yes please stay in touch, your also in path of two hurricanes...$99 be good option, can't help others if your damaged, dead, or trapped in rubble, flight to north pole would be better option i think, but anyway each to there own stay safe mate
8.2 magnitude quake tsunami warning right across pacific right down to new zealand, though biggest wave 3 meters expected expected mainly along mexican coast with tsunami wave size decreasing over distant
Happy you need to get out, get out. There are many many reasons why you would go to nearest airport and catch first flight flying anywhere north of your location, further the better Happy. Check out the information displayed on this page, Happy get out and do it now...
Hurricane Irma: Florida orders mass evacuations as deadly storm hits Caribbean - latest news
Perhaps there is safe community shelter nearby that you could go to
Almost no structures can withstand sustained winds over 155 mph," said Michael M. Bell, an associate professor in atmospheric science at Colorado State University
It is the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade, with sustained wind speeds of 285km/h (180mph).
Florida's governor is warning the population not to take risks, warning that it is stronger than Hurricane Andrew (August 1992), which killed 65 people.
Advice includes Take refuge in a small interior room, closet or hallway on the lowest level, with as many walls between you and the storm as possible Keep away from windows, skylights, and glass doors Be aware that if the eye of the storm passes over, there could be a short period of calm - but wind speed will rapidly increase on the other side Ideally, those in the storm's path should have an emergency kit prepared in advance, with food, water, batteries, artificial light and other supplies.
This has penitential to kick off a major conflict, best of my knowledge there is no evidence Assad forces dropped the gas "0" evidence...and any UN human rights charter isn't meant for mass murder like Netanyahu to take law into his own hands supported probably by whom ever staged the gas attack in first place...Netanyahu's criminal activity very likely will trigger a major conflict...
'Israeli jets hit Syria's Masyaf chemical site' - reports
China has its Belt and Road; India, Japan have Growth Corridor But the success of the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor depends on New Delhi and Tokyo pushing forward their project ahead of Beijing's One Belt, One Road. Belt & Road to Brazil? China buys another port. Brazils second largest port, brought 90% interest China-Arab economic ties get B&R boost
China-Arab trade reached $171 billion in 2016, and agreements on projects worth $40 billion were signed between the two sides, up 40.8 percent from 2015. China's non-financial direct investment in Arab countries surged 74.9 percent.
At the junction of the Belt and Road that spans across Eurasia, Arab countries are eager to revitalize ancient trade routes, Egyptian Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Kabil said.
George Pippas, mayor of the British city of Cambridge, on Wednesday hailed the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, saying he is looking forward to closer relations with China in efforts to boost economic development. Russian, French foreign ministers to discuss Syria, Ukraine, North Korea
Nicaragua renews environmental permit for Chinese canal project
Nicaragua has renewed an environmental permit for a Chinese company to go ahead with planned construction of a cross-country shipping canal to rival the one in Panama
Excavation work has not yet started on the proposed 276-kilometer -171-mile) canal, which is budgeted to cost $50 billion.
more likely he is happy living in Texas, unless of course folks talking to pixies in their gardens. Its far more likely he is alive and well than Obama and Clinton were telling truth after many corrections to there story then finally claiming 32 armed personnel, one dog and Laden's body fitted into one Blackhawk that flew right across Pakistan into Afghanistan so the navy could dispose of his body in the ocean
Divers find remains of all missing from USS McCain collision
The Navy also ordered an operational pause for its fleets worldwide to make sure all steps are being taken to ensure safe and effective operations. The Pacific Fleet will also carry out a ship-by-ship review of its vessels, looking at navigation, mechanical systems, bridge resource management and training. Nearly two dozen buses and 11 ambulances carried the militants and their families from the area straddling the Syria-Lebanon border toward the IS-held town of Boukamal in eastern Syria.
Syrian Al-Ikhbariya TV reported that there were about 250 militants in the transfer. The Central Military Center, a media outlet run by Hezbollah, said ambulances ferried 25 IS wounded fighters from the area.
Russia has sent two large newly-upgraded submarines to reinforce its naval presence in the Mediterranean, where it has a Syrian base, the defence ministry said on Monday.
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To ease the tension on the Korean Peninsula, China advocates a "double suspension" approach, which requires the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to suspend its nuclear and missile activities in exchange for the suspension of large-scale U.S.-Republic of Korea military exercises.
Ship collisions raise specter of Chinese electronic warfare On July 30, the PLA showed off some of its new electronic warfare gear at an annual military parade in Inner Mongolia. Among the hundreds of armaments on display at the event was equipment used to disrupt enemy radar and communications in air defense and ground combat.
Chinese military writings for years have discussed the use of electronic warfare and in late 2015 the PLA upgraded its electronic warfare troops and cyber warfare force into a new military service called the Strategic Support Force.
Literature on the subject includes a 2012 report, published in the journal Shipboard Electronic Countermeasure, on the PLA’s development of the “Wolf Group at Sea,” described as a distributed electronic warfare system that will be used to attack battle groups at sea.
A 2011 report by a research Institute at China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp., one of Beijing’s main arms manufacturers, outlines an “anti-Aegis defense system” for use against American Aegis battle management-equipped warships. Most of the US Navy’s missile and missile defense ships, including both the McCain and Fitzgerald, are Aegis warships. Japan and South Korea also operate Aegis warships.
its possible Trump has been sent by some mad dogs to ensure WW3 actually materializes to complete Ronald Regan's grand plan of 1984.
But many European countries including Germany aren't at all that keen on ww3 been played out in there backyard by either Russia or America, not keen at all. Russia alone has more nuclear bombs than the US of A, not sure how many China and Pakistan could field but by then nothing left to worry about anyway.
The French they usually loose anyway. Australia the Australian Defence Force would be hard pressed to manage any serious internal strife never-lone Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, South Africa, few Arab and South American countries armed forces....USA and UK or not.
So yes commotion, smoke screen whatever pretty unlikely and my assessment Putin is at least half honest, a long way in front of any others
Xi calls for strong army, tells China troops `World isn't safe'
“The world isn’t safe at this moment," Mr Xi, wearing a camouflage military uniform, said on Sunday after riding in an open jeep at an army parade in Inner Mongolia. “A strong army is needed now more than ever."
The speech came just hours after US President Donald Trump lambasted China for failing to do more to stop North Korea’s nuclear program, saying “we will no longer allow this to continue.” North Korea, which relies on ally China for food and fuel, test-fired a second intercontinental ballistic missile late on Friday night.
Over the past two years, Mr Xi has overseen the most sweeping changes to China’s military since the 1950s in an effort to create a fighting force that can win modern wars. The modernisation drive, which has focused on expanding China’s air and naval reach, is challenging more than 70 years of US military dominance in the Western Pacific.
Sri Lanka's president has fired the justice minister for his criticism of the government, including a decision to sell a majority the shares of a sea port to China.
President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday approved a request made by his United National Party to dismiss Wijeyadasa Rajapakse.
The party accused Rajapakse of breaching the collective responsibility of the cabinet of ministers by criticising the port deal, other government policies and some of his colleagues.
The Sri Lankan government last month signed a long-delayed agreement to sell a 70% stake in a US$1.5 billion port to China, to help it recover from the heavy burden of repaying a Chinese loan obtained to build the facility.
Oh I think anything major is unlikely, that American ships could be remotely controlled is probably bit of a worry, however not surprising. China recently launched its own GPS system because American system can't be trusted (during Gulf War America modified GPS readings without telling) and if my memory serves me well America launched cyber attack on Iranian nuclear plant. Its likely uncle sam is on steep learning curve
The US Navy's 4th accident this year is stirring concerns about hackers targeting US warships
The US Navy uses encrypted navigation systems that would be difficult to hack or deceive, and there’s no sign satellite communications were at fault in the McCain’s collision. But there is technology out there to misdirect GPS navigation — typically through a process known as “spoofing” that leaves the system thinking it is somewhere it’s not.
In late June, GPS signals for about 20 ships in the eastern Black Sea were manipulated, with navigation equipment on the ships, though seeming to be functioning correctly, saying the ships were located 20 miles inland. An attack on thousands of computers later that month also disrupted shipping around the world.
U.S. MILITARY COMMANDER WARNS ENEMIES NOT TO TEST FORCES AFTER USS JOHN MCCAIN CRASH
Monday's crash, which occurred off the coast of Singapore and appears to be deadly, follows three other incidents this year alone that have shaken confidence in the U.S.'s extensive military foothold in the region. In June, another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Fitzgerald, crashed into a Philippine container ship, killing seven U.S. sailors, and a month earlier, Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain struck a South Korean fishing boat, an incident that caused damage, but no injury. USS Antietam, also a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, ran aground in Tokyo Bay in February, seriously damaging the ship's propeller and spilling oil into Japanese waters.
Top Two Officers on Navy Ship in Deadly Collision Off Japan Are Relieved of Duties
America is not about to start a war against NK / Russia / China and its flunkies, so please relax. Trump is merely spring cleaning the otherwise very dirty war mongering republican party. He is doing so in his own confused manner but don't doubt to the best of his ability. He is been hindered every step of the way by extreme right wing republican tea-party lunatics while dancing upon the world stage having little comprehension of the dependent arising's of his actions..he is managing a very sick country that's likely to implode, a country full of people acting like spoiled children spending US$ in a Mexican candy shop
Rather than paying top dollar for New York hotels or Sydney development sites, Chinese companies and now being encouraged to build oil pipelines in Central Asia or high speed rail lines in South East Asia.
The Silk Road Economic Belt will offer 3 major routes connecting China to Europe (via Central Asia), the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean (through West Asia), and the Indian Ocean (via South Asia). While the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road is planned to create connections among regional waterways. These corridors will have energy and industrial clusters comprising of rail, roads, waterways, airways, pipelines, and information highways to promote development in the areas. There are 6 main corridors:
New Eurasian Land bridge, running from Western China to Western Russia China–Mongolia–Russia Corridor, running from Northern China to Eastern Russia China–Central Asia–West Asia Corridor, running from Western China to Turkey China–Indochina Peninsula Corridor, running from Southern China to Singapore Bangladesh-China-Myanmar Corridor, running from Southern China to Myanmar. China- Pakistan Corridor, running from South-Western China to Pakistan Besides the above Corridors, the Maritime Silk Road would run from the Chinese Coast through Singapore to the Mediterranean.
Russian industrial town gets direct rail link with China August 21, 2017, 5:45 am
n a boost for Russia-China trade ties, a new freight train service began Sunday, linking Russia’s Perm with Golmud in Qaidam Basin, northwest China’s Qinghai Province. The train, loaded with containers of chemical, left China through the Alataw Pass in Xinjiang, and will pass Kazakhstan before reaching Perm, a Russian industrial city of a million people.
The trip covers about 6,360 kilometers and takes 10 days. Officials said transporting goods by train is about a month faster than by ship.
The new freight route is also part of China’s New Silk Road plan.
China is the largest foreign holder of American debt again August 17, 2017, 7:29 am
The nation raised its ownership of US government bonds, notes and bills government debt, increasing $44 billion to $1.15 trillion in June, according to Treasury Department figures released Wednesday.
This is the biggest increase since March 2015.
Japan had held the position of America’s largest creditor for the past eight months, but it sold 21 billion dollars in US bonds in June.
US-China trade ties have come under pressure after US President Donald Trump on Monday directed US trade representative Robert Lighthizer to examine China’s intellectual property practices, despite worries about potential harms to China-US trade ties.
China on Tuesday said it will “not sit by and watch”.
“If the U.S. side ignores the facts, and disrespects multilateral trade principles in taking actions that harms both sides trade interests, China will absolutely not sit by and watch, will inevitably adopt all appropriate measures, and resolutely safeguard China’s lawful rights,” China’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement.
China’s Belt & Road members tally increases to 69 A freight train from Yiwu City in east China’s Zhejiang Province, arrives in Barking, east London, Britain, on Jan. 18, 2017 China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) has met with increasing acceptance from both developing and developed countries as the total number of countries, regions, and international organizations signing up for it have reached 69.
government knocking back the dole and age pensions ect isn't making life easy for a lot of people, crime rate in the cities certainly appears awfully high, shootings, road rage indicates lot of stress out there, un-fretted greed driving ever more people to become disparate, was listen to Wash on here but been long time since he has reappeared, I do hope he is ok
The US and Japan have agreed to advance their multilateral security and defence cooperation with countries like India, South Korea and Australia, amidst China's growing assertiveness in the Asia Pacific region.
China today asked Japan not to make "random" comments on the Sino-Indian border stand-off even if it wants to support New Delhi.
Japan has rallied behind India over the dragging feud at Doklam, with its envoy Kenji Hiramatsu saying that the region is disputed and Tokyo understands why New Delhi got embroiled in it.
Saudi Arabia reopens Qatar border after surprise meeting Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said he welcomed the Saudi decision, but that the measures must also include a full lifting of the blockade. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world have already arrived in Saudi Arabia for the hajj, which begins late next week. Saudi Arabia prides itself on hosting millions of pilgrims annually at Islam's holiest sites in Mecca and Medina. China, Saudi Arabia agree to strengthen economic ties China, Ethiopia vow to promote military ties Pointing out that Thailand, located along the Belt and Road routes where land meets sea, will undoubtedly become an important partner of China in the construction of the Belt and Road, Wang called for closer cooperation in Thailand-China railway project so as to achieve greater synergy between the markets of the two countries.
Planet Earth is set for a close shave next month when a rock measuring 4.4 km (2.7 miles) will pass by our planet next month. According to US space agency NASA, Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on September 1, 2017, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles, (7.0 million kilometers, or about 18 Earth-Moon distances).
While the planet is safe from any possibility of a collision, it is set for a closer shave in October when asteroid 2012 TC4 brushes past within 50,100 km (31,130 mi) or just 0.13 lunar distances.
The relief though is that this rock is much smaller, measuring only 15 m (49 ft) across.
China calls on U.S., Japan to stop remarks on Diaoyu Islands, South China Sea
MOSCOW, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Russia will strengthen its military presence in Central Asia due to the continuously unstable situation in the territory, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Friday. "The situation in Central Asia remains unstable. The armed conflicts between the government troops, Taliban, and ISIS continued in Afghanistan," Shoigu said during a board session of the military department.
Britain's biggest flagship of the Royal Navy, HMS Queen Elizabeth, Wednesday sailed for the first time into Portsmouth, its home port, and was greeted by thousands of people.
It was very sad to read your earlier referring to the number of patients that committed suicide 2014 etc and you posted negative comments directed towards your thoughts on my posting posts related to the interdependent arising of ongoing sufferings in likes Syria Afghanistan and Iraq and activities of China which i've maintained a strong interests in, more so since HHDL directed me into a debate that was accepted on the floor of the Australian Parliament by both National, Liberal and Labor.
Probably because I felt deeply insulted by comments that you and lookin posted in my thread.I thought to raise with you independent arising of the young lady with the three times terrorist experience during her recent travels as an opener, and hoped then to raise the subject of the number suicides that the organisation your associated with experienced. As its my opinion having had some experience soon after my return from Vietnam most so called professionals do more harm than good. Drawn from having spent six months as an out patient in a ward where psychiatrist were happily burning the brains of upset house wives to solve there problems. After a experiencing that method of resolving mental health issues I spent many years studying HHDL Buddhist view, later I was appointed director of temple named after third Panchen Lama, then HHDL told Australian Government i was a qualified practitioner to explain the teaching HHDL gave in the Adelaide Cathedral on interdependent arising.
And so i thought i'd do that to see if i could assist you, qualified information is available on the FPMT site. Information like the following that might save a few lives.
By Lama Thubten Yeshe Melbourne, Australia 1975
Chapter Two: A Buddhist Approach to Mental Illness I was born near Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and educated at Sera Monastic University, one of the three great monasteries in Lhasa. There they taught us how to bring an end to human problems—not so much the problems people face in their relationship to the external environment, but the internal, mental problems we all face. That was what I studied—Buddhist psychology; how to treat mental illness.
e.g Lama: Yes, good, wonderful. My way of treating mental illness is to try to have the person analyze the basic nature of his own problem. I try to show him the true nature of his mind so that with his own mind he can understand his own problems.
A young Melbourne woman caught in the middle of this morning’s Barcelona attack has told Neil Mitchell it was her third encounter with terrorism in three months of travel.
France, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Portugal and the UK were among the countries that refused to sign up to the final summit text. Concerns included a lack of transparency on public procurement and social and environmental standards.
The warning issued by Germany’s economy minister in which she states that “more guarantees from Beijing on free trade, environmental protection and working conditions are needed before the EU will be able to sign a joint statement on China's 'One Belt, One Road' trade initiative”, is further illustrative of these tensions.
Chinese acquisitions in the 68 countries officially linked to President Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy totalled $33 billion as of Monday, surpassing the $31 billion tally for all of 2016, according to Thomson Reuters data.
At a summit in May, Xi pledged $124 billion for the plan, but it has faced suspicion in western capitals that it is intended more to assert Chinese influence than Beijing’s professed desire to spread prosperity.
China signs deals with 69 entities under Belt and Road
Some key infrastructure projects, including the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, have seen fast development with the active participation of Chinese companies, said the spokesperson.
More than 4,000 cargo train trips have been made between China and Europe, with the trains passing through 31 cities in 12 European countries.
In terms of finance, China has signed currency swap agreements with 22 countries and regions along the Belt and Road, with total size reaching about one trillion yuan (about 150 billion U.S. dollars).
Cambodia mobilizes troops on Laos border in blow to Silk Road
August 17 deadline for their departure, warning that he was mobilizing soldiers to the border area.
Cambodia and Communist Laos are key allies of giant northern neighbor China, backing its "One Belt, One Road" drive to build regional infrastructure, but it was not immediately clear how their dispute would affect the plans.
Chinese acquisitions in the 68 countries officially linked to President Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy totalled US$33 billion as of Monday, surpassing the US$31 billion tally for all of 2016, according to Thomson Reuters data. Unveiled in 2013, the “Belt and Road” project is aimed at building a modern-day “Silk Road”, connecting China by land and sea to Southeast Asia, Pakistan, Central Asia and beyond to the Middle East, Europe and Africa.
lot of activities recently in Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar. The whole Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh corridor is also hot as it’s connecting the East and West
The ‘Belt and Road’ projects China doesn’t want anyone talking about Yunnan authorities obscure location of refinery at end of pipeline from Myanmar and order media to stop mentioning ‘Trans-Asia Railway’
China’s economic diplomacy efforts as the terminus of oil and gas pipelines from the Bay of Bengal and the starting point of a planned railway network winding through Indo-China to Singapore.
I suppose war for at least few years anyway, might ward off further hate filled mayhem that's currently raising its ugly head on the streets of Charlottesville. Perhaps underlying currents indicating events like that be prelude to long expected implosion within USA
Japan can intercept North Korean missile headed towards Guam — defense minister
Russia, Indonesia to boost anti-terrorist cooperation Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Wahid Supriyadi earlier told TASS that the two countries were close to reaching contract concerning the delivery of the Sukhoi Su-35 aircraft to Indonesia.
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