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You got godfathered at Magen’s Bay Virgin Islands – Video
You got godfathered at Magen #39;s Bay Virgin Islands
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Hear what its like to spend 7 days sailing around the islands of Greece from our guests perspective.From:MedSailorsViews:1 0ratingsTime:01:30More inTravel Events
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Men’s Doubles with Falklands’ Doug Clark
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XXVII Brazil International Badminton Club 27 September 2012 Men #39;s Doubles, 1st Round Douglas Clark (FI) Michael Brownlee (FI) v Nakao Matheus De Souza (BRA) Bruno Soares De Moura (BRA) FINAL SCORE: 21-18 21-18 to Brazil Match duration: 31 minutes Clark Brownlee play for Stanley Badminton Club in the Falkland Islands. Facebook search: Stanley Badminton Club (founded 28 June 1950)From:FalklandsBadmintonViews:0 0ratingsTime:21:53More inSports
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The Tale of Cloran Hastings by Oxhorn – Video
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Find the book at http://www.cloranhastings.com A wave of water in the shape of a clawed hand crashes onto the deck of Wavegrazer. The wheel spins violently; the ship lurches and Cloran #39;s men are flung into the sea. As the masts break and the sky goes black, one name flutters across Cloran #39;s lips. "Adaire...". Cloran has spent his life at sea and is set to retire. He hopes to marry his long-suffering fiance Adaire, but his hopes are dashed when King Bozin sends him on one final journey to the far-flung icy island city of Miotes. This time, however, the Sea is jealous of Cloran, and will never give him up to Adiare freely, but he has no choice, and accepts the mission begrudgingly. "One final journey," he tells himself. No matter what happens, it will be his last. Join Cloran, First Mate Lenny, Greaves, Darrell, Turner, Mallory, Richards and Jenkins as they navigate Wavegrazer through icy channels, floating castles, magical islands inhabited with faerie women and deadly reefs patrolled by the evil man-killing crab, Krackaman. Buy the novel in your favorite format Kindle eBook: http://www.amazon.com Paperback on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com Hardcover on Lulu: http://www.lulu.com If you buy the book, please leave a review on Amazon.com and iBookstore. Your review can make or break the success book! The Tale of Cloran Hastings is an original fantasy novel. It takes place in a world I invented and is not affiliated with World of Warcraft. It is a high seas fantasy adventure story suitable for epic ...From:OxhornViews:13 0ratingsTime:02:00More inEntertainment
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SOUTH COOK ISLANDS 250PAS OC01 Webcam video from November 12, 2012 10:31 AM – Video
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Chinese activist yearns for democracy, not disputed Senkaku islands
Beijing, Nov. 11 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Senkaku islands spat with Japan, exiled Chinese activists are advocating for reform and democracy in country than owning the islands.
Human rights activist Han Guang, one of the few Chinese moderates on the Senkaku Islands issue, said the dispute is the last thing he hoped to see when China is on the verge of a once-in-a-decade leadership change.
"The more the territorial row escalates, the more hard-line China becomes, strengthening dictatorial elements in the Chinese government," he said.
Han, 54, who has also worked since the 1990s to help Chinese former 'comfort women', females who were forced into sexual slavery to serve the Imperial Japanese Army during the war, is a strong advocate for democracy in China, the Japan Times reports.
According to the report, he returned to Japan in 2008, where he had lived as a graduate student, to advocate for China's democratization from abroad after finding it impossible to openly engage in political activism at home.
Han published the book 'Bomei' ('Exile') last year and released the documentary film "Outside the Great Wall" to increase understanding among the global community of persistent human rights abuses in China despite its meteoritic economic rise, the report said.
But his efforts have attracted scant attention in Japan, and despite making frequent public speeches, the events rarely draw more than a few dozen people.
On the Japan-controlled Senkaku islets, called Diaoyu and claimed for decades by Beijing, Han said that 'ordinary Chinese are irate because they (repeatedly) see images of atrocities (Japan's army) committed during the war on television and the Internet'.
"They still feel wronged because the enormous amount of money Japan paid China as economic aid instead of reparations for the war never reached individual Chinese victims," he said.
He urged the Japanese public to show compassion for Chinese people living under an autocratic government, and is confident bilateral relations will improve if China becomes a democracy.
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‘Islands are the canary in a coal mine’
KALAHEO One of the greatest challenges facing the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Kalaheo is the need for increased social capital.
We want our community to fully understand and value who we are, said Chipper Wichman of his goal to build awareness of the need to preserve tropical plants.
Wichman, who is the CEO of the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG), recently returned from a trip to India with a delegation from Hawaii led by department of Land and Natural Resources Chairman William J. Aila Jr.
The NTBG was founded in the 1950s by a group of visionaries in a time when the word biodiversity didnt exist, Wichman said, adding, The extinction crisis wasnt on anyones radar.
The group was granted a congressional charter as a privately funded nonprofit organization with a national and international need.
Its rather amazing that an organization having an impact on the world is headquartered here, in downtown Kalaheo, said Wichman, who became CEO in 2003.
However, the facility is often overlooked on Kauai because much of its funding and board members come from the Mainland.
That said, Wichman would like to see 5,000 or 10,000 card-carrying members of the NTBG here on Kauai. He notes that while it wont mean a huge financial benefit to the organization compared to the millions of dollars in operating expenses the NTBG spends annually, there is a strong need to build social capital and support from the community. You cant put a price on that, he said.
Were working to become a stronger community resource, not just an international resource, Wichman said. And this whole McBryde Garden expansion is a great example of that.
The success of two expansion projects in the McBryde Garden depends, Wichman said, on the communitys understanding, participation and support of them.
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Former Falklands governor Rex Hunt dies at 86
LONDON (AP) Sir Rex Hunt, who was governor of the Falkland Islands at the time of the Argentine invasion in 1982, has died. He was 86.
Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday that Hunt "should be a hero to everyone in Britain" for his service during the war, in which Britain successfully reclaimed the contested islands, called the Malvinas by the Argentines.
"He gave years of dedicated service to this country and to the Falkland Islands," Cameron said. "Faced with invading forces in Port Stanley in April 1982, his courage, resolve and judgment fired the spirit of the Islanders and the British people to stand up to aggression and to defend the rights and freedom of the Islanders. My thoughts are with his family and friends as they mourn him today."
Hunt's government said the former governor, who died at a hospital in his country on Sunday, will be remembered "for his courage and dignity" at the time of the Falklands conflict.
Hunt was taken captive by Argentine forces and expelled to Uruguay. He returned to the islands after British forces defeated the invaders, and resumed serving as governor until 1985. He also served for many years as chairman of the Falkland Islands Association and as president of the UK Falkland Islands Trust.
The cause of Hunt's death was not given.
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US Virgin Islands to probe allegations of electoral fraud
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands The attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands says he has created a committee to investigate numerous allegations of fraud and corruption during the recent general election.
Vincent Frazer appointed a special investigator and four attorneys with the island's justice department to the investigation.
The government says in a statement issued Saturday that Frazer and the U.S. Attorney's Office have received many complaints from voters. It does not specify the sort of complaints received.
Frazer said he expects to release findings by the end of the month.
The U.S. Virgin Islands chose legislators, a delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives and education and election board officials on Nov. 6.
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'Among the Islands': through mist and mud to a South Pacific wonderland
'Among the Islands Adventures in the Pacific'
by Tim Flannery
Atlantic Monthly Press, 246 pp., $25
In the 1980s and '90s, mammalogist and environmentalist Tim Flannery, an Australian author/editor of more than 20 books including "The Weather Makers" and "Throwim Way Leg," "had the best job in the world." For a decade, he led researchers to South Pacific islands looking for marsupials, bats and rats that lived only in these remote places.
During those pre-Internet days, even Flannery was unsure what they'd encounter. Preparations meant hunting libraries and museums the world over for books to consult and specimens to study. Then, having a clearer idea what might be out there, the teams' goal was to find new species, ascertain which known ones still existed and which had become extinct due to logging, mining, development or population growth.
And, as Flannery's title says what adventures they had. And what fun it is to follow along via his delightful stories, into jungle rain forests and up steep mountains, to erect mist nets of fine mesh to examine whatever flies into them.
All this without having to handle snakes and suffer bugs, heat, rain, mud, and weird food such as canned haggis and Kava root chewed to a pulp and served in spit. Plus no lugging heavy equipment and avoiding dangers associated with societies once known for cannibalism.
It's hard to imagine such lost worlds now, but Flannery introduces each island with a brief history and overview. He also provides several excellent maps. If you've never heard of the D'Entrecasteaux Group, for example, you can locate it near New Guinea, to which it was once attached.
While Guadalcanal might ring a bell for students of World War II, its Mount Makarakomburu probably won't. There, Flannery spotted a black honeyeater, a bird not seen for decades and known only from a few museum specimens collected in the 1920s.
"Our record," he notes, "confirmed its survival and so was an important contribution to conservation." But, as relations with locals grew difficult, Flannery began sleeping with his rifle and machete.
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Sir Rex Hunt: Former Falkland Islands governor dies aged 86
Sir Rex Hunt, who was governor of the Falkland Islands during the 1982 Argentine invasion, has died at the age of 86, officials have confirmed.
Sir Rex will be remembered for his "courage and dignity" in facing the invasion, the Falkland Islands government said.
He also served for many years as chairman of the Falkland Islands Association and as president of the UK Falkland Islands Trust and was granted the freedom of the island capital, Stanley, in 1985.
The Yorkshireman took up his post in 1980 and was ousted as governor of the British overseas territory by invading Argentinian forces on April 2 1982.
After refusing a plan to hide in the hills and outnumbered after a fierce gun battle, Sir Rex took the painful decision to surrender.
But he made one final act of defiance when, dressed in full gubernatorial uniform, he refused to shake invading commander General Oswald Garcia's hand.
The islands were recaptured by British forces on June 14 that year after then-prime minister Margaret Thatcher deployed a naval taskforce to the South Atlantic ocean.
During the weeks of the war, Sir Rex stayed in London while his wife and son were in a house in Kent.
Today the Falkland Islands government said in a statement: "We received news of the passing of Sir Rex Hunt with great sadness.
"Sir Rex will forever be remembered in the islands for his years of service as governor, and particularly for his courage and dignity in facing the Argentine invasion in 1982.
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Former governor of Falkland Islands dies
Rex Hunt, the governor of the Falkland Islands at the time of the Argentinian invasion in 1982, has died at the age of 86, the representation of the Falkland Islands government in London says.
Hunt, who took up his post as governor in 1980, was captured and expelled from the disputed islands when they were invaded by Argentina on April 2, 1982.
He ordered the token group of British marines defending the disputed Falkland Islands - which are called Islas Malvinas by Argentina - to surrender.
Following the invasion, former prime minister Margaret Thatcher sent a huge naval task force to the islands in the South Atlantic.
During the 74-day military conflict that followed, 655 Argentinian soldiers and 255 British servicemen - as well as three islanders - died.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said Hunt had shown "great courage and fortitude in the face of Argentine aggression" during the conflict.
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Solomon Islands Joins Anti-Corruption Body
Solomon Islands Joins Anti-Corruption Body
Solomon Islands has joined the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and Pacific as one of its newest members.
The countrys membership was reaffirmed at the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative recent meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The other newly admitted member was East Timor. Together, they brought the total membership of the Anti-Corruption Initiative up to 30 countries.
The Inspector General of Vietnam, Huynh Phong Tranh, welcomed Solomon Islands and East Timor to the organization during the meeting, which was attended by a local delegation led by Auditor General Edward Ronia.
Mr Ronia said that as a member of the Anti-Corruption Initiative, Solomon Islands will gain access to updated information on new developments in anti-corruption measures.
More importantly, he said the country, like all the members of the Initiative, will be obliged to start meeting anti-corruption requirements under the Initiative.
It is worrying that Solomon Islands is still not as proactive in her anti-corruption developments as we could be, Mr Ronia said.
With the increasing complexity of criminal activities in the world, it would be a sad state of affairs for Solomon Islands if she became targeted by international criminals as the weak link in the fight against corruption in the region.
Mr Ronia said the next step under the Initiative will be a self-assessment review on anti-corruption measures in Solomon Islands.
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Unlike Owls Aim for the Eyes, which musically tells a story, US-X is a piano piece performed as the climax of a story. Freakified Downtime is the third FOWL cd. It is an intensely personal and emotional journey, from goofy love songs, to dark ditties with improvised lyrics about the meaningless of life. US-X marks the first recording in the FOWL cannon of a continuing obsession of mine, playing with excessive delay. What follows is the tale of which US-X is a part of. Ten thousand odd years from now: The Earth #39;s oceans have receded, millennia has purified enough potable water to re-sustain life. New forms of plant matter claw their way through decayed concrete. The labyrinthine miles of a sewer system snaking its way through an entire continent drain. Air tight vaults sealed centuries ago crack open one by one. Fail safe after fail safe, long lost human genetics emerge towards the surface. A species evolved to the dark black depths of the sewer system, hunchbacked and small. Grey lifeless eyes, and ears attuned to hear the slightest nuance in reverb and echo to find scurrying rodents on which to feast. Stomachs evolved to digest algae #39;s and scum forming throughout their sealed world. The sewer hordes find the final moisture barrier appears to be clear of salt water. To be certain the oceans have receded, they release from the sewers a shit bat, one of the animals able to survive on human feces down below. After soaring about the landscape, it returns with a scrap of Olive ...From:FOWLMUSICViews:7 0ratingsTime:10:11More inMusic
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Genetics Center takes part in global meet
Four researchers from the Shafallah Medical Genetics Center (SMGC) have participated in an international human genetics meeting in San Francisco, California, USA to present the findings of their research projects in Qatar. The meeting is the 62nd annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics. It was held between November 6-10. It is the largest human genetics meeting and exposition in the world. It attracted about 7,000 scientific attendees and more than 200 exhibiting companies. American Society of Human Genetics members and leading scientists from around the world are selected to present their research findings at invited platform or poster sessions, during a 5 day packed programme. In addition, exhibitors show state-of-the-art medical and laboratory equipment, products, services and computer software designed to enhance human genetics research, teaching and diagnostics. The four researchers presented five posters that reflect on the research activities they had performed at SMGC in Doha. Two posters reported on gene discovery in two rare genetic conditions. One condition is found in one Qatari family and is related to mental retardation and multiple birth defects. The other condition represents a skin disease associated with a kidney defect with abnormal skin and low potassium levels in the blood of patients. A third poster reflects on the advances in bioinformatics tools that were adopted by SMGC to analyse large sets of genomic data. Two posters identify novel mutations in previously described genes and their relation to specific genetic disorders. Hassan Ali bin Ali, the chairman of the Shafallah Center, said: The researchers contribution to and participation at the American Society of Human Genetics meeting demonstrated the SMGC is now a world class genetics center that not only serves and helps the children at Shafallah, but contributes to the advancement of scientific knowledge on a global basis. The staff work very hard and it is encouraging to know that their research produces meaningful and positive outcomes.
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Fox Spin 1.0 : ObamaCare #39;s coming costs
Fox is so good at digging up people who disagree with the Obama health care plan.We all understand that business will be mandated to provide insurance and there will be a cost. However, what is the alternative? How much money did the pizza shop owner profit with no health insurance for employees. How many of her pizza delivery people are able to get insurance with the incredibly low wages they paid employees? the problem is people that have benefited the most do not want to do ANYTHING to help people who need insuranceFrom:WTFnews540Views:0 0ratingsTime:02:15More inNews Politics
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Health care in Israel is universal and participation in a medical insurance plan is compulsory. Health care coverage is administered by a small number of organizations, with funding from the governme... Health Care in Israel - Wiki Article - wikiplays.org Original @ http All Information Derived from Wikipedia using Creative Commons License: en.wikipedia.org Author: Unknown Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( This work is in the Public Domain. ) Author: #1489; #1503; #1504; #1506; #1501;, #1504; #1497; #1505; #1503; Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( Creative Commons ASA 3.0 ) Author: Sugar-Baby-Love Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( This work is in the Public Domain. ) Author: Unknown Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( This work is in the Public Domain. ) Author: Unknown Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( This work is in the Public Domain. ) Author: Tewfik Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( Creative Commons ASA 3.0 ) Author: Ariel Palmon #1488; #1512; #1497; #1488; #1500; #1508; #1500; #1502; #1493; #1503; Image URL: en.wikipedia.org ( Creative Commons ASA 3.0 ) Author: Ariel Palmon #1488; #1512; #1497; #1488; #1500; #1508; #1500; #1502; #1493; #1503; Image URL: http...From:WikiPlaysViews:0 0ratingsTime:17:45More inEducation
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