuals can simply check off functional tasks they have difficulty with and create specific goals in the manual. The program manual also contains hints on keeping motivated to exercise, as well as safety reminders. The First Step Activity log is used by the individual to keep track of the amount of time spent in each activity group. Each Step has an easy-to-read, fold up activity guide that explains why, what, and when, where to start, and how to progress. The Cardio Activities section recommends both weight-bearing and non weight-bearing activities that are enjoyable. A Perceived Exertion Chart is included in the section to help individuals exercise at the appropriate level. The Flexibility Activities include simple stretches that target the muscles that are prone to tightness in older adults. The Strength Activities include exercises that use the elastic band included in the First Step kit, and help to improve functional activities of daily living. The Balance Activities exercises include a chair nearby for safety. Exercise progress from simple dynamic activities to using unstable foam surfaces and resistive exercises using elastic bands. An individually packaged, 5 foot length of Thera-Band red resistive bands is included in each kit. *Caution: Persons with latex allergies should use Latex-Free Thera-Band resistive bands.
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A Kentucky native, Brian caught the travel bug as a child on road trips with his family. After college, he joined the travel industry and has since visited multiple continents, spending extensive time in India and Ethiopia in particular. An explorer at heart, Brian never misses an opportunity to seek out adventure while traveling, whether feeding wild hyenas, swimming with sharks and bungee-jumping.
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01st Day: Arrival In Yogyakarta
Upon your arrival, transfer from airport to your hotel , in the center of Yogyakarta,
Free program night at hotel, Duta Garden or similar
02nd Day: Yogyakarta – Prambanan
in the morning, visit to Parambanan Temple called as Roro Jonggrang. It was also the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia. Then you will drive to visit places of interest in the city of Yogyakarta, Bird Market, Taman Sari (ancient royalty pool was built in the 17th century) that visits Yogyakarta Sultan Palace. Overnight YOGYAKARTA
03rd Day: Excursions Borobudur
Begins the second tour in Yogyakarta, visiting to the huge monument “Candi Borobudur”, from there you can visit Candi Mendut. Afternoon you can visit places of interest in the city of Yogyakarta Kota Gede (goldsmith), the village of Batik. YOGYAKARTA night
04th Day: Yogyakarta / Solo / Blitar
The journey Yogyakarta – Blitar, visit to Solo (Surakarta formerly) and visit
The Mangkunegaran Kraton. Continue points Blitar in East Java, the birthplace of our first president Mr. Soekarno. Overnight at hotel Blitar
05th Day: Blitar / Bromo
After breakfast, visit to the tomb of Mr. Soekarno (depending on condition) and if it is closed you will visit the Temple Penataran) . continue to Malang, on the visiting the Singosari temple, afternoon arrive at Ngadisari Village, Yoshi Guest house or Lava Lodge
06th Day: Bromo / Ijen
Wake up early morning to prepare to the M.Bromo, to cross the Sea of sand by Local Transport FWD until Penanjakan (view point to see the sunset) , descending, walking 700m to the summit of Mt. Bromo, back to the hotel. Continue to direction Ijen, you will arrive late in the afternoon in the village of Sempol, check in at your hotel Arabica Homestay, a simple accommodation, local style, to spend the night in the village Sempol
07th Day: Ijen (2400 M) -Cross Ferry To Bali
Earlymorning continue by car to the base camp Kawah Ijen, The ride will take time one hour and half to reach the crater . continue to Ketapang port to process to cross by ferry to Bali / Gilimanuk,
(Our driver / guide from Balinese will meet you at Gilimanuk harbor, west of Bali), drives to Pemutaran Village , Northwest Bali. Check, in hotel Adi Assri or Similar, located on the beach near Bali Nation Park.
08th Day: Pemutaran Pemutaran Around (Northwest Bali)
You will have the opportunity to snorkel or dive following your wish. Or your guide will drives you to the small harbor, where boats leave for the Menjangan island. This island is uninhabited
You can also go diving starting from the beach of your hotel but funds are less rich.
Diving center is available at your hotel Pemutaran
( Diving, snorkeling equipment, boat are optional and will not included in the package )
09th Day: Pemutaran / Munduk (North West / North Bali)
You will take the road along the North West coast to discover the nature . on the way to visit :
- The visit of the Buddhist monastery of the island, Vihara Arama (here you will find the miniature Borobudur)
- hot springs at Banjar village , slightly sulfur , you can stop on the way to further explore the rice is on the way, check in hotel at Munduk Village, overnight at Munduk
10th day: around Munduk and the mountain
- Visit to Munduk waterfall 20 minutes walk from the parking lot of the waterfall.
- Then continue to Lake Tamblingan, is the Lake preserve.
- Lake Bratan, to visit Temple of Ulun Danu with beautiful gardens on shore of Lake Bratancontinue until Jatiliwuh “is the village known by the rice terraces, you will have chance to make walking around the rice fields
- Arrive in Ubud in the afternoon , check in hotel Puri Asri Villas or similar
11th Day : Munduk / Ubud (The Center Of Artistic Activities In Bali
Leaving Munduk for Ubud village passing Singaraja City ( the ancient capital of Bali) , on the way visit to the place of interest
- Pura Beji: this temple of irrigation on e North Bali
- Penelokan: the spectacular Lake Batur Volcano and you canwalk around Lava ex.
- Going down towards Ubud, you will have opportunities to visit Gunung Kawi Temple at Sebatu village , check in your hotel Ubud, Puri Asri or Similar
12th Day : Ubud Excursions (Central Crafts In Bali)
Following to your desires, you can decide with your guide to visit some place around Ubud :
- Goa Gaja: The Elephant Cave, hostory the Balinese life around X and XI century
- Relief Yeh Pulu: the oldest in Bali dating IX century
- Besakih: the most important and largest temple in Bali
- Klungkung: visiting the former judge of the Court in the XVI century
The village of Artistic
Celuk: village procession silver
Mas and Lotunduh: wood carving and painting village, End Tour with guide.
13th Day: Ubud In Solo, Discovery Of Arts And Culture In Bali
Two days, you could dedicated to visit some places around Ubud, walking around Ubud, visit Painting Exhibition, Ubud traditional market. Hotel provide free transportation to the center of Ubud one way only
14th Day: Transfer Ubud / Sanur
We will arrange your transfer from Ubud to Sanur (around one hour drive)
Your hotel in is situated near the beach right in the Sanur Central , just a short beach access, as well as accessibility by walking to shopping center.
15th And 16th Day: Free Program To Your Hotel
17th Day: Transfer Sanur / Airport
At the end of your holiday with us, we will organize your transfer to the international airport.
The budget that we offer includes
- 16 nights’ Accommodations with breakfast
- Tour guided with English or French speaking guide-driver.
- Private Transport (about 8 – 10 hours / day)
- Fuel, meals of your guide and his room
- Small trekking, walking on the rice fields with your guide
- ticket entrance to the various places visited (excluding sports activities, rental of diving equipment, snorkeling, boat hire, local guides for big treks, entrances to parks, dances …)
- Your welcome at the airport upon arrival All transfers
The price is not included
- Meals, Lunch and dinner
- Your flight arrival at Bali International return
- Airports taxes paid on site at your departure from Bali (Indonesia provide 13 Euros / P)
- Obtaining your free visa arrived in Bali for 30 days maximum (passport valid six months after your return)
- Responsibilities on flights delay and cancelation, or other means of transport provided by the other parties Indonesian company ( Domestic Flight and Boat if Ant )
- Costs related to changes the hotels or program due to your initiative.
- In general personal expenses.
- Personal and baggage’s insurance


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A massive storm and heavy rain that has sparked damaging flash floods in central Australia is being described as a once-in-50-years weather event by the country's Bureau of Meteorology.
A quarter of the community of Kintore was evacuated after it was drenched by 232mm of rain in 24 hours - taking the December total to a record 373.4mm.
More than 60mm fell between 8pm and 9pm on Christmas night alone, which the bureau labelled a one-in-50-year rainfall event.
The downpours caused the closure of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, where Uluru (Ayers Rock) is located.
Photographs taken by park rangers showed waterfalls caused by the downpour cascading down the sides of the rock.
Park manager Mike Misso said rangers closed the park yesterday due to the risk of flooded roads and the potential for car accidents.
"There's a lot of water … coming off the rock and what that does is just channels across the ring road around Uluru, some of those roads there were flooded by about 300 to 400mm of rain. [It is] quite spectacular but very hazardous road conditions," he said.
Small communities inundated
Northern Territory police said it had caused significant flash flooding woes for the 400 people living in Kintore, which is located about 520km west of Alice Springs near the Western Australia border.
"There's a significant number of houses that have been affected by flooding in some capacity," Acting Superintendent Pauline Vicary said.
She said 20 to 25 homes were flooded, fences on other properties were damaged and cars were submerged.
"We're estimating about 40 per cent of the houses in Kintore have had some sort of damage as a result of the flooding," she said.
96 people were taken to an emergency evacuation point at the local school - 85 are still sheltering there but others found accommodation with family and friends.
"Thankfully no one's been injured," Ms Vicary said.
"It is a remote area and it's quite tricky, all the roads are impassable from the [Northern Territory] side into Kintore at the moment, and the [Western Australia] access is also significantly impaired and it's quite dangerous to get though, so it's obviously going to impair us getting resources in there."
Low cloud cover meant the police plane had not been able to fly in to the stranded community.
However, Ms Vicary said the community had a good emergency plan, plenty of food and medical supplies, and the medical clinic was not affected.
Ms Vicary said Papunya community, about 250km west of Alice Springs, was also "completely isolated, roads are impassable", but there were no reports of flooding.
The town square of Yulara, the community closest to Uluru, was inundated and firemen were pumping the water out.
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James Potter Jr., first son of James and Lily Potter is best friends with Theodore Black, son of Sirius. Together, the two are mimicks of their fathers. Trouble making, decieving, and quite hilarious, this is story tells the adventures of James and Theo as they attend their third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Genres: Humor, Romance, Young Adult Era: Hogwarts Characters: Draco, Harry, James, Lily, OtherCanon , Seamus, Sirius Pairings: James/Lily, Sirius/OC
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Cattle escaped from a field in Lowfields, Boothby Graffoe when someone cut through fencing overnight at the weekend.
Police are treating the incident as criminal damage after four strands of barbed wire surrounding a field containing cattle were cut some time after 5pm on Saturday evening.
As a result the cattle escaped but were caught again by the owner later that evening, say police.
If you saw or heard anything to help the investigation, contact police on 101 and quote incident number 290 of 08/05/2016,
Alternatively, you can provide information anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

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Volume 4, Issue 4: Brewing Bluegrass
Forty years might seem like a long time, but truth be told, the roots of his family’s presence on the music scene date back much, much further, to the earliest beginnings of bluegrass.
“I went to Nashville actually trying to do the Country music scene. At that time, they wanted a certain look and a certain size no matter if you could actually sing or not. It just didn’t pan out.”
If we support the music we love, when Covid 19 ends as an existential threat and live concerts resume, we will feel the pride of having been part of the solution.
“I did a lot of soul-searching, trying to figure out what Hackensaw Boys even is at this point with all the people that have come and gone through it.”
“Usually one of us will come to the other with an idea, whether it be a melody or some lyrics, and we will work together trying to create an original product,” says Tabitha.
“When I discovered the music itself, we didn’t call it Bluegrass or Country. At first, it was like ‘American music’. We were going more towards Bluegrass than we were to Country.”
“There’s always been and will always be certain songs that take me back to a certain place in time. What they mean to me may not be what they mean to someone else.”
Although Cody jokingly worries that one day he’ll be replaced by a young, good-looking bass player, the girls have made no hard-and-fast future plans.
Even though he yearned for those bluegrass recordings to be made into a record 39 years ago, that cassette might have done him a favor to stay hidden, and wait for the right time to emerge.
Volume II is leaning toward the singer-songwriter. Ashleigh says, “It is stripped down songs with pedal steel and electric guitar, along with a solo of Ashleigh singing and playing the bass.”
We’ve grown up around music and relate that in the music that we play. Our background and faith show in our music. I believe it expresses our feelings and personalities too.
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On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes would no longer be valid. This move was taken to reduce corruption and the use of black money in the country. Obviously, different people reacted differently to this decision but when you look at the numbers, it was a much needed move.
According to the Finance Ministry, there was an increase of 40% in the circulation of notes between 2011 and 2016 but the circulation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes increased by 76% and 109%, respectively. So where is all this money coming from? Through illegal sources, of course.
What does it mean for Indians?
The impact of this decision was seen immediately and there were long queues outside banks and ATMs to exchange notes and get the new currency. People who had marriages planned or were looking to invest in business were in a state of panic. The question is: Is it actually a thing to panic about?
It is, but only for those who resist change.
The government of India gave an option of opening free bank accounts through the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana but people ignored it.
They asked citizens to make Aadhar Cards time and again and even initiated the income declaration scheme in September 2016.
Not to forget, the importance of bank deposits and investments, which is underlined every now and then. Now, those who made the right investments can continue life smoothly by taking a loan against securities or property but, those who didn’t are the ones suffering.
How Big is That Number?
In 2015, India’s GDP was recorded at US$ 2073.54 billion. This accounts for 10% of the world’s average. In the same year, about 10 lakh income tax assessees declared their income to be above Rs. 1 crore, while a majority of the country’s population fell in the category of Rs. 5.5 lakhs to Rs. 9.5 lakhs.
Of these, only 47% put their savings in banks and just 24% of them used it for insurance purposes. This means that half of the country’s population prefers to keep their savings in cash.
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Now, following demonetization, an estimated Rs. 7-8 lakh crores will be deposited in the banks, which will eventually make the banking system stronger and will strengthen the position of the Indian rupee in the international market. It also shows the importance of financial products like loan against securities, especially during times when there appears to be a liquidity crunch.
Coming back to the common man, this move is certainly a reality check for them. It raises a huge question mark over their adaptability and education. Despite India being one of the biggest smartphone using nations, why are people unable to survive on digital transactions for a few days?
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After a week off for spring break tournaments, the Moore League pennant chase heats up in a big way, including a dream-day doubleheader at Blair Field on Wednesday.
In the opener at 3:30 p.m., defending champion Poly (14-7, 3-1) and Chris Castellanos (4-0, 0.81 ERA) face Millikan (12-6-1 3-0) and left-hander Chris Gutierrez (3-2, 1.18 ERA), who is coming off a four-hit shutout of Lakewood.
Millikan is riding an area-best, nine-game winning streak and sits atop the league standings, but it faces a huge challenge this week against the Jackrabbits and then Wilson on Friday.
The Rams hadn't won a league game against powers Lakewood, Wilson or Poly since April 30, 2010 when they beat Wilson 3-2.
Millikan will rely heavily on Gutierrez and sophomore Jacob Alcorn (4-1, 1.63) because it's hitting .253 as a team. Tristin Chamberlain (.327, 14 hits) and Giovanny Higueros (.326, 14 hits) leading the way.
"We, as a team, will need to find a way to jump on them (Poly and Wilson) early," Gutierrez said. "When we play both teams, it's going to come down to offense. Both of their pitchers are good at what they do and are well-coached, so as a group we will need to produce runs to keep the pressure on both teams."
The day's marquee matchup features Lakewood (10-7, 2-1) vs. Wilson (10-8-1, 2-1) at 6:30 p.m. Andrew Mendoza (3-0) is expected to lead the Lancers against the Bruins' Tyler Radcliffe (2-1, 1.97 ERA) in the nightcap.
"I am very excited as always to pitch against either team (Lakewood or Millikan)," Radcliffe said. "In order to beat Lakewood, I am going to have to keep the ball down and paint the corners. This week can really change the way people look at the Bruins and can change the momentum of the Moore League."
Mendoza has an area-low 0.23 ERA over 31 innings and allowed just one earned run. The senior right-hander will need to shut down Mike Semonson (.414) and Timmy Richards (.358), who are tied with a team-best 24 hits.
Another big week
Paramount (5-0) hosts Gahr (3-2) today in the first of two games this week that could go a long ways toward determining the San Gabriel Valley League title.
Paramount senior left-hander Ulices Moreno (6-1, 1.30 ERA) is being given a great deal of credit for the Pirates' fast start that includes wins over title contenders Gahr, Downey and Warren.
Moreno, who is 3-0 and hasn't given up an earned run in league play, will either go today against UNLV-bound left-hander Andrew Encinas (4-1, 0.64 ERA) or Friday at Gahr against Greg Humbert (2-2, 1.70 ERA).
Moreno will need to shut down a lineup that includes Jaime Estrada (.548), Edgar Morales (.310), Adonis Morrison (.391) and Kevin Franklin, who is hitting .429 with an area-best six home runs.
Nothing, though, seems impossible for someone who's allowed just one earned run over the last 34 2/3 innings, struck out 35 and walked only four.
"He provides consistency for us on the mound and with his every-day presence," Paramount coach Cameron Chinn said of Moreno. "He doesn't show any emotions, always displaying poise and confidence. His growth from the end of his sophomore season to where he is now is the largest gain I have had as a coach in that amount of time."
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Poly junior Ariana Washington joined an illustrious group when she won the 200 meters in a nation-leading 23.34 in the Arcadia Invitational. She moved into fourth on the meet's all-time list.
Washington's time was the fastest since 2002 when three-time world and reigning Olympic champion Allyson Felix ran 23.08 while attending L.A. Baptist. The meet record is 22.87 run by Marion Jones competing for Rio Mesa in 1991.
"I thought I could run at least 23.5 but 23.3? And a PR? Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh," Washington said. "I am not peaking but I am definitely getting the speed where I need to be to run 22 this season."
The 200 was one of two nation-leading performances for Washington. She also ran the third 200 leg on the Poly sprint medley relay team of junior Jade Lewis (100), senior Diamond Thomas (100) and junior Hollie Harris (400) that ran 1:44.73 on Friday.
In the 4 x 100, Washington anchored the Jackrabbits team of Lewis, freshman Maya Perkins and Thomas to a state-leading 46.18.
Millikan junior Misana Viltz just missed breaking into the top 10 on the all-time Long Beach list in the 110-meter hurdles after placing second in a wind-aided 13.97.
No area athlete has broken 14 seconds since 1997. Nevertheless, it was a breakthrough for Viltz, who ran nearly a second faster than his season and career-legal best of 14.91.
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Downey records fall
Downey Sophomore Lisa Vasquez won her heat and broke her own school record in the 3200 meters at Arcadia. For the first time she dipped under the 11-minute mark with a 10:51:78.
Junior teammate Tiffany Gilmore also broke her school record in the shot put with a mark of 41 feet, 4 inches and finished ninth overall at Arcadia.
The boys' sprint medley team broke the school record for the second time this season with a state-leading 3:29.57. The time is second in the nation this year.
Time is now for Wilson
The Wilson softball team can right its season this week.
It's pretty much make or break as the defending Moore League champion Bruins (6-9, 3-0) host Lakewood (12-5, 3-0) in a first-place showdown today at Joe Rodgers Stadium and travel to Millikan (15-2-1, 2-1) on Thursday.
"It's an important week," said first-year Wilson coach Mike Hunter, whose team has played a fairly tough nonleague schedule. "The kids know what they are playing for, that there is a sense of urgency. I'm pretty confident we can give them a good game. I truly believe in the team and the kids."
The Bruins' downfall has been an inexperienced pitching staff that is giving up 7.33 earned runs per game.
Top pitcher Gabby Juarez (4-4, 5.57 ERA) is likely to get the start in this week's key games.
"Our pitching has been inconsistent," Hunter said. "Gabby is getting time under her belt. That's what it takes to get consistent. She has a young staff behind her and that kind of mix, you get mixed results. Our pitching is a work in progress. From where we started to where we are not, I'm happy."
The Bruins feature third baseman Unique Whitehurst (.516, 10 RBIs), shortstop Kori Cochran (.500, 10 RBIs, 10 runs), first baseman Alexis Schiff (.420, 19 RBIs, 16 runs) and catcher Alleah Laxamana (.422, 14 RBIs, 13 runs) among others.
Calubid, Bruins step up
Wilson's boys golf team, led by an even-par round from junior Harold Calubid, won last week's 38-team Champions' Invitational at Terra Lago Golf Club in Indio.
"It seems like the big stage is the one he's ready to rise to," Wilson coach Jeff Evans said of Calubid, who reached the CIF Individual finals last season. "The bigger the event, the better he plays."
Calubid had a 2-over total of 218 for the two-day, 54-hole, two-day event. The Bruins finished with a team score of 890, two shots better than Stevenson, a prep school from the Monterey area.
The Bruins finished with a 297, the tournament's second-best final-round score. Wilson finished ahead of Loyola (895), Diamond Bar (897), Servite (908), Corona del Mar (911), Great Oak (913), Damien (914) and Santa Barbara (914).
"It's an event we consider one of the premier events on our schedule," Evans said. "For us to win the title was definitely a goal on our season list."
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It appears Lakewood is the team to beat for the Moore League boys volleyball title. The Lancers, who shared the crown last year with Poly, are 3-0 in league ahead of today's match at Jordan and are ranked No. 7 in the CIF-SS Division 2 poll.
Poly also took a 3-0 league mark into its home match today against Cabrillo. If Lakewood and Poly win, it will set up quite a showdown between the teams Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at Lakewood.
Poly is unranked in Division 2, but a win over Lakewood could get the Jackrabbits into the top 10.
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A new playground in Southeast Queens will bring new meaning to the phrase “by the people, for the people.”
Construction has officially begun on a state-of-the-art play area at Jamaica’s PS 140. With the help of the Trust for Public Land, which “works to protect the places people care about and create close-to-home parks,” the playground was partially designed by students of the school. Their feedback was used to build out a comprehensive, safe and fun playground. According to the New York City School Construction Authority, the park will be open to the community, bringing 5,440 residents within a 10-minute walk of a playground.
The environmentally-friendly playground will include trees and green space, a running track, turf field, handball wall, basketball practice hoops, game tables, green roof gazebo, play equipment for children between the ages of 5 and 12 years and safety mats. The playground will also feature a color seal designed by students of PS 140 that honors jazz legend Duke Ellington, after whom the school is named.
At a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, students were joined by Councilman I. Daneek Miller (St. Albans) and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz. Both elected officials said that they were thrilled by the new addition. Miller remarked that student participation in the project represents the best that his council district has to offer.
“We celebrate the unveiling of the playground design conceived in the imaginations of the students of PS 140 Edward Kennedy ‘Duke’ Ellington,” Miller said. “This self-made concept embodies the true spirit of a ‘For Us, By Us’ community based public works model.”
Katz shared this sentiment.
“The jazz great Duke Ellington was an innovative musician who would have been proud to see a playground of such inventive and creative design be built at the school that bears his name,” she said. “This student-designed and environmentally-friendly playground will be a critically important recreational resource that will help our children be physically active.”


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Dear Mr. President,
On my own behalf and on behalf of the people of Azerbaijan, I cordially congratulate you and your people on the occasion of the national holiday of the Republic of Latvia – Independence Day.
I am confident that traditionally friendly relations between Azerbaijan and Latvia, our mutually fruitful partnership will constantly develop and expand in the best interests of our people.
On this remarkable day, I extend my best wishes to you and wish the friendly people of Latvia everlasting peace and prosperity.
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AceShowbiz - Miley Cyrus is not the only one moving on with her life. Her former husband Liam Hemsworth has also found a new love following their short-lived marriage. On Thursday, October 10, the "Independence Day: Resurgence" actor was spotted on a date with Australian actress Maddison Brown, known for her role on the TV show "Dynasty".
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Liam Hemsworth, 29, has just come back from Toronto, Canada after filming his new Quibi television series "Dodge & Miles". He plays Dodge Maynard who, desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life, accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game where he soon discovers that he's not the hunter, but the prey.
Meanwhile, 26-year-old Miley Cyrus who has been flaunting her romance with Cody Simpson recently hit the studio as she felt "inspired" to record new music. She was forced to take a break, however, due to tonsillitis that led a hospitalization. She has been discharged and is now back home.


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The Big Kahuna | Review
Eastside Arts Festival • Sunday 21 August ’16
Gerard Walton • Photography: Gerry McNally
The EastSide Arts Festival was brought to a rousing close on it’s 12th night on Sunday as The Big Kahuna Band treated us to a diverse selection of classics at the Park Avenue Hotel. This was no tired cover band going through the motions. This was a tight and, more importantly, talented group of musicians, who have been together since 1998.
Specialising in weddings, The Big Kahuna will have played to bigger crowds in their time, but lead singer Robin Martin saw the funny side, kicking off with a wry “Good evening, Wembley Stadium.”
The rain may have kept many people at home in front of the fire, but those who turned out would have left delighted. There were plenty of EastSide volunteers in the crowd, many of whom were busting some well earned moves by the end of the night in celebration of a roaring success of a festival.
An early example of the onstage talent on show was a full band version of Green Day’s ‘Good Riddance’, reworked into a galloping country rock delight.
Another brilliant tune followed, with Van Morrison’s ‘Into The Mystic’ getting a faithful rendition. This would have had a special resonance for The Big Kahuna, as they supported Van the Man in the Harp Bar on New Year’s Eve in 2013.
They are a cut above most cover bands, in that they possess a top notch trumpet-and-saxophone brass section. This really got a chance to shine when the set delved into the more funk-driven numbers, such as ‘Soul Man’, ‘Superstition’ and ’Lovely Day.’ They even made Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’ their own with some show-stopping trumpet squalls.
It wasn’t all up-tempo good times. ‘I’m On Fire’ from the Bruce Springsteen back catalogue retained all of its downcast unease, and was all the better for it. It also wasn’t entirely crusty old classics. A delightful Bruno Mars duo of songs, ‘Just The Way You Are’ and ‘Uptown Funk’ kept proceedings modern, with ‘I’m Yours’ by Jason Mraz also showcasing The Big Kahuna’s ability to slow the tempos down.
Stealer’s Wheel’s ‘Stuck In The Middle With You’ even came with a relevant back story for the band. Back in The Big Kahuna’s early days, their then-manager Tony had apparently confessed that he had written this hit song while bassist for Stealer’s Wheel, but never signed the credits. Whatever the origins, this version was a worthy one.
In many ways, ‘Pencil Full Of Lead’ was the highlight of the set. Robin introduced it by claiming the band was going to show off a bit. An empty boast this was not. Bass, brass, guitar and drum solos were abound for this number.
The likes of Bryan Ferry’s ‘Let’s Stick Together’ got the crowd very much on their feet. There may have been no wedding taking place, but romance was most definitely in the air on the dance floor! For country fans, penultimate jam ‘Take It Easy’ was a breezy delight, and ‘Rolling On The River’ was one final floor-filler to end the night.
Two hours on the dot of high-energy fun was a fitting end to a successful festival, and The Big Kahuna certainly showed why they are one of Northern Ireland’s most in-demand wedding and function bands.
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Opened last year, this new hotel is accommodated within the structure of a 1960’s office building formally known as Lagan House. Named after the Steve McQueen movie of the same name, Bullitt, the complex features 43 bedrooms, three bars, a courtyard garden, 68-seater restaurant ‘Taylor and Clay’, an espresso bar and a private event space.
The Bullitt Hotel has been developed by the Beannchor Group who say “Our vision for Bullitt is to create a new and exciting hospitality concept. The hotel will offer so much more than just a bed for the night, it will also be a place where people can work, relax and socialise”.
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THE BULL TERRIER By Williams Haynes A VINTAGE DOG BOOKS CLASSIC REPRINT Originally published in 1912, this extremely scarce early work on the Bull Terrier is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS have republished it, using the original text as part of their CLASSIC BREED BOOKS series. The author was a much respected authority on various breeds of dogs, but favoured the Bull Terrier above all. Written in the author's own inimitable style, the book's one hundred and thirteen pages consists of seven Detailed chapters: The "White 'Un." The Bull Terriers History. Training the Bull Terrier. Terriers in Health. Terriers When Sick. The Principles of Dog Breeding. Dog Shows and Their Rules. This is a fascinating read for any Bull Terrier enthusiast or historian of the breed, but also contains much information that is still useful and practical today. Many of the earliest dog breed books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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New images of the Ukrainian model who was hacked to death inside an upmarket condominium in Thailand have emerged, indicating that she dressed like a pin-up model and was reportedly influenced by Marilyn Monroe.
Alona Savchenko, 24, was found severely slashed and dismembered with a saw in Bangkok’s Bang Kho Laem area on Monday, prompting the arrest of her Polish businessman lover, Jan Jerzy Lagoda-Filippow.
Lagoda-Filippow, 25, was captured mere hours later while attempting to cross the border into Cambodia after reportedly asking a cab driver to help him dispose of his girlfriend’s body using Google Translate, according to ViralPress.
Lagoda-Filippow runs a London-registered advertising agency, and Savchenko is said to have done photoshoots for him and others.
Savchenko was photographed in a number of gorgeous locations in London, Rome, Valencia, and Istanbul in the months preceding up to her terrible murder.
The fresh-faced model flaunts her wavy blonde curls and hourglass body in a slew of steamy pictures.
One of the photographs depicts Savchenko in a plunging lilac gown in front of a wall of pink blooms.
In another, she is wearing a strapless top with a dreamy smile on her face and delicate curls reminiscent of her movie star idol, Marilyn Monroe.
When she wasn’t starring in photoshoots and jet-setting across the world, Savchenko worked as a marketing specialist for an Estonian corporation, according to her LinkedIn page.
She earned a Bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from Zaporizhzhia National University in Ukraine last year and finished a three-month course in international business at Guangdong University of Finance in China.
Savchenko formerly worked as a social media content developer and an English instructor.
Thai officials have not provided any information about the model’s gruesome murder.
They said Savchenko and her partner checked into the high-end Bangkok condominium on April 29, and surveillance video showed them smiling and conversing in the corridor as recently as last Friday.
Lagoda-Filippow was caught on CCTV leaving the building with a luggage without Savchenko on Monday afternoon.
Following a tip from a taxi driver hired by Lagoda-Filippow, building personnel and police entered the couple’s flat on the 32nd floor and discovered the 24-year-old Savchenko slain on a bed beneath a blanket.
The victim, whose face was covered in blood, was allegedly stabbed in the chest and nearly beheaded. Her hand had likewise been severed at the wrist.
A blood-stained saw was discovered near the victim’s body by police.
Surachai Sabaibang, Lagoda-Filippow’s cabbie, told detectives that the Polish citizen requested him to take him to a casino and then used his phone’s Google Translate function to communicate with him.


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The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a contract worth nearly $50 million for QF-16 aircraft.
As per the Pentagon, this contract calls for QF-16 Production Lot 6 Block 25 and Block 30 Unique Material for Drone Peculiar Equipment Package, program integration support, production line support material and warranty for drone peculiar equipment lay-in material.
Work is expected to be completed by April 30, 2025.
The QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target will provide the next generation of combat training and testing for U.S. warfighters. Retired F-16 aircraft are converted into QF-16 aerial targets for the purpose of testing newly developed weapons and tactics. The QF-16 will replace the existing QF-4 fleet, and provide a higher capability, fourth generation aerial target that is more representative of today’s targets and threats.


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The rediscovery of a champion of the victims of war, of women and a campaigner against censorship in the twentieth century. Winifred Letts is honoured by the Irish Government.
Early settlers of the Port Fairy area of Victoria and their family legacies.
Gilsenan’s poetic method involves matching lines with a private visual vocabulary, rather like treating the novel as ‘found poetry’ pi
Sebastian Barry explores the influences on him as a writer in a series of three lectures.
There’s a border in Ireland now
that began – some would say –
when O’Neill and O’Donnell
of Tyrone and Tyrconnell,
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blue horizon is swallowed up
by the feral Atlantic in Donega
In Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan eschews righteous anger about the Magdalen Laundry system, in favour of a strikingly new angle of vision.
A film festival, a feast of family, a Joyce-themed concert, an Irish language school, and a paper on the history of religion….
Covid Figures According to a report in The Independent, the counties with the highest incidence of Covid-19 were Westmeath, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Sligo, Carlow, Waterford and Donegal. Counties with the lowest rates were Dublin, Wicklow, Monaghan, Kildare, Meath, Cork and Clare. Priestless It was a new word to us here in Australia. It appears that the …
New Irish fiction by Sheila O’Flanagan, Steve Cavanagh and James Lawless.


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Father's Day 2017 Nothing beats a homemade gift from the heart! Enjoy quality time together and create an easy DIY Father's Day Gift that will build memories to last a lifetime!
Such a great idea! Keepsake box for each trip you take! Via This, That and the Other Thang I love this idea for making a keepsake box full of mementos and pictures from a trip, rather than trying to scrapbook everything
Housewife Eclectic: Vacation Memory Box made with Edition cards available Dussert Dussert Sullivan Stores
Use stackable boxes for the souvenirs, brochures, photos, ticket stubs, etc you pick up on travels. I also want to make a "dream box" of all the places i want to go and brochures and books on them :)
Travel quote - The best things in life are people we love, the places we've been and the memories we've made along the way.
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Spiders From The Mauve Zone is a celebration of controversial British mage Kenneth Grant being held in London at Helgi’s, 177 Mare St, London, E8 3RH, this Saturday May 18. Announcement promoting the event say:
“This is a celebration of the life and work of Kenneth Grant (1924-2011), one of the most influential English magicians of the 20th Century. Often described in relation to Aleister Crowley, Grant didn’t simply examine of practice Thelema, but cracked it open like an egg and took a giant whisk to it.
“A poet, novelist, writer and visionary, Grant brought together such seemingly disparate subjects like Advaita Vedanta, UFO lore, HP LoveCraft and scribbled all over it to create an inspiring, controversial and workable system of magic. If it doesn’t get your blood pumping, it gets your head spinning.
“Spiders from the Mauve Zone is a night of magical experimentation and superluminal adventure, happening deep in the abyss of the sexy Hackney venue Helgi’s. We’re bringing you an exhibition of artwork, live music, performance and tangential acts – with DJ Mynxie on the decks, playing Typhonian Tunes all night long.”
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State officials have digitized a host of old official state documents and made them available online.
The effort by the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office and the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library categorized and digitized about 40,000 documents, dating from 1900 to 1990, including executive orders, extraditions, and oaths of office.
Officials said these are some of the highlights:
- Gov. Wendell Anderson’s resignation letter, and Rudy Perpich’s letter appointing him to the United States Senate (both dated Dec. 29, 1976).
- Gov. Orville Freeman’s executive order declaring martial law in Albert Lea to quell the violence stemming from a meatpacking strike (Dec. 11, 1959).
- A 1923 report filed by Great Northern Power Company regarding marking boundary lines between Minnesota and Wisconsin near Fond du Lac.
- A 1949 proclamation for “Apple Week.”
The project was funded by a $7,000 grant from The Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund administered by the Minnesota Historical Society, and included the digital conversion of 47 rolls of microfilm.

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Implanted Microchips Common As Cellphones Within A Decade
Prison Planet | April 15, 2005
For years many predicted that the government would use a stage-managed crisis to force people to take the chip.
Over the past decade we've seen the propagandists chip away at rational people's natural revulsion at the implantable microchip, first by introducing it for lost pets and then for lost children. Child abduction figures, which in fact have been steadily falling since 1979, were hyped in the summer of 2002 as a test run to see if people would willingly turn to the chip.
It seemed to have some degree of success. A July 2004 MSN poll showed that 20% would happily take an implantable microchip.
Government workers in Mexico are being forced to take the chip or lose their job. Staff of Mexico's attorney general (pictured) had to take the chip in order to access secure areas.
However, the tactic guaranteed to have the most success is simply to sell the chip as a fashion statement through youth culture. As mentioned in the above article, nightclubs across Europe are already using the chip to access VIP areas and automatically pay for drinks.
Conrad Chase, owner of Baja Beach Club in Barcelona, was told by the Verichip CEO that there was a plan to use the VeriChip as a global implantable identity system.
Over the next few years you will only see the marketing of techno-slavery increase. Football players will be implanted with the chip to track their movements around the field and their heart rate. The MTV 'Cribs' show will feature the coolest rap stars opening garage doors, car doors and fridges with a simple thought, now that they have the chip.
Everyone will want the chip. Your child will be made to feel socially inadequate if they don't take the chip.
Where did all this begin?
By pure coincidence (ahem) IBM, the company behind Verichip, the major retailer of implantable chips, also ran the cataloging system used by the Nazis to store information on Jews in Hitler Germany. Something tells me we should be a tad more concerned about that than who's going to win American Idol.
FLASHBACK: Sickening ABC News Piece Lauds Implantable Microchips
Facing the future with a chip in the shoulder
The Age | April 14, 2005
By Paul McIntyre
Forget mobile phones as the hottest new media technology - for anyone under 30, handsets as we know them will be gone in 20 years. The world's tech-savvy youngsters will be using microchip implants to communicate and transact.
The microchip movement is one of dozens of forward-looking scenarios that some of Australia's major companies got a fix on this week courtesy of Network Ten's innovation and future scoping program.
If the microchip scenario sounds too much like a Star Trek episode, London nuclear physicist, marine biologist and futurist Wolfgang Grulke has news: it's already happening.
Last April, Barcelona's Baja Beach Club began microchipping its VIP nightclub members, to let them into exclusive areas and clock up drinks and food via a chip implant in the arm produced by VeriChip Corporation. Within a decade, Mr Grulke says, microchips will be common. Already two scientists at Britain's Warwick University have chips embedded under their skin that let them send emails just by thinking.
The process is still cumbersome, Mr Grulke says, but by willing a cursor around a keyboard on a computer screen with their mind, they can write and send emails. "It's really the start of interfacing the chip with the nervous system," he said.
"Twenty years from now, we (older generations) will still hate it, but kids will never know a world without it."
The arrival of the hip, young microchippers is only the start of radical industry-changing trends that Mr Grulke says big companies are struggling to address because of their reluctance for "radical innovation".
Mr Grulke is a co-founder of the business and technology think tank FutureWorld, and lectures at London Business School's executive development program. Although he's working for Network Ten, he has no qualms in predicting the end of broadcast TV.
"We will still have movies, news and drama but they will not be delivered through the same channels."
Traditional media such as newspapers and magazines will survive but will be "a real luxury. There will be fewer people using traditional media and it will be much more expensive. I will have to pay five times what I pay now for a newspaper. Many will pay for an electronic version but won't be able to afford the hard copy."
Broadcasters, Mr Grulke says, will be very different beasts. "The reason we're talking to (Ten) is, they're saying they agree with where the industry is going so let's develop some strategies to anticipate that. One of the key lessons for the future is, eat yourself before somebody else does."


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