text:
Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 3rd May 2006.
If he will list his official engagements for
This morning, I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House, I will have further such meetings later today.
Just what does it take for the Prime Minister to accept the Home Secretary's resignation?
I believe it is important that a system that has not worked properly for decades is sorted out. The Home Secretary is sorting it out and it is right that he continues to do that.
With educational standards constantly rising in our schools, will my right hon. Friend join me in encouraging head teachers to sign up eligible pupils to the Government's national academy for gifted and talented youth, so that many more young people receive the education that is best suited to their individual needs?
My hon. Friend is absolutely right to draw attention to the success of the academy, which is working with about 85,000 very able young people across the country. We want to extend the programme so that those who are especially gifted and talented in our schools, who have often not had opportunities in the state system, can access those opportunities irrespective of their wealth and get the very best education, tailored to their personal needs.
The Home Secretary was told last July about the scandal of dangerous prisoners released on to our streets instead of being considered for deportation. The Prime Minister has now had a week to find out what is actually going on in the Home Office. Can he explain why the rate at which prisoners were released and not deported actually accelerated after the Home Secretary found out about it?
Yes, I can explain that. Back in August 2005, before any parliamentary questions were raised about the issue, the practice of the immigration department changed so that instead of relying on the prisons to notify it of the release dates of prisoners, it sent immigration officers directly into prisons. That, therefore, meant that many more cases were identified and I can give the right hon. Gentleman the figures. After that point, there were 1,000 actual removals and deportations and 3,000 cases considered, so the rate at which cases came to the immigration and nationality department increased dramatically. However, from
That is absolutely no explanation why the rate accelerated. Is not the reason why the number accelerated made clear by a senior immigration officer? He said:
"There was an unwritten rule that immigration officers could not go to prisons because senior officials knew that most of the prisoners up for deportation would automatically claim asylum. This was one of several 'creative' solutions thought up by senior officials to please ministers", so that the official asylum numbers would come down. Can the Prime Minister give us an absolute assurance that that was not the case?
Yes, I can, for the reason that I have just given. The whole number of cases being considered increased. The right hon. Gentleman's suggestion that somehow the system was changed and weakened by the Home Secretary is wrong. About 1,500 prisoners are being deported a year. If we go back, not just over the period of this Government, but over the past couple of decades—[Interruption.] I say this not in excuse or mitigation but to show that the system has had faults from the beginning. If, for example, we take the time when the right hon. Gentleman was a special adviser at the Home Office—[Interruption.] I am not expecting him to take responsibility; I am simply saying that whereas the system now deports 1,500 a year, at that time, the number of people removed on court recommendation, or as not conducive to the public good, was 370. At that time, only one in five failed asylum seekers were removed; now, we remove more than the number of unfounded asylum claims every month. The backlog of cases was 60,000; it is now a few thousand.
If the right hon. Gentleman would like to know how many cases were not considered then, I cannot tell him and neither can he tell me, because there were no such records. Incidentally, at that time, according to Government figures at that time from Earl Ferrers, there were at least 6,000 prisoners at any one time who were in our prisons whose nationality we did not know.
All I say to the right hon. Gentleman is this: this system has not worked properly for decades, and it is actually working now. We have to work through the backlog of cases, which we will do, but it is completely wrong to say that this problem was created or began under this Home Secretary.
People listening to that answer will, frankly, think it pathetic. This scandal has happened on the Prime Minister's watch and he cannot run away from responsibility for it. His assurances are worth so little, when last week at the Dispatch Box, he admitted that he did not even have the figures.
I have a letter from another immigration officer who has worked in the service for 30 years. He says that we
"are under instruction not to get involved in assisting the police with offenders . . . because these offenders are likely to claim asylum and tip the scales the wrong way. Thus are the figures massaged."
Should we not believe the people who have been working on the front line for nine years rather than a Prime Minister who did not know about this nine days ago?
If the right hon. Gentleman talks to people on the front line, they will tell him that there have been problems with this system for a very long time. The important thing is how we now overhaul not just the way the system works, but the system itself, and my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary will deal with that in a few moments. The fact is that we have not deported all those convicted of imprisonable offences from the very beginning of this system. I think that it is now time that anybody who is convicted of an imprisonable offence and who is a foreign national is deported.
I just remind the right hon. Gentleman that, when this Government introduced a provision in the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 to say that anybody convicted of any offence carrying more than two years' imprisonment should not be eligible for asylum and therefore could be deported, his party opposed that amendment. In addition—[Interruption.] I am sorry, but if we want to take the measures, let us take the measures. Let me also point out that, when we introduced the Criminal Justice Act 2003 that allowed us to carry out the early removal of these prisoners—in other words, instead of waiting to the end of their sentence, we could remove them early—his party also voted against that Act. So I suggest that we now take the measures necessary not just to improve the way the existing system works, which the Home Secretary has done, but to change it fundamentally for the future.
I look forward to the Home Secretary's statement. I stuck around to listen to his statement last week when the Prime Minister scuttled out of the building.
In March this year, the Home Secretary was told that a significant number of the criminals released and not deported had committed the most serious offences, including murder and rape. It is now clear that he did not tell the Prime Minister for three weeks. Does the Prime Minister agree that this is the sort of information that a Prime Minister should be told at once?
The important thing was that, from
I return to the point that I have made. On any basis, for years we have not been deporting all those people convicted of a serious criminal offence. I say now, "Let us deport all those people", and I hope that we can get support for that right across the House. Up until now, every time we have taken these measures, they have been opposed by the Conservative party.
Let us just be clear about what we have heard: murderers, rapists, paedophiles released from prison—and the Prime Minister does not want to know immediately. What sort of Government is that? At the weekend, the Prime Minister was asked whether the Home Secretary should resign. He said, "It depends." On what does it depend?
I do not believe that the Home Secretary has created the problems of this system. I believe that those problems have existed for a very long time, in the way in which I have described. I think that it is important that we take the measures necessary to sort out the existing system. That has been done and that is why, since
The fact is that 1,000 people were released from prison and their deportation was not even considered. This Home Secretary will for ever be associated with the scandal of releasing foreign prisoners on to our streets. While the Prime Minister keeps him in office, his claims to be tough on crime will be completely hollow. Are not people now paying the price for the arrogant attachment to office of a leader who has completely lost control?
That was the right hon. Gentleman's pre-arranged soundbite. Let me just tell him that, as I have just pointed out to him—I notice that he did not come back on any of the facts that I gave—this is a system that has not considered all those cases prior to release at any point. Even if those cases were considered, significant numbers have always not been deported. As I said to him a moment or two ago, at the time when he was working in the Home Office, it had to admit that about 6,000 prisoners in the system at any one time did not even have their nationality identified. All that I am saying, very simply, is this: there are faults with the present system in its implementation, which have been corrected since
Is my right hon. Friend aware of the decision handed down from the House of Lords relating to mesothelioma sufferers who were injured at work through being illegally exposed to asbestos? Is he also aware of the devastating impact that that will have on thousands of workers and their families, and can he give them some comfort today?
I understand the problem that my hon. Friend raises about injury through asbestos. Perhaps the best thing is for me to find out from the Department of Trade and Industry what the up-to-date position is and write to him about it.
That might be a question better asked of the right hon. and learned Gentleman. I do not believe that the answer to this problem lies in reorganising the Home Office. I think that the fit between prisons, immigration and asylum, and crime is the right one. The issue is the way in which the system works. I make the same point to him as I do to Mr. Cameron: if we really want to deal with this issue, we have to be prepared to say that we are going to deport people back to their countries if they are convicted of serious criminal offences, because the majority of people that the public are concerned about are people whose cases have been considered, but who have not been deported under the existing system.
Let me make it clear that when the Prime Minister produces his proposals, we will obviously consider them in detail, but in the past nine years we have had dozens of pieces of law and order legislation—[Interruption.]
Order. Allow the right hon. and learned Gentleman to be heard.
In the past nine years, we have had dozens of pieces of law and order legislation and hundreds of new offences have been created. Is not what we need less legislation, better government and a new Home Secretary?
No, I think we need better legislation, and I am delighted that the right hon. and learned Gentleman has said that he will examine our proposals carefully. Let me just point out, however, that he has voted against every single one of the 12 or so measures that we have taken to tighten up the law on asylum and illegal immigration, and he voted against the criminal justice legislation and the antisocial behaviour legislation. So, there are people I will take lessons from on law and order, but not Liberal Democrats.
Apart from the minimum wage, statutory holidays, Sure Start, low unemployment, low mortgages, free eye tests, prescriptions, TV licences and bus travel, and the £200 winter fuel allowance for pensioners, 2 million children taken out of poverty, 2 million pensioners taken out of poverty, more teachers, nurses, doctors and police, and lower crime, hospital waiting lists and class sizes, what have the Labour Government done for us?
As the People's Liberation Front would say, there is doubled maternity pay and doubled maternity leave. There is extra child benefit as well. There is, of course, the case that we have spent more on pensioners than we would have done if we had relinked the basic state pension with earnings, and many other things. I can recommend to my hon. Friend the excellent booklet published by the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers on 300 Labour achievements.
Under the Prime Minister's new theory of ministerial responsibility, the Home Secretary is staying on to sort out this shambles. Will the Prime Minister tell us how long the Home Secretary has got to do that and whether he will be standing down afterwards?
First, for the reasons that I have already explained, since
I recently visited Bishop Barrington school in my constituency, which has got a new science lab and sports hall. The Labour county council, working together with the Government, has spent £38 million on refurbishing and redeveloping 64 schools in my constituency. Is Bishop Auckland unique, or is the pattern repeated throughout the country?
It is repeated in the next-door constituency to my hon. Friend's—I can tell her that—and also in constituencies up and down the country. The fact is that about £1,500 more per pupil is being spent by this Government. Anyone who goes to their constituencies can see, whether it is in primary or secondary schools, new buildings—often a new school—new computer equipment and extra teachers and classroom assistants. That is of course why larger and larger numbers of our children are passing their exams at 11, 16 and 18, and why the education system is improving all the time.
When will the Prime Minister rewrite the ministerial code to reflect the new doctrine that the bigger the shambles, the more essential it is that the responsible Minister remains in office?
For the very reason that I have just given to the Leader of the Opposition and others, this is not a problem created by this Home Secretary—[Interruption.] It is perfectly obvious when one looks at the facts—I know that the hon. Gentleman does not want to hear them—that this is a problem that for the first time is being resolved.
The Home Office is a huge Department covering crime, antisocial behaviour, drugs, prisons, international terrorism and people trafficking—all sorts of issues. It is mission impossible for almost any Home Secretary—[Hon. Members: "Especially this one."] No, I think that this Home Secretary will sort the problems out and should remain in his job. Does the Prime Minister agree that the Home Office should be split up at some stage so that there are two Cabinet Ministers with responsibility for each of the new Departments?
I totally understand why my hon. Friend says that. In my view, the fit between immigration, asylum, crime and prisons, on the other hand, is a proper fit. The issue, which is important when we go back over the history, is that part of the problem is the rules that apply to people when they are eligible for deportation. For example, there was the case by the immigration appeal tribunal in the Chindamo case back in 2001, when the Home Office was prevented from considering deportation early in the prison sentence of the foreign national.
If we do not change the rules—it does not matter what structure we have—it will be difficult to do what I am sure the public want, which is to say, "If you come to our country and you are a foreign national, and you commit a crime, you should go back to your own country." That is the real part of the issue. It is absolutely understandable why people raise the issues that they do, but if we look back over the history of this issue, we find that this is a system that has never worked, not for reasons to do with structure in the Home Office but for reasons to do with the system itself.
Has the Prime Minister recently read paragraphs 2.7 to 2.10 of the ministerial code of conduct? When a Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Department for International Development publicly calls for the Prime Minister to retire and when a PPS in the Home Office, no less, suggests that the Deputy Prime Minister should reconsider his position, does that not suggest that collective responsibility has broken down, or that the Government are in meltdown?
The question of my hon. Friend Mr. Clelland about the achievements of the Government gave the answer to the hon. Gentleman. I appreciate why he wants to go through the details of the ministerial code. I think that the strength of the economy, the investment in schools and hospitals, issues like the minimum wage and 2 million pensioners lifted out of hardship and 700,000 children lifted out of poverty—the hon. Gentleman can shake his head, but many people are grateful for the progress that has been made.
Just for the record, neither of the Parliamentary Private Secretaries at DFID, of whom I am one, called for my right hon. Friend to stand down. Further to the question of my hon. Friend Mr. Clelland, does my right hon. Friend agree that anyone who has been in receipt of tax credit or pension credit, or all the other wonderful things that he mentioned, has a vested interest in judging on which side their bread is buttered? If they want their jam today to continue, should they not vote Labour tomorrow?
My hon. Friend is absolutely right in drawing attention to the combination of tax credits, which give enormous support to families, particularly those with young children, and the extra increases in child benefit—child benefit was frozen under the Conservative Government—which has risen by 25 per cent. in real terms, along with the minimum wage. We did not merely introduce the minimum wage in the teeth of the opposition that was mounted by the Conservatives, but increased it. The combination of tax credits and the minimum wage is making work pay for people. That is one of the reasons why we have 2 million extra people in work. My hon. Friend is absolutely right that there are families that benefit from tax credits, as do pensioners. Without them, they would still be living in the poverty that they experienced under the Conservatives.
The Prime Minister is probably not aware of the English cultural cleansing caused by Arts Council England's failure to promote England's traditional folk dance and song, nor that the council has spent £5.5 million for an arts facility that will promote contemporary Latin American art. Will he find out what is going on at the Arts Council?
The hon. Gentleman is right about one thing: I was not aware of it. I was hoping that he might give us a demonstration of English folklore dancing. I will certainly look into the matter and correspond with the hon. Gentleman. Personally, I think that there is a place for both.
May I bring my right hon. Friend's attention to an article that appeared in The Times on Monday, in which Dr. Fox said that his party risked being
"tilted too much in any one direction, that makes us politically less stable and that makes us less attractive"?
Does my right hon. Friend agree that that thinly veiled attack—
Order. That is not a matter for the Prime Minister. The hon. Gentleman should have a word with Dr. Fox.
Motorists who drive dangerously are regularly escaping prosecution through address scams that put them beyond the law. With the Road Safety Bill before Parliament, the Prime Minister could solve the problem now by telling Home Office Ministers to get a grip, protect the public and save lives. Will he do so?
I will certainly look into the matter that the hon. Gentleman has raised. In principle, I would be deeply in sympathy with him, but I need to find out exactly why that has happened.
Does my right hon. Friend agree that everyone should do their bit to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions? In that context, what advice would he offer to those planning to buy a new car or contemplating a 2,000-mile private jet round trip to publicise the dangers of global warming?
Everyone makes their contribution in their own way. The point that my hon. Friend makes is right in this sense: if we are to tackle climate change, it is essential that we get international agreement. It is worth pointing out to the House that, as a result of the growth being experienced by China, we estimate that even if we shut down all the emissions in this country, it would take the Chinese economy about 12 months to make up the difference. Of course, we must continue our leadership role on the issue. That is why we will more than meet—indeed, we will double—our Kyoto targets. It is important that we take measures in the United Kingdom, but there is no serious answer to climate change except at an international level.
The community health White Paper published in January this year, at paragraph 6.42, correctly states:
"community facilities should not be lost in response to short-term budgetary pressures", yet all four community hospitals in my constituency, plus a 26-bed elderly mentally infirm unit in Trowbridge and our midwife-led midwifery unit are all scheduled for the axe to sort out deficits. Given that the Secretary of State for Health today declined me an audience to discuss the impending disaster facing my constituents in West Wiltshire, will the Prime Minister at least attempt to reconcile the rhetoric in her White Paper with the bitter reality facing my constituents on the ground?
I cannot comment in detail on the issues in relation to the hon. Gentleman's health care system, though I am happy to correspond with him about that. After all, the West Wiltshire primary care trust funding has increased by 32 per cent. and will increase by 25 per cent. over the next two years. That is an increase of £31 million. I hope the hon. Gentleman understands that, whatever amount of money we put into the health service, PCTs and hospital trusts must live within their means. We need to sort the system out precisely so that the benefits in the White Paper can be achieved for patients. I point out to him, as it would be fair to give the other side of the picture for a little balance, that, in respect of those waiting more than six months for an operation in his area, in 1997 there were almost 12,000, and now the answer is three. That is at least some significant improvement.
I raise with the Prime Minister a legacy issue—the Olympics legacy. The Olympics has huge potential to benefit communities in London, especially in east London, where my constituency is. Will he commit the Olympic Delivery Authority to hold talks with local councillors so that projects to boost employment, sports and better lifestyle, skills training and sustainable development for the benefit of communities in London are taken forward?
I pay tribute to the work that is being done in my hon. Friend's area in respect of the Olympics. He is right to say that there are enormous potential benefits, and I am sure the Olympic Development Authority will be happy to meet local representatives. Two things will happen, beyond doubt. First, thousands of jobs will be created in the area. Secondly, after the games, the athletes' village will be converted into more than 3,500 apartments which will be a mix of social and other housing, particularly for key workers such as teachers and nurses. The London Olympic institute will be sited there as well, so it will be a huge development that brings lasting benefit to the people in my hon. Friend's area and in the whole of London.
How can the Prime Minister say that every foreign criminal who serves a sentence of imprisonment should be automatically deported, when he knows perfectly well that his own Human Rights Act makes that impossible?
That is wrong. That is not the reason. Over the time—[Interruption.] I am very glad that the right hon. and learned Gentleman got to his feet, because I will remind him of what actually happened when he was Home Secretary. [Interruption.]
Order. Mr. Andrew Turner, you keep doing it, but you should not defy the Chair.
Before the Human Rights Act, the right hon. and learned Gentleman did not deport all foreign prisoners, did he? [Hon. Members: "No."] No, exactly, which is my point. This system did not work while he was Home Secretary and has not worked whilst others were Home Secretary, and it is time to change it. But since the right hon. and learned Gentleman got to his feet, let me remind him what we inherited from him. The asylum backlog was 60,000, decisions took 22 months, and the number of removals was one in five. He has about as good a record as a Liberal Democrat would have had.


text:
The Most Widespread Publish a College Essay The Most Recent Viewpoint On Write down a university Essay Just Revealed The more often certain you're, the less complicated it will most likely be to prove to be it in your own essay. You might also ought to look at essay aloud to someone to see what believe that. Interview essays permit you to use individuals while your companies rather than literature. Report what you've been asked to cope with as part of your essay Many times educational facilities prefer to acquire more information than merely your employment objectives.
The best method to sum up an essay is for starters looking at it by having a original time fast. Any time you're crafting an essay, you're harnessing the complete could possibly of community to your own living. Make sure you take into account, all particular routines you're speaking about from the essay need to be belonging to the scholarship strategy. Involving A very good essay is stimulating.
You can not prepare an awesome essay inside a speed plus a fifty percent just before the examination terminate be aware that you can't end it. In order to realize how to write great essay then you ought to adhere to the provided with underneath tips, it's aa comprehensive guideline for any beginners who need to publish in the first process. You care for developing your essays add up. The essays are just where you're allowed to demonstrate your charm.
Indoors my experience, descriptive essays are only problematic regarding resolving just the thing factors to blog about. Additionally, the essay punctual will require it is best to propose a variety of ground breaking solutions to control the trouble. Setting out your essay makes a great solution to plan your opinions and flesh out your essay area. Before you start, you will find a few things you must know about creating an essay.
Each one essay is definitely a article, not simply a set of guidelines. A coherent essay will never supply you with problems understanding what you're analyzing. If you're travelling to write a motivating, specific essay, you should investigate.
The significance Write a university Essay Keep on by summarizing what it is that you're likely to mention and what you're planning to influence your potential customers to go along with. A bit of the future prospect may just read one particular component. You may want to bear in mind enjoyable your reader. Every thing you aspire to train your viewer will choose the sort of your essay.
The Out of the ordinary Top secret of Publish a College Essay Jot straight down whatsoever you understand about this challenge within a effective catalog. Additionally, the topic of your entrance essay is determined by a institution. Upcoming you intend to take into account developing your topic area Rush My Essay.
Inside of my practical experience, just about any matter is often amazing. Solutions or social network subjects are something which anyone wishes to consider mainly because so tons of us are involved about our usage of telephone and societal media channels. Simply What Does Create a university Essay Entail?
There's no superior strategy to do this instead of jot down. Most certainly not, yet the concept is that you simply must look at the flaws whenever you compose an essay. Don't forget give some thought to movie films or books you may perhaps be aware that may well provide you with wonderful suggestions. What Is Considered So Unique About Publish a College Essay? Let's training learn how to write an essay that can get noticed amongst the other students' submissions.
An essay is a somewhat little amount of publishing on a various subject matter. An excellent higher education admissions essay might not exactly consider a superb standard in college. So you need to have a thesis before it's easy to publish your niche sentences.
The thesis summarizes an important concept of the full essay. Publish a university Essay – The Facts? If you're a student, or anyone else who's able to do numerous posting, then you should furnish you and your family with the most appropriate engineering, particularly now, when it's nearly costless to achieve that. The students shall be furnished a rubric while using the distinct expectations in the starting and what exactly the function of the activity is. The majority of the second, they are simply inspired to come up with debate documents that give a particular perspective and try to encourage the crowd.
Appropriate Sources The literary operate each student prefers to establish a collage on determines how many years is essential to definitely surface texture the carrying out. Each person needs to select one studying that we've undertaken at this point or will browse through later on, and no 2 students may possibly opt for the very same operate. First, it's unfounded to pupils in case the concerns are complicated and trick. Hints, Formulas and Cutting corners for Come up with a university Essay If you wish to check out college or university, go there purposely and never if you think you should. You must continue being true to your body and to concentrate on what you would want to do, not exactly what a higher education want someone to do.
One of the best considerable college and personal school counselors provide you with some kind of the very equivalent university guidance offerings. It's appealing to discover a natural-presenter educator specializing in IELTS.

subset: commoncrawl


text: Now fokes having super strength is awesome and being a stealthy mofo is l33t, but sooner or later you will be punch in the mouth. If you want your adventure in the wasteland not to end before it really even began then invest into your Endurance. Keeps you happy, healthy, and most importantly not dead on the first blow you suffer. Want to know more, then please inform yourselves with the video provided above.


text:
Gardening season is upon us and we are here to guide you! Many of you may know that I've been working on a gardening book, "Everything You Need to Know to Start Your Garden." It's done! It will be released on Tuesday May 14th and available for purchase here on our website and on Amazon
To kick off it's launch I thought I would do book giveaway! Yeah! To be entered into the giveaway is all you have to do is leave a comment below telling me what excites you most about gardening. Simple! That's how we like it and that theme carries through to my book. A simple guide that won't confuse you or give you a bunch of unnecessary tasks. Yuck! My book outlines everything you need to do so you can have a garden THIS YEAR! Yes please!
There are numerous book on the market about grading-so many that it can be overwhelming for someone who is just starting out. Where are you to begin?
CSA Week 8
Yippy! The gardens are recovering and have started to really produce after all the hail! Yes, it put us behind but we are grateful for what has recovered and so are our CSA members!
Hello, I'm Jaci. I look forward to sharing my gardening and homestead adventures to help you reach your gardening goals! If you have any questions then don't be shy, I'd love to hear from you. Send me a message and I will be glad to help!


text:
Who doesn't love a shirtless celeb? After Harry Styles was spotted playing soccer without a shirt in the Netherlands, that got us over here at J-14 thinking about which other heartthrobs play sports while also putting their upper bodies on display?!
From Justin Bieber to Zayn Malik to Jake T. Austin – these photos will have you swooning for more! The best part about it all is that these guys are being super active in the pics which goes to show why their abs are on freaking point. One thing is for sure, summer looks REALLY good on them! LOL
Click through the gallery and let us know which sport looks the best to you!
Love J-14? Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for fun, exclusive videos with your favorite stars.


text:
By Daniel M | November 6, 2019
New reports are coming in alleging that CIA officials complained about the fact that Barack Obama's White House was "nonstop PC." They also reportedly complained about Obama's micromanaging of intelligence matters.
These revelations were made in conservative commentator Doug Wead's new book Inside Trump's White House: The Real Story of His Presidency. In the book, Wead said that CIA employees complained about Obama's micromanaging during a meeting with then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
"They met with the agency's top five staff members. Someone from the White House asked about the major differences between the Trump administration and that of its predecessor," Wead wrote, according to The Washington Examiner. "Was there something the Trump folks could be doing better? One answer given was that in the last administration, everything was being run from the White House."
Sign Petition: Remove Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee
Wead's unnamed source said that President Trump is viewed more favorably with the CIA because he has decentralized control and given more freedom to federal agencies.
"The new Trump theory was to let them make choices. If they're not making those decisions themselves, then we can always pull it back up. So that was the first thing," Wead wrote.
The Obama administration's obsession with political correctness was also a problem for CIA officials.
"Next thing they said was that, in the previous administration, they spent a lot of time in the White House doing nonstop PC [political correctness] meetings," Wead continued. "They would have a meeting every week, and at the conclusion of the meeting there was always the suggestion, 'Let's meet again in two weeks.' Nothing was ever resolved. Nothing was ever good enough."
In contrast to Obama, President Trump has made combatting PC culture a cornerstone of his time in office.
"We have to straighten out our country, we have to make our country great again, and we need energy and enthusiasm," Trump said back in 2015. "And this political correctness is just absolutely killing us as a country. You can't say anything. Anything you say today, they'll find a reason why it's not good."
Trump has only doubled down on his war on political correctness since taking office, with his Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson commenting on it last month.
"I think this whole concept of political correctness — you can say this, you can't say that, you can't repeat what someone said — is total foolishness, and it's going to destroy our nation," he said.
This piece originally appeared in the Objectivist and is used by permission.
Read more at Objectivist.co:
Hillary Clinton Attacks Trump – Demands Dems Pick Candidate Who Will Win Electoral College
Meltdown on 'The View' After Rand Paul Tries to Out the Trump Whistleblower
The opinions expressed by contributors and/or content partners are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Wayne Dupree. Contact us for guidelines on submitting your own commentary.
Attn: Wayne Dupree is a free speech champion who works tirelessly to bring you news that the mainstream media ignores. But he needs your support in order to keep delivering quality, independent journalism. You can make a huge impact in the war against fake news by pledging as little as $5 per month. Please click here Patreon.com/WDShow to help Wayne battle the fake news media.


text:
Dr. Muscle (Dr.マッスル Dr. Massuru) is a mysterious masked wrestler in Dragon Gate who wears a jumpsuit and white lab coat covered in (what appears to be) blood.
Originally this was a gimmick planned for T2P graduate and former Florida Brother, Raimu Mishima. However, Raimu was forced into retirement due to injuries.
Despite this, Dr Muscle continued to show up in Muscle Outlaw'z matches. The reality is that many different wrestlers have been donning the Dr Muscle outfit. The clue is usually which of whatever team he is aligned with is missing from ringside when he appears.
Due to this fact though, many wrestlers have used the Dr Muscle outfit to double-cross his team, usually unmasking after the fact. He has also been used to disguise the return, or eventual alliance turns of wrestlers (such as Kzy's defecting from MAD BLANKEY to Dia. Hearts and Kotoka's turning on VerserK's newest members only to be kicked out himself). Gamma used the disguised to join Junction Three after drawing similarities between his Open the Gamma Gate reign and Naoki Tanizaki's Blood Warriors Authorized Brave Gate reign, with Gamma's major gripe being Gamma having won the belt in his run where as Tanizaki simply stole his while PAC was out of the country).
In 2017 VerserK announced that a Dr. Muscle would join the unit but this time he would be called Dr. VerserK (Dr.ヴェルセルク Dr. Veruseruku). On February 2 Dr. VerserK revealed himself as Punch Tominaga, rejoining VerserK.
As a general rule, Dr. Muscle is always aligned with whatever the heel faction is in Dragon Gate at the time. But recently Dr. Muscle aligned himself with face wrestlers, having heel wrestlers turning face, or sometimes face wrestler reaffirming their face status (such as Naruki Doi used the guise to reform his alliance with Masato Yoshino and forming an alliance with Kotoka and Ben-K.). He also tends to use miscellaneous moves of Dragon Gate wrestlers, even if they've got an alibi to not being Dr Muscle, to hide his actual identity. Following Muscle Outlaw'z disbanding, Dr. Muscle vowed to carry on the MO'z name until the end of time, including their theme, Idiot Outlaw.
Known IdentitiesEdit
- Jack Evans
- Masato Yoshino
- Susumu Yokosuka
- Mondai Ryu
- NOSAWA Rongai
- Takuya Sugawara
- Kzy/mcKZ
- Gamma
- Naruki Doi
- Ryo "Jimmy" Saito
- Magnitude Kishiwada
- Matt Sydal
- Don Fujii
- Punch Tominaga
- Kotoka
- Kaito Ishida
- BxB Hulk
Championships and accomplishments Edit
- Dragon Gate
- Open The Brave Gate Championship (2 times) - Yoshino (1) and Kzy (1)


text:
Product information
The padded, flexible Chesty makes it easy to capture immersive hands-free shots from your chest. Made from breathable, lightweight materials, it can easily be adjusted to comfortably fit a wide range of body types. It's perfect for biking, hiking, skiing or any adventure where you want amazing POV footage.
Product features
- Includes:
- Performance Chest Mount
- Vertical Mounting Buckle
- Thumb Screw
- Lightweight, flexible construction balances comfort and performance
- Padded and breathable materials stay comfortable during any activity
- Fully adjustable to fit a wide range of body types and over heavy winter jackets
- Specially designed quick-release buckle lets you get in and out easily—even with gloves on
- Stable platform for capturing incredibly immersive hands-free footage with GoPro cameras and Karma Grip
GoPro was founded in 2002 by Nick Woodman—a surfer, skier and motorsports enthusiast in search of a better way to film himself and his friends surfing. What started with a 35mm camera and a wrist strap made from old wetsuits and plastic scraps has grown into an international company that has sold over 26 million GoPro cameras in more than 100 countries.
But it's the millions of passionate GoPro users around the globe who bring the magic to life. They humble and inspire us every day with incredible creativity that helps us see the world in an all-new way—and fires us up to keep creating the most awesome, innovative products possible.


text:
I haven't yet obtained a replica medal but I intend to do so and I will buy it from Heritage Medals in Australia because I understand that theirs is not only cheaper but is also a more accurate reproduction of the original medal.
However, I have this question re. the ORIGINAL PJM medal as issued by the MHC London.
Has anybody had their ORIGINAL and GENUINE PJM medal engraved? I ask this question because I was told by a medal supplier in Auckland that it would be unwise to do this because the metal is too hard and engraving could cause the medal to shatter.
Has anybody experienced this?
Thanks, Ken


text:
Cyprus claiming share of post-Brexit business outflow from the UK
A seminar for London based businessmen and investors who might be interested in exploring the advantages offered by Cyprus in a post-Brexit environment was held in the British capital. Organised by the UK-Cyprus Enterprise Council (UKCEC), in association with RCB Bank and PDG Strategy, the event presented Cyprus as a credible investment destination with […]Read More →
Lisboa Declaration of Southern EU Countries Summit – 28 January 2017
1- We, the Heads of State and Government of the Republic of Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain, have met in Lisbon for a second Summit of the Southern EU Countries on 28 January 2017. 2- Following our first meeting in Athens and the adoption of the Athens Declaration on 9 September 2016, […]Read More →
Greece – Cyprus – Palestine ready to boost ties
Partnerships between Arab countries are being enriched and broadened, since Palestine has recently been added to the tripartite cooperation between Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon. Following the decision of the three Foreign Ministers during their meeting on the sidelines of the 71st UN General Assembly, Greek Foreign Ministry Political Director Ambassador Peter Mavroidis and his Cypriot […]Read More →
Kotzias: The geopolitical interests of a third country cannot be a criterion for a solution.
"Cyprus must evolve into a bizonal, bicommunal federation with full sovereignty as a member of the EU and the UN. The geopolitical interests of a third country cannot be a criterion for a solution to the Cyprus issue," Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview published in the newspaper "Real News" on Sunday. […]Read More →
Working group of deputies completes its mandate successfully, Eide says
The working group of deputies established on January 12 in Geneva by the Conference on Cyprus successfully completed the mandate entrusted to it by the Conference, namely identifying specific questions related to the issue of security and guarantees and the instruments needed to address them, UN Secretary General`s Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide […]Read More →
Cyprus Talks a success – Historic Map Exchange
"What is happening tomorrow, whatever the outcome, is historic, because it is the first time in this process that the guarantor powers have actually met with the Cypriots to discuss this very contentious, traditionally very difficult issue of security and guarantees", stated Espen Barth Eide Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Cyprus. The […]Read More →
Cyprus Talks: Cautious optimism before International Conference
The bilateral talks on the Cyprus issue taking place at the UN headquarters in Geneva are nearing the end and the two sides express cautious optimism about their outcome. According to IBNA information there are significant convergences concerning open chapters that are still under discussion as well as ongoing disagreements. Despite this the political climate […]Read More →
Christodoulides: "We are here to work hard in order to be optimistic"
In his remarks to Turkish Cypriot and foreign Media, in Geneva, where the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities hold talks on the Cyprus problem, the Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides, said that "today, the two leaders continued the discussion on the issue of governance. You can understand that we deal with […]Read More →
Tsipras – Erdogan phone-call on Cyprus Talks
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the telephone earlier on Monday afternoon on the Cyprus Talks taking place in Geneva, according to a Greek government announcement. According to the announcement the discussion focused on the negotiations for a Cyprus solution and the importance of finding a just and […]Read More →
Leaders send own messages at Greece – Cyprus – Egypt Trilateral Summit
The successful continuation of the Trilateral cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt, and the extension of cooperation between the three countries to more and more areas are the foundations for security, stability and development in the region. This was the outcome of the 4th Trilateral Summit in Cairo on Tuesday, October 11th. However the Summit […]Read More →


text:
Learning to Day trade at Cyber Trading University is like learning to make maple syrup. Fausto has boiled it down to a few simple rules.
While it is simple, it is not necessarily easy. One of the biggest challenges is to resist the temptation to modify or shortcut his tried and true system of following big money by focusing and reacting to orders and prints on the tape.
Josh and the team provide excellent instruction, mentoring, coaching, support, etc. with a big emphasis on managing losses well.
Finally the camaraderie and team spirit in the trading room just thickens the syrup and puts the cork in the bottle. Go Team!


text:
Aarhus University (Denmark) isis seeking candidates for three marine research positions. One position focuses on marine plastic pollution, while two others are senior research positions, focusing on marine ecosystem dynamics and marine ecotoxicology respectively.
Tenure track researcher/Senior researcher in marine ecosystem dynamics using remote sensing technologies
Applicants should have a background in marine ecology, biological oceanography or similar with focus on marine environmental assessment using state-of-the-art monitoring and modelling techniques with focus on remote sensing, an international career and an international network within marine science.
Deadline - 1 March 2019
Full details here
Tenure track researcher/Senior researcher in marine ecotoxicology
Candidates are expected to have a strong scientific background in biology, analytical chemistry or similar with focus on marine ecotoxicology, an international career, an international network and experience within marine science.
Deadline - 1 March 2019
Full details here
Researcher position in Marine Plastic Pollution
The successful candidate must have a PhD in environmental sciences or engineering, marine ecology or a closely related field. Documented experience with spectroscopic identification of polymer materials as well as chemometric data analyses, preferably using MATLAB is a clear advantage.
Deadline - 15 February 2019
Full details here


text:
Curiosity seems to be built in defaults in our system as humans here on earth. Things on this world is very unpredictable that made us make theories on our own thru experimenting and doing wide ranges of researches. Mostly everyone is curious how things works, how things appear as they do today. People research how things started, how they were built and how everything falls perfectly into place. This curiosity is however not limited to humans only. Curiosity is also found in almost all animals on earth.
Animals are also curious in their own ways. They usually check on something new to them with great precautions. They will surely move away if things have gone wrong in their own perspectives. Animals are unpredictable and some of them look scary, but these are just their physical features. They are more than what they look like. And happenings prove things wrong. An amazing video from an orangutan getting fascinated by a woman with bandages prove there are a lot of things we are about to unfold as time goes by.
The orangutan in the video shared below is seen to be interested with the burn scars and recent surgery sights said by a filmer. This orangutan is from the US and is seen to be interacting with a woman who suffered from burns. The video clip was captured last July 14 in the Indiana ZOO in Putnam County, IN where the primate is observing Darci Miller. Everyone's attention was caught at the enclosure. As Darci and her boyfriend to see Rocky the orangutan, the orangutan kept on pointing his fingers to her bandages. The curious animal was curious on what she was hiding underneath the bandages. Darci on the other hand obliged to the curiosity of the primate and gave him a look to her burn scars. She peeled off the bandages to let the orangutan give a closer look at her injuries. Rocky then looked into Darci's eyes as a sign that he understands the pain Darci is in. As a sign of thank you she puts her palm on the glass. These animals also have curiosity and deep understanding with humans too. The video shows that they are not as wild and scary as they appear to be. They might be dangerous at times, but there are a lot who knows to understand and help humans too.
The zoos are a complete help to make humans understand more the wild animals we have on earth. That these creatures are not just scary as they seem to be in our eyes. We all come in different sizes and shape but in different ways, we are all alike. Getting in touch with these animals makes us understand more about them and get to know how beautiful their souls are and we get to have a closer bond with them too. There are a billion of different species living in the most remote places on Earth. May zoos get to educate more people on how amazing these creatures and that they are not dangerous at all times that makes them scary to some.


text:
Marijuana Myths and Facts
Popular culture and the media actively perpetuate many myths about marijuana addiction. Unwinding at the end of a day by smoking a joint just to chill with your friends is widely considered harmless. After all, marijuana is natural – it is not really a chemical drug, is it? You cannot get addicted to something natural…or can you? Today, marijuana has become the world's most popular casual use drug. According to the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) report, there were more than 22.2 million users in the past month. Furthermore, 4.176 million people were recorded as being addicted to marijuana in America alone.
Marijuana has actually been around for centuries, though its use as a casual recreation drug became popular only in the 1960s. With so many myths out there, how do you separate the truth from the myths about the dangers of marijuana use, including possible addiction?
Myth #1. There is no such thing as a marijuana "addiction"
Fact: An addiction is characterized as the dependence on sustaining an altered brain chemistry. This altered brain chemistry involves users actively making the choice to continue using a drug irrespective of the obvious problems it causes in life, work, and relationships. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, 30 percent of marijuana users are likely to develop a marijuana use disorder or addiction. This dependence causes a number of withdrawal symptoms if the use of marijuana is discontinued. Withdrawal symptoms include decreased appetite, mood swings, irritability, restlessness, sleep problems, and other forms of physical discomfort for at least 2 weeks after quitting marijuana.
Myth #2. Marijuana addictions do not affect mental health
Fact: Different people have different reasons for using marijuana. Nevertheless, most users agree that the drug causes a slow-down of mental processes, which in the short-term can be desirable and may seem pleasurably mellow. Furthermore, popular media conveys the image that marijuana usage has no long term effects on mental health. The Office of National Drug Control Policy disagrees. A number of studies have concluded that a marijuana addictions works in a manner that is similar to the use of other drugs such as cocaine, alcohol, and heroin. The THC in marijuana works on the cannabinoid receptors of your brain. In turn, this affects and influences your concentration, time perception, memory, thought, etc. Marijuana addictions have been linked to increased risks of anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and other mental health problems such as schizophrenia, particularly in users who start before they are 18 years old as they are four to seven times more likely to develop marijuana addiction compared to those who start later in life. Research indicates that kids between 12 to 17 years of age who smoke marijuana weekly are three times more likely than non-smokers to have suicidal thoughts.
Myth #3. It is better to drive high than to drive drunk
Fact: Driving any vehicle requires your 100% attention. Therefore, neither driving high nor drunk is safe. Even moderate doses of marijuana are known to reduce reaction time, which is, of course, essential to safe driving. Other concerns include loss of depth perception, reduced coordination, and lowered levels of alertness and concentration. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, accident-involved drivers with THC in their blood are three to seven times more likely to be responsible for the accident than drivers who do not use drugs.
Myth #4. A marijuana addiction is not as harmful as a tobacco addiction
Fact: Marijuana is touted to be a drug produced by nature. Thereby, most people tend to assume that it is a benign herb, no more harmful than oregano. However, the truth is far from it. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, those who regularly use marijuana or are addicted to it open themselves up to at least as much damage as a regular user of tobacco faces. According to the British Lung Foundation, tar from marijuana cigarettes contains higher concentration of cancer-causing chemicals, up to 50 percent more, than tobacco smoke. Research has determined that those who have a marijuana dependence often face the same health issues as those who abuse tobacco, including: chronic coughing and wheezing, breathing problems, and obstructed airways.
Myth #5. You can have a marijuana addiction, and still score high grades in school
Fact: While it is possible that some students can smoke pot and still get straight A's, research shows that these students are the exception to the rule. Marijuana addictions formed before age 21 are known as the most damaging, since the drug infects a brain that is still developing. In most cases, interfering with this process through habitual pot smoking leads to poor academic performance. Research has suggested that continuous cannabis use through the four years of high school results in a lower grade point average and lower SAT scores (compared to non-users). Similarly: kids with a grade D or lower average were four times more likely to have smoked marijuana in the past year than kids with an A average.
The primary active ingredient in marijuana, THC gets rapidly absorbed by a number of organs in your body, and the evidence of usage remains through metabolites stored by the body. The traces of THC and its metabolites may be detected in urine drug tests for casual users from 7 to 14 days after ingestion. For those with a marijuana addiction, a positive result can occur for several weeks in a urine drug test, or several months in a hair test, after they have quit using.


text:
We need to talk about Bluey
IF YOU have children under 10 years of age, you know that watching something that is entertaining for everyone, funny, sweet, educational and just plain wonderful is rare.
On top of that make it Australian and the content becomes a gem your family will be loyal to forever.
This week my family was introduced to Bluey.
Bluey is an inexhaustible six-year-old blue heeler dog who loves to play and turns everyday family life into extraordinary adventures, developing imagination as well as mental, physical and emotional resilience.
Bluey's mum and dad are fantastic role models, but they still want to drop the kids to watch the cricket, have time for a run in the arvo, let the kids play with water on a hot summer day and all this with the most fantastic Australian accents.
I watched the TV show with my four children for the first time recently and I think I have never seen the whole family giggling so hard.
Bluey reflects the learning patterns, experiences and lives of regular Aussie kids on the East Coast of Australia: the jacaranda or poinciana trees are blooming, the outdoor barbecue is a larger family or community meeting ritual and, oh my, they live in a Queenslander-style house.
This is why we need to support our artists: they reflect our stories and our culture.
They record our experiences for future generations to share, and they tell our kids, no matter where they are in the world, that they come from a place called Australia that will always be home, no matter how far away they are.
More like this please.
Principal production investment from BBC Studios, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Screen Australia.
Bluey is available on ABC 2 and iView.


text:
- [slə'vakɪən, -'vα:kɪən]noun a native or inhabitant of Slovakia.adjective relating to Slovakia.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
Look at other dictionaries:
Slovakian — adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Slovakia or its people or language • Pertains to noun: ↑Slovakia • Derivationally related forms: ↑Slovakia * * * I. noun see slovak I II. adjective … Useful english dictionary
Slovakian — adjective or noun see Slovak … New Collegiate Dictionary
Slovakian — adjective Of or pertaining to Slovakia, a country in Central Europe. Syn: Slovak See Also: Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakian … Wiktionary
Slovakian — n. native or resident of Slovakia (country in central Europe) adj. of or pertaining to Slovakia or its people; characteristic of Slovakia or its language or its people … English contemporary dictionary
Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer — Infobox Dogbreed akcgroup = akcstd = altname = Slovensky Hrubosrsky Stavac (Ohar) (Slovenský hrubosrstý Stavač) (Slovenský Ohař Hrubosrstý) ankcgroup = ankcstd = ckcgroup = ckcstd = country = Slovakia fcigroup = 7 fcinum = 320 fcisection = 1.1… … Wikipedia
Slovakian Cup 2006 — First round =Quarter finals= First leg: October 5th, 2005 emi finalsFirst leg: March 28th and March 29th, 2006* MFK Ružomberok: 2005/06 Slovenský Pohár Champion. * MFK Ružomberok Qualified for UEFA Cup for season 2006/07.Notes* Artmedia… … Wikipedia
Slovakian Sign Language — ISO 639 3 Code : svk ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living … Names of Languages ISO 639-3
Slovakian monetary unit — noun monetary unit in Slovakia • Hypernyms: ↑monetary unit • Hyponyms: ↑koruna, ↑haler, ↑heller … Useful english dictionary
Czecho Slovakian Association Hall — U.S. National Register of Historic Places … Wikipedia
Greek-Slovakian relations — are foreign relations between Greece and Slovakia. Both countries established diplomatic relations as soon as Slovakia gained its independence on 01/01/1993. Greece opened its embassy in Bratislava in September 1996. Slovakia also has an embassy… … Wikipedia


text:
The next generation Ford Raptor broke cover at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, but many technical details remain unknown. We know that the upcoming 2017 Ford Raptor will use the latest 3.5L EcoBoost V6 engine with more power than the traditional 6.2L V8 in the previous truck. We know that there is a 10-speed automatic transmission delivering the power. The new off-road beast will use an upgraded steel frame and larger diameter Fox off-road shocks, and it should go on sale at the end of calendar 2016.
Now, we get some more juicy information via Ford' Chief Technology Officer, Raj Nair. The Group Vice President reportedly revealed the horsepower output of the next Raptor during a televised interview during the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona endurance race. The number for the next generation truck version of the 3.5L EcoBoost V6 is 450 horsepower. This is indeed more than the 411 horses from the naturally aspirated V8. There was no mention of the torque.
Fittingly, Ford EcoBoost V6 powered Chip Ganasi racing car won last Sunday's Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona.
We know that Ford's twin-turbocharged V6 has potential. For example, a version of this engine makes 380 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque in the face-lifted 2015 Lincoln Navigator. If the Raptor's version makes 450 horses, then it will likely produces well over 500 lb-ft of torque. This should make for more than brisk acceleration, considering the 2017 Raptor also goes on aluminum diet and loses around 500 lbs. It would make the Super Cab version weigh in at approximately 5,500 lbs.
The upcoming Ford GT super car will also have a version of the V6 turbo with around 600 horsepower.
Watch this insider TFLtruck video as we learn Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the next generation 2017 Ford Raptor.


text:
A happy little boat with happy little elephants hanging out the window and happy little giraffes sticking their heads out the skylight, all bobbing along on bright blue, happy water with a happy little rainbow overhead. That's the Sunday School version of the Noah story, and while it's one that's probably influenced most people's view of the story of Noah (at least the people who went to church), let's be honest; it's not exactly an accurate depiction. Now, Darren Aronofsky's version of Noah isn't all that Biblically accurate either, but truth be told, in some regards, it's probably more accurate than that stereotypical Sunday School version. Aronofsky's version of Noah has been a long time coming, and it's generated plenty of buzz and conversation along the way. Now that it's here, there are really two things to consider; whether or not it's a good movie and whether or not it's a good Bible movie.
That second consideration is much more of a loaded question, so let's deal with the first one…er…first. Is Noah a good movie? I'd have to say, yeah, it is. It's not a great movie, it's not a perfect movie, but it is a good fantasy/adventure flick (emphasis on the fantasy), and a compelling drama in parts as well. All the leads are given good material to work with and deliver some solid performances. I was concerned that Jennifer Connelly wouldn't be much more than the "supportive wife" early on, but she was given some heavy scenes later in the film and was, interestingly enough, one of my favorite characters in the film. As was the character of Ham; mostly because of the interesting developments with the character. Crowe is just fine as Noah, and perhaps the strangest role was Anthony Hopkins' Methuselah, who's an odd mix of Yoda and some sort of mage. Really, it's hard to find fault with any of the actors who all bring a solid, dramatic edge to the proceedings. Although some of the special effects seemed just a little off, the film looks great and the action set pieces are suitably epic, although some viewers may have a bit of Lord of the Rings deja vu. As a movie, I really liked Noah; it was moving, exciting, and thoughtful.
However, when a church-goer asks whether or not Noah is any good, they're not really asking about whether or not this is a good movie, but whether or not it lines up with our nice, safe, Sunday School-informed version of the Biblical story. Well, if the expectation is for this to be a movie version of the straight Biblical account, than no, I'd have to say it shouldn't be considered a "good" movie. However, let me be clear; that's entirely the wrong expectation to approach this film. This isn't one of those "made by Christians, for Christians" kind of movies. Indeed, this is a film made by someone who doesn't particularly believe in the sacredness of the Bible or in a personal God. In fact, the Bible itself says that someone without the Spirit cannot really understand what comes from God because they are discerned only through the Spirit (2 Corinthians 2:14). In other words, someone who doesn't believe in the Bible isn't going to see or interpret what's in it the same way, with the same viewpoint as one who does. I fail to understand any of the surprise, shock, and outrage that has been expressed that this version of Noah isn't more Biblically accurate. There was never any good reason to expect it to be in light that someone who doesn't hold the Bible in same regard as Christians do was making it. Which isn't to say that when this film veers off the Biblical narrative that it didn't bother me, it did, but once I was able to set that aside, I discovered something interesting; there's value and insight to be gained in seeing the Bible from a different point of view. More than it, it was surprising to see that Aronofsky still covered many of the central themes of the Biblical account anyway.
Yes, there's an environmental slant to Aronofsky's take on Noah, but exactly what is humanity's responsibility to caring for the Earth? That's something that Genesis certainly covers. The wickedness of man is a big issue in Aronofsky's take and is central to the Biblical account. Love and goodness play a role, as they obviously do in the Bible as well. The big difference is Aronofsky's approach comes from a more humanistic view (the innate goodness of man is worth saving) whereas the Bible has an entirely different view (humanity can't save itself because they aren't innately good, yet God loves us so much he not only preserved a remnant through Noah, he also provided a way to save us from ourselves through Jesus). What I appreciated most about this version of Noah is how it got me to step back and look at this overly familiar story from a different angle. I was reminded just how dark and gritty it is. I understood how someone could think that God was rather impersonal and capricious to do something like this (which is mostly due to lack of understanding when it comes to God, his holiness, and the true egregiousness of sin). I thought about some elements of this story differently, like how Noah likely did have some tough choices to make, how he could have been seen as a bit of an extremist and even on the edge of crazy. I even gained some new insights to some of the more obscure and odd aspects of the story, like where Noah gets drunk and passes out naked. It's in the Bible, but ever wonder why? In short, there's a lot to ponder, a lot to think and about, and a lot to discuss in this movie. In addition, why would we as Christians ever pass up an opportunity to talk about God and Bible?
Noah has caused its own deluge of controversy ever since it was revealed that it would more closely follow the graphic novel written by Aronofsky than the Bible. And while it certainly veers off into some strange territory, it brings to epic life one of the most familiar stories of the Bible in a way that's sure to get people talking. Now, you don't have to go and support this movie if you're that offended that it doesn't have the happy little boat with the happy little giraffes (neither does the Bible, really, but that's beside the point right now). However, any Bible-believing Christian shouldn't miss this opportunity to engage people with a discussion about the Bible, to shed some light on the true, personal nature of God, on why sin was really just that serious to necessitate the flood, and what God's ultimate plan of dealing with sin really was. Noah is a dramatic, action-packed, thought provoking fantasy/adventure, but it's not for everyone. Yet, at the core of this story is something that needs to be discussed with everyone; what will we do with the God of the Bible?


text:
Inspired by the environmental damages caused by the textile industry, especially caused by synthetic dyes, I wanted to research into alternative, natural solutions for dyeing. I decided to look beyond the 'usual' natural dye products that have been used by many crafters, such as fruits, vegetables, tea, indigo, cochineal, etc.
In my research I came across textile designers/dyers who have dyed with pigments extracted from algae, seaweed and mushrooms. Soon enough, I stumbled upon lichen dyes, and became fascinated by this half-fungus, half-algae organism that hides before us in our environment in plain sight.
Lichens survive by "extracting water and essential nutrients from the atmosphere around them." (Woodland Trust) Because of this, "they are useful indicators of air quality and pollution." (Woodland Trust) Each type of lichen is different, just just in their shape, texture, and colour, but in their sensitivities. For example, "sulphur dioxide from coal-burning stations can be harmful to some but other are tolerant." (Woodland Trust)
Mindful Collection of Lichens
Ammonia Dye Method
Day 2
Day 13
Lichen Dye Results


text:
Separate names with a comma.
Discussion in 'RED DWARF UNIVERSE' started by OurJud, Feb 1, 2017.
I don't think X was so bad. OK I hate Dear Dave, but rest of the series is quite fine.
I'm not a series 8 hater. They did something different, at least. In terms of quality though, I'd say series X is far better.
That just shows our different views, I guess. A lot of people dislike series 7 but I really like that one.
Well, I like all the series a lot , some more than others of course. But I Think EVERY series has its good points and bad.
Now to my "grievance" ...... If its been discussed before I'm sorry but I am still newish here ...... Why for the love of everything sacred does Lister wear racist emblems? I've noticed a confederate flag and a K.K.K. symbol at various times on his clothing.
Confederate battle flag on the jacket, left side waist in at least one episode of season 3. Don't talk to me about "heritage" either, its a symbol for white supremacy and Treason (treason for the American's anyway)
K.K.K. symbol/patch on knee in I forget which series, but I remember it vividly. Think it was a later series , I'll see if I can find it later.
But my question/comment is.... WHY? I understand this is a U.K. show, but surely the prop man or whoever put the wardrobe together should have known about these?! Was someone playing a joke on Mr. Charles? If so it was in very poor taste imho.
I can't say I've noticed either of these symbols on Lister, I'd love to get the specific episode to look them up. They're not quite the same though. A KKK symbol is unambiguously the symbol of a racist organisation, and I would struggle to justify that unless it was worn out of irony, which I wouldn't it put past Lister to do. Whereas not everyone agrees with you about the Confederate flag as you've said yourself. Obviously the Red Dwarf creative team at the time didn't.
Outside the US it isn't/wasn't necessarily viewed as explicitly and only racist, especially when you go back to series three which was 1989. It is/was viewed as a symbol of being a rebel, associated with bikers and rockers and generally being anti-establishment. Lister is an anti-establishment type and would buy into that. He has a selective grasp of history, so the rebel aspect is probably more important to him than the slavery aspect. You mention it's a symbol of treason against America - Lister's not American, and if anything, a symbol of treason would probably appeal to him. If the Confederate flag is a symbol of treason against America, then is the American flag a symbol of treason against Britain? I once saw an American flag on his motorbike.
The original punks in the late '70s used to wear Nazi armbands. They weren't doing it to be racist or authoritarian, they were doing it to piss off the establishment. When the Bromley Contingent (a famous group of early punks) appeared on tv, you can see one is wearing a Nazi armband alongside his black punk friend. I imagine Lister is probably wearing it in this spirit.
That's an interesting point. If someone could nail down the episodes in question please, that would be nice
There's a Confederate flag on his jacket in the episode Terrorform. I briefly mentioned it previously at the end of this review. Can't say I've ever noticed Lister wearing a KKK symbol though.
Similarly, the end of Timeslides always irks me: the nonchalant reaction of the crew to Rimmer's death. Rimmer's euphoria of being alive only to be quickly killed off again, what a bummer of an ending
I nailed down the KKK patch. It's all through series five on Lister's right knee. Here are some helpful freeze-frames. It'd probably also be helpful to link to the KKK symbol for comparison. I don't know how widely known the KKK symbol is in America, but I certainly couldn't have told you what it was. The KKK are a fringe American organisation, and their symbol would have sailed past a Commonwealth audience unrecognised.
Why is Lister wearing it? I think he's wearing it ironically. Like, taking possession of it. One has to wonder where he even got a KKK patch from in the UK. I doubt he would have ordered one from America. Maybe there was something Captain Hollister wasn't telling us. Mind you, in Lister's time the currency is Dollarpounds. There's obviously been some sort of US-UK merger, so maybe there is a British KKK in Lister's time (a UKKKK if you will). Note that he's wearing it on his knee, like a knee-pad. He's not wearing it on his chest in a respectful place, he's wearing it on his knee where it would get battered. Like maybe he had a hole in his trousers.
But who's to say Lister even knows what it is? We don't know if Lister deliberately sewed it on. Maybe he obtained those leathers as is, either pre-Red-Dwarf or from looting some crew-member's locker who was a biker. I don't know, I'm clutching at straws. Lister's a dark horse, only he knows why he was wearing it. And possibly the costume designers.
The main saloon bar scene in GotA when Lister pins the baddie cowboy to the wall. The non-speaking extras are terrible in this scene, and Charles' delivery is also poor, especially the way he says, "The name's Brett Riverboat, knifeman."
I know he's supposed to be slightly unsure of his 'powers', but the delivery bugs me.
I'm in he process of re-watching them all till I find it again. Noticed it more than once. Its on his knee, a round white patch with a black cross cutting it into quarters with a stylized red blood drop/flame in the center of the cross. Its in one of the "newer" series. I'm not the only one who noticed it either but sadly the episode isn't mentioned in this article: In the popular culture section here
Once I find out the episode I'll post where it is. Lol, a good opportunity to re-watch my favorite show!
The KKK patch is visible throughout series five.
I reckon Lister doesn't even know or care what it is. I reckon he found those leathers in a locker or a derelict and liked the overall look of them. And even if he recognised it as the KKK symbol, he's the last human alive, stuck in deep space in the year 3000000 with a robot, a cat and a hologram. The KKK and racism are utterly irrelevant to the world he's in. He might as well wear a full-blown KKK outfit for all it matters.
It is weird though in that someone somewhere in the Red Dwarf creative process said "let's put the KKK logo on Lister's knee". Unless it was much like my in-universe explanation above. Maybe those leathers were already patched up like that, the costume department sourced them wherever they source costumes, and the KKK logo just slipped under everyone's radar because they're English.
THANK YOU! I KNEW I saw it. I've been watching them "backwards" trying to find them. By backwards I mean Series 11, then 10 etc. I thought it was in a newer one, don't know why ops:. On the plus side (for me)....... got to re-watch 11 sooner than anticipated .
Have no idea why it was included and your hypothesis is as good as any. I guess with the political climate as it is, ESPECIALLY on this side of the pond, I'm more apt to call out something like that. To me the way of thinking that patch (AND the traitorous confederate battle rag) represents are a cancer on humanity and need to be opposed and vilified for what they are.
I think it's most likely something along those lines. I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of English people have no idea what the KKK logo looks like - I personally had to Google it. Unlike the swastika, it's not a symbol that most of us in England are familiar with.
I can totally accept Lister finding them as is and thinking "brutal leathers" and wearing them, not knowing or caring what the symbol is. What I can't accept is Kryten not noticing and asking him. "Mr. Lister sir, why are you wearing the symbol of the Ku Klux Klan, a racist American organisation mainly active in the 20th century?".
So I figure Lister found them like that and wore them without knowing, then Kryten noticed and told him, but Lister kept wearing them because he didn't care because it's so irrelevant to his situation. It's not like there's any humans around to be offended. We should give him credit for even getting dressed.
We do know that Kryten purges what he considers to be useless data from time to time. He has mentioned that during two episodes now, I believe. It's quite possible that he was unaware that was a Ku Klux Klan symbol as well (if that's truly what that is).
I can assure you that it IS. From personal experience sadly, an ex-father in law and a cousin. Yes I've seen the robes first hand.
I haven't really followed this KKK debate, but what I find really interesting is that everyone is talking about Lister and whether or not he knew what the symbol was. Shouldn't we really be asking the same questions but about Doug and Rob???
Well, to be truthful I thought of that but was and am still reluctant to go there. Its such an evil ideology that you WANT it to be a mistake, a wardrobe worker not paying attention, unfamiliarity with an admittedly American fringe group ANYTHING but what it "could" be. I tend to discount Doug and/or Rob's "input" in this because after all, they did greenlight Craig and Danny for their parts. Again, I'm assuming they had some control over casting back in the day. If one or both subscribed to this outdated and horrible belief system then I'm sure they wouldn't have o.k.ed either actor.
For the KKK logo - I'm pretty sure the costume designers got hold of a job lot of random patches (or pants with the patches already on) and no one had a clue what it was. As we've seen in this thread, it's not a familiar symbol to Britons. A new one on me, certainly!!
For the confederate flag - they would have known what it was - but I think the chief association (in the UK, certainly) would have been stuff like the Dukes of Hazzard. It was only a couple of years ago that American outlets like Walmart, Sears, eBay, Google Shopping and Etsy stopped selling memorabilia with that design. So, when series 5 was made, perhaps there was less (international) awareness of the controversy?
I think this is right. We weren't all plugged into the internet back then, so Americans read American news and Britons read British news. In fact, rather than "less (international) awareness of the controversy", I'd go as far as saying there was "less controversy" full stop, even in America. It was the 2015 church shooting that tipped it over the edge, and we're talking about episodes broadcast in 1992.


text:
On April 5, the first ever meeting of Acadia's Indigenous Education Advisory Council (IEAC) was held in the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre. The IEAC was initially announced in March of 2018 when Acadia President Dr. Peter Ricketts unveiled his response recommendations made by the Presidential Advisory Council on Decolonization (PAC), which was created in 2016 to determine how as a campus community we should respond to the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Among the many milestone achievements of the PAC, it produced a handbook entitledWorking with Indigenous Peoples at Acadia University – Handbook and Protocols that for the first time at Acadia provided important background and direction to the campus community. The PAC report contained a total of 15 recommendations including the creation of the IEAC and the hiring of a campus advisor to provide support and guidance to Indigenous students. Acadia has also recently launched a new program called Msit No'kmaq, which was created with financial support from the Toronto Dominion Bank, and is designed to increase participation of Indigenous youth in post-secondary education at Acadia.
"The concept of "meaningful reconciliation" has become the buzz phrase across Canadian campuses, and within political institutions and the public sphere. Too often these words are just that… empty words, without commitment, follow through and action. Acadia University has demonstrated that reconciliation is actually about respect, relationship building, peace and friendship - the same foundations that formed the basis of our treaties signed in the 1700s," says Zabrina Whitman, co-chair along with Kaszas of the IEC. Whitman is a policy analyst with the Mi'kmaw Rights Initiative and a member of the Glooscap First Nation.
"Personally, I have never been on a campus so willing to do the right thing, and so eager to do it in equal partnership with the Indigenous people. This same spirit was reflected at our first IEAC meeting," she says. "In addition to members from Acadia, representatives from Glooscap, Annapolis Valley, Bear River and Acadia First Nations, the Native Council of Nova Scotia, the Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq, and Mi'kmaq Kina'matnewey are around the table. Our goal is to improve the level of support we provide to Indigenous students, broaden cultural understanding across campus and within academic disciplines, and deepen our connection to Mi'kmaw communities."
When opening the meeting, Ricketts described it as "a historic day" and said that the purpose of the IEAC is to ensure, through its membership composition, that the Indigenous voice is equally represented to that of the University's.
"The Council is composed of a group of individuals who are positive, eager for change, and respectful of each other's voices and perspectives," says Ricketts. "While we have achieved some success so far, we have a lot more to do. Important to moving forward are more student recruitment camps and outreach to our youth. Researchers and community need to be better connected, Indigenous students need a more expansive and appropriate space, and more events about Indigenous cultures are needed on campus for us to learn from one another."
"When I consider the work we have been doing here at Acadia around decolonization and Indigenization two things stand out in my mind; the IEAC and Msit No'kmaq" says Kaszas. "A key phrase that has been in use in Indigenous politics and activism for a long time is, "nothing about us, without us," and the creation of the Indigenous Education Advisory Council together with the Msit No'kmaqprogram will ensure that Indigenous voices and concerns are at the centre of decolonization at Acadia, and this will prove to be invaluable as the University moves forward."
Inaugural Members of the Acadia Indigenous Education Advisory Council (March 2019)
University Communications
Emmerson Hall, Suite 108
31 University Ave
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6


text:
Hillside Nursery
Growers of Lady-Slipper Orchids and select Woodland Wildflowers.
Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum'
This plant has arching stems with paired leaves, white bell-shaped flowers followed by blue berries. Blooms in spring. The white and cream striping on this strong-growing form are what makes it so popular. Native of Europe.
We are offering mature, blooming-sized plants grown in 1/2 gallon pots.
Zones 3-8. 20 in. Full or part shade, good loam.
3 or more = $10.00 ea.


text:
Yeah! Do you know what today is?!? Every first Thursday of the month, Kim Hughes releases new stamps for CHF!!! I am so in love with these new images! If you would like to wet your appetite, go to the CHF Gallery and take a look at what the designers have created for inspiration! (Click on set titles to see image without watermarks) *Did you know that orders over $35 qualify for free shipping in the US?!?
So glad I found your blog and went to take a peek over at CHF...LOVE it, especially the Kim Hughes collection!!!Ok, he's what I have:
Dana said...
Oh yeah, I placed an order too!$40.42...I'm always a sucker for the backgrounders, and already own 5..well, 7 now! *giggle*


text:
Academy Dance
3rd / 4th
3rd/4th Grade Academy Dance Classes are designed to fit the needs of both returning students and brand new dancers! Our curriculum blends foundational work along with more challenging options and skill development. Beginner and intermediate level students can expect to be challenged, grow in their dance abilities, and have fun!
Leveling - 2019 - 2020 Session
Our levels provide a "just-right" fit for your dancer to excel at her highest potential, meeting her specific needs, focusing in on specific areas of growth and challenging her all year long! All dancers are evaluated and receive placement recommendations which include suggested class levels and class options.
Level 1
Classes will introduce your dancer to the foundational skills of each dance style. Level 1 classes are designed for newer dancers or dancers transitioning into an older age group next year. Dancers will master these skills during the year, and increase their dance vocabulary, to drive each student to the next level! Classes will meet once a week, and dancers will complete the session having mastered these skills and their dance vocabulary!
Level 2
Classes and will focus on more challenging technique and choreography. Level 2 dancers have developed their foundational skills, and are ready for more advanced curriculum. Level 2 dancers can take one class, but are strongly encouraged to take two classes to excel their growth and learning.
Level 3
Classes are for advanced level Academy Dance students who are ready to take their dancing to new heights! Level 3 will challenge students in their technical abilities, choreography and skill work. Our Level 3 classes will provide new, advanced curriculum and higher level programming than we have ever offered in Academy Dance before.


text:
Accounting for your company's assets and liabilities is critical for the success of your company. That is why balance sheets are especially useful. Often called a "Statement of Financial Position," a balance sheet pulls all the company's assets, liabilities and owner's equity to determine the company's liquidity or current net worth.
A balance sheet is a major part of the greater financial statements report for any business.
The goal is to achieve the formula: Total assets = Total Liabilities + Equity
All businesses should have a properly managed balance sheet which documents the unique assets, liabilities and equity of their specific industry.
A company's assets are resources that are acquired and have a measurable economic value.
Assets are typically divided into 2 categories:
*intangible assets may be included in the asset log, but due to the nature of such assets, they are not easily valued. Speak with an experienced accountant for clarification on what is acceptable.
All businesses have costs or obligations associated with operating. These costs are defined as liabilities and are usually owed to creditors, stockholders, etc.
Liabilities are divided into the categories of:
After deducting all business liabilities from the assets, a company now has a picture of their Equity or Shareholders' Equity if incorporated. This can be considered the value of the company. The lower the expenses compared to revenue, then a company will have higher equity and vice versa.
A balance sheet will disclose financial records to creditors and provide a snapshot of the company's financial position at a given point in time. If a company is looking to upscale, and requires funds to accomplish the goal, then a bank or credit agency will look at the balance sheet to determine if the company seeking support is qualified to repay the debt.
Anyone who has a stake in the financial improvement or current financial operating condition will have a need to review a balance sheet such as:
At C.E. Thorn, CPA, PLLC, we understand the importance of a properly balanced financial report. For over 30 years, we have assisted local small businesses with proper bookkeeping practices and generating income statements. Find out how your company can benefit from our financial services.
Speak with an experienced small business accountant for Holly Springs today by calling 919-420-0092 or completing the online contact form today.


text:
Buddhism after Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism
Buddhism after Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism
This essay grows out of a complex, unique, and personal blending of three perspectives--the cross-cultural, comparative study of religion, feminism, and Buddhism. Though each perspective is well-known and widely used individually, they are not usually brought into conversation with each other. Even more rarely are they blended into one spiritual and scholarly outlook, as I have sought to do in my personal and academic life. Throughout these pages, I will illustrate the dense, mutually illuminating interplay of these three perspectives as they weave a coherent and uplifting vision. I could tell the story of how these three orientations became allies in my system of understanding and orientation. However, unlike Carol Christ and Christine Downing, I choose not to focus directly on my story, on my personal intersection with these three perspectives, but on the sometimes tension-laden synthesis which I have conjured up out of my studies, my suffering, and my experience.
My primary task in this book is a feminist revalorization of Buddhism. In feminist theology in general, the task of "revalorization" involves working with the categories and concepts of a traditional religion in the light of feminist values. This task is double-edged, for, one the one hand, feminist analysis of any major world religion reveals massive undercurrents of sexism and prejudice against women, especially in realms of religious praxis. On the other hand, the very term "revalorization" contains an implicit judgment. To revalorize is to have determined that, however sexist a religious tradition may be, it is not irreparably so. Revalorizing is, in fact, doing that work of repairing the tradition, often bringing it much more into line with its own fundamental values and vision than was its patriarchal form.
My strategies for this revalorization involve first studying Buddhist history and then analyzing key concepts of the Buddhist worldview from a feminist point of view. Utilizing the results of those studies, I finally pursue a feminist reconstruction of Buddhism.
In the chapters on Buddhist history, I will survey the roles and images of women found in each of the three major periods of Buddhist intellectual . . .


text:
We are proud of the fact that our students go on to attend the university of their choice, anywhere in the world.
Our world-renowned curriculum – taught by experienced and dedicated teachers – leads to the renowned International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, Advanced Placement International Diploma, Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma, including a wide selection of Advanced Placement (AP) courses. All successful graduates earn an ACS High School Diploma (US).
ACS Cobham accepts students with a broad range of academic preparation and abilities. We treat all students as individuals and our university counsellors motivate them to make the best and most rewarding choices. Importantly, we are more than just academics, and all students are encouraged to participate in a huge range of co- and extra-curricular activities, from charitable work, to community service projects, sports and the arts, both here in the UK and overseas.
Based on the principle of genuine mutual respect, we strive to bring out the best in each student, guiding all to achieve beyond expectation, and to enjoy the many friendships and advantages of our truly international learning experience.
High School Curriculum 2020/2021
High School offers a comprehensive curriculum that meets the needs and ambitions of our entire international student body, through the renowned:
- International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP)
- Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma (APCP)
- Advanced Placement International Diploma (APID)
- Advanced Placement (AP) courses
- ACS High School Diploma (US).
While many graduates continue their studies at top universities in the UK, the United States, and around the world, ACS Cobham is most proud of the fact that it enables students to attend a top choice university.
Advanced Placement
The AP is considered the standard for academic excellence in the US, and is increasingly recognised as a quality university entrance qualification in Europe and the rest of the world.
IB Diploma Programme (IBDP)
The IB Diploma Programme is an academically challenging programme of education, with final examinations, that prepares students aged 16 to 19 for success at university and in life beyond.
Challenge & Enrichment Programme
This approach reflects our philosophy to differentiate within an inclusive environment, and our two full-time Challenge and Enrichment Coordinators support and inspire the very highest level of stu


text:
Taman nusa located at banjarangkan blahpane kelod, sidan village, gianyar bali. approximately 30 minutes from the city of denpasar. it is cultural tourist park provide a through knowladge about the culture of the various ethnic indonesian island of bali in a natural atmosphere. taman nusa mission is to make the park as a means of preservation of cultural, recreational and didactic for both local and foreign visitors to better understand indonesian culture in a way that is engaging and interactive.
In the area of 15 hectares, visitors had the opportunity to explore and enjoy the panoramic view of the passage of indoneasia, starting from prehistoric, bronze age, the kingdom until the village culture of indonesia. the journey continues into the early days of indonesia, the independence era, the present and end up in hopes of a future indonesia. in the area of 15 hectares, visitors are invited to explore and enjoy the panoramic view of the passage of time the indonesian people from time to time,
starting from :
- Prehistory
- Period bronze
- The period of the kingdom.
with one of masterpiece borobudur.
- Cultural village
more than 60 traditional houses, some of them hundreds of years old. visitors had the opportunity to know different ethnic, cultural arts and crafts as well as indonesia.
- Indonesia beginning
there is a statue of gajah mada majapahit, temple gate trowulan and youth pledge.
- Independent indonesia
there is statue proclaimers mr sukarno and hatta
proclamation of indonesian independence as well as text
- Indonesia today
indonesia today is shown with a miniature railway diorama with HO scale ( 1:87 ), in area of 200 m2 with panoramic views of nature and cities of indonesia. miniature is equipped with more than 50 locomotives and 300 freight cars and passenger cars are controlled using a computer.
Hope indonesia future
In the region there are modern themed libraries and three museums that display the cultural heritage of indonesia, such as puppets, batik, woven and embroidered awesome.